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June 18, 2017 The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ

Dear Friends in Christ,

Today we celebrate Father’s Day. As we did last month on

Mother’s Day, we will offer a novena of masses for our living

and deceased fathers. All Father’s Day Memorial envelopes

will be placed on the altar starting today and will remain there

for the rest of the month of June. Thank you to all our fathers

for your continuing example of St. Joseph that you bring to

your families.

We welcome Dominican Father John Maria Devaney who will

speak at each of our masses this weekend in regards to our

second collection for the Society of the Propagation of the

Faith. If Father looks familiar to some of you, he was the

Retreat Master for our Cluster Retreat we held last month for

three evenings. Welcome back Fr. Devaney!

We also welcome back to Immaculate Fr. John Aajei. Father

was with us for the summer two years ago and was of vital

help to me as I became accustomed to my new assignment.

Father John will be with us through mid-September.

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Most Holy Body and

Blood of Christ or, as the majority of us know this day by,

Corpus Christi Sunday. This feast goes back to the 13th

century; but it celebrates something far older - the institution

of the Sacrament of Holy Communion at the Last Supper.

Every year on this feast day, I share the story of the Sisters of

Corpus Christi. To remind you again, they are a group of

Sisters who live a cloistered life in a monastery located in the

Hunts Point section of the Bronx. The Corpus Christi

Monastery is the oldest Dominican Monastery in the United

States; a 128-year-old branch of the first monastery of nuns

founded by St. Dominic de Guzman in Prouilhe, France in

1206.

The main focus of their vocation is the twenty-four-hour

adoration of the Blessed Sacrament that takes place in the

Corpus Christi chapel. In that adoration, each nun prays for a

number of priests and seminarians serving parishes and

studying for the priesthood in the Archdiocese of New York.

God bless Sr. Mary of the Sacred Heart for the hours and years

of prayers she has been offering for me! The sisters also pray

for the people of the Archdiocese and their needs.

Today the Monastery celebrates its 128th Anniversary. Behind

the cloistered walls, is truly a place of paradise, tranquility and

peace. Hunts Point is not the trendiest place to live, but these

sisters bring grace and through their imitation of Christ, a

loving sense of mercy to that section of the Bronx. One can

say they are diamonds in the rough. The Holy Sacrifice of the

Mass, which I have had the honor to celebrate many times for

these holy women, is offered daily. They are also the sisters

who provide us with the communion hosts we use to celebrate

each of our masses here.

Please visit their website to find out more about this cloistered

order of nuns at www.opbronx.org. May we keep them in our

prayers as they keep each of us in their prayers every day!

May the body and blood of our Lord and Savior give us the

constant strength and grace to live out our discipleship.

- Fr. Herbert T. DeGaris

As of Friday, June 9th, our parish has pledged $34,905.00. This

amount comes from 156 individual gifts. This puts us at 64%

of our goal of $54,000.00.

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS The School of Religion is looking for a few good people

to teach religious education to our youth. Please consider

in joining our catechetical family for 90 minutes a week

to share your faith. Experience is not necessary. You

will be helping to form a child's faith! Please call Lynne

DeVuono at 786-5298.

BIRTHRIGHT BABY BOTTLE DRIVE

ENDS THIS WEEKEND Birthright Baby Bottles will be collected this weekend.

If you forget to deliver your bottle to Church you may

call Birthright at (845) 623-9098 for drop-off

arrangements or leave your bottle at the rectory. Thank

you so much for your response and generosity to this

campaign.

Father’s Day Novena

Sunday, June 18th

On Father’s Day, June 18th, we will begin a

Novena of Masses for fathers, living and deceased.

If you would like to have loved ones remembered

during these masses, please return the envelope

from your monthly packet or pick up one at the

entrance to the Church. There are also Father’s Day

cards for the living available at the entrance to the

church. Envelopes are available on the tables in

the vestibules. Father's Day Novena envelopes

may be dropped in any of our collections prior to

Father's Day.

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Rockland Boulders Trip

July22nd The Men’s Club is hosting a trip to Palisades Credit

Union Park on Saturday, July 22nd when the Trois

Rivieres Eagles vs. the Rockland Boulders on Irish

Heritage Day. Festivities begin with tailgating at

5:00 in the parking lot (best dressed Leprechaun wins a

prize), the game starts at 6:30 and of course, there's

fireworks after the game all for $20 per person. Call

Peter Morris at 786-3770 or Tom Robinson at

786-3005 to reserve you seats. Erin Go Bragh!

FLOWER MEMORIALS

Flower memorials are available for anyone

desiring to memorialize a loved one. The cost is

$50 for an arrangement of flowers to be placed near

the altar. Please call the rectory to reserve a

specific date.

The flowers this week are

In Loving Memory of

Anna Evers

donated by The Family

And

In Loving Memory of

Bartholomew O’Sullivan &

Michael Celenza Sr.

Donated by the Family

BACCALAUREATE MASS

SUNDAY JUNE 25TH

11:30 A.M. MASS

Graduation season is upon us. To honor and bless

all graduates of our parish family, Father Herb

invites all graduates and their families to the 11:30

AM Baccalaureate Mass on Sunday, June 25.

Regardless of whether the graduation was from pre-

school, grade school, high school, college or

graduate school, all graduates are asked to come to

the Mass with caps and gowns so we all can

recognize, bless and congratulate you on your

achievements. Please call the rectory 786-2742 if

you are planning to attend the Mass.

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

All those who are ill at home, in the hospital and in nursing

homes, especially: Warren Sayre, Sr., Ed & Ann

Hanus, William & Geraldine Neary, Judy Stroup,

Billy Keenan, Victor Daly, Charlotte Lia, and Jaxon

Waller.

Our recently deceased:. Mary Lent.

We will announce at the Mass on Sunday for a period of

one month the intentions of those who are sick and then we

will print them for one month. After that we ask that you

will please contact us to make sure that they are placed on

the list again for another cycle. It is the only way we know

if someone has recovered. We thank you for your

understanding and cooperation.

MASSES FOR THE WEEK

SATURDAY, JUNE 17TH

8:30 Virginia Schindele (req. by family)

5:30 For the People of the Parish

SUNDAY, JUNE 18TH

7:30 Living & Deceased Fathers

9:30 Living & Deceased Fathers

11:30 Living & Deceased Fathers

MONDAY, JUNE 19TH

7:30 Father’s Day Novena

8:30 Nicholas Lionetti (req. by Bea & Marty Sasin)

TUESDAY, JUNE 20TH

8:30 Father’s Day Novena

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21ST

7:30 Father’s Day Novena

8:30 Pam & Nick Lionetti (req. by family)

THURSDAY, JUNE 22ND

8:30 Father’s Day Novena

FRIDAY, JUNE 23RD

7:30 Father’s Day Novena

8:30 Albert & Gloria Petrecca (req. by family)

SATURDAY, JUNE 24TH

8:30 Father’s Day Novena

5:30 Vigil Sean Donohue (req. by family)

SUNDAY, JUNE 25TH

7:30 For the People of the Parish

9:30 Gerry Crosby (req. by family)

11:30 Dominic & Josephine Accurso (req. by family)

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FOOD PANTRY NEWS Thank you so much to everyone who has been

contributing fruit and cereal to the Immaculate

Conception food pantry. We hope that you are not tired

of purchasing the same items each week. However,

because we receive a small operating grant from the

state, we must follow state guidelines as to amounts

when packing bags to be distributed. Since we serve

about 70 families a week, we distribute over 1000 cans

of fruit a month! That is why fruit is our greatest need.

We would not be able to provide the proper number of

fruit servings per person without your help. Thank you

again!

NEWS OF INTEREST

Vigil For Life – the Marian Shrine will host a Morning

of Prayer for America on July 4th. Exposition of the

Blessed Sacrament 10:00 a.m. Rosary 11:15 a.m.

and Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at 12 Noon.

Job Opportunity – Education Program seeking clerical

support for Director. Eight Hours a week, day/s

negotiable. Proficient in computer skills. Location:

Upper Nyack. Send resume to One to One Learning

Inc. 640 North Midland Avenue, Nyack NY 10960.

H.A.N.D.S. – (Healing and Nurturing Distraught

Survivors) sponsors a bereavement support group

for parents who have lost a child. All Groups meet

from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at H.A.N.D.S. International

Headquarters, 9 Scott Drive, New City, New York

10956. The meeting this month is June 20th.

For more information call Ann 634-6706.

Services are free of charge.

Services are free of charge. Ann is also available for

personal one-on-one counseling sessions.

H.A.N.D.S. – has a WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS

Group facilitated by Ann Carucci, who lost her

husband. These meetings are held every Monday

evening at the H.A.N.D.S. International

Headquarters, 9 Scott Drive, New City, NY 10956.

IONA College Rockland Graduate Center – An MBA

Information Session will be held on Wednesday

June 14, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. at our campus located at

2 Blue Hill Plaza in Pearl River, NY. Please call

(845) 620-1350 or register online at ionaevents.org.

Villa St. Francis in Peekskill - is an independent living

residence for women. Villa St. Francis, overlooking

the scenic Hudson River, has only 29 residents and

offers many amenities, which include all meals in a

private river view dining room, housekeeping,

fitness center, scheduled activities, beauty salon,

chapel, and much more. To schedule a tour, or for

more info, please call Catherine at Villa St. Francis,

914-299-6358.

Adoption - Baby girls and boys in China need

homes. Infants and toddlers available. Call

Barbara Salvesen at 623-5277.

Please Make A Will And Remember Your Parish -

Most of us own more than we realize. But no matter

the size of an estate, if you want to provide for your

surviving relatives and others, you need to have a

will. If you die without making a will, you lose the

ability to control the disposition of your assets. The

law of the state will tell your family where your

money and property goes. Your bequest can be a

specific amount of money, property or stock.

Naming our Parish as a charitable beneficiary is

simple. To make a gift, simply include the following

words in your will: I give, devise, and bequeath to

Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church

of Stony Point, New (here you write the amount

being given) to be used for the needs of the

Church).

SACRIFICIAL GIVING

Collection for June 11, 2017 was: $7,834.50

Collection for June 13, 2016 was: $7,868.00

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED

SUPPORT

BANNS OF MARRIAGE

Jessica Ramsay & Joseph Ruggiero (I)