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RECTORY OFFICE 356 82nd Street

Brooklyn, NY 11209 718-238-2900 fax 718-238-2902

Monday - Friday 9am - 8pm Saturday 10am - 5pm

Pastor Rev. Msgr. John W. Maloney

Pastor Emeritus Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Phillips, P.E.

Parochial Vicar Rev. Fr. Stephen A. Saffron

In Residence

Rev. Fr. Martin R. Kull

Permanent Deacon Deacon Thomas G. Davis

Parish Secretary

Mrs. Suzanne Whiteaker

MUSIC MINISTRY 718-238-2900 Director of Music Ministry & Adult Choir

Ms. Therese Panicali

www.stanselmbayridge.org

ST. ANSELM CATHOLIC ACADEMY 365 83rd Street - Brooklyn, NY 11209

718-745-7643 Principal

Mr. James McKeon Home & Academy Office ext. 135

www.sacany.org

SCHOOL OF RELIGION 718-745-0077

Director of Faith Formation Bro. Robert E. Duffy, O.S.F.

PASTORAL MINISTRY 718-836-0780

FOOD PANTRY

ST. ANSELM YOUTH ACTIVITIES 718-745-2027

IN CASE OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY,

CALL 718-238-2900 ANYTIME.

PARISH E-MAIL STANSELMRECTORY@AOL.COM

Schedule of Masses Sundays: Saturday Vigil Mass: 5pm 8:00am, 10:00am (Youth Choir), 12:00pm (Adult Choir) and 5:00pm Weekdays: Monday - Friday: 8:00am & 11:00am, Saturday: 11:00am

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT March 4, 2018

SCHOOL OF RELIGION

www.stanselmbayridge.org (Faith Formation)

For children in Grades 1-8 In public and private schools

Sundays Class 8:30 am & Mass 10:00 am

New students must visit rectory with a copy of their Baptismal Certificate. Forms may be downloaded from parish

website.

FIRST PENANCE 2018

March 5-16 Parent /child interviews with the priests in the rectory

Wednesday, March 7

Practice in the church 3 pm-4:45 pm

Saturday, March 10 First Penance 1 pm

Children are seated at 12:45 pm followed by reception in the school

ARISE SEASON IV www.renewint.org

HOLY NAME SOCIETY

The next Holy Name Society Food Drive will take place March 17 and 18, at the Saturday 5pm Mass and

on Sunday from 7:45am to 12 noon Please hold back on donations of soup, pasta/spaghetti and tuna The Food Pantry would especially appreciate donations of Milk

(Parmalat), Peanut Butter, Jelly, Tea and Tomato Sauce Cereal, Oatmeal, Mayo, Saltine Crackers, Cookies, Jello, Instant

Potatoes, Mac & Cheese, Rice, Canned Chicken, Hash, Chili, Stews, Vegetables, Fruit, Pork & Beans, Chick Peas, Red and

Black Beans, Paper Towels, Tissues, Napkins and Toilet Paper. No Fresh Food Please Mind Expiration Dates

ST. ANSELM YOUTH ACTIVITIES

Stanselmbayridge.org/youth-activities

Baseball-Softball Boys and Girls-Pre K through 8th Grade

Don’t let “STRIKE THREE” be called on your season!!!

There is still time to register-go to: Stanselmbayridge.org/youth-activities

To sign up

UPCOMING EVENTS

Mark your calendars-Join us for all the fun! All are welcome!!!

True 50/50 Raffle Tickets are now available!!!

They can be purchased in the Youth Activities Office and the Rectory

Drawing will be held May 13, 2018 You’ve got to be in it to win it!!!

Easter Bunny Brunch-Sunday, March 18, 2018

20th Annual Youth Activities Golf Outing-

Friday, June1, 2018

RESPECT LIFE COMMITTEE

The next meeting of the Respect Life Committee will be Tues-day, March 6 at 7:30 pm. Please call (718) 680-3755 for location. We encourage new members to join us.

ST. ANSELM CATHOLIC ACADEMY

ATTENTION CRAFTERS!!!

Do you like to Knit???- Crochet???- Sew??? Whatever your talent -

We would love to have you join our

ARTS AND CRAFTS GROUP

Wednesdays 10 am to 1 pm Meletia Hall, St. Anselm Catholic Academy

365 83 Street

Share your talent, Enjoy lively conversation, Meet, new friends, Join us for snacks!

ST. PATRICK & ST. ANSELM PARISH

Cruise to the Caribbean July 14-21 Port Canaveral, FL

Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

Please contact Jaclyn Schulz (800) 797-4635 x109

Jaclyn@cruisevacationoutlet.com Mention St. Patrick’s and Fr. Greg

Or call parish and speak with Fr. Greg (718) 238-2600

France Magnifique

September 20-October 2 For more information please contact Fr. Saffron (718) 238-2900

Germany’s Cultural Cities & Romantic Road with Oberammergau Passion Play 2020

Featuring Berlin, Hamburg, Marburg, Rothenburg and Munich

with Fr. Greg McIlhenney and Fr. Stephen Saffron

Information Meetings: March 6-7:30 pm –St. Anselm Catholic Academy

March 18-2 pm-St. Patrick Rectory Basement

LENTEN SOUP SUPPER

Deanery Brooklyn 9

At St. Ephrem 924 74 Street

Wednesday, March 14 6pm

There will be a free will offering

Please RSVP by Friday, March 9

(718) 833-1010

ST. PATRICK AND ST. JOSEPH CELEBRATION

Our Lady of Angels Church of Bay Ridge will celebrate St. Patrick and St. Joseph with performances by Tony Kenny, Aaron Caruso, the Irish Dancers and The Trinity Irish Band.

Sunday, March 11-2:30 pm

Show and Dinner $65 per person

Show Only $50 per person

For reservations, please call Rectory (718) 836-7200

ST. ANSELM ALUMNI

St. Anselm Graduates:

saca.alumni@gmail.com

We want to keep you up to date on St. Anselm Catholic Academy

Send us the latest news on you and your family E-mail us ! We would like to hear from all our graduates!

Please send your updated contact information to:

saca.alumni@gmail.com

We want to keep you up to date on St. Anselm Catholic Academy

Send us the latest news on you and your family E-mail us ! We would like to hear from all our graduates!

SPRING FLEA MARKET

Our Lady of Grace-Veltri Hall March 17-11 am to 7 pm, March 18 9 am to 4 pm

Vendors please call Mary Ann (718) 376-8294

Our Mission Statement We, the Body of Christ: St. Anselm Parish in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, rejoice in our parish’s more than 80 years of service to God, our Church, our country, and our community. As Christ is Priest, Prophet, and King, we celebrate the sacramental life of the Church, proclaim the Word of God, and serve the needs of our parishioners and neighbors always with faith, hope, and charity. Walking with Christ, we accept the challenge to call all people to worship, to teach all nations His Truth, and to love one another as He has loved us.

Office of Faith Formation The Msgr. Colbert Center

Brother Robert (718)745-0077 brotherduffy@hotmail.com

Adult Confirmation - High school and adults of all ages. Classes Wednesdays @ 7:30 pm April 4-May 16 Confirmation on Pentecost , May 20, 2018. Parish Library - Books and videos are available on Christ, Mary, Scripture, prayer and the saints for adults and children. Open Wednesdays - 7:15pm (Sept. to May) Living the Word - Scripture Study of the Sunday Mass Readings. Come and explore the Bible in the Catholic tradition. Sessions are held on Wednesdays 7:30pm in the Colbert Center. February 21, 28; March 7, 21, 28. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults - Have you ever thought of becoming a Catholic? Are you baptized? Did you receive your First Communion and Confirmation? Classes for those in high school, college and adults of all ages are on Wednesdays at 7:30 pm. All sacraments received at the Easter Vigil.

www.bqonlineformation.org

www.mycatholicfaithdelivered.com

Take Religion courses on line to become a certified catechist

BOOK DISCUSSION

THE NINTH HOUR By Alice McDermott Thursday, March 15

7:30 pm Colbert Center

Enter through main school door All are welcome!

HONORING AND PRAYING FOR OUR OWN May God protect and reward our parishioners serving our country during this time of war. LTJG Victor Baldoni, PFC Steven Giordano, Cpl. Patrick C. Wage, LSSA, LTJG Lauren T. Guddahl

For the Weekend of Feb. 24 - Feb. 25, 2018 Weekly Expenses $13,000.00 Plate Offering $ 6,055.00 Faith Direct $ 2,500.00 Total Parish Collection $ 8,555.00 -$ 4,445.00 Mass A endance 651

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Gives Back St. Anselm should share in the profits. For each car,

truck or van, running or not, The Society of St. Vincent de Paul will give back to our church

$50/$100 per vehicle. Maybe you don’t have a vehicle, but a family member,

friend or neighbor has an old or neglected vehicle in their driveway that they would like to dispose of. Call the So-ciety of St. Vincent de Paul at (718) 491-2525. Thank

You for your participation.

The parish of St. Anselm complies with all Safe Environment mandates set forth by the Diocese of Brooklyn and the U.S.

Conference of Catholic Bishops. All employees and volunteers who have contact with children MUST attend a VIRTUS session, sign a code of conduct and submit to a

background check. Register for VIRTUS at www.virtus.org

Mass Intentions Sunday, March 4 , 2018 8:00 - Thomas J. Hazaz III 10:00 - Lucia Marisa D’Alessio 12:00 - The Swift Family-Living and Deceased 5:00-Richard Gallagher Monday, March 5, 2018 8:00-Srs. Olivia and Agnese, Sr. Immaculene, health 11:00-Purgatorial Society Tuesday, March 6, 2018 8:00-St. Anselm Parish Family 11:00 - Fr. Dermot Roache Wednesday, March 7, 2018 8:00 - Anniversary of Burns and Talbot Families 11:00 - Mary Griffin-Second Anniversary Thursday, March 8, 2018 8:00-Rose Gloriosi 11:00 - Stella Zdeb-Birthday Friday, March 9, 2018 8:00-Marie Zirkelbach-Birthday 11:00 - Mary LoGuidice ad Mary LoGuidice, Jr. Saturday, March 10, 2018 11:00 –Joseph Palomba 5:00-Muriel Maloney Sunday, March 11, 2018 8:00 - John J. Fleming 10:00 - In Memory of Basil Stonbely, Sr. 12:00 - Bruno Frustaci 5:00-Daniel Hennessy-Anniversary Gift of Bread & Wine week of 3/4 Joseph and Rose Lutfy, Stephen and Phyllis Dockery Gift of Sanctuary Candle week of 3/4 The Stonbely Family

Saint Anselm Purgatorial

Society Enrollment

Prayers for the Sick

N Miraculous Medal with the relic of St. Catherine Labouré: Mondays after 11:00 AM Mass St. Anthony: Tuesdays after the 11AM Mass

with relic on first Tuesdays (Food for the poor collected) St. Jude with the relic of St. Jude: Wednesdays after

11:00AM Mass D Morning Prayer: at 10:40AM in the Rosary Chapel (Mon-Fri). Rosary: Prayed after 11:00AM Daily Mass in the Rosary Chapel. Eucharistic Adoration for Vocations: Every Friday after the

11:00AM Mass. Benediction at 12:00PM. Parish Membership

We encourage all who regularly attend St. Anselm’s to reg-ister by calling the rectory. You must be registered with the envelope system in order to obtain tax statements.

T S Baptism - Celebrated each month on the First Sunday at the

12 Noon Mass and Third Saturday (1pm). Parents are re-quired to attend a pre-baptismal instruction class given each month on the fourth Monday at 7:30pm. Families must regis-ter for Baptism at the rectory.

Matrimony Arrangements must be made at least six (6) months in ad-vance so that all details can be taken care of properly. More information is available on-line at www.pre-cana.org.

Reconciliation (Confession) Saturdays: 12noon - 1:00pm

Other times, by appointment only. Please contact Rectory. .

Anointing of the Sick Anointing is encouraged for the sick, elderly and homebound. Arrangements should be made with one of the priests. It is important not to wait for immediate danger of death.

All who are ill are remembered in all of our prayers and Masses; Ayla Gross-Ahl, Thomas Alfrado, Dolores Amato, Isabel Amling, Damian Arena, Mildred Bonilla, Anne Boyer, Maria Brancifork, Julia Bruzzese, Marilyn Cabal, Fr. John Caldor, Barbara Castaldo, Iris Cemino, Charles Christie, Beverly Cochraine, Eva Colini, Licenio Correa, Nicole Correnti, Michael Daniels, Blaise delBianco, Andy Davis, Debbie Deranieri, Nelson Diaz, Diego Duque, Anne Farley, Regina Feinberg, Joseph Fierro, Patricia Finn, Kevin Flannery, Neil Flannery, Regina Forage, Peggy & Daniel Gallagher, Edgar Gauthier, Ceana V. Gonzalez, Charlotte Heiligenstein, Lillian Hrisinko, John J. Kane, Inna Kavulyich, Dolores Keeler, Hubert King, Kristina Kudder, Walter Lawrence, Jr., Paul and Roseann Lettieri, Chiung Li, Bonnee Linden, Lisa Luciano, Barbara Ann Malluk, Teresa Manfredo, Barbara Markus, Virgina McElroy, Cathy McGuigan, Steadman McLean, Jack and Donna McClellan, Jennifer Miller, Bob & Rose Morton , Stella Nicolosi, Amahia Valentina Ortiz, Marian Parrott, Anthony Ponzo, Sr., Mark Putko, Pedro Quinones, Ashley Randattan, Theresa Rispoli, Joel Rivera, Dave Rizzo, Adrians Rodriguez B,Sheila Romano, Joe & Joan Rossano, Caroline Rud, Sue Rupp,Marie Salit, Wanda Sarna, John Seiler, Joyce Shields, Michael Solomon, Patricia Tarantino, Daniel Turilli, Charles Underwood, Eugene Walsh, Dorothy Weatherson, Ricky West, Daniel Woods PLEASE NOTE: In the event of recovery or improvement, please contact the rectory. A person’s name will be deleted after three weeks.

Theresa Huelster Jerry Calganile Victor Fadool Thomas Quigley Allyson E. Boolbol Jose Maquivar Richard Schuster Marie Bonaccorso