WE PRAY

For those who are ill, including: Sandy Albert, Marcos Alexio, Cindy Augustine, Ellen R. Barbieri, Peter Benjamin, Frank Booth, Nelly Carillon, Debbie Coangelo, Teresa Cogan, Conall Crean, Bernier De Comes, Melania DiDomizio, David DiPietro, Mary Ann Dolan, Marlene Dufort, Mark Elliott, Mary Elizabeth Fraioli, Marty Gary, Robert Glickman, Alessandria Glickman, Eleanor Gordon, Patricia Haworth, Kerry Hegarty, Robert Heyde, Harvey and Mary Humphrey, Carol Hrabsky, Maureen Kohler, Fred Kriegel, Doro-thy & Dave Lakso, Armand Laurino, Zachary Lawrence, Lori Lamberti, Mary Lou Mannix, Martin Martinez, Bob Morris, Calum Mur-ray, Elizabeth Murray, Patricia Clifford Newman, Doris Nogueira, Scotty Norton, Doris O’Toole, Jack Pastor, Adriana Patino, Michele Phelan, Ann Marie Shower, Susan Testa, Annette Treacy, Joan Troccoli, Rosemary Walsh, Nicholas James Walsh, Missy Wey, Mary Williams, and Billy Zarcone.

We also pray for all those intentions in our Book of Prayer in the vestibule of the church. May all find healing and comfort in Jesus Christ.

CHURCH OF ST. AUGUSTINE, Larchmont, New York APRIL 21, 2019

EASTER SUNDAY

NOTE FROM THE PASTOR:

“Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.“ Easter sermon of St. John Chrysostom

Pastor’s Note

EASTER SUNDAY EVENING PRAYER Lent itself ends on the evening of Holy Thursday (the vigil of Good Friday). The Church then begins the Triduum, the most sacred three days of the year. Everything rests on the Triduum. All of the other feast days in the year are based on the mysteries that are celebrat-ed during the Triduum. The Triduum ends with evening prayer on Easter Sunday night, as dusk begins to fall. Also known as vespers, even-ing prayer is part of the Liturgy of the Hours. Today few parishes actually celebrate vespers on Easter Sunday evening. The reason for this is a practical one: the parish ministers (especially the ministers of music) are usually exhausted after a long Easter Vigil and the Masses on Easter morning.

AN EASTER THOUGHT Easter isn’t just a feast. It’s a whole season. It’s a 50-day season to celebrate something that can brighten my darkest day. What is that something? Get ready for this: to place myself every day in God’s hands. It’s not hard to do. God’s embrace always enfolds me despite my failures along the way. Then when I die, I continue to place myself in the hands of God, and God brings me through death. It’s true. Jesus showed the way. Happy Easter!

Call to Discipleship: “God, the all powerful Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, has given us a new birth by water and the Holy Spirit, and forgiven all our sins.” From the Renewal of Baptismal Promises on Easter Sunday.

Bishop Ken Untener, Little Black Book, Little Books of the Diocese of Saginaw, Inc. Saginaw, MI 2019

† MASS INTENTIONS WEEK of APRIL 22nd – APRIL 28th

Monday, April 22nd Thursday, April 25th Sunday, April 28th 9:00 am Edward F. Dillon 9:00 am William Crossin 9:00 am Thomas Walsh 10:30 am Ellen Marie Perley

Tuesday, April 23rd Friday, April 26th 12:00 pm Maurice Bouchard 9:00 am Elaine Buckley 9:00 am Nancy Sawayer 5:00 pm Deceased Members Galviz Family

Wednesday, April 24th Saturday, April 27th 9:00 am Betty Azar 9:00 am Sean Ginty 5:00 pm Nel & Tom Gallin

PARISH STEWARDSHIP We are grateful to all who contribute so generously each week. We do recommend that you use parish en-velopes or WeShare. Please call the rectory for details or to register.

Total Collection Last Week—$8,198.50 Total ParishPay was $4,500.00 Total Collection — $12,698.50

Attendance Last weekend was 1054 Thank you for your support and generosity.

ALTAR SERVERS NEEDED! We are looking for responsible and reliable altar

servers for the Ministry of Acolyte. Must be flexible to serve at various Masses a couple of times each month. We are looking to grow our Altar Server Ministry. Requirements: Must be in 3rd grade or higher. Training will be required. See or Email Deacon Bob, or call him at the rectory or email abetkowski@staugustineny.org for more information. Training times will be customized to the candidates availability. This is a wonderful opportuni-ty for your child to grow in faith and maturity.

CLOTHING AND KITCHEN ITEM DRIVE

The next St. Augustine Clothing Drive for the Little Sisters of the Assumption in Harlem, NY is scheduled for Sunday, May 5th, 9:00 am—1:00 pm in the cafeteria. Most needed items include: Men’s, Women’s and Children’s clothing as well as bedding , linens, towels, accessories, shoes and kitchen items. (Please no VCR tapes or books, computers, printers or ripped or stained clothing.) If you would like to help sort and load, kindly let us know. For questions and or to volunteer, contact Hil-lary Collins at cucciah@gmail.com.

RCIA Please remember to keep our Catechumens

(Elect) and Candidates in your prayers as they journey with us to celebrate the sacraments this Easter. Elect—Dongbo Lin & Yi Ru Ding Lin—Sacraments of Initi-ation at the Easter Vigil Baptized candidates—Sunday after Easter—12:00 Mass Sean Stanislaus—Confirmation Julie Rivera—Eucharist, Confirmation Katelin Cuccia—Eucharist, Confirmation, Full Communion Michelle Schmid—Eucharist, Confirmation, Full Communion

Our Baptized Candidates will also receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation

St. Augustine 125th Anniversary Campaign 1892—2017 RENEW + REBUILD

We are happy to report the tremendous progress made over the last year with our 125th Anniversary Campaign (RENEW + REBUILD). Pledges for $2,168,731.00 were received, exceeding our $2 million Campaign Goal. As of year end $1,281,996.00 of Campaign pledges were paid. Of this amount, $110,000.00 was used to meet our 2018 Cardinal’s Ap-peal Goal and $263,030.00 was used to support the education of children across the archdiocese and to care for elderly clergy and religious. The balance, $908,966.00, was placed in our Parish Campaign Account to be used for the stated parish purposes of our Campaign. In the future, 100% of all pledge payments will be for parish purposes and placed in the Parish Campaign Account. The 2019 Cardinal’s Appeal is separate from the RENEW + REBUILD Campaign and no further Campaign funds will be used for archdiocesan purposes. To date, over $400,000.00 of Campaign Account funds have been used by the parish. Because of your generosity we have been able to preserve and enhance the beauty of our 90 year old Church. The Church has been repainted and new LED lighting added, two additional stained glass windows have been refurbished and a new handicap accessible restroom has been added in the vestibule. In addition, in April, a more appropriate confessional for the celebration of the Lord’s reconciliation and forgiveness was installed in the front of the Church near the Sacred Heart altar. Funds have been provided for outreach purposes as well as to our Parish Facilities Maintenance Fund for special projects. In addition, preliminary work has begun on this summer’s projects to update the Religious Education office, the Kenny Hall Kitchen and the St. Augustine Gym. The heritage of our parish has been one of remarkable solidarity and community. Being part of our Campaign, is a sign of your solidarity and participation in the life of the parish.

Thank you for your support and generosity. Msgr. Thomas R. Kelly , Pastor

EASTER SEASON SMALL GROUP STUDY Join us for three sessions of Easter: Season of Life & Fire. This great celebration of Jesus’ death and resurrec-tion, the most important of the Christian calendar, is celebrated for 50 days. By taking this time to better under-

stand the overall mystery of our salvation in Jesus Christ, form his incarnation and birth through his sending of the Sprit to us, you will be more fully able to live the mystery of Christ in your own life. (Email LDoyle@staugustineny.org to let us know what your availability is: we will build a session around your schedule.)

MOVING? NEW TO THE PARISH? Our warmest welcome to all who worship with our parish family, whether long-time residents or newly ar-rived in the parish. If you are not registered, or need to update our records, please complete this form and place it in the collection basket or mail it to the rectory or regis-ter by visiting the Parish website at www.staugustineny.org/register.

NAME________________________________________

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BANNS OF MARRIAGE

3rd Time—Vivian DiBuono & Christopher Nourse

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK www.Facebook.com/StAugustineLarchmont

The items requested for April are RICE, PASTA & CEREAL

Donations of food can be left in the baskets at the front & side entrances to the

church during the day and especially during every 10:30 am Sunday Mass by the children.

Thank you for your continued generosity

THE CARDINAL’S ANNUAL STEWARDSHIP APPEAL

Last year, our parish participated in the Renew + Re-build Campaign which helped our parish raise funds for necessary capital needs. As you may know, the Cardi-nal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal was a part of that cam-paign for one year. Your participation in the 2019 Cardinal’s Annual Stew-ardship Appeal helps sustain a variety of programs that reach out to more than 2.8 million Catholics in our arch-diocese. The majority of the funds this year will now go directly back to parishes to ensure our parishes can keep providing a faith home to tens of thousands of Catholics. So far $57,900.00 has been pledged by 89 Families. To learn more and to hear from those directly impacted by the Appeal, go to www.cardinalsappeal.org. The goal for St. Augustine for 2019 is $134,500. Please prayerfully consider your participation.

Thank you for your generosity and support.

FOOD PANTRY Thank you to all who continue to support the Food Pantry. The need continues to grow

for families in need in our area. Your donation of food brings much needed nourishment. If each family brought even one non-perishable item to church each week and let your kids place it in the food baskets, it would make a big difference in the lives of our neighbors. Mother Theresa’s has changed their request and are asking especially for Rice & Pasta for their Soup Kitch-en. They have scaled back on their pantry. Hope Pantry requests non-perishable items in cans and plastic containers. Please no glass. Cereals and soups are especially needed. Thank You for your gen-erosity.

All God’s Blessings on this Easter Sunday.

LAC ANNUAL RUMMAGE SALE Larchmont Avenue Church (LAC) Annual Rum-mage Sale is May 2nd—4th serving the commu-

nity for 40+ years by providing an opportunity to pur-chase quality low priced items AND encourages the recy-cling of goods versus landfill. Proceeds benefit many local charities. Volunteers are needed April 27th - May 4th to sort donations, set up and work throughout the sale. Sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050e49a4a92ba13-larchmont. Please join our fellow LAC community members in this worthwhile effort. Con-tact Sheryl McSherry at Sheryl.mcsherry@gmail.com or 914 588-2236.

ST. AUGUSTINE CLASS OF 1969 St. Augustine School Class of ‘69 is having their reun-ion on May 4th. Siblings and students from the Class of ‘68 and ‘70 are welcomed! For more information contact Janehreynolds@gmail.com

COME SING IN OUR CHOIR New members are always welcome. Prior experience is not necessary. Please email

mward@staugustineny.org for details.

OUR CHILDREN’S CHOIR All children in grades 3 and up are welcome to sing in our 10:30 am Sunday children’s choir. No auditions required.

Please email mward@staugustineny.org for details.