The Blood Drive in memory of Nick Modico was again a huge success! We had 88 Registered Donors, 4 Deferred Donors, 73 Collected Whole Blood, 22 units from 11 donors Collected ALYX, with a total of 95 Units of Blood Collected

Cardinal Dolan led the faithful in praying the rosary for the people of India who are sick and suffering from the coronavirus on Saturday, May 8th at the Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians in Stony Point. The Cardinal extends a special invitation to the people of the Archdiocese of New York to continue praying in a special way for the people of India, where the coronavirus continues to have a devastating impact. Cardinal Dolan has also asked the parishes of the archdiocese to consider raising funds to help alleviate the suffering in India, as they have generously done on many other occasions in the past to help people in need. Click for more info.

Due to the central importance of Easter to the Christian faith, the Catholic Church requires that all Catholics who have made their First Communion receive the Holy Eucharist sometime during the Easter season, which lasts through Pentecost Sunday, 50 days after Easter. (They should also take part in the Sacrament of Penance before receiving this Easter Communion.)

The class of 2021 will be ordained to the Sacred Order of Priest at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Saturday, May 29 at 9:00 am.

Please consider becoming a part of your Parish Council! New faces and ideas help to keep the parish vibrant!

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As we move forward, the need to prepare the church for upcoming sacramental celebrations for our children (First Communion, Confirmation) makes it necessary to return Daily Eucharistic Adoration to the chapel. M-F, 12noon-3pm. All are welcome!

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The Community Food Pantry at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Mohegan Lake, is asking for donations of gender neutral, already prepared baskets, or the fixings: baskets, cello bags, grass, wrapped candy, simple toys (e.g., balls, jacks, bunnies, coloring books, crayons, books, jump ropes, chalk). Baskets are given to dependent children 12 and under. Please bring the donations directly to St. Mary’s.

His Eminence is happy to grant a dispensation from abstinence from meat to all within the archdiocese as part of the observance of this Solemnity during the Year of St. Joseph.

We welcome six new Altar Servers who were commissioned last week: Nicholas Delfico, Matteo DiLaura, Jason Dillon, Vincent Karaqi, Jack Marinelli, Liam Muller.

We are pleased to announce the ordination of Seton's own Bro. James Ritch to the Sacred Order of Deacon on March 20th.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging federal lawmakers to oppose legislation known as the "Equality Act" because it discriminates against people of faith and threatens unborn human life. Please take action by urging your representatives in Washington to oppose this bill when it comes before them for a vote. Click for the link.

We invite families with small children to use the chapel during Sunday Masses. The Mass is projected into the chapel and Holy Communion is distributed there.

Cremation is permitted by the Catholic Church, and Catholics are reminded that the cremains (ashes) are to be treated with respect and dignity. Cremains should be buried or interred as soon as possible after a Funeral Mass.

A special note of thanks to our Boy Scouts and their Scout Masters and leaders who assisted in the burning of the old palm. The ash was used on Ash Wednesday.

One can of food a day can make a difference! During Lent, the Fr. John LaFarge Yorktown Council 4012 of the Knights of Columbus is inviting all parishioners to participate in a "40 Cans for 40 Days of Lent" program as part of their Lenten Journey.

Please be aware that neither the pastor, any of the priests, deacon, lay staff of the parish, school and/or religious education program will ever contact you by cell phone, text or email asking for you to help and to return calls or emails or visit websites.

Congratulations to our Cub Scouts boys who “Crossed Over” last Sunday (Scout Sunday) to the Boy Scouts: Christopher J. Alexander III, Nicholas G. Badini, Shane Degl, Gabriel J. Gentilucci, Marco A. Radeljic, Gianni M. Vanacore

This year Father Quarato will be completing his first six year term as Pastor of Seton. In keeping with Archdiocesan policy, an evaluation of the parish has begun. Those who wish to do so are invited to write letters with their own comments about our parish and pastoral leadership to The Office of Priest Personnel. Letters should be received no later than February 28, 2021