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Anastasi

A
church
saint

4545-14 245th Street


Douglaston, NY 1136211362-1135
Phone: (718) 631631-4454
Fax: (718) 631631-1774
Email: info@stanastasia.info

Douglaston-Little Neck
Salus Animarum Suprema Lex

www.stanastasia.info
November 9, 2008

Rev. Msgr. George J. Ryan, Pastor


Rev. William A. McLaughlin
Rev. Chris J. Piasta, OFM
Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Cantley, S.T.D.,

Pastor Emeritus
Rectory Office Hours:
Monday to Friday 9:15 AM to 8 PM
Saturday 9:15 AM to 1 PM
Mrs. Betty Harris, Secretary
Mrs. Ann Larkin, Accounting Admin.
St. Anastasia School:
45-11 245th Street
Mrs. Lucy Mihulka, Principal
Mrs. Cindy Roma-McCann, Assist. Princ.
Phone: (718) 631-3153; (718) 631-3155
Email: school@stanastasia.info
Religious Education & CCD Office:
Mrs. Janine Kramer, Directress
Phone: (718) 225-5191
Email: dre@stanastasia.info
Music Minister:
Mr. Joseph C. Extejt
Weekend Masses:
Saturday Vigil at 5:30
Sundays 8 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM & 5 PM
Weekday Masses:
Monday thru Saturday at 8:30 AM
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Saturdays 44:30 PM
Holy Days and Special Liturgies:
Mass schedules will be printed in the
Bulletin at the appropriate time.
Devotions:
Miraculous Medal Novena:
Mondays after 8:30 AM Mass

PARISH MEMBERSHIP:
All new families are welcome to the Parish and every family should be properly registered.
Registration forms are available at the Rectory.
Use of the electronic giving (Faith Direct) or envelope system is required if statement of
contribution is sought for tax purposes. All parishioners should use either one of the donation forms. If you move or change your address, please notify the Rectory by mail.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:
First Sunday of each month at 1:30 PM only. Parents should make arrangements by calling the Rectory no later than 2 weeks before the Baptism.
Parents must attend the Baptism instructions before Baptism
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY:
Time available: Saturday 11 AM-3 PM; Sunday 2:30 PM-3 PM
Couples must make arrangements six months prior to the selected date of their marriage
and fully participate in the Pre-Cana Parish at home.
R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
It is the process for adults wishing to become Catholic, complete their sacramental initiation, or attain full membership in the Church. For further information, please contact
Ms. Janine Kramer

ANNOUNCEMENTS

rip to Atlantic City $30.


pp on Monday, November
17, 2008. For more information
call Peg McKeon at (718) 4282833.

Outreach Committee

condition and would like to


donate them please call us and
we will pick them up. For more
information call Jorge at (718)
224-8187 or (718) 423-5988.

A Christmas Concert with


Michael Amante

etting to Know You


Want some company?
Need some help?
Have a neighbor in need?
Want to help? Let us know!
The Outreach Committee
Hotline is (347) 481-5477.
St. Anastasias Outreach Committee is a group of parishioners who have come together to
offer services (visits, errands,
etc.) to those in need. Were
ready and waiting for your
call!

t. Michaels Church (4th


Avenue Brooklyn) presents a Christmas Gala Concert with the famous Italian
Tenor, Michael Amante. The
concert will be hosted by Tony
LoBianco (actor). Please join
us on December 7, 2008 at
3:30 PM. Tickets for the concert are $50. For reservations
and information please call
(718) 768-6065. St. Michael
Church is located at 352 42nd
Street in Brooklyn.

private vendor of new, used, or


homemade items and you
would like to participate,
please send a check or money
order payable to SFA School.
no later than November 5th to
secure a spot. Tables are
$40.00 each. St. Francis of
Assisi School at 21-18 46th
Street in Astoria For more information, please call Angie at
(917) 841-5219.

Healing Mass

Choir News

Need a ride to Church?

Help the Homeless

Annual Coat Drive

uesday, November 18,


2008 at Immaculate Conception Center at 7200 Douglaston Parkway in Douglaston.
Schedule: 7 PM Rosary, Mass
& Healing Service. For more
info call: (718) 229-8001.

omeless men living under


Flushing Meadow
Bridges need clothing
For a number of years now and
thanks to the generosity of our
parishioners; every Sunday
morning during the winter
months, we bring hot chocolate, a sandwich and some
warm clothes to a group of
homeless men living under the
bridges and surrounding areas
of Flushing Meadows Corona
Park. These are men who for
different reasons have given up
on life and seen unable to cope
with it. As the cold weather
approaches, once again we are
preparing to start our mission
and we need clothing. If you
have warm clothes and blankets that are clean and in good

ST. ANASTASIA BULLETIN

www.stanastasia.info

Leisure Club News

November 9, 2008

t. Anastasia Choir is looking to expand its members.


If you are interested and like to
sing we need you and your
voice! Please call Joseph Extejt, our Music Director at
(718) 631-4909.

he coats are dropped off to


needy parishes in Queens
and Brooklyn, visiting Nurse
Early Head Start program in
Rockaway, St. Johns Bread
and Life Ministry, and other
spots that are in need of help.
The coats can be left at my
office at Bryce Rea Associates,
or if you cant come to me I
will go and pick them up; just
call my cell phone: Carolyn
Meenan at (917) 796-2990.
Thank you again for your generous help by keeping someone
warm this winter.

entury Car Service is offering a special rate to


parishioners who need a ride to
Sunday Mass. This offer is
only available to get to St. Anastasia Church for Sunday
Mass. The fee is $5.00 plus
any gratuity they choose to
give. (This is a 16% reduction
in their usual rate. Just advise
the dispatcher that you are going to St. Anastasia Church in
Douglaston in order to get the
discount.) Century Car is located at Springfield Blvd and
Union Turnpike in Bayside
Call: (718) 740-6600 or (718)
428-1010.

Lions Club Dinner Dance

he Annual Lions Club


Dinner Dance is set for
November 23, 2008 at the Inn
in New Hyde Park at 214 Jericho Turnpike. The festivities
are from 6:0010:00 PM,
including cocktail hour, D.J.
Dinner and a raffle. The price
per ticket is $75.00. This year
the Honorees are three of our
parishioners: Thomas Cress:
Man of the Year, Lori Cress:
Woman of the Year and Barbara Barba: Lion of the Year.
Indicate the number of tickets
and send your checks to Douglaston Lions Club, P.O. Box
630330 Little Neck, NY
11363. For more information:
call Charlie McBride at (917)
312-3043.

Indoor Flea Market

aturday, November 22,


2008 between 10:00
AM5:00 PM (rain or shine).
If you are a professional or

What do you get if you cross a lighthouse with


a henhouse?
Beacon and eggs.

FROM OUR PASTOR, MSGR. RYAN:

Dear Parishioners,

Msgr. George J. Ryan


Pastor, St. Anastasia Parish

ast June I invited the local clergy of Douglaston/


Little Neck to the rectory for lunch. We had the
pastors of Zion Episcopal, Community Church
of Douglaston, Community Church of Little Neck, and
the Rabbis of the Marathon Jewish Community Center
and the Little Neck Jewish Center, Fr. Chris and myself.
We have met twice since then and are now jointly hosting the screening of Elisabeth of Berlin. I hope you
will attend and as usual show our hospitality and welcome to our friends and neighbors. Here is the release
we are sending to various groups.
A discovery was made in 2004 in a dusty church basement outside Frankfurt, Germany that wrote history.
Before the briefcase full of papers was found, only a
friend knew for sure that Elisabeth Schmitz was perhaps
the most forceful voice of Christian resistance against
the Nazis. This discovery connected a forgotten woman
to the most tumultuous events of the 20th century. Who
was this courageous woman?
The Clergy Association of Little Neck/ Douglaston,
which is an interfaith organization, proudly hosts a
screening of Elisabeth of Berlin, the latest film by
director Steven D. Martin of Vital Visions, Inc. The
screening will be on Tuesday, November 18th at 8:00
PM in the Fr. Smith Hall at St. Anastasia Roman Catholic Church, 45-14 245th St. Douglaston. Rev. Martin has
produced three films on the role of the Protestant
church in the Third Reich, beginning with the breakthrough Theologians Under Hitler This event is part
of a series of screenings across the United States and
Germany in commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of
Kristallnacht (the night of Broken Glass).
Elisabeth of Berlin tells the forgotten story of a
schoolteacher who pleaded with church leaders to take
a stand on behalf of the Jews of Germany. When the
oppression of the Jews turned violent in November of
1938, she took early retirement, objecting that she could
no longer teach her subjects according to the Nazi
worldview. For nearly five years afterwards she put her

life at continuous risk by sheltering Jews in her Berlin


apartment and in a small house in the country.
Elisabeth Schmitz recognized the danger of Nazism long
before others in the churches. While most church leaders embraced Nazism, and others regarded Hitler with
more caution, Schmitz understood the catastrophe fro
the very beginning. Elisabeth of Berlin is part biography, part historical narrative, and part detective
story. It has brought fascination and inspiration to
adults and children alike. Above all this film shows the
importance of broadening our circle of friendships, especially during dangerous times.
Following the film, Rev. Martin will personally lead a
discussion on how we can encourage and develop closer
interfaith relationships. It is his belief and hope that better relations among Christians, Jews, Muslims, and
those of other faiths or no faith would help avert any
future faith based discrimination long before anything
like the atrocities of the Holocaust could be contemplated. We invite all community members of good will
to attend this free film screening and discussion.

GOOD NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL

FROM OUR PASTOR, MSGR. RYAN:

PRINCIPAL, MRS. MIHULKA:

Congratulations!

Dear Parishioners,

Mrs. Lucy Mihulka


Principal, St. Anastasia School

Msgr. George Ryan


Pastor, St. Anastasia Parish

ongratulations to the winners of the Intermediate


Math Bee at St. Anastasia:

First Place:
Liam Burke, 6th grade
Second Place:
Kathryn McCabe, 6th grade
Tie for 2nd Place: Ruben Cerri-Droz, 5th grade
After additional rounds, Kathryn McCabe of the 6th grade
won the alternate position.
Liam Burke will represent the School at the Queens Regional
Math Bee on November 25th. Thirty one Catholic schools
will compete at the Bee. We are very proud of all who competed. The students math knowledge and ability to think and
compute under pressure were very impressive. Thank you to
Mrs. Cannone and Mrs. Novack, our Math Bee Coordinators.
Mr. Abaya and I judged the exciting rounds. Thank you also
to all the parents who attended and took time from their busy
schedules to support our excellent math programs.
Congratulations to Anthony Santino in the 7th grade on his
performance this weekend in A Neighborhood Story at the
Crowne Plaza. Anthony is a member of the Screen Actors
Guild. Great job!
A reminder that the next Home School Association Meeting
will be on Wednesday, November 12 at 7:30PM at FSH with
a special presentation by Bill Clifford on Internet Safety.
There is a new school fundraiser, selling Religious Christmas
cards, keeping Christ in Christmas. A box of 20 cards will
be sold for $8. Please contact the office if you are interested
in purchasing a box.
The 8th grade Ring Day ceremony is scheduled for Friday,
November 21st at 11AM with light refreshments in the Annex right after the service. Parents and Guardians of the
graduating 8th grade are invited.
The students will participate in a Thanksgiving Prayer service
on Wednesday, November 26 at 11AM in the Church. All
are invited.

already informed you by mail that the City of New


York has approved the re-naming of 245th Street between Northern Boulevard and Alameda Avenue as Fr.
John J. Gribbon Way. The ceremony for this re-naming
will take place on Sunday afternoon, November 16th at 1:30
PM. All are invited!
We will gather outside on 245th street by the convent for the
program of re-naming. Our councilman, Tony Avella who
supported our initiative will be present and speak. May I
suggest you use the school parking lot off Northern and Alameda as 245th Street will be closed to traffic. Those who
wish to remain after the 12:00 Mass are welcome to relax in
the Church or in the rooms of the school adjacent to the
Church.
After the ceremony we will we will walk down Fr. John
Gribbon Way for the first time to Fr. Smith Hall where
there will be light refreshments. I look forward to getting
together to honor a priest who served and loved the people
of St. Anastasia.

The Billboard Players


presents

Separate Tables
by Terence Rattigan
Directed by Louis V. Fucilo
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Featuring
*Madelon Avallone *Dan Bubbeo *Ria Gallagher *Oz Kaufhold
*Christine LaCamera *Paulette Murphy *Lauren Pallini
*Joe Pepe *Patricia Servidio * Dean Schildkraut *Arthur Vidro
*Marilyn Welsher *Claudia Wilson

Performance Dates
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

November 14 & 21
November 15 & 22
November 16 & 23

General admission: $13.00

at 8:00 PM
at 8:00 PM
at 3:00 PM
Seniors: $10.00

Group Rates Available

For information/tickets call: 516-746-7356 or 347-235-0972


Community Church of East Williston
East Williston Avenue & Roslyn Road
East Williston, New York 11596

MOVIE CLUB

The Visitor

Movie Club is offered to adults only. We are selecting movies that


are interesting, inspiring, sometimes forgotten, thought-provoking
and artistically significant. We use the Youth Center, which is
equipped with AC, comfy couches, decent stereo sound and bigsize projection screen. Snacks, wine and soda are served.

A deeply moving drama built around longtime character actor


Richard Jenkins, The Visitor is a simmering drama about a
college professor and recent widower, Walter Vale (Jenkins),
who discovers a pair of homeless, illegal aliens living in his
New York apartment. Writer-director Thomas McCarthy has
created a wonderfully measured story about change and renewal, and put it all on the shoulders of Jenkins, a largely
unheralded but masterful performer whose time for renown
has surely come. --Tom Keogh
USA 2007; PG-13; 1:43 hr

Thursday, November 13 at 7 PM
Youth & Young Adults Center
(Entrance adjacent to the church, 2nd floor)
$3 cover wine, soda & snacks

MASS INTENTIONS

Bread & Wine

November 815, 2008

Memorial
SATURDAY

WEEKDAY

5:30 PM Angelina & Joseph Locetta and Mary Tranchida

IN THANKSGIVING FOR

Daniel Mosten and Henry J. Orlowski


NOVEMBER 1016, 2008

{ Remember }

SUNDAY

THE DEDICATION OF THE


LATERAN BASILICA

8:00 AM
10:00 AM
12:00 PM
5:00 PM

Joseph Gallagher, Jr. and James Renne , Jr.


Katherine Lee and Irene Baker
Agatha DiSanto and Roberta Moran
Patricia and Salvatore Porazzo

MONDAY

8:30 AM Thomas Larkin and Lillian McDermott

TUESDAY
Please remember in your prayers all the sick of our
Parish Community, especially:

Ruth Marchese
Annette Montello
Joseph Alchus

and those who have died, especially:

The Mommy and Me Program meets on Wednesdays 11:0012:30 in the Annex.

8:30 AM Daniel Mosten and Alzira P. de Aguiar

WEDNESDAY JOSAPHAT, BISHOP & MARTYR


Josaphat Kuncevych (+1623) a Basilian monk,
bishop of Polotsk; his fidelity to the Roman See
and his desire for union between the Ukrainian
Church and Rome led to his murder in Vitebsk.
8:30 AM Michael Chimenti and Arthur Kirke Bartley

THURSDAY

Leisure Club on Tuesday


Religious Education Classes on Wednesday
RCIA on Wednesday
Spanish Prayer Group on Thursday
Movie Club on Thursday
Street Re-naming on Sunday
Confirmation Enrollment on Sunday
Blood Drive Sign-up on Sunday

FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI


Frances Cabrini (+Dec. 22, 1917), from Lombardy; founded the Missionary Sisters of the
Sacred Heart; established some sixty-seven
institutions (schools, hospitals and orphanages);
first U.S. citizen canonized (1946); patroness of
immigrants and migrants.

This week:

MARTIN OF TOURS, BISHOP


Martin (+ 397) from Pannonia (Hungary); soldier
turned Christian at 18, founded the first monastery in the West; patron of soldiers, wine producers and of France.

Anthony Corrente
Stephen Napoli

Mommy & Me

LEO THE GREAT, POPE


Leo (+461), eminent pastor and preacher; defender of the Roman primacy; many of his
prayers are found in the Sacramentary.

8:30 AM McQueeney Family

FRIDAY

WEEKDAY

8:30 AM John Hedgecock and Rose & John Slevin

SATURDAY

WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Lucia & Joseph Soccodato

Blood Drive
Our Annual Blood Drive will take place on Sunday, November 23 between 9:00 AM2:30 PM. Next Sunday you will
have a chance to sign up for an appointment. Your donation will help to save up to THREE lives.
Eligibility criteria: on donation Sunday bring your ID and know social security number; minimum weight 110 lbs; age
1676 (16 year-olds must have parental permission); eat well (low fat) and drink fluids; no tattoos for past 12 months.
For medical questions concerning blood donations call 1-800-688-0900.

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