MONDAY, March 16, 2015 7:00 AM Ronnie Wissemann, r/o Loftus Family 8:45 AM Paul Kenneth Bell, r/o Rocky Pagano TUESDAY, March 17, 2015 7:00 AM Patricia Carnevale, r/o Family 8:45 AM Eugene & Mary O Donnell, r/o M/M Connie O Donnell WEDNESDAY, March 18, 2015 7:00 AM Dorothy Belle Guarracino, r/o Gayle Cyrana 8:45 AM Martin Kearney, r/o Gerardo & Maddalena Famiglietti THURSDAY, March 19, 2015 7:00 AM Dorothy McCartin, r/o The Bacsik Family 8:45 AM Ronnie Wissemann, r/o Timiniski Family FRIDAY, March 20, 2015 7:00 AM Carmela DellaTorre, r/o Carolyn Kearney 8:45 AM Mary McCarthy, r/o Kaminski Family 7:00 PM Stations of the Cross SATURDAY, March 21, 2015 8:00 AM Alyson Finn, r/o McQuade Family 5:00 PM Edward Smietana, r/o Sachewicz Family 7:00 PM Virginia McManus, r/o Rita & Mary Migacz SUNDAY, March 22, 2015 7:00 AM Joan Rokose, r/o M/M A. Moskwa 9:00 AM Nicolina & Rocco Famiglietti, r/o Son Rocco 10:45 AM Living and Deceased Members of our Parish 12:15 PM Pauline Plungis, r/o James Plungis Remember and pray for the sick of the parish, those who are hospitalized, and their caregivers: Helen Slusark, Jimmy Souza, Rose Kirk, Vincent Taliercio, George Wittmann, Joan Sztybel, Joanne Villanueva, Danny Sheldon, Joy Stamato, Antoinette Falgares, Veronica Blessing, Lonny Perryman, Barbara Paul, Richard Lubas, Karen Holda, Dot Mirande, Ricky Hyland, Louise Speranza, Lou & Marie Santillo, Jean Stalevicz, Angie & Carmen Shiveti, Patrick Frame, Donna Brightman, Paul Senczakiewicz, Josh Estenes, Frank Jazikoff, Sr., Anna Sielska, Baby Tyler Bishop, Neil Scheve, Phil Chiera, Eric LeGrande, Bethany Ciccarelli, and please remember our service men and women in your prayers. Let us pray for our recently departed brothers and sisters, Frank Comito and reward them a place in heaven and eternal rest. The Bread and Wine have been offered in loving memory of Eleanor C. Klos from The Middle Level and Cosimo D. Corvasce from Corvasce Family The Sanctuary Light Has Been Donated in loving memory of Michael J. Hanley from The Michnewicz Family Next Baptismal class will be March 18th, 2015 Please call the Rectory to register. e welcome our littlest member born to new life Baptized in water and the Holy Spirit March 8, 2015 Brian John Vella Child of John and Maria Lorenzo Vella GOD S PLAN FOR GIVING Collection for the weekend of 3/8/15 was $12,986.75 May God bless you for your generosity. ALTAR ROSARY COUNTER We now have Lent/Easter items and books for adults and children. Lent at SJV Parish During Lent we invite you to join us as we prepare for Easter in a spiritual way. The following Lenten programs are being offered this year for the entire parish community. An afternoon of scripture and music, Sunday March 15 th at 3:00 Pm in the church. Plan on joining us on Latare Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Lent) as scripture readings are proclaimed and our adult choir leads us in singing a presentation of Lenten and Holy week music. Hopefully we can all join in singing some of our traditional Lenten hymns together. Following the presentation, please join us in the school cafeteria for food and fellowship, as well as crafts for the children! Parish Tenebrae Service, Tuesday March 31 st at 7:30 Pm in the church. This year we will be holding the service in the evening! The distinctive ceremony of Tenebrae is the gradual extinguishing of candles while a series of readings and psalms are recited and chanted. Our adult choir will be leading us in the sung portion of the service. Plan on joining us as on Tuesday evening Holy Week!
ST. VINCENT de PAUL The Society of St. Vincent DePaul is collecting, new or gently used Communion dresses, suits and accessories for those less fortunate in our community. It is the perfect opportunity to donate those outfits your child has outgrown to make some other child s Communion day just as special. Please contact Barbara Morrisey 732-501-2195 or Donna Worosila 732-381-1584 to arrange for a pick up. Monetary donations are also welcome. God bless you for generosity during this Lenten season. CHRISM MASS On Monday, March 30, 2015 Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski will celebrate the Chrism Mass with the priests of the Diocese. At this Mass, the Bishop will bless the Holy Oils which each priest receives for the rites of anointing. Saint Ambrose (340-397) began this custom which we now call the Chrism Mass in his Cathedral in Milan. These Holy Oils, which are used to sanctify the Faithful, have been channels of holiness for centuries! The Oil of Catechumens is used to anoint the chest of infants and hands of adults before their Baptism; the Oil of the Sick is used on the forehead and hands of the inform in the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick; and Sacred Chrism is used to anoint the head of the newly Baptized, the foreheads of confirmandi, the hands of a priest at this ordination, the head of a bishop at his ordination, and the altar and wall s of new churches. At the Mass, all priests make a Renewal of Commitment to Priestly Service, recommitting themselves to their Bishop and to their ministry to God and His People; the Bishop and all Priests then ask the people for a pledge of their prayerful support. All are strongly encouraged to join in the ancient, grace-filled Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Metuchen at 7:30 PM. St. John Vianney School News Congratulations to the Sinchire Family, winners of Calendar Raffle #5. The next Home School Association Meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 17, at 7:30 PM in the cafeteria. Come early and check out the great selection of books at our Book Fair which will be set up in the Library. The Uniform Exchange will also be available. There will be a 12:15 PM dismissal on Friday, March 20. Aftercare will be provided. If your child will be staying in Aftercare, please send them with a lunch. If you haven t already done so, please return your reregistration paperwork to school this week. If your child will not be returning, please send a note to the office so we can send you the necessary forms. Pre-K News Please plan to join us for our next HSA Meeting on Tuesday, March 17, in the main school cafeteria at 7:30 PM. On Friday, March 20, we will follow our half day schedule. Students who only attend in the morning will be dismissed at 10 AM; full day students will be dismissed at 12 noon. Aftercare will be provided. Openings are still available for our Pre-K 3 and 4 programs for next year. Please call the school office at 732-388-1662 for more information. The Colonia 5K Race and Chris Jantas Fun Run will take place on Saturday, April 25, here at St. John s. The Fun Run starts at 8:30 AM, and the 5K starts at 9 AM. We need help on the day of the race at the registration table and out on the race course. If you could spare an hour or two to help us, please contact Jonathan Miskewicz at 732-770-6144 (Jonathanmiskewicz@yahoo.com) or Jeff Steward at 908-892-3496 (jeff.a.steward@gmail.com). The HSA Book Fair is raising funds this year for development and improvements to our school library. All SJV Parish families are invited to support the Scholastic Book Fair with Online Sales, available March 1-21, or by visiting our on-site fair on Tuesday, March 17, from 5:30-8:00 PM in the SJV Library. For online sales, go to http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/sjvs (If you do not have a child in the school, use SJV for the Classroom Teacher.)
SJV Cheerleading News On Saturday, March 7th, our Biddy and JV teams attended the St. James Cheer Competition. Biddy took home Best Tumbling while JV took home second place!! Our Varsity team attended the Golden Knights Cheer Competition and these ladies truly had a great day! Not only did they take home first place, they also took home the Grand Champ award!! As always, these young ladies showed great dedication, commitment and teamwork to their sport!!! COMING UP...Saturday, March 14th, all three teams head to the St. Ambrose Cheer Competition being held in South Amboy. Good luck ladies. we are all so proud of you!!! From the Religious Education Office: Registration forms for the 2015-2016 Religious Education year will be on the St. John Vianney website (www.sjvianney.com) beginning March 16, 2015 for you to download and fill out. Please read the information letter for changes in the dates and times of the classes. Altar Server Ministry News From the Ministry Coordination Team At a very important time in Jesus life, He accepted the services of a young boy. This young boy provided five loaves and two fish for that very momentous miracle with which Jesus launched his teaching on the Holy Eucharist. The Sacred Writers do not tell us the name of the young boy, only his deed, and his act of service. Altar servers also perform a great deed of service, to our priests, deacons and our entire faith community. The parish family of St. John Vianney has been fortunate to benefit from the services at the altar of many fine young men and women over the years. Every three months or so, they recommit themselves to the schedule of rotation of Masses and volunteer their time to assist at funerals, weddings and special liturgies like Midnight Mass, Holy Week services or The Easter Vigil. On occasion, some of our youth will have completed their service as they prepare to graduate from High School or find the rigors of the rotating schedule too difficult to juggle with their increasingly busy, teenage lives. We have three such retirees this time around on the schedule: Joshua Restauro, Jared Quinton and Gabriel Beltran. Joshua started in 2007 as a fifth grader, as did Gabriel in 2010. Jared began as an eighth grader in 2012. Each will serve their final Mass this month in the coming weeks. If you think in terms of serving for seven or eight years, that could be over 200 liturgies served at the altar. Please join me in thanking these three young men for their service to the parish. Agnes Bacsik - Thomas Bresnan Mary Jantas YOUTH MINISTRY Youth Group Living Stations of the Cross practice continues this Sunday March 15th from 6:45pm to 9:00 pm in the Church at St. Cecelia's. Please Mark Palm Sunday, March 29th as Dress Rehearsal; we will meet at the same time but stay until 9:30pm. Look for Spring Retreat PS to be handed out soon. Don't forget team meetings continue this week! NCYC registration is still open, please get your forms to me asap, contact me if you need the paperwork. Looking to plan long term? Here are some Important youth ministry Dates: Living Stations of the Cross: Good Friday April 3rd. (7:30pm), Spring Retreat weekend April 17-19, SJV Fair June 15-20: Appalachia July 5-10, Fall retreat weekend: October 16-18, NCYC November 19-22, Christmas retreat weekend: December 11-13, let's stop there for now. Can you Help our Teens? This November is the National Catholic Youth Conference; (NCYC) our youth group along with Twenty three thousand catholic students from all fifty states will be attending. Our students are seeking donations to help lower the cost of this life changing conference. If you would like to help, simply make a check out to SJV youth ministry (in any amount), and mail it C/O John Cook, youth minister, to 420 Inman Avenue, Colonia, NJ. 07067. All checks will be placed in an account to lower the general cost of the experience for everyone. Thank you for all of the support you have offered the youth ministry program since 1996, and for your consideration. Need more information? Great! Please contact John Cook at jcook@sjvs.net or call the office at (732) 381-0008. Calendar updates can also be found on John Cook's facebook page dedicated to youth ministry. Parents and teens are invited to join the page! Parents--Want to get on the group text blast for youth group reminders? Simply e-mail me your name and cell number to be added to the list! I look forward to seeing you soon!!
PRO LIFE Our next meeting will be March 24 th. Maternity donations can be dropped in the crib in the foyer of the church. Both new and gently used items are accepted. Please continue to remember the children and families who are helped with your donations. If you have larger items, please call Carolyn at 732-381-0499 to arrange for pickup. Thank you for your continued generosity. MUSIC MINISTRY NEWS Adult Choir Our adult choir will be presenting an afternoon of Lenten and Holy week music for the whole parish this Sunday March 15 th at 3:00pm!! This group is open to all adults as well as high school students!! The Adult Choir sings most Sundays at the 9:00 am mass and occasionally at the 10:45 am mass. We are now practicing music for Holy Week and Easter. Our next rehearsal will be on Wednesday March 18 th from 7:30 to 9:00 pm in the church. New members are always welcome and encouraged to attend! Children s Choir Many thanks to our children s choir group for hosting our parish breakfast last Sunday. Thanks also to ALL our students for a great job leading the singing at the 9:00 am mass last Sunday! We are now starting to practice for Easter Sunday! The children s choir usually sings on the second Sunday of the month at the 9:00 am mass and the forth Sunday of the month at the 10:45 am mass. Our next rehearsal will be on Tuesday March 17 th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm in the church. We will sing again on Sunday March 22 nd at the 10:45 am mass! We welcome ALL children in the parish from second grade and up to join our group!!! Folk Group The folk group can be found playing and singing generally at 12:15 Pm mass each Sunday. Rehearsals are held on Sundays at 11:00 Am in the meeting room in the church foyer. The group is always looking for additional singers as well as instrumentalists. The folk group is under the direction of Ms. Jennie Esposito. Teenage Group On the fourth Sunday of each month our high school students are invited to sing and play for the 12:15 Pm mass. ALL high school students are invited to either sing play an instrument or do both! This group is also under the direction of Ms. Jennie Esposito. Please feel free to see Jennie after the 12:15 mass on Sundays for more information on either the folk or the teenage group. The teenage group will sing next Sunday March 22 nd at the 12:15 pm mass! For more information on any of our musical groups please call (908) 331-0471 or e-mail Jamie at jframeiii@yahoo.com. Think about joining this Lent!! THANK YOU!!! Many thanks to all the students and parents from the Children s Choir for hosting our parish breakfast last weekend. I thank all those who prepared or donated food. Thanks also to all the parents and students who helped with the set-up and clean-up of the cafeteria. Finally I thank all those who took the time to come down after mass to enjoy a morning of fellowship in our parish. Thanks again, Jamie Frame Dir. of Music TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH PARISH HOUSE 650 RAHWAY AVE. WOODBRIDGE, NJ SUNDAY, MARCH 22 4 6 PM Catering by Thistle of Kearny Adults $15., Children $8. For tickets call: 732-634-7422 X 10 www.trinitywoodbridge.org
Mount St. Mary House of Prayer, Watchung, will offer the following programs. Registration required; call 908-753-2091 or e-mail: msmhope@msmhope.org SOUND HEALING THROUGH DRUMMING AND CHANTING Drum...Chant... and create SPACE for healing, peace and relaxation. Drums enhance God's power to cure...your blood pressure, stress and ways to endure! Drums provided. Mar. 24, 7-9 p.m. ($20-$30 As You Are Able) INQUIRY CIRCLE: The Work of Byron Katie Mar. 29, 7:00-8:30 p.m. (Free Will Offering) TRIDUUM RETREAT Celebrate our sacred days! Seder meal and Holy Week liturgies. Begins Holy Thursday, Apr 2, 2 p.m.; concludes Easter Sunday, Apr 5, 9 a.m.($220) GRIEF RECOVERY-Learning a process to deal with grief Gentle 4-step experiential process for resolving the grief caused by loss. Apr 12, 1:00-5:30 p.m. ($45) DAMN YANKEES SPRING MUSICAL CARDINAL MCCARRICK/ST. MARY S HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTH AMBOY MARCH 26, 27, AND 28 AT 7:00 PM FOR TICKET INFO CALL 732-721-0748 X 244 SENIOR BUS TRIPS APRIL 16 Hunterdon Hills Playhouse presents Abie s Irish Rose (a comedy). Luncheon included. Leave SJV at 9:45 AM JUNE 1 5 Cape Cod at the Irish Village in So. Yarmouth, MA. 5 days 4 nights. Breakfast and Dinner each day. Guided Tours of Martha s Vineyard, Boston, and the Cape, Mohegan Sun on the way home. Call Connie at 732-388-6543 (open to all). Stewardship Reflections How much time, other than an hour on Sunday, do you give back to God for the many blessing that you have received? As Catholics, we are not to focus only on ourselves, but are called by our Baptism to reach out and share our time and talent with our brothers and sisters. Stewardship opens an avenue of thought that allows us to give, with no strings attached, and without questioning what we will get in return.