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

431 BEDFORD ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, NY NOVEMBER 25, 2018

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

Fr. Frank Sutman, OP, Parochial Vicar 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 769-0025x10 Bulletin

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.

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

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 or an appointment.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Monday-Friday 9:00am-3:00pm

Sunday 9:00am-1:00pm

Bl. Miguel Pro, S.J., Viva Cristo Rey!

1891-Nov 23, 1927

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11/24—Evening Vigil 5:15 John and Jenny Paci

11/25—OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Theresa Woolard 10:00 (OLP) Salvatore Talio 11:00 Michael Murphy 5:15 Louis Raffio, Sr.

11/26—Monday, Weekday 7:00 Joyce Anne Capicchioni

11/27—Tuesday, Weekday 7:00 George Henry Stenderhoff

11/28—Wednesday, Weekday 7:00 Ramiro Valderrama

11/29—Thursday, Weekday 7:00 Stephanie Kennedy

11/30—Friday, St. Andrew, Apostle 7:00 Joe Freeman (month’s mind mass)

12/1—First Saturday, Weekday 8:30 Fr. Dan Davies, O.P.

12/1—Evening Vigil 5:15 Theresa Marie & Alexander Shepetuk

12/2—FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 The Silla & Vannuccia Family 10:00 (OLP) Salvatore Talio 11:00 Margaret Murphy 5:15 Peter Dolan

The Sanctuary Lamp

at Holy Innocents Church burns In Memory of Antoinette and Ezio Fortino

2018 FINANCE CORNER

Regular Maintenance Nov. 11 $ 10,881.76 $ 2,197

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, 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, Gabrielle Sanchez, Olivia Bendus, Linda Iorizzo, Judy Chriss, Jane Chitty, Jean Balzone, Bernadette Harris, Angela Lynch, Beth Frankoviac, Robert Sarro, Irene Ramirez, Nate Smith, Matthew Ryan Taylor, Nicholas Torres, Cathy Policastro, Mary Bachmann, Stephen Mercatili, Ray Aldes, Cissy Patane, Arthur Woods, Hernan Rebagliati, Bridget Tidd, 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, Kevin Lange, Rebecca Conroy, Marie Silviotti, Chris Grammas, Timothy Stanton, Hailee Kalle, Christine Brown, Matthew Mancuso, Jim O’Connell, Herb Holzer, Suzanne Bartlett

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3. Enter your payment information You can return at any time to edit your donation or view your financial records.

“Coping with Grief During the Holidays” On Monday evening

November 26th at 7:00pm in the Social Hall parishioner Anne Byrnes will be giving a session on

Coping with Grief During the Holidays. All are welcome to attend, especially those who have had a

loved one die in the past year.

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.

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Pastor’s Poetry Post-Its

Pastor’s Post

The Church year ends today with the Feast of Christ the King. Every year on this day I am reminded of the cry of BI. Miguel Pro, SJ at the moment of his martyrdom. With his arms stretched out as if on the cross itself, he shouted “Viva Cristo Rey!” (Long live Christ the King) as the firing squad aimed point blank at his heart. Fr. Miguel Pro was associated with the Cristero movement in Mexico at a time of brutal repression of the Church by the government. The Cristeros were devout Catholics who courageously opposed the regime. Like Fr. Pro many were martyred. They were inspired by the recently proclaimed Feast of Christ the King by Pope Pius XI in 1925 in response to the rise of fascism and Marxist communism in the world. The Cristeros openly proclaimed their ultimate loyalty to Jesus Christ above any state. The Cristeros’ cry of defiance was “Viva Cristo Rey!” In recent years the Jesuits have established a number of scholarship high schools across the United States called Cristo Rey Schools. They evoke the memory of Blessed Miguel Pro and so many others who dared proclaim their uncompromised loyalty to Jesus Christ above any ideology or government. May his heroic example inspire our undivided adherence to Jesus as well. Padre Pro, ruega por nosotros. Ad Marjoram Dei Gloriam!

Fr. Hugh, O.P.

THE WEEK AHEAD IN THE PARISH

Monday, November 26th: 11:00am—Bible Study Tuesday, November 27th: 11:00am—Lectio Divina Wednesday, November 28th: 6:00pm—Junior Choir 7:15pm—Adult Choir Friday, November 30th: 6:00pm—American Heritage Girls Sunday, December 2nd: 5:15pm—Youth Mass 7:30pm—H.I. Lecture Series: NAMI

“Poem for Christ the King”

See how this homeless babe lifted

himself down into his humble Crèche

and laid his tender glove

of skin against the splintered wood—

found refuge in that rack

of raspy straw-home

on that chilly dawn, in sweetest

silage, those shriven stalks.

See how this outcast King lifted

himself high upon his savage Cross,

extended the regal banner

of his bones, draping himself

upon his throne — his battered feet,

his wounded hands not fastened

there by nails but sewn

by the strictest thorn of Love.

Rev. Pamela Cranston

TO OUR CHILDREN! The Reason for the Season!

WE NEED YOU!

Our annual Happy Birthday Jesus Pageant is just round the corner and we are in search of Shepherd’s, Angels, 3 Wisemen, a narrator, and, of course Mary and Joseph! This is a wonderful way to be a part of The Greatest Story Ever Told in an event that reflects the TRUE meaning of Christmas!

The event is on Saturday, December 15, 2018

Followed by An Adventure with St. Nicholas For our 3

rd grade girls who received their

1st Holy Communion, we would absolutely LOVE for

you to be our angels and wear your communion dress (we’ll supply the wings)!

If interested, please come to our first meetings Tuesday & Wednesday November 27

th & 28

th at 5:00pm in the

social hall. For more information or questions contact us at: holyinnocentsfamilyevents@gmail.com

We recently welcomed into the family of God and our parish family:

Norah Marie Brewer Rebecca Iris Greco

Michelina Anna Merritt

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Holy Innocents Youth Ministry is directed by Youth Minister, Tom Conaty. Youth Ministry consists of our Youth Group and the CYO Basketball program. To join Youth Group, teens should just show up at any meeting and sign in with the youth leaders. ALL 9th-12th graders are welcome. The YG’s main focus is on service and social justice. We meet most Sundays @ 6:15pm. We have Youth Masses the first Sunday of each month (Starting in Oct). The CYO Basketball Program consists of K-2 Clinics as well as teams from 3rd-12th grades. When we have enough adult volunteers we will also run a CYO track and field program. If you have any questions please email: Tomconaty@hiparish.org

YOUTH GROUP ●Nov. 25th—Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm ●Dec. 2nd—Youth Mass at 5:15pm, Meeting at 6:15pm ●Dec. 9th—Cottage School Visit at 2:30pm

This weekend we are again using the beautiful version of Psalm 145, I Will Praise Your Name, by David Haas that we used last week. It is appropriate for today’s feast, Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, formerly called Christ the King. This feast was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 as an antidote to secularism, a way of life which leaves God out of man’s thinking and living and organizes his life as if God doesn’t exist. Pope Pius XI established the feast to proclaim that Christ is God, the supreme power over all things created by Him. The feast also reminds us that Jesus is our redeemer, purchasing our salvation through His death, and that He is the head of the church, extending to all nations and all places. David Robert Haas was born in 1957 in Bridgeport Michigan and is highly regarded as one of the preeminent liturgical music composers in the world. He has been engaged in music and pastoral ministry his entire adult life. He studied vocal music performance and conducting at Central Michigan University and has a degree in Theology and Music from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1999, David began the program Music Ministry Alive!, a five day liturgical program for youth and adult leaders that takes place on the campus of St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the University of Portland in Oregon. David Haas has produced over forty-five original collections and recording of liturgical music. He is also the author of over 20 books on the topics of liturgy, music ministry, spirituality, religious education and youth ministry. His music is sung throughout the world and has been translated into many languages. Think of your five most favorite liturgical songs, and most likely at least one of them will have been written by David. We use many of them at Holy Innocents including Blest Are They, You Are Mine, We Are Called, Now We Remain, and We Have Been Told. His gift as a composer is evident through these memorable melodies, and vocal arrangements that emphasize the scripture passages they are based on. He and his wife, Helen, live in Eagan, Minnesota, where he serves as campus minister and director of the liturgical choir at Cretin-Derham Hall High School, and as the director of the Emmaus Center for Music, Prayer and Ministry. He is also an active cantor at St. Cecilia’s Parish in St. Paul.

“I will praise your name, my King and my God!”

Today we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. Jesus is a different kind of King than the ones we are used to seeing in pictures, on television, and in the movies. Jesus is the King of all Kings and he rules with love, mercy, and acceptance. His Kingdom will never end! Some of our younger students made crowns that say ‘I AM A KING’S KID”! I LOVE SEEING THEM WALK THE HALLS OF THE Religious Education Program wearing their crowns with such pride! I also love when they ask me if I get it! We hope and pray that everyone gets it! It shows an intimate relationship with our King, Jesus Christ. If more people got it…..this world would be a better place! Let us continue to support each other and pray for one another.

Please note: We do not have classes on: Tuesday, December 4th, Thursday, December 6th.

On Wednesday, December 12th we do not have evening classes. We do, however, have afternoon classes on the 12th.

Maria Lamorgese Ph 914-769-3297 Ext. 1 mlamorgese@hiparish.org

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The Holy Innocents Music Ministry presents our

15th Annual

LESSONS & CAROLS

“An Evening of Advent Reflection in Word and Song”

Sunday, December 9th at 7:30pm

Featuring The Holy Innocents

Adult, Teen and Junior Choirs accompanied by our parish musicians

Under the direction of

Joe DeSanctis

Reception to follow in Social Hall Holy Innocents Church, 431 Bedford Road, Pleasantville

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THE HOLY INNOCENTS LECTURE SERIES

Sunday, December 2nd at 7:30pm

Presents:

NAMI Ending the Silence is a NAMI Westchester mental health education presentation for

families and youth to better understand the signs and symptoms of emotional and

behavioral challenges that may be early warning signs of a mental health condition. The

presentation includes a PowerPoint presentation with an overview of mental health, coping

skills, recovery, and suicide prevention. The highlight of the presentation is a young adult

living with a mental health condition who shares their story of recovery and personal

experience in high school. This presentation can be done separately for youth groups and

parents so that each group has the opportunity to learn and discuss their questions. This

can lead to great conversations and understanding within the family.

1 in 5 kids experience a mental health condition, but only 20% of

them receive services.

About 50% of students ages 14+ with a mental health condition

will drop out of school.

Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds.

“Presenters provided powerful and inspirational messages about resources, support and resilience regarding mental illness. They responded to student questions with sensitivity, knowledge and humor.” Teacher, Westlake H.S.

100 Clearbrook Road Elmsford, NY 10523 914-592-5458 www.namiwestchester.org.