SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2013 Palm Sunday

REV. WILLIAM LUCIANO PASTOR MILL HILL FATHERS REV. BRIAN COFFEY, M.H.M. REV. TERENCE LEE, M.H.M. WEEKEND ASSOCIATES

CHRIST THE KING RECTORY 740 North Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701 Phone 914-963-7474 Fax 914-963-7548 ctkrectory@optonline.net Rectory Office Hours (M-F) 9:30am – 4:30pm

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM Office: Lower Rectory Phone 914-963-7474 Fax 914-963-7548 reledctk@optonline.net Coordinator: MRS. MARY M. ROSE

PARISH MEMBERSHIP To be considered active members of Christ the King Parish each family & single adult must:

- BE PROPERLY REGISTERED - A T T E N D S U N D A Y M A S S A T O U R C H U R C H - REGULARLY USE OUR PARISH’S WEEKLY DONATION ENVELOPES

This is the only way the parish can issue documents attesting to parish membership and Catholic practice.

(EG. A CERTIFICATE TO BE A GODPARENT OR SPONSOR)

New parishioners are requested to visit the parish office.

SUNDAY MASS SATURDAYS 5:00pm

The Church is opened at 8:30am on Sundays.

SUNDAYS 9:00am, 10:30am and 12:00pm

WEEKDAY MASS The Church is opened at 8:30am on Weekdays.

Mondays - Saturdays 9:00am

HOLYDAY MASS As announced inside the bulletin, prior to the Holyday.

THE SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION Saturdays from 4:15pm to 4:45 pm

and by appointment.

HOLY ROSARY Weekdays following the 9:00am Mass

MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA Mondays following the 9:00am Mass

CENACLE OF LIFE ROSARY Mondays 7:00pm to 8:00pm

PRAYER GROUP Tuesdays (September-June) 1:30pm – 2:30pm

PRO-LIFE ROSARY First Saturdays 9:30am

DIVINE MERCY HOLY HOUR

First Saturdays 3:00pm to 4:00pm

THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Registration for the Sacrament of Baptism takes place by meeting with a priest. The child’s Birth Certificate is necessary at the time of registration. GODPARENTS MUST PRESENT SPONSOR CERTIFICATES, SIGNED BY THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH THEY ATTEND, WHICH STATE THAT THEY ARE PRACTICING CATHOLICS. No date for Baptism can be made until the Sponsor Certificates are handed in. Parents, and Godparents, are required to attend one instructional class. PARENTS MUST BE REGISTERED PARISHIONERS OF CHRIST THE KING CHURCH.

THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Preliminary arrangements should be made at least one year prior to the proposed date of marriage. COUPLES MUST BE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF OUR PARISH and speak to a parish priest to enroll in marriage preparatory courses and schedule the use of the Church.

CHRIST THE KING CHURCH

REV. GEORGE OBENG-YEBOAH-ASUAMAH PAROCHIAL VICAR

THE SANCTUARY

LAMP

THE PRAYER LIST

We are happy to include anyone who is requesting prayers during an illness or other necessity on this list. Our parish prayer & rosary groups include the people shown below in their prayer intentions as do many parishioners. Please call the Rectory Office to be added to the list and to be removed when the crisis has passed.

Please Pray for: MARTHA BRAY

EDITH M. COUGHLIN LAURA DESANTIS

ROBERT DIPADOVA, SR. KEVIN DONOHUE DANNY FLEMING

NORAH HOLIC JOAN KELLY MARY LOTZ

ARLENE MARRA SUZETTE MEDINA WILLIAM MEGINN

SUZANNE MICHAELS CHARLES MOONEY

RITA MOORE-CAREY BART PANESSA JOE POPOVIC

CHRISTINE PRACA TESSA SANTIGATE

FRANCIS SCHAEFER HERBERT J. SMITH JOSEPHINE SWIST BERNICE SUTCH

JOANNE UZZI FRANK SZELIGA GINA WHELAN

THOSE WHO ARE ILL and MEMBERS OF OUR US MILITARY

PARISH SCHEDULE

MONDAY... CONFESSIONS 3PM - 9PM CUB SCOUTS 6:30PM

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TUESDAY... PRAYER GROUP 1:30PM

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WEDNESDAY... CHOIR PRACTICE 7:30PM

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SATURDAY… BLESSING OF THE FOOD 10:30AM IN THE GYM

burns in Loving Memory of

Filomena DiCampli

through the kindness of

The Jones Family

MONTHLY REMEMBRANCE

Saturday, April 27th at 9:00am

In Loving Memory of ADDINO FAMILY GEORGE BERNACCHIA BALL & JORDAN FAMILIES BIERWIRTH & GOREY FAMILIES GERRY CAMPBELL FLORENCE CARAGINE JOHN & JUDY CONNOLLY GERARDO CUADRASAL CATHERINE & MICHAEL ENNIS THOMAS FISCELLA FOLEY, WALL & O’DONNELL FAMILIES FORGOTTEN SOULS IN PURGATORY MICHAEL KRUSZYNSKI THOMAS LYNCH BRENDAN D. MAGNER FRANCES MAILMAN KATHERINE MCCARTHY ANN & GERARD MOLONY PEGGY MOYNIHAN FRANK & KATHERINE NYEMCHECK KIM R. O’DELL PARANGELO FAMILY JOSE & CLEMENTINA RIBEIRO TOBURN & ENNIS FAMILIES TOM & MARY RUTH TUOHY VICTIMS OF THE CULTURE OF DEATH ANTHONY D. & ANTHONY M. ZAPPIA ZAPPIA & FEDERICO FAMILIES

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

MASS INTENTIONS

SUNDAY, MARCH 24th

PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD

Unblessed Palm will be handed out before Mass & blessed during Mass.

Saturday 5:00pm JOSEPH & ISABEL BIERWIRTH ISABEL’S ANNIVERSARY

Sunday 9:00am PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 10:30am PETER O’BUCK ANNIVERSARY 12:00pm FILOMENA DICAMPLI MONDAY, MARCH 25th

Monday of Holy Week 9:00am IRENES LUCIANO TUESDAY, MARCH 26th Tuesday of Holy Week 9:00am ANTONIO ANDRADE ANNIVERSARY

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27th Wednesday of Holy Week 9:00am KIM & RICHARD KNUDSEN AND JOHN CONNOLLY, SR. THURSDAY, MARCH 28th Holy Thursday 7:30pm MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

FRIDAY, MARCH 29th ***FAST & ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord 3:00pm THE LORD’S PASSION

SATURDAY, MARCH 30th

Holy Saturday NO MORNING MASS

NEXT SUNDAY, MARCH 31st

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE

RESURRECTION OF THE LORD

Saturday 7:30pm THE EASTER VIGIL

Sunday 9:00am EASTER MASS 10:30am EASTER MASS 12:00pm EASTER MASS

SCHEDULE REMINDER

There will be NO Religious Education Classes next week,

(Sunday, March 31st) in celebration of Easter Sunday.

Classes will resume on Sunday, April 7th.

Do you know someone in our parish who is unable to come to Mass due to poor health? Please ask them to call us in the Rectory Office 963-7474 so that a priest can visit them and bring the Sacraments to them at home. We need your help reaching them, so please spread the word.

CHRIST THE KING HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

March 24th PALM SUNDAY MASSES: (Sat) 5pm; 9am, 10:30am and 12pm THE PASSION OF THE LORD PALM: Palm will be blessed during Mass

March 25th MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK MASS: 9am CONFESSIONS: 3pm - 9pm

March 26th TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK MASS: 9am

March 27th WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK MASS: 9am

March 28th HOLY THURSDAY MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER: 7:30pm ADORATION: after Mass until Midnight

March 29th GOOD FRIDAY THE LORD’S PASSION: 3pm

March 30th HOLY SATURDAY BLESSING OF THE FOOD: 10:30am in the Gym EASTER VIGIL MASS: 7:30pm

March 31st EASTER SUNDAY MASSES: 9am, 10:30am and 12pm THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD

Days of Prayer & Healing

“Go, pick up the pieces lest they be lost.” JOHN 6:12

With these words, John Cardinal O’Connor directed the Sisters of Life to a ministry of reverence for those women & men who suffer following the tragedy of abortion. Since 1996, they have heeded that call with the help of Theresa Bonopartis, their co-worker in

ENTERING CANAAN… A SACRAMENTAL JOURNEY TO AN INHERITANCE OF MERCY

FOR THOSE SUFFERING ABORTION

Many don’t realize that post-traumatic stress is the untold story of abortion. There are literally millions of women and men who, too often si lently and alone, suffer some of the most devastating psychological & spiritual consequences of our society’s disregard for the sanctity of human life and sacredness of human sexuality.

All retreats are led by Theresa Bonopartis and other women who have experienced both the suffering of abortion and the joy of healing in Christ; they are directed by faithful priests with a true heart for those who suffer and are hosted by the Sisters of Life. They include: Witnesses of Mercy, Scripture Sharing, Personal Prayer & Quiet Time, the opportunity for Sacramental Confession and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

UPCOMING RETREATS

Saturday, April 27, 2013 Saturday, June 1, 2013

(866)575-0075 hopeandhealing@sistersoflife.org

“I will always be with you. I will never abandon you… be determined and confident…

do not be afraid or discouraged, for I the Lord your God, am with you wherever you go.”

POPE FRANCIS’ HUMOR AND SIMPLE WORDS WINS HEARTS IN FIRST ANGELUS BY ESTEFANIA AQUIRRE

The new Pope’s spontaneity was revealed again when he cracked two jokes after his first Angelus prayer. On a more serious note, he asked people to never tire of asking God for forgiveness. “Don’t forget this: The Lord never gets tired of forgiving; it is we who get tired of asking forgiveness,” said Pope Francis March 17 in St. Peter’s Square.

“Let us not hear words of contempt or condone, but only words of love and mercy that invite us to conversion,” he told the crowd. The new Pope said that the face of God is like that of a merciful father who always has patience and is always willing to forgive us. “Have you thought about how much patience he has with you?” he asked. Pope Francis told how he recently read a book by Cardinal Walter Kasper on mercy. “That book has done me so much good, but don’t think I’m just trying to promote the book of one of my cardinals!” he joked. “It’s not like that!” “It’s done me so much good because he says that mercy changes everything; it changes the world, making it less cold and more fair,” said Pope Francis.

He explained that the prophet Isaiah said, “If our sins are red like scarlet, God will make them white like snow.” Pope Francis also recalled that when the image of Our Lady of Fatima visited Buenos Aires in 1992, while he was still a bishop, a big Mass was celebrated for the poor, during which he heard confessions. He recounted a conversation with “an old and very humble lady” who came to him towards the end of the Mass. He had asked the woman, “Nonna, do you want to confess yourself?” She replied, “Yes.” “But you haven’t sinned,” said the bishop to the elderly woman. The lady said, “We’ve all sinned.” He then responded, “But maybe God won’t forgive you.” “God forgives everyone,” she told him. The bishop questioned, “How do you know, madame?” She said, “If God didn’t forgive everything, the world wouldn’t exist.” The Pope told the crowd, with laughter in his voice, “I wanted to ask her, ‘Have you studied at the Gregorian (University)?’ because that is the knowledge that the Holy Spirit gives!”

Pope Francis then extended his greetings to all the faithful and said he chose the name “Francis” to spiritually tie himself to Italy, from where his family originated. “But Jesus has called us to form part of a new family of his Church, in this family of God, walking together on the path of the Gospel,” he said. “Let’s not forget that God never gets tired of forgiving, so let’s never get tired of asking for forgiveness,” he added again. Pope Francis ended his first Angelus prayer wishing everyone a “nice Sunday and a nice lunch.”

"HELP END HUNGER IN AMERICA"

THE FEINSTEIN CHALLENGE is running through the end of April. Each year this organization distributes one million dollars to charities who help feed the hungry such as SAINT PETER’S FOOD PANTRY. The charities requesting a donation match must collect as much as possible between March 1st and April 30th. (The award amount for each group is determined by the percentage that they collect of the total amount donated to all organizations during the specified challenge time.)

Donations may be monetary contributions or food items (valued at $1 per pound for this program) received by April 30th 2013.

PLEASE CALL BARBARA AT ST. PETER’S CHURCH 963-0822

For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink;

I was a stranger, and you invited Me in. - MATTHEW 25:35

THE NORTH YONKERS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

Walter “Goose” Ineson 2013 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP

FIRST PRIZE $1,500 Annual Scholarship (4 years)

SECOND PRIZE $1,500 Scholarship (1 year)

THIRD PRIZE $1,000 Scholarship (1 year)

Applicants must be high school seniors who will be entering college in the fall of 2013.

For an application please contact: Tony Gianelli at 610-9385 or AGianelli@mtvernoncsd.org

or NYSF10@gmail.com

RECONCILIATION MONDAY

Monday, March 25th 3:00pm - 9:00pm

On Monday in Holy Week, in all parishes in New York, priests will hear confessions

from 3:00pm - 9:00pm.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD ...

especially to any friends & family who haven’t been to Church in a while -

this special day is particularly meant for them!

We are entering a new year (beginning on Easter Sunday) with a new Holy Father at the head of our Church.

There is no better time for those who have been away to come back and practice their faith.