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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 [...]

Cornerstone blessing at Holy Cross PNCC, Commack, NY

Pictures from the blessing of the cornerstone for the new Holy Cross PNC Parish in Commack, New York. The Parish, formerly of Brooklyn, moved to Commack several years ago and has been worshiping at the Parish Cemetery’s Chapel. The blessing was conducted by the Most Rev. Anthony Mikovsky, Prime Bishop of the PNCC in the [...]

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, [...]

Pet Blessing memories

Check out this article from the Neighborhood Files at EastMeadowPatch along with some great photos by author, Kim Plummer: Animal Instincts: Pets Receive Blessings at St. Francis Church Residents and parishioners gather at St. Francis Church with their cats, dogs and fish for the annual blessing of the animals. Residents, parishioners, cats, dogs and fish [...]

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.

Ś+P Zachary B. Rosales

On August 8th Fr. Andrew celebrated a Requiem Holy Mass in memory of Zach B. Rosales who was tragically killed. During Holy Mass Zach’s whole family and his friends prayed for him, and for love and peace in our families, our neighborhood, and our world. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there [...]

June is Sacred Vocations Month

Each year during the month of June, the PNCC observes Sacred Vocations month. During this month, the Church reminds all of her faithful of the urgent need to pray for the gift of vocations to the Holy Orders. The Church asks all of us to offer special prayers to bless our Church with new vocations. [...]

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 [...]

A beautiful gift, a lasting memory

In this season of giving, our Parish of St. Francis received a very kind and generous gift, on the Feast of the Epiphany (The Feast of the Kings). Our need called for an outdoor Nativity to display. This Sunday we received this beautiful gift, of an eleven piece set, detailed to per­fection, three foot in [...]

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 [...]