OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART CHURCH 120 Kings Highway/Tappan, New York 10983 Parish: 845-359-1230 • Fax: 845-359-1410 Religious Education: 845-365-2141 Web Site: www.olshtappan.com [email protected]Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9 AM - 3 PM December 2 4, 2 017 Fourth S unday o f A dvent December 2 5, 2 017 Feast o f t he N ativity Clergy: Pastor: Rev. Francis Conka, C.O., Parochial Vicar : Rev. Peter Bujdos Deacon: Joseph Dass Rev. George J. Torok, C.O., Rev. John Dwyer, Weekend Associates The Oratorian Fathers: Rev. Vladimir Chripko, Rev. Ravi Dasari, Rev. Thom- as Kunnel, Rev. Joseph Narisey, Rev. Raju Narisey, Rev. Roman Palecko, Rev. Jean Paul Ruriho Staff: Kathryn Lavery, Parish Secretary; Peggy Marn, Office Assistant Facilies Manager: Ray Hayes Religious Educaon: Anna Vero, Director; Anne Swann, Assistant Director; Sarah Hunt, Administrave Assistant. Parish Council: Bob Bechner, Marna Collins, Mary Anne Evangelist, Michele Hanebuth, Mara Hauser, Mary Legge, Joe Marn, Steven Navedo, Tom Quinn, Nick Sfraga, Anna Vero Altar Servers: Suzanne Chiang Bullen/Website: Mary Anne Evangelist Eucharisc Ministers: Trudy Smith Lectors: Tom Smith Ushers: Ray Hayes Liturgy , Learning and Outreach Commiee Mary Anne Evangelist Prayer Shawl Ministry: Rose Gavigan: Meets Thursday 7 PM rectory Music Ministry: Organists: Brian Dwyer, John Piazza; Saturday Choir Direc- tor : Joan Deltoro; Sunday 10:30 AM Choir Director : Peggy Pomeroy; Sun- day Leaders of Song : Peggy Pomeroy, Keith Buterbaugh Choir Prac- ce: Every Thursday 7 PM – 8:15 PM Rosary Altar Society: Anne Swann Meets Monday aer the first Sunday, 8:15 PM , Sept.-June CYO Athlecs: Mara Hauser Mommy and Me: Julie Horner every Thursday, 10 AM to Noon during the school year Knights of Columbus: Joe Marn Daughters of St. Anne: Marna Collins 914-320-8412 or Ellen Cahill 845- 721-4441 Devoons and Sacraments: Adoraon of the Blessed Sacrament: Every Monday 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM: Chapel St. Monica Prayer Group: Eleanor Klepper Members meet every Tues., 7 PM in the Oratory Chapel to pray for their children. Miraculous Medal Novena : Monday aer Masses at 8:00 AM, 12:30 PM and 7:30 PM First Friday: Adoraon of the Blessed Sacrament, 8 AM-7 PM followed by confessions, Holy Rosary and 7:30 PM Mass Sacrament of Penance Saturday, 4:30 PM and as announced. Sacrament of Bapsm Bapsm: Usually the first Sunday of the month, 1:00 PM Preparaon class: Usually third Tuesday of the month, 7:00 PM Please call the Parish Office as early as possible, no less than 2 months before the desired date, to make arrangements, aend the preparaon class and provide required paperwork, including Godparent sponsor sheet. Sacrament of Matrimony By appointment. Proper preparaon is required. Please nofy the parish at least twelve months in advance to ensure that the date is available and all requirements can be met. Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil 5:00 PM Sunday 8 AM, 10:30 AM and 12 noon Weekdays: Monday, 8:00 AM, 12:30 PM and 7:30 PM Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., 8:00 AM and 12:30 PM Sat, 9:00 AM followed by Saturday Morning Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet First Friday: Recitaon of the Rosary at 7:00 PM followed by Mass at 7:30 PM Twenty-Third S unday i n Ordinary T ime September 8 , 2 019
Religious Educa!on: Anna Vero, Director; Anne Swann, Assistant Director;
Sarah Hunt, Administra"ve Assistant.
Parish Council: Bob Bechner, Mar"na Collins, Mary Anne Evangelist,
Michele Hanebuth, Mara Hauser, Mary Legge!, Joe Mar"n, Steven
Navedo, Tom Quinn, Nick Sfraga, Anna Vero
Altar Servers: Suzanne Chiang
Bulle!n/Website: Mary Anne Evangelist
Eucharis!c Ministers: Trudy Smith
Lectors: Tom Smith
Ushers: Ray Hayes
Liturgy , Learning and Outreach Commi#ee Mary Anne Evangelist
Prayer Shawl Ministry: Rose Gavigan: Meets Thursday 7 PM rectory
Music Ministry: Organists: Brian Dwyer, John Piazza; Saturday Choir Direc-tor : Joan Deltoro; Sunday 10:30 AM Choir Director : Peggy Pomeroy; Sun-day Leaders of Song : Peggy Pomeroy, Keith Buterbaugh Choir Prac-"ce: Every Thursday 7 PM – 8:15 PM
Rosary Altar Society: Anne Swann Meets Monday a$er the first Sunday, 8:15 PM , Sept.-June CYO Athle!cs: Mara Hauser
Mommy and Me: Julie Horner every Thursday, 10 AM to Noon during the
school year
Knights of Columbus: Joe Mar"n
Daughters of St. Anne: Mar"na Collins 914-320-8412 or Ellen Cahill 845-
721-4441
Devo!ons and Sacraments:
Adora!on of the Blessed Sacrament: Every Monday 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM:
Chapel
St. Monica Prayer Group: Eleanor Klepper Members meet every Tues., 7
PM in the Oratory Chapel to pray for their children.
Miraculous Medal Novena : Monday a$er Masses at 8:00 AM, 12:30 PM
and 7:30 PM
First Friday: Adora"on of the Blessed Sacrament, 8 AM-7 PM followed by
confessions, Holy Rosary and 7:30 PM Mass
Sacrament of Penance
Saturday, 4:30 PM and as announced.
Sacrament of Bap!sm
Bap"sm: Usually the first Sunday of the month, 1:00 PM
Prepara"on class: Usually third Tuesday of the month, 7:00 PM
Please call the Parish Office as early as possible, no less than 2 months before the desired date, to make arrangements, a!end the prepara"on class and provide required paperwork, including Godparent sponsor sheet.
Sacrament of Matrimony
By appointment. Proper prepara"on is required. Please no"fy the parish at least twelve months in advance to ensure that the date is available and all requirements can be met.
Mass Schedule
Saturday Vigil 5:00 PM
Sunday 8 AM, 10:30 AM and 12 noon
Weekdays: Monday, 8:00 AM, 12:30 PM and 7:30 PM
Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., 8:00 AM and 12:30 PM
Sat, 9:00 AM followed by Saturday Morning Rosary and Divine Mercy
Chaplet
First Friday: Recita"on of the Rosary at 7:00 PM followed by Mass at
7:30 PM
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 8, 2019
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Mass Intentions for the Week
Saturday, September 7
5:00 PM John Moran / Jerry Hunt
Sunday, September 8: Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary
Time
8:00 AM: John Giblin 2nd Anniversary
10:30 AM: Daniel Dennehy / Dominic Narcisco
12 Noon : August Stellwag / Larry & Doriann Leone
Monday, September 9: St. Peter Claver, Priest
8:00 AM: Patrick Burke
12:30 PM: Eileen Gallagher
7:30 PM: Mary Phelan
Tuesday, September 10
8:00 AM: Margaret Davy
12:30 PM: Jerry Hunt
Wednesday, September 11: Blue Mass
8:00 AM: Police, Fire Fighters, EMT’s and Vic!ms of 911
12:30 PM: Police, Fire Fighters, EMT’s and Vic!ms of 911
Thursday, September 12: Most Holy Name of Mary
8:00 AM: Frank Biernacki
12:30 PM: John Skae / Barbara Spear 1st Anniversary
Friday, September 13: St. John Chrysostom, Bishop, Doc-tor of the Church
8:00 AM: Dan Kiely and deceased members of the
Kiely family
12:30 PM: James Cunningham & Donald Moss
Saturday, September 14: Exalta!on of the Holy Cross
9:00 AM Jerry Hunt
5:00 PM Church Dr. Robert Gregory ( Living)
5:00 PM Chapel Dominic Narcisco
Sunday, September 15: Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordi-
nary Time
8:00 AM: Anna Napoli
10:30 AM: Church Prayer Pe!!ons of OLSH parishion-
ers / Eusemio Ruiz
10:30 AM: Chapel
12 Noon : Francesca Gadaleta
John A., Brian Acosta, Angela Aguirre * Br. Anthony Bechner, Stanley Bodner, Sr. Maureen Bradshaw, Marie Brady, Hadley and Connor Burns * Theresa Cansoneri, Gabriella Carney, Gwen Cinquemani, Anne Marie Dwyer Cirrilla, James Cody, Virginia Colby, Francis Conka Sr., Maria Conka , Kiera Cunningham * Jack-son DiDona, Austin DeGiorgio, Dorianne DeLise, Sr. Jude Miriam DePalma, Baby Edward Dolan, Michael Doyle, Baby Dionis Francis Conce Durso * Dorothy Ehmsen, Joe English, Arielle Ernau * Robby Ernau * Stella Falvey, John Ferri, Sr., Rena Ferri, Dan Flannery, Sharon Foley, * Jacqueline Grasso, Shaun Green, Lucille Grippo * E. Hayden, Donald Higgins * Guen Incigeri, Robert Incognoli* Elliot Kloehn (young child), Daniel Keywork, Peg Koleduk, Matthew Kozak, Eileen Kunkel * John LaGreca, Brooke Lefevre, Aguilino Lemus, Grace Leon, Jack Lynch, Teresa Lynch * Kevin Maher, John Masterson, Eliza Mazariego, Patty Mazza, Courtney Mazzella, Erica McCauley (child), Liam McGuire, William McGuire, Tommy McGuire, Gerry McKeon, Mary Theresa Kiely McMullin, Kevin McSweeney, Dawn Mennillo, Eddie Merrigan, Emma Monahan, Alaina Muckell, Daniella Mur-phy, Danny Murphy * John & Eileen O’ Grady, James & Suzanne Oates, Emilia Orona * Iluminada Pagayunan, Toddler Christian Perez, Marie Piazza, Deanna Prosciutto * Maeve Quinn * Marga-ret Raso * Lukia Rios * Presley Rios * Sylvia Rodriguez, Kathy Ry-wak * Gloria Santiago, Joseph Scanlon, Theresa Schrettner, Ben Scott, Patty Simonetti, Joseph Smith, Tom Smith, Ann Soto, Hunter Sterling (child) * Dawn Taggart,* Josephine Urban * Deana Wil-kins* Richard Wilkie * Remedios Yson *Dionisio P. Zacarias (new names in blue)
Please join us in prayer for :
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church September 8, 2019
From the Pastor:
Father Walter J. Ciszek, S.J., who spent !me in the Soviet helps
us think about what Jesus is saying to us this Sunday:
For each of us, salva!on means no more and no less than taking up
daily the same cross of Christ, accep!ng each day what it brings as
the will of God, offering back to God each morning all the joys, works,
and sufferings of that day. But those are abstract words. What it
means, in prac!ce, is spelled out as always by the poor old body. It
means ge#ng up each morning and going to bed exhausted. It means
the rou!ne, not the spectacular. It can mean drudgery, pain, pu#ng
aside pleasures, happiness, or the love the human heart craves un!l
another !me, so that what is necessary at the moment can be done. It
means working for others, touching the lives of others, through the
medium of the body. How many !mes, !red and worn out and near
collapse from the slave labor condi!ons of the camps, did I think I
could not ask another step of the body, did I think in pain and irony of
those words “The spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak”? Truly,
man is a creature composed of body and soul, and we work out our
salva!on in this vale of tears through the medium of the flesh. It is the
first gi& God and our parents fashion for us; it sustains and supports
us through a long life and makes possible both joys and sorrows; and
when at last we are parted from it in death, it surely deserves whatev-
er rest it can get before it rises to be glorified at the last judgment.
May Jesus help us take up our crosses with joyful obedience.
With love and prayers, Fr. Francis
Readings in the Glory & Praise Missal
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Sept. 7-8: 921
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Parish/Oratory:
à Grandparents Day is this Sunday Sept. 8. All grandparents present at Masses will be recognized and receive a special blessing.
à Monthly Teaching Masses next weekend Extra Masses in the Chapel at 5PM Sat. and 10:30 AM Sunday
à Mass Book for October, November and December is open. Please reserve your Masses now for dates that of special signifi-cance to you.
à Fall Scripture Classes at St. John’s (Piermont) begin 9/11. Topic: “Mys!cs, Muslims, and Merton” Please see pg. 6 for de-tails.
Community:: à Free Paper Shredding Day: The John Paulding Engine Company #1Ladies Auxiliary (Sparkill/Palisades Fire District) is hos"ng our eighth an-
nual paper shredding day on Sept. 21. This is a service that we provide as a way to give back to the community which supports the work of our volunteer fire department and the other departments in the Orangetown area. Details pg. 4
à NY Catholic Bible Summit: Saturday, Sept. 28 8 AM—5:30 PM, including Vigil Mass at Hunter College. Theme: The Bible in a "me for heal-ing. To register : ($25. ) or FMI: adnybiblesummit.eventbrite.com.
à We’re Back! The Acous"c Café Music Series returns to Our Lady of Mercy Church in Park Ridge on Sunday, September 15th, presen"ng Americana folk/rock band Sco% Wolfson and Other Heroes. The band takes a folk rock canvas and weaves in big helpings of Broadway, Jazz, Blues, and Country, giving them a sound both familiar and unique, dis"nctly American and part of a broader world. SWAOH will be showcasing new songs from their forthcoming release, Flying Backwards. www.sco%wolfson.com 4 PM in the lower gathering space of OLM Church, 2 Fremont Ave. Proceeds benefit St Vincent’s parish in Vallieres, Hai!. Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door. www.cafeacous"c.org 201-573-0718
à Beginning Experience of the Hudson Valley is offering a healing weekend from October 18-20 at the St. Lawrence Friary in Beacon, NY. This invita"on is open to men and women of all ages who have suffered the loss of a spouse through death, divorce, or separa!on. It is a "me to heal and a "me to begin anew. Reserva"ons are required. For informa"on call Renee at 845-239- 9650 or Denise at 845-325-
9/9-9/13 Tabernacle candle (chapel) Deceased members of the Skae & Kiely
families Kathy Skae
9/7-9/14 Bread and Wine John Giblin Sullivan Family
New notices are in blue
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church September 8, 2019
Liturgical Ministers for September 14-15
TIME LECTORS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS ALTAR SERVERS
Sat. 5:00 PM Church
Trudy Smith Anne Swann, Karen & Steve Zebiak Catie & Emma O’Keefe, S. & L. Macha-
do
5:00 Chapel Eleanor Klepper Pauline Teahan
Sun. 8:00 AM Margaret Marmion Glenn Albin, Bernadette O’Donnell, Sarah Thalap-pillil
10:30 AM Church Anna Vero Aurora Kapunan, Pat Shannon, Florence Zuvich Joseph Dimataris
10:30 Chapel Corinne Brower France Donnelly
NOON Jeff Golda Ellen Cahill, Sarah Hunt, Anna Young J, L, &M O’Mara, Reagan Mirque
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Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church September 8, 2019
à The first RE Classes begin MONDAY, Sept. 9., Tues. Sept. 10, Wed. 9/11 and Sun. 9/15. Anyone
interested in registering their child must come to the office (9am-12pm) to do so in person. If you
have ques"ons please contact the Religious Ed office à Monthly Teaching Masses next weekend Extra Masses in the Chapel at 5PM Sat. and 10:30 AM
Sunday
à Classroom Assistants and Subs!tutes needed for all grades and all days (Sun.—Wed.). Please call the RE office to vol-
unteer
The Religious Educa"on Office, in the Parish Offices, is open daily M-F, 9 AM—2PM. A#er hours, you can call and leave a message on 365-2141 or
WE NEED YOU TO VOLUNTEER at One to One Learning, 640 N. Midland Avenue, Upper Nyack, (Marydell) to teach beginner, in-termediate and advanced English, GED and Ci"zenship prepara"on, in morning, a#ernoon and evening classes, which will begin in September. Also, help is need-ed with children’s program while parents
are in class. To be prepared for teaching prior to start of classes, an introductory mee"ng with Sr. Ce-cilia during the month of August will be neces-sary. Please call Sr. Cecilia at 845-512-8176 or Email: [email protected] Website: One2One-
Learning.org
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Although we par"cipate week a#er week, some"mes we don’t realize the meaning and origins of what we say and do at Mass and how we are called to live as Catholics. Now, you can deepen your understanding through a joint program of
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Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church September 8, 2019
AUGUST 2
Fall 2018 Scripture Class Series at St. Johns
“Mystics, Muslims, and Merton” (DVDs) Thomas Merton, one of the great mystics of the twentieth century,
has a deep interest in Islam and its mystical traditions of Sufism. Now, you can join one the leading expert on
Islam on a fascinating journey through Merton’s encounter with Islam. Thomas Merton was a remarkable spir-
itual thinker, and his interactions with Muslims provide a model of interfaith dialogue today.
Prof. Sidney H. Griffith, S.T.I., Ph, D., is an expert in Muslim-Christian relations and a lifelong reader of
Thomas Merton. Among his tiles is as Professor of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literature at The
Catholic University of America. In 2009, he was awarded a Rumi Peace Award for his efforts in interfaith dia-
logue.
Come join us as Class begins on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, at 10AM -12PM at St. John the Baptist RC Church, 895 Piermont Avenue, Piermont NY, in Connelly Hall. There is a fee of about $20 to cover the cost of the DVDs, Study Guide duplication and coffee. Please bring a friend. Email Johanna Krumm [email protected] for additional information. Dates: September 10, 17, 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; November 12, 19, 26 (not Election Day); December 3.
THANK YOU !!!
The wonderfully giving family of OLSH was
again excep!onally generous in suppor!ng the
Back to School With Dignity project at People to People! We
collected school supplies and monetary dona!ons totaling
$2000. !!!
Know in your hearts that so many youngsters can begin this school year as ready and prepared as their classmates because of your kindness! Your generosity brings God’s blessing on all of us!
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