The Piarist Fathers

Pastor Rev. David Powers Sch.P.

Parochial Vicars

Rev. Andrew Berinyuy, Sch.P. Rev. Luis Alberto Cruz, Sch.P. Very Rev. Fernando Negro, Sch.P. Rev. Richard Wyzykiewicz Sch.P.

Parish Staff

Parish Secretary Mrs. Rosemarie Ortiz

Business Manager Anne Kathy Rice

Facilities Manager Lillian Nazario saint Music Director Mr. Daniel Ambe

Musicians Mr. Jim Donaldson Helena Mr. Alex Henriquez parish

October—November Bronx, NY 2019 Mass Schedule (Horario de Misas)

St. Helena’s School (718) 892-3234 http://www.sthelenaelementary.org Early Childhood (Pre-K for All) Elementary School (Grades K-8) Principal: Mr. Richard Meller 2050 Benedict Avenue Bronx, New York 10462

High School: Monsignor Scanlan H.S. (718) 430-0100 Arrangements must be http://www.scanlanhs.edu/ made at the Rectory for Baptismal Principal: Mr. Kris Keelin Class. Bring a copy of the child’s Birth 915 Hutchinson River Parkway Certificate and Godparent documents. Bronx, New York 10465 Arrangements for weddings should be made as soon as St. Helena Rectory: possible at the Rectory. 1315 Olmstead Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10462 All Catholics Phone: (718) 892-3232 who live within the parish boundaries should fill out a registration card at the Fax: (718) 892-7713 Rectory.

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Paul's Unique Rule The Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, a key event in John Paul’s One of the reasons St. Paul is called the Apostle to the Gentiles is ministry, was marked by special celebrations in Rome and because of the unique rule he instituted in all of his congregations, elsewhere for Catholics and other Christians. Relations with the a rule that would spread throughout the entire Church. In his short Orthodox Churches improved considerably during his papacy. response to a letter sent by the leaders of the young Corinthian “Christ is the center of the universe and of human history” was congregation, the Apostle Paul wrote: “… each one should retain the opening line of John Paul II’s 1979 encyclical, Redeemer of the Human Race. In 1995, he described himself to the United the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which Nations General Assembly as “a witness to hope.” has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the congregations. Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should His 1979 visit to Poland encouraged the growth of the Solidarity movement there and the collapse of communism in central and not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he eastern Europe 10 years later. John Paul II began World Youth was called? He should not be circumcised.” (1 Corinthians 7:17-18) Day and traveled to several countries for those celebrations. He The ancient world had no concept of conversion from one religion very much wanted to visit China and the Soviet Union, but the to another. This was largely because religion did not exist as a governments in those countries prevented that. One of the most separate category from “peoplehood” (i.e. belonging to a people). well-remembered photos of John Paul II’s pontificate was his one- When people “converted,” they did not convert from one religion to on-one conversation in 1983, with Mehmet Ali Agca, who had another, but from one people group to another. Individuals, from attempted to assassinate him two years earlier. In his 27 years of both Israel and the Nations, were sometimes willing to fully cut ties papal ministry, John Paul II wrote 14 encyclicals and five books, canonized 482 saints and beatified 1,338 people. In the last years with their communities and switch communal alliances. Some of his life, he suffered from Parkinson’s disease and was forced to Jews actually went through a surgery that removed the signs of cut back on some of his activities. Pope Benedict XVI beatified circumcision; while some non-Jews fully (not partially) adopted John Paul II in 2011, and canonized him in 2014. Jewish ancestral ways of life (the code word for which was “circumcision”). Saint John of Capistrano - Oct. 23 The great apostle believed that both Israel and the Nations while In the 14th century, one-third of the population and nearly 40 retaining their distinct identities, must offer joined worship to percent of the clergy were wiped out by the bubonic plague. The Israel’s God. In the New Covenant community of Israel, any Western Schism split the Church with two or three claimants to discrimination and preference between Jews and the Nations were the Holy See at one time. England and France were at war. The many city-states of Italy were constantly in conflict and gloom now strictly forbidden; while the functional distinction between dominated the spirit of the culture and the times. John Capistrano them was rightfully upheld. For example, even though men and was born in 1386. His education was thorough. His talents and women were ONE in Christ, women were still (in a very important success were great. When he was 26 he was made governor of sense) women and men were still men (Gal.3:28). Perugia. Imprisoned after a battle against the Malatestas, he Paul’s reasoning was simple: If Gentile Christ-followers became resolved to change his way of life completely. At the age of 30, he Jews, then the God they worship would be too small. He would be entered the Franciscan novitiate and was ordained a priest four years later. the God of the Jews only. However, if Gentile Christ-followers, as the Nations, would worship Israel's God alongside the Jews, then John’s preaching attracted great throngs at a time of religious the grandeur of this One God would become evident to everyone. apathy and confusion. He and 12 Franciscan brethren were (Romans 3:28-30). received in the countries of central Europe as angels of God. They

were instrumental in reviving a dying faith and devotion. The Saint John Paul II - October 22 Franciscan Order itself was in turmoil over the interpretation and “Open wide the doors to Christ,” urged John observance of the Rule of St. Francis. Through John’s tireless Paul II during his homily at the Mass where efforts and his expertise in law, the heretical Fraticelli were he was installed as pope in 1978. Born in suppressed and the “Spirituals” were freed from interference in Wadowice, Poland, Karol Jozef Wojtyla had their stricter observance. lost his mother, father, and older brother John of Capistrano helped bring about a brief reunion with the before his 21st birthday. Both of his parents Greek and Armenian Churches. When the Turks captured the are now being considered for . mighty city of Constantinople in 1453, John was commissioned to Karol’s promising academic career at Krakow’s preach a crusade for the defense of Europe. Gaining little response Jagiellonian University was cut short by the in Bavaria and Austria, he decided to concentrate his efforts in outbreak of World War II. While working in a Hungary. He led the army to Belgrade. Under the great General quarry and a chemical factory, he enrolled in John Hunyadi, they gained an overwhelming victory, and the siege an “underground” seminary in Kraków. of Belgrade was lifted. Worn out by his superhuman efforts, Ordained in 1946, he was immediately sent to Capistrano was an easy prey to an infection after the battle, and Rome where he earned a doctorate in theology. he died on October 23, 1456. Back in Poland, a short assignment as assistant pastor in a rural parish preceded his very fruitful chaplaincy for university students. Saint Anthony Mary Claret - Oct. 24 Soon Fr. Wojtyla earned a doctorate in philosophy and began The “spiritual father of Cuba” was a missionary, religious founder, teaching that subject at Poland’s University of Lublin. Communist social reformer, queen’s chaplain, writer and publisher, archbishop, officials allowed Wojtyla to be appointed as the auxiliary of and refugee. He was a Spaniard whose work took him to the Kraków in 1958, considering him a relatively harmless intellectual. Canary Islands, Cuba, Madrid, Paris, and to the First Vatican They could not have been more wrong! Bishop Wojtyla attended Council. In his spare time as a weaver and designer in the textile all four sessions of Vatican II and contributed especially to mills of Barcelona, Anthony learned Latin and printing: The future its Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World. priest and publisher was preparing. Ordained at 28, he was Appointed as archbishop of Kraków in 1964, he was named a prevented by ill health from entering religious life as a Carthusian cardinal three years later. or as a Jesuit, but he went on to become one of Spain’s most popular preachers. Elected pope in October 1978, he took the name of his short- lived, immediate predecessor. Pope John Paul II was the first non- Anthony spent 10 years giving popular missions and retreats, Italian pope in 455 years. In time, he made pastoral visits to 124 always placing great emphasis on the Eucharist and devotion to countries, including several with small Christian populations. John the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It was said that his was Paul II promoted ecumenical and interfaith initiatives, especially never out of his hand. At age 42, he founded a religious institute the 1986 Day of Prayer for World Peace in Assisi. He visited of missionaries beginning with five young priests, known today as Rome’s main synagogue and the Western Wall in Jerusalem; he the Claretians. Anthony was appointed to head the poor and much- also established diplomatic relations between the Holy See and neglected archdiocese of Santiago in Cuba. He began its reform by Israel. He improved Catholic-Muslim relations, and in 2001 he almost ceaseless preaching and the hearing of confessions, and he visited a mosque in Damascus, Syria. 2 suffered bitter opposition mainly for opposing concubinage and giving instruction to black slaves. A hired assassin—whose release TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME from prison Anthony had obtained—slashed open his face and It is estimated close to 2,500 people perished in the raging 2,000- wrist. Anthony succeeded in getting the would-be assassin’s death degree . But there is an incredible side-bar to this story. sentence commuted to a prison term. His solution for the misery Miraculously, there was a small group of people who were not of Cubans was family-owned farms producing a variety of foods harmed at all and they were right in the middle of the blaze. They for the family’s own needs and for the market. This invited the were with Adele Brise. enmity of the vested interests who wanted everyone to work on a single cash crop—sugar. He brought the Piarist Fathers to Cuba Adele Brise was 24 years old when she arrived in Wisconsin with and asked them to open a school to educate native-born future her parents from Belgium in 1855. A devout Catholic, Adele had a teachers. This was the first Piarist community in the Americas. great devotion to the Blessed Mother and prayed daily. It was on Besides all his religious writings are two books he wrote in Sunday, October 2, 1859, Adele was walking home through the Cuba: Reflections on Agriculture and Country Delights. woods when she saw a woman clothed in white standing between a hemlock and a maple tree. The woman was encased in a bright He was recalled to Spain for a job he did not relish—being chaplain light and had a yellow sash around her waist. A crown of stars for the queen. Anthony went on three conditions: He would reside was above her long, blond hair. Adele, filled with fear, began away from the palace; he would come only to hear the queen’s praying and the vision disappeared. She told her mom and dad confession and instruct the children, and he would be exempt about it and they told her that maybe it was a soul in need of from court functions. In the revolution of 1868, he fled to Paris prayers. with the queen’s party, where he preached to the Spanish colony. The following Sunday, Adele was on her way to Mass with her All his life Anthony was interested in the Catholic press. He wrote sister and another woman when she saw the apparition a second for and founded the Religious Publishing House, a major Catholic time. But her sister and friend, who were walking a bit ahead of publishing venture in Spain, and wrote or published 200 books her, did not see anything. As Adele returned from Mass, the Lady and pamphlets. At Vatican I, where he was a staunch defender of appeared to her for the third time. Adele, who had confided in her the doctrine of infallibility, Anthony won the admiration of his parish priest about the mysterious lady, did as he had told her. fellow . Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore remarked of him, She asked the Lady the question, “In the Name of God, who are “There goes a true saint.” At the age of 63, he died in exile near you and what do you wish of me?” the border of Spain.

The Lady answered, “I am the Queen of Heaven who prays for the Meet the Five New Saints conversion of sinners, and I wish you to do the same. You have Here is some information about the five men and women who received Holy Communion this morning and that is well. But you were canonized by Pope Francis last Sunday: must do more. Make a general confession and offer Communion for the conversion of sinners… Gather the children in this wild Cardinal (1801-1890): country and teach them what they should know for salvation.” Theologian, literary figure, and founder of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in England. He was the first Anglican to become a Catholic Adele was afraid. She knew little about her faith. She asked how priest and cardinal and is the first English person to be made a she was supposed to do this with so little knowledge. The Blessed saint in almost 50 years. Newman’s beatification was officially Virgin told her, “Teach them their catechism, how to bless proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 and his themselves with the Sign of the Cross, and and how to approach was officially approved by Pope Francis earlier this year. the Sacraments; that is what I wish you to do. Go and fear nothing; I will help you.” Mother Giuseppina Vannini (1859-1911): Founder of the Daughters of Saint Camillus, she is the first Roman woman to Adele took the Blessed Virgin’s words to heart. She began her be canonized in more than 400 years. The main legacy that the new, lifelong ministry of teaching children the Catholic faith by foundress left her sisters was the pure and simple physical and traveling on foot from house to house to instruct children in their spiritual care of the sick, exercised at home as in hospitals, homes. Adele’s dad, Lambert Brise, built a small wooden structure leprosariums, and nursing homes, both in European rehabilitation at the site of the apparition and a few years later, after Isabella centers and in mission countries. Doyen donated five acres around the site, Adele started a small school. In addition, a bigger wooden church was built, and it was Mother Mariam Thresia Mankidiyan (1876-1926): named Our Lady of Good Help. Adele and some other women Mystic, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy formed a chapter of Third Order Franciscans; though she never Family (CHF) in Kerala, India. She spent her entire life assisting took vows as a religious, Adele was known as Sister. the poor, the sick, the elderly and all those in need and was invoked as the protector of families in difficulty and intercessor of In the meantime, the magnificent woodlands of Wisconsin were couples who do not have children. She was beatified on April 9, being harvested for their fine lumber. Mounds of sawdust and 2000, by Pope John Paul II. dried branches were being littered about with no sense of cleanup

Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes (1914-1992): The first or conservation ever considered. Then came the evening of woman born in Brazil to become a saint. She is known as St. October 8, 1871. The Peshtigo Fire quickly exploded and began to Dulce of the Poor for caring for the poorest of the poor in her devour the entire area with its rushing flames and heat. The ’s chicken yard in Salvador, Bahia. More than 3,000 people firestorm began to head for Our Lady of Good Help. visit the same site every day (where the Santo Antônio Hospital People nearby the chapel were also heading there. There was now stands) to receive free medical treatment. At the time of her never an accurate count but many people came, some even death in 1992, Sister Dulce had been nominated for the Nobel bringing their livestock. Sister Adele organized them and they all Peace Prize. prayed the rosary. Outside the chapel they processed, holding

Marguerite Bays (1815-1879): Stigmatist and 19th- high a statue of Mary pleading for her protection. The fire kept century Swiss laywoman. While she never entered a religious coming and the people moved inside the chapel and continued order, she dedicated her life to prayer and service to her parish praying. Soon the fire raged all around the compound and the community. After her death, the Vatican approved a miracle flames even arched over it. But the fire never touched the Chapel attributed to her intercession in which a 2-year-old child was of Our Lady of Good Help or the people who were there. completely healed after being run over by a 1,800-lb tractor More than one million acres were destroyed in the Peshtigo wheel. Firestorm. As far as the eye could see was total devastation. Yet, in the middle of it all, the Chapel of Our Lady of Good Help and The Only Approved Marian Apparition in the U.S. the fenced property surrounding it were untouched. The property On October 8, 1871, in or around a small place called Peshtigo, had been spared and no-one had been hurt, not even the animals. Wisconsin, several men were setting small fires in the woods. This The five acres sat amid the charred landscape like an oasis in the was a common practice in clearing land for expanding railroads or desert. People who came and saw this incredible sight knew it was for expanding farmland. Except, on this particular day, something the Hand of God at work that night. The faithful had no doubt that unexpected happened. A cold front moved into the area creating the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady of Good Help, stood outside the winds that were close to hurricane force. The winds fanned the chapel deflecting the raging inferno away from her children inside. flames and the resulting Peshtigo Firestorm still can claim the ignominious title as the “deadliest wildfire” in American history. The story of Sister Adele and Our Lady of Good Help was always well known within the local culture and to the faithful but many To this day, no wildfire in the U.S. has ever caused more deaths. OCTOBER 20, 2019 lointains confins de la terre.” “À Marie notre Mère, nous confions la mission de l’Église. Unie considered it “urban legend.” That was because there was never à son Fils, depuis l’Incarnation, la Vierge s’est mise en mouvement, an “official ecclesiastical judgment” rendered. Then, in 2009, the elle s’est laissé totalement impliquer dans la mission de Jésus, Diocese of Green Bay launched an official investigation. On mission qui est également devenue au pied de la croix sa propre December 8, 2010, on the Feast of the , a mission : collaborer comme Mère de l’Église à engendrer dans special Mass was offered on the site by Bishop David Ricken. At l’Esprit et dans la foi de nouveaux fils et filles de Dieu.” the Mass the bishop declared that the Marian apparitions seen there by Adele Brise were “worthy of belief.” Bishop Ricken “Aux missionnaires hommes et femmes, ainsi qu’à tous ceux announced on Aug. 15, 2016, that the site in Champion has been qui de quelque manière participent, en vertu de leur Baptême, à la formally designated as a national shrine by the U. S. bishops’ mission de l’Église, j’adresse de tout cœur ma bénédiction.” conference, and the site of the apparitions of Our Lady of Good Du Vatican, le 9 juin 2019, Solennité de la Pentecôte.

Help is only one of 15 recognized worldwide. It is the only one in the United States. Since its ecclesiastical recognition and tacit OPEN HOUSE FOR CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN approval, the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help is rapidly growing THE BRONX as a site for pilgrims from around the world. All Hallows 10/20 Sunday 12-4PM

QUELQUES EXTRAITS DU MESSAGE DU SAINT- Cardinal Hayes 2/1/20 Saturday 10AM-1PM Cardinal Spellman 10/20 Sunday 11AM-3PM and PÈRE FRANÇOIS 10/23 Wednesday 6-8PM POUR LA JOURNÉE MONDIALE DES MISSIONS Cathedral (Manhattan) 10/20 Sunday 12-2:30PM 2019 Pere Andrew Berinyuy Cristo Rey (Manhattan) 10/26 Saturday 12-3PM and THEME: Baptisés et envoyés : 1/25/20 Saturday 12-3PM l’Église du Christ en mission dans le monde 10/23 Wednesday 4:30-6:30PM Chers frères et sœurs, Mini Open House (RSVP) (Manhattan) “J’ai demandé à toute l’Église de vivre un temps missionnaire Fordham Prep (RSVP) 11/3 Sunday 1-4 PM extraordinaire au mois d’Octobre 2019, afin de renouveler Iona Prep 10/20 Sunday 12-3PM and l’engagement missionnaire de l’Église et de repréciser de manière 10/24 Thursday 6-8PM évangélique sa mission d’annoncer et de porter au monde le salut LaSalle 10/26 Saturday 10AM-2PM de Jésus Christ, mort et ressuscité.” Loyola 10/23 Wednesday 5:30PM “Célébrer ce mois nous aidera en premier lieu à retrouver le Marymount (Manhattan) 11/4 Monday 6-8PM sens missionnaire de notre adhésion de foi à Jésus Christ, foi Montfort Academy 10/20 Sunday 2-5PM and gratuitement reçue comme don dans le Baptême. Notre (Mt. Vernon) 10/29 Tuesday 6-9PM appartenance filiale à Dieu n’est jamais un acte individuel mais un Mount St. Michael 10/20 Sunday 12-3PM acte toujours ecclésial: de la communion avec Dieu, Père, Fils et Msgr. Scanlan 10/23 Wednesday 6-8PM Esprit Saint, naît une vie nouvelle avec beaucoup d’autres frères Notre Dame Sch. of Manhattan 10/27 Sunday 2:30-5PM et sœurs. Et cette vie divine est une richesse à donner, à Preston 11/3 Sunday 11AM-2PM communiquer, à annoncer: voilà le sens de la mission. Dieu veut St. Barnabas 10/24 Thursday 6-8:30PM and que tous les hommes soient sauvés en arrivant à la connaissance 10/26 Saturday 12-2:30PM de la vérité et à l’expérience de sa miséricorde grâce à l’Église, St. Catherine’s 10/27 Sunday 11AM-2PM and sacrement universel du salut. (cf. 1Tm2, 4; 3, 15)” 10/30 Wednesday 6:30-8PM St. Raymonds (Boys) 10/27 Sunday 12:30-3:30PM “C’est un mandat qui nous touche de près: je suis toujours une mission; tu es toujours une mission; toute baptisée et tout baptisé Stepinac 10/27 Sunday 1 & 2PM and 2/11/20 Tuesday 5PM est une mission. Celui qui aime se met en mouvement, il est poussé en dehors de lui-même, il est attiré et attire, il se donne à l’autre et tisse des relations qui engendrent la vie. Personne n’est Pilgrim Virgin Statue from Portugal Coming to inutile et insignifiant pour l’amour de Dieu. Chacun d’entre nous St. Helena-St. Helena’s will receive the #6 Pilgrim Virgin est une mission dans le monde parce qu’il est fruit de l’amour de Statue of Our Lady of Fatima from the Sanctuary in Portugal on Dieu. Même si mon père et ma mère trahissaient l’amour par le First Saturday, All Souls Day, Saturday, Nov. 2. It will arrive in mensonge, la haine et l’infidélité, Dieu ne se soustrait jamais au the morning and will be present throughout the day, including at don de la vie, en destinant chacun de ses enfants, depuis the 8:30AM and 12:15PM All Souls Day Masses, and the toujours, à sa vie divine et éternelle (cf. Ep 1, 3-6).” 5:30PM Vigil Mass. There will be a talk, a brown scapular “Cette vie nous est communiquée dans le Baptême qui nous enrollment, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, the Rosary, a donne la foi en Jésus Christ vainqueur du péché et de la mort, Consecration to the Sacred Heart of and the Immaculate nous régénère à l’image et à la ressemblance de Dieu et nous Heart of Mary, Confession, and lots of time for private prayer. insère dans le corps du Christ qu’est l’Église. En ce sens, le Please join us for this very special spiritual event. This is the Baptême est donc vraiment nécessaire pour le salut parce qu’il nous garantit que nous sommes fils et filles, toujours et partout, sixth of 15 statues carved for the purpose of traveling the world jamais orphelins, étrangers ou esclaves, dans la maison du Père.” delivering the two pillars of the message of Fatima, which are “Aujourd’hui également, l’Église continue d’avoir besoin prayer and reparation for the conversion of sinners and receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation. d’hommes et de femmes qui, en vertu de leur Baptême, répondent généreusement à l’appel à sortir de chez eux, de leur World Mission Sunday famille, de leur patrie, de leur langue, de leur Église locale. Ils Today is World Mission Sunday. We celebrate this day by sont envoyés aux peuples, dans le monde qui n’est pas encore remembering our baptismal call to bring the Gospel to all! The transfiguré par les sacrements de Jésus Christ et de son Église sainte. En annonçant la Parole de Dieu, en témoignant de collection today for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith l’Évangile et en célébrant la vie de l’Esprit, ils appellent à la ensures the work and service of the Mission church, as it supports conversion, ils baptisent et offrent le salut chrétien dans le respect priests, religious and lay leaders who offer the Lord’s mercy and de la liberté personnelle de chacun, dans le dialogue avec les concrete help to the most vulnerable communities in the Pope’s cultures et les religions des peuples auxquels ils sont envoyés. missions. Thank you for your generosity. La missio ad gentes, toujours nécessaire pour l’Église, contribue WEEKLY OFFERING ENVELOPES ainsi de manière fondamentale au processus permanent de conversion de tous les chrétiens. La foi dans la Pâque de Jésus, Sunday, October 13 $4,864.89 l’envoi ecclésial baptismal, la sortie géographique et culturelle de Our weekly budget, (Nuestro presupuesto semanal) is $5,192.31. soi-même et de chez soi, le besoin de salut du péché et la Thank you all for your generosity and support and for all that you do. libération du mal personnel et social exigent la mission jusqu’aux Gracias a todos por su generosidad y por todo lo que hacen. All Souls Day Envelopes can be found at the two entrances St. Helena at 11AM and will drive to the Tanger Outlets. to the church. This is a wonderful way to remember your Next, we will drive to the Good N Plenty Restaurant. Finally, deceased loved ones. Remember that we will have the we will drive to see Miracle of Christmas on a huge 300-foot International Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima here at stage. We will return around 1AM. The cost for the entire St. Helena on that day. trip is $150. A $50 deposit is required to hold your seat, and full payment must be made by Nov. 9. There are no refunds. PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS  FREE RESOURCES ON FORMED-We hope you are  50/50. Special pink envelopes are available at the two enjoying the free parish subscription to www.formed.org Church entrances or in your packet. It only costs $5.00 to which give you 24/7 access to over 300 quality Catholic on participate. The October winner will be picked in the line programs, 99+ movies, 101+ audios, & 98+ E- afternoon on Monday, October 28. Books. On October 22nd we honor St. Pope John Paul II.  MOST OF OUR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES Watch John Paul II: I Kept Looking For You, Pope John are on Wednesdays, beginning at 3:45PM in the Church. Paul II, or Ocean of Mercy. You can also Study: Divine  ENGLISH FAMILY SESSION will take place today, Mercy in the Second Greatest Story Ever Told or 33 Days to Sunday, October 20 at 11:30AM in the cafeteria. Morning Glory, Week 5: Pope St. John Paul II. Listen  ENGLISH CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP meets to: Our Lady of Fatima and the Fall of Communism or Saint every Saturday from 1PM to 3PM, in the Green Building. John Paul the Great. Not on FORMED? There is now a new  ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT takes and easier way to log onto Formed. 1. Log into Formed.org; place at St. Helena every Thursday from 9AM-12PM. 2. Type in your parish name, zip code or city. Scroll down,  THE DIVINE OFFICE AT ST. HELENA-We are now select your correct parish, and click Next; 3. Enter your praying Evening Prayer every Tuesday and Thursday in the name and e-mail address; 4. Click on Sign Up and you are church at 5:45PM. Everyone is welcome to attend. logged onto the platform. Please note you no longer need to use a 6 digit access code, URL or password.  BIBLE STUDY today, Sunday, October 20 at 11:30AM with Chapters 9-11 of St. Paul's letter to the Romans. We  THE NEW BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION-The new and also meet every Tuesday at 1PM or 7:30PM in the Green improved Box Tops mobile app uses Building. Tell all your friends about it. -of-the-art technology to scan your store receipt, find participating products and  THE RELIGIOUS GOODS ROOM is open every Sunday instantly add Box Tops to our school's from 8AM-1:30PM. New items have been ordered. earnings online. use the new Box Tops  NEXT BAPTISM PREP CLASSES will be held at 7PM app to scan your receipt. Box Tops are on Thursdays, October 24 in Spanish and November 7 in still worth 10¢ each for St. Helena. The app will find English. Prior arrangements must be made at the participating products purchased at any store and instantly Rectory to take the Baptismal Class. add cash to our school's earnings. For more info, go to  BOY SCOUTS are looking for new members, ages 12-18. boxtopsforeducation.com We meet every Wednesday at 6:30PM in the cafeteria. Our  AA BIG BOOK STUDY meets every Saturday, 7-8:30PM in Cub Scouts are also looking for new members ages 5-11. the green building. New members are always welcome.  COME AND SING YOUR HEART OUT at St. Helena’s  CO-DEPENDENTS ANNONYMOUS (CODA) meets Karaoke Night hosted by the Calasanz Movement, Oct. 25 every Monday from 7-8:30PM in the rectory meeting room. from 7:15 - 9:00PM in the gym. Snacks will be provided!  PLANT-BASED COOKING CLASS-Our next communal SCHOOL NEWS whole foods meal will be on Saturday, October 26 from  SCHOOL HALLOWEEN PARTY on Saturday, Oct. 26 from Noon-1:30PM in the gym. 2-5:30PM. This time, we will have special visitors from

Connecticut. Councilman Alfredo Castillo from Bridgeport, CT will be there, along with his wife. We will prepare two COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS different salads, and Alfredo, who speaks Spanish, will  THE 11th ANNUAL SR. LINDA WALK on Fri., Oct. 25, develop the recipe for the main course. The contribution is at Msgr. Scanlan High School, dedicated this year to Amiyah non-refundable. It is for groceries. The Suppers practice is to Conde. All money collected by students will be donated to refund any money left over from groceries. For members of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Sr. Linda graduated St. Helena's parish, please RSVP and pay $15 at the rectory from St. Helena Elementary and St. Helena School for Girls before the preceding Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 1 PM. We need and was a teacher and assistant principal at Msgr. Scanlan HS. to plan the menu. Everyone is welcome.  STAR SCHOOL TAX RELIEF-Do you own your own  WOMEN’S MINISTRY PRAYER MEETING will take home? Register for the STAR credit at www.tax.ny.gov/ place on Saturday, October 26 at 1PM in the Green Building. star or call 518-457-2036. Receive a larger credit if you are Representatives from Magnificat - A Ministry to Catholic 65 or older. Women that inspires spiritual growth in holiness for women  SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNERS’ PROPERTY and to evangelize them to the fullness of faith - will be TAX EXEMPTION is NOT granted automatically. You present to join us in prayer and praise and to discuss the must submit an application, available at www.nyc.gov/ possibility of forming the very first Magnificat Chapter here exemptionforms, and you must renew it every two years in the Bronx. All women are invited to come to this special to continue receiving it. prayer meeting.  MAKE YOUR HOME OR APARTMENT MORE  MARIO KART RACING GAME TOURNAMENT on ENERGY EFFICIENT FOR FREE-Learn more at Sunday, Nov. 10 from 2-4PM in the gym. It will be a 24- 877-NYSMART or visit nyserda.ny.gov/empower person bracketed tournament with a $5 buy-in. There is a  UNITED NATIONS DAY-On October 24, 1945, the $50 cash prize. Call the rectory to register. United Nations was created. Every year for the month of  PARISH TRIP TO SIGHT AND SOUND THEATRE in October UNA-USA and its 200+ chapters around the country Lancaster, PA on Saturday, November 30 is now full. If you host events centered around a certain global issue. This want to go, we will put you on a waiting list. We will leave year's topic is the defining issue of our time: Climate change. This is our planet and our future.  MISSION MONTH-This October, Pope Francis has naturally and resolve infertility. Track cycles for health convened an Extraordinary Mission Month throughout the management and Innovative APP are available. The course Church under the motto "Baptized and Saved, the Church of runs Oct. 27-Nov 3, at the Vikingsborg Guesthouse of the Christ in Mission for the World." Sisters of St. Birgitta in Darien, CT. For more info, call the  GOVERNOR CLASHES WITH MAYOR-Mayor de rectory or contact Dorothy Dugandzic 917-306-1441. Blasio Monday accused Gov. Cuomo of politicizing Mother  MEN’S CONFERENCE-Men of Character in Today's Cabrini amidst ongoing local outrage directed at First Lady World is the theme of this year's day for Catholic men to Chirlane McCray’s decision to not include a Cabrini statue gather together for fellowship and spiritual enrichment on in a project honoring historically significant New York Saturday, November 2 from 10AM-5PM at the SUNY women. Cuomo on Monday announced he would devote Purchase Performing Arts Center in Purchase, NY. Tickets state funds to a Cabrini statue after McCray did not include are $30 at www.adnymensconference.eventbrite.com. the Catholic saint in the “She Built NYC” commemorative  BLESSED JOHN HENRY NEWMAN SYMPOSIUM at program. St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers on November 1-2 with  POPE CALLS FOR PEACE IN ECUADOR-Following Fr. Ian Ker, the world’s leading living authority on the life attacks on government buildings, the nation’s president and thought of Cardinal Newman. Register online at ordered the army onto the streets of Quito, the nation’s www.dunwoodie.edu/newmansymposiumrsvp capital.  TRI-LINGUAL ALL SOULS DAY FIELD MASS at St.  POPE FRANCIS APPOINTS TWO NEW AUXILIARY Raymond's Cemetery on Sat., Nov. 2 at 11AM on the New BISHOPS FOR NEW YORK-Pope Francis has appointed Cemetery grounds. Monsignor Gerardo Colacicco and Monsignor Edmund  ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CABRINI FEAST DAY Whalen to serve as Auxiliary Bishops of the Archdiocese of CELEBRATION on Nov. 9 & 10 from 10AM-5PM at the New York. The appointments were announced by St. Frances Cabrini Shrine, 701 Ft. Washington Ave., NY. Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Call 212-923-3536 for more info. United States. As auxiliary bishops, they will assist Cardinal  CATHOLIC SUMMER SERVICE CAMP-Alive In You Dolan in a special way in the pastoral care of the people of is the ultimate 6-day Catholic summer youth experience for the archdiocese. Their ordination to the episcopacy is teens as they service people in need. Registration is now scheduled for December 10, 2019 in Saint Patrick’s open. Visit [email protected] Cathedral. Bishop-elect Colacicco, 64, currently serves as  KILLING IS OUR BUSINESS...AND BUSINESS IS the pastor of Saint Joseph/Immaculate Conception Parish in GOOD by Vincent J. Lentini is an eBook about the great Millbrook. He has also served as pastor of Sacred Heart evil of abortion and planned parenthood and is available on Parish in Newburgh, and Saint Columba Parish in Hopewell Amazon and iTunes. Junction. His other assignments include serving on the  ANGIE: HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL HAIR Metropolitan Tribunal of the archdiocese, as Director of CARE, 1559 Metropolitan Ave., 347-981-5806. Pastoral Formation at Saint Joseph’s Seminary, and as Priest -Secretary to John Cardinal O’Connor. Bishop-elect Whalen,  SPANISH WOMAN looking for a room. Please contact Hilliary Juracán-646-508-5882 61, currently serves as Vicar for Clergy for the Archdiocese. A native of Staten Island, his assignments include being DIA VEINTIUNO: Día de síntesis. Veamos lo que hemos principal of Monsignor Farrell High School, pastor of Saint aprendido en esta semana: Benedict Parish in the Bronx and Saint Joseph-Saint Thomas - Que debemos tener el combustible del “deseo” Parish on Staten Island, and Rector of Saint para vivir a fondo. Se trata del deseo por el cual no Seminary Residence in Riverdale. He also served as Priest- hacemos las cosas o actuamos porque “tenemos que”, Secretary to Cardinal O’Connor. sino porque simplemente “queremos” hacerlas. ¿Cuáles  TEST FOR ADMISSION INTO CATHOLIC HIGH son tus deseos más profundos que te mantienen con SCHOOLS (TACHS) on Fri., Nov. 8 at established test ganas de seguir viviendo? sites in the Bronx. You may register via the internet at - Que sentimos la tentación de pararnos e incluso de www.tachsinfo.com or by calling 866-618-2247. Exam fee retroceder, pues el enemigo acecha contra nuestro is $65. Deadline for internet and telephone registration is crecimiento. Pero Dios está de nuestra parte. ¿Cuáles October 21. son las tentaciones que te visitan a menudo para desistir  SERRA CLUB LUNCHEON on Wednesday, Oct. 23 from de tu empeño de ser libre? NOON-3PM at Eastwood Manor, 3371 Eastchester Rd. - Que la vida es vivir en el sacramento del momento The speaker is Rev. Christopher Devron, SJ, president of presente, del aquí-y-ahora. ¿Cuáles son tus Fordham Prep who will speak on "Praying through My Day.” “distracciones”, las que te impiden vivir serenamente Luncheon cost is $35. For more info, call 718-798-7176. cada momento del día? Di “adiós” a tus  ST. CATHARINE ACADEMY CARD PARTY, Thurs., distracciones para siempre. Oct. 24, 7:00 PM, at Maestro’s Caterers, 1703 Bronxdale ACTIVIDADES EN ESPAÑOL Ave., $55.00 per person. Valet parking, dinner, great prizes. LUNES 7 - 9 pm Grupo Carismático de Oración. To tickets online go to www.scahs.org/cardparty/, or call Misa cada primer lunes Donna Bellaby, 646-403-1751. MIERC. 10 am Grupo Santa Madre Teresa de  WINE TASTING AND CRAFT BEER NIGHT on Calcuta: Visita a pacientes de Rebeka Saturday, Oct. 26 from 8-11PM at St. Barnabas H.S., Misa en Rebeka: segundos lunes de mes 241st St., BX. Tickets are $40 per person. a las 10.30 am  DOMINICAN COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE on Sat., Oct. 7 - 9 pm Coronilla de la Divina Misericordia, 26 at 9:30AM, 470 Western Hwy, Orangeburg. Call 845- Adoración, Eucaristía 359-7800 for more info. VIERNES 7 - 8 pm Legión de María. Rosario y reunión. 7 - 8.30 pm Grupo Juvenil. Edades 12-18. 7-8.30 pm  CREIGHTON FERTILITY CARE PRACTITIONER 7.30—9pm JECAFA. Jesús, Calasanz y la Familia. TRAINING-Join an Allied Health movement. Learn to Grupo de reflexión. Segundos y cuartos instruct women and couples to avoid or achieve pregnancy Viernes. Edificio verde. - Que debemos renovar la fe en nosotros, lo mismo que Dios renueva en nosotros cada día, en cada momento su acto de fe en nuestra valía. Pues somos Mass Intentions hechura suya. Dale gracias por la maravilla que eres SUN., Oct. 20, 2019-Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time tú Salmo 139). 7:30 In Honor of St. Jude - Que toda adicción tiene su en una carencia, 9:00 Lucy and Joseph Hilowsky en una inconsistencia, en un momento o situación de 10:30 Edith Louis pérdida, de dolor, de crisis. Pon en tus manos esas 12:00 Aniversario Ana Luisa Perez y Pablo A. Mojica; causas de tus adicciones, cierra los ojos y luego ponlas Accion de Gracia al Divino Niño; junto a tu corazón, donde reside el Dios que te ama sin In Honor of the Virgin Maria; Aida Jesenia Soto; condiciones. Y dale gracias por la fuerza que viene de Maria, Anthony and Nieve Leonardo; lo Alto para liberarte. Lauro Raphael Hernandez-Good Intentions; - Que la solución de tus problemas no está afuera, que nadie Jacquline French and Nancy Rosado-Buena Salud; te regala la felicidad. La felicidad está dentro, esperándote, pues Agustin y Carolina-Intentions has nacido para ser feliz en esta tierra y para transmitir la 1:30 Daniel Radice and Marguerite Hosey felicidad a los demás. Tú eres felicidad. 5:00 Lesandro Jr. Guzman-Feliz Ahora disfruta de este hermoso día, instalando en el disco duro 6:00 French Mass-Jose Remedios de la Cruz-Good Inten. de tu corazón, de tu mente y de tu voluntad, este programa “real”, MONDAY, October 21, 2019-St. no virtual, que Dios mismo está instalándolo en de ti. Disfruta 6:50 Ms. Mary Ann Hebhardt-Birthday Intentions leyendo y orando el salmo 139. P. Fernando 8:30 Tricia Briska and Joanne Savino’s Intentions 10:00 Funeral Mass-Augustine Anyanwu SANTA HELENA 12:15 Oliver Mc Padden-Healing Intention “TU LUGAR DE ENCUENTRO” TUESDAY, October 22, 2019–St. John Paul II Oct 24 Clase de Bautismo. 7 pm en la Iglesia. Traer los 6:50 In Thanksgiving for Favors documentos requeridos. Traer el Certificado de 8:30 Claire Blanchet and Claire Polynice Nacimiento del niño/a. Si los padrinos son casados 12:15 Margaret Bongyii deben traer el Certificado de Matrimonio de la Iglesia. WEDNESDAY, October 23, 2019–St. John of Capistrano Si el padrino o madrina son solteros deben traer su Certificado de confirmación. 6:50 Joanne Savino’s Intentions Inscripciones para Bautismo: Martes de 1 a 4 pm. 8:30 In Honor of St. Jude Jueves de 1 a 8 pm. 12:15 Nelson Tirado

7:00 Jesus Rafael Orta Dominguez; INFORMACION Y EVENTOS Daly Maria Martinez Ramirez 40 días por la vida: ¿Quieres ser parte de salvar vidas? Todo lo que THURSDAY, October 24, 2019-St. Anthony Mary Claret se necesita es tu oración y presencia. 40 Days for Life es una campaña 6:50 Ben A. Gonzales de oración para salvar vidas que se llevará a cabo del 25 de septiembre al 3 de noviembre. 40 Días por la Vida es una iniciativa 8:30 Divine Justice for Undeserved Hardships pacífica que consiste en 40 días de oración y ayuno, vigilia pacífica en 12:15 Oliver McPadden-Healing Intention los centros de aborto y actividades educativas con el objetivo de FRIDAY, October 25, 2019-St. Gaudentius proteger a las madres y sus hijos del aborto. Más de 16,000 niños han 6:50 In Thanksgiving for Favors sido salvados del aborto durante las campañas de 40 Días por la Vida. 8:30 Catherine Warneke Para obtener más información, visite: www.40daysforlife.com y 12:15 Intentions for America Lezama-15th Birthday comuníquese con Raydiris en 646-479-2541/ [email protected]. SATURDAY, October 26, 2019-St. Cedd TIENDA DE ARTICULOS RELIGIOSOS ahora está abierto. 6:50 In Thanksgiving for Favors CAMPAÑA RENOVAR Y RECONSTRUIR: Muchos de ustedes 8:30 Margaret O’Sullivan-Healing Intentions han recibido un sobre de la apelación de Cardinal en el correo de su 12:15 Margaret Bongyii sobre. Por favor, deposítelo en la colección en cualquier momento este 5:30 Oliver McPadden-Healing Intention mes o puede hacer una promesa en línea en www.cardinalsappeal.org. SUNDAY, Oct. 27, 2019-Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Hoy Es El Domingo Mundial de las Misiones-Celebramos este día recordando nuestra llamada bautismal: illevar el Evangelio a todas las 7:30 Ester Rivera personas! La colecta de hoy para la Sociedad para la Propagación de la 9:00 Divine Justice for Underserved Hardships Fe asegura el trabajo y servicio de la Iglesia Misionera, ya que apoya a 10:30 Maeve Feeney-Birthday Intention los sacerdotes, líderes religiosos y líderes laicos quienes ofrencen la 12:00 Jose Velez, Jr. Misericordia del Señor y ayuda concreta a las comunidades más 1:30 Connal Nolan Foye vulnerables de las misiones del Papa. Gracias por su generosidad. 5:00 Ramona Martinez Vega, Anthony and Manuel Martinez 6:00 French Mass–Margaret Bongyii

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Carmelle and Nicole Antoine, Indrowdi Sadu, Rosa Pena, Luzvina Vega, Names only said in Prayer of the Faithful are in Italics Augustine Ayala, Joyce Hoyt, Leena Shaji, Florence Churchill, Heyllie Cardona, Genil Alcantara, Maria Barro, Erica Vargas, Vayron Leah Rodriguez, Alen George, Phillip Williams, Marie Lopez, Jose Vargas, Readings for the week of October 20, 2019 Pat Callahan, Sabina Acosta, Margarita Torres, Thomas Darrigo, Ralphie Lugo, Sunday: Ex 17:8-13/Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 [cf. 2]/2 Tm 3:14— Ofelia Torres, Lydia Sffreda, Stella Caballero, Roseanne and Joseph Pane, 4:2/Lk 18:1-8; Monday: Rom 4:20-25/Lk 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75 [cf. Rosa Maria Santos, Mary Brennan, Jenny Mauro, David Sheehan, Jr., Mary Charlotte, Ana Espinosa, Montseratte Rivera, Pylar Pagan, Peggy Ward, 68]/Lk 12:13-21; Tuesday: Rom 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21/Ps 40:7- Myrna Perez, Gina Fay, Maria Teresa Roque, Nicole Cancel, James Leung, 8a, 8b-9, 10, 17 [8a and 9a]/Lk 12:35-38; Wednesday: Rom 6:12-18/ Gabrielle Tingue, Millie Morales, Josefina Gonzalez and Maritza Gonzalez, Ps 124:1b-3, 4-6, 7-8 [8a]/Lk 12:39-48; Thursday: Rom 6:19-23/Ps Sandra Miller, Paul Harper, Nancy Calderon, Miriam Ortiz, Michael Signorini, 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [Ps 40:5]/Lk 12:49-53; Friday: Rom 7:18-25a/Ps Gwen Morgan, Linu kutty and Leena, Terique Collins, Annalee - a newborn 119:66, 68, 76, 77, 93, 94 [68b]/Lk 12:54-59; Saturday: Rom 8:1-11/ baby born with defective lungs and is in the hospital, Janet Lorusso Ps 24:1b-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 [cf. 6]/Lk 13:1-9; Next Sunday: Sir 35:12-14, Please Pray for the Deceased and their Grieving Families: 16-18/Ps 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23 [7a]/2 Tm 4:6-8, 16-18/Lk 18:9-14 Dn. Abraham Santiago, Rosemary Colon, Marcelino Torres, Augustine Auyanwu, Flor Rodriguez, Raymond Roman, Michelle Vazquez, Edwardo Sepulveda, Sonia Coglitore