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 3, 2019 - Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have mercy of us. Our Lady of Knock, Intercede for us. St. John the Baptist, Pray for us.

Welcome to Noah Lunstead, the newest member of our Weekend Mass Schedule One Faith Community! May God watch over and Effective: November 2, 2019 bless you and your family all (Except For Christmas, Easter and Holy Days) the days of your life.

Saturday Vigil Mass – 4:00 pm (4:30pm in Summer**) at Our Lady of : Route 145, E. Durham.

Sunday Morning Mass – 9:00 am (Year-round) at St. John the Baptist Church: 4987 Route 81, First Communion Greenville. Candidates from St. John’s assist Sunday Morning Mass – 11:00 am (Year-round) Fr. Steve bless the water at Sacred Heart Church: 35 Church Street, Cairo. for Baptism ** Summer Mass schedule effective 5/23/20 - 10/10/20.

Confession Times Saturday 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm at the Shrine Sacred Heart after the 9:00 am mass on Fridays until and Adoration - We will have our First 10:00 am Friday Mass in Sacred Heart Church on Friday, Dec. 6 at 9am. St. John’s from 4:45 pm until 5:15 pm on Wednesdays After Mass the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for prayer and adoration until 6pm, unless otherwise announced. Weekday Mass Schedule* When applicable, please check with the parish office or the *Mondays 10:00am at Sacred Heart website for additional information. Our Lady of Knock Shrine St. John the Baptist Sacred Heart Church Church & Our Lady of Knock Tuesdays No Mass Parish Office: Parish Office for both Sacred Wednesdays 5:30pm at Mailing address: Heart & Our Lady of Knock: St. John the Baptist Church P.O. Box 340 35 Church Street, Thursdays 9:00am at Greenville, NY 12083 Cairo, NY 12413 St. John the Baptist Church 518-966-8317 518-622-3319

Fridays 9:00am at Physical address: Office Hours: 4987 State Route 81 Mon., Wed., & Fri. Sacred Heart Church Greenville, NY 12083 10:00am - 2:30pm

Our Lady of Knock *National Holidays-see bulletin or Office Hours: (do not send mail to this address) website for schedule. Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu. 2052 NY-145, 10:00am - 4:00pm East Durham, NY 12423

Online Giving Mrs. Connie Parente Mrs. Barbara Koerner-Fox For Sacred Heart Parish go to www.sholk.weebly.com. Parish Secretary Parish Secretary For St. John the Baptist Parish go to www.sjbg.weebly.com. & [email protected] Thank you for your ongoing support! Pastoral Associate for & Pastoral Associate for All bulletin announcements must be submitted in writing by Faith Formation [email protected] Faith Formation email no later than Monday at 9AM. [email protected]

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.” Adoration and Exposition before our One Faith Community's Vigil Mass - 4 pm on Saturdays. Lighting Devotional Candles - Lighting a candle for a special Each Sunday we have Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament intention, in memory of a loved one or for extra prayer for some- and silent adoration from 2:45 pm until 3:45 pm. This "Holy one has long been a tradition in the . Hour" will be for different intentions over the coming weeks. However, for the safety of all who attend any of our three worship This week's intention is for our One Faith Community and all our sites, I'd like to point out some important safety tips. loved ones, who have passed away. At 3:45 pm. adoration will PLEASE USE CAUTION when approaching the candle area. end with benediction and the divine praises. First, if you are using oxygen or have other flammable material Also, our confession time will be during part of the on your person, please DO NOT approach the candle area. beginning at 3 pm and ending at 3:30 pm. (Adoration and Confes- Second, when you light a candle please do not move it so that it sion time will change in the summer.) For those who would like touches another candle. There needs to be at least 1/2 inch to pray the or the chaplet, please say them in between each candle. silence during adoration before mass or remain after mass and Lastly, when using a wooden taper (stick) to light a candle, please pray them out loud. do not break off part of the stick. Additionally, Mr. Matt Luvera is our music director. If you are Any questions, see one of our sacristans or contact the office. interested in helping with the music (instrumentalist and vocalist are both welcome), please see him after mass. For those of you who will be attending our new One Faith Lastly, I know the changes to mass times and locations will cause Community Vigil Mass at 4 pm at Our Lady of Knock Shrine - challenges, please be patient with these changes, each other and next weekend or anytime over the next few months, please note with me. By the grace of God, we'll get to be a closer one commu- the following: nity of faith! Thank you! Fr. Steve First, it will not be "our" mass or "their" mass, but a One Faith Advent Penance Service Community Mass, meaning that both parishes and the shrine's Please mark your calendars for our One Faith Community’s ministers will be included in the ministry schedule for this mass. Advent Penance Service lead by Fr. Dominic Ingemie. This includes, lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, ushers, musicians Fr. Dominic has helped out at daily Mass for a number of months and priest. when I first became pastor. He is a very kind and merciful priest Second, the way we handle our collections will be different. In- with over 50 years of priesthood. He was my first pastor when I stead of passing the basket for the first (regular) weekly moved from CA to NY in the fall of 2012. Please plan on joining offertory, we will have baskets at the door, marked for Sacred us on December 12 at 6:30pm at St. John’s in Greenville. Heart/Our Lady of Knock and other ones for St. John's. Please (Please note there will be extra confession times at Sacred Heart place your donation envelope or cash/check in the applicable do- and Our Lady of Knock Shrine during Advent but not a penance nation box. This will ease in processing donations for each parish/ service) Please watch the bulletin for details. worship site. Third, we will reserve the back 3 pews for people who arrive late Fall Anointing of the Sick Mass - You and your loved ones are - please do not sit in them. (A few seats are already invited to attend the Vigil Mass, Saturday, November 16 at 4pm reserved for the ushers.) We want to be accommodating to those for a special Mass that will include the Anointing of the Sick. who are unable to arrive on time and do not wish to disrupt the Our One Faith Community’s Vigil Mass that day will be offered mass looking for seats. Please also note that some space in the last by Fr. Mike Farano, who has helped us before. row is reserved for our wheelchair parishioners and visitors. Please consider bringing anyone who is in a wheelchair, facing Please do not move chairs into those spaces. surgery, recovering from surgery, or just feels the need for this Lastly, once adoration or mass has started may I please ask that wonderful blessing from the Holy Spirit. you only enter (quietly) through the main entrance to limit the Watch the bulletin for additional information in the coming disruption to the people's prayer. Thank you! weeks. (If we get enough volunteers, perhaps we could have some light refreshments after Mass. Please contact either parish office to volunteer.) The Diocese of Albany urges all victims to report any instance of sexual abuse against a minor by a member of the clergy, its employees, or volunteers, to law enforcement, as well as to the Next weekend is Veterans' Day diocese’s Victim Assistance Coordinator. Please see the article At all masses next weekend, please bring any veterans you know for contact information. If you feel speaking with Fr. Steve could to any of our masses. We'll be offering our thanks, prayers and help, please contact him at either parish office (contact informa- blessings. Please join us! tion on the front cover of this bulletin). To read Bishop Scharfenberger's letter regarding the Child Victim's Act please visit our parish websites or Offices will be closed, Monday, November 11. https://www.rcda.org/CVA

Finances for our One Faith Community Academy of the Holy Names Open House, Grades 6- The following is a list of the donations we have received for each 12, Wednesday, November 6 at 6:30. Register online of our second collections during September. As always, thank you at ahns.org or contact Ann Rento [email protected], 438-7895 to all who have donated to these special collections. If you missed x202. 1075 New Scotland Road, Albany” any special collection and would still like to donate, please place your check or cash in an envelope and mark the outside with the name of the special collection you want to donate too. In the Assisted Suicide still to be pursued by Cuomo administration

meantime, please let us know if you have any question. Thanks! The deadly and dangerous practice of assisted suicide is now legal Collection SJB SHOLK in five states (Oregon, Washington, Vermont, California, and Colorado) and the District of Columbia, our nation's capital.[1] Catholic University $839 $867 With new momentum and lots of money, assisted suicide propo- Faith Formation $487 $1121 nents are pursuing an aggressive nationwide campaign to advance their agenda through legislation, ballot measures, litigation, and Fuel & Heat $806 $304 public advertising, targeting states they see as most susceptible to Peter's Pence $15 $20 their message.

Capitol Improvement $60 $0 Some polls indicate that the public is receptive to the general con- Home Mission $0 $67 cept of assisted suicide. But the same polls show that when the public learns about the dangers of assisted suicide, especially for Propagation of the Faith - Special Collection those who are poor, elderly, disabled, or without access to good For those of you who donated, thank you! For those of you who medical care, their views shift against the practice. The following missed it, please mark the envelope with the words "propagation dangers are among the top reasons to oppose assisted suicide. of the faith" on the outside and we'll ensure it gets to the appropri- ate party. A full disclosure of the donations for each worship site Thank you to Fr. Jim for being with us last weekend on behalf will be available in November. Thanks again! of Food for the Poor. If you missed it, or would like more infor- mation, please see the information at www.foodforthepoor.org Fall and Winter Worship Site Hours St. John the Baptist - 24 hours a day Sacred Heart (St. Catherine) Chapel - 24 hours a day Mass Intentions for November 4 - 10 Our Lady of Knock Shrine - 10 am until 5 pm, 7 days a week Con Horgan by John & Mary Mon Sheehan; Special Intentions of Anna Christmas Memorial Tree (11th Year) 10:00AM OLK Fallon, All Souls The annual Christmas tree will be erected at Our Lady of Knock Shrine in East Durham. This tree will be lit from December 9th No Let us pray for an increase in vocations for (the Feast of the Immaculate Conception) through January 6th Tues Mass the Albany Diocese. (Little Christmas). The blessing and lighting of the tree will take place after the 10.00 AM Mass on December 9th at the Shrine. Wed Mass available call parish office , We will put the names of those you wish to be remembered or 5:30PM SJB All Souls Novena 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. Thu Mass available call parish office, Please place your order as soon as possible so we can make your 9:00AM SJB All Souls Novena angel in time for the blessing. Please include you name, address Fri Mass available call parish office, and telephone number. I will send previous donors an application 9:00AM SCC All Souls Novena through the mail if I have your address. Tel # 518-622-8219 Leave a message Thank you. Pat Steinhauer Please make your check payable to Sacred Heart / OLOK Joan Gralton by Tom Gralton, By November 30th, 2019 Kathy Heath by Dan & Judy Loughman, Mail it to Patricia Steinhauer Sat Denis Frawley by family; 19 Fulton Parkway, Cairo, New York 12413 4:00PM OLK John Kelly by The O'Dowd Family Please visit our parish websites (listed on the cover) to download donor application. Sun 9:00AM SJB For the People, All Souls Novena 50 Truths Every Catholic Teen Should Know What is human freedom? Margie & Herman Arp by John & Carol Freedom is the God-given power to be able to act of one’s own Smith, accord. Because we are free, we are responsible for our actions. Sun Agnes Walkowiak by Christine Zaroba, God expects us to use our freedom to choose what is good. 11:00AM SHC Marjorie A. Tuzio by Donna Mundt References: Scripture: John 8:32; Galatians 5:1 https://www.archkck.org/file/schools_doc_file/curriculum/ Mass intentions Key: OLK - Our Lady of Knock Shrine, SJB - St religion/religion-updated-8/3/15/ John the Baptist Church, SHC - Sacred Heart Church, SCC - St Cath- Fifty_Truths_Every_Catholic_Teen_Should_Know_snack.pdf erine Chapel

Food Collection for Local Food Banks - This Month’s Eucharistic Gifts As we approach Thanksgiving Day in the USA, please be mind- Contributions towards the hosts and wine, which become for us ful 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 October

shopping, if you see an item or two that you use at your Thanks-

giving celebration, please consider picking up and donating an extra jar or can of the same item. Items in need: turkey gravy, cranberry sauce, apple sauce, stuffing mix, vegetables, including yams are all needed and welcome. Please continue to pray for all those in need. If you are able, please continue to bring non- perishable goods for those less fortunate. At St. John's, please place in the baskets in the sanctuary. For Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Knock, please bring to parish office (address is on the front cover of the bulletin). Please do not donate food items past At St. John the Baptist: in memory of their expiration date. Please keep up the good work in feeding the The deceased members of O'Keefe and LaCroix familes hungry, because hunger is a year round crisis. If you know some- one who is in need, please have them contact either parish office - Mullen, Hamilton, Tuohy, McGlynn Families by Anna Mullen numbers are on the front cover of the bulletin. Thank you!

At Sacred Heart & Our Lady of Knock: in memory of

Thomas Rohan by loving wife, Anne & family

Weekly meetings Mary Murphy, 2nd anniversary in heaven by family

The rosary is recited at St. Catherine of Siena Chapel in Cairo at 3pm each Monday. Ignatius Hagan by family

Book Discussion Group meets each Monday at 6pm at John Lambert, Birthday in heaven, St. Mary's Community Center in E. Durham by his loving sister Joan Lambert The Prayer Group meets every Tuesday at 7pm in

Our Lady of Knock Shrine. Beloved Mother & Father, Lena & Bob Gatto, Crafty Angels meets each Wednesday in LaSalle Hall on the and sister June Abbietiello, by family grounds of Sacred Heart parish in Cairo from 6pm to 8pm. AA meets every Friday at 8:30 pm in St. Mary's Community Center in E. Durham

Sacred Heart Whole Community- Mark your calendars for our next Whole Community session which is Sunday, Respect Life Corner - The human person is the foundation of a November 24 after the 10:45am Mass at Sacred Heart Church. moral for society and stands at the heart of the Church’s understanding of justice. As Catholics, we also believe in a consistent ethic of life, which extends form conception to natural death. Capital punishment contradicts this ethic. By allowing the “The Turning Point: Eight Encounters with Jesus That Will state to end a life before natural death, the death penalty does not Change Your Life,” adult Bible study program that centers on conform to our pro-life teaching. Also, many innocent people the Gospel of John and is designed to help participants develop a who are wrongfully convicted, an estimate of 4 percent, are exe- meaningful relationship with Jesus. This Bible study meets once a cuted on death row. month. Dates are: Nov 17, Dec. 11, Jan. 12, Feb. 9 & Mar. 8 from 10:00am to 11:00am in the library of St. John the Baptist Church. All adults are welcome! Save the Dates - 2019 Nov 9 - Mass for the deceased members of the Knights of Columbus (4 pm Shrine) Abortion Myths v Facts - Myth 7 of 7: “It’s only a blob of tis- Nov 16 - Anointing of the Sick Mass 4pm at Shrine sue.” Fact: Planned Parenthood knows it is not a blob of tissue. They know this because they must remove all parts of the child as Nov 17 - next Turning Point Session any part not accounted for and removed, could cause a life threat- Nov 28 - Thanksgiving Day Mass 10am at Shrine ening infection in the mother. Nov 30/Dec 1 - First Sunday of Advent Dec 9 - Christmas Angels Tree Dec 12 - Penance Service (St. John’s) The Death Penalty - United States Conference of Catholic Dec 16 - Extra Confession time with Fr. Guido Bishops "Its [the death penalty] application is deeply flawed and can be irreversibly wrong, is prone to errors and is biased by f actors such as race, the quality of legal representation and where Freses Chicken Dinner — The St. John the crime was committed." (A Culture of Life and the Penalty of the Baptist Rosary Altar Society would Death, USCCB, 2005) like to THANK everyone from St. John's & Our One Faith Community who Lifeline (National Suicide Prevention) - 1 800 273-8255 (call bought dinners. You made the BBQ only 24/7) Text (only) Start to 741741, chicken dinner a huge success. Text or call to 845-485-9700

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