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HOLY INNOCENTS PARISH WE GATHER TO PRAISE, TO BLESS AND TO PROCLAIM.
431 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570 (914) 769-0025,FAX: (914) 747-2476 Website: www.hiparish.org Office Hours: M-F: 9am-3pm, Sat: 11am-5pm, Sun:9am-1pm
MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 5:15pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am Children’s Choir, 11am and 5:15pm Daily: 7:00am Monday to Saturday 12:15pm Monday to Friday during Lent
Our Lady of Pompeii, Saratoga Avenue Sunday: 10:00am; Daily: 8:45am
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays: 4:30-5:00pm in the church; all other times by request. Please call the office for an appointment.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Please call the Parish Office to make arrangements for our Baptismal Preparation Program, several weeks in advance of the baby’s birth. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: By appointment at least 6 months in advance. A pre-Cana program is required. SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: As scheduled, or anytime a priest is called. Please notify us when a family member enters the hospital. NEW PARISHIONERS: You are cordially invited to join our parish community. Please stop in at the Parish Office.
PARISH STAFF Fr. Hugh L. Burns, OP, Pastor
Fr. Daniel Davies, OP Fr. Jordan McConway, OP Fr. Gregory Doherty, OP Sr. Kathleen O’Hanlon, OP
Gerard Roggemann 769-3297 Director of Religious Education Joe DeSanctis 514-8731 Music Director Eileen Bruehl 769-0025 x11 Parish Coordinator Thomas Conaty 769-0025 x30 Youth Minister Barbara Mackin 769-0025 x22 Business Manager [email protected] Bulletin Editor
February 7, 2016
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Monday 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13; Ps 132:6-7, 8-10; Mk 6:53-56
Tuesday 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30; Ps 84:3-5, 10-11; Mk 7:1-13
Wednesday Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6ab, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 — 6:2; Mt 6:1-6,
16-18 Thursday
Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 Friday
Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6ab, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 Saturday
Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32 Sunday
Dt 26:4-10; Ps 91:1-2, 10-15; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13
Evening Vigil 5:15pm Matt Connolly FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Frank & Frances Lofaro 10:00 (OLP) Pasquale Prospero 11:00 John & Joseph Gembecki 5:15 Flor Miranda Monday, Weekday 7:00 Michelino Basso 8:45 (OLP) Fr. Lucius Weber, OP Tuesday, Weekday 7:00 Thomas J. Smyth (6th Anniversary) 8:45 (OLP) Fr. Martin Connors, OP Wednesday, Ash Wednesday 7:00 Ion Andrew Smith 8:45 (OLP) Michael Aucello 12:15 Angelina Murgolo Thursday after Ash Wednesday 7:00 Fr. George Concordia, OP 8:45 (OLP) Lillian & Dan Davies 12:15 Martin Baiocco Friday after Ash Wednesday 7:00 Ralph Berardi, M.D. 8:45 (OLP) Fr. Paul Adamchek, OP 12:15 Pasquale Prospero Saturday after Ash Wednesday 7:00 Deceased Dominicans 8:45 (OLP) Deceased Sisters of Hope Evening Vigil 5:15pm George & Anne Maguire FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Peter Leheny 10:00 (OLP) Sigi McGrath 11:00 Maria Troisi 5:15 Bob Morales (Anniversary)
2016 FINANCE CORNER
Regular Maintenance Jan. 3 $ 8,977.38 Jan. 10 $ 6,809.11 Jan. 17 $ 8,123.53 $ 2,512.00 Jan. 24 $ 4,399.06 Jan. 31 $ 9,440.34
Please pray for the safety of our men and women in the military, especially those who
are serving overseas.
Jimmy Fleming, Joyce Scholz Deborah Migliorini, Rita Laviano, Antonio Soto, John Keator, Mary Pat & Jack McMahon, Betty Burns, Meghan Rizzo, Mary Renna, Walter Salat, Barbara Walters, Juan Portillo, Jacques Padawer, Kathy FioRito, Edythe Proehl, Bonnie Proudian, Jeanne Cibirka, Lucia Carlucci, Jennifer Schneider, Elsie Vernon, Richard Colucci, Maria Provenzano, Lee Franco, Adele Casagrande, Joseph Drago, Gabrielle Sanchez, Rose Puller, Olivia Bendus, Linda Iorizzo, Judy Chriss, Jane Chitty, Jerry Brennan, Jean Balzone, Bernadette Harris, Angela Lynch, Robert Iovino, Dennis Catozella, Beth Frankoviac, Bartholomew Hickey, Teresa Cardinali, Rocco Zacarolli, Robert Sarro, Irene Ramirez, Eleanor Stockel, Michael Lepore, Ellen Dierking, Nate Smith, Matthew Ryan Taylor, Maureen Corry, Nicholas Torres, Baby Hazel, Cathy Policastro, Edwina Hickey, Mary Bachmann, Julia Ruffalo, Jaspare Miranda, Stephen Mercatili, Margaret Sardella, Ray Aldes, Cissy Patane, William Vestal, Kathy DiPrima
PARISH PAY DONORS Collection for Archdiocese for the Military Services has been added. Archdiocese has changed collection dates so you must re-select with new date. Many credit cards have expired dates. Please update your account accordingly. If you have any trouble please call the Parish Office at 769-0025.
CONDOLENCES We extend our sympathy and promise of prayers to the family and friends of Frank Foley (son of Genevieve); James Giannino (uncle of Denise Duca).
2015 TAX LETTERS The 2015 Tax Letters will be mailed out upon request. If you need a letter confirming your 2015 donations to Holy Innocents, please call the office Monday-Friday from 9:00am-3:00pm at 769-0025 ext. 10 or ext. 11. You may also email [email protected] and we will be happy to provide one for you.
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Pastor’s Poetry Post-It
Spleen
PASTOR’S LETTER
Dear Friends,
I found the poem of T.S. Eliot below in the New York Review of Books —a lesser know one not included in previous collections. It is all about Sundays. I was drawn in by the last line “On the doorstep of the Absolute.“ For us Catholics it is not about the doorstep but about crossing the threshold into the heavenly banquet. We should never cease to be amazed that we have been invited to sit at the King’s table. Never mind Le Cirque, Per Se or Le Bernadine, we sit down every Sunday to feast on the Absolute—the absolute love, mercy and kindness of a God who sits us at His table to consume the Body and Blood of His Son. The writer Andrew Dubus, father of the even more famous Andre Dubus III, wrote a collection of essays a few years ago entitled Meditations from a Moveable Chair. Among his musing are several essays on the Eucharist—from a crusty, salty Cajun in a wheelchair. In one he writes:
“I am one with all people in pain and joy and passion, one with the physical universe, with Christ, with the timeless dimension of the spirit, which has not past or future but only now; one with God. Me: flawed and foolish me. I drove my car to church and consumed God.
Allow yourself the lavish amazement that we do the same every Sunday—some each day.
In the Lord, Fr. Hugh, OP
THE WEEK AHEAD IN THE PARISH Monday, February 8th: 11:00am—Bible Study Tuesday, February 9th: 11:00am—Lectio Divina Wednesday, February 10th: Ash Wednesday:
Holy Innocents
7:00am Mass 12:15pm Mass
3:30pm Paraliturgy 7:30pm Paraliturgy
Our Lady of Pompeii
8:45am Mass 5:15pm Paraliturgy
7:30pm—Cenacle Prayer Group Thursday, February 11th: 7:30pm—Parish Council Meeting Friday, February 12th: 12:45pm—Stations of the Cross at H.I. 7:00pm—Stations of the Cross at OLP Saturday, February 13th: 4:30pm—Teen Choir Sunday, February 14th: 12:30pm—Baptism
Sr. Arlene Flaherty, OP
60 Millions Refugees in the World Today, A sobering Reality.
+ + + + + Monday, February 29th—March 3rd
Parish Retreat Fr. Rathschmidt, O.F.M. Cap.
Sunday: this satisfied procession of definite Sunday faces; Bonnets, silk hats, and conscious graces In repetition that displaces Your mental self-possession By this unwarranted digression. Evening, lights and tea! Children and cats in the alley; Dejection unable to rally Against this dull conspiracy. And Life, a little bald and gray, Lanquid, fastidious, and bland, Waits, hat and gloves in hand, Punctilious of tie and suit (Somewhat impatient of delay) On the doorstep of the Absolute.
T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
BEGINNING EXPERIENCE OF THE HUDSON VALLEY
Beginning Experience is offering a healing weekend from April 1st thru April 3rd at the St. Lawrence Retreat Center in Beacon, NY. This invitation is open to men and women of all ages who have suffered the loss of a spouse through death, divorce, or separation. It is a time to heal and a time to begin anew. Reservations are required. For information or registration please call Renee at 845-374-2101 or Carolyn at 716-560-2107or email:
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CYO YOUTH GROUP The Youth Group meets on the 1
st and 3
rd Sundays of
each month. All 9th
—12th
graders are welcome to join us. If you have any questions please contact [email protected]
FEBRUARY ●Feb. 7th—Youth Mass at 11:00am; Meeting at Noon ●Feb. 18th—11am-Brunch at Ronald McDonald House ●Feb. 18th—6pm-Dinner at Ronald McDonald House ●Feb. 21st—Cottage School visit at 2:30pm ●Feb. 21st—Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm ●Feb. 28th—Breakfast Run NYC at 6:45am
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Catechists (teachers) Needed: Tuesday Evening — 7th Grade
Thursday Afternoon — 3rd Grade Wednesday Afternoon — 1st Grade
If you feel you are being called by the Holy Spirit and would like to help the children in our Community, please join us. A catechist (teacher) is a confirmed adult who has a desire to help our children know about Jesus and our Faith. Materials, guides, and support are available. If you, or a friend would like to join us or to received information, just call the Religious Ed. Office or email. Gerard J Roggemann Coordinator - Holy Innocents Religious Education [email protected]
We ask you to join the Music Ministry in wishing our director, Joe, a very Happy Birthday this Wednesday, February 10
th. Joe shares his special day with famous
people in a variety of areas – comedian Jimmy Durante, actors Robert Wagner and Laura Dern, film composer Jerry Goldsmith, musicians, Cliff Burton, and Roberta Flack, sports figures Mark Spitz, Greg Norman, and Lenny Dykstra, and political commentators Glenn Beck, and George Stephanopoulos. This date also marks the feast day of St. Scholastica, the patron saint of nuns, and intercessor against storms and rain, she was born in Italy and was the twin sister of St. Benedict of Nursia. In music history, February 10
th was the date the first-
ever “Gold record” was presented to Glenn Miller for his recording of Chatanooga Choo Choo. It is also the date the singing telegram was introduced in New York City by the Postal Telegraph Company. In American history, February 10
th is the date the New
York Times began using the slogan “All the News That’s Fit to Print”, and the date the 25
th Amendment to
the Constitution was ratified, establishing the procedure for succession to the Presidency. Happy Birthday, Joe, from all of us! God has blessed our Music Ministry and our parish with your presence and your talent. May He continue to bless you today and always.
FRANK CONROY BASKETBALL CAMP Holy Trinity Church, New Rochelle
February 15th—19th
8:45am-4:00pm
Boys and Girls ages 6-14 Teaching the Fundaments of Basketball
Group Discounts
Register online: conroybasketballcamp.com or call
Call Coach Conroy at 914-980-0820
POSITION AVAILABLE
Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary in Tarrytown (at Marymount convent) Seek a Full-Time Driver,
Monday-Friday with flexibility of hours.
*Must have ability to drive into Manhattan and all local driving.
*Must be able to assist sisters entering and exiting the vehicle.
*Ability to read and write English is necessary for this position.
*Current NYS Driver’s License required.
Please email resume or letter of interest to: Mrs. Maria Dominguez at: [email protected]
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“I was homeless and you welcomed me.” Mt. 25
There are 60 million refugees in the world today.
What perspective might U.S. Christians have regarding This sobering reality?
How can we respond?
Sr. Arlene Flaherty, OP will give a power point presentation/Q&A on this topic Tuesday, February 23rd
Holy Innocents 7:30pm
Sr. Arlene’s work in conflict areas has brought her to Iraq where she documented the effects of sanctions and conflict on Iraqi children. She presented these finding to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland where she called for an end to the sanctions and war on the basis that the effects of these were in clear violation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Children. She recently returned from Iraq where she and 2 other US Dominican sisters documented the impact of displacement by ISIS on Iraqi refugees. She has also worked in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon documenting the reality of refugees in these countries displaced by war.
LENTEN EVENTS AT HOLY INNOCENTS
12:15pm Mass – Monday- Friday during Lent.
Stations of the Cross
Fridays after the 12:15pm Mass at Holy Innocents and 7pm at Our Lady of Pompeii.
LENT “FAST AND ABSTINENCE”
During the Season of Lent, the Church urges all the Faithful to reflect a spirit in penance in their daily life through performing acts of fast and abstinence. “Fasting” requires that only one full meal be taken per day. Two other smaller meals may be taken during the day to maintain physical strength, but these two meals together should not equal a full meal in quantity. Fasting obliges all those who have reached the age of 18 and continues to oblige until age 59. Those not specifically obliged to fast are encouraged to join in the discipline of fasting to the extent that they are able. “Abstinence” prohibits individuals from eating meat on a particular day. Abstinence obliges all those who have reached the age of 14 and continues to oblige throughout their entire life. Those not obliged to abstain from eating meat are encouraged to join in this discipline to the extent that they are able.
ASH WEDNESDAY and GOOD FRIDAY are days of fast and abstinence.
FRIDAYS in Lent are days of abstinence.
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HOLY ROSARY Friday Night Lenten Lectures
In the collaborative spirit of MAKING ALL THINGS NEW (the initiative by the Archdiocese of New York that is reshaping and strengthening our church) Holy Innocents Parish is please to promote the below
noted lecture series hosted by Holy Rosary Parish.
Friday Night Live: Lenten Lectures Speaker: Seminarian Daniel Johann, Theologian and Physicist Where: Holy Rosary Church, 170 Bradhurst Ave, Hawthorne When: Fridays during Lent – Starting February 19
th
Time: 7:45-9:30pm
February 19
th - The Problem of Evil
February 26
th - Creation and Science
March 4th - Islam March 11th - Our Church and Modern Human Roles
For brief descriptions of the topics, please refer to our parish website at www.hiparish.org or available flyers.
Questions or RSVPs (welcome, but not required), email: [email protected]
Bonus: Come early and attend Stations of the Cross starting at 7pm in the Church.
FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME February 7, 2016
First Reading: Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8 Isaiah recounts the awe he felt the first time he saw the Lord, who was surrounded by angels. He began to feel despair because he was a man of unclean lips, until an angel touched an ember to his lips and pronounced them clean. The Lord asked who he should send forth, to which Isaiah replied, "Here I am, send me!" Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Paul reminds the Corinthians that Christ died for us to free us from our sins. He encourages them to remember the importance of Jesus' death and resurrection. He admits that he initially failed to believe, and therefore was very grateful to be called an apostle and preach in the name of Christ. Gospel: Luke 5:1-11 Luke tells of Jesus preaching to a crowd, then joining Peter who was about to end a fruitless day of fishing. He told Peter to lower his net back in, and a great number of fish were caught. Upon seeing this, Peter and his companions, James and John, immediately abandoned their nets to follow Jesus.
