Founded 1866 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) New York City 10018 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. Joseph Thursday: Infant of Prague, St. Rita and St. Therese 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) 8:00 a.m. (Tridentine Latin only during Lent) 12:15 & 1:15 p.m. Devotions and 6:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin) Vespers and Benediction: Saturday: 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin) Sunday at 2:30 p.m. (Tridentine Latin)

and 4:00 p.m. Vigil/Shopper’s Mass Holy Rosary: Weekdays at 11:55 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. Saturday at 12:35 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. (Tridentine Low Mass), Sunday at 2:00 p.m. 10:30 a.m. (Tridentine High Mass), Divine Mercy Chaplet: Weekdays at 3:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross (during Lent): Holy Days of Obligation: Fridays at 12:45 p.m. Vigil at 5:15 p.m. and after 6:00 p.m. Mass

7:00 & 7:30 a.m.; All-Night Vigil: 8:00 a.m. (Tridentine Latin); 11:15 a.m.; First Friday of the month from 7:00 p.m.- 12:15, 1:15 & 5:15 p.m.; Saturday 5:00 a.m. Mass (Tridentine Latin) 6:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin High Mass) First Saturday Devotions: Confessions Rosary, 15 minute meditation, prayers & Benediction following 1:00 p.m. Mass Weekdays: 7:30-8:30 a.m.; 12 noon-1:30 p.m.; 5:15-5:35 p.m. 2000 Hail Marys: Second Saturday of the month Saturday: 12 noon-1:00 p.m. and 3:15-3:45 p.m. 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. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Exposition Sunday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. of the Most Blessed Sacrament Parish Office/Gift Shop Hours

Weekdays from 2:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. Benediction Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

LATIN TRIDENTINE MASS CORNER Week of January 28, 2018 Calendar Mass Intentions

January 28 - Septuagesima Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2nd Class

January 29 - St. , Bishop, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 - St. Angela Merici, Virgin Confessor, & Doctor 04:00 - The Kosinski Family (L) 3rd Class - Low Mass

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 January 30 - St. Martina, Virgin & Martyr 09:00 - Fr. Robert O’Brien’s Jesuit priests and brothers 3rd Class - Low Mass 10:30 - Maria Libia Florez - Gregorian (29) January 31 - St. John Bosco, Confessor 12:30 - Pro Populo 3rd Class - Low Mass MONDAY, JANUARY 29 - Weekday February 1 - Christ the High Priest with

07:00 - Maria Libia Florez - Gregorian (30) Commemoration of St. Ignatius 07:30 - Samuel and Angela Pizzito (d) 3rd Class - Low Mass 12:15 - Dr. Jesus Yap, Jr. (d) 01:15 - Simetto Bozicevic (d) February 2 - Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary nd 06:00 - Ida E. Mirro (d) 4th Anniversary 2 Class - High Mass

TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 - Weekday Febuary 3 - Immaculate Heart of Mary 3rd Class - High Mass 07:00 - St. Anthony 07:30 - Belkis Fernandez (d) Next Sunday 12:15 - Jacqueline Quinn & Family (L) 01:15 - James G. Robilotti, Jr., M.D. (d) February 4 - Anniversary of the Dedication of 06:00 - Constantina Romero - Gregorian (1) Holy Innocents Church 1st Class WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31 - St. John Bosco, Priest 7:00 - In honor of St. Michael the Archangel FEAST OF DEDICATION OF HOLY INNOCENTS 07:30 - Jean Cameron (d) CHURCH 12:15 - Joan Stehn (d) 01:15 - Constantina Romero - Gregorian (2) Next Sunday, February 4, is the Feast of the Dedi- 06:00 - Phyllis Bryant (L) Birthday cation of our Shrine & Parish Church of the Holy Innocents. The Saturday Vigil Mass and all Masses THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 - Weekday on Sunday will be that of the Anniversary of the 07:00 - Infant of Prague Dedication of a Church, taking the place of the 07:30 - Constantina Romero - Gregorian (3) Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time in the Ordinary 12:15 - Regina Multer (d) Form of the Mass and Sexagesima Sunday in the 01:15 - Noreen White (d) 06:00 - Constance Lauro (d) 6th anniversay Extraordinary Form of the Mass.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 - The Presentation of the Lord The Latin Mass Magazine

7:00 - Constantina Romero - Gregorian (4) Christmas, 2017 issue 07:30 - Poor Souls in Purgatory Available in Parish Office 12:15 - For the Sick $5 per copy 01:15 - Lucina Lopez (d) 06:00 - Fr. Johannes Smith, F.I. (L)

PERPETUAL HELP LAMP INTENTIONS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 - St. Blaise, Bishop & Martyr, St. Ansgar, Bishop In Memory of 05:00 - Joseph Pacheco (d) Raquel Fernandez 12:00 - Imelda De Lara (d) 01:00 - Leslie Rhodes (L) Birthday January 28, 2018 - February 4, 2018 04:00 - Constantina Romero - Gregorian (5)

NEXT SUNDAY’S MASS INTENTIONS Altar Offerings 09:00 - Fr. Robert O’Brien’s Bible Study Group 10:30 - Constantina Romero - Gregorian (6) The Sanctuary Candle

12:30 - Pro Populo Intentions of Leith, Moore & Gerber Families

CANDLEMAS THE SEASON OF SEPTUAGESIMA (PRE-LENT)

Friday of this week, February 2 is the Feast of the Septuagesima is the ninth Sunday before Easter, Presentation of the Lord in the Temple and the Pu- the third before Lent, called also Dominica Cir- rification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as cumdederunt from the first word of the Introit of Candlemas Day. Candles will be blessed at the 7:00 the Mass. This Church Liturgical Season begins a.m. Mass and available all day from the sacristan or the Easter Cycle. The Sundays of Septugesima are named for their distance away from Easter. The Parish Office for a donation of $5.00 per box. The first Sunday of Septuagesima gives its name to the Solemn Blessing of Candles and Procession will take entire season as it is known as "Septuagesima." place at the 6:00 p.m. High Latin Mass. All Catholic "Septuagesima" means "seventy," and Septuagesi- homes should have blessed candles which are to be ma Sunday comes roughly seventy days before lit whenever the priest brings the Blessed Sacra- Easter. This seventy represents the seventy years ment on a Sick Call, during storms for protection, of the Babylonian Captivity. The second Sunday and to assist the dying during their final agony. of Septuagesima is known as "Sexagesima, which Once blessed candles are a sacramental, reminding means "sixty". Sexagesima Sunday comes roughly us of Christ, the Light of the World. sixty days before Easter. The third Sunday of Septuagesima is known as "Quinquagesima," which means "fifty" and which comes roughly fifty days BLESSING OF THROATS before Easter. Quadragesima means "forty," and

Saturday, February 3, is the Feast of St. Blaise, this is the name of the first Sunday of Lent and Bishop and Martyr, Patron Saint against diseases of the Latin name for the entire season of Lent. the throat and one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Septuagesima and Lent are both times of pen- The traditional Blessing of Throats will take place as ance, Septuagesima being a time of voluntary follows: fasting in preparation for the obligatory Great Fast of Lent. Throughout this short Season and  On Saturday, February 3 following the 12:00, that of Lent (next Season) you will notice a deep- 1:00 & 4:00 p.m. Masses ening sense of sobriety, penance and somberness  On Sunday, February 4 following the 9:00 & with the omission of the Alleluia and Gloria, cul- 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Masses minating in Passiontide (the last two weeks of Lent). Septuagesima is inaugurated in ALL-NIGHT VIGIL the Roman Martyrology by the words: "Septuagesima Sunday, on which the canticle of The next All-Night Vigil will be held on Friday, the Lord, Alleluia, ceases to be said". February 2 beginning at 7:00 p.m. and concluding on Saturday, February 4 with a 5:00 a.m. Tradi- tional Latin Mass. COLLECTION REPORT

PRAYER TO KEEP THE FAMILY HEALTHY Regular Collection 01/21/18 $6,596.82 Shrines and Candles $3,110.70 Holy Father, look with mercy on my family as you did with your family. I put all my trust in you to Regular Collection - 01/22/17 $3,953.00 help keep us alive and following your vision for Shrines and Candles $3,423.00 our family’s future. Give meaning to our lives to make our home an authentic expression of your Your continued and generous support to your will. Through Christ our Lord. Amen Parish is greatly appreciated!

HOLY INNOCENTS BOOKSHELF

There is a new selection of books in Spanish. Among some of the topics:

Latin/Spanish missals Novena booklets Prayer booklets

Writings of the Saints Biographies of Saints

Hay una nueva selección de libros en español. Entre algunos de los temas:

Misales latin/español Folletos de novenas Folletos de oraciones

Escritos de los Santos Biografías de los Santos

Copias disponibles en la tienda de regalos en la oficina parroquial

Marie Rose Ferron – American Mystic, Stigmatic and Visionary (1902-1936)

Early Years

Marie Rose Ferron, affectionately known as “Little Rose”, was born on May 24th, 1902 in St Germain de Grantham, Quebec, and was the tenth child of a family of fifteen children. In 1906 when Rose was 4 ½ years old, her family moved to Fall River, Massachusetts. Then, on May 25, 1925 they moved once again to Woonsocket, Rhode Island where she remained the rest of her life.

At the age of six, Rose had already had a vision of the Child Jesus. "I saw Him with a cross," she said, "and He was looking at me with sadness in His eyes."

When she was seven, Jesus taught her a French prayer which she recited daily until her death. It reads: "Lord Jesus, when I reflect upon the words You have uttered, 'Many are called, but few are chosen,' I begin to tremble for those I love, and I beg You to look upon them with mercy: and behold, with infinite tenderness, You place their salvation in my hands, as it were; for everything is promised to him who knows how to suffer with You and for You. "My heart bleeds under the weight of affliction, but my will remains united to Yours, and I cry out to You: 'Lord, it is for them that I want to suffer!' I want to mingle my tears with Your Blood for the salvation of those I love! You will not turn a deaf ear to my cry of sorrow and You will save them."

Even at a young age, Marie-Rose showed an unusual piety, devotion and a grasp of heavenly and spiritual things. It was not at all difficult for her for example, to listen to and follow a sermon just as a grown-up does. And when Mass was over, she did not rush out to play, but preferred to remain at her place to prolong her thanksgiving.

When Marie Rose reached thirteen, she became seriously ill as a result of carrying dinner to her father on a slushy early-spring day. Her right hand and her left foot now seemed paralyzed. Remarkably however, her hand was cured when she took holy water one morning after Mass two years later. In an instant it opened and once again she could freely move her fingers. But her foot never healed, and for twelve years she was unable to walk without crutches.

Understandably, Rose saw herself destined to be handicapped for life, and thus a air of sadness and loneliness held sway over her girlhood. One summer morning, when she was seventeen, she felt her misery more acutely than usual. Writing about the occasion years later she recalled how she felt. It was a Sunday, and from her window she could see her sisters and their friends chattering and laughing as they left for church. "The life that overflowed from these girls, seemed to be the best that the world could give, and I contrasted myself with them. I felt crushed. I saw myself miserable, destitute and abandoned by God; I thought of my infirmity, of my crutches, I was heart- broken and I melted into tears."

Another affliction that affected Rose deeply was her inability to attend school. "I felt as if I were blind, groping in the dark," she said. "I had nothing to look forward to, no hope of bettering my condition. I beheld my ignorance ever before my eyes, and that discouraged me more than my infirmities. Time, that softens everything, even sufferings, increased my own: they broke my heart."

The “La Sentinelliste” affair

In 1922, the Bishop of Providence R.I., Reverend William Hickey, launched a million dollar campaign for the construc- tion of several new high schools in his diocese. It was at a period that favored the raising of funds for such a worthy cause. But, although the bishop did not expect any collection to be endorsed in all quarters, he never surmised that this drive would meet a wave of bitter opposition from the ranks of the French-speaking Catholics, so traditionally loyal to the Church. They did not debate the validity of the drive. They questioned his right to assess their parishes, which already supported their own elementary French schools, even though the drive was for high schools.

By 1924, a leader had arisen to crystallize the movement around a weekly newspaper called “La Sentinelle”. The paper spared no words in attacking the bishop, and its circulation grew. By 1927, its followers had become so obsti- nate that they refused all financial support to the Church. The bishop was now obliged to resort to drastic action. He ordered his priests to refuse the sacraments to all who persisted in their opposition and he was obliged to excom- municate the fifty-six leaders.

At the height of the unhappy episode, the broken-hearted shepherd of the Providence diocese looked for someone to give him supernatural assistance. He knew he needed a victim soul to suffer for the division that was separating the flock entrusted to him. Knowing of her extraordinary piety and devotion, he chose Marie-Rose to make reparation for the dissenters and to spiritually assist him in bringing them back to the fold of Christ’s Church.

And a victim soul was indeed Marie Rose mission. Marie Rose’s mother, Delima Mathieu Ferron, was of a rare virtue. From her first pregnancy she had dedicated each of her newly-born children to a mystery of the Rosary and having fifteen children she had thus completed all fifteen dec- ades. Marie-Rose, or simply Rose, as she was often called, was destined to be the child dedicated to the tenth mystery, the Crucifixion, and it was she whom Bish- op Hickey called upon in his distress.

A few years before, Rose met a priest who taught her how to suffer and sacrifice out of love for God, so that by the time Bishop Hickey called on her, when she was twenty-five, she had completely accepted the mystery of suffering for herself, and could even say that she hun- gered and thirsted after it, and that suffering was to be her of life. And, by this time she had been bed- ridden for five years.

And so, the bishop called on the Ferron home because he O Divine Jesus, alone tonight, without a knew he would meet there a victim who would be willing visitor or a worshipper. I offer Thee my to offer herself as a living holocaust for his diocese. On loving heart. May its every pulsation be a prayer of love for Thee. her part, Rose recognized "a good heart" in the bishop. He felt so much at ease in her presence that all re- Thou art ever watching in Thy sistance broke down and he wept bitterly. "My child," he Sacramental Veil, and in Thy love Thou pleaded, "will you suffer for the Diocese of Providence, never sleepest. And Thou art never weary in for its priests, and for those I was obliged to punish?" Thy vigil for sinners. O loving Jesus, O lonely Jesus, may my heart be a lamp. "I will do whatever you ask," answered Rose without hesi- The light of which shall burn for Thee, tation. "I am willing to suffer as you wish and for the re- and Thee alone. turn of those you have excommunicated. I accept at Watch, Sacramental Sentinal. Watch for once. It will be my mission to pray for their return." the weary world, for the erring soul, and

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One day, when Rose was twenty-two, the house was The Catholic Response magazine filled with the odor of freshly baked bread. Her younger is available in the Gift Shop sister, who was munching a crumb, invited her to have in the Parish Office for $5.00 some: "Oh, Rose, it is delicious!" "I can't," answered Rose, who already knew the exigen- FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTIONS cies of her stomach. "If I do, I may die." "To die from eating or from hunger-what's the difference? Saturday, February 4 is the First Saturday of February. Try at least." The First Saturday Devotions will take place following Rose tried and suffered as if she were actually to die. the 1:00 p.m. Mass, consisting of the recitation of the When all was over, her left hand was deformed. It was to Holy Rosary, a guided 15 minute meditation on the remain crippled until her death. mysteries of the Holy Rosary, and Eucharistic Repara- tion and adoration in imitation of the Angel of Peace. The devotions last about one hour. Please plan on at- tending to answer the request of Our Lady to Sr. Lu- cia: “You at least try to console me.” To be continued on the next issue of the bulletin 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

Our Regina Mundi Praesidium of the Legion of Mary con- The Shrine is dedicated in Memory of the Children ducts a Subway Rosary on the second and fourth Satur- Who Have Died Unborn days of the month. All are invited to join in this evange- We invite you to name your child(ren) lization effort to spread devotion to Our Lady. Anyone and provide the opportunity to have interested in joining is asked to gather at Holy Innocents your babyʹs name inscribed in our “Book of Lifeʺ. by 10:00 a.m. The group will then proceed to either Her- ald Square, Duffy Square, or a subway station for the rec- itation of the 20 decades of the Holy Rosary and return back to Holy Innocents around 12:30 p.m. Come for all or part of the Subway Rosary!

Upcoming Subway Rosaries

February 10 February 24

LEGION OF MARY

Weekly Meeting of the Legion of Mary will be in the Parish Hall at 7:00pm every Monday, following the 6:00pm Latin Mass

BIBLE STUDY led by Fr. Louis VOLUNTEER SINGERS NEEDED Thursdays following the 6:00 p.m. Mass Takes place in the lower Church Hall "Be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in More info: 212-279-5861 psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart, always and for everything giving thanks..." CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAS - Ephesians Ch 5.

Regina Angelorum Court The Shrine & Parish Church of Holy Innocents Volun- We have these Officer vacancies: Regent, Treasurer, and Secretary. IF these teer choir needs your voice! All ages welcome. We vacancies are not filled immediately our meet on Sundays at 9:30am in the Church Hall. Please parish CDA Court will dissolve after it's next email Rachel Aldridge at [email protected] if meeting on February 14 2018. Interested in joining as an you are interested in joining. No prior experience Officer? Please phone 201.914.0923. We meet every 2nd necessary. Wednesday of the Month in the Parish Hall at 7:00pm.

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