Church of Saint Rita

281 Bradley Avenue - Staten Island, NY 10314

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Please come to our Parish Celebration of Thanksgiving Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at 7:30pm

Parish children in grades K, 1 and 2 will wear pilgrim and Native American headdress and will participate in the offertory procession.

Light refreshments will be served after the Mass in the Auditorium

which will be hosted by the 8th grade students.

On behalf of Father Eugene Carrella, Father Anthony Gonzales and the Parish Staff, we wish to extend to our wonderful parishioners a Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving! On Thursday, November 27th, Mass

will be offered at 9:00am. A loaf of blessed bread will be distributed to each family. A special thank you to a generous parishioner

for donating the bread.

The Parish Offices will be closed on Thursday, November 27th and

Friday, November 28th.

Mass Intentions For The Week SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 – St. Cecilia 4:00 Bruno & Maria Codispoti SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23 8:00 Theodore, Ann & Nicholas Yarema 9:30 Concetta LoPinto 11:00 Ruth & Thomas Leahy 12:30 Francine Basuino 6:00 For the People of the Parish MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24 – St. Andrew Dung-Lac 7:00 Constantino DeCastro 9:00 Carol Lyons TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 – St. Catherine 7:00 Patricia Cosom 9:00 Anthony Buono WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 7:00 Clarita Ingles Nepomuceno 9:00 Margaret, Thomas & Salvatore Lombardi THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27—Thanksgiving Day 7:00 NO MASS 9:00 Tarcisio Rosa FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28 7:00 Antonio Assenso 9:00 Rosalie McKeon SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29 9:00 Anthony Mastromarino 4:00 Graciela Garcia SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30 8:00 Linda Catalano 9:30 Lucrezia Pagnotta 11:00 Millie Terrone 12:30 Jenny Guglielmetti 6:00 For the People of the Parish

Tree of Life—Call the Parish Office

Served By Rev. Eugene J. Carrella, Administrator

Rev. Anthony Gonzales, Parochial Vicar Rev. Stephen Challman, In Residence

Rev. John DeLora, Director of Pastoral Care, SIUH PARISH OFFICES

61 Wellbrook Avenue ~ Phone: 718-698-3746 Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm Ms. Mary Grace Liss, Parish Manager ST. RITA SCHOOL—S. I. REGION

30 Wellbrook Avenue ~ Phone: 718-761-2504 Mrs. Nicole C. Fresca, Principal

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Phone: 718-982-6948

Mrs. Mary Gillespie, Coordinator

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Evening: 4:00pm Sunday: 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm, and 6:00pm Monday to Friday: 7:00am and 9:00am Saturday: 9:00am Holy Days: Please refer to the bulletin or website

CONFESSIONS Saturday from 3:00pm to 3:45pm, First Sunday of the month after the morning Masses and by appointment.

BAPTISMS Second & Fourth Sundays after the 12:30pm Mass. Baptism class for the parents is held on the Second Saturday of the month at 5:00pm by appt.

SICK CALLS Please call the Parish Office to arrange Communion Calls and Hospital Visits.

MARRIAGES Must be arranged six months in advance. Couples must see a priest to secure a date.

OUR LADY OF GOOD HEALTH NOVENA First Saturday of the month after the 4:00pm Mass, reception following in Church Hall.

SAINT RITA NOVENA Tuesdays after the 7:00am and 9:00am Masses

MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA Thursdays after the 7:00am and 9:00am Masses

ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Mondays 7:00pm in the Parish Center.

ADULT CHOIR Adults sing every Sunday at the 11:00am Mass. Rehearsal Wednesdays at 7:30pm in Church Hall.

CHILDREN’S CHOIR Children sing every Sunday at the 9:30am Mass. Rehearsal Wednesdays at 5:15pm in Church Hall.

LORD’S FLOCK First Friday Mass at 8:00pm in the Chapel. Third Friday Prayer Meeting at 8:00pm in Chapel.

COMMUNION & LIBERATION FOR TEENS Most Fridays 7pm in the Church Hall. Go to gsnewyork on facebook for meetings and activities.

ST. RITA’S LADIES GUILD First Tuesday of the month at the 9:00am Mass, meeting following in the Parish Center.

ST. RITA’S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION First Monday at 7:30pm in the School Café.

ST. RITA’S BOY SCOUTS/ CUB SCOUTS Fridays at 7:30pm in the Parish Center.

ST. RITA’S GOLDEN AGE CLUB Thursdays at 12:00 noon in the Church Hall.

Welcome to St. Rita’s Parish Community Please introduce yourself and register at the parish office. We welcome new parishioners to participate in the spiritual and social life of our church. Church Website: www.stritachurch.net School Website: www.saintritas.net

During Advent, we will hear St. John the Baptist call us to “Prepare the Way of the Lord”. In addition to our regular Saturday schedule, Confessions will be heard after the Sunday morning Masses on November 30th, December 7th, December 14th and De-cember 21st.

We want to communicate with you and we are using a new, simple service called FLOCKNOTE. The Archdiocese has provided us with this tool so you can receive important updates from them, especially regarding “Making All Things New” as well as parish information via text message or email. It is totally free and your information is safe and secure. You can unsubscribe from updates at any time.

To subscribe for updates, visit our parish at: www.flocknote.com/stritachurch

or text stritachurch to 84576 from your mobile phone.

There is no charge for this service, but your carrier message and data rates may apply. View full terms and conditions at www.flocknote.com/txt.

It is a great opportunity for you to get plugged in to the many wonderful things we have going on at St. Rita’s Parish. Cardinal Dolan and the Archdiocese will also be able to send you periodic updates for important announcements.

In Baptism, we are reborn as children of God, made members of His Church, and heirs to the Kingdom of Heaven. Please welcome Declan Thomas O’Hara into St. Rita’s Parish Family who was Baptized in November.

St. Peter’s Cemetery has served the Catholic faith community for well over a century. As a response to the desire to pre-plan ones fi-nal arrangements, effective November 2014, St. Peter’s Cemetery will now offer families the op-portunity to purchase graves for future use. These future use graves will be limited to the graves available in Section R only (at the inter-section of Tyler Avenue and Clove Road). Oth-er sections of the cemetery will still be available for the immediate need of burial space. For individuals who prefer cremation, St. Peter’s Cemetery also offers cremation niches that can hold 2 standard sized urns. These niches are available in St. Peter’s Columbaria Garden for pre-need or immediate need. For more information, please call the cemetery office at 718-442-2363, Monday through Friday, 8am to12pm and 1pm to 3pm.

Parishioners are asked to join us in the main Church for our Sunday Masses. Our small chapel in the rear of the Church is used for early weekday Masses, but on the weekends it is in-tended as a cry room to help parents with very small children whose occasional noise might dis-tract from the Mass, or who need to walk around a bit during Mass in order to keep content. It is also preferable that parents with small children worship with us in the main Church when their children are calm and content enough to remain with them in the pew. Being with us in the main Church can be-come an education to small children to learn that they are a very important part of our parish fami-ly and that the Church is meant to be a quiet, prayerful and peaceful place.

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