OUR LADY OF THE SACRED

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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

Summer Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9 AM - Noon

Clergy:

Rev. Francis Conka, C.O., Pastor Rev. Ravi Dasari, C.O., Parochial Vicar Rev. George J. Torok, C.O., Weekend Associate Rev. John Dwyer, Weekend Associate

The Oratorian Fathers: Rev. Roman Palecko, Rev. Vladimir Chripko; Rev. Thomas Kunnel; Rev. Martin Kertys

Staff: Kathryn Lavery, Parish Secretary Stan Kietur, Plant Supervisor

Religious Education: Anna Vero, Director; Mary Ouderkirk, Anne Swann, Assistant Directors

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: Martina Collins

Bulletin/Website: Mary Anne Evangelist

Eucharistic Ministers: Trudy Smith

Lectors: Tom Smith

Ushers: Ray Hayes

Liturgy , Learning and Outreach Committee Mary Anne Evangelist

Music Ministry: Organists: Brian Dwyer, John Piazza; Saturday Choir Director : Joan Deltoro; Sunday 10:30 AM Choir Director : Peggy Pome-roy; Sunday Leaders of Song : Mary Lynn Milazzo, Peggy Pomeroy, Keith Buterbaugh Choir Practice: Every Thursday 6 PM – 7:30 PM

Rosary Altar Society: Cathy Conway Meets Monday after the first Sunday, 8:15 PM , Sept.-June CYO Athletics: Mara Hauser Mommy and Me: Brenda Boysa and Lisa Connolly Every Fri. , 10 AM to Noon during the school year Knights of Columbus: Joe Martin St. Monica Prayer Group: Meets every Tues., 7 PM in the Oratory Chapel to pray for their children. Eleanor Klepper

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: First Sunday of the month, 1:30 PM Preparation class: Third Tuesday of the month, 7:30 PM Please call the rectory as early as possible, no less than 6 weeks 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 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

Twentieth Sunday in

Ordinary Time

August 14, 2016

“When finally the Blessed Virgin had fulfilled the

course of this life, and was now to be called out of

this world, all the apostles were gathered together from each region to her house…and behold the

Lord Jesus came with his angels and, receiving her soul…at the break of day

the apostles lifted the body with the couch and

laid it in the sepulcher, and they guarded it awaiting the coming of the Lord.

And behold the Lord again stood by them, and com-

manded that the holy body be taken up and

borne on a cloud into par-adise, where now, reunit-ed with (her) soul…” – St.

Gregory of Tours

Feast of the

Assumption of

the

Blessed Mother

into Heaven

August 15

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Masses of the Week

Saturday, August 13: Feast of Sts. Pontian, Pope and

Hippolytus, Priest and Martyrs

5:00 PM Fredrick Presti / Elena Tavolacci

Sunday, August 14: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 AM Joan & Daniel Dillon

10:30 AM Thanksgiving for all golfers who supported the

parish

12 Noon Deceased members of the Gallagher & Gill

families

Monday, August 15: Feast of THE ASSUMPTION OF THE

BLESSED VIRGIN

8:00 AM People of the Parish

12:30 PM People of the Parish

7:30 PM People of the Parish

Tuesday, August 16: Feast of St. Stephen of Hungary

8:00 AM Patrick Brady (living)

12:30 PM Zelko Grbic

Wednesday, August 17

8:00 AM Emilio Pagayunan/Celia Orlando de Leon

12:30 PM Lorraine Terrents

Thursday, August 18

8:00 AM Jarrid Scates

12:30 PM Barbara DeSapio

Friday, August 19: Feast of St. John Eudes, Priest

8:00 AM Special Intention

12:30 PM Paula Mirabal

Saturday, August 20: Feast of St. Bernard, Abbot, Doctor

of the Church

9:00 AM Catherine Assalone

5:00 PM Anne Healey

Sunday, August 21: Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 AM Bryan & Bridie McGuire

10:30 AM Anthony J. Maglione

12 Noon Josephine Lacalamita

From the Pastor:

In a world in need of real, self-sacrificial love, St. Catherine of Siena draws us into a deeper contemplation of the love of Christ for each one of us (courtesy of Magnificat this month):

“ Open your mind’s eye and focus it on Christ crucified, for he is the fountain where we can drink to the full, drawing from him sweet loving desires…. If you do, your words and actions will become like an arrow drawn red-hot out of the fire, that wher-ever it is shot sets on fire everything it strikes, since it can’t help sharing what it has…. think of your soul as entering the fiery furnace of divine charity, and love’s power will make you shoot out and share what you have drawn from the fire.

… You see, it was for hunger that he died. So intense was that hunger that the force of love produced a sweat not of water but of drops of blood. How could a heart be so hard and stubborn as not to burst with emotion from the warmth and heat of this fire? Contemplating it, we can only be like flax stubble thrown into the fire; it can’t help burning, since it is the nature of fire to burn and to transform into itself whatever comes near it. So we, when we contemplate our Creator’s love, are drawn at once to love him and turn our affection completely to him. In him all the dampness of selfishness is dried up, and we take on the likeness of the Holy Spirit’s fire.

Knowing this love, we can encounter others with pure hearts overflowing with Christ’s mercy.

With love and prayers, Fr. Francis

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Marie Brady, Patrick Boyle , Hadley and Connor Burns (infants) * Agnes Cacciola, Salvatore Caiola,

Joseph Cammarata, Bill Carberry, Richard Carney, Johanna Cas-tles, James Cody, Francis Conka Sr., Maria Conka * Austin De-Giorgio, Derek Delima, Baby Edward Dolan, Dennis Downing, Michael Doyle, John Duffy * Dorothy Ehmsen, Anna Evangelist * John Ferri, Sr., Rena Ferri, Sharon Foley * Shaun Green, * Don-ald Higgins * Guen Incigeri, Robert Incognoli * Margaret Kasper, Daniel Keywork, Matthew Kozak, Eileen Kunkel * Grace Leon, Rachel Lerch, Teresa Lynch * Catherine Mackenzie, Bro. Robert McGovern, William McGuire, Liam McGuire, Tommy McGuire, Patrick McKenna, Gerry McKeon, Kevin McSweeney, Dawn Mennillo, Maureen Moyse, Daniella Murphy * Bill Orange, Emilia Orona * Iluminada Pagayunan, Toddler Christian Perez, Marie Piazza, Deanna Procuit * Maeve Quinn * Ernest Rispoli * Gloria Santiago, Joseph Scanlon, Theresa Schrettner, Joseph Smith, Hunter Sterling (child) * Dawn Taggart, Jim Thompson * William Urban * Mildred Vero * Jim Walsh * Anna Young, Jo-seph Young

Please join us in prayer this week for :

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Parish:

The Parish Office will be closed on Mon. 8/15

Appeal for the Propagation of the Faith: We welcome Fr. Frank Grappoli s.x. a member of the St. Francis Xavier Foreign Mission Society, who will be our guest at all Masses next weekend, Aug. 20-21, to preach an appeal for the Propagation of the Faith. Please use the envelope that was in your packet earlier this summer for the second collection. If you do not have one, enve-lopes will be in each pew.

Feast of the Assumption of the BVM into Heaven: Monday, Aug. 15, the Feast of the Assump-tion, IS NOT a Holy Day of Obligation THIS YEAR. However, there will be the usual three Monday Masses and Miraculous Medal Novena. Please plan to celebrate this beautiful feast.

OLSH Parish Blood Drive: Sun., Aug. 28. There is now an EMERGENCY BLOOD SHORTAGE. Please plan to donate! Each and every pint can help save a life.

Summer Rectory hours: Unless otherw ise announced, the Parish Office is open M -F, 9 AM—Noon until Friday, Sept. 2. Please make every effort to call during those hours. At other times, please leave a message on the answering ma-chine and your call will be returned the next business day. In the event of an emergency, please call 845-359-5837

Community:

Eileen Ivers Band Concert at Dominican College: Friday, September 30, 8 PM. Tickets: dc.edu/ ivers2016 FMI: specialevents@dc.edu or call Mary Lichtman 845-848-7406

St. Catherine’s Parish Trips: Trip to Radio City Music Hall, Friday, November 18. Early Bird special $78. Buses leave St. Catherines at 5:30 PM FMI or tickets, contact : Joe Onativa (646) 648-0823 or jogger3@optonline.net

Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt Fall Festival: Save the date!: Join the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt for a day of fun with the family at their annual Fall Festival on Saturday, September 24, 2016. The Festival w ill begin at 10:30 AM and last untill 4 PM. You can learn more on our Facebook page. If you are interested in becoming a Vendor at the Fall Festival or know someone who would be, please contact Kbeckmann@opblauvelt.org.

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New notices are in blue

What does Mercy look

like?

Each month during this Year of Mercy we will focus on one of the

Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy and share ways each of us might integrate them into our daily lives.

For the month of August:

Corporal Work of Mercy: Visit the Imprisoned

Week 2: Learn what the church teaches about Capital

punishment

Spiritual Work of Mercy: Admonishing the Sin-

ner / Forgive Offenses

Week 2: Extend forgiveness to those who hurt you.

Last Call For School Supplies!!!!

Each year People to People sponsors the “Back to School with Dignity” program, providing, in addition to food, school supplies for children so that they can begin their new

school year as ready and prepared as their classmates.

The response from the OLSH parish family has been amazing! We w ill continue to collect your donations through Monday, August 15. This is a won-derful opportunity to teach your children the importance of taking care of others who are less fortunate than they. Have them help you choose the items they think these boys and girls would enjoy. Please see the list below for suggestions.

If you would like to make a monetary donation for this wonderful project, please write a check made out to People to People and place it in the collection basket in an envelope marked “Back to School with Dignity”

Thank you for helping these youngsters begin the year with a smile!

Supplies needed

#2 Pencils * Colored Pencils * Crayons Markers (fat and thin) * Pens (blue/black/red) * Highlighters * Pencil Sharpeners * Pencil Cases * Block Erasers * Pocket Folders Binders (1/2” or larger) * Loose Leaf Paper * Binder Dividers * Marble Notebooks * 3-subject Spiral Notebooks * 5-subject Spiral Notebooks * 4-function calculators * Protractor/Compass Set * Rulers * Scissors * Glue Sticks * Index cards (3x5) * Graph Paper * Book Covers * New Backpacks (for boys and girls, grades K-12)

2016 Cardinal’s Campaign: Final Report

OLSH

Goal

Pledged Paid Number of

gifts

Average

gift

$75,500 $83,720 $80,837 228 $367.

Thank you for your generosity !

Church: August 13-14: Carlos Valle

Chapel: August 15-19: Mary & Gabrielle

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Class assignments and the school schedule have been emailed to all registered fami-lies. Please respond to the email you received to confirm your child’s attendance. It was necessary to put some students into their second choice due to the fact that we did not get sufficient volunteers to teach all classes. Please call the school office at 365-2141 if you have any questions.

Parents with children entering 1st Grade: With all the other things you have to prepare your child for school, it is easy to forget to register for religion classes. Please visit our website at www.olshtappan.com to get information and a registration form or you may call the religious Education office at 365-2141

The Religious Education Office is located in the Rectory. Although the school office is not open for regular hours in the summer, you can call and leave a message on 365-2141 or email redirector@olshtappan.com and we will respond to your message ASAP.

Liturgical Ministers for August 20-21

TIME LECTORS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS ALTAR SERVERS

5:00 PM J. Sullivan M. Guiney, J. & K. Mastropolo D. Amaya-Ouijada

8:00 AM B. Vero D. & M. Kiely, A. Thalappillil A. & M. Clapp

10:30 AM M. Dornbush A. Bianco, F. Donnelly, A. Vero I. DeFelice, S. Wiese, M. Dixon, A. Witek

NOON M. Caporal M. Collins, J. Hauser, A. Young K. Torel, & K. Connolly

We must have confidence in God, who is what He always has been, and we must not be dis-heartened because things turn out contrary to us.

July 31, 2016 $ 6531.

Aug. 2, 2015 $ 6693.

Summer is often the time for well deserved vacations and we hope each of our families take the opportunity for rest and relaxation together.

However, our parish expenses continue while many of you are away. Please remember to bring your envelopes to church be-fore you leave or after your return. Envelopes provide an easy way to keep track of your annual charitable contributions. If you do not use weekly envelopes and would like to begin, please contact the rectory. Thank you!

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Tabernacle Candles

Weekly Quote from St. Philip

OLSH Weekly Collection

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Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)

Classes for parishioners who have not been Baptized or who would like to receive one of the following sacra-

ments for the first time: Reconciliation, Holy Communion or Confirmation will be held on Tuesdays, beginning Sep-tember 6. Members of the four parishes served by the Oratorian Fathers will make their preparation together with classes held at St. Anne’s School, Nyack. Each class will begin at 7:00 PM followed by instruction until ap-prox. 9:00 PM Participants will receive each of the sac-raments in their home parishes at the Easter Vigil Mass, 8:00 PM on Saturday evening, April 15, 2017. Please contact the rectory if you are interested or need more information.

SAVE THE DATE!!!

SUNDAY, Aug. 28

8:45 AM—1:15 PM

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We welcome the newest members of God’s kingdom :

Dominic Aiden Weintraub, son of

Christinamae & David Weintraub

Sancha Rose Pellegrino and Serena

Lucia Pellegrino, daughters of

Manushka & Richard Pellegrino

Mateo Joel Sandoval-Jimenez, son of

Tatiana Jimenez-Duarte & Joel Sand-

oval Aguilar

Calvin Marshall Kayser, son of Shelly

and James Kayser

Eloise Billie Cassetta – Kayser,

daughter of Brianne Cassetta &

Joseph Kayser

Andrew Charles Dilica, son of

Catherine & Mato Dilica

Kyle Matthew Hayden, son of Tara &

Matthew Hayden

Riley Kate Macalintel, daughter of

Yekaterina & Richmond Macalintal

Christopher Lincoln Otton, son of

Alanna & Christopher Otton

Ashley Nicole Parnas, daughter of

Dawn & Keith Parnas

Natalie Jane Schaefer, daughter of

Caitlin & Stephen Schaefer

Vivienne Mae Wargo, daughter of

Michelle & Brian Wargo

August 7, 2016

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church August 14, 2016

A Memorial Journey to

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

AT THE OCCASION OF THE 500 YEARS BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF ST

PHILIP NERI

FR. GEORGE TOROK

SPIRITUAL CHAPLAIN

DECEMBER 8 -13, 2016

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Children’s Corner:Today’s Gospel

Often when we think of Jesus, we think of him as a friend; a nice guy who helps people and who taught us to love each other. He was and is all of

those things but there is also another side to being the “nice guy.” Sometimes people get mad at the nice guy. There are people who are more concerned with being popular, wealthy, and powerful than they are with helping others or making the world a better place. When a nice person points out that they should stop being mean to others, they get mad at the nice person. That is what today’s readings are about - choosing which side you want to be on – Jesus’ or those who put them-selves before others. This can be a very difficult choice be-cause if you choose to be on Jesus’ team, others may not want to be friends with you anymore. There is the chance, though, that some of the people who chose not to be on Jesus’ team will see all of the good things that you are doing and how you are making yourself and others happy by helping others, and they will change their minds and will join you on Jesus’ team. An example of this would be if you are friends with the popu-lar kids in school. One of them starts picking on another kid. If you stand up to the popular kid and defend the other kid, you run the risk of not being part of the popular group any more. You know, however, that being a member of Jesus’ team means that you cannot let anyone get picked-on. Another ex-ample would be to include everyone in the games at recess, even the kids who are not very athletic. Help them to learn the skills needed to play the game. Don’t worry about those who make mistakes. Play so that everyone has fun and feels includ-ed. We choose to be on Jesus’ team when our daily choices are ones that Jesus would make to help, serve and love others, and our world. ( adorers.org)

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