29th Sunday in Ordinary Time - October 16, 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

Rev. Msgr. Leslie J. Ivers

Weekend Associate:

Weekend

Pastoral Associate: Ms. Maryann Tyrer

Music Director: Mr. John Zupan

frdcab@stelmo79.org

msgrlivers@stelmo79.org

Rev. Anthony Ciorra, IVD

Edward Beck, CP

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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

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

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ces are open:

Monday & Wednesday................................. . 9am - 4pm Tuesday - Thursday

9am - 7pm Friday

Closed Saturday

10am - 2pm Sunday

Closed for Lunch

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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, October 15th Vigil

5:30pm Kevin Boland

Sunday, October 16th

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00am Mary Noonan

10:00am Jorge A. Lopez-Evejero 12:00pm All Parishioners

5pm Rita Reilly

Monday, October 17th

St. Ignatius of Antioch 12pm Msgr. Ferdinando Berardi

Tuesday, October 18th St. Luke 12pm Priests of St. Monica’s

Wednesday, October 19th

St. John de Brebeuf & Issac Jogues 12pm Pablo Damian Litrenta (Living)

Thursday, October 20th Weekday

12pm Mary McCarthy

Friday, October 21st Weekday 12pm Kathleen M. Reddington

Saturday, October 22nd Weekday 12pm Liliana R. Caniggia Litrenta (Living)

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 Danielle Boros, Ilene Marzek, Pranvera Buzhada, Glenda Limongi, Nigel Hall and all those ill with or recovering from the COVID-19 virus and all Victims of Military Activities

PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED

Theresa Vasquez, Msgr. Joachim Olendzki, William Ferrari, Frank Tanzella, Cynthia Maskiell, Kathleen Bohan, Barbara O’Carroll & Barbara Sova

Baptism Announcement

Today, October 16th there will be a Baptism service at 1:30pm. At this service we will be baptizing:

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

Today’s Readings

First Reading — As long as Moses’ hands were kept uplifted, Joshua and his men had the better part of the battle with Amalek (Exodus 17:8-13).

Psalm — Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth (Psalm 121).

Second Reading — Remain faithful; proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or not (2 Timothy 3:14 — 4:2). Gospel — God will secure the rights of the chosen who call out day and night (Luke 18:1-8).

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: Eph 2:1-10; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 12:13-21

Tuesday: 2 Tm 4:10-17b; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Lk 10:1-9

Wednesday: Eph 3:2-12; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 12:39-48

Thursday: Eph 3:14-21; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19; Lk 12:49-53

Friday: Eph 4:1-6; Ps 24:1-4ab, 5-6; Lk 12:54-59

Saturday: Eph 4:7-16; Ps 122:1-5; Lk 13:1-9 Sunday: Sir 35:12-14, 16-18; Ps 34:2-3, 17-19, 23; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 16-18; Lk 18:9-14

Willow M. & Arlo R. Schwalb

Please join us in congratulating: Ronald R Schwalb & Ela M. Irias on their children’s new life in Christ

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

Message from St. Stephen of Hungary School, our parish school.

We are pleased to announce that the Application for the 2023-2024 school year is now available. Please refer to the school website for details. https://www.saintstephenschool.org/

SSHS Siblings and Parishioners of St. Monica-St. Elizabeth of Hungary - St. Stephen of Hungary Church are encouraged to apply. Please submit your application by November 1, 2022 to be considered in the first wave of applications.

You are welcome to register for Fall Open House starting at 8:30 am:

Please email Judy Dickson, Director of Admissions, admissions@saintstephenschool.org with any questions. We appreciate your help in spreading the word to your friends and neighbors.

JOIN US FOR OUR UPCOMING EVENT!

ALZHEIMER'S WALK -MANHATTAN

October 22, 2022

Join TEAM StElMo for this short charity walk (only 2 miles along the Battery) that will make a big difference in treatment and research for Alzheimer's disease. Walk with our team, sponsor a walker, or come down to the Seaport to cheer us on!

When: Saturday, October 22, 2022 Check in 8:30-9:30am Opening Ceremony at 10am Walk begins at 10:15am (end times vary for this 2 mile stroll)

Where: The Seaport, Piers 16 & 17, 89 South Street, Manhattan Accessible by bus (M15SBS to Fulton St.), subway (4/5 or A/C or 2/3 Fulton St. stops), or ferry (Wall St./Pier 11)

Two of us represented our parish in 2021.

of Team StElMo

Church of St. Monica -St. Elizabeth of Hungary

2022!

Stephen of Hungary

Five Minute Jesus

Using the Gospel for Prayer – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 23, 2022

It is simple. Read the Gospel for the following Sunday slowly, reflecting on the story it tells. 2 Consider the questions suggested for each day 3 What conversion of mind, heart, and life is the Lord asking ofyou? 4. Make a resolution about how what you read can be lived that day. 5. Thank God for speaking to you through this reflection.

Lk 18:9-14

Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. "Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, 'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity -- greedy, dishonest, adulterous -- or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.' But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, 'O God, be merciful to me a sinner.' I tell you; the latter went home justified, not the former; for whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

Monday, October 17

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

Tuesday, October 18

Luke indicates that this story is directed at those who “were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else.” Have we ever known anyone like this? Have we ever been one of that type of person, even if just a little? If so, when? why? And what happened?

Wednesday, October 19

Both the Pharisee and the Tax Collector turn up frequently in Jesus’ parables. They are symbols for two types of people: the ones who follow the law and judge others, and the sinners who nonetheless wish their lives were different. The story invites us to ask. Which are we?

Thursday, October 20

The Pharisee is aware of his ability to follow the God’s Law. However, what does he lack? The Tax Collector is aware only of his sinfulness. What does he need? If we were to speak with each of them, what would we say? How would we challenge the Pharisee and the Tax collector?

Friday, October 21

In an astonishing turn, Jesus says that the Law-loving Pharisee is not justified. But the Tax collector is. Why? What does the Tax Collector have that the Pharisee lacked? Do we have it as well, or do we need it every bit as much as the Pharisee?

Saturday, October 22

The final sentence in the passage is a saying of Jesus; we encounter it in other places in the Gospels. We can well imagine how those who exalt themselves are humbled. But how are the humbled, exalted? Have we ever been exalted? How did it happen and why? And how did humility have anything to do with it?

Just a Word

Visible Words

Catholics are “sacramental people”. We love sacraments. In fact, sacraments were one of the problems which brought about the Protestant Reformation. Part of the “protest” was the way Catholics clung to sacraments rather than the Word of God, for faith and salvation. Even in Protestant traditions with strong sacramental theology (Lutherans, Anglicans, and some Reformed Churches), sacraments soon became sidelined in favor of the sermon.

Ever since the 20th century however, Catholics have emphasized the Word of God, placing it side by side with sacraments, and seeing them as different dimensions of the God’s one promise made in Jesus Christ. You might almost call sacraments “visible words”: through ritual and proclamation, they “enact” God’s love, forgiveness, acceptance, care, and faithfulness.

Some sacraments can be celebrated only once. We can be baptized only once, confirmed only once, ordained only once. Sacramental marriage can happen only once, but since the marriage bond lasts only until death, the surviving spouse can marry again after the death of their partner. Some sacraments are meant to be received again and again. Eucharist (communion) is one of those sacraments. So is the sacrament of Penance (confession). And so is the sacrament of Holy Anointing

The sacrament of Holy Anointing goes back to the Bible (James 5:14-15), where blessed oil was prepared and people who were sick were anointed, i.e., the oil was rubbed or poured on them along with prayers for forgiveness and healing. Over the centuries, because of its link with forgiveness and healing, anointing of the sick became anointing of the dying. This is the origin of the “Last Rites” which are so popular in catholic culture, with the priest being called at the last minute to administer this sacrament, supposed to keep the dying person out of hell.

While the Church has changed none of its teaching concerning the essence of Holy Anointing, two things have happened which have transformed its practice:

The Church now emphasizes that the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is not just a prayer of forgiveness for the dying, but also of healing for the living. People who are ill should avail themselves of this sacrament not just once but regularly.

The growing lack of priests means that very often priests are not available at the moment of death. Families wrongly wait to have their dying loved ones anointed, then are angered when they discover that a priest is unavailable. The priest is then blamed for not caring. Priests for their part are frustrated, for if the family had only called at the onset of illness, a time could have been arranged.

For this reason, the third Saturday of every month, following the noon mass, we offer the Sacrament of the Sick to all who wish to receive it. If you are ill, especially seriously ill, please come and be anointed. In this way should (God forbid), anything happens, it will not be necessary for you to be anointed again. (Make sure your loved ones know this.)

Also, all hospitals in the Archdiocese of New York have chaplains with access to priests who anoint Catholic patients. Often, they do it automatically when you are admitted. But if they do not, you are in the hospital, and are seriously ill, request that a Catholic priest come and anoint you immediately. Do not wait.

In this way we place Holy Anointing in its more proper context as a sacrament for the living, rather than the dying, yet still respect the comfort the sacrament gives to those who are seriously, even terminally ill. We also make it possible for more people to receive it even as the ministers who can anoint grow fewer in number.

Father Baker

. . . One final note: All sacraments are for the living. Just as we would not marry a dead person, we do not anoint them. If a person has died, we pray for them, and the best prayer in that case is a funeral mass.

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