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

HOLY CHILD CHURCH

September 25, 2016

PASTOR & VICARS Rev. Travers Rev. Edwin H. Cipot Rev. Wilfred Y. Dodo DEACONS James V. Gallagher James P. Quadrino In Residence 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 Catherine McQuillen

718-356-5890 www.holychildsports.com

SOCCER

Tom DeLacy 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 Mon-Fri Mass 6:30 a.m.

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 Nick & Janna Gaudiuso Family Life/Respect Life

Sal Lavanco Adoration Rosaria Incantalupo Rosary Ministry

Lea Laccadito Bereavement Ministry James Amberger St. Vincent de Paul

Bob Mistretta Beyond Renew Faith Sharing Peggy Corney St. Vincent de Paul

Esther Pla Charismatic Prayer Group Eddie O’Connor Sons & Daughters of Mary

Sabrina Lufrano Cheerleading Nick Nocerino-Ray Doyle Usher Ministry

Rita Martin Cub Scouts Joanne McCourt Singles on the Go Social Club

Mark Kwapich Boy Scouts Kelly Carbonaro-Rich Passante 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.

Adult Confirmation www.nyfaithformation.org

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

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Divine Mercy Chapel 24/7

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

Charismatic Prayer Group Rectory Conference Room

Wed. 7:45 p.m.

WEEKEND MASSES WEEKDAY WORSHIP PARISH OFFICE HOURS

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HOLY CHILD CHURCH

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2016 5:00 PM Roman Panczyszyn 7:00 PM Joseph La Franca

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 6:30 AM People of Holy Child 8:00 AM Alex Smircich 9:30 AM Dominic T. Carbonaro 11:00 AM Anthony Lupo 12:30 PM Desdemona & Amedeo Costanzo 5:30 PM Flavia Laturza MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 6:30 AM Catherine & William McVitie 9:00 AM Vincent Passarelli TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 6:30 AM Mary Posavetz 9:00 AM Mary Conry WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 6:30 AM John J. McCourt 9:00 AM James Jude Mangano, Sr.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 6:30 AM Santo Miceli 9:00 AM Carol Kelly FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 6:30 AM Joseph Amoia 9:00 AM Caterina & Nicholas Cuomo SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2016 9:00 AM Mass of the Day SATURDAY VIGIL, OCTOBER 1, 2016 5:00 PM Al Ferrigno 7:00 PM Antonio Arnone

Ordinary Time - Week 26 Psalter II

HOLY CHILD’S MORNING PRAYER MON-SAT 8:30 a.m.

also online

www.divineoffice.org www.universalis.com

Widows’ Conversation Group

meets on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. in the Fellow-ship Room. For more information please call the Rectory or Maryann at 718-317-7901

Bereavement Ministry Mrs. Laccadito makes generous provision of time during

which the experience of bereavement may be expressed and shared on an individual basis. She may be called upon

for an appointment at 718-227-0449

Acts of the Apostles Scripture Study with Fr. Ed

Beginning September 12

Every Monday from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.

in the Small Conference Room - Rectory All are welcome.

The Ave Maria Gift Shop

The Gift Shop is open

Saturday: 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

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

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

The Gift Shop is offering 10% off Rosary Beads for the month of September

They also have Holy Child 50th Anniversary

glass Christmas ornaments, necklaces, bracelets and car rosary beads.

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Scripture/Faith Sharing Sessions

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

HEAR YE, HEAR YE!

The 6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Sunday Masses are urgently in need of

Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers

For information on brief training and scheduling pro-cedure, please call the Rectory at 718-356-5890.

We hope to “hear” from you! Ages 16 and up.

7:45 PM Monthly Healing Mass Fr. Willy– Celebrant

SECOND TIME:

Anthony Saraceno & Michelle LoPinto John Addington & Dana Santomauro Salvatore Piscitelli & Janine Whitaker

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STATEN ISLAND, NY

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS WEEK’S DONATIONS

NAMES ON THIS LIST WILL BE ON UNTIL SEPTEMBER 26 AND THEN WILL BE REMOVED UNLESS WE HEAR FROM THE

FAMILY TO CONTINUE.

Adoration Chapel Candles

Blessings for our family & their intentions

Offered by Pat & Paul Diana

PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION CHAPEL

Could you not spend one hour with me?

If you think you might be able to answer the call and fill one of the following hours which are in need of coverage imme-diately, please pray and ask Our Lord for guidance and give us a call.

We also need coverage for other hours.

Of course, you are welcome to sign up for any one hour in the week that would suit your needs.

If you are able to sign up in either capacity, please call Sal Lavanco at 718-948-6048 or Diane Conzo at 718-605-6112

Friday 5:00 AM URGENT

Saturday 1:00 AM URGENT

Wednesday 3:00 AM URGENT

Wednesday 1:00 PM URGENT

Jillian Cannon

Michael Capolongo

Ottavio Carmelo

Colleen Cerzosie

Lenny Cerzosie

Virginia Cuccurullo

Fred Deighan

Nancy Ganassini

Baby Guiliana Geller

Kim Giangregorio

Joan Greene

Veronica Mangieri Nicholas A. Napolitano

Thomas O’Donnell

Jana Orellana

Lee Panno

Gayle Pickhart

Sebastian Rao

Lisa Romano

Lynn Schroeder

William Schroeder Lucille Schuster

Billy Sherwood

Dorothy Sinatra

Kristen Sherwood

Pauline Siravo

Richard Yauch

Joseph Zaza

Sanctuary Lamp

In Loving Memory of Dominic T. Carbonaro & Joseph Amoia

Offered by The Benjamin Family

Flowers

Basket at the altar & Tribute to Mary Offered by Felice & Rosa Poliseno

On the occasion of their Golden Wedding Anniversary

Bread & Wine

In Loving Memory of Nicholas B. Squeo Offered by Nicoletta Squeo

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

Vincent Michael Broadbent Olivia Jean Panepinto Viviana Nora Milham Olivia Rae Peers

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Cross Road Foundation’s Fall Fashion Show

The Cross Road Foundation will be holding its 23rd

Annual Fall Fashion Show on Thursday, October 13

th at 7:00

p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn. The theme for the evening will be Get On Your Feet. Tickets for the event are $65.00 per person. This includes dinner, musical entertainment, a fashion show, and a raffle of beautifully prepared gift bas-kets. Please call (718) 556-3474 to reserve a seat at this joy-filled event.

St. Clare’s Employment Group

Presentation Center 168 Lindenwood Road

Staten Island, NY 10308

The St. Clare’s Employment Group meets the third Thurs-day of each month at 7:30 p.m. The October to December schedule is as follows:

October 20, 2016 - “Six Steps to Reemployment” ...Connie Thanasoulis, Professional Job Coach, Six Figure Start. November 17, 2016 - “Using Linkedin and the Social Me-dia to Build Your Network” ...Peggy Freda, Labor Service Representative, New York State Department of Labor. December 15, 2016 - “Preparing for the Interview, Behavior-Based Responses, and Follow-up after the Interview”...Holly Block, Assistant Director of Recruitment, CSI

The St. Clare’s Employment Group provides job search

assistance and career advisement to the unemployed and their families, and anyone who is concerned about a layoff or career advancement. For further information, please go

to our website, www.stclaresi.com or contact the Parish office at (718) 984-7873

SINGLES ON THE GO SOCIAL CLUB

The next meeting will be on Sunday, October 2

nd at 6:00 p.m.

in the school building, lower level.

For details on all events, please call Joanne McCourt 917-892-1472

All trips/events are open to non-members as well.

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TWENTY– SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

CLUSTER CORNER

***Save the Date***

“CDA Comedy Night Fundraiser” Starring Rob Magnotti

Thursday, September 29, 2016 6:30 - 10:30 p.m.

St. Clare Church Auditorium 151 Lindenwood Road

Staten Island, NY 10308

Buffet Dinner (B.Y.O.B.) & Raffle Baskets 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Casual Attire - adults 21 and over only, please

Reservations: $55.00 per person For more info, email: joannlamberti@yahoo.com or call

Joann Lamberti at 718-966-1425

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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MUSIC DEPARTMENT

New members are always welcome (and encouraged!) to join any of the choirs/ensemble. You can even come to a few rehearsals to see what we do. For more information on any of these groups, please contact Sandra at 347-560-1793 or at holychildmusic@yahoo.com.

Note - There is no fee to join any of the choirs.

Youth Choir (Grades 3+) Tuesday: 3:30 p.m.- 4:45 p.m. The Children’s Choir participates twice a month in the Chil-dren’s Masses throughout the school year. They also per-form in a special Christmas Eve concert before Mass.

Teen Choir (Grades 7+) Tuesday: 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. The Teen Choir participates twice a month at the Children’s Masses throughout the school year along with the Youth Choir. This new choir will work on more challenging music. They also perform in a special Christmas Eve concert be-fore Mass.

Youth Ensemble (students proficient on all instruments)

Tuesday: 6:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. This ensemble of young musicians participates at the two monthly Children’s Masses, Christmas and Easter Masses. If you are new to this group, please contact Sandra prior to your first rehearsal.

Handbell Choir (children and adults) Tuesday: 5:00 p.m.- 6:30 p.m. The Choir meets from mid-September through the Feast of Corpus Christi in the spring. The Choir rings twice a month at Sunday Mass and for special Feasts and parish celebra-tions. They also perform for the community several times a year, including at Christmas in Richmondtown and Scalia Tree-Lighting Ceremonies. Neither experience nor ability to read music is required to join the group.

The Choir Tuesday: 7:30 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. This group, open to high school students and adults, sings at the 11:00 a.m. Mass from September through the Feast of Corpus Christi in the spring. Music reading ability is help-ful, but not required. The choir sings different styles of mu-sic, including traditional and contemporary.

Cantors Youth (grades 6+); Young Adult (grades 9+); Adult If you are interested in becoming a cantor at any of the Masses, please contact Sandra for information regarding training. Note - you do not need to commit to being a can-tor every week.

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Youth Leadership Meeting

All public and private high school students are invited to attend a meeting at St. Charles School Auditorium from 6:15 p.m to 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28

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All students will gain service hours and leadership experi-ence in planning SI Catholic Youth Fest which will be locat-

ed at Moore Catholic High School from 9-5 p.m. on Saturday March 11, 2017.

Contact Deacon Steve cyminsi@gmail.com for more information.

Firefighters for America’s Bravest presents:

The 7th Annual Bravest BBQ Saturday, October 8, 2016 - 12:00 p.m.

Hillside Swim Club, 151 Signs Road Staten Island, NY 10314

RAIN OR SHINE

$20.00 per person if purchased online, $30.00 if purchased at the door. Children 14 and under are FREE. All you can eat and drink, music, raffles and a Chinese Auction.

Lots to do for the kids including: face painting, pumpkin givea-ways, rock wall, rolling video games, carnival games and rides.

All proceeds will go to Building for America’s Bravest, a proud program of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, that builds specially adapted SMART homes for our nation’s most cat-astrophically injured service members.

Buy tickets now at www.bravestbbq.eventbrite.com. For questions please call 718-986-4587.

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Msgr. Farrell High School

Open House - Sunday, October 16, 2016

11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

LEGENDS PROMOTIONS PRESENTS

A Night of Music & Memories II

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2016 @ 7:30 P.M. CSI CENTER FOR THE ARTS

THE SPRINGER CONCERT HALL 2800 Victory Blvd.

Staten Island, NY 10314

Orchestra: $55.00/Balcony $45.00 Visit CFASHOWS.COM or CALL (718) 982-2787

Dubs - Tokens - Tymes Chiclettes - Lou Christie

The Coda Band

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

ON THE BUILDING & IN THE GROUNDS

One year ago Holy Child commenced its monthly golden jubilee celebrations with

Family Fun Fair. In the time that flies, the monthly calendar has come full circle. Although jubilee celebrations reached a climax with the gala dinner

dance and the anniversary mass, we still are in 2016, the year of golden jubilee. There happen to be a couple of things left with which we round out

our milestone year.

Now to be found on the inside back wall of the church, opposite Founder’s Memorial, are four frames which, up until now, have hung hither and yon in

the parish complex. They have now come together.

The first one is an autographed portrait of Terence Cardinal Cooke with an inscription congratulating the founding pastor, Monsignor Brennan, and the

original parishioners of Holy Child on the dedication day of the church. This was presented just a few years after Monsignor’s pioneer efforts in

calling together the People of God in this vicinity – the story of which can be read on the bronze plaque of Founder’s Memorial.

The three other frames enclose illuminated parchments, documents from the Vatican, communicating papal blessings to Holy Child on the happy occa-sions of landmark anniversaries — Silver, Ruby and Gold — testaments to the passage of God’s gift of time in the decades’ long development of the

parish.

We shall lay The Jubilee to rest, so to speak, when in the Fall we bury a time capsule on the grounds. It will contain a number of remarkable items

pertaining to parish life and the world at present that will certainly be mused over when next time seen in 2066 or so.

Father Travers

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