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SAINT GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CHURCH
The mission of St. Gabriel’s parish is to provide a community that encourages
the sharing of our faith and Christian values. Through the celebration of liturgies,
dedication to service, and social interaction, we strive to strengthen
this community and become reflectors of Christ to each other.
Rev. James Belogi .................................................. Pastor
Joanne Tuchovsky ................................ Parish Secretary
Shirley Belouin....................................Business Manager
Chuck Slatterick.....................................................Trustee
Joe Vullo .................................................................Trustee
Slawomir Lisiecki …………………….…….Music Director
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION:
Saturdays: 4:30 to 5:00 PM.
*Dependent on availability of a priest
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:
Celebrated during Mass on 1st or 2nd Sunday of the
month. Please contact the Rectory six weeks in advance
for baptismal instructions. Sponsor certificates are
due 2 weeks prior to baptism.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE:
Please contact the Rectory at least six months in
advance of the desired date.
Donna Simone ..Pastoral Associate for Faith Formation
Terri Bouchard …….Asst. Pastoral Associate for Faith
Formation
Tahlia Hadley……………...Youth & Young Adult Minister
Marion Berhaupt ……………...Faith Formation Secretary
NEW PARISHIONERS:
New parishioners should register in the parish by obtaining
a registration form in the gathering area or by contacting the
parish office at 355-6600.
LINKED PARISHES - MASSES:
St. Gabriel:
St. Madeleine Sophie:
Handicap Accessible
3040 Hamburg Street, Rotterdam, NY 12303
Parish Office Phone: 355-6600 • Fax#: 982-1035
website: www.stgabrielschurch.com
email: stgaberectory@aol.com
Faith Formation Office: 355-4193
email: stgabriels.faithformation@aol.com
Pre-School Phone: 281-6187
Saturday Vigil: 5:15 PM
Sunday: 8:00 & 10:30 AM
Daily: See inside bulletin
Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM
Sunday: 9:15 & 11:45 AM, & 7:30 PM
Daily: Call 355-0421
Office Hours
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
M - Thur.
ST. GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL
SCHENECTADY, NY
FINANCE REPORT ON
MONDAY
9:00 am
November 10,, 2014
James Cardany by Family
THURSDAY
9:00 am
November 13, 2014
For All Soul’s and
Parishioners’ Intentions
SATURDAY
5:15 pm
November 15, 2014
Maura Fitzpatrick Filipello
By Yolanda Palmer
SUNDAY
8:00 am
November 16,, 2014
Pauline McLeod by the Estate
Joseph Olsheski by Wife & Family
10:30 am
Jerry Bernardi by Family
For All Soul’s and
Parishioners’ Intentions
November 10 - 16, 2014
Mon.
Faith Formation Classes
Youth/Teen Music 4:30 - 6:3pm ~ C.
Adult Choir 7 - 8:30 pm ~ C.
Tues
Veterans Day - Parish Office Closed
CYO 9 am - 12 pm & 3 pm - 9 pm ~ G.
Wed.
Women’s Club 6:30 pm ~ G.
Thurs. Divine Mercy 9:30 - 11am ~ C.
CYO 5-7pm ~ G.
Cub Scouts 6 - 7pm ~ S.
Boy Scouts 7 - 9pm ~ G.
Fri.
CYO 5-9pm ~ G.
Sun.
Faith Formation classes
Youth/Teen Music 11:45 am - 1:00 pm ~ C.
Breakfast Fundraiser 8 am - 12 noon ~ G.
CYO 2 9 pm ~ G.
Church, Church Hall, Church Meeting Room, Gym, Kitchen,
School Classroom.
Veterans Day,
Tuesday, November 11th
The Parish Office will be closed in
observance of Veterans Day.
We salute and thank all our military
veterans of all wars, especially those
who sacrificed their lives or health for our freedoms.
The weekly budget amount listed is the amount
needed to run the parish, which only comes from
envelopes
11/2/2014
Regular weekly
collection
$5,034.00
Weekly
Budget
$5,800.00
All Soul’s ——- $1,069.00
All Saints ——- $752.00
Paper Collection —- July ($201.75);
August ($97.25); Sept. ($168.50) 2014
Total = $467.50
November 23rd money counters – Team 7:
Therese Giana, Joan Cardinal and Bob & Diane
Robusto.
THANK YOU
Thank you to all who have responded to our
Sacrificial Giving and Enhanced Offertory Appeal.
A fuller report on the Appeal will be given following
the Finance Council’s meeting on November 5th.
Your support of our parish family is greatly
appreciated.
Change in Mass Schedule
One of the most unsettling and disruptive events in
parish life is a change in Mass times.
Yet circumstances and resources require that at this
time an adjustment be made in our Mass schedule
for our two parishes due to the decreased number
of priests available for Mass and the decreased attendance of parishioners.
To bring us closer to the Diocesan guidelines for
scheduling Mass, it is necessary that we reduce the
number of Masses by two – one in each parish. In
doing so, I have the goal of keeping the broad time
frame for the opportunity to participate in Mass as
well as more time between the scheduled Masses in
our two parishes. After discussion with pastoral
councils and prayer and worship committees, effective on the First Sunday of Advent, November
29/30, the schedule will be as follows:
St. Madeleine Sophie – Saturday 4:00 pm,
Sunday 9:00 am, 7:00 pm and
St. Gabriel’s – Sunday 7:30 am and 10:30 am.
This schedule provides a mass in each of the time
frames Mass is now offered in our parishes. It does
not disrupt the Sunday Faith Formation program,
allows for scheduling Saturday evening weddings,
and a more realistic and manageable transition
between churches.
THE DECDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA
I know that this causes inconvenience and is unsettling for many. I ask your patience and cooperation
as we make this adjustment and move forward.
We need to move the mass intentions from the Saturday 5:15 pm Mass. Please call the parish office at
355-6600 with your mass choice.
The Women’s Club is sponsoring a bus
trip to the Salem Cross Inn, and bright
nights Christmas light display on Sunday,
Dec. 7th. Depart from St. Gabriel’s parking lot (with
the collection bins) at 8.45 am; begin with Mass at the
Divine Mercy Shrine; stop at Country Curtain, then on to
the Salem Cross Inn for a great turkey dinner with all the
trimmings and a Christmas play “Christmas Memories”;
next stop is a bus tour of bright nights Christmas light
display. We will return around 9:30pm. Cost is
October Mass count for St. Gabriel’s:
$107.00 per person. There are only 12 seats
Date
5:15 pm
8:00 am
10:30 am
Total
10/4-5
142
159
172
473
10/11-12
157
165
162
484
10/18-19
167
166
196
529
10/25-26
162
180
172
514
October Mass count for St. Madeleine Sophie:
Date
4:00 pm
9:15am
11:45am
7:30 pm
Total
10/4-5
307
315
336*
222
1180
10/11-12 266
288
163
189
907
10/18-19 316
247
183
165
911
10/25-26 408**
275
175
180
1038
left so please call Joanne 3777393 or Ruth
3561370 now for reservations.
St. Gabriel’s Women’s Club 31st Annual Holiday
Craft Fair will be held Saturday, Dec. 6th, from 10
am - 3pm in the gym and school classrooms. There
will be over 70 unique crafters, raffles, 50/50 drawing, delicious food, and our famous "Cookie
Walk! Proceeds are used to support parish and
community programs throughout the year.
We'll gladly accept donations to help defray baking costs. Items needed: granulated sugar, brown
sugar, confectionary sugar, flour, walnuts, pecans,
almonds, chocolate chips, coconut, raisins, almond
extract, and molasses. A box marked "Women's
Club" will be in the Gathering Area for your convenience. We thank you in advance for your generosity!
* Confirmation kick-off
** school Mass
St. Gabriel’s Community
BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER
November 16th,
from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Join us in the school gym
for a great breakfast. We will be serving: *
Eggs and omelets (any way you like!) *Pancakes
* Bacon *Sausage *Toast *Homefries *Coffee
*Tea *Juice *Milk.
Tickets are $8.00 for
adults and $5.00 for children under 10 years of age
and will be available at the door only. Come
join the fun, fellowship and a great breakfast while
supporting our parish.
St. Gabriel’s Women’s Club will meet Wednesday, Nov. 12th at 6:30 PM at the St. Gabriel's
School Gym. Come and learn how to make holiday
wreaths with Lisa DeLuke, a florist . All ladies from
St. Gabriel’s and St. Madeleine Sophie's.
are welcome! We look forward to seeing all our members as we enjoy a wonderful evening.
FAITH FORMATION NEWS
Phone: 355-4193
Email: stgabriels.faithformation@aol.com
If you are new to SMS or St. Gabriel’s Parishes,
it is not too late to register your child(ren) for
the 2014-2015 Faith Formation Programs.
There are limited openings at both churches for children beginning first grade. We also offer Children’s
Liturgy of the Word during Sunday Mass for preschool and kindergarten aged children. Registration
forms are available in the Faith Formation office,
church gathering area and on-line.
We Need Catechists! Classes have begun but we still
don’t have enough catechists to teach classes here
at St. Gabriel’s. We really need help on Mondays
from 4 to 5 pm for grade 5 and 6 and once a
month on Sundays from 11:30 am to 1 pm for
grades 9 and10. No experience necessary and
we’ll provide resources and assistance to get you
started. Please consider volunteering an hour or two
a week to share our Catholic faith with the youth of
our parishes. Call or email the Faith Formation office.
NOVEMBER 9, 2014
Safe Environment Program...We have completed
much of the Diocesan required “Safe Environment
Program” during Faith Formation classes in the
month of October. If your child missed the training,
we’ll be offering it again in November at St.
Gabriel’s. If your child(ren) will not be participating
in the Safe Environment program this year, the Albany Diocese requires us to document this by having the “Opt Out Form” completed and on file in the
Faith Formation Office for all registered students. If
you have questions or want more info, please contact us at stgabriels.faithformation@aol.com.
Thanks for your cooperation on this important issue.
Workcamp:
There are spaces available for the July 2015
Workcamp Service Trip to Sunbury, PA.
Please contact Tahlia Hadley at
ymstmad@nycap.rr.com or 355-3115 as soon as
possible if you are interested in attending!
Baked Potato Sale:
The Workcamp Baked Potato Sale will
be held after Mass on the weekend of
November 22 & 23;
St. Gabriel the Archangel after the
5:15 pm and the 10:30 am Masses;
at SMS after the 4:00 pm; 9:15 am, 11:45 am and
7:30 pm Masses.
Support the youth going on the service trip to Sunbury, PA in July! There will be fresh baked, warm,
delicious potatoes with a variety of toppings available to choose from and enjoy for a free will
offering.
FAIR TRADE AND ALTERNATIVE GIVING SALE
Saturday, November 15 from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.
Sunday, November 16 from 9 A.M. to 2 P.M.
St, Kateri Tekakwitha Parish,
Parish Center - 2216 Rosa Road in Schenectady
This is a great opportunity to do your holiday shopping and support social justice efforts locally and
around the world. Participating agencies include
Catholic Relief Services, Mayan Hands, Beads for
Life, Heifer International, African Well Fund, Regional Food Bank, Emmaus House, Catholic Charities and San Agustin Parish in Cuanacaxtitlan, Mexico. The event is sponsored by the Social Justice
Ministry of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish.
Please remember in your prayers the soul of
Carol J. Mandarano
May she rest in the Peace of Christ.
NOVEMBER 9,2014
THE DEDICATION of the
LATERAN BASILICA
The Church of Jesus Christ is
ever ancient, ever new.
The angel brings Ezekiel to the heavenly
temple. Saint Paul, today, reminds us that we are
temples of the Holy Spirit. In the Gospel today, the
money changers desecrate the temple and Jesus
confronts them. He turns the tables on them,
saying he will rebuild the “temple” in three days,
alluding to his death and resurrection.
The Lateran Basilica is the seat of the bishop
of Rome, the pope. The building may have been
repaired and its role may have changed since the
fourth century, but Jesus Christ remains its cornerstone as he is the cornerstone of the entire Church.
Our spiritual practices and rituals likewise may
evolve, but as temples of the Holy Spirit, our faith
remains in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
Readings for the Week of November 9, 2014Sunday: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12/1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17/
Jn 2:13-22
Monday: Ti 1:1-9/Lk 17:1-6
Tuesday: Ti 2:1-8, 11-14/Lk 17:7-10
Wednesday: Ti 3:1-7/Lk 17:11-19
Thursday: Phlm 7-20/Lk 17:20-25
Friday: 2 Jn 4-9/Lk 17:26-37
Saturday: 3 Jn 5-8/Lk 18:1-8
Next Sunday: Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31/1
Thes 5:1-6/Mt 25:14-30 or 25:14-15, 19-21
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5:15 PM
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8:00 AM
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10:30 AM
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5:15 PM
8:00 AM
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