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Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel - St. Thomas More
OLGC - 230 East 90th Street - STM - 65 East 89th Street New York City, New York 10128
January 29th, 2017
CLERGY Rev. Kevin V. Madigan, Pastor Msgr. Patrick McCahill, Deaf Ministry Rev. Fernando Caindec, Parochial Vicar Rev. Maximo Villanueva, Parochial Vicar STAFF - OLGC Email: [email protected] Joan Barton, Director of Music Marcelle Devine, Coordinator of Religious Ed. Christopher Gillespie, Dir. Liturgical Music Ed. STAFF - STM James Siranovich, Interim Director of Music [email protected] Edward Litcher, Business Manager [email protected] Sharon McKenna, Sacristan Alex Miller, Director of Parish Programs [email protected] Margaret Peet, Development
PARISH TRUSTEES Christopher Baldwin Paul Saunders
PARISH COUNCIL PRESIDENT Alicia Damley
FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON Michael Poulos
OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL PARISH OFFICE (212) 289-1742 FAX (646) 669-7811 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.OLGCSTM.org
ST. THOMAS MORE PARISH OFFICE (212) 876-7718 FAX (212) 831-5756 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.OLGCSTM.org
SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE - OLGC Saturday Evening: 5:30 p.m. Sunday Morning: 9:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m.- Spanish Mass 11:30 a.m. - Choral Mass Sunday Evening: 6:00 p.m.
SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE - STM Saturday Evening: 5:45 p.m. Sunday Morning: 8:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. - Family Mass Sunday Afternoon: 12:00 p.m. - Choral Mass Sunday Evening: 5:45 p.m.
WEEKDAY MASSES - OLGC Monday thru Friday: 9:00 am and 6:00 pm Saturday: 9:00 am and 12:00 pm
WEEKDAY MASSES - STM Monday thru Friday: 8:00 am and 12:15 pm Saturday: 8:00 am and 12:15 pm
CONFESSIONS - OLGC Monday thru Friday - 5:45 pm Saturday 4:30 – 5:15 pm
CONFESSIONS - STM Monday thru Friday 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm (before Mass) Saturday 5:00 – 5:30 pm
BAPTISM OLGC - 12:30 pm on Sunday STM - 1:00 pm on Sunday (Arrangements must be made six weeks in advance)
MARRIAGE Arrangements should be made at least six months prior
to the wedding
VISITS TO HOMEBOUND PARISHIONERS Our clergy are happy to visit.
Call the parish office to arrange.
Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel - St. Thomas More January 29th, 2017
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time In proclaiming the Beatitudes, Jesus asks us to follow him and to travel with him along the path of love, the path that alone leads to eternal life. It is not an easy journey, yet the Lord promises us his grace and he never abandons us. We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort to remain faithful to our call to holiness, and many others. But if we open the door to Jesus and allow him to be part of our lives, if we share our joys and sorrows with him, then we will experience the peace and joy that only God, who is infinite love, can give.
If you are really open to the deepest aspirations of your hearts, you will realize that you possess an unquenchable thirst for happiness, and this will allow you to expose and reject the “low cost” offers and approaches all around you. When we look only for success, pleasure and possessions, and we turn these into idols, we may well have moments of exhilaration, an illusory sense of satisfaction, but ultimately we become enslaved, never satisfied, always looking for more. It is a tragic thing to see a young person who “has everything”, but is weary and weak.
The Beatitudes of Jesus are new and revolutionary. They present a model of happiness contrary to what is usually communicated by the media and by the prevailing wisdom. A worldly way of thinking finds it scandalous that God became one of us and died on a cross! According to the logic of this world, those whom Jesus proclaimed blessed are regarded as useless, “losers”. What is glorified is success at any cost, affluence, the arrogance of power and self-affirmation at the expense of others. Jesus challenges us to take seriously his approach to life and to decide which path is right for us and leads to true joy. This is the great challenge of faith.
Adapted from the Message of Pope Francis for the 29th World Youth Day, 2014 WEEKDAY BIBLE READINGS Sun.: Zep 2:3; 3:12-13/1 Cor 1:26-31 Mt 5:1-12a Mon.: Heb 11:32-40/Mk 5:1-20 Tues.: Heb 12:1-4/Mk 5:21-43 Wed.: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15/Mk 6:1-6 Thur.: Mal 3:1-4/Heb 2:14-18/Lk 2:22-40 Fri.: Heb 13:1-8/Mk 6:14-29 Sat.: Heb 13:15-17, 20-21/Mk 6:30-34
Preparing for Baptism Preparation meetings are held on the first Tuesday evening of the month at 7:00PM in the OLGC Parish Hall. Baptisms take place on Sundays at 12:30PM (OLGC) and 1:00PM (STM). Please contact the Parish Office to register. FORMED.org offers free Catholic eBooks and Films, Scripture-Study series,and numerous video- and audio series on topics like Archeology in the Holy Land, the sacraments, the creed, and more!
To register, go to www.FORMED.org , enter the Parish Access Code XNGRTM (all caps) and your
email address.
Educational Meeting for Family Caregivers of Dementia Patients
1st Saturdays, February 4th-June 3rd 9am-12pm, St. Thomas More Rectory
FREE OF CHARGE Register by calling the Parish Office: 212-876-7718 In the week before every educational meeting from Monday to Friday, from 4-7pm an expert of the foundation GP Dementia Services NY will be available at STM to meet with family caregivers or patients at the first stage in order to help manage home care better. To arrange a meeting, email [email protected] or call the Parish Office. In the coming months, we will offer community seminars, caregiver workshops, support groups, and educational meetings on safety and legal issues. Our services are free of charge: if you are interested in becoming a volunteer and supporting us, contact us to [email protected].
Next week’s Second Collection: “Peter’s Pence.”
Church of Our Lady of Good CounselWho is saying Mass this Sunday?
Sat 5:30 pm Msgr. McCahill Sun 9:00 am Msgr. McCahill Sun 10:15 am Fr. Sheehan Sun 11:30 am Fr. Fernando Sun 6:00 pm Fr. Oliver
Lector/EM Mass Schedule
January 29 Lector EM Sat 5:30 pm Tony Johnson Sazs Sexigs Sun 9:00 am Louisa Martin Marie Nonni Sun 10:15 am Sun 11:30 am TBD J. McLaughlin Sun 6:00 pm Ryan Richard Carol Hopkins
February 5 Lector EM Sat 5:30 pm Tony Johnson MaryAnn Batory Sun 9:00 am Jamie Johnson Sylvia Morales Sun 10:15 am Sun 11:30 am D. Bolognino Elysia Gonzalez Sun 6:00 pm Brian Daley Gladys Cruz
Rooted in Jesus Christ Our Parish’s ongoing adult formation community
invites all adults to explore ways to become “intentional” disciples of Jesus Christ by discussing the book Christ, God’s Companionship with God by
the servant of God, Msgr. Luigi Giussani. Every Sunday, 4:30pm in the Rectory of OLGC. Contact [email protected] or [email protected] for details. This month, through your gifts, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was able to proclaim the good news of the kingdom to the poor, by assisting 100 families, providing winter clothes to students in East Harlem and the South Bronx, food, warm coats as gifts, and companionship to the elderly that are homebound along with aid for rent bills. Contact us at [email protected] .
The memorial Mass for Derek Colon, Jr. will be offered at OLGC (upper church) on Saturday,
February 4th at 12pm.
MASS INTENTIONS AND FEAST DAYS AT OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL
JANUARY 29 – FEBRUARY 4 Mon. January 30 9:00 Kenny Kirwin (L) 6:00 Sr. Leonita (D) Tues. January 31 St. John Bosco 9:00 Holy Souls in Purgatory (D) 6:00 Ben G. Binghay (D) Wed. February 1 9:00 Margaret McLoughlin (D) 6:00 Rosa Sumaria (D) Thurs. February 2 Presentation of the Lord 9:00 Ada Prime & Family (D) 6:00 Josephine Gomez (D) Fri. February 3 St. Blaise 9:00 Thanksgiving
6:00 Patrick Connell (D) Sat. February 4 9:00 Catherine Nulty (D) 12:00 Danielle Sorace (D) Vigil 5:30pm Correction: The intention for the 12pm Mass on 1/28 was “Terence Reynolds & Maryann Lyons.”
Please remember the sick, especially Claudia Apicella, George Blanchfield, Lavonia Cisse, Justlyn Collins & Families, Connie DiGiovanni, Conrad and Dorothy Forte & Families, Herbert Gompertz, Trent Gough, the Gourin Family, Kenny Kirwin, Sr. Helen Klimek, Mary Ellen Nugent Lee, Brenda Lloyd, Veronica and Augustine Martin, Andrea Mastro, Frank Meade, Socorro Muriel, Liz Riker, Sam Robert, Alix & Wilson Stearns. And all the faithfully departed, that they may see God. To add a name or to keep a name on the active list, please contact the rectory at the beginning of each
month. Sunday –January 22, 2017 Regular Collection – $2,780.14 Religious Education – $1,086.82
Attendance –676
EVENTS AT
OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL DATE EVENT TIME 1/29 Religious Ed 10am AA Meeting 3pm Rooted in Jesus Christ 4:30pm 1/30 Blue Army after 9am Mass 1/31 Last Tuesday Rosary 6:45pm 2/1 Senior Bingo 12:30pm 2/1-2 Pop-up Flea Market 11am-4pm 2/3 Bilingual Religious Ed 7pm 2/3-4 All-Night Vigil 8pm-5am 2/4 Saturday Morning Breakfast 7 - 8:30am Purgatorial Society Mass 5:30pm Catholic Underground 7:30-10pm
All Night Monthly Vigil Friday February 3rd, 8pm to 5am
Chapel of Our Lady of Good Counsel Confession: 8pm – 9pm
Opening Mass: 9pm Eucharistic Adoration: 9:30pm – 5am
Closing Mass: 5am Catholic Underground Join the Franciscan Friars at OLGC
Saturday, February 4th 7:30 PM –Eucharistic Adoration in the Church 9:00 PM –Performance: The Como Brothers Band. Confession available throughout the evening Discounted Parking at GGMC Parking garage located at 245 E 90th St. Check out the website for more info: http://catholicunderground.net/
PURGATORIAL SOCIETY MASS Please join us in remembering
Derek Colon, Jr. Antonio Cordero
Jack Kelly Dawn Olson
Candido Piczon Gladys Rodriguez Elizabeth Saputo
Emilia Suza Rodney Waldron
Madeline Zakaras Saturday, February 4th at the 5:30 Mass in the
OLGC Upper Church.
EVENTS AT ST. THOMAS MORE
DATE EVENT TIME 1/29 Family Coffee Hour 11am 1/30 Parish Council Meeting 7pm 1/31 Leisure Club Lunch after 12:15 Mass First Grade Religious Ed 5pm 2/1 Christian Meditation 6pm 2/2 Second Grade Religious Ed 5pm Healing Mass to the Sacred Heart 7pm 2/3 Adoration & Benediction after 12:15 Mass 2/4 Care-Givers Meeting 9am 2/5 Family Coffee Hour 11am Note: AA Meetings are held on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings at 6:30pm in the Chelsea Room.
Catholic Big Sisters & Big Brothers
For over 100 years, Catholic Big Sisters & Big Brothers (CBSBB) has provided one-to-one mentoring services for the city’s Catholic and non-Catholic children, ages 10 to 18. CBSBB’s mentoring program is unique in that it focuses on strengthening the child’s entire family, while training volunteers on how to be friends and guides to a young person in need. Contact us at 212 475-3291 x502 or at [email protected] for more information about becoming a mentor. Contact us at 212 475-3291 x501 or at [email protected] for more information about getting a mentor for you or your child (ages 10 to 17).
Clarion 60th Anniversary Masked Gala
Honoring: Tania Pouschine Join the Clarion Music Society on April 4, 2017 as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of our founding with a Masked Gala at the elegant and storied JW Marriott Essex House. We have many accomplishments to celebrate over the last six decades, and our honoree and dear friend Tania Pouschine has done much to ensure that Clarion’s present and future are equally sparkling. For details and tickets, visit : http://clarionsociety.org/events/2016-17-season/
And don’t miss Clarion Opera’s production of The Magic Flute!
March 11th & 13th, Museo del Barrio
Church of St. Thomas More
Who is saying Mass this Sunday?
Sat 5:45 pm Fr. Maximo Sun 8:30 am Fr. Madigan Sun 10:00 am Fr. Maximo Sun 12:00 pm Fr. Madigan Sun 5:45 pm Fr. Fernando
Lector/EM Mass Schedule January 29 Lector EM Sat 5:45 pm The Rosses Rob Guida Sun 8:30 am Tan Family Pat Lazio Sun 10:00 am Osborne Family M.E. Bianco Sun 12:00 pm Bob Burke TBD Sun 5:45 pm Rory Kelleher Sharon McKenna
Did you resolve to read more this year? Looking for insightful
conversation? Join the Book Club at St. Thomas More! We will be meeting monthly to discuss good literature of every genre with the conviction that art helps us to recognize truth. Discussion will be focused but open, and differences of opinion are welcome within an atmosphere of fellowship.
Monday, February 13th 7pm, STM Meeting Room
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Question: How does Dr. Frankenstein’s invention compare to God’s creation of humanity? Suggestions from members for future readings will be welcomed! For more information, signup in the back of the church or email [email protected] .
MASS INTENTIONS AND FEAST DAYS AT ST. THOMAS MORE
JANUARY 29 – FEBRUARY 4 Mon. January 30 8:00 Natalia Nunes Martins (D) *12:15 Lilia Subido (D) Tues. January 31 St. John Bosco 8:00 Catherine Ruane (L) *12:15 Owen Ames Murphy (L) Wed. February 1 8:00 Oscar Caldas (D) *12:15 Pat Devlin (D) Thurs. February 2 Presentation of the Lord 8:00 Malcolm O’Malley (D) *12:15 Anthony Declemente (D) Fri. February 3 St. Blaise 8:00 *12:15 Joan Savarese (D) Sat. February 4 8:00 *12:15 Raquel Suarez (D) Vigil 5:45 *Rosary prayed after 12:15pm Mass
We Extend Our Thanks To Alan Osborne for hosting Sunday's coffee hour.
We’ve begun host sign-ups for 2017! Sign-up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090a48a4ad2baaff2-winterspring . Or visit www.olgcstm.org .
Attention Men! How does being Christian make you different from other men? How does being a man affect your life as a Christian? You are invited to join a Men’s Spirituality group to meet other Catholic men, explore these issues, and pray together. Singles, husbands, and fathers are all welcome. For details, email [email protected]
Sunday –January 22, 2017 Regular Collection – $8,451.70
Fuel – $2,336.15 Attendance – 642
February 5 Lector EM Sat 5:45 pm Nick Farnham Greg Gorra Sun 8:30 am Louisa Martin TBD Sun 10:00 am Morriss Family Beverly O’Grady Sun 12:00 pm Nilsa Santiago C. Stonbely Sun 5:45 pm Jim Sterling Sharon McKenna
