St. Joseph’s and St. Patrick’s Dinner noted
The front page of the East Meadow Herald, March 14-20 edition, had a very nice article about our annual event. Thank you to the Herald staff.
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Dinner
St. Patrick’s/St. Joseph’s Dinner
St. Francis parish cordially invites you to our annual St. Patrick’s and St. Joseph’s Fund-raiser Dinner on Sunday, March 10th at 3 pm.
There will be plenty of Irish, Italian, and Polish specialties like corn beef & cabbage, baked ziti, pierogies & St. Giuseppe’s pastries!
Reservations are required. Tickets are $15 for adults and $6 for kids under 12. For reservations call Carol at (516) 546-2535.
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Christmas Fundraiser Dinner
Come join us for our annual Christmas Fundraiser Dinner at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 2nd.
Celebrate Christmas with delicious traditional holiday dishes! Great food and tons of fun! Lots of Raffles… and St. Nicholas will be there for the kids!
Loads of great raffles, prizes & caroling.
R.S.V.P by November 28th to Carol Thomas at (516) 546-2535. Seating is limited to 80. When you call for reservations, please leave your name, phone number and the number of adults and/or children (ages & sex so St. Nick can bring an appropriate gift) in your party. Tickets $15 for adults and $6 for children.
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Fall Dinner Celebrating Our 80th Anniversary
Come Celebrate Our 80th Anniversary and the coming of Autumn at our Annual Fall Dinner on Sunday, October 14th at 3pm.
Enjoy Great Home-Cooked Specialties… all in the name of fundraising to preserve our beloved Saint Francis Church. We will be serving great home cooked Polish specialties and much more including plenty of great prizes & raffles.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $6 for children under 12 years old. Seating is limited to 80 guests. When you call for reservations, please leave your name, phone number and the number of adults and/or children in your group.
R.S.V.P. to Carol at (516) 546-2535. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you.
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St. Patrick’s and St. Joseph’s Fund-raiser Dinner
St. Francis Parish cordially invites you to a St. Patrick’s and St. Joseph’s Fund-raiser Dinner. That means …plenty o’ Irish, Italian & Polish specialties like corn beef & cabbage, baked ziti, pierogies & St. Giuseppe’s pastries! There will also be raffles and a 50-50. The dinner will be held on Sunday, March 11th at 3pm. Adults: $15, Kids under 12: $6. Reservations required. Please call Carol at (516) 546-2535.
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Christmas Fundraiser Dinner
Come celebrate Christmas at St. Francis on Sunday, December 4th at 3pm. We will be serving delicious traditional holiday dishes! There will be great food and tons of fun! Lots of raffles, prizes & caroling too…and St. Nicholas will be there for the kids!
Seating is limited to 80. Please call for reservations, leave your name, phone number and the number of adults and/or children in your party (note each child’s age & sex so St. Nick can bring an appropriate gift).
Tickets are $15 for adults and $6 for children.
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Upcoming Events
Labor Day
Monday, September 5th, this holiday is in honor of laborers. Please say a prayer for all workers, that they be treated justly and be paid fairly for their work. Remember too all those who work for our common good as civil servants, fire fighters, police officers and similar professions. Our summer season now comes to a close and schools re-open. Drive Carefully!
Patriot Day
Sunday, September 11th, marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the United States. Come to a beautiful, moving, free sunrise memorial service at Town Park Point Lookout at 7:30 a.m. on September 11th. Find closure…Pray for those victims, pray for their families, our nation…Pray for Peace!
Blessing of Animals and Fall Anniversary Dinner
The date for our Fall Dinner and Anniversary celebration is set for Sunday, October 2nd, at 3 p.m. The day before our dinner, Saturday, October 1st, we will conduct our annual “Blessing of the Animals†at 1 p.m. All are welcomed!
St. Patrick’s and St. Joseph’s Fundraiser Dinner, March 27th
St. Francis Church cordially invites you to our annual St. Patrick’s and St. Joseph’s Fundraiser Dinner on Sunday, March 27th at 3pm. That means …plenty o’ Irish, Italian & Polish specialties, like corn beef & cabbage, baked ziti, pierogies & St. Giuseppe’s pastries!
Tickets are $15 for Adults and $6 for Kids under 12. Reservations are required. Please call Carol at (516) 546-2535.
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Christmas Holy Mass Schedule
Christmas Eve, Vigil of the Nativity Shepherd’s Mass will be held on Friday, December 24th at 9:00 p.m. Come Rejoice!
Our Christmas Tradition continues. Please join us in the Parish Hall after Shepherd’s Mass for our special time to share a meal together, listen and care for one another. Let us know what food/dessert item you’d like to contribute (so far we’ve got: cold cuts, rolls, kielbasa, sausage bread, borsch soup, babka & chrusciki).
Christmas Day, Solemnity of the Nativity of our Lord, December 25th… Holy Mass will be held at 9:00 a.m.
Solemnity of the Humble Shepherds, Sunday, December 26th… Holy Mass will be held as usual at 9:00 a.m.
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St. Francis’ celebrates the Christmas season
From EastMeadowPatch: St. Francis Christmas Dinner Spreads Holiday Cheer: St. Francis’ congregation celebrates the holiday season
The holiday spirit was bustling in East Meadow on Sunday at the St. Francis Polish National Catholic Church. The congregation held their annual Christmas fundraiser dinner. There were approximately 80 members in attendance, making the event full and joyous.
The congregation adopts a family in need every year. St. Francis fundraises through this dinner to provide necessities for that family.
“We have three dinners a year, but this dinner is meant to fundraise for the family that we adopt,” Reverend Andrzej Koterba explained.
The evening was full of festivities. Throughout the church hall, there were smells of homemade Christmas dinner, sounds of happy chatter and children running around, excited at the thought of meeting Santa Claus.
Giving is definitely a sentiment that the church members were comfortable with. The congregation held a raffle where almost all members participated. A donation box for the adopted family was brimming with dollar bills. The church also had a “wish list tree,” a tree filled with cards on ornaments that list an item that the church needs. Churchgoers are able to pick any ornament that they want, and then they can purchase and donate that item to the church. Everyone was so willing to give generously, which contributed to the true Christmas spirit felt throughout the evening.
St. Francis also gave out Polish wafers. The wafers are used at Christmas dinner on Christmas everyone breaks off a piece of the wafer, symbolizing peace for the year to come.
The children, especially Natalie, 5, and Adam, 4, were more than happy to chat with a newcomer. They both eagerly explained what they wanted Santa Claus to bring them: a Lego jet, Batman, a glowdome and a remote control helicopter.
Before digging in to the wonderful home-cooked meal, Reverend Koterba delivered a beautiful blessing on the food.
A surprise visitor came in the middle of the raffle, ringing jingle bells and jollily greeting the children – it was Santa Claus! He gave a gift to each of the children in attendance, who were delighted to sit on his lap and smile for a lovely picture.
The night offered a sense of family and home that is rare. Everyone was incredibly welcoming and loving.
“We welcome everybody and we appreciate greatly the generosity of our congregation,” Joni Blenn, the vice president, said.
View photos of the celebration at EastMeadowPatch.
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