APRIL 19, 2009

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

Blessed are those who have not seen

and have believed
JOHN 20:29

just believe

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 Mrs. Janine Kramer.

Liturgies
WEEKEND MASSES
Saturday Vigil at 5:30
Sundays at 8 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM & 5 PM
For the actual schedule of liturgies check the Mass Intentions
section on the last page of the Bulletin.
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

St. Anastasia Parish

45-14 245th Street (Rev. John J. Gribbon Way)
Douglaston, NY 11362-1135
PHONE
FAX
WEB SITE
EMAIL

(718) 631-4454
(718) 631-1774
www.stanastasia.info
info@stanastasia.info

PASTOR Rev. Msgr. George J. Ryan, Pastor

PAROCHIAL VICAR Rev. William A. McLaughlin
PAROCHIAL VICAR Rev. Chris J. Piasta, OFM
PASTOR EMERITUS Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Cantley, S.T.D.
RECTORY OFFICE HOURS
Monday to Friday 9:15 AM to 8 PM
Saturday 9:15 AM to 1 PM
RECTORY STAFF
SECRETARY Mrs. Betty Harris
ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATOR Mrs. Ann Larkin
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION & CCD OFFICE
PHONE
(718) 225-5191
EMAIL
dre@stanastasia.info
DIRECTOR Mrs. Janine Kramer
MUSIC MINISTRY
DIRECTOR Mr. Joseph C. Extejt
YOUTH MINISTRY
YOUTH PORTAL www.matthew267.net
EMAIL
youth@stanastasia.info

St. Anastasia School

THE FUTURE HOME OF DIVINE WISDOM CATHOLIC ACADEMY

45-11 245th Street (Rev. John J. Gribbon Way)

Douglaston, NY 11362-1134
PHONES
EMAIL
WEB SITE

(718) 631-3153; (718) 631-3155

school@stanastasia.info
www.stanastasia.info

PRINCIPAL Mrs. Lucy Mihulka

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Mrs. Cindy Roma-McCann
TUITION OFFICE (718) 631-4909

Announcements
Leisure Club News

heck out our latest attractions:

Day Trip to Atlantic City on

Monday April 20. Cost:
$30.00 pp.
Day Trip to Thimble Island,
Connecticut, on Friday, May
1. Cost: $79.00 pp. Boat ride,
and lunch included.
Trip to Woodlock Pines Resort Pennsylvania, Monday
to Friday May 1115. All
meals, transportation and tips
included. Cost: $595.00 pp.
For more information, please
call Peggy McKeon at (718)
428-2833.

St. Aloysius Fellowship

Gathering

or Single, Widowed &

Divorced at Parish Center at 592 Middle Neck Road
in Great Neck. Saturday,
April 25th. Sandwich , soda,
coffee dessert at 6:00 PM.
$10. All are invited. Please
come, meet new people! If
you are interested St. Als has
a 5:00 PM Mass. Questions,
call Jean at (516) 487-5409.

The 300 Club

he 300 Club is back.

Numbers are available
by calling Jamie Eckartz at
(718) 224-4406. For the first
time, we are offering half
numbers. We will match you
up with a partner and assign
a number. The drawing will
be held on Friday, May
15th. Please purchase your
numbers early.

Bible Study Continues

he Bible Study sessions

will continue studying
the Letters of St. Paul during
the Pauline Year with Monsignor Ryan. However
these sessions will begin in

April 19, 2009 | ST. ANASTASIA BULLETIN

June for five weeks and not in

May as previously announced. This delay is due to
the many scheduling conflicts
in the parish calendar. It will
also allow us to conclude our
study of St. Paul when the
Pauline Year ends on June
29, 2009. The dates for the
sessions are: June 1, 8, 15, 22
and 29. For your convenience
each session will take place
twice: 1:152:30 PM and
7:309:00 PM. The sessions
take place in the "ANNEX"
on 244th Street & Northern
Blvd. Admission is free. We
will study the Letters of Paul
to the Galatians and to the
Romans. The book with these
Letters with commentary is
$5.00 and is available at the
sessions.

Douglaston and Little

Neck Historical Society

questions and comments

from the audience. More at
www.DLNHS.com

Free Job Training Programs

rooklyn Workforce Innovations has helped thousands of low income New

Yorkers start new careers.
All programs include job
placement assistance. Must
be 21 years or older, unemployed or underemployed,
and resident of NYC.
A drivers license is required
for all programs except
Brooklyn Woods. Must be
able to pass a drug screen.

he Annual Membership
Meeting of the Douglaston and Little Neck Historical
Society will take place on
Sunday, April 19, 2009 at
3:00 PM at Community
Church of Douglaston at 3950 Douglaston Pkwy. Dr.
John Strong, professor emeritus of history and American
studies at the Southampton
College of Long Island University, will show slides on
the subject of Native American culture before the arrival
of European settlers. It includes the Matinicoc Indians
of the Douglaston and Little
Neck area. The discussion
will illustrate aspects of prehistoric lifeways such as settlement patterns, tool technology, wigwam construction, food and nutrition,
medicine, agriculture, and
wampum making, as well as
temporary Native America
issues on Long Island. During and after the discussion,
there will be opportunity for

Brooklyn Networks
attain certification in low
voltage cable installation.
Call Erica Plasse at (718)
237-2017 Ext. 149.
Red Hook on the Road
(RHOR) train to receive your Class B
Commercial Drivers
License (CDL). Call
(718) 237-4846.
Made in NY - Production Assistant Training
Program: begin your career in TV and film production. Call Mara
Prater (718) 237-2017
Ext. 145.
Brooklyn Woods learn
custom woodworking
techniques. Call Kathy
Figueroa at (718) 3893636.

Healing Mass

he next Healing Mass

will take place on Tuesday, April 21, at the Immaculate Conception Center.
Rosary, Mass & Healing Service will begin at 7 PM.

Flea Market

t. Francis of Assisi School

located at 21st Avenue &
th
45 Street in Astoria, will be

hosting an outdoor Flea Market on Saturday, April 25,

2009 from 10 AM5 PM.
Hundreds of new, used and
homemade items will be for
sale. Food, drinks, raffles,
and great prizes will be available for all to enjoy! If you
are a professional or private
vendor and you would like to
participate, please call Lucy
at: (347) 335-2695 or Angie at
(917) 841-5219; (rain or
shine).

Communion Breakfast

he Knights of ColumbusSt. Anastasia

Councils Annual Communion Breakfast will be held
after the 10 AM Mass on
Sunday April 26, 2009 in
Father Smith Hall. The cost
is $10 per person. Buffet style
eggs, bacon, sausage, breads,
muffins, juices, tea and coffee
will be available. For reservations call August Randazzo
at (718) 279-9096. Entry is
by reservation only. This
years honoree is Bro. William P. Fitzgerald, PGK,
FDD. Come out for a great
breakfast and honor a great
Knight as Knight of the Year!

Order of Hibernians

adies Auxiliary Ancient

Order of Hibernians will
hold a Communion Breakfast on April 26 at 10:00 AM
at the Immaculate Conception Center. Guest Speaker:
Prof. Clare Carroll of Queens
College. For tickets contact
Maureen Leahy at (718) 4064410.

Parish Assembly

lease mark your calendars and save the date:

the Parish Assembly will take
place Tuesday, June 16, at
7:30 PM in Fr. Smith Hall.
All are invited.
www.stanastasia.info

got wisdom?
Divine Wisdom
Catholic Academy

Registration
St. Anastasia School is now accepting registration for the coming academic year at our
new academy, Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy, which will open in September
2009. Please call the school at (718) 631-3153 or email at school@stanastasia.info for any
other information you may need. Registration Dates for The Divine Wisdom Catholic
Academy are as follows: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM and
Tuesday & Thursday 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.
GOOD NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

St. Anastasia Leos Club (and beyond)

___________

by LUCY MIHULKA

lasses resume Monday April

20th. We hope that everyone
experienced a blessed Easter
and had a restful and happy vacation.
The Lions Club of Little NeckDouglaston established the St. Anastasia Leos Club with the aid of Miss AnneMarie Tschinkel, our 3rd grade
teacher last Fall. The members of the
Leo Club have learned how to run a
meeting, organize a fund raising event
and have visited the St. Fidelis Mother
and Child Residence. On May 2nd, the
Leos will attend the Udalls Cove
cleanup to give back to the community.
Our students will have their official
Charter Night on Wednesday, April
22nd at 7 PM at the St. Anastasia Annex. LEO club involvement can instill
in young people a lifetime of commitment to helping others. We thank Mr.
Charles McBride, the President of the
Lions Club for introducing this program

to St. Anastasia and we congratulate the

following LEO members for their commitment to the community:
Anastasia Gaspar, President; Sabrina
Bekios, Vice-President; Stefanie Wolf,
Secretary; Courtney Campbell, Assistant Secretary; Angela Sirinic, Assistant
Secretary; Project Assistants: Roisin
Higgins, Brendan McCann, Maya
Shallcross and Julia Vennitti.
Stefan Huber of the 3rd grade will represent the school at the regional Primary

Math Bee to be held at Our Lady of the

Blessed Sacrament on April 21st at
4PM. We would also like to congratulate his alternate, Andre Mangano of
the 3rd grade.
The NYS Science test for grade 4 will
take place on Tuesday and Wednesday,
April 21 and 22. Please remind the
students to bring their #2 pencils and be
well rested.
Congratulations to the following winners of the National Childrens Dental
Health Month contest: Laura Santacruz of the 3rd grade and Amy Yang of
the 8th grade. This contest aimed to
stress the importance of good dental
health. There will be an award ceremony for the winners and participants
on Tuesday, May 19 at 6 PM at the
Queens County Dental Society Headquarters at 86-90 188th Street in Jamaica, Queens.
The Drama Club, under the direction of
Gia Bonavita, will hold its annual play
on two nights, Friday April 24th and
Saturday, April 25th. Please call the
office if you would like tickets to the
School House Rock Live Jr.s excellent
show.

The World's Fastest Indian

Archbishop Timothy Dolan

For 25 years, Burt Munro (18991978), from Invercargill at the south

end of New Zealand, has been
working on his motorcycle, a 1920
Indian, to increase its speed. He
dreams of taking it to the salt flats of
Bonneville, Utah to see how fast it
will go. By the early 1960s, heart
disease threatens his life, so he
mortgages his house and takes a
boat to Los Angeles, buys an old
car, builds a makeshift trailer, gets
the Indian through customs, and
heads for Utah. Along the way, people he meets are charmed by his
open, direct friendliness. If he
makes it to Bonneville, will they let
an old guy on the flats with makeshift tires, no brakes, and no chute?
And will the Indian actually respond?

imothy Michael Dolan was named

Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict XVI on February 23, 2009. He was
installed as Archbishop of New York on April
15, 2009.
Born February 6, 1950, Archbishop Dolan was
the first of five children born to Shirley Radcliffe
Dolan and the late Robert Dolan. In 1964, he
began his high school seminary education at
St. Louis Preparatory Seminary South in
Shrewsbury, MO. His seminary foundation
continued at Cardinal Glennon College, where
he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. He then completed his priestly formation
at the Pontifical North American College in
Rome where he earned a License in Sacred
Theology at the Pontifical University of St.
Thomas.
Archbishop Dolan was ordained to the priesthood on June 19, 1976. He then served as
associate pastor at Immacolata Parish in Richmond Heights, MO, until 1979 when he began
studies for a doctorate in American Church
History at the Catholic University of America.
Before completing the doctorate, he spent a
year researching the late Archbishop Edwin
O'Hara, a founder of the Catholic Biblical Association. Archbishop O'Hara's life and ministry
was the subject of the Archbishop's doctoral
dissertation.
On his return to St. Louis, Archbishop Dolan
served in parish ministry from 1983-87, during
which time he was also liaison for the late
Archbishop John L. May in the restructuring of
the college and theology programs of the archdiocesan seminary system.
In 1987, Archbishop Dolan was appointed to a
five-year term as secretary to the Apostolic
Nunciature in Washington, D.C. When he returned to St. Louis in 1992, he was appointed
vice rector of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, serving also as director of Spiritual Formation and
professor of Church History. He was also an
adjunct professor of theology at Saint Louis
University.
In 1994, he was appointed rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome where he
served until June 2001. While in Rome, he also
served as a visiting professor of Church History
at the Pontifical Gregorian University and as a
faculty member in the Department of Ecumenical Theology at the Pontifical University of St.
Thomas Aquinas.
On June 19, 2001 the 25th anniversary of his
ordination to the priesthood then Fr. Dolan
was named the Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis by
Pope John Paul II.
He has served as Archbishop of Milwaukee
since he was named by Pope John Paul II on
June 25, 2002.

2005, PG-13, 127min

Starring: Anthony Hopkins

April 23 at 7 PM.
St. Anastasia Youth Center
Movie Club is offered to adults only. We are selecting movies that are interesting, inspiring, sometimes forgotten, thought-provoking and artistically significant. We use the Youth Center, which is
equipped with AC, comfy couches, decent stereo sound and big-size projection screen. Snacks,
wine and soda are served.

St. Francis Preparatory School

Third Quarter Honor Roll
9th Grade

11th Grade

Jason Kroeger
Daniel Pellegrino
Teresa Toscano

Devin Dowling
Cara Messina
Erica Morelli
Amanda Pellegrino
Kristin Spitz
Michael Turman

10th Grade
Kelsey Dittmeier
Matthew Donaldson
Michael Giusetti
Kara Hammond
Caroline Kaleda
Kelly Terlizzi

12th Grade
Louis Acosta
Cara Marino
Abena Opam
Teresa Vicino

St. Anastasia's Celebrate Summer 2009

45-11 245th Street |Douglaston, New York 11362
Phone: (718) 225-5191 | www.stafun.org
Co-Directors: Mrs. Janine Kramer - Miss Kelly Larkin

MondayFriday
June 29thAugust 7th
8:00AM5:30PM
OR:

Weekly Rate:
$160.00 per child
$100.00 second child in family
$75.00 each additional child in family

Daily Rate:
$35.00 per child

One Time Registration Fee of $75.00 per Family

Available for Children currently in Nursery School through current Seventh Grade

Crafts - Board games - Computers - Library - Drama - Music - Outdoor Play

ON-SITE VISITS and Special Events

ALL DAYS AND WEEKS ARE OPTIONAL!

DROP OFF AND PICK UP TIMES ARE OPTIONAL!

Registration:
Thursday, April 30th
7:00PM9:00PM
Fridays May 1st and May 8th
3:30PM5:30PM
Saturday May 9th
1:30PM3:30PM
Father Smith Hall
245th Street and Alameda Ave.

Prices

Directed by
Louis V. Fucilo

Th e Billb oar d Play e r s

p r e se n t s

Adults: $13
Seniors: $10

Featuring:
Joseph P.P. Anfora
Nicholas Becce
Anthony Bisciello 5/1 5/3
Steven Bisciello 4/24 4/26
Sandy Falconer
Christine LaCamera
Sharon Levine

Per f o r m a nce Da tes

Fri day s Ap ril 24 & May 1 at 8:00 p. m .
Satur day s Ap ril 25 & May 2 at 8:00 p. m.
Sunday s Ap ril 26 & May 3 a t 3:00 p. m.

Community Church of East Williston

45 East Williston at High Street
East Williston NY 11596

4 Cs cordially invites you to

Dinner and Play

On April 25, 2009 at 6:30pm

Join us for tasty homemade Lasagna, Baked Ziti, Garden

Salad, Warm Bread, Cheese Cake, Tiramisu, Coffee, Tea,
Soda

Dinner & Play

$25 Entrance Fee; $22 for Seniors

Reservations and checks should be received by 4-17-09

Payable to CCEW-4Cs
Mail to: Mark Danielson
237 Andrews Road, Mineola NY 11501

For additional information or

to buy tickets
call the Danielsons at 516 746-7356

Mass Intentions

Bread & Wine

April 1825, 2009

Memorial
SATURDAY

IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER

5:30 PM

SUNDAY

IN THANKSGIVING FOR

*** Ruth Piasta ***

APRIL 1925, 2009

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

Annette Montello
Mary Ann Inguagiato
Mary Laviani

And those who have died, especially:

Gaetano Lanzarone
Sophie Rao
Francis E. Murphy

Divine Mercy Sunday

The Divine Mercy devotion has grown greatly in
popularity since Pope John Paul II declared the Second Sunday of Easter Divine Mercy Sunday when he
canonized the Polish saint Faustina Kowalska on
April 30, 2000. Saint Faustinas revelations put a
great emphasis on this day as a day of mercy. The
Divine Mercy chaplet is prayed using Rosary beads.
The web site of the National Shrine of the Divine
Mercy provides additional material and resources at
www.marian.org/divinemercy/

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER

8:00 AM Anthony Corrente and Gail Foley

10:00 AM Mary & George Proto
12:00 PM Nancy Leyden & Emma & Michael Caiafa
5:00 PM

MONDAY

EASTER WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Salvatore Prezioso & Peter Alesci

TUESDAY

EASTER WEEKDAY

8:30 AM For a Special Intention

WEDNESDAY EASTER WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Nan H. Macaulay and Milton Rocono

THURSDAY

EASTER WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Rose Wells

FRIDAY

EASTER WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Casimiro DAmaro and Rosemary McCarthy

SATURDAY

MARK, EVANGELIST
Mark (1st. C.); cousin of Barnabas; associated with
Paul and Peter; the gospel scribed to him is the oldest (ca. 70 AD) and shortest; largely a collection of
narratives that depict Jesus as being almost constantly active; presents Jesus as the Son of Go
whose ministry was marked by a series of mighty
works, signs of Gods power and kingdom; tradition
holds Mark the first bishop of Alexandria; portrayed
as a winged lion; patron of notaries, of Egypt and of
Venice, Italy.

8:30 AM Antoinette Troiano

What is the definition of income tax?

Capital punishment.