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 October 28, th Sunday in Ordinary Time VOCES8 in Concert On at 7:30 pm at, the renowned British a cappella octet VOCES8 will give its premiere concert in New York City. This concert was rescheduled from March, that was cancelled due to a blizzard. VOCES8 has rocketed to stardom since it was formed in 2005 and is now established as one of the worlds most versatile and best-loved singing groups. Touring extensively throughout Europe, North America, and Asia, the ensemble performs a repertory from Renaissance polyphony to contemporary commissions and arrangements. Tickets are available on the Parish's website or in the Parish office. For more information, contact James Wetzel at jwetzel@svsc.info or (212) Parish Study: Planning the Liturgical Year On Tuesday, October 30, the seventh session of Parish Study examines the process of musical planning in the Parish. What determines who sings what and when? How does a typical rehearsal of the Schola run? How is choral repertoire and hymnody chosen? The Parish Study course, Music in Parish Life, meets on Tuesday evenings through November 20 from 6:45-7:45 pm in the Parish Hall at St. Vincent Ferrer. James Wetzel will present an overview of all major aspects of music offered in the Parish with each session focusing on a different topic. Newcomers are always welcome! All Saints Day Thursday, November 1 is the Solemnity of All Saints, a Holy Day of Obligation. The Parish's Solemn Mass and Litany of the Saints in Procession (with the Schola Cantorum) is at 6 pm at. All Souls Day Friday, November 2 is the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed. The Parish's Solemn Requiem Mass and Procession to the Purgatorial Altar (with the Schola Cantorum) is at 5:15 pm at. Please see the Parish Calendar on Page 2 for the full Mass schedule. Thanksgiving Drive The Annual Thanksgiving Drive of Food and Money for the NY Common Pantry begins now through November 12. Items needed for a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner include: Stuffing Mix, Gravy (turkey please), Canned Cranberry Sauce, Cornbread mix, Canned Dry Beans, Canned Beans, Rice, Pasta, Juice (48 oz size,)shelf-stable milk (1 Qt. size). We will have bins at and to deposit your food items. Please no glass bottles. Checks made payable to the NY Common Pantry and cash of any amount can be left at the Priory, with the guard or put in the collection marked Thanksgiving Drive. Your gift will help feed the 1800 plus families that depend on the NY Common Pantry. Mass and Confessions Saturday Vigil: 6:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 12:00 noon, 6:00 pm Weekdays: 8:00 am, 12:10 pm, 6:00 pm Saturday: 8:00 am Confessions Saturday: 5:00 5:50 pm Weekdays: 5:20 5:50 pm Parish Vespers Sunday: 5:30 pm Saturday Vigil: 4:00 pm Sunday: 10:00 am, 5:00 pm Weekdays: 7:00 am, 5:15 pm Saturday: 9:00 am Confessions Saturday: 3:00 3:50 pm Weekdays: 4:40 5:05 pm Liturgy of the Hours and Other Prayer Monday Friday: 7:20 am (Morning Prayer) 5:30 pm (Office of Readings and Evening Prayer) Wednesday: 6:30 pm (Rosary) 7:30 pm (Holy Hour) Sunday: 3:00 pm (Eucharistic Adoration) Monday Friday: 5:00 pm (Rosary) Our Lady of Perpetual Help Prayer Group Wednesday: 6:30 pm Queen of Peace Prayer Group Saturday: 9:30 am

2 Parish Office 869 Lexington Ave, NY, NY (212) Office Hours: Monday Friday: 9 am 1 pm, 2 5 pm 411 East 68 th Street, NY, NY Office Hours: Monday Friday: 10 am 3 pm Parish Staff Very Rev. Walter Wagner, o.p. Pastor Rev. Joseph Allen, o.p. Vicar Rev. Luke Hoyt, o.p. Vicar for Formation 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 October Sunday, October th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 pm VOCES8 Concert at Tuesday, October 30 6:45 pm Parish Study at November Thursday, November 1 Solemnity of All Saints Regular Mass & Confession Schedule with: 12:10 pm Sung Mass at 1 pm Low Mass at 6 pm Solemn Mass with Procession at Friday, November 2 Commemoration of All Faithful Departed: all Souls Regular Mass & Confession Schedule with: 12:10 pm Sung Mass at 1 pm Low Mass at 5:15 pm Solemn Mass with Procession at Saturday, November 3 St. Martin de Porres 12 noon Sung Mass with Procession at Sunday, November 4 31 st Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday, November 6 6:45 pm Parish Study at Sunday, November nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 pm Parish Coffee at Monday, November 12 Veterans Day (Observed) Parish Offices Closed Regular Mass & Confession Schedule Tuesday, November 13 7 pm New York Purgatorial Society Requiem Mass at Regular Mass & Confession Schedule Sunday, November rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 11 am Parish Coffee at 12 pm Solemn Mass with Rite of Acceptance at Tuesday, November 20 6:45 pm Parish Study at Thursday, November 22 Thanksgiving 9 am Low Mass at 10 am Sung Mass at Friday, November 23 Parish Offices Closed Regular Mass & Confession Schedule

3 After eight years of baptizing infants, the baptism of each infant still brings singular joy. I know the words of the rite well enough by now that if the baby wants to play tug-of-war with the book we can have some real fun and stay on track at the same time. As our little group traverses the contours of the ceremony I try to point out the joys that have become familiar to me at every turn. Among the first is prayer. The first thing we do for the child after claiming the little one for Christ with the sign of the Cross is pray for him or her. In a series of intercessions for child and family we establish our relationship with this baby in Christ s Body, the Church. But to our prayers we add immediately those of the Saints. I begin a little Litany of the Saints specified in the rite, then I add St. Catherine and St. Vincent, plus any others I think might be applicable. At the end I say, All Holy Men and Women..., and by this point the group is conditioned enough to answer, pray for us. It comes as a quiet joy to point out that the baby and all these ancient people are connected in the same Church, not just by unity of belief or legal fact, but by a living bond. Their eternal encounter with God engages the Saints completely, yet in some mysterious way He lets them know of this tiny person and it becomes part of their heavenly task to remember this vibrant bundle of life in the Triune Presence. Why? We hope, in a moment of Baptism, that life will proceed normally and that this newest Christian will outlive parents and godparents who brought her to church and put on her the white garment of new life. Some day, off in the mid to late Twenty-First Century, in a world we cannot imagine, perhaps she will bring them to church one last time and she will unfurl a white garment over their caskets. In God s way this will complete one way of relating, but only to inaugurate another. From that moment of her baptism He has presented her to the saints for prayer, now He will present her dead to her for prayer. Why? At the beginning and at the end we are clothed in white by others. Why? God perfects each of us as an individual, but His perfection of our individuality weaves us into interdependence. The fullness of our personal happiness will include openness to caring for and to being cared for. From christening dress to funeral pall, we show up every Sunday to receive communion, because, Eucharist by Eucharist, we are being woven into a fabric of living relationships that straddles the ages of time and the border separating time from timelessness. The sacrament of communion fits us into the life of communion. All our life long, Monday to Saturday, we get merit badges for being self-reliant, but on Sunday we are incorporated into a living world where self-sufficiency has been unlearned. From Monday to Saturday we learned how to make and keep contracts that protect our interest. But Sunday s Eucharist admits us to a post-contractual world that links us to those in heaven and to those on the way there. The Saints in heaven pray for us and we pray for the faithful departed in purgatory. Consider that these channels of concern admit of no reciprocity. Charity s choice to love without strings fuels this whole cycle. It enables earthbound Christians to bring all the living and the dead to Church, while those freed mortal constraints bring us to the Throne of Mercy with unconstrained love. This week All Saints Day and All Souls Day will work together to show us the beauty and power at work in the Church where human beings are being trained to love as God loves and thereby to be happy as His happy. It s always a happy thing to see a newly baptized baby go home bundled securely in the arms of her mom and dad. It s a deeper pleasure to ponder the arms that will always hold her within the communion of saints. Peace! Communion of Saints Fr. Walter

4 Mass Intentions Sunday, October 28 6:00 pm (Vigil) For the People of the Parish 8:00 am Sarah Blanchfield (D) 9:30 am Kathleen Coughlin (D) 12 noon Luis Pineda (D) 6:00 pm Raquel Taton & Aida Villanueva (D) 8:00 am For the Deceased Members of the Healy Family (D) 12:10 pm Jonathan Ordonez (D) 6:00 pm Vahe Ishkanian (D) Tuesday, October 30 8:00 am For the Deceased Members of the Parish & the Order (D) 12:10 pm Olgierd Musik (D) 6:00 pm John & Lil O'Connell (D) Wednesday, October 31 8:00 am Janina Pieczara (D) 12:10 pm Zygmunt & Monica Gorski (D) 6:00 pm Helen Saulnier (D) Thursday, November 1 8:00 am William C. Cunningham (D) 12:10 pm Cecilia McKillop (D) 6:00 pm For the Deceased Members of the Foye, Armstrong, Gorman, Donohoe, & Murphy Families (D) Friday, November 2 8:00 am For All Souls in 12:10 pm For All Souls in 6:00 pm For All Souls in Saturday, November 3 8:00 am All Souls Novena Mass Intentions Sunday, October 28 4:00 pm (Vigil) Fr. Thaddeus Murphy, o.p. & the Deceased Members of the Prayer Groups (D) 10:00 am Decade of Prayer to St. Luke & St. Jude 5:00 pm Catherine & Patrick Gorman (D) 7:00 am For the Province of St. Joseph 5:15 pm Jean Buchin (D) Tuesday, October 30 7:00 am Jimmy & Una Neary 5:15 pm Marie Cilmi (D) Wednesday, October 31 7:00 am For the Patrons of the Shrine of Saint Jude 5:15 pm Lucio & Eugenia Lucido (D) Thursday, November 1 7:00 am For the Purgatorial Society of (D) 5:15 pm Miguel, Teodola, Marina, & Maria Cecilia Lucido (D) Friday, November 2 7:00 am For All Souls in 5:15 pm For All Souls in Saturday, November 3 9:00 am For the Legion of Mary Poor Souls (D) Parish Prayer Intentions Contact the Parish Office to add a name to this list. Ceci Boden, George Brooksbank, Albania Burgos, Rosa Collela, Joseph Robert Cusimano, Janie Dixon, Peter Dixon, Chris Eddy, Adam Fleming, Roddie Fleming, William Heath, David Henderson, Margaret King, Ivan Kronenfeld, Roberto Lovato, Vicki Lowrey, Calvin Neana, Brian Praetzel, Julie Praetzel, Sally Rauscher, Roseanne Reilly, Ramon E. Reyes, Isabell Rivera, Anchalee Sae-Lim, Bill Selby, & Jumlong Ullitavee. Please pray for the repose of the souls of Alan Djanogly, David Gale, Carolyn Kelly, Bob Marcato, Ana Maria Murari, & Baron Rothschild, and the souls of all our recently deceased. We continue to pray for the sick, the dying, and their families in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the Hospital for Special Surgery, Rockefeller University Hospital, & the Intentions of the Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry. Candle Intentions St. Vincent Sanctuary Lamps Ramon & Fernando Gonzalez (L); Anthony Mortelliti; Edward C. Perry (D); Mary Wilson (D); For the People of the Parish; Intention of Donor; 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 the 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 Upcoming Solemn Masses: Solemnity of All Saints Thursday, November 1 6 pm Solemn Mass and Litany in Procession Mass in G minor Ralph Vaughan Williams ( ) Beati quorum via, Op. 38, No. 3 Sir Charles Villiers Stanford ( ) Faire is the heaven Sir William H. Harris ( ) All Souls Day Friday, November 2 5:15 pm Solemn Requiem Mass and Procession Missa pro defunctis Manuel Cardoso ( ) 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time November 4 12 noon Solemn Mass Inclina cor meum Philippe de Monte ( ) Hoc est praeceptum meum Vos amici mei Giaches de Wert ( ) A Music List containing a list of this season s concerts and repertoire for all choral services as well as information about the St. Cecilia Guild is available in the narthex and online. Parish Vespers continues this and every Sunday at 5:30 pm in the choir stalls at. Two Upcoming Organ Recital On Sunday, October 28 at 5 pm, James Wetzel will offerthe opening recital of this year's Sunday recital series at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street). Edward Elgar's monumental Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 28; Herbert Howells' Rhapsody No. 1 in D Flat; and William Walton's Orb and Sceptre. On Sunday, November 11 at 3:15 pm, James will offer a recital at St. Patrick's Cathedral (5th Avenue at 51st Street). César Franck's Pièce Héroïque; Marcel Dupré's Cortège et litanie, Op. 19, No. 2; Camille Saint-Saëns' Prelude and Fugue in E Flat Major, Op. 99, No. 3; and Jean Langlais' Fête, Op. 51. Ministry Appeal We are in great need of Ushers (Collection Offering) and Greeters at both and St. Catherine of Siena churches, especially at the weekend Masses. If you are interested, please contact us through the parish office at (212) and leave your name and contact number and we will get back to you. You can also leave your name and contact number with the guard in the vestibule at any time. Collections October 21, 2018 Regular Offertory: $15,662 World Mission Sunday: $3,624 Attendance: 1182 Visitation Circle Visitation Circle cordially invites single, widowed and divorced women to our next meeting and fellowship on Saturday, November 3. We will begin our program at Church with Mass at 12 noon. Our coffee gathering with light lunch and meeting immediately follow in the priory parlors. Free will offering. We look forward to seeing you then. Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry Relfection Please find copies of Fr. Jonah's latest Reflection: "Looking to What Is Unseen: God's Glory in the Sick and Suffering" available in both of our churches and on the Parish website at Hospital Chaplaincy Apostolate Month October is Hospital Chaplaincy Apostolate month! The Archdiocese of New York supports 23 priests and religious chaplains including the four Dominican friars who minister in the hospitals in this parish. We invite you to support this important work by going to Solemn Dominican Rite Requiem Mass On Tuesday, November 13 at 7 pm, a Solemn Requiem Mass in the Dominican Rite will be offered at the High Altar at the Church of. The Schola Cantorum of will sing Michael Haydn's Requiem in C, MH. 155, the setting Mozart used as a model for his famous setting. The Mass is co-sponsored by the Catholic Artists Society, the New York Purgatorial Society, and the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny. Saturdays with the Saints: Dorothy Day Saturdays with the Saints is a lecture series held every home football Saturday at the University of Notre Dame. Join us for a a special lecture in New York City on Saturday, November 16 at 3 pm at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, in the New York West Room. John C. Cavadini, a Notre Dame professor of Theology will present the lecture on the Life of New York native, Dorothy Day. A Message From the Social Concerns Committee We are looking for more late Fall and Winter suitable things mainly in the Extra Large size (or a large size Large) and 1X. The women like and need tops, casual pants, pajamas, slippers, robes, sweaters, scarves, gloves, hats and perfume and large size toiletries. Please leave your donations at the office in either Church. Please mark it for the Social Concerns Committee. Many many thanks. 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

6 I Was Sick and You Visited Me Matthew 25:36 New Volunteer Information Event Come and Learn how You Can Minister to Jesus in the Persons of Your Sick Brothers and Sisters Saturday, November 3, 2018 from 10:00AM to 11:00AM Priory of Saint Catherine of Siena 411 East 68th Street, New York, NY For more information or to rsvp, Call Fr. Jonah Pollock, O.P. at or visit healthcareministry.org

7 Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary Members of the Legion of Mary at invite ALL to an Annual/Renewal Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary. To prepare for this Marian devotion, a 33-day period of preparation starts on Thursday, November 1 Feast of All Saints or 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th of November. After the 33 days of preparation, participants go to confession. On the day of Total Consecration Feast of the Immaculate Conception Saturday, December 8, after the 9 am Mass at Church, Father Joseph Allen, Spiritual Director of the Mother of Divine Grace Presidium of Church, will lead us in prayer for the consecration. Prayers and meditations for participants can be done at their own time and place and are found in a booklet, Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus Christ through Mary according to St. Louis de Montfort. The booklet can be purchased at Pauline Book and Media, Daughter of St. Paul, 115 East 29th Street New York, NY or order through Letty Dolan address: elmdolan@aol.com, or (212) This Week of Grace Sunday, October 28 The Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year This Sunday the members of our Finance Council will speak at the Masses and give the annual report on the state of parish finances. Pray that the parish will be a good steward of all its resources. Pray for all who place their financial and administrative skill at the service of the Gospel. This evening the parish hosts a concert by Voces8. This is a fundraising venture for our parish community. Pray that we find ways to augment our resources that also make a fitting contribution to the cultural life of our city, and invite new people into our churches. Wednesday, October 31 The Vigil of All Saints This is a great day to pray for the safety of children who trick or treat. But it is also a day to hope that in this challenging world there is plenty of room for them to play and to develop their imaginations. Thursday, November 1 The Solemnity of All Saints Pray for the eyes of faith that perceive, and marvel at, the holiness of ordinary people. A great exercise for today is to read the Beatitudes (the Gospel at Mass) and, indeed, the whole Sermon on the Mount. Friday, November 2 All Souls Day Today we remember our own faithful departed and fulfill our baptismal commission to pray for them, and thus to be part of their attaining blessedness. Pray for the deceased whose names have been inscribed in the books of prayer in our churches. A great day also to remember all who tend the bodies of the dead. They assist us in crucial ways to confide our loved ones to God and to recognize our ongoing connection with them in the communion of saints. Saturday, November 3 St. Martin de Porres (Feast for the Order) St. Martin ( ) exemplifies the brotherhood which should mark the Order of Preachers at its best. In Martin s life, Brotherhood was not a title for members of the Order who were not ordained, it was a way of relating to the men and women in the Order, and to everyone who came to see him at the door of his Priory, people from every stratum of society in colonial Peru. Pray for the Cooperator Brothers who enrich the life of our parish, Br. TA Dolan, Br. Damian McCarthy, and Br. Ignatius Perkins. Today our city is filling with those who will run the New York Marathon, and with those who will cheer them on. Pray that this is a happy and safe weekend for all.