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St. SUNDAYS 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM (Spanish), 11:00 AM (at St. Ann’s Nursing Home), 12:00 PM ROMAN MONDAY – FRIDAY 14 Greenville Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07305 7:00 AM, 8:30 AM – Convent Chapel www.stpaulrcc.com SATURDAY 8:30 AM – Convent Chapel 5:00 PM (Sunday Vigil)

HOLY DAYS of OBLIGATION 7:00AM, 8:30 AM, 12:00 NOON & 7:00 PM CIVIC HOLIDAYS: 8:30 AM in Church

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays: 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM or any time by appointment.

OTHER SACRAMENTS For information regarding , R.C.I.A., HOLY MATRIMONY, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, AND ANOINTING OF THE SICK, please visit our website or call us at the rectory phone number.

Para obtener información sobre BAUTISMOS, R.I.C.A., MATRIMONIO, EDUCACIÓN RELIGIOSA Y UNCIÓN DE LOS ENFERMOS, visite nuestro sitio web o llámenos al número de teléfono de la rectoría.

Rev. Thomas Thottungal Pastor Rev. Furnaguera Parochial Vicar Dcn. Frank Gonzalez Permanent Deacon

Placido Constanza,- Spanish Choir Iouri Grichetchkine- English Choir Fran McCarthy, Special Education Minister Alba Cuadra (Spanish) & Vanessa DeVillava OUR PARISH MISSION STATEMENT (English), RCIA Directors St. Paul the Apostle Parish is a community committed to celebrating Joanne Gorman, Religious Ed. Minister and communicating the life and spirit of Jesus by word and action. Donna Deloughery, Youth Minister Lillian Arroyo- Liturgy Together with the Archbishop, it strives to build a living, caring and Evelyn Gonzalez and Frank Falcicchio- Parish evangelizing church. The parishioners commit themselves to this Trustees mission by the sharing of their time, talent and treasure for the Teddy lsada- Finance Committee Chair benefit of all in the community. George Miller- Adult Altar Servers Minister Lourdes DeVillava- Healing & Deliverance

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Daily Mass Intentions- Week of August 30, Responsorial Psalm, the Psalmist manifests his 2020 profound trust in God, just as himself Saturday, August 29, (The Passion of St. ) does. 8:30AM Herminia Cruz Pleta (Victoria Cruz) 5:00PM Louis Ciacciarelli (Aiello Family) In the second reading, Paul advises the Sunday, August 30, (Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time) 8:00AM John Shalhoub (John Sullivan) Romans and us to ‘’offer our bodies as a living 10:00AM Victor Rodriguez (Kathy Figueroa) sacrifice” to God by explicitly rejecting the ungodly 11:00AM (St. Ann’s) Sister Mary Reilly (Rev. James Finnerty) behavior of the world around us and by discerning 12:00NN Doris Newby (M. Pascarello & W. Ortiz) Monday, August 31, and doing the will of God. 7:00AM Celinda Verano (Lety Rada) 8:30AM Manuel Tanglaw (Victoria Cruz) In today’s Gospel, Jesus takes his disciples Tuesday, September 1, by surprise when, after Peter’s great confession of 7:00AM Gianina Suyao Verano (Lety Rada) 8:30AM Teofila Lomboy (Victoria Cruz) Faith, Jesus announces that he “must go to Wednesday, September 2, Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the 7:00AM Maria Lourdes Isip (Lety Rada) chief and the scribes, and be killed and on 8:30AM Dennis Espiritu (Mylene Alcala) 7:00PM Divino Niño (Spanish) the third day be raised.” After correcting Peter’s Thursday, September 3, (St.Gregory the Great, & Dr. of the protest, Jesus announces the conditions of Church) Christian discipleship: “Deny yourself, take up 7:00AM Marianne Pellecchio (Marianna Robayo Farmer) 8:30AM Marina Parcon & Joe Marie Parcon Sr. (Marianna R. Farmer) your cross and follow me.” Friday, September 4, 7:00AM Edgar Bote (Lety Rada) Let us follow Jesus courageously, faithfully 8:30AM Joseph Capan ( Lily Capan) and lovingly and receive the reward God has 10:00AM (St. Ann’s) Fe Fell (Lety Rada) Saturday, September 5, (St. Teresa of Calcuta) prepared for those who love Him and serve Him. 8:30AM Heriberto Melendez (Emmie Melendez & Nydia Rodriguez) 5:00PM Rosario Bobowicz (family) Las lecturas de hoy nos recuerdan que el Sunday, September 6, (Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time) discipulado cristiano exige las siguientes cosas 8:00AM Rosary Society importantes: "Niégate a ti mismo, toma tu cruz y 10:00AM Maria Cristina Reyes (Jenny & Pedro Serrano) 11:00AM (St. Ann’s) Demetrio Pineda (Lety Rada) sígueme". 12:00NN John S. Flynn (Gail Cousins) “Negarse a sí mismo” significa autocontrol; "Toma tu cruz y sígueme". significa la voluntad de sufrir, Weekly Collection la disposición a seguir a Jesús obedeciendo su Sunday: $1,913 Latin Mass $153 mandamiento del amor, y la generosidad al entregar nuestra vida a Dios, para ofrecer nuestro cuerpo como Archbishop’s Annual Appeal sacrificio vivo a Dios. Goal: $16,720 Pledges: $20,176. Received: $16,084.67 Las lecturas de hoy explican cómo debemos practicar el discipulado cristiano verdadero y dinámico. Thank you for your generous contributions to our Jeremías, en la primera lectura, es ciertamente un parish and to our Archdiocese. prototipo del Cristo sufriente. En el Salmo Responsorial, el salmista manifiesta su profunda confianza en Dios, al igual que el mismo Jeremías. 22th Sunday Ordinary time En la segunda lectura, Pablo nos aconseja a los August 30, 2020 romanos y a nosotros que "ofrezcamos nuestros cuerpos como sacrificio vivo" a Dios al rechazar explícitamente el Today’s readings remind us that Christian comportamiento impío del mundo que nos rodea y al discipleship demands the following important discernir y hacer la voluntad de Dios. things: “Deny yourself, take up your cross and En el Evangelio de hoy, Jesús toma por sorpresa a sus discípulos cuando, después de la gran confesión follow me.” de fe de Pedro, Jesús anuncia que “debe ir a Jerusalén “Deny yourself” means self-control; “take y sufrir mucho por los ancianos, los principales up your cross and follow me.” means the sacerdotes y los escribas, y ser muerto y al tercer día ser willingness to suffer, the readiness to follow Jesus criado." Después de corregir la protesta de Pedro, Jesús anuncia las condiciones del discipulado cristiano: by obeying his commandment of love, and "Niégate a ti mismo, toma tu cruz y sígueme". generosity in surrendering our lives to God, to offer Sigamos a Jesús con valentía, fidelidad y amor y our bodies as a living sacrifice to God. recibamos la recompensa que Dios ha preparado para Today’s readings explain how we should quienes lo aman y lo sirven. practice true, dynamic Christian discipleship. God Bless You, Jeremiah, in the first reading, is certainly a Rev. Thomas Thottungal- Pastor prototype of the suffering Christ. In the

generosidad de la gente en casa para apoyar a sus hermanas en misión. Están profundamente agradecidos por su contribución. Su carta de apelación se leerá en todas las misas de la apelación del fin de semana. Si desea obtener más información sobre ellos, su sitio web es: www.mshr.org.

Church Capacity Limit 100 people will be permitted in the Church for any liturgy. Please continue to follow all social-distancing norms. Se permitirán 100 personas en la Iglesia para cualquier liturgia. Continúe siguiendo todas las normas de distanciamiento social. Parish Announcements Religious Education for Children Archbishop Annual Appeal You can register your child Monday-Saturday from As you can see we have surpassed our goal this year in 9am-4pm in the Rectory Office. Because summer hours pledges for the AAA and are very close to reaching our may vary, please call ahead of time to make sure goal in money received. Your generosity and someone is here to assist you. consideration for the archdiocese, especially during Puede registrar a su hijo de lunes a sábado de 9 a.m. a these difficult times, is greatly appreciated. 4 p.m. en la oficina de la rectoría. Debido a que las horas Como pueden ver, hemos superado nuestra meta este de verano pueden variar, llame con anticipación para año en promesas para la AAA y estamos muy cerca de asegurarse de que alguien esté aquí para ayudarlo. alcanzar nuestra meta en dinero recibido. Su generosidad y consideración por la arquidiócesis, RCIA Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults especialmente durante estos tiempos difíciles, es muy Anyone interested in becoming Catholic or completing apreciada. their Sacraments of Initiation (First Communion and Confirmation), please contact the rectory to make an Annual Missionary Cooperation Plan Appeal appointment with a priest. The Archdiocese of Newark has assigned the Missionary Cualquier persona interesada en hacerse católica o Sisters of the Holy Rosary to our parish to make the completar sus sacramentos de iniciación (primera annual Missionary Cooperation Plan appeal this comunión y confirmación), comuníquese con la rectoría summer. The Community was founded in in para programar una cita con un sacerdote. 1924 to work with the women in Nigeria, West Africa. The Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary are now an international community working in nine countries of Humor Corner Africa and in Brazil. They are strictly missionary group with no institution in the United States or Canada, so therefore rely almost exclusively on funds provided through the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and the generosity of the people back home to support their sisters on mission. They are deeply grateful for your contribution. Their appeal letter will be read at all the Masses on the weekend appeal. If you would like to see more about them, their website is: www.mshr.org.

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