St. Francis De Sales Church, We Are Committed to Stewardship As Our Way of Life
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614 Route 517, Vernon, NJ Mailing Address: P.O. Box 785, McAfee, NJ 07428 Telephone: 973-827-3248 www.stfrancisvernon.org Welcome to St. Francis de Sales Parish We extend a warm welcome to all who attend our Church. We hope you will find our parish community a place where your life of faith will be nourished. Your prayers, your presence, and your talent are most welcome. May God bless all of us. We Invite You to Celebrate Eucharist: Saturday (Vigil): 5:00 PM Sunday 8:00 AM 10:00 AM 12:00 PM Morning Mass: Monday through Friday 8:30 AM Saturday (Memorial Mass) 8:30 AM Holy Days : 7:00 AM 8:30 AM 12:00 PM 7:30 PM Reconciliaon : Saturday 4:00 - 4:45 PM Adoraon : First Friday 9:00AM - 12 Noon ___________________________________________________________________________________ Served By: Rev. Brian P. Quinn, Pastor Deacon Dennis Gil Mission Statement As a parish family of St. Francis de Sales Church, we are committed to stewardship as our way of life. We place God first in all things. Centered in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, we devote ourselves to proclaim the Gospel. We are dedicated to grow as a faith community to holiness through prayer, sacraments and service to all God’s people. St. Francis de Sales Church St. Francis Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 9, 2017 “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” — Matthew 11:28 Page Two July 09, 2017 SATURDAY MEMORIAL MASS 08 - Saturday The 8:30AM Saturday Mass during the 8:30 AM Saturday Memorial Mass month of July will be offered for the 5:00 PM Grace Odom req by Josephine Prisco souls of : Susan Bravenboer, Greg 09 - Sunday Bremer, John Brennan, George Costa, 8:00 AM Kathy Boehm req by Linda & Ma Stengel Frank Curran, Catherine & Edward 10:00 AM Ralph Viviano req by Maria Fausto DeYoung, Stephen Fava, Robert Martis, JoAnn San- 12:00 PM Michael Accea req by Pam & Paul Contreri clementi, Beverly Schwab, Albert & Marion Sin- 10 - Monday forosa, Jennifer Kirchmer Young, Theodore Charles 8:30 AM Margaret Mahews req by Mahews Family Wiedenman 11 - Tuesday 8:30 AM Marguerite V. Labadessa req by Joanne & Ed Connell To live in the hearts of others is never to die. 12 - Wednesday 8:30 AM Joseph James Mulligan req by Patricia Quinn PRAY - SHARE - SERVE - LOVE 13 -Thursday HOPE 8:30 AM Urban Tekip req by Friends at St. Francis Never deprive someone of hope - 14 - Friday it may be all they have. - Anonymous 8:30 AM George Streisel req by Nora Hill 15 - Saturday 8:30 AM Saturday Memorial Mass 5:00 PM Francis J. Garrity req by Eucharisc Ministers 16 - Sunday July 8-9, 2017 8:00 AM Alicia White req by The Quinn Family Eucharistic Ministers Lectors Altar Servers 10:00 AM Therese Weiss req by The McLeod Family SAT., 5PM July 15th, 2017 12:00 PM Ann Duell req by The Pecca Family E1 Steven DeBuck Bob Kusma Owen McGill E2 Bob Snow Marie Snow Ana Soto E3 Barbara Thomas C1 Deacon Joseph C2 Val DeBuck C3 Chuck McGill C4 Diane McNulty ST. FRANCIS GIFT SHOP Everyone loves a sale! During the month of July, SUN., 8AM July 16th, 2017 the Gift Shop will be having a RED STAR sale… 50% E1 Bob Kirchmer Denise Drogo Elizabeth Byra off items marked with a red star. E2 Claire Schmidt John Schnackenberg Ryan Carr Perhaps there’s something you’ve had your eye on. Come E3 Leila Kirchmer see if it’s been marked down. Don’t miss out on the deals. C1 Maureen Carr Please note the Gift Shop will be closed for the C2 Sheila Reitter month of August. Pam can be reached through C3 Denis Tanguay the office if you should need something. C4 Janice Tanguay 10AM READINGS FOR THE WEEK E1 Cindy Ferrazano Caitlin Piccirillo Paul Brandt E2 Ed Ferrazano Britt Gaule Mike Kubik Monday: Gn 28:10-22a; Ps 91:1-4, 14-15ab; E3 Kevin Reed Mt 9:18-26 C1 Deacon Dennis Tuesday: Gn 32:23-33; Ps 17:1b, 2-3, 6-7ab, 8b, 15; C2 Serge Gonzalez Mt 9:32-38 C3 Chris Gaule Wednesday: Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a; C4 Barbara Reed Ps 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19; Mt 10:1-7 12PM Thursday: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5; Ps 105:16-21; E1 Gen Miller Jill Marchesani Faith Pisapia Mt 10:7-15 E2 Bob Springer Erin Daly Alexandra Pisapia Friday: Gn 46:1-7, 28-30; Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, E3 Ed DeYoung 39-40; Mt 10:16-23 C1 Deacon Joseph Saturday: Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a; Ps 105:1-4, 6-7; C2 Natalie Callahan Mt 10:24-33 C3 Joe Kearns Sunday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 65:10-14; Rom 8:18-23; C4 Allie McLaughlin July 09, 2017 Page Three TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Please Pray for those who are sick, especially: Alexander, Melinda Borst, Lori Caffrey, Sean The premier poet of the English language, Geoffrey Connell, William Connington, Bill Delaney, Evie Chaucer, introduced one of his most beloved characters, the Dixon, Robert A. Drogo, Lisa Ernst, Ray Farinel- “Wife of Bath,” by this telling remark: “Husbands at church la, Sandy Fredricks, Maureen Flannery, Kim door she had five.” Four mes widowed, she was seng off on Gaughan, Margaret Guiton, Bill Healey, Jo- a pilgrimage, notably without number five. The church door is anne Healey, Christopher Hoehl, John Kernusz, Joseph Kolibas, Anne Kolibas, Ryan Lambert, Hayden Marshall, a curious detail, poinng to the fourteenth-century wedding Carol McDonald, James McDonald, Marianne Meehan, custom of marrying on the porch of the parish church. The goal Marie Mendez, Omar Mendez, Lisa Merck, Michael, Henry was to give maximum publicity to the consent of the groom Milkewicz, Nat, Jimmy Pier, Nadine Porter, Harold Rowan, and bride, and so consent was moved from the bride’s home Gary Sisco, Lisa Smith, Denis Tanguay, Norman Trass, Todd, to a public venue. The priest would stand in the doorway and Jeff Todd, Patricia Wetterlind, Brenna Whitson, Walter Win- begin by sprinkling the couple with holy water. He needed to kler, Emma Marie Wyman, “Skippy” Zaccaro, Nick Zayatz make sure they weren’t too closely related and give them some instrucon. He would direct the groom to pay the bride’s Gluten-Free Communion Hosts Are you or a family member allergic to gluten? family a dowry, and then announce the monetary amounts to To receive gluten-free Communion the interested passersby. Only then would the guests enter the • Arrive 10-15 minutes before Mass and speak to an usher. church for the wedding Mass, during which the bride and • You must receive communion from the priest. groom would hold lighted candles. The gradual move from • When it is your turn to receive; remind the priest that you require a home to church and the shi from the bride’s father to the gluten-free host. priest’s authority helped to protect the freedom of brides who weren’t quite as confident as the Wife of Bath. Ministry makes a difference, not —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. only in those you serve; but in you! Join a Ministry today! My Dear Friends, St. Francis de Sales SUMMER OFFICE HOURS I want to once again say thank you for your The offices will be CLOSED on Fridays for the Summer continued support of your parish. This past year we • Parish Office is OPEN: Mon. - Thurs. have seen some important projects come to pass with 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM a few more yet to come. This work and continued • The Offices will re-open on Fridays, beginning on work could not have been done without your support Sept 8, 2017 of St. Francis de Sales and its mission. Through your generosity with our increased giving initiative we ONLINE GIVING OPTION have seen an increase to our weekly collection, which We are pleased to announce that our parish website has a link to is bridging some of the gap in our income verses our sign up. Go to www.stfrancisvernon.org, under the home tab expenses. you will find the link for online giving or you can go directly to the site. As always, we thank you for your support of our parish. I urge you as summer begins, along with https://osvonlinegiving.com/4244 vacations and long weekends, that you do not forget your parish. We are still here and still need your con- STEWARDSHIP OF OUR TREASURE tinued support. If you use envelopes, please don’t for- The collection figures for the weekend of July 2nd are not in- get to drop them off even for the weeks you are not cluded, due to the Fourth of July holiday. The bulletin had to be here, or you could sign up for online giving and set submitted early. things up for weekly or monthly giving. You can get to our parish’s Online Giving site either from the par- Baptismal Preparation Classes will resume in September. ish webpage, scanning the QR code below or just en- Please call the parish office if you are interested in having tering this web address. your child baptized here at St. Francis. https://osvonlinegiving.com/4244 Do you have a Sponsor form that needs to be signed? We have a few exciting - See Father Brian after Mass.