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REV. ROBERT J. STAAR PASTOR
REV. SEBASTIAN MATHEW, C.M.I. PAROCHIAL VICAR
REV. ASANGA VIRAJ, O.M.I. SUMMER ASSOCIATE
RECTORY OFFICE
740 North Broadway
Yonkers, NY 10701
(914) 963-7474
[email protected] Website: CTKYonkers.org
Facebook: CTK Yonkers
Office Hours:
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (weekdays)
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM & SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION
740 North Broadway
Yonkers, NY 10701
(914) 963-7474
[email protected]
Coordinator: Mrs. Joan Brisson
PARISH MEMBERSHIP To be considered an active member of Christ
the
King Parish, each family and single adult must: BE PROPERLY
REGISTERED
ATTEND SUNDAY MASS AT OUR CHURCH
REGULARLY USE OUR WEEKLY ENVELOPES
This is the only way that the parish can issue
documents that attest to parish membership and
Catholic practice (EG. SPONSOR CERTIFICATE TO BE A GODPARENT/
CONFIRMATION SPONSOR).
New parishioners are requested to visit our Parish
Office to register when possible. Office hours are
9:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Preliminary arrangements should be made at
least
one year prior to the proposed date of marriage.
One of the parties must be a registered member
of our parish and speak to a parish priest to enroll
in marriage preparatory courses and book the
date of their wedding.
MASS SCHEDULE SUNDAY MASS
Saturday evening 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Weekday Mass
Monday - Saturday 9:00 a.m.
Holyday Mass
Vigil 5:00 p.m.
Holyday 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon
CONFESSION SCHEDULE Saturday 4:15 - 4:45 p.m.
and by appointment.
MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA directly after 9:00 a.m. Mass on
Monday
HOLY ROSARY Monday - Saturday after 9:00 a.m. Mass
Monday (Cenacle of Life) 6:30 p.m.
First Saturday (Respect Life) 9:30 a.m.
VISITS TO THE SICK & HOMEBOUND
Please call the Parish Office when
serious illness occurs. Anointing of the Sick
as well as regular Communion Visits
can be scheduled at your home.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Registration for the Sacrament of Baptism takes
place by meeting with a priest. The child’s Birth
Certificate is necessary at the time of registration.
Godparents must present a Sponsor Certificate,
signed by a priest of the Church they currently
attend, stating that they are practicing Catholics &
meet all Sponsor Requirements: AGE 16 OR OLDER CONFIRMED MARRIED
IN THE CHURCH (if married) CONSISTENTLY ATTENDING MASS (Sundays
& Holydays)
Baptism dates cannot be scheduled until the
SPONSOR CERTIFICATES are handed in. Parents and
Godparents must attend one instructional class.
Parents must be properly registered parishioners
of Christ the King Church.
JULY 14, 2019
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SANCTUARY LAMP The lamp burns this week in Loving Memory of
FILOMENA DICAMPLI through the kindness of
The DiCampli Family
JULY REMEMBRANCE Saturday, July 29
th at 9am
In Loving Memory of
ADDINO FAMILY BERNACCHIA FAMILY
BIERWIRTH/GOREY& BALL/JORDAN FAMILY WALTER F. BROKOWSKI
GERRY CAMPBELL FLORENCE CARAGINE
JOHN & JUDY CONNOLLY CATHERINE & MICHAEL ENNIS
FOLEY, WALL & O'DONNELL FAMILIES FORGOTTEN SOULS IN
PURGATORY
ED GRIMM KOPP & HUDAK FAMILIES
MICHAEL KRUSZYNSKI STEPHEN J. KUBASEK, JR.
JOSEPH & THOMAS LYNCH MARION LYNCH
KATHERINE McCARTHY MARY L. McCUE ARLENE MEGINN
ANN & GERARD MOLONY PEGGY & JOHN MOYNIHAN, SR.
CHRISTOPHER MURPHY & FAMILY PARANGELO FAMILY
JOSE & CLEMENTINA RIBEIRO ROBERT & AURORA RICHTER
THORNTON & WANDZILAK FAMILIES TOBURN & ENNIS FAMILIES
TOM & MARY RUTH TUOHY
ANTHONY D. & ANTHONY M. ZAPPIA ZAPPIA & FEDERICO
FAMILIES
PARISH SCHEDULE THE ROSARY IS PRAYED DAILY
FOLLOWING 9AM MASS
MONDAY MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA 9:20am CENACLE OF LIFE 6:30pm BOY
SCOUTS 7:30pm
SATURDAY CONFESSIONS 4:15pm
STEWARDSHIP Sunday, June 23
rd
$3,651
Sunday, June 30th
$4,639
Sunday, July 7th
$3,585
Thank you for your generosity
JULY ENVELOPE SET Parishioners should have already
received their July set by mail.
Sunday envelopes: 7/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28
Black & Indian Mission: 7/14
Catholic New York: 7/21
PRAYER LIST June Bernacchia
Kaitlyn Bernhardt Andrew Borromeo
Trevor Bullock Rita Carey
Therese Castro Doris Capurso
Kathleen Carroll Anna Chamberlain
Serge Ciampa Barbara Covell
Elizabeth Cullen Emily Cullen
Madison Cullen Robert Cullen
Linda DeAlbuquerque Laura DeSantis
Francesco DiLisio Kevin Donohue Michael Fasano Danny Fleming
Michael Fong
baby Genevie Garcia Anita Giangreco
Carina Gibbs Sandra Grimm
Joan Gronowski Tessie Gualdino
Kathy Hayes Chrissy Hogan Norah Holic
Peter Iral Patrick Keegan Andrew Konrad Stanley Licovitch
Mary Lotz Orlando Mancini
John McCann Suzette Medina Patrick Moran
Rita Moore-Carey William Muller
Robert Nehrebecki Manny Numez Ronald Patrick
Barbara Popovic Christine Praca
Carol Raff Velma Rivers
Susan Robertson Raul Rocha
Peter Rosato III Marge & Kenneth Rostedt
Tessa Santigate Elleana Sayers
Michelle Scarpelli Francis Schaefer
Chloe Silva Lanna Slutak
Rosamma Thomas Christina Torpie Michael Tracy
Robert Treco, Sr. Barbara Uzzi Frank Szeliga Gina Whelan Larry
Vandak Nancy Varian Richard Volpe
MASS INTENTIONS Sunday, July 14
th
15th
SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Saturday
5:00pm JOSEPH BRACCHITTA Sunday
9:00am THE PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 11:30am DENNIS CHANSKY Monday,
July 15th ST. BONAVENTURE, BISHOP & DR OF THE CHURCH
9:00am KATHLEEN M. O’BRIEN
Tuesday, July 16th OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL
9:00am MARGARITA SORILLA Wednesday, July 17th WEEKDAY
9:00am MICHAEL GRECCO
Thursday, July 18th ST. CAMILLUS DE LELLIS, PRIEST
9:00am KURIAN THOMAS
Friday, July 19th WEEKDAY
9:00am CONCESIO TIRABASSI & FAMILY Saturday, July 20th
WEEKDAY; ST. APOLLINARUS, BISHOP & MARTYR
9:00am TOMMY GOFF Next Sunday, July 21st
16th
SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Saturday
5:00pm BERNICE SUTCH anniversary Sunday
9:00am THE PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 11:30am PEGGY MOYNIHAN
DAILY READINGS
for the week of July 15th
Monday: Ex 1:8-14, 22; Ps 124:1b-8; Mt 10:34-11:1
Tuesday: Ex 2:1-15a; Ps 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 11:20-24
Wednesday: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12; Ps 103:1b-4, 6-7; Mt 11:25-27
Thursday: Ex 3:13-20; Ps 105:1, 5, 8-9; 24-27; Mt 11:28-30
Friday: Ex 11:10-12:14; Ps 116:12-13, 15, 16bc, 17-18; Mt
12:1-8
Saturday: Ex 12:37-42; Ps 136:1, 23-24, 10-15; Mt 12:14-21
Sunday: Gn 18:1-10a; Ps 15:2-5; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42
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THE CATHOLIC
WIDOWS & WIDOWERS
OF YONKERS is a social, religious and bereavement organization
which helps to meet the needs of its membership.
They meet on the Third Thursday of each month at 1:00pm at
Saint Ann’s Church in Father Anthony Hall
31 College Place, Yonkers.
The next MONTHLY MEETING will be on July 18
th.
New members are welcome.
ANNUAL COMMUNION BREAKFAST Sunday, September 22, 2019
Mass at 10am - Saint Ann’s Church Breakfast following Mass
at
The Fairways at Dunwoodie Golf Course 1 Wasylenko Lane,
Yonkers
$23pp payable at breakfast Members & guests are welcome.
For more information, please call 914-423-5331.
Join your fellow parishioners this fall at the beautiful,
oceanfront San Alfonso Retreat House
for a relaxing & reflective weekend.
"I have come that they may have life and have it to the
full."
- John 10:10b
This retreat will invite you to reflect on your personal call to
holiness and to
the fullness of life in Christ, to become "what the Father had
in mind
when he created you" and to bring God's love to the world.
The cost of the weekend Retreat is only $240
A $50 deposit (non-refundable) is due 9/15 with the balance due
on 10/4.
Please make checks payable to San Alfonso Retreat House
If you have never been on a retreat, this is the perfect
opportunity!
Questions? Please call Catherine at 969-6249 (leave a message if
you reach voicemail)
Today’s Second Collection
“Faith...helps us build our societies in such a way that they
can journey towards a future of hope.”
- Lumen Fidei (51)
This week’s second collection is for the 135
th annual national
BLACK & INDIAN MISSION COLLECTION.
Our support of this collection helps build the Church in African
American, Native American, and Alaska Native communities from coast
to coast.
Schools, parish religious education programs, and diocesan
ministries all depend this collection to help them spread the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The funds are distributed as grants to dioceses throughout the
United States, supporting and strengthening evangelization programs
which otherwise would cease. Your contributions will enable our
Missions to form children in the faith, educate young people, and
build hope – a hope often very hard to find in the many areas the
missionaries serve.
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LIVING DONOR URGENTLY NEEDED On the last Sunday of June, at
Sacred Heart Church, ten new members of our Catholic Community were
baptized into the Faith. Among them is Genevie Luna Garcia, a 6
month old baby girl born with biliary atresia, a rare and
progressive disease of the liver and bile ducts that occurs in
infants.
When a baby has biliary atresia, bile flow from the liver to the
gallbladder is blocked, causing bile to be trapped inside the
liver, quickly causing damage and scarring of the liver cells
(cirrhosis), and eventually liver failure.
Biliary atresia cannot be treated with medication. Doctors
perform the Kasai procedure (an operation to re-establish bile flow
from the liver into the intestine) -the Kasai procedure is not a
cure for biliary atresia, but, if successful, it can allow the baby
to grow and have fairly good health for several, sometimes many,
years. Unfortunately the procedure is not successful for up to 40%
of the children who undergo it. In these cases, a liver transplant
is needed to save the child’s life. Genevie was diagnosed when she
was 5 weeks old and 3 days later she underwent the Kasai procedure.
The surgery initially allowed her to grow stronger, but it is no
longer working. She has been hospitalized twice and is currently in
the children's hospital waiting for a liver donor.
A living donor can donate a portion of their liver and that
piece will save Genevie's life and grow with her as her own liver.
The liver is a regenerative organ so the donor's liver will start
growing back immediately and replace the donated section in a short
period of time.
Genevie desperately needs to find a donor match. Anyone willing
to find out if they are a match is asked to complete the online
form at: www.montefiore.org/live-donor-form Please enter Genevie
Garcia in the field: “Name of person you want to donate to:”
There is a Facebook page set-up for her donor search that you
can link to from our Parish FB Page or by using Facebook’s search
for: Genevie Luna Garcia-Chavez Donor Search
If the prospect of being a donor yourself is not possible, we
ask that you please share this information with your family,
friends and social networks. Please keep baby Genevie and her
family in your prayers.
We have included an article about Montefiore’s living donor
program in this bulletin edition.
Genevie Luna Garcia was baptized at
Sacred Heart Church on June 30, 2019.
This new member of our Catholic Faith Community
needs our help.
POPE JOHN PAUL II VIGOROUSLY AFFIRMED ORGAN DONATION AS A
BEAUTIFUL ACT EXPRESSING THE CULTURE OF LIFE,
“The Gospel of Life is to be celebrated above all in daily
living, which should be filled with self-giving love for
others…
Over and above such outstanding moments, there is an everyday
heroism, made up of gestures of sharing, big or small, which build
up an authentic culture of life.
A particularly praiseworthy example of such gestures is the
donation of organs, performed in an ethically acceptable
manner,
with a view to offering a chance of health and even of life
itself to the sick who sometimes have no other hope.”
(Evangelium Vitae, No. 86)
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NY ORGAN DONOR RATES ARE RISING,
BUT MORE ARE NEEDED.
As of January, there were over 113,000 people in the U.S.
waiting for an organ transplant, and every 10 minutes, another
person is added to the list. 22 lives are lost each day due to the
shortage of available organs for recipients. But the news is not
all bad, and you can play a part in making it even better.
MORE DONORS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
In recent years, New Yorkers have increased their organ donor
rates from 17% to 30%. This is still lower than the national
average, but thanks to advocacy and awareness campaigns fostered by
multiple organizations there is reason to be optimistic.
Registering to become a donor has never been easier and can be done
at your local DMV office or online in a matter of minutes.
Registering places you in the donor pool so that after your death,
whatever organs or tissues you choose to make available can be
quickly matched to save up to eight lives.
Another way to save one or more lives is to become a living
donor. Currently there are nearly 6,000 living donations per year -
about 4 of every 10 transplants. You may have heard about family
members donating a kidney to a relative, or even a friend-to-friend
donation, but there is an increasing category of living donor
known as the altruistic donor. The altruistic donor is one who
offers to donate, usually a kidney or portion of their liver, to
any patient in need. Whether or not donor and recipient know one
another, a living donation can set off a chain reaction, saving
multiple lives as organs are donated and matched to recipients in a
swap that can involve many donor/recipient pairs. Even when a donor
is not compatible with a specific recipient, they can take part in
a swap, also called an exchange, where the incompatible donor’s
organ is exchanged with the organ from another donor and recipient
pair. Your donation, either to a loved one or a stranger, will
accelerate the process of finding one or more matches and saving
one or more lives.
WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A LIVING DONOR
Living donors come from different age groups and all walks of
life. Donors are carefully screened to insure the best outcome as
the transplant team looks for any issues that might impact the
viability of the donor organ or the recovery and health of the
donor. In addition to a detailed medical assessment, the transplant
team will counsel the donor about anything they need to prepare for
the surgery, and connect the donor with support groups and other
individuals who have participated in organ donation so they can
receive other perspectives and get answers to their questions.
THE FIRST STEP
The first step for anyone interested in becoming a living donor
is to reach out to a transplant center such as world-renowned
Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation. Montefiore has one
of the nation’s longest running kidney transplant programs, with
over 60 years of experience, and has performed liver transplants
for over 10 years, with some of the best outcomes in the nation for
both procedures.
Montefiore offers all options including multi-organ transplants
in both children and adults. With their multi-disciplinary teams
providing personalized, state-of-the-art, pre- and post-transplant
care in a compassionate, patient-centric environment, Montefiore is
now the only organ transplantation center providing evaluation and
consultation locations in Rockland, Bergen, Westchester and Morris
Counties.
www.montefiore.org/live-donor-form
Please visit the link above to register as a potential live
donor. To help baby Genevie, under Name of person you want to
donate to:
enter Genevie Garcia
This story from
was published April 12, 2019 by The Journal News
4 out of 10 organ transplants are from living donors - could you
be one?
