The Parish of St. Joan of Arc - Our Lady of Mt. Carmel · 2020-04-02 · Palm Sunday April 5, 2020...

Easter Sunday April 12, 2020


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Thoughts for the Week of April 12, 2020

“Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here.” (Luke 24:5-6)

As I write this message to you, and if the Corona Virus situation hasn’t materially changed, I must be aware that you are probably reading this on-line at the parish web-site. True, there have been opportunities for us to view the Mass each week via streaming video from the Archdiocese of New York, from several Catholic streaming services such as ETWN (The Eternal Word Television Network) where available [check with your lo-cal cable provider to learn if ETWN is listed in your system]. I am confident you are doing your very best to keep close to weekly Mass and are very understanding of the importance of our relationship with God during this difficult time. That being said, let me begin our Easter meditation. There are four versions of the resurrection story, but they can all be summarized in the words from Luke quoted above. The reality they express has shaken the world to its foundation and has altered the perception of time itself. No longer is there a continuous passage of time from the beginning to now. Now, be-cause of what happened on Easter Sunday, Jesus’ indelible imprint has been added to the world: the world before Jesus, B.C. and the world since Jesus, A.D. There is no other person living or dead or yet to be alive about whom this is true. There is no other person who has had such an effect on how we “live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28).” As young and fledging the new church was, St. Paul’s amazing understanding of and ability to explain the developing theology is a wonder to behold. He was totally and unabashedly in love with and faithful to his savior in spite of the period before his conversion when he openly sought the followers of Christ to destroy them and the young church. St. Paul is the direct result of the risen Christ. It was through Christ’s will and power that Saul’s (soon to be Paul) conversion was wrought. Jesus, the Risen Lord will do the same for us. While our conversion may not be as dramatic as Paul’s (Acts 9:1-9), its effect will be the same: closeness to Jesus, deep grati-tude for the sacrifice He made for us and a deep desire to join Jesus in the next life — an outcome made possible by His death and resurrection. All throughout the forty days of Lent we have been striving for this conversion, for this chance at repentance, for this striving for holiness. Let us, with St. Paul, look back over this Lent and join with him in saying, “I have fought the good fight, I have com-pleted the race, I have kept the faith (2 Timothy 7).” May you have a most Blessed Easter.

He is Risen! Alleluia!

Rev. Joseph A. Emmanuel


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Mass Intentions - March 21 - 29, 2020 St. Joan of Arc

Our Lady of Mt. Car- mel

Day Date Time Intention

Saturday April 11 5:15 p.m.

Sunday April 12 8:00 a.m.

11:15 a.m.

Monday April 13 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday April 15 9:00 a.m.

Thursday April 16 9:00 a.m.

Friday April 17 9:00 a.m.



11:15 a.m.

Day Date Time Intention



Monday April 13 8:00 a.m.

Wednesday April 15 8:00 a.m.

Thursday April 16 8:00 a.m.

Friday April 17 8:00 a.m.



Mass Collections

March 28 - March 29

We encourage you to send your weekly contribution to the rectory if possible Or drop on the mail slot at St. Joan of Arc Rectory

Thank you for your continued generosity and support.

Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal 2020

Goal: $29,000.00 - Pledged: $16,850.00 Paid: $14,180.00 Average Gift: $765.91 – 22 Families

Renew and Rebuild 2018

Goal: $267,500.00 - Pledged: $198,005.00 Paid: $58,720.00 Average Gift: $5,472.36 - 37 Families

WILL RESCHEDULE ONCE MASSES RESUME


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Parish News

Prayer Requests

At this time we ask that you include the following people in your prayers:

Michael & Maria Thys, T.J. Petry, Nick Gelles, Alan Bythewood, Guido & Laura Rotella, Chris Rotella, Liz Schwartz Guaglianone, Chet & Doris Kretowski, John Dolan, Patty Picco, Laura Buckley, Rita Gannon, Bob Manez, and Chris Manez.

We pray for these people at mass even though their names are not announced.

If you would like someone to be included in these prayers please have a family member call the rectory (845-753-5239).

Names will only be left on this list for 1 month Names will be removed after the April 26th bulletin

After that we ask that you will please contact us to make sure that they are placed on the list again for another month. It is the only way we know if someone has recovered. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Adoration Chapel Memorial Lamp

April 2020 - Kay Rogers Req. by The Family

2020 All months available except April & October Please contact the rectory for details-845-753-5239

Donation is $25.00

Bread and Wine for St. Joan of Arc

April 2020 – Rioux & Conklin Families Req. by Pat & Ray Rioux

2020– All Taken Please contact the rectory for details-845-753-5239

Donation is $25.00

Save the Dates! Plans are underway for the 2020 annual St. Joan of Arc - Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Carnival.

We hope that you will once again be generous with your time and help to make this year’s carnival a suc-cess!

Thursday May 21st 6 - 11 PM Friday May 22nd 6 - 11 PM

Saturday May 23rd 3 - 11 PM Sunday May 24th 3 - 11 PM

Fireworks Sunday May 24th 9:30 PM Next Meeting

TBA

Friends of St. Joan

Meetings (Although temporarily cancelled) are nor-mally held the first Wednesday of the month. This or-ganization is open to men and women of both St. Joan of Arc and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

Check each week for updates to meeting dates

Need A Priest for A Loved-One?

If you have a family member who is homebound, hospitalized or living in an assisted care senior resi-dence, who needs a priest, please call me at 914-439-5089. Rev. Joseph A. Emmanuel

As a sign of respect for the Blessed Sacra-ment we ask that you maintain silence when in the presence of the Tabernacle.

Thank you for your co-operation!

Sadly, all religious education, retreats, events and sacraments are now postponed until April 30th. This date may be extended at a later time which is why nothing can be rescheduled currently. I received an email confirming this just minutes ago and believe the entire archdiocese is following suit. As we pray for all to be shielded and restored from this unprecedented time we are experiencing, please know that I am available to everyone through email, cell phone, texting and if you like, even Face Time! I promise to stay on top of things regarding open-ings, dates and any information that will assist or benefit you. I am here to encourage you and remind you that now, more than ever before, please lean on your trust in God, speak to Him, practice your faith. M a y G o d b l e s s u s a l l , Theresa Dolan

RELIGIOUS ED NEWS

Volunteers Needed Sign up sheets will be avail-able in the

weeks to come

Attention Sponsors Anyone interested in being a sponsor for Baptism must meet with Fr. Emmanuel at least one month before the cere-mony. This is necessary to avoid any last minute problems if the baptism is to take place in another parish. Call 845-753-5239 for an appointment.


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St. Joan of Arc Adoration Chapel Every Thursday

9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

We need additional adorers in order

to maintain our c o m - mitment of

two adorers on the hour and one on the half-hour

to ensure that the Lord will not be left unattended. Almost all hours are available.

200 Club

The 200 Club half-year Membership is $26 per half year (January - June). $52.00 for the entire year (January - De-cember). Checks are payable to St. Joan of Arc-Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

PLEASE DO NOT PLACE IN COLLECTION BASKET Place in designated box in the rear of St. Joan of Arc Church or send to rectory on an envelope labeled 200 Club Attention

Fran Albert Please Consider joining us.

Thank you.

Name: ___________________________________ Address: ___________________________________

Telephone:___________________________________

FOOD PANTRY

The Sloatsburg Food Pantry depends upon our community to keep the doors open and shelves stocked. We accept food and monetary donations. Even the smallest donation makes a difference! Items always needed: Esp. Hearty soups, Cereal, healthy snacks; granola/breakfast bars, non perishable milk, microwaveable single meals. (We are also in need of shopping bags)

PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE FROZEN OR EXPIRED FOOD

Leave bags & food in back of both churches Please consider a monetary donation that can be done by

going to: http://www.sloatsburgfoodpantry.org/

200 CLUB

A Summer Week-long Catholic Family Vacation Retreat Marianist Family Retreat Center

Cape May Point, NJ

Retreat weeks start each Monday beginning June 22 through the end of August. Note: There is a special week for single-parent families, July 13 - 18

Cost* for the week: $220 pp ages 8+; $150 ages 2 - 7; under 2 free *Price includes meals, room, program, beach access and more! Financial Aid is available.

Join together with other families for the week. Mass and other family liturgies are complimented by skits, presentations, fam-ily sharing, peer group discussions, sunset beach walks and other fun activities.

Scheduled recreation and free time (4 - 5 hours DAILY), with ocean swimming (beach is only 1/2 block from our house) are part of all family retreats.

Sign up or more info: www.capemaymarianists.org or email [email protected] or call 609-884-3829.

Seal The Doorposts! In this time of calamity, the Marian Fathers invite you to participate in a simple but incredibly powerful act of faith. To protect you and your family, we urge you to post an Image of the Divine Mercy on your front doors. If you don’t have this Image, please visit TheDivineMercy.org/

DivineMercyImage and download it for free and print it out. If you are unable to have it blessed by a priest, the Church allows you to invoke a bless-ing yourself. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (1669) teaches that lay people, on ac-count of their baptismal priesthood, may adminis-ter certain blessings. How can you invoke such a blessing upon the Image of Divine Mercy? While making the Sign of the Cross over the Image, say:

Oh, Lord, I seek your blessing upon this image, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

The Sloatsburg Food Pantry

now has a program where our local elementary schools are provided with healthy snacks for its children in need. They need individually packaged healthy snacks: Nut free granola bars, gold fish crackers, pretzels, etc. Also, needed are applesauce cups or pouches, graham crackers and raisins.

NO ADORATION UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

MONTHLY DRAWINGS TEMPORARILY ON HOLD


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On-Line Support Group for those struggling with Divorce/Separation. There is a free on-line “Webinar- Like” support/sharing group. Sponsored by the St. Raymond Nonnatus Foun-dation for Freedom, Family and Faith, this group meets every first Tuesday from 8- 9pm and is on-going. Prayer, reflection, guidance by Church teachings, and attended by a Mercedarian friar from the Order of Mercy and the Organization’s Director, the group allows for listening and sharing guided by an experi-ence facilitator. Visit the website: www.nonnatus.org or call 215-870-9913.

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FORMED Is An Innovative Online Platform Through Which You Can Have Access To A Wide Range Of Top Quality Faith Formation Resources. Our parish has a free one-year subscription. This can be compared to Netflix for Catholics, but it is so much more. Now, the best Catholic study programs, movies, audio presenta-tions and eBooks from the most trusted apostolates are all just a click away. Visit www.formed.org and click the “Register” link and use the parish code WV4K47. You can then complete the simple registration form and create a username and password. You only need to register one time. After that, when you visit www.formed.org just click on the “Login” button to access all of the information on the FORMED web site.

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ART AUCTION

SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 2020

Please join us for a r e -laxing evening enjoy-ing beautiful artwork

and delicious appetizers from our wonderful local restau-

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Care Home Building Fund. A fun evening for a great cause.

Admission is $20 per person—$30 per couple

Please join us for Immaculate Heart Academy's spring production of Mamma Mia! on April 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. and April 4 and 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets for this spring musical, with outstanding performers singing legendary music from ABBA, are $15 each. Tickets are available for pre-purchase at ihatheater.com and sold at the door. For more information, visit ihatheater.com, call IHA at 201.445.6800, or email Ms. Maureen McNulty at [email protected]. Immaculate Heart Academy is located at 500 Van Emburgh Ave., Township of Washing-ton, NJ 07676.

Catholic Charities Community Services of Rockland will be operating “The Inn” Rockland County Warming Cen-ter. The Warming Center is a safe haven for the home-less during the winter months, from November 1, 2019 through April 30, 2020. We are in need of volunteers to assist in serving meals to the guests and cleaning up af-terwards. The hours would be 6:00 – 9:00 pm. If you are able to assist, please contact us at 845-942-5791 ext. 10 - Monday-Friday 9:00-5:00. Please ask for Luz. Or you can email me at [email protected]. If you be-long to a group, they will also be welcomed.

Fordham Preparatory School Open House

Wednesday, April 1, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm Registration in advance is required

Visit: fordhamprep.org/visit Fordham Prep is located on the historic Rose Hill cam-pus in the Bronx, adjacent to Fordham University and

the New York Botanical Garden (718) 584-8367

[email protected]

Rescheduled for June 27th

POSTPONED

temporarily suspended

STAYING IN TOUCH WITH MASS 1. Mass will be celebrated in Saint Patrick’s Ca-

thedral, and will be available on many cable systems via the Catholic Faith Network and its website (https://www.catholicfaithnetwork.org), livestreamed on the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral website (https://www.saintpatrickscathedral.org/live), and broadcast on radio on The Catholic Chan-nel of Sirius XM (Channel 129). Daily mass can be seen on: https://www.wordonfire.org/daily-mass/

2. Act of Spiritual Communion: It has long been a Catholic understanding that when circum-stances prevent one from receiving Holy Com-munion, it is possible to make an Act of Spiri-tual Communion, which is a source of grace. Spiritual Communion is an ardent desire to re-ceive Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament and lovingly embrace him at a time or in circum-stances when one cannot receive Him in sacra-mental Communion. The most common reason for making an Act of Spiritual Communion is when a person cannot attend Mass. Acts of Spiritual Communion increase our desire to receive sacramental Communion and help us avoid the sins that would make us unable to receive Holy Communion worthily. Prayer for Spiritual Communion My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love you above all things and I desire to re-ceive you in my soul. Since I cannot at this mo-ment receive you sacramentally, Come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already there And unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen.

3. Prayers of Praise: In addition to praying for communion with the Lord, it is also important to take time to offer God our praise. This can be done by celebrating the Liturgy of the Hours (http://www.ibreviary.com/m2/breviario.php) or through a Liturgy of the Word service (https://tinyurl.com/qmmr2qy), which can be celebrated at home.


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Thank you for your continued generosity and support. Continue to monitor this page for updates on coming Holy Rosary Society events.

Our parish is blessed with parish-ioners and friends who give gener-ously of their time, talents, and treasure making our churches wel-coming and our parish vibrant. The enthusiastic response to our ministries and outreach drives is a wonderful testament of how we reach out to others. Our sincere thanks for your continued sup-port. May our parish continue to grow in God’s grace and reflect God’s love to all.

May the Lord bless you and your loved ones this Easter and always.

Monthly Intention for Current Members of our Armed Services and Veterans

A special intention is being celebrated each month during this Jubilee year 2019-2020. The special in-tention for the month of April is for current members of our Armed Services and for all Veterans. Almighty and eternal God, those who take refuge in you will be glad and forever will shout for joy. Protect these soldiers as they discharge their duties. Protect them with the shield of your strength and keep them safe from all evil and harm. May the power of your love enable them to return home in safety, that with all who love them, they may ever praise you for your loving care. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Jubilee Celebration

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel will celebrate 125 years of spiritual ministry on Sunday, July 19, 2020. All are invited to a festive Mass at 10 a.m. officiated by His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan. Following the festive Mass, the celebration will continue with brunch at the Tuxedo Club. There will also be music and a presentation by George Langberg, Tuxedo Historian. Tickets for the brunch will go on sale this spring. Save the date for this special occasion.

Ranger Rosary Ministry

Our parish is a member of the Ranger Rosary Network whose mission is to put a rosary into the hands of every member of the U.S. Armed Forces around the globe who wants one. Chaplains tell us that the ro-sary is prayed by service men and women in small groups in the evenings and before Mass, especially in combat areas. Our parish rosary makers have been given the mission to make 400 rosaries to give to the cadets at the Baccalaureate Mass at West Point during graduation ceremonies this spring. If you would like to join the rosary makers contact Nancy Bourke at 351-5625.

Outreach

Donations of non-perishable foods may be placed in the containers by the doors of the churches. All food donations are given to the Sloatsburg Food Pantry. Thank you for your continued support.

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