First Sunday of Lent, Year A/ March 5, 2017 Primer Domingo de Cuaresma, Ano A/ 5 de marzo del 2017 Church of the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady 1510 East 233rd Street Bronx, New York 10466
Parish Clergy MASS SCHEDULE Rev. Cyprian Onyeihe, Administrator Sunday: English 10:00 am Pastoral Staff Spanish 11:30 am Edna Augusta, Religious Education Coordinator Igbo 1:00pm Charlie Harris, English Choir Director Weekdays: 7:00am Yolanda de la Cruz/ Rosa Medina, Spanish Choir Co-Directors Saturday: 9:00 am (followed by Eucharistic Adoration and The Holy Rosary) Sacrament of Matrimony A minimum of 6 months is required to begin the process of Rectory (Rectoria) Office Hours/ Horario de Oficina: the Sacrament of Matrimony. Please call the rectory to set up Monday-Fridays: 10am-3pm a meeting with the priest to discuss the process. Dates are not Lunes-Viernes: 10am-3pm reserved by phone contact.
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions) Sacrament of Baptism (for Infants): Saturdays: After the 9:00am Mass Parents must be active members of our Parish and are Sundays: After the 10:00am and 11:30am Masses required to attend one session of baptismal instruction held on Call the rectory outside the scheduled time. Tuesdays from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Please call the rectory to make the necessary arrangements. Weekly Prayer Groups Wednesdays/Miercoles: 7:00 – 9:00 pm (Spanish/Espanol) SACRAMENT OF THE SICK Thursdays: 7:00 – 9:00 pm (English) Please notify the rectory when a family member is sick to set up regular communion visits.
Nativity of Our Blessed Lady Rectory Nativity of Our Blessed Lady Convent Nativity of Our Blessed Lady School 1531 East 233rd St. Bronx, N.Y. 10466 1534 East 233rd St Bronx, N.Y. 10472 3893 Dyre Ave, Bx., N.Y. 10466 Office: (718) 324-3531 Parish Website: Office: (718) 324-2188 Fax: (718) 798-0628 www.nativityofourblessedladychurch.org School Website and Email Address Parish Email Address: www.nativityofourblessedlady.org [email protected]
1st Sunday of Lent/ 1 Domingo de Cuaresma 2017 (Year A/ Ano A) Weekly Readings and Memorials Sunday, March 5, 2017 Readings: (GN 2:7-9; 3:1-7; ROM 5:12-19; MT 4:1-11 10:00AM-Maria and Gaetano Mongelli (+) Req: Chiara Genna Please Pray for the sick: 11:30AM- Accion de Gracias Ángel Alejandro, Aracelis Alejandro, Emma Allen Req: Aida y Angel Alejandro Elvin Alvarado, Juana Alvarado, 1:00PM- Carmen Ávila, Angela Battle, Sgt. Tonia Chestnut,
Lillian (sister of Cristina Dominguez), Juan Pablo Espinza, Monday, March 6, 2017 Lori Figueroa, Rosalina Flores, Rafael Flores, Readings: (LV 19:1-2, 11-18; MT 25:31-46) Manuel García, Rafael Ginés , Maritza Gonzalez, Edith 7:00AM- Harris, Ghislaine Jacobs, Drosula Katsibra, Edith Labriel, Michael Martínez, Joseph and Nancy Mazzella, Digna Tuesday, March 7, 2017 Meléndez, Herminia Melendez, Leonora Moorehead, Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs/martires Avelino Moreno,Juana Moreira, Nicole Niles, Gerri Orfei, Antonia Rodríguez, Shanique Rollins, Eric Roman, Readings: (IS 55:10-11; MT 6:7-15) Guillermina Rosario, Ashley Steadman, Theresa Sylvan, 7:00 AM- Uzomaka Perpetua Igweatu and Perpetua Victoria Torres, Andrew “Morris” Vavrica, Marina Vázquez, Igweatu (feast day) Aníbal Vázquez, Iris Velásquez Req: Igweatu Family Please call the rectory to submit the name of an ill family Wednesday, March 8, 2017 member or friend. St. John of God/ San Juan de Dios Readings: (JON 3:1-10; LK 11:29-32) 7:00AM- The Sanctuary Lamp Thursday, March 9, 2017 was donated for the Intentions of St. Frances of Rome/ San Francisca de Roma Mary, Wendy, and Keneth White, Readings: (EST C:12, 14-16, 23-25; MT 7:7-12) for the recovery of 7:00AM- Nicolas Rivera (birthday) Ashley Steadman & Elvin Alvarado Req: Aida and Angel Alejandro In memory of Neville Nelson, Joan Revan & Friday, March 10, 2017 Gregory M. Ilaw Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Fridays Pearl Blake Readings: (EZ 18:21-28; MT 5:20-26) Marcella Bullock, Leon Bullock, 7:00AM- Mary Burke (+) John Bullock, Jr., Req: Linda Burke
Saturday, March 11, 2017 Parishioners’ Weekly Contributions Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Readings: (DT 26:16-19; MT 5:43-48) 9:00AM- Kelly Creighton (+) Mass Times Collection Total Req: Beatrice Brown
10:00am $1,268.40
11:30am $495.72
1:00pm $170.00
Total $1,934.12
Ash Wednesday $510.38 1st Sunday of Lent/ 1 Domingo de Cuaresma 2017 (Year A/ Ano A) Next Film Night: Family Stations of the Cross Tuesday, Every Friday during Lent at 7pm th March 7 To volunteer your family to lead the Stations one at 7pm Friday during Lent, please fill out the sign-in sheet in the church. All are welcome!!!! in the entrance of the church!
On–Going Activity Reminders
-Join us for Eucharistic Adoration and to pray the Holy Rosary on Saturdays, immediately after the 9:00am Mass. - The Altar Rosary Society welcomes new members. Any ladies interested in joining this group, please come to Saturday prayer of the Rosary after the 9am Mass. Via Crucis Con La Familia -The Religious Education Program takes place on Saturdays (September –May) from 10:00am to 11:30am in Cada Viernes Durante Cuaresma a las 7pm the Nativity School Auditorium. For more information, please speak to Edna Augusta, program coordinator, 917- ¡Para ofrecer su familia como voluntarios para las 346-5378. -Nativity Kids Group every 2 weeks, Saturdays 12pm-2pm Vía Crucis un viernes durante la Cuaresma, por
in the church. All ages welcome! Please call Edna for more favor llene la hoja de registro en la entrada de la information. iglesia!
-Spanish Charismatic Prayer Group - Wednesdays, 7:00PM-9:00PM. (For more information please contact, the Rectory -Weekly Prayer Group (in English) Thursdays from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in the church.
Actividades Actuales -Acompáñenos para Adoración Eucarística y a rezar el Santo Rosario los sábados, inmediatamente después de la Misa de las 9:00 am. -La Sociedad del Rosario del Altar da la bienvenida a nuevos miembros. Para todas las damas interesadas por favor venga al rezo del santo rosario los sábados despué s de la Misa de 9:00am. -El programa de instrucción religiosa (catequesis) se lleva a cabo los sábados de 10:00am a 11:30am en el auditorio de la escuela. Para más información por favor hable con Edna Augusta, coordinadora del programa, 917-346-5378. -El Grupo de Niños, cada dos semanas, los sábados de 12pm-2pm en la iglesia. Todas edades están bienvenidos. Por favor contacte a Edna por más información.
-Todos están invitados a asistir a las reuniones de El Grupo de Oración (en español) los miércoles de 7:00 a 9:00pm en la Iglesia. Para más información por favor contacte a la Rectoría. -Grupo de Oración (en inglés) cada jueves a las 7:00pm en la iglesia.
1st Sunday of Lent/ 1 Domingo de Cuaresma 2017 (Year A/ Ano A) Easter Calvary Project 2017 Any items you are able to contribute will be helpful for the kids to make their packages. If you have any questions, please contact Edna (917) 346-5378. This year our Nativity Kids Group will be participating in
a special Lent/Easter project to contemplate the God Bless You and thank you for your help!!! suffering of Christ for our salvation and helping to lift the spirits of those who are currently suffering from illness, desperation, and/ or loneliness. This will be our 5th year organizing this special project.
Our project is to create care package Easter baskets for cancer patients at Calvary Hospital (a well-known hospital and hospice for those suffering from terminal cancer).
The goal of these care baskets is the lift the spirits of these patients and to give them the hope that our Lord Jesus Christ gave to us at Easter!
Calvary Hospital has invited our Group and Families to attend their Easter Program for Patients at the Hospital on Easter Sunday, April 16th from 2:30pm- Easter 2013 Visit 4:00pm.
All those who can and would like to make the trip to deliver the packages to the patients personally, are invited and welcome!!
The hospital has asked us to keep our group size to 12 people, so we’ll take the “first come, first serve” model. We will definitely appreciate the help of any parents/parishioners that have cars to drive us over.
We would like to have all packages completed by our meeting on the April 8th, therefore the youth advisors will gather a few items for the project, such as the extra baskets and other items. However, we are encouraging the children and families to personalize these packages as much as possible and bring some items with them to Easter 2014 Visit put in their basket during the meeting.
Some suggested items are: • Toiletries- shaving cream, razors, aftershave, lotions, deodorant, light perfumes, body sprays • Candy/ chocolate (nothing too hard to chew) • Socks • Small stuffed animals / Small games or books
1st Sunday of Lent/ 1 Domingo de Cuaresma 2017 (Year A/ Ano A) Saints of the Week/Santos de la Semana St. Frances of Rome/Santa Francisca Romana, religious Sts. Perpetua and Felicity/ Santas Felicidad y (March 9th) Perpetua, martyrs St. Frances was born in 1384. Her parents were wealthy, but they taught Frances to be (March 7th) concerned about people and to live a good Christian life. She was Perpetua and Felicity lived in an intelligent little girl. Frances Carthage, North Africa, in the informed her parents when she third century. It was the time of was eleven that she had made up the fierce persecution of her mind to be a nun. Her parents Christians by Emperor Septimus encouraged her to think of Severus. marriage instead. As was the custom, they selected a good Twenty-two-year-old Perpetua young man to be Frances' was the daughter of a rich husband. The bride was just nobleman. While growing up, she thirteen. had received everything she wanted. But she realized that she Frances and her husband, Lorenzo Ponziano, fell in love with loved Jesus and her Christian faith more than anything the each other. Even though their marriage was arranged, they world could offer. For this she found herself a prisoner on the were happily married for forty years. Lorenzo admired his wife way to execution. and his sister-in-law, Vannozza. Both women prayed every day and performed penances for Jesus' Church, which had many Perpetua's father was a pagan. He did everything possible to trials at that time. Frances and Vannozza also visited the poor. persuade his daughter to give up her Christian faith. He tried to They took care of the sick. They brought food and firewood to convince her of the importance of saving her life. But the people who needed it. Other wealthy women were inspired by woman would not give in, even though she knew that she their example to do more with their lives too. All the while, would have to leave behind her husband and baby. Frances became more and more prayerful. She really grew close to Jesus and Mary in her everyday life. Felicity, Perpetua's Christian maid, had been a slave. She and Perpetua were great friends. They shared their belief in and Frances and Lorenzo were compassionate people. They knew love for Jesus. Felicity, too, was willing to sacrifice her life for what it was like to suffer. They lost two of their three children Jesus and for her faith. For this she also found herself a from the plague. This made them even more sensitive to the prisoner on the way to execution. needs of the poor. During the wars between the legitimate pope and the anti-popes, Lorenzo led the armies that defended the true pope. While he was away at battle, his enemies Felicity was also a young wife. While in prison for her faith, she destroyed his property and possessions. Even then, Frances became a mother as well. Her little baby was adopted by a cleaned up a part of the family villa that had been wrecked and good Christian woman. Felicity was happy because now she used it for a hospital. As hard as things were for her family, the could die a martyr. Hand in hand, Perpetua and Felicity bravely people out on the street were in greater need. Lorenzo was faced martyrdom together. They were charged by wild animals wounded and came home to be nursed back to health by his and then beheaded. They died around the year 202. loving wife. He died in 1436. Frances spent the remaining four years of her life in the religious congregation she helped to Reflection: Let us pray today for mothers who are separated start. from their families and children, especially through injustice and violence. St. Frances of Rome died on March 9, 1440. She was declared a saint by Pope Paul V in 1608. http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/dailysaint/march/03 07.asp Reflection: This holy woman kept the delicate balance between her family life, her own relationship with God, and her desire to show compassion to others. Biography/Biografia http://www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/P/stperpetua_felicity.asp (English) http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/dailysaint/march/03 09.asp http://www.ewtn.com/spanish/Saints/Felicidad_y_Perpetua.htm (Espanol) Biography/Biografia http://www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/F/stfrancesofrome.asp (English)
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