August 7, 2016 - St. Francis of Assisi Church

PADRE’S CORNER
August 7, 2016
Babe Ruth, legendary Yankees baseball slugger, reflected in the later years of his life about the positive influence
of the Catholic Church on his life. He wrote: "On June 13, 1902, when I was seven years old, my mother and
father placed me in St. Mary's Industrial School in Baltimore, a training school for orphans, incorrigibles,
delinquents. I was listed as incorrigible, and I guess I was. It was at St. Mary's that I met and learned to love the
greatest man I've ever known. He was the father I needed. His name was Matthias. He taught me to read and
write - and he taught me the difference between right and wrong. It was Brother Matthias who made me a
pitcher." Ruth was placed into the industrial school orphanage, with the eventual death of his sick mother and
the realization by his father that the bar he owned in a rough part of the Baltimore waterfront was not an
appropriate location for the moral growth of his young son Babe. Brother Matthias, of the Xaverian Brothers,
was six-foot-six and 250 pounds. He was the assistant to a Brother Herman, who was the director of athletics at
St. Mary's. Before his religious profession, Brother Matthias had the name Martin Boutlier after his 1872
birth. He was born in a mining town in Nova Scotia called Lingan, Cape Breton. As a teacher and coach, the
good brother enforced discipline with the 800 boys at the school by being defined as a "force to be reckoned
with" and a "commanding presence that was enough to quell schoolyard mutinies without saying a word."
Brother Matthias saw a big heart and a baseball ability in Babe, while knowing when to correct the young unruly
lad. Young Babe was seen once laughing at a teammate during a game, who was struggling at the pitcher's
mound. His destiny for professional baseball, first with the Boston Red Sox as a pitcher before becoming an
outfielder for the Bronx Bombers or the Yankees, was perhaps ignited when a direct Brother Matthias said to
him: "If you can do any better, then get out there and throw the ball yourself." Ruth never forgot the goodness of
the brothers during his spectacular career. Saint Mary's closed in 1950, two years after the death of Babe
Ruth. The grounds became a high school named after Cardinal Gibbons, who confirmed Ruth in 1907. That
school closed in 2010, in these sad times of so many Church institutions demise because of clergy shortages
and indifference to organized religion plus soaring economic costs. Catholicism was a major influence on Ruth
and the other boys at the school. The typical schedule each day was : "Up at six to wash and dress for Mass and
breakfast. Classes, academic or vocational, from breakfast until ten in the morning. Recess from ten to tenthirty. School or work from ten-thirty to eleven -thirty. Dinner and free time from eleven-thirty to onethirty. School again until three-fifteen, after which there was a class in Catholic doctrine, required of Catholics
only. From then until supper at six the boys played, the small boys in the Little Yard, and the boys of fifteen or
older in the Big Yard. After supper the boys were supposed to read in bed from seven-thirty until lights out fortyfive minutes later."
The story of Babe Ruth captured my imagination again recently on a trip to the baseball hall-of-fame in historic
Cooperstown. He had major weaknesses for alcohol, food, and women as many people do. One biographer
named Leigh Montville published: "He would amaze teammates sometimes when he would appear at Mass in the
morning after a night of indulgence. Three Our Fathers, three Hail Mary's, a good Act of Contrition, a $50 bill in
the collection basket, ready to go." Ruth would support Catholic causes, such as the Knights of Columbus and
hospitals plus children orphanages. Diagnosed with terminal cancer before his death in August of 1948, he
summoned a priest (the late Monsignor John Byrne, who I knew in the seminary) for the sacraments of
communion and confession. Ruth recalled: "As I lay in bed that evening I thought to myself what a comforting
feeling to be free from fear and worries. I now could simply turn them over to God." Cardinal Francis Spellman
celebrated Ruth's funeral Mass on August 19, 1948 in Manhattan at St. Patrick's Cathedral. On his tombstone at
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, in the Westchester County setting of Hawthorne, inscribed Spellman: "May the divine
spirit that animated Babe Ruth to win the crucial game of life inspire the youth of America."
I have often gone to Section 25 of the cemetery to the Babe's burial spot. His spirit reminds me of the message
of Catholicism: it is not a museum of saints, but a hospital for sinners. May we all thank the brothers, nuns,
deacons, and priests in our lives who helped Ruth in the past and we in the present.
God bless. Father Bill
MASS INTENTIONS
Mon. Aug 8 St Dominic
7:00am Pope Francis
Noon Andrew Lasek
By Family
Thur. Aug 11 St Clare
7:00am Our Politicians
Noon Olga DeAgostino Meehan
By Barbara Gosda
Tues. Aug 9 St Teresa
7:00am City of Newburgh
Noon Josephine Puccio
By Nephew Eddie
Fri. Aug 12 St Jane
7:00am Mary & Joseph Vitay
By Mary Ann & Tony Farkas
Noon Vocations
Wed. Aug 10 St Lawrence
7:00am Andrew Lasek
By Como Family
Noon The Unborn
Sat. Aug 13 St Pontian
Noon All Priests
4:30pm Angela &
Salvatore Immitt
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(44 Anniv)
By Son Steve
July 30-31, 2016
1st Collection $6,779.00
2nd Collection $ 712.00
TOTAL $7,491.00
Our sincere thanks for your generosity and support
of our Parish. God bless each and every one of
you....always
The 2nd collection this weekend is for
Home Missions and Latin America
MASS ATTENDANCE
July 30-31, 2016
4:30pm 195
8:00am 136
11:00am 220
TOTAL 551
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Our Holy Hour with Exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament on Wednesday from 5:00pm to
6:00pm will be for the special intention of THE
UNBORN.
The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy is recited on
Sundays at 10:40am before the 11:00 am Mass.
Sun, Aug 14:
800am John Dombroski
By Nick & Helene Stagliano
Prayers Answered by the
Therrien Family
11:00am Frank Hoffman
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(58 Anniv)
By Family
Louis J. Talerico
By Betty (Gemma) & Larry Lanning
THE ASSUMPTION
OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
August 15TH
Because the Holy Day
falls on a Monday this year
it is NOT a Hoy Day of Obligation.
PRAYER FOR MARY
Almighty and eternal God,
who hast taken up into the
glory of Heaven,
with body and soul,
the Immaculate Virgin Mary,
Mother of thy son.
Grant us, we pray,
that we may always strive
after heavenly things and
thus merit to share in her glory.
AMEN
BIBLE STUDY
Our Bible Study course “Mary, A Biblical Walk with
the Blessed Mother” will start this Wednesday and
run thru September 27th. Classes, which begin at
7:00pm, will be held in O’Connor Hall.
Program News
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
The opening for the 2016-2017 school year is just a
month away. Now is the time to think about also
registering your children for religious education classes.
For registration forms or for more information please
call Lynda Piper, our Religious Education Coordinator,
at the Religious Education Office at 561-2589.
Register your child now to secure the day and time most
convenient for you.
Food Pantry Hours:
Friday 9:00am to 12noon
Saturday 9:00am to 12noon
In your goodness please bring BAND AIDS AND
SCHOOL SUPPLIES to Church next weekend to
be distributed to the less fortunate thru our Food
Pantry.
Suggestions for school supplies that the children are
required to have at the start of the school year include:
primary ruled composition notebooks, wide ruled marble
composition books, sharpened pencils (non mechanical),
3x5 blank index cards, wide ruled loose leaf paper, large
rubber erasers & eraser tops, Fiskars pointed or blunt tip
scissors, glue sticks (no liquid glue), double pocket
plastic folders, 1 inch 3 ring binders and 24 pack Crayola
crayons.
FOOD PANTRY FUNDRAISER
OUR FOOD PANTRY IS SPONSORING A
RAFFLE AND BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER.
On Sunday, October 30th from 8:00am to 12:45pm
there will be a breakfast at the Newburgh Elks
Building on Washington Street in Newburgh. Also,
300 raffle tickets will be sold at $50.00 each. There
will be 5 $1,000 winners, 1 $500 winner and 2 $250
winners. Each raffle ticket purchased admits 2
people to the breakfast. Breakfast without the raffle
ticket is $10 per person. All profits go directly to the
Food Pantry.
The breakfast menu will include: eggs, pancakes,
sausage, bacon, toast, coffee and tea. Tickets will
be available soon along with additional information.
The Catholic Daughters, Court Patricia #195
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will be meeting on Wednesday August 10 at 7:00pm in
the Msgr. Valastro Activity Center at Sacred Heart
Church in Newburgh. We will be collecting school
supplies for the needy children at the St. Francis Food
Pantry. New members are always welcome. For further
information please call Maureen Kelly at 562-9462.
AED – CPR TRAINING CLASS
A certified instructor will be here at St Francis Church on
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Tuesday, August 23 at 2:00pm in O’Connor Hall to give
a training class on Automated External Defibrillator aka
AED and CPR use. The 4 hour long course will cost
$40.00. A card certificate will be issued after completing
the training class.
PRAYER S FOR THE SICK
Vincenza Secor, Aaron Stagliano, Kelly Stafford, Robyn
McGraw, John Sabo, Andrew Costanzo, Marie Wiejak,
Rose, Stephen Sabo, Ashley Barco, Jean Kaiser, Tom
Scalzo, Nora Brickter, Gary Lake, Genevieve Pilch,
Agnes Casey, Brianna Barker, Keith Webber, Jake
Bryan DeStefano, Rose Marie Michalowski, Meryl
Chatham, Vincenturia Cullen, Amy Meyer, Vinnie
Yonnone, Grace Keller Peacock, Mary Corwin, Jean
DeCicco, Don Hughes, David Jennings, Robert Johnson,
Karen Wells, Marcia McKay, Victoria Palkovic, Elaine
Pietrzak, Maureen Luzzi, Joyce Poponiak, Corrine
Gammino, George Vecchio, Jr, Carol Brown, Teresa
Centeno, Matthew Gallagher, Luzia Araujo, Celio
Thomaz, Sherry Collins, Rosalie Nogay, Richard and
Rina Bozzone, Antonio Troia, Cody Favoino-Finkbeiner,
Marie Louis, Sacha Samuel George, the Koch Family,
Frank Pietrzak, John Marullo, Rose Jurik, Robert &
Helen Osborn, Manuel DiNapoli, Jennie Serrano, Eddie
Koza, Barbara Woloszyn, Gary McGraw, Rachael
Neugebauer, Patricia Denniston, Arlene Dietrichsen,
Maureen Kelly, Deacon Larry Kawula, Abigail Ryan,
Debra Thurston, Toby Persico, Alexis Johnson, Barry
Johnson, James R. Purpura, Bob Smith, Tom Kingery,
Bud Smith, Amy Finnegan, Jane Pustola, Justin, Peter,
Rita, Janice Ruggiero, Angela, Wayne, Abbie K.,
Dominick Denisi, Sebastian Denisi, Pam Denisi, Linda
Hummel, Joseph Michalowski, Joann Quicksell, Frances
Dolan, Daniel D’Elicio, Fr. Fred Kempferi, Hazel
Yonnone, Carmen DeCrosta, Parker, Jane Holloway,
Dore Williams, Hank Kensing, Virginia Ranaudo, Sheryl
McGrath, Robert Landi, Michelle Ryan, Rosalind
Morrison
CONGRATULATIONS TO...................
Mrs. William Cathcart, the winner of $240.50
in our July 50/50 Club Raffle. Be sure you
envelope is in for our August drawing.
Msgr. Henry O’Carroll Memorial Car Show
Sponsored jointly by the Knights of Columbus, Council
444 and the Saturday Nite Cruisers of Orange County
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will be held on Sunday, August 14 from 10:00am to
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3:00pm (Rain date August 21 ) at the Walmart Shopping
Center on Route 300 in Newburgh. Pre-registration is
$15.00 and Vendor Spots are $25.00. For more
information please contact Ken Ryan at 845-565-8015,
Charles Smith at 845-561-8647 or Dan Keenan at 845562-9353.
ST. FRANCIS CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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Aug 6 & 7 – Birthday Blessings
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Aug 9 – Bible Study, 7pm, O’Connor Hall
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Aug 20 – Movie Night, 6pm, O’Connor Hall
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Aug 21 – Coffee & Bagel Hour, O’Connor Hall
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Aug 20 & 21 – St Francis History display in
O’Connor Hall
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Aug 25 Hockey Player Jim Dowd to give presentation
and sign autographs
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Sept 11 – Fr Bill’s Installation as Pastor
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Sept 18 – Parish Picnic
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Oct 30 – Food Pantry Breakfast Fundraiser
FLOWER MEMORIALS
Beginning next Sunday Flower Memorials will again be
available for anyone wishing to memorialize a loved
one, honor someone or in thanksgiving. The flower
arrangements, which will be placed in the sanctuary near
the altar, are $35.00 and can be ordered through the
rectory at 561-1317.
BUS TRIP
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On Monday, August 15 , VFW Post 1161 and CWV Post
386 will co-host a bus trip to Mohegan Sun casino in
Uncasville, CT. Everyone is welcome. Departure is
8:30am from the Newburgh Wal Mart parking lot. Bus
will depart for home around 4:45pm. Tickets are $35.00
per person and you will receive a $30,00 package
consisting of $15.00 in free play and a $15.00 food
coupon plus a chance to win this trip free..
For reservations call John Raszcewski at 845-562-370
JIM DOWD – NHL HOCKEY PLAYER
...who played for the New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia
Flyers and New York Islanders will be here at St.
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Francis on Thursday, August 25 in O’Connor Hall at
7:00pm to give a presentation on sports, and also
nutrition as a representative of ID Life Supplements.
After his presentation Jim will be available to sign
autographs and answer questions. All are welcome
to attend.
The New Windsor American Legion Post
1796 is hosting its annual Golf Tournament “The Cathy
Burke Memorial Golf Tournament” on Monday, August
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15 at the Otterkill Golf & Country Club in Campbell Hall,
NY. All proceeds will be utilized for a scholarship to a
cadet enrolled in the Air Force Junior “ROTC” program
at Newburgh Free Academy. Registration and breakfast
from 8:00-9:00am, shotgun start at 9:00am sharp. $150
per golfer includes cart, lunch and beverages, clams and
steak dinner with open bar. For more information
contact Commander Jack Powell at 845-561-9847 or
Nick Volkringer at 845-564-6259.
BECOME A MEMBER OF OUR PARISH TODAY
PILGRIMAGES
__YES! I want to register as a member of St. Francis
of Assisi Parish and receive offertory envelopes.
Plans have been finalized for two
pilgrimages hosted by Fr. Bill in 2017.
Name: _______________________________________
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1) Spain Pilgrimage for 11 days, April 24 thru May
4, visiting Lisbon, Fatima, Salamanca. Avila, Madrid,
Lourdes Montserrat and Barcelona.
2) Alpine Christmas Adventure for 11 days,
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Address: _____________________________________
City/Town: _____________________Zip: __________
Phone: ______________________________________
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December 4 thru 14 visiting Frankfurt, Freiburg,
Lucerne, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Oberammergau,
Neuschwanstein, Munich, Rothenberg and Heidelberg.
Brochures are located in the back of the church. To
register or for additional information please call the
rectory 561-1317.
E-mail Address: _______________________________
Fill out and drop in the Offertory Collection or mail
to St. Francis of Assisi Church, 145 Benkard
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