Our Lady of Victories Church (serving Harrington Park, River Vale and the Pascack/Northern Valley) 150 Harriot Avenue, Harrington Park, New Jersey www.olvhp.org

WELCOME S˞˗ˍˊˢ, May 5, 2019 A.D. To the Parish Family of OUR LADY OF VICTORIES (THE LITTLE CHURCH WITH THE BIG HEART)

COME WORSHIP WITH US

Rev. Wojciech B. Jaskowiak Administrator

THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE/CONFESSION: Monday - Friday 7:30am –7:50am. First Friday at 6:30pm Saturday at 11:00a.m.-Noon; 3:00pm –3:30pm

THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: To register for Baptismal preparation and Baptism, call the rectory.

THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION: Call the Religious Ed Office for requirements/class schedule.

THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Please call the rectory for an appointment.

2THE SACRAMENT OF THE SICK/LAST RITES: Sick calls at any time in emergency.

THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS AND VOCATIONS: Anyone contemplating a vocation to the Priesthood or Reli- gious Life should contact the Vocations Office at 973.497.4365.

Latin Mass every Sunday 8:15AM

Spanish Mass every Sunday 1PM

OLV Rectory OLV Fax Religious Education OLV Convent Phone: 201-768-1706 201-768-3962 201-768-1400 201-768-1705 Address: 81 Lynn St. 155 Parkway 145 Parkway Email: [email protected] [email protected] - 2 - Our Lady of Victories, Harrington Park/River Vale N.J.

Fr. Wojciech’s Corner - Congratulations to our 21 First Holy Communicants, may it be the begin- Our First Communion Class ning of MANY times when Jesus’ Body makes yours into HIS. St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina would sometimes say to his spiritual children, "Do you not see Sean Blanchard James McLaughlin the always beside the tabernacle?" And how could she fail to be Derek Brace Matthew Ortiz there--she who "stood by the Cross of Jesus" on Calvary (John 19:25)? Anna Brayton Luke Pavone Meanwhile our 41 Confirmation candidates are preparing for the Sacra- ment of Confirmation next week (May 12 at 2PM with Marconi). Connor Coyne Emma Perone Please pray for them. Sophia DeVincenzo Madison Plescia Thank you to parishioners who took a name of a candidate either for First Heather Fabiano Alexander Preolo Holy Communion or Confirmation to pray for, may God reward you. Claire Gambino Riley Riccardo-Rossi This weekend is our last CCD meeting. A few years ago when I just start- ed my priestly life, I remember there was a mother (only Spanish speaking) Reid Garrison Madeline Stabile with 3 kids, she would come to a Mass in English, but she would not under- Kathryn Kelly Nicolas Vargas stand a word. She was there making that sacrifice for her kids. Her kids still Kallista Korines Payton Wolfe today are solid Catholics - it paid off. Lilah Kramer We thank all the parents who took all it takes to invest into the religious formation of their children. Thumbs UP. Please join me this weekend in personally thanking Deacon Al, Sue Evanella, Mary Clare McLaughlin REGISTER FOR OLV PARISH and ALL our teachers. May God reward you for your generosity and love All Roman Catholics living within the boundaries of Our Lady of Victories for God and children. Church should officially register; If you did NOT receive an Easter This past Wednesday OLV KOFC had their Shield and Arms awards mailing you are probably NOT registered! Obtain a registration form and three of our servers received recognition: Anthony Ragucci, Nina Stonitsch, and Ellie Wiesner. CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU. from the priest after Mass or phone Maria at the Rectory. We strongly The month of MAY is the month of MARY. How much SHE has done encourage you to register, even if you do not plan to use envelopes, so and still does to EASTER our lives. Next week as a tribute to her and to we can include you on our mailing list. Only registered members of the moms who need special help, through the initiative of the KOFC, we will hold parish, who fulfill all other canonical [Church Law] requirements can the annual Baby Bottle Collection. I know that our OLV family has always obtain a Sponsor [Godparent] Certificate, letter of recommendation or been very generous with this drive. other documentation. Next week we will celebrate Mothers Day. Please take advantage of taking a Mass card and offer it for your mom - or for somebody’s mom. I It’s Not Over Yet would like also to acknowledge our special “parish moms” our Rosarians Thanks to everyone who made a pledge to the Sharing God’s who, in their motherly spirit, pray for the needs of our parish and will enjoy Blessings Appeal, but we still have not reached our goal. brunch with Fr. Anthony, the key note speaker. May Mary reward your love. Please consider giving; Sharing God’s Blessings appeal And finally, let us not forget to celebrate HER (THE MOTHER) in our homes envelopes are at the exits of the church. If you do fill it out, and make her our MOM this month. return it to Maria at the rectory. SPIRITUAL EXCERPT Happy, indeed sublimely happy, is the person to whom the Holy Spirit re- DEAR PARENTS! Now that CCD is over ... veals the , thus imparting to him true knowledge of her. Happy It is a genuine cause for alarm that so many children, after attending the person to whom the Holy Spirit opens this enclosed garden for him to our Parish Religious Education Classes (CCD), DO NOT attend enter, and to whom the Holy Spirit gives access to this sealed fountain Mass on the weekends. ALL the MONEY, TIME and COMMIT- where he can draw water and drink deep draughts of the living waters of MENT to our Catholic Religious Education is WASTED if PARENTS grace. That person will find only grace and no creature in the most lovable fail to impress upon their children the importance of worshipping on Virgin Mary. But he will find that the infinitely holy and exalted God is at the Sunday. There is no substitute for Sunday Mass. same time infinitely solicitous for him and understands his weaknesses. Since God is everywhere, he can be found everywhere, even in hell. But CCD CORNER there is no place where God can be more present to his creature and more Congratulations to our second graders who received Holy sympathetic to human weakness than in Mary. It was indeed for this very Communion for the first time! May the Lord continue to nourish purpose that he came down from heaven. Everywhere else he is the Bread them at His table and watch over them in their work and in their of the strong and the Bread of angels, but living in Mary he is the Bread of play! We would like to thank all the teachers and staff that children. -- from The Secret of Mary, by Louis Marie de Montfort made this CCD year so productive and enjoyable. Their service If you are depressed you are living in the past. to the children of the parish is a special calling, and we are If you are anxious you are living in the future. very grateful. Today we will conclude our CCD year at the 9:30 If you are at peace, you are living in the present. Mass with our May crowning of the Blessed Mother followed by a Coffee/And. If you haven’t registered your child for next

year’s classes, you can do so online or by stopping in at the CCD Office. This Wednesday evening at 6:30 there will Confirma- 1430AM tion practice for the Confirmation Candidates and sponsors. Listener Supported Talk Radio for Catholic Life - 3 - Jesus is the SONRISE Pray for Those in the Military Mass Intentions US Army US Marine Corps. Monday, May 6–St. Edbert - Bishop Captain Ben Clemente Lance Corporal Shanna Bennett 8:00 Kristy Ann English R/b Lorraine Gobbetti RRT Specialist James Crumb Corporal Matthew Brady Specialist Peter Dippolito 1st Lieutenant Ryan Colomeo 12:00 Louis DiAngelo R/b Rae Rinaldi Major Michael Franson Lance Corporal Thomas Iafrate Tuesday, May 7–St. Domitian of Gaul, France-Bishop of Tongres Sergeant First Class Charles Greene 8:00 Candida Mossa R/b Tom and Jeanne Hennessey Captain Shawn Linn US Navy 12:00 Intentions of Margarete Rajner Lieutenant Gigi McElroy Lieutenant Commander Julia Cheringal Ensign Jon Clemente Wednesday, May 8 - St. Victor Maurus–Roman Soldier/Martyr Colonel John McLaughlin 8:00 Elizabeth Vespermann R/b Gary and Cathy Abbate Captain John G. Miele Lieutenant Joseph Jaeger Lieutenant Andrew Jaeger 12:00 James McGrath Jr. R/b Dennis and Kathleen Falotico

US Air Force OS3 Daniel T. LoVecchio Thursday, May 9 – St. Pachomius – Egyptian Abbot Chief Master Sergeant Shawn Llewellyn 8:00 Andy Pfeiffer R/b Teresa McGahren A1C Alexander Kolbe 12:00 Ruben Bernardo R/b Crispin and Lenore Mariano

Prayer for the Safety of Soldiers Friday, May 10–Bl. Damien Joseph de Veuster of Moloka’i, priest Almighty and eternal God, those who take refuge in You will be glad and 8:00 Deno Bogdanos R/b the Daly Family forever will shout for joy. Protect these soldiers as they discharge their 12:00 John Nicoletti R/b Rose Nicoletti duties. Protect them with the shield of Your strength and keep them safe Saturday, May 11– St. Francis Di Girolamo–Jesuit Missionary from all evil and harm. May the power of Your love enable them to 8:00 T.J. Barry R/b the Dunlea Family return home in safety, that with all who love them, they may ever praise 12:00 Eulogio Cordon R/b the Cordon Family You for Your loving care. We ask this through Christ our Lord. 4:00 Mario Gobbetti R/b Lorraine Gobbetti

5:00 Michael Giotta R/b Ann Giotta Pray for Our Sick Please PRAY in the name of JESUS, the Healer, that the SICK of OLV Sunday, May 12–Sts. Nereus, Achilleus & Pancras-Martyrs PARISH may be restored to health and all those who ASSIST and MOTHERS DAY CARE for the sick will be given the STRENGTH to continue GOD’S All Masses today are offered for all Mothers—living and deceased. GOOD WILL: baby Cordelia, Richard Bolton, Sal Cenicola, Helen

Choma, Vincent DePaola, Carl Falasca, Jay Filippone, Marie Filippone, Sanctuary Memorials Mary Foley, John Pal, Joyanna Peros, Jeremy Unanue, Brian, Carla, The Church Sanctuary Lamp will burn this week for the repose of the Chris, Dierdre, Edward, Elba, Jennifer, Joann, Lisa, Lucas, Lynn, soul of Marie Heil, r/b Sonny and Anita Garzino. Michael, Patrick, Paul, Peter, Robert, Sean. The Blessed Virgin Mary Votive Lamp will burn this week for the M_[ning [n^ Us_s of Holy W[t_r repose of the soul of Peter J. Rossi, r/b Marilyn Rossi. Fonts filled with holy water for blessings are for three purposes: As a sign The Saint Joseph Votive Lamp will burn this week for the intentions of Carmela Sutter—in honor of 105th Birthday, r/b Family. of repentance of sin, for protection from evil, and as a reminder of our

Baptism. • The repentance of sin symbolized in the washing with water; • Holy water protects us against evil; • Holy water reminds us of our Bap- Flower and Sanctuary Offerings tism. In making the sign of the cross with the holy water, we are mindful We just started a 50 days of feast if you would like to donate flowers that we are called to renew those baptismal promises of rejecting Satan, for the Altar, flowers for BVM and St. Joseph, please contact the recto- all his works, and all his empty promises, and to profess our cradle faith. ry. Let’s make these 50 days festive with flowers. Flowers, Bread and —Fr. William Saunders, Catholic Straight Answers Wine, the BVM Votive Lamp, and St. Joseph Votive Lamp, the Sanctu- CLOTHING BINS ary Lamp in the Church and in the Convent can be dedicated on a weekly basis. Please help Catholic Charities continue its mission by donating your un- wanted clothing, small appliances, shoes, sheets, towels, stuffed animals, STEWARDSHIP and books (no reference books) to the donation bin located on our proper- MY FAMILY – MY PARISH – MY RESPONSIBILITY ty. May the spirit of the Risen Christ resound through your generosity. Did you ever notice that the price of a movie is now over $10, milk Thank you. is almost $3 a gallon, and there is no longer such a thing as penny

St. Joseph HS presents Lend Me a Tenor "One of the two great candy? The price of everything around us has increased, but has farces by a living writer" according to New York Times. Performances are your weekly donation to the Church ever increased? That one Thurs., Fri., Sat., May 16, 17, 18 at 7pm, and Sunday, May 19, at 3pm. All dollar donation doesn't buy as much as it once did. As your expenses shows are in the Inserra Theater at St. Joseph Regional HS, Montvale NJ. increase, so do those of the Church, but we rely on your generosity to Purchase tickets $17 at SJR.BookTix.com. All seats reserved. For group meet our expenses. Please be generous. rates call 201-391-7422. Senior citizen preview performance, $10 per ticket, Wed., May 15, at 3pm.- preshow nosh and talk at 2:15pm. Academy of St. Therese in Cresskill, NJ is accepting registration for We never give more honour to Jesus than when we honour His 2019/2020 school year. For information please call 201-568-4296. Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour Him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to the goal we "Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the seek - Jesus, her Son." --Saint Louis Marie de Montfort name and protection of Mary." --St. Bonaventure - 4- MAY IS DEDICATED TO OUR LADY. Errors of Russia DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY & In 1917 Our Lady appeared six times to three children at Fatima, EASTER DUTY Portugal. As a Queen, arrayed in white and shimmering gold with a star at the edge of her gown, she reminds us of Esther. Our Lady is our CHANCES NOT OVER YET Queen, and what she told the children just 92 years ago was her Peace Jesus told St. Faustina that this Feast of Mercy would be a very Plan. She warned of the errors of Russia, which could spread through- special day when “all the divine floodgates through which graces out the world. She also told Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco the solution: flow are opened.” (Diary 699) Our Lord made a great promise to all Pray the every day, do penance and offer sacrifices in order to those souls who would go to Confession and then receive Him in prevent the terrible calamities which would come about as a result of Holy Communion on the Feast of His Mercy, now called Divine these “errors” from Russia. Mercy Sunday throughout the . Jesus promised The confusion of mere opinion with worthwhile ideas or knowledge that “The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Com- grows in a direct ratio to lack of genuine education. And probably never munion shall obtain the complete forgiveness of sins and punish- before have Americans been as poorly educated as they are today; ment.” (Diary 699) He went on to say “I want to grant a complete the general cause being a deterioration of the philosophy of education. pardon to the souls that will go to Confession and receive Holy The true nature of ideas has been replaced by conjecture; that of Communion on the Feast of My Mercy.” (Diary 1109) We want to knowledge with subjective reaction: Existentialism. encourage everyone to take advantage of this incredible promise Existentialism jettisoned all importance of history and tradition. As a and the additional Plenary Indulgence on this great Feast of Mercy result, each individual has been made his own teacher; each person’s “Divine Mercy Sunday”. We want you to benefit fully from these subjective understandings have become important and significant, more promises, and we also want you to notify all of your family and so than the intellectual achievement of his ancestors. In this situation, friends about them too and urge them to return to the practice of the uneducated tend to make their masters and heroes anyone who their faith! It is required of all Catholics to confess their sins at least expresses opinions compatible with their own. once every year. If you haven’t had the opportunity to meet this Modernism and Existentialism are interchangeable terms: subjective obligation then take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to judgment without reference to history, science, truth or the magisterium receive an outpouring of an ocean of graces that Jesus promises. of the church. Be on your guard! Those who have already confessed sins for Easter could make room for others. It is allowed for one to go to Confession up to Practice the Devotion of the First Saturdays about 20 days, before or after Divine Mercy Sunday. as Requested by Our Lady of Fatima The time for fulfilling the Paschal Precept (Easter Duty), that is On December 10, 1925, Our Lady appeared to Sister Lucia (seer of the obligation of receiving the Eucharist for Easter extends to the Fatima) and spoke these words: “Announce in my name that I promise Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, June 16. No one conscious of to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for the salva- committing a serious or mortal sin should receive Holy Commun- tion of their souls, all those who on the first Saturday of five consecutive ion until they have first gone to the Sacrament of Reconciliation months shall: a.k.a. Confession. Confessions are heard EVERY Saturday from 1. Go to confession; 2. Receive Holy Communion; 3. Recite the 11:00AM to Noon and 3:00-3:45PM, every weekday morning at Rosary (5 decades); and 4. Keep me company for 15 minutes while 7:30AM. A Priest is also available to hear Confessions daily meditating on the 15 mysteries of the Rosary with the intention of making reparation to me.” by appointment. In a spirit of reparation, the above conditions are each to be preced- ed by the words: “In reparation for the offenses committed against the .” Vehicle for God to Travel Around His Country Confessions may be made during eight days before or after the first We are all different vehicles created by God to travel around and reach Saturday, and Holy Communion may be received at either the morning various destinations. Prayer is the fuel that drives Christian life. Just as or evening Mass on the first Saturday. a vehicle can offer maximum mileage only if it maintains an optimum *** combination of fuel and oil, the mileage (the souls we gain for Christ) “In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let not will directly depend on the fuel (prayer) and oil (love) within us. If a her name depart from your lips, never suffer it to leave your heart. And that vehicle does not give us the mileage that is claimed of it, one of the you may obtain the assistance of her prayer, neglect not to walk in her first things we do is to take it to the service station. The service station, footsteps. With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, as far as a Catholic is concerned, is the confessional. Another you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe important factor is the amount of air (Word of God) in the tires. A from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her punctured tire can take even a good vehicle nowhere. protection you have nothing to fear; if she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal." --Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Father and Doctor of the Church Kidz Korner Answers 1.Mother Cabrini. 2. Elizabeth Ann Seton. DADS CHECK THIS WEBSITE 3. Katherine Drexel. 4. Mother Cabrini. 5. Canonization. FathersforGood.org - 5 - , Full of Grace! ISN’T IT STRANGE White Lily of the Trinity Isn't it strange how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount The following day, as Gertrude prayed, when you donate it to church, but such a small amount when you go the Mother of God appeared to her, in the shopping? presence of the ever-adorable Trinity, under Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you're at church, and the form of a white lily, with three leaves, one how short they seem when you're watching a good movie? Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say when you're praying, standing erect, and the other two bent down. but you have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend? By this she understood that it was not without Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the reason that the Blessed Mother of God was Bible, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel, such as called White Lily of the Trinity, since She HARRY POTTER? contained in herself, with more plenitude and Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-row tickets to concerts or perfection than any other creature, the virtues games, but they do whatever is possible to sit in the last row in Church? of the Most Holy Trinity, which she had never Isn't it strange how we need to know about an event for Church 2-3 sullied by the slightest stain of sin. weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we can The upright leaf of the lily represented the omnipotence of God the adjust it for other events at the last minute? Father, and the two leaves which bent down, the wisdom and love of Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share the Son and the Holy Spirit, to which the Virgin approaches so nearly. with others, but how easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip? Then the Blessed Virgin made known to her that if anyone salutes Her Isn't it strange how we believe everything that magazines and news- devoutly as the White Lily of the Trinity and vermilion rose of Heaven, papers say, but we question the words in the Bible? She will show how she prevails by the omnipotence of the Father, how Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in Heaven, but they don't skillful she is in procuring the salvation of men by the wisdom of the want to believe, do, or say anything to get there? Son, and with what exceeding love her heart is filled by the charity of the Holy Ghost. The Blessed Virgin added these words: "I will appear TAKE the KEYS at the hour of death to those who salute me thus in such glory, that The host was eager to give his friend a gift before he left. "Listen, they will anticipate the very joys of Heaven." From this time the Saint friend, I am not going to give you any books, chocolate, flowers, or frequently saluted the Holy Virgin or her images with the below words: any other knick-knack... You are too dear to me. I am going to give "Hail white lily of the ever peaceful and glorious Trinity! you the key to my house. Whenever you want, just come over and Hail, effulgent rose, the delight of Heaven, enter! My home is your home! Whatever is in here is yours also. Of whom the King of Heaven was born Just feel at home...." [Christ has the keys, get the keys and you will and by whose milk He was nourished! Nourish our souls by the effusions of thy Divine influences." get home]. “I hold the keys…” Rev 1:18 (Known as the 'Hail Mary of Gold' prayer)

—The Revelations of St. Gertrude, Book 3, Chapter 18 Father O’Malley answers the phone. - Hello, is this Father O’Malley? The Church — People of God - It is. Based upon the Catechism of the Catholic Church - This is the IRS. Can you help us? The Church is our communion with Jesus. Christ is the vine and we are - I can. the branches. Christ established and ever sustains, here on earth, His - Do you know a Ted Houlihan? holy Church — the community of faith, hope and love — as a visible - I do. organization. Christ is the head and we are the members. Together with - Is he a member of your congregation? Christ we make up the whole Church. Let us rejoice and give thanks that - He is. we have become not only Christians, but Christ himself! For if He is the - Did he donate $10,000 to the church? head and we the members, He and we together are the whole man. The - He will. fullness of Christ then is the head and the members. But what does “head and members” mean? Christ and the Church. A reply by St. Joan of Arc to her judges sums up the faith of the holy doctors and the good sense of the believer: “About Jesus and the Church, I simply know they’re just one thing and we shouldn’t complicate the matter.”

KIDZ KORNER 1. Who was America’s first Saint? 2. Who was the first Saint born in the United States? 3. What American millionairess became a saint? 4. What Saint actually lived in NJ – Newark and Kearny?

5. What is the name of the ceremony which declares a person a saint? Answers on page 4 "Before, by yourself, you couldn't. Now, you've turned to our Lady, and with her, how easy!" Q: How many people can you fit Q: How in one Honda? A: Well, the Bible said that all 12 disciples were in one Accord. -St. Josemaria Escriva