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Fatima Focus
Our Lady of Fatima Parish Community
6 Cottonwood Road - Manorhaven, New York 11050
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Parish Mission Statement
Firmly rooted in our Roman Catholic tradition,
we, the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima are a
welcoming, caring and inclusive community of
believers. We seek to bear witness to Christ’s love
for all in our lives, in our community and in our
world.
We strive to continue the mission of Jesus through
worship and in our educational, spiritual and
social justice programs and in our commitment to
stewardship.
We are a collaborative, diverse, multi-cultural
parish dedicated to reaching out to all God’s
people, especially those in need.
All are welcome in this parish.
Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Parish
Sundays
Weekdays
Sat.: 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM (Spanish)
Mon. - Fri: 8:00 AM
Sun.: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM (Family Liturgy),
Holydays
11:30 A.M.
Eve: 7:30 PM - Day: 8:00 AM
Rectory Office: Mon. - Fri.: 9 AM - 12 Noon & 1 - 5 PM;
Sat.: 9AM - 5PM Sun.: 9 AM - 1PM
Rectory Phone: 767-0781
Rectory Fax: 767-2981
Religious Education: 944-8322
Convent: 883-1762
Parish Outreach: 883-3903
(See page 2 for further Parish information.)
January 3rd, 2016
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Monday, January 4th
8:00 a.m. The People of the Parish
Tuesday, January 5th
8:00 a.m. Joseph Reisiq
Wednesday, January 6h
8:00 a.m. Helen Kileen
Thursday, January 7th
8:00 a.m. Sarah Dimmler
Friday, January 8th
8:00 a.m. Peter & Carmela Faiella
Saturday, January 9th
5:00 p.m. Theresa Colucci
7:00 p.m. Mónico Noé Portillo
Sunday, January 10th
8:00 a.m. Justin Simeons
10:00 a.m. Brennan & Connolly Families & John O’Neil
11:30 a.m. Mario & Filomena D’Aversa
Prayers for Our Sick
Your prayers are requested
for: Rick Atkinson, Ryan
Armstrong, Bree Bellavita, Rose
Bennett, Michele Bischoff, Baby:
Darian James Bogin, Virginia
Cantino, Anthony Carpinelli,
Mary St. John Clark, Baby: Maya Contreras, Charlie
Crum, Gerri De Feo, Michael DiLeo, Judy Falco, Kyle
Faticone, Patrick Finnegan, Rose Galli, Kathryn Giulitti,
Florence Gramarossa, Josie Johnson, Rylia Laber,
Kathleen Lewis, Rita Marchese, Norma Mazzeo, Baby
Joseph Michael McCroarw, Catherine McEneaney,
Elaina McLoughin, Don Mochwart, Charles Murphy,
Mary Nagle, Carol Nesbit, Jesse Nesbit, George
O’Krepkie, Seraphina O’Brien, Terry Olivo, John Orr,
Dean Peterson, Glenn Petersons, Theresa Pontillo,
Harold Poole, Emily Radice, Ana Romero, Diana
Schmeltzer, Jim Simonsen, Eileen Smith, Angela
Starchich, Annie Tolentino, Jim Tomlison, Carlos
Torres, Margaret Marie Trinko, Carla Vario, Marilyn
Zahn-Veritzan, Darlene Vignec, Vincent Vutarelli, Mary
Whol, Andrew Wykowski and all who are homebound
or have special needs.
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The three kings in today’s Gospel traveled
a great distance at considerable cost to
offer their richest gifts to the Infant Jesus.
How far will I go and what will I offer to
do homage to this newborn King and
Savior?
SUNDAY COLLECTION
December 27th: $
(will be available next week)
Thank you for your generous sacrificial giving!
Your faithful sacrificial giving each week helps
Our Lady of Fatima to continue our Pastoral
Ministries and care for our parish buildings.
Peace,
Fr. Steve
Mass Schedule
January 9th
&
January 10th
Saturday:
Sunday:
5:00 PM ~ Fr. Steve
7:00 PM ~ Misa Hispana
8:00 AM ~ Fr. Steve
10:00 AM ~ Fr. Steve
11:30 AM ~ Fr. Steve
The reflection question for this week is:
The magi left their familiar environments to seek
and honor a new Jewish king.
HOW AM I BEING DRAWN TO DISCOVER
GOD IN NEW PLACES AND SITUATIONS?
January 3rd, 2016
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WORSHIP
The Epiphany Proclamation:
Dear brothers and sisters:
The glory of the Lord has shown upon us, and
shall ever manifest itself among us until the day of
his return. Through the rhythms and charges of
time, let us call to mind and live the mysteries of
salvation.
The center of the whole liturgical year is the
Paschal Triduum of the Lord, crucified, buried
and risen, which will culminate in the solemn
vigil of Easter, during the holy night that will end
the dawn on the 27th of March. Every Sunday, as
in a weekly Easter, holy church makes present
that great and saving deed, by which Christ has
forever conquered sin and death.
 “Only a few days ago we celebrated the
Lord’s birthday. Today we are celebrating with
equal solemnity, as is proper, his Epiphany, in
which he began to manifest himself to the Gentiles.
On the one day the Jewish shepherds saw him
when he was born; on this day the magi coming
from very different directions, from circumcision and
uncircumcision. Thus they could be united in him
who had been made our peace, and who has made
both one. This was foretokened in the Jewish
shepherds and the Gentile magi. From this began
what was to grow and to bear fruit throughout the
world. Let us therefore, with joy of the spirit hold
dear these two days, the Nativity and the
Manifestation of the Lord. The Jewish shepherds
were led by an angel brining the news; the Gentile
magi by a star showing the way.” (Augustine)
 The LITURGY COMMITTEE will meet on
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5th, at 7:30 PM in the
SACRISTY.
From Easter there comes forth and are reckoned
all the days we keep holy: Ash Wednesday, the
beginning of the Lenten spring, the 10th of
February; the Ascension of the Lord, the 5th of
May, and Pentecost, the 15th of May’ the First
Sunday of Advent, 27th of November.
 The SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING
OF THE SICK will be celebrated on SUNDAY,
JANUARY 24th, at the 11:30 AM Mass. All are most
welcome to this celebration of healing and
forgiveness.
Likewise the feasts of the holy Mother of God, of
the apostles and saints, and in the
commemoration of the faithful departed, the
pilgrim church on earth proclaims the
resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
ADMINISTRATION
To Christ who was, who is, and who is to come,
the Lord of time and history be endless praise
forever and ever!
Amen!
 The SACRAMENT OF PENANCE is
celebrated on Saturday afternoon from 4:00 PM
until 4:45 PM. All are most welcome to celebrate
this sacrament of healing and forgiveness.
 HOLY HOUR FOR PEACE: This afternoon,
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3rd, there will be a Holy Hour
for Peace in the World from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM.
All are most welcome to come together and pray
quietly for peace in our troubled world.

FAITH DIRECT: As a New Year gets
underway please consider using FAITH DIRECT in
2016. Enrollment forms are available in the Parish
Office. You can also enroll on line at
www.faithdirect.net. Our parish code is NY 303.
 The COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE will
meet on THURSDAY, JANUARY 7th, at 7:15 PM in
the PARISH OFFICE.
 The STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE will
meet on TUESDAY, JANUARY 12th, at 7:30 PM in
the SACRISTY.
 The PARISH OFFICE will be closed on
MONDAY, JANUARY 18th, in observance of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
January 3rd, 2016

The PASTORAL COUNCIL will meet on
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20th, at 7:30 PM in the
RECTORY.

The LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY will meet
on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27th, at 7:30 PM in
the PARISH CENTER.
COMMUNITY
Dear Friends,
This weekend we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany.
In the last few days we have celebrated a multitude of
beautiful feasts: the feast of Christmas, the feast of the
Holy Family, the Feast of Mary, the Mother of God,
this weekend the Feast of the Epiphany and next
weekend the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, which
brings the Christmas season to fulfillment. On January
11th we return to Ordinary Time. On the days after
Christmas we celebrated the Feast of St. Stephen, the
Feast of the Holy Innocents, the Feast of St. Thomas
Becket, and the Feast of St. Sylvester. January 1st, 2016
also marked the 49th World Day of Peace. “Overcome
indifference and win peace,” is the title of the Holy
Father’s message to celebrate the World Day of Peace
for 2016. If anyone would like a copy of the Pope’s
message they will be available at the entranceway of
the church starting this weekend.
You might recall that a few weeks ago, just after I
came back from my retreat in Sag Harbor I shared with
you the two questions that my director for my retreat
asked me: What gift will you bring to the Lord on
Christmas morning? What gift will you ask the Lord to
give to you on Christmas morning? I invited you to
carry these questions in your heart as we moved closer
to the Feast of Christmas. I encourage each of us to
keep these questions within our hearts throughout
this Christmas season and see what answers might be
stirred up within our hearts.
We are all aware of the many gifts that God has
showered upon us. God has given us all that we are
and all we have. Anything that we might present to
God is merely an acknowledgement of who God is and
who we are before God. In that spirit, the nations
streaming toward Jerusalem brought gold and
frankincense. These gifts were to acknowledge the
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presence of the one God in Jerusalem and the desire of
the nations to join Israel in offering their homage.
What Isaiah envisioned, Matthew and the author of
Ephesians saw as fulfilled in Jesus. The author of
Ephesians understands that his mission is to make
known, to promote and to foster the unity of all
people in Jesus. The magi, their gifts and their homage
were representative of all the Gentile world, who were
and are, by God’s plan, intended to share equally in
the salvific gifts of God. Given God’s plan, perhaps the
best gift we might offer is our daily affirmation of
God’s plan as well as our continued commitment to
realizing that plan in our lives.
May the blessings of our loving God fill you and your
loved ones on this feast of the Epiphany!
Peace,
Fr. Steve
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A Blessing Prayer for the Home and Household on
the Epiphany:
Let us praise God, who fills our hearts and
homes with peace. Blessed be God
forever!
The Word became flesh and made his
dwelling place among us. It is Christ who
enlightens our hearts and homes with
love. May all who enter his home find
Christ’s light and love.
Listen now to the words of the holy Gospel
according to Luke (19:1-9)
Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass
through the town. Now there was a man
there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief
tax collector and also a wealthy man, was
seeking to see who Jesus was, but he
could not see him because of the crowd
and he was short in stature. So he ran
ahead and climbed up a sycamore tree in
order to see Jesus, who was about to pass
that way. When he reached the place, he
looked up and said: “Zacchaeus, come
down quickly, for today I must stay at hour
house.” And he came down quickly and
received him with joy. When they all saw
this, they began to grumble, saying, “He
January 3rd, 2016
has gone to stay in the house of a sinner.”
But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the
Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions,
Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have
extorted anything from anyone I shall
repay it four times over.” And Jesus said to
him: “Today salvation has come to this
house because this man too is a
descendant of Abraham.”
The Son of God made his home among us.
With thanks and praise let us call upon
him. Stay with us Lord!
Lord Jesus Christ, with Mary and Joseph
you formed the Holy Family: remain in our
home, that we may know you as our guest
and honor you as our Head. We pray: Stay
with us Lord!
Lord Jesus Christ, you had no place to lay
your head, but in the spirit of poverty
accepted the hospitality of you friends:
grant that through our help the homeless
may obtain proper housing. We pray: Stay
with us!
Lord Jesus, the three kings presented their
gifts to you in praise, and adoration: grant
that those living in this house may use
their talents and abilities to your greater
glory. We pray; Stay with us!
Lord God of heaven and earth, you
revealed your only begotten Son to every
nations by the guidance of a star. Bless
this home and all who inhabit it. Fill them
with the light of Christ, that their concern
for others may reflect your love. We ask
this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
May Christ Jesus dwell with us, keep us
from all harm, and make us one in mind
and heart, now and forever. Amen!
Living Stewardship
We are grateful this week for all
stewards in our parish who develop their
talents to the fullest in order to use them
to benefit church and community by
assisting the poor, feeding the hungry,
consoling the sorrowful and teaching the
young.
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FAITH FORMATION
 The READING GROUP will meet on
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24th. The book for January is:
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS by
Marion James. We meet at 3:00 PM in the
SACRISTY. All are welcome!
 The OLDER CONFIRMATION GROUP will
meet on MONDAY, JANUARY 4th, at 7:15 PM in
the PARISH OFFICE.
As we begin this New Year of 2016 we are
preparing for Season 2 of Arise. We extend
an invitation to all who participated in
Season 1 to continue to participate in
Season 2. We extend an invitation to all to
participate in Season 2 as a gift to yourself.
The dates are as follows:
1. January 9th & 10th – Sign-Up at all
Masses.
2. February 7th week – Small Groups meet
once a week for 6 weeks. This will be
during our Lenten season. Ash
Wednesday is February 10th.
Questions --- call:
1. Trish Walsh 516- 582-5795
2. Sister Gerri 516- 944-8322
OUTREACH
Parish Social Ministry
FOOD PANTRY – Thank you to all those who
have donated to Our Lady of Fatima Food Pantry.
January 3rd, 2016
Please remember to check the expiration
dates on all your donated items.
Toiletries are always welcome! 
CaringHands Corner
2015 was a very good year for
CaringHands. We have been informed that
our Baby Maya, who had brain surgery, is doing very well.
There was some concern of the possibility that she would be
unable to move the right side of her body but by some miracle
all went well and she has full movement of all her limbs! A set
of premature babies who we prayed for during the summer
went home healthy to begin their new lives with their families.
Michael Raduzzo wants to thank everyone for all the prayers
said on behalf of his heart surgery. He has recovered
completely and has returned to his normal life. Thank you Mike
and God bless you for going to the nursing home to visit some
of our sick brothers and sisters. We have some of our cancer
patients in remission and several of our sick have recovered
over this past year. They all felt the healing love of God
through our prayers. Our Mass in October, when many of our
sick and homebound were able to attend was a wonderful
celebration and we felt the presence of the Holy Spirit. Two of
our teenage boys recovering from bad accidents, who never
met before, bonded at the Eucharistic Celebration. So many
other wonderful things happened that day. CaringHands and
you the parishioners, have touched so many people and yet
our job is not over. There are so many sick brothers and
sisters in Christ and the calls continue coming in asking for our
prayers every day as our sick list seems to grow. We take one
name off and add two more. Please pray for the CaringHands
team that we have the strength to continue the call of this
special ministry. Please don’t forget it’s your ministry too.
These are our Brother and Sisters in Christ and it is our duty to
continue to pray for their needs. Not everyone gets a physical
healing but all get a spiritual healing and comfort receiving our
cards made with love and prayers from our Parish Family. We
sometimes have to be detectives to find our people so we are
asking for your help. One of our parishioner’s moved from one
nursing home to another, a second one was homebound and
then went into a nursing home. The changes were made
weeks and months ago before our cards were mailed out to
the old address. We do not want them to miss out on receiving
their cards. Please, if you have a family member or loved one
who is on our list and they are moved elsewhere let
CaringHands know at once or call the rectory office. I also
urge you to put any family members who is sick on our list so
we can keep in touch with them with our cards and prayers.
They need us desperately. With your cooperation, we can
make this Ministry for the Sick and Homebound work like a
well-oiled machine. We look forward to working together in
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2016 and we ask you to consider joining our wonderful
CaringHands Prayer Chain. All you have to do is receive a call
for an intention and pray. No meetings to attend.
For more information please call Marge Walsh 516-767-2936
or e mail [email protected].
May your heart be full of joy as you remember God’s
amazing love shown through His Son, Jesus! Have a
Happy and Blessed New Year from CaringHands.
UN MENSAJE DE
NUESTRO PARROCO
Queridos Amigos,
Este fin de semana se celebra la fiesta de la
Epifanía. En los últimos días hemos celebrado una
multitud de fiestas hermosas: la fiesta de la
Navidad, la fiesta de la Sagrada Familia, la fiesta de
María, la Madre de Dios, este fin de semana la
Fiesta de la Epifanía y el próximo fin de semana de
la Fiesta del Bautismo del Señor, que lleva la
temporada de la Navidad a su cumplimiento. El día
11 de enero volvemos al tiempo ordinario. En los
días después de la Navidad celebramos la fiesta de
San Esteban, la fiesta de los Santos Inocentes, la
Fiesta de Santo Tomás Becket, y la Fiesta de San
Silvestre. El primer día de enero de 2016 también
marcó el 49º Día Mundial de Paz. "Superar la
indiferencia y ganar la paz", es el título del mensaje
del Santo Padre para celebrar el día mundial de la
paz de 2016. Si alguien quiere una copia del
mensaje del Papa estarán disponibles en la puerta de
entrada de la iglesia a partir de este fin de semana.
Ustedes puedan recordar que hace pocas semanas,
justo después de que regresé de mi retiro en Sag
Harbor, compartí con ustedes las dos preguntas que
el director de mi retiro me preguntó: ¿Cuál regalo le
llevarás tú al Señor en la mañana de Navidad?
¿Cuál regalo le pedirás tú al Señor que te dé a ti en
la mañana de la Navidad? Les invité a ustedes que
llevaran estas preguntas en su corazón mientras
estuviéramos acercando la fiesta de la Navidad. Le
animo a cada uno de nosotros que mantengamos
estas preguntas dentro de nuestros corazones
durante esta temporada de la Navidad y que veamos
cuáles respuestas podrían surgir dentro de nuestros
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corazones.
Todos somos conscientes de los muchos regalos que
Dios ha derramado sobre nosotros. Dios nos ha
dado todo lo que somos y todo lo que tenemos.
Cualquier que podamos presentar a Dios no es más
que un reconocimiento de quién es Dios y quiénes
somos nosotros ante Dios. En ese espíritu, las
naciones en camino hacia Jerusalén trajeron oro e
incienso. Estos regalos fueron para reconocer la
presencia del único Dios en Jerusalén y el deseo de
las naciones a unirse a Israel en ofrecer su
homenaje. Lo que Isaías previó, Mateo y el autor de
Efesios vieron cumplida en Jesús. El autor de
Efesios entiende que su misión es dar a conocer,
promover y fomentar la unidad de todas las
personas en Jesús. Los magos, sus dones y su
homenaje eran representativos de todo el mundo de
los gentiles, que fueron y son, por el plan de Dios,
destinados a compartir igualmente en los dones
salvíficos de Dios. Dado el plan de Dios, tal vez el
mejor regalo que podríamos ofrecer es nuestra
afirmación diaria del plan de Dios, así como nuestro
compromiso continuo para realizar ese plan en
nuestras vidas.
Que las bendiciones de nuestro Dios amoroso
colmen a ustedes y a sus queridos en esta fiesta de
la Epifanía del Señor!
APOSTOLADO HISPANO
Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Fátima
Declaración de Misión Parroquial
Arraigados firmemente en nuestra tradición
católica romana, nosotros, la parroquia de
Nuestra Señora de Fátima, somos una
comunidad de creyentes que acoge a todos,
cuida de todos e incluye a todos.
Intentamos dar evidencia del amor de Cristo
para todos en nuestras vidas, en nuestra
comunidad y en todo nuestro mundo.
Nos esforzamos en continuar la misión de
Jesús por medio del culto y por medio de
nuestros programas de educación,
espiritualidad y justicia social y en nuestro
compromiso de corresponsabilidad de la vida
parroquial.mos una parroquia colaboradora,
diversa y multicultural, dedicada a extenderse
a todo el pueblo de, especialmente a los más
necesitados.
¡Todos son bienvenidos a esta parroquia!
Paz,
Padre Steve
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jugo. Mil gracias por su apoyo tan grande.
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