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The Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of SienaChurCh of St. VinCent ferrer: 869 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10065ChurCh of St. Catherine of Siena: 411 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065www.svsc.info | (212) 744-2080 | [email protected]
November 25, 2018 — Solemnity of Christ the King
MaSS and ConfeSSionS St. VinCent ferrer
Saturday Vigil: 6:00 pmSunday: 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 12:00 noon, 6:00 pmWeekdays: 8:00 am, 12:10 pm, 6:00 pmSaturday: 8:00 am
ConfessionsSaturday: 5:00–5:50 pmWeekdays: 5:20–5:50 pm
Parish VespersSunday: 5:30 pm
St. Catherine of Siena
Saturday Vigil: 4:00 pmSunday: 10:00 am, 5:00 pmWeekdays: 7:00 am, 5:15 pmSaturday: 9:00 am ConfessionsSaturday: 3:00–3:50 pmWeekdays: 4:40–5:05 pm
Liturgy of the hourS and other Prayer St. VinCent ferrer
Monday–Friday: 7:20 am (Morning Prayer)5:30 pm (Office of Readings and Evening Prayer) Wednesday: 6:30 pm (Rosary) 7:30 pm (Holy Hour)
St. Catherine of Siena
Sunday: 3:00 pm (Eucharistic Adoration) Monday–Friday: 5:00 pm (Rosary) Our Lady of Perpetual Help Prayer Group Wednesday: 6:30 pm Queen of Peace Prayer Group Saturday: 9:30 am
adVent retreat
On Saturday, December 1, we will host our Parish Advent Retreat. We will begin at 9 am in the Lower Church.
aLL night WatCh
An All Night Watch before the Blessed Sacrament will immediately follow the 6 pm Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer on Saturday, December 1, the beginning of Advent. Vespers will be sung at 7 pm, and, over the course of the night, Compline, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Matins, the Rosary, and Lauds with Benediction will also be prayed.
The Watch will conclude with a candlelit Missa Cantata (Sung Mass) in the Dominican Rite the next morning, Sunday, December 2, at 6:30 am.
MagnifiCat
This weekend, we are pleased that magnificat has donated copies of its December issue. magnificat is the most popular Catholic prayer and worship resource in the United States. It is perfect for anyone who wants to align their personal prayer life with the daily liturgical rhythm of the Church and who desires ongoing Faith formation. magnificat features daily mass readings, prayers for the morning and evening, articles, inspiring profiles on saints, ancient and modern, daily meditations, and commentaries on art. This issue also introduces Fr. Sebastian, from our parish community, as the new editor-in-chief. Please take home a copy and use it prayerfully for the month. We encourage you to subscribe and you’ll find details in the back of the issue. You can also visit magnificat.com for more information or to request a complimentary copy for a friend. You may also take advantage of a special offer to try it out: a four-month subscription for only $10 by calling (914) 502-1846.
Marian LeSSonS and CaroLS
On Friday, December 7 at 7 pm at St. Vincent Ferrer, a Service of Lessons and Carols in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be offered. This hour-long celebration of the life of Mary, on the Vigil of the Immaculate Conception, will consist of a sequence of scripture readings, motets of Bruckner, Howells, Lehman, Redshaw, Tavener, and Wood sung by the Schola Cantorum, and congregational hymns. A reception will follow in the Priory Parlors.
iMMaCuLate ConCePtion
Saturday, December 8 is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation. There will be Low Masses at 8 am at St. Vincent Ferrer and 9 am at St. Catherine of Siena. There will be a Sung Mass at 12 Noon at St. Vincent Ferrer. The evening Masses on Friday, December 7 will be Vigils of the Solemnity and will fulfill the obligation.
aLMSgiVing Sunday
Next weekend, Sunday, December 2, there will be a second collection to help the Parish's Deficit Reduction.
Members of the Social Concerns Committee will collect donations for Food Sunday. Thank you for your generosity and support.
PariSh CaLendar
noVeMber
Sunday, noVeMber 25 – SoLeMnity of ChriSt the King
deCeMber
Saturday, deCeMber 1 9 am Parish Advent Retreat at St. Vincent Ferrer 12 noon Visitation Circle at St. Vincent Ferrer 6 pm All Night Vigil at St. Vincent Ferrer
Sunday, deCeMber 2 – 1St Sunday of adVent 6:30 am Missa Contata in the Dominican Rite at St. Vincent Ferrer 1 pm Parish Coffee at St. Vincent Ferrer
friday, deCeMber 7 – VigiL of the iMMaCuLate ConCePtion 5:15 pm Low Mass of the Vigil at St. Catherine of Siena 6 pm Low Mass of the Vigil at St. Vincent Ferrer 7 pm Lessons & Carols in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary at St. Vincent Ferrer
Saturday, deCeMber 8 – SoLeMnity of the iMMaCuLate ConCePtion Holy Day of Obligation 8 am Low Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer 9 am Low Mass at St. Catherine of Siena 12 noon Sung Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer
Sunday, deCeMber 9 – 2nd Sunday of adVent 12 noon Solemn Mass with Rite of Acceptance at St. Vincent Ferrer
WedneSday, deCeMber 12 – feaSt of our Lady of guadaLuPe 6 pm Sung Mass & Procession at St. Vincent Ferrer
Sunday, deCeMber 16 – 3rd Sunday of adVent (gaudete) 2:30 pm Family Catechesis at St. Catherine of Siena 3 pm Advent Lessons & Carols at St. Catherine of Siena Vespsers at St. Vincent Ferrer is cancelled.
Monday, deCeMber 17 – 24 MiSa deL gaLLo 6 am Low Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer Rosary Altar
Monday, deCeMber 17 – reConCiLiation Monday 4 – 8 pm Confession at St. Vincent Ferrer & St. Catherine of Siena
Sunday, deCeMber 23 – 4th Sunday of adVent
tueSday, deCeMber 24 – ChriStMaS eVe
4 pm Family Mass of the Vigil at St. Catherine of Siena 6 pm Sung Mass of the Vigil at St. Vincent Ferrer 9 pm Christmas Lessons and Carols at St. Vincent Ferrer 9:30 pm Solemn Mass During the Night at St. Vincent Ferrer
PariSh offiCe St. Vincent Ferrer869 Lexington Ave, NY, NY 10065(212) 744-2080 | [email protected] Hours: Monday–Friday: 9 am–1 pm, 2–5 pm
St. Catherine of Siena411 East 68th Street, NY, NY 10065Office Hours: Monday–Friday: 10 am–3 pm
PariSh Staff
Very Rev. Walter Wagner, o.p. PastorRev. Joseph Allen, o.p. VicarRev. Luke Hoyt, o.p.
Vicar for FormationRev. Jerome Zeiler, o.p.
VicarBro. Damian McCarthy, o.p.
Sacristan
Deacon John M. PowersLee Ann Rubino
Business ManagerJames D. Wetzel
Director of Music and OrganistMonica Czausz Assistant OrganistLisa Harrelson
Coordinator of Catechesis and Youth Ministry
Rachel Miller Administrative Assistant
Tony Hicks Church Custodian
Tracey Hicks Church Custodian
St. VinCent ferrer high SChooL
(212) 535-4680Sr. Gail Morgan, o.p.
Principal
doMiniCan Shrine of St. Jude
(212) 249-6067www.dominicanshrineofsaintjude.org
PariSh inforMationWelcome to the Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena
in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, served by the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph.
For general information about the parish, its many organizations, an overview of the current year’s schedule of events, and how to become more involved in our common life, please take a blue Parish Handbook. A Music List, ‘Music as Holy Preaching’, contains a list of this season’s concerts and repertoire for all choral services as well as information about the St. Cecilia Guild. Both of these booklets are available in the narthex of both churches and online.
To register as a parishioner, please use the form found at the back of the Handbook or online. Follow us on facebook @StVincentAndStCatherine and sign-up for email alerts by notifying [email protected].
We accord Kings and Queens, crowned or not, the authority to keep us in line. The monarchs of our lives point out that we have overstepped our authority, or not met our obligations, dressed improperly, or not behaved professionally. We hope they will exercise mercy in our regard, and direct royal wrath at the real villains. Monarchy as an institution may or may not inspire us, but we love it when a de facto sovereign puts the villains in their place. Nothing enhances blood circulation better than the longing to see people get what is coming to them, and no satisfaction is more delicious than deflation of the pompous humiliation of the arrogant, or thwarting of the mean. The one who metes out this kind of justice is our hero, the King or Queen of our moment.
In every place where we form community, we will perceive individuals or groups whom the one in charge needs to clobber with the scepter of truth, and thereby appease our indignation. Anyone placed in charge of an office, a school, or a family receives supplications to take royal action against the bad guys, and so restore the proper order of things. Church is no exception. Sometimes people hope the preacher will make the pulpit a throne of righteousness for letting other errant souls know what is what. In fact organized religion has provided a very effective oven for keeping indignation piping hot, stoking hopes that God will reduce our enemies to size. Those my age will remember Bea Arthur’s Maude fling at her husband the rejoinder, “Walter, God will get you for that.” With humor she expressed the ticked off longings of people in every place and time that God would come down on their side with force.
Socially, the sentiment hits close to home: in the realm of politics do not many of us pine for a hero to give the other half of society its comeuppance, because they are totally out of line and really asking for it? This King or Queen of our dreams will deliver the final word in the culture wars and all of those people will realize how wrong they were. To me, that imperial moment seems a very long way off.
In His day many thought Jesus would deliver the final blow to bad people, and many hope He will finally come through with a carefully targeted thunderbolt. After all, if we are going to call him a King it would be great to see Him stage a truly regal triumph and confound those who do not believe and do not behave. Alas, Christ, the King who could smite anybody smites nobody: good people remain frustrated, and reprobates remain at liberty. So if this is a Kingdom where sinners do not get their just desserts, what kind of kingdom is it?
For an answer consider the famous royal moment in the Gospel of John 8: 1-11 when the elders bring the woman caught in adultery before the judgment seat of Christ the King. They invite Gim to impose the statutory penalty for a crime, and they leave us no room for doubt that the crime has been committed. The good order of the Kingdom demands that the woman be stoned, and Jesus needs to execute the sentence to establish that he is King, in charge, and not letting people get away with things. But when the King gives a ruling he shows us an authority deeper than decisiveness and a power more effective than vindication.
“Let the one among you who has no sin cast the first stone" comes down as a decree of truth in the kingdom of Christ. It exposes all pretense, for it reveals not only the universality of sin, but our concentration on the sins of others as an avoidance of our own. The Kingdom of Christ will confront each of us with the truth of ourselves and with our attempts to evade it. Christ’s is a domain of relentless truth.
“From now on avoid this sin” denies permission to do wrong, but it also summons to constant growth, for with the command to avoid the Lord will give the means to do so. Christ exercises dominion to transform rather than to convict.
“Neither do I condemn you,” ranks as a royal moment par excellence. Christ does not blunt His authority: He employs it decisively to ensure that His subjects, having been told the truth of their sin, do not get what that sin deserves. In this moment of grandeur we see our God made visible, who, beholding the vastness of human depravity neither looks the other way nor ceases to love. On the throne of the Cross Christ knows the full weight of sin, yet still He loves. Such love in the face of sin gives us a passport into the Kingdom where acting in this same way shapes real human lives.
The Lord’s death and resurrection establishes a Kingdom in which sinners are safe from everything save the truth of their sin. In such a realm there is no room for the group to make a scapegoat to the woman caught in adultery, or anyone else. In this domain I may not feel superior to another on account of their weakness, for the law of the land will always show me my own and propel me along the path that leads me beyond it. In this Kingdom the King sees me, knows me, challenges me, grows me, and loves me. In His kingdom satisfaction will no longer mean the bad guys going to jail: it will mean discovering the happiness of being loved into freedom by the King Himself, a freedom I will want for those I used to call enemies.
Peace.
Fr. Walter
Letting theM haVe it
MaSS intentionS
St. VinCent ferrer
Sunday, November 256:00 pm (Vigil) Rene
Concepcion (D)8:00 am Stella Formosa (D) 9:30 am Mary O'Conner12 noon Valeriana Gloria (D)6:00 pm Jimmy & Ann Carty (D)
Monday, November 268:00 am For the Deceased Members
of the Parish & the Order (D) 12:10 pm S.H. Constantin Christian
Graf von Berckheim (D) 6:00 pm Maureen Swift (D)
Tuesday, November 278:00 am Jim Federline (D)12:10 pm For the Living & Deceased
Members of the Gorski Family6:00 pm Nora Buckley (D)
Wednesday, November 288:00 am S.H. Constantin Christian
Graf von Berckheim (D)12:10 pm Lydia Saludares (D) 6:00 pm Richard & Frances
Reynolds (D)
Thursday, November 298:00 am Aquila Zacharilla (D)12:10 pm Gladys Mylod (D) 6:00 pm Raul Castells, III &
Raul Castells, IV (D)
Friday, November 308:00 am Joseph Hookim (D)12:10 pm Fr. Lawrence
Keitz, o.p. (D) 6:00 pm Jennie Bono
Saturday, December 18:00 am For the Living Members of
the Redmond Family
MaSS intentionS
St. Catherine of Siena Sunday, November 25 4:00 pm (Vigil) David Johnson (D)10:00 am For the People of
the Parish5:00 pm Martha & James
Costello (D)
Monday, November 267:00 am For the Province of
St. Joseph5:15 pm Krzysztof
Grobelkiewicz (D)
Tuesday, November 277:00 am Lois Amend (D) 5:15 pm Anabella Mendoza (D)
Wednesday, November 287:00 am For the Patrons of the
Shrine of Saint Jude 5:15 pm Veronica O'Keefe (D)
Thursday, November 297:00 am Maureen Toomey (D) 5:15 pm John Joseph Flanagan (D)
Friday, November 307:00 am For the Purgatorial Society
of St. Catherine of Siena (D) 5:15 pm Maureen Toomey (D)
Saturday, December 19:00 am Frank Siano (D)
PariSh Prayer intentionS
Contact the Parish Office to add a name to this list.
Anna Bernhard, Albania Burgos, Joseph Robert Cusimano, Janie Dixon, Alan Djanogly, Don Douglas, Brenda Erickson, The Fisher Family, William Heath, David Henderson, Margaret King, Ivan Kronenfeld, Vicki Lowrey, Bovi Napathong, Calvin Neana, Brian Praetzel, Julie Praetzel, Sally Rauscher, Roseanne Reilly, Isabell Rivera, Anchalee Sae-Lim, Bill Selby, & Jumlong Ullitavee.Please pray for the repose of the souls of Gina Gavin, Elinore Martinez, Katharine Pettijohn, Isabel Patillo, Ramon E. Reyes, Baron Rothschild, & Kurt Von Schuschnigg, and the souls of all our recently deceased.We continue to pray for the sick, the dying, and their families in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the Hospital for Special Surgery, Rockefeller University Hospital, & the Intentions of the Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry.
CandLe intentionSSt. Vincent – Sanctuary Lamps Ramon & Fernando Gonzalez (L); Sister Clara Mohan, o.p. (D); Sister Malacy O'Brien, o.p.; Edward C. Perry (D); All Souls in Purgatory; For the People of the Parish; Intention of DonorSt. Vincent – Sanctuary Madonna Jack Ryan Keegan (L)St. Vincent – Pieta Lamp Well-being of Christians in the Middle EastSt. Catherine – Sanctuary Lamp Maria Marta LitrentaSt. Catherine – Purgatorial Candle Renato S. Ventigan (d); Rosa J. Silan (d)St. Catherine – Rosary Altar Candle Maria Marta Litrenta; Intention of the donorSt. Catherine – Blessed Mother Candle Priscilla Ventigan
Mass Intentions and Candles may be reserved in the Parish Office Monday – Friday, 9:00 am–5:00 pm, and in the Church Office of St. Catherine of Siena Monday – Friday, 10:00 am–3:00 pm.
MuSiC noteS
Next Sunday, December 2, is the First Sunday of Advent and marks the beginning of the new liturgical year (Year C) in the three-year lectionary. The season of Advent (from the Latin adventus meaning ‘coming’) looks forward to the birth of Christ, calling us to prepare for his coming: first in mercy and finally in justice and glory. Liturgies during Advent strike a note of anticipation and repentance mingled with joy and hope; hence, although penitential violet is the season’s liturgical color, the Gloria is omitted, and the use of the organ is moderated, the Alleluia is retained.
The music at Mass likewise acknowledges this change of character: the congregational Ordinary (Kyrie, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei) is different and the hymns reflect the preparatory nature of the season. The Marian Antiphon Salve Regina, sung during the time after Pentecost, is replaced by the Alma Redemptoris Mater that will remain until Candlemas. During Advent and Christmastide, the Schola Cantorum will sing movements from a choral setting of the Ordinary at the Solemn Mass.
For the First Sunday of Advent, the Schola will sing music of the German Renaissance:
Missa Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland – Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656-1746)
Ad te Domine levavi – Andrzej (Andreas) Hakenberger (c. 1574-1627)
Ecce Dominus veniet – Et regnabit Dominus – Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629)
A Music List containing a list of this season’s concerts and repertoire for all choral services as well as information about the St. Cecilia Guild is available in the narthex and online. Parish Vespers continues this and every Sunday at 5:30 pm in the choir stalls at St. Vincent Ferrer.
ViSitation CirCLeVisitation Circle cordially invites single, widowed and
divorced women to our next meeting and fellowship on Saturday, December 1. We will begin our program at St. Vincent Ferrer Church with Mass at 12 noon. Our coffee gathering with light lunch and meeting immediately follow in the priory parlors. Free will offering. We look forward to seeing you then.
adVent LeSSonS and CaroLS
On Gaudete Sunday, December 16 at 3 pm at St. Catherine of Siena, a Service of Advent Lessons and Carols will be offered. This service will make a scriptural and musical pilgrimage through Advent, with readings from the Old Testament prophets, motets of Ledger, Campbell, McKie, Mendelssohn, Near, Piccolo, and Rheinberger sung by the Schola Cantorum, and congregational hymns. A reception will follow in St. Dominic’s Hall. Parish Vespers at 5:30 pm will not take place on December 16. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Catherine of Siena and Parish Vespers at 5:30 pm at St. Vincent Ferrer will not take place on December 16.
SoCiaL ConCernS CoMMittee annuaL toy driVe
Well, we are asking again!!! This time for toys (unwrapped) for children and Gift Cards ($25) for pre-teens for the New York Common Pantry to distribute to the needy this Christmas.
Please bring the toys to either Church or the Priory and give the gift cards to the guards, put in the collection (so marked) or bring to the Priory. This collection runs until December 13.
As usual and again and again, many thanks in advance for your generosity.
the adVent WreathAgain this year we will place the Advent Wreath
around the base of the Statue of the Blessed Mary, Porta Caeli, to the right of the altar of sacrifice. The wreath will contain lamps instead of candles. These can be lit with an intention in the manner of the sanctuary lamps before the High Altar. We hope this will be an opportunity for spiritual giving during the holy seasons of Advent and Christmas. Availability would be as follows:
The First Week of Advent 1 lamp The Second Week of Advent 2 lamps The Third Week of Advent 3 lamps The Fourth Week of Advent 4 lamps The Octave of Christmas 4 lamps The Second Week of Christmas 4 lampsDuring these weeks, the Sanctuary Madonna lamp
that usually hangs beside the Porta Caeli will not be lit.St. thoMaS aquinaS: the Meaning of LoVe
On Saturday, December 1, Fr. Gregory Pine, o.p. (Thomistic Institute) will present the second installment in the annual Wisdom of Aquinas series with an afternoon considering St. Thomas Aquinas's teaching on the love and friendship.
The afternoon will be held at the Catholic Center at NYU (238 Thompson St.) and begins with Mass at 11:30 am, includes two lectures at 1 pm and 2:30 pm, and a break for refreshments, with lunch available for undergrad and grad students. This event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is requested. Visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events/st-thomas-and-the-meaning-of-love.
CoLLeCtionS November 11, 2018
Regular Offertory: $20,348Deficit Reduction: $6,753
Attendance: 1244
ALL NIGHT WATCH AT ST. VINCENT FERRER
Saturday, December 1 – Sunday, December 2
for the First Sunday of Advent
Schedule 6:00 PM Sung Vigil Mass
7:00 PM Sung First Vespers
7:30 PM Enthronement of the Blessed Sacrament
9:00 PM Confessions
10:00 PM Compline
11:00 PM Chaplet of Divine Mercy
12:00 Midnight Matins
2:00 AM Joyful Mysteries
3:00 AM Luminous Mysteries
fo l lowed by Conference
4:00 AM Sorrowful Mysteries
5:00 AM Glorious Mysteries
6:00 AM Lauds and Benediction
6:30 AM Missa Cantata (Sung Mass) in the Dominican Rite
This is one of two such periods of extended adoration offered annually in the Parish,
the other being for the Feast of the Holy Cross and the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows at St. Catherine of Siena, which marks the beginning of the Parish Year.
This Week of Grace
The Pope’s Prayer Intention for November• That the Language of Love and Dialogue would always prevail over the language of division.
Sunday, November 25 Solemnity of Christ the King• Pray on this day of Christ’s Kingship, that power in his Church will be used for service and never for
domination.• Today is a another big travel day: pray for those on the road.
Thursday, November 29• Today we host the fall fundraiser for Pregnancy Help. Pray that with our support this center may continue to
give crucial help to vulnerable women and their babies.
Friday, November 30 St. Andrew the Apostle (Feast)• Andrew is “First-Called” of the disciples. Pray on his feast that we may be responsive when prompted to
announce the Gospel.
Saturday, December 1• Pray for our parish’s advent retreat, and all-night watch, both of which take place today. In challenging times
may we give a witness to prayerful hope.
doMiniCan third order
Are you a layperson who believes that you are called to a more profound interior life through the charisms of the Dominican Order? You may want to visit the Dominican Third Order (Lay Fraternity) Chapter that meets in the Parish Center of St. Vincent Ferrer on the third Thursday of each month from 6 – 8 pm. All are welcome. To learn more visit http://laydominicans.org/, or visit our blog at http://olotac.blogspot.com/.
MonthLy heaLth Care MiniStry MaSS: firSt fridayS at St. Catherine of Siena
On Friday, December 5, and on the first Friday of each subsequent month, we will have a special 1 pm Mass at the Church of St. Catherine of Siena. The chaplains of Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York will be the celebrants and preachers at these Masses and the intention will be for the patients in the hospitals we serve. Everyone is welcome and invited to participate.
MariandaLe retreat
Mariandale Center will be offering a one day retreat on December 15 , 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. The day will include time for personal reflection, two writing workshops, lunch, snacks and sharing of work. Mariandale is run by The Dominican Sisters of Hope. Fee: $75; Presenter: Magie Dominic; [email protected], 914) 941-4455. For more information visit https://mariandale.org/event/writing-a-day-long-retreat/
nationaL PiLgriMage to LourdeS
Fr. Joseph Allen, o.p. invites you to join him on the 65th U.S. National Pilgrimage to Lourdes: June 30 - July 9. The Pilgrimage is accompanied by a medical staff and clergy to assist the needs of the pilgrims. For details, contact Fr. Joseph Allen at [email protected] or the Lourdes Pilgrimage office, toll free: 1-877-276-7279, or [email protected]. The deadline for reservations is March 15, 2019.
PregnanCy heLP inC. faLL fundraiSer
On Thursday, November 29, Pregnancy Help Inc. (phi) will honor Maria McFadden Maffucci, editor of the Human Life Review, a quarterly journal devoted to the defense of human life. She is President of the Human Life Foundation, which publishes the Review and offers charitable grants to pregnancy resource centers.
The Reception begins at 6:45 pm with a Mass prior to the reception, at 6 pm. phi offers pregnant women baby clothes and supplies, medical referrals, and most of all love encouragement for the future. Tickets are $200. Please call Keelyn Mulvey (914) 319-3798, for further information.
June 2019 riVerboat CruiSe With hiS exCeLLenCy arChbiShoP dinoia, o.P.
You are invited on a riverboat cruise through Europe May 30 – June 9, 2019. His Excellency Archbishop Joseph Augustine DiNoia, o.p. is the special guest on this trip and he will celebrate daily Mass throughout the course of the journey.
The itinerary begins in Budapest, undoubtedly on of Europe's most beautiful cities. On May 31 the group will rendezvous at the Danubius Hotel Gellert, an exquisite, four-star hotel on the banks of the Danube known for its thermal baths. There, they will enjoy two days before embarking on a seven-day river cruise through Europe's most beautiful cities; Bratislava, Vienna, Salzburg, Durnstein, Melk, Passua, and Regensburg. The final destination is Nuremburg, where a farewell dinner will be enjoyed on June 8 before returning home the next day.
The trip starts at $3695 per person and is filling up quickly. If you would like the trip brochure, contact the tour director Joseph Long at [email protected] or (570) 309-1346.
