Health & Wellness Event HERE 28 Sep.

A Free Health and Wellness Event

Sponsored by St Benedict’s Nurses

Sunday, September 28. 9am to 1pm

In St Benedict's cafeteria

Catholic HealthConnection will be here to provide the following:

-Flu shots**

-Blood Pressure checks

-Body Mass Index checks

-Cholesterol checks

Come for all free health screenings or just come for your Flu Shot.

**For Flu shots please bring your health insurance card if insured AND call 447-6205 to make an appointment. 

(They need to know how much vaccine to bring.)

Monday Faith Formation 2014-2015

St. Benedict Faith Formation

2014-2015

Monday

Grades 1 – 5 4:00 – 5:15 pm  

Grades 6 – 10  6:45 – 8:00 pm

September                                  February     

22                                                2

29                                                9

                                                                       23

October

6                                                  March

20                                                2

27                                                9

                                                                       16

November

3                                                  April

10                                                13

                                                                       20

December                                   27

1

8                                                  May

15                                                4

                                                                       11

January

5            

12          

26                              

First Reconciliation: Saturday, March 7, 2015

First Eucharist: Saturday, May 9, 2015

In case of absence, please call and let us know.

Office of Lifelong Faith Formation: 836-6444

 Emergency Closing: We are automatically closed if Amherst public school is closed or cancels its afternoon programs and/or sports.

Grief Support Resources - We Are Here For You!

Grief Support

Unfortunately we will all go through loss at some point in our lives, what’s fortunate is that we don't have to suffer through these losses alone.  

Locally we are blessed to have many Diocesan and Non-Diocesan support groups to fit almost any need.  Here a just a few of those that are available to you and your loved ones. 

In addition we, the Parish Nurses of St Benedict's, can always be reached through the rectory (716.834.1041) for more information or any assistance we can provide.

Catholic Cemeteries Groups:

•      Hope after Heartache: tools for living with loss

v  First and third Monday 4:00 a 5:30 pm

                        St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church

                        157 Cleveland Dr., Cheektowaga

         

v  First and third Tuesday 7:00-8:30 pm

                        Mount Olivet Cemetery,

                        4000 Elmwood Ave, Kenmore

Church groups:

•       St Gregory the Great

v  Grief support group- guest speaker each month

                       First Wednesday of each Month

                       7:00 - 8:30 pm

                       100 St. Gregory Ct. Williamsville

        Any questions please call Eileen Warner 688-5678

•      St Christopher's Church

              

v  Second Wednesday of each month

                        6:30 - 7:15 pm Lecture Series

                        7:30 - 8:30 pm Grief Support Group ( grouped by type of loss)

                        Meets at St Edmund Campus

                        530 Ellicott Creek Rd., Tonawanda, 692-2660                 

•      Christ the King

v  For information call Renee Villa, pastoral associate 839-1430 ext. 221

There are also many groups available specifically for those who have suffered the loss of a child.

For more information on any of the services available Nancy Weil, director of bereavement support for catholic cemeteries can be reached at 873-6500.

Your St Benedict's family is always here to help in any way we can as well. For support please call the rectory at 834-1041 for any assistance you may require in times of loss. Our parish has many ministries available to help serve your needs. 

Where the Lord of Life has entered, there is no room for death.

-St. Peter Chrysologus 

Flu Clinic here 28 September

SAVE THE DATE    

SEPTEMBER 28  9:00AM -1:00PM

The nurses of St. Benedict's with the staff of Catholic Health will be sponsoring a Flu Clinic.

Stroke Support Group - Faith Community Nurses of St. Ben's

STROKE SUPPORT GROUP

Catholic Health hosts a Stroke Support Group the second Saturday of each month from 9 – 11 a.m. in the Our Lady of Victory  Senior Neighborhood Community Room at 55 Melroy Avenue in Lackawanna. Attendance is free and open to recently diagnosed stoke patients, long-term stroke survivors, family members and loved ones.

"Wake-Up Stroke - Treatment Dilemma," will be the topic of the next meeting on July 12. Neurologist Dr. Michael Meyer will discuss the latest information on the treatment of patients who wake-up with stroke symptoms.

Faith Community Nurses

of St. Benedict’s Parish

Parish Health Survey Results

Parish Faith and Health Survey

RESULTS are IN!

The 3 top concerns noted in the Parish Faith Health done at the end of March were:

NUTRITION
  GRIEF MANAGEMENT
                 HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

We plan to schedule talks and support groups for these topics in the coming months.

So watch this site and the church bulletin for dates and times.


The Nurses of St Benedict's would like to thank all who completed and returned the Parish Faith/Health Survey. If you or a family member has a health need or question please call the rectory: 834-1041 and a nurse will return your call.


Faith Community Nurses
of St. Benedict’s Parish

Confirmation Program UPDATE 2014

Confirmation Program Returns to St. Benedict

Last year we collaborated with St. Leo’s to prepare candidates for the sacrament of Confirmation.  However now that we are renewing our efforts to strengthen and build Youth Ministry we will be returning the Confirmation program to St. Benedict Parish.  Our sacramental preparation program is for one year for students in the 10^th grade. 

St. Leo’s Confirmation program runs two years.  While all students are most welcome to return, we understand if some students who began their preparation at St. Leo’s might wish to remain there to finish their program.

Dates and details of the 2014-2015 Confirmation Sacramental Program at St. Benedict will be sent out and posted online within the next few weeks.  If you have any questions please contact Matt Smith at the Office of Lifelong Faith Formation at 836-6444 or email him at msmith@saintbenedicts.com

Dorothy Day video Thurs 12 June at 7pm

Dorothy Day:

Don’t call me a saint.

You are cordially invited to view a documentary on the life of Dorothy Day. “Don’t Call Me A Saint.”  is an hour long film, which is free and open to the public.  We will  follow it with a discussion.  Please join us!

Thursday, June 12th, at 7 PM

Office of Lifelong Faith Formation

Saint Benedict Parish

     Has anyone ever complemented you in order to get out of doing work themselves?  Dorothy Day believed that all Christians are called to service and holiness.  Once, when someone called her a saint she quipped, “Don’t call me a saint, I don’t want to be dismissed that easily.”  Well that witty remark has not stopped other people from saying she should be called a saint! 

     “At their 2012 annual meeting, the Catholic bishops of the United States unanimously recommended the canonization of Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement.  By then the Vatican had already given her the title “Servant of God,” the first step in formally recognizing Dorothy Day as a saint. On Ash Wednesday, 2013, preaching in Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of Dorothy Day as a model of conversion.  While awareness of her remarkable life has been growing steadily, she is at present still not widely known.

(Servant of God Dorothy Day, by Jim Forest, The Encyclopedia of American Catholic History).

For more information email Matt Smith at msmith@saintbenedicts.com or call 836-6444.