Holy Innocents, Pleasantville May 10, 2014 FINANCE CORNER

MAY Sunday Regular Maintenance Acts 2:14a, 36-41: 1 Pt 2:20b-25; Jn 10:1-10 May 3 $8,557.97 Monday Acts 11:1-18; Jn 10:11-18 Church Eastern Tuesday Europe $2,275.00 Acts 11:19-26; Jn 10:22-30 Wednesday Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Jn 15:9-17 Thursday

Acts 13:13-25; Jn 13:16-20 Laverne Ryan, Jimmy Fleming, Deborah Migliorini, Friday Joyce Scholz, Rita Laviano, Antonio Soto, John Keator, Acts 13:26-33; Jn 14:1-6 Mary Pat & Jack McMahon, Betty Burns, Meghan Rizzo, Saturday Kate O’Connell, Kathleen Corry, Mary Renna, Barbara Acts 13:44-52; Jn 14:7-14 Walters, Walter Salat, Juan Portillo, Jacques Padawer, Kathy FioRito, Edythe Proehl, Elizabeth Kelleher, Bonnie Evening Vigil Proudian, Jeanne Cibirka, Kathy Coffey, Jeanne St. 5:15 Josephine & Philip Bochichio Pierre, Lucia Carlucci, Brandan Gembecki, Patti Pojer, FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Jennifer Schneider, Blaise Marchese, Elsie Vernon, 7:30 Our Parishioners Maria Provenzano, Richard Colucci, Lee Franco, Adele 9:00 Mary Delaney Casagrande, Carrie Dunsmore, Joseph Drago, Gabrielle 10:00 (OLP) Marietta Spedaliere and Sanchez, Jeanette Kastner, Margaret Borelli, Emilio Filomena Salottolo Rodriquez, Peter Cusack, Olivia Bendus, Brian Gallick, 11:00 Jerry Fioretti Frances Yacovelli, Rose Rosato 5:15 Maria Intrieri & Vincenza Casasanta Monday, Easter Weekday 7:00 Brian Hennessy 8:45 (OLP) Deceased Parishioners CONDOLENCES Tuesday, Easter Weekday We express our sympathy and promise of 7:00 Deceased Dominicans prayers to the family and friends of Doris Schesny 8:45 (OLP) Ellen M. Centi (wife of John). Wednesday, Matthias, Apostle 7:00 John Walsh COUNCIL 8:45 (OLP) Elizabeth Flanagan (Birthday) The Parish Council would like to warmly Thursday, Easter Weekday welcome the men and women who have graciously 7:00 Deceased Parishioners volunteered their time to serve terms as new 8:45 (OLP): Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Scarpone council members. They are: Friday, Easter Weekday 7:00 Sr. Katherine McCarthy, SFCC Joan Brogan 8:45 (OLP): Dr. Dominic Chiarieri Stephen Busby Saturday, Easter Weekday Vincent Crowe 7:00 John Walsh Richard Damiano 8:45 (OLP): Donald Tocci Kay Dolan Evening Vigil Katherine Elliott 5:15 Mary & James Sullivan Michael Fisher FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Mark Mannix 7:30 Our Parishioners Mary Ann McMorrow 9:00 Jack Fratarcangeli Harry Roney 10:00 (OLP) Angela Gullotta Roane 11:00 Gerald Brennan We are very fortunate that they have so 5:15 Joseph Curzio willingly accepted the call to participate in this important aspect of parish life. Please pray for the safety of our men and We would also like to thank Margaret Roney women in the military, especially those and Roxanne Surace, who are leaving the Council, who are serving overseas. for their many years of dedicated service.

Today we salute all our mothers, the Blessed Mary, Mother of God and our Mother. CYO YOUTH GROUP God did something good when he inspired many to set aside a particular day as Mother’s Day. The Youth Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Sundays When our Eternal Father chose to have a Mother of each month. All 9th-12th graders are welcome for his own Eternal son born in time of the Blessed to join us. If you have any questions please contact Virgin Mary, surely he demonstrated the [email protected] importance he attached to the role of a mother in the affairs of all his children. Mother and family go UPCOMING FOR YOUTH GROUP together. Let mothers be what God intended them to be. ●May 18th – Cottage School Picnic at Roselle Park Let us honor and respect and love and obey our at 12:30pm mothers as God intended that we should. Let us ●May 18th – Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm recognize her true love and give a true love in ●June 1st - Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm return. ●June 8th - Youth Group Senior Mass at 11:00am And let Mary, the Queen of all mothers, be what, in God’s plan, she is supposed to be, and CYO BASKETBALL what indeed she is – Mother of God, our Mother, ●Please see brochures for Pace Coach Pat Mother of the Church. Kennedy’s Boys Basketball Camp at back of It is Mother’s Day. Let it be a day of sentiment. church. Pat Kennedy is former Division One Coach Let us pray for our mothers, that God will bless who coached three different colleges to NCAA them as only he can….Fr. Holt tournament (Iona, Florida State, and DePaul). ALL HOLY INNOCENTS CYO PLAYERS WILL THE WEEK AHEAD IN THE PARISH RECEIVE A $50.00 DISCOUNT!

Monday, May 12th: CYO TRACK & FIELD 11:00am – Scripture Study with Fr. Doherty ●Fridays at 5:30pm at the Pleasantville High on The Gospel of Luke School track. Please bring your own Bible.

th DOMINICAN SISTERS FUNDRAISER Tuesday, May 13 : The Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt will be 11:00am – Lectio Divina selling chances on a money raffle after all the 11:00am-8:00pm – Religious Ed. Registration Masses next weekend (May 17th/18th). Prizes of

th $3,000, $1,500 or $500 will be awarded at our Fall Wednesday, May 14 : Festival. Chances are $2.00 and 3 for $5.00. 11:00am-8:00pm – Religious Ed. Registration My Community, like so many in this economy, 6:00pm – Junior Choir is struggling financially, especially with regard to 7:15pm – Adult Choir health costs and care for our senior Sisters. The proceeds from this raffle help us provide proper Thursday, May 15th: care for our sick and senior Sisters. We appreciate 11:00am-6:30pm – Religious Ed. Registration your support and prayers. God Bless You…Sister Kathy. Saturday, May 17th:

4:30pm – Teen Choir FOOD PANTRY 6:00-8:00pm – Religious Ed. Registration Our May Food Pantry Needs are:

th canned Tuna, canned tomatoes, canned Sunday, May 18 : yams, pasta sauce, salad dressing, Religious Ed. Registration after all Masses bottled juice, all purpose flour, pancake mix and 6:15pm – Youth Group Meeting syrup, Jello, corn muffin mix.

The Music Ministry joins in the May devotion of our Classes finish on Monday, May 12th. Registration Blessed Mother by including a hymn each week begins the following day. Please check schedule with a Marian theme. We will also sing the hymn for times of Registration. Salve Regina, as our communion meditation each

week. It is #701 in our Breaking Bread hymnal and Registration is “in person” with payment at the we invite you to join us. same time. Each child needs to be registered for

2014/15, even if they are attending class at this Although the authorship is unclear and attributed to time. several holy men, this hymn was used as a

processional chant as early as 1135. Every child new to our Program will need to present a Baptismal Certificate or date the child was Both the Dominican and Franciscan orders adopted Baptized at Holy Innocents. If they are coming the Salve Regina around the same time and it is from another Program, a Baptismal Certificate and used exclusively in the Church. Recited transcripts are needed. If the child has received as a prayer in the vernacular, it is used as the final Reconciliation and First Communion, prayer of the rosary. documentation is needed also. You will be asked for your envelope number or if you are using the Also in our parish this month, the rosary is recited ParishPay deduction. Be a friend and tell a friend. before daily mass. The rosary is attributed to St.

Dominic, who received it as an answer to his prayer Registration “in person” as follows: asking for help with heresy. The Virgin Mary

appeared to him in Prouille, France and instructed Tues, May 13th 11:00am-8:00pm him on praying the rosary. For centuries, Wed, May 14th 11:00am-8:00pm Dominicans have been instrumental in spreading Thurs, May 15th 11:00am-6:30pm the rosary and the Catholic belief in its power. **Sat, May 17th after 5:15 Mass until 8:00pm

**Sun, May 18th -10:00-10:45am, 12:00-1:00pm “…Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine and after the 5:15pm Mass until 8:00pm eyes of mercy toward us; and after this, our **Monday through Thursday, May 19th-May 22nd exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy at 11:00am-8:00pm womb, Jesus. “

Information for next year’s 8th Grade Confirmation  Class will be available. AMERICAN HERITAGE GIRLS Gerard J Roggemann An information/registration meeting will be held Coordinator of Religious Education on May 19th from 7:00-8:30pm at Our Lady of 914-769-3297 Pompeii for parents interested in signing up their [email protected] daughters.

GOLDEN WEDDING MASS CELEBRATION HEALING MASS On Saturday, June 14th AND A Healing Mass will be celebrated at St. Sunday, June 15th the annual Golden Patrick’s Church in Yorktown Heights on Wedding Mass Celebration will be held Thursday, May 15th at 8pm. Come early for song at the Cathedral of St. Patrick for couples and praise at 7:45pm. Msgr. Joseph Martin will be celebrating 50 years of marriage during 2014. His the celebrant. Individual prayer for healing will Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan will be the follow the Mass. principal celebrant. Pre-registration is required. For A Mass for Healing will be celebrated at Holy reservations please call the Parish Office at 769- Rosary Church, Hawthorne, on Monday, June 9th 0025. at 7:30pm. Fr. Abraham George will be the celebrant. Prayers for children will immediately follow the Mass. OUR FIRST COMMUNICANTS

The Christian Community of Holy Innocents would like to congratulate those members of our second grade class who received the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist for the first time on May 3rd and May 10th. We are very grateful to Mr. Gerry Roggemann, their catechists and priests of our parish, and also to their parents for guiding the children to their very special encounter with Jesus.

Genevieve Agati Christopher Kalle Anna Pagan Brian Aguilar Aiden Kayizzi Steven Pettus Jessica Beck Brendan Keane Aidan Picart Sarah Broege-Beamon Dominic Lopez Daniel Picart Kaitlyn Burr Madeleine Macaluso Mark Picucci Fitzpatrick Byrne Matthew Macko Jillian Quinn Eva Cangialosi Francis Maher Noe Ramos Michael Cannata Ciara McCarthy Alexander Rizzi Rowan Capko Denis McCarthy Carmen Rodriquez Alyssa Ciano Theo McCourtney Ricky Rodriquez Jillian Cinquemani Emmet McDermott Elsie Sabol Erik Coleman Sean McInerney Jack Saldana Catherine Collins Colin McKenzie Grace Sanborn Jack Curry Dermot McSpedon Christopher Scampone Alfredo Dolgetta John Mercatante Jessica Secrest Avery Doran Madeline Minelli Emily Sokich Erin Drillock Taylar Mitura Jordan Sokich Chloe Egan Andrew Montuschi Gannon Traymore Catherine Foley Catherine Moore Anthony Tothill Matthew Fragoso Brandon Moran Samantha Valente Riley Giaccone Taylor Mulcahy Nicholas Vecchiariello Laila Guido Samantha Nappi Joseph Vedovato Ryan Horigan Jake Nargi Dante Vedovino Shane Horigan Catherine Nebel Victoria Viviano Michael Hundzynski Andrew Nessel Paulina Werynski Lucia Impomeni Erin O'Mara Dario Zuna Jack Jaime Justin Owens

GIANNA MASS On Friday, May16th at 6:30pm, The Gianna Mass will be offered at The Church of St. Catherine of Siena, 411 East 68th Street, NYC, for the intentions of those struggling with infertility and PLEASANTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE pregnancy-related difficulties. Time for veneration DEPARTMENT PARADE of the relics of St. Gianna will be made available. A On Friday, May 30th, the Pleasantville light wine and cheese reception will follow at which Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual Fire Fertility Care Practitioners from the Gianna Center Fighters’ parade. The parade will begin at 7:00pm and local community will be on hand to speak with and will include more than 25 visiting fire anyone who is interested. The event is open to the departments. There is no rain date. public, and all are invited to attend. SPRING FAMILY COMMUNION BREAKFAST MEMORIAL MASS AT The Knights of Columbus of St. Dominic MT. CALVARY CEMETERY Council invite everyone to join them for Mass and An outdoor Mass will be celebrated at Mount Breakfast at the Spring Family communion Calvary Cemetery (575 West Hillside Avenue, Breakfast on June 1st at 8:00am at Holy Name of White Plains, on Saturday, May 25th at 9:30am. Jesus Church. Breakfast will follow at St. Dominic The Mass will be offered for all our beloved buried Council, 874 Franklin Avenue, Thornwood. The in the cemetery. For your comfort, please bring a cost is $7 Adult, $3 Children (under 12). RSVP by lawn chair. If it rains, the Mass will be celebrated at May 17th to Joe Fimmano at 769-6750 or Lou St. John the Evangelist Church in White Plains. Marello at 671-5330 or [email protected].

BAND OF SISTERS

Movie Screening at Mercy College May 29th at 6:45pm, Rotunda, Mercy Hall 6:00pm Reception Q&A Session Immediately Following With Sister Theresa Kane RSVP to [email protected] by May 26th. FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Band of Sisters follows two during the First Reading: Acts 2:14a, 36-41: course of four years as they work for the rights of With great authority, Peter proclaims to the people immigrant detainees. The film illuminates the that the Christ who was crucified is indeed the cutting-edge work of other sisters in housing, Messiah. Urging them to reform and be baptized in healthcare for low income household, and in the the name of Christ, three thousand responded to movement to close the School of the Americas. It his words and were baptized. also explores how new understandings of the universe story have led sisters to a deepening Second Reading: 1 Peter 2:20b-25: understanding of our roles and responsibilities as This is a strong exhortation from Peter to the humans on the planet. people to endure suffering for Christ as he did for The film’s goals are: to make known and keep them. Healed by his wounds, they have “returned to alive this dramatic story that is so important to our the shepherd.” country and to the ; to help the sisters in their mission and to give them well- Gospel: John 10:1-10: deserved recognition for this accomplishments; and Christ uses the beautiful image of the shepherd to to inspire others. describe his care for his sheep. He also says he is the sheepgate and promises that “Whoever enters through me will be safe.”