22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 9/3/23

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

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

Mass Intentions

Saturday, September 2nd Vigil 2nd

5:30pm Dulce Maria Mar tinez de Alaimo Dulce Maria Martinez de Alaimo

Sunday, September 3rd 3rd

Twenty Second Sunday in OrdinarTime Second Sunday in OrdinarTime

8:00am Mar y Scabbo 8:00am Mary Scabbo

10:00am Antonio Tuosto

12:00pm All Parishioners All Parishioners

5pm Jozsef Tomahatsch 5pm Tomahatsch

Monday, September 4th Labor Day Monday, 4th Labor Day 9am Rober ta Chapey (Living) 9am Roberta (Living)

Tuesday, September 5th Weekday Tuesday, September 5th Weekday 12pm T hanksgiving 12pm Thanksgiving

Wednesday, September 6th Weekday 6th 12pm Priests of St. Monica’s 12pm Priests of St. Monica’s

T hur sday, September 7th Weekday Thursday, 7th 12pm Maria Teresita Litrenta (Living) Maria Teresita Litrenta

Friday, September 8th 8th

Church Address : 413 East 79th Street, NYC 10075

Parish Center: 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

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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

T he Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mar y The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 12pm Rick y K avanaugh 12pm Ricky Kavanaugh

Saturday, September 9th St. Peter Claver 9th St. Peter Claver 12pm Souls in Purg ator y 12pm Souls in Purgatory

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

Miichelle Netus, Aicardo Vargas, Jerry Schwegman, Judith Farber, Camille Madonna, Caroline Yurkutat, Christopher Elliot Lewis, Danielle Boros, Linda Clarke, Bruno Franco Adame, Michael Reilly, Marcelle Ferrier, Joanna Jack, all those ill and Victims of Military activities

PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED

Eugene Flynn, Maria de Lourdes Di Mello, Msgr. Kenneth Smith, Deacon John Kelleher, David Schaefer & Roger Rooney

Weekly Readings & Observances

Readings for the week of September 3, 2023

Sunday: Jer 20:7-9/Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 (2b)/Rom 12:1-2/Mt 16:21-27

Monday: 1 Thes 4:13-18/Ps 96:1 and 3, 4-5, 11-12, 13/Lk 4:16-30

Tuesday: 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11/Ps 27:1, 4, 1314/Lk 4:31-37

Wednesday: Col 1:1-8/Ps 52:10, 11/Lk 4:38-44

Thursday: Col 1:9-14/Ps 98:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6/Lk 5:1-11

Friday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30/Ps 13:6ab, 6c/Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 or 1:18-23

Saturday: Col 1:21-23/Ps 54:3-4, 6 and 8/Lk 6:1-5

Next Sunday: Ez 33:7-9/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 (8)/Rom 13:8-10/Mt 18:15-20

Observances for the week of September 3, 2023

Sunday: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Monday: Labor Day

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin

Mary

Saturday: St. Peter Claver, Priest

Next Sunday:23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time; Grandparents’ Day

St. Stephen of Hungary School (SSHS) offers a life changing education through a supportive, nurturing and faith-filled environment. Educating the whole child through a growth mindset, students are challenged to think critically and creatively while solving complex, real world issues in our everchanging global community.

Consider this:

Overall proficiency in Math and ELA as per the New York State Exams and in MAP Growth Subject Assessments (Kindergarten – Grade 8) ranks SSHS in the top 5 percent of schools in the Archdiocese of New York and the top 15 percentile nationally.

The Class of 2023 has received close to $1 million in merit scholarships at highly-rated high schools in the metropolitan area, including Regis High School, Convent of the Sacred Heart and Marymount School. Our dedicated and highly committed faculty work collaboratively in preparing students to be passionate leaders and life-long learners. Our campus features unique learning spaces including outdoor classrooms in our rooftop garden & turfed play yard. With a dedicated Parents Association and active SSHS Foundation, our community is truly a gem on the Upper East Side.

Choosing the right school for your children is one of the most important gifts you can bestow on them. For more information about applying to SSHS, your parish school, please email jdickson@saintstephenschool.org

Get ready for the Season of Creation!

Green Team Meeting –join us on Tuesday, September 12 at 6:30pm in the Parish Center to help finalize fall plans.

NYC Climate March –Sunday, September 17 –meet on the Church steps at 12:15pm to join this event, which begins at 1pm at 5th Avenue and 59th Street.

Blessing of Animals –Sunday, October 1, 4pm, on the Church steps.

Laudato o Si Film Screening and Discussion –Saturday, October 7 at 7pm in the St. Stephen School Auditorium.

Laudato o Si Prayer Walk in Central Park –Sunday, October 14, after the noon Mass.

Theology Thursday –Care for God’s Creation –presented by Liz Philippe –Thursday, November 16, 6:308pm in the Parish Center.

Join us for any or allthese wonderful opportunities!

Wednesdays, September 13, 20, 27, October 4, 11, 18, 2023

6:30-8:00pmin the Parish Center (406 East 80th Street)

Each session includes prayer, reflection, discussion, and mutual support. Please attend all six sessions if possible. All are welcome, even if you’ve attended past series. Please RSVP to Maryann at mtyrer@stelmo79.org, or call 212-288-6250 to register. Open to anyone who has lost a close friend or family member.

Save the date –Friday, September 15, following the 12noon Mass. Senior Ministry resumes with a special presentation:

10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's and other dementias cause memory, thinking and behavior problems that interfere with daily living. Join us to learn how to recognize common signs of the disease; how to approach someone about memory concerns; the importance of early detection and benefits of a diagnosis; possible tests and assessments for the diagnostic process, and Alzheimer's Association resources. Presented by Joon Her, Community Education Program Manager of the New York City Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.All are welcome to this session!

Parish Feast Day and International Food Festival

–Sunday, September 24, 12noon Mass to 3pm – One of our biggest parish events –you don’t want to miss out on this festive Mass, followed by a sharing of food from many different cultures! Plan to bring a tray to share of some finger food that represents your ethnic or cultural heritageand get to know your fellow parishioners as we celebrate the rich diversity of our wonderful parish.

The Memorial Acclamation

In the musical Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye talks as if sitting alongside God, giving the audience a glimpse of his ongoing relationship with the Creator. Tevye’s prayer often takes the form of a lament: “I realize, of course, it’s no shame being poor . . . but it’s no great honor, either.”

The relationship that Tevye enjoys is the fruit of the long history of the covenant relationship between God and the Jewish people expressed in Genesis 17:7: “I will maintain my covenant between me and you, and your descendants after you throughout the ages as an everlasting covenant, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.”

For Jews, being in a covenant relationship with God was grounded in the concrete experience of being delivered from slavery in Egypt. It was to know God as one who acts in freedom and out of love. For Christians, that covenant relationship is continued and renewed in the person of Jesus. We, like Tevye, are also partners in a covenant relationship and in conversation with God, who continues to act in freedom and out of love.

This dialogue between God and God’s people is expressed throughout the liturgy, and especially in the Memorial Acclamation. After the words of consecration in the Eucharistic Prayer, the priest says or sings “The mystery of faith,” and the assembly responds by singing one of the following acclamations:

• We proclaim your Death, O Lord, / and profess your Resurrection / until you come again.

• When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, / we proclaim your Death, O Lord, / until you come in again.

• Save us, Savior of the world, / for by your Cross and Resurrection / you have set us free.

Notice that these statements are directed to Christ, which is why they are called acclamations.

An acclamation is directed to someone, and a proclamation is a statement about someone. The assembly not only affirms their faith in the death and Resurrection of Christ, but also acknowledge their share in the experience of the death and Resurrection of Jesus. The first two acclamations recognize that the faithful remain pilgrims on a journey who await the Lord’s Second Coming. The third acclaims that the faithful are set free for that very journey.

May these acclamations help us, like Tevye, to be faithful partners in our ongoing relationship with God.

Photo © John Zich. Excerpt from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. Permission to publish granted by the Archdiocese of Chicago on October 25, 2018.

In the Memorial Acclamation, the assembly acknowledges their faith in the death and Resurrection of Christ as well as their share in that experience.

Five Minute Jesus

The Gospel according to Matthew 18:15-20

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Just a Word

From the Pastor 09.03.2023

RIP David Schaefer

As many of you know by now, David Schaefer the parish music director before John Zupan, died suddenly on Monday August 7th. While many of our current parishioners never knew David, those of us who have been around for a while remember his music and everything he did for the parish.

What many did not know was that David’s “day job” was as an ordained Rabbi. Thus, he brought with him an interfaith Rosh Hashana, and a yearly interfaith Passover Service. He was also a composer, and some of his liturgical music was well known to parishioners.

David’s funeral service took place on August 16th at Riverside Memorial Chapel on the West Side. However, on Sunday, September 10th, from staring at 2:30pm, we will be honoring David here at St. Monica’s with a memorial service featuring music he composed over the years.

All are invited to this service, but if you cannot come, and even if you can, there is something you might do. Kaddish is the Jewish prayer that mourners recite during the bereavement period and on anniversaries of the death of a loved one. Most non-Jews have heard of this mysterious prayer but have no idea what it contains. It is not a prayer of mourning and loss but of thanksgiving to God and a prayer for peace. It is, in a way, linked to the song of the Angels on the night of Jesus’ birth – that song we sing almost every Sunday, “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of good will”. Both are rooted in praise of God and prayer for peace on earth.

In honor of David’s interfaith life and work, you might consider, here at church before or during mass, or at id himself used at services:

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livrakha. May his name be a blessing.

Father Baker