Our Lord Jesus Christ, King Of The Universe11/20/2022

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 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

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

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 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

Mass Intentions

Saturday, November 19th Vigil 5:30pm Souls in Purgatory

Sunday, November 20th Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 8:00am Marcella Flanagan (Living) 10:00am Hugo Alberto Litrenta (Living) 12:00pm All Parishioners 5pm Joan Carroll

Monday, November 21st The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 12pm Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 22nd St. Cecilia 12pm Edward Zyman

Wednesday, November 23rd Weekday 12pm Dominick Foresto

Thursday, November 24th Thanksgiving Day 9am John Lynch

Friday, November 24th 9am Maria Cecilia Litrenta (Living)

Saturday, November 25th Weeday 9am Pedro Ant. Litrenta, Jr.

For Mass Intentions, please visit the Parish Center

Sanctuary Lamp

This Week’ Sanctuary Lamp

In Memory of Thomas Ayastury Litrenta

Offered by Maria Litrenta

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

Msgr. Leslie Ivers, Joe Grande, Steve Janec, Holly Leber, John Mulvey, Madeleine Tipton, Cindy Garnica Castro, Kathleen Roche, Jennie Marmo, and all those ill with or recovering from the COVID-19 virus and all Victims of Military Activities

PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED

Terry Tejada, Eileen Janec, Kathleen Bohan, Msgr. Anthony Marchitelli & James Roche

Baptism Announcement

Today, November 20th there will be a Baptism service at the 1:30pm

At this service we will be baptizing:

Olivia Brielle Ambrosio

Please join us in congratulating: Joseph R. Ambrosio & Alexadra Elia on their children’s new life in Christ

Bap sm Services are open for members of the parish to join in the welcoming of our newest members

Today’s Readings

First Reading — David is anointed king of Israel (2 Samuel 5:1-3).

Psalm — Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord (Psalm 122).

Second Reading — The Father delivered us to the kingdom of his beloved Son (Colossians 1:12-20).

Gospel — The repentant criminal receives Jesus’ promise of Paradise (Luke 23:35-43).

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: Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5; Ps 24:1bc-4ab, 5-6;Lk 21:1-4

Tuesday: Rv 14:14-19; Ps 96:10-13; Lk 21:5-11

Wednesday: Rv 15:1-4; Ps 98:1-3ab, 7-9; Lk 21:12-19

Thursday: Rv 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 21:20-28

Thanksgiving Day (suggested): Sir 50:22-24; Ps 145:2-11; 1 Cor 1:3-9;Lk 17:11-19

Friday: Rv 20:1-4, 11 — 21:2; Ps 84:3-6a, 8a; Lk 21:29-33

Saturday: Rv 22:1-7; Ps 95:1-7ab; Lk 21:34-36

Sunday: Is 2:1-5; Ps 122:1-9; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44

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 admissions to our parish school? admissions@saintstephenschool.org

In partnership with the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Services in East Harlem, our parish offers the following opportunities for holiday giving:

ANNUAL THANKSGIVING FOOD COLLECTION

November 12-20, 2022

Bring non-perishable food items (no glass!) to the St. Joseph altar of St. Monica Churchduring these dates Special need for holiday season food, and shelf-stable, readyto-heat meals

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOY COLLECTION

December 3-11, 2022

Bring NEW, unwrapped toysfor children of anyage to the St. Joseph altar at St. Monica Churchduring these dates If the toy needs batteries, please consider attaching a pack of the appropriate size needed.

From our parishioner, Sr. Susanne Lachapelle, LSA: “Your generosity is overwhelming and unbelievable. Much gratitude for all you sharewith our center.”

Five Minute Jesus

Using the Gospel for Prayer – First Sunday of Advent November 27, 2022

It is simple. Read the Gospel for the following Sunday slowly, reflecting on the story it tells. Consider the questions suggested for each day. What conversion of mind, heart, and life might the Lord be asking of you? Make a resolution about how what you read and reflect upon can be lived that day. Thank God for speaking to you through this reflection.

Matthew 24:37-44

Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. In those days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, up to the day that Noah entered the ark. They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away. So will it also be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be out in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left. Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.”

Monday, November 21

What word or words in this passage caught my attention? Comforted me? Challenged me? What conversion of mind, heart, and life is the Lord asking of me?

Tuesday, November 22

In the time before the flood, people were very busy with the task of everyday life. We, too, lead busy lives. How can I make more time for God in the busyness of daily life? How can I become more attentive to the presence of God in the everyday aspects of my life?

Wednesday, November 23

The Gospel certainly conveys a sense of urgency. Do these challenging times in which we live, amid political, economic, and social division, cause me to have a similar sense? What do I feel urgent about? Do I bring these feelings to prayer, or do I just worry about them? Remember what Padre Pio said: “Pray! Worry is useless.”

Thursday, November 24

Jesus says, “One will be taken, and one will be left.” When have I felt left out or forgotten? How can I learn to notice and reach out to those on the margins?

Friday, November 25

In the Gospel Jesus urges the disciples to “stay awake!” What is Jesus calling you to “wake up” to this Advent?

Saturday, November 26

On this Liturgical New Year’s Day, what resolutions about my spiritual life can I make not only for this Advent but for the coming year? If you just make one and stick to it, that’s God’s grace at work in your life.

From

Msgr. Ivers

While many people were here last weekend to hear my announcement at the end of mass, since it was a holiday weekend, some might not have heard that Msgr. Ivers felt last week. This past August he had his knee replaced. On Monday night, the muscles which were attached to that knee tore, causing him to fall. As of this writing, he is in the Hospital for Special Surgery, where on Thursday, November 10th, he had an operation which reattached those muscles. He will then be moved back to the Egan Pavilion in Riverdale, NY, a care facility for priests of the Archdiocese, for physical therapy, which can only really begin when the cast is removed from his leg, sometime after Christmas.

What does that mean for us as a parish? It means that we will be a one-priest parish. I won’t be the only priest saying mass here of course. Fathers Tony Ciorra and Ed Beck will continue to help us on weekends, and even on weekdays, so that I can continue having days off. Moreover, Fr. Brian Smail, OFM has graciously offered to help as well, and so together with them I will be able to assemble a mass schedule . . .

. . . Except for when I will not be able to. These priests all have their own lives and ministries and there will come times during the week, when they will be unavailable. If I must be away as well, and there are no other priests available, we will replace the celebration of the mass with a communion service.

What is a communion service? It is a liturgy which begins in the same way as a regular mass, with readings, prayers, and a sermon/reflection on the readings. However, after the Prayers of the Faithful, the lay minister leading the service will go to the tabernacle and bring the already consecrated hosts to the altar. The congregation will then pray the Our Father and receive communion. The minister will return the eucharist to the tabernacle, and the service concludes with a prayer.

The service will be led by our Pastoral Associate, Maryann Tyrer. Maryann has the necessary theological and pastoral training and experience to lead such services. She has already led such services here, for example, on Ash Wednesday.

This service is not a mass. While we will pray for the intention of the mass that was supposed to be said, we will move the intention to the nearest available date, so that the sacrifice of the mass can be offered for the intention.

So: Change has come. It is not unexpected, in that the number of priests has been shrinking for years, and many other parishes have only one resident priest. Now it is our turn. Those of you who have come to know me know that when faced with change, I believe that there are two reactions: to react or to act. I believe in action. Hence, we will begin to live with this new reality. In fact, we will thrive with it. We have so many committed parishioners, lay ministers, parents, teachers, school, and parish staff, that many people will not even notice the change – we have actually been preparing for this eventuality for years – It would have come to pass in a couple of years when Msgr. Ivers retired. Now due to his health issues, it has arrived earlier.

We hope that Msgr. Ivers recovers fully and can return to our rectory and our parish, though the stairs will undoubtedly prove a challenge for him, even after his physical therapy. Nevertheless, he will always remain part of our parish family. Please pray for him, and for our parish.

Fr Baker

Women of Advent