Church of Saint Ursula 214 E. Lincoln Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10552 Phone: 914-668-0085 Fax: 914-668-4228 Reverend Robert J. Verrigni, administrator Reverend Valentine U. Ibeh, associate Deacon Thomas J. Abbamont & Deacon Carl Degenhardt Visit us on the web at: www.stursula.net e-mail: [email protected] SUNDAY MASSES: Saturdays: 5:15 p.m. (Folk Music) Sundays: 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. (Folk Music) and 12 noon DAILY MASSES: 7:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. (Monday – Friday) 9:00 a.m. only (July, August, September) 9:00 a.m. on Saturday HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION: Consult the bulletin of the Sunday before the Holy Day for the specific times of Holy Day Masses. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Second Sunday of the month at 1:15 p.m. Parents are to contact the Parish House to make arrangements. Instructions for the parents prior to Baptism is obligatory. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m.; other times by request. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: The couple must meet with a priest or deacon, at least 6 months before the proposed wedding date, before making specific plans. Pre-Cana instruction is required. HOME VISITS: We are always ready to celebrate the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick in the homes of sick parishioners and bring them Holy Communion. NEW PARISHIONERS: We welcome you to St. Ursula’s and encourage you to participate in the parish. Please register at the Parish House, through the bulletin or on-line as soon as possible. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: First Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 12 Noon (Oct.-June) TRUSTEES OF THE PARISH: Victoria Cavalluzzi and Alphonse Liquorie PARISH OFFICE: Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Parish Office is closed on Sundays, holidays and holy days. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (Grades K – 8): Office: 183 Rich Ave., 699-7964 (Tues. – Fri.) Mona Parkinson, C.R.E., Director e-mail: [email protected] RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION: Mona Parkinson, C.R.E., Director Phone: 699-7964 e-mail: [email protected] ALTAR-ROSARY SOCIETY: Luncheon Meetings - March and October Lorraine Castagnoli, Chairperson FOLK CHOIRS: Rehearsals - Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. Deacon Thomas J. Abbamont, Director Rehearsals - Saturdays at 4:30 p.m. Sr. Veronica Wood, O.S.F., Director SEASONED SENIORS: Third Friday at 1:00 p.m. Deacon Thomas J. Abbamont ITALIAN CLUB: Second Friday at 7:30 p.m. Emidio Licursi, President SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 7, 2014 Welcome to St. Ursula’s: With Joyful Hearts We Welcome You Into Our House of Prayer. MASS INTENTIONS The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary MONDAY, DECEMBER 8th 7:30 - Antonio Coutinho (14th Ann,) By: The Ribeiro Family 9:00 - Viola Ponti Lally By: Frank and Camille Mondrone St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9th 7:30 - In Thanksgiving to St. Anthony 9:00 - Giovanni Gentile By: The Gialanella Family WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10th 7:30 - In Thanksgiving to St. Anthony 9:00 - Frank Moliterno By: Enid Ward St. Damasus I THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11th 7:30 - In Thanksgiving to the Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00 - Elisa De Albuquerque Tavares By: Elizabeth Cornely Our Lady of Guadalupe FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12th 7:30 - In Thanksgiving to the Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00 - Michael & Fr. Vincent Caruso By: Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Caruso St. Lucy SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13th 9:00 - In Thanksgiving to St. Lucy By: Mr. & Mrs. Emidio Licursi 5:15 - People of the Parish SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14th 8:00 - Jean Frisiello (4th Ann.) By: Joanne Whitney and Chris Whitney 10:00 - In Thanksgiving to Our Lady of Guadalupe By: Mr. & Mrs. Emidio Licursi 12:00 - Maria Maiorano (2nd Ann.) By: Gaetano Maiorano and Family THE SANCTUARY LAMPS will be burning this week in memory of: I - Sam Schevera II - The Pizzuti and Cerrone Families III - Teresa Arpaia THE BREAD AND WINE offered for Eucharist this week are in memory of: Teresa Arpaia EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS/LECTORS. We are in the process of scheduling for the months of January and February. Please contact the Parish House if you have any preferences or non-available dates. SUNDAY SCRIPTURES THEME: SPEAKING OF FAITH The scriptures are filled with role models for us, people who boldly and willingly speak out about their faith in God. Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11 In a time of desolation, God’s people hear words of comfort and promise. Psalm 85 Lord, let us see your kindness. 2 Peter 3:8-14 We must live as holy people as we await the Lord’s final coming. Mark 1:1-8 John the Baptist proclaims that the awaited one will indeed come. S TEWARDSHIP November 29/30, 2014 First Collection: $1788.00 Second Collection: $751.00 (Utilities Fund) Attendance: Adults 323 Children 24 November 22/23, 2014 First Collection: $2855.00 Second Collection: $975.00 (Thanksgiving/Human Development) Attendance: Adults 363 Children 67 In a parish as diverse as ours it is great to see us as one in prayer, fellowship and service. Thank you for your care and concern for our Church by your volunteer efforts and your contributions in our weekly Sunday collection. Your efforts are to be commended for the increase in our Sunday offerings. Thank you. Fr. Bob Please bring a friend to Mass and encourage neighbors to come back to Mass at St. Ursula’s. ST. URSULA’S PRAYS FOR: Margaret Dell’achio, Stephanie Merenda, Diana Horne, Paul Cote, Jr., Robert Gregory, Betty D’Avi, Richard Stanzione, Joseph P. Abinanti, Sr., Donna Bau, Mary Fealey, Danny and Marie Circello, Maria and Vivian Gregory, Nancy and Joseph Sipala, Andrew De Curtis, John Arpaia, Fayezh Jereis, Karen Renna, Christine Johnson, Juliette and Taylor Miranda, Paul Cote, our parish homebound, the residents of our local nursing homes, and the prayer requests on Mary’s altar. • • • • UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS Italian Club Christmas Party - Dec. 13th - 6:30 PM “Meet and Greet” with Sts. Peter & Paul - Dec. 13/14 Reconciliation Monday - Dec. 15th - 4:00 - 5:30 PM and 7:00 - 8:00 PM Seasoned Seniors Christmas Luncheon - Dec. 19th 1:00 PM PARISH ACTIVITIES CALENDAR Mon. AA Mtg. - 8:00 PM - CA Tues. Special Program - 7:00 - 9:00 PM - A AA Mtg. - 8:00 PM - CA Wed. Special Program - 7:00 - 9:00 PM - A Cub Scouts - 7:00 - 8:00 PM - CA Thurs. Troop 40 Committee Mtg. - 7:00 PM - CA Fri. Troop 40 - 6:30 - 8:30 PM - A Italian Club Christmas Party - 7:30 PM - CA Sat. AA Mtg. - 2:00 PM - CA Sun. Birthday Celebration - 10:00 AM R.E. Gr. K-6 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM R.E. Gr. 7 & 8 - 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Sacrament of Baptism - 1:15 PM AA Mtg. - 2:00 PM - CA AA Mtg. - 8:00 PM - CA Connect with us on Flocknote. Receive important updates from the Parish and the Archdiocese by visiting www.flocknote.com/stursula or texting CSU to 84576. events but come from Somers to spend time with us and offer us many opportunities to get together as a close knit parish family. We thank them for the many memories we will cherish in our hearts for many years to come. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION SATURDAY, DEC. 13 - 4:30 - 5:00 PM RECONCILIATION MONDAY, DEC. 15 4:00 - 5:30 PM & 7:00 - 8:00 PM CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE CHRISTMAS EVE - 4:00 PM - CHILDREN’S MASS 9:30 PM - CAROLS 10:00 PM (NO MIDNIGHT MASS) CHRISTMAS DAY - 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, & 12:00 PM NEW YEAR’S MASS SCHEDULE NEW YEAR’S EVE - 5:15 PM PARISH EVENTS ADVENT/CHRISTMAS FOOD DRIVE The Food Pantry is in need of donations toward a Christmas dinner. Items needed: hams, canned yams, stuffing, elbow macaroni, soups, canned peaches, canned vegetables, stuffing, baby food, gravy, cake mixes and powdered milk. Food items and hams can be brought next weekend at each of the Masses and left in the baskets on the side altars. ITALIAN CLUB The Italian Club is having its Annual Christmas Dinner Dance on Friday, December 12th at 6:30 PM in the cafeteria. This year we will have a well-known singer, Fruzzetti Moreno who will sing traditional Italian favorites. The meal will consist of pasta, chicken, veal spezzatino, salad, coffee and desert and beer, wine and soda. The cost is $40.00 per person. Reservations: Emidio - 699-9333 or Vito - 664-5214. All are invited and we hope to see you there for an enjoyable evening. RECONCILIATION MONDAY Monday, December 15th is Reconciliation Monday. Confessions will be heard at All Parishes in the Archdiocese. At St. Ursula’s confessions will be held from 4:00 - 5:30 PM and 7:00 - 8:00 PM. MEET AND GREET WITH STS. PETER & PAUL Sts. Peter and Paul-St. Ursula will joint together for a “Meet and Greet” in the cafeteria after all of the Masses on December 13th and 14th. SEASONED SENIORS Friday, December 19th will be the last function of the Seasoned Seniors. The afternoon will consist of a hot lunch, dancing, 50/50 and raffles, and singing Christmas carols. We cannot thank enough our Deacon Tom and Fran and their Seasoned Senior crew for all the work they have done for more than 20 years to make our group a success. Deacon Tom and Fran not only organized the NEW YEAR’S DAY - 8:00 AM; 10:00 AM & 12:00 PM EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS/LECTORS. We are in the process of scheduling for the months of January and February. Please contact the Parish House if you have any preferences or non-available dates. FOOD PANTRY On behalf of the volunteers at our Food Pantry and all our parishioners at Sacred Heart, I want to thank you for your continued generosity to our neighborhood locals who regularly come to Sacred Heart “shopping” for groceries. Our Pantry volunteers demonstrate one way of serving the poor, your donations of food and drink demonstrate another. Together we practice the first of the corporal works of mercy. I will remember you at St. Ursula’s in the private Masses I offer for Sacred Heart’s benefactors. Fr. Andrew Florez PADRE PIO FOUNDATION A concert will be held to benefit the work of the Padre Pio Foundations: The “White Christmas” benefit concert will take place on Thursday, December 18th at 7:00 PM at the Pelham Picture House, 117 Wolfs Lane, Pelham, NY. Guests of Honor: Hon. Robert Astorino, Westchester County Executive and H.E. Reverend Dominick J. Lagonegro, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of New York. Concert featuring Italian Tenor Luciano Lamonarca, Italian Pop Singer Daniela Fiorentino, Stand-Up Comedian Regina DeCicco, the Balint/Mikhailoff Duo (Joyce Balint, violin; Oxana Mikhailoff, piano, with a special performing guest, the international acclaimed singer, music producer, musician and actor Lee Curreri. VIP tickets are $100 each (it includes VIP reception after the concert). General admission is $30.00. To purchase tickets, please visit www.thepicturehouse.org, contact 914-738-3161 or e-mail to [email protected]. DAILY SCRIPTURE READING DECEMBER 8 - 14, 2014 Mon. The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Genesis 3:9-15,20; Ephesians 1:36,11-12; Luke 1:26-38 Tues. St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin Isaiah 40:111; Matthew 18:12-14 Wed. Isaiah 40:25-31; Matthew 11:28-30 Thurs. St. Damasus I Isaiah 41:13-20; Matthew 11:1115 Fri. Our Lady of Guadalupe Zechariah 2:14-17 or Revelation 11:19a;12:1-6a,10ab; Luke 1:26-38 or Luke 1:39-47 Sat. St. Lucy Sirach 48:1-4,9-11; Matthew 17:9a,1013 Sun. Isaiah 61:1-2a,10-11; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8,19-28 SAINTS OF THE WEEK December 8th - The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Originating in the 7th c. feast of the “Conception of Mary by St. Anne,” Pope Clement XI, in his Bull, Commissi Nobis, established this Solemnity for the entire Church in 1708; patroness of the United States of America, Spain, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. December 9th - St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin In 1531 Our Lady appeared four times to a native convert, Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (meaning “the talking eagle”), at Tepeyac, near Mexico City. A member of the Chichimeca people, he was perhaps a leader of his own people and my have been involved in the area’s textile industry. Known for his holiness, he devoted himself, tradition says, to the pilgrims who came to see the miraculous image of Mary imprinted on his cloak. Pope John Paul II canonized him 31 July 2002. See also 12 December. December 11th - St. Damasus I, pope Damasus, died 384; preserved papal archives; devoted to the relics and resting places of the martyrs; combated the anti-pope Ursinus, as well as Arian and Donatist heresies; first pope to speak of Rome as the “Apostolic See”; encouraged St. Jerome to produce a new translation of the Latin Bible, later to form the main part of the Vulgate. December 12th - Our Lady of Guadalupe Today’s feast recalls the apparitions of Mary at the hill of Tepeyac from 9-12 December 1531 to the native convert, St. Juan Diego (9 Dec.); known to the Aztecs as Tecoatlaxope (or de Guadalupe in Spanish), meaning “she will crush the serpent of stone”; declared Patroness of the Americas by Pope Pius XII and raised to the rank of a Feast for all the countries of the Americas by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, 25 March 1999. December 13th - St. Lucy virgin, martyr Lucy, died probably in Sicily c. 304 under Diocletian; because of her name, she is the patroness of those afflicted with diseases of the eye and associated with festivals of light, especially in Scandinavia; mentioned in the Roman Canon; patroness of Syracuse and all Sicily. EXILE Both Isaiah and Peter had the task of comforting and encouraging their communities during times of exile. The Israelites were in geographic exile from Israel; to them this was, in effect, the same as being in exile from their God. The early Christians, following the Resurrection, expected an immediate return of Christ in glory; they, too, felt in “exile” as the delay of the Second Coming grew longer and longer. All four of scripture’s authors today—Isaiah, the psalmist, Peter, and Mark—hasten to help us see things in God’s terms, not ours. They want us to know that we can never truly be exiled from God, or from God-among-us, since we know that when the faithful are gathered, Christ has come into their midst. Instead, we are encouraged today to do what we can from our end to shorten the time of our exile: to repent of our sins, to return our lives to the Lord, to live as people who seek the coming day of the Lord, when “kindness and truth shall meet; justice and peace shall kiss” (Psalm 85:10). Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Have you seen Antiques Roadshow on television? People bring attic treasures to experts for appraisal and possible cash. Catholic attics, or maybe Grandma’s wall, often hold a “sick call crucifix.” It is a curiously bulky crucifix hiding a sliding panel and a secret compartment. Two tiny candles, a squeeze bottle of holy water, a stringy purple mini‑stole, a tube of prayers, and some cotton balls are all hidden inside. The cross folds up to form a mini‑altar that can be propped up by a sick person’s bed. All that is needed is a priest with the oil of the sick and Holy Communion. Forty years ago, when these crosses enjoyed great popularity, the sacrament of the sick was often an encounter between priest and sick person alone, and often only in a last crisis of illness. Gradually, we are reclaiming the sacrament of anointing from this minimal, hidden expression. It is celebrated more richly and more often, even in the Sunday assembly, at every stage of illness and across a wide range of human suffering. The “sick call crucifix” is not a tradition, it is a curiosity from another time, but it reminds us of true tradition: we are a people who care for our sick, who accompany them in faith, and who sustain them with an experience of Christ’s presence. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
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