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HOLY CHILD CHURCH

4747 Amboy Road, Staten Island, N.Y. 10312

July 26, 2015 www.holy-child.org 718-356-5890

Weekend Masses

Saturday PM 5:00 7:00 Sunday AM 6:30 8:00 9:30 11:00

Sunday PM 12:30 5:30

Weekday Worship

M - F Mass 6:30 AM

M - S Morning Prayer 8:30 AM

M - S Mass 9:00 AM

Parish Office Hours

M - F 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM 1:30 PM - 8:00 PM

718-356-5890

Clergy

Reverend Travers Rev. Edwin H. Cipot Rev. Wilfred Y. Dodo

In Residence Rev. Percy Joseph

Sandra Pace, Organist/Music Department Head 347-560-1793

Marie Ferro, Director of Religious Education

718-356-5277

Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Mary Kelly, Parish Manager

Joseph Longo, Maintenance Supervisor

Catherine McQuillen, Sports Council

718-356-5890

www.holychildbasketball.com

Tom DeLacy, Soccer

www.holychildsoccer.org

JoAnn C. Gaal, Director of Pre-School 718-356-5159

Office Hours: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

www.holychildprek@gmail.com

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Divine Mercy Chapel 24/7

Miraculous Medal Novena Church Mon. after 9:00 AM Mass and at 7:00 PM

Mary-Pat Schaefer Parish Council President Annette O’Reilly Adoration Lea Laccadito Bereavement Ministry Bob Mistretta Beyond Renew Faith Sharing Esther Pla Charismatic Prayer Group Marisa DeSisto - Sabrina Lufrano Cheerleading Rita Martin Cub Scouts Mark Kwapich Boy Scouts

Nick & Janna Gaudiuso Family Life/Respect Life James Amberger St. Vincent de Paul Peggy Corney St. Vincent de Paul Eddie O’Connor Sons & Daughters of Mary Ray Doyle - Nick Nocerino Usher Ministry Anthony Frizalone Singles on the Go Social Club Kelly Carbonaro - Rich Passante Youth Group

Baptisms 2:00 PM Sundays Arrange in advance through the Rectory. Pre-Baptismal classes - 8 p.m. on certain Saturday evenings. Call for schedule.

ADULT CONFIRMATION DETAILS ON PAGE 3

Marriages

Please contact priests of the parish at least 6 months prior to the wedding date. Book the church before the hall.

Reconciliation Saturday 3:30 - 4:30 PM

Sacraments Devotions

Charismatic Prayer Group Rectory Conference Room Wed. 7:45 PM

Pray The Liturgy of the Hours @www.divineoffice.org or www.universalis.com

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HOLY CHILD CHURCH

THIRD TIME: Philip Milo and JoAnn Vallo

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Mrs. Laccadito ministers to your bereavement needs. Call upon her to make an appointment at your convenience – 718-227-0449.

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University Hospice

University Hospice Bereavement Support Groups 2nd and 4th Mondays at 1pm and 7 pm (year round)

at the Church of St. Andrew, Church Hall, 4 Arthur Kill Road, Richmondtown, SI

Children’s Group coinciding with the adult group 7pm - 8 pm Pre-Registration Required

Contact: Karen Goldman, LMHC, BCPC at 718-226-6451

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Joseph Cacace JoAnn Malone

Geraldine Mary Brady

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SATURDAY VIGIL, JULY 25, 2015 5:00 PM Alexander DiTringo 7:00 PM Grace and Anthony Manfro

SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2015 6:30 AM People of Holy Child 8:00 AM Irene Maturi and Florence Bonomi 9:30 AM James Lomanto 11:00 AM Marie Thompson (Living) 12:30 PM Anna Bottega 5:30 PM Veronica and Thomas McGuire Katherine and Allie Woods

MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 6:30 AM Anthony, Sylvio & Michael Marceda 9:00 AM Joseph Masella

TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2015 6:30 AM John G. Crowley 9:00 AM Frances and James Banker

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015 6:30 AM Angela Maresca 9:00 AM Carl Van Orden

THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015 6:30 AM Joan Micciulli 9:00 AM Vincent Cestaro

FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2015 6:30 AM Joan Micciulli 9:00 AM Anna and Bill Slezak

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2015 9:00 AM Mary Rizzuto

SATURDAY VIGIL, AUGUST 1, 2015 5:00 PM Angelina Cestaro and Alfred Parker 7:00 PM Grace Palmieri

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Scripture/Faith Sharing Sessions Mondays in the FORUM after the 9 A.M. Mass

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Week 17 Psalter I

Ladies’ Bereavement Conversations Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:30 pm

Fellowship Room

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Feast of St. Clare

Saturday, August 8 at 11:00 A.M. 110 Nelson Avenue

Staten Island, NY 10308 718-984-7873

Games with prizes, rock climbing, raffles, hot dogs, BBQ food court, dunk tank, bouncy house, arts & crafts, vendors,

popcorn, pretzels, cotton candy!

Come Join the Fun!

Natural Family Planning

The papal encyclical Humanae Vitae beautifully articulates respect for God’s design for authentic love through the gift of human sexuality, conjugal love and responsible parenthood. Married Couples who use NFP report many benefits including: better communication between spouses, increased emotional maturity, deeper understanding of each other’s bodies and growth and respect for God’s gift of fertility. For NFP resources please visit www.USCCB/NFP.org or http://nyfamilylife.org/natural-family-planning/

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People who request Masses for their intentions

should be on hand to present the bread and wine to the priest at those particular Masses

whenever possible. On Sunday and Holy Days advance consultation with the ushers is advised.

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STATEN ISLAND, NY

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS WEEK’S DONATIONS:

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ARRANGEMENTS FOR BAPTISM To preserve a more devout and reverent celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism, only four families will be accommodated each week. Please make arrangements with the Church at least a month beforehand.

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

Kayla Rose Citera

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Jillian Cannon Colleen Cerzosie Lenny Cerzosie

Louise Cesarano John Devlin

Josephine Devlin Anthony Dimesa

Baby Giuliana Geller Rosalie Giangrande Rosaria Incantalupo Veronica Mangieri

Alex Passante Lisa Romano

Theresa Spezio Joseph Zaza

NAMES ON THIS LIST WILL BE ON UNTIL SEPTEMBER 27 AND THEN WILL BE REMOVED UNLESS WE HEAR FROM THE

FAMILY TO CONTINUE.

Sanctuary Lamp In Memory of Grace, Ciro and Andrew Frulio

Offered by Christine Frulio

Adoration Chapel Candles In Thanksgiving for the gift of family

and for all our family members Offered by Carmine and Patricia Tripo

Flowers at the Altar In Memory of Alexander Di Tringo

50 years in heaven Offered by Angela and Sal Sutera

This is a program of adult faith formation that com-bines presentations, group discussion, reflection and prayer. The sessions will cover Sacred Scripture and Tradition, the Creed, prayer and spirituality, the Church, Catholic social teaching and meaning of the sacrament of Confirmation.

Staten Island Location Our Lady of Pity Church 1616 Richmond Avenue

Bull’s Head, Staten Island, NY 10306 718-761-5421

All sessions in Staten Island are held on Mondays 7:00pm—8:30pm

Dates of the Staten Island Sessions Session # 1: September 28, 2015

Session # 2: October 5, 2015 Session # 3: October 12, 2015 Session # 4: October 19, 2015 Session # 5: October 26, 2015

Session # 6: November 2, 2015 Session # 7: November 9, 2015

Session # 8: November 16, 2015

Confirmation Mass At Our Lady of Pity Church, Staten Island

Monday, November 30, 2015

Qualify to be a Godparent or a Sponsor….

GET CONFIRMED!

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The Ave Maria Gift Shop Saturday: 4 pm - 7 pm Sunday: 8 am - 2 pm

1st Sunday of the month: 5 pm - 6:30 pm

The gift shop is offering 10% off Medals (in stock - sterling, nickel, gold over sterling). The gift shop is also taking orders for olive wood, “Ave Maria” bracelets made in the USA. Place your order by July 31st in the Gift Shop.

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Monthly Prayer for Healing

The Healing Mass is celebrated on the last Wednes-day of each month. Fr. Willy will preside at the next Healing Mass scheduled for July 29th at 7:45 pm in the Church. It begins with praise and worship music and songs. An invitation for personal testimo-nies is made to those in the congregation wishing to

thank the Lord for answered prayers and blessings received. Eve-ryone desiring prayer is anointed with blessed oil by Fr. Willy and prayed with individually for their personal intentions. The leader-ship members of the Charismatic Prayer Group will assist. The Charismatic Prayer Group meets weekly on Wednesdays in the Rectory Conference Room at 7:45 pm except for the last Wednes-day. Everyone is welcome.

Communication devices of any sort should not

be in operation during Divine Services at Holy Child Church.

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SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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Holy Child Intramural and

CYO Basketball Registrations

Registration for our 2015-2016 Intramural and CYO Basketball League will be held:

Wednesday, July 29th

Thursday, July 30th

Thursday, August 13th and 27

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7:00 - 8:30 pm Holy Child Forum

(Entrance on May Place)

You must be a registered Holy Child parishioner as of Sep-tember 2014 and have satisfied your registration payments with School of Religion in order to register and try-out for a CYO Basketball Team.

All new registrations must bring a copy of their child’s birth certificate along with a copy of a utility bill to veri-fy home address. We will not accept any registrations forms without the above requested.

Rules for CYO Placement at Holy Child

Your child must be a Holy Child parishioner who has been registered with our Parish and School of Religion as of Sep-tember 2014, unless you are a new parishioner and your child is entering 1st grade and will be attending school of religion for the first time, you are a parishioner of St. John Neumann, or live within the boundaries of Holy Child that have been set by the CYO Director.

If your child attends School of Religion at a different Parish other than St. John Neumann, or attends Catholic School they must register at the school they attend to play CYO Bas-ketball. If your child will be trying out for a team at their Par-ish and does not get picked for a team, CYO will find a bor-dering Parish team for your child.

Players must attend two tryouts to be considered to play for a Holy Child Team. Try-outs will be conducted in the second week of September. Dates and times will be announced at a later date.

All School of Religion tuition must be up to date or paid in full prior to registering for basketball or any other sports pro-gram Holy Child offers.

All payments for the CYO basketball league will be due after tryouts when team selections are completed. There will be a separate fee for uniforms.

Intramural Program

Any child entering Pre-K through 8th grade as of Sep-tember 2015 can join the intramural program at Holy Child. There are no boundary limits for our intramural program nor are there any weekly practices for our in-tramural league. Games are played once a week and run from October to December. Games are usually scheduled on Friday nights and Saturday mornings.

Payments for the Intramural program only will be due at registration.

Registration forms and fee schedule can be found on our website www.holychildbasketball.com

If you have any questions please email us at hcsports1@hotmail.com

Holy Child’s

Third

Family Fun Fair

Saturday 26, September

In preparation

Holy Child Parish SUPER 50/50 SWEEPSTAKES

Drawing Held at 3rd Annual Family Fun Fair September 26, 2015

1 Ticket for $10.00 - 3 Tickets for $20.00

WINNER NEED NOT BE PRESENT

You can purchase tickets after all masses on this weekend, August 8/9, 22/23 and September 19/20th, as well as in the Rectory office during the week.

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Plans are underway for our third annual Family Fun Fair. Between now and then we are enlisting the aid of those who would care to pitch in to “make it happen.” Anyone interested in being involved in one of the aspects of this event may inquire by calling the Rectory at 718-356-5890 or by emailing the Preschool at HolyChildprek@gmail.com

There is plenty of opportunity for cooperation to make this activity a real success.

If you have new items, gift cards, or lottery tickets you wish to donate for raffles, please drop them off at the Rectory.

We are in need of cases of bottled water and soda (cans - diet and regular). All donations of water and soda can be brought to the Parish office.

July 1, 2015 From: Br. Salvatore Mwebe Bannakaroli Brothers To: Rev. Alan F. Travers, Pastor Holy Child Church Dear Fr. Travers, I hereby extend my sincere gratitude and appreciation to you as a pastor and the Church family of Holy Child Church for the financial support (from mission appeal) you gave Bannakaroli Brothers of Uganda. I couldn’t imagine the generosity, love and commitment of your church family.

May God reward each and everyone a hundredfold. Sincerely yours in Christ,

Br. Salvatore Mwebe, BSCL

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JULY 26, 2015

Holy Child is beholden to the following parishioners who made the Stewardship Appeal such a great success this year.

This week, D through G are listed:

Mrs. Claire D'Agostaro Mr. and Mrs. James Daino Mr. and Mrs. Frank D'Alcamo Mr. and Mrs. Anthony D'Ambrosio Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dannecker Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Davila Miss Lena M. De Mango Mr. and Mrs. Vincent De Marco Mr. and Mrs. Vincent DeGrado Mr. and Mrs. Cesar DeLa Paz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Delese Mr. Lawrence J. DeLuca Mr. and Mrs. Anthony DeMaio Mr. and Mrs. Anthony DePinto Mr. and Mrs. Fidelis DeSantis Mr. and Mrs. Frank DeSantis Mr. and Mrs. Vincent DeSantis Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Di Buono Mrs. Michelena Di Buono Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Di Maria Mr. and Mrs. Paul Diana Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas DiCapua Mr. Michael Dimesa Mrs. Frederick DiMesa Mr. and Mrs. Felix J. DiMola Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dluzniewski Mr. and Mrs. George V. Doerrbecker Mrs. Loretta Dolan Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dollen Ms. Theresa Donato Mr. and Mrs. John A. Donohue Mr. Raymond Doyle, Jr. Mrs. Margaret L. Drew Mr. and Mrs. William Dubovsky Mr. and Mrs. Roman Ducalo Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Dugan Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Errigo Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Esposito Mrs. Louis Facciolo Mr. and Mrs. John Fagan Mr. and Mrs. Chad Farley Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Favara Mr. and Mrs. John Fedeli, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Federico Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Fenley Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ferraiuolo Mr. and Mrs. James Filatro, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Finelli Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fiorito

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fitzgerald Mrs. Catherine Fitzgerald Ms. Carol Flannery Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Flynn Ms. Katherine Ford Mr. and Mrs. Martin Forrester Mrs. Linda Forsyth Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Fortunato Mr. John Frank Mr. Anthony Frizalone Ms. Christine Frulio Mr. and Mrs. Reynaldo Fuentes Mr. and Mrs. Michael Galasso Mrs. Veronica Galasso Mr. Costabile Galdi Mrs. Mary Galizia Mrs. Augusto Galluccio Mr. and Mrs. Peter N. Gandolfo Mr. and Mrs. Juan Garcia Mr. and Mrs. Valeriano Garcia Mr. and Mrs. Santo Gargano Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Garito Miss Gaudiuso Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Gaudiuso Mr. and Mrs. Frank Geary Mr. and Mrs. Domenick Gentile Mr. Gregory P. Gentile Mr. and Mrs. D. Gentiluomo Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Giangrande Mr. and Mrs. Frank Giangrande Mr. and Mrs. Robert Giles Ms. Doris Gillis Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ginocchio Mr. and Mrs. John Giuca Mrs. Jean Glover Mrs. Joseph Gorman Mr. and Mrs. Michael Graham Mrs. Joan A. Greene Mr. and Mrs. Philip Grenier Mr. and Mrs. John F. Grieco Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gudmundsen Ms. Dorothy A. Gulman Mr. and Mrs. William Gutierrez Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Gutzler Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gutzler Mr. and Mrs. Louis Guzzo

To be continued…...

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