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. William Elder, In Residence Rev. Brian McWeeney, In Residence RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday: 10:00 AM–5:30 PM Saturday and Sunday: Closed EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE CONFESSIONS Monday-Friday: 1:50–4:55 PM Monday-Friday: 7:10 AM, 8:10, Monday-Friday: 7:30–8:30 AM, First Friday: 8:40AM –12noon and 12:10, 12:40, 1:10, and 5:10 PM 12:40–1:40 PM, and 5:00–5:30 PM 1:50–4:55 PM Saturday: 8:10 AM, 12:10, and Saturday: 11:45 AM–12:30 PM, (Vespers and Benediction at 4:55 PM) 5:10 PM (fulfills Sunday obligation) 4:45–5:30 PM HOLY ROSARY Sunday: 8:00 AM, 9:00 (Traditional FIRST FRIDAY VIGIL Monday-Friday: Latin Mass), 11:00 (English High Mass at 5:10 PM, Holy Hour at after the 5:10 PM Mass Mass),12:30, 5:15, and 7:00 PM 6pm, includes Benediction Please note the church closes at 8PM. Saturday: after the 12:10 PM Mass Sunday, July 15th—The Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time NOVENAS & PRAYERS LEGION OF MARY SAINT AGNES BOOKSTORE Meets every Tuesday at 6:30 PM Monday: Miraculous Medal Mon, Wed, Fri: 12:00 Noon–2:00 PM Tuesday: St. Agnes DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET Tues, Thurs: 12:00 Noon–6:00 PM Wednesday: Saint Michael Monday-Friday: 3:00 PM Saturday: Closed Thursday: St. Agnes Sunday: 10:30AM—12:30 PM Friday: Sacred Heart of Jesus STATIONS OF THE CROSS Phone: (212) 599-7588 Every Friday during Lent after the Novenas follow the 7:10am, 8:10am, 1:10pm, [email protected] and 5:10pm Masses only. 5:10PM Mass BAPTISMS HOLY DAY MASS SCHEDULE SERVING THE HOMEBOUND Baptisms of children should take place as 5:10 PM (Vigil Mass) The sacraments are available to the ill soon as possible. Please make arrange- and homebound. Please contact the ments one month before your preferred 7:10, 7:40, 8:10, 8:40,11:40 AM, 12:10, rectory. date. 12:40, 1:10, 1:40, 5:10 (High Mass), and 6:10 PM RCIA (Rite for Christian Initiation WEDDINGS for Adults) By appointment at least six months in ad- CIVIC HOLIDAY MASS SCHEDULE Beginning in September, classes meet vance. Pre-Cana is required. 8:10 AM, 12:10PM, and 1:10PM on Thursdays at 6:45pm. Rectory Telephone: (212) 682-5722 www.stagneschurchnyc.org [email protected] CHURCH OF SAINT AGNES NEW YORK, N.Y. July 15, 2018 RCIA at St. Agnes The Fifteenth Sunday for Fall 2018 in Ordinary Time *** The Church of St. Agnes is happy to announce a RCIA course for those interested in completing sacraments Eighth Sunday (Baptism, Confirmation) or converting to the Catholic after Pentecost faith. (Traditional Latin Mass) RCIA, the Rite for Christian Initiation for Adults, covers all aspects of Catholic teaching: revelation, Traveling this summer? scripture, theology, sacraments, and commandments. We also welcome those who seek to deepen their knowledge of If you are traveling this the faith. summer and need to find a Catholic church for Mass, Classes start on September 20th and will meet in the lower church hall on Thursdays at 6:45pm. After complet- visit www.masstimes.org. ing the course, students will be received into the Church at the Easter Vigil at St. Agnes on April 20th, 2019. 2nd Collection this weekend… This weekend we will have a second collection for There is NO CHARGE for this course. the Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa. The Church in Africa is growing rapidly, but too often there are not Questions? enough local pastoral resources to support people in their Contact us at [email protected] faith. Please consider the needs of some of the newest members of the Church when making your donation. Pope to attend World Youth Day 2019 Pope Francis will attend the next World Youth Day event, set to take place in Panama from January 22-27, 2019. The Holy Father will arrive at the event a day after it begins and take part from the 23rd to the 27th of January. This will be the third World Youth Day Pope Francis attends. His first took place in Brazil in 2013, just months after his election to the pa- pacy, followed by Poland in 2016. World Youth Day (WYD) is an encounter of young people from around the world with the Pope, typically celebrated every three years. The event allows young people to experience the universality of the Church and to share their faith in Je- sus Christ. Pope Francis had previously registered online for WYD at the Sunday Angelus on February 11, 2018, the day registration for the event opened. As he overlooked St. Peter’s Square, the Pope held a tablet and signed up for the event. “There,” he said. “I am now enrolled as a pilgrim to World Youth Day.” And he invited young people around the world “to live this event of grace and fraternity with faith and enthusiasm, either by going to Panama or by participating in their communities.” Source: Devin Watkins, July 10, 2018, www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news “Mary did not stay at home because she was not a young couch potato who looks for comfort and safety where nobody can bother them. She was moved by faith because faith is at the heart of Our Mother’s entire life story.” -Pope Francis, who invites young people to look to the Blessed Virgin Mary as they continue their pilgrimage toward the event [WYD]. Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary For the 24th consecutive year, parishioners of St. Agnes are preparing for the Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary, as developed by St. Louis Marie de Montfort. The 33-day period of preparation begins on Monday, August 6th (the Feast of the Transfigura- tion of our Lord). The prayers are said personally and individually, and culminates on Friday, September 7th, with the vigil of the Nativity of The Blessed Mother. The Mass and Consecration on Saturday, September 8th, the Feast of the Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary, will however be public for all who are prepared to make their Consecration. St. Louis Marie de Montfort—the proponent of this True Devotion to Jesus through Mary—proposed that, “the faithful consecration to Jesus through Mary is an effective way of living out our Baptismal commitment. It is giving ourselves entirely to the Blessed Virgin, in order to belong entirely to Jesus through her.” Mary is the most conformed to Jesus—and that the more one is consecrated to her, the more one is consecrated to Jesus. The preparatory prayer booklet entitled, Preparation for Total Consecration according to St. Louis Marie de Montfort, is available at the St. Agnes bookstore. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Monday, July 16th is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This popular devotion is most associated with the Sabbatine Privilege - the promise of the release from purgatory on the 1st Saturday after one's death, for those who die wearing the scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Mount Carmel, located in Palestine, is said to be where the descen- dants from the Prophet Elias had a religious Order and were visited by Our Lady during her lifetime on Earth. On July 16, 1251, she appeared to the Carmelite Prior-General, St. Simon Stock, holding in her hand the Brown Scapular. “Receive, my beloved son, this Habit. Whosoever dies clothed in this shall not suffer eternal fire!” The Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been endorsed countless times throughout the history of the Church. St. Pius IX stated, “This most extraordinary gift of the Scapular from the Mother of God to St. Simon Stock brings its great usefulness not only to the Carmelite Family of Mary, but also to all the rest of the faithful who wish, affiliated to that Family, to follow Mary with a very special devotion.” Scapulars are available for purchase at the St. Agnes bookstore. If you are looking to be enrolled (formally blessed, having received the scapular and promising to wear it according to Our Lady’s wishes), please contact the rectory office. There is not a single soul in whom Christ is not interested. Each soul has cost Him the price of His Blood. -St. Josemaria Escriva Confessions in Spanish Confessions can be heard in Spanish. Contact the rectory office for the availability of a bilingual priest. FORMED for FREE! FORMED is available for FREE to the Friends & Parishioners of St. Agnes! • Go to FORMED.org and scroll down to “register with access code.” • Enter the St. Agnes code of 2JZC49 and your personal e-mail address. That’s it! FORMED has other great CATHOLIC content for youth, teens, and adults. Give it a try! Reporting Sexual Abuse Anyone who needs to report an alleged incident of sexual abuse of a minor by a priest, deacon, religious, or lay person serving the Archdiocese of New York is asked to contact St. Eileen Clifford, O.P. at 212-371-1000 x2949. Sister may also be reached at victimassis- [email protected]. Information can be found on the Arch- diocesan website, www.archny.org. In keeping with the Archdiocesan policy regarding sexual abuse of minors, this information is provided to ensure that our children remain safe and secure.