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PARISH OFFICE AND CHAPEL
26 Edgewater Place
Phone: (201) 945-6329 Fax: (201) 945-6599
Email: holyrosary@aol.com
Monday-Friday 8:30AM to 4:00PM
PASTOR: Rev. Jose A. Abalon
Permanent Deacon: Robert E. Thomson
In loving honor & memory: Michael A. Lydon
Trustees: Joan Maniego & John Pilot
Parish Secretary: Barbara L. Brady
Church of the Holy Rosary
365 Undercliff Avenue, Edgewater, NJ 07020
Mass Times
Daily Mass (Monday-Friday): 8:00AM
Saturday Evening Mass: 5:30PM
Sunday Masses: 8:00AM & 11:00AM (in English);
12:00PM (in Spanish)
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is held every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday in the Church at 365 Undercliff Avenue.
The Exposition begins at 12:00PM and ends at 3:00PM, followed
by the Divine Mercy. All are welcome to attend.
Sacraments
Reconciliation: Saturday, 3:00-5:00PM (Church)
Baptism: Baptisms have resumed. Please be advised you must
be a member of Holy Rosary Parish in order to receive a spon-
sor certification for Baptism.
WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS! If you are attending Mass at Holy Rosary and consider Yourself a parishioner, but haven’t registered, we invite you to do so. Know-
ing who our parishioners are helps us adapt our parish programs to your needs. It is also important to be registered for Baptisms,
Marriage, to be a Sponsor/Godparent, etc.
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March 21, 2021 Fifth Sunday of Lent
Catholic Community Services—Social Services Helpline
1-800-CCS-7413
Choir Rehearsal
Wednesdays at 7:30 PM
in the Church
Minister of Music:
Bill Jones
Religious Education
For information on our CCD
program, please see the “CCD
Corner” section of this bulletin.
For the Rite of Christian Initia-
tion for Adults (RCIA), please
call the Parish Office.
Holy Rosary Parish is a proud Co-Sponsor of Christ the Teacher
Interparochial School, 359 Whiteman St., Fort Lee, NJ 07024
(201-944-0421)
Assistance attending Mass
If you are a senior or disabled,
and you would like shuttle
transportation to and from the
11:00AM Mass on Sundays,
call the Parish Center for in-
formation. (Temporally sus-
pended)
Saturday, March 20
5:30 PM James & Marguerite Schiller (The ir Loving
Family)
Sunday, March 21
8:00AM Raul Delgado (Jeanette Martucci)
11:00 AM Roberto Delgado (Jeanette Martucci)
12:00 PM Fernando Napoleon Alvardo
Salvatore Fuentes (Isabelle Fuentes)
Monday, March 22
8:00 AM Lizette Torres (The Roxas Family)
Tuesday, March 23
8:00 AM Gina Chua Reyes (The Roxas Family
Wednesday, March 24
8:00 AM Nellie Dabuet (Alex Dabauet & Family)
Thursday, March 25
8:00 AM Gabriel Yanguas, Sr. (The Roxas Family)
Friday, March 26
8:00 AM Lizette Torres (The Roxas Family)
Saturday, March 27
5:30 PM Donald Kopczinski (The Roxas Family)
A special way to remember a loved one is to donate the month-
ly Altar Bread and/or Wine in honor of their memory. You may
also choose to remember a loved one by donating a weekly
Sanctuary Lamp in either the Church or the Chapel. Sanctuary
Lamps burn day and night to illuminate the Blessed Sacrament,
serve as an emblem of Christ's abiding love, and as a reminder
to the faithful to respond with loving adoration in return.
The Altar Bread for March is donated in loving memory of
the deceased members of our parish.
The Altar Wine for March is donated in loving memory of
the deceased members of our parish.
The Sanctuary Lamp in the Church this week is in memory
of the deceased members of our Parish.
Mass Intentions for the Week
James Allocco, Phillip Armstrong, Edward Baldino, Cheryl Bos-
tyan, Jean Braden, Rick Brouillette, Louise Bruce, Chase, Pat
Caruso, Sharbel Chaoul, Anna Corrado, Danny Coyle, Gary
Devila, Marie Ferrie, Ginny Frasco, Kenneth Galfo, Joelle & Juli-
ana Gedeon, Annmarie Gilmartin, Madeline Goodwin, Joe
Heatter, Agnes Hoffmann, Bobby Jordan, Rosemary Kaminski,
Eileen Kopczynski, Diana Lucio, Isaiah McLean, Heidi Monico,
Humberto Norena, Conception Ortiz, Rebecca Papadopoulos,
Phyllis & Joseph Palermo, Rich Richinski, Rebecca Rigolosi,
Antoinette Ring, Boris Reznik, Frank Romero, Desi Santos, An-
thony Saporito, Jack Sweeney, Jenna Szandrocha, Phillip Tarab-
ola, Ruth Weis, Krista Wilkinson, Kyle Wilson, Mark Winnie.
Altar Appointments
Please Remember in Your Prayers
A Message From Father Jose
Greetings of Peace from our Lord Jesus Christ. I do
hope that you had prepared yourself for the coming Holy Week
celebration. As God promises to prophet Jeremiah “I will be their
God and they shall be my people.”(Jr: 31:33). What does this scrip-
tural passage of the prophet Jeremiah mean to us and to the
people of God? It means that everything we have and all our
being comes from God. Truly, we are only stewards of God’s
eternal gift that is daily reflected in the eternal love of God. I
pray that we may nurture these gifts of the love of God for own
good and for the good of others.
Again we thank all for all your stewardship contribu-
tions, making our parish one of the first to complete the 2021
Annual Appeal goal with its surplus. Also, your weekly contri-
bution beautifies and dignifies our church making it a place a
visible sign of the presence of God. God Bless! …Fr Jose
Feast of Faith
The First Reading
Each Sunday, we listen to three scripture readings. The first
reading usually comes from the Old Testament. “The New Tes-
tament lies hidden in the Old; the Old Testament comes fully to
light in the New,” we read in the Introduction to the Lection-
ary. “Christ himself is the center and fullness of the whole of
Scripture” (5). On Sundays, these readings usually have a close
connection to the Gospel. In this season of Lent, for example,
the Exodus account of the thirst of the Israelites in the desert is
paired with the Samaritan woman’s encounter with Jesus at the
well. Ezekiel’s vision of the Lord raising people from their
graves is paired with the narrative of Christ raising Lazarus
from the dead.
The readings are taken from many sources—historical
books like Judges, Kings, and the Acts of the Apostles, prophets
like Isaiah and Ezekiel, wisdom literature like Proverbs or Ec-
clesiastes. But no matter its genre, the first reading always ends
with the same acclamation: “The word of the Lord.” The scrip-
tures are written by human authors who wrote in widely differ-
ent cultural and historical contexts, but these human authors
are also divine instruments through whom God speaks to us.
And so we say, “Thanks be to God.”
“I will be their God and they shall be my people.”- Jeremiah 31:33
What does it mean to be God’s people? It means we recognize
that everything we have and everything we are belongs to
God. We aren’t “owners” of anything, we are merely
“stewards” of the gifts God has given us. It means we are will-
ing to use our gifts and our lives to care for our family, our
neighbors and for people we don’t know, just as God cares for
each of us.
Unhappy is death without the love of the Savior;
unhappy is love without the death of the Savior.
—St. Francis de Sales
Today’s Readings First Reading — I will make a new covenant; I will write my law upon their hearts (Jeremiah 31:31-34) or Ezek iel 37:12-14. Psalm — Create a clean heart in me, O God (Psalm 51) or Psalm 130. Second Reading — Christ learned obedience and became the source of eternal salvation (Hebrews 5:7-9) or Romans 8:8-11. Gospel — If a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it produces much fruit (John 12:20-33) or John 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45].
Saints and Special Observances
Sunday: Fifth Sunday of Lent; Third Scrutiny
Tuesday: St. Turibius of Mogrovejo
Thursday: The Annunciation of the Lord
Friday: Abstinence
The Word of God Works of Charity
Time & Talent
Food Pantry:
Parish members assist in supplying approximately 45 families
with food every month. Thank you to all who donated and
helped in any way! The Food Pantry is open the last MONDAY
of each month from 11:00AM-12:00PM.
Feeding the Homeless:
Normally, Holy Rosary Parish members feed the homeless on
the second Monday of every month. This has been temporarily
suspended due to current CoVid-19 pandemic. We will resume
as soon circumstances allow.
Treasures
Your Monetary Donations: The work of Christ at Holy Ro-
sary is supported by parishioners who have embraced the bibli-
cal ideals of Stewardship Tithing.
The New Covenant
Today’s first reading is an enormously important passage, not
only in the history of the Jewish people, but also for us as disciples
of Jesus, who see in it a foreshadowing of the Christian dispensa-
tion. The prophet announces that God has chosen to forgive the
people, and that as a sign of divine forgiveness a new covenant
will be established. Contrasting the new covenant with the one
made with Moses on Mount Sinai, Jeremiah says that the new cov-
enant will be written on the people’s hearts rather than on tablets
of stone. No longer will the community’s tradition be the sole bear-
er of the covenant; henceforth, God will speak directly and person-
ally to each individual, forgiving sin and calling for a return to God
in faithfulness. No longer will mere outward compliance with the
dictates of the Law suffice; henceforth, God asks for an obedience
that springs from the depths of one’s heart.
Precisely that kind of obedience is highlighted in today’s
second reading, where the author of the Letter to the Hebrews
describes Jesus as the mediator of the new covenant whose obe-
dience has made him the source of salvation for all who, in
turn, obey him.
Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo (1538 – 1606)
Catholics in Latin America and throughout the world
will celebrate the life and ministry of
St. Turibius of Mogrovejo on March
23. The 16th century bishop upheld
the rights of Peru's indigenous peo-
ples, and became one of the first can-
onized saints of the Americas.
Saint Turibius was a respected judge
and law professor Spain. One day,
King Philip II, who was head of the
Church in Spain, appointed him Archbishop of Lima, Peru.
Turibius told the king and the pope that he had never even
been to South America and that he was not even a priest! But
the decision had been made. The Church in Peru needed a holy
man to lead the people closer to Christ. Turibius was ordained
a priest and a bishop, and he soon set sail for his new land.
When he arrived in Lima, he was shocked at what he found.
Priests were not caring for their people. The poor were being
neglected. Rich Spanish landowners had enslaved many of the
native people of Peru and treated them cruelly. Turibius saw
that there was much work to be done.
Turibius decided to visit every parish in his new land. Some-
times he rode a mule from place to place, but mostly he trav-
eled on foot. His journey through the diocese took him seven
long years. He responded to the needs he saw. He supervised
the building of many churches, schools, and hospitals. The peo-
ple in power listened to Turibius because he always spoke with
love and he encouraged everyone to act with love.
Turibius died in 1606 while visiting one of his parishes in a
small mountain village. He was canonized in 1726.
http://saintsresource.com/turibius-of-mogrovejo
Current Holy Rosary Fundraiser Proceeds: The current pro-
ceeds from our ongoing fundraising efforts for a church cooling
system are as follows: A/C Fundraising (ongoing): $26,127.50;
Four bake sales: $989; Tricky Tray (12/8/19): $1,470.
Stations of the Cross
Every Friday during
Lent in the Church at
5:00pm.
All are welcome!
Lenten Regulations
The days of both Fast and Abstinence during Lent are Ash
Wednesday and Good Friday. If possible, the fast on Good Fri-
day is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night)
as the "paschal fast" to honor the suffering and death of the
Lord Jesus, and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to
celebrate more readily His Resurrection. The other Fridays of
Lent are days of Abstinence.
On a day of Fast, only one (1) full meal is permitted, and two (2)
smaller meals, which, if added together, would not exceed the
main meal in quantity.
> Those between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to fast.
> On a day of Abstinence, no meat may be eaten. Those who
have reached the age of 14 are obliged by the law of abstinence.
> The obligation to observe the laws of Fast and Abstinence
“substantially,” or as a whole, is a serious obligation.
The Fridays of the year, outside of Lent, are designated as days
of penance, but each individual may substitute for the tradition-
al abstinence from meat some other practice of voluntary self-
denial as penance.
The time for fulfilling the Pascal Precept (Easter Duty*) extends
from the First Sunday of Lent, February 21, to The Solemnity of
the Most Holy Trinity, May 30, 2021.
*Canon 920,§1. All the faithful, after they have been initiated into
the Most Holy Eucharist, are bound by the obligation of receiving
Communion at least once a year.
A Prayer for Lent
My loving Lord,
it's so hard to love the world some-
times
and to love it the way Jesus did
seems impossible.
Help me to be inspired by his love
and
guided by his example.
Most of all, I want to accept that I
can't do it alone,
and that trying is an arrogance of
self-centeredness.
I need you, dear God, to give me
support in this journey.
Show me how to unlock my heart
so that I am less selfish.
Let me be less fearful of the pain and darkness
that will be transformed by you into Easter joy. Amen.
Take the Love of God with You as You Go…...
Readings for the Week
Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:1-11 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 Sunday: Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16 (procession); Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1 — 15:47 [15:1-39]
Announcements
Please regularly refer to holyrosaryedgewater.org for the most
up-to-date information about our Parish. To get in touch with
Parish staff, please do so only by sending an email to holy-
rosary@aol.com. Thank you.
The CCD Corner
Want to Know More?
The Holy Rosary Parish website provides information, as well
as spiritual reflections, that exceed the space limitation of this
bulletin. Visit our website www.holyrosaryedgewater.org
A Student Prayer
Thank you, God, for giving me a mind that can
know and a heart that can love.
Help me to stay focused on my studies, and encour-
age me when learning is difficult that I may grasp
the truth that is held out before me.
Grant me the grace to put my knowledge to use in
building the kingdom of God on earth that I may
find the courage to follow Your Son, Jesus. Amen.
CCD Registration for children and young adults between
grades one through eight is open. Classes began October 18,
and are being held remotely by Zoom this year. To register you
can download registration forms from our website or pick up
blank forms at the back of the church. There is no registration
fee this year; only a suggested voluntary donation.
About CCD at Holy Rosary
Religious education classes begin in First Grade and conclude
after the Reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation in Ninth
Grade. Enrollment for all parish children within this age group
is strongly encouraged.
Voy a poner mi ley en lo más
profundo de su mente y voy a
grabarla en sus corazones.
Yo seré su Dios y ellos serán
mi pueblo.
— Jeremías 31:33
I will place my law within
them and write it upon their
hearts;
I will be their God, and
they shall be my people.
— Jeremiah 31:33
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