Church of the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady

Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C; July 10, 2016/
Décimo quinto domingo en Tiempo Ordinario; Ano C; 10 de julio del 2016
Church of the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady
1510 East 233rd Street Bronx, New York 10466
MASS SCHEDULE
Sunday: English 10:00 am
Spanish 11:30 am
Igbo 1:00pm
Weekdays: 7:00am
Saturday: 9:00 am (followed by the Rosary)
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)
Saturdays:
After the 9:00am Mass
Sundays:
After the 10:00am and 11:30am Masses
Call the rectory outside the scheduled time.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Wednesdays: 7:00 – 9:00 pm (Spanish)
Thursdays: 7:00 – 9:00 pm (English)
Parish Clergy
Rev. Cyprian Onyeihe, Administrator
Pastoral Staff
Aida Alejandro, Spanish Choir Director
Edna Augusta, Religious Education Coordinator
Charlie Harris, English Choir Director
Sacrament of Matrimony
A minimum of 6 months is required to begin the process of
the Sacrament of Matrimony. Please call the rectory to set up
a meeting with the priest to discuss the process. Dates are not
reserved by phone contact.
Sacrament of Baptism (for Infants):
Parents must be active members of our Parish and are
required to attend one session of baptismal instruction held on
Tuesdays from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Please call the rectory to
make the necessary arrangements.
SACRAMENT OF THE SICK
Please notify the rectory when a family member is sick to set
up regular communion visits.
Nativity of Our Blessed Lady Rectory
1531 East 233rd St. Bronx, N.Y. 10466
Office: (718) 324-3531
Fax: (718) 798-0628
Parish Email Address:
[email protected]
Nativity of Our Blessed Lady Convent
1534 East 233rd St Bronx, N.Y. 10472
Parish Website:
www.nativityofourblessedlady.org
Nativity of Our Blessed Lady School
3893 Dyre Ave, Bx., N.Y. 10466
Office: (718) 324-2188
School Website and Email Address
www.nativityofourblessedlady.org
[email protected]
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Weekly Readings and Memorials
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Readings: (DT 30:10-14; COL 1:15-20; LK 10:25-37)
10:00AM- Valentin Kabore (+)
Req: Kabore Family
11:30AM1:00PMMonday, July 11, 2016
St. Benedict, abbott/ San Benedicto, abad
Readings: (IS 1:10-17; MT 10:34-11:1)
7:00AM- Alexander, Lisa and Caleb Forde (+)
Req: Augusta Family
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Readings: (IS 7:1-9; MT 11:20-24)
7:00 AM- Vashti Rebecca Augusta (+)
Req: Augusta Family
7:00PM- Movie Night “The Young Messiah”
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Readings: (IS 10:5-7, 13-16; MT 11:25-27)
7:00AM7:00PM- Grupo de Oracion
Thursday, July 14, 2016
St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin
Readings: (IS 26:7-9, 12, 16-19; MT 11:28-30)
7:00AM- Rocco Galasso (+)
Req: Thursday Adoration Group
7:00PM- Thursday Adoration Group
Friday, July 15, 2016
St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
San Buenaventura, Obispo y doctor de la iglesia
Readings: (IS 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8; MT 12:1-8)
7:00AM7:00PM- Mary in Your Home Visit—
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Our Lady of Mount Carmel/Nuestra Senora del Carmen
Readings: (MIC 2:1-5; MT 12:14-21)
9:00AM- Angel Alejandro
Req: Linda Burke
Please Pray for the sick:
Angel Alejandro, Aracelis Alejandro, Juana Alers, Elvin
Alvarado, Juana Alvarado, Brian Bernard, Pearl Blake,
William Booker, Thomas Casey,
Sgt. Tonia Chestnut, Lillian (sister of Cristina Dominguez),
Lori Figueroa, Manuel Garcia, Rafael Gines, Edith Harris,
Ghislaine Jacobs, Digna Melendez, Leonora Moorehead,
Juana Moreira, Nicole Niles, Alfonso Ortiz, Antonia Rodriguez,
Shanique Rollins,
Guillermina Rosario, Joy Simms, Theresa Sylvan, Victoria
Torres, Andrew “Morris” Vavrica, Marina Vazquez, Anibal
Vazquez, Mildred Vazquez, Luis and Victoria Valle,
Iris Velasquez
Please call the rectory to submit the name of an ill family
member or friend.
The Sanctuary Lamp
was donated in memory of
Marcella Bullock, Leon Bullock,
John Bullock, Jr.
for the Intentions of
Mary, Wendy, and Keneth White;
The Offertory Gifts of
bread and wine
were sponsored in
memory of
Luis Rosado
Parishioners’ Weekly Contributions
Mass Times
Collection Total
10:00am
$1,198.99
11:30am
$582.00
1:00pm
$174.00
Total
$1,954.99
Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time/ Decimo Qunito Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario
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Film Night Presentation:
Tuesdays at 7pm
This Week’s film:
Nativity Summer BBQ
“Saint Peter” (part 2)
Charismatic Retreat/
Retiro Carismático
July 29th - July 31st –
Scranton,
Pennsylvania
Please see entrance of the
Church for Registration Information and cost of
the trip sheet. Para más información por favor
consulte la hoja de registración en la entrada de
la iglesia.
Save the Date
Guarda le Feche
Trip to Mohegan Sun Casino
Date: Saturday, August 13th
Price: $40 ($20 deposit to reserve seats on
the bus)
To reserve your seat, please contact
Aida Alejandro- (718-994-3428)
Sunday, July 17th (Domingo, 17 de Julio)
11am-3pm
Church Backyard
Donations are being accepted
(Donaciones aceptados):
Utensils and paper goods
Snacks (bocadillos)
Deserts (postres)
Please sign the sign-up sheet if you would like to donate
something or volunteer to help set up.
Por favor llene la hoja de inscripción para donar algo
o servir como voluntario.
Join the Nativity Email Group!!!
Stay updated on the latest parish news!
To sign-up, please send us an email at
[email protected] or fill out a registration card at
the entrance of the church.
Sea parte del Nativity Email Group!!!
Manténgase informado con las noticias de la
parroquia!
Viaje al Casino de Mohegan Sun
Fecha: Sábado, 13 de agosto
Precio: $40 (Necesitamos un deposito de
$20.00 para reservar su asiento)
Para hacer su reservación, contacte a
Aida Alejandro – (718-994-3428)
¡Mándanos un correo electrónico a
[email protected] o llene la hoja de
inscripción en la entrada de la iglesia!
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Nativity Kids Group Update
Nativity Garden Project Continues
- Vanessa Taveras, photographer
Save the Date/ Guarda la fecha
Kids Group Trip to Rye
Playland
Saturday, August 13th
11:30am-6:00pm
Adult Chaperones (especially Kids Group
Parents are needed)
More information soon! Mas Informacion
pronto!
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Saint of the Week/Santo de la Semana
St. Henry II
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
(July/Julio 13)
(July/ Julio 16)
Mount Carmel is a mountain overlooking the plain of
Galilee. It became famous
when the prophet Elijah, who
lived many years before Jesus,
was born. Chapter 18 of the
Bible's First Book of Kings
tells how Elijah stood up to
the 450 prophets of the false
god Baal. Through his
prayers, God gave Elijah the
power to perform a miracle to
prove that Elijah's God was
the true God. This happened
on Mount Carmel.
Hundreds of years later, a
group of European monks
who had a special devotion to Mother Mary began to
live on Mount Carmel. They were called friars of the
Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. This was the
start of the Carmelite order which was approved by Pope
Honorius III. Simon Stock, an Englishman, became the
superior of the Carmelites. He helped the order to grow
following the example of the Dominicans and
Franciscans.
When they began to suffer harassment for their faith,
they turned to Mary for help. On July 16, 1251, Mary
appeared to St. Simon and gave him the brown scapular.
She promised her protection to all those who would wear
the blessed habit. Many miracles proved her words. St.
Pope Pius X said that people could have the same
blessings if they would wear the scapular medal. This
medal has a picture of Our Lady of the Scapular on one
side and the Sacred Heart on the other. Simon Stock died
in Bordeaux, France, in 1265.
Reflection: "Mary kept all these things, pondering them
in her heart." (Luke 2:19)
Source:
http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/kids/saints/0716.asp
"Present glory is fleeting and
meaningless while it is possessed
unless in it we can glimpse
something of heaven's eternity."St. Henry
http://www.holyspiritinteractiv
e.net/kids/saints/0713.asp
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
(July/Julio 14)
(English)
http://www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saint
s/K/blkateritekakwitha.asp
(Espanol)
http://www.ewtn.com/spanish/Saints/
Kateri_7_14.htm
Kateri said: “I am not my own; I
have given myself to Jesus. He must
be my only love. The state of helpless poverty that may befall me if I
do not marry does not frighten me. All I need is a little food and a
few pieces of clothing. With the work of my hands I shall always
earn what is necessary and what is left over I’ll give to my relatives
and to the poor. If I should become sick and unable to work, then I
shall be like the Lord on the cross. He will have mercy on me and
help me, I am sure.”
St. Bonaventure/
San Buenaventura
(July/Julio 15)
(English)
http://www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/B/st
bonaventure.asp
(Espanol)
http://www.ewtn.com/spanish/Saints/Buena
ventura_7_15.htm
When we pray, the voice of the heart
must be heard more than that of the
head.
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Nativity Church Out and About…..
Special Weekly Prayer
The following poem by Nativity Parishioner,
Gilbert Lane, was published in the July 2016 issue of
“jaFa’s Poet Corner” in the Mount Vernon Inquirer….
"Father, I abandon myself into your
hands; do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you; I am
ready for all, I accept all. Let only your
will be done in me, and in all your
creatures. I wish no more than this, O
Lord. Into your hands I commend my
soul; I offer it to you with all the love of
my heart, for I love you, Lord, and so
need to give myself, to surrender myself
into your hands, without reserve and
with boundless confidence. For you are
my Father."
“Autism”
Author: Gilbert M. Lane
Autism, the enigma that surpasses all mysteries.
Its spectrum pours out many magnificent and
sorrowful stories.
Autism, the great divider of mansions of mind.
It illuminates both true and false realities of
kinds.
Autism has many different faces,
It does not discriminate between the races.
Autism is spreading like a thousand wildfires,
It tries to consume us in spite of our wishful
desires.
Autism is not the final chapter of this human
condition.
It’s the beginning of new discoveries, and new
inspiration.
We are the caretakers, we are the gatekeepers,
we are the victors
Who will challenge, decipher, and cherish those
who are afflicted,
But who stand undefeated.
-----A prayer by Blessed Charles de Foucauld
Special congratulations and prayers for
God's continued blessings to Nativity
Parishioner, Jasmin Brown and her family,
who welcomed a baby girl, Delilah Marie
Brown, to their family on Tuesday.
Felicitaciones y oraciones especiales para
que Dios continúe bendiciendo a feligrés,
Jazmín Brown y su familia, que dio la
bienvenida a una niña, Delilah Marie Brown,
a su familia el martes.
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Save the Date
The Solemnity of the
Nativity of Our Blessed Lady
Parish Feast and Harvest Event
Celebration to take place
Sunday, September 11th
11:00 Bilingual Mass (only 1 Mass)
Followed by reception in the School auditorium.
The First Planning Meeting will take place
Monday, July 18th at 7pm in the rectory. All
are welcome!!!
Recuerda La Fecha
La Natividad de Nuestra Senora
Dia de Fiesta Parroquial
Y
Día de Cosecha
Celebración se llavera a cabo
Domingo, 11 de septiembre
11:00 Misa Bilingue (solamente una Misa)
Recepcion despues de la Misa en el auditorio de
la escuela.
La primera reunión para planificar este
evento será el lunes, 18 de julio a las 7pm
en la rectoría. ¡Todos están invitados!