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Welcome to NY Apreiškimo Parapijos English Language Bulletin “ŽINIOS”
YEAR OF THE DIVINE MERCY
November is the Month of the Holy Souls
Jesus said: “Speak to the world about my Mercy; let all mankind recognize My my unfathomable mercy.” Let us come to KNOW Christ, the Divine Mercy. Let us accept the Divine Mercy of Christ by conversion, and confess our sins. Let us, then, on our part, be merciful to others.
November brings us stark landscapes, cold winds, and the end of the Church‘s Liturgical Year, with the Feast of Christ The King. It also brings the beginning of the NEW Liturgical Year, with the holty and penetential season of Advent. In the US, November is the month when we all pause and give thanks on the great, unique American Holiday, THANKSGIVING. Remember, always and ever, to give thanks to the Almighty God…..for He has done great things for us!
November 1 – FEAST OF ALL SAINTS, HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
November 2 – ALL SOULS DAY
November 5 – DAGILĖLIS CONCERT 3 PM, Annunciation Church
November 6 – Parish Commemoration of All Souls Day, Annunciation Church, VAIKU LITURGJIA, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS
November 8 – ELECTION DAY (US) GO VOTE!
November 11 – VETERANS (Armistice) DAY, US NATIONAL HOLIDAY FLY OLD GLORY!
November 13 – Kavine, Parish Lower Hall
November 20 – FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING
Commemoration of Lithuanian Army Day, Kavine, Parish Lower Hall
Guadalupe Committee Food Sale (12:30 PM), Parish Lower Hall
November 24 – THANKSGIVING DAY! American National Holiday FLY OLD GLORY!
November 27 – FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Annual Parish THANKSGIVING FEAST, Parish Lower Hall
December 4 – Kavine, VAIKU LITURGJIA, CHOIR REHEARSAL, ANNUAL STRAW ORNAMENT WORKSHOP, Parish Lower Hall
December 8 – FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, PATRONESS OF THE UNITED STATES, HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
HEADS UP! November 5, SATURDAY. “Dagilėlis”, an all-boys Youth Choir, will present a concert in our beautiful, acoustically wondrous church at 3:00 pm. Suggested admission is $20.00 for adults and $5.00 for young people under 16. After the concert, everyone is welcome to the Parish Lower Hall for refeshments and a reception for the choir members. (A donation of $5.00 is asked of all, to help defray the cost of the food.) The profits from this concert will go Maironis Lithuanian Saturday School. Please come to enjoy the music of an international award winning choir, and help raise funds for Maironis School! WHEN YOU GET HOME, SET BACK YOUR CLOCKS! DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS NOVEMBER 6!
All Souls Day will be commemorated in our parish on November 6 at the 10:00 AM Mass. We will honor the memory of the deceased of our parish with a Candle Procession at the Offertory, and at Kavine with a light lunch. Sunday, October 30, Monsignor Calise honored those buried from Annunciation at 12:30 pm Mass at Mt. Carmel. Bless him. May their Souls, and ALL the souls of our Faithful Departed rest in peace in the arms of Our Risen Savior!
The Chairs in our parish hardly ever get “cold”…….On October 16, the parish hosted the meeting of the Lithuanian Physicians Association. Members, including Dr. Vyte Sarapinas, enjoyed a luncheon and a lecture by a guest speaker. On October 23, the Lithuanian Folk Art Institute held its Annual Meeting in the Parish Lower Hall. The membership once again agreed to co-sponsor the annual Lithuanian Straw Ornament, “Verbos” and Easter Egg making workshops at Annunciation. In addition, the Institute is planning an ADULT Workshop for making more authentic straw ornaments, to be held at the Lithuanian Alliance of America building in Manhattan in December. Contact Laurynas Vismanas at LAUR...@AOL.COM for information, or to become a member, either as a “teacher” or “learner”!
There will be a SPECIAL COLLECTION for the US Bishops’ CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT on Sunday, November 20. This organization’s goal and slogan is ENDING POVERTY AND INJUSTICE IN THE U.S. Remember, Jesus said, that if you help the “Least of My Brethren”, you help Me……………….
On Sunday, November 27, we will all “Gather together to ask the Lord‘s Blessings“ at the Parish THANKSGIVING FEAST. Tickets are only $10 for a turkey, venison, and desros and kraut feast, with all the “trimmings“. (Children 2-12, only $2!). Tickets will be on sale at Kavine or via Pat Sidas at SID...@AOL.COM. Come, and let someone ELSE do the cooking for a day!
ALL the sacraments are celebrated at Annunciation Parish: The Eucharist is celebrated every Sunday. Eucharistic Minister Vytautas Cereska will bring the sacrament to those who cannot come to Mass. (646-246-8270) Father Volertas hears Confessions before Mass Sundays in Lithuanian and English EVERY Sunday. If he is not in the confessional, he will be waiting in the sacristy, bless him!
To arrange for Baptisms and Weddings, or for the Sacrament of the Sick, and “Last Rites”, just call Msgr. Calise (718-384-0223) or Fr. Volertas (718-326-2236). When there is a death in your family, be sure to specify ANNUNCIATION to the Funeral Director, so the funeral can be held in your own parish.
To arrange for RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION for children in preparation for First Penance/First Communion, Confirmation, or for parental instruction prior to the baptism of infants, contact Raimundas Šližys Lithuanian), or Rose Marie Walsh (718-384-0223, EXT 28, English). HOME STUDY opportunities are also available. Arrangements can be made for instruction for adults who wish to become Catholics, or for Baptized Catholics who have not received the sacraments of Penance, Eucharist, or Confirmation. Contact Raimundas Silzys or Pat Sidas any Sunday at Kavine. VAIKU LITURGJIA, Childrens’ Liturgy, in Lithuanian and English, takes place the FIRST SUNDAY of the month. For more information on this valuable parish program, please contact Dr. Milda Palubinskas. ALL ARE WELCOME!
Children who have received their First Holy Communion who want to serve as Acolytes (Altar servers) should contact Dr. Algis Lukoševičius, or Raimundas Šližys (at Kavine). Schedules for serving are flexible. The same flexible scheduling is available for ladies and gentlemen who would like to serve as Lectors at Mass, or who would like to help out as Ushers. Bill Kumet will show you the ropes and help you schedule your time to serve! Call him at 718-846-3829. To join Annunciation Parish Lithuanian Choir, please come to the Loft any Sunday to meet Organist and Choir Director Asta Barkauskas. The choir rehearses after Mass in the Lower Hall.
TEACHERS OF LIGHT provide FREE tutoring programs in any subject, at any grade level, including preparation for the SAT exams. Go to www.Teachersoflight.org, or call 347-342-8354 for information.
Maironis School News: Classes are available from preschool through grade 10. The School meets at 206 Skillman Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211. New students and adult learners are always welcome! For more information, contact school principal Fausta Sinkunas.
Lithuanian Scouts Association News: For more information about the Lithuanian Scouts Association, contact Tomas Lora or Aldute Belzer.
Sick call list: Elvira Vilineskis, Phyllis Macenas, Liuda Gudelis, Joe Levonas, and Anele Steponis are suffering the assaults of age. Gloria O’Brien, Edward Diskevich, Julia Cohen, and Jerry Cernauskas also need our prayers. Marie Strimaitis McCauley and Arturas Jautakas are both VERY sick……….but, Simon Ulcickas is BETTER!
KAVINE NEWS: If you want to provide something special at Kavine, please contact Kavine Committee chairman Pat Sidas so she can help you coordinate your donation. Thanks to the Zukas family, who provided a delicious spread on October 30.
Blessed candles are available at Kavine. Catholic families should have a blessed candle at home. There is no charge for them, but a donation is appreciated. God Bless the KAVINE SET-UP AND CLEAN-UP COMMITTEE. To join it — it is NOT hard work!—contact Vida Jankauskas or Pat Sidas. All you have to do is come half an hour early once in a while to set up the hall, and stay 15-20 minutes longer to clear the tables and “wash” the coffee and tea pots.
SPECIAL NOTE: Please be aware that the Guadalupe Committee and the Annunciation Spanish Affairs Committee also use the parish refrigerator in the Lower Hall. In order to avoid confusion, PLEASE LABEL anything you put into the refrigerator, so someone else does not inadvertently take or use it. Do not leave “leftovers” without making arrangements for them to be used, or labeling them as a donation to Kavine Committee. The refrigerator is not large, and it frequently is crammed with “science experiments” no one can identify! Pat, Clemente, and Leticia would appreciate your help in this matter VERY much!
CHRISTMAS CARDS! Beautiful cards, featuring photos of Annunciation Church decorated for Christmas, 20 to a package, with either Lithuanian or English text, will be available at Kavine starting November 6. See Joe Rudis or Pat Sidas to purchase them! Need a Christmas gift for someone who has EVERYTHING? Order blanks to subscribe to BRIDGES, the journal of the Lithuanian American Community, are available on the SHARE table, or contact www.lithuanian-american.org to order a subscription by mail!
APOLOGIES! Astra Bileris helped with the Mini_Lottery at the parish picnic. The food for the luncheon for Foreign Minister Azubalis was NOT provided by just the Brooklyn-Queens Chapter of the Lithuanian American Community! ALL the chapters and the NY District Council, under the leadership of Ramute Zukas, worked to provide food! MEA CULPA! While “we” are apologizing—Apologies to the Malinauskas family—it was Jonas Malinauskas the YOUNGER, not his late father, the barber, who died………May they both rest in peace.
Like to play CHESS? Kazys Butkus, Matas Slizys , Milda Stanislauskas, Paulius Sabalis, and Antanas Bublis and others await challengers Sundays at Kavine! For those who might like a less exotic challenge, the Kavine Committee has CHECKERS!
St. John’s University is providing FREE Speech and Hearing screenings! Help with hearing aids, too. Appointments are available until December 7. Call 718-990-6480 for more information.
May they rest in peace in the arms of the angels! Ricardas Legeckis, Jonas Kunca, Stanley Wainauski.
Please don’t forget the Annual Catholic Appeal of the Diocese of Brooklyn! Annunciation’s quota is $3,611.00. WE CAN MEET THAT! $2,730 has already been donated.. Whatever is donated over the quota is RETURNED TO ANNUNCIATION for our parish’s use! Make your check payable to ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL, and drop into the collection basket, or mail it to 1712 10th Avenue, Brooklyn. NY 11215, ATT: Annual Appeal
News from the Diocese Office of Migration. Diocese Office of Migration site can help you find vocational classes, English classes, and citizenship classes: 718-236-3000. For information about the LITHUANIAN APOSTOLATE, contact Father Volertas, or Advisory Committee members or Vida Jankauskas, Malvina Klivecka, or Joe Rudis. This year, The Apostolate honored Helen Matulonis with the Immigration SHINING STAR Award at the Migration Office’s recent banquet.
Diocesan Catholic Charities Family / Counseling Centers help with mental health issues for children and adults, and employment counseling. For information go to www.ccbq.org or call 718-281-9540.
Churches United offers FREE CLASSES to people looking for work, classes in English, and a FREE LEGAL CLINIC. (718-388-3774). For translation help, contact the Lithuanian Apostolate (See Above).
News from Mt. Carmel: Mt. Carmel Parish will begin its celebration of its 125th Anniversary Year Sunday, November 13, at a special Mass at 11:00 AM, with a reception following. The parish is sponsoring a pilgrimage, in honor of the anniversary, to Israel and Rome, under the direction of Monsignor Calise, February 7-18, 2012. There is still space available on the tour. For information, or to register, please call Michael Hartwig at 1-800-368-6757.
Mt. Carmel Serenity Sunday Fellowship and healing for people recovering from addictions, and for those who love them. Mass at 5:00 pm, “pot luck” supper after, followed by “meetings” according to the precepts of “AA”. Next Serenity Sunday will be November 6. Support Group for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community meets the second and fourth Monday of each month.
LAK News: For information about the NY Lithuanian Athletic Club and its activities, contact Jonas Jankauskas, LAK president. For information about YOUTH BASKETBALL, contact Joe Milukas, or go to the LAK website www.lithnyc.com, or NY LAK Blog website.
Camp Neringa News: Visit www.neringa.org for information about the CAMP NERINGA WATER BOTTLE SALE! Funds are still desperately needed to make flood repairs! Ambassador Pavilionis has opened the Embassy in Washington for a Neringa Fundraiser Concert by Darius Shubert at 8 pm on December 3. If you are in the Washington area, GO! (Go to www.neringa.org, for information.)
Attention dancers ages 5 to 100! The 14th Lithuanian Dance Festival will be held July 1, 2012 in Boston. If you want to participate or would like information, contact Cheryl Milukas.
More information on the Internet: Facebook: TryptinisN.Y.; www.nymaironiomokykla.org; www.2012sokiusvente.org. FORTY THREE dancers, in all age ranges, including ADULTS, have already registered. Want to learn to do Lithuanian Folk Dances? Contact Cheryl today! Great EXERCISE, Great FUN! Can’t dance, but CAN donate? Go to the website for information about personal and professional ad space!
Our Lady of Vilnius News: Sunday meditation and prayer continue at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and in front of the closed church. Visit www.ourladyofvilnius.org or ausrosvartunyc.blogspot.com for more information. Contact the Save Our Lady of Vilnius Committee, Elaine Derso, Chair, PO Box 230253, NY, NY 10023. Email: Elaine Derso. Website: https://sites.google.com/site/ourladyofvilniusnyc. Parishioner Jurgis Aleliunas died on August 15. He was a devoted parishioner of Our Lady of Vilnius and a plaintiff in the lawsuit protesting the closing of the church (Blaudziunas v. Egan), so it is fitting that he passed on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary. He was also a past President, Council 12, Knights of Lithuania. The case will be heard by the Newy York State Court of Appeals on November 15, 2011 at 2 PM in Albany.
Interesting News……..Sister Joan Losson, OP, who is CURRENTLY principal at Queen of the Rosary Academy (formerly OLMC School), was FORMERLY principal of ANNUNCIATION SCHOOL!
Welcome to our new readers: Pam Amodeo, Class of 1964. Celia Gianfresco, Class of 1960, and Leticia Ojeda Bonilla, also an Annunciation School graduate.
COMING ATTRACTIONS! The annual LITHUANIAN STRAW ORNAMENT WORKSHOP will take place after the 10:00 AM Mass at Kavine DECEMBER 4. On December 11, the parish hopes that Professor Aldona Lingertaitis, from Boston, will be able to join us at Kavine for a MINI-ADVENT RETREAT. DECEMBER 12, the Guadalupe Committee celebrates the Feast of OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, PATRONESS OF THE AMERICAS. DECEMBER 18 is the Annual Joint Parish, Mokykla, and Scouts KUCIOS. Surely, the chairs at Annunciation Parish don’t get COLD! But, there’s ALWAYS room for YOU!
TO REGISTER yourself and your family at Annunciation Parish call 718-384-0223 or e-mail. You can also register at Kavine. See Joe Rudis for a registration form. The more registered, the more secure our parish. NUMBERS COUNT!
COME VOLUNTEER FOR YOUR PARISH! Come help do His work on Earth!
Administrator:
Msgr. Joseph Calise – 718-384-0223
Associate Priest and Lithuanian Apostolate:
Rev. Vytautas Volertas
Parish Trustees:
Eric Arango, Raimundas Šližys
Lithuanian Affairs:
Vida Jankauskas
Committee:
Raimundas Šližys
Lectors, Ushers:
Bill Kumet – 718-846-3829
Annunciation Parish Lithuanian Choir:
Asta Barkauskas, Just Come to the loft!
Kavine:
Pat Sidas – 203-762-9726
Lithuanian/English Bulletin Editor:
Vida Jankauskas
Parish Website Administrator:
Arūnas Tirkšliūnas
Decorating the Church:
Joe Rudis, Lidia Santos – 718-438-4649
Acolyte:
Father Volertas, Dr. Algis Lukoševičius. See either one after Mass
Religious Education:
Dr. Milda Palubinskas, Salvijus Kungys, Dana Račiūnas Norvila, Raimundas Šližys, Rosemarie Walsh (English) – 718-384-0223, ext. 28
Ateitis:
Dr. Algis Lukoševičius
Children’s Chapter:
Dr. Milda Palubinskas
Spanish Affairs Committee / Bulletin:
Leticia Serrano
Annunciation Parish Spanish Choir:
Antonio Arenas – See him after 11:30 am Mass
Guadalupe Committee:
Clemente Randon
Queen of The Rosary Academy:
Sr. Joan Losson, OP – 718-782-1110
Diocesan Migration Office:
Msgr. Ralph Marino – 718-236-3000
Serenity Sunday / LGBT Ministry:
Msgr. Joseph Calise – 718-384-0223
KNIGHTS OF LITHUANIA: Council 12: Elaine Derso, tel. 212-874-2506. Council 110: Dr. P. Kazas. Council 152: Julia Schroeder.
Are you unable to get to Mass? Eucharistic Minister Vytautas Cereska will bring the Body and Blood of Christ to you. Call Vytautas at 646-246-8270. Father Volertas (718-326-2236) is, of course, also available to bring the Sacraments and anoint the sick and frail.
You can ask a Mass be said in Annunciation Church . Joe Rudis has the Mass Book Sundays after Mass in the Parish Hall. The usual stipend is $50.
To schedule an event in the Parish Lower Hall, please contact Raimundas Šližys.
Want to get on the ENVELOPES List? Envelopes are a very convenient tradition of the Church in the US that makes it easy to make your weekly donation to the support of the parish. You receive an envelope packet monthly by mail with an envelope for each Sunday and for any scheduled special collections. To get on the list, con tact MARY ANN at the office… 718-384-0223 .
IF ALL OF US CAME TO MASS JUST ONCE A MONTH, OUR BEAUTIFUL CHURCH WOULD ALWAYS BE FULL!
MASS IS SAID AT 10:00 AM IN LITHUANIAN, AND AT 11:30 AM IN SPANISH
ANNUNCIATION PARISH IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING AT NORTH FIFTH AND HAVEMEYER. COME BE A PART OF IT!
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OF THE ANNUNCIATION, PRAY FOR US!
OUR LADY OF ŠILUVA, PRAY FOR US!
OUR LADY OF VILNIUS, AUŠROS VARTŲ, PRAY FOR US!