St. Catherine of Siena

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1 The Parish of and Church of : 869 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY Church of : 411 East 68 th Street, New York, NY (212) parish@svsc.info December 9, nd Sunday of Advent Second Collections - This Weekend This weekend, December 9, we will be collecting alms for the Retirement Fund for Religious that benefits 31,000 senior sisters, brothers, and religious order priests. Your support is deeply appreciated. Our Lady of Guadalupe Wednesday, December 12 is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. There will be a Sung Mass and Procession at 6 pm at. Advent Lessons and Carols On Gaudete Sunday, December 16 at 3 pm at, a Service of Advent Lessons and Carols will be offered. This service will make a scriptural and musical pilgrimage through Advent, with readings from the Old Testament prophets, motets of Ledger, Campbell, McKie, Mendelssohn, Near, Piccolo, and Rheinberger sung by the Schola Cantorum, and congregational hymns. A reception will follow in St. Dominic Hall. Parish Vespers at 5:30 pm will not take place on December 16. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at and Parish Vespers at 5:30 pm at will not take place on December 16. Misa de Gallo/Advent Novena We will be celebrating a Novena of Masses in honor of Our Lady of the Expectation December Novena services will be said at 6 am (Misa de Gallo) at, 1 pm at, and at 6 pm at. The intention during this Novena is for the safety of children. The Advent Wreath Again this year we will place the Advent Wreath around the base of the Statue of the Blessed Mary, Porta Caeli, to the right of the altar of sacrifice. The wreath will contain lamps instead of candles. These can be lit with an intention in the manner of the sanctuary lamps before the High Altar. We hope this will be an opportunity for spiritual giving during the holy seasons of Advent and Christmas. Availability would be as follows: The Second Week of Advent 2 lamps The Third Week of Advent 3 lamps The Fourth Week of Advent 4 lamps The Octave of Christmas 4 lamps The Second Week of Christmas 4 lamps During these weeks, the Sanctuary Madonna lamp that usually hangs beside the Porta Caeli will not be lit. Mass and Confessions 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 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 Monday Friday: 7:20 am (Morning Prayer) 5:30 pm (Office of Readings and Evening Prayer) Wednesday: 6:30 pm (Rosary) 7:30 pm (Holy Hour) Sunday: 3:00 pm (Eucharistic Adoration) 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 869 Lexington Ave, NY, NY (212) Office Hours: Monday Friday: 9 am 1 pm, 2 5 pm 411 East 68 th Street, NY, NY Office Hours: Monday Friday: 10 am 3 pm Parish Staff Very Rev. Walter Wagner, o.p. Pastor Rev. Joseph Allen, o.p. Vicar Rev. Luke Hoyt, o.p. Vicar for Formation Rev. Jerome Zeiler, o.p. Vicar Bro. Damian McCarthy, o.p. Sacristan Deacon John M. Powers Lee Ann Rubino Business Manager James D. Wetzel Director of Music and Organist Monica Czausz Assistant Organist Lisa Harrelson Coordinator of Catechesis and Youth Ministry Rachel Miller Administrative Assistant Tony Hicks Church Custodian Tracey Hicks Church Custodian High School (212) Sr. Gail Morgan, o.p. Principal Dominican Shrine of St. Jude (212) Parish Calendar December Sunday, December 9 2 nd Sunday of Advent 12 noon Solemn Mass with Rite of Acceptance at Monday, December 10 7 pm New York Purgatorial Society Mass at Wednesday, December 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 6 pm Sung Mass & Procession at Sunday, December 16 3 rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete) 2:30 pm Family Catechesis at 3 pm Advent Lessons & Carols at Eucharistic Adoration at is cancelled. Vespsers at is cancelled. Monday, December Misa del Gallo 6 am Low Mass at Rosary Altar Monday, December 17 Reconciliation Monday 4 8 pm Confession at & Wednesday, December 19 7:30 pm Tenet Concert at Holy Hour at is cancelled. Thursday, December 20 7:30 pm Tenet Concert at Sunday, December 23 4 th Sunday of Advent Monday, December 24 M o nday of the 4th Week of Advent 7 am Low Mass at 8 am Low Mass at 12:10 pm Low Mass at Monday, December 24 Christmas Eve 4 pm Family Mass of the Vigil at 6 pm Sung Mass of the Vigil at 9 pm Christmas Lessons and Carols at 9:30 pm Solemn Mass During the Night at Tuesday, December 25 Christmas Day 12 midnight Midnight Mass in the Dominican Rite (in Latin) at 8 am Low Mass at Dawn at 9:30 am Sung Mass at Dawn at 10 am Sung Mass During the Day at 12 noon Solemn Mass During the Day at 3:30 pm Sung Vespers at 4 pm Sung Mass During the Day at 5 pm Low Mass During the Day at Wednesday, December 26 Sunday, December 30 Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Monday, December 31 (New Year's Eve) 5:15 pm Low Mass of the Vigil at 6 pm Low Mass of the Vigil at Tuesday, January 1 Solemnity of Mary (New Year's Day) 12:10 pm Sung Mass at Tuesday, January 2 Sunday, January 6 Epiphany of the Lord 12 noon Solemn Mass with Three Kings Procession at

3 Every year we clergy and staff huddle over how to give you a better Advent, Christmas, Holy Week... We here find common cause with those who want to give a superlative restaurant, travel, or resort experience. Here is the group of people who crave your wow. To this end, we tweak music and decoration, programs and schedules, always believing that we can make aesthetically better and more persuasive, the message of the season. In the end though, our best gift is context. If we can help you see how Advent, or Lent, or Pentecost fits into God s great work in Christ, then we have done our job. If you come to see Christmas 2018 in the perspective of the whole Gospel, then every homily, every chant, every poinsettia has repaid its outlay ten times over. Imagine the new angle you could then gain on your work and your politics, your loving, your friending, and your parenting. In case you think I m kidding let me come across with three concrete programs for receiving the whole Christ this Christmas. I first propose that you come to our service of Advent Lessons and Carols on Sunday, December 16, at 3 pm at St. Catherine s. In readings and music you will hear the array of Hebrew longings and prophecies that Christ answers and fulfills. This service will provide a textual panorama that will make for a peaceful and purposeful celebration of Christmas. I should also note that next Sunday s service will complement beautifully, the Lessons and Carols we just celebrated on Friday in honor of the Blessed Mother. After the service, please come to a parish party in St. Dominic Hall. We think the spread will tempt you and we hope this is a chance to check in with the fellowship of the Parish before people head off in family directions. The following day, Monday, December 17, we begin the Novena of Christmas. In our Parish this will mean nine days of prayer for the safety of children, and this concern ranges more widely than ever. The prayer of the Novena will feature at all of our Masses during this period, and there you have one compelling reason to make daily Mass during these days. The other reason is the Gospel readings, which orchestrate in a beautiful sequence the births of Jesus and John the Baptist. Put together with the other readings and prayers they provide a built-in retreat that will land you recollected into the happy commotion of Christmas. The Misa Del Gallo (Mass at Cockcrow) delivers this retreat in its most concentrated form. At 6 am each morning we gather at the Rosary Altar at for a Mass and preaching that puts us in touch with the expectation we share with Mary. If the evening hours better serve your reflection we have you covered. On the evenings of December 19 and 20 we will host the singing group, TENET, in their performance of Handel s oratorio, Messiah. When George Frederick Handel was asked to compose a set of anthems for the coronation of King George II of Great Britain in 1727, some kind cleric offered to supply him with appropriate texts; the composer responded that he knew the Bible quite well enough, thank you. That Scriptural mastery marks Messiah in stellar fashion. Handel pulls from every corner of the Sacred Page to meditate on the whole mystery of Christ: Incarnate, Suffering, and Glorified. The resulting series of choruses, recitations, and arias holds the listener by its variety of texture and by its focus on the text. TENET's rendition promises to suit our church and Parish. It will have the intimacy of the original, sung by a small group, accompanied by original instruments, and performed without conductor. I recall that when VOCES8 came to sing for us in October I felt that this scale of performance suited the spatial arrangement of St. Vincent s wonderfully well. Here will come another chance to endow Christmas with even greater joy as the first movement of Christ s triumphant intervention in human history, conquering sin and death so that we could live beyond history. Hosting groups such as TENET serves our mission to connect our preaching to the cultural life of our city, and it brings new people into the amazing confines of our churches, so that these two beatific settings may do their own preaching. However you engage with the life of the Parish during these packed days, I hope that it will bring you reassurance and recollection. Advent Peace! Messiah Fr. Walter

4 Mass Intentions Sunday, December 9 6:00 pm (Vigil) Umberto Del Ciglio (D) 8:00 am Jack, Natalie, Marie, & Francis Egan O'Brien (D) 9:30 am Aida Villanueva (D) 12 noon Catherine & Patrick McGlade (D) 6:00 pm For the Deceased Members of the Foye, Armstrong, Gorman, Donohoe, & Murphy Families (D) Monday, December 10 8:00 am Joseph McGovern & Kathleen Redmond (D) 12:10 pm Paloma Abbott & Lily Matilda Abbott 6:00 pm Helen Saulnier (D) Tuesday, December 11 8:00 am Mary Cunningham Luby (D) 12:10 pm Jeanne Gorski (D) 6:00 pm Albert Garber Wednesday, December 12 8:00 am Carol Premone (D) 12:10 pm Luz V. Gonzalez (D) 6:00 pm Joan M. & Salvatore Carvo (D) Thursday, December 13 8:00 am For the Deceased Members of the Parish & the Order (D) 12:10 pm Roberta Casoria (D) 6:00 pm Edwin Rustum (D) Friday, December 14 8:00 am Bernardo Uribe Londono (D) 12:10 pm Cynthia Miller (D) 6:00 pm John Shimkus (D) Saturday, December 15 8:00 am Mr. Philip Leo (D) Advent Wreath 1) Jack Ryan Keegan 2) For the People of the Parish Mass Intentions Sunday, December 9 4:00 pm (Vigil) David Johnson 10:00 am Catherine Nespoli (D) 5:00 pm For the People of the Parish Monday, December 10 7:00 am For the Province of St. Joseph 5:15 pm Mary Padovano (D) Tuesday, December 11 7:00 am Mr. & Mrs. Boyle 5:15 pm Paul Vincent Poveromo (D) Wednesday, December 12 7:00 am For the Patrons of the Shrine of Saint Jude 5:15 pm Marina Lucido & Maria Cecilia Punzalan (D) Thursday, December 13 7:00 am James C. McCormick (D) 5:15 pm David Gale (D) Friday, December 14 7:00 am For the Purgatorial Society of (D) 5:15 pm James C. McCormick (D) Saturday, December 15 9:00 am Van Kottis (D) Parish Prayer Intentions Contact the Parish Office to add a name to this list. Anna Bernhard, Albania Burgos, Joseph Robert Cusimano, Don Douglas, Brenda Erickson, The Fisher Family, William Heath, David Henderson, Margaret King, Ivan Kronenfeld, Vicki Lowrey, Bovi Napathong, Calvin Neana, Brian Praetzel, Julie Praetzel, Sally Rauscher, Roseanne Reilly, Isabell Rivera, Michael Ryan, Anchalee Sae-Lim, Sami Sanhaus, Bill Selby, & Jumlong Ullitavee. Please pray for the repose of the souls of Alan Djanogly, Gina Galvin, Elinore Martinez, Katharine Pettijohn, Isabel Patillo, Ramon E. Reyes, & Baron Rothschild, 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, Rockefeller University Hospital, & the Intentions of the Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry. Candle Intentions St. Vincent Sanctuary Lamps Rev. Robert Aufieri (D); Ramon & Fernando Gonzalez (L); Alexandra & Michelle Lopez Lecube (L); Miguel A. Lopez Lecube (D); Michael F. Passario; Edward C. Perry (D); Intention of Donor 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 and Candles may be reserved in the Parish Office Monday Friday, 9:00 am 5:00 pm, and in the Church Office of Monday Friday, 10:00 am 3:00 pm.

5 Music Notes Next week is the half-way point in Advent and is known as Gaudete Sunday. This Latin title is taken from the incipit (first phrase) of the Introit of the Mass, Gaudete in Domino semper (Rejoice in the Lord always), in the same way that Laetare Sunday of Lent is named. As a reprieve from the penitential violet, the traditional liturgical color for the Third Sunday of Advent is rose. For it, the Schola will sing music of the Italian Renaissance: Missa Salvatorem expectamus Gregorio Allegri ( ) Offertory Antiphon: Benedixisti Domine á 7 Giovanni Gabrieli (c ) Alma Redemptoris Mater á 8 Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c ) A Music List containing a list of this season s concerts and repertoire for all choral services as well as information about the St. Cecilia Guild is available in the narthex and online. Parish Vespers continues this Sunday at 5:30 pm in the choir stalls at. Vespers will not be offered next Sunday, December 16 because of Advent Lessons and Carols. Frassati Holy Hour and Dinner: Sunday, December 9, 7 9:30 pm Join us for a special Holy Hour and Dinner in December. Eucharistic Adoration will begin after the Parish 6 pm Mass with a talk, praise and worship music, confessions, and prayer teams available. A festive dinner will follow Holy Hour. Date/Time: Sunday, December 9, 7 9:30 pm Location: Church of For more information visit or , contact@frassati.nyc. New York Purgatorial Society Mass On Monday, December 10 at 7 pm, a sung Mass in the Dominican Rite sponsored by the New York Purgatorial Society will be offered at the Rosary Altar at St. Vincent Ferrer. Collections December 2, 2018 Regular Offertory: $15,929 Deficit Reduction: $7,451 Attendance: 1250 Christmas Cards Christmas cards, designed especially for the Parish by Sr. Mary Grace, o.p., are available in the St. Vincent Ferrer Church vestibule. Handel's Messiah On Wednesday, December 19 and Thursday, December 20 at 7:30 pm at. For the first time ever, TENET Vocal Artists and the Sebastians chamber orchestra collaborate to share their unique take on Handel s Messiah. This beloved, time-honored masterwork will be without a conductor and feature a not-to-be-missed cast of 12 vocal soloists and an incredible band of period instruments. Purchase tickets at the door or at: Social Concerns Committee Annual Toy Drive We are asking for toys (unwrapped) for children (no stuffed toys please) and Gift Cards ($25) for pre-teens for the New York Common Pantry to distribute to the needy this Christmas. Please bring the toys to either Church or the Priory. You can give the gift cards to the guards, put in the collection (marked) or bring to the Priory. This collection runs until December 13. As usual and again and again, many thanks in advance for your generosity. Thomas Merton Society: Solemn Memorial Mass On Monday, December 10, at 7 pm, the Thomas Merton Society will present a solemn Memorial Mass commemorating the 50th anniversary of Thomas Merton's death in 1968, in Bangkok, Thailand. Fr. Daniel Horan, ofm, will be principal celebrant and homilist. Father Horan is author of The Franciscan Heart of Thomas Merton, among many titles, and is now professor of systematic theology and spirituality at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Thomas Merton was baptized into the Catholic Church at Corpus Christi in 1938, and remained a monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani until his death. The Mass will include music and readings from the 1968 funeral Mass at Gethsemani. Reception will follow. Corpus Christi Church, 529 W 121st Street (Manhattan). For more information contact (212) National Pilgrimage to Lourdes Fr. Joseph Allen, o.p. invites you to join him on the 65th U.S. National Pilgrimage to Lourdes: June 30 - July 9. The Pilgrimage is accompanied by a medical staff and clergy to assist the needs of the pilgrims. For details, contact Fr. Joseph Allen at joseph.allen@opeast.org or the Lourdes Pilgrimage office, toll free: , or lourdespilgrimageoffice@comcast.net. The deadline for reservations is March 15, Volunteering in our Parish To inquire about volunteering in our Parish, please use the form found on our website, or

6 Christmas Schedule and Christmas Eve Monday, December 24, 2018 Family Mass of the Vigil at 4 pm St. Catherine Sung Mass of the Vigil at 6 pm St. Vincent Christmas Lessons and Carols at 9 pm St. Vincent Solemn Mass During the Night at 9:30 pm St. Vincent Christmas Day Tuesday, December 25, 2018 Midnight Mass in the Dominican Rite at 12 Midnight (in Latin) St. Catherine Low Mass at Dawn at 8 am St. Vincent Sung Mass at Dawn at 9:30 am St. Vincent Sung Mass During the Day at 10 am St. Catherine Solemn Mass During the Day at 12 Noon St. Vincent Sung Vespers at 3:30 pm St. Vincent Sung Mass During the Day at 4 pm St. Vincent Low Mass During the Day at 5 pm St. Catherine New Year's Eve Monday, December 31, 2018 Low Mass of the Vigil at 5:15 pm St. Catherine Low Mass of the Vigil at 6 pm St. Vincent New Year's Day Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Tuesday, January 1, 2019 Regular Weekday Mass Schedule with Sung Mass at 12:10 pm St. Vincent

7 Mariandale Retreat Mariandale Center will be offering a one day retreat on December 15, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. The day will include time for personal reflection, two writing workshops, lunch, snacks and sharing of work. Mariandale is run by The Dominican Sisters of Hope. Fee: $75; Presenter: Magie Dominic; info@mariandale.org, (914) For more information visit Cathedral High School Christmas Bazaar Cathedral High School (350 E 56th Street) will be hosting its annual Christmas Bazaar on December 13 and 14 from 10 am - 4 pm. It will feature a silent auction, Christmas booth, baked goods, vendors and much more. For more information call (212) June 2019 Riverboat Cruise with His Excellency Archbishop DiNoia, o.p. You are invited on a riverboat cruise through Europe May 30 June 9, His Excellency Archbishop Joseph Augustine DiNoia, o.p. is the special guest on this trip and he will celebrate daily Mass throughout the course of the journey. The itinerary begins in Budapest, undoubtedly on of Europe's most beautiful cities. On May 31 the group will rendezvous at the Danubius Hotel Gellert, an exquisite, four-star hotel on the banks of the Danube known for its thermal baths. There, they will enjoy two days before embarking on a seven-day river cruise through Europe's most beautiful cities; Bratislava, Vienna, Salzburg, Durnstein, Melk, Passua, and Regensburg. The final destination is Nuremburg, where a farewell dinner will be enjoyed on June 8 before returning home the next day. The trip starts at $3695 per person and is filling up quickly. If you would like the trip brochure, contact the tour director Joseph Long at jlong@prorome.com or (570) This Week of Grace The Holy Father s Prayer Intention for December That people, who are involved in the service and transmission of faith, may find, in their dialogue with culture, a language suited to the conditions of the present time. Community Notes Congratulate Fr. Luke Hoyt who has completed the requirements for the License in Sacred Theology (STL). This certificate allows him to teach in institutions of Catholic education. Sunday, December 9 The Second Sunday of Advent Today we take up the collection for Retired Religious. Pray for these dedicated people, that those who have supplied the practical and spiritual needs of many may now have their needs met in an ample and dignified way. The Second Sunday of Advent presents us with the challenging figure of St. John the Baptist. We can honor him by being open to making the turn toward God (metanoia) when prompted to do so. Wednesday, December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe (Feast) Our Lady of Guadalupe is the patroness of the Americas, and so this is a day to ask her intercession that the Gospel may thrive in this great expanse of the world. Pray for Latino and Filipino people who have such devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, that this may be a great day of joy for them. Our Lady appeared to Juan Diego dressed in Aztec fashion, pray that the Church may faithfully and creatively connect to cultures around the world. Thursday, December 13 St. Lucy (Memorial) St. Lucy is the patroness of those who suffer with impairments to their vision. On this day pray for the blind, and all those with poor eyesight. Friday, December 14 St. John of the Cross, Friar and Doctor (Memorial) St. John ( ) ranks as a reformer of the religious life and as a master of the interior life, the Mystical Doctor. Pray for the whole Carmelite family, the Nuns, Friars, Sisters, and Laity. Remember especially our friends the Carmelite Sisters of the Aged and Infirm who administer Mary Manning Walsh Home. Pray that this Advent and Christmas may lead us further into the life of prayer.