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St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Community 29 N. Washington Ave. Bergenfield, N.J. 07621 201-384-0101 Parish Web Site: www.sjrc.org Fax: 201-384-2055 July 2-3, 2016 Served by: Rev. Msgr. Richard J. Arnhols Pastor Rev. Raymond R. Filipski Rev. Gustavo A. Alfaro Rev. Jonathan Perez Rev. Jesús M. Ramos Parochial Vicars Deacon James A. Detura Lisa Oggioni Marciano Director of Music Ministries Mary Ann C. Johnston Pastoral Council President Mrs. Patricia D. Rickly Mr. Enrique G. Enriquez Trustees TRANSFIGURATION ACADEMY PARISH LIFE CENTER 10 Bradley Ave., Bergenfield 15 N. Washington Ave., Bergenfield Mr. James V. Carlo Rosemarie Flood Eric A. Acosta Principal Director of Religious Education Director of Youth Ministry 201-384-3627 Gr. Pre-K2+ - Gr. 8 201-384-3601 & Confirmation Retreats www.transfigurationacademy.org [email protected] [email protected] Page 2 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 3, 2016 Masses for the Week Independence Day Mass-July 4, 2016 Saturday July 2 Come join us In celebration of America’s Independence Day, 5:30 pm Marlyn C. Lagasca Monday, July 4th, at 9:00am Mass. This will be the only 7:00pm (Spanish) Lucino Ocampo-Sp. Int. 50th B’Day Mass for the Day. Sunday July 3 Please note! The offices of the Rectory, Religious Education 7:30 People of the Parish and Transfiguration Academy will be closed. 9:00 John Rinaldi 10:30 Emiritus Garcia NO 11AM MASS DURING JULY & AUGUST Prayer for Independence Day 12:00 pm Glenn Fernandez God, source of all freedom, this day is bright with the memory 12:30 pm (Spanish-Chapel LC) Jose Ramón Cruz of those who declared that life and liberty are your gift to 5:30pm (Tagalog) Special Intention every human being. Monday July 4—INDEPENDENCE DAY Help us to continue a good work begun long ago. Make our 9:00 Protection of Babies in the Womb vision clear and our will strong: that only in human Tuesday July 5 solidarity will we find liberty, and justice only in the honor 7:00 Marie Dolan that belongs to every life on earth. 9:00 Robert Lynch Turn our hearts toward the family of nations: to understand 7:30 pm Richard Knoeller the ways of others, to offer friendship, and to find safety only Wednesday July 6 in the common good of all. Amen 7:00 Jerry Honeycutt 9:00 John D. Kaberle, Jr. 7:30 pm August DiSciascio (8th Anniversary) Filipino Apostolate Thursday July 7 Filipino Mass: Today, Sunday, July 3—5:30pm—Celebrant: 7:00 Andres E. Alcana, Sr. Fr. Edwardo Veluz. Offered for Special Intentions of the 9:00 Elsa Obera (1st Anniversary) Emily Mendoza family. 7:30 pm Kathleen Tiernan Filipino Apostolate Meeting: Monday, July 11—8:15pm— Friday July 8 Parish Life Center Basement. 7:00 Rodrigo DeJesus 9:00 Teresita Caspellan 7:30 pm Anne & Michael Murin Sacraments Saturday July 9 Penance - Monday-Friday: 7:00pm-7:20pm. Saturday: 1:00pm 7:00 Alejandro Ulanio -2:00pm and immediately following the 5:30pm Mass or by 9:00 Rebecca Dibianco appointment with a priest at any time. 5:30 pm Paddy McDonnell Baptisms are normally held the 2nd and 3rd Sunday of each 7:00pm(Spanish) Carlos Alberto Grisales month at 1:30pm.* Instructions for parents are normally held Sunday July 10 the 1st Sunday of each month at 1:30pm in the basement of the 7:30 People of the Parish Parish Life Center. These instructions are required of parents 9:00 Glenn Fernandez having their first child Baptized. All parents must be registered 10:30 Emiritus Garcia parishioners and present child’s birth certificate at the time of NO 11:00AM MASS DURING JULY & AUGUST) arranging for the baptism. Godparents must be practicing 12:00 pm Nanette Espinoza Catholics, at least sixteen years of age, who have received the 12:30 pm (Spanish-Chapel LC) Sp. Int. Bday Roberto Chavez Sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist, and, if married, the Sacrament of Matrimony. Sponsor certificate must be presented at least one week before Baptism. Readings for the Week PLEASE NOTE! We are accepting registrations for Baptisms Monday: Hos 2:16, 17b-18, 21-22; Ps 145:2-9; for August and beyond. Please call the Rectory at 201-384- Mt 9:18-26; or, for Independence Day, any 0101 for information. Readings from the Mass”For Public Needs,” Matrimony - Arrangements for a wedding should be made at nos. 882-889, or “For Peace and Justice,” least one year in advance. Couples are required to attend Pre- Nos. 887-891 Cana and God’s Plan. Please contact one of the priests, 201- Tuesday: Hos 8:4-7, 11-13; Ps 115:3-10; Mt 9:32-38 384-0101. Wednesday: Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12; Ps 105:2-7; Mt 10:1-7 Thursday: Hos 11:1-4, 8c-9; Ps 80:2ac, 3b, 15-16; Archdiocesan Pilgrimage Mt 10:7-15 Please reserve Saturday, October 22nd for the Archdiocesan Friday; Hos 14:2-10; Ps 51:3-4, 8-9, 12-14, 17; “Jubilee of Mercy” Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the Mt 10:16-23 National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Saturday: Is 6:1-8; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Mt 10:24-33 Washington, DC. Fr. Ray is our parish coordinator. More Sunday: Dt 30:10-14; Ps 69:14,17,30-31,33-34,36-37 details will be forthcoming! or Ps 19:8-11; Col 1:15-20; Lk 10:25-37 Page 3 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 3, 2016 Pastor’s Desk Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, On Monday, July 4th, we celebrate the 240th Anniversary of our country’s independence. As countries and their unions come and go around the world, it is a tribute to the Constitution the Founders of our Nation composed and others amended through the centuries that we stay as one nation under God, ever striving to offer liberty and justice for all. Inasmuch as we are all created equal, let us pray that all “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights...among these Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness,” as the Declaration of Independence declares, may enjoy them fully in our United States of America! +++ As I mentioned in last week’s bulletin, next weekend Pamela Farrales, a graduate of Transfiguration Academy in 2008 and recent college graduate in Boston, who has decided to devote the next few years of her life to missionary outreach to students on campus at Northeastern University as part of St. Paul’s Outreach and Brotherhood of Hope, will be asking your support, preferably through a monthly pledge. St. Paul’s Outreach has already strengthened the Catholic faith of a number of students on some of the college campuses in our own Archdiocese, as well as bringing several who were away from faith-practice back. I am one of those backing Mela with a monthly pledge. I pray that others who are able may consider doing the same. Msgr. Richard Arnhols, Pastor Reflection on Today’s Readings The seventy-two are sent totally dependent upon God and mutually dependent upon others, carrying only their experience of Jesus and the power to heal. If rejected, they are to shake the dust off their feet but still announce that God’s kingdom is at hand. Some say this means that if the message will be received, it will happen when people are ready. When they return, they learn to boast not in themselves, but that their “names are written in heaven.” Their boast is God and the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Pope Francis reminds us that as Church we are to proclaim the good news of Jesus, “so that faith in him might spread to every corner of the earth.” (Evangelii Gaudium, 19). We are missionaries whose lives proclaim the joy of the gospel. We are dependent upon God for everything: faith, talents, the ability to develop our talents, and life. We are mutually dependent upon one another. No one is an island, even in our highly individualistic society. When sick, I need someone to help me. When in need, people turn to others for assistance. God’s comfort is known by how we accept our mission to live the gospel and share the gifts God has given us. We can invite others to God’s kingdom but we are not in control of how people respond. As St. Francis de Sales taught, do all through love, nothing through fear or force. Take time to deepen your union with God in prayer. Give thanks for God’s gift of life and the gifts you’ve been given. Ask for help where you are in need. Turn to the Body of Christ to fill in the gifts you lack. Now go and proclaim the gospel one person, one day, one moment at a time. “Loving God, nurse me with the food of your love and mercy, so that strengthened by you, I can proclaim the gospel of your Son, Jesus, whose cross I bear and whose message I live. Amen.” Stewardship: Sharing our Time, Talent, and Treasure! “He said to them, “the harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few…” Luke 10: 2 As Catholics we are all called to serve in ministry. However, many of us are unsure how to use our talents and gifts to build God’s Church. Talk to God and ask Him what He wants you to do. The next time one of your fellow parishioners asks you to help or join a committee, it may be the answer to your prayer.