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Fresh off helping with a historic event at Sacred Heart Church last Saturday (scroll below for the following article), our venerable and esteemed Fr. Marc Oliver invites us to meet Our Lord with Father's guidance via the Holy Gospel and Sacred Scripture on Saturday, May 31st from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon at Fr. Grohe Hall (basement) of Sacred Heart Church, 1055 Broadway, Esopus. Families with children old enough to understand are welcome as well as individuals.

Our parishioners Sean and Xia Woltman were united in the sacramental bond of Holy Matrimony on Saturday, May 24th at Sacred Heart Church. This convalidation of a hitherto civil marriage was historic not only for them but for our parish as their nuptial rites followed to the 1962 "Roman Missal," which was a first not only in the tenure and the priesthood of Fr. Arthur Rojas, our pastor, but also the first time in several decades at our parish. Fr. Rojas witnessed the exchange of consent at the ceremony, where he literally "tied the knot" with his stole, followed by a Missa Cantata with nuptial blessing by Fr. Marc Oliver. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Woltman!!! Alleluia!

As Catholics, we hold that the Risen Christ ascended into Heaven in body and soul 40 days after Easter Sunday. Thus, we honor the day, known as Ascension Thursday, with Holy Mass offered as a binding obligation to the Catholic faithful. Join us at Mass as follows: 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. in the Ordinary Form at Presentation Church, 11:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church in the Extraordinary Form with confessions heard before from 10:45 to 11:15 a.m. "Christ is ascended! From Earth to Heaven!"