Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C; July 31, 2016/ Décimo octavo domingo en Tiempo Ordinario; Ano C; 31 de julio del 2016 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 Aida Alejandro, Spanish Choir Director Igbo 1:00pm Edna Augusta, Religious Education Coordinator Weekdays: 7:00am Charlie Harris, English Choir Director
Saturday: 9:00 am (followed by the 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 Tuesdays-Fridays: 11am-4pm a meeting with the priest to discuss the process. Dates are not Martes-Viernes: 11am-4pm 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. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Wednesdays: 7:00 – 9:00 pm (Spanish) 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.nativityofourblessedlady.org School Website and Email Address Parish Email Address: www.nativityofourblessedlady.org [email protected] [email protected]
Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time/ Decimo Octavo Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario 2016 (Year C/ Ano C) Weekly Readings and Memorials
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Readings: (ECC 1:2; 2:21-23; COL 3:1-5, 9-11; LK 12:13-21) 10:00AM- Dr. Salvatore Conte (+) Req: Rita Mazzella Please Pray for the sick:
11:30AM- Aida L. Rodriguez- Alejandro (birthday) Angel Alejandro, Aracelis Alejandro, Juana Alers, Req: Loraine Rodriguez-Reyes Rafaelina Almonte, Elvin Alvarado , Juana Alvarado, 1:00PM- Thanksgiving to God for Nativity Church Brian Bernard, Pearl Blake, Req: Augusta Family William Booker, Thomas Casey, Sgt. Tonia Chestnut, Lillian (sister of Cristina Dominguez), Lori Figueroa, Manuel Garcia, Rafael Gines, Edith Harris, Monday, August 1, 2016 St. Alphonsus Ligiouri, bishop and Doctor of the Church Ghislaine Jacobs, Digna Melendez, Leonora Moorehead, San Alfonso Ligiouri, Obispo y Doctor de La Iglesia Juana Moreira, Nicole Niles, Alfonso Ortiz, Antonia Rodriguez, Readings: JER 28:1-17; MT 14:13-21) Shanique Rollins, Guillermina Rosario, Joy Simms, Theresa Sylvan, Victoria 7:00AM- Raluchi Ignatius Igweatu (Feast Day) Torres, Andrew “Morris” Vavrica, Marina Vazquez, Anibal Req: Igweatu Family Vazquez, Mildred Vazquez, Luis and Victoria Valle, Iris Velasquez Tuesday, August 2, 2016 St. Peter Julian Eymard/ San Pedro Julian Eymard Please call the rectory to submit the name of an ill family
St. Eusebius of Vercelli/ San Eusebio de Vercelli member or friend. Readings: (JER 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22; MT 14:22-36) 7:00 AM- 7:00PM- Movie Night “The Young Messiah” The Sanctuary Lamp Wednesday, August 3, 2016 was donated in memory of Readings: (JER 31:1-7; MT 15: 21-28) Marcella Bullock, Leon Bullock, 7:00AM- Ugonna Anthony Igweatu (+) Req: Igweatu Family John Bullock, Jr. 7:00PM- Grupo de Oracion for the Intentions of Mary, Wendy, and Keneth White; Thursday, August 4, 2016 St. John Vianney, priest/ San Juan Vianney, sacerdote Readings: (JER 31:31-34; MT 16:13-23) The Offertory Gifts of 7:00AM- Enid Baily (+) bread and wine Req: Thursday Adoration Group 7:00PM- Thursday Adoration Group were sponsored in memory of Luis Rosado Friday, August 5, 2016 Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Fridays Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major Parishioners’ Weekly Contributions Dedicación de la Basílica de Santa Maria en Roma Readings: (NA 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7; MT 16:24-28) Mass Times 7:00AM- Collection Total
Saturday, August 6, 2016 10:00am $1,218.70 The Transfiguration of Our Lord Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary 11:30am $412.55 Readings: (DN 7:9-10, 13-14; 2 PT 1:16-19; LK 9:28B-36) 9:00AM- 1:00pm $172.00
Total $1,803.25
Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time/ Decimo Octavo Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario 2016 (Year C/ Ano C) Film Night Presentation: Tuesdays at 7pm School News: This Week’s film: Applications for admission into the 2016- 2017 school year are available in the school “The Young Messiah” office. Interested parents should contact the school office (718 -324-2188) or go to our website, www.nativityofourblessedladylady.org , in order to arrange for a tour to see how much we have to offer!
Aplicaciones para el año escolar 2016-2017
están disponibles. Familias interesadas deben llamar a la oficina escolar, (718) 324-2188 o Save the Date www.nativityofourblessedlady.org , Guarda le Feche para ver cuánto les podremos ofrecer!
Trip to Mohegan Sun Casino Date: Saturday, August 13th Kids Group Trip to Rye Price: $40 ($20 deposit to reserve seats on the bus) Playland
To reserve your seat, please contact Aida Alejandro- (718-994-3428)
th Saturday, August 13 11:30am-6:00pm Tickets/Boletos= $20.00 per person/cada persona Adult Chaperones (especially Kids Group Viaje al Casino de Mohegan Sun Parents are needed) Fecha: Sábado , 13 de agosto Precio: $40 (Necesitamos un deposito de Permission slips available at the entrance of $20.00 para reservar su asiento) the church
Hojas de permiso disponible en la entrada de
la iglesia .
Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time/ Decimo Octavo Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario 2016 (Year C/ Ano C) Saint of the Week/Santo de la Semana St. John Vianney/ San Juan Vianney The Transfiguration of the Lord August 4th/ 4 de agosto Feast/Fiesta: August/ Agosto 6 Born: 1768 :: Died: 1859
John Mary Vianney was born in Lyons, in France. As a child he took care of his father's sheep. He loved to pray but he also loved to play horseshoes. When John was eighteen, he asked his father if he could become a priest. His father was worried because John had become a big help on the family farm but two years later his father agreed.
When he was twenty years old, John studied under Father Balley. The priest was very patient but John became sad when he found it difficult to learn Latin. He then decided to walk sixty miles, which was a very long walk, to the shrine of St. John Francis Regis whose feast we celebrate on June 16. John prayed to St. John Francis for help. After the pilgrimage, he still found his lessons difficult but now he was not sad. He just decided to study harder.
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke tell us about the John was finally able to enter the seminary to become a priest. No wonderful event of the Lord's Transfiguration. Before he suffered matter how much he tried, he found his studies quite hard. In the and died, he let three of his apostles see him shining with great final exams, which were spoken, not written, John had to face a glory. He did this to make their belief in him stronger. group of teachers and answer their questions. He was very worried and could not complete the test. Jesus took Peter, James and John with him up Mount Tabor which stands in the middle of Galilee. When they were alone, suddenly the Lord's face began to shine bright like the sun. His robes became Yet, because John was a holy man, he was full of common sense white as snow. The apostles were speechless. As they watched, two and understood what the Church taught about the subjects. He knew famous prophets who had died a long time ago, Elijah and Moses, the right answers when asked what should be done in this case or appeared. They were talking with Jesus. Imagine the joy those that. He just couldn't say those answers in the difficult way they apostles felt. were taught in the Latin text books. John was ordained and became a priest anyway. He understood what his job was as a priest and "Lord," said St. Peter, "it is good for us to be here. If you wish, we everyone knew he was a good man. could set up three tents here - one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." Peter really did not know what he was saying, because After he became a priest, he was sent to a little parish called Ars. he was trembling with wonder and fear. As he was talking, a bright Father Vianney fasted, prayed and did hard penance so that God cloud overshadowed them. From the cloud they heard the voice of would save the people of his parish from sin. The people of his God the Father, saying, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him." parish were not all good. They drank too much liquor, used bad When they heard that, the apostles were so frightened that they fell language, worked even on Sundays and never went to Church. on their faces. Then Jesus came close and touched them. "Arise," he said. "Do not be afraid." When they looked up, they saw no one but Then God heard Fr. Vianney's prayer and one by one the liquor Jesus. shops closed down. People slowly started going to Church for Mass and began worshipping God. As they came down the mountain, Jesus told them not to tell anyone what they had seen until he had risen from the dead but they did not God gave John the power to see into people's minds and to know the understand what Jesus meant. Only after his glorious resurrection on future. Because of this gift, he converted many sinners and helped Easter Sunday, would they understand what Jesus had really meant. people make the right choices in life.
Source: Hundreds of pilgrims began to come to Ars and St. John Vianney http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/kids/saints/0806_transfiguratio spent twelve to sixteen hours everyday hearing confessions. He n.asp really wanted to spend the rest of his life in a monastery as a monk; En Espanol: instead, he stayed forty-two years at Ars and died there in 1859 at http://www.ewtn.com/spanish/Saints/la_transfiguraci%C3%B3n__d the age of seventy-three. el_se%C3%B1or.htm
(English)http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/kids/saints/0804_vianney.asp (Espanol)http://ewtn.com/spanish/Saints/juan_vianey_8_4.htm Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time/ Decimo Octavo Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario 2016 (Year C/ Ano C)
Catechists Needed for Religious Education On–Going Activity Reminders Program !!! -Join us to pray the Holy Rosary on Saturdays, immediately If you are interested in teaching The Faith to our after the 9:00am Mass, in honor of our Blessed Mother Mary.
youth, please contact Edna (917-346-5378) for - The Altar Rosary Society welcomes new members. Any more details. No prior teaching experience needed. ladies interested in joining this group, please come to Saturday prayer of the Rosary after the 9am Mass. -The Religious Education Program takes place on Saturdays (September –May) from 10:00am to 11:30am in the Nativity School Auditorium. For more information, please speak to Edna Augusta, program coordinator, 917- 346-5378.
-Nativity Kids Group every 2 weeks, Saturdays 12pm-2pm in the church. All ages welcome! Please call Edna for more information. -Spanish Charismatic Prayer Group and Adoration on Wednesdays, 7:00PM-9:00PM. (For more information please ¡Necesitamos catequistas para este ano del contact, Mrs. Aida Alejandro, (718-994-3428)
programa de educación religiosa! -Weekly Adoration or Holy Hour (in English) Thursdays Si usted está interesado en enseñar La Fe a nuestra from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in the church. juventud…..
Para más información por favor hable con Edna Augusta (917) 346 -5378. No se necesita Actividades Actuales experiencia en la enseñanza. -Acompáñenos para rezar el Santo Rosario los sábados, inmediatamente después de la Misa de las 9:00 am, en honor a la Santísima Virgen María.
-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 después 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 Religious Education Program Registration contacte a Edna por más información. Now Open ! Student and Catechist applications can be found in -Todos están invitados a asistir a las reuniones de El Grupo de Oración los miércoles de 7:00 a 9:00pm en la Iglesia. Para the entrance of the church and on the parish más información por favor hable con la Sra. Aida Alejandro website. (718-994-3428).
-Adoración semanal u Hora Santa (en inglés) a las 7:00pm La matrícula para el programa de educación religiosa está disponible. en la iglesia. Aplicaciones para estudiantes y catequistas se encuentran en la entrada de la iglesia y en nuestra página electrónica.
Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time/ Decimo Octavo Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario 2016 (Year C/ Ano C) wrote Fr Hamel would we remembered in prayer at Giving Witness in the World Masses this week.
“He has been a priest since 1958 and celebrated 50 years as a priest in 2008,” he wrote “We offer our prayers and sympathy to all the people ‘His final sacrifice summed grieving in that parish and to all the people of the Archdiocese of Rouen, including those who had been taken hostage and witnessed the assault, having up a whole lifetime’ gathered for weekday Mass. July 28, 2016 “We pray for the Sister who is injured.”
Pope Francis was informed about the hostage situation at the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen and the murder Fr Hamel, Holy See spokesman Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi said.
“With pain and horror” for the “absurd violence”, Pope Francis expressed his condemnation of “every form of hatred” and offered his prayers for all those involved.
“We are particularly stricken because this horrible violence occurred in a church – a sacred place in which the love of God is proclaimed – with the barbaric killing Martyr: Fr Jacques Hamel of a priest,” Fr Lombardi said. FR Jacques Hamel sacrifice was perfectly united to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ that he was celebrating at the Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen, who was in altar when he was killed, Brisbane Archbishop Mark Krakow, Poland, with World Youth Day pilgrims when the Coleridge said. attacked occurred, said he would return to his archdiocese. The priest was murdered in northern France, after being taken hostage with a handful of other faithful during a “The Catholic Church can take up no weapons other than weekday morning Mass on July 26. those of prayer and brotherhood among people of goodwill,” the Archbishop said in a statement from Archbishop Coleridge said beyond the horror of it, there Krakow. was a peculiar poignancy about the murder of 85-year- old Fr Jacques Hamel in Normandy. He said that while he would leave Poland, hundreds of young people from his diocese would remain. “The old priest was filling in while the parish priest was away. He was celebrating Mass and shed his blood at “I ask them not to give in to violence,” but instead the foot of the altar,” he said. “become apostles of the civilisation of love”….
“He died kneeling in his vestments. In that moment, Fr By Matt Emerick Hamel’s sacrifice was perfectly united to the sacrifice of http://catholicleader.com.au/news/his-final-sacrifice- Jesus Christ that he was celebrating at the altar. The summed-up-a-whole-lifetime Mass was complete.
“I know very little about the old priest, but I can imagine This article was published in the online Catholic th him living a long life of self-sacrifice, as most priests do. publication, “Catholic Leader” on July 28 following the “His final sacrifice summed up a whole lifetime. He died horrific events of earlier in the week. as a kind of martyr – a witness to the one whose eternal sacrifice he lived. In a sense he was always just filling in – for the Risen Lord who chooses men and women to live his sacrifice, and priests in a special way.
“May Père Jacques rest in peace and rise in glory – and may the shedding of his blood help break the power of violence in France and beyond.”
On the Facebook page of St Joseph and St Anthony Parish, Bracken Ridge, parish priest Fr Gerry Hefferan Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time/ Decimo Octavo Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario 2016 (Year C/ Ano C) "Mayo Père Jacques descanso en la paz y la subida de la gloria - y que el derramamiento de su sangre ayudan a romper el poder de la violencia en Francia y más allá." En la página de Facebook de San José y St Anthony Dando Testimonio en el Mundo Parish, Bracken Ridge, , párroco P. Gerry Hefferan escribió el P. Hamel sería recordado en oración que en las misas de esta semana.
"Su sacrificio final resume "Ha sido un sacerdote desde 1958 y se celebra 50 años como sacerdote en 2008", escribió toda una vida ' "Ofrecemos nuestras oraciones y condolencias a todas 28 de de julio de, el año 2016 las personas en duelo en esa parroquia y para todo el pueblo de la Arquidiócesis de Rouen, incluidos los que habían sido tomados como rehenes y fue testigo del asalto, después de haber reunido durante los días de semana misa.
"Oramos por la hermana que está lesionado."
Francisco fue informado acerca de la situación de rehenes en la iglesia de Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, cerca de Rouen y el asesinato P. Hamel, dijo el portavoz de la Santa Sede el padre Federico Lombardi.
"Con el dolor y el horror" para la "violencia absurda", Mártir: P. Jacques Hamel Francisco expresó su condena de "toda forma de odio" y FR Jacques Hamel sacrificio era perfectamente unida al ofreció sus oraciones por todos los implicados. sacrificio de Jesucristo que se celebra en el altar cuando lo mataron, dijo Brisbane Arzobispo Marcos Coleridge. "Estamos asolado sobre todo porque esta horrible violencia ocurrió en una iglesia - un lugar sagrado en el El cura fue asesinado en el norte de Francia, después de que se proclama el amor de Dios - con el bárbaro haber sido tomado como rehén con un puñado de otros asesinato de un cura", dijo el P. Lombardi. fieles durante una semana por la mañana misa el 26 de julio. El arzobispo Dominique Lebrun de Rouen, que estaba en Cracovia, Polonia, con peregrinos de la Jornada Mundial Arzobispo Coleridge dijo que más allá del horror de ella, de la Juventud cuando el atacado ocurrido, dijo que iba a había una intensidad peculiar en el asesinato de 85 años volver a su arquidiócesis. de edad, padre Jacques Hamel, en Normandía. "La Iglesia Católica puede tomar hasta sin más armas "El viejo cura estaba reemplazando mientras que el que las de la oración y la fraternidad entre los hombres párroco estaba ausente. Estaba celebrando misa y de buena voluntad", dijo el arzobispo en un comunicado derramó su sangre al pie del altar, "dijo. de Cracovia. Dijo que mientras que dejaría Polonia, cientos de jóvenes "Murió de rodillas con sus vestimentas. En ese momento, de su diócesis permanecerían. el sacrificio del P. Hamel era perfectamente unida al sacrificio de Jesucristo que se celebra en el altar. La "Les pido a no ceder a la violencia", sino que "se misa fue completa. convierten en apóstoles de la civilización del amor".
"Sé muy poco sobre el viejo cura, pero lo que puedo Por Matt Emerick imaginar vivir una larga vida de auto-sacrificio, como la mayoría de los sacerdotes lo hacen. http://catholicleader.com.au/news/his-final-sacrifice- "Su sacrificio final resume toda una vida. Murió como summed-up-a-whole-lifetime una especie de mártir - testigo de aquel cuyo sacrificio eterno vivía. En ese sentido se vio siempre acaba tomando el lugar - por el Señor resucitado, que escoge a Este artículo fue publicado en la publicación católica en línea, hombres y mujeres a vivir su sacrificio, y sacerdotes de " Catholic Leader " el 28 de julio después de los terribles una manera especial. acontecimientos de principios de semana.
Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time/ Decimo Octavo Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario 2016 (Year C/ Ano C)
Save the Date Recuerda La Fecha The Solemnity of the
Nativity of Our Blessed Lady La Natividad de Nuestra Senora
Parish Feast and Harvest Event Dia de Fiesta Parroquial Y Día de Cosecha
Celebration to take place
Sunday, September 25 2016 Celebración se llavera a cabo 11:00 Bilingual Mass (only 1 Mass) Followed by reception in the School auditorium. Domingo, 25 de Septiembre 2016 11:00 Misa Bilingüe (solamente una Misa)
Recepcion despues de la Misa en el auditorio de la escuela.