Sacred Heart

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PLEASE TAKE NOTE

 ON AUGUST 8TH WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF CELEBRATING
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION WITH OUR

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CHILDREN!
 GOD BLESS THESE YOUNG PEOPLE OF GOD
There will be NO Holy Rosary at noon on Aug. 8

SACRED HEART CHURCH

UPDATE
RENEW AND REBUILD                                                                                                           

As you may remember just a few short years ago in less stressful times the parish embarked on a campaign Renew and Rebuild to help our Church properties.  At the time it was decided that all the pledges received would go to the preservation and repair of our beautiful Church building.  We were, at the time very successful and pledges totaling, $1,807,887 were received.  As you may recall 26% percent plus the Cardinal’s Appeal for that year were included in what was raised and would go directly to Archdiocese.  They also received their portion first.  Presently we are working with the Archdiocese to install bathrooms in the church (with an addition in the library area).  As you may recall last summer the new roof promised was completed.  In reviewing the status of monies needed for the installation, it became very clear that a number of donors have lapsed over the last two years in payment of their pledges.  To date we have a balance owed of $905,444.21 thru total pledge amounts and in lapsed donations of $237,447.  The impact of the loss of received payments will of course mean that we will be unable to complete all the projects we were in hopes of accomplishing with the monies.  We do realize these are tough times for us all and if possible, we ask that you honor your pledge if at all possible.  We also want to keep all informed of where we are in the process of honoring our commitments and accomplish all we are able.  Thank you very much.

July 2020

Dear Parishioners of Sacred Heart:
            It is with great sadness that I must inform you that as of July 9^th, 2020 our precious school is now closed.  We received word from His Eminence Cardinal Dolan that our doors are closed due to the many financial difficulties which affect the ability for Catholic Schools to flourish currently, along with the immense impact of the CoVid- 19 virus on us all.  
            For 109 years our school has been a part of the fabric of our community.  In September of 1910 the doors opened, how sad to think that in September of 2020 the usual excitement and joy of a new school year will not occur. 
The school was privileged to educate some of the founding members of our village and surrounding area.  Below is an excerpt from the school’s historical overview produced for their 100^th year celebration journal:
“The School opened in 1910 with fifty pupils taught by three Sisters of Charity from Convent Station in New Jersey, and in 1911 Sacred Heart School had its first graduating Class.  The graduates were Daniel Oldfield, Mabel Oldfield, Margaret Casey, Mary Courtney, and Rose Rothhaupt.  In 1913 the Sisters of St. Dominic from Sparkill, New York took over the teaching in the Parochial School.  The Sparkill Dominicans taught at Sacred Heart School for many years and were then followed by the Blauvelt Dominicans and a number of lay teachers through the rest of the century.  2008 was the last year that Religious Sisters taught in the school. “
 
From its humble beginnings with only 50 students to almost 500 students in its heyday and now to the closing of its doors, Sacred Heart School had been a place that educated the whole child.  Reading, writing, arithmetic yes, but also and most importantly our Faith.
 
We pray that all those who graduated from our school or who even spent just a few years with them came away with a love of our Lord and an education that has been a corner stone in their journey through this life.   God Bless Sacred Heart School!
 
To end, I wish to express my great thanks, and appreciation and of course my great sorrow in having to say goodbye to not only Mrs. Kathleen Grande our principal, but the loving, caring staff of Sacred Heart School.  May the good Lord be with you all and bless you for your goods works here at Sacred Heart and for all your years of service in His name.

 
                            In His Grace,
                                                     Fr. J. Michael Rafferty, OAR Pastor
           
 FAREWELL!
110 YEARS OF FAITHFUL EDUCATION
GOD BLESS SACRED HEART SCHOOL!

THANK YOU FAITHFUL TEACHERS AND STAFF FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE 
TO THE CHILDREN OF GOD







.AN ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire You in my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into
my heart. As though You were already there, I embrace You and unite myselfwholly to You; permit not that I should ever be separated from You. Amen.

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