Stewards of God s Gifts

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1 The Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament 787 Franklin Lake Road - Franklin Lakes, New Jersey Stewards of God s Gifts M ost Blessed Sacrament Parish is a welcoming community which comes together to implement Christ s mission. We join to teach, to evangelize, to accept and to encourage ourselves and others in ongoing spiritual growth. Serving and supporting those within and beyond our parish remains a major focus as we recognize that each of us is called to be a witness to God s love in our world. Parish Mission Statement SERVED BY: REV. JOHN R. JOB, Pastor MOST REV. JOHN W. FLESEY, Pastor Emeritus REV. JOSEPH O BRIEN, O. CARM., Weekend Assistant THE SALESIANS OF DON BOSCO, Weekend Assistants SISTER ROSE MARIE KEAN, SSJ, Pastoral Associate THOMAS J. ALTONJY, Ed. D., Principal LAUREN LONGO, Ph.D., Office of the Bishop DAVID MAIULLO, Music Director-Choirs/Organist VALERIE TORKELSON, Director of Music-Programming/Cantor ELAINE LERCH, Business Administrator DIANE TRIOLO, R.E. Coordinator, Grades 1-6 & Confirmation PAT WUENSCH, R.E. Coordinator, Junior High 7th & 8th KRISTA M. PASTOR, Director of R.E., Grades 1-9 Local Safe Environment Coordinator MASSES Saturdays: 5:30 p.m. Sundays: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 am & Noon Holy Days: Consult Bulletin for Times Week Days : 6:45 & 9:15 am Saturdays: 9:00 am First Fridays: 9:15 am Mass of Exposition, Eucharistic Adoration throughout the day, with Benediction 4:00 pm First Saturdays: 9:00 am Mass of Exposition, Eucharistic Adoration throughout the day, with Benediction 4:30 pm SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Contact the Parish Center in advance to make arrangements for the date of instructions for parents. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Following the daily 6:45 am Mass & the 9:15 am Mass, 4:30-5:00 pm. Saturday and also by appointment. (Additional times during Advent and Lent.) SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Couples contemplating marriage should contact the Parish Center one year before the desired date. PASTORAL CARE FOR THE SICK Please notify the Parish Center when a family member is ill, whether in the hospital or at home. Holy Communion will be brought regularly by appointment to those confined to the home. The sick or chronically ill should receive the Sacrament of Anointing. In an emergency, call the Parish Center at any time. PARISH CENTER FAX SCHOOL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CONVENT x PARISH WEB SITE: SCHOOL WEB SITE:

2 Page Two November 18, 2018 This Week at MBS Sunday, November 18 Breakfast Club 8:15-11:45 am (AMBS) Baptism 1:30 pm (Church Monday, November 19 Prayer Group 1:00 pm (CR) Tuesday, November 20 Prayer Shawl Group 7:00 pm (CR) Wednesday, November 21 AMBS Thanksgiving Recess Begins with Early Dismissal Morning Prayer 9:00 am (Church) Mary s Call Prayer Group 7:00 pm (Chapel) Thursday, November 22 Thanksgiving Day-AMBS & Parish Center Closed Friday, November 23 AMBS & Parish Center Closed Attention Lectors: The lector workbooks are now available in the sacristy. Please take one before the start of Advent. Thank you. Attention Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Please remember that when you would like to assist as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion at the weekend Mass you attend to please "sign in" on the sheet in the binder located on the podium in the narthex. It is found underneath the picture of Pope Francis. Thank you for your cooperation and for your participation in this ministry! Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time November 18, 2018 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Mark 13:31 fñxv tä g{tç~áz ä Çz `táá What a beautiful way for us to thank God for the many blessings that are daily bestowed upon us! Come and celebrate Thanksgiving Mass at 9:15 am on Thursday, November 22nd, Thanksgiving morning. Bread will be blessed and distributed at the end of the Mass. Sharing the bread at your Thanksgiving table will remind you of the Eucharist we shared earlier. Also, please join us for a complimentary continental breakfast immediately following the 9:15 am Mass in the Academy cafeteria. We are grateful to the Tolomeo family who sponsors the breakfast in memory of Dr. Eugene and Mrs. Annette Tolomeo, longtime MBS parishioners. Breakfast Club The Breakfast Club will be serving breakfast this Sunday, November 18th, from 8:15-11:45 am. Please join us for a delicious all you can eat breakfast for only $3.00 and a wonderful opportunity to meet and greet old and new friends.

3 Page Three November 18, 2018 To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:11 A time to be healed Parish Sick: Rosa Dragonetti, Anya Fagien, Harvey Clarke, Baby Leah Cicchion, Tommy Fitzpatrick, Danny Muskardin, Doris Doherty, Carlene Gruber, Margherita Chiciulla, Sara Culkin, Lori Alexander (niece of Bert Rottkamp), Christine Wyllie, Beverly Klingler, Mary DiIenno, Jackie Kobes, Michael Maher, Rose McConway, Mimoo Khodadi, Linda Brown Gearity, Florence Gorsky, Marian Jakubik, Alice Peisch, Jeff Cotugno, Robert Cotugno, and Darren Was A time to mourn Recently Deceased: especially John P. Clifford and all those who grieve them A time for peace For national and world leaders and those in the armed services: especially Ronald Anzalone, Greg Mucks and Delaney Williams Readings for the Week Monday: Rv 1:1-4; 2:1-5; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 18:35-43 Tuesday: Rv 3:1-6, 14-22; Ps 15:2-5; Lk 19:1-10 Wednesday: Rv 4:1-11; Ps 150:1b-6; Lk 19:11-28 Thursday: Rv 5:1-10; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 19:41-44 Thanksgiving Day Suggested: Sir 50:22-24; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Lk 17:11-19 Friday: Rv 10:8-11; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Lk 19:45-48 Saturday: Rv 11:4-12; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Lk 20:27-40 Sunday: Dn 7:13-14; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Rv 1:5-8; Jn 18:33b-37 Sunday November 18 7:30 am Parish Family 9:00 am Dr. John Scarpa (Scarpa Family) 10:30 pm Lorraine Gentile (Family) 12:00 pm Chiara & Gennaro (Family) Monday November 19 6:45 am Marie Artelli (Bivona Family) 9:15 am Anthony Pirone (Growney Family) Tuesday November 20 6:45 am Robert Spinnler (Sylvester Family) 9:15 am Conrad A. Episcopo (Family) Wednesday November 21 6:45 am Joan Charland (Barbara Schaaf) 9:15 am Judith Taylor (Family) Thursday November 22-Thankgiving Day 9:15 am Parish Family ONLY Friday November 23 9:15 am Peter Weiss (Fondacaro Family) ONLY Saturday November 24 9:00 am Anthony Pirone (Fellinger Family) 5:30 pm Laura Palazzone (Virginia & Joseph Massood) Sunday November 25 7:30 am Parish Family 9:00 am Lorraine Gentile (Allison & Kyle Cook) 10:30 pm Irene Hannan (Joy & Stanley Sova) 12:00 pm Special Intentions for Jennifer & Ken Worne s 10th Anniversary (Mom & Dad) Join in praying the rosary after every weekday and Saturday morning Masses. Thursday, November 22 9:15 am: Cronin Sunday, November 24 5:30 pm: Menapace Sunday, November 25 The Bread & Wine will be offered this week for Singer & Marotta Families requested by Linda Berger & Family 7:30 am: 9:00 am: 10:30 am: 12:00 pm: Campbell Redlitz Kozlovski Long The Sanctuary Candle will be lit this week for Dymitri Andrejczak requested by The Hansen Family

4 Page Four November 18, 2018 AMBS is a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School!!! We celebrated Veterans Day Prayer Circles on Thursday, November 8 with twelve distinguished veteran guests parents, relatives, parishioners, neighbors, and friends who served! We sang songs, learned about the different branches of the armed services, and prayed and offered appreciation for our veterans. Thank you for visiting with us! A very special Thank You to our Social Studies teacher, Mr. DeGennaro, for hosting this event and our music teacher, Mrs. Carroll, and our AMBS Choir for providing the musical interludes! A blessed and happy Thanksgiving to our parish family from AMBS!!! We are so grateful for all God s blessings!!! We will have an early dismissal on Wednesday, November 21 at 12:15 pm. We will be closed for the holiday weekend. Enjoy the celebration with family and friends! Please check out all the details in this Bulletin s insert regarding our Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, December 1st!!! May God continue to bless our school!!! Sacramental Linens Ministry Sunday, November 18 - Agnes Benneh Friday, November 23 - Rosemarie Dellaiacono Sunday, November 25 - Louise Riccobene Friday, November 30 - Joan Murray Please Mark Your Calendars If anyone would like to help in this ministry, please call Joan McAuliffe at (201) If you are unable to commit to six times a year, consider being a substitute. Senior Breakfast Social Friday, December 14th from 10:00-11:30 am in the AMBS Gym Sign up is in the Narthex of the Church (AMBS Choir will be singing) SENIOR MINISTRY Chair Exercises Tuesdays 10:00-11:00 am at the Parish Center COMMUNITY THRIFT SHOP God bless you for sharing your NEW or GENTLY used items with us. AT THIS TIME WE ARE ONLY ACCEPTING GENTLY WORN WINTER CLOTHING. All donations may be brought to the shed in the back of the parking lot. The key is at the Parish Center. Every donation is a blessing to the Sisters of Saint Joseph Retirement Community. RELIGIOUS ITEMS If you are in need of a gift of rosaries, cards or other religious items, please stop by the Religious Education Office in the Parish Center to see what is available. All proceeds benefit the Sisters of Saint Joseph retirement community.

5 Page Five November 18, 2018 Thanksgiving Prayer Father in Heaven, Creator of all and source of all goodness and love, please look kindly upon us and receive our heartfelt gratitude in this time of giving thanks. Thank you for all the graces and blessings You have bestowed upon us, spiritual and temporal: our faith and religious heritage, our food and shelter, our health, the love we have for one another, our family and friends. Dear Father, in Your infinite generosity, please grant us continued graces and blessing throughout the coming year. This we ask in the Name of Jesus, Your Son. Amen. CCD Grades 1-8 NO CCD: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19 TH AND TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 TH. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!! NEXT CCD CLASSES: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 TH AND TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 TH FROM 4:00-5:15 PM. First Communion Candidates: Summer 2 nd grade students, please come to the refresher class on Reconciliation, on Monday, November 26 th from 4:00-5:15 pm. Parents will attend a meeting with Father John during this time. First Reconciliation is scheduled for Saturday, December 8 th at 12:30 pm in MBS Church. Home Study Students THERE ARE STILL 6 BOOKS FOR HOME STUDY STUDENTS WAITING FOR PICK UP IN THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE LOCATED IN THE PARISH CENTER. PLEASE PICK UP YOUR BOOK ASAP. ALL BOOKS AND ONLINE WORK NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BY FEBRUARY 28. Junior High Notes! I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. Let us take a moment to think of the many blessings we have to be thankful for. I am thankful for this opportunity to get to know you and your children through our Religious Eeducation program here at Most Blessed Sacrament. I cannot believe that our 2018/19 session of Religious Education classes are almost half over! Time goes by very quickly! Home study students, please remember to keep working on your books. Confirmation Classes REMINDER: Next scheduled Confirmation Class is Monday, December 3 rd from 4:00-5:15 pm in AMBS School. Please be on time. All classes are mandatory. Confirmation Retreat is scheduled for Sunday, December 9 th from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. A calendar of class dates was included in your registration. Please watch your for updates. If you have any questions, please call Diane Triolo in the Religious Education office at ext I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they all contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, her whole living. MARK 12:43-44 Jesus gets right to the point we are all called to give money to support the mission of the Church, regardless of our circumstance. No gift is too small or insignificant! Giving money to support the mission of our local parish is a matter of our faith, just like praying and participating in parish ministries. When you make a financial offering, is it from your first fruits or from what is left over? Weekend (November 10/11) Basket Collection $10, Thank you for being a part of our Most Blessed Sacrament family. As we are in the last quarter of the year, consider enrolling in electronic giving through Faith Direct. Visit and use our church code: NJ133. Thank you for your continued support of our parish family! God bless you, Father John Stewardship of Treasure

6 Page Six November March 18, 26, ST JOSEPH REGIONAL HS Performing Arts Department is proud to present: Neil Berg's 50 Years of Rock and Roll With a cast consisting of Broadway stars and incredible rock singers, Neil Berg shares stories and tributes to the 50 year history of the music that changed the world. Join us for an exciting night of nostalgic music from Chuck Berry to the Beatles to Bruce Springsteen and beyond! FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30, 2018 at 7:30PM Inserra Theater at St Joseph Regional HS 40 Chestnut Ridge Road, Montvale NJ Pre-show reception with wine, beer and hors d oeuvres from 6:00-7:30 pm $60 TICKETS (includes reception and show) AVAILABLE NOW AT SJR.BOOKTIX.COM Call for more information. Winter Is Coming And So Is Santa!! Come run with us at Wyckoff s St. Elizabeth School Second Annual Santa s Sleigh 5K and 1M Fun Run. Saturday, December 1st at 9:00 am at Darlington Park in Mahwah. Go to to register and for more details! Dominican College, Orangeburg, NY , Saturday, December 8 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm Nativity s Broadway Christmas With Ciaran Sheehan Sunday, December 9th at 3:00 pm Church of the Nativity Midland Park, NJ Featuring Ciaran Sheehan Phantom of the Opera, Carousel Sarah Pfisterer Phantom of the Opera & Showboat Gabriel Donohue Multi-instrumentalist For ticket information, contact Church of the Nativity at or office@nativitynj.org CHURCH OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT Rev. John R. Job, Pastor Most Reverend John W. Flesey, Pastor Emeritus Rev. Joseph O Brien, O.Carm., Weekend Assistant The Salesians of Don Bosco, Weekend Assistants Sister Rose Marie Kean, SSJ, Pastoral Associate Krista M. Pastor, Director of Religious Education, Grades 1-9 Local Safe Environment Coordinator Diane Triolo, Religious Education Coordinator, 1-6 & Confirmation Pat Wuensch, Religious Education Coordinator, Junior High 7th & 8th Lauren Longo, Office of the Bishop Thomas Altonjy, Principal Elaine Lerch, Business Administrator David Mauillo, Music Director-Choirs/Organist Valerie Torkelson, Director of Music-Programming/Cantor MASSES: Saturdays: Sundays: Holy Days: Week Days: Saturdays: Mass at 5:30 pm 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 am & Noon Consult Bulletin for Times 6:45 & 9:15 am 9:00 am; Recitation of the Rosary after Mass each weekday and Saturdays. First Fridays: 9:15 am Mass of Exposition, Eucharistic Adoration throughout the day, with Benediction 4:30 pm First Saturdays: 9:00 am Mass of Exposition, Eucharistic Adoration throughout the day, with Benediction 4:30 pm Parish Center School Convent web site:

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8 Please Remember Those In Need Thanksgiving Baskets Ways to Contribute to This Annual Project 1. We will be collecting gift cards to distribute with baskets so each family can choose what is best for their Thanksgiving dinner. Donations of major supermarket gift cards valuing at least $20.00-$25.00 would be appreciated. 2. There will be a box for the gift cards and cash donations, on the Thanksgiving table in the narthex (foyer) of the church. 3. Parishioners who would like to donate non-perishable goods, please take a list of suggested food from the basket on the table in the narthex (foyer) of the church. Items that are needed: canned vegetables, canned yams, cranberry sauce, boxed mashed potatoes, Jell-O or pudding mix, cake mix and frosting, gravy, stuffing mix, and soups. 4. Please bring your food donations and any other donations or contributions by Sunday, November 18th. 5. We will purchase all fresh produce and bread on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, the day of distribution. Your cash donations help pay for these items. 6. Baskets will be assembled in the school cafeteria on Monday, November 19th and Tuesday, November 20th at 9:00 am. Anyone wishing to help is welcome! This year the Franklin Lakes Chamber of Commerce has graciously offered to contribute to Most Blessed Sacrament s Thanksgiving Basket Project. Any questions or if you know of anyone in need, please call Elise Albanese at Thank you for your generosity!

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10 Dear Parishioners: 2018 Sharing God s Blessings: The Archbishop s Annual Appeal Through your generosity, we have surpassed (in pledges) our 2018 AAA goal. The goal was $95,837. We have in pledges $108,120 with 264 families participating. Wow! Now the work of the parish is to make sure those pledges are honored by December 31 st, To date, we have received $93,435 toward those pledges. There is a balance to be collected of $14,685. If all pledges are fulfilled, then Most Blessed Sacrament Parish will receive 62% of all funds received over our assigned goal. At this point, that would mean MBS would receive a rebate check from the Archdiocese of Newark in the amount of $7,615. We have included this amount as anticipated income in our fiscal 2019 budget. Thank you for fulfilling your pledges! If you have yet to give, please pick up a pledge form in the narthex or visit Thank you so much for your prayers and support. Your stewardship of God s gifts is greatly appreciated!! With gratitude, Father John Job Pastor