ONE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH COMMUNITY WITH THREE WORSHIP SITES ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, CHURCH & OUR LADY OF KNOCK Rev. Steve Matthews, Pastor

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Sacred Heart Church—sholk.weebly.com and St John the Baptist Church—sjbg.weebly.com November 17, 2019 - Thirty - third Sunday in Ordinary Time Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have mercy of us. Our Lady of Knock, Intercede for us. St.

Left: Welcome to and Adoration - We will have our First Milania Olmsted, the Friday Mass in Sacred Heart Church on Friday, Dec. 6 at 9am. newest member After Mass the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for prayer of our One Faith and adoration until 7pm, unless otherwise announced. Community! When applicable, please check with the parish office or the May God watch over and Sacred Heart website for additional information. bless you and your family all the days of your

life.

St. John the Baptist Sacred Heart Church Church & Our Lady of Knock

Parish Office: Parish Office for both Sacred Right: Welcome to Heart & Our Lady of Knock: Mailing address: John Brophy the newest P.O. Box 340 35 Church Street, member Greenville, NY 12083 Cairo, NY 12413 of our One Faith 518-966-8317 518-622-3319 Community! May God watch over and Physical address: Office Hours: bless you and your 4987 State Route 81 Mon., Wed., & Fri. family all the days of your Greenville, NY 12083 10:00am - 2:30pm

life. Our Lady of Knock Office Hours: (do not send mail to this address) Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu. 2052 NY-145, 10:00am - 4:00pm East Durham, NY 12423

Mrs. Connie Parente Mrs. Barbara Koerner-Fox Weekend Mass Schedule Parish Secretary Parish Secretary Effective: November 2, 2019 & [email protected] (Except For Christmas, Easter and Holy Days) & Pastoral Associate for Saturday Vigil Mass – 4:00 pm (4:30pm in Summer**) Faith Formation Pastoral Associate for Exposition and Silent Adoration from 2:45 until 3:45 pm. Faith Formation [email protected]

at Our Lady of : Route 145, E. Durham. [email protected]

Sunday Morning Mass – 9:00 am (Year-round) at St. John the Baptist Church: 4987 Route 81, Greenville.

Sunday Morning Mass – 11:00 am (Year-round) Online Giving at Sacred Heart Church: 35 Church Street, Cairo. For Sacred Heart Parish go to www.sholk.weebly.com. ** Summer Mass schedule effective 5/23/20 - 10/10/20. For St. John the Baptist Parish go to www.sjbg.weebly.com.

Confession Times Thank you for your ongoing support! Saturday 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm at the Shrine Sacred Heart after the 9:00 am mass on Fridays until 10:00 am St. John’s from 4:45 pm until 5:15 pm on Wednesdays All bulletin announcements must be submitted in writing Weekday Mass Schedule* *Mondays 10:00am at Our Lady of Knock Shrine by email no later than Monday at 9AM. Tuesdays No Mass Wednesdays 5:30pm at St. John the Baptist Church All announcements for Dec. 1 issue are due by Thursdays 9:00am at St. John the Baptist Church Tue., November 21 at 9AM Fridays 9:00am at Sacred Heart Church All announcements for Dec. 8 issue are due by

*National Holidays-see bulletin or website for schedule. Tue., November 26 at 9AM

Welcome to our One Roman Catholic Faith Community! Welcome to our one Roman Catholic Faith Community (with three worship sites)! Our community is different when you are not here. As always, if you have any questions, please contact me. God Bless and Welcome! Fr. Steve Sacraments Roman Catholics believe in Seven Sacraments. If you or someone you know is behind in receiving any of the sacraments, please contact us and we’ll help you get “caught up.”

For those of you who will be attending our new One Faith Advent Penance Service Community Vigil Mass at 4 pm at Our Lady of Knock Shrine - next weekend or anytime over the Please mark your calendars for our next few months, please note the following: One Faith Community’s First, it will not be "our" mass or "their" mass, but a One Faith Community Mass, meaning that Advent Penance Service lead by both parishes and the shrine's ministers will be included in the ministry schedule for this mass. Fr. Dominic Ingemie. This includes, lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, ushers, musicians and priest. Fr. Dominic has helped out at daily Second, the way we handle our collections will be different. Instead of passing the basket for the Mass for a number of months when first (regular) weekly offertory, we will have baskets at the door, marked for Sacred Heart/Our I first became pastor. He is a very Lady of Knock and other ones for St. John's. Please place your donation envelope or cash/check kind and merciful priest with over in the applicable donation box. This will ease in processing donations for each parish/worship site. 50 years of priesthood. He was my Third, we will reserve the back 3 pews for people who arrive late, and those with mobility issues - first pastor when I moved from CA please do not sit in them. (A few seats are already reserved for the ushers.) We want to be to NY in the fall of 2012. accommodating to those who are unable to arrive on time or need Holy Communion brought to Please plan on joining us on their seat. Please also note that some space in the last row is reserved for our wheelchair December 12 at 6:30pm at parishioners and visitors. Please do not move chairs into those spaces. St. John’s in Greenville. Lastly, once adoration or mass has started may I please ask that you only enter (quietly) through (Please note there will be extra the main entrance to limit the disruption to the people's prayer. Thank you! confession times at Sacred Heart Adoration and Exposition before our One Faith Community's and Our Lady of Knock Shrine Vigil Mass - 4 pm on Saturdays. during Advent but not a penance Each Sunday we have Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and silent adoration from 2:45 pm service) Please watch the bulletin until 3:45 pm. This "" will be for different intentions over the coming weeks. for details. This week's intention is for Vocation Awareness and Religious . At 3:45 pm Anointing of the Sick is for anyone adoration will end with benediction and the divine praises. Also, our who is ill, facing surgery or recover- confession time will be during part of the holy hour beginning at 3 pm and ending at 3:30 ing from illness or surgery and not pm. (Adoration and Confession time will change in the summer.) For those who would like to just for those who are in hospice pray the or the chaplet, please say them in silence during adoration before care of "actively dying." Please call mass or remain after mass and pray them out loud. Additionally, Mr. Matt Luvera is our music the office to make arrangements for director. If you are interested in helping with the music (instrumentalist and vocalist are both this wonderful sacrament as soon as welcome), please see him after mass. Lastly, I know the changes to mass times and locations will needed. Please do NOT wait until cause challenges, please be patient with these changes, each other and with me. By the grace of the last minute. God, we'll get to be a closer one community of faith! Thank you! Fr. Steve 50 Truths Every Catholic Teen While the financial numbers will be reported at another time, our "one community vigil masses" Should Know averaged for the two weeks, was attended by over 200 people. It was great to experience parish- What are sins? Sins are deliberate ioners and visitors alike from far away and as near as Cairo, Greenville and E. Durham. Thank thoughts, words, actions, or omis- you to all our ministers, ushers, greeters, musicians, lectors, Eucharistic Ministers and sacristans. sions that turn us away from God If you'd like to get involved at any mass in any ministry, please contact either parish office. and His loving plan for us. Sins are harmful to us personally and they Lighting Devotional Candles also injure our relationship with Lighting a candle for a special intention, in memory of a loved one or for extra prayer for others. References: Scripture: Psalm someone has long been a tradition in the . However, for the safety of all who 51; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 https:// attend any of our three worship sites, I'd like to point out some important safety tips. PLEASE www.archkck.org/file/ USE CAUTION when approaching the candle area. schools_doc_file/curriculum/ First, if you are using oxygen or have other flammable material on your person, religion/religion-updated-8/3/15/ please DO NOT approach the candle area. Fifty_Truths_Every_Catholic_Teen Second, when you light a candle please do not move it so that it touches another candle. _Should_Know_snack.pdf There needs to be at least 1/2 inch between each candle. Lastly, when using a wooden taper (stick) to light a candle, Fall and Winter Worship Site please do not break off part of the stick. Hours

Any questions, see one of our sacristans or contact the office. St. John the Baptist - 24 hours a day

Attention all Lectors! Our next meeting is this Sunday, Nov. 17th at 12:30 pm at Sacred Sacred Heart (St. Catherine) Chapel Heart Church. The lector books for 2020 will be given to those who attend this meeting. - 24 hours a day

Unfortunately, we will not be able to schedule you until you attend a training meeting. Our Lady of Knock Shrine - Thanks! Fr. Steve 10 am until 5 pm, 7 days a week

Finances for our One Faith Community Catholic Campaign for Human Development - Special Dioce- The following is a list of the donations we have received for each san-wide Special Collection - Weekend of Nov. 23 and 24 of our second collections during October. As always, thank you to The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is the all who have donated to these special collections. If you missed national anti-poverty program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops, any special collection and would still like to donate, please place working to carry out the mission of Jesus Christ "... to bring good your check or cash in an envelope and mark the outside with the news to the poor ... release to captives ... sight to the blind, and name of the special collection you want to donate too. In the let the oppressed go free." (Luke 4:18) meantime, please let us know if you have any question. Thanks! The belief that those who are directly affected by unjust systems and structures have the best insight into knowing how to change Collection SHOLK SJB them is central to CCHD. CCHD works to break the cycle of pov- Respect Life $593 $575 erty by helping low-income people participate in decisions that Heat & Fuel $100 $963 affect their lives, families and communities. CCHD offers a hand up, not a hand out. Missions $928 $929 This special collection will support the Catholic Campaign for Evangelist $0 $50 Human Development. More than 46 million people in the United States live in poverty today. This collection supports programs Catholic University $20 $0 that empower people to identify and address obstacles as they work to make permanent and positive changes for their communi- Christmas Memorial Tree (11th Year) ties. Learn more about the Catholic Campaign for Human The annual Christmas tree will be erected at Our Lady of Knock Development at www.usccb.org/cchd/collection. Shrine in East Durham. This tree will be lit from December 9th (the Feast of the Immaculate Conception) through January 6th Greenville Irish American Club annual Christmas party will (Little Christmas). The blessing and lighting of the tree will take be held on Sunday, December 8th at the Shamrock House in East place after the 10.00 AM Mass on December 9th at the Shrine. Durham from 1pm till 5pm. $25 per person. Please contact Madge We will put the names of those you wish to be remembered or McGuire at 518-966-4573 for reservations by November 29th. your intentions on an angel hanging on the tree with your name as the donor. A donation of one dollar for each name or intention. Please place your order as soon as possible so we can make your Mass Intentions for November 18 - 24 angel in time for the blessing. Please include you name, address and telephone number. I will send previous donors an application through the mail if I have your address. John O'Dowd by his loving Wife & Family; Tel # 518-622-8219 Leave a message Thank you. Pat Steinhauer Mon The Intentions of Mr. & Mrs. Peter King Please make your check payable to Sacred Heart / OLOK 10:00AM OLK All Souls By November 30th, 2019 Mail it to Patricia Steinhauer No Let us pray for an increase in vocations for the 19 Fulton Parkway, Cairo, New York 12413 Tues Mass Albany Diocese. Please visit our parish websites (listed on the cover) to download donor application. Wed Elizabeth Rauf Powell by family 5:30PM SJB All Souls Novena

“The Turning Point: Eight Encounters with Jesus That Will Thu Mass available call parish office Change Your Life,” adult Bible study program that centers on 9:00AM SJB All Souls Novena the Gospel of John and is designed to help participants develop a meaningful relationship with Jesus. This Bible study meets once a Fri The Intentions of Mom, Mrs. Anna King month. Dates are: Dec. 11, Jan. 12, Feb. 9 & Mar. 8 from 9:00AM SCC All Souls Novena 10:00am to 11:00am in the library of St. John the Baptist Church. All adults are welcome! Patrick Lafferty by family, Jeffrey Englemann by family; Tom Scanlon by Pat & Bridie Harley; Mass Intentions and Eucharistic Gifts for 2019 into 2020 Sat Richard Montenero by The Petulla Family A tradition in the Roman Catholic Church is to have a Mass 4:00PM OLK offered for a deceased loved one or for an intention for a living person on a special occasion (anniversary, birthday, etc.). If you would like to have one offered, we have dates available through Sun For The People the rest of 2019. The donation for a Mass intention is $10. 9:00AM SJB All Souls Novena Another way to remember a loved one or friend is through the Elizabeth Gallagher by Beth Hansen; Monthly Eucharistic Gifts. The name of your loved one or friend Sun Sandy Fandozzi by The Engelmann Family will be listed in the bulletin for a month. The months of 11:00AM SHC All Souls Novena November and December are open and all of 2020 is open. Donations are $25 at Sacred Heart/Our Lady of Knock or $30 at Mass intentions Key: OLK - Our Lady of Knock Shrine, St. John the Baptist. Please contact either parish to get a Mass SJB - St John the Baptist Church, intention or monthly Eucharistic gift. SHC - Sacred Heart Church, SCC - St Catherine Chapel

Food Collection for Local Food Banks - This Month’s Eucharistic Gifts As we approach Thanksgiving Day in the USA, please be Contributions towards the hosts and wine, which become for us mindful of those who have little or nothing to eat. As you go food the Body and Blood of Christ were made for the month of shopping, if you see an item or two that you use at your November:

Thanksgiving celebration, please consider picking up and At St. John the Baptist: in memory of donating an extra jar or can of the same item. Items in need: The deceased members of O'Keefe and LaCroix familes turkey gravy, cranberry sauce, apple sauce, stuffing mix,

vegetables, including yams are all needed and welcome. Please Mullen, Hamilton, Tuohy, McGlynn Families by Anna Mullen continue to pray for all those in need. If you are able, please

continue to bring non-perishable goods for those less At Sacred Heart & Our Lady of Knock: in memory of fortunate. At St. John's, please place in the baskets in the Thomas Rohan by loving wife, Anne & family sanctuary. For Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Knock, please bring Mary Murphy, 2nd anniversary in heaven by family to parish office (address is on the front cover of the bulletin). Please do not donate food items past their expiration date. Please Ignatius Hagan by family keep up the good work in feeding the hungry, because hunger is a John Lambert, Birthday in heaven,

year round crisis. If you know someone who is in need, please by his loving sister Joan Lambert

have them contact either parish office - numbers are on the front Beloved Mother & Father, Lena & Bob Gatto, cover of the bulletin. Thank you! and sister June Abbietiello, by family Sacred Heart Whole Community- Mark your calendars for our next Whole Community session which is Sunday, Watch for our Christmas Giving Trees. Names of those in need November 24 after the 11:00am Mass at Sacred Heart Church. will be available before Thanksgiving. In the meantime, we will once again be collecting gas gift cards for our seminarians. If you would like to purchase some and donate, it would be great if they Weekly meetings were in the amount of $20 to $30 range. Please do not wrap the The rosary is recited at St. Catherine of Siena Chapel in Cairo at gift card. More information to come. 3pm each Monday. Thank you for your generosity! The Prayer Group meets every Tuesday at 7pm in Our Lady of Knock Shrine. Crafty Angels meets each Wednesday in LaSalle Hall on the From the USCCB - Washington D.C., Nov 2, 2019 / 04:00 am grounds of Sacred Heart parish in Cairo from 6pm to 8pm. (CNA).- The disrespectful treatment of aborted babies’ human AA meets every Friday at 8:30 pm in St. Mary's Community remains by abortion doctors, demands federal action, the U.S. Center in E. Durham Conference of Catholic Bishops has said in the wake of news re- ports about abortion doctors’ “disturbing” practices. “Whether you support or oppose legalized abortion, I hope you Respect Life Corner - The human person is the foundation of a will agree that these human bodies should not be wantonly dis- moral for society and stands at the heart of the Church’s carded as medical waste or preserved at the whim of the abortion understanding of justice. As Catholics, we also believe in a doctor,” Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas consistent ethic of life, which extends form conception to natural said in an Oct. 31 letter to members of Congress. death. Capital punishment contradicts this ethic. By allowing the Naumann chairs the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activi- state to end a life before natural death, the death penalty does not ties. He wrote Congress in support of the Dignity for Aborted conform to our pro-life teaching. Also, many innocent people Children Act. Support the “dignity for aborted children” act who are wrongfully convicted, an estimate of 4 percent, are exe- S2590 in the senate. cuted on death row.

Save the Dates - 2019 Assisted Suicide - The deadly and dangerous practice of assisted suicide is now legal in five states (Oregon, Washington, Vermont, Nov 28 - Thanksgiving Day Mass 10am at Shrine California, and Colorado) and the District of Columbia, our na- Nov 30/Dec 1 - First Sunday of Advent tion's capital. With new momentum and lots of money, assisted Dec 9 - Christmas Angels Tree suicide proponents are pursuing an aggressive nationwide cam- Dec 12 - Penance Service (St. John’s) paign to advance their agenda through legislation, ballot meas- Dec 15 - Coffee Hour at St. John’s ures, litigation, and public advertising, targeting states they see as Dec 16 - Extra Confession time with Fr. Guido most susceptible to their message. Once lethal drugs have been prescribed, assisted suicide laws have no requirements for assessing the patient's consent, compe- The Diocese of Albany urges all victims to report any instance tency, or voluntariness. Who would know if the drugs are freely of sexual abuse against a minor by a member of the clergy, its taken since there is no supervision or tracking of the drugs once employees, or volunteers, to law enforcement, as well as to the they leave the pharmacy and no witnesses are required at the time diocese’s Victim Assistance Coordinator. Please see the article of death? Despite a reporting system designed to conceal rather for contact information. If you feel speaking with Fr. Steve could than detect abuses, reports of undue influence have nonetheless help, please contact him at either parish office (contact informa- surfaced in Oregon. tion on the front cover of this bulletin). To read Bishop Scharfen- berger's letter regarding the Child Victim's Act please visit our Lifeline (National Suicide Prevention) - 1 800 273-8255 (call parish websites or only 24/7) Text (only) Start to 741741, https://www.rcda.org/CVA Text or call to 845-485-9700

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