St. Catherine of Siena

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1 The Parish of and Church of : 869 Lexington Ave, New York, NY Church of : 411 East 68 th Street, New York, NY (212) parish@svsc.info May 6, 2018 Sixth Sunday of Easter Almsgiving Sunday Today, Sunday, May 6 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. Dominican Chant Talks Today, Sunday, May 6, after the 12 noon Mass at, several brief talks about Dominican chant, lasting about 45 minutes in total, will be given by Fr. Innocent Smith, o.p., James Wetzel, and Dr. Eleanor Giraud from the University of Limerick. These talks will explore the sources and methodology of the Dominican chants sung each Sunday at our parish. The talks are part of a two-day conference on Dominican chant organized together with Columbia University. Solemnity of the Ascension Thursday, May 10 is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, a Holy Day of Obligation. On Wednesday, May 9, the 5:15 pm Mass at St. Catherine of Siena and the 6 pm Mass at will be Vigil Masses of the Ascension and will fulfill the obligation. On Thursday, May 10, the 12 noon Mass at St. Vincent's will be a Sung Mass and there will be an additional 1 pm Low Mass at St. Catherine's. Ascension Day Lessons and Carols On Thursday, May 10 at 7 pm, hosts an ecumenical service of Lessons and Carols for the Cenacle, with a series of Eastertide Gospel readings for the upper room, motets sung by the Schola Cantorum, and congregation hymns. This service is being sponsored by the Archdiocesan Ecumenical Office. May Crowning On Sunday, May 13, there will be a May Crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary following the 10 am Mass at to which all are invited. May 13 marks the 101 st anniversary of the Apparition of Fatima and is also Mother s Day. New York Purgatorial Society Mass On Monday, May 14 at 7 pm, an Extraordinary Form Latin Mass sponsored by the New York Purgatorial Society will be offered at the Rosary Altar at. Solemn Vigil of Pentecost On Saturday, May 19, in addition to the regular evening Masses, there will be a Solemn Mass for the Vigil of Pentecost at 7:30 pm at. This Vigil Mass, similar in form to the Easter Vigil (but much more brief ), includes readings and prayers added by Pope Benedict XVI in It will fulfill the Sunday obligation. The readings will be chanted and accompanied by chants from the Dominican Graduale. The Schola Cantorum will sing. 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: 7:35 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. Innocent Smith, o.p. Vicar for Formation Bro. Damian McCarthy, o.p. 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 High School (212) Sr. Gail Morgan, o.p. Principal Dominican Shrine of St. Jude (212) Parish Information Welcome to the Parish of and in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York which is administered by the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph. For general information about the parish, its many organizations, an overview of the current year s schedule of events, and how to become more involved in our common life, please take a red Parish Handbook. A Music Brochure, Music as Holy Preaching, contains a list of this season s concerts and repertoire for all choral services as well as information about the St. Cecilia Guild. Both of these booklets are available in the narthex of both churches and online. To register as a parishioner, please use the form found at the back of the Handbook or online. Follow us on and sign-up for alerts by notifying parish@svsc.info. Parish Calendar May Sunday, May 6 Sixth Sunday of Easter 1 pm Dominican Chant Presentation at Thursday, May 10 Ascencion of the Lord Holy Day of Obligation 12:10 pm Sung Mass at 1 pm Low Mass at 7 pm Lessons and Carols for the Cenacle at Sunday, May 13 Seventh Sunday of Easter Mother's Day Monday, May 14 7 pm New York Purgatorial Society Mass at Saturday, May 19 7:30 pm Solemn Vigil of Pentecost at Sunday, May 20 Pentecost Sunday, May 27 Holy Trinity Monday, May 28 Memorial Day Parish Offices Closed 7 am Mass at 9 am Mass at June Sunday, June 3 Corpus Christi 12 noon Solemn Mass with Procession at 2 pm Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at Friday, June 8 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 6 pm Sung Mass at Monday, June 25 7 pm New York Purgatorial Society Mass at Friday, June 26 Sts. Peter and Paul 6 pm Sung Mass at July Wednesday, July 4 Independence Day Parish Offices Closed 8 am Low Mass at 9 am Sung Mass at August Monday, August 6 Transfiguration 6 pm Sung Mass at Tuesday, August 7 Vigil of St. Dominic 6 pm Solemn First Vespers at

3 Connections I wonder what things will be like when you read these lines. I write before the celebration of our Parish Jubilee for the Sunday after its conclusion, and from this angle I can only hope you think it went well. All around me people try to figure out details for the celebrations and we all try to imagine events for which we have no history and no blueprint. However, no question marks attach to the value of the preparations themselves. This work has elicited interdependence and creativity as we have let the unique contours of our Parish give shape to these happenings. As we breathlessly pull things together we entertain a twofold hope for the Octave. First, we hope that that these eight days reveal the Parish to itself so that people may encounter tangibly the multifaceted nature of this part of Christ s Body. We also harbor the dream that our observance may give us some points of connection with wider circles of New Yorkers. These musings lead me to an insight about struggle and connection. In recent confessions I notice myself offering a refrain to penitents, God blesses struggle. So many of us come to confession bringing the same sins over and over again. Habitual sin can invite indifference and rationalization, or it can lead to exhaustion and despair. At such moments we need, I think, to recognize the value of our commitments to change, our sorrow over our failures, and our willingness to start over. That we put ourselves through these paces imparts humility and perseverance to souls and fosters their practice of the beatitude of mercy. I now discern similar value in the effort to distill a mode of celebrate that befits our group and enables our group to preach in its own words, or to find its own voice, to borrow a phrase of the moment. In the effort to speak about ourselves we become more ourselves. If we strive to put the Gospel into the words of our experience and insight, then we become more truly people of the Gospel. This effort will be refined and focused if we keep one eye trained on those we hope will receive our testimony about the Risen Lord and the Life of Grace. Here the struggle to live well finds its most ready sparring partner, and that is connection. Over and over again I work at getting across to someone else what is in my mind and heart in a way possesses clarity unobscured by intimidation or fearfulness, manipulation or indifference to circumstance. Much as I try, in the mystery of things I miss the mark. But if I persevere in the effort will the Holy Spirit of Pentecost not supply what my humanity lacks for the telling of God s Good News? The project we call Evangelization places on me, on you, on us all, a demand that we desire know others to come to the saving truth and promise of Christ. So we need an ongoing intention to share with others, in our own tongue-tied way, the hope that lies within us. No well-crafted talk substitutes for the willingness to be out there as one s own struggling self at the service of the Victorious Christ. The goals for the Jubilee which I anticipate in writing and you reflect upon in reading point in the direction of Pentecost. In working for community among ourselves we may never settle for the secure camaraderie of a club. We always open the circle of our life of faith and hope as directed by God s Spirit, and this will never cease to be a struggle against complacency, chauvinism, and the weight of history. The gesture of welcome and the word of testimony will always risk awkwardness for the sake of connection, and then be surprised by its own eloquence. Some real time chances for witness. On May 10, Ascension Day, we are scheduled to host an ecumenical service of Lessons and Carols. Here is a chance to make other Christians at home in our home. Please bring your smile and your handshake and place them at the service of the Holy Spirit. Please remember the Cardinal s Appeal and the chance to support the life, of the regional church, so that the life that thrives among us may not be hindered elsewhere in the Archdiocese by financial obstacles. If Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter are crucial fixed points in your life Ascension and Pentecost deserve a place on the same list. These days remind each of us, and all of us of two crucial truths. First, we have a homeland, and second, the way there is a road of connection with those neighbors presented by the Holy Spirit. Let us press on then, Alleluia. Fr. Walter

4 Mass Intentions Sunday, May 6 6:00 pm (Vigil) Gina Rose Montalto (D) 8:00 am John Joseph Ambrose (D) 9:30 am Gjeldsh & Vialeta Deduvkaj 12 noon Dorothy M. Grever (D) 6:00 pm For the People of the Parish Monday, May 7 8:00 am For the Living members of the Mullen Family 12:10 pm Concepcion G. de la Cruz 6:00 pm Natalie Papadam (D) Tuesday, May 8 8:00 am Margaret Cunningham Fay (D) 12:10 pm Monica Gorski (D) 6:00 pm Edward Munshower, Sr. (D) Wednesday, May 9 8:00 am Alejandro Canessa (D) 12:10 pm Catherine & Patrick McGlade (D) 6:00 pm Jack, Natalie, Marie, & Francis Egan O'Brien (D) Thursday, May 10 8:00 am James Mulholland (D) 12:10 pm Luz V. Gonzalez (D) 6:00 pm Rev. Hugh Halton, o.p. (D) Friday, May 11 8:00 am For the Deceased members of the Parish and the Order (D) 12:10 pm Jeanne Gorski (D) 6:00 pm Gloria Grisz (D) Saturday, May 12 8:00 am For the Living & Deceased members of the Deeney & Mc- Guinness Families (D) Mass Intentions Sunday, May 6 4:00 pm (Vigil) Patronal Octave of Prayer 10:00 am Margaret "Peggy" Oswald-Manning (D) 5:00 pm Josefina Madamba (D) Monday, May 7 7:00 am For the Province of St. Joseph 5:15 pm Eleanor McNamee (D) Tuesday, May 8 7:00 am Charlie O'Connell (D) 5:15 pm Loretta Dolan (D) Wednesday, May 9 7:00 am For the patrons of the Shrine of Saint Jude 5:15 pm Shelley Weinstock Thursday, May 10 7:00 am Peggy Curry & Family 5:15 pm James Payton (D) Friday, May 11 7:00 am Purgatorial Society (D) 5:15 pm Denise Lukowski (D) Saturday, May 12 9:00 am Edward Perry Parish Prayer Intentions Contact the Parish Office to add a name to this list Joseph Robert Cusimano, David Gale, William Heath, Chuck Hawk, Carolyn Kelly, Brian Praetzel, Julie Praetzel, Roseanne Reilly, Isabel Rivera, Raymond Schwede, Rebecca Smith, & Jumlong Ullitavee. Please pray for the repose of the souls of Giuseppe Cannistracci, Ana Ceta, Ling Ling Douglas, Mary Faller, Ethel Garcia, Sr. Virginia Kemp, o.p., Lee Lambey, Joan Long, Matthew Martinez, Matthew Mellon, Maureen O'Brien, Charles O'Connell, Percival Stanion, & Katherine Wilson, 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 Sr. Helen Durso, o.p. (l); Ramon & Fernando Gonzalez (l); Sr. Nora McCarthy, o.p. (l); Ita McEnery (l); Edward C. Perry (d); For the People of the Parish; Intention of Donor St. Vincent Sanctuary Madonna Norma Macdonald 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 Monday Friday, 10:00 am 3:00 pm.

5 Music Notes Choral Music for Upcoming Services: Ascenion Day Thursday, May 10 7 pm Lessons and Carols for the Cenacle St. Vincent Do not lament me, Mother Maximilian Steinberg ( ) Angelus Domini descendit Orlando di Lasso ( ) God is gone up, Op. 27, No. 2 Gerald Finzi ( ) Surrexit pastor bonus Tomás Luis de Victoria (c ) Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life Harold Friedell ( ) Easter Hymn (from Cavalleria Rusticana) Pietro Mascagni ( ) and organ music of Bach and Messiaen Seventh Sunday of Easter (Ascensiontide) May noon Solemn Mass St. Vincent Ascendo ad patrem meum Samuel Scheidt ( ) Vidi turbam magnam Et omnes angeli stabant Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ( ) Catholic Artists Society Mass The Catholic Artists Society will host its seventh annual Mass for Artists on Monday, May 21, at 7 pm at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament on West 71st Street, east of Broadway. The Most Reverend James Massa, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, will offer the Mass and the Schola Cantorum of will sing music of Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa Beata Maria, Gaude Maria Virgo, and Regina caeli á 5. Eucharistic Adoration has Eucharistic Adoration each Sunday, 3 5 pm. Adoration begins at 3 pm, with the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3:15 pm, Rosary at 4 pm, and Benediction at 4:45 pm. Pregnancy Help, Inc. Spring Reception On Thursday, May 24, the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer will host Pregnancy Help, Inc. s (PHI) Spring Reception to honor Fr. Carlton Parker Jones, o.p., the former Pastor, Church, from The Reception begins at 6:45 pm and there will be a mass prior to the reception, at 6:00 pm. PHI offers pregnant women baby clothes and supplies, medical referrals, and most of all love and encouragement for the future. Tickets are $200. Please call Keelyn Mulvey (914) , for further information. Collections April 29, 2018 Regular Offertory: $14,586 Deficit Reduction: $5,176 Attendance: 1463 Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Notes Eucharistic Presence of the Good Shepherd One of the goals of CGS is to help children make connections between their experiences with God in the Atrium and their everyday lives. We want them to comprehend that this Jesus, the Good Shepherd, whom they get to know and love through the presentations they hear about Him in CGS is the same Jesus who is present with us at Mass in the Eucharist. To aid in the children's understanding, Sofia Cavalletti and Giana Gobbi developed a material called the Eucharistic Presence of the Good Shepherd. This presentation begins with Christ the Good Shepherd standing in a sheepfold with His flock of sheep facing Him. By the time the children receive this presentation, they have usually ascertained that the Good Shepherd represents Jesus and the sheep represent us, His people. An altar table is placed between the Good Shepherd and the sheep. The children remark that now the scene somewhat resembles a Mass. A figure of a priest replaces the figure of the Good Shepherd behind the altar and a smaller Good Shepherd figure is placed on top of the altar table. The children learn that the priest is Christ s representative on earth, but that Jesus is still physically present with us at Mass. The sheep are then replaced with figures of people and the small Good Shepherd figure is replaced with a paten and a chalice. The children realize that Jesus is present in the Body and Blood of Christ. Now the scene looks remarkably similar to Mass. According to Sofia Cavalletti in The Religious Potential of the Child, The greater the resonance the parable [of the Good Shepherd] has within the child, the richer and more profound will be the resonance of the Eucharist within him. But first, the child must recognize the relationship between Jesus in the Bible and Jesus in the Liturgy. Visitation Circle Visitation Circle cordially invites single, widowed and divorced women to our next meeting and fellowship on Saturday, May 12. We will begin our program at the Rosary Altar of Church at 11:40 am with the recitation of the Rosary, followed by Mass at 12 noon. Our coffee gathering with light lunch and meeting immediately follow in the priory parlors. Free will offering. Frassati Dinner and Holy Hour: Sunday, May 13 Come join us for us our monthly dinner and Holy Hour as we pray, share dinner, and grow in community. After a home cooked meal ($10 suggested donation) we will have a Holy Hour with praise & worship music, confessions, and prayer teams available. All Mothers are welcome! Date: Sunday, May 13. Times: Parish Mass 6 pm, Dinner 7:15 pm, Holy Hour 8:15 pm. Location: The Church of, 869 Lexington Ave., New York, NY For more information contact@frassati.nyc or visit frassati.nyc.

6 Thank You! The staff and community of the Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena would like to thank everyone for their love and support throughout our Jubilee Celebration!

7 A Message from the Social Concerns Committee To All Parishioners In the fall and throughout this winter, you have generously donated items used as prizes for the bingo games we host for the women at the Park Avenue Armory Shelter. We have used almost all the wonderful gifts and still need prizes for the month of May and for early September when we start our games after our summer break. So we once again are asking for items for now and early fall. Most coveted items are casual tops, tee shirts,and sweat pants in size M or L, light-weight pajamas in size L, unopened bottles of cologne, large size bottles of body wash and shampoo and body lotion, hand bags and summer hats. All new things, please. Please leave items at the Priory or with the Church guards marked as bingo prizes. Thank you very much in advance as we know you will be as generous as you usually are. Blackfriars Repertory Theatre: The Rainmaker The Blackfriars Repertory Theatre a Catholic theatre company run by the New York Dominican Friars is producing a revival of the Broadway classic The Rainmaker at the Archdiocese's Sheen Center. It is a beautiful and though-provoking play that gives encouragement and joy to all. The Rainmaker runs from April 27 May 20. For more information please visit Golden Wedding Jubilee Mass Couples celebrating their 50 th Wedding Anniversary anytime during 2018 are invited to attend the Golden Wedding Jubilee Mass with Cardinal Dolan at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday, June 3 at 2:15 pm. Pre-registration is required. Please contact your parish to register. The closing date to register for the Mass is Monday, May 14. This Week of Grace The Holy Father s Prayer Intention for May That the lay faithful may fulfill their specific mission by responding with creativity to the challenges that face the world today. Community Notes The Dominican Friars are preparing for their quadrennial Chapter. This three-weeks-long gathering chooses our leadership and sets the policies that govern us. The practice of chapter dates to the beginning of our Order and is a central feature of our government. While the chapter sits it governs our province as General Chapters govern the whole Order when they sit every three years. When the Chapter finishes, it turns executive authority over to the superior who nevertheless remains bound to the decisions the chapter has made. Pray that the Holy Spirit will preside over the chapter and the preparations for it. The Jubilee of our Parish Please offer a thanksgiving for all the graces of this Octave of celebration, and for the many generous efforts that made it possible. Sunday, May 6 The Sixth Sunday of Easter Almsgiving Sunday. Pray for the work of the New York Common Pantry as they seek to nourish the poor. Pray for the work of our Social Concerns Committee. Tuesday, May 8 The Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Dominicans, along with other orders, claim a special relationship with the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our homage to Mary focuses on Mary s role in the contemplation of the Word (Our Lady of the Rosary), and her prayerful support of ministry and preaching (Queen of Apostles). Pray that we may fruitfully serve the good of souls. Thursday, May 10 The Ascension of the Lord (Solemnity) A Holy Day of Obligation. Pray for a growth in the virtue of hope, so that for each of us may recognize life with God as life s goal and shape. Pray for good fruit from the ecumenical Service of Lessons and Carols that we are scheduled to host this evening. Friday, May 11 Today we host confirmations for the Narnia Clubs of New York. The Narnia Clubs offer a home-based program of religious formation. This is an opportunity to give thanks for the variety of ways in which the Gospel reaches people in our time.