St. Francis De Sales CATHOLIC Church 135 East 96th Street New York, NY 10128 Phone (212) 289-0425 Fax (212) 996-2028 www.sfdsnyc.org A PARISH OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK Pastoral Staff: Rev. Philip J. Kelly, Pastor Msgr. Neil Connolly Rev. Richard Bauer, MM Ms. Jayne Porcelli, Pastoral Associate, DRE Sr. Lynne Jacoby, RSHM, Pastoral Associate James Stayton, Music Director Kathleen Calderon, Office Manager William Ramos, Sacristan Alberto Pena, Plant Manager Third Sunday of Lent February 28, 2016 Weekend Associates Msgr. Robert Stern Rev. Anthony Ciorra Passionist Fathers MASS SCHEDULE Sundays 9am, 11am, 12:30pm*, 6pm Saturdays 5:00pm** Weekdays 8:30am *Misa en Español **Vigil- Sunday Mass Celebrated First Friday Devotions: after 8:30 am Mass The fig tree that bears no fruit will be cut down.
PARISH INFORMATION Contact any staff or clergy through our website or by calling the church rectory and leaving a message. (212) 289-0425 OFFICE HOURS Summer Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 am 5:00 pm Wednesdays -9:00am 8:00pm CHURCH HOURS Weekdays: 8:00 am 4:00 pm Weekends: 8:30 am 4:00 pm CONFESSIONS Saturdays 4:30 pm 5:00 pm and by Appointment GROUPS & PROGRAMS 20/30 s Young Adults TBA 40 s/50 s Adult Group (2nd Tuesday of the Month 7:30PM) RCIA-Sunday,11 Mon 7PM Religious Education-Sunday 10AM Mon 4PM Gay Straight Catholic Alliance (4th Wednesday of the Month 7:00PM), Catholic Asian Family and Friends Association 2nd Sunday At Noon Young Couples TBA, Social Media Team MINISTRIES Adult Choir, Hospitality Ministry, Eucharistic Ministry, Ministry of Lector, Altar Servers/ Acolytes, Coro Para Adultos en Español STAY IN TOUCH Facebook St. Francis de Sales Parish WEBSITE WWW.SFDSNYC.ORG MASS INTENTIONS Saturday Feb 27, 2016 5:00PM Stephen Huff (L) Sunday, Feb 28, 2016 9:00AM In Thanksgiving (Zachouard Georges) (L) 11:00AM Darlene Upmeier (D) 12:30PM Por la parroquia de San Francisco de Sales 6:00PM For the parish of St. Francis de Sales Monday, Feb 29, 2016 8:30AM Christine Chaisson (D) Tuesday, March 1 2016 8:30AM Bernice Cavallo (D) Wednesday, March 2, 2016 8:30AM Isabel Dougherty (D) Thursday, March 3, 2016 8:30AM Angela Arias (D) Friday, March 4, 2016 8:30AM CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF FEB 28 MARCH 5 Sunday, Feb 28 Monday, Feb 29 8:30 Mass 7pm-RCIA 7pm-Choir Practice 7pm-Lenten Series Tuesday, March 1 8:30AM Mass Wednesday, March 2 8:30AM Mass 2:30PM Legion of Mary 4:45pm-Altar Servers Meeting 6:30PM-AA Thursday, Mar 3 8:30AM Mass 7pm-Yoga 8:00PM-Ping Pong Friday, Mar 4 8:30AM-Mass 9:00am Stations of the Cross Saturday, Mar 5 5:00PM Vigil Mass SACRAMENTAL INFORMATION BAPTISM We celebrate the baptism of infants & young children on the third Sunday of the month during the 11:00AM mass. Baptism class is held the first Wednesday of the month. Bautizos en Espanol son celebrados el tercer Domingo del mes a las 12:30PM. Come to the office to talk to a staff person to register for baptism Please bring Birth Certificate when you come in to register. Call us or visit our website for more information. FIRST COMMUNION & RECONCILIATION AND CONFIRMATION Two year preparation for First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Classes meet on Sunday Mornings and Monday afternoons. All families invited to participate. MARRIAGE Please call to make an appointment at least 6 months in advance of possible date. SACRAMENT OF THE SICK- Please call and let us know if a family member is sick and would like to be anointed. Email Addresses Fr. Kelly: fatherkelly@sfdsnyc.org Jayne Porcelli: jayneporcelli@sfdsnyc.org Kathleen Calderon: kathycalderon@sfdsnyc.org
SFDS Lenten Program Our Lenten Program Continues We are praying over the book A Life to Live. It will be like a pilgrimage searching for the Risen Christ who is already alive in us and discovering his presence in the bits and pieces of everyday life. The five Mondays from 7:00pm to 8:15pm will involve prayerful faith reading of the book, A Life to Live privately or in groups discussing what moves us and sitting back and enjoying peaceful, holy presence of God. Very Truly Yours, Rev. Neil Connolly. New News: Yoga Classes Our yoga class started February 25th, join us for gentle yoga Thursday evenings from 7-8pm in the church hall with a certified yoga instructor. No need to worry if you've never done yoga. All levels are welcome!!! $12 per class ($2 will go to Catholic Relief Services). Come get healthy physically and spiritually. Second Collection There will be a second collection next week March 6 for Catholic Relief Services. Can you hear us now? What s different in church today? If you look closely you may notice that we have updated our sound system! There were many reasons to do this now, not the least of which was our old analog sound system was woefully out of date. We were advised that if we had a problem with the microphones there would be no way to fix them as the system was THAT old! So, we have a newly installed digital system that will help all of us hear, sing, and worship well together. The price of this upgrade is that of a really nice new car (!!) Even though a sound system doesn t look pretty and we can t see it we know it is vital for our worship. This is an investment in who we are as a parish that prays together. Thank you for your support. Sing out now, we want to hear you!! ONLY A FEW SPACES LEFT SFDS Foodies - Tuesday, March 8 Please join us at Mountain Bird for our next SFDS Foodies night. This French-meets-Japanese-meets-American venue has been named one of New York's best restaurants by Esquire Magazine and the NY Times. It is located at 251 East 110th Street (between 2nd and 3rd). Dinner includes: choice of appetizer, entree (chicken, fish or vegetarian option) and dessert. $40 per person (includes tax and tip) or $50 per person (includes tax, tip and 2 glasses of wine). Dinner begins at 6:30 pm. Only a few seats are available. Please RSVP to: SFDS.Foodies@yahoo.com CASH ONLY Easter Offerings It occurred to us that we should let you know that in addition to using the Easter envelopes at the doors of the church, you are also free to use Parish Pay to make a special donation. You can do this even if you aren t a regular Parish pay user! Simply go to www.parishpay.com and find the right page for St Francis de Sales church. (you only need to plug in our zip code and click on our parish name). Click on make a donation; then under secondary collection there is an item called Easter Fund. That s where you can put in your amount. Directly underneath is a place to add dedication if you wish to make your donation in honor of a loved one, living or deceased. The last thing to do is let them know how you want to pay and your done! Try it and see if you like this way of supporting your church! A Lenten Note Stations of the Cross are being prayed each Friday during Lent immediately following the 8:30 a.m. Mass. All are welcome to join us in prayer at approximately 9:00 a.m. F A C E B O O K We continue to invite you to check out our Facebook page (St Francis de Sales Parish) for some really outstanding articles about what is going on in our church and in our world. You will also find updates on parish activities and photos of our parish life. Maybe you ll even find yourself in a picture!
Stewardship IS a Way of Life Where your heart is...there too is your treasure. Data Collection includes: Parishpay Cash, envelopes, and Parishpay Enrollments Feb 21 $ 6,804.32 158 Feb 14 $ 11,971.83 157 Feb 7 $ 5,855.40 156 Jan 31 $ 6,000.33 154 Jan 24 $ 5,147.73 154 Weekday Collection Total: $ 208.00 To sign up for parishpay please go to: www.parishpay.com Welcome-Bienvenidos! If you would like to become members of our parish, please fill out the following information. You may place it in the collection basket, mail it or bring it to the rectory. You may also register online. Date/Fecha: Telephone/Telefono: Name/Nombre: Address/Direccion: City/Cuidad: State/Estado: Zip code/codigo Postal: Email: ( )New to the Parish/Nuevo en la Parroquia ( ) New Address/Nueva Direccion. ( ) I will use/usare www.parishpay.com ( ) I would like to receive contribution envelopes/ Quisiera recibir sobres de la colecta. Su Boletin en Español Inscribirse En La Parroquia? Estas inscribido en la parroquia?? Porque no? Declarese como un miembro de San Francisco de Sales! Ofrezcanos un oportunidad hablar contigo para conocerte mejor como un miembro de la comunidad de San Francisco de Sales. Es muy facil para cumplir esto. Puede inscribirse online sfdsnyc.org o llenar una forma de registracion. Puede obtener una forma de un ministro de hospitalidad. Le contacteremos muy pronto para arreglar una cita para dialogar sobre los oportunidades que estan presente en la parroquia a servirle y donde Usted puede servir El Senor por la comunidad. Manual Para Ministros de Hospitalidad Manuales para ministros de hospitalidad estan disponbles Por favor llame la oficina si usted desea comprar un manual el costo es $7.00. Gracias Ministros Esta usted intersados en otro ministerio aqui en la parroquia? Posiblemente usted siente una llamada para servir como un lector, Cantor, Servidor en el altar (acólitos), un ministro de la Eucaristia, o un ministrode hospitalidad? Habla con un miembro del equipo pastoral para aprender mas como servir en la comunidad. La comunidad te necesita y Dios esta llamandonos a usar nuestros dones! Misa de Jovenes Adultos con el Cardenal Dolan Usted esta invitado a unirse a la Oficina de JOvenes Adulto Miercoles, 9 de Marzo en la cathedral de San Patricio (5ta Avenida, entre 50 y 51 Street, Nueva York) para una misa con su Eminencia, Timothy Cardenal Dolan. Adoracion y Confesiones estaran disponibles a partir de 6:30-7:30pm. La Santa Misa empieza a las 7:30pm. Musica por Audrey Assay Josh Blakesly. Habra un social depues de la misa en Vermillon, 480 Lexington Ave, New York, NY. Para obtener mas informacion y para unirse al boletin eventos CatholicNYC visite: www.catholicnyc.com. Una vez a la semana eviamos un email con todos los increibles acontecimientos que sucden para los jovenes adultos. Visite a www.catholicnyc.com para inscribirse!
Music MINISTRY Hymns 5PM, 9 AM & 11:00AM Masses 6:00PM Mass Processional Somebody s Knockin At Your Door Come, Now is the Time to Worship Offertory How Great is Our God/ Holy Go Down Moses Communion The Heart of Worship Deep Within Recessional A Rightful Place Bless that Wonderful Name RCIA Folks Lent is an intense time of prayer and preparation for them, so let us hold them close in prayer during these 40 days. One More Thing for today about Parish Pay There is an expression, many hands make light work, and on the one hand that is true. But in the case of our church collections we are aiming for the opposite of this, we might say: less hands touching your money! Parish Pay is the safest, most secure way to make sure your financial support of the parish gets exactly where you want it to go...from your bank to our bank! You can designate contributions for specific projects (flowers, sound system, Rice Bowl ), you can get an accounting of your contributions for tax purposed instantly, you can adjust or cancel your usage as your situation allows. And of course, if you forget your wallet on the way to church, we have those great tokens for you to use in the collection. We encourage you to try Parish Pay this Lent and see if it doesn t make your life easier. More prayerful too, you will be choosing to give to God from your first fruits and not from the lint in your pocket Holy Week Help!! Readers, hospitality ministers, altar servers and acolytes, Eucharistic ministers: please contact your coordinators and let them know when you are available to help serve during Holy Week and Easter. We have great need of your assistance in all our ministries during all our extra services. If you ve been waiting to volunteer, now is the time! Speak to one of the staff today! And thank you!! Holy Week Schedule Holy Thursday (March 24, 2016) Mass of the Lord s Supper at 7:00pm Good Friday (March 25, 2016) Liturgy of the Word 3:00pm (English) 5:00pm (Español) Contemporary Stations of the Cross at 7:00pm Easter Vigil (Saturday, March 26, 2016) 7:00pm Easter Sunday (March 27, 2016 9:00am Mass 11:00am Mass 12:30pm Mass (Español) Young Adult Mass with Cardinal Dolan You are invited to join the Office of Young Adult Outreach on Wednesday, March 9th at St. Patrick s Cathedral (5th Avenue between 50th and 51st street, New York, NY) for Mass with His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan. Adoration and confessions will be available from 6:30pm-7:30pm. Mass begins at 7:30pm. Music by Audrey Assad and Josh Blakesly. There will be a social after the Mass at Vermillion, 480 Lexington Ave, New York, NY. For more information and to join the CatholicNYC events newsletter please visit www.catholicnyc.com Once a week you will be updated with all the amazing events happening for young adults. Go to www.catholicnyc.com to sign up! Easter Baskets We're collecting donations for Easter Baskets for children in East Harlem through Little Sisters Family Health Service. Please drop off candy, small toys and craft items. We appreciate any donation you can give as thirty baskets are needed by Sunday, March 13th. Volunteers are requested to assist with the Easter arts and crafts event, Saturday, March 19th -from 11-12:30. It's a fun event -and an opportunity to spend time with the grateful children receiving the baskets. Please contact maureenpacker@gmail.com
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