HOLY INNOCENTS PARISH WE GATHER TO PRAISE, TO BLESS AND TO PROCLAIM.

431 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570 (914) 769-0025,FAX: (914) 747-2476 Website: www.hiparish.org Office Hours: M-F: 9am-3pm, Sat: 11am-5pm, Sun:9am-1pm

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 5:15pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am Children’s Choir, 11am and 5:15pm Daily: 7:00am Monday to Saturday 12:15pm Monday to Friday during Lent

Our Lady of Pompeii, Saratoga Avenue Sunday: 10:00am; Daily: 8:45am

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays: 4:30-5:00pm in the church; all other times by request. Please call the office for an appointment.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Please call the Parish Office to make arrangements for our Baptismal Preparation Program, several weeks in advance of the baby’s birth. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: By appointment at least 6 months in advance. A pre-Cana program is required. SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: As scheduled, or anytime a priest is called. Please notify us when a family member enters the hospital. NEW PARISHIONERS: You are cordially invited to join our parish community. Please stop in at the Parish Office.

PARISH STAFF Fr. Hugh L. Burns, OP, Pastor

Fr. Daniel Davies, OP Fr. Jordan McConway, OP Fr. Gregory Doherty, OP Sr. Kathleen O’Hanlon, OP

Gerard Roggemann 769-3297 Director of Religious Education Joe DeSanctis 514-8731 Music Director Eileen Bruehl 769-0025 x11 Parish Coordinator Thomas Conaty 769-0025 x30 Youth Minister Barbara Mackin 769-0025 x22 Business Manager afortino@hiparish.org Bulletin Editor

March 20, 2016

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Monday Is 42:1-7; Jn 12:1-11

Tuesday Is 49:1-6; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38

Wednesday Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34; Mt 26:14-25

Thursday Chrism Mass: Is 61:1-3ab, 6a, 8b-9; Rv 1:5-8;

Lk 4:16-21 Lord’s Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; Cor 11:23-26;

Jn 13:1-15 Friday

Is 52:13 — 53:12; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9; Jn 18:1 — 19:42 Saturday

Gn 1:1 — 2:2; Gn 22:1-18; Ex 14:15 — 15:1; Ex 15:1-6, 17-18; Is 54:5-14; Is 55:1-11; Is 12:2-6; Bar 3:9-15,

32 — 4:4; Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Rom 6:3-11; Lk 24:1-12

Sunday Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9

Evening Vigil 5:15pm Norma Caporale PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 Joseph O’Reilly 10:00 (OLP) Peter Osso 11:00 James Sullivan 5:15 Robert Donnelly (8th Anniversary) Monday of Holy Week 7:00 Jack Doherty 8:45 (OLP) Intentions of Gerry Carlin 12:15 Jeremiah Law Tuesday of Holy Week 7:00 Kate O’Connell 8:45 (OLP) Joseph P. Reardon 12:15 Deceased of McMorrow & Houlihan Family Wednesday of Holy Week 7:00 Paul Skoblicki 8:45 (OLP) James P. Farrell (Birthday) 12:15 Evelyne Cerrone HOLY THURSDAY 8:00pm Mass of The Lord Supper 10:30pm Closing Prayers GOOD FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD 12:00pm Stations of the Cross 3:00pm Sacred Liturgy HOLY SATURDAY 8:00pm Mass of the Easter Vigil EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD 7:30 Our Parishioners 9:00 The Hussey & Brogan Family 10:00 (OLP) Virginia Toffon & Mary Jack 11:00 Marie Irene Filancia 12:30 Intentions of Debra Giordano

2016 FINANCE CORNER

Regular Maintenance February Parish Pay $10,032.00 $ 1,536.00 Mar. 6 $ 9,004.07 Catholic Relief $ 2,337.00 Mar. 13 $ 7,840.23 $ 2,305.00

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

Jimmy Fleming, Joyce Scholz Deborah Migliorini, Rita Laviano, Antonio Soto, John Keator, Mary Pat & Jack McMahon, Betty Burns, Meghan Rizzo, Mary Renna, Walter Salat, Barbara Walters, Juan Portillo, Jacques Padawer, Kathy FioRito, Edythe Proehl, Bonnie Proudian, Jeanne Cibirka, Lucia Carlucci, Jennifer Schneider, Elsie Vernon, Richard Colucci, Maria Provenzano, Lee Franco, Adele Casagrande, Joseph Drago, Gabrielle Sanchez, Rose Puller, Olivia Bendus, Linda Iorizzo, Judy Chriss, Jane Chitty, Jerry Brennan, Jean Balzone, Bernadette Harris, Angela Lynch, Robert Iovino, Dennis Catozella, Beth Frankoviac, Bartholomew Hickey, Teresa Cardinali, Rocco Zacarolli, Robert Sarro, Irene Ramirez, Eleanor Stockel, Michael Lepore, Ellen Dierking, Nate Smith, Matthew Ryan Taylor, Maureen Corry, Nicholas Torres, Baby Hazel, Cathy Policastro, Edwina Hickey, Mary Bachmann, Julia Ruffalo, Jaspare Miranda, Stephen Mercatili, Margaret Sardella, Ray Aldes, Cissy Patane, William Vestal, Kathy DiPrima, Harry Smith, Arthur Woods

THE WEEK AHEAD IN THE PARISH

Monday, March 21st: 11:00am—Bible Study 7:00pm—Confessions at H.I.

Tuesday, March 22nd: 11:00am—Lectio Divina

Wednesday, March 23rd: 6:00pm—Junior Choir 7:15pm—Adult Choir 7:00pm—Confessions at OLP

Complete Holy Week Schedule on Page 5

The Parish Office will be closed March 25th— 28th

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PASTOR’S NOTE

Today we begin the pageant of Holy Week—the most intensely spiritual week of the year. Liturgically we follow the Lord Jesus in His last earthly days right up to the death defying, spectacle of His Resurrection. Make your way through this week as if part of the grand procession snaking through the streets of Seville, Spain each year. As Jesus begged his disciples in the Garden: “Just be with me.” Just follow along with the liturgy of Holy Week and symbolically enter into those events as if you were there on the streets of Jerusalem itself. The Sacred Triduum is a measured march along the Way of the Cross beginning with Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem and ending with the magnificent triumph of His Resurrection. Do yourself and your family a blessed favor and make time this week to follow the Lord on His way to Calvary and the bright light of the empty tomb. The poem for this week is one that drifted out of my breviary the other day, printed on a holy card my father gave me more than 50 years ago. It is by Joseph Mary Plunkett, the Irish poet and patriot. It was one of my dad’s favorites and he reminded me that the poet was executed in the Easter Rising of 1916. Those of us who are Irish are inspired in this centenary year of that event. No doubt the faith in the Risen Christ which gave Plunkett his keen awareness of God’s presence in the natural world, also supplied him the strength and hope to face the firing squad on an Easter 100 years ago. Let the light of Jesus’ Resurrection illuminate the divine handiwork in the beauty of this springtime and in all we meet along the way, especially the poor and distressed.

In the Lord,

Fr. Hugh, OP

Pastor’s Poetry Post-It

I See His Blood Upon the Rose

I see His blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of His eyes, His body gleams amid eternal snows, His tears fall from the skies. I see His face in every flower; The thunder and the singing of the birds Are but His voice—and carven by His power Rocks are His written words. All pathways by His feet are trod His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea, His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn, His cross is every tree.

Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887-1916; executed in the Easter Rising)

PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD

First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-7

Isaiah describes an individual who had been taught by God to reach out to others. He also describes this individual's willingness to be beaten and spit upon, secure that with God's help, he will not be disgraced. Second Reading: Philippians 2:6-11

Paul discusses how Jesus did not declare equality with God, but took on human form. He humbled himself enough to accept dying on the cross. God in turn exalted him and wants us to respect Jesus' name and worship him. Gospel: Luke 22:14—23:56

Luke gives a detailed account of Jesus' last supper with the apostles, where Jesus tells them he will soon suffer in fulfillment of God's will. Then Jesus prayed that he might be spared if it suited God's will. After Judas betrayed Jesus, he was arrested. Although Pilate did not think Jesus was guilty of a crime, he gave in to the will of the people, and sentenced Jesus to death on a cross. Then Jesus was crucified and his body laid in a new tomb.

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CYO YOUTH GROUP

The Youth Group meets on the 1st

and 3rd

Sundays of each month. All 9

th—12

th graders are welcome to join

us. If you have any questions please contact TomConaty@optonline.net

MARCH/APRIL ●Mar. 20th—Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm ●Mar. 27th—Happy Easter ●Apr. 3rd—Youth Mass at 5:15pm ●Apr. 3rd—Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm ●Apr. 10th—Prepare and serve Lunch at Ronald McDonald House; meet at Church 10:00am ●Apr. 17th—Host Midnight Run Quarter Meeting at OLP 12:45-3:00pm ●Apr. 17th—Youth Group Meeting at 6:15pm ●Apr.24th—Cottage School visit; meet at Church 2:30pm Holy Innocents Youth Group would like to acknowledge and give special thanks to Lucio’s Pizza, Pleasantville Pizza, Starbucks, and Dunkin Donuts for their donations of food items to the Youth Group’s numerous Breakfast Runs to feed the homeless in NYC. We thank you for your support and generosity!

CYO BASKETBALL Congratulations to all our CYO basketball teams, players and families for another exceptional season. Special thank you to all the coaches and volunteers who make it all possible. Many of our 32 teams made it to the playoffs. Three made it all the way to the County finals at Iona Prep. They are our 4

th grade girls, 5

th

grade girls and 8th

grade boys teams. Outstanding effort! Huge congratulations to our Westchester-Putnam 5th Grade Girls CYO Champions! Our girls team won the championship last weekend and ended the season with a 14-0 record. ……..Way to go girls!!

5th Grade CYO Champs

Kayla Collins, Rose Collins, Ruby Donohue, Mia Hoxhaj, Jillian Kraus, Mia Lopez, Aisling Mulcahy, Kaeleigh Picco, Kaitlyn Roemmelt, Kiera Sheerin, Mia Townes, Dylan Zednik

Coach Ralph Zednick, Coach Will Collins, Coach Keith Picco

In planning the music for Holy Week 2016, the Music Ministry of Holy Innocents searched for fitting selections for the themes and moods of each of the holy days. It is our intention that the music accompany and enhance the messages of each liturgy of the Triduum. We always utilize the Breaking Bread hymnal first, but there exists beautiful music by a variety of composers in other resources that we think provides an interesting reflection on the celebration of each day’s service for our parish. When a selection is not in the hymnal, we review before Mass, and our cantors recite the refrains first, so you can fully join in the singing.

We invite and encourage you to attend each of these beautiful and moving services and want you to know that your participation in the music of each liturgy is important to us.

It is our sincere hope that all who gather with us over these special days find the music we have chosen and prepared prayerful, and an integral part of the celebrations of Triduum. As always, we encourage and welcome your participation!

May you all have a Blessed Easter!

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Snow Day Give Back—No Classes March 29th, 30th & 31st. Classes resume April 2nd. Reminder: Confirmation Service Reports are due April 6th.

* * * * * 7th Grade—Save the Date

Tuesday, April 26th, 6:45pm in the Social Hall Night of Volunteering and

Confirmation Meeting This is a required meeting where parents will receive information about Confirmation Preparation. Early Dismissal. Gerard J Roggemann Coordinator - Holy Innocents Religious Education groggemann@hiparish.org ph 914-769-3297 www.hiparish.org

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Sacrament of Reconciliation

Monday, March 21st from 7-8pm Holy Innocents Church

Wednesday, March 23rd from 7-8pm Our Lady of Pompeii Church

Friday, March 25th from 7-8pm Holy Innocents Church

Saturday, March 26th from 3-4pm Holy Innocents Church

“Come and Pray with Me”

Mass Schedule

Holy Thursday, March 24th Mass of the Lord’s Supper @ 8pm Closing Night Prayers @ 10:30pm

Good Friday, March 25th

Stations of the Cross @ 12:00 Noon Sacred Liturgy at 3pm

Holy Saturday, March 26th

Easter Vigil Mass @ 8pm

Easter Sunday, March 27th Masses: 7:30, 9:00, 11:00am & 12:30pm

(No 5:15pm Mass) Our Lady of Pompeii Chapel @ 10:00am

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The Holy Innocents Events Committee Invites You to

A LADIES HIGH TEA

Holy Innocents Social Hall Sunday, April 10, 2016

2:30-5pm (followed by 5:15pm Mass)

$25 Women and Non-Parishioner Seniors

$20 Girls 9-14 & Senior Parishioners (62+) Please join the ladies of Holy Innocents for a wonderful afternoon of social time and fellowship as well as tea, delicious food and dessert. Dress to impress.

Reservation forms available at the entrances to the church and on our website:

www.hiparish.org

Please respond with payment by check to Holy Innocents Parish by Monday, March 28th to the Parish Office. Include High Tea in the memo box.

For additional information: bobby@westnet.com or Sr. Kathy (914) 769-0025

MARCH FOOD PANTRY The Food Pantry is in need of the following: Oatmeal, Cereal, Pancake Mix, Pancake Syrup, Low Sodium Canned Veggies and Low Sodium Canned Soup, Pork and Beans, Canned Beef Stew, Bagged Lentils, Easter Candy. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

50th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Couples celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary anytime during 2016 are invited to attend the Annual Golden Wedding Jubilee Mass with Cardinal

Dolan at the Cathedral of St. Patrick, Saturday, June 25th at 1:30pm OR Sunday, June 26th at 2:00pm. Pre-registration is required. Place contact the parish office for registration. The closing date to register for Mass is Tuesday, May 24, 2016. The event is sponsored by the Family Life † Respect Office of the Archdiocese of New York.

Peanut Butter & Jelly Sunday April 17

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Can YOU help to feed the homeless? Just bring a jar of peanut butter or jelly to Church! PJ Collins started the volunteer organization, 10,000 PBJ’s and their mission is to feed NYC’s Homeless. Can you help? Collection baskets are set-up in the social hall for donations of peanut butter, jelly, Hershey Kisses and NEW socks. Please join PJ on Sunday, April 17th after the 9:00am and 11:00am Masses to hear about his work and how your family can get involved. Prepare to be inspired!

PARISH COUNCIL The Parish Council of Holy Innocents is comprised of dedicated parishioners willing to share their individual talents to serve the parish. The council works with the pastor and parish staff in an advisory capacity to support and enhance the life of the parish. Each year, new members are added to the council via a selection process. This year the council is hoping to add six new members to serve for a term of three years. Nominating petitions are available in the narthex, parish hall and at Our Lady of Pompeii during the month of March. At this time, please give prayerful consideration to volunteering as a member of the Parish Council. For additional information or questions, contact Bridget Dinardi at 914-584-0941 or bpplus4@aol.com.

MARYMOUNT CONVENT Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary

32 Warren Avenue Tarrytown, NY

Position Available—Full-time Activity Program Leader needed to conduct recreational/motivational programs for retired sisters. Essential criteria:

● Knowledge of long term care ● Computer skills ● Experience in social/recreational program in a Healthcare setting. ● Must have a compassionate understanding for the needs of elderly religious.

Please email resume with cover letter and salary requirements to: Casconemmc@aol.com

SUNDAY COFFEE You can play a vital role in helping us continue the Sunday Coffee program. It is really simple; pick a date you are available to set-up the coffee services for the 9am, 11am or both.

Sign-up board is located in the Social Hall. This is a great family or group activity where you get to know your fellow parishioners.