The Parish of Immaculate Conception & Assumption of Our Lady Church and Parish Center: Church and Fr. Fata Hall: 53 Winter Hill Road 125 Wallace Street Tuckahoe, NY 10707 Tuckahoe, NY 10707 www.icaparish.org · (914) 961-3643 Pastoral Staff Rev. Anthony Sorgie, Pastor Rev. Adolfo Novio, Parochial Vicar Rev. Lakmin Silva, Parochial Vicar Deacon Anthony Viola Deacon Carl Degenhardt Parish Staff Sr. Cora Lombardo, ASCJ, Director Religious Education: (914) 961-1076 Ms. Maureen Harten, Principal ICS Regional School: (914) 961-3785 Trustees: Jeanne Altenau, Gerard Colaio Parish Office-- (914) 961-3643 Hours: Monday-Friday: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM During the pandemic, there are no office hours on Saturday or Sunday. Holy Mount Cemetery -- (914) 961-3643 Hours: Daily 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Weekday Masses: (recitation of the Rosary before Mass) Monday - Friday: 7:30 AM at Assumption 8:30 AM • 12:00* PM at Immaculate Conception Saturday: 8:30* AM at Immaculate Conception Miraculous Medal Novena, Blessing with the Relic, and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Mondays and First Fridays after the 12:00 PM Mass Timothy Cardinal Dolan venerates the image and relic of at Immaculate Conception with Benediction at 3:00 PM Blessed Clelia Merloni, Foundress of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart Weekend Masses of Jesus. He visited our parish on Oct. 10. Saturday, Assumption: 4:00 PM Saturday, Immaculate Conception: 5:00* PM Sunday at Immaculate Conception: 8:00 AM • 10:00* AM • 12:00 PM • 5:00 PM October 18, 2020 Sunday at Assumption: 9:00 AM • 11:30 AM (Spanish) Spanish Mass/Misa en Español: 11:30 AM at Assumption todos( los Domingos) Bilingual Italian/English Mass/Messa in Italiano: 9:00 AM at Assumption (first Sunday of the month) Sacrament of Reconciliation: Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Saturday, 4:00-5:00 PM at Immaculate Conception; 3:30-3:55 PM at Assumption; and anytime by calling the priest on duty: (914) 961-3643. Ordinary Time * Livestreaming Masses: www.icaparish.org/livestream 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 18, 2020 Vol. 38, No. 42 Prayers for our Parishioners Mass Intentions There is an appointed time for everything, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, Vigil, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 PM Virginia Dahlin Mem. and a time for every affair under the heavens. 5:00 PM Sean Geraghty Mem. - Ecclesiastes 3:1 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time A time to be Born: Baptisms … 8:00 AM Rinaldo and Antonia Lembo Mem. Paul Appelt, Sage Appelt, Gianna Marie Carfora, 9:00 AM Vincenzo, Angelina, and Giovanni Mignardi Mem. Leoni D'Auria, Alessia Rose DiLeo, Joseph Duignan, 10:00 AM Mimi Giugliano Mem. Mason Anthony Ferder, Genry Gindele, Gianluca 11:30 AM Intentions of our Parishioners Mem. Grosso, Aubrey Kora Kramer, Nicholas Lukic, 12:00 PM Elizabeth Gianninoto Mem. 5:00 PM Mary O’Connor Mem. Cara Mastroserio, Valentina Lee Pantore, Vincenzo Ricciardi, Sienna Lily Simons, Lorenzo John Suarez, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 Sts. John de Brebeuf and Adelyn Sutantio, Matthew Joseph Traynor, Jr., and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions and Martyrs Matteo Trombetta 7:30 AM Phillip A. White Mem. 8:30 AM Joseph Jr., Anna Maria, A time to Love: Banns of Marriage... and Joseph Martin Marinello Mem. 12:00 PM Deborah and Chip Stewart Mem. II: Frank Stillo and Brynn Gentile III: Emile Rochon and Jalelah Ahmed TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 7:30 AM Isabel Rabanzo Mem. A time to Die: Those who have died... 8:30 AM Karen Andolino-Pellegrino Mem. Filomena “Fay” Commisa, Maximillian D’Agnostino, 12:00 PM Deborah Stewart Mem. Mary Sepp, Mary Assumma, and Philip Formisano WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 : Those who are ill... 7:30 AM Grazia Alfonzetti Mem. A time to Heal 8:30 AM Annie Genoa Mem. Salvatore Naclerio, Vincent Bonnanzio and 12:00 PM Rosa Graziella Solano Mem. Maria Rose D’Onofrio THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 : And a time for Peace... 7:30 AM Melina Costanzo Mem. A time for War 8:30 AM Carol Ciardullo Mem. For those in the military who have died in the 12:00 PM Deceased Members of the Marallo Family Mem. service of our country. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 7:30 AM Lydia Masi Mem. Memorial Offerings: Oct. 18-24, 2020 8:30 AM Jack Troncone Mem. 12:00 PM Pasquale C. D’Onofrio Mem. THE SANCTUARY CANDLE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 at Assumption of Our Lady Church will 8:30 AM Joseph Jr., Anna Maria, burn in memory of Janet Dunetz, and Joseph Martin Marinello Mem. donated by Rocco and Katerina Casella. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, Vigil, 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time The BREAD AND WINE 4:00 PM Margaret and Nicholas Iozzo Mem. 5:00 PM Deceased Members of the Culhane Family Mem. at Immaculate Conception Church will honor Vera Celestino Colombo, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time donated by Donna, Tom 8:00 AM Giuseppe and Maria Marcoccia Mem. 9:00 AM Elena, Pietro and Santina Ianarilli Mem. and Jonathan Igner. 10:00 AM Francesco and Maria Costa Mem. For information on how to memorialize the Bread & Wine, 11:30 AM Jose Boyer, M.D. Mem. Sanctuary Candle and Flower Arrangement, 12:00 PM Anthony Provenzano Mem. please call the parish office: (914) 961-3643 5:00 PM Elsa Cepero Mem. 2 Parish of Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Our Lady Vol. 38, No. 42 October 18, 2020 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time From the Desk of Fr. Adolfo Novio “Paroikia” (πᾰροικῐ́ᾱ) home as at church; where there is a W hen someone asks, “To which great multitude, where exclamations parish do you belong?” you are cried out to God as from one great immediately think of the Church heart, and where there is something where you attend Mass and other more: the union of minds, the accord liturgical celebrations year-round. In of souls, the bond of charity, the pray- this case, you’d say, “I belong to the ers of the priests.” (CCC, 2179) Parish of the Immaculate Conception Therefore, the parish is not just a and Assumption of Our Lady.” The key mere organization in which one word in your answer is “belong.” becomes a member. It is the Body of What does it really mean for us when Christ — the community of believers we say “we belong” to the parish? Or, sometimes, I singing and praising in one mind and heart, get a call from someone requesting a sponsor certifi- celebrating Heaven on Earth in the Holy Sacrifice of cate for the baptism of a family the Mass. member or confirmation of a niece or nephew. We Etymologically, the word parish is derived from encourage them to register with the parish if they the Latin “parochial” which has its root in the New are not already a member. Testament Greek, “paroikia.” The New Testament But why do we need to “belong” to a parish? “paroikia” refers to a temporary place or living in a How does it affect our spiritual life and our ultimate foreign land. The term is derived from the word goal to enter the Kingdom of God? “paroikos,” which means “stranger.” Our catechism says, “a parish is a definite Whenever we think and speak of “belonging to a community of the Christian faithful established on a parish,” I hope this etymology reminds us of who we stable basis within a particular church; the pastoral are, here on Earth. We are strangers. We are pil- care of the parish is entrusted to a pastor as its own grims. We are living in a foreign and temporary land; shepherd under the authority of the diocesan let us be reminded that our true home is HEAVEN. Bishop. It is the place where all faithful can be Rev. Bevacqua says in one of his writings, “Our gathered together for the Sunday celebration of the culture has become increasingly secularized resulting Eucharist. The parish initiates the Christian into the in a certain forgetfulness or lack of total awareness ordinary expression of the liturgical life; it gathers of this crucial fact. Our life is not so much about here them together in this celebration; it teaches Christ’s and now, but the future, for eternity. When we saving doctrine; it practices the charity of the Lord in recognize that fact, it can make a difference in how good works and brotherly love. You cannot pray at we live our short lives on Earth.” Dichiarazione d'intenti della Parrocchia La Parrocchia Cattolica Romana dell'Immacolata Concezione e Assunzione e' una comunita' dell'Eucaristia la quale glorifica il Padre nell'unione con il Figlio e guidata dallo Spirito Santo e protetta dalla Madonna. Il nostro richiamo e' alla preghiera, all'istruzione e alla servitu' del popolo di Dio in questa vita, e nella speranza della vita eterna. Parish of Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Our Lady 3 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 18, 2020 Vol. 38, No. 42 Sacraments and Liturgy If you have a question about any aspect Next Weekend’s Celebrants 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A of our Catholic Church and faith, contact us and we will answer to the best of our ability. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH 251. “Why does having sacred art in your home Vigil, Saturday, October 24, 2020 change the way you live?” 5:00 PM: Fr. Novio Art is incarnational, meaning it takes a vision of the Sunday, October 25, 2020 world and puts flesh on it. Many Catholic families have an 8:00 AM: Fr. Collins image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in a prominent place in 10:00 AM: Fr. André their home. The image is an icon of blessing over their 12:00 PM: Fr.