Click the heading to read Fr. Bret's letter about participating in the Ministry Fair at St. Anthony's Welcome Home Sunday Mass and Parish Barbecue on Sunday, September 15.
2024 St. Anthony’s Progressive Raffle & Angels Memorials / We need a team of volunteers to assemble the mailing for our annual progressive Raffle and Angels memorials to be sent to all registered parishioners.
Date: Thursday Sept 19, 2024 / Time: 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM / Place: Tabor Retreat Center - Dining Room
Mailing Tasks include: (1) Stuffing envelopes with pre-folded Pastor’s Letter/Form and Raffle Tickets.
(2) Addressing and preparing the envelopes for mailing. / Refreshments will be served.
Please join us. All are welcome. For more information, please email [email protected] / Thank you!
St. Anthony’s Raffle Committee
The Society of St. Vincent DePaul invites you to join us to walk 3.1 miles or to make a donation to help
St. Anthony’s Conference SVDP raise funds for the needy in our community.
Saturday, September 21, 2024 / Heckscher State Park / East Islip, NY / Check-in: 8:30 a.m. / Walk Starts: 10:00 a.m. Click the Headline to download the flyer.
GATHER ● WORSHIP ● CELEBRATE: St. Anthony’s Annual Welcome Home Sunday ● September 15, 2024 ● Outdoor Mass on the Parish Green at 12:30 pm ● Although we'll have some chairs available, please bring your own lawn chairs so that no one will have to stand. ● PARISH BBQ & MINISTRY FAIR WILL FOLLOW MASS ● Click the head to download the Welcome Home Sunday flyer.
St. Anthony's Mass Book for the FIRST HALF of 2025 is now open for requests. Note: This form can be filled in on your computer or tablet. Click the red headline, download it, save it. Then fill it out by tabbing through the document. Then Print it. You can also print out the blank document and fill it out by hand (Please Print Clearly).
Thursday, July 4 is Independence Day: A National Holiday /There will be ONE Mass celebrated on Thursday, July 4 and on Friday, July 5 at 9:00 am in the Church. Parish Offices will be closed in observance of the Holiday on both Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5.
The 2024-2025 schedule and program for 3-year old students has been modified. The new registration form may be downloaded and filled out at the Pre-School web page. Click the Red Headline to access the page.
St. Anthony's Mass Book for the Second Half of 2024 is now open for requests. Note: This form can be filled in on your computer or tablet. Click the headline, download it, save it. Then fill it out by tabbing through the document. Then Print it. You can also print out the blank document and fill it out by hand (Please Print Clearly).
This year's Easter Message is attached in a single document that combines both the English and the Spanish versions. Click the heading to download the file.
What to Know About Fast and Abstinence During Lent "The seasons and days of penance in the course of the liturgical year (Lent, and each Friday in memory of the death of the Lord) are intense moments of the Church's penitential practice. These times are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and fraternal sharing (charitable and missionary works)." - CCC 1438 DAYS OF FAST AND ABSTINENCE DURING LENT: Ash Wednesday, February 14, and Good Friday, March 29 are days of fast and abstinence (from meat) in the universal Church in 2024. All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence in the Church in the United States. GUIDANCE: Fasting - The Law of Fasting binds all Catholics age 18 and over until the beginning of their 60th year. Fasting means having only one full meal on that day. Two smaller meals may be eaten if necessary to maintain strength, however, those meals should not equal another full meal. Abstinence - The Law of Abstinence binds all Catholics aged 14 and older.
February Meeting: Monday February 26 at 10:00 am in Tabor House. The Prayer Blanket Ministry is an act of giving and receiving blessings and prayers. The Prayer Blanket Ministry interweaves faith, hope and love into beautiful and blessed blankets. It touches all those who contribute, construct, distribute and receive them as they represent a community of prayer and faith. For information about joining our Ministry, requesting a prayer blanket, or to donate please contact: Terry D’Amico (516) 967-9393 Click the headline to download the Prayer Ministry flyer.
We are now accepting registrations for our programs for 2, 3, and 4 year old children. Please see our webpage on St. Anthony’s parish website for further information. https://sacli.org/pre-k Registration forms for each age group are now available to download from our website! Please contact us at 516-764-0048 Ext. 2520 St. Anthony’s Preschool features small class sizes with a hands-on approach to learning while fostering a deep awareness of God’s presence! If you would like your child to have a positive preschool experience that prepares them for their future learning, now is the time!
Note: This form can be filled in on your computer or tablet. Click the headline, download it, save it. Then fill it out by tabbing through the document. Then Print it. You can also print out the blank document and fill it out by hand (Please Print Clearly)
Click the red headline to download and read this article... E.J. Dionne Jr. writes about politics in a twice-weekly column for The Washington Post. He is also a government professor at Georgetown University, a visiting professor at Harvard University, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution and a frequent commentator on politics for National Public Radio and MSNBC.
Prayerful support .... The Synod is now session in Rome from October 4 to October 29. Members of the Synod, ordained and lay, women and men, will be prayerfully considering reports from around the world on what they believed the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church today. These sessions are not to be debates as we might see in Congress with one person or side trying to win support for their point of view or plan. These sessions are focused on listening to what the Spirit is saying to each person there. Ignatius called this kind of listening "discernment of spirits." Click the red heading for the link to a presentation about Discernment in the Jesuit Tradition by Fr. Kevin O'Brien S.J.
“[W]e proclaim a vision for our society that upholds the truth that every human life is sacred and inviolable—a society in which the legal protection of human life is accompanied by profound care for mothers and their children.” – Urge Congress to Fund WIC for All Families in Need!: CLICK THE RED HEADLINE FOR MORE INFORMATION