Served By: Second Sunday of Lent, March 8, 2020 Fr. Basil Lek Pastor: (201) 364-9808 (cellphone) Fr. Dennis Reiff (In Residence, Pastor Emeritus, Our Lady of Mt Carmel) Mrs. Josephine Sarno Director of Religious Education Catechetical Office: (973) 743-6122 sarnojos y

Parish Secretary Mr. Robert Bulkowski Parish Custodian Mr. Gary M. Sabak Music Director & Organist ASSES Saturday at 5:30 PM., Sunday at 8:00 AM., 10:00 AM. & 12:00 PM. Weekdays: Monday through Saturday 8:00 AM. in the Rectory Chapel. Holy Days as announced in the Bulletin. Novena to Our Lady of the Novena Prayer: 8:30 AM. on Saturdays. Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions) Saturday at 4:00 PM. (also by appointment) PARISH CHURCH OF VALENTINE Tel: (973) 743-0220, Fax: (973) 743-2041 Parish E-mail: [email protected] Corner of East Passaic Ave. & Hoover Ave., Bloomfield, NJ Parish Website: www.stvalentinechurch.com ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK 125 NORTH SPRING STREET Archdiocesan Website: www. org BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY 07003

Mission Statement We, the Parish Family of Saint Valentine, are a Roman Catholic Community within the local Church of the Archdiocese of Newark. The celebrations of the mass and the other sacraments are central to our identity as a parochial community which worships God in communion with family, neighbors and friends. Celebrating the Eucharist unites us to be a sign of the Kingdom of God present among us, yet ever growing as a reality, as we follow Christ, proclaiming and witnessing to his Gospel in our lives. Through liturgical worship and the ministries of the Church, we and serve each other in our service of God. THEREFORE, we the Parish Community of Saint Valentine, are dedicated to serving others within and outside ourselves, as we strive to deepen our own response to the Lord and to announce the Good News of salvation in Christ.

CATECHETICAL PROGRAM of the Catechumenate. Call the parish office identified needs in our parish. Please contact the Catechetical Office to for information. enroll children for Catechism. For further MARIAN DEVOTIONS information, please contact the Religious SACRAMENT OF Join us for the Novena to Our Lady of the Education Office: (973) 743-6122. Baptism is celebrated once a month at the Miraculous Medal after the 8:00 AM. Mass Sunday 12 Noon Mass, as noted in the Bulletin. on Saturdays. CATECHETICAL FORMATION Parents should contact the Parish Office at The Catechetical programs are open only to least two months prior to scheduled dates in registered parishioners. Regular worship at order to make required preparation. Join us for the Rosary before the 8:00 AM. Sunday Mass is an obligation and duty. The Daily Mass in the Rectory Chapel. Christian formation of children require SACRAMENT OF Christian Marriage is God’s call to a baptized regular attendance and discipline in PARISH REGISTRATION Catechism classes for the growing knowledge man and woman to love each other in a For your ongoing Christian faith formation of our faith and doctrine, in order to prepare indissoluble relationship for the whole of life children to receive the Sacraments of and participation in the life of the Church, and open to the Catholic formation of their please register as a member of our Parish at Reconciliation, Eucharist & Confirmation. children. Contact Fr. Basil one year in advance. the Rectory Office. By virtue of your Baptism, you have a responsibility and duty CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD SACRAMENT OF THE SICK to your soul to celebrate the Sunday Mass and Celebrated at the 10 AM. Sunday Mass. After The Sacrament of the Sick (Holy Anointing) Holy Days of Obligation, and to regularly the Introduction, the sends the children is for both spiritual and physical healing. For receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. to celebrate their own Liturgy of the Word on anointing before an operation, or for the the Sunday Scriptures. Then, the children join infirmed or homebound, please call Fr. the assembly for the Eucharist. We invite and Basil’s cellphone anytime (201) 364-9808. encourage all children to participate. Check SOCIAL CONCERNS Bulletin Calendar for Schedule. The St. Valentine’s Social Concerns Ministry ADULT FAITH FORMATION is compelled by the love of Christ to show An Adult faith formation with various stages His compassion and love to persons with Page : Second Sunday of Lent, March 8, 2020

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK CALENDAR OF EVENT SATURDAY March 7 (Sts Perpetua & Felicity, ) SATURDAY March 7 (Sts Perpetua & Felicity, Martyrs) 5:30 pm Rosalie Bell (Glennon Family) 8:30 am Miraculous Medal Novena (Chapel) 2:00 pm Women’s A.A. (Rectory Basement) SUNDAY March 8 (Second Sunday of Lent) 4:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation (Church) 8:00 am The People of the Parish 8:00 pm Catechumenal Eucharist (Rectory) 10:00 am Aceto Family (John & Dolores Yannuzzi) 12:00 pm Edward Tomosieski (Kathleen Tomosieski) SUNDAY March 8 (Second Sunday of Lent) 10:00 am Children’s Liturgy (Church Hall) MONDAY March 9 (St Francis of , Religious) 11:00 am Catechism, Grades 1-8 (School) 8:00 am Nancy Gibney (Fr Basil Lek) MONDAY March 9 (St Francis of Rome, Religious) TUESDAY March 10 8:00 pm Adult Faith Formation (Church) 8:00 am Rosalie Bell (St Valentine’s Athletic Club) TUESDAY March 10 WEDNESDAY March 11 8:00 pm Liturgy of the Word (Rectory) 8:00 am Deacon Malanga THURSDAY March 12 THURSDAY March 12 8:00 pm Adult Faith Formation (Church) 8:00 am Margaret Gangi (Cecelia Polizzi) FRIDAY March 13 (Abstinence from Meat) FRIDAY March 13 (Abstinence from Meat) 7:00 pm (Church) 8:00 am Deacon Louis Rusignuolo Stations of the Cross 8:00 pm Prayer Group (Chapel) SATURDAY March 14 SATURDAY March 14 8:00 am Sr Martin Lek 8:30 am Miraculous Medal Novena (Chapel) 5:30 pm Matthew Florczak (Athletic Club) 2:00 pm Women’s A.A. (Rectory Basement) SUNDAY March 15 (Third Sunday of Lent) 4:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation (Church) 8:00 am Roderick Chen 8:00 pm Catechumenal Eucharist (Rectory) 10:00 am The People of the Parish SUNDAY March 15 (Third Sunday of Lent) 12:00 pm Patrick Kennedy (Mazzeo Family) 10:00 am Children’s Liturgy (Church Hall) 11:00 am Catechism, Grades 1-8 (School)

SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY The Stations of the Cross Third Sunday of Lent The Stations of the Cross or Way of the Cross Ex 17: 3-7; Ps 95: 1-2, 6-9; (Via Crucis in ) is a spiritual pilgrimage Rom 5: 1-2, 5-8; Jn 4: 5-42 through the Passion of Christ. It depicts the path taken by Christ through the Via Dolorosa in Jerusa- CHURCH COLLECTION lem on his way to be crucified and die on his cross on Sunday Collection 03/01/2020 $3,714.00 Good Friday. That is why we celebrate the Stations of the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal $1,356.00 Cross on Fridays in Lent. We celebrate the manifestation Ash Wednesday Collection $670.00 of Christ’s love for us in his suffering and death. Thank you for your kind donations! said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after The 2020 Archdiocesan Annual Appeal has me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow begun. The Archdiocese has given a goal me” (Mt 16: 24). As disciples of Jesus Christ, we are invit- for our parish of $27,602. Any money col- ed to follow him in the Way of the Cross, always carrying lected above this goal will be returned to us. about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Please give generously. The Archdiocese Jesus may also be manifested in our body (2 Cor 4: 10). In of Newark will send you the envelopes and this Season of Lent, join us for the Stations of the Cross the Annual Appeal Brochures. every Friday at 7pm in the Church. Page Three: Second Sunday of Lent, March 8, 2020

A MESSAGE FROM THE PASTOR St Valentine Church Mission Dear Parishioners Join us every Monday and Thursday at 8pm In the Sunday Gospel (Mt 17: 1-9), Jesus took Peter, in Church for Christian Formation for Adults. James and John his brother, and led them up a high This series of Catechesis (teachings) will last mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured for two months. before them; his face shone like the and his clothes became white as light. And behold, The best Theological Synthesis for and appeared to them, conversing with Jesus. Faith formation of the Roman ( Benedict Peter, James and John must have had the shock of XV1). You will receive a good their lives when they saw that Jesus was more than foundation for the Faith. human, that he is a Supernatural Being - God himself. And what’s more, Moses and Elijah, representing the All are Welcome! (Children 12 Law and the Prophets were also there. years and older are welcome) Free The Law, the Ten Commandments was given through baby-sitting is provided. Moses when he went up Mount Sinai and received two tablets of stone written by God himself. But Butter Lambs & Palm Crosses when he saw the unfaithfulness of the people, Moses Get ready your Easter Meal! In broke the stone tablets. Instead, Jesus gives us a new support of the parish, Butter covenant in which his Law of Love will be written in Lambs are on sale now at $5.00 our hearts, and not on stone tablets (cf. He 8: 10). each. In the days of Elijah, God’s prophets were hunted Also, Palm Crosses are on sale at down and killed because the people had turned away $8.00 each. place your orders in from God to worshipping idols. Yet God continued to the Order Forms in the Vestibule speak to his people through the various prophets he of the Church or call Patty sent them. Eventually, God sent his Son Jesus Christ Krawiec after 6PM for your order to make a new covenant for us. Jesus tells us that he at 973-743-7960. did not come to get rid of the Law or the teachings of the Prophets but to fulfill them (Mt 5: 17). Without the help of God, we humans were not able to fulfill Celebrate the Anniversary of our Christian his law of love. That’s why Jesus was sent to us; so We are once again preparing the annual tradition of that he would fulfill the Law and the Prophets in us thanking God for those couples in our Archdiocese through the power of his Holy Spirit working in us. who will be celebrating five, twenty-five and fifty years of Christian Marriage in the year 2020. At the Transfiguration, the Father tells Peter, James and John, “This is my beloved Son with whom I am These anniversary liturgies will be celebrated well pleased; listen to him.” When we listen and by Cardinal Joseph Tobin in the Cathedral obey Jesus, he give us his Spirit so that we become of the Sacred Heart in Newark as follows: adopted children of God (ref. Rom 8: 14-17). As April 19, 2020 3:00pm 5 & 25 years adopted children of God, we become heirs of God, (All Counties) which means that we inherit the treasures of God. May 3, 2020 3:00pm 50 Years Jesus Christ gives the Church the Seven Sacraments. (All Counties) And each Sacrament gives the Holy Spirit so that we may have the same Spirit of Christ; with the same It is our desire that every couple in the Archdiocese mind, the same love, united in heart with Christ (cf. deserving of such Ph 2: 2). The Transfiguration is a preview of the new recognition be present at the appropriate liur- supernatural life that Christ wants to give to us as his gy. The presence of a disciples. Jesus manifest his Spirit in us by our moral large number of couples will be a tender witness to acts and not by our physical appearance. The change the strength and stability of Christian Marriage in that is noticeable is works done by God in us. today’s society. Please call the Parish Office for more - Fr. Basil Lek. information at 973-743-0220. Page Second Sunday of Lent, March 8, 2020

PRAY FOR THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED Acknowledgement: Fish ‘N Chips Dinner Please pray for those whose Funerals/Memorials were celebrated recently:

Thaddeus A. Koch February 25, 2020 Thank you to the Saint Valentine’s Fundraising † Eternal rest grant unto them, oh Lord & Special Events Committee, our Volunteers, and especially Joan Conroy and all of you who and let perpetual light shine upon them. have participated, and helped to make this May they rest in peace. Amen. event a success. Keep up the good work! St Joseph Feast Day Celebration St Mary’s Church (17 Monsignor Owens Place, Nutley) St September Club Trips 60 Byrd Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 The Novena Tues March 10 to Wed March 18, 7pm in Church. “Sister Act” 7:00pm at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn rd Solemnity of St Joseph, Solemn Mass April 23 (Thursday) preceded by Prefix Dinner at La Thursday March 19, 7pm in Church. Cucina Di Clemenza Restaurant. $100.00 Per Person includes Ticket to Performance, Dinner, Bus Trans- The St Joseph Altar, Table and Dinner portation, & all Gratuities. Bus will depart St Thomas Following the Solemn Mass on March 19, all are invited to at 3pm. Minimal Walking. Join us for this fun show. the St Joseph Altar, Table and Dinner to be held in Msgr $25 due upon Sign-Up & $75 Balance by March 30th. Walsh Hall. A limited number of tickets will be sold at $10 (Minimum 39 to run & Maximum 53) per person. Purchase tickets at the Novena or the Parish Noon Prefix Lunch at Carmine’s Restaurant in Center Office during business hours. NYC & Visit to Hudson Yards May 14th (Thursday) Following Lunch we will stop at ADVERTISER OF THE WEEK!!! Hudson Yards (upscale shopping) & the climbable (also has elevator) sculpture called “The Vessel” that affords great views of the waterfront. $101 per Per- son includes Lunch, Bus Transportation, & all Gratui- ties. Bus will depart St Thomas at 10am. Moderate Gencarelli’s Bakery walking at Hudson Yards, but distance & pace up to 446 Broad Street you. Join us to dine at one of the premier Italian res- Bloomfield, NJ 07003 taurants in NYC. $20 due upon Sign-Up & $81 Bal- Tel: (974) 743-1480 ance by April 17th. (Minimum 39 to run & Maximum 40- 50 persons). Prayer Request for the Sick Call Fran Gardella at 848-448-4335 or email her at If you would like the parish to pray for a parishioner, [email protected] to get the individual Information relative or friend, please call the Parish Office at Sheets that have a stub at the bottom to be returned with (973) 743-0220. your deposit to reserve your spot on a Trip. Please pray for the following infirmed: ICHS Food Festival & Tricky Tray Janice Mannello, Rosemarie Michelle, High School Doris Dinardo , Carmella Baccarri, 258 South Main Street in Lodi, NJ, will be Nicole Maiore, Alexandra Mahasky, holding its annual “Taste Of...” Food Festival & Colbie Durborow, Wegrzeynek, Tricky Tray event on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at Matthias Birmingham, Ron Chanco & Gina Maiore 6:30 PM. If there is any parishioner who is sick or dying and would like to receive the Sacrament of To buy tickets or learn about sponsorship opportuni- the Sick, please call Fr Basil Lek at ties, please visit– www.ichslodi.org. (201) 364-9808 (cell) at anytime night You can also contact Dr. Sonaliz A. Morel-Baker at or day. (973) 472-7231/ [email protected]. WHY IS IT A man wakes up after sleeping Morgan under an ADVERTISED blanket basement waterproofing on an ADVERTISED mattress In Our 4th Decade of Quality Service and pulls off ADVERTISED pajamas • French Drains bathes in an ADVERTISED shower • Foundation Repair shaves with an ADVERTISED razor • Mold Remediation brushes his teeth All Work Guaranteed with ADVERTISED toothpaste 877-401-4777 washes with ADVERTISED soap morganbasementwaterproofing.com puts on ADVERTISED clothes Grow Your Business, drinks a cup Advertise Here. of ADVERTISED coffee drives to work Support Your Church & Bulletin. in an ADVERTISED car Free professional ad design & my help! www.jspaluch.com and then . . . . email: [email protected] refuses to ADVERTISE Get this For Information ... Call believing it doesn’t pay. Later if business is poor he ADVERTISES it for sale. weekly bulletin 800.524.0263 WHY IS IT? DO YOU HAVE SALES EXPERIENCE? ARE YOU WELL delivered by NETWORKED IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY? J.S. PALUCH COMPANY email - for FREE! NATIONAL PUBLISHER OF CHURCH BULLETINS • Full Time Positions Available with Excellent Earning Potential! Sign up here: • Medical Benefits, 401K, Life & AD&D Insurance Available • Excellent Commission Compensation Program https://www.jspaluch.com/BulletinSubscribe.aspx Interested? Call Kay Leane 1.800.621.5197 x2823 973-748-6159 EARN MONEY! 342 Broad St. Bloomfield or Email Resume to [email protected] DO GOOD! MAKE A Courtesy of J.S. Paluch Company, Inc. Certified NJ Inspection & POSITIVE IMPACT! Repair Facility www.jspaluch.com Catholic Cruises and Tours and The Apostleship $29.95/Mo. billed quarterly of the Sea of the United States of America Take your FAITH ON A JOURNEY. • One Free Month Call us today at 860-399-1785 or email

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