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St. Augustine at 381 North Highland Ave, Ossining, NY 10562 US - Home
BLESSINGS AND WELCOME
FROM OUR PASTOR
MONSIGNOR HILARY C. FRANCO
FROM OUR PASTOR
MONSIGNOR HILARY C. FRANCO
God has blessed us with loving parishioners, a beautiful church
and grounds, and the desire to share it all with you.
Won't you join us in our blessings?
Come, look at the beautiful vistas that we see every day.
Read about our patron Saint Augustine, and let his teachings
help you deal with life's many dilemmas.
Here's a wonderful idea. Why not come and visit us?
Many make a special trip to see and pray at our magnificent outdoor
Many make a special trip to see and pray at our magnificent outdoor
Stations of the Cross. We'll make you feel welcome.
Come to Eagle Park and let us share Christ's love with you.
Come to Eagle Park and let us share Christ's love with you.
Monsignor
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
O God, You sent Your Son, Jesus, to bring eternal life
to those who believe. I join Him in praying for laborers
for Your harvest. May Your Holy Spirit inspire
men and women to continue his mission through
Your priesthood, diaconate, religious life and lay ministry.
men and women to continue his mission through
Your priesthood, diaconate, religious life and lay ministry.
May this same Spirit make known Your will for my life.
Lord Jesus Christ, Savior of the world, we humbly beg
of Thee to revive in Thy Church that spirit which Thou
didst so abundantly bestow on the Apostles. Call, we
pray Thee, very many to Thy priesthood and to the
religious life.
And may zeal for Thy glory and the salvation of souls
inflame those whom Thou hast chosen, may they be
saints in Thy likeness, and may Thy Spirit strengthen
them. O Jesus, give us priests and religious after
Thine own Heart!
WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE?
If you are wondering what to do with your life,
if you feel you want to do something really great with it,
if you don't want to fall into a conventional, self-centered existence,
if you want to help other people in the deepest way possible,
where they most need help,
then think about the service of the Gospel in the priesthood.
If you become a priest,
you will never be rich,
you will have to give up the love of a spouse
for the love of everyone you meet;
you will have to give up your family commitments;
you will often be on the move;
you will never have a mortgage;
you will be under obedience to the leader of the Church
just as Jesus was obedient to the will of the Father.
But if you are faithful to the ideal of the priesthood,
you will have the deep happiness
which Jesus gives to those who are His friends.
One last thing:
you don't have to be perfect to think of being a priest.
Jesus chooses ordinary people, not moral heroes.
You just have to want to serve Him;
He will give you the rest in due course.
Archbishop Maurice Couve de Murville
VOCATION DIRECTOR
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK
Rev. Enrique Salvo
Vocation Director
The Archdiocese of New York
St. Joseph Seminary
201 Seminary Ave.
Yonkers, NY 10704
Ph: 914-968-1340
Fax: 914-968-6671
Email: enrique.salvo@archny.org
www.NYPRIEST.com
201 Seminary Ave.
Yonkers, NY 10704
Ph: 914-968-1340
Fax: 914-968-6671
Email: enrique.salvo@archny.org
www.NYPRIEST.com
2013 CARDINAL'S APPEAL
Our goal is $132,000 from 496 Parish Families.
To date 175 Parish Families have donated $69,051.
Thank you for your support.
There is still time to help us reach our goal.
You may donate online at this secure site.
There is a section provided to apply your gift to St. Augustine's.
THE DATES FOR
THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL
ARE JULY 23 – 28.
TO HELP LOWER THE COSTS OF THE FESTIVAL, THE COMMITTEE NEEDS VOLUNTEERS TO SOLICIT MERCHANTS TO ADVERTISE FOR THE FESTIVAL.
The ads will be repeatedly displayed on a TV monitor throughout the entire festival for everyone to see. You may wish to use a copy of a business card; a congratulatory greeting such as a Birthday, Anniversary, Graduation, Retirement wish; note of personal loss – “In Memory of a Loved One”, etc.
The cost for the 6 entire days of advertising is only $100 per ad, which will also include a copy of your business card or your personal ad in a flyer that will be stuffed in our Church bulletin and displayed on our bulletin board in the vestibule after the festival.
For more information about supporting our parish by SOLICITING ADVERTISEMENTS or by taking out an ad, please call Joan Pires in the Parish Office at 941-0067.
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The $100 Raffle Tickets are now available at the Parish Office – Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Someone will walk away with $10,000, $5,000 or three (3) $1,000 prizes. Maybe it will be you – but only if you take a chance!! Only 350 tickets will be sold at $100 each so get together with family members or friends to share the cost of a ticket.
YEAR OF FAITH RESOURCE
The only way love can be shown in the world today is by sacrifice
– namely, the surrender of one thing for another.
– namely, the surrender of one thing for another.
- Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)
In response to government laws and provisions that are unjust in the light of faith and reason, conscientious objection should be encouraged. - Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio
The Blessed Sacrament is exposed every Thursday
here at St. Augustine's from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
Please join in a Holy Hour from 9:00 to 10:00 AM
each Thursday for Morning Prayer from the
Liturgy of the Hour, Rosary and
the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
Compline and Solemn Benediction are at 7:00 PM.
On the First Friday of the month,
the Blessed Sacrament is exposed
from the end of the 6:30 AM Mass
until the beginning of the 8:30 AM Mass.
Take some time out of your busy schedule
to spend an hour with the Lord.
Many blessings and graces are waiting for you!
On the First Friday of the month,
the Blessed Sacrament is exposed
from the end of the 6:30 AM Mass
until the beginning of the 8:30 AM Mass.
Take some time out of your busy schedule
to spend an hour with the Lord.
Many blessings and graces are waiting for you!
We have been given permission from the Vatican
to insert the Vatican Widget on our website.
From Our Pastor Monsignor Franco
My beloved Friends: On March 19th, at the beginning of his Petrine ministry, our new Holy Father FRANCIS told the world: “Let us never forget that authentic power is service…and that, when exercising power, we must enter more fully into that service which has its radiant ...
Our Pastor Monsignor Hilary C. Franco
Educated in the United States and Italy, Monsignor was ordained a priest in Rome at the young age of 22 years on April 9th, 1955. He received a doctorate in Biblical Theology "magna cum laude" when he was not yet twenty-four, from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He ...
Venerable Bishop Sheen
The True Stardom of Fulton Sheen Jul 16, 2012 William Doino Jr. The name of Fulton J. Sheen brings to mind many things: “the Golden Age of Catholicism” . . . the stirring sermons . . . the amusing stories and dramatic conversions. . . the black cassock and red cape . . . the ...
