St. Rose of Lima Church 312 Ridgedale Avenue East Hanover, New Jersey 07936 www.saintroseoflimachurch.org Sixth Sunday of Easter May 21, 2017 What a beautiful honor it was for me to consecrate our parish to Mary of the Immaculate Conception. As we celebrated the 100 th Anniversary of our Blessed Mother s Apparition to the three children in Fatima we call to mind the need to stay close to God especially by frequent confession, weekly Holy Communion, and praying the Rosary. As we look to the world today we see a possible crisis in North Korea which would affect that whole region and possibly even the United States. We must pray constantly that world leaders will dialogue and that through prayer and mutual understanding humankind can live in peace and harmony. The Holy Father s visit to Fatima was indeed memorable. How blessed are we to be under the protective loving care of our Blessed Mother. Congratulations to the Portuguese who last weekend won the European song contest. They, like other European nations, have been participating in this contest for almost fifty years and are thrilled to be the winners. How proud I am of Deacon Kamil. A big thank you to the many parishioners who came to support him by attending his ordination last Saturday. We surround him and the other nine deacons as they prepare for their ultimate goal Ordination to Priesthood in May 2018. It was a joy to see Deacon Kamil assist as deacon for the first time last weekend and what a great homily he gave. He worked so hard at the English language and spends a lot of time working at public speaking. It s been a joy having him here on the weekends at St. Rose since last September. Bishop Serratelli met with all the newly ordained deacons Monday to give them their new parish assignments. I m thrilled to tell you that bishop has appointed Deacon Kamil to serve at St. Rose for the next year. Deacon Kamil attends Rutgers Monday through Thursday to perfect his English. He is very happy to be appointed here. I think it s going to be a very good fit. Congratulations to Doris and Giulio who celebrated their 50 th Wedding Anniversary last Saturday evening and renewed their vows during the Mass. Congratulations to Joann and John who also celebrated their 50 th Wedding Anniversary and renewed their vows at the 12:00noon Mass. This coming Thursday, May 25 th, we celebrate the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ into Heaven. On that day He bid us farewell until He would return until the end of time. He commissioned the Apostles, the Disciples and all the faithful to bring the Good News to all. He then ascended to the heavens. We know that Jesus will return in glory at the end of time. We know too that should we die before then, we will meet Him in judgement. Let us try to ensure that our hearts are on fire with the Good News and that we, like many who have gone before us, will live our faith with enthusiasm and joy. This enthusiastic way of living certainly invites others to join us on this wonderful pilgrim journey. Ascension Thursday is of course a holy day of obligation. Masses will be celebrated at 7:00am, 9:00am, 12:10pm and 7:00pm. Father Owen
Sunday, May 21 st Sixth Sunday of Easter 7:30 People of the Parish Frank Lehr, Rose Adams 10:00 Michael & Angela DeSantis, Fred Stickel 12:00 Sarah Molyneux (11th Ann.), Michael Bio 7:00 Samuel Spina, Ralph D Aries, Aiden Doyle (1st Ann.) Monday, May 22 nd St. Rita of Cascia 9:00 Jeanne Barone, Kathy Zimmerman Tuesday, May 23 rd Easter Weekday 9:00 Theresa Garafolo, Mario Zinicola Wednesday, May 24 th Easter Weekday 9:00 Jeanne DiPetrillo, Barone, Elizabeth Turner Thursday, May 25 th The Ascension of the Lord 7:00 Agnes Cogan 9:00 Joyce Visone, Inocencia Correia 12:10 Wahbi Hilmi, Paul Coen 7:00 Iain Thomlinson, Catherine Baird Friday May 26 th St. Philip Neri 9:00 Cathy DiNatale, Jeanne Barone Saturday, May 27 th St. Augustine of Canterbury 9:00 Mass Intentions to the Blessed Mother Vigil 5:30 Jennie Immerso, Richy Czesnolowicz Sunday, May 28 th Seventh Sunday of Easter 7:30 Josephine Prosperi, Frank Formisano 10:00 Gus Auermuller, Ralph D Aries 12:00 Luba Caruso, Michael E. Wau 7:00 Lawrence Colasurdo Jr., Lydia Costello Rosary Prayer Intentions for May Glorious Mysteries: In thanksgiving for the children who made their First Holy Communion this month. Sorrowful Mysteries: For all our deceased Mothers, Grandmothers & Great Grandmothers. Joyful Mysteries: For all Mothers, Grandmothers, & Great Grandmothers. Luminous Mysteries: For Kamil as he is ordained a Deacon, that our prayers surround him on the road to priesthood. Our Sick: Please remember in your prayers those in our parish and community who are ill, especially Adrianna Monaco, Lena Raimo, Vikky Basile, Anne Cross, Francesca Dagastino and Carmine Sarno Prayer Intentions of POPE FRANCIS for May Christians in Africa That Christians in Africa, in imitation of the Merciful Jesus, may give prophetic witness to reconciliation, justice, and peace. THE ALTAR BREAD AND WINE For the week are offered in Loving Memory of: Sarah Molyneux From: Robertazzi Family SANCTUARY LAMP CHURCH A reminder of the Divine Presence in the Eucharist burns this week in honor of: Dean Everetts (1st Ann.) From: Family ALTAR CANDLES For the week are offered in Loving Memory of: Sarah Molyneux From: Robertazzi Family TABERNACLE CANDLES For the week are offered: Special Intentions From: Brenda McNeil We remember and give God thanks for our beloved dead especially Carmen DeVone Vinnie Maggiulli ADORATION NEWS CHAPEL CLOSING FOR THE SUMMER Final Day: Wednesday, May 24th Chapel will close at 6pm. Thank you everyone for joining us In this beautiful devotion to Our Lord! May God bless you with a happy summer. See you all in September. Eucharistic Adoration Committee On the day of Pentecost when the seven weeks of Easter had come to an end, Christ s Passover is fulfilled in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, manifested, given, and communicated as a divine person: of his fullness, Christ, the Lord, pours out the Spirit in abundance.
CONFIRMATION NEWS 9th & 10th Grade: Registration for the Confirmation Program is available online and in our Parish Office. Early Registration deadline is June 30th. YOUTH CENTER Our Next Youth Group TBA Ordination of Deacon Kamil ANTIOCH TEAM 2018 Any 10th or 11th graders interested in being considered for Antioch Team 2018, please email Lisa Paradiso or Stephanie Politi for an application. The deadline for applications is May 30th. ROSARY ALTAR SOCIETY NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, June 7 in the Church beginning with the Rosary at 7pm St. Rose of Lima Goes to Broadway! CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Tuesday, October 10th at 7:00PM Tickets are $85 each including the ticket and transportation (Bus departs St. Rose at approx. 4pm) Please note: We have purchased limited tickets, so first come, first serve! We anticipate this selling out quickly, so please send us your check and ticket request ASAP, But no later than May 31 st. Contact: Stephanie Politi at spoliti@saintroseoflimachurch.org Or Lisa Paradiso at lparadiso@saintroseoflimachurch.org DO YOU SCRAPBOOK OR MAKE CARDS? HERE S A CHANCE TO GET AWAY WITH FRIENDS, CRAFT AND SUPPORT OUR YOUTH MINISTRY. ST. ROSE YOUTH MINISTRY BENEFIT CROP DATES: JUNE 9, 10, 11, 2017 LOCATION: Hyatt House Parsippany-East Profits to benefit St. Rose of Lima Youth Ministry First come first served it s already filling up quickly only 12 spots left LARGE TABLES/GREAT LIGHTING/EASY ACCESS/VENDORS/RAFFLES ONLY $100 FOR 3 FULL DAYS OF SCRAPBOOKING FUN Contact Kelly Robertazzi at: krobertazzi@saintroseoflimachurch.org For more details and registration form. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS #6504 May 19-20th K of C State Convention in Wildwood, NJ May 29th Memorial Day Parade May 30th - New Slate of Officers for 2017-2018 June 17th Mass in the Park 4:30pm Any questions call Grand Knight Joe Carvagno at 973-508- 6705.
The Parish belongs to all of us, and only through the parish community can we achieve our goals. The Challenge is Ours!!! Congratulations to Deacon Kamil as he assists at his First Mass OFFERTORY COLLECTIONS May 14, 2017 Sunday Collection $ 10,310.00 Mother s Day $ 901.00 Peter s Pence $ 934.00 THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO IS SACRIFICING TO HELP US MEET OUR FINANCIAL COMMITMENT. MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR LOVING HEARTS. WE ENCOURAGE ALL OUR PARISHONERS TO USE THE TITHING ENVELOPES AND HELP US TO MEET OUR GOAL OF $13,500 Thank You FOOD PANTRY Thanks to your generous donations we are able to help many people that come to our Food Pantry. The pantry will now be opened on the 2 nd and 4 th Saturday of every month. The pantry is in need of coffee, peanut butter, jam/jelly, oatmeal/grits, chicken in can, cleaning products, paper napkins. The next time the food pantry will be open is Saturday, May 27th from 10:00-11:00am. If you have any questions or concerns, please email Isabella Francis at Isabellafrancis2@gmail.com. SPAIN & FATIMA PILGRIMAGE 2017 Fr. Owen announces there are only a few spots left for his upcoming pilgrimage in August 2017 Travel to Spain, Fatima, Lisbon, Portugal Only 6 spots still available! Come and join us! Are you interested in making a spiritual pilgrimage to mark the centennial of the apparitions in Fatima and to visit beautiful sites in Spain? Travel to Santiago De Compostela (The burial site of St. James), Fatima and The Shrines of Portugal,August 21-31 2017,with Fr. Owen and St. Rose of Lima Parish, E. Hanover, New Jersey. If interested, please first contact Great Experiences, Anne Breslin at 201.825.3725 or at greatexinc@verizon.net Mrs. Stephanie Politi at spoliti@saintroseoflimachurch.org or at 973.599.2944. Brochures in parish office. If you cannot join us on the trip and would like to offer a special Mass Intention, please contact Stephanie for a special Fatima Mass Intentions Form. Michael & Rose hosted a party to celebrate Deacon Kamil s Ordination.
EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER On Wednesday, May 10 th, the children of St. Rose of Lima Early Childhood Center enjoyed Field Day at Lurker Park. Each class participated in several activities planned throughout the morning. Our Traveling Tumblers teacher involved the children in exercises, relay races, and a parachute game. Jack s Petting Zoo was also on hand for pony rides and everyone enjoyed feeding the animals! There was time for each class to enjoy the playground at Lurker Park and an Italian Ice treat. What a Fabulous Day! NEWS FROM ROME If Holy Thursday night into Good Friday was a time of quiet and peaceful prayer within the Holy Sepulcher, Good Friday evening was anything but. However, there was a special and unique liturgy that took place, the funeral procession of Jesus Christ. This ancient liturgy takes place within the Sepulcher, but it happens when the Church is packed full with people and the commotion of all of the people there. What is beautiful though is that we remember what happened in that place 2000 years ago, processing with a crucifix. We began in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, where we heard the first part of the Passion, and then a short homily about it, we continued making a couple of stops along the way, each time with a blessing, a gospel, and a homily, always in a different language. We then finally made it to Calvary, the real spot where Christ was crucified. And there, the truly unique part happened, Jesus is taken off of the cross. This process is done slowly and reverently, first the corpus, the body, is wrapped with a cloth, so he won t fall right off. And then, one by one the spikes are hammered and pulled out using pliers, as well as the crown of thorns, each one being presented to the people as the tools used for Christ s passion. Further, the arms of the corpus are articulated, so they each fall to the side when the spike is removed. To witness this in front of you, reminds you of the sacrifice God made for us out of love; your heart cannot help but be moved with sorrow. The body is then gently removed from the cross, and wrapped in the same cloth to be brought to the anointing stone, where Mary and the others would have anointed our Lord. Here at the stone, the Bishop anoints the corpus, with all of the oils, the myrrh, and the frankincense, just as His body would have been treated. What is incredible is that since the stone is on the ground, everyone is pushing to see, and while those of us right around the body pray silently, the Sepulcher is still filled with the constant rumbling of thousands of people. There are so many people, that unless you are in the procession, it is impossible to really move from one spot to another, but everyone s faith pushes them to get as close to the stone as possible. After the body is anointed though, we go to the last place, the tomb. It is finally at the tomb that we lay Christ s body, but we don t wait. We say the prayers and hear from the Gospel, but we continue to move, since although Christ had to suffer for us, and did so willingly out of love, we are a resurrection people. We live this resurrection even now as we continue throughout Easter season. I pray that all of you continue to feel the blessings of our Risen Lord in your life. God Bless, Alex If you are interested in our newest toddler program, please call for more information and speak with our Director, Lorie Agrifolio for more details! We are now accepting applications for our 2017/2018 school year. If you are interested in applying, or for a tour of our facility, please call 973-887-1801. You can also email cfreeman@stroseacad.org.
PARISH DIRECTORY Parish Office: 973-887-5572 Fax: 973-884-0476 PARISH EMERGENCY NUMBER Website: www.saintroseoflimachurch.org In case of a TRUE EMERGENCY, death or funeral, after office hours, please call 973-887-5572 and press 2 to reach Father Owen or Father Matthew immediately Pastor Fr. Owen B Moran 973-887-5572 Ext 114 omoran@saintroseoflimachurch.org Parochial Vicar Fr. Matthew Kranc 973-887-5572 Ext 125 fr.matthew@saintroseoflimachurch.org Transitional Deacons Rev. Mr. Michal Rybinski St. Rose of Lima 973-887-5572 michal.rybinski@outlook.com Rev. Mr. Kamil Kiszka St. Rose of Lima``` kiszkakamil@gmail.com Rev. Mr. Andrew Burns 4th Year Theology North American College, Rome aburns@pnac.org Permanent Deacon Deacon Vincent Leo 973-887-5572 tvleo@carroll.com Seminarian Mr. Alex Nevitt 2nd Year Theology, North American College, Rome wnevitt@gmail.com Pastor Emeritus Msgr. William McCarthy retired and not in residence Parish Staff Mrs. Gretchen Turner Business Manager 973-887-5572 Ext 115 gturner@saintroseoflimachurch.org Mr. Diego Badilla Music Director 973-887-5572 Ext 157 dbadilla@saintroseoflimachurch.org Mrs. Karen Cunningham Bookkeeper 973-887-5572 Ext 129 kcunningham@saintroseoflimachurch.org Ms. Cathleen Seborowski Parish Secretary 973-887-5572 Ext 128 cseborowski@saintroseoflimachurch.org Mrs. Angela Burns Parish Secretary 973-887-5572 Ext 152 aburns@saintroseoflimachurch.org Mrs. Anne Marie Gillespie Trustee Mrs. Jeanne Taylor Mr. William Nevitt Trustee Parish Council President Saint Rose Pre-School Mrs. Lorie Agrifolio Director of ECC 973-887-1801 lagrifolio@stroseacad.org Mrs. Carol Freeman Administrative Assistant 973-887-1801 cfreeman@stroseacad.org (Pre-School/Pre-K) Faith Formation Mrs. Stephanie Politi Coordinator of Pastoral Ministries 973-599-2944 spoliti@saintroseoflimachurch.org Mrs. Bernadette Caponegro Director of Religious Education 973-887-0357 bcaponegro@saintroseoflimachurch.org Mrs. Gina Liebhauser Ass t Coordinator of Religious Ed 973-887-0357 reled@saintroseoflimachurch.org Mrs. Tanya D Souza Assistant to Coordinator of 973-887-0357 tdsouza@saintroseoflimachurch.org Pastoral Ministries and D.R.E. Ms. Lisa Paradiso Assistant Coordinator of Confirmation 973-599-2944 lparadiso@saintroseoflimachurch.org and Youth Ministry Mrs. M. Kelly Robertazzi Youth Ministry and Confirmation 973-599-2944 krobertazzi@saintroseoflimachurch.org Assistant SACRAMENTS Baptism We celebrate the sacrament of Baptism most Sundays. Parents are welcome to have the Baptism celebrated either at a week-end Mass or at the Liturgy of Baptism at 1:15. To make arrangements for Baptism please call Father Owen or Fr. Matthew. Godparents must be confirmed and be active members of the church and attend Mass regularly. Sacrament of Reconciliation Every Saturday at 8:15 8:45 and 4:45 5:15 (or by appointment with Fr. Owen or Fr. Matthew). Sacrament of Marriage Please contact Fr. Owen or Fr. Matthew and set up an appointment. Any Catholic couple needs approximately a year to prepare for the Sacrament of Marriage, which includes sessions with the Priest celebrating the marriage and attendance at Pre-Cana conferences. Sacrament of the Sick / Hospital Visits At St. Rose we are strongly committed to the spiritual care of the sick. Because of privacy laws, hospitals and nursing homes are not allowed to release the patient s religious affiliation. Therefore, we must depend on families of our sick parishioners to inform us of their whereabouts and condition. Please notify the parish office of any need for a home or hospital visit. RCIA The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is a program for people who seek full initiation in the Catholic Church through the reception of the Sacraments of Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation, which are received at Easter Vigil. For information, please contact Fr. Owen or Fr. Matthew at the parish office. PRAYER OPPORTUNITIES PARISH ORGANIZATIONS Miraculous Medal Novena Following 9am Mass on Saturday Adult Choir Rehearsal Mondays 9:30am or Wednesdays 8:00pm Devotion to Padre Pio Following the 9am Mass on Friday Knights of Columbus 2 nd & 4 th Monday at 8pm in Labrecque Hall Right to Life Anne Marie Gillespie amgillespie@optonline.net Rosary Altar Society 1 st Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm in church First Saturday Devotion to Our Lady of Fatima Following 9am Mass Adoration to the Blessed Sacrament Tues. & Wed 8am 6pm First Saturday Devotion to Our Lady of Fatima Following 9am Mass Bereavement - 973-599-2944 Secular Franciscan Order - Second Saturday after 9am Mass PARISH GENERAL INFORMATION PARISH OFFICE HOURS - Our clergy and staff will be happy to assist you during the following hours: Monday Friday 9am - 3pm New Parishioners - We welcome those who have recently moved to the area. If you would like to be part of the St. Rose of Lima family, please call the parish office to register. Bulletin Deadline Please kindly submit all bulletin materials to Angela (aburns@saintroseoflimachurch.org) at the parish office, Please note that in order for articles to be published in next week s bulletin they need to be submitted no later than 10a.m. of the prior Tuesday. Mass Intentions Please come into the office or call during regular office hours.