The Oldest Catholic Parish in New York State (founded 1785)

PARISH OFFICE Temporary address 7 World Trade Center • New York, NY 10007 T. (212) 233-8355 E.info@spcolr.org ONLINE: Website www.spcolr .org and Facebook OFFICE HOURS: Weekdays 10:30 am-3:30 pm PARISH STAFF: Rev. Jarlath Quinn (Pastor) (718) 404-6655 | Fr.Quinn@spcolr.org Rev. Paul Baffour Awuah (Parochial Vicar) Rev. Donald Fussner (In Residence) Rev. Msgr. Leslie Ivers (In Residence) Rev. Robert Jeffers (In Residence) William Alvarado (Maintenance) George S. Nowak (Organist) John Behrens (Organist) Andrew Klima (Organist) Maiwenn Jaffres-Bell (Religious Education)

Mary Paolicelli (Catechesis of the Good Shepherd) Kristin Schaem (Parish Secretary)

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

St.Peter’s Church 22 Barclay Street New York, NY 10007 MASS Sunday: 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 12 noon Saturday: 8:00 am, 4:00 pm Weekday: 7:10 am, 7:45 am, 12:05 pm, 1:05 pm

CONFESSION Weekday: Before the 7:45 AM, 12:05 PM and 1:05 PM Masses. Saturday: 3:00 pm-4:00 pm

ST JOSEPH’S CHAPEL (Mission of St. Peter’s Church) 385 South End Avenue New York, NY 10280 MASS Sunday: 10:00 am, 12 noon, 7:30 pm

Saturday: no scheduled services Weekday: 7:30 am, 12:10 pm

CONFESSION 15 min after Mass or by appointment

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY (St Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine) 7 State Street New York, NY 10004 MASS Sunday: 11:00 am Saturday: no scheduled services Weekday: 8:05 am, 12:15 pm

CONFESSION Weekday: 12-12:15 pm or by appointment BAPTISMS

Every Sunday 1:30 PM at St. Peter’s Church.

WEDDINGS Please contact Fr. Quinn at least 6 months before your proposed wedding date.

MISSION OF OUR PARISH We are a Roman Catholic parish encompassing St Peter’s Church, Our Lady of the Rosary Church (Seton Shrine) and St Joseph’s Chapel. We are the first Catholic parish in New York State but our legacy in Lower Manhattan pre-dates the American Revolution. The parish has served as a safe haven in the past for the needy immigrants and vic-tims and rescue personnel in the wake of 9/11. St Elizabeth Ann Seton and Venerable Pierre Toussaint performed works of charity in the parish that inspire us to serve area residents and multitudes visiting from around the world.

St. Peter — Our Lady of the Rosary Parish New York, NY

ST. PETER’S CHURCH MONDAY, September 26 7:10 AM Ana Cortina (Living) 7:45 AM Victims of ‘93 WTC Bombing 12:05 PM Ana Cortina (Living) 1:05 PM James E. McCotter & McCotter family TUESDAY, September 27 7:10 AM Victoria Zummo 7:45 AM Thanksgiving

12:05 PM Joseph Margiasso 1:05 PM Marianne Pupello WEDNESDAY, September 28 7:10 AM Paul Campos

7:45 AM 12:05 PM Edward Pasquale

1:05 PM Margaret J. Prather THURSDAY, September 29 7:10 AM 7:45 AM 12:05 PM Ana Cortina (Living) 1:05 PM Ana Cortina (Living) FRIDAY, September 30 7:10 AM

7:45 AM 12:05 PM Ana Cortina (Living) 1:05 PM Carmen Marquez (Living) SATURDAY, October 1 8:00 AM 4:00 PM Charles Materese

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY MONDAY, September 26

8:05 AM 12:15 PM Mildred Barcelona TUESDAY, September 27 8:05 AM

12:15 PM WEDNESDAY, September 28

8:05 AM Thanksgiving to St. Gerald 12:15 PM THURSDAY, September 29 8:05 AM Arthur Corpez

12:15 PM FRIDAY, September 30 8:05 AM Adele Ivers 12:15 PM Giacomo Lombardo

ST. JOSEPH’S CHAPEL MONDAY, September 26

7:30 AM 12:10 PM TUESDAY, September 27 7:30 AM 12:10 PM WEDNESDAY, September 28 7:30 AM 12:10 PM THURSDAY, September 29 7:30 AM 12:10 PM FRIDAY, September 30 7:30 AM 12:10 PM

MASS INTENTIONS

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Following the 1:05 pm Mass at St. Peter’s Church up to the 5:00 pm Benediction. Come share some time with the Lord.

BAPTISM CLASS

The class for the parents and godparents of babies to be bap-tized is offered on the 1st Sunday of every month after the 9:30 am Mass at St. Peter’s Church. Registration is required. Go to SPCOLR.ORG or call the Parish for more info: 212-233-8355. The next class will be offered Sunday, October 2, 2016.

TEMPORARY CONFESSIONALS

Due to elevator construction in the church vestibule of St. Pe-ter’s, the Confessional has been temporarily relocated to the right of the Altar.

ANNUAL BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS St. Joseph's Chapel

Sunday, October 2 at 2 pm

In front of St. Joseph's Chapel

All are welcome to bring their pets to this non-denominational blessing. This event will be a nice opportunity to meet our

neighbors and show love and appreciation for our beloved pets.

Sponsored by BPCdogs.org.

REVISED WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE

EFFECTIVE MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2016

7:10am St. Peter’s Church 12:05pm St. Peter’s Church

12:10pm St. Joseph’s Chapel

12:15pm Our Lady of the Rosary

1:05pm St. Peter’s Church

PRAYER FOR THE SICK

We wish John Behrens, our Sunday morning organist at St Joseph’s Chapel a speedy recovery. John antici-pates that he will be back on Sunday, October 16th.

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 24, 2016

Sharing the Gospel Today Jesus told a story about a selfish rich man who ignored God and refused to share with other people.

All his money did him no good when he died. He didn't go to heaven.

He had his whole life to learn about God, and he

could have helped many people with his money. Instead, he forgot about God. He wasted his riches and bought a lot of nice things for himself.

Learn from the rich man. Live for God, not for money.

Prayer Dear God, help me to share the things you have given

me. I love you more than money. Mission for the Week

Use four jars to save your money, and label them

GOD, GIVE, SAVE, and SPEND. Use the money from the first two jars to share with

God and others. Use the money in the last two jars for yourself.

CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE

Cathedral High School, an all gir ls college preparatory high school located at 350 E 56th Street in Manhattan will host is Open House on Sunday, October 23, 2016 from 12 to 2:30 PM. Please visit our website www.cathedralhs.org for more information.

A GREAT CHASM The rich and powerful are visited with woe and ex-ile in today's Liturgy—not for their wealth but for their refusal to share it; not for their power but for their indifference to the suffering at their door. The complacent leaders in today's First Reading feast on fine foods and wines, reveling while the house of Joseph, the kingdom of Israel (see Amos 5:6), collapses around them.

The rich man in today's Gospel also lives like a king—dressed in royal purple and fine linen (see 1 Maccabees 8:14). The rich man symbolizes Israel's failure to keep the Old Cove-nant, to heed the commandments of Moses and the prophets. This is the sin of the rulers in today's First Reading. Born to the nation God favored first, they could claim Abraham as their fa-ther. But for their failure to give - their inheritance is taken away. The rulers are exiled from their homeland. The rich man is pun-ished with an exile far greater—eternity with a "great chasm" fixed between himself and God. In this world, the rich and powerful make a name for themselves (see Genesis 11:4) and dine sumptuously, while the poor remain anonymous, refused an invitation to their feasts. But notice that the Lord today knows Lazarus by name, and Jo-seph in his sufferings—while the leaders and the rich man have no name. Today's Liturgy is a call to repentance—to heed the warning of One who was raised from the dead. To lay hold of the eternal life He promises, we must pursue righteousness, keep the command-ment of love, as Paul exhorts in today's Epistle. "The Lord loves the just," we sing in today's Psalm. And in this Eucharist we have a foretaste of the love that will be ours in the next life—when He will raise the lowly to the heav-

enly banquet with Abraham and the prophets (see Luke 13:28), where we too will rest our heads on the bosom of our Lord (see

John 13:23).—Scott Hahn

FAREWELL TO FR. PAUL

After one year with our parish, we wish Fr. Paul the best as he moves on. We thank him for his time with us.