Transfiguration Parish Transfiguration Parish

17 South Main Street

Schaghticoke, NY 12154 Office Hours: Monday and Thursday, 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Friday - Closed

Phone: 518-753-4554 Fax: 518-753-0456

50 Hillview Drive

Speigletown, Troy, NY 12182 Administrative Offices

Office Hours: Monday, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Tuesday thru Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Phone: 518-235-0337 Fax: 518-235-8726

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Schaghticoke Speigletown

Saturday: 5:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m.

Sunday: 8:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

Tuesday:

Communion Service: 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m.

SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATIONS

Sacrament of Reconciliation: By Appointment

Sacrament of Baptism: Usually first Sunday of the

month. Please call the church office to make

arrangements.

Sacrament of Marriage: Couples should call the

church office at least 6 months in advance of the

wedding date. A marriage preparation program is

required for all couples. Please call the church office

to make arrangements.

EMAIL CONTACTS

Deacon Charles Valenti:

Deacon_Charlie@transfigurationparish.net.

General Office Inquiries:

general_office@transfigurationparish.net

Office Support:

Mary Clemente

M.Clemente@transfigurationparish.net

Bonnie Coraldi

B.Coraldi@transfigurationparish.net

Bulletin:

M.Hurley@transfigurationparish.net

Coordinator of Faith Formation Elementary:

C.Foster@transfigurationparish.net

Coordinator of Faith Formation Jr./Sr. High School

and Youth Ministry:

E.Thayer@transfigurationparish.net

Parish Nursing and Pastoral Care:

P.Hebert@transfigurationparish.net

Special Activities and Fundraising:

E.DeBonis@transfigurationparish.net

Dr. Kathie Sousa Interim Parish Administrator

Phone: 518-235-0337 or 753-4554

Mass Schedule & Intentions Saturday October 25

4:00 p,m. Spe Michael Gulli Ellie DeBonis

Lorraine Martel Jack and Kathleen

Sanvidge

Virginia Perry Joe and Loretto

Marchese

Brianna Hollenbeck Mike & Ann McGraw

First Anniversary Grandparents

5:30 p.m. Sch Emil J. Schmidt, Sr. Mary and Family

Emil D. Schmidt Mary and Family

Don and Belle Bryan Nick and Liz Spano

Sunday October 26

8:30 a.m. Sch Charles and Mary Madigan Dave & Mary Ellen

Schroder

Agnes McMahon Bequest

10:00 a.m. Spe Willis Wiley Ann, Drew,

Ryan and AJ

Priscilla Gerrek The Family

Alan Lockrow Phil and Mary

Clemente

Tues. October 28

9:00 a.m. Sch Communion Service

9:00 a.m. Spe Communion Service

Wed. October 29

9:00 a.m. Sch No Mass

Saturday November 1

4:00 p,m. Spe Sam Spano Nick and Liz Spano

Michael Gulli Leo and Jane Heslin

Mary Schmidt The Denio Family

5:30 p.m. Sch Agnes McMahon Bequest

John F. Ryan & Family Besquest

Karen Morrissey John and Max Koch

Sunday November 2

8:30 a.m. Sch Dorothy Madigan Dave & Mary Ellen

Schroder

Frank Coraldi The Coraldi Family

10:00 a.m. Spe Lois Graber Kevin and Brenda

Maloney

Jerry Frost Tom and Cheryl

Wallingford

Margaret Denio Ellie DeBonis

5:00 p.m. Spe All Souls Remembrance Mass

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 26, 2014

ACCESS THE BULLETIN VIA OUR WEBSITE The Transfiguration Parish website has been upgraded and has a 'new'

look, with direct links to video, Facebook and much more. The weekly

bulletin continues to be available to read and refer to each week. We invite

everyone to visit the website at www.transfigurationparish.net and then

type into the search bar “Bulletin”. Like us on Facebook.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT In our Gospel we read that the Pharisees were trying

to trick Jesus in hopes that he would loose credibility

as a preacher and teacher. One of the Pharisees, who

was a scholar of the law, asked Jesus which of the

commandments in the law was the greatest. That was a

"hot button topic" among the rabbis of the day, since

there were 613 laws at the time. Jesus responded by

quoting the most significant prayer in Judaism. "You

shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with

all your soul, and with all your mind." Then Jesus went

one step further. He quoted another law. "You shall

love your neighbor as yourself." The scholar of the

law had no argument with Jesus.

The two commandments that Jesus quoted are not

identical, but are interrelated. We show our love of

God by loving what God loves. We cannot say we love

God but hate our neighbor. St. John, in one of his let-

ters, states it more bluntly: "If anyone says "I love

God" but hates his brother, he is a liar."

Let us not forget that loving God and loving our

neighbor is not a lofty goal to be admired. Loving God

and loving our neighbor is a way of life that we, as

disciples of Jesus, should strive to live by.

Deacon Charlie

WORLD MISSION SUNDAY The purpose of World Mission Sunday is to raise

our awareness of the needs of the Church in mis-

sion areas of our world. A special thank you to

everyone for their support of this important

appeal. It is a very important source of providing

Pope Francis with what he needs to help our mis-

sions.

OPEN HOUSE PROGRAMS

SCHEDULED AT LOCAL

CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS

Catholic Central High School

Sunday, November 2nd - 1:00 pm

For more information call 235-7100 X-224

La Salle Institute

Wednesday, November 5th - 6:00-8:00 pm

For more information call 283-2500

The Academy of the Holy Names

Wednesday, November 5th - 7:00 pm Entrance Exam is November 15th at 8:30 am

For more information call 438-7895

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 26, 2014

Thank you for your service next weekend November 1 and 2.

Schaghticoke Site: ALTAR SERVERS

5:30 p.m. To be announced 8:30 a.m. Aleyah Proper

Tyler Proper

LECTORS

5:30 p.m. Donna Colligan 8:30 a.m. Paul Loatman

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

5:30 p.m. MA Arnold 8:30 a.m. Pam Couser

Tom Hallock Denise Mahoney

MONEY COUNTERS: (111/3) YELLOW TEAM -

M. Della Rocco, B Hebert, J. Kelly, G. Squires, B. Madigan

Speigletown Site:

ALTAR SERVERS

4:00 Maddie Shover 10:00 a.m. Gaetana Bladwin

Gracie Shover Sofia Baldwin

LECTORS

4:00 p.m. Kathie Sousa 10:00 a.m. Sid Sadowski

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

4:00 p.m. Deacon Charlie 10:00 a.m. Deacon Charlie

Colleen Wilkie Roberet Jones

Doug Wilkie Marge Brendese

Walt Lynick Jean Colaneri

Ed Murray Ellie DeBonis

COUNTERS: (11/2) Walt and Gail Byrne,

Jack and Barbara Burke

This Week’s Parish Announcements

TRANSFIGURATION PARISH NURSE PROGRAM Pat Hebert, RN, MA, Faith Community Nurse

(518) 753-4554, ext. 13 p.hebert@transfigurationparish.net Our mission is to model the healing ministry of Jesus Christ.

Our Goal is to promote health & wellness within the values, beliefs, practices of our faith community.

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Nurses’ Note: More Volunteers are still needed for “Two by Two”, the Trans-

figuration Parish Faith in Action Team. Join your fellow parish-ioners on this team that provides non-medical support and friend-ship to someone caring for a family member with dementia/Alzheimer. All volunteers are offered training and continued sup-port. By belonging to this team you only give the time you can when you can because there are several of you to share the role of helping. To receive more information, contact Pat Hebert @ 692-2135.

Health tips: Walk and talk to help your body and improve your work per-formance. Steve Jobs, the late co-founder of Apple, was known for his walking meetings. And Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has adopted the same practice. New research backs up this smart idea: Walking leads to problem solving and creative thinking. In fact, creative thinking improves by an average of 60 percent both during walking and for a short time afterward. When you’re on the move and interacting socially with others — walking and talking — you’re better able to process information. If your job requires a lot of meetings, suggest trying at least some of them on foot. You may be surprised by just how productive a meeting-on-the-move can be. And one added benefit: Even a quick 15-minute walk-and-talk will get you about 2,500 steps closer to your goal of 10,000 steps a day. http://www.clevelandclinicwellness.com

Book Nook News The BOOK NOOK is open on Sat. Nov. 1st. from 9:00

am-Noon and again on Sat. Nov. 15th, and before and

after the weekend masses. November specials will be on

authors Tom Clancy, Mary Higgins Clark, Jonathan Kel-

lerman and Debbie Macomber also on the collection of

large print books. Cookbooks, self-help. children's books, religious, his-

torical and audio-biographies are 6/$1.00. CDs are 2/$1.00, DVDs are

$1.00 each. We are still taking donations, please NO tapes, encyclope-

dias or textbooks. See you at the BOOK NOOK!

Altar Server Training for current

and new servers will be held at our Southern

Site October 29th and November 5th. There will

also be a training session at our Northern Site on

October 27th and November 3rd. The Training

Sessions will begin at 6:30 PM at each site each

date. The sessions will last one hour each.

All Souls Remembrance Mass will

be held Sunday, November 2, 2014 at 5:00 pm.

at our South Site. Anyone who has lost a member of

his or her family this past year from November 2013

to this October , will be remembered. Please call

Martha Cioffi 235-7743 or the office 235-0337 and

give the deceased name and the members of the fam-

ily who will be attending.

Story Teller and TV Star Frank Runyeon… will be presenting Luke: Stories on the Road on Saturday, November

22nd at 7:00 pm at Transfiguration Parish and The 3-1/2 Stories of

Christmas on Sunday, November 23rd at 2:00 pm at Our Lady of Vic-

tory Church. Some of you may recognize him from seeing him in shows

such as General Hospital, As the World Turns, Santa Barbara, Falcon

Crest, LA Law and Melrose Place. He is also an honors graduate of the

General Theological Seminary and Princeton University. Please try to

attend one or both of these inspiring performances. People Magazine has

proclaimed his performances to be “Remarkable!” Many people have

found him inspiring and the children have been enthralled with his per-

formance. It is a Free Will Offering.

Transfiguration Parish

UPCOMING EVENTS

Please mark your calendars

11/2 Safe Environment DVD for During regular

All children in our Faith class time.

Formation Program

11/8-9 Apple and Pumpkin Pies North & South

available for sale Sites-after Mass

11/22 Luke: Stories on the Road 7:00 pm S Site

11/23 The 3-1/2 Stories of Christmas 2:00 pm at

Our Lady of Victory Church

12/6-7 Florida Fruit Pick-up

Offertory:

October 11 and 12 October 18 and 19

4:00 $1,665.00 $2,191.50

5:30 613.00 455.00

8:30 1,1934.00 1,867.00

10:00 975.00 1,299.00

Week 15 of the annual budget. Week 16 of the annual budget

Budget = $80,769.15 Budget = $86,153.76

Collections = $74,254.50 Collections = $80,067.00

Shortfall = $6,514.65 Shortfall = $6,086.76

Thank you for your on-going generosity and continued commitment to

your parish. Please consider increasing your weekly donation.

TICKETS FOR SHOWS AT

PROCTOR’S THEATER IN

SCHENECTADY

Please join us on: December 28th at 1:30 pm for Elf (The Broadway

Musical). Tickets are $58.00 each.

January 18, 2015 Jersey Boys SOLD OUT!!!

Later in the Spring of 2015 March 8th at 2:00 pm for

Annie. Tickets are $58.00.

Contact Ellie DeBonis at the church office 235-0337 or

E.Debonis@transfigurationparish.net for more informa-

tion. Please be prepared to make a 50% deposit on your

ticket purchase at the time of your request for tickets.

FAITH FORMATION Reminder: Grades K-6 Classes will continue until Sunday,

Nov. 30th when we will break for Thanksgiving.

To all Parents with children in our Faith Formation

Program. On Sunday, November 2nd, we will be presenting

the Safe Environment DVD to all the children, as required by the

Albany Diocese. If you do not wish your child to view the DVD,

you must sign the release form sent with the registration forms this

year and return it to me. If you did not receive a form with your

registration form, please let me know and I will get one to

you. We must account for each child registered in our faith forma-

tion program. I really appreciate your cooperation.

ANNUAL FRUIT SALE It is time again for our annual citrus sale. We will

be selling oranges, grapefruit and tangelos direct

from Florida. The fruit will be delivered in 10 lb,

20 lb and 40 lb. cartons. Order just oranges, just

grapefruit, mixed boxes (oranges/grapefruit), or

tangelos. Orders must be received no later than November 2.

ALL ORDERS MUST BE PREPAID. The fruit will be available

December 6 and 7, so it makes a great gift for the holidays. This

is an important fundraiser so we hope you will invite neighbors,

friends and relatives to order also. Order forms are available this

weekend.

ZUMBA CLASSES Tuesday: Body Conditioning with Meleah - 6 week program

Starting October 21. A high-energy workout

session that aims to challenge.

Wednesday: 5:45 - 6:45 pm - Zumba with Caryn

Thursday: 6:30 - 7:30 pm - Zumba with Caryn

CHRISTMAS EVE CHILDREN’S CHOIR PRACTICES BEGIN - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 - 6:30 pm

at the Southern site.

The choir is for children in Grades 1-6. Practices will

continue each Tuesday night until Christmas Eve.

Older students (Grades 7-12) are welcome to assist in

practices or to add instrumental accompaniment.

Please feel free to call Jim Owen (235-3723) if you have

any questions.

Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers are needed

for the 5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass in Schaghticoke. If you are

interested, please call Dot Jackuback at 235-1321, or notify

the office at 753-4554.

The Transfiguration Parish Schaghti-

coke Fair Food Booth Committee is look-

ing for a good-working refrigerator to stay in the booth.

Please contact the church office at 235-0337 if you have

one and are willing to donate it.

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PHONE NUMBER:518-235-0337 FAX NUMBER: EDITOR/ CONTACT: Mary Hurley—518/235-6479 or 518/441-0094

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