Parish Staff Pastor Rev. David Powers Sch.P. Parochial Vicars Rev. Nelson Henao Sch.P. Rev. Richard Wyzykiewicz Sch.P. Parish Secretary Mrs. Rosemarie Ortiz Music Director Mr. Patrick Marques Musicians Mr. Jim Donaldson Mr. Alex Henriquez June 2017 Development Director Mrs. Stephanie Turtle St. Helena’s School (718) 892-3234 http://www.sthelenaelementary.org Early Childhood (3Yr Olds & Pre-K for All) Elementary School (Grades K-8) Principal: Mr. Richard Meller 2050 Benedict Avenue Bronx, New York 10462 High School: Monsignor Scanlan H.S. (718) 430-0100 http://www.scanlanhs.edu/ Principal: Mr. Peter Doran 915 Hutchinson River Parkway Bronx, New York 10465 St. Helena Rectory: 1315 Olmstead Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10462 Phone: (718) 892-3232 Fax: (718) 892-7713 www.churchofsthelena.com Email: [email protected]Alumni: [email protected]Mass Schedule (Horario de Misas) Baptisms: Arrangements must be made at the Rectory for Baptismal Class. Bring a copy of the child’s Birth Certificate. Marriages: Arrangements for weddings should be made as soon as possible at the Rectory. Rectory. saint Helena parish Bronx, NY
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Parish Staff Pastor
Rev. David Powers Sch.P.
Parochial Vicars
Rev. Nelson Henao Sch.P.
Rev. Richard Wyzykiewicz Sch.P.
Parish Secretary Mrs. Rosemarie Ortiz
Music Director Mr. Patrick Marques
Musicians
Mr. Jim Donaldson
Mr. Alex Henriquez
June 2017
Development Director Mrs. Stephanie Turtle
St. Helena’s School (718) 892-3234
http://www.sthelenaelementary.org Early Childhood (3Yr Olds & Pre-K for All)
Happy Birthday to the Catholic Church Happy birthday to you, who are the body of the Church!
We're all familiar with our own birthdays, and we celebrate them because they mark the day of the year in which we entered into this life. But did you know you have a second birthday? Because you are part of the body of the Church, Pentecost is the Church's birthday, and yours as well. And like any birthday, it's a cause for celebration.
Pentecost is the liturgical season after Easter which celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Church, ushering in a new era for the people of God. The word Pentecost is Greek and it means "50th day." Fifty days after Easter Sunday, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and their followers, and the beginning of their Earthly ministry to make disciples of all nations. Pentecost is also a Jewish holiday, which the Jews use to celebrate the end of Passover. Jews celebrate the gift of the law to Moses at Mt. Sinai on this day. But we, as Catholics celebrate the birth of our Church.
At Pentecost, the Apostles and their followers were gathered in a room. Jews from all over the world were gathered with Peter, the leader of the Apostles and the Eleven. At this time, a great wind blew and a flame appeared as a tongue of fire, which split itself into many individual flames above the heads of all those present. The Holy Spirit came upon these people and each began to speak in tongues. Despite the fact many had no common language, they were perfectly able to understand one another. Others who were not so blessed, accused those speaking in tongues of being drunk, but Peter arose and addressed the crowd, explaining that it was only 9 o'clock and that this phenomenon was not intoxication, but rather this was the work of the Holy Spirit, as prophesized in the scripture. Peter then called all those present to be baptized and about three thousand people were baptized that day. These people were among the first Catholics, and Peter is the first pope of the Catholic Church.
The symbols of Pentecost are the flame, the wind, and the dove, which represents the Holy Spirit. The color of Pentecost is red and the priest wears red vestments on this day. Parishioners are also invited to wear red on this day. Red decorations, as well as celebrations, are appropriate, similar to any other birthday.
Pentecost (Whitsunday), with Christmas and Easter, ranks among the great feasts of Christianity. It commemorates not only the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and Disciples, but also the fruits and effects of that event: the completion of the work of redemption, the fullness of grace for the Church and its children, and the gift of faith for all nations. Special prayers are often said just for Pentecost.
One final point: why the miracle of tongues? In answer, recall the story regarding the tower of Babel. Puffed up by pride, men attempted to build a tower that would touch the heavens. To punish their sin, God confused their speech. Sin causes confusion and division. Now Christ came to gather all men into His Church and thereby to unite them to Himself. This should result in creating one family of nations again. To this blessed state the miracle of tongues points. Yes, even we as individuals have a gift of tongues which all men can understand. It is the gift of love infused into us by the Holy Spirit. Love unites, love is a common language, by means of love we can speak to all nations. Fr. David
The Catholic Approach to Islam Radical Islam has recently made the news multiple times, and the question has been raised, just what is the relationship between Catholics and Muslims? To be sure, the Church seeks to promote fellowship among all men. We acknowledge that all historic religions that have grown up in the context of well-developed cultures have attempted to provide answers to the most central questions that confront man, such as who he is, what the meaning of his life is, and what kind of moral life he is to lead. We recognize that there are elements of truth in all of these religious traditions, and so the Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in them, and Catholics are exhorted to engage in dialogue and collaboration with the followers of other religions so they can recognize the good things found among them.
However, it is important to note that while the precepts and teachings of these other religions differ in many respects from the Church’s, they often reflect a ray of that Truth which enlightens all men —that is, they obscurely express Christ in some way. The Church stresses that dialogue and cooperation with them must be carried out with prudence and love. While acting in charity, Catholics must always bring discernment to their dealings with adherents of non-Christian religions. The Church—and by extension, the faithful - ever must proclaim Christ as the way, the truth, and the life and the cross of Christ is seen as the sign of God’s all-embracing love and as the fountain from which every grace flows. What this means is that Catholics can never back away from holding—always charitably, to be sure—that the Catholic Church alone teaches the fullness of the truth.
As far as Moslems are concerned, The Catholic Church regards them “with esteem,” because as members of a fellow Abrahamic faith they submit to the one true God, revere Jesus as a prophet even if they don’t recognize him as God, have devotion to the Blessed Mother, and like Christianity value the moral life and worship God especially through prayer, almsgiving and fasting, and also await the resurrection of the body on Judgment Day.
Catholics cannot refuse to treat any person “in a brotherly way,” since all are created in the image of God, and that there is no basis for any theory or practice that leads to discrimination between man and man or people and people, so far as their human dignity and the rights flowing from it are concerned.
A key point here is that Catholics cannot let themselves slip into a kind of religious syncretism when viewing other religions or in their dealings with their adherents. Charity is exhorted, but so is prudence. The Church says that dialogue and cooperation must be carried out with these things in mind, but it also cautions Catholics not to slip into a mindset of moral or religious equivalency. When the Church says that these other religions have elements of the truth—which unwittingly, for them, reflect the truth of Christ—it is making clear that, as stated, the Church alone embraces and teaches the fullness of truth and the complete path to human salvation. She, in effect, is reminding the faithful that they cannot forget this or cease to make it a central element motivating their dialogue. Indeed, it has been just such a neglect that has abundantly characterized ecumenical relations since Vatican II and has helped retard the Church’s efforts at evangelization. Where Catholics have not succumbed to a functional religious syncretism, many have failed to understand that a charitable attitude can make it possible to stand solidly for principles and even speak the truth and still get along with people.
Indeed, the Church invites, rather than discourages, a careful and honest examination and evaluation of the beliefs of non-Christian religions and a clarity in pointing out—especially to fellow Catholics, in the interest of their increased understanding—the realities about their origins, problems in their teaching, and ways in which they conflict with Catholic truth. It goes without saying that this is always supposed to be done charitably and respectfully, but
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getting to the point and laying out the realities is not the same thing as engaging in polemics. Therefore, Catholics can engage in blunt, well argued, criticisms of Islam.
Some of the things that would seem to be fair game in a careful examination of Islam are whether some of its basic teachings may encourage violence as a way to spread the faith, the historical background and character of Mohammed, whether an arbitrariness and radical voluntarism took deep root in Islam way back in the Middle Ages when it turned its back on philosophy (as Robert Reilly brilliantly discusses in The Closing of the Muslim Mind), how much Islamic teaching really permits coexistence with and equal treatment of other religions once it gains political power, whether its basic teachings give rise to the Islamic radicalism we witness today or if this is a divergence and corruption, and whether for it religious dominance also means political domination. In light of what we have witnessed historically and in the present crisis caused by Islamism, these are hardly red herrings or an unjustified sounding of alarms. Let us remember that the Church never asks the faithful to surrender reasonableness or good judgment in considering things.
Another thing should be pointed out. The Church encourages dialogue and cooperation with adherents of non-Christian religions. It is not so clear that many Moslems have responded in kind—whether it’s been with the closed communities that Islamic immigrants tend to form, or how the major U.S. Islamic groups can’t seem to bring themselves to criticize the radicals, or how the Christian bishops from the Islamic world have long complained how their attempts at inter-religious dialogue are typically spurned, or how even the attempts of missionaries to dialogue with Islamic elements in different countries so often simply fall flat. For example, Catholic missionaries in Mindanao in the Philippines have worked with and ministered to the Moros for many years, but their efforts have gone nowhere. Now, after decades of the Church’s institutions aiding them there in health care, education, and other human needs, Catholics have been met with resistance and even violence as some elements of the Moro population have become radicalized.
The Church does not call for an uncritical or “hands-off” attitude toward Islam or any other world religion, and neither the laity nor those in the institutional Church should view it otherwise and we should certainly not unquestioningly buy into the prevailing “politically correct” viewpoint about Islam that now so permeates the Western world and has helped give the radicals their opening.
Visitation: la «médaille miraculeuse» dans les Jardins du Vatican
A l’occasion de la fête de la Visitation, demain 31 mai, et de la conclusion du “mois de Marie” dans les jardins du Vatican, les Filles de la Charité de saint Vincent de Paul, qui servent la Maison Sainte-Marthe du Vatican, offriront aux participants une « médaille miraculeuse » dont le « design » a été indiqué par la Vierge Marie à sainte Catherine Labouré, le 27 novembre 1830, à Paris, au couvent de la rue du Bac.
Les « miracles » qui accompagnèrent les premières distributions de la médaille lui ont valu son nom populaire, mais, comme le revers de la médaille l’indique par les deux cœurs de Jésus et Marie, ce qui est miraculeux, c’est l’amour surnaturel dont le don de la médaille témoigne. C’est en effet la tradition que le mois de Marie se conclue au Vatican par une procession aux flambeaux jusqu’à la « Grotte de Lourdes » des Jardins du Vatican et la prière du chapelet. La supérieure des Filles de la charité, Sr Stefania Monti, a expliqué ce geste des sœurs au micro de Radio Vatican : « Remettre cette médaille miraculeuse aux participants de ce pèlerinage, au terme du mois de Marie, c’est revaloriser ce grand don que la Vierge Sainte a fait à Catherine Labouré et à toute la communauté » : « C’est un signe de la grande tendresse de Dieu pour toute l’humanité. » Ce geste rappelle aussi le jubilé
des 400 ans de la famille spirituelle de saint Vincent de Paul. Quant au service des sœurs à Sainte-Marthe, sr Stefania souligne : « C’est un service spécial, un service que nous vivons au cœur de l’Eglise, auprès du Vicaire du Christ, le pape François. »
SISTER CANDIDA BELLOTTI, the most long-lived Sister in
the world, died on Saturday, May 27 at Lucca, Italy at 110 years
of age. Sister Candida, from Veneto, was born on February 20,
1907, and was baptized Alma Bellotti. Having entered the
Congregation of the Ministers of the Sick of Saint Camillus in
1931, Sister Candida served as a professional nurse in several
cities of Italy. The deceased religious lived under ten Pontiffs.
SECOND COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND JUNE 11 will
help cover our air conditioning costs. We have spent several
thousand dollars to repair our current system, and your support
and generosity is needed to help us cover that expense.
BLACK AND INDIAN MISSION COLLECTION-Today our
parish will take up one collection for both the 134th annual
National Black and Indian Mission Collection and the collection
for the Catholic New York newspaper. Our support of the Black
and Indian Mission collection helps build the Church in African
American, Native American, and Alaska Native communities
from coast to coast. Schools, parish religious education programs,
and diocesan ministries depend on your generosity to help them
spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
Possible Corporate Merger: Hale Business Systems,
Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W. R. Grace Co. will merge and become: Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.
Banns of Marriage I- Felipe Rosales & Carmina Ayala
PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS
50/50- MAY WINNER4 # 106 @ $280. Remember , it only
costs $5 for your chance to win in our 50/50 drawing. Pink
50/50 envelopes are available both in your mailed offertory
envelopes as well as at both entrances to the church and in
the bookstore. Enter the June drawing today, which will be
held on June 26.
BIBLE STUDY-This Tuesday, June 6, the English Bible
Study Class will study Chapter 26 of St. Matthew at 1PM and
7:30PM in the green building. The Spanish class meets at
7PM in the cafeter ia & is also studying St. Matthew.
ENGLISH CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP meets
every Wednesday at 7:30PM in the meeting room of the
Green Parish Center. Everyone is welcome to attend.
SPANISH CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP meets
every Monday at 7PM in the Church. Mass will be celebrated
on June 5.
JOIN ST. HELENA’S YOUTH CHOIR-Have fun learning
how to sing and praising God. Rehearsals are every Sunday
at 8:30AM in the choir loft of the church.
CARNIVAL PRE-SALE TICKETS ARE ON SALE-The
Parish Carnival is now less then one month away, and pre-
sale tickets are on sale this weekend. You can purchase a
sheet of twelve tickets for $10, which will be enough for
FOUR kiddie rides or THREE children’s rides, or one adult
and one child and one kiddie ride. Those same tickets will
Next Sunday: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9/Dn 3:52-56/2 Cor 13:11-13/Jn 3:16-18
Mass Intentions
SUNDAY, June 4, 2017-Pentecost Sunday 7:30 Special Intention in Honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe 9:00 Julie Keel 10:30 Katherine Callaghan 12:00 José Luis Muñis and Familia Francisco, Eulogio and Pedro Galvez and Martina Capellan Evelio Mejia Guerrero Sor Cecilia Muñoz Delfin Gomez Hernan Perez Olano and Santos Banda 1:30 Sophie and Stanley Gay 5:00 For the Future Security, Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Well-Being of Baby Alessandra Mia Savino Fr. Jerome Ofoegbu MONDAY, June 5, 2017-Feast of St. Boniface 6:50 Fr. Richard Wyzkiewicz, Sch.P. for Blessings & In Thanksgiving on the 46th Anniversary of Holy Ordination, His Parents and Family 8:30 Constance Warneke 12:15 In Thanksgiving for Favors 7:00 Adolfo Guimil Torres TUESDAY, June 6, 2017-Feast of St. Norbert 6:50 For the Future Security, Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Well-Being of Baby Alessandra Mia Savino 8:30 Fr. David Powers, Sch.P. for Blessings on His Birthday and for His Parents 12:15 Joby George and Family Intentions WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2017-Feast of St. Robert Newminister 6:50 Special Intention in Honor of the Blessed Mother 8:30 In Thanksgiving For Favors 12:15 Joanne Savino’s Intentions 7:00 Martha Guevara, Hernan Valladares and Maria Millet THURSDAY, June 8, 2017-Feast of St. Medard 6:50 St. Helena’s Benefactors 8:30 In Thanksgiving for Favors 12:15 Matthew Harris FRIDAY, June 9, 2017-Feast of St. Ephrem 6:50 For the Future Security, Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Well-Being of Baby Alessandra Mia Savino 8:30 Catherine Carolan 12:15 Eulatia Balaguer SATURDAY, June 10, 2017-Feast of St. Landericus 6:50 Special Intention in Honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help 8:30 In Thanksgiving for Favors 12:15 Altagracia, Carmen, José & Manuel Capellan 5:30 Mario Barris SUNDAY, June 11, 2017-Trinity Sunday 7:30 In Honor and Thanksgiving to St. Anthony 9:00 Joanne Savino’s Intentions 10:30 Albert Echevarria 12:00 Por to dos los padres 1:30 Gilbert Calderon 5:00 Tchapou Napo