December 27, 2015
Mass Schedule at Sacred Heart Church
Mass Intentions This Weekend
Saturday Maria & Vincent Herzog req: Family
5:30pm Mickey Onofrietto
req: Paul & Nancy Nichols
The Barnes Family
req: Friend
Sunday
9:30am
Mickey Onofrietto req: Team Tremblay & Sisters in Stitches
Art & Joan Jones
req: Paniccia Family
Thomas Pennock
req: The Burns Family
Week of December 28th Mass Intentions
Monday
8:00am
Michael Ermiger
req: Ken Ermiger
Wednesday The parishioners of Sacred Heart Catholic Community
8:00am
req:
New Year’s Day:
9:00am
Gene Shea
req: DianeShea
Saturday
5:30pm
Harold Weigand (40th Anniversary) req: daughter
James Wilhelm (18th Anniversary)
req: Debbie Wilhelm
& Famiy
Sunday
9:30am
Daniel Gillman
Mickey Onofrietto
Vincent Verlezza
req: Janine Kandora
req: Ed & Judy Creede
req: Louis Conte
Liturgical Ministers – January2 & 3
Saturday: 5:30pm
Lector: D. & D. Redpath
EM: Ch Dybas, T. Case, Cu Dybas, P. Hurley, L. Abrahams
Sunday: 9:30am
Lector: Knights of Columbus
EM: L. Famosi, J. Taibe, S. Taibe, B. Beneszewski, J. Grey,
J. Johnson, P. Zylowski
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament…
Every Wednesday, 8:30am – 9pm
Chaplet of Divine Mercy Every Wed. at 3pm
NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAY
OFFICE HOURS
Please note: So that the staff may enjoy time with family,
there will be LIMITED office hours the week of
New Years
New Year’s Eve – Thurs., December 31: 9am – 12noon
Closed Friday, New Year’s Day, January 1st
A warm and beautiful Christmas welcome to all who
worship in our Sacred Heart Catholic Church! May the Word
of God bring you peace and joy. If you are visiting, please
consider us your parish away from home. We welcome all
visitors coming to Lake George in joining us for Eucharist
during your stay. May you have an enjoyable visit and
vacation.
Scripture Readings
This Sunday
Next Sunday
Holy Family
Epiphany of the Lord
Sirach 3: 2-6
Isaiah 60: 1-6
Colossians 3: 12-21
Ephesians 3: 2-31a
Luke 2: 41-52
Matthew 2: 1-2
--------------------------------------------------Monday
1John 1: 5
Matthew 2: 13-18
Tuesday
1John 2: 3-11
Luke 2: 22-30
Wednesday 1John 2: 12-17
Luke 2: 36-40
Thursday
1John 2: 18-21
John 1: 1-18
Friday
Numbers 6: 22-27
Luke 2; 16-21
Please pray for the sick and homebound,
as well as the men and women in service and Pray for all
priests, deacons, religious brothers and sisters, lay ministers
and seminarians of our Albany diocese. Please check our
online prayer list for the sick of our parish at:
www.sacredheartcatholiccommunity.com
Your Stewardship of Treasure:
Regular Offertory Collection:
Last Week: $2,985
Last Year: $3,568
Next weekend will be our Reduction of Debt Collection,
and it will be the last one! We are so, so, sooooo close to
paying off our loan for the new church (3 ½ year’s early!)
we are extremely confident that the first week in January, we
will be sending a check to completely pay our loan.
Thank you to everyone who made this dream come true!
CHRISTMAS PEACE PATH
Our "Peace Path" has been especially cleared and decorated
with "family trees" and a lighted way to the manger. Take a
walk through the Peace Path (behind the church) and spend a
few minutes experiencing the beauty of nature and the many
symbols of faith, life and harmony. Many children and adults
have worked hard to prepare the peace path for our reflection
and celebration of the meaning of Christmas. "All the earth
proclaim the Lord, sing your praise to God"
We welcome and congratulate Judy Carr on
her new appointment as
Director of North County
Ministry!
Saturday Evening Worshipers…We are in need of Eucharistic Ministers to serve at the 5:30 p.m.
Mass. Please consider this wonderfully rewarding Ministry. Training provided. Call Rosalie at 744-2049.
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph
PREPARE A PLACE FOR HIM
Will you prepare a place for him? He
promises to prepare a place for you one
day!
At the celebration of Christmas may we
prepare a place for Jesus Christ to come into our lives.
As the world did not prepare a place for him, so it would be
animals and shepherds that did. They recognized him. Do
you? They saw the face of God in this baby. Do you see the
face of God in other people? If you do, then what will you
do? How will you live differently, love more tenderly, forgive
more readily and show mercy with kindness? Jesus will not
be born again in a manger but he will be born again in the
hearts of those who are willing to let him in.
Wishing you and yours, a most Blessed and Merry Christmas
as we prepare a place for him by our love, as parishioners
and friends at Sacred Heart parish. May Christ dwell in your
heart and in your home. May we and all creatures, great and
small who share this planet as our common home, celebrate
God's love for the whole world. For the "Word became flesh
and dwelt among us."
Christmas Flower Memorials…
Jane and Michael Baran, deceased
members of the Case Family, William &
Violet Grant, Dorothy Gettinger, Carni J.
Hall, Anna Carpenter, Daniel Gillman,
Ralph Bailey Sr, Harriett Newman White,
Ann Kennedy,Cararo & Nicholas Families,
D. Leombruno, Meg & Vince DiPetrillo,
Emma & Yonan Kambar, LeBar Family,
Mayer Family, Gambacorta Family, John &
Eileen McTague, Elwin & Lelia Maxim, Steve
Valero, Walter Dorman, Caroline Lee, Ethel Main,
Michael Labruzzo, Anthony Labruzzo, Helen
Labruzzo, Helen Labruzzo, Salvatore Labruzzo, Gerard
Schuster, Betty Sullivan & Family, Albert T. Colavito, Jan &
Helena Molik, Nestor Uhera, Mr. & Mr. Gilbert Mellon,
Mary & Harry Aloisi, Stephen & Anne Fiato, Dutcher,
Boersim, Tuttle Families, Richard C. Bradshaw, Albinus
Anthony Baksis,
Fr. Tom Berardi and "Wrangler" too.
Many thanks to everyone who
helped to make this
Christmas so special for us
and for so many local
families…
Community Dinner Program… No Dinners until
January 6th so that our wonderful and dedicated volunteers
have the time to enjoy the joyful Christmas season.
We are appealing for volunteers to serve occasionally
on Saturday’s as substitute Sacristans. If interested,
please sign up on the sheet posted in the lobby.
Holy Day – January 1st
Holy Day – January 1st - Solemnity of Mary
Mass Schedule
Vigil Mass (Dec 31): Blessed Sacrament in Bolton at 6pm
January 1: Sacred Heart at 9am
St. Cecilia’s in Warrensburg at 10am
For everyone who donated to our Christmas Giving Trees
and especially to our ‘resident elf’ Rosalie, who spends so
much time organizing and distributing to our families…
For all the folks who help with the Food Pantry Ministry, by
donating, packing, and distributing to folks in need….
For our volunteers in our Liturgical Environment committee
who did such a wonderful job decorating our churches…
To our families and students who were a part of our lovely
Christmas Pageant this year…
To all of our Ministers who helped make each mass beautiful
and so well attended….
And a very special thank you to our Music Ministry…the
sweet sounds of the choir fill our church with the glorious
songs of the season!
Electronic Giving Program… You can go to our web And to our Priests, Deacons and Altar Servers…thank
site, (www.sacredheartcatholiccommunity.com) and click the
link on the left side of page (On Line Giving) and follow that
link to our new, safe and secure electronic giving page,
where you can set up your own contributions.
you for your beautiful Liturgies…
Blessings and Merry Christmas to Everyone!
Help us grow…Consider scheduling
a recurring electronic contribution today.
Eucharistic Ministers & Lectors…Please See Sign-up sheet for…
New Year’s Day
Posted in the Minister’s Sacristy
Sacred Heart Catholic Community
Knights of Columbus Corner…. Bulletin
WOW!!!
The HARK ministry would like to thank all the Parishioners
for their support, so please join the HARK Ministry on
January 10th after the 9:30 Mass in the parish center for
coffee and desserts. Please plan on stopping by for coffee
Sacred Heart Catholic Community
Sponsor of the Week….Tell them you saw their ad
in our weekly bulletin!
Adventure Racing & Family Fun Center…
Route 9, just south of the Great Escape…
Looking for a fun time with the family during the school
break? Check out Adventure Racing, they have games, go
carts, laser tag…so much to do! 10% off with the ad on this
bulletin. (518) 798-7860
If our new Mass schedule in not convenient for you, please
visit any of the other Catholic Churches in our area. You
are more than welcome (and encouraged to!) to attend any of
our neighboring churches. And if you place your Sacred Heart
Church offertory envelope into their collection basket, the
parishes do a weekly exchange of these envelopes, and your
contribution to Sacred Heart will be sent to us. If you haven’t
considered signing up yet for our Electronic Giving Program,
now would be a perfect time to support your church and
community.
and some delicious refreshments!
FYI – Family Faith Formation.
Meeting again in March…
Something wonderful to think about as we enter the
New Year…calling moms, grandmas, aunts and any
woman desiring to pray for children and schools, (all
schools), a group of women who meet weekly, every
Friday morning 9-10am, excluding holidays’ and school
vacation weeks) meeting at the home of Jill Greene. For
more information, call Jill at 796-5478, or email:
jillgreene10@gmail.com or find them on Facebook:
Praying Moms of Lake George, NY (please check
their Facebook page before each meeting for unexpected
meeting cancellations). Moms in Prayer International.
Our new Parish Cook Books are on sale for $8 AND
Entertainment books in the Parish
Center…
Cut and Post It!
Following are the churches in our immediate area, and
their Mass schedules. All are within a 15 minute drive
(except for Holy Mother and Child in Corinth).
Sacred Heart – Lake George
Saturday: 5:30pm
Sunday: 9:30am
Our Lady of the Annunciation – Queensbury
Saturday: 4pm
Sunday: 8am & 11:30am
Blessed Sacrament Church – Bolton Landing
Sunday: 10:45am
Holy Mother & Child – Corinth (Luzerne closed for winter)
Saturday: 4pm
Sunday: 9am
St. Cecilia’s Church – Warrensburg
Saturday: 4:30pm
Sunday: 10am
We thank you for your support, your prayers and your
understanding as we as a faith community and church
prepare for the future.
Year of Mercy...What is this ‘Holy Door’ that is in the
news? It is, frankly simply a door,
but one that is rich in symbolism.
Jesus is the Door! Jesus told us that
He is the door through which we
enter the pasture of the Good
Shephard. Passing through a Holy
Door is a gesture of leaving the past behind and crossing
the threshold from sin to grace, from slavery to freedom,
from darkness to light. During the Year of Mercy, we are
encouraged to make a pilgrimage to cross the Holy Door
at our Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in
Albany, or at one of the other sites that have designated
Holy Doors, which are Church of St. Peter in Saratoga
Springs, Church of the Immaculate Conception in
Glenville, St. Stanislaus Church in Amsterdam, Our
Lady of Knock Shrine in East Durham, and the
Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm/St. Teresa’s
Motherhouse in Germantown.
Happy 50th Anniversary Marcy & Jerry Devoe!