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A Welcome Note from Our Pastor
Dear Friends,
Welcome to the Parish of St. Augustine in Ossining New York. Our lovely parish has served the Catholic community of Ossining and the surrounding area since 1853. We continue to be a vibrant parish, active in our prayer life, spiritual development, social ministries, and education. Please take a moment to peruse our website to see all that we are and all that we do! And please feel free to come and worship Almighty God with us!
With prayers and best wishes, I am,Faithfully yours in Christ,
Fr. McSweeney
Chapel
Food for thought...After much prayer and thought, I believe the Rectory needs to construct a small Chapel for our Priests. The ability to visit our Lord at any time, day or night, to pray with Him and just be with Him would be a great source of solace.
I will be seeking advice for the cost of a 10' X 12' (or thereabouts) Chapel, and will then need to seek some generous donors to make our dream a reality. Benefactors will be remembered in the prayers and Holy Masses offered in the Chapel.
Fr. McSweeney
PARISHIONERS TARGETEDBY TEXTING SCAM POSING
AS LOCAL PASTORSThere’s a new scam involving local churches and their parishioners in New York. According to the Brooklyn diocese, thieves are targeting churchgoers and getting away with thousands of dollars. The scammers have reportedly stolen about $3,000, and that’s just from the victims they know about. It started a couple of weeks ago. Church members were getting text messages from someone posing as their priest, asking for donations in the form of gift cards.
Some have tried to scam parishioners of Saint Augustine claiming to be the pastor. Please do not respond to such claims of emergency funds needed.
PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
O Jesus, I pray for Your faithful and fervent priests;
for Your unfaithful and tepid priests;
for Your priests labouring at home or
abroad in distant mission fields;
for Your tempted priests;
for Your lonely and desolute priests;
for Your young priests;
for Your dying priests;
for the souls of Your priests in purgatory.
But above all I recommend to You the priests dearest to me;
the priest who baptized me;
the priests who absolved me from my sins;
the priests at whose Masses I assisted andwho gave me Your Body and Blood in Holy Communion;the priests who taught and instructed me;
all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way.
O Jesus, keep them all close to Your heart,
and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen.
THE DATES FOR THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL ARE
TUESDAY, JULY 23,
through
SUNDAY, JULY 28.
The $100 Raffle Tickets are now available at the Parish Office
– Monday through Friday,
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Someone will walk away with $10,000, $5,000 or three (3) $1,000 prizes.
Maybe it will be you – but only if you take a chance!!
Only 350 tickets will be sold at $100 each
so get together with family members or friends to share the cost of a ticket.
If you would like to purchase a $100 raffle ticket,
but cannot come to the Parish Office during the work day,
call Joan Pires at 941-0067 to make arrangements
to have a ticket left for you in the mailbox
on the porch of the Parish Office .
FESTIVAL WRISTBANDS
FOR THE RIDES ~
VALID TUESDAY,
THURSDAY
&
SUNDAY NIGHTS ONLY
ARE NOW ON SALE!!
Pre-purchase a wristband-ticket for $20
(CASH OR CHECK MADE OUT TO ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH)
in the Parish Office
between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM
NOW through July 22nd for
unlimited rides all night on
Tuesday, July 23;
Thursday, July 25;
and
Sunday, July 28.
The price for a wristband on Friday and Saturday nights
will be $30
and
Wednesday night will be $25.
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Have you searched your attic, basement, and/or closets for items
for the White Elephant Sale at the Festival?
Please drop off your donations of jewelry, household items, bric-a-brac, clean toys, small kitchen appliances in good working condition, sporting goods, baby items, etc. by the BOSS Storage Box in the lower parking lot
between the hours of 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
– Monday through Friday
…no weekends.
We will NOT accept:
books, encyclopedias, magazines, computers;
exercise equipment; furniture other than for a baby;
clothing; broken items, bedding.
REGISTRATION for 2019-2020 Religious Education Classes
is underway for students entering 1st grade in September.
Classes are held on Monday evenings from 6:30 to 8:00 PM in the School.
If you are a parishioner enrolling a child for the first time,
please call my office for a Registration Form.
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The Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal serves our spiritual communities
across our 10 counties. If you have not yet made your pledge
to the Cardinal’s Appeal, please make your commitment today.
Remember, you can pledge your gift now and make payments in the coming months.
To date,$80,902 has been received from 187 donors.
Please join them in order for us to meet our goal of$179,500.
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Couples who will be celebrating their
50th and 25th anniversary
this year
will be honored in our Parish
on Sunday, October 6th,
during the 12:00 NOON Mass.
If this is your 25th or 50th Wedding Anniversary,
please notify Joan Pires
in the Parish Office (941-0067)
as soon as possible.
SAINT AUGUSTINE CEMETERY COLUMBARIUM
Our cemetery has recently added a Columbarium for cremated remains. Our Columbarium is located by our shrine statue of Our Lady by Maryknoll Sister Marie Pierre Semler, titled the "Mother of the Thorn-Crowned". Each niche is designed to hold two urns.
Please contact our Cemetery at (914) 941-6711 for more information.
FULTON SHEEN SOON TO BE BEATIFIEDVATICAN CITY --- Pope Francis also authorized a decree recognizing a miracle through the intercession of Venerable Servant of God Fulton Sheen of the United States, known for his preaching, especially on television and radio. The Titular Archbishop of Newport and former Bishop of Rochester was born to an Irish family in El Paso, Illinois, on 8 May 1895. He discovered his call to the priesthood at the age of 24 and was ordained a priest in 1919. He pursued higher studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington (US), the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He returned to the US in 1926 and began teaching at the Catholic University of America until 1950. A gifted teacher and speaker, Sheen’s homilies were much appreciated. In 1930, he began participating in the Sunday radio program entitled “The Catholic Hour”, which reached an estimated four million listeners at the height of its popularity. In 1951, he began hosting a weekly television series, “Life is Worth Living”, on matters of faith that attracted some 30 million viewers. He died in New York at the age of 84, on 9 December 1979 . With the recognition of a miracle through his intercession, Archbishop Sheen has now been cleared for beatification, following which he will have the title, Blessed.
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The Holy Rosary
(click on title to go to Holy Rosary website)
Rosary Prayers
The Prayer,
We Fly to Thy PatronageWe fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God;
despise not our petitions in our necessities,
but deliver us always from all dangers,
O glorious and blessed Virgin.
Amen.
May the Divine assistance remain always with us!
Amen.
Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
St. Michael the Archangel,
Defend us in battle,
Be our protection against the
malice and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we
humbly pray.
And do you, O Prince of the
heavenly host, by the divine
power, thrust into hell Satan
and all evil spirits who prowl
about the world, seeking the
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MinistriesAltar ServersJuly/August Schedule
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion/Lector and EMHCJuly/August Schedule for Lectors and EMHC
OrganizationsLectio Divina ~
in the Church and every other Wednesday.
Gather for Prayer and Meditation.
St. Genesius Cinema Circle ~
Help plan Movie Nights Monthly meetings and showings.St. Joseph's Men's Group ~
St. Joseph’s Men’s Group meets the 2nd and last Friday of each month.
Pray, Support, Organize and Play.
St. Monica Women's Adoration
and Divine Office Guild~
Thursdays 9 AM- 10:00 AM Recite Morning Prayer,
pray the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
St. Veronica Altar Linen Society ~
Assist in keeping the cloths used at Mass immaculate.
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Bring a friend to Church
Let us remember relatives and friends who may have strayed
from attending Mass and the Sacraments.
Consider asking someone you know to come with you to Mass.
Your encouragement may be all that they need.
Attend Daily Mass
Do you sometimes wonder what you are going to do during the day? Have you ended your day feeling that you really did not accomplish much? Perhaps you have time on your hands? Have you asked yourself: how can I make a difference in the lives of family, friends, strangers, even the world? Well, have you ever thought about attending Mass daily or a few times a week? If you think about it, there is no better way to spend part of your day; no better way to praise God; no better place to pray for yourself or anyone for whatever intentions, including your own! Join fellow parishioners, along with people who work in the area, in adoring, praising and petitioning God in his house and at the table of the Lord. Here at St. Augustine’s, we have two daily Masses at 6:30 and 8:30 AM. Give it some thought.
How (and Why) to Return to Sunday Mass
and on the bottom of the same Page is:
How (and Why) to Return to Confession
“To fall in love with God
is the greatest romance;
to seek him the greatest adventure;
to find him, the greatest human achievement.”
― Saint Augustine of Hippo
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Join Us On Our Official Facebook, Twitter, and Flocknote Pages.
The Saint Augustine Roman Catholic Church Facebook
page is not our parish's official Facebook page.This is our official Parish Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/augustine.saint.7The Facebook logo link at the top of this page will
connect you with our Official Facebook page.Our other official pages are:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/StAugustineNY
Flocknote:
https://archny.flocknote.com/
Website:
http://www.staugny.org
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Ex 2:1-15aResponsorial Psalm Ps 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34Gospel Mt 11:20-24
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A WORD OF WELCOME
TO OUR NEW PARISHIONERS!Please introduce yourself to
Fr. McSweeney, Fr. J.P.,
and/or
Deacons Tim, Steven, Cliff or John
so that we may better serve you.
We hope that you
will become involved
with our parish
and we look forward
to your presence and
participation each week!!
St. Augustine is
wheelchair accessible.We have ten seats in the back
of the Church marked for handicapped parishioners. Others may use them if they are not needed for the elderly or the handicapped.
If you wish to bring up the gifts for a Mass being said for your loved one(s), please see the Usher before Mass.
CHILD-LEVEL
HOLY WATER FONT
We have a new addition to our Church atrium, a Holy Water Font at a small-child level. Our small children no longer need to try to reach up for the regular Holy Water Fonts, they have the Sacramental at their own level.
If you have Celiac Disease, please stop by the Sacristy prior to Mass to let the priest know that you would like to receive a gluten free host during Mass.
Volunteer Opportunities
THE DATES FOR THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL ARE
TUESDAY, JULY 23,
through
SUNDAY, JULY 28.
YOUR HELP IS SPECIFICALLY NEEDED TO MAKE OUR 42ND FESTIVAL A HUGE SUCCESS BY:
Cleaning the vinyl tablecloths and place them on the tables; hang food signs and flags under the food tent on Sunday, 7/21, and Monday, 7/22.
Contact:.
Joan Pires at
(914) 941-0067
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BISTRO: We need many adults to help prepare the food during the days of the festival – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm to: cut broccoli rabe; clean calamari; cut lemons for the calamari; cut tomatoes and onions for the tomato salad; cut fruit for the sangria; place shrimp and sauce in bowls; cook pasta at night during the festival (5:30 – 11:00 pm) etc., etc., etc.
Contact:
Frank Matra at
(914) 438-0909.
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ADULTS NEEDED to cut peppers and onions for the sausage/peppers wedges in the AIR CONDITIONED school kitchen – Monday, July 22 ~ Saturday, July 27 -- 8:00 am to 12:00 Noon.
Contact:
Millie Barreiro at
(914) 941-6270.
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CHRIS’ FISHES: placing the shrimp & sauce in bowls during the day; serving calamari & shrimp during the nights of the festival.
Contact:
Chris Matra at
(914) 438-2923.
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GRILL: grilling sausages for the wedges.
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PARKING: help park cars.
Contact:
Jack Reilly at
(914) 708-7985.
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CASINO: dealing Blackjack in the AIR CONDITIONED casino OR manning the wheels outside.
Contact:
Joan Pires at
(914) 941-0067.
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The chores are endless…..
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! VOLUNTEERING AT OUR FESTIVAL IS A GREAT WAY TO SEE OLD FRIENDS AND MAKE NEW ONES!!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION!!!If you have any questions,
please call Joan Pires
in the Parish Office
at (914) 941-0067.
Fr. McSweeney
and
the Festival Committee
We pray to the Lord that God may hear the cry of the unborn threatened by abortion.
Birthright’s hotline is
1-800-550-4900
or
(914) 737-0344.
PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPSHeavenly Father, we place our troops in Your loving hands. Guide and protect them always ~ especially during this time of the year when they are so far from their loved ones ~ keep their families in your loving care, bless them for their sacrifice in protecting us and our nation. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
PLEASE DO NOT PARK AROUND THE CIRCLE IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH.
Emergency vehicles need access to our property at all times. Parking around the circle not only ruins the grass, but might prevent emergency vehicles from getting through to an emergency. Please be considerate, lives might be at stake.
PLEASE DO NOT FEED THECANADIAN GEESE
THAT ARE ON OUR PROPERTY.
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Calendar
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Read MoreTuesday, July 16, 6:30 AM
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Read MoreTuesday, July 16, 8:30 AM
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Read MoreTuesday, July 16, 6:30 PM
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Read MoreWednesday, July 17, 6:30 AM
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Read MoreWednesday, July 17, 8:30 AM
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Read MoreThursday, July 18, 6:30 AM
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Read MoreThursday, July 18, 8:30 AM
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Read MoreThursday, July 18, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Read MoreThursday, July 18, 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
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Read MoreThursday, July 18, 7:00 PM
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Parish E-Mail AND NOTICES
Parish E-Mail List
THE 2020 MASS &
SANCTUARY CANDLE BOOK IS OPEN.
Please SEND your requests with your offering of $15 per Mass Intention and/or Sanctuary Candle to Joan Pires in the Parish Office, along with a phone contact.
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FATHER JP'S PAGE
Westchester County Young Adult Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
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PARISH RESOURCE LISTThe Parish is interested in creating a Parish Resource List, as a reference for referrals, and parish needs. When the parish office is asked for local referrals, we sometimes scramble to come up with some. Our first source is those who advertise in the bulletin, but a secondary source would be a Parish Resource List. So drop your business card in the collection basket, or a note regarding your business or specialty, so that when we are looking for someone or someone asks,…we will have a list to give them.
♦♦♦Need of Assistance of A Personal Matter?
If you are or know a parishioner who is in need of assistance of a personal matter, please contact Deacon Steven DeMartino at (914) 330-3727. All calls will remain confidential.
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HELP WANTED
JOIN ST. AUGUSTINE'S
ADULT CHOIR!Music enhances a beauty of the Holy Mass and provides joy, comfort and inspiration and musical prayer for our liturgies.
If you can carry a tune and want to learn how to sing, come join us. Don't miss the opportunity to become a member of such a unique ministry.For more info, please contact our
Choir Director,
Bozena Romano,
at
(914) 739-3527.
You CAN Help!
The Ministry of the Usher needs volunteers like you. There will be an interest and planning conference call for the Christmas season soon, and regular weekly help is needed at several Masses. Interested? Join us! Many thanks to all current Ushers and helpers! Any members of the community that are able to step up and pitch in - simply contact us at usher@sterlingsolved.com and let us know.
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Our Lady of Fatima will visit YOU! Members of the Legion of Mary will bring a parish statue of Our Lady of Fatima to your home and they will pray the rosary with you. Our Lady will stay with you for one week. Spending time with our Lady in your home, praying the rosary is filled with many blessings for you and your family. To schedule a visit, please call Patty Barbera at (914) 310-0558.
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Catholic Link
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WeShare (formerly Parish Pay) is an alternative means of support for St. Augustine Parish instead of using envelopes. In lieu of weekly collections, the WeShare program will collect monthly contributions via your checking, saving, or credit card account. There is NO cost to you to participate in the program.
How do I enroll?
To safeguard your personal information, enrollment can be done directly at the WeShare website: https://staugny.churchgiving.com or
by calling
WeShare Customer Care at
1-800-950-9952.
The process takes less than 5 minutes.If you have already signed up for WeShare and you do not wish to receive the weekly donation envelopes, please notify the Parish Office.
For those parishioners who make their donations through WeShare, please know that the “donation slip” that can be put into the collection basket may be found on our website (www.StAugNY.org) under the Donate/WeShare tab on thIs page (Home Page), or on your donation page at the WeShare site.
If you have any questions regarding the WeShare program, please contact: mary.anne.dempsey@staugny.org
or
call her at
(914) 941-0067, Ext. 102.
PLEASE REMEMBER ST. AUGUSTINE’S ENDOWMENT
IN YOUR WILL.Suggested wording: “I give
St. Augustine Church,
381 N. Highland Avenue,
Ossining, New York 10562
the sum of $_________________
for general purposes”.
Thank you.