The Transfiguration of the Lord 08/06/2023

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St. Elizabeth of Hungary

St. Stephen of Hungary

THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD 08/06/2023

THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD

The Roman Catholic Parish of St.

Mission Statement

The Roman Catholic Parish of St. Monica-St. Elizabeth of Hungary-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 & age, we endeavor to live as a community of faith and invite you to join our familya family seeking to know and love Jesus Christ.

Parish Staff

Pastor: Rev. Donald C. Baker ............................ frdcab@stelmo79.org

Weekend Associate: .................................... Rev. Anthony Ciorra, IVD

Weekend Associate:...............................................Rev. Edward Beck, CP

Pastoral Associate: Ms. Maryann Tyrer ........ mtyrer@stelmo79.org

Music Director: Mr. John Zupan .................... jzupan@stelmo79.org

Wedding Coordinator: Ms. Debbi Burdett.....dbweddingsnyc@gmail.com

Parish Manager: Jennifer DeSpirito.............................jdespirito@stelmo79.org

Plant Manager: Guillermo Vanegas .......... gvanegas@stelmo79.org

Sacristan: Pedro Pizarro ...................................ppizarro@stelmo79.org

Administrative Assistant: Gladys Tejada ..... gtejada@stelmo79.org

Mass Intentions

Saturday, August 5th Vigil 5th

5:30pm Catherine Grazzia Catherine Grazzia

Sunday, August 6th 6th

T he Transfiguration of the Lord The of the Lord

Church Address : 413 East 79th Street, NYC 10075

Parish Center: 406 East 80th Street, NY, NY 10075

Tel: 212-288-6250 Fax: 212- 570-1562

Email: info@stelmo79.org

Our Offices are open:

Monday & Wednesday 9am - 4pm

Tuesday - Thursday ....................................... 9am - 7pm

Friday ....................................................... Closed

Saturday ................................................. 10am - 2pm

Sunday ..................................................... Closed Closed for Lunch Weekdays..................1pm - 2pm

Visit us at: www.STELMO79.org

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Mass Schedule

Daily Mass: Mon-Sat, 12 noon Saturday Vigil: 5:30pm

Sunday: 8am, 10am, 12pm & 5pm

Confessions: Saturdays at 5pm or by appointment

8:00am Jose Gutier rez & Michael Phillips

8:00am Jose Gutierrez & Michael

10:00am John & Mar y Scott

10:00am & Mary Scott

12:00pm All Parishioners

12:00pm All Parishioners

5pm Fr. T homas Mulvaner ty Fr. Thomas Mulvanerty

Monday, August 7th Weekday Monday, 7th Weekday

12pm Todd Gleason 12pm Todd Gleason

Tuesday, August 8th Tuesday, August 8th

St. Dominic

12pm Rober ta Chapey (Living) Roberta

Wednesday, August 9th Weekday 9th

12pm Kitty O’Donoghue (Living) O’Donoghue (Living)

T hur sday, August 10th St. Lawr ence Thursday, 10th St. Lawrence

12pm Daniel Caballero Daniel Caballero

Friday, August 11th St. Clair e 11th St. Claire

12pm Jose ph & Rose Freer Joseph & Rose Freer

Saturday, August 12th Weekday 12th

12pm K athleen M. Reddington Kathleen M.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK

Caroline Yurkutat, Christopher Elliot Lewis, Maurine Lynch, Danielle Boros, Linda Clarke, Mary O’Connor Lynch, Bruno Franco Adame, Susan Bacerra, Michael Reilly, Dorothy Condon, Marcelle Ferrier, Joanna Jack, all those ill and Victims of Military activities

PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED

Proceso Lopez, Mary Reginio, Thomas Acheson, Margaret Biggs, John Paul Chihorek, William Bahr, Juzefa Rezgiene, Michael P. Keating, Eugene Flynn, Lorraine Vaccari, Michele Chigrinsky & Marie Sheridan

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Every Friday after the Noon Mass until 3pm in the church and live on-line

Devotions

Miraculous Medal on Mondays after Mass in the church and live on-line

Divine Mercy

Prayed every Friday at 3pm in the church and live on-line

Vespers (Evening Prayer)

Every Friday at 5:10pm in the Chapel and live on-line

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturdays at 5pm or by appointment

Anointing of the sick

Every third Saturday of the Month after the noon Mass.

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.

Weekly Readings & Observances

Readings for the week of August 6, 2023

Sunday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9/2 Pt 1:16-19/Mt 17:1-9

Monday: Nm 11:4b-15/Ps 81:12-13, 14-15, 16-17/Mt 14:13-21

Tuesday: Nm 12:1-13/Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 6cd-7, 12-13/Mt 14:22-36 or 15:1-2, 10-14

Wednesday: Nm 13:1-2, 25—14:1, 26-29a, 34-35/Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-22, 23/Mt 15:21-28

Thursday: 2 Cor 9:6-10/Ps 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9/Jn 12:24-26

Friday: Dt 4:32-40/Ps 77:12-13, 14-15, 16 and 21/Mt 16:24-28

Saturday: Dt 6:4-13/Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 47 and 51/Mt 17:14-20

Next Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a/Ps 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14 (8)/Rom 9:1-5/Mt 14:22-33

Observances for the week of August 6, 2023

Sunday: The Transfiguration of the Lord

Monday: St. Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs; St. Cajetan, Priest

Tuesday: St. Dominic, Priest

Wednesday: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr

Thursday: St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr

Friday: St. Clare, Virgin

Saturday: St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious

Next Sunday: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Bread & Wine

St. Stephen of Hungary School (SSHS) offers a life changing education through a supportive, nurturing and faith-filled environment. Educating the whole child through a growth mindset, students are challenged to think critically and creatively while solving complex, real world issues in our everchanging global community.

Consider this:

Overall proficiency in Math and ELA as per the New York State Exams and in MAP Growth Subject Assessments (Kindergarten – Grade 8) ranks SSHS in the top 5 percent of schools in the Archdiocese of New York and the top 15 percentile nationally.

The Class of 2023 has received close to $1 million in merit scholarships at highly-rated high schools in the metropolitan area, including Regis High School, Convent of the Sacred Heart and Marymount School. Our dedicated and highly committed faculty work collaboratively in preparing students to be passionate leaders and life-long learners. Our campus features unique learning spaces including outdoor classrooms in our rooftop garden & turfed play yard. With a dedicated Parents Association and active SSHS Foundation, our community is truly a gem on the Upper East Side.

Choosing the right school for your children is one of the most important gifts you can bestow on them. For more information about applying to SSHS, your parish school, please email jdickson@saintstephenschool.org

The Role of the Universal Prayer

Pray for me.” When people ask for our prayers, it means they trust that God will hear us. When we pray for someone, we exercise the power of our Baptism by sharing in the priesthood of Christ, who intercedes for us at God’s right hand.

In the liturgy, this is most fully expressed in the Universal Prayer, also known as the Prayer of the Faithful. The petitions were part of the liturgy in the first centuries of the early Church, but toward the sixth century they fell into disuse. Fortunately, the Second Vatican Council document the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy called for their return to the liturgy.

The local parish has the freedom to write these prayers so that they are suited to its time and place. In the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 70, the Church offers only these guidelines for the intentions, saying that usually should be:

a) for the needs of the Church;

b) for public authorities and the salvation of the whole world;

c) for those burdened by any kind of difficulty;

d) for the local community.

Though the Church tells us for whom to pray, specifics are not offered. The Church prays first for herself, recognizing the need for God’s presence. Also prayed for are those charged with the responsibilities of civic leadership and those who long to be liberated from various burdens such as illness, addictions, or poverty. The Church prays for the unity and peace of the entire human race and for the local community or for parish needs, such as teens who are on retreat, catechumens, a child who is being baptized that day, and the newly confirmed. The intentions of the prayers are broad, since these are general intercessions. During these intercessions, an intention is not voiced for Aunt

Mary, who is sick, since she would be included in the prayer for all the sick.

The priest announces the Prayer of the Faithful with a brief introduction. A lay person may read the intentions, but if a deacon is present, he announces them. Historically, as servant to the community, the deacon would know best who might be in need of prayers. The priest concludes the petitions with a prayer.

The assembly’s response to each petition may be sung, said, or made in silence. A typical response is “Lord, hear our prayer,” but the response can be changed from week to week. Using varied responses not only puts different prayers on the lips of the faithful, but encourages attentiveness.

Whatever prayers are composed and responses chosen, the Prayer of the Faithful forms the assembly to recognize the needs of those in the community and around the world, and assists the faithful in seeing themselves as agents of God’s grace.

Connecting the Liturgy with Our Lives © 2019 Archdiocese of Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications. 800-933-1800; www.LTP.org. Text by Kathy Kuczka.

Photo © John Zich. Excerpt from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Permission to publish granted by the Archdiocese of Chicago on October 25, 2018.

The intentions in the Universal Prayer are broad since these are general intercessions.

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Five Minute Jesus

The Gospel according to Matthew 14:22-33 Monday

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From the Pastor 08.06.2023

Summer Doldrums . . .really?

holiday like the 4th of July to keep people in the city. like Yorkville are peaceful. of:

RCIA

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Theology Thursdays

and p that anyone who wishes 5th with a four-week – the Creed. What is it? Where did it come from? And most imp I am the teacher. Sign-ups

Parish Feast Day – September 24th

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Family Friendly Church

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parent volunteers ! Last year we-way through the mass.

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