“United in Love” Pre – Pride Mass
Join us for our annual
United in Love Pre-Pride festive Mass
5:15 PM Saturday, June 23, 2018.
“Inspired by our faith in Jesus Christ,
and rooted in the charism of St. Francis of Assisi,
we actively welcome all people.”
This is the first declaration in our parish mission statement. It is how our community at St. Francis thinks and acts.
We are again celebrating this welcome to all people at our United in Love Celebration.
This is a Weekend of Prayer for and with our LGBT Brothers and Sisters.
This is an opportunity for our whole parish community to remember that the Lord invited all people to follow him, regardless of race, ethnicity, economic background, gender or sexual orientation.
It is also an opportunity for all of us to invite to Mass any of our friends who many not feel welcome at the table of the Lord for whatever reason, but especially if they are gay or lesbian. Take the opportunity to bear witness to the unconditional love of God by reaching out and inviting back a brother or sister who hasn’t been home in a while.
Evangelii Gaudium, Chapter 5, Spirit-Filled Evangelizers
“The primary reason for evangelizing is the love of Jesus which we have received, the experience of salvation which urges us to ever greater love of him. What kind of love would not feel the need to speak of the beloved, to point him out, to make him known? If we do not feel an intense desire to share his love, we need to pray insistently that he will once more touch our hearts. We need to implore his grace daily, asking him to open our cold hearts and shake up our lukewarm and superficial existence…
The best incentive for sharing the Gospel comes from contemplating it with love, lingering over its pages and reading it with heart. If we approach it in this way, its beauty will amaze and constantly excite us. But if this is to come about, we need to recover a contemplative spirit which can help us to realize ever anew that we have been entrusted with a treasure which makes us more human and helps us to lead a new life. There is nothing more precious which we can give to others.”
The Pastor’s Corner
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I want to welcome Brother Steven Kuehn, O.F.M. who is with us for his summer internship. Br. Steve is studying theology at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago in preparation for ordination to the priesthood. When you see him, please welcome him to St. Francis.
Our November Pilgrimage to Poland and Eastern Europe is full and we are not accepting any more reservations. Congratulations to those who have signed up. You will be hearing from the Travel Company in July about final payment.
There is much happening in our country that needs our prayer and our action. Contact your Congressman and your Senator. Let them know how you feel about recent actions.
The Feast of St. Anthony
Come to the Feast of Saint Anthony!
The Feast of Saint Anthony is next week!
We will celebrate the feast on Wednesday, June 13th
with Masses and Devotions to St. Anthony at:
7:00 AM
7:45 AM
8:30 AM
10:30 AM
11:30 AM
12:30 PM
1:30 PM (Spanish)
4:30 PM
5:30 PM
6:30 PM (Haitian, Upper Church)
6:30 PM (Filipino, Lower Church).
Relics of St. Anthony will be available for veneration in the lower church throughout the day.
Blessed St. Anthony’s Bread will be distributed all day long in the 32nd Street entrance and in front of the church on 31st Street as long as supplies last.
The Saint Francis Knitters
New members are invited to join this dedicated group of volunteers who create handmade scarves, mittens and hats for our Breadline guests as well as for sale to the public in our lobby shop.
Members meet twice a month at St. Francis, or you can work from home.
If you’re unable to knit something, you can always donate yarn!
Just bring your donation to the reception desk and the knitters will use whatever you bring – preferably dark colors.
For more information, contact Edward Trochimczuk, Director of Volunteers, at etrochimczuk@stfrancisnyc.org.
Treasures from Our Tradition: The Cathedral
The cathedral is a treasure in a diocese and in our tradition. It is not simply a “big church,” as some say; some parish churches are larger. What makes a cathedral is the presence of the chair, called a cathedra (Latin for seat) reserved for the bishop. There are many instances in our country of a local church (diocese) outgrowing a cathedral. In Baltimore and St. Louis, theformer cathedrals are historic treasures in the heart of the old city, but new and larger structures now function as the seat of the bishop. When a bishop dies or retires, itis said that “the seat is vacant,” and when the new bishop is installed, the central ritual is the moment when the decree of the Holy Fatheris read and the new bishop is escorted to the cathedra. No one but the bishop sits in the cathedra during a ritual, but in Los Angeles the cathedra in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is accessible, and no one seems to mind when a visitor tries the cathedra out for the bishop’s point of view.
-Rev. James Field
The Pastor’s Corner: June 10, 2018
This Sunday we return to Ordinary Time in the church year. We are back to wearing green vestments; green the color of hope. In today’s second reading from the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians, we read: “…although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.” These are both discouraging and encouraging words. Unfortunately, as we get older our “outer self” isn’t what it used to be and while it might not be “wasting away”, it needs more attention. The good news is that our “inner self” is being “renewed.” Hopefully, we grow in wisdom and knowledge and our desire to understand God and our desire to be attentive to and faithful to God increases. We look at life differently and come to understand more clearly what is important and what isn’t.
It took St. Paul years to understand this relationship that we have been given by God and how we are renewed. As Jesus says, “…whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.” The six Franciscan (OFM) Provinces (geographic areas in the USA) voted to become one Province in the USA at our Extraordinary Chapter a few weeks ago. Nothing will change at this point in time, but the six administrations now have the job of setting up one administration for the USA and this will take time. Thank you for your prayers.
Come, celebrate the Feast of St. Anthony with us this Wednesday!
Check the schedule! St. Anthony Bread, St. Anthony oil, and St. Anthony candles will be available throughout the day. We thank
God for this great Friar friend!
-Fr. Andrew Reitz, O.F.M.
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