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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 - 3PM December 24, 2017 Fourth Sunday of Advent December 25, 2017 Feast of the Nativity 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 14, 2018 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. Joseph Narisey; Rev. Raju Narisey Staff: Kathryn Lavery, Parish Secretary; Peggy Marn, Office Assistant ; Patrick Flynn, Facilies Manager 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, Eileen Taylor, 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 aſter the first Sunday, 8:15 PM , Sept.-June CYO Athlecs: Mara Hauser Mommy and Me: Julie Horner Every Friday, 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 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 aſter Masses at 8:00 AM, 12:30 PM and 7:30 PM First Friday: Adoraon 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 Bapsm Bapsm: Usually the first Sunday of the month, 1:00 PM Preparaon class: Usually third Tuesday of the month, 7:30 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

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Page 1: OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART CHURCHTwenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lady of the Sacred Heart hurch October 14, 2018

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 - 3PM

December 24, 2017

Fourth Sunday of Advent

December 25, 2017

Feast of the Nativity

28th Sunday in Ordinary

Time

October 14, 2018

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. Joseph Narisetty; Rev. Raju Narisetty

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

Patrick Flynn, Facilities Manager

Religious Education: Anna Vero, Director; Anne Swann, Assistant Director;

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 : Peggy Pomeroy, Keith Buterbaugh Choir Prac-tice: Every Thursday 7 PM – 8:15 PM Rosary Altar Society: Anne Swann Meets Monday after the first Sunday, 8:15 PM , Sept.-June

CYO Athletics: Mara Hauser Mommy and Me: Julie Horner Every Friday, 10 AM to Noon during the school year Knights of Columbus: Joe Martin Daughters of St. Anne: Martina Collins 914-320-8412 or Ellen Cahill 845-721-4441 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, 1:00 PM Preparation class: Usually third Tuesday of the month, 7:30 PM Please call the Parish Office as early as possible, no less than 2 months before the desired date, to make arrangements, attend the preparation class and provide required paperwork, including Godparent sponsor sheet. Sacrament of Matrimony By appointment. Proper preparation is required. Please notify 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: Recitation of the Rosary at 7:00 PM followed by Mass at 7:30 PM

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Mass Intentions for the Week

Saturday, October 13

5:00 PM Church Mary O’Reilly

5:00 PM Chapel Tim Healy

Sunday, October 14: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary

Time

8:00 AM Kay O’Neil

10:30 AM Church Prayer petitions of OLSH parishioners

10:30 AM Chapel Leelamma Philip

12 Noon Patrick Teahan

Monday, October 15: St Teresa of Jesus, Virgin, Doctor of the Church

8:00 AM Dorothy & William Murtha

12:30 PM Kitty McGrath (living)

7:30 PM Mary Quirk / Mary Owens Caporal (living) Tuesday, October 16: St. Hedwig, Religious; St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin

8:00 AM Leocadio Bonifacio

12:30 PM Zelko & Stanko Grbic

Wednesday, October 17: St. Ignatious of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr

8:00 AM Intention Available

12:30 PM Ann Phelan & Tom Handley

Thursday, October 18: St. Luke, Evangelist

8:00 AM Sean Judge

12:30 PM Fr. John Moriarty

Friday, October 19: Sts John de Brebeuf & Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs

8:00 AM Emelene Burden 4th Anniversary

12:30 PM Donald Moss

Saturday, October 20: St. Paul of the Cross, Priest

9:00 AM Jeanne O’Dea

5:00 PM John Borucinski

Sunday, October 21: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary

Time

8:00 AM Deidre Noonan / Ann Phelan

10:30 AM Catherine Cirillo & Theresa Timpanaro

12 Noon Stephen Fitzpatrick

Angela Aguirre, Geraldine Armetta * Br. Anthony Bech-ner, Sr. Maureen Bradshaw, Marie Brady, Hadley and Connor Burns (infants) * Gabriella Carney, Gwen Cinquemani, Anne Marie Dwyer Cirrilla, James Cody, Virginia Colby, Francis Conka Sr., Maria Conka , Kiera Cunningham * Austin DeGiorgio, Dorianne DeLise, Lara DeNonno, Baby Edward Dolan, , Denise Dornbush, Michael Doyle, Baby Dionis Francis Conce Durso * Dorothy Ehmsen, Joe Eng-lish, Arielle Ernau * John Ferri, Sr., Rena Ferri, Sharon Foley, * Charles Geraldi, Jacqueline Grasso, Shaun Green, Lucille Grippo * E. Ann Hayden, Eric Hayden, Donald Higgins * Jerry Hunt, Guen In-cigeri, Robert Incognoli, Roger Isidro * Daniel Keywork, Peg Koleduk, Matthew Kozak, Eileen Kunkel * John LaGreca, Brooke Lefevre, Aguilino Lemus, Grace Leon, Rachel Lerch, Jack Lynch, Tere-sa Lynch * Catherine Mackenzie, Kevin Maher, John Masterson, Eliza Mazariego, Patty Mazza, Courtney Mazzella, Erica McCauley (child) , Gina McConville, Liam McGuire, William McGuire, Tommy McGuire, Patrick McKenna, Gerry McKeon, Mary Theresa Kiely McMullin, Kevin McSweeney, Dawn Mennillo, Eddie Merrigan, Em-ma Monahan, Maureen Moyse, Alaina Muckell, Daniella Murphy * Anna Napoli * John & Eileen O’ Grady, James Oates, Alice Orisino, Emilia Orona * Iluminada Pagayunan, Toddler Christian Perez, Marie Piazza, Deanna Prosciutto * Maeve Quinn * Lukia Rios * Presley Rios * Kathy Rywak * Gloria Santiago, Joseph Scanlon, There-sa Schrettner, Joseph Smith, Tom Smith, Ann Soto, Hunter Sterling (child) * Dawn Taggart,* William Urban * Mildred Vero * James Webster * Deana Wilkins (new names in blue)

Please join us in prayer this week for :

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From the Pastor:

Christian author C.S. Lewis once wrote that Christi-anity is not so much about being nice people but in being "new men." We see this contrast in today's Gospel.

"Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Jesus first answers in the predictable way. “Follow the commandments! "Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth."

Perhaps for some of us it's easy to answer this way. "I'm a good person!" he seems to reply. Does he truly follow all the commandments he professes to follow? Does he -- in word and deed -- check off all the boxes of the moral law? Perhaps. Whether he's being honest or fudging the truth, Jesus accepts his answer at face value with compassion. "Jesus, looking at him, loved him."

But he's not done yet! Jesus wants to remind us that this attitude alone is not enough. "Go, sell what you have ... then come, follow me." Jesus' invitation to the young man is radical. Abandon everything that gives you any sense of security. Give it all up for an unknown future with a wandering preacher.

The Christian life is not easy. "How hard it is to en-ter the kingdom of God!" It's easier, Jesus says, for a gigan-tic camel to squeeze itself through a tiny needle's eye. But the God of the universe creates out of nothing, breaks the bars of hell, and raises the dead to life. Is a needle's eye really such an obstacle?

Jesus' invitation is always bigger than our own limi-tations. This week, what do we need to offer up? How is Jesus inviting us to follow him? https://www.portal.4lpi.com/user/download/single/filename/B143OT28_cf08_2018.txt

With love and prayers, Fr. Francis

Readings in the Glory & Praise Missal

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, B: 935

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Liturgical Ministers for October 20-21

TIME LECTORS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS ALTAR SERVERS

Saturday 5PM Bill Baldes Eleanor Klepper, Anne Swann, Pauline

Teahan

Sarah & Lucas Machado, Isabella Kensicki

Sunday 8:00 AM Bernadette Vero Philip Maneri, Trudy Smith, Sarah

Thalappillil

Madison Caruso

10:30 AM Keith Buterbaugh Jen Korn, Anna Vero, Florence Zuvich Orlagh Cassidy, Annamaria & Lukas Witek

12 Noon Maurice Recchia Laraine & Mike Payne, Patricia Valentino Christopher Pniewski

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church October 14, 2018

Parish:

Monthly Teaching Masses This Weekend Oct. 13-14: Additional Masses in the Chapel at 5 PM Saturday and 10:30 AM Sunday

Second Collection Next Sunday Oct. 21: Mission Sunday

Yankee candle Fundraiser: Support the RE program. Order forms available in the back of the Church and chapel and in the Parish Office

Adult Choir members wanted: See pg. 4

300 Club Returns for 2018! Thanks to everyone who paid for your 300 Club ticket. Please keep in mind that all tickets should be paid by October 25th. After this date, all remaining ticket numbers will be released and sold to those on the waiting list. An-yone wishing to be placed on the waiting list, call Christine and Peter Zinna at 359-4303. Reminder: All payments are to be made by check

Have a little time? Want to be more involved? Consider joining one of our parish ministries. Each week over the next few months we will share the work of one ministry. Take a moment to see if the work of this group appeals to you. They all bring many blessings on our parish and would sincerely welcome you!!!!. Ushers are featured this week on pg. 4

Communty:

ST JOSEPH REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL AUDITIONS FOR Steve Martin’s BRIGHT STAR “The boys of St. Joseph Regional HS (SJR) Montvale, NJ invite high school girls (grades 9-12) to audition for this year’s musical – BRIGHT STAR. This production has 11 characters who have solos and 12 ensemble numbers plus ALL MAJOR ROLES ARE DOUBLE CAST.WHERE: St. Joseph Regional High School Theater, 40 Chest-nut Ridge Rd, Montvale, NJ – Room 115.Register at www.sjrtheater.com to audition.WHEN: October 15th (7PM), 16th (7PM), and 17th (6PM and 7:30PM) – only need to attend ONE. October 18th (6:30PM) – dance auditions for all. Be prepared to sing 16 - 32 bars of your chosen song in the style of the show (contemporary country). Please bring sheet music for your song in your key .FINAL CALLBACKS will be the week of October 21st. REHEARSALS begin early November and will be 1-2 nights per week and Sunday afternoons. PERFORMANCES: 12 PERFOR-MANCES January 25th through February 2nd. REGISTER TO AUDITION AT: www.sjrtheater.com or email: [email protected] WITH QUESTIONS

Paramus Catholic HS Open Houses: Paramus Catholic High School, an academic community which combines both faith and ed-ucation, cordially invites 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students and their parents to visit us Wednesday, October 17th from 7:00-9:00 PM. 425 Paramus Road, Paramus NJ. FMI, contact Admissions 201-445-4466 ext. 104.

Rummage Sale St. Aedens Church, Ehrhardt Rd. Pearl River THURSDAY OCTOBER 18TH 9AM TO 3 PM (Church Gym) Albertus Magnus HS Car Raffle: Win a 2019 Mercedes Benz CLA 250 4 MATIC Coupe provided by Mercedes Benz of Nanuet

$50 per ticket – only 2000 tickets will be sold! www.albertusmagnus.net or call 845-623-8842 Drawing to be held Dec 19th at 10am at AMHS. Winner need not be present

Albertus Magnus Hall of Fame: Sat. , Nov. 17th at Albertus, 6:30pm for the induction of:Pat Buckley, ’93, Margaret Byrne Coyne, ’05, Pat McFadden,1993 Varsity Football Team. Journal is dedicated to Sr. Margaret Murphy, OP. Appetizers, Cocktails and Buffet Dinner- $80 pp Tickets and Journal ads available at www.albertusmagnus.net or AMHS Advancement Office 845-623-8842

St. Joseph Regional HS Open House: Nov 1, 6:30pm:- 9pm. FMI https://www.saintjosephregional.org/apps/pages/OpenHouse

Date Gift In honor/memory of Requested by

10/13-10/20 Altar bouquet

10/13-10/14 Tabernacle candle (church) Patrick Teahan OLSH Parish Family

10/15-10/19 Tabernacle candle (chapel) Mary & Sean Quirke Kathy Skae

10/13-10/20 Bread and Wine Lenny Sullivan Sullivan Family

New notices are in blue

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Monthly Teaching Mass This Weekend: October 13-14 Eighth Grade Confessions this week during class time Confirmation Commitment Masses: for all 8th Graders Next weekend Oct. 20-21

Yankee Candle Orders due: During class week of Oct. 21 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 [email protected] and we will respond to your message ASAP.

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~~~ “like” OLSH on facebook ~~~

If you’d like to bring up the Gifts at a Mass for

which you’ve scheduled an announced inten-

tion, please tell the ushers.

OLSH supports People to People

With weekly donations, the generous peo-ple of the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart parish are regular supporters of the food pantry at People to People, our local source of food for the needy in our community.

Please remember our brothers and sisters who strug-gle daily with feeding their families and be as generous as you can. Your donations can be left in the large carton at the rear of the church. God Bless you for your generosity.

If you or someone you know is in need of support for their families contact People to People at : 845 623-4900, http://www.peopletopeopleinc.org or visit them at 121 W. Nyack Road, Nanuet , NY

Weekly Quote from St. Philip Neri

"Let us despise gold, silver, jewels, and all that the blind and cheated world vainly and ignorantly prizes."

Registration for CYO basketball,

grades 3-8, is now closed. Regis-

tration for CYO Basketball clinic, gr. K-

2 is open. Please visit the website. ALL REGISTRATION

MUST BE DONE ON-LINE. Thank you.

SPECIAL DEDICATION in addition to the personal inten-tions of those who come to pray,

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Held Every Monday 8:30 AM until just before

the 12:30 PM mass is specially dedicated to :

healing for the victims of sexu-al abuse by religious personnel

atonement on the part of those who actively or by their silence allowed these actions to take

place

“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10

Even a few short moments in the silent presence of the Lord is a precious treasure, for it is in this silence that the Lord speaks to us.

NEW USHERS WELCOME!

Interested in finding a way to contrib-ute to the life of our Parish?

Ushers greet our parishioners and visi-tors each week, take up the collection

and assure that the church environment is warm and wel-coming. Adult men and women are most welcome!

Greeting each member of our parish family

with a welcoming smile is a blessed way to

begin Mass!

Please consider joining this vital ministry!

Contact the Parish Office 359-1230

New Adult Choir Members Wanted!

The Choir meets in the Church every Thursday evening from 7 PM—8:15 PM. It’s a warm and friendly atmosphere and every-

one is welcome!!!! Please consider joining this wonderful group which brings such joy to the Mass !

Questions? Contact Brian Dwyer at 845 323 2174

Remember—Singing is like praying twice!

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Sept. 23, 2018: $ 6824.50 Sept. 24 2017 $7101. .

On-line giving is quick and easy ! Join the increasing num-ber of parishioners who use it!

Thank you for your generosity

Recent Collections

The Daughters of St. Anne Trip

The Daughters of St. Anne is a group designed for those who are widowed, divorced, separated or singles who never married . On Tuesday, December 4th we are going to the Westchester Broadway Theatre to see Neil Berg’s

Broadway Holiday. The cost of the outing is $90 and includes Coach bus transportation, lunch and the show. Payment is due by October 31st. The bus will leave Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at 10am. Payment for both trips must be BY CHECK ONLY ( No Cash) paya-ble to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church. ALL PARISHIONERS ARE WELCOME! For additional information or to reserve your spot, please call Ellen Cahill 721-4441 or Martina Collins 914-320-8412.

Albertus Magnus High School

recently welcomed another large freshman class,

and we look forward to the new wave of AM Falcons, Class of 2023.

Open House

Sunday, October 21st 12:00 – 3:00 pm Presentations & Tours

Monday, October 22nd 6:30 – 8:30 pm Presentation & Tours

“Falcon for a Day” Program

8th grade students are given the opportunity to shadow a fresh-man student

Spend a day; you’ll stay four years!

COOP HSPT Exam

Friday, November 9, 2018

Register online for all events at www.albertusmagnus.net

Weekly Intercession during Respect Life

Month: October 14

For all of us, who are called by name

to be disciples of Christ: May he give us

courage to open our hearts to those

who are most vulnerable during this

Respect Life Month and always;

We pray to the Lord

St. Luke the Evangelist

On October 18, Catholics and other Christians around the world will celebrate the feast of St. Luke, the physician and companion of St. Paul whose gospel preserved the most extensive biog-raphy of Jesus Christ. St. Luke wrote a greater volume of the New Testa-ment than any other single author, including the earliest history of the Church. Ancient traditions

also acknowledge Luke as the founder of Christian iconography, making him a patron of artists as well as doctors and other medical caregivers. Luke came from the large metropolitan city of Antioch, a part of modern-day Turkey.. Historians do not know whether Luke came to Christianity from Judaism or paganism, although there are strong suggestions that Luke was a gentile convert. Educated as a physician in the Greek-speaking city, Luke was among the most cultured and cosmopolitan members of the early Church. Scholars of archeology and ancient literature have ranked him among the top historians of his time period, besides noting the outstanding Greek prose style and technical accuracy of his accounts of Christ's life and the apostles' missionary journeys. Other students of biblical history adduce from Luke's writings that he was the only evangelist to incorporate the personal testimony of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose role in Christ's life emerges most clearly in his gospel. Tradition credits him with painting several icons of Christ's mother, and one of the sacred portraits ascribed to him – known by the title “Salvation of the Roman People”-- survives to this day in the Basilica of St. Mary Major. Some traditions hold that Luke became a direct disciple of Jesus before his ascension, while others hold that he became a believer only after-ward. After St. Paul's conversion, Luke accompanied him as his personal physician-- and, in effect, as a kind of biographer, since the journeys of Paul on which Luke accompanied him occupy a large portion of the Acts of the Apostles. Luke probably wrote this text, the final narrative portion of the New Testament, in the city of Rome where the account ends. Luke was also among the only companions of Paul who did not abandon him during his final imprisonment and death in Rome. After the martyr-dom of St. Paul in the year 67, St. Luke is said to have preached else-where throughout the Mediterranean, and possibly died as a martyr. However, even tradition is unclear on this point. Fittingly, the evangelist whose travels and erudition could have filled volumes, wrote just enough to proclaim the gospel and apostolic preaching to the world. Luke is the patron saint of artists, bachelors, bookbinders, brewers, butchers, doctors, glass makers, glassworkers, gold workers, goldsmiths, lacemakers, lace workers, notaries, painters, physicians, sculptors, stained glass workers, surgeons. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-

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Pope Paul VI, a pope of dialogue Born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini on Sept. 26, 1897, Pope Paul VI led the Catholic Church from 1963 until his death on August 6, 1978. Succeeding John XXIII, Paul VI continued the Second Vatican Council implementing its numerous reforms. He wanted a Church that was in dialogue with the modern world. He treated the theme of dialogue at great length in his encyclical Ecclesiam Suam, released on Aug. 6, 1964, exactly 14 years before his death. In it, he wrote he felt a “vocation” to dialogue between the Church and the world. Faced with the issue of whether to change the Church ’s longstanding opposition to artificial birth control, Paul VI penned his landmark encycli-cal Humanae Vitae in 1968, delivering a strong “no” to change and re-affirming the Church’s teaching on contraception. Even though his papa-cy lasted for another 10 years, this would be his last encyclical. Once described by Pope Benedict XVI as “superhuman,” Paul VI governed the Church in the turbulent post-conciliar phase. In the words of Pope Francis, he was a man who “knew how to witness, in difficult years, to the faith in Jesus Christ.” Pope Francis has spoken repeatedly about his predecessor, and earlier this year he confirmed that Paul VI would be made a saint before 2018 was over. Even though Humanae Vitae has garnered much of the discussion over the legacy of his predecessor, for Francis there ’s another document that is “the greatest pastoral document written to date” - Paul VI’s 1975 ex-hortation on evangelization, Evangelii Nuntiandi (On Proclaiming the Gospel). In Evangelii Nuntiandi, Paul VI wrote that the Church itself “has a con-stant need of being evangelized,” and that people today listen “more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.” “The world calls for, and expects from us, simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility, detachment and self -sacrifice. Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man. It risks being vain and sterile,” Paul wrote. Paul will become the third pope that Francis has made a saint since his election five years ago.

Oscar Romero, El Salvador’s first saint

Oscar Romero, who will become the first Salvadoran saint, was born on August 15, 1917. He was gunned down during Mass in a hospital chapel March 24, 1980, a day after telling an army made up largely of peasants that they were killing their own people. “No soldier is obliged to obey an order that is contrary to the will of God,” he said. He was shot through the heart by gunmen linked to a right -wing death squad while celebrating Mass, after saying, “one must not love oneself so much as to avoid getting involved in the risks of life that history demands of us, and those who fend off danger will lose their lives.” Romero was outspoken against military oppression during his country ’s bloody civil war in the 1980s, and also of the role the United States played in it. In a letter he sent to U.S. president Jimmy Carter in February of 1980, he urged America not to send military aid to El Salvador: “You say that you are Christian. If you are really Christian, please stop sending military aid to the military here, because they use it only to kill my people. ” His death is considered by the Catholic Church to have been in “odium fidei,” meaning in hatred of the faith. Romero was beatified in San Salvador on May 23, 2015, in a ceremony that drew an estimated 250,000 people, believed to have been the larg-est religious gathering ever held in Central America. https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2018/05/19/pope -to-canonize-paul-vi-oscar-romero-in-rome-oct-14/

Two New Saints Canonized on October 14

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the Sacred Heart Church

TRAVIS MONUMENTS, INC.Specialists in Mausoleums and Monuments

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914-403-2758Blauvelt, NY

[email protected]

RC LIC# H-11518

John G. CarrollAttorney at Law

50 Lawrence Street, Tappan845-359-3640

Parishioner

BUCKINGHAM AT NORWOODCare & Rehabilitation Center

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Wyman-Fisher Funeral Home Inc.

Personalized Traditional Services • Ample Parking AvailableCremation and Pre-planning Specialists

~ SERVING ALL FAITHS SINCE 1919 ~ David Fisher, Owner / Director Andrew J. Vergine, Director | Christopher J. Vergine, Director

100 franklin avenue, pearl river845-735-2161

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Kevin StokesExcavating, Inc.

• Specialty pipe contractor• Sewer, water, drainage, waterproofing

• Sump pump diversions845-735-4096

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Moritz Funeral HomeINDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 1934

98 Route 303 • Tappan, NY 10983 348 Closter Dock Rd. • Closter, NJ 07624 (845) 359-0890 (201) 768-4200

Peter Dankiewicz, ManagerMark Dankiewicz, Director

Walter Dankiewicz, DirectorEugene Wouk, Director

HIEP SANITATION

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Call - 845-358-5363128 West Nyack Way

West Nyack, NY

Property & Casualty Business & Life Insurance

Financial Planning(845) 589-5100

[email protected] Route 303 - Suite 14, Congers, NY

“We Take Your Stress Away”SUNSHINE PLUMBING AND HEATING INC.offers the following services:Emergency Repairs • RenovationsAlterations • Hot Water HeatersService Contracts • Preventive MaintenanceExperts in Hot Water and Steam Boilers

Ralph Spano, Owner of Sunshine Plumbing and Heating, Inc. Has over 30 years of

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Call: 845-548-3054Email: [email protected]

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JOSEPH W. SORCE FUNERAL HOME INC.728 West Nyack Road, West Nyack, New York 10994

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SORCE ASSUMMA & SHANKEY FUNERAL HOME34 N. Summit Street, Pearl River, New York 10965

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Funeral Directors: Joseph P. Sorce • Melissa A. Sorce-DeNicola • John A. DeNicola

Our Family Serving Your Family