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1 April 17, 2016 Weekly Bulletin Fourth Sunday of Easter mass schedule Saint Vincent Ferrer Sunday Masses Saturday: 5:30 pm Vigil Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am (sung), noon (solemn), 5:30 pm (sung) Daily Masses M F: 8:00 am, 12:10 pm, 6:00 pm Saturday: 8:00 am confession times M F: 5:20 pm 5:50 pm Wednesday: 7:45 pm 8:30 pm Saturday: 4:30 pm 5:30 pm adoration of the blessed sacrament Wednesday: 7:30 pm 9:00 pm Saint Catherine of Siena Sunday Masses Saturday: 5:15 pm Vigil (sung) Sunday: 9:00 am, noon (solemn), 5:15 pm (sung) Daily Masses M F: 7:00 am, noon, 5:15 pm Saturday: noon confession times Monday Saturday: 11:30 am 11:55 am 4:40 pm 5:05 pm adoration of the blessed sacrament Sunday: 11:00 am 11:45 am Wednesday: 12:45 pm 5:00 pm Thursday: 12:45 pm 5:00 pm Parish Contacts and Office Hours Parish office address: 869 Lexington Avenue New York, NY Parish office hours: Monday through Friday: 9:00 am 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 5:00 pm The Parish of Saint Vincent Ferrer & Saint Catherine of Siena Dominican Friars 869 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY East 68th Street, New York, NY Call or visit p a r i s h s t u d y Parish Study will continue this Tuesday, April 19 at St. Catherine s, in St. Dominic Hall. Father Walter will speak on The Social Life of the Parish. Tuesday, April 26, will cover Healthcare and the Parish. s e c o n d c o l l e c t i o n Today, Sunday, April 17, there will be a second collection to help us reduce the parish s Operating Deficit at St. Vincent s, h.e.l.p. collection at St. Catherine s. Thank you for your support. p a r i s h c o f f e e Please join us for coffee and conversation today, Sunday, April 17, at St. Catherine of Siena, in St. Dominic Hall, following the noon Mass. d f h c m n y e u c h a r i s t i c m i n i s t e r s d ay o f r e c o l l e c t i o n The dfhcmny Eucharistic Minister s Day of Recollection will be held on Saturday, April 23, at St. Catherine of Siena. y o u a r e i n v i t e d Recently, St. Catherine Church has purchased new candlesticks for the sanctuary altars, as well as a pair of candlesticks with matching crucifix for two side altars. This allowed us to relocate existing candlesticks to various other locations within the chapel shrines around the church. It has been suggested that parishioners and friends of the parish might like to make a donation for these recent purchases as memorial or outright gifts to the parish. If you would like to assist with this project, please contact either Fr. Walter Wagner or Fr. Joseph Allen for further information. Thank you for your consideration of this project. f o o d s u n d ay Today, Sunday, April 17, members of the Social Concerns Committee will be at the doors of St. Vincent Ferrer to collect food and/or monetary donations for the New York Common Pantry. Please look for our committee members if you wish to donate cash or look for the Pantry s bin in the church vestibule if you wish to donate food. s t. c a t h e r i n e o f s i e n a n o v e n a The Feast of St. Catherine will be prepared for with a novena prayer each day at the noon Mass at St. Catherine s, beginning Thursday, April 21. p a r i s h r e g i s t r a t i o n We are still collecting Registration forms to create a common parish roster. A short form can be found in the back of the church or in the church offices, it can also be found on the Parish website at register. This will help the Parish to get a better sense of its demographics and provide the Parish Staff with up-to-date contact information for the members of the parish. t h a n k y o u for your continued support of Saint Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena! a p r i l 1 0, st. vincent ferrer Regular Offertory: $ 1 2, Military Collection: $ 3, Attendance: st. catherine of siena Regular Offertory: $ 5, 47 2 Military Collection: $ 1, Attendance: 4 9 4

2 j o i n us i n p r ay e r s a i n t v i n c e n t f e r r e r m a s s Intentions s u n d ay, a p r i l 1 7 Fourth Sunday of Easter 5:30 pm (Vigil) Mark Flesher 8:00 am Yvonne Denny 10:00 am For the People of the Parish noon For the intention of Marian Bancaccio 5:30 pm William Mayo Sullivan m o n d ay, a p r i l 1 8 8:00 am Daniel Lawrence 12:10 pm Living & Deceased members of the Gorski Family 6:00 pm Aurora Forero t u e s d ay, a p r i l 1 9 8:00 am James R. Fay, Jr. 12:10 pm Marie Powers 6:00 pm William & Rose Marotti w e d n e s d ay, a p r i l 2 0 8:00 am Deceased members of the Parish & the Order 12:10 pm Charon Moore 6:00 pm Molly O Hara t h u r s d ay, a p r i l 2 1 8:00 am Monsignor Edwin V. Hoover 12:10 pm Rev. Barnabas Gorski, O.F.M. 6:00 pm Deceased members of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic f r i d ay, a p r i l 2 2 8:00 am Don Forlenza 12:10 pm Edward C. Perry 6:00 pm Agnes W. Kammerer s a t u r d ay, a p r i l 2 3 8:00 am William & Rose Marotti 5:30 pm Bayard G. Schaeffer s a i n t c a t h e r i n e o f s i e n a m a s s Intentions s u n d ay, a p r i l 1 7 Fourth Sunday of Easter 5:15 pm (Vigil) Catherine & Philip Lord 9:00 am For the patrons of the Shrine of Saint Jude noon For the People of the Parish 5:15 pm John Patrick Foye m o n d ay, a p r i l 1 8 7:00 am For the Province of St. Joseph noon For the intention of Yola Wilczak 5:15 pm For the intention of Ann Boyle t u e s d ay, a p r i l 1 9 7:00 am Dollie Waterhouse noon Ellen, Anne, & Fred Rumball 5:15 pm Julian Nilo Boy Diokno w e d n e s d ay, a p r i l 2 0 7:00 am Leonila Roque noon Sandra Burnett 5:15 pm For the intention of Laura Kane t h u r s d ay, a p r i l 2 1 7:00 am Helene Cullen noon St. Catherine Novena 5:15 pm For the intention of Colleen Trappo f r i d ay, a p r i l 2 2 7:00 am St. Catherine of Siena Purgatorial Society noon St. Catherine Novena 5:15 pm Eileen Smyth s a t u r d ay, a p r i l 2 3 noon St. Catherine Novena 5:15 pm Patrick O Donovan mass intentions can be reserved in the parish office monday through friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, and in the church office of st. catherine of siena monday through friday, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. p a r i s h p r ay e r Requests Contact the Parish Office at or info@stcatherinenyc.org to add a name to this list. Mary Almeida, Bob Cusimano, Barbara Dranjo, Monica Farren, Edward Fitzmaurice, Rev. Chris Johnson, O.P., Caroline Kelly, John Kelly, Diana Mansel, Sarah McDermott, Ann Morris, Stephen Osso, Pauline Ramsey, & Gloria Rosenberg. p l e a s e p r ay f o r t h e r e p o s e of the souls of Muriel Almeida, Mary Fitzmaurice, Ned Fitzmaurice, Caterina Fusca, Ventrella Giulla, Rev. Ferrer Halligan, O.P., Baraka Khan, Edwina Mansel, Hugh Mansel, Aldo Portolano, & Pauline Ramsey, and the souls of all our recently deceased. As is our mission, 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. c a n d l e Intentions The seven-day candles, which burn in the lamps before the tabernacle and the Madonna at the entrance of the sanctuary, and at the Pieta in St. Vincent Ferrer are available for an offering of $15 each. These lamps are both an act of devotion and a source of beauty in our church. s a n c t u a r y l a m p s s t. v i n c e n t f e r r e r Maria Luisa Barahona (d) Rene Concepcion (d) Ramon & Fernando Gonzalez (l) Fr. Raymond Ferrer Halligan, O.P. (d) William J. Schwede, Sr. (l) Intention of Donor Special Intention s a n c t u a r y m a d o n n a Jack Ryan Keegan (l) p i e t a l a m p Well-being of Christians in the Middle East s a n c t u a r y l a m p s s t. c a t h e r i n e o f s i e n a The Sanctuary Lamp and the Blessed Virgin Mary Candle at St. Catherine of Siena burn for the intentions of any parishioner or in memory of any of our deceased. The offering is $15.00 for one week, Sunday through Saturday. This week the Sanctuary Lamp is lit for Joseph & Angelina Sabo. The Blessed Virgin Mary Candle is lit for Priscila S. Ventigan.

3 from fa t h e r wa lt e r, o.p., pastor Common Life As promised last week, I present to you a new Mass schedule for our new parish. It comes to you in concert with a Job Description for the head of a combined music program across the whole parish. Together these two initiatives: Offer parishioners the opportunity for worship in a range of modes. Avoid the duplication of services within our neighborhood. Lower music related expenses. Facilitate the pastoral presence of the parish clergy. Promote the musical formation of our members. Need to be read alongside the principles and observations spelled out last week in the bulletin. These are set out in both churches for your convenience. Of course, the changes you find here will disrupt many routines, and for the inconvenience and dislocation, I am very sorry. I value the rhythms of my own life and I balk at breaking those of others. However, I truly believe that our situation demands these steps. Naturally these measures may not have their intended effect, and so we will review all of these arrangements after the turn of the year. I do ask you to try and study these materials before you react to them. As ever, I am grateful for your patience. Fr. Walter Wagner, O.P., Pastor The Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena Position of Director of Music and Organist (Full Time, Exempt) The Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena is a parish of the Archdiocese of New York confided to the pastoral care of the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph. The parish includes two churches: the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer and the Church of St. Catherine of Siena. The Director of Music and Organist directs the music program at both churches, working with the pastor and pastoral staff of the parish to develop and maintain a music program which supports the worship of the faithful and the educational and preaching mission of the Order of Preachers. The music program at the Parish draws on the liturgical tradition of the Catholic Church with special emphasis on the particular tradition of the Dominican order. Its liturgical, musical, and pedagogical character flows from the Dominican charism of preaching for the salvation of souls. The music program strives to engage the members of the parish with the Word of God and with the liturgical texts entrusted to them, enabling active and conscious participation in the liturgy and providing for an encounter with God through the medium of sacred music. The position of Director of Music and Organist include three main duties: 1) In collaboration with the pastor and pastoral staff, arranging and directing music on Sundays, special feast days, and occasional liturgies throughout the year (including weddings and funerals); this will include playing the organ and directing cantors and the choir for the various Solemn and Sung Masses of the parish 2) Developing pedagogical programs for the parish choir and the congregation as a whole which will enable an ongoing development of music and liturgy in the parish 3) Developing outreach programs to engage the broader community in the parish, especially through the arrangement of liturgical performances by local musical ensembles and occasional concerts of sacred music

4 Qualifications include: 1) Outstanding skills as an organist and choir director 2) Ability to work with volunteer and professional singers 3) Desire to engage the congregation in liturgical participation 4) Ability to play the organ in a mode that supports the singing of the congregation 5) Knowledge of the Church s liturgical and musical patrimony, including chant, polyphony, and hymnody 6) Willingness to develop a knowledge of the Dominican musical and liturgical tradition 7) Ability to collaborate with and respond to feedback from the pastor and pastoral staff 8) Willingness to abide by the employee policies of the Parish and Archdiocese 9) Personally engaged in the worship of the Church Application process: An applicant should submit a curriculum vitae and a one-page statement of his or her philosophy of Catholic liturgical music to parish@svsc.info by May 9, Beginning in the summer of 2016, the weekend liturgical schedule of the parish will be as follows: Saturday: 4 pm Low Mass at St. Catherine of Siena 6 pm Sung Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer Sunday: 8 am Low Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer 10 am High Mass at St. Catherine of Siena 12 pm Solemn Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer 4:30 pm Parish Vespers Class at St. Vincent Ferrer 5 pm Sung Mass (a capella) at St. Catherine of Siena 5:15 pm Parish Vespers at St. Vincent Ferrer 6 pm Sung Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer At Solemn Masses, the following music will be provided by the Director of Music and an ensemble under his direction: 1) Incidental organ music (prelude, postludes) 2) Congregational ordinary of the Mass (with choral ordinaries on special occasions) 3) Introit, Alleluia, Offertory, and Communion chants according to the Dominican Graduale 4) Responsorial Psalm 5) Choral piece, hymn, or organ voluntary after the offertory chant 6) Choral piece or organ voluntary after the communion chant 7) Hymn of Thanksgiving after Communion 8) Marian antiphon At High Masses, the following music will be provided by the Director of Music and a Cantor: 1) Incidental organ music (prelude, postludes) 2) Congregational ordinary of the Mass 3) Introit, Offertory, and Communion chants (usually in English) 4) Responsorial Psalm and Alleluia 5) Congregational hymn, solo cantor piece, or organ voluntary after the offertory antiphon 6) Organ voluntary after the communion chant 7) Hymn of Thanksgiving after Communion At Sung Masses, the following music will be performed in a subdued manner by the Director of Music and a Cantor (or by the cantor alone at a capella masses): 1) Congregational ordinary of the Mass 2) Introit, Offertory, and Communion chants (usually in English) 3) Responsorial Psalm and Alleluia 4) Organ voluntary or congregational hymn after the offertory antiphon 5) Organ voluntary after the communion chant

5 At Parish Vespers, the Director of Music and a cantor will provide the following music and lead a preparatory rehearsal each week: 1) Hymn from the Dominican Hymnarium 2) Antiphons and Responsories from the Dominican Antiphonarium with Psalms and Canticles in English 3) On solemn occasions, the parish choir may sing special choral pieces during Vespers No music is required for Low Masses. The Director of Music also provides music for various special liturgies throughout the year: August 8 St. Dominic Solemn Mass August 15 Assumption Sung Mass September 8 Nativity of Mary Sung Mass Mid-September SVFHS Opening Liturgy TBD October 7 Our Lady of the Rosary Sung Mass and Procession November 1 All Saints Solemn Mass November 2 All Souls Solemn Requiem Mass SVFHS Thanksgiving TBD Thanksgiving Day Sung Mass December 8 Immaculate Conception Sung Mass December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe Sung Mass and Procession Mid-December Gaudete Sunday Advent Lessons and Carols December Christmas Sung Vigil Mass Solemn Mass During the Night Sung Mass During the day (10 am) Solemn Mass During the Day (12 pm) January 1 Solemnity of Mary Sung Mass January 28 St. Thomas Aquinas Sung Mass February 2 Presentation of the Lord Sung Mass and Procession SVFHS Junior Ring Mass TBD Ash Wednesday SVFHS Sung Mass (10 am) Sung Mass (6 pm) March 17 St. Patrick Sung Mass and Procession March 19 St. Joseph Sung Mass and Procession March 25 Annunciation Sung Mass Palm Sunday Procession and Solemn Mass Holy Thursday Solemn Mass of the Lord s Supper Good Friday Service of the Seven Last Words Solemn Liturgy of the Passion Service of Mater Dolorosa Holy Saturday The Paschal Vigil Easter Sunday Sung Mass (10 am) Solemn Mass (12 pm) April 29 St. Catherine of Siena Sung Mass and Procession May 5 St. Vincent Ferrer Sung Mass and Procession Ascension Solemn Mass Pentecost Solemn Mass SVFHS Graduation Sung Mass and Ceremony Corpus Christi Solemn Mass and Procession

6 The Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil Time Liturgy Location 3:30 pm Confessions St. Catherine of Siena 4:00 pm Vigil Mass St. Catherine of Siena 5:00 pm Confessions St. Vincent Ferrer 5:30 pm Vigil Mass St. John Nepomucene 6:00 pm Sung Mass St. Vincent Ferrer Sunday 8:00 am Low Mass St. Vincent Ferrer 10:00 am High Mass St. Catherine of Siena 10:30 am Mass in Slovak St. John Nepomucene 12:00 pm Solemn Mass St. Vincent Ferrer 12:30 pm Mass in English St. John Nepomucene 4:30 pm Parish Vespers Class St. Vincent Ferrer 5:00 pm Sung Mass (a capella) St. Catherine of Siena 5:15 pm Parish Vespers St. Vincent Ferrer 6:00 pm Sung Mass St. Vincent Ferrer 6:00 pm Mass in English St. John Nepomucene Monday Friday 7:30 am Mass St. Catherine of Siena 8:00 am Mass St. Vincent Ferrer 12:10 pm Mass St. Vincent Ferrer 12:15 pm Mass St. John Nepomucene 5:00 pm Confessions St. Catherine of Siena 5:20 pm Confessions St. Vincent Ferrer 5:30 pm Mass St. Catherine of Siena 6:00 pm Mass St. Vincent Ferrer Saturday 8:00 am Mass St. Vincent Ferrer 9:00 am Mass St. Catherine of Siena 12:15 pm Mass St. John Nepomucene

7 Reflections on Ethics, Faith & Health Care editor: fr. jonah pollock, o.p., s.t.l. the ethics of organ and tissue transplantation: donation after death By Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P., S.T.L., Associate Director, Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York organ and tissue transplantation is a growing area of contemporary medical practice that raises a variety of ethical concerns. This article will consider transplantations from donors after bodily death, including the transplantation of vital organs such as heart, lung, and liver as well as transplantation of tissues such as skin, cornea, and bone, and will examine some of the ethical questions these practices raise. A Generous Gift of Self in principle, the donation of organs and tissue after death is a generous and praiseworthy act. Pope Benedict XVI called organ donation a witness of charity and was himself a card-carrying donor before his election as pope. However, the goodness of the practice of post-mortem transplantation of vital organs depends upon certain conditions having been met. Among these considerations are: (1) that the transplantation is carried out with the free and informed consent of the donor and (2) that there be practical certainty that the donor is indeed dead at the time when vital organs are transplanted. Free and Informed Consent in order for organ and tissue donation to be a praiseworthy gift, it must truly be a gift, a freely chosen donation. If a person s body parts are taken without consent, there is no praiseworthy gift, but only a blameworthy exploitation. Furthermore, in order for organ and tissue donation to be a gift, it must be a free choice based on a true understanding of what that gift involves. In other words, free and informed consent is necessary in order for organ and tissue donation to be a good thing. there are serious questions about whether many organ and tissue transplants are being freely consented to. In some countries, consent to being an organ and tissue donor after death is simply presumed. People are free to opt out of being potential donors, but are they given sufficient opportunity to do so? The USA, along with many other countries, allows people to consensually opt-in to becoming donors. However, expressed permission is not the same as informed consent and questions remain as to whether consenting donors are really informed about what organ and tissue donation enatils. one unanticipated consequence of choosing to donate organs and tissue after death may be the way it affects the experience of that death on the part of one s family. While the donor s heart still beats, and while she is either still alive or, at least, appears to be alive, the family says their goodbyes and the operating team begins its work. The family s final moments with their loved one can be shocking, especially when this course of events is not foreknown. The arrangements for the person s funeral and burial services are also altered and, in many cases, delayed. Informed Consent and Diagnosing Death related to the incongrous experience of beating heart transplantation are the criteria by which a person s death is determined. People whose hearts are beating certainly don t seem dead. According to many experts and the laws of the USA and many other countries, however, such people may indeed be dead, their deaths having been determined by what is referred to as the neurological criteria, namely, the irreversible cessation of all brain function. A person s heart may continue beating for a time, but if his brain has entirely and irreversibly ceased to function, he can, according to the neurological criteria for determining death, be safely pronounced dead. the cardiopulmonary criteria, according to which a person s death is determined when respiration and circulation of blood irreversibly cease, is another, older, standard according to which death can be declared and transplantation proceedings can commence. the criteria for determining a person s death, and the ways in which clinicians determine that those criteria have been met in particular cases, are controversial. Driving those controversies are the practical necessities for successful transplantation of organs and tissues from deceased donors. Very often, successful transplantation depends on the ability to extract organs and tissue from the donor s body immediately after she is pronounced dead. There is therefore an incentive and a reasonable one for wishing to declare the death of a dying organ donor as soon as possible. This incentive creates a tension between two legitimate values: the value of fulfilling the generous intention of organ donors to provide life-saving organs and tissues to people in need, and the value of ensuring that donors have indeed died before their organs are extracted so that their gifts of life are not also causing their own death. the ethical assesment of how we might safely and responsibly diagnose death in these cases will have to await the next installment. To conclude the present reflection, it will be sufficient to observe that for a person to give free and informed consent to the transplantation of his organs and tissue after death, it is necessary that he understand the criteria and methods by which his death will be determined. s t. c at h e r i n e o f s i e n a p r i o r y e a s t 6 8 t h s t r e e t, nyc w w w. d f h c m n y. o r g