September 10, 2017 St. Columbanus Parish 122 Oregon Road Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 St. Columbanus Church and Rectory Rev. Pratap Reddy Gatla MHM, Parochial Vicar Rev. Msgr. Patrick J. Keenan, Retired Priest in Residence Christopher Mendoza, Deacon Adhur Lekovic, Deacon Bulletin Team, stcolumbanusbulletin@gmail.com Lauren Lazzari, Musical Director MASSES SATURDAYS: 6:00 p.m. (This satisfies Sunday obligation.) SUNDAYS: 8:00, 10:00 a.m. 12:00 Noon and 3:00 p.m. Traditional Latin Mass WEEKDAYS: 7:30 9:00 a.m. SATURDAYS: 8:30 a.m. EVE OF HOLY DAY: 6:00 p.m. HOLY DAYS:, 12:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. **Handicapped Accessibility* Saturdays 4:30-5:30 p.m. after the 6:00 p.m. Mass. Mondays during Holy Hour: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. RECTORY: Phone: 914-737-4705 / Fax: 914-736-7476 Rectory Office Hours: M-F 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance of desired wedding date. Every First Friday by Priests and Deacon. Special visitation by Eucharistic Ministers by request. DEVOTIONS: Rosary: Monday - Friday after Mass Saturday 1/2 hour before 8:30 a.m. Mass Divine Mercy: Monday-Friday after 9:00 a.m. Mass Miraculous Medal Novena Devotions: Every Saturday after 8:30 a.m. Mass Benediction Exposition: Monday evenings at 7:00 p.m. BAPTISM PROCEDURE: 1. Call Rectory as soon as possible. 2. Appointment for Parents with Priest; - this conference is mandatory. 3. Baptism Ceremony every Sunday at 1:15 p.m. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Isabel Arroyo, Coordinator (914-739-2441) Monday: 7:00-8:30 p.m.; Saturday: 9:00-10:30 a.m.; Sunday: 8:45-11:00 a.m., including Mass MISSION: Lake Peekskill, New York Oscawana Lake Road, Putnam Valley, NY Office: 914-737-4705 MASSES SATURDAYS: 5:00 p.m. (This Satisfies Sunday Obligation) SUNDAYS: 9:00 11:00 a.m. HOLY DAYS: 10:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. CONFESSIONS: hour before each Mass St. Columbanus School Ms. Carole Arbolino, Principal Mrs. Margaret Roche, Administrative Assistant School Phone: 914-739-1200 / School Fax: 739-1109 School Website: www.st-columbanus.com
SEPTEMBER 10, 2017 ST. COLUMBANUS CHURCH #481/PAGE 2 MASSES FOR THE WEEK SUNDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 10 8:00 a.m. Diane Bohlig 9:00 a.m. Stan Mycka 10:00 a.m. Intentions for Parish & Parishioners 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Geremia Ventura MONDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 11 9:00 a.m. Elisabetta Iozzo SUNDAY S READINGS Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time 1st Reading: Psalm: 2nd Reading: Alleluia: Gospel: If you do not speak out to dissuade the wicked from his way, I will hold you responsible for his death. (Ezekiel 33:7-9) If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. (Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9) Love is the fulfillment of the law. (Romans 13:8-10) God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. If your brother or sister listens to you, you have won them over. (Matthew 18:15-20) TUESDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 12 The Most Holy Name of Mary 9:00 a.m. Michael and Eulalia Kustoff (Living and Deceased) WEDNESDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 13 St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 9:00 a.m. THURSDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 14 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross 9:00 a.m. George Bell FRIDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 15 Our Lady of Sorrows 9:00 a.m. Eleanor & Bern & Amy Schlueter SATURDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 16 Sts. Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Joseph Spagna 6:00 p.m. Michael Longo CELEBRANTS FOR MASSES Saturday ~ September 16, 2017 5:00 p.m. Father Frank (NAM) 6:00 p.m. Father Paul Sunday ~ September 17, 2017 8:00 a.m. Msgr. Keenan 9:00 a.m. Father Paul (NAM) 10:00 a.m. Msgr. Keenan 11:00 a.m. Father Paul (NAM) 12:00 p.m. Father Frank PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH Kelsey Berger~Ralph Capodieci Annemarie DeScisciolo~Justin Fedele Mia Finnegan~Abina Furnari Alena Radke Gabriel~Frank Gaglione~John Grogan Barbara Gorbecki~Alex Hetsko Richard Jagdeo~Marvin Keeler~Christine Keenan Kerry Kennedy~Arlene Kolosky~Kevin Kolosky Vincent McKenna~Anthony Marino Joseph Marshall~Robert McLoughlin Roselea Megna~Robert Modena~Mike O Connor Howard Olsen~Vivian Pabon~Rich Pettersen Doreen Robinson~Fr. Francis Samoylo John & Cathy Samoylo~Patrick Scelza Robert Schiavo~Evan Shiels~Rosemary Soboleski Paula Stasfiero~Arlene Stetzner~Tony Tanner
SEPTEMBER 10, 2017 ST. COLUMBANUS CHURCH #481/PAGE 3 FOOD+REFRESHMENTS+BINGO=FUN Join us every Friday in Dillon Hall at 7:20 p.m. *Try your luck at our Quickie games *Come for the $250 Early Bird Special *Play the $900 Jackpot each week *Bring a new player & get a FREE admission ticket for that night! September 15th is Team #5 H. Onate & L. Perez Kitchen: P. HoSang & M. Morriss No one under 18 is allowed in Dillon Hall while Bingo is in session. STEWARDSHIP A WAY OF LIFE Tithing: God s Plan for Giving September 4, 2016 ~ $7,116.52 September 3, 2017 ~ $6,964.66 WINE, HOST, AND TABERNACLE CANDLE A donation of $25.00 will provide for the weeklong burning of the tabernacle candle in memory of loved ones. A like donation for the Hosts and wine offered at Mass may be given as a memorial as well. Please call or stop by the rectory if you would like to honor your loved ones in this holy manner. MARRIAGE BANNS BIRTHRIGHT FESTIVAL FOR LIFE Join Birthright of Peekskill for a day of music, performers and guest speakers. Pack a picnic lunch and bring the family! On Saturday, September 16th, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Birthright will be hosting their first annual Festival for Life at Peekskill s beautiful Riverfront Green. So let s celebrate life together! Birthright of Peekskill is a crisis pregnancy center in downtown Peekskill. They are part of an international organization which is non-denominational, non-political and devoted to helping mothers and their babies. LECTORS & EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS NEEDED Our Lord Jesus sends out his followers on a mission, God s call to service. We are in need of Lectors and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion to serve at St. Columbanus Parish. If you are 18 years or older and a practicing Catholic, then we invite you to join our family of loving and faithful lay ministers of God. Think about it, talk about it with your family and friends, pray on it, and lift it up to God s will. If you can give this service to our parish, please call the Rectory at 914-737-4705. We will have a training session for both groups in the near future. God Bless All. Deacon Christopher Mendoza Tushar Gupte and Marie Zipprich (III) COFFEE HOUR NEXT WEEK Please join us in Dillon Hall at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 17th, for some socializing and breakfast, courtesy of our parish s choir. SPECIAL COLLECTION FOR HURRICANE HARVEY VICTIMS A special collection will be taken on Sunday, September 17, 2017, to aid the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Please be as generous as your means allow. LATIN AMERICA & HOME MISSIONS COLLECTION TODAY A second collection will be taken up at all Masses today for the benefit of the Home Missions in Latin America. Please be as generous as your means allow. FOOD COLLECTION TODAY Donations of non-perishable food items will be collected today. Please place your items in the bins located in either of our Churches vestibules and thank you for your generosity to this much-needed cause.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2017 ST. COLUMBANUS CHURCH_ #481/PAGE 4 As I mentioned last week, there is a second collection this weekend for the Catholic Home Missions Appeal and the Church in Latin America. We will probably be taking a special collection for the hurricane victims in Texas in the next week or two. We should pray for all people suffering from displacement from their homes, whether through natural disaster or religious persecution. I would like to thank Fr. Anthony for helping us out at Mass. He was welcome to continue doing a Sunday Mass here but has now been given another job by the archdiocese working on the canonization of Dorothy Day besides his regular job in the marriage tribunal. I also would like to thank Fr. Emmanuel for helping us out during the summer. We hope he will join us at St. Columbanus in the summer during the coming years Both priests were helpful to the parish during my illness. Depending on my health I hope to be back in a limited capacity beginning this week. Again, thanks for your prayers. As I previously wrote, I will be saying Mass ad orientem ( facing east ). This is a liturgical sense referring to the fact that the Church would say Mass facing the east in expectation of the second coming of Christ. This is not a going back but rather as the Holy Father has said, an implementation of the documents of the Second Vatican Council that have been misinterpreted and misused to foster Abuses never imagined by the church fathers. In the missal for Mass it says that at the sign of peace The priest turned towards the people, extending and then joining his hands adds: The peace of the Lord be with you always. If the priest were already facing the people why would he need to be turned towards the people? The picture above is a picture from 2016 of Pope Francis saying Mass at the tomb of St. John Paul II in St. Peter s Basilica facing east. He and Pope Benedict every year have said Mass on the feast of our Lord s Baptism in the Sistine Chapel ad orientem. Indeed, Several Bishops in the U.S. have instructed their priests to offer Mass this way. It is always good to go to the original church documents than to rely on article writers who may have their own agendas. We are in need of Religious Ed. Teachers. If you are 18 years or older and you want to impart the true faith to the next generation please call our Rel. Ed. Office (914.739.2441). Married couples can also teach religion class together. We have sent in a contribution from our parish to the archdiocese for Hurricane Harvey relief. We will have a second collection next week, as well. As you may have noticed, at the beginning of Mass the entrance antiphon is being beautifully chanted as is the communion antiphon. We hope to put the music for the antiphons in the bulletin so those who wish to chant the antiphons may join in. The music director and I are hoping to find a hymnal that will fill our needs for a reverent Mass. Hope to see you at Mass In Jesus and Mary, Fr. Frank Samoylo
SEPTEMBER 10, 2017 ST. COLUMBANUS CHURCH #481/PAGE 5 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AID FOR THE NEEDY RAFFLE Each ticket offers a chance to win 1 of 9 prizes worth a combined $15,000 to be drawn at the K of C OKTOBERFEST Dinner/Dance. One (1) ~ $5,000 One (1) ~ $3,000 Seven (7) ~ $1,000 Tickets are $100 each. Only 300 tickets will be sold and we have 20 tickets left. Over the last 3 years, with your support, we have contributed $45,000 in support of St. Columbanus Parish, St. Columbanus School, Putnam Valley Food Pantry, Coats for Kids, Seminarian at St. Joseph, Wounded Warriors Project, and many other great causes. You can pick up an order form in the church vestibules, you can call Bobby Sellazzo at 914-497-0253, or speak to any K of C member. COMMUNION BREAKFAST The Knights of Columbus will be hosting a Communion Breakfast in Dillon Hall after the 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Masses TODAY, Sunday, September 10th. All are welcome to attend this free event. Come join us for some food and conversation THIS WEEK S EVENTS ~ Rosary Recitation ~ Monday-Saturday, 8:00 a.m. ~ Divine Mercy Chaplet ~ Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. Bible Study ~ Monday, 9:45 a.m. Adoration ~ Monday, 7:00 p.m. Bible Study ~ Monday, 7:00 p.m. Religious Ed. ~ Monday, 7:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus Officers Meeting ~ Monday, 7:30 p.m. Legion of Mary ~ Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. Bible Study ~ Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet ~ Friday, 3:00 p.m. Bingo ~ Friday, 7:30 p.m. Religious Ed. ~ Saturday, 9:00 a.m. Rosary Altar Mass ~ Sunday, 8:00 a.m. Rosary Altar Meeting ~ Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Religious Ed. ~ Sunday, 8:45 a.m. Coffee Hour ~ Sunday, 11:00 a.m.