2018 Stewardship Appeal Parish Goal = $199,000 Status as of 11/27/18 Pledged Gifts =783 Pledged Donations = $199,639 We have exceeded our goal! THANK YOU to those who have pledged their commitment to this year’s Appeal. We are grateful for your continued generosity. Capital Campaign 661 families have pledged $2,010,470 Paid: $1,066,404 Balance to be paid: $900,301 You can still make a pledge at: RenewRebuild.org. Click here to see campaign details. Annual Report |
| Fr. Richard's Homilies Fr. Richard's weekly homilies are available here. Please click here to listen to his compelling message for the homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent. Enjoy!!!Advent Reconciliation Monday The Gospel readings for Advent call on us to prepare the way for the Lord. They challenge us to "make straight the path." The sacrament of Reconciliation is a good way to help us to enter into our hearts and make straight the path for God. Join for the Sacrament of Reconciliation at the following time.Date: Monday, December 17, 2018 Time: 3:30pm-5:30pm; and 7:30pm to 8:30pm Location: Chapel The Sacrament will also be provided on Saturday, December 22, 2018 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm in the Chapel and every Saturday after that from 3:30pm to 4:30pm in the Chapel. You may also call our rectory at any time and a priest will be available to offer the sacrament to you. Blessed Advent. 2018 Fall Bible Study Formed We are pleased to announce that our parish has subscribed to an exciting new online platform: Formed.org. View the best Catholic videos, audio programs, e-books and movies on your computer, tablet or smart- phone for free! Go to Formed.org; enter our parish code GTWHFR; create an account with your username/email and password. Grieving Parents Of all the pains that life can hand us, arguably one of the most searing is the death of a child. As Jesus joined his distraught disciples on the road to Emmaus after his crucifixion, we ask him to join each of us in this ministry as we continue on our difficult journeys from grief to the healing peace that we, like Jesus’ disciples, can find in the Eucharistic community. To meet the spiritual needs of parents whose children of any age have died by any cause—no matter how long ago—the Family Life Office offers the Emmaus Ministry for Grieving Parents. A unique, faith-based program providing spiritual retreats for grieving parents offered by grieving parents, the Emmaus Ministry offers a safe place where you can find peace, comfort, and hope, at least for a time. The entire retreat focuses on the parents’ personal spiritual journey, where one can engage as much or as little as one wants. One day Retreat St. Francis of Assisi, San Damiano Hall (Manhattan) 135 West 31st Street, New York City, NY 10001 9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. $25 per person, $40 per couple Cost includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, and all retreat materials. Scholarships are available. Pre-registration is required To register: www.emfgp.org/2018-archny or contact Sue DiSisto at: susan.disisto@archny.org or (646) 794-3191
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Join us for our annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving prayer service. Every year we come together in Christian unity as brothers and sisters with Great Kills Moravian Church and Great Kills Christ Lutheran Church to give thanks. Pastor Wolfgang Laudert of Christ Lutheran Church will offer the reflection and Pastor Tracy Pryor will lead us in the first reading. We hope you will join us. 
You are cordially invited to join us this Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 1:00pm for a special mass in honor of and in thanksgiving for our Veterans and members of the Armed Forces. Veterans and their family and friends are particularly invited to this mass. See you then.
