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Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel - St. Thomas More OLGC - 230 East 90th Street - STM - 65 East 89th Street New York City, New York 10128

OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL PARISH OFFICE (212) 289-1742 FAX (646) 669-7811 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.OLGCSTM.org

ST. THOMAS MORE PARISH OFFICE (212) 876-7718 FAX (212) 831-5756 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.OLGCSTM.org

February 19th, 2017 SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE - OLGC Saturday Evening: 5:30 p.m. CLERGY Sunday Morning: 9:00 a.m. Rev. Kevin V. Madigan, Pastor 10:15 a.m.- Spanish Mass Msgr. Patrick McCahill, Deaf Ministry 11:30 a.m. - Choral Mass Sunday Evening: 6:00 p.m. Rev. Fernando Caindec, Parochial Vicar Rev. Maximo Villanueva, Parochial Vicar SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE - STM Saturday Evening: 5:45 p.m. STAFF - OLGC Sunday Morning: 8:30 a.m. Email: [email protected] 10:00 a.m. - Family Mass Joan Barton, Director of Music Sunday Afternoon: 12:00 p.m. - Choral Mass Sunday Evening: 5:45 p.m. Marcelle Devine, Coordinator of Religious Ed. Christopher Gillespie, Dir. Liturgical Music Ed. WEEKDAY MASSES - OLGC Monday thru Friday: 9:00 am and 6:00 pm STAFF - STM Saturday: 9:00 am and 12:00 pm

James Siranovich, Interim Director of Music WEEKDAY MASSES - STM [email protected] Monday thru Friday: 8:00 am and 12:15 pm Edward Litcher, Business Manager Saturday: 8:00 am and 12:15 pm

[email protected] CONFESSIONS - OLGC Sharon McKenna, Sacristan Monday thru Friday - 5:45 pm Alex Miller, Director of Parish Programs Saturday 4:30 – 5:15 pm [email protected] CONFESSIONS - STM Margaret Peet, Development Monday thru Friday 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm (before Mass) PARISH TRUSTEES Saturday 5:00 – 5:30 pm Christopher Baldwin BAPTISM Paul Saunders OLGC - 12:30 pm on Sunday STM - 1:00 pm on Sunday PARISH COUNCIL PRESIDENT (Arrangements must be made six weeks in advance)

Alicia Damley MARRIAGE Arrangements should be made at least six months prior FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON to the wedding

Michael Poulos VISITS TO HOMEBOUND PARISHIONERS Our clergy are happy to visit. Call the parish office to arrange. Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel - St. Thomas More February 19th, 2017 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time The readings for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time issue the divine directive: “Be holy!” Fulfilling this mandate is hard work enough, since it requires a deliberate and intentional standard of living difficult to achieve. Jesus extends this holiness command to include being “perfect.” The phrase heard at the beginning of today’s reading, “Be holy, for I, the LORD, your God, am holy,” is the recurring theme of the Bible’s third book. Throughout their history, Israel’s purity become one of the defining characteristics of their ethnic and cultural identity, separating them from the many other nations of the world. Today’s reading touches upon an important prerequisite to holiness for the Israelites: do not hate or hold a grudge in your heart against any fellow Israelite. In the reading, we hear Jesus directly address this purity from Leviticus in stating, “You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” Scholars have rightly noted that the “hate your enemy” phrase does not appear in the written text of Leviticus 19:18. It may be that Jesus is citing the oral version of the text that reflected Israel’s long-standing developing oral interpretation of the written law. Nonetheless, Jesus’ ongoing interpretation of the Mosaic law heard in the “Sermon on the Mount” continues to push the limits of the law to new levels. The same is true for his earlier injunction also heard in today’s reading: “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth [see Lv 24:19-20]. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil.” Recall the context in which Matthew places Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5:17): in redefining the parameters of the Jewish purity laws, Jesus is not abolishing or nullifying the law of ; rather, he is fulfilling it. Jesus is teaching his disciples that more is required of them than being “holy.” In order to follow Jesus, a must be “perfect”: “So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Adapted from Liturgical Publications Inc, Connect! Uniting Word & World, Dr. J. Scholz

WEEKDAY BIBLE READINGS Sun.: Lv 19:1-2, 17-18/1 Cor 3:16-23 Mt 5:38-48 Mon.: Sir 1:1-10/Mk 9:14-29 Tues.: Sir 2:1-11/Mk 9:30-37 Wed.: 1 Pt 5:1-4/Mt 16:13-19 The Cardinal’s Appeal Supports Thur.: Sir 5:1-8/Mk 9:41-50 WORKS OF CHARITY Fri.: Sir 6:5-17/Mk 10:1-12 with $2.5 MILLION Sat.: Sir 17:1-15/Mk 10:13-16 ANSWER GOD’S CALL to serve our brothers and sisters who are less fortunate. Jesus reminds us what You are cordially invited to the next OLGC- it is to be a disciple of God, to act with mercy, STM compassion, and love. The Appeal assists with the well-being of our brothers and sisters who are less “Faith In Action Talk” fortunate through our charity efforts across the ten counties of the archdiocese. A Spiritual Rebirth: In 2015 alone, with the help generous friends like you Catholic Charities of New York, with the An Evening with Larry assistance of the Appeal served countless people in need through 90 affiliated organizations all across Kudlow New York City! th Tuesday, February 28 7pm, St. Thomas More MAKE AN ONLINE GIFT TODAY www.cardinalsappeal.org Rochester Room Church of St. Thomas More

Who is saying Mass this Sunday? MASS INTENTIONS AND FEAST DAYS Sat 5:45 pm Msgr. McCahill AT ST. THOMAS MORE Sun 8:30 am Fr. Gibbons February 19 – February 25 Mon. February 20 Sun 10:00 am Fr. Gibbons 8:00 Sun 12:00 pm Fr. Maximo *12:15 Jennie Heine (D) Sun 5:45 pm Fr. Maximo Tues. February 21 St.

Lector/EM Mass Schedule 8:00 Mabini I. Bediones (D) *12:15 Douglas Handal (D) February 19 Lector EM Wed. February 22 The Chair of St. Peter Sat 5:45 pm M. Barrera Greg Gorra 8:00 Mary Benjamin & Mari Turnbach (D) Sun 8:30 am Louisa Martin *12:15 Bruce Dow Fuller Cooper (L) Sun 10:00 am Barry Family Dan Flynn Thurs. February 23 St. Sun 12:00 pm J. Ackerina C. Stonbely 8:00 Craig Speight (D) Sun 5:45 pm Rory Kelleher Sharon McKenna *12:15 Ailish & Jason Hernon (L) Fri. February 24 February 26 Lector EM 8:00 John Kekalos (D) Sat 5:45 pm Nick Farnham Rob Guida *12:15 Kenny (D) Sun 8:30 am TBD Pat Lazio Sat. February 25 Sun 10:00 am Boorady Family TBD 8:00 Peggy Casey (D) Sun 12:00 pm Gisela White Sharon McKenna *12:15 Mary Schwarz (L) Sun 5:45 pm Jim Sterling Julia Shea Vigil 5:45 Msgr. Robert L. Charlebois (D) Christian Meditation *Rosary prayed after 12:15pm Mass Wednesdays at 6:00pm –STM Chapel That is the conviction that we must come to in our We Extend Our Thanks meditation, that the darkness cannot quench the To Jim Dillon for hosting Sunday's coffee hour.

light.—John Main OSB We’ve begun host sign-ups for 2017. Sign-up here: Donald Main - 415.335.2165 http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090a48a4ad2baa [email protected] ff2-winterspring . Or visit www.olgcstm.org . To learn more visit www.wccm.org Youth & Family Sandwich Making Join our community for fun and service! Attention Men! Sunday, February 26th, 12-1pm How does being Christian make you different from STM, Rochester Room other men? How does being a man affect your life as a Christian? You are invited to join a Men’s Each month students and families come together to Spirituality group to meet other Catholic men, make up to 300 sandwiches for the NEW YORK explore these issues, and pray together. COMMON PANTRY. Through your effort and the Singles, husbands, and fathers are all welcome. generous support of our neighborhood stores, Eli's, For details, email [email protected] Whole Foods, Morton William, Gristedes, D'Agostino and Fairway, our less fortunate Sunday –February 12, 2017 neighbors have a healthy dinner. Signup is easy: Regular Collection – $10, 545.94 http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d49aeaf2ba4f Attendance – 652 b6-sandwichmaking EVENTS AT EVENTS AT OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL ST. THOMAS MORE DATE EVENT TIME DATE EVENT TIME 2/19 Religious Ed 10am 2/19 Family Coffee Hour 11am AA Meeting 3pm 2/20 HOLIDAY- OFFICE CLOSED Rooted in Jesus Christ 4:30pm **There will be no AA Meeting on 2/20.** 2/20 HOLIDAY-OFFICE CLOSED 2/21 Leisure Club Lunch after 12:15 Mass Blue Army after 9am Mass First Grade Religious Ed 5pm 2/22 Senior Bingo 12:30pm 2/22 Christian Meditation 6pm Talleres de Oracion y Vida 7pm 2/23 Second Grade Religious Ed 5pm 2/22-23 Pop-up Flea Market 11am-4pm 2/26 Family Coffee Hour 11am 2/23 Fr. Maximo’s Oscar Preview 7pm Youth & Family Sandwich Making 12pm 2/24 Bilingual Religious Ed 7pm Note: AA Meetings are held on Monday, Tuesday, 2/25 Saturday Morning Breakfast 7 - 8:30am Thursday, and Friday evenings at 6:30pm in the Chelsea Room.

Annual OLGC-STM Pasta Dinner CareGiverCares Volunteer Prepared and Served by our Confirmation Class SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH, 4PM Program for Dementia Patients OLGC, PARISH HALL This program offers companionship to patients with Dinner includes: Pasta & Meatballs, Salad, Bread, Alzheimers or other dementia at home and/or going Dessert & Beverage out for a walk. Trained volunteers allow family caregivers to leave their loved one with a trusted Tickets can be purchased: companion while they run errands, go out for lunch, Mon. – Sat. in the Rectories of OLGC & STM or simply take a walk. Experts train the volunteers Sundays in the OLGC Parish Hall, 9am- 12pm. and meet them periodically at the parish. Interested $10.00/per adult volunteers or families in need of a volunteer, $5.00/per child (under 18) please contact us at [email protected] or Tickets will not be sold at the door. call the Parish Office. The program is free of charge. Faith in Film: GP Dementia Services New York Lecture 2017 Best Picture Nominees “Neuroprotective activities: adults, patients Thursday, February 23rd, 7pm with dementia and family caregivers” Our Lady of Good Counsel, Parish Hall Thursday, March 2nd, 7pm Fr. Maximo previews the Best Picture Nominees St. Thomas More, Rochester Room for the 2017 Oscars! Presented by Catholic psychologists Dr. Jose Santos Do you find “secular” movies more moving or & Dr. Manuel Santos. inspiring than “religious” ones? Fr. Maximo will lead us in a discussion of the best movies of the SoulCore: A Movement to Nourish year, showing us where the lessons and struggles of the Mind, Body & Soul faith are hidden, on the big screen. First Session: March 9th, 11am St. Thomas More, Rochester Room Affordable Counseling Cost: $10/session Feeling at a loss about how to deal with some SoulCore is a prayer experience that pairs core personal problem? Need someone to speak with? strengthening, stretching and functional movement with the prayers of the rosary; a sensory experience Catholic Charities is providing counseling (up to six combining candlelight, music, scripture, reflections sessions) at a very moderate cost ($10 co-pay per and movement to nourish mind, body & soul and session) from trained therapists. For more encourage deeper meditation on the mysteries and information or to arrange an appointment, call 866- virtues of the rosary. www.soulcore.com 962-7487 To sign up, email [email protected]

Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel Who is saying Mass this Sunday? MASS INTENTIONS AND FEAST DAYS Sat 5:30 pm Fr. Madigan AT OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL FEBRUARY 19 – FEBRUARY 25 Sun 9:00 am Fr. Madigan Mon. February 20 Sun 10:15 am Fr. Martin, M.M. 9:00 Katherine King-Colleran (D) Sun 11:30 am Fr. Fernando 6:00 HOLIDAY- NO 6PM MASS Sun 6:00 pm Msgr. McCahill Tues. February 21 St. Peter Damian 9:00 St. for Spiritual Guidance of All Priests Lector/EM Mass Schedule 6:00 Thomas Miller, Jr. (D)

Wed. February 22 The Chair of St. Peter February 19 Lector EM 9:00 Margaret McLoughlin (D) Sat 5:30 pm Tony Johnson MaryAnn Batory 6:00 Ray Taylor (D) Sun 9:00 am Terri O’Connor Sylvia Morales Thurs. February 23 St. Polycarp Sun 10:15 am 9:00 Holy Souls (D) Sun 11:30 am Jamie Johnson Joe McLaughlin 6:00 Gayeski (D) Sun 6:00 pm Brian Daley Gladys Cruz Fri. February 24 9:00 Margaret McLoughlin (D) February 26 Lector EM 6:00 John James & Bridget Conlon (D) Sat 5:30 pm Tony Johnson Sazs Sexigs Sat. February 25 Sun 9:00 am Louisa Martin Marie Nonni 9:00 Maria de Martin (D) 12:00 Leoncio Bismonte, Jr. (D) Sun 10:15 am Vigil Sun 11:30 am Paula Cianci Joe McLaughlin 5:30pm Sun 6:00 pm Ryan Richard Carol Hopkins

Please remember the sick, especially NOTICE: Saturday Noon Mass Claudia Apicella, the Gourin Family, Mary Ellen Schedule Change Nugent Lee, Brenda Lloyd, Socorro Lugo, Veronica We will be discontinuing the noon mass on and Augustine Martin, Frank Meade, Liz Riker, Saturday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Chapel. Alix & Wilson Stearns. The final mass at that time will be on March 25th. This mass is presently not very well attended; there And all the faithfully departed, is a mass at 12:15 at St. Thomas More, and the that they may see God. Saturday mass schedule becomes increasingly busy To add a name or to keep a name on the active list, with First Communions, Weddings and Memorial please contact the rectory at the beginning of each Services. month. For those who would like to schedule an announced mass on Saturday afternoon, this is Sunday –February 12, 2017 now possible for the 5:30 p.m. mass. Regular Collection – $3, 212.09 In today’s Gospel, Jesus challenges us by saying: Fuel Fund – $1, 327.21 “You must be perfected as your heavenly Father is Attendance –650 perfect.” When we give to the poor, God indeed Spanish Community Flea Market! pours his love, and joy into our hearts and Sunday, February 29th, into our lives. Contact the OLGC Conference of 11am – 2pm the OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL via the Come one! Come all! rectory or at [email protected] .