Church of St. John Nepomucene, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

& St. John the Martyr

Rectory / Office: 411 East 66th Street, New York, N.Y. 10065

Tel.: 212-734-4613

E-mail: parishoffice@eastrivercatholics.org Website: www.eastrivercatholics.org

Rev. Richard D. Baker, M.Div., M.L.M. - Pastor pastor@eastrivercatholics.org Rev. Štefan Chanas, M.Div. - Parochial Vicar parvicar@eastrivercatholics.org

Rev. Paul Pratap R. Gatla, MHM, M.Div. - Parochial Vicar parovicar@eastrivercatholics.org Deacon G. Thomas Harenchar and Mrs. (Pani) Ruth Harenchar

Business Office 411 East 66th Street Hours: Monday-Thursday 9 am-5 pm Friday 9 am-3 pm Saturday 12 pm-7 pm Sunday 9 am-4 pm Slovak-speaking secretary is in the office on Mondays and Tuesdays except on holidays. St. John Nepomucene Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil: 5:30 pm Sunday Mass: 10:30 am (Slovak) 12:30 pm (English) 6:00 pm (English)

Daily Mass: Monday-Saturday: 12:15 pm Confession Monday-Saturday: 12:00 noon Saturday: 5:00 pm Sunday: 5:30 pm St. Frances Cabrini Main St. Roosevelt Island Sunday Mass: Good Shepherd Chapel 8:15 am 11:15 am Novena and Adoration: Cabrini Chapel (Monday) 6:45 pm

Daily Mass (Tuesday-Friday) Cabrini Chapel: 9:00 am Baptisms and Marriage Baptism - by appointment. Marriage - arrangements six months before wedding. Please contact Pastor at pastor@eastrivercatholics.org

MASS INTENTIONS 

March 6, 2016 FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT ŠTVRTÁ NEDEĽA V PÔSTNOM OBDOBÍ 8:15 am Cabrini Chapel - At discretion of the Celebrant 10:30 am St. John’s - Za živých a zosnulých členov Slovenského

Katolíckeho Sokola rb 182. zbor SKS Medzispev: Skúste a presvedčte sa, aký dobrý je Pán. 11:15 am Cabrini Chapel - At discretion of the Celebrant 12:30 pm St. John’s - Stanislav Holka † rb Family 6:00 pm St. John’s - Roman Karl Vonthron † rb Family

Monday, March 7 - Lenten Weekday 12:15 pm St. John’s - Jose Rendon Alvarado † rb Osvaldo and Es-

thela Sanchez 6:45 pm Cabrini Chapel - Holy Hour

Tuesday, March 8 - Lenten Weekday 9:00 am Cabrini Chapel - At discretion of the Celebrant 12:15 pm St. John’s - Immaculada Garcia-Santos rb Giovanni Garcia

Wednesday, March 9 - Lenten Weekday 9:00 am Cabrini Chapel - At discretion of the Celebrant 12:15 pm St. John’s - Emerito Garcia † rb Garcia Family

Thursday, March 10 - Lenten Weekday 9:00 am Cabrini Chapel - At discretion of the Celebrant 12:15 pm St. John’s - Louis Bruschi (11th Anniversary) † rb Aldo

Bruschi

Friday, March 11 - Lenten Weekday 9:00 am Cabrini Chapel - At discretion of the Celebrant 12:15 pm St. John’s - Tadeusz and Krzystof Rosolowski †† rb

Mother

Saturday, March 12 - Lenten Weekday 12:15 pm St. John’s - Joseph Francis Korda † rb Emička Lhotská s

rodinou 5:30 pm St. John’s - Special Blessing for Helena Kráľovská

March 13, 2016 FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT PIATA NEDEĽA V PÔSTNOM OBDOBÍ 8:15 am Cabrini Chapel - At discretion of the Celebrant 10:30 am St. John’s - Dr. Jozef Tiso † a obete Slovenského štátu

rb 1. zbor Slovenskej ligy 11:15 am Cabrini Chapel - Mary and Joseph Nasso †† 12:30 pm St. John’s - For Parishioners 6:00 pm St. John’s - Michal a Mária Holka †† rb Family

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b; Jn

4:43-54 Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn

5:1-16 Wednesday: Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18; Jn 5:17-30 Thursday: Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106:19-23; Jn 5:31-47 Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Saturday: Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40

-53 Sunday: Is 43:16-21; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 3:8-14;

Jn 8:1-11; Alternate readings (Year A): Ez 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-8; Rom 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45] YOUNG ADULT MASS WITH CARDINAL DOLAN You are invited to join the Office of Young Adult Out-reach on Wednesday, March 9th at St. Patrick’s Ca-thedral (5th Avenue between 50th and 51st Street, New York, NY) for Mass with His Eminence, Timo-thy Cardinal Dolan. Adoration and Confession will be available from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Mass begins at 7:30 pm. Music by Audrey Assad and Josh Blakesly. There will be a social after the Mass at Vermillion, 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY. For more information and to join the CatholicNYC events newsletter please visit www.catholicnyc.com. Once a week you will be updated with all the amazing events happening for young adults. Go to www.catholicnyc.com to sign up! SPIRITUALITY AND LITURGICAL NEEDS Fr. Paul is responsible for coordination of the Extraordinary Ministers of the Altar: Children Altar Servers, Adult Altar Servers, Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist for The Mass and for Home bound Ministry, Lectors and Ushers. Please let him know if you are interested in any of these!

COLLECTIONS: Week of 2/28/2016 $ 1,484 PARKING IN THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO THE CHURCH – TELEPHONE NUMBER Everyone who parks in the church parking lot during the holy Mass should leave their mobile phone number on a slip of paper behind the front window so that they could be contacted if someone needs to leave and the car is blocking them.

PARISH REGISTRATION FORM Please return this form in the collection baskets, sup-port box, by mail, or in-person. ____ New Registrant ____ Updating Contact Information Name: ________________________________ Address: ______________________________ City, State, Zip: _________________________ ______________________________________ Phone: ________________________________ E-Mail: ________________________________ Contact the rectory for volunteer opportunities!

BAKER’S BITS 1. Last week I started learning Slovak language, I am very excited about it. I am learning the language that my mother spoke and the language of our ancestors who built this beautiful church.

2. Parking – we were able to secure discounted parking for parishioners of St. John Nepomucene Church who travel to church by car from distant locations. The parking will be available from 10 AM to 3 PM on Sundays; the parking garage is the Garage Management Company Parking Garage at 337 East 64th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue, tel.: 212-879-9796. To get the discounted rate tell the attendant that you are a parishioner of St. John’s Church. The rate you will be charged will be $3.00 and the parish will pay the balance. We hope that this will make it easier for parishioners to come to Church and become active members of the parish by going to the Mass and supporting the parish financially and by partici-pating in the parish activities. 3. Stations of the Cross during Lent: St. John’s following the 12:15 Mass on Friday St. Frances Monday evenings at 6:45pm followed by Exposition and Benediction 4. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St. John’s each Wednesday following the 12:15pm Mass with Benediction at 1:30pm. 5. Holy Year Slovak Faith and Heritage Tour in the Footsteps of Saints Cyril and Methodius, September 30th to October 11th 2016 – see insert for detailed informa-tion. CONSIDER A CATHOLIC SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHILD The best investment in your child’s future is in a Catholic school. Ask about Touring Tuesdays for prospective par-ents from 9 A.M. to 11 .M. or by appointment February 23, March 8 and April 12. Reservations are required, call 646-794-2885 or visit www.buildboldfutures.org. COMPLIMENTARY SEMINAR Walter B. Cook Funeral Home presents a seminar “Your Life, Your Legacy” on the benefits of pre-arranging a funeral, featured speaker Stephen Duer. Seminar will be held on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 11 AM at 352 East 87th Street, light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Maria Oquendo Garcia or Angela Taglione at (212) 535-1500 by March 4th 2016. SECOND COLLECTION THIS SUNDAY will be for the Catholic Relief Services. Your contributions will help the Catholic Relief Services, Holy Father’s Relief Fund and other charitable services. May God bless your generosity.

OUR SICK OUR DECEASED

Baby Madeline (born prematurely)

Msgr. Ján Chryzostom kardinál Korec Fr. Anton Srholec, SDB Milan Dait Alex Kollár

Margita Vozárik Freda Mullen Edward Bena Dr. Jozef Nižník

COME AND EXPERIENCE THE HEALING LOVE OF JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT! The Sisters of Life invite you to join us for The Source, a Eucharistic Holy Hour with prayerful music and the opportunity for Confession at Church of St. John Nepomucene, 66th St. and 1st Ave on Thursday, March 10th from 7 to 8 pm with a social afterwards. Call 646-882-1087 with questions. ENCYCLICAL ON THE ENVIRONMENT In his widely praised encyclical, “Laudato Si’: On the Care of Our Common Home,” Pope Francis challenges us to make integral ecology and care for the poor central to Christian spirituality and religious education. To deepen your own understanding of these crucial matters as well as the understanding of your brothers and sisters, Google: “USCCB Laudato Si’: On Care For Our Com-mon Home. Discussion Guide.” Consider using this guide in meetings of your parish ministries or forming a group to study Laudato Si’ using this guide. LENTEN SEASON The Church’s regulations for Lent are as follows: Fasting requires that only one full meal and two smaller meals may be taken during the day to maintain physical strength. Fasting is an obligation for all Catholics from ages 18 to 59. Those who are not specifically obliged to fast are encouraged to join in the discipline of fasting to the extent that they are able. Abstinence prohibits the individual from eating meat on a particular day. Absti-nence is an obligation for all Catholics beginning at age 14 and continuing throughout life. Those who are not spe-cifically obliged to abstain from meat are encouraged to do so if they are able. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. Fridays in Lent are days of abstinence. A SUNDAY FOR REJOICING Today’s Gospel story of the prodigal son is a favorite of many. We can identify with all the major figures and their crisscross of emotions. The father’s initial grief over his young son’s avarice is turned to relief at his return. The son’s grief over his loss of fortune, family, and friends is turned to delirious joy at the sight of his father. We under-stand the eldest son’s bewilderment over his father’s gen-erosity. For the older son, virtue seems not to be its own reward. For all his honorable toil and loyalty, there seems to be no celebration. The father, however, is prodigal in his forgiveness and mercy. He expects the same gener-osity from his older son. He wants all to rejoice when the lost one is found. This is a Sunday for rejoicing. It’s time to pause, consider, and encourage one another. We are the prodigal children heading home. We are the elder sib-lings waiting with the eager Father, who scans the hori-zon. In Christ Jesus we are reconciled to the Father and one another. In his death and resurrection we have passed over. We are a new creation. In this we rejoice.

BAKER’S BITS - Z PERA OTCA BAKERA 1. Minulý týždeň som sa začal učiť slovenčinu. Som veľmi rád, že sa budem učiť jazyk, ktorým hovorila moja matka a naši predkovia, ktorí postavili tento krásny kostol.

2. Parkovanie pre farníkov - Podarilo sa nám vybaviť zlacnené parkovanie pre farníkov, ktorí prichádzajú do nášho kostola v nedeľu na slovenskú svätú omšu a potrebujú parkovať. Parkovacia garáž je na 64th ulici medzi Prvou a Druhou Avenue – Garage Management Company Parking Garage, 337 East 64th Street, telefón (212) 879-9796. Parkovanie máme rezervované na päť hodín – od desiatej ráno do tretej popoludní (pravdaže môže byť aj kratšie). Keď prídete do garáže, povedzte zamestnancovi, že ste farníkmi kostola St. John Nepomucene, parkovanie vás bude stáť $3.00 a kostol uhradí zvyšok. Dúfame, že toto uľahčí slovenským veriacim prísť do kostola aj z väčších vzdialeností , aktívne sa zapojiť do života farnosti a podporiť kostol svojou účasťou na svätej omši, spoločenských podujatiach aj finančne. 3. Adorácia k Najsvätejšej Sviatosti oltárnej a požehnanie s Najsvätejšou Sviatosťou je v našom kostole každú stredu po svätej omši o 12:15. 4. Zájazd po stopách Sv. Cyrila a Metoda a Svätý rok milosrdenstva – od 30. septembra do 11. októbra – viď prílohu s detailnými informáciami. SVIATOSŤ BIRMOVANIA PRE DOSPELÝCH Dospelí, ktorí ešte neprijali sviatosť birmovania, sa môžu prihlásiť u Otca Štefana Chanasa po sv. omši alebo na fare. Birmovka bude v sobotu 21. mája o 11:00 A.M. DNEŠNÁ DRUHÁ ZBIERKA bude na pomoc „Catholic Relief Services“. Váš milodar podporí katolícke charitatívne aktivity amerických biskupov a Svätého Otca. Pán Boh zaplať všekým darcom. ĎALŠIA MLÁDEŽNÍCKA SV. OMŠA Pozývame vás na ďalšiu sv. omšu pre mladých s mládežníckymi piesňami a kázňou zameranou na mladých, ktorá bude v sobotu, 12. marca o 7:00 P.M. (už s platnosťou za nedeľu). Radi privítame všetkých mladých vekom a duchom. Hlavným celebrantom a kazateľom bude Fr. Peter Bujdoš (Tappan, NY). Po sv. omši bude krížová cesta, a po nej malé pohostenie a posedenie. SVÄTÝ ROK MILOSRDENSTVA - SVÄTÉ BRÁNY V NEWYORSKEJ ARCIDIECÉZE Počas Svätého Roku Milosrdenstva, vychádzajúc z buly Svätého Otca Františka Misericordiae vultus, Kardinál Dolan vydal dekrét, ktorým určil v New Yorskej arcidie-céze chrámy a kostoly, na ktorých budú otvorené Brány milosrdenstva pre získanie daru odpustkov počas mimo-riadneho Svätého roku milosrdenstva, sú to: · St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Manhattan) · Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral (Manhattan) · Saint Frances Cabrini Shrine (Manhattan)

PÔSTNA DISCIPLÍNA Pôstne obdobie je 40-denná príprava na oslavu Veľkej noci. Katolíci starší než 14 rokov v piatky v pôstnom období nemajú jesť mäsité pokrmy. Okrem toho Popolcová streda a Veľký piatok sú dňami prísneho pôstu, t.j. katolíci vo veku 18-59 rokov sa v tieto dni môžu iba jedenkrát dosýta najesť a dvakrát si niečo zajesť (do polosýta). PARKOVANIE NA PARKOVISKU VEDĽA KOSTOLA—TELEFÓNNE ČÍSLO Každý, kto parkuje počas sv. omše na parkovisku vedľa kostola, nech nechá na papieriku za predným sklom auta svoje telefónne číslo na mobil, aby sa mu mohli dovolať tí, ktorí budú potrebovať skôr odísť. KRÍŽOVÁ CESTA Počas pôstneho obdobia bude v našom kostole pobožnosť Krížovej cesty každú nedeľu o 10:00 A.M. DETSKÁ KRÍŽOVÁ CESTA Na Kvetnú nedeľu o 10:00 AM vás pozývame na detskú hranú krížovú cestu, v ktorej budú vystupovať deti z našej slovenskej školy. NÁCVIK PAŠIÍ Tí, ktorí by sa radi zapojili do spevu pašií na Kvetnú nedeľu, sa budú stretávať na nácviku v pôstne nedele po slovenskej sv. omši na fare. SPOMIENKOVÁ OSLAVA SLOVENSKEJ ŠTÁTNOSTI Slovenské organizácie a spolky usporiadajú spomienkovú oslavu slovenskej štátnosti v nedeľu, 13. marca o 1 hodi-ne odpoludnia v hale kostola Sv. Jána Nepomuckého. Vstup je voľný. Po programe bude možnosť zakúpiť si občerstvenie. Informácie: Henrrieta Daitová 201-641-8922 a Jozef a Anna Korčák 201-670-8162. VÝROČNÁ SCHÔDZA 182. ZBORU SLOVENSKÉHO KATOLÍCKEHO SOKOLA bude dnes, v nedeľu, 6. marca 2016 po slovenskej sv. omši o 12:00 hod, v osadnej hale kostola. Schôdza bude spojená s oslavou nášho patróna sv. Jozefa. Pozývame všetkých členov, Jozefov aj tých, čo by chceli dostať viac informácií, čo SKS poskytuje pre dospelých a deti. Po schôdzi bude občerstvenie. ČLENSKÁ SCHÔDZA SPOLKU SV. MATÚŠA, Č. 45 ISKJ bude dnes, v nedeľu, 6. marca 2016 o 12:30 popoludní v spoločenskej miestnosti kostola sv. Jána Nepomuckého. Na programe bude prejednávanie činnosti na najbližšie obdobie. Všetci členovia sú vítaní. SV. OMŠE ZAMERANẾ NA DETI sú zvyčajne vždy v poslednú nedeľu v mesiaci o 10:30 A.M. Keďže posledná marcová nedeľa je Veľkonočná nedeľa, najbližšia takáto „detská“ sv. omša bude v poslednú aprílovú nedeľu, t.j. 24. apríla . Po sv. omši bude stretnutie s deťmi. Pozývame všetky deti aj rodičov.

The United Parish of St. John Nepomucene,

St. John the Martyr St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

FOURTH SUNDAY

OF LENT Mass Intentions: 8:15 At discretion of the Celebrant 11:15 At discretion of the Celebrant Contact: Secretary@eastrivercatholics.org Pastor@eastrivercatholics.org New Phone: 212-734-4613 The Penitential Act is found on page 4 The Gloria Page 6 Nicene Creed page 9

Parish Registration: Please fill out a form in the back of the church even if you have done so previously. Prayer Intentions: You are invited to include any prayer intention at Sunday or weekday Mass. The basket will be brought up with the gifts and left on the Altar. The basket will be available every Sunday. Mass Intentions: If you are interested in offering a Mass for someone, the intentions are at the back of the church. Altar Servers: If your child would like to become an altar server, please contact Father after Mass or send an email to guenthergross1@gmail.com. Thank you. Homebound Ministry: If you know of anyone who cannot physically attend The Holy Mass on Sunday invite him or her to call the office 212-832-6778. We will arrange for a regular visit with The Blessed Sacrament. Hospitality - Anyone wishing to join this ministry please contact Kimberly Ellis-Rogers at (917) 592-0095 or at Kimsellis@netscape.net Collections: Week of 2/14/2016 $ 1,146,30 Week of 2/21/2016 $ 1,055.90 Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9 am to 10:30 am

Chapel hours: Monday Chapel open 5 pm to 8 pm, Holy Hour 6:45 pm to 8 pm Tuesday to Friday Chapel open 8:30 am to 7:30 pm Saturday Chapel open 12 pm to 6 pm Sunday Chapel is closed - Mass at Good Shepherd