Church of St. Theresa A Caring Community Reaching Out To One Another in Christ

2855 St. Theresa Avenue, Bronx, New York 

SUNDAY MASSES Saturday at 5:00pm,  Sunday at 7:30am, 9:00am ST. THERESA’S FAMILY IS OUR FAMILY (Italian),  “ST. THERESA STRONG” 10:30am(Family Mass) 12:15pm ,  1:30PM(Spanish) & 5:00pm  WEEKDAY MASSES Monday thru Saturday 8:00am  & 9:00am  DEVOTIONS Miraculous Medal & St. Theresa  Novenas after Monday morning  Masses St. Anthony Novena after  Tuesday morning Masses.  Thursday 12 Noon Mass  & Eucharistic Adoration  Exposition & Benediction of the  Blessed Sacrament First Friday 6:00pm 

CONFESSION Saturdays from 4:00pm to 5:00pm  and by appointment  BAPTISMS Baptisms take place most Sundays  after the 1:30pm Mass. We ask parents to attend the  Baptism preparation meeting.  Register at the Rectory for the  meeting. The date of the Baptism will be discussed at the Baptism meeting.  MARRIAGES Call the Rectory at least six months in advance of the wedding date to make an appointment with parish clergy. 

Rev. Msgr. Thomas Derivan, Pastor

Rev. Joseph Ligory, Parochial Vicar Mrs. Josephine Fanelli, Principal Rev. Edmundo Gomez, Retired,  Mrs. Marie McCarrick, Dir. of Religious Education Rev. Robert Imbelli, Weekend Associate Nadia Papayani, Dir. of Music 

RECTORY: 7188921900/1901 WEBSITE: www.sttheresachurchbronx.org SCHOOL: 7187923688 FAX: 7188921146 EMAIL: [email protected]  RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: 7187928434 CHURCH OF ST. THERESA, BRONX

FROM THE DESK OF FATHER DERIVAN  The month of October stands out in the Church’s calendar as a dual celebration. October is the month of the and October is the month of Respect for Life. We pay special honor to the Rosary of Our Lady during October, remembering that in saying the  Rosary, in the words of the late Pope John Paul II, we are on a “spiritual journey in which Mary acts as Mother, Teacher and Guide,” bringing us to Jesus her Son. And also during October we celebrate our commitment to the cause of life, our commitment to be, again as our late Holy Father put it, “apostles of life.” To put it simply, October is the month of Mary and of Life. Is there any surprise in that? Above all human beings, Our Blessed Mother Mary was an “apostle of life.” When we think of it, the mysteries of the Rosary in which Mary appears are all celebrations of life. In the Joyful Mysteries, Mary is the apostle of life  welcoming the message of the Angel Gabriel, welcoming the Child conceived in her womb. Mary is the apostle of life as she visits her cousin Elizabeth and the unborn John the Baptist greets the unborn Jesus, both from their mothers’ wombs. Mary was above all the apostle of life when she brought Jesus into the world at Christmas, bringing the Lord of life to all who will receive Him. She presented Him in the temple as a baby, bringing the Lord of life to Jerusalem, the very place where He would give His life for the salvation of the world. In the Mystery of Light, the Wedding Feast of Cana, Mary is the apostle of life celebrating the joy of marriage and asking her Son to perform His first miracle at that wedding feast. In the Sorrowful Mysteries, we realize that she was never more the apostle of life than when she accompanied her Son as He carried the Cross and as He died on that Cross so that we might live. In the Glorious Mysteries, Our Blessed Mother Mary saw Life triumph in the Resurrection and Ascension of her Son. She saw the Holy Spirit, “the Lord and Giver of life” come upon the Church on the first Pentecost. And in her Assumption and Coronation, Mary shows life exalted, life completed in the glory of heaven. Yes, we can say that the Rosary is filled with life. Our Blessed Mother Mary shows us how to be apostles of life as we contemplate the mysteries of her Holy Rosary. During this month, say the Rosary for life. Make these you special intentions as you pray the Rosary:   for a greater commitment to life on our part, a commitment to be apostles of life;  for God’s grace to touch women who are contemplating an abortion and for Mary to help them accept their unborn child as God’s precious gift, even as she welcomed God’s Son;  for our young people to understand the beauty of life, the beauty of sexuality in marriage, the beauty of family itself;  for our country, that we will reject the “culture of death” and embrace the “culture of life.”  May Our Blessed Mother Mary help us to renew our commitment to the cause of life. Mary Mother of life,  Mother of the unborn, pray for us.   Father Thomas B. Derivan

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HANDICAP ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS  The side entrance to the Church on Pilgrim Avenue will be  Please support our advertisers; it is their support that makes  open every Sunday for anyone who is handicapped or in a  this bulletin possible, and when you visit them, please let them wheelchair. Also this same entrance will be opened every know that you read their advertisement in St. Theresa ‘s  weekday until 9:30AM. bulletin. TWENTYNINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OCTOBER, MONTH OF THE ROSARY     October has also been traditionally known as the month of the Rosary. The recitation of the Rosary is a devotion based on Sacred Scripture. The following reflections on the mysteries of the Rosary are from the University of Dayton’s Marian Institute, based on the Catechism of the :  SORROWFUL MYSTERIES  The Agony in the Garden The cup of the New Covenant, which Jesus anticipated when he offered himself at the Last Supper, is afterwards accepted by him from his Father’s hands in his agony in the garden at Gethsemane, making himself “obedient unto death.” Jesus prays: “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me….” Thus he expresses the horror that death represented for his human nature. Like ours, his human nature is destined for eternal life, but unlike ours, it is perfectly exempt from sin, the cause of death. Above all, his human nature has been assumed by the divine person of the “Author of life, the living One.” By accepting in his human will that the Father’s will be done, he accepts his death as redemptive, for “he himself bore our sins in his body on the tree.”  The Scourging Jesus knew and loved us each and all during his life, his agony, and his Passion and gave himself up for each one of us: “The Son of God...loved me and gave himself for me.” He has loved us all with a human heart. For this reason, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pierced by our sins and for our salvation, is quite rightly considered the chief sign and symbol of that love with which the divine Redeemer  continually loves the eternal Father and all human beings” without exception.  Jesus Is Crowned with Thorns It is precisely in the Passion, when the mercy of Christ is about to vanquish it, that sin most clearly manifests its violence and its many forms: unbelief, murderous hatred, shunning and mockery by the leaders and the people, Pilate’s cowardice and the cruelty of the  soldiers, Judas’ betrayal so bitter to Jesus, Peter’s denial, and the disciples’ flight. However, at the very hour of darkness, the hour of the prince of this world, the sacrifice of Christ secretly becomes the source from which the forgiveness of our sins will pour forth  inexhaustibly.  The Carrying of the Cross The cross is the unique sacrifice of Christ, the “one mediator between God and men.” But because in his incarnate divine person he has in some way united himself to every man, “the possibility of being made partners, in a way known to God, in the paschal mystery” is offered to all people. He calls his disciples to “take up their cross and follow him,” for “Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an  example so that we should follow in his steps.” In fact Jesus desires to associate with his redeeming sacrifice those who were to be its first beneficiaries. This is achieved supremely in the case of his mother, who was associated more intimately than any other person in the mystery of his redemptive suffering.  The Crucifixion The Church is born primarily of Christ’s total selfgiving for our salvation, anticipated in the institution of the Eucharist, and fulfilled on the cross. “The origin and growth of the Church are symbolized by the blood and water which flowed form the open side of the  crucified Jesus.” For it was from the side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth the ‘wondrous sacrament of the whole Church.’ As Eve was formed from the sleeping Adam’s side, so the Church was born from the pierced heart of Christ hanging dead on the cross.  

            FLU SHOTS  Rite Aid Pharmacy on Crosby Avenue will once again  CHILDREN’S HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL  provide flu shots here at our school cafeteria next Sunday,  THIS SATURDAY October 28th from 9:00AM to 2:00PM. Please bring your   insurance card. Most insurances are accepted. We invite children up to Grade 5 to join us for our Children’s If you wish, you may sign up for a specific time on the  Halloween Carnival which will be held in our school gym Patient Sign Up Sheet in the rectory. (entrance on Mayflower Avenue) this Saturday, October 27th from 1:00PM to 2:30PM. Admission: $1.00. Join us for some Halloween fun, games and a “Photo opportunity.” Wear you costumes!!  OCTOBER 21, 2018  WHY WE CAN’T “AGREE TO DISAGREE” By Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director, Priests for Life  The solution that some propose to the divisive controversy over abortion is that the opposing parties in this dispute should simply “agree to disagree.” This is presented as a reasonable option. It does not require that either side change its views, but simply agree to allow the different views, and the practices that flow from them. Sorry, but this is a proposal we in the prolife movement can’t accept. First of all, to ask us to “agree to disagree” about abortion is to ask us to change our position on it. Why, after all, do we disagree in the first place? When we oppose abortion, we disagree with the notion that it is even negotiable. We do not only claim that we cannot practice it, but that nobody can practice it, precisely because it violates the most fundamental human right, the right to life. To “agree to disagree” means that we no longer see abortion for what it isNa violation of a right so fundamental that disagreement cannot be  allowed to tamper with it. To “agree to disagree” is to foster the notion that the baby is a baby only if the mother thinks it is, that the child has value only if the mother says it does, and that we have responsibility only for those we choose to have responsibility for. Certainly, there are many disputes in our nation about which we can “agree to disagree.” Various proposals, programs, and strategies can be debated as we try to figure out how best to secure people’s rights. But these legitimate areas of disagreement relate to how to secure people’s rights, whereas the abortion controversy is about whether to secure or even recognize those rights at all. We can agree to disagree whether certain government programs should be allowed, but not whether acts of violence should be allowed. “Agree to disagree” seems like a neutral posture to assume, but it neutralizes what can never be neutral: the right to life itself. Furthermore, the abortion dispute is not merely about conceptual disagreement. It’s about justice. It’s about violence, bloodshed, and victims who need to be defended. In the midst of a policy permitting 4000 babies a day to be killed, to “agree to disagree” means to cease to defend the absolute rights of the victim. We don’t fight oppression by “agreeing to disagree” with the oppressor. It is precisely when the oppressor disagrees that we have to intervene to stop the violence. The fact that the oppressor does not recognize the victim as a person does not remove our obligation to the victim. In the face of injustice, we are not simply called to disagree with it, but to stop it. The proposal to “agree to disagree” presumes the issue is about people disagreeing over abortion, not about people being killed by abortion. The proposal shows how invisible the unborn victim remains. It is a false solution indeed. 

PRAYER TO END ABORTION       Lord God, I thank you today for the gift of my life, and for the lives of all my brothers and sisters I know there is nothing that destroys more life than abortion, Yet I rejoice that you have conquered death by the Resurrection of Your Son. I am ready to do my part in ending abortion. Today I commit myself never to be silent, never to be passive, never to be forgetful of the unborn. I commit myself to be active  in the prolife movement, And never to stop defending life until all my brothers and sisters are protected, and our nation once again becomes a nation with liberty and justice not just fro some, but for all, Through Christ our Lord. Amen!  By Fr. Frank Pavone  OCTOBER 28 OCTOBER 20 STS. SIMON & JUDE, Apostles ST. MAGDALENE OF NAGASAKI (St. Jude) Patron of  (Mary Magdalene Kiota) Desperate Cases) b. 1611, Nagasaki, Japan d. October 15, 1634, Nagasaki, Japan    St. Simon is surnamed the Canaanean and also the Zealot, to Jesuits brought Christianity to Japan in 1549, and by the time distinguish him from St. Peter and from St. Simeon, the brother Magdalene was born there were 500,000 Japanese Christians, of St. James the Less. The SyroChaldaic expression mostly concentrated in Nagasaki. Magdalene was still an infant “Canaanean” means the same as the Greek Zelotes, a title that is when that era of tolerance ended and the shogun expelled all said to have been given to him on account of his great zeal, but, missionaries. In the next seven years, 30,000 Japanese  according to others, from his belonging to a sect (among the Christians were martyred, including Magdalene’s entire family. Jews) called Zealots. It is supposed that he suffered martyrdom When two Augustinian missionaries slipped into Nagasaki in in Persia. 1625, Magdalene became their indispensable guide, liaison, and  catechist. In 1629 a new shogun arrived with five hundred  St. Jude, known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the soldiers, determined to wipe out the Christian “plague.”  Less, and a relative of our Savior. Ancient writers tell us that he Magdalene’s missionaries were captured and burned alive, but preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Idumaea, Syria,  she continued to baptize converts and sustain the faith of her Mesopotamia, and Libya. According to Eusebius, he returned to fellow Christians. Visiting the missionary Jordan of  Jerusalem in the year 62, and assisted at the election of his Stephen in prison, she announced to his guards, “I am a  brother, St. Simeon, as bishop of Jerusalem. Christian, let me in.” Magdalene was finally arrested and  Jude is the author of an Epistle to the Churches of the East,  sentenced to “the hole,” where she was suspended from a gibbet particularly the Jewish converts, directed against the heresies of and buried up to her waist in a pit of excrement. For thirteen the Simonians, Nicolaites, and Gnostics. This Apostle is said to days Magdalene sang hymns to her guards, until a sudden  have suffered martyrdom in Armenia, which was then subject to rainstorm filled the pit with water and she drowned. To prevent Persia. The final conversion of the Armenian nation to  collection of any relics, the shogun ordered Magdalene’s body Christianity did not take place until the 3rd century of our era. burned and her ashes tossed into the sea.   By 1644 not a single missionary was left in Japan, but  PRAYER God, You made Your Name known to us through Japanese Christians continued to practice their faith as best they the Apostles. By the intercession of Sts. Simon and Jude, let could for the next two centuries. When Japan finally reopened Your Church continue to grow with an increased number of  to the West, missionaries were met by thousands of “secret believers. Christians,” the spiritual descendants of Magdalene of  Amen. Nagasaki. She is commemorated on August 20th by Augustinian Order and on September 28th by the Dominicans.     ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY              Food is now being collected for our Food Pantry.   Our food pantry is in need of replenishing we are asking for  items such as soups, canned vegetables, tomato sauce, pasta,  rice, cereal, peanut butter, jelly, tuna fish, canned or boxed  LADIES NIGHT OUT BINGO juices or any other nonperishable items.  FridayNNovember 2, 2018 @ 7:00PM We can also use coffee, cake mixes and frostings, jello and  Reserve you table to ensure you have a reserved spot and puddings. are seated with your friends NO GLASS JARS PLEASE!  These items will be passed on to needy families in our parish BYOF & BYOB (bring your own food & beverage) and community. God bless you for your kindness. *** COFFEE & DESSERT WILL BE SERVED ***   We are also collecting good, usable winter coats to help the Tickets for all raffles will be on sale the night of the event needy. You may place coats in the boxes in the vestibule of  the church. Tricky Tray: $20 per 25 tickets 50/50: 6 tickets for $5  Reserve your tables/seat now through school office/rectory!   $30.00 for bingo games with 3 games per card CONFESSIONS are heard every Saturday from 4:00PM to 5:00PM or by appointment in the Rectory.

 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED  MEMBERS OF OUR PARISH AND THEIR FAMILIES CORAL E. DOWNES & HELEN SANTIAGOOLIVO SATURDAY OCTOBER 20, 2018  5:00PM Cornetta Family   SUNDAY OCTOBER 21, 2018 7:30AM Parishioners of St. Theresa    9:00AM Carmine Fusco    10:30AM Peter Anthony LaRosa    12:15PM Theresa Tomasolo     THIS WEEK’S ALTAR BREAD IS IN LOVING MEMORY 1:30PM Manuel Concepcion    OF 5:00PM Anne DiTommaso     FR. CHARLES SZIVOS LOVE, THE RICCO FAMILY MONDAY OCTOBER 22, 2018  8:00AM Fr. Charles Szivos    9:00AM Guraj Family      TUESDAY OCTOBER 23, 2018 8:00AM Padre Pio     9:00AM Francesco Ausanio     WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 24 , 2018 8:00AM In Honor of St. Anthony   THE SANCTUARY LAMP BURNING NEAR THE 9:00AM Elizabeth Loschen    TABERNACLE THIS WEEK IS IN LOVING MEMORY THURSDAY OCTOBER 25, 2018 OF 8:00AM In Honor of St. Lucy     FR. CHARLES SZIVOS LOVE, THE RICCO FAMILY 9:00AM Carmen Orocho      12NOON James McCready     FRIDAY OCTOBER 26, 2018 8:00AM John Buonarobo    9:00AM Felicia & Cirino SanFilippo   SATURDAY OCTOBER 27, 2018 8:00AM Ralph Bockino    9:00AM Margherita & Sebastiano Cavacchioli  THE FLOWERS IN FRONT OF THE ALTAR THIS WEEK 5:00PM Nancee Madio     IN MEMORY OF IRMA ORRICO SUNDAY OCTOBER 28, 2018  7:30AM Parishioners of St. Theresa   9:00AM Felicia Arpaia & Louis Squitieri  10:30AM Michele Muccio    HOMEBOUND 12:15PM Luigi Osso     If any member of your family or if any of your neighbors are 1:30PM Carmen Gonzalez     “Homebound” and would like to receive Holy Communion at 5:00PM Jack Costello     home, please call the Rectory so that a Priest or Eucharistic      Minister might visit them.

Please continue to share the peace and joy of our faith with others . There are so many that are in the need of Jesus. Can you be for all of us a living sign to all our parishioners and PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH:  neighbors, and tell them for us “we need them and love them”. Phyllis Amitrano, Maryann Cale Bannan, Linda Barbaro, Someone may hear and accept the invitation from you and Lori Brown, Nancy Cardone, Elaine Reiss Cina,  return home to worship the Lord with us. So please invite a Joseph Cina, Phyllis Caruso, Marie DiPolo, Thomas Egan,  friend, relative, or neighbor to come with you to Church next Frank Ferrara, Rita Ferrara, Daley Gribbon, Ita Griffin,  Sunday. God will do the rest. Let us share our treasure of faith Sean Howell, William Keenan, Sal Lanza, Frank Maiorana,  with others. Maryann Maiorana, Diane Martino, Joe Martino,  Theresa Martino, Isabelle O’Brien, Frank Oricco,  Marie Russillo, Camille Siciliano, Mario Simeone,  Toni Spahr, Florence Valentine, Dean Valentine,  Nicholas Vasti, Frank Vertullo, Irene Vesely. Julius C. DiFiore Attorney at Law 3231 Ampere Avenue Bronx, NY 10465 718-828-6407 Member, St. Theresa Parish Appointments at your convenience

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