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135 East 96th Street
(Between Lexington and Park, North Side)
New York, NY 10128
Phone (212) 289-0425
Fax: (212) 996-2028
E-mail: sfds.church@yahoo.com (private to Fr. Victor)
Website: www.sfdsnyc.org (check it out)

Pastor: Rev. Fr. Victor Muzzin FDP
Rev. Fr. John Kamas SSS (Sacred Heart Convent)
Rev. Fr. Matthew Abba (chaplain of Mt. Sinai Hosp.)

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General information

Parish Office Hours - Mon to Fri 9am to 4pm.
Church opens Weekdays 7am to 4pm--Sat & Sun 7:30am
Rosary & Devotions recited every day after 12:30pm Mass
Miraculous Medal Novena: prayers said on Monday
Novena of Perpetual Help: Wed. after 12:30pm Mass.
Legion of Mary: meets on Wed at 2:30pm in rectory (always interested in recruiting new members)
Charismatic (Spanish) Prayer Group meeting in Church basement on Tuesdays 7:30-9:30pm (new members welcome)

Choir practice: Friday 6pm in rectory (Please join).
First Friday Devotions --Exposition & Benediction after 12:30pm Mass also at 6-7pm in Spanish—Come join us
Monthly retreats on 1st Sunday 1:30-6pm in Parish Hall.
Stations of the Cross in Fridays of Lent (English and Spanish)
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Marriage: 6 months notice is required for preparation.
Baptisms: are celebrated Saturday & Sunday in English or Spanish or Italian. Call the office for details.

Collina Italiana (CI) It is an Institute of the Italian language and culture with exciting programs for young and old. For more information access (www.collinaitaliana.com) or call director Patrizia Saglio 212-427-7770

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Last Will

Remember our precious & beautiful Church in your Last Will, Ensure that this treasure of Art, History and Faith will be passed on to the next generation. Sadly the Sunday collection alone will not do it.

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The Pastor

Fr. Victor (Vittorio) Muzzin was born in Venice, Italy 11/18/1945. He entered junior seminary in fifth Grade. Completed upto his High School education in Italy. His priestly studies in Liverpool England including ordination as priest in that great Cathedral on May 27, 1972. Assigned to Dublin, Ireland, (1972-1989) happy & fruitful years. Degree in Psychology - University College Dublin. Honorary Irish Citizen. (1989-1990) - Catholic High School Chaplain in London. (1991-2004) - Pastor of St. Ann’s 312 E. 110th Street, a Hispanic Parish with a great parochial school. Appointed Pastor of SFDS on All Saints Day, 2004. His first efforts: stop the slide to bankruptcy, patching up with little money the church finances. Paying creditors, urgent repairs, the hardest was shutting down our parochial school due to finances, a heartbreaking process. Positive stuff: a weekly engaging bulletin, decoration of the lower part of the church, including the gorgeous Stations of the Cross, simple heartfelt liturgy, good sermons, good word of mouth. Good things have a momentum of its own. Thank God!

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The Sons of Divine Providence

FDP means Filius Divinae Providentiae. The Sons of Divine Providence were founded by St. Luigi Orione (1872-1940) in Italy. Approx. 1000 priests & 1000 nuns who run works of charity, worldwide. In USA we are in East Boston with a Shrine to Mary Queen of the Universe and a large Home for the aged. In New York we run two parishes St. Ann’s (312 E. 110th Street) and St. Francis de Sales. Also present in Jasper Indiana. Luigi Orione was a dynamic, holy priest, in the line of St. John Bosco. He was a pupil of the Saint for three years in Turin. Jesus, Mary, the Pope and souls were his great loves, written on top of his letters. His mother Caroline was very devout. His father, Vittorio was a Garibaldino. Loved Poland greatly. A Polish Pope canonized him on May 16, 2004, now his feastday. His last words before he died of angina: “Jesus, Jesus” Pope Benedict mentions him in “Deus Charitas est”