4 Convent Road, Morristown, New Jersey 07960 973- 267-5330 www.stmnj.org [email protected] We exist for one reason: to come to know and be formed by the Word of God and the Message of Jesus. When we gather in and worship, in service and community, we assemble as disciples and friends with the Lord in our midst. Rooted in our Roman Catholic tradition, we are proud of our parish heritage and hopeful for our future. Second Sunday of Lent– March 8, 2020

Parish Staff Fr. Thomas Fallone, J.D. Celebration of the Eucharist Pastor Saturday Evening: 5:00 pm [email protected] Sunday: 9:00 am, 11:00 am and 7:00 pm (Please note there will be Fr. Joe Davis no 7 pm Mass on holiday weekends.) Weekend Assistant Daily Mass: Monday – Saturday 8:15 am Fr. Chajkowski Holy Days: Vigil 7:00 pm; Holy Day 8:15 am and 12:10 pm In Residence [email protected] Sacrament of Reconciliation (Penance) Saturday: 3:30 pm or by appointment Pat Schell Parish Secretary Eucharistic Adoration [email protected] Every First Friday of the Month following the 8:15 am Mass, concluding with Benediction at Noon Mark Davis Music – Organist Additional Sacraments 732-340-0190 Baptism: Please call or email the Parish Office. Arrangements should be made at least 8 weeks in advance of the desired date. Frank Miles Trustee Marriage: Please call or email the Parish Office. Arrangements should be made at least one year in advance of the desired date. Mary Murphy Trustee Join the St. Thomas More Family Parish Office Hours New parishioners can register at any time! Please call or stop by the Monday, Tuesday and Thursday Parish Office between 9 am - 2 pm, Monday, Tuesday or Thursday, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm or send an email to [email protected]. We’d love to welcome you!! Blast From the Past(or) Second Sunday of Lent March 8, 2020 Monday, March 9: Saint Frances of Rome Lord, it is good that we are here.... 8:15 am- Tom Sullivan Tuesday, March 10: Saint Dominic Savio I heartily agree with : it is good for us to be 8:15 am- Murphy with Jesus. When we last left Our Hero, we were in the Wednesday, March 11: Saint John Ogilvie harsh desert, where Jesus was fasting in the face of Satan’s 8:15 am- Michael Murphy temptations. But this Second Sunday of Lent takes us to Thursday, March 12: Blessed Angela Salawa the dizzying heights of the mountaintop. When we stick 8:15 am- George and Patricia Fichter with Jesus, we will travel from the Manger to the Cross and Friday, March 13: Saint Leander Of Seville all points in between. That’s life, as Frank Sinatra reminds 8:15 am- Mary May us. Anyway, the point is, whether we are high or low, our Saturday, March 14: Saint Maximilian intensely personal Lenten Faith has a very public 8:15 am- Nicholas and Constance Burde dimension. The Transfiguration is not a revelation for 5:00 pm- Lottie and John Martin passive spectators. It occurs in Lent because we too are Sunday, March 15: Third Sunday of Lent transfigured. Peter, James and John discover that their 9:00 am- Michael Murphy mountaintop experience is not only a vision of God but a 11:00 am- Thomas Briscoe proclamation of our humanity. It is good for us to be here 7:00 pm- Rosemarie Raiola because our true joy is relationship with the Revealed The Sanctuary Lamp will be lit this week in remembrance Christ. Emeritus Benedict XVI put it this way: the of Thomas Briscoe. happiness you are seeking and have a right to enjoy has a Name and a Face: it is Jesus of Nazareth. So then why does Jesus warn the guys against talking about this miraculous vision until He is raised from the dead? Well, because what happens in Galilee stays in Galilee, and Jesus was all about for the Sick the ‘bro code. Ok, sorry. In reality, Christ proclaims that Please join us in praying for all who are ill in our our personal relationship with Him will bring a Cross; the community, and in a particular way for Chris Auger, Phil unmovable, rock-solid epicenter of our Redemption. As Barrett, Bob Bass, Fred Donikowski, Florence Kearney, Lent is the portal to Easter, the desert precedes the Barbara Kline, Anne Morrison, Bobby Polidore, mountain. The hallmark of any plans, programs or policies Christopher Popp, Edmond Sherry, James Stewart and for any Christian community must be intimacy with Jesus Flynn Sullivan. May God bring them and their families Christ, from the lowlands to the heights. Jesus is His healing, comfort and peace. If you would like to have Transfigured that we might come to the same. This Lent your name or that of a loved one included in the request someone might admit to you that they want help. This Lent for healing prayers in our weekly bulletin, please send an a wound festering in you might be healed, a regret lifted, a email to Sue Marshall at [email protected]. relationship restored, a betrayal forgiven or an acceptance reached. These are all Transfigurations in Christ. Lord, it is good that we are here. Indeed! God Bless you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! St. Patrick’s Day Celebration St. Thomas More will hold its Annual St. Patrick’s Dinner Dance on Saturday, March 21, 2020 from 6 - 10 pm at the VFW Hall at 45 Tabor Road in Morris Plains. The cost Thank You for Your Stewardship of Time, will be $35 per person, with kids 13 and under free. To Talent and Treasure! join us, please place your payment in one of the envelopes Weekly Collection for February 29- March 1: $5,757.00 found in the vestibule of the Church, indicate your name and the number of people in your party, and drop it in the Parish Directory Participants collection basket or in the black mailbox outside the If you elected to have your free 8x10 photo sent to the Parish Office. Please make checks payable to “St. church, please check the back sacristy for your photo. Thomas More Parish.” For more information, please call They will be arriving in a few shipments. the Parish Office at 973-267-5330. This Week in our Parish Sunday, March 8: 9:00 am- Religious Education, Church, Parish Office Rooms and Basement Meeting Room Monday, March 9: 9:30 am- Collection Counters, Parish Office Meeting Room 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm- Welcome Home to Healing, Church Tuesday, March 10: 12:30 pm- Food and Fellowship for Single Parishioners, Delicious Heights Outpost by the Basking Ridge Country Club, Basking Ridge 7:00 pm- Pivotal Players Lenten Forum, Basement Meeting Room Wednesday, March 11: 7:00 pm- Lenten Scripture Program, Basement Meeting Room Sunday, March 15: 9:00 am-Religious Education, Church, Parish Office Rooms and Basement Meeting Room Food and Fellowship for Single Parishioners You are invited to join other single parishioners for a monthly fellowship gathering this Tuesday at 12:30 pm at Delicious Heights Outpost by the Basking Ridge Country Club, 185 Madisonville Road, Basking Ridge. This is a no-host luncheon. Contact Monika Mangan at 973-451- 1499 for more information and/or to RSVP.

Welcome Home to Healing All Catholic Churches in Morris, Sussex and Passaic counties (including St. Thomas More) will have their doors open for Confession every Monday night in March between 7 and 8:30 p.m. as part of the Welcome Home to Healing program. All are welcome to participate in this beautiful Sacrament this Lent! Pivotal Players Lenten Forum Join Father Tom on Tuesdays- March 10, 17 and 24- at 7:00 pm in the Basement Meeting Room for a presentation and discussion of Bishop Robert Barron’s “Catholicism: The Pivotal Players” DVD Series. Each week we’ll examine a different figure who not only shaped the life of the Church but changed the course of civilization. Lenten Scripture Program - “Genesis to Jesus” This 14-session video explores the divine covenants that God made with humanity in the course of salvation history. It focuses on His Old Testament covenants with , , , and , and then sees how each is fulfilled in the New Testament covenant that God makes with the world through Jesus Christ. All are welcome to participate in this program led by Frank Miles at 7:00 pm each Wednesday evening during Lent in the Basement Meeting Room. For further information, please call Frank at 973-538-6554.