Weekly Mass Schedule. Unless otherwise noted, all weekday Masses will be held in the Parish Center Chapel. Those in the Armed Services.

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2 Weekly Mass Schedule Unless otherwise noted, all weekday Masses will be held in the Parish Center Chapel Saturday, September 14 5:30 p.m. People of the Parish Sunday, September 15 7:30 a.m. Ann Costa 9:00 a.m. Chung-Kwai Lui-Wei 10:30 a.m. Victor Melillo (12 th Anniversary) 12:00 p.m. Marie Marée (16 th Anniversary) Monday, September 16 6:30 a.m. Souls of the Deceased 8:00 a.m. Charles E. Moore Jr. 12:10 p.m. Carmen Rota Tuesday, September 17 6:30 a.m. James Cafone (25 th Anniversary) 8:00 a.m. William Paul Rooney 12:10 p.m. Theodora Mironuk Wednesday, September 18 6:30 a.m. Dolly Berbary 8:00 a.m. Jane Dufresne 12:10 p.m. Cletus T. Joyce Thursday, September 19 6:30 a.m. Joseph A. Forte 8:00 a.m. Angela Doganiero 12:10 p.m. Rosemary McCormack Friday, September 20 6:30 a.m. John Flammer 8:00 a.m. Eva Henrich 12:10 p.m. Padre Pio Saturday, September 21 8:00 a.m. Christopher Rush 5:30 p.m. Intentions of Rena and Reynaldo Trinidad Jr. (28 th Wedding Anniversary) Sunday, September 22 7:30 a.m. People of the Parish 9:00 a.m. Bartholomew Tran 10:30 a.m. Jessy and Guy Dorelien 10:30 a.m. Sean Burke MWH 12:00 p.m. Michael E. Cox Hosts for each Mass have been donated by the Rosary Society This Week at Saint Mary s Sunday, September 15 1:30 PM Baptisms Church Monday, September NOON Miraculous Medal Novena Chapel 7:30 PM Catholic Daughters Meeting PCCR Tuesday, September 17 7:15 PM BINGO MWH Wednesday, September 18 7:00 PM Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena Chapel 8:00 PM Oratory of Divine Love PCCR Thursday, September 19 7:00 PM Divine Mercy Chapel If any names can be removed from or added to the Sick List or if you wish to have the name of anyone in the Armed Services added to the bulletin, please call the Parish Center to inform us. Those in the Armed Services We pray that our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan may be protected by the Holy Spirit, know the prayers of a grateful nation and be brought home safely to their families. We pray especially for Jack MacNeill, Mark Nostro, David Nostro and Ryan Scirocco. The Sick Jaclyn Amorin, Rose Amorin, Mark Basile, Paul Basile, Cathy Beaseley, Jayce Bergamino, Ronald A. Bergamino, Jr., Allen Beyer, baby Billy, Takee Brockman, Dana Brown, Ryan Burbank, Al Caracciolo, John Casale, Sr., Nancy Clark, Bernadette Connor, James Corrigan, Concetta Costabile, Tommy Coykendall, Eleanor Davis, Anthony Divins, Michael Donovan, Terri Duffy, Fran Falone, Gene Falone, Nicholas Fasone, Irene Farrow, Brian Felker, Bernadette Ferraro, Peter Fiala, Mary Ellen Furlong, Anthony Gentile, Robert Ianneci, Eileen Ippolito, George Ippolito Jr., George Ippolito Sr., Michael Kennedy, Anne Marie LaCorte, Nancy Lauber, Maria Laxina, Sandra Massarano, Karen Mathewson, Corbin McHenry, John Miller, Jimmy Moscaritola, Florence Moskowitz, Jacqueline Muglia, Khoan Nguyen, baby Nicole, Karen Nugent, Vincent Petracco, Rosemary Picciano, Peggy Pisko, Brendon Quesada, Roopa Rava, little Grace Reijers, Jean Reilly, Victoria Reilly, Adelaide Rose, Eleanor Ryan, John Sabbak, Sandy Scrudato, Susan Seeley, Mary & Lawrence Simon, Lisa Smith, Rosalina Trinidad, Richard Tyrpak, Kathy Valese, John and Mary Volpe, John Weeks, Darlene Woelkers The Deceased Dominick Camiscioli, Estella Dalesso, Mary Catherine Fuhrman (Mother of Monsignor Robert Fuhrman), Catherine Palmieri, Philip Santoro, and Harry Joseph Uhde (Father of Chaplain Peter M. Uhde) NEEDED: A Second Chance at Life A parishioner of St. Mary s, Jerry Stoia, is on dialysis and is in dire need of a kidney transplant. Please join us as we pray for him! If you or someone you know would consider being a kidney donor, please call the Parish Center at Many people who need transplants of organs and tissues cannot get them because of a shortage of donations. Every month, more than 2,000 new names are added to the national waiting list for organ transplants, and about 18 people die every day while waiting for an organ transplant in the U.S. Organ and tissue donation helps others by giving them a second chance at life. (Source: National Kidney Foundation) 2

3 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time "Found" is a great word! It can have so many levels of meaning. Obviously it means having recovered something that was misplaced or lost. My aged mother is forever "finding" her glasses, even though they are usually on the table under the mail or the newspaper. Found can also mean to begin something or to set something up. The parish I worship at, like the one you belong to, had a founding pastor who organized the beginning of community in response to the bishop's request or the call of the people in the area. Anyone who works with molten material also knows that to found means casting that metal or glass object in a place called (of course!) a foundry. Jesus tells the story today of a woman who has ten coins and lost one. All three meanings of the word "found" are part of parable. The coin was found (that is cast) by a treasury, either the emperor's or that of a local realm. Having lost the coin, the woman found (that is recovered) it after searching the whole house. The recovery of the coin occasioned the founding (that is the initiation) of her rejoicing. The parable of the lost coin is truly about founding. Like that coin, we may be lost at times, but God finds us. He recovers us from whatever has separated us from him, whether that is sin, the distractions of life, or the fragility of our faith. In finding us, God renews us. He remolds us and forms us more and more into people with a lively faith. Like that molten metal that is founded into a coin, the love of God purifies us and remakes us anew, casting us into the image of Christ. By asking God's forgiveness and by praying for a renewal of faith, we gain a new foundation and so can begin again, living the way Christ has taught us, filled with the love of God and love for our brothers and sisters. Holy Father s Prayer Intention for September We pray that people today, often overwhelmed by noise, may rediscover the value of silence and listen to the voice of God and their brothers and sisters. We also pray that Christians suffering persecution in many parts of the world may by their witness be prophets of Christ's love. Word of Life The threat to religious freedom is larger than any single case or issue. It has its roots in the growing secularism of our culture, a secularism that seeks to marginalize the Church from culture and society. [ ] The right to religious freedom is founded upon the intrinsic dignity of the human person. This is an issue of justice since the human person has a right to religious freedom. As Catholics, we must not waver in our defense of this sacred right. Most Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, The Right to Religious Freedom, Today s Catholic News, June 26, 2013 Weekly Scripture Quote Living Christ's Mission: Maria and Roberto Maria was a simple, hard-working woman who had escaped the war in El Salvador. She requested that I accompany her to translate the test results from the doctor treating her treasured four-year-old son, Roberto. Roberto's angelic face belied the debilitating disease that had attacked his body from birth. The doctor painfully presented the test results in a devastating litany of "will nevers": Roberto will never be able to walk, talk, reason, and be independent. Maria turned to me with eyes pleading to understand his English words. While her heart cried when I translated the results, Maria looked at Roberto resting on her lap, with endearing love. Clearly, Maria saw past his disease to the beauty of her son. Regardless of whatever problems the future would hold, she would be at his side. Maria then requested that I ask the doctor a question. " Él va a poder sonreír un día?" "One day will he be able to smile?" Jesus shares our human nature. He knows firsthand that all of us, like Roberto, suffer from incapacities and sin. Like Maria, his response is not to turn away from us because of our faults and failings, but to embrace us and remain always at our sides. He gave his life for us not because of our perfection, but because of our need for redemption. Jesus wants us to be able to smile eternally in the boundless joy of heaven. Stewardship is founded on gratitude. How grateful are we to our God who sees past our many shortcomings to our beauty? Do we thank our God who has planned from the beginning of time a paradise for us all? How committed are we, his stewards, to see past the failings of others and give them our lives, as he gave his for all of us? May God bless you! 2013 Liturgical Publications Inc 3 Four Key Elements of Faith (Part IV): Lessons from Mary In the last segment of this four part series, we contemplate the Assumption of Mary and learn more deeply four key elements of faith as elaborated in The Light of Faith, the encyclical from Pope Francis. We can feel ourselves so weak and inconstant before a privilege as great as our faith. God, who is Mercy, has shown Himself always attracted to weakness, to littleness, to the poor ones. In our poverty we have a special claim to His love. Thus He has provided us with a way to this faith, which is more than knowledge, this faith which is life, which is engagement with a God who walks with us and transforms us, this faith which radiates from us into the world. Faith needs a setting in which it can be witnessed to and communicated for transmitting a purely doctrinal content, an idea might suffice, or perhaps a book, or the repetition of a spoken message. But what is communicated in the Church, what is handed down in her living Tradition, is the new light born of an encounter with the true God, a light which touches us at the core of our being and engages our minds, wills and emotions, opening us to relationships lived in communion. There is a special means for passing down this fullness, capable of engaging the entire person, body and spirit, interior life and relationships with others. It is the sacraments, celebrated in the Church s liturgy (no. 40) Sr. Kathryn J. Hermes, FSP Daughters of Saint Paul Strength for Your Day Blog

4 . Save the Date: Fr. Simon Farewell Please join us as we give a fond farewell and send our love and prayers to our summer priest Fr. Simon as he returns to Pakistan. After the 5:30 PM Mass on September 28 th and all Masses on September 29 th, there will be a reception with light refreshments in Msgr. Walsh Hall. Catholic Daughters Meeting The Catholic Daughters will be meeting on Monday, September 16 th at 7:30 PM in the Parish Center. Parish Collection for Sunday, September 1st & 8th 1 st Collection: $ (Sept 1), $ (Sept 8) Archdiocesan Assessment (Sept 1): $ nd Collection (Sept 8): $ Central and Eastern Europe: $ (Sept 8) Powerball $150 BINGO on Tuesdays BINGO is held every Tuesday evening beginning with the Early Bird Special at 7:15 PM. and Game 1 at 7:30 PM in Msgr. Walsh Hall. Food is also available. Please call the Parish Center if you are interested in volunteering. This Week s Jackpot is $150! Classes Start This Week! Religious Education classes begin THIS week, on Sunday (September 15 th ) and Tuesday (September 17 th ). Tuesday Class: The first day of classes can be hectic, so to minimize any confusion, we ask that you try to have your children at the school building by 3:30 PM. There will be tables set up where you can check in and find your child s class and room number. We extend a warm welcome and encourage the parents to stay for the beginning of class. This will give you the opportunity to meet your child s catechist and share any information with them about how to better serve your child. Food Drive! St. Mary s Food Pantry, as part of a consortium of Essex County Pantries and in conjunction with Catholic Charities, will be collecting foods outside of Nutley ShopRite on October 6 th from 12 NOON to 4 PM. Volunteers young and old are welcome to distribute flyers to patrons and collect food. Please call Noreen Haveron at or the Parish Center if you are interested in volunteering. The most needed items include canned goods (meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, sauce, soups), fruit juice, pasta, rice, peanut butter and jelly and paper goods. Good Shepherd Academy Good Shepherd Academy saw an increase in total enrollment this year! Visit the School s website at for more information about the school. 4 Celebrate with the Filipino Apostolate In the spirit of the Year of Faith, the Filipino Apostolate of the Archdiocese of Newark will be celebrating the Feast of San Lorenzo Ruiz and the Canonization of San Pedro Calungsod on September 29 th at 3:00PM in the Cathedral Basilica of Newark. The Most Rev. Julito B. Cortes, D.D. (Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu in the Philippines) will preside and preach at this liturgical celebration. Discover the Roots of Catholicism in Our Area Of the United States Join Fr. James Starasinich, pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Lyndhurst for a one-day pilgrimage on Columbus Day (October 14 th ) to the National Shrine of St. Karteri Tekakwitha (the first Native American Saint) in Fonda, NY and the Shrine of the North American Martyrs in Auriesville, NY. The cost of the pilgrimage is $55 per person and includes bus transportation and lunch at the Shrine of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. Seats are limited and are filled on a first come-first served basis. The bus departs at 6 AM sharp. For more information or to register please call the Sacred Heart Parish Office at Reporting Abuse to the Archdiocese The Archdiocese takes all allegations of sexual misconduct by members of the clergy, Religious and lay staff very seriously. We encourage anyone with knowledge of an act of sexual misconduct to inform us immediately; individuals who wish to report an allegation of sexual misconduct may do so by calling the Archdiocesan Office of Child and Youth Protection at Newark Archdiocesan Year of Faith Pilgrimage The Archdiocese of Newark will be sponsoring a pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. under the leadership of Archbishop John J. Myers. The pilgrimage is Saturday October 26, 2013 and will cost $35. For more information, contact Edna Trinidad at Catholic High School Entrance Exam (COOP) Families of 8 th grade students wanting to attend Catholic High School in the fall or 2014 should register the student(s) for the COOP exam to be given on November 9, Registration is now open at by calling or by visiting a Catholic elementary or high school and obtaining registration materials. Wills Awareness and Planned Giving Seminar The Seminar scheduled for September 17 th at St. Anthony s Church has been cancelled. On October 2, 2013 at 7:00 PM, there will be a Wills Awareness and Planned Giving Seminar at St. Mary s Parish in Nutley. This is a free service and is open to all parishioners. Topics discussed will include of Wills, Health Care Directives, Durable Powers of Attorney and other options that can be used to protect oneself and loved ones. The information will be beneficial to persons of all ages and estates of all sizes. RSVP by phone ( ) or (PGInfo@rcan.org) to Theresa Lynch, Office of Planned Giving. Light refreshments will be provided. Seats are limited.

5 St. Thomas the Apostle Blood Drive St. Thomas will be holding a blood drive on September 29 th from 8 AM to 2 PM in Herron Hall. For more information call the Blood Center of New Jersey at Couples for Christ Youth Camp Couples for Christ is hosting a Youth Camp for young adults (7 th grade through college) September The Youth Camp will help your child to experience Jesus in a personal way and build Christian friendships with other young adults. The camp fee is $100 and must be received by September 18 th. For more information, contact Marlon or Coco Cadag at or visit stmarysnutley.org for more information. Collegiate Catholic Activities Welcoming events at college campuses around the area will be starting soon! Visit stmarysnutley.org/college_campus_ministry.pdf for more information. Regis High School Open House Regis High School, an all-scholarship Jesuit secondary school for Catholic Boys, announces its Open House for 8 th graders and their parents, to occur on Columbus Day (Monday, October 14th) from 1-4 PM. For more information please call or Eric Di Michele, Director of Admissions at or edimichele@regis.org. VFW Post 493 Ladies Auxiliary Beefsteak Dinner The Auxiliary will be hosting its 2 nd annual Beefsteak Dinner on Friday, September 27 th from 6:30-10:00 PM at the VFW Hall located at 271 Washington Avenue, Nutley. Proceeds will benefit our Veterans and active-duty Service Men and Women. Tickets are $35 and include appetizer, beefsteak (all you can eat), French fries, dessert and drinks. Chicken is available and must be ordered by September 20 th. For tickets contact Diane at Holy Family s Italian Festival Join in honoring Maria SS. Addolorata (Our Lady of Sorrows) with the parishioners of Holy Family in Nutley! The 22 nd Annual Italian Festival will run from September 19 th -22 nd. For more information, contact the rectory at th Annual Dinner Dance to Honor St. Padre Pio The Padre Pio prayer Society of Holy Family Church in Nutley will be hosting a dinner dance in honor of St. Padre Pio. The Event will take place Sunday, October 20, 2013 at the Hannover Manor (16 Eagle Rock Avenue, East Hanover, NJ) with the cocktail hour beginning at 4 PM. Tickets are $75 per person and include beer, wine and soda (there will be a cash bar), dinner (Prime Rib / Chicken Francese / Broiled Salmon) and dessert (Viennese table, international coffees and tea). For more information contact John Giacometti at or Eva Tanelli at Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII The Catholic Tour (a Catholic travel Apostolate) has been able to secure 100 air seats and hotel beds for the upcoming Canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II. The pilgrimage pricing will be under $3000 dollars and will include airfare, hotel, most meals, tour escort, deluxe motor coach and all airline fees and taxes. If you would like advance notice of the trip, please contact Martha Crowley at mcrowley@thecatholictour.com, visit or call Lacordaire Academy Flea Market and Alumni Reunion Lacordaire Academy will hold a Flea Market rain or shine on its campus from 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM on Saturday, September 21 st and Sunday, September 22 nd. Shop for a good cause; proceeds benefit the students of Lacordaire. Items for sale are new, new with tags or in good condition and will include collectibles, antiques, household items, kids sports equipment and holiday decorations. Lower and Upper school alumni, current and former faculty, staff and Sisters of St. Dominic will gather on campus at the Academy s annual All Class Reunion on Sunday, September 29 th at 155 Lorraine Avenue, Montclair. Admission is $25 and reservations are required. The day s events will open with a Mass at 11:30 AM followed by the Distinguished Alumna Award, lunch and tours. Mount Saint Dominic Academy Open House Mount Saint Dominic Academy will be having two Open Houses for 7 th and 8 th grade girls and families. The Open Houses will take place on September 22 nd and October 20 th at 1:30 PM. For more information please contact Pauline Condon, Director of Admission, at ext th Anniversary Celebration for Mother Seton Regional High School This year, Mother Seton Regional High School is celebrating 50 years of Academic Excellence and Seton Spirit in Catholic Education in our local geographic area. The school is launching a year-long celebration with a celebratory anniversary weekend featuring: opening liturgy and reception for present students on Friday, September 20 th, Alumnae Luau on Saturday, September 21 st from 2-6 PM, and a 50 th Anniversary liturgy on Sunday, September 22 nd at 3 PM for the entire faculty, staff, alumnae and friends of MSRHS. The school invites those who have been associated with Mother Seton in any way to join them at these events. For more information, visit motherseton.org or call Free Indeed Come hear one man s journey in leaving the homosexual lifestyle and going on to marry, become a father and live a life that is free indeed. The event takes place on Thursday, September 26 th from 7-9 PM at the St. Thomas the Apostle Parish Center. Call for more information and to register. Suggested donation is $10. This is an ecumenical event sponsored by LIFENET. 40 Days for Life LIFENET is organizing a 40 Days for Life effort of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion in America from Wednesday September 25 th to Sunday, November 3 rd. We are asking people to come and pray for 1 hour each week for 6 weeks between 7AM and 7PM at the Social Security Building in Montclair (396 Bloomfield Ave.) located across from a high-volume abortion center. Readings for the Week of September 15, 2013 Sunday: Ex 32:7-11, 13-14/1 Tm 1:12-17/ 15:1-10 Lk 15:1-32 or 15:1-10 Monday: 1 Tm 2:1-8/Lk 7:1-10 Tuesday: 1 Tm 3:1-13/Lk 7:11-17 Wednesday: 1 Tm 3:14-16/Lk 7:31-35 Thursday: 1 Tm 4:12-16/Lk 7:36-50 Friday: 1 Tm 6:2c-12/Lk 8:1-3 Saturday: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13/Mt 9:9-13 Next Sunday: Am 8:4-7/1 Tm 2:1-8/Lk 16:1-13 or 16:10-13 Liturgical Publications Inc