DECEMBER 24, 2017 FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

MASS INTENTIONS

Sunday (December 24) Fourth Sunday of Advent 8:00 Pro-populo 10:00 For all the Expectant Mothers Requested by: The Priests of the Parish 12:00 Karol and Marta Honisch Requested by: Adriana Sarova 2:30 Spanish Mass 7:00 Spanish Mass

Monday (December 25) The Nativity of the Lord 12:00 Victorina and Emilio Juarez Requested by: Juliet Juarez 8:00 Dominick and Mary Santulli Requested by: Family 10:00 Assumption Priests Requested by: A Parishioner 12:00 In Thanksgiving to Our Lady of the Assumption Requested by: Celina and Wilfred Rodrigues

and Family 2:30 Spanish Mass 7:00 Spanish Mass

Tuesday (December 26) Saint Stephen, The First Martyr

7:00 Vincent and Michael Malaspina Requested by: Antinitte Malaspina 9:00 Giuseppe Pascetta Requested by: Family

Wednesday (December 27) Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist

7:00 Tina Kessinger Requested by: Her sister, Claire 9:00 Jimmy Ciotti Requested by: Pietro and Concetta DiPaterio

and Family

Thursday (December 28) The Holy Innocents, Martyrs 7:00 In Thanksgiving to the Blessed Mother and Her

intentons Requested by: A Child of Mary 9:00 John P. Leardi Requested by: Anthony Antunes

Friday (December 29) Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr

7:00 Maria V. DeLuca Requested by: Family 9:00 Alton Clemente Requested by: Family

Saturday (December 30) 9:00 Purgatorial Society 5:00 Loretta Donohue Requested by: Family 7:00 Spanish Mass

Sunday (December 31) The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

8:00 Anthony “Tony” Marino Requested by: Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Matheson 10:00 The Husovsky Family Requested by: Adriana Sarova 12:00 Pro-populo 7:00 Spanish Mass

MEMORIALIZATIONS

ALTAR CANDLES Margaret Mary Donovan Requested by: Arlene and Doug Swankie

Robert Orlando Requested by: His wife, Judy with love

Gilda and Nicola Pertelesi Requested by: Elena and Ray Matheson

Clifford and Mary Ann Matheson Requested by: Elena and Ray Matheson SANCTUARY LAMPS In memory of the Carey and Eible Families Requested by: Family

Thomas G. Christmas Requested by: Arlene and Doug Swankie ALTAR BREAD & WINE Donald Scheuber Requested by: Wife, Olga Sheuber Please notify an usher if you would like to bring up the gifts

during a Mass for your loved one.

DIVINE MERCY

December 24 3pm -No Holy Hour-

December 31 3pm -No Holy Hour

January 7 3pm Assumption Church

January 14 3pm Assumption Church

ADVENT WREATH PRAYER – THE FOURTH WEEK

“Father, all-powerful God, your eternal Word took flesh on our earth when the Virgin Mary placed her life at the service of your plan. Lift our minds in watchful hope to hear the voice which announces his glory and open our minds to receive the Spirit who prepares us for his coming. We ask this through Christ our Lord.” Amen. (-William G. Storey)

A BLESSING FOR MOTHERS TO BE

The Fourth Sunday of Advent finds the Church waiting with the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph in anxious and joyful hope for the birth of our Savior. Assumption invites all expectant Moms to attend the 10:00am Mass this Sunday, December 24 to receive a special blessing after Holy Communion as they, too, joyously await the birth of their infants.

PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL

Catherine Chesser, Janet Fortier, Linda

McGarr, Andrew Muller, George

Strumke, Mario Garzione, Tony DeMilio,

James Brian Dolman, Suzi Jo Bondra,

Carli Hermina, Jose R. Latimer, James

Leung, Sylvia Guerrero, Brian Miller, Rita

Snee and Charlie Laux.

PRAY ALSO FOR OUR RECENTLY DECEASED

Raymond F. Frye

Joe Nuñes

“Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace.”

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE 2017

Monday, December 25, 2017

12:00am (Midnight Mass) English Mass

8:00am English Mass

10:00am English Mass

12:00pm English Mass

2:30pm Spanish Mass

7:30pm Spanish Mass

PROCESION IN HONOR OF THE CHILD JESUS

Each year on Christmas Day, our Spanish community celebrates the Pasada del Niño, a parade-like procession beginning at 1:00pm at the Peekskill Train Station and continuing up Central Avenue to the Church. This procession consists of “Allegorical Cars” – elaborately decorated vehicles accompanied by family members dressed as characters in the Gospel infancy narratives. The final figure in the Pasada is the statue of the Child Jesus, which was donated to Assumption in 2008 by the Archbishop of Cuenca (Ecuador). A solemn Christmas Mass will follow in the Church at 2:30pm. All are welcome to experience this festive display of faith and devotion.

Welcome home! My dear brothers and sisters,

How many times we have heard this beautiful greeting “Welcome home”. It is always said to those we love and take care the most. To welcome someone means to open my life to give and receive the gift of love that God has poured into our souls.

For four weeks we have prepared our lives to welcome into our homes the Only Begotten Son of God, Jesus Christ. To invite Jesus to come in and be with us during this Christmas season, must provoke a deeper interaction and communication among us. His Divine presence and light will show that mercy and forgiveness are above all, and these are the gifts that we receive into our homes when we welcome the Holy Family of Nazareth under our roofs.

Let us welcome into our homes that shining light of Bethlehem, Jesus Christ. His brightness and wisdom change our hearts and lead us to get closer to eternal life. Let us not get discouraged if we have not enjoyed or lived to the full the experience of the Messiah. Christmas season just began, and it is the perfect moment to really go to the manger and admire, adore, glorify and praise that Divine-Human God who has placed his tent among his people.

On behalf of Fr. Vincent Druding, Deacon Carlos, and all our staff and volunteers, I wish you a Blessed Christmas Day and season. May Our Blessed Mother and Saint Joseph show us the way to grow in love and holiness until the day we will enter God’s holy place. And do not forget to pray for your priests. Merry Christmas to you.

Father Esteban Sanchez

CHRISTMAS PRAYER

Loving God,

During this holy season of Christmas, we ask

for your blessing on all families.

Let Mary’s openness to your wondrous ways

be an inspiration to place all trust in you.

Let Joseph’s courage provide hope during

times of anxiety and uncertainty.

Let Jesus’ life ignite all families with a spirit of

light and love.

May the grace that encircles the Holy Family

widen to embrace all families.

For this we pray Amen.

TITHING REPORT

Third Sunday of Advent 2017…………………...…12,253.00

(Includes ParishPay amount of $556.00)

Third Sunday of Advent 2016…………………….$11,713.43

(Includes ParishPay amount of $781.25)

Christmas Flowers 2017……………………...…..$3,913.00 Christmas Flowers 2016…..................................$4,151.00

If you would like to enroll in Parish Pay, please go to

www.parishpay.com OR call the Rectory

RESPECT LIFE

The Incarnation "By his incarnation the Son of God has united himself in some fashion with every human being" (Vatican II, GS 22). This saving event reveals to humanity not only the boundless love

of God who "so loved the world that he gave his only Son" (Jn 3:16), but also the incomparable value of every human person. The Church, faithfully contemplating the mystery of the Redemption, acknowledges this value with ever new wonder. She feels called to proclaim to the people of all times this "Gospel", the source of invincible hope and true joy for every period of history. The Gospel of God's love for man, the Gospel of the dignity of the person and the Gospel of life are a single and indivisible Gospel” (Pope John Paul II, The Gospel of Life, n.2). The next Respect Life Holy Hour: Friday, January 19, 2018 at 7:00pm.

NATIONAL NIGHT OF PRAYER FOR THE UNBORN December 28 marks the Feast of the Holy innocents when, during the Octave of Christmas, we commemorate those infants slaughtered by King Herod. The Unites States Bishops ask Catholics on that date to remember the unborn. Accordingly, Assumption will host a bilingual holy hour on Thursday, December 28 at 6:00pm. A night of Eucharistic Adoration, music, praying of the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet, and other prayers for the protection of innocent human life in the womb and healing for those who have had abortions.

ITALIAN MASS Assumption is pleased to invite all to attend a special Italian Mass on Thursday, December 28 at 7:00pm. There will be coffee and baked goods served after the Mass in the Father Wilson Hall, hosted by

the Italian Group. We hope you’ll be able to join us for an

evening of prayer and unity. Ci vediamo!

MARCH FOR LIFE 2018 The annual March for Life in Washington D.C. takes place on Friday, January 19, 2018. Forty-five years ago, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Roe. V. Wade, legalizing abortion and leading to the deaths of millions of babies in the USA. Please join hundreds of thousands from around the nation as we march, hand in hand, to stop abortion.

SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD (Not a Holy Day of Obligation this year)

MASS SCHEDULE

Monday, January 1, 2018 8:00am English Mass

10:00am English Mass

12:00pm English Mass

2:30pm Spanish Mass

7:00pm Spanish Mass

THAT’S THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

“Whatever you did for one of the last of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40)

A big “Thank You “to our Assumption parishioners who participated in our annual Giving Tree, buying Christmas gifts for the neediest children of Peekskill. By taking a Giving tree tag listing a name and the person’s wishes, these generous parishioners can be assured many children wake up on Christmas morning, overjoyed that their fondest dreams were fulfilled.

EVERY THURSDAY

7AM-7PM

EXPOSITION OF THE

BLESSED SACRAMENT

ANUNCIOS EN ESPAÑOL

HORARIO DE MISAS DURANTE EL TIEMPO DE NAVIDAD

EN HONOR AL NIÑO DIOS - AL NIÑO DE PRAGA AL DIVINO NIÑO Y AL NIÑO VIAJERO

Lunes 25 de Diciembre -Solemnidad de la Natividad del Señor - Hora: 2:30pm y 7:30pm

Sábado 30 de Diciembre - Festividad de la Sagrada Familia de Jesús, María y José

Hora: 7:00pm Domingo 31 de Diciembre - Hora: 7:00pm

Anote sus intenciones con anticipación en la Casa Parroquial

Mateo 2:1-2. "Cuando Jesús nació en Belén de Judea en días del rey Herodes, vinieron del oriente a Jerusalén unos magos, diciendo: ¿Dónde está el rey de los judíos, que ha nacido? Porque su estrella hemos visto en el oriente, y venimos a adorarle."

LUNES 1ro. DE ENERO DEL 2018 Solemnidad de Santa María, Madre de Dios Ofreceremos dos misas en español 2:30 y 7:00pm

Nuestra primera SANTA EUCARISTÍA será a partir de las 2:30 de la tarde, en honor a la Virgen de la Nube, iniciando con la procesión acompañada de la Sagrada imagen y una banda de música, desde la 1 de la tarde en el Depew Park. Iniciaremos con el rezo de la novena del 22 al 30 de diciembre, mayores detalles con el Hno. Jaime Pane 914-382-

2133, Coordinador de la devoción. La segunda EUCARISTIA, será a LAS 7 de la noche, en nuestro templo parroquial. Todos son bienvenidos, recuerde que son las primeras misas del año.

SABADO, 6 DE ENERO DEL 2018 FIESTA EN HONOR AL SEÑOR DE LA MISERICORDIA

SAN FERNANDO Novena: Del 27 de diciembre al 5 de enero del 2018 Invitamos para que nos acompañen a la Solemne Eucaristía en honor al Señor de la Misericordia de San Fernando a partir de las 7:00pm, después de la Misa ofreceremos un variado programa espiritual-musical, y un compartir comunitario en el Auditorio Padre Wilson.

DOMINGO, ENERO 7/ 2018 Solemnidad de la Epifanía del Señor

V ANIVERSARIO DE LA CORONACION DEL NIÑO VIAJERO EN LA CATEDRAL DE SAN PATRICIO, NEW YORK, SANTA EUCARISTIA, EN LA IGLESIA

ASUNCION, PEEKSKILL - 2:30 PM Epifanía significa "manifestación". Jesús se da a conocer. Aunque Jesús

se dio a conocer en diferentes momentos a diferentes personas, la Iglesia celebra como epifanías tres eventos:

- Su Epifanía ante los Reyes Magos (Mt 2, 1-12) - Su Epifanía a San Juan Bautista en el Jordán

- Su Epifanía a sus discípulos y comienzo de Su vida pública con el milagro en Caná.

La Epifanía que más celebramos en la Navidad es la primera."

FIESTA EN HONOR AL MILAGROSO SEÑOR DE ESQUIPULAS+GUATEMALA

XVIII CELEBRACIÓN

Celebrante: Fray Amilcar Monroy Programa

Sábado 13 de Enero del 2018 5:00am Despertar mañanero con Mariachis.

6:00am Celebración Eucarística 7:00am Desayuno Chapín

7:00pm Celebración Eucarística 8:30pm Procesión al Salón Padre Wilson y compartir!

La novena se inicia el Miércoles 3 al Jueves 11 de Enero con el acompañamiento espiritual del Fray Amilcar Monroy.

VIRGEN DE LA ALTAGRACIA La Comunidad Dominicana invita a las fiestas en honor a la Virgen de la Altagracia, protectora espiritual de la Republica Dominicana, la Celebración Eucarística será el día Sábado 20 y Domingo 21 de Enero del 2018, a partir de las 7 de la noche, iniciaremos con la novena el jueves 11 de Enero. Mayores detalles con los servidores.

SACRAMENTO DEL BAUTISMO (Niños menores de 6 años)

A partir del mes de Enero del año 2018, celebraremos los Bautismos en español con el siguiente itinerario: Primer y tercer sábado de mes 12h30pm; y, Segundo y cuarto domingo de mes 1:30pm. PRÓXIMA CHARLA PRE-BAUTISMAL JUEVES 4 DE ENERO DEL 2018- 7:15 PM - EN EL TEMPLO PARROQUIAL