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 April 14, 2019 Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion Holy Week 2019 Reconciliation Monday, April pm: Reconciliation - St. Vincent & St. Catherine Holy Thursday, April 18 9 am: Office of Readings & Morning Prayer - St. Vincent 4 pm: Low Mass of the Lord s Supper for the convenince of the Faithful - St. Catherine 6:30 pm: Solemn Mass of the Lord s Supper - St. Vincent 8 pm: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament - St. Vincent 11:45 pm: Compline - St. Vincent Good Friday, April 19 8 am: Office of Readings & Morning Prayer - St. Catherine 9 am: Office of Readings & Morning Prayer - St. Vincent 12 noon 1:30 pm: Seven Last Words of Christ - St. Catherine 3 pm: Solemn Liturgy of the Lord s Passion - St. Vincent 5:15 pm: Simple Liturgy of the Lord s Passion for the convenince of the Faithful - St. Catherine 7 pm: Watch at the Sepulcher - St. Vincent (Singing of the Lamentations and Compline), April 20 8 am: Office of Readings & Morning Prayer - St. Catherine 9 am: Office of Readings & Morning Prayer - St. Vincent 10 am - 12 noon: Confessions - St. Vincent 11 am - 12 noon: Confessions - St. Catherine The Churches will close at 12 noon. St. Vincent will reopen at 7 pm. 9 pm: Solemn Vigil of Easter - St. Vincent Easter Sunday, April 21 8 am: Low Mass - St. Vincent 9:30 am: Sung Mass - St. Vincent 10 am: Sung Mass - St. Catherine 12 noon: Solemn Mass - St. Vincent 3:30 pm: Sung Vespers - St. Vincent 4 pm: Sung Mass - St. Vincent 5 pm: Low Mass - St. Catherine 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: 7:25es 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: 5:45 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 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 Information Welcome to the Parish of and in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, served 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 blue Parish Handbook. A Music List, 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 April Sunday, April 14 Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion 8 am Low Mass at 9:30 am Sung Mass at 10 am Low Mass at 11:15 am Blessing of Palms at Procession through the Streets of the Neighborhood 12 noon Solemn Mass at 5 pm Sung Mass at 5:30 pm Sung Vespers at 6 pm Sung Mass at Monday, April 15 Reconciliation Monday 3 9 pm Confessions at & 6:45 pm Parish Study on The 7 Capital Sins at Wednesday, April 17 Holy Hour at is cancelled Thursday, April 18 Holy Thursday Friday, April 19 Good Friday Saturday, April 20 Sunday, April 21 Easter Sunday Monday, April 22 Easter Monday Parish Offices Closed Regular Mass and Confession Schedule Sunday, April 28 Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy) 3 pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions at April 29 - May 6 Patronal Octave of Prayer Monday, April 29 Solemnity of 5:15 pm Solemn Mass and Procession at Sunday, May 5 Third Sunday of Easter Monday, May 6 Solemnity of (Observed) 6 pm Solemn Mass and Procession at Sunday, May 12 Fourth Sunday of Easter Sunday, May 19 Fifth Sunday of Easter Monday, May 20 7 am New York Purgatorial Society Mass at Sunday, May 26 Sixth Sunday of Easter Monday, May 27 Memorial Day Parish Offices Closed 8 am Low Mass at 9 am Low Mass at

3 Passiontide The Palm Sunday Liturgy challenges me at my roots. I find myself carrying my palm, enjoying the beauty of the procession, and catching the mood of the happy crowds welcoming Jesus on the approach to Jerusalem. Yet, every year that crowd turns on Jesus, and He ends up alone on Good Friday. I ask myself if I would have stuck with Him once the glamor was gone. Holy Week confronts me the paradox of recognition and understanding. At some level I get Jesus and at a deeper level I do not, and this is why each year I must walk through Holy Week once more. Here is the nature of Faith as a gift we spend a lifetime growing into. By their content and their very intensity, the Holy Week Liturgies continue the revelatory work of the Cross. The events of the Passion and the Resurrection lay bare the love of God. By this has the cross been transformed for us. What served as an instrument of execution has become the primary icon of our identity as Christians. We kiss the Cross, we guild and bejewel it, we crown our buildings with it, we wear it with pride. By this sign we believe that the Maker of the World knows and accepts us. But He knows and accepts us as sinners, and the Cross reveals profoundly the sin of humanity. Jesus is stretched upon its beams by the arrogance of empire, the cowardice of leadership, the defensiveness of religious people, and the violence of everyone. The death of Jesus exposes these things in a specific time and place and it indicts definite institutional actors. But all of these together represent the shadow side of us, thrown into high relief and thrust into God s face. In the Crucifixion occur the perfect worship of Christ and the anti-worship of humanity. Christ Crucified takes up the priestly stance assigned to Israel in the covenant with Moses. As the perfect Jew, holding God s good things in covenant, He returns to God that which belongs to Him, namely the humanity He had received as gift, not right. The perfection of Christ s humanity asserts itself in bringing the worship of gratitude and vulnerability into the most terrible of circumstances. Here, Christ stands on the ground sanctified by Abraham, who on Mt. Moriah offered God his son Isaac, recognizing the he had received him as gift, not possession. God responds to Abraham by providing a ram so that the Patriarch could make his response to Him, and redeem his son. The radical love of the Passion appears in Christ s offering of His own humanity and in the Father s acceptance of the offer without reprieve. The Father and the Son embrace each other across the human cruelty vainly interposed between them. The love of Father and Son shows us the transformative power with which God responds to true human worship. The victory of this power becomes apparent to us at Easter, and we experience it at each Mass, as God continues to transform our offerings. The love of Father and Son shows us the transformative power with which God responds to true human worship. The victory of this power becomes apparent to us at Easter, and we experience it at each Mass, as God continues to transform our offerings. But their love also delineates clearly the nature of anti-worship, which is to exercise possessory power over God s gifts as confided to me, or to another. We know the futile freedom of trying to own our bodies and the isolation that rewards the quest for self-sufficiency. Do we also perceive the empty dominion we establish through the exploitation of another, even in the most genteel fashion? Do we realize the violence we do when we seek control over a group of God s souls? What Abraham and Jesus never forget is that all life belongs to God, and their holiness lies in recognizing this without fear, and with love. Embracing our non-possession of ourselves will found a solid spiritual life, will keep us in the way of moral conversion, and it will give us an open, candid presence to our companions. You and I are being formed by each Holy Week, and by every Eucharist in between, to live our lives in God s presence in the way Christ shows, with the strength He gives. Honesty will show us progress to this point, but also a vast horizon of growth. The washing of the feet, the shared Eucharistic elements, and Christ s crucified body will together challenge our arrogance and our presumption, rebuke our calculations and manipulations, and frustrate our complacency. All of this is a plan not for shame, but for freedom. The Holy Spirit has come to breathe this surprising liberty into hearts open to receiving it. He has come so that, We might live no longer for ourselves, but for Him who died and rose for us again. (Eucharistic Prayer IV) At Easter, Christians testify that they are becoming like Christ in fits and starts. They struggle to give their lives away, believing that when they succeed in this they find their lives all over again and better than ever. Blessings on your Holy Week. Fr. Walter Once again, I draw on my archives. I have been preaching a mission at our Parish of St. Gertrude in Cincinnati. This has meant several days of intensive preaching on new material. I have no doubt that these reflections will come your way in due time. In the meantime, these words from 2016 came to the rescue of a tired preacher.

4 Mass Intentions Sunday, April 14 6:00 pm (Vigil) Raquel Taton (D) 8:00 am For the People of the Parish 9:30 am Kathie Reichart (D) 12 noon Beatriz & Ramiro Mendes (D) 6:00 pm Joseph Henao Monday, April 15 8:00 am For the Deceased Members of the Parish & the Order (D) 12:10 pm Jeanne Gorski (D) 6:00 pm Joseph & Angeline Sabo (D) 8:00 am Mary Kay Feighery (D) 12:10 pm Mark Flesher (D) 6:00 pm Judge Edmund L. Palmieri (D) Wednesday, April 17 8:00 am James R. Fay, Jr. (D) 12:10 pm For the Living & Deceased Members of the Gorski Family 6:00 pm Michael Allen Lorig (D) Thursday, April 18 Holy Thursday Friday, April 19 Good Friday Saturday, April 20 Mass Intentions Sunday, April 14 4:00 pm (Vigil) David Gale (D) 10:00 am Edward J. Murphy, III (D) 5:00 pm In Thanksgiving Monday, April 15 7:00 am For the Province of St. Joseph 1:00 pm For the Decaesed Members of the O'Leary & O'Brien Families (D) 5:15 pm Donatella Phillips (D) 7:00 am Mrs. Peggy McSweeney (D) 1:00 pm Mr. Robert Torrev 5:15 pm Marina Lucido & Maria Cecilia Punzalan (D) Wednesday, April 17 7:00 am For the Patrons of the Shrine of Saint Jude 1:00 pm The Bond Family 5:15 pm Paul Vincent Poveremo (D) Thursday, April 18 Holy Thursday Friday, April 19 Good Friday Saturday, April 20 Parish Prayer Intentions Contact the Parish Office to add a name to this list. Roseann Connolly, Joseph Robert Cusimano, Donald D'Angelo, Megan Guy, 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, Rosemarie Villanova, & Rocky Young. Please pray for the repose of the souls of Julia Ames, Ellorine Martinez, Dell Ramirez, Leo Ramirez, 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 Bro. Michael Downey, o.p. (D); Ramon & Fernando Gonzalez (L); Sr. Malachy O'Brien, o.p. (D); Edward C. Perry (D); For the Souls in Purgatory; For the People of the Parish; Intention of Donor St. Vincent Sanctuary Madonna Jack Ryan Keegan (L) 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 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 Choral Music for Holy Week Services: Palm Sunday 11:15 am Blessing of Palms St. Catherine Hosanna to the Son of David Orlando Gibbons ( ) Brass music during the Procession through the streets. 12 noon Solemn Mass St. Vincent Missa Mille regretz Cristóbal de Morales (c ) Improperium expectavit Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ( ) O Domine Jesu Christe Samuel Scheidt ( ) In monte Oliveti Orlando di Lasso ( ) Holy Thursday 6:30 pm Solemn Mass of the Lord s Supper St. Vincent Messe Solennelle Jean Langlais ( ) Ubi Caritas Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978) Panis angelicus, Op. 80 Pierre Villette ( ) O salutaris hostias, Op. 21 Pierre Villette Ave verum corpus Flor Peeters ( ) Good Friday 12 noon Seven Last Words of Christ St. Catherine Salve salutaris victima Peter Philips (c ) Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund Michael Praetorius ( ) Surely he hath borne our griefs (from Messiah, HWV 56) George Frideric Handel ( ) Have mercy upon me, O God William Byrd (c ) 3 pm Solemn Liturgy of the Lord s Passion St. Vincent Sung Passion according to John Adoramus te Claudio Monteverdi ( ) Inspice vulnera Haec quanta sint Melchior Franck ( ) 9 pm Solemn Vigil of Easter St. Vincent Messe Solennelle in C Sharp minor, Op. 16 Louis Vierne ( ) Sicut cervus desiderat Sitivit anima mea Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ( ) Laudate Dominum, Op. 9, No. 4 Marcel Dupré ( ) Congratulamini mihi Tulerunt Dominum meum Orlando di Lasso ( ) Easter Sunday 12 noon Solemn Mass St. Vincent Mass in F Charles Wood ( ) Haec dies Herbert Howells ( ) Regina caeli, Op. 9, No. 3 Herbert Howells Reconciliation Monday Monday, April 15, confessions will be available from 3 9 pm at and for those who would like to receive the great gift of God's mercy. Parish Study on the 7 Capital Sins The Lay Fraternity of St. Dominic Chapter continues their Parish Study this Tuesday, April 9. Deacon Walter Wiggins will present on the Sin of Gluttony. Each session focuses 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. Class will meet from 6:45 7:45 pm in the Lower Church at. Collection for the Holy Land Pope Francis has asked our parish to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land. Your support helps the church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools and offer religious education. The Pontifical Good Friday Collection also helps to preserve the sacred shrines. The wars, unrest, and instability have been especially hard on Christians. In these times of crisis, the Pontifical Good Friday Collection provides humanitarian aid to refugees. When you contribute to the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, you become an instrument of peace and join with Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land. Please be generous! For more information about Christians in the Holy Land, visit Evening Services on Easter Sunday In addition to the usual morning Masses, this year the Parish has added two evening Masses to its Easter Day schedule (just as we did on Christmas Day). A 4 pm Sung Mass will be offered at, preceeded by Sung Paschal Vespers at 3:30 pm. A Low Mass will be offered at 5 pm at. Divine Mercy Sunday April 28 is the Second Sunday of Easter, also known as Low Sunday or Divine Mercy Sunday. There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions at 3 pm at, followed by Vespers as usual at 5:30 pm. There will also be simple Adoration from 3 to 5 pm at as usual. 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.

6 Way of the Cross over the Brooklyn Bridge On Good Friday, April 19, Communion and Liberation will sponsor the Way of the Cross over the Brooklyn Bridge. Participants will congregate for the first station at St. James Cathedral, Brooklyn at 10 am. After a station on the Brooklyn Bridge, the procession will follow the cross to a third station at City Hall Park in Manhattan, and a fourth station near Ground Zero. The final station will be at St. Peter's Church on Barclay Street, concluding at 1:30 pm. At each station, there will be readings from the Passion, a meditation, a reflection, and hymns. All are invited. For more information, please call Communion and Liberation at (212) or visit Divine Mercy Pilgrimage The Queen of Peace Prayer group of St.Vincent Ferrer and Parish is sponsoring a pilgrimage to the Divine Mercy Shrine in Stockbridge, Massachusetts on Saturday, April 27. The pilgrimage cost is $ The bus will leave from in front of St.Catherine of Siena Church on First Avenue at 7:15 am sharp! Participants should dress warmly and bring an umbrella and food. To register, or receive more information please contact Arlene at (917) , Gertie at (646) , or the parish office at (212) Events at the Sheen Center At the back of the church, you will find new brochures for the Winter/Spring 2019 season of The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, a new performing arts space, a project of the Archdiocese of New York. Located in lower Manhattan, The Sheen Center offers wonderful events in theater, music, talk, and film! For more information, please visit SheenCenter.org. Use the special code ARCH and get 20% off selected tickets! Legion of Mary The Legion of Mary welcomes membership into the council 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 president Maria Martha Litrenta at (212) Dominican Third Order Are you a layperson who believes that you are called to a more profound interior life through the charisms of the Dominican Order? You may want to visit the Dominican Third Order (Lay Fraternity) Chapter that meets in the Parish Center of on the third Thursday of each month from 6 8 pm. All are welcome. To learn more visit or visit our blog at Chant Workshop Learn more about the Church s beautiful history and practice of sung prayer. Traditional chants in both English and Latin will be introduced. The workshop will be presented by Dr. Jennifer Donelson, dma, Professor and Director of Music at St. Joseph's Seminary, on Saturday, April 27 from 1:30 3:30 pm at Saint Mary's Church in Wappingers Falls. Registration is $15 (payable by cash or check at the door). For more information and registration please visit or contact liturgy@archny.org or (914) x8177. 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) Parish Social Media The Parish has Facebook and Instagram pages to help spread the word about special liturgies, lectures, and social events at the Parish. Find us and 'like' us by within Facebook or svsc_nyc on Instagram. Online Giving Fulfill your stewardship with an online service. Liturgical Publications (WeShare) allows you to make donations to the Parish of and 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."

7 This Week of Grace Community Notes Pray for those who are preparing for the liturgies of Holy Week. Many are busy behind the scenes so that we can pray well during these holiest of days. Sunday April 14 Palm Sunday of the Lord s Passion As members of the Parish process with Palms from St. Catherine s to St. Vincent s, pray that our Parish may give effective witness to Christ in our neighborhood. Monday, March 15 The Monday of Holy Week Today the Archdiocese of New York celebrates Reconciliation Monday, and confessions are heard in each church from 3 pm until 9 pm. Pray for those walking along a street who might see a sign, enter a church, and find God s acceptance and healing. The Tuesday of Holy Week Today the Archdiocese of New York celebrates its Chrism Mass. At St. Patrick s Cathedral the three oils will be blessed, and the priests will renew their commitment to their ministry. Pray for those who will be touched with the Oil of Catechumens as a prayerful support on their way to the Font. Pray for the many ill and elderly who will be anointed with the Oil of the Sick. Remember especially our Hospital Chaplains for whom this oil is a daily companion. Pray for everyone and everything to be bathed in the fragrance of Holy Chrism: Bishops and Priests who will be ordained, adults and young people who will be confirmed, babies who will receive Chrism as a token of their share in Christ s Threefold Office of Priest, Prophet, and King, and churches that will receive the touch of Chrism at their consecration. Pray for Bishops and Priests that they may have joy and holy challenge in their ministry. This evening the Dominican Laity (Third Order) conclude their series of presentations on the Seven Deadly Sins. Give thanks for an outstanding example of lay ministry in the Parish. Pray for the continued thriving of our chapter of the Dominican Laity and that the witness of the whole Order may become every more effective. Wednesday, April 17 The Wednesday of Holy Week On this Spy Wednesday pray for victims of betrayal, and for those who carry the burden of having betrayed another. Thursday, April 18 Holy Thursday of the Lord s Supper Make thanksgiving for the mystery of the Eucharist, by which the power of Christ s Death and Resurrection is conveyed to us. As we carry out the mandatum, the Washing of the Feet, pray that the works and spirit of service may grow in the Clergy and in the Laity. Friday, April 19 Good Friday of the Lord s Passion Pray for those who today bear witness to their faith in the service of the Seven Last Words. As we take up today collection for the Holy Places and the Holy Land, pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for those who live there and those who journey there. Saturday, April 20 Pray for those who in the light of the Paschal Candle recognize a new chapter of life, though baptism, communion with the Catholic Church, Confirmation, or growth in the gift of faith. Pray that this Holy Week may provide the impetus for people to resume the practice of the faith.