First Saturday, September 5, 2020-St. Teresa of
Calcutta
8:15 AM – † Teresa Manzo
5:00 PM † Rose Brino
† Frances and Joseph Raineri
Healing for Vanessa Martinez Healing for Msgr. Mark Giordani & Frank Petrelli
Sunday, September 6, 2020-23rd Sunday in Ordinary
Time
9:00 AM - † Araceli Danilewicz
† Mary Puglia
† Emanuella and Mario Boncini
Healing for Msgr. Mark Giordani
11:00 AM † Mario Portanova – 1 Year Mass
† Emily Tavecchio
† Bertha Butts
† Ennio Batelli
Special intentions for Ray and Rose VanHouten
Healing for Joan Kirwan
Healing for Barbara Boyle
1:00 PM – Special blessings to Milagros and Esteban
Urena as they celebrate their 25th Wedding Anniversary
Special Intentions for Proclamadores de la Palabra
Monday, September 7, 2020-LABOR DAY
8:15 AM – † Margie Ann Ryan
Special intentions for Josephine Robertiello Tuesday, September 8, 2020-The Nativity of the Blessed
Virgin Mary
8:15 AM - † Maria Gajewski
† Msgr. Charles Cassidy
† Mary Romano
† Mario Portanova
Birthday blessings for Arianna Maglio
Wednesday, September 9, 2020-Saint Peter Claver,
Priest
8:15 AM - † Sr. Rose Mary Barrood
Special blessings to Milagros and Esteban Urena as they
celebrate their 25th Wedding Anniversary
4:00 PM – Urena Wedding Anniversary Mass
Thursday, September 10, 2020
8:15 AM - † Rev. Msgr. Thomas G. Madden
† Sr. Dorothy Jose Lichtenberg
Friday, September 11, 2020
8:15 AM - † Salesian Bishop Emeritus Emilio Allue
In memory of all those who lost their lives on 9/11 Saturday, September 12, 2020-The Most Holy Name of
Mary, BVM
8:15 AM – † Mario Portanova
5:00 PM † Rose Brino
† Irene Sciro
† Michael and Mary Baskinger
† William and Caroline Mandara
Saturday, September 12, 2020 – Continued 5:00 PM- Healing for Helida P. DiGiacomo Healing for Msgr. Mark Giordani & Frank Petrelli
Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020-24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 AM - † Raymond Swan
Healing for Msgr. Mark Giordani and Frank Petrelli
Healing for Jose Laracuente
Blessings for the coming school year for Gabriel
Laracuente
11:00 AM † Michele Rossi
† Lucy Clark
† Josephine and Thomas Portelli
† Vincenzo Cassibba – 1 Year Mass
† Pasquale Pianelli
Healing for Msgr. Mark Giordani and Frank Petrelli
1:00 PM – Special intentions for the Lord of Miracle
Group
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen take one or two others along with you, so that every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses... Amen I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father. For where two or three...’”
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew Which seems better, that everyone know about a disagreement with you, or discreetly find a way to address it, with no one else being aware of it? Certainly, there is faster healing resulting in peace and contentment. One of the greatest powers we possess, is the power to forgive. Unfortunately, it is a power we seem to hold in reserve and often refuse to use. How often we have heard the phrase ‘forgive and forget’, but an unfair accusation or allegation cannot be easily forgotten. A wise, holy monk taught me to respond to a hurt with ‘forgive and remember without bitterness.’ Try it, it works.
HIS WORD TODAY, by Rev. William J. Reilly
THE 23rd SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME 9/6/2020-Sunday-Ez 33:7-9; Rom 13:8-10; Mt 18:15-20 9/7/2020-Monday-1 Cor 5:1-8; Lk 6:6-11 9/8/2020-Tuesday-Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 or 1:18-23 9/9/2020-Wednesday-1 Cor 7:25-31; Lk 6:20-26 9/10/2020-Thursday-1 Cor 8:1b-7, 11-13; Lk 6:27-38 9/11/2020-Friday-1 Cor 9:16-19, 22b-27; Lk 6:39-42 9/12/2020-Saturday-1 Cor 10:14-22; Lk 6:43-49
Online Giving Please consider Online Giving. Visit our parish
website at www.stgerardmajella.org for more
information or to sign up. This will allow you
to:
Set up your own contributions
Change your contribution at any time
Your donation is automatic and safe
Electronic giving is efficient, practical
and easy.
For more information call Gloria at the Rectory
973-595-8446.
Deceased Parishioners:
Please keep in your prayers those of
our parishioners, family or friends
who have entered into eternal rest.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let the eternal light shine upon
them. We specially pray for those who lost
their lives due to the corona virus.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH
Mass is at 8:15 am Rectory Hours: Monday thru Friday
10:00 am to 2:30 pm
Closed in observance of the
Holiday.
Weekdays: Monday-Friday-8:15 am
Saturday: 8:15 am and 5:00 pm
Sunday: 9:00 am and 11:00 am in
English and 1:00 pm in Spanish
Everyone entering the Church must
wear a Face Mask.
Sanctuary
Lamp Flowers
The Bread
and Wine
The Sanctuary Lamp
burns in loving memory of
Kay Stasiak
Flowers are given in loving
memory of Rose Brino
The Bread and Wine is offered in memory of
Nelda Burke
Special prayers of remembrance to
all who lost their lives on 9/11 and
also for those who subsequently died
with medical issues as a result of 9/11.
Never forgotten.
OUR PRAYER GARDEN If you wish to order a Paver in memory of
a loved one, the cost is $150. Your choice
of inscription on the paver. Please call the
Rectory at 973-595-8446 to place your
order.
RELIGIOUS STATUE RESTORATION
Do you have treasured statues that need a
loving touch? Tom Aiello, a local artist,
has the ability to do this for you. Please
give Tom a call at 973-557-3385 or
e-mail him at [email protected]
for more details.
The Nativity of the Blessed
Virgin Mary Feast Day: September 8th
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
the Nativity of Mary, or the Birth of the
Virgin Mary, refers to a Christian feast day
celebrating the birth of Mary, mother of
Jesus.
Your gifts, blessings and generous
donations to our Parish Community are
deeply appreciated. Please use your
parishioner envelopes. Kindly
remember to place your offering in
the baskets by both entrances inside
the Church. If you are unable to
attend Mass, please mail your
donations to the Rectory at 501 West
Broadway, Paterson, NJ 07522
Catechetical Sunday will be celebrated on
Sunday, September 13th at the 9:00 AM Liturgy. Religious education classes will
begin the end of September. A Parent
Orientation meeting will be held on Sept. 27th.
More information to follow. PLEASE
REGISTER ON LINE. Registration forms
are available at the Rectory for Grades 1
thru 7 and for RCIC. Confirmation forms are also available beginning with Grade 8.
Rectory hours are 10:00 am to 2:30 pm.
St. Gerard Majella School
Opening September 9th
Welcome Back Faculty, Staff and Students
to St. Gerard Majella School for the 2020-
2021 scholastic year. This will be a new
normal one for all of us. We rely on the
Lord to carry us through this school year.
Together we will go forward and be stronger
to one another. Let us remember that with
God all things are possible and without God
nothing is possible. Sr. Jo-Ann Pompa, M.P.F.School Principal
The school hours are from:
8:00 am – 3:00 pm. Pre-K to Grade 8
After school care will be available until
5:30 pm
St. Joseph Regional High
School SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH
at 11:00 am Visit our Campus, meet faculty, staff
and coaches, speak with teachers and
students, and learn about our academic
and athletic program, scholarship and
financial aid.
Reserve your spot; SJRNJ.ORG
40 Chestnut Ridge Road
Montvale, NJ 07645
Would you like to remember a loved one
with a candle in church? Your choice of
wording on candle. They are available to be
placed by the statues of: St. Joseph, St
Gerard, The Blessed Mother, Padre Pio and
St. Michael. The cost for one year is $100.
Please call the Rectory at 973-595-8446
with your request.