HOLY INNOCENTS PARISH “WE GATHER TO PRAISE, TO BLESS AND TO PROCLAIM.”

431 BEDFORD ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, NY

JANUARY 21, 2018

PARISH STAFF Fr. Hugh L. Burns, OP, Pastor

Fr. Frank Sutman, OP, Sr. Donna Kelly, CND, Pastoral Associate Fr. Gregory Doherty, OP (In Residence)

Maria Lamorgese 769-3297, x1 Director of Religious Education Joe DeSanctis 514-8731 Music Director Loretta Hotter 769-0025 Sacristan Eileen Bruehl 769-0025 x11 Parish Coordinator Thomas Conaty 769-0025 x30 Youth Minister Barbara Mackin 769-0025 x22 Business Manager afortino@hiparish.org 769-0025 x10 Bulletin Editor

431 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570 (914) 769-0025,FAX: (914) 747-2476

Website: www.hiparish.org

OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday: 9am-3pm

Saturday: 9am-1pm Sunday: 9am-1pm

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 5:15pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am Children’s Choir, 11am

and 5:15pm

Daily: 7:00am Monday-Friday, 8:30am Saturday

12:15pm Monday-Friday during Lent

Our Lady of Pompeii, Saratoga Avenue Sunday: 10:00am

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.

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1/20—Evening Vigil 5:15 Peter Manchisi

1/21—THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Amelia “Nellie” Fioretti 10:00 (OLP) Emily Arceri 11:00 Joann Kramer 5:15 Margaret Whalen

1/22—Monday, Weekday 7:00 Joann Kramer

1/23—Tuesday, Weekday 7:00 Assunta Tripodi

1/24—Wednesday, Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 7:00 Corrine Fetonti

1/25—Thursday, The Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle 7.00 Ann Hanus

1/26—Friday, Saint Timothy and Saint Titus, Bishops 7:00 James Tobin

1/27—Saturday, Weekday 8:30 Rose Cotter

1/27—Evening Vigil 5:15 Marion Farrell

1/28—THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Patricia Murphy 10:00 (OLP) The Dovi Family 11:00 Joann Kramer 5:15 Peter Manchisi

The Sanctuary Lamp

at Holy Innocents burns In Memory of Mary Erickson

2018 FINANCE CORNER

Regular Maintenance Jan. 7 $ 7,433.40 Catholic Univ. & Commun. $ 1,391.00 Jan. 14 $ 8,121.46 $ 2,275.00

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, Antonio Soto, Mary Pat & Jack McMahon, Betty Burns, Mary Renna, Barbara Walters, Juan Portillo, Jacques Padawer, Kathy FioRito, Bonnie Proudian, Jeanne Cibirka, Lucia Carlucci, Jennifer Schneider, Elsie Vernon, Richard and Maryann Colucci, Maria Provenzano, Lee Franco, Joseph Drago, Gabrielle Sanchez, Olivia Bendus, Linda Iorizzo, Judy Chriss, Jane Chitty, Jean Balzone, Bernadette Harris, Angela Lynch, Beth Frankoviac, Rocco Zacarolli, Robert Sarro, Irene Ramirez, Eleanor Stockel, Nate Smith, Matthew Ryan Taylor, Nicholas Torres, Cathy Policastro, Mary Bachmann, Jaspare Miranda, Stephen Mercatili, Ray Aldes, Cissy Patane, Arthur Woods, Hernan Rebagliati, Bridget Tidd, Jane Richardson (Dublin, Ireland), Helen Burton, Sean Murphy, Kathleen Shortall, Baby George Driscoll, Michael Garris, Kevin Keane, Barbara Brady, Gavin Brady, Tara Morstatt, Emma Murphy, Gina Linss, Jackie Mastrolillo, Brendan Lennon, Claudia Brooks, Lil DeCarlo, Gidget Jimenez, Nicholas Kochek, Brian Egitto, Walter Morris, Anna Hutchinson, Kathy McCann, Mary Sheehan, Joseph DeSanctis (father of Joe DeSanctis), Bobby Murphy, Walter Kastner, Kevin Lange, Rebecca Conroy, Marie Silviotti, Joseph Donato

MEMORIAL INTENTIONS

OFFERTORY GIFTS Family members of those for whom a Mass is offered are welcome to present the Offertory Gifts to the celebrant at the Altar. Please identify yourself to one of the Ushers or the Celebrant before Mass begins.

CONDOLENCES We extend our sympathy and promise of prayers to

the family and friends of Rocco Zacarolli (husband of Marie)

CHRISTMAS 2017 2016 $46,156 $70,804

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Pastor’s Poetry Post-Its THE WEEK AHEAD IN THE PARISH

Monday, January 21st: 11:00am—Bible Study Tuesday, January 22nd: 11:00am—Lectio Divina Wednesday, January 23rd: 6:00pm—Junior Choir 7:15pm—Adult Choir Saturday, January 20th: 4:30pm—Teen Choir

“Every Riven Thing”

God goes, belonging to every riven thing he’s made sing his being simply by being the thing it is: stone and tree and sky, man who sees and sings and wonders why God goes. Belonging to every riven thing he’s made, means a storm of peace. Think of the atoms inside the stone. Think of the man who sits alone trying to will himself into a stillness where God goes belong. To every riven thing he’s made there is given one shade shaped exactly to the thing itself: under the tree a darker tree; under the man the only man to see God goes belonging to every riven thing. He’s made the things that bring him near, made the mind that makes him go. A part of what man knows, apart from what man knows, God goes belonging to every riven thing he’s made.

Christopher Wiman (b.1966)

* * * * * This poet, Christopher Wiman, was interviewed last Sunday on Krista Tippet’s “On Being” program on WNYC. He read this poem on the air and it struck a chord for me. A “riven thing” is something broken. Indeed God stands by His creation, especially the parts most distressed and that primarily means us. God’s ongoing “belonging” is His constant love, never withdrawn nor diluted no matter the mess we make of our lives. The whole broken created order and especially we humans are immersed in God’s limitless ocean of mercy to paraphrase Pope Francis. We can boast of our riveness, as St. Paul says, because when we are weak we are strong. Jesus came to fix us. Just let Him have His way with you!

Fr. Hugh, OP

JANUARY PANTRY NEEDS: Canned Fruit, Canned Fish, Canned Meat, Low Sodium Canned Corn, Peanut Butter, Jelly, Pasta Sauce, Brown Rice, Crackers

Please check all expiration dates!

We recently welcomed into the family of God and our

parish family:

Leonardo Castiglione Evelyn Ceja

Cole David Murden

Congratulations to the parents and sponsors!

FEBRUARY CALENDAR

Religious Education

Week of February 5th

1st Grade Sacrament of Reconciliation

February 14th

ASH WEDNESDAY

Holy Innocents

7:00am Mass

12:15pm Mass

3:30pm Paraliturgy

7:30pm Paraliturgy

Our Lady of Pompeii

5:15pm Paraliturgy

Stations of the Cross every Friday at Holy Innocents after the 12:15pm Mass

during Lent.

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The Youth Group meets Sunday evenings at 6:15pm. All 9th-12th graders are invited to join the Youth Group The Youth Group Mass is held the 1st Sunday of the month at 5:15pm If you have any questions please contact: TomConaty@hiparish.org

JANUARY 2018 Jan. 21st—Cottage School Visit at 2:30pm Jan. 28th—Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm

FEBRUARY 2018 Feb. 4th—Ronald McDonald House at 9:30am Feb. 4th—Youth Mass at 5:15pm, following by Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm Feb. 24th—Cottage School Visit at 2:30pm Feb. 24th—Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm

CYO Basketball K-2 Clinic Dates: Jan. 21st & 28th

K-2 Clinic Times: VIP: 11am Kindergarten: 12:15pm to 1:15pm

1st Grade: 1:30pm to 2:30pm 2nd Grade: 2:45pm to 3:45pm

SUNDAY COFFEE

Thank you to all the volunteers who hosted the

coffee after the Sunday 11am coffee this past year.

The 2018 Sign Up Board is available in the Social

Hall. Please consider hosting a Sunday coffee.

EMMAUS MINISTRY FOR GRIEVING PARENTS

CHURCH OF THE MAGDALENE 525 Bedford Road, Pocantical Hills, Tarrytown

Saturday, February 24th

To meet the spiritual needs of parents whose children of any age have died by any cause-no matter how long ago, the Family Life Office of the Archdiocese of NY offers this ministry program providing spiritual retreats for grieving parents, offered by grieving parents.

Cost $25 per person, $40 per couple To register or for more information contact Sue DiSisto, Parenting and Family Life Education at 646-794-3191,

or susan.disisto@archny.org.

Progress Reports have been distributed to the students in our Religious Education Program. We want to congratulate all of our children on their achievements! We stress the importance of attending Mass. Remember that the closest way we can get to Jesus on this side of Heaven is to receive Him in the Eucharist! We ask for your prayers for our second grade students. They are now in the immediate preparation for the beautiful Sacrament of Reconciliation. We are focusing on the parables of the Lost Sheep and the Prodigal Son. The children are working very hard on their prayers, songs, and studies. The Sacrament of First Reconciliation will take place the week of February 5, 2018. The children will arrive in the classroom at the regular class time and the parents and families will gather in the church. We will participate in a Prayer Service followed by individual confessions for both the students and their parents. We will conclude with a Celebration in the Social Hall. We look forward to the celebration of God’s love, mercy and forgiveness. Maria Lamorgese, Director Phone 914-769-3297 ext. 1 mlamorgese@hiparish.org

Annual Retreat Day for Catholic Teachers in Public Schools

(Sponsored by the Archdiocesan Catechetical Office)

Saturday, February 3rd Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers

55 Ryder Road, Ossining (9:00am-1:30pm)

Conference—Holy Hour—Liturgy Refreshments and Lunch with be served

$25 donation per person. Checks payable to: Catechetical Office. Mail checks to Regional Catechetical Office 56 Dunston Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10701

PHELPS HOSPITAL NEEDS VOLUNTEERS Do you have four hours a week to spare? There is a position just right for you. If you are interested, call

Eve Urban, Director of Volunteer Services at 914-366-3170 or visit phelpshospital.org

to fill our an online application.

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As always the Music Ministry thanks you for your participation in the music of our liturgies. Singing by the congregation is not an afterthought, but is instead vital to worship. Prayerful singing invites and recognizes the presence of Christ in each celebration, and our music programs each week are designed to accompany, and hopefully, enhance, your prayers through the lyrics of each hymn. This year the church calendar gives us five Sundays of Ordinary Time before Lent begins. During these Sundays the liturgies will have themes of light, and darkness, hope and love, and we use this opportunity to include some of your favorite hymns as well as to introduce some new selections from our hymnal. We have also changed the Gloria and the mass setting from those used during the Christmas season. The Gloria is #859 in the hymnal. It was selected by our Junior Choir who find it fun to sing! We hope you agree with them. This Glory to God was written by Randall DeBruyn as part of his mass setting titled The Mass of the Resurrection. This setting was written with the intention of lifting the voices of the congregation to sing of their salvation. Randall DeBruyn studied music at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He graduated with a PHD in Musical Arts in Composition and Theory from the University of Illinois in 1975. In addition to this mass setting, his compositions titled In Perfect Charity and How Lovely is Your Dwelling Place are among the hymns we use throughout the year. The new mass setting is titled Mass of Christ the Savior and was written by Dan Schutte. We will begin with the Holy listed as #921 in our hymnal. Dan Schutte is one of the best known Catholic composers. He was born in Wisconsin and entered the Jesuit order after high school but left in 1986. His compositions include City of God, Here I Am Lord, and Table of Plenty. Dan explained his inspiration for this mass setting as follows: “I wanted the music to be accessible to all those gathered for worship, I wanted the melodies to quickly and easily become like an old friend. My inspiration came from thinking of a typical community celebrating the Eucharist on Sunday. Then I imagined Christ the Savior standing there with us, praying with us, singing with us, proclaiming the scripture with us, giving thanks with us, and finally sharing the meal of His own body and blood with us. The title Mass of Christ the Savior seemed most appropriate.” We encourage and look forward to your continued participation as we sing and celebrate God’s word together.

THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

First Reading: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Jonah set out for Ninevah as God asked and told the people that their city would be destroyed in forty days. The peo-ple believed him and repented from their evil ways. God did not destroy their city, showing his mercy for those who see the evil of their ways and correct it. Second Reading: I Corinthians 7:29-31 Paul advises the Corinthians that their world is changing, so they should not take their daily trials too seriously. We should remember that the problems of everyday living will not last forever, but the eternal life God promises us will. Gospel: Mark 1:14-20 Jesus observes Simon and Andrew where they are fishing and tells them to come with him and become “fishers of men.” They abandon their nets without hesitation to follow him. Next he calls James and his brother John, who also leave what they are doing and follow him without question.

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2018

ALL SOULS CEMETERY

Marble Avenue

Pleasantville, New York

The following is list of permitted and prohibited grave plantings at All Souls Cemetery

● Flowers may be planted in a space equal to the length of the grave marker and extending outward 12 inches. If

there is no marker, the length of the planting may not exceed two thirds the width of the grave

and must stay within a 12 inch depth.

● Ornamental shrubs and trees may not be planted at the gravesite. Memorials in the form of trees and shrubs will

be made available by the cemetery board. The cemetery board will decide plant type, size and location.

●All unauthorized plantings will be removed.

●The use of artificial materials is prohibited.

●Grave borders of any kind are prohibited and will be removed. The application of crushed stone is

also prohibited.

●Artificial plants, flowers, wreaths and designs; as well as all other decorative and devotional objects

are not allowed.

●Potted plants in pots are permitted to be placed directly in front and center of the grave marker

7 DAYS PRIOR TO, BUT WILL BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EIGHTH DAY,

on the following list of days:

Easter Sunday

Father’s Day, All Saints Day

Mother’s Day, All Souls Day

Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day

Christmas Day, Anniversary Day

● Christmas wreaths must be hung from the grave marker and not placed on the ground.

● Palm crosses must be removed by Wednesday of Holy Week.

● Deteriorating flags may be disposed of in the American Legion “flag mailbox” on Garrigan Avenue for

proper disposal ceremonies.

WE CANNOT GUARANTEE DECORATIONS FROM DAMAGE OR DISAPPEARANCE.