CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE
Christmas Eve
5 PM
12 AM Midnight Mass (in Hungarian)
Christmas Day
8 AM
10 AM
12 PM
2 PM (in Hungarian)
New Year's Eve
5 PM
New Year's Day
8 AM
10 AM
12 PM
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Dear Parishioners,
From the Holy See Press Office, December 18, 2025:
Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of New York, U.S.A.
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of New York, United States of America, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Ronald A. Hicks as metropolitan archbishop of New York, United States of America, transferring him from the diocese of Joliet in Illinois, United States of America.
Curriculum vitae
Bishop Ronald Aldon Hicks was born on 4 August 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, in the metropolitan archdiocese of the same name. He attended Niles College Seminary, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in philosophy at Loyola University, Chicago. He was a volunteer for the Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos Foundation. He carried out his ecclesiastical studies at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake and Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois. He subsequently qualified as a Doctor of Ministry at the same university. He was ordained a priest for the metropolitan archdiocese of Chicago on 21 May 1994.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Our Lady of Mercy in Chicago (1994-1996) and of Saint Elizabeth Seton in Orland Hills (1996-1999), dean of formation at Saint Joseph College Seminary (1999-2005), regional director of the charitable organization Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos in Mexico and El Salvador (2005-2009), faculty member and then dean of formation of the University of Saint Mary of the Lake and Mundelein Seminary (2010-2014), and vicar general (2015-2020). He was appointed titular bishop of Munatiana and auxiliary of Chicago on 3 July 2018, receiving episcopal consecration the following 17 September. On 17 July 2020 he was appointed bishop of the diocese of Joliet in Illinois.
We welcome our new shepherd, Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks. He will be installed as Archbishop of New York on February 6, 2026 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. We ask God to bless Timothy Cardinal Dolan who has served as our Archbishop for almost 17 years. He will live in retirement here in the Archdiocese of New York.
The Christmas Mass Schedule is as follows: December 24th -Christmas Eve- Vigil Mass at 5 PM Mass; Midnight Mass in Hungarian. December 25th – Christmas Day – Mass at 8 AM, 10 AM and 12 PM; Hungarian Mass 2 PM; NO MASS AT 6 PM.
The parish office will be closed on Christmas Day. On Friday December 26th there will be only one Mass at 7 AM. The church will close after Mass. The parish office will be closed on December 26th.
God Bless you!
Fr. Gerald E. Murray, Pastor
The regular schedule of Masses is as follows:
Monday to Friday – 7:00 am and 12:15 pm
Saturday – 8:00 am, 12:15 pm and 4:00 pm (Sunday Vigil)
Sunday – 8:00 am, 10:00 am (German on the 1st Sunday of the month), 12:00 noon, 2:00 pm (Hungarian) and 6:00 pm
Confessions are heard on Saturdays from 3:15 to 3:45 pm
The church is open Monday through Friday from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm,
Saturday from 7:30 am to 5pm, and Sunday from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm.
The parish office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm.
The Blessed Sacrament is exposed for veneration on Sunday afternoons.
St Joseph Church
404 East 87th Street, New York, NY 10128
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