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Join us for our Lenten tradition.
Bring a MEATLESS soup, salad, and/or bread to our
pot luck meal at 6 pm in the Parish Center, then to the
Church for Eucharistic Adoration at 7 pm followed by
the Stations of the Cross at 7:30. We will meet every
Friday in Lent. For more info call Eileen Gruszecki
(845) 724-4501. Children are very welcome!
Eucharistic Adoration: Friday Evenings at 7pm.
Stations of the Cross: Friday evenings beginning
February 16 at 7:30pm in the church (English) and
in the parish center (Spanish).
If you missed any of our Parish Mission presentations just click above and select previous broadcasts and you can watch any of the 3 nights the mission was held.
Our Mass is livestreamed every Sunday at 10am.
Use the link, click the Previous Broadcast button then swipe left or right to see older Mass videos when we are not live.
Inject a holy tradition into your family life by
bringing a basket of food reserved for your Easter
Dining celebration to our Blessing of Easter Baskets
on Holy Saturday at Noon. It can be as simple as a
box of donuts or as elaborate as what Jo Ann Griffin
describes below. It is a reminder that all good gifts
came from God, especiallly the gift of our salvation
into eternal life:
It is the tradition of people of Slavic heritage to
break the Lenten Fast by eating the foods on Easter
Morning that were brought to church on Holy
Saturday and blessed. The Lenten fast in the past
was quite rigorous with many foods forbidden or
limited. So, it was with great joy that those foods
were eaten on Easter Sunday.
Here are Polish Easter Foods commonly found in the
Easter Basket: Bread, the staff of life; Easter Bread,
a rich dough decorated with a cross, reminds of the
Risen Lord; Butter, often in the shape of a lamb,
symbolizing the richness of Salvation; Candle,
symbolizes Jesus, The Light of the World; Cheese,
which reminds us of moderation; Colored eggs,
representing new life and Resurrection; Ham,
symbolizes great joy and abundance; Horseradish,
often prepared with red beets, represent the
bitterness of the Passion of Jesus; Salt symbolizes
wisdom and preservation from corruption; and
Sausage/ Kielbasa links remind us that Jesus broke
the chains of death.
Hope this will encourage you and your family to put
together your own Easter Basket with foods from
your heritage and bring it to St. Denis on Holy
Saturday to be blessed. And enjoy them on Easter
Morning and celebrate the Greatest Feast in the
Church.
Don’t forget the Children’s Easter candy!
Let us take up the invitation, lead your family into
the mystery o the Lord’s Resurrection and be
showered with the Lord’s Blessings.
Your in Christ’s enduring love,
Deacon Walter
We are an open Church in the Roman Catholic tradition: Opening our hearts in worship, opening our minds for discipleship, opening our eyes, ears, and hands in service and fellowship, and reaching out to all.
Fulfilling the Great Commission:
"...Go, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them to carry out everything I have commanded you...."
By living the Great Commandment:
"...Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself...."