HOLY INNOCENTS PARISH 431 BEDFORD ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, NY

“WE GATHER TO PRAISE, TO BLESS AND TO PROCLAIM.”

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Monday Acts 2:14, 22-33; Mt 28:8-15

Tuesday Acts 2:36-41; Jn 20:11-18

Wednesday Acts 3:1-10; Lk 24:13-35

Thursday Acts 3:11-26; Lk 24:35-48

Friday Acts 4:1-12; Jn 21:1-14

Saturday Acts 4:13-21; Mk 16:9-15

Sunday Acts 2:42-47; Jn 20:19-31

Holy Saturday 8:00pm Mass of the Easter Vigil

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD 7:30 Michael Keenan 9:00 Thomas McCormack 10:00 (OLP) Mary Jack & Virginia Toffon 11:00 Elena Braia

Monday within the Octave of Easter 7:00 Our Parishioners

Tuesday within the Octave of Easter 7:00 Donna Sicuvanza

Wednesday within the Octave of Easter 7:00 Alexander Travis

Thursday within the Octave of Easter 7:00 Patrick Brady

Friday within the Octave of Easter 7:00 Nora M. Nugent

Saturday within the Octave of Easter 7:00 Carl Voeltz (28th Anniversary) Evening Vigil 5:15 Hedy & Ed Howard

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 John Vanzo 10:00 (OLP) John Perrotta 11:00 William Healy

2016 FINANCE CORNER

Regular Maintenance March Parish Pay $11,757.00 $ 1,570.00 April Apr. 2 $ 9,323.93

Please pray for the safety of our men and women in the military, especially those who are serving overseas.

Dennis Catozella, Jimmy Fleming, Joyce Scholz Deborah Migliorini, Antonio Soto, Mary Pat & Jack McMahon, Betty Burns, Mary Renna, Barbara Walters, Juan Portillo, Jacques Padawer, Kathy FioRito, Bonnie Proudian, Jeanne Cibirka, Lucia Carlucci, Jennifer Schneider, Elsie Vernon, Richard & Maryann Colucci, Maria Provenzano, Lee Franco, Adele Casagrande, Joseph Drago, Gabrielle Sanchez, Olivia Bendus, Linda Iorizzo, Judy Chriss, Jane Chitty, Jean Balzone, Bernadette Harris, Angela Lynch, Robert Iovino, Beth Frankoviac, Rocco Zacarolli, Robert Sarro, Irene Ramirez, Eleanor Stockel, Nate Smith, Matthew Ryan Taylor, Nicholas Torres, Baby Hazel, Cathy Policastro, Mary Bachmann, Jaspare Miranda, Stephen Mercatili, Ray Aldes, Cissy Patane, Arthur Woods, Rose Cipriano, Hernan Rebagliati, Bridget Tidd, Jane Richardson (Dublin, Ireland), Helen Burton, Maria Victoria Zulli, Julia Sessa, Sean Murphy, Kathleen Shortall, Baby George Driscoll, Dorothea Lang, Michael Garris, Kevin Keane, Ramiro Valderrama, Barbara Brady, Gavin Brady, Tara Morstatt, Emma Murphy, Gina Linss, Jackie Mastrolillo, Brendan Lennon, Ruth Walzer, Claudia Brooks, Lil DiCarlo

CONDOLENCES We extend our sympathy and promise of prayers to

the family and friends of

Eileen K. Fleming (mother of Greg Fleming and Loretta Chiavetta)

WEEKLY DONATION ENVELOPES Please help us make the recording of your donations

accurate and efficient. On the front of every envelope please indicate the amount enclosed by circling the box or writing in the amount. The second collection envelopes (maintenance, holy days, etc.) have a space on the bottom right hand side of the envelope for the amount enclosed.

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PASTOR’S POETRY POST-IT

“Easter Hymn”

ANNUAL GOLDEN WEDDING JUBILEE MASS

Couples celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary anytime during 2017 are invited to attend the Annual Golden Wedding Jubilee Mass with Cardinal Dolan at the Cathedral of St. Patrick on Sunday, June 11th at 2:00pm. This event is sponsored by the Family Life † Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese of New York. Pre-registration is required. Please call the Parish Office at 769-0025 as soon as possible so we can reserve seats (total of three tickets per couple) for you. Additional non-ticketed seating will be available for families and guests who are invited to sit/stand outside of the reserved section. Tickets are limited. If you can not attend the Mass but would like to receive a certificate from the Archdiocese, please call the Parish Office and we will send the Archdiocese the following information: your first and last names, mailing address and date of wedding.

Let us rise in early morning,

And instead of ointments bring

Hymns of praise to our Master,

And His Resurrection sing;

We shall see the Sun of Justice

Risen with healing in His wing.

Thy unbounded loving-kindness,

They that groaned in Hades chain,

Prisoners, from afar beholding,

Hasten to the light again,

And to that eternal Pascha

Wove the dance and raised the strain.

Go ye forth, His Saints, to meet Him!

Go with lamps in every hand!

From the sepulcher He riseth;

Ready for the Bridegroom stand;

And the Pascha of salvation

Hail, with His triumphant band.

St. John Damascene (676-754)

Jesus Christ Is Risen! Today is the biggest

feast of the year, dwarfing Christmas and everything else in the whole of human history. At Christmas we celebrate that Christ came in to the world, today we celebrate that He

saved the world from itself. The Risen Savior put an end to death. Jesus rose up from

the grave and so have we all. Life is worth living and Jesus made it last forever.

Dare to believe it!

Fr. Hugh, OP

THE WEEK AHEAD IN THE PARISH

The Parish Office is closed this weekend and will reopen on Tuesday, April 18th.

Tuesday, April 18th: 11:00am—Lectio Divina 7:00pm—Baptism Class Wednesday, April 19th: 6:00pm—Junior 7:15pm—Adult Choir Saturday, April 22nd: 4:30pm—Teen Choir Sunday, April 23rd: 12:30pm—Baptisms 6:15pm—Youth Group Meeting

A VERY SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM Archbishop Christoper M. Cardone, OP

Dear Fr. Hugh and the Parish Community,

Thank you for the donations we received for the “unannounced” Masses which will be said by the Honiara Archdiocese.

May God Bless the Holy Innocents Community; may you have a Blessed Holy Week and a Glorious Easter!

Archbishop Christopher Cardone, OP Honiara Archdiocese/Guadalcanal Island/Solomon

Islands/South Pacific

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Easter Morning Prayer

As the world sings triumphant cries to heaven over death that You conquered, help us Lord, tomorrow as well, when the dresses are put away and the candy is all eaten and

on with life we go, let us not forget.

The celebration of your Resurrection over death is a celebration of life that should continue well beyond the

sunrise service and the music, rehearsed for days prior; it is beyond the sign of spring beyond the lily, beyond the

lambs grazing in open fields.

Resurrection is a daily celebration over fear; man’s greatest and most powerful enemy. Fear of tomorrow, fear of our yesterdays, fear of what shall become of our

young, our old, and our unborn. Resurrection is replacing fear with physical action.

This alone, the most touching and profound of Your sings that fear is dead and belief in You brings, not just hope but

life.

What a better living parable could You have brought? All fear death. All. Even in the garden You took on our fear if

for a few moments, it was as real as our fears can be. You know then that this single enemy must be destroyed.

And, You sacrificed Your life, leaving those who had been comforted and follower; You left them behind, to conquer

fear.

I shall cling to this now, and the tomorrows given me.

Peace and Thanksgiving lifted unto You.

Amen.

May we all fee the hope and life of the Resurrection, Maria Lamorgese, Director

CYO YOUTH GROUP

The Youth Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month. All 9th-12th graders are welcome to join us. If you have any questions please contact: TomConaty@hiparish.org

APRIL

●Apr. 16th—”Happy Easter” ●Apr. 23rd—Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm ●Apr. 30th—Cottage School at 2:30pm

MAY ●May 7th—Youth Mass at 5:15pm followed by Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm.

The Music Ministry of Holy Innocents thanks you for your participation in the music for Holy Week 2017. We hope that you found the music we prepared a meaningful accompaniment to each liturgy. The Easter season welcomes the return of the sung Gloria, and the Alleluia as our Gospel Acclamation. The Gloria we are now using is from the Mass of the Resurrection by Randall DeBruyn, and can be found as #854 in the hymnal. The Gospel Acclamation is from the Mass of A Joyful Heart by Steve Angrisano. Our Easter season Mass setting is Mass of Plenty by Rob Glover. We again thank you for your participation and wish you a very Happy Easter! As Pope Saint John Paul II said: “we are the Easter people and Hallelujah is our song!”

This month the Pantry is in

need of: Pasta, Pasta Sauce,

Dried Beans, Pork & Beans,

Salt Free Veggies, Apple

Sauce, Crackers, Mayonnaise,

Mustard. Please check

expiration dates. We are very grateful for your

generosity.

Pleasantville Ecumenical Vacation Bible School Presbyterian Church

August 7-11, 2017 9:00 am – Noon

Discover Your Strength in God!

Your planning committee has been hard at work preparing a wonderful week of Bible stories, great

music with Mr. Chris, crafts, games and friends from other churches!

Registrations forms are now available. Please stop by Miss Maria’s office and pick up a copy!

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The Holy Innocents Speaker Series Presents:

“A Conversation with Peter Somogyi” A Holocaust Survivor shares his stories of fear and hope from

his time in the Auschwitz Death Camp

Sunday, April 30th – 7:00pm

Holy Innocents Catholic Church in the Social Hall

431 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY

Peter Somogyi was born in Pecs, Hungary in 1933. At 11 years old, he was placed in a ghetto in Hungary with all the Jews. Two months later he was deported to Auschwitz with his mother, sister, and twin brother Thomas. When they arrived at Auschwitz, after four days packed in cattle cars,

Dr. Josef Mengele chose twins from the prisoner's selection lines for use in his research. In 1949, Mr. Somogyi and his brother moved to Israel. In addition to Israel, he has lived in England,

Canada and now resides in the US with his wife, two children and four grandchildren.

All members of our inter-faith communities are invited

Donations accepted - Light Refreshments served

Mr. Somogyi is a member of the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center's Speakers Bureau

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2017 JULIUS AUCELLO SCHOLARSHIP The Knights of Columbus St. Dominic Council #4399 is going to award a scholarship to a practicing Roman Catholic high school senior who will be starting college in September 2017.The scholarship is available to students who reside in Mt. Pleasant. The award is extended to students of public or private high schools. The deadline for applying is May 5, 2017. Information and applications are available at high school guidance offices. For any questions or additional information, please email: Julius.aucello.scholarship@gmail.com

Join this local, teenager led Fundraiser to Support Displaced Syrian Refugees

April 28th in Kingsland Point Park

Sleepy Hollow 5:30pm-10:00pm

Featuring Special Guests, Local Band & Speakers

To purchase $15 tickets, please visit ww.ReliefUnited.org

All proceeds from this event will go directly to CNEW (a global charity founded in 1926 that is dedicated to

providing humanitarian help for refugees in the Middle, East, Northeast Africa, Indian & Eastern Europe

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD

April 16, 2017

First Reading: Acts 10:34a, 37‑43 In this passage, Peter testifies that he and his followers saw the miracles performed by Christ, witnessed His death, and believe in His resurrection. Now they will proclaim to all that Christ is the Son of God. Second Reading: Colossians 3:1‑4 Paul tells the Colossians that they will appear with Christ in glory. They should be mindful of things above rather than things on earth. Gospel: John 20:1‑9 In vivid detail, John tells us that when Mary Magdalene visited Christ’s tomb, the tomb was empty. She told the apostles, who ran to the tomb, and saw the “wrappings” on the ground. The disciple who entered first “saw and believed.”

RESTORE: AWAKENING A Conference for Catholic Young Adults

Young Adults College-Age to 39

Saturday, April 22nd

Mount Saint Mary College 380 Powell Avenue,

Newburgh, NY For info and to register visit: Restore Catholic.com

CHARISMATIC CLUSTER PRAYER MEETING

St. Patrick’s Parich Center 137 Moseman Road,Yorktown Heights

Thursday, April 27th at 6:45pm.

Join us to praise God in song, hear His word in

Scripture, and share what God is doing in our lives.

Guest speaker: Fr. Steve Norton “Children of God Through Adoption”

This prayer meeting is sponsored by the Catholic Charismatic Prayer Groups of Northern Westchester and Putnam. All are welcome to attend.