OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART CHURCH

120 Kings Highway/Tappan, New York 10983 Parish: 845-359-1230 • Fax: 845-359-1410

Religious Education: 845-365-2141 Web Site: www.olshtappan.com Secretary@olshtappan.com

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9 AM - 3PM

December 24, 2017

Fourth Sunday of Advent

December 25, 2017

Feast of the Nativity

April 21, 2019

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Mass Intentions for the Week

Saturday, April 20: Holy Saturday 8:00 PM Solemn Easter Vigil Mass for People of the Parish

Sunday, April 21: Easter Sunday 7:30 AM People of the Parish 9:00 AM People of the Parish 10:30 AM People of the Parish 12 Noon People of the Parish Monday, April 22

8:00 AM Lisa Bennice / Rita Assang 12:30 PM John F. Hartne! / Ralph Veth 7:30 PM NO MASS

Tuesday, April 23

8:00 AM Frank Biernacki 12:30 PM Natale & Anna Nuovo

Wednesday, April 24

8:00 AM Robert Finning 12:30 PM Arlene Rinaldi Thursday, April 25

8:00 AM Arnulfo Gimongala & Dolores Gimongala

12:30 PM Thomas Farrell

Friday, April 26

8:00 AM John Guerin

12:30 PM Geri Rosse" 1st Anniversary Saturday, April 27:

9:00 AM Romulo Ampoon

5:00 PM church: John F. Hartne!

5:00 PM chapel: Helene Nicholson

Sunday, April 28: Second Sunday of Easter / Divine Mercy Sunday 8:00 AM John Skae & Sr. Eileen Kiely

10:30 AM church: Prayer Pe##ons of OLSH Parishioners 10:30 AM chapel: Jose & Milagros Camarista / Robert Finning 12 Noon John F. Hartne!

Brian Acosta, Angela Aguirre * Br. Anthony Bechner, Sr. Maureen Bradshaw, Marie Brady, Hadley and Connor Burns * Theresa Can-soneri, Gabriella Carney, Gwen Cinquemani, Anne Marie Dwyer Cirrilla, James Cody, Virginia Colby, Francis Conka Sr., Maria Conka , Kiera Cunningham * Austin DeGiorgio, Dorianne DeLise, Lara DeNonno, Sr. Jude Miriam DePalma, Baby Edward Dolan, Mi-chael Doyle, Baby Dionis Francis Conce Durso * Dorothy Ehmsen, Joe English, Arielle Ernau * John Ferri, Sr., Rena Ferri, Dan Flan-nery, Sharon Foley, * Charles Geraldi, Jacqueline Grasso, Shaun Green, Lucille Grippo * Barbara J. Gruen, E. Hayden, Donald Hig-gins * Jerry Hunt, Guen Incigeri, Robert Incognoli* Joe Kersteng *Daniel Keywork, Peg Koleduk, Matthew Kozak, Eileen Kunkel * John LaGreca, Brooke Lefevre, Aguilino Lemus, Grace Leon, Jack Lynch, Teresa Lynch * Kevin Maher, John Masterson, Eliza Mazariego, Patty Mazza, Courtney Mazzella, Erica McCauley (child) , Gina McConville, Liam McGuire, William McGuire, Tommy McGuire, Gerry McKeon, Mary Theresa Kiely McMullin, Kevin McSweeney, Dawn Mennillo, Eddie Merrigan, Emma Monahan, Alaina Muckell, Daniella Murphy * Anna Napoli * John & Eileen O’ Grady, James & Suzanne Oates, Alice O’Brien, Emilia Orona * Iluminada Pagayunan, Toddler Christian Perez, Marie Piazza, Dean-na Prosciutto * Maeve Quinn * Lukia Rios * Presley Rios * Sylvia Rodriguez, Kathy Rywak * Gloria Santiago, Joseph Scanlon, Theresa Schrettner, Ben Scott, Joseph Smith, Tom Smith, Ann Soto, Hunter Sterling (child) * Dawn Taggart,* Josephine Urban, William Urban * James Webster * Deana Wilkins* Richard Wilkie * Meding & Conrad Yson * Dionisio P. Zacarias (new names in blue)

Please join us in prayer this week for :

Easter Sunday Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church April 21, 2019

From the Pastor: Happy Easter, my brothers and sisters in the Risen Christ!

In Crossing the Threshold of Hope, Saint John Paul II wrote about the cause of our joy today:

The Gospel, above all, is a great joy for the salva!on of man. The Creator of man is also his Redeemer. Salva!on not only confronts evil in each of its exis!ng forms in this world but proclaims victo-ry over evil. “I have conquered the world,” says Christ (cf. Jn 16:33). The full promise of these words is found in the Paschal Mystery. During the Easter Vigil the Church sings with exulta!on: “Oh happy fault, which gained for us so great a Redeemer!” Therefore, the cause of our joy is to give us the strength to defeat evil and to embrace the divine filia!on which cons!-tutes the essence of the Good News. God gives this power to hu-mankind through Christ. “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.” (cf. Jn 3:17) The work of redemp!on is to elevate the work of crea-!on to a new level. Crea!on is permeated with a redemp!ve sanc!fica!on, even a diviniza!on. It comes as if drawn to the sphere of the divinity and of the in!mate life of God. In this realm the destruc!ve power of sin is defeated. Indestruc!ble life, re-vealed in the Resurrec!on of Christ, “swallows,” so to speak, death. “Where, O death, is your victory?” asks the apostle Paul, with his eyes fixed on the Risen Christ (1 Cor 15:55)

Do not be sad, be joyful. We can have faith in Jesus. Trust Him with all your heart and your most precious ones.

With love and prayers, Fr. Francis

Readings in the Glory & Praise Missal April 20 Easter Vigil Mass: 826

April 21 Easter Sunday: 827

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Parish/Oratory: à IMPORTANT: On EASTER SUNDAY morning, there is NO 8 AM Mass. It is replaced by two Masses at 7:30 AM and 9 AM

à Parish Office Closed: Monday April 22. à NO 7:30 PM Mass Monday April 22 à Teaching Masses next weekend April 27-28: Addi"onal Masses in the Chapel at 5:00 PM Saturday and 10:30 AM

Sunday à The Mass Book for April, May and June 2019 is open. Please stop by the Parish Office to request Masses as soon as

possible, especially if there are dates that are significant for you. à Altar Rosary Society Military Bridge: April 25. Altar Rosary Society Communion Breakfast, Sunday April 28. Open

to all parishioners! à Mommy and Me will not meet on April 26, and May 3.

Community: à Dominican Sisters of Sparkill 22nd Annual Golf Tournament: May 6, Patriot Hills Golf Course. FMI: Bernade%e Donohue, at

(845) 359 – 4172 or via e-mail: Bernade%e.donohue@sparkill.org à The Academy of St. Therese, located in Cresskill, NJ, is accep"ng registra"on for the 2019 - 2020 School Year. The Academy

celebrates over sixty years of Catholic faith-based educa"on. Our graduates are consistently admi%ed to the Catholic High Schools of their choice. The Academy serves students from PreK 3 through Eighth Grade throughout the Northeast Corridor of Bergen County and beyond. Walk-ins welcomed at 220 Jefferson Avenue, Cresskill, NJ or call 201-568-4296 to set up a tour visit!

à The Consola"on Ministry of St. Francis of Assisi:Bereavement Support Group. The sessions begin on Tuesday, April 30 and con-"nue through Tuesday, June 18. It will take place from 7:00 - 8:30 pm in Rader Hall. Please call the rectory at (845)634-4957 to register. If you have lost a loved one, come for discussion, understanding and faith in healing.

à Spring 2019St. Joseph’s Regional HS Open House: Wed, May 1 6:30- 9:00 p.m. Register: sjrnj.org/openhouse/ Montvale NJ à One to One Learning Gala: One to One is a program sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, May 3, 2019, Nyack Sea-

port, Honorees will include: The Center for Safety & Change; Deacon Robert Pang and May Pang of St. John the Bap"st Church; Dominican Sister Peggy Scarano; and the Acosta Brothers of State Line, City Line, and Terrace on the Hudson. Ticket price is $125.00 and there will be a limited Raffle at $100.00 per chance with 300 raffle "ckets being sold. FMI regarding "cket pur-chase, raffle, dona"ons or journal ads, please call 845-512-8176, or visit www.one2one-learning.org

à Lenny Sullivan Memorial Golf Ou"ng sponsored by the Orangetown Fire Chiefs Council: Monday May 20 at Rockland County Club Registra"on and breakfast at 10:30 am.

Date Gift In honor/memory of Requested by 4/20-4/27 Altar bouquet

4/20-4/21 Tabernacle candle (church) Robert Finning OLSH Parish Family

4/22-4/26 Tabernacle candle (chapel) Maureen & Charles Mercer Friends

4/20-4/27 Bread and Wine

New notices are in blue

Easter Sunday Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church April 21, 2019

Liturgical Ministers for April 27-28

TIME LECTORS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS ALTAR SERVERS

Sat. 5:00 PM Church Bill Baldes Eleanor Klepper, Joe and Kathy Mastropolo, Sarah & Lucas Machado,

Sat. 5:00 PM Chapel Henry Riccardo Anne Swann

Sun. 8:00 AM John Milsovic Glenn Albin, Ann Kappler, Sarah Thalappilli Kiersten Cavalli

10:30 AM Church Anna Vero Karen Bell, Amy Bianco, Steve Navedo Isabella & Joaquin Santander

10:30 AM Chapel Corinne Brower France Donnelly

NOON Maurice Recchia Ellen Cahill, Karen & Steve Zebiak Andrew Asfendis, Olivia and Jack McCar-thy

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Easter Sunday Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church April 21, 2019

à IMPORTANT: All families new to our parish or with incoming first graders: Please contact the Religious Ed office at 845-365-2141. Registra"on for 2019-2020 is underway.. à RE will be closed for the Easter Recess the week of April 21st. Classes will resume on April 28. à Monthly Teaching Masses April 27-28.

à We are ac"vity searching for Volunteers to teach our Religious Ed students in the 2019-2020 school year. We are especially in need for our Sunday classes from 9am-10:15am. If you available to help us please contact the Religious Ed office 845-365-2141.

The Religious Educa"on Office, in the Parish Offices, is open daily M-F, 9 AM—2PM. A<er hours, you can call and leave a message on 365-2141 or email readmin@olshtappan.com and we will respond to your message ASAP.

OUR BEAUTIFUL RIBBONS OF PRAYER Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is a family, a community, that cares, loves and prays for each other. The power of our prayer community was visible to everyone who entered our Church and Chapel during the last weeks of Lent with purple ribbons streaming from the porch rails .

In addi"on to asking each of you to remember the collec"ve inten"ons captured on our ribbons in your personal prayer, the inten"ons wri%en on the ribbons will also be remembered at every Mass through this Holy Season.

Thank you for filling the rails with ribbons as a powerful and visible symbol of our belief in the strength of a community that prays together.

When the ribbons are removed they will be respec=ully burned, with the ash added to the garden around the Blessed Mother

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Altar Rosary Society Communion Breakfast Sunday April 28th Guest Speaker: Dr. Carolyn Leary

9am Mass in the Li%le Chapel Breakfast 10:15 – 1:15 at Casa Mia Manor House $20 per person - Buffet Style: Coffee and tea, Scrambled Eggs, Sausage/Bacon,

French Toast, Home Fries, Fresh Fruit, Rolls/ Muffins, Choice of Orange or Cranberry Juice

RSVP by April 21st altarrosarysociety.olsh@gmail.com or Bernade!e Vero (845) 398-1916

SPECIAL DEDICATION IN ADDITION TO THE PERSONAL INTENTIONS OF THOSE WHO COME TO PRAY, EU-

CHARISTIC ADORATION HELD EVERY MONDAY 8:30 AM UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE 12:30 PM MASS IS SPECIALLY DEDICATED TO :

U HEALING FOR THE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE BY RELIGIOUS PERSONNEL

U ATONEMENT ON THE PART OF THOSE WHO ACTIVELY OR BY THEIR SILENCE ALLOWED THESE ACTIONS TO TAKE PLACE

“Be s!ll and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 Even a few short moments in the silent presence of the Lord is a precious treasure, for it is in

this silence that the Lord speaks to us.

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Easter Sunday Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church April 21, 2019

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Weekly Quote from St. Philip Neri

"We should be less alarmed for one who is tempted in the flesh, and who resists by avoiding the occa-sions, than for one who is not tempted and is not

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Easter Flowers that fill

the altar symbolize the joy of rebirth that we receive through the Resurrec-"on! Please consider making a dona-"on to beau"fy our church during this joyous season on-line if that is how you contribute, or using the envelope in your packet. Special envelopes are also available in the Church, Chapel and Par-ish Office. Thank you, in advance, for your support!

Early in the morning, on the Sunday a<er Jesus was crucified, two women went to the grave where Jesus

had been buried. When they arrived, they found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance and the grave was emp-ty. They were surprised to find an empty grave and wondered what had happened to Jesus.

While they were wondering about this, suddenly, two men in dazzling bright clothes appeared to the two women. Now they were not only surprised -- they were also afraid. The men spoke to the women and said, "Why are you looking for the living among the dead? Jesus is not here, he has risen just as he told you he would."

When the women heard these words, they remembered that Jesus had told them that he would be crucified, but that he would rise again on the third day. Now they were no longer sur-prised at finding an empty grave. They rushed back to tell his disciples -- and everyone else what they had seen.

Some surprises, like playing with a Jack-in-the-Box, make us hap-py, but the best reason we have to be happy today is that the grave is empty, Jesus is alive, and he loves us very much! That is what we celebrate today!

Dear Father, we praise you! Jesus has risen -- just as he said he would! In Jesus' name we pray, amen. Copyright Sermons 4 Kids, Inc. All Rights

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Please remember in your prayers the members of our

parish family who passed away recently.

U Daniel McGillicudy 1/5/19

~ May they Rest in Peace ~ We encourage families of our departed loved ones to share a photo with us or ask the Funeral

Director to do so, via email, so that they can be remembered to our parish family in the bulletin .

U Rudolph Rienzo 1/5/19

U Gaetano “Tom” Gervera 1/11/19

U Gilda DeGrego 1/17/19

U Joan Nelson 1/19/19

U Alexandra F. Orisino 1/25/19

U Geraldine Arma%a 2/1/19

U Jose “Pepe” Miranda 2/6/19

U Agnes O’Sullivan 3/4/19

U Ronald Krumm Sr. 3/8/19

U Mary Orange 3/14/19

U Richard Lehan 3/25/19 U Christopher Jason 3/31/19 U Robert Finning 4/8/19

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