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New Parishioners and Visitors Welcome

THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION

MAY 14, 2017

5TH SUNDAY OF EASTER

5O DOMINGO DE PASCUA

W ELCOME ! ¡ B I ENVEN IDOS !

Serving the Upper West Side, Manhattan Valley, and Morningside Heights communities since 1895.

Sirviendo las comunidades del Upper West Side, Manhattan Valley, y Morningside Heights desde 1895.

Rev. Daniel S. Kearney Pastor

Rev. Raymond Rafferty In Residence

Rev. Daniel Le Blanc In Residence

Rev. Msgr. Thomas Shelley Sunday Associate

Warren Thomas Hospital Chaplain

Cipriano Lantigua Pastoral Associate

Rectory 221 West 107th Street · New York, NY 10025

Phone: 212-222-0666 AscensionChurchNYC.org

Celebration of the Eucharist

Saturdays 12:10pm (Spanish) 5:00pm (English) 6:15pm (Spanish)

Sundays 8:15am (English) 9:30am (Walkirios) (Spanish) 11:00am (Choir) (English) 12:30pm (Spanish) 6:00pm (Jazz) (English)

Weekdays Noon (English) 6:00pm Wednesdays only (English) 7:00pm (Spanish)

Website: AscensionChurchNYC.org FaceBook: Ascension Church NYC Twitter: @nyc_ascension pg 2

PARISH STAFF Preston Smith Organist & Director of Music [email protected]

John Norelli Business Manager [email protected]

Yesenia Moran Parish Secretary [email protected]

Ricardo Rios Head Custodian [email protected]

Michael Elmore Sacristan, Senior Acolyte [email protected]

Angel Falcon Space Rentals (non-party), Coordinator of Special Projects, Ad Hoc Advancement Initiatives, (212) 810–9004 or [email protected]

Richard Brogna Bulletin Ad Sales (LPi) 848-225-5120 [email protected] RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Robin Brooks Klueber, DR 221 West 107th St. New York, NY 10025 Phone: 212-749-5938 Fax: 212-961-1086 [email protected]

ASCENSION SCHOOL Melissa Moore, Principal 220 West 108th St. New York, NY 10025 Phone: 212-222-5161 Fax: 212-280-4690 [email protected]

OFFICE HOURS Saturday and Sunday Sábado y Domingo 9:00am to 7:30pm

Weekdays Los dias de semana 9:00am to 8:00pm

SACRAMENTS (ENGLISH) Penance: Saturday 4-5pm

Baptism: Second Saturday & third Sunday. Call the rectory, e-mail [email protected] or visit AscensionChurchNYC.org Plans need to be made at least 6 weeks in advance.

Marriage: Please make arrangements in advance with the Pastor or a Priest.

LOS SACRAMENTOS (ESPAÑOL) Penitencia: Sábado 4-5pm

Bautizos: 2do Domingo y 3er Sábado del mes. Contacte la rectoria para detalles, email [email protected] o visite AscensionChurchNYC.org Planificaciones tienen que ser 6 semanas por adelantación.

Bodas: Favor de hacer arreglos con anticipación con el Párroco o sacerdote.

MINISTRY FOR THE SICK/ HOMEBOUND We are anxious to help anyone who cannot celebrate Mass with us in church because of illness, handicap or age. Please call Cipriano Lantigua at the rectory.

MINISTERIO PARA LOS ENFERMOS Ayudamos a todos los que no pueden venir a celebrar la Misa por enfermedad o otra razón. Favor de llamar a Cipriano Lantigua en la Rectoría.

Altar Servers Michael Elmore. 212-222-0666

Ascension Adults in Action [email protected]

Ascension Culinary Institute Chef Paul. 212-203-8759 [email protected]

Ascension Food Pantry Robin Klueber 212-749-5938 [email protected]

Ascension Gay Fellowship [email protected]

Ascension Reading Group Elizabeth Hitz. [email protected]

Carismaticos/Lunes Eucaristico Aurora Sanchez 212-932-0283

Cofradia de la Altagracia Yvelisse Diaz. [email protected]

Cursillistas Nicolas Gomez. 347-717-7740

Divine Mercy Belkys Ravelo 646-234-4904

Divino Niño Mery Madera 646-812-8002

Guadalupano Carmen Serrano. 917-504-1429 [email protected]

Hermandad del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus Fior Delgadillo. 12-864-3695

Homeless Shelter Chris. 917-312-1257 [email protected]

Las Animas del Pulgatorio Andrea Vasquez. 347-812-9395

Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers English: Andrea Gilbert. 646-943-0916 [email protected] Español: Eucharistic Ministers Lisa Rosario 646-245-8959 [email protected] Lectors Gilda Rodriguez. 917-242-8971 [email protected]

Legion of Mary/Legión de Maria Zoila Marte. 646-267-8894

Martini Night Fellowship Rita 914-319-1979 or Lucia 914-924-3065

Mensajeros Del Amor De Cristo/ Jovenes Adultos Fabian Martinez. [email protected]

Ministerio Mariano Doris Felix. 917-601-4665

Ministerio de Parejas 646-474-1864

Mission to D.R. Jonathan Casilla. 646-425-3007 [email protected]

RCIA/RICA [email protected]

St. Vincent de Paul Society Esperanza Jorge. 347-920-9193

Movimiento de Schoenstatt Ines Moscol. 212-866-5914

Spirit Squad Youth Program Robin Klueber 212-749-5938 [email protected]

PARISH INFORMATION GROUPS

GROUPS


Dear Parishioners and Friends of Ascension,

Allow me to begin by first wishing all of our mothers and

grandmothers a very Happy Mother’s Day. Today in the United

States we celebrate Mother’s Day. In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson declared that Mother’s Day should be celebrated as a

national holiday on the second Sunday in May. Mothers have a

tremendously important job and role in our lives and in our

society. For that, we are grateful for all that our mothers do. On

a human level, we know that God, through the Holy Spirit, is ever

present and with us always. Particularly for those who are baptized and confirmed, we know that the Spirit is with us in a

special way. But on a human level, we want to know the love of

God in a more tangible way. We want to know Him in a physical

way. And so for that reason, God gave each one of us a human

mother. The love of a mother is the closest thing that we will ever

know to divine love.

How appropriate that Mother’s Day is celebrated in May, the

month dedicated to Mary. This Christian custom of dedicating

the month of May to Mary arose at the end of the 13th century.

At that time, the Church was able to Christianize the secular feasts which were wont to take place. In the 16th century, books

appeared and fostered this devotion. The practice became

especially popular among the members of the Jesuit Order. By

1700 it took hold among their students at the Roman College and

a bit later it was publicly practiced in the Gesu Church in Rome.

From there it spread to the whole Church. The pious practice of honoring Mary during the month of May has been especially

recommended by the Popes. Pope Paul VI wrote a short

encyclical in 1965 using the Month of Mary devotion as a means

of obtaining prayers for peace. At no point have those prayers for

peace seemed more urgent..

While the Second Vatican Council did not intend to suppress

popular devotions like the Rosary, the Council did direct that

devotions be reformed so that they should not appear to be

something apart from the liturgy. The rosary, particularly during

the month of May, continues to play a special role in the prayer

life of the Church. During the month of May, the rosary is

prayed here at Ascension each day at 6:30p.m. (in Spanish) to

which all are invited. During this month of May, let’s fervently

ask the intercession of Mary as we continue to pray for world

peace.

This weekend we also celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first

visit of Mary to Fatima. Mary appeared to three children, Lucia

de Santos, aged 10, and her two cousins, Francisco Marto, aged

9, and Jacinta Marto, aged 7, six different times between May

and October 1917. She described herself as "Our Lady of the

Rosary," while urging prayer, and particularly the rosary, as well

as penance for the conversion of sinners, and the consecration of

Russia to her Immaculate Heart. Perhaps that intention, is as

timely today as it was 100 years ago. Yesterday, May 13th, Pope

Francis canonized Blessed Jacinta Marto and Blessed Francisco

Marto, two of the shepherd children who saw Mary in Fatima on

May 13, 1017. We ask their intercessions.

Peace, Fr. Kearney

PASTOR’S LETTER NOTAS DEL PASTOR

Queridos Feligreses y Amigos de la Ascensión,

Primeramente, permítanme comenzar con desearles un muy feliz Día

de las Madres a todas nuestras madres y abuelas. Hoy en los Estados

Unidos celebramos el Día de las Madres. En 1914, el presidente

Woodrow Wilson declaró que el Día de las Madres debería ser

celebrado como un día de fiesta nacional el segundo domingo de

mayo. Las madres aportan un trabajo y papel sumamente importante

en nuestras vidas y en la sociedad. Por eso, agradecemos todo lo que

nuestras madres hacen. En un nivel humano, sabemos que Dios, a

través del Espíritu Santo, siempre está presente y con nosotros. En

particular, para aquellos que están bautizados y confirmados,

sabemos que el Espíritu Santo está con nosotros de una manera

especial. Pero, en un nivel humano, queremos conocer el amor de

Dios de una manera más tangible. Queremos conocerlo en una

manera física. Y por esta razón, Dios nos dio a cada uno de nosotros

una madre humana. El amor de una madre es lo más cerca al amor

divino que jamás conoceremos.

Es muy apropiado que se celebre el Día de las Madres en mayo, el

mes dedicado a María. Esta costumbre cristiana de dedicar el mes de

mayo a María comenzó al final del siglo 13. En esa época, la iglesia

podía cristianizar las fiestas seculares que ocurrían. En el siglo 16,

aparecieron los libros y fomentaron esta devoción. La práctica se

hizo especialmente popular entre los miembros de la orden de

jesuitas. Para el 1700, cogió fuerza entre sus estudiantes del Colegio

Romano y poco después se practicaba públicamente en la Iglesia del

Gesú en Roma. De ahí se extendió a toda la iglesia. La práctica

piadosa de venerar a María durante el mes de mayo has sido

especialmente recomendada por los papas. El Papa Pablo VI

escribió una encíclica corta en el 1965 utilizando la devoción a María

en el mes de mayo como una manera de obtener oraciones por la paz.

En ningún momento han sido de más urgencia las oraciones por la

paz.

Mientras que no era la intención del Segundo Concilio Vaticano de

suprimir devociones populares como el rosario, el concilio sí indicó

que las devociones fueran reformadas para que no pareciera que eran

algo apartado de la liturgia. El rosario, en particular durante el mes

de mayo, continúa teniendo un papel especial en la vida de oración

de la iglesia. Durante el mes de mayo, aquí en la Ascensión, se reza

el rosario cada día a las 6:30 de la tarde (en español), al que todos

están invitados. Durante el mes de mayo, pidamos con fervor la

intercesión de María mientras continuamos orando por la paz.

En este fin de semana también celebramos el aniversario número 100

de la primera visita de María a Fátima. María se le apareció a tres

niños, Lucía de Santos, 10 años de edad, y sus dos primos, Francisco

Marto, 9 años de edad, y Jacinta Marto, 7 años de edad, seis

diferentes veces entre mayo y octubre de 1917. Ella se describió a sí

misma como “Nuestra Señora del Rosario,” insistiendo en la oración,

y particularmente el rosario, al igual que penitencia por la conversión

de pecadores, y la consagración de Rusia a su Inmaculado Corazón.

Quizás esa intención es tan oportuna hoy como lo fue hace 100 años.

Ayer, 13 de mayo, el Papa Francisco canonizó a los beatos Jacinta

Marto y Francisco Marto, dos de los niños pastorcillos quienes

vieron a María en Fátima el 13 de mayo de 1917. Pidamos que

intercedan por nosotros.

Paz, Padre Kearney


Laura Moore Brown, Joseph Anthony Desire, Isabel Ortiz, William Rosan, Yuan Su

A person’s name will appear for four weeks, after which it will be removed unless we hear from the family.

El nombre de una persona aparecerá durante cuatro semanas, después de lo cual se eliminará al menos que la familia se comunique con nosotros.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK Deadline for names to appear in the bulletin is

Tuesday of the prior week.

La fecha para que los nombres aparezcan en el boletín es el

martes de la semana anterior.

Sunday, May 14

9:30AM EMMA GOMEZ, ELVIN MENDEZ, ANA MARTE, MARIA FLORINDA,

MARIA ERLINDA GARCIA, DOLORES GORDILLO, MARIA T.

GARCIA, TEOFILA ALTAGRACIA GARCIA & FAMILIA, ELISA

MONTES DE OCA, DULCE MOTES DE OCA, ADRIANA MONTES

DE OCA, EFRAIN ROBLES, LUIS ROBLES, JULIA ORTIZ,

MARGARITA MASSOL, MANUELA REYES

11:00AM CARMEN RIVERA, ROSA SANTANA, NATALIA & DOLORES

ESTRADA, CLARA & MERCEDES SARNA

12:30PM ANA PAULINO, ROY GRULLON, MARIA BOBEA, GUILLERMA

GUTIERREZ MENDEZ, VICTOR ANTONIO CABRERA, FORTUNATA

CASTRO, FRANCISCA HERNANDEZ

6:00PM JOSEPH MAXIMILLIAN GONZALEZ, MARIA DE SOUZA, MINNIE

DE SOUZA, MARY AGNES CASSEY, ELEANOR TONER, LORETTA

LUNA, ROSE AMOND PEREZ, ELLEN MCQUIRK TONER

Monday, May 15 12:00PM

7:00PM MIGUEL VILA, LILLIAN SANTOS MC. KINNEY, JOSEPH

MAXIMILLIAN GONZALEZ, NELLY JORGE, ANTONIO FERNANDEZ

Tuesday, May 16 12:00PM JOSEPH MAXIMILLIAN GONZALEZ,

6:00PM CONFIRMATION

Wednesday, May 17 12:00PM

6:00PM

7:00PM SOFIA PERALTA, JOSEPH MAXIMILLIAN GONZALEZ,

Thursday, May 18 12:00PM

7:00PM JOSEPH MAXIMILLIAN GONZALEZ, BIENVENIDA ANTONIA

RODRIGUEZ

Friday, May 19 12:00PM

7:00PM SERGIO GONZALEZ, SAN JOSE

Saturday, May 20 12:10AM

5:00PM 6:15PM MANUEL UREÑA

DAILY MASS INTENTIONS

Sunday, May 14 - Mother’s Day Tuesday, May 16 - Inter-parish Confirmation (at Ascension) Wednesday, May 24 - Ascension Reading Group Thursday, May 25 - Ascension Thursday Monday, May 29 - Memorial Day (Rectory Closed) Sunday, June 4 - Pentecost Sunday/Martini Night Monday, June 5 - Lunes Eucaristico

Visit AscensionChurchNYC.org for details

UPCOMING EVENTS

WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER! AS AN ASCENSION COMMUNITY

¡JUNTO PODEMUS HACERLO! COMO LA COMUNIDAD DE LA ASCENSIÓN

Upcoming Special Collections May 14 - Mother’s Day (special envelope) May 21 - National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception May 25 - Ascension (special envelope)

Readings for the Week of May 14, 2017

Sunday: Acts 6:1-7/Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19/1 Pt 2:4-9/Jn 14:1-12 Monday: Acts 14:5-18/Ps 115:1-4, 15-16/Jn 14:21-26 Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28/Ps 145:10-13ab, 21/Jn 14:27-31a Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6/Ps 122:1-5/Jn 15:1-8 Thursday: Acts 15:7-21/Ps 96:1-3, 10/Jn 15:9-11 Friday: Acts 15:22-31/Ps 57:8-10, 12/Jn 15:12-17 Saturday: Acts 16:1-10/Ps 100:1b-3, 5/Jn 15:18-21 Next Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17/Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20/1 Pt 3:15-18/Jn 14:15-21

READINGS FOR THE WEEK The Ascension Church Religious Education 2016-2017 year

will end with today's last class. We thank all our students,

parents and volunteer catechists, as well as all the other

volunteers, including our teens, for a great year! Registration

forms for classes that begin in September are available in

the back of the church and will be available in the Rectory or

from Robin all summer ([email protected]).

We wish you a blessed, happy and healthy summer, and look

forward to seeing you all again when classes begin the week

of September 10.


Knox Alvarado Camilo Avalos Gio Avila Irving Aviles Matthew Aviles Fernando Ballester-Yasso Aaron Beltron Albert Beltron Esai Bergmann Janiis Berrido Matthew Biviano Owen Bleakney Addison Brennan Remy Cadela Isabela Carvalho Caleb Chambers Vida De los Santos Davey DeNunzio Finnian deOvando-Mullany Adriel Dominguez Ti-Grace Elani Ryan Falcone Carlos Fernandez Paul Fernandez Tyler Gallardo Diego Gonzalez Estenia Gonzalez Ignacio Gregorio Omar Gregorio Monte Hamilton Nicholas Hayward Diana Hernandez Nicholas Hernandez Samuel Jimenez Mariella Jose Kai Koenig Lucy Lamb

Matthieu LaTouche James Leon Agel Lopez Fiona Luff Allie Martinez Angeiella Martiez Emilee Martinez Ferdinand Martinez Kelsi Martinez Amina Meredith Ana Milian Sabrina Morales Rivas Brandon Nina Joshus Nina Gabriela Oeser Elyanna Olivo Emilia Olivo Steven Ortiz Jack Papalia Michael Pelaez Cyndy Paulino Jayven Quinones Jeremy Quirola Jaelyn Rosa Isabella Sabatier Chloe Saffire-Klei Mariela Salvador Gabriel Santana Islay Sheil Eve Slack Ylanie Taveras Michael Tedeschi Matthew Vasquez Paula Viera Gabriele Vimont Johan Vimont Steven Vitrago

We wish to congratulate the Ascension Parish and School

Students who received their First Communion this past

Saturday, May 6, 2017:

Our titular Feast of the

Ascension

(Ascension Thursday) takes

place on May 25th. Each

year on the day, we have a

Bilingual Parish Mass

at 7:00 PM followed by a celebration in our school

auditorium. Esperanza will once again be coordinating

the celebration after. Tomorrow evening, (Monday,

May 15th,) there will be a short planning meeting at

6:00pm. Anyone interested in preparing food or

helping Esperanza to coordinate the event is invited

and encouraged to attend.

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