The Roman Catholic Parish of
Saint Monica Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Saint Stephen of Hungary ————————————————————————————————————— Church : 413 East 79th St. New York, NY 10075 Parish Center: 406 East 80th St. New York, NY 10075 Tel.:(212) 288-6250 Fax: (212) 570 - 1562 www.STELMO79.org www.facebook.com/stelmo79
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Epiphany of the Lord–January 5th, 2020
Office Hours
Parish Staff
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
Pastor:
Rev. Donald C. Baker
frdcab@stelmo79.org
Associate:
Rev. Msgr. Leslie J. Ivers
msgrlivers@stelmo79.org
Weekend Associates:
Parish Manager: Music Director:
Rev. Jim O’Shea Rev. Tony Ciorra Ms. Maryann Tyrer Ms. Jasmine Gomez Mr. Michael Ward Mr. John Zupan
mtyrer@stelmo79.org jgomez@stelmo79.org mward@stelmo79.org jzupan@stelmo79.org
Wedding Coordinator:
Ms. Debbi Burdett
DBweddingsnyc@gmail.com
Pastoral Associates:
Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil: 5:30pm Sunday: 8:00am,10:00am,12:00pm,5:00pm Monday – Saturday: 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 prayer): 5:10pm Fridays in Parish Center Chapel St.
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
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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 — Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! The LORD shines upon you and the glory of the Lord appears over you (Isaiah 60:1-6). Psalm — Lord, every nation on earth will adore you (Psalm 72). Second Reading — The mystery has been made known that the Gentiles are coheirs, copartners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel (Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6). Gospel — Magi from the east arrived, saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews?” (Matthew 2:1-12). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday:
1 Jn 3:22 — 4:6; Ps 2:7bc-8, 10-12a;Mt 4:12-17, 23-25 1 Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72:1-4, 7-8; Mk 6:34-44 1 Jn 4:11-18; Ps 72:1-2, 10, 12-13;Mk 6:45-52 1 Jn 4:19 — 5:4; Ps 72:1-2, 14, 15bc, 17;Lk 4:14-22a 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Lk 5:12-16 1 Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-6a, 9b; Jn 3:22-30 Is 42:1-4, 6-7; Ps 29:1-4, 3, 9-10;Acts 10:34-38; Mt 3:13-17
SATURDAY 5:30PM
January 4thVigil Joseph O’Mara (Living)
SUNDAY
January 5th Epiphany of the Lord Daniel Lucian Henry Dunleavy All Parishioners In honor to St. Claire
8:00AM 10:00AM 12NOON 5PM MONDAY 12NOON TUESDAY 12NOON
January 6th Christmas Weekday William Gaffnen January 7th Christmas Weekday Amy Kargman
WEDNESDAY January 8th Christmas Weekday 12NOON Nora O’Sullivan THURSDAY 12NOON FRIDAY 12NOON SATURDAY 12NOON
January 9th Christmas Weekday Giselle Peña January 10th Christmas Weekday Werner Hertzel January 11th Christmas Weekday Rosalind Shea O’Connor
SAINTS & SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Monday: Tuesday:
The Epiphany of the Lord; National Migration Week St. André Bessette St. Raymond of Penyafort; Julian Calendar Christmas
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 • Welcome back! • All sessions resume on January 5 at 10:15am, and will include an Epiphany Celebration and a visit from the Three Kings! • No sessions on February 16 – Winter Break st • Our next Family Faith Formation will be on Sunday, March 1 , 9-11:45am. Mark your calendars! Adult Faith Formation • Our Sunday Morning Scripture Discussion Group is in session, and runs 10:15-11:45am in the Parish Center 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. Sessions resume at 10:15am on January 5. Make a New Year’s resolution to deepen your faith! • Save the dates for our next Icon Painting Workshop – March 2-6! More details will be coming soon. 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. Sessions are held on Sunday in the Parish Center following the noon Mass. All inquirers are welcome! Christmas Season • The Christmas Season began at sundown on December 24, and continues until the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (which this year falls on January 12.) • The vestment color is white throughout this season, and the church will remain decorated for the season. We will continue to sing Christmas hymns, as well! • So even though stores switch over the Valentine’s Day on December 26, we as a church continue to rejoice in the birth of our Savior! So keep those decorations up at home, and keep playing Christmas Music all season long!
It’s still Christmas! While many have already
packed away decorations, and we’ve returned to work and school, the Church continues to celebrate the Christmas Season until the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (January 12th, this year). Today we celebrate Epiphany. The word means “manifestation,” and we remember how Jesus’ birth was manifested, made known, far beyond the borders of his town or even nation. The Magi who come to honor Jesus with their symbolic gifts are pagans and foreigners, and yet they recognize in Jesus’ birth something that would change history forever. Jesus comes for, and includes, all nations, all peoples. We Christians, following Jesus, are called to do the same. How can we reach beyond our borders, our comfort zones, and include and welcome those we call “others?” How can we learn from, and be enriched by, other cultures, faiths, traditions? Could this be a part of our New Year’s resolutions? ____________________________________________________________________________
Annual Epiphany Home Blessing Above the main door of your home, write (traditionally in chalk) the following:
20 + C + M + B + 20 C M B stands for “Christus Mansionem Benedicat” (May Christ bless this house) and “Caspar, Melchior, Balthazar” (the traditional names of the Three Magi.) Prayer: Lord God of heaven and earth, you revealed your only begotten Son to every nation by the guidance of a star. Bless this house and all who live here and all who visit. May we be blessed with health, kindness of heart, gentleness, and the keeping of your law. Fill us with the light of Christ, that our love for each other may go out to all. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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
SAINT ELIZABETH ANN SETON (1774-1821) January 4 Though her liturgical designation is “Religious,” Elizabeth Seton, her feast-day prayer reminds us, was also wife, mother, educator, foundress. Born into a wealthy Episcopalian family, Elizabeth married William Seton, whose untimely death in Italy where the young family sought healing for William’s tuberculosis, left her, at twenty-nine, a widow with five children. Inspired by the faith and charity of the Italian family with whom they stayed, Elizabeth embraced Catholicism despite her family’s disowning her and ceasing financial support. This woman of many firsts (and several vocations!) opened the first free Catholic school, beginning the American Catholic educational system, and founded the first American religious community for women, the Sisters of Charity. The tuberculosis that claimed her husband took also her oldest and youngest daughters and, finally, at just forty-seven, Elizabeth herself. Another first: in 1975 she was canonized the first native-born American saint. Once asked to summarize her spirituality, she replied: “Faith lifts the staggering soul on one side, hope supports it on the other, experience says it must be, and love says let it be!” —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
Georgina Hernandez, Maria Rotandaro, Judith Baron, Albert Walsh, Jim O’Shea, Glenn Allen & Jean Stephens
ALL VICTIMS OF MILITARY ACTIVITY
PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED Please pray for our deceased parishioners and family members Adriana Marcella Velluci, Angelo Velluci, Pietro Ciccaglione, Sebastian Begne, Katherine L. Wessley, Scott Principe, Anna Campbell, Evelyn Rodriguez, Ann Lova, Mary Forten & William Gemel
Sanctuary Lamp This Weeks’ Sanctuary Lamp In Memory of Bernice Blain
Offered by Rita Bellevue
Care for Our Common Home ("Green Team") Happy New Year! All are welcome to our monthly meeting, this Wednesday, January 8th at 6:30 in the Parish Center (406 East 80th Street, between York and 1st Avenues). As we begin 2020, we reflect on the fact that we are entering a year of milestones: the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the 5th anniversary of Laudato Si' (Pope Francis's encyclical on the environment). It is also the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement and the founding of the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM). Much has been done, and much more remains to be done if we are to follow the words of Pope Francis and care for our common home in a meaningful way. Please mark your calendars now for Laudato Si' week, a global event taking place on May 16-24. Thousands of communities will hold events to reflect on Laudato Si’ and more deeply commit to bringing its vision to life. The week will culminate with a major Vatican summit on Laudato Si’. On January 8th, at 6:30 in the Parish Center, we will talk about how we can participate as a parish in this important event.
LIGHT OF THE WORLD Epiphany can be understood as an extension of the Nativity of the Lord that we celebrate on December 25. While at Christmas we celebrate Jesus’ coming as the long-awaited king and Messiah of the Jewish people, on Epiphany we celebrate the revelation that Jesus is the Savior and Light of all nation -Jews, Gentiles, and all people. The star shines so brightly that it attracts magi who come from far distant countries to worship Jesus. They are not Jews, yet they are drawn to the Light of the world. The letter to the Ephesians reveals that the Light of the world was for the Gentiles as well as the Jews—Christ gathers all people into the light of his love. The reading from Isaiah also describes a gathering of diverse peoples, but this time it is to the light that emanates from the people of God. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
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