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 January 29, 2017 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 REV. ROMAN CALY MRS. BRIDGET NOWAK Pastor Finance Director MRS. MAGDALENA WNUK MRS. PAMELA MOORE MR. DARIUSZ TEREFENKO MRS. DOROTHY PROCACCINI PARISH COUNCIL: MR. HENRY HERDZIK MR. WALDEK WOJDAK MS. KATHY GUSTYN Secretary/Bookkeeper Religious Education Coordinator Organist Senior Ministries Chairperson Vice-Chairperson Secretary OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Friday 9:00 AM 2:30 PM. Saturday: 9:00 AM. 1:00 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. with Holy Hour at 5:15 p.m. and Chaplet of Divine Mercy 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 JANUARY 28 Vigil: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 p.m. Jan, Bronisława, Zenon, Krystyna, Zygmunt and whole Piwoński family (Samiec family) 6:30 p.m. Night of Lights Prayer Outreach SUNDAY - JANUARY 29 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9:00 a.m. Teresa Kierecki (Daughter and Grandsons) 11:00 a.m. Polish Mass In thanksgiving for blessings received and asking future blessings on the occasion of the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Ewa and Zdzisław Flor MONDAY JANUARY 30 8:00 a.m. St. Stanislaus parishioners TUESDAY JANUARY 31 Saint John Bosco, Priest 5:30 p.m. Zenon and Stella Cybulski (Sławka Olkowski) WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1 8:00 a.m. George and Mary Elma Fisher (Family) THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2 The Presentation of the Lord World Day of Consecrated Life 8:00 a.m. Jeanne Marie Bello (Alfred Joseph Bello) 6:00 p.m. Polish Mass with Procession and Blessing of Candles Tomasz Kaczówka (Babcia z Rodziną) FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 3 Saint Blaise, Bishop and Martyr Saint Angar, Bishop 8:00 a.m. Vincent Bagdonis (Walter and Ivea Malasankas) 5:15 p.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Confession 6:00 p.m. Janina Piotrowska (Janina nad Edmund Samiec) 6:30 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4 8:00 a.m. Children celebrating their First Reconciliation Vigil: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 3:30 p.m. Praying the Rosary with members of the Ladies Society by the Blessed Mother altar 4:00 p.m. Living and deceased members of Ladies Society SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 5 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9:00 a.m. Peter Gierczak (Stanisława Urbaniuk) 11:00 a.m. Polish Mass Kazimierz Niemczak and Olga Kisielewicz (Ludwinek family) "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God." - Mt 5:7-8 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 JANUARY 29 Coffee Hour after the Masses After the 9:00 a.m. Mass: Ladies Society meeting (Auditorium) MONDAY JANUARY 30 6:15 p.m. Religious Education Classes (Religious Education Center) 7:30 p. m. - Northeast Freedom AA Group meeting (Auditorium) WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1 1:00 p.m. Golden Age meeting FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3 After the 8:00 a.m. Mass: Prayer Shawl Ministry (Religious Education Center) SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4 9:00 a.m. Celebration of the First Reconciliation (Church) 10:00 a.m. Polish School SUNDAY FEBRUARY 5 After the 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Masses: Potato Pancake Fundraiser (Auditorium) Live the Liturgy Inspiration for the Week In today's competitive world, many people do not see justice and humility as virtues to acquire. Yet Jesus makes a big point of giving us the Beatitudes as the blueprint to follow for our lives. Being poor in spirit, meek, thirsting and hungering for righteousness, being merciful, clean of heart, and peacemakers are all hallmarks of the true disciple and a child of God. After doing all these things, however, the true disciple must be prepared for persecution. Are you really ready to become a true disciple?
IV Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel Meditation Encourage Deeper Understanding of Scripture "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven." The Beatitudes in today's Gospel give us a program for following the path to Heaven. These famous words offer a kind of twofold image. There are, on the one hand, the Beatitudes about what we should do and be: poor in spirit, meek, merciful, clean of heart, and peacemakers. Such qualities are reflections of the nature of God in Whose image we are meant to live. When we embrace and reflect this image to the world, there is no doubt we are walking on the path of God's Will. Then, there are also the Beatitudes about what we are called to endure: mourning, hunger for righteousness, persecutions and insults due to our belief in Jesus. These are the trials that often beset the life of a faithful Christian--admittedly more so in some ages and areas than in others. But Jesus makes it clear that even these trials and struggles are a sign that a Christian is on the right path, not that God has abandoned him or her, but that the reward of Heaven lies around the corner. One of the greatest consolations of our faith is that even when life does not unfold according to our own perfect designs, even when there is suffering to deal with, even when we do not have great success in the eyes of the world, we can maintain hope and peace as we await the "reward" of the just. The eternal happiness of Heaven will be worth every ounce of temporary trial here on earth. The Presentation of the Lord Mass for the Presentation of the Lord will be celebrated on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Presentation of the Lord is also known as Candlemas Day, this is a traditional mid-winter feast on which the Church blesses all the candles it will use throughout the coming year. You are invited to bring a candle to be blessed, and then used in your home, where it can be used for family prayer and other special occasions. Our Parish Mission Read, Reflect and Live it! Did you know our Parish has a Mission? It is on the cover of the bulletin and on our website (www.saintstanislausrochester.org). It states the principles which guide our parish and us, the members of this parish community. Recently the Parish Council revised the past Mission Statement. The Mission is the same but more clearly defined. Simply put, it s about Service and living and expressing our faith in Christ through the Sacraments. Here s the newly revised Mission Statement: 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. This Mission Statement is the foundation of EVERYTHING we do as a parish and disciples of Christ- it should be the basis for EVERY liturgy, ministerial role, fundraiser and event. We pray that this Mission Statement will inspire all of us to be more Christ-Centered and to do the Will of God. Fr. Roman and the members of the Parish Council 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, Phyllis Adamski, Marylu Balacki, Ruth Banaszak, Arlene Bialaszewski, Dolores Biddle, Leonard Brozak, Ian Joseph Bruckhaus, Joseph Camptone, Carol Capidone, Norma Coleman, Carl Conde, Linda Cranston, Nolan Cybulski, Irene Czerwiec, Lee Daly-Homa, Irene Drake, Hania Ferenc, Casimera Francione, Phyllis Gardiner, Eleanore Golomb, Joanne Hawkes- Orman, Veronica Hajecki, Ruth Hoffman, Kathy Przyklek- Jedrzejek, Connie Kawka, Zofia Kiliszek, Hanna Knapik, Irene Knight, Joan and Nick Legonelli, Norma Leblanc, Irene Lichwiarz, Anne May, Theodore McCracken, Kathleen McHugh, Jim Mills, Justina Montanez, Iwona Muszak, Helena Nadworniak, Emily Nakas, Maria Nawrocki-Dzyban, Susan Oberle, Thomas I. Orczyk, Cristine Paradowski, Vincent Parks Jr., Walter Pawlak, Gloria and Bernie Pensek, Quinn Pomroy, Jan Quist, Genevieve Rodgers, Zofia Robaczynski, Fabian Rogalski, Joe Rogers, Shirley Rojek, Trudy Rosolowski, Paul Russello, Rick Rosser, Elaine Scalzo, Tom Schramil, Genevieve Skiba, Stephen Skura, Sharon Smith, George Swartz, Trudy Swol, Bernard and Trina Weeg, Irena Wiśniewski, 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 or a family member is admitted to the hospital and would like Fr. Roman to visit and/or administer the Sacrament of Healing, please call the rectory. Why Do We Do That? Catholic Traditions Explained Question: A special blessing of throats occurs on the feast of St. Blaise, February 3. What is the origin of this? Answer: St. Blaise was a bishop of Sebaste, Armenia, in modern Turkey, who was martyred for witnessing to the faith. He was tortured and beheaded for his beliefs by the local Roman governor around AD 316. The special blessing of throats associated with St. Blaise is due to a miracle attributed to him. While in prison, he miraculously saved a boy choking on a fish bone. Early in the sixth century, evidence exists in the Eastern Church that Blaise was prayed to for aliments of the throat. To this day, his feast is a holy day in the Eastern Church. In the ninth century, veneration of St. Blaise came to the Western Church and became very popular. Blessing of the throats with crossed candles began in the 1500s, the height of devotion to St. Blaise, and that blessing is still part of the devotion of the Catholic Church. Saint Blaise Blessing of Throats This year feast of St. Blaise is on Friday, February 3rd and we will have a blessing of the throats on that day and also after the 4:00 p.m., 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Masses next Saturday and Sunday, February 4th and 5th. Contribution Statements Your contributions to our parish are tax deductible. Contribution for the year 2016 will be mailed to you at the end of the month for the yearly contribution over $250.
Misja Naszej Parafii... Przeczytaj, Zastanów się i Zyj Nią! Czy wiesz że nasza Parafia ma misję? Jej słowa są wydrukowane na okładce naszego biuletynu, a także na naszej stronie internatowej (www.saintstanislausrochester.org). Słowa Misji to zasady, które są podstawą życia naszej parafii i nas jako członków katolickiej wspólnoty. Rada Parafialna zdecydowała zmienić jej słowa, aby one były jaśniej zdefiniowane. Głownym punktem Misji naszego Kościoła i parafii jest służba Bogu, żyjąc i wyrażając naszą wiarę katolicką przez Sakramenty. Słowa naszej zmienionej Misji są: 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. Słowa naszej Misji są podstawą wszystkich zasad, które podtrzymujemy jako wspólnota wierząca w Boga. Są to zasady wiary i życia określane mianem katolicyzmu i wierności nauce Jezusa Chrystusa. Słowa misji są także podstwą działalności dobroczynnej naszej parafii, aby ją umocnić, ożywić i nie zapomnieć jej kulturalnego bogactwa. Módlmy się, aby słowa naszej misji inspirowały nas wszystkich by trzymać Jezusa Chrystusa w centrum naszej uwagi i zawsze czynić Wolę Bożą. Fr. Roman i Członkowie Rady Parafialnej Ofiarowanie Pana Jezusa Matki Bożej Gromnicznej Święto Matki Bożej Gromnicznej zostało ustanowione na pamiątkę ofiarowania Pana Jezusa w świątyni, gdy miał 40 dni. W Jerozolimie obchodzone je już w 5 wieku. Pierwotnie święto było obchodzone tylko na cześć Jezusa. Od 5 wieku w Jerozolimie prowadzona była w ten dzień procesja ze świecami na pamiątkę, że starzec Symeon nazwał Jezusa światłem na oświecenie pogan. W Kościele zachodnim święto przyjęło się w 7 wieku. W naszej Polskiej tradycji, święto to ma charakter wybitnie Maryjny. Nazwa Matki Bożej Gromnicznej pochodzi z ludowej wiary, że Maryja gromnicą, która symbolizuje Jezusa, odpędzi wygłodniałe wilki od siedzib ludzkich, uchroni domy od piorunów, a w godzinȩ naszej śmierci nie dopuści złego ducha i przyniesie nam zbawienie wieczne. Msza święta z poświęceniem gromnic i procesją odbędzie się w Czwartek, 2 lutego o godzinie 6:00 wieczorem. Uroczystość Świętego Błażeja Błogosławienie gardeł będzie w naszym kościele w Piątek i także po Sobotniej i Niedzielnych Mszach św. w przyszłym tygodniu 4 i 5 lutego. Wykaz Donacji dla Kościoła Wykaz dotacji ($250 lub więcej) na kościół za rok 2016 będzie wysłany przez pocztę przy końcu miesiąca. Food Drive Just 1 Can (or 2)!!!! Food donations have gone down significantly after the holidays. Please bring in JUST ONE Can- (TWO would be even better) of food each week. This will help to feed more families during these cold winter days. Each week (although ANY food item is welcome) we will list a food that is critically needed for the Sr. Regis Food Cupboard. IF EVERYONE that comes to Mass each week brings in a can, box or bag of food, we will fill the Food Cupboard with about 400 items! Thank you for your continued support for those in need! This week we need: Toilet Paper and Cereal Notre Dame Retreat House " NOTRE DAME RETREAT HOUSE on the Canandaigua Lake offers every parish in the diocese a weekend to make a retreat. St Stanislaus man are invited for March 24th - 26th and the women March 31st-April 2nd. The theme this year is The Need for Prayer. More information will be on the bulletin boards at all entrances - or check www.notredameretreat.com " Votive Candles for February Votive Candle by the Blessed Mother altar will be burning as loving Birthday Blessings, offered by daughter Judi Chodak. Votive Candle by the statue of Saint Theresa will be burning in loving memory of Theresa Babiarz Campbell, offered by her brother Frank Babiarz. Holy Hour on Friday Each Friday join us at 5:15 p.m. (before the 6:00 p.m. Mass) for the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Come and spend some time with God! Extraordinary Ministers - Lectors - Commentators Altar Servers Ushers Schedule for Saturday and Sunday: February 4-5, 2017 Mass Time Extraordinary Ministers of the Holy Communion Lectors Commentators Altar Servers Ushers Saturday 4:00 p.m. Lynda Duncan Mary Ann Pembroke Sharon Grant Sharon Grant Jenna Taha Jessica Kowalski Gene Golomb George Madden, Bill Brand, Paul Jasen Sunday 9:00 a.m. Sister Francella Sister Barbara Chuck/Jan Vorndran Kate Robson Sister Francella Amanda/Jack/Phillip Procaccini, Lexi/Tori Hajec Evan /Elena Anderson Stephen Zielinski, Eugene Chmiel Sr. Ken Gustyn Don Williams Sunday Polish Mass 11:00 a.m. Cecylia Tryt Krystyna Lizak Małgosia Juśkiewicz Kasia Juśkiewicz Maria Makula Jan Wnuk, Lucja Rzepa John Knick, Mark Sewhuk, Maciej Kostecki, Bronislaw Suchodolski
Potato Pancake Fundraiser Next Sunday! Festival Committee will be holding a Potato Pancake Fundraiser next Sunday, February 5th after the 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Masses. Combo plates: sausage, pancakes, kapusta, rye bread, apple sauce, all for $8. Soup for $1. Coffee and juice free. Come and enjoy this delicious food and support our parish! Mark Your Calendars: February 18 Spaghetti Dinner! On Saturday, February 18th, from 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. our Social Concerns Committee will hold it s annual Spaghetti Dinner: pasta, meatballs, salad, bread, beverage and dessert. Adults: $9; students: $5; children under 5: free; family of 4: $25. Proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards our Church expenses and Cancer Research. Please mark your calendars and plan on attending this delicious spaghetti dinner. Yearly Budget 7/1/16-6/30/17: $323,548 Our Gifts to God For the Work of Our Church For the weekend of January 14-15, 2017 Offering: Attendance: Saturday 4:00 p.m. $ 1,133.00 99 Sunday 9:00 a.m. $ 1,094.00 111 11:00 a.m. $ 1,338.00 173 Rectory $ 995.00 Utilities $ 1,106.00 For the weekend of January 21-22, 2017 Offering: Attendance: Saturday 4:00 p.m. $ 1,121.00 76 Prayer Shawl Ministry Prayer Shawl Ministry will meet on Friday, February 3, after the 8:00 a.m. Mass in Religious Education Center. 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: Monroe Piping & Sheet Metal LLC As of Jan. 22: $172,334 Sunday 9:00 a.m. $ 1,238.00 124 11:00 a.m. $ 1,448.00 149 Rectory $ 515.00 Votive Candles $ 296.65 God s Word tells us there are blessings to be found when we return to the Lord from the blessings we have received.