January 21, 2018 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: 7:30 a.m., 12:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. **Handicapped Accessibility** RECTORY: Phone: 914-737-4705 / Fax: 914-736-7476 Rectory Office Hours: M-F 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 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. Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance of desired wedding date. Every First Friday by Priests and Deacons. Special visitation by Eucharistic Ministers by request. DEVOTIONS: Rosary: Monday - Friday after 7:30 a.m. 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 7:00pm BAPTISM PROCEDURE: 1. Call Rectory as soon as possible. 2. Appointment for Parents with Priest; this appointment 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
JANUARY 21, 2018 ST. COLUMBANUS CHURCH _ #481/PAGE 2 MASSES FOR THE WEEK SUNDAY S READINGS Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 1st Reading: The Ninevites turned from their evil way. (Jonah 3:1-5, 10) SUNDAY ~ JANUARY 21 8:00 a.m. Diane Bohlig 9:00 a.m. Gerald Kile 10:00 a.m. Intentions for Parish & Parishioners 11:00 a.m. Mary Roche (living) 12:00 p.m. John & Cathy Samoylo (living) MONDAY ~ JANUARY 22 Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children 7:30 a.m. Alyce Preisel 9:00 a.m. Gary Spennato TUESDAY ~ JANUARY 23 St. Vincent, Deacon and Martyr 7:30 a.m. Richard Williamson (2d anny.) 9:00 a.m. William Francis Solan WEDNESDAY ~ JANUARY 24 St. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 7:30 a.m. Kathleen T. & Cornelius J. Kearney 9:00 a.m. William Simunek THURSDAY ~ JANUARY 25 The Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Nancy McPartland FRIDAY ~ JANUARY 26 Sts. Timothy and Titus, Bishops 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Robert & Barbara Mazzarisi SATURDAY ~ JANUARY 27 St. Angela Merici, Virgin & Religious Founder 8:30 a.m. Mary Ellen Jelenek 5:00 p.m. John Parker 6:00 p.m. Michael Gillick (baby) (living) Psalm: 2nd Reading: Alleluia: Gospel: Teach me your ways, O Lord. (Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9) The world in its present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:29-31) The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the Gospel. Repent and believe in the Gospel. (Mark 1:14-20) CELEBRANTS FOR MASSES Saturday ~ January 27, 2018 5:00 p.m. Fr. Frank (NAM) 6:00 p.m. Fr. Paul Sunday ~ January 28, 2018 8:00 a.m. Fr. Paul 9:00 a.m. Msgr. Keenan (NAM) 10:00 a.m. Fr. Frank 11:00 a.m. Msgr. Keenan (NAM) 12:00 p.m. Fr. Paul PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH Kelsey Berger~Ceil & John Bowdren Ralph Capodieci~Dorothy Chartier~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 Tom Kemple~Kerry Kennedy Arlene Kolosky~Kevin Kolosky Vincent McKenna~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
JANUARY 21, 2018 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! January 26th is Team #1 D. DiPierro Kitchen: G. Ojeda 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 January 14, 2017 ~ $8,267.35 January 14, 2018 ~ $6,849.45 WINE, HOST, AND TABERNACLE CANDLE A donation of $25 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 d like to honor your loved ones in this holy manner. ATTENTION: CATHOLIC TEACHERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS The Archdiocesan Catechetical Office is sponsoring an Annual Retreat Day for Catholic Teachers in Public Schools Saturday, February 3, 2018 9:00am to 1:30pm Conference ~ Holy Hour ~ Liturgy Refreshments and Lunch will be served Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers 55 Ryder Road - Ossining, NY 10562 For questions: (914) 965-0490 Zelide.ceccagno@archny.org Artisanmusician80@msn.com ROSARY ALTAR SOCIETY NEWS The Rosary Altar Society will be attending the 8 a.m. mass today. Their meeting will be held in Dillon Hall at 9:30. All ladies in the parish are invited to join us. MARRIAGE BANNS Please notify the rectory six months prior to the proposed wedding date. CONGRATULATIONS! We welcome to our Catholic faith and Saint Columbanus family Reid Soto, the son of Wyatt and Priscilla, who was baptized on December 31, 2017, here at St. Columbanus Church. God Bless! SECOND COLLECTION TODAY FOOD COLLECTION THIS WEEK Donations of non-perishable food items will be collected at this weekend s Masses. Please place your items in the bins located in either of our Churches vestibules. Thank you for your generosity to this much needed cause. COFFEE HOUR TODAY There will be a Coffee Hour today after the 10 a.m. Mass. Sponsored by the Home/School Association. Please join us! This weekend there will be a second collection taken at all Masses for a Fuel Offering. Please be as generous as your means will allow. Thank you for your support.
JANUARY 21, 2018 ST. COLUMBANUS CHURCH #481/PAGE 4 I was recently given a book about a Spanish nun in Ecuador who received visions from our Lady. The following is taken from the online Michael Journal, May 1, 2004: This is not a new apparition. It took place in the early 17th century to Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres. The revelations of Our Lady of Good Success and devotion to Her miraculous Statue have been approved by the Catholic Church since the beginning. It was the 9th Bishop of Quito, Salvador de Ribera, who attested in official documents to the miraculous completion of the Statue by St. Francis of Assisi and the three Archangels St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael and presided over the anointing of the solemn consecration of the Statue in the Church of the Royal Convent of the Immaculate Conception on February 2, 1611. The devotion and apparitions were also authorized and promoted by the next Bishop of Quito, Pedro de Oviedo, who governed the Diocese from 1630 to 1646. Thus this devotion has enjoyed the support and approval of the Church since its very beginning. Many of the prophecies of Our Lady of Good Success have already been fulfilled. She predicted the proclamation of the dogmas of the Immaculate Conception and Papal Infallibility, the consecration of that country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the martyrdom of a Catholic president of Ecuador by Masons (President Gabriel Garcia Moreno, assassinated in 1875), and many other things that have come to pass. The most important prophecies of Our Lady of Good Success, however, spoke of the worldwide crisis in the Church and society that would begin in the 19th century and extend throughout the 20th century. During that time, She warned, there would be an almost total corruption of customs and Satan would rule almost completely by means of the Masonic sects. In the Catholic Church the Sacraments would be profaned and abused, and the light of Faith would be almost completely extinguished in souls. Truly religious souls would be reduced to a small number and many vocations would perish. Great impurity would reign and people would be without any care for spiritual matters. Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres (1563-1635) was a Spanish Conceptionist sister who traveled from her country to the New World to help to found the Royal Convent. The life of Mother Mariana was truly extraordinary. The number of visions and mystical favors granted to her as well as the miracles worked through her intercession are numerous. During her live, she was the superior of the Convent three times. During her first term as Abbess, she suffered persecutions from a group of rebellious nuns who wanted to relax the Rule. The rebellion grew, and the inobservant sisters put Mother Mariana and the other Spanish Founding Mothers in the Convent prison. Mother Mariana accepted all this and agreed to Our Lord's condition to suffer the torments of Hell for five years in order to obtain the conversion of the leader of those rebellious sisters. One of the most extraordinary facts of her life was a mystical-physical phenomenon: her several deaths and resurrections. Documented records from the Convent and Diocesan archives show that this truly holy religious died three times. Her first death was in 1582. Standing before the Judgment Seat, she was judged blameless and given a choice: to remain in celestial glory in Heaven or to return to earth to suffer as an expiatory victim for the sins of the 20th century. She chose the latter. Her second death was on Good Friday of 1588 after an apparition where she was shown the horrible abuses and heresies that would exist in the Church in our times. She was resurrected two days later on Easter Sunday morning. She finally died on January 16, 1635. Miracles worked through her intercession immediately followed. The body of Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres, along with the incorrupt body of another Founding Mother, is preserved in the lower level of the cloistered Convent. In 1906 during the remodeling of the Convent, the sarcophagus in which she had been buried in 1635 was opened and her body was discovered, whole and incorrupt. Today it is preserved in the lower level of the cloistered Convent. In Jesus and Mary, Fr. Frank Samoylo
JANUARY 21, 2018 ST. COLUMBANUS CHURCH #481/PAGE 5 BE-INFORMED THIS WEEK S EVENTS We hope you are enjoying the free parish subscription to www.formed.org which gives you access to quality Catholic on-line programs, movies, audios, and books. Simply register with parish code TBN82M and enjoy. Tomorrow is the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children. Study: Reborn, or Y Disciple: Prolife. Watch: The Value of Life or listen to There is Life in the Womb, Changed Forever, or Aborting America. ~ Rosary Recitation ~ Monday-Saturday, 8:00 a.m. ~ Divine Mercy Chaplet ~ Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. Bible Study ~ Monday, 9:45 AM Adoration ~ Monday, 7:00 PM Religious Ed. ~ Monday, 7:00 PM Bible Study ~ Wednesday, 6:00 PM RCIA ~ Thursday, 7:00 PM Play Group ~ Friday, 9:30 AM Divine Mercy Chaplet ~ Friday, 3:00 PM Bingo ~ Friday, 7:30 PM Religious Ed. ~ Saturday, 9:00 AM Religious Ed. ~ Sunday, 8:45 AM