Church of St. Anastasia 1095 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, New Jersey 07666 www.saintanastasia.org

Parish Office: Phone: 201.837.3354/Fax: 201.837.3360 Email: secretary@saintanastasia.org Faith Formation Office: Phone: 201.837.3356 Email: StAsFaithForm@gmail.com Youth Minister: Robin Bado Email: StAsYMT@gmail.com RCIA: Deacon Kevin Regan Email: kjr56@aol.com Director of Religious Education: Michelle Bivins Email: mbivins@saintanastasia.org

Baptism Baptisms are held in English and Spanish. There are no Baptisms scheduled during Advent or Lent. Please call the Rectory to schedule. Marriage Arrangements should begin by setting a date with one of the priests ONE YEAR before the wedding. Sacraments for the Sick Please notify the parish office if someone is ill at home or in the hospital.

Reconciliation Saturdays from 4:00-5:00 p.m. outside, or call the parish office for an appointment. Please note that masks are required. Faith Formation Classes A program for children who don’t attend Catholic school, Faith Formation classes incorporate lessons and liturgies to continue the faith building that parents began with their child’s Baptism. Classes will be held virtually until further notice. Grades K-8, Wednesdays 4-5:30 Confirmation-see schedule

Served By Fr. Joseph D’Amico, Pastor Fr. Danny Pabon, Parochial Vicar Deacon Roland Bianchi Deacon Larry Bonnemère Deacon Kevin Regan Michelle Bivins, Director of Religious Education Robin Bado, Youth Minister/Local Safe Environment Coordinator Mr. Iouri Grichetchkine, Director of Music

Mass Schedule Saturday evening: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m. (Family Mass), 1:00 p.m. (Mass in Spanish), and 7:00 p.m. (suspended until further notice) Daily: 8:30 a.m. Holy Days of Obligation: Vigil Mass: 7:00 p.m. Holy Day: 8:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Special Devotions Rosary: Daily after 8:30 a.m. Mass Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: On First Saturdays, closing with Benediction at 11:45 a.m.

Please Send Bulletin Notices to: St.Anastasiabulletin@gmail.com Notices should be sent by Noon on Mondays

Page Two August 23, 2020 - Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY, August 22-Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed

Virgin Mary

8:30 AM

5:00 PM

8:00 AM

10:00 AM

11:30 AM 1:00 PM

MONDAY, August 24-Feast of St. Bartholomew

8:30 AM

TUESDAY, August 25

8:30 AM

WEDNESDAY, August 26

8:30 AM

THURSDAY, August 27-Memorial of St. Monica

8:30 AM

FRIDAY, August 28-Memorial of St. Augustine

8:30 AM - † Jean Sweeney-requested by Annette Joy

SATURDAY, August 29-Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist

8:30 AM

5:00 PM

SUNDAY, August 30

8:00 AM

10:00 AM

11:30 AM

1:00 PM

OUR STEWARDSHIP OFFERINGS…The collection for Sunday, August 16 will be reported in next week’s bulletin. Go Fund Me pledges are, to date: $15515. Thank you for your continuing generosity.

God bless Saint Anastasia!

Did you know that you can also make your pledge via our new parish app? Simply use your phone’s browser and go to “myparishapp.com,” download the app and select St. Anastasia as your parish. This app also has many other features which can enhance your faith life and strengthen your connection to parish life.

Check it out!

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Sunday Is 22:19-23; Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20

Monday Rv 21:9b-14; Jn 1:45-51

Tuesday 2 Thes 2:1-3a, 14-17; Mt 23:23-26

Wednesday 2 Thes 3:6-10, 16-18; Mt 23:27-32

Thursday 1 Cor 1:1-9; Mt 24:42-51

Friday 1 Cor 1:17-25; Mt 25:1-13

Saturday 1 Cor 1:26-31; Mk 6:17-29

The sick: Natacha Delinois Andrews, Rosalia Andujar, Bernice Augustine, Catherine Baker, Clare Baker, Amanda Barreto, Andrew Beebe, Senora Bennett, Richard K. Betts, Daniel Bisogno, Eugene Bovino, Phyllis Breit, Fr. Hugh Brown, O. Carm., Andrew Bruno, Denise Campbell, Jennifer Campbell, Susan Carter, Maria Caratozzli, Ray Cassidy, Fernando Castro, Frances Chaurtrand, Eric A. Cinotti, Laura Cofino, Jose (Joey) Colon, Ruby Davis, Stephanie Davis, Dawn Davison, Anne De Carlo, Serge Delinois, Antoinetta

Dinardo, Margaret Fleming, Humberto Figuera, Fr. Dominic Fuccili, Eileen Gable, Virginia Gagliostro, Frances Gonzalez, Joan Grande, Patti Grasso, Evelyn Halpin, Sara Hasan, Delores Weirth Hinkson, Alayna Holmes, Meaghan Hobson, Becky Iovino, Maryann Jeffers, Robert Johnson, Antoinette Jones, Sheila Kelly, Bridie Kennedy, Bill Kesser, Kurt Kroner, Christophe Lafontant, Bruce Libutti, Estrella Lomboy, Lillian Luck, Rosemary Luck, James Lynch, Cathy Magnotti, Grace Magsino, Zenaida Marcial, Angelica Lopez Marin, Josephine Marshall, William Marshall, David Martinez, Marquetta McGee, Leaura Materassi, Nitza Barreto-McGill, Lou Miller, John Ralph Morales, Michelle Moultrie, Marilyn Mullins, Lillian Munier, Denise Muniz, McKenna Murray, Louise Nicolich, Katherine Nolan, Diane Novinger, Mary Nunes, Travis Nunes, Ana Maria O’Connor, Marilyn Ollivierre, Luchie Ona, Sellia Pagan, Fr. Abraham Palakudy, Mary Terese Pasquale, Riselda Pineda, Mark Pollack, Toni Preziosi, Carol Rachesky, Daisey Ramos, Barbara Reichert, Craig Reichert, Justino Rivera, Emerita Rivera, Gerard S. Roberts, Joren Roberts, Marybeth Roberts, Maya Roberts, Shavona Robinson, Milagros Robledo, Giovanna Rocha, Didalina Rodriguez, Edilberto Rodriguez, Jesica Rodriguez, Martha Rosado, Anne Marie Rotondi, Edward Rotondi, Taryn Rotondi, Rodrigo Salazar, Ignacio Santos, John Shallow, Navpej Singh, Keith Smet, Frances Smith, Maxine Smype, Maureen Taff, Rose Thorne, Anika Trinidad, Patricia Tull, Raymond Turi, Susan Tuttle, Anne Vaccaro, Brandon Valmores, Elsa Venticinque, Maverick Wenrich, Benjamin Williams, Louise Williams, Billy Wirth, Millie Zampardi and their caregivers. Our men and women serving in the military: Mark Davison, Sr., Mark Davison, Jr., Carlos Delavilla, Bryan Ferrara, Alex Fries, Josh Matthews, Dan O’Neill, and Nicholas Simoni

Please note that the time for confession has changed. We are now having confession on Saturdays,

4:00-5:00 pm outside of the church. All those participating in this sacrament are requested to

wear a mask, as will the priests.

August 23, 2020 -Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Page Three

Free Medicare Counseling

Free information about any and all Medicare questions, as well as some Medicaid questions is available. Please call the SHIP/Medicare hotline at (201) 336-7413. If no one answers, please leave your name, phone number, and a brief message, and someone will call you back.

There is no charge or obligation. Please note that some counselors speak Spanish.

For any questions about this, please call Joe Richardson at (201) 836-8991. SHIP means State

Health Insurance Assistance Program.

Keep abreast of what’s happening on our Facebook page, St. Anastasia Catholic Church.

AUGUST 29-30 LECTORS

5:00 PM Yvette Beasley Yvette Beasley

8:00 AM Mildred Smith Ding Valones

10:00 AM Gary Dietrich Gary Dietrich

11:30 AM Lisa Gale Lisa Gale

1:00 PM Angel Bojos Zaida Ozoria

Mass Reading #1 Reading #2

Clothing Donations

We appreciate your generosity at this time, but we cannot accept any clothing donations, since

our Bowery Mission has been suspended for the time being. There is a clothing receptacle next to Stop and Shop and at St. Francis of Assisi in Ridgefield Park, as well as at the Knights of

Columbus, 829 Windsor Road.

Please make every effort to arrive early to Mass. Our volunteers need enough time to take every-

one’s temperature before entering the church, and they should be able le attend Mass on time

As you know, we have been live-streaming Masses for the past few months so that our parishioners who prefer to remain at home can pray with us each week. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel by going to Saint Anastasia Teaneck and click on the subscribe button. We need 1000 subscribers to go live, so please support us in this way. Thanks!

A message from our Music Director

Are you interested in learning to play the piano and gain a deeper love for music. I, your music director

Iouri am currently taking new students online and then later in private. I offer consummate teaching for all ag-es and levels. Please contact me at 917-974-6231 or at iourigrichetchkine@gmail.com for more information or questions. You can also speak to me at the organ after

the the 10 am or 11:30 am Masses.

Parents, and new parents of Faith Formation Children. We will have Faith Formation classes

for the upcoming school year 2020-2021. Please be on the lookout for Registration Forms for new and returning students. Check St. Anastasia website for

additional information or call (201) 837-3356 or email: mbivins@saintanastasia.org. Do you need home repairs but can't afford

them? Rebuilding Together North Jersey can help. The

501(c)(3) nonprofit makes critical home repairs at no cost for low-income homeowners in Bergen and Passaic

Counties. Call 201-447-8886 or email info@rtnorthjersey.org. More info

SAINT ANASTASIA HAITI SUPPORT GROUP (SAHSG) UPDATE & GREETINGS

SAHSG has been meeting regularly using the virtual app Zoom to discuss details about our Fundraising Ministry dur-ing this COVID-19 pandemic. After careful consideration, we agreed to postpone our 10th Annual Dinner Dance to November 2021. The monies from the SAHSG Annual Fundraiser are shared with three organizations in Haiti (SAKALA, THE CARDI-NAL STEPINAC ORPHANAGE, and LAMP FOR HAITI) that support the youth and people of Haiti in the im-poverished and most downtrodden districts. Our group is deeply thankful for your continued support and we want-ed to share with you some stories of what is going on with the children in Haiti. Nancy Young, one of the board members of SAKALA, has provided us with a wonderful newsletter describing how the children at SAKALA are helping their community by making and providing masks during this pandemic. Below is an excerpt: The name SAKALA is both an acronym and a word in itself. As an acronym, it stands for the Haitian Creole words “Community Center for Peaceful Alternatives.” This stems from the SAKALA community center’s founding mission to provide youths in Cité Soleil – through sports, education, agriculture, and entrepre-neurialism -- peaceful alternatives to a life of violence in the neighborhoods. As a Haitian Creole word, SAKALA roughly translates in English to “Accepted, approved by the community.” At the heart of SAKALA, always, is a community. So it is not surprising that as Haiti faces the Covid-19 pandemic, SAKALA is thinking community first. This time by sewing masks and distributing them in the neighborhoods of Cité Soleil. So far, sickness from the Covid-19 virus has not hit Haiti too hard, and we’re hoping the predictions that that will change for the worse in the next two to three weeks turn out to be wrong. Economic fall-out from the pandemic has already com-pounded the political and economic instability Haiti has suffered – particularly in the last two years. Everything from food shortages to the Haitian currency plummeting in value have plagued the country. And, now, the corona-virus. Since mid-March the Haitian government has locked down the country to reduce the spread -- closing the airports and schools, banning large gatherings, and, as of May 11, wearing a Mask when in public is now a matter of law. Haitians especially struggle with the lockdown because, for most, earning enough money to buy food and other necessities is a day-to-day thing. Most just don’t have the money to store up a week or two of food. And, even if it is the law to wear a mask that does not mean that you have the money to afford a good one. So that is why SAKALA is making masks for the people in the surrounding neighborhoods of Cité Soleil, one of the most economically impoverished communities in Hai-ti. Also one of the strongest I will add as someone who loves the community of Cité Soleil. .

In this effort to help, SAKALA has been helped itself by partnerships near and far. SAKALA has not just been making masks, it has also received them. Early on dur-ing the pandemic lockdown in Haiti we received a donation of several dozen washable and re-usable masks for our staff and beneficiaries to use. This meant that we could continue some of SAKALA’s fun and educational activities while still respecting social distancing guidelines. This is a perfect phrase to start teaching a few words of this beautiful language (Mèsi anpil, Mèsi anpil means “Thanks very much” in Haitian Creole. I don’t speak it well – and I am grateful for my Haitian friends’ patience with me for this -- but it is the language of my heart. Wishing you much peace, happiness, and health wher-ever you are in this great community called the world. Donations are very much appreciated and checks can be made to: SAHSG (SAINT ANASTASIA HAITI SUPPORT GROUP) and mailed to SAHSG C/O Saint Anastasia Church, 1095 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, NJ - 07666 Stay Safe and Thank you again in advance for your continued support.

Volunteer Opportunity We are always welcoming new volunteers to help in both Hackensack and Englewood. Board President Paul Shack-ford has taken on the job of scheduling each week’s volun-teers. Physical distancing and masks are enforced. Safety is our first consideration. 400 meals per day are being distributed in Englewood in partnership with World Central Kitchen. On Fridays we also distribute boxes of fresh produce and dairy. This initiative began in April. Englewood is all outdoors with tents and is at St Cecilia’s Church, 55 West Demarest Ave. The Walk-In Dinner in Hackensack requires about 45 minutes inside to pack up donated meals and the rest is out-doors. Some volunteers are being trained to deliver meals (never alone) to the motels where shelter residents have been moved. Others stay back and distribute at the loading dock. Everyone helps pack the meals. (Location is the Hous-ing Health and Human Services Center, 120 South River Street). VOLUNTEERS MUST BE SCHEDULED IN ADVANCE. Both involve at least two hours of standing. Some lifting in Englewood. The commitment in Hackensack is 3:30-6pm and we are there seven days a week. The commitment in Englewood is 12-2pm Monday through Friday only. Volunteers MUST be over 18 years of age. Anyone with underlying health conditions or compromised health is respectfully asked not to volunteer. Anyone interested can send an email to Paul (pshackford@gmail.com) and he will add you to the list. Volunteers are scheduled each week for the following week in both locations. He will want to know: -Email and cell phone number -Where you would like to volunteer? -How many days? Thanks in advance for your wiliness to help us feed those in need in our communities.

Dear Friends, As we enter into the last full week of August and come close to Lady Day we are reminded of all things waiting for us. Despite the reality and restrictions that Covid 19 places on us, children will go back, school, the weather will start getting a little cooler and I assume Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts will resume their pumpkin Latte’s. Last weekend we had a very impressive showing of people in our church. Our mass attendance is growing. Of course I’m very happy about that but even more happy that you know how seriously we are taking your safety into account and that you feel comfortable. Since there is no end in sight to anything changing regarding how we celebrate Sunday Eucharist I’d like to give a quick refresher to those who are recent returnees. + Please arrive early for mass so that you can be counted and have your temperature taken. +Please sit where you see the blue X’s. X marks the spot as they say. Family members who live together under the same roof may be seated more closely together. +Since our ushers will not be going through the benches to take up the collection we are asking our parishioners to contribute through the mail or by the baskets near the elevator and in front of the altar. As the priest is preparing the bread and wine for Mass please feel free to come forward to drop your donation in the basket in front of the altar. BUT please notice the caution lines leading up to the church and maintain a safe social distance with others approaching the altar. +During the consecration of the Mass please be mindful of social distancing if you’re kneeling on the bench in front of you but someone is sitting right in front of you. +In order to prevent face to face communication the priest will say the body of the Christ just once and the congregation will respond “Amen” collectively. Holy communion reception is on the hand till further notice. I suggest that you use a squirt of hand sanitizer before receiving holy communion but not so much that your hands are very wet. Please place one hand over the other forming a throne to receive the King of Kings. As the priests and deacons approach you for Holy Communion please lift up your kneelers to make sure we don’t trip. +Please make sure you come to Mass with your own Clorox wipes or other disinfectant appropriate cleaning wipes and clean and sanitize every area you have been; seat, wood on bench in front of you, kneeler, rest room, door knobs, hand railings, etc…. After you depart there is a second cleaning of the church with hospital grade sanitizer done by one of our staff or volunteers. Thanks so much for your help with all this. Peace, blessings and fraternal regards, Rev. Joseph A. D'Amico

Queridos amigos, A medida que entramos en la última semana completa de agosto y nos acercamos al Día del Trabajo, recordamos todas las cosas que nos esperan. A pesar de la realidad y las restricciones que el Covid 19 impone a los niños para que regresen a la escuela, el clima comenzará a ser un poco más fresco y supongo que Starbucks y Dunkin Donuts reanudarán su Latte de calabaza. El fin de semana pasado tuvimos una afluencia muy impresionante de personas en nuestra iglesia. Nuestra asistencia a la misa está creciendo. Por supuesto que estoy muy feliz por eso, pero aún más feliz de que sepas lo seriamente que tomamos en cuenta tu seguridad y que te sientas cómodo. Dado que no hay fin ni cambios con respecto a cómo celebrar la Eucaristía del domingo, me gustaría dar un repaso rápido a los que han regresado recientemente. + Lleguen temprano a la misa para que los cuenten y les tomen la temperatura. + Siéntense donde vean las X azules. La X marca el lugar como dicen. Los miembros de la familia que viven juntos bajo el mismo techo pueden sentarse más juntos. + Dado que nuestros ujieres no pasarán por los bancos para recoger la colecta, le pedimos a nuestros feligreses que contribuyan por correo o depositando su ofrenda en las cestas junto al ascensor y frente al altar. Mientras el sacerdote prepara el pan y el vino para la misa, siéntase libre de acercarse y dejar su donación en la canasta frente al altar. PERO tenga en cuenta las líneas de precaución que conducen a la iglesia y mantengan una distancia social segura con las otras personas que se acercan al altar. + Durante la consagración de la Eucaristía, tenga en cuenta el distanciamiento social. Si se quiere arrodillar, cerciórese que quede distanciado de la persona del banco de en frente. + Para evitar la comunicación cara a cara, el sacerdote dirá “el Cuerpo de Cristo” una sola vez y la congregación responderá "Amén" colectivamente. La recepción de la Sagrada Comunión es en la mano hasta nuevo aviso. Les sugiero que usen un poco de gel desinfectante antes de recibir la comunión, pero no mucho, para que las manos no estén mojadas. Coloque una mano sobre la otra formando un trono para recibir al Rey de Reyes. Cuando los sacerdotes y diáconos se acerquen a usted para recibir la Sagrada Comunión, por favor levante sus rodilleras para asegurarse de que no tropecemos. + Por favor, asegúrese de venir a misa con sus propias toallitas Clorox u otras toallitas de limpieza desinfectantes apropiadas y limpie y desinfecte todas las áreas en que ha estado; asiento, banco de madera en el frente de su reclinatorio, baño, perillas de puertas, pasamanos, etc. Después de su partida, se realiza una segunda limpieza de la iglesia con desinfectante de grado hospitalario realizada por uno de nuestros empleados o voluntarios. Muchas gracias por tu ayuda con todo esto. Paz, bendiciones y saludos fraternos, Rev. Joseph A. D'Amico

A Message from Our Pastor Mensaje de Nuestro Pastor

873 Teaneck Road • Teaneck • 201.837.8800w w w . r u s s o r e a l e s t a t e . c o m

A Family Owned Business for

Over 50 YearsCaring for All Your Real Estate Needs

RHODARUSSO

Broker-Associate

201-321-5691 Cellrhoda@russorealestate.com

201-694-3042 Cellkwick4@russorealestate.com

Members of NJMLS, GSMLS, HCMLS, Costar, GBR, NJR®, NAR

KATHLEENWICKLUNDREALTOR®Associate50 Year Parishioner

Notary Public Notary Public

We Are UsStaffing Corp.Temporary Medical Personnel

and Home Care Services

201-304-7984weareusstaffing@gmail.com

weareusstaffing.com

LOX, CREAM CHEESE, COFFEE & SANDWICHES, PARVE

976 TEANECK RD201-833-0410

RETAIL & WHOLESALE

CENTURY LANDSCAPINGPrompt, Professional Service

Brian Rosado, Parishioner201-638-2609

Licensed & insured

FREE ESTIMATES

163E (CK) • Church of Saint Anastasia • Teaneck, NJ FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL: (800) 364-0684 • BON VENTURE SERVICES, LLC • 34 Ironia Road, Flanders, N.J. 07836

Please Call Simeone Williams To Arrange For A Personalized Tour.5 star rating from Department of Health

T (201) 833-2400 · F (201) 833-4862Email: swilliams@broadwayhealthcare.com

Gerald J. Roth, M.A., L.N.H.A., Administrator

Teaneck Nursing Rehabilitation

1104 Teaneck Road · Teaneck

~ Part Of Your Community For Over 50 Years ~

&

JOHN O’DONNELL LLC PAINTING/GENERAL CONTRACTING

NJ Lic# 13VH06612100

Teaneck Flower Shop

201-833-14001324 TEANECK ROAD · TEANECK

No JobToo Small

FreeEstimates

Residential & CommercialHot Water Heaters

BoilersOil-to-Gas Conversions

Drain CleaningRenovations/AdditionsKitchens • Bathrooms

Sewer Line Repair

NJ PL #12017 Insured & Bonded201-837-6700

Serving All of Bergen County

201-833-1897www.amaroneristorante.net

Open 7 DaysPrivate Parties

Available63 Cedar Lane · TeaneCk

Professional Service For Over 35 Years

Family Parishioners201-741-9450

www.kandjpaintingco.com10% OFF WITH AD

RENOVATION • DESIGNKITCHENS • BATHS

NEW WINDOWS • DECKSPOWER WASHING • WALL COVERING

Thomas Randolph Ins Agcy Inc

tomrandolph.nettr.randolph.buo1@statefarm.com

Walk in, Mail in, Call in, Click in®

181 W Englewood AveTeaneck, NJ

Bus 201.837.0022

TR RandolphAgent

God BlessAmerica