The Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena

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1 The Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena church of st. VIncent Ferrer: 869 Lexington Ave, New York, NY church of st. catherine of siena: 411 East 68 th Street, New York, NY (212) January 21, rd Sunday in Ordinary Time ParIsh study on JereMIah This Spring, Fr. Albert Paretsky, o.p. will lead a Parish Study series on the Book of Jeremiah. Continuing on January 23 and continuing through March 20, the class will meet each Tuesday evening from 6:45 7:45 pm in the Lower Church (Parish Hall) of St. Vincent Ferrer. second collection this Weekend Today there will be a second collection to help the parish's Deficit Reduction. Members of the Social Concerns Committee will collect donations for Food Sunday. Thank you for your generostiy and support. conversion of st. Paul The Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul will be celebrated on Thursday, January 25 with a Sung Mass at 6 pm at St. Vincent Ferrer. ParIsh coffee next Weekend Join us for coffee (tea), cake, and conversation next Sunday, January 28 following the 10 am Mass at St. Catherine of Siena. PresentatIon of the lord Friday, February 2nd, is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, commonly known as Candlemas. There will be a special Solemn Mass at 6:30 pm at St. Catherine of Siena that will include a candlelight procession. The Schola Cantorum will sing music of 20 th century Britain: Ralph Vaughan Williams's Mass in G minor, Gustav Holst's Nunc dimittis, Sir William McKie's We wait for thy loving kindness, and Charles Wood's Hail, gladdening light. A reception will follow in St. Dominic Hall. Mardi Gras Party - Save the Date! Our annual Parish Mardi Gras Party, with buffet dinner, music, and raffles, will be held on Saturday, February 10, at 6:30 pm, in St. Dominic Hall at St. Catherine s. Tickets for the party can be purchased for $35 per person for adults, children are free. Tickets can be purchased after all Masses beginning next weekend, as well as in the Parish Office at St. Vincent s and St. Catherine s during the week. Please join us for what will surely be a fun-filled evening! Voces8 In concert On Friday, March 2 at 8 pm at St. Vincent Ferrer, the renowned British a cappella octet VOCES8 will give its premiere concert in New York City. This group has rocketed to stardom since it was formed in 2005 and is now established as one of the worlds most versatile and best-loved singing groups. Touring extensively throughout Europe, North America, and Asia, the ensemble performs a repertory from Renaissance polyphony to contemporary commissions and arrangements. Tickets are available on the Parish's website. For more information, contact James Wetzel at jwetzel@svsc.info or (212) Mass and confessions st. VIncent Ferrer Saturday Vigil: 6:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 12:00 noon, 6:00 pm Weekdays: 8:00 am, 12:10 pm, 6:00 pm Saturday: 8:00 am Confessions Saturday: 5:00 5:50 pm Weekdays: 5:20 5:50 pm Parish Vespers Sunday: 5:30 pm st. catherine of siena Saturday Vigil: 4:00 pm Sunday: 10:00 am, 5:00 pm Weekdays: 7:00 am, 5:15 pm Saturday: 9:00 am Confessions Saturday: 3:00 3:50 pm Weekdays: 4:40 5:05 pm liturgy of the hours and other Prayer st. VIncent Ferrer Monday Friday: 7:35 am (Morning Prayer) 5:30 pm (Office of Readings and Evening Prayer) Wednesday: 6:30 pm (Rosary) 7:30 pm (Holy Hour) st. catherine of siena Monday Friday: 5:00 pm (Rosary) Our Lady of Perpetual Help Prayer Group Wednesday: 6:30 pm Queen of Peace Prayer Group Saturday: 9:30 am

2 ParIsh office St. Vincent Ferrer 869 Lexington Ave, NY, NY (212) Offi ce Hours: Monday Friday: 9 am 1 pm, 2 5 pm St. Catherine of Siena 411 East 68 th Street, NY, NY Offi ce Hours: Monday Friday: 10 am 3 pm ParIsh staff Very Rev. Walter Wagner, OP Pastor Rev. Joseph Allen, OP Vicar Rev. Innocent Smith, OP Vicar for Formation Bro. Damian McCarthy, OP Sacristan Deacon John M. Powers Lee Ann Rubino Business Manager James D. Wetzel Director of Music and Organist Alexander Pattavina Assistant Organist Lisa Harrelson Coordinator of Catechesis and Youth Ministry Rachel Miller Administrative Assistant Tony Hicks Church Custodian Tracey Hicks Church Custodian st. VIncent Ferrer high school (212) Sr. Gail Morgan, OP Principal dominican shrine of st. Jude (212) ParIsh calendar January sunday, January 21 third sunday In ordinary time Deficit Reduction Collection and Food Sunday Collection Monday, January 22 national day of Prayer and Penance For the PreserVatIon of life tuesday, January 23 thursday, January 25 conversion of st. Paul 6 pm Sung Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer sunday, January 28 Fourth sunday of ordinary time 11 am Parish Coffee at St. Catherine of Siena tuesday, January 30 FeBruary FrIday, FeBruary 2 PresentatIon of the lord (candlemas) 5:15 pm Mass is cancelled at St. Catherine of Siena 6:30 pm Solemn Mass and Procession at St. Catherine of Siena Party Follows in St. Dominic Hall saturday, FeBruary 3 st. Blase Blessing of Throats at all Masses today sunday, FeBruary 4 FIFth sunday of ordinary time Peter's Pence Collection 1 pm Parish Coffee at St. Vincent Ferrer sunday, FeBruary 11 sixth sunday of ordinary time Monday, FeBruary 12 our lady of lourdes 5:15 pm Sung Mass at St. Catherine of Siena tuesday, FeBruary 13 Wednesday, FeBruary 14 ash Wednesday 7 am Low Mass at St. Catherine of Siena 8 am Low Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer 10 am Sung Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer 12:10 pm Sung Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer 1 pm Sung Mass at St. Catherine of Siena 5:15 pm Low Mass at St. Catherine of Siena 6 pm Solemn Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer 7:30 pm Holy Hour with the Imposition of Ashes at St. Vincent Ferrer Imposition of Ashes will take place at all Masses. FrIday, FeBruary 16 and all FrIdays In lent Stations of the Cross following the evening Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena sunday, FeBruary 18 FIrst sunday of lent 12 noon Solemn Mass with Litany of Saints in Procession at St. Vincent Ferrer Monday, FeBruary 19 PresIdent's day Parish Offices Closed Regular Mass Schedule 7 pm New York Purgatorial Society Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer tuesday, FeBruary 20 FrIday, FeBruary 23 Stations of the Cross following the evening Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena

3 still Full of sap, still Green Yesterday morning (Saturday, January 13) I made my customary crosstown journey on 67th Street, westbound. What struck me on this particular trek was that the debris of our blizzard, and the human debris marooned in it, had all vanished leaving piles of Christmas trees alone on the curb. As I trotted briskly by in the chill these prostrate veterans of Yule gave me a next-to-last gift. Before they become the mulch beneath this spring s luxuriance, they offered me a wonderful whiff of evergreen. The scent took me back to when I first meet them bundled up and full of potential in the stall on First Avenue. They were there looking tall and smart on the day after Thanksgiving. They told me it was time and I had better get busy about holiday things. I encountered them again socially in a number of locations. They were wearing their holiday best and beckoned me to join them for a tall eggnog. They bid me relax and wonder about the contents of the packages nestled in the folds of their skirts. Later in the season they elicited my sympathy because they had gotten tired of standing in the corner for so long. Their sad verdict was that it was all over and we both needed to move on, me to winter and they back to the soil from which they emerged. Without a word, but with fading scent they offered the tough love of the elderly. Now they lay stoically, pooling meager resources to scent the air. They shared the blessings of their calling to the end. I will hold on to their perfume until the hyacinths give me a new one in a few months. In nature, the cycle of life and death speaks volumes to us about ourselves; it gives essential shape to our life in the body. Much of our reflection upon people, things, and situations involves the ways in which they are passing away from us. Constantly we surrender the familiar into the hands of time. But God has planted a true perennial in the garden of life, and no cycle of nature holds it in check. Its scent does not grow tired or week, but is fresh with ever new complexities. With the Resurrection the Son of Man broke free from the turning of nature s wheel and His sacramental presence among us endures without fatigue, Still full of sap, still green. Each time I receive Holy Communion, it comes as a fresh encounter with the one whose love for me is constant but never static, always finding new ways to disclose itself to me. I might be tired, or distracted, or burdened, but the love that reaches me in the Bread and Wine of Life flows ever free and clear. The Eucharist comes to me as a pledge of future glory precisely because it is life-giving beyond the constraints of mortality. So many people have been life-givers to me and then they leave me. I connect to them by memory which gives a real gift, but they cannot share my present with me, and so much of my moment is about missing people. But in the heart of my present is now this mystery of the Body and Blood which nourishes and refreshes with the intimacy of a fully shared moment. The Liturgy has the task of showing you and me this truth of its amazing elixir. It does this in many ways, but one to discover, and hold on to, is the communion antiphon. In our parish this text is sung or said just as the priest finishes receiving from the Precious Blood and as you are about to rise from your place and present yourself for communion. The antiphon changes each Sunday during the Season of the Year (Ordinary Time) and each day during the four great seasons, of Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter. It also changes for the Feasts of Saints that punctate the calendar (you already used the word year ). The text is designed to accompany the movement in which we all receive the Lord in Communion, and you, on this day, receive Him. We might take the communion antiphon as a commentary on Holy Communion, and as a fresh perception of the mystery of the Eucharist. Consider that today as you receive Communion you will hear this text, All marveled at these things that came from the mouth of God. (Luke 4:22) The text hearkens back to the marvel of the Epiphany, and reminds us that what amazed people about Jesus in the flesh has passed inside us and helps us navigate the complexity of our lives so that each facet becomes ordered toward the practice of unqualified love. The words of Jesus are not advice; they have authority, and when we receive that Communion that authority becomes live inside unless we block it by our choice. So if unqualified love feels as far from your self-perception as next December s fresh Christmas trees, consider again who is a guest under your roof. In future bulletins I would like to return to these antiphons and see what they can teach us and what avenues of prayer they can open up. Winter Peace. Fr. Walter

4 Mass Intentions St. Vincent Ferrer Sunday, January 21 6:00 pm (Vigil) Maryilyn Resurrection (D) 8:00 am For the People of the Parish 9:30 am Andrew Ogaldez (D) 12 noon Anthony Moreno (D) 6:00 pm Aquila Zacharilla (D) Monday, January 22 8:00 am Andres Diaz (D) 12:10 pm Edward C. Perry (D) 6:00 pm Michael Lorig (D) Tuesday, January 23 8:00 am For the Deceased members of the Parish & the Order (D) 12:10 pm Evelyn & Charles W. Marino (D) 6:00 pm Bayard G. Schaeffer (D) Wednesday, January 24 8:00 am Ray Rizzo (D) 12:10 pm Rene Concepcion (D) 6:00 pm Natalie P. O'Brien (D) Thursday, January 25 10:00 am Frank & Madeleine McGuinness (D) 12:10 pm Lucille Hickey (D) 6:00 pm Anne (D) & Patty (L) Figge Friday, January 26 8:00 am Luoise & Dick Buckley (D) 12:10 pm Francisco Triana Torres (D) 6:00 pm Matthew Cross (D) Saturday, January 27 8:00 am Mary O'Connor (D) Mass Intentions St. Catherine of Siena Sunday, January 21 4:00 pm (Vigil) Mr. James Lee (D) 10:00 am Marie Alexina Rene (D) 4:00 pm Catherine & Patrick Gorman (D) Monday, January 22 7:00 am For the Province of St. Joseph 5:15 pm Joseph Miluszusky (D) Tuesday, January 23 7:00 am Elsie De Silva (D) 5:15 pm Joseph D'Augustino Wednesday, January 24 7:00 am For the patrons of the Shrine of Saint Jude 5:15 pm Irene Johnson (D) Thursday, January 25 7:00 am Mr. Donald Bettex (D) 5:15 pm Annette de la Renta Friday, January 26 7:00 am St. Catherine of Siena Purgatorial Society (D) 5:15 pm Domenick Siano (D) Saturday, January 27 9:00 am Ruby & Archibald Williams (D) Parish Prayer Intentions Contact the Parish Office to add a name to this list Eleanor Barbor, Joseph Becker, Joseph Robert Cusimano, David Gale, Carolyn Kelly, John Langeler, Sarah McDermott, Dolores Ninneral, Gabriella Pratt, Rita Sullivan, & Mary Wilcher. Please pray for the repose of the souls of Fr. Frances Dobson, Fransisca Garcia, Lourde Garcia, Shirley Miller, & Nigel Pilkington, and the souls of all our recently deceased. We continue to pray for the sick, the dying, and their families in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the Hospital for Special Surgery, and Rockefeller University Hospital. Candle Intentions The seven-day candles are available for an offering of $15 each. St. Vincent Sanctuary Lamps Rene Concepcion (d); Ramon & Fernando Gonzalez (l); Sister Mary Ellen Lynch, o.p. (d); Living & Deceased members of the McGovern Family; Anthony Morelliti; William J. Schwede, Jr. (d); For the People of the Parish St. Vincent Sanctuary Madonna Jack Ryan Keegan St. Vincent Pieta Lamp Well-being of Christians in the Middle East St. Catherine Sanctuary Lamp Maria Marta Litrenta St. Catherine Purgatorial Candle Renato S. Ventigan (d); Rosa J. Silan(d) St. Catherine Rosary Altar Candle Maria Marta Litrenta; Intention of the donor St. Catherine Blessed Mother Candle Priscilla Ventigan Mass Intentions may be reserved in the Parish Office Monday Friday, 9:00 am 5:00 pm, and in the Church Office of St. Catherine of Siena Monday Friday, 10:00 am 3:00 pm.

5 Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Notes How can you honor your child s need for independence at home? Attempt to present tasks to your child without any time limit. As adults, we often want things done as quickly as possible. Imagine hurrying to leave the house and the child is struggling to put on his or her coat or shoes. As parents, you tend to want to help your child with the task. Remember that while you want things done as quickly as possible, the child needs time to simply do, to focus on the content of the task without the pressure of time limits. Allow your child the small struggles that come with acquiring a skill. In Listening to God with Children, Gianna Gobbi writes, It is easier for us to do it ourselves rather than take the time to teach the child how to do it for himself and herself; yet, this result in the child s becoming incapacitated and more dependent on us. Do not judge and learn to accept less than perfect results. Your children will most likely not sweep the floor as quickly and thoroughly as an adult, but they will not be able to learn how to sweep unless you give them the opportunity to try. How you respond to the child and their work shows your respect and faith in the child. Know that the elementary child may ask instead Help me THINK for myself. Online Giving Fulfill your stewardship with an online service. Liturgical Publications (ParishPay) allows you to make donations to the Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena anytime, based on your personal schedule. Donations can be made with a credit card, debit card, or e-check. To enroll, visit and go to "Sign up for Online Giving," or visit and click "Start Giving." Music Notes During the Renaissance, the Republic of Venice was one of the most influential, wealthy, and cosmopolitan cities in the world, and its Cathedral (Basilica) had a music program commensurate with such status. Beginning with Adrian Willaert, the resident musicians developed compositional traits to exploit the building s twin choir lofts (facing each other across the sanctuary) and its resonant acoustics. The most innovative of these techniques was polychoral writing, or cori spezzati, in which multiple groups of singers and instrumentalists played in alternation from separate locations. The style coalesced, through the works of Giovanni s uncle Andrea Gabrielli, Cipriano de Rore, Gioseffo Zarlino, Claudio Merulo, and Giovanni Croce, into a musical language known as the Venetian School, of which Giovanni Gabrielli became the ultimate voice. The pupils of these masters, particularly Heinrich Schütz and Michael Praetorious, disseminated the style throughout Europe, introducing many concepts that would come to maturity in the Baroque era that followed. At the Solemn Mass of the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Schola Cantorum offers two motets of Giovanni Gabrieli (c ): Cantate Domino á 6 and In te Domine speravi á 8. Life Writing/Memoir: A Weekend Writing Retreat This weekend retreat if is for everyone. This weekend is centered on the belief that when we leave behind the disruptions of our busy lives and gather in a supportive community we make important breakthroughs in our writing. The weekend will reinforce the writer's life, offer daily workshops, craft discussion, feedback, motivation, inspiration, time to work on projects, and a weekend of peace and quiet. The retreat is open to writers of every genre, beginners and advanced. Writers will sharpen writing skills, meet other exceptional writers, take walks with a view of the mountains and river, and have time for meals and plenty of breaks. When: Friday, January 26 Sunday, January 28 Where: The Mariandale Center 299 N. Highland Avenue, Ossining, NY Fee: $225. A $75 deposit required at registration; early registration is encouraged. Please pay in full by January 15. For more information call (914) or visit

6 PARISH STUDY ON THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH Led by Rev. Albert Paretsky, O.P. Tuesdays from 6:45-7:45 pm January 16 March 20, 2018 Lower Church (Parish Hall) of St. Vincent Ferrer 869 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10065

7 Bereavement Support Group The Parish's bereavement support group will begin a new session on Thursday, January 11 at 7 pm at St. Catherine of Siena. The seven weekly sessions will help guide persons who are mourning the recent loss of a loved one by sharing with others who are grieving, learning about the process of grief, and being supported during a difficult time. Pre-registration is required. For more information, please leave your name and contact information with the Parish office and the coordinators will contact you. Camp Fatima and Camp Bernadette Camp Fatima for boys and Camp Bernadette for girls are now accepting registrations for the 2018 summer. The camps, in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, offer 2-week overnight sessions for children, ages Round trip buses are available out of Long Island. To learn more or to request a brochure, con tact Brendan Stackhouse at (603) , or brendan@bfcamp.com, or visit and register online at This Week of Grace Young Adult Retreat Come join other young adults (ages 22-35) married or single, to take a step back from our busy lives. This will be a time to examine your personal faith and your relationship with God, your family members, and yourself. Our time will be filled with prayer experiences, peer group discussions, Eucahrist, and lots of fun! When: February 9-11 Where: Marianist Family Retreat Center 417 Yale Avenue, Cape May Point, NJ Cost: $130 per person, some financial aid is available Register at: or (609) Sunday, January 21 The Third Sunday of the Year Until the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul on Thursday, we continue to observe the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity. Pray that we would develop a deep understanding of what it means to be a baptized person. Pray to experience that fruit of Holy Communion which is the longing that others might come to share this gift. Monday, January 22 National Day of Prayer and Penance for the Preservation of Life Ponder the lives in which you exercise some degree of power. Ask for the grace to exercise that power in truth, justice, and charity. Pray for those with power in the lives of the unborn, the elderly, the handicapped, and the gravely ill. Pray that those with such power will not act from fear or anxiety, but with the trust that comes from a living faith. Pray especially for women surprised by a pregnancy for any reason. Pray that those with responsibility for the life of another may have the practical and spiritual resources they need to make the best decisions. Pray for the work and witness of the Sisters of Life. Pray for the work Pregnancy Help, supported by many of our parishioners, does for vulnerable women and their children. Pray for the work of Calvary Hospital, the Hawthorne Dominican Sisters and all who work in Hospice care. Consider a work of Penance for the preservation of all vulnerable lives. Wednesday, January 24 The Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop St. Francis wrote a great spiritual treatise called The Devout Life. In this he invited people to recognize how their life of prayer needed to be congruent with their state of life, e.g. if you are a married person do not try to pray like a monk or nun. Give thanks for your own state of life, for being married, single, religious, or ordained. How does it strengthen you with blessings, and how does it challenge constructively with the restrictions it imposes? Can you admire without envy the beauty of other states of life? Thursday, January 25 The Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul What has been the story of your own conversion? How has God redirected you to Himself? What is the role of Scripture in your life? St. Paul s letters offer some of the New Testament s most difficult and rewarding texts. They also reveal how holiness does not erase his complicated personality. Friday, January 26 Sts. Timothy and Titus, Bishops Timothy and Titus are present in the New Testament as leaders who follow in the footsteps of the apostles, without being counted in their number, and for this reason we identify them as Bishops. Pray for Cardinal Dolan, and for the whole Order of Bishops.