Third Sunday of Easter, Year B/ April 15, 2018

Tercero Domingo de Pascua, Ano B/ 15 de abril del 2018

Church of the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady 1510 East 233rd Street Bronx, New York 10466

Nativity of Our Blessed Lady Rectory 1531 East 233rd St. Bronx, N.Y. 10466

Office: (718) 324-3531 Fax: (718) 798-0628

Parish Email Address: nativityofourblessedladychurch@gmail.com

Nativity of Our Blessed Lady Convent 1534 East 233rd St Bronx, N.Y. 10466

Parish Website: www.nativityofourblessedladychurch.org

Nativity of Our Blessed Lady School 3893 Dyre Ave, Bx., N.Y. 10466

Office: (718) 324-2188 School Website:

www.nativityofourblessedlady.org

MASS SCHEDULE

Sunday: English 10:00 am Spanish 11:30 am Igbo 1:00pm Weekdays: 7:00am Saturday: 9:00 am (followed by Eucharistic Adoration and The Holy Rosary) Rectory (Rectoria) Office Hours/ Horario de Oficina: Monday-Fridays: 10am-3pm Lunes-Viernes: 10am-3pm Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions) Saturdays: After the 9:00am Mass Sundays: After the 10:00am and 11:30am Masses Call the rectory outside the scheduled time. Weekly Prayer Groups Wednesdays/Miercoles: 7:00 – 9:00 pm (Spanish/Espanol) Thursdays: 7:00 – 9:00 pm (English)

Parish Clergy Rev. Cyprian Onyeihe, Administrator Rev. George Kuhn, Sunday Mass Associate Pastoral Staff Edna Augusta, Religious Education Coordinator Sacrament of Matrimony A minimum of 6 months is required to begin the process of the Sacrament of Matrimony. Please call the rectory to set up a meeting with the priest to discuss the process. Dates are not reserved by phone contact. Sacrament of Baptism (for Infants): Parents must be active members of our Parish and are required to attend one session of baptismal instruction held on Tuesdays from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Please call the rectory to make the necessary arrangements. SACRAMENT OF THE SICK Please notify the rectory when a family member is sick to set up regular communion visits.

Third Sunday of Easter/ Tercer Domingo de Pascua 2018 (Year B/ Ano B)

Weekly Readings and Memorials Sunday, April 15, 2018 3rd Sunday of Easter/Tercer Domingo de Pascua Readings: (Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; 1 John 2:1-5; Luke 24:35-48)

10:00AM- Orel Morile (+) Req: Lucene Morile 11:30AM- Angela Rodriguez (+) Req: Lydia Melendez-Santana 1:00PM-

Monday, April 16, 2018 Readings: (Acts 6:8-15; John 6:22-29) 7:00AM- Thanksgiving to the Child Jesus Req: Aida Alejandro Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Readings: (Acts 7:51-8:1; John 6:30-35) 7:00 AM- Armando Reyes (recovery) Req: Aida Alejandro

Wednesday, April 18, 2018 Readings: (Acts 8:1-8; John 6:35-40) 7:00AM- Margarita Navia (+) Req: Aida Alejandro Thursday, April 19, 2018 Readings: (Acts 8:26-40; John 6:44-51)

7:00AM- Daniel & Elizabeth Ukasoanya (+) Req: Ukasoanya Family Friday, April 20, 2018 Readings: (Acts 9:1-20; John 6:52-59) 7:00AM- Juana Maldonado (+) Req: Guadalupe Medina Saturday, April 21, 2018 St. Anselm, Bishop & Doctor of the Church/ San Anselmo Obispo y Doctor de la Iglesia Readings: (Acts 9:31-42; John 6:60-69) 9:00AM- Margaret Ramos-Aviles (+) Req: Linda Burke

The Sanctuary Lamp

was donated for the Intentions of Mary, Wendy, and Keneth White,

for the recovery of Anne Daniels, Ashley Steadman & Elvin

Alvarado Jennifer Martin

In memory of Neville Nelson, Joan Revan &

Pearl Blake Marcella Bullock, Leon Bullock,

John Bullock, Jr.,

Parishioners’ Weekly Contributions

Mass Times Collection Total

10:00am $1,671.02

11:30am $429.00

1:00pm $421.00

Total $2,521.02

Please Pray for the sick:

Rev. George Kuhn Ángel Alejandro, Rafaelina Almonte;

Elvin Alvarado, Juana Alvarado, Carmen Ávila, Angela Battle, Brian Bernard,

Sgt. Tonia Chestnut, Alberta Chestnut, Lila Castro, Leon Daniels, Katy DeProspo

Juan Pablo Espinoza, Lori Figueroa, Rosalina Flores, Rafael Flores, Timothy Georges, Maritza

Gonzalez, Christina Graham; Edith & Harvey Harris, Ghislaine Jacobs, Drosula Katsibra, Jan Korszun, Benjamin

López, Michael Martínez, Nancy Mazzella, Digna Meléndez, Herminia Meléndez, Analiza Miranda, Avelino Moreno,

Eulalio Moreno, Juana Moreira, Nicole Niles, Gerri Orfei, Juana Becerra Maldonado and Family, Justin Quirke, Sattee

Ramkissoon, Armando Reyes, Deacon Andy Rivera, Antonia Rodríguez, Eric Roman, Guillermina Rosario, Ashley

Steadman, Theresa Sylvan, Adrienne Thomas, Victoria Torres, Andrew “Morris” Vavrica, Marina Vázquez, Aníbal

Vázquez, Iris Velásquez, Lucille Williams Please call the rectory to submit the name of an ill family

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Saturday, September 29, 2018

Sight and Sound Theater (Lancaster, PA)

Price Per Person: $150; Children ages 3-12: $85

Includes:* Deluxe Coach Transportation * Luncheon & Show * All Taxes & Gratuities w/the Exception of Driver *

** Please Call to Reserve **

Maureen Webb at (914)513-7279 or email at

mwebb61@aol.com

Note: 1st Deposit of $50pp due by Sunday, April 8th to hold your

space. 2nd Deposit of $50 due by

Sunday, May 6th

Balance due before Sunday, June 10th

On–Going Activity Reminders -Monthly all-night Eucharistic Adoration every 1st Friday of the month, 7pm (Friday) to 6am (Saturday). -Monthly Healing Mass, every 1st Saturday if the Month- 12pm (noon) -Join us for Weekly Eucharistic Adoration and to pray the Holy Rosary on Saturdays, immediately after the 9:00am Mass. - The Altar Rosary Society welcomes new members. Any ladies interested in joining this group, please come to Saturday prayer of the Rosary after the 9am Mass. -Nativity Kids Group every 2 weeks, Saturdays 12pm-2pm in the church. All ages welcome! Please call Edna for more information, 917-346-5378

-Spanish Charismatic Prayer Group - Wednesdays, 7:00PM-9:00PM. (For more information please contact the Rectory. -Weekly Prayer Group (in English) Thursdays from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in the church.

-Weekly Movie Night, Mondays- 7pm-9pm in the church.

Actividades Actuales - Adoración Eucarística durante toda la noche cada primer viernes del mes, 7pm (viernes) hasta 6am (sábado).

-Misa de Sanación, cada primer sábado del mes, 12pm (Mediodía)

-Acompáñenos para Adoración Eucarística y a rezar el Santo Rosario los sábados, inmediatamente después de la Misa de las 9:00 am.

-La Sociedad del Rosario del Altar da la bienvenida a nuevos miembros. Para todas las damas interesadas por favor venga al rezo del santo rosario los sábados después de la Misa de 9:00am.

-El Grupo de Niños, cada dos semanas, los sábados de 12pm-2pm en la iglesia. Todas edades están bienvenidos. Por favor contacte a Edna por más información, 917-346-5378.

-Todos están invitados a asistir a las reuniones de El Grupo de Oración (en español) los miércoles de 7:00 a 9:00pm en la Iglesia. Para más información por favor contacte a la Rectoría.

-Grupo de Oración (en inglés) cada jueves a las 7:00pm en la iglesia.

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Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Czestochowa Shrine

Peregrinaje al Sanctuario de Nuestra Senora de

Czestochowa

Date/Fecha: Saturday, June 30th /

Sábado, 30 de junio Departure Time and Place/ Lugar y

Tiempo de Salida: 7am Shrine/Sanctuario:

654 Ferry Rd, Doylestown, PA 18901

Return Time/ Tiempo de Vuelta: 6PM

Cost of the trip/ Precio del Viaje: $50 (Bus and Shrine /autobus y sanctuario)

Please bring your own lunch, however, we will stop to

purchase food on the way home from the shrine. There is also a gift shop open to all visitors.

Saint of the Week/Santo de la Semana St. Anselm

Anselm was born in northern Italy in 1033. From his home he could see the Alps Mountains. When he was fifteen, Anselm tried to join a monastery in Italy. But his father was against it. Then Anselm became sick. Not long after he got better, his mother died. He was still young and rich and clever. Soon he forgot about wanting to serve God. He began to think only of having good times. After a while though, Anselm became bored with this way of life. He wanted something better, something more important. He went to France to visit the holy Abbot Lanfranc of the famous monastery of Bec. Anselm became Lanfranc's very close friend and the abbot brought him to God. He also helped Anselm decide to become a Benedic-tine monk. Anselm was then twenty-seven.

Anselm was a warm-hearted man who loved his brother monks dearly. Even those who first resented him soon became his friends. He became the abbot in 1078. When he had to leave Bec to become archbishop of Canterbury in England, he told the monks that they would always live in his heart.

The people of England loved and respected Anselm. However, King William II persecuted him. Anselm had to flee into exile in 1097 and in 1103. King William even forbade Anselm to go to Rome to ask the pope's advice. But Anselm went anyway. He stayed with the pope until the king died. Then he went back to his diocese in England.

Even in the midst of his many duties, St. Anselm always found time to write important books of philosophy and theology. He also wrote down the many wonderful instructions he had given the monks about God. They were very happy about that. He used to say: "Would you like to know the secret of being happy in the monastery? Forget the world and be happy to forget it. The monastery is a real heaven on earth for those who live only for Jesus." St.

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Anselm died on April 21, 1109. He was declared a great teacher or Doctor of the Church by Pope Clement XI in 1720.

Reflection: "You were looking for God, and you have discovered that he is the Supreme Being, and that you could not possibly imagine anything more perfect. You have discovered that this Supreme Being is life itself, light, wisdom, goodness, eternal blessedness, and blessed eternity."-St. Anselm. http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/dailysaint/april/0421.asp

Anselmo, Santo Memoria Litúrgica, 21 de abril Por: P. Ángel Amo | Fuente: Catholic.net Obispo y Doctor de la Iglesia Martirologio Romano: San Anselmo, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia, que, nacido en Aosta, fue monje y abad del monasterio de Bec, en Normandía, enseñando a los hermanos a caminar por la vía de la perfección y a buscar a Dios por la comprensión de la fe. Promovido a la insigne sede de Canterbury, en Inglaterra, trabajó denodadamente por la libertad de la Iglesia, sufriendo por ello dificultades y destierros († 1109).

Etimológicamente: Anselmo=Aquel que tiene la protección divina, es de origen germánico.

Breve Biografía

San Anselmo nació en Aosta (Italia) en 1033 de noble familia. Desde muy niño se sintió inclinado hacia la vida contemplativa. Pero su padre, Gandulfo, se opuso: no podía ver a su primogénito hecho un monje; anhelaba que siguiera sus huellas. A causa de esto, Anselmo sufrió tanto que se enfermó gravemente, pero el padre no se conmovió. Al recuperar la salud, el joven pareció consentir al deseo paterno. Se adaptó a la vida mundana, y hasta pareció bien dispuesto a las fáciles ocasiones de placeres que le proporcionaba su rango; pero en su corazón seguía intacta la antigua llamada de Dios.

En efecto, pronto abandonó la casa paterna, pasó a Francia y luego a Bec, en Normandía, en cuya famosa abadía enseñaba el célebre maestro de teología, el monje Lanfranco.

Anselmo se dedicó de lleno al estudio, siguiendo fielmente las huellas del maestro, de quien fue sucesor como abad, siendo aún muy joven. Se convirtió entonces en un eminente profesor, elocuente predicador y gran reformador de la vida monástica. Sobre todo llegó a ser un gran teólogo.

Su austeridad ascética le suscitó fuertes oposiciones, pero su amabilidad terminaba ganándose el amor y la estima hasta de los menos entusiastas. Era un genio metafísico que, con corazón e inteligencia, se acercó a los más profundos misterios cristianos: "Haz, te lo ruego, Señor—escribía—, que yo sienta con el corazón lo que toco con la inteligencia".

Sus dos obras más conocidas son el Monologio, o modo de meditar sobre las razones de la fe, y el Proslogio, o la fe que busca la inteligencia. Es necesario, decía él, impregnar cada vez más nuestra fe de inteligencia, en espera de la visión beatífica. Sus obras filosóficas, como sus meditaciones sobre la Redención, provienen del vivo impulso del corazón y de la inteligencia. En esto, el padre de la Escolástica se asemejaba mucho a San Agustín.

Fue elevado a la dignidad de arzobispo primado de Inglaterra, con sede en Canterbury, y allí el humilde monje de Bec tuvo que luchar contra la hostilidad de Guillermo el Rojo y Enrique I. Los contrastes, al principio velados, se convirtieron en abierta lucha más tarde, a tal punto que sufrió dos destierros.

Fue a Roma no sólo para pedir que se reconocieran sus derechos, sino también para pedir que se mitigaran las sanciones decretadas contra sus adversarios, alejando así el peligro de un cisma. Esta muestra de virtud suya terminó desarmando a sus opositores. Murió en Canterbury el 21 de abril de 1109. En 1720 el Papa Clemente XI lo declaró doctor de la Iglesia.

http://es.catholic.net/op/articulos/32122/anselmo-santo.html#

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Nativity Kids Group News Yesterday, Saturday, April 14th, our kids began their yearly work on our parish garden. Work continues on April 28th at our next Kids Group

meeting.

Third Sunday of Easter/ Tercer Domingo de Pascua 2018 (Year B/ Ano B)

Celebrating May, the Month

of Mary

During the month dedicated to the Blessed Mother we will be having many special activities! Try not

to miss out! Here are just a few highlights:

Annual Deanery Marian Day Celebration at St. Lucy’s Church-

Sunday May 6th at 4:30pm

Weekly Mary in Your Home Begin this Friday, May 4th

(sign-up on the bulletin board)

Mother’s Day Tribute to the Blessed Mother

Sunday, May 13th

May Procession and Crowning Sunday, May 27th – 1 Mass- 11:00am

Recitation of the Rosary and other Marian

prayers: Before Morning Mass every Weekday Morning

(6:40am) Every Saturday, after the 9am Morning Mass

Wednesday Night Spanish Prayer Group (7pm) Thursday Night English Prayer Group (7pm)

Celebrando Mayo, el Mes de Maria

¡Durante el mes de mayo, tendremos muchos eventos y actividades especiales para celebrar La

Santísima Virgen Maria! ¡Trate de no faltar! Aquí están unos de los más especiales:

La celebración Anual Mariana en la

Iglesia de Santa Lucia- Domingo, 6 de mayo a las 4:30pm

Maria en Tu Hogar

Empieza este viernes, 4 de mayo (Apuntase en la hoja de inscripción en la entrada de

la iglesia)

Homenaje a la Santa Virgen Maria en el Día de Las Madres Domingo, 13 de Mayo-

Procesión y Coronación Mariana

Domingo, 27 de mayo- 1 Misa -11:00am

Rezo del rosario y otras oraciones marianas:

Todos los días de la semana antes de la Misa (6:40am)

Cada sábado después de la Misa de las 9am Grupo de oración (Miércoles- 7pm)

Grupo de Oración en inglés (Jueves-7pm) ……and much, much more!!!