Founded 1866 The Shrine and Parish Church of the Holy Innocents “The Little Catholic Church 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, Parochial Vicar 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 Wednesday: Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Joseph www.shrineofholyinnocents.org 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: Sunday at 2:30 p.m. (Tridentine Latin) Saturday: 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin) Holy Rosary: Weekdays at 11:55 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Vigil/Shopper’s Mass Saturday at 12:35 p.m. Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. (Tridentine Low Mass), 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): and 1:30 p.m. (Spanish only on the first Fridays at 12:45 p.m. Sunday of the month) and after 6:00 p.m. Mass All-Night Vigil: Holy Days of Obligation: First Friday of the month from 7:00 p.m.- Vigil at 5:15 p.m. Saturday 5:00 a.m. Mass (Tridentine Latin) 7:00 & 7:30 a.m.; 8:00 a.m. (Tridentine Latin); 11:15 a.m.; First Saturday Devotions: 12:15, 1:15 & 5:15 p.m.; Rosary, 15 minute meditation, prayers & 6:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin High Mass) Benediction following 1:00 p.m. Mass 2000 Hail Marys: Confessions Second Saturday of the month from 6:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Weekdays: 7:30-8:30 a.m.; 12 noon-1:30 p.m.; 5:15-5:35 p.m. Our Lady of Fatima: 13 of the month from May to October Saturday: 12 noon-1:00 p.m. and 3:15-3:45 p.m. following the Evening Mass Sunday: 9:45-10:30 a.m. and 12 noon-12:30 p.m. Church Hours Monday-Friday: 6:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. And anytime upon request or by appointment Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Exposition 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 August 6, 2017 Calendar Mass Intentions August 6 - Transfiguration of Our Lord nd 2 Class SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 - The Transfiguration of the Lord August 7 - St. Cajetan, Confessor with Commemo- ration of St. Donatus 09:00 - Agnes Chang (L) 3rd Class - Low Mass 10:30 - In honor of God our Father 12:30 - People of the Parish August 8 - St. John Mary Vianney, Confessor with 01:30 - In honor of St. Martin de Porres Commemoration of Ss. Cyriacus, Largus & Smaragdus MONDAY, AUGUST 7 - (Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time) 3rd Class - Low Mass 7:00 - Joseph Gambino (d) August 9 - Vigil of St. Lawrence, Martyr with Com- 07:30 - Christian Pepo (L) memoration of St. Romanus rd 12:15 - Families in the Book of Life 3 Class - Low Mass 01:15 - Anthony John D’Amato (d) August 10 - St. Lawrence, Martyr 06:00 - Selso Lopez (d) and All Souls in Purgatory nd 2 Class - Low Mass TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 - St. Dominic, Priest August 11 - Ss. Tiburtius & Susanna, Virgin, Martyrs 4th Class - Low Mass 07:00 - St. Anthony 07:30 - Rita T. Sumakis (d) August 12 - St. Clare, Virgin 12:15 - Lawrence Steeler (d) 3rd Class - Low Mass 01:15 - Charles Joseph Kasper (d) 06:00 - Teresa Donato (d) Next Sunday th August 13 - 10 Sunday after Pentecost nd WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 - St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross 2 Class 07:00 - Mildred Miano (d) 07:30 - In Thanksgiving to God for His Love & Mercy Solemnity of the Assumption 12:15 - Susana Maningas (d) of the Blessed Virgin Mary 01:15 - Deacon Pat Page (d) Holy Day of Obligation 06:00 - Celso Farinotti (d) Holy Masses THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 - St. Lawrence, Deacon & Martyr Monday, August 14 07:00 - William Slattery (d) Vigil Mass at 5:15 p.m. in English 07:30 - Rose Bivona (d) Tuesday, August 15 12:15 - In Thanksgiving to St. Lucy 01:15 - Charles Joseph Kasper (d) 7:00 & 7:30 a.m. 06:00 - Barbara Kolner (Birthday Blessings) 8:00 a.m. Low Tridentine Mass in Latin 11:15 a.m 12:15, 1:15 & 5:15 p.m. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11 - St. Clare, Virgin 6:00 p.m. High Tridentine Mass in Latin 07:00 - Sharon Natoli (d) Queen Assumed into Heaven, Pray for us! 07:30 - Michael Frankenberg (d) 12:15 - Firefighter Luis Arena (d) 01:15 - Paul & Florence Salerno (d) DEVOTIONS TO OUR LADY OF FATIMA 06:00 - Wladyslaw Kulesza (d) Next Sunday, August 13 is the 100th anniversary of Our La- dy’s 4th apparition at Fatima. Devotions consisting of the SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 - St. Jane Frances de Chantal recitation of the Most Holy Rosary and candlelight Eucharis- 12:00 - Alley Joseph (d) tic Procession will take place at 2:00 p.m. These devotions will take the place of the usual Sunday Rosary and Vespers. 01:00 - Jaime Arnold Abella (d) 04:00 - Sakina Mehmood (L) POPE FRANCIS’ PRAYER INTENTION NEXT SUNDAY - NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Please join Pope Francis in praying for the following intention during the month of August: 09:00 - Pro Populo 10:30 - Purgatorial Society Artists 12:30 - Beryl Violet King (d) That artists of our time, through their ingenuity, may help everyone discover the beauty of creation. DEAR CATHOLIC, PLEASE REMEMBER: TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION As the Latin Mass evolved in the first six centuries, the central pray- Life is short, and death is sure; er, what the Greeks called the anaphora and what we call today the The hour of death remains obscure. Eucharistic Prayer, became fairly standard almost everywhere in the West. What we now know as Eucharistic Prayer I, or the Roman A soul you have, and only one - Canon, took a complex shape, not at all like the fluid and spontane- If that is lost, all hope is gone. ous prayers of early Rome, but a real architectural construction. The city of Rome was in a terrible condition by that time, and a The saints teach that devotion to Mary is a sign of series of political upheavals, plagues, and invasions swept through. predestination. Not much of Rome's former glory was left standing, except for the pope, who became a symbol of protection and hope for the troubled An easy devotion is the Three Hail Marys: every people. The structures of law and administration were swept away morning upon waking and every evening before retiring, in the chaos, and the pope gradually assumed authority to restore pray Three Hail Marys in honor of the purity of the and maintain order. Soon, the public liturgy of Rome became the Blessed Virgin Mary; adding after each Hail Mary: “By city's only glory. The Romans wanted "good order" not only in their thy holy and Immaculate Conception, O Mary make my civic life, but in their liturgy. One prayer, increasingly enriched by music (although when the music tried to overtake the prayer the body pure and my soul holy,” and “O my Mother, pre- pope banned musical instruments entirely) was the new rule of the serve me this day (or night) from mortal sin.” day. That one prayer, the Roman Canon, was solidly in place when the first liturgical book we have, the Leonine Sacramentary of 540, The grace of Salvation is promised to those who faithful- was compiled. ly persevere in this small but powerful devotion. --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co. 2000 HAIL MARYS MARCEL LEFEBVRE: THE BIOGRAPHY The next devotion of the 2000 Hail Marys will take place on The definitive biography of Archbishop Lefebvre, Saturday, August 12 beginning at 6:00 a.m. and ending with written by the 4:00 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass. Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais Marcel Lefebvre's (1905-91) life is fascinating. After at- OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP VIGIL LAMPS tending the French Seminary in Rome he joined his broth- er in the African missions. Consecrated bishop at age 42, There is an opportunity to have one of the 9 Lamps at one year later he was named the Holy See's Apostolic Del- the Shrine Altar of Our Lady of Perpetual Help burn for egate for French-speaking Africa. In 1962, he was elected your intentions.