OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART CHURCH

120 Kings Highway/Tappan,

New York 10983

Parish: 359-1230 • Fax: 359-1410

Religious Education: 365-2141

Web Site: www.olshtappan.com

Secretary@olshtappan.com

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9 AM - 3 PM

APRIL 9, 2017

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Masses of the Week

Saturday, April 8: Vigil of Palm Sunday

5:00 PM Anne Bittner

Sunday, April 9: Palm Sunday

8:00 AM Joan & Daniel Dillon

10:30 AM Leon Barron

12 Noon Anna Maria Fromholz

Monday, April 10: Reconciliation Monday

8:00 AM Tina & Senan Fitzmartin / Agnes Handley

12:30 PM Thanksgiving for OLSH Priests

7:30 PM Healing Mass Edgar Camarista / Ernest Vega

Tuesday, April 11: Tuesday of Holy Week

8:00 AM Anna Evangelist

12:30 PM Joseph Cammarata

Wednesday, April 12: Wednesday of Holy Week

8:00 AM Anna Evangelist

12:30 PM Jack Brady 5th Anniversary

Thursday, April 13: Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper

8:00 AM & 12:30 PM: NO MASSES

6:30 PM Mass of the Last Supper

Friday, April 14: Friday of the Passion of the Lord/Good Friday

8:00 AM & 12:30 PM: NO MASSES

12:00 PM Stations of the Cross

3:00 & 6:30 PM: Veneration of the Cross

7:30 PM Stations of the Cross

Saturday, April 15: Holy Saturday

9:00 AM & 5 PM NO MASSES

4:00 PM Blessing of the Food

8:00 PM Solemn Easter Vigil Mass

Sunday, April 16: Easter Sunday

7:30 AM People of the Parish

9:00 AM People of the Parish

10:30 AM People of the Parish

12 Noon People of the Parish

Please join us in prayer this week for :

Angela Aguirre * Marie Brady, Hadley and Connor

Burns (infants) * Noreen Carberry, Richard Carney, Johanna Castles,

Anne Marie Dwyer Cirrilla, James Cody, Virginia Colby, Francis Conka

Sr., Maria Conka * Austin DeGiorgio, Dorianne DeLise, Baby Edward

Dolan, Michael Doyle, Joseph Duffy, Catherine Moran Duplessis * Doro-

thy Ehmsen * Dan Falvey, Nathaniel Feminella ( toddler), John Ferri, Sr.,

Rena Ferri, Sharon Foley * Charles Geraldi, Shaun Green, Lucille Grip-

po * Donald Higgins * Guen Incigeri, Robert Incognoli * Margaret

Kasper, Daniel Keywork, Matthew Kozak, Eileen Kunkel * Brooke Lefe-

vre, Grace Leon, Rachel Lerch, Teresa Lynch * Catherine Mackenzie,

John Masterson, Courtney Mazzella, Gina McConville, William McGuire,

Tommy McGuire, Patrick McKenna, Gerry McKeon, Kevin McSweeney,

Dawn Mennillo, Maureen Moyse, Mary Mullany, Daniella Murphy *

Anna Napoli * Emilia Orona * Iluminada Pagayunan, Toddler Christian

Perez, Marie Piazza, Deanna Procuit * Maeve Quinn * Lukia Rios *

Presley Rios * Kathy Rywak * Gloria Santiago, Joseph Scanlon, Theresa

Schrettner, Joseph Smith, Hunter Sterling (child) * Dawn Taggart, Jim

Thompson, Theresa Timpanaro* William Urban * Mildred Vero *

Jim Walsh * Deana Wilkins (new names in blue)

From the Pastor:

Here we are! It’s Palm Sunday, the beginning of the holiest week of the year. Drink in these days to discover what tremendous love God has for you! Consider that He would hand over Himself in such humility for you! What love He has for you! What love He has for us! How many people in the world have no idea today how much they are loved by their Creator? This week is for us to look at Jesus on the cross and let His gaze pierce our hearts with the tremendous gift of His mercy – something so loving, so beyond human understanding. The world needs us to let His life, death, and resurrection free us out of the chains of human weakness and sin and be free to love with His love. I am praying that there can be great renewal this week for you. Encounter our Lord, in the sacrament of Reconciliation, in the Eucha-rist, in His Word in Scripture. Take time to pray this week. Set a new holy habit or two, too, if you can. Find a time to give to Him in prayer and He will make use of it and you for the salvation of souls, including your own. God bless your Holy Week! I hope to see you often this week! All are welcome. And always remember to invite a friend.

With love and Prayers, Fr. Francis

Readings for this weekend, Palm Sunday A, are found in section

823 in the Glory & Praise Missal

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Palm Sunday Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church April 9, 2017

Saturday/Sunday, April 8/9: PALM SUNDAY Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00 pm; Sunday Masses: 8:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 Noon

Monday, April 10: PARISH PENITENTIAL SERVICE AND HEAL-ING MASS / RECONCILIATION MONDAY

Confessions 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm in the Church (confessions also within healing Mass) Lent Healing Mass at 7:30 pm Holy Week:

Thursday, April 13: HOLY THURSDAY

No 8:00 am or 12:30 pm Mass Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 6:30 pm in the Church

Friday, April 14: GOOD FRIDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION

No 8:00 am or 12:30 pm Mass

Way of the Cross at Noon in the Church

Afternoon Liturgical Service of Veneration of the Holy Cross, 3:00 pm in the Church

Evening Liturgical Service of Veneration of the Holy Cross, 6:30 pm in the Church

Saturday, April 15: HOLY SATURDAY

No 9:00 am Mass

4:00 pm Easter Blessing of Food

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Confessions

8:00 pm Solemn Easter Vigil Celebration

Sunday, April 16: EASTER SUNDAY

Easter Sunday Masses:

7:30 AM, 9:00AM, 10:30 AM and 12:00 Noon

LENT and EASTER

SCHEDULE

In preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, please see page 5 for some Meditative Thoughts

about St Philip Neri and page 6 for an Examination of Conscience based on the 10 Commandments

Couples from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart parish celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary any time in 2017 are invited to attend the Annual Golden Wedding Jubilee Mass with Cardinal Dolan at

St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, June 11, at 2 PM Pre-registration is required and seating is lim ited Please con-tact Kathy at the rectory 359-1230 no later than May 5th to reg-ister.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart will also celebrate a 25th & 50th Wedding Anniversary Mass for our parishioners who are celebrating either of these anniversaries on Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 10:30am. Pre-registration is required. Please call the rectory no later than May 5th to register. We look forward to

You are Invited…..

+ SAINT PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL

+CHRISM MASS

TUES., APRIL 11TH

ROCKLAND COACH BUS AVAILABLE

The Mass of Chrism, Tuesday, April 11th, is a tradition which goes all the way back to the 5th century of our church. This, once a year, celebration manifests the unity of the priests with their bishop. This is an opportunity to celebrate Holy Mass with our Cardinal Archbish-op Timothy Dolan, his brother bishops and hundreds of our priests and deacons in our beautifully restored Cathedral of Saint Patrick.

During the Mass, the Cardinal will bless three sacred oils, the Oil of Catechumens, the Oil of the Sick and Holy Chrism. These oils will be used in the administration of the sacraments throughout the entire Archdiocese during the upcoming year.

The faithful of our Rockland Parishes are urged to make their attendance at this very beautiful as well as unique mass of Chrism a special part of their preparation for Easter.

For your convenience, the Rockland Deanery is sponsoring a com-fortable coach bus which will be departing from the, centrally locat-ed, St. Francis of Assisi parking lot, Parrott Road, West Nyack, at 1 PM on Tuesday. The 4:00 PM mass traditionally ends by around 5:15 PM and everyone will immediately the re-board the bus for the ride home. As in the past, a special block of seats has been reserved for our Rockland County bus contingent.

Those who are interested in attending the Chrism Mass or else would like further information are asked to contact the Deanery Office (St. Aedan’s) at 845-735-7405. You may confirm your seat reservation (first come - first served) by mailing or else dropping off your (non-refundable) $20 check (same as previous years) made payable to Saint Aedan Church.

March 26, 2017 $7028.

(This weekend in 2016 was Easter and will be reported with the 2017 Easter Sun-day collection)

Thank you for your continued generosity. Envelopes provide an easy way to keep track of your annual charitable contributions.

Please contact the rectory if you would like to use them.

However, if you are not using the envelopes you currently re-ceive because you make your contribution using another meth-

od, PLEASE NOTIFY the Parish Office to discontinue them. Since printing each set of envelopes is an expense to the parish, we

would appreciate the opportunity to make that savings. Thank you!

OLSH Weekly Collection

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Liturgical Ministers Easter Weekend April 15-16

TIME LECTORS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS ALTAR SERVERS

8:00 PM A. Knieriem, M. Stampone M. Burke, E. Klepper, A. Swann M. Tobin, B. Ehmsen

7:30 AM B. Vero P. Manieri, D. & F. Sepulveres

9:00 AM T. Smith B. O’Donnell, T. Smith, S. Thalappillil M. & S. Machado

10:30 AM M. Recchia F. Donnelly, J. Korn, A. Vero C. Pniewski, A. Witek, M. Hanebuth, S.Korn

NOON N. Geoglis L. & M. Payne, A. Young M. Dixon, L. Hunt

Church: April 8-9: John Masterson

Chapel: April 10-12 Anna Evangelist

Tabernacle Candles

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Parish:

Special Collection for the Holy Land: Good Friday

NO 7:30 Mass on Easter Monday, April 17

Parish Office Closed: 1 PM on Holy Thursday 4/13; all day Good Friday 4/14 and Easter Mon-day 4/17.

Mass Book for April, May and June is now open. If you prefer a specific date, please make your request as soon as possible.

Lenten Mite Boxes: To support the work of Catholic Community Services with the neediest in our communi-ty feeding the hungry and addressing basic emergency needs . Pick one up at the back of church .

Community: Academy of the Holy Angels in Demarest presents The Mystery of Edwin Drood: April 7th, & 8th at 7:30 PM, April 9th at 2:00

PM. The musical is a comedy - set in an English Musical Hall in the 1890's - full of vaudevillian humor and fun! When the play abruptly ends, the audience will be asked to decide who the murderer is, and the answer may be different every night! This award winning thea-tre program puts on an amazing show. General tickets are $15, and there are senior tickets for $10. There is also a interactive buffet dinner/show for $40 on Saturday night that begins at 5:30 with the cast. Tickets can be found at showtix4u.com . FMI call (201)768-7822.

Divine Mercy Sunday at the Marian Shrine: April 23, Marian Shrine, 174 Filors Lane, Stony Point. 9am - 4pm. Celebrant Fr. Andre Patenaude. Day of Hymns of Inspiration, Celebration of Mass, Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, Recitation of Rosary, Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Benediction. FMI: Kate Armstrong 845-548-6728.

Albertus Magnus 60th Anniversary Gala : Fri. April 28, Pearl River Hilton, $155./pp FMI: Albertus Development Office 623-8842 x 229 Immaculate Heart Academy Spring Open House on Wed. May 3, 6:30-8:30 p.m. This is a great opportunity to learn about the school,

the curriculum, and IHA’s artistic, athletic, and extracurricular programs. Administration, faculty, and coaching staff will be on hand to answer questions. Online preregistration is requested at www.ihanj.com. Busing is now available for Rockland and Orange County, NY students. FMI: 201.445.6800 . IHA is located at 500 Van Emburgh Ave., Township of Washington, NJ 07676.

Nun Run 5K Walk/Run: Sat. May 13 Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt invite parish teams and individuals to participate. A Parish Cup Invi-tational trophy will be awarded to the parish with the most registered team members. Team discount available. FMI contact Katie Beckmann 845-359-7327

Senior Retreat: Wed. May 24, 9:45—3 PM, St. Francis of Assisi Parish, W. Nyack. Open to ALL parishes. Sponsored by Catholic Charities Community Services of Rockland. FMI: 845-942-5791 x 17

New notices are in blue

Five Million Rosaries ! The rosary is a very powerful weapon in our fight against sin and evil. Our Blessed Virgin Mary, during the ap-paritions at Fatima, asked us to pray the rosary every day to obtain peace in our world. In this year, 2017, the 100th anniversary of the apparitions at Fatima, there is a movement underway to say 5

million rosaries for our country. Would you like to join in this holy endeavor? To learn about the rosary and to pledge to say your rosary, please visit: dynamiccatholic.com/5-million-rosaries/

OLSH GOLF OUTING

June 22, 2017

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Registration for the 2017—2018 Religious Education School year began March 5 and continues during class time. All families with children already in our school should have received an email (one per child) with a pre-filled registration form. If you have not received this email, please call the school office at 365-2141 M-F 9 – 2 and we will be happy to send you another one. Any parents with

children entering 1st grade in September should either call the school office or visit our website http://www.olshtappan.com/registration for a new student registration form. You may also register in the RE Office daily, M-F. Late fee of $50 applies beginning April 20. It increases to $75 on June 20. First come first served for class assignment.

Easter Recess: No RE classes Sunday April 9-Sunday, April 16. Classes resume Monday, April 17.

The Religious Education Office, located in the Rectory, is open daily M-F, 9 AM—2PM. After hours, you can call and leave a message on 365-2141 or email redirector@olshtappan.com and we will respond to your message ASAP.

Palm Sunday Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church April 9, 2017

The Example of St. Philip Neri:

A Commentary on Humility & Reconciliation…

*If Philip heard of anyone having committed a crime, he would say, "Thank God that I have not done worse."

*At confession he would shed abundance of tears, and say, "I have never done a good action."

*When a penitent showed that she could not bear the rudeness shown towards him by certain persons who were under great obligations to him, he answered her, "If I were humble, God would not send this to me."

*When one of his spiritual children said to him, "Father, I wish to have something of yours for devotion, for I know you are a Saint," he turned to her with a face full of anger, and broke out into these words: "Begone with you! I am a devil, and not a saint."

*To another who said to him, "Father, a temptation has come to me to think that you are not what the world takes you for," he made answer: "Be sure of this, that I am a man like my neighbours, and nothing more."

*If he heard of any who had a good opinion of him, he used to say, "O poor me! how many poor girls will be greater in Para-dise than I shall be!"

*He avoided all marks of honour. He could not bear to receive any signs of respect. When people wished to touch his clothes, and knelt as he passed by, he used to say, "Get up! get out of my way!" He did not like people to kiss his hand; though he sometimes let them do so, lest he should hurt their feelings.

*He could not bear two-faced persons; as for liars, he could not endure them, and was continually reminding his spiritual chil-dren to avoid them as they would a pestilence.

*He always asked advice, even on affairs of minor importance. His constant counsel to his penitents was, that they should not trust in themselves, but always take the advice of others, and get as many prayers as they could.

*He took great pleasure in being lightly esteemed, nay, even despised.

*He had a most pleasant manner of transacting business with others, great sweetness in conversation, and was full of com-passion and consideration.

*He had always a dislike to speak of himself. The phrases "I said," "I did," were rarely in his mouth. He exhorted others never to make a display of themselves, especially in those things which tended to their credit, whether in earnest or in joke.

*As St. John the Evangelist, when old, was continually saying, "Little children, love one another," so Philip was ever repeating his favourite lesson, "Be humble; think little of yourselves."

*He said that if we did a good work, and another took the credit of it to himself, we ought to rejoice and thank God.

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Palm Sunday Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church April 9, 2017

Reconciliation Monday, April 10, 2017 Confessions 3 PM—8 PM