The Parish Family of St. Raphael Church 346 East Mount Pleasant Avenue + Livingston, New Jersey 07039 SERVED BY Rev. Gerald F. Greaves, Pastor Rev. Peter M. Aquino, Parochial Vicar Rev. Msgr. G. Thomas Burns, Pastor Emeritus Yolanda Cifarelli, Pastoral Associate Ann Marie Gesualdo, Director of Youth Ministry Gloria David, Trustee Ben Spinelli, Trustee Parish Office - 973-992-9490 Parish Fax - 973-740-0236 Religious Ed Office - 973-992-9496 Youth Office - 973-992-9496 Music Ministry - E-mail: srp.musicministry@gmail.com Parish Website: www.straphael.co/ SUNDAY OCTOBER 19TH, 2014 TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME RITE OF RECONCILIATION Saturday, 4:00 to 4:30 PM. Any time at the Parish Office by appointment. WEDDINGS Archdiocesan Policy requires that appointments for weddings must be made with one of our parish priests at least one year prior to the desired date. VISITING THE SICK The Holy Eucharist will be brought to any parishioner ill, or confined to home. The family is asked to contact the Parish Office. BAPTISM The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated the first Sunday of the month (call the Parish Office for times). An instruction session for first time parents is required prior to Baptism. Please call the Parish Office at least three weeks in advance to make arrangements. ANOINTING OF THE SICK The Sacrament of Anointing is available for anyone seriously ill or of advanced age. Please contact one of the priests to come to your home to celebrate the Sacrament. ADULT INITIATION Non-baptized adults and already baptized adults from other Christian faiths, who seek information about the Catholic faith are asked to call the Parish Office and begin the journey of Catechumenate. Catholics who have not received Eucharist or Confirmation are also invited to call for further information toward completing their sacramental initiation. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION During the School year, elementary religious education classes (Pre-School - 7) are held in the school from 10:00 to 11:15 AM on Sunday, and on Wednesday, 6:15 PM-7:30 PM. 8th Grade Religious Ed - Tuesday, 7:00 PM-8:30 PM. Family, Summer and Home Education also available. CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES If you need information regarding alcohol & drug rehabilitation, emergency food, mental health, special education, immigration, family counseling etc., call CCS HELPLINE, 1-800-227-7413. BULLETIN DEADLINE Tuesday by noon, week prior (unless holiday schedule). SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19th, 2014 Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time SUNDAY, October 19 - Is 45: 1, 4-6, 1 Thes 1: 1-5b, Mt 22: 15-21 7:30 am People of the Parish 9:00 am Rose DiBernardo, r/o The DiBernardo Family 11:30 am Alvaro Pinto (3rd Anniversary), r/o Daughter Filomena & Family MONDAY, October 20 – Eph 2: 1-10, Lk 12: 13-21 8:00 am Luis Gonzalez, r/o Dr. Baugh & Family TUESDAY, October 21 – Eph 2: 12-22, Lk 12: 35-38 8:00 am Wanda & Ben Wrosek, r/o Loving Daughter, Carol WEDNESDAY, October 22 - Eph 3: 2-12, Lk 12: 39-48 8:00 am Erin Donnelly, r/o Grandmother, Rita Gannon THURSDAY, October 23 – Eph 3: 14-21, Lk 12: 49-53 8:00 am Dominador Madrid, Jr. (Death Anniversary), r/o The Family FRIDAY, October 24 - Eph 4: 1-6, Lk 12: 54-59 8:00 am Vincenzo, Maria & Enrico D’Alto, r/o Teri & Cono DePaolo SATURDAY, October 25 – Eph 4: 7-16, Lk 13: 1-9 8:00 am Kenneth Gaglione, r/o Clair & Gary Schuller 5:00 pm Joseph Cavaleri, r/o Michael Cavaleri & Family SUNDAY, October 26 - Ex 22: 20-26, 1 Thes 1: 5c-10, Mt 22: 34-40 7:30 am People of the Parish 9:00 am Craig McGuire, r/o Shelia & Ken McGuire 11:30 am Raphael & Karen Pugliano (23rd Wedding Anniversary), r/o Mother PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK Please pray for those in our parish who are sick, especially: Meghan Amorim, Cesaria M. Aquino, Marcelino M. Aquino, Nicole Barbarisi, Karen Barth, Andrew Berman, Theresa Bocchino, Walter Boyle, Brian Burdick, Delis M. Burgos, Kathleen Campi, Vincent Campione, Pamela Chiarello, Jimmy Cimino, John Cimino, Justine Claus, Shirlie DeCostanza, Gerard & Mary DeLorenzo, John Dzera, Connie Elliott, Nancy Farrell, Helen Fazio, Lorie Ann Fowler, Virginia Louise Fressola, Frank Frost, Veronica Frucci, Robert Gaeta, Rita Gannon, Bradley Gelb, Nora Gilliland, Robert Giordano, Hugh Gore, Carmella Granto, Laura Greaves, Casy Guerrero, Tapalino Guzman, Jr., Fay Lachica Guerrero, Freddie Harper, Chris Hilderbrand, Patricia Hoffmann, Evelyn Imperial, Lynn Jacobs, Jean LaCapra, Leigh Nelson Lane, Patrick Lasky, Kay LaManna, Msgr. LoBianco, Judy Macedo, Peter Mauser, Michael McCaffery, Paul McInnis, Monica Mendoza, Remy Mercado, Tara Miller, Alex Miletich, Mary Molinaro, Kathy Ann Nash, Harriet Ott, Ann Peters, Rev. John Poplowski, Dorothy Powell, Diana Quinn, Charles Quinn, Ralph, Veronica Regan, Carolyn Riccio, Marianne S., John Sabbak, Ann San Martin, Jucita Santiago, Benjamin Spinelli, Sister Virginia Stanton, Carmencita “Chit” Trapse, Gayle Trotta, Jill Valese, Jerri Vitiello, Phyllis Vizzar, Fay Wadler. Names will remain on our sick list for one month after which time they will be removed, unless the family notifies us to the contrary. STEWARDSHIP REFLECTIONS “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.” ♦ Matthew 22:21 Everything we are and everything we have belongs to God. We aren’t “owners” of anything, we are merely “stewards” of the gifts God has given each of us. All God is asking is that we give back a portion of what He gave us. This is the essence of Stewardship. God should be our first priority in everything. All else comes second. LITURGICAL MINISTERS SCHEDULE October 18th & October 19th, 2014 MASS LECTORS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS 5:00 pm Greg Kundla Lorna Troja Karol Purcell John Frucci 7:30 am Denise Flanagan Teresita Ezpeleta Lucille Pringle 9:00 am Frank Jimenez Tom Cecere Joe Lanni Stan Lipinski 11:30 am Mary Ulrich Filomena Amorim Ricardo Pecson Evangeline Pecson Charles Quinn MASS STATS October 11th & October 12th, 2014 Mass Time 5:00 pm 7:30 am 9:00 am 11:30 am Mail-in’s Electronic Giving Totals: Attendance Collection 76 43 65 142 $1,117.00 $ 993.00 $ 739.00 $1,425.50 $ 895.00 $ 613.00 326 $5,782.50 Thank you VERY MUCH for the on-going support ! TODAY IS WORLD MISSION SUNDAY! We are invited today to reach out and help build the Church in Mongolia, the world’s youngest Catholic Church, as well as local churches throughout the Missions, in the most remote areas across our world. Your prayers and generous gift to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in the collection today help the work of priests, religious and lay leaders in Mongolia and throughout the Missions who offer the poor practical help and the experience of God’s love and mercy, His hope and peace. Please keep the Missions in your daily prayers. Please be as generous as you can to today’s collection. For more information please visit: www.IAmAMissionary.org. The Catholic Advocate is now available Online. Please visit: http://www.editions.us.com/catholicadvocate_0814 Sunday, October 19th, 2014 Twenty-ninth Sunday In Ordinary Time COMING IN NOVEMBER……… ST. RAPHAEL’S TRICKY TRAY Saturday, November 1st, 2014 12 Noon to 4:00 pm (Tobias hall) EVERYTHING BELONGS TO GOD The first reading from the prophet Isaiah concerns the Persian King Cyrus, called the Lord’s “anointed.” Cyrus deserves this title because he ended the Babylonian captivity of the Jews. However, Isaiah reminds us that it was God who gave Cyrus his power. He may be a great king, but “I am the LORD and there is no other,” says God (Isaiah 45:5) Tickets: $25 - Adults Only. (Your first sheet of tickets and lunch are included in price). 100 beautiful customized baskets full of all kinds of goodies and gift certificates. Tickets on sale after all Masses during the weekends in the vestibule. Reserve your seat now as seating is limited! Today’s Gospel is also concerned with worldly power. In the passage from Matthew, the Pharisees try to trick Jesus into speaking against the emperor. His famous answer is the perfect reply. Like the kings of old, Caesar can be given the respect due his position, but everything belongs to God. ST. RAPHAEL CALENDAR OCTOBER In the second reading, Paul gives thanks for all who are faithful to Jesus Christ and his gospel. He, too, reminds us that our call and the power to be faithful come from God. Oct. 18/19 TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION When the fathers of the Second Vatican Council met to discuss the sacrament of penance, they were required to draw up a new rite, including several forms. The hot button for debate was so-called “general absolution” by which a penitent could be absolved of sin without confessing to a priest. This was a difficult debate, compounded by widely varying traditions in both East and West. Some were surprised to learn that the Holy See had already given permission, during the First and Second World Wars, for this form. In 1944 the Vatican issued a decree saying this form was valid under extreme conditions, which bishops in mission lands and Latin America took as a kind of “blanket permission.” Thus, the fathers of the Council were alarmed to find this practice fairly widespread, not only in war, but in peaceful places with huge numbers of faithful and few priests. Although they eventually produced a ritual with three different forms, the forms are not considered equal, and the enriched and revised individual forms is preferred. The enrichments include a welcome of the penitent, a sign of the cross with an encouragement to trust in God’s compassion, new texts rich in the Word of God, praise for God’s mercy, and a dismissal. Living God’s Word We pray to recognize what it means to be a good citizen, giving to our country what is needed for the support of the common good. And we pray to discern wisely when loyalty to Christ and the building up of the kingdom of God may call for a response that challenges what civil authorities propose. Oct. 19, 26 Oct. 20 Oct. 21,28 Oct. 21,28 Oct. 22,29 Oct. 23,30 Oct. 25 Oct. 25 Oct. 26 2nd Collection: WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 10:00 am-11:15 am Religious Education 2:00 pm Senior Citizen Meeting 1:00 pm-2:00 pm Al-Anon Meeting 7:00 pm-8:30 pm 8th Grade RE 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Rainbow Retreat Mtgs. 3:00 pm-7:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration 10:30 am Youth Group Soup Kitchen 10:00 am-11:30 am 1st Reconciliation Session IV 7:00 pm-9:00 pm 1st Youth Group Meeting of the Season St. Raphael Office Hours are as follows: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm. Saturday Office hours: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Religious Education Office Hours are Monday-Thursday, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. ST. RAPHAEL SENIOR CITIZENS St. Raphael Seniors will meet Monday, October 20th at 2:00 pm (doors open at 1:30 pm). Speaker will be Father Fredric Abiera OAR. Fr. Abiera is a member of the Augustinian Recollects located at St. Cloud Monastery in West Orange. All Seniors are welcome-come join us. Any questions, call Mary Hanlon 973-992-9116. Tobit's Treasures Making a hospital visit? Need a last-minute gift? Forget your greeting card? Merchandise arriving daily—stop in and browse our selection of gifts and other religious items. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS Religious Education classes continue this Sunday, October 19th, 2014. 1st Reconciliation Classes Session IV is scheduled for Saturday, October 25th from 10:00 am—11:30 am. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be celebrated on the following dates: Saturday, November 8th & Saturday, November 15th at 11:00 am. For more information contact the religious education department at 973-992-9496. YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS 1st Youth Group meeting is Sunday, October 26th at 7:00 pm in the blue house. All high school youth are welcome!!! St. John’s Writes Us: Recently we celebrated Mass to welcome back a truly inspirational couple who became a part of our family at St. John’s. A number of years ago they came as immigrants in search of education. They had almost nothing and were often hungry. They married at St. John’s and gave birth to their first child who was born with multiple needs requiring intensive medical care. They received their child with profound love and faith. I saw the mother sitting in the pew cradling her son in her lap. I felt like I was standing in front of Michelangelo's’ “Pieta” where Mary cradles her son and is united with him in love and suffering. We are reminded daily that God loves all of us, no matter how broken we may be. • Peace, Fr. Neil MAY BE OF INTEREST…. • ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK POSITION OPENING: On-Call Mailroom Clerk/Courier. This position reports to the Supervisor of Office Services and is Non-Exempt. An on-call replacement for employees on leave or vacation this position may also be filled to meet emergency demand due to special projects. General responsibilities include performing clerical functions for Office Services, pick up, sort and distribute mail, take phone messages, package receiving, delivery services and transportation. Must be punctual, courteous, flexible and adaptable to a varied schedule and able to lift up to 70 lbs. Fluent in English required and must posses a valid NJ driver’s license with a clean driving record. Fax resume and refer to position title to: 973-497-4103. • KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, Our Lady of the Mountains Council #3533 will have an OPEN HOUSE at the Council Hall on Monday, October 27th at 7:30 pm; refreshments will be served. All Catholic men, age 18 and older, are encouraged to attend to learn more about the many works of charity and service to our Church and community that the Knights do. The Council Hall is located at 299 Eisenhower Parkway, Livingston, For more information call: 973-533-9791. • ANNULMENT INFORMATION EVENING will be held on Tuesday, November 12th at 7:30 pm at Saint Gabriel Church, 88 East Saddle River Rd., Saddle River. A staff of the Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Newark will provide basic information about annulments; the requirements for annulments and how to begin the process of petitioning for an annulment. For directions call the parish at 201-327-5663. • We are much aware of the crisis that we are experiencing about the unaccompanied minors coming in to the US through our Southern borders. Here is a link to the Catholic Relief Services that includes prayers, background on the situation and Church teaching about the situation: YOUTH UPDATE ♦ Thanks to those who tried to come to our car wash...mother nature had other plans! Watch for a replacement fundraiser. YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY - Watch for the Announcement of our first event for the season! ATLANTIC CITY BUS TRIP Atlantic City Bus Trip - The next bus trip to Atlantic City is scheduled for Wednesday November 5th, 2014. For more information, please call Sylvia Barrasso at (973) 992-9193. OPEN HOUSES: • • FELICIAN COLLEGE - Sunday, November 2, 2014 on the renovated Rutherford Campus from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm. For more information: www.felician.edu MOTHER SETON REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Monday, November 3, 2014 at 7:00 pm for girls in grades 5-8: “High School Night”. Mother Seton is located at One Valley Rd., Clark, NJ, 732-382-1952 or visit: www.motherseton.org http://crs.org/guatemala/unaccompanied-minors-an-alarming -surge-in-numbers/ DR. JOHN T. 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