AUGUST 2, 2015
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
MASS INTENTIONS
Sunday (August 02) Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00 Lucile DeRico
Requested By: DeRico Family
10:00 Pro-Populo
12:00 Silvia Alvarez
Requested By: Friends
7:00 Spanish Mass
Monday (August 03)
7:00 William Stanley Kowalski
Requested By: Julie Salisbury
9:00 Ada & Alberto Russo
Requested By: Sister, Santina
Tuesday (August 04) Saint John Vianney, Priest
7:00 Elizabeth Hope Zuzarte
Requested By: Family
9:00 Giuliano D’Ottavio
Requested By: Family
Wednesday (August 05)
7:00 Thanksgiving Mass
Requested By: Cassandra Fernandes
9:00 Maria Delfina & George Mescarenhas
Requested By: Rosita D’Costa & family
Thursday (August 06) The Transfiguration of the Lord
7:00 Fr. Vernon, Happy Anniversary!
Requested By: Friends
9:00 Luigi Russo
Requested By: Sister-in-law, Santina Valente
Friday
(August 07)
7:00 Souls in Purgatory
Requested By: Cassandra Fernandes
9:00 Peter & Maria Lopes
Requested By: Carlos & Dorina Lopes
Saturday (August 08) Saint Dominic, Priest
9:00 John Baldini
Requested By: His family
5:00 Julian & William Astrab
Requested By: Donna Astrab
Sunday (August 09) Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00 In Thanksgiving to Our Lady of Assumption
Requested By: Filomena Rodrigues
10:00 Diogo Lino Fernandes
Requested By: Natalia Fernandes
12:00 Pro-Populo
7:00 Spanish Mass
*Please notify an usher if you would like to bring
up the gifts during a Mass for your loved one.
DIVINE MERCY HOLY HOUR SCHEDULE
August 2
3PM
Mt St Francis
August 9
3PM
Assumption Church
August 16
3PM
Assumption Church
August 23
3PM
Assumption Church
August 30
3PM
Assumption Church
CCD NEWS
Registration for September has begun. All new students must
bring a copy of their baptismal certificate and birth certificate
when they come to register. The tuition for 2015-2016 is: One
student $125, for 2 or more children in the same family (brother
and sister) $175. All back tuition must be paid before a family can
register for next year.
MEMORIALIZATIONS
ALTAR CANDLES
John Baldini
Requested By: Mom & Daddy
NOTES FROM THE LOFT
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 9, 2015
On Monday night, August 10, our parish will begin its
celebration of Our Lady’s Assumption with the opening of the
Eucharistic devotion known as FORTY HOURS. The number ‘40’
was chosen to signify the forty hours Christ’s Body lay in the
tomb.
A CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA article states the
practice began in Milan in May 1537 with Pope Innocent III giving
it an indulgenced status by 1539 at the urging of the Faithful. Its
original purpose was twofold: 1. “to appease the anger of God”
for the offenses of the Catholic people; and 2. to beg God’s
protection against the growing danger of invasion by the Turks,
who threatened not only the Church but Western Civilization
itself.
Its origins are unclear. Evidence points to a Capuchin
Father, Joseph Piantanida da Fermo, as the organizer of a
system which created consecutive Exposition, forty hours at a
time, from church to church throughout Milan for a full year!
Another source points to a Dominican, Father Thomas Nieto, and
a Barnabite priest, St. Anthony Maria Zaccharia as the Milanese
founders. The devotion became so popular that St. Charles
Borromeo, the Cardinal Archbishop of Milan, issued guidelines on
how to conduct these extended periods of prayer.
In Rome, St. Philip Neri and the Oratory Fathers had
created a similar practice
facilitated by the leadership of Blessed Juvenal Ancina, himself
an Oratorian and Bishop of the Piedmont area. Their
contemporary, St. Ignatius Loyola, also organized Forty Hour
devotions annually during the celebration of Carnival to atone for
its sinful influence.
In her online article, “St. John Neumann and the 40
Hours Devotion” Jan. 2008,
Linda O’Brien writes of the strong anti-Catholic feeling which
surfaced in Philadelphia in the 19th century. In the wake of the
burning of the churches of St. Michael and St. Augustine, his
priests urged Bishop Neumann to abandon his plan to introduce
the FORTY HOURS devotion. One night Neumann fell asleep at
his desk. A candle burnt down, charring papers. Suddenly
awakening, he heard a voice saying, “As the flames are burning
here without consuming or injuring the writing, so shall I pour out
my grace in the Blessed Sacrament…Fear no profanation…carry
out your design for my glory.” And he did – in St. Philip Neri
Church, Queen Street!
Choir music will include Eucharistic themes: BONE
PASTOR and TASTE AND SEE,
Wedding Banns
Second Time: Eric Adam Kirtland & Wendy Julissa Lucho
First Time: Daniel Rodriguez & Scarlett Moore
First Time: Carlos David Santos & Altagracia Moronta
STEWARDSHIP
The Archdiocese of New York takes the stewardship of your
donations and its resources seriously. If you have knowledge of
financial misconduct or suspect that it might be occurring, please
report your concerns via a toll free hotline, at 877-8200541, or on
the internet, at http://www.reportlineweb.com/ADNY. Both are
available 24 hours per day.
TITHING REPORT
17th Sunday in Ordinary time 2015…………..…..$ 7,901.69*
17th Sunday in Ordinary time 2014…………..…..$ 9,473.00
*Includes Parish Pay……………………..………...$
650.69
RESPECT LIFE
Hearing the Knock - In his June 2009 encyclical Caritas
in Veritate, Pope Benedict XVI reminds the world that
poverty will not be eradicated unless we rediscover and
protect the sanctity of life at every level. Dismissing the
unborn as less than human and allowing abortion impedes the
work of social justice. He points out with urgency, “While the poor
of the world continue knocking on the doors of the rich, the world
of affluence runs the risk of no longer hearing those knocks, on
account of a conscience that can no longer distinguish what is
human” (n. 75). The next Respect Life Holy Hour will be on
Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 7:00 PM
CARDINAL’S APPEAL 2015
Cardinal Dolan said: “I pray that you will join me and consider
renewing your commitment to the Church in New York with a gift
to the Cardinal's Annual Appeal. I ask not for me, but on behalf of
the thousands of men, women and children who are so grateful
for your love and care. Please help me in making the Appeal a
success”.
Summary to Date
Goal
Pledge
Paid
$72,000.00
$49,016.00
$38,771.00
Number
of Gifts
166
Average
Gift
$295.28
SAVE THE DATE
In preparation for Pope Francis’ visit to the US, Assumption
Church is hosting a Parish retreat. Please save the date!
Saturday, September 12th, 2015 from 9:00AM – 4:00PM at
Mount St Francis - Franciscan’s Sisters - 250 South St. Peekskill,
NY 10566. Cost will be $25.00, lunch will be included. Father
Roger J. Landry will be our guest preacher. He is a priest of the
Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, who works for the Holy
See’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations.
DISCOVERING CHRIST IS COMING TO ASSUMPTION
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
Discovering Christ invites guests to hear the Good News and
encounter Jesus in a personal way. What a great blessing it
would be if every parishioner would accept this invitation! A Core
Team of Assumption parishioners is already in place an for this
powerful 7-week experience, but we’d love a few more
volunteers. Volunteers will get to experience the series as well.
If you feel called to serve the Church and build up the body of
Christ among your Assumption family, and to others seeking to
encounter
Him
more
personally,
contact
Audrey
Warn, 914.494.1430 or
e-mail audreycwarn@gmail.com.
Volunteers wanted in the areas of hospitality, administration and
small group facilitation. Training and helping you discern which
opportunity would be best for you will be provided.
TICKETS FOR THE PAPAL VISIT
The Archdiocese of New York Office of the Papal Visit has
informed us that each parish will receive an allotment of tickets
for the Pope’s Mass at Madison Square Garden. We are not at
this time accepting reservations. But please be assured that the
limited tickets that will be alloted to our parish will be distibuted in
an as equitable and orderly manner as possible.
PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL
Gladys Latimer, Catherine Chesser, Janet Fortier,
Linda McGarr, Loretta Donohue, Andrew Muller,
George Strumke, Daniel Cairl, George Smith, Fr.
Steven Clark, Cecilia Murphy, Patricia Cothren,
Guadalupe Arango, Mario Garzione, Catherine Gleba, James
Brian Dolman and Suzi Jo Bondra
RESERVING THE LAST ROW FOR OUR USHERS
Assumption’s faithful ushers are easy to recognize not just by
their red blazers but also by the dedicated work they do for
Assumption Church week in and week out. At their request and
for the better realization of their important ministry, starting
September 1st, we will be reserving the last row on each
side of the Church so that they can have easy access to
the doors and better handle their many tasks. We are grateful for
our parishioners who will leave that space available for them, as
indicated by the reserved signs that will be placed there.
CELEBRATING THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION
Each year we look forward to celebrating Our Lady’s
Assumption into heaven as our Patronal Feast Day. This
year, we honor our Lady in three special ways:
Forty Hours Devotion
Forty Hours Devotion, which is exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament for 40 consecutive hours (with the exception of
Holy Mass), will begin on Monday, August 10 at 7:00 PM and
will end on Wednesday, August 12 at 11:00 AM. Parishioners
will be asked to reserve one-hour slots to accompany our
Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Sign-ups will take place
in the weeks before the Feast of the Assumption.
The Vigil of the Feast of Assumption
FRIDAY August 14
7:30 pm
Fire Rosary
8:00- pm
Procession
8:45 pm
Desserts and Refreshments with
Arts and Crafts tables set up for
children of all ages in the Annex
The Feast of the Assumption
SATURDAY August 15
8:30 am
Divine Mercy Chaplet
9:00 am
Parish Family Mass
10:00 am
Continental Breakfast –
in Father Wilson Hall and the Gym.
11:00 am
Mary’s Path All parishioners are welcome
to do a walk through the local area of
Peekskill prayerfully retracing the life of Our
Lady from her Immaculate conception to
her Assumption Into Heaven.
12:30 pm
End of Mary’s Path – Ice Cream is served!
COULD YOU NOT PRAY WITH ME...?
First Fridays of every month are special times to visit
our Lord, who is truly present in the Eucharist and is
exposed in the Church. Friday, August 7th, our Lord
Jesus Christ, in the Eucharist, will be on the altar
for us to adore from 12:15 PM until 7:00PM. At 7:00
PM will be the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Please come and spend
some time adoring the Lord Jesus with us.