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Category Archives: Liturgical

Celebrate Easter with St. Francis Parish

All are welcome—as always! Sunday, April 17, 2010 at 9:00 am – Palm Sunday Procession & Mass Thursday, April 21 at 7:00 pm – Holy Thursday Mass Friday, April 22 at 7:00 pm – Good Friday Liturgies Saturday, April 23 at 1:00 pm – Blessing of the Baskets Bring your eggs, cooked foods, uncooked foods, [...]

Lenten Services in East Meadow

Ash Wednesday ‑ Mass and Blessing and Distribution of ashes will be held on Wednesday, March 9th at 7 p.m.. Stations of the Cross ‑ will be held each Sunday following Mass, during the season of Lent. Come join us, as we follow in prayer and devotion, the suffering, death, and burial of Our Lord, [...]

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 [...]

Prayerful Remembrance

The Church sets aside the month of November to remind you to pray for your faithful departed. All Souls Day is November 2nd. Please enclose to Father Andrew the names of your faithfully departed family and friends, who you would like to be remembered during Holy Mass in November.

Holy Week at St. Francis, East Meadow, NY

PALM SUNDAY – Procession and Holy Mass at 9am Palm Sunday marks the beginning of “Holy Week.” On this day we commemorate the last triumph of Our Lord Jesus Christ on earth. On this day we celebrate the triumphant entry of our Lord into Jerusalem; when the multitudes, going before and following after Him, cut [...]

Advance Schedule for Lent, Passiontide, and Holy Week

Sunday, March 14 — Solemnity of the Institution of the P.N.C.C., Holy Mass at 9am. Sunday, March 21 — Passion Sunday (the beginning of Passiontide), Holy Mass at 9am. Sunday, March 21 — St. Joseph and St. Patrick Dinner at 3pm. Sunday, March 28 — Palm Sunday, Holy Mass and Liturgy and distribution of Palms [...]

Lent at St. Francis Parish

Ash Wednesday, February 17 – Holy Mass and distribution of ashes at 7pm Ash Wednesday is the first day of the penitential season of Lent, in which ashes are placed on the head or forehead of the faithful. Ash Wednesday is unknown in the Eastern Church, and developed only in the West. Orthodox Churches begin [...]

All Saints Day and All Souls Day service at the Polish Cemetery in Commack, Long Island, NY

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, All Saints Day is an ancient holiday celebrated by members of the Catholic Church to commemorate the saints. Also, the day after All Saints Day, All Souls Day, is set aside so that we might pray for the souls who have yet to find their way to Heaven. These [...]

Dzień Wszystkich Świętych – Polski Cmentarz w Commack, Long Island, NY

Drodzy braci i siostry w Chrystusie, Data pierwszego listopada jest bardzo znacząca w życiu każdego katolika i Polaka. Jako wierni jesteśmy zachęceni, aby w tym dniu dziękować Bogu za niezliczone rzesze wiernych zmarłych, którzy poprzez swoje życie oddane Kościołowi i Bogu osiągnęli pełnię świętości. Jednocześnie Dzień Wszystkich Świętych i Dzień Zaduszny jest dla nas okazją, [...]

Welcome Emily Elizabeth

On Sunday, September 13th St. Francis Parish welcomed Emily Elizabeth Zaradich to her regenerated life in Christ and in His Holy Church. On behalf of Fr. Andrew, his family and the entire family of St. Francis we wish every blessing for Emily Elizabeth, her mother and father Lillian and Henry, and her brother and sister [...]