HOLY INNOCENTS PARISH WE GATHER TO PRAISE AND TO PROCLAIM 431 BEDFORD ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, NEW YORK March 10, 2019

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1 HOLY INNOCENTS PARISH WE GATHER TO PRAISE AND TO PROCLAIM 431 BEDFORD ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, NEW YORK March 10, 2019 Parish Office : (914) ; Fax (914) Monday-Friday: 9am-3pm; Sunday: 9am-1pm Website: 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. MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 5:15pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am Children s Choir, 11am, 5:15pm Daily: 7:00am Monday-Friday, 8:30am Saturday Our Lady of Pompeii Chapel, 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 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. Bernard M. Timothy, OP, Pastor, Fr. Joseph Scordo, OP, Parochial Vicar Sr. Donna Kelly, CND, Pastoral Associate, Fr. Gregory Doherty, OP (In Residence) Maria Lamorgese , x1 Director of Religious Education Joe DeSanctis Music Director Loretta Hotter Sacristan Eileen Bruehl x11 Parish Coordinator Thomas Conaty x30 Youth Minister afortino@hiparish.org x 10 Bulletin Editor Barbara Mackin All Souls Cemetery

2 Eucharistic Adoration Monday Friday 7:30 8:00am 3/9 Evening Vigil 5:15 Gabriel & Elisabeth Falcone 3/10 FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 James Roina 10:00 (OLP) Fr. Dan Davies, O.P. 11:00 John Fogarty 5:15 Mary Kearney 3/11 Monday, Lenten Weekday 7:00 Antoinette Antonaccio 12:15 Bobby Kenny 3/12 Tuesday, Lenten Weekday 7:00 12:15 Joan Carroll 6:30 (OLP) 3/13 Wednesday, Lenten Weekday 7:00 MaryJane Bianco 12:15 Mary Doyle 3/14 Thursday, Lenten Weekday 7:00 12:15 Mary Downey 6:30 (OLP) Mia Giuseppina Antenucci 3/15 Friday, Lenten Weekday 7:00 12:15 Margaret Mary Connolly 3/16 Saturday, Lenten Weekday 8:30 3/16 Evening Vigil 5:15 Mary Dolan 3/17 SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Michael & Teresa Keenan 10:00 (OLP) Mary Downey 11:00 Sr. Aloysius Mannion 5:15 In Thanksgiving for Ruben s Healing During Lent We recently welcomed into the family of God and our parish family: Austin Carter Celentano & Theodore Henry Greene CONDOLENCES We extend our sympathy and promise of prayers to the family and friends of John Croce (father of Danielle King) Mia Giuseppina Antenucci (cousin of the Dispenza family) We will be updating our prayer list monthly. If you wish someone s name to remain on this list please call the parish office during office hours: 9am-3pm, Monday- Friday. Jimmy Fleming, Robert Sarro, Stephen Mercatili, Cissy Patane, Kevin Keane, Lil DeCarlo, Mary Sheehan, Joseph DeSanctis (father of Joe DeSanctis), Kevin Lange, Marie Silviotti, Timothy Stanton, Hailee Kalle, Matthew Mancuso, Jim O Connell, Herb Holzer, Suzanne Bartlett, Karen Fleming, Bill Schmitz, Dr. Tanya Korkosz, Collin Longo, David Korkosz, Kathleen Shortall The Sanctuary Lamp at Holy Innocents Church burns In Memory of Solmaria Juarbe The Sanctuary Lamp at Our Lady of Pompeii Chapel burns In Memory of Marietta & Costanzo Spedeliere Please pray for the safety of our men and women in the military, especially those who are serving overseas. Regular Mar. 3 $ 7, FINANCE CORNER Maintenance #490 Page2

3 CHUTZPAH THE NERVE! This Sunday s Gospel account from the Gospel of St. Luke really gives us an insight into the devil or Satan as he is also known. Jesus is Baptized by John in the Jordan river, and the Holy Spirit comes upon Him in the form of a Dove. God the Father speaks about how Jesus is His Beloved Son in Whom He is well-pleased. Pretty powerful, right? Then the Spirit leads Jesus out into the desert to fast and pray for forty days. In some ways the harsh desert and demanding fasting weakens Jesus a bit. Aha! Here s my chance, thinks the devil. So he goes after Jesus at least three times playing on the human weakness. Hunger, pride, taking the easy way out are very tempting. After all, who really wants to be working and preaching for three years only to be betrayed by one of His closest friends, misunderstood and rejected by the religious leader of the times, and finally made to suffer in a most excruciating manner resulting in his painful death? The devil is smart and uses every trick in his bag of misery at the end of the long period of prayer and fasting. And Luke tells us that Satan is not finished---he will return to try Jesus and tempt Him again. Doesn t seem like Satan is hesitating to go after the Son of God Himself. Pretty cheeky, right? So if Satan goes so far as to harass Jesus, don t you think that he might attack you at whatever point of weakness you have? Use this wonderful period of prayer, fasting and almsgiving that we call Lent, to strengthen yourself against the attacks of the devil. Call upon St. Michael and the other angels to protect and help you during this, your own forty days. Fr. Scordo, O.P. THE WEEK AHEAD IN THE PARISH Monday, March 11th: 11:00am Bible Study Tuesday, March 12th: 11:00am Lectio Divina Wednesday, March 13th: 6:00pm Junior Choir 7:15pm Adult Choir Remember Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting and abstinence. Fridays during Lent are days of abstinence from meat. Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving as penitential practices (Abstinence from meat are required for those over 14 yrs of age, fasting are required for those between 18 and 59 yrs of age) Holy Innocents Monday-Friday: 7:00am Mass followed by simple Eucharistic Adoration at 7:30-8:00am Monday-Friday: Confessions at 11:45am followed by 12:15pm Mass Fridays: 12:45pm Stations of the Cross 6:30pm Confessions 7:00pm Stations of the Cross Our Lady of Pompeii Chapel Tuesdays: 6:30pm Mass Thursdays: 6:30pm Mass followed by Stations of the Cross Thursday, March 14th: 7:30pm Parish Council Meeting Each week during Lent Soup Suppers are held at a local church in Pleasantville. The service begins with soup at 6:30pm followed by worship at 7:15pm. March 13th..St. John s Episcopal, Sunnyside Avenue March 20th Pleasantville Presbyterian, Bedford Road March 27th..St. John s Episcopal, Sunnyside Avenue April 3rd...Holy Innocents Catholic Church April 10th..Pleasantville Presbyterian, Bedford Road SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 2019 SPRING DINNER DANCE Join us for a great night of celebration presented by CYO & Parish Council. Enjoy a live band, delicious food and great drinks and have fun while supporting CYO and our Parish! Date: Saturday, March 23, 2019 Time: 7 pm - 11 pm Place: Social Hall #490 Page3

4 YOUTH GROUP Mar. 17th Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm Mar. 23rd 2019 Spring Dinner Dance Mar. 24th Cottage School visit at 2:30pm CYO BASKETBALL Congratulations to all our CYO playoff teams: 5th & 7th grade girls; 6th, 7th & 8th grade boys. Special acknowledgement 7th grade girls Westchester/Putnam semi-finalist: PLAYERS Genevieve Agati, Jessica Beck, Kaitlyn Burr, Mackenzie Ennis, Catherine Foley, Ciara McCarthy, Catherine Moore, Taylor Mulcahy, Catherine Nebel, and Erin O'Mara Coaches: Keith Nebel James Ennis Laura Moore John Burr 7th Grade boys Westchester/Putnam CYO CHAMPIONS! Lent is more than just a giving up. It is giving...developing a greater love towards God, self and others. Lent can be a FEAST and a FAST! LENTEN DISCIPLINE: Fast from worry; feast on trusting God. Fast from complaining; feast on appreciation Fast fro negatives; feast on affirmatives. Fast from hostility; feast on tenderness. Fast from unrelenting pressures; feast from unceasing prayer. Fast from judging others; feast on Christ dwelling in them. Fast from fear of illness; feast on the healing power of God. Fast from words that pollute; feast on speech that purifies. Fast from discontent; feast on gratitude. Fast from anger; feast on patience. Fast from personal anxiety; feast on the fullness of truth. Fast from pessimism; feast on optimism. Fast from bitterness; feast on forgiveness. Fast from self concern; feast on compassion for others. Fast from discouragement; feast on hope. Fast from suspicion; feast on truth. Fast from lethargy and apathy, feast on enthusiasm. Fast from facts that depress; fest on trust that uplift. Fast from gossip; feast on purposeful silence. Fast from problems that overwhelm; feast on prayer that sustains. Fast from thoughts that weaken; feast on promises that inspire. Fast from apparent darkness; feast on the reality of the light. Adapted and revised fro The Anglican Digest. Maria Lamorgese, Director Ph , ext. 1 mlamorgese@hiparish.org Ecumenical Vacation Bible School PLAYERS Andrew Nessel, Grant Kelly,Michael Hundzynski, Luke Busby, Aidan Picart, Daniel Picart Hank McCourtney, Nicholas Vecchiariello and Peter Choundas Head Coach -Ted McCourtney Asst Coach-Jim Hundzynski Good news! We have the dates for the 2019 EVBS. Please mark your calendars For the week of August 12th through August 16th.from 9am to 12 Noon. This year it is going to be held at St. John s Episcopal Church on Bedford Road. We are looking for Adult Volunteers..helping in any capacity, please contact the Religious Education Office at , Ex. 1 #490 Page4

5 PARISH COUNCIL The Parish Council of Holy Innocents is comprised of dedicated parishioners willing to share their individual talents to serve the parish. The council works with the pastor and parish staff in an advisory capacity to support and enhance the life and ministries of the parish. Each year, new members are added to the council for a term of three years. This year, as always, we are hoping to add new members to the council. Parish council members should be interested in leading or assisting our committees including but not limited to the following: Liturgy, Communications/Public Relations, Fundraising, Social Outreach and Spiritual Life. Nominating petitions will be available in the narthex, parish hall and at Our Lady of Pompeii until Monday, April 1st. At this time, please give prayerful consideration to volunteering as a member of the Parish Council. For additional information or questions, contact Bridget Dinardi at or bpplus4@aol.com. #490 Page5

6 Now that we have begun the liturgical season of Lent, there will be some musical changes to the liturgy. The first is the omission of the Gloria from the order of the Mass. The only exceptions to this omission are the celebrations of feasts and solemnities that occur during this season. A solemnity is a feast day of the highest rank, celebrating a mystery of faith such as the Trinity, an event in the life of Jesus, His mother Mary or an important saint. This year there are two solemnities during Lent, the Feast of St. Joseph celebrated on Tuesday, March 19 th, and the Annunciation celebrated on Monday, March 25th. In place of the Gloria we will begin to sing the Kyrie, one of the earliest penitential supplications used in the Christian Church, originating from the Old Testament. We are using the Kyrie from the Mass of Renewal written by Curtis Stephan, it is #861 in our hymnal. The Greek words are: Kyrie eleison; Christe eleison; Kyrie eleison, meaning Lord have mercy; Christ have mercy; Lord have mercy. The cantor will begin the intonation and will invite you to respond, just as we do with our Responsorial psalms. The Kyrie follows the Confiteor, I Confess, which is concluded by a short prayer of absolution from the presider before we move to the Liturgy of the Word. The word mercy in English is the translation of the Greek word eleos. This word has the same ultimate root as the Greek word for oil, or more precisely, olive oil, a substance which was used extensively as a soothing agent for bruises and minor wounds. The oil was poured into the wound and gently massaged in, thus soothing, comforting and making whole the injured part. The Hebrew word for mercy is hesed, and means steadfast love. If we substitute these words in our minds as we sing the Kyrie at mass, we are saying, Lord, soothe me, comfort me, take away my pain, show me your steadfast love. Thus mercy does not refer so much to justice, a very Western interpretation, but to the infinite loving-kindness of God, and His compassion. The Interfaith Emergency Food Pantry continues to benefit from the generosity of the parishioners of Holy Innocents. The Pantry serves families in the community who are in need. Clients come every other week and always find the Pantry shelves well stocked. We recently received a letter thanking our parish for a monetary donation of $1300. In addition to the food you donate, many of you, anonymously, also donate money. The letter gratefully acknowledged the donation and states that the gift will be used to purchase food when supplies are low. This is a cumulative total of several monetary gifts. Frank Moro, until recently, was the face of our parish to the Pantry. He organized the volunteers and instructed them on what needed to be done, and how to deliver the donations. He also took inventory of what was needed and published the list in our bulletin. As in all of our ministries, the success depends on volunteers. We are very fortunate to have increased our group of volunteers who faithfully check the bins, and make sure your donations are delivered weekly to the Pantry. Thanks to Kathy DePrima, Connie Hennelly, Caroline Kelly, Anne Morales (and her team), Rose Pagano, Nick Stanton, Roxanne Surace, and Barbara Weldon who continue Frank s good work, giving up their time to supply the Pantry shelves. Thanks to all of you who donate! Our parish is blessed in many ways, know that your generous giving keeps the Pantry full to help our neighbors, and our volunteers busy! Many thanks to Kyle Largey for the tree benches at All Souls Cemetery. We invite you to join in singing the Kyrie throughout Lent as a simple and sincere prayer for God s compassion and love, keeping in mind that God s majesty and His power are exceeded only by His mercy. Bereavement Support Group for adults who have lost a loved one (spouse, parent, sibling) will be held in our parish beginning April 1st at 7:00pm. If you are interested in attending please call the parish office at (914) Monday-Friday and leave your name and phone number. As part of his Eagle Scout project Kyle was responsible for all factors from design, supplies, building and installation. We are very grateful to be the recipient of his hard work which provides a place for rest and reflection when visiting All Souls Cemetery. #490 Page6