Anastasi

A
church
saint

45-14 245th Street

Douglaston, NY 11362-1135
Phone: (718) 631-4454
Fax: (718) 631-1774
Email: info@stanastasia.info

Douglaston-Little Neck
Salus Animarum Suprema Lex

www.stanastasia.info

December 7, 2008

Second Sunday of Advent

Rev. Msgr. George J. Ryan, Pastor

Rev. William A. McLaughlin
Rev. Chris J. Piasta, OFM
Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Cantley, S.T.D.,

Pastor Emeritus

Rectory Office Hours:

Monday to Friday 9:15 AM to 8 PM
Saturday 9:15 AM to 1 PM
Mrs. Betty Harris, Secretary
Mrs. Ann Larkin, Accounting Admin.
St. Anastasia School:
45-11 245th Street
Mrs. Lucy Mihulka, Principal
Mrs. Cindy Roma-McCann, Assist. Princ.
Phone: (718) 631-3153; (718) 631-3155
Email: school@stanastasia.info
Religious Education & CCD Office:
Mrs. Janine Kramer, Directress
Phone: (718) 225-5191
Email: dre@stanastasia.info
Music Minister:
Mr. Joseph C. Extejt
Weekend Masses:
Saturday Vigil at 5:30
Sundays 8 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM & 5 PM
Weekday Masses:
Monday thru Saturday at 8:30 AM
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Saturdays 44:30 PM
Holy Days and Special Liturgies:
Mass schedules will be printed in the
Bulletin at the appropriate time.
Devotions:
Miraculous Medal Novena:
Mondays after 8:30 AM Mass

PARISH MEMBERSHIP:
All new families are welcome to the Parish and every family should be properly registered.
Registration forms are available at the Rectory.
Use of the electronic giving (Faith Direct) or envelope system is required if statement of
contribution is sought for tax purposes. All parishioners should use either one of the donation forms. If you move or change your address, please notify the Rectory by mail.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM:
First Sunday of each month at 1:30 PM only. Parents should make arrangements by calling the Rectory no later than 2 weeks before the Baptism.
Parents must attend the Baptism instructions before Baptism
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY:
Time available: Saturday 11 AM-3 PM; Sunday 2:30 PM-3 PM
Couples must make arrangements six months prior to the selected date of their marriage
and fully participate in the Pre-Cana Parish at home.
R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
It is the process for adults wishing to become Catholic, complete their sacramental initiation, or attain full membership in the Church. For further information, please contact
Ms. Janine Kramer

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

omeless men living under

Flushing Meadow
Bridges need clothing
For a number of years now and
thanks to the generosity of our
parishioners; every Sunday
morning during the winter
months, we bring hot chocolate, a sandwich and some
warm clothes to a group of
homeless men living under the
bridges and surrounding areas
of Flushing Meadows Corona
Park. These are men who for
different reasons have given up
on life and seen unable to cope
with it. As the cold weather
approaches, once again we are
preparing to start our mission
and we need clothing. If you
have warm clothes and blankets that are clean and in good
condition and would like to
donate them please call us and
we will pick them up. For more
information call Jorge at (718)
224-8187 or (718) 423-5988.

Annual Coat Drive

he coats are dropped off to

needy parishes in Queens
and Brooklyn, visiting Nurse
Early Head Start program in
Rockaway, St. Johns Bread
and Life Ministry, and other
spots that are in need of help.
The coats can be left at my
office at Bryce Rea Associates,
or if you cant come to me I
will go and pick them up; just
call my cell phone: Carolyn
Meenan at (917) 796-2990.
Thank you again for your generous help by keeping someone
warm this winter.

Need a ride to Church?

entury Car Service is offering a special rate to

parishioners who need a ride to
Sunday Mass. This offer is
only available to get to St. Anastasia Church for Sunday
Mass. The fee is $5.00 plus
any gratuity they choose to

ST. ANASTASIA BULLETIN

give. (This is a 16% reduction

in their usual rate. Just advise
the dispatcher that you are going to St. Anastasia Church in
Douglaston in order to get the
discount.) Century Car is located at Springfield Blvd and
Union Turnpike in Bayside
Call: (718) 740-6600 or (718)
428-1010.

Christmas Giving Tree

he Giving Tree which has

gift tags is once again a
Reminder of the rapid approach of Christmas. It is very
important to remember that we
would like to get the wrapped
gifts back by Monday, December 15th, so that all those people that you are helping will
get the gifts before Christmas.
Please remember that you are
doing a good thing giving a
part of yourself by shopping,
wrapping, & returning back to
us. You will be blessed for
your kindness. The tree is located in the hallway next to the
Church please stop after Mass
to pick up your tag(s).

www.stanastasia.info

Help the Homeless

December 7, 2008

the immediate future. Applications may be obtained by sending a request by registered letter to The Joint Apprenticeship
Committee, P.O. Box 560249,
College Point, NY 11356.
They must include a nonrefundable $25.00 application
fee. For more information,
prospective applicants should
contact their nearest Department of Labor Office in Flushing (718) 321-6307 or Jamaica
(718) 557-6735.

Leisure Club News

rip to Atlantic City on

Monday, December 15th,
$30 pp., For more information,
call Peg McKeon at (718) 4282833.

Add a Soldier to your

Christmas Card List

St. Nicholas Dinner Dance

hen doing your Christmas Cards this year,

take one card and send it to this
address. If we pass this on and
everyone sends one card, think
of how many cards these wonderful, special people who
have sacrificed so much would
get. On your card list please
include: A Recovering American Soldier, c/o Walter Reed
Army Medical Center, 6900
Georgia Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20307.

t. Josaphat Church in Bayside is hosting a St. Nicholas Day Dinner Dance on Sunday, December 14th, 2:00
6:00 PM at Parish Hall on 35th
Avenue & 210th Street. For
more information, call Steve at
(718) 224-3052.

Youth Lock-in: iLock

his time it will take place

on Saturday night, December 13, 2008. The lock-in
begins at 3 PM at the Youth
Center. We will wrap up on
Sunday around 10 AM. Sometime at night we will celebrate
candle-lit Mass, which traditionally is one of the most
memorable features of the retreat. In a session and following discussions we will address
the issue of people, both young
and not-so-young, communicating and at the same time
having ever more growing hunger for real communication and
relationship. Bring your sleeping bag, be ready for pizza,
ping-pong, and some scrambled eggs in the morning. The
price is $15 per person, which
covers snacks, Saturday dinner,
Sunday breakfast and drinks.
More information, consent
form and everything else about
our youth group is available at
www.matthew267.net.

Apprentices Wanted

ew York State Department of Labor has announced that Electrician Local

#3 is looking for 500 apprentices and will issue 2,000 applications for the prized slots in

Why did the lady put lipstick on her forehead?

She wanted to make up her mind.

Good News from the School Principal

Students and Teacher of the Month
By Lucy Mihulka, Principal

his month, students are being recognized by their

homeroom teachers for their
generosity, which exemplifies the
spirit of the season. Congratulations to:
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8

Mark Huber
Patricia Mattone
Kathleen Cunniff
Amanda Stoner
Janai Chandler
Kristin Barnikel
Joseph Chong
Caroline Gawlik

The Teacher of Month being recognized for December is Ms. Connie

Cannone. We thank her for exemplary Science lab activities at the
4th and 5th grade levels and for her
leadership in setting up of the Science lab for all the students of St.

A.s. Congratulations!
Thank you to those that participated in the NY Mets Catholic
Schools night in September. The
school received a rebate check for
$366. We also received $952 from
the Energy Curtailment Specialists
for participating in energy saving
measures in the school up through
October 31st.
The Honors assembly for grades 5
to 8 will take place on Friday, December 12 at 9AM in Father Smith
Hall. Those students that have
achieved the 90% honor status will
be recognized as well as those with
exemplary effort. Parents are invited.
Students in the second grade will
receive the sacrament of First Pen-

ance on Saturday, December 13th.

Please keep them in your prayers.
The St. Johns University Speech
and Hearing center located at 15211 Union Turnpike will be holding
two free information sessions for
parents only entitled, Ask the
Speech-Language Pathologist
Days on Tuesday, December 9th
from 10 AM to 12 Noon and on
Wednesday, December 10th from 1
to 3 PM.

CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE 2008

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
Monday December 22, 2008
7:30 PM Communal Penance Service

CHRISTMAS EVE MASS

Wednesday, December 24, 2008
4:00 PM
6:00 PM

CHRISTMAS MIDNIGHT MASS

December 25, 2007
Doors will open at 11:15 PM
St Anastasia Choristers will sing Christmas Music before Mass

CHRISTMAS DAY
Thursday, December 25, 2008
8:00 AM
10:00 AM
12:00 Noon
No Evening Mass

Saturday, December 27, 2008

5:30 PM Vigil

Sunday, December 28, 2008

8:00 AM
10:00 AM
12:00 PM
5:00 PM

NEW YEARS Eve

5:30 PM Vigil

NEW YEARS Day

9:00 AM
12:00 Noon
No Evening Mass

Building Skills for

Everyday Living
Pediatric Occupational Therapy
By Andrea Krauss, DSW, OTR/L, Certified RDI Consultant

ediatric occupational
therapy improves childrens ability to participate in day to day activities in
spite of limitations or special
needs they may have. As children grow and develop, the
range of the activities they
participate in expands, placing
ever increasing demands on
them. The day to day activities that occupational therapists often become in involved
are typically in the areas of
play, self-care and later,
school.
An occupational therapist
will evaluate the strengths and
vulnerabilities of each child.
The therapist will work with
the parent and child to make a
better fit between the childs
abilities and the demands of
every day situations. Parents
are the experts on their childrens performance in daily
activities and the occupational
therapist will work with parents, as a team, in the treatment of their child.
When a child is identified as
having special needs, various
programs and systems come
into play. Occupational therapists work through Early Intervention (EI), Committee on
Preschool Special Education
(CPSE), Committee on Special Education (CSE) and in

private practices. It is important for parents to remember

that once their children are in
elementary school, the goals
for all therapies are directed
towards academic success.
Eligibility for services provided by Early Intervention,
Committee on Preschool Special Education and The Committee on Special Education
require that a child has scored
in the bottom 20th percentile
for his/her age.
When a child is denied services, it does not necessarily
mean they cant benefit from
supportive services. Parents
can challenge the results of
formal assessments if they
believe that they are not an
accurate representation of
their childs abilities or limitations. Parents may also wish
to provide support privately to
children who are having difficulty meeting the demands in
every day living situations but
do not test low enough to
qualify to receive services
through the system. Finally,
when children are school aged
and all therapy is directed at
academic performance, parents may want to supplement
services that are not typically
provided in schools.
An example of an occupational therapy intervention for

a baby having trouble sitting

in a high chair to eat due to
low muscle tone may be to
simply put a piece of sticky
material called dycem on the
seat of the high chair to keep
the baby from slipping. The
occupational therapist would
also make sure the foot rest is
in the proper position to support the babys feet. The benefits of this simple adaptation
to the high chair enable the
baby to maintain a position
that provides better support.
By providing this stable base
of support for the baby, he/
she would then need to use
less energy in holding the upright position in the high
chair. The result is more energy available for hand use,

eating and interacting with the

caregiver.
Typical areas that occupational therapists evaluate are
activities of daily living, including the childs ability to
participate in dressing, eating,
personal hygiene. These are
the skills required for a child
to participate in play, preschool and school. It is now
understood that early childhood play is the foundation
for all areas of development
(motor, social and cognitive).
The occupational therapist
will work with the child and
family to develop the childs
skills including fine motor and
gross motor coordination,

motor planning, visual perception, eye-hand coordination,

sensory processing and integration and/or in modification of the activity.
The focus for the occupational therapist is always on
the goodness-of-fit between
the demands of the different
activities children engage in,
the environments in which
children participate and the
childs abilities. The occupational therapist, by supporting
skill development and/or
modifying environmental demands, provides opportunities
for the child to learn he/she
can succeed. Success builds
self-esteem, which helps a
child to meet new challenges.

Dr. Krauss is the Chair of the Occupational Therapy Department at

York College CUNY. She has been
working with children and their families for over 25 years in her Great
Neck, Long Island private practice.

MASS INTENTIONS

Bread & Wine

December 613, 2008

Memorial
SATURDAY

WEEKDAY

5:30 PM Mary St. John, and the Biemer & Tommaso Families

SUNDAY

IN THANKSGIVING FOR

*** Lawrence G. Lundy ***

8:00 AM Luciano Schiff

10:00 AM Michael OShaughnessy
12:00 PM James P. Quigley, Sr.
5:00 PM

MONDAY

Please remember in your prayers all the sick of our

Parish Community, especially:

Ruth Marchese
Annette Montello
Mary Ann Inguagiato

and those who have died, especially:

9:00 AM Charles Freeman & Frank Capella & Michael Corso

7:30 PM Lawrence & Elizabeth Lundy

TUESDAY

ADVENT WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Stefana Oddo

WEDNESDAY ADVENT WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Irene Baker and Maria Cozzi

THURSDAY

ADVENT WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Rose & John Slevin

FRIDAY

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

Apparitions of Mary at the hill of Tapeyac December 9-12, 1531 to the native convert Juan
Diego; known to the Aztecs as Tecoatlaxope,
meaning she will crush the serpent of stone;
Patroness of the Americas.

Anne C. Gagen
Elaine C. Wyckoff

Were Here
Where Are You?
Have You Heard
What We Do?

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Holy day of obligation

DECEMBER 713, 2008

{ Remember }

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

8:30 AM Henry Lewondoski

SATURDAY

ADVENT WEEKDAY

8:30 AM Susan Kearns

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A Ceremony of Lessons and Carols

The next recipe section will be published in the December 21 edition of our Bulletin. This time we will
focus on Christmas recipes. If you would like to
share your secret formulas, leave them at the
Rectory or email us at info@stanastasia.info by
December 18.

Sunday, December 7 at 3:00 PM

Please join us to herald in the Advent and Christmas season by hearing the prophets of old as well as the Christmas
story. These nine readings will be interspersed with Advent
anthems and Christmas Carols performed by our music
minister and the Choir.