Rev. Matthew Janeczko, OFM. Cap. Pastor – mjaneczko@sacredheartyonkers.org

Rev. John McHugh, OFM Cap. Associate Pastor – jmchugh@sacredheartyonkers.org

Br. Roger Deguire, OFM Cap. Parish Associate – rdeguire@sacredheartyonkers.org

Weekend Associates Rev. Robert Abbatiello, OFM Cap.

Rev. Michael Connolly, OFM Cap.

Rev. Senan Taylor, OFM Cap.

Mrs. Deanne May Office Manager/Religious Education Coordinator

dmay@sacredheartyonkers.org

Mr. Andrew Bauer Music Director – abauer@sacredheartyonkers.org

110 Shonnard Pl., Yonkers, NY 10703

www.sacredheartyonkers.org -A Ministry of the Capuchins of the Province of Saint Mary-

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Wednesday, 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. (Church)

Saturday, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. (Chapel Reconciliation Room)

(Other times: by appointment, call the Parish Office)

NOVENAS

Miraculous Medal - Monday following 8:30 a.m. Mass

Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Adoration - See Bulletin

Baptisms

Baptisms are usually celebrated on the last

Sunday of the month at 1:00 p.m.

Contact the Parish Office for information.

Marriages

Couples should contact the Parish Office

before setting their wedding date.

Please contact the Parish Office upon engagement;

wedding preparation usually takes at least six months.

Care of the Sick

Please contact the Parish Office when

serious illness or hospitalization occurs.

Anointing of the Sick and regular Communion Visits

can be scheduled.

Family Closet Thrift Shop

Saturdays 10:00 - 2:00

Please use entrance in back of High School under Breezeway.

Food Pantry

Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00 - 3:00

Parish Offices

40 Convent Ave., Yonkers, NY 10703 Monday - Thursday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon

Parish Offices: 963-4205 ∙ Fax: 476-4960

Schools: Elementary: 963-5318 ∙ High: 965-3114

SCHEDULE OF MASSES

Sunday Vigil 4:00 p.m.

1st, 3rd and 5th Saturday, Finian Sullivan Tower

2nd and 4th Saturday, Monastery Manor

5:00 p.m. Church

Sunday 8:00, 9:45 and 11:30 a.m.

Weekday Monday - Friday, 6:45 a.m.

Monday - Saturday, 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Day Schedule Please consult the Bulletin.

October 7th - 14th

Sunday, October 7th Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Gn 2:18-24/Heb 2:9-11/Mk 10:2-16

4:00 Vigil Sp Int For Our Parish Family

5:00 Vigil Decd Anderson & Quinn Families &

Eric Fitzgerald 8:00 Decd Danny Fontana

9:45 Decd Eleanor McCabe 11:30 Decd Ruth Abbatiello

Monday, October 8th - Gal 1:6-12/Lk 10:25-37

One Mass Only 8:30BSC Decd Agrippina & Andrew

DiGiannantonio & Family Tuesday, October 9th - Gal 1:13-24/lk 10:38-42

6:45BSC Sp Int 8:30MC Decd Denis Galle

Wednesday, October 10th - Gal 2:1-2,7-14/Lk 11:1-4

6:45BSC Sp Int 8:30BSC Decd John Louis Racioppo

7:30BSC Decd Souvenir Yonkers

Thursday, October 11th - Gal 3:1-5/Lk 11:5-13

6:45BSC Decd Carol Anne Gordon

8:30MC Decd Thomas F. Ryan (10th Anni)

Friday, October 12th - St. Seraphin of Montegranaro Gal 3:7-14/Lk 11:15-26

6:45BSC Sp Int Marty & Sue Ball (50th Wedding Anni)

8:30BSC Decd Br. Samuel A. Ryan CFC, Ryan,

Doyle & Lawlor Families

Saturday, October 13th - Gal 3:22-29/Lk 11:27-28

8:30MC Decd Danny Fontana

Sunday, October 14th Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Wis 7:7-11/Heb 4:12-13/Mk 10:17-30

4:00 Vigil Sp Int For Our Parish Family

5:00 Vigil Sp Int Class of 1963 8:00 Decd Alejandro Negrin

9:45 Decd Antonio Couto

11:30 Sp Int Class of 1958

Week of October 7th

Bread & Wine Decd Anderson & Quinn Families

Sanctuary Lamp

Sp Int Marty & Sue Ball

(50th Wedding Anni)

STEWARDSHIP OF GOD’S BLESSINGS

September 30, 2018…………..……..……………. ..$7,558.00 Last year…………………………….……...…..…......$7,980.75

St. Joseph’s Seminary……………………………….$1,857.00

Thank you for your continued support of our parish and its many needs.

May God bless your generosity to Sacred Heart!

My Dear Friends in Christ,

Before I offer some reflections upon this weekend’s

readings from Scriptures, I wanted to take this opportunity to offer some words of thanks:

Thank you to Ms. Frances Acosta, Principal of Sacred

Heart High School and Fr. Robert Abbatiello, for their awesome work on the Transitus of Saint

Francis this past Wednesday evening; thanks to the Secular Franciscans who provided ample

refreshments afterwards! (And an additional thanks for Fr. Bob for making sure the church

looked beautiful for the Feast!)

Thank you to Mr. Ben Glasser for his fine work on the pedestal for Saint Clare. I am so glad that Clare is

back in the church looking out for us all! Thank you to those who have come forward to offer to

be “Gardening” Angels. If you want to try out

your green thumb, we still have a few areas that need tender loving care!

This week’s Gospel is admittedly “tough” – make no

mistake about it, marriage isn’t easy. We celebrate a lot of weddings at Sacred Heart and some of my most

cherished moments are to be had in conversation with

couples preparing to offer their lives to each other. It seems worthwhile to note, especially in the today’s political

and religious context, that marriage is, at its best, a sign to the world of God’s enduring love for the Church. What

is more, it should go without saying that Marriage isn’t

easy: let’s pray for our married and engaged couples, and also never forget those parishioners who carry the cross of

separation and divorce in a profound way.

With prayers,

Wedding Banns

III Angel Cabassa & Christina Baez II Kent Fera & Pierina Bevilacqua

Please Pray

for the repose of the souls of the deceased parishioners of Sacred Heart,

and the Parish Family members listed in our

Prayer Intention Book

Adult Faith Formation

We are so happy that parishioners have responded to the call to start some new small faith groups! “Growing Older Gracefully” Book Club started this past week,

Plans are underway for a Couples Dinner Date Night, A Prayer Group honoring Fr. Padre Pio is finalizing their plans.

If you would like to start a group, lead a group or would like to find out about a group in formation,

please talk to Fr. Matt or email him with your ideas at mjaneczko@sacredheartyonkers.org. We are a vibrant parish with parishioners with so many talents,

let us hear about them!

NEW ALTAR SERVERS

Calling all 3rd graders and up

who would like to serve!

If would like to join the Altar Servers,

we will be holding a training session Wednesday, October 10 at 3:30.

If you would like more information,

please speak to Fr. Matt after Mass

or call the office at 963-4205.

BLESSING OF ANIMALS Sunday, October 7th, 12:30 pm.

Please bring your pet in a safe manner

(leash or carrier)

and join others in thanking God

for the gift of his creation!

Marian Procession

Please join the procession in honor of Mary on

Saturday, October 13th. This public procession to honor

Our Lady of Fatima will immediately follow the

5:00 Mass. A reception will follow in the Church Hall.

Pray the Rosary During the month of October, we invite you to join us at the many opportunities to pray the Rosary. On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, we will pray the Rosary at 7:00 pm in Portuguese. On Wednesday evening, (other

than October 3rd) we will offer the Novena of Our Mother of Perpetual Help at 7:00 pm, Mass at 7:30 pm and the Rosary will follow immediately after Mass. These will all be done in English. The Rosary for Life and Miraculous Medal Novena will also be prayed each Monday Morning following the 8:30 am Mass. All are invited to these events.

The Parish and School Offices

will be closed

Monday, October 8th

in honor of the

Columbus Day holiday

Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal Current Pledges $62,789 Goal $88,000

If you have not made your pledge yet,

a Donor from the Archdiocese has offered to match all donations through October 30th.

Donation envelopes are in the

vestibule of the church or Log on to cardinalsappeal.org,

Sacred Heart Parish is 571.

The Week Ahead…..

Sunday, October 7th

Religious Education 10:45 am Blessing of Animals 12:30 pm

Monday, October 8th

Parish & School Offices Closed Miraculous Medal Novena following 8:30 Mass

Rosary 7:00 pm

Religious Education 7:15 pm NO RCIA

Tuesday, October 9th

Br. Richard– Adult Faith Formation 10:00 am Rosary 7:00 pm

Wednesday, October 10th

Altar Server training 3:30 pm Rosary 7:00 pm

Our Mother of Perpetual Help Novena

Thursday, October 11th

Growing Old Gracefully—Book Discussion 9:15 am

Adoration 3:30-8:00 pm

Rosary 7:00 pm

Friday, October 12th

Prayer Shawl Ministry 9:15 am

Rosary 7:00 pm

Saturday, October 13th Lectio Divina 9:15 am

Marian Procession, following 5:00 pm Mass

Sunday, October 14th

Religious Education 10:45 am

SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL

OPEN HOUSE

Saturday, October 20th

10:00 am – 2:00 pm _______________________________________________________________

Thursday, October 25th

6:00—8:00 pm

For more information,

or to find out more about Open House or Shadow Days

please call the High School at 965-3114.

TEST FOR ADMISSION CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS -TACHS

To qualify for entrance to almost all of our Catholic High Schools (including Sacred Heart), eighth grade pupils must take the TACHS-Test for Admission to Catholic High Schools.

The examination will be held on Friday, Nov 2nd. Registration for the Examination must be done by Oct 15th.

Students may register online at www.tachsinfo.com or by phone at 1-866-618-2247.

Prayer Shawl Group

The Prayer Shawl Group started back in 2010 with the goal

of creating beautiful prayer shawls for distribution to the homebound, ill and bereaved. Over the course of the past

8 years, they have distributed hundreds of shawls and lap robes to parishioners, their families, and nursing homes.

Three years ago, they added hats to their list for hospice and hospitals for those suffering the side effects of chemo-

therapy.

Last year, they created over 130 red hats for the American

Heart Association’s “Little hats, Big hearts” program.

The group generally meets on the second Friday of the month in the Church Hall following the 8:30 Mass. If you

would like to join them, please bring your knitting needles,

crochet hooks, work in progress and see what this year will bring!

7th Annual Chili Hilly 5K Walk/Run

Saturday, October 13 10:00 am

Start and Finish: Palisade & Roberts Avenues Contact: NYSF10@gmail.com

Online Registration: www.active.com

Sacred Heart Parish Pasta Dinner Sponsored by the Parish Council

October 19th

7:00 pm Sacred Heart School Cafeteria

Dinner includes: Spaghetti, Meatballs, Salad, Bread, Soda,

Coffee and Dessert! Beer and Wine will be available

(Donations of baked goods for Dessert will be greatly appreciated)

Proceeds from the dinner will be used to replace some of the Christmas Trees in church.

Dinner reservations are required. Please call the Parish Office by

Monday, October 15th. 50/50 Raffle drawing during the dinner!

Pasta Dinner

50/50 raffle Tickets will be available after the Sunday Masses

October 14th or in the Parish Office

during the week!

Our honorees have been announced! SAVE THE DATE for the SHHS Scholarship Dinner on Friday, Nov 2nd when we will honor our dedicated community members with the following awards:

Joseph Gebbia: "Spirit of St. Francis"

Bob Skladony and Lynn P. Haley: "Commitment to SHHS"

Ana Eugenio Fontoura: "Distinguished Graduate"

SHHS Pipe Band: "Spirit and History" Ticketing information coming soon!!

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