HOLY INNOCENTS PARISH “WE GATHER TO PRAISE AND TO PROCLAIM”

431 BEDFORD ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, NEW YORK

JUNE 30, 2019

PARISH STAFF Fr. Edward Gorman, O.P., Pastor

Fr. Frank Sutman, O.P., Fr. Greg Doherty, O.P. Sr. Donna Kelly, CND, Pastoral Associate

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 afortino@hiparish.org 769-0025 x 10 Bulletin Editor Barbara Mackin 769-0025 All Souls Cemetery

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, 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 BAPTISM: Please call the Parish Office to make arrangements for our

Baptismal Preparation Program, several weeks in advance of the baby’s birth.

PARISH OFFICE Tel. (914)769-0025; Fax (914) 747-2476

OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday: 9am-3pm; Sunday: Closed during July & August

Website: www.hiparish.org

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6/29—Evening Vigil 5:15 Rose Puller 6/30—13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Grayce Lofaro Surace 10:00 (OLP) Rose Puller & Rose Carlin 11:00 Nancy Laudisio 5:15 Kyle Empey 7/1—Monday, Weekday 7:00 Charles Scarpone 7/2—Tuesday, Weekday 7:00 Dominick Arceri (Anniversary) 7/3—Wednesday, Saint Thomas, Apostle 7:00 Intentions of Fr. William Holt, O.P. 7/4—Thursday, Weekday 7:00 7/5—First Friday, Weekday 7:00 Intentions of Fr. Terence Quinn, O.P. 7/6—First Saturday, Weekday 8:30 7/6—Evening Vigil 5:15 Thomas McCormack 7/7—14TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Frank Somma 10:00 (OLP) Santina & Michael Aucello 11:00 Kaniela Colton 5:15 Rita Connelly

The Sanctuary Lamp

at Holy Innocents Church burns in Memory of Joseph & Rita Meenan

2019 FINANCE CORNER

Regular Maintenance

June 23 $ 6,276.00 Propagation of the Faith $ 3,394.00

Please pray for the safety of our men and women in the military, especially those who are serving overseas;

police officers, firefighters and for all first responders.

Jimmy Fleming, Robert Sarro, Louis Sarro, Frank Sarro, 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, Jeanne Cirbirka, Jane Chitty, Jennifer Schneider, Mary Coughlin, Nick Stanton

We recently welcomed Jonathan Quinn Gass

into the family of God and our parish family.

Do you like the idea of no longer fumbling with church envelopes... WeShare provides parishioners a simple, secure and convenient way to support their church by transferring donations directly from their checking, savings, or credit card accounts. Parishioners can opt to change amounts, switch between debit dates, or even skip a month at any time. Simply, go to: HIparish.org

Click on the Online Giving link (located on the lower

right hand side of page).

Select the collection you wish to donate to and click

to make a donation.

● Enter your payment information.

You can return at any time to edit your donation or view your financial records.

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FAREWELL As many of you already know, this will be my last Sunday with you. On July 2nd, I will be travelling to St. Dominic Priory in Washington, DC to take up residence and ministry there. It has been wonderful to again be with family and friends – old and new -- here in Pleasantville. But now, new challenges await. Thank you for the many kind words and acts of kindness toward me. For now, as I depart, I wish you many blessings,

Fr. Scordo, O.P.

RCIA CLASS

Starting September 16th, we will be offering classes for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. These are weekly classes about the Catholic Faith for those who are interested in becoming

Catholic, Sacrament of Confirmation for adults or anyone interested in our faith. If you know anyone who may be interested in entering the Catholic Church, please invite them to come! No preparation is needed prior to the first meeting. Further details will be forthcoming!

The Pantry is in need of “sugar free” donations such as: Oatmeal, Jello, Jams/Jelly, Canned Fruit.

Canned vegetables, canned soups, canned Tuna, canned Sardines, canned Chicken, canned beans.

Pasta & Pasta Sauce.

ROSARY ALTAR SOCIETY On Sunday, July 7th, the Rosary Altar Society will be praying the Rosary before the 10am Mass at Our Lady of Pompeii Chapel.

A meeting will be held following Mass. All are welcome.

PARISH COUNCIL The Parish Council would like to warmly welcome the following parishioners who have graciously volunteered their time to serve as new Council members. They are: Steve Busby, Richard Damiano, John McCarthy, and Thomas Trudo. We are fortunate that they have so willingly accepted the call to participate in this important aspect of parish life. We would also like to acknowledge Jackie Kovatch and Mark Moran who are going to continue on the council for another term. Lastly we would like to thank Grace Baer, Beth Curley, Wanda Dejesus, Bridget Dinardi, Tim Hickey and Kate Vullo, who are leaving the Council. We are grateful for their many years of dedicated service.

The Parish Office will be closed Thursday, July 4th

GRADUATES

Congratulations to all those in our parish who recently graduated from college, high school or 8th grade. Our best wishes and prayers for you in all your future endeavors.

Bible Study with Fr. Doherty will not meet on Monday, July 1st.

Bible Study will resume in October.

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The 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..any questions please email: Tomconaty@hiparish.org

YOUTH GROUP ●June 30th—July 5th—Mission Trip to Nashville, TN

As we look forward to celebrate Independence Day we pray….

Dear God,

We thank you for the beautiful blessings

You have bestowed on us.

Guide us in being good stewards of these gifts.

Let us care for all of your beautiful creations,

from the redwood forests to the

gulfstream waters.

Make us instruments of your peace

in order to put an end to

rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air.

Help us to love and care

for all of our neighbors —

locally and globally —

so that we might be truly crowned with brotherhood

from sea to shining sea.

Amen.

Franciscan Mission Service

Wishing everyone a very happy and safe Fourth of July!

Maria Lamorgese, Director 914-769-3297

The Music Ministry of Holy Innocents offers our congratulations to those members of our Junior and Teen Choirs, and our young musicians graduating from Grade School and Middle School respectively this year. The Junior Choir features young singers from 1st through 6th grade and provides the music for the 9:00 AM mass every Sunday. We congratulate our current fourth grader, Ruby Ehrmann, who will be moving up to Middle School. Our Teen Choir members are those in grades 7 through 12 and provide the music for our Saturday evening Vigil mass at 5:15 PM. We congratulate our current Eighth graders who are moving on to High school, Joanna Kelly, Sierah Lavigne, Ella and Kate Moroney. We also offer our congratulations to our 8th grade musicians who are moving on to High school, Dylan Kluge, and Jack Murphy.

Congratulations to all of our graduates and to all of the members of the class of 2019!

Friday was the Solemnity of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Study: Divine Mercy, Session 2: Behold, This Heart, or Consoling the Heart of Jesus. Listen to: Jesus Is…, The Truth, or This Changes Everything . Yesterday was the Solemnity of St. Peter & St. Paul, Apostles. Study: Footprints of God: Peter: Keeper of the Keys or Paul: Contending for the Faith or Lectio: Peter or Philippians. Watch Saint Peter or Paul of Tarsus.

Vacationing? When out of town go to:

Masstimes.org

for Mass times and churches in the area you are visiting.

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A THANK YOU TO OUR ALTAR SERVERS!

Please take a moment to read the names of our Altar Servers who serve our church so faithfully throughout the year. We would like to recognize and give thanks for this glorious group of boys and girls who serve our parish at Sunday Mass each week, serve at the special Masses during Lent and Christmas, and participate in the special celebrations throughout the year (Confirmation and First Holy Communion). We thank each of you for your service and ask all those in our church today to take a moment to say the following prayer in their honor:

Lord Jesus, thank you for the Altar Servers who serve You during

the Holy Mass. In Your Sacred Presence, may their hearts be

filled with joy and peace. May Your Spirit always guide them so

they may grow in Your love by the grace of the Heavenly Father.

Amen.

Alyssa Ciano ~ Tyler Chisholm ~ Erik Coleman ~ Nicholas DeGiglio

Reilly DeLuca ~ Dan Dolan ~Tommy Dolan ~ Marc Forchetti ~ Michaela Greco

Gianna Idrees ~ Sadia Idrees ~ Brandan Keane ~ Francis Keating ~ Liam Keating

William Lamb ~ Cecilia LaMagna ~ Luke LaMagna ~ Charlotte LePage

Mia Lopez ~ Matt Macko ~ Kate Mahoney ~ Ciara McCarthy ~ Kevin McCarvill

MaryGrace McCarvill ~ Aaron McClain ~ Eric Mogrovejo ~ Ryan Nappi

Samantha Nappi ~ Patrick O’Keefe ~ Christa Pomilla ~ Rita Pomilla

Peter Pueyo ~ Camilla Sims ~ Gannon Traymore ~ Jack Turner

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2019 PLEASANTVILLE ECUMENICAL VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

St. John’s Church, 8 Sunnyside Avenue

EVBS will be held the week of August 12-16th. The theme is:

Miraculous Mission—Jesus Saves the World!

We are very excited and are also pleased to

announce that our registration on our website is up

and running! Please visit our website:

pvillevbs.org

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

June 30, 2019

First Reading: 1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21 Elijah the prophet followed God's instruction to appoint a man named Elisha as his successor. Elijah threw his cloak over Elisha, who went and said good-bye to his family, then followed Elijah without question. Second Reading: Galatians 5:1, 13-18 Paul reminds us that people were freed from the old law through Christ. But he makes it clear that this freedom does not mean giving in to evil desires. Instead, we must be guided by the Spirit and most importantly love our neighbor as ourselves. Gospel: Luke 9:51-62 Jesus set out for Jerusalem, and passed through a town where he was not welcomed. He reprimanded his disciples for desiring vengeance against the town. One man wanted to follow Jesus when he had finished his duties at home. Jesus expressed that a man who begins a task, but constantly looks back is unfit for the reign of God.

“As they were making their way along someone said to him, ‘I will follow you wherever you go.’ Jesus said to him: ‘The foxes have lairs, the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’ To another he said, ‘Come after me.’ Yet another said to him, ‘I will be your follower, Lord but first let me take leave of my people at home.’ Jesus answered him, ‘whoever puts his hand to the plow but keeps looking back is unfit for the reign of God.’”

Readings for the Week

Monday: Gn 18:16-33; Ps 103:1b-2, 3-4, 8-9, 10-11; Mt 8:18-22 Tuesday: Gn 19:15-29; Ps 26:2-3, 9-10, 11-12; Mt 8:23-27 Wednesday: Eph 2:19-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 20:24-29 Thursday: Gn 22:1b-19; Ps 115:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Mt 9:1-8 Friday: Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67; Ps 106:1b-2, 3-4a, 4b-5; Mt 9:9-13 Saturday: Gn 27:1-5, 15-29; Ps 135:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6; Mt 9:14-17 Sunday: Is 66:10-14c; Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20; Gal 6:14-18; Lk 10:1-12, 17-20