Holy Family Chapel
The 10:15 AM Mass celebrated in the Holy Family Chapel will be cancelled beginning August 1st. The 10:15 AM Mass will resume on September 19th. Please remember this when planning your Mass attendance.

Youth Group Summer Trips!
There is still space available for two upcoming youth group trips: August 9th - Watch the Yankees take on the Toronto Blue Jays at world famous Yankee Stadium. Tickets are $50 and include round-trip transportation via bus. August 11th - Our 5th annual trip to Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom. Tickets are $53 and include ticket to both parks, lunch and round-trip transportation via luxury coach bus. Please call Cristina at 785-0130 for further details and reservations.

What’s Up, Up There?
They are cutting and scraping and filling the joints with mortar in so many places around the Church. They are putting the tiles in place on the roof and beginning to work around the windows. Thankfully the work hasn’t been too complicated and mercifully we have not been as busy with funerals, allowing the crew eight hours of work. Thanks for your continued interest and support.

Considering Catholicism?
This past year we welcomed a large number of men and women into the Catholic Church through a process known as the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (“RCIA” for short.) If you, or someone you know might be interested in pursuing full membership in the Church, now is the time to contact us. RCIA is intended for adults in any of three categories: (1) those who have never been baptized; (2) those who are already baptized Christians of another denomination; and (3) baptized Catholics who have never had the opportunity to receive the Eucharist and Confirmation. If interested, please leave a message at the rectory for Terry Hubert.

Altar Flowers
The flowers on the Shrine of St. Joseph are in thanksgiving to St. Joseph.
The flowers on the Shrine of St. Anne are for the occasion of Elizabeth Anne Walsh’s 4th birthday.

Please Pray for the Repose of the Souls of the Recently Deceased
Lillian Mabel Staehr
Margaret Tault

Office of Christian Formation News
Attention: All parents/guardians of children attending public schools in grade levels
one through eight.
Registrations are still being accepted for our parish children’s Christian Formation program. If you have not already registered your child for religion classes for the upcoming school year, please call our office at 785-0130 as soon as possible for further information regarding registration, as classroom assignments are currently being given for the new school year.

Help Urgently Needed
We are currently assigning our students in our parish Christian formation program (religious education) into classes for the upcoming school year. It has come to our attention that we are in need of special needs catechists or teachers for some of the children in our program who might present some learning difficulties. We invite parishioners who have experience working with special needs children to consider teaching religious to some of these children whether on a one to one basis or in a small classroom setting. We are also in need of catechists and hall monitors for grades 2-8. If you can share an hour a week monitoring the hallways or teaching the faith to a small group of children, please call the OCF at 785-0130. Your assistance in this most important endeavor is very much needed and appreciated.

In Your Prayers Remember the Sick
Patricia Birbiglia, Evelyn O’Brien, Teresa Coleman, Peter Lang, Marcia Toole,
Richard Mistretta, Daniel Murphy, Victor Mingovits, Florence Johanson,
Catherine Antonucci, Josephine Rezny, and all the sick of the parish..

Help Wanted
Positions available for Queen of the Rosary Infirmary, Amityville: RN’s and LPN’s, full time, part time or per diem, all shifts. Contact Maryanne Charles or Debi Pfeifer at 631-842-6000, ext. 271, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Al-Anon
Meeting every Wednesday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 7:30 PM in the school cafeteria.

Alcoholics Anonymous
Meeting every Thursday at 7:30 PM in the school cafeteria.

Small Christian Community Facilitators
The August and September issues of “Exploring” are available in the Outreach Office. Please stop at the rectory, and pick up enough for your group. Thanks very much.

Banns of Marriage
Daniel Graham & Eileen McLaughlin
Jason Romeo & Stephanie Saputo

A Heartfelt Welcome
As we gather at the Table of the Lord, let us pray for the newest members of our parish. Together we welcome them to our celebration of the sacraments and our shared life.

St. Catherine’s Parish Festival
St. Catherine of Sienna Church, Franklin Square will hold their annual Parish Festival Wednesday, August 4th through Friday, August 6th from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM; Saturday, August 7th from 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM and Sunday, August 8th from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Call 488-3128 for more information.

Diocesan Office for the Protection of Children and Young People
This office, created in an effort to ensure the safety of our young, can be reached by calling 678-5800 ext. 216 or 573. Any person wishing to contact a member of the Pastoral Intervention Team can call Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The dedicated number for reporting allegations of sexual abuse, 594-9063, continues to be available.

Knights of Columbus - Bellmore Council
We are looking for Catholic men to support our priests and to promote Charity, Unity, Fraternity, Patriotism & Family fun. Call 785-9407 if interested.