St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Community 29 N. Washington Ave. Bergenfield, N.J. 07621 201-384-0101 Fax: 201-384-2055 Parish Web Site: www.sjrc.org

Served by:

Rev. Msgr. Richard J. Arnhols Pastor

Rev. Raymond R. Filipski 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

WELCOME!

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 Fifth Sunday of Lent March 29, 2020 Masses for the Week

Live-Streamed on Facebook & Instagram

www.facebook.com/sjrcbergenfield Tri-Parish Lenten Penance Service www.instagram.com/sjrcbergenfield CANCELLED

Saturday March 28 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 9:00 am Igor Virgilio Acevedo Confessions are also suspended until further notice. 10:00 am (Spanish) Maria Rivera y Antonio Salinas Sunday March 29 Pope Francis advises those in need of forgiveness to 9:00 am Mary & Joseph Lukawski make an act of perfect contrition to God (sorrow for sin 10:00 am (Spanish) Hector Polanco Monday March 30 out of love for God rather than fear of punishment) and 9:00 am Elizabeth Doyle confess the sin when regular confessions can again be 10:00 am (Spanish) Robert Moran (1st Anniv.) Tuesday March 31 scheduled. 9:00 am James Burke 10:00 am (Spanish) Salvador Cesar (10th Anniv.) Wednesday April 1 READINGS FOR THE WEEK 9:00 am Sp. Int.: Phyllis Sullivan 10:00 am (Spanish) Eleadora Valencia Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Thursday April 2 Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:1-11 9:00 am Nadal Hernandez (5th Anniv.) Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 10:00 am (Spanish) Joseph Giovanelli Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Friday April 3 Jn 8:31-42 9:00 am Elizabeth Fejes Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59 10:00 am (Spanish) Thiago Noa Pichardo Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday April 4 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 9:00 am Eleana Orlando Sunday: Mt 21:1-11 (procession); 10:00 am (Spanish) Raymund Cesar Doza Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Sunday April 5—Palm Sunday Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14 — 27:66 [27:11-54] 9:00 am Mary Reilly 10:00 am (Spanish) Hernan Chavez Cortez GIVE GLORY TO GOD

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion On the Fifth Sunday of Lent, just before we begin to enter Holy Week, we are summoned to Bethany. If we Surely by now all registered parishioners received the Holy had been friends of Mary, Lazarus, and Martha, and Week schedule in the mail, prepared well before the Corona- found out that Lazarus was gravely ill, we probably virus and its restrictions were even anticipated. We will try to would have dropped everything to be with them. This do what we can for all of Holy Week, as we await further di- was what was so surprising about the behavior of Jesus. rection. Although he was their close friend, he chose to stay away, that God’s glory would be manifested. This is a As of now, we are planning on streaming the Masses at the persistent theme in John’s Gospel. Right to the very end, usual times, 9am in English and 10am in Spanish, next Sun- day. Jesus’ works were meant to give glory to the Father. As our Lenten journey reaches a crescendo, let us be mindful Due to the ongoing precautions surrounding the transmission that, as people who have “put on Christ” in baptism, we of the coronavirus, there will be NO distribution of palm this are also called, by our attitudes and actions, to give glory year. to God. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Prayers for the Dead

Please remember Joan Johnson and Marino Perez in your Living God’s Word prayers.

Lazarus was given a new lease on life, but that did not make him immortal. Eventually he had to die, just like Jesus, our loved ones, and all of us. Do we believe, with LIFE Martha, that our death will be a birth into an even richer A well-spent life is the only passport to heaven. experience of new life? — Pope Leo XIII

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Pastor’s Desk

Dear Parishioners,

I am very grateful to all those who have offered such positive comments about our livestreaming of parish Masses daily at 9am in English and 10am in Spanish on Facebook and Instagram. Since you are reading this bulletin on our parish website, please go to my pastor’s desk on the home page to see all the latest information about what we are doing.

I am also grateful to those who have maintained their financial support of our parish in this critical time. Like you, we still have bills to pay. As you will see under the documents and forms tab on the parish website, “Parish Giving and Go Fund Me” are ways of making your contributions if you would rather not mail your envelopes to the rectory.

We have word that certain members of our parish community have contracted the COVID-19 virus. Please keep them and all who are suffering in your prayers, and let us continue to pray for one another! Though we may be apart by physical distance, let us stay united together in prayer, until that day when we can see each other in person again and celebrate all the good that our beloved St. John’s Parish is and does!

Msgr. Richard J. Arnhols

Reflection on Today’s Scripture Readings.

James was a new man. When the nurses and his brother told him how close he had come to dying, he realized he’d been given a second chance, a new lease on life. The new Jim was as different from the old Jim as a newborn baby is from a child in the womb. No longer was he alone and confined in the dark spirit of depression. His tomb of illness had become a womb of new life, releasing him from bondage, giving him a spirit of energy and hope, and connecting him with a helping, compassionate community.

When we hear the promises of new life and invitations to believe in this Sunday’s scripture it is easy to think of something after we die. But we have already died with Christ in baptism and, like Lazarus, we have received a new lease on life, this time with the Spirit of God dwelling in us. He was raised from his tomb to embrace a new and richer life of following Jesus. Like Lazarus, whose tomb became a womb of new life, we also have “new” and richer lives to live in the Spirit of faith, gratitude, love, and hope.

Stewardship: Sharing our Time, Talent, and Treasure!

“Jesus said to her, ‘Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?” JOHN 11:40

Many of us say that we believe in God. We go to church on Sunday. We volunteer for events at our parish. But when life gets hard, the pressure is on, when things aren’t going our way, do we really believe, do we really put our trust in the Lord? When we live a life of gratitude, being thankful for the gifts we have been given, we really do see that God is providing all that we need. It opens our hearts to see God’s active presence in our daily lives.

Our Sunday Offering: February 16, 2020 - $16,851.11 February 17, 2019 - $16,735.96

Have you considered electronic giving for your Sunday offering? Go to our parish website, www.sjrc.org, click on the Parish Giving icon at the bottom of the home page, and follow the instructions to set up your account.

During the current crisis, you may also make your contributions through our Go Fund Me page. Please go to https://charity.gofundme/o/en/campaign/st-john-the-evangelist-ch-bergenfield.

Shining the Light of Christ Annual Appeal Pledge Total: $66,900.00—62.58% of our goal of $106,901.00 - 127 donors so far! Please use pledge forms you received in the mail. Thank you to those who continue to support our parish and our archdiocese!

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