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Friday, January 24, 5:00 AM - 10:00 PMMARCH FOR LIFE 2020 Pilgrimage to Washington D.C. on FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020. Join us for a pilgrimage as we commemorate the 47th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the tragic Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. We will be attending the NY Pilgrim Mass at 10:30AM celebrated by Cardinal Dolan, which is within walking distance from the start of the Rally. Bus departs at 5:00 AM from: Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 457 West 51st Street (between 9th & 10th Ave). Total cost for the trip is $55 (Checks made payable to “Respect Life Office.” Payment is non-refundable.) If you would like to be part of this pilgrimage, please contact Sr. Charity by email at sr.charity@archny.org OR by phone at 646-476-0931. Don't wait! Space is limited.Read More
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Friday, January 24, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMEvery child in high school or middle school is welcome to attend.Read More
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Read MoreFriday, January 24, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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Saturday, January 25, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PMThe Legion of Mary meets every Saturday at 11:00AM in the Peralta downstairs Rectory Meeting Room.Read More
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Saturday, January 25, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMHarold was 62 years of age.Read More
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SPECIAL COMING EVENTS
Gracias Choir Easter Cantata on Fri., March 13 from 7:30-9PM in the church. Admission is free, so invite your friends and family members to this event.
Bi-lingual Seder Meal on Holy Tuesday, April 7 from 7-9PM. This presenter is Eli Bimbaum and his Spanish-speaking wife who will be flying over from Israel to conduct this very special bi-lingual Seder. A freewill offering wil be taken up.
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St. Helena - Feast August 18
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PARISH AND LOCAL News
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January 15We are collecting feminine hygiene products, diapers and baby formula, non-perishable canned foods, bottled water, batteries, tents, and sleeping bags. NO CLOTHING. Please bring your items to the rectory by Friday, January 24. You can also make a cash donation.Read More
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January 15Public School Teacher's Retreat on Sat., Jan. 25 from 9AM-1:30PM at the Maryknoll Fathers, 55 Ryder Rd., Ossining. Celebrant Bishop Gerald Walsh. Suggested donation $25.Lunch will be served. For more info, call 914-965-0490.Read More
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January 14Young Adult Retreat at the Marianist Family Retreat Center, Cape May Point, NJ. Come and join other young adults (22-35) married or single, to take a step back from your busy lives. This is a time to examine your personal faith and your relationship with God. The cost is $135 per person. Register at: www.capemaymarianists.org or call 609-884-3829.Read More
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January 14Online Training for Lectors. Are you a lector who wants to learn more about the Scriptures? Do you want to become certified as a lector? Sign up for a new online training program, offered in English and Spanish. You will watch an instructional video, and you can be certified in as little as two hours. Register at nyliturgy.teachable.comRead More
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January 10CUNY CITIZENSHIP NOW! APPLICATION ASSISTANCE EVENT WITH NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER RUBEN DIAZ SR. . Are you eligible to become a U.S. Citizen? Experienced lawyers and other immigration professionals, members of the NYC/CUNY Citizenship Now! Volunteer Corps, will assist permanent residents with their citizenship applications. Event is free and open to all, not only CUNY students. You must meet the following requirements: - You have resided in the United States as a permanent resident for five years (or for three years if you are married to and living with a U.S. citizen). - You have been physically present in the United States for half of the five (or three) year period. - You are at least 18 years old. A $725 filing fee (check, money order or credit card) is required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Please do not bring the fee to this event. Some permanent residents may be eligible for a fee waiver. At the event we can help you determine if you are eligible and fill out the necessary forms. We strongly recommend that you bring the necessary documents for your naturalization and fee waiver applications.. and bring it with you. This will help you save time at the event. This event is sponsored by New York City Council member Ruben Diaz Sr., U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), New Americans Campaign, NALEO Educational Fund, and Dominicanos USA.. Languages spoken: English and Spanish. . Date: January 11, 2020 Time: 11:00 AM — 2:00 PM College: The University Address: P.S. 107, 1695 Seward Ave. Bronx, NY 10473 Room: Auditorium and Cafeteria Phone: 646-664-9400 Admission: Free Website: http://cuny.edu/citizenshipnowRead More
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AmazonSmile will donate to St. Helena Parish.
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Photo Albums
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Parish Photos 2020
8 Photos
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Parish History
51 Photos
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Parish Photos 2019
160 Photos
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Parish Photos 2017
38 Photos
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Parish Photos 2018
118 Photos
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 1 Sm 24:3-21Responsorial Psalm 57:2, 3-4, 6 and 11Gospel Mk 3:13-19
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PARISH NOTICES
Puerto Rican Earthquake Relief
A large number of items have been collected both from the parish and from the school for the Puerto Rican Earthquake Relief Effort. Parishioners can still bring in diapers, canned food goods, batteries, blankets, water, and other items (please, no clothes). Items should be brought to the rectory by Friday, January 24.
The priestly ordination at St. Helena of Frs. Pedro Rivas, Sch.P. and Manuel Sanchez, Sch.P. and the diaconate ordination of Deacon Orlando Rodriquez, Sch.P. at St. Helena.
Jason Reyes, a freshman at Cristo Rey High School draws the last winning 50/50 envelope of 2019. It only costs $5 to enter and envelopes are in your packet or at the back of the church.
This past Saturday, State Senator Luis Sepulveda gave St. Helena Parish a Proclamation Certificate thanking us for all the good work that we have been doing in the community.
Our annual Multicultural Mass on Wed., November 27.
Our Thanksgiving Food Drive for St. Anthony's Soup Kitchen.
Our School Halloween Party on Oct. 26 in the gym.
Our new metal handicapped access ramp.
Thirteen new St. Helena religious education and RCIA Catechists were blessed and commissioned during the 10:30AM Family Mass on Sept. 15, which is Catechetical Sunday Each also received a certificate of commission.
Veneration of the relic of the True Cross took place after Mass on the weekend of September 14-15 as the parish celebrated its patronal feast The Exaltation of the Cross.
The new Youth Group known as the Calasanz Movement held a Youth Mass at 10:30AM on August 25, the Feast of St. Joseph Calasanz, and the new members of the group received a blessing.
The May Crowning of the statue of Our Blessed Mother.
Social Emotional Boot Camp was the title of the TACT production put on by teacher Sue Stern at the school.
ALVAREZ FEATURED IN NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE
One of our choir members, Janell Alvarez, was featured in a recent New York Times article about the Bronx Conservatory of Music entitled "Saturdays in the Bronx with Bach." Nearly every weekend for the past 28 years, local children have flocked to the Bronx Conservatory of Music for very low-cost instruction in classical music. Janell Alvarez, 16, has attended the conservatory since she was 7, first as a student of piano and later of voice. When changes at her local church, St. Helena’s in Parkchester, left one of its Masses without an organist, Janell trained to fill in for the role. She now performs at the 5 p.m. service every Sunday.
Some 2019 St. Helena School Science Fair entries.
The USS Helena
Our Annual Thanksgiving Multicultural Mass
THE PILGRIM STATUE OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE will be at St. Helena until Saturday, August 31.
FIRST ST. HELENA MARDI GRAS MASQUERADE BALL
Despite the pouring rain, 120 people attended the Masquerade Ball, which took place Saturday evening in the gymnasium. The Ball was organized by the St. Helena ABC Youth group and featured a Bomba Dance Troop and a live Jazz Band. There was lots of good New-Orleans style food, and a fun time was had by all.
Ecuadorian Celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Youth Group collected and brought toys for the children at Jacobi Hospital on January 6, the traditional feast of the Three Kings.
COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDWe are proud to report that The Church of St. Helena received this Community Service Award at the Fourth Annual Community Board Nine Recognition Dinner on Friday, September 8, which was held at the Bronx YMCA.
WE NEED YOUR LABELS FOR EDUCATIONThe Labels for Education program is coming to a close. Only UPC submissions with the Labels for Education logo will be accepted and redeemed for points. All submissions must be postmarked no later than January 2, 2018, in order to be deposited into our schools’ bank account. We currently have 1,447 points. Look for the Labels for Education logo on these products: Campbells, Pace, Pepperidge Farm, SpaghettiOs, Swanson, and V8. Labels can either be brought to the rectory or placed in the collection basket.
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Mass Times
- Saturday: 5:30 PM EnglishEnglishEN (with Music)
- Sunday: 7:30 AM EnglishEnglishEN (with music) 9:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN (Children's Choir) 10:30 AM EnglishEnglishEN Family Mass (Adult Choir) 12:00 PM SpanishEspañolES (Spanish Choir) 1:30 PM EnglishEnglishEN (with music) 5:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN (with music)
- MonFri 6:50 AM EnglishEnglishEN also Sat. 8:30 AM EnglishEnglishEN also Sat. (and morning prayer) 12:15 PM EnglishEnglishEN also Sat.
- Monday: 7:00 PM SpanishEspañolES Charismatic Mass every FIRST MONDAY of the month.
- Wednesday: 7:00 PM SpanishEspañolES
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HOLY DAY & SACRAMENT SCHEDULE
HOLY DAY MASSES:
Vigil: 7:00 PM (Spanish)
Holy Day: 6:50 AM, 8:30 AM, 12:15 PM, 7:30 PM
STATIONS OF THE CROSS:
Every Friday during Lent: following the 12:15 PM Mass, 7:00 PM (Spanish), 8:00 PM (English)
CONFESSION TIMES:
Every Saturday from 4 PM to 5:30 PM , or by appointment in the rectory.
ROSARY:
Every Wednesday, following the 12:15PM Mass.
Legion of Mary Rosary in Spanish every Friday at 7:00PM in the Rectory Meeting Room.
BAPTISMS:
English: Every Sunday after 1:30 PM Mass
Español: 2 y 4 Sábados en 2:30 PM
BAPTISM PREPARATION CLASS:
Usually meets every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 7 PM in the Church. Register for the class at the rectory. You MUST bring BOTH a copy of the child's birth certificate as well as a copy of the Confirmation certificate of the godparents or a copy of the godparent's Catholic marriage certificate, if a godparent is married. A lletter of suitability from the godparent's Catholic pastor will also be accepted.
SICK AND DECEASED members of the parish are remembered in the Offertory Prayers. If you know of any current or former parishioners who are seriously ill or have passed, or you know of any sick parishioners who need Holy Communion brought to them, please contact the rectory at 718-892-3232 and let us know about their condition.
Announced and Unannounced Masses may be arranged at the rectory Mon.-Fri. from 8:30AM - 4:30PM.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES
Every Wednesday from September - June from 3:45 - 5PM, gathering in the Church.
RCIA CLASSES:
English classes meet every Sunday from 3-4PM or on Monday from 7-8PM in the Rectory Meeting Room from September - April.
Spanish classes meet every Sunday from 10-11:15AM in the cafeteria from September - June.
BIBLE STUDY CLASSES:
English Bible Study Classes meet every Tuesday at either 1PM or 7:30PM and every Sunday at 11:30AM in the Green Building.
Spansh Bible Study Classes meet every Tuesday at 7:30PM in the cafeteria.
BOY SCOUTS meet every Wednesday from 6:30-8:00PM in the cafeteria. CUB SCOUTS meet every Wednesday at 6PM.
Transportation: Take #6 Train to either Parkchester or Castle Hill or take the following buses: Bx22, Bx39, Bx4, Bx4A, or Q44.
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News from the Vatican
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The Vatican women’s magazine is blaming the drastic drop in the number of nuns worldwide in part on their wretched working conditions and the sexual abuse and abuses of power they suffer at the hands...
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The Catholic Church is not simply the house of God but a place that can be called "home sweet home" for all of God's children, Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio said.
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A global network of financial intelligence units has readmitted the Holy See after a two-month suspension sparked by a Vatican police raid on the Vatican's financial watchdog agency.
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A pilgrimage to the apostles' tombs in Rome helps bishops renew their sense of unity as well as rededicate themselves to being missionaries bringing the Gospel to the world, said Archbishop Paul S...
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Showing hospitality makes a person a better human being and a better Christian and is an important part of promoting Christian unity, Pope Francis said.
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ST. HELENA (Feast: August 18)
Born in Bithynia, Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), circa 248, St. Helena was married to Roman Emperor Constantius and had a son who would become Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, the first Roman emperor to become a Christian. St. Helena, who converted as well, oversaw the construction of churches on Holy Land sites. She would later be credited with discovering the cross upon which Jesus Christ is believed to have been crucified. St. Helena died circa 328 in Nicomedia (present-day Turkey). Shown below, the door to the St. Helena Chapel in Bethlehem.
