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ST. CLARE OF CATHOLIC PARISH

Rectory: 1918 Paulding Avenue Bronx, New York 10462 Church: 1027 Rhinelander Avenue Bronx, New York 10461 Phone: 718- 863-8974 Fax: 718-931-6909

www.stclarebronx.org • [email protected]

PASTORAL STAFF: SUNDAY Father Salvatore DeStefano, Pastor Saturday Vigil: 5:30pm Father Roger Kwan, Parochial Vicar Sunday: 7am, 9am, 11:00am, 1pm Assisted by the Priests of the Jesuit Community Rev. Mr. Peter Genares, Deacon 10am Vietnamese Mass in Msgr. Raimondo Hall: once a month as announced Eva Sze, Music Director

TRUSTEES 9am Italian Mass—4th Sunday of the month Lajos Janny and Susan Schoepp MONDAY– SATURDAY MASS: 8:30AM RECTORY OFFICE HOURS HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION: As announced Ellen Capellan and Anne Leone, Secretaries CIVIC HOLIDAYS: 8:30am Monday throughFriday: SACRAMENT OF PENANCE 9:00am-5:00pm Saturday: 11:00am to 12 Noon Saturday: 9:00am-6:00pm Confessions will be heard at other times upon request. Sunday: 9:00am-3:00pm SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM CLARE REGIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL 2:15pm on designated Sundays 1911 Hone Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. 10461 Contact us for an Interview and Preparation Session. Office-718-892-4080 Fax-718-239-1007 Mrs. Theresa Bivona, Principal SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE [email protected] Contact us at least six months in advance. Please do not decide on a Reception date and time until www.stclareofassisischool.org you first consult with us.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM 1925 Hone Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461 718-829-9624 Mrs. Diane Darienzo, Director [email protected] Tuesday: 3:30pm & 6:30pm Wednesday: 3:30pm

Fifth Sunday In ORDINARY TIME February 7, 2021

ORGANIZATIONS

MINISTRIES Servers SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS Choir Home School Association Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Folk Group ORGANIZATIONS Lectors Altar Guild Nursing Home Team Buildings and Grounds Ushers Finance Council Holy Name Society SPIRITUAL PROGRAMS “Making All Things New” Cluster Team Bible Study Parish Council Book Club Pro-Life Group Couples for Christ Senior Citizens Society Our Lady of La Vang Society San Society VISITS TO THE HOMEBOUND San Silverio Committee Inform us about our sick and the elderly. “Lord, Teach Me To Pray” - Women’s and Men’s Groups Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

UPCOMING EVENTS

Check here for upcoming events and happenings:

February 17th—Ash Wednesday—Masses: 8:30am & 7:30pm, Service: 3:00pm

February 20th—First Reconciliation

Fridays during Lent—Stations of the Cross @7:30pm ST. CLARE’S PRO-LIFE GROUP THOUGHT OF THE WEEK: MASSES “Our is to work as hard as we can, as joyfully as

SAT February 6, Vigil, Fifth Sunday in we can, for as long as we can, to encourage a Ordinary Time reverence for human life in our country and to 5:30 pm Jillian Grace Giardullo+ protect the sanctity of the human person, beginning

with the unborn child.” SUN, February 7, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 am For the People of the Parish ...Archbishop Charles J. Chaput 9:00 am Rosa Ierna+ 11:00 am William & Catherine Harnett+ HOW MUCH TO GIVE ...FOR GOD LOVES A PERSON WHO GIVES CHEERFULLY.” 1:00 pm Thomas Rossi+, Barbagallo+, Mary Ellen Wagner+, Leah Blanco Santos+ (2 Corinthians 9:7)

On the weekend of January 24th you MON February 8, Emiliani & contributed $3,170.00 in the Josephine Bakhita Regular Parish Collection and 8:30 am Thomas Rossi+ $494.00 in the Second Collection for Maintenance

TUE February 9 You may also drop off your envelopes at the 8:30 am Zef Toma Bracaj+ Rectory through the mail slot in the door.

WED February 10, Saint Scholastica Thank you for your sacrificial offerings of gratitude! 8:30 am Benjamin Emanuel Jr.+

THURS February 11 8:30 am Vito D’Erasmo+

FRI February 12 www.stclarebronx.org 8:30 am Yolanda Ambriano+ And click Give Online.

SAT February 13 8:30 am Gasper, Liza, & Jha Kola+ DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS SAT February 13, Vigil, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Please pray for our parishioners 5:30 pm Vincent & Nancy Attraente+, and who have recently passed on to NancyAnn & Joseph Luongo+ eternal life:

SUN, February 14, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jeanette Ganguzza 7:00 am For the People of the Parish Sandra Belviso 9:00 am Giuseppe Cartella+ 11:00 am Josephine & Jerome Comito+ Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. 1:00 pm Giuseppe Bertorelli+ And let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. The Bread and Wine Offering Amen for the Week Is In Memory of Robert Bennett NEW RECTORY HOURS

We have reassessed our situation and feel comfortable being open again on Thursdays. The Vigil Light Burning This Week Is In Memory of Therefore, Monday, through Friday we will be opened from 9am to 5pm. Jillian Grace Giardullo Saturday 9am to 6pm and Sunday 9am to 3pm TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION The story of Job seems at first hearing to be an extension of February’s gloom into the liturgy. The monumental suffering of a good man is so horrific that the laments of the front page of modern newspapers barely measure up. The whole story is not long to tell, but its resolution is of great comfort. We can trace in its plot the stirrings of a belief in an afterlife, and in God’s great power to right every wrong and raise human beings from suffering.

In the Gospel, we see the fulfillment of these longings in the hand of , grasping an ill woman by the hand and raising her up to vibrant life. Peter’s mother-in-law becomes her best self, attentive to her guests, providing hospitality, the warmth of her laughter, the delights of her kitchen. Last week, at Candlemas, candles were blessed, including baptismal candles for some not yet born. Today is a day to check the fragile flame of your own baptismal candle. Against February’s customary lethargy, its background whines and ailments, the liturgy summons us to life, grasps us by the hand, and sends us to serve in Christ’s name.

OUR SCRIPTURE READING AT MASS THIS WEEKEND

The Book of Job Chap 7, Verses 1-4, 6-7 Job finds life on earth to be drudgery; he is filled with restlessness

The first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians Chap 9, Verse 16-19, 22-23 Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel. I have become all things to all, to save at least some.

The Gospel of Mark Chap 1, Verses 29-39 Jesus cured many who were sick with various diseases.

From the Desk of the Pastor

Father Salvatore DeStefano

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

It’s hard to believe that in just 10 days, Ash Wednesday will be here. I’m praying that this is going to be a good Lent, one that can bring us closer to Jesus and Mary.

May I offer a few suggestions for making this Lent special.

1. Start planning now what you want to give up for the 40 days. It should be something small and doable, but something you like. 2. Go to Confession. What a great way to kick off Lent! You’ll get special graces from God to live as he wants you to. 3. Consider, if you can, attending Mass during the week. Daily Mass goers will tell you how much strength they derive from receiving the Eucharist during the week as well as on Sunday. 4. Make a solid commitment to treat people, especially our families, with extra kindness. That will go a long way towards making Lent special for the people around us. 5. Forgive. If someone has hurt you this is the time to settle it in your heart and with God. Sometimes we hurt others—but sometimes we are the ones who are wounded. The best action to take is to let go of the hurt and forgive. This is especially meaningful to Jesus and also heals us.

This lent has to be better than last year. If you recall, not long after Ash Wednesday everything was shut down because of the virus. The fact that we now have Mass open to the public is something I’m extremely grateful for.

God bless you,

Please keep in your prayers Father Kevin O’Reilly, who died suddenly last week. Father O’Reilly was a Professor of Dogma at St. Joseph Seminary, Dunwoodie. He was only 51 years old. He taught

both Father Sal and Father Kwan—he was an excellent priest.

Requiescat in Pacem

SAINTS WE CELEBRATE THIS WEEK

REST IN PEACE SAINT SCHOLASTICA Eternal Peace Grant Unto Them, February 10th O Lord Saint Scholastic was born c.480 in Nursia, Umbria to wealthy parents. She was Gary Frank Belviso Benedict’s sister and many believe she was his twin. The most commonly told story Joseph Cardile about her is that Scholastica would, once a Giuseppe Cartella year, go and visit her brother at a place Angeles & Antonio Cintron near his abbey, and they would spend the Mary & Cesidio Cugini day worshiping together and discussing Maryann Cugini & Monica Erdman sacred texts and issues. One day they had Gaetano & Amilia D’Arco supper and continued their conversation. When Benedict indicated it was time for him to leave, Scholastica, Ronald Darminio perhaps sensing that the time of her death was drawing near, asked Rose & Paul DeFonzo him to stay with her for the evening so they could continue their Dellamonica Family discussions. Not wishing to break his own rule, Benedict refused, Gennaro & Elizabeth DiPalma Insisting that he needed to return to his cell. At that point, Scholastica Robert & Margaret Engel closed her hands in prayer, and after a moment, a wild storm started Joseph, Ines & Falcone & outside of the guest house in which they were staying. Benedict Rachel Panza asked, "What have you done?", to which she replied, "I asked you and you would not listen; so I asked my God and he did listen. So Furgiuele Family now go off, if you can; leave me and return to your monastery." Joseph, Gloria & Thomas Galasso Benedict was unable to return to his monastery, and they spent the Carlo & Marco Gardini night in discussion. Three days later, from his cell, he saw his sister's Robert & Elizabeth Haughney soul leaving the earth and ascending to heaven in the form of a Anthony Leone shining white dove. Benedict had her body brought to his monastery, Palladino Family where he had it laid in the tomb which he had prepared for himself. Saint Scholastica is the of Benedictine , education Guiditta & Enazio Mazzella and convulsive children. She is invoked against storms and rain. Francesco Mucciacciaro Dora, Rita & Gennaro Nardiello Gildo Paganussi Italo “Norman” & Adelaide “Ida” Peduzzi OUR LADY OF LOURDES Helen & Martin Reilly February 11th Our Lady of Lourdes is a Roman Catholic Edward & Theresa Rossi title of the Blessed Mary venerated Chester Rywalt in honor of the Marian apparitions that are Bob Salerno claimed to have occurred in 1858 in Aidan Silitch vicinity of Lourdes in France. The first of these is the apparition of 11 February PRAY FOR 1858, when 14 year old Bernadette OUR DECEASED PARISH CLERGY AND Soubirous told her mother that a “lady” spoke to her in the cave of Massabielle CONSECRATED RELIGIOUS while she was gathering firewood with her sister and a friend. Similar apparitions Fr. Robert Aufieri of the “Lady” were reported on eighteen occasions that year, until Fr. Frank Bassett the climax revelation of Our Lady of the took Msgr. Francis Cagnina, P.A. place. On January 18, 1862, the local Bishop of Tarbes Fr. Anthony D’Antonio Bertrand-Sévère Laurence endorsed the veneration of the Blessed Fr. Leonard DiFalco Virgin Mary in Lourdes. On July 3, 1876, Pius IX officially granted a Canonical Coronation to the image that used to be in the Fr. George Giammarino courtyard of what is now part of the Rosary Basilica. The image of Fr. Richard Gorman Our Lady of Lourdes has been widely copied and reproduced in Fr. Robert Macchietto and homes, often in garden landscapes. Soubirous was later Msgr. Louis Mazza canonized as a Catholic saint by Pope Pius XI in 1933. A large cult Deacon James Oakes devotion has since developed as ecclesiastical investigations Msgr. Joseph Raimondo sanctioned her visions, and a large church was built at the site that has since become a major site of Marian pilgrimage. Our Lady of Sr. Josephine Stabile, OBT Lourdes is the patron saint of bodily ills, sick people and protection Fr. Vincent Tagliente from diseases

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