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 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. Andrew Bielak, In Residence noon and 1:00 p.m. Masses. Rev. Fr. Daniel Sabatos, Visiting Celebrant Monday: Miraculous Medal Tel: (212) 279-5861/5862 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. Thérèse Friday: “The Return Crucifix” and the Passion Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Saturday: Our Lady of Lourdes and Our Lady of Fatima Sunday: Holy Innocents (at Vespers) Weekdays: 7:00 & 7:30 a.m.; 12:15 & 1:15 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. (Tridentine Latin) Devotions 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. 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. 3rd & 4th Saturdays at 11:00 a.m.; Sundays at 1:30 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. LATIN TRIDENTINE MASS CORNER The Most Holy Calendar Body & Blood of Christ June 14 - External Solemnity of Corpus Christi June 14, 2020 1st Class June 15 - Ss. Vitus, Modestus & Crescentia The following Announced Mass Intentions will 4th Class be celebrated this week in the private Masses June 16 - Feria of the parish priests: 4th Class Purgatorial Society June 17 - St. Gregory Barbarigo, Bishop & Confessor Paul Boakye & Siblings (d) 3rd Class *************** June 18 - St. Ephraem, Confessor & Doctor with Ana Teresa Garcia (d) Commemoration of Ss. Mark and Marcellian Kevin Patrick Moffitt (L) 3rd Class Rudolf Arndt (d) June 19 - Sacred Heart of Jesus Margaret M. Brennan (d) 1st Class Sylvia Morra (L) June 20 - Our Lady on Saturday *************** 3rd Class In Thanksgiving to Our Lady Next Sunday Grace Millane and Victoria Shafer (d) Rosa & Leonardo and Romana Mendoza (d) June 21 - Third Sunday after Pentecost Soledad Sumido (d) 2nd Class *************** ALTAR FLOWERS DONOR The Mastandrea Family and Edward Hasbrouck (L) In Thanksgiving to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception “I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; Living & Deceased Family of Carmine & Lena Salerno and the place where thy glory dwelleth.” Barthlemeuw J. Derrane (d) - Psalm 26:8 Avelina Obmaces (d) If anyone is interested in donating *************** the Altar Flowers a for a special in- Adriana Garrido (L) tention or in memory of someone, Catherine M. Alfone (d) for any of the major feast days in Peter & Joan M Coyle (L) June, please contact the Parish Of- Eleanor L. Panes (L) Birthday fice. The donation is $250.00 for two arrangements. Francoise Marie (d) *************** MEMORIAL OPPORTUNITIES All Holy Souls in Purgatory Rose Alimento (d) In addition to the offering of the Holy Sacrifice of Intentions of the Sacred Heart the Mass for the living and deceased, the following In Honor and Thanksgiving to the Sacred Heart may also be offered for the week, Sunday James Barrett (L) to Saturday: *************** 1) Sanctuary Candle burning before Our Lord in Servant of God Mary Grace Bellotti The O’Donnell Family (d) the tabernacle - $25.00 Thomas & Mary McBride (d) 2) Altar Candles - $50.00 3) Altar Bread - $40.00 4) Altar Wine - $30.00 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ + / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 5) Adoration Candles - $65.00 Altar Offerings 6) Altar Flowers - $250.00 for 2 arrangements Sanctuary Candle Please contact the rectory office if you are inter- In Thanksgiving ested in offering any of these items. by Helen Wu The intention will be published weekly in the Parish bulletin. FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI The Feast of Corpus Christi is celebrated in the Catholic Church on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday or, in some places such as the United States, it is transferred by an Indult to the following Sunday. The feast was institut- ed to honor the Lord’s presence in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Since Holy Thursday is so close to Good Friday, our minds are turned with sadness to the Passion of the Lord so joy over the institution of the Holy Eucharist can- not be sufficiently expressed, thus the necessity of this Feast. There were 2 separate miracles that lead to the institution of the feast in the Catholic Church: The Vision of St Juliana of Cornillon St Juliana had a great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament from her youth and longed for a special feast to celebrate devotion to Our Lord’s Presence in the Blessed Sacrament. The saint had a vision of the Church under the appearance of a full moon which had one dark spot. During the vision, she heard a mysterious, heavenly voice explain that the moon represented the Church at that time, and the dark spot symbolised the fact that a great feast in honour of the Blessed Sacrament was missing from the liturgical calendar. St Juliana confessed the vision to Bishop Robert de Thorete, then Bishop of Liège, and Jacques Pantaléon, who later became Pope Urban IV. Bishop Robert was favourably impressed and called a synod in 1246 which authorised the celebration of a feast dedicated to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament – Corpus Christi – to be held in the diocese in the following year. Eucharistic Miracle at Bolsena Fr Pietro da Praga had grown lukewarm in his love of the Eucharist and had doubts as to whether the Eucharist was the real Body and Blood of Our Lord. In 1263, whilst celebrating Holy Mass in the Church San- ta Cristina in Bolsena, at the breaking of the Bread, the precious Blood of Our Lord flowed from the Host, covering the altar cloth, corporal and the floor. Pope Urban IV, who was residing at Orvieto at the time, ordered that the precious cloth, covered with the precious blood, was to be brought to the Church of St Mary in Orvieto where it is still venerated even today. SOLEMNITY OF THE SACRED HEART The annual Global Rosary Relay for the sanctification of priests on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 19, 2020 will be prayed once again to recognize and bless the work of priests serving the faithful the world over. Each of the participating prayer locations in 85+ countries prays a particular mystery of the Rosary at a particular half hour on the day in thanksgiving to God for our priests and to implore the protection and lov- ing care of Our Lady, Mother of all priests, for all her priestly sons. With the coming of midnight on the June 19, 2020, the entire world, by then, will have been encircled in prayer for our priests on this The An- nual Rosary Relay Day. It was the great Irish priest Fr. Patrick Peyton who never tired of saying that: ‘The Family that prays together stays together.’ As the family of the Church, you are invited to join your prayers to the pray- ers of millions throughout the world on June 19, 2020. It is an opportunity for us to raise our hearts to God for all priests in the exercise of their ministry; that they will be blessed, through our prayers, with God’s grace for their priesthood; that in this worldwide communion of prayer for them, they may experience our gratitude and support; and finally that they will persevere in unity with Christ and his Church and shepherd the Lord’s flock to the safe pastures of his Kingdom.