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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: Monday-Friday: 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
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. Frank Sutman, 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
July 31, 2016
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Monday Jer 28:1-17; Ps 119:29, 43, 79, 80, 95, 102; Mt 14:13-21
Tuesday Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22; Ps 102:16-21, 29, 22-23;
Mt 14:22-36 Wednesday
Jer 31:1-7; Jer 31:10, 11-12ab, 13; Mt 15:21-28 Thursday
Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Mt 16:13-23 Friday
Na 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7; Dt 32:35cd-36ab, 39abcd, 41; Mt 16:24-28 Saturday
Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Lk 9:28b-36 Sunday
Wis 18:6-9; Ps 33:1, 12, 18-22; Hb 11:1-2, 8-19
Evening Vigil 5:15 Ernest Kastner 18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Arthur Francese 10:00 (OLP) Anthony Casasanta 11:00 Geraldine Oldak 5:15 Carmen Curzio Monday, Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 7:00 Charles Scarpone 8:45 (OLP) Jeanne St. Pierre Tuesday, Weekday 7:00 Joseph P. Reardon 8:45 (OLP) Angelina Murgolo (Birthday) Wednesday, Weekday 7:00 Maureen Corry 8:45 (OLP) Rita O’Reilly Thursday, Saint John Vianney, Priest 7:00 The McGreevy Family 8:45 (OLP) Leonard Stagliano First Friday, Weekday 7:00 Rita Olivieri 8:45 (OLP) Deceased of Nicolai Family First Saturday, The Transfiguration of the Lord 7:00 Rita Olivieri 8:45 (OLP) Francis X. Maher Evening Vigil 5:15 Angeline Brooks 19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 Maureen Corry 9:00 Anne Blank 10:00 (OLP) Gildo & Josephine Fiorile 11:00 Alex & Mario Miranda 5:15 Agnes Ward
2016 FINANCE CORNER
Regular Maintenance
July 3 $ 7,135.50 Church in Africa $ 1,426.00 July 10 $ 7,073.69 $ 2,103.00 July 17 $ 6,738.18 July 24 $ 6,560.29
Please pray for the safety of our men and women in the military, especially those who are serving overseas.
Dennis Catozella, Jimmy Fleming, Joyce Scholz Deborah Migliorini, Antonio Soto, 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, Beth Frankoviac, Bartholomew Hickey, Rocco Zacarolli, Robert Sarro, Irene Ramirez, Eleanor Stockel, Nate Smith, Matthew Ryan Taylor, Nicholas Torres, Baby Hazel, Cathy Policastro, Edwina Hickey, Mary Bachmann, Jaspare Miranda, Stephen Mercatili, Margaret Sardella, Ray Aldes, Cissy Patane, Arthur Woods, Rose Cipriano, Bill Vestal, Hernan Rebagliati, Bridget Tidd, Tom Brennan, Jane Richardson (Dublin, Ireland), Helen Burton
www.parishpay.com or call 1-866-727-4741, ext. 1
We recently welcomed into the family of God and our parish family:
Ashton George Coles
Congratulations to the parents and sponsors!
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THE WEEK AHEAD IN THE PARISH
Tuesday, Aug. 2: 11:00am—Lectio Divina Thursday, Aug. 4th: 7:30pm—Knitting/Crochet Group
The Pantry is very low on food. For the month of July we are in need of the following donations:
Canned Peaches, Oatmeal, Chef Boyardee, Pasta and Pasta Sauce, Coffee, Jello, Jelly, Salad Dressing, Ketchup, Mayo,
Cookies
Please check expiration dates on all donations. We are very grateful for your generosity.
SACRISTAN We are still in great need of a sacristan.
This is a paid position with a modest stipend. If you are interested in this position
please call the Parish Office at 769-0025.
Pastor’s Note I came across this poem on my recent trip to Central Europe. I took a day trip from Prague to Terezin to visit the Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt. Terezin was holding camp for Jews before they were deported to the death camps. It was also a bogus “show camp” that the Nazis opened for inspection by the Red Cross. The museum had a display of children’s poetry from the camp. 150,000 children passed through Terezin; only 100 survived. The poem “The Garden” was written by Frantisek Bass. It is a bittersweet piece by a sadly astute young man who, unlike many others, was not fooled by the contrived Nazi camouflage of Theresienstadt. He knew his fate. The Nazi horror is a constant reminder where hatred and racism can lead — even in the most advanced nation at the time and not that long ago. Many children today are living under similarly inhuman conditions. As Christians we loudly decry ever assault on human life and rights, which are most stark and repulsive when perpetrated on children. In our day children die each day in rafts on the high seas fleeing war and famine. They are forced into slavery and prostitution and para murderous militias. In the developing world many are left to drink polluted water. Thousands are killed outright in the name of ideology and misguided religious fervor. We do what we can to stand up for human dignity and justice. Frantisek Bass would be an old man today had he survived the Nazi Holocaust. Many children under siege today will also never have the chance to grow old.
Fr. Hugh, OP
Pastor’s Poetry Post-Its
“The Garden”
A little garden Fragrant and full of roses,
The path is narrow And a little boy walks along it.
A little boy, a sweet boy,
Like that growing blossom. When the blossom comes to bloom
The little boy will be no more.
Frantisek Bass (Born in Brno 1930,
Died Auschwitz October 28, 1944)
POSTCARDS FROM A NAVY CHAPLAIN Fr. Joseph Scordo, OP
“I wrote this little book to share my memories on two
deployments with the 26th MEU. My hope is that you will enjoy my stories and get a
better idea of what goes on when a Navy/Marine Corps team deploys.
And, perhaps you will gain some insight into my being extremely proud of our men and women in uniform.”
On Saturday, August 13th, Fr. Scordo, OP, will be signing copies of his book Postcards from a Navy Chaplain, after the 5:15pm Mass at Holy Innocents and before the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 14th. All profits of this book will go to supporting repairs and maintenance of the 100-year old Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC - home of Fr. Scordo, and 80 other friars devoted to the ministry of faith. Please visit Fr. Scordo’s website: josephscordo-op.org
Keep in touch with Holy Innocents Parish this summer. Visit our
website for the weekly bulletin and special events: www.hiparish.org.
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CHASE THE GAME
SUMMER BASKETBALL CLINIC FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
St. Theresa Gymnasium 300 Dalmeny Road
Briarcliff Manor
MONDAY, AUGUST 22—FRIDAY, AUGUST 26
$150 for Week or $35 a Day
9am-12pm Grades 2-4 and 12pm-3pm Grades 5-8
Directors Tom Murray and Bob Delle Bovi
Please call (914) 320-5297
www.chasethegame.com
CYO YOUTH GROUP
The Youth Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month. All 9th-12th graders are welcome to join us. If you have any questions please contact:
● General Youth Group meetings resume the Sunday after Labor Day. ● CYO Basketball (K-HS) online registration will be in September...dates TBA ●If you are entering the 5th grade you may now become an Altar Server. We will be training servers in September.
CY0—TRACK Clinics are held on the following dates from 6:30PM to 7:30PM, at the Pleasantville HS Turf:
Thursday, July 28, Monday, August 1
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Program Calendar will be posted on the Parish Website: www.hiparish.org and on Burbio.com. We are looking to offer the calendars through Burbio.com to make the parent’s life a little easier and hopefully more manageable. Parent letters to be mailed in August. They will include: verification of child’s class, Program calendar, information about Program calendar on Burbio.com. Also, an invitation for parents who have children attending Religious Education at Holy Innocents for the first time to hear about what your children will experience and how the Program is run. Candidates for Confirmation October 2017. Please continue to work on your “Blue Book Journals.” Gerard J Roggemann Coordinator - Holy Innocents Religious Education ph 914-769-3297 www.hiparish.org fax 914-769-7225 [email protected]
CATHOLIC HOME MISSIONS AND CHURCH IN LATIN AMERICA
Next weekend there will be a collection for both the Catholic Home Missions and the Church in Latin America. The Catholic Home Missions Appeal works to support home mission dioceses in the United States by supporting seminarian formation in poor dioceses. The blessing of seminarians places a financial burden on these dioceses, because educating each seminarian costs $35-40K per year. Your support is needed for these young men so that they might go back and serve their parishes. The Church in Latin America. Your gifts to the collection will fund catechesis, pastoral programs, marriage and family life projects, seminarian education, and many other necessary programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. By funding these programs, the support you give today will provide seeds to grow the faith for years to come. Your generous support is greatly appreciated.
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This weekend and next Joe will be away on a much deserved vacation. While he is away, the music for our liturgies will be led by Becki Advocate. Becki is a classically trained double bassist, but also plays, teaches and enjoys the piano. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Music at Suny Purchase, and her Master’s Degree in Musical Performance from the Aaron Copeland School of Music at CUNY Queens, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. Becki and her husband live in nearby Katonah and she is currently working as the organist for the Trinity Boscobel United Methodist Church in Buchanan, NY. She has been a sub for us at Holy Innocents many times. For those of you who may be interested in piano or double bass, Becki gives lessons in both instruments to adults and school aged children. She will provide the lesson in your home. For more information you can contact Becki directly at [email protected] The Music Ministry is very grateful to having Becki with us these next two weekends, and we hope you will join us in welcoming her here at Holy Innocents.
MASS FOR HEALING Holy Rosary Church
170 Bradhurst Avenue, Hawthorne
Monday, August 8th Celebrant: Fr. Joseph A. Nahas
Praise & Worship @ 7:15pm Mass 7:30pm
ALL SOULS CEMETERY Due to concern for mosquito borne diseases, the Department of Health has recommended steps to reduce the mosquito population.
To assist these efforts please follow the
Cemetery rules:
Remove all vases and containers to eliminate
standing water
Remove all overgrown greenery
Remove any planting more than 12 inches from
monuments
Remove all mementos from gravesite area
Cemetery or parish are not responsible
for failure to comply.
AMERICAN HERITAGE GIRLS TROOP
Faith, Service, Fun! Registration for the American Heritage Girls Troop at Holy Innocents Church is open for the 2016-17 school year, for girls ages 5-18. Kindergartners welcome! AHG is a scouting organization whose mission is “to build women of integrity through service to God, family, community, and country.” Girls learn to live their Christian faith through character development, leadership, skill-building, and service, in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Meetings are held on Fridays, twice per month from 3:15-4:30pm. We are completing our third year at Holy Innocents with 45 girls and 12 leaders. Join us!
For info or to register, email Justine Collins at: [email protected].
All parishioners are encouraged to take a copy of the bulletin. Please do not leave the Bulletin in the pews after Mass. If you do not wish to bring a copy home please place the Bulletin back on the tables
in the entrances to the Church..
BASKETBALL CAMPS
Iona Prep Basketball Clinic Information..designed for students entering grades 3-9…..August 8-11. If in-terested contact Coach Vic Quirolo at 632-0714 x 231. Basketball Camp...A basketball camp for girls ages 7-14 will be held at Maria Regina, August 15-18 from 8:30am-2:00pm. Cost is $199. For more information please email Michal Kiers at:
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EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME First Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23: "Vanity of vanities." Sometimes we may work for wealth, wisdom and knowledge only to discover that it has been left for someone who did not toil for it. The offering of our work, fatigue and pain, if not for God, can also be a kind of vanity. Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11: Paul urges us to seek what is good and from God, encouraging us to put our minds on the spiritual. He reminds us that, as Christians, we have died with Christ and are hidden with Christ until his glory is once again revealed. We are all one in Christ. Gospel: Luke 12:13-21: On being requested to settle a question of inheritance, Jesus heeds us to beware of all covetousness because our life does not consist on the wealth of possessions. Through the lesson of a parable Jesus reinforces this teaching, explaining that those who store up the treasures of wealth and possessions are not the richest in God's eyes.
POPE FRANCIS’ TOP 10 SECRETS OF HAPPINESS
1. “Live and let live.” Everyone should be guided by this principle. “Move forward and let others do the same.” 2. “Be giving of yourself to others.” He said, because “if you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid.” 3. “Proceed calmly” in life. Like a pool of water, still moving—to have “the ability to move with kind-ness and humility, a calmness of life.” 4. “A healthy sense of leisure.” Consumerism has brought us anxiety and stress,” causing people to lose a “healthy culture of leisure.” Their time is “swallowed up,” so people can’t share it with anyone. 5. Sunday should be a holiday. Workers should have Sundays off because “Sunday is for family.” 6. Find innovative ways to create dignified jobs for young people. “It’s not enough to give them food,” he said. “Dignity is given to you when you can bring food home,” from one’s own labor. 7. Respect and take care of nature. Environmental degradation “is one of the biggest challenges we have,” he said. 8. Stop being negative. “Needing to talk badly about others indicates low self-esteem” 9. Don’t proselytize; respect other’s beliefs. “The church grows by attraction, not proselytizing,” the Pope said. 10. Work for peace. “We are living in a time of many wars.” Peace sometimes gives the impression of being quite,….peace is always pro-active.