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The Correspondent Monthly Newsletter of Saint Ann’s Episcopal Church, Sayville, New York
April 2019
2019 Holy Week Schedule
Palm Sunday – April 13 & 14 (Palms will be distributed at all services)
5:00 PM (Saturday): Holy Eucharist
8:00 AM -- Holy Eucharist Rite II with Choir & Procession Starting in the Parish Hall 10:00 AM -- Holy Eucharist Rite II with Choir & Procession Starting in the Parish Hall
Maundy Thursday – April 18
7:00 PM Maundy Thursday Liturgy: The Foot Washing, the Holy Eucharist, Stripping of the Altar
9:00 PM – 8:00 AM Overnight Vigil at the Altar of Repose In the Chapel
Good Friday – April 19
11:00 AM – The Stations of the Cross (in the Cemetery) 12:00 Noon – Good Friday Liturgy (in the Church)
Holy Saturday – April 20
9:00 AM -- Holy Saturday Liturgy in the Chapel 7:00 PM – The Great Vigil of Easter
Easter Day: Resurrection of Our Lord – April 21
8:00 AM – Holy Eucharist Rite II with Choir 10:00 AM – Holy Eucharist Rite II with Choir
Followed by Easter Egg Hunt on the Great Lawn
Volume XXVI Issue 4
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Editorial Page -------------------------- 2
Rector’s Corner -------------------------- 3
Vestry Visions -------------------------- 4
View...Front Porch ---------------------- 6
Behind the Pole ------------------------- 9
Notes -------------------------------------- 11
Anniversaries/Birthdays --------------- 12
Garden of the Unforgotten ----------- 13
Calendar ---------------------------------- 15
WEEKEND SERVICES Saturday 5:00 PM – Holy Eucharist–Rite II Sunday 8:00 AM – Holy Eucharist–Rite II Sunday 10:00 AM – Holy Eucharist–Rite II
WEEKDAY SERVICES IN THE CHAPEL
Tuesday 9:00 AM Holy Eucharist
SPECIAL UPCOMING EVENTS Apr. 3—Soup Supper/Bible Study Apr. 7—Fourth Sunday in Lent Apr. 10—Soup Supper/Bible Study
Apr. 14-21 Holy Week Apr. 14—Palm Sunday Apr. 18—Maundy Thursday Apr. 19—Good Friday Apr. 20—Great Vigil of Easter Apr. 21—Easter Day
MISSION STATEMENT Our mission is to spread the gospel of Christ in thought, word, and deed
to our community and the world.
MISSION STATEMENT Our mission is to spread the gospel of Christ in thought, word, and deed
to our community and the world.
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FROM THE EDITOR
Recently I saw an article which said “memory fog” is real, and it’s worse in the winter and early spring. I saw it on Facebook. It must be true! The idea is that even though humans are functional in all seasons, they have something in common with some wildlife in that their bodies would like to hibernate during the cold weather. I know I wouldn’t mind hibernating on some of the cold dark days we’ve had! Apparently, once the weather is warm and our activity level is up, we are much sharper. For some, school starts at the peak of brain power. For some others of us, we can go into the kitchen and can’t remember what it was we came in for! But don’t worry. There is a cure for memory fog! The two things the article mentioned were reading (a book--not the film version or the TV miniseries) and craft projects such as origami, which force our brains to focus on a particular new task and not go through our day on autopilot. I wonder if reading articles on Facebook counts?
Anyway, I decided that I probably have had memory fog during this past winter since I frequently have forgotten what I went into the kitchen to retrieve, and I also drove my car (albeit at a very slow speed) into a telephone pole, so I am doing something about it. I am reading a book before I go to sleep at night, and I took a course in creating Bonsai trees last month. No, it’s not origami, but it is a task which requires concentration, and I’ve never done it before. The weather is getting warmer day by day, but just in case, I’m taking a trip to Southern California (Palm Desert) this month, where I understand it can be very hot. I believe this will trick my brain into believing it is summer a couple of months early, and by the time I get back to Long Island my brain will have shaken off the memory fog. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do! --Rodney Dudley, Editor
Saint Ann’s Office 262 Middle Road, Sayville, NY 11782
Email: [email protected] Website: www.saint-anns.org Phone: (631) 589-6522 Fax: (631) 589-6541
The Correspondent 262 Middle Road, Sayville, NY 11782
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Published monthly by Saint Ann’s Episcopal Church. Copies and advertising information available through the
office.
Editor: Rodney M. Dudley [email protected]
2019 Saint Ann’s Episcopal Church
May Deadline
Thursday, April 25
Clergy Staff The Reverend Hugh James, Interim Rector, Ext. 12
The Reverend Brian Barry, Assistant to the Rector, Ext. 13 [email protected]
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A Word from the Interim Rector Father Hugh James
Dear Friends,
Chirpie the parakeet never saw it coming. One minute he was peacefully perched inside his birdcage, and the next he was sucked in, washed up and blown over. The problem began when his owner decided to clean out his cage. She stuck the attachment to her vacuum cleaner inside the cage, and the telephone rang distracting her. When she turned around, Chirpie was gone. She looked inside the vacuum cleaner and, sure enough, Chirpie was there – alive, but stunned, and covered with dirt and debris. So, she grabbed him, ran to the bathroom and ran cold water over him. The poor bird was soaked and shivering, so she did what any compassionate bird-owner would do –reached for her hair dryer and blasted the bird with hot air. Poor Chirpie never knew what hit him. Several days later, a reporter called to see how Chirpie’s recovery was coming along. The owner said, “Well, Chirpie doesn’t sing anymore. He just sits and stares.”
Well, I guess so! After being sucked in, washed up and blown over, that’s enough to take the song from the stoutest of hearts. When circumstances suddenly change for the worse and take us out of fairly peaceful territory, it’s never an easy adjustment. Perhaps you’ve gone through times when things changed. dramatically. At the time, your song was gone, and perhaps you thought you’d never be the same again. If so, then you will have some idea of how Mary Magdalene and the other disciples would have been feeling by that first Easter Morning. Things had been going well for them. Over the previous three years they had traveled with Jesus, seen him perform miracles, and grown to trust him deeply. But now he had been crucified, never to be seen again. If you had inquired about the disciples after Jesus’ death, you might have heard, “They don’t sing anymore. They just sort of sit and stare.” But then something happened. Their world and ours would never be the same. The tomb was empty, and nobody knew where the body was. Mary Magdalene told the others about it, but they gave up and went home. Mary stayed behind, weeping, and failed to recognize the risen Christ before her. As the days pass, each resurrection appearance begins in surprise– the disciples fishing all night without catching anything, Jesus cooking breakfast on the beach, the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. Nobody recognizes him at first sight.
Clearly his risen body was not identical to the Jesus who was crucified. People mistake him for a stranger. He enters locked rooms. He walks along the path to Emmaus for a long time without being recognized. Crucifixion, death and resurrection result in a transformed body – with evident scars, but clearly changed. When he reminds others of God’s banquet, meant for the whole world – when human beings are fed and watered, delivered from prison, gathered from exile across the earth, healed and reconciled into a community of peace – his companions discover that he has once again been in their midst.
The risen Body of Christ – what we call the church – seems to be most alive when it lives closer to the reality of Good Friday and Easter. The Body of Christ is rising today where it is growing less self-centred and inwardly focused, and living with its heart focused on loving God and neighbour. The Body is recognized when the hungry are fed – on the lakeshore with broiled fish, on the road to Emmaus, on street corners and city parks, in food pantries and open kitchens, in feeding neighbour nations and former enemies, and as the Body gathers once again to remember its identity and origin – Christ is risen for the sake of all creation. Where and how do we see the Body of Christ, risen and rising? Will we share the life of that body as an Easter people, transformed by resurrection and sent to transform the world?
With all best wishes,
Hugh James+
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Tree of Remembrance
How many times have you walked into the church this past year? How often do you walk into the chapel or the Parish Hall? Probably quite a few times. Do you ever look at the plaques on the walls or on the stained-glass windows? If you have, you know that many are memorials to past congregants. And they are fascinating! Check out the dates and names. There is so much history there. These people shaped the direction of our church in the earlier days.
I challenge you to find the window dedicated to two wonderful people named Lou and Agnes Kreye. They were the first to welcome my family back to St. Ann’s when I returned in 1996. They were warm and welcoming and did so much for the parish family. They were and still are angels! Do you ever walk through the door at the east side of the church, bringing you in to the Parish Hall near the chapel and sacristy? What do you notice there? For me it is the beautiful Tree of Remembrance. We introduced it during our Capital Campaign some years ago. It is a sturdy trunk with beautiful gold leaves, surrounded by gold rocks, acorns and assorted smaller trees. It seems to have gone unnoticed since we ran that campaign.
We, as the Vestry, would like to bring the tree back to life. Being the season of resurrection, it is an apt time to update and renew it. This tree represents so much of our family spirit here at St. Ann’s. It is a place to commemorate those we love, the happy times and celebrations, and those who have gone home to Jesus. Here is an opportunity to share your joys, your sorrows, your appreciation and gratefulness with our church family.
It is a lasting testament to our faith, our love and our commitment to our church. Someday, in the future, someone will enter the Parish Hall and look back at the history found on that wall. They will see all of us, the current keepers of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church. If you would like to be a part of this permanent memorial and wish to add a leaf, rock, acorn or tree, please call the church office for more information regarding donations.
I hope to see us all inscribing our thoughts and prayers on this lovely tree, adding our names to the venerable group already memorialized throughout our church.
Diane Miller-Magnani for the Vestry
Wardens: 2020 Nancy Koinoglou 2021 Thomas Honey
Vestry: 2020 Donald Hester Diane Miller-Magnani
Patricia Osarchuk John O’Neil
2021 Ken Smyrk Carol Ann St. Lawrence
Wendy Schmittzeh John Smith
2022 Jackie Gandolfo Jill Hughes
Nicole LaFountaine Constance Currie
Vestry Visions
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OPERATION HOPE
Daughters of the King wishes to thank all who contributed to our collection of towels, sheets, and blankets for Hope House Ministries, Port Jefferson, in our February/March drive. We received 175 items, and will be able to happily deliver a huge collection of needed items to Hope House.
Continuing Operation Hope, in April and May DOK is collecting paper goods for Hope House. Items can be placed in the blue bin in the Parish Hall. Suggestions are: Paper Towels Napkins Toilet Tissue Garbage Bags Disposable Plates Disposable Bowls Disposable Cups Plastic Utensils
May God bless you for all you contribute!
EASTER FOOD BASKET MINISTRY
With your support, St. Ann’s Food Pantry will be distributing Easter food baskets to our neighbors in need. We will use a Giving Tree” to collect food donations.
The Giving Tree and sign-up are located in the Parish Hall. We need all donations by SUNDAY, APRIL 7th.
If you or somebody you know would benefit from receiving an Easter Basket, please contact the parish office at 589-6522 or Lynette Schulz at 472-2235.
SENIOR LUNCHEON Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 12:00 Noon
Lunch is at noon followed by George Munkenbeck, Islip Town Historian, who will give a presentation entitled, “Islip is. . . “
Attendees are asked to bring donations for our food pantry.
Save the date! Save the date!
(13 & 39 gallon)
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Spring is here again! My front porch is growing more and more inviting each day, as the sun shines and signs of new life are blossoming all around me. Bear (or, Sir Bearington von Bork as I like to call him) keeps Holly and me outside fairly often, as “fetch” is his favorite game ever. Truly, spring has a way of reminding us of life’s triumph over death, and so it is a seasonally appropriate time to celebrate Easter. But before we get to Easter, we have to finish with Lent, and so my front porch thoughts have centered around various ways in which we, as Christians, can put aside death and embrace new life. As a result, I’d like to talk a little bit about the Christian understanding of taking a retreat.
I have just been on two retreats since February. The first was on my own, in a visit to Camp DeWolfe. The second was a retreat with the Youth Group, also at Camp DeWolfe. In the world around us, retreat often has a negative connotation. Retreat, in military terms, is often viewed as a defeat even when it makes brilliant tactical sense. That is not how Christians view retreat. A retreat is time we set aside to spend with God, to improve on our relationship with God. It has nothing to do with defeat, though it often makes “tactical” sense when we are worn out by the world around us. Instead, when we go away for a retreat, we are recognizing that the world around us demands perhaps too much of our attention, which makes it ever harder to have a strong relationship with God. If retreat, in the Christian sense, means anything, it means going out to meet God so that we can have an experience of God’s presence.
That happened for me, twice, in the past few weeks. It happened for the Youth Group on our retreat. And it can happen for you. Taking the time to go off and pray, as Jesus so very often did, can revitalize you in your life and in your ministry. Retreats are time alone with God, and with our very selves, where we can take a careful inventory of the things we do that bring us life, and the things we do that sap the life from us. This is the essence of what I said above, about putting aside death and embracing new life. When we have that encounter with God, we are reinvigorated, and that is the true joy of retreat. It is also the purpose of Lent, as all of the practices we take on during these 40 days are designed to remove the things that distract us from the knowledge and love of God, and help us to put aside death and find life in our relationship with God.
I highly recommend that, at some point soon, some who read this will make time for retreat. We have wonderful resources for that on Long Island, from the Cenacle in Ronkonkoma to Camp DeWolfe in Wading River. If you need suggestions for booking a retreat, please don’t hesitate to contact me. It is my hope and my prayer that we will all set aside time to go meet God, because in meeting God, we find ourselves. Amen.
Prayer for the Search Committee
Almighty God, giver of every good gift: Look graciously on St. Ann’s, and so hear the prayers of the parish family as we look to you for guidance in our search for a new Rector. We pray that you will lead to us a faithful pastor, who will care for us and equip us for our ministries, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Thoughts from the Front Porch
Father Brian Barry
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News from the Search Committee
We write to provide you with an initial status report regarding the search for the
next Rector of St. Ann’s Church.
Six members of the parish, whose names are listed below, accepted a call to serve
on the search committee. The committee has met a couple times, including a
meeting with Canon Woodley (Canon for Ministry Support and Transition Minister
for the Diocese of Long Island).
Your input will be vital to the development of our Parish Profile, and we want to ensure that as many
members of the St. Ann’s community as possible contribute to the process. Here
are two ways that you can provide your input. First, in the next couple of weeks
we plan to make available on the St. Ann's website in the Rector Search
Updates section an electronic survey about St. Ann's, its future, and the qualities
of our new Rector. (Paper copies of the survey will also be available for those
without easy access to a computer). In addition, the search committee and the Canon for Transition
Ministry will lead a Forum (Summit) on the search process on Sunday, April 7, at 11:30 AM. The Summit
should last between 3 and 4 hours. Lunch will be provided at the start of the meeting.
Throughout this process, we will provide updates via email and in the weekly bulletin insert, as well as on
the "Rector Search" page of the St. Ann's website. We welcome your prayers, engagement, support, and
questions. Yours sincerely, Susan Knoepffler, Chair
Rich Acierno, Peg Flanagan, Jackie Gandolfo, Don Hester and Gerry Pagels
Frequently Asked Questions about the Transition Process
Q. When will the new Rector be appointed?
A. There will be a formal search process overseen by the Vestry and carried out by a Rector Search Committee appointed by the Vestry. This is somewhat analogous to a private sector search process, but different in that this search is about prayer, discernment, and being guided by the Holy Spirit.
Q: Who are the members of the Rector Search Committee? How were they selected, and what is their role?
A: In accordance with the search process outlined by The Episcopal Church, the Vestry of the church appointed members of St. Ann’s, including two current members of the Vestry. The role of the search committee is to gather input from the parish, prepare the parish profile, review applications from potential candidates and conduct interviews of candidates. Their role ends with the submission of a slate of two or three top candidates for consideration by the full Vestry.
Q: What will be the role of the existing clergy staff during this transition process?
A: St. Ann’s is blessed to have two very strong and committed clergy members in the persons of the Reverend Hugh James (Interim Rector) and Reverend Brian Barry. They will continue to serve in their existing pastoral, preaching and programmatic roles.
Q: Will the Interim Rector or the existing clergy be allowed to apply for the permanent rector position?
A: No, The Episcopal Church does not permit someone appointed as Interim Rector to be appointed the permanent rector. The same is true for existing clergy on staff.
St. Ann’s Summit Sunday, April 7th
11:30 AM
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A Donkey for Palm Sunday
Unlike the ersatz donkey in this cartoon, we are
planning to have a real donkey leading the 10:00 AM
Palm Sunday procession from the Parish Hall to the
church.
“Come and see!” Thanks to Paddy Hennessey, who
knows how to make things like this happen.
PLACES AROUND THE CHURCH Do you know where this is in the church? It’s a plaque for Edith Corse Evans who once attended St. Ann’s. She was a prominent American socialite who died aboard the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. She was one of only four women in First Class to die.
Edith, a single woman, had been offered a seat on a lifeboat, but she reportedly gave it up for her married cousin who had children at home. Edith felt the children needed their mother.
You can see the plaque on the east wall inside the church.
The Vicar wasn’t fooled for a second.
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VIEW FROM BEHIND THE POLE
LOOKING FOR GUITARS!
We need guitar players for St. Barnabas’ Day
If you play guitar—or any other instrument—we can use your talent for occasional performances with the choir.
THE BOOK TABLE RETURNS
The Book Table is back! It is located in the Upper Parish Hall near the front window. For a while now, it has shrunk into the corner on a crowded bookshelf where it was hard to see what was available. Now it is again spread out for easier browsing. In fact, after I took this picture, I saw a book I wanted to read and took it home! Stop by during Coffee Hour and look through the selections. Maybe your new favorite book is there! --Rodney Dudley
Literature, painting, music — the most basic lesson that all art teaches us
is to stop, look and listen to life on this planet, including our own lives, as
a vastly richer, deeper, more mysterious business than most of the time
it ever occurs to us to suspect as we bumble along from day to day on
automatic pilot. ... When Jesus [says] that the greatest command of all is
to love God and to love our neighbor, he too is asking us to pay
attention. If we are to love God, we must first stop, look and listen for
him in what is happening around us and inside us. If we are to love our
neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With
our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like artists, we must
see not just their faces but the life behind and within their faces. Here it
is love that is the frame we see them in.
—Frederick Buechner, Whistling in the Dark
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St. Ann’s Episcopal Church
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Saturday May 4, 2019 10am-4pm in the Parish Hall at
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1. Successful completion of the Course provides a 10% reduction in liability and collision
insurance rates for 3 consecutive years. (Individual completing the Course must be the principal
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3. Refreshes your knowledge of driving with time-tested safe driving tips and an overview of New
York State vehicle and traffic laws.
(Class includes several movies and breaks.)
The fee for the Course is $50. (Any checks should be made out to ‘Northeast Road Safety’) To pre-pay and
reserve a seat for the Class please complete form below and submit form & registration fee to the Church office
(262 Middle Rd, Sayville, NY 11782). Same-day registration allowed if openings are available. Please arrive by
9:45 am.
All licensed New York State drivers welcome.
*AMERICAN SAFETY’S COURSE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR POINT AND
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NOTES
LENTEN PRAYER CIRCLE
Continuing on Thursday mornings in April, we will meet for prayer time in the Chapel from 9:30-10:30 AM. Please join us as we pray for our church and the world.
OUR DAILY BREAD
Monday & Thursday, from 10:00 AM -12:00 Noon The food pantry is especially in need of these supplies.
Canned Meats * Soup * Chili * Peanut Butter * Jelly
Frozen Vegetables
Of course, cash donations allow us to shop for needed items.
Exercise and Prayer
CHRISTIAN YOGA THURSDAYS AT 1:00 PM IN THE PARISH HALL Try it for Lent!
SAYVILLE HISTORY BOOK AVAILABLE Many local residents already have this fascinating book on Sayville and West Sayville history, so many that the first edition sold out. A new edition has just been published, and if you’d like to have one, they are now available at the Sayville Historical Society, 39 Edwards Street (9-12 weekdays) or at Brinkmann’s Hardware Store. Cost is $25 + tax.
ATTENTION PLOT OWNER...
To honor the service of United States Veterans, the Greater Sayville Civic is leading efforts to restore and clean the gravestones of United States veterans. This will be a multi-year project as there are nearly 600 veterans buried in St. Ann's and Union cemeteries. The Civic is utilizing a comprehensive list of veterans painstakingly created by John St. Lawrence of the American Legion Smith-Wever Post #651 organization. If you DO NOT want your family member or ancestor's gravestone cleaned, please email me at [email protected]. Thank you, Janet Croce, Manager
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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE BIRTHDAYS AND
ANNIVERSARIES LIST, PLEASE CONTACT THE CHURCH
OFFICE AT 631-589-6522.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
16 Richard & Melanie Acierno 20 Wayne & Karen Tampellini
1 Vanessa Sanchez 6 Robert Costanzo 9 Christine Weeks 29 Reginald Elton
2 Cole Kraft 7 Samantha Rossi 12 Helen Houdek Spencer Hayes
Knox Johnson Susan Verneer 15 Olivia Hynes 30 Elizabeth Shelton
Ella Patrovich 8 Eileen Moran June Schlock Ellen Stoll
Alexandra Reksten Brayton Smyrk 18 Diane Lichtenberger
Edward Schmeider 9 Jeanne LaNatra 19 Patricia Osarchuk
These names are offered each month as an opportunity to extend to our brothers and sisters the love of Christ on these special days and to express our thanks for the gift of their presence in our midst. They are also offered as an opportunity to pray for each one of these individuals and couples on these significant days in their lives.
“Don’t start looking in the Bible for the answers it gives. Start by listening for the questions it asks.”
—Frederick Buechner
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Tomb, thou shalt not hold him longer; Death is strong, but life is stronger. Stronger than the dark, the light; Stronger than the wrong, the right. Faith and hope triumphant say, Christ will rise on Easter Day. —Phillips Brooks
Our Church History
By Connie Currie
Mrs. Mary Schmidt, wife of Bruno Schmidt, was eighty years old when she passed away at her home at 154 Handsome Avenue, Sayville, on May 15, 1956. She had been born in Elizabeth, NJ, but lived in Brooklyn for many years. While in Brooklyn, she was active in the work of the Bushwick Hospital Auxiliary.
For 35 years Mary and Bruno lived in Sayville, where she became a dedicated member of the Garden Club. In July, the Schmidts would have celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary.
Mary left her husband Bruno, two daughters—Mrs. Irene S. Fangan and Mrs. Lilian S. MacQueen—both of Sayville; two sisters—Mrs. Frieda Windecker of Brooklyn, and Mrs. William Ramm of Jamaica; and five grandchildren.
Buried from home, her burial was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Joseph Bond, Rector of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church. She was laid to rest in the Garden of the Unforgotten.
Bruno Schmidt followed his wife in death just three months later. Bruno suffered a short illness, dying in Southside Hospital at the age of 84. Born in Berlin, Germany, he was brought to this country as an infant. As a young man only in his teens, he knew what he wanted to do in life and began the study of textiles, becoming a specialist in printing and converting cotton textiles. He developed a new process for printing textiles, working for many years with S.M. Schwab, Jr., and Co. Bruno was later affiliated with the Arnold Print Works. He retired from that firm in 1929.
The Schmidts, along with their two daughters, moved to Sayville around 1916, after having summered here for many years. They attended Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Great River, where Bruno served on the Vestry. He was also a member of Connetquot Lodge, F. & A.M.
His funeral services were held from his home on Handsome Avenue, with the Rev. Mr. Joseph Bond, Rector of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church officiating. He is interred in St. Ann’s Garden of the Unforgotten.
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+Christian Symbol+
Calvary Cross (Graded Cross)
This Latin cross with three steps symbolizes both Jesus’ climb up Calvary’s mountain and the three gifts of faith, hope and love. Those gifts are intrinsically connected to Jesus’ death and resurrection and are ours by sheer grace. “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love” (1 Corinthians 13:13, NIV).
AROUND SAINT ANN’S
Monthly Schedule See Correspondent pages and Bulletin for
changes/cancellations. Check out the website at: www.saint-anns.org
Sundays
8:00 AM—Holy Eucharist
9:00 AM---Sunday School
10:00 AM—Holy Eucharist
7:30 PM—AA Meeting
Mondays
10:00AM—12:00 PM Food Pantry
6:00 PM—Vestry Meeting—Apr. 8
6:30 PM—Mission & Outreach—Apr. 15
8:00 PM—AA Meeting
Tuesdays
8:00 AM—Men’s Group
9:00 AM—Holy Eucharist
6:00 PM—Children’s Choir
7:00 PM—Adult Choir
Wednesdays
9:30 AM—12:00 PM Operation Hope
10:00 AM-3:00 PM—Thrift Shop Open
7:00 PM—Youth Group
Thursdays
10:00 AM—AA Meeting
10:00 AM—12:00 PM Food Pantry
10:00 AM-3:00 PM—Thrift Shop Open
1:00 PM----Christian Yoga Class
8:00 PM—AA Meeting
Saturday
10:00 AM-3:00 PM—Thrift Shop Open
5:00 PM—Holy Eucharist
St. Ann’s Episcopal Church 262 Middle Road Sayville, NY 11782 Change Service Requested
Non-Profit Organization
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
Permit No. 56
Sayville, NY 11782-9998
