ANNUNCIATION - OUR LADY OF FATIMA PARISH Rev. Robert F. Grippo, Pastor Rev. Jean-Marie Vianney Uzabakiriho, Associate Rev. Salvatore Riccardi, C.P., Associate Msgr. John Farley, Weekend Associate Rev. Joseph P. Tierney, Weekend Associate Rev. Joseph Lienhard, S.J., Weekend Associate Deacon Michael J. Fox, Deacon Guy Pellegrini and Deacon Ralph Longo Sr. Catherine Burns, O.P., Pastoral Associate www.annunciation-fatima.com MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 5:00 pm (S), 5:30 pm (N) Sunday 7:30 am (S), 9:00 am (N), 10:00 am (S), 11:00 am (N), 12:00 noon (S), 5:00 pm (S) WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE 6:45 am (S), 9:00 am (N), 9:00 am (S) Saturday: 8:30 am (N), 9:00 am (S) HOLY DAYS 7:30 pm (S) Evening before the Holy Day 6:45 am (S), 9:00 am (N), 9:00 am (S), 10:00 am (S), 7:30 pm (N) on the Holy Day Please check the bulletin. EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT First Friday - 9:30 am -10:30 am (N) First Friday - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (S) MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA Tuesdays after the 9:00 am Mass (S) SACRAMENTS CONFESSION Saturday - 4:00 to 5:00 pm (S) & (N) or any time upon request. BAPTISM Baptisms are held on Sundays at 12:30 pm (N) and 1:15 pm (S). All first time parents must attend a Jordan Conference prior to the Baptism. Please arrange for Baptism and Jordan Conference by calling the Rectory as soon as possible. MARRIAGE Arrangements should be made ASAP and at least six months before the wedding. VISITATION OF THE SICK Please call Sr. Cathy Burns, O.P. at 914-779-7345 to arrange for Communion in your home. ANNUNCIATION South Site (S) 470 Westchester Avenue Crestwood, NY 10707 OUR LADY OF FATIMA North Site (N) 5 Strathmore Road Scarsdale, NY 10583 RECTORY 470 Westchester Avenue 914-779-7345 Office Manager • Anna Caruso Finance Manager • Mary Fuschetto Parish Secretary • Maryann Caiazzo BULLETIN All articles for Sunday Bulletin must be received at the Rectory no later than 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, for the following Sunday’s Bulletin. Please email articles to [email protected]. MUSIC Director of Music & Choir Director Jennifer Cardoni -914-980-2469 Our Lady of Fatima Organist Dr. Joseph Muscente PARISH COUNCIL Meetings are held several times per year. PARISH MEMBERSHIP Register in Rectory, Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm or speak to one of the priests any time. The parents of a child seeking entrance into our school must be officially registered in the parish. SCHOOL 465 Westchester Avenue 914-337-8760 Maureen Noonan, Principal Adele Sinnott, Secretary RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Mrs. Mary Rose, Director Doreen Napolitano, Coordinator for Children with Special Needs 914-779-2374 December 13, 2015
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ANNUNCIATION - OUR LADY OF FATIMA PARISH
Rev. Robert F. Grippo, Pastor Rev. Jean-Marie Vianney Uzabakiriho, Associate
Rev. Salvatore Riccardi, C.P., Associate Msgr. John Farley, Weekend Associate
Rev. Joseph P. Tierney, Weekend Associate Rev. Joseph Lienhard, S.J., Weekend Associate
Deacon Michael J. Fox, Deacon Guy Pellegrini and Deacon Ralph Longo Sr. Catherine Burns, O.P., Pastoral Associate
www.annunciation-fatima.com
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday 5:00 pm (S), 5:30 pm (N)
Sunday 7:30 am (S), 9:00 am (N), 10:00 am (S), 11:00 am (N), 12:00 noon (S), 5:00 pm (S)
WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE 6:45 am (S), 9:00 am (N), 9:00 am (S) Saturday: 8:30 am (N), 9:00 am (S)
HOLY DAYS 7:30 pm (S) Evening before the Holy Day 6:45 am (S), 9:00 am (N), 9:00 am (S), 10:00 am (S), 7:30 pm (N) on the Holy Day Please check the bulletin.
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT First Friday - 9:30 am -10:30 am (N) First Friday - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (S)
MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA Tuesdays after the 9:00 am Mass (S)
SACRAMENTS
CONFESSION Saturday - 4:00 to 5:00 pm (S) & (N) or any time upon request.
BAPTISM Baptisms are held on Sundays at 12:30 pm (N) and 1:15 pm (S). All first time parents must attend a Jordan Conference prior to the Baptism. Please arrange for Baptism and Jordan Conference by calling the Rectory as soon as possible.
MARRIAGE Arrangements should be made ASAP and at least six months before the wedding.
VISITATION OF THE SICK Please call Sr. Cathy Burns, O.P. at 914-779-7345 to arrange for Communion in your home.
ANNUNCIATION South Site (S)
470 Westchester Avenue Crestwood, NY 10707
OUR LADY OF FATIMA North Site (N)
5 Strathmore Road Scarsdale, NY 10583
RECTORY 470 Westchester Avenue
914-779-7345 Office Manager • Anna Caruso
Finance Manager • Mary Fuschetto Parish Secretary • Maryann Caiazzo
BULLETIN All articles for Sunday Bulletin must be
received at the Rectory no later than 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, for the following
Sunday, December 13 7:30(S) Angela Rush 9:00(N) Ann Grealy 10:00(S) Oresto & Flora Veccio and All Soul’s Day 11:00(N) Thomas & Laura McGarry 12:00(S) Rita Walls 5:00 (S) Edward Tobin Monday, December 14 6:45(S) Martty Cervellione 9:00(N) Aniello Esposito 9:00(S) Anna Pfaff (49th Anniversary) Tuesday, December 15 6:45(S) Walter Camas 9:00(N) Edward J. Muto 9:00(S) Fina Agnello Wednesday, December 16 6:45(S) Special Intention 9:00(N) Special Intention 9:00(S) John Brosnan Thursday, December 17 6:45(S) Monica D’Agostino 9:00(N) Betty Mahon 9:00(S) Maureen McTigue Friday, December 18 6:45(S) Yolanda Iacovella 9:00(N) Luigi Ruffolo, Antonio Segreti & Giovanni Ruffolo 9:00(S) John Di Vita Saturday, December 19 8:30(N) Andrew Bandelli 9:00(S) Billy Deighan & Patrick James McGrath 5:00(S) John Di Vita (6th Anniversary) 5:30(N) Prudente & Bellini Families Sunday, December 20 7:30(S) Deceased Member of Gizzo & Avellino Families 9:00(N) Giuseppe & Domenica Ruta 10:00(S) The Ryan & Olshey Families 11:00(N) Frank Sinatra III 12:00(S) The Kilkelly & Fahey Families 5:00 (S) Dorothy and Donald Nyland
In Gratitude As we look forward to the celebration of
Our Lord’s Birth, we anticipate your generosity to our Parish and we are grateful for your support.
Know that your Christmas gift to Annunciation Church is used for many good works as well as the maintenance of our beautiful Parish. Thank you.
Wedding Banns
2nd Time:
Thomas Quinn and Joanna Lignora(S)
Annunciation School News Annunciation School is preparing to accept applications for the 2016-2017 school year.
To obtain an application interested families can attend one of the following Informational Sessions:
Wednesday, January 20th Wednesday, March 16th
All sessions will be held in the School Gym and will begin promptly at 6:30PM.
Last week’s collection at Annunciation
was $12,647 and 1047 adults attended Mass. Last week’s collection at Our Lady of Fatima
was $5,562 and 459 adults attended Mass.
REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS THE LIVING: Emily Egan Allen, Codie Allen, Tatum Allen, Kim D’Eufemia-Agostino, Beth Murphy, Joan Ricci, Eileen Treacy, Deacon Jack Kollar, Jennie Czachor, Andrea Mermer, Mark Giorgio, Olga, John and Michael Selca, Pina Lopopolo, Eugenia Filopowski, Madeline O’Brien, Kathleen Burke, Gloria Quinn, Patrick Quinn, William Ranieri, Joan McGowan Zambetti, Lou Turchiano, Steve Hanford, Ron Vlasaty, and the sick and the shut-ins of the parish. THE DEAD: Edward G. Allen, William Grdinich, John P. Molloy, Grace A. Paulis, Virginia Porter, Celia Criscuolo, Pia Gualandi, Parigina Simeone, Teresa Ambroselli, Philip Tancora, Kevin Waters, Annie Pondiccio, Evelina Runco, our deceased Service Men and Women and the people killed this week in the mid-east and elsewhere in the world.
Our beautiful Spiritual Bouquet cards are on sale in the back of the Church.
They are a wonderful Christmas gift and a special way to say Merry Christmas to your friends, family, and neighbors.
Next week’s second collection is for the Inter Parish Finance Program. Thank you for your support.
Page Three 3rd Sunday of Advent
One of the best loved of all Christmas carols is “O Little Town of Bethlehem”, written more than a hundred years
ago. The first part of the song is primarily historical, celebrating those events that surrounded the birth of Jesus. But the last verse makes Christmas a very personal thing. It says: “O Holy Child of Bethlehem, descend on us we pray. Cast out our sin and enter in, be born in us today.” We have never understood Christmas until it goes beyond a historical fact and becomes a personal experience. It is true, of course, that all of us have benefited by that historical fact whom we call Jesus of Nazareth. Our world has been influenced by His life and teachings more than any of us probably realize. Almost every day our lives are touched by things that are an extension of His presence on the earth. It may be art, or music, or maybe just a figure of speech such as “Good Samaritan”, or “going the extra mile”. But to recognize all of this and even to be grateful for it, still leaves Him only a fact of history, a wonderful fact, a beautiful fact, but nonetheless only a historical fact. It has been the conviction of the saints and prophets of the ages that He can and should be more to us that that. How can Christ, in some measure, become a living reality, a personal experience for you and me in the holy season? Christ does not belong to any one time, to any one place, or to any one people. He leaves Bethlehem behind, shakes the dust of Palestine from His sandals, and walks straight into the twentieth century. He can be born again in us, as we open our hearts and minds to the eternal God, whom He has made known to the world. In so doing, He let loose in the world a kind of life that none of us will ever be able to completely escape. We can ignore it; we can put it aside; we can walk around it, but always it will be there like a haunting melody that we try to forget but cannot. What is the most powerful influence in your experience today? ... People. What keeps you straight when you are tempted to go wrong? ... Some people whom you know. What could most of all wreck your life? … To have certain people let you down. Our lives are most deeply influenced, not by abstract truths and virtues, but by people who make those truths and virtues visible. We do not fall in love with unselfishness. We fall in love with unselfish people. We are not inspired by courage. We are inspired by the attitudes and needs which we observe in the lives of courageous people. Whatever genuine goodness there is within us, we have not learned from a list of rules or from a sturdy of ethics. If we have any such goodness, we have caught it from a few good people who have touched our lives with their own. All of this is what Christmas really means. What we have in Christ is the incarnation, the flesh-and-blood reality of life at its best, the very life of God. Our deepest faith and our highest hopes have been given a body. Those things we believe in most have been lived in Him. And to know Him and love Him until His Spirit, in some measure, is reproduced in us, until the Christ who was born in Bethlehem is born again in us – that is vital Christianity. We need to allow the person of Jesus to personally touch us in every way possible. Please allow Him into your hearts this Advent.
Ministry Corner
Volunteers are very busy keeping our Churches pristine!
Altar Rosary Society (S) – launders altar linens on a rotating basis and decorates both Churches for
the holidays. Contact Nancy Ryan at 914-793-6392 Sacristan Committee (N) – launders altar linens on
a rotating basis, schedule set monthly Contact Denise Conti at 914-674-8884
Altar Server Vestment Committee (N) – launders altar server vestments on a rotating basis,
schedule set monthly. Contact Lena Lee at 917-428-5973
Text “SC” to 84576 to join Sacristan Committee Text “asvc” to 84576 to join Altar Server
Vestment Committee Where is God calling You to serve?
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT First Reading: Zephaniah 3:14-18a Zephaniah urges the people of Jerusalem to rejoice because the Lord is in their midst. He conveys the message that God will love and protect those who have remained faithful to him. Second Reading: Philippians 4:4-7 Paul encourages the Philippians to be ready for Christ. He tells them not to worry about their concerns, but to instead ask God's help and allow his peace to fill their hearts and minds. Gospel: Luke 3:10-18 John the Baptist answers people who ask him what they should do, leading some to believe he was the Messiah. John clearly states that he will be followed by one so powerful that "I am not fit to loosen his sandal strap."
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Sunday, Deceember 13 (N) 9:45AM – Martha & Mary Network Mtg – Lower Mtg Rm (S) 10:45AM – Breakfast with Santa - Gym (N) 12:15PM - 1:45PM - Faith Study Program – Lower Mtg Rm (S) 6:00PM – 8:00PM – Youth Ministry Group – Parish Room Monday, December 14 (S) 8:00AM - 1:00PM - Special - Parish Room (S) 2:45PM – 4:00PM – After School Activities – Gym (S) 2:45PM – 6:00PM – Scouting – Parish Room (S) 2:45PM – 9:00PM – Scouting – Convent Room 1 and 2 (S) 2:45PM – 4:30PM – Children’s Choir Practice – Church (S) 7:30PM - 9:00PM - AA – Parish Room Tuesday, December 15 (S) 9:30AM – Miraculous Medal Novena – Church (N) 9:30AM – Centering Prayer Group – Church (S) 2:45PM – 6:00PM – Scouting – Parish Room (S) 2:45PM – 9:00PM – Scouting – Convent Room 1 and 2 Wednesday, December 16 (N) 9:30AM – Rosary – Church (S) 1:00PM – 4:00PM – Bridge – Parish Room (S) 3:15PM – 8:30PM – Religious Ed Program - School (S) 7:00PM – Adult Choir Practice – Church (S) 7:00PM - 9:00PM – Family Catechesis Session – Uppper Church (S) 7:30PM – 9:00PM – Cub Scout Leader Mtg – Parish Room Thursday, December 17 (S) 9:00AM – Christmas Concert – PreK and K - Gym (S) 9:30AM – 11:00AM – Park Bench– Parish Room (S) 1:00PM - 4:00PM – 60+ Plus Club - Parish Room (S) 2:45PM – 4:00PM – After School Activities – Gym (S) 2:45PM – 9:00PM – Scouting – Convent Room 1 and 2 (S) 4:15PM – 6:00PM – Scouting – Parish Room (S) 7:00PM – Christmas Concert Grades 1-3 – Upper Church Friday, December 18 (S) 9:30AM – 11:00AM – Park Bench – Parish Room (S) 2:45PM – 4:00PM – After School Activities – Gym (S) 2:45PM – 6:00PM – Scouting – Parish Room (S) 2:45PM – 9:00PM – Scouting – Convent Room 1 and 2 Saturday, December 19 (S) 11:30AM - 12:30PM - AA – Parish Room (S) & (N) - 4:00PM - 5:00PM – Confession
Due to the Christmas Bulletin production schedule, all announcements for the December 27th bulletin are due
by noon on Thursday, December 17th and announcements for the January 3rd bulletin are due
by 4:00 pm on Wednesday, December 23rd.
The Giving Tree Thank you for taking a tag from our Christmas Giving Tree. Please return the wrapped gift to the tree, with the original tag, no later than today, Sunday, December 13th.
If you took a tag, please ensure that you return the gift or that child will not get a gift. Thank you for your kindness and help!
You can pick up your lumineria candles in the Gym today at Breakfast with Santa.
If you cannot pick up your candles at Breakfast with Santa, please e-mail Nancy Gallin at [email protected] or
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS Religious Ed Notices for Sunday, Dec 13th
Religious Ed Family Christmas Celebration is Wednesday, December 16th at 7:30PM at Annunciation Church. Families of our 1st through 4th graders in our Religious Education program will gather to reflect on
the story of Christmas and sing Christmas carols.
There are NO scheduled Religious Education classes on Wednesday, December 16th, December 23rd or
December 30th. Classes resume on Wednesday, January 6th.
There are NO Religious Education classes for children with special needs between Tuesday, December 22nd and Thursday, December 31st. Classes resume at the
Fatima Rectory on Tuesday, January 5th.
Families interested in learning more about our Religious Education program for children with special
needs should contact Doreen Napolitano at [email protected] or 779-2374. Classes are held either Tuesday or Thursday afternoon at the
Fatima Rectory. We are also in need of a few more teens to help.
Our Family Advent Program Continues! Family Advent Program after the 10AM Family Mass this
week, families are invited to the Lower Church to collect the manger figurine that is the centerpiece of the Nativity
scene. Next week, we complete the scene With the arrival of the Magi.
All families are invited to participate in this activity. Please join us downstairs after the 10AM Mass
(preceded by Children’s Choir Concert and Live Nativity starting at 3:30PM)
- 4:00PM Lower Church – Mass (S) (with traditional Christmas music)
- 5:00PM Mass (N) (with traditional Christmas music)
- 6:00PM Mass (S) (preceded by traditional Christmas music with
Maura Molloy and her musical group at 5:45PM) -10:00PM Mass (N)
(with traditional Christmas music sung by the Adult Choir) -12:00 Midnight Mass Church - Solemn Mass (S)
(preceded by Christmas Music sung by the adult choir starting at 11:30PM)
Friday, December 25th
Christmas Day Masses: 7:30AM Mass (S) (quiet mass at dawn)
9:00AM Mass (N) (with traditional Christmas music) 10:00AM Mass (S) (with traditional Christmas music) 11:00AM Mass (N) (with traditional Christmas music) 12:00PM Mass (S) (with traditional Christmas music)
Reconciliation Monday – December 14th 3:00PM – 5:00PM (N&S) and again 7:00PM – 8:00PM (N&S)
Here we are at Advent 2015!! As we walk through our neighborhood, our local merchants have an important lesson for all of us. They have spent months in preparation for Christmas. They have cleared out the old stock and brought in the new. They have planned very carefully so that as Christmas approaches, their shop is ablaze
with lights and alive with song. They are confident that they can sell their products to us during this season. They will indeed realize success because, they have prepared well. They are parables for us of what we should be doing during Advent 2015. How are you personally preparing for Christmas?? We have such a wonderful opportunity during Advent 2015 to clear out the old stock, the stuff that clutters up our minds, as well as our
souls, in order to make room for the greatest gift of all – Jesus living in us. So I offer this suggestion as to how we can clear out the old stock and that is by the timely reception of The Sacrament of Reconciliation
(Confession) Monday, December 14th, 3PM – 5PM (N&S) and 7PM – 8PM (N&S)
If we prepare well this Advent, then we shall know joy at Christmas!! Please don’t miss it! Don’t let our merchants put us to shame!
Hello Dear Parishioners,
We have had a very generous donor come forward who would like to make cushions for all our pews here at Annunciation. They would be similar to the cushions at Our Lady of Fatima and St. Joe’s. I would like to have your input as to whether you think this might be a nice addition to our church or not. Please fill out the from below and leave in the box at the back of church by Monday 12/14. Many thanks and God Bless,
Name ________________________________________________ Phone # _____________________________ Yes, I would like cushions for the pews __________ No, I like the pews the way they are ____________
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