CHURCH OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER A JESUIT APOSTOLATE West 16th Street, NYC • Phone: 212-627-2100 • Fax: 212-675-6997 Mailing Address: 55 West 15th Street, New York, NY 10011-6801 (Wheelchair Accessible 55 West 15th Street - All Masses are Wheelchair Accessible) E-Mail Address: [email protected] • Website: www.sfxavier.org Second Collection to benefit Jesuit High Schools of Micronesia (Xavier Chuuk and Yap Catholic) Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 20, 2021 Eucharist Main Church OFFICE HOURS Saturday: 12:05 pm, 5:00 pm (Vigil) Mon-Thur: 10:00am to 4:00pm Fri: 10:00am-4:00pm Sunday Masses: 9:00 am (Family Mass), 11:30 am, 5:00 pm Saturday: 11:30am to 6:00pm Weekday Masses: 7:45 am, 12:05 pm Sunday: 8:30am to 6:00pm (All Masses are Wheelchair Accessible) NOTE: for Bulletin Notices and Space Requests send Sacraments e-mails to [email protected] Please call the office for information about Baptism, Marriages & other needs. Deadline for bulletin copy—all copy should be in the office by 4:00 pm on Monday afternoon. Sick or Hospitalized Please notify the office of parishioners who are Confessions are offered ill or in the hospital so that they can be included Saturdays from 1:00pm-2:00pm in our prayers or be visited. To make an appointment for New Parishioners confession please call Parish Office. Welcome! To register, please stop by the office Note: You must be a registered parishioner for a and fill out a registration form or register online at minimum of six months before qualifying for a www.sfxavier.org sponsor letter to be verified as a parishioner. Staff Rev. Kenneth Boller, S.J. (Pastor) - 204 Next Weekend’s Presider Schedule Rev. John Mulreany, SJ (Associate Pastor) - 206 Cassandra Agredo (Executive Dir. Xavier Mission) — NEXT SATURDAY 208 Robert Choiniere (Dir. of Adult Faith Formation)-225 5:00 pm Vigil Mass: Thomas Feely, SJ Luz Marina Díaz (Dir. of Religious Education) —207 Stephanie Fuentes (Assistant to NEXT SUNDAY the Pastor/Dir. of Communications) — 222 9:00 am Mass: Kenneth Boller, SJ Moraima Hernandez (Plant Manager) - 201 11:30 am Mass: James Miracky, SJ James Martinez (Assistant for Financial Planning) Gregory Timmes (Assistant Dir. of Business) - 201 5:00 pm Mass: John Mulreany, SJ Damely Tineo (Dir. of Business) - 221 Receptionist — 201 John Uehlein (Dir. of Music Ministries) — 202 PRAYER REQUESTS Let us especially, remember those Pastoral Council who have asked for our prayers Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe (Chair); Rose Allocca, Lisa Armband, William Byers, Charlie Cole, Patrick Egan (Vice Chair);John Karle (Secretary) Tom Collins, Sheila Creasey, Fr. Vic de Jesus, S.J., Stephen Alfieri; Kathleen Cagnina; Belinda Conway; Heather Feola, Mickey Flood, Kathleen Friel, Susan Forbes, Karen DeMasi; Andrea Foley-Murphy Michelle Jung; James Gallagher, Ellen Grant, Leyda Grullon and Family, Ron Oberdick; Justin Herrmann, Jerry Hill, Jane Jacobus, Mary Korba, Mary Mastrogiovanni, Patrick McCartney, Diana Minor, Ralph Nicoletti, Ryan Nieves, Tim O’Connor, Michael Orza, Marcy Parlow Pomerance, Marilyn Toneth Pazmino, Mission Statement Pilar Perez, Ray Ralph, Marie Saccoccio, Melanie Samoy-Lutz, Dick Schoeller, Dorothy Shepherd, The Church of St. Francis Xavier, a Anne Sheridan, and Br. Philip Zeller Roman Catholic parish in the Jesuit tradition, strives to be a prophetic, Pray for the peaceful rest of all our beloved departed welcoming community, and an parishoners and friends, especially: inclusive witness to the presence of Christ Jesus in our midst. Mindful of John Albanese, Rogelio Aspirin, Mary Bellavia, Doris Mary our utter reliance on God, and need Caravaglia, Miriam Solares de Castañeda, Mary Hannan, for God’s grace, we rejoice together in Tommy Keegan, Philip Kniejski, Johnathan Maestre, Louise Murphy, Jaime Nazareno, Joseph Norton, our celebration of the sacraments and proclamation Jack O’Donnell,Amora Ollivierre, Stephen Poutier and of the Gospel. As a people of hope, we commit Lazarus Rosa ourselves through prayerful and creative discernment to respond to God in our time by: Being a respectful We also remember all those who have been killed or community Where seekers and their questions are wounded through the violence of war. May all those welcomed, Where injustice is challenged, Where the who have gone before us share the joys of eternal life. poor, the alienated and the marginalized find a home, And where people are refreshed, reconciled and All prayer requests are listed for at least three renewed. consecutive weeks. Please contact the parish office for an extension. From the Desk of the Pastor On Monday, June 21, we celebrate the feast of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, S.J. (1568-1591.) Aloysius came from a powerful and wealthy family and served for a while as a page to one of the de’Medicis. While studying as a Jesuit scholastic in Rome, the plague struck the city killing many. Aloysius joined others in caring for the sick and the dying until he contracted the plague himself and died. He is known as a patron saint of students and of plague victims and care givers. In recent years victims and care givers of AIDS were added to his patronage. In our church, the statue of Aloysius is in the center of the three “boy saints” of the Jesuits and our AIDS memorial is at that altar. This year we added remembrance of the victims of COVID to the altar. As Pride Month continues, let us pause to remember those who succumbed to AIDS and those who live with it in their ordinary lives. St. Aloysius Gonzaga, pray for us! *********************************************************************** In other news, work will begin shortly on the bathrooms in Hurtado Hall. It is expected that they will be refurbished by September. The elevator connecting Hurtado Hall, the 15th St entrance and the second floor will be replaced sometime in mid-July. The renovation may take up to 12 weeks. In the interim, we will have chair lifts installed to connect all floors. Roofing and pointing work on the former parochial school has begun and will run through the summer. All of these projects are long overdue and have been in the planning stages for some time. There will be some inconvenience associated with the work and your patient understanding is appreciated. Catholic Parishes Celebrating PRIDE’21 Saturday, June 19th at 2:00pm St. Joseph Church Maplewood, NJ Special Mass For Our LGBTQ Siblings & Ice Cream Social https://www.sjcmaplewoodnj.org/open-arms.html Xavier Youth Ministry (XYM) strives to provide genuine spiritual accompaniment to young people Thursday, June 24th at 7:00 pm Mass in their journey of faith, particularly after receiving Church of St. Paul the Apostle New York, NY the sacrament of Confirmation. XYM guides young http://www.outatstpaul.org/calendar/ people in considering their own talents to serve Saturday, June 26th at 5:30 pm Mass God in the most vulnerable, through prayer and Church of St. Francis of Assisi New York, NY social services, while building relationships of https://stfrancisnyc.org/united-in-love-pre-pride-mass- friendship. 2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_cam- paign=united-in-love-pre-pride-mass-2021 For the 2021-2022 academic year, XYM is seeking adult volunteers to help out with various aspects Sunday, June 27th at 10:30 am Mass of this ministry, which vary in the degree of Our Lady of Grace and Church of St. Joseph Hoboken, NJ www.olghoboken.com involvement they require, from a few hours during https://www.lgbt-ipc.org/2021events/our-lady-of-grace-amp- certain events to continuous support throughout st-joseph-of-hoboken-pride-mass-2021 the year. If you are interested to know more, contact Pablo Jimenez (youthministry@sfxavier. Sunday, June 27th at 12:30pm org) and/or Luz Marina Diaz (lmdiaz@sfxavier. St. Joseph Church Maplewood, NJ org). Rainbow Rosary and Ice Cream Social https://www.sjcmaplewoodnj.org/open-arms.html Cecilia “Grace” Springer April 7, 1931 to April 5, 2021 The Church of St. Francis Xavier will begin a reflection on our communal racial justice ministry beginning Juneteenth, June 19, 2021. This will A memorial Mass is scheduled for mark the one-year anniversary of our July 12, 2020 Saturday, June 26th at 10:30am. All are invited. prayer service “Action From Lamentation, Fury and Hope” and our adoption of the Pledge for Racial Justice. In response to requests from religious women working at the frontiers of the church on every Our communal reflection will focus on (1) what we continent, and also Church leaders in the Pan- accomplished, what we fell short of accomplishing Amazonian region, Pope Francis has established and how to integrate the year into the story of our two different commissions to study the community; (2) whether, and how, the principles question of ordaining women to the diaconate. set out in the Pledge for Racial Justice should be Discerning Deacons is an organization formed, adapted to better reflect our uncompromising in partnership with the School of Theology and commitment to dismantling systemic racism; and, Ministry at Boston College, to provide parishes (3) how we shall re-affirm our commitment to throughout the country an opportunity to offer achieving racial equity and justice by actions taken reflection, thoughts and feedback as a means of together with our marginalized sisters and brothers. moving this endeavor forward. The meetings are designed to gather people’s real hopes, stories, The first event will be a parish-wide town hall on prayers and concerns. We will share them with July 7, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. by Zoom. In addition, Discerning Deacons to be incorporated into a reflections, suggestions, questions and prayers report that will be presented to Pope Francis may be submitted to pastoralcouncil@sfxavier.