St. Margaret of Cortona-St. Gabriel

May 9, 2021
Paschaltide
Year of St. Joseph

My friends in the Lord:

The worldwide coronavirus outbreak restricted nonessential travel across the globe.  Stay-at-home orders, physical distancing, and quarantine practices implemented to mitigate the spread of the disease revealed great and urgent needs, especially in those countries of Eastern Europe still in turbulent tansitions stages.  There, weak economies were made more vlunerable, and those affected included the elderly as well as doctors, nurses and medical chaplains.
Now, in spite of all these challenges, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) came to the assistance of homebound senior citizens in many cities, using Church facilities to organize the work and engage both local volunteers and assistance from abroad.  Volunteers prepared meals and delivered them.  The UGCC mobilized its network of about 120 hospital chaplains and collected and distributed badly needed protective clothings, masks, sanitizer and other necessities to ensure their safety as they ministered to the sick througout the country.
Your participation in the collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe expresses your care and support for the people in Ukraine and throughout the region, especially in times of crisis and disruption.
Please be generous to the appeal because your support helps foster nurturing communities in which Catholics can share and grow in faith. For more information, visit www.usccb.org/ccee.
With gratitude to you for your help to restore the Church and build the future in Central and Eastern Europe, and with my prayerful best wishes for a joyful Easter Season, I am,
                                           Faithfully in Christ,
                                                   +Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan
                                                    Archbishop of New York
 



 

The annual Cardinal's Appeal has begun.  The Cardinal's appeal supports many ministries within the Archdiocese including Catholic Charities and retired priests.  
Please see below a link to a video about the Cardinal's Appeal and the needs of the Archdiocese (You may need to copy and paste into a browser):
https://cardinalsappeal.org/
Donations can be made by completing the pledge form sent to parishioners.  Contributions will also be accepted via  QR code:




 

Our  Masses have resumed..   Occupancy on both weekend and weekday Masses will be 33% of Church capacity (although a NY State Judge said 50%).    The obligation to attend Mass has been suspended by Cardinal Dolan.   Those who feel in any way sick (e.g. oral temperature higher than 99.5 degrees, cough, chills, muscle aches, headache, sore throat or new loss of taste or smell) or who are worried about attendance, should not enter the church.  In addition, those who are at highter risk for COVID-19 (i.e. those who are older than 65 or have underlying health conditions) are urged not to come to Church for Mass. 

New Rectory Hours
The Rectory Office at St. Margaret's is open Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.  
The Rectory Office at St. Gabriel is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. We will update this website as we expand our days. Thank you for your understanding.
If you need to contact the Rectory at other times, please e-mail us at: smcchurch@optonline.net.
If you need a priest in an emergency, please call St. Margaret's Rectory; there is always a priest on-duty to assist you. 

WE STILL NEED YOUR SUPPORT
We are most grateful to everyone who has supported our Parish during this difficult time.
 
To support our Parish today, we urge you to enroll in the We Share collection system. It is safe, simple and convenient using a debit or credit card or your checking or savings account.
 
To enroll us the following link:
https://stmargaret-stgabriel.churchgiving.com
 
set up an account, choose a payment option and customize your donation plan.
 
If you have any questions regarding this collection system, please send an email to the We Share Customer Support Team:
weshare@4lpi.com or call (800) 950-9952.
 
Thank you for your continuing support and generosity.
 
                   God bless you,
                   Father Brian McCarthy
                   Pastor
 

Welcome to the Parish of St. Margaret of Cortona-St. Gabriel!
We have many different services, programs and activities. Our Church is the heart of our parish. We try to make Jesus the center of all things with an ample number of Masses and the availability of the Sacraments. Devotion to the Eucharist and devotion to Mary are part of our life.
We offer many programs and activities for all our parishioners to help them engage meaningfully in the life of our parish community. As they say in Ireland ‘100,000 Welcomes!”