28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 10/9/2022

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

mtyrer@stelmo79.org

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

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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

Mass Intentions

Saturday, October 8th Vigil

5:30pm William Benette

Sunday, October 9th

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00am John & Anne Marie Morandi & Marie Giaia

10:00am Giselle Peña

12:00pm For All Parishioners 5pm Mary Esguerra

Monday, October 10th Weekday 9am Edward Ford

Tuesday, October 11th Weekday 12pm Werner Hertzel

Wednesday, October 12th Weekday 12pm Brian Thompson

Thursday, October 13th Weekday 12pm Adam Armetta

Friday, October 14th Weekday 12pm Mart Shepetin

Saturday, October 15th St. Teresa of Jesus 12pm Souls in Purgatory

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

Pranvera Buzhala, 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

Today’s Readings

First Reading — Naaman, cleansed from his leprosy, returns to Elisha and pledges his belief in and allegiance to the LORD (2 Kings 5:14-17).

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

Second Reading — Remember Jesus Christ, who was raised from the dead. If we persevere, we shall reign with him (2 Timothy 2:8-13).

Gospel — After ten lepers are cleansed by Jesus, only one, a Samaritan, returns to give him thanks(Luke 17:11-19).

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: Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31 — 5:1; Ps 113:1b-5a, 6-7; Lk 11:29-32

Tuesday: Gal 5:1-6; Ps 119:41, 43-45, 47-48;Lk 11:37-41

Wednesday: Gal 5:18-25; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 11:42-46

Thursday: Eph 1:1-10; Ps 98:1-6; Lk 11:47-54

Friday: Eph 1:11-14; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13; Lk 12:1-7 Saturday: Eph 1:15-23; Ps 8:2-3ab, 4-7; Lk 12:8-12

Sunday: Ex 17:8-13; Ps 121:1-8; 2 Tm 3:14 — 4:2; Lk 18:1-8

Prayer of the Week

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

May your grace, O Lord, we pray, at all times go before us and follow after and make us always determined to carry out good works. 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.

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 – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

October 16, 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 18:1-8

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, "There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, 'Render a just decision for me against my adversary.' For a long time, the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, 'While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me, I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.'" The Lord said, "Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you; he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

Monday, October 10

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

Tuesday, October 11

Many of us are puzzled by the admonition of Jesus to “pray always”. That is because for most of us praying means the memorized prayers learned as children. How can we spend our lives reciting these repeatedly. However, the Church has a vast tradition of different forms of prayer, only some of them using words, but all of them fulfilling the classic definition of prayer:” the lifting of the mind and heart to God” What would our lives look like if we were to pray always in that way?

Wednesday, October 12

Jesus compares prayer to a widow nagging an impious judge! Never let it be said that Jesus was not provocative. But what was Jesus getting at here? Was it the nagging? Or the persistence? How are we when it comes to persistence in prayer? Do we give up when easily when we do not get an answer? Or are we persistent, trying to understand God’s will in not getting what we want?

Thursday, October 13

Jesus defines the prayer in this parable as God “securing the rights” of those who call out to him. This reflects the persecution of the first Christians who heard this Gospel passage. What is interesting is that God is seen as defending the rights of the Chosen. Prayer then, is tied to issues of justice. Do we pray that the world be more just? That we be more just with those we live with, work with and love? How is this prayer for justice answered in our lives?

Friday, October 14

Jesus promises that God’s justice will come speedily, but sadly, as we look around the world, we might beg to differ. Why is this? What does our world need to see to it that God’s justice is done speedily? And how is that justice done?

Saturday, October 15

Jesus ends the passage with a question. After speaking about prayer, he wonders if when the Son of Man returns, there will be faith. Thus, faith and prayer are linked in Jesus’ mind. That seems to be a no-brainer, for why would we pray if we did not believe? And yet, as they say, “There are no atheists in foxholes”. Many people say prayers but do it almost as kind of a bargain. Sometimes almost as if it were magic: Do A and B will happen. But prayer is not that to Jesus It is about faith, i.e. A: trusting that someone else is in control, and B: persisting in that trust. How do I see my prayer life? Do I treat it as if it were magic? OR am I one of the chosen ones Jesus speaks about who persist in trusting faith, even when it does not seem I am getting what I want?

Just a Word

From the Pastor

The Parish Feast Day 2022

It is a casualty of the ways in which our bulletins are produced that sometimes this column comments on things that seem already far in the past. However, that does not mean it is unimportant to comment.

On September 25th our Archbishop, Timothy Cardinal Dolan came to the parish. He came to bless the renovated parish center at 406 E 80th St., and to celebrate our annual Patronal Feast Day, when we honor all the patron saints of the parishes that were merged in 2015. He came because he wanted to see what had happened up here in Yorkville, more than 7 years after the merger.

Anyone who was here could see they joy on his face during the celebration, in the way he spoke of his experience, both during the mass and international food festival that followed it, and also in what he said on social media. Go to cardinaldolan.org and look for his conversation with Fr. Dave Dwyer CSP from September 27th. About five minutes into it he speaks of his experience at our parish. It is wonderful.

What he says is a compliment to everyone who reads, serves, welcomes, helps with communion, teaches, sings, works with the young as well as with seniors, everyone who works and volunteers in our parish and school. All of you have made this place the vibrant, growing Catholic parish that the Cardinal praised on Sunday and in his radio show.

Thank you again to the members of the committee who planned the international food festival, which made that day the celebration it was. There were over 20 members of the committee who volunteered their time to plan and organize, and in addition, scores of school students and parishioners who also helped to set up, organize and clean up afterwards on that weekend.

I first heard about the idea for the International Food Festival two years ago from our Senior Ministry Coordinator Anne Sabatini, who, in conversation with other members of the parish, felt we should do something to celebrate its diversity. She raised the issue in our Parish Council. Our Council did what it is good at: getting the project started, and then handing it off to a lay committee, which organized this year’s celebration. Thank you to the coordinators of that committee, Marybeth Whyte, Kim Vaccari and Gail Feiner, as well as all the others who were members of that committee.

This is how a modern parish works. People who believe that Father has to do everything, be present for everything, be the chair of every committee, the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral are frustrated by this. Some retain a nostalgic view of the Church that is served by the clergy, but as we see again and again here, the opposite is true. It isn’t by being served, but by serving, that both our faith and our parish grows.

Thank you - all of you - for your service! And if you want to get involved there are more events coming up. Our Annual Thanksgiving Community Dinner will again be held after a 3-year hiatus, at St. Stephen of Hungary School on Thanksgiving Day, November 24th, and Our Cookies, Cocoa, and Carols Celebration will take place on the steps of St. Monica Church on December 12th at 3pm. Listen to the parish announcements for opportunities to volunteer for these events.

Father Baker

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