Sacred Heart Catholic Community

Saturday May 11 4:00 Helen Coffey Sulzman & Martha Coffey Bayly - Family

Helen Godfrey - Family

Roland Bennett (5th Anniv) - Wife, Suzanne & Family

Iva Riordan - Sacred Heart Altar Rosary Society

Ellen LaFontana - Mary Darian

Raymond Swart, Jr. - Catherine Pastore Hill & Brian

& Jennifer Hill

Sunday May 12 - MOTHER’S DAY 8:30 FOR ALL OF OUR MOTHER’S AND GRANDMOTHER’S 10:30 BOTH LIVING AND DECEASED

Monday May 13

9:00 Robert Fox - Wife, Theresa

Tuesday May 14 9:00 Theresa DeRubertis (22nd Anniv) - Barry & Julie

DeRubertis

Wednesday May 15 9:00 For the Intentions of Mike Mangione - Ladies of

Charity of Troy

6:30 CONFIRMATION

Thursday May 16

9:00 For the Intentions of Joseph M. O’Brien - Family

Friday May 17 9:00 Father Thomas Vail - Fr. Yanas & Fr. Vaughan

Saturday May 18 4:00 Leo Francis O’Connor - Mary Darian

Stella Dereski (30th Anniv) - Family

John Francis Lonegan (BdayRem) - Daughter,

Mary Darian

Laurel Bayly Scott - Ray & Diane Lammon

Ellen LaFontana - Eileen Shanly

Sunday May 19 8:30 John & Doris Kruegler - Family

Iva Riordan - Mary Slattery

Anna Maria Iannacito (BdayRem) - Family

George & Margaret Glenhoff - Daughter, Kay

Ray Lyons (Anniv) - Family

10:30 Sue Russell & Marie Styles - Holly Russell

Theresa DeRubertis - Barry & Julie DeRubertis

Paul DeAngelis - Gilmore Family

Nicholas E. McLain (4th Anniv) - Steve Renaldi &

Family

ETERNAL LIGHT: Ethel Posniewski - Daughter, Mary Riley

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK: Deb Shackett, Carol Martin,

John Kaniff, Heather Martin, Kurt Reiser, John O’Bryan, Josie

Bidwell, Mary Lourdes Betzenger, Tom Purcell, Michael Miller

and Richard Clements.

SACRED HEART CHURCH TROY, NEW YORK

SCRIPTURE READING REFLECTION In today’s brief Gospel, Jesus says simply: “My sheep hear my voice.” Have you ever seriously asked yourself: Do I hear His voice? We hear in today’s first reading how zealous Saints Paul and Barnabas were (we call them Apostles, even though neither was one of the twelve nor a follower of Jesus during His public ministry.) in trying to spread the Good News, despite the fact that they often met opposition. In today’s second reading about St. John’s vision of heaven for those who have borne/survived great distress; do we recognize that there was nothing easy or automatic about what they had to do to gain that reward in heaven? Yet it would seem to external observation that a considerable number of us cradle Catholics are living our lives on automatic, while the world around us drifts farther and farther away from the kingdom of God. E.g. We passively make no outcry against a government made up of so-called representatives we have voted for, which promotes wholesale abortion, about the teachers of our public school children, salaried by our tax dollars who promote the fallacy that the children may not be the same sex as the bodies they were born with. Do we passively allow the purveyors of political correctness to accuse us of hate crimes when confronted with values incompatible with Christianity? What might you suppose the voice of Jesus is trying to say to us today? And are we listening?

Kira Angrisano

Genevieve Bertrand

Skylar Burns

Jadon Cummings

Sean Dwyer

Brigid Mack Sarah Vandenburgh

Ryan McBride Amanda Angel

Erin Pendergast Aidan Loucks

Grace Rogers Michael Sullivan

Ethan Smith Noelia Feliciano

FAITH FORMATION

CONFIRMATION - The Confirmation Mass is

on Wednesday, May 15 at 6:30pm. Please be there

by 6:15pm. The Confirmation Mass Rehearsal is

on Monday, May 13 at 6:30pm. Attendance at the

rehearsal is mandatory for all candidates and

their sponsors.

World Youth Day participants are planning a power

point presentation of their trip to Panama in the multi

purpose room THIS SUNDAY, Mother’s Day, May 12

at 9:30am. Coffee and donuts will be served. Everyone

is welcome to attend! Our Altar Bread and Wine for the month of May has been

gifted in memory of the Deceased Members of the Gerald

O’Brien Family by Wife, Barbara & Family.

Bishop’s Appeal 2019 The Bishop’s Appeal officially started this past weekend.

We received 49 gifts totaling $19,060. A second collection

will be taken up for the next two weekends. We hope to

reach our goal of $69,661. There are extra envelopes in

the rear of the Church or you may contribute online at

www.thebishopsappeal.org Every gift no matter the

amount makes a difference. Thank you to all those who

have contributed.

Thank you for your contributions for the

weekends of: April 13 and 14

Regular Offertory $6152.00*

Includes $ 871.00* from electronic giving

Parish Upkeep $ 310.00 **

Includes $ 10.00** from electronic giving

April 20 and 21 Regular Offertory $ 2210.00

Easter $ 10,683.00

Parish Upkeep $ 328.00

April 27 and 28 Regular Offertory $ 4870.00

Parish Upkeep $ 15.00

Additional Easter $430.00

May 4 and 5 Regular Offertory $ 6057.00

Parish Upkeep $ 701.00

Additional Easter $ 45.00

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER MOTHER’S DAY MAY 12, 2019

SCHOOL NEWS No School:

The school will be closed on Wednesday, May 15th for a

Diocesan Faith Formation Day.

SHS Drama Club Presents: “Into the Woods”:

The Sacred Heart School Drama Club will be presenting

“Into the Woods Jr.” on Thursday, May 16th at 7:00 pm

AND Friday, May 17th at 7:00 pm in the gymnasium. All

are welcome!

The Land of Peace is a nonprofit organization with the

mission of helping and supporting Christian families in

the Holy Land through the Patriarch of Jerusalem. When

anyone purchases handmade arts they help our mission

and help the Christians in the Holy Land. The Land of

Peace will visit our church NEXT weekend May 18-19.

To donate online and for more information, please visit

our website: www.landofpeace.org

Sacred Heart Memorial Fund has a Good Purpose Some of you may be aware of the Sacred Heart Memorial

Fund. For those who are not aware, Father Yanas, along

with the members of the Liturgy and Finance Committees

are pleased to tell you that as of this year, all bequests

made in memory of a relative or friend will be placed in

the Memorial Fund Account and will be earmarked for

refurbishing our pews. As many of you have stated, this

project is long overdue and is now a top priority. For your

convenience, Memorial Fund Envelopes are available on

the bulletin table, or at the rectory, with the program at a

funeral, and most times at the funeral home at the wake

service.

Magnificat for Women’s Prayer Breakfast will be held on

June 1 at 9am. Clare Daly, Youth Minister at St. Ambrose Church

is the guest speaker at this morning event to be held at the Holiday

Inn Express, in Latham. Come for fellowship, sharing and prayer.

Cost is $20. Further information on the flyer in the back of

church. Contact is via email to: Albanymagnificat@gmail.com

On behalf of Fr. Vaughan, Fr. Yanas and staff, we wish to express our best wishes to all mothers as they celebrate the day on which they are honored. Please

be assured that your intentions will be remembered at the altar of God. May our Lord bless and keep you. With respect and affection, Fr. Yanas