Immaculate Conception School The Graduating Class of 2015

Immaculate Conception School
The Graduating Class of 2015
We Salute you! We Thank you!
We wish you the choicest of God’s blessings
Chloe Barbezat
Sofia Nicola Gallegra
Raphael Soriano Bartolome
Matthew C. Gerety
Sean Francis Beirne
Melissa Megan Germano
Katherine Nicole Bonarrigo
John Carlos Costa Gomes
Liam R. Byrne
Giulian A. Lenz
Juliana Rose Cacciola
Dina Marie Leonard
Kaitlyn Caravello
Jeffrey G. Rivera
Ryan Caravello
Ryan Michael Rogers
Ashley Anne Cavanaugh
William Robert Rugai
Alison Lee Collins
Evelyn Rose Shanoff
Floralyt Paulino DeJesus
Steven Henry Thomas, Jr.
Amanda Catherine Denning
Amanda Marie Tiso
Aurora Carmela DeSantis
Pamela Martins Trevisan
Mark Richard Dmytryshyn
Jocelyn H. Wazolek
Jack Thomas Gagan
Gianna C. Woodin
June 14, 2015
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
June 14, 2015 - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Volume 33, No. 24
Immaculate Conception Church
Saturday, June 13 Vigil: Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
5:30 PM Armando Frusciante
Sunday, June 14 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
7:45 AM Adriano Alves
9:00 AM Venditto & Battista Families
10:30 AM­Robert Reisman
12:00 PMParishioners and Their Families
5:30 PM Mary Margaret Kelly
Monday, June 15 Weekday
8:30 AM Monsignor Anthony Maltese
12:00 PMDomenico Troncone
Tuesday, June 16 Weekday
8:30 AM Martin Enright
12:00 PMJohn Puz
Wednesday, June 17 Weekday
8:30 AM John O’Connor
12:00 PMJohn O’Connor
Thursday, June 18 Weekday
8:30 AM Angelina Riccio
12:00 PMMichele Sollecito
Friday, June 19 St. Romuald
8:30 AM Marcelo & Carmen Cruz
Elpidio & Sixta Luiz
12:00 PMRose, Mary & Deceased of Maltese Family
Saturday, June 20 Weekday
8:30 AM Rosemary Albano
Saturday, June 20 Vigil: Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5:30 PM Frank & Serafina Calabro
Sunday, June 21 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
7:45 AM Alfred & Jennie Rizzo
9:00 AM Gino Battista
10:30 AM­Pasquale C. D’Onofrio
12:00 PMGiovanni & Domenica Bellantoni and
Domenico Richichi
5:30 PM Parishioners and Their Families
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Diego Herus & Jamie Wood
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Christopher Burkhart & Mary McMahon
Daniel Coyle & Jocelyn Ventura
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Collection for June 7
Church of the Immaculate Conception: $12,370
Church of the Assumption: $2,665
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Please Remember to Pray for the Sick:
Bill Celestino • Bernadette Gleason Culhane
Maria Rose D’Onofrio • Rose De Benedictis • Elena DiLeo
Maria Faber • Alfred Fenzel • Jacqueline Henwood
Ana Herrera • Helen Leone • Danny MacMenamin
Ian Manzares • William McQuade • Evelyn Michels
Angelo Nurzia • Paula Piluso • William Ranieri • John Risi
Margaret Scott • Lawrence Smith • Mary Patricia Spruck
Lisa Vertullo • Frank Zeolla
and for the Departed:
Vito Luongo • Anna Porcelli
Scripture Readings: June 15 - June 21
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Mon: 2 Corinthians 6:1-10; Ps 98; Matthew 5:38-42
Tues: 2 Corinthians 8:1-9; Ps 146; Matthew 5:43-48
Wed: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11; Ps 112; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
Thurs: 2 Corinthians 1:1-11; Ps 111; Matthew 6:7-15
Fri:
2 Corinthians 11:18, 21-30; Ps 34; Matthew 6:19-23
Sat: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10; Ps 34; Matthew 6:24-34
Sun: Job 38:1, 8-11; Ps 107; 2 Corinthians 5:14-17;
Mark 4:35-41
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Make A Difference in the World!
It’s Easy!
Assumption Church
Sat 6/13 7:30 PM Maria & Joseph Marcoccia
Sun 6/14 8:30 AM Parishioners and Their Families
10:30 AM Vito, Loreto & Gerardo Mignardi
12:00 PM Margaret & Charles Gotsch
Mon 6/15 7:30 AM An Increase in Vocations
Tues 6/16 7:30 AM Michael & Rosaria Grasso
Wed 6/17 7:30 AM Peace in the World
Thurs 6/18 7:30 AM Donato T. Pinto
Fri 6/19 7:30 AM Josephine Summo
Sat 6/20 8:30 AM Giuseppe & Maria Marcoccia
7:30 PM Maria & Lorenzo Gizzo
Sun 6/21 8:30 AM Antonino Lamberti
10:30 AM Felicia De Luca
12:00 PM Parishioners and Their Families
Wedding Banns
Pray that young men in Our Archdiocese
will hear and answer God’s call to the priesthood.
For more information, contact Fr. Luke Sweeney or Fr. Luis Saldaña at
(914) 968-1340 or [email protected] or visit NYPriest.com.
The Sacrament of Baptism: Baptisms are scheduled at 1:30 PM
every Sunday at Immaculate Conception. Baptisms are scheduled by
request at Assumption for parishioners. Call the rectory as soon as
possible to make arrangements. Baptismal catechesis (instruction)
is offered on one Thursday of each month.
The Sacrament of Matrimony: Please make an appointment with
a member of the clergy at least six months in advance, prior to any
other plans for your expected wedding date.
Communion Calls for the Home Bound: Weekly or monthly.
Please call the rectory to arrange visitations.
Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick: Anytime day or night.
Call 961-3643.
Registration: New Parishioners may register by visiting one of the
priests or by calling the rectory: 961-3643.
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On the cover of the Bulletin are the names of our School’s Graduating Class of 2015. I congratulate them in receiving their diplomas, this past Friday Evening. I thank their parents and guardians for the many sacrifices
they offered up so that their child could attend a Catholic School: well worth the sacrifice. We should all
be proud of our school. Under the leadership of Ms. Harten, and with the dedication of our faculty and
staff, our school leads the others in its technology, in its spirit and its Catholic Identity.
Catholic education is imperative. And I thank all those who support our Catholic schools. Our school
started in 1911 with one classroom in the old Church. In 1913, the Sisters of St. Francis were invited to staff the
school and the Sisters of St. Francis had been in our school until 2010.
Graduation day for all students is a great day. There is the pride only parents can feel for their children; there is also the pride
of the teachers, as well as the pride on the part of the graduate in accomplishing the goal. There is also a bit of nervousness
or even fear, about leaving school and venturing onto something new and unfamiliar. For many of our graduates, they have
spent up to 9 or even 10 years in the same school, with the familiar faces of their teachers, classmates and staff. Now it is
time for them to leave and go on to high school.
Saying goodbye is never easy, but very necessary to grow and mature. Then there is the experience of the college grad going off into the “real world.”
But of all the joys of graduation ceremonies, the Baccalaureate Mass, for me, is the most important. Receiving a diploma
means one has accomplished something academic, one has passed all the tests and been duly instructed. Hopefully, the
knowledge will become wisdom, which is the right use of the knowledge learned.
Every Catholic school from elementary to university offers a Baccalaureate Mass before the academic convocation. At the
Mass, the graduates gather to worship and thank God for their gifts and talents, their life, faith and family. At the Mass the
important things are celebrated: God, values, purpose of life, family and friendships. It is only when we have a grateful heart
to God, that the academic should be celebrated and understood.
This past Friday, our school celebrated its 104th Graduation Class. Thirty students were graduated and twenty-eight of them
are going off to a Catholic High School. We are very proud of the Class of 2015. The members of the Class of 2015 are
very talented, bright, and just a bunch of good, happy kids. We are going to miss them around our school. I know they will
do well in high school because of the influence of Catholic education. We can teach something that the public schools can’t;
we can teach to the whole child: mind, body and especially the soul.
I also want to congratulate all our parishioners of the Class of 2015: elementary, high school, college and graduate school.
Enjoy your summer vacation; it is very important to relax during the summer, to have recreation, to have leisure, to have
family time. And don’t forget to go to Mass! Congratulations all!
It was on this day, three years ago, June 14, 2012, that we broke ground for our new gym. I will never forget that day with
all the kids with their hard hats on, and shovels in their hands overturning the dirt. It would take 14 months to complete.
And today stands a beautiful and new gym in testimony to your generosity and goodness.
Father Raaser
Schedule
Saturday, June 13
St. Anthony Mass & Reception 7:30 PM
Assumption & Hall
Monday, June 15
Exposition
12:30 - 7:00 PM
Immaculate Conception
Bereavement Support
7:00 PM
Meeting House
Knights of Columbus
7:45 PM
Fr. Fata Hall
Tuesday, June 16
Dinner Served to the HOPE Community
Retreats Reunion Luncheon
12:30 PM
Choir
7:30 PM
Immaculate Conception
Legion of Mary
7:30 PM
Meeting House
Cenacles of Life
6:00 PM
Immaculate Conception
Bible Study
7:30 PM
Lower Rectory
Wednesday, June 17
Sunday, June 21
Father’s Day Breakfast
after Mass
Assumption
Monday, June 22
Exposition
Burrata’s Restaurant Altar Rosary Society
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12:30 - 7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Immaculate Conception
Fr. Fata Hall
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18th Annual Father’s Day Breakfast
During the month of May, we welcomed into our
On June 21st, after the morning Masses, all fathers,
grandfathers, godfathers and men of the parish
will be honored with a breakfast in Father Fata
Memorial Hall. A group of women from the
Assumption Altar Rosary Society will prepare
and serve the food. All are welcome!
B Parish Family the newly baptized:
A Zachary Aaron Alfano,
P Joseph Anthony Falco,
T Annaleigh Tamar Flowers,
Armani King Francis, Connor Martin Geagan,
Philip Esten Jakeway, V, Grace Jean La Manna,
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Michael Alfredo Martins, Eamon Joseph O’Reilly,
M Julia Pia Pellettieri, Catherine Annalisa Piccirillo,
S Griffin Joseph Schepis,Isabelle Victoria Walters
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Travelling?
If you will be travelling in the United States and want to find
the nearest Roman Catholic Church and its Mass schedule, you
can visit the Mass Times site on the Internet: http://
www.masstimes.org (you may want to sort the results
by distances) or call Mass Times at 1-410-676-6000.
Many foreign cities are also included.
Dealing with Grief - Monday, June 15
The Bereavement Support Group offers a safe environment,
enriched by our faith, where we share our sorrow. As you
relate your story to others who are grieving, you learn strategies for coping and discover you are not alone. Find comfort in our community and experience the presence of Jesus
as you move from sadness to consolation. Our meetings are
at 7:00 PM in the Meeting House on Winter Hill Road. For
a complete schedule of meetings, to register, or to speak to a
grief counselor, call 793-7267. All are welcome.
ICS News
ICS has two more trophies for their (soon to be) trophy case.
In the May 17 Cross County Track Meet, the ICS Girls came
in Third Place in the CYO County Championships and the
ICS Boys Team came in First Place.
To see a list of our winners, visit the ICS web site:
www.icschoolonline.org/
Use the ICS Programs menu; select Team Crusaders Sports.
The Knights of Columbus - June 15
The Reverend John Keogh Council meets on the
third Monday of every month at 7:45 PM at the
Chambers on the lower floor of Father Fata
Hall. All members are urged to attend. For
more information on the Keogh Council, visit
the web site at:
www.assumption-immaculate.org/ministries/koc.php
HOPE Soup Kitchen - June 16
Due to the increased number of people in need of meals at
the HOPE soup kitchen, we are reaching beyond our dedicated group of “Volunteer Angels” who cook and donate
food once a month to anyone able to help whenever possible.
The next scheduled day for our Parish is Tuesday, June
16. The menu consists of cold chicken (legs and thighs), 2
dozen hard-boiled eggs (stored in carton), and 2 large bags
of mixed salad greens and a bottle of Italian dressing (donations of any of the above are appreciated).
Aluminum pans or plastic bags will be available on the back
porch of the rectory for the cooked entree (enough for 10-15
people). Food should be brought to the Immaculate Conception rectory back porch by 2:30 PM on the designated days.
For information, call Kathy Doscher: 337-3356 or visit:
www.assumption-immaculate.org/ministries/hope.php.
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Consider ICS
Immaculate Conception School is a Pre-K through grade 8
school where Gospel truths, values, and attitudes are primary to the work of education. In addition to
having an excellent academic program,
there are Before- and After-Care options and a wide variety of extracurricular activities. ICS is accredited by the North Central Association
Commission on Accreditation and
School Improvement.
Applications for the 2015-2016 academic year
are available at the school office. Phone: 961-3785, or email: Mrs. Elisabeth Ranallo, Admissions: [email protected] or Ms. Maureen Harten, Principal: mjharten@
icschoolonline.org
Parish School of Religion
Our office is open until Thursday, June 25th for re-registrations and new registrations. We are hoping to have as many
students as possible registered for the upcoming school year
before the summer break. Office hours are Monday - Thursday, 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM. Call 961-1076 for information or
if a special appointment is necessary.
New to the Parish? Register Online:
www.assumption-immaculate.org/icc/icc_regform.php
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Vacation Bible Camp Returns!
Register by June 21
Bible Camp will take place August 17-21, 8:45 -11:45 AM
in the lower church. This year’s theme is Everest: Conquering Challenges with God’s Mighty Power. Come join us
for a week filled with faith, fun and friends! Bible Camp
is for children entering grades 1-6 and the cost is $75 per
child. Our Teen Bible camp is for pre-teens & teens entering
grades 7-12; the cost is $25 per teen. Register ASAP! Spaces fill up fast and registrations are due by June 21. Download your registration form at
www.assumption-immaculate.org/ministries/camp.php
Status Report As of June 5, 2015
Goal
Pledged
Collected
Number of Donors
Family Day has been postponed
The Archdiocesan Family Day, originally scheduled for
June 27, has been postponed. We will keep you advised of
new developments.
Parish Blood Drive - Sunday, June 28
Assumption
Immaculate
Conception
$19,500
$125,000
$13,705
$118,147
$11,872
$107,533
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Adult Faith Formation
Retreats Reunion Lunch - Tuesday, June 16
Our parish blood drive will be held in the Lower Church on
Sunday, June 28, from 8:30 AM to 1:45 PM. Our last appointment will be at 1:30 PM. Anyone in good health between 17
and 75 years of age can be a donor, as long as your last blood
donation was made before May 3 (56 days prior to our drive).
There is an acute shortage of blood. Please try to donate.
You could save a life. Sponsored by: Knights of Columbus
Keogh Council #2108.
We are having a luncheon at Burrata’s Wood Fired Pizza at
12:30 PM on Tuesday, June 16, for all participants of the 33
Days to Morning Glory and the Come and See Do It Yourself
at Home Retreat members as well as anyone interested in
either retreat. Choose from three different kinds of pizza!
Add either a salad or soup! Total cost, including tip: lunch
and beverage other than water: $15.00; $12.00 for lunch and
water as a beverage. RSVP Sr. Cora. Payment collected at
the luncheon.
Hospitality Sunday – July 5
RSVP Sr. Cora for Adult Faith Formation
Hospitality at Assumption will be after the morning Masses
in Fr. Fata Hall. The Hospitality Committee will be in Fr.
Fata Hall starting at 7:00 AM to accept baked or bought
goodies.
Assumption Raffle Cancelled for 2015
E-mail: [email protected] • Call: 961-3643
Visit: www.assumption-immaculate.org/aff/index.php#contact
Community Notes
History Camp - July 13-17
There will be no Assumption raffle this year. However, there
The
Eastchester
Historical Society is holding a History Camp
will be a celebration of the Feast of the Assumption after the
from July 13-17 from 9:30-12:45 for students entering 5th -8th
7:30 PM Mass on Saturday, August 15 in Fr. Fata Hall.
grades. Donation is $100. Additional information and the
Registration form can be found at
Summer Mass Schedule
www.eastchesterhistoricalsociety.org.
During July and August, there will be no 9:00
AM Mass on Sundays at Immaculate ConcepCamp Veritas 2015
tion. We regret any inconvenience this may
cause. Sunday Masses at Immaculate Concep- Camp Veritas is a one-week play-and-pray sleep away sumtion this summer will be at 7:45 and 10:00 AM, mer camp for teens going into 7th through 12th grades. It
Noon, and 5:30 PM.
will be held at three USA locations in 2015. July 19-25 at
Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY, July 26 - AuDid You Miss Anything?
gust 1 at Summit Lake Camp in Emmitsburg, MD, and AuOccasionally, there is time-sensitive information or reminders that we would like to get to our parishioners. We would gust 16-22 at Camp Lakota in Wurtsboro, NY. Enrollment is
like to be able to send e-mail notices when this happens (not now open. The cost for each week is $400 per camper. More
on a regular basis - but occasionally). If you would like to details can be found at www.campveritas.com.
be included in these e-mail blasts, please send an e-mail to
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