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THE Catholic Community

Serving: Clark, Cranford, Linden, Rahway & Winfield, New Jersey

1805 Penbrook Terrace  Linden, New Jersey 07036

Rectory Phone...... 908-486-6363 Rectory Fax...... 908-486-5345 Parish E-mail...... [email protected] Parish Website...... www.sjanj.net School Website...... www.sjanj.org

Rev. Mauro Primavera ...... Administrator November 8, 2020 Rev. William Halbing Rev. Nnaemeka Andrew Onyemaobi CONFESSIONS: Monday through Friday after 7:00 pm Mass. Saturdays, Deacon York ...... Religious Ed. Coordinator 1:00 - 2:00 pm & 7:45 pm, : 7:45 pm.

Dr. Deborah Egan, Ed.D...... School Principal BAPTISMS: Parents are asked to contact the Religious Education Office Amy Giglio...... Sacrament Preparation Coordinator in the sixth month of pregnancy for Baptism Classes. (732-388-1253) Patricia Woolley...... [email protected]

MARRIAGES: Contact the rectory at least one year in advance & before making other arrangements.

SICK CALLS: Any hour - Day or Night

HOSPITAL VISITATION: Contact Rectory

MASSES  Saturday...... 8:30 am RESPECT LIFE: Holy Hour for life and liberty every Monday at 7:00 pm Cenacle for Life Rosary, Thursdays at 8:00 & 9:00 am Saturday Evening...... 5:00 & 7:00 pm

Sundays ...... 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 am, 1:00 & 7:00 pm (Youth) CRISIS PREGNANCY HELP: Any woman who is pregnant and in need of Daily (Monday to Friday) ...... 7:00, 8:30 am & 7:00 pm assistance should never feel that abortion is her only option. Personal and confidential assistance is available at the following numbers: Eve of Holy Days ...... 7:00 pm CCS - Pat Chiarello ...... 201-246-7379 Holy Days...... 7:00, 8:30 am, 12:00 noon & 7:00 pm Crisis Pregnancy Helpline...... 1-888-4-OPTIONS First Fridays...... 7:00, 8:30 am & 7:00 pm Birthright...... 1-800-550-4900 Post Abortion Healing...... 1-877-HOPE 4 ME

DEVOTIONS  IMPORTANT NUMBERS Novena Mondays ...... 8:30 am & 7:00 pm School...... 732-388-1360 Our Lady of Fatima Devotions Religious Education Office ...... 732-388-1253 First Saturdays...... 8:30 am St. John the Apostle Food Pantry...... 732-388-1216 Rosary ...... Mondays, 6:30 pm Respect Life Office...... 973-497-4350 Perpetual Adoration...... 24 hours a day Page 1 32ND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME NOVEMBER 8, 2020 The Word of the Lord

First Reading: Wisdom 6:12-16 Regarded as personifying God’s power, Wisdom is readily and Saturday, November 7 easily found by those who seek her. 8:30 am All Souls 33nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 5:00 pm Edward G. Ratyniak – 6th Anniversary The Thessalonians, who fear that those who have died will 7:00 pm Stephen Thorpe miss ’s return, are comforted by Paul’s assurance that those “who have died in Christ will rise first.” Sunday, November 8 7:00 am Stephen Pierce : :1-13 9:00 am Helen Rothermich In the parable of the five sensible bridesmaids and the five 11:00 am Janice Tuburczy foolish bridesmaids, emphasizes the fact that we must 1:00 pm Michael Matos always be ready for the coming of Christ because in his words, 7:00 pm Virgilio Gomage “You know not the day or the hour.” Monday, November 9The Dedication of the Lateran 7:00 am Dr. Thomas Bejgrowicz 8:30 am Louis Primamore READINGS FOR THE WEEK SUN Wis 6:12-16; 1 Thes 4:13-18 or 4:13-14; Mt 25:1-13 7:00 pm Unsel Garcon MON Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17; Jn 2:13-22 Tuesday, November 10, St. Leo the Great, and TUE Ti 2:1-8, 11-14; Lk 17:7-10 WED Ti 3:1-7; Lk 17:11-19 7:00 am Erna Keitel THURS Phlm 7-20; Lk 17:20-25 8:30 am Anna & Sheldon Schobert FRI 2 Jn 4-9; Lk 17:26-37 7:00 pm Anne Fortuna SAT 3 Jn 5-8; Lk 18:1-8 Wednesday, November 11, St. Martin of Tours, 7:00 am Mary Homola 8:30 am Dolores Groppe 7:00 pm Mary Homola THE STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE Thursday, November 12, St. Josaphat Bishop and Martyr OFFERTORY COLLECTION 7:00 am Dr. Thomas Bejgrowicz Through Sunday, November 1, 2020

8:30 am Stanley Hondo Weekly Budget Need – FY’20 $ 17,484.00 7:00 pm Raymond Sass, Jr. Actual Weekly Collection $ 9,697.00 * Friday, November 13, St. Frances X Cabrini Surplus (Deficit) $ (7,787.00) * Included Weekly On-Line Giving 7:00 am Dr. Thomas Bejgrowicz 8:30 am Edward Glogowski – 5th Anniversary Thank you for your consistent generosity 7:00 pm James & Elizabeth Walsh Saturday, November 14 Let Us Pray For The Deceased and Their Families 8:30 am Robert Waldron

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Margaret Balak, Rosaleen O’Donnell 5:00 pm Florence J. Nolan 7:00 pm Dr. Thomas Bejgrowicz Sunday, November 15 Please have your articles in by 8;30 pm on Tuesday, prior to publication. All bulletin articles must be approved by 7:00 am Fr. Edward Price Fr. Mauro,and submitted to [email protected]. 9:00 am Maria Jewtuch 11:00 am Bob Roman 1:00 pm Albert H. Lospinoso Confessions will be heard in the Msgr. Price Room 7:00 pm Kathleen Ditzil located across from the church entrance,please check *7:00 am Mass will be in the Main Church our schedule for times on page 2 of this bulletin. Memorials For the Week of

November 8, 2020 The 2021 Mass Book will be opening the weekend of Altar Candles: Intention of Owen D. Burke December 5 and 6. Memorial Candles and Memorial Tabernacle Candle: Intention of the Parishioners Flowers will also be available. Perpetual Adoration: Intention of the Parishioners Sanctuary Lamp: Intention of the Parishioners Bread & Wine: Intention of the Parishioners Memorial Flowers: Intention of the Parishioners Page 2 32ND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME NOVEMBER 8, 2020 Schedule of Events For November 7-15 Please Pray for Our Sick and Their Caregivers Helen Angelo William Stypa Lofgren SAT Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions – Msgr. Price Room Judith Bayou Mary Jo Mackowski SUN Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions – Msgr. Price Room Joan Bernacki Frank Biondi MON Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions - Msgr. Price Room Betty Hora Boetsch Carl Matyas Baby Calie John Miller TUE Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions – Msgr. Price Room Deacon Ed Campanella Jean Mizejewski Genelyn Pijuan CYO Youth Ministry 8:00 pm in Rectory Basement Thomas Davey Jr. Stephen Mizejewski Theresa Rogoz WED Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions – Msgr. Price Room DeLorenzo Albert Moore Joan Roszkowski Study with Fr. Bill 7::30 pm in the Church Melissa DeSanto Eddie O;Brien Robert Rusnak THU Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions – Msgr. Price Room James Desiderio Loren Gonczi Joanne Russo FRI Confessions – Msgr. Price Room Jannette Faulk Katherine Graba Pat Smorol SAT Marian Cenacle 10:00-12:00 pm in Church Harry Faulk Baby Holden Maria Sroaka Confessions 1:00 – 2:00 pm – Msgr. Price Room Anthony Fiorillo Jr Edward Koza Sr. Alexa Rose Veit Mass 7:00 pm – followed by Confessions – Msgr. Price Room Tony Fiorillo Sr John Paffrath Frank Wancea SUN Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions – Msgr. Price Room Kim Friedman Janet Petrone Nancy Whelan Becky Friedman Juan Perez Skip Whelan

Events to Come On Wednesday, November 11th we will hold a Bible Study with Fr. Bill Halbing from 7:30 pm in the Church. We will be studying Colossians Please Pray For Our Troops CPL L. Borowski USMC Mercylinda V. Miro, USN LCPL The next healing mass will November 27th.. RSSGT Andrew Caprio, USAF Chris Niedziocha USMC HM3 Lance Dearing, USN Joseph Orth, USMC Lt. John DeLorenso Lt. Anthony Parenti USMC We will be having the Marian Cenacle on Pvt. Jason Kobylka, USA Lt Jeffrey A. Regep USAPFC November 14th from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm SPC Matthew Lambert USMC Justin Roskowski, USN PO3 Thomas Maes, USN CPL Norbert Sieczkowski which will include Mass and Adoration of the MAJ SPC Dominic P. Mansour USA Capt. Frank J. Walter III, USN Blessed Sacrament and Marian Prayers. Gregory Melencio, USA

Bible Studies now on Zoom Meetings, you can logon to godswordalivetoday.org and check the code for the day at 7:30 pm nightly hosted by Fr. Bill.

St. Vincent DePaul

Society Thanksgiving Food Donations

“The St Vincent DePaul Society will be collecting food for Thanksgiving, on Monday, November 23. We will be accepting frozen turkeys, canned, and other non- Please join our growing number of parishioners perishable food. We cannot accept fresh foods or non- who are converting to On-Line Giving. It’s safe, frozen meats. Food donations should be brought to the secure and easy. Go to www.sjanj.net to enroll. If St. John’s rectory on that day, and left by the garage to the right. Please have your items in bags or boxes. God you need any assistance on registering on-line or bless you and thank you for your generous support.” have any questions about on-line giving , please call Claire in the Rectory (908-486-6363) or e-mail Knights of Columbus her at [email protected] and she will be glad to Council 5503 help you. K of C 5503 now serves only the Parish of St. John the Apostle. We meet at St. John’s. In the last year we have donated over $80,000.

To St. John’s. We invite gentlemen who are members of other Councils to please join us. We are actually getting something done! Page 3 32ND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration is the adoration of Jesus Christ’s REAL presence in the Holy

Hours most needed for a scheduled Adorer:

Monday 3 pm, Wednesday 11 am, Friday 1 pm, Saturday 3 am & 9 pm, Sunday 8 pm

Hours most need of a second Adorer:

Saturday 9 pm, Sunday 8 pm

Call or text Anne Tel# 908-247-6998 email [email protected] sign up at

Masks required. 6 person limit. Visitors limited to 30 minutes

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Decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary on Plenary Indulgences for the deceased faithful in the current pandemic, 23.10.2020

DECREE

This year, in the current circumstances due to the “Covid-19” pandemic, the Plenary Indulgences for the deceased faithful will be extended throughout the entire month of November, with adaptation of works and conditions to guarantee the safety of the faithful.

This Apostolic Penitentiary has received many petitions from holy Pastors who have asked that this year, due to the "Covid-19" epidemic, pious works be commuted in order to obtain the Plenary Indulgences applicable to souls in Purgatory, in accordance with the Manual of Indulgences (conc. 29, § 1). For this reason, the Apostolic Penitentiary, on the special mandate of His Holiness , willingly establishes and decides that this year, in order to avoid gatherings where they are forbidden: a.- the Plenary Indulgence for those who visit a cemetery and pray for the deceased, even if only mentally, normally established only on the individual days from 1 to 8 November, may be transferred to other days of the same month, until its end. These days, freely chosen by the individual believers, may also be separate from each other; b- the Plenary Indulgence of 2 November, established on the occasion of the of all the deceased faithful for those who piously visit a church or oratory and recite the “Our Father” and the “Creed” there, may be transferred not only to the Sunday before or after or on the day of the Solemnity of All , but also to another day of the month of November, freely chosen by the individual faithful.

The elderly, the sick and all those who for serious reasons cannot leave their homes, for example because of restrictions imposed by the competent authority in this time of the pandemic, in order to prevent numerous faithful from crowding into the holy places, will be able to obtain the Plenary Indulgence as long as they join spiritually with all the other faithful, completely detached from sin and with the intention of complying as soon as possible with the three usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer according to the Holy Father's intentions), before an image of Jesus or the Blessed Mary, recite pious prayers for the deceased, for example, Lauds and Vespers of the Office of the Dead, the Marian Rosary, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, other prayers for the deceased dearest to the faithful, or occupy themselves in considered reading of one of the Gospel passages proposed by the liturgy of the deceased, or perform a work of mercy by offering to God the sorrows and hardships of their own lives.

For an easier attainment of divine grace through pastoral charity, this Penitentiary earnestly prays that all priests with the appropriate faculties offer themselves with particular generosity to the celebration of the Sacrament of Penance and administer Holy Communion to the sick.

However, as far as the spiritual conditions for fully achieving the Indulgence are concerned, it is worth recalling the indications already issued in the “Note on the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the current pandemic” issued by the Apostolic Penitentiary on 19 March 2020.

Finally, since the souls in Purgatory are assisted by the prayers of the faithful and especially by the sacrifice of the Altar to God (cf. Conc. Tr. Sess. XXV, decr. De ), all priests are strongly invited to celebrate Holy Mass three times on the day of the Commemoration of all the deceased faithful, in accordance with the Apostolic Constitution "Incruentum Altaris", issued by Pope Benedict XV, of venerable memory, on 10 August 1915.This Decree is valid throughout the entire month of November, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary. Given in , from the seat of the Apostolic Penitentiary, on 22 October 2020, memorial of Saint John Paul II. Maurus Card. Piacenza Paenitentiarius Maior Christophorus Nykiel Page 5 32ND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME NOVEMBER 8, 2020 like the action of the . In our mind, we choose St. John’s Family Page or not to cooperate with the work of the Lord, the proclamation of with our lives. When we are full of the Holy Spirit, we have the light of Jesus Christ helping us to make moral decisions, in accordance with the of God – just as a lamp burns brightly with a full vessel of oil. On the contrary, when our minds are clouded by earthly things, we become like the foolish virgins whose lamps were going out – and we risk being locked out of the banquet. The choice is always ours. Through prayer, frequent reception of the Eucharist and Confession, and our service to our neighbor, we ensure that our lamp will always be burning brightly with the action of the Holy Spirit in our lives! May God bless us all always! Deacon Mike

Register for CCD now! CCD registrations are still being accepted for the Fall. Registration is online at www.sjanj.net under Religious Education. Contact Deacon Mike in the Religious Education office, [email protected] or 732-388-1253 for information or questions. St. John the Apostle Religious Education will offer two options for CCD this Fall. The option of CCD homeschooling enables parents to teach their children At midnight, there was a cry, “Behold, the bridegroom! at home, using the same book as in-class. Come out to meet him! New this year is CCD Virtual Learning. Students In the , Jesus provides us with many insights periodically Zoom live with their teacher and during about the Kingdom of God. Today, we hear Jesus say: non-virtual class weeks, complete assignments in the “The kingdom of heaven will be like…” Recall the other Google classroom. Zoom live classes have already parables that begin in the (total of started. seven) in the same manner: wheat and weeds, sower, a RCIA mustard seed, the yeast, a treasure and a pearl. Jesus tries to get us to understand the idea of the kingdom of RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is for anyone heaven. We know from experience, that his kingdom is desiring to receive the Sacraments of Initiation in the not an earthly kingdom, but in our hearts, in our : Baptism, , First Holy community and in our world. Communion. RCIA is for the unbaptized, baptized The church is not the kingdom, but both a sign and Christians and baptized Catholics. If you have questions instrument of the kingdom. The church points us to the or would like to enroll, please contact Deacon Mike, kingdom and provides us a way to reach the fullness of [email protected] or 732-388-1253. that kingdom in eternal life. We pray in the Lord’s prayer: “thy kingdom come, thy will be done”. We know when the will of God is done on earth, as it is done in Congratulations to the Newly Baptized! heaven, then the fullness of the kingdom in our world will be realized. Just listening to the news, radio or TV, Ava Victoria Ali or reading the newspaper or internet news, sometimes Liam Andrew Borke Natalie Rose Borke it seems that the kingdom of God is very far from Juliana Elizabeth Comer Maria Luna Hoff reigning on earth as it does in heaven. Dontay Xavier Tyri Julius Madelyn Hope Montefusco Our responsibility is to proclaim the kingdom, just as Emmanuel Meneses Amelia Grace Musa Jesus did, the and all generations for the past Nula Aaliyah Sanders Osborne Anthony Seader two thousand years. Let us turn to today’s parable in the gospel. Think of the lamps that the virgins took as our mind and the oil is A M Jewelers, Inc. The Finest Diamonds In The World (732) 388-4292 11 Westfield Ave., Clark, NJ

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