ROMAN OF THE ASSUMPTION 113 CHIEGO PLACE ROSELLE PARK, NEW JERSEY 07204

To all who are tired and need rest; to all who mourn and need comfort; to all who are friendless and need friendship; to all who are discouraged and need hope; to all who sin and need a Savior; and to whomsoever will, THIS CHURCH OPENS WIDE ITS DOOR IN THE NAME OF THE LORD !

Fifth in February 9, 2020

SERVED BY: EUCHARIST: Very Rev. Father James F. Spera, V.F., Pastor Saturday Evenings: 5:30 pm Dean, Union County North Sundays: 8:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 Noon Rev. Father Carmine Rizzi, Priest-in-Residence Weekdays: Monday - Saturday, 8:00 am Rev. Deacon David J. Farrell, Deacon and Holy Days of Obligation: Director of Religious Education 8:00 am and 7:30 pm Michael Casa, Elizabeth Santora, Trustees Novenas: Donna Schmatz, Organist and Music Coordinator St. Jude after the Saturday 8:00 am Virginia Jediny, Parish Secretary St. Anthony, prayers with Benediction of the Karen Colucci, Religious Education Coordinator Blessed Sacrament, Tuesday, 7:30 pm, September thru June New members of the Parish are welcome and invited to Confession: REGISTER by calling the Rectory Office. Please notify the Office when moving away from the Parish. Sponsor Saturday afternoon from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm certificates for the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation Weekdays (Monday-Saturday) at 7:30 am before the will be signed and sealed for Registered parishioners only. You 8:00 am Mass, or anytime by appointment must be registered for 6 months prior to your request. PARISH OFFICE EMAIL Assumption School of Religion Office (908) 245-1107 [email protected] (908) 245-6572

FAX WEB PAGE EMAIL (908) 245-2789 www.assumptionrp.com [email protected]

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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

February 9, 2020 SATURDAY, February 8: St. Jerome Emiliani; St. Josephine Bakhita; International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking; Light shines through the darkness for the Blessed Virgin Mary upright. 8:00 AM Ilona & Joe Matetic and -Psalm 112:4 Madeline & Vince Pordan EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS - February (From: Janet Landis) 5:30 PM + Feb. 26, 7:30 PM - Cindy Campbell, Angela 5:30 PM Marge & Harold Giegerich (Love, Daughter) Gravina, Nancy Malta, John Mattingly 8:00 AM - John Ballantyne, Catherine Cerilles, Elaine SUNDAY, February 9: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary McTague, Barbara Sokol Time; World Marriage Day; St. Apolonia Feast 10:30 AM - Juan Allende, Kim Allende, Marlene Polyak, 8:00 AM Apolonia Pauline Spera Noelie Degbe (From: MaryAnn Huebner) 12:00 Noon - Ann Marie Bonassis, Sue Carlstrom, Cathy 10:30 AM Virginia Lucas Chin, Maureen McNulty (From: Mary) LECTORS 12:00 Noon For the Parishioners February 8/9, 2020 February 15/16, 2020 5:30 PM Gerard Taveras John Kennedy MONDAY, February 10: St. Scholastic, Virgin 8:00 AM Jack Kaulfers John Ballantyne 8:00 AM Frank J. Spera 10:30 AM Mattia Leingang Diane Burgos 12 Noon Bob Milici Nicholas Milici TUESDAY, February 11: Our Lady of Lourdes; World Day of the Sick ALTAR SERVERS 8:00 AM Angelo Dion Franco February 8/9, 2020 February 15/16, 2020 (From: Mother and Father) 5:30 PM Ivan Sanchez Joe Schmatz 7:30 PM St. Anthony and St. Kolbe Novena Sofia Sanchez 8:00 AM Ethan Pama Loretta Raczynski WEDNESDAY, February 12: Lincoln’s Birthday 8:00 AM Daniel Farrell 10:30 AM Rocco Paolino Karen Saavedra (From: Joanne and Ed Staab)

Sebastian Saavedra THURSDAY, February 13 12 Noon Samuel Mendoza 8:00 AM Lynn Rubino (From: Assumption Rosary Society) Prayer List: (In alphabetical order) To have someone placed on or removed from the sick list please call the FRIDAY, February 14: SS. Cyril, Monk, and Rectory. We invite you to clip out this section each Sunday. Methodius, Bishop; Valentine’s Day Perhaps you could put it near a prayer book, in your Bible, or in your pocket or purse. It is a good thing when we pray with and for 8:00 AM Aniello Tortorelli one another. Thank you and God bless you! (From: Nancy Tortorelli)

Kathy Barz, Fred Boyne, Florence Carosella, Christine SATURDAY, February 15: Blessed Virgin Mary Conrad, Cathy Naccarato DeRoxtra, James Desiderio, 8:00 AM Richard Zarrilli Naomi Desiderio, Ronald Fellner, Bonnie Greer, Joseph (From: Loren and Chris Harms) Gregory, Cynthia and Thomas Ingman, A.M.J., Baby 5:30 PM Walter Burns Janin, Elizabeth Knych, Richard Kratson, Ann Losyk, (From: Bernadette Bodnar) Sr. Theresia Maria, Janet Marino, Eleanor Morehouse, Tanina Naccarato, Carol Fellner Nasta, Jeanette Noto, SUNDAY, February 16: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Louis Noto, Monica Quigley O’Brien, Lily Rita Procopio, Time Roseann Santanna, Frank Sillito, Nancy Sillito, Ann 8:00 AM Rev. Dennis Cocozza Sisalli, Anthony Spadora, Antonio Spano, Gabrielle 8th Pastor - 1997-2002 Spano, Lynn Tumblety, Joanne Vallone, Tony Wargacki, 10:30 AM Victoria Accardi Ella Zsampar (From: Joseph Accardi)

12:00 Noon Constance Hagman If the intention for the Sunday Mass has been reserved by you (From: Linda) or your family, please notify an usher so that you may present the gifts at the Offertory of the Mass.

Page 3 Church of the Assumption Lenten Suggestions: 1-10: The Usuals: 1. Give up candy/sweets No longer officially marked by the Catholic 2. Give up television time. Church, Sunday still shows up in some 3. Give up eating snacks between meals. 4. Give up or limit soda or coffee. liturgical calendars. What is Septuagesima Sunday? 5. Give up or limit video games. Septuagesima Sunday is the third Sunday before the start 6. Spend more time with family. 7. Give to the poor. of , which makes it the ninth Sunday before . 8. Do an extra chore each day. Sunday, February 9, is the Third Sunday before the start 9. Perform a random act of kindness. of lent and in the past would be called Septuagesima 10. Spend more time in prayer. 11-20: Prayer: Sunday. Traditionally, Septuagesima Sunday marked the 11. Pray a book of scripture using lectio divina. beginning of preparations for Lent. Septuagesima and the 12. Attend Mass on a weekday (every day if possible). following two Sundays (, Quinquagesima) 13. Pray the rosary each day, alone or with your family. 14. Prayerfully read Abandonment to Divine Providence. were celebrated by name in the traditional Roman 15. Make a special prayer notebook and list all the people in your life who Catholic liturgical calendar, which is still used for the need prayers; pray for them each day. Add someone new every day. 16. Learn to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. traditional Latin Mass and among many Protestant 17. Make a commitment to attend Eucharistic Adoration regularly. Denominations. The observance of these three Sundays 18. Commit to examining your conscience each evening. were removed from the revised liturgical calendar of 19. Pray the Jesus Prayer throughout the day. 20. Pray the Angelus each day at noon. 1970. 21-30: For Those Addicted to Popular Culture:

21. Switch from regular radio to Christian music radio or Catholic talk radio. No one is quite sure why Septuagesima Sunday 22. Avoid shows with gratuitous sex or violence. bears that name. Literally, Septuagesima means 23. Give up or limit watching sports on television. "seventieth" in Latin, but contrary to common error, it is 24. Listen to only classical music for the next 40 days. 25. Drive to work in silence each day. not 70 days before Easter, but only 63. The most likely 26. Read a work of classic literature. explanation is that Septuagesima Sunday and Sexagesima 27. Read a Catholic classic. 28. Read a story to a child. Sunday simply derived their names from Quinqagesima 29. Sit in fifteen minutes of silence each day. Sunday, which is 49 days before Easter, or 50 if you 30. Write a letter to God each day. include Easter. as Quinqagesima means "fiftieth." 31-40: For Internet Users/Bloggers: 31. Set time limits on overall online time. In any case, it was common for early Christians 32. Limit Facebook time. 33. Limit Myspace time. to begin the Lenten fast immediately after Septuagesima 34. Resist making or adding to lists that rank people. Sunday as a way of “easing” into the Season of 35. Share one spiritual video with your online network once a week. Lent. This is no longer the case, but it is good to be 36. Blog about the poor once a week. 37. Add a spiritual blog to your blog reader. reminded that Lent is only two and a half weeks away! 38. Subscribe to a prayer podcast like Pray As You Go or Pray Station Port- Easter Sunday is on Sunday, April 12, 2020. We able. 39. Leave an encouraging or positive comment on a different blog each day. might begin to think about how we want to live this Lent 40. Help a new blogger by sending traffic their way. with the discipline of fasting, prayer and works of 41-50: For Those Who Need to Be More Grateful: charity. All too often we come to Church on the First 41. Each week, write a letter of thanks to a different member of the clergy, beginning with your bishop and parish priest. Sunday of Lent with no time to prepare ourselves for the 42. Each week write a thank-you note to your parents. Season. This gives the excuse that it is too late to 43. Write a poem of praise for each person in your family. begin. I give fair warning this year …………… Lent 44. Get a stack of sticky-notes and write one sentence of thanks each day and stick it to the bedroom door of each person in your family so that by begins on , February 26. Begin Easter they each have 40 sticky-notes. preparing for this season of grace that we may grow in 45. Find the psalms of thanksgiving or praise in the Bible and pray them. 46. Write a list of the ways God has blessed you and add to it each day. This the spiritual life as individuals and as a community to the could be done in a notebook or on a big poster hanging on your wall. glory of God and the welfare of others. 47. At dinner each evening ask your family to share one thing for which they are grateful. 48. Make a CD or iPod playlist of praise and worship music and listen to it Fr. Jim each day. 49. Make a point of saying “Thank You” a certain number of times per day. 50. Help your children write thank you letters to their teachers As recommended by the Order of the 51-60: For Those With Lives Out of Balance: Liturgy, we will pray the "Apostles Creed" in 51. Go for a walk each day with a loved one and talk about life and faith. 52. Take the kids to the park each week for some carefree time. place of the Nicene Creed during the Lenten 53. Give up fast food and give the money to charity. and Easter season. 54. Exercise each day. 55. Spend at least half an hour each day in meaningful conversation with your spouse. Over the next three weeks there will be a list of ideas for mak- 56. Go on a Lenten retreat. ing lent a time of Grace..... you cannot do them all ..... but 57. Pray with Sacred Space each day. select what makes sense, and you will find that lent will bring 58. Commit to a daily 3 Minute Retreat. 59. Begin the online 34-week Retreat for Everyday Life. you closer to God and others. 60. Give up your most unhealthy habit.

Page 4 Church of the Assumption MARY’S GROTTO SPECIAL DONATIONS

To make a Special Donation for Hosts, Wine, Candles, Heads up from Mary’s Grotto, in case you haven’t noticed, Sanctuary Candles or Tabernacle Flowers, please use the February 26, is Ash Wednesday, and the start of the Lenten Special Donation Envelopes found at the doors of the Church. Season. Not long thereafter, Mary’s Grotto will be reopened. Looking forward to meeting you all again, especially at our In Loving Memory of Annanina Saldana Church Sales. Happy Valentine’s Day! (Death Anniversary) Ladies of the Rosary Society Special Intention for Birthday, Chris Yong Church of the Assumption Requested by Saldana & LaTorre Family Donation of Sanctuary Candle Save the Date! Join us for the Knights of Columbus Din- In Loving Memory of Dervy Moraes ner Show with "Jim Barone - A Tribute to Requested by Ian Moraes Elvis Through the Years" on Saturday, Feb- Donation of Wine and Hosts ruary 22, 2020. Elvis fans have applauded this remarkable tribute and evening of In Loving Memory of Julius and Louisa Fernandes entertainment. Come join us for this live show, three course sit Requested by Ian Moraes -down dinner, beverages and dessert catered by Vintage Italian Donation of Wine and Hosts Restaurant. Tickets are $40.00 per person and are now available by calling In Loving Memory of Lucille Hintz the Rectory Office 908-245-1107. Requested by Ian Moraes Donation of Wine and Hosts WEEKLY COLLECTION

Weekly Collection for February 1/2 $5,659.00 Please take Note: In observance of Lent, there will be no flower donations accepted from Ash Wednesday, February Archdiocese Assessment 26, 2020, until Sunday, April 5, 2020. Flowers are permitted Bill for the Month of February $4,700.00 on Sunday, March 22 () and . Assessment Collection for Feb. 1/2 $2,167.00 Amount short of Monthly Bill $2,533.00 which must be paid from the Please pray for the repose of the Weekly Collection to the Archdiocese. souls of the recently deceased: Thank you for your generosity!

+Helen Haber CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY +Helen O’Neill “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 Eternal Rest grant unto them, O Lord! SUPPORT GROUP FOR THOSE GRIEVING THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE

Ladies, We invite you to join us for the last three of six sessions of

Great things happen when we all work together. mutual sharing & support in a spiritual, caring, and confidential setting. Thank you to all who baked, bought, setup, & sold. We were able to give Father $1517 toward 2020 session dates: Wednesday Evenings the repair of the rectory roof. Your efforts were 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. February 5, 12, 19, 2020 greatly appreciated. Meetings held: Church Chapel God Bless you all! Linda Registration is required. Please contact - Elaine McTague 908-241-7629 It has come to our attention that items are being left outside of All calls are confidential. the Catholic Charity Clothing Bins. It is clearly noted that this is unacceptable. If the bin is full, please come back another “Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who time. There are two pick-ups a week on Monday and Friday. take refuge in him.” -Proverbs 30:5 We do risk losing the bins if this continues which will impact Catholic Charities and the poor they serve. Please pass Through fasting and praying, we allow Him to come and the word around that items may not be left outside the bins! satisfy the deepest hunger that we experience in the depths If you have facebook, please pass on this message to the local of our being: the hunger and thirst for God.” community. Thank you! –Pope Benedict, Lenten message, 2009

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Knight’s Corner (Council #3240) RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS The Knights of Columbus (Council #3240) of the Church Religious Education Contact of the Assumption would like to invite any interested Parish men, that wish to learn more about the Knights of Information: 908-245-6572 Columbus to fill out one of the cards located in the front [email protected] of the Church and place it in the collection basket. The Fourth De- [email protected] gree Knights of Columbus is currently conducting a membership drive. Please be sure to “like” our Facebook page: Come Share Your Faith as a Catechist – Ever Knights of Columbus - Msgr. Loreti Council #3240 wondered what the catechetical ministry is all about? The requirements are simple: a love for God, love for our Catholic faith, and a willingness to spread the news of Jesus Christ. Please contact the Religious Education Office to set an appointment to receive all the information you need. One of the most rewarding things you can do is share your faith with the youth of our MONSIGNOR JOSEPH F. LORETI KNIGHTS OF parish in our Religious Education Program. When we COLUMBUS COUNCIL #3240 share our faith, we grow in faith! PANCAKE AND SCRAMBLED EGGS BREAKFAST

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten SUNDAY FEBRURARY 16, 2020, 8:00 AM TO that we belong to each other.” 12:00 PM (NOON)

~Saint Teresa of Calcutta CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION- LORETI HALL CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION $10.00 INCLUDES PANCAKES, SAUSAGE, 113 CHIEGO PLACE SCRAMBLED EGGS, COFFE, TEA, AND JUICE!!!!! ROSELLE PARK, NEW JERSEY ADVANCE TICKET SALES WILL BE SOLD AFTER 2020 LENTEN BIBLE STUDY PROGRAM MASSES ON FEBRUARY 8th & 9th

Please join us for an Eight part series TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR……

Lectio: The Bible and the Mother of God DONATIONS ALSO ACCEPTED ALL PROCEEDS TO HELP MAREK MILKOWSKI Featuring the insightful biblical teaching of Dr. Brant Pitre, Lec- A SEMINARIN IN HIS FOURTH YEAR OF COLLEGE AT tio Mary: The Bible and the Mother of God examines what Scrip- ture, the life of Christ, and the early Church fathers reveal about ST. ANDREW’S COLLEGE Mary.

2020 session dates: Monday Evenings Be a Sweetheart 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Upper Hall

February 17: Session 1 –The New Eve February 24: Session 2 –The New Ark March 2: Session 3 –Mother of the Messiah March 9: Session 4 –The Queen Mother March 16: Session 5–Perpetual Virgin March 23: Session 6–Mother of Sorrows What better way to share your heart with someone than March 30: Session 7–The New Rachel to help a person in time of need? Would you be willing April 6: Session 8–Question and Answer to take few moments and look in your closet today? The

No Cost - Registration is required. Catholic Charities Donation Bin accepts clothing, small Please contact - Virginia Jediny, Parish Secretary, appliances, shoes, linens, sheets, towels, stuffed animals, 908-245-1107 novels, toys, knickknacks, and Children’s books.

GIFT CARD SCAM ALERT: Please beware of fraudulent Thank you with all our heart emails or text messages claiming to be from a pastor or a representative of the archdiocese asking you to purchase gift cards to help the poor or sick. Such fraudulent activity should be reported to the State of New Jersey Cyber Crimes Unit at (609) 584-5051, ext. 5664, or online at >www.njsp.org/ division/investigations/cyber-crimes.shtml Feb. 12, Weds. - 7:00 p.m. - Choir Practice Please feel free to call the parish or school office to validate the Feb. 12, Weds. - 7:00 p.m. - Bereavement, Chapel authenticity of any suspicious email claiming to be from our Feb. 18, Tues. - 8:00 p.m. - Parish Council, priests or staff. Lower Chiego Hall