Third Sunday of Lent March 11, 2012

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1 Third Suay of Lent March 11, MASSES Daily Mass offering is $15.00 a Holyday a Weeke Masses are $ Checks can be made payable to "Church of Saint Mary." SATURDAY, MARCH 10, :00 p.m. Carol Froehlich SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 Anony a Mary Danza 7:30 a.m. Anony Azzolini 9:00 a.m. John Kennedy - 18 Anniversary Krason a Pilch Families 10:30 a.m. Laura Rojas Bueno 12:00 noon George Rimar - 14 Anniversary MONDAY, MARCH 12, :00 a.m. Theodore Materek Nora Dolan Vincent a Mildred Kreder TUESDAY, MARCH 13, :30 a.m. Albert Broowski Gregory W. Bilis WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, :00 a.m. John Bernardo Robert Golembiewski THURSDAY, MARCH 15, :30 a.m. Stefano Pisciotta Kaerine Temple FRIDAY, MARCH 16, :00 a.m. Virginia Tamburello SATURDAY, MARCH 17, :00 p.m. Anony Azzolini Moran, Rogers & Bruton Families Robert Slater - 1 Anniversary Tommy Murphy SUNDAY, MARCH 18, :30 a.m. Stella D Angelo Robert Golembiewski 9:00 a.m. Carol Froehlich 10:30 a.m. Thanksgiving to Our Lord Jesus 12:00 noon George Ruis Next Suay s Scripture Readings FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a (31A) Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, SANCTUARY OFFERINGS The Sanctuary Lamp which burns near e Tabernacle in Church, e remier of e Lord's Presence in e Mo Holy Euchari will burn in memory of WALTER AND MICHAEL SAKOWSKI. Requeed by Doroy Sakowski. The Altar Breads which will become e Body of our Lord Jesus Chri at e Masses celebrated in Church during e week will be offered in memory of GEORGE RIMAR - 14TH ANNIVERSARY. Requeed by Peter a Gabriella Najawko. Please keep Walter, Michael, George a eir families in your prayers Sanctuary Offerings are available rough e Parish Office located in e Religious Formation Office. Celebrate e Bir - Baptism - Graduation - Wedding - Anniversary of someone you love OR remember ose in e Military - ose who are deceased rough ese offerings! ARCHBISHOP S ANNUAL APPEAL Once a year, Archbishop Myers asks each of us to make a sacrificial commitment to e Church of Newark so we will have e necessary resources to fu, for an entire year, e offices which provide direct services to parishes, including ours. In addition, a ho of oer programs a Human Services are provided which NO single parish could provide on its own. Our parish a e Archdiocese are ONE. Bo 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 ey have, are e fir ones to benefit from eir own sense of gratitude of God. Envelopes can be fou in back of church.

2 From e Paor March 11, rd Suay of Lent Jesus made a whip out of cords a drove em out of e temple area, saying, Stop making my Faer s house a marketplace. Then Jesus answered em a said, Deroy is temple a in ree days I will raise it up. [See John 2_13-25] To help open e treasures of e revised Roman Missal, each week I m giving a reflection on e ree Mass orations of at day, gleamed from e book Essential Presidential Prayers a Texts. I m truly amazed at e eological dep a beauty of ese prayers; I hope you are, too! 3 rd Suay of Lent Collect O God, auor of every mercy a of all goodness, who in faing, prayer a almsgiving have shown us a remedy for sin, look graciously on is confession of our lowliness, at we, who are bowed down by our conscience, may always be lifted up by your mercy. Lowliness. When we speak of e lowliness of e Blessed Virgin Mary we inte no insult; on e contrary, it highlights one of her greate assets! For by humbly taking God at His word, a accepting e divine will a plan, Mary became a channel of Chri s presence in ways we cannot even imagine! Yet is Collect, which comes near e midpoint of Lent, when we ve probably become discouraged by our failure to attain e goals of our Fai, remis us: DON T GIVE UP! For God has auored or created a plan by which we can participate in but not earn His forgiveness a mercy! We have e reefold remedy for sin: prayer, faing a almsgiving, which God will never reject from us, a which will always work for us, no matter how many times we need em! For unlike oer medicines a procedures, God will never reject em, nor will we ever develop a resiance to em! For God s cure for whatever ails our soul: prayer, faing a almsgiving ALWAYS work! 3 rd Suay of Lent Prayer over e Offerings Be pleased, O Lord, wi ese sacrificial offerings, a grant at we who beseech pardon for our own sins, may take care to forgive our neighbor. Let s Make a Deal. In e Prayer over e Offerings, as in e Lord s Prayer, we make a deal wi God; we tell God to forgive us as we forgive oers; to use e measure wi which we measure oers to measure us. But how can God be pleased wi [our sacrificial offerings? It is only possible if we offer em in union wi Chri s ultimate self-sacrifice upon e Cross for e world s salvation! By uniting all we are a do a all we offer wi Chri s total gift of Himself, God can be a will be pleased wi our offerings - which brings us full circle. For having accepted our offerings, God now waits for us to fulfill e exchange, by forgiving as we have been forgiven! As a loving parent, God knows we cannot give what we have not fir received; nor are we likely to become what has not fir been identified, praised a celebrated in us. So God fir shows us mercy a forgiveness; en God praises us for being merciful a forgiving; en God rejoices as we share ese divine gifts wi oers! 3 rd Suay of Lent - Prayer after Communion As we receive e pledge of ings yet hidden in heaven a are nourished while ill on ear wi e Bread at comes from on high, we humbly entreat you, O Lord, at what is being brought about in us in myery may come to true completion. A Pledge. A pledge is a super-duper promise, akin to a vow. That God pledged so much to us is unbelievable; at God has already fulfilled at pledge by seing us Jesus, who suffered a died a rose again for our salvation a by seing us His Holy Spirit to empower a direct us - is truly miboggling! But as if all is is not enough, God also gives us His Son s Body a Blood to nourish a suain us. So as we ruggle to live in is interim time of confusion a change, of setbacks a sin, a of dying a dea, we have e Sacraments, especially e Euchari, to grace us wi all we need to keep on going until we reach our goal! However, it is ill ju a pledge so we mu be patient a accepting of e fact at we are NOT THERE YET! So never lose hope; never give up; never doubt for what God has promised WILL come to true completion someday! Wi God s love a my prayers, Revere Michael J. Kreder

3 CAN YOU HELP? Msgr. Joseph Chiang, residing at Saint John Vianney has inquired about e possibility of ONE or TWO families here at Saint Mary helping to open eir home to his sier Mary Chiang. Sier Mary Chiang is a Dominican Sier residing in Macau near Hong Kong. She would like to visit from July 1 for e mon of July. Her purpose is to improve her English language. Sier Mary speaks fluent Spanish a is President of a Caolic School wi an enrollment of 6,000 udents. We are looking for a loving, caring home for Sier. Kily call Msgr. Chiang at (201) if you can assi for 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks! CATECHIST CERTIFICATION All Catechis are required to continually update eir certification. Here's a perfect opportunity for you to receive ONE hour of Diocesan Certification! Dr. Saura Kennedy, Sadlier National Religion Consultant, willl couct 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 atte, kily RSVP by Moay, April 16 to Michael Power, our local Sadlier Representative a parishioner mpower@sadlier.com SATURDAY MORNING PRAYER SERVICE Volunteers will lead our 9:00 a.m. Prayer Service wi Euchari on Saturday mornings. If you would like to consider being on our subitute li, kily call Gloria Ryan at (201) SECOND COLLECTION Peter s Pence March 10 a 11 This week, as a parish, we will participate in e Peter s Pence Collection for e Works of e Holy Faer. This collection enables e Holy Faer to respo to reques for emergency fus from e mo needy roughout e world. The gospel continually challenges us to le a helping ha to ose in need, to help build a better world wi juice for all. This special Collection is an opportunity to demonrate juice as well as kiness to our broers a siers in need. Please pray for e Holy Faer s works a contribute generously to e appeal. BIBLE GROUP "Would you like to know your Caolic fai better? Come a see. Our Bible Group meets every Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. We have a small Bible based prayer, udy a discussion group in a private home in Ruerford. Call (201) All are welcome." PRAY FOR OUR SICK Please PRAY in e name of JESUS, e healer, at e SICK of SAINT MARY PARISH may be reored to heal a all ose who ASSIST a CARE for e sick will be given e STRENGTH to continue GOD S good WILL: Ray Aerson, 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, Be Maroney, Megan Macaluso, Connie Mehos a Steven Monahan MARK YOUR 2012CALENDAR NOW! Regiration for Religious Formation will begin on e weeke of March 31/April 1. Forms can be downloaded from our website: Friday, March 30. If you are unsure of your parish number, please contact e Parish Office because NO regirration will be accepted wiout your parish number. ONLY Regiration forms will be accepted. Regiration will take place after all Masses in Room #100 in e basesment of e High School. Forms will also be available in e hallway. The DEADLINE to regier for e Summer Program is Suay, April 29, ABSOLUTELY NO REGISTRATIONS will be accepted after April 29. In e intere of providing your children wi a well organized program, adequately prepared catechis a necessary educational materials, we urge you to comply wi our reque so at our experience can truly be fai-filled a Spirit enhanced. ENROLLEMENT is depeent on e number of catechis available. Classes will be held on: June 25 rough e 29 a July 2, 3, 5 a 6. Oer dates to be determined. GOOD FRIDAY - STATIONS OF THE CROSS The Stations of e Cross have long been a central part of our Caolic tradition. By reflecting on e Fourteen Stations of our Lord s Passion a Dea, we try to enter more fully e great myery of His Resurrection. Once again is year on Good Friday evening, April 6 several parishioners will make e Stations come ALIVE for e people of our parish. The reflections written a shared by e iividual(s) are sometimes based on a happy event such as a marriage or bir of a child, sometimes ey reflect on a more difficult trial such as e sickness or dea of a loved one. Perhaps is year you [by yourself or wi a family member or frie] might be inspired to participate. We will provide you wi written inructions. If you are intereed in participating or would like more information, please call Debbie [ ] - IMMEDIATELY!

4 FIRST EUCHARIST It is at e TABLE of e LORD at our FIRST COMMUNICANTS will come for e FIRST time during our Eaer Season to deepen eir unity wi Jesus. Many have asked for e following information so ey too can be a part of ese special days for ose receiving Communion. We have lied e names, dates a times for all to witness! Juan Ageitos Saturday, April 28-5:00 Brean Ahearn Suay, May 6-10:30 Anony Albanese Saturday, May 5-5:00 Julia Almeida Suay, April 22-9:00 Emma Auguine Suay, April 29-9:00 Melissa Bautia Suay, April 29-9:00 Thomas Benninghoff Suay, May 6-10:30 Jillian Bioolillo Suay, April 29-9:00 Alexara Birdsall Suay, May 6-10:30 Thomas Boccassini Saturday, May 5-5:00 Kailee Boman Suay, April 22-9:00 Area Bozza-Caballero Saturday, May 5-5:00 Jordyn Buckley Suay, April 29-9:00 Gianni Cafaro Suay, April 29-9:00 Steven Carino Suay, May 6-10:30 Adriana Carter Suay, April 22-9:00 Sam Casiano Suay, April 29-9:00 Joseph Cerchione Saturday, May 5-5:00 Bobby Cerchione Saturday, May 5-5:00 Patrick Cerulli Suay, May 6-10:30 Philip Chiaviello Suay, April 29-9:00 Logan Cox Saturday, May 5-5:00 Matew DeBari Suay, April 29-10:30 Jason Delgado Suay, April 22-9:00 Alessia DiBlasi Saturday, May 5-5:00 Alexaer DiMaulo Suay, April 29-10:30 Evan Erickson Saturday, May 5-5:00 James Ern Suay, May 6-10:30 James Fencik Suay, April 29-10:30 Arew Fencik Suay, April 29-10:30 Leonardo Fernaez Suay, May 6-9:00 Michael Ferrara Suay, April 22-9:00 Connor Finan Suay, May 6-10:30 Carlo Flamer Suay, May 6-9:00 Gina Gaccione Suay, April 29-10:30 Jack Gordon Suay, May 6-12:00 Evan Gordon Suay, May 6-12:00 Nicholas Grochowski Suay, May 6-9:00 Lauren Hayes Suay, April 29-10:30 Jacob Herninko Suay, April 29-10:30 Alex Hui Suay, May 6-10:30 Raquel Izaguirre Suay, April 22-10:30 George Kasper Suay, April 22-10:30 Michael Kaufman Suay, May 6-10:30 Vincent Keeler Suay, May 6-12:00 Arew Kidchob Suay, May 6-12:00 Frederick Liller Suay, April 29-10:30 John Paul Macri Suay, May 6-9:00 Gianna Marasciulo Suay, April 22-10:30 Anony Masullo Suay, May 6, 12:00 Kaerine McCary Suay, April 29-10:30 Chriopher McNeilly Suay, April 29-12:00 Ava Melore Suay, April 29-12:00 Chriopher Nicolas Suay, May 6-9:00 Angelica Nino Suay, April 22-10:30 Shannon O'Neill Saturday, April 21-5:00 p.m. Michaela O'Neill Suay, April 29-12:00 Zack O'Rourke Suay, April 22-10:30 Ares Pena Suay, April 22-12:00 Natalie Petrosino Suay, April 22-10:30 Brenna Philp Suay, April 29-12:00 Anony Preo Suay, April 22-12:00 Santino Ragusa Suay, April 22-12:00 Jenna Rogers Suay, May 6-12:00 Patrick Rogers Suay, May 6-12:00 Douglas Russell Suay, April 29-12:00 Daniel Sanchez Suay, April 22-12:00 Juin Sarnowski Suay, April 29-12:00 Abigail Schmitt Suay, April 29-12:00 Brooke Schroeder Suay, May 6-12:00 Sierra Sloan Suay, May 6-10:30 Sebaian Smi Suay, May 6-12:00 Liam Smi Suay, April 22-12:00 Olivia Smi Suay, May 6-12:00 Bridget Sullivan Suay, April 29-12:00 Kimberly Vosbrink Suay, May 6-10:30 Emily Weber Suay, May 6-9:00 Stefan Wisniewski Suay, April 29-12:00 Richard Wolf Suay, April 22-10:30 Amelia Zamarra Suay, April 29-12:00 James Ziemkiewicz Suay, May 6-9:00

5 Parish Penance Service Moay, March 26 at 7:30 pm Several pries will hear private confessions after e communal Examination of Conscience & Act of Contrition. N O G R EAT E RL O VE Chri's Passion in Poetry, Song a Dance presented by The Xavier Company Suay, April 1, pm CHURCH OF SAINT MARY NO Admission Charge Free Will Offering will betaken FLOWER MEMORIALS If you wish to REMEMBER YOUR LOVED ONES by memorializing em in our Eaer Flower Donations, please use e envelope included wi your monly packet or pick one up in back of Church. The names of e person a e person requeing e remembrance will be included on ONE line to be published in e bulletin Suay after Eaer. Please PRINT a be legible. PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY Continue to pray for all e brave men a women who are defeing our country. Keep em safe from all attacks a danger. Give em wisdom a reng in battle, help em to ay spiritually, physically, mentally a emotionally rong a bring em safely home to eir families. DREW NAPOLI nephew to Thea Scheuerman 1LT. DANIELLE REID daughter of John a Bonnie Reid in Kuwait PAUL FEDORISIN Ellen Reid's grason Fort Knox - Kentucky ALTAR SERVERS We are looking for e return of 0LDER SERVERS of High School age rough 29 to assi wi our Triduum Masses a services. If you were an Altar Server a would like to share your time during e Sacred Triduum, please call e Parish Office. Think quickly! Scripts are prepared a we re ready for print! ALL CURRENT SERVERS are asked to put time aside a be available for e MASS OF THE LORD S SUPPER on THURSDAY, April 5 at 7:30 P.M. Rehearsal for is liturgy will take place Saturday evening, March 31 following e 5:00 p.m. Mass. PALM CROSS SALE proceeds will benefit Saint Mary High School - Class of 2012! Orders for crosses can be taken by completing e form below a returning it to e High School - checks should be made payable to Saint Mary High School. Please mark e envelope "Palm Cross Sale." Orders are due by Friday, March 23, 2012 a need to be picked up on Saturday, March 31 from 9 to 11am in front of e school. Call Joan wi queions: (201) " Cross wi bow $ " Cross - plain $ " Cross - bow/2 lillies $ " Cross - plain $ " Cross - bow/2 lillies $14.00 Orders can be dropped off at e high school or mailed to 64 Chenut Street marked Palm Cross Sale. SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL OLD FASHIONED STAR SPANGLED TRICKY TRAY Saint Mary High School will be holding eir Annual Tricky Tray on Friday, April 20. This year's event, "An Old Fashioned Star Spangled Tricky Tray" will be held at e High School gymnasium. The entrance fee is $15.00 a a paa dinner will be offered for $5.00/plate. Doors open at 6pm. For tickets, please call Joanie at (201) or smhspres@verizon.net. Tickets will also be available for purchase at e door. Donations toward e prize pool are greatly appreciated. These donations may be dropped off at e Main Office or can be arranged for pick up. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS Sessions for adults intereed in becoming Caolic or Caolic adults who wish to receive Holy Euchari a/or Confirmation are held on Suay mornings at 10:30 a.m. in Room 200 in Saint Mary High School. To regier, call Mary Lanni (201) or marylanni@comca.net. OPERATION RICE BOWL Operation Rice Bowl provides e faiful of our Archdiocese wi e opportunity to learn about a directly assi e poor bo here in our Archdiocese a overseas. Please pick up a rice bowl fou by e main doors of church a return em to church by Holy Thursday, April 5. STATIONS OF THE CROSS... are held on Friday evenings during Lent at 7:30 in Church. Stations help e faiful to make a spiritual pilgrimage of prayer, rough meditating upon e chief scenes of Chri's sufferings a dea. All are welcome! Stations will be led by e Lectors on March 16!

6 Third Suay of Lent March 11, 2012 "Recapture e Dream" - A Dream Come True!