Our Lady Queen of Peace

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1 Our Lady Queen of Peace Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-2:00 PM Parish Office: (973) Fax: (973) Website: OLQPBranchville.org Rev. Edward G. Rama Pastor Mrs. Jennifer Durso Office Manager 209 US Highway 206 Branchville, NJ Sunday, September 30, 2018 Mass Schedule Saturday: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM 9:30 AM Family Mass 11:00 AM Daily: 8:00 AM (Monday-Saturday) Holydays: 8:00 AM and 7:00 PM Reconciliation: Saturday: 3:45 PM-4:45PM After All Masses During Eucharistic Adoration (Mon & Fri) Mrs. Diana Rimshnick Coordinator of Religious Education Mr. Benjamin Yates Music Minister Youth Minster Devotions: Miraculous Medal Novena Monday morning before the 8:00 AM Mass Eucharistic Adoration: Mondays: 7:30 PM-8:30 PM, Fridays: 8:30-9:30 AM First Friday: 8:30 am Sat. 8:00 am (24 Hours) Rosary: After every morning Mass (Mon-Sat) First Saturday Devotion to Our Blessed Mother: First Saturday of every month after the 8:00 AM Mass. Rosary Procession and Breakfast. We have been a Roman Catholic parish family since 1951, with a call to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ in both word and deed, and in all our relationships and responsibilities. We encourage our members to embrace a lifestyle marked by Stewardship of Time, Talent, and Treasure, engaging in active support of our ministries of the Word, Worship, and Service. We welcome visitors and all who wish to join us as new members; please call the parish office for more information on becoming a member of our parish family. Respect Life Sunday Sunday, October 7, 2018 Prayer Service: 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Guest Speaker: Father Anthony Mastroeni Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Rosary and Confessions Hospitality after the Prayer Service Guest Speaker: Father Anthony Mastroeni, Pastoral Consultant for Priests For Life Let us together Pray for Life Statewide Postcard/Petition Campaign October 6-7, 2018 After All Masses The New Jersey Catholic Conference of Bishops has approved a statewide postcard/petition campaign urging the State Senators and Assembly persons to support the NJ Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act A1686/S537. If passed, this bill would protect babies in the womb at 20 weeks - that is 5 months and beyond. Respect Life Baby Shower Our Annual Respect Life Baby Shower benefits Birth Haven & Good Council. Gifts tags will be displayed outside the church, please take a tag to help a needy family. Pick Up Gift Tags at all doors of the Church Sept. 23rd & Sept 29th & 30th Return all unwrapped gifts to the Parish Hall by: Saturday October 6th & Sunday October 7th Right To Life Raffle Tickets on sale Sept. 23rd & Sept 29th & 30th March For Life Bus Trip Friday January18th, 2019 (save the date)

2 Twenty Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time: September 30th Mass Intentions SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29th 8:00 AM RAYMOND TISO (THE VANDERPLOOG FAMILY) 5:00 PM JASON SALVADOR SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30th 8:00 AM ANITA TOMCHUK (PAT ELLIS) 9:30 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 11:00 AM GERALDINE CZARKOWSKI (THE KELLEHER FAMILY) MONDAY 8:00 AM PATRICIA COYLER TUESDAY 8:00 AM GLEN ENGLES (TH VANDERPLOOG FAMILY) WEDNESDAY 8:00 AM PROTECTION OF BABIES IN THE WOMB AND THEIR FAMILIES THURSDAY 8:00 AM ANDREW ABBATE (TOM ALLEN) FRIDAY 8:00 AM CLAIRE MCALLISTER (BARBARA BAYLES) SATURDAY OCTOBER 6TH 8:00 AM AMELIA LANDMESSER (THE VANDERPLOOG FAMILY) 5:00 PM NICHOLAS A. MARINO SUNDAY OCTOBER 7TH 8:00 AM MADELINE & STEVEN SWISS 9:30 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 11:00 AM CHARLES STIPO (THE CHIOR) Please remember in your prayers Monica Carrico, Hap Rowan, Patricia Poole, Patricia Fiss, Clarence Roberts, Joe Foster, Susanne Fernicola, Lisa Dorans, William Pagano, Molly Russo, John Crisman, Philip Baccari, Kathy Flores, Laura Schaefer, Ben Sellitto & Family, Dottie Hilt, Angelo Appice, Miryam Rodriguez, Peggy Mahon, Janice Miglin, Theresa Barrett, Bradley Burchfield, Pete Lozar, Aylssa Morgan, Eileen Andes, Ann Romyns, Nathan Toland, Kevin Bender, Bob Mayer MEMORIALS The week of September 29th the Sanctuary Lamp burns for: Marie Geraci ALTAR FLOWERS MEMORIALS The week of September 29th the Altar Flowers are presented for :Barbara Bendix Weekly Collection Sunday Offering 9/22 & 9/23 $3,790 Online $ 260 Total $4,050 Estimated Weekly Expense $6,500 Shortage ($2,450) Thank you for your generosity. Please Consider Online Giving *If you are not already doing so, please use your envelopes each week. Only contributions in your numbered envelope are recorded for documentation required by the IRS. Please remember our Parish in your will. Altar Servers Online Giving Thank you to the families that have signed up for Online Giving! You can decide exactly when your gift is made and where it goes. You can even view your giving history and pledge progress at any time, just by logging in. Please visit and click the Online Giving link to get started. Sept. 29th & Sept 30th 5:00 PM Debbie Carter 8:00 AM Barbara Bayles 9:30 AM Tom Hudak 11:00 AM Marilyn Stipo Sept. 29th & Sept. 30th 5:00 PM Carly Studt 8:00 AM Jack Lesch 9:30 AM Samantha Price 11:00 AM Chris Pirrello Oct. 6th & Oct. 7th 5:00 PM Marissa Tipton 8:00 AM Ric Hahn 9:30 AM Barbara Bayles 11:00 AM Carolyn Luisi Oct. 6th & Oct. 7th 5:00 PM Chris Pirrello 8:00 AM Jack Lesch 9:30 AM Ryan Hudock 11:00 AM Carly Studt

3 From the Desk of Father Ed: Dear Parishioners, The season of fall has arrived along with pumpkins, bales of hay, corn stalks, and mums, and with temperatures that are more comfortable. The cooler weather motivates us to work on those projects that we might have put aside during the warmer summer months. I always remember the spring and fall cleanup that my mother would do each year in our house. She would be rearranging furniture, cleaning, and decorating the house. My dad would have us outside with him raking up leaves and preparing for the winter months ahead. In our Gospel this weekend, Jesus reminds us of the need to be working on our spiritual life, especially at rooting-out our sins. He teaches us that sin is a reality and sins end, that is, if we remain in deadly sin, is hell. Jesus makes use of hyperbole or exaggeration to emphasize the deadly consequence of remaining in sin. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off...if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off...and if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out...better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. Jesus does not want us to cut off members of our bodies but rather to remove from us whatever causes us to sin. An examination of conscience is a powerful tool for us to use. Each night before going to sleep examine our hearts by asking the Lord to reveal to us where we failed to follow his commandments, where did we fail to love Him and our neighbor? And when He reveals to us our sins and faults let us ask Him for the grace to work harder at growing in the spiritual life by persevering in prayer, staying close to the sacraments and practicing virtue. As we prepare for the colder months of winter ahead let us more importantly prepare for the Kingdom of Heaven that awaits us. Parish Life: Special thanks to the Knights of Columbus for assisting at the Bishop s pastoral visit and their donation of $200 towards the cost of the refreshments that were offered after Mass. October 7th, is Respect Life Sunday. Please be sure to join us for our special Respect Life Prayer Service on Sunday, October 7 at 12:00 noon. Our guest speaker will be Father Anthony Mastroeni. This weekend, tags for the Respect Life Baby Shower will be available before and after all the weekend Masses. Please consider participating in the baby shower. Proceeds from the baby shower will be donated to Birth Haven and Good Council, which provides help for mothers in need. Join us for our one-day bus pilgrimage to the Shrine of the American Martyrs in Auriesville, NY on Friday, October 19. The fee is only $40 and children are free. Signup now online or call the office. Our Lady Queen of Peace, pray for us, Father Ed, Pastor First Fridays Devotion: Friday, October 5th The First Friday's Devotion is Celebrated at the 8:00 AM Mass on the First Friday of the Month. Holy Mass will be Celebrated Ad Orientem. Prayers and Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus are said After Mass. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is available for 24- Hours on the First Friday from 8:30 AM to Saturday, 8:00 AM. Come and Join us on the First Saturday of Each Month: Saturday, October 8:00am Mass at 8:00 am The Holy Rosary is prayed after Mass with a procession and Fatima Prayers. Breakfast is served in the parish hall after the Rosary Bishop s Annual Appeal Here I Am, Lord! One of the benefits of giving to our Bishop s Annual Appeal is the knowledge that the funds support important needs in Morris, Passaic and Sussex Counties. This local connection means that you may be helping your next-door neighbor, your co-worker, the store owner you see each day as you shop in your community perhaps even a family member. In this context, when you give to the Bishop s Annual Appeal, you truly say: Here I Am, Lord making a better life for my brothers and sisters in the area. Please consider making a pledge today. Bishop Serratelli s Pastoral Visit Saturday, September 22, 2018

4 Beloved Saint Visits Our Lady Queen of Peace Sunday, October 14, 2018 Veneration from 8 am to 1 pm The Franciscan Friars from Padua, Italy, invite you to join them in welcoming Saint Anthony of Padua to Our Lady Queen of Peace in Branchville. St. Anthony will be visiting us in the form of two precious and first class relics from the Pontifical Basilica in Padua, Italy. The relics will be accompanied by Fr. Mario Conte, a Franciscan Friar from Padua, Italy, where the Saint is buried. Pumpkin Carving,Painting and Campfire Sunday, Oct. 14th 6:00 PM-8:00 PM Calendar Events 9/30 Sunday 8:00 am, 9:30 am (Family Mass) 11:00 am Mass 9:00 am Rosary Led by the Knights of Columbus 10/1 Monday 6:00 pm E-Team Meeting 7:30 pm Adoration & Benediction 10/2 Tuesday 7:00 pm OA Meeting in Parish Hall 10/3 Wednesday 4:00 pm Mass at The Sunrise House 10/4 Thursday 8:00 am Mass &Rosary 9:00 am Mass at The Bentley 10/5 Friday 8:00 am First Friday Mass & 24-Hour Adoration 2:00 pm First Friday Mass at The Homestead 10/6 Saturday 8:00 am First Saturday Mass, Rosary & Breakfast 3:45 pm Reconciliation 5:00 pm Mass 6:30 pm Blessing of the Animals 10/7 Sunday 8:00 am, 9:30 am (Family Mass) 11:00 am Mass 9:00 am Rosary 7th and 8th graders are also invited to this event! High School Teenage Youth Group. Come Join us on Sunday Nights, 6:00-8:00 pm, in the Parish Hall at Our Lady Queen of Peace. Bring a Friend, New Teens Always Welcome. Eucharistic Adoration Mondays 7:30 pm 8:30 pm (with Benediction) Fridays 8:30 am 9:30 am (after 8:00 am Mass) First Friday 24 Hour Adoration 8:30 am - 8:00 am Saturday Come join us and spend some quiet time in prayer before the Lord. Blessing of the Animals Feast of St Francis of Assisi Saturday, Oct. 6th 6:30 pm The blessing of animals will take place on Saturday, Oct 6th at 6:30pm in the pavillion. It is a tradition that our pets, who are such a special part of our lives, are blessed on this day. All families and their pets are welcome. Religious Education News The OLQP Religious Education program provides a structured and traditional Catholic curriculum to children in Grades 1 through 10. We work to teach our children about the Holy Mass, the Sacraments and the teachings of the Catholic Church. Please visit our website at and select the Religious Education tab for information about registration, the Program Calendar, the Sacraments, the Sunday Family Mass, Child Protection, and much more. Thank you. Sunday Family Mass 9:30am October 14th: Grade 1-5 October 28th: Grade 6-10 Knights of Columbus Family Rosary Sunday Sunday September 30, :00AM in the Church Please join us on September 30th as well as on the Fifth Sunday of future months to pray the rosary for the intention of all members of the parish. Don Bosco Council 7784 Knights of Columbus Will conduct their annual installation of Officers in Our Lady Queen of Peace Church at 1:30 PM on Sunday Sept. 30th. Members of the Parish Family and friends are invited to attend.

5 Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish 1-Day Pilgrimage Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs, Auriesville, NY Friday, October 19th The Feast Day of The American Martyrs 7:00 AM Bus Departs Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish 8:30 AM Stop For Breakfast 10:30 AM Arrival at Auriesville 11:00 AM Mass at The Shrine 12:00 PM Lunch (please bring a bagged lunch) 1:00 PM Tour of the Shrine 3:00 PM Departure from The Shrine 5:00 pm Stop for Dinner 7:00 pm Approximate Arrival at Our Lady Queen of Peace $40.00 per person (Children 12 & under are free) Lunch: Please bring a bagged lunch Breakfast &Dinner: Food can be purchased at the bus stops along the way For information please call Jenn To register online visit our website at OLQPBranchville.org Adult Faith Formation & Rite of Christian Initiation: (RCIA) If you would like to become a Catholic or have not received all of your Sacraments such as First Holy Communion or Confirmation this program is for you! The Adult Faith Formation and RCIA program is designed to help you grow in your faith and become fully initiated into the Church. Please call the office for more information. Food Pantry Items needed for the food pantry are the following: Pasta & spaghetti sauce canned meats frozen food (drop off by appointment) breakfast items snacks shampoo, deodorant and razors Gift cards Our food pantry now serves over 140 local families Thank you for your continued support and generosity. The hours for the Food Pantry are Mondays 12:00 pm 2:00 pm. We are closed on Holidays and for bad weather. Parish Fundraiser SHOP-RITE, WEIS & OTHER GIFT CARDS Please consider supporting our Parish Fundraiser. There is no extra fee for these cards. The Parish makes 2%-5% profit with each card purchased. Gift Cards are generally sold after each of the weekend Masses in the Parish Hall. Gift Cards are also available in the Parish Office from Mon.-Fri. 9:00 am 2:00 pm. Approximate Profit for August $ Sacraments of the Church: Baptism: Infant Baptisms (Private & Communal) are celebrated on Saturdays at 11:30 AM & Sundays at 12:30 PM. An instruction class on Baptism will be provided in advance. Please call in advance to make an appointment and to ensure that the Church s requirements especially for Godparents are satisfied. Eucharist: If you are seriously ill or homebound and would like to receive Holy Communion please contact Father Ed. Adult Confirmation: Please call the office and ask about our religious education program for adults. Reconciliation: The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available Saturday 3:45pm-4:45pm, after weekday Masses 8:30am, during Adoration Monday evening 7:30pm-8:30pm and Friday morning 8:30am-9:30am, and anytime by appointment. Anointing of the Sick: Anyone who wishes to receive this healing sacrament, the Anointing of the Sick, should contact Father Ed. Marriage: Couples contemplating marriage are asked to call the office for an appointment to discuss the Marriage Preparation Program. Arrangements should normally be made one year in advance and before any wedding dates are finalized.