Inspired by Our Lady, we welcome all as we worship God and witness our Faith through love and service.

Mass Schedule Sunday Masses Saturday Vigil Mass .................. 5:00 PM (Church) Sunday ............... 8:00, 10:00, 11:30 AM (Church)Confessions every Saturday, 4:15 PM- 4:45 PMDaily Mass Monday - Saturday ................... 9:00 AM (Chapel)

Parish Office..... 908-647-1075

Fax....................... 908-647-7885

Website: www.olmwarren.org

October 4, 2015

27th Sunday In

Ordinary Time

Parish Staff Rev. Sean W. Kenney, Pastor John Scansaroli, Deacon Thomas Sicola, Deacon Rev. Msgr. William J. Capik (Retired) Rev. William C. Warman (Retired), Priest in Residence

Parish Office Cary St. Pierre, Parish Admin Assistant.............Ext. 101Laura Sepesi, Parish Pastoral Assistant ............ Ext. 103 Adam Kuczynski, Dir. of Communications ........ Ext. 104

Office of Faith Formation Emma DeBorja, Parish Catechetical Leader……..Ext. 113

Brenda Hann, Secretary…………………………………..Ext. 112

167 Mount Bethel Road, Warren, New Jersey 07059

Sunday, October 4

8:00 AM Joseph Musorafite r/o Family

10:00 AM Grady Lewis r/o Kathy & Lois Dalton

11:30 AM Betty Kosinski r/o Judy & George Macor

Monday, October 5 9:00 AM Matthew & Frank Lorenzo r/o Susan Tapper

Tuesday, October 6 9:00 AM Virginia Nuszer r/o Haddican Family

Angelo Petitti r/o Francesca Durand

Wednesday, October 7

9:00 AM Elsa Brunori r/o Family

Thursday, October 8

9:00 AM James Russo r/o Cleary Family

Arthur Lewis r/o John & Annette Guarino Friday, October 9

9:00 AM Anthony Mascia r/o Family Saturday, October 10

9:00 AM Lester Gryszkiewicz r/o Wife, Magda

5:00 PM Louis Baron r/o Pat Scheffield & Family

Sunday, October 11 8:00 AM For the Intentions of Our Parishioners

10:00 AM Dan Greybek r/o John & Judy Calabro

11:30 AM Elsa Brunori r/o Steve & Doreen Gliebe

STEWARDSHIP

September 20th Weekly Offering—$9,308

Fiscal Year-to-Date Offering—$141,171

Parish Weekly Needs—$14,900

Fiscal Year-to-Date Needs—$179,300 Fiscal Y-T-D Surplus/(Deficit) - ($38,129)

(Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2016)

8:00 AM

Celebrant

Fr. Sean

Readers

Celine

Alapatt

Altar

Servers

Jarrod

Thompson

October 10th/11th, 2015

5:00 PM

Celebrant

Fr. Sean

Readers

Mary

Stoddard

Altar

Servers

Alyssa

Galdi

Christian

Galdi

Robby

Battiste

11:30 AM

Celebrant

Fr. Sean

Readers

Mia

Riedler

Altar

Servers

Marc

Bruno

Isabella

Bruno

10:00 AM

Celebrant

Msgr. Capik

Readers

Ed

Caldwell

Altar

Servers

Rebecca

Fenton

Calista

Fenton

Luke

Anderson

Upcoming Events:

Monday, October 5

KofC Business Meeting, 7:30 PM, Fr. Peter Room

Wednesday, October 7

AA, 8:00 PM, Fr. Russell Room

Friday, October 9

Adoration, 9:30 AM; Benediction 7 PM, Chapel

Saturday, October 10

AA, 8:00 PM, Fr. Russell Room

Please check www.olmwarren.org for the online calendar and updates!

The Chapel Sanctuary Candle for this week burns in memory of:

Carolyn Michaels

at the request of:

Carole Banfield

Twenty-Seventh Sunday In

Ordinary Time

First Reading: Genesis 2:18-24

God created many different animals in an attempt to make a suitable partner for the first man. Then he took a rib from the man as he slept and built it up into a woman. At last God had created some-one who equaled the man, as she was “bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh” and they proved to be suitable partners for each other.

Second Reading: Hebrews 2:9-11

This passage describes how Jesus will become perfect through his suffering. It also reminds us that Jesus’ Father is our Father as well, making him unashamed to call us his brothers and sis-ters.

Gospel: Mark 10:2-16

The people began to ask Jesus if it was accepta-ble for a man to divorce his wife. Jesus tells them that two people who have been joined together by God should not be separated. People began bringing their children to Jesus, but the disciples tried to send them away. Jesus grew angry and told his disciples to allow the children to come to him.

Next week’s readings: Wisdom 7:7-11; He-

brews 4:12-13; Mark 10:17-30 or 10:17-27

A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON THE SUNDAY READINGS

HIS WORD TODAY by Rev. William J. Reilly Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time October 4, 2015

“That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two become one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, no hu-man being must separate…people were bringing their children to him that he might touch them…he embraced them and blessed them, placing his hands on

them.”

Filled with the spirit of the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, and the presence of Pope Francis, the scriptures are remind-ing us of all that has transpired. It is God who joins together, it is Christ who is wait-ing for us to bring our children to Him.

As we reflect on family and family life, we realize that we all belong to the family of God. We are blessed with others around us, to support, guide, teach and under-stand us. Our family might consist of wid-ows and widowers, single parents, newly married couples or blessed silver or golden anniversary couples. All lives created by God and enriched with His blessings.

As Jesus reached out to embrace, bless and touch the children, so He does with us. May we respond as we reach out to others, we bring Christ, His presence and peace to them. Pope Francis tells us ‘we are created in order to love, as a reflection of God and His love.’ Regardless of our current condi-tion, remember, we are all part of a family, a mirror of and reflection of God’s love.

For this we are grateful to God for His gift of love, His embrace, His countless bless-ings

“So out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought

them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man

called every living creature, that was its name.” (Genesis 2:19)

The creation story reminds us of two im-portant points. First, since the start, God has

put the entire world into our care. Second, stewardship has been around since the begin-ning of mankind, it isn’t something recently

invented by the Church. Just as past genera-tions built our Church, it is now our responsi-

bility to continue to nurture and develop these gifts for future generations.

Hats for the Homeless To help our homeless brothers and sisters in the cold winter

months, we need HATS!

If you can knit or crochet, please consider making as many hats

as you can.

Men’s hats would be particularly welcomed.

They will be collected on Nov. 7th/8th and Nov. 14th/15th

For more details, contact:

Claudia Major

732-868-4566

Mommajor@verizon.net

Faith Formation News

REMINDER:

8th Grade Parent-Teacher meetings are sched-

uled for Monday, October 5th, at 7 PM in the

Church.

SAVE THE DATE:

2nd Grade Parents’ Meeting

(Reconciliation/Eucharist)

Wednesday, Oct. 14th At 7 PM

NOTE:

The Cancelled Confirmation Meeting (9/27),

will be re-scheduled. Stay tuned for a new date.

Thank You!!!

On behalf of the Parish Wellness Ministry and New Jer-sey Blood Services, many thanks to all who supported our autumn blood drive on September 27th! The drive was a wonderful success with a total of 54 blood prod-

ucts collected. In addition to those who signed up in per-son and on line, we had quite a few walk in donors as well. Many lives will be helped because you took the

time to give the gift of life! Our winter blood drive will be on Sunday, January 17th

from 8am to 2pm in Shepherd's Hall. Save the date!

Relevant Radio is now on 1430 AM.

Relevant Radio is a 24-hr Catholic station. Tune in on

the radio, on relevantradio.com, or through its mobile

app!

NEEDED: Volunteers for the OLM Soup Kitchen team

(Family participation welcome too)

Over the past year OLM has staffed a Soup Kitchen effort to prepare and serve meals at St Mary’s Plainfield four times a year on the 3rd Sundays of the month (2:00 PM-4:30 PM). We’ve set up three separate sub-teams which revolve quarterly so that no team is over-burdened. We ask for a nom-inal one year commitment (again, one event each quarter).

The group being set up now will serve beginning this Decem-ber (12/20), then the 3rd Sundays in March, June, and Sep-tember 2016.

Members will be offered the opportunity to learn the ropes alongside a current OLM team. Each member/family will be assigned food to bring (pasta, salad, bread, or dessert prepara-tion).

St Mary’s is located at 516 6th St, Plainfield and is a short 15-minute drive from Warren. While families are also encour-aged to join, we prefer that children be 12 and over (everyone works).

For more information, call Roger Allen at (732) 369-3702.

Coat Drive The collection of winter coats has begun for St. Mary’s Winter

Coat Give Away that will take place on Sunday, Nov. 8th, in the basement of St. Mary’s School on West 6th Street in Plainfield

between the hours of 2:30 PM-4:30 PM. Please only donate clean coats, with no rips or tears, with

working zippers.. If you can volunteer or have any questions, please contact: Brenda Anderson (brendamaryanderson@hotmail.com;

908-447-7131 anytime after Nov. 3rd).

All Souls’ Day All Souls’ Day is celebrated on November 2. Es-

pecially on this day, and throughout the month of

November, we pray for those who have gone be-

fore us into the next life. To recall more vividly

those friends and family members who have died,

we will be displaying their photographs in the

Church during the month of November, as we did

last year.

We will be adding to last year’s display, so if you

did not submit a photo last year, please place a copy

of photos of your loved ones in the box labeled “All

Souls’ Day” in the foyer of the Church no later than

October 18th. Photos should be no larger than 8”

X10”. The photos cannot be returned.

Consider using this opportunity to share stories

of the lives of your loved ones who have passed,

recall lessons they have taught you, and remember

how you loved them.

Respond to Pope Francis’ Call to Help the Poor by Supporting Catholic Chari-

ties

You can respond to our Holy Father’s message and help the poor in our own neighborhood by becoming a Champion for Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen. Here’s 3 ways to help:

Join us for the Champions Community Partners Reception at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club on October 20, 2015.

Purchase a 50/50 raffle ticket for $100 for a chance to win big while helping Catholic Charities. (Drawing will be held on October 20.)

Donate – Any amount is greatly appreciated and every gift helps.

For details: call 732-562-2438 or visit www.diometuchen.org/champions