May 29, 2022 - 7th Sunday of Easter

Parish life

Seven Sunday of Easter

05/29/2022

Parish Life (Page 5)

Faith Formation ( Page 7)

Five Minute Jesus (Page 8)

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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 family a family seeking to know and love Jesus Christ.

Parish Staff Pastor: Rev. Donald C. Baker .......................... frdcab@stelmo79.org Rev. Msgr. Leslie J. Ivers ........................... msgrlivers@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 Plant Manager: Guillermo Vanegas ......... gvanegas@stelmo79.org Sacristan: Pedro Pizarro ................................ ppizarro@stelmo79.org Administrative Assistant: Gladys Tejada ..... gtejada@stelmo79.org

Church Address: 413 East 79th Street, NY, NY 10075 Parish Center Address: 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

Mass Intentions Saturday, May 28th Vigil 5:30pm Brendan McCauliff Sunday, May 29th Seventh Sunday of Easter 8:00am John & Ann Marie Morandi 10:00am Jimmy Staffa 12:00pm For All Parishioners 5pm Jaime & Alicia Valencia Monday, May 30th Easter Weekday 9am Javier Diaz Tuesday, May 31st The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 12pm Michael Egan Wednesday, June 1st St. Justin 12pm Tom Aikenhead Thursday, June 2nd Easter Weekday 12pm Fr. Joe Francis (Living) Friday, June 3rd St. Charles Lwanga 12pm Patrick James O’Reilly

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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

Saturday, June 4th Easter Weekday 12pm Purgatorial Society

For Mass Intentions, please visit the Parish Center

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.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK

Anne Reilly, Martin Barbieri, Susan Baldwin, James Mooney, Helen Stafford, Cindy Garnica Castro and all those ill with or recovering from the COVID-19 virus and all Victims of Military Activities

PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED James McQuade,Catherine Lynch, Vernon Lewis, Fr. Thomas Lynch & Peggy Lynch

Today’s Readings First Reading — Because Stephen professes his faith in the Son of Man, he is stoned to death (Acts 7:55-60).

Psalm — The Lord is king, the most high over all the earth (Psalm 97).

Second Reading — I, the Alpha and the Omega, am coming soon (Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20).

Gospel — Father, I pray that they may all be one, as you and I are one, that they may be brought to perfection(John 17:20-26).

The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Readings for the Week Monday: Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab;Jn 16:29-33 Tuesday: Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16;

Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6; Lk 1:39-56 Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68:29-30, 33-36ab;Jn 17:11b-19 Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11;Jn 17:20-26 Friday: Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab;Jn 21:15-19 Saturday: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31: Ps 11:4, 5, 7;Jn 21:20-25 Sunday: Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16 20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5; Ps

104:1-2, 24, 35,27-30; Rom 8:22 27; Jn 7:37-39

Day: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24,

29-31, 34;1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or

Rom 8:8-17;Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26

Sanctuary Lamp This Week Sanctuary Lamp In Memory of Maria Encarnacion Litrenta Offered by Mari Litrenta

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Young Adult Mass with Cardinal Dolan You are invited to join the Office of Young Adult Outreach on Wednesday, June 1st at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 460 Madison Avenue, New York, NY for Mass with His Eminence, Timothy Dolan, Adoration and Confessions will be available from 7-7:30p.m. Music by Mary Miller. There will be a social after the Mass.

For more information, visit Facebook.com/catholicnyc, follow us on Instagram @CatholicNYCor our website, CatholicNYC.com

Young Adult Wine & Cheese

Sunday, June 5, following the 5pm Mass, in the back of the church Open to all folks of all ages.

Non-alcoholic beverages will also be offered.

Come and congratulate our newly confirmed young adults and get to know some fellow parishioners.

Coming soon: SENIOR MINISTRY CATERED LUNCHEON FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2022 1:00 pm in the Angelo Room, Parish Center Reserve a seat with Gladys: 212-288-6250

Interested in volunteering at parish events?

The parish council will let you know of opportunities to volunteer if you fill out the form below, tear it out, and put it in the collection basket.

OR Email your information to the parish council at parishcouncil@stelmo79.org. ________________________________________________________________________ NAME EMAIL PHONE

K-8 Religious Education and Sacramental Preparation: •

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No Sessions May 29: We meet June 5, via Zoom. Our final event of the catechetical year will be a PICNIC for all Religious Education families, June 12, 1-3pm, at the St. Stephen of Hungary School play yard on 82nd Street.

Participation in Sunday (or Saturday evening) Eucharist is an integral part of Religious Education in our parish. Our 10am Mass on Sunday is now a Family-Friendly Mass every Sunday.

Sunday sessions run 11:11am to 11:55am on Zoom. The timing of Religious Ed sessions allows your family to attend the Mass of your choice (in person or via Zoom).

Registration for Fall 2022 will open soon. We plan to return to in-person sessions in the Fall.

Sacramental Preparation: •

Please remember that the Archdiocese requires two years of Religious Education or Catholic School prior to the celebration of First Penance/First Communion (2nd grade or older), and prior to the celebration of Confirmation (8th grade or older). New enrollments this fall will be eligible to receive sacraments in 2024.

Adult Sacraments of Initiation (RCIA): • • • •

Have you ever thought about becoming Catholic? Do you have a lot of questions about Catholicism?

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). While we will not have formal sessions on Sunday afternoons after May 22, until we resume in September, we will stay connected over the summer!

Help Wanted: • • • • •

Those who value their Catholic faith, and want to see the next generation value that faith also Those who are creative, energetic, enthusiastic, patient, and loving Those who can be available on Sundays (and occasionally Saturday afternoons) Those who are willing to be interviewed and submit to a background check to protect our children Those willing to answer God’s call to be catechists

If you would like to discuss how God might be calling you to serve as a catechist in our K-8 Religious Education program, or any of our Adult Faith Formation or Sacramental Preparation programs, please contact Maryann Tyrer at mtyrer@stelmo79.org.

May 31 - Feast of the Visitation The Story of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary This is a fairly late feast, going back only to the 13th or 14th century. It was established widely throughout the Church to pray for unity. The present date of celebration was set in 1969, in order to follow the Annunciation of the Lord and precede the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist.

Like most feasts of Mary, it is closely connected with Jesus and his saving work. The more visible actors in the visitation drama (see Luke 1:39-45) are Mary and Elizabeth. However, Jesus and John the Baptist steal the scene in a hidden way. Jesus makes John leap with joy—the joy of messianic salvation. Elizabeth, in turn, is filled with the Holy Spirit and addresses words of praise to Mary— words that echo down through the ages.

It is helpful to recall that we do not have a journalist’s account of this meeting. Rather Luke, speaking for the Church, gives a prayerful poet’s rendition of the scene. Elizabeth’s praise of Mary as “the mother of my Lord” can be viewed as the earliest Church’s devotion to Mary. As with all authentic devotion to Mary, Elizabeth’s (the Church’s) words first praise God for what God has done to Mary. Only secondly does she praise Mary for trusting God’s words.

Then comes the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55). Here, Mary herself—like the Church—traces all her greatness to God. Reflection One of the invocations in Mary’s litany is “Ark of the Covenant.” Like the Ark of the Covenant of old, Mary brings God’s presence into the lives of other people. As David danced before the Ark, John the Baptist leaps for joy. As the Ark helped to unite the 12 tribes of Israel by being placed in David’s capital, so Mary has the power to unite all Christians in her son. At times, devotion to Mary may have occasioned some divisiveness, but we can hope that authentic devotion will lead all to Christ and therefore, to one another.

Source: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/visitation-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary

Wear red on Pentecost!

We celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles 50 days after the Resurrection of Jesus. Red is the traditional color for feasts of the Holy Spirit. We will confirm two young adults at the 5pm Mass on June 5.

Five Minute Jesus Using the Gospel for Prayer – Pentecost Sunday – June 5, 2022

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.

The Gospel according to Jn 20:19-23 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”

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

Tuesday “On the first day of the week” is one of the ways the New Testament speaks of Sunday. Sunday is the first day, the new day, the start of the new week, and it is symbolic of the new creation. Because Easter took place on a Sunday, Sunday is important to Christians. So important that in the early centuries, it replaced the Sabbath (Saturday) as the day of rest. What does Sunday mean to me? Is it just another day? How do I make Sunday a day of prayer and worship – that is the Christian Sabbath for me? And if I do not, how do I start?

Wednesday The disciples were locked in a room, hiding out of fear “of the Jews”. Language like that is offensive to modern ears. We hear it through two thousand years of anti-Jewish prejudice. Yet in the beginning, every single one of the disciples were Jewish. So, their fear was not of the Jewish “race”, nor because of their religion. It was because of what happened to Jesus. Because they were followers of him, they feared the same thing would happen to them.

Being a follower of Jesus came with a cost. Have I ever had to pay that cost? Have there been times when I was afraid to admit, defend, stand up for my faith? If so, when? What did I do and how did I do it?

Thursday Jesus was able to enter a room with locked doors. Clearly this Jesus looks different from the one they knew. He had to show them his hands and side to identify him. It is significant that they could only know him from his wounds.

Wounds mark us, they can scar us, but they teach us. Wounds in our lives are markers of who we are as well, for they make us, for better or worse who we are. What are my wounds? How have they shaped me? Are they healed?

Would people know me because of what I have suffered? If so, how?

Friday Jesus wishes them Peace. Clearly, afraid for their lives and probably terrified because a dead man had just appeared in their midst, they needed it. But after he wishes them this peace, he sends them, presumably with this peace. Peace then is not just a gift, but a mission. We are not only to enjoy peace but share it with others. Am I a peace maker?

How can I be a better one?

Saturday Astonishingly, Jesus gives the power to forgive sins to his disciples. This is the source of so much in our Church’s tradition – most notably the sacrament of confession. But here Jesus isn’t speaking about the sacrament, but the mission. His Church is built on forgiveness. How do I support this mission? How good am I at forgiving?

will return next week My Departure from the Parish: By now most of the community is aware that on Friday April 29th I provided Father with my resignation from the parish and that my last day of work here was this past Tuesday May 17th.

What may be missing for some of the community is the why: I have accepted a new position with the Archdiocese as Associate Director of Finance for the Staten Island Deanery. When I arrived here with Father Baker in August 2015, I had been previously employed in the Archdiocese Finance Department. Having served as a Parish Manager for the last 7 years, I have stayed familiar with the Archdiocese Finance Office, and when this position was offered to return to the Central Office it was something I felt I needed to consider seriously. To be candid, once processing, the pros did out weigh the cons (including my daily commute decreasing by 2 ½ hours). The one con that continued to make this decision so difficult was having to leave the parish. Ultimately, I do feel this job change is best for my family and my career, and so I had to make the tough decision.

When I arrived at St Monica, I was newly married; my wife Emily and I are now married 7 ½ years. We have since welcomed our daughter Avery and our son TJ- both baptized here by Father Baker. This place hasn’t just been a job for me, St Monica has been part of my professional and personal life for the last 7 years. When Father Baker and I arrived, the task was to merge three churches and a school into one entity- build a new secular business and merge the worshipping communities. I cannot write this column saying that everything on the “to-do list” is complete, but I am very proud of where WE are when taking stock of all that has occurred over the last 7 years.

I am grateful to all my co-workers from both parish & school for their trust and collaboration. I am thankful to the parish community, especially members of parish & finance councils for their support. Over my time here I served under four trustees: Liz Rodriguez, Joe Morandi, Matt Jacob & Mike Carbone- all of you have been dedicated partners in the work to develop this institution and I am forever appreciative of that. Lastly, I would be remiss to not thank Father Baker. Father Baker is one of the best bosses I have ever had and one of the greatest men I know- this community is blessed that he was assigned here as pastor, and will continue to serve in the years to come.

The future for this parish & school is bright, and I will always cherish that I was able to be a part of it.

All my best, Mike Ward

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