143 East 43rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10017

SERVED BY

Rev. Michael J. Barrett S.Th.D., Pastor Rev. Robert J. Brisson, Parochial Vicar Rev. Gova Showraiah Dasari (Fr. Francis), Parochial Vicar Most Reverend John O’Hara, In Residence Rev. Brian McWeeney, In Residence

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

Mr. Alexander Pattavina [email protected]

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT REOPENING MASS SCHEDULE REOPENING CONFESSIONS Due to Coronavirus will are not Monday-Friday: 8:00 AM, Monday-Friday: offering exposition at this time. 12:10, 1:10, and 5:10 PM 12:40–1:40 PM and 5:00–5:30 PM We will keep you updated. Saturday: Saturday: 8:00 AM, 12:10, and 5:10 PM (fulfills Sunday obligation) 12:30 PM–1:30 PM HOLY ROSARY Sunday: 8:00 AM, 9:00 (Traditional Latin FIRST FRIDAY VIGIL Monday-Friday:

Mass), 11:00 (English High Mass),12:30, Abbreviated Holy Hour begins after after the 5:10 PM Mass and 7:00 PM 5:10pm Mass, includes Benediction Saturday: after the 12:10 PM Mass Please note the church closes at 8PM. Sunday, March 21, 2021

NOVENAS & PRAYERS LEGION OF MARY SAINT AGNES BOOKSTORE Meets every Thursday at 6:30 PM Monday: Miraculous Medal Due to the Coronavirus our Bookstore is Tuesday: St. Agnes DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET currently closed. Wednesday: Saint Michael Suspended due to Coronavirus Email [email protected] Thursday: St. Agnes Friday: Sacred Heart of Jesus STATIONS OF THE CROSS to arrange a purchase or appointment. Every Friday during Lent after the See the bulletin blurb for details.

5:10PM Mass HOLY DAY MASS SCHEDULE SERVING THE HOMEBOUND BAPTISMS See the bulletin for upcoming Holy Day The sacraments are available to the ill Baptisms of children should take place Schedules. and homebound. Please contact the as soon as possible. Please make

rectory. arrangements one month before your preferred date. CIVIC HOLIDAY MASS SCHEDULE RCIA (Rite for Christian Initiation See the bulletin for upcoming Civic Holiday for Adults) WEDDINGS Schedules. Beginning in September, classes meet By appointment at least six months in on Thursdays at 6:45pm. Registration advance. Pre-Cana is required. begins in June.

Rectory Telephone: (212) 682-5722 www.stagneschurchnyc.org [email protected] Go paperless! Have our bulletin emailed to you every week! Sign up at stagneschurchnyc.org Please give $20… Continued support to Saint Agnes is vital to March 21, 2021 our parish. We asked on Ash Wednesday if you would consider putting $20.00 in the Fifth Sunday of Lent collection basket throughout Lent to help us ————————————— with the additional deficit caused by the Passion Sunday pandemic. Please continue this effort. (Traditional Latin Mass) Online Giving at St. Agnes

St. Agnes offers three ways for Friends and Reopening Saint Agnes Parishioners to make church contributions online. Zelle, Venmo, and WeShare are popular ways to give and they • Reopening Mass Schedule are known for their safety and ease of use. Those who give • Weekdays - 8:00 am, 12:10 pm, 1:10 pm and online say that they prefer the simplicity (no need to 5:10 pm remember your envelope!). • Saturday - 8:00 am, 12:10 pm and 5:10 pm (Sunday Vigil) • Sunday - 8:00 am, 9:00 am (Traditional Latin), 11:00 am (High Mass), 12:30 pm and 7:00 pm

The email associated with Zelle for Reopening Confession Schedule church contributions is: • [email protected] Confessions are heard in the basement of the Church • Weekday - 12:40–1:40 pm and 5:00–5:30 pm

Visit our website at • Saturday - 12:30 pm–1:30 pm www.stagneschurchnyc.org and click on the “We Share” icon. • The Rectory Office Open 10:30 am - 2:30 pm, Monday - Friday • Arrange an announced Mass at St. Agnes.

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• Please contact us by email for funerals, weddings, To donate to Saint Agnes through baptisms, etc. [email protected] Venmo, search for user @StAgnesNYC.

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The St. Agnes YouTube Channel Click the link on our website at stagneschurchnyc.org Livestreamed Masses Brief Classes YouTube Series

on YouTube Join us on our YouTube Channel for our Brief Classes Series. Episodes are released every other Friday and run for approximately 20 minutes. Monday-Saturday: 12:10 pm The latest video released on March 19, 2021 is Sunday: 12:30 pm Episode 18: Lectio Divina

* The Rosary is also streamed For prior episodes visit the webpage:

on Saturdays after the Mass. https://stagneschurchnyc.org/briefclasses Holy Week & Easter 2021 Schedule

Saturday, March 27th On Our Palm Sunday Vigil Mass: 5:10pm YouTube Palm Sunday - March 28th Masses: 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM (Tridentine Mass with Schola—Latin), Channel 11:00 AM (with Schola)*, 12:30 PM (with Schola)*, 7:00 PM During Lent, Holy Week and Easter Sunday we will

Monday of Holy Week - March 29th Live Stream the following Masses and Services on Reopening Mass Schedule our YouTube Channel, in addition to our regular schedule: Reconciliation Monday Confessions: 8:00-9:00 AM, 12:00-2:00 PM & 4:00-6:00 PM • On Fridays the 5:10 PM Mass followed by Stations of the Cross.

Tuesday of Holy Week - March 30th • On Sundays the 11:00 AM and 12:30 PM Masses. Reopening Mass Schedule • Spy Wednesday, March 31st Confessions: 12:40-1:40 PM • The Tenebrae Service at 6:00 PM.

Spy Wednesday - March 31st • Holy Thursday, April 1st Reopening Mass Schedule • The Mass of The Lord’s Supper at 5:10pm. • The 12:10pm Mass will not be streamed. Confessions: 8:00-9:00 AM, 12:40-1:40 PM & 5:00-5:30 PM • Good Friday, April 2nd Tenebrae Service: 6:00 PM* • The Seven Last Words from the Cross Holy Thursday - April 1st preached by Whalen at 12 Noon. • The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord Masses: 8:00 AM and 12:10 PM at 3:10 PM. Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 5:10 PM* • The Stations of the Cross at 5:10 PM.

Confessions: 12:40 - 1:40 PM • Holy Saturday, April 3rd • The Easter Vigil at 8:00 PM Good Friday - April 2nd Church Opens at 11:00 AM • Easter Sunday, April 4th • The 11:00 AM and 12:30 PM Masses. The Seven Last Words from the Cross: 12 Noon - 3:00 PM* Preached by: The Most Reverend Edmund Whalen, Auxiliary Bishop of New York Our YouTube Channel can be accessed via our website: Celebration of the Passion of the Lord: 3:10 PM* www.stagneschurchnyc.org Stations of the Cross: 5:10 PM*

Confessions: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM & 12 Noon - 2:00 PM Due to COVID-19 some parts of the Holy Week Services Holy Saturday - April 3rd will be omitted including: Church Open 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Reopens at 5:00 PM • The Washing of the Feet will not take place at the The Easter Vigil: 8:00 PM* Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday. Celebrated by: The Most Reverend John O’Hara, • Veneration of the Cross will not take place at the Auxiliary Bishop of New York Celebration of the Passion of the Lord on Good

Confessions: 12 Noon - 1:00 PM Friday. • There will be no candles for the congregation at the Easter Sunday - April 4th Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday. Resurrection of the Lord • There will be no Holy Water in the church fonts. Masses: 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM (Tridentine Mass with Schola—Latin), 11:00 AM (with Schola)*, 12:30 PM (with Schola)* There are no lit candles allowed in the Church on Good Friday. There are no evening Masses on Easter Sunday. All seven day pillar candles in the church *This Mass/Service will be Live Streamed will be extinguished. The sacristan on our YouTube Channel will re-light them after the Easter Vigil Mass.

On Good Friday The Most Reverend Edmund Whalen Easter Spiritual Bouquet will preach the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross Now is the time to enroll your living and deceased friends and relatives into Bishop Whalen was born and raised in St. Agnes’s Spiritual Bouquet of Easter. , New York. He attended Blessed Sacrament Church and School, Pick up an envelope in the rectory office, Monsignor Farrell High School, Cathedral fill out your information, and include College of the Immaculate Conception, your offering. You will also receive a Pontifical Gregorian University, and special Mass card for your intention. Alphonsian Academy.

On June 23, 1984, he was ordained to the priesthood for Your envelope will be placed on the Altar the Archdiocese of New York. He has served the for all of our Easter Masses. archdiocese as: parochial vicar for Church of the

Resurrection (Rye, New York); priest-secretary to Cardinal John O'Connor; faculty/leadership at Monsignor What is Tenebrae? Farrell High School, St. Joseph Seminary (Dunwoodie) and St. Seminary Residence (Bronx); Tenebrae (Latin for "darkness") is a pastor of St. Benedict's Parish (Bronx) and St. Joseph–St. religious service celebrated during Holy Thomas Parish (Staten Island); and archdiocesan Vicar for Week. Tenebrae is distinctive for its Clergy. gradual extinguishing of candles while

Pope Francis appointed Edmund James Whalen an a series of readings and psalms are auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese on October 10, 2019, chanted or recited. One candle is and he was consecrated on December 10. extinguished after each of the nine psalms of Matins and the five of Lauds, gradually reducing the lighting throughout the service. The six altar candles are put out during the Benedictus, and then any remaining lights in the church. Reconciliation Monday is The last candle is hidden beneath the altar, ending the service in total darkness. The strepitus (Latin for "great March 29, 2021 noise"), made by slamming a book shut, banging a hymnal or breviary against the pew, or stomping on the floor, Reconciliation Monday is an effort to make symbolizes the earthquake that followed Christ's death, the sacrament of Reconciliation available to although it may have originated as a simple signal to depart. the faithful in preparation for Easter. After the candle has been shown to the people, it is extinguished, and then put on the credence table, or simply taken to the sacristy. All rise and then leave in silence. Confessions at Saint Agnes will be heard from: The 2021 Tenebrae service will take place on

• 8 AM - 9 AM Wednesday, March 31st at 6pm. • 12 Noon - 2 PM • 4 PM - 6 PM The Annunciation of the Lord Please note that due to COVID-19 restrictions March 25

Confession are heard in the Church Basement. The Annunciation celebrates the visit of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary to inform her that she was to be the mother of Jesus.

On this great feast day, we not only recall Mary’s Visit cardinalsappeal.org to learn more or make a gift! courageous “yes” to God, we also celebrate the Make sure to direct your gift to: Incarnation of Christ, our Savior. For it was there, in St. Agnes, New York (045) the womb of a woman, nine months before the celebration of the manger, that “the Word became flesh Saint Agnes’s Goal for the 2021 Appeal is: $56,500 and made his dwelling among us” (John 1:14). Fridays during Lent Stations of the are obligatory days of abstinence. Cross

Abstinence: Obligatory from age 14 onwards. Saint Agnes offers Stations of the Abstinence laws consider that meat comes only from Cross, lead by a Priest, every animals such as chickens, cows, sheep or pigs --- all of Friday during the season of Lent. which live on land. Birds are also considered meat. Under Stations will follow the 5:10 PM current law, abstinence does not include meat juices and Mass. liquid foods made from meat. Fish are a different category of animal; therefore, salt and freshwater fish and shellfish Note: A plenary indulgence may be are permitted. granted to those who piously pray

Special circumstances: the Stations of the Cross. The usual Those that are excused from fast and abstinence include the conditions of receiving the physically or mentally ill, including individuals suffering Eucharist, going to Confession, and from chronic illnesses. Also excluded are pregnant or prayers for the Holy Father apply. nursing women. In all cases, common sense should prevail.

The Station of the Cross booklet is available for purchase in the Rectory Office for $2.00 each. Discipline of 1962 A prayer aid can also be found on our website at: The Discipline of 1962 calls for abstinence and fasting. www.stagneschurchnyc.org/prayers “Flesh meat” includes foods made from meat, such as soup and gravy. If flesh meat is not allowed, neither are the foods made from it.

• For all aged 7 and over, complete abstention from flesh meat on all Fridays of the year, Ash Wednesday, Holy Saturday, the Vigil of the Assumption, and the Vigil of Christmas. A partial abstention (flesh meat at the principle meal only) is required for Ember Wednesday Saint Agnes is pleased to provide all our and Saturday and the Vigil of Pentecost. parishioners a subscription to FORMED, • For all aged 21 to 59, inclusive, one full meal is where you can discover all the best Catholic permitted (meat is allowed if it is not a day of abstinence) and two other meatless meals (which, when content in one place. combined, are less than a full meal), during the entirety of Lent, on Ember Days, and the Vigils of Christmas, Registering for FORMED is easy! Pentecost, and the Assumption.

Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids • Go to FORMED.org/signup (including milk and fruit juices) are allowed. There is no • Enter the parish zip code (10017) to requirement to fast or abstain on a Sunday during Lent. find St Agnes Church • Enter your name and email Saint Agnes Bookstore

Email: [email protected] For more information on FORMED: Even though our bookstore remains closed due to https://formed.org/ COVID-19 you can email us if you want a specific item. If we have it we can arrange for you to purchase it through the Rectory Office.

We are also able to offer a limited number of short appointments on Tuesdays and Thursdays if you want All, from least to greatest, to take a quick look inside the bookstore. Please email us to make arrangements. shall know me, says the LORD, for I will forgive their evildoing and Magnificats, Trappist Preserves (Jams & Jellies) remember their sin no more. and Immaculate Waters (Soaps & Lotions) can be purchased in the Rectory Office on –Jer 31:34 Weekdays 10:30am-2:30pm. Cash or Check only. Mass Intentions

Monday, March 22 Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent 8:00 AM Mary Gaffney 12:10 PM Joan Mallon (Living) 1:10 PM Erick Heckelmann (Healing) 5:10 PM Billy & Sara Kaiserman

Tuesday, March 23 Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent 8:00 AM Ana Maria Rosario 12:10 PM Patricia Herlihy 1:10 PM Brandon Russo 5:10 PM Arnold Aranas

Wednesday, March 24 Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent 8:00 AM Vincent McDonnell (Living) 12:10 PM Janet Bromfield (Living) 1:10 PM Maria Luisa Opulencia 5:10 PM Eugenia Jenny Vrejoiu

Thursday, March 25 Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord 8:00 AM Vassallo Noel 12:10 PM Francis & Mary 1:10 PM George Edward Hogben 5:10 PM Salud Gonzales

Friday, March 26 Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent 8:00 AM Alex Tung 12:10 PM Richard Edward Kessler 1:10 PM Anthony D’Ovidio 5:10 PM Carmen Rosa Medina

Saturday, March 27 Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent 8:00 AM Maureen Elizabeth Landy 12:10 PM Alice & John Hefferman 5:10 PM JoAnne Doherty

To arrange an announced Mass, stop by or call the rectory office, send us a check by mail, or make your donation online through Zelle.* The donation for an announced Mass is $15.

* If you make your donation through Zelle, please email us at [email protected] with any details (such as a desired Mass date). Please include your phone number. We will do our best to accommodate your request.

Fr. Michael, Bishop O’Hara, Fr. Bob and Fr. Brian have received the first and second doses of the COVID-19 Vaccine.

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