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GIFT (Growing In Faith
Together) is our Parish model for
life-long intergenerational faith
formation, centered around
opportunities to learn about, share
and experience our faith in the
company of all parishioners from
the newly baptized to our most
mature members, leading us to an
ever deeper relationship with God
and each other. Due to our
generous parish community, GIFT
is free and welcomes all. Join us
as we explore and grow in faith -
together!
CONTACT US
Father James Davis: (201) 637-2110
Deacon Larry Steiger (518)-312-0823
Parish Office: (518) 895-2788
(Monday - Friday 9:00am -12:00pm, or leave a message anytime)
1735 Alexander Road
P.O. Box 219 Delanson, New York 12053
E-Mail: olfdelanson@nycap.rr.com
Parish Website: olfdelanson@rcda.org
www.olfgrowinginfaith.weebly.com
www.facebook.com/olfdelanson
MyParish App�
Mass Schedule:
Our Lady of Fatima
Delanson
Saturday Vigil – 4:00 pm
Sunday – 11:00 am
Weekday: 9am Thursday
Our Lady of the Valley
Middleburgh:
Our Linked Parish
Saturday Vigil – 5:45 pm
Sunday – 9:00 am
Phone (518) 702-4385
Parish Sacramental Information
Sacraments of Healing
Reconciliation
· 3pm Saturday and by appointment
Anointing of the Sick
Visitation of the Sick and Homebound
· Available by appointment.
Sacraments of Initiation
Congratulations as you continue your initiation. These three
sacraments provide the foundation for a life of Christian faith.
Preparation begins with forming faith. Join us for GIFT as we journey
together as a parish family.
�� Baptism is available for any age
�� Eucharist candidates must be at least age 7 by Shrove Tuesday
and be participating in ongoing GIFT gatherings.
�� Confirmation candidates must be at least age 15 by April 1st.
Sacraments of Commitment
Marriage - Congratulations on your engagement! Please contact the
Parish Office as soon as you are engaged, to allow us to help you plan
to live out the Sacrament of Marriage that will begin on your wedding
day.
Religious Life - Congratulations as you begin your discernment
process. Please contact the Parish Office or view the resources on the
diocesan website at rcda.org for more information.�
Welcome
No matter your present status in the Catholic Church.
No matter your current family or marital situation.
No matter your past or present religious affiliation.
No matter your personal history, age, background or ethnicity.
No matter your own self-image or esteem.
You are invited, welcomed, accepted, loved and respected,
in our faith community.
Welcome to Our Lady of Fatima!
April 26th, 2020
Third Sunday of Easter
ALL ARE WELCOME!
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF
OUR LADY OF FATIMA
Sacrificial Giving�
4/14/2020 � 4/20/2020�
Actual: $1,844 Budget: $3,271�
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Thank you for your continued support!�
Mass Intentions �
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All Mass intentions will be rescheduled as soon as
Masses can be celebrated �
Please pray for all who are sick, including: �
Stephanie Merenda, Ron Frisbee, Cody Stephenson,
Michael Fisher, Thelma Corbett, Ken Chrinian, Sue
Hamilton, Henrietta Babbie, Robin Bunnell, David
Nedelski, John Miller, George Tallman, Paul Reveal
and Al Westfall �
Please pray for our home�bound: Bella Stuar t, Char lotte
Marks, Maureen Farnum, Belva Thompson, Bea Crounse,
Lorraine Duffy and Carolyn Terrell�
Prayer Ministry prays for anyone in need of prayer . You can
request prayers or join in this ministry. Call James Keller at (518)
295�7970 or email him at jamesakeller@msn.com. From our lips
to God’s ear. Give your concerns to God and join your parish
family in faith and love.�
Visitation Ministry visits the sick or homebound. Contact
Carole Hoffmann at (518) 875�6575 for any services or to receive
the Sacrament of the Sick.�
Background on the Gospel Reading�
On most Sundays during the Easter season in Cycle A, our
Gospel is taken from the Gospel of John. This week’s
Gospel, however, is taken from the Gospel of Luke. As in
last week’s Gospel, today’s Gospel shows us how the first
community of disciples came to believe that Jesus had risen
from the dead. In these stories we gain insight into how the
community of the Church came to be formed.�
When we read today’s Gospel, we may be surprised to learn
that these friends of Jesus could walk and converse with
him at some length yet not recognize him. Again we
discover that the risen Jesus is not always easily
recognized. Cleopas and the other disciple walk with a
person whom they believe to be a stranger; only later do
they discover that the stranger is Jesus. We learn that the
first community met and recognized Jesus in the breaking
of the bread, just as we meet Jesus in the Eucharist.�
We can imagine the feelings of the two disciples in today’s
reading. They are leaving their community in Jerusalem.
Their friend Jesus has been crucified. Their hope is gone.
They are trying to make sense of what has occurred, so that
they can put the experience behind them.�
Jesus himself approaches the two men, but they take him
for a stranger. Jesus asks them what they are discussing. He
invites them to share their experience and interpretation of
the events surrounding his crucifixion and death. When the
two disciples have done so, Jesus offers his own
interpretation of his crucifixion and resurrection, citing
Jewish Scripture. In that encounter we find the model for
our Liturgy of the Word�what we do each time we gather
as a community for the Eucharist. We reflect upon our life
experiences and interpret them in light of Scripture. We
gather together to break open the Word of God.�
In the next part of the story, we find a model for our
Liturgy of the Eucharist. The disciples invite the stranger
(Jesus) to stay with them. During the meal in which they
share in the breaking of the bread, the disciples’ eyes are
opened; they recognize the stranger as Jesus. In the
Eucharist too we share in the breaking of the bread and
discover Jesus in our midst. Just as the disciples returned to
Jerusalem to recount their experience to the other disciples,
we too are sent from our Eucharistic gathering. Our
experience of Jesus in the Eucharist compels us to share the
story with others.�
Third Sunday of Easter�
First Reading�
Acts 2:14,22�33�
Peter and the apostles announce that Jesus has been raised
from the dead.�
Second Reading�
1 Peter 1:17�21�
You were saved by Christ’s sacrifice.�
Gospel Reading�
Luke 24:13�35�
Jesus appears to two disciples who are walking to Emmaus.�
Food Pantry Donations�
We appreciate your donations but we are NOT in need of any peanut
butter or macaroni and cheese�
However we are in need of the following items:�
�� Canned peas�
�� Canned cannellini beans�
�� Canned Black beans �
�
Thank you for your help!�
Lemon Bars�
For the Crust:�
10�tablespoons�butter �
(room temperature)�
1 1/4�cups�flour�
1/2�cup�+ 2 tablespoons powdered�
sugar�
1/4�teaspoon�salt�
�
Instructions�
For the Crust:�
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and lightly grease a 9x9 inch pan.�
Mix the flour, powdered sugar, and salt together. Cut the butter
into the mix until crumbly and then press into the bottom of the
pan.�
Bake for 15�18 minutes until lightly golden. Meanwhile, make the
filling.�
�
For the Filling:�
Whisk all the filling ingredients together until combined.�
Pour over the cooked crust and place back in the oven for 17�20
minutes until filling is set.�
Cool completely, dust with powdered sugar, cut into squares.�
For the Filling:�
3�large eggs�, room temperature�
1�cup�granulated sugar�
3�tablespoons�flour�
1�tablespoon�lemon zest�
1/3�cup�lemon juice�(about 2 lemons)�
1/2�teaspoon�baking powder�
Sacramental Minister & Acting Administrator �
Father James Davis � (201) 637-2110
Pastoral Associate Administrator �
Deacon Larry Steiger (518)-312-0823 �
Music Director �
Carol Wilber cwilber78@midtel.net�
Parish Office�
Carol Caban olfdelanson@nycap.rr.com�
Tiffany Sinatra �
Faith Formation �
Sena Monaco sena.monaco@gmail.com �
Sacramental Preparation �
Laura Countryman olfsacraments@gmail.com�
Maintenance�
George Tallman�
If you would like to try a new ministry, give the ministry
coordinator a call. New members are always welcome and
needed!�
Parish Staff�
Our Lady of Fatima Ministries�
Due to stage 2 restrictions currently in
place, GIFT is canceling the gathering
scheduled for May 2
nd
. Also, the Easter
Egg hunt has been postponed. Please
check future bulletins for Easter Egg
updates!�
GIFT has created a special page on the
olfgrowinginfaith.weebly.com website that includes schedules for
local live�streamed masses, activities for families, music and
blogs for prayer and reflections during this pandemic. There will
be changes to the website every Monday each week so I encour-
age all to check the website. Please take note of the website
change: �
http://olfgrowinginfaith.weebly.com/living�faith�during�covid���
19.html�
Be safe and have a blessed week! Sena�
Eucharistic Ministers:�
Greeters:�
Lectors:�
Counters:�
Carole Hoffmann 875�6575�
Mary Ann Conway 895�2797�
Helene Langan 295�7304�
Kris Zedaker 864�7491�
Growing In Faith Together
The Easter season is a time for rejoicing that Our Lord has
shattered the bonds of death through his Resurrection. We
celebrate his victory because it is our victory as well. He didn’t
just shatter the bonds of death for himself, but for all of us.�
St. Peter in today’s First Reading proclaims to the astounded
crowds at Pentecost that it was impossible for Christ to be held by
the throes of death.�
�� Peter makes allusion to David because he is convincing his
listeners through giving witness to Christ’s Resurrection that Our
Lord is the Messiah. The real conquest of the Messiah is death.�
�� to Mary: “He will be great, and will be called the Son of the
Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his
father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever;
and of his kingdom there will be no end” (Luke 1:32�33).�
�� �“God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death.”�
�� Peter quotes Psalm 16 and attributes it to David (as the
Psalms traditionally are) as a prophecy that David knew death
would be conquered for him too, through his descendant who
would reign forever.�
In today’s Second Reading St. Peter reminds us that Our Lord’s
blood paid the ransom for our life as well. Through his death and
Resurrection, the chains of our slavery have been shattered.�
In today’s Gospel Our Lord helps two of his disciples on the road
to Emmaus to see that their hopes were misplaced because they
didn’t factor in the Resurrection properly.�
�� The clincher was when he revealed who he was to them.
They only saw a glimpse of him before he vanished, but that was
enough.�
�� They ran back to their buddies to share the news and found
out they’d had a visit too.�
�� The most�practical application�of this
fundamental Christian truth has to do with how
Christians�react to tragedy and suffering.�
�� We know that God can bring�good�even out of
the�greatest�evils, just as he brought�salvation�and
the�Resurrection�out of the horrible failure of the�Crucifixion.�
�� As a result, we have�strength�to weather�any�storm that
comes our way.�
It means an�ongoing effort�to grow in our�prayer�and
sacramental life.�
�� And it means an�ongoing effort�to�be like Christ�in our own
lives � in the excellence of our�work, the dependability of
our�character, and the self�sacrificing faithfulness of
our�relationships.�
�� This is how we�stay close to Christ, our faithful
companion, who is leading us to a share in his eternal victory.�
Fr. Jim�
Saint of the Day
�
Saint Pedro de San José
Betancur�
�
Central America claimed its first saint
with the canonization of Pedro de San
José Betancur. Known as the “Saint
Francis of the Americas,” Pedro de
Betancur is the first saint to have worked
and died in Guatemala.�
Pedro very much wanted to become a
priest, but God had other plans for the young man born into a poor
family on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Pedro was a shepherd until
age 24, when he began to make his way to Guatemala, hoping to
connect with a relative engaged in government service there. By the
time he reached Havana, he was out of money. After working there
to earn more, he got to Guatemala City the following year. When he
arrived, he was so destitute that he joined the breadline that the
Franciscans had established.�
Soon, Pedro enrolled in the local Jesuit college in hopes of studying
for the priesthood. No matter how hard he tried, however, he could
not master the material; he withdrew from school. In 1655, he joined
the Secular Franciscan Order. Three years later, he opened a hospital
for the convalescent poor; a shelter for the homeless, and a school for
the poor soon followed. Not wanting to neglect the rich of Guatemala
City, Pedro began walking through their part of town ringing a bell
and inviting them to repent.�
Other men came to share in Pedro’s work. Out of this group came the
Bethlehemite Congregation, which won papal approval after Pedro’s
death. A Bethlehemite sisters’ community, similarly founded after
Pedro’s death, was inspired by his life of prayer and compassion.�
He is sometimes credited with originating the Christmas Eve posadas
procession in which people representing Mary and Joseph seek a
night’s lodging from their neighbors. The custom soon spread to
Mexico and other Central American countries.�
Pedro died in 1667, and was canonized by Pope John Paul II in
Guatemala City on July 30, 2002.�
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