May 9th Bulletin

Parish life Sixth Sunday of Easter

May 9, 2021

From Our Parish Manager ( Page 4)

Confirmation 2021 ( Page 7)

Just a Word (Page 9)

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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 Associates: ...............................................Rev. Tony Ciorra Pastoral Associate: Ms. Maryann Tyrer ........ mtyrer@stelmo79.org Pastoral Associate: Ms. Jasmine Gomez ..... jgomez@stelmo79.org Parish Manager: Mr. Michael Ward ............. mward@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 ............................................................. 9am - 5pm Tuesday - Thursday ....................................... 9am - 7pm Friday .......................................................Closed Saturday ................................................. 10am - 2pm Sunday ..................................................... Closed Closed for Lunch Weekdays......................1pm - 2pm Visit us at: www.STELMO79.org

Mass Intentions Saturday, May 8th Vigil 5:30pm Giselle Peña Sunday, May 9th Sixth Sunday Easter 8:00am

Gerti Hiebl 10:00am Tony Torres 12:00pm All Parishioners 5:00pm Walter & Mary Ferber

Monday, May 10th Easter Weekday

12:00pm Brian Thompson Tuesday, May 11th Easter Weekday

12:00pm Werner Hertzel Wednesday, May 12th Easter Weekday

12:00pm 5:30pm

Mary J. Reilly Adam Armetta

Thursday, May 13th Easter Weekday The Ascension of the Lord

12:00pm

Robert Atkinson

Friday, May 14th St. Matthias

12:00pm

Robert Castro

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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, May 15th Easter Weekday

12:00pm

Vanegas & Valderrama Family (Living & Dec.)

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 Roseann Seacur, Elizabeth Papadello, Mary & Joshe Jose, Anu Jorno, Juliet Shoukry, Willin Saenz, Michael Berry, Zita Zilverman, Eileen Ford, Nancy Dorsinville, Andres Rodriguez, James Mooney, & all those ill with or recovering from the COVID-19 virus and all Victims of Military Activities PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED A.J. Ackel, Ralph Meis, Eileen Sullivan, Baby Velasco-D’Amico & Gloria Zanarias

Baptism Announcement

Today, May 9th, there will be a Baptism service during the 12Noon Mass At this service we will be baptizing: Hasper Rose Hensler

Please join us in congratulating: Derek J. Hensler & Kerry L. Donohue

on their child’s new life in Christ Baptism Services are open for members of the parish to join in the welcoming of our newest members

Today’s Readings First Reading — The gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Gentiles also (Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48).

Psalm — The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power (Psalm 98).

Second Reading — God is love (1 John 4:7-10) or 1 John 4:11-16.

Gospel — No one has greater love than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends (John 15:9-17) or John 17:11b19.

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 16:11-15; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b;

Jn 15:26 — 16:4a Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; Jn 16:5-11 Wednesday: Acts 17:15, 22 — 18:1; Ps 148:1-2, 11-14; Jn 16:12-15 Thursday: Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9; Eph 1:17-23 or

Eph 4:1-13 [1-7, 11-13]; Mk 16:15-20 (for

Ascension); otherwise Acts 18:1-8;

Ps 98:1-4; Jn 16:16-20 Friday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-8; Jn 15:9-17 Saturday: Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-10; Jn 16:23b-28 Sunday: Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26; Ps 103:1-2,

11-12, 19-20; 1 Jn 4:11-16; Jn 17:11b-19; or,

for Ascension, Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9;

Eph 1:17- 23 or Eph 4:1-13 [1-7, 11-13]; Mk 16:15-20

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?

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The Mass Book: I wrote this last month, but Father Baker and I both felt it’s important to repeat this information periodically, so I am writing again to inform the parish base that all of our masses for 2021 are now booked with intentions.

We have worked to try and keep the mass book as fair as possible. Calendar year 2016 was the first year the parishioners from the original parishes shared a mass book via merger, and we needed to learn the habits of the parishioners and the practices of the three individual offices that parishioners were used too. Then a few years back, with the changes to the mass schedule, we opened the book for half-year periods. The purpose of that was to try and be as fair as possible to people, specifically, we did not want to take masses that ultimately would have been erased from the schedule based upon changes. The last two years we have made it a practice to open generally the first Monday of October, announcing at masses and via social media in September the upcoming opening of the book for the following year, and providing masses at a first come, first serve basis. I am sharing all of this to let the parish base know that it has truly been our intent to provide the opportunity to obtain mass intentions for loved ones in as fair a way as possible.

Seeing as we cannot aid our parishioners in offering mass intentions for the rest of the year; we need to again adjust our approach. Last month I mentioned that when we open the 2022 Book, that we will open the year 4-months at a time. We think this will be fair in that there is still a first come first serve basis, but we will also not face an 8-month period being unable to offer intentions to our parishioners as we are dealing with in 2021. An adjustment to our plan from last month, is that opposed to opening the 2022 book in October, we will open the 2022 book immediately after Labor Day Weekend with a schedule that will look something like the following: September 2021: February 2022: June 2022: September 2022:

Mass Book for 2022 will open for January-April May-August of 2022 masses will open September-December of 2022 masses will open Mass Book for 2023 will open for January-April

Please feel free to reach out with any questions.

-Mike Ward, Parish Manager

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K-8 Parish Religious Education: Religious Education continues to meet online each Sunday morning at 10:15am. Zoom links are emailed each week to all registered families.

Congratulations to our First Communicants and our Newly Confirmed! Photos from the liturgies are now available at patrickbrophyphotography.com.

Our final K-8 Religious Education session for the year will be on Sunday, June 13, and it will be a Family Faith Formation event via Zoom. Save the date for the whole family!

Adult Faith Formation: Our Sunday morning Adult Faith Formation, an informal discussion of the Sunday Scriptures, led by a facilitator, is open to all. We meet on Sundays 10:15 to 11:30am, in the Parish Center on May 9, 16, 23, and June 6. Social distancing and face masks are required. Please join us! No registration is required – you can drop in any Sunday.

Adult Sacraments of Initiation (RCIA): If you have ever thought about becoming Catholic, or if you are a baptized Catholic who has not yet celebrated First Communion or Confirmation, please contact Maryann Tyrer at mtyrer@stelmo79.org to discuss our adult initiation process (commonly known as the RCIA). You can begin this process at any time throughout the year, and options are available for face-to-face or Zoom meetings.

Spring Choir Concert: Save the date – Saturday, June 12 at 8pm.

Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord: Masses for this Holy Day are at 5:30pm on Wednesday, May 12, and at 12noon on Thursday, May 13.

CONGRATULATIONS to our newly confirmed teens!

St. Stephen of Hungary School

Parish Religious Education

Rex Julian Barrett

Skyler Francis Attard

Laila Sophia Cooper

Scarlett Ava Beckman

Zachary Clarence DeSpirito

Henry Nathaniel Burton

Luca Wyatt French

Alexander Glyn Davies

Gavin Michael Hadlock Kitzerow

Camila Marycel Diaz-Rodriguez

Vita Klein

Siobhan Francis Hartigan

Diana Marie Littlepage

Daniel Luke Samuel Matta

Kaitlyn Luna Lugo

Kayla Marie Phillips

James Franklin MacDermott

Joana Dunphy Jacome Ramos

Annabel Sara Maidorn

Danika Isabelle Shepard

John Patrick McDonald, Jr.

Axel André Teiling

Calleigh Amelia Meta Sienna Tais Perez Bridget Bernadette Seoane Sophia Alexiz Toscano Adolfo Valderas Robles Mackenzie Sheri Wolfe

Five Minute Jesus

Using the Gospel for Prayer – Seventh Sunday of Easter May 16, 2021 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

Jn 17:11b-19 Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: “Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you. I speak this in the world so that they may share my joy completely. I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the evil one. They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth.”

Monday, May 10th Was there something in this reading that spoke to me? Comforted me? Challenged me? Why did it have this effect on me?

Tuesday, May 11th What is in a name? Names can be intensely personal; they can also unite families, tribes, nations. Jesus says that we are in God’s name. That means we belong to God; just like a spouse takes the name of their partner, a child is adopted into a family, or a person becomes a citizen and is now one of “us”. Do I feel like I belong to someone? If so, what is that feeling like? Do I feel like I belong to God? Is the feeling similar? How is it different?

Wednesday, May 12th As children we learn the song, “He’s got the whole world in his hands” and we are taught that God is in control. Jesus reveals here that this control even extends to evil. God was in control, even when the “son of destruction” (Judas?) was lost, “so that Scripture might be fulfilled”. John believes that all of it; even the evil part of it, was under God’s control.

What do you think that meant to John’s first readers? What does this revelation mean to us?

Thursday, May 13th Jesus says that his followers do not belong to this world. If we are his followers, what does this mean to us? What does it mean for me not to belong to this world, especially when I live in it every second of every day of my life? What does “world” mean here? What does it mean to me? And what does it mean for me to live IN this world and still not belong TO it?

Friday, May 14th The word “holy” has the same root at the word “Whole”. Thus, one way to understand what it means to be holy is to be whole; to be the way God created us to be. Jesus says that his followers are “consecrated”. i.e. “made holy” by the Truth. He says that God’s Word is truth. We know from the beginning of John’s Gospel that Jesus IS that Word made flesh. Thus, he is that truth. Have you ever encountered truth in a person? How do we come to know it? How do I know it in Jesus? Has Jesus ever challenged the lies I tell myself with his Truth? If so, when? And what happened?

Saturday, May 15th Jesus sends us into the world but does not send us alone; his truth is with us. It is what consecrates us. What does it mean for me to believe in a Truth that others do not believe in? How do I live that Truth that makes me whole? Do I share it with others so that they might become whole as well? If so, how? And if not, why not?

From the Pastor 05.09.21 Fr. Jim Dugan, SJ Many longer-time parishioners remember Father Jim Dugan, a Jesuit priest who has functioned as our “summer help” for several years. (Summer help is a priest who comes to work in a parish on their vacation, so that we can go on ours). Father Jim each summer offers some sort of a program or discussion group for the parish as well as taking masses and offering pastoral care.

Father Jim was unable to come last summer due to the pandemic, but I have recently received confirmation that he will be here for the month of August! His program this summer will be: Finding God in the Pandemic 2020-21 “This seminar of four meetings of one and a half hours (1.5 hours) each will offer the participants an opportunity to reflect on and share their experience of the Coronavirus/Covid-19 . . . We will examine the personal, social, emotional, spiritual/religious dimensions as they developed and have been experienced individually and communally . . . we will look to the media, science, personal experience and sacred scripture and prayer as we explore the meaning and relevance of the pandemic and its manifestations in our lives and world.”

Fr. Jim invites us to participate in the 4 sessions, 7:00-8:30 pm each on the following Wednesdays of August 4, 11, 18, 25 to be held in the Parish Center located at 406 East 80th Street, New York.

Welcome Fr. Jim! Msgr. Leslie J. Ivers Msgr. Ivers has worked here for several years as my associate. Many of you probably did not know that he is only part-time. His other job has been as Director of Ongoing Priestly Formation (i.e., offering educational and spiritual programming to the priests of the Archdiocese). It isn’t difficult to imagine that with so much on hold this past year, he has not had a lot to do. Moreover, the increasing shortage of priests has meant that people with his level of experience are more and more in demand as full-time pastors and administrators.

Although Msgr. is only four years from retirement age, there has been behind-the-scenes discussion for months about asking him to take a parish. We have recently heard however that rather than becoming a pastor he will become an assistant to Bishop Whelan. This will enable him to stay here an continue to serve part-time.

Congratulations Msgr. Ivers!

Rev. Donald C. Baker Just as a point of clarification - although the recommendation of my evaluators was for me to stay for another 6 years, no decision is final until the Cardinal issues the appointment letter. I would expect that letter sometime in the next few weeks. So, we shall see- I will keep you posted!

Father Baker

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