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 Office Hours: Monday through Friday 9 AM - 3 PM

Fourth Sunday of Easter

Good Shepherd Sunday

April 17, 2016

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, Deirdre & Joseph Green, 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 and Learning Committee Mary Anne Evangelist

Music Ministry:

Organists – Brian Dwyer, John Piazza

Saturday Choir Director – Joan Deltoro

Sunday 10:30 AM Choir Director – Peggy Pomeroy

Sunday Leaders of Song – Mary Lynn Milazzo,

Peggy Pomeroy, Keith Buterbaugh

Choir Practice: Every Thursday 6 PM – 7:30 PM

Rosary Altar Society: Martina Collins & Anne Swann Meets Monday after the first Sunday, 8:15 PM CYO Athletics: Mara Hauser Mommy and Me: Brenda Boysa and Lisa Connolly Every Thurs. 10 AM to Noon during the school year Knights of Columbus: Joe Martin St. Monica Prayer Group: Meets every Tues 7 PM Oratory Chapel Eleanor Klepper 359-6864

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

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 to make ar-

rangements, 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.

Novena

Miraculous Medal, Monday after Masses at 8:00 AM,

12:30 PM and 7:30 PM.

First Friday

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 9AM to 7PM, fol-

lowed by Confessions, Holy Rosary and 7:30 PM Mass.

Fourth Sunday of Easter

Masses of the Week

Saturday, April 16

5:00 PM Donato & Adele Deltoro / Joseph Colletti, 1st

Anniversary

Sunday, April 17: Fourth Sunday of Easter

8:00 AM Anne E. McGillicuddy / John Kish

10:30 AM Kathleen McGrail / Jane Tunnera, 3rd Anni-

versary

12 Noon Helene & Louisa Durso

Monday, April 18

8:00 AM All souls unattended in Purgatory

12:30 PM Ralph Veth, 5th Anniversary

7:30 PM All souls unattended in Purgatory

Tuesday, April 19

8:00 AM All souls unattended in Purgatory

12:30 PM All souls unattended in Purgatory

Wednesday, April 20

8:00 AM Frank Biernacki

12:30 PM All souls unattended in Purgatory

Thursday, April 21: Feast of St. Anselm, Bishop, Doctor

of the Church

8:00 AM Al Buchholz

12:30 PM All souls unattended in Purgatory

Friday, April 22

8:00 AM Felicitas Sanchez / Matt & Steve McConville

12:30 PM John & Della Barrett / Paula Ramos Mirabal

Saturday, April 23: Feasts of St. George, Martyr and St.

Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr

9:00 AM Frances DiCostanzo

5:00 PM Gloria Durso / Eileen Neff

Sunday, April 24: Fifth Sunday of Easter

8:00 AM Filomena Fiorentino, 23rd Anniversary

10:30 AM John English

12 Noon Kathy O’Shea / Francis J. McAree Sr.

From the Pastor:

This weekend we celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday. Jesus is our Good Shepherd who wants everyone of us to have know His love and follow His way. A meditation from Blessed Charles de Foucauld may help us this week:

O Jesus, you said, “I am the door. If any one enters by me, he will be saved”… I do not want to content myself with reading your words, meditating upon them; help me, Lord, to apply them, to live them, to make them a part of my life… Help me to live by faith, leaving aside human reason, which is folly be-fore you, and regulating my life according to the words of your divine wisdom, which is folly in the eyes of men. Oh, that I may “enter through you” by loving you with all my heart… “enter through you” by imitating you… “enter through you” by obeying you. Sheep are united to their shepherd, because they look to him, follow him, and obey him; may I follow you and love you, my divine Shepherd, by copying their example; may I gaze on you in con-templation, and follow you by imitating you, and oh! may I obey you.

By following the Good Shepherd, we not only live truly Christian lives, but open doors for others to do the same.

With love and prayers,

Fr. Francis

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Our Lady of the Sacred Heart April 17, 2016

Please join us in prayer this week for :

Marie Brady, Patrick Boyle, Mary Burns, Agnes Cacciola, Joseph Cammarata, Richard Carney, James Cody, Francis Conka Sr., Maria Conka, Austin DeGiorgio, Agnes DeJoia, Derek Delima, Baby Edward Dolan, Dennis Downing, Mi-chael Doyle, John Duffy, Anna Evangelist, John Ferri, Sr., Rena Ferri, Sharon Foley, Shaun Green, Donald Higgins, Guen Incigeri, Robert Incognito, Daniel Keywork, Matthew Kozak, Eileen Kunkel, Grace Leon, Bernadette Lopez, Teresa Lynch, Catherine Mackenzie, Isabella Malick, Brother Robert McGovern, William McGuire, Liam McGuire, Patrick McKenna, Gerry McKeon, Kevin McSweeney, Dawn Mennillo, Daniella Murphy, Bill Orange, Emilia Orona, Iluminada Pagayunan, Mike Payne, Toddler Christian Perez, Marie Piazza, Maeve Quinn, Gloria Santiago, Joseph Scanlon, Theresa Schrettner, Joseph Smith, Hunter Sterling (child), Dawn Taggart, Jim Thompson, William Urban, Mildred Vero, Jim Walsh, Anna Young

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Upcoming Events

Parish:

Spring Fling Dinner Dance to benefit the Walsh family : Saturday April 23. Details on page 5.

Pocket Book Bingo: Save the date May 25!!! Last year’s event was a sold-out success! Watch the Bulletin

for details and plan to support OLSH and purchase your tickets EARLY!

Annual Parish Golf Outing: Thursday, June 2. Enjoy a day with friends and support OLSH.

Community:

Catholic Widows and Widowers Club of Rockland County: Next meeting, Sun. April 17, 6:30 PM St. Augustine’s Church. FMI: Dotty

623-1739

St. Giana Mass : For couples suffering infertility or frequent miscarriage; their families and friends, on Thursday, April 28, the Feast of St.

Giana, at 6:30 PM at the Church of St. Catherine of Siena, 411 E. 68th St., Manhattan. Following Mass there will be veneration of the relics of St. Giana as well as the opportunity to meet with medical professionals. Light reception. FMI: Sr. Shirley Ann, Respect Life Office 212-371-1011 x 3195 or sr.shirleyann@archny.org

Bereavement/ Ministry of Consolation: If you have lost a loved one, come for discussion, understanding and faith in healing. Tues-

days, May 3—June 7, 7—8:30 PM. St. Francis of Assisi Church, West Nyack. FMI: Call the rectory 845-634-4957

Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt 2nd Annual Nun Run. The 5K Race will take place at 9 AM on Saturday, May 7.To sign up visit,

www.tinyurl.com/2016NunRun. Use promo code Tappan at check out to receive a discount. Win a trip for the family to Disney World. Enter a raffle sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt to win a trip and airfare to Disney World in Orlando for 4. Hurry and enter in the raffle before tickets run out. Enter in the raffle by visiting www.tinyurl.com/DisneyRaffle. FMI : Katie Beckman kbeckmann@opblauvelt.org or 845-359-7327.

Couples from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart

parish celebrating their 50th wedding anni-versary any time in 2016 are invited to attend

the Annual Golden Wedding Jubilee Mass with Cardinal Dolan at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sat. June 25

at 1:30 PM or Sun. June 26 at 2 PM.

Pre-registration is required and seating is limited Please contact Kathy at the rectory 359-1230 no later

than May 15 to register.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart will also celebrate 25th &

50th wedding anniversary’s on Sunday, June 19, 2016 at the 10:30 AM Mass. Pre

-registration is required. Please call the rectory

before May 1st to register.

Weekly quote from St. Philip Neri:

"In temptation we ought not to say, "I

will do," "I will say," for it is a species of

presumption and self-confidence; we

ought rather to say with humility, "I

know what I ought to do, but I do not

know what I shall do."

The 2016 Cardinal’s Appeal continues!

The overall Archdiocesan goal is $20

million.

At OLSH, the goal we have been assigned is $ 75,500.

Summary to date : 4-8-16

Goal Pledged Paid Number of

Gifts

Average

gift

$75,500 $68,352. $49,597 156 $438.15

… to benefit the

good works of our

local Catholic Daugh-

ters of America

Sign up ASAP!!! Wednesday evening, April 20, at 7

p.m. in Connelly Hall, St. John's Church, 895 Pier-

mont Avenue in Piermont for a fun evening of pock-etbook bingo sponsored by the Catholic Daughters Court

St. Anne. Admission is $45 and includes 10 games of bingo, coffee, tea and dessert. Please BYOB - bring

your own beverage and appetizer. Doors open at 6:30. Support the Catholic Daughters and their 92 years

of service to the community. Checks should be made

out to CDA (Catholic Daughters of America) and brought to St. John's Rectory, 895 Piermont Ave., Piermont, NY. For further information please call Lucille 359-5789.

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Tabernacle Memorial Candles

Church: April 16-17 2016 1st Holy Communion

Class

Chapel: April 18-22 Francis Donnelly

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Confirmation Penance Ceremony: Sat. April 23 10 AM: Monday class and part of Wed. class;

1 PM: Sunday & Tuesday classes and part of Wednesday class. All parents, sponsors and confirmandi must attend.

Registration for 2016—2017 Religious Education: You may register your children during RE class times or in the RE of-

fice Mon.-Thurs. 12:30—3:30 PM. Registration forms may also be handed in to your children’s current teachers. A late fee of $50. now applies .

Scholarships for Religious Education: If tuition for this important program would be a financial burden that would pre-

vent you from registering your children, please contact the RE office to discuss the options that are available.

Liturgical Ministers for April 23-24

TIME LECTORS EUCHARISTIC

MINISTERS

ALTAR SERVERS

5:00 PM B. Baldes M. Guiney, E. Klepper,

P. Teahan

M. & S. Machado, B. Ehmsen

8:00 AM J. Milsovic J. Biernacki, G. Hughes, S.

Thalappillil

M. & M. Ruane, L. Martin,

C. Gordon

10:30 AM K. Buterbaugh M. Dominguez, F. Donnelly,

M. Gryzlo

A. Kugelman, C. & J. Scanlon,

J. McKenna

NOON N. Geoglis M. Collins, B. Ocasio, R. Wierer C. Pniewski, B. Collins

OLSH Weekly Collection

April 3, 2016 $ 6887.

April 4, 2015 $ 22,708. (Easter)

Thank you for your continued generosity. Envelopes provide an

easy way to keep track of your annual charitable contributions. Please contact the rectory if you want to use them.

Weekend Masses in Neighboring Parishes

One of the goals of the Making All Things New initiative is to increase communication and collaboration among the parishes in our area or “Cluster” . Weekend Masses for the five nearby parishes are:

CLIP AND SAVE THE MASS SCHEDULE ABOVE

Church Saturday eve Sunday morning/early afternoon Sunday late afternoon/

evening

Our Lady of the Sacred

Heart

5 PM 8 AM, 10:30 AM, Noon

St. Aedan 23 Reld Drive, Pearl River

5:30 PM 8 AM, 10 AM, Noon 7 PM

St. Catherine of Alexandria 523 Western Highway, Blauvelt

5 PM 8 AM, 9:30 AM, 11 AM, 12:30 PM 4:30 PM

St. John the Baptist 895 Piermont Ave., Piermont

5 PM 8 AM, 10:30 AM, 1 PM (Spanish)

St. Margaret of Antioch 33 N. Magnolia St., Pearl River

4:30 PM (gym) 7:30 AM, 9 AM, 10:30 AM, 11 AM (gym) , Noon 5:30 PM

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Marian Shrine (Haverstraw) designated one of five Holy Sites for Jubilee Year of Mercy

Cardinal Dolan decreed that, beginning December 13, 2015, and throughout the Jubilee Year of Mer-cy, the following shrines and churches in the Archdiocese of New York are holy sites and places of pil-grimage where a Holy Door, a Door of Mercy, will be opened and where the clergy, religious and faithful can obtain the Jubilee Indulgence:

• St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan)

• Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral (Manhattan)

• St. Frances Cabrini Shrine (Manhattan)

• National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Middletown)

• National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians (Stony Point)

All those who, on pilgrimage, enter a Door of Mercy with the proper intention and disposition, and fulfill the condi-

tions ordinarily attached to a plenary indulgence can obtain a Jubilee Indulgence once daily either for them-selves or for the souls of the faithful departed.

The usual and prescribed conditions for gaining a plenary indulgence of temporal punishment due to sins already

forgiven are:

Baptized Catholics in the state of grace (free from mortal or grave sin) who have the intention of gaining the indul-

gence must:

Have an interior disposition of complete detachment from sin, even venial or less grave sin;

Go to Confession (Sacrament of Reconciliation) within 20 days after performing the indulgenced work

(pilgrimage to the Door of Mercy);

Pray for the intentions of the Holy Father within 20 days after performing the indulgenced work. This prayer is

up to the individual, but customary and suggested prayers are: the Profession of Faith (Creed from the Mass)

or one "Our Father" and one "Hail Mary."

It is appropriate but not necessary that Sacramental Confession, reception of the Holy Eucharist, and prayer for

the Pope's intentions take place at the time of the indulgenced work.

174 Filors Lane, Stony Point. 845-947-2200, MaryShrine@aol.com

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