30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—OCTOBER 27, 2019

ST. JOHN PAUL II REGIONAL SCHOOL 631-727-1650 sjp2regional.org Mrs. Abby Swiatkowski, Principal

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 631-727-2114

stisidorefaithformation@gmail.com Mrs. Adrienne Dillingham

ST. ISIDORE R. C. CHURCH

MUSIC MINISTRY Margaret & Elizabeth Kane

Valentina Danowski John Dautzenberg

631-727-2114

Our Mission Statement Lord, God, all creation is yours, and you call us to serve you by caring for the gifts

that surround us. May the example of St. Isidore urge us to share our food with the hungry and to work for the salvation of mankind. We ask this through our Lord, Jesus Christ, your son, who lives

and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen. Saint Isidore, Pray for Us.

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LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

WEEKDAYS 7:00 AM

SATURDAYS 8:00 AM

SATURDAY EVENINGS VIGIL MASS 5:00 PM

SUNDAYS 8:00 & 9:15 AM

10:30 AM (Polish) 12:00 Noon

RECTORY HOURS

WEEKDAYS 9 AM to 12 Noon & 1 PM to 4 PM

SATURDAYS By Appointment Only

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

W/ BENEDICTION Tuesdays 12:00 to 1:00 PM

Miraculous Medal Novena—Mondays following 7 AM Mass Morning Prayer—Monday thru Friday 6:30 AM, Saturday 7:30 AM

Altar Rosary Society—First Wednesdays 7 PM Respect Life Group—Every Wednesday 2 PM

in front of Planned Parenthood, Riverhead

REV. ROBERT KUZNIK, PASTOR REV. PIOTR NARKIEWICZ, ASSOC. DEACON MICHAEL A. BONOCORE

REINA BONOCORE, OFFICE DIANNE MASSIELLO, SPIRITUAL

AND SOCIAL MINISTRIES

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

SECOND & FOURTH SUNDAYS 1:15 PM ENG 2:15 POLISH

Please arrange the date of baptism through the Rectory office after the birth of your child. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

Please call the Rectory for an appointment at least six months prior to the desired date. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

SATURDAYS 4:00 to 4:45 PM THURSDAYS BEFORE FIRST FRIDAYS 4:00 to 5:00 PM Other times by appointment.

MASS INTENTIONS

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2019

5:00 pm + Frank Columbus / + Greg Stelzer + Martha Maiolica / + Charles Domitrz + William Conklin / + Hilbert Camp + Edward Sadowski

30TH SUN. IN ORD. TIME, OCT. 27, 2019

8:00 am + Joseph Czulada and Jill Marie Czulada 9:15 am + John and Barbara Anderson 10:30 am The People of the Parish, Living and Deceased (POLISH) + Tadeusz Zakrzewski / + Tadeusz & Mariusz Borowski + Leokadia and Asia Chojnowski + Jadwiga Suchta / + Zygmunt Grabowski Wedding Anniv. Blessings for Genie and Pawel Golyski and Blessings for their Family 12:00 pm + John and Barbara Anderson

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2019

7:00 am Birthday Blessings for Doug Mader + Carol and Helen Sheppard

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2019

7:00 am + Marek Rachubka / + Elizabeth Booth

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019

7:00 am Intentions of the Bonocore Family Healing and Blessings for Allison Montello

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019

7:00 am Blessings for Cathy & Dan on their Wed. Anniv. + Diane D’Anjou 5:15 pm Birthday Blessings for Barbara Jaeger

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019

7:00 am + Paul Andrychowski / + Joseph LaPurka 12:00 pm + Vincent Kobielski 7:00 pm + Zygmunt Grabowski (Polish) + Jan Andrychowski, Jozef, Katarzyna i Czeslaw Rogalski + Jadwiga and Stanislaw Danowski

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2019

8:00 am + Souls in Purgatory + Jan Harasimowicz & Family + Patryk Rus / + Zofia Czaplak Intentions of DeMarco and Goodale Families 12:00 pm + Our Deceased of the Past Year 5:00 pm The People of the Parish, Living and Deceased + Robert and Walter Zilnicki + Bertha and Harry Kobylenski + Jennie Stanis / + Raymond Zaleski + Valerie Ann Velez (A) and + Jean V. Calak

31ST SUN. IN ORD. TIME, NOV. 3, 2019

8:00 am + Blanche Lucas 9:15 am + Greg Stelzer 10:30 am + All Souls (1/9) (POLISH) + Stefania, Bronislaw, Henryk i Czeslaw Rogalski + Marek Rachubka / + Malgorzata Aleksandrowicz Za Członków żywego Różańca i Rodzinę Radia Maryja 12:00 pm + Henry Wojewocki (A)

30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—OCTOBER 27, 2019

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — The Lord is not deaf to the wail of the orphan, nor to the widow when she pours out her com-plaint (Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18). Psalm — The Lord hears the cry of the poor (Psalm 34). Second Reading — The Lord will rescue me from eve-ry threat (2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18). Gospel — All who exalt themselves will be humbled; all who humble themselves will be exalted (Luke 18:9-14).

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Eph 2:19-22; Ps 19:2-5; Lk 6:12-16 Tuesday: Rom 8:18-25; Ps 126:1b-6; Lk 13:18-21 Wednesday: Rom 8:26-30; Ps 13:4-6; Lk 13:22-30 Thursday: Rom 8:31b-39; Ps 109:21-22, 26-27, 30- 31; Lk 13:31-35 Friday: Rv 7:2-4, 9-14; Ps 24:1-6; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12a Saturday: Wis 3:1-9; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3- 9; Jn 6:37-40, or any readings from no. 668 or from the Masses for the Dead, nos. 1011-1016 Sunday: Wis 11:22 — 12:2; Ps 145:1-2, 8-11, 13- 14; 2 Thes 1:11 — 2:2; Lk 19:1-10

IN LOVING MEMORY

MISSALETTES

Robert and Walter Zilnicki

BREAD & WINE

Stephen and Christopher Wyhowanec

NEXT WEEKEND, NOV. 3RD

PRAY FOR OUR SICK Viktor Paris Margaret Robinson Ursula Mocniak Irene and John Monahan Connie Giordano Denise Babinski Michael Alperti Edith Woods Roseanne Murphy Barbara Kozlowski Sr. Angelina Costa, O. Carm. Connie Giordano James West Agnes Economos Maurice Vianney Lauzier Jacqlynn Stanco Louise Lejay Jimmy Blomberg Slawek Tom & Elizabeth Farrugia Cecilia Murphy Walter Bonczyk Kelly Wine Jimmy Temperino Virginia Todd Karen Reilly Frances Alec Mary Van Duesen Thomas DeGirolamo William Berenger Daria Quarlena Eileen Borchart Sheila Nolan Tom Wisniewski III Jean Reyes Carroll Lynn Markowski Thomas & Corinne Clark Grzegorz Radziwonski James Patrick Jaeger Karen Payet Ernest and Alex Aponte Helen Long Michael Miglionico Wieslaw Luniewski Theresa Mannuzza Krzysztof Olszowski Ralph Conforti The Barauskus Family Hope & Brittany Williams John Marion Mary Oleksiak Dan Massiello Richard Okula

Al Stepnoski Melissa Alexandra JoAnn Hiskey Christian Vidal Tom Burns Reilly Butler Doris Donohue Suzanne Thompson Edwin Manz Anna Grefe Joanne Iovino Julie Zotos Helen Condzella Anthony Mannino Chris & Susan Kane The Curry Family Marcella Frisen Vera Doroski Sister M. Alexeus George & Barbara Jaeger The Huntley Family Mark Raplee Theresa Puglia Brian Darmody Greg Alty Leigh Anne Brown Ann Mickaliger Carol Anne Livingston Dan Modjeska Judy Zakorski Marie & Greg Miley Marcjanna Stolarzewicz John Shuot Clara Fasulo Maureen Tighe Gene Esposito Patrick Murphy Alex Michaelson Mike Diem Brian Crowley Michael Barker Louise Pampinello Patricia Liebler Jim DeRosa Dee DeGirolamo Barbara Fenn Therese Gigante Johanna Benthal Joan Meister Barbara Kobielski Augie & Georgianna Lucente Theresa Jacobs

THE WEEK AHEAD

Monday, October 28, 2019 Miraculous Medal Novena after 7 AM Mass

Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Adoration and Benediction 12 to 1 PM

Choir Practice 6 PM / RCIA 7 PM 5:30 Altar Server Meeting

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 English Rosary 7 PM

Thursday, October 31, 2019 Confessions 4 to 5 PM / Mass 5:15 PM

First Friday, November 1, 2019 All Saints Day—A Holy Day of Obligation

Masses 7 AM, 12 Noon, 7 PM (Polish)

First Saturday, November 2, 2019 All Souls’ Day Mass 12 Noon

Please keep all those serving in the military and their families in your thoughts and

prayers especially: Christopher Drowns, Thomas Gallo,

Jeffrey Heppner, James Fleming, Kevin Thomas, Michael Tagliareni, Justin Kruel, Peter and Shawna

Marie Clark, Cole Lamond, Jonathan Jacobs Brendan Fitzgerald, Thomas V. D’Auria,

Mateusz Marzec

COLLECTIONS

This Week, October 27, 2019 Sunday Weekly / Catholic Ministries Appeal

Next Week, November 3, 2019 Sunday Weekly / Archdiocese for the Military

2019 2018

October 20th $ 7,620 $ 6,402

BAPTISMS

Hogan Abrahamsen, Nicholas Ferris, Alexander Wilcenski and Mark Sieka

PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED

Jean Tuthill

IN MEMORY

The flowers on the Altar today have once again been donated in memory of John and Barbara Anderson.

Origins of Halloween Traditions (The Old Farmer’s Almanac – Compliments of Boys Town)

WHY IS IT CALLED HALLOWEEN?

Halloween is rooted in our agricultural past, marking the end of harvesttime and the beginning of the new year. The origin of Hal-loween and many of its customs can be traced to Samhain, an ancient pagan Celtic festival that is Gaelic for “summers end,” a day to bid good-bye to warmth and light. The ancient Celts believed that the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead was at its thinnest during Samhain, thereby making it the ideal time to communicate with the deceased and to divine the future.

Following the triumph of the Roman Empire over Celt-occupied lands in the 1st century A.D., the Romans combined many of the Celtic traditions, including Samhain, with their own. This day evolved into All Hallows’ Day or Allhallows, hallow meaning to sanctify. Years later, the Roman Catholic Church designated November 1st as All Saints’ Day, in honor of all Catholic saints. It was celebrated with a mass, bonfires, and people costumed as angels and saints parading through the villages. November 2nd brings All Souls’ Day, a holy day set aside for honoring the dead and departed. Just as November 1st was once called All Hallows’ Day, Octo-ber 31st was called All Hallows’ Eve. Over time, All Hallows’ Eve was shortened to Halloween!

WITCHES ON BROOMSTICKS

Why are witches a common costume on Halloween? In the Middle Ages, women labeled as witches (from Anglo-Saxon word wicce, or “wise one”) practiced divination. Such a woman would curl up near a fireplace and go into a trancelike state by chanting, meditating, or using hallucinogenic herbs. Superstitious people believed that these women flew out of their chimneys on broomsticks and terrorized the countryside with their magical deeds.

BOBBBING FOR APPLES

The Roman festival for Pomona, the goddess of fruit and orchards, was celebrated around November 1st. Romans believed that the first person to catch a bobbing apple with his or her teeth would be the first to marry in the new year. They also believed that the apple peels held the secret to true love. The lovelorn would peel an apple in one long, unbroken piece and throw it over his or her shoulder while being spun around. The shape of the peel on the ground represented the first initial of the peeler’s true love.

THE JACK-O’-LANTERN

Before the modern pumpkin jack-o’-lantern, turnip lanterns were used. In ancient Ireland, revelers would hollow out large turnips (or potatoes or beets) and carve them into a demon’s face to frighten away spirits. They would light the turnips from within with a candle or a piece of smoldering coal. They then placed the lanterns in the win-dows and doorways of their homes, in the belief that the carvings would scare off evil spirits and welcome de-ceased loved ones inside. Irish immigrants arriving in the New World during the early 1800s found the plentiful, easier-to-carve pumpkins ready substitutes for turnips.

HALLOWEEN COSTUMES

During Samhain, superstitious country folks would disguise themselves with animal skins and masks made from sailcloth or linen. In costume, they would go outdoors and make lots of noise, in an effort to fool troublesome spirits into thinking that they were one of them or to scare them away.

TRICKS OR TREATS

An extra place was set at the table during Samhain to serve as an offering to deceased loved ones. In addition, food was placed outside near the doorway, to appease bothersome spirits who might otherwise play a trick on the inhabitants, such as tipping over containers of milk. Today’s trick-or-treating dates to the Middle Ages, when poor people collected baked goods called “sour cakes” from the wealthy. In exchange for cakes, the poor promised to pray for the giver’s de-ceased loved ones.

After reading all about Halloween and its origins, wouldn’t you rather dress up in saints’ costumes honoring our beloved saints asking them for protection and to pray for our beloved departed?

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Sts. Simon and Jude (feast day Oct. 28)

Jude is so named by Luke and Acts. Matthew and Mark call him Thadde-us. He is not mentioned elsewhere in the Gospels, except of course where all the apostles are mentioned. Scholars hold that he is not the author of the Letter of Jude. Actually, Jude had the same name as Judas Iscariot. Evidently because of the disgrace of that name, it was shortened to “Jude” in English. Simon is mentioned on all four lists of the apostles. On two of them he is called “the Zealot.” The Zealots were a Jewish sect that repre-sented an extreme of Jewish nationalism. For them, the messianic promise of the Old Testament meant that the Jews were to be a free and independ-ent nation. God alone was their king, and any payment of taxes to the Ro-mans—the very domination of the Romans—was a blasphemy against God. No doubt some of the Zealots were the spiritual heirs of the Macca-

bees, carrying on their ideals of religion and independence. But many were the counterparts of modern terrorists. They raided and killed, attacking both foreigners and “collaborating” Jews. They were chiefly responsible for the rebellion against Rome which ended in the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.

Reflection As in the case of all the apostles except for Peter, James and John, we are faced with men who are really unknown, and we are struck by the fact that their holiness is simply taken to be a gift of Christ. He chose some unlikely people: a former Zealot, a for-mer (crooked) tax collector, an impetuous fisherman, two “sons of thunder,” and a man named Judas Iscariot. It is a reminder that we cannot receive too often. Holiness does not depend on human merit, culture, personality, effort, or achievement. It is entirely God’s creation and gift. God needs no Zealots to bring about the kingdom by force. Jude, like all the saints, is the saint of the im-possible: Only God can create his divine life in human beings. And God wills to do so, for all of us.

SAVE THE DATE – MAY 7, 2020 SIGHT & SOUND THEATER

QUEEN ESTHER Set in the opulent yet perilous Persian Empire, QUEEN ESTHER is a captivating tale of beauty and bravery. Esther’s ordinary life changed forever when she was taken through the palace doors, entering a new world of royalty and risk. With a crown on her head and a secret in her heart, can she find the courage to trust in God’s plan and believe that she was made for such a time as this?

Trip includes: ($159 per person) Tickets to the Sight & Sound Millennium Theater Smorgasbord Lunch at Shady Maple Deluxe Motorcoach Transportation on the Hampton Jitney All Tips & Taxes (except Bus Driver) Travel protection is suggested at $20 per person if purchased at time of deposit. (pre-existing conditions are waived) Although this trip is scheduled for May of 2020, reservations to hold the best seats are required now. Many shows are almost sold out already. To hold your seat on the bus and ticket reservations for this spectacular new show at Sight & Sound, please call Dianne at the Rectory at 631-727-2114

ALL SAINTS' DAY, NOVEMBER 1 - MEANING AND HISTORY

The Bible doesn’t teach us to pray to the saints, through the saints, or for saints. Rather, we remember the saints and to allow the testimony of their faith spur us on.

All Saints Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, or Hallow-mas, is a Christian celebration in honor of all the saints from Christian history. In Western Christianity, it is observed on No-vember 1st by the Roman Catholic Church, the Methodist Church, the Lutheran Church, and other Protestant denomina-tions. The Eastern Orthodox Church and associated Eastern Catholic churches observe All Saints Day on the first Sunday following Pentecost. The Christian festival of All Saints Day comes from a convic-tion that there is a spiritual connection between those in Heav-en and on Earth. In Catholic tradition, the holiday honors all those who have passed on to the Kingdom of Heaven. It is a

national holiday in numerous historically Catholic countries. In Methodist tradition, All Saints Day relates to giving God earnest gratitude for the lives and deaths of his saints, remembering those who were well-known and not. Addi-tionally, individuals throughout Christian history are celebrated, such as Peter the Apostle and Charles Wesley, as well as people who have personally guided one to faith in Jesus, such as one's relative or friend. In addition to weekly wor-ship gatherings, "All Saints Day" annually reminds us of our connectedness as Christians. It's commemorated every November 1st. Perhaps, you were taught to think of saints as statues in a church building. But the Bible teaches some-thing completely different. Who is a saint? You are. That is if you’re a follower of Jesus. God calls a "saint" anyone who trusts in Christ alone for salvation. See Acts 9:13, 26:10, Romans 8:27, and 1Corinthians 1:2. It's granted by God Himself to any common, salt-of-the-earth person who simply trusts Christ (1Corinthians 1:2). Through the chan-nel of human faith (the means of salvation) we become united to Christ (the source of salvation) and we are saved from God's judgment as well as from the futile way of life that we naturally follow (1Peter 3:18). In other words, we are granted sainthood! RELATION TO HALLOWEEN Dressed as Dracula or as devils, neighborhood children were happily "trick or treating" last night in the United States and some other countries. But would it surprise you to know that "Halloween" (by that name) started out as a holy Christian celebration? Hallow, in Old English, means "holy" or "sacred." Therefore, "Hallows' Eve," or "Halloween" simply means "the evening of holy persons" and refers to the evening before All Saints Day, which is this day, No-vember 1 on both Anglican and Catholic calendars. Halloween is a mixture of Celtic religious ideas and Christian mar-tyrology. MEANING AND ORIGIN OF ALL SAINTS DAY In the early years when the Roman Empire persecuted Christians, so many martyrs died for their faith, that the Church set aside special days to honor them. For example, in 607 Emperor Phocas presented to the pope the beautiful Roman Pantheon temple. The pope removed the statues of Jupiter and the pagan gods and consecrated the Pantheon to "all saints" who had died from Roman persecution in the first three hundred years after Christ. Many bones were brought from other graves and placed in the rededicated Pantheon church. Since there were too many martyrs for each to be given a day, they were lumped together into one day. In the next century, All Saints Day was changed by Pope Grego-ry III to today's date--November l. People prepared for their celebration with a night of vigil on Hallows' Eve -- Hal-loween (possibly because of the strong holdover influence of the Celtic Samhain festival which many Christians in Ireland, Britain Scotland and Wales had continued to observe). The 1662 Book of Common Prayer says that the holi-day stands for “the unity of Christians of all ages, countries, and races in Christ, and the perfection of that unity in heaven." It dates the holiday back to about A.D. 610 when the Pantheon in Rome, turned into a Christian Church, was dedicated to all saints. ALL SOULS DAY In the 10th century, Abbot Odela of the Cluny monastery added the next day--November 2nd--as "All Souls" Day" to honor not just the martyrs, but all Christians who had died. People prayed for the dead, but many unchristian supersti-tions continued. People in Christian lands offered food to the dead--as it had been in pagan times. The superstitious also believed that on these two days, souls in purgatory would take the form of witches, toads, or demons and haunt persons who had wronged them during their lifetime. As happens so often in Church history, sacred Christian festivals can absorb so many pagan customs that they lose their significance as Christian holidays.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!

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As we come to the end of this year’s Catholic Ministries Appeal, we are counting on you, members of our parish family, to participate in this important campaign for the ministries and programs that serve more than 600,000 people every year. 100% of every dollar raised is RESTRICTED to the ministries of the Appeal. To the St. Isidore families who

have already responded to our letters and announcements, we are so grateful for your generosity! To those who have not yet given, please prayerfully consider joining us today by making a gift. Envelopes were provided in your envelope packs.

By joining together and sharing our gifts, we help to:

• Feed and clothe the needy • Comfort the sick and dying

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• Bring our faith to young people through youth, young adult and campus ministry programs

Our Goal For the Year $ 51,300

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121 Donors out of our 1,500 registered families responded to the works that Catholic Ministry provides.

CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS St. Isidore Church #022299 622 Pulaski Street Riverhead, NY 11901 TELEPHONE 631 727-2114 CONTACT PERSON Reina Bonocore SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2013 Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Windows 7 PRINTER HP Officejet J4580 Transmission Time Wednesday 11:45 SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION October 27, 2019 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 8 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS