MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday July 2, 2016 Vigil for Sunday 5:30pm Joseph Milone Sunday July 3, 2016 7:30am All Parishioners SFX 9:30am Pasquale Rocchio 11:15am Salvatore Picone 12:30pm Rena and Aramdo Stagnaro Monday July 4, 2016 7:30am Norma Sorg 9:00am Joseph and Carmela Onorato and Alfonso Family Tuesday July 5, 2016 7:30am Mary and Al Martucci, Catherine and Otto Weihe 9:00am Joseph Saraco Wednesday July 6, 2016 7:30am Agnes Amato 9:00am Davide Chiappa Thursday July 7. 2016 7:30am Richard Hayes 9:00pm Francesca Aniello Zullo Friday July 8, 2016 7:30am Zenaida Rodriguez 9:00am Luigi Fumo Saturday July 9, 2016 7:30am Anthony Marino 9:00am Philip Congo Vigil for Sunday 5:30am John W. Harrison Sunday July 10, 2016 7:30am All Parishioners SFX 9:30am Antonio Mazzella 11:15am Joseph Falcone and Deceased Members of Gartner and Burckardt Family 12:30pm Anthony Saraco Next week’s second collection is for the Church in Africa.

Furteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Bread and Wine donated this week in loving memory of Mary and Al Martucci and Catherine and Otto Weihe by

Jerry and Nancy Weihe and Family St. Francis Xavier School: During the month of July, the school office will be open every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from (am until 12 Noon. Families interested in

UPK seats are still available. Contact the school office at 718-863-

0531 option 4. Registration is on-going. Visit fxschool.net.

Religious Education—Learning to live our beautiful Catholic faith 24/7: As we bid a fond farewell to Father Matthew Furey on his new appointment we welcome with open hearts our newly appointed Pastor, Father Robert Verrigni. May God’s Grace

and Blessings shine on them both as they begin their new assignments. Please remember there is no vacation from our obligation of attending Sunday Mass. Jesus is waiting for you in the Eucharist! If you are traveling, you can check local Mass times at www.masstimes.org. Also, tune into EWTN TV Channel 135 for general viewing and movies on Saturdays at 8pm. You can also start your day with the Rosary online at comepraytherosary.org either individual or worldwide recitation. Religious Education Registration for September has begun: Re-registrations forms are available in the Vestibule of the Church and the Rectory. For new families registering, please contact the Rectory. NEW KINDERGARTEN CLASS will begin during Sunday Religious Education. This is FREE. Please contact Rectory at 718-892-3330 for more information. NEW SPECIAL NEEDS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: “Saturdays With Jesus” will begin this September on Saturdays at 10:00am in the lower Rectory. If your child or someone you know has special needs, they are very welcome as we work together with the children and parents to prepared them for the Sacraments (Baptism, Holy Communion and/or Confirmation). Please contact the Rectory for more information. Papal Wisdom: Gossip can kill, because it kills the reputation of the person! It is so terrible to gossip! At first it may seem like a nice thing, even amusing, like enjoying a candy. But in the end, it fills the heart with bitterness, and even poisons us.—Pope Francis Rectory Office will be closed on the 4th of July.

Catholic Can Always come home to

St. Francis Xavier

July 3, 2016

Our Gifts Back to the Lord

Weekly Collection (Parish Pay included) 2016—June 26, 2016 : $5,597

Collection last year (Parish Pay included) 2015—June 28, 2015: $5,438

Next Week’s Readings (Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time): Deuter-onomy 30:10-14; Psalm 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37 (see 33); Colos-sians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37;

Banns of Marriage Announced First Time

Joseph Nicolella and Lauren Lamorgese

BRONX, NEW YORK

ST. THOMAS MORE, PATRON OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PRAY FOR US :

O God our Creator,

from your provident hand we have received our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

You have called us as your people and given us the right and the duty to worship you, the only true God,

and your Son, Jesus Christ. Through the power and working of your Holy Spirit,

you call us to live out our faith in the midst of the world, bringing the light and the saving truth of the Gospel

to every corner of society.

We ask you to bless us in our vigilance for the gift of religious liberty.

Give us the strength of mind and heart to readily defend our freedoms when they are threatened;

give us courage in making our voices heard on behalf of the rights of your Church

and the freedom of conscience of all people of faith.

Grant, we pray, O heavenly Father, a clear and united voice to all your sons and daughters

gathered in your Church in this decisive hour in the history of our nation,

so that, with every trial withstood and every danger overcome—

for the sake of our children, our grandchildren, and all who come after us—

this great land will always be “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Please remember the following members of our parish community in your prayers: William Ahearn, Dennis Aiello, Edwardo Alicea, Mary Annunzio, Judith Arriaga, Betty Barbagallo, Nettie Bianchini, Joe Blandino, Nellie Calderon, Louis Campisi, Flavia Chiappa, Theodore Civetta, Jenny Cioffi, Loreen Clavin, Lorraine Capozzi,

Yolanda Carrozza, Angelo Caruso, Brenda Colon, Mary Cozzocrea, Joanne Cunneen, Richard Daum, Margaret Mary Dean, Carlann Defedele, Antoinette DeLillo, Baby Colin Depriest, Dot DeSantis, Patrick Dolan, Baby Max D’Onofrio, Carmella Emily DonVito, Mario Esguerra, Cheryl Espinoza, John Esposito, Esther Finn, Carmen Flores, Billy Fischer, Luis Paz Florencio, Sr., Peter Frenna, Bill Ford, Donald Gallagher, Maritza Garcia, Brian Gillick, Alexis Marie Gonzalez, Cora Gonzales, John Hastings, Charlotte Hayes, Kerry White Hemmer, Laura Lifrieri Hernandez, Frances Jenkins, Felix Jaiman, Emily Koch (6-yr. old), Janet Kreage, Rosemarie Leo, Margaret Leonard, Ann Kittle, Angela Lifrieri, Gloria Lisanti, Lucy Lorusso, Barbara Lyne, Andy Massa, Vincent (Jimmy) Mastrogiovanni, Paul McAllister, Theresa McDermott, Jennie Miraglia, Maria Mayo, Maria Mazzella, Marjorie Morales, Brianan Murtagh, John Muzzillo, Michael Nichols, Paige O’Donnell, Kerry O’Keeffe, Rosa Maria Ortiz, Louie Paone, Ralph Palumbo, Sylvia Pankovcin, Virginia Parchen, Richard Quartarone, Barbara R. and Mollie R, Giselle Ramos, Thomas J. Reardon, Blake Rosenn, Angela Rizzo, Alejandra Rosario, Rosa Russo, Gloria Santaniello, Maureen Dean Schmidt, Theresa Smith, Niko Stravrianopoulos (3-yr. old), Marie Swain, Paul Teehan, Frank Toapha, Justina Torres, Patricia Trainor, Lori Mayer Tricoli, Dominick Villara, Christopher Vitale, Kathy Vitale, George Walsh, Gary Wieler, Jonathan Wilson (12-year old), Ottilia Zangrandi, Madelyn Ziesel In your prayers please remember all the men and women serving in our Armed Forces, especially: Zachary Piragnoli, Nick Visconti, Christopher C. Cannata, Carlos E. Blanco, Emmanuel Martinez, Lt. Michael Tafone, Cpl. Christopher Antony, Cpt. Brian Pascuzzi, Master Sgt. Janelle Amador, Anthony Thomas Candito, Sgt. Troy Mastin, 1st Lt. Nicholas Cardiello

Pray for those who have died: Luigi Magliocco and Deceased Members of SFX

SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER PARISH

I am with you always! A reminder that Jesus is truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament in the

Tabernacle in the small Chapel off the vestibule of the Church which is open every day until 6pm. Please stop

in at the some time throughout the day to make a visit and spend some time with our Lord Jesus, who is there waiting for you! ____________________________________________________ WE NEED EVERYONE’S HELP TO REACH OUR GOAL OF $52,500—WE ARE ALMOST THERE:

So far 166 of our parishioners have pledged $50,630 to the

Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal which puts at 96% on the way to our goal. We only have $1, 870 to go! It is so important for our Parish to make our goal.

If you have not already done so, your support now is so

much needed for the good of people and parishes in need throughout the Archdiocese of New York, as well as for the good of our own Parish.

Please consider making a gift or pledge today by filling out

your pledge card and mailing it in, or dropping it in the collection or at

the Rectory. Extra pledge envelopes are available in the Vestibule

of the Church. You can also make a gift online: www.cardinalsappeal.org or use the flier inserted in today’s bulletin. And thank you to all of you who have already so generously given to this years’ Cardinal’s Appeal.

THANK YOU! I cannot express adequately how moved I was and

how grateful I am for your overwhelming show of support and kindness to me last Saturday and throughout these days of preparing to move. I don’t think I will be able to thank each of you personally. Please know how grateful I am to all of you for your generous gifts and kind wishes. You have been such a blessing to me and I will miss all of you tremendously.

May the Lord continue to bless this beautiful Parish

and your new Pastor, Father Bob Verrigni. Father Bob will be coming into a very challenging financial situation as our revenues from weekly collections and other donations have fallen significantly in this last year. He and our parish are going to need your support more than ever.

Let us keep always keep each other in our prayers.

May the Lord fill you with His Peace and every spiritual blessing. May God bless us all.

Love,

Fr. Matthew Sacred Heart Church 125 Lafayette Avenue Suffern, NY 10190