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Pastor: Rev. Donald C. Baker .......................... frdcab@stelmo79.org
Wednesday, September 7th Weekday 12pm Maria Teresita Litrenta (Living)
Music Director: Mr. John Zupan .................... jzupan@stelmo79.org
Tuesday, September 6th Weekday 12pm Edward C. Flanagan
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 12pm Giselle Peña Friday, September 9th St. Peter Claver 12pm Cameron Villafuerte
Saturday, September 10th Weekday 12pm Brian Thompson For Mass Intentions, please visit the Parish Center
Our Offices are open: Monday & Wednesday................................. . 9am - 4pm Tuesday - Thursday 9am - 7pm Friday Closed 10am - 2pm Closed Closed for Lunch Weekdays..................1pm - 2pm Visit us at: www.STELMO79.org
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.
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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
Plant Manager: Guillermo Vanegas ......... gvanegas@stelmo79.org
Rev. Msgr. Leslie J. Ivers ........................... msgrlivers@stelmo79.org
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00am Marie Gioia 10:00am Syed Hussain 12:00pm For All Parishioners 5pm Dolores Wall Monday, September 5th Weekday (USA Labor Day) 9AM Elizabeth Gyenis
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Mission Statement Daily Mass: Mon-Sat, 12 noon Saturday Vigil: 5:30pm Sunday: 8am, 10am, 12pm & 5pm Confessions: Saturdays at 5pm or by appointment Parish Staff
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Saturday, September 3rd Vigil 5:30pm Mackessy Family (Living) Sunday, September 4th
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Sacristan: Pedro Pizarro ................................ ppizarro@stelmo79.org
Weekend Associate: ................................ Rev. Anthony Ciorra, IVD Weekend Associate:...............................................Rev. Edward Beck, CP Pastoral Associate: Ms. Maryann Tyrer ........ mtyrer@stelmo79.org
Administrative Assistant: Gladys Tejada ..... gtejada@stelmo79.org
Thursday, September 8th
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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.
Today’s Readings
First Reading — Who can ever know God’s counsel unless God gives wisdom and sends the Holy Spirit from on high? (Wisdom 9:13-18b).
Every Friday after the Noon Mass until 3pm in the church and live on-line Miraculous Medal on Mondays after Mass in the church and live on-line Prayed every Friday at 3pm in the church and live Everyon-lineFriday at 5:10pm in the Chapel and live Saturdayson-lineat 5pm or by appointment
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK Bessie McKenna, Kiana O’Brien, Frank Tanzella, Dolores Kubera, Msgr. Leslie Ivers, Mary Hunphrey, Salman Rushdic and all those ill with or recovering from the COVID-19 virus and all Victims of Military Activities
VespersDevotions(Evening
Tuesday: 1 Cor 6:1-11; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 6:12-19
Readings for the Week
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Anointing of the sick
Every third Saturday of the Month after the noon Mass.
Gospel — To be a disciple of Jesus one must carry one’s own cross and renounce all possessions (Luke 14:25-33).
Monday: 1 Cor 5:1-8; Ps 5:5-7, 12; Lk 6:6-11, or, for Labor Day, any readings from the Mass “For the Blessings of Human Labor,” nos. 907-911
Wednesday: 1 Cor 7:25-31; Ps 45:11-12, 14-17; Lk 6:20-26 Thursday: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 [18-23]
PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED Antonio Reyes, Carmen Rodriguez, Sophie Twarog, Tommy Pino, Allan Kornblun & Antonio Reyes
Communion for the Homebound: Baptisms & Marriages
Divine Mercy
Second Reading — Paul asks Philemon to accept back his slave Onesimus, not as a slave but as a brother (Philemon 9-10, 12-17).
Friday: 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22b-27; Ps 84:3-6, 12; Lk 6:39-42 Saturday: 1 Cor 10:14-22; Ps 116:12-13, 17-18; Lk 6:43-49 Sunday: Ex 32:7-11, 13-14; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19; 1 Tm 1:12-17; Lk 15:1-32 [1-10]
Psalm — In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge (Psalm 90).
Please call the rectory office for more information.Ifyouknow 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.
Principal: Ms. Allyson
PRAYER OF THE WEEK
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O God, by whom we are redeemed and receive adoption,look graciously upon your beloved sons and daughters, that those who believe in Christ may receive true freedom and an everlasting inheritance. 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.
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Just a Word From the Pastor 09.04.22
The truth is that our Labor Day was established independently, around the same time as the May 1 st celebration to commemorate a successful march of various labor organizations in New York 1882. But whether on May 1 or on the first Monday in September, the idea that we would have a holiday that would commemorate, not a king or a president, not a saint or a victory in battle, but the common laborer was, and still should be, revolutionary.
The fact that it is a day where the worker does not have to work, reflects the original meaning of a “holiday” –a HOLY day – A sabbath, or in other words, a day of rest. A day to give thanks to God, in this case for the gift of labor, and everything that comes from it. Most of us Americans, no matter what our religious persuasion, have lost this connection – especially the giving thanks part. But this Monday take a moment – To rest. To give thanks. We have come through the past couple of years challenged but not conquered, burdened but not broken. As we move into the fall our nation and our world still face many threats and challenges. But Monday, we are given the blessing of rest. Use it. Maybe even attend daily mass, which on Labor Day will be at 9am.
The Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Chapel When people hear us refer to this chapel, they ask me where it is. Some think it is on E 83rd Street. But, no, that is the Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, which was merged with St. Stephen and St. Monica in 2015 and is now closed. The chapel of St. Elizabeth of Hungary is in the parish center. The parish center, at 406 E 80th St. was originally the convent for the nuns who taught in St. Monica Catholic School, until the school closed in the early 70s. Many of our parishioners know that this is where the parish offices and our religious education programs are housed. But most are not aware of the chapel, which was originally the convent chapel. We put a public entrance on the chapel, and renovated the interior, making the space into a flexible room that can be used for sacred as well as secular events. I wanted to name the chapel after St. Elizabeth so that the merged parish might have some part of it dedicated to that saint which was once honored by the parish of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. If you walk past the parish center these days and look in the glass wall that makes up the street facing side of the chapel, you will see a large icon behind the altar. This icon is dedicated to St. Elizabeth and depicts scenes from her life’s story. In its center you will see her receiving bread and roses from Jesus, symbols which feature prominently in that story. This icon was just completed in collaboration with Father Peter Pearson, who comes each year to lead our icon painting seminars. It will be blessed, along with the rest of the parish center, by Cardinal Dolan when he comes to our parish to celebrate our parish’s celebration of St. Monica, St. Elizabeth and St. Stephen on September 25th.
The fall is coming!
Father Baker
Labor Day If you have any European friends, sooner or later you will have gotten the question: “Labor Day? In September? Why don’t you celebrate Labor Day on the first of May like everyone else?” Most of us don’t have an answer. It seems like everyone has long since celebrated the First of May as Labor Day, and we Americans changed it, because well, we did not want to celebrate it on the same day as those “socialists” who established the May first celebration in honor of the Haymarket Riots, a labor uprising in Chicago in 1886.
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