SAINT MARY’S PARISH

Twenty-Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time September 18, 2016

“Preserving a Proud Tradition” Saint Mary’s Capital Campaign Update!

Total Pledged Commitments: $781,115.43.00

Generosity at Work Progress Report!

1. School Elevator: Completed! 2. Church air-conditioning: Sanctuary completed. 3. Monsignor Walsh Hall: Bathrooms: Renovations Started. Elevator: Projected November 1st start date. 4. Rectory Air-Conditioning: Completed. 5. Our Lady of Fatima Garden: Stone pavers installed. Family engraved stone pavers installed when $1800.00 donation is reached.

Have you made your Capital Campaign Pledge?

Every donation is critical to our success! If everyone makes a pledge we will reach our goal! A pledge at the FOUNDER LEVEL, ($50.00 a month for three years) will entitle you to an engraved stone paver in our new walkways in the Our Lady of Fatima Garden outside the Church. This is a great way to attach family history to the history of Saint Mary’s Church. Please make your pledge today! Please contact the Parish Office for more information! May God Bless Saint Mary’s Parish!

Saint Mary’s Thanks you for your generosity and your continuing commitment to fulfill your pledge to our campaign and parish community! May God Bless you always!

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This Week’s Words of Mercy: "I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."

Abraham Lincoln

Weekly Mass Schedule Weekday Masses are held in the Parish Center Chapel

Saturday, September 17 5:30 PM James Cafone † (Anniversary) Sunday, September 18 7:30 AM Intentions of Angelo Buro

(Birthday) 9:00 AM Bartholomew Tran † 10:30 AM Marie Herlihy † 12:00 PM Dolly M. Berbary † Monday, September 19 7:30 AM Joseph Lynch † 12:10 PM Cletus T. Joyce † Tuesday, September 20 7:30 AM John Flammer † 12:10 PM Anthony and Genevieve

Blaskewicz † Wednesday, September 21 7:30 AM Chris Rush † (Anniversary) 12:10 PM Carlo Bagnano † Thursday, September 22 7:30 AM Josephine Kozell † 12:10 PM Joseph Aversano † Friday, September 23 7:30 AM Rev. Robert M. Brennan † 12:10 PM Joseph and Victoria

Blumenschein † Saturday, September 24 8:30 AM Rev. Robert M. Brennan † 5:30 PM Ed Yavorski † Sunday, September 25 7:30 AM Bishop Thomas A. Donato † 9:00 AM Anthony and Genevieve

Blaskewicz † 10:30 AM Catherine Lombardi † 12:00 PM The McMahon Family †

Hosts for each Mass have been donated by the

Rosary Society

Weekly Mass Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, all weekday Masses will be held in the Parish Center Chapel

Saturday, September 15 5:30 PM † Sunday, September 17 7:30 AM 9:00 AM 10:30 AM 12:00 PM Monday, September 7:30 AM 12:10 PM Tuesday, September 7:30 AM 12:10 PM Wednesday, September 7:30 AM 12:10 PM Thursday, September 7:30 AM 12:10 PM Friday, September 7:30 AM 12:10 PM Saturday, September 8:30 AM 5:30 PM Sunday, September 7:30 AM 9:00 AM 10:30 AM 12:00 PM

Holy Father's Prayer Intention We pray that each may contribute to the common good and to the building of a society that places the human person at the center. We also pray that by participating in the Sacraments and meditating on Scripture, Christians may become more aware of their mission to evangelize. RCIA Invitation

St. Mary’s would like to extend a special invitation to any adults who wish to receive the sacraments of Baptism, First Communion or Confirmation. The RCIA program also helps those who want to learn more about their Christian faith and

become practicing Catholics. If you are interested or know of someone who would be interested please call our Religious Education office at 973- 667-8239 or see Fr. Trinidad for more information.

Super 50/50 Raffle Are you aware the Super 50/50 has been moved to the Fall? We will be holding the drawing on Friday, October 21st at the Annual Rosary Tricky Tray. Raffle books are available after all Masses until Oct. 16th. Thank you for your continuing participation!

RCIA Are you or someone you know interested in becoming Catholic or completing the Sacraments? RCIA classes will begin on Tuesday, October 4 at 7:00pm. Please contact Kristen Gawlik in the Parish Center or email kristen@stmarysnutley.org for more information.

Save The Date It’s almost here! St. Mary’s Rosary Society’s biggest fundraiser of the year, our annual tricky tray, will be held on Friday, October 21st. Mark your calendars. More information will follow in the upcoming weeks. You don’t want to miss this one!

Pantry Notice We at St. Mary’s Parish Pantry are part of a Consortium of which Catholic Charities is the lead. As part of this group we collect food once a year at Nutley Park Shop Rite. On Sunday, September 25, from 12-3:30 PM we will be collecting non-perishable items. We are looking for volunteers who would hand out lists of items. If you can donate 1 hour of your time it would be appreciated. Please call the Parish Center (973-235-1100) to volunteer and someone will contact you. Thank you!

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Father Trinidad Accepts New Assignment! My dear parishioners, it is with a heavy heart that I bring you the news that our beloved Father Trinidad has accepted a new assignment from the Archbishop and will begin service as Parochial Vicar at Saint Anthony of Padua Church in Union City, New Jersey on October 1st, 2016. We will be holding farewell receptions for Father Trinidad after all the masses on the weekend of Sunday September 25th. The receptions will allow us an opportunity to express our gratitude for Father Trinidad’s outstanding service to our parish and to let him know of our love and prayers for continued success and happiness in the future. For all of us who have been touched by Father Trinidad’s love for the Church and the Priesthood, I know this is a difficult moment. His energy, enthusiasm, great preaching, his work with Religious Education, Confirmation and RCIA have deeply touched many of us and many of our brothers and sisters in our parish community. I know that I have complained in the past that he eats way too much food, especially cereal, and that our rectory food budget is out of control, but I want you to know what a joy and privilege it has been to share our rectory as brothers with Father Tom and myself. He has been a bundle of energy and enthusiasm and has very often kept me on my toes! Many of you have experienced the departure of someone dear to you who has left for a new opportunity. It might be a son or daughter moving off to college or marriage or a dear friend accepting a new job and moving away. The departure leaves us with a sadness in our heart, but does not change our love and concern for the departed. It does not change our desire for much success, joy and fulfillment for them. It is with such a heart, on behalf of our parish community, that I thank Father Trinidad for all the goodness and joy he has brought to our community and wish him much peace and joy in the continuance of his service to our Lord!

May God Bless Father Trinidad always, Fr. Rich

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Faith Formation at St. Mary’s Church in

2016-17

First Day of Class Sunday, September 18 Tuesday, September 20

Catechetical Sunday Special Blessing

Sunday, September 18 at 10:30am Mass

Confirmation Parent and Candidate Meeting

Thursday, September 29

First Penance Parent Meeting

Monday, October 17

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Bingo Callers Needed Are you free on Tuesday evenings? Would you like to be part of St. Mary’s Bingo Team? We are in need of a few callers. Please call the Parish Center if interested.

Registration for 2016-17 Religious Education

Grade 1 is the grade that children should begin attending religious education classes to begin preparation for the sacraments and to begin growing into a relationship with Jesus and His Church.

We are still accepting new registrations for children entering Grade 1. If you are new to our program, we ask that you please come into the Parish Office to see Diane to complete a registration form. Please bring a copy of your child's baptism certificate with you. We have a choice of days, Sunday 9-10:15 AM or Tuesday 3:45- 5 PM, to make it easier for you and your family's needs. If you know of any other children who will be entering Grade 1 in September, please spread the word about our program so that everyone can begin this journey of faith together.

If you have been away from our program for a year or more, we want to welcome you back. Each year of religious education builds upon the next, so that each student has a solid foundation in faith. We will work with you and your child to help them to reach the level of knowledge needed to begin preparation for Confirmation, which takes place in Grade 9. Please email Anthony (armandoa@stmarysnutley.org) to talk about how we can get your child's faith formation back on track.

Confirmation registration forms were mailed out a few weeks ago and were due back on August 15.

From the Desk of Fr. Trinidad Cuevas Dear beloved parishioners, It has been a little over three years since the last time I wrote in our parish bulletin. In that last bulletin I wrote about St. Mary’s beautiful stain glass windows and about the tremendous impact they had on me as a young priest. At that time I did not know that the windows of St. Mary’s were going to be a prophecy, a window so to say, of how my priesthood would flourish and mature so long as I meditated on the life of Christ and the humility of the Virgin Mary.

I’m happy to say that these last four years, but especially since the arrival of Fr. Richard Berbary, have been truly phenomenal. This past June I also began my fifth year at St. Mary’s Church. I can honestly say that God has showered me with much tender love and joy with the presence of Fr. Tom and Fr. Richard, two remarkable men. They have taught me almost everything I know about life as a priest in a parish. I am truly indebted to them for their kindness, patience, support, brotherhood and love.

The staff at St. Mary’s is outstanding, I could not have asked for better people to work with on a day-to-day basis. It is because of them that my work at St. Mary’s has been successful. Above all, I have learned the most on how to be a priest, by interacting in the life of each and every one of you beloved parishioners. I will always thank God for giving me the grace to begin my priesthood with such extraordinary people.

I would like to take this time to speak to you about my experience at St. Mary’s as a young priest. You might not know this, but the year leading up to my diaconal ordination I had asked the Blessed Virgin Mary for a small but significant grace. I asked the Virgin Mary if it be possible, for my first assignment as a new priest, to be at a place where I would experience her constant protection and never feel alone. Lo and behold, this small petition became true. Not only did I receive a parish in honor of the Virgin Mary, (as a sign of Mary’s continual protection) she also gave me a new family so that I would never feel alone. The truth is, that I have never felt alone at St. Mary’s.

I want to tell you St. Mary’s that I will always love you for everything you have done, shown and inspired in me. You have been fundamental in my life as a young priest. I have heard sad stories of young priest living the priesthood or getting married as a result of a bad experience with their first assignments so critical in the first years. This unfortunate outcome has not been my experience. On the contrary, I have felt the presence of the Holy Spirit in each and every person that comes to St. Mary’s. It is because of you my dear parishioners that my vocation to the priesthood is confirmed everyday. I love being a priest because of you. God willing I hope to someday, in my ripe old age, die a holy priest. Thank you for your prayers and friendship but especially for your tender love.

Now I would like to tell you something that requires immediate attention. As most of you may already know, this past summer I participated to an event called “World Youth Day” in Krakow Poland together with my family and some young people from my home parish in California. This was an amazing trip, one I will not forget anytime soon. After Poland, my family and I continued our vacation in Italy. We visited many beautiful places and churches.

One of those churches was the basilica of St. Anthony of Padua. As I prayed at the tomb of St. Anthony, I asked for a small but significant grace, but only if the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary were in favor of it. I asked for the grace to be completely open to the will of God no matter what it is. Lo and behold St. Anthony answered my prayer and granted me the grace to accept God’s will with joy. And what exactly is God’s will for me today?

My dear parishioners, I am writing to tell you that God has given me a new assignment for my priestly ministry at a church called St. Anthony of Padua in Union City. This new assignment is God’s will for me and I am happy to accept it. I received this news about two weeks ago. I did not ask or looked for this change, it was rather an urgent need, and like a faithful soldier for Christ, I will always answer the call to duty.

I ask my dear parishioners to please pray for me as I embark on this new journey. Humanly speaking it will be challenging to leave behind those whom I love. Please know that I will never forget you.

My new assignment will begin on October 1st 2016. My last weekend at St. Mary’s will be on September 24th and 25th. I hope this news does not make you sad and that you understand that this new assignment has not been forced upon me. I in all freedom have accepted it with joy and gratitude. I promise I will visit as often as I can, and you can definitely count on my prayers. Please know from the bottom of my heart that I will always love you St. Mary’s. I will remember you forever.

May the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph guide and protect you always. I will be forever yours,

Fr. Trinidad Jose Cuevas

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Holy God We Praise Thy Name This past summer I thought a great deal about who is St. Mary’s. My conclusion, that St. Mary’s is all of us individually and collectively was the topic of several weeks of bulletin articles. (You can find these in past bulletins on the parish website.)

More recently my thoughts have turned to a second question: What is it that we at St. Mary’s do?

My initial thoughts have centered on my primary responsibility; liturgical music. What do you think of when you hear the word liturgy? Did someone just chuckle as they thought, “It’s Greek to me?”

Good, you’re on the right track. Liturgy is a Greek word which the Catholic Encyclopedia describes as “the whole complex of official services, all the rites, ceremonies, prayers, and sacraments of the Church, as opposed to private devotions.”

The translation from Greek to English is “the work of the people.” Many of you reading this, have come together for Sunday liturgy, a time where we meet and worship God in Word and Sacrament. Coming together to praise God in liturgy is what as do.

****************** As to the musical portion of my thoughts; I’ve spent this summer thinking about repertoire. The root of this word comes from the Latin meaning list. Repertoire is the entire list of what someone can do. i.e All the dishes a chef can cook or all the poems a person can recite. In the case of liturgical music repertoire is all the songs/hymns we as a community know.

I’ve picked today’s music with the idea of repertoire in mind. You may notice some songs that we have sung over the past few weeks. We will sing Bob Hurd and Ken Canedo’s rousing “Alleluia, Give the Glory” (#890) and John Foley’s “The Cry of the Poor.” (#622) The children’s choir will lead us in Bob Hurd’s “A Listening Heart”. (The words are printed in the bulletin.)

Perhaps liturgical repertoire can be best illustrated by our closing hymn “Holy God, We Praise Thy name”. (#195)

I’ve specifically chosen to sing this song at the 10:30 liturgy with the children as I think it important that it become part of their personal and collective repertoire. Your vocal participation is one way of embracing and fulfilling your role in passing our faith, tradition and repertoire to the newest generation of St. Mary’s.

Excited for our children’s choir to sing this weekend and grateful for our catechists, Bruce

Knights of Columbus Membership The St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus Council #2346 always welcomes new members to join. The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic Men’s fraternal organization dedicated to upholding its four key principles: charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism. Those who are interested in more information should call the Council at (973) 667-0104 or email stmaryscouncil2346@gmail.com. Meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 7:30 PM. The Knights of Columbus Hall is also available for rental; please call with any inquires. The Hall is a great space for repasts, anniversaries and baby/bridal showers!

This Week’s Music 5:30, 10:30 and 12 NOON

Gathering Alleluia, Give the Glory #890 Gloria Mass of Renewal #866 Psalm Praise the Lord Who Lifts Up the Poor p. 216 Offertory The Cry of the Poor 622 Holy Mass of Renewal #869 Acc. Mass of Renewal #871 Amen Mass of Renewal #873 Lamb of God Mass of Renewal #874 Communion Taste and See #328 A Listening Heart (10:30) Left Recessional Holy God, We Praise Thy Name #195

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Confessions Saturdays, 4:30 to 5:15 or by appointment

Novenas • Miraculous Medal: Mon., 12:00 PM before Mass • Our Lady of Perpetual Help: Weds., 7:00 PM • Devotion to the Divine Mercy: Fri., 7:00 PM in chapel • First Friday Novena: 1st Friday of Month, 7:00 PM in the Chapel

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) Adults who wish to receive Baptism, First Communion or Confirmation should contact Kristen Gawlik at the Parish Center or email kristen@stmarysnutley.org.

Baptisms Baptisms are the third Sunday of each month, at 1:30 PM. Please call at least a month in advance to make arrangements. Baptismal prep classes will now be held on Saturday, the week before Baptisms (the second Saturday of the month), at 1:00 PM in the Parish Center

Parish Membership Parishioners should register and should inform the Parish Center when moving from the parish.

Good Shepherd Academy (973-667-2049; www.gsanutley.org) Our Catholic grade school sponsored by the Archdiocese of Newark

Religious Vocations If you think you may have a vocation, speak to one of our priests, or call the Archdiocesan Vocations Office (973-497-4366).

Care of the Sick Communion will be brought to any parishioner confined to home, upon request; those who are seriously ill, or weak from the burden of years, should request the Anointing of the Sick. Urgent calls will be attended immediately.

Marriage Contact a priest to make arrangements. The Bishops have directed that the normal preparation time is a year or more.

St. Mary’s Church is served by: Rev. Richard Berbary, Pastor

Rev. Thomas Nicastro, Parochial Vicar Rev. Trinidad Cuevas, Parochial Vicar

Anthony G. Armando, DRE/Youth Minister, 973-667-8239

armandoa@stmarysnutley.org Bruce Mauro, Music Director,

b.mauro1@yahoo.com Patrick Perrone, Trustee Anne Scheidel, Trustee

Mon.-Fri. 9 AM-4 PM Parish Center

Saturday 3 PM-7 PM

Church Vestibule Sunday 9 AM-1 PM

Church Vestibule

Parish Business Hours

Sundays 5:30 (Sat. evening)

7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12:00 Weekdays

Masses in Parish Center Chapel 7:30, 12:10 (Monday - Friday),

8:30 (Saturday) Holy Days

7:30 AM, 12:10 AM, 7:00 PM Nationa l Holidays

9:00 AM

M a s s S c h e d u l e

Readings for the Week of September 18, 2016 Monday: Prv 3:27-34; Ps 15:2-5; Lk 8:16-18 Tuesday: Prv 21:1-6, 10-13; Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44; Lk

8:19-21 Wednesday: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-5; Mt 9:9-13 Thursday: Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17bc; Lk 9:7-9 Friday: Eccl 3:1-11; Ps 144:1b, 2abc, 3-4; Lk 9:18-22 Saturday: Eccl 11:9 — 12:8; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17; Lk 9:43b-45 Sunday: Am 6:1a, 4-7; Ps 146:7-10; 1 Tm 6:11-16; Lk

16:19-31 ©JPPC

Parish Collections: The September 4th Collection was $9,675.00. The September 11th Collection was $9,079.00. We thank you for your generous donations!

Phone Number: 973-235-1100

A Time of War and Peace… We pray that our troops serving our country may be protected by the Holy Spirit, especially for Patrick Connors, Evan Keating, Collin Keating, Mark Nostro, David Nostro, Douglas Reiman, John Thompson and James Zaremba.

A Time to Heal… For all those who are sick or suffering, especially Doreen

Bryan, Angela Scullion and all those listed on our webpage at http://stmarysnutley.org/PrayerPage.shtml

A Time to Die… For all those who have entered into eternal life

A Time to be Born… For all those who have joined us in Baptism, especially

Santiago Javier Salazar, Ava Marie Fluellen, Phoenix Reign Isip, Emma Cheryl Boyles, Julianna Marie Lio and Vincenzo

Philip Iaquez