30th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 23, 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

Mass Intentions

Saturday, October 22nd Vigil

5:30pm Joseph Corey

Sunday, October 23rd Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Pastor: Rev. Donald C. Baker

msgrlivers@stelmo79.org

frdcab@stelmo79.org Rev. Msgr. Leslie J. Ivers

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 Of

ces are open:

8:00am Walter Parley 10:00am Estrella & Felimon Flores 12:00pm All Parishioners 5pm Jozsef Tomahatsch

Monday, October 24th Weekday 12pm Janina Furmanek

Tuesday, October 25th Weekday 12pm Dr. Vanes Bellevue

Wednesday, October 26th Weekday 12pm Theresa O’Keeffe

Thursday, October 27th Weekday 12pm Laura Soledad Litrenta (Living)

Monday & Wednesday.................................

9am - 4pm Tuesday - Thursday

9am - 7pm Friday

Closed Saturday

10am - 2pm Sunday

Closed Closed for Lunch Weekdays..................1pm - 2pm

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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

Friday, October 28th St. Simon & St. Jude 12pm Timothy J. & Agnes McCrohan

Saturday, October 29th Weekday 12pm Anna Corra

For Mass Intentions, please visit the Parish Center

Every Friday after the Noon Mass until 3pm in the church and live on-line

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 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.

Please call the rectory office for more information.

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 Gretty Beradin, Jennie Marmo, Danielle Boros, Ilene Marzek, and all those ill with or recovering from the COVID-19 virus and all Victims of Military Activities

PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED William Ferrari, Frank Tanzella & Cynthia Maskiel

Today’s Readings

First Reading — The LORD is a God of justice who hears the cry of the oppressed, the orphan, the widow, the lowly (Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18).

Psalm — The Lord hears the cry of the poor (Psalm 34).

Second Reading — The crown of righteousness awaits me (2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18).

Gospel — The tax collector stood at a distance, beat his breast, and prayed, “O God, be merciful to me, a sinner” (Luke 18:9-14).

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 4:32 — 5:8; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 13:10-17

Tuesday: Eph 5:21-33 or 5:2a, 25-33; Ps 128:1-5; Lk 13:18-21

Wednesday: Eph 6:1-9; Ps 145:10-14; Lk 13:22-30

Thursday: Eph 6:10-20; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Lk 13:31-35

Friday: Eph 2:19-22; Ps 19:2-5; Lk 6:12-16

Saturday: Phil 1:18b-26; Ps 42:2, 3, 5cdef; Lk 14:1, 7-11

Sunday: Wis 11:22 — 12:2; Ps 145:1-2, 8-11, 13-14; 2 Thes 1:11 — 2:2; Lk 19:1-10

Prayer of the Week

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Almighty ever-living God, increase our faith, hope and charity, and make us love what you command, so that we may merit what you promise. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

Communion for the Homebound:

Baptisms & Marriages

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.

Remembering the Deceased

Traditionally, our Church prays for our Faithful Departed throughout the month of November. Our Parish Bereavement Ministry invites youto participate in any of (or all)of the following parish ways to remember our loved ones.

St. Joseph Altar: Images and Names of Our Loved Ones

All are invited to place a framed photo of a deceased loved one on the St. Joseph Altar in St. Monica’s Church during the month of November. Simply bring your picture to the sacristy before or after Mass, and then you can take your picture home at the end of the month.Envelopes arealso available for offerings. List your loved ones on the envelope and drop it in the collection. The envelopes will remain on our main altar to be remembered in prayer throughout the month of November.

Memorial Mass: For our loved ones who have died in the past year

All Souls Day Wednesday, November 2, 6:30pm St. Monica’s Church

If you have lost loved ones in the past year, please submit their names on the parish website, or to the parish office, by Friday, October 28. We will then include these names in a Litany of Remembrance during this Mass.

Morning of Reflection: Facing the Holidays

After the Loss of a Loved One

Saturday, November 19, 8:30am (Withcoffee and doughnuts) and concludes with Noon Mass St. Monica’s Church

If you are grieving the loss of a loved one, the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season can be especially painful. Expectations, seasonal events, and the celebration of those around us often collide with our loss and sadness. Join us for this morning ofprayer, reflection, and ritual. Find comfort and hope in our faith, and in practical suggestions for navigating the holiday season. If you haven’t already done so, you are welcome to bring a photo of your loved one to place on our St. Joseph altar during this event and leave it for the remainder of the month of November.Please RSVP by Tuesday, November 15so we have sufficient refreshments and materials.

Contacts: Parish Website www.stelmo79.orgParish Center Office: 212-288-6250 Pastoral Associate: Maryann Tyrermtyrer@stelmo79.org

Five Minute Jesus Using the Gospel for Prayer – 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time October 30, 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 of you? 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 19:1-10

At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was. but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So, he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house."

And he came down quickly and received him with joy. When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner." But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I shall repay it four times over." And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost."

Monday, October 24

Was there something in this passage that spoke to you? Comforted you? Challenged you? What was it? Why did it influence you?

Tuesday, October 25

Zacchaeus was a tax collector and a wealthy man. Right away we learn that there was every reason for people to resent him. If he was wealthy, he made collecting exorbitant taxes for the Romans. He was the classic definition of a sinner in the eyes of Jesus’ own people. Some things never change. Are there people I resent? Do I even know the people I resent or are the part of a “group” that I resent? Where does that resentment come from?

Wednesday, October 26

According to his neighbors, Zacchaeus was a sinner. Yet he had a desire to see Jesus – a desire so strong that he climbed up into a tree to see him as he passed by. What would cause this desire in him? Have I ever had a desire so strong that I would do something crazy like climb a tree? What would cause me to do something like that? What Caused Zacchaeus to do it?

Thursday, October 27

Not only did Zacchaeus see Jesus: Jesus saw him and announced in front of everyone that that instead of passing through the Jericho, which was his original intent, he would stop to stay in of all places, this sinner’s house. The people grumbled against Jesus because of this. What does this say about Jesus’ attitude towards people who are judged by others as sinners. What is my attitude towards People who do not follow Religious Law, Church teaching or its moral rules? How can Jesus’ attitude inform my own?

Friday, October 28

Zacchaeus, however, will not be so easily judged by others. He declares that he will give up his fortunes, and return any money of that which he deserved, essentially undoing people’s complaints against him. Clearly for him, revealing who he truly is to all those people who so easily judged him was expensive. Have we ever had to do the like? If so, what did it cost us? If not, what are we afraid it will cost?

Saturday, October 29

Jesus declares that salvation has come to Zacchaeus’ house, due to his willingness to give. IT proves, according to Jesus that despite the judgments of others, Zacchaeus is a “child of Abraham” and not a traitor for working for the Roman Empire. And yet, nowhere does it say he renounced being a tax collector! It simply implies that from now on he will be a fair one. What does that say to us about people we judge as somehow being in the wrong group? How does God see them? How do I?

Just a Word

Walking the Talk

Anyone who is a New Yorker long enough knows how foundational immigration has been to the city. Along with that immigration comes poverty and discrimination . The poor arrive, and those who a generation before were immigrants themselves often discriminate against the newcomers. One need goes no further than the Irish pub where the owners have hung a reproduction of those 19th century “Irish need not apply” signs to remember that discrimination against the immigrant is universal in America. That discrimination often leads to a cycle of exclusion, poverty and crime as new immigrant struggle to make a home here amongst older, more established groups.

However, some believed that this cycle of poverty and crime could be remedied. In 1891 the Little Sisters of The Assumption arrived from France. They went to where the immigrants were: the Lower East Side. The eventually followed them as immigrant groups moved, first to Yorkville, and then in 1958 to East Harlem, where an older population of Italian Americans was being supplanted by Puerto Ricans and Spanish-speaking immigrants. There they hoped to partner with other faith groups and city health organizations to better the lives of these immigrant communities. The Little Sisters of the Assumption continue the work of their founders to this day. Their LSA Family Health Services at 333 East 115th Street offers health care and programming to the city’s poor and immigrant communities.

Nowadays those services are needed more than ever. The growing number of asylum seekers, undocumented immigrants and, increasingly, climate refugees coming to our country and being shipped north by southern governors is overwhelming the charity upon which LSA Family Health Services depends.

Our parish has partnered with the Little Sisters for years, providing food for their pantry, school supplies for their children and clothing for their thrift store. Now however, they need us more than ever.

If you wish to help the Little Sisters need: Socks - one size fits all Men’s underwear - size medium Warm jackets - sizes med and large Sweatpants – small, med or lg Jeans - size 32 and 34 Sweatshirts - size med back packs, Gloves, scarves, woolen hats Men’s Sneakers used or new and boots - size 7, 8, or 9

If you wish to help you can drop off used items at their East 115 St address, or just order direct from Amazon and have them sent there. Please do not bring them to us. The Little Sisters do not have the staff these days to send someone to pick up your donations here.

For generations we have been blessed to have groups of men and women religious do the works of charity for us. Now as their numbers decline, God challenges us to help in the Corporal Works of Mercy. There are many things we can do, but as our partners in ministry, our parish has committed itself to aid the Little Sisters. I hope you can help too.

Father Baker

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