The church will be open for private prayer according to this updated schedule: 
Monday 9 - 9:30am
Tuesday 9 - 9:30am 
Wednesday CLOSED 
Thursday 9 - 9:30am 
Friday 9-9:30am 
Saturday 5:30 - 6pm 
Sunday 11 - 11:30am
The following are printable resources for you to use during our Livestream Masses or any time.  Click on the name to open the document. 
Act of Perfect Contrition
Act of Spiritual Communion
Gloria
Nicene Creed

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If you have any medical questions regarding the Coronovirus, you may call the ArchCare 24/7 Hotline at 1-877-239-1998. 

FROM THE DESK OF FATHER JAY:
As I mentioned at Mass this past Sunday, Friday is the First Friday of the month of May.  We will “live stream” a Holy Half Hour at 3PM. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed during that time and we will be joining with other parishes and Dioceses throughout the United States as the American Bishops re-dedicate the US to the patronage of Our Blessed Mother, asking for her intercession for the health and safety of our Country.  We will be joining the Catholics of Canada as well as other nations throughout the world in asking Mary's protection. Please join us “live” at 3PM or watch at a more convenient time and pray with us. 
In addition, families may be interested in this website: www.catholicfamlyconference.com
They are having a special conference that might interest you. Check out their website for more information.
Stay well and stay safe... we will be able to be with each other soon...  It is Easter!!!  
See you at Mass on Sunday at 9am!


 

The church will be open for private prayer according to this updated schedule: 
Monday 9 - 9:30am
Tuesday 9 - 9:30am 
Wednesday CLOSED 
Thursday 9 - 9:30am 
Friday 9-9:30am 
Saturday 5:30 - 6pm 
Sunday 11 - 11:30am
 
If you need to come to the Parish office, please CALL AHEAD after 9:30 M-F to be sure someone will be there.

Update April 17
Mass for the Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) will be celebrated LIVE on Sunday, April 19 at 9:00am on St. Stan’s Facebook page (facebook.com/sskpvny).  Afterwards the recording will be available on Facebook and here on our website.  

FROM THE HISTORY BOOKS OF FR. JAY...
 
Although the fact of closed Churches and the inability to get to Mass, Communion, and Confession is new to us, the Church has faced this many times throughout history and has created two practices that we may follow:
 
An Act of Perfect Contrition:
Find a quiet time to examine your conscience...
Go to the Lord directly in prayer...
Tell him your sins, express your sincere sorrow and a desire to change...
Have the intention of making a sacramental confession ASAP...
Say an Act of Contrition:
My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart.
In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good,
I have sinned against You, whom I should love above all things.
I firmly intend, with Your help, to do penance,
to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin.  Amen.
 
An Act of Spiritual Communion:
Find that quiet time and place again...
Say this prayer:
My Jesus, I believe that you are present
in the Most Holy Sacrament. 
I love you above all things and I desire to receive you in my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally,
Come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as if you were already there
And unite myself wholly to you.
Never permit me to be separated from you.
Amen.
 
BACK IN REAL TIME...
 
It was very nice during Holy Week and Easter to have many faces looking back at me during Mass.  If yours was not there, please join me now.  You can leave a picture with your name in the gray cooler on my front porch or e-mail it to secretary.ststanislaus@gmail.com.  Hope to SEE you all soon.

Click below for printable copies of the: 
Act of Perfect Contrition 
Act of Spiritual Communion 

Blessed Holy Week to all!  We hope everyone was able to access our Facebook LIVE Mass on Palm Sunday.  If you have trouble accessing Facebook, the recording is also available on our Parish website, www.saintstanislaus.net. 
 
Private Prayer schedule for Holy week: Monday – Friday: 9am-9:30am; Holy Saturday: CLOSED; Easter Sunday: 10:45am-11:30am; Easter Monday: CLOSED.  The church will be open for Private Prayer according to our regular schedule beginning Tuesday, April 14 (Monday – Friday 9-9:30, Saturday 5:30-6:30, Sunday 10:30-11:30).
 
Holy Week Schedule:  Holy Thursday Mass, 7pm; Good Friday Service, 3pm; Easter Vigil Mass, Saturday 8:15pm; Easter Sunday Mass, 9am.  Each of these services will be broadcast live on Facebook at the times listed.  The recordings will be available shortly thereafter, and will be posted to our Parish website as soon as possible. 
 

St. Stan’s is now on Facebook!  Find us at facebook.com/sskpvny – be sure to like and follow so you will get notifications. 
 
We will be live streaming Palm Sunday Mass – Sunday, April 5 at 9am!  Please join us if you’re able, or watch the recording later if you can’t be there at 9!  Let’s all join together from home; even though we can’t be together at the church.  Together, let us welcome Jesus into Jerusalem with shouts of joy! 
 
Don't forget to drop off a picture of yourself or your family (or e-mail it by Tuesday evening) so that Father Backes can be surrounded by our Parish family for the celebration of the Triduum and Easter.   

FROM THE DESK OF FATHER JAY...
 
Just wanted to give you the latest updates from the Chancery Office and our Office.
 
This coming Sunday, we are changing the times that the Church will be open for private prayer.  The Church will be open Sundays from 10:30 to 11:30am.  This is the time that people have been coming on Sundays.
 
After much discussion about finding a safe and sanitary way to distribute palms and about making absolutely sure that we will not be encouraging a crowd of waiting people, the Chancery has decided that PALM WILL NOT BE BLESSED OR DISTRIBUTED until after the pandemic passes.
 
For something more hopeful, we have created a Parish Facebook page (facebook.com/sskpvny) and are planning to use it as a way to “live stream” a Mass on Palm Sunday and also the ceremonies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday.  We hope that you will be able to join us “live” or if you are not free, to watch it later.  We are planning a test Mass this Thursday and if all goes well, we will spread the word about when the other Masses will be available.
 
Since these ceremonies will not be open to anyone except a few “techs” and since I really do miss you all, I have a favor to ask.  Can you print a family picture or individual pictures (black and white on a regular sheet of paper), write your names on them and bring them to the parish by Wednesday, April 8^th.  I will have a box on the front porch of my house where you can put them.  I would like to place them around the altar so I won’t feel so “lonely” during my favorite week of the year.  If you do not have access to a printer, you may e-mail your photos by Tuesday evening, April 7^th to secretary.ststanislaus@gmail.com. 
 
Finally, a big “thank you” to all those who have reached out to me to see how my brother and I are doing during this “weird” time.  It means more to me than you will ever know.
 
Fr. Jay

Hoping that everyone is well and cared for, I want to share some of the latest developments that are in place for the Church of New York during the Coronavirus pandemic.
 
Because sacraments are meant to be social (in the presence of others) and because attempts to limit the numbers of people present has simply NOT worked and has caused greater problems:
     -Baptisms are to be deferred until further notice, unless the baby's life is in danger.
     -Funeral Masses or services in Church or the Funeral Home will no longer be conducted until further notice. Prayers “in the open air” at the cemetery are permitted and a Memorial Mass will be celebrated after the pandemic is ended and at the convenience of the family.
     -Weddings are not allowed unless absolutely necessary. The Vicar General's office will determine if a necessity exists.  If a wedding must take place ONLY THE BRIDE, GROOM, TWO WITNESSES AND THE OFFICIANT MAY BE PRESENT and all must maintain the proper distance.
     -Holy Communion may be administered only as viaticum (to those who are dying).
     -Individual Confessions may be offered on request as long as hygiene and physical distancing requirements are observed with a grille and cloth between penitent and priest. It should also be done in a larger area. We will use the Cry Room at St. Stans.  

In addition, Parish Offices will be opened for only one hour a day and only one person will be present to conduct normal business matters.  At St. Stans, we ask that you call ahead.  At all other times, the Parish phone will take messages, be monitored on a regular basis throughout the day and answered as promptly as possible.  FOR SACRAMENTAL EMERGENCIES, PLEASE CALL OUR EMERGENCY NUMBER: 845.242.1531.
 
Parishioners who are going into or are already in a hospital will be attended to by the Catholic Chaplain on staff.  This is a requirement of the Hospitals and Health Care facilities. Father Backes is the Catholic Chaplain on staff for Catholic patients at the Lutheran Care Center.
 
Catholic Charities in Poughkeepsie is on call for assistance to those in need and Food pantries are open and case managers and immigration staff are still available by calling 888.744.7900.  The Parish Counselling Network remains open. Call your local parish and the parish staff will then call and refer you to their 800 number, which you will then call and leave a message for Laura, the Director who will contact you.
 
When you are saying your prayers (washing your hands for as long as it takes to say The Lord's Prayer) offer that prayer for the victims of the virus and their families, for First Responders and Health Care Providers and anyone on “the front lines”.  Check in on your elderly neighbors and and most of all remember there would never have been an Easter unless there had been a Good Friday first.  We are living Good Friday now... Easter will be here very soon...  St. Stanislaus Kostka, pray for us.  

The following letter was sent by Cardinal Dolan on Tuesday, March 24 via Flocknote.  If you did not receive it, you may sign up for FlockNote by clicking the button on our website.  

March 24, 2020
Season of Lent
Month of Saint Joseph

Dear Family of the Archdiocese of New York:

The coronavirus has attacked not only our city, state, nation, and world, but also our daily lives as we experience social isolation and quarantine.  We pray with and for one another.        

Like all families and households, the Archdiocese of New York has been adapting to these new protocols to ensure we can continue to practice the faith with our archdiocesan family.   While public Masses at our churches have been cancelled during this crisis, our priests continue to celebrate Mass every day.  Even though they are celebrated without any congregation present, many pastors have begun to livestream their Masses on Facebook and YouTube, and I understand more are planning to do so in the days ahead, and our churches are open for individuals to pray.  You can also participate in the celebration of the Eucharist at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral which is available on many cable systems via the Catholic Faith Network and its  website here, livestreamed on the St. Patrick’s Cathedral  website here, and broadcast on radio on The Catholic Channel of Sirius XM (Channel 129).  I was not surprised to learn during a recent video conference call with all the priests, that they are making every effort to provide pastoral care to their people, although under very controlled conditions.

Our daily lives have been altered in so many ways by the impact of this virus. Illness, job loss, school closings, movies, Broadway, restaurants, sports all shuttered – the list goes on!   For us Catholics, not being able to attend Mass at our parish church is a real loss, particularly during this holy season of Lent. All of this leads to a sense of fear and uncertainty.

Although some of the visible work of the Church – like public worship and the sacraments – seems to have been “put on hold” during this crisis, the work of the Church in prayer, charity, and health care remains active and vibrant!  Even more, the  invisible work at the heart of the Church’s mission continues.  God’s mercy and grace are just as abundant as ever, and our prayers and supplications are always heard!

As Jesus told us, “Fear is useless. What is needed is trust.”  Trust in the God who created us, who loves us completely, and invites us to trust in Him!

Nothing is more important than the health and well-being of our people, soul, mind, and body. Please know that the archdiocese’s healthcare agency, ArchCare has established a 24-hour hotline to assist with any aspect of the coronavirus. If you have questions or other health-related concerns, call their hotline at 877-239-1998.  If you are experiencing other challenges, our Catholic Charities stands ready to lend assistance wherever possible. Do not hesitate to call them at 888-744-7900.  

From an early stage, the archdiocese established a working group to monitor the outbreak of the virus and review the preparedness procedures for our parishes, schools, cemeteries, offices, and many other apostolates and institutions.  This team has performed excellently through these unprecedented times.  We have adhered to all directives implemented by civil authorities and reputable health organizations. The safety of our people is of the utmost importance to us and we will continue to take necessary measures to protect our community. 
          
Just like you and your family, the parishes of the archdiocese are suffering from this crisis as well.  Now, perhaps more than at any time in recent history, your parish and the archdiocese need your help.  It can’t survive without you.

Now that our public Masses have been cancelled for an undetermined period of time, I am appealing to you to support your parish by continuing to share your gift of Sunday offertory.  These funds are critical for the continued operation of your parish at this unprecedented moment in time. Your parish does so much more than offer Sunday Mass.  It is there in the happiest moments in your life – wedding, baptisms, first communions – and is a source of comfort during some of the most challenging, during times of sorrow like the death of a loved one.   There are prayer groups, food pantries, social activities, schools, and on-going religious education.  All of this depends on you!  Please continue, at a minimum, with your current level of support.   One easy way to do so is through your parish’s online giving provider; a majority of our parishes use WeShare.   Your parish’s online giving account can be accessed through the parish’s website. I know your pastors will be most appreciative and relieved to know that they can depend on receiving your continued offertory support each Sunday.  I am not being alarmist when I say that without your support, your parish may be seriously undermined.  

At the same time, I call upon our heroic scholarship donors who always come to the rescue of our wonderful schools.  Our education and development teams will be reaching out to you to seek your assistance in funding needy families at this time.

Our finance people have been very honest with me, expressing their grave concerns about our ability to cover our overhead during this crisis at this time.  While I certainly do not want to even consider layoffs, it may be necessary to implement an archdiocesan wide salary furlough of up to 25% for all employees, with the prayer and hope for an early return to normality.  We need your loyalty to the  Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal and  Renew and Rebuild more than ever!

Thank you for reading this somber letter, and know that I regret having to bring more uncertainty and worry during this already unsettled time.  But you have told me that you appreciate honesty and transparency.  
          
Yet, our most appropriate response is faith and confidence, along with charity to others.

With renewed gratitude for all that you do for our Catholic family, and prayerful best wishes for a blessed Lent, I am,

Faithfully in Christ,

Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan
Archbishop of New York

Important Announcement

FROM THE DESK OF Father Backes

Saturday, March 21, 2020

From the moment that I received the announcement about the cancelation of all Masses beginning last weekend,
I... and every priest... dreaded the fact that we would soon receive a letter about the celebration of Holy Week and Easter. That letter was sent at 3:00pm yesterday afternoon. It was, unfortunately, what we had expected.

The Holy Father, by way of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome has stated that this year all Masses on Palm Sunday, the celebration of the Chrism Mass on Tuesday, and the celebrations of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday are to be celebrated by the priests in private and may not be open to parishioners because of the fear of large gatherings contributing to the spread of Covid19.

Cardinal Dolan has also announced that Confirmations and First Holy Communions will be postponed “until further notice” and that Reconciliation Monday has been canceled.

Our Parish Staff is trying to find ways that we may use things like You-Tube and other platforms to share these liturgies with you, both at the time they are celebrated privately and so that they may be viewed later. We will use Flock Notes and our web-site to let you know how this will be done as soon as we have a plan.

If you, or someone you know, has the expertise and the necessary equipment to do this, you are asked to contact the Rectory Office as soon as you can so that we may find a way to share these liturgies with all our parishioners.

I am truly sorry to make this information known to you. Pray for all the victims of this virus and check our website for more information and up-dates and if you know someone who is unable to set up a Flock Note account or find our website, please help them do so. It will help us get information out, like this, faster.

CoronaVirus Outbreak

As per the Archdiocese of New York, all Masses and devotions are cancelled until further notice.

All Parish programs and activities are cancelled until at least April 20th. 

We will be meeting soon to discuss the status of First Communion, Confirmation, Baptisms, Weddings, and Confessions.  This website will be updated as needed with the latest information. 

On this website, if you click on the link for Flocknote, which gives the Parish the ability to communicate urgent information, or WeShare, which allows parishioners to financially support the Parish electronically, you will be taken directly to those sites to sign up. 

If you have any medical questions regarding the Coronovirus, you may call the ArchCare 24/7 Hotline at 1-877-239-1998. 

*Our Church will be open for PRIVATE PRAYER at these times:
         Monday - Friday     9AM-9:30AM
         Saturday                5:30PM-6:30PM
         Sunday                  10:30AM-11:30AM* Please note updated times

We will re-sanitize the church after each session and ask that you enter and exit  through the front doors or the Church.  Please do not go into the hall for any reason and if you must use the bathroom we ask that you only use the bathroom outside the cryroom.  This way we can limit the need to sanitize to those areas only.

*Daily Mass from St. Patrick's Cathedral may be viewed at  https://www.catholicfaithnetwork.org/st-patricks-cathedral-mass

Please stay healthy and well, pray for the victims of the virus and their families, check in on neighbors, especially the elderly, and follow the suggestion of one parishioner: wash your hands as long as it takes to say the "Our Father" and offer the prayers for all those who are suffering to any degree from the virus.  We are all having some anxiety...let us pray for each other...for patience and understanding and peace.