February6, 2011
The St. Matthew Passion Winter ConcertFebruary, 7 2011- 7:30 PM
The St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in collaboration with the Archdiocese of New York,will present a setting of the St. Matthew Passion, which describes the Passion of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of St. Matthew through an exquisite interplay of soloists, choir, and orchestra. This concert will be the U.S. English-language premiere of the piece by Russian Orthodox Christian composer and churchman Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev. Performers will include The Salomé Chamber Orchestra, famed soloists soprano Mary Mackenzie, mezzo-soprano Ana Mihanovic, tenor Blake Friedman, and bass Aaron Theno, and the New York Virtuoso Singers prepared by Harold Rosenbaum.
The concert will take place at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, 405 West 59th Street
FifthSunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 58:7-10/1 Cor 2:1-5/Matthew 5:13-16
“Thus says the Lord; Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own.”… “You are the salt of the earth… You are the light of the world.”
We live in a society afflicted with countless social ills. Crime, addictions, family strife, war, poverty, the list goes on and on. Did you ever think that these conditions might exist as a test of our discipleship? Did you ever consider a way to address these concerns, rather than merely allowing them to go on? Did you ever consider the power we all have to confront and change the world in which we live?
Like educators who say ‘changing one child at a time’ we too can stop, look, listen and then act, rather than see, complain, or worse, turn the other way. From the earliest accounts in scripture, when Joseph provided for his famine stricken brothers in Egypt, through the first Christian communities providing for the widows and orphans, we discover people making the difference in hopeless situations.
Jesus used simple signs to speak of our response, namely salt and light. The former has been used for healing and purifying, the latter to let us see better the cause of dire conditions. Rather than lament the headlines in the paper or lead stories on the news say “I will be salt”, “I will be light” for someone in need this week. Go a step further and bring this subject up with a friend or acquaintance, and then do something together.
We then become signs of the kingdom which Jesus proclaimed.
HIS WORDTODAYby Rev. William J. Reilly
Our Lady Of Lourdes FeastOn February 11 we will be celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the World Day of Prayer for Healing. The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick will be administered at our 5:30 Mass. Special guests that day will be the Knights and Dames of the Order of Malta of the Priory of Our Lady of Lourdes. Each year their pilgrimage to Lourdes is attended by 10,000 world-wide members of the Order who bring thousands of sick persons with them to this miraculous shrine of Our Lady.
The collection for January 30th was$5,816. Please be generous with your weekly contribution to our parish ministries.
We encourage you to enroll via the ParishPay website Select the St JosephWestVillage link. Use the paperless way to help our ministry.
Church of St. Vincent Ferrer
Lexington at 68th Street
212-744-2080 and
Theology in City Lecture Series
Free and Open to the Public
February,7 2011 at 7 PM The Doctrine of the Real Presence
“Break upon us, Holy One. Send down Your Shining Dove. Embrace our over-crusted hearts and melt them with Your Love.” from Mystical Heart by Edwina Gateley
Come, retreat with Edwina Gateley and Pax Christi Metro New York March 4-6 in St. Joseph’s Renewal Center, Brentwood, Long Island. It will be an opportunity to experience the “Call to Personal and Global Transformation” through prayer, story, tears and laughter. Contact PCMNY for details and to register: , or 212-420-0250.
Academy of St. Joseph
Please join us for our upcoming Open House on Tuesday, March 8th at 9 am. We arecurrently accepting applications for our PreK3 – 4th grade. There are only a few openingsin our PreK3 and PreK4 classes.
We are very proud of our Art Teacher, Ms. Beata Drozd, whose exhibit, The MillionDollar Celebrities is currently at the Andre Zarre Gallery, 529 West 20th Street.
We also celebrate the success of one of our Third Grade students, Jake Lucas whoauditioned for 1 of the 8 spots in the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus and wasselected. We are so proud of Jake and look forward to seeing him on stage at the Met.
Good things keep happening at the Academy of St. Joseph! We ask that you continueto keep us in your prayers so that we always make St. Joseph Parish very proud of ouraccomplishments.
JULIE JORDAN presents
New York Concerti Sinfonietta
Per Brevig, Conductor
with guest artists
Deborah May • Tu-Quyen Hoang Tran • Lavinia WibisonoPianistBenjamin CappsCellist
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 7 PM
Admission: $20 at door or before, discount available for students/seniors:
MOZART Piano Concerto in B-flat Major, K.450 I. Tu-Quyen Hoang Tran
SCHUMANN Concerto in A minor for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 129 I. II. III. Benjamin Capps
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 I. II. III. Lavinia Wibisono
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, I. Deborah May
FEAST DAYS, SCRIPTURE CITATIONS
AND SPECIAL INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK
SATURDAY, February 5 St. Agatha
Heb 13:15-17, 20-21/Mk 6:30-34
12:10 PM Rose Arias
5:30 PM Luiga Donati
SUNDAY, February 6
Is 58:7-10/1 Cor 2:1-5/Mt 5:13-16
9:00 AM Craig Beato
11:30AMDorothy Turney Brown
6:00 PM Joseph A. Velardi
MONDAY, February 7 Bl. Pius IX
Gn 1:1-19/Mk 6:53-56
12:10 PMMarie Mazza
5:30 PM Michael Spagnola
TUESDAYFebruary 8 St. Josephine Bakhita, St. Jerome Emiliani
Gn 1:20-2:4a/Mk 7:1-13
12:10 PM
5:30 PM Delia Caserta
WEDNESDAY, February 9
Gn 2:4b-9, 15-17/Mk 7:14-23
12:10 PM
5:30 PM Chester Paterek
THURSDAY, February 10 St. Scholastica
Gn 2:18-25/Mk 7:24-30
12:10 PM
5:30 PM
FRIDAY,February 11 Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Gn 3:1-8/Mk 7:31-37
12:10 PM Ann Darrow (living)
5:30 PM
SATURDAY,February 12
Gn 3:9-24/Mk 8:1-10
12:10 PM
5:30 PM Marilyn Veth
MONTHLY PARISH ACTIVITIES
Sunday10:00 AM / Children’s Religious Studies / Casserly
10:00 AM / Scripture Discussion / Library
2:30 PM / Roman Forum Lectures / Casserly
7:00 PM / Grad Law / Casserly/Rectory
Monday
6:30 PM / Centering Prayer / Church
7:00 PM / YACHT Club for Young Adults / Casserly/Library
Tuesday
7:00 PM / Aquinas Circle of Undergraduates / Casserly/Library
Wednesday
6:30 PM / Korean Catholic Students / Casserly/Library
Thursday
6:30 PM 1st /mo / Pax Christi Bd Mtg / PCMNY
7:00 PM / Newman Club / Casserly/Library
7:00PM / Scripture Study / 1st Floor-Back Parlor
Friday
6:00 PM 1st/mo / Novena/ Sacred Heart / Church
6:15 PM / St. Egidio Prayer / Church
Saturday
10:00-3:00 PM / Soup Kitchen / Casserly
12:30 PM 1st/mo / Blessing of the Sick / Church
6:00 PM / Alcoholics Anonymous / Caserly