Palm Sunday of the Lord s Passion April 1, 2012

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1 Palm Sunday of the Lord s Passion April 1, 2012 SATURDAY, MARCH 31, :00 p.m. Olivo Travaglini Irene F. Laborim SUNDAY, APRIL 1, :30 a.m. Katherine Temple 9:00 a.m. Carol Froehlich st 10:30 a.m. Thomas O Keefe - 1 Anniversary Ernest J. Bernarducci 12:00 noon Jill Ann Ziemkiewicz MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012 Anthony Danza, Jr. 7:00 a.m. Katherine Temple Albert Malles 12:00 noon Prayer Service TUESDAY, APRIL 3, :30 a.m. Heli Rojas 12:00 noon Prayer Service WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 th 7:00 a.m. Dolores Mazzeo - 25 Anniv. 12:00 noon Prayer Service HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 5, :00 a.m. Morning Prayer 7:30 a.m. Mass of the Lord s Supper Ernest J. Bernarducci Nelson Gonzalez 11:00 p.m. Night Prayer GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012 Blessed Mother, Saint Jude, Saint Anthony 9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer 12:00 noon Children s Stations of the Cross 3:00 p.m. The Solemn Celebration of the Passion and Death of the Lord 7:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross - Personal Reflections HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 7, :00 a.m. Morning Prayer Blessing of Food 7:45 p.m. Nightwatch of the Resurrection st Rose Polatz - 1 Anniversary James P. Manning Ernest J. Bernarducci EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 8, :30 a.m. Robbie Theriault - Living Int. Robert Golembiewski 9:00 a.m. Peggy Clark 10:30 a.m. Patricia Serafin Milica Sartori 12:05 p.m. Frank P. Sorbera 2012 MASSES Daily Mass offering is $15.00 and Holyday and Weekend Masses are $ Checks can be made payable to "Church of Saint Mary." Next Sunday s Scripture Readings EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, (42ABC) Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 SANCTUARY OFFERINGS John 20:1-9 The Sanctuary Lamp which burns near the Tabernacle in Church, the reminder of the Lord's Presence in the Most Holy Eucharist will burn in memory of BRUNO CONTE - 12TH ANNIVERSARY. Requested by the Conte Family. The Altar Bread which will become the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ at the Masses celebrated in Church during the week will be offered in memory of THOMAS O'KEEFE - 1ST ANNIVERSARY. Requested his wife Rose. The Altar Wine which will become the Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ at the Masses celebrated in Church during the week, will be offered for ALL AUTISTIC INDIVIDUALS - OPEN HEARTS, OPEN MINDS, OPEN DOORS! Requested by Larry and Liz Forte. Please keep Bruno, Thomas, All Autistic Individuals and their families in your prayers Sanctuary Offerings are available through the Parish Office located in the Religious Formation Office. Celebrate the Birth - Baptism - Graduation - Wedding - Anniversary of someone you love OR remember those in the Military - those who are deceased through these offerings!

2 From the Pastor April 1, 2012 Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord They pressed into service a passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. [Mark 15: 21] To help open the treasures of the revised Roman Missal, each week I m giving a reflection on the three Mass orations of that day, gleaned from the book Essential Presidential Prayers and Texts. I m truly amazed at the theological depth and beauty of these prayers; I hope you are, too! Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Collect Almighty ever-living God, who as an example of humility for the human race to follow caused our Savior to take flesh and submit to the Cross, graciously grant that we may heed his lesson of patient suffering and so merit a share in his Resurrection. Liturgy Makes Present, It Does Not Reenact! It is truly a challenge NOT to see the liturgical events in this holiest of weeks as a reenactment of what happened two millennia ago. But liturgy is NOT a play that simply recalls the past! Divine worship is a sacred event that makes present for us, here and now, the saving events of so long ago! Today, at first, we joyfully sing and wave palm branches; but after the Passion is proclaimed, we leave in humble silence, as we go to die with Christ so as to rise with Him! Today s Collect asks God to strengthen us and to help us participate in the sacred mysteries. As Jesus once entered His own city, Jerusalem, to initiate the Paschal Mystery of His Passion, Death and Resurrection, Jesus once entered into us - at our Baptism - which incorporated us into Himself! Today we re-up or re-enlist with Christ, first by accepting a palm branch, and then by hearing His Word and by receiving His Body and Blood! Are you ready to journey with Christ this week and for the rest of your earthly life so you can one day join Him in heaven? Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord: Prayer over the Offerings Through the Passion of your Only Begotten Son, O Lord, may our reconciliation with you be near at hand, so that, though we do not merit it by our own deeds, yet by this sacrifice made once for all, we may feel already the effects of your mercy. All This To Appease An Angry God? That s what some erroneously say this week is all about: that one man s suffering and death atoned for every man and woman s sin. And while that s partially true, we cannot forget: Jesus is not just a man. Jesus is also God, the Only Begotten Son of the Father, and the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. That means God Himself paid the price to save us; it is God who suffered and died for us not in His divinity, for God cannot die. So God was made incarnate God became human by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, so God could pay the price of our salvation in Jesus. This Prayer over the Offerings summarizes this awesome tenet of our faith: that we have been made worthy of so much - by Christ s Passion. We are a people of HOPE because of Christ and His sacrifice. What will you do this week in gratitude for all that God has done for you? Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Prayer after Communion Nourished with these sacred gifts, we humbly beseech you, O Lord, that, just as through the death of your Son you have brought us to hope for what we believe, so by his Resurrection you may lead us to where you call. The Cup of Suffering. To equate Communion with the cup of suffering Jesus accepted in the Garden of Gethsemane is not something we normally think of. And yet this is what the Mass always sets before us. One of the most profound things receiving Holy Communion means is that we are willing to accept whatever suffering is necessary to conform our life to Christ s life - and our world to God s will. Perhaps we need to ask what the cost of our Communion might be this day. To have true Communion with the Lord, what must I change about myself about my values and my thoughts my hopes and my plans and my little part of the world? Will I accept what God's will is for me - as Jesus did? The Prayer after Communion returns to the central theme of this day: participating in the life of Christ now and in eternity. Will you be able to face death as Jesus did: without fear, and with total confidence in God s promises? With God s love and my prayers, Reverend Michael J. Kreder

3 ARCHBISHOP S ANNUAL APPEAL Once a year, Archbishop Myers asks each of us to make a sacrificial commitment to the Church of Newark so we will have the necessary resources to fund, for an entire year, the offices which provide direct services to parishes, including ours. To date, $109, has been pledged from 380 Saint Mary donors. In addition, a host of other programs and Human Services are provided which NO single parish could provide on its own. Our parish and the Archdiocese are ONE. Both need your sacrificial support. We are asking EACH FAMILY to a make a financial commitment to our AAA. Those donors who share a portion of what they have, are the first ones to benefit from their own sense of gratitude of God. Envelopes can be found in back of church. CHILDREN'S CHOIR BAKE SALE Because of your generosity, the children raised $ from their bake sale last week. Thank you to everyone for their support and to the parents who so kindly shopped and baked for the sale! CAN YOU HELP? Msgr. Joseph Chiang, residing at Saint John Vianney has inquired about the possibility of ONE or TWO families here at Saint Mary helping to open their home to his sister Mary Chiang. Sister Mary Chiang is a Dominican Sister residing in st Macau near Hong Kong. She would like to visit from July 1 for the month of July. Her purpose is to improve her English language. Sister Mary speaks fluent Spanish and is President of a Catholic School with an enrollment of 6,000 students. We are looking for a loving, caring home for Sister. Kindly call Msgr. Chiang at (201) if you can assist for 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks! BLOOD DRIVE Monday, April 2nd Kip Center in memory of PAULINE BERTONE Time: 4:00-8:00 p.m. CROP WALK SIGN-UP CROP WALK sign ups will be held this weekend, March 31st April 1st before/after all weekend Masses. The WALK will take place on April 22nd. Questions? Please call Sue Fogarty at (201) SATURDAY MORNING PRAYER SERVICE with Eucharist 9:00 a.m. CATECHIST CERTIFICATION All Catechists are required to continually update their certification. Here's a perfect opportunity for you to receive ONE hour of Diocesan Certification! Dr. Saundra Kennedy, Sadlier National Religion Consultant, willl conduct a ONE HOUR Discipleship Training - "Forming Lifelong Followers of Jesus" on Wednesday, April 25, :30-8:30 p.m. SAINT MARY CHURCH (presentation will be given in Church!) If you are able to attend, kindly RSVP by Monday, April 16th to Michael Power, our local Sadlier Representative and parishioner mpower@sadlier.com PRAY FOR OUR SICK Please PRAY in the name of JESUS, the healer, that the SICK of SAINT MARY PARISH may be restored to health and all those who ASSIST and CARE for the sick will be given the STRENGTH to continue GOD S good WILL: Ray Anderson, Marie Corrigan, Margaret Curtin, Gilda Danza, Joseph Danza, Domingo DelaCruz, Joselito De Leon, Bruce Duryea, Michael Francis, Rev. Charles W. Hartling, Joyce Kasper, Patricia Kmon, Beth Maroney, Megan Macaluso, Connie Mehos and Steven Monahan FLOWER MEMORIALS If you wish to REMEMBER YOUR LOVED ONES by memorializing them in our Easter Flower Donations, please use the envelope included with your monthly packet or pick one up in back of Church. The names of the person and the person requesting the remembrance will be included on ONE line to be published in the bulletin Sunday after Easter. Please PRINT and be legible. TROUBLED MARRIAGE? See helpourmarriage.com or retrouvaille.org. This is a Catholicbased program open to all. Next NJ/NY weekend is April at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cranford/Clark, NJ. For registration, call (732) OPERATION RICE BOWL... provides the faithful of our Archdiocese with the opportunity to learn about and directly assist the poor both here in our Archdiocese and overseas. Please pick up a rice bowl found by the main doors of church and return them to church by Holy Thursday, April 5th. SECOND COLLECTION A SECOND COLLECTION will be taken this week for the Rutherford Food Pantry and other Social Concerns needs.

4 SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL OLD FASHIONED STAR SPANGLED TRICKY TRAY Saint Mary High School will be holding their Annual Tricky Tray on Friday, April 20th. This year's event, "An Old Fashioned Star Spangled Tricky Tray" will be held at the High School gymnasium. The entrance fee is $15.00 and a pasta dinner will be offered for $5.00/plate. Doors open at 6pm. For tickets, p l e a s e c a l l J o a n i e a t ( ) o r smhspres@verizon.net. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door. Donations toward the prize pool are greatly appreciated. These donations may be dropped off at the Main Office or can be arranged for pick up. MARK YOUR 2012CALENDAR NOW! Registration for Religious Formation takes place this weekend. Forms can be downloaded from our website: or completed at time of registration. NO regirstration will be accepted without your parish number. ONLY Registration forms will be accepted. Registration will take place after all Masses in Room #100 in the basesment of the High School. Forms will also be available in the H/S cafeteria. The DEADLINE to register for the Summer Program is Sunday, April 29, ABSOLUTELY NO REGISTRATIONS will be th accepted after April 29. In the interest of providing your children with a well organized program, adequately prepared catechists and necessary educational materials, we urge you to comply with our request so that our experience can truly be faith-filled and Spirit enhanced. ENROLLEMENT is dependent on the number of catechists available. Classes will be held on: June 25th through the 29th and July 2, 3, 5 and 6th. Other dates to be determined. HOLY THURSDAY... those who volunteererd to have their feet washed at the Mass of the Lord's Supper on April 5th at 7:30 are asked to arrive at church by 7:00 p.m. to find out where you should be seated. Please see Linda Verdino in the Narthex of Church. N O G R EAT E RL O VE Christ's Passion in Poetry, Song and Dance presented by The Xavier Company Sunday, April 1, pm CHURCH OF SAINT MARY NO Admission Charge Free Will Offering will betaken HOLY THURSDAY Join us for Morning Prayer at 9:00 a.m. with bagels/fellowship following in the Narthex of church! PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY Continue to pray for all the brave men and women who are defending our country. Keep them safe from all attacks and danger. Give them wisdom and strength in battle, help them to stay spiritually, physically, mentally and emotionally strong and bring them safely home to their families. DREW NAPOLI nephew to Thea Scheuerman 1LT. DANIELLE REID daughter of John and Bonnie Reid in Kuwait PAUL FEDORISIN Ellen Reid's grandson Fort Knox - Kentucky 2012 ANNIVERSARY MASSES It is an annual tradition to honor the couples in the Archdiocese who are celebrating five, twenty-five, fifty or more years of marriage. These liturgies are celebrated by Archbishop John J. Myers held at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Sunday, May 6, :00 p.m. Golden Anniversary (due to parish office: April 10th) Sunday, June 3, :00 p.m. Silver Anniversary & 5th Anniversary (due to parish office: May 15th) Many couples like to plan these celebrations in advance. Registration has begun and will take place by calling the Parish Office at [201] SAINT MARY SCHOOLS ANNUAL SPRING CARNIVAL May 1st through May 5th The Academy at Saint Mary and Saint Mary High School will be holding their Annual Spring Carnival at Memorial Field in Rutherford beginning Tuesday, May 1st through Saturday, May 5th. Bring your family and friends to the carnival for some fun. Enjoy ALL NEW EXCITING RIDES, Games, Food and more! "Family Night" is Tuesday, May 1st and Wednesday, May 2nd. "Pay ONE price" and ride ALL NIGHT! "Alumni Day" is Saturday, May 5th - come to the Carnival and see some old friends! Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday 6:00-10:00 p.m. Friday 6:00-11:00 p.m. Saturday 3:00-11:00 p.m.

5 EASTER SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE Please mark your calendars or refer to our Lenten Insert for EASTER SUNDAY MASS TIMES!!! 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS Sessions for adults interested in becoming Catholic or Catholic adults who wish to receive Holy Eucharist and/or Confirmation are held on Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m. in Room 200 in Saint Mary High School. To register, call Mary Lanni (201) or marylanni@comcast.net. GOOD FRIDAY STATIONS OF THE CROSS Those who volunteered to give their own personal reflections of the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday evening are asked to arrive in Church at 7:00 p.m. for a brief rehearsal for this evening. Stations begin at 7:30 p.m. Please sit in the 2 middle sections. Your friends and families are welcome to sit with you. GOOD FRIDAY - HOLY LAND COLLECTION Our help is needed now, as in the days of Saint Francis, to protect the Holy Places of the Holy Land. Even more important, our help is needed to protect the Holy Name of Our Lord in this troubled land, which he chose for His birth, sacrificial death and victorious resurrection. We protect more than the stones of ancient shrines from the ravages of time or armies or tourists. In an unbelieving world we express and protect the very idea of what it means to follow Christ. Your gift will give life to some and hope to others, lighting candles of faith in darkened shrines and lives, even becoming the very bread and wine of our daily Eucharist. The Annual Collection for the Shrines and people of the Holy Land will be taken up on Good Friday, April 6th during the Celebration of Christ s Passion and Death and during the Stations of the Cross. Thank you GOOD FRIDAY - CELEBRATION OF THE LORD S PASSION AND DEATH All special ministers of the Eucharist are strongly encouraged to bring the Eucharist to their homebound Communion calls after this Service. Since the Eucharist is not consecrated at this Service [it is consecrated the night before] all ministers should go to the Temporary Sacristy NO LATER THAN 2:45 p.m. to fill their pyx with the required number of hosts; the pyx should then be left on the tray in the Temporary Sacristy. The tray of pxys will be brought to the Altar during the Service; after Communion the ministers will be dismissed to bring Holy Communion to the Homebound. Since the sick and homebound share so intimately in the Lord s cross, they deserve to receive Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament on Good Friday; please make every effort to bring them the Gift of Our Eucharistic Lord on this most solemn day. BRING BELLS TO THE HOLY THURSDAY, EASTER VIGIL AND EASTER SUNDAY MASSES! Psalm 81:1 tells us to Ring out your joy to God our strength. All are invited to bring handbells [any bell will do] to Mass on Holy Thursday, the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday. An ancient custom calls for bells to be rung during the Gloria, the church s great hymn of praise on both those nights to mark our entrance into the Sacred Triduum on Holy Thursday night and to end the readings from the Old Testament during the Easter Vigil s liturgy of the Word and prepare us to hear the Good news of the new Covenant sealed with the blood of the risen Christ! The ringing of bells were so well received in previous years that this year we are asking you to bring them to all the Easter Masses. So, bring bells to ring during the Gloria and Let us come before the Lord with joyful song. [Psalm 100:2] BLESSED EASTER WATER Because of the generosity of COLLINS CALHOUN FUNERAL HOME - [201] containers of Holy Water will be available at the Baptismal Font after all Easter Masses. Please be sure to stop by and take one home with you. Thank you for all you do for us! ANNUAL FREE RABIES CLINIC The Rutherford Health Department will be conducting its Annual Free Rabies Clinic for Rutherford cats and dogs on Saturday, March 31st from 11am to 1pm at the Mortimer Avenue Firehouse. Registration forms can be picked up at 184 Park Avenue between 8:30 and 4:30pm FIRST EUCHARIST Are you interested in having your child receive the Sacrament nd of First Eucharist next year as a 2 Grader at the Church of Saint Mary? If so, we are conducting our FIRST PARENT ONLY MEETING to give you insight on the process for this Sacrament. Please mark your calendar for SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2012 or SUNDAY, JUNE 3, Our first meeting will be held after the 5:00 p.m. and 10:30 a.m. Masses. Your attendance at ONE of these meetings is MANDATORY. Please complete the cut-off below and return it to us at the above address or drop it off in the collection basket during Saturday/Sunday Mass times. Name of Child: Primary Telephone: Address:

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