Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Church July 5th, 2015 PASTORAL CARE FOR THE HOMEBOUND: If you are sick, homebound, or in the hospital and would like to receive Holy Communion or would like a pastoral visit, please contact Deacon John McCormack by leaving a detailed message at 914-456-6329 or calling the Parish Office at 227-1710. If you prefer, you may email Deacon John at jmac1255@gmail.com.

PRAYER NETWORK: The Prayer Network is a way to have prayers requested. Your intentions may be given to Nancy Vaughn at 226-4053 to be prayed for by our “vine” of caring people.

MUSIC MINISTRY: The Youth Choir practices on Wednes-days from 6 to 7:00 pm; Adult Choir practices are Wednes-days from 7:30 to 9:30 pm; Contemporary Ensemble prac-tices are Thursdays from 7 to 9:30 pm. All practices are in the church. For more information, please contact our Music Di-rector, Nina Ricci, at nina.ricci@saintkaterimusic.org.

PARENT/CHILD CONNECTION: The Parent-Child Connection provides a safe playgroup for young children and an opportu-nity for adults to share their understanding of early childhood issues in an environment that promotes Catholic values. Please visit our parish website to see a complete schedule.

T.L.C. TRI PARISH TEEN GROUP: The teen group is a pro-gram for all the high school students in the parishes of St. Denis, St. Columba and Saint Kateri. The program includes fun activities such as outings and trips, service activities for the parish and greater community, and opportunities to learn more about your faith.

PARISH MEMBERSHIP: New parishioners are always wel-come. New Parishioner Forms are available in the church narthex, at the Parish Office, or online. If you are a regular contributor, please consider becoming a member to ensure receipt of a tax statement at each year-end.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is the world’s most distinguished “Friends of the Poor”. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers assistance to those in need. Hotline for those in need: 227-7863.

OUR LADY OF LIFE MINISTRY: We meet monthly for prayer and support of local life needs. Hotline for those in need: Sisters of Life Mission: 212-737-0221 Birth Right: 1-800-550-4900 Good Counsel: 1-800-723-8331

Prayer to Saint Kateri Tekakwitha St. Kateri Tekakwitha, favored child and Lily of the Mohawks, I come to seek your

intercession in my present need: (mention it). I admire the virtues which adorned your

soul: love of God and neighbor, humility, obedience, patience, purity and the spirit of

sacrifice. Help me to imitate your example in my state of life. Through the goodness

and mercy of God, Who has blessed you with so many graces which led you to the true

faith and to a high degree of holiness, pray to God for me and help me.

Obtain for me a very fervent devotion to the Holy Eucharist so that I may love Holy

Mass as you did and receive Holy Communion as often as I can. Teach me also to be

devoted to my crucified Savior as you were, that I may cheerfully bear my daily crosses

for love of Him Who suffered so much for love of me. Most of all, I beg you to pray

for me that I may avoid sin, lead a holy life and save my soul. Amen.

DIRECTORY OF ACTIVITIES Adopt-A-Night (feeding homeless) ........... lacolla@optimum.net - Vivian LaColla Adult Faith Form/Bible Study ................... 223-3658 -------------------- Julie Borges Altar Linens ............................................... 227-2807 ------------- Geraldine Natale Altar Rosary Society .................................. 454-1840 ------------------ Betty Perrino Altar Servers ............................................. 227-1710 ----------------------------------- Baking ....................................................... 221-2741 ---------------- Lorraine Travia Baptismal Program ................................... 226-8987 -------------------- Deacon Bob Bereavement Group ................................. 221-2741 ---------------- Lorraine Travia bktbereavement@optonline.net Blood Drives ............................................. 590-1601 ------------------ Dusty Maiolo Chapel/Church Cleaners ........................... 223-5650 ------------------ Mary Covucci Church Decorators.................................... 227-1529 ------------------ Cathy Varano Cursillo...................................................... 226-5207 ------------------ Tony Martino Discover Christ.......................................... 223-3658 -------------------- Julie Borges Ecumenical Group .................................... 223-3658 ------------------- Dave Borges Eucharistic Adoration ............................... 223-3658 ------------------- Dave Borges Eucharistic Ministers ................................ 914-456-6329 - Dcn John McCormack Faith Formation/Family Catechesis…….… 227-1710 x3 ------------------ Heidi Reale Fund Raising ………………………………………….677-6496-----------------Anthony Cirone Gardening/Landscaping ............................ 223-5999————-Dennis Rosenfeld Hospital/Homebound Visits...................... 914-456-6329 ------------- Deacon John Hospitality ................................................ 677-6496 ----------------- Andrea Cirone Kateri Can Cook………………………………………223-5951 ---------------- Ellen Newhard Knights of Columbus ................................. 914-760-1744 -------- Keith McCartney kmhudson3@gmail.com Lectors ...................................................... 223-8410 --------- Deacon John Barone Leisure Club …………………………………….mlbiasotti2000@aol.com---Mary Biasotti Liturgical Minister Schedule ..................... 227-1710 ------------------ Denise Casey Joyful Noise………. …………………………………..227-1710 -------------------- Heidi Reale Junior High Club........................................ 227-8382---------Larry Ryan/ St. Denis Marriage Encounter ................................. 223-5661 --------------- Anne Anderson Men’s Group............................................. 223-3658 ------------------- Dave Borges Music Ministry/Youth Choir………..nina.ricci@saintkaterimusic.org ---- Nina Ricci Pancake Breakfast ................................... 223-5951 --- Robert & Ellen Newhard Parent-Child Connection ………………………..592-4322--------------------Kira Gorman kirazgorman@yahoo.com Parish Activities ……………………………………..221-0076 ------------- Ed & Laura Leahy Parish Council………………………………………...724-5331 ---------------- Marie Sanchez Prayer Shawl Ministry ............................... 223-5001 ----------------- Vivian LaColla Prayer Network ........................................ 226-4053 ----------------- Nancy Vaughn R.C.I.A./R.C.I.T. ......................................... 227-1710 --------------- Msgr. Desmond bktrcia@gmail.com Respect Life……sktforlife@optonline.net------Annemarie R./Cathy D./Andrew H Spirit Wind Prayer Group……………………… 440-3519 -------------------- Pat Mackey Spiritual Life .............................................. 227-1710 --------------- Msgr. Desmond St. Vincent de Paul.................................... 227-7863 ----------------- Joyce Pfirman Support for Military Families .................... 635-3623 --------- John & Ruth Recchia TLC Teen Group...914-708-7331...dpbell@optonline.net ---- Dave and Kathy Bell Teen Music Ministry………………………..nina.ricci@saintkaterimusic.org-Nina Ricci Ushers/Greeters ....................................... 677-6496 --------------- Anthony Cirone Vacation Bible School ............................... 226-8987 -------------------- Judy Horton Widows & Widowers Club ....................... 223-3097 ----------------------- -Joan Lee

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Monday ---------- July 6 St. Maria 9:00 am For All Parishioners Tuesday ---------- July 7 9:00 am Madeline & Martin Collins Wednesday ----- July 8 9:00 am Marie Pavelock By the Martino Family Thursday -------- July 9 St. Augustine Zhao Rong 9:00 am Kay Farrelly Friday ------------- July 10 9:00 am Elizabeth Casey By Susan Alperstein Saturday --------- July 11 St. Benedict, Abbot 9:00 am Alfred Pazerickis By the Saglibene Family 5:00 pm Tammi Caldararo By Marie & Ralph Lettieri Sunday ----------- July 12 9:00 am Anthony Cirillo By Betty Perrino 10:30 am Gloria & Neal Howe By Joe & Pat Mackey 12:15 pm Josef Sepp Gold By Norm & Giovina Dauerer 5:30 pm Howard Miller By Carol & Sylvio

PARISH INCOME REPORT In Pew Collection: $8,948.00

Last Year's In Pew Collection: $8,873.00

PARISH ACTIVITIES Monday ------------------- July 6 7:30 pm Adoration (Chapel) 7:30 pm Confessions (Chapel) Tuesday ------------------- July 7 7:00 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry Faith Formation Building: St. Cecilia 7:00 pm Spirit Wind Healing Mass (Chapel) Wednesday -------------- July 8 After the 9am Mass Confessions (Chapel) Thursday ------------------ July 9 7:00 pm Ultreya Faith Formation Building: St. Francis Saturday ------------------ July 11 4:00 pm Confessions (Chapel) 7:00 pm Covenant of Love Church Meeting Room & Faith Formation Building

SUNDAY JULY 12, 2015 LITURGICAL MINISTERS SCHEDULE

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Mass Lector Eucharistic Ministers Altar Servers

Sat. 5:00 pm – Msgr. Desmond Dave Anderson Anne Anderson, Connie Liccione,

James Werber Rebecca Campos, Kendall Feighan, Vaughn Feighan

9:00 am – Msgr. Desmond Anne Whitton Cathy Anderson, Patricia Lyons, Sally

Mastreani, Christine Ryan, Greg Wiley Joseph Whitton, Matthew

Whitton, Adam Wiley

10:30 am –Fr. Michael Carl Garofolo Jr. Angela Bava, Mary Pat Burke, Alexandra

Sullivan, Robert Young, TBD Anthony Testa, Christina Testa,

Julia Testa

12:15 pm – Msgr. Desmond Norma Kraus Lisa Coniglio, Joan Crowe, Marie Sanchez Chris Barnett, Ethan Coniglio,

Jozef Gjidoda

5:30 pm – Fr. Michael Bernard Zerfas Shannon Burke, Katie Hogan,

Erin Lemmey Michael Turenchalk, TBD

Marriage Banns III Michelle Barone & Christopher Canastro

III Kathryn Jackson & Salvatore Ilardi

TLC+TEENS LOVING CHRIST+TLC ALTAR SERVER TRIP TO DORNEY PARK

Please get your forms in for the +TLC+/Altar Server Trip to Dorney Park, Allentown, PA, on Wednesday, July 8th. The trip is now open to all 8th-12th graders in the parish. The bus will be leaving at 7:30 am from the Church North Parking lot, returning at 9:30 pm. The cost of $30 includes admission to the full size water park, amusement park rides and transpor-tation. You will need to bring money for meals. Permission forms must be filled out and signed by a parent, and a $30 check made out to St. Kateri or cash, handed in. Adults will-ing to chaperone, please see Msgr. Desmond.

Please pray for our parishioners serving in the military: Jamie Babon, Michael Baibagallo, Daniel

Barone, Timothy Douglass, Thomas Finn, Brandon Gonzalez, Matthew Howard, Kenneth Jablecki, Zachery Kirchner, Ian

Mackay, Joseph D. Nani, Vincent Nichtern, Max Ostachowsky, James Tindall, Matthew Walsh

THE POWER OF PRAYER If you would like to have your name, or know someone who has given permission to have their name, added to the prayer list, call Nancy Vaughn at 226-4053.

Please pray for those who are ill: Julie Borges, Denee DeVizio, Frank Fetzer, Anna Florence, Robert Florence, William Grafer, Robert Gruden, Dariana Jamison, Kate Madigan, Patricia and Kenneth McCabe,

Ashley O'Gorman, Edwina and Samuel Payne, Zachary Tank

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TLC + TEENS LOVING CHRIST + TLC +TLC+ events are as follows: Wednesday, July 8th: Dorney Park Trip Applications are being accepted for the Assateaque Trip.

ST. KATERI PARENT-CHILD CONNECTION This week's gathering is at the Stringham Park Playground, LaGrangeville. Contact Kira Gorman, kirazgman@yahoo.com or 592-4322.

LIGHTHOUSE CD’S AND BROCHURES The talks are available in the narthex. For questions, call Dusty Maiolo at (845) 590-1601.

FAITH FORMATION NEWS Registration for 2015-2016

Information sheets regarding the Registration Process are on our website, under the Faith Formation tab. Families must be registered with the Parish Office prior to registration. Please bring baptismal certificate and any prior Faith Forma-tion records to the Faith Formation office; these are needed to begin class registration. Please call the office if you have any questions; 227-1710 x 3.

Students preparing for Confirmation All Confirmation Forms were due on May 18th. Please call the office with any questions.

Summer Office Hours The Faith Formation office is now closed until August 17th. Forms can be dropped off in the Parish office if needed. Phone messages and email will be checked on a regular ba-sis. We pray that all of our families have a relaxing and blessed summer vacation. Christian Service Project Forms, for 2015-2016 8th grade students, were handed out to all students going into the 8th grade. Please encourage your child to start/complete these hours during the summer months (forms may also be found on our web page).

2015 CARDINAL'S APPEAL SAINT KATERI PARISH GOAL

We are conducting the Cardinal's Appeal for 2015. For those who have not pledged, cards are available in the back of the church. The cards can be placed in the collection basket. You may also

pledge at CardinalsAppeal.org Make sure you list Saint Kateri Tekakwitha as your parish. Please be generous.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL FOOD PANTRY NEWS This week, the SVDP's Food Pantry is in need of canned potatoes, cake/muffin mix, toothpaste & brushes, ice tea. If you need assistance, would like to volunteer or want to be a member, call 227-7863. The next meeting is September 9th at 7 pm in the Convent Meeting Room at St. Columba. Visit svdpfoodpantry.org

"Learn it, Live it, Share it."

"There is no limit as to what a man and woman who are in covenant with God and each other can do."

COL meets the 2nd Saturday of every month, 7-9 pm. Our next meeting is July 11th. All are welcome. For information, call Marcella or Kevin Gaughan at 845-453-8887.

JULY HEALING MASS A healing Mass, with a free flow of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, will be held on July 7th at St. Kateri. Guest celebrant will be Fr. Tom Kreiser of St. Patrick's in Yorktown. Praise and worship begins at 7 pm; Mass at 7:30. Prayers for healing follow Mass. All are welcome to come and be blessed. The event is sponsored by Spirit Wind Prayer Group of St. Kateri. For details, call Joe or Pat at 845-440-3519.

COLLECTION FOR THE SOLIDARITY FUND FOR THE CHURCH IN AFRICA

This week is the Collection for the Church in Africa. Your generosity will provide catechesis materials, staff, work-shops, retreats, and construction of new churches. Please give generously. Visit usccb.org/nationalcollections("Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa") to learn more.

CURSILLO WEEKENDS The Men's Retreat is September 24th-27th, and the Women's Retreat is October 22th-25th. For info, call Ginger Fisher at 297-4711.

THE ARK AND THE DOVE PRESCHOOL NEWS Preschool Teacher Needed

A part-time lead teacher (Monday-Wednesday-Friday afternoons) is needed for the Three-Day Threes program, beginning in September. A CDA certification or comparable education is required. For info, call 227-5232. Fax resumes to 227-0435, attention to Sarah Smith, by Monday, July 20th.

Come to The Ark! The Ark and The Dove Preschool of St. Denis Church has limited openings. A variety of Preschool programs for 2,3, and 4 year-olds are offered. Call 227-5232 for information or to register. Leave a message and your call will be returned.

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CATHOLIC COUNSELOR AVAILABLE Roger Szafranski LMSW, is an experienced clinical social worker who has worked with children, adolescents, adults and families in both clinical and school settings to address an array of emotional, psychological and behavioral issues. Roger has offered to meet with any of our parishioners who may be having difficulties dealing with personal, family or professional issues which may be causing stress, anxiety, and/or depression that may be impacting your life, marriage and/or relationships. Roger is offering his services, free of charge and in complete confidence, to help you through whatever challenges you may currently be facing. We have the ability for you to meet privately with Roger here at the church, and confidentiality will be assured. Contact Roger at 845-416-8993 or roger57@frontiernet.net

Please Join Us at 9 am Daily Mass

“JERICHO MARCH” AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD POUGHKEEPSIE, TUESDAY, JULY 7TH AT 7 PM

As the Lord instructed Joshua’s army to march around Jeri-cho seven times to win the battle, our peaceful, prayerful, pro-life army will march around Planned Parenthood in Pough-keepsie seven times praying that the walls of the abortion industry will tumble down. Please join us at Planned Parent-hood, 17 Noxon Street, Poughkeepsie, on Tuesday, July 7th at 7 pm. We need your help to end abortion.

ATTENTION ALL WWII & KOREAN WAR VETERANS If you are or know a WWII/Korean War Veteran, join us July 14th, 6:30 pm at St. Denis Parish Center for a presenta-tion by the Hudson Valley Honor Flight for WWII & Korean War Veterans to be honored on the next Honor Flight this Fall, or a future flight. Their mission is to bring veterans from the Hudson Valley on a one day trip to Washington, D.C. to be honored at their memorials. This is a day free of charge for veterans which will be a priceless experience. Flight Day will be filled with wonderful surprises. The ease and comfort of the flight allows every veteran to go, despite age or most medical conditions. Every veteran has their own Guardian, who can be a family member. (Not a spouse). If you don’t know a veteran, consider signing up to be a Guard-ian. To date, we have successfully transported over 650 vet-erans! Come Tuesday, July 14th, for information. Refresh-ments will be served. For questions, call St. Denis parishioner, Carol Deacon, 223-6724.

A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON THE SUNDAY READINGS HIS WORD TODAY by Rev. William J. Reilly Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 5, 2015 “As the Lord spoke to me, the spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard the one who was speaking say to me: Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, rebels who have rebelled against me; they and their ances-tors have revolted against me to this very day. Hard of face and obstinate of heart are they to whom I am sending you…they shall know that a prophet has been among them.”… “A prophet is not without honor except in his na-tive place.” We receive information from countless sources – internet, texts, twitter, TV, radio. We are most receptive to positive, pleasing news, things which make us feel good and uplifted. Sometimes we receive the results of a medical test, reports on a condition, that is neither reassuring or satisfying. But the information is important, so that a condition may be addressed. Ezekiel had a unique responsibility to ‘tell it like it is.’ He knew those to whom he was sent were hard and rebellious. He had a mission. A prophet in scripture is a spokesperson for God. Ezekiel called his people back to the Lord. Jesus’ hometown people took offense at His teaching. They didn’t want to hear the challenge He proposed. The church today needs prophetic voices. Pope Francis’ mes-sages are pleasing to most, yet he corrects and directs. Archbishop Romero’s voice was silenced by an assassin’s bullet. Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, spoke through kindness and compassion. May we all learn to hear and listen to the voice of God di-recting us through the Spirit.

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME First Reading: Ezekiel 2:2-5 Ezekiel is moved to respond to the call of God and to accen-tuate his teaching with a direct reference to the Word of God. Second Reading: II Corinthians 12:7-10 Paul had questioned the value of his suffering, and God re-plied, “My grace is enough for you, for strength is made per-fect in weakness.” Paul then realized that although he was weak against persecution, he was strong in faith. Gospel: Mark 6:1-6a Jesus could do little for those in his own part of the country, for their lack of faith in him was so great. Therefore, he spent much of his time teaching in neighboring villages instead. © 1999 Bon Venture Services, Inc

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