CHURCH OF SAINT AEDAN PARISH CALENDAR September 2016 – June 2017*+

SEPTEMBER FRIDAY 2 Nocturnal Adoration – St. Aedan’s – 8 – 11 PM SUNDAY 4 25th Sunday of Season Interfaith Gathering at St. Aedan’s – 4 PM Parish meeting room. MONDAY 5 Holiday (Parish office closed – call emergency number for a priest) County Pro Life – St. Francis – 7:30 PM TUESDAY 6 Patriotic Rosary 7 PM SATURDAY 10 PREP STAFF Retreat TBA County 9-11 Mass 5:30 PM SUNDAY 11 Mission Sunday / Grandparents Day - Family Mass resumes - 10 AM TUESDAY 13 Ladies Guild Meeting - 1:00 PM in Parish Hall SATURDAY 17 Parish Bible Study program begins – 9:30 – 11 AM – Parish Hall (24 weeks) CYO Family Picnic – Church Grounds –Noon – 3 PM SUNDAY 18 Catechetical Sunday 10 AM Mass WEDNESDAY 21 St. Matthew CYO Coaches Meeting – Meeting Room 7:30 PM FRIDAY 23 Feast Day - Padre Pio SATURDAY 24 Parish Bible Study program – 9:30 – 11 AM Free Parish 50th Anniversary Concert - 2 PM followed by refreshments in Parish Hall SUNDAY 25 26th Sunday of Ordinary Season TUESDAY 27 St. Vincent De Paul 29 Feast of the Archangels

OCTOBER SATURDAY 1 Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus Parish Bible Study program– 9:30 – 11 AM SUNDAY 2 RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY Pancake Breakfast after 8 & 10 AM Masses - Gym PREP Second Grade Inscription Mass 10:00 & Rosary Craft Blessing of the animals – 2 PM MONDAY 3 PREP –Confirmation Parent/Student Meeting – 7 PM County Pro Life Mass – St. Francis – 7:30 PM TUESDAY 4 Feast of St. Francis Patriotic Rosary 7 PM THURSDAY 6 Legion of Mary every Thursday at 10 AM FRIDAY 7 Our Lady of the Rosary Nocturnal Adoration – St. Margaret’s, 8 – 11 PM SATURDAY 8 Parish Bible Study program – 9:30 – 11 AM Server Family BBQ – 12 noon – 2 PM SUNDAY 9 VOCATION AWARENESS SUNDAY MONDAY 10 COLUMBUS HOLIDAY – Parish Office Closed (Call emergency number for a priest) SATURDAY 15 St. Theresa of Avila Parish Bible Study Program 9:30 – 11 AM PARISH ANOINTING MASS – 12 NOON – Refreshments to follow SUNDAY 16 LAITY SUNDAY TUESDAY 18 Feast of St. Luke - Evangelist FRIDAY 21 PARISH 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA (Raffle Drawing) – 6:30 PM HILTON SATURDAY 22 Bible Study Program 9:30 – 11 AM SUNDAY 23 WORLD MISSION SUNDAY WEDNESDAY 26 MASS BOOK OPEN FOR 2017 FRIDAY 28 CHILDREN’S PARTY – GYM from 7 – 9 PM SATURDAY 29 Parish Bible Study Program 9:30 – 11 AM SUNDAY 30 Thirty-First Sunday of Ordinary Season MONDAY 31 Mass of All Saints - Holyday – 5:30 PM Halloween – Trick or Treat! NOVEMBER TUESDAY 1 ALL SAINTS DAY –Holyday of Obligation WEDNESDAY 2 ALL SOULS DAY PARISH MEMORIAL MASS AT 7:00 PM Patriotic Rosary following 7 PM Mass FRIDAY 4 Nocturnal Adoration – St. Margaret’s, 8 – 11 PM SATURDAY 5 SPIRIT DAY AT ST. JOSEPH, Spring Valley – 8th Grade Confirmation Class Parish Bible Study Program 9:30 – 11 AM SUNDAY 6 WEEK OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS PREP Third Grade at 10:00 Mass CYO Basketball Opening Mass (All grades) Pancake Breakfast after 8 & 10 AM Masses - GYM MONDAY 7 8TH GRADE CONFIRMATION COMMITMENT MASS - 7:30 PM County Pro Life Mass – St. Francis 7:30 PM TUESDAY 8 ELECTION DAY (Please be registered! Please get out and vote!) FRIDAY 11 VETERANS HOLIDAY – Parish Office Closed (Call emergency number for a priest) SATURDAY 12 Bible Study program – 9:30 – 11 AM Virtual Tour of Lourdes Noon – 2 PM followed by refreshments in Parish Hall SUNDAY 13 STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY TUESDAY 15 Ladies Guild Meeting 1 PM in Parish Hall SATURDAY 19 FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION Parish Bible Study Class – 9:30 AM Music Ministry Luncheon - 12 Noon SUNDAY 20 CHRIST THE KING – End of the Ordinary (Green) Season of the Church Year CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Parish Giving Tree outreach MONDAY 21 Feast of Presentation of BVM PARISH FAMILY THANKSGIVING SERVICE 7:30 PM & Food Collection Family Sharing Table in Parish Hall following Thanksgiving Service. WEDNESDAY 23 GRANDPARENTS MASS – ALBERTUS MAGNUS HIGH SCHOOL – 9:00 AM THURSDAY 24 HAPPY THANKSGIVING! – Parish Office Closed (Call emergency number for a priest) 9 AM Mass of Thanksgiving (No afternoon mass) SATURDAY 26 Bible Study Program – 9:30 – 11 AM BLESSING OF CRECHE – Palisades Center Mall– 12 Noon SUNDAY 27 FIRST SUNDAY OF GIVING TREE DISPLAYED IN CHURCH TUESDAY 29 PREP – ADVENT CONFESSION SCHEDULE BEGINS WEDNESDAY 30 SAINT ANDREW, APOSTLE

DECEMBER FRIDAY 2 Nocturnal Adoration – St. Margaret’s, 8 – 11 PM SATURDAY 3 Bible Study Program – 9:30 AM SATURDAY 50th Anniversary – Closing mass with Cardinal Dolan – 5:30 PM SUNDAY 4 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT First Grade Class at 10:00 AM Mass MONDAY 5 County Pro Life Mass – St. Francis – 7:30 PM TUESDAY 6 Patriotic Rosary at 7 PM WEDNESDAY 7 5:30 PM VIGIL MASS – FEAST OF THE - HOLYDAY THURSDAY 8 FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Parish Holyday Masses at 9 AM; 12:10 & 7 PM. (PREP family mass at 4:30 PM) SATURDAY 10 OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE – Patroness of the Americas Breakfast with Santa – 10 AM in Gym (No Sunday breakfast) Advent Craft for children – parish hall before and after breakfast? No Parish Bible Study Program this week LIGHTING OF THE PARISH following 5:30 PM Mass (Refreshments in the Parish Hall following Tree Lighting) SUNDAY 11 THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT MONDAY 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe – Patroness of the Americas RECONCILIATION MONDAY – Confessions from 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM ALL CHURCHES TUESDAY 13 Ladies Guild Gift Wrapping for religious sisters SATURDAY 17 Parish Bible Study Program – 9:30 – 11 AM PREP Faculty Christmas Party SUNDAY 18 FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT SATURDAY 24 MASSES: 4 PM Family Mass - Gym; 4PM Adult Mass – Church 6 PM, 8 PM & 10 PM Choir Mass SUNDAY 25 CHRISTMAS DAY MASSES: 8 AM; 10 AM & 12 Noon (Last Mass) MONDAY 26 ST. STEPHEN THE WEDNESDAY 28 Feast of the Holy Innocents FRIDAY 30 FEAST OF THE SATURDAY 31 5:30 pm VIGIL MASS - MARY MOTHER OF GOD NEW YEAR’S EVE JANUARY 2017 SUNDAY 1 FEAST OF MARY MOTHER OF GOD – SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE NEW YEAR’S DAY Pancake Breakfast after 8 & 10 a.m. Masses MONDAY 2 County Pro Life Mass – St. Francis – 7:30 PM TUESDAY 3 Feast of Holy Name of Jesus Patriotic Rosary at 7 PM FRIDAY 6 Nocturnal Adoration – at St. Aedan’s – 8 – 11 PM SATURDAY 7 Parish Bible Study program 9:30 –11 AM SUNDAY 8 FEAST OF THE – Little Christmas Pancake Breakfast after 8:00 & 10:00 AM Masses MONDAY 9 FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD – Christmas Season Ends TUESDAY 10 Ordinary season of Church begins – Green reappear MONDAY 16 Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday TUESDAY 17 Feast of St. Anthony SATURDAY 21 Parish Bible Study Program 9:30 – 11 AM Feeding Our Neighbors Program begins MONDAY 23 Day of Prayer for Protection of the Unborn

FEBRUARY THURSDAY 2 Presentation of the Lord FRIDAY 3 Feast of St. Blaise – Blessing of Throats at 9 & 12:10 masses Nocturnal Adoration – at St. Aedan’s, 8 – 11 PM SATURDAY 4 First Penance Session One – 10 AM First Penance Session Two – 12 Noon No Parish Bible Study Program this week SUNDAY 5 World Day for Consecrated Religious Pancake Breakfast following 8 & 10 AM masses – Gym MONDAY 6 County Pro Life Mass – St. Francis – 7:30 PM TUESDAY 7 Patriotic Rosary 7 PM

SATURDAY 11 World Day of the Sick Parish Bible Study Program 9:30 – 11 AM Anointing Mass at 12 Noon TUESDAY 14 Valentine’s Day MONDAY 20 President’s Day Holiday WEDNESDAY 22 Feast of Chair of Saint Peter TUESDAY 28

MARCH WEDNESDAY 1 + – First Day of Ashes distributed at 6:45 Service; 9 AM Mass; 12:10 PM Mass; 4:30 PM Service with PREP families; 7:30 PM Mass.

FRIDAY 3 Pasta with the Parish – Gym 6 – 7:15 PM 7:30 PM Nocturnal Adoration – St. Aedan’s, 8 – 11 PM SATURDAY 4 Parish Bible Study Program 9:30 – 11 AM SUNDAY 5 First Sunday of Lent Pancake Breakfast following 8 & 10 AM masses – Gym MONDAY 6 County Pro Life Mass – St. Francis – 7:30 PM TUESDAY 7 Patriotic Rosary FRIDAY 10 Pasta with the Parish 6 – 7:15 PM – Gym Stations of the Cross – 7:30 PM Nocturnal Adoration at St. Aedan’s 8 – 11 PM (Following Stations) SATURDAY 11 Parish Bible Study Program 9:30 – 11 AM SUNDAY 12 Second Sunday of Lent MONDAY 13 CYO Family Dinner 6:30 PM – Gym TUESDAY 14 ladies Guild Meeting – 1 PM – Parish Hall FRIDAY 17 Feast of Saint Patrick – Patron of the Archdiocese of New York NYC Parade up 5th Avenue – 11 AM Pasta with the Parish 6- 7:15 PM – Gym Stations of the Cross – 7:30 PM SATURDAY 18 Parish Bible Study Program 9:30 – 11 AM SUNDAY 19 Third Sunday of Lent Pearl River St. Patrick’s Parade 1:30 PM MONDAY 20 Feast of Saint Joseph – Patron of the Universal Church SATURDAY 25 Feast of Presentation of the Lord Parish Bible Study Program 9:30 – 11 AM SUNDAY 26 Fourth Sunday of Lent FRIDAY 31 Pasta with the Parish 6 – 7:15 PM Stations of the Cross – 7:30 PM

APRIL SATURDAY 1 Parish Bible Study Program SUNDAY 2 Fifth Sunday of Lent Pancake Breakfast following 8 & 10 AM masses MONDAY 3 County Pro Life Mass – St. Francis – 7:30 PM TUESDAY 4 Patriotic Rosary at 7 PM FRIDAY 7 Pasta with the Parish 6 – 7:15 PM – Gym Stations of the Cross – 7:30 PM Nocturnal Adoration – St. Margaret’s, 8 - 11PM SATURDAY 8 Parish Bible Study Program 9:30 – 11 AM Confessions 4:30 – 5:15 (Two Confessors) 5:30 PM Vigil Mass for Passion (Palm) Sunday SUNDAY 9 BEGINS Passion (Palm) Sunday MONDAY 10 Reconciliation Monday – Confessions from 4 – 9 PM TUESDAY 11 Mass of Chrism – St. Patrick’s Cathedral – 4 PM Rockland Deanery Bus to Cathedral – Reserved seating WEDNESDAY 12 “Spy” Wednesday HOLY THURSDAY 13 Tenebre Service - 10 AM Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:30 PM 14 Tenebre Service – 10 AM Living Stations of the Cross – 12 Noon Traditional Good Friday Service (Passion, Veneration of Cross, Holy ) - 3 PM Solemn Stations of the Cross – 7:30 PM 15 Tenebre Service – 10 AM Church closed for cleaning & decorating until 3 PM The Great Vigil Mass – 8 PM (Sunset is 7:35 PM) EASTER SUNDAY 16 8 AM Mass in Church 10 AM – Adult Mass in Church 10 AM – Family Mass in Gym – Followed by Easter Egg Hunt 12 Noon – Mass in Church (No evening Mass) MONDAY 17 OCTIVE WEEK OF EASTER (Every day celebrated as Easter) Parish Office Closed (Contact emergency number for a priest) SATURDAY 22 Parish Bible Study Program 9:30 – 11 AM Ladies Guild Mass & Communion Breakfast with St. Catharine’s – 10 AM SUNDAY 23 – Service at 3 PM TUESDAY 25 Feast Day – St. Mark the Evangelist WEDNESDAY 26 Administrative Professionals Day SATURDAY 27 Parish Bible Study Program 9:30 – 11 AM SUNDAY 30 Third Week of Easter

MAY MONDAY 1 County Pro Life Mass – St. Francis - 7:30 PM TUESDAY 2 Patriotic Rosary at 7 PM WEDNESDAY 3 Feast Day of Sts. Philip & James, Apostles THURSDAY 4 National Firefighters Day – Pray for “The Bravest” who serve our community. FRIDAY 5 Nocturnal Adoration – St. Margaret’s, 8-11 PM SATURDAY 6 First Holy Communion Session One – 10:30 AM – Refreshments to follow First Holy Communion Session Two – 1:00 PM – Refreshments to follow No Parish Bible Study Program this week

SUNDAY 7 (Last) Pancake Breakfast following 8 & 10 AM masses MONDAY 8 County Pro Life Mass – St. Francis – 7:30 PM TUESDAY 9 Ladies Guild Meeting – Parish Hall – 1 PM SATURDAY 13 Parish Bible Study Program 9:30 – 11 AM SUNDAY 14 Mother’s Day Observance MONDAY 15 National EMS Week in America National Police Week in America WEDNESDAY 17 Rockland Senior Retreat (TBA - Check bulletin for details) SATURDAY 20 Parish Picnic (TBA - Check bulletin for details) SUNDAY 21 Sixth Sunday of Easter Rain Date – Parish Picnic WEDNESDAY 24 Ascension Thursday Holyday - Vigil Mass – 5:30 PM THURSDAY 25 Feast of the Ascension – Holyday of Obligation Parish Masses at 9 AM, 12:10 PM and 7 PM PREP Family Mass – 4:30 PM SATURDAY 27 Priestly Ordinations – St. Patrick’s Cathedral – Please pray for our priests. SUNDAY 28 Seventh Sunday of 29 Holiday Parish office Closed (Call emergency number for priest) JUNE SATURDAY 3 Anointing Mass – 12 Noon Vigil Mass for – 5:30 PM SUNDAY 4 Pentecost Sunday MONDAY 5 County Pro Life Mass – St. Francis – 7:30 PM TUESDAY 6 Patriotic Rosary – 7 PM FRIDAY 9 Nocturnal Adoration – St. Margaret’s, 8 – 11 PM SUNDAY 11 TUESDAY 13 Feast Day – St. Anthony of Padua (St. Anthony following 12:10 PM Mass) Ladies Guild Luncheon – 12:45 PM SUNDAY 18 – The Precious Body & Father’s Day Wedding 25th & 50th Jubilee Mass at 10 AM FRIDAY 23 Feast of the Most of Jesus Nocturnal Adoration – St. Margaret’s, 8- 11 PM MONDAY 26 St. Aedan Bible Camp Week THURSDAY 29 Feast Day of Sts. Peter & Paul - Apostles

*PLEASE NOTE: This parish calendar (published in September) is subject to change. Please refer to the weekly parish bulletin for up-to-date information concerning the dates & times of our parish events. +FIRST AMENDMENT