Church of the Sacred Heart Hartsdale, New York 10530

Parish Mission Statement

Church of the Sacred Heart is a Community of Disciples of the Lord,

who invites us all, to gather as one, to hear His word, to give thanks for that word amid prayer and praise,

and to offer a loving hand of comfort and support to all,

Served by Rev. Michael Moon

Pastor Rev. James Villa

Msgr. Patrick J. Carney (Pastor Emeritus)

Deacon Robert J. Piloco

Rectory Secretaries

Doris Zapata-Torres Anna Campa

10 Lawton Avenue Office Hours: Monday to Friday,

9:00 am to 5:00 pm Tel: 949-0028/29 Fax: 289-0398

Email address: shchartsdale@gmail.com

School

Mr. Christopher Siegfried, Principal Mr. Cesar Rivera

Administrative Assistant 59 Wilson Street

Tel: 946-7242 Fax: 946-7323

Religious Education

Mr. Christopher Siegfried (Coordinator)

Ximena Arinez (Secretary) 59 Wilson Street

Tel: 946-7242, ext. 4 Email: sacredheartreprogram

@gmail.com

Sacristan Robert Muller

Music Ministry

Organists Karan Chin

Jin Lee Kyle Mange Susan Muller

Leaders of Song Camille Coppola Thomas Celestino

Lauren Meade

Adult and Children Choirs Karan Chin

Folk Group Director Jonathan Goldwasser

Mass Schedule

Weekend Masses Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm

7:00 pm in Spanish Sunday 8:00 am, 9:30 am,

11:00 am, 12:30 pm and 7:00 pm 4:00 pm in Korean

Daily Masses

Monday-Friday 7:00 am, 8:30 am and 12:10 pm Saturday: 8:00 am and 9:00 am

Holy Day Masses

When the Holy Day is a work day: vigil at 7:30 pm,

Day: 7:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:10 pm and 7:30 pm

Sacraments

Baptisms

Sunday at 2:00 pm Arranged two months in advance.

Marriages

Arranged six months in advance. Call rectory for appointment.

Reconciliation

Saturday between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm

Anytime upon request.

Anointing of the Sick Please call the rectory.

Communion to the Sick and

Homebound Please notify the rectory when

someone is homebound or being admitted to the hospital. A priest or

Eucharistic Minister will bring Holy Communion.

April 22, 2018 Fourth Sunday of Easter

Saturday, April 21: Vigil Masses 5:00 Norma and Michael Considine (A) 7:00 Special Intentions (Spanish Mass) Sunday, April 22: Fourth Sunday of Easter 8:00 Michael Ferretti, Jr. 9:30 Aldo Boemo (+) 11:00 Sacred Heart Parishioners 12:30 Patrick Kindelan (A) 4:00 Korean Mass 7:00 Mary, Carmela and Carl Raso (+) Monday, April 23: St. George; St. Adalbert 7:00 Simon Pilato (+) 8:30 Sandra Cardany (+) 12:10 Robert Mucucci (+) Tuesday, April 24: St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen 7:00 David De Souza (+) and Family Members 8:30 Francesco Fasano (A) 12:10 James & Eileen O’Connor (+) Wednesday, April 25: St. Mark 7:00 Raymond Chon (+) 8:30 Deceased Members of the Pereira Family 12:10 Grazia DiCiaula (A) Thursday, April 26: 7:00 Peter and Mary Lyden (+)(A) 8:30 Thresa Panicker (+) 12:10 Deceased Sicilian Family Members Friday, April 27: 7:00 Msgr. Peter Gelsomino (+) 8:30 Nancy Fox (Birthday) (Living) 12:10 Francis X. Walls Saturday, April 28: St. Peter Chanel; St. Louis Grignion de Montfort 8:00 Helena Santiago (Birthday) (Living) 9:00 Vincente Diamonte (+)(B) 5:00 Celso and Virginia Soria (+) 7:00 Dora Trujillo & Luis Carlos Garcia (+) (Spanish Mass) Sunday, April 29: Fifth Sunday of Easter 8:00 Claire Dalmas (+) 9:30 Pasquale & Filomena Ruvo (+) 11:00 Sacred Heart Parishioners 12:30 Joseph Aurichio (+) 4:00 Korean Mass 7:00 Richard S. Hughes, Jr. (+)

Saved by the one who was rejected

Some city teenagers often scorn and reject farm kids. Yet it’s no exaggeration to say that humanity owes its life to farmers who care for the world’s crops and livestock. This week’s scriptures remind us that Jesus was as rejected as a shepherd, a farm boy, yet we owe our very lives to him. In this Sunday’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles Peter tells the people that salva-tion comes through Jesus Christ, the one who was rejected. In John’s letter we hear that we have become God’s beloved children through Jesus, whom the world did not know. Lastly, in the Gospel Jesus describes himself as the Good Shepherd who “lays down his life for the sheep” (John 10:11). Will you join Jesus in lay-ing down your life for God’s beloved flock? Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Readings for the Week

Monday: Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4; Jn 10:1-10 Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26; Ps 87:1b-7; Jn 10:22-30 Wednesday: 1 Pt 5:5b-14; Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17; Mk 16:15-20 Thursday: Acts 13:13-25: Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27; Jn 13:16-20 Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-11ab; Jn 14:1-6 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 14:7-14 Sunday: Acts 9:26-31; Ps 22:26-28, 30-32; 1 Jn 3:18-24; Jn 15:1-8

Reference Key A - Anniversary (Deceased) B - Birthday (Deceased) L - Living + - Deceased

Saint Mark’s Story – April 25

Most of what we know about Mark comes directly from the New Testament. He is usually identified with the Mark of Acts 12:12. When Saint Peter escaped from pris-on, he went to the home of Mark’s mother.

Paul and Barnabas took him along on the first missionary journey, but for some rea-son Mark returned alone to Jerusalem. It is evident, from Paul’s refusal to let Mark ac-company him on the second journey despite Barnabas’s insistence, that Mark had dis-pleased Paul. Because Paul later asks Mark to visit him in prison, we may assume the trou-ble did not last long.

The oldest and the shortest of the four Gospels, the Gospel of Mark emphasizes Je-sus’s rejection by humanity while being God’s triumphant envoy. Probably written for gentile converts in Rome—after the death of Peter and Paul sometime between A.D. 60 and 70—Mark’s Gospel is the gradual mani-festation of a “scandal”: a crucified Messiah.

Evidently a friend of Mark—calling him “my son”—Peter is only one of this Gospel’s sources, others being the Church in Jerusalem (Jewish roots), and the Church at Antioch (largely gentile).

Like another Gospel writer Luke, Mark was not one of the 12 apostles. We cannot be certain whether he knew Jesus personally. Some scholars feel that the evan-gelist is speaking of himself when describing the arrest of Jesus in Gethsemane: “Now a young man followed him wearing nothing but a linen cloth about his body. They seized him, but he left the cloth behind and ran off naked” (Mark 14:51-52).

Others hold Mark to be the first bishop of Alexandria, Egypt. Venice, famous for the Piazza San Marco, claims Mark as its patron saint; the large basilica there is believed to contain his remains.

A winged lion is Mark’s symbol. The lion derives from Mark’s description of John the Baptist as a “voice of one crying out in the desert” (Mark 1:3), which artists com-pared to a roaring lion. The wings come from the application of Ezekiel’s vision of four winged creatures to the evangelists.

Reflection

Mark fulfilled in his life what every Christian is called to do: proclaim to all peo-ple the Good News that is the source of sal-vation. In particular, Mark’s way was by writing. Others may proclaim the Good News by music, drama, poetry, or by teaching chil-dren around a family table. Printed with permission from Franciscan Media; www.FranciscanMedia.org

Happy Easter

The staff and clergy of Sacred Heart Parish want to wish everyone a happy and blessed Easter Season. Thank you for your cards, baked goods and gifts. May God con-tinue to bless our parish.

Great News!

We are very happy to welcome back Fr. Anthony Uwandu who just returned to Sacred Heart from Nigeria.

Volunteer's Dinner

On Sunday, May 6, 2018 between 4-6 pm, Sacred Heart Church will host a pa-rishioners’ volunteer dinner. Please keep this date open. Flyers can be found in the back of our Church. Classes start in September 2018 and will meet on Sundays from 9:15 am to 10:30 am for students in grades 1 thru 8. Registration has started for the 2018-2019 program. Forms can be found at Sa-cred Heart School and online at: shcharts-dale.org. Positions are available for volunteer catechists and aides. If you have any ques-tions, please call our office at (914) 946-7242, extension 4 or you may send an email to: sacredheartreprogram@gmail.com.

Sick and Homebound If you know anyone who would like a visit from a clergy or Eucharistic Minister please call the rectory. This person may receive Confession, Anointing of the Sick or Communion. Thank you.

Just a Reminder

Please refrain from receiving the Blood of Christ if you are feeling sick or have a cold. Thank you.

Mass Attendance

Mass attendance for last Sunday was 1,261.

Last Sunday collection was $7,308.00. Thank you for your continued financial support to our Parish and its many needs. Your financial generosity for the upkeep of our Parish buildings and programs is essen-tial and greatly appreciated. The Annual Golden Wedding Anni-versary Mass will be on Sunday June 3, 2018 at 2:15 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Couples celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary during 2018 are invited to at-tend. His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Do-lan will be the principal celebrant. Pre-registration is required. Please contact the rectory to register. The closing date to regis-ter is May 14, 2018. This event is spon-sored by the Family Life / Respect Life Of-fice of the Archdiocese of New York.

Fabiana Mazzocco John McManus Joan McPhillips Patricia McQuade J. Lance Mead Joan Mino Anita Moranski Thomas Motta Elisea Ong John A. Pascucci Gloria Perone Judy Petersen John Petriccione Dolores Piazza Bernard Pieczynski Amalia Piomelli Clotilda Pipolo Andrew Pisacreta Dominic Plati Ben Rivera Nancy Rizzari Linda Rodrigues Lourdes Salonga McMillan Rosa Maria Santos Charles Saumel Grace Scoppa Denise Soranno Thomas Sorrentino Nicole Spano Vita Spano Andres Adolfo Suarez Christopher Terracciano Lisa Terraciano Maria Terracciano Richard Terraciano Marcilio Testa Geraldine A. Towey Helena Trindad Mario Troia Lisa Tyler Stanley M. Wiecinski Frank Wilcox Enrico Zaluski Silvia Zaluski Carmen R. Zapata

Beverly Barna Leonor Beltran Vidal Billalovos Joyce Bogetti Mary Brady Isabella S. Braga Catherine Bryceland George Busler Renee Cambridge Carlos Cardenas Geshika Chirinos Agada Chun Margaret P. Craig Frank Crea Mary Cremin Loretta Dalena Sophie Dargoltz Elizabeth De Vito Alda DeScenza Raymond Diggs Ambrogio Domenicano Kaelynne Driscoll Joseph Falzon TJ Finan Michelle Floriano Jeff Fox Teresa Fuentes Elizabeth Garrett Joseph Gjelaj Maribeth Groth Marion Gruber Victoria Guerrero-Smith Diana Haydon Angela Jones Maria Kucharzyk Jocelyn Laetzo Agustin Lago Maria A. Leite Theresa Leuzzi Flora Liberatore Lilia Lopez Orola Joseph Madappatt James Mallon Veronica Marasciulo

Pray for the Sick