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ST. ANN’S PARISH
16 Jefferson Street
Nyack, New York 10960
We are a Catholic Christian Community, nourished by the spirit, blessed by
our individual gifts, walking on a journey to God. Together we celebrate
the Eucharist, and proclaim the Gospel, serving God and neighbor.
Pastor:
Rev. Rees W. Doughty
Parochial Vicars: Rev. Fidelis Ezeani
Rev. Simon Gyan-Obeng
Deacons:
Deacon Luke Conroy
Deacon Charles De Groat
Deacon Gerald Fenton
Weekday Office Hours:
Rectory Telephone:
Rectory Fax:
Religious Education:
9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
845-358-4707
845-358-3246
845-358-3758
Parish Secretary:
Music Ministry:
Religious Education:
R.C.I.A.:
Trustees:
Christine E. Lundgren
Vincent Green
Julie LePore
Deacon Luke Conroy
LuAnn Kelley
Marcelo Reggiardo
Weekend Office Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
E-Mail:
[email protected]
Web Site:
www.stann-nyack.org
Mass Schedule:
Daily: 7:00 a.m. (except Saturday), 8:00 a.m. & 12:10 p.m.
Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
Holy Days: Please check bulletin for schedule
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION:
Saturday 4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. or by appointment.
FIRST FRIDAY EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Holy Hour 7:30 p.m.. to 8:30 p.m.
BAPTISMS:
All Baptisms are arranged by appointment with Father Doughty or Deacon Luke. Attendence at
a Baptismal instruction class is required by both parents.
WEDDINGS:
Pre-marital instructions are required for all couples. Arrangements should be made at least six
months in advance with the Pastor and before deposits are made on reception halls.
SHUT-INS:
When aging or sick parishioners cannot attend Mass, we will be pleased to bring Holy Communion
on a regular basis. Contact the Rectory.
NEW PARISHIONERS:
You are most welcome. Please contact the Rectory to register or to fill out a
registration form located at the church entrance.
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
MASS INTENTIONS
Breaking Bread Missal - Page 70
Week of February 15, 2015
O God, who teach us that you abide in hearts that are just and true, grant
that we may be so fashioned by your grace as to become a dwelling
pleasing to you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and
reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and
ever..
COLLECTIONS - THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Collection - $5,322.37
Church Maintenance - $1,223.00
Each month, 63 parishioners make their contributions thru PARISH PAY.
Parish Pay enables you to give electronically once a month. The total
contributions for the month of January were $5,038.00
Would YOU like to sign up for PARISH PAY...if so, call Christine or log onto
www.parishpay.com
The second collection this weekend is for Peter’s Pence.
Candle Dedications
The Tabernacle candle in the Church is lit this week:
In Memory of
Douglas H. Doller
The Tabernacle Candle in the Chapel is lit this week:
Special Intentions
The Pascal Candle is lit at all baptisms and funerals
throughout the year:
In Memory of
Henry Hannemann
PRAYER CORNER
Please pray for those who are sick in our parish, especially
those who have asked for our prayers: MaryAnn
Mathsen, Fr. Steven Clark, Sr. Rose Vermette, Francis
Clark, John Fiore, Helen Dubreucq, John Griffin, Jane
Blanchette, Sydney Lundgren, and for the recently
deceased:
And for those who are serving our country at home and abroad, and let
us remember especially:
We pray to the Lord.
Saturday February 14
5:30 Robert Sniatkowski
Sunday February 15
7:30 Missa Pro Populo (For the People)
9:00 Mary & Joseph Franco (A)
11:30 Edward & Marguerite Traverson
5:30 Special Intentions for Bob Watt
Monday February 16 - President’s Day
7:00 No 7am Mass Today
8:00 William & Grace Sorriento
12:10 In Thanksgiving for Josie McCabe
Tuesday February 17
7:00 Special Intentions
8:00 John Stockmeyer
12:10 Gregorio Castro
Wednesday February 18 - Ash Wednesday
7:00 Anna Mae, James C. & Colt Taylor
8:00 Michael & Margaret “Rita” Ryan
12:10 Eric J. Gunther
7:30 Kenneth George Rowell
Thursday February 19
7:00 Rocco John Barone
8:00 Audrey Romano
12:10 Kay & Warren Cannon
Friday February 20
7:00 In Thanksgiving for William DeMoraes
8:00 Edmond Byrne
12:10 Vincent N. Colarell (A)
Saturday February 21
8:00 Canal & Cecile
12:10 Vincent Barletta
5:30 Monsignor Andrew
Sunday February 22
7:30 Bernard L. Hines Jr.
9:00 Missa Pro Populo (For the People)
11:30 In Thanksgiving for Gerard Pierre Louis
5:30 Michael Petriello
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The Spirit of Lent.
By Deacon Luke Conroy
As we enter the holy Season of Lent let us be
active listeners of the readings that are proclaimed
to us. They offer to us so much! In the cycle of
weekday readings, Lent falls into two parts. In the first three and a
half weeks, the Gospel texts are taken from the Synoptics
(Matthew, Mark, Luke). The message running throughout is a call
to a life of Gospel conversion. The verses that we hear speak of
beginning anew, of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving; of conversion;
of mutual forgiveness; of hardness of heart; of love of enemies; of
absolute claims of justice and love that transcends ritual and cult;
and of the call to holiness. Collectively, this is the essence of
discipleship. It is what Jesus asks of us if we are to follow him.
The readings for the second half of Lent are taken from the Gospel
of John. It is clear that these readings from John do not constitute
a kind of “crash course” in the life of Jesus, so much as a
presentation of the mystery Jesus Christ, the Son of God, of whom
John says that all who believe in him will have eternal life. Christ
is presented as the healer and life-giver, as the one who gives life
through his confrontation with death and gathers into one the
scattered children of God.
PARISH HAPPENINGS
Ashes will be given at all the
Masses in the Church
7:00am, 8:00am, 12:10pm & 7:30pm.
On Ash Wednesday, abstinence from meats
is to be observed by all Catholics 14 years
old and older on Ash Wednesday and on all
Fridays of Lent. Fasting on that day should
also be observed by Catholics who are 18
years of age but not yet 59. A suggestion:
take one full meal during the day: the two
smaller meals together should not equal the
full one. Snacking between meals should be
avoided.
How do these two sections of readings fit together and what can
they tell us about the spirit of Lent? The purpose of the first part of
Lent is to bring us to compunction. “Compunction” is related to the
verb “to puncture” and suggests the deflation of our egos, a
challenge to any self-deceit about the quality of our lives as
disciples of Jesus. By hitting us again and again with demands
which we not only fail to obey, but which we come to recognize as
being quite beyond us, the Gospel passages are meant to trouble us, Each Friday during lent Morning
to confront our illusions about ourselves. “Remember, you are Prayer follows 8:00am Mass in the
dust…” From this prospective, Lenten penance may be more Chapel.
effective if we fail in our resolutions than if we succeed, for its
purpose is not to confirm us in our sense of virtue but to bring home
STATIONS of the
to us our radical need of salvation.
CROSS will be held
on FRIDAYS at
It is in answer to this profound awareness of need that the readings
11:30am and 7:30pm
shift from the Synoptics to John, from the demands of discipleship
in the Church.
to the person of Jesus. John presents Jesus as the Savior, but Jesus
can only save those who know their need for salvation. (Credit to
The 12:10pm Mass on Fridays will be in
the Church. All other Daily Masses will be
Loving Father, open our hearts to the voice of your Word and free in the Chapel.
Mark Searle, “The Spirit of Lent”)
us from the original darkness that shadows our vision. Restore our
sight that we may look upon your Son who calls us to repentance
and a change of heart, for he lives and reigns with you for ever and
ever. Amen.
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St. Ann’s The Bible Timeline will meet this
Thursday, February 19th.
CLASS for the
WEDNESDAY
program meets on
Wednesday,
February 18th from 6:45pm till 8:15pm.
O, ffer a Mass for your loved one, Living or Deceased,
or for a Special Intention.: Available dates are:
CLASS for the SUNDAY program continues
on February 22nd from 10:00am - 11:15am.
(There is NO CLASS on February 15 th)
7am Mass: February 20, 23, March 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12
8am Mass: February 26: March 2, 10, 14, 21
, 12:10pm Mass: March 9, 21, 26, April 7, 9, 10, 11
Faith Formation program meets on Tuesday,
March 3rd at 7:00pm.
The Tabernacle Candle is available for the weeks of:
CHURCH: March 8, May 31
CHAPEL: March 8, 29
Call Christine in the rectory 358-4707 to request a date.
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES HUNGER BOXES
Once again during Lent, our Parish and Religious
Education program will be participating in Catholic
Community Services of Rockland HUNGER BOX
Campaign, a faith formation program that helps
students experience our Lenten spirituality by helping
the needy of Rockland County.
We invite parishioners as well to participate. “HUNGER BOXES” can
be found at the entrance of the church beginning NEXT weekend,
February 15th. Your donations in this box will help provide food and
other emergency assistance to the people of Rockland county such as
emergency financial assistance to prevent evictions and utility cut-offs.
The cardboard Hunger Box is a tangible reminder of the hunger and
hardships faced by many people in our community who do not have
enough to eat each day. The Hunger Box also serves to hold the
sacrificial contributions families make during Lent, showing that small
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION FORMS for the I.R.S. are
available from the rectory upon request. Call the rectory 358-4707
and give us your name and YOUR ENVELOPE NUMBER or email
your request to: [email protected]
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- FAITH CONNECTION PRAYER
SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2015
2:30pm - 4:30pm
“How does your
PRAYER GARDEN grow?
One of the traditional pillars of a good
Lent is prayer. Join us at our Parish Faith
Connection to discover how prayer leads
us to a deeper relationship with the Lord.
On Sunday, March 1st from 2:30 pm 4:30 pm take time from your busy
schedules to strengthen your Lenten
journey and learn how to, in St. Paul’s
words, Rejoice always, pray without
ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances;
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
for you. (Thessalonians 5:16-18)
The Office will be CLOSED
on Monday, February 16 in
observance of the holiday.
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