MARCH 29, 2015
MASS SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
5:00 p.m.
(Sunday Vigil Mass)
SUNDAY
7:30, 9:00, 10:15, 11:30 a.m.
12:45 and 5:00 p.m.
HOLY DAY
8:00 p.m.
(Evening before the Holy Day)
6:45, 9:00 and 10:00 a.m.
and 8:00 p.m. on the Feast Day
WEEKDAY
Church of the Annunciation
Crestwood, N.Y.
Rev. Robert F. Grippo, Pastor
Rev. Ivan Lovric, Associate
Rev. Salvatore Riccardi, C.P., Associate
Rev. Joseph P. Tierney, Weekend Associate
Rev. Joseph Lienhard, S.J., Weekend Associate
Deacon Guy Pellegrini, Deacon Ralph Longo
Sr. Catherine Burns, O.P., Pastoral Associate
6:45 and 9:00 a.m.
(Saturday Morning
8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.)
NOCTURNAL ADORATION
1st Friday: 7:00 p.m.
Exposition of Blessed Sacrament
until 10:00 p.m.
MIRACULOUS
MEDAL NOVENA
Tuesdays after the 9:00 a.m. Mass
SACRAMENTS
RECTORY
SCHOOL
470 Westchester Avenue • 779-7345
Office Manager • Jeanne Doran
Bookkeeper • Mary Fuschetto
Parish Secretary • Anna Caruso
465 Westchester Avenue • 337-8760
Mrs. Maureen Noonan, Principal
Secretary: Adele Sinnott
Saturday, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
or any time upon request.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
BAPTISM
MUSIC
Organist & Director of Choir
Taffy Williams • 793-9186
PARISH COUNCIL
Meetings are held five times per year.
Chairperson • Laura Sinatra • 725-0639
Education • Mrs. Maureen Noonan
337-8760
BULLETIN
All articles for Sunday Bulletin must be
received at the Rectory no later than
9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, for the following
Sunday’s Bulletin.
Mr. Tony MacDonnell
Ms. Patricia Kavanagh
779-2374
All classes are held in
School on Wednesdays
Grades 1-7 • 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Special Ed. • Arranged
PARISH MEMBERSHIP
Register in Rectory, Monday through
Friday 9:00-4:00 p.m. or speak to one
of the priests any time. The parents of a
child seeking entrance into our school
must be officially registered in
Annunciation Parish.
www.annunciationcrestwood.com
CONFESSION
Baptisms are held on Sunday
afternoon. All parents must attend
a Jordan Conference prior to the
Baptism. Please arrange for Baptism
and Jordan Conference by calling the
Rectory as soon as possible.
MARRIAGE
Arrangements should be made ASAP
and at least six months before the
wedding.
VISITATION OF THE SICK
Please call Sr. Cathy Burns, O.P.
(779-7345) to arrange for
Communion in your home.
March 29, 2015
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PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK
Especially Pina Lopopolo, and Eugenia Filipowski,
Sunday, March 29 (Palm Sunday)
7:30 Alan Harrington
9:00 Mary Dolan
10:15 Damiano & Palmira Testa
11:30 Anthony Vacca
12:45 Ann Grealy
5:00 Donald Ryan
Monday, March 30
6:45 Helen O’Brien
9:00 Marietta and Carmine Pagano
Tuesday, March 31
6:45 Andy Salvatore Cifelli
9:00 Eileen and Martin Golden
Wednesday, April 1
6:45 Rosemary LaSalle
9:00 Mary Corrigan
Thursday, April 2 (Holy Thursday)
9:00 Frank Sinatra III
6:00PM Deceased members of the Cahill Family
(The Lord’s Supper)
Friday, April 3 (Good Friday)
3:00 Solemn Liturgy of the Passion
7:30PM Stations of the Cross
Saturday, April 4 (Holy Saturday)
7:30PM Parishioners of Annunciation Parish (Vigil)
Sunday, April 5 (Easter)
7:30 Joan Keating
9:00 Serafina and Antonio Notaro
10:15U William J. Hill and Odierno & Hill Families
10:15L Terrence O’Neill
11:30 George F. Gilligan, Jr.
12:45 Lawrence Linehan
5:00
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PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE
WHO HAVE DIED
Especially John P. Murphy, Helen O’Brien,
Lucille O’Rourke,
and for all our deceased Service Men and Women.
Next week’s 2nd Collection is for Our Annual
Easter Collection. Thank you for your support.
BAPTISMS
We joyfully welcome these newly Baptized
Babies into our Annunciation Family:
Scarlett Buono
Katelyn Mary Lavelle
Michael Frank Pogrebitskiy
Our beautiful Easter Spiritual Bouquet Cards
are available in the back of the Church.
They make a wonderful gift for someone special
or someone you want to remember at Easter.
Annual Palm Sunday Bake Sale
Please join us for the Annual Palm Sunday Bake
Sale this weekend at the Annunciation School
Gym. The bake sale begins after the 5:00pm mass
on Saturday, March 28th and continues on Sunday, March
29th after the 7:30, 9:00, 10:15, 11:30 and 12:45 masses.
There will be delicious dinner items and a variety of
baked goods, as well as flowers and palm crosses.
Sunday morning following all the Masses, there will also
be coffee and bagels for sale. We hope to see everyone!
Last week’s collection was $10,781.25.
1,068 adults attended Mass.
Lent is a time for Almsgiving - - works of charity.
The beginning of the Holy Triduum on Holy Thursday is
a fitting time for Annunciation Parish to deepen our
partnership and shared mission with Mercy Center in the
South Bronx. Annunciation has strong ties to Mercy
Center. It was founded by Sr. Mary Ann Dirr, RSM,
a graduate of our School. Mercy Center receives no
government funding. As part of our Lenten charity,
Annunciation will take up a special collection on Holy
Thursday to help Mercy Center continue to provide social
services and support programs to more than 3,000 people.
PALM SUNDAY
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Today is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week 2015. It starts with the triumphal entry into Jerusalem and
ends with the tragic death on Calvary.
In a sense, it is very strange that this week should be called “holy”. As we walk through it – and I hope we all
will – unfolding before our eyes will be a scene of deception and dishonor, betrayal and denial, political expedience and
religious corruption, all of which culminates in the greatest crime of all history – the death of God’s Son. Judged by the
scenery, this could easily be called anything but holy. But the strength and courage of one man – Jesus – took those seven
days of shame and transformed them into Holy Week. In the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus prayed to be spared the shame
and suffering of the cross, but He closed His prayer with the most meaningful sentence: “Not my will but yours be done”.
All of His life Jesus had practiced and preached faith in God the Father. He believed that the same God who
feeds the birds and dresses the flowers could be trusted for the daily necessities of life. He told the story about a father
who met his wayward son with open arms and welcomed him back into the family. Jesus believed that God could be
trusted to forgive and accept even the worst of sinners.
Trust in God, the Father, had always been a part of Jesus’ life, as natural it seemed as breathing. But the real test
came that night in the garden of Gethsemane. It is one thing to trust God amid the flowers of Galilee; it is another thing to
trust God under the shadow of the cross. It is one thing to trust God in the good times; but it is another thing to trust Him
in the bad times.
In the Bible, we find many examples of these two kinds of faith – those who trust God when all was going well,
and those who turned to Him and trusted Him – even when life seemed to have caved in on them. The first kind of faith
doesn’t mean much unless it carries over into the second. Anyone can trust God in fair weather; the real test comes in the
storm.
In the Old Testament, the Book of Daniel tells a moving story of three young men who passed that test. The King
of Babylon built a golden statue and ordered all the people of Israel to bow down and worship it. Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego, being three faithful young men, refused to obey that order. The King was furious and threatened to throw
them into a fiery furnace. And here is what these three young men replied: “Our God is able to deliver us and will deliver
us; but even if He does not, we will never bow down”. That is unconditional faith. A faith we all need and a faith we
need to transmit to the young today.
But the supreme example of faith in the midst of adversity is found in Jesus during Holy Week. In the garden of
Gethsemane Jesus faced the cross for our salvation and prayed “Father, if it be your will, take this cup from me; yet not
my will but yours be done”. His unwavering faith in God took those seven days of shame and transformed them into Holy
Week.
So our faith ought to tell us that God is indeed our loving Father and that He will never stop loving us no matter
what we do or have done. He is always there for us and He is ever eager to accept, to forgive and to save. So keep on
trusting in God. Keep on placing your unwavering trust in Him. You will never be disappointed. A Blessed Holy Week!
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
Reconciliation Monday, March 30
Confessions 3:00PM – 5:00PM and 7:00PM – 8:00PM
Wednesday, April 1
10:00AM – Prayer Service with Stations of the Cross
for School Children (parishioners welcome)
Holy Thursday, April 2
9:00AM Mass for School Children and Parishioners
(for those parishioners unable to attend the celebration
of the Lord’s Supper in the evening)
6:00PM - Solemn Mass
of the Lord’s Supper and Procession
7:00PM - Midnight
Adoration at Altar of Reposition (Lower Church)
Good Friday, April 3
3:00PM - Solemn Liturgy of the Passion
and Death of Our Lord
7:30PM - Stations of the Cross and Homily
Confessions 8:15 - 9:00PM
Holy Saturday, April 4
7:30PM - Solemn Easter Vigil Ceremony and Mass
Confessions 11:00 - 12:00 and 4:00 - 5:00PM
There is no 5:00PM Mass on Holy Saturday
Easter Sunday, April 5
Masses are at 7:30, 9:00, 10:15, 11:30, and 12:45.
There will be 2 Masses at 10:15AM:
Upper Church: Children’s Choir
Lower Church: Traditional Music
The Easter Bunny will visit after the 10:15 Masses.
There is no 5:00PM Mass on Easter Sunday.
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March 29, 2015
RECONCILIATION MONDAY
Sunday, March 29 (Palm Sunday)
8:00AM – 1:00PM – Palm Sunday Bake Sale – Gym
12:00PM – 3:00PM – Mock Trial - Parish Room
Monday, March 30
8:00AM - 1:00PM - Special - Parish Room
2:45PM – 4:00PM – After School Activities – Gym
2:45PM – 4:00PM – Scouting – Parish Room, CR 1, 2
4:00PM – 9:00PM – Athletics – Gym
4:00PM – 9:00PM – Cub Scouts – Convent Room
7:30PM - 9:00PM - AA – Parish Room
Tuesday, March 31
2:45PM – 4:00PM – After School Activities – Gym
2:45PM – 4:00PM – Scouting – Parish Room, CR 1, 2
7:00PM – 11:30PM – Players/Men’s BB – Gym
5:00PM – 9:00PM – Cub Scouts – Convent Room
Wednesday, April 1
9:30AM - 11:15AM - Scripture Sharing – Parish Room
10:00AM – School Prayer Service & Stations of the Cross
1:00PM – 4:00PM – Bridge – Parish Room
2:45PM – 7:30PM – Cub Scouts– Convent Room 1
2:45PM – 4:00PM – After School Activities – Gym
2:45PM – 4:00PM – Scouting – Parish Room, CR 1, 2
4:00PM – 9:00PM – Athletics – Gym
Thursday, April 2 (Holy Thursday)
SCHOOL - NOON DISMISSAL FOR EASTER RECESS
10:00AM – School Mass
6:00PM – The Lord’s Supper – Church
Friday, April 3 (Good Friday)
3:00PM – Solemn Liturgy - Church
7:30PM – STATIONS OF THE CROSS – Church
Cardinal Dolan has asked all parishes to offer
the Sacrament of Confession on Monday, March 30th.
We will hear confessions from 3:00PM to 5:00PM and
7:00PM – 8:00PM in the Lower Church.
There is no time like the start of Holy Week to know
the mercy of God in the Sacrament of Penance.
SAVE THE DATES:
The Annunciation Players Present
Fri, April 24th and Sat, April 25th
8:00PM in the Gym ~ Details to Follow
The Cardinal’s Appeal supports the ministries and
services of our Catholic Community across New
York. All funds raised through the Annual Appeal
are used to support the important works of ministry
in the Archdiocese. To date we have raised $71,500
with 180 families responding. Our parish goal is
$130,000 with 375 families donating.
We need the help of every parish family.
You may use the donation card below and return to
the Rectory or put in the collection basket.
Thank you for your support!
Donations can be made over a five-month period.
Name:_______________________________________
Saturday, April 4 (Holy Saturday)
11:30AM - 12:30PM - AA - Convent Room
4:00PM - 5:00PM – Confessions
7:30PM – Vigil Mass – Church
Address:_____________________________________
The Annunciation Parish Celebration for the
25 , 50th and 60th Wedding Anniversary Couples
will be held Saturday, May 16th, at the 5:00PM Mass.
There will be a reception following Mass. Please call
the Rectory at 779-7345 no later than May 5th to make
a reservation and # of family members attending.
e-mail:_______________________________________
Choose your payment method:
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50th Wedding Mass Celebration
Couples celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary
any time during 2015 are invited to attend the
Annual Golden Jubilee Mass
with Cardinal Dolan at the Cathedral of St. Patrick
on Sat, June 20th OR Sun, June 21st, at 2:00PM.
Please call the Rectory at 779-7345 to register.
City, State, Zip:_______________________________
__Personal Check (payable to the 2015 Cardinal’s
Appeal
Charge: __AmEx
__VISA __MasterCard
Card#_____________________________
Exp. Date:_________________________
Amount:___________________________
Please charge: __one time or $______each
month for ______months
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