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Erected 1963, First In The World Named After Mother Seton 1377 East Main Street, Shrub Oak, NY 10588

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PARISH STAFF

Parish Secretary/Bulletin Editor, Mary Ellen Modico Parish Staff Assistant, Rosemarie Briganti Parish Custodians, Joseph Napolitano, Jerry OShaughnessy

Religious Ed. Secretary, Ivana Gomez Religious Ed. Staff Assistant, Jim Arena Religious Ed. Registrar, Martina Norris

POPULAR DEVOTIONSEucharistic Adoration Monday-Friday, Our Lady Memorial Chapel, 12:00-3PM FFirst Friday, 12:00-6:00PM FFirst Saturday, 9:30-10:30AM DDivine Mercy Chaplet, Monday-Friday, 3PM

Novenas, following 9:00AM Mass MMonday, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Parish Patroness TThursday, Miraculous Medal Recitation of the Rosary, Our Lady Memorial Chapel, after 9:00 Masses, daily

CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS Baptism/Becoming a Catholic Adults (RCIA): call the rectory for information Infants: Parent Instructions, 2nd Saturday, 11:00am Celebrations: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Sun., 1:30; 4th Sat, Noon Reconciliation (Confession) Sat. 4-5:30PM; TThurs. 9:30AM; 115 Minutes Before Sunday Masses; OOther times: upon request. Marriage The Sacrament of Matrimony requires specific preparation. Contact a priest aat least 6 months before the planned cere- mony. Archdiocesan marriage instruction is mandatory.

Anointing of the Sick/Holy Communion for the Homebound Contact a priest for ministry to the sick and aged at home or at a local healthcare facility. Upon request, Holy Communion will be brought to aany Catholic who is seriously ill or homebound. Confirmation Baptized adults who have never received First Communion and/or Confirmation should contact a priest to complete their Christian Initiation through the R.C.I.A. process. Holy Orders/Religious Vocations The clergy are happy to discuss the prospect of a vocation to the priesthood, diaconate or religious life.

Young Adult Outreach www.catholicnyc.com

LED Lighting Installations The church lights have been upgraded from CFL bulbs to 10w LED lights. This will make for a significant savings on our electric bill. Our electricians at REWARD ELECTRIC (see the back of the bulletin) did an excellent job, replac-ing many can fixtures and installing extenders where needed due to the un-level ceiling. Our own Fred Massi-mo oversaw the project. Fred had designed the original lighting for the church when it was first built. As a result, we were able to recreate the original ambiance of the church interior with more efficient and low cost light-ing. We are applying for a rebate from NYSERTA.

Thanks to the great generosity of our wonderful parish-ioners, Seton is just over $300,000 shy of our goal of rais-ing $1,845,000 in the Renew + Rebuild Capital Campaign. At the time of this bulletins printing, pledges total an im-pressive $1,520,000! If you have not yet made a five year pledge, please consider helping to put our parish over the top. Pledge cards are available at the doors of the church or contact the Rectory at 914.528.3547.

Convent Open House Next Weekend!

TAG SALE! Desks, kitchen table & chairs, end tables, lamps, rockers and more. CASH & CARRY! The premier project of our RENEW+REBUILD Capital Campaign is the re-purposing of our convent as a much needed parish center. This weekend the convent will be open for a visit. All interested parishioners are most wel-come to stop by for a look.

Donation Statements for 2017 2017 End-of-Year Tax Statements will be mailed out by the end of January. Any parishioner who contributed more than $250.00 will automatically receive a statement in the mail. Anyone who has previously requested a tax statement will be mailed one regardless of their donation. If you have any questions, please call the rectory, 914-528-3547.

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'$ (As is our custom, we will celebrate our Patron Saint, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in a special way next weekend, the beginning of Catholic Schools Week. At all Masses next Saturday evening and Sunday, children from our school will tell us about their love for Mother Seton and our School as we celebrate the Schools 50th Anniversary. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Pray of Us! When so rich a harvest is before us, why do we not gather it? All is in our hands if we will but use it. Mother Seton

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Select JANUARY Events Sat, Jan 27 Volunteer Workers Appreciation Dinner Sun, Jan 28 Patronal Feast Day (Observed) Tue, Jan 30 School Open House 7pm-9pm 2nd Collections: Solemnity of Mary, Catholic Communications and Catholic University, Seton School, Unbound Ministry Emer-gency Maintenance Fund

WEEKLY MEMORIALS (3) The Sanctuary Lamp, indicating the Real Presence, burns in memory of Angelina Morisco. The Sacramental Bread and Wine were donated in memory of Richard Farrell.

PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED

)*)*)(We would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our visi-tors worshipping with us today. We are happy to have you with us. And, we hope that you are inspired by our parish family at prayer, and that all of our visitors will come worship with us again soon. May God Bless You and Keep You!

MASS INTENTIONS 5:30 Paul Oswald Sun Jan 21 Ordinary Sunday 3 7:00 Anthony & Nancy Giasi 8:00 People of Seton Parish 9:30 Grace Lombardo 11:00 Edward Patrick Walsh 12:30 June Sweeney Mon Jan 22 Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children 7:00 For the Protection of Unborn Children 9:00 William Finnerty & Stephen Kelleher Tue Jan 23 Weekday/St. Marianne Cope, Virgin; St. Vincent, Deacon & Martyr 7:00 Emily Oliverio 9:00 Richard Adamski Wed Jan 24 St. Francis de Sales, Bishop & Church Doctor 7:00 John Murray 9:00 Brendan Kelly Thu Jan 25 The Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle 7:00 Emily Oliverio 9:00 Juan V. Tomadelli Fri Jan 26 Sts. Timothy & Titus, Bishops 7:00 Fred & Rosetta Campisano 9:00 Joyce Scimarra Sat Jan 27 Weekday/St. Angela Merici, Virgin & Religious Founder 9:00 Steven Romero 5:30 Decd Mbrs of the Idczak Family Sun Jan 28 Ordinary Sunday 4 7:00 Thomas Roche (Living) 8:00 Erin Mary OConnor 9:30 Ray (Living) & Alice (Decd) Arnold-64th Wedding Anniversary 11:00 People of Seton Parish 12:30 Decd Mbrs of the Pavletich Family

PRAY FOR OUR SICK As is our custom, a persons name will appear for four weeks, after which it will be removed unless we hear from the family. Vito Astrella, Kelsey Berger, Anthony Celio, Josephine Conklin, Edward DiCaprio, Edwin Dudenhoeffer, Linda Dwyer, Madison Frost, Marie Gillespie, Thomas Kemple, Wayne Koshofer, Eileen Kostecke, Risha Lamano, Anthony Marino, Louise Mirel, Katharine Pacensa, Lt. Victor Prato, Joel Rivera, Marian Ruggiero, Marguerite Thiemann, Denise Zaleski

Parish Book Club Meeting this Sunday, January 21st at 2 pm in the Chapel.

Join Us Tomorrow Cenacles of Life

Join us on Monday, Jan. 22nd at 1:00PM for the 45th Anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision to pray the Cena-cles of Life. A cenacle is a prayer group that prays in imita-tion of the way the Blessed Mother and the Apostles prayed in the Upper Room, awaiting the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The Respect Life Committee of our parish conducts such a group every Monday at 1PM in Our Lady Memorial Chapel with two rosaries and fast one day a week on bread and water. As we do this, we join believers all over the world in a new, tremendous and united prayer effort to de-feat the culture of death. As Pope John Paul II wrote in the Gospel of Life, A great prayer for life is urgently needed. Please join us. Info, call Yolanda Pilecki, 845-661-7004.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School Celebrates Catholic Schools Week Our school will be hosting some family, biblical, and community events during the week of January 28th - February 3rd to cele-brate Catholic Schools Week. Come visit our school's Princi-pal, Brian Donahue, following Mass on both January 27th and 28th. He will be giving updates on the school during each cele-bration of Mass. Monday the 29th, the school will host "Munchkins with Mom." Tuesday the 30th will celebrate "Doughnuts with Dad." Wednesday the 30th is "Family Story Time." Thursday the 1st will be "Bible Character Day," where the students will dress as Biblical characters. Friday will be the "Staff vs. Students Basketball Game," with a special guest refer-ee. We wish our school continued success and a very Blessed Catholic Schools Week.

Eucharistic Adoration Seminar On Friday, Feb. 16th at 7:00PM, join St. Josephs Seminary (Yonkers) for a presentation by James Mont, author of Praying in the Presence of Our Lord. For more infor-mation and registration, nyliturgy.org/workshops. Contact liturgy@archny.org or 914-968-6200, ext 8177.

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Next Weekend Second Collection: Seton

Jan. 27th/28th: Seton School Bi-annual Collection

Setons 2018 Pilgrimage JUNE 11th 21st

Join Fr. Quarato and Fr. Martin on a 11-day Catholic Pilgrim-age Tour to the Czech Republic, Poland & Austria, including: Prague (Infant Jesus Shrine & St. Vitus Cathedral), Svata Ho-ra (Holy Mountain of the Virgin Mary), Krakow, Wadowice (Pope Saint John Paul II), Czestochowa (the Black Madonna), Lagiewniki (Divine Mercy), Vienna, the Melk Abbey, Mari-azell (Marian Shrine) & more! June 11 21, 2018. $3,695 all-inclusive from New York (JFK) / $595 single supplement, includes city center 4*+ hotel