Thanksgiving – Decorate a Box
Would You Like to Decorate A Box For Thanksgiving?
We are just beginning our Thanksgiving preparations. Each year we give families in need a Thanksgiving Basket (box) filled with food for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner for Thanksgiving Day. If you would like to help, please consider decorating a cardboard box (approximately 18″ X 20″). Some suggestions are to cover the outside of the box with colored paper, wrapping paper, or a fall/Thanksgiving plastic tablecloth. Also, hand-drawn Thanksgiving pictures are a nice added touch. There is no right or wrong way — feel free to use your imagination. This can be a fun family project — a time to share our blessings with those in need.
Do not feel obligated to fill the boxes with food. We would be happy to simply receive a decorated box that we would then fill with food donated to the pantry. However, if you would like to donate food for these boxes, please refer to the list of needed food items.
We will be giving these boxes to families in our community as well as other Long Island parishes and some Charitable Organizations.
Please return decorated boxes as soon as possible but no later than the week of November 13th.
Thank you,
Ele Ruth Melendez, Director
Parish Social Ministry
Letter from our Pastor, October 11, 2020
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I am writing to you again on a topic that cannot be repeated enough, because it concerns every one of us – our health and well-being – and I am pleading that we give it our utmost attention and cooperate with the parish administration to ensure the safety of everyone who enters the parish compound.
It is about the Covid-19 protocols that we are all required to observe. The protocols are sanctioned by both the State of New York and the Diocese of Rockville Centre – call them State and Ecclesial Laws, if you wish, signed by the Governor, Andrew Cuomo and the Bishop of the Rockville Centre Diocese, Most Reverend John Barres, respectively.
The most basic of the norms are FACE COVERING and SOCIAL DISTANCING. Continue reading “Letter from our Pastor, October 11, 2020”
Book Pickup and Class Placement
We will have book pick up and class placement letters available on the following dates and times:
Wednesday, October 14th, Or Thursday, October 15th
11:00am – 1:00pm, 2:00pm – 4:00pm or 5:00pm – 7:00pm
THESE WILL BE THE ONLY TIMES YOU CAN PICK UP BOOKS
SO PLEASE MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE SOMEONE AVAILABLE
ON THESE DAYS AND TIMES TO COME RECEIVE YOUR MATERIALS.
WELCOME BACK!
Join our Faith Formation Program: We start our remote program on the week of October 19th, 2020 (more info on our website in the link Faith Formation )
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Religious Education Update
Dear Parents
Our classes will be offered remotely this year, and we will be using the same textbooks we have used in past years.
Children will receive a hard copy of the textbook and will meet their classes online. Details of the program, schedule and policy will be announced soon. We are planning to start our program the week of October 19th, 2020.
Our tuition remains the same as last year. If you did not register, please do it quickly so it will help us to organize our system.
Faith Formation Office
Mass Cards
Mass Cards, Altar Candles. Eucharistic Bread & Wine and Altar Flowers are still available even though the Pastoral Center is Closed.
If you need a Mass Card etc. please call 516-785-2333 X 202 or 203. Please leave a message.
The Pastoral Center is closed but we are working from home and will return your call. We will mail your Mass Card anywhere you need it to go.
Parish Social Ministry Pantry Items Needed
As always, your generosity has kept the pantry well stocked throughout the summer months. Now as the new school year begins during this difficult time, these are items we are especially in need of:
This list is printable. Click here to print. Continue reading “Parish Social Ministry Pantry Items Needed”