The Shrine and Parish Church of the Holy Innocents

“The Little Around the Corner” at the crossroads of the world

128 West 37th St. (Just West of Broadway) 10018 Founded 1866 Schedule Rev. Fr. James L. P. Miara, M. Div., Pastor Perpetual Novenas

Rev. Fr. Louis Van Thanh, Senior Priest Weekdays following the 7:30 a.m. and 12:15 & 1:15 p.m. Rev. Fr. Oliver Chanama, In Residence Masses and at 5:50 p.m. and on Saturday following the 12 Rev. Fr. Daniel Sabatos, Visiting Celebrant noon and 1:00 p.m. Masses.

Tel: (212) 279-5861/5862 Monday: Miraculous Medal Tuesday: St. Anthony and St. Anne www.shrineofholyinnocents.org Wednesday: Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Thursday: Infant of Prague, St. Rita and St. Thérèse Friday: “The Return Crucifix” and the Passion Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Saturday: Our Lady of Lourdes and Our Lady of Fatima Weekdays: 7:00 & 7:30 a.m.; Sunday: Holy Innocents (at Vespers) 12:15 & 1:15 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin) Devotions

Saturday: 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin) Vespers and Benediction: and 4:00 p.m. Vigil/Shopper’s Mass Sunday at 2:30 p.m. (Tridentine Latin)

Holy : Weekdays at 11:55 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. (Tridentine Low Mass), Saturday at 12:35 p.m. 10:30 a.m. (Tridentine High Mass), Sunday at 2:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet: Weekdays at 3:00 p.m. Holy Days of Obligation: Stations of the Cross (during Lent): Vigil at 5:15 p.m. Fridays at 12:45 p.m. 7:00 & 7:30 a.m.; and after 6:00 p.m. Mass

8:00 a.m. (Tridentine Latin); 11:15 a.m.; Holy Hour of Reparation to the Sacred Heart: 12:15, 1:15 & 5:15 p.m.; First Friday of the month from 7:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin High Mass) 8:00 p.m.

Confessions First Saturday Devotions: Rosary, 15 minute meditation, prayers & Weekdays: 7:30-8:30 a.m.; 12 noon-1:30 p.m.; Benediction following 1:00 p.m. Mass 5:15-5:35 p.m. 2000 Hail Marys: Saturday: 12 noon-1:00 p.m. and 3:15-3:45 p.m. Second Saturday of the month from 6:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Sunday: 9:45-10:30 a.m. and 12 noon-12:30 p.m. Church Hours And anytime upon request or by appointment Monday-Friday: 6:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. Exposition Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. of the Most Blessed Sacrament Sunday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Weekdays from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.- 5:45 p.m. Parish Office/Gift Shop Hours Benediction Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. BAPTISMS Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. 3rd & 4th Saturdays at 11:00 a.m.; Sundays at 1:30 p.m.

Week of December 29, 2019 LATIN TRIDENTINE MASS CORNER

THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, Calendar

MARY & JOSEPH December 29 - Sunday within the Octave of Mass Intentions Christmas 2nd Class - Chant Mass SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29 - The Holy Family of Jesus Mary & Joseph December 30 - Day in the Octave of Christmas 2nd Class - High Mass 09:00 - Maria Montanti (d) 10:30 - Avante Oquendo and Family (L) December 31 - 7th Day in the Octave of Christmas 12:30 - People of the Parish 1st Class - High Mass

MONDAY, DECEMBER 30 - 6th Day within the Octave of the January 1 - The Octave Day of Christmas Nativity of the Lord st 1 Class - Polyphonic Mass 07:00 - Myriam Queria (L) Thanksgiving 07:30 - Florian Rodriguez (d) January 2 - Feria of Christmastide 12:15 - Kelly Gleeson (L) 4th Class - High Mass

01:15 - Christian Noel (d) & Holy Souls in Purgatory January 3 - Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 06:00 – Phyllis Bryant (L) Birthday 3rd Class - Low Mass

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 - 7th Day within the Octave of the January 4 - Votive Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Nativity of the Lord Mary 07:00 - Thanksgiving to Blessed Mary & St. Joseph 3rd Class - Low Mass 07:30 - Mario Fusco (d) 12:15 - Thanksgiving Next Sunday 01:15 - Thanksgiving to God, Angels & January 5 - Holy Name of Jesus 4:00 - John Lee Mullinax (d) 2nd Class - Chant Mass 11:30 - In Reparation Amo Missa Latina - I Love the Latin Mass WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 - The Octave Day of Christmas, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

09:00 - Pro Populo Eucharistic Holy Hour of Reparation 10:30 - Thanksgiving in honor of the 12:30 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena Intentions Holy Face of Jesus

THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 - Ss. Basil the Great & Gregory Every Third Tuesday of the month Nazianzen, Bishops & Doctors of the Church Following the 6:00 p.m. Mass

07:00 - Jorell De Asis (d) Next Holy Hour: January 21 07:30 - Infant of Prague Novena Intentions 12:15 - Anthony Rose (d) 01:15 - Thanksgiving 6:00 - Dino Zambianchi (d)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 - Holy Name of Jesus

07:00 - Yvonne Rivard (d) 07:30 - Anthony d’Abbraccio (d) 12:15 - For the Sick 01:15 - Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary 06:00 - Joyce Linton (d) NEW YEAR’S EVE VIGIL OF PRAYER SATURDAY, JANUARY 4 - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious For the New Years Eve night adoration, please com- 12:00 - Debra Ongsiako (d) 01:00 - Anna & Craan (d) mit to a specific time of adoration by signing the sing up sheet located in the vestibule to insure that 04:00 - Jonathan Hackenjos (L) Health the Blessed Sacrament will not be left alone during

NEXT SUNDAY - Epiphany of the Lord this time.

09:00 - Pro Populo 10:30 - Judy d’Agostino (d) FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTIONS

12:30 - Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary On Friday, January 3, a Eucharistic Holy Hour of / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / + \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus will be held \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ + / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / after the 6:00 p.m. Mass.

NEW YEAR’S EVE PRAYER VIGIL

On Monday, December 31, the Most Blessed Sacra- ment will be exposed following the 4:00 p.m. Mass until the singing of the Te Deum at 11:00 p.m.

Schedule

7:00 p.m. - Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary 8:00 p.m. - Mysteries of Light NEW YEAR’S SCHEDULE 9:00 p.m. - Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary 10:00 p.m. - Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary Tuesday, December 31 Please commit to a specific time of adoration by sign- MASSES FOR SEVENTH DAY OF THE ing the sing up sheet located in the vestibule to insure OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS/ST. SYLVESTER I that the Blessed Sacrament will not be left alone dur- 7:00 & 7:30 A.M. ing this time. 12:15 P.M. FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTIONS 1:15 P.M. (Latin High Mass) Saturday, January 4 is the first Saturday of the New Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament Year. Devotions of Reparation to the Immaculate

Heart of Mary will take place after the 1:00 p.m. 8:00 A.M.-12 noon & 2:30 P.M.—3:45 P.M. Mass. A good resolution for this new year of 2020 Confessions would be a commitment to consecutively make the 5

First Saturdays Devotions. 7:30-8:30 A.M. 12 noon-1:30 P.M. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us! 3:15-3:45 P.M. ______EPIPHANY SACRAMENTALS MASSES FOR THE Epiphany Water and chalk will be blessed following SOLEMNITY OF MARY, Vespers on Sunday, January 5. Please bring the wa- THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD/OCTAVE DAY ter you wish to be blessed marked with your name OF CHRISTMAS/CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD - and place it in the sacristy prior to Holy Mass. The H O L Y D A Y O F O B L I G A T I O N blessed chalk will be available for you to take to

your homes so you may mark the names of the three Tuesday, December 31 (New Year’s Eve) Magi (Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar) over your doors,

4:00 P.M. (English) as a witness of your faith and a protection against 11:30 p.m. (High Tridentine Latin Mass) evil: (20 + C + M + B + 20).

Eucharistic Vigil of Reparation NEW YEAR’S HOURS Following the 4:00 P.M. Mass the Most Blessed Sac- rament will be exposed for adoration until 11:00 In observance of New Year’s Day, the Parish Office p.m. at which time the Te Deum will be sung in or- will be closed on Wednesday, January 1, 2020. The der to gain the plenary indulgence followed by Ben- office will be open as usual on Thursday, January 2 ediction. from 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. for regular business. On

Wednesday, January 2, the regular schedule of Wednesday, January 1, 2019 (New Years Day) Masses, Confessions, Devotions and Eucharistic Ado- 9:00 A.M. (Low Tridentine Latin Mass) ration will be observed here at Holy Innocents. 10:30 A.M. (High Tridentine Latin Mass)

12:30 p.m. (English) Altar Offerings Confessions SANCTUARY CANDLE

9:30-10:30 a.m. Thanksgiving to God 12 noon-12:30 p.m. by Michele Francois

MOTHER MARY TERESA TALLON, P. V. M. I.

Julia Teresa Tallon was born on May 6, 1867, in a hamlet called Hanover, NY. She was the seventh of eight children born to Bridget and Peter Tallon, both of whom had em- igrated to the United States from Ireland.

Julia’s mother dismissed the idea of religious life for her daughter. Yet, despite the discouragement and disapproval at home, Julia was firm in her commitment to follow a religious vocation from the age of twelve onward.

On April 30, 1887, at the age of nineteen, Julia entered the Holy Cross Sisters at South Bend, Indiana, taking the name Mary Teresa. For thirty-three years she remained with the Sisters teaching a variety of subjects in Catholic schools. All the while God was preparing her for her future work and enlightening her mind as to the nature of the mission He would give her – the founding of a contempla- tive-missionary Congregation for the streets and homes, to teach the faith and counsel, and especially to reclaim lapsed and uninstructed Catholics for the Heart of the Good Shepherd.

On the feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1920, when she arrived in New York City to begin this work, the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate were born.

Mother Mary Teresa’s entire being was focused upon God and the mission He gave her.

Though quiet and retiring by nature, she was strong-willed and courageous, as well as intelligent and re- flective. Her face was rounded and pleasant, the face of one who would be friendly and thoughtful, ap- proachable and yet serious.

Even as a young girl she was seen to be magnetic, compelling and persuasive. People were drawn to her and held by her fervor and enthusiasm, especially for the things of God.

She was open and frank in her dealings with others, which sometimes got her into difficulties. But she was unfailingly kind, a friend to the down-trodden, to sinners, to the poor and neglected, to the troubled, to God’s “little ones.” This she had learned from the heart of Christ.

Her books, personal letters, and numerous printed articles show a deeply loving religious Sister who was unflinchingly staunch and loyal to the Church’s teaching, to the Holy Father, and to the mission God had given her. She was never afraid to be outspoken, especially when the Kingdom of God seemed compro- mised by lack of zeal or pettiness.

Although suffering disabling illnesses during the last twenty years of her life, she carried on the administra- tion of the Congregation, giving no sign of her suffering to the Community she so ably guided and nurtured. In fact, very few of her dearly beloved Sisters had any idea of how ill she was.

She considered her human needs to be insignificant compared to the needs of those whom we serve and of the Community itself. She made heroic efforts to rise and give her quarterly conferences to the Communi- ty. She conducted important meetings with officials and Associates, journeyed to oversee Community con- cerns, and would return again to her bed for much needed and nearly unknown periods of rest.

Considering that this was her state for nearly twenty years, clearly God was the source of her strength: 1) to extend the Congregation to eight dioceses, as well as to many temporary missions, including one in the Dominican Republic; 2) to maintain voluminous correspondence caused by the Community’s development; and 3) to direct a publishing department that produced a monthly magazine and Community literature.

On February 10, 1954, Mother Mary Teresa was found to be critically ill after falling in her room. It soon became obvious that this was to be her last illness. Just before the Anointing, she said in a strong, clear voice, “I thank God for the graces He gave the original vocation and for sustaining it since 1920, and pray Him to continue.”

On the evening of March 10, 1954, after extreme suffering borne with patience and love for the Congrega- tion, Mother Mary Teresa died just as the Sisters had finished praying the Rosary around her bedside. In 2013 the Church declared her a .

Prayer cards and literature on the Servant of God, Mother Mary Teresa Tallon, P. V. M. I. are located in the rear of the church near the bulletins

You are invited to join us on a 5-day HOLY INNOCENTS BOOKSHELF

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Daily Holy Mass * Rosary * Sightseeing the only priest in history to bear the stigmata. During his life, in For more information, to request a brochure spite of the physical pain he en- and to make your reservation, please con- dured, Fr. Pio continued to say his tact the Parish office at 212.279.5869 daily Mass. But part of his suffering was unknown. Fr. Pio wrote a petition appealing WORDS OF TALLON directly to Paul VI so as to obtain permis-

“Do not think it is only in New York City that those get- sion, from the highest ecclesiastical authority on ting to Mass and Holy Communion are few – it is every- earth, to never be required to say the Novus Ordo where.” Missae.

“Never think that the time you spend in recollection The existence of this petition was kept secret from or prayer is in any way lost. All power comes from un- the public . . . until now. ion with God; all grace of conversion and sanctifica- tion from union with the Sacred Heart. May you all be Things to learn about this holy friar: saints – real and true – lost in the love of God and zeal  Mystical vision and calling to be an Alter Christus for souls.”  Life-long combat with the demonic spirits “God and His love alone are important; nothing else matters in comparison. And this is how it should al-  Profound physical suffering especially during the ways be. Fill your souls with the love of God, and the Canon of the Mass love of His poor will flourish.”  His loyalty to the traditions of the Church and

“Do your best. Live for God alone and turn your heart the Mass of all times toward Him as the sunflower always faces the sun.”  His pious admonitions to his spiritual children 2019 MARCH FOR LIFE “Later, as an aged Capuchin friar, the mere thought The Regina Coeli Council of the Knights of Columbus of the liturgical reform, which would take effect in will sponsor a bus to the Right to Life March in 1969, was sufficient to raise in him a holy horror. Washington, DC leaving from in front of Holy Inno- Throughout his life the holy friar had been obedient cents Church at 8am on Friday, January 24. Tickets even unto martyrdom, but at this time the only re- are $50 and can be purchased for cash from Eddy quest he dared to put forth to the authorities of the Toribio or Patrick Sullivan and by credit card from the parish office. Deadline to purchase tickets is Church was to be exempted from the novelties of December 31. the impending liturgical reform.”

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Often children who have died before birth have no grave The Shrine to the Unborn or headstone, and sometimes not even a name. At The Blessed by Cardinal O’Connor on December 28, 1993 Church of The Holy Innocents, we invite you to name your child(ren) and to have the opportunity to have your baby's name inscribed in our "BOOK OF LIFE". Here, a candle is always lit in their memory. All day long people stop to pray. On the first Monday of every month, our 12:15pm Mass is celebrated in honor of these children and for the comfort of their families. We pray that you will find peace in knowing that your child(ren) will be remembered at the Shrine and honored by all who pray here.

We will inscribe the names of babies who have died before and at birth in our Book of Life, and as always, we invite you to visit the Shrine if you are in New York City.

SUBWAY ROSARY

The Shrine is dedicated in Memory of the Children Our Regina Mundi Praesidium of the Legion of Mary Who Have Died Unborn conducts a Subway Rosary on the second and fourth We invite you to name your child(ren) Saturdays of the month. All are invited to join in this evangelization effort to spread devotion to Our Lady. and provide the opportunity to have Anyone interested in joining is asked to gather at Holy your babyʹs name inscribed in our “Book of Lifeʺ. Innocents by 10:00am. The group will then proceed to 42nd and Broadway Time Square subway station. We will be located by the Time Square Shuttle downstairs. We recite 20 decades of the Holy Rosary and return back to Holy Innocents around 12:15. Come for all or part of the Subway Rosary.

Upcoming Subway

January 11 January 25

VOLUNTEER SINGERS NEEDED

"Be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart, al- ways and for everything giving thanks..." LEGION OF MARY – REGINA MUNDI - Ephesians Ch 5.

The Holy Innocents Legion of Mary group The Shrine & Parish Church of Holy Innocents Volunteer meets each Monday in the Parish Hall fol- choir needs your voice! All ages welcome. We meet on lowing the 6 p. m. Mass. For more infor- Sundays at 9:30am in the Church Hall. Please email Ra- mation on joining this ministry as an active chel Aldridge at [email protected] if you are inter- or auxiliary member please contact Melissa ested in joining. No prior experience necessary. Becker at: [email protected] FORMED

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