Dear Friends in Christ – Thank you for your support of the 2012
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Dear Friends in Christ – Thank you for your support of the 2012
NEW YORK CITY Dear Friends in Christ – Thank you for your support of the 2012 Archdiocesan Stewardship Appeal. The appeal funds vital human service programs of the Archdiocese. If you have not yet made your gift, envelopes are available at the church entrance or you can go to www.stewardshipappeal.org. I also want to thank you for supporting the Fordham University Global Outreach bake sales over the last few weeks. Both bake sales helped the students get closer to their goals; one group is going to Africa and the other Latin America. More opportunities to participate in assisting student and parish programs will be available. Our own Mustard Seed program of Hogar Belén in Nicaragua will be sponsoring fundraisers in the spring & summer. And, students from Julliard will be hosting a fundraiser here as well for their music teaching program in Mexico later in April. And many thanks to help with last Sunday’s homeless banquet! We served and enjoyed many conversations with about 350 guests. This weekend the second collection for Catholic Relief Services helps provide needed funds for international relief efforts. Check out some of their amazing work at www.crs.org. All of these opportunities allow us to participate in the Lenten call to almsgiving. Thank you for your generosity. This weekend, please don’t miss a wonderful opportunity to reflect on prayer during Lent with Father Jim Martin, SJ, the author of some great spirituality books. He will be making a presentation on “Praying during Lent” this Sunday at 6:30pm in the Parish Center (after the Sunday, 5:15pm mass). May our Lenten retreat bring us closer to the LORD! Peace – Fr. Gil 1 4TH SUNDAY OF LENT EVENTS @ ST. PAUL’S MINISTRY ACTIVITIES National Children’s Chorus Take a journey with the National Children's Chorus as its New York Ensemble sings of Ireland, and its haunting melodies. Green meadows, Gaelic rhyme, and visions of America will come together in a beautiful tapestry of sound that you won't soon forget. If you love Ireland, don't miss what promises to be a heartfelt afternoon of song! Saturday, March 24th at 2 pm in the St. Paul's sanctuary. Parishioners may observe this performance free of charge. Please sign up in the WelcomeCenter-Book Store. Family Day: Preparing for Easter Join us at St. Paul’s for a young family pre-Easter party and Easter basket drive on Sunday, March 25th from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. Meet in the Church auditorium. The suggested donation is an Easter basket for a 13-19 year old or a monetary equivalent (towards the purchase of a basket). Share the gift of Easter with the teens of the Abbott House, which cares for abused, neglected & abandoned teens & their families with compassion and a goal of securing a safe and loving home for each child. HOLY WEEK 2012 DAY OF RECONCILATION Monday, April 2nd 3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. - Confessions HOLY THURSDAY – APRIL 5TH 7:30 a.m. – Morning Prayer 7:30 p.m. – Mass of the Lord’s Supper Night Adoration until Midnight GOOD FRIDAY – APRIL 6TH 7:30 a.m. –Morning Prayer 12:00 p.m. – Stations of the Cross 12:30 p.m. – Via Crucis 1:00 p.m. – Seven Last Words 2:00 p.m. – Scriptural Rosary 3:00 – The Lord’s Passion 5:30 p.m. – Siete Últimas Palabras 7:30 p.m. Pergolesi Stabat Mater Individual Confessions 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Easter Basket Drive Share the gift of Easter with the teens of Abbott House. Abbott House provides services for abused, neglected & abandoned teens & their families with compassion and a goal of securing a safe and loving home for each child. Select an egg from the Easter Tree which has the gender and age of the teen. Buy an Easter basket or create one (sorry, no homemade items), and make it age appropriate. A great extra for teens is gift cards like Best Buy, Target, iTunes, and McDonald’s...places teens like to shop! Seal the basket in colorful cellophane. Bring your Easter Basket to Servant of God, Father Isaac Hecker’s Tomb for a blessing after the Sunday 5:15pm Mass on Palm Sunday, April 1st. HOLY SATURDAY – APRIL 7TH 8:30 a.m. – Morning Prayer 7:30 p.m. – Easter Vigil EASTER SUNDAY – APRIL 8TH 8:00 a.m. (Cantor)10:00 a.m. (Cantor) 12:30 p.m. (Spanish)5:15 p.m. (Young Adult) OSP Supper Club Join us for a meal and fellowship at a The Coliseum restaurant (312 W. 58th St). Meet in the back of the church following tonight’s 5:15 pm mass (Sunday, March 18th) and we will walk over together. All are welcome! Easter Flower Offering Please consider making a donation for Easter Flowers in memory of a friend, family member or loved one. Suggested donation is $20. Easter Flower envelopes are located at the back of the church. You can place your envelope in the collection basket or drop off your envelope at the Parish Center. You may also donate through www.ParishPay.com. Please have your envelope in by Monday, April 2, 2012 to ensure proper recognition and celebration in our Easter bulletin. Thank you! Great Catholic Fiction Our book selection for March is Ross King’s Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling. The discussion will be held on Tuesday, March 27th from 7-9 pm. Sign up in the bookstore, where you can buy the book for 20% off this month. We hope to see you there. 2 MARCH 18, 2012 PRAYING DURING LENT WITH FR. JAMES MARTIN, SJ ARTS AND ARTISTS AT ST. PAUL Come and reflect on prayer during your Lenten journey on Sunday, March 18th from 6:30 - 8:00 pm at the Parish Center. As many Catholics approach Lent, they think: “I’ve got to give something up!” But here’s another way of thinking about the season: as a time to explore new ways of prayer. For example, if you like to pray with the daily Gospel readings, you might instead use the prayers of the Mass (like the beautiful prefaces to the Eucharistic prayers for Sundays in Lent) as something new. Sometimes we pray for change or conversion. But one needs to be patient when it comes to change. Conversion isn’t a once-and-for-all event. It takes time—even a lifetime. Arts and Artists at St. Paul will continue its 2012 Broadway’s Future series on Monday, March 26th at 6PM at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. The concert will be held in the Bruno Walter Auditorium - 111 Amsterdam Avenue - just south of 65th Street. This month’s concert will feature the songs of acclaimed composer/lyricist, Rob Rokicki. Joining him will be performers from the Broadway casts of Wicked, Mama Mia, Addams Family, Million Dollar Quartet, Hair, Book of Mormon, and more. The Songbook Series is produced, directed and hosted by John Znidarsic. Admission is FREE and seating is on a first come-first serve basis. For further information, please take a moment to check our website at: www.artsandartistsatstpaul.org. FREE MOVIE SCREENING VISITING VOICES Please join the Church of St. Paul the Apostle as we welcome some of the finest high school choirs from across the country to sing here in our beautiful church: Sunday, March 18th at 10am Mass Andover High School from Massachusetts Friday, March 23rd at 2 pm Mass Hopkins High School from Minnesota Saturday, March 31st at 11 am Mass Kettle Morraine High School from Wisconsin Sunday, April 1st at 10 am Mass Lakota West High School from Ohio Come to a free movie screening of The Way at the Church of Saint Paul the Apostle on Friday, March 30th at 7 pm. The Way is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world. Martin Sheen plays Tom, an irascible American doctor who comes to France to deal with the tragic loss of his son (Emilio Estevez). Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage "The Way of St. James" to honor his son's desire to finish the journey. What Tom doesn't plan on is the profound impact this trip will have on him. Through unexpected and oftentimes amusing experiences along "The Way," Tom discovers the difference between "the life we live and the life we choose.” RSVP at the Welcome-Center Bookstore at [email protected] FOR YOUNG ADULTS IN THEIR 20’S AND 30’S Thursday, 3/29 - Young Adult Mass and Adoration Prepare for Holy Week with a special mass, adoration and reflection. Both will take place in St. Paul's Crypt Chapel- the best-kept secret in our parish! 6:30pm8:00pm. Enter through the Parish Center. 3 4TH SUNDAY OF LENT FAITHWALKERS “UNIVERSAL CALL TO HOLINESS” Sacred Heart University will mark the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council and the upcoming golden anniversary of the University's founding with a two-day conference April 23-24, 2012. The conference, co-sponsored by the Paulist Press, will feature several notable scholars and theologians from throughout the United States, including Sacred Heart's Rev. Anthony Ciorra who serves as the University's assistant vice president of Mission and Catholic Identity; Michael W. Higgins, also of Sacred Heart; Roberto Goizueta of Boston College; Rev. David Dwyer, director of the Catholic radio program Busted Halo; Diana Hayes, of Georgetown University; Massimo Faggioli of the University of St. Thomas; Scott Appleby, of Notre Dame University and Rev. Michael Himes of Boston College. The conference, entitled A Universal Call to Holiness, will focus on a way forward for the Church and will pick up where the Second Vatican Council left off with the seven closing speeches given by the cardinals on the last day of the Council in 1965. Their topics remain relevant today youth, church and politics, art and beauty, suffering, labor and immigration, religion and science and the role of women. Join the Faithwalkers for a Catholic Pilgrimage on Saturday, March 24th. We will meet at St. Paul’s at 8:00 am, begin on the northern tip of Manhattan and end with Mass near the World Trade Center Memorial. Along the way there will be about 7-8 stops at Catholic churches where the priest will give a short talk to the group. For more details, visit pofnyc.org to look at the photos of last year's walk. One important thing to remember is that there are no rules you have to follow! The walk is about 13 miles total but you can decide for yourself how far you want to go. You can stop at any point. Also, feel free to take a train or cab along the way. The walk is free and it is not a fundraiser of any kind. You just have to register at the WelcomeCenterBookstore before the 24th. ABC’S OF CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES ABC's of Catholic Relief Services: This week - CRS/ Sri Lanka... Decades of civil war ended in Sri Lanka in autumn 2009. CRS, supported by American Catholics, brought food and medical care to 300,000 displaced persons. Today CRS and its partners work with Sri Lankans to help them start life anew. Last week - CRS/ Republic of the Congo. Next week - CRS/Togo. For more information, go to www.sacredheart.edu. For more info visit: www.crs.org SHARING OUR HERITAGE CENTERING PRAYER Practice Christian meditation and chant as inspired by the monks and desert fathers - be drawn to a life of increased creativity, vitality and substance, in these times of turmoil and confusion. The next meeting is Wednesday, March 21st from 6-8:30 pm at the Parish Center. These meditation sessions are held every Wednesday evening. If you are a parent raising children in the city and would like to meet other parents doing the same, you are most cordially invited to a meeting on Sunday, March 18th after the 10:00 am mass. Immediately after the mass, please go to Room 101 in the Parish Center. Babysitting and refreshments will be provided. The focus of the group will be on sharing heritage and our faith with our children listening to the Word of God so as to become “Becoming missionaries to our children.” Please contact Father Collins for more information at [email protected] Please RSVP at: [email protected]. VESPERS AT CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH Come to Corpus Christi Church for a vespers series from Africa and Latin America on Sunday, March 18th at 4 pm. Through psalmody, music and preaching, Corpus Christi will reflect on the witness of the Church in Africa and Latin America. The Church is located at 529 West 121st Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues. For more information, please call 4 MARCH 18, 2012 Padre Gilbert S. Martinez, CSP, Parroco Misa Hispana: Domingo 12:30 pm Cura Ultraya Cursillista: Domingo 1:30 pm Diacono Waldemar Sandoval Gina Delgado: Coro Hispano Confesiones: Llame por cita Telefono: (212) 265-3495 DIRECTIVA PASTORAL Queridos amigos en Cristo – Gracias por su apoyo a la Colecta de Corresponsabilidad 2012 de la Arquidiócesis. La apelación fondos vitales programas de servicios humanos de la Arquidiócesis. Si usted todavía no ha hecho su regalo, sobres están disponibles en la entrada de la iglesia, o usted puede ir a www.stewardshipappeal.org. También quiero darle las gracias por el apoyo a las Fordham University Global Outreach ventas de pasteles durante los últimas semanas. Tanto las ventas de pasteles ayudó a los estudiantes acercarse a sus objetivos, un grupo que va a África y otros, a las países de América Latina. Más oportunidades para participar en la asistencia a los programas de los estudiantes y de la parroquia estarán disponible. Nuestro propio programa de Semilla de Mostaza de Hogar Belén en Nicaragua estará patrocinando eventos para recaudar fondos en la primavera y verano. Y, los estudiantes de Julliard, será el anfitrión de un recaudador de fondos aquí también para su programa de enseñanza de la música en México a finales de abril. Y muchas gracias para ayudar a personas sin hogar con el banquete del domingo pasado! Hemos servido y disfrutado de muchas conversaciones con cerca de 350 invitados. Este fin de semana la segunda colecta para Catholic Relief Services ayuda a proporcionar los fondos necesarios para los esfuerzos internacionales de socorro. Echa un vistazo a algunos de sus trabajos increíble en www.crs.org. Todas estas oportunidades nos permiten participar en la llamada cuaresmal a la limosna. Gracias por su generosidad. Este fin de semana, por favor, no te pierdas una oportunidad maravillosa para reflexionar sobre la oración durante la Cuaresma con el Padre Jim Martin, SJ, el autor de algunos libros de gran espiritualidad. Se hará una presentación sobre "La oración durante la Cuaresma", este domingo a las 6:30 pm en el Centro Parroquial (después de la misa de los domingos, 5:15 pm). Que nuestro retiro de Cuaresma nos acercan al Señor! Paz – Padre Gil La Pulga de 5 y 12 de Mayo El Comité de la Providencia pide sus donaciones de ropa (las que estén en buena condición) y también utencilios de cosina para una pulga en mayo. Pueden entregar sus articulos en el Centro Parroquial en nombre del Comité de la Providencia. Gracias. Via Crucis en Vivo Se invita todas las personas que quieren participar en el Via Crucis en Vivo durante el Viernes Santo a las 12:00 pm. En el ensayo es después de la misa dominical. Para más información, comuniquese con Adelo Hernández. Via Crucis Se celebra el Via Crucis todos los viernes durante la Cuaresma a las 7:00pm en español y a las 6:00 pm en inglés. 5 Saturday, March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day 8:30 Norah Horne 5:15 Venerable Henriette Delille, Sainthood Cause Sunday, March 18th, 4th Sunday of Lent 8:00 Omar Gutierrez 10:00 George Grenier 12:30 For the Angels 5:15 David Michael Garcia Monday, March 19th, Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary 7:30 Joseph DeMartino 12:10 Faye Blakely-Powell: Get Well Tuesday, March 20th 7:30 Carolle Wasembeck 12:10 Mary Jacob Wednesday, March 21st 7:30 Petra Martinez 12:10 John McKiernan Thursday, March 22nd 7:30 Benjamin F. Ramos 12:10 Benjamin F. Ramos Friday, March 23rd, Turibuis de Mogrovejo, bishop; Day of Abstinence 7:30 Helen Lynch 12:10 Anna Chervenak Saturday, March 24th 8:30 Mario Candiotti 5:15 Charlie Blanko DO YOU HAVE AN ALLERGY TO GLUTEN? Gluten free hosts are available at all masses. Please let the celebrating priest or any of the ministers know before mass and we will prepare a gluten free host for Holy Communion. Then at the communion procession, please receive the Body of Christ from the priest, who will have the gluten free host separated Please remember in prayer the following Paulist Fathers, the anniversary (day/year) of whose death is this week (*denotes served at St. Paul’s): Patrick J. Brady* (3/18/1911), Walter J. Sullivan* (3/18/1999), Earl Monahan Jarrett* (3/19/1972), Leo E. Conlin (3/19/1997), William J. Finn* (3/20/1961), Richard J. Walsh (3/21/2003), John M. Riach (3/21/1950), Benjamin B. Hunt (3/21/1986), Thomas J. McNichol* A Word from Servant of God, Father Isaac Hecker, CSP Founder of Paulists and 1st Pastor of our Parish No other explanation other than the indwelling Christ in His Church as the actual and historical religion is tenable. PARISH SUPPORT Thank you for your generosity! Receipts: 2012 2011 Sunday, March 11th $11,182 $11,369 Parish Pay $1,608 $1,713 Readings for the Week of March 18, 2012 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a/Eph 5:8-14/Jn 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 Monday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16/Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22/Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12/Jn 5:1-16 Wednesday: Is 49:8-15/Jn 5:17-30 Thursday: Ex 32:7-14/Jn 5:31-47 Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22/Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Saturday: Jer 11:18-20/Jn 7:40-53 Next Sunday: Ez 37:12-14/Rom 8:8-11/Jn 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 Sunday: Become a Registered Parishioner If you worship with us regularly and would like to be registered as a parishioner, please fill out the form below and return to our church offices or place in one of the collection baskets or boxes. Let us Pray for Our Sick Michele Blanco, Jose & Clemencia Garcia, Teresa Guevara, Isabel Iondoño, Lina Melendez, Liza Ann Montero, Melba Ortiz, Juan C. & Ruth Ospina, Kathleen Ryan, Esther & Lucy Salgado, Rafael Salinas, Antonio Silva, Natan Sheyer, Leslie Smith, Abe Steingart, Ann Nolan, Mary Kovack, Francisco Gerdy, Carrie Bullock, Tracy Manning, Jenny Young, Raymond Lopez, Peter O’Rourke, Joan Gonzalez, Marie Rose Marguerite Moze, Jasmin Mania, Luis Guzman, Jose Lorenzo Aegura, Enriquillo Menoz, Ramuntco Iban Bosoh, Serangely, Ana Torres, Angeline Roselli, Ray Lopez, Luisa Jaquez, Nicole Giral, Myriam Garcia, Sally Ann, Maria Luisa Alfaro, Giuseppe DiScipio, Marian Grabowski, Tina Cacomanolis, & Janet Lindell., Susan Walton, Bernard Bisbal, and DeDe Sharkey, Paula Corredor, Caroline Okrant, Kevin Morgan, John O’Neill, Joel Juarbe, Faye BlakleyPowell NAME:________________________________________ ADDRESS:_____________________________________ CITY/STATE______________________ZIP__________ HOME/CELL NUMBER: _________________________ EMAIL:________________________________________ ______ Yes, send me weekly collection envelopes. ______ Yes, send me information on contributing through ParishPay. 6