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Church of the Holy Innocents and the Shrine of the Holy Innocents and the Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help 128 West 37th Street (West of Broadway) , New York, NY 10018 Tel: (212) 279-5861 Fax: (212) 714-9313

The Shrine & Church of the Holy Innocents Welcomes His Excellency, Most Reverend Athanasius Schneider, O. R. C.

Monday, October 24

Solemn Pontifical High Mass at 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 25

Pontifical Low Mass at 6:00 p.m. followed by a conference:

“Christ the King and the Social Kingship of Christ”

To prepare for His Excellency’s visit to us, read the books he wrote on the proper reception of Holy Communion: “Corpus Christi” and “Dominus Est — It is the Lord” Both are available in the Gift Shop in the Parish office $8.00 each. Buy both for $15.00.

“The Eucharistic … is indeed the most poor, weak and defenseless in the Church” - Bishop Schneider

Rev. Fr. James L. P. Miara, Pastor ANGELIC WARFARE Rev. Fr. Louis Van Thanh, Parrochial Vicar Rev. Fr. Oliver Chanama, Resident Priest The Angelic Warfare Confraternity is a supernatural fel- lowship of men and women bound to one another in love REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE and dedicated to pursuing and promoting chastity together

under the powerful patronage of St. Thomas Aquinas and SUNDAY: the Blessed Mary. The Confraternity was constitut-

4:00 pm: Vigil Mass ed on May 17, 1727 and is an official of the . Eight have recommended the 10:30 am: Mass AWC to the faithful; Pius XI especially recommended 12:30 pm: Mass in English it to seminarians. A number of belonged to the Con- 1:35 pm: Misa en Español (sólo fraternity, among them St. Aloysius Gonzaga and Blesseds el 1er domingo de cada mes) Columba, Stephana, and Pier Giorgio Frassati. For more information visit: www.angelicwarfare.org MONDAY-FRIDAY:

7:30 am, 12:15 pm, 1:15pm Fr. Miara has received faculties from the Dominican Order to enroll anyone who 6:00 pm Latin Mass wishes into this Confraternity. Angelic Warfare Membership Packets are

available at the Gift Shop in the Parish Office for a donation of $8.50. SATURDAY: The packet includes: 12 Noon - (on 2nd Saturdays only)  Angelic Warfare medal 1:00 pm: Latin Mass  Confraternity cord (pre-knotted)  The Angelic Warfare Confraternity booklet by Fr. Brian Mullady, O. P. CONFESSIONS  Pamphlets on St. Thomas Aquinas and the confraternity Monday - Friday 12-2pm  Enrollment form and card with AWC prayers

Saturdays: 12:30-1:00, 3:15-3:45 Consider enrolling in this Confraternity as a spiritual help to protect your purity! Sundays: 9:30-10:30am,12-12:30pm

(at other times inquire in Rectory)

DEVOTIONS OCTOBER - MONTH

OF THE MOST HOLY Latin Vespers: Sundays 2:30 pm The Rosary: Thoughts on the Holy Rosary by Monday—Friday at 11:55 am and 5:20 pm, St. Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Saturdays at 12:35 pm and Sundays at 2:10 pm

(1902-1975) Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament: Weekdays after the 1:15 pm Mass Today, as in other times, the rosary

must be a powerful weapon to enable Benediction: Weekdays 5:45 pm us to win in our interior struggle, and to help all souls. The Divine Mercy Chaplet: To say the holy rosary, considering the mysteries, repeating Monday—Friday: 3:00 pm

the Our Father and Hail Mary, with the praises to the Blessed All-night Prayer Vigil: First Friday of , and the constant invocation of the Mother of , is the month - 7pm-6am a continuous act of faith, hope and love, of adoration and

2000 Hail Marys: Second Saturday of the reparation. month at 6am You always leave the rosary for later, and you end up not saying it at all because you are sleepy. If there is no other 2017 Mass Calendar time, say it in the street without leĴing anybody notice it. It

The Mass Calendar for 2017 is available to will, moreover, help you to have presence of God. accept your Mass intentions. All Masses Do you want to love Our Lady? Well, then, get to know her. are $15.00. The Latin Mass on Sundays is also available. Masses must be paid for How? By praying her rosary. upon booking. If you want a Mass Card, Pray the holy rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail there will be an additional charge of $5.00 for the padded folder and $2.00 for the Marys which purifies the monotony of your ! card.

Purgatorial Society 2017 Parish Calendars

Holy Innocents has a . Members share Within the next several weeks our 2017 Calendar will be in the benefits of the Holy of the Mass offered on available for an offering of $10.00 per calendar. These the second Sunday of each month. The living and deceased special Calendars contain pictures of the Church and the may be enrolled. The offering is as follows: various celebrations held here throughout the year and lists all of the daily Feasts according to the New and Old  $25.00 for an individual Liturgical Calendar as well as historical and devotional  $50.00 for a family. Feasts. You will want to have one of these beautiful cal-

To enroll, please visit the parish office. Cards are available endars for your home and office. Consider giving them for this purpose. as Christmas gifts to share the beauty of Holy Innocents Church with others.

Mass for the Sick HOLY INNOCENTS NOTE CARDS The Mass intentions on each 1st Friday of the month at 12:15pm is for all the sick who have been enrolled. Slips for Note cards of The of Christ mural this purpose are located throughout the church and in the by Constantino Brumidi located above the High Parish office. Please deposit the slips in the box so marked Altar of our church are available at the Gift in the Church. This box containing the names of the sick Shop in the Parish Office. There are two types will be placed at the altar for the monthly Mass. available. The price of the cards are $1.00 each or $8.50 for a pack of 10.

Credit Cards HOLY INNOCENTS CHRISTMAS CARDS We are now accepting credit cards for your Church donations as well as for the purchase of religious arti- Within the next couple of weeks our own Holy Innocents cles in the Gift Shop and Mass offerings. Christmas Cards will be available for purchase. Scenes de- pict the Nativity Stained-glass window and the Adoration of the Magi window. Cards may be purchased for $18.50 for a box of 20 or $1.00 per card.

CENTENNIAL PILGRIMAGE TO FATIMA In addition to the offering of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the living and deceased, the following In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Our Lady’s appari- may also be offered for the week, Sunday tions in Fatima, Fr. James Miara will be leading a pilgrimage to to Saturday: Portugal, Spain and Lourdes, France from August 11-21, 2017. Mark your calendars. More information is forthcoming. 1.) Sanctuary Candle burning before Our Lord in the tabernacle - $25.00 Parish Groups

2.) Altar Candles - $50.00 Parish groups holding meetings in the Parish Hall should stop by the office to pick up the key before 6:00pm. It is 3.) Altar Bread - $40.00 the responsibility of the group to lock the bathrooms and Hall and the door on 37th Street leading to the Hall after 4.) Altar Wine - $30.00 the gathering and to return the key to the mail slot in the Please contact the rectory office if you are interested rectory door at the end of the event. in offering any of these items. The intention will be published weekly in the parish HOLY INNOCENTS’ BOOKSHELF bulletin. Preparing for the Coming Persecution: A Handbook For Faithful Catholics

by Fr. Joseph M. Esper HOLY INNOCENTS GIFT SHOP

Stop by the Parish Office to see our Gift Shop. New Because of the loss of faith and the sinful- ness of many of the members of the items include: church, it is about to undergo a time of trial and testing. We are already experi- * Various scapulars * from Fatima encing a series of chastisements. Those * Chaplets * Latin Missals reading this book will consider the “signs of the times” and should begin preparing * Books by Fr. Peter Stravinskas spiritually and psychologically for the very real possibility of religious persecution in the near future. “Preparing for the * Angelus Press books Coming Persecution” By Rev. Joseph Esper is designed to help

Catholics willing to make the effort. The information provided in these pages is not intended to shock or upset you, but to SECOND COLLECTION TODAY inform you and help you prepare for all that is coming to in-

spire you to place your trust in Jesus, and seek the maternal The second collection today is for the benefit protection of the Blessed Mother. We are called to remain faithful to Him, take up our crosses each day, so to be num- of St. Joseph’s Seminary of the Archdiocese bered among His chosen ones. As long as we remain faithful to of New York. Please be generous toward the Him we will share in his victory. education of your future priests. Visit the Gift Shop to purchase your copy

Mass Intentions DUTIES TOWARDS THE HOLY EUCHARIST for the Week of October 16, 2016 EUCHARISTIC WORSHIP

(The Masses listed in italic are Tridentine Latin Masses)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 – TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 10:30 - For the People of the Parish 12:30 - In honor of St. Gerard Majella by the St. Gerard Majella Society

MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 - St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr 7:30 - Angela Rallo (RIP) by Arthur Kahn 12:15 - Lawrence Cousin (RIP) 1:15 - Teresa Marcellin (Intentions) 6:00 - Mikolaj Maliniak & Family (Thanksgiving & Blessings)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 - St. Luke, Evangelist 7:30 - Intentions of the Celebrant 12:15 - Angela Rallo (RIP) by Michael Rosenblum 1:15 - Diney Burke (RIP) by Rachel Bucolo 6:00 - Maria Menocal (blessings) by her son From A Eucharistic Handbook by St. Peter - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 Sts. John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests Julian Eymard 7:30 - Victoriano Ranchez (RIP) by Angie Hemulgada Article V, #3: The most Holy Eucharist, 12:15 - Rosa Araujo (RIP) by Maria Reis & Family 1:15 - Presidential Elections by Fr. Villa like the other mysteries of the Savior, has its 6:00 - Learie Leith (RIP) feasts and triumphs on earth. All must contribute to embellishing and THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 - St. Paul of the Cross, Priest sanctifying them as the feasts of their Father 7:30 - John Byrne (RIP) by Peter Hynes in heaven, of their King and God living among 12:15 - Laurence Orchard (RIP) by Joseph & Nan Orchard 1:15 - Fr. Anthony Dell’Anno (RIP) by Steve Gardiner men. Each one must offer his gi, pay his st 6:00 - Reine Calvairac (1 death anniversary) homage; to do so is to honor both Jesus Christ and oneself. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21– WEEKDAY The days of the Forty Hours in a parish 7:30 - Joseph Frische (RIP) 12:15 - Anthony & Andrew Salerno (RIP) should be days of heaven for adorers, days 1:15 - Jeff Rea (RIP) which they should celebrate by dressing their 6:00 - Laureano Gallas & all souls in Purgatory by Jocelyn best, by receiving the adorable Eucharist, and by eagerly making adoration hours. The SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 - St. John Paul II, Pope Heavenly Court and the earthly must unite in 1:00 - Cecilia Castelino (Birthday blessings) by Mary Deskovich a fraternal homage to the glory of their divine 4:00 - Fr. Anthony Dell’Anno (RIP) by Ilona King. Each one should, like the Israelites in SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 - THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME the desert, contribute what is most beautiful 10:30 - For the people of the Parish and precious for the decoration of the altar and 12:30 - Ingrid & Matthew (Blessings) the church, in order to adorn the true Ark of the Covenant, the throne of Jesus Christ. That will be a blessing on the family and a pious The Sanctuary Lamp - Week of October 16 memory to cherish… --pages102-103 is lighted for the intentions of Filomena Antonelli To sponsor the beeswax candles burning on the altar during the daily exposition of the

HOLY FATHER’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR OCTOBER Most Blessed Sacrament for the week, please contact the parish office. The intention and Please join in praying for the following intentions the name of the donor will be printed in each during the month of October: weeks bulletin. The donation is $65.00.

Universal: Journalists That journalists, in carrying out their work, may always be motivated ADORATION CANDLES - Week of October 16 by respect for truth and a strong sense of ethics.

Evangelization: World Mission Day Intentions of Mary Deskovich That World Mission Day may renew within all Christian communities the joy of the Gospel and the responsibility to announce it.

Extraordinary Jubilee The Most Holy Rosary Holy Year of Mercy “Whatever you ask through the Rosary will be granted.”

December 8, 2015 -- November 20, 2016 --The Blessed Mother to St. Dominic

CONSECRATION TO DIVINE MERCY

To conclude the Extraordi- nary Jubilee Holy Year of Mercy on Sunday, November 20, Holy Innocents will offer the opportunity to consecrate yourself and your families to the Divine Mercy. As with the to Our Lady of St. Louis de Monfort, there is a 33 day preparation which begins on October 18. Books for this purpose with a prayer card and certificate are avail- able in the Gi Shop at the Parish Office for an offering of $15.00. The consecration to the Divine Mercy will take place at all Masses on the weekend of November 19-20. Do not miss this opportunity to conclude this year of grace with this consecration! Join us for the recitation of the Holy Rosary every weekday at 11:55 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. and on Saturday at 12:35 p.m. and THE ENGLISH MARTYRS VIEWED FROM A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE Sunday at 2:10 p.m.

Author, journalist and broadcaster, Joan Bogle from Our Lady revealed fieen promises to St. Dominic (the to London, will be at Holy Innocents on Monday, October whom the Rosary was first given in the 12th century) and later to 17, at 7:00 pm, following the 6:00 pm Mass, to give a Blessed Alan de la Roche (who reignited devotion to the Rosary in conference on the English Martyrs. the 15th century) for those who recite the Holy Rosary. We will

print one each week as an inspiration to practice this most power- UPCOMING EVENTS ful devotion!

Promise #10 40 Hours The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of Glory in Heaven. Eucharistic Devotion Anyone who truly lives a holier life on earth will obtain a October 28-30 higher place in Heaven. The closer one is to God while living on earth, the close that person is to Him also in Heaven. The Catechism of the Church states ʺSpiritual progress Bible Study at Holy Innocents tends toward ever more union with Christ.ʺ (Catechism of the paragraph 2014) “Ignorance of scripture is Ignorance of Christ” Envelope System (St. Jerome, Scripture Scholar)

Weekly gathering session in the Parish Hall In order to maintain accurate records of your contributions, 1st Session: Saturday from 2:15pm - 3:15pm we are in the process of creating a new database and, thus, 2nd Session: Sunday from 2:15pm - 3:15pm we request all parishioners to fill out a Parish Registration Deadline to register: Sunday, October 30th, 2016 Form located in the vestibule and return to the Rectory Of- fice or the Collection Basket as soon as possible. This will *Anyone is interested in attending one or both sessions, please enable us to verify your donations should it be necessary for fill out the registration form placed on the back of the Church. For further information please contact Fr. Louis M. Van tax purposes. Thank you for your cooperation! Thanh, at [email protected], or call the Parish office.

The Shrine to the Unborn Often children who have died before birth have Blessed by Cardinal O’Connor on December 28, 1993 no grave or headstone, and sometimes not even a name. At The 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.

The Shrine is dedicated in Memory of the Children We will inscribe the names of babies who have Who Have Died Unborn died before and at birth in our Book of Life, and as We invite you to name your child(ren) always, we invite you to visit the Shrine if you are and provide the opportunity to have in New York City. your babyʹs name inscribed in our “Book of Lifeʺ.

HOLY INNOCENTS’ BOOK CLUB

Meets on the 3rd Tuesday of every month. Our next meeting is October 18th following the 6pm Traditional Mass. The book for the month of October is “A Pathway under the Gaze of Mary, Biography of Sister Maria Lucia.”

It is available in the Parish office for $19.95. Please stop by or call the Parish to purchase your copy.

LEGION OF MARY

Weekly Meeting of the will be in the Parish Hall

YOUNG ADULT HOLY HOUR at 7:00pm every Monday, following the 6:00pm Latin Mass THURSDAY EVENINGS 7:15pm Social afterwards More info: 212-279-5861 MOVIE KNIGHT is sponsored by Compliments of Holy Innocents'

Regina Coeli Council of the . LESLIE STUART, INC. 149 West 36th Street 8th Floor, New York, NY 10018 There will be no MOVIE KNIGHT Tel : 212-629-4551 x 102 / Fax: 212-629-4625 for the month of October E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.donnadegnan.com

CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAS Regina Angelorum Court

Looking for a way to be of service to God and community? Come check out this group of dynamic, Catholic women! We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, at 7:15pm in

the Parish Hall. . . Bring a friend! More info: 646-740-3829