St. Anastasia Parish ~ Parroquia de Santa Anastasia 21 North Main Street, Harriman, N.Y. 10926 Phone: 845-238-3844 Fax: 845-238-3846

Email: stanastasia@optonline.net Website: www.saintanastasia church.org

We, the Roman Catholic Community of St. Anastasia Parish, profess our belief in the Gospel message and mission of Jesus Christ. As disciples of Jesus we recognize our call to evangelization, to proclaim and give witness to our faith. We are a life affirming community committed to the Eucharist, worship, faith formation and shared service in our community and beyond.

Shrine Church ~Mass Schedule Parish Church ~ Mass Schedule Mass Schedule – Horario de Misas Saturday ~ 5:00pm

Monday ~ Saturday ~ 9:00 AM Sunday ~ 9:30am Family Mass & 11:30 Sunday ~ 8:00am

Sabado ~ 7:00pm Domingo~10:30am (ESPANOL) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Parish Staff Pastor: Rev. Michael F. Keane 845-238-3747 Parochial Vicar: Rev. Bladi Socualaya-Miranda 845-238-5032 Weekend Associate: Fr. Francis Amodio O. Carm. Deacons: Rev. Mr. Eugene Bormann 845-469-5903 Rev. Mr. Brian O’Neill 845-782-4978 Director Of Music: Anthony Daino 845-351-4044 Parish Office ~ Oficina de Parroquia: 845-238-3844 Monday ~ Friday 9:00am to 4:00pm Office Secretaries: Mrs. Jennifer Fleming & Mrs. Norann Lynch Office Manager: Jean Marie Weinberg Faith Formation Office: 845-782-5099 Coordinator: Jean Marie Weinberg Mrs. Mary Lapolla – Faith Formation Please call for an appointment. All arrangements for religious instruction for grades 1-8 are made through this office. Devotions Benediction is on the First Friday of the month at 9AM Devotion to the Lady of Fatima is the First Saturday of the month at 9AM St. Anastasia Cemetery Our St. Joseph's and St. Patrick's sections are open to all parishioners and Catholics in Orange County. Please call the Cemetery Committee ~Rita White, Marialana DiNapoli .~ 238-3844. Alcoholics Anonymous ~Meetings are held in the Cardinal O’Connor Room: Monday – Friday at 1:30 PM and 5:30 PM Spanish –Thursday at 7:30 PM Ministry to the Homebound ~ If a family member is sick or homebound, call the Parish Office to arrange a home visit by Fr. Keane The Parish Counseling Network, provided by Catholic Charities offers short term counseling for parishioners in need. A copay of $10 is required. Please contact the parish office for a referral.

Sacraments – Sacramentos Baptism – Bautismo

Parents wishing to baptize their child must first attend a baptismal class. Please call the parish office to sign up for the next available

class. Preparacíon de Bautismos cada primer y Segundo jueves de cada

mes a las 6:45 pm en la Iglesia Pequeña. Llame Padre Bladi Socualaya-Miranda

Reconciliation – Reconciliacíon Confessions will be heard: Saturday 4:00 – 4:30 PM

Other times by special appointment. El Sacramento de Confesion lo tenemos todos los

Sabados 4:00 – 4:30 PM. Otro tiempo seria con cita previa Marriage – Matrimonio

For wedding arrangements, please call the office for an appointment with Father Keane.

Para el Sacramento del Matrimonio , por favor llame al Padre Bladi Socualaya Miranda y haga una cita.

Ministries Altar Servers (Training)~ Tony Petraia 360-3001

Altar Servers (Schedule)~MaryKay Chanat 781-5856 Bereavement~

Bible Study~ Henry Adams~783-0850 Children’s Choir & Christmas Angel Giving Tree

Edie Famularo ~ 238-2348 Christmas Boutique~ Jean Weinberg~238-3844

Easter/Christmas Decorations~ Sue Krummack 783-4583 Eucharistic Adoration~ Frances Sheehan~782-8926

Fundraising/Event Planning ~ Gail Tullo ~ 837-1834 Hospitality~ Steve Forlini~783-1952

Knights of Columbus~ Jim Banville~783-6458 Lectors/Eucharistic Ministers~ E. O’Neill~782-4978

M. Wilford 300Club~Caron Lenihan~238-3003 New Parishioners~ Denise Maglione (783-7142), Margaret Longo

(783-1777) & Cathy Sobel (783-6618) Parish Council President ~ Peter Reilly (783-4222)

Parish Picnic~ Denise Maglione (783-7142), Cathy Sobel (783-6618) & Margaret Longo (783-1777)

Prayer Chain ~Vivian Miller ~291-1183 RCIA ~ Tony & Terri Petraia ~360-3001

Respect Life~ Rich Strobel ~783-2964 Spanish Ministry ~ Fr. Bladi ~ 238-5032

Senior Outreach~ Vera DiMeglio 845-662-6426

May 20th, 2018 PENTACOST SUNDAY

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Faith Formation Registration EARLY BIRD REGISTRATON SPECIAL

First Round Registration for the 2018-2019 religious education year will be taking place every

Monday through Thursday from 12pm-4pm

in the Faith Formation building through the month of May

with evening hours (6:30pm – 7:30 pm) on May 16th, 23rd, & 30th

Rates will be: $150.00 – One Child, $210.00 – Two Children

$260.00 – Three or more Children Religious Education begins in the First Grade. Any new students should bring a copy of their

birth certificate when registering. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION WRAP-UP What a wonderful year we had at

St. Anastasia Faith Formation! In the fall the children raised $1,577 for Catholic Charities

to distribute to the victims of the hurricanes. During Lent the children raised $120.00 for Mary’s Meals

and $927.50 for St. Anastasia’s Outreach Program. The students also brought enough First Aid supplies and

toiletries to fill four big boxes for Sr. Regina and The Maranatha Caring Mission.

During the year many of the teachers collected food pantry items for Our Father’s Kitchen.

We had 41 First Holy Communicants and this September we have 43 children receiving Confirmation.

We are so proud of our Faith Formation Students!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SAVE the Date!!! June 3rd ~ Blood Drive – Religious Ed Building 8:30am – 2:30pm September 24th ~ St. Anastasia Golf Outing at Monroe Country Club ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MARGARET WILFORD 300 CLUB WINNERS

WEEK of 5-14-18 $50.00 #250 James McLafferty $10.00 #55 Patricia McGarty $10.00 #57 Danny & Mary Clark $ 5.00 # Tom & Patricia Murphy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The bread, wine and flowers this week are in memory of Causette Sagala

as requested by Joanne Sagala ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MILITARY FAMILIES If there are any parishioners who have loved ones in the military that they would like put on our military prayer

list please contact the parish office.

ST. ANASTASIA BLOOD DRIVE Sunday, June 3, 2018

St. Anastasia Religious Education Center 124 Route 17M, Harriman, NY

OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY Appointments Appreciated Walk ins Also Welcome!

Questions? Concerns? Or to Schedule an appointment please contact Jill LaMarch 845-238-1921 or lamarch85@gmail.com

Please eat and drink well, and bring Donor Card or other identification with photo or signature. Eligible donors include

those people at least 16 (with parental permission), who weigh a minimum of 110 pounds, are in good health, and meet all FDA and NY State Department of Health donor criteria. Donors age 76 or olde must have a doctor’s note

stating they can donate. If you have medical eligibility or recent travel questions,

please call 1-800-688-0900 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

RENEW & REBUILD CAMPAIGN All payments towards your pledge to the Renew & Rebuild

Campaign can be sent to: Renew & Rebuild 1011 First Avenue

14th Floor New York, NY 10022-4112

Checks should be made out to Renew & Rebuild. Please include all your informations and parish information.

Thank you for your support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF OUTING KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MONROE

#2079 Join Our Golf Outing

May 21st 2018 Falkirk Estate and Country Club

206 Smith Clove Road Central Valley, NY

$150 per golfer Includes full breakfast and BBQ Lunch following golf 8:45

AM Registration and Breakfast Shotgun Scramble

Contact Paul or Tony for information Tony 201-522-7763 Paul 845-224-7429

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ST. JOAN OF ARC &

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL 2018 CARNIVAL

Thursday, May 24th 6PM to 11PM Friday May 25th 6PM to 11PM Saturday, May 26th 3PM to 11PM Sunday, May 27th 3PM to 11PM

Join us for all the fun at the Sloatsburg Community Fields Located at the intersection or Orange Turnpike

and Eagle Valley Road Ride all day with a wristband purchase of $25

Join us for our Firework Spectacular Sunday, May 27th at 9:30PM Rain date, Monday at 9:30PM

5:00 pm: Thomas Uleano requested by Bernard Uleano John A. Donnelly requested by The Donnelly & Boyle Families Special Intention for Barry Stephens requested by Dottie Cosalano 8:00 am: William Behringer requested by The Longo Family Causette Sagala requested by Joanne Sagala 9:30 am: Tom Ladka requested by The Albertie Family Lois Fetherston requested by The Fetherston Family 11:30 am: Patrick P.F. & Mary Rose McCarton requested by The Hagadorn Family Mary & Bill Hagadorn requested by The Hagadorn Family May 21st~26th 9am Morning Mass MONDAY Vincent Horan, Vincent Dowd, Daniel O’Riordan requested by Lisa Paschenko Ann & James Murphy requested by Rita & John White TUESDAY Vincent Horan, Vincent Dowd, Daniel O’Riordan requested by Lisa Paschenko Kevin Rooney requested by Vaneza Rooney WEDNESDAY: Ann Rodgers requested by The Longo Family John Kennedy requested by The Kennedy and Imhof Families Aidan Ryan requested by The Ryan Family THURSDAY Vincent Horan, Vincent Dowd, Daniel O’Riordan requested by Lisa Paschenko Frank Pellegrino requested by Connie Pellegrino & Family FRIDAY: Rita Crowley requested by Terry Crowley SATURDAY: Johanna & Joe Ganuncio requested by Nancy Youngblood Tom Brennan requested by The Clinton Family ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lucy Abbatine, Deb Beams, Jim Brush,

Marion Cossette, Rich Croney, Millie F., James Hatton, Jason, Sarah Merenda Ivette Moreau, Maureen

Mulqueen, Jack Sharky, Lisa Shina, Rachel Snitofsky, The Sultana Family, Mary Ellen Schwartz

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SACRED HEART

PARISH OUTREACH Sacred Heart Parish Outreach greatly

appreciates the generosity of the parishioners of St. Anastasias.

Our Father’s Kitchen and Food Pantry gratefully accept the abundance of food items provided

in our ongoing food collection. Thank you for sharing God’s blessings

with those who are in need. Sincerely, Betsy Johnston, Director

DO YOU NEED SOME PEACE, SOMEONE TO TALK TO,

A PLACE TO RELAX AND LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND FOR A WHILE?

Our Lord instructed His Apostles to “Stay Awake With Him One Hour”

If you have never come to Adoration, it is a time to Adore Jesus in The Eucharist, spend time with Him in a very

intimate way, speak to Him, and most importantly in these busy days, it is a time to just sit in silence,

to let Him speak to you, guide you, and love you! There are two weekly opportunities at

Sacred Heart in Monroe Wednesday 8:00 am – 9:00 am and

Friday 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm. No need to bring anything, or know what to do etc, just come

sit with Him and feel His Peace. He awaits you. (You do not need to stay the full Hour if you cannot,

or have children with you etc.) They also offer a 7:30 pm Mass every First Friday, followed by Nocturnal Adoration 8:00 pm Friday thru 9:00 am Mass Saturday morning. It is

ideal to have 2 people present each Hour overnight, but there are times we only have one, due to illness etc., so if you would like to sign up for an Hour, or be placed on a substitute list,

please contact Eileen Collopy 845-774-8584 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

TOWN 4 TROOPS 5th ANNIVERSARY

“IRON CHEF BBQ COMPETITION” America’s First Responders at

Black Rock Fish & Game Club 5 Pleasant Hill Rd/Rt. 32

Mountainville, NY Sunday, July 22, 2018/1:00 – 6:00PM

Featuring LIVE Music, Kids-Corner/Activities, Celebrity Judges, Tricky tray and so much more!! Keep checking our

website and Facebook for updates: Town4troops.com

facebook.com/Town4troops ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

YOUNG MINISTRY OF NEW YORK Revolution of Change Service Week

August 5-10, 2018 The Office of Youth Ministry is sponsoring a week-long

summer service immersion program this summer for rising freshman through graduation seniors. The program will be

based out of Capuchin Youth & Family Ministries, in Garrison, NY and will travel to service sites such as habitat

for Humanity, Newburgh Ministries, Cortland Manor Nursing Home, and Wingate Nursing Home. The cost for the

week is $375 per person, which includes room & Board, all meals, pre-trip meeting and reflection, reflection journals, a water bottle and a t-shirt. Scholarships may be available to

parishes/schools in need. Spots will be filled on a first come, first served basis for parishes with complete

paperwork and total payment. Participants must register as

a parish/school group and adult leaders. Applications and information packet will be found

online at OYMNY.org/serviceweek For more information contact Sr. Mary T. Naccarrato,

PBVM at SrMary.Naccarato@Archny.org

7th Annual Bike Blessing St. Stephen Church

Saturday, June 30th at 12 noon Followed by:

20-40 mile ride through country roads And lunch:

Pennings Orchard & Farm Market $20 per person: includes t-shirt and party

(to be collected at Pennings)

If you would like to donate to have your business on the back of the shirt or would like a t-shirt before the event,

please contact Lisa Kevins at lkevins49@aol.com . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The feedback from the more than 40 couples who recently

completed The Choice Wine Marriage Enrichment Journey was wonderfully positive. But the most common request was “More!

More! More!” For those who participated and for those couples who wanted to be there but a 9 part “weekly” commitment was impossible, we are happy to announcing a new six part “meet once a month”

series for married couples. “United in Love, United in Christ” is a program of incredibly inspiring videos from REAL couples, sharing their journeys and calling us to the Joy God wants for our Marriages. You will have 1-1 time with your spouse, small group discussions and fellowship with other married couples.

We’ll start Sunday, June 3rd, and run from 6-8 PM at St. Patrick’s, Rt 32, Highland Mills, then continue each first

Sunday evening for the following 5 months. The only cost is $20 per couple for all materials.

Come and see how your marriage can grow deeper in Christ. Please e-mail Mo and Mike McDonnell at

mo.mike.mcdonnell@gmail.com or Lissette and Armando Quinones at quink2@hotmail.com for more info or to sign up!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARANATHA CARING MISSION

Thank you for your unwavering support of our mission at Maranatha. We appreciate your belief in our mission to establish and provide free medical clinics in the developing countries to care for those who are sick and poor. Your donations will be used to perform cataract surgeries to restore eye sights to several patients. We are deeply grateful for your generosity!

We could not have accomplished what we have done so far without your involvement. You are God sent and your involvement in this mission is providential. We are fortunate that you are with us on this journey. We pray that the hope and love you bring and share with others be returned to you a million times.

Maranatha Caring Community will offer prayers for your intentions. Fr. Francis will also offer Masses for your intentions too.

Please continue to pray for the success of our mission at Maranatha. May our good and loving Lord bless you abundantly

Gratefully yours in Christ, Sr. Regina Mgbakor

SERVICIOS: Sacramento Adultos: George Vazquez (781 8788) Clases de bautismo: Tomás Pareja (775 6299), Grupo de oración: Lucas Garcia (347 297 7512) Lectores, Ministros y Pre-Cana: Rosa Vazquez (781 3247) Coro: Enedina Varela (806 6806), Eduardo Jaramillo (347 424 0569) Coro de niño: Mario Vivar (646-897-1645), Teresa Flores (212-528-3218) Representante de los países: Noemí Jaramillo (866 3237), Norma Zamudio (662-9480) Encargado Divino Niño: Angela Garcia (929 239 1183) Monaguillos: Jenniffer Eralte (917-414-3907), Valeria Blazquez (837 0420) Ujieres: Dionicio Rivas (662 5416) Quinceañera: Micaela Gallardo (837 0761) AVISOS - A partir del lunes 21 estaremos rezando el Santo Rosario en las casas. Ponerse en contacto con la Sra. Norma Negrete. - Tener presente que a partir del mes de junio estaremos recogiendo la donación para el programa “Renovar y reconstruir”. REFLEXIÓN DOMINICAL La muerte de Jesús en la cruz inspiró temor a quienes lo habían seguido. Todos los evangelios hablan del miedo que esto les produjo; y los mismos evangelios, Juan en particular, nos dicen que el temor es lo contrario de la fe. Tener fe es confiar, Juan nos dice que los discípulos en lugar de anunciar el mensaje de Jesús se encerraron. El Señor se presenta y les desea la paz, es decir la vida, la salud, la integridad. La alegría es el sentimiento que experimentan ante este nuevo encuentro con Jesús. El Señor los asocia a su tarea, ellos deben prolongar su misión, el envío que él recibió del Padre es el fundamento de la responsabilidad que deben asumir los discípulos.

El envío que hace Jesús se halla reforzado por el don del Espíritu. La palabra espíritu significa soplo, aliento vital, fuerza. Hay que ligarlo a paz, shalom según la expresión hebrea. La paz, la vida, se rompe por el pecado que expresa nuestra negativa a amar. Por ello perdonar es dar vida, perdonar a alguien significa confiar que esa persona es capaz de recuperar su capacidad de amar, de restablecer la amistad con Dios y con los demás rota por el pecado. Perdonar supone coraje y riesgo. Lo contrario de la actitud de los discípulos antes de recibir el don de la paz y del Espíritu Santo. Sin coraje y sin riesgo no es posible hacer presente el Evangelio en medio de las situaciones conflictivas que atravesamos hoy. Con frecuencia somos testigos en este tiempo de lo poco que vale la vida humana. Como Iglesia nos toca denunciarlo y no quedarnos en la casa con las puertas cerradas.

Por otro lado, la fuerza del Espíritu lleva a los discípulos a anunciar el Reino de Dios, centro del mensaje de Jesús. Contrariamente a lo que a veces se dice, Pentecostés no es el día en que todos se entendieron hablando un solo idioma. Su significación es más honda. Las personas que se encontraban en Jerusalén escucharon a los discípulos de Jesús “hablar en su propio idioma”. Cada quien habla su idioma, pero se comprenden. Pentecostés no borra las diferencias, acorta las distancias.

El lenguaje sobre Dios viene del mensaje cristiano, pero también del modo como lo ponemos en práctica. Esto último depende de circunstancias históricas muy precisas. Las distintas maneras de expresar el Evangelio deben ser respetadas, so riesgo de pecar contra el Espíritu. No uniformidad coactiva, pero sí entendimiento en la diversidad. Es bueno recordarlo en este tiempo ante los intentos de imponer un estilo único de vida, tanto personal como social. Amén.