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All-powerful Father, Christ your Son became man for us and was presented in the temple. May he free our hearts from sin and bring us into your presence. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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CHURCH OF IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY 8 Carman Road • Scarsdale, New York 10583
Served By
Rev. Thomas A. Lynch ----------------------------------Pastor Rev. Gerard F. Rafferty, S.S.L. ------------ Parochial Vicar Rev. Rayappa Reddy Thumma ----------- Parochial Vicar
IHM Staff
Liz Reyes----------------------------------- Business Manager Joanne Tormey------------------------------ Parish Secretary Ann Bryde ---------------------- Parish Council Chairperson Ryan Spicer ----------------Parish Council Co-Chairperson Tracy Keelin---------------------------------- School Principal Diane Serafin-Meade--------------- Coord. Rel. Education Nancy Vericker--------------- Coord. High School Religion Dr. Laurie Adamo-Ricigliano ------------Director of Music
Sacrament of Baptism: Twice a month on the first and third Sunday of the month at 1:30 pm. Initial interview three weeks previous, please call for an appointment. Baptism conferences every first Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm.
Confessions: Saturday: After the 8:00 & 9:00 am Masses & 4:00 - 5:00 pm. Anytime, Parish House on request.
Sacrament of Marriage: Couples should call to set up an appointment to come to the Parish House at least six months before the wedding to arrange time, banns, and Pre-Cana Conferences.
Sacrament of the Sick: Please call the Parish House anytime.
Devotions: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in Our Lady's Chapel (day and night) Monday after 6:45 am Mass to Friday 7:00 pm. Rosary recited after 9:00 am Mass every day. Miraculous Medal Novena, Mondays after 9:00 am Mass. Divine Mercy Chaplet, Fridays after 9:00 am Mass.
High School of Religion (HSOR): Join us on Wednesday nights (during the school year) from 7:30-9:00pm at IHM School.
Mission Statement
We the parish community of the Immaculate Heart of Mary aim daily to reflect upon and imitate the authentic discipleship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, especially hearing the Word of God and observing it. Through the celebration of the Eucharist, the holy sacraments and our efforts to meet the spiritual and physical needs and challenges of our community and beyond, we strive to imitate the unconditional love of Christ Jesus who came, not to be served, but to serve others.
February 2, 2020
Parish House 914-723-0276 / 914-723-0281
Fax 914-722-0628 ihm-parish.org
Rel. Education Office 914-723-7593
Fax 914-723-7209
IHM School 914-723-5608
Fax 914-723-8004 ihmscarsdale.org
Celebration of the Eucharist Saturday ---------------------------------8:00, 9:00 am & 5:30 pm (Vigil Mass) Sunday --------- 7:30, 9:00 (Family Mass), 10:30 am (Choir) & 12:00 noon Monday to Friday --------------------------------------------------6:45 & 9:00 am Holy Days---------------------------------------------------------------Vigil, 5:30 pm Feast ------------------------------------- 6:45, 9:00 am, 12:00 noon & 7:00 pm
Parish Library Hours
Sunday: 9:30 am - 1:30 pm / Wednesday: 3:00 - 5:00 pm
House of Prayer 914-723-0533
THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD FEBRUARY 2, 2020
SUNDAY, February 2, 2020 The Presentation of the Lord - World Day for Consecrated Life
7:30 am The People of Immaculate Heart of Mary 9:00 am Peggy & Andrew Donlon 10:30 am For The Intentions of the IHM Choir 12:00 pm Deceased Members of the Ciero Family
MONDAY, February 3, 2020 St. Blaise, St. Ansgar 6:45 am Robert Bruce Brown 9:00 am John Driscoll
TUESDAY, February 4, 2020
6:45 am Martha Cullins 9:00 am Tom Murtagh
WEDNESDAY, February 5, 2020 St. Agatha
6:45 am Fanny Imperato 9:00 am Lazette McLemore
THURSDAY, February 6, 2020 St. Paul Miki
6:45 am Aidan Hernandez 9:00 am Deacon Robert J. di Targiani
FRIDAY, February 7, 2020 First Friday
6:45 am Alli Sullivan 9:00 am John Dwyer Nixon
SATURDAY, February 8, 2020 St. Jerome Emiliani, St. Josephine Bakhita
8:00 am Maryalice Schurek 9:00 am John Parayannilam & Theresa
5:30 pm Angelo Zeolla
SUNDAY, February 9, 2020
7:30 am The People of Immaculate Heart of Mary 9:00 am John Capponi 10:30 am Antoinetta Gentile & Franco Di Bisi 12:00 pm Albert Attisani & The Attisani Family
Bulletin Submissions: Due on Tues. at 12 noon
Parish Email Address: [email protected]
CHURCH SUPPORT
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2020
Contributions $15,112.00
WeShare (1-26-2020) 1,392.00
Fuel Collection 4,080.00
Additional Restoration & Repair 500.00
Additional Catholic Education IHM 258.00
Additional Earthquake Puerto Rico 100.00
Adult Attendance: 1,047
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019
Contributions $13,759.00
WeShare (1-27-2019) 1,176.00
Fuel Collection 3,928.00
Additional Catholic Education IHM 328.00
Adult Attendance: 1,200
The Second Collection next weekend is the Peter’s
Pence Collection. As always, thank you for your
generosity!
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FEAST OF ST. BLAISE In honor of the Feast of St. Blaise there will be a blessing of the throats on Monday, February 3 after the 6:45AM and 9:00AM Masses.
Please Remember in Your Prayers: The Sick of the Parish:
Louis Ranucci Frances Novaro Angela Lifrieri Thomas Lifrieri
Laura Hernandez Nicholas Di Marco Thomas Carroll
The Beloved Deceased of the Parish: Rev. James P. Connolly
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY FEBRUARY 2, 2020
From the Pastor’s Desk
Philip Kosloski from Aleteia.com wrote this article on Kobe Bryant in April of 2016 for the blog. He repeated it recently in light of the terrible tragedy of the death of Kobe, his daughter and 7 friends who also perished. May they all rest in peace.
When the basketball great needed to move past his mistakes, a priest helped him. Last April, Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest athletes of all time, ended his 20-year basketball career with a bang, scoring 60 points in his last game. While Bryant’s stats can be recited by many — five-time NBA champion, two-time Olympic champion, 18-time All-Star and the third leading scorer in NBA history — few know about the role his Catholic faith played in helping him through one of his darkest hours.
Born in Philadelphia, Kobe Bryant was raised in a Catholic household and even spent some of his youth in Italy. Drafted into the NBA at the age of 17, he eventually married Vanessa Laine at St. Ed-ward Roman Catholic Church in Dana Point, California. Two years later they had their first child. Bry-ant was at the top of his game and everything seemed to be heading in the direction of his dreams.
Then he made a big mistake.
In 2003, Kobe Bryant was accused of raping a woman in his hotel room, while he was in Colorado for knee surgery. He admitted having sex with the woman but denied rape. A judge eventually dropped the charges, but the woman went on to file a civil lawsuit against Bryant that was settled out of court. In the midst of it all, he issued a public apology, stating that he was sincerely ashamed of what he had done. The incident had major consequences as numerous sponsors abandoned him and his reputation was tarnished. In 2011, his wife filed for divorce. Yet during one of the darkest moments of his life, Kobe Bryant turned to his Catholic faith. In an interview with GQ in 2015 he ex-plained:
“The one thing that really helped me during that process — I’m Catholic, I grew up Catholic, my kids are Catholic — was talking to a priest. It was actually kind of funny: He looks at me and says, ‘Did you do it?’ And I say, ‘Of course not.’ Then he asks, ‘Do you have a good lawyer?’ And I’m like, ‘Uh, yeah, he’s phenomenal.’ So then he just said, ‘Let it go. Move on. God’s not going to give you anything you can’t handle, and it’s in his hands now. This is something you can’t control. So let it go.’ And that was the turning point.” After some rough years, Kobe Bryant reconciled with his wife, and they re-main married to this day. Together they have founded the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family Founda-tion (KVBFF), which is dedicated to, among other things, helping young people in need, encouraging the development of physical and social skills through sports and assisting the homeless. Asked about this commitment in 2013, Bryant’s answer would likely have made Pope Francis very happy:
My career is winding down. At the end of my career, I don’t want to look back and just say, “Well, I had a successful career because I won so many championships and scored so many points.” There’s something else that you have to do with that. [The homelessness] issue is one that kind of gets pushed on the back burner because it’s easy to point the blame at those who are homeless and say, “Well, you made that bad decision. This is where you are. It’s your fault.” In life, we all make mistakes and to stand back and allow someone to live that way and kind of wash your hands of it … that’s not right.
Throughout all of his trials, and perhaps even in response to them, Bryant has realized that fame and fortune are nothing compared to the importance of faith and family. When everyone else in the world abandoned him, the Catholic Church was always there.
He may be an All-Star and NBA legend, but even superstars can use the foundational support of faith formation, and a good priest to turn to.
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY FEBRUARY 2, 2020
WINNER OF THE
50/50 RAFFLE AT IHM
The Winner of the Booster for the month
of January 2019 is:
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Stella
For the amount of $500.00
Congratulations!
Be sure to use the green envelope within
your parishioner envelope packet or look
for the green envelopes at the entrances of
the Church. Drawings are held the last
Sunday of each month.
ONE MINUTE MEDITATIONS St. Blaise: Not much is known about his life, but it is certain that St. Blaise was the bishop of Sebaste in fourth-century Turkey, and that he was arrested for be-ing a Christian. On his way to jail, he healed a young boy who was choking on a fish bone. According to one legend, the boy’s mother also gave St. Blaise two candles in grati-tude. Refusing to deny his faith, the bishop was tor-tured and martyred by the local governor.
TODAY IS SCOUT SUNDAY Today, February 2, 2020 is Scout Sunday. It is the tradi-tional day to recognize the contributions of young peo-ple and adults to Scouting. Congratulations!
FEASTS AND CELEBRATIONS Feb. 2 – Presentation of the Lord: In accordance with the Law of Mo-ses, Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the Temple forty days after his birth, and Simeon praised God for revealing the long-awaited Savior.
Feb. 2 – St. Catherine of Ricci (1590): St. Catherine was born to a prominent banker. Against her father’s wishes, she joined the Dominicans when she was twelve. She is known for her visions of the Lord’s Passion, which she experienced every Friday.
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY FEBRUARY 2, 2020
PRO LIFE CORNER Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error. The error is thinking that when someone stands in the way of our wants, we can justify getting that person out of our lives. Abortion and racism stem from the same poisonous root, selfishness.
-Dr. Alevda King
YEAR-END STATEMENTS Year-end statements will be mailed out this month to parish-ioners who contributed $500 or more in the year 2019. If anyone else should require a statement, please call the Parish Office at 914-723-0276, weekdays after 12 noon.
HIS WORD TODAY By Rev. William J. Reilly
The Presentation of the Lord
“Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had been re-vealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen Christ of the Lord. He came in the spirit into the temple and when the parents brought in the child Jesus…he took Him into his arms and blessed God…”
How many times have we been to the celebration of a baptism. As a child is presented to the Lord, he is not just baptized, but the same Lord who was in the temple for Sime-on, comes to the child and those present for this wonderful meeting.
Rather than attend and pray during the baptism, try to realize that there is new life being born before our eyes. The person becomes a dwelling place for God, to begin a life long journey as a disciple. He leaves the church a temple of the Spirit, who moved Simeon also to be there with Jesus’ parents. Rather than take Him into our arms, may we take Him into our hearts and pre-sent Him to the world in which we live.
CELEBRATING CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK AT IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY SCHOOL
The below is an excerpt from “Catholic Schools Week 2020 in the Archdiocese” posted to the Catholic New York website (CNY.ORG) on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 that highlighted some events that were planned for Catholic School’s Week, Thank you to all that made Catholic School’s Week a suc-cess at IHM!
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Scarsdale Opening prayer service in homeroom classes,
Monday, Jan. 27. Students fill out a prayer card for people they will pray for during the week.
“Why We Love IHM” day, Tuesday, Jan. 28. Students will fill out a worksheet about why they love their school. Responses will be read over the PA system. In the afternoon, a door-decorating contest will take place with the same theme.
Mental Math Bee for grades 4-5 and 6-8, Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 1 p.m. Student finalists in the different grades will participate in a com-petition that will test their mental skills while on stage in front of peers and parents.
Position for a Day contest, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 8-11 a.m. Students will write essays explain-ing why they would like to serve in a school po-sition (principal, teacher, nurse), and the win-ners will shadow a professional who holds the position they wrote about.
CONGRATULATIONS! Aaron Wang was baptized into God’s family last Sunday, Jan. 26. All present at the 12 noon Mass shared in the festivities. Congratulations to Aaron, his parents and Godparents. May God bless him.
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9:00 AM Mass. Upcoming Sundays: February 9, 16 & 23.
INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING? Are you interested in being an Usher? IHM is in need of Ush-ers for ALL Masses. If you are interested in helping, please see Fr. Lynch. Thank you!
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If you have any questions please contact the Parish House at 914-723-0276
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PARENTS NIGHT OUT There will be a “Parents Night Out” on Friday, February 14 at the Tuckahoe Community Cen-ter (71 Columbus Ave,) from 6:30PM - 9:30PM. It is open to children from 4-12 years old. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society relay for life team ZVHope. There will be pizza, sports and games. For more infor-mation please contact Theresa Nicholson—[email protected].
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SUNDAY TODAY: THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD - A Brief synopsis of the Sunday readings
First Reading: Malachi 3:1-4 The prophet Malachi speaks to us about God sending a messenger “to prepare the way” and that God will suddenly come and appear at the temple. Malachi continues by telling us the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to God.
Second Reading: Hebrews 2:14-18 Jesus became like us. He shared fully in our humanity. By his death he freed us from the fear of death. Because Jesus was tested by suffering, he is able to help those who are al-so tempted.
Gospel: Luke 2:22-40 According to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus to the temple to be consecrated. They of-fered a sacrifice according to the law, “a pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons.” Simeon, a holy and righteous man, took the child into his arms and praised God. Simeon then spoke to Mary. He told Mary that Jesus “is destined to be the downfall and the rise of many in Israel.” Anna, a prophet of great age, praised God and spoke of the child who came for the redemption of Jerusalem.
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