~ The Corner of Mott & Prince Streets, New York City ~ Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ July 26, 2015

Jesus feeds five thousand ~ John 6,1-5

263 Mulberry Street New York, NY 10012 Phone: 212-226-8075

www.oldcathedral.org Msgr. Donald Sakano ~ Pastor

Rev. Andrew Thi, Deacon Paul Vitale

WEEKDAY MASSES

Monday to Saturday ~ 8:00am (Spanish) and 12:10 pm (English)

SUNDAY MASSES Saturday Vigil ~ 5:30 PM (English)

9:15am ~ (English) 10:15am ~ (Chinese) 11:30am ~ (Spanish) 12:45pm ~ (English) 7:00pm ~ (English)

Evening Prayer (Vespers)

Gregorian chant led by the Basilica Schola on first Sundays at 7:00pm with Mass

Confessions

Saturday: 4:30 pm - 5:15pm Sunday: 6:00 pm - 6:45pm

Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament Every First Friday from 7:30 pm with Benediction

at 9:15pm in the Cathedral Spanish Prayer Group Fridays at 7:30pm

+ Cursillistas Meeting

Cursillistas meet every Sunday after the 11:30am Mass (Spanish)

For more information go to www.oldcathedral.org

EMAIL Msgr. Sakano pastor@oldcathedral.org

General Info info@oldcathedral.org

Saturday/Sabado-July 25, Saint James, Apostle 8:00AM (Spa) En acción de gracias por Ariel Diaz invita Angela Diaz 5:30PM (Eng) For: Juana Hernandez By: Ugarte Family Sunday/Domingo-July 26, Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9:15AM (Eng) For: Mr. & Mrs. John Romanowicz By: daughter, Vinnie 10:15AM (Chi) In Thanksgiving to the Blessed Virgin Mary By: Wang Shi Ying 11:30AM (Spa) Por el Club Perú de Nueva York Invita Santiago Ugarte y Familia 12:45PM (Eng) In honor of St. Ann and the deceased members of the St. Ann’s Society By: The St. Ann’s Society 7:00PM (Eng) For: Linda Abrahamson By: Chuck Huller Monday/Lunes-July 27, Weekday 8:00AM (Spa) Por el eterno Descanso de Franklin Wong Invita La Joyeria Charisma 12:10PM (Eng) For: Jason D. Haley By: Mary & Peter Davio Tuesday/Martes-July 28, Weekday 8:00AM (Spa) En acción de gracias a Jesus y a La Virgen de La Altagracia por la salud y La paz deAmbrosia Tineo y su familia invita Ambrosia Tineo 12:10PM (Eng) For: Peggy Fitzgerald By: Emmett McCarthy Wednesday/Miercoles–July 29, Saint Martha 8:00AM (Spa) Por todos los miembros de nuestra parroquia 12:10PM (Eng) For: Raffaelo Buonocore By: Carolyn Agro-Buonocore Thursday/Jueves–July 30, Weekday 8:00AM For: Lucy Costanza By: Sue and Rocky 12:10PM (Eng) For: Ann Marie Duignan By: John Hemsley Friday/Viernes–July 31, Weekday 8:00AM (Spa) Por el alma de Francisco Maria Nuñez invita Agustina Rodriguez 12:10PM (Eng) For: Helen Rooney By: Ernest Mingione Saturday/Sabado-August 1, First Saturday, Mass for the Unborn 8:00AM (Eng) For: the people of the parish 5:30PM (Eng) For: Menashe Admony

Last Sunday’s Collection $2,502.00

Second Collection ~ Latin America & Home Missions Collections

Sunday, August 2, 2015

Bulletin Board Baptism Preparation - If you are expecting a new born baby or if she/he is already here, be sure to let us know. Then go to our website and acquaint yourself with what to do next to be prepared for the renewal of your own baptismal vows and the baptism of your child.

The Jim Gaffigan Show - Spend an hilar ious half hour with J im, Jeannie, his wife, as well as their five

wonderful children on Thursday nights at 10:00 PM on the TV Land channel. It’s a ton of fun of home grown humor.

40 Days for Life - September 23-November 1, 2015 are the dates for a peaceful, non-denominational initia-tive that focuses on 40 days of prayer, fasting and a peaceful vigil abortion facilities. It comes with an edu-cational outreach with the goal of protecting mothers and their children. To learn more visit www.40daysforlife.com.

Mass for Unborn Children is celebrated on the fir st Saturday of the month at 8:00 AM. Join the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and the Sisters of Life on Saturday, August 1. After Mass there is exposi-tion of the Blessed Sacrament until 10:00 AM. Many participate in a sidewalk procession in prayer.

Getting Married? - What could be more important as you approach one of the most important moments in life to prepare yourselves with our home-grown “Three to Get Married” Week-End Sessions on October 23-15. Call Rosa Jimenez at the Parish Office for more information. Thinking About Being Catholic? Perhaps you weren’t Confirmed or received First Holy Communion. Perhaps you are just curious about the Catholic Faith and its application to the world. Join our RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) sessions that will begin Monday September 14th. Email Rcia@oldcathedral.org. Daily Weekday Mass at 12:10 PM continues to be celebrated in the Russian Catholic Chapel of St. Michael located at 266 Mulberry Street. Daily Mass will resume in the Basilica in November. Raffle Tickets (50/50) are now available to suppor t our 200th Anniversary Celebration. Our goal is to reach $100,000 so that the winner of the draw receives $50,000. It could be you! Tickets available at the Rectory or soon outside the church in the courtyard. Renovation of the Basilica and Catacombs - The re-construction work is on schedule so that we will have the church 90% completed by SUNDAY,NOVEMBER 22 when we celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the arrival of The Most Reverend John Connolly, OP, the first residing bishop of the newly established Diocese of New York. Last week the old glass partition was removed to unable work to be done to strengthen the floor below. A new glass partition will be erected allowing for a slightly larger “Gathering Space” in the back of the church.

New Happenings Scaffolding has appeared on Mulberry Street under the bell tower (southwest corner of the church) in order to rehabilitate the tower. The bell, installed in 1906,will be temporarily removed while the work progresses. The finished product will result in a bell that works! The bell will be ringing in time for our anniversary on Nov. 22. Benefactors will be sought for many of the restored sacred objects in the church, including the Cross above the Altar, the Tabernacle, the Stations of the Cross and Resurrection painting by Frank Mason. Plaques - The existing plaques on pews and other places within the church will be respected and restored. The pews are due back into he church in September.

Moms and Tots Summer Group This low-key gathering will help us meet other mothers of children aged 0-2 and strengthen our families’ relationships to the Church. We’ll start with ten minutes of circle time to get to know each other and sing songs before having open play in the downstairs classroom, stocked with fun toys and

books, just for our group!

Every Wednesday Starting June 10th at the Parish House

10:00am-11:00am

Basilica Publishing

Do you have a favorite recipe? Something you and your mom made together? Send it in for the:

Basilica Cookbook

Food has always been at the center of family and social life, as we approach our 200th Anniver-sary celebrations this November we are gathering recipes old and new to celebrate the life of

our parish through its dinner tables. Be a part of our history and our future, submit a recipe and a story.

If you would like to participate with a Recipe please email

Emily@oldcathedral.org

From September 23 through November 1, 2015, you’re invited to join other Christians for 40 Days for Life – 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion.

A special kickoff event will be held here Saturday, September 19th at 7pm at the

Aula (Youth Center) led by Mr. David Bereit, National Director of 40 Days for Life A special Mass will be held inside the Basilica by Bishop Peter J. Byrne before the kickoff event.

We also invite you to stand with us and peacefully pray during a 40-day vigil in the public right-of-way outside Planned Parenthood,

26 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10012

If you’d like more information – and especially if you’d like to volunteer to help, please con-tact: Jill Gadwood at Jill.Gadwood@gmail.com or (949) 280– 9494

His Holiness, Pope Francis, will be traveling to the United States for the first time since becoming Pope to attend the World Meeting of Families, tak-ing place on September 26th and 27th, in Philadel-phia. Held every three years, this international event emphasizes the importance of family in Cath-olic life.

The Archdiocese of New York is filled with joy that His Holiness has added our beloved city to his agenda and will be able to visit with us for a short

time. The Pope's first stop will be our nation's capital, Washington, D.C., where he will be welcomed by the Archdiocese of Washington. Here is the Pope’s itinerary while in New York: Thursday, September 24 5:00 pm Arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport 6:45 pm Evening Prayer (Vespers) at St. Patrick's Cathedral

Friday, September 25 8:30 am Visit to the United Nations and Address to the United Nations General Assembly 11:30 am Multi-religious service at 9/11 Memorial and Museum, World Trade Center 4:00 pm Visit to Our Lady Queen of Angels School, East Harlem 6:00 pm Mass at Madison Square Garden Saturday, September 26 8:40 am Departure John F. Kennedy International Airport

How to get tickets to see the Pope?

Tickets for the Mass at Madison Square Garden will not be sold and they will be extremely limited. Pope Francis will only be in the Archdiocese of New York for a very brief time, and tickets will be limited for any events. We do ex-pect to distribute tickets to parishes and other Catholic organizations and institu-tions throughout the archdiocese, who will then extend invitations to their mem-bers. As soon as we know how many tickets are being allocated to St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral , we will hold a equitable “drawing “ from all the names of people who have submitted a request for a ticket. No tickets will be publicly available through any other means so, if interested, keep watching for further a an-nouncement here or on our website - www.oldcathedral.org

MUSIC AT THE BASILICA

MUSIC FOR THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

The Offertory this week is based on one of the five beautiful hymns St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) composed in honor of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament at Pope Urban IV's (1261-1264) request, when the Pope first established the Feast of Corpus Christi in 1264. The hymn is found in the Roman Missal as a prayer of thanksgiving after Mass. The chant itself is of unknown origin from the first millennium. Also, listen carefully to the beautiful Communion Antiphon, or Communio, this week:

Honora Dominum de tua subsubstantia, et de primitiis frugum tuarum: et implebuntur horrea tua saturitate, et vino torcularia redundabunt.

Dom Johner has this to say of the antiphon:

These four phrases are like so many strophes of an intimate and appealing song, one over which the good odor of the earth, the fragrance of gardens and of fresh wine seems to hover . . . Clearness and joy characterize the melody, rather than solemnity. Holy Communion is the life-giving bread, the never-failing wine which gives strength to the soul.

John Murrett has this to say about this antiphon: ‘Give honor to the Lord with what you have, and with the first of your fruits; then your barns will be filled with abundance, and your wine presses will run over with wine.' There are two commands in the first part of this song, and then two promises. It is God the Father speaking to us, telling us that if we are mindful of Him, He will reward beyond measure our offerings of sacrifice. In our offertory we gave ourselves, and now in holy Communion God gives us back our gifts, consecrated–Himself entirely. The music also seems to accentuate the four divisions: the simplicity of honora Dominum is followed by the heights to which we may reach with our gifts; but then God goes still higher (impleantur horrea), piling up His gifts for us. The limpid flow of the last phrase seems to portray the wine running through the presses. Perhaps we can best sum up today's liturgy (both words and music) in this thought: we should continually praise God for the benefits that have come to us since our baptism. We have risen with Christ to a life of generosity in His service. God's arm is not shortened rewarding us.

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UPCOMING EVENTS August 2: Vespers with the Basilica Schola

August 30 and September 6: Schola Recruitment If you are interested in joining the Schola for the Fall, please say hello to Joshua or Jared after the 12:45 PM or 7PM Mass and we can answer any questions you have.

October 1 and 2: Solemn Choral Vespers for the Society for Sacred Liturgy Conference _____________________________________________________________________________________________

BASILICA SCHOLA For the summer, our Schola is on break, singing only once a month at Vespers; they will return in September. Do consider contributing your talents to the Schola; contact Joshua South, our Cantor, at cantor@oldcathedral.org. Hear our latest recording, available on iTunes, and find out more about the music ministry at http://oldcathedral.org/music. It is a great way to enhance your spiritual life, meet fellow parishioners, and deepen your understanding of the tradition.

A woman by the name of Jane MacMillan, who lives in Manchester, New Hampshire sent this illustration to us last week. She found it an old family Bible published in 1871. It depicts “St. Patrick’s Cathedral” as it looked before the devastating fire of 1866. However, contrary to the caption in the illustration, the church was not destroyed. In fact, since was still the cathedral the roof and interior were rapidly rebuilt so that services resumed in 1868. The

sanctuary of the church is now being restored to as close to its 1868 appearance as possible. The view here is the front of the church with a view from Mott Street. Notice how the steeple and stained glass window are no longer present. Also the two structures on the right and left have been replaced with niches that were probably meant to contain statues at some future time. The image on the bottom have of the illustration is the cathedral as it appeared after the re-construction of 1868. The view is from the corner of Mulberry and Prince Streets. The only real difference from today is the construction of the “bell tower” on the southeast corner which was done in 1906 in time to celebrate the 100 Anniversary. Last week, the tower and bell were removed temporarily so that the structure and bell can be restored. Yes, the bell will ring again in time for our 200th Anniver-sary Celebration on November 22.