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. Jordan McConway, 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 afortino@hiparish.org Bulletin Editor

May 1, 2016

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Monday Acts 16:11-15; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Jn 15:26-16:4a

Tuesday 1 Cor 15:1-8; Ps 19:2-5; Jn 14:6-14

Wednesday Acts 17:15, 22-18:1; Ps 148:1-2, 11-14; Jn 16:12-15

Thursday Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9; Eph 1:17-23

Friday Acts 18:9-18; Ps 47:2-7; Jn 16:20-23

Saturday Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-10; Jn 16:23b-28

Sunday Acts 7:55-60; Ps 97:1-2, 6-7, 9; Rv 22:12-14, 16-17, 20; Jn 17:20-26

Evening Vigil 5:15 John Intrieri & Luigi Granato SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Fred Huerster 10:00 (OLP) Adelina & Louis Perrotta 11:00 Mary Prorokovic 5:15 Fred Huerster Monday, Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 7:00 Catherine Lardaro 8:45 (OLP) Joseph P. Reardon Tuesday, Saints Phillip and James, Apostles 7:00 John Kelly, Sr. 8:45 (OLP) Theresa Giamangno Wednesday, Easter Weekday 7:00 Major James David Mullin 8:45 (OLP) Maryann DeRose 5:15 Mary Santoro Thursday, The Ascension of the Lord 7:00 James & Mary Sullivan 8:45 Thomas Maker 12:15 Billé & Rubino Families 3:30 Josephine Bucci First Friday, Easter Weekday 7:00 David Nguyen 8:45 Deceased Dominicans First Saturday, Easter Weekday 7:00 Paul Skoblicki 8:45 Joseph Skowronski Evening Vigil 5:15 Peter Mercatili SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Mary Fama 10:00 (OLP) Filomena Salottolo and Marietta Spedaliere 11:00 Fr. Holt—40th Anniversary of Ordination 5:15 Maria Rosa Vieira & Doris Greco

2016 FINANCE CORNER

Regular Maintenance

Apr. 3 $ 7,283.44 $ 2,078.00 Apr. 10 $ 9,418.00 Archdiocese of Military Services $ 2,294.00 Apr. 17 $ 7,545.14 Apr. 24 $ 6,834.08 Prop. of Faith $ 4,078.00

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, 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, Dennis Catozella, Beth Frankoviac, Bartholomew Hickey, Teresa Cardinali, Rocco Zacarolli, Robert Sarro, Irene Ramirez, Eleanor Stockel, Nate Smith, Matthew Ryan Taylor, Maureen Corry, Nicholas Torres, Baby Hazel, Cathy Policastro, Edwina Hickey, Mary Bachmann, Julia Ruffalo, Jaspare Miranda, Stephen Mercatili, Margaret Sardella, Ray Aldes, Cissy Patane, Arthur Woods, Rose Cipriano, Bill Vestal, Hernan Rebagliati, Bridget Tidd

CONDOLENCES We extend our sympathy and promise of prayers to the family and friends of William Klous (husband of Nancy); Josephine Bucci (mother of Michael); Andrew T. Prior (son-in-law of Philomena Cohen)

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

Brooke Madelyn Beck Mabel Virginia Brewer Aoife Clare McKeon James Michael Nieto

Maxwell Anthony Szuhany

Congratulations to the parents and sponsors!

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PASTOR’S NOTE

I recently came across a quote in The Nation from Marcel Duchamp, French modern artist that seems to touch on our relationship to the Gospel—an association that might have shocked Duchamp himself! His dictum in regard to art: “The viewer completes the work.” As it curiously applies to art appreciation and it also made me thank of a Scripture quote. Paul in Colossians 1:24 speaks of “making up for what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.” What could possible be lacking in the sufferings of Christ? Nothing...except their application in the lives of His followers. That’s us! As a work of art is completed in its viewing, so the Paschal Mystery (Jesus’ Death and Resurrection) is made complete when we live it. A work of art can transform a person’s life. Even more so the definitive act of divine love and mercy in Jesus can change us and this weary world.

The young Sioux poet above dreams of a world where goodness and justice abound. He ends with the cynical rejoinder about reality coming first, crowding out the dream as it were. For us REALITY is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, capable of transforming our own jaded views of the real world around us into hope. The salvation of Jesus is poured out in an ocean of forgiveness and the Divine Mercy shows itself most beautifully in making us over into true good and beautiful men and women—saints in other words. It is what our Eastern brothers and sisters call the grace of “divinization”—making us like unto God Himself. As the early Church Father Tertullian wrote: “The glory of God is a human being fully alive!”

Fr. Hugh, OP

Pastor’s Poetry Post-It

“Where Life Never Ends”

THE WEEK AHEAD IN THE PARISH Monday, May 2nd: 11:00am—Bible Study Tuesday, May 3rd: 11:00am—Lectio Divina Wednesday, May 4th: 5:15pm—Vigil Mass-Ascension of the Lord 6:00pm—Junior Choir 7:15pm—Adult Choir Thursday, May 5th:

THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD Holyday of Obligation

Mass Schedule 7am, 12:15pm & 3:30pm** at Holy Innocents

and 8:45am at Our Lady of Pompeii **Please note: The 7:00pm Mass on Holy Days of Obligation has been changed to a 3:30pm Mass.

7:30pm—Knitting & Crochet Group Friday, May 6th: 6:00pm—First Communion Rehearsal Saturday, May 7th: 10:00am—First Holy Communion 4:30pm—Teen Choir Sunday, May 8th: 12:30pm—Baptism

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Registration begins May 9th and goes through May 19th—all forms, paperwork, and payments will be taken in person. Please refer to the letters you received through US Mail. If you have a child who will begin First Grade in September, they should begin their Religious Education (CCD) at that time also. This is Registration for classes beginning in September 2016.

Religious Education Class Schedule: Please note that the classes for the week of May 16-19th have been cancelled. This time will be used for Make-Up Classes and Home Study Assessments.

Gerard J Roggemann Coordinator - Holy Innocents Religious Education groggemann@hiparish.org ph 914-769-3297 www.hiparish.org

Neverending dream where life ends— where people live in perfect harmony where color is not wrong where we can walk and sing without laughter of putdowns where someone greets you with words of joy where loneliness and inequality become a speck of dirt in the winds of the past— But reality must come first.

—By a Lakota Sioux 12th grader at Red Cloud Indian School

Pine Ridge, South Dakota

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The Music Ministry wishes to congratulate the members of our Junior Choir who are receiving their First Holy Communion this weekend and next. Our congratulations to Keira Borello, Sofia Hukkanen, and Cecilia LaMagna, daughter of our bass player, Robert and wife Niki. We are very proud of you!

The music for our liturgies this weekend will share some of the same hymns used at the Communion ceremonies to show our love and support of our parish children and to help them remember their special day.

As we sing together as a parish community, let us pray that this wonderful sacrament will bring all of our first communicants closer to our Lord!

Congratulations to all and we welcome you to the table of the Lord!

BEREAVEMENT GROUP The Bereavement Ministry will offer a support group for those mourning the loss of a loved one. It will begin on Tuesday, May 10

th at 2:00pm in the Meeting Room of

the church. The group will run for 8 consecutive weeks and conclude on Tuesday, June 28

th. If you have any

questions or wish to register for the group, please call Sr. Kathy at 769-0025 X12.

CYO YOUTH GROUP The Youth Group meets on the 1

st and 3

rd Sundays of

each month. All 9th

—12th

graders are welcome to join us. If you have any questions please contact TomConaty@optonline.net

MAY ●May 1st—Youth Group Mass at 5:15pm followed by Meeting at 6:15pm ●May 8th—Happy Mother’s Day ●May 15th—Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm ●May 22nd—Youth Group and Cottage School Picnic at Roselle Park 12-3pm

DRIVE FOR SIENA HOUSE The Social Concerns Committee of Holy Innocents is conducting a drive to benefit Siena House, a family shelter providing transitional housing and supportive services: educational vocational, parenting and life skills for 27 homeless young women and their babies until they are able to move into permanent housing—usually a 2-year period. The shelter is currently in need of:

NEW OR GENTLY USED Twin & Crib Size Sheets & Pillow Cases, Comforters, Towels, New Onesies, Receiving Blankets, Summer Blankets, Layette Items, New Infant Clothes, Baby Clothes, Unscented Baby Wipes, Pampers (any size), Sippie Cups, Baby Bottles, Bibs & Pacifiers, Plastic Rain Shields for Strollers, Umbrella Strollers, Front Baby Carriers, Baby Bathtubs, Baby Carriage for Infants, Digital Thermometers. A donation box is located in the Tompkins Avenue entrance to the Church.

**Gift Cards are also welcome must be delivered to the Parish Office.

Your contributions are deeply appreciated. PARISH FUNDRAISING RAFFLE

$10,000 CASH PRIZES: Grand Prize: $5,000;

Second Prize: $1,000; Eight Third Prizes: $500 each

TICKET PRICE: $100 Each Only 300 tickets will be sold

TICKETS ON SALE: After all Masses and in the parish office

Info: George Mulry, 914-741-0285

WINE & CHEESE DRAWING RECEPTION Saturday, May 21st after the 5:15pm Mass

Winner need not be present

A SPECIAL “THANK YOU” FROM FR. BILL VOS

On behalf of the Benedictine Sisters of St. Agnes, I wish to express my gratitude for the wonderful experience I had at Holy Innocents this past weekend. It was simply a joy for me to be the homilist at each Mass. The hospitality and enthusiasm you extended to me, starting of course with the Friars but also from all whom I met to pray and celebrate with, was just marvelous. What a blessing! In particular, I offer my sincere thanks on behalf of the Sisters for your financial support to sustain them and their ministries.

To stay informed on what’s happening with this community go to chipolebenedictines.org.

Blessings, Fr. Bill Vos

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Pope Francis' Call for Refugee Assistance

Our Holy Father has said, "We are all brothers.” He is strongly encouraging Catholics to help in the refugee crisis. Our Parish has the unique opportunity to assist four local families that have been settled by the NY Archdiocese. The families are from West Africa, Burma and Honduras (2).

Household items are needed and you can help! If you have any of the items below or would like to purchase them for these families, please email Lori Stockel at Stockel65@optonline.net or call/text (203) 209-9539. You will be notified directly about pick-up/drop off options. RSVP by May 6

th.

Want to help in other ways? Gift cards or cash also welcome to purchase items we don’t receive (Kohls, Target, Key Foods). Do you want to shop yourself? – There are several unique items the families need and you can buy on your own – this is a great way to share your love through a group or a family activity. RSVP by May 6

th.

Thank you and may God bless you for your generosity and love!

Kitchen Items Bedroom/Bath Family Needs Other

Pots/Pans New Bedding – Twin and Queen sheets

New Adult & Children’s Toiletries – Shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes

Newer version – Desktop Computer

Bowls/Dishes Blankets – Twin and Queen sized

New Toys (6 mos – 16 years)

New boys lunch box

Children’s Utensils – Plates, cups, silverware

New Bath towels New School Supplies – Pencils, markers, pens

Women’s shoes or Sneak-ers (size 7, 7.5, 8)

New Dish Towels Portable house fan Calculators, rulers Men’s shoes or sneakers (size 10.5)

Rice Cooker notebooks Boy’s shoes or sneakers (size 3, 4)

Deep Fryer backpacks

Powdered milk (9mo + beyond)

7 New re-useable water bottle

Kitchen table, 4 chairs & table cloth

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