ST. MARGARET OF CORTONA PASTORAL STAFF: Rev. Brian P. McCarthy, Pastor AND ST. PARISH Rev. Julius M. Eyyazo, Parochial Vicar stmargaretofcortona-stgabriel.com Rev Sandro Leyton, Parochial Vicar Rev George Lodi, Parochial Vicar e-mail: [email protected] Rev. Msgr. Dermot Brennan, Weekend Associate ST. MARGARET OF CORTONA Deacon George Pitula 6000 RIVERDALE AVENUE Deacon Donald M. Quigley BRONX, NEW YORK 10471 Sr. Mary Amadeus McKenna, O.P.., Pastoral Associate 718-549-8053

ST. GABRIEL PARISH MEMBERSHIP: To be considered 3250 ARLINGTON AVENUE active members of St. Margaret of Cortona and St. Gabriel BRONX, NEW YORK 10463 Parish, each family and single adult must be properly 718-548-4470 registered and regularly use the weekly donation envelopes for our parish. This is the only way the parish can issue documents attesting to parish membership LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS and Catholic practice (e.g. A LETTER TO BE A St. Margaret of Cortona GODPARENT OR SPONSOR. Newly registered SUNDAY MASSES: (Vigil) 5:15 PM Saturday parishioners must be registered & use envelopes for at least 6 Sunday: 8:00 & 10:00 AM, 12:00 Noon and 5:15 PM months before a Sponsor Letter can be issued.). New LATIN RITE MASS: 1st Sunday of the month at 3:00PM parishioners are requested to visit the parish office. WEEKDAY MASSES: 8:30 AM and 12 Noon SATURDAYS: 8:30 AM ENVELOPE SYSTEM: To assist us in keeping LEGAL HOLIDAYS: 12:00 PM accurate records of your contributions, we request that 1st SATURDAY: Rosary in Honor of Our Lady 9:00 AM you use the weekly envelope system. This enables us to MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA: verify your donations should it be necessary for tax Monday preceding 8:30 AM Mass purposes. Please notify the Rectory if you change your CONFESSIONS: are available on Saturdays at 4:00 PM address. until 5:00 PM and upon request. HOLY HOUR/ADORATION:

Thursday 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM— (suspended for summer) EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EXPOSITION AND ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Friday after Noon ST. MARGARET OF CORTONA SCHOOL: Mass. Concludes with Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Ben- Grade Pre-K through Grade 8. For information, call the ediction at 3:00 PM principal, Mr. Hugh Keenan, at 718-549-8580 or visit St. Gabriel the school website at: www.smcsriverdale.org.

SUNDAY MASSES: (Vigil) 5:00 PM Saturday ST. GABRIEL SCHOOL: Grade Pre-K through Sunday: 9:30 & 11:30 AM Grade 8. For information, call the principal, Mr. WEEKDAY MASS: Monday – Friday 9:00 AM Anthony Naccari, at 718- 548-0444 or visit the school MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA: website at: www.saintgabrielschoolbronx.org. Monday following the 9:00 AM Mass CONFESSIONS: are available on Saturdays at 4:15 PM RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM: For until 4:45 PM and upon request. children in public and private schools, Grade 1 through ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grade 8. For information, email the School of Religion: SACRAMENTS Mrs. Georgina Nieves, St. Gabriel at BAPTISM: Arrangements may be made by speaking [email protected] or with one of the priests. Mrs. Kerry Bader, St. Margaret of Cortona: at MARRIAGE: Before the date is confirmed, couples [email protected].

should meet with one of the priests. This should be done at least one year ahead. Pre-Cana is required. HOMEBOUND: For those confined at home, SICK CALLS: For the ill, the Sacrament of the Sick is Extraordinary Ministers bring Holy Communion. If available. Please call the Rectory at any time. anyone is not on the regular list, please call the Rectory. ST. MARGARET OF CORTONA AND ST. GABRIEL PARISH, BRONX, NY

The Baptism of the Lord THE COLLECTION REPORTS A Reflection Thank you for your generosity to our parish. We can now report the collection The Catechism of the Catholic amounts since mid- December:. Church gives four reasons for the December 15th: $17,358. Incarnation, why God became man in Jesus Christ. The third reason is “to be our December 22nd: $13,819 model of holiness.” All of Jesus’ words and Christmas: $53,125 actions model for us what we ought to do. December 29th: $15.009 He also shows us how we’re meant to be. Mary the Mother of God $ 4,246 Jesus’ Baptism ought to remind us of our January 5th (1st collection): $16,471 own baptism and of the importance of baptism in the Christian life. (Parish & Schools): $5416

The Baptism of the Lord reminds us We are so thankful for your tremendous of our Trinitarian identity. When we are support of our parish. baptized, we stand in solidarity with Christ, bathed in the waters He sanctified. BLOOD DRIVE, December 8th There, the Father proclaims our adoption sponsored by: into the family of God. “‘This is my beloved American Legion son [this is my beloved daughter], with Riverdale Memorial #1525 whom I am well pleased.’” And the Spirit, Registered donors - 62 too, descends. We are filled with the Deferred donors - 14 Spirit’s grace and power to continue Whole blood - 43 Christ’s mission on earth. We received Alyx (red blood cells) 5 these gifts in the sacrament, and they Total Blood Units credited - 53 continue to dwell within us through sanctifying grace. We can — and should — SPIRITUAL ADOPTION invite God to stir up these graces of our MONTH 4 baptism and consider them in our own I’m bigger and stronger now. lives. I’m about 6 inches long and Does Christ feel like a distant I weigh 4 ounces. When my mommy goes to relative two thousand years in the past? Or the doctor, she can even listen to my do you see him as someone who can be heartbeat. I now have my own unique encountered here and now? Ask yourself fingerprints! I hope that one day I will run and where you find your sense of dignity and play with friends like you. Thank you for worth. Do you still search for it in success, praying for my mommy, my daddy and social status, and selfish pursuits? Or are me. you able to rest in being a beloved child of God? Remember, baptism gives us a call and a charge to change the world. Do you ST. GABRIEL’S LEISURE CLUB will start up for the New Year – 2020, on Tuesday, January pray for the Holy Spirit to guide you? Or th are you so focused on your own life that 14 at 12:30 PM in Walsh Hall. Let’s get caught you miss the mission? This week, let’s do up with each other & hope for no snow! as Jesus did. Let’s live in our baptism! ST. MARGARET’S LEISURE CLUB will meet on Friday, January 17th in the Rectory Meeting Room at 12:30. Refreshments will be served. New members are most welcome. The Baptism of the Lord

THE 51st ANNUAL St. Margaret’s School Secretary, Mary MEN’S BEEFSTEAK will Ellen Callahan, has been diagnosed with take place on Friday, cancer and is currently receiving treatments February 7th at 7:30 PM that have kept her quite weak. St. Margaret’s in the Msgr. Daniel A. School has set up a GoFundMe page to assist Peake Memorial Hall in St. Margaret’s her with her medical costs and personal School. Once again, all the proceeds from needs. We ask that you be as generous as the fundraiser cover the expenses for your means allow. Thank you very much operating St. Margaret’s basketball teams. It also offsets additional expenses for the HAVE YOU CHECKED OUR intramural basketball program and awards PARISH WEBSITE! presentation. If you want to see what is happening in our The Night on the Town Raffle is a way in parish, please visit our website: www.stmargaretofcortona-stgabriel.com which everyone can participate in the Beefsteak and support the athletic program for the youth of St. Margaret’s. The Grand CATHOLIC SUMMER CAMPS Prize is a Manhattan Hotel Reservation, Camp Fatima for boys and Camp Bernadette for girls is now accepting registration for the 2018 Dinner for two at a Smith and Wollensky summer season. The camps, located in the Lake Restaurant, and two tickets to a Broadway Region of New Hampshire, offer 2-week overnight Show. Donation for the Raffle tickets is still sessions for children 6—15. For more only $1 each or a book of six for $5. information, or to request a brochure, contact Members of the Beefsteak Committee Brendan Stackhouse at 603-364-5851 or register and their supporters will have raffle online at www.bfcamp.com. books for sale after Masses beginning th next Saturday evening, January 18 . CHILDREN’S CORNER: You may purchase tickets there or take them home, fill them out and return them the following week. The Beefsteak Committee is grateful for the great support they receive for this event. Tickets to the Beefsteak are on sale in St. Margaret’s Rectory. TICKETS GO VERY QUICKLY! Cost remains: $50 per ticket or $25 for seniors over 65. .

PLEASE. Do not park in the Church or School Parking lots overnight… We need to be able to plow and salt the lots if it snows and it becomes more difficult if there are cars blocking the way. We don’t want to tow cars but we will if we need to. Please don’t park overnight. January 12, 2020

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: MASS INTENTIONS JAN 13 - 19, 2020

Courtney Amsinger Dimitrios Anastasiou St. Margaret of Cortona Georgina Ayra Irene Anzalone Timothy Breen MONDAY: St. Hilary, Bishop John Beckley 8:30 Rose & Flynn Joshua Brennan Iva Boatin 12:00 Christopher O’Brien Ellen Brown Betsy Boruchoff Brian Crawford Tom Brody TUESDAY Mary L. Cronin 8:30 James J. Smith & Baby Eileen & Frank Caliendo Baby Edward Smith Thomas & Mary Cronin Michele Cipriano 12:00 T. Courtney Margaret Commins Sr. Margaret Coomey Steven DeRavaneusich Herman Covi WEDNESDAY: Michael DiRusso Karen Cunniffe 8:30 Patrick, Thomas & Conor Brady Michael Dunne 12:00 Franklin J. Idelowitz Michael Dannucci Jane Elliott Daniel Doran THURSDAY Julia Farrell Patricia & John Doran 8:30 Patrick & Mary Calleary Martin Fray Robby Ernau 12:00 Nora Hoey

Lydia Gonzalez Aurelia Rodriguez- Flores FRIDAY: St. Anthony, Abbot Bridie A. Gaffney Mary Ellen Gibbs 8:30 Frances M. Serrano Barbara Gray Michael Griffin 12:00 William, Jenny & Angela Lee Bain Donna Gray Michael J. Healy SATURDAY: Frances Hage Donna Hearla 8:30 Alfredo & Gloria Damien Michele Sanchez Henley Alina Hernandez Donald Karpinsky Maura Hurless SUNDAY: The 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Mary Kelleher Nora Keegan 5:15 PM (Vigil) Paul J. Cummings Elizabeth Landau Brian Kolterman 8:00 Agnes & Patrick Brennan Olivia Leroy Jack Marchindo 10:00 Charles E. Pantano & Helen Greco Frances Loughlin Mrs. Marciliano 12:00 Mary & James Durkin Ray Madden John McGuinness 5:15 Parishioners of St. Margaret of Cortona Louis Marino Bridie Monaghan & St. Gabriel Parish

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