Church of St. Paul Church of St. Ann 82 Lake Road West 16 Jefferson Street Congers, NY 10920 Nyack, NY 10960

Pastor@spasaparish.org Parish Office:

82 Lake Road West, Congers, NY 10920 Phone: (845) 268-4464/-4465 Fax: -6790

Current Email: office@spasaparish.org Websites: Stann-nyack.org, spasaparish.org

Rev. Vladimir Chripko, C.O. Pastor Rev. Roman Dominik Palecko, C.O. Assistant Pastor

Rev. Arogya Raju Narisetty, Parochial Vicar ● Rev. Peter Bujdos, Parochial Vicar Rev. Maniraguha Jean Paul Ruriho, Assistant

Rev. George Torok, C.O., Provost—Weekend Assistant

Sacrament of Baptism Baptisms are normally celebrated at St. Ann’s Church on the first and third Sundays of the month and at St. Paul’s Church on the second & fourth Sundays. For a Baptism at St. Paul’s contact Deacon Dominic at the Rectory (845-268-4464); at St. Ann’s, call Deacon Luke (845-323-5669). First-time parents of child to be baptized must register for a Baptismal instruction class, held in the Rectory, normally on the last Thursday of the month at 7 pm. Please direct all inquiries to Deacon Dominic.

Sacrament of Marriage Engaged couples should contact the Rectory at least six months in advance in order to arrange for their participation in the marriage preparation program. Please email assistantpastor@spasaparish.org.

Anointing of the Sick If someone is homebound or in the hospital, please notify the Rectory. Arrangements can be made for the sick person to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. Holy Communion is brought to the homebound by our Ministers of Holy Communion.

ST. PAUL ST. ANN

Deacons Dominic Buonocore Mark Czerwinski, Director RCIA

Luke Conroy, Director RCIA Charles DeGroat Gerald Fenton, Liturgy Coordinator

Parish Office Hours 9:00 am-3:00 pm Monday-Friday 11:00 am-12:00 pm Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs.

Religious Education Program Mariana Dalsass (845-268-5442) Email: religiouseducation@spasaparish.org Carmen Hernandez Thomas H. Sullivan

St. Paul Regional School Mrs. Michelle Pitot (845-268-6506)

Music Ministry James Russell Vincent Green

Sunday Masses

Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 7:30 & 10 am, 12:00 & 6:00 pm 2nd & 4th Sundays of month: Spanish mass at 7:30 pm

Saturday 5:30 pm Sunday 8:45, 11:30 am

Weekday Masses Monday—Friday 6:30 & 9:00 am Saturday 7:30 am & 9:00 am

Monday—Friday 7:30 am & 12:10 pm Saturday 9:00 am

Morning Prayer Monday—Saturday 8:45 am

Rosary Following Weekday 9 am Mass Before 12:10 Mass

Confessions Saturdays 4:00-4:45 pm Anytime by request.

Saturdays 4:30-5:15 pm Anytime by request.

November 26, 2017 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

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ST. PAUL’S CHURCH ST. ANN’S CHURCH

Saturday Nov. 25, 2017 Saturday Nov. 25, 2017

5:00 PM Joseph, Rose & Costa Family 5:30 PM Eloise Agosto

Sunday Nov. 26, 2017 Sunday Nov. 26, 2017

7:30 AM Anna & Pasquale Sciaretta and Giammaria Sabatini

10:00 AM Maria Dosanjos 8:45 AM For the People of the Parish

12:00 PM Felice Bartolomeo 11:30 AM Patricio Baltazar

6:00 PM

7:30 PM

Joseph Romito

2nd Collection — Parish Needs

2nd Collection — Parish Needs

Monday Nov. 27, 2017 Monday Nov. 27, 2017

6:30 AM Souls in Purgatory 7:30 AM John T. Ruiz — 5th Anniversary

9:00 AM Babu Pathil 12:10 PM Theresa Mastropolo

Tuesday Nov. 28, 2017 Tuesday Nov. 28, 2017

6:30 AM Tony Moschella 7:30 AM Frances & William Gorman

9:00 AM Daniel O’Connor 12:10 PM Nicholas Fiore

Wednesday Nov. 29, 2017 Wednesday Nov. 29, 2017

6:30 AM Andrew Verrilli 7:30 AM Benjamin Graziano

9:00 AM Breege Butler 12:10 PM Leoncio BorLongan

Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 Thursday Nov. 30, 2017

6:30 AM Louise & Patrick Naughton 7:30 AM Pascuale Arlotta

9:00 AM Vittorino & Checci Zanella 12:10 PM George Bryant

Friday Dec. 1, 2017 Friday Dec. 1, 2017

6:30 AM Assunta Cecere Sbordone and William Thomas & William James Sbordone

7:30 AM Joseph D’Amico

9:00 AM Jeanette Testa 12:10 PM Cristiano Cacho

Saturday Dec. 2, 2017 Saturday Dec. 2, 2017

7:30 AM Anne Long

9:00 AM Patricia Iannucelli 9:00 AM Patricia McDuffee

5:00 PM Basak & Cangro Families 5:30 PM Lena Benedetti

Sunday First Sunday of Advent

Dec. 3, 2017 Sunday

First Sunday of Advent

Dec. 3, 2017

7:30 AM

10:00 AM

Assunta Cecere Sbordone and William Thomas & William James Sbordone Lawrence Romito

8:45 AM Susannah Ciraldi Solli

12:00 PM Mary Bertolino 11:30 AM Lydia Fullon

6:00 PM

For the People of the Parish

2nd Collection — Capital Projects

2nd Collection — Capital Projects

These masses are still available. If you would like to schedule a mass to be said for your special intention, please call the Rectory.

St. Paul — Dec. 7 (I.C. Vigil), Dec. 8 (evening)

St. Ann — Dec. 31 (8:45, 11:30) The Mass Book is open through March 2018 at both churches

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PARISH NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS

THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS

CHRIST KING OF THE UNIVERSE is

celebrated on the last Sunday of the Church

year. It recognizes the messianic Kingship and

eternal Priesthood of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

This feast affirms that Christ possesses, as our

God and Redeemer, sovereignty over each

individual person, all families, all communities,

all governments, all nations — and, indeed,

the entire universe itself. His Kingdom is one

of truth and life, holiness and grace, justice,

love, and peace.

HOMETOWN

CHRISTMAS BOUTIQUE

and CRAFT FAIR

Saturday, December 2

10 AM – 3 PM

St. Paul-St. Ann Parish Center

82 Lake Road, Congers, NY 10920

OVER 30 VENDORS TO CHOOSE FROM

Gift Shopping, Crafts & Homemade Goodies!

$1 raffle baskets and Our Famous Cash Money Tree raffle!

Sponsored by The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Mary Help of Christians #2571

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT

GROUP — DEC. 1

The Bereavement Support

Group meets the First Friday

of every month at 10:30 am

in St. Ann’s School.

BE KIND, FOR EVERYONE YOU MEET IS FIGHTING A HARD BATTLE.

And that is especially true for the poor. Thank you for

generously supporting the Catholic Charities Campaign

for Charity and Justice last weekend. Know that you’ve

helped to comfort and lift up those living in poverty in

our Archdiocese.

Dec. 1

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FROM the RECTORY

PARISH EMAIL ADDRESSES

Fr. Vladimir .…………..pastor@spasaparish.org

Fr. Roman ……...........assistantpastor@spasaparish.org

Rectory Office .........office@spasaparish.org

Religious Ed Office … religiouseducation@spasaparish.org

Bulletin ………………….bulletin@spasaparish.org

WE’D LIKE TO CONNECT

WITH YOU!

Sign up for important updates from the parish via email or text.

www.flocknote.com/STANNNYACK or /STPAULS Or text SACC or STPC to 84576 from your phone

CARDINAL’S ANNUAL

STEWARDSHIP

APPEAL UPDATE

The 2017 Cardinal’s Stewardship Appeal is nearing

its $153,000 goal in our parish. We have collected

$147,037, a total of 483 gifts.

We are so close! It is only with your help that the

Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal continues to be a

beacon of hope for our brothers and sisters through our

ministries and charities. Answer the call and donate

today! God bless you.

FORMED Free Catholic movies, e-books, audios, and

programs. Go to Formed.org and use our parish code

74FWM.

St. Paul & St. Ann

PRAYER FOR THE SICK

We pray that the sick of our parish, our relatives, and friends will experience God’s healing love, especially:

John Fiore

Call the rectory (268-4464) to be placed on the list of those

who need prayers in time of illness, or call with the names of

any sick family members or friends. The name will remain on

the list for 3 weeks and then be removed unless we hear

from you that the person still needs our prayers.

MEMORIAL INTENTIONS — WEEK OF NOV. 26

Sanctuary Lamp (St. Paul)

Felice Bartolomeo

Sanctuary Lamp (St. Ann) E. I. Matthew

Chapel (St. Ann)

MASS BOOK & MEMORIALS

The Mass Book is open at both churches. Please call the Parish Office to reserve a mass at St. Ann’s or St. Paul’s through March 2018.

If you’d like to bring up the Gifts at a mass for which you’ve scheduled an announced intention, please tell the usher.

You may also request that the ‘Sanctuary Lamp’ in either church or the St. Ann’s Chapel be lit for your special intention or in memory of a loved one. The candle burns for 1 week. Donation is $25.

EMAIL FOR THE PASTOR Pastor@spasaparish.org

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS Deadline is Friday, the week before publication Send to: Bulletin@spasaparish.org

Nov. 26 bulletin — deadline Wednesday, Nov. 15

Dec. 3 bulletin — deadline Friday, Nov. 24

PARISH WEBSITES

For more detailed information about our parish:

Spasaparish.org Stann-nyack.org

OCTOBER 2017 COLLECTIONS

Thank you all for your generosity to our parish last month — and a

special thank you to our Counting Teams, who tally the donations.

QUESTIONS ABOUT PARISH ONLINE GIVING?

Call WE-SHARE (800) 950-9952, Select Option 1

HOURS: 8:00 am to 8:00 pm ET

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CHURCH of ST. ANN

St. Ann’s LITURGY MINISTERS for Dec. 3, 2017

TIME LECTORS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS ALTAR SERVERS USHERS

5:30 PM

F. Gemeinhardt J. Conklin, C. Stokes T. Ryder, A. VanCura Joe Arl, Guy Jim & Diona C.

8:45 AM M. Standish V. Camitan, D. Maragliano M. & N. Camitan James C., Tom S. Bill D.

11:30 AM

B. Leone C. Durandisse, V. Leone I. Cuaz, J. Dangler J. Gannon

Ed T., Rob C. Jean L., Jean V.

DEVOTIONS

Rosary Monday through Friday 11:45 am Divine Mercy Chaplet Monday through Friday after 12:10 pm Mass Rosary & Divine Mercy Saturday after 9 am Mass

First Friday 7:30 am Mass; 8:00 am to 11:50 Exposition of Blessed Sacrament; 8:15 Morning Prayer, 11:15 Rosary;

11:50 Benediction; 12:10 Mass; 12:40 pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy; 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm Holy Hour, Exposition, Benediction.

845-268-4464 (Rectory) or 646-234-0534 or pastorspasa@gmail.com

APRIL 11-23

It’s that time of year . . .

The St. Ann’s Giving Tree will be in the Sanctuary starting Saturday, Dec. 2.

Please take an ornament from the tree, purchase an appropriate gift, and return the UNWRAPPED GIFT.

All gifts need to be under the tree by Dec. 17 so Santa’s elves will have time to deliver them before Christmas.

This year we will be helping a variety of organizations

including: Catholic Charities Community Services of

Rockland (Hats, Scarfs, Gloves); Helping Hands

(Homeless Adults); One to One Learning (Adults);

Birthright of Rockland (Mothers, Infants & Babies);

Kazakhstan Orphanage (Infants to Toddlers);

Tolstoy Nursing Home (Senior Adults)

Please do not wrap your gifts

Wrapping paper and bags may be donated separately – they will be distributed to the receiving organizations.

If you have questions, please call Ed at 914-447-6527.

FOLDING SHOPPING CARTS NEEDED

St. Ann’s Food Cupboard has passed along more than 25

shopping carts donated by thoughtful parishioners from St.

Paul and St. Ann’s Parish. Once again, to

assist many of our older clients at St. Ann’s

Food Cupboard, we are asking for

donations of folding shopping carts.

These may be used or purchased new

and dropped off on the porch of St. Ann’s

Rectory in Nyack. Many of our guests

travel on foot and our bags are heavy. Please consider

making their Saturday trips to our Cupboard more

manageable by donating a cart.

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CHURCH of ST. PAUL

St. Paul’s LITURGY MINISTERS for Dec. 3, 2017

DEVOTIONS Morning Prayer Daily 8:45 am Holy Rosary Daily after 9:00 am Mass Eucharistic Adoration Wednesday noon to 6:00 pm, Benediction at 6:00 pm Our Lady of Fatima Novena Wednesday 6:00 pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy Friday after 9:00 am Mass

WEEKLY at ST. PAUL’S

Monday Prayer Group, 7:45 pm (school) K of C, 7:30 pm, 2nd & 4th

Tuesday Bible Study, 7 to 8:30 pm (school)

Wednesday (see ‘Devotions’ on pg. 6)

Thursday Shawl making, 10 am (Parish Center)

Saturday Spanish Prayer Group (Parish Center)

TIME LECTORS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS ALTAR SERVERS

5:00 PM R. Aberion J. O’Neill & H. Baumann C. & A. Castillo M. Corniel

7:30 AM R. Sbordone I. Salerno & E. Zamparo K. &. W. Ottenheimer A. Francois

10:00 AM J. Diaz J. & A. Carroll J. McAleer, H. Caceres E. Diaz

12:00 PM L. Perez M. & M. Totero C. Devers, K. Crai L. Diaz

6:00 PM R. Lockhart R. Roy, L. Rockhill M. Alfieri, W. Puehl

300 CLUB WINNERS

Congratulations to the Lucky Winners

of our October Drawing!

#03 Onofrio Marcario

#49 Fausto Greco

#201 Jude DeCicco

#244 Lissette Diaz

USHERS

• G. Enriquez, V. Panzo, W. Rodriguez, J. Galeta, G. Holland (5 pm)

• A. Smith, V. Czajkowkski, T. Totora, P. Bencivengo (7:30 am)

• G. Spinney, H. Caceres, M. Katigbak, K. McAleer, R. Bean,

S. Reynolds, S. Leto, V. Alfieri, A. Diaz (10 am)

• J. Granata, W. Hartl, W. Kelder, P. Dudgeon, A. Reale,

A. Dibianco, R. Vivas, M. Reilly, E. Lockhart, F. Cifuni (12 pm)

• C. Linen, J. Cerreta, R. Aberion (6 pm)

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

Homebound — K. Hartl, M/M Masiello,

T. Alexander

Nyack Manor — E. & A. Hage

Tolstoy — M. Vaillancourt & K. Reedy

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MORE PARISH & COUNTY EVENTS

BABY BOTTLE FUNDRAISER

ENDS NEXT WEEKEND

Please remember to return the Birthright Baby Bottles to church next weekend. The monies collected will enable Birthright to continue helping women in crisis pregnancies. We will be helping to save precious lives. “It is the right of every

pregnant woman to give birth, and the right of every child to be born.”

ARTIST NEEDED FOR ST. PAUL & ANN BANNER

We are looking for an artist to create a design for a St. Paul

and St. Ann banner that will be used for events held

throughout the parish. There will be a prize for the winning

design! Pick up a submittal form in the back of the church

(both St. Ann’s and St. Paul’s). Please call Ed Tangredi at

914-447-6527 if you have any questions.

COFFEE & CONVERSATION WITH FR. GEORGE

Join us in the OLSH Parish Hall (120 Kings Hwy, Tappan)

for a series of videos and conversation on topics relevant to

our lives as Catholics in 2017. Each 1-hour session will in-

clude a video created and produced by our own Fr. George

Torok and discussion followed by light refreshments. Mark

your calendar for session 2 on Dec. 11, “Recent American

Catholic Personalities.” ROSARY & ALTAR SOCIETY DECEMBER MEETING

Please join us for our Dec. 10 meeting after 8:45 am Mass. It’s our annual Winter Breakfast, complete with coffee, juice, treats, music, and good conversation. New members will receive a Rosary. All women are welcome. Consider being part of the oldest organization at Saint Ann's. Each month is something new and exciting. Our ladies care for the altar linens, vestments, community room, and assist with whatever our celebrants might need. There are days of reflection, communion breakfasts, interaction with the com-munity, and presentations — all for $10/year. We usually meet on the first Sunday of the month. Please contact President Maria Daggett at saintannrosary@gmail.com or Vice President Ann Cracovia at 845-358-5941 to RSVP for December's special gathering to be held in the rectory.

SAVE THE DATE

BRUNCH WITH ST. NICHOLAS

Dec. 17 after the 11:30 mass

in the St. Ann’s cafeteria

TREE OF PEACE & LIGHT SERVICE — DEC. 2

Begin Advent at the Marydell Faith and Life Center in Upper

Nyack (640 N. Midland) at 4 pm with the 12th annual outdoor

Tree of Peace & Light Service. With a donation, you may

have a light placed on the tree in memory of your loved

ones. For more information, call 845-358-5399.

FREE CONCERT FOR LIFE — DEC. 9

The annual free Concert for Life to benefit the moms and

babies at Good Counsel Home, Spring Valley, will be on

Saturday, Dec. 9, at 2 pm at the Marian Shrine, 174 Filors

Lane, Stony Point. Come and enjoy the music performed by

pianist Michael Fennelly and soprano Megan Weston, The

No Boundaries praise & worship musical group, the St.

Joseph’s High School Broadway Theater Workshop, and

others. This year’s honoree is Liz O’Brien, chair of the

Rockland Right to Life Committee. Refreshments afterwards.

A free-will donation will be suggested during the concert. To

take an ad in the journal, call 845-492-6709.

ST. JOSEPH’S H.S. PERFORMING ARTS FUNDRAISER

St. Joseph Regional H.S. Performing Arts program invites you to an evening fundraiser full of laughs, food, and friends to benefit SJR Performing Arts Choreographing our Future Rehearsal Space Renovation Project. Thursday, Nov. 30, at 7 pm. St. Joseph's Regional H.S. Admission $50. Open to the entire community! 3 Professional Comedians, Delicious Hors D'Oeuvres, Desserts, Beverages, Auction, and Raffles! Purchase tickets online: sjr.booktix.com or mail check payable to: St. Joseph R.H.S., 40 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Montvale, NJ 07645. Please include the number of guests.

DOMINICAN COLLEGE CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Join us for a Dominican College tradition: The annual Christmas Concert featuring Rev. Alphonse Stephenson and the Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea. Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 pm at the Hennessy Center (495 Western Highway, Orangeburg). Tickets include a post-concert dessert reception. $30 – General Admission; $25 – Seniors, over 65 yrs. of age, veterans, and Dominican College employees; $20 – Students with school ID.

Our parish was well represented at the 27th Annual Charity Ball, hosted by the Rockland County Chapter of the Knights of Columbus to honor Cardinal Dolan.

The event was held on Oct. 27 at The View in Piermont. Photo by Jeannine Rippa.

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Above: At mass on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, the eighth-graders of St. Paul

School received the Sacrament of Confirmation, administered by

Bishop Dominic J. Lagonegro.

Below: Members of the Congers, Valley Cottage, and Rockland Lake fire

departments held their annual Remembrance Mass for deceased

firefighters on Nov. 4. at St. Paul’s Church. Fr. Raj was the celebrant.

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FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

Some years ago the TV magazine “Sixty Minutes” did a piece on the financial disaster visited upon people who let their credit card debt pile up to an over-whelming degree. I remember specifically the lament of a young wife and mother who admitted that she forgot that a bill comes in the mail at the end of the month for all those who pay “with plastic,” as the saying goes. That last was unforgettable.

If you have already perused the readings for this weekend’s liturgy you likely know where I’m headed. Just as some people forget that there will be an accounting for our spending, so there will be one for our sinning.

Not the most pleasant of thoughts is it for Thanksgiving weekend? But some-times there will be clashes between the Church, or liturgical calendar and the one hanging in your kitchen or the one on your cell phone. Today in the Church could actually be subtitled “New Year’s Eve.” It is the last Sunday of the current liturgical year, and the Church wants us to be mindful of that stupendous day when this world will end. That day will feature, according to St. Paul, a general judgment of us all by the Supreme Judge, God Himself.

With these readings, especially the Gospel from Matthew, the Church wants us to step back from all the things we’re doing that have a way of absorbing all our energies, physical and spiritual. Then we forget that the main thing is still the main thing: our relationship with God. Our love and obedience to what He demands of us as our Creator.

The way Matthew describes the scene is powerful, because it presents a simple line of demarcation, namely service of others. That one line goes to the heart of the matter: “I say to you, what you did/did not do for others you did/did not do for me.” All the selfishness and entitlement that our present culture urges us to bring to the bargaining table of life suddenly sounds like the ugly thing it is. Especially when just outside our scope of vision lie the needy of the world.

Just as last Thursday we gathered with our families around the table groaning with goodies in the food department and prayed gratefully for that food and the countless blessings we enjoy as Americans, so on this Sunday of Christ the King we call to mind our need not to squander them. In addition, we can pray sincerely for those who have less than we do of this world’s goods. And before we dare compose our Christmas list of what more we’re wanting, we can resolve to use the coming Advent season as a time for giving to others.

Not just at the end of this short Advent month, but at the end of time there will be recorded next to our name a grand total of credit. And the Supreme Judge will smile. Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson

This is the eighth in a series of “one-minute” explanations of different aspects of the Catholic mass. They will appear here once a month.

The Procession Mass always begins with a procession. Depending on the situation, the procession can be long and ornate with a cast of dozens, or very short, sometimes just the priest himself. Often at the head of the procession is a crucifer, an altar server carrying a cross or crucifix.

While it may seem that the procession is just pomp and circumstance, it is actually rich in meaning and symbolism. First, the cross symbolizes Jesus, and helps us to "[keep] our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith," according to Hebrews 12:2. The candles in the procession symbolize the light of Christ, which we are all supposed to bring to the world. And the procession itself symbolizes the Church, the people of God, a pilgrim people making their way toward heaven. Remember, the Mass is the heavenly banquet, the wedding feast of the Lamb!

Finally, the procession may conjure up images of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Just as then, we, the people, welcome Jesus into our midst as He offers His Body and Blood for us.

All this gives us good reason to pray for vocations to the priesthood. For without the priest, there can be no Mass.

Taken from “A Minute in the Church: The Mass” by Gus Lloyd. Copies are available at www.GusLloyd.com.