OUR LADY OF THE SACRED

HEART

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

Twenty-first Sunday in

Ordinary Time

August 21, 2016

“ After the master of the house has arisen

and locked the door, then will you stand

outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open

the door for us.’ He will say to you in reply,

‘I do not know where you are from.” Luke

131

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church August 21, 2016

Masses of the Week

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

of the Church

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

Monday, August 22: The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin

Mary

8:00 AM Special Intention

12:30 PM John McKiernan

7:30 PM Patrick Kiely—in Thanksgiving

Tuesday, August 23: Feast of St. Rose of Lima, Virgin

8:00 AM Denis Collins

12:30 PM Betty Colt

Wednesday, August 24: Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle

8:00 AM Ryan Kaper 5th Anniversary

12:30 PM Felicia Geraldi

Thursday, August 25: Feast of St. Louis and St. Joseph Ca-

lasanz

8:00 AM Michael Carey

12:30 PM Rose McDermott

Friday, August 26

8:00 AM Steven Dornbush (living)

12:30 PM Deceased members of the Kiely & Skae families

Saturday, August 27: Feast of St. Monica

9:00 AM Daniel Fitzpatrick

5:00 PM Deceased members of the Gallagher & Gill fam-

ilies

Sunday, August 28: Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 AM Ann Fitzpatrick

10:30 AM Richard J. Nelson / Victor Balagot

12 Noon Louis Caserma / Anna Nuovo

From the Pastor:

Did you happen to catch Pope Francis this past week? As Vatican Radio translated it, on Sunday he said that:

Christ wants the Holy Spirit “to set alight our hearts and make us capa-ble of loving.” This fire, he explained, “has a creative strength that puri-fies and renews… it burns up every human misery, every egoism, every sin, it transforms us from within, it regenerates us.”

He explained that “if we open ourselves completely to the action of the Holy Spirit, He will give us the courage and the fervor to announce Je-sus and his consoling message of mercy and salvation to everybody, navigating in the open seas without fear.” "But the fire begins in our hearts."

He then went on:

the “Apostolic courage that the Holy Spirt ignites in us like a fire helps us to surmount walls and barriers, it makes us creative and it spurs us to set forth, journeying along unexplored or uncomfortable roads, offering help to whoever we encounter.”

Now more than ever, the Pope continued, there’s a need for priests, consecrated people and lay Christians to feel compassion and reach out like good neighbors to others, “those who are suffering, the needy, the many human miseries and problems, the refugees.”

When you read the news and watch our politics – and see the human misery in the streets and maybe even in our homes – consider this all an invitation for you to have apostolic courage. The world needs you to live the Christian life you profess. Offering help to whoever we encoun-ter. Going out to the peripheries, as Pope Francis often says. During this jubilee of mercy, find new ways to give love.

With love and prayers, Fr. Francis

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

la, Joseph Cammarata, Bill Carberry, Richard Carney, Johanna Castles, James Cody, Francis Conka Sr., Maria Conka * Austin DeGiorgio, Derek Delima, Baby Edward Dolan, Dennis Down-ing, Michael Doyle, John Duffy * Dorothy Ehmsen, Anna Evan-gelist * John Ferri, Sr., Rena Ferri, Sharon Foley * Shaun Green, * Donald 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, Tom-my 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 Tag-gart, Jim Thompson * William Urban * Mildred Vero * Jim Walsh * Anna Young, Joseph Young

Please join us in prayer this week for :

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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Parish:

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 this 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, envelopes will be in each pew.

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

Mass Book for October, November & December: W ill open at 9 AM on Monday, August 29. Please see the Guidelines for reserving Masses on pg. 5 of this Bulletin

Rosary Altar Society Fashion Show: Save the Date!! Thursday, October 6th, at The View, in Piermont. Fashions by Lord and Taylor - details to follow.

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.

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church August 21, 2016

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:

Spiritual Work of Mercy: Admonishing the Sin-

ner / Forgive Offenses

Week 2: When you correct someone, do it without

arrogance

Church: August 20-21: Daniel Fitzpatrick

Chapel: August 22-26: Deceased members of the Kiley and Skae families

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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 27-28

TIME LECTORS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS ALTAR SERVERS

5:00 PM B. Baldes E. Klepper, A. Swann, P. Teahan J & L. & Ouderkirk

8:00 AM T. Smith G. Hughes, P. Maneri, T. Smith A. & M. Clapp

10:30 AM A. Vero M. Dornbush, M. Gryzlo, S. Navedo

S. Wiese, R. Tracz

NOON E. Cahill S. Hunt, P. Lifrieri, B. Ocasio C. & J. Scanlon, B. Collins

They who have been exercised in the service of God for a long time, may in their prayers imagine all sorts of insults offered to them, such as blows, wounds, and the like, and so in order to imitate Christ by their charity, may accustom their hearts beforehand to forgive real injuries when they come.

August 7, 2016 $ 6700.

August 9, 2015 $ 6445.

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.

ElTwelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church June 19, 2016

Tabernacle Candles

Weekly Quote from St. Philip

OLSH Weekly Collection

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church August 21, 2016

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 sacraments for the

first time: Reconciliation, Holy Communion or Confirma-tion will be held on Tuesdays, beginning September 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 approx. 9:00 PM Participants will receive each of the sacraments in their home parishes at the Easter Vigil Mass, 8:00 PM on Sat-urday evening, April 15, 2017. Please contact the recto-ry if you are interested or need more information.

NEXT SUNDAY, Aug. 28

8:45 AM—1:15 PM

To make an appointment on line visit: https://drm.nybloodcenter.org/PublicScheduler/GroupLanding.aspx?GroupCode=61943

Reminder: The deadline for the Bulletin is 9 AM on the

Monday prior. Information received after that will be

placed in the following week’s bulletin as appropriate.

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Guidelines for Reserving Masses We are happy to share that the guidelines for reserving Masses introduced this year have made it possible for many more mem-bers of our parish family to remember their loved ones on days and dates that are meaningful for them. Your understanding and support is sincerely appreciated. In the Christian spirit of loving and helping each other, please note the following: 1. With the agreement of both persons who are requesting a Mass, the Mass can be offered for TWO intentions. When you come

to the rectory to request a Mass you will be asked if you would agree to sharing that Mass with someone else for whom that day is significant. If you do, a note will be made in the Mass book. The Mass is a most powerful prayer and God will bless your kindness, understanding and generosity of spirit.

2. During the first week the Mass book is open, M - F, an individual or household may reserve up to three weekend Masses. There is no limit on the number of reservations for weekday Masses, including Saturday at 9 AM.

3. You may call the rectory (359-1230) during business hours ( summer 9-Noon) to reserve a Mass and then follow up with your donation. Please remember, however, that when the Mass book first opens there may be significant wait time as the secretary attends to those in the office.

While some additional work remains to be completed on the bell tower, we are delighted to an-nounce that thanks to the efforts of so many members of our parish family who gave generously of both their time and resources, and supported numerous parish events, the renovations of the interior of our beloved Chapel are complete. We are so blessed to have this prayer-filled, peaceful place for daily Mass and to spend some time with Jesus. Please stop in to visit!

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Thank You for your Generosity !!!!

Your support for the Back to

School with Dignity program was amazing!!!!! A final

tally of OLSH dona-tions will be in next

week’s bulletin.

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Children’s Corner: Today’s Gospel

Following the rules never seems to be very fun. We always want to do what we are told we can’t. It can be hard to understand why God and others who say they love us and want us to be happy make rules that keep us from doing or having things that we want.

Today’s readings are about the importance of following the rules and how happy we will be if we do. Jesus talks about entering through a narrow door. He means that it will not be easy to follow the rules but if we do, we will get through that narrow door and get into His house/heaven where there will be an awesome party. (adorers.org)

Parents are a child’s first

teachers. Please take a few

minutes to share the mean-

ing of today’s Gospel with

yours.