Anastasi

A
church
saint

45-14 245th Street

Douglaston, NY 11362-1135
Phone: (718) 631-4454
Fax: (718) 631-1774
Email: info@stanastasia.info

Douglaston-Little Neck
Salus Animarum Suprema Lex

www.stanastasia.info
November 23, 2008

Rev. Msgr. George J. Ryan, Pastor

Rev. William A. McLaughlin
Rev. Chris J. Piasta, OFM
Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Cantley, S.T.D.,

Pastor Emeritus

Rectory Office Hours:

Monday to Friday 9:15 AM to 8 PM
Saturday 9:15 AM to 1 PM
Mrs. Betty Harris, Secretary
Mrs. Ann Larkin, Accounting Admin.
St. Anastasia School:
45-11 245th Street
Mrs. Lucy Mihulka, Principal
Mrs. Cindy Roma-McCann, Assist. Princ.
Phone: (718) 631-3153; (718) 631-3155
Email: school@stanastasia.info
Religious Education & CCD Office:
Mrs. Janine Kramer, Directress
Phone: (718) 225-5191
Email: dre@stanastasia.info
Music Minister:
Mr. Joseph C. Extejt
Weekend Masses:
Saturday Vigil at 5:30
Sundays 8 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM & 5 PM
Weekday Masses:
Monday thru Saturday at 8:30 AM
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Saturdays 44:30 PM
Holy Days and Special Liturgies:
Mass schedules will be printed in the
Bulletin at the appropriate time.
Devotions:
Miraculous Medal Novena:
Mondays after 8:30 AM Mass

PARISH MEMBERSHIP:
All new families are welcome to the Parish and every family should be properly registered.
Registration forms are available at the Rectory.
Use of the electronic giving (Faith Direct) or envelope system is required if statement of
contribution is sought for tax purposes. All parishioners should use either one of the donation forms. If you move or change your address, please notify the Rectory by mail.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:
First Sunday of each month at 1:30 PM only. Parents should make arrangements by calling the Rectory no later than 2 weeks before the Baptism.
Parents must attend the Baptism instructions before Baptism
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY:
Time available: Saturday 11 AM-3 PM; Sunday 2:30 PM-3 PM
Couples must make arrangements six months prior to the selected date of their marriage
and fully participate in the Pre-Cana Parish at home.
R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
It is the process for adults wishing to become Catholic, complete their sacramental initiation, or attain full membership in the Church. For further information, please contact
Ms. Janine Kramer

 ANNOUNCEMENTS
Help the Homeless

Drivers Wanted

omeless men living under

Flushing Meadow
Bridges need clothing
For a number of years now and
thanks to the generosity of our
parishioners; every Sunday
morning during the winter
months, we bring hot chocolate, a sandwich and some
warm clothes to a group of
homeless men living under the
bridges and surrounding areas
of Flushing Meadows Corona
Park. These are men who for
different reasons have given up
on life and seen unable to cope
with it. As the cold weather
approaches, once again we are
preparing to start our mission
and we need clothing. If you
have warm clothes and blankets that are clean and in good
condition and would like to
donate them please call us and
we will pick them up. For more
information call Jorge at (718)
224-8187 or (718) 423-5988.

Choir News

t. Anastasia Choir is looking to expand its members.

If you are interested and like to
sing we need you and your
voice! Please call Joseph Extejt, our Music Director at
(718) 631-4909.

Annual Coat Drive

he coats are dropped off to

needy parishes in Queens
and Brooklyn, visiting Nurse
Early Head Start program in
Rockaway, St. Johns Bread
and Life Ministry, and other
spots that are in need of help.
The coats can be left at my
office at Bryce Rea Associates,
or if you cant come to me I
will go and pick them up; just
call my cell phone: Carolyn
Meenan at (917) 796-2990.
Thank you again for your generous help by keeping someone
warm this winter.

ubstitute Drivers needed

for Meals-On Wheels Dept
at Hillcrest Senior Center at
168-01 B Hillside Avenue in
Jamaica, NY. Part time, Monday to Friday, $11.54 per hour,
plus mileage for MOW. Own
car necessary. For more information, please call John at
(718) 297-7171, Monday
Friday 10 AM3 PM.

Senior Services Website

ishop Nicholas DiMarzio

is delighted to introduce
the Blessed John XXIII Senior
Services Website, providing all
seniors and their families ready
access to senior services offered throughout Brooklyn and
Queens by the Catholic
Church. Seniors and their families can now find information
on: Alzheimers and dementia
services, social services, home
care, services for homebound
elderly, health insurance hospice care, nursing and rehabilitation programs, affordable
senior housing, and senior centers. To visit the Web site, go
to the Catholic Charities
Brooklyn and Queens home
page at: www.ccbq.org. The
Blessed John XXIII Senior
Services link is on the left hand
side.

Need a ride to Church?

entury Car Service is offering a special rate to

parishioners who need a ride to
Sunday Mass. This offer is
only available to get to St. Anastasia Church for Sunday
Mass. The fee is $5.00 plus
any gratuity they choose to
give. (This is a 16% reduction
in their usual rate. Just advise
the dispatcher that you are going to St. Anastasia Church in
Douglaston in order to get the
discount.) Century Car is located at Springfield Blvd and

ST. ANASTASIA BULLETIN

www.stanastasia.info

November 23, 2008

Union Turnpike in Bayside

Call: (718) 740-6600 or (718)
428-1010.

he Giving Tree which has

gift tags is once again a
Reminder of the rapid approach of Christmas.
It is very important to remember that we would like to get
the wrapped gifts back by
Monday, December 15th, so
that all those people that you
are helping will get the gifts
before Christmas. Please remember that you are doing a
good thing giving a part of
yourself by shopping, wrapping, & returning back to us.
You will be blessed for your
kindness. The tree is located in
the hallway next to the Church
please stop after Mass to pick
up your tag (s).

challenge: keeping Christs

presence central during Advent
season.
This year a large cast of figures
from Peter and Paul to all four
Evangelists to John the Baptist
to Mary and Joseph help us to
keep the presence of Christ at
the forefront of our spiritual
lives during our Advent preparation for Christmas. Christ is
with us always as we await his
Second Coming, even as we
prepare to celebrate again the
festival of his First Coming.
Join us for a series of Advent
reflections using Scripture and
film as we seek to Keep Christ
in Advent. We will meet on
Tuesday evenings, December
2nd, 9th and 16th in Father
Smith Hall from 7:309:00
PM as Fr. Bill McLaughlin
guides an Advent spiritual
journey to Keep Christ in Advent.

Keeping Christ in Advent

Movie Club

Christmas Giving Tree

ach year we struggle to

keep the presence of
Christ central to our celebration of Christmas. But the Sunday readings at Mass during
Advent help us with another

he next screening at the

Movie Club will take
place on Thursday, December
4 at 7:00 PM. More information in the next Sundays Bulletin.

How did the Pilgrims know it was time for Thanksgiving?

The Christmas displays had been up for two months in
the stores.

 GOOD NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MRS. MIHULKA:

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mrs. Lucy Mihulka

Principal, St. Anastasia School

e are delighted to announce that thanks to the

efforts of Northern Auto Care, Inc. located at
244-05 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, St. Anastasia School has been awarded a $500 ExxonMobil
Educational Alliance Grant. The money will be used
for the continued support of our technological programs. This year, the school has gone wireless, installed a new computer room, and continues to purchase
SMARTboards, as funds allow. We thank this establishment and ask that you patronize the worthy establishments who care about the children and the community. The grant is funded by the Exxon Mobil Corporation. The ExxonMobil Educational Alliance program is
designed to provide Exxon/Mobil retailers like Northern
Auto Care with an opportunity to invest in the future of
the community through educational grants to neighborhood schools.
Our Student Government recently communicated the
following: As we come upon this season, in which as
a country we celebrate the national holiday of Thanksgiving, St. Anastasia School looks for meaningful ways
that demonstrate, through service, our appreciation for
All good gifts around us. With this in mind, the
Student Government is leading the following service
projects:
Grades K to 2: will gather loose change to be donated
to Bridge to Life to feed infants whose mothers have
chosen life for them and who are in need of support for
basics.
Grades 3 to 5: will donate non-perishable foods that
will be used in needy parishes within the Brooklyn Diocese.
Grades 6 to 8: will lead the collection of gently used
jackets and coats to be donated to the needy.
If anyone in the Parish would like to participate in any
of these service projects, please contact the office.
The students will participate in a Thanksgiving Prayer

service on Wednesday, November 26 at 11AM in the

Church. All in the parish are invited. Dismissal is at 12
Noon for Thanksgiving recess.
The students return to school on Monday, December 1st
with report cards being distributed on Friday, December
5th.
A reminder that our annual Christmas Fair is scheduled
for Saturday, December 6th from 9 to 5PM. It is a heartwarming way to start the holiday season and we thank
all who work so hard to make it a success for the school.
All at St. Anastasia School wish you and your families a
blessed Thanksgiving Day as we give thanks for the
great gifts God has given us.

ST. ANASTASIA SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS FAIR
Great Raffles
Wreaths
Sports Stuff
Beauty Products
Kids Accessories
Ladies Wear
Irish Gifts

Italian Pastry
Poinsettias
Ornaments
Jewelry
Gift Baskets
Doll Clothing
Pasta

Pictures with Santa 12:00 Noon2:00 PM

SATURDAY
DECEMBER 6, 2008
9:00 AM6:00 PM

Father Smith Hall

Alameda Avenue & 245th Street

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
If anyone you know is interested in joining our
Council, have them come to the Annex on any
Tuesday evening at 8:00 PM or call August Randazzo at 718-279-9096. We will be happy to discuss the benefits of membership.

THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE

St. Anastasia Council #5911 completed its Annual
Thanksgiving Food Drive. Council #5911 provided
10 full Thanksgiving dinners to the Jamaica Outreach Program for Battered Women.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Ron Beattie of St. Anastasia
Boy Scout Troop #153 for attaining the level of Eagle Scout. St. Anastasia Grand Knight, Neal Fenton, attended the ceremony and presented Ron
with the Knights of Columbus Eagle Scout Badge
of Honor and a Recognition Award from Knights of
Columbus State Deputy Edward Castellazi.

FATHER JOHN J. GRIBBON WAY

VOCATIONS

Father Gribbon was a 4th Degree Knight and Chaplain to St. Anastasia Council #5911. The renaming
of 245th Street between Northern Blvd and Alameda Ave was a well deserved honor to be bestowed upon a man who touched so many lives.

St. Anastasia Council #5911 is sponsoring a seminarian at the Immaculate Conception Center in
Huntington. Stanley Celius is the recipient of our
financial support during his studies at the Seminary. Lets all continue to pray for vocations.

More pictures from the Fr. Gribbon Way Renaming

are available online at www.stanastasia.info.

St. Anastasia
Thanksgiving Recipes

The next recipe section will be published

in the December 21 edition of our Bulletin.
This time we will focus on Christmas recipes. If you would like to share your secret
formulas, leave them at the Rectory or
email us at info@stanastasia.info by December 18. Bon Apptit!

TOMATO SOUP CAKE | by Joan Hartin

cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup tomato soup (condensed) into which 1 Tsp baking soda is dissolved *put in a 2 cup measuring cup it bubbles up.
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
tsp ground cloves
nutmeg
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped nuts
Cream shortening and sugar, add tomato Soup sift flour and spices and
to creamed mixture add nuts and raisins mix well.
Grease a 9x5 loaf pan line bottom with wax paper. Bake in 350 F oven
45 minutes to 1 hour. Test for doneness. Remove from pan cool on wire
rack . Tastes best if cut the next day.

MASS INTENTIONS

Bread & Wine

November 2229, 2008

Memorial
SATURDAY

CECILIA, VIRGIN & MARTYR

5:30 PM John Joseph Finnegan

SUNDAY

JESUS CHRIS THE KING

8:00 AM Luciano Schiff

10:00 AM Arcangelo Reali and Nella Kos
12:00 PM Peter Pennachio
5:00 PM
IN THANKSGIVING FOR

*** Pasquale Petillo ***

MONDAY

VIETNAMESE MARTYRS
During the 17th-19th centuries in Vietnam, some
130,000 Christians suffered cruel martyrdom.
We remember today 11 Spanish Dominicans,
10 members of the Society of Foreign Missions
of Paris, and 96 Vietnamese priests and laypersons, including Andrew Dung-Lac (+1839), all
canonized on June 19, 1988.

NOVEMBER 2329, 2008

{ Remember }
Please remember in your prayers all the sick of our
Parish Community, especially:

Ruth Marchese
Annette Montello
Joseph Alchus

and those who have died, especially:

Helen Romano

8:30 AM Michael Pietromonaco and Susan Ganzekaufer

TUESDAY

WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Angela Starcic and Danny Fitzgerald

WEDNESDAY WEEKDAY
8:30 AM John & Lillian Baker and John Kurutz

THURSDAY

WEEKDAYTHANKSGIVING DAY

9:00 AM
Were Here
Where Are You?
Have You Heard
What We Do?
Need A Lift To The Doctor
Call Outreach 347-481-5477
Need To Get To The Store
Call Outreach 347-481-5477
Want Some Company..
Call Outreach 347-481-5477
Need A Ride To- You Name It
Call Outreach 347-481-5477
Were Here: Call Us Well Be There!
Spiritual Journey

Keep Christ in Advent

with Fr. Bill McLaughlin

FRIDAY

WEEKDAY

8:30 AM John OHenry and Marta Isabel Luciano

SATURDAY

WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Andrea Casagrande

A Ceremony of Lessons and Carols

will take place at St. Anastasia Church

Sunday, December 7th at 3:00 PM

Please join us to herald in the Advent and Christmas season by hearing the prophets of old as well as the Christmas
story. These nine readings will be interspersed with Advent
anthems and Christmas Carols performed by our music
minister and the Choir.

December 2, 9 & 16
7:309:00 PM

DONATE BLOOD
TODAY
9:00 AM2:15 PM

Father Smith Hall

Father Smith Hall