My dear parishioners,
This Sunday, the Reading from the Book of Exodus recounts God delivering the 10 Commandments to Moses. One of them is: "Remember to keep holy the sabbath day. Six days you may labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord, your God." It is a good opportunity to review how our practice of Sundays have been going, particularly in the pandemic. Am I spending that necessary time with the Lord in prayer, listening to His Word, receiving His Body at least with a spiritual Act of Communion, fostering the bonds of marriage and family, entering into the sacred rest that is our dignity as beloved sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father? Live-streamed Masses can be an aid to keeping holy the Sabbath Day, provided a serious reason exists to absent oneself from the worshiping community, such as the risk of catching this Virus or spreading it to a vulnerable person. With the vaccine rollout, however, and the solid track record of sanitized churches helping to ensure everyone's safety combined with the practices of social distancing and mask wearing, perhaps now is a good time to reevaluate our participation at Mass if we have been legitimately away until now.
Please know that the church's 'Lost & Found' is the former Baptistry area of the church. You will find an assortment of items found in the church placed on the chairs there. Items left for some time will be discarded.
Regarding appropriate places to be seated in the church, we are transitioning from Post-It Notes to beautiful laminated Crosses affixed with command strips. After December's deep cleaning of the church, I did not have the heart to return to blue painter's tape again, effective though it was. To maintain safe distances while maximizing the space, I need your assistance and cooperation on Sundays. Where the Crosses are placed is where a person may be seated. Before Christmas, Fr. Rafferty, Vic Bellavia, the Head Usher, and I went around the church measuring to ensure 6' distance between different groupings. We also wanted to maximize the space. Individuals, couples and groups of three are placed at the ends of pews, alternating throughout the main aisle. Likewise, families of four, five or six are placed in the middle of pews in the main section of the church, alternating with the first group. Families of four can also be accommodated in the sides in front of the radiator. In the front pews facing the side of the altar and each other, families of eight, nine or ten can be accommodated. There are two spaces for smaller groups at the handicapped accessible entrance to the church. If there is no Cross on a pew or in a certain part of a pew, please do not sit there. The chapel can accommodate every sized household. Realizing that some of you have a favorite spot to pray while at Mass, I ask that on Sundays you follow the indications of the ushers and the pews. Thank you!
A blessed Sunday sabbath to you!
IHM Lenten Presentations: March 8, 15, & 22
IHM Parish will host Lenten Presentations on the following Mondays of
Lent during the 8:00PM Adoration in the Church.
Monday, March 8
Monday, March 8
Topic: Jesus’ Passion in the Gospel of Mark
by Fr. Gerard Rafferty,
Parochial Vicar
Monday, March 15
by Fr. Gerard Rafferty,
Parochial Vicar
Monday, March 15
Topic: St. Joseph
by Carlos Germosen
Seminarian
Monday, March 22
Topic: “By His Wounds We are Healed”
by Sr. Nancy Kellar, S.C.,
House of Prayer
by Carlos Germosen
Seminarian
Monday, March 22
Topic: “By His Wounds We are Healed”
by Sr. Nancy Kellar, S.C.,
House of Prayer
Please join us or watch on live-stream!
LENT: Prayer – Fasting – Almsgiving
to prepare for Easter
"A Holy Hour will give you more strength during life and more consolation at the hour of your death and eternity."
~ St. Alphonsus
1. Prayerful Devotions in Lent:
- Sacrament of Reconciliation: Mondays 8:00-8:45pm, Saturdays after the 8:30am Mass and from 4:00-5:00pm and by appointment
- Stations of the Cross: Fridays of Lent at 7:15pm
- Adoration: Mondays 8:00-9:00pm and Fridays 9:30-10:30am
- Holy Mass: Sundays: 8:00am, 10:00am & 12noon and Saturday Vigil at 5:30pm, Daily Monday-Friday 6:45am and 9:00am, Saturdays and holidays 8:30am. Kindly pre-register.
- Easter Duty: The time for fulfilling Confession & Receiving Holy Communion extends from February 21 - First Sunday of Lent, to May 30 - Holy Trinity Sunday
2. Lenten Fast and Abstinence:
- During the Season of Lent, the Church urges all the Faithful to reflect a spirit in penance in their daily life through performing acts of fast and abstinence
- ABSTINENCE forbids the eating meat or poultry. Those who have reached the age of 14 or older are obliged to abstain on all Fridays of Lent, including Good Friday. GOOD FRIDAY is a day of Fast and Abstinence
- All Fridays of the year are designated as days of penance during which we are encouraged to practice self-denial out of gratitude for the suffering and death Jesus accepted for us.
3. Almsgiving: Reach Out In Charity – The third part of the Lenten formula is almsgiving. It’s about more than throwing a few extra dollars in the collection plate; it’s about reaching out to others and helping them without question as a way of sharing the experience of God’s unconditional love.
MASS ATTENDANCE SAFETY PROTOCOLS
As we seek to renew our practices to keep everyone safe, please remember to disinfect when you enter the church and wear masks properly covering your mouth and nose, particularly if you should cough or sneeze. Always feel free to excuse yourself if you need to or if you feel unsafe. Please follow the directions of the ushers since we seek to put groups of 1, 2 or 3 at opposite ends of the same pews alternating with a pew for families of 4, 5 and 6 in the middle of pews. Families of 7, 8, 9 and 10 will normally be situated on the sides of the front of the church or in the Adoration Chapel. We encourage everyone to arrive 5-10 minutes before Mass so as to assist in smoothly seating all. Should one arrive after Mass begins, please enter through the main vestibule area of the church (unless handicap entrance is needed). After Mass, to avoid congregating, please exit by the closest door. Thank you for your attention to these reminders and to your understanding.
SUNDAY, MARCH 6/7 MASS SIGNUP
If you missed the Mass Signup that went out in Monday's Flocknote, please use the signup below.
Please note: to simplify Mass Signup for Parishioners who regularly attend a specific Mass each week, we created a Recurring Weekly Mass Signup. If you are already on the Recurring Weekly Mass list, then there is no need to complete a new signup below. If you plan to attend the same Mass weekly, please contact the rectory at 914-723-0276 to be added to the list.
IHM Public Masses Sunday March 7, 2021
Please follow safe distance protocols - Wearing a mask in church is required - Please follow directions from ushers and observe signs about seating - At this time the Archdiocese of NY recommends that Holy Communion be received in the hand. If you are ill or have any symptoms of the Virus, please know that Mass is available online.
IHM Saturday Mar 6, 5:30pm
IHM Sunday Mar 7, 8:00am
IHM Sunday Mar 7, 10:00am
IHM Sunday Mar 7, 12:00pm
THANK YOU FOR ALL MAILED IN AND ONLINE WESHARE DONATIONS!
If you plan to contribute online using WeShare for your recurring IHM contributions, and would like to discontinue receiving mailed envelopes, or if you have any questions or comments about envelopes or WeShare, please use the simple contact form below.
- The College Evenings will take place every other week. The next one will take place on Wednesday, March 10 from 7:30-8:00PM on Zoom. CLICK HERE to sign up, to join the email list or for more information.
- Daylight Saving Time Begins at 2:00AM – Next Sunday, March 14. Please remember to turn your clocks ahead one hour.
DO YOU WANT TO FAST THIS LENT?
Lent in the words of Pope Francis
Fast from hurting words and say kind words
Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude
Fast from anger and be filled with patience.
Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope.
Fast from worries and have trust in God
Fast from complaints and contemplate simplicity
Fast from pressures and be prayerful
Fast from bitterness and fill your hearts with joy
Fast from selfishness and be compassionate to others
Fast from grudges and be reconciled
Fast from words and be silent so you can listen
CALLING ALL ACTORS/ACTRESSES/SINGERS!
IHM is producing an Easter Pageant. Filming will take place in person at the church (mask/distancing compliant)Interested? Contact Deanna Ricciardi deannadanielle.r@gmail.com ASAP. Filming begins soon!
We congratulate the following children who were baptized in the month of February 2021. We also extend congratulations to their families!
Ava Isabella Lovecchio
Michael Harrison Rybicki
Please join us on Tuesday, March 9, from 5:30-6:30PM for a conversation with Father Jean Paul Soler, Pastor of Sts. Clements and Michael Parish, and Elizabeth Guevara, Adult Faith Formation Director of Operations, around the theme of “Hope and Healing Throughout Coronavirus.” In our first conversation held on February 25 we had a great conversation that was both enlightening and invigorating. These conversations are a great tool to inform your parish of the good works going on all around them.
$1M of the Cardinal’s Appeal supports the Saint John Vianney Clergy Residence, which is a comfortable and safe home for fifty-seven retired priests who have devoted their lives to serving the Church. Help us care for those who cared for us with a gift to the Cardinal’s Appeal. Visit cardinalsappeal.org to learn more or to make a gift!
March 7, 2021
Season of Lent
Year of St. Joseph
Dear friends in the Lord:
On Sunday, March 14, in all of our parishes and churches throughout the country, we will be collecting your offering for the Catholic Relief Services. With your support, you actually serve Jesus in disguise in some of the most marginalized communities in our world.
When you give, you help fill the bellies of young children so they can study hard in school. You help prevent trafficking and provide welcome kits for survivors. Your donations help mothers and babies around the world receive nutritional are and health exams. Refugees find safety and receive emergency assistance and trauma counseling. Farmers learn innovative ways to plant and grow crops despite drought or disease. And women find dignity in opportunities for savings and training.
When you give, you change lives, families and communities. For more than 75 years, CRS has been providing expertise and compassion to the very poorest of our brothers and sisters in more than 100 countries. And it's because of you.
Your generosity to the Catholic Relief Services facilities much-needed support and makes a difference for so many around the globe. To learn more about the collection and the people who benefit, you may visit www.usccb.org/catholic-relief.
My gratitude to you, and my prayerful best wishes for a blessed Lenten season.
Faithfully in Christ,
+Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan
Archbishop of New York
A Time to (Re)Build | What We've Learned From the Upheavals of 2020 - and the Path Forward
Deep in winter, when the world turns cold, the days are short and night falls early, it’s our natural instinct to seek shelter and wait for the warm sunlight to return. This year especially, with humanity under siege from a microscopic pathogen surging around the globe, there’s good reason for each of us to stay home, put on a comfortable sweater and wait for better days. With new vaccines promising to bring the coronavirus under control over the next several months, can’t we just ride out the dark days till spring?
It’s a time of great hope, when Catholics can anticipate returning to Mass with fewer precautions, without masks, with handshakes and hugs and hymnals.
As any farmer will tell you, however, it’s the plans and preparations of wintertime that lead to a good harvest in the year ahead. And after a year of devastation, it takes a lot of work and ingenuity to return to “normal.”
Emerging from the winter of the coronavirus, we will face a blighted economy, with millions more unemployed than a year ago. Poverty, hunger and homelessness will be rampant. Secondary epidemics of domestic violence, addiction and depression will not yield to vaccination. Many will still be in crisis.
Meanwhile, amid the aftereffects of the pandemic, the social and political upheavals of 2020 have left our communities to come to terms with deep divisions and a legacy of injustice, anger and distrust between neighbors.
At this moment of cautious hope, Archways asked key actors from around the archdiocese to reflect on what we all experienced in 2020 and share their thoughts and plans for their ministries in 2021 and beyond. In the following pages, we will let the voices of dedicated pastors, sisters and ministry leaders give us some perspective on what we’ve been through and a look at where we may be going.
Click here to read the full interview (page 12)
Archways Magazine | Winter 2021
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PRO LIFE CORNER
May the peace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be with all of you, your loved ones and all your friends who have taken the pro-life position.
Now through March 28, you’re invited to join other Christians for 40 DAYS FOR LIFE – 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. You’re also invited to stand and peacefully pray for one or more hours in the public right-of-way outside the Planned Parenthood at 175 Tarrytown Road in White Plains and to help spread the word about this important effort to save lives. If you’d like more information, and especially if you’d like to volunteer to help,visit 40daysforlife.com/whiteplains, or email 40DFL.WP@gmail.com. All are welcome!
For further information, contact Joe McCourt of the IHM Pro-Life Committee at ihmchurch@ihmscarsdale.org.
ENCOUNTER
Where: Church of the Resurrection (910 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY 10580)
When: Wednesday, March 10
6:30-8:30PM - Live Exposition, Adoration, & Benediction!
*6:30-7:30PM will include quite prayer and reflection
*7:30-8:30PM will include live Praise & Worship music
Confessions will be available.
FEARLESS RETREAT DAY
Fearless Retreat Ministries will be hosting a Retreat Day in collaboration with the Archdiocese of NY Youth Ministry on April 10. The entire event will be held outside on the beautiful grounds of the Graymoor Retreat Center. Due to renovations at Graymoor, we will not be able to host it overnight. The day is open to all youth in 7th-12th grade, with the option for their families to join if they wish. We are happy to be able to offer talks from Fr. Joe Espaillat and the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal! See the flyer and register here. Pre-registration will be required. If you are over 18 and would like to volunteer, please sign up here. This day will be a phenomenal opportunity to come together right after Easter and celebrate the joy of the Resurrection!
Parishioners who attend DAILY MASS, can sign up to receive an email each day for the readings of the day. If you would like to subscribe to the emails for the daily readings, Click HERE
For THIS SUNDAY's Readings, March 6/7, 2021, Click HERE
Please be advised that you can print them out at home or you can use your phone or tablet to follow along with the readings in church or at home.
SUNDAY, March 7, 2021
Third Sunday of Lent
5:30PM - Ines Barletta & Judy Di Pippo
8:00AM - Marie Reynolds & Marion Reynolds-Wymbs
8:00AM - Marie Reynolds & Marion Reynolds-Wymbs
10:00AM - Eleanor Walsh
12:00PM - Albert Attisani & Steven Wildman
12:00PM - Albert Attisani & Steven Wildman
The weekly intention for The People of Immaculate Heart of Mary will be offered privately by the Pastor
MONDAY, March 8, 2021
St. John of God
6:45AM - Brian Lilly, Jr.
9:00AM - Maria Caruso
TUESDAY, March 9, 2021
St. Frances of Rome
6:45AM - Philomena Popoli
9:00AM - Connie Gizzo (living)
WEDNESDAY, March 10, 2021
6:45AM - Joanna Nelson
9:00AM - Marie Tazza
THURSDAY, March 11, 2021
6:45AM - James Conlan
9:00AM - Louise Capponi
FRIDAY, March 12, 2021
6:45AM - Eugene Callan
9:00AM - Anne & Anthony Carozza
9:00AM - Anne & Anthony Carozza
SATURDAY, March 13, 2021
8:30AM - Merad & Felcy D’Cruz
5:30PM - Inez F. Connolly
Please Remember in Your Prayers
The Sick of Our Parish
Fr. Thomas Lynch
Msgr. Pat Keenan
Sr. Mary Tommasino, S.C
Louis Ranucci
Angela Lifrieri
Laura Hernandez
Nicholas Di Marzo
Anthony Guiliano
Barbara Grossberg
Gina Cocciolillo
Carmine Gagliardi
Elizabeth Sheey
Jason Bergen
Christian Hansen
Biaggio Ferarro
John Powers
Cecilia Gayanelo
Tadeus Gayanelo
Nancy Herran
For all those suffering with the Virus
The Deceased of Our Parish
Rita Giordano
Tom O'Sullivan (Brother of Maureen Gorham)
Augustine Trapasso
All Victims of the Virus
KIDS KORNER
Please see this week's "Kids Korner"
prepared by our bulletin publisher, Bon Venture.
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