Weekly Announcements

There is Hospitality this weekend after all Masses in celebration of

Father’s Day. Hospitality Sundays will pause for the summer and

will return in September. Thank you to all who make this

fellowship possible each month.

Statue Restoration will continue through the rest of the summer

on Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. If you would like to participate,

drop-ins are welcome as your schedule allows.

The Warwick Valley High School Interfaith Baccalaureate service

will be held on Thursday, June 25, at 7 p.m. here at St. Stephen’s.

Graduates should arrive 10 minutes early with the graduation

gowns, no caps, to line up for the procession. Light refreshments

will be served following the service.

Our final Raffle ticket incentive is here! All physical parish raffle

tickets (not digital purchases) purchased and received between

May 12 and July 6 will be entered to win $250 in scratch-off

tickets. Tickets are available in the Atrium after all Masses this

weekend.

Next weekend at the Sunday Masses, St. Stephen’s will welcome a

representative from the Friendly Visitor Program who will briefly

speak about the services offered and opportunities for volunteers.

There will be Hospitality next weekend after all Masses. Hospitality Sundays will

pause for the summer and will return in September. Thank you to all who make

this fellowship possible each month.

This Sunday, at 3 p.m., our Children’s Choir will present a concert highlighting

what they have learned this year. All are welcome to come and enjoy this joyful

expression of faith and prayer through the voices of our young parishioners.

Meetings this week at St. Stephen’s, all in the Parish Community Center

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Parish Council, Monday, June 15, 7 p.m.

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Statue Restoration Ministry, Tuesday, June 16, 7 p.m.

The St. Zita Society will be cleaning the church for the summer months on

Tuesday, June 17, 10 a.m. until 12 noon. Please consider giving some of your time

to keep our sanctuary clean - many hands make light work!

St. Stephen’s will be honoring couples who are celebrating their 25th, 50th or

60th wedding anniversaries in 2026 on Sunday, June 28, at the 11 a.m. Mass.

Please call the parish office to be included in this celebration.

The Warwick Valley High School Interfaith Baccalaureate service will be held on

Thursday, June 25, at 7 p.m. here at St. Stephen’s. Graduates should arrive 10

minutes early with the graduation gowns, no caps, to line up for the procession.

Light refreshments will be served following the service.

You can see the results of our parishioner’s Good Works out in the Atrium - so

many doves have been added to our display. It is wonderful to see so many

people giving of their time, talent and treasure for the good of our community.

We are well on our way to 250 Good Works.

The Parish Offices will be closed on Friday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth.

The offices will reopen on Monday, June 22 at 9 a.m.

The deadline to turn in your Father’s Day Intention envelopes and have

names included in the bulletin is this Tuesday, June 9.

Meetings this week at St. Stephen’s:

Women’s Sodality, Monday, June 8, at 2 p.m. in the Parish

Community Center

Parish Security Ministry, Tuesday, June 9, 7 p.m. in the Parish

Community Center

The Parish Council Meeting scheduled for June 8 has been

postponed until Monday, June 15, at 7 p.m. in the Parish

Community Center.

The monthly Our Lady of Fatima Mass will take place next Saturday,

June 13 at the regular 5 p.m. Mass. The Rosary Procession will

immediately follow Mass. Our Lady of Fatima Intentions may be placed

in the box in the Atrium.

Next Sunday, June 14, at 3 p.m. our Children’s Choir will present a

concert highlighting what they have learned this year. All are welcome

to attend and enjoy liturgical music from our young parishioners.

St. Stephen’s will be honoring couples who are celebrating their 25th,

50th or 60th wedding anniversaries in 2026 on Sunday, June 28, at the

11 a.m. Mass. Please call the parish office to be included in this

celebration.

Please join us as we proceed outside for the Corpus Christi procession

on our grounds. The congregation will follow after the Altar Servers,

First Communicants, Blessed Sacrament, Clergy and Choir.