Church of St. Patrick in Armonk...TEEN LIFE Coordinators: Melissa Gordon, Faith Lorenzo, Vera Scavone CHURCH OF ST. PATRICK IN ARMONK CYO BASKETBALL PROGRAM Located in St. Francis

Church of

St. Patrick

in Armonk

P.O. Box 6,

29 Cox Avenue,

Armonk, N.Y. 10504

(914) 273-9724

TRANSFIGURATION

OF THE LORD

AUGUST 6, 2017

MASSES: august 5—AUGUST 13, 2017

Sat 8/5 9:00

5:30

——

Wayne D’Ascoli (D)

Sun 8/6 8:30 Alfred Cialfi (D)

10:30

12:00

People of the Parish

No Mass

Mon 8/7 8:30 Janina Schonfeld (D)

Tue 8/8 8:30 Mariyam Cholankeril (D)

Wed 8/9 8:30 ——

Thu 8/10 8:30 Mary Elizabeth Perna (D)

Fri 8/11 8:30 People of the Parish

Sat 8/12 9:00

5:30

John Daly (D)

Mary Adler (D)

Sun 8/13 8:30 People of the Parish

10:30

12:00

Eva Raznjevic (D)

No Mass

Calendar:

Collection

Regular: July 29/39 — $3,054.00 in 73 envelopes

ParishPay June: Regular Collection—$8,602.00

Please consider using ParishPay

Thank you for your generosity

SUNDAY, AUGUST 6TH, THE TRANSFIGURATION

OF THE LORD

FOOD FIRST —Each Sunday the food collected goes

to support a local food pantry.

Mon, August 7 — St. Sixtus II and Companions; St.

Cajetan

Tue, August 8 — St. Dominic

Contemplative Prayer Group: 12:30-1:30

Wed, August 9 — St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

(Edith Stein)

Thu, August 10 — St. Lawrence

Fri, August 11 — St. Clare

Contemplative Prayer Group: 12:30-1:30 (Note time change)

Sat, August 12 — St. Jane Frances de Chantal

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13TH, 19th SUNDAY IN ORDI-

NARY TIME

FOOD FIRST —Each Sunday the food collected goes

to support a local food pantry.

Altar Flowers

If you wish to memorialize the altar flowers or to dedi-

cate them in honor of a special event (anniversary for

example) please contact the parish office

Mass intentions book for 2018 is now open.

The 100th Anniversary of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima Part XXVI

AUGUST 19, 1917

Lucia’s account:

“What do you want of me?”

“I want you to continue going to the Cova da Iria on the 13th and to continue praying the Rosary every day.

In the last month, I will perform a miracle so that all may believe.”

“What do you want done with the money that the people leave in the Cova da Iria?”

“Have two litters made. One is to be carried by you and Jacinta and two other girls dressed in white; the

other one is to be carried by Francisco and three other boys. The money from the litters is for the

“festa” of Our Lady of the Rosary, and what is left over will help towards the construction of a chapel

that is to be built here.”

“I would like to ask you to cure some sick persons.”

“Yes, I will cure some of them during the year.” Then, looking very sad, Our Lady said: Pray, pray very

much, and make sacrifices for sinners, for many souls go to hell, because there are none to sacrifice

themselves and to pray for them.”

Comment:

You may have noticed the date of this apparition: August 19th. While our Lady had requested that the children come to the

Cova da Iria on the 13th of each month, they were not able to come because as they were preparing to leave for the Cova, the

authorities of the local district requested to meet with the children and the priest. After visiting with the priest, they offered

to give the children a ride to the Cova. The offer was accepted, but the authorities took the children to the district office in

Orem. There the children were interrogated for several hours, trying to get them to say that the apparitions were a lie, that

the priest had put them up to this, and demanding to know what the “secret” was. The authorities were atheistic Marxists,

the socialist controlled government of Portugal at that time. They did not believe that our Lady told them a secret on July

13th; rather they believed that the secret was that the local priest and the Church was behind this.

When their interrogation of the children failed (they remained steadfast with their story and refused to reveal the secret), the

authorities put the children into a jail cell containing hardened criminals. After a short time one of the prisoners tried to

cheer the children up by singing and dancing. However, after this brief “distraction” the children wanted to pray. Before

long they had all in the jail cell kneeling and praying the rosary with the children. They were kept overnight, and in a final

effort to convince the children to tell the “secret” and to confess that they were lying, the authorities threatened to boil each

of them alive in oil. When this failed to convince the children, they took Jacinta out of the room to boil her alive first. Lucia

and Francisco were mortified, but refused to give in. Then they came and took Francisco away. Lucia remained steadfast,

certain that they had killed Jacinta and Francisco and that she was next. The authorities tried one last time with Lucia, but

failed. They took her from the room, but instead of boiling her alive they put her in a room with her two cousins Jacinta and

Francisco. The boiling alive was just a threat, but the children did not know this. They were willing to die a horrible death

rather than disobey our Lady and tell the secret or to lie that the apparitions where made up. The children were kept in jail a

total of two nights, being released on August 15th, the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary.

Meanwhile, back at the Cova hundreds of people gathered to see the children during the apparition, hoping to get a glimpse

of the supernatural event or a least be close and a part of it. Obviously, the children did not arrive. Some people claimed to

see a cloud or mist descend on the holm oak tree for a short time then leave, as if to say our Lady was there but left without

the children being there. However, while the children were attending sheep on August 19th, our lady appeared to them in a

placed called Valinhos.

In Jesus and Mary

TEEN LIFE Coordinators: Melissa Gordon, Faith Lorenzo,

Vera Scavone

CHURCH OF ST. PATRICK IN ARMONK

CYO BASKETBALL PROGRAM

Located in St. Francis Hall (Gym)

Basketball Camps — Summer 2017

Fundamentally Sound Basketball Day Camp 2017:

Week 1: June 26 to June 30

Week 2: July 10 to July 14

Week 3: July 17 to July 21

Teaches Hoops Basketball Camp:

Week 1: July 24-July 28

Week 2: July 31-Aug. 4

Wildcats Boys Basketball Day Camp:

Aug. 14-18

Jeff Lynch Basketball Camp:

Week 1: Aug. 21-Aug. 25

Week 2: Aug. 28-Sept. 1

Please keep the Following in your Prayers

Jeannie Morris Fran Samit

Eileen Sullivan Katerinna MacNeil

Jaspare Miranda Perinna Ruggerio

John Puttre Isabel D’Onofrio

Teresa D’Onofrio Amanda Ross

Patricia Tkach Isa D’Onofrio

Mario & Gloria Guiliano Caroline Pizzorusso

Barbara Grasso Francis Roy Sedore

Barbara A. Jon Adam

Mario J. Guiliano Nick Piteo

Robert Kalian

Centennial Jubilee Pilgrimage

to Fatima, Avila, Loyola & Lourdes—

October 17-25, 2017

Please contact Fr. Galens if you are interested in

joining the Pilgrimage.

Information sheets are available at the Church en-

trances.

Centennial of Our Lady of Fatima

In honor of the Centennial of Our Lady

of Fatima, we will have a Holy Hour on each of the

days she appeared to the Children from 12-1pm.

The dates are:

June 13,

July 13,

August 19,

Sept. 13

Oct. 13.

Please note: on August 13th the children were arrest-

ed and could not be present, so our Lady appeared to

them on August 19th instead

Registration for 2017/2018 CCD is now OPEN

The CCD registration packet, which includes program

information as well as forms needed to register, is

now available on the St. Patrick’s website:

http://stpatrickinarmonk.org/religiouseducation

You can mail or drop off completed Registration

forms with payment. If no one is in the office just

leave the forms in the box outside the office.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email or

call us. We are here to help!

Calling all Golfers!

19th Annual Divine Compassion Golf Classic

Monday, October 2, 2017

Please come show your support for the Sisters of the

Divine Compassion at their Annual Golf Outing on

Monday, October 2nd

Fenway Country Club in Scarsdale,

Honoring Fr. Tom Collins,

President of Archbishop Stepinac High School.

Single Golfers $400, Foursomes $1600 and many

sponsorship opportunities.

For information, please contact Beth O’Keeffe Cleary

at [email protected] or at 914-798-1140.

Elsewhere in the Diocese

Readings for the Week of August 6

Sunday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9/2 Pt

1:16-19/Mt 17:1-9

Monday: Nm 11:4b-15/Ps 81:12-17/Mt 14:13-21

Tuesday: Nm 12:1-13/Ps 51:3-7, 12-13/Mt 14:22-36

or 15:1-2, 10-14

Wednesday: Nm 13:1-2, 25--14:1, 26-29a, 34-35/Ps

106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-23/Mt 15:21-28

Thursday: 2 Cor 9:6-10/Ps 112:1-2, 5-9/Jn 12:24-

26

Friday: Dt 4:32-40/Ps 77:12-16, 21/Mt 16:24-28

Saturday: Dt 6:4-13/Ps 18:2-4, 47, 51/Mt 17:14-20