Church of the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady

Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year C; April 24, 2016/
Quinto domingo de Pascua, Ano C; 24 de abril 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
Pastoral Staff
Aida Alejandro, Spanish Choir Director
Edna Augusta, Religious Education Coordinator
Charlie Harris, English Choir Director
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)
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]
Parish Clergy
Rev. Cyprian Onyeihe, Administrator
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.
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, April 24, 2016
3rd Sunday of Easter
Readings: (ACTS 14:21-27; REV 21:1-5A; JN 13:31-33A, 34-35)
10:00AM-Victor Ortiz-Casta (deceased)
Req: Evelyn Rodriguez-Murray and Family
11:30AM- Isabel Cordero (difunta)
Req: Cruz Labastida
Monday, April 25, 2016
St. Mark the Evangelist/ San Marco, el Evangelista
Readings: (1 PT 5:5B-14; MK 16:15-20)
7:00AMReq:
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Readings: (ACTS 14:19-28; JN 14:27-31A)
7:00 AM7:00PM- Movie Night “Quo Vadis”
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Readings: (ACTS 15:1-6; JN 15:1-8)
7:00AM7:00PM- Grupo de Oracion
Thursday, April 28, 2016
St. Peter Chanel/ San Pedro Chanel
St. Louis Gringion de Montfort/ San Luis Gringion de
Montefort
Readings: (ACTS 15:7-21; JN 15:9-11)
7:00AM7:00PM- Thursday Adoration Group
Friday, April 29, 2016
St. Catherine of Siena/ San Catalina de Siena
Readings: (ACTS 15:22-31; JN 15:12-17)
7:00AMSaturday, April 30, 2016
St. Pius V/ San Pio V
Readings:(ACTS 16:1-10; JN 15:18-21 )
9:00AM-
Please Pray for the sick:
Aida and Angel Alejandro
Aracelis Alejandro Juana Alvarado
Brian Bernard William Booker
Thomas Casey Sgt. Tonia Chestnut
Lillian (sister of Cristina Dominguez)
Lori Figueroa Manuel Garcia
Edith Harris
Ghislaine Jacobs
Digna Melendez
Juana Moreira
Nicole Niles Alfonso Ortiz
Antonia Rodriguez Shanique Rollins
Luis Rosado Guillermina Rosario
Joy Simms
Theresa Sylvan
Andrew “Morris” Vavrica
Marina Vazquez Anibal Vazquez
Mildred Vazquez 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
Rene Avellez, Leticia Mena,
Eloy Vega, Mercedes Ruiz
for the Intentions of
Mary, Wendy, and Keneth White;
For the recovery of
William Booker, Luis Rosado & Manuel Garcia
Parishioners’ Weekly
Contributions
Mass Times
10:00am
Collection Total
$2,109.00
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Trip to Catholic
Underground
Year of Mercy Pilgrimage to
“The National Shrine for Mary Help of
Christians”
Date/Fecha: Saturday, May 7th
Peregrinaje en el Ano de Misericordia
Sanctuario Nacional de
Maria, Auxilio de Cristianos
Departure Time and Place/ Lugar y
Tiempo de Salida: 5:30pm (meeting
in front of Nativity church)
Place of Event: Our Lady of Good
Counsel-East 91st Street
(3rd and 2nd Ave)
Event begins/Tiempo Empieza:
7:30pm
Return Time/ Tiempo de Vuelta:
10:30pm
Prior to arriving at the church we will be
stopping to get dinner. Please bring $15 with
you. Parents and Adults are also invited!!!!!!
We hope all of you can join us!
Date/Fecha: Saturday, June 18th /
Sabado, 18 de Junio
Departure Time and Place/ Lugar y
Tiempo de Salida: 9:30am
(in front of the church/ en frente de
la Iglesia)
Shrine/Sanctuario:
174 Filors Lane
Stony Point, NY 10980
Return Time/ Tiempo de Vuelta:
5:00pm
Cost of the trip/ Precio del Viaje:
$25.00
(Bus and Shrine /autobus y sanctuario)
You can bring your own lunch or purchase food in the
cafeteria. There is also a gift shop open to all visitors.
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Celebrating May, the Month
of Mary
Our Lady of Fatima
Celebrando Mayo, el Mes de
Maria
Nuestra Señora de Fátima
During the month dedicated to the Blessed Mother
we will be having many special activities! Try not
to miss out!
¡Durante el mes de mayo, tendremos muchos
eventos y actividades especiales para celebrar La
Santísima Virgen Maria! ¡Trate de no faltar!
Here are just a few highlights:
Aquí están unos de los más especiales:
Annual Deanery Marian Day Celebration
at St. Lucy’s ChurchSunday May 1st at 4:30pm
La celebración Anual Mariana en la
Iglesia de Santa LuciaDomingo, 1 de mayo a las 4:30pm
Weekly Mary in Your Home Visits
Begin this Friday, May 6th
(sign-up on the bulletin board)
Film Series (every Tuesday night at 7pm)
Maria en Tu Hogar
Empieza este viernes, 6 de mayo
Recitation of the Rosary and other Marian
prayers:
(Apuntase en la hoja de inscripción en la entrada de
la iglesia)
Before Morning Mass every Weekday Morning
(6:40am)
Every Saturday, after the 9am Morning Mass
Wednesday Night Spanish Prayer Group (7pm)
Thursday Night English Prayer Group (7pm)
……and much, much more!!!
Serie de película (cada martes a las 7pm)
Rezo del rosario y otras oraciones
marianas:
Todos los días de la semana antes de la Misa
(6:40am)
Cada sábado después de la Misa de las 9am
Grupo de oración (Miércoles- 7pm)
Grupo de Oración en ingles (Jueves-7pm)
……and much, much more!!!
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Nativity Kids Group Update
Nativity Pious Societies and Social
Groups welcomes new members!
The next Nativity Kids Group Meeting
will be held on Saturday, April 30th
from 12pm-2pm. We ask that all kids
be present for this meeting. At this
meeting we hope to elect our new
officers (President, Vice-president,
Treasurer, and Secretary) for the group.
The kids have also formed other
societies and roles within the group. A
full report will be available in next
Sunday’s bulletin.
English Adult Choir/Coro Hispano
Lectors/Lectores
Eucharistic Ministers/ Ministerios de la Eucaristía
Ushers/ Ujieres
Altar Rosary Society/Sociedad de Altar y Rosario
Grupo de Oración (en Español)
Thursday Adoration Group (in English)
Sunday Breakfast Group
Religious Education Program (Catechists)
La próxima reunión del Grupo de Niños
será este sábado, 30 de abril de 12pm
a 2pm. Pedimos que todos los niños estén
presentes. En esta reunión esperamos
para elegir a nuestros nuevos oficiales
(Presidente, Vicepresidente, Tesorero y
Secretario) para el grupo. Los niños
también se han formado otras sociedades
y responsabilidades dentro del grupo. Un
informe completo estará disponible en el
boletín del próximo domingo.
There will be an important meeting of current
members and interested parishioners this Saturday,
April 30th at 10:30am. All are asked to attend!
Habrá una reunión importante de los miembros
actuales y feligreses interesados este sábado 30, de
abril a las 10:30am. ¡Se les pide que asista!
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Saints of the Week/Santos de la Semana
St. Catherine of Siena/ Santa Catalina de Siena
(April 29th)
Born in 1347, this well-known saint is the
patroness of Italy, her country. Catherine
was the youngest in a family of twenty-five
children. Her mother and father wanted her
to be happily married. However, Catherine
wished only to be a nun. To prove her point,
she cut off her long, beautiful hair. She
wanted to make herself unattractive. Her
parents were very upset and scolded her
frequently. They also gave her the heaviest
housework to do. But Catherine did not back
down. Finally, her parents stopped opposing her.
St. Catherine was very honest and straight forward with Jesus. Once
she asked him, "Where were you, Lord, when I had such shameful
temptations?" And Jesus answered, "Daughter, I was in your heart. I
made you win with my grace." One night, many people of Siena
were out on the streets celebrating. Jesus appeared to Catherine who
was praying alone in her room. With Jesus was his Blessed Mother.
She took Catherine's hand and lifted it up to her Son. Jesus put a
ring on the saint's finger and she became his bride.
In Catherine's time, the Church had many problems. There were
fights going on all over Italy. Catherine wrote letters to kings and
queens. She even went to beg rulers to make peace with the pope
and to avoid wars. Catherine asked the pope to leave Avignon,
France, and return to Rome to rule the Church. She told him it was
God's will. He listened to St. Catherine and did what she said.
Catherine never forgot that Jesus was in her heart. Through her,
Jesus helped the sick people she nursed. Through her Jesus
comforted the prisoners she visited in jail.
This great saint died in Rome in 1380. She was just thirty-three. She
was proclaimed a saint by Pope Pius II in 1461. In 1970, Pope Paul
VI declared St. Catherine a Doctor of the Church. She received this
great honor because she served Jesus' Church heroically during her
brief lifetime.
Reflection: "You are a mystery as deep as the sea; the more I
search, the more I find, and the more I find, the more I search for
you. But I can never be satisfied; what I receive will ever leave me
desiring more. When you fill my soul, I have an even greater
hunger, and I grow more famished for your light." --St. Catherine of
Siena
Nacida en 1347, Catalina (nombre que significa "Pura") era la
menor del prolífico hogar de Diego Benincasa. Allí crecía la niña en
entendimiento, virtud y santidad. A la edad de cinco o seis años
tuvo la primera visión, que la inclinó definitivamente a la vida
virtuosa. Cruzaba una calle con su hermano Esteban, cuando vio al
Señor rodeado de ángeles, que le sonreía, impartiéndole la
bendición.
Su padre, tintorero de pieles, pensó casarla con un hombre rico. La
joven manifestó que se había prometido a Dios. Entonces, para
hacerla desistir de su propósito, se la sometió a los servicios mas
humildes de la casa. Pero ella caía frecuentemente en éxtasis y todo
le era fácil de sobrellevar.
Finalmente, derrotados por su paciencia, cedieron sus padres y se la
admitió en la tercera orden de Santo Domingo y siguió, por tanto,
siendo laica. Tenía dieciséis años. Sabía ayudar, curar, dar su
tiempo y su bondad a los huérfanos, a los menesterosos y a los
enfermos a quienes cuidó en las epidemias de la peste. En la terrible
peste negra, conocida en la historia con el nombre de "la gran
mortandad", pereció más de la tercera parte de la población de
Siena.
A su alrededor muchas personas se agrupaban para escucharla. Ya a
los veinticinco años de edad comienza su vida pública, como
conciliadora de la paz entre los soberanos y aconsejando a los
príncipes. Por su influjo, el papa Gregorio
XI dejó la sede de Aviñon para retornar a
Roma. Este pontífice y Urbano VI se
sirvieron de ella como embajadora en
cuestiones gravísimas; Catalina supo hacer
las cosas con prudencia, inteligencia y
eficacia.
Aunque analfabeta, como gran parte de las
mujeres y muchos hombres de su tiempo,
dictó un maravilloso libro titulado Diálogo
de la divina providencia, donde recoge las
experiencias místicas por ella vividas y donde se enseñan los
caminos para hallar la salvación. Sus trescientas setenta y cinco
cartas son consideradas una obra clásica, de gran profundidad
teológica. Expresa los pensamientos con vigorosas y originales
imágenes. Se la considera una de las mujeres más ilustres de la edad
media, maestra también en el uso de la lengua Italiana.
Santa Catalina de Siena, quien murió a consecuencia de un ataque
de apoplejía, a la temprana edad de treinta y tres años, el 29 de abril
de 1380, fue la gran mística del siglo XIV. El papa Pío II la
canonizó en 1461. Sus restos reposan en la Iglesia de Santa María
sopra Minerva en Roma, donde se la venera como patrona de la
ciudad; es además, patrona de Italia y protectora del pontificado.
El papa Pablo VI, en 1970, la proclamó doctora de la Iglesia.
Ella, Santa Teresa de Avila y Santa Teresita de Lisieux son las tres
únicas mujeres que ostentan este título.
Otros Santos cuya fiesta se celebra hoy: Santos: Paulino, Severo,
obispos;
Agapio, Secundino, Tíquico, Torpetes, Emiliano, mártires; Pedro de
Verona;
Roberto (Bob, Boby), monje; Tértula, Antonia, vírgenes; Hugo,
abad.
(English)
http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/dailysaint/april/0429.asp
(Español)
http://www.ewtn.com/spanish/Saints/Catalina_de_Siena.htm