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CHURCH OF ST. AUGUSTINE, LARCHMONT, New York NOVEMBER 19, 2017
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Pastor’s Corner THE FABLE OF THE BIRDS
There is a legend that after God had created all of the ani-mals of the wood, the newly-made animals walked around, happily discovering what it was like to be alive and getting used to their new bodies—all except the birds. While the other ani-mals had legs so they could run or fins so that they could swim, the birds could just hop a few steps. They thought God had punished them by giving them these awkward appendages on their shoulders. Why us? They wondered. Why do we have to struggle to get around with these “things” on our backs? But one bird soon discovered that it could move those “things” on its back, that by flapping them up and down the bird could lift itself off the ground higher and higher into the air. Then another one began to flap its appendages. And then another and another and another. The birds discovered that they could soar into the skies—while no other animal could. The birds discovered that what they thought was a “heavy bur-den” was actually a wonderful gift from God. Whether we believe it or not, each one of us has been given something unique and special from God that we can use to con-tribute to the work of creation. Sometimes the very “thing” that we consider to be a handicap or disadvantage or burden may lead us to discover the particular gift we (or another person) possess. But, as Jesus teaches us in the parable of the talents, such grace demands work on our part, the faith to “flap our wings” and a willingness to place our “talents” at the service of others. Our greatness lies not in the greatness of our talents in themselves but of the greatness of our love to use them to build the kingdom of God in our own time and place. Connections, November 1996.
MASS INTENTIONS
Week of November 20th — November 26th
Monday, November 20th 7:45 am Mary Rita Spitaleri 9:00 am Prayers of Thanksgiving Tuesday, November 21st 7:45 am Peter Meade 9:00 am Kathleen Gillalski Wednesday, November 22nd 7:45 am 9:00 am Jim Treacy
Thursday, November 23rd—Thanksgiving Day
9:30 am Charles Hesler Friday, November 24th 7:45 am 9:00 am Herman & Jessie Ciminesi Saturday, November 25th 9:00 am Robert Schulze
5:00 pm Trudy Saputo Sunday, November 26th 9:00 am Henri Philippe 10:30 am Lillian Nugent 12:00 pm Charles Hesler 5:00 pm Thomas Nevin
NOTE FROM THE PASTOR:
“You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones.“ St. Augustine
WE PRAY
For those who are ill, including: Sandy Albert, Cindy Augustine, Ellen R. Barbieri, Peter Benjamin, Frank Booth, Nelly Carillon, Debbie Coangelo, Teresa Cogan, Caryn Colombo, Conall Crean, Bernier De Comes, David DiPietro, Mary Ann Dolan, Marlene Dufort, Mark Elliott, Loren Finnell, Mary Elizabeth Fraioli, Marty Gary, Robert Glickman, Alessandria Glickman, Eleanor Gordon, Mary Haid, Kerry Hegarty, Robert Heyde, Harvey and Mary Humphrey, Carol Hrabsky, Father Joseph Irwin, Mary Jordan, Fred Kriegel, Dorothy & Dave Lakso, Zachary Lawrence, Rose Leghorn, Lori Lamberti, Martin Mar-tinez, Bob Morris, Calum Murray, Elizabeth Murray, Pa-tricia Clifford Newman, Doris Nogueira, Scotty Norton, Doris O’Toole, Jack Pastor, David Reilly, Katherine Samon, Annmarie Shower, Susan Testa, Annette Treacy, Joan Troccoli, Rosemary Walsh, Nicholas James Walsh, Missy Wey, Mary Williams, and Billy Zarcone.
We also pray for all those intentions in our Book of Prayer in the vestibule of the church.
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PARISH STEWARDSHIP We are grateful to all who contribute so generously each week. We do recommend that you use parish envelopes or ParishPay. Please call the rectory for details or to register.
Total Collection this week—$5,391.00 Total ParishPay was $4,500.00 Total Collection — $9,891.00
Attendance Last weekend was 898 Thank you for your support and generosity.
NOVEMBER A MONTH TO REMEMBER
During the month of November we are called in a special way “to remember our brothers and sisters who have gone to their rest.” A book of the names of our dead will be kept in our church near the pulpit from All Saints until Thanksgiving. Our parishioners are invited to write the names of their deceased in this book.
THANKSGIVING INTERFAITH SERVICE
The Larchmont/Mamaroneck Interfaith Council will have a special Thanksgiving Service at St. Thomas Church, 168 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, on Sunday, November 19th at 7:00 pm. Members of sev-eral houses of worship will be participating. All are wel-come and encouraged to come to this yearly community event. Refreshments will be served following the service. Please bring donations of non-perishable food items for collection for the local Food Pantry.
THANKSGIVING DINNER DRIVE The Annual Thanksgiving Dinner Drive prepa-rations have begun. Posters are in the church to sign up and provide a dinner for individuals and
families in need in our community Thanksgiving Day. The meals should be complete, fully cooked and in a sturdy box stating how many the meal will feed. We ask that you do not get pre-cooked meals as they are cooked and then frozen. Side dishes and desserts are also gratefully accepted if you cannot do a whole meal. If you will be away the holiday, grocery gift cards are much appreciated as well. The meals should be deliv-ered to the church between 8:00—9:00 am Thanksgiv-ing morning. Volunteers are needed to deliver the meals after the 9:30 am Mass. For more information, call Anne Avenius at 914-527-6762 or [email protected] or Margaret Paganini at 914-806-1213, [email protected].
ADVENT CHRISTMAS WREATHS Buy your Advent/Christmas Wreaths and Support the
Hurricane Victims in Puerto Rico and the Local Food Pantry
Our Confirmation candidates and their parents will be selling wreaths on Sunday, December 3rd after all the Masses in front of the church. Candles and wreath rings will also be available for purchase. The wreaths are com-ing from Sisters Gail, Bernadette, Amie, Elizabeth and Kris-tian at the Green Mountain Monastery in Greensboro, Vermont. The Sisters hand harvest the balsam from their trees in the forest on their property for you. They trim the balsam branches to encourage heartier trees and receive the incredibly fragrant gift of these noble friends of the forest in return. In a world where we are presented with the devastation of Earth and its life systems, this wreath offers a different way of being human within the sacred community of life. Each wreath is 20 inches with a bow and pine cones. The cost is $25 with $5 going to help two charities. We are hoping to sell 125 wreaths and give $400 to the vic-tims of the hurricane in Puerto Rico through the Catholic Extension Society and $225 to the local Hope Food Pantry. Please reserve a wreath by signing the poster in the back of the church or emailing Sister Suzanne at [email protected] (new email). You may pay in advance and send a check (St. Augustine’s Rel. Ed.) or pay in cash or check when you pick up the wreath. Please support this venture of mercy.
SECOND COLLECTION NOVEMBER 19, 2017
CATHOLIC CHARITIES CAMPAIGN FOR CHARITY AND JUSTICE
Please be generous in this week’s second collection for the Catholic Charities Campaign for Charity and Jus-tice. Catholic Charities will direct the funds back to par-ishes and community-based organizations to fund local projects. Please prayerfully consider how you can sup-port this collection. More information about the collec-tion can be found at www.catholiccharitiesny.org
PARENTING WITH FAITH On Tuesday evening, December 5th and Wednesday morning, December 6th, we will have a panel discussion, Teaching Children Gratitude. Plan to join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday or 10:15 am on Wednesday in Kenny Hall. Par-ents, grandparents and caregivers are invited!
CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE CONFESSION
Saturday, December 9th & 16th, 4:00—4:45 pm
Confession Monday, December 18th, 4:00—8:00 pm
MASS SCHEDULE
Fourth Sunday in Advent Mass Schedule
9:00 am, 10:30 am and 12:00 Noon
Sunday, December 24th, Christmas Eve
4:00 (Family Mass), 6:00, & 9:00 (Choir)
Monday, December 25th, Christmas Day
9:00, 10:30 am and 12 Noon (Choir) No Evening Mass
Sunday Mass Schedule
9:00 am, 10:30 am & 12:00 Noon & 5:00pm
Monday, January 1st, New Year’s Day
9:00, 10:30 am &12 Noon
No evening Mass
MOVING? NEW TO THE PARISH? Our warmest welcome to all who worship with our par-ish family, whether long-time residents or newly arrived in the parish. If you are not registered, or need to update our records, please complete this form and place it in the collection basket or mail it to the rectory or register by visiting the Parish website at www.staugustineny.org/register.
NAME________________________________________
ADDRESS_____________________________________
CITY/STATE__________________TEL______________
EMAIL _______________________________________
The items requested for November SOUP, PASTA & CEREAL
Donations of food can be left in the baskets at the front & side entrances to the
church during the day and especially brought by the children during every 10:30 am Sunday Mass.
Thank you for your continued generosity.
ST. AUGUSTINE LADIES AUXILIARY HOLLY PARTY
Please organize your table (s) and send in your reser-vations (s) at $10.00 per person for the St. Augustine HOLLY PARTY 2017 to Annalea Ricci, 8 Iden Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538-2712. Tel: 914-834-7443. It is a tradition to bring an unwrapped gift (wrapping paper separately) to the Holly Party to put under the Christmas tree in the Kenny Hall entrance to benefit the children of the incarcerated mothers at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women (=Hour Children). The gifts are for children ages infants to 16 years old! Gift ideas are: dolls of color, games, sports balls, puzzles, paint sets, toys, clothing, etc. (no toy guns or anything with batteries, except when extra batteries are sup-plied.!!) For more information, please contact Anne-Mieke Smeets at 914-834-0194. We are looking forward to a great beginning to the Christmas season. Thank you.
GREETERS NEEDED Parishioners are needed to welcome arriving parishion-ers into all of the weekend Masses, especially during the Christmas Masses on December 24th and 25th, beginning at the 5 pm Mass on Saturday or at the 9 am, 10:30 am, 12 noon, and 5 pm Mass on Sunday. Please email [email protected] if you can come 15 minutes ear-ly to Mass once or twice a month with a smile and a warm greeting. As our dedicated 9 am Mass greeters can tell you, it makes a difference!
SUMMER CLOTHING COLLECTION A parishioner who will be visiting the Philippines at the end of November is planning to take three large boxes of summer clothing to Tacloban in the Philippines. Please leave any gently used Summer Clothes (esp. children’s), that you would like to donate in the porch in front of the rectory by Nov 19th.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The Hudson Pet Food Pantry—urgently needs volun-teers to assist at pet food drives at local food stores as well as other volunteer opportunities. The pantry pro-vides food for more than 700 pets a month to families that otherwise would not be able to feed and keep their pets. Please go to www.hvpetfoodpantry.org or email [email protected] for more information. St. Thomas Episcopal Church Thrift Shop—is in need of volunteers for various tasks including passing on excess donations to other organizations in need including Mid-night Run, Sharing Shelf etc. Volunteers are needed Wed. and Sat. between 10 am and 1 pm when the thrift shop is open and Mon. between 10 am and 2 pm to sort and prepare the items donated. Please call Mary Ford at [email protected] or 671-0525.
HAPPY AND BLESSED
THANKSGIVING TO ALL
ROSALIE HALL Many thanks to all of you who contributed
so generously to Rosalie Hall. This shelter for unwed mothers deeply appreciates your gifts especially during the Christmas season.
ANGEL TREE In December the Angel Trees will be up in the ves-tibule of the church. To many, these will be the only
gifts they will receive this holiday season. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT On Saturday, December 9th at 7:30 pm, the Westchester Chordsmen Chorus will per-
form a Christmas Concert in Kenny Hall. The Westches-ter Chordsmen is a wonderful all-male chorus with over 40 voices, specializing in close “Barbershop Quartet” and other popular a cappella harmonies. The repertoire will cover a wide spectrum of Christmas holiday music by the chorus and selected quartets. Free refreshments will be served. Admission is $25, and $10 for students and children.
