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 20, 2018 Pentecost Sunday 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. Because it is a solemn vigil the 6 pm mass on Saturday May 19 will be a low mass. Second Collection This Weekend This weekend is the Collection for the Church in Latin America. Please prayerfully consider supporting this collection, which strengthens the faith of our brothers and sisters in Latin America and the Carribbean. Your support is bringing the faith to those in remote villages who would otherwise not have access to church programs and outreach. Share your faith! Support the second collection. To learn more about the collection, please visit This weekend, May 20 will be our Last Food Sunday Collection until September. Please be as generous as you can be. Memorial Day On Monday, May 28, Memorial Day, Masses will be said at St. Vincent Ferrer at 9 am, and at at 7 am. The churches will be closed for the day following these Masses. The parish offices will be closed in observance of the holiday. Corpus Christi Procession Sunday, June 3 is the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. After the 12 noon Solemn Mass at, there will be a Eucharistic Procession through the streets to where there will Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. The Divine Mercy Chaplet will be prayed at 3 pm, the rosary recited at 4 pm, and Benediction will be given at 4:45 pm before the 5 pm Mass. Corpus Christi Notice On Sunday, June 3 Benediction will not be at 2 pm at St. Catherine of Siena, but at 4:45 pm as we will be following our usual Sunday adoration program. The monstrance will be left on the altar here upon arriving from at whatever time that might be, with Divine Mercy at 3 pm; rosary at 4 pm, and benediction at 4:45 pm before mass. 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 Saturday, May 19 7:30 pm Solemn Vigil of Pentecost at Sunday, May 20 Pentecost 12 noon Solemn Mass with Procession at Reception for Fr. Walter's 25 th Jubilee of Ordination follows in the Lower Church 2 pm Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 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 to 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 29 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 Wednesday, August 8 Solemnity of St. Dominic 6 pm Solemn Mass at Wednesday, August 15 Solemnity of the Assumption 12:10 pm Sung Mass at 1 pm Low Mass at 6 pm Solemn Mass and Procession at

3 Chapter Christmas and Easter have found clear places in the cycle of the year. They each occupy a cultural niche, replete with food, decor, and travel. In church on those days we foliate every surface and pull every stop; people expect it. Now if you look at the table of liturgical days, you will see that Pentecost holds equal rank with Christmas, just behind the Easter Triduum, and yet it has never garnered cultural trappings. Why is that? In answer I could go on about the incorporeal nature of the Holy Spirit in contrast to the fleshly manifestations of the other two great feasts, but I think the answer lies in competition. At Christmas and Easter we are gathered, but at Pentecost we are dispersed, or at least dispersing. Graduations, Ordinations, Weddings, and their anniversaries put us on the road for jam-packed weekends. Those on the Labor Day - Memorial Day calendar are powering through the year s final ordeals and looking forward (realistically or not) to Summer s promise of lowered intensity. For all kinds of reasons, the car idles in the driveway and it s time to get going. The irony is that this commotion squares with the nature of the day. Pentecost is a feast of dispersion. We recall today that the Holy Spirit disrupted the togetherness of the Apostles and scattered them. As he connected them linguistically to Jerusalem s diverse visitors he swept away the homogeneity of Jesus original band, and so made it clear that cultural unity would not be the glue of the Church. The unity of Christendom still emerges from a melting pot continuously fed with new flavors. Christ shows His real power in giving us a real, global cohesiveness that needs no single culture but enriches all of them. This truth of the Spirit-filled Church comes clear in the great religious orders which are microcosms of her. These are ways of life that span long histories from their founders to the present. They circle the globe as men and women living by the same book of rules interact with every culture under the sun. Like the Apostles, religious are both united with each other and dispersed. Benedictines, Trappists, Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, Jesuits, and so many others possess in visible fashion both aspects of Pentecost. The creative tension of unity and dispersion keeps them ever young. Chapter is the practice that keeps Pentecost alive in each of these families. Every few years the Orders gather themselves, the global and regional levels, and celebrate a Chapter, according to rules and rites lovingly handed on from the elders. We understand Chapter as a meeting held according to human law, but then overtaken by the wind of the Holy Spirit, who sweeps people into office and out of it, who stolidly supports ancient consensus and then overturns it, and who can send a whole group into a sharp left or right turn that no one saw coming. The prospect of a Chapter excites a community and gives it a stomach ache. The Dominican Friars began to celebrate Chapters beginning in 1220, and early in the Order s life they were held every year, alternating between Bologna and Paris. Imagine that! In the Thirteenth Century Friars walked from all over Europe to encourage each other in the preaching mission and to challenge each other in the living of our life. The traditional time of Chapter was, you guessed it, Pentecost. If you think of it, this makes natural sense. The roads had reached that passable solidity between Winter mud and Summer dust. But of course Pentecost captures the nature of a Chapter which will give solid form to the Spirit s work and send people in all kinds of directions. The Dominicans now hold a chapter of the whole order every three years, while provinces, regions of the Order, gather for Chapter every four years. In the Province of St. Joseph, we still gather at Pentecost, or close to it. The academic year has ended, ordinations have taken place, and parishes grow quieter. This year we gather for chapter at Providence College beginning June 3. The process takes three to four weeks. To the Chapter go the priors, the heads of communities, and also delegates elected by the Brothers. We have been preparing for months by perusing the legislation of the last Chapter (2014), and putting words around our current concerns. When we arrive we will pray, converse, and argue about living faithfully and fruitfully, about forming our young and caring for our elderly, about apostolates we should or should not accept, and about preaching to this age, the Dominican imperative in every age. From our two communities of Friars will go Fr. Ken Letoile as Provincial, Fr. Darren Pierre as Prior of St. Vincent Ferrer, Fr. Thomas More Garrett as delegate from, Fr Walter Wagner as Prior of St. Catherine of Siena, and David Adiletta as delegate from. Please pray for us. Pentecost Peace! Fr. Walter

4 Mass Intentions Sunday, May 20 6:00 pm (Vigil) Margaret Burns 8:00 am Andrew Ogaldez (D) 9:30 am Denis Thompson & Jaqueline Thompson (D) 12 noon Mother's Day Novena 6:00 pm Albina Belardinelli (D) Monday, May 21 8:00 am Carol Premone (D) 12:10 pm Mother's Day Novena 6:00 pm Fr. Walter Wagner, o.p. Tuesday, May 22 8:00 am Dick Buckley (D) 12:10 pm Edward C. Perry (D) 6:00 pm Rev. Augustine Yurko, osb & Rev. William Yurko (D) Wednesday, May 23 8:00 am Attracta McGoldrich (D) 12:10 pm Julia Monaco (D) 6:00 pm Bayard G. Schaeffer (D) Thursday, May 24 8:00 am For the Deceased members of the Parish & the Order (D) 12:10 pm Rene Concepcion (D) 6:00 pm Geordie Delaporte (D) Friday, May 25 8:00 am Yves Leroi (D) 12:10 pm Alice Monahan (D) 6:00 pm Margaret Flanagan (D) Saturday, May 26 8:00 am Julia Chanduvi (D) Mass Intentions Sunday, May 20 4:00 pm (Vigil) For the People of the Parish 10:00 am Ellen Smylie (D) 5:00 pm Victoria Perez Gusman (D) Monday, May 21 7:00 am For the Province of St. Joseph 5:15 pm Augusto M. Barcelon (D) Tuesday, May 22 7:00 am Frank Montelelone (D) 5:15 pm Anna Maria Fikar (D) Wednesday, May 23 7:00 am For the patrons of the Shrine of Saint Jude 5:15 pm Arlene Gamusaran Thursday, May 24 7:00 am Frank Montelelone (D) 5:15 pm Gerard Lee Friday, May 25 7:00 am Purgatorial Society (D) 5:15 pm Frank Montelelone (D) Saturday, May 26 9:00 am Nena G. Gustilo (D) Parish Prayer Intentions Contact the Parish Office to add a name to this list Diana Bachraty, Joseph Robert Cusimano, William Feeley, David Gale, William Heath, Carolyn Kelly, Brian Praetzel, Julie Praetzel, Roseanne Reilly, Isabel Rivera, Raymond Schwede, & Claire Smith. Please pray for the repose of the souls of Ana Ceta, Frank Derasmo, Ling Ling Douglas, Mary Faller, Scott Hutchison, Sr. Virginia Kemp, o.p., Lee Lambey, Joan Long, Matthew Martinez, Matthew Mellon, Maureen O'Brien, Charles O'Connell, Percival Stanion, & Sir Charles Wolsley, 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 Ramon & Fernando Gonzalez (l); Ita McEnery (l); Anthony Mortelliti; Edward C. Perry (d); Fr. Walter Wagner, o.p. (l); 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; 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: Vigil of Pentecost Saturday, May 19 7:30 pm Solemn Mass St. Vincent Berliner Messe Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) Hodie completi sunt á 7 Giovanni Gabrieli (c ) Dum complerentur Dum ergo essent Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ( ) Pentecost Sunday, May 20th 12 noon Solemn Mass St. Vincent Missa Brevis Grayston Ives (b. 1948) Loquebantur variis linguis Thomas Tallis (c ) Jam Christus astra ascenderat Robert Parsons (c ) Trinity Sunday May 27th 12 noon Solemn Mass St. Vincent Missa Ultimi miei sospiri Philippe de Monte ( ) Te Deum Patrem ingenitum Christian Erbach (c ) O altitudo divitiarum Quis enim cognovits Giaches de Wert ( ) Corpus Christi Sunday, June 3rd 12 noon Solemn Mass and Procession St. Vincent Missa sopra l aria della Monica Girolamo Frescobaldi ( ) Venite ad me omnes Felice Anerio ( ) Dominus Jesus in qua nocte Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ( ) Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Notes The Feast of Pentecost This year we celebrate the great Feast of Pentecost on Sunday, May 20. Each year and at each level of the Atrium, we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost with the children. We come to know about Pentecost through: The Liturgical Colors and Calendar The youngest children are introduced to the colors of the Church year. They come to know the color red as a color of great love and the color of the Holy Spirit. Talk to your children about the color for Pentecost and why the Church chose red for the Feast of Pentecost. As a family, you may wear red to Church that weekend. The older children discover the great feasts of the Church Year, those being Christmas, Easter and Pentecost. What do each of these feasts tell us about Jesus? The Pentecost Celebration All the children celebrate the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the Pentecost Celebration. Ask your child to share what gift of the Holy Spirit they would most like to receive as we celebrate Pentecost. How will your family celebrate the Feast of Pentecost? What is one practical idea that will become your family tradition? * Wear red to Church. * Read the story of Pentecost. * Read Isaiah 11:2 3a. What does the prophet Isaiah have to do with Pentecost? * Since Pentecost is considered the birthday of the Church, celebrate with cupcakes or a cake. * At mealtime, discuss your Holy Spirit Moments of the day. When did you feel the presence of the Holy Spirit? When were you aware of the presence of a particular gift of the Holy Spirit at work? * Using red paper, make your own cards with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit for your family prayer table. The gifts are Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Knowledge, Fortitude, Piety and Fear of the Lord. Collections Parish Office Hours Summer Throughout the Summer the parish office will be open Monday Thursday: 9 am 1 pm, 2 pm 5 pm, and Friday 9 am 1:30 pm. May 6, 2018 Regular Offertory: $16,020 Attendance: 1268

6 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 Please welcome the eight Dominican Student Brothers who arrive in the parish on Monday, May 21. They will live at and undertake a variety of ministries until their departure on July 27. They are; Br. John Mark Solitario (Serving as Deacon in the Parish and in the Hospitals), Br. Damian Day (Serving in the Provincial Office), Brs. Isidore Rice and Luke VanBerkum (Working with the Missionaries of Charity in the Bronx and with the Dominican Foundation), Brs. Bartholomew Calvano, Josemaria Guzman, and Stephen Ruhl (Ministry in the Hospitals), and Br. Justin Bolger (Spanish language study). Please also welcome Fr. Mannes Matous, newly ordained to the Priesthood. Father will be with us during the weeks of the Provincial Chapter. When the Chapter ends he will have some weeks of vacation and then complete the summer with us. He will live at St. Catherine s. Pray for the preparations for our Provincial Chapter, to be held in Providence beginning June 3 and lasting until approximately June 21. Sunday, May 20 The Day of Pentecost Pray that this mystery may be renewed in the church so that the peoples of our time may hear the Gospel. The Season of Easter ends at Evening Prayer today. Monday, May 21 Memorial of Mary Mother of the Church Pray that in the light of Pentecost, by the prayers of the Virgin Mary, we may appreciate more and more the mystery of our being gathered into the church, organized and held in unity by the Spirit s work. Pray for Fr. Walter on the 25 th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. Thursday, May 24 The Translation of St. Dominic (M.O.P.) Today is St. Dominic s secondary feast, observed with love in the Order. On this day his body was moved from under the floor of the church to a freestanding tomb for public veneration. He would not have approved of this himself, but he was profoundly obedient to his Brothers. Today the Parish hosts the spring party for Pregnancy Help. Please pray for the work of this center which reaches out to pregnant women who are vulnerable. Friday May 25 Pray for the senior class of Dominican Academy who will graduate today in ceremonies to be held at. Pray for the safety of the many who will travel today. Pray that we may all have a happy beginning of the Summer season. Saturday, May 26 St. Philip Neri (M) Pray for the men to be ordained to the Priesthood today at St. Patrick s Cathedral by Cardinal Dolan.

7 Holy Land Pilgrimage: November 4 14, 2018 Join Fr. Joseph Allen, o.p., from St. Catherine of Siena on an Eleven Day Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Following in the Footsteps of Our Lord. For additional information please contact: Father Allen, o.p., joseph.allen@opeast.org or Elizabeth Grinder: Toll Free: , catholictravel@comcast.net. Reservation Deadline: August 4. 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. 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. 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 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 71 st 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. 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. St. Jean Baptiste Toddler Play Group St. Jean Baptiste Toddler Play Group, founded in 1982, is a cooperative run by parents and care-givers with guidance from a member of the church staff. There is a specially equipped room to offer a bsic program, with each session including an art or crafts project, free paly time, story time, snack, and music. It is a loving atmostphere your little ones can come and have their first school experience making new friends and learning how nice it can be to go to school. The emphasis is on socializing, and encouraging the children to get along with one another and to share playthings. For more information please contact Pauline Reenock, Director, at (212) , ext 2. A Summer Retreat for Writers: Finding Inspiration, Contemplation, and Creativity This retreat will be an opportunity to go a little deeper into the spiritual life, as well as the writing life. Whether your writing is for personal journals or for publication, there are aspects we share as writers. This retreat is centered on the belief that when we leave behind the disruptions of our busy lives and gather in a supportive community, we make important breakthroughs in our daily life and in our writing. The retreat will reinforce the writer s life, (re)-discover the writer s soul, offer daily workshops, craft discussion, feedback, motivation, inspiration, time to work on new or existing projects, and time to just relax with a secluded view of the mountains and river. The retreat is open to everyone: for those who journal and for writers of every genre. Writers will sharpen writing skills, meet other exceptional writers, have time to relax in a quiet peaceful environment, and enjoy meals and plenty of breaks. You will be energized by the support, literary guidance, relaxation, and encouragement. Don t forget to pack a bathing suit! For more information visit mariandale.org/event/summer-retreat-writers-findinginspiration-contemplation-creativity/. Date & Time: Thursday, July 5 at 5 pm to Monday, July 9 at 1 pm (all meals included) Presenter: Magie Dominic Fee: $450