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Parochial Vicars

Rev. Nelson Henao Sch.P. Rev. Richard Wyzykiewicz Sch.P.

Parish Secretary Mrs. Rosemarie Ortiz

Organists Mr. Franco Bonanome Mr. Patrick Marques

Leaders of Song Mrs. Terry Bonanome Mr. Alex Henriquez saint July 2016

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Phone: (718) 892-3232 Fax: (718) 892-7713 a at Rectory. www.churchofsthelena.com Email: [email protected]   Alumni: [email protected] ST. L BRONX, A WORD FROM THE PASTOR: that city dedicated to the Virgin of the Cloud. OUR LADY OF THE CLOUD This devotion has also spread to the United States. Immigrants from in Chicago and New York have confraternities The Spanish Mass this past dedicated to Our Lady of the Cloud and have annual festivities in Saturday at 1:30PM was in honor her honor. of Our Lady of the Cloud. The devotion to The Virgin of the Cloud, La Virgen de la Nube, is ROSARY VIRGIN OF from Ecuador. It originated 85 years after the of CHIQUINQUIRA, COLUMBIA (1555) blessed the miraculous The Spanish Mass here at St. Helena on Sunday will be in honor of statue of Our Lady of Good The Rosary Virgin of Chiquinquira. A reception will follow in the Success on February 2, 1611. cafeteria. The story of Mary’s appearance there is very interesting. Here is the story of the miracle of Way up on the Andean Plateau, 150 kilometers to the north of Our Lady of the Cloud. Bogata, Columbia, is the city of Chiquinquira, founded in 1856, and where at the country house of the Spaniard Don Antonio de At the end of the year 1696, the Santana, a wondrous miracle occurred. Bishop of Quito, Don Sancho de Andrade y Figueroa, was very ill. Don Antonio, in 1555, being a devout Christian had an oratory Disconsolate at the thought of built in his home and requested the Dominican Brother, Fray losing their Bishop, the people of Andrews Jadraque, to have the image of the Holy Virgin painted. Guálupo, a village on the outskirts of Quito, decided to organize a The silversmith and painter, Alonzo de Narvaez did the work. The novena to the Virgin Mary asking her for his recovery. brother demanded that the Virgin bear a rosary, the official emblem of his order. The cloth had room for two other images at On December 30, they organized a Rosary procession from the the side, and it was decided to put Saint Anthony of Padua at the town of Guálupo to the Cathedral in Quito. On the return trip, at right and Saint Andrew the Apostle at the left. The painting was around 4:30 in the afternoon, Fr. José de Ulloa y la Cadena, done in tempora, but since the chapel was of straw, the paint chaplain of the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception of Quito, faded under the action of the sun, the air and the rain. was leading the group in the praying of the Rosary. He was just beginning to recite the third decade of the Glorious Mysteries The damage was such that the town priest had it removed from when he looked up and saw a figure forming in a large cloud in the as unworthy for the celebration of Holy Mass. The canvas the late afternoon sky. He pointed to the east and exclaimed to was taken to Chiquinquira and was used for a rag to dry the the crowd: “The Virgin! The Virgin!” wheat under the sun. Seven years later Dona Maria Ramos arrived from Spain and grieved to find the chapel used for animals. Day In the sky between the sanctuaries of Guálupo and Quito, the after day she prayed there that Mary would comfort her soul, and Blessed Virgin appeared standing on a cloud somewhat darker and she was hopeful that her denser than the others, which served as her pedestal. She wore a prayers would be heard. crown on her head and carried a bunch of lilies in her right hand On Friday, December 26, like a scepter. In her left hand she carried her Divine Son. She 1586, at 9:00 o’clock in the was dressed in a white silk tunic that draped to her feet in soft morning, the canvas was pleats, half hidden by a majestic mantle. On her head was a long suddenly brightened by the filmy white veil. Holy Virgin. Maria was in This apparition, which was viewed by close to 500 persons in the pious astonishment, almost procession as well as many others in the environs of Quito, lasted in a trance, and soon the for the length of a Glory be and the praying of one Our Father and miracle drew crowds of one Hail Mary. Testimonies of the miracle include those of the people. President of the Royal Chamber Don Mateo de Mata Ponce de This wonderful happening León and other respected town officials. All of the testimonies are was followed by carefully conserved today in the Archives of the Quito miraculous cures. The Archdiocese. Church authorities ordered As confirmation of the miracle, the Bishop was immediately an investigation to be made of the Virgin of Chiquinquira to verify healed. Soon afterward, he authorized the devotion to the Virgin the truth of the miracle and in the year 1630, the Dominican under the invocation The Virgin of the Cloud, and erected an altar Brotherhood authorized by the archbishop of Bogata, took charge to her in the Cathedral of Quito. The Bishop, who remained very of the sanctuary, and built a church which was replaced by the devoted to the Blessed Virgin and the Rosary, lived some years present in 1801. The Holy See, after discussion of the more, dying in May of 1702. wonderful miracle, granted a liturgical feast day on July 9 that is News of the miracle spread rapidly throughout that province and it celebrated with special services also in some sections of Venezuela soon spread to Peru. Some years later, the Prioress of the and Ecuador as well. Monastery of the Nazarene Mothers, Mother Barbara Josefa of the In 1919, by order of the Holy See, the Holy Image was crowned Holy Trinity, received permission for a picture painted on linen of with splendor in Bogata, and in 1944 it was granted the gold the Virgin of the Cloud to be carried in the annual October scepter and precious jewels as the mother queen of Colombia. procession through the streets of Lima. This invocation to Our The Virgin of Chiquinquira is the comforting heart of Colombia, Lady remains very popular in Lima today. Venezuela and Ecuador; prelates, magistrates, and other leaders In Ecuador, a grand procession honoring the Virgin of the Cloud is of the nation have knelt down at Mary’s feet and throngs of held every year on January 1 in the city of Azogues. It is people, rich and poor, continuously flow to this place to pray for organized by the Franciscans who constructed a large sanctuary in 2 consolation and guidance through this earthly life. FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

St. Pompilio Maria Pirrotti, Pope Pius XI. His remains are preserved and venerated by the a Piarist Saint - Feast July 15 faithful in the Piarist church in Campi Salentina. It is very important to Pray to Mary Domenico Pirrotti was born in Montecalvo, THE “HEBREW” STAR OF DAVID WAS Italy on September 29, 1710, the sixth of EARLIER USED BY CHRISTIANS the eleven children of Jerome and Donna Shockingly, the use of the six-pointed star as the Jewish symbol Pirrotti. His father was a lawyer and was only goes back to the 17th century, while this symbol was used in of the noble class. At the age of 16, he left Christian churches centuries earlier. To complicate matters further, home and joined the Piarist fathers in in Hebrew this star is not called a “Star of David” but magen david the “Shield of David”. Why is this an important מגן דוד -- , where on February 2, 1727, he took the religious habit of the and difference? professed the four religious vows made by The Hebrew word for shield magen literally means a protective all Piarists: poverty, chastity, obedience, covering. In Genesis 15, God makes a covenant with Abram, and the education of youth. At the same saying: “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield (magen)". In time, he changed his name to Pompilio Psalms, we find another usage of the word in reference to God Maria. made by King David himself, repeating over and over that God He was sent to Chieti to study philosophy, but he became ill and alone is “our help and our shield” (magen), the provider of true was transferred to to finish his studies. Before his priestly security. Thus, the "Star of David" is actually a symbol of God's ordination, he was sent to Turi for a year to teach religion and protection. then to Lecce to teach literature. He was ordained on March 20, Unlike the menorah, the Lion of Judah, the shofar, and the lulav, 1734 by the Archbishop of Brindisi. For the next ten years, he the Star of David was never a uniquely Jewish symbol. The traveled throughout Italy preaching and hearing confessions. symbol of intertwined equilateral triangles is a common one in the Middle East and North Africa, and is thought to bring good luck. It The Lord gave him extraordinary gifts. In 1746, while he was in appears occasionally in early Christian and Jewish artwork, but Lanciano, he rang the church bells at two in the morning and never as an exclusively Jewish symbol. It is called the “shatkona” people flocked alarmed. He told them that they had to pray to in Hinduism and the “seal of Solomon” in Islam. During the 19th Mary to save their town from an impending earthquake. The century the symbol began to proliferate amongst the Jewish people did as he instructed, and a powerful earthquake struck the communities of Eastern Europe, ultimately being used amongst Abruzzo region causing severe damage, but Lanciano was spared. the Jewish communities in the Pale of During the famine of 1765, he had the people of Campi Salentina Settlement, a region of western Russia also pray to Our Blessed Mother, and the famine never struck the where permanent Jewish settlement was village. Even today in this city every year on July 15, the day of prohibited. A significant motivating factor his feast, they distribute blessed bread baskets in memory of his was the desire to imitate the influence of the Christian Cross. The earliest Jewish usage protection. of the symbol was inherited from medieval He lived during a time when Jansenism and anticlericalism were Arabic literature by Kabbalists for use in growing in popularity, and many Catholics had stopped receiving talismanic protective amulets (segulof) the Eucharist, but St. Pompilio emphasized the importance of where it was known as a Seal of Solomon. receiving it frequently along with spreading devotion to the Sacred The symbol was also used in Christian Heart of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, which served as the focus of churches as a decorative motif many centuries before its first his preaching and spiritual direction. From this sprang complaints known use in a Jewish synagogue. Prior to the 19th century, and accusations, resulting in his abrupt departure from Lanciano official use in Jewish communities was generally known only in the in 1747. region of today’s Czech Republic, Austria, and possibly parts of Southern Germany, having begun in medieval Prague. He spent the next eleven and a half years in spreading the same devotions, and he founded there a confraternity called the The symbol became representative of the worldwide Zionist Charity of God, which had as its purpose praying for the dead and community, and later the broader Jewish community, after it was chosen as the central symbol on a flag at the First Zionist practicing the Sacraments of Christian virtues, especially the Congress in 1897 reception of daily Communion. In 1765, he wrote a Novena to the

Sacred Heart which spread rapidly throughout the . US ARMY CHAPLAIN CONSIDERED FOR He was accused of being too lenient in giving penances, and he was expelled from Naples. For the next six years, he travelled A former army chaplain, and the ninth military chaplain to receive from community to community, preaching and hearing the Congressional Medal of Honor, Father Emil J. Kapaun has confessions, and during this time he experienced atrocious taken a step closer to possible physical suffering. Finally, he was invited to live in the Piarist and sainthood. community at Campi Salentino by a pious group. But for Scott Carter, coordinator for There, he reorganized the schools and made sure that education the Father Kapaun Guild, the story was available to all children and not just those from wealthy of the priest himself is the real families, and he intensified the religious life of the inhabitants. news. “If someone who grew up so After celebrating Mass on Sunday, July 13, 1766, he became ill close to us, in circumstances fairly while hearing confessions. He was brought to his bedroom and similar to us, is able to achieve died there two days later at the age of 56, while reciting the first sainthood, it’s inspiring. It makes vespers of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. He was beatified in 1890 by the faith hit home. It really brings it 3 Pope Leo XIII and was proclaimed a saint on March 19, 1934 by to life and makes us realize that JULY 10, 2016 FR. NELSON IS ON VACATION, and he will return in mid August. Fr. Jose Javier is here and will celebrate the Spanish everything we talk about, the gospel, Jesus' promises, all of this Masses. We wish Father Nelson a good vacation. Father Andrew is real and it is possible to achieve.” is visiting for a month. We welcome back both Fr. Andrew and Carter spoke of the number of times the Korean War-era priest Fr. Jose Javier, and Fr. Richard has returned from his vacation. survived battles and his runs onto the battlefield to rescue the wounded. The priest's pipe was shot out of his mouth several PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS times. Fr. Kapaun was born in Pilsen, Kansas to a farming family. He Banns of Marriage was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Wichita in June 1940. He served as a U.S. Army chaplain from 1944 through 1946, then re- II—David Granda — Maria Bunay joined the military chaplaincy in 1948. He was sent to Korea in 50/50 DRAWING:The July 3 winners are: No. 226 & No. 285 @ $25 July 1950, where he became known for his service with the U.S. Army's Eighth Cavalry regiment. He would stay up at night to  FLEA MARKET-The next parish flea market will take write letters home on behalf of wounded soldiers. place on Sunday, July 17 from 10AM to 3PM in the green He was captured by Chinese soldiers at Unsan in North Korea. As building. a prisoner, the priest carried a fellow prisoner sixty miles, even  SUMMER MARIAN BIBLE STUDY-This summer, we though the man weighed 20 pounds more than he did. He would are offering a four-week course entitled Mary: A Biblical share food and wash the clothes of prisoners and pick lice off of Walk with the Blessed Mother. The same course will be their clothes. offered at two different times on Tuesday, July 5, 12, 19, and After he was placed in a prisoner of war camp, Fr. Kapaun helped 26. The FIRST time will be at 1PM (following the 12:15PM his fellow prisoners solve problems and keep up morale. His Mass,) and the SECOND time will be at 7:30PM. Both efforts helped them to survive in a harsh winter. For those who sessions are being held in the green Parish Family Life did not survive, he helped bury their corpses. Fr. Kapaun would Center and will last about 90 minutes. Participants are celebrate the sacraments for his fellow prisoners, hear their welcome to attend either session, and it is not necessary to confessions, and say Mass. He developed a blood clot in his leg attend all sessions to benefit from the course. This Tuesday, and fell ill with dysentery and pneumonia. He died May 23, 1951, July 12, we will study the Visitation and the Nativity. Our at the age of 35, and was buried in a mass grave on the Yalu Fall Semester course will begin September 6 and will be River. Church History. In 1993, Pope John Paul II declared him a . In  ST. HELENA WHITE MASS-St. Helena will celebrate our April 2013, he was posthumously awarded the Congressional White Mass, honoring the dedicated work of ALL healthcare Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military honor. Now professionals (doctors, nurses, therapists, technicians, the is considering whether he should be nursing home personnel, etc) and caregivers, including those beatified. Six historical consultants of the Vatican's Congregation who visit the sick and the homebound, this Sunday, July 10 for the Causes of Saints have evaluated the documents in his during the 10:30AM Mass. You are invited to wear your case for completeness and accuracy. They approved them at a professional uniforms or some appropriate symbol of your June 21 meeting in Rome. ministry. White Masses are called such for the white coats of The vote sends Fr. Kapaun's cause to the theological consultants the physicians and were traditionally celebrated on the Feast who will review the priest’s writings and teachings for conformity of St. Luke, the of physicians in hospitals, with Catholic doctrine and teaching. Their approval would send chapels, parish churches, and everywhere that physicians the case to a panel of the congregation’s cardinals and bishops, routinely gathered with their chaplains. Today, white Masses which could vote to send the case to Pope Francis for final honor all those who work in health care, those who care for a approval. Pope Francis could then declare him as Venerable. loved one at home, and those who routinely bring Separately, medical consultants are examining evidence of two communion to the sick and the homebound. Everyone is alleged miracles attributed to the priest’s intervention. One welcome to participate in this Mass. miracle must be approved for Fr. Kapaun’s beatification, and a  SPANISH CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING takes second for his canonization. place every Monday evening at 7PM. Because of the July Fourth Holiday, the July Spanish Charismatic Mass will take OFFERING ENVELOPES place at 7:30PM on Monday, July 11. The Mass will be

Sunday, July 3, 2016 $4,297.79 preceded by prayer and praise and Adoration, beginning at Summer Maintenance Collection $1159.18 7PM.

Our weekly budget, (Nuestro presupuesto semanal es) $4,231.00  PIARIST COMMUNITY MASS IN HONOR OF

Thank you to everyone for your generosity and for your support and ST. POMPILIO PIRROTTI will be at the 8:30AM Mass for all that you do for St. Helena’s Parish. We achieved our weekly on Friday, July 15, the Feast of St. Pompilio Maria Pirrotti, budget goal. Everyone is welcomed here at St. Helena. We are your the second canonized saint in the Piarist Order. spiritual home, and your support means a lot, and together, we are  BAPTISM PREPARATION CLASSES for July will be making a difference. held at 7PM on July 14 and 28 Envelope users: Please enter the amount of your donation on the  CARDINAL’S APPEAL-To date, 150 parishioners have envelope in the space provided. This will be a big help to us when pledged $33,112 to the Cardinal's Appeal. We are just counting the collection. Also, it is usually not necessary to tape or $2,900 shy of our parish goal. Thank you to all who have staple the envelope closed. Your help is appreciated. contributed, and if you have not yet done so, please consider Gracias a todos por su generosidad y por todo lo que hacen por esta making a gift, large or small, to the appeal and to all of the Iglesia de St. Helena. good work that is being done by the archdiocese.  ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A Kebbell). He survives years of slavery under the Romans and CATHOLIC, or are you an Adult Needing Communion, attempts to get revenge by challenging his adoptive brother Confirmation, or the Convalidation of Your Marriage? in a grand chariot race while being forever changed after a Make an appointment with one of the parish priests by series of encounters with Jesus of Nazareth. Unlike earlier calling 718-892-3232. Leave your contact information, and a adaptations, Jesus has a prominent role in this version. priest will get back to you to set up an appointment. Santoro received a personal blessing from Pope Francis in  CONFIRMATION PHOTOS WITH THE BISHOP- his role as Christ. There are still several people who have not yet picked up  APPLY NOW to be a Yale Young Global Scholar in their photos. They may be picked up at the Rectory, Monday Beijing-YYGS-Beijing is an immersive 9-day pre-collegiate -Friday 9AM—4:30PM or by appointment. There is no experience, February 3-11, 2017, designed to cultivate the cost for these photos. next generation of leaders and China scholars, helping to  COINS FOR THE POOR-We all have spare change. build stronger links between China and a rapidly changing Perhaps it is the coins you are carrying from your last trip world. Through a highly competitive application process, up abroad. Perhaps it is the change you received from your last to 80 talented high school students will have the opportunity purchase at the drugstore or the supermarket or the to learn from distinguished Yale faculty, students, alumni, department store. We have many people who come to and practitioners, all while experiencing state-of-the-art the Rectory looking for some money for food or the bus or to facilities at the Yale Center Beijing. Apply online by Oct. 24 assist them in an urgent need. The bills and change put in the at: http:/apply.globalscholars.yale.edu/apply

poor box go to help these people who come to us with so  BACKPACK GIVEAWAY-Hope for Us will host a many different needs. As Catholics, we can be of service to backpack giveaway at three different locations for hundreds our brothers and sisters, and one way is by putting some of children in the Bronx on August 13.You can donate: extra money in the poor box. So, the next time you have that unused backpacks, unused school supplies, money, or gift annoying spare change or a few extra bills, please consider cards. All donations are tax deductible. You can drop off putting it in the poor box, and showing your children how your donations in the rectory by August 12. For more important it is that we all help the poor. information, call Vera Acquah at 646-229-4256.  BOOKSTORE will re-open in September.  ADORATION CHAPEL-Holy Cross Parish, 620 Thieriot PARISH CARNIVAL A SUCCESS Avenue, has an Adoration Chapel, which is open Monday- We are very thankful to all the volunteers who made our first Friday from 10AM - 9PM. carnival in 25 years a tremendous success. We took in  DONATION CHALLENGE-The Msgr. Scanlan H.S. $20,000 and netted a profit of just under $18,000, and we are Board of Directors is challenging you to contribute to the looking forward to next year’s event, which will be bigger 2015-2016 Annual Giving Campaign. The Board will match and better. All of the raffle prize winners haven been notified your donation - dollar for dollar up to $75,000. Contributions and can pick up their prizes in the Rectory. Prizes still to be may be sent to Msgr. Scanlan High School and indicate that picked up: it is for the Matching Donation Challenge. Michael Mayta 367478 Veronica 367697 Please Pray for the Sick of our Parish Rosita Arayon 367186 Joanne Frances Bernadette Sanabria, Sylvia Carballo, Orlando Perez 367133 Ruben Mercado, Mike Adorno, Catherine Holden, Pedro Vargas 367144 Carmelle and Nicole and Marie Denise Antoine, Katia Gill 367462 Eustaguia Mejias, Indrowdi Sadu, Rosa Pena, Adam Mary, Brenda Jackson, Jennifer Alleyne, Carlos Negro, Juan Jr. 367173 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ James Leunge, Carol Primak, Lucy Cannavacciuolo, Dominic Lane, Aaron Sylvester, Sean Gaffney, COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS Peter Vaccaro, Gino Vaccaro, Veronica Gonzalez, Bertha Mero

 A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE is the third novel Please Pray for the Deceased and their Grieving Families: written by Catholic author Michael Gryboski. It is a modern Inocencia Ortiz, Angela Suarez, Michael Costello, Iris Arcelay, retelling of the life of St. Thomas More, and its setting is Ruth Cueva, Barbara Marino McGovern, Fr. Richard Neilson inspired by the Empire State. The main character is a devout Catholic. His novel is available at Amazon. ANUNCIOS EN ESPANOL  BEN HUR COMING IN AUGUST-Ben-Hur is an  FLEA MARKET-El proximo Flea Market domingo, upcoming 2016 American historical epic action film directed Julio 17 en el Family Center (Casita verde). Están invitados! by Timur Bekmambetov and written by Keith Clarke and  CURSO DE BIBLIA DE VERANO: El P. David ofrecerá John Ridley. It is based on the 1880 novel Ben Hur: A Tale (en Inglés, por supuesto) un curso de cuatro semanas sobre el of the Christ by Lew Wallace and has been termed a “re- Camino Bíblico de la Virgen María. Pueden tener la adaptation”, “reimagining," and "new interpretation" of the información en la rectoría.

novel. Prior film adaptations of the book include the 1925  MISA BLANCA: En la misa del 10 de julio se honrará a and the 1959 films of the same name. This film stars Jack todos aquellos que trabajan en el área de la salud (doctores, Huston, Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbel, Nazanin Boniadi, enfermeras/os, terapistas, técnicos, casas de ancianos, etc.) y and Rodrigo Santoro. It is scheduled to be released on también a todos aquellos que visitan a los ancianos o August 19 in North America. enfermos en sus casas. Se les invita a venir con sus The film is about a nobleman, Judah Ben Hur (Jack Huston), uniformes o algún simulo apropiado a su ministerio o who is falsely accused of an assassination attempt by his trabajo. Esta celebración se realizará también en inglés en la childhood friend and adoptive brother Messala (Toby misa de 10.30 am.  FORMACION: Una de las cosas que más apoyamos los  Clases para la preparación del Bautismo será el 14 de Escolapios es la formación, ese es nuestro carisma, la julio y julio 28 a las 7PM

formación en la piedad y las letras; o sea, en el intelecto y en CARNAVAL DE LA PARROQUIA FUE TO DO UN ÉXITO la fe. Una de las mejores maneras para conocer nuestra fe, lo Estamos muy agradecidos con todos los voluntarios que que ella significa y la forma en que puede transformar hicieron posible nuestro primer verdadero carnaval de nuestras vidas es a través de la formación. Pues bien, les nuestra parroquia en los últimos veinticinco años. Fue un adelanto algunos programas en español que tenemos éxito TREMENDO!!! El total de utilidades que dejó el preparados para Septiembre. carnaval estuvo muy cerca de los 18.000 dólares y eso que….  Taler de Oración y Vida: Siguiendo el método del P. este año estábamos aprendiendo! Todos los ganadores de la Larrañaga, muy conocido en el mundo, este taller es muy rifa han sido notificados, pueden pasar por la rectoría para valioso para crecer en nuestra vida de oración. Cada jueves a recoger sus regalos. las 7 pm a partir del 25 de agosto hasta el 8 de diciembre. Estos son los nombres de las personas que aún no han  Mes de la familia: Tendremos durante cada domingo del reclamado en la rectoría los premios del festival: mes de septiembre temas sobre sexualidad y todo lo Michael Mayta 367478 referente al tema Pro-Vida (la persona humana, amenazas Veronica 367697 para la vida, etc.). Hay temas para los padres y los hijos. Se Rosita Arayon 367186 realizarán estas actividades después de la misa de 12. Se Orlando Perez 367133 distribuirá almuerzo entre los que están inscritos y la Pedro Vargas 367144 actividad será de una hora y media. Katia Gill 367462  Una fe bien construida: El P. Nelson continuará dictando Juan Jr. 367173 este curso que profundiza sobre el significado de ser Católico y su relación con nuestra vida diaria. El curso se SAN POMPILIO MARIA PIRROTI SCH. P seguirá dando los martes de 7.30 a 9 pm. desde la primera Era hijo del noble Girolamo Pirotti y Orsola Bozzuti. El 30 de semana de septiembre hasta el comienzo del mes de septiembre, fue bautizado en la Iglesia Colegiata de la Asunción diciembre. Ya les confirmaré las fechas exactas. Piensa de Montecalvo Irpino (, Diócesis de Benevento), y se le durante este tiempo que clase deseas tomar, cada cual es dio el nombre de Domenico Michele Giovan Battista Pioratti. A responsable de su propia formación. SIGAMOS los dieciocho años ingresó en la Orden de las Escuelas Pías CRECIENDO JUNTOS EN NUESTRO CAMINO (Escolapios), fundada por San José de Calasanz en 1617, tomó el HACIA EL SEÑOR!!! nombre de Pompilio María, en memoria de su hermano muerto  Viaje del P. Nelson: Me despido, queridos her manos, en el seminario. Maestro, sacerdote, predicador popular y de hasta el 16 de agosto. Estaré unos días en México dando ejercicios espirituales, no siempre fue entendido por los unos retiros a los jóvenes que iniciarán el año del noviciado. superiores y la autoridad, se dirigió a las diversas regiones de También estaré recibiendo los votos simples de aquellos que Italia, produciendo de una amplia colección de cartas de están terminando el noviciado este año. He dado una dirección espiritual y confidencial.

explicación sobre este proceso vocacional en el artículo del El 2 de febrero 1727, tomó el hábito religioso de los Escolapios día de hoy. Después estaré unos días con la familia. en el Noviciado de San Maria Caravaggio en Nápoles y al final  El P. José Javier Vanegas me estará substituyendo y es del primer año de noviciado, obtuvo una dispensa del segundo posible que el P. Baltasar lo haga en las últimas misas antes año de libertad condicional, el 25 de marzo 1728, hizo la de mi regreso. Los dos son hermanos escolapios, sé que profesión solemne en Brindisi con los votos de pobreza, castidad, ustedes colaborarán con ellos. obediencia, y de educar a la juventud de acuerdo con la Regla de  Los diferentes ministerios (Eucaristía, lectores, ujieres, la Orden, cambiándose completamente el nombre en Pompilio música, misericordia, oración, etc) saben hacer su trabajo. María.

Les pido continuar en la misma línea, atendiendo las Desde Nápoles fue enviado a Chieti para continuar sus estudios sugerencias y turnos que les indican sus líderes. en filosofía, pero cayó enfermo y a la esperanza que el cambio de  Bendiciones para todos. Que el Señor les proteja siempre, clima lo beneficiaría, fue trasladado a Melfi (), donde sea que te quedes en la ciudad o se vayan de viaje. Deseo de continuó sus estudios con éxito sagrado y profano. En 1733, con corazón regresar rápido para continuar construyendo la reputación de un teólogo y aún no de sacerdote, fue a Turi comunidad en el discipulado de Jesucristo. (), dando inicio a la enseñanza de las letras y de educador de la juventud. Regresó al Reino de Nápoles, fue asignado a la Casa MISERICORDIOSOS COMO EL PADRE de los Escolapios en Campi Salentino (Lecce), como Maestro Estamos aquí para escuchar la voz del Espíritu que habla a toda Superior y de novicios. Durante la hambruna distribuyó "fettoline la Iglesia en nuestro tiempo, el cual es precisamente el tiempo de de pan" para los pobres. Propagador de la devoción al Sagrado la misericordia. De esto estoy seguro. Estamos viviendo el Corazón de Jesús (él escribió la primera novena en Italia), la tiempo de la misericordia, desde hace 30 años o más, hasta hoy. Eucaristía y la Virgen María, a quien llamó "Madre hermosa" Esta fue una intuición de san Juan Pablo II, apóstol de la Divina difundió la práctica del Viacrucis. También se le llama el "mártir Misericordia. El tuvo la visión de que este era el tiempo de la del confesionario". Pompilio murió el 15 de julio 1766 en el misericordia, gracias al mensaje de santa Faustina Kowalska. El municipio de Salento. papa Francisco precisamente continua el legado, proclamando el 8 de diciembre de 2015, el ano jubilar de la misericordia. Esta El Papa Leo XIII lo beatificó en 1890. predicación de la misericordia con diferentes acentos tiene, pues, El Papa Pio XI lo santificó el 19 de marzo de 1934. como efecto, o mejor dicho, como causa, un mensaje Los padres escolapios te invitan a celebrar la Santa Misa en esencialmente cristocentrico. El Espíritu Santo es el que da a los honor a San María Pirrotti, el día viernes 15 de julio a las 8:30am fieles un instinto para encontrase profundamente con Cristo. BUEN DIA, HERMANOS: Recibe un cordial saludo en Cristo. Mass Intentions Misericordiosos como el Padre: El Evangelio según san Lucas SUNDAY, July 10, 2016-Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time para este domingo contiene sin duda una parábola llena y rica de 7:30 Our Parishioners misericordia, se trata de la historia del Buen Samaritano. 9:00 Mario Barris

La parábola que nos muestra Jesús en el evangelio de hoy nos 10:30 Altagracia, Carmen, José & Manuel Capellán muestra hasta donde se extiende el horizonte de la misericordia. 12:00 Julio Medina Un fariseo se presenta ante Jesús y le pregunto cómo alcanzar la Virgen de Chiquinquira vida eterna. El Señor le muestra que la respuesta ya la conoce, Migdalia Morales Ninito Viajero que sólo ha de recordar lo que ya está escrito en la Ley. Virgen de Guadalupe Precisamente en la primera lectura, Moisés nos da ya la clave de Jacinto Pumavilla y familia lo que tenemos que hacer: “Os infundiré mi espíritu, y viviréis; Gertrudis Guasco y familia os colocaré en vuestra tierra, y sabréis, que yo, el Señor, lo digo y Isidoro Pumavilla lo hago. Oráculo del Señor.” Angela and Manuel Diaz (65th Anniversary)

El fariseo cae en su propia trampa porque ya sabía aquello que ya (Intentions) sabía desconocer. No lo ignoraba en teoría, y aquí viene la clave, 1:30 Jose M. Garcia 5:00 Peter Hernandez pero si en la práctica. Este fragmento del evangelio me conmueve MONDAY, July 11, 2016-Feast of St. Benedict casi más que la misma parábola porque deja al descubierto algo 6:50 Julieta Arroyo (Intentions) que puede ser habitual en nuestro proceder. Sabemos lo que el 8:30 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Señor quiere, pero no lo llevamos a cabo, como si todos sus 12:15 The Shine Family Intentions mandatos no tuvieran que ver con la vida real. Nuestra vida se 7:30 Raquel de Henao (80th Birthday-Intentions) puede convertirse en una sucesión de excusas, justificaciones, TUESDAY, July 12, 2016-Feast of St. Veronica para no ayudar al prójimo. 6:50 David Savino (Intentions) 8:30 Bridget and Pat Joe Early San Pablo en la segunda lectura, señala que todo ha sido hecho a 12:15 Fr. Steven Markantonis for Healing Intentions través de Cristo, que es el Primogénito del Padre. Jesús ha venido WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2016-Feast of St. Henry a enseñarnos siendo misericordioso como el Padre. Fijémonos, 6:50 In Thanksgiving for Favors finalmente, en algún detalle de esta rica parábola. Tanto el 8:30 Frank and Albina Greco sacerdote como el levita, dan un rodeo, es decir, eligen un 12:15 Xavier, Francis, Meera, Staven and camino más largo, quizás para no entretenerse y poder cumplir Jair Joseph (Intentions) con sus obligaciones religiosas. Jesús nos muestra el camino más 7:30 Fr. Fabian Lopez corto que conduce directamente a Dios. Estamos en el año de la THURSDAY, July 14, 2016-Feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha misericordia y el Papa Francisco nos los recuerda: “Tenemos que 6:50 Fr. Frederick Sullivan 8:30 Alessandra Mia Savino (Intentions) abrazar la cultura del encuentro, no basta con dar limosna, sino 12:15 Fr. Harry R. Tiercelin de ponerlo todo al servicio de los demás.” ¿Cómo se puede FRIDAY, July 15, 2016-Feast of St. Bonaventure and lograrlo? Nuestra fe, la vida de oración, las obras de St. Pompilio Maria Pirrotti misericordia y la práctica sacramental nos ayudan a recorrer el 6:50 Lydia Haynes Intentions mismo camino de Cristo: vivir según la medida de su amor. 8:30 Deceased Members of the Piarist Order

Mis queridos hermanos, el que fue despreciado por el levita y por 12:15 Fr. John P. Cody el sacerdote no fue despreciado por el samaritano que descendía. SATURDAY, July 16, 2016-Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel 6:50 Telma Anith and Family (Intentions) nunca hay excusas para no practicar la caridad. Jesús, que se ha 8:30 Sherry Edmonds hecho nuestro prójimo, nos recuerda que nadie debe ser ajeno. Él 12:15 Ralph A. Cerbone, Jr. nos ha recogido en los momentos difíciles de nuestra vida, y nos 5:30 Luz Santiago ha introducido en la posada que es simbolizada por la Iglesia. En SUNDAY, July 17, 2016-Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time ella somos curados cuando estamos heridos por el pecado y 7:30 Our Parishioners también se nos educa, como hace el samaritano con el posadero, 9:00 Pietro Di Vietri y así aprender a amar a los demás. Jesús viéndonos muertos en el 10:30 Daisy George pecado y ver que nadie nos podía curar, bajo del cielo y se hizo 12:00 Christopher Arce Gonzalez hombre. Aceptando sufrir por nosotros y se compadeció, Migdalia Morales Ariadna Morales haciéndose nuestro prójimo. P. Jose Javier 1:30 Kevin Rodriguez 5:00 Carlos Fernandez

Readings for the Week of July 10, 2016 Sunday: Dt 30:10-14/Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36-37 or Ps 19:8-11/Col 1:15-20/Lk 10:25-37 Monday: Is 1:10-17/Ps 50:8-9, 16-17, 21, 23/Mt 10:34-11:1 Tuesday: Is 7:1-9/Ps 48:2-8/Mt 11:20-24 Wednesday: Is 10:5-7, 13b-16/Ps 94:5-10, 14-15/Mt 11:25-27 Thursday: Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19/Ps 102:13-21/Mt 11:28-30 Friday: Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8/Is 38:10-12, 16/Mt 12:1-8 Saturday: Mi 2:1-5/Ps 10:1-4, 7-8, 14/Mt 12:14-21 Next Sunday: Gn 18:1-10a/Ps 15:2-5/Col 1:24-28/Lk 10:38-42