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Thirteenth Sunday
in Ordinary Time
June 30, 2019
PASTOR
Rev. Jeffrey R. Galens
[email protected]
WEEEKEND ASSISTANTS
Rev. John Christ
MASSES
Saturday: 5:30 pm
Sunday: 8:30 am 10:30 am, 12 noon
Weekdays: 8:30 am
Saturday: 9:00 am
Holy Days: as announced
LAUDS MORNING PRAYER
Sunday: 8:00am
Monday - Friday: 8:15am
DEVOTIONS (September - June)
First Fridays: Exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament 9am - 7pm,
Benediction 7pm
First Saturdays: Confessions 8:30 - 8:55,
9am Mass, Rosary & 15 minute guided
meditation on the Rosary
CONFESSION
Saturday 4:30 -5:15pm and
by appointment
BAPTISM AND MARRIAGES
Please check our website or
Call the Parish Office
PARISH OFFICE
Email: [email protected]
Hours: Monday - Thursday 9am-5pm
Office Manager: Fiona Finnan
Controller: Cathy Mitzian
Webmaster: John Erickson
Bulletin Editor:Tina Puttre
[email protected]
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Moderator: Allanna Hasselgren
Tel: (914) 273-8226
Email: reled@stpatr ickinarmonk.org
Parish Committees
Parish Council President:
Parish Council Secretary:
Finance Chairman:
Finance Committee:
Trustees:
Faith Lorenzo, Robert Hasselgren
Music Director: John Failla
Parish Organizations
Contemplative Prayer: Gina Shea
Youth Ministry Coordinators:
Melissa Gordon, Vera Scavone
CYO Basketball:
Elvis Grgurovic, Mike Corelli
Gym Schedule & Rentals: Mike Corelli
Respect Life Society: Patricia Cummings
Walking with Purpose:
Jo Golden, Fiona Finnan
Food Pantry: Angela Livingston
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MASSES: JUNE 29 – JULY 7, 2019
Calendar:
COLLECTION
June 23/24: $2,885.00 in 69 envelopes
WeShare May 2019: Reg. Collection—$8,112.00
Please consider using WeShare
Thank you for your generosity
SUNDAY, JUNE 30th - THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME
FOOD FIRST —Each Sunday the food collected goes
to support a local food pantry
Mon, July 1 — St. Juniper Serra
Tue, July 2 — Weekday
� Walking With Purpose: Rosary Reunion every First Tuesday
June through August after the 8:30 Mass
Wed, July 3— St. Thomas
Thu, July 4 — Independence Day
Fri, July 5 — St. Anthony Zaccar ia; St. Elizabeth of
Portugal; First Friday
� Contemplative Prayer Group: 12:30-1:30
Sat, July 6— St. Mar ia Goretti; First Saturday
� Confession: 4:30-5:15
SUNDAY, JULY 7th - FOURTEENTH SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME
FOOD FIRST —Each Sunday the food collected goes
to support a local food pantry.
Sat 6/29 9:00
5:30
Margaret O’Haire (D)
James Casola (D)
Sun 6/30 8:30 People of the Parish
10:30
12:00
Michael Trangone (D)
No noon Mass
Mon 7/1 8:30 Barbara Giordano (D)
Tue 7/2 8:30 John D. Hutchinson (D)
Wed 7/3 8:30 Danny McManus (D)
Thu 7/4 8:30 Caroline Pizzorusso (D)
Fri 7/5 8:30 Fr. Vincent Druding (L)
Sat 7/6 9:00
5:30
Dennis McNamara (D)
Frederick & Catherine Fuss (D)
Sun 7/7 8:30 Joseph Nott (D)
10:30
People of the Parish
Parish Office
New Hours from June 1
st
Monday 9am – 5pm
Tuesday 9am – 5pm
Wednesday 9am – 5pm
Thursday 9am – 5pm
Friday: CLOSED
There will be no noon Mass beginning June 30th.
The Mass will resume in September.
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FOOD FIRST
The following items are currently needed:
Individual sized fruit cups
for children’s summer lunches
As always, healthy, non-expired staples of all kinds
are appreciated and utilized.
Pieta Statue Project
Daniel Ahern Troop 94 Armonk
Eagle Scout Project
The Project is to build a Prayer Grotto that will house
a marble Pieta Statue, especially for the consolation
of all parents who have lost a child, both the born and
the unborn. It will be built after the 13th Station of
the Cross: Jesus is taken down from the Cross.
You can memorialize a loved one by dedicating the
entire shrine in their memory with a large bronze
plaque or dedicating a small bronze plaque placed at
the base of the shrine.
Any donation is greatly appreciated.
Additional information is on the Church website and
at the entrances to the Church or contact Daniel at
914-707-3667 or [email protected]
Religious Education
Congratulations to all of our Religious Ed students
upon successfully completing another year of
studying Jesus’ teachings!
We will be registering students for next year’s classes
beginning…
Wednesday, June 5th.
Watch for our blast email...Then go to St. Patrick in
Armonk website. Click on the Religious Ed page and
then the Registration Packet. Read through the
Packet for details and then download and print out the
Registration form. Return to the Religious Education
office or the Rectory office with your payment
enclosed…
Simple as that!
St. Francis Cemetery
Mount Kisco
St. Francis Cemetery, located at 236 Lexington
Avenue in Mt. Kisco is a private Catholic cemetery
belonging to the parish of St. Francis of Assisi.
The cemetery is open seven day a week from
8am-4:30pm, weather permitting. It ministers to the
needs of Catholic families residing in Mt. Kisco,
Armonk, Bedford Hills, Bedford Village, Chappaqua
and Katonah only.
Graves are available for purchase. As a private
Catholic cemetery perpetual care in included with the
purchase of the plot.
Please call the Cemetery office at 914-666-9390,
Monday-Thursday to inquire about purchasing.
Taking time to make the arrangements of your final
resting place is a blessing to your loved ones.
Outside the Parish
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An Autobiography of a Vocation: Chapter XVI
I will conclude with saying that by the end of my studies at St. Joseph’s Seminary I knew that all I really wanted
to be was a pastor of a parish, a father to the people entrusted to my care.
My call to be a priest – check.
My call to be a pastor – check.
The only thing now is to be a saint. Not a canonize saint. I am not even concerned with people recognizing me
as saintly, I simply want to go directly to Heaven when I die. I want to avoid purgatory. I want to see my Lord,
rest my head upon His chest as St. John did at the last supper, bask in His mercy for certainly when I am in heav-
en it will be because of His mercy and I will glorify it for all eternity. I want to see the Face of God and be lost in
the infinite depths of the mystery of the most Holy Trinity. I want to see Mary, the mother of my Lord and my
mother. I want to see all the loved ones who have gone before me. I want to be at rest and peace and be able to
say as St. Paul, I have finished the race and I have won. Remember my saying “I am not what I appear to be be-
cause I am striving to become what I am not”? If I appear “holy”, know I do not count myself as such. Yes, if I
am in the state of grace, I am holy, but not as I ought to be, especially as a priest – to whom much is given, much
will be expected. If the Lord should call me now, have many masses said for me for I am sure I will be in Purga-
tory. We are to judge no one, this means to Heaven or Hell – only our Lord makes that judgment. I am not even
judging myself, but only expressing what I expect. It would be presumptuous of me to expect Heaven and des-
pair to expect Hell when all I have to do is to call upon His mercy with a true intent of repentance.
My transition back to my home diocese of Rochester is only a part of this final vocation, to get to heaven, be-
cause I know the only way is following our Lord’s will. If I am wrong in discerning this as His will, then I will
be back, but if it is His will, may I follow to where He calls. Peace of soul is essential in discerning and our Lord
has granted me that. Joy is the fruit and the sure sign of God’s will. A vocation is a calling to follow the will of
the Lord. It requires a dying to one’s own will. It requires sacrifice. Just as it is in the vocation of marriage.
When it is offered in love, it bears the fruit of Joy. I have found immense joy in following the will of the Lord:
St. Mary’s in Washingtonville, as parochial vicar, teacher at Cardinal Hayes High School, pastor at Good Shep-
herd in Rhinebeck. The joy of being a pastor and becoming truly a father to the people under my care more than
compensates for the sacrifice of marriage and children. But God’s will was that I must move on and become pas-
tor and father for the people of St. Patrick’s in Armonk. I could not imagine that I could be filled with that joy
again like I had at Good Shepherd and yet, “wow”, in six short years I am overflowing with joy. This is the fruit
of doing God’s will. I did not want to leave Good Shepherd and I did not want to come to St. Patrick’s but God
knew better. Now I can honestly say I don’t want to leave St. Patrick’s. But for the certainty that God is calling
me to make this move, I would not. I love you all dearly as a pastor and as a father and the joy that God has
granted me has come through you. But now my Lord calls me to move on so that I might obtain that final call-
ing. While it is difficult and painful to leave, as I said earlier I am at peace and the sadness at my departure does
not negate the six years of joy in serving you. Each joy I receive builds upon the previous, and I expect or at
least hope, that in the end, with all the places the Lord will have called me to serve, the joy will be so great, only
to be exceeded in the final call, the final home of Heaven. This is my hope and prayer for myself and for you.
As always,
In Jesus and Mary,
My new address will be : Rev. Jeffrey R. Galens
Blessed Trinity Parish
300 Main St.
Owego, NY 13827
I don’t have an official email yet. When I do, I will let you know what it is.
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Please keep the
following in your
PRAYERS
Barbara A.
Jon Adam
Enza Dattero
Jane Dean
Barbara Grasso
Mario & Gloria Guiliano
Robert Kalian
Stella Kielb
Michael Lage
John Puttre
Amanda Ross
Perinna Ruggerio
John Scrocca
Rose Shallo
Patricia Tkach
Nathaniel Valcich
Announcement of Next
Pastor
Please welcome as the next pastor of the
Church of St. Patrick in Armonk
Fr. Thadeus Aravindathu
Fr. Thadeus has been serving as administrator
for St. Boniface parish in Wesley Hills, N.Y.,
located in Rockland county.
He will begin his term as pastor on
July 1, 2019.
Fall 2019
BLAZE is coming to
St. Patrick’s
Blaze is the Walking with Purpose ministry for 7
th
and 8
th
grade girls. It was created to counteract the
way our society drives girls to question their identity,
worth and beauty. Girls in their tween/teen years are
filled with questions. They have doubts, they desire
clarification, and they want to share their thoughts in
a space that will allow them to make their relation-
ship with God personal and meaningful.
Beginning in Fall 2019, the girls will meet twice per
month for a one hour session. As the girls are
introduced to the Bible in a relevant and fresh way,
they will hear Jesus telling them how loved and
beautiful they are!
Learn more by contacting:
Lauren Karp / Kelley Sanders at
[email protected]
[email protected]
Sign up your daughter at:
www.stpatrickinarmonk.org/blaze
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