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February 9, 2020
315 Prospect Street ♦ Midland Park ♦ NJ ♦ 07432 Parish Website: www.nativitynj.org
Church Office: 201.444.6362 FAX 201.444.5056 Email [email protected] Religious Education Office: 201.447.1776 Email [email protected]
Mass Schedule
Saturday: 5:00pm Confession available at 4:15pm
Sunday: 8:00am, 10:15am, 12Noon
Daily Mass in the Chapel Monday-Saturday, 12:10pm
Holy Days: Consult Bulletin or Website
Our Parish is
Accessible
Pastoral Staff Rev. George Klybus, Pastor Rev. Jason Mantich, Parochial Vicar Rev. Mr. John Ginty, Transitional Deacon Rev. Michael German, Weekend Assistant Sr. Lois Marie Parente C.S.S.F., Financial Affairs Olivia Harrington, Religious Ed. Coordinator Lorraine DeLuca, Religious Ed. Assistant Kaye Zbonack, Parish Secretary Jim Chiappini, Organist Ciarán Sheehan, Cantor Roberto Hurtado, Maintenance Supervisor Pedro Herrera, Maintenance Staff
Russell Kamp & Tia Patterson, Parish Trustees Religious Education Office Hours: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri, 9:00am-4:30pm. Classes: Grades K-6: Sundays: 9:00am-10:00am; Thursday-3:30pm-4:30 pm Grades 7-8: Sun- 9:00-10:00am; Monday 6:30-8:00pm (School) Another 7 & 8th grade meet on weekdays in home. Rite of Christian Initiation (R.C.I.A.) Anyone interested in becoming a Roman Catholic, or any adult Catholic who has not received all the Sacraments of Initiation and would like to receive these Sacraments, please contact the Church Office.
Parish Membership Every family attending the parish is urged to register. Forms are available in the church at the i-Desk during Mass, or at the church office during the week. If you want to add your cell phone to your family infor-mation contact the Church Office. If you move or change your home address or email address, kindly notify the Church Office. Penance/Reconciliation Saturdays 4:15 pm in the church, or by appointment. Baptisms The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated on the second Saturday of the month at 12:30pm; and on the last Sunday of the month at 1:15pm. Arrangements are best made by contacting the Church Office before the birth of the baby. Baptismal catechesis instruction is required of all first time parents. Marriage The Common Policy for Marriage for all Dioceses of the State of New Jersey require notification of marriage at least ONE YEAR in advance. Please contact one of the parish priests to set a date. Anointing If anyone is ill, homebound, or in the hospital, please notify the Church Office.
February 9, 2020 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Time Mass Intention Mass Requested By
12:10PM 5:00PM
Tom Fabish Camille Caminiti Madeline Altamura
Ralph & Mary Lombardi Fr. George
Mr. & Mrs. Al Wojcik Sunday February 9th 8:00 Mass 9:00 Mass
Rosella Murgia
Violette Joachim
Jack & Jay Esposito
Mendrys Family
Joachim Family
Family 10:15 Mass Vincenzo Veli John & Rosalie Giudice
12:00 Mass Mary E. Keuerleber (7th Anniversary)
Daughter Kathy Marsden & Family
Monday, Feb 10th 12:10PM
Pam Laughlin
Violette Joachim Ellen McGowan
Joachim Family Tuesday, Feb 11th 12:10PM
Josephine Delaney
Violette Joachim Elaine St. Denis
Joachim Family Wednesday, Feb 12th 12:10PM
Albert Melzl
Violette Joachim
William & Elizabeth Pollinger
Joachim Family Thursday, Feb 13th 12:10PM
Josephine Delaney
Violette Joachim Margaret Finneran
Joachim Family Friday, Feb 14th 12:10PM
Joanne ‘Jody’ McCambridge Lucy Porco
Elaine St. Denis
Diana Bokino (sister)
12:10PM 5:00PM
Robert Trojanowski Elizabeth ‘Pam’ Laughlin
Ellen Hardt Jim & Deordre Gallenagh
Sunday February 16th 8:00 Mass John J. Oates Louise Oates
10:15 Mass Sr. Mary Blaise Miller Michael & Jill Zitman
12:00 Mass Domenico Servodio Family
Saturday February 8th
Saturday February 15th
Please remember in your prayers the sick who have asked for our prayer Pat Birrer, Terry DeSimone,
Richard Smith, Anne Parente,, Claire Sheehan, Isabella Mueller
▪▪▪▪▪ Please remember in your prayers
the recently deceased Sonny Grosso, Clarice R. Dansen, Mary Higgins Clark, Al Melzl, Violette Joachim, Pam Laughlin,
Tom Fabish, Frances Sbrocco,
February 10th Monday Feb 10
11:00 AM - O’Connell Hall - Prayer Chaplet 8:00 PM - Chapel - Rosary Gathering
Tuesday Feb 11
10:00 AM - McGrath - Legion of Mary Meeting 7:30 PM - Church - Choir Practice
Wednesday Feb 12
1:00 PM - McGrath Room - Scripture Meeting 1:00 PM - O’Connell Hall - Nativity Knits Meet
Thursday Feb 13
3:30 PM - McGrath, School, Church - CCD 7:00 PM - McGrath, Knights of Columbus
Friday Feb 14
11:00 - AM Chapel - Eucharistic Adoration
Saturday Feb 15
12:10pm - Mass 5pm - Mass
Sunday Feb 16
8am - Mass 9am - Special Mass 10:15am - Mass 12noon - Mass
WEEK OF
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Thank you for your generous support
Weekly Church Offering Including On-Line Giving
$8,642
Nativity has expanded its Daily Mass Schedule
We now have Mass
every Saturday
at 12:10pm In the
Chapel
There is hope for marriage!
A campaign to encourage marriage, reduce divorce rates, curtail poverty,
and benefit children
“Marriage works,” says NMWUSA executive director Sheila Weber. “Research shows that marriage makes people happier,
live longer, and build more economic security. Children with married parents perform better in school. There are proven ways to repair and restore marriages—but most folks don’t
know where to go to get the help they need.”
This February 7-14, 2020, we will celebrate National Marriage Week! This annual observance is a great prompt for everyone to reflect on the gift marriage is to our Church and our country, as well as an opportunity for couples to build up their own mar-riages. This year our theme is: Stories from the Domestic Church. The readings and Gospel for this Sunday all speak in various ways of the light that the Lord brings into our lives, particularly the light of Christ crucified, and the mission to proclaim this light and to actually become the light of the world, the salt of the earth. These readings are particularly providential on this Sunday, which is being celebrated as World Marriage Day during this National Marriage Week (Feb. 7-14). The word of God leads us to the heart of what it means to be the Church, and therefore also to the heart of what it means to be a Christian family: For the Church and our families to be light, we must be centered on Christ and imitate Him, going out to the peripheries to bring the Gospel. Based on the theme chosen for this year (Stories from the Domestic Church) the homily for this Sunday emphasizes the family as the domestic church. A question could be posed to all of us: Where might the word of God be leading us when it comes to our family life? Marriage and family concerns everyone: Each of us comes from a family. Each of us is a son or a daughter. In God’s plan every child is meant to be the fruit of his or her mother’s and father’s love for each other in the sacred bond of marriage. This is why conversations about marriage and the family in the public square concern all of us, and this is why the Church’s teaching on marriage and family is important for all of us. The “Domestic Church”: Very early in the life of the Church, the Christian family, founded upon the covenant of marriage be-tween husband and wife, together with any children they were blessed with, became understood as the domestic church. This un-derstanding has profound implications, because the family is the place where one learns endurance and the joy of work, fraternal love, generous - even repeated - forgiveness, and above all divine worship in prayer and the offering of one’s life.
A Word from the Pastor
Save the date!
St. Patrick Dinner Dance
Saturday Evening March 14th at 7PM
For tickets contact Olivia at [email protected]
Remember to Brig your Old Palms to
Church
Bring your old palms to Church
We are preparing for
Ash Wednesday
Thanks to Everyone who came out for the Wine Tasting!
K-8 PROGRAM: Just a reminder… There will be NO CLASSES during the Public Schools’ Winter Break.
Sunday Group: The February 16th classes will resume Feb. 23rd. Thursday Group: The February 20th Classes will resume Feb. 27th. FIRST COMMUNION PROGRAM: The First Communion of the children in our parish is an event of great joy for our whole community! We all share the joyful anticipation of the families whose children will soon begin their preparation to receive Jesus in Communion for the first time. There will be many opportunities for the parish community members to take part in special ways in the First Communion preparation. But, all of us have a mission to support the children and families in their spir-itual journey by offering them the witness of our faith and prayer. In the weeks to come we will let you know how you can welcome the children and their families and help them sense the joy of belonging to our community. All parents who have expressed an interest in taking part in the First Communion program will a� end an important mee�ng to help them reflect on the place of the Sacrament of Communion in their own lives and in the lives of their children. Date of Mee�ng: Sunday, February 9, 2020 Place: Chapel Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00AM CONFIRMATION JOURNEY 2020: “They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers” (Act 2:42) Our parish continues to pray for the 28 teenagers of the Confirmation Journey 2020. We ask your prayerful support for these young people of our parish community as they seek to deepen their relationship with the Lord at this most meaningful time in their lives. Reminder to all Confirmation Candidates… Individual Prayer….'During mental prayer, it is well, at times, to imagine that many insults and injuries are being heaped upon us, that misfortunes have befallen us, and then strive to train our heart to bear and forgive these things patiently, in imitation of our savior. This is the way to acquire a strong spirit.' St. Phillip Neri
Church Office: [email protected]
Fr. George, Pastor [email protected]
Sr. Lois Marie Parente C.S.S.F., Financial Affairs
Olivia Harrington, Coordinator of Religious Education
Religious Education Office [email protected]
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The Church of the Nativity Prayer Chain is accepting prayer requests. Please call the rectory with your request.
The Legion of Mary is a lay apostolate group devoted to Our Blessed Mother. We meet on Tuesdays at 10:00AM in the McGrath Room. Please consider joining this ministry and devote yourself to Mother Mary.
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As members of the Catholic Church of Newark, we are united by a common mission entrusted to us by Jesus Christ - to proclaim the Gospel, to pass on the faith to the next generation through the celebration of the sacraments, to care for the poor and vulnerable, and to form our future priests. The 2020 Annual Appeal binds us more closely to this mission through our stewardship of God's many gifts.
Your support of this year's Annual Appeal will have a direct impact on the lives of those served through the ministries and programs of this Arch-diocese.
Will you prayerfully consider making a gift to the 2020 Annual Appeal?
"To reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ." (Eph. 4:13)
The theme of the 2020 Annual Appeal is “Shining the Light of Christ.” As disciples, we are individually called to radiate the love of God in our work, our relationships, our service and our giving (cf. Mt. 5:16). As a Catholic faith community, our common worship, hospi-tality, pastoral care and ministry reflects this love to the wider community. By sharing our time, unique talents, and personal treasure, we participate in shining the light of Christ ever more brightly.
Office for Evangelization
"Therefore go and make disciples of all na-tions, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit..." Mat-
thew 28:19
Catholic Men’s Conference Saturday, February 29, 2020
Seton Hall University 8am—4pm with Mass
Main Celebrant: Cardinal Joseph Tobin
Women's Commission Day of Reflection Día de Reflexión de la Comisión de Mujeres
Saturday, March 7, 2020 Seton Hall University
8am—4pm with Mass Main Celebrant: Cardinal Joseph Tobin
St. Elizabeth’s Church Winter/Spring Bereave-ment Support Groups will begin on Tuesday, Feb-ruary 11, 2020, in the morning from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. and in the evening from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Both groups will run for eight consecutive Tuesdays and will meet in the Amadeus Room on the 2nd Floor of the Parish Center at St. Eliza-beth’s Church, 700 Wyckoff Ave., Wyckoff, New Jersey. To register for either a morning or evening group, please call 201-891-1122 ext. 266.
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(Please check one) q Church Bread & Wine q Chapel Bread & Wine
Week starting, Monday_______________________ Your Name______________________________ Phone___________________________________ This offering is in memory / honor of: (Please circle one)
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You can have a loved one fondly remembered by sponsoring the Bread and Wine at Mass in the Church or the Chapel in memory of them. Please complete the form and return it to the Church Office with your donation of $10 for a Bread & Wine offering for a week.
Would you like the Sanctuary Light to burn in either the Church or the Chapel… Ø in memory of a loved one Ø in thanksgiving Ø or to honor a special birthday or anniversary or occasion in your family
The Sanctuary Light offering, in either the Church or Chapel, is available for one week in memory/honor of a loved one. Please complete the form and return it to the Church Office with your contribution of $10 per week.
(Please check one) q Church Sanctuary Light q Chapel Sanctuary Light
Week starting, Monday______________________ Your Name_____________________________ Phone__________________________________ This offering is in memory / honor of:
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(Please circle one) Pro Life Corner "Some people argue that changing laws will not
eliminate abortions. It is certainly true that a change of heart is more important than a change of law. What is forgotten, however, is that the law is the great teach-er. Children grow up be-lieving that if a prac-tice is legal, it must be moral." Cardinal John O’Connor
