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HOLY CHILD CHURCH

SATURDAY VIGIL, MARCH 24, 2018 5:00 PM Lucy & Jack Grillo 7:00 PM Ann E. Doyle SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2018 6:30 AM People of Holy Child 8:00 AM Sheila & Donald Czarnomski 9:30 AM Catherine Sarabella 11:00 AM Antonio & Grazia DePalo 12:30 PM Rose & Raymond Tuccio 5:30 PM Catherine & William McVitie MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018 9:00 AM Richard Rusty McGivney TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2018 9:00 AM Marie Marcellino WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2018 9:00 AM Dolores Migliaccio

HOLY WEEK - PSALTER II

Widows’ Conversation Group

meets on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. in the Large Conference Room. For more information

please call the Rectory or Maryann at 718-317-7901.

SECOND TIME:

Joseph Modifica & Dalainna Virga

Next Sunday 1st April

Easter Sunday

Bell Choir 11:00 a.m.

The Ave Maria Gift Shop

HOURS

Saturday: 3:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

1st Sunday of the month: 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

FIRST TIME:

Joseph Walton & Constance Corsale

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Concetta Losco

Paul Schiadarelli

Lester Siudy

Helen Vigilante

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HOLY THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 9:00 AM Tenebrae 7:30 PM Concelebrated Mass

GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2018 9:00 AM Tenebrae 3:00 PM Solemn Liturgy of the Passion 7:00 PM Stations of the Cross

Image of the Holy Tomb on display Friday afternoon until Saturday morning

HOLY SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018 9:00 AM Tenebrae 11:00 AM Blessing of the Easter Food 8:00 PM Easter Vigil Mass

No 5:00 & 7:00 PM Mass on Holy Saturday

EASTER SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 2018 6:30 AM 11:00 AM 8:00 AM 12:30 PM 9:30 AM

No 5:30 PM Mass on Easter Sunday

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CATHEDRAL GOLDEN JUBILEE

Couples celebrating their 50th Wedding

Anniversary anytime during 2018 are invited to attend the Annual Golden Wedding Jubilee

Mass with Cardinal Dolan at the Cathedral of St. Patrick, Sunday, June 3 at 2:15 p.m. Pre-registration is required. Please contact your parish for registration. The closing date to register for the Mass is Monday, May 14, 2018. This event is sponsored by the Family Life + Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese of New York.

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HOLY CHILD GOLDEN & SILVER JUBILARIANS

Couples celebrating their 50th

& 25th Wedding Anniversary

anytime during 2018 are eligible to receive the Anniversary Scroll which will be conferred here at Holy Child on Sunday, June 10, 2018 at the 11:00 a.m. Mass. Couples wishing to receive the Anniversary Scroll at Holy Child must leave their name, address, phone number and anniversary date at the Rectory office during the week Monday to Friday (718) 356-5890 from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

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STATEN ISLAND, NY

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS WEEK’S DONATIONS

THE NAMES ON THIS LIST WILL BE ON UNTIL JUNE 24 AND THEN WILL BE REMOVED UNLESS WE HEAR FROM THE

FAMILY TO CONTINUE.

Adoration Chapel Candles

In Loving Memory of Nellie Lagalla Offered by Theresa Sirabella

HOLY CHILD ROSARY MAKERS

Makers meet every Thursday in the Rectory after the 9 a.m. Mass. All are welcome. We make

rosaries for The Missions and make friends too!

Scripture/Faith Sharing Sessions

Mondays in the FORUM after the 9 a.m. Mass

Vincent Amadeo Michael Buono Jillian Cannon Michael Capolongo Thomas Corrao Maryanne Crea Anthony Del Re Carol Flannery Baby Guiliana Geller Doris Gillis Theresa Major Theresa McNerney

Sanctuary Lamp

In Loving Memory of Pauline Sclafani Offered by Andy, Jay, Andrew, Arcenia,

Victoria and Viana

Bread & Wine

In Loving Memory of Robert Wing Offered by Jim & Jean Amberger

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Lauretta Paradiso Gayle Pickhart Sebastian Rao Joan Roitzsch Lisa Romano Billy Sherwood Dorothy Sinatra Frank Sinatra Katie Sullivan Stacey Tierno Nancy Walters

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Monthly Prayer for Healing

The Healing Mass is celebrated on the last Wednesday of each month. Fr. Willy will preside at the next Healing Mass scheduled for March 28

th at 7:45 p.m. in the Church. It

begins with praise, worship, music and songs. An invitation for personal testimonies is made to those in the congregation wishing to thank the Lord for answered prayers and blessings received. Everyone desiring prayer is anointed with blessed oil by Fr. Willy and prayed with individually for their personal intentions. The leadership members of the Charismatic Prayer Group will assist. The Charismatic Prayer Group meets weekly on Wednesdays in the Rectory Conference Room at 7:45 p.m. except for the last Wednesday. Everyone is welcome.

We are happy to welcome the following newly baptized members into our Holy Child Family:

Nico Andrea Gilsenan

Gina Marie Rittenhouse

Vincent Peter Vitale

CONFESSION: LAST CHANCE

By archdiocesan decree, Monday 26 March is

designated “Reconciliation Monday.”

The meaning of that is that every parish in the archdiocese

offers confessions from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Therefore, confessions will be available in Holy Child Church from

3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday 26 March 2018

N.B. NO CONFESSIONS ON HOLY SATURDAY

Holy Child Preschool

Ladies Night Sponsor Booklet

Holy Child Preschool will be hosting its annual “Ladies Night Out” Basket Raffle fundraiser on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at The Excelsior Grand. Our Parent’s Guild hosts “Ladies Night Out” as a way for our mothers to meet and socialize with other women in our community while raising funds for our Preschool. The attendance at this event averages over 300 women with ties to our Preschool and to the local community.

We are putting together a sponsor booklet to be given out at the event. Sponsor information will also be given to all our Preschool families as well (enrollment of over 350 children). The booklet will have copies of business cards.

Please attach your business card to this form and send to Holy Child Preschool, 4747 Amboy Road, Staten Island, N.Y. 10312, along with a check made payable to Holy Child Preschool, in the amount of $25.00. If you would like both front and back of the card in the ad, please check both. Cost for both the front and back is $40.00.

All sponsor information must be received by Wednesday, March 28.

Business Name:__________________________________

Contact Name: ___________________________________

Contact Phone Number: ____________________________

Please use: Front only ( ) of the business card

Back only ( ) of the business card

Front and Back ( ) of the business card

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PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD

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Join Holy Child Preschool for An Evening In Paris

* Ooh La La ! *

Annual Ladies Night Raffle

The Excelsior Grand

2380 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10306

Thursday, April 19, 2018 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. ~ Doors open @ 6:30 p.m.

Tickets $75.00 per person ~ (check, cash, credit/debit card) Includes: full dinner, open bar & 1

st Tier Raffle Tickets

Raffles ~ 50/50 ~ Occasion Boards

Checks made payable to

Holy Child Preschool. All reservations due no later than

Tuesday, April 10th

For reservations and more information please contact the Preschool at

(718) 356-5159 or holychildprek@gmail.com

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Holy Child Preschool Ladies Night Please return to the Preschool or Rectory

(in envelope marked “Preschool”) Check, Cash or Credit/Debit Card

(you must come to the Preschool Office to pay by credit cards)

Name:_______________________________________________

# of People_____@$75 each Total $______

Please list (PRINT) the names of all people at your table below; include your name.

We MUST have FULL NAMES PRINTED of all attendees (ticket labels are made for all attendees)

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Contact the Preschool at holychildprek@gmail.com or call (718) 356-5159

Commissariat of the Holy Land

October 11, 2017 Greetings, Your leadership and generosity for the Pontifical Good Friday Collections is a special grace for Christians in the Holy Land. The 2016 Good Friday Collection annual report is enclosed for your review. As you are aware, it has never been easy to be a Christian in the Holy Land. However, these times of war and political turbulence make it especially difficult. The Franciscans, who have been serving there for 800 years, have a special bond with the Holy Places. We welcome pilgrims and maintain the shrines. We serve in vibrant parishes, lead schools and actively pursue ecumenical and interfaith opportunities. We also support refugee centers and minister in war-weary areas of Syria and other places. This annual report of the Pontifical Good Friday Collection is a witness to the faith and perseverance of Christians living, working and praying in the Holy Land. With your support, we will continue our mission. We will again ask for your help in promoting the Holy Father’s Collection for Christians in the Holy Land on Good Friday 2018. More information about the Collection will be coming to you soon. On behalf of the Custos, Father Francesco Patton, OFM, and all the Franciscans who serve in the Holy Land, we are grateful for the trust you have given us. Gratefully,

Larry C. Dunham, OFM John-Sebastian, OFM Larry C. Dunham, OFM John-Sebastian, OFM Commissary Vice Commissary

MyFranciscan.org/good-friday

NEW DATE ANNOUNCED!

SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2018

7:00 - 11:00 PM

HOLY CHILD FORUM

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MARCH 25, 2018

Tenebrae

is the name given to the service of Matins and Lauds belonging to the last three days of Holy Week. It differs in many things from Divine Office of the rest of the year.

All is sad and mournful, as though it were a funeral service; nothing could more emphatically express the grief that now weighs down the heart of our holy Mother the Church.

Through all the Divine Office of Thursday, Friday and Saturday, she forbids herself the use of those formulas of joy and hope wherewith, on all other days, she begins her praise of God. Nothing is left but what is essential to the form of the Divine Office; psalms, lessons and chants expressive of grief.

The tone of the whole Office is most noticeably mournful with the lessons taken from the Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet, and other readings.

The name “Tenebrae” - Latin for “shadows” or “darkness” - has been given because this Office was celebrated in the hours of darkness, formerly in the evening or just after midnight, now the early morning hours.

There is an impressive ceremony, peculiar to this Office, which tends to perpetuate its name. There is placed in the sanctuary, near the altar, a large triangular candlestick holding fifteen unbleached candles that are gradually extinguished during the course of the service. At the end of each psalm or canticle, two of the fifteen candles are extinguished, but the bleached one which is placed at the top of the triangle is left lighted at the end of the ceremony.

The desertion on the part of Jesus’ apostles and disciples is expressed by the unbleached candles being extinguished one after the other on the triangle. But Jesus, our Light, though despised and hidden, is not extinguished. This is signified by that one bleached candle which remains burning; it symbolizes our Redeemer, the Light of the World, suffering and dying on Calvary.

Tenebrae - The Morning Prayer of the Triduum

9:00 a.m.

Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday.

It is hoped that many will be drawn to these strikingly odd services that very few parishes are fortunate enough to mount effectively and that they will excite a wider appetite for the daily celebration of Morning Prayer in this parish.

Father Travers

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