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

HOLY CHILD CHURCH

July 15, 2018

PASTOR & VICARS Rev. Travers Rev. Edwin H. Cipot Rev. Wilfred Y. Dodo DEACON James V. Gallagher Weekend Associate 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 Loren Gutzler

Pamela Molloy 718-356-5890

www.holychildsports.com

SOCCER Vito Cangelosi

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

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 Mon-Holidays 10:00 a.m.

Mary-Pat Schaefer Parish Council President Robert Finelli Mens’ Group-Saturday

John Vincent Scalia Archdiocese Vicariate Representative Paul Brophy Padre Pio Prayer Group

Joan Rochford Adoration Phyllis Ballarino Prayerful Mantle

Bob Mistretta Beyond Renew Faith Sharing Sally Robusto Rosary Makers

Esther Pla Charismatic Prayer Group Rosaria Incantalupo Rosary Ministry

Linda Malone Cheerleading James Amberger-Peg Corney St. Vincent de Paul

Robert Morganstern Cub Scouts John & Josephine Schirripa Scripture Faith Sharing

Michael Dontis-Rita Martin

Linda Di Marco

Louise Morano

Boy Scouts

Lectors-Communion Ministers

Junior Lectors

Joanne McCourt

Nick Nocerino-Ray Doyle

Kelly Carbonaro-Rich Passante

Singles on the Go Social Club

Usher Ministry

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.

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.

WEEKEND MASSES WEEKDAY WORSHIP PARISH OFFICE HOURS

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

Padre Pio Prayer Group Church & Fellowship Room 2nd Thursday of month

Charismatic Prayer Group Rectory Conference Room Wednesday 7:45 p.m.

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HOLY CHILD CHURCH

SATURDAY VIGIL, JULY 14, 2018 5:00 PM Robert Castellano 7:00 PM Alberto, Vito & Caterina Ingravallo SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2018 6:30 AM People of Holy Child 8:00 AM Steven D. McGonagle 9:30 AM Richard Corney 11:00 AM Jean Morano 12:30 PM Louis & Vincenza Angelillo 5:30 PM Genoveva C. Londono MONDAY, JULY 16, 2018 9:00 AM Antonio & Vincenzo Berlingieri TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018 9:00 AM Denise Ingrassia WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2018 9:00 AM Patricia Lavanco THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018 9:00 AM Benny & Josephine DeSantis FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2018 9:00 AM Doris & Anthony Esposito SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2018 9:00 AM Annie, Tom & Ernest Fontana SATURDAY VIGIL, JULY 21, 2018 5:00 PM Mendola & Piazza Families 7:00 PM Luigi & Letteria Vaselli

ORDINARY TIME - PSALTER III

MORNING PRAYER MON-SAT 8:30 a.m.

www.divineoffice.org/www.universalis.com

Widows’ Conversation Group

meets on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. in the Large Conference Room. For more information

please call the Rectory or Maryann at 718-317-7901.

Scripture/Faith Sharing Sessions

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

SECOND TIME:

William Roland, Jr. & Emily Castelli

Dolores De Paolis Judith Ann Oliva

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The Ave Maria Gift Shop

HOURS

Saturday: 3:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

1st Sunday of the month: 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Christmas in July Sale 25% off Selected Christmas Items

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WHERE’S DANE?

https://4kforcancer.org/2018-team-seattle/

Check out the posters in the Lobby!

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PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION CHAPEL

Please consider committing to this urgent hour:

SUNDAY 3:00 PM

Contact Joan Rochford at 718-541-9532

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STATEN ISLAND, NY

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS WEEK’S DONATIONS

THE NAMES ON THIS LIST WILL BE ON UNTIL OCTOBER 7 AND THEN WILL BE REMOVED UNLESS WE HEAR FROM

THE FAMILY TO CONTINUE.

Adoration Chapel Candles

In Loving Memory of Thomas J. McCafferty Offered by Pat McCafferty

Bread & Wine

In Loving Memory of Denise Ingrassia Offered by Mom & Dad

St. Edward Food Pantry

The collection for the food pantry will be next weekend, July 21

st & 22

nd . Please do not donate

any expired food, open packages or perishable items. Thank you for your continued support of the food pantry.

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

James Charles Kutza Luciana Lo Duca

Vincent Amadeo Fred Assenza Millie Badalucco Laura Bengelsdorf Adaline Buttacavole Michael Capolongo Jillian Cannon Robert Cosumano Anthony Del Re Ronald Dick Annmarie DiDio Carol Flannery Nicholas Foccillo Baby Forlenzo Emil Galante Baby Guiliana Geller Doris Gillis Shelia Goehrke Evelyn Gomez Illions Family Alfia Kranepool

Stacey LaPenna Natalia Lupia Theresa Major Brianna Mantellino Lenny Moakley Pauline Moakley Frank Morano, Jr. Lauretta Paradiso Gayle Pickhart Sebastian Rao Lisa Romano Nicholas Romeo Billy Sherwood Dorothy Sinatra Frank Sinatra Katie Sullivan Stacey Tierno Stephanie Traicoff Vincent Urkonis Nancy Virello Nancy Walters

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www.birthmark.org

June 28, 2018

Church of the Holy Child 4747 Amboy Road Staten Island, NY 10312

Dear Marie & congregation:

On behalf of the Vascular Birthmarks Foundation (VBF), thank you for your generous donation of $120.00 in memory of Samantha Hare. An acknowledgment of your gift has been sent to her grandparents.

Last year we celebrated networking our 100,000th

patient into treatment. What a glorious event it was to know that we have helped so many families from all over the world. We continue to receive over 3,000,000 views monthly on our websites; have awarded 600 free conference scholarships; maintain 10 chapters on 6 of the 7 continents; held over 210 Day of Awareness events; sponsored 16 conferences, 12 walks/runs; funded 6 research projects; awarded 5 physician education grants and 17 college scholarships. We also sponsored 5 international medical mission trips. None of these accomplishments would have happened without your support.

We continue our “Sponsor a Family” campaign where anyone can donate $500 to a scholarship that will enable a needy family to attend our annual conference/clinic. This year we will award five $1,000 college scholarships to a college-bound student diagnosed with a vascular birthmark.

VBF took our iTEAM (international education and treatment outreach) to Italy in 2016. This international team has successfully treated over 125 children and adults for free and has educated over 525 physicians and medical experts. This year we are also launching the first ever on-line course in vascular anomalies called “A Foundation in Vascular Anomalies. Through this educational effort, physicians from all over the world will learn about the latest in the diagnosis and treatment of vascular anomalies.

Visit us at www.birthmark.org so that you can see that every donation we receive is hard at work. Our “Experts Corner” provides direct access to physicians who are specialists in the field of vascular birthmarks. Despite the economy, we continue working to increase access to care for our families and we continue to host our annual international family & physician conference so that each family receives an accurate diagnosis and an appropriate treatment plan. Thank you for helping make this possible.

Sincerely,

Lauren Palmateer

Lauren Palmateer Office Manager

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FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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High School women are invited to join the Daughters of St. Paul (#MediaNuns) for this fun, faith-filled summer program at their convent in Boston. Writing Track, daily Mass and Adoration, outings, sight-seeing and the opportunity to learn more about the life of Sisters!

For more information, please contact

Sr. Margaret Michael Gillis at

vocations@paulinemedia.com or 617-435-1879.

Holy CHild’s

sixth

Family Fun Fair

Saturday 15, September

In preparation

Holy Child Parish

SUPER 50/50 SWEEPSTAKES

Drawing Held at 6

th Annual Family Fun Fair September 15, 2018 1 Ticket for $10.00

3 Tickets for $20.00

WINNER NEED NOT BE PRESENT

You can purchase tickets after all masses July 21/22, August 4/5, 18/19 and September 8/9, as well as in the Rectory office during the week.

Plans are underway for our sixth 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.

Holy Child Parish Council Minutes June 21, 2018

The meeting commenced at 7:35 pm. Father Travers opened with a brief prayer. The ministries presented their reports.

Music: The choir had a very successful season; all practices are over until September.

Charismatic Prayer: Meetings will resume on September 12th and a Healing Mass will be held on June 27th at 7:45pm.

Sports: All sports are off season now. The 8th grade Girls’ basketball team and the Little Cheerleaders both won their titles in the Archdiocese. The padding on walls and stage is being replaced and new floor covering is being put on. Registration for basketball will be held the week of June 25th.

St. Vincent de Paul: No meetings for the summer, just continuing their usual activities for the summer.

Ushers: The end of year dinner was held last week. New recruiting is ongoing, especially for the 5:30 Sunday mass. A donation was made in memory of Samantha Marie Hare.

Adoration: Joan Rochford is the new mediator. New pedestals were made for the chapel, as well as a new easel for the adoration board. The angel statues were restored. There are 32 new adorers and all hours are presently covered.

Baptismal: One couple asked to be removed from the schedule for the upcoming quarter. Paul Brophy is back on the rotation.

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JULY 15, 2018

Beyond Renew: The book Moved by the Spirit was completed in May. It covered looking for the Holy Spirit in others around us. A trip to Sight and Sound to see Jesus, is scheduled for Thursday June 28th for 54 people, dinner will follow the show. A possible trip to AC is being considered for the summer as 2 new casinos are opening, this trip would be a fundraiser.

Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts: Cub scouts has 37 boys enrolled, numbers are decreasing. Camping trips have been successful. Four boys crossed over from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts. There are 54 boys in Boy Scouts, 4 Eagle scouts and 8 are working toward Eagle Scout. There are 25 boys going camping.

School of Religion: There is ongoing new registration. They are currently cleaning up old files and records. Bible school enrollment is low at this time.

Pre-School: School is finished. Mini-camp is going on now and almost complete. There are only two 4 year old spots open, and six 2 year old spots open. There is a long list for the other age slots. There are currently seventy-eight 4 year olds enrolled.

Prayerful Mantle: No summer meetings. There are currently 21 members. The 4 initiatives are: 210 scarves for St. Christopher’s, 3 baskets for Family Fun Day, 36 baby blankets for Seaman’s Home for Women and Children, and lap blankets for wounded warriors as well as scarves for military Operation Gratitude.

Youth Group: There was a nursing home visit with the St. Vincent de Paul team for St. Patrick’s Day. The group handed out cake, coffee and ice cream - 25 members attended. Stations of the Cross were performed in the church during Lent. Palm cross sales of 375 crosses yielded $1,500 for the group account. A Cotillion was attended by 10 members who participated with an additional 35 members from Staten Island PTAF. There have been 4 monthly county meetings. The group helped with the St. Jude Bake sale which raised $4,600 for the cause. Sports night was held in the forum with 10 members. The group added 5 new members. A bowling fund raiser was held to raise money for the bus in December for Staten Island members to attend the conference. On June 6 a celebration was held in Monroe for regrouping of the PTAF, one member and one advisor attended. The last meeting until September was held on June 7th, an end of year BBQ will be held on Sunday June 24th with 40 people attending. In July a full BBQ with all Staten Members of PTAF will be held. Recruitment will be done in September as many members are graduating. An outreach with the School of Religion and a speaker at all masses will get the word out. We are partnering with St. Patrick’s Church as they have no youth group there.

Deacon Jim: A training session will be held for 11 Eucharistic Ministers and some Lectors. A re-commissioning of Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers with a presentation of a certificate of appreciation is being planned. Instruction on homebound administration of the Eucharist is also being planned.

Father Travers: Family Fun Day is on September 15th with a rain date of September 22nd. The Super 50/50 sales are covered by the various ministries. The Renew/Rebuild campaign was successful. A new sound system was installed, as well as new lighting in the church. Two stages of the lighting upgrade are complete the third stage is atmospheric lighting. Painting of the interior of the church will also be completed. New sidewalks are set to be put in from the rectory to the gymnasium on or about July 9th. The Cardinal’s Appeal was met. A new flagpole is in place. Active shooter training was attended by several members of the council as well as the Pastor and Joe from maintenance. A safety committee will be formed to aid in the establishment of a safer parish environment. The meeting closed at 8:15.

Respectfully submitted by

Marie Thompson

Recording Secretary

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Church: Holy Child Church City: Staten Island Account: 03-00612