St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish is a community dedicated to proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ as taught by the Roman Catholic Church through Word, Sacraments and Service while preserving and sharing the cultural roots of the Parish. MISSION STATEMENT March 11, 2018 Parafia Świętego Stanisława Kostki jest wspólnotą, której celem jest głoszenie Ewangelii Jezusa Chrystusa według nauki Kościoła Rzymskokatolickiego. Misją parafii jest głoszenie Słowa Bożego, sprawowanie Sakramentów oraz służenie innym w zachowaniu tradycji kulturowych. 1124 Hudson Ave., Rochester, NY 14621 Rectory at 34 St. Stanislaus St. Phone: 467 3068 Fax: 467 3072 e mail address: rststani@dor.org Website:www.saintstanislausrochester.org Find us on Facebook: St Stanislaus Kostka Church Rochester REV. ROMAN CALY DCN. RAYMOND MIELCAREK MRS. SONJA STENCLIK MRS. BRIDGET NOWAK MRS. MAGDALENA WNUK MRS. PAMELA MOORE MR. DARIUSZ TEREFENKO MRS. DOROTHY PROCACCINI PARISH COUNCIL: MRS. DOROTHY STYK MR. JOHN KNICK MS. KATHY GUSTYN Pastor Deacon (Retired) Pastoral Coordinator Finance Director Secretary/Bookkeeper Religious Education Coordinator Organist Senior Ministries Chairperson Vice-Chairperson Secretary OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Friday 9:00 AM 2:30 PM. Evenings by appointment MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday: 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. (English) 11:00 a.m. (Polish) Weekdays: Monday 8:00 a.m., Tuesday 5:30 p.m., Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Thursday 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Friday 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Confession at 5:00 p.m. Holy Hour at 5:00 p.m. and Stations of the Cross at 6:30 p.m. SACRAMENT OF PENANCE Saturday: 3:00 3:40 p.m. or by appointment Please remember the ST. STANISLAUS CHURCH OF ROCHESTER, NY (our legal title) considering bequests, endowments, memorials or other special contributions when making out your will. All donations are tax deductible. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Sundays at 12:15 p.m. or by appointment SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Couples are asked to contact the office at least six months before marriage is to take place. NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome! Please stop at the Rectory during business hours and introduce yourself. We would like to get to know you. CARE OF THE SICK: Inform staff when relatives are confined to home so that we can arrange to have the Eucharist brought to them. Please notify us of family members living in nursing homes or institutions.
SATURDAY MARCH 10 Vigil: Fourth Sunday of Lent 4:00 p.m. Barbara Smagin (Gerry Wilson) SUNDAY - MARCH 11 Fourth Sunday of Lent Daylight Saving Time Begins 9:00 a.m. Blessed 95th Birthday for Sister Dismas 11:00 a.m. Polish Mass Leon Koczot w pierwszą rocznicę śmierci (Rodzina) MONDAY MARCH 12 8:00 a.m. Floyd Slowiński (Brother Larry) TUESDAY MARCH 13 5:30 p.m. Ewa Kręciszek (Staff) WEDNESDAY MARCH 14 Annual Day of Penance 8:00 a.m. - Margaret Hayes (Al Bello) 3:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Confessions THURSDAY MARCH 15 8:00 a.m Mary, Kenneth and Donald Swartz (Marcia and Dave Swartz) 5:30 p.m. Susan Slowiński (Son Larry) FRIDAY - MARCH 16 8:00 a.m. Krzysztof Bodzon (Family) 5:00 p.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament - Confession 6:00 p.m. Barb Smagin (Bishop Kearney family) 6:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross (English) SATURDAY MARCH 17 Saint Patrick, Bishop 8:00 a.m. Katherine Fite (Henryka Wolpiuk, Anna and Alice) Mission sermon for everyone (English) Vigil: Fifth Sunday of Lent 12:00 p.m. Missions for children and youth Polish School and Religious Education Program 3:00 p.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet with the Eucharistic meditation 4:00 p.m. Krystyna Łukowiak (Family) 5:00 p.m. Mission sermon for everyone (English) SUNDAY - MARCH 18 Fifth Sunday of Lent 9:00 a.m. Edward Strojny (Sienkiewicz family) 10:00 a.m. Mission sermon for families (English) 11:00 a.m. Polish Mass Stanisław Tryt w piątą rocznicę śmierci (Żona, dzieci i wnuki) 12:00 p.m. Mission sermon for families (Polish) During each Mass: Renewal of Baptismal Promises A very warm welcome is extended to all who have come to St. Stanislaus Church to worship this weekend. We are grateful to our parishioners and we welcome our guests who visit us this weekend. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SUNDAY MARCH 11 After the Masses: Naleśniki and Soup Fundraiser for the Polish School (Auditorium) MONDAY MARCH 12 6:15 p.m. Religious Education classes (Religious Education Center) 7:30 p.m. Freedom AA Group meeting (Auditorium) WEDNESDAY MARCH 14 5:30 p.m. Polish Choir practice 7:00 p.m. Polyphonic Choir practice SATURDAY MARCH 17 9:00 a.m. Classes for the Sacrament of First Reconciliation and First Communion 10:00 a.m. Polish School SUNDAY MARCH 18 Coffee Hour after the Masses Annual Day of Penance - March 14 During the Year of the Eucharist, prepare for the gift of the altar through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Confessions will be heard throughout the Diocese of Rochester on Wednesday, March 14th. Check individual churches for their specific schedule. Here at St. Stanislaus, confessions will be from 3:00 p.m. til 7:30 p.m. For more details and for ways to prepare for the Sacrament check out http://forgiven.dor.org. Copies of an Examination of Conscience for Adults, Teens and Children are available near each of the confessionals. Live the Liturgy - Inspiration for the Week If we continue to journey through life without genuine self-knowledge, without knowing how our relationships ought to be ordered and what truth is, the path we walk will always be only dimly lit. In fact, when we make the wrong choices or find ourselves forgetting who we are, we can easily find ourselves in darkness. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have Eternal Life." Jesus is the Light that came into the darkness. It is not enough for us to simply believe that Jesus is the Christ but we must live our lives in witness to this Truth. The choices we make and the priorities we establish are going to either speak of someone who really does not care, someone who is confused, or someone who is wholeheartedly convinced of God's love. Which are you?
Fourth Sunday of Lent We might think of candles and light more during the Advent season than during Lent, due to Advent wreaths, candles in windows, and the light of a star. But the real focus on light, as seen in this week's Gospel, is during Lent, when we prepare for Easter and Jesus' triumphant Rising from the dead. It is in this game-changing event that the Light of Christ destroys the power of darkness. If you have never been to an Easter Vigil, why not plan on attending this year? The theme of light is so prevalent, with processional candles everywhere and the new Paschal candle being lit for the first time. The candle is then plunged into the Baptismal Font before it is used for Sacraments, breaking into the darkness of our sin. Through these waters, men and women will be washed clean and the darkness they were born into will exist no more. Their blindness of Original Sin will be healed and they will not only be able to see, they will be new creations in Christ. This Lent, before it is all over, spend time in prayer and use a candle to focus. Reflect on your life and determine what areas you need the Light of Christ to shine. Then when Easter comes, know that the One Who is the Light is shining brighter than ever so that that you may be in darkness no more. Please Pray for... Please pray for all those in hospitals, who are ill or recovering from surgery, and all those ailing at home, in hospice or in nursing homes. Please keep in your prayers: Linda Adams, Kathleen A. Adams, Marylu Balacki, Ruth Banaszak, Arlene Bialaszewski, Dolores Biddle, Tracy Britton, Leonard Brozak, Ian Joseph Bruckhaus, Eugene Cherkis, Joseph Camptone, Carol Capidone, Norma Coleman, Carl Conde, Marcia Cote, Linda Cranston, Nolan Cybulski, Veronica and Florian Czerniak, Lee Daly-Homa, Hania Ferenc, Casimera Francione, Phyllis Gardiner, Eleanore Golomb, Madeline Gotham, Kathy Gustyn, Joanne Hawkes-Orman, Veronica Hajecki, Kim Harvey, Ruth Hoffman, Richard Hurysz, Laura Ippoliti, Kathy Przyklek-Jedrzejek, Connie Kawka, Joan and Nick Legonelli, Norma Leblanc, Irene Lichwiarz, Marcin Lukowiak, Theodore McCracken, Kathleen McHugh, Jim Mills, Vicki Mielcarek, Justina Montanez, Baby Michael Moretter, Iwona Muszak, Helena Nadworniak, Emily Nakas, Maria Nawrocki-Dzyban, Mary Nowak, Susan Oberle, Thomas I. Orczyk, Brenda and David Ortiz, Cristine Paradowski, Vincent Parks Jr., Walter Pawlak, Gloria and Bernie Pensek, Quinn Pomroy, Mary Ann Pembroke, Jan Quist, Genevieve Rodgers, Zofia Robaczyński, Fabian Rogalski, Joe Rogers, Shirley Rojek, Trudy Rosolowski, Paul Russello, Rick Rosser, Elaine Scalzo, Tom Schramil, Sharon Smith, Emily and Joe Straszyński, George Swartz, Bernard and Trina Weeg, Irena Wiśniewski, David Wojdag, Janet Zienkiewicz, Ann Zukosky and Józef Zawitkowski. To add a loved one s name to this prayer list or to take someone off the prayer list, please call the parish office at 467-3068. If you would like Fr. Roman to visit or anoint a loved one who is in the hospital, nursing home etc. you should call or preferably text him at 585-705-7142. Leave the name of the person, name of hospital, nursing home, room number and if it is an emergency/eminent death. You may still call the rectory 467-3068 with this information. PROGRAM MISJI PARAFIALNYCH Parafia Św. Stanisława Kostki Program Misji Świętych: Sobota 17.03.2018: Św. Patryka Eucharystia Największym skarbem naszej wiary 12.00: Kazanie po angielsku - kazanie misyjne dla dzieci 15.00: Koronka do Miłosierdzia Bożego z rozmyślaniem Eucharystycznym 16.00: Msza św. po angielsku - kazanie misyjne dla wszystkich 17.00: Kazanie po angielsku - kazanie misyjne dla wszystkich Niedziela 18.03.2018: Eucharystia Ofiara Miłości 9.00: Msza św. po angielsku - kazanie misyjne dla wszystkich 10.00: Kazanie po angielsku - kazanie misyjne dla Rodzin 11.00: Msza św. po polsku - kazanie misyjne dla wszystkich 12.00: Kazanie po polsku - kazanie misyjne dla Rodzin Po każdej Mszy św. odnowienie przyrzeczeń chrzcielnych Poniedziałek 19.03.2018: Św. Józefa Oblubieńca Eucharystia najlepszą modlitwą 18.00: Kazanie po angielsku - kazanie misyjne dla Młodzieży 19.00: Msza św. po angielsku / polsku kazanie misyjne dla Małżonków i Rodzin 20.00: Odnowienie ślubów małżeńskich - błogosławieństwo Małżonków Na zakończenie Apel Maryjny Wtorek 20.03.2018: Eucharystia Wspomnienie Męki i Śmierci naszego Zbawiciela z sakramentem chorych 18.00: Msza św. po angielsku po polsku - kazanie misyjne dla wszystkich z sakramentem chorych Po każdej Mszy św. błogosławieństwo relikwią św. Jana Pawła Środa 21.03.2018: Eucharystia Drogą Nawrócenia Spowiedź św. 17.00: Sakrament Spowiedzi św. po polsku i angielsku 18.00: Msza św. po angielsku / polsku - kazanie misyjne dla wszystkich po polsku i angielsku 19.00: Błogosławieństwo Krzyża Misyjnego i krzyży wszystkich zgromadzonych. Adoracja i Procesja z Krzyżem Misyjnym. Uroczyste błogosławieństwo i dar Odpustu. Stations of the Cross During Lent we are praying Stations of the Cross every Friday, immediately after the 6:00 p.m. Mass. Stations of the Cross will be prayed in English language: March 16 and in Polish language: March 23.
IV Niedziela Wielkiego Postu Dzisiejsza Ewangelia przedstawia rozmowę Jezusa z Nikodemem. Rozmowa ta, zobowiązuje nas do uporządkowania naszego życia duchowego. Pamiętajmy jednak, że nie możemy osiągnąć tego polegając tylko na własnych siłach. Bóg zrobił dla nas to, co nie jesteśmy w stanie zrobić dla siebie. Zwróćmy uwagę, że przez chrzest z wody otrzymaliśmy już łaskę oglądania Królestwa Bożego, jak również dar łaski życia wiecznego. Pamiętajmy w naszych modlitwach o tym, że jesteśmy powołani do uczciwego gospodarowania tym, co nam powierzono. W czasie naszego postu pamiętajmy o tych, którzy są w potrzebie naszej pomocy. Zapraszamy na Misje Święte 17-21 Marzec Serdecznie zapraszamy na Misje Święte, które będzie prowadził o. Adam Filas OMI. W czasie Misji świętych będziemy rozważać Słowo Boże na temat najcenniejszego skarbu naszej wiary, którym jest Eucharystia. Zapraszamy wszystkich Parafian, a więc dzieci, młodzież, osoby dorosłe, małżeństwa, osoby samotne, ludzi starszych i chorych do pełnego uczestnictwa w tych ćwiczeniach duchowych. Dzień Pokuty i Spowiedzi Św. 14 Marzec Środa, 14-go Marca będzie Dzień Pokuty i Spowiedzi Św. Dzień Pokuty i Spowiedzi św. jest okazją do refleksji nad własną wiarą, istotą grzechu i przebaczenia i wzywa nas do osobistego nawrócenia. W ten dzień w naszym kościele będzie okazja do spowiedzi św. od godziny 3:00 do 7:30 wieczorem. Droga Krzyżowa Zapraszamy do uczestniczenia w Drodze Krzyżowej. Droga Krzyżowa odprawiana w języku angielskim będzie: 16 marca. Droga Krzyżowa odprawiana w języku polskim: 23 marca. Kwiaty na Wielkanoc Druga taca w tym tygodniu, 10-11 Marca jest przeznaczona na kwiaty do grobu Pańskiego na Wielkanoc. Dziȩkujemy! Polska Szkoła Zaprasza na Naleśniki i Zupę Polska Szkoła zaprasza serdecznie na Naleśniki i Zupę w tą Niedzielę 11-go marca po Mszach św. Dochód przeznaczony jest na Polską Szkołę. Zapraszamy wszystkich parafian i gości na wspaniałe śniadanie i poparcie Polskiej Szkoły! Rochester, NY Sidewalk Advocates for Life Are you interested in a peaceful, prayerful method of reaching out to women and men entering the local abortion facility and helping them to choose life? If so, Rochester, NY Sidewalk Advocates for Life (ROC SAFL) is for you! The next ROC SAFL training will be help on Sunday, March 24th from 3-8PM at Focus Pregnancy Help Center (135 University Ave., 14605). The training is free and includes dinner. Please RSVP, either by email jimhavens@gmail.com or by phone: 585-690- 9998, to reserve your spot. 40 Days for Life Take a Stand for Life this Lent From February 14 to March 25, our community will take part in 40 Days for Life a groundbreaking, coordinated international mobilization. Prayer, fasting and peaceful vigils has saved babies, converted workers and closed centers. Go to 40daysforlife.com/Rochester, email roc40dfl@gmail.com or join us 7 am to 7 pm daily outside the Planned Parenthood, 114 University Ave. From Giving up to Giving to Giving up sweets, coffee, soda, cigarettes etc for Lent? Consider using the money you spend weekly on these items and use it to purchase food for the Sr. Regis Food Cupboard! We voluntarily fast during Lent. Hundreds of families in poverty fast from meals daily. Help put meals on tables each week with your donations. All food donations are greatly needed, the most critical items needed are: Cereal (esp. OATMEAL), soups, peanut butter, jelly, canned collard greens, lima beans, pasta, tuna fish and rice. Easter Flowers Collection this Weekend Each Lenten Season we give our parishioners the opportunity to remember their loved ones by making a donation for the Easter flowers in their memory or for a special intention. The collection for Easter Flowers to decorate our Church for Easter will be during this weekend Masses. Please be generous. Extraordinary Ministers - Lectors - Commentators Altar Servers Ushers Schedule for Saturday and Sunday: March 17-18, 2018 Mass Time Saturday 4:00 p.m. Extraordinary Ministers of the Holy Communion Lynda Duncan Chris Button Lector Commentator Altar Servers Ushers Kathy Urbanic Kathy Urbanic Jessica Kowalski Chloe/Matthew Parsons Tiziana Sostre Gene Golomb, Bill Brand George Madden Tom Kuzmit Sunday 9:00 a.m. Bernadette Trox Al Bello Mike/Mary Yackiw Sister Theresa Sister Francella Amanda/Philip Procaccini Altar Servers needed! Don Williams, Stephen Zielinski, Eugene Chmiel Sr., Ken Gustyn Sunday Polish Mass Cecylia Warzecha Adela Piotrowska Witold Lawrynowicz Grażyna Lawrynowicz Jan/Maria/Małgorzata Makula Jakub Wyrozebski Jan Wnuk, Lucja Rzepa John Knick, Mark Sewhuk Maciej Kostecki Bronislaw Suchodolski
Yearly Budget 7/1/17-6/30/18: $315,400 St. Stanislaus Kostka Church Rochester, New York March 11, 2018 Our Gifts to God For the Work of Our Church For the weekend of March 3-4, 2018 Offering: Attendance: Saturday 4:00 p.m. $1,572.00 99 Sunday 9:00 a.m. $1,165.00 118 11:00 a.m. $1,429.00 171 Share in the Passover-Seder Supper On Wednesday of the Holy Week, March 28 @ 6:00PM in the auditorium, we will celebrate the 2nd Annual Seder Supper (Passover). This is a Faith-building experience, presented by Tom Tripiciano, and is for the whole family. Admission: Adults $12, Children $6 and Families of 4 or more $30. Space is limited (72 places). For reservations contact the rectory at 467-3068. The reservation deadline is Sunday, March 25 th. Payment may be made that evening at the door. As of March 4: $198,017 Rectory $1,296.00 Vigil lights $ 577.00 Additional Votive Candles for he Month of March Votive Candles on the Blessed Mother altar are burning: In loving memory of Bolesław and Alfreda Kucko, offered by Lucy Williamson. In loving memory of Krystyna Scharvogel, offered by Lucy Williamson. In loving memory of deceased members of Włodarzewski family, offered by Lucy Williamson. In loving memory of deceased members of Kucko family, offered by Lucy Williamson. In your Christian charity you are asked to remember in your prayers: Helen Płończyński and Walter Kusak, whom God has called to eternal rest. May they rest in peace, and may the risen Lord strengthen their families at their time of loss. Polish School Fundraiser this Sunday! Polish School invites everyone to come to a Nalesniki breakfast after both the 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Masses this Sunday, March 11. We will have nalesniki (crepes) along with soup, all home made, delicious, and ready for you to enjoy! Support Those Who Advertise in Our Bulletin The Saint Stanislaus Parish Bulletin is provided for our parish through the generosity of the advertisers on the back pages of the bulletin. Please support their businesses. This week we thank: Hearing Aid Works