November 24, 2019 - the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
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ONE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH COMMUNITY WITH THREE WORSHIP SITES ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, SACRED HEART CHURCH & OUR LADY OF KNOCK SHRINE Rev. Steve Matthews, Pastor [email protected] Sacred Heart Church—sholk.weebly.com and St John the Baptist Church—sjbg.weebly.com November 24, 2019 - The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have mercy of us. Our Lady of Knock, Intercede for us. St. John the Baptist, Pray for us. Weekend Mass Schedule Sacred Heart Church St. John the Baptist Effective: November 2, 2019 Church & Our Lady of Knock (Except For Christmas, Easter and Holy Days) Parish Office: Saturday Vigil Mass – 4:00 pm (4:30pm in Summer**) Parish Office for both Sacred Heart & Our Lady of Knock: Mailing address: Exposition and Silent Adoration from 2:45 until 3:45 pm. P.O. Box 340 at Our Lady of Knock Shrine: Route 145, E. Durham. 35 Church Street, Greenville, NY 12083 Sunday Morning Mass – 9:00 am (Year-round) Cairo, NY 12413 518-622-3319 518-966-8317 at St. John the Baptist Church: 4987 Route 81, Greenville. Physical address: Sunday Morning Mass – 11:00 am (Year-round) Office Hours: 4987 State Route 81 at Sacred Heart Church: 35 Church Street, Cairo. Mon., Wed., & Fri. Greenville, NY 12083 ** Summer Mass schedule effective 5/23/20 - 10/10/20. 10:00am - 2:30pm Office Hours: Confession Times Our Lady of Knock Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu. Saturday 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm at the Shrine (do not send mail to this address) 10:00am - 4:00pm Sacred Heart after the 9:00 am mass on Fridays until 10:00 am 2052 NY-145, East Durham, NY 12423 St. John’s from 4:45 pm until 5:15 pm on Wednesdays Mrs. Connie Parente Weekday Mass Schedule* Mrs. Barbara Koerner-Fox Pastoral Associate for *Mondays 10:00am at Our Lady of Knock Shrine Pastoral Associate for Faith Formation Tuesdays No Mass Faith Formation [email protected] Wednesdays 5:30pm at St. John the Baptist Church [email protected] & Thursdays 9:00am at St. John the Baptist Church & Parish Secretary Fridays 9:00am at Sacred Heart Church Parish Secretary [email protected] [email protected] *National Holidays-see bulletin or website for schedule. Online Giving First Friday Devotion and Adoration - We will have our First For Sacred Heart Parish go to www.sholk.weebly.com. Friday Mass in Sacred Heart Church on Friday, Dec. 6 at 9am. For St. John the Baptist Parish go to www.sjbg.weebly.com. After Mass the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for prayer Thank you for your ongoing support! and adoration until 7pm, unless otherwise announced. When applicable, please check with the parish office or the Sacred Heart website for additional information. All announcements for Dec. 8 issue are due by Tue., November 26 at 9AM All bulletin announcements must be submitted in writing All announcements for Dec. 15 issue are due by by email no later than Monday at 9AM. Wed., December 4 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 Lighting Devotional Candles Community Vigil Mass at 4 pm at Our Lady of Knock Shrine - next Lighting a candle for a special intention, in memory of a loved weekend or anytime over the next few months, please note the fol- one or for extra prayer for lowing: someone has long been a tradition in the Catholic First, it will not be "our" mass or "their" mass, but a One Faith Com- Church. However, for the safety of all who munity Mass, meaning that both parishes and the shrine's ministers attend any of our three worship sites, I'd like to point out some will be included in the ministry schedule for this mass. This includes, important safety tips. PLEASE USE CAUTION when ap- lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, ushers, musicians and priest. proaching the candle area. Second, the way we handle our collections will be different. Instead First, if you are using oxygen or have other flammable material of passing the basket for the first (regular) weekly offertory, we will on your person, have baskets at the door, marked for Sacred Heart/Our Lady of please DO NOT approach the candle area. Knock and other ones for St. John's. Please place your donation enve- Second, when you light a candle please do not move it so that lope or cash/check in the applicable donation box. This will ease in it touches another candle. processing donations for each parish/worship site. There needs to be at least 1/2 inch between each candle. Third, we will reserve the back 3 pews for people who arrive late, Lastly, when using a wooden taper (stick) to light a candle, and those with mobility issues - please do not sit in them. (A few please do not break off part of the stick. seats are already reserved for the ushers.) We want to be Any questions, see one of our sacristans or contact the office. accommodating to those who are unable to arrive on time or need Holy Communion brought to their seat. Please also note that some Advent Penance Service space in the last row is reserved for our wheelchair Please mark your calendars for our One Faith Community’s parishioners and visitors. Please do not move chairs into those spaces. Advent Penance Service lead by Lastly, once adoration or mass has started may I please ask that you Fr. Dominic Ingemie. only enter (quietly) through the main entrance to limit the disruption Fr. Dominic has helped out at daily Mass for a number of to the people's prayer. Thank you! months when I first became pastor. He is a very kind and mer- ciful priest with over 50 years of priesthood. He was my first pastor when I moved from CA to NY in the fall of 2012. Adoration and Exposition before our One Faith Community's Please plan on joining us on Vigil Mass - 4 pm on Saturdays. December 12 at 6:30pm at Each Sunday we have Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and silent St. John’s in Greenville. adoration from 2:45 pm until 3:45 pm. This "Holy Hour" will be for (Please note there will be extra confession times at Sacred different intentions over the coming weeks. This week's intention is Heart and Our Lady of Knock Shrine during Advent but not a for Vocation Awareness and Religious Discernment. At 3:45 pm penance service) Please watch the bulletin for details. adoration will end with benediction and the divine praises. Also, our confession time will be during part of the holy hour beginning at 3 While the financial numbers will be reported at another time, pm and ending at 3:30 pm. (Adoration and Confession time will our "one community vigil masses" averaged for the two weeks, change in the summer.) For those who would like to pray the rosary was attended by over 200 people. It was great to experience or the divine mercy chaplet, please say them in silence during adora- parishioners and visitors alike from far away and as near as tion before mass or remain after mass and pray them out loud. Addi- Cairo, Greenville and E. Durham. Thank you to all our minis- tionally, Mr. Matt Luvera is our music director. If you are interested ters, ushers, greeters, musicians, lectors, Eucharistic Ministers in helping with the music (instrumentalist and vocalist are both and sacristans. If you'd like to get involved at any mass in any welcome), please see him after mass. Lastly, I know the changes to ministry, please contact either parish office. mass times and locations will cause challenges, please be patient with these changes, each other and with me. By the grace of God, we'll get Anointing of the Sick is to be a closer one community of faith! Thank you! Fr. Steve for anyone who is ill, facing surgery or recov- Fall and Winter Worship Site ering from illness or sur- Hours 50 Truths Every Catholic Teen Should Know gery and not just for Are some sins more serious than others? St. John the Baptist - 24 hours a those who are in hospice Mortal sin destroys God’s life in us and, if we do not repent, could day care of "actively dying." lead to damnation. For a sin to be mortal, it must be a serious matter Sacred Heart (St. Catherine) Please call the office to and be committed with full knowledge and consent. Venial sins are Chapel - 24 hours a day make arrangements for less serious sins that nonetheless strain our relationship with God. Our Lady of Knock Shrine - this wonderful sacrament References: Scripture: 1 John 5:16-17 https://www.archkck.org/file/ 10 am until 5 pm, 7 days a week as soon as needed. Please schools_doc_file/curriculum/religion/religion-updated-8/3/15/ do NOT wait until the Fifty_Truths_Every_Catholic_Teen_Should_Know_snack.pdf last minute. Finances for our One Faith Community Catholic Campaign for Human Development - The following donations were made to our offertory collections Special Diocesan-wide Special Collection - this Weekend during the month of October.