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Church of Saint Monica Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Saint Stephen of Hungary ———————————————————————————————————————

413 East 79th St. New York, NY 10075

Church Offices and Parish Center: 406 East 80th St. New York, NY 10075 (212) 288-6250 Fax: (212) 570 - 1562 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time –August 11th, 2019

Office Hours Our Offices are open: Mo. 9am – 5pm Tu.-Th. 9am – 7pm Fri. Closed Sat. 10am -2pm Sun. Closed Our offices close for lunch: 1pm – 2pm daily

Parish Staff Pastor

Rev. Donald C. Baker

frdcab@stmonicanyc.org

Associates:

Rev. Msgr. Leslie J Ivers

msgrlivers@stmonicanyc,org kbyrne@stmonicanyc.org mtyrer@stmonicanyc.org jgomez@stmonicanyc.org

Parish Manager: Music Director

Mr. Kevin Byrne Ms. Maryann Tyrer Ms. Jasmine Gomez Mr. Michael Ward Mr. John Zupan

Wedding Coordinator:

Ms. Debbi Burdett

DBweddingsnyc@gmail.com

Deacon Pastoral Associate:

mward@stmonicanyc.org jzupan@stmonicanyc.org

Mass Schedule Saturday: 12:00pm Saturday Vigil: 5:30pm Sunday: 8:00am 10:00am 12:00pm 5:00pm Monday – Friday: 12:00pm Confessions: Saturday 5:00 – 5:30pm and by appointment Our church is open: 7:15am – 3:30pm daily for private prayer

Vespers (evening pray) 5:10pm Fridays in Parish Center Chapel

St. Stephen of Hungary School Pre-K through 8th Grade Catholic Parochial School 408 East 82nd St., New York, NY 10028 (212) 288-1989 Fax: (212) 517 – 5788 Principal:

Ms. Kelly Burke

www.saintstephenschool.org

Interested in admissions to our parish school?

admissions@saintstephenschool.org

MISSION STATEMENT

The Roman Catholic Parish of St. Monica, St. Elizabeth of Hungary and St. Stephen of Hungary opens its doors to welcome and embrace all in our community. We strive through worship, hospitality and service to receive those seeking a spiritual home. In the midst of diversity of thought, life style, nationality, economic status and age, we endeavor to live as a community of faith and invite you to join our family a family seeking to know and love Jesus Christ. TODAY’S READINGS First Reading -- Your ancestors waited in faith and courage for God’s promised summons (Wisdom 18:6-9). Psalm -- Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own (Psalm 33). Second Reading -- By faith Abraham sojourned in the promised land (Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19 [1-2, 8-12]). Gospel -- You do not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will appear (Luke 12:32-48 [35-40]).

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday:

Friday: Saturday:

Sunday:

Dt 10:12-22; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Mt 17:22-27 Dt 31:1-8; Dt 32:3-4ab, 7-9, 12; Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 Dt 34:1-2; Ps 66:1-3a, 5, 8, 16-17; Mt 18:15-20 Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2; Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14; 1 Cor 15:54b-57; Lk 11:27-28 Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Ps 45:10-12, 16; 1 Cor 15: 20-27; Lk 1:39-56 Jos 24:1-13; Ps 136:1-3, 16-18, 21-22, 24;Mt 19:3-12 Jos 24:14-29; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-8, 11; Mt 19:13-15

Jer 38:4-6, 8-10; Ps 40:2-4, 18; Heb 12:1-4; Lk 12:49-53

SATURDAY 5:30PM

August 10thVigil Mary Connolly

SUNDAY 8:00AM 10:00AM 12NOON 5PM

August 11th Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time John J. Moritz Lars Mattson All Parishioners Marie Vorlcek

MONDAY 12NOON

August 12th Weekday Victor Vensas

TUESDAY 12NOON

August 13th Weekday John R. Flack

WEDNESDAY August 14th St. Maximilian 12NOON James Murray 5:30PM Julio Sanchez THURSDAY 7:30AM 12NOON

August 15th The Assumption of the Blessed Virgen Mary Albany Valderrama Angelina Bajada

FRIDAY 12NOON

August 16th Weekday Justino Bernas

SATURDAY 12NOON

August 17th Weekday Katalin Daenier

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday:

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Jane Frances de Chantal Ss. Pontian and Hippolytus St. Maximilian Kolbe The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary St. Stephen of Hungary Blessed Virgin Mary

If you wish to add the name of a loved one to the prayer list, please notify the parish center: (212) 288-6250

K-8 Religious Education • Have you registered your child for Religious Education yet? Please do so, as soon as possible, so we can know class sizes and purchase enough books and supplies. You can email Maryann for the registration forms, or pick them up in the Parish Center during office hours. st th • If you have a rising 1 or 7 grader, please remember that two years of Religious Education (or Catholic School) are required for reception of First Communion or Confirmation. • K-8 Religious Education gathers on Sunday mornings, 10:15-11:45am, in the Parish Center (406 E. 80th St.) Sessions begin this year on September 8. Parents are asked to accompany their children and stay for a Parent Information Session on that first day. Adult Faith Formation • Our Sunday Morning Scripture Discussion Group resumes on September 15, and runs 10:15-11:45am each Sunday that Religious Education is in session. This group is open to any and all adults – you can become a “regular,” or just drop in occasionally as your schedule allows. Either way, your week will be enriched by this informal discussion of the Sunday Scriptures over coffee or tea with your fellow parishioners. Please make plans to join us in the Parish Center! Summer Adult Faith Formation Opportunities: • Roots and Reasons: Exploring and Affirming Our Religious Identity Today – An Adult Faith Formation Series with Fr. Jim Dugan, SJ, continues on August 14, and 21. See details elsewhere in the bulletin. • Evening Prayer – every Friday at 5:10pm in the St. Elizabeth of Hungary Chapel (in the Parish Center on E. 80th Street). Drop in any week and see what a difference this 20-minute prayer experience can make in your life! Adult Sacraments • Adults thinking about becoming Catholic, or Catholic adults who have missed First Communion or Confirmation – it’s never too late! Contact Maryann Tyrer, Pastoral Associate, to discuss our adult initiation process. You can begin the process any time throughout the year. Traveling? Need to find a Catholic Church? Use https://masstimes.org to find a nearby church and Mass times. You can also download their app!

….continued Volunteers Needed! • Sunday mornings – We need a couple of catechists, and some assistants and subs for our children’s (K-8) Religious Education Program. No experience necessary, and we’ll provide all training and materials. All volunteers must be interviewed, participate in Archdiocesan Safe Environment Training, and agree to a background check. • Special events – Sacramental celebrations, retreat days, family faith formation, and other occasional events require a few extra folks to help them to run smoothly. • Sunday afternoons – Our RCIA and Adult Initiation process is in need of sponsors and event volunteers. Many different opportunities are available, with various time commitments – Contact Maryann to discuss how your gifts might meet our needs. Upcoming dates for your calendar: • Parish K-8 Religious Education  Start date for children: Sunday, September 8, 10:15-11:45am  Parents are asked to also stay on September 8 for a Parent Information Session at the same time  Family Faith Formation – Saturday, November 2, 2-5pm – on the theme of Reconciliation and Forgiveness nd • First Penance & First Communion (2 graders and up who are in at least their second year of Religious Education or Catholic School)  The Family Faith Formation on November 2 focusing on Reconciliation and Forgiveness will be an important part of their preparation for First Penance.  The First Penance Service will be on Saturday, December 14 at 2pm.  First Communion Family Retreat for Parish & Caedmon students will be on Saturday, March 7, 2-5pm  First Communion Family Retreat for St. Stephen of Hungary School  students will be on Wednesday, March 11, 5:30-7:30pm  First Communion Masses: Saturday, April 25 – St. Stephen School students at 10am; Parish & Caedmon students at 2pm th th • Teen Confirmation (8 -12 graders who are in at least their second year of Religious Education or Catholic School)  St. Stephen School Confirmation Retreat – November 14 during school  Parish Religious Education Retreat – Saturday, November 16, 10am-4pm  Confirmation Rehearsal for candidates and sponsors: April 25 at 4pm  Confirmation Mass: Sunday, April 26 at 2pm

SPECIAL DEVOTIONS

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

After all weekday masses Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Every Friday after the Noon Mass to 3 PM, with Benediction following the Divine Mercy Chaplet Devotions Miraculous Medal on Mondays after each Mass Divine Mercy The Divine Mercy Chaplet is prayed each Friday afternoon at 3 PM Sacrament of Reconciliation: 5:00 PM on Saturdays Anytime by appointment BAPTISMS & MARRIAGES: Please call the rectory office for more information. COMMUNION FOR THE HOMEBOUND: If you know of anyone who cannot attend church because of illness or age, and would like to have communion brought to them, please contact the parish office, so that we can arrange for a Eucharistic Minister to bring communion to them.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK Please remember in your prayers

Bob Mullin, Joseph Di Certo, Jose Lebron, Albert Walsh & Glenn Allen ALL VICTIMS OF MILITARY ACTIVITY

PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED

Please pray for our deceased parishioners and family members Helena Johnson & Jose Gutierrez

When Pope Pius XII died in 1958, there was the usual buzz of speculation about likely successors. Cardinal Agajanian, Patriarch of the Armenians, was highly thought of as a likely choice. This took many Catholics by surprise, since he had never celebrated the same liturgy as Pope Pius, but followed ancient Armenian customs according to the Eastern Church, which veils the Eucharistic liturgy from sight by a series of curtains, and in which the priest kneels while the people stand for Communion. In the years that followed, the Second Vatican Council would affirm the dignity and independence of the Eastern Churches, in complete union with Rome, yet different in patterns of life and worship. We have the same faith, the same sacraments, and the same pope. Yet everywhere in the world our separate Churches are combined into families held together by the ministry of bishops. All of this serves as warning: If you ever say, But we’ve always done it this way, you are on very thin ice indeed! --James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

Bread & Wine This Week’s Bread & Wine In Memory of Ellen Rochford Offered by Kitty O’Donoghue Sanctuary Lamp This Weeks’ Sanctuary Lamp In Memory of Sean Walsh

Offered by Kitty O’Donoghue

Summer Program-Fr. Dugan

School Supplies Drive

COMING ON WEDNESDAYS, AUGUST 14 & 21 – 7:00-8:30 pm, ST. MONICA CHURCH, PARISH CENTER “ROOTS AND REASONS: EXPLORING AND AFFIRMING OUR RELIGIOUS IDENTITY TODAY” Fr. Jim Dugan, S.J., will return to the Church of St. Monica this summer and offer a program of three one and a one-half hour (1.5) Wednesday evening (7:00-8:30 pm) encounters on August 7, 14, and 21 in the Parish Center (406 East 80th Street, NYC). He invites you to join him and those interested to explore contemporary issues in society and the church in order to affirm a more authentic and purposeful understanding of our human, religious, spiritual, Judeo-Christian and Catholic identity by consulting the Old Testament and the New Testament. In addition, we will engage in a dialogue about our individual and shared identity as God’s people. If you wish to attend, please register with the Parish Office and Parish Center (212) 288-6250

Benefitting the Little Sisters of the Assumption

ST. MONICAS’ SOCIAL MEDIA We have created new accounts on social media to make sure we stay connected with you and to provide you additional means to connect with each other. You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat by searching our handle: StElMo79. You may wonder why we chose this handle. Since platforms limit the number of characters in a username and we needed a name available on all platforms, we decided to abbreviate the names of our patron saints and added the number of our street. These are the Parish’s official accounts and you should follow these accounts for up to date and accurate information. You will note that our profile picture on all accounts is our brand-new logo and we will begin posting this week. “Get to Know Us” is our first campaign and it features members of our parish staff, school staff, parishioners in ministry, new and old parishioners alike and even those who may be visiting. Keep an eye out for competitions and special announcements too! Since not everyone is on social media, we are taking the steps to ensure that our posts on social media are reflected on our website. We will continue to post pertinent information on there and in the bulletin (which will be getting a facelift soon so keep an eye out for that)! If you are interested in joining the social media ministry team or simply have any ideas for social media campaigns or posts, please contact Pastoral Associate for Parish Life, Jasmine Gomez at the Parish Center.

August 3rd

August 18th

We are collecting: new pens, pencils, erasers, markers, crayons, rulers, notebooks, binders, bookbags, scissors, glue, folders + more!

From your Pastor August 11th, 2019 In the Parish in Münster Greetings from Germany! As I wrote last week, Friday I left my friend’s parish in Cologne and traveled to Münster, where the church is that I have taken for the past several years so that the pastor could go on vacation. Münster is a town famous for bicycles. Many call it the “Holland of Germany” due to the preponderance of cyclists on the streets. They have an array of bicycle highways, streets and lanes that New York mayors could only dream of. Moreover, cyclists obey traffic laws, which makes the whole experience for drivers and pedestrians so different from New York! I have a bicycle to use here, and am often out riding around the city, visiting friends. Last weekend I had the Sunday masses, plus the baptism of a child of a couple I married in 2016. Aside from a couple of weekday masses, I have been free. But then it is supposed to be vacation, right? During my time here I have had the opportunity to speak to several priests. In some ways the Church in Germany is in the same place we are; vocations are down and due to the scandals, many people have stopped going to mass. As a result, I have seen churches over that couple of weeks that have been converted into church offices, columbaria, apartment buildings, and multipurpose spaces where people can worship on Sundays but then can be rented out during the week for other purposes. However, due to a tax that is levied by the state and then forwarded to the Church, the Catholic Church in Germany is in many places incredibly wealthy. You see it in the way large lay staffs are supported by churches where 300 people attend on a Sunday. You see it in the music programs some parishes have (such as the one I am currently working at) and most importantly you see it by the number of churches that currently being renovated, rebuilt, and repurposed as congregations shrink.

And yet, despite the challenges here, I meet people who are faith-filled, who love their churches and are working hard to see to it that the Gospel continues to be lived in an increasingly secular world. It is an interesting time, and I often wonder if the Catholic Church in America will be in this position in just a few years. I will be here for one more week; I have the masses again this weekend, then it is just a couple more days before I fly back to be with all of you! Sebastian Springob If you have been around the parish over the past few weeks, you might have noticed a new face living in the rectory. Sebastian Springob is a teacher from Attendorn, Germany. He is a high school teacher and is a member of a religious order called Voluntas Dei based in Canada.

He is currently on track to become a priest, and in March of 2020 will be ordained a deacon. Because of the way people are prepared for ordination in Germany, he has to do pastoral work for a year in a parish. He has asked if he could do his “Pastoral Year” with us. He has been in New York over the past couple of weeks to begin the process of obtaining the necessary visa so he can work in the USA. If all goes well, he will join us in the summer of 2020. He will be a deacon. He cannot say mass or hear confessions, but he will become a regular member of the staff, will preach at masses, and contribute to the educational and formational dimensions of parish and school. I have known Sebastian for years. He is the friend of a friend, and I have watched how he has slowly moved from “Priest? NEVER!” to his current desire to be ordained. I still marvel how people are called to service in the Church. We don’t know if the government will grant the visa; that must all be organized between him, his order and the US government. But I hope that next year at this time we will be welcoming Deacon Sebastian to our parish for a year. Father Baker