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4747 Amboy Road, Staten Island, N.Y. 10312 www.holychildsi.com 718-356-5890

HOLY CHILD CHURCH

December 2, 2018

PASTOR & VICAR Rev. Travers Rev. Edwin H. Cipot Rev. Wenceslaus Rodrigues DEACON James V. Gallagher Weekend Associate Rev. Percy Joseph ORGANIST/MUSIC DEPT. HEAD Sandra Pace 347-560-1793 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM DIRECTOR Marie Ferro 718-356-5277 Office Hours: M-Th. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

PARISH MANAGER Mary Kelly

MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

Joseph Longo

SPORTS COUNCIL Loren Gutzler

Pamela Molloy 718-356-5890

www.holychildsports.com

SOCCER Jennifer Tutone Arnold Gottlieb

www.holychildsoccer.org

PRESCHOOL DIRECTOR JoAnn C. Gaal

718-356-5159 Office Hours: M-Th. 9 a.m.-3p.m.

Email: holychildprek@gmail.com

Saturday p.m. 5:00 7:00

Sunday a.m. 6:30 8:00 Mon -Sat Morning Prayer 8:30 a.m. Mon - Fri 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

9:30 11:00 Mon-Sat Mass 9:00 a.m. 1:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Sunday p.m. 12:30 5:30

Mary-Pat Schaefer Parish Council President Angela DiBenedetto Legion of Mary

John Vincent Scalia Archdiocese Vicariate Representative Robert Finelli Mens’ Group-Saturday

Joan Rochford Adoration Paul Brophy Padre Pio Prayer Group

Bob Mistretta Beyond Renew Faith Sharing Phyllis Ballarino Prayerful Mantle

Esther Pla Charismatic Prayer Group Sally Robusto Rosary Makers

Linda Malone Cheerleading Rosaria Incantalupo Rosary Ministry

Robert Morganstern Cub Scouts James Amberger-Peg Corney St. Vincent de Paul

Michael Dontis-Rita Martin

Linda Di Marco

Louise Morano

Boy Scouts

Lectors-Communion Ministers

Junior Lectors

John & Josephine Schirripa

Nick Nocerino-Ray Doyle

Kelly Carbonaro-Rich Passante

Scripture/Faith Sharing

Usher Ministry

Youth Group

Sacraments Devotions

Baptisms 2:00 p.m. on Sundays Arrange in advance through the parish office. Pre-Baptismal clas-ses 8:00 p.m. on certain Saturday evenings. Call for schedule.

Marriages Please contact priests of the parish at least 6 months prior to the wedding date.

Legion of Mary Church Monday 7:15 p.m. Rectory Conference Room Wednesday 1:30 p.m.

Miraculous Medal Novena Church Mon. after 9:00 a.m. Mass and at 7:00 p.m.

WEEKEND MASSES WEEKDAY WORSHIP PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Reconciliation Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Padre Pio Prayer Group Church & Fellowship Room 2nd Thursday of month

Charismatic Prayer Group Rectory Conference Room Wednesday 7:45 p.m.

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Divine Mercy Chapel 24/7

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HOLY CHILD CHURCH

SATURDAY VIGIL, DECEMBER 1, 2018 5:00 PM Deceased Members of The Buro Family 7:00 PM Thomas D. DeAngelo SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2018 6:30 AM People of Holy Child 8:00 AM Rae & William Roe and Cecelia Downer 9:30 AM Joseph & Larry Flanagan 11:00 AM Robert Castellano 12:30 PM James M. Brereton 5:30 PM Evelyn Mulia MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2018 9:00 AM Patricia Monreale TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2018 9:00 AM MaryAnn O’Neill WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2018 9:00 AM Ralph & Mildred Paragallo THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2018 9:00 AM Louis Cook FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2018 9:00 AM Evelyn & Rudolph Istok

SATURDAY VIGIL, DECEMBER 8, 2018 5:00 PM Robert Townsend 7:00 PM Lisa Arbus

FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT - PSALTER I

MORNING PRAYER MON-SAT 8:30 a.m.

www.divineoffice.org/www.universalis.com

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.

FAMILY MASS - Next Sunday, December 9th, there will

be a Family Mass at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome.

Antonio Belluscio Margaret Church

John Gillen

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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.

***Gift Shop Hours week of:

Tuesday, Dec. 18th through Friday, Dec. 21st

12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.***

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7:00 PM Holy Day Vigil Mass SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2018 THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 6:30 PM Anthony Sirabella 9:00 AM John Naste 12:10 PM Frank Guinta

JOIN

Fr. Wenceslaus Rodrigues

on a Pilgrimage to The Holy Land

Jan 7 - 16, 2019

For details:

Contact Fr. Wency by phone or in person

www.pilgrimages.com/frrodrigues

EXTRA CONFESSION SESSION

By archdiocesan decree, Monday 17 December is

designated “Reconciliation Monday.”

The meaning of that is that every parish in the archdiocese

offers confessions from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Therefore, confessions will be available in Holy Child Church from

4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday 17 December 2018

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STATEN ISLAND, NY

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS WEEK’S DONATIONS

THE NAMES ON THIS LIST WILL BE ON UNTIL JANUARY 6 AND THEN WILL BE REMOVED UNLESS WE HEAR FROM

THE FAMILY TO CONTINUE.

Adoration Chapel Candles

In Loving Memory of Deceased Members of the Gargano, Grasso & Will Families

Offered by Lillian & Santo Gargano

PRAYERFUL MANTLE

The Prayerful Mantle Knit & Crochet Group will meet on Friday, December 7

th at 9:30 a.m. in the large

conference room. For more information, please contact Phyllis Ballarino at 718-356-6643.

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!

Sanctuary Lamp

In Loving Memory of Joseph Zaza Offered by Ginny & Owen Healy

Bread & Wine

In Loving Memory of Lolita Giancaspro Offered by Nicoletta Squeo

ULTREYA

Ultreyas are held the third Thursday of each month in the School Building at 7:30 p.m. Ultreya is open to anyone who has made a Cursillo weekend. For information about upcoming weekends call Lisa & Tom Castaldo at 718-967-3473.

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

John Michael Borelli

Mia Isabel Criscitiello

Magnus Vincent Cristini

Benjamin Thomas Milham

Kaylee Rose Tigeleiero

Christian James Withers

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I WILL GO UNTO THE ALTAR OF GOD,

THE GOD WHO GIVES JOY TO MY YOUTH.

PS 43:4 Young people who attend Sunday Mass with their families might be interested in serving Mass. Fourth Graders and up are eligible to be Altar Servers. A few training sessions prepare one for this ministry. Contact the Rectory to be included!

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PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION CHAPEL

“Come and spend some time with me”

Please consider committing to one of these URGENT hours; ask for God’s guidance and see where he leads you.

We welcome everyone to be an Adorer; your presence before the Blessed Sacrament makes you just that!

If you are able to commit to an hour, please contact Joan Rochford at (718) 541-9532.

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Vincent Amadeo

Lisa Becker

Michael Capolongo

Jillian Cannon

Bridget Cassidy

Lisa Conrad

Anthony Del Re

Ronald Dick

Carol Flannery

Baby Guiliana Geller

Doris Gillis

Joanna Gorgoglione

Debbie Gurreiri

Jimmy Hammill

Trudy Lipke

Erik Lipke

Natalia Lupia

Theresa Major

Antonio Mandara

Frank Morano, Jr.

Lauretta Paradiso

Gayle Pickhart

Sebastian Rao

Lisa Romano

Ann Ronan

Billy Sherwood

Dorothy Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

Felix Stanton

Stacey Tierno

Stephanie Traicoff

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Sunday

Monday

Wednesday

Wednesday

Saturday

3:00 AM

2:00 AM

1:00 AM

5:00 PM

3:00 PM

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FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

“ANGELS FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY”

In positioning the paschal candle in the baptistery area, the statue of the angel playing the flute was displaced. Fittingly, it migrated (or flew) up to the right side of the sanctuary, in the choir area, where it has been for some time now. I say fittingly not only because she is playing the flute but because she is a dedicated offering to the memory of Stephanie Marie Hare, a young flautist who was not only an instrumentalist but a member of the Bell Choir and the Teen Choir in this church who also participated in parish stage shows. She succumbed at the early age of twenty to cancer of the tongue. Her father, Ray, is a still a member of the choir as well as an usher and her mother, once a bell ringer, belongs to our parish family. In recent months, a gentleman has been reaching out to me through the office. The message I was getting and finally received when we met had to do with that angel. He said, “I would like to give another angel statue for the other side of the altar so that there will be balance.” After some back and forth and investigation, I found an angel statue in proportion to the other one, ordered it and received prompt and happy payment from the gentleman. Exhibited on a stand that proved to be too small, the donor reached out again saying, “I would like to give a new base for the statue and have a dedication on it.” Again, I managed to oblige, ordering not one but two stands - one for each angel - following through myself in favor of balance. Just two weeks ago I saw him and led him to the new praying angel on its new pedestal. He was very pleased. I took advantage of our encounter to have him spell out what he wished the dedication to say. This he did and I soon went to Crown Trophy with the order to have Enrichetta Belluscio – Italy – 1915-1990 engraved on a little plaque. On the Friday after Thanksgiving he came into the rectory to pay for the stand at which time I told him the dedication had been ordered, would soon be delivered and that I would show it to him prior to adhering it to the base, to make sure the spelling was correct. Thus we looked forward to the completion of his intention.

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DECEMBER 2, 2018

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Advent Giving Tree

All gifts are due back the weekend of December 8

th & 9

th only,

so that gifts can be delivered in time for Christmas.

No gifts can be left in the Forum before or after that weekend because there is no room to store them.

Thank you for your cooperation and for making Christmas brighter for others.

Take a break from the harried holiday pace and enjoy an evening of glorious music and RCS’s holiday sing-a-long. You’ll enjoy a wonderful evening while supporting RCS

members and fellow parishioners,

Mary-Pat Schaefer, Carmen Tripo, and Theresa Volastro

Divorced & Separated Group

This program helps grieving separated and divorced individuals emerge from the darkness of grief into the light of a new beginning. It helps move these individuals into the future with new hope. The program helps deal with the natural grief process and offers an opportunity through God to turn the pain of loss into an experience of positive growth. This ministry is open to all faiths. It meets in the evening on the 2

nd and 4

th Wednesday of each month at

St. Christopher’s Hall. For further information, please contact Santa at 718-987-3795.

You may have seen him before a Sunday Mass these past months as he felt drawn to lead prayer as part of the Sunday Rosary Ministry. What is remarkable is that even though he was a parishioner of another Staten Island parish, he found some satisfaction in prayerful service and generous artistic cooperation here.

I am sorry to report that Mr. Antonio Belluscio died overnight on the 26th of this month. I am stunned by his sudden and unexpected death. He was laid to rest this past Friday at Resurrection Cemetery.

As far as I knew him, it seems to me that his most recent purpose on site was happily accomplished. Now we can pray that he is not just in the presence of the image of angels but with the angels themselves.

Father Travers

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Church: Holy Child Church City: Staten Island Account: 03-00612