St. Columbanus Parish

St. Columbanus Parish 122 Oregon Road Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 St. Columbanus Church and Rectory REV. FRANCIS J. SAMOYLO, PASTOR Rev. Msgr. Patrick J. Keenan, Pastor Emeritus - Rev. Anthony Omenihu John J. Coppola, Deacon - Christopher C. Mendoza, Deacon Carol Connolly, Financial Administrator - Phyllis McGinnis, Secretary Bulletin Team, stcolumbanusbulletin@gmail.com Karen Longwell, Music 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 & 8:30 a.m. SATURDAYS: 8:30 a.m. EVE OF HOLY DAY: 6:00 p.m. HOLY DAYS: 7:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. *Handicapped Accessibility* CONFESSIONS: 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. MARRIAGES: Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance of desired wedding date. VISITATION OF SICK & SHUT-INS: Every First Friday by Priests and Deacon. Special visitation by Eucharistic Ministers by request. RECTORY: Phone: 914-737-4705 / Fax: 914-736-7476 DILLON (CHURCH) HALL: Phone: 914-736-1592 Parish Website: stcolumbanusparish.org Flocknote: archny.flocknote.com/columbanus DEVOTIONS: Rosary: Monday - Saturday before 8:30 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 or Deacon; - this conference is mandatory. 3. Baptism Ceremony every Sunday at 1:15 p.m. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Stephanie Carlone, Coordinator (914-739-2441) Monday evenings: 7:00-8:30 p.m.; Saturday mornings: 9:00-10:30 a.m..; Sunday mornings: 8:45-11:00 a.m., including Mass Church of the North American Martyrs MISSION: Lake Peekskill, New York 55 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: ½ hour before each Mass St. Columbanus School Mr. Frank A. Disanza, Principal Mrs. Margaret Roche, Administrative Assistant School Phone: 914-739-1200 / School Fax: 739-1109 School Website: www.st-columbanus.com

JULY 24, 2016 ST. COLUMBANUS CHURCH #481/PAGE 2 MASSES FOR THE WEEK MONDAY ~ JULY 25 Saint James, Apostle 7:30 a.m. Donna Sticco (Living) 8:30 a.m. Louise Stober MARRIAGE PREPARATION TUESDAY ~ JULY 26 Saints Joachim & Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary 7:30 a.m. Domingo, Danilo, Dean Mariano 8:30 a.m. Linda Conner WEDNESDAY ~ JULY 27 7:30 a.m. Thanks Giving 8:30 a.m. THURSDAY ~ JULY 28 7:30 a.m. Antoinette & Ercole Aquilio 8:30 a.m. Ellen M. Jagelski FRIDAY ~ JULY 29 Saint Martha 7:30 a.m. Sandy Bertolotti (Living) 8:30 a.m. Maura O Leary SATURDAY ~ JULY 30 Saint Peter Chysologus, Bishop & Doctor of the Church, BVM 8:30 a.m. Marlene Neske 6:00 p.m. John Montelone 1st Reading: Psalm: NORTH AMERICAN MARTYRS 5:00 p.m. William LaMarche SUNDAY S READINGS Let not my Lord grow angry if I speak. (Genesis 18:20-32) Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me. (Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8) 2nd Reading: God has brought you to life along with Christ, having forgiven us all our transgressions. (Colossians 2:12-14) Alleluia: Gospel: You have received a Spirit of adop tion, through which we cry, Aba, Father. Ask and you will receive. (Luke 11:1-13) Please notify the rectory six months prior to the proposed wedding date. STEWARDSHIP A WAY OF LIFE Tithing: God s Plan for Giving July 17, 2016 ~ $6,746.85 July 19, 2015 ~ $6,449.50 WINE & HOST MEMORIAM TABERNACLE CANDLE Please remember, 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. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH Nicole Cattano~Ernest DeCurtis Deacon John Coppola~Annemarie DeScisciolo Frank Fitzgerald~Sheila Fleitz~Abina Furnari Alena Radke Gabriel ~John Grogan Alex Hetsko~Marvin Keeler~Christine Keenan Kerry Kennedy~Arlene Kolosky~Anthony Marino Robert McLoughlin~Roselea Megna~John Michael Margaret O Reilly~Vivian Pabon~Tony Tanner Lawrence Paschetti~Rich Pettersen Margaret Regan~Doreen Robinson John & Cathy Samoylo~Paul Sarli~Patrick Scelza Evan Shiels~Kathleen Lippert Smeriglio Rosemary Soboleski~Paula Stasfiero Arlene Stetzner DIVINE MERCY FOR WORLD PEACE Please join us at 9:00 a.m., after the 8:30 a.m. Mass, to pray the Divine Mercy for world peace. Only through Jesus, with prayer, can peace be achieved.

JULY 24, 2016 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 $700 Jackpot each week *Bring a new player & get a FREE admission ticket for that night! July 29th is Team # 4 M. Bilotti Kitchen: D. Evangelista & J. Galanin No one under 18 is allowed in Dillon Hall while Bingo is in session. BLOOD DRIVE TODAY The Columbiettes will be hosting the annual summer Blood Drive Sunday, July 24th from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Blood Centers are in short supply and in desperate need of our blood. If you are 17 years of age or older and weigh at least 110 pounds you could probably give blood. God asks us to help our fellow man. What better way to help one than to save a life? Thank you. 2016 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AID FOR THE NEEDY RAFFLE Since we began in 2014, this event has allowed our Council to donate $30,000 to St. Columbanus Parish, the Putnam Valley Food Pantry, and K of C Council Charities. In 2016 we will continue to support these same causes along with the Wounded Warriors Project and a seminarian at St. Joseph s Seminary. Each ticket offers a chance to win 1 of 9 prizes worth a combined $15,000 to be drawn at the K of C OK- TOBERFEST Dinner/Dance: One (1) $5,000 Grand Prize One (1) $3,000 Second Prize Seven (7) $1,000 Third Prizes Tickets are $100 each. ONLY 300 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD. THIS RAFFLE SELLS OUT EVERY YEAR! BUY YOUR TICKET EARLY FOR YOURSELF OR WITH A GROUP! 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. FAMILY LIFE Natural Family Planning (NFP) Awareness Week 2016 will be celebrated nationally from Sunday, July 24 through Saturday, July 30. The 2016 theme is: Love, Mercy, Life! HEALING MASS Fr. Richard McAlear O.M.I., international retreat master, author and minister of God s Healing Power, will celebrate mass followed by a Healing Service at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish, 1925 Rte. 82, LaGrangeville, NY 12540 on Sunday, July 24th. Doors open 1:15; praise and worship begins 1:30; Mass 2:00. For details contact Pat or Joe at 845-440- 3519. A Healing Mass will be celebrated at Holy Rosary Church, Hawthorne, NY on Monday, Aug 8 at 7:30pm. Fr. Joseph Nahas will be the celebrant. REMINDER We d like to remind parishioners of the need to keep us informed of any address or phone number changes; this is especially important for the moderators of parish organizations. Thank you! RELICS OF THE PASSION In alignment with the Holy Father s declaration of a Year of Mercy, we are pleased to present a unique opportunity for our community to discover the meaning of God s Mercy, as given to us via His Passion. The Relics of the Passion program is being brought to us as part of a special nationwide tour by the Apostolate for Holy Relics. The holy and sacred objects that they have brought here for us are something that most of us would only have a once in a lifetime opportunity to see once when visiting Rome or the Holy Land. Please join us for this special program that highlights a collection of rare relics from the Passion of our Lord from the Last Supper to the Resurrection, with prayer, music, reflection, and an opportunity for personal veneration. The program will be held here at St. Columbanus Church on July 25, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. The program will also be given in English/ Spanish at Church of the Assumption in Peekskill on July 27, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.

JULY 24, 2016 ST. COLUMBANUS CHURCH_ #481/PAGE 4 Thank you for your generous response to Joe Quattrocchi from Good Counsel home for single mothers and their children. Just a note on one of Joe s comments on the rise of human trafficking: the Catholic Church was praised internationally for their work against this evil. But because the Church did not include abortion as a part of her program, the Church was denied funding to continue the great work it was doing. As we approach the political season it is good to remember that the right to life is the most crucial consideration when we vote. To vote for people who are pro-abortion is to cooperate in the evil. If we do not place the True Trinitarian God and His teachings first in our lives, our country and the world will never attain peace or ameliorate conditions like poverty in the world. As we continue to experience hot weather, I would remind everyone to be modest in dress when coming to Mass. Our churches are AIR CONDITIONED. As I previously mentioned, as schools have dress down days, we will have a dress up day for Mass every first Sunday. Let s look our best for our Lord Jesus. We continue with the fifth installment of the letter on the Mass by ROBERT CARDINAL SARAH, from Guinea, who is Prefect of the Congregation for the Divine Worship: As for the homily, it too is a liturgical act which has its own rules. The participatio actuosa in the work of Christ presupposes that one leaves behind the profane world in order to enter into sacred action surpassing all others (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 7). In fact, we claim somewhat arrogantly to remain in the human sphere so as to enter into the divine (Robert Sarah, God or Nothing, Ignatius Press, Chapter IV). In this sense it is deplorable that the sanctuary in our churches is not strictly reserved for divine worship, that people enter it in worldly garb, that the sacred space is not clearly delineated by the architecture. And since, as the Council teaches, Christ is present in his word when it is proclaimed, it is equally harmful when readers are not dressed in a way that shows they are pronouncing not human words, but the Word of God. OUR LADY OF FATIMA STATUE Next year is the 100th anniversary of the Blessed Mother s apparition to the 3 children at Fatima. At that time, Our Lady told the children to pray the Rosary daily and offer sacrifices for sinners. If her requests were fulfilled, the war would end and sinners would be converted. St. Columbanus Parish has a statute of the Pilgrim Virgin, Our Lady of Fatima. We hope you and your family will open your hearts and welcome the statue into your home to pray the Rosary with family and friends. To set up a date, or for more information, please call Bobbi at 914-737-1416, or Ann at 914-402- 4374. VOCATION DISCERNMENT The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne invite young women who are discerning a religious vocation to join us for a weekend of sharing in our life of prayer and apostolate in Hawthorne on July 29-31, 2016. Reservations are required. For information or reservations, please contact: Sister Alma Marie at (845) 745-1319 or vocationdirector@hawthornedominicans.org. ST. AUGUSTINE ANNUAL FESTIVAL St. Augustine Church, 381 N. Highland Avenue, Ossining, will have their 39th Annual Italian Festival on Tuesday, July 19 through Sunday, July 24 from 6-11 p.m. There will be a fireworks display on Wednesday, July 20 (raindate Thursday, July 21). Come and enjoy the delicious food, rides, fireworks, casino, games, and much more. For information call the Parish Office at 914-941-0067. In Jesus and Mary, Fr. Frank Samoylo

JULY 24, 2016 ST. COLUMBANUS CHURCH #481/PAGE 5 MASS TIME CHANGE Beginning September 1st, the 8:30 a.m. Mass will be changed to 9:00 a.m. (Monday thru Friday). LOST KEY There was a key found in the back hallway of the Church before the 8:30am Mass on Tuesday, June 28th. The key can be claimed in the Rectory office. ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE The Archdiocese of New York takes the stewardship of your donations and its resources seriously. If you have knowledge of financial misconduct or suspect that it might be occurring, please report your concerns via a toll free hotline, 877-820-0541, or at www.reportlineweb.com/adny. THIS WEEK S EVENTS Blood Drive ~ Sunday, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Rosary Recitation ~ Mon.-Sat., 8:00 a.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet ~ Mon.-Fri., 9:00 a.m. Adoration ~ Monday, 7:00 p.m. Legion of Mary ~ Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. Prayer Group ~ Wednesday, 4:45 p.m. Bible Study ~ Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. Divine Mercy ~ Friday, 3:00 p.m. Bingo ~ Friday, 7:30 p.m. BIBLE STUDY GROUP Our parish s Bible Study group meets on Wednesday evenings at 6:00 p.m. in the Msgr. Hannifin Library next to Dillon Hall. All parishioners are most welcome to join us for in-depth discussions of the Bible. For more specifics, please call Mary Ellen at (845) 526-2725.