The Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and 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 March 3, th Sunday in Ordinary Time Almsgiving Sunday This Sunday, March 3, 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 generosity and support. Ash Wednesday Wednesday, March 6 is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent and a day of fasting and abstinence. The Parish's Solemn Mass with the Schola Cantorum is at 6 pm at. Ashes will be imposed at all Masses and before the 7:30 pm Holy Hour at. 7 am Low Mass at 8 am Low Mass at 10 am Sung Mass at 12:10 pm Sung Mass at 1 pm Low Mass at 3 pm Service for Ashes at & 5:15 pm Low Mass at 6 pm Solemn Mass at 7:30 pm Holy Hour with the Imposition of Ashes at New Weekday Mass at Beginning on Ash Wednesday, March 6, and throughout Lent, we will be celebrating a 1 pm Mass at. Openings for Mass Intentions are available at for the 1 pm Mass. We hope that you might join us during this special season of grace for the 1 pm Mass. The Candid Life Striving not to manipulate and not to be manipulated. On Saturday, March 9, we will hold our ninth annual Parish Lenten Retreat. The morning will begin with coffee and pastries at 9 am and conclude with the Mass at 12 noon. We will begin in the Parish Hall at and move to the Church for conferences and Mass. The topic is: The Candid Life Striving not to manipulate and not to be manipulated. How do we make a truthful presentation of ourselves? How do we call forth candor from others? To address these questions is to lay a foundation for being a witness of Jesus who walked the world without pretense. Along the way will find inner freedom. Please do join us. Parish Study on the 7 Capital Sins This Spring, the Dominican Third Order will lead a Parish Study. This series will be presented by members of the Lay Fraternity of St. Dominic Chapter that meets at. Each class will focus on one of the 7 Capital Sins. The discussions will include a presentation on the moral theology of the sin, the detrimental effects that they can have on our spiritual lives, and practical tips on how to avoid falling into these sins. Beginning this Tuesday, March 5, through Holy Week, the class meets every Tuesday evening from 6:45 7:45 pm in the Lower Church at. 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 March Sunday, March 3 Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time 1 pm Parish Coffee at Tuesday, March 5 6:45 pm Parish Study at Wednesday, March 6 Ash Wednesday 7 am Low Mass at 8 am Low Mass at 10 am Sung Mass at 12:10 pm Sung Mass at 1 pm Low Mass at 3 pm Service for Ashes at & 5:15 pm Low Mass at 6 pm Solemn Mass at 7:30 pm Holy Hour with the Imposition of Ashes at Imposition of Ashes will take place at all Masses. Friday, March 8 at & Saturday, March 9 9 am Parish Lenten Retreat at Sunday, March 10 First Sunday of Lent 12 noon Solemn Mass with Litany of Saints in Procession at March St. Joseph Novena Monday, March 11 7 pm New York Purgatorial Society Mass at Tuesday, March 12 6:45 pm Parish Study at Friday, March 15 at & Sunday, March 17 Second Sunday of Lent Monday, March 18 St. Patrick (Observed) 6 pm Sung Mass & Procession at Tuesday, March 19 St. Joseph 6 pm Sung Mass & Procession at 6:45 pm Parish Study at Friday, March 22 at & Sunday, March 24 Third Sunday of Lent 12 noon Solemn Mass with First Scrutiny at Monday, March 25 Annunciation 6 pm Sung Mass at Tuesday, March 26 6:45 pm Parish Study at Friday, March 29 at & Sunday, March 31 Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare) 12 noon Solemn Mass with Second Scrutiny at Tuesday, April 2 6:45 pm Parish Study at Friday, April 5

3 Staff I write these lines on what is for you last Monday. The days between my writing and your reading promise to be laden with news, so rather than attempt timeliness, let me project into your present what now sits fresh in my mind. In the days following President s Day, our Parish Staff had an In-Service week. From Tuesday to Friday we met each afternoon to plan the Parish year of At the surface this means reckoning with the mysterious movements of the date of Easter, finding out on what day of the week Christmas falls, and rearranging everything else accordingly. Indeed it gives joy to survey the apparently vast expanse of time from Labor Day to Corpus Christi and realize how much parish life one must creatively cram into it. Actually, the process feels to me like preparing an elaborate Italian gravy over many hours. First you put in the base ingredients, which are the Easter cycle, from Ash Wednesday to Pentecost, and the Christmas cycle, from the First Sunday of Advent to the Baptism of the Lord. These simmer as we figure out how the circumstances of this coming year will make their celebration unique. Then we add the feasts of Christ, the Blessed Mother, and the Saints: where they land in the week will determine what we can emphasize this year, and that changes the flavor. At this point we have a stable, bubbling base and we stir into it, Religious Education, RCIA, Parish Study, second collections, charitable drives, retreats, and meetings of the Finance and Pastoral Councils. The stirring here will need the help of a number of parishioners who give themselves with amazing generosity to the life. So meetings with heads of parish organizations now follow, and they will add texture to the dish. No two years, and no two sauces, come out the same. Finally, we have to take the pot off the heat and figure out how to publicize and pay for what we have created. Nine years have not taken the adventure out of this project. But even more worthy of reflection is what comes out during this shared work. As we work through the mechanics of dates and times we also give our busy selves a panorama of the whole parish year, and with that comes an appreciation of what other people do. For me it comes as a reality check and a point of conversion to realize my absorbing work stands small next to what everyone does. A staff is the group that sees one s work up close and will offer praise, critique, and help. Likewise, those who take on leadership as volunteers can tell us how our plans impact people, and if our dreams can be done. All of this creates a conversation that gives parish life a foundation more stable than one person s will or whim. In our case this conversation embraces clergy and laity, men and women, Dominican and non-dominican, employee and volunteer. It also comprises three generations of perspective. It s a complex process that pays tribute to a complex parish and the numerous entities associated with it. Indeed, the process grows in texture along with the institution(s) it serves. I share a reflection on internal administration because it occurs to me that complexity is a virtue for our times. In practice people do not like the way meetings and protocol elaborate life. But there is no substitute for what we discover by means of each, and there is no way to quantify how each taps the potential of people and situations, reveals weaknesses, unmasks conflicts, and undergirds solidarity. Structure can slow things down, but it also conforms ideas and ideology to reality. Understandably enough, we now distrust institutional complexity as a cloak for misdeeds, or as a structure to be manipulated. Perhaps a key to renewal in the Church, and outside it, is not to circumvent complexity or topple it, but to shine a light on it so that we recognize it as a thing of beauty that serves us. I think that when people ask for transparency this is what they mean. Let me propose this is as a fitting time to rediscover the beauty of the Church s complexity as set forth by the Second Vatican Council in Lumen Gentium, its Constitution on the Church. It would be timely, also to read the United States Constitution and renew our acquaintance with the difficult beauty of our system of checks and balances. The particular complexities of our Church and our State have been simmering for centuries. They have borne cumbersome results and they have been subject to manipulation, but they have also given scope to remarkable enterprise and creativity. In our nation and in our Church, the structures of governance have been used for injustice and they have promoted justice and reform, in extraordinary fashion. Vatican II shone a light on the ancient structure of the Church so as to rediscover its potential for good, and this should inspire us to do it again. The Holy Spirit of Pentecost will not be lacking if we have that conversation that seeks the good from the many. Blessings on your preparations for Holy Lent. Fr. Walter

4 Mass Intentions Sunday, March 3 6:00 pm (Vigil) Pauline Tourre Shipman (D) 8:00 am For the People of the Parish 9:30 am Kate Carty (D) 12 noon President Donald Trump 6:00 pm Marguerite Tourre Boyd (D) Monday, March 4 8:00 am For the Deceased Members of the Parish & the Order (D) 12:10 pm Shirley Gomez (D) 6:00 pm Joseph Henao Tuesday, March 5 8:00 am Bart & Bridget McGovern (D) 12:10 pm Benedetta Anastasi (D) 6:00 pm The Thompson, Giese, & Thandhani Families Wednesday, March 6 8:00 am Sarah McDermott (D) 12:10 pm Gaetano Farone (D) 6:00 pm Nancy & Luke A. Foye, Sr. (D) Thursday, March 7 8:00 am Joseph McGovern & Kathleen Redmond (D) 12:10 pm Jeremiah Moriarty (D) 6:00 pm Anna & Phillip Donohoe (D) Friday, March 8 8:00 am Joe Kiyonaga (D) 12:10 pm Rev. Joseph J. McEvoy, s.j. (D) 6:00 pm William Spelman (D) Saturday, March 9 8:00 am Catherine & Patrick McGlade (D) 6:00 pm (Vigil) Jose Valle (D) Mass Intentions Sunday, March 3 4:00 pm (Vigil) Federico Mignone (D) 10:00 am Olga Maria Chicuiza (D) 5:00 pm In Thanksgiving Monday, March 4 7:00 am For the Province of St. Joseph 5:15 pm For the Souls in Purgatory (D) Tuesday, March 5 7:00 am Jennifer Gormley (D) 5:15 pm For the Living & Deceased Priests of the Parish (D) Wednesday, March 6 7:00 am For the Patrons of the Shrine of Saint Jude 1:00 pm Lisa Lawlor 5:15 pm Tranquilino Madamba (D) Thursday, March 7 7:00 am Jubert C. Balenton (D) 1:00 pm Joyce Hettich (D) 5:15 pm Eva Ferreri (D) Friday, March 8 7:00 am For the Purgatorial Society of (D) 1:00 pm Joyce Hettich (D) 5:15 pm Martha O'Leary Saturday, March 9 9:00 am Janett Findlay 4:00 pm (Vigil) Margaret McNicholos (D) Parish Prayer Intentions Contact the Parish Office to add a name to this list. Albania Burgos, Roseann Connolly, Joseph Robert Cusimano, Donald D'Angelo, William Heath, Marie Harrington, Joseph Henao, Cody Ingram, Margaret King, Carolyn Mann, Elisa Marshall, Maurice Murphy, Calvin Neana, Dolores Ninnerall, Donald B. Pinto, Brian Praetzel, Julie Praetzel, Christina Ram, Roseann Reilly, Isabell Rivera, Michael Ryan, Rosemarie Villanova, & Carol Wishrad. Please pray for the repose of the souls of Patricia Hubbard, Matthew Martinez, Sarah McDermott, Mrs. & Mrs. Ernest Witty, & Lucille Witty, 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 Ramon & Fernando Gonzalez (L); Anthony Mortelliti; Edward C. Perry (D); Margaret Williams (D); For the Souls in Purgatory; For the People of the Parish; Intention of Donor 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 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 Choral Music for Upcoming Solemn Masses: Ash Wednesday March 6 6 pm Solemn Mass Missa de la Batalla Escoutez Francisco Guerrero ( ) Ne irascaris Civitas sancti tui William Byrd (c ) Miserere mei, Deus Gregorio Allegri ( ) First Sunday of Lent March noon Solemn Mass (with Litany of Saints in Procession) Missa Brevis No. 2 in F minor Healey Willan ( ) Scapulis suis George Malcolm ( ) He shall give his angels charge over thee, Op. 38 Craig Sellar Lang ( ) New York Purgatorial Society Mass On Monday, March 11 at 7 pm, a sung Requiem Mass in the Dominican Rite sponsored by the New York Purgatorial Society will be offered at the Rosary Altar at. Lenten Fasting and Abstinence According to the Current Discipline: Laws of Days of Abstinence: For all aged 14 and older, obligatory abstention from flesh meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays of Lent. Laws of Days of Penance: Applies to all the Faithful during the entirety of Lent and Fridays outside of Lent. Laws of Days of Fast: For all aged 18 to 59, inclusive, one full meal permitted and two other meals, which, when combined, are less than a full meal, on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Law of the Eucharistic Fast: Complete fast from all food and drink (excluding water and medicine) for one hour before the reception of Holy Communion. This applies throughout the year. Collections February 17, 2019 Regular Offertory: $15,547 Attendance: 1098 February 24, 2019 Regular Offertory: $13,677 Attendance: 1140 Lenten Liturgical Observances The penitential season of Lent (from the Old English meaning spring and also known as Quadragesima in Latin, meaning fortieth ) begins on Ash Wednesday. In Lent, violet vestments are worn and the Gloria and Alleluia are omitted. According to the General Instructions of the Roman Missal, the document governing the celebration of the Ordinary Form of the Mass, the organ is to be used only to give necessary support to the singing. Thus, as much as possible, the Mass is sung a cappella, the hymn accompaniments are subdued, and the organ voluntaries are omitted. As the Church strips herself of festal trimming entering into the spiritual desert, her faithful are likewise called to a heightened order of penitence, fasting, abstinence, and almsgiving. Making a good confession, attending daily Mass, and praying the Office, Stations, and Rosary are all worthy resolutions. 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. Franciscan Spirit Tours: Refresh Your Spirit, Renew Your Soul Franciscan friars Fr. Michael Sevigny, ofm Cap. and Fr. Jim Sauer, ofm will be leading several upcoming pilgrimages to Holy sites around the world. Proceeds benefit the work of the Franciscans. For more information, or to arrange a private, custom pilgrimage please contact Franciscan Spirit Tours toll free at (646) ir at info@franciscanspirittours.com. You may also see the full itineraries online at www. FranciscanSpiritTours.com. Mention you were referred by the bulletin and the parish will receive a contribution. Our upcoming pilgrimages include: Italy/Greece Shrines, Wines, & Castles (Portugal) The Camino Oberammergau/Prague (Passion Play) Plus our regularly scheduled pilgrimages: "Franciscan Italy" "Great Women of Faith" (Paris/Lourdes/Lisieux) "Holy Land The Living Rosary" "Footsteps of St. John Paul II" (Poland/Prague) "Our Lady in the New World" (Guadalupe/Mexico) "Catholic Spain" "Fatima" "Journey to Peace" (Medjugorje) "Footsteps of Pope Francis" (Argentina/Uruguay) "Catholic Ireland" "Church of John and Paul" (Greece/Turkey)

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7 This Week of Grace Ash Wednesday stands at the center of this week. As we prepare to enter upon Lent, the Antiphons of this day s Mass may speak to us. The Entrance Antiphon You are merciful to all, O Lord, and despise nothing you have made. You overlook people s sins, and bring them to repentance, and you spare them for you are the Lord our God. From the Book of Wisdom Chapter ll, verses 14, 25, and 27. Note that the very first words of Lent have the tone of confidence and transformation. We may well ponder our faults, but always in the light of how God regards the work His hands. The Communion Antiphon He who ponders the law of the Lord day and night will yield fruit in due season. From Psalm 1, verses 2 and 3. This is an invitation to receive communion today as an opening to a deeper reading not only of the text of Scripture, but of the Law that is Christ himself, a law now written inside us who receive the Eucharist. Here too, we encounter confidence that our pursuit of the Gospel as a pattern of life will not fail to yield fulfillment for ourselves and others. 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) Legion of Mary The Legion of Mary welcomes membership into the counsel that meets at on Thursday afternoons at 1:30 pm. Legion meetings consist of prayers, review of work projects, and assignments for the coming week. Our ministry is visiting the sick at Mary Manning Walsh and bringing communion to catholic residents. If you are interested please contact the spiritual moderator, Fr. Joseph Allen, o.p. or the acting presidents Maria Martha Litrenta at (212) Thomistic Institute conference: "Does Politics Need God?" On Saturday, March 9, the Thomistic Institute will hold a conference entitled "Does Politics Need God?" The conference will feature Paul Rahe, Steven Long, Sohrab Ahmari, Robert P. George, Vincent Phillip Muñoz and Fr. Dominic Legge, o.p. Register online and thomistisinstitute.org or kbrizek@dhs.edu Tai-Chi Classes Health Advocates for Older People will be sponsoring Tai-Chi classes, the ancient movements and balance exercises to strengthen legs, ankles, knees, and hips. Classes will take place on Mondays, 1:30 2:30 pm in St. Dominic Hall at. All are welcome.