Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich Parish Established January 1, 2016 May 20, 2018

St. Andrew the Apostle Church St. Mary, Star of the Sea Church th 326 Avenue C, Bayonne, NJ 2 West 4 Street, Bayonne, NJ Established 1861 Established 1914 EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES: Saturday: 4:00pm (anticipated) Sundays: 7:30am, 10:30am, 1:30pm (Spanish) Sundays: 9:00am, 12:00 Noon Mon.NFri.: 6:30am Mon.NSat.: 9:00am Holy Days: 6:30am Holy Days: 9:00am, 7:00pm PARISH OFFICES: RECONCILIATION 326 Avenue C (201) 4374090 Saturdays: 3:00pm4:00pmNSt. Andrew Bayonne, NJ 07002 (201) 4370388 (fax) or by appointment BAPTISM MondayNFriday 9:30amN6:00pm Children of registered parishioners are eligible for the Sacrament Saturday and Sunday Closed nd of Baptism which is celebrated on the 2 Sunday of the month Website: BMTParish.org (alternating between St. Mary and St. Andrew) except during the Email: [email protected] Lenten season. Contact us via email at [email protected]. PASTORAL CARE FOR THE SICK PARISH STAFF Any parishioner unable to attend Mass may contact the rectory to Rev. Peter Wehrle Pastor make arrangements to receive the Eucharist at home. Rev. Philip Sanders Parochial Vicar MARRIAGES Rev. Msgr. Joseph Reilly Weekend Assistant Arrangements should be started at least one year in advance for Ray Bober Music Director the necessary preparation. Parish registration of either the Bride or Philomena Coco Faith Formation Groom is required. Patrick Costello Parish Trustee Vivian Crespo Office Manager PARISH REGISTRATION Janet Cymbor Parish Trustee Registration is required of all who wish to consider themselves Paige Porter Cantor parishioners at Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich Parish. Ann Marie Skowronski Bookkeeper Census forms and collection envelopes are available at the office. DEVOTIONS St. Jude Novena Mondays after the 6:30 Mass ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Miraculous Medal Novena Tuesdays after the 9:00 Mass Morning Prayer Weekdays after the 6:30 Mass All Saints Catholic Academy (201) 4438384 Weekdays before the 9:00 Mass Sr. Rita Marie Fritzen, OSF Principal th Communal Rosary Weekdays after the 9:00 Mass 19 West 13 Street st 1 Saturday Exposition 3:00N4:00 (St. Andrew) BǍǆǔǔǆǅ MǊǓǊǂǎ TǆǓǆǔǂ DǆǎǋǂǏǐǗǊǄǉ PǂǓǊǔǉ

Sat., May 19 Pope St. Celestine V St. A 4:00 PM Alfred Bochniak Sun., May 20 Feast of Pentecost St. M 7:30 AM People of the Parish St. A 9:00 AM The Sweeney and Koestler fam. St. M 10:30 AM Florentina Gonzalez St. A 12:00 PM Joseph Calabrese St. M 1:30 PM Ernesto Davila Mon., May 21 St. Christopher Magallanes St. M 6:30 AM William Meehan St. A 9:00 AM Elizabeth Onacilla “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. Tue., May 22 St. Rita of Cascia But when He comes, the Spirit of truth, He will guide you to all St. M 6:30 AM Betty Campos truth. He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He St. A 9:00 AM The Keenan and Shaw fam. hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. Wed., May 23 St. John Baptist de Rossi He will glorify Me.” Jn 16:1214a St. M 6:30 AM Kathryn Byrne WE REMEMBER St. A 9:00 AM Jose Jauregui and Elsa de Ramos In celebration of Memorial Day, the parish offices will be Thu., May 24 St. David of Scotland closed on Monday, 5/28. St. M 6:30 AM Patricia Picerno St. A 9:00 AM Michael Onacilla AND THE WINNER IS... Fri., May 25 St. Bede the Venerable We had the drawing for our 2018 Carnival Super 50/50 on St. M 6:30 AM Mary Smyth Saturday, 5/5 at 10:00pm. The winning ticket was #20761. St. A 9:00 AM Robert Lee Congratulations to Brenda Santana on winning this year’s Sat., May 26 St. Philip Neri $9,745 prize. St. A 9:00 AM The Boyle fam. St. A 4:00 PM Marilyn Duffy H&R BLOCK THANK YOU For the past few years we have participated in a program Sun., May 27 Feast of Most Holy Trinity St. M 7:30 AM Marybeth Powanda where H&R Block makes donations to non profit St. A 9:00 AM People of the Parish organizations. This past week we received a check from St. M 10:30 AM Aurora de Ramos them for $3,440. We are grateful for the financial assistance. St. A 12:00 PM Lorraine Krizenawski St. M 1:30 PM Bertha Ortiz CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION MEMORIALS The Feast of Pentecost ends the Easter season. The next 2 St. A. Sanctuary Lamp In Thanksgiving Sundays, although technically in Ordinary Time, are the St. A. Wine and Hosts Edmund Caulfield Feasts of the Holy Trinity and Corpus Christi. As has been St. M. Sanctuary Lamp Abilio Lourenco the custom here in Bayonne, we join together with the other St. M. Wine and Hosts Marybeth Powanda 3 parishes for a procession. This will take place on Sunday, FOOD PANTRY 6/10. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed at St. Henry Lou and Helen Ambrosio, Louise Ambrosio, Lois Biondi, Church beginning at 2:30pm for a period of Adoration. The Edward Blicharz, Gregory Blicharz, John Buzinkai, Paul procession will then form at 3:00 to process up Avenue C to Bullock, Marilyn Duffy, Francis Giblin, Steve Urban St. Vincent. There we will celebrate Benediction. It is customary that those who have received their 1st Communion this year lead the procession. We also invite all of our Altar Servers to join the procession in their cassock and surplice. Come and show your faith in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. FAITH GIVING As always, we thank you for your continued generous support of Bl. Miriam Teresa Demjanovich Parish.

Sunday Collection $ 11,496.00 05/13 Communicating God’s Word $ 2,581.00 FǆǂǔǕ ǐǇ PǆǏǕǆǄǐǔǕ STEWARDSHIP CORNER “There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in The feast of Pentecost celebrates the descent of the Holy everyone.” 1 Corinthians 12:4 6 Spirit upon the Apostles 50 days after Christ’s resurrection. All of us are blessed, regardless of our own individual This Advocate, the 3rd Person of the Blessed Trinity, circumstances; God has given each of us many gifts. How transformed them from a huddled group of frightened men we use those gifts is our gift back to God. For God’s plan to into courageous missionaries who brought the message of work, each must do what we are called to do and guess God’s love to the ends of the known world. Pentecost, for what M we are not all called to do the same thing! this reason, also marks the birth of the Church. While the CRADLE OF LOVE Catholic Church today looks very different from the early Our Catholic prolife work is not just about praying for an band of believers from 2,000 years ago, She constantly end of abortion. We must strive to work to help foster a invokes the Holy Spirit to ensure that the mission remains concern for the dignity of the human person in all stages of the same: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, life, from conception to natural death. One of the ways that baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, we do this is through our Cradle of Love. This project and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I seeks donations of clothing, food, toiletry items for babies have commanded you.” (Mt 28:19 20) to help families to care for them. Please consider In addition to the grace of the Holy Spirit, there are many purchasing items when you shop and depositing them in the other ways that we make sure the Church remains steadfast cradle at either of our 2 worship sites. Through prayer and on the course set by Christ. We will be experiencing one of action may we strive to help people realize that all life has them during this week, a visit by a team from the great value as we are all created by God in His image. Archdiocese of Newark for a parish audit. Their primary focus of the audit is on how finances are handled, but they FOOD PANTRY NEEDS also look who has access to our buildings, how we insure st rd the safety of people of all ages and the list goes on. On the 1 and 3 Saturdays of each month, people come to Many people get worried when the auditors come in and the parish looking for assistance in our pantry. We rely on poke around, but the reality is that they are also a gift from your donations to keep the shelves stocked and are God to help us make sure that we, the Church, are good extremely grateful for your continued generous support. stewards of that which is entrusted to us. I am confident We are currently in need of the following items: Canned Fruit, Canned Meats, Jelly, Macaroni and Cheese, they won’t find any “glaring” mistakes, but they will find things that need to change and ways we can better do the Pasta Sauce, Peanut Butter and Tuna. job that Jesus has given us. Today we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete RELIGIOUS ED REGISTRATION and Advocate, who continues to guide us on the pathway We are beginning to register students for the 201819 that leads to Life Eternal. May we always be open to session of our Religious Education program. The program receive the grace offered so that we can continue to live, is intended to pass the faith on to those in grades 1N9. move and have our being in Christ our Lord. During the course of this period, they are also prepared to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation. There is a $25 family discount for those who register before the end of June. SHARING GOD’S BLESSING We have exceeded our goal of $54,935 for the 2018 Annual PRAYER REQUESTS Appeal. 238 parish families have pledged $61,001. That is For those serving in the Military: with only 13% of our registered parishioners participating. Joseph Materowski, Brandon Picerno, Lindsey Redondo, Please help support the many programs and ministries of Shawn Redondo the Archdiocese of Newark that assist so many here in these For those who are sick and suffering: 4 counties of New Jersey. Brochures are available at the Kevin Adamson, Oscar Brito, Ruth Burke, Victoria Cabello, entrance of both of our churches. Nicholas DeLuca, Vicente Diaz, Luis Donado, Kathleen Feeley, Susan Ferentz, Irma Gomez, Cindy Huhn, Ava Illenye, Zachary Illenye, Jamie Jensen, Mason Johansson, SIGHT AND SOUND THEATER TRIP Alice Koenig, James Leung, Richette Lione, Our prayer group, "Dios es Amor" is running a bus trip to Annmary Malave, Helen McNulty, Frederick Muntzner, the Sight & Sound Theater to see "Jesus," a family oriented Michael Onacilla, Antoinette Paczkowski, Darrin Perrotta, theatrical production, live on stage on Saturday, 7/28. The JoAnn Pappalardo, Eileen Pfeiffer, Lucia Pinto, Vito Polera, cost is $140 for adults and $80 for children 312. This James Pullaro, Leonida Reyes, Emmanuel Rojas, Barbara Rotunno, Mary Topolski, German Torrez, includes transportation, dinner, show and visit to a shopping mall. For more information call Eddy 2013557383. A John Wilson, Elsie Wroblewski, Ezequiel Yost payment plan is available. Please make checks payable to For those who have died: BMT. Unsim Alcaide, Paul Bullock, Robert Navaretta Mǂǚ 20, 2018 ASCA NEWS Congratulations to the All Saints Catholic Academy 7th graders who participated in the Marist Scholastic Olympics. Our team won the third place overall trophy! This is the first time in ASCA history that our team has won. Congratulations to individual winners: Matthew McCabe placed 1st in Computers, both Quincy De Leon and Gianluca Logan placed 2nd in General Knowledge while Nicholas Hermann placed 3rd in History. Our students in PreK enjoyed “Muffins With Mom” on 5/11. All Moms/Grandmas were invited to visit the classrooms and enjoy a special treat. Student Council elections were held for Executive Board offices. Our newly elected officers for 20182019 school year are: President Jon Sumague Vice President Ella Scarsi Spiritual Director Aidan Paradine Secretary Isabella Barone Treasurer Gianna Servodio ASCA students contributed 28.5 pounds of can tabs during Earth Week to donate to the Ronald McDonald House Charity. We are having an Open House for perspective new families on Wednesdays from 9:00 to 11:00am. For information or to arrange a tour, please call the school at 2014438384. For additional news and information, please call the office or visit our website, ASCABayonne.org.

MARIST GOLF OUTING Marist High School is holding its Annual Golf Outing on 6/12 at the Forest Hill Field Club in Bloomfield, NJ. If you would like to participate in a round of golf and dinner afterwards please visit www.marist.org/golfclassic. Here you will find an online brochure to register or if you would like to place an ad in our ad journal, you can do so as well.

SAINTS ALIVE Like Elizabeth Ann Seton, Rita of Cascia was a wife, mother, widow, and member of a religious community. Her holiness was reflected in each phase of her life. Born in Roccaporena in central Italy, Rita wanted to become a nun but was pressured at a young age into marrying a harsh and cruel man. During her 18year marriage, she bore and raised two sons. After her husband was killed in a brawl and her sons had died, Rita tried to join the Augustinian nuns in Cascia. Unsuccessful at first because she was a widow, Rita eventually succeeded. Over the years, her austerity, prayerfulness, and charity became legendary. When she developed wounds on her forehead, people quickly associated them with the wounds from Christ’s crown of thorns. She meditated frequently on Christ’s passion. Her care for the sick nuns was especially loving. She also counseled lay people who came to her monastery. Beatified in 1626, Rita was not canonized until 1900. Like St. Jude, she is know as a saint for seemingly impossible cases. Many people visit her tomb each year. BǂǚǐǏǏǆ, NJ THE WEEK AT A GLANCE Sun., May 20 1:00pm SEARCH (Media Room) Mon., May 21 4:00pm Legion de Maria (St. Joseph Room) 7:00pm Taller de Oracion (St. Joseph Room) Tues., May 22 7:00pm Dios es Amor (St. Joseph Room) Wed., May 23 6:30pm Girl Scouts (Andrean Room) Thurs., May 24 7:00pm Choir Rehearsal (St. Mary) 7:00pm RCIA (St. Joseph Room) 7:00pm Estudio Biblico (Media Room) Fri., May 25 7:30pm Bingo (Marian Room) Sat., May 26 10:00am Baptism Prep (St. Joseph Room) 4:00pm Soup Kitchen (ASCA Cafeteria) Sun., May 27

MARK YOUR CALENDAR 06/01 Adoration and Benediction 06/03 Corpus Christi Procession 06/16 Confirmation Celebration 06/30 CCD Early Registration Deadline 07/28 Sight and Sound Theater Trip

Readings for the Week of May 20, 2018 Sunday: Acts 2:111/1 Cor 12:3b7, 1213/Jn 20:1923 Monday: Jas 3:1318/Mk 9:1429 Tuesday: Jas 4:110/Mk 9:3037 Wednesday: Jas 4:1317/Mk 9:3840 Thursday: Jas 5:16/Mk 9:4150 Friday: Jas 5:912/Mk 10:112 Saturday: Jas 5:1320/Mk 10:1316 Next Sunday: Dt 4:3234, 3940/Rom 8:1417/Mt 28:1620

LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK The Lord God is one, there is no other. We have been chosen as His own and through the Spirit, are able to call God Abba! Through baptism all nations are called to share in the life of the Son and acknowledge the triune God.