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Church: 854 Midland Avenue, Yonkers, 10704 Phone: 914-965-1555 Fax: 914-965-0678 Email: stannsparishyonkers@gmail.com Webpage: www.stannsyonkers.org

School: 40 Brewster Avenue, Yonkers, 10701 Phone: 914-965-4333 Fax: 914-965-1778 Email: michael.vicario@archny.org Webpage: www.stannschoolyonkers.org

MASSES Saturday Evening: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM Solemn Mass with adult & children’s choirs, 12:00 Noon Monday - Friday: 7:15am and 8:30am Saturdays: 8:30am Holy Days: As Announced

CONFESSIONS Saturdays from 4:00pm to 4:45pm in the Church except Holy Saturday

DEVOTIONS • The Rosary is recited daily at 8:10am before the 8:30am Mass • Miraculous Medal Novena: every Monday after the 8:30am Mass • Novena in honor of St. Ann: every Tuesday after the 8:30am Mass

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Every Friday at 9:00 AM and ending with Benediction at 8:00 PM

CATHOLIC BIBLE STUDY

Every Tuesday from 7:30-8:30 PM in Fr. Anthony Hall

SERVED BY

Rev. Andrew P. Carrozza, Pastor

Rev. James Annor-Ohene, Parochial Vicar

Mr. Michael P. Vicario, Principal/D.R.E.

Miss Gail Gavin, Parish Secretary

Mr. Paul Loman, Director of Music

PARISH ACTIVITIES

Adult & Children’s Choir • Altar Servers

Bereavement Support Group • Bible Study,

Fishers of Men Society • Golden Agers

Homebound Visitation & Ministers

Knights of Columbus •

Lectors • Sports Programs •

Teen Club • Ushers

COMMITTEES

Parish Council • Respect Life Committee

BAPTISM Baptisms are held on Sundays at 1:00 PM in the chapel. To arrange a baptism, please contact the Rectory.

MARRIAGE Arrangements should be made a minimum of six (6) months in advance. A marriage preparation program is required.

SERVICE TO THE SICK If someone is homebound or in the hospital, please call the Rectory. Arrangements will be made for the person to be visited and to receive the Sacraments.

R.C.I.A. Adults seeking to Enter the Catholic Church or complete their Christian Initiation should contact the rectory.

PARISH MEMBERSHIP

All new families are welcome to the parish, and every new family should be

properly registered. If you move or change address, please notify the

Rectory.

October 25, 2015 • 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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St. Ann’s Parish 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 25, 2015

Priests Schedule for next Sunday, November 1, 2015,

31st Sunday In Ordinary Time

Church Saturday 5:00pm - Fr. Carrozza

Sunday 8:00am - Fr. Annor

10:00am - Fr. Carrozza

12:00 noon - Fr. Annor

SUNDAY COLLECTION

Last Sunday: $5,325

Weekly Automated Giving: $804

Total: $6,129

Last Year: $5,201

2016 Weekly Operating Budget: $10,612

Sun., Oct. 25, 2015 - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

5:00pm Sat. Martino & Piteo Families &

The Holy Souls

8:00am Colombo & Chapyak Families

10am For St. Ann’s Parishioners

12 noon Christina Gorman

Monday, October 26, 2015 - Weekday

7:15am Vittoria Curcio

8:30am Deceased Members of the McCoy

Family

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - Weekday

7:15am Francesca Curcio

8:30am Elio Rubeo & Roseanne Zacarolli

Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - Saints Simon & Jude

Apostles

7:15am Barbara Rahuba

8:30am Maria Tolli

Thursday, October 29, 2015 - Weekday

7:15am Deceased Members of the Brusco

Family

8:30am John & Sarah McKenna

Friday, October 30, 2015 - Weekday

7:15am Angelo Greco, Angelo & Rosaria

Cofone

8:30 am Christina Gorman

Saturday, October 31, 2015 - Weekday

8:30am Adelaide-Sharnee Harris - Living -

65th Birthday

Sun., Nov. 1, 2015 - 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

5:00pm Sat. eve ning Joe Parente

8:00am Anna, Rita, & Giovanni Morgante &

Gaetano & Erica Poggiogalle

10am Salvatore & Luciano Labruzzo

12 noon For St. Ann’s Parishioners

Fordham Preparatory School Open House

Will be held on Sunday, November 1, 2015, from

1:00PM to 4:00PM. Located at 441 East Fordham

Road, Bronx, NY 10458. Please call: 718-584-8367

for further information.

Memorial

The Sanctuary Lamp and Altar

Candles are offered

In loving memory of Velia Liguori

Please pray for the following who are ill:

Matteo Arlia, Maria Cadacia, Grace Capasso, Josephine

Cistica, Gregory Crotty, Francesca D’Ascoli, Josie

Esposito, Pamela Barillaro Galasso, Geneen Grassia,

Rosemary Keenan, David Lowry, John McCain, Adam

Martin, Susan Nagle, Marisa Palermo, Robert Peterson,

Sgt. Edward Ryan, Dante Riccovoni, and Tom

Worthington. And for those who recently died,

especially, Msgr. James P. Cassidy, may they rest in

peace.

Convent of the Sacred Heart/Greenwich Open House

All school open house for Kindergarten through grade

12, will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at

9:00am. Please RSVP to the Admission Office at 203-

532-3534 or admission@cshgreenwich.org.

Mass for Healing A Mass for Healing will be celebrated at Holy Rosary

Church, Hawthorne, NY on Monday, November 9, 2015,

at 7:30PM. Fr, Andrew Apostoli will be celebrant. This is

an opportunity to bring your spiritual and physical needs

to the Lord.

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St. Ann’s Parish 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 25, 2015

When we lose a loved one, a natural desire we all have is to honor their memory. We immediately

buy a nice casket and dress them for burial in appropriate clothing. Sometimes we put items of significance

in the casket with them, and we choose the nicest burial place we can afford for them. In addition, we

sometimes make donations to charities that were particularly dear to them. Other times, especially in

church, we like to buy items in memory of them that will be used at Mass or that will adorn our church.

We often choose to offer the bread and wine, the sanctuary lamp, buy flowers, etc. All of these are

beautiful ways to honor our loved ones, but they really help comfort us; they don’t make any difference to

the person who has died. The one thing that does is to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the repose of

their soul.

Throughout the year our Masses are offered for a particular individual or group of family members,

all at the request of someone who has come to the rectory and requested a Mass. It is especially common at

the time of a wake: we come and request a Mass card and offer a Mass for the soul while bringing a card to

the family. It is a wonderful way to comfort them on their loss. It is our firm belief that we can apply the

merits of any particular Mass to a soul in Purgatory. This is based on the story in the 2nd Book of

Maccabees where Judas Maccabeus takes up a collection and sends it to Jerusalem to have an expiatory

sacrifice offered for soldiers who had been slain in battle. The Scriptures state the following about what he

did: “In doing this he acted in a very excellent and noble way, inasmuch as he had the resurrection in mind;

for if he were not expecting the fallen to rise again, it would have been superfluous and foolish to pray for

the dead. But if he did this with a view to the splendid reward that awaits those who had gone to rest in

godliness, it was a holy and pious thought. Thus he made atonement for the dead that they might be

absolved from their sin.” (2 Mc.12:43-46) We therefore are fully justified in our belief that we can offer

Masses for the dead; in fact, it is the most important thing we ever do for them. While we still have a large

number of requests for Masses here at St. Ann’s, other parishes are seeing a steep decline in Mass requests.

In many situations, the reason for this is that, while our elderly parishioners continue to request Masses,

younger people do not. Somehow our younger generations have forgotten about the importance of offering

Masses for the repose of the souls of our loved ones. Please do not forget that offering the Holy Sacrifice

of the Mass for a loved one who has died is the single most important thing we do for them, and praying

for the dead is one of the spiritual works of mercy. Next Monday, November 2nd is All Souls Day. It is a

day the Church sets aside every year to pray for the dead, especially souls in Purgatory who have no one

on earth to pray for them. Here at St. Ann’s we celebrate an All Souls Novena. For nine days beginning on

November 2nd, we offer one Mass a day for all those enrolled in our All Souls Novena. Do not forget to

enroll your loved ones who have died in our novena, even if they passed away many years ago. All Souls

envelopes are available at the rear of the church and chapel.

Position Available

Accounting Coordinator position available with the

Global Regional School System in the Central

Westchester Regional Office. The accounting

coordinator will work closely with the principals of the

Catholic School Regions of the Archdiocese of New

York to provide direct financial administrative support

and resolve financial and accounting issues. The ideal

candidate should possess strong communication and

interpersonal skills. A four year degree in accounting or

finance is required. For further information please go

to http://archny.org/news/accounting-coordinator.

Stepinac Theatre Archbishop Stepinac High School Drama Club presents

the family Broadway hit, Peter and the Starcatcher.

Show dates are: November 6th and 7th, at 7:30PM and

November 7th at 3:00PM. Tickets are $20 for adults

and $15 for children under 12 and senior citizens. For

ticket reservations please call 914-946-4800 ext. 200.

For further information e-mail: theatre@stepinac.org.

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