The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral The Corner of Mott & Prince Streets, New York City

Tel: 212-226-8075 Fax: 212-226-1219

The Shrine Church of Most Precious Blood 109 Mulberry Street, New York, NY 10013

Tel: 212-226-6427 Fax: 212-226-1837

Second Sunday of Easter (or Sunday of Divine Mercy) ~ April 3, 2016

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil

5:30 PM English Sundays

9:15 AM English 10:15 AM Chinese 11:30 AM Spanish 12:45 PM English

7:00 PM English Monday-Friday

8:00 AM Spanish, 12:10 PM English 7:00 PM - English at Most Precious Blood Church

Saturday 8:00 AM Spanish

VESPERS (Evening Prayer) First Sundays at 7:00pm with Mass

CONFESSIONS Saturdays 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM Sundays 6:00 PM - 6:45 PM

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

with Benediction at 9:15pm in the Cathedral Spanish Prayer Group

Fridays 7:30pm Cursillistas Meeting

Sundays after the 11:30am Mass (Spanish)

Saturday/Sabado-April 2, Saturday within the Octave of Easter, Mass for the Unborn 8:00AM (Eng) Por eterno descanso de Carlos Ureña, Steven Diaz, Charlie Fernandez y Ramonsito Diaz invita Hector y Margarita Fernandez 5:30PM (Eng) For: Emelise Aleandri By: Angel & Louis Marinaccio Sunday/Domingo-April 3, Second Sunday of Easter (or Sunday of Divine Mercy 9:15AM (Eng) For: Lena & Louis Ciffo By: Anthony Ciffo 10:15AM (Chi) In Thanksgiving to our Lord By: The Thi Family 11:30AM (Spa) Por los cursillistas 12:45PM (Eng) For: Jimmy Stravato By: Sons in Laws 7:00PM (Eng) For: Horn Chen By: Freyer Family Monday/Lunes-April 4, The Annunciation of the Lord 8:00AM (Spa) Por todos los miembros de nuestra parroquia 12:10PM (Eng) For: Frances & Cisedio Martini By: Family Tuesday/Martes-April 5, Easter Weekday 8:00AM (Spa) For: Alejandro Nuñez 12:10PM (Eng) For: Kathleen O’Byrne By: her family Wednesday/Miercoles–April 6, Easter Weekday 8:00AM (Spa) Por el alma de Luis Diaz y Natividad Jimenez invita Ramona Diaz 12:10PM (Eng) For: Charlie Fernandez By: Mom Thursday/Jueves–April 7, Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest 8:00AM (Spa) For: Maria Natividad Fabian 12:10PM (Eng) For: Anna Marie Albanese By: Marion Albanese Friday/Viernes-April 8, Friday within the Octave of Easter 8:00AM (Spa) Por el eterno descanso de Marisa Nuñez invita Su madre, Ramona Nuñez 12:10PM (Eng) For: James Pry By: his family Saturday/Sabado-April 9, Easter Weekday 8:00AM (Eng) Por todos los miembros de la parroquia 5:30PM (Eng) For: Richard Matlach By: Eileen & Aldo Avezzano

Pastor - Monsignor Donald Sakano pastor@oldcathedral.org

Rev. Andrew Thi – Resident Vicar Rev. Enrique Salvo - Resident Vicar

Deacon Paul Vitale

Visiting Celebrants: Rev. George Kuhn

Rev. Brian McWeeney Rev. Umberto Bordoni

Rev. Carlos Mullins Rev. Edward Hopkins, LC

Rev. Jason Smith, LC Rev. Fabian Grifone, OFM Rev. Louis Troiani, OFM

Rev. Philip Phan, Vietnamese Apostolate

Director of Music - Jared Lamenzo organist@oldcathedral.org

Wedding Coordinator - Rosa Jimenez rosa@oldcathedral.org

Sunday Offerings:

$14,493.00

ERBEN RENEWAL: Restore Our Pipe Organ!

We are in great need of financial support to restore and protect the Erben. Donations to the organ fund can be made to St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, with the memo

“Erben Organ Restoration Fund.” Join the “Erben Renewal” Facebook

page to find out about music at the Basilica, and the world-class 2,500 pipe Henry Erben organ, one of the great

pipe organs of America: http://facebook.com/erbenorgan.

Basilica Schola

The Basilica Schola is in session for the 2015-2016 season. We already have welcomed new members,

but hope you will join us too! We schedule informal "auditions" during the year for anyone interested in joining. It is a great way

to enhance your spiritual life, meet fellow parishioners, and deepen your understanding of the tradition. Contact Joshua,

our Cantor: cantor@oldcathedral.org to learn more. Hear our latest record-

ing, available on iTunes, and find out more about the music ministry at

http://oldcathedral.org/music-at-the-basilica.

MUSIC AT THE BASILICA Music for Divine Mercy Because of the preeminence of Easter feast in the liturgical calendar, the Church extends that celebration for seven days, called the Easter Octave. Each day of Easter Week is a solemnity of high rank, and rituals peculiar to Easter (like the double “Alleluia” sung at the dismissal, and the sequence Victimae Paschali laudes) are continued each day during Easter Week. This Sunday, known as Low Sunday, and named “Divine Mercy Sunday” by John Paul II, is the Octave of Easter. In some countries, it still goes by the name Quasimodo Sunday, a name which has its origin in the Introit for this day, “Quasi modo geniti infantes…” (“As newborn babies…”, from 1 Peter 2:2). These words are used by the Church with special reference to the newly baptized neophytes, as well as in general allusion to man’s renovation through the Resurrection. With the coming of St. Faustina’s relics, I thought it good to do as many different hymns as possible at the many Masses this week-end, both traditional Easter hymns and ones that focus on mercy. In addition, at the 12:45 PM and 7:00 PM Masses we will hear two great works of music, emanating from Southeastern Germany and the Baltic states. First, the Christe eleison from J. S. Bach’s “Great Catholic Mass”, the Mass in B minor—a cornerstone of Western music. In 1733, at the death of Augustus II Strong, Polish King, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Elector of Saxony, five months of mourning followed, during which all public music-making was suspended. Bach used the opportunity to work on the Missa, a portion of the liturgy sung in Greek and Latin common to both the Lutheran and Roman Catholic rites. His aim was to dedicate the work to the new sovereign Augustus III, a Catholic, with the hope of obtaining the title “Electoral Saxon Court Composer”, which he eventually was made in 1736. The full Ordinary wasn’t completed until shortly before his death, in 1749. The second piece, written in 1990 by the famed Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, encompasses the Sermon on the Mount, giving us the template for corporal works of mercy. There is a choral first part, and at the 12:45 PM Mass, I’ll play the second portion of the work as an organ postlude.

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7:00pm Weekday Mass Continues

Monday through Friday at

The Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood We have 7:00pm Mass.

Come and pray with us!

We are holding these masses until Pentecost, May

15th

113 Baxter St. ( at Canal St.)

Our “Neighborhood Dinner “ Event:

Meet your St. Pat’s community, enjoy great food, get to know the neighborhood!

Aunt Jakes Simple Well Executed Italian Food

From the people who brought you Mulberry Project & Greenwich Project

Date: Wednesday April 6th

151 Mulberry St. 7:30pm

Price: $50/ includes wine, tip & tax

Bulletin Board

BAPTISM PREPARATION

If you are expecting a new 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.

Baptisms are not schedule during Lent. The next time for baptism is at the Easter Vigil, March 26th.

Next Session for parents and godparents is Monday, April 4 at 7:00pm.

During this Jubilee Year we are called to help one another and be merciful as Jesus is for all our sins. It is only with your help that the Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal continues to be a beacon of hope for our brothers and sisters through ministries and charities.

Every year the Archdiocese sets a goal for each parish. This year the goal for the merged parish of St. Patrick's Old Cathe-dral and the Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood is $47,000. Please pray over this and make a gift that will assist those in need around us. You can learn more about the Appeal at www.cardinalsappeal.org

At the Church of The Most Precious Blood Entrance at 113 Baxter or 109 Mulberry Street

www.oldcathedral.org

The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral is honored, with the blessing of Cardinal Dolan, to have HOLY DOORS at its sister church, the Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood for the duration of the Holy Year. With these Holy Doors open 24hrs a day, pilgrims passing through them will benefit from indulgenc-es and blessings. Pilgrims will reflect on the major theme of the Holy Year – the universal reach of God’s mercy – by viewing a display of presepio, crafted in this city of Naples by La Scarabattola. For those in a state of grace and fulfilling the other prescribed conditions, a plenary indulgence may be gained once day by passing through the Holy Doors. A plenary indulgence removes all punishment due to sin.

Those seeking the indulgence are encouraged to begin a pilgrim-age starting at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral where a Prayer of Mercy may be said. The pilgrim then may proceed down to the Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood where the Holy Doors of Mercy are located.

HOLY DOORS OF MERCY

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Divine Mercy Sunday, April 2 & 3

The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral is honored to present to the Faithful

The First Class Relics of St. Faustina

The Divine Mercy image, the Chaplet, the Novena and the Feast of Divine Mercy all come to us through St. Faustina, who has come to be known

as The Apostle of Divine Mercy.

The relics of St. Faustina will be presented at the Vigil Mass of Divine Mercy Sun-day, Saturday, April 2 at the 5:30 PM Mass. They will remain in the church until

after Mass is celebrated at 10 PM.

On Sunday, Youth Center, 268 Mulberry Street the relics will be available for veneration from 10:00AM until 6:45PM.

The relics will be transferred to the church for Mass at 7:00 PM. Following Mass there will be a Holy Hour before the Blessed Sacrament (8:00PM - 9:00PM),

concluding the visit of the relics of St. Faustina.

Please consult our website for a complete list of our expanded schedule of Masses and Confessions as well as an opportunity to visit the

Holy Doors of Mercy at the Shrine Church of The Most Precious Blood

Evening Mass at 7:00 PM

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Week of April 2-3, 2016 Saturday, April 2, First Saturday 5:30pm Vigil For: Father Charles Tallarico By: Elluzzi Family Sunday, April 3, Divine Mercy Sunday 12:10pm For: The people of the parish 1:15pm For: The people of the parish 2:00pm Mass in Vietnamese Monday, April 4, The Annunciation of the Lord 7:00 PM For: Frank Vallone (Birthday) By: Doreen Tuesday, April 5, Easter Weekday Week 4 - Saint Anthony Novena 12:10 PM For: Charles Livoti - 20th Anniversary By: mother, Carmela Livoti 7:00 PM For: The people of the parish Wednesday, April 6, Easter Weekday 7:00 PM For: The deceased members of the DePaolo Family By: Patricia Velentino Thursday, April 7, Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest 7:00 PM For: Michael David Semkus By: Will Huysman and William Russo Friday, April 8, Easter Weekday 6:30 PM Sant’Egidio Prayer Service 7:00 PM For: Tony Romano By: Peggy & Anthony Romano Saturday, April 9, Easter Weekday 5:30 PM For: Phyllis DePalo Campanelli, Aunt Helen McKie, Nicholas & Jean Elluzzi, Dr. Paul Viviano, Nicola & Anna DePalo By: Elluzzi Family For: Louis & Theresa Maniscalco By: daughter Anna Marie

The Shrine Church of Most Precious Blood

109 Mulberry Street, New York NY 10013 Secretary: Emily DePalo Email: emilydepalo@yahoo.com

Tel: 212-226-6427 Fax: 212-226-1837

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil - 5:30 PM

Sunday - 2:00 PM (Vietnamese)

Office Hours: 10AM—6PM Daily or by Appointment

CONFESSIONS Before Masses or by Appointment

DEVOTIONS

Monday Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Tuesday St. Anthony of Padua Wednesday San Gennaro Thursday St. Jude Friday St. Padre Pio (1st Friday) Friday The Community of Sant'Egidio Saturday Our Lady of Fatima (1st Saturday)

Stations of the Cross 12:10 PM on Fridays during Lent

Church of the Most Precious Blood

The Shrine Church of Most Precious Blood

109 Mulberry Street, New York NY 10013 Secretary: Emily DePalo Email: emilydepalo@yahoo.com

Tel: 212-226-6427 Fax: 212-226-1837

BULLETIN NEWS APRIL 2–3, 2016

PASCHAL

CANDLE: On behalf of the clergy and parishioners

at Most Precious Blood Church, we would like to extend our heartfelt grati-

tude to Mary Rizzo for donating the Paschal Can-dle once again. Mary has generously donated our

Paschal Candle for as long as we can remember. We

hope Mary and family receive many blessings in

return.

Seniors: For more information, or to donate to The Seniors Club

at Most Precious Blood, please call 212-226-6427 or visit www.oldcathedral.org. If donating through the website, please specify

that your donation is for the MPB Senior Club.

SAINT ANTHONY NOVENA: This past Tuesday we celebrated the third week of the St. Anthony Novena and Mass led by Monsignor Roman Russo. Many of you are aware of our monthly senior luncheons which usually fall on a Tuesday; in addition, for the duration of the 13-week St. Anthony Novena, we will be serving light refreshments after the novena Mass – coffee, cookies, muffins, etc. For this week’s coffee gathering – our first -- we want to thank Anna Maniscalco for providing our seniors with home-made goodies. Anna made banana-nut bread and two kinds of muffins. The best thing about this is that she was not asked to contribute anything – she just did it and we thank her for it from the bottom of our hearts. To make it even better, everything was delicious! Thank you, Anna.

SAINT FAUSTINA RELICS: This weekend, April 2 – 3, relics of Saint Faustina will be on display at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. From there, many people are expected to make the pilgrimage from St. Pat’s to Most Precious Blood Church. In anticipation of this event and the expected number of visitors to our church this Sunday, Monsignor Sakano decided we should have TWO MASSES ON SUNDAY: 12:15 PM and 1:15 PM. TO CLARIFY: We will have Masses THIS SUNDAY ONLY – April 3rd -- in conjunction with the relics of Saint Faustina being displayed. This Sunday is also DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY. For those who miss their Sunday Mass, please attend one of the two Masses we will have at 12:15 PM and 1:15 PM. The regular Vietnamese Mass will be at approximately 2:00 PM, depending upon when our 1:15 PM Mass ends. After this week-end, we will revert back to our schedule of the Saturday 5:30 PM Vigil Mass with Sunday Mass taking place at St. Patrick’s or any other church of your choice.

ALZHEIMER’S AWARENESS DAY REMINDER: Please remember to mark your calendars so that you can attend our Alzheimer’s Awareness Day on May 3, 2016. The event will be held from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM inside the Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood. The event is FREE. It is being sponsored by the Most Precious Blood Senior Club and participants include Archcare, CaringKind, God’s Love We Deliver, New York Foundation

INFORMATION SHEET Church name & address: St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral #747300 263 Mulberry St. New York NY 10012-3305 Contact person & phone number: Natalie 212-226-8075 Date & time transmitted: March 31 at 2:00pm Sunday’s date: April 3, 2016 Number of pages transmitted: Cover + two full page + two half-pages + this page = 6 (5-4-JL) Special instructions for Production: 1,000 Bulletins