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2 Mass Please Remember Mass Requested By Saturday Linda Fedina Barbara & Ray Cantwell March 24th 5:00 Mass Valerie Purciello Monica Mastrangelo Sunday March 25th Palm Sunday 8:00am Mass Philip & Elizabeth Scaglione 10:15am Mass Dorothy Obuchowski 12:00pm Mass Robert & Kathleen Scavone Monday Diane Ducharine King March 26th Tuesday March 27th Wednesday March 28th Thursday March 29th Friday March 30th Saturday March 31st 5:00 Mass Michael Nogle Philip Pfaff Holy Thursday For the People of Nativity Good Friday Kathryn Rhodes Salge & Scaglione Families Bettie Maes Ryan Scavone Family Someone who cares Julie Walsh Elaine St. Denis No Intentions Maryann Szczesny & Karen Nightingdale Sunday April 1st Easter Sunday 8:00am Mass Deceased Members of the Priestner Family 10:15am Mass Peter & Carin Cantilina 12:00pm Mass Salvatore, Maria Cristina & John Paul Rovetto Family Family Phyllis & Tony Veli Please remember in your prayers the sick who have asked for our prayer Terry DeSimone Please remember in your prayers the recently deceased Maureen Urbaniak, Patricia Fusco, Dolores O Riordan, Claire McElwain, Karen Leidl, Joan Donnelly, Mary Westervelt, Rosaleen Blake, Patrick McGill, Vincent Maccaro, Sam Sullivan, Maxine Mainardi, Margery A. McCann, Cindy Smith, Carmine Orecchio, Helen Cifuni, Gerald Van Brunt, Barbara Ellersick, Diane Ducharme King, William John Starasinich, James Oates, Israel Gonzalez WEEK OF March 26 Monday March 26 Tuesday March 27 Wednesday March 28 Thursday March 29 Friday March 30 Saturday March 31 KEY Sunday April 1 11:00AM OH - Nativity Prayer Chaplet 8:00PM CHA - Men s Rosary 11:00AM MG - Legion of Mary 7:30PM C - Choir Practice 10:00AM OH - Shepherds on the Move 7:30PM MG - RCIA Meeting Holy Thursday 8:30AM-CHA Morning Prayer 7:30PM-C Mass of our Lord s Supper Good Friday 8:30AM-CHA Morning Prayer 10:30AM-Church parking lot Outdoor Stations of the Cross 3:00PM-C Passion of the Lord Holy Saturday 8:30AM-C HA Morning Prayer 9:30AM-C Easter decorating 11:00AM-Behind the Chapel Easter Egg Hunt 7:30PM-C Easter Vigil Easter Sunday Masses at 8:00AM 10:15 AM 12:00 Noon C-Church OH-O Connell Hall MG-McGrath Room CHA-Chapel S-School KH-Kennedy Hall UR-Upper Room R-Rectory The Church of the Nativity Prayer Chain is accepting prayer requests. Please call the rectory with your request. CRUCIFY HIM?

3 A Word from the Pastor The Catholic Palm Sunday Procession will begin on the other side of the Mount of Olives at the Franciscan Church of Bethphage just below the Pater Noster Church. The procession will walk down to the Church of All Nations. From there, it will continue, passing St. Steven s Gate (the Lions Gate) to Saint Anne s Church in the Old City. More than 25,000 pilgrims and an additional 35,000 to line the route to greet the participants with songs and blessings are expected. This procession is one of Jerusalem s most interesting and colorful pilgrims events. Parades and processions have always been part of worship in Jewish and Christian tradition. During Palm Sunday, churches having enough outside space, start the Palm Sunday liturgy with a procession of palm branches. I get nostalgic when I watch parades and processions. In Turks and Caicos we stated our Palm Sunday procession from downtown and had to inform the police so that the road was clear. Since becoming American, it is even more fun and means more to be at the July 4th parades and Veteran s Day parades. I grew up watching a few parades and religious processions. The Remembrance Day Parade in Canada (November 11th) was always an enjoyable event. As a very young boy of 10, I carried the cross in the village procession in Italy with my grandfather. Processions and parades are also the most normal way for the people to acclaim the victories and triumphs of their heroes and heroines. The people greet them with shouts and songs accompanied by instruments and, in so doing, they are able to take sensational pleasure and satisfaction in the triumphant achievement of their heroes and heroines. They share in it, almost as though they themselves had done what the hero or heroine had done. The accomplishment of a hero or heroine is in a strange way made present to the crowd. In our day and our situations, when the parade is over the heroes and heroines usually fade away and are quickly forgotten. But not Jesus Christ whom we acclaim in today s Palm Sunday procession. He will fade momentarily into his passion and death, but will rise again from the dead and live on. He lives today in our midst. Year after year, He again leads us into the Holy city, to Mount Calvary to die with Him and rise again with Him. Today Jesus lives, He lives now more than ever, and we follow and live with Him. As we enter the most important week called Holy Week, we prepare ourselves with a greater intensity to enter into the mystery of Christ s passion and death which will culminate in the celebration of the biggest Feast Day for all Christians. For all of us Christians, Easter is the most significant Feast day. It is the Resurrection of Jesus that gives meaning and basis for our faith and our Christian vocation. Let us make this Holy Week meaningful. May this be a significant time for the renewal of our faith and our relationship with Jesus. Let us also remember people for whom suffering is an everyday reality, may we reach out to them through our prayers, so that they experience healing, comfort, courage, and hope in Jesus. Let us live this Holy Week in profound reverence by spending time in prayer, taking advantage of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and participating in the liturgies of Holy Week. Holy Week Schedule Palm Sunday Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 5:00 Sunday, March 25, :00 am 10:15 am & 12:00 Noon Holy Thursday Morning Prayer 8:30 in the Chapel Thursday, March 29, 2018 Mass of our Lord s Supper 7:30pm Good Friday Morning Prayer 8:30 in the Chapel Friday, March 30, 2018 Outdoor Sta ons of the Cross 10:30am Passion of the Lord 3:00pm Holy Saturday Morning Prayer 8:30 in the Chapel Saturday, March 31, 2018 Easter Egg Hunt 11:00 Easter Vigil 7:30pm Easter Sunday Sunday, April 1, :00 am 10:15 am & 12:00 Noon Mondays in Lent 8:00PM in the Chapel We meet each Monday of Lent to pray the Rosary. Come, pause and rest with prayer.

4 Church of the Nativity s YES Ministry (Youth Engaged in Service) is Sponsoring AN EASTER BASKET SUPPLIES DRIVE K-8 PROGRAM Looking ahead Sunday Sessions March 25 Palm Sunday Procession 10:00AM April 1 st No sessions Easter Sunday April 8 CCD Reopens Thursday Sessions March 29 No sessions Holy Thursday April 5 Spring Recess Midland Park April 12 CCD Reopens FIRST COMMUNION PROGRAM: The candidates and their families will be sharing At Home Session # 5 We Receive the Body and Blood of Christ. In this chapter, The Communion Rite of the Liturgy of the Eucharist is presented. It is during the Communion Rite that we prepare for and then receive Jesus Christ in Holy Communion. We encourage parents to keep their promise to attend mass each Sunday with their children. We are collecting the following items for our Easter Basket Supplies Drive: New and gently used Easter baskets & grass New small toys such as coloring books, mini sports balls, decks of cards, puzzles, puzzle books, books, etc. New stuffed animals Chocolates and various Easter candy The assembled baskets will be delivered to the local hospitals and Emmanuel Cancer Foundation. Bins will be placed in the back of the church, as well as inside the entrance of the school for CCD classes from Saturday March 17th thru Sunday, March 25 th. Any questions, feel free to contact Sue Steccato or tvlsue@yahoo.com Thank You in advance For your generous donations! Just a reminder... The second preparation liturgy for First Communion will take place on Sunday April 22 nd, 2018 at 12:00 Noon Mass. All children in the program are required to be present with their parents for this important time of prayer and catechesis. We encourage parents to keep their promise to attend mass each Sunday with their children. CONFIRMATION PROGRAM: Just a few reminders ALL forms are overdue. There are still forms that have not been returned. Please give your immediate attention to this matter. If you have any questions or concerns, please call the CCD Office at Sponsor Forms and certifications are due on or before April 13, 2018

5 Paschal Candle In Memory/Honor of 2018 John J. Oates Louise Oates Ada C. Krieger Len Krieger Christopher D Amico Nikki Thompson Carmine Iannaccone Ermelinda Iannaccone Deborah Schrepel Raymond & Diana Iannaccone Doris Lane Laurie T. Kamp Lynn C. Yolman John Yolman Martha & Richard Troncone Bill Troncone Lynn C. Yolman John Yolman Ken Major Sr. & Ken Major Jr. Ruth & Tom Major Linda Fedina Kathleen & Joe Daly Patricia Nerko Claudia Considine Living & Deceased Members of the Stradl & Wilk Families Helen Stradl Ralph Musco The Musco Family Marilyn Nichols (Joan s Sister) Steve & Joan Joern Williams-DeLuca Families Lorraine DeLuca Edmund Carr Ed & Diana Carr William Guarion Jane Guarino Gerald F. DeSimone Pat DeSimone Decorating the Church for Easter is always a fun, rewarding event at Nativity. It s a wonderful activity; whether you come by yourself, or with your spouse or sibling or with the whole family. This year, we will be decorating the Church on Holy Saturday, March 31st at 9:30AM. EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS & LECTORS If you have not already, please sign up for Holy Week & Easter Masses. The sign up sheets are in the Sacristy where sign in. If you are able to assist at any of these Liturgies, please sign up. If you have any questions, please or call Kathy Hutton. Thank you. Paschal Candle Memorial Would you like to memorialize the Paschal Candle in memory of a loved one, in thanksgiving, to honor a special birthday or anniversary or occasion in your family? Donations are now being accepted towards this year s Paschal Candle which will be blessed and lit at the Easter Vigil and lit all year long for funerals and baptisms. What a special way to remember someone you love! To donate an offering for the Paschal Candle in memory of a loved one, please complete the form and return it to the Rectory with your contribution of $50. Your Name Phone This offering is in memory/honor of:

6 ARE YOU SOMEONE OR DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO... Have you expressed an interest in becoming Catholic? A Teenager who has not been baptized? Were you baptized Catholic, but has not celebrated the Sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist? Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) A New Class of Instruction Has Started Now! Come and See For information please contact, Fr. George or Jim Kenny at the Church Office , jnkenny@churchofthenativitynj.com Join our team of Weekend Greeters Greeters Ministry Come to Mass 15 minutes early and be part of the team who makes Nativity such a welcoming Parish. No meetings! A rotational schedule assigns greeters to the Mass times of their choice about once every few weeks. We are currently in need of Greeters for the 10:15 & 12:00 Masses For more information contact Janet Nemec or janetlynnnemec@yahoo.com Next Meeting Sharing God s Blessings Annual Appeal Thanks to all of our parishioners who have made their gift to the 2018 Sharing God s Blessings Annual Appeal. If you have not yet made a gift or pledge, please fill out a commitment card located in the pews. Please help support the many programs and ministries that assist so many in our community. Friday, April 6th after the (Mass is in the Chapel) The Luncheon is $6.00 New Members Welcome! Please RSVP by March 30th nativityshepherds@yahoo.com Don t forget your Cleaning Products for the Love Fund! Remember Mass Cards are available after Masses at the I-Desk. Come and check it out Everyone is welcome! Contact Phyllis for more information