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FATHER ABEL’S COLUMN – OCT. 12TH, 2014

I am very happy to let you know that our statue of Our Lady of Knock has arrived from Ireland. I have placed the statue in the sanctuary at all our Masses this weekend for you to see. I am inviting all of you to a special Mass on Saturday, October 18 in honor of Our Lady of Knock where the statue will be blessed and then placed in the back of the Church next to the painting of Our Lady Undoer of Knots. Please make every effort to attend this special event for the parish. Our Irish Community have done so much, and continue to do so for our parish. I am so grateful for their support and generosity.

On Sunday, October 19, we will have our first Hospitality Sunday for the year. Hospitality Sunday is an opportunity for our parishioners to come together and strengthen our bonds. We are such a large parish that we rarely get to know the people we worship with on a weekly basis. This will be a wonderful opportunity to do so. Coffee, bagels and muffins will be provided on that Sunday. The Young Adults from our parish will be sponsoring our first Hospitality Sunday after the 8, 9, 10:30 and 12 noon Masses in our School Auditorium.

Thanks for your Support!

FATHER ABEL’S COLUMN – OCT. 5TH, 2014

I am very happy to let you know that our statue of Our Lady of Knock has arrived from Ireland. I have placed the statue in the sanctuary at all our Masses this weekend for you to see. I am inviting all of you to a special Mass on Saturday, October 18 at 11:00 AM in honor of Our Lady of Knock where the statue will be blessed and then placed in the back of the Church next to the painting of Our Lady Undoer of Knots. Please make every effort to attend this special event for the parish. Our Irish Community have done so much, and continue to do so for our parish. I am so grateful for their support and generosity.

On Sunday, October 19, we will have our first Hospitality Sunday for the year. Hospitality Sunday is an opportunity for our parishioners to come together and strengthen our bonds. We are such a large parish that we rarely get to know the people we worship with on a weekly basis. This will be a wonderful opportunity to do so. Coffee, bagels and muffins will be provided on that Sunday. The Young Adults from our parish will be sponsoring our first Hospitality Sunday after the 8, 9, 10:30 and 12 noon Masses in our School Auditorium.

Thanks for your Support!

FATHER ABEL’S COLUMN – SEPT. 28TH, 2014

Today is our annual Ministry Fair Sunday! It’s an opportunity for us to invite you to consider joining one of our many parish groups and societies. Please stop by and take a look.
Also today, I will be installing 30 Altar Servers for the parish; I want to thank our new servers for saying yes to Jesus. God bless you as you begin your new Ministry.

Monday begins our nine day novena to Our Lady Undoer of Knots at 7:30PM in the Chapel. All are welcomed to invoke the intercession of our Blessed Mother as we seek her intercession for the knots that we pray will be untied.

Friday, October 4th we will be having the Blessing of Animals at 11AM in our Parish Gardens. What a great way to celebrate the Feast of St. Francis

Finally on Thursday, October 2nd, Bishop DiMarzio will be here to celebrate the sacrament of Confirmation for 89 young people of our parish. Please pray that the Holy Spirit might transform us through them.

Thanks for your support!

FATHER ABEL’S COLUMN – SEPT. 21ST, 2014

I want to thank Phil Williams, Patrick Sweeney and John Reade for updating us on the 2014 ACA. I am so grateful to those of you who have made a pledge and to those of you who are in the process of making one! We still have time, to the end of December to make a pledge. If you have not done so, may I ask you to consider making a $50.00 pledge from now to December. That comes out to $12.50 each month from now to the end of the year. I know we can do this. Let’s show our Bishop that we want to help him with the Lord’s work in Brooklyn.

This weekend we celebrate Catechetical Sunday in our Diocese, it’s an opportunity to recognize those who teach and pass on the Catholic faith to others, especially our young people who are the future of our Church. I am so grateful to all who exercise the ministry of Catechist in our Parish; our school teachers, Catechists of our Religious Education Program, those who serve on our Baptism Ministry, those who serve on our children’s Sharing of the Word Committee and those involved in the RCIA. A special blessing will be given to them at the 10:30 AM Mass Sunday.

Next weekend is our annual Ministry Fair to be held in the cloister. It’s an opportunity for our parish ministries and societies to encourage all of our parishioners to be involved in a particular ministry in the parish as a way of deepening our relationship with the Lord. Please stop by and learn more about what our parish offers to all who come here. There is a ministry for everyone!

Thanks for your support!