13th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7/02/2023

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, Jul y 1st Vigil July 1st

5:30pm Albany Valder rama 5:30pm Albany Valderrama

Sunday, Jul y 2nd July 2nd

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

Thir teenth Sunday in Ordinar y Time

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00am Charles A. Weissman

10:00am Ar nulfo S. Reyes & 10:00am Arnulfo S. & Eldon D. Molina D. Molina

12:00pm All Parishioners All Parishioners

5pm Jozsef Tomahatsch Tomahatsch

Monday, Jul y 3rd St. Thomas July 3rd St. Thomas

9am Mar y E. Flanig an 9am Mary E. Flanigan

Tuesday, Jul y 4th Weekday July 4th

Independence Day

9am John Walsh (Living) 9am Walsh

Wednesday, Jul y 5th Weekday July 5th

9am Bridg et O’Donoghue 9am Bridget

Thur sday, Jul y 6th Weekday Thursday, July 6th

9am K athleen Walsh 9am Kathleen

Friday, Jul y 7th Weekday July 7th

9am Charles A Weissman A.

Saturday, Jul y 8th Weekday July 8th

12pm Michael O’Donoghue Michael

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

Thomas Acheson, Margaret Biggs, John Paul Chihorek, William Bahr, Juzefa Rezgiene, Patrick P. Keating & Eugene Flynn

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.

Sanctuary Lamp

Weekly Readings & Observances

Readings for the week of July 2, 2023

Sunday: 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a/Ps

89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19

(2a)/Rom 6:3-4, 8-11/Mt 10:37-42

Monday: Eph 2:19-22/Ps 117:1bc, 2/Jn 20:24-29

Tuesday: Gn19:15-29/Ps 26:2-3, 9-10, 11-12/Mt 8:23-27

Wednesday: Gn 21:5, 8-20a/Ps 34:7-8, 10-11, 12-13/Mt 8:28-34

Thursday: Gn 22:1b-19/Ps 115:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9/Mt 9:1-8

Friday: Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67/Ps

106:1b-2, 3-4a, 4b-5/Mt 9:9-13

Saturday: Gn 27:1-5, 15-29/Ps 135:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6/Mt 9:14-17

Next Sunday: Zec 9:9-10/Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14

(see 1)/Rom 8:9, 11-13/Mt

11:25-30

Observances for the week of July 2, 2023

Sunday: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Monday: St. Thomas, Apostle

Tuesday: Independence Day

Wednesday: St. Anthony Zaccaria, Priest; St. Elizabeth of Portugal

Thursday: St. Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr

Friday: Saturday: Next Sunday:14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

©LPi

Offered by Bridgette Tomahatsch

This Week’ Sanctuary Lamp

In Memory of Kathleen Walsh

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. Allyson Genova-Hall

www.saintstephenschool.org

Interested in admission to our parish school? admissions@saintstephenschool.org

Is God calling you to be a catechist?

Volunteers are needed to help to pass on the faith to the next generation of children and teens, to help form adults who are preparing for sacraments, and to assist with adult faith sharing. No experience needed – all training and materials are provided. Contact Maryann at mtyrer@stelmo79.org to learn more!

Parish Religious Education (K-8)

Registration is now open online!

Go to https://www.stelmo79.org/reledk8. You’ll find information about our programs, and all the forms you need. Inperson registration is also available at the parish center.

All registrations completed and paid by July 4 will be at the current fee scale Registrations/payments received after July 4 will be at an increased rate.

Please remember that the Archdiocese of New York requires a minimum of two years of religious education (or Catholic School) prior to the reception of First Communion, and two additional years prior to the reception of Confirmation

Religious Education is offered on Sunday mornings between the 10am and 12noon Masses, from September through early June. Participation in Sunday (or Saturday evening) Eucharist year-round as a family is expected, as it is an essential part of faith formation!

Please contact Maryann Tyrer, Pastoral Associate for Christian Formation, at mtyrer@stelmo79.org with any questions.

Fr. Jim Dugan, SJ returns, and will offer a seminar in July!

FINDING OUR WAY IN THE CHURCH OF TODAY AND TOMORROW

We are all familiar with the contemporary challenges of religion and, in particular, the Catholic Church today. To mention only a few areas of concern: the declining number of ordained clergy, the absence of the younger generation in active membership in the Church, the opportunity of greater participation of male deacons and the prospects of women being engaged in roles of greater service in and for the Church. Participants may wish to introduce other themes for discussion.

This seminar of four meetings, 90 minutes each, will offer the participants an opportunity to reflect on the theme and these topics. We will examine the personal, social, emotional, and spiritual/religious dimensions as they developed and have been experienced individually and communally.

Fr. Jim Dugan, SJ, invites you to participate in the 4 sessions on the Mondays of July 10, 17, 24, and 31, 7-8:30pm, in the Parish Center (406 East 80th Street.) Please register on our website stelmo79.org or call the Parish Center at 212-288-6250.

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K-8 Religious Education and Sacramental Preparation:

Registration online for next year is now open at https://www.stelmo79.org/reled-k8

Please remember that two years of religious education or Catholic school participation is required for reception of First Communion (in 2nd grade or older), or for Confirmation (8th grade or older.) Ideally, children are also enrolled in religious education during the “inbetween years” and not just for sacramental preparation.

Participation onSunday (or Saturday evening) Mass as a family is expected andis an essential part of faith formation and sacramental preparation!We schedule Religious Education in between Masses to make it easy to participate in Sunday Mass.

Adult Sacraments of Initiation (RCIA)

Have you ever thought about becoming Catholic? Or are you a baptized Catholic who has not yet celebrated First Communion or Confirmation? You, and your questions, are warmly welcomed! Come and share the journey with others.Please contact Maryann Tyrer at mtyrer@stelmo79.org to discuss our adult initiation process (commonly known as the RCIA).

Adult Faith Formation Opportunities

Our Sunday afternoon Adult Faith Formation will resume in the fall. Use our 5-Minute Jesus as a way of preparing for each Sunday’s Scriptures throughout the summer. 5-Minute Jesus can be found every week in the bulletin, on our website, and on our social media platforms (stelmo79).

Men’s Faith Sharing –our Group of Guys meetson Tuesdays at 12noonin the Parish Center– Please register online at stelmo79.org orcall 212-288-6250 so we have a head count to prepare materials.This group will continue to meet through the summer.

Theology Thursdays will resume in the fall with more Adult Faith Formation opportunities.Keep Thursday evenings clear beginning in September –we will have lots of classes, discussions, and programs happening throughout the year!

Help

Wanted!

Catechists, assistants, and other volunteers needed for Sunday morning K-8 Religious Education, for Children’s Liturgy of the Word during the 10am Sunday Mass, for High School Youth Ministry (1st Saturdays after the Family Mass), and for Adult Faith Formation and Adult Initiation (Sunday afternoons). Email Maryann at mtyrer@stelmo79.org to ii!

Our Faith A Vacation with God

Greetings as summer starts!

“They’re off!” Announcers at horse races say those words with unbridled enthusiasm; those of us who are parents proclaim them with relief (hooray for lighter schedules and less racing around) and dread (cries of “I’m bored!” and a new level of clutter will surround us). While our children, not to mention our teachers, need a significant break from their academic endeavors, there is no reason to think that somehow because our formal religious education programs are complete for the school year that our children’s catechesis is on hold.

with the sacramental. A starfilled sky overhead becomes a moment to talk about the covenant with Abraham, and to reflect on the countless descendants predicted. A roaring campfire reminds us of the pillar of fire and the burning bush, and provides us a time to talk about the new fire of the Easter Vigil and the lighting of the baptismal candle. Water fun can include time to talk about why water is so refreshing and so essential in life, tying in the meaning of the waters of Baptism. Time in the car on a trip (“Are we there yet?!?”) offers an opening to talk about a people who wandered forty years, a God who sojourned forty days in a desert, followers who walked a road dejected and without hope until he visited them and they remembered him.

Catholicism is a profoundly embodied and ritually symbolic expression of Christianity. This season, a time where we are outside and enjoying creation even more fully, offers countless experiences that can tie our sacred stories

May you find many moments that bridge today with the faith that went before us as you enjoy your summer. And remember that Jesus loved eating with people: be sure s’mores are included!

Text by Trish Sullivan Vanni. Art by Kathy Sullivan. © 2014 Archdiocese of Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 3949 South R acine Avenue, Chicago, IL 60609; 1-800-933-1800; www.LTP.org. Pastoral Liturgy® magazine, May/June 2014, www.PastoralLiturgy.org.

A roaring campfire reminds us of the pillar of fire and the burning bush.

Mercy throughout the Liturgy

Ihad the wonderful opportunity to spend two summers in Graz, Austria, with the American Institute of Musical Studies. It was a glorious experience, except for a few hours one day.

A friend and I were traveling across town to a laundromat, which involved walking to the tram with bags of laundry in tow and transferring to a bus to reach our destination. Getting off the bus, I noticed that something was missing—my purse! Panic doesn’t come close to what I felt. So much of what I needed, including my passport, was in my purse. I left my laundry with my friend and hopped on the next bus, trying to explain my crisis with my limited German.

A kind man who understood English took me to the city’s center for transportation. There, the staff looked at me with sympathetic eyes, encouraging me to check for my purse later but saying there was little chance I would get it back. After a couple of hours and many prayers to St. Anthony, I returned. This time their eyes were brighter. They reached into the lost-and-found cabinet and out came my purse. I looked inside and everything was there. My response was one of humility and gratitude.

Humility and gratitude are fundamental elements of liturgical prayer. For that reason, the Penitential Act follows soon after the priest’s greeting at the beginning of Mass. In the Penitential Act, the assembly humbly acknowledges that they often lose their way, while recognizing that God is always seeking the lost. With humility and gratitude to God’s faithfulness, the congregation prays, “Lord have mercy.” These words carry the realization that God’s mercy is greater than any sin.

God’s mercy is a subtle theme throughout the liturgy. In the Gloria we sing, “you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.” As the Scriptures are proclaimed, the assembly hears about God’s merciful love throughout salvation history—how God chose, again and again, to temper judgment with mercy to a sinful humanity.

In the Eucharistic Prayer comes a call for God’s mercy, as the priest says, “Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection, and all who have died in your mercy”

(Eucharistic Prayer II).

The assembly prays the Lord’s Prayer, petitioning for mercy from God and also seeking to be merciful as they pray, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.”

Before the table of the Lord is approached for Communion, the faithful pray, “Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.”

While receiving Communion, people encounter the intimacy of God’s merciful love that was poured out in the death and Resurrection of Jesus.

At the Dismissal, the faithful are sent forth to be God’s mercy in the world. This mission was articulated especially with the dismissal text offered as an option during the Year of Mercy: “Be merciful, just as your heavenly Father is merciful. Go in peace.”

Just as Jesus showed mercy to those he encountered, God’s mercy is shown throughout the liturgy.

FIVE MINUTE JESUS

Using the Gospel for Prayer – The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 9, 2023

It’s simple. 1. Read the Gospel for the following Sunday slowly, reflecting on the story it tells. 2. Reflect on the questions assigned for each day. 3. Make some resolution about how what you read can be lived that day. 4. Then thank God for speaking to you through this reflection.

Gospel Matthew 11:25-30

At that time Jesus exclaimed: "I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to little ones. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him." "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."

Monday

Was there something in this reading that spoke to me? Challenged me? What was it? Why did it have this effect on me?

Tuesday

At times we intellectually try to understand the teachings of Jesus. But what would it be like to be one of the little ones? To be one who just accepts God without having to figure it all out and know all the answers? Today, how can I just let go and trust God?

Wednesday

Jesus says, “no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him." What does it mean to have God revealed to me? When has it happened to me? How has it affected my life today?

Thursday

"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” Whatever burdens me: guilt, ailure, pain, loss, shame, depression, hopelessness, Jesus is there to help me. How can I reach out to Him in prayer and really let go of some of the burdens that weigh me down today?

Friday

We all struggle in life. It is easy to feel weighed down but we do not need to struggle alone. Today as I pray, how can I ask Jesus to help me with my struggles?

Saturday

Christ has come to lighten our burdens. We as followers of Christ are to practice his teachings. As Christians, we are called to be Christ-like. Is there something I can do today to help lighten the burden for someone I know?

From the Pastor 07.02.23

Just a Word

If you were to have asked me 8 years ago what I expected would be the result of the merger of St. Monica’s, St. Elizabeth’s, and St. Stephen’s, one of the things I would have NOT expected but have come to cherish is the have begun to collaborate for the growth of the school.

Saint Stephen is an outlier in the Archdiocese of New York: a Catholic parish school, which despite the closures growing, nto the best high schools in the city.

th is open to y . There will be parents and grandparents of our students there, of course. But there will also be parishioners, friends of the school, supporters of its mission, and just people who want to get together golf for a good cause!

and ask to speak to Lisa D’Ambrosio. Her Email is: ldambrosio@saintstephenschool.org

on Instagram for more inf –but also about their work and other ways you can support it.

of Catholic leaders

Welcome Fr. Jim!

that he is a member of the Society of Jesus i.e., a Jesuit. For years he has come here to take the parish for a th .

Father Baker