Church of the Sacred Heart

Mass Schedule

Weekend Masses Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm 7:00 pm in Spanish Sunday 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am, 12:30 pm and 7:00 pm 4:00 pm in Korean 10:00 am in German Church of the Sacred Heart (Archbishop Stepinac High School Chapel, White Plains, NY) Hartsdale, New York 10530 Daily Masses Monday-Friday Parish Mission Statement 7:00 am, 8:30 am and 12:10 pm Saturday: 8:00 am and 9:00 am Church of the Sacred Heart is a Community of Disciples of the Lord, who invites us all, to gather as one, to hear His word, Holy Day Masses to give thanks for that word amid prayer and praise, When the Holy Day is a work day: and to offer a loving hand of comfort and support to all, vigil at 7:30 pm, Day: 7:00 am, 10:00 am, Served by 12:10 pm and 7:30 pm Rev. Michael Moon Religious Education Pastor Mr. Christopher Siegfried Sacraments Rev. Anthony Uwandu (Coordinator) Parochial Vicar Ximena Arinez (Secretary) Baptisms Rev. James Villa 59 Wilson Street Sunday at 2:00 pm Rev. Christian Goebel Tel: 946-7242, ext. 4 Arranged two months in advance. ( German Catholic Community) Email: sacredheartreprogram Rev. Ralph Barile (Retired) @gmail.com Marriages Msgr. Patrick J. Carney Arranged six months in advance. (Pastor Emeritus) Sacristan Call rectory for appointment. Deacon Robert J. Piloco Zeus Sumra Reconciliation Rectory Music Ministry Saturday between Secretaries Organists 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm Karan Chin Doris Zapata-Torres Anytime upon request. Anna Campa Jin Lee

10 Lawton Avenue Kyle Mange Office Hours: Monday to Friday, Susan Muller Anointing of the Sick 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Please call the rectory. Tel: 949-0028/29 Fax: 289-0398 Leaders of Song Email address: Camille Coppola [email protected] Thomas Celestino Communion to the Sick and Lauren Meade Homebound School Please notify the rectory when Mr. Christopher Siegfried, Principal Adult and Children Choirs someone is homebound or being Mr. Cesar Rivera Karan Chin admitted to the hospital. A priest or Administrative Assistant Folk Group Director Eucharistic Minister will bring 59 Wilson Street Jonathan Goldwasser Holy Communion. Tel: 946-7242 Fax: 946-7323 September 8, 2019 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Saturday, September 7: Vigil Masses 5:00 Tina Caglioti (+) 7:00 Special Intentions (Spanish Mass) Sunday, September 8: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 Mary Grace & Giacomo Macri (B) 9:30 Felix & Beulah Monés (+) 11:00 Sacred Heart Parishioners 12:30 Gaetano, Felicia, Giuseppina, Maria Castrovinci 4:00 Korean Mass 7:00 Ron Baker (B) Monday, September 9: St. Peter Claver 7:00 George Fata (+) Post -Summer Challenges 8:30 Elizabeth Ho (+) 12:10 Celia Tori (B) With any luck, summer delights will continue a Tuesday, September 10: while past last weekend’s Labor Day: refreshing rec- 7:00 Michael Muccio (A) reation (with maybe an occasional swim) or enjoya- 8:30 Anita Pursino (L) (Healing) ble relaxation on the deck (with tasty outdoor grill- 12:10 Dirce Bernabei (A) ing). Truth is, for some of us, this year’s Labor Day Wednesday, September 11: came way too early. With many schools back in ses- 7:00 Christopher Matthew Terracciano (+) sion for a while already, mealtimes and driving 8:30 Deceased Members of Testa Family schedules needed readjustment to coordinate youth 12:10 William Pohlmann (+) sports with adult commitments. Some religious edu- Thursday, September 12: The Most Holy Name of Mary cation and parish programs resumed, too. No sur- 7:00 Marybeth Groth(L) Healing and Kathleen Groth (L) prise, then, that this weekend’s scriptures sound a 8:30 Dr. Dolores V. Lewy SJ (+) little like post-summer challenges. For instance, Wis- 12:10 Edward Q. Lewis, Jr. (A) dom reminds us that believers in God can never be Friday, September 13: St. John Chrysostom content with “timid deliberations” and “unsure 7:00 Rufino Luistro (+) nd plans.” Paul challenges longtime friend and follower 8:30 Louis Agosto (2 A) Philemon to “let the good you do be voluntary.” Je- 12:10 Erin and Sebin Paul (L) (Birthdays) sus instructs “great crowds” traveling with him— Saturday, September 14: including us—on three things necessary for all true The Exaltation of the Holy Cross disciples to accomplish. On this early autumn week- 8:00 Maria Mego (+) end, our scriptures describe disciples’ lifelong labors. 9:00 Fr. Michael Moon (L) (Birthday) Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. 5:00 Charlie and Catherine Bryceland (L) (B) Health th 7:00 Romelia España (4 A) (Spanish Mass) Sunday, September 15: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Weekly Readings 8:00 Robert Gregory (+) 9:30 Sebastian La Barbera (B) Monday: Col 1:24 — 2:3; Ps 62:6-7, 9; Lk 6:6-11 11:00 Sacred Heart Parishioners Tuesday: Col 2:6-15; Ps 145:1b-2, 8-11; Lk 6:12- 12:30 Richard O’Sullivan 19 4:00 Korean Mass Wednesday: Col 3:1-11; Ps 145:2-3, 10-13ab; Lk 7:00 Peggy Sullivan(B) 6:20-26 Thursday: Col 3:12-17; Ps 150:1b-6; Lk 6:27-38 Friday: 1 Tm 1:1-2, 12-14; Ps 16:1b-2a, 5, 7-8, 11; Lk 6:39-42 Saturday: Nm 21:4b-9; Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-38; Reference Key Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3:13-17 Sunday: Ex 32:7-11, 13-14; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, A - Anniversary (Deceased) 19; 1 Tm 1:12-17; Lk 15:1-32 [1-10] B - Birthday (Deceased) L - Living + - Deceased Saint Thomas of Villanova’s Story Rite of the Christian Initiation of Adults September 10

Saint Thomas was from Castile in Spain and received his surname from the town where he was raised. He received a superior education at the Uni- versity of Alcala and became a popular professor of philosophy there. Sacred Heart Church will start the Rite of the After joining the Augustinian friars at Salamanca, Christian Initiation of Adults program in English for Thomas was ordained and resumed his teaching– anyone who has not completed their three initiation despite a continuing absentmindedness and poor Sacraments, (Baptism, First Holy Communion and memory. He became prior and then provincial of the Confirmation). Classes start on Tuesday, September friars, sending the first Augustinians to the New 17, 2019. If you know anyone who would be inter- World. He was nominated by the emperor to the ested in becoming a full member of our Church, archbishopric of Granada, but refused. When the see please call the rectory for further information at again became vacant he was pressured to accept. The (914) 949-0028. money his cathedral chapter gave him to furnish his house was given to a hospital instead. His explana- tion to them was that “our Lord will be better served by your money being spent on the poor in the hospital. What does a poor friar like myself want with fur- niture?” He wore the same habit that he had received in the novitiate, mending it himself. The canons and The Church of the Sacred Heart domestics were ashamed of him, but they could not convince him to change. Several hundred poor came Registration is now open for the 2019-2020 to Thomas’s door each morning and received a meal, school year. Classes are every Sunday beginning wine, and money. When criticized because he was at September 8, 2019 from 9:30am -10:45am for stu- times being taken advantage of, he replied, “If there dents in grades 1-8. Registration forms can be found are people who refuse to work, that is for the gover- in the rectory, at the Religious Education office lo- nor and the police to deal with. My duty is to assist cated inside Sacred Heart School and online and relieve those who come to my door.” He took in at shchartsdale.org. orphans and paid his servants for every deserted We have positions available for any volun- child they brought to him. He encouraged the teer who wants to be a catechist or aide. Please send wealthy to imitate his example and be richer in mer- an email to [email protected] with cy and charity than they were in earthly possessions. any questions you may have regarding the program Criticized because he refused to be harsh or swift in or to volunteer as a catechist or aide. correcting sinners, Thomas said, “Let him (the com- plainer) inquire whether Saint Augustine and Saint John Chrysostom used anathemas and excom- munication to stop the drunkenness and blasphemy which were so common among the people under their care.” As he lay dying, Thomas commanded that all the money he possessed be distributed to the poor. His material goods were to be given to the rector of his college. Mass was being celebrated in his pres- Sacred Heart Church is hosting our annual ence when after Communion he breathed his last, fall blood drive on Sunday, September 22nd from reciting the words: “Into your hands, O Lord, I com- 8:30 am to 2:30 pm in our school gym. Please do- mend my spirit.” nate with your fellow parishioners and help replenish In his lifetime Thomas of Villanova was already our community blood supply. called “the almsgiver” and “the father of the poor.” For more information contact Christine Foran He was canonized in 1658. His Liturgical Feast Day at [email protected] or Deacon Robert at (914) is September 22. 949-0028. Printed with permission from Franciscan Media; www.FranciscanMedia.org

Mass Attendance

Our Mass attendance was 1,100. Congratulations!

We would like to congratulate Jonathan Goldwasser, the new elected President of the Par- ish Council of our Sacred Heart Parish. Mr. Goldwasser will serve as the President of the Par- Our last week’s collection was $8,749.75. ish Council for the next three years. Our Parish Reserve collection was $3,893.00. If anyone would like be a member of the council, please contact Fr. Michael Moon. Thank you for your continued financial Thank you so much to all those who partic- support to our Parish and its many needs. Your ipated on this matter. financial generosity for the upkeep of our Parish buildings and programs is essential and greatly appreciated.

We would like to also thank Mr. Anthony Fred LaFontant for running as a nominee of the The Sanctuary Lamp is dedicated during Parish Council election. the month of September in memory of Vincent Sincerely, Muccio, Mrs. Maria Muccio and Michael Muccio. Fr. Michael Moon

The altar bread is dedicated during the month of September in memory of Dorothy Leone

The altar wine is dedicated during the month of September in memory of Stephano Lee.

Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal

2020 Mass Book and Schedule Changes In the Bible, Jesus teaches us to act with mercy, compassion and love. Your help plays a The Mass book for the year 2020 is open. vital role that ensures the Cardinal’s Appeal con- Mass intentions can be reserved at the Rectory of- tinues to serve so many throughout our communi- fice Monday thru Friday. You can request Masses ties. To date, 170 families have made their com- for the living, in thanksgiving, for your special in- mitment to the Appeal effort in our parish totaling tentions and for the deceased. $39,438.00 which is 45% of our goal of Due to the priest shortage in our diocese, $88,000.00. Please join your fellow parishioners in beginning on January 1, 2020, Sacred Heart stewardship and make your gift to the Cardinal’s Church will no longer have an 8:30 am Mass Mon- Appeal today. Thank you to all who have already day thru Friday. In addition there will only be one made your commitment – your generosity is most Mass on Saturday morning at 8:30 am. We apolo- appreciated! gize for any inconvenience this may cause. You can also make your gift online at: www.cardinalsappeal.org Pray for the Sick

Frank Allgaier Victoria Lamb Maria Annunziata Patricia Liszewski Gena Batchelder Kevin McGee Vidal Billalovos Jennifer McGee Joyce Bogetti Vera McManus Gladys Bourrienne Joseph Madappatt Mary Brady Efigenia Marks-Mendoza Catherine Bryceland J. Lance Mead George Busler Joan Mino Anne Byrne Beth Morretta Megan Calabrese Robert Muller, Sr. Carlos Cardenas Barbara Murphy Geshika Chirinos Dr. Christopher A. Orlando Elizabeth Cho John A. Pascucci Cho Young Hee Gloria Perone Agada Chun Dolores Piazza Loretta Dalena Zygfryd Pieczynski Sophie Dargoltz Clotilda Pipolo Elizabeth DeVito Anita Pursino Gina Duvalsaint Ann Raftery Kirk Ellis Jeanne Rygor Teresa Fuentes Alice Schildknecht Domenica Galbo Fr. Richard Seagraves Ted Galvet Denise Soranno Benchamen George Paul Sorrentino Matthew George Lisa Terraciano Carrol Gershkowitz Ashley Tolentino Emilia Gluck Dawn A. Towey Maribeth Groth Joy Noel Travalino Tara Gustafson Mario Troia Marie Imperati Enrico Zaluski Rev. Fr. Danilo Isidro Silvio Zaluski William Jayne Carmen Rita Zapata