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Annual Christmas Dinner

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We will once again be celebrating Christmas with our annual Christmas Fundraiser Dinner featuring loads of great raffles, prizes & caroling. The Dinner includes delicious traditional holiday dishes! Great food and tons of fun! Lots of Raffles… and St. Nicholas will be there for the kids on Sunday, December 2nd at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $18 for Adults and $9 for Children. R.S.V.P by November 25th to Monika at (516) 794-5189.

Seating is limited to 80. When you call for reservations, please leave your name, phone number and the number of adults and/or children in your party.

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2018 Annual Blessing of Pets at St. Francis – Saturday, October 6th

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On Saturday, October 6th St. Francis parish will hold its annual Blessing For All Animals at 1 p.m. Bring your dogs, cats, hamsters, gerbils, birds, fish, ferrets, turtles, lizards, for a special St. Francis blessing…

Blessed are you, Lord God, Maker of all living creatures, On the fifth and sixth days of creation you called forth fish in the sea, birds in the air and animals on the land. You inspired St. Francis to call all animals his brothers and sisters. We ask you to bless this animal. By the power of your love enable it to live according to your plan. May we always praise you for all your beauty in creation. Blessed are you, Lord our God, in all your creatures! Amen.

Directions to St. Francis parish: Take Southern State Parkway to exit 25N (RT-106 N) toward East Meadow for about a half mile. Turn left onto East Meadow Avenue for approximately 1 mile. Turn left onto Harton Avenue. Harton Avenue is off East Meadow Avenue between Pietro’s Pizzeria and the Chinese Take-Out.

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Giant (Huge – Really Big) Yard Sale – June 15th through June 17th

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Our Giant (Huge – Really Big) Fundraiser Yard Sale will be held on:

  • Friday, June 15th — 2 pm until 6 pm
  • Saturday, June 16th — 9 am until 5 pm and
  • Sunday, June 17th — 10 am until 4 pm

The Yard sale will be held on the church grounds at 1752 Harton Avenue, East Meadow, NY 11554

Come one, come all! Something for everyone. Children’s clothes & toys. Adult clothes. Kitchen, bathroom, living room stuff. Furniture. Small appliances. Knick-knacks galore.
Some used, some new. If you have any items you’d like to donate (all proceeds to St. Francis PNC Church) or you need more info, please contact: Monika or Fr. Andrew at 516-794-5189.

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2018 Blessing of Easter Baskets

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All are welcome — as always! Bring your eggs, cooked foods, uncooked foods, baskets or not, covered with a white linen cloth (or not)… Father Andrew will bless your Easter foods in a short, cheerful service on Saturday, March 31st at 1 pm.

This service is a token of gratitude to God for all his gifts of both nature and grace. A reminder that the Lord is part of our daily life and is always among us! Please bring a family member or a friend; help make this old but significant tradition new again!

Download this flyer [pdf] for information on preparing a traditional Easter basket.

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Holy Week at St. Francis, East Meadow

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  • Palm Sunday Procession & Holy Mass, March 25th at 9am
  • Holy Thursday Mass, Thursday, March 29th at 7pm
  • Good Friday Liturgies, March 30th at 7pm
  • Holy Saturday Blessing of the Baskets, March 31st at 1pm. All are welcome! Bring your eggs, cooked foods, uncooked foods, baskets or not, covered with a white linen cloth (or not)…Fr. Andrew will bless your Easter foods in a short, cheerful service.
  • Easter Sunday Procession & Resurrection Holy Mass, April 1st at 9am
  • Easter Breakfast, April 1st following Holy Mass. Come, you are invited, family and friends of St. Francis Parish, to attend our traditional “Easter Celebration Breakfast” held in the Parish Hall, after Easter Sunday Mass. Come, let us REJOICE together!

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Celebrate Christmas in East Meadow

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Join us as we celebrate at our annual Christmas Fund-raiser Dinner on Sunday, December 3rd at 3pm. Celebrate Christmas with delicious traditional holiday dishes, great food, and tons of fun. There will be lots of raffles… and St. Nicholas will be there too.

We will have loads of great raffles, prizes & caroling. Tickets are $18 for Adults, $9 for Children.

Seating is limited to 80. So, when you call for reservations, please leave your name, phone number and the number of adults.

R.S.V.P by November 30th to Monika at (516) 794-5189.

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Best Market Best Wishes Campaign – Join In

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St. Francis in coordination with East Meadow Kiwanis will be distributing food collected through Best Market’s Best wishes Program. Locally owned and operated, Best Market is working with us to support those in need in our community.

The goal of the Best Wishes program is to help needy families in our community. The Best Market Team will prepare bags of Best Yet products. The bags will then be for customers in store to purchase to donate to the Best Wishes program.

The bags we will be receiving for distribution include one each of Best Yet Mac & Cheese Diner, Best Yet Peanut Butter, Best Yet Tomato Beans, and Best Yet Chunk Chicken.

The program will run for three weeks, October 31st through November 19th.

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Christmas Fundraiser Dinner – December 4th

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Join us for our annual Christmas Fundraiser Dinner on Sunday, December 4th at 3pm. The Dinner features delicious traditional holiday dishes! Great food and tons of fun! Lots of raffles, prizes & caroling — and St. Nicholas will be there for the kids!

Tickets are $18 for adults and $9 for children

Seating is limited to 80, so, when you call for reservations, please leave your name, phone number and the number of adults and/or children. R.S.V.P by November 28th to Monika Koterba (516) 794-5189.

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