OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART CHURCH

120 Kings Highway/Tappan, New York 10983

Parish: 359-1230 • Fax: 359-1410 Religious Education: 365-2141

Web Site: www.olshtappan.com Secretary@olshtappan.com

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9 AM - 3 PM

Clergy:

Rev. Francis Conka, C.O., Pastor Rev. Ravi Dasari, C.O., Parochial Vicar

Rev. George J. Torok, C.O., Rev. John Dwyer, Weekend Associates

The Oratorian Fathers: Rev. Roman Palecko, Rev. Vladimir Chripko; Rev.

Thomas Kunnel; Rev. Martin Kertys

Staff: Kathryn Lavery, Parish Secretary; Peggy Martin, Office Assistant ;

Stan Kietur, Plant Supervisor

Religious Education: Anna Vero, Director; Anne Swann, School Coordinator;

Sarah Hunt, Administrative Assistant.

Parish Council: Bob Bechner, Martina Collins, Mary Anne Evangelist, Michele Hanebuth, Mara Hauser, Mary Leggett, Joe Martin, Steven Navedo, Tom Quinn, Nick Sfraga, Eileen Taylor, Anna Vero

Altar Servers: Suzanne Chiang

Bulletin/Website: Mary Anne Evangelist

Eucharistic Ministers: Trudy Smith

Lectors: Tom Smith

Ushers: Ray Hayes

Liturgy , Learning and Outreach Committee 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 : Mary Lynn Milazzo, Peggy Pomeroy, Keith Buterbaugh Choir Practice: Every Thursday 6 PM – 7:30 PM Rosary Altar Society: Kathy Conway Meets Monday after the first Sunday, 8:15 PM , Sept.-June CYO Athletics: Mara Hauser Mommy and Me: Brenda Boysa and Tricia Preble Every Thursday, 10 AM to Noon during the school year Knights of Columbus: Joe Martin 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 after Masses at 8:00 AM, 12:30 PM and 7:30 PM First Friday: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 9 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 Baptism Baptism: Usually the first Sunday of the month, 1:15 PM Preparation class: Usually third Tuesday of the month, 7:30 PM Please call the rectory as early as possible, no less than 2 months before the desired date, to make arrangements, attend the preparation class and pro-vide required paperwork, including Godparent sponsor sheet.

Sacrament of Matrimony By appointment. Proper preparation is required. Please notify the priest at least three months in advance.

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

September 3, 2017

Twenty-Second Sunday in

Ordinary Time

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Masses of the Week

Saturday, September 2

5:00 PM Frank Lenhard

Sunday, September 3: Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 AM Joseph Young / Carole Barkley McGillicuddy

10:30 AM Prayer petitions of OLSH / Nat and Tillie Stu-

parich

12 Noon James Costello

Monday, September 4: Labor Day

8:00 AM Gertrude & Benedict Bisso

12:30 PM John Mahoney

7:30 PM No evening Mass

Tuesday, September 5

8:00 AM Intention available

12:30 PM Jeff & Helen Ginman

Wednesday, September 6

8:00 AM Dorothy & William Murtha

12:30 PM Intention available

Thursday, September 7

8:00 AM Barney Brady

12:30 PM The Bodnar Family

Friday, September 8: Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

8:00 AM Patrick Burke

12:30 PM Mass of Thanksgiving Collins Family (living)

Saturday, September 9: Feast of St. Peter Claver, Priest

9:00 AM Lily (Ellen ) Kiely

5:00 PM Donald Farrell / James (7th Anniversary )&

Patrick Boyle

Sunday, September 10: Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 AM Blue Mass: Victims of 9/11

10:30 AM Blue Mass: Victims of 9/11

12 Noon Blue Mass: Victims of 9/11

Please join us in prayer this week for :

Angela Aguirre * Susan Barraclough, Marie Brady, Had-

ley and Connor Burns (infants) * Noreen Carberry, Richard Carney,

Anne Marie Dwyer Cirrilla, James Cody, Virginia Colby, Francis

Conka Sr., Maria Conka * , Austin DeGiorgio, Dorianne DeLise,

Baby Edward Dolan, Michael Doyle, Catherine Moran Duplessis *

Dorothy Ehmsen * Dan Falvey, John Ferri, Sr., Rena Ferri, Sharon

Foley * Charles Geraldi, Ralph Grasso, Shaun Green, Lucille Grippo *

E. Ann Hayden, Eric Hayden, Donald Higgins * Guen Incigeri, Robert

Incognoli, Roger Isidro * Margaret Kasper, Daniel Keywork, Mat-

thew Kozak, Eileen Kunkel * Brooke Lefevre, Grace Leon, Rachel

Lerch, Teresa Lynch * Catherine Mackenzie, John Masterson,, Court-

ney Mazzella, Gina McConville, Liam McGuire, William McGuire,

Tommy McGuire, Patrick McKenna, Gerry McKeon, Kevin

McSweeney, Dawn Mennillo, Emma Monahan, Maureen Moyse, Mary

Mullany, Daniella Murphy * Anna Napoli * John & Eileen O’ Grady,

Emilia Orona * Iluminada Pagayunan, Toddler Christian Perez,

Marie Piazza, Deanna Prosciutto * Maeve Quinn * Lukia Rios * Pres-

ley Rios * Kathy Rywak * Gloria Santiago, Joseph Scanlon, Theresa

Schrettner, Joseph Smith, Anne Sozzo, Hunter Sterling (child) * Dawn

Taggart, Jim Thompson, Theresa Timpanaro* William Urban * Mil-

dred Vero * Jim Walsh * Deana Wilkins , Helen Will (new names in

blue)

From the Pastor:

A message from Saint John Paul II on today’s Gospel:

Peter…was not yet ready to accept the whole truth about Christ…. Peter professed and proclaimed the truth…that the Crucified and Risen Christ was the Messi-ah sent by God…beginning on the day of Pentecost in Jerusalem right up to the day when for the sake of this truth he gave his life on the Vatican Hill in Rome. And by believing and teaching this, Peter thought and spoke in God’s way and not in man’s…. We must follow Christ Himself.

Consider the words of Jesus in the Gospel today: “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me.” We need to be all about the Truth of Christ. Get to Confession. Come to Mass – even more than Sunday if you can. Pray!!! Live the Beatitudes. This is the only life for the Baptized Christian. It’s one with so much freedom and joy walking with Jesus Christ in all suffering. Anything else is not of God.

God bless you this week and always!

With love and Prayers, Fr. Francis

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Readings for this weekend, the Twenty-Second Sunday in

Ordinary Time, are found in section 916 in the Glory &

Praise Missal.

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Liturgical Ministers for the weekend of September 9-10

TIME LECTORS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS ALTAR SERVERS

5:00 PM B. Baldes E. Klepper, R. Sfraga, A. Swann I. Kensicki, M. Dixon, L. Ceccato

8:00 AM J. Webster D. Kiely, P. Manieri, A. Thalappillil I., M. & D. Balce

10:30 AM A. Vero F. Donnelly, M. Dornbush, F. Zuvich A. & L. Witek, C. Pniewski

NOON N. Geoglis P. Lifrieri, P. Valentino, A. Young D. & C. Chiang, R. Mirque

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Parish:

Parish Office is closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day. Regular office hours, 9 am—3 pm resume on Tuesday, Sept 5.

Mass Book for October, November and December: is now open.

Second Collection next weekend, Sept. 10, for Latin America and Home Missions: Please see a letter from the Cardinal on pg. 5

9-11 Remembrance Service: The Volunteer Fire Dept. of Tappan invites you to join them in honoring heroes from Rockland who died on that day or as a result of working there in recovery. 8:30 AM sharp at Washington St. Fire-house

Registration for On-line Giving continues! Those of you who do not use a computer but want to fill out the au-thorization form to have your donations deducted from your checking or savings accounts or credit card can now do so. Forms are available in the back of the church or in the Parish Office. Please complete and sign the form and your donations will be processed. Your signed form will be kept in a locked, secure location in the office for the pe-riod of time you donate. Call the parish office if you have any questions.

BINGO Returns! OLSH parish bingo Sept. 7. Details on pg. 4

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center for Thought and Culture: The NY Archdiocesan performing arts space has a new brochure listing events in music, theater, talk and film. Copies available at the back of the church. Use the code ARCH and receive a 20% discount on selected tickets.

Community:

Elizabeth Seton Women's Center, a ministry sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of New York is always looking for new members to join our group of women dedicated to fostering friendships and a sense of community with each other by participating in charitable endeavors through the area. Our next meeting is Wednesday, September 20th at 7pm at the Nanuet Library. For more information please call the di-rector as 845-598-4189 or email us at director@elizabethsetonwomenscenter.org.

Rockland County Concert Choir invites YOU to join US as we begin our 26th year of bringing music to Rockland and beyond. Rehearsals begin on September 10th at 6:30 at the Convent of St. Ann's, 150 Third Avenue, Nyack. We rehearse every OTHER Sunday evening. The only re-quirements we have are a love of singing and wanting to make new friends. All ages high school through 99 are welcome. Concerts in De-cember and June highlight our year. For more information, contact our conductor Scott Walters at Scottthetenor@yahoo.com or at 845-558-1225.

Rockland 9-11 Memorial Mass, Saint Aedan’s Church, Pearl River, NY, Sunday, 9/10/17, at 7pm. Uniformed responders, both retired and still on the job, are invited to attend in uniform. Others may wish to wear shirts appropriate to one of the uniformed services.

St. Catherine’s Church Trip to Army Football at West Point: Army vs. U. of El Paso. Sat. Sept. 30 time TBD. Includes ticket, coach bus, bever-ages, tailgating including food. FMI: call Joe @ 646-648-0823 or JOGGER3@optonline.net

Date Gift In honor/memory of Requested by

9/3-9/9 Altar bouquet

9/2-9/3 Tabernacle candle (church) All students returning to school OLSH

9/4-9/8 Tabernacle candle (chapel) Carmine Paladino Theresa Paladino

9/3-9/9 Bread and Wine

New notices are in blue

Voicz of Our Lady Fall Schedule and Information

Voicz of Our Lady, our children’s choir will rehearse on a new schedule. We will participate in all Teaching Mass Sundays with re-hearsals every Teaching Mass Sunday from 9:00-10:15am followed by Mass. All volunteers MUST attend the two-day intensive scheduled in the fall on

Friday, Sept. 8, from 5:00-7:00pm (includes a pizza party) and Saturday, Sept. 9, from 10am-noon. (The winter date TBD.) Participation in each intensive will earn a credit toward ONE missed class. We are opening the enrollment to grades 4 and up. Any younger is possible but would need approval. All

volunteers must register with Anna Vero before the Sept. 8/9 intensive session. More information will be emailed to all families!

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Welcome back!!!!

Religious education classes begin the week of September 10th. There will be mandatory parent meetings that first week of classes

Emails were sent to all our registered children last week detailing their religion class assignment and including a copy of our School Calendar. If you have NOT received this email, please call the school office (365-2141) so we may send you out another.

We are grateful to report that we have filled all of our regular catechist positions!! However, we are always in need of volunteers who may be available to substitute in the event a regular catechist is ill or has an unexpected emergency. Lesson plans will be provided. Please contact the RE office if you would like to be added to our list of possible substi-tutes. You will be contacted if the need arises and if you are able to take the class - we will be most appreciative.

The Religious Education Office, in the Parish Offices, is open daily M-F, 9 AM—2PM. After hours, you can call and leave a message on 365-2141 or email readmin@olshtappan.com and we will respond to your message ASAP.

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Weekly Quote from St. Philip Neri

It is an old custom of the servants of God to have some little prayer ready and to be frequently darting them up to heaven during the day, lifting their minds to God out of the mire of this world.

Since so many people already pay bills and do their banking on-line, we are pleased to announce that our parishioners now have the convenience of an electronic option for making regular offerings!

Contributions can be debited automatically from your checking or savings account or processed using your credit or debit card. (MC, Visa or Discover) at no cost to you. This new electronic giving program offers convenience for you and much needed donation consistency for our parish. You will no longer need to write out weekly checks or

remember envelopes and, when vacation, illness or weather prevent you from attending Mass, your weekly offerings to continue on an uninter-rupted basis!

Giving online is safe, secure and easy, allowing you to set up automatic recurring contributions and view your complete online giving history from anywhere you have access to the Internet. Paper authorization forms are also now available at the back of church or in the Parish office. Special, holy day and holiday collections are also included. If you already use envelopes, once you begin donating on-line the record of your contributions will be merged into a single account.

There is a button on our webpage: www.olshtappan.com which will take you directly to on-line giving registration page or pick up an authorization form in church.

Depending on whether you choose to donate via bank accounts or credit /debit card, please be prepared with either bank account info or debit/credit card numbers when you log on to the link. It’s a quick process and you always have the ability to change or end your giving this way. Once you register for on-line giving your paper envelopes will be cancelled.

PLEASE BE SURE TO COMPLETE YOUR PROFILE THE FIRST TIME YOU LOG IN!

We strongly urge our parishioners to take advantage of this new opportunity!

August 20, 2017 $7759. August 21, 2016 $6707.

Thank you for your continued generosity.

On-line giving is quick and easy !!!!.

Please see details below.

OLSH Weekly Collection:

Registration continues ON-LINE. It’s safe, secure and easy!! Go to the parish webpage: olshtappan.com and click on the CYO tab top right. Complete the form, submit and then click at the bottom to make your ON-LINE PAYMENT by check, credit card or from your sav-

ings account. Registration is confirmed once payment is received.

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Visit our website: www.olshtappan.com

Prayer for Labor Day

On this weekend, when we rest from our usual labors, loving Father, we pray for all who shoulder the tasks of human labor—in the marketplace, in factories and offices, in the professions, and in family living.

We thank you, Lord, for the gift and opportunity of work; may our efforts always be pure of heart, for the good of others and the glory of your name. We lift up to you all who long for just employment and those who work to defend the rights and needs of workers every-where. May those of us who are now retired always remember that we still make a valuable contribution to our Church and our world by our prayers and deeds of charity. May our working and our resting all give praise to you until the day we share together in eternal rest with all our departed in your Kingdom as you live and reign Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

Please remember the people of

Houston in your prayers as

they begin the long and

difficult road to recovery .

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galves-ton-Houston is accepting donations: Visit their website: https://catholiccharities.org/donate-now-and-help-our-neighbors-recover-from-disaster/

To make a gift by mail, send your check made out to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galves-ton-Houston to 2900 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77006. To make a gift by phone call 713-874-6654.

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Reservations now open for our parish trip to

The Miracle of Christmas at Sight

and Sound Theaters, Lancaster PA.

Saturday, December 2, 2017

We know that December may seem far away but tickets to this

fantastic performance are very limited and reservations are being taken NOW! Our parish has secured a block of

56 tickets for this not-to-be-missed spectacular.

This full day excursion will include deluxe motor coach transportation from and returning to OLSH, lunch at Her-shey Farm restaurant, and the 2 PM Matinee performance of The Miracle of Christmas.

All inclusive tickets will cost $135. pp. for adults and $95. for children, ages 3-12. To reserve your place please complete the form below and return it with a check for full payment, made out to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church. Please mark the envelope “Christmas Show” .

Please remember that seats are limited and no reservation can be held without payment. In the event that all tickets are sold quickly, we will maintain a waiting list for cancellations. We will need 50 people on the waiting list to obtain a second block of tickets. Tickets are NOT REFUNDABLE if they cannot be resold.

-PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY

NAME: _________________________________________ PHONE ________________________________

E-MAIL: ________________________________________

NAMES OF ADULTS: 1.____________________________NAMES OF CHILDREN: 1.______________________

2.____________________________________________ 2._________________________________________

3.____________________________________________ 3._________________________________________

“After decades of crushing Roman rule, the Hebrew people are losing hope. When will the promised Messiah come? Into the

midst of this turmoil, young Mary is told she will bear God’s Son.

Angels in heaven proclaim His birth; humble shepherds and regal kings pay Him homage. Clearly this is no ordinary baby! But

who is He – really? Is He the Messiah, our Savior? Who can even believe such a thing!”

Witness the event that is central to the season, brought to life on a panoramic stage with high drama, spectacular special effects

TOTAL # ADULT TICKETS ________ @ $135. $ _________

TOTAL # CHILDREN’S TICKETS _______@ $95. $ _________

TOTAL AM’T ENCLOSED $ _________

For office use only:

Payment rec’d: ___________ (date/initials)

Check # _________________

Reservation confirmation sent: ______ date

_______ email ________phone