Church 75 Church Street • Franklin, New Jersey 07416 November 3, 2019 Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Mission Statement of Immaculate Conception Parish

We, the faith community of Immaculate Conception Parish in Franklin, New Jersey, commit ourselves to share our gifts and love to make the presence of God a reality in our lives by welcoming all to worship and serving those who are in need.

Welcome to Immaculate Conception Parish The faith community of Immaculate Conception welcomes all visitors, parishioners, family and friends. We hope you find your visit warm and inviting as well as spiritually nourishing. We will keep all of you in our prayers and wish you God’s Blessings. New members may register by calling the Parish Office. If you are moving out of the parish or change your address, please notify the Parish Office. REV. BOGUSLAW KOBUS, PASTOR MRS. VICKY YAHM, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ADMINISTRATOR MS. MALDEN COMANDA, MUSIC DIRECTOR

OFFICE HOURS: PARISH OFFICE: MON through WED 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (THURS BY APPT.) RECTORY PHONE: 973-827-9575 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE: MON through WED 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE PHONE: 973-827-9501 Parish WEBSITE: WWW.ICCFRANKLIN.ORG FAX: 973-827-7375

REV. BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: WWW.REVBROWNSCHOOL.ORG 973-729-9174 JOHN MIDDLE SCHOOL: WWW .POPEJOHNMS.ORG 973-729-9174 POPE JOHN XXIII HIGH SCHOOL: WWW.POPEJOHN.ORG 973-729-6125

______SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT SATURDAY: 5:00 PM ANTICIPATED MASS IRST RIDAY OF THE ONTH PM PM UNDAY AM AM AM F F M 3 -6 S : 7:30 , 9:30 , 11:30 BAPTISMS DAILY MASSES PARENTS MUST BE REGISTERED PARISHONERS AND (RECITATION OF THE AFTER MASS) ATTEND A PREP CLASS BEFORE SCHEDULING BAPTISM. MONDAY: MASS, NOVENA, & BENEDICTION 7PM PREP SESSIONS HELD ON FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY: 7:30 AM AT 7:30PM. PLEASE CALL TO REGISTER. THURSDAY NO DAILY MASS SATURDAY: 9:00 AM MARRIAGE CONTACT THE PARISH ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE MUST BE REGISTERED PARISHIONERS FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS. HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION HOLY DAY: 7:00 AM, 7:00 PM ANOINTING OF THE SICK ANY TIME FOR THE SERIOUSLY ILL. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION HOMEBOUND MINISTRY SATURDAYS : 4:00-4:30 PM OR BY APPOINTMENT VISITATIONS UPON REQUEST. AND FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE FIRST FRIDAY MASS Page 2 November 3, 2019

Mass and Memorial Donations - THE WEEK OF November 3, 2019 Please Contact The Rectory

COMMEMORATING ALL SOULS < A Holy Mass for the Deceased The intentions requested with the All Souls envelopes and all ♥ A Spiritual Bouquet Mass for the Living parishioners who have passed during the last year will be Ex: Requests for healing, recovery or for God’s Blessing remembered for the entire month of November, at all masses. for anniversaries, birthdays, or any other special occasion.

SATURDAY November 2 9:00am ENVELOPES FOR SCHOOL

< Living & Deceased of Crookall Family reqby Roland J Mooney SUBSIDY AND CHURCH MAINTENANCE 5:00 pm—Sunday Anticipated < Sebastian deCastro, Sr., Catalina deCastro, Edna deCastro, Thank you for contributing to offset our Peter Berczuk, Irene Berczuk reqby Russell & Nillie Berczuk church maintenance and school subsidy SUNDAY November 3 obligations. As with a home, there are 7:30 am always unexpected repairs in the Parish, in

< Frank Duff, Alfie Lambe & Edel Quinn reqby addition to planned expenses. Thanks to your positive

< Deceased members of Legion of Mary reqby Legion of Mary response to our Increased Offertory Program and

9:30 am—Commemoration of All Souls continued generosity, we have been meeting our ever- increasing expenses. Anything you are able to give by < Connie Yoke reqby Chris & Melissa Miller using the green maintenance or yellow school envelopes, 11:30 am located in the vestibule, is deeply appreciated. < Anna Bartnicka reqby Josephine Ramundo Maintenance of the school building and modular units is the People of the Parish responsibility of the Parish. The parish is expected to MONDAY November 4—St. Charles Borromeo support Reverend Brown School and Pope John XXIII 7:00 pm Middle School. Thank You again.

< Michael Elekes reqby Mom & Dad

TUESDAY November 5 Weekly Contributions

7:30 am Last Week’s Collection: $ 3,270 * < Joseph Palazzolo reqby Mom & Dad Heat & A/C: $ 957 * WEDNESDAY November 6 * Includes online giving 7:30 am 2019-2020 Diocesan Assessment: $28,008 < James Elekes, Jr. reqby Mom & Dad Collected to Date (Project Faith): $ 3,720 THURSDAY November 7—No Mass Please know that we are most appreciative for all of FRIDAY November 8 your donations. We all know how difficult things are 7:30 am financially for families. So, too, is it to run a parish, as < Rev. Charles Powers reqby ICC expenses continue to rise. The parish is dependent on SATURDAY November 9—Dedication of the Lateran income from collections and Mass stipends. Thanks to 9:00am Basilica the positive response from many parishioners to the < Living & Deceased of Tierney Family reqby Roland J Mooney Increased Offertory Program, our Sunday collections 5:00 pm—Sunday Anticipated increased, and we are grateful for your continued and < Ben Mele Birthday Rem. reqby Dawn Stahl People of the Parish increased generosity in support of our parish. Please know that any donations earmarked for a specific Next Week: November 10, 2019 purpose, such as maintenance or payment of oil bills, 7:30 am remain in the parish. We rely on the generosity of < Emila Adair reqby Minnie Keenan parishioners to be able to meet both planned and 9:30 am unplanned expenses. For whatever you are able to give, < Regina Rutkowska reqby Granddaughter may God bless you; you and your intentions are always < Halina & Teodor Rutkowski reqby Granddaughter in our prayers. Remember, God always rewards a 11:30 am generous giver. < All Deceased Veterans reqby A Grateful Naion < Ania Bartnicka reqby Family Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time If you are a family member or friend of the person being November 3, 2019 remembered at Sunday Mass, please approach the usher The LORD lifts up all who are falling and offer to bring up the gifts and raises up all who are bowed down.

— Psalm 145:14

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Our Sick and In the Military lists will be updated on November 17

If you have friends or loved ones you wish to continue on Upcoming Parish Events the lists, or to add a name to the lists, please contact the Parish Office ([email protected] or 973-827-9575) by Sunday, November 3, 9:30 Mass—Commemoration November 12. All names not confirmed will be removed of the Faithful Departed from the list Friday, November 8, 8pm—Bible Sharing Sunday, November 10—RCIA PLEASE NOTE: ALL NAMES WILL BE Sunday, November 10—Religious Ed Grades 5-10 REMOVED UNLESS THE PARISH OFFICE IS Tuesday, November 12—Religious Ed Grades 1-4 NOTIFIED ______Tuesday, November 19—Religious Ed Grades 1-4 Friday, November 22, 8pm—Bible Sharing R C I A Sunday, November 24—Religious Ed Grades 5-10 RCIA will meet Sunday, November 10 at 10:30am in the Rectory Conference Room Sunday, November 24—RCIA ______

PARISH NOTES LEGION OF MARY

Legion of Mary meets on Tuesday at 7pm, in the Rectory Please be aware that our Church is a holy place and Conference Room. respect those who wish to pray after Mass. ______

Those attending Mass should always dress Prayer Shawl Ministry respectfully, especially those who may be called to Prayer Shawl Ministry meets the third Thursday of serve the faithful from the altar. each month in the Rectory Conference Room at 6:30pm To receive credit for your donations, please use our ______envelope system and write the amount of your contribution on your envelope, or utilize Online Giving. BIBLE SHARING

For your convenience, we are now offering Online Giving. Bible Sharing will meet every other Friday at 7pm in Visit our parish website at www.iccfranklin.org and the Rectory Conference Room. select the “Online Giving” link to get started. Online The next session will be November 8

Giving will also allow you to generate your own ______contribution statements for tax purposes. Pope John XXIII Academy Open House Prayers for the Sick Pope John XXIII, a private Catholic K-12 academy Names included in the weekly Prayers of the Faithful in Sparta, NJ, will be hosting its Fall Open House on are those who are currently hospitalized, undergoing Sunday, November 3 between 1 and 3 pm. surgery or who have recently died. Students and their families in Grades 4 to 11 are Due to privacy laws, hospitals do not notify us when invited to come and explore our 70+ acre campus parishioners are in the Hospital, unless specifically and meet members of the middle and high school requested by the patient or immediate family member. Likewise, the parish office should be notified by an communities. Come find why the investment in immediate family member to include names in Prayers of your child’s education is worth it. Please call the Faithful, and when names should be removed from the Anne Kaiser, Director of Admissions, for further list of the sick. information and to RSVP at 973-729-6126 or email [email protected]. Novena and Benediction every Monday evening ______

Please consider attending 7pm Mass, followed by Novena, Please Save the Date—Saturday, November 16, 2019 recitation of the Rosary, and Benediction on Monday At St. Cathedral, Paterson, the Annual evenings. Novena to the Blessed Mary on Monday Respect Life Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, evening has been a long-standing devotion in Immaculate November 16, 2019 at 10:00 am. This Mass is Conception Parish. It is celebrated following 7pm Mass sponsored by the Paterson Federation Knights of every Monday, with the exception of some Columbus Councils. All priests, deacons, parish staff, National Holidays ______hospital staff, school staffs, parishioners, families and friends are invited and encouraged to attend. BEGIN WITH ARDOR The Mass is a wonderful way for our faithful to come If we wish to make any progress in the service of God together in prayer and in mutual support for protecting all we must begin every day of our life with new ardor. of our children and all life. —St. Charles Borromeo Page 4 November 3, 2019

Immaculate Conception Cemetery TODAY’S READINGS Just as in life, we believe that in death the human body First Reading — Lord, you love all things that exist deserves to be treated with respect and dignity. The (Wisdom 11:22 — 12:2). cemetery is an extension of the Church that ministers to Psalm — I will praise you name for ever, my king and my our grief as the Church ministers to our faith. Being God (Psalm 145). buried in the sacred grounds of a Catholic cemetery is an Second Reading — May the name of Christ be glorfied in assertion of faith for both the deceased and their loved you and you in him (2 Thessalonians 1:11 — 2:2). ones. Please refer to Bishop Serratelli’s Pastoral Letter of Gospel — Today salvation has come to the tax collector November 2014, which can be found on the parish Zacchaeus’ house (Luke 19:1-10). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Internation- website. In keeping with the Church’s tradition of al Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. respect for the body, remains and cremains should READINGS FOR THE WEEK receive proper burial, entombment or inurnment. Monday: Rom 11:29-36; Ps 69:30-31, 33-34, 36; Immaculate Conception Cemetery is located on North Lk 14:12-14 Church Road. Contact the Parish Office at 973-827-9575 Tuesday: Rom 12:5-16b; Ps 131:1bcde-3; Lk 14:15-24 or [email protected] to make an appointment to obtain Wednesday: Rom 13:8-10; Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9; information about burial, entombment or inurnment Lk 14:25-33 arrangements. Thursday: Rom 14:7-12; Ps 27:1bcde, 4, 13-14; ______Lk 15:1-10 GRIEF SUPPORT Friday: Rom 15:14-21; Ps 98:1-4; Lk 16:1-8 For information, contact Frank Elmo 973-827-4396 ______Saturday: Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17; Jn 2:13-22 AA Meetings Sunday: 2 Mc 7:1-2, 9-14; Ps 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15; AA Meetings are held every week in the Lyceum 2 Thes 2:16 — 3:5; Lk 20:27-38 [27, 34-38] Mondays at 7:30pm AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Wednesdays at 8pm Sunday: Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time; Fridays at 8pm (Men only) ______National Vocation Awareness Week;

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Daylight Saving Time ends Every week, some treasures from our tradition are Monday: St. Charles Borromeo Tuesday: Election Day shared here. Where does all this history come from? Saturday: The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica The history of God’s people of prayer is always coming to light, mostly because scholars have dedicated their GOVERNMENT lives to research. They translate and ponder prayers and Government is a trust, and the officers of the govern- songs; explore the places used for worship; look at the ment are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people. vessels, books, and vestments; and read works from —Henry Clay ______egal documents to letters and diaries. In the 1930s, Hitler’s rush to arm Germany closed seminaries as A GREAT AND GLORIOUS GOD priests and seminarians alike were drafted into service. Our readings today ponder two powerful truths: One professor, Father Josef Jungman, forced from God is infinitely greater than we are; and God provides his classroom, spent the war years in an Austrian every kind of help so we can discover and share in library. His careful work disclosed much of what we God’s glory. The reading from Wisdom reminds us that know of the history of the Mass. His great work, The we are tiny compared to “the LORD of the whole Mass of the Roman Rite, describes the evolution of universe.” Nevertheless, God preserves and nurtures us Eucharistic celebration and inspired generations of out of perfect love. If we feel tiny, weak, and sinful scholars to explore a tradition surprisingly rich and compared to God, we are blessed! God’s greatness varied. It was said of him that he had a command of the sustains and strengthens us. Paul encourages the past that cast new light on the present, and opened up a Thessalonian Christians with the same message. He clear direction to the future. His contributions to the reminds them that God alone makes the Church holy. Second Vatican Council helped shape the way that we He prays that everything they undertake will be for the worship today. At the end of his life, in 1975, his glory of God. Luke’s Gospel shows us what this looks studies completed, he told a friend that he was waiting like in real life: Zacchaeus, feeling small and excluded, patiently for the Lord’s knock at the door to take him to looks for Jesus. Jesus finds him and gives him the the heavenly banquet. strength he needs to repent of his sins and glorify God. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Page 5 November 3, 2019

Prayers for those who are currently sick, in the In the Military: Martin Pietrowski, Christopher Faber, LCPL hospital or undergoing surgery, or who have William Mathes, LCPL Ernest Mathes, Karen recently died are included in the General Hassler, Tom Oroho, Maj. Stephen McKenzie, Intercessions offered at every weekend Mass. Pvt. Gannon, Ryan Halkirt, Sabrina These names are usually included once unless Mohammed, Thomas Hull, Brian Burdzy, the person is seriously ill for a number of weeks. LCpl. Andrew Scriffiano, GySgt Jeremy Curcio,

After three weeks the name will be placed in the 2Lt. Kevin Good, Jason Robertson Bulletin and will still be prayed for at Mass, but referred to as “those listed in the bulletin”. Welcome! Every member should be registered in the Parish, become active, financially support Immaculate In Nursing Homes or Rehab: Mike Tatka, Carmen Ross, Conception, and be known to Fr. Bogie. Letters of Mary Green, Norma Napolitano, Iris Vieira, Henry Curcio testimony for godparents and sponsors will not be given At Home: Jeanine Hodgins, Joan Boyer, John Tidona, unless one is registered in the parish and children in the Lisa Stine, Marie Sohayda, Jamie Escabar, Daniel family are receiving religious education. When moving, please notify the parish office. Esposito, Daniel D’Andrea, Robin Slate, Barbara

Yarusinsky, Sandra Barber, Anthony Picone, Ronald Bring your friend or someone dear to you to church… our Tedesco, Agnes Micali, Ruth Agatino, Tim Sherlock, parish community welcomes their presence Jody Soluri, Thomas Baginski, Russell Hansen, Jim

Priestner, John Priestner, Dot Priestner, Lawrence DAILY MISSAL Weismantel, Zbigniew Jeniec, Antoinette Rogers, Jackson Foltz, Eli Blahut, Tonia Philips, Jose Reyes, Please use daily missals Monday - Edward Shelton, Don Quartarolo Please notify us when Friday located on table by the you have recovered from your illness. Hospitals are Baptismal Font. After Mass, if you bound by privacy laws and can not release the names of would be so kind, return Missals their patients. It is up to a family member to let us know back where you found them. if a parishioner is hospitalized or homebound.

Our Sick and In the Military lists will be updated on MEMORIAL DONATIONS FOR SANCTUARY LAMP, November 17 SANCTUARY FLOWERS AND ALTAR BREAD & WINE PLEASE CONTACT THE RECTORY If you have friends or loved ones you wish to continue on the lists, or to add a name to the lists, please contact the Parish SANCTUARY LAMP, a reminder of the Divine Presence in Office ([email protected] or 973-827-9575) by November 12. the Eucharist,may be donated in memory of loved ones SANCTUARY FLOWERS, are a beautiful way to remember All names not confirmed will be removed from the list a loved one or commemorate a special intention. PARISH MINISTRIES CONTACT LIST ALTAR BREAD & WINE, consecrated at each liturgy, may Religious Education & Vicky Yahm 973-827-9501 be donated in memory of a loved one or for a special intention. Youth Protection/ Safe Environment Cooordinator Eucharistic Ministers Christine Muller 973-827-9575 Please consider a future gift of money, stock, Lectors Kim Vieira 973-545-2276 real estate or other valuables to Immaculate Music Director Malden Comanda 973-827-9575 Conception by remembering our parish in your Ushers Ron Hoffman 973-827-0585 will. Call the Rectory office for more Hospitality George & Katie Drossel 973-903-7735 information

Children’s Liturgy Barbara DeRenzo 973-209-4381 Grief Support Ministry Frank Elmo 973-827-4396 Giving Thanks When You Shop Please be sure to thank the generous advertisers in our bulletin. Evangelization Frank Elmo 973-827-4396 Through their participation, our parish receives our weekly bulletin Altar Servers Kim Vieira 973-545-2276 free of charge. Please cut out the thank you and present it the next time you patronize one of our fine advertisers. Homebound Ministry Fr. Bogie 973-827-9575 Legion of Mary Brunilda Gillespie 908-619-0128 Bible Sharing Fr. Bogie 973-827-9575 Prayer Shawl Ministry Shirley Riccardi 973-827-9058 Toni Dionisio 973-827-9575

The parish community of Immaculate Conception has an active, living liturgical life. Through the talents and skills of all those involved in various liturgical ministries, our experiences of Thank you worship provide prayerful and meaningful signs of God’s for advertising in the Immaculate Conception Church presence. If you are interested in becoming a part of a Ministry Bulletin. I am patronizing your at Immaculate Conception, please contact Fr. Bogie at the Rectory Office. business because of it.