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MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday: 7:00 & 8:00 AM 6:00 PM - Vigil Mass
Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM 11:00 AM (Italian) 12:30 PM - Family Mass 7:00 PM (Portuguese) Weekdays: 7:00 & 8:00 AM Holy Days: 6:30, 8:00, 10:00 AM & 7:30 PM Other Services & Activities: Mon to Sat: 7:40 AM Morning Prayer Tuesday: 9:00 AM - Legion of Mary 7:30 PM - St. Padre Pio Mass (4/18) 7:30 PM - Holy Rosary Society (4/25) Wednesday: 7:00 PM - Holy Rosary (Italian) 8:00 PM - Holy Rosary (Portuguese) Thursday: 2:00 PM - Bible Study (Italian) 6:15 to 7:15 PM - Holy Hour Adoration for Vocations (20, 27, May 11, 18 & 25) 7:30 PM - Bible Study (English) 8:30 PM - Rosary by Braz. Men (5/11) Friday: 8:30 PM - Brazilian Prayer Group 1st Friday: 5:30 to 8:30 PM - Blessed Sacrament Adoration (5/5)
Served by the Vocationist Fathers Fr. Stephen Ehiahuruike, S.D.V., Pastor Fr. Christogonus (Chris) Iwunze, S.D.V., Parochial Vicar Fr. Louis Caputo, S.D.V.,Weekend Assistant
Church & Rectory 442 E Brinkerhoff Ave Palisades Park, NJ 07650 Tel. 201-944-1154 Fax. 201-944-9510 Email. [email protected] Website. www.stnicholasrcchurch.org
Office Hours Mon, Wed, Thu & Fri 11:30 AM - 6:00 PM Tuesdays 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Mornings by appointment only)
ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS Baptisms: On any available Sunday during the 11:00 AM (Italian), 12:30 PM (English) & 7:00 PM (Portuguese) Masses. Please, contact the rectory at least one month prior to desired date. Confessions: Saturdays 5:00 to 5:45 PM, or during the week by appointment. Marriages: Please contact the rectory at least six months prior to desired wedding date. Sacrament of the Sick: If you are hospitalized or un-able to come to Church for health reasons and would like to be visited by a priest for Confession, Commun-ion, or Anointing of the Sick, please call the rectory. Religious Education Program (CCD): For children 1st to 8th grades who are not attending Catholic School. Classes are held on Sundays from September to May at 11:30 AM, with attendance to the 12:30 PM Family Mass. Confirmation: Teens will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation on 8th grade. They will attend classes at 11:30 AM from September to December; and from January to April classes will start at 11:00 AM in the church hall, with attendance to the 12:30 PM Family Mass.
ST. NICHOLAS RC CHURCH
EASTER SUNDAY
April 16th, 2017
He is Risen! Alleluiah!
This Monday, April 17, our Italian community will celebrate PASQUETTA according to Italian tradition.
- RECTORY’S OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED -
D I V I N E M E R C Y SUNDAY - We will have the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and the chaplet and prayers of the Divine Mercy of God in English, Italian and Portuguese, this Sunday, April 23 at 3:00 PM. All parishioners are invited to attend.
ST. PADRE PIO GROUP invites all for a Mass in honor of St. Padre Pio this Tuesday, April 18 at 7:30 PM, in Italian.
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION—The Confirmation will be this Saturday, April 22 at 3:00 PM by Most Rev. David Arias.
RCIA CLASS (Adults Religious Education) will receive their First Holy Communion and Confirmation on Sunday, April 23 at the 9:30 AM Mass.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION—Our 2nd grade CCD class will receive their First Holy Communion on Sunday, May 7 at the 12:30 PM Mass.
SPRING AUCTION (TRICKY TRAY) 2017 will be held on Saturday, June 3 from 7:00 to 11:00 PM. We are collecting items to be auctioned. Please bring your donations to the rectory’s office.
SATURDAY, April 15 8:30PM EASTER VIGIL SUNDAY, April 16 7:30AM Anne Ring by her husband Jim & children 9:30AM John Ferraioli by his family 11:00AM Frank Tarabocchia by his wife Anita 12:30PM Maria Liotine by Simone family 7:00 PM All people of this parish MONDAY, April 17 7:00AM In honor of St. Lazarus by Eduardo Lorenzo 8:00AM Doris Cooney by her family TUESDAY, April 18 7:00AM Joseph Rimanic by M/M Zdenko Mirkovic 8:00AM Giuseppe Mattessich by his wife Gaudenzia WEDNESDAY, April 19 7:00AM Kathleen Kane by Yolanda Lorfink 8:00AM Antonia Scrivanic by Scrivanich family THURSDAY, April 20 7:00AM Nicolo Tarabocchia by John & Teresa Suttora 8:00AM Robert Hroncich by his family FRIDAY, April 21 7:00AM Marguerite Longo by Long family 8:00AM Maria Hroncich by Anita Tarabocchia SATURDAY, April 22 7:00AM Nicolo Tarabocchia by Mario & Nancy Jakus 8:00AM Catherine & Joseph Imbelloni by Grayce 6:00PM Vincent & Joseph Barila by family SUNDAY, April 23 7:30AM Juan Eduardo Melian by Michael McCormick 9:30AM Divine Mercy by us poor sinners 11:00AM Mike Pallotta by his family 12:30PM Doris Zoetges by Fran & Clare Munafo 7:00 PM All people of this parish
Mass Intentions
ST NICHOLAS RC CHURCH Parish Trustee: Giovanni Simone & Michael Massaro Parish Secretary: Débora Moreira Music Ministry: Addie Luers, Giovanni & Karen Simone, and Kelly Oliveira
Vocationist Sisters Community Sr. Benedita Carvalho, S.D.V., Superior & Pre-K Director; Sr. Jancy Thomas, S.D.V. and Sr. Emilia Din, S.D.V. 223 14th Street - Palisades Park, NJ Tel. 201-947-2413 Parish Pre-K “Fr. Justin Learning Center” Tel. 201-944-1376
NOTRE DAME ACADEMY 312 First St—Palisades Park, NJ Principal: Mark Valvano Tel. 201-947-5262
News of the Parish
In Memoriam
ALTAR CANDLES donated this week in loving memory of
ANNE RING by her husband Jim & children
BREAD & WINE donated this week in loving memory of ANGELO CECERE
by his wife & children
SANCTUARY LAMP donated this week in loving memory of
ANNE RING by her husband Jim & children
Happy Easter! from Fr. Stephen and the parish staff
Page 3 April 16, 2017
Holy Communion was brought this month to: Maria Piccini, Victor Columbini, John Ostuni, Frances Ceria, Cynthia Cornell, Anita Lauria and Gloria Pezzolla.
Pray for our sick: Mateus Ribeiro, Domenica Dinaro, Lorenzo Cafasso, Josephine Dolberry, Eileen Murphy, Angela Tina, Rita Vanore, Maria Piccini, John Ostuni, Dominick Ostuni, Sara Modafferi, John Hroncich (John Hroncich’s nephew), Fred DeCarlo, Martino Matesic, Theresa Triggiano, and John Neary.
Events of the Week
Pastoral Care
Monday, April 17 RECTORY’S OFFICE CLOSED Tuesday, April 18 9:00AM - Legion of Mary in the Blessed Mother’s room 7:30PM - St. Padre Pio’s Mass, in Italian 8:00PM - Holy Rosary in the Brazilian families Wednesday, April 19 6:00PM - Rehearsal of Confirmation 7:00PM - Holy Rosary in Italian 7:30PM - Mass for Archbishop Joseph Tobin at St. Matthew Thursday, April 20 7:30PM - Bible Study in English in Bl. Mother’s room Friday, April 21 8:30PM - Brazilian prayer meeting in church hall Saturday, April 22 3:00PM - Confirmation Sunday, April 23 9:30PM - RCIA Communion & Confirmation
STEWARDSHIP OF TIME & TALENT
We are thankful to all who attended our LENTEN PARISH RETREAT
on Saturday, April 1st, and the
Vocationist Fathers and Sisters who so kindly welcomed us in the Religious House in Florham Park
EASTER SUNDAY
REJOICE AND BE GLAD
"This is the day the Lord has made; let us
rejoice and be glad" (Psalm 118:24). Let us remember that
these words of today's responsorial psalm are not only sung from the
hearts of those gath-ered in our parish.
They are also sung by the poor in tiny barrios throughout Central and
South America. They are sung by those denied reli-gious freedom in our world; these Christians lift their voices in clandestine places of worship. These words are sung by people who have lost loved ones to acts
of terrorism and war around the globe. Even in the midst of conflict and division, Christians still come
together to declare that poverty, loneliness, violence, and division will never, ever have as much power as
the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Indeed, let us rejoice this day and be glad!
Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.
We remember you, O risen Lord, New Covenant at
the feast of the cross. Your resurrection dresses the table
for the bread of heaven and the cup of salvation.
Blessed are you!
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
Easter is nearly three weeks later this year than last. Why does the date wobble around the calendar so? The way of calculating the date was set by the Emperor Constantine in 325. The tradi-tional rule is that Easter is the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or after the vernal equinox, the fourteenth day of the new moon, and later than March 21. Thus, Easter wobbles between March 22 and April 25. In 1954 and 1962 the ecclesiastical calculations actually overrode the astronomical new moons and bumped Easter back a month! Today, there is a movement in the World Council of Churches (Protestants and Orthodox) for all Christians to combine their celebrations, based on the star charts for the Jerusalem skies. In principle, the Catholic Church is open to an ecumenical agreement on a fixed date for Easter, but we desire a unanimous decision from the World Council. -- Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.
Ministers’ Schedule for April 23—DIVINE MERCY
6:00 PM: Lector - Carmela B. E.M. - Maria Claudia and Rita 7:30 AM: Lectors - Michael E. M. - Sr. Jancy and Sr. Emilia 9:30 AM: Lectors - Carol E.M. - Lynn and Gina 11:00 AM: Lectors - Italia and Frank E.M. - Carmela A. and Antonia 12:30 PM : Lector - Youth E.M. - Suzanne 7:00 PM: Lectors - Katia, Laine and Patricia
Vocationist Corner
I believe in Your Desire, I see Your Plan, I know Your Prayer!
You will win, my Jesus. You will triumph!
Oh! Let this begin and proceed with me! I want to be a Host with You,
in You and for You! O my God and my All, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, may Your Will be done, Your Love reign, Your Glory
shine, always more in me and in everyone, as in Yourself, O my God and my All!
Blessed Fr. Justin Russolillo, SDV, Spirit of Prayer, page 210
For more information on Blessed Fr. Justin, please visit VOCATIONISTFATHERS.ORG
CALLING ALL SINGLES! SINGLE ADULTS (over 30)
Single, never married, single moms and dads, divorced, widowers — All are welcome to attend! We plan to meet once a month for a couple hours
in the evening for prayers, discussions, maybe a good movie, a glass of wine and a relaxing chat amongst
FRIENDS OF SAME FAITH
If you are interested on being part of the group, please let us know. Just drop this cutout in the collection
basket, call us at 201-944-1154 or email at [email protected]
Name: ________________________________________
Phone (for texting): _____________________________
Our 8th Grade teenagers will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation on Saturday,
April 22 at 3:00 PM by Most Rev. David Arias;
and our adults in RCIA will receive their First Communion and Confirmation
on Sunday, April 23 at the 9:30 AM Mass.
Our children in our 2nd Grade CCD Class will receive First Holy Communion
on Sunday, May 7 at the 12:30 PM mass.
Please pray for all of them in these very important steps in their Catholic lives
ST. NICHOLAS FUNDRAISING EVENT
TRICKY TRAY 2017 We are beginning to collect items
to be auctioned on
Saturday, June 3
NEW, NOT USED, UNOPENED gifts, toys, games, electronics, kitchen appliances,
home decoration, paintings, jewelry, etc.
All donations are tax deductible!
Please call the rectory’s office for more information
201-944-1154 For safety reasons we cannot accept used clothes, shoes, used home decoration or any opened toys
DEANERY MASS WITH CARDINAL JOSEPH W. TOBIN, C.Ss.R.
Archbishop of Newark Wednesday, April 19 at 7:30 PM
at St. Matthew Church 555 Prospect Avenue - Ridgefield, NJ 07657
All parishioners of St. Nicholas, St. Cecilia, St. John the Evan-gelist, St. Michael, Holy Trinity, Madonna, Holy Rosary, Epiphany, St. Matthew, Sacred Heart, St. John the Baptist and Our Lady of Grace are cordially invited to attend Mass with light reception in the church hall following Mass with a town hall meeting with our Archbishop.
TICKET: $ 20.00 Included: 25 tickets (Tier 1)
+ a sandwich, cookies, coffee and refrigerant Wow! That’s a great deal!
Our first meeting will be on SATURDAY, April 29 at 5:00 PM in the Joppolo's Hall (church hall)
Holy Hour for Vocations Every Thursday from 6:15 to 7:15 PM in church
~ Except on eve of first Fridays ~
Shoprite Cards are available after each Sunday Mass or during the week at the office. Our church will get 5% of what you spend.
COME TO
THE FEAST OF THE
DIVINE MERCY
Sunday, April 23
In the year 2000, after many years of study by
the Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II fulfilled the will of Christ
and officially established that Feast of Divine Mercy and named it
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY.
What is so special about this new Feast of Divine Mercy? It is the promise of the total forgiveness of all sins and punishment for anyone that would go to Confession and receive Communion on that very special Feast of Divine Mercy! Why would Jesus offer us something so great right now? Jesus told St. Faustina that she was to prepare the world for His Second Coming and He wants to pour out His Mercy before He comes again as the Just Judge and as a last hope of salvation.
We will celebrate the feast of the DIVINE MERCY at 3:00PM
with the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, prayer and the chaplet
in English, Italian and Portuguese
— Everyone is welcome and invited to participate —
