Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church

Our Annual Christmas Project will begin during the Masses the weekend of November 23rd and 24th. We will be providing gifts to many poor and needy families in the South Bronx. Please select your ornament from the tree in the church and return the wrapped gift with the ornament attached during the weekend of December 7th and 8th. If you are unable to select an ornament, there are some items which are always in demand, particularly Visa gift cards, which can be used to purchase food and other household items as well as substitutions when the requested gifts are missing. For children: toys, games, books, coloring books and crayons, and school supplies. Sports equipment, hooded sweatshirts, backpacks and toiletry Items for teen-age boys and girls are also appreciated. Please be sure to wrap and clearly label your gift if you decide to give one of these items. We will be working in the gym on Sunday, December 8th to prepare your gifts for delivery to the Bronx on Monday the 9th. If you select an ornament for a specific individual as opposed to a generic gift it is very important that it be returned by that date. Any high school students who helped in the past as eight graders are invited to participate again. Adult volunteers are also welcome. Please call Jerry Comerford at 747-2328 or email jerylannc@gmail.com if you would like more information.

Holy Rosary is now in partnership with Immaculate Conception Parish on Gun Hill Road in The Bronx for food collection. On the second weekend of each month, please bring your non-perishable donations of food to the Church vestibule. The Friars will come that Monday to bring the food to their Soup Kitchen.

Our November meeting is at 7:00pm on Tuesday, November 12th. We will play The Dirty Shame Game. Bring a new gift worth $15.00 wrapped.

A big thank you goes out to all the volunteers who made our Craft Fair a success -- especially the Religious Ed parents and children, including the youth volunteers; our Rosary Altar Society for their delicious baked goods and help; the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary, who also supported this event; and our Holy Rosary Parishioners. Working together makes anything possible. Thank you one and all for your support of this annual fund raiser.

Altar Servers are needed for all Masses. This opportunity is available for students in fifth grade through high school and regular Mass attendance is required. Altar Servers will serve approximately two (2) Masses a month. Training will be provided on: Sunday, October 20th, and Sunday, October 27th, at 7:00 pm. If you are interested or have any questions please call the Rectory.

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CARDINAL: Dear Friends in the Lord, One hundred years ago, Pope Benedict XV wished to give new impetus to missionary call to proclaim the Gospel. To mark this occasion, Pope Francis has called for the whole Church to observe an Extraordinary Missionary Month in October, which is World Mission month. Our archdiocesan family joins our brothers and sisters around the world who will gather at the altar to celebrate, with great joy, our common vocation as missionaries. Our prayers and financial help, through the Society for the Propagation of the Faith support the work of the Mission Church, its witness to Christ and service to the poor. I echo the sentiment of our Holy Father, asking you to open your hearts as you connect with World Mission Sunday in every corner of the globe. Your generous support will help the Society for the Propagation of the Faith to continue to spread the Good News to the growing faith communities of our day. May it generate within us a renewed awareness of the need to proclaim the Gospel to all corners of the world. With gratitude and prayerful best wishes, I am, Faithfully in Christ, +Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan Archbishop of New York

Military Families. If you have a son or daughter currently serving in the Armed Forces, please contact Peter Fiumefreddo of the American Legion Post 112 (914-424-2283). Holy Rosary would like to honor their names at our Annual Military Mass at 9:45am on Sunday, November 10th.