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SAINT JEAN BAPTISTE
CATHOLIC CHURCH

Lexington Avenue at 76th Street, New York City

 

 

Mass of the Lord's Resurrection, The Easter Vigil

Sunday Eucharist (Mass)

Saturday

5:30 p.m. Vigil ― Organ and Cantor

Sunday

9:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m. ― Piano and Cantor
12:00 Noon ― Solemn (Choir)
5:30 p.m. ― Organ and Cantor
7:30 p.m. ― Organ, Piano, and Cantor

 

Daily Eucharist

Monday through Friday

7:30 a.m.
12:15 p.m.
5:30 p.m.

Saturday

9:00 a.m.
12:15 p.m.

 

Holy Day Eucharist

Eve of the Holy Day

5:30 p.m. Vigil

Holy Day

7:30 a.m. (Saturday, 9:00 a.m.)
12:15 p.m.
― Organ and Cantor
5:30 p.m. ― Organ and Cantor

Vigil of Christmas, Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Sacrament of Reconciliation
4:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
― Children's Mass (Carols) and Christmas Pageant
11:30 p.m. ― Concert of Carols
12:00 Midnight ― Solemn (Choir)

Christmas, Thursday, December 25
Nativity of the Lord

9:00 a.m. ― Carols
10:30 a.m.
― Carols
12:00 Noon ― Solemn (Choir)
No evening Masses

Sunday, December 28
Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

5:30 p.m. Saturday Vigil ― Carols
9:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m. ― Carols
12:00 Noon ― Solemn (Choir)
5:30 p.m. ― Carols
7:30 p.m. ― Carols

New Year's Day, Thursday, January 1, 2009
Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God

5:30 p.m. Wednesday Vigil
12:00 Midnight
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament preceding
9:00 a.m.
― Carols
12:15 p.m.
― Carols
5:30 p.m.
― Carols

Holy Thursday, April 9

Sacrament of Reconciliation
11:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon
7:30 p.m.
― Mass of the Lord's Supper
Adoration at the Altar of Repose until 12:00 Midnight

Good Friday of the Lord's Passion, April 10

12:00 Noon ― Stations of the Cross
1:00 p.m. ― Seven Last Words of Christ
3:00 p.m. ― Liturgy of the Lord's Passion and Death
7:30 p.m.
― Tenebrae

Holy Saturday, April 11

9:00 a.m. Tenebrae
Sacrament of Reconciliation
10:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon
7:30 p.m. ― Easter Vigil and Mass of the Resurrection (Choir)

Easter Sunday, April 12

9:00 a.m. ― Organ and Cantor
10:30 a.m. ― Organ and Choir
12:00 Noon ― Solemn (Choir)
5:30 p.m. ― Organ and Cantor
7:30 p.m. ― Organ and Cantor

 

Holiday Eucharist

Consult the weekly listing in the Bulletin.

 

 

The Eucharist is displayed in a monstrance, such as this one, during Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Exposition

The Eucharist is exposed for prayer and contemplation
at all hours of the day except during Masses,
concluding with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
5:15 p.m. (Sunday, Solemn Benediction).

 

Nocturnal Adoration

First Friday of the month
in The Founders Room at the Parish House.
9:00 p.m.-12:00 Midnight p.m.
Closing Mass, 12:00 Midnight.

 

Sacraments of Initiation

Baptism
Confirmation
Eucharist

Please call the Parish Office for information
regarding sacramental preparation
and the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.

 Masses are celebrated daily.
Consult the weekly listing in the Bulletin.

 

Sacraments of Healing

Reconciliation (Confession)

Monday through Friday, 11:45 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Saturday, 11:45 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. and 4:30-5:25 p.m.
Sunday, 7:00-7:25 p.m.
Or you may call the Parish Office for an appointment.

Anointing of the Sick

Call the Parish Office to notify us
of any illness or hospitalization so that we can visit you.
A Communal Mass of Anointing is scheduled periodically.

 

Sacraments of Service

Matrimony

Call the Parish Office at least six months in advance.
Guidelines for Weddings at Saint Jean Baptiste.

Holy Orders
Religious Life
Vocation Discernment

Please contact one of the priests, brothers, or sisters
through the Parish Office
or the Vocation Office
of the
Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
or of the Congregation of Notre Dame.

 

Liturgy of the Hours

Monday through Friday

Morning prayer, 8:00 a.m.; evening prayer, 5:00 p.m.

Sunday

Evening prayer, 5:00 p.m.

All are welcome to participate.
Copies of the single volume Christian Prayer are available
in Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel.

 

Weekly Devotions

Saint Anne

Tuesday after the 12:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Masses
Annual Novena to Saint Anne: July 17-26 (Feast Day)

Saint Peter Julian Eymard

Thursday after the 12:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Masses

Sacred Heart of Jesus

Friday after the 5:30 p.m. Mass

 

Prayer Groups

Pro-Life Prayer Group

Monday, 7:30 p.m.

Charismatic Prayer Group

Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

Marian Prayer Group

Second, third, and fourth Friday, 6:30 p.m.
All groups meet in the Parish House.

 

Rosary

Monday through Saturday at 12:00 Noon.

 

Parish Outreach

Call the Parish Office at 212.288.5082
for information about this ministry
of outreach and care to the homebound and elderly.
Deacon Joseph Pino, Coordinator.

 

Administration

Saint Jean Baptiste Catholic Church (1882)
has been administered by the
Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament since 1900.
The Congregation, an international Order
of priests, deacons, and brothers,
was founded in Paris in 1856 by Saint Peter Julian Eymard.

Parish Office
212.288.5082
sjbrcc@yahoo.com

Saint Jean Baptiste Community Center
212.472.2853
sjbcc@aol.com

Saint Jean Baptiste High School (1929)
is administered by the
Congregation of Notre Dame.
The sisters, an international Order
founded in Montreal in 1653 by Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys,
have served Saint Jean Baptiste Parish since 1886.

Saint Jean Baptiste High School
212.288.1645

Saint Jean Baptiste Elementary School
operated from 1886-1987.


 

©2005-2008 Église Saint Jean Baptiste
184 East 76th Street    New York, NY 10021    Phone: 212.288.5082    Facsimile: 212.717.8397

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