US Bishops Response to Inaccurate Statements During the Vice Presidential Debate. Weekly Mass Schedule

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1 Weekly Mass Schedule Unless otherwise noted, all weekday Masses will be held in the Parish Center Chapel Saturday, October 20 5:30 p.m. Henry Dembowski Sunday, October 21 7:30 a.m. Basilisa Nano 9:00 a.m. John E. Wiuff 10:30 a.m. The Intentions of Pamela & Scott Macaulay (18 th Wedding Anniversary) 12:00 p.m. People of the Parish Monday, October 22 6:30 a.m. Robert Schweikert 8:00 a.m. Samuel Bosco (Anniversary) 12:10 p.m. Brian T. Lynch Tuesday, October 23 6:30 a.m. Frederick Howard Foran 8:00 a.m. James F. Allegri 12:10 p.m. Ann Bouchoux Wednesday, October 24 6:30 a.m. Frederich & Sofie Sbaschnik 8:00 a.m. Charles Hurley 12:10 p.m. Grazia Pepitone (75 th Anniversary) Thursday, October 25 6:30 a.m. Edward J. Gerety 8:00 a.m. Thomas P. Mahon, Jr. 12:10 p.m. Rose Hubiak Friday, October 26 6:30 a.m. Carmella Garofalo 8:00 a.m. Joseph Formisano 12:10 p.m. Helena Oertel Saturday, October 27 8:00 a.m. Barbara Murphy (1 st Anniversary) 5:30 p.m. Andrew Harbison (1 st Anniversary) Sunday, October 28 7:30 a.m. Salvatore Vezzosi, Sr. 9:00 a.m. Michael Cox, Sr. 10:30 a.m. Nilda Laxina (Anniversary) 10:30 a.m. Emil Klecak 12:00 p.m. Jeanne M. McDowall US Bishops Response to Inaccurate Statements During the Vice Presidential Debate WASHINGTON The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued the following statement, October 12. Full text follows: Last night, the following statement was made during the Vice Presidential debate regarding the decision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to force virtually all employers to include sterilization and contraception, including drugs that may cause abortion, in the health insurance coverage they provide their employees: "With regard to the assault on the Catholic Church, let me make it absolutely clear. No religious institution Catholic or otherwise, including Catholic social services, Georgetown hospital, Mercy hospital, any hospital none has to either refer contraception, none has to pay for contraception, none has to be a vehicle to get contraception in any insurance policy they provide. That is a fact. That is a fact." This is not a fact. The HHS mandate contains a narrow, four-part exemption for certain "religious employers." That exemption was made final in February and does not extend to "Catholic social services, Georgetown hospital, Mercy hospital, any hospital," or any other religious charity that offers its services to all, regardless of the faith of those served. HHS has proposed an additional "accommodation" for religious organizations like these, which HHS itself describes as "non-exempt." That proposal does not even potentially relieve these organizations from the obligation "to pay for contraception" and "to be a vehicle to get contraception." They will have to serve as a vehicle, because they will still be forced to provide their employees with health coverage, and that coverage will still have to include sterilization, contraception, and abortifacients. They will have to pay for these things, because the premiums that the organizations (and their employees) are required to pay will still be applied, along with other funds, to cover the cost of these drugs and surgeries. USCCB continues to urge HHS, in the strongest possible terms, actually to eliminate the various infringements on religious freedom imposed by the mandate. Hosts For every Mass have been donated by the Rosary Society For more details, please see USCCB's regulatory comments filed on May 15 regarding the proposed "accommodation": 15.pdf 1

2 This Week at Saint Mary s Sunday, October 21 Right to Life Raffle after Masses 9:00 a.m. Religious Ed School 1:30 p.m. Baptisms Church Monday, October Noon Miraculous Medal Novena - Chapel 5:00 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous MWH Tuesday, October 23 3:45 p.m. Religious Ed Class School 7:00 p.m. Religious Ed Class School 7:00 p.m. Choir Practice Chapel 7:15 p.m. BINGO MWH Wednesday, October 24 7:00 p.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena Chapel 8:00 p.m. Oratory of Divine Love PCCR Thursday, October 25 7:00 p.m. No Divine Mercy Friday, October 26 6:30 p.m. Rosary Society/Religious Ed Tricky Tray MWH 7:30 p.m. Knights of Columbus Social Meeting Council Hall Sunday, October 28 9:00 a.m. Religious Ed School A Brief Message from the Pastor I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingly power: proclaim the Word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage through all patience and teaching. For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine but, following their own desires and insatiable curiosity, will accumulate teachers and will stop listening to the Truth and will be diverted to myths. (2Tim. 4:1-4) Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The Year of Faith, declared by our Holy Father Pope Benedict the XVII, has begun. As mentioned in previous bulletins, a plenary indulgence has been attached to this year, and information on how to obtain this indulgence is found in a flyer at the back of the church. In order to assist you in your efforts to participate in the Year of Faith through study and prayer, we have available for you some resources such as the booklet Outlines of the Catholic Faith, which is based on the four pillars of our churches teaching. In addition, we have a number of rosaries and medals blessed by the Holy Father during my recent trip to Rome for your use during prayer that you can pick up at the parish center or from one of the priests for a small donation to defray the cost of purchase for the parish. We will keep you updated on the programs that we are planning throughout the year in response to our Holy Father s request. We hope these progams and devotions will help rekindle the faith in our hearts as well as help others to draw closer to Christ. Know that the priests will keep you, our parish family, continually in our prayers. 2 St. Mary s Food Pantry Action Against Hunger Food Drive (Catholic Charities) The 19th Annual Listed below are things the St. Mary s Food Pantry are in need of: cereal pasta marinara sauce apple juice tea bags Jell-O corn muffin mix tuna fish soup macaroni & cheese You can be part of our drive by dropping contributions in the vestibule of church. Thank you for your contributions. They will be used wisely. Noreen Haveron Pantry Coordinator Here s Your Chance to Save a Life New Jersey Right to Life, the state s oldest and largest pro -life organization dedicated to protecting all human life from conception to natural death, will be selling raffle tickets after masses on Sat., Oct. 20 and Sun., Oct st prize Volvo XC60 AWD SUV 2 nd Prize - $1,000 Shop-Rite gift card; 3 rd prize - $750 Shop-Rite gift card; 4 th prize - $500 Shop-Rite gift card. Please show your support for LIFE by buying a raffle ticket! The cost is $10 per ticket. Mass Schedule for All Saint s and All Soul s Day Thurs., November 1, All Saint s Day Masses: 7:00 p.m. (on Wed., Oct. 31) 6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m.,12:10 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (all in Church) Fri., November 2, All Soul s Day Masses: 6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m.,12:10 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (all in Church) The special 7:00 p.m. mass on All Soul s Day will include the reading of names of all who have had funerals at St. Mary s in the past year. If you have someone dear to you who has died this past year but whose funeral took place elsewhere, you are welcome to submit that person s name to be read. Call the Parish Center ( ) with the name by Monday, October 29. RCIA Classes at St. Mary s Any adult who has not made the Sacraments of First Eucharist or Confirmation OR any member of the Protestant faith who has been baptized OR anyone who doesn t belong to any faith tradition are eligible to participate in the adult faith formation process here at St. Mary s. The RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is the catechetical faith formation process. For further information, contact Fr. Trinidad at

3 A Note from the Choirmaster As Fr. Ernie said last week, we ll have a series of articles on music in the liturgy to discuss the nature of liturgical music, its role, and to keep you informed about our growing music program. We ll begin with the latter. You may have noticed several modifications to the way music is made in the church during Masses. These have been made after much deliberation and discussion, and are such to facilitate your musical participation. For example, the cantors now sing primarily from the rear balcony. This adjustment is due to our church s size, organ, sound system, and reverberant acoustics (which wonderfully carry music). The cantor singing with the organ in the balcony not only allows both cantor and organist to be much more together and less confusing to you, it allows the cantor to lead more from within the congregation rather than at the congregation, not to mention a greater ease of logistics between musicians. Less use of the microphone on congregational parts, too, allows the beautiful voices of our cantors to lead naturally, rather than as an artificially amplified voice filling the entire church with little room for anyone else s voice. As our music program continues to grow, so do the number of choirs. This is an exciting development! It is common for larger, more comprehensive music programs to encompass several different choirs, partly to allow as many people as possible to participate and because our living musical heritage is enormous with contrasting demands. I m greatly pleased with our parish choir and their progress. I think we will continue to find their leadership and contributions to the 10:30 Mass highly valuable. While plans are in the works for a children s choir program, this year, we are fortunate to add a new choir called the Schola Cantorum to the parish. They have made their home at the 12:00 Mass, and cultivate a specific kind of sacred choral music called polyphony. While I ll write more about this later, suffice to say now that this style of musical composition grew directly from the sung liturgy itself, and is a major part of our musical heritage as Catholics. Because of the time period most of polyphony was written, much of it is in Latin, thus, you will find English translations in the liturgy leaflet. Speaking of the liturgy leaflet, we are printing these weekly to aid your participation in the musical portions of Mass. Many, many hours have been spent creating these leaflets, and I hope you find them helpful. All page and hymn numbers refer to the missalette in the pews. Lastly, it is a pleasure to serve you and St. Mary s! Jonathan Ryan Liturgy Leaflets We have begun using our new Liturgy Leaflets. Designed to aid your participation in Mass, they include all the musical selections, Missalette numbers, choral, and organ selections. We hope you will find them helpful. Please return them after Mass for use at the next Mass. St. Mary s Annual Turkey Drive St. Mary's is holding its Annual Turkey Drive. Frozen turkeys are being collected for the Community FoodBank of New Jersey and will be distributed to needy families in our area. The frozen turkeys will be collected in the St. Mary's parking lot (between the school and the Parish Center) on Sat., Nov. 17 between 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. and on Sun., Nov. 18 between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Assistance is needed on the days of collection. If you can help, please contact Caroline Rossi at cmrossi@optonline.net. Town of Nutley Formal Flag Ceremony The Township of Nutley will perform a formal Flag Disposal Ceremony to take place at the World War II Memorial on Sat., Nov. 3 at 12:00 noon. The ceremony will be conducted by the Veterans Council in conjunction with the Department of Public Affairs. One flag will be used in the ceremony, which is representative of all the flags to be retired during the ceremony. All are invited to attend. GSA Fundraisers Good Shepherd Academy has a great fundraiser going on! For $25, the Entertainment Book has coupons for Shop-Rite, Stop & Shop, Sports Authority, Macy s, McDonald s and lots more! These are great Christmas gifts. To purchase, call Mrs. Leo at x100. Good Shepherd Academy would like to invite you to be part of their First Annual Restaurant Night. You will have the opportunity to sample signature dishes from some of the hottest restaurants in our surrounding areas Spuntino, Terrazza, El Toro, Porta, Macchu Picchu, to name a few. Date: Sunday, Oct. 28; Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Place: Good Shepherd Academy (24 Brookline Ave, Nutley); Cost: $25 per adult. Please join them for a memorable evening of good food, music and socializing. To purchase tickets, contact Franklin Fernandez at

4 !ST. MARY S ROSARY SOCIETY/RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM PRESENTS BROADWAY TRICKY TRAY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012 DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 PM MONSIGNOR WALSH HALL (BELOW CHURCH) COST - $20.00 PER PERSON PRICE INCLUDES FREE SHEET OF REGULAR TICKETS COFFEE, TEA, SODA, WATER AND DESSERT BYOB TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AFTER EACH MASS YOU CAN CONTACT MAUREEN CONNOR AT OR MAUREEN.CONNOR@XEROX.COM NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR ACCEPTING ALL DONATIONS CONTACT ABOVE 4

5 Employment Opportunity at Phoenix The Phoenix Center s purpose is to provide a wellintegrated, educational and therapeutic program focusing on the development of the whole child and his/her family. Our staff creates customized and individualized programs for our students whose learning profile may not fit into other special education settings. The reason we exist is to care for, educate and empower our students and graduates so that they may develop skills which will maximize their adaptation to adulthood. We are currently looking for qualified individuals for the following positions: Part-Time School Nurse Work with the Certified School Nurse to provide health care for students and to maintain health office policies and procedures. Attends class trips to administer medications and attend to the well being of students and staff. Qualifications Registered in State of NJ BA/BS Nursing CPR Certification Certification in school nursing is preferred Bus Driver Part Time Assignments will include driving for Community-Based Instruction (CBI), field trips and other student activities. Maintain maintenance and mileage logs for assigned vehicles. Comply with all state regulations related to maintaining a Commercial Driver s License (CDL) with a school bus driver endorsement including random drug testing. Qualifications: High School diploma Commercial Driver s License (CDL) with a passenger endorsement and school bus driver endorsement For more information, please contact: Deborah Brandell, Human Resources Manager The Phoenix Center 16 Monsignor Owens Place, Nutley dbrandell@phoenixcenterinc.com fax: phone: Bingo on Tuesdays BINGO is held every Tuesday evening Powerball beginning with the Early Bird Special at 7:15 p.m. and Game 1 at 7:30 p.m. in $400 Msgr. Walsh Hall. Food is also available. If anyone is interested in volunteering at BINGO, please call the Parish Center. Our current BINGO Powerball is $400. Holy Father s Prayer Intention for October That the New Evangelization may progress in the oldest Christian countries. Parish Collection for October 14 Thank you for your donations of $6,743. That our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan may be protected by the Holy Spirit and know the prayers of a grateful nation. If any names can be removed from the Sick List, please call the Parish Center to inform us. The Sick Doris Addessio, Judy Gray-Allan, Jaclyn Amorin, Cathy Beaseley, Jayce Bergamino, Ronald A. Bergamino, Jr., baby Billy, Takee Brockman, Ryan Burbank, Al Caracciolo, John Casale, Sr., Tommy Coykendall, Maureen DeBruyn, Anthony Divins, Michael Donovan, Caroline Doulin, Terri Duffy, Watson Dufresne, Fran Falone, Gene Falone, Bernadette Ferraro, Peter Fiala, Kathy Fitzgerald-Lauber, Mary Ellen Furlong, Robert Ianneci, Eileen Ippolito, George Ippolito Jr., George Ippolito Sr., Robert Jones, Michael Kennedy, Elizabeth Klotz, Maria Laxina, Rita Lindsay, Karen Mathewson, John Miller, Jimmy Moscaritola, Florence Moskowitz, Jacqueline Muglia, Khoan Nguyen, baby Nicole, Helen Nicole, Karen Nugent, Peggy Pisko, little Grace Reijers, Jean Reilly, Adelaide Rose, Eleanor Ryan, Sandy Scrudato, Mary & Lawrence Simon, Kathy Valese, John Weeks Missionaries of Faith Today is World Mission Sunday. We are called to this Eucharistic celebration along with Catholics in every parish, chapel and church throughout the world to fulfill the call we first heard at Baptism, the call to be missionaries, to share our faith. On World Mission Sunday, we are called in a special way to be missionaries of faith through prayer and participation in the Eucharist, and by giving generously to the collection. Let us pray especially at this Mass for all who long to hear the hopefilled, saving message of Jesus, and for the priests, religious and lay catechists in mission countries worldwide who offer them that Good News. Envelopes for this Special Collection are available at the church entrances. The Deceased John Grande, Rev. Luis Felipe Lopez, James A. Cox, Elvira Androsiglio, Archer D. Huott Readings for the Week of October 21, 2012 Sunday: Is 53:10-11/Heb 4:14-16/Mk 10:35-45 or 10:42-45 Monday: Eph 2:1-10/Lk 12:13-21 Tuesday: Eph 2:12-22/Lk 12:35-38 Wednesday: Eph 3:2-12/Lk 12:39-48 Thursday: Eph 3:14-21/Lk 12:49-53 Friday: Eph 4:1-6/Lk 12:54-59 Saturday: Eph 4:7-16/Lk 13:1-9 Next Sunday: Jer 31:7-9/Heb 5:1-6/Mk 10:46-52 Liturgical Publications Inc 5