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January 18, 2012 07:03:22
Posted By DelvecchioRC
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Theology on TAP
Raising Catholics
Join Mr. Steve and Miss Jenn, parents of a 5 year old, 2 year old and a newborn, as they lead us in a discussion about the challenges, techniques and joys of raising children in the Catholic faith in today’s society.
February 28th 7 P.M.
Location: Mazzat Restaurant & Bar
208 Columbia Street.Bklyn.NY.11231
On-Site sitter service will be available
Please e-mail Family@sacredhearts-ststephen.com to reserve a sitter slot
Married on July 3, 2004 and living the simple life raising the kids, having adventures, offering music at Parishes and taking no more than one day at a time with trusting hearts to pull it off. Actually, we know we are not pulling it off but we are grateful to our community, our families and our God for allowing (or helping us) to pull it off so far!
Mr. Steve:After spending 10 years in an event marketing career traveling around the USA representing the Coca-Cola Company. Mr. Steve entered into the Music & Youth Ministry of the diocese in 2000. He is currently the Choir director of St. Matthias Children's Choir, Holy Child Jesus Children's Choir and Nativity BVM Contemporary Ensemble. He teaches music at St. Matthias, Holy Child Jesus and St. Michael's (Flushing) Schools while being the Youth Minister at Holy Child Jesus Parish.
Miss Jennifer: Was a band teacher servicing mostly Catholic and Private Schools offering band lessons and creating bands (for concerts) in schools that would otherwise have no music programs. After 12 years in that career, Miss Jenn has made the ultimate sacrifice (because she really loved her work) by staying home and working the greatest (& hardest) job, mother of 3 children, while staying active in the music ministry. Mr. Steve & Miss Jenn work with 4 additional couples offering a PreCana program for engaged couples in a 3 week program.
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January 5, 2012 07:16:03
Posted By DelvecchioRC
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A great word of Thanks to all those that made this Christmas
possible at Sacred Hearts-St. Stephen Parish
esp. all those that helped decorate our church and participated in our liturgies!
Merry Christmas
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December 7, 2011 02:05:17
Posted By DelvecchioRC
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In the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 8 December, 1854, Pius IX pronounced and defined that the Blessed Virgin Mary "in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin."
The subject of this immunity from original sin is the person of Mary at the moment of the creation of her soul and its infusion into her body.
The term conception does not mean the active or generative conception by her parents. Her body was formed in the womb of the mother, and the father had the usual share in its formation. The question does not concern the immaculateness of the generative activity of her parents. Neither does it concern the passive conception absolutely and simply (conceptio seminis carnis, inchoata), which, according to the order of nature, precedes the infusion of the rational soul. The person is truly conceived when the soul is created and infused into the body. Mary was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin at the first moment of her animation, and sanctifying grace was given to her before sin could have taken effect in her soul.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Sacred Hearts - St. Stephen Church
7PM Mass
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December 2, 2011 08:51:28
Posted By DelvecchioRC
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November 9, 2011 11:47:49
Posted By DelvecchioRC
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FIRST TIME EVER…
CATHOLIC EVANGELIZATION ADS
ON NATIONAL, PRIME-TIME NETWORK TELEVISION!
Click Here to view the National Commercial and Others
Catholics Come Home® announces a major, national, prime-time network television evangelization initiative, for the first time ever in the 2,000 year history of the Catholic Church, to air from December 16, 2011 through January 8, 2012.
This invitation of the New Evangelization highlights the history, beauty, spirituality and accomplishments of the Catholic Church. The positive message will reach 250 million television viewers in over 10,000 U.S. cities and every diocese throughout the United States, airing over 400 times during the three week period spanning before Christmas through the Feast of the Epiphany, January 8, 2012.
Catholics Come Home® hopes to inspire as many as one million souls to come home to local parishes. This evangelization goal is based on statistical census results from Catholics Come Home® media initiatives that have aired in 30 past partner dioceses, ranging from Chicago to Seattle and Boston to Atlanta. Where these ads have aired, Mass attendance has increased an average of 10%, and helped over 300,000 people home to the Church, just since 2008.
The bi-lingual Catholics Come Home® commercials are scheduled to air on CBS, NBC, Univision, TBS, USA, TNT, CNN, FoxNews, and other networks during shows like 60 Minutes, NCIS, Kennedy Center Honors, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, Jay Leno, O’Reilly, major sports, and highly rated sitcoms.
According to a recent CARA Catholic Poll (CCP), only 33% of U.S. Catholics attend weekly Mass. That means 42.7 million, or two-thirds of U.S. Catholics, are not going to Mass. The number of Americans identifying themselves as non-religious/secular increased 110% from 1990 to 2000, now 13.2% of the total population. The average American spends 38 hours per week consuming media, with TV and internet being the top two choices. Mormons, Christian Scientists, and Atheists are now advertising.
“These inspiring messages are sponsored by 30,000 Catholic families who want to invite neighbors, relatives, and co-workers to the largest family reunion in modern history” said Founder, Tom Peterson.
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