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315315 ProspectProspect StreetStreet ♦♦ MidlandMidland ParkPark ♦♦ NJNJ ♦♦ 0743207432 ParishParish Website:Website: www.nativitynj.orgwww.nativitynj.org
ChurchChurch Office:Office: 201.444.6362201.444.6362 FAX:FAX: 201.444.5056201.444.5056 EmaEmail:il: [email protected]@nativitynj.org ReligiousReligious EducationEducation Office:Office: 201.447.1776201.447.1776 Email:Email: [email protected]@nativitynj.org
Mantich, Parochial Vicar Parish Membership
Sr. Lois Marie Parente C.S.S.F., Financial Affairs Every family in of our parish is encouraged to register. Forms are available in the church or at the Church Olivia Harrington, Religious Ed. Coordinator Office. If you move or change your home address or email address, kindly notify the Church Office. If you Alexander Birchwale, OrganistJune 13, 2021 - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time want to add your cell phone to your family information Ciarán Sheehan, Cantor contact the Church Office. Pastoral Staff Penance / Reconciliation
Roberto Hurtado, Maintenance Supervisor Saturdays at 4:10pm in the church, or by appointment. Rev. George Klybus, Pastor Penance / Reconciliation Pedro Herrera, Maintenance Staff Saturdays at 4:10pm Baptisms Rev. Jason Mantich, Parochial Vicar inBaptism the church, arrangements are made by contacting the or by appointment. Sr.Russell Lois MarieKamp Parente & Tia Patterson, C.S.S.F., FinancialParish Trustees Affairs Church Office before or after the birth of the baby. Bap-
tismal catechesis is required of all first time parents. Olivia Harrington, Religious Ed. Coordinator Baptisms Rite of Christian Initiation (R.C.I.A.) Alexander Birchwale, Organist The Sacrament of Baptism takes place at the 12 Noon Rite of Christian Initiation (R.C.I.A.) Anyone interested in becoming a Roman Catholic, or Mass. Arrangements are made by contacting the AnyoneCiarán interestedSheehan, in Cantor becoming a Roman Catholic, or Churchany adult Office Catholic before who the has birth not of received the baby. all Baptismal their anyRoberto adult CatholicHurtado, who Maintenance has not received Supervisor all the catechesisSacraments is ofrequired Initiation of andall parents. would like Please to receive call the these Sacraments of Initiation and would like to receive these Sacraments, please contact the Church Office. Religious Education Church Office for details. A member of the Baptism Sacraments, Pedro T Herrera,«®Ý ÝÃÝãÙ please Maintenance ,contact AÙ«®ÊÝÄ the ChurchStaff ÙØç®ÙÃÄãÝ Office. Preparation Ministry will contact the parents prior to the Marriage Parish Trustees:W RussellAÙ GʮĦ Kamp V®Ùãç½ & !!Tia Patterson Baptism.The Common Policy for Marriage for all Dioceses of Religious EducaƟon Program for Grades 1-8: Parish Membership the State of New Jersey require notification of marriage NEW registra on will be taken at the Religious Educa on Marriageat least ONE YEAR in advance. Please contact one of Every family is encouraged to register. Forms are Office. Thethe parishCommon priests Policy to setfor aMarriage date. for all Dioceses of available in the church or at the Church Office. If you Office Hours: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri, 9:00am-4:30pm. the State of New Jersey require notification of marriage want to make any changes to your family information atAnointing least ONE YEAR in advance. Please contact one of contact the Church Office. If anyone is ill, homebound, Our Parish the parish priests to set a date. is Check our website for information or in hospital, please notify the Church Office. Accessible and updates at nativitynj.org Anointing If anyone is ill, homebound, Our Parish 315 Prospect Street ♦ Midland Park ♦ NJ ♦ 07432 Church Office: 201.444.6362 is *This yearFAX: Cardinal 201.444.5056 Tobin has approvedParish Website: the transfer www.nativitynj.org or in the hospital, Email: please [email protected] notify of the Ascension to Sunday, May 24, 2020. the Church Office. Accessible Religious Education Office: 201.447.1776 Email: [email protected] June 13, 2021 Page 2-689 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Please welcome Rev. Mr. Peter Volz to Church of the Nativity. Mass Intention & Time Community Thrift Shop! Good New! Our earnings from your gen- Peter is a newly ordained Transitional Deacon Saturday June 12th and will be with us for six weeks in the summer. erosity to the Thrift Store have earned us Week of June 14th 12:10PM - $447 for the first quarter. With these In Thanksgiving for Answered Prayers funds, we were able to again buy our First Marlene Nardone Communion Children - Prayer Book and
Rose Piegaro Rosary Bead sets. It is only through your
Dominick & Cherie Piegaro donations that we can continue our chari- 5:00PM table works. Donations to the Thrift Shop Dennis Priestner are accepted on Mondays between 10:00 The Priestner Family AM and 12:00 noon. Do not forget to mark Sunday June 13th your bags with #18 on each bag. They are 8:00 Mass now accepting current paperbacks & hard Vincent Gallagher cover books, toys in good condition, bric-a Joe & Dorothy Collins -brac, & summer clothes only. 10:15 Mass Rudy Flora Nick & Liz Paladino STATEMENT OF THE NEW JERSEY BISHOPS Reinstating the General Obligation to Attend Mass 12:00 Mass John Mooney “Therefore, we the Catholic Bishops of New Jersey, are lifting the dispensation of the Sunday Mary & Bernie Convery and Holy Days Mass obligation beginning on Saturday, June 5, 2021, and Sunday, June 6, Monday, June 14th 2021, Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. 12:10PM We welcome the Christian faithful to return to the regular participation in the Sunday Eucha- Patricia Ferrone Church of the Nativity Staff rist, the source and summit of our Catholic faith (cf. Code of Canon Law canon 1247 and Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 2180).” Tuesday, June 15th 12:10PM Jack Murphy Fletcher & Diana Hock Following the Daily 12:10PM Mass Monday thru Saturday in the Church Wednesday May 16th 12:10PM Ralph Lombardi Family Rosary each Monday in the Chapel at 8:00PM Antoinette Acampara and Thursday June 17th Each Friday at 3:00PM in the Church 12:10PM (Also streamed on our website www.nativitynj.org and Facebook)
Mr. & Mrs. Farraro
Mr. & Mrs. Griffin
Friday June 18th 12:10PM Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Paul R. Cantilina Fr. George & Nativity Church Staff First Anniversary Dies Natalis in the Church Saturday June 19th
12:10PM Fridays - 11:00AM-12:00PM Mary McNamara
The McNamara Family
5:00PM Kevin Yali Please remember the sick Daisy Yali who have asked for our prayers Jack & Sue Krenner Stan & Claire Laikowski Helen Moser, Patti Hill, Rosemary Maso, Terry DeSimone, Sunday June 20th Jesica Tasca, Doug Gianelli
8:00 Mass ▪▪▪▪▪ Rosemary Taylor Diane Nahas Please remember in your prayers the recently deceased 10:15 Mass Kathleen Priestner Thomas Caroline Ginty, Mary O’Flaherty, Diego Padilla, Marie Terese Tobin, The Priestner Family Marion LaFemina, Dan Bardzell, Patricia Ferrone, Ralph Lombardi, 12:00 Mass Colette Mitchell, Elizabeth Eide, Maria Martinez, Fr. Pius Sammut, Robert Scavone Thomas Scavone John Mohlmann, Fr. Pius Sammut,
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time A Word First Reading: Ezekiel 17:22–24 from the Pastor I, the Lord, bring low the high tree and lift high the lowly tree. Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 92:2–3,13–16 They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:6–10 - The lives of all are to be revealed before the tribunal of Christ. Gospel Reading:Mark 4:26–34 - The reign of God is like a mustard seed. Background on the Gospel Reading After Lent, the Easter season, and three Sundays of feast days—Pentecost, Most Holy Trinity, and Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ—the Church returns to Ordinary Time. This Sunday’s Gospel from Mark carries a significant message regarding faith and the Kingdom of God. In Mark’s Gospel, Jesus appears reluctant to reveal his identity as the Son of God. After performing miracles of healing, he warns those cured to tell no one (see Mark 1:44, 3:12, 5:43, 7:36, and 8:26). Also, when preaching, Je- sus chooses to speak to the crowds in parables, leaving them to discern his message. Only to his disciples does he explain the parable’s meaning, and he does this in private at a later time. Today’s Gospel Reading consists of two parables about seeds. In the first, Jesus tells those gathered that this is “how it is with the kingdom of God.” A man scatters seed which over time sprouts and develops. Then when the grain is ripe, the man harvests his crop. The emphasis in the parable is on the seed, which seemingly has the power to grow on its own. In this it is like the Kingdom of God. While on earth, Jesus planted the seeds of the kingdom by his life, miracles, teaching, and suffering. However, the kingdom is not yet fully established. Although already pre- sent in Jesus and his group of twelve, it has yet to come to fruition; just as the seed in the parable needs time to grow, so does God’s kingdom. The second parable focuses on the tiny mustard seed. Though not the smallest of all seeds, it is most likely the smallest that a first-century farmer in Jesus’ part of the world would have sown. Small as the mustard seed is, it de- velops into a tree. Though the mustard tree generally averages only nine to twelve feet in height, it has a wide ex- panse and provides a nesting place for birds. Just as the tree welcomes the birds, so is God’s kingdom welcoming and open to many. These parables help us discern something about the kingdom of God and our own faith. In God we live and move and have our being, but God is a mystery and his kingdom, though present, has not yet come into its fullness. To- day, the Kingdom of God is present in the Church. The mission of proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom giv- en to the Apostles is now given to us. But just as seeds need time to come to fruition, so does the Kingdom of God. That is why in the Lord’s Prayer, we pray, “thy kingdom come.” We know that it will come in its fullness at the end of time. All we need is faith. Loyolapress.com
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"Stewardship is what we do, with what we have, when we believe in God." - Cardinal Joseph Tobin June 13, 2021 Page 4-689 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time CHILDREN’S
CATECHETICAL MINISTRY Week of June 14, 2021
June 13, 2021 The Sanctuary Light in the Church T«®Ý ÝÃÝãÙ, AÙ«®ÊÝÄ ÙØç®ÙÃÄãÝ is burning in memory of W AÙ V®Ùãç½!! Marion LaFemina
Religious EducaƟon Program for Grades K-8: By: Fred & Pat Shaver Re-registra on le ers will be mailed to all families pres- ently enrolled. Re-registra on may be done either by mail The Sanctuary Light in the Chapel or in person. Beginning JULY 5, NEW registra on will be is burning in memory of taken at the Religious Educa on Office during office hours. Anna Robbins
To complete registra on for our Parish Cateche cal Pro- By: Vincent & Paula Mollica gram, a family: Must be registered members of the parish PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN WORKSHOP Present a cer ficate of Bap sm for the child/ren and All NEW parish volunteers – in any capacity – must Registra on fee a end this training workshop and have a criminal To ensure that we make adequate provision for all plan- background check done. Workshops are being ning to a end in the summer or fall, we ask that ALL NEW offered at Na vity and neighboring parishes REGISTRATION be completed by August 6, 2021. Please throughout Bergen County. relay this informa on to prospec ve new registrants who Next workshops at Na vity are scheduled for: might not receive this bulle n, especially those planning to enroll first graders who have not been in our kinder- Future Classes are being decided garten this year. Thank you! Stay tuned! For our Junior High Students (Gr. 7 – 8) Service Project
Forms are due back at the beginning of next school year. Please register online only visi ng We are grateful to the catechists, assistants, students, www.virtus.org. and parents for all they have done to make this year Next workshops at Na vity are scheduled for: meaningful to so many. Capacity is limited. No walk-ins. ATTENTION ALL MINISTRY VOLUNTEERS AGE 18 AND Face masks and social distancing regula ons OVER will be enforced. The Church of the Na vity must ensure that children and Also, you may aƩend a workshop at our neighboring youth who worship, study, or par cipate in ac vi es parishes if their dates are beƩer for your schedule. sponsored by our parish can do so in the safest and most secure se ng possible. As you are probably aware, the Next Sunday is 12th Sunday Ordinary Time Archdiocese of Newark is requiring that all volunteers June 20, 2021 who par cipate with minors or can poten ally be in con- tact with minors must undergo training related to pre- The Sundays and weeks of Ordinary Time, on the other hand, take us through the life of Christ. This is the time of ven on, iden fica on, response and repor ng sexual conversion. This is living the life of Christ. abuse. Ordinary Time is a time for growth and maturation, a time in which the mystery of Christ is called to penetrate ever more
The Church of the Nativity Prayer Chain deeply into history until all things are finally caught up in Christ. The goal, toward which all of history is directed, is is accepting prayer requests. Please call represented by the final Sunday in Ordinary Time, the So- the rectory with your request. lemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. June 13, 2021 Page 5-689 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Countdown to Beatification of Martyred Italian Week of June 14, 2021 Nun Begins with Eucharistic Adoration Sr. Mainetti was murdered in 2000 by three teenage girls as part of a
Satanic ritual. The Bread and Wine in the Church are offered in memory of
John & Susie Klybus
By: Anna Brancatella & Fr. George
Sister Maria Laura Mainetti. (photo: Catholicsaints.info)
COMO, Italy — The celebrations in northern Italy for the beatification of Sr. Maria Laura Mainetti began Thursday night with Eucharistic adoration at a church in her hometown near Lake Como. ian national television and online via live stream on the official beati- Sr. Mainetti was murdered in 2000 by three teenage girls as part of a fication website: http://beatasuormarialaura.it/en/home-en/
Satanic ritual. Pope Francis declared Sr. Mainetti to be a martyr, Sr. Mainetti was the superior of the Sisters of the Cross convent in killed “in hatred of the faith,” last year. Chiavenna, which was devoted to helping juvenile delinquents. She The diocese of Como has organized three days of events leading up was well known in her small town for her social and charitable com- to her beatification on June 6, the anniversary of her murder in Chia- mitment to dispossessed youth and poor people. venna, Italy. On the evening of June 6, 2000, three girls who knew the religious The celebration began in the Church of San Bernardino da Siena in sister because she had taught them catechism lured Sr. Mainetti into Villatico di Colico,M where Mainetti was born in 1939. The church a park by claiming that one of them needed to talk, because she had hosted an evening of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with read- been raped and impregnated and was considering an abortion. ings of meditations and reflections from the martyred sister’s diaries. The three girls made Mainetti kneel and shouted abuses at her. One Bishop Oscar Cantoni of Como released a message to mark Sr. girl beat the 60-year-old sister with a brick and another pushed her Mainetti’s beatification. head repeatedly into a wall. He said: “It is not a simple coincidence that the day of the beatifica- They took turns stabbing Sr. Mainetti 19 times with a kitchen knife. tion of Sister Maria Laura coincides with the feast of ‘Corpus Domi- They had, according to Italian media reports, intended to stab her 18 ni,’ the memorial of the wedding feast of the Lamb, immolated and times, six times each, to form by their violence the number 666. victorious.” Sr. Mainetti prayed throughout the attack and asked God to forgive “With the Eucharist, it is no longer we who live, but it is Jesus who the girls for their actions. lives in us: our actions are born from communion with him, since we Her last words, according to some accounts of her death, were were created for communion and for the gift of ourselves. We are “Lord, forgive them.” called to draw ever new energies of love from the heart of Christ, so The three girls later admitted they killed her as a demonic ritual. that we too become a source of life for others, thus giving our life, in They confessed that they had originally planned to kill the parish one way or another, to others.” priest, but decided that because he was larger, it would prove too Bishop Cantoni said that this is the message that the Church pro- difficult. Investigators said the girls’ notebooks were filled with Satan- claims with the beatification of Sr. Mainetti, calling her “a luminous ic writings, and they had made a blood oath some months earlier. instrument for spreading God's love to everyone everywhere.” Sr. Mainetti's killers were convicted and imprisoned. The killers have On the eve of the beatification, there will be a prayer vigil and pro- since been freed from prison, and have started families — changing cession from the San Luigi Oratory in Chiavenna to the Church of their names and moving to large Italian cities, according to Corriere San Lorenzo at 4:30 p.m. on June 5. Sr. Beniamina Mariani and Fr. della Sera. Ambrogio Balatti will share their testimonies at the vigil. One of the girls who killed Sr. Mainetti wrote a letter to her religious community after her conviction. Milena De Giambattista said in the Cardinal Marcello Seme- letter that the memory of Sr. Mainetti forgiving her as she was killing raro, the prefect for the her has stayed with her. Congregation for the “I can have of her only a memory of love. And in addition to this, it Causes of Saints, will also allowed me to believe in something that is neither God nor Sa- preside over the beatifi- tan, but which was a simple woman who defeated evil,” Milena cation Mass taking place wrote. in a large field in Chia- “Now in her I find comfort and the grace to endure every- venna at 4 p.m. on June 6. The beatification will thing. I always pray and I am sure she will help me become a Sr. Laura Mainetti’s vestition ceremony in 1959. / better person.” www.figliedellacroce.it. be broadcast live on Ital- June 13, 2021 Page 6-689 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
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