HOLY INNOCENTS PARISH “WE GATHER TO PRAISE, TO BLESS AND TO PROCLAIM.” 431 BEDFORD ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, NY AUGUST 19, 2018 “Yo Soy El Pan De La Vida” by Joaquin Sorola y Bastida PARISH STAFF Fr. Hugh L. Burns, OP, Pastor Fr. Frank Sutman, OP, Parochial Vicar Sr. Donna Kelly, CND, Pastoral Associate, Fr. Gregory Doherty, OP (In Residence) Maria Lamorgese 769-3297, x1 Director of Religious Education Joe DeSanctis 514-8731 Music Director Loretta Hotter 769-0025 Sacristan Eileen Bruehl 769-0025 x11 Parish Coordinator Thomas Conaty 769-0025 x30 Youth Minister Barbara Mackin 769-0025 x22 Business Manager [email protected] 769-0025x10 Bulletin Readings for the Week Sunday: Prv 9:1-6; Eph 5:15-20; Jn 6:51-58 Monday: Ez 24:15-24: Mt 19:16-22 Tuesday: Ez 28:1-10; Mt 19:23-30 Wednesday: Ez 34:1-11; Mt 20:1-16 CONDOLENCES Thursday: Ez 36:23-28; Mt 22:1-14 Friday: Rv 21:9b-14; Jn 1:45-51 We extend our sympathy and promise of prayers to the Saturday: Ez 43:1-7b; Mt 23:1-12 family and friends of Scott Dieter (brother of Craig and brother-in-law of Liz) James Rothwell (son of Theresa) 8/18—Evening Vigil 5:15 Michael Piccorelli 8/19—20TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Mary Eliot 10:00 (OLP) Louis Salottolo Jimmy Fleming, Joyce Scholz, Deborah Migliorini, Antonio 11:00 Patrick Looney Soto, Betty Burns, Mary Renna, Barbara Walters, Juan 5:15 Ray Binter Portillo, Jacques Padawer, Kathy FioRito, Bonnie Proudian, 8/20—Monday, Saint Bernard Abbott & Doctor of the Jeanne Cibirka, Lucia Carlucci, Jennifer Schneider, Elsie Vernon, Richard and Maryann Colucci, Maria Provenzano, Church Joseph Drago, Gabrielle Sanchez, Olivia Bendus, Linda 7:00 Intentions of Tina Oser Iorizzo, Judy Chriss, Jane Chitty, Jean Balzone, 8/21—Tuesday, Saint Pius X, Pope Bernadette Harris, Angela Lynch, Beth Frankoviac, Robert Sarro, Irene Ramirez, Nate Smith, Matthew Ryan Taylor, 7:00 Intentions of Tina Oser Nicholas Torres, Cathy Policastro, Mary Bachmann, 8/22—Wednesday, The Queenship of the Blessed Stephen Mercatili, Ray Aldes, Cissy Patane, Arthur Woods, Virgin Mary Hernan Rebagliati, Bridget Tidd, Helen Burton, Sean Murphy, Kathleen Shortall, Baby George Driscoll, Michael 7:00 Intentions of Tina Oser Garris, Kevin Keane, Barbara Brady, Gavin Brady, Tara 8/23—Thursday, Weekday Morstatt, Emma Murphy, Gina Linss, Jackie Mastrolillo, Brendan Lennon, Claudia Brooks, Lil DeCarlo, Gidget 7:00 Intentions of Tina Oser Jimenez, Nicholas Kochek, Brian Egitto, Walter Morris, 8/24—Friday, Saint Bartholomew Anna Hutchinson, Kathy McCann, Mary Sheehan, Joseph DeSanctis (father of Joe DeSanctis), Bobby Murphy, Kevin 7:00 John Bianco Lange, Rebecca Conroy, Marie Silviotti, Joseph Donato, 8/25—Saturday, Weekday Chris Grammas, Timothy Stanton, Hailee Kalle, Christine Brown, Matthew Mancuso, Jim O’Connell 8:30 Paul Vinett 8/25—Evening Vigil 5:15 Margaret & Edmund Corvini Please pray for the safety of our men and women in the military, especially those who are 8/26—21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME serving overseas. 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 John O’Connor 10:00 (OLP) John Brentano OFFERTORY GIFTS 11:00 Agostino Corvino Family members of those for whom a Mass is offered are welcome to present the Offertory Gifts to the celebrant at 5:15 Antoinette Butta the Altar. Please identify yourself to one of the Ushers or the Celebrant before Mass begins. 2018 FINANCE CORNER Regular Maintenance The Sanctuary Lamp at Holy Innocents Church burns Aug. 5 $ 6,249.20 In Memory of Phyllis Vita Aug. 12 $ 7,004.97 $ 2,095.00 #490 Page2 Pastor’s Poetry Post-Its “Introduction to Poetry” We recently welcomed into the family of God I ask them to take a poem and our parish family: and hold it up to the light like a color slide Anthony Gerardo Cipriano Brendan William McCormack or press an ear against its hive. Congratulations to the parents and sponsors! I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out, FAMILY MASS Thank you to the families and classes that participated in or walk inside a poem’s room the family Masses this year. The family Mass invites and feel the walls for a light switch. children, individuals, whole or mixed families, to take an active role in the Mass. No previous experience I want them to waterski necessary. The Family Masses are celebrated at the across the surface of a poem 9:00am Mass on the first Sunday of the month, from waving at the author’s name on the shore. October to June. But all they want to do If you or your family would like to participate in a is tie the poem to a chair with rope Family Mass this year, please contact and torture a confession out of it. Christine McCarvill at: They begin beating it with a hose [email protected], or 914-449-6641 to find out what it really means. Energize your faith through this worthy service……... Billy Collins RE-CREATION MASS & LUNCHEON (US Poet Laureate 2001-2003 b.1941) On Wednesday, September 5th, our parishioners 55 and over will gather for the 12:15pm Mass followed by our Pastor’s Post-It monthly luncheon. Please call the Parish Office at 769- 0025 if you need a ride. During the last week of August I will be serving once again as Catholic Chaplain at the Chautauqua Institution. Several of our parishioners have attended Chautauqua in the past and continue to do so. If you have never experienced it, make plans for Chautauqua some summer. It takes place all summer long at the extreme end of New York State on Lake Chautauqua. Each week It’s almost time to begin our 2018-2019 Catechetical is a cornucopia of culture and learning. You can binge Year! I cannot believe that summer is passing us by so guilt free on art, music, and lectures from renowned quickly! academics and authors. There is Mass each day along with many other religious services. Many denominations We are in the process of completing the schedule for our have houses on the grounds; we Catholics among them. Religious Education Classes. If you have not yet It is summer camp for intellectually curious adults and registered your child for September, we urge you to do kids too. Check it out! so in order to ensure a seat in our Program. If you have any questions or concerns about our upcoming class I recently came across a brilliant quote from the late Irish sessions, please do not hesitate to call or come by the writer William Trevor which is so apt for our perilously office. divided and rigidly dogmatic times: We hope and pray that you continue to enjoy these last “Black and white are densities of more few weeks of summer. May your days be filled with love, complicated grays.” laughter, and fun! We look forward to seeing you in September! Think about it! Maria Lamorgese, Director PH 914-769-3297 ext. 1 Fr. Hugh, O.P. [email protected] #490 Page3 This weekend our Offertory hymn is I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light. The tune and the lyrics were written by Kathleen Thomerson. Holy Innocents Youth Ministry is directed by Youth Minister, Tom Conaty. Youth Ministry consists of our Ms. Thomerson grew up in Mississippi, California and Youth Group and the CYO Basketball program. To join Texas. She studied music at the Universities of Colorado Youth Group, teens should just show up at any meeting and Texas, the Flemish Royal Conservatory in Antwerp, and sign in with the youth leaders. ALL 9th-12th graders Belgium and privately in Paris, France. are welcome. The YG’s main focus is on service and social justice. We meet most Sundays @ 6:15pm. We According to the composer the song was written as a have youth Masses the first Sunday of each month “scriptural meditation and prayer inspired by many bible (Starting in Oct). The CYO Basketball Program consists verses including Genesis 1:17, Isaiah 60:19, Psalm of K-2 Clinics as well as teams from 3rd-12th grades. 139:12, and Hebrews 1:3.” As she wrote the words, she When we have enough adult volunteers we will also run a heard the melody to which they were to be sung taking CYO track and field program. If you have any questions shape in her mind. The tune is titled Houston because it please email: [email protected] was written during an extremely hot summer in St. Louis where she had no air-conditioning and was suffering Youth Group numerous brown outs. She left to visit her mother who lived in air-conditioned comfort in Houston, Texas. Kathleen finished the song there and presented it to the Sept. 16th — Youth Group meeting at 6:15pm local church. It was first sung at the Church of the Sept 30th — Cottage School visit at 2:30pm Redeemer in Houston, and later published in various Sept. 30th — Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm hymnals and in many languages. Oct. 7th — Youth Mass at 5:15pm In preparing this article, the research into this hymn Oct. 7th — Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm uncovered many opinions on its worthiness for use in Oct. 14th — Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm liturgy. Some Music directors and organists found it too Oct. 21st — Breast Cancer Walk at 8:30am irregular, and the lyrics mediocre and clumsy, others found it simple and perfect for children. Liturgists Oct. 28th — Cottage School visit at 2:30pm discussed the lyrics being too “me” centered, talking Oct.