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Entries for November 2020
The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a Blood Drive at St. Thomas on Sunday, December 6 from 9:30AM to 2:00PM in the Msgr. Smith Auditorium. Please consider donating. Blood supplies are very low at this time of year so it is even more important to give this gift of life. Thank you for donating!
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Did you miss Saturday night's livestream of the 2020 Virtual Dinner Dance and Celebration honoring Msgr. Maniscalco's 75th Birthday and 50th Anniversary? You can view the festivities on our parish website or YouTube beginning at 7:30PM tonight!
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The parish family of Saint Thomas the Apostle invites you to join us for our Thanksgiving Day Liturgy on Thursday, November 26th at the 9:00 AM Mass in the Main Church. A Blessing of Food will take place during the Mass. Please bring any items for your Thanksgiving meal that you would like to have blessed.
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A very important survey is on our website and will also appear in our parish bulletin this weekend to help guide us as to how many Masses we need to celebrate on Christmas at St. Thomas the Apostle. This Christmas is an uncertain time, and we wish to have enough Masses so that parishioners feel safe but not so many that we cannot celebrate them in a way worthy of the great feast of Christmas. Please click here and participate in this survey so that we can plan well for our Christmas celebrations.
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This December, Msgr. Maniscalco will celebrate his 75th birthday. In May, he will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. If you are a registered parishioner, hopefully you received a letter in the mail explaining how the parish plans to celebrate these occasions in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (If you never received this mailing, please email STAParishOffice@gmail.com to make sure your address is accurate in the parish records.)
Although it is not possible to gather for a Parish Dinner Dance as planned this y...
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The new church year begins on Sunday, November 29. Instead of putting our new missalettes in the pews, we are selling them for you to have a personal copy to use throughout the year. A single copy can be purchased for $12 and a Family Pack of three costs $30.
You may make your purchase this weekend, November 21-22, before any of the following Masses:
At the Church:
5:00PM on Saturday
9:00AM, 10:30AM on Sunday
At the Chapel:
9:30AM, 11:00AM on Sunday
You may also come to the Rectory Office, Monday through Friday betw...
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Have you ever wondered how the readings from Mass apply to your own life? Are you looking for more support and encouragement in your prayers? Would you like to spend an evening with others who are interested in these things, too?
Then join the next “Zoom edition” of Prayer in the Spirit: Evenings of Scripture and Petition on Thursday, November 19 at 7:30PM to reflect on the Sunday readings and pray for one another’s needs.
Spend the first forty minutes discussing Sunday’s scriptures. After a five minute break, re...
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As we prepare for the birth of our Savior, join us in showing our love for Him by remembering those in our community who are not as blessed as we are.
This year, out of an abundance of caution, instead of individual gifts from the Angel Giving Tree, families will receive gift cards from our virtual Angel Giving Tree to purchase their own gifts.
You can help families in need in our community by:
Putting a virtual angel on the Giving Tree when you donate a gift card.
Putting a virtual present under the Giving Tree by participating in Share-a-...
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Shop for everyone on your gift list this Christmas at smile.amazon.com/ch/11-1642733 and Amazon donates to St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church.
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Beginning tomorrow (November 14), weekday Mass will be celebrated in the Lower Church at 9:00AM Monday through Saturday each week. Beginning December 6, 12:30PM Mass will resume in the Chapel every Sunday.
Also starting tomorrow, vigil candles will be available for lighting. Please light them when you arrive at church so that the building can be cleared for sanitizing immediately after Mass.
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Morning Prayer is one part of the Liturgy of the Hours. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, all Christians are obligated to pray, and their prayer should include the official, communal prayer of the Church, the Liturgy of the Hours, if it is truly going to be Christian prayer in all its fullness. The Catechism also states, “The praying of the Liturgy of the Hours, especially in morning and evening, is for all the faithful, not just the clergy.” The Liturgy of the Hours is considered the most important prayer of the Church after t...
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CLICK HERE to visit the St. Thomas the Apostle Spiritwear Store, where you can order hats, sweats, tees, and more! Orders are delivered the last day of each month.
If you don't have a child in St. Thomas School, enter your own name as the "Student Name" and type the word "Parish" plus your phone number as the "Teacher and Class."
Have questions? Need assistance? Contact Terri Leno at 516-729-4607.
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The Rectory Office will be closed on Wednesday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day.
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Beginning Friday, December 4 there will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 9:00AM Mass until Noon each Friday.
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