September 23, 2018 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Columbanus Parish 122 Oregon Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 RECTORY: 914-737-4705 / 914-736-7476F Rectory Office Hours: M-F 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Rev. Edwin Nwabugwu, Parochial Vicar Rev. Msgr. Patrick J. Keenan, Retired Priest in Residence Christopher Mendoza, Deacon Bulletin Team, stcolumbanusbulletin@gmail.com Lauren Lazzari, Music Director MASSES - St. Columbanus Saturdays: 8:30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. (6 p.m. satisfies Sunday Obligation) Sundays: 8:00 a.m., 11:45 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) Weekdays: Mon 9:00 a.m. T - F 7:30 a.m. & 9:00 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 ** St. Columbanus School Ms. Carole Arbolino, Principal Mrs. Margaret Roche, Administrative Assistant Phone: (914) 739-1200 Fax: (914) 739-1109 Website: www.st-columbanus.com Church of the North American Martyrs MISSION: Lake Peekskill, New York 55 Oscawana Lake Road, Putnam Valley, NY Phone: (914) 737-4705 MASSES Saturdays: 5:00 p.m. (satisfies Sunday Obligation) Sundays: 11:00 a.m. Holy Days: 10:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. CONFESSIONS 1/2 hour before each Mass Religious Education Isabel Arroyo, Coordinator (914) 739-2441 stcolumbanusre@gmail.com Sat. 8:50 a.m.-10:30.a.m.; Sun: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. then Children s Mass 11:45; Mon 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 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. BAPTISMS: Call rectory as soon as possible.
September 23, 2018 ST. COLUMBANUS CHURCH #481/PAGE 2 MASSES FOR THE WEEK SUNDAY S READINGS 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1st Reading: Let us condemn him to a shameful death. (Wisdom 2:12, 17-20) SUNDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 23 8:00 a.m. Ann-Marie & Patricia Barber (living) 11:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m. For all those who supported the Barber Family during their time of grief MONDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 24 9:00 a.m. Elaine Flynn TUESDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 25 7:30 a.m. Cornelius J. Kearney 9:00 a.m. Susan Pascale (living) WEDNESDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 26 Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Jack McCague THURSDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 27 St. Vincent de Paul, Priest 7:30 a.m. Cornelius J. & Kathleen T. & Cornelius P. Kearney 9:00 a.m. Mary Margaret Coppola FRIDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 28 St. Wenceslaus, Martyr; St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs 7:30 a.m. Rose Barber 9:00 a.m. Eileen Rasmussen (living) SATURDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 29 Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels 8:30 a.m. Rose Barber 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Vincent P. McKenna (healing) Psalm: The Lord upholds my life. (Psalm 54:3-4, 5, 6-8) 2nd Reading: The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace. (James 3:16--4:3) Alleluia: Gospel: God has called us through the Gospel to possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Son of Man is to be handed over. Whoever wishes to be first will be the servant of all. (Mark 9:30-37) 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. Every First Friday by Priests and Deacons. Special visitation by Eucharistic Ministers by request. MARRIAGE BANNS Please notify the rectory six months prior to the proposed wedding date. Names of the sick are listed for six months from the date of the initial request. Contact the rectory if you wish to have someone added to the list. Ann-Marie Barber-Montlouis, Patricia Barber- Cronin, Justin Fedele, Robert T. Gulley, Alex Hetsko, Richard Jagdeo, Kerry Kennedy, Vincent McKenna, Robert McLoughlin, Roselea Megna, Vivian Pabon, Mia Reggina, Doreen Robinson, Robert Salvador, Fr. Frank Samoylo, John & Cathy Samoylo, Patrick Scelza, Kelly Small, Rosemary Soboleski
September 23, 2018 ST. COLUMBANUS CHURCH #481/PAGE 3 FOOD+REFRESHMENTS+BINGO=FUN Bingo is canceled for Friday, September 28. STEWARDSHIP A WAY OF LIFE Tithing: God s Plan for Giving September 16, 2018 ~ $6,795.32 September 17, 2017 ~ $8,062.37 ST. COLUMBANUS SCHOOL HEALING AFTER ABORTION Have you suffered an abortion? Experience God s love and mercy and begin the journey of healing. Please call the Sisters of Life: 866-575-0075 or e- mail: hopeandhealing@sistersoflife.org. For men, call Theresa Bonopartis at Lumina: 877-586-4621 or e-mail: Lumina@postabortionhelp.org. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #14991 AID FOR THE NEEDY RAFFLE Only 300 tickets are sold. Each ticket is $100. $15,000 to charity and $15,000 in prizes: 1-$5000, 1-$3,000, 7-$1,000. Only 50 tickets are left. Please help us have another SELL-OUT. We are in Open Enrollment for our school for Pre- K3 thru grade 7. Our school offers a faith based, fully academic curricula, plus music, art and Spanish classes. We offer before and after care. In addition, our Pre-K program offers a five half-day program and a five full day program. Please call us at 914-739-1200 for more information. SECOND COLLECTION NEXT SUNDAY A second collection will be taken next week to benefit St. Joseph s Seminary. Please be as generous as your means allow. Thank you. RCIA Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults RCIA is for: 1) Those not Baptized. 2) Those Baptized in another religion, but now wanting to be Catholic. 3) Catholics who were Baptized, but have not received Confirmation. Classes (informal) begin now and will be held in the Church Library. Please call the Rectory to Register: (914) 737-4705. USHERS MEETING TODAY The Ushers Society will meet in the School Library today after the 11:45 a.m. Mass. All ushers are asked to be there to facilitate our reorganization. Grab a flyer at the back of the church or call Bobby Sellazo at 914-497-0253 or Ed Crane at 914-433- 2866 so we can secure your ticket today. Thank you for your support. EWTN The New EWTN T.V. schedule is available at the Church exits. Please take one for a friend. HEALING MASS A Healing Mass, with a free flow of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, will be held Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish, 1925 Rte 82, LaGrangeville, NY 12540. Praise and Worship begins at 7:00 p.m.; Mass at 7:30. Individual prayers for healing follow Mass. Details call Pat or Joe at 845-440-3519. UNITY OCTAVE AT GRAYMOOR IN JANUARY Fr. John Kean of Graymoor is looking for three (3) parishioners to work on a team to promote Christian Unity in January. Fr. Kean is inviting our 3 parishioners to join other neighboring parishioners to a lunch at Graymoor on October 23rd at noon. The team will discuss the schedule for the Unity Octave in January. If you can help, please call the Rectory (914-737-4705) or contact Fr. Frank or Msgr. Keenan for more details.
September 23, 2018 ST. COLUMBANUS CHURCH #481/PAGE 4 ~PASTOR S NOTES~ [A] common turning to the east during the Eucharistic Prayer remains essential. This is not a case of doing something accidental, but of what is essential. Looking at the priest has no importance. What matters is looking together at the Lord. It is not now a question of dialogue but of common worship, of setting off toward the One who is to come. What corresponds with the reality of what is happening is not the closed circle but the common movement forward, expressed in a common direction for prayer. (Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) We can still use a few more teachers for Religious Education. It is only one day a week for an hour and a half as required by the archdiocese. It is rewarding to know that you have helped someone on the road to salvation. For those who use electronic giving for the Sunday and Holy Day collections, I want to thank you for switching to Parish Giving from Parish Pay. However, there are still a few who haven t changed over to Parish Giving. In this week s bulletin there is a flyer with information on how to do it. If you haven t switched yet, please do so as soon as possible. You can work directly with the people at Parish Giving. They will help you cancel Parish Pay and sign up for Parish Giving. It is important for our bookkeeping that all electronic contributors use only Parish Giving. I am trying hard to clean up the accounting system I inherited to make it conform to proper procedures. It is important to make sure your money is being accounted for in the right way. St. Matthew, Patron Saint of Accountants and Tax Collectors It has been said that the Catholic Church goes through trying times every 500 years. The first five centuries saw the church persecuted (3 million martyrs in 300 years) and also afflicted with early heresies that even denied that Jesus was divine. About 500 years later there was the division between the church in the east and the church in the west. In the sixteenth century we had the protestant revolt against the Catholic Church that divided Christendom and began the deterioration of western civilization. Today we have the errors of modernism, condemned by St. Pius X, blossoming with the acceptance of sexual immorality especially homosexual predation of young men by many of the clergy. It is a tragic time but it is also a time, as during other tumultuous eras, for saints to be made. We must speak out against the evils pervading our world and church; we must hold firm to ALL the teachings of our Catholic Faith; and we must pray and do acts of penance in reparation for sins, particularly those of homosexual predation that *cry to heaven for vengeance. (*Catechism of the Catholic Church no. 1867) No one can be a bystander. We have been confirmed by the Holy Spirit to be able to say with St. Paul, I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. (2 Timothy 4:7) In Jesus and Mary, Fr. Frank Samoylo
September 23, 2018 ST. COLUMBANUS CHURCH #481/PAGE 5 HEALING WEEKEND Beginning Experience of the Hudson Valley is offering a healing weekend from October 5 to 7 at the St. Lawrence Friary in Beacon, NY. This invitation is open to men and women of all ages who have suffered the loss of a spouse through death, divorce, or separation. It is a time to heal and a time to begin anew. Reservations are required. For information call Margaret at 845-383- 1746 or Denise at 845-325-3147. FORMED Not on FORMED yet? Go to stcolumbanus.formed.org. Click Register, then enter your name, e-mail address and desired password. You are now registered to enjoy the free parish subscription which gives you 24/7 access to over 300 quality Catholic on line programs, 99+ movies, 101+ audios, & 98+ EBooks. Today we honor St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio). Watch Padre Pio: Miracle Man or Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth. Also on September 26 th we honor Blessed Pope Paul VI, soon to be Canonized. Watch Paul VI: The Pope in the Tempest or Paul VI: The Misunderstood Pope. THIS WEEK S EVENTS ~ Rosary Recitation ~ Tuesday-Saturday: 8:00 a.m. ~ Divine Mercy Chaplet ~ Monday-Friday: 9:30 a.m. Adoration ~ Monday, 7:00 p.m. Religious Ed ~ Monday, 7:00 p.m. Divine Mercy ~ Friday, 3:00 p.m. Religious Ed ~ Saturday, 8:50 a.m. Religious Ed ~ Sunday, 10:00 a.m.