Let us go rejoicing
to the house of the Lord.
My dear friends,
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are ready to move into Advent as we prepare these next four weeks for the Nativity of our Lord Jesus!
This week IHM will increase hours of Eucharistic Adoration ON MONDAY AND FRIDAY ONLY from after the 6:45am Mass until 10pm on Monday and 8pm on Friday. Rosary and Confessions will be offered as usual on Monday evening. We still need an Adorer for the 3pm slot Monday and 9am and 4pm hours Friday. As the other days have more committed adorers, those hours will also increase. For now Tuesday through Thursday will remain 9:30am-1pm. Thank you to all who signed up!
It was really something to see the incredible generosity in response to the Cornerstone collection for our Servicemen and women stationed abroad! To Debbie Bracken, who coordinates the drive, and to our Principal Tracy Keelin, and the School for an incredible amount of the donations, to our Confirmation candidates who assisted and to Galloway’s Bakery - thank you! The good people of Galloway’s Bakery received wonderful monetary donations for Cornerstone that will help us pay for the shipping. Our parish’s Social Ministry account will also match the funds from Galloway’s.
Thank you to all who gave for our Thanksgiving collection. Know it helped a number of people who come knocking at the parish’s door.
Fr. Thumma’s relatives had a wonderful visit and are now back at school!
This week we welcome once again another guest, a good friend, Jenna Cooper, a consecrated Virgin of the archdiocese and a Canon Lawyer of Bishop Barron’s diocese, to the House of Prayer. Jenna will be presenting a talk in Manhattan at the Catholic-Jewish dialogue on behalf of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Thank you Sister Nancy, Sr. Anna and Sr. Theresa for your hospitality!
This week we welcome once again another guest, a good friend, Jenna Cooper, a consecrated Virgin of the archdiocese and a Canon Lawyer of Bishop Barron’s diocese, to the House of Prayer. Jenna will be presenting a talk in Manhattan at the Catholic-Jewish dialogue on behalf of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Thank you Sister Nancy, Sr. Anna and Sr. Theresa for your hospitality!
We look forward to our parish’s Family Advent Wreath making at 1pm in the lower church this Sunday! Thank you Laura Covais for organizing it. If you have not registered and would like to come, availability will depend upon supplies.
The Sacrament of Confession has been offered this past month to most of our Religious Education students and Fr. Thumma and I look forward to finishing all of the classes and offering the Sacrament to our School students. It is the plan to have all our young people in faith-formation receive the graces of the sacrament at least before Christmas and before Easter each year.
In the Church’s commitment to preach the Gospel of Jesus in its entirety, the Scripture readings at our Sunday Masses are on a three-year cycle and our daily Mass readings are on a yearly cycle for the Gospels and a two-year cycle for an overwhelming amount of the other passages in Scripture. As we begin this weekend the first-year ‘A’ Cycle of the Sunday readings and focus on the Gospel of St. Matthew, our Bible Discussion group will meet at 7pm this Tuesday in the chapel for Mass, followed by discussion of the first chapter in the lower church until 8:30pm. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome! Thank you Tom and Rosemary Roche for leading us!
Next Saturday, after the Vigil Mass, our Parish Council’s One Community will sponsor a Cocoa and Carols in the lower church!
With the IHM Development Committee, I am very honored to announce our honorees for our parish Gala, which will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2023. As we celebrate the 95th Anniversary of the School, we will give thanks to God and honor JoAnn M. Murphy (posthumously) and Theresa Vaccaro Nicholson! Please join in this wonderful celebration!
Enjoy the World Cup Soccer matches!
A blessed Sunday to you!
In this Edition:
- Adoration at IHM - sign up below
- IHM Religious Education Advent Activity open to all the Parish/School - Decorate an Advent Wreath on Sunday November 27th. Registration closed; availability depends upon supplies for last-minute inquiries.
- The IHM 2023 Mass Intention Book is now OPEN. Instructions to reserve are below.
- Thank you for your Thanksgiving donations!
- "IHM is Thankful" video below
- HOPE Community Soup Kitchen - Next drop off is Tuesday, November 29th by 11:00AM
- Bible Study at IHM will now be meeting on Tuesdays from 7:00PM-8:30PM:
- November 29 - June 2023: the group will discuss the Gospel according to St. Matthew. More details below.
- Annual Cocoa & Carols Event | December 3rd following the 5:30PM Mass - Details below
- Giving Tree at IHM:
- Please take a gift tag, purchase a new gift and return it unwrapped under the Giving Tree by Sunday, December 11th
- Volunteers Needed: Mondays, December 5th & December 12th
- IHM Parish will host a night of prayer for our parish on Thursday, December 8th - time is TBD
- Southern Westchester Young Adult Mass & Christmas Caroling at Our Lady of Fatima, Scarsdale on December 21st at 6:30PM
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Upcoming Community Events. All are Welcome:
- IHM Development Fund Gala | February 25, 2023 - DETAILS BELOW (sponsored by the IHM Development Committee)
- Liturgical Ministries sign up for Altar Servers, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Lectors and Ushers
- Senior Parishioner seeks small apartment in Parish
- Catholic New York electronic edition available on cny.org
- Pro-Life Corner: National Prayer Vigil for Life to place January 19-20 in Washington DC
- Community News Update
ADORATION AT IHM
IHM RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
IS PROUD TO SPONSOR A
PARISH ADVENT ACTIVITY
Please join us as we prepare for the Christmas Season by decorating an Advent Wreath. Each family will have the opportunity to make an Advent Wreath and take it home!
The event will take place on Sunday, November 27th at 1:00PM in the lower Church (following the 12:00PM Mass) and is open to ALL Parish/School Families.
Registration has now closed; extra space will be limited to supplies. Please ask for further information.
We hope to see you there!
The IHM 2023 Mass Intention Book is open for online Mass intention requests. Please use the link below to view available Masses for 2023 and to reserve Mass Intentions. Mass Intentions will remain opened until all available Masses have been requested. For those who are unable to utilize the online feature, stop by the rectory, email IHMchurch@IHMscarsdale.org or call (914) 723-0276.
Sunday, November 27, 2022 | First Sunday of Advent | Matthew 24:37-44
Friends, today’s Gospel reminds us to be prepared as we await the Lord’s coming again.
I don’t think it is the least bit accidental that when Paul wrote back to the community at Thessaloniki (the earliest Christian document we have), his major motif was the end of the world as we know it and the longing for Christ to come to remake the cosmos.
When Paul speaks in that text of Christ arriving on the clouds and the Christians going up to meet him in the air, he is not predicting a great escape from the world of matter; rather, he is envisioning a welcome committee of believers moving out to escort into the world its new King.
The entire Bible ends on a note not so much of triumph and completion as longing and expectation: “Come, Lord Jesus.” From the very beginning of the Christian dispensation, followers of the risen Jesus have been waiting. Paul, Augustine, Chrysostom, Agnes, Thomas Aquinas, Clare, Francis, John Henry Newman, and Simone Weil have all waited for the second coming and have hence all been Advent people.
During this season, let us join them, turning our eyes and hearts upward and praying, “Come, Lord Jesus.”
Bishop Robert Barron
I don’t think it is the least bit accidental that when Paul wrote back to the community at Thessaloniki (the earliest Christian document we have), his major motif was the end of the world as we know it and the longing for Christ to come to remake the cosmos.
When Paul speaks in that text of Christ arriving on the clouds and the Christians going up to meet him in the air, he is not predicting a great escape from the world of matter; rather, he is envisioning a welcome committee of believers moving out to escort into the world its new King.
The entire Bible ends on a note not so much of triumph and completion as longing and expectation: “Come, Lord Jesus.” From the very beginning of the Christian dispensation, followers of the risen Jesus have been waiting. Paul, Augustine, Chrysostom, Agnes, Thomas Aquinas, Clare, Francis, John Henry Newman, and Simone Weil have all waited for the second coming and have hence all been Advent people.
During this season, let us join them, turning our eyes and hearts upward and praying, “Come, Lord Jesus.”
Bishop Robert Barron
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The Second Collection this weekend is for Catholic Education at IHM.
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We joyfully announce the forth coming
celebration of Marriage for
II Michael Schmidt & Christina Fraser
A very special “Thank You” to all who donated gift cards, cash and food supplies for our Thanksgiving collection. The Thanksgiving Season would not be complete without acknowledging your support. Your generosity has touched the lives of many in need and is sincerely appreciated.
IHM is THANKFUL!
HOPE COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN
NEEDS YOUR HELP!
- We are looking for more volunteers to cook for the HOPE Community Supper Program. The need is greater than ever. Cooking is done at home and delivered to the Church, it is then picked up and delivered to HOPE Community Services in New Rochelle (www.hopecommunityservices.org).
- Timing: Held every third Friday, and also the occasional 5th Tuesday of the month. NEXT HOPE SOUP KITCHEN Drop off: Tuesday, November 29th by 11:00AM
- If cooking is "not your thing" we could use help with shopping for other food items
- Contact: Lynne Richy call or text (914) 772-8348 to sign up or ask questions
TIME CHANGE FOR BIBLE STUDY AT IHM
The IHM Bible Discussion Group meets on Tuesdays from 7:00-8:30PM in the lower Church.
The group will take Thanksgiving Tuesday (November 22nd) off and begin the Gospel According to St. Matthew on November 29th with a Mass in the Chapel at 7:00PM and the discussion on Chapter 1 in the lower church afterwards. The Intention for that Mass is A Greater Love for and Understanding of Sacred Scripture at IHM Parish and throughout the world.
If you have any questions please call Tom & Rosemary Roche at (914) 725-1148.
Annual Cocoa & Carols Event
Saturday, December 3rd
After the 5:30PM Mass
GIVING TREE AT IHM
Please take a gift tag, purchase a new gift and return it unwrapped under the Giving Tree by Sunday, December 11th. Gifts are for the Dominican Sisters Family Health Agency in the South Bronx; Paradise House, a residence for people with AIDS on the Grand Concourse, HOPE Community Services, a food pantry, soup kitchen and social service agency in New Rochelle and some local families.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We will be sorting Giving Tree items in the Rectory on Monday, December 5th and December 12th at 9:45AM. Contact the Rectory if interested, call 914-723-0276 or email IHMChurch@IHMScarsdale.org. Much help is needed!
IHM Parish will host a night a prayer for our parish.
It will take place on Thursday, December 8th, the time is TBD.
Southern Westchester Young Adult Mass
& Christmas Caroling
Our Lady of Fatima, 5 Strathmore Rd, Scarsdale
December 21st: 6:30PM - Adoration & Confessions; 7:30PM Mass
IHM DEVELOPMENT FUND
95th GALA ANNIVERSARY
February 25, 2023
Mulino's at Lake Isle
More information below
We are looking to expand the involvement of our parishioners in four important Liturgical Ministries:
- Altar Server - Grade 4 to college-aged
- Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion - Adult
- Lector - High School and older
- Usher - Adult
Please consider getting involved, your service will help our parish and offer you the opportunity to grow in a specific way in your faith. Support and training will be provided for all interested persons.
You may use the buttons below for more information to and to submit an interest form. We will contact you in a few weeks with an update.
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Senior female parishioner seeks a small apartment or studio in the parish. Rent under $1,000/month. For information call Dotty through the
Rectory (914-723-0276).
Read the electronic edition of Catholic New York! Go to cny.org and click the e-edition button in the lower right corner.
National Prayer Vigil for Life
to take place Jan. 19-20 in Washington, D.C.
The National Prayer Vigil for Life held each January will continue even with the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade because there is “Still a great need for prayer and advocacy” to end abortion and protect the unborn and their mothers, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops said November 11. The vigil is hosted in Washington, D.C. by USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life activities. Scheduled January 19-20 at the national shrine, the vigil coincides with the eve of the March for Life, which marks the date of the court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The 2023 March for Life is January 20th.
Unless liberty is devoted to the defense of life, neither life nor liberty can survive. Without life, nothing else matters. Support and join pro-life today.
Healing After Abortion:
Do you know someone who is carrying the grief of a past abortion? There is always hope. The pain and sorrow of abortion does not need to endure for a lifetime. A “Day of Prayer and Healing” offers the opportunity to experience the love and mercy of God and to respond to His invitation to begin the journey of healing the wound of abortion. Upcoming dates in the NYC area are: Jan. 14, and Feb. 4 in English, and Oct. 15 and May 6 in Spanish. For more dates, locations, and confidential registration, or just to talk to a Sister, please call the Sisters of Life at (866)-575-0075 (toll free) or reach us by email at hopeandhealing@sistersoflife.org.
- IHM Women's Prayer Group: Weekly prayer gatherings for women are offered each Thursday from 7:00-8:00PM in the Church Library. For more information, please contact the Rectory (914-723-0276 or ihmchurch@ihmscarsdale.org).
- Bible Discussion Group on the Gospel of Matthew: Commencing Tuesday, November 29th from 7:00 - 8:30 PM in the church.
- Charismatic Prayer Meeting at the House of Prayer: On Mondays at 7:30PM in the Chapel. PLEASE BE ADVISED: The Thursdays of Prayer will not be continuing at this time.
- Forming a new parish young family group: Any father or mother of a young one who would be interested in some weekly prayer and socializing with other parents of young child(ren), please contact the rectory (ihmchurch@ihmscarsdale.org or 914-723-0281).
- The College Evenings: Next gathering will be on Thursday, December 8th at the 7:30pm Mass for the Immaculate Conception followed by a gathering with food in the Rectory Conference Room. Please contact the group's Coordinator, David Pereira, or the Co-Coordinator, Katya Drohan for more information (ihmchurch@ihmscarsdale.org). CLICK HERE to sign up for the email list.
- The Centering Prayer Group meets on Wednesday's at 10:00AM in the Church Library. Newcomers are always welcome. Meetings last around 45-60 minutes. The format includes: 20 minutes of Centering Prayer (a silent prayer form in the Christian contemplative tradition in which we seek to open our minds and hearts to the Divine Life within), Lectio Divina (a prayerful reading of Scripture) and a brief discussion. For more information, contact Elise Kuhn at 914-725-4728
- Boys 11 to 17 are invited to Join Immaculate Heart of Mary Boy Scout Troop 2 Scarsdale. Visit Boy Scout Troop 2 in the IHM lower Church (201 Boulevard, Scarsdale) on Thursday evenings at 7:30PM. Do you want to canoe, camp, go white water rafting, rock climb, repel . . . all while using life skills like first aid and CPR? Then come try us out! For more information, contact info@troop2scarsdale.org. A Boy Scout is 11 years old or has completed the fifth grade but is not yet 18.
- An "Entering Canaan" Men's day for those men who are suffering as a result of loosing a child to abortion will take place Saturday, December 3, 2022 in Westchester NY. The day will be hosted by The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. For further information and confidential reservations please call: Lumina/Hope & Healing after abortion: (877) 586-4621, or email at Lumina@postabortionhelp.org.
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SUNDAY, November 27, 2022
First Sunday of Advent
First Sunday of Advent
Saturday 5:30PM Vigil - Peter Lacalamita, Sr. by Peter & Danielle Lacalamita
7:30AM - Mary and Henry Greig by Christopher & Patricia Greig
9:00AM - John Francis Lucey by Basil & Elizabeth Donnelly
10:30AM - Maria Antonia Gizzo by Gerardo & Maria Giordano
10:30AM - Maria Antonia Gizzo by Gerardo & Maria Giordano
12:00PM - Anna & Augustine Trapasso by Ralph & Geralyn Della Cava Jr.
MONDAY, November 28, 2022
6:45AM - Anne DeSimone by Frank DeSimone
9:00AM - Angelina Mary & Davide Villani by Rose Villani
TUESDAY, November 29, 2022
6:45AM - Pauline Dapolito by Annette DiCarlo
9:00AM - Bob Dieck by Viola Dieck
WEDNESDAY, November 30, 2022
St. Andrew the Apostle
6:45AM - Margaret Callan by Thomas & Barbara Huvane
9:00AM - Joseph Grogan by Johanne Grogan
9:00AM - Joseph Grogan by Johanne Grogan
THURSDAY, December 1, 2022
6:45AM - Vito Giordano by Vito (Stephen) Giordano
9:00AM - Dec Carrozza Family by Dominick & Barbara Signorile
FRIDAY, December 2, 2022
6:45AM - Agnes Colella by Carolyn Colella
9:00AM - Luc LeGrand by Ernst & Lucille Smith
SATURDAY, December 3, 2022
St. Francis Xavier
8:30AM - November Remembrance
5:30PM Vigil - Al Attisani & Gondiosa Family by Phyllis Attisani
Please Remember in Your Prayers
The Sick of Our Parish
Sr. Danielle Baran
Barbara Grossberg
Catherine Rancic Ritiu
Jack Del Vecchio
Emily Gosewehr
Marina Perna
Frank O'Connor
Thomas Lifrieri
Angela Lifrieri
Allison Santo
Rowland Miller
Martin Verendia
The Deceased of Our Parish
Joan Keating
Maureen Micek
Gabriel Michael Angiello
Jeanne Queenan
Joan Gallotta
- As part of the Communion of Saints and members of the Body of Christ, it is important for us to pray for our sick members and for those who have died.
- If you wish to be included by name, please contact the Rectory (ihmchurch@ihmscarsdale.org or 723-0276).
- If you are calling for another person, please ensure his/her permission.
- Our parish will keep the name of a deceased parishioner or loved one for 2 weeks on our bulletin and Sunday Mass lists.
Prayer for Healing
Dear Lord, We lift up all those who are
Facing illness Today.
We ask that You would bring Healing,
Comfort, & Peace to their bodies.
Calm their fears
Let them experience the
Healing powers of your love.
Amen.
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