ChurCh of St. IgnatIuS LoyoLa 980 Park avenue at 84th Street • new York, new York 10028 • (212) 288-3588

www.StignatiuSloYola.org“ B u i l d i n g a C o m m u n i t y o f D i s c i p l e s ”

November 23, 2014Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

The Feast of Christ the King may not inspire 21st century Americans. Framing it as a use of power may help. Power can be physical, economic, moral, psychological, charismatic,

political, relational, or spiritual. Power is strengthened or weakened by social factors including gender, ethnicity, education, family, or religion. A ‘power structure’ created by the convergence of these factors may stratify a society where power coalesces in some, while others have little or no power. Those who are coerced into servitude for the benefit of the powerful, may be thought of as slaves. However, the powerful may themselves become slaves. When economic power coalesces and creates power called consumerism, the dangers of an “excessive availability of every kind of material goods... easily makes people slaves of ‘possession’ and of immediate gratification.” (On Social Concern, 1987, John Paul II)

Jesus Christ changed the power equation. Recall the parable of the laborers with its conflicting values: the extravagant generosity of the owner versus the expectations of the laborers. (Matthew 20:1–16) Exercising our personal power according to values of Christ the King is enormously challenging to contemporary Christians. The feast begins the week of our national feast of gratitude, Thanksgiving. Sadly, Thanksgiving has morphed into a vigil for the “feast of consumerism.” Lines of people queue up Thanksgiving night for the stampede into the stores on Black Friday. Thus, consumer power orchestrates the prelude to another feast, Christmas. When economic power trumps every other value in the social order and becomes the center of social life and society’s only real value, this power, consumerism, creates one of the most pronounced moral and ethical dangers facing us today. (John Paul II)

Fr. John Kavanaugh, S.J. defined consumerism as a system of life; a religion, a total worldview that disposes us to view everything in creation, including persons, as replaceable commodities. The person has value only in terms of marketability or productivity. The individual person is an image of God. The immense value of the human person, revealed through the Incarnation (Christmas), is found in living and loving—of relating to life in a way that cannot be repeated. These are not the values of a commodity culture whose power derives from consumption, competition, hoarding, planned obsolescence and unnecessary waste. Worst of all, unabated consumerism is destructive of

our desire for God’s desires for our world and for humankind. The destruction of the power to “seek the good” places heavy burdens on the most vulnerable of society. The sick, the elderly, the poor, the underemployed, the immigrant, and youth, (especially those of ethnic or immigrant groups), may become, slowly and insidiously, disposable and dispensable. The power structure of a consumer society replaces a desire for God and the common good, with a commercial desire; that is, having more. It brings emotional overload and the inability to discern and differentiate what is right, good, and true. Moreover, the overload of products and choices may force a gravitation toward like-minded groups where one feels personally secure; but where difference evokes fear and exclusion. These are sobering thoughts. They are compounded by the connection between consumerism and human

slavery (trafficking). Many of the products and services that we use here in the U.S. regularly depend on forced and child labor (modern slavery) in the intricate supply chain that leads from production to the distribution of goods. As we approach the season of gift-giving, we are challenged to reflect on the economic power of consumerism; its implications for our understanding desire as core to the human person and the power of the true worth of the human person as revealed in the great mystery of the Incarnation. This Christmas, we are challenged to use our consumer power as responsible, Christian moral agents. Our gift-giving can uphold truth, beauty, goodness and communion with others. Christian values

need not be subordinated to expedient consumer choices and profit making. So we ask ourselves: Do I consider whether or not the products I buy or use are tainted with human slavery? In purchasing gifts, do I use criteria of price, convenience and availability rather than concern for slave labor? Am I willing to take the time to find out if the product is the result of trafficked labor? In short, how many modern slaves will I put to work because of my purchases this Christmas?

— Sr. Kathryn King, FSPPastoral Associate

Consumerism and Human Trafficking

Untitled (I Shop Therefore I Am). Barbara Kruger. 1987.

Our collusion with human slavery through consumer practices will be the topic of a lecture by Rev. David Coutourier, OFM, Cap. on Thursday, February 5, 2015 in Wallace Hall. Sponsored by the Joint Task Force on Slavery (Trafficking) of the Church of

St. Ignatius Loyola and the Church of St. Francis Xavier.

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SVDP Christmas Angel Projectcontinues through

Sunday, December 7th.Details on page 5.

SVDP Annual Toy Drive begins this weekend.

Details on page 5.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23rdEncountering Jesus. Part of the

Ignatian 40s Speaker Series. 5:30 PM. Parish Lounge. Details on page 3.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26thJob Transition Support Group.

10:00 AM. Parish Lounge. Details on page 3.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28thOne Daily Mass will be celebrated in the

Lady Chapel at 8:30 AM. The Parish House will be closed.

THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE

November is Jesuit Vocation MonthPlease join us in praying for vocations

to the Society of Jesus. For more information, visit www.jesuit.org

The Collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) provides funding for groups that make lasting change and uplift the poor in the United States.

In the last five years, over 36% of CCHD’s grants have gone to improving housing in low-income neighborhoods.

Help the CCHD continue to defend human dignity and take poverty off the map.

Thank you for your generosity.

Special Collection This Weekend: Campaign for Human Development

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27thThanksgiving Day Mass

9:30 AM This will be the only Mass

celebrated on Thanksgiving Day.

The Parish House will be closed.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE!Beginning November 29th, the start time of Saturday afternoon Confessions will be 4:30 PM.

Penitents are encouraged to come early so that Confessions can end before the 5:30 PM Mass begins.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!Fr. George Witt, S.J.,

and the Staff of St. Ignatius Loyola,

extend best wishes for a blessed Thanksgiving.

The Parish House will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 27th and 28th

in observance of Thanksgiving. One Mass will be celebrated on Thanksgiving Day at 9:30 AM.

One Daily Mass will be celebrated on Friday at 8:30 AM.

Saint Ignatius Loyola Grammar School extends a cordial invitation to join us at our

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS FAIRSunday, December 7th, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

McKinnon Hall Offered at the Fair are seasonal decorations, housewares, greenery, ornaments, religious items, and many other things perfect for gift giving. Also featured will be a Secret Santa Shop for the children to purchase gifts for giving and a booth of fun seasonal activities hosted by our Brownie and Girl Scout Troops.

Our annual Brunch with Santa will also take place on December 7th.

Please call the Grammar School at 212-861-3820, x135 if you are interested in attending.

GRAMMAR SCHOOL

ATTENTION LECTORS: Copies of the new Workbook for Lectors, Year B, 2015 (beginning the First Sunday of Advent, November 30th), are available for $10 at the Parish House reception desk.

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December at Sacred Music in a Sacred Space

Advent Lessons and CarolsSunday, November 30th at 3:00 PM

Free will offeringThis prayer service invites us into the stillness and

anticipation of Advent, a foil to the bustling holiday pace throughout the city. The Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola will

offer motets centered on the Annunciation.

A Chanticleer Christmas Friday, December 5th at 7:00 PM & Sunday, December 7th at 4:00 PM

A Chanticleer Christmas celebrates the mystery and wonder of Christmas with an elegant blend of traditional carols, medieval

and Renaissance sacred works, and new holiday gems. Called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New

Yorker magazine, Chanticleer is known around the world for the seamless blend of its twelve male voices and its

original interpretations of vocal literature.

Heavenly Light: Annual Christmas ConcertsSunday, December 14th at 3:00 PM &

Wednesday, December 17th at 7:00 PM Centering on excerpts from J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, our ever-popular Christmas concerts will offer you and your family the inspiring warmth and joy of the season. Includes

well-known carols for all to sing. Featuring the Combined Choirs & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola

Tickets for all concerts are available online at www.smssconcerts.org or by calling 212-288-2520

for 24/7 ordering.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH1st Sunday of Advent

11:00 AM SOLEMN MASS Byrd Mass for Four Voices: Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei

Manz E’en so Lord Jesus, quickly come

MUSICSpeaker Series

Ignatian 40s invites all parishioners to its Third Annual Speaker Series. Led by the pastoral staff of St. Ignatius and external speakers, the goal of the series is to provide parishioners with opportunities to improve their knowledge of their faith and practice it daily, to enable them to see God in all things, and to increase their awareness of the history of the Catholic Church.

TODAYEncountering Jesus

Presenter: Fr. James Martin, S.J., Editor-at-Large,

America magazine5:30 PM in the Parish Lounge

Come to know the ‘Jesus of history,’ the man who walked on earth in the first-century Palestine, and the ‘Christ of faith,’ the miracle worker and the one who rose from the dead.

Let Father Martin, author of the new book Jesus: A Pilgrimage, invite you into a new relationship with Jesus.

Email ignatian40s@gmail.com to register.

IGNATIAN 40s

Job Transition Support Group Wednesday, November 26th

10:00 AM in the Parish LoungeFor more information, contact John Holewa at

jfholewa@gmail.com or Christian Nolan at ctnolan59@gmail.com

Decorate Your Christmas Tree and Support the Family Ministry! At weekend Masses through Sunday, December 21st, Christmas ornaments featuring an image of the church will be on sale in Wallace Hall following the 11:00 AM Family Mass. Ornaments can also be purchased at the Parish House. Cost: $25

All proceeds benefit the Family Ministry.

FAMILY MINISTRY

VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDWednesday, December 24th

Christmas Eve• 4:00 PM Family Mass I • 6:00 PM Family Mass II

• 8:00 PM Mass of Christmas • Midnight MassThursday, December 25th

Christmas Day • 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM If you are available, please email

liturgicalministers@stignatiusloyola.org to let us know at which Mass you can assist.

HOSPITALITY MINISTRY

Announced Masses and Readings for the Week

Monday, November 24th(St. Andrew Dũng-Lạc)Revelation 14:1–3, 4b–5 Psalm 24 Luke 21:1–4 8:30 MEM John B., John A., & Elizabeth Rooney12:10 MEM Josephine Racanelli 5:30 MEM Sheila JoyceTuesday, November 25th(Thirty-fourth Tuesday in Ordinary Time) Revelation 14:14–19 Psalm 96 Luke 21:5–11 8:30 MEM Jane F. Flannigan12:10 MEM Ermina Graziano 5:30 MEM Ray-Anne LagascaWednesday, November 26th(St. John Berchmans)Revelation 15:1–4 Psalm 98 Luke 21:12–19 8:30 MEM Emil Wittek 12:10 MEM Bill Callanan 5:30 MEM William P. O’ConnorThursday, November 27th(Thirty-fourth Thursday in Ordinary Time)Revelation 18:1–2, 21–23; 19:1–3, 9a Psalm 100 Luke 21:20–28Friday, November 28th(Thirty-fourth Friday in Ordinary Time)Revelation 20:1–4, 11–21:2 Psalm 84 Luke 21:29–33 8:30 MEM Zvonimir VrdoljakSaturday, November 29th(Thirty-fourth Saturday in Ordinary Time)Revelation 22:1–7 Psalm 95 Luke 21:34–36 8:30 MEM Charlie GlowackiSunday, November 30th(First Sunday of Advent) Isaiah 63:16b–17, 19b; 64:2–7 Psalm 801 Corinthians 1:3–9 Mark 13:33–37

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Double the voices, double the fun!

Calling all Boomers & Beyonders and Ignatian 40s for our annual Christmas Caroling event.

You don’t have to be a super soprano or terrific tenor… just someone who wants to join with us in sharing some Christmas joy through song…and perhaps stop at a local spot for a snack and drink afterwards.Date: Sunday, December 7th Time: 1:30 PM

Place: Lott Assisted Living Residence 5th Avenue

(between 107th and 108th Streets)

A Christmas Journey... In the LightDuring the light of the day, come learn

more about the Light of the World.Friday mornings, December 5th, 12th & 19th

11:00 AM–12:00 PM in the Parish HouseThis Advent opportunity, offered in three one-hour

morning sessions, will weave together the Christmas story through prose, poetry, and prayer. It will be led by John Lantry, former director of retreat ministry at

Linwood Spiritual Center and former director of the St. Jean Baptiste Community Center.

Register at boomersandbeyond.st.ignatius@gmail.com or call 212-288-3588 by Wednesday, December 3rd.

BOOMERS & BEYOND

Now Available at the Parish HouseLight for the World: Advent ReflectionsAdapted from the writings of Fr. Ronald Rohlheiser, this brief booklet offers daily reflections throughout the Advent season. Cost: $1

Daily Reflections for Advent & ChristmasBishop Robert Morneau of Green Bay, WI offers Advent and Christmas meditations and prayers, reflecting on Scripture readings from the daily Mass. Cost: $2Advent/Christmas Prayer BookletBased on the writings of the late Bishop Kenneth Untener, this booklet features daily scripture reflections for the Advent/Christmas season. Cost: $1

Private Prayer & ReflectionWeekday Evenings:

December 1st–4th, December 8th–10th, December 12th, December 15th & 16th,

and December 18th & 19thThe Lady Chapel will be open from 6:00 PM–8:00 PM

as an opportunity to spend time in private prayer and reflection during the Advent Season.

ADVENT

You’ve notified your friends, you’ve notified your credit cards, you’ve notified your magazines.

Please don’t forget to notify your church.

Advent BrochureCopies of our Advent Brochure are available

in the Narthex, at the Parish House, and online at stignatiusloyola.org

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ANNUAL TOY DRIVEBegins This Weekend!

SVdP is sponsoring a toy drive to benefit the children of St. Mary

of the Assumption Parish on Staten Island. Through Monday, December 15th, please bring

new, unwrapped toys or games for boys and girls between the ages of 6–12 to the Parish House.

ADVENT FOOD DRIVEBegins Next Weekend!

Benefitting the Community Food

Pantry at the Church of St. Gregory the Great

Throughout the first three weeks of Advent, SVdP will be accepting donations of food for the Commnity Food Pantry at the Church of St. Gregory the Great.

Please bring donations to the Parish House between

Sunday, November 30th and Saturday, December 20th.

Thank you for remembering those in need.

Week 1 (Nov. 30th – Dec. 6th):

1-2 lb. bags of rice, canned vegetables,

Goya beans

Week 2 (Dec. 7th – 13th):

pasta, tomato sauce, canned fruits

Week 3 (Dec. 15th – 21st):

tuna fish, soups, cereals (preferably oatmeal)

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

SVDP Christmas

Angel Project Continues this week!

It has become a tradition at St. Ignatius for our parishioners to purchase Christmas gifts for

parishioners in low-income parishes.

SVdP invites parishioners to select and register up to five Angel cards from the Christmas trees in the Narthex and Wallace Hall. Cards will also be available in the Parish House for pickup while the supply lasts.

Wrapped gifts must be returned to the Parish House no later than

Sunday, December 7th.

Thank you for remembering those in need during the holiday season.

Longing for the Prince of Peace, While Facing the Horrors of War

An art-slide lecturepresented by Rev. Leo J.

O’Donovan, S.J.Thursday, December 4th 7:00 PM in Wallace Hall

This lecture will reflect on how 20th century artists protested war in the bloodiest of all centuries and prepared us imaginatively to hear the repeated calls for peace by all the recent popes: John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and now Francis. The images will try to help us realize more concretely what peace requires.

Rev. Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J., is President emeritus of Georgetown University and a past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America. He has written art criticism for publications such as America, Commonweal, The Washingtonian, Stimmen der Zeit (Munich), the Los Angeles Times, and the National Catholic Reporter.

Since the fall of last year, our parish has been working with a cluster of neighboring parishes, comprised of St. Thomas More, St. Francis de Sales, and Holy Agony, to consider how we might collaborate in ministry, as well as to recommend to Cardinal Dolan any possible merger of our parishes.

As a consequence of those deliberations, our cluster recommended that St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis de Sales, and St . Thomas More should remain independent parishes, but adopt a model of collaboration among us.

However, quite recently Cardinal Dolan has proposed an alternate recommendation, namely that St. Thomas More be merged with St. Ignatius Loyola. He has asked that the members of our cluster team reconvene to consider his proposal and get back to him by March 1, 2015 with our response.

No decisions have yet been made, so while such a merger is by no means a “done deal,” it is nonetheless a real possibility. This comes as a surprise to all of us!

Fr. Witt will address the particulars of Cardinal Dolan’s proposal after all the Masses this weekend.

Let us pray and work together that a true spirit of discernment may pervade the upcoming deliberations.

MAKING ALL THINGS NEW

ChurCh of St. IgnatIuS LoyoLa 980 Park avenue at 84th Street • new York, new York 10028 • (212) 288-3588

Fax: (212) 734-3671 www.StignatiuSloYola.org

Music Information: (212) 288-2520 Email: music@stignatiusloyola.org

Pastor Rev. George M. Witt, S.J.Associate Pastors Rev. William J. Bergen, S.J. Rev. Thomas H. Feely, S.J. Rev. Michael P. Hilbert, S.J.Pastoral Associates Joanne Cunneen Carly-Anne Gannon Kathryn King, F.S.P.Assisting Priests (Sunday) Rev. Philip G. Judge, S.J. Rev. James Martin, S.J. Rev. Anthony P. SooHoo, S.J.Music Ministries Scott Warren, Director Nancianne Parrella

Robert Reuter Michael Sheetz Maureen Haley Philip Anderson Sara Murphy, Administrator Staff information: on the website at music/music staff Assistant to the Pastor Diane M. BoyleAdministrative Assistant Patricia SchneiderCommunications Coordinator Elizabeth O’SullivanDirector of Facilities Czeslaw “Chester” CiupinskiAsst. to the Director of Facilities Caroline FernandesTreasurer Fernando Castro

PARISH STAFF Religious Education for Children

Ms. Carly-Anne Gannon, M.Phil., M.Ed.Director

(212) 861-4764

St. Ignatius Loyola Grammar School

Ms. Mary Larkin, Principal M.S. Ed. (Admin.), M.S. Ed. (Literacy)

48 East 84th StreetNew York, NY 10028

(212) 861-3820 Fax: (212) 879-8248

St. Ignatius Loyola Day Nursery

Ms. Theodora Crist, M.S.Executive Director240 East 84th Street

New York, NY 10028 (212) 734-6427 Fax: (212) 734-6972

Weekday Masses Monday – Friday

8:30 AM, 12:10 PM, and 5:30 PMSaturday: 8:30 AM

Masses for Next Weekend: Saturday Vigil: 5:30 PM Fr. Martin Sunday: 8:00 AM Fr. Hilbert 9:30 AM Fr. Hilbert Wallace Hall 11:00 AM Fr. Witt Solemn 11:00 AM Fr. Bergen 7:30 PM Fr. Bergen

An Ignatian Advent Meditation: The Difficult Journey to Bethlehem. Sponsored by The Jesuit Collaborative. Presented by Fr. Thomas J. Feely, S.J. and featuring the Ignatian Schola. Tuesday, December 9th. Meditation begins at 6:30 PM. Reception to follow at 7:30 PM. Church of St. Francis Xavier, 46 West 16th Street. Space is limited. RSVP by Wednesday, December 3rd. To register, visit http://weblink.donorperfect.com/2014nycadvent For more information, email collaborative@jesuitcollaborative.org

Tutors Needed: Academic Support Program. Sponsored by ComUnidad Juan Diego, the Marist Brothers, and the Archdiocese of New York. Every Wednesday and Thursday, 4:30 PM–6:00 PM. Our Lady Queen of Angels School, 229 East 112th Street. The program, primarily serving the Latino community in East Harlem, focuses on providing children with life and study skills as well as academic tutoring. For more information, contact Br. John Klein, F.M.S. by email at jklein47@gmail.com or by phone/text at 201-320-4782.

Special Needs Mass: For families with loved ones on the Autism spectrum and with other challenging behaviors. Sunday, December 7th at 4:00 PM. Church of the Blessed Sacrament, 152 West 71st Street. A Family Social will immediately follow the Mass. All family members are invited to attend. For more information, contact jackie@snacknyc.com

More than 10,000 New Yorkers are currently waiting for a life-saving transplant... in other words, they are waiting for a chance to live.

New York ranks 49th out of 50 states with regard to the percentage of residents registered as organ donors. New York ranks 3rd in the country in people waiting for organ donations, yet only 23% of New Yorkers are registered organ donors.

The Roman Catholic Church has long supported organ and tissue donation. In this context, donation is seen as an opportunity for individuals to foster a culture that values life.

Learn more about becoming a donor by visiting the New York Organ Donor website:

http://www.donatelifeny.org/Copies of the brochure Organ and Tissue Donation: A Catholic Perspective are available in the Narthex and at the Parish House.

Children’s Liturgy of the Word: Sundays at the 9:30 AM Mass and

the 11:00 AM Mass in Wallace Hall.Centering Prayer: Mondays at 6:30 PM

Confessions: 4:30 PM Saturday or by appointment.

Confessions will be heard at St. Ignatius Loyola Church during the Archdiocesan Day of Reconciliation on

Monday, December 15th, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM.This will be followed by our Parish Advent

Reconciliation Service at 7:00 PM.

Baptisms: Please call Joanne Cunneen at the Parish House (212-288-3588 x632) to arrange

for a Baptism and the preparation given prior to Baptism.

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults: Contact Maureen Fullam, M.A., Director,

at the Parish House.

Marriages: The Bride or Groom should call Joanne Cunneen at the Parish House

(212-288-3588 x632) to begin preparation for Marriage, normally one year in advance.

Visits to the Sick: Please contact the Parish House between the hours of

9:00 AM and 9:00 PM.