Church of Saint Mary 91 Home Avenue Rutherford, New Jersey 07070
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CHURCH OF SAINT MARY 91 HOME AVENUE RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY 07070 We are called to form the Christian Community of Saint Mary Roman Catholic Church; we are protected by our Blessed Mother in whose patronage our parish has been placed under her title “Our Lady of the Rosary.” Very Rev. Michael J. Kreder, V.F., KCHS -------- Pastor Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time James J. Guida & Raymond L. Schembri --------------Deacons July 18, 2021 Frank Viteritti------------------- St. Mary High School Principal Mary Kay Benjamin Parish Catechetical Leader /RCIA Coordinator < OUR SACRAMENTAL LIFE > Lisa Considine -----------------------First Eucharist Coordinator Larry Boland --------------------------Confirmation Coordinator EUCHARIST (Obligation Masses) Gerard DeMan -------------------------Director of Sacred Music Saturday ------------------------------------- 5:00 pm (Sunday obligation) Linda Verdino & Kevin McLean -------------------------Trustees Sunday ------------------------------------------ 8:00, 10:00, & 12:00 noon David Valente ----------------Finance Committee Chairperson During the 5 pm and 10:30 am Masses, children are invited to the Children's Liturgy SUSPENDED Deborah Moran----------------------- Administrative Secretary Lorrie Motylinski & Barbara Allen Children’s Liturgy Summer Weekdays of the Word Monday - Thursday--------------------------------------------------- 8:30 am Friday -----------------------------12 noon Prayer Service with Eucharist Holy Days ------------------------------------------- As listed in the bulletin RECONCILIATION (Confession) < PARISH DIRECTORY > Confessions will be heard at 4:15 pm Saturday evenings. Parish Office-----201-438-2200 Fax -----201-438-1098 Web------------------------------ www.stmaryrutherford.org Baptism: Parents are required to attend the parish Baptism Class E-mail----------------- [email protected] and provide the godparent’s sponsorship letters BEFORE the Facebook--www.facebook.com/91HomeAvenueRutherford/ baptism date can be set. Call the Parish Office at 201-438-2200 for class dates and godparent handbook. St. Mary High School--------------------------201-933-5220 Religious Formation---------------------------201-438-2476 Marriage: According to the N.J. Common Policy couples must register at least ONE YEAR in advance. Catholic Community Services---------------201-440-7077 Anointing of the Sick: Please contact the Parish Office. Holy Orders: Contact the Vocation Office at 973-497-4365. Church leaders, we believe Saint Apollinaris From the Pastor suffered martyrdom after many painful torments. 16th Sunday in He was frequently beaten, cut with knives, had Ordinary Time - B scalding hot water poured over his wounds, was July 18, 2021 bound and exiled to Greece to die, but was saved by shipwreck and returned to Ravenna. OUTSTANDING ROOT. WHAT WE KNOW. Although, as I stated, we It is surely coincidence have very little, if any, verifiable knowledge of that the 1st Century Saint Apollinaris or his ministry, we do know this: Bishop and Martyr we his fame was well-known, and he was revered as honor this week, Saint a holy Bishop and Martyr venerated by many. In Apollinaris of Ravenna, fact, two major churches were dedicated to his has a name similar to the ‘Apollo’ moon mission, honor. In the older one, Saint Apollinaris in and that man first landed on the moon on Saint Classe, just outside of Ravenna, is a magnificent Apollinaris’ Feast Day: July 20, 1969. While our mosaic, seen above, of Saint Apollinaris with his lunar explorations will never be forgotten or hands in the ‘orans’ position and wearing Mass removed from history books, Saint Apollinaris vestments. His halo depicts Sainthood; his white almost got lost in space! Since there are so few hair, wisdom; a bald spot or tonsure, Ordination historical records of him or his ministry, he was to Priesthood; his lambswool pallium, the white removed from the Church’s calendar in the stole-like band over his shoulders, still worn by Second Vatican Council’s liturgical reforms, to Popes and other Metropolitan Archbishops, his make room for more modern-day Saints. I’ll Episcopal Consecration. That this mosaic was explain how he got ‘restored’ to the calendar as one of the few to survive wars, vandalism and an optional memorial - and why - after praying decay is a tribute to his esteemed memory. It was the Collect for Masses offered in his memory. dedicated on May 6, 549. The other church in his honor, just outside of Ravenna, the Basilica of Collect - Saint Apollinaris, Bishop & Martyr Sant'Apollinare Nuovo [the ‘new’], is where his Direct your faithful, Lord, in the way mortal remains are still interred. of eternal salvation, which the Bishop Saint Apollinaris showed by WHY IS HE BACK ON OUR CALENDAR? Pope his teaching and martyrdom, and grant, Saint John Paul II may have had high hopes in through his intercession, that we may so returning his optional memorial to the Roman persevere in keeping your commandments Catholic Church’s calendar. The Polish Pontiff, as as to merit being crowned with him. he was called, sought to end the millennium-long Through our Lord Jesus … for ever and ever. Amen. schism between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, whose presence is far more WHAT WE PRESUME. Born in Antioch, Turkey, prominent in Eastern Europe than it is locally. where Saint Peter the Apostle first served as Saint Apollinaris predates the Catholic/Orthodox Bishop before going to Rome, and where we split, but he was of the Catholic Eastern or were first called ‘Christians’ [Acts 11:26], tradition Byzantine Rite, which IS in union with Rome, but says that Saint Apollinaris was ordained a Bishop has many similarities to the Orthodox Church, by our first Pope, Saint Peter, and was sent to who also honors him with a Feast Day. It also Ravenna, on Italy’s eastern coast, as its first could be a way to promote peace between Bishop. After the division of the Roman Empire Christians and Muslims. For perhaps, if we learn in the 400’s, Rome continued to rule the West, more about each other, and celebrate what we while Byzantium, now called Istanbul, ruled the have in common, all scandalous schisms and East. Since the 600’s, it has been under Muslim conflicts will be rectified. Saint Apollinaris, rule; over the centuries, radical Islamic forces Bishop-Martyr, pray for us! destroyed many, but not all, Christian artifacts. [A cave in which Saint Peter gathered the Infant With God’s love and my prayers, Church, which he reportedly dug out himself to be the first Gentile ‘church,’ still exists!] In keeping with other historical records of the time, which meticulously detail the brutal and often fatal persecutions endured by the first Christians, and the frightful tortures inflicted on Very Rev. Michael J. Kreder, VF, KCHS Next Sunday’s Scripture Readings: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 23:1-6 Psalm 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6 Eph 2:13-18 Mk 6:30-34 R C I A July 18, 2021 Anyone interested in becoming a fully SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021 initiated Roman Catholic - one who 5:00 p.m. Joseph and Ann Colaneri has received Baptism, Confirmation SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2021 and First Eucharist - the RCIA is for 8:00 a.m. Carlos Moreno you! The RCIA is ideally for non- 10:00 a.m. Carol Wronko baptized [Jews, Moslems, Hindus, the G. Douglas Hatler unchurched] and for baptized Req. by Robert & Mary Ann Hatler Protestants who wish to become Catholic. It is also for 12:00 noon Herb and Kathy Smith adult Catholics who never received First Eucharist Bob Stanton and/or Confirmation. Please share this invite with MONDAY, JULY 19, 2021 anyone who might be interested. Speak to a priest, 8:30 a.m. Josephine Bamonte deacon or call Mary Kay Benjamin - [201] 438-2476 for TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2021 further information. 8:30 a.m. James Fallon SANCTUARY OFFERINGS WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2021 8:30 a.m. Anthony Azzolini The ALTAR BREADS which will become the THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2021 Body of our Lord Jesus Christ at the Masses celebrated 8:30 a.m. Rose and George Williams in Church during the week will be offered in memory of DOUGLAS HATLER. Marco Andia Requested by Robert and Mary Ann Hatler. FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2021 The ALTAR WINE which will become the Blood 12:00 noon Prayer Service with Eucharist of our Lord Jesus Christ at the Masses celebrated in SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2021 Church during the week will be offered in memory of 5:00 p.m. Ann Bowen DOUGLAS HATLER. Marie Spiezio Requested Robert and Mary Ann Halter. SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2021 Please keep Douglas and his family in your prayers. 8:00 a.m. Carol Froehlich 10:00 a.m. Dennis Forker HELP NEEDED! Alberto Mallea Saint Mary High School 12:00 noon Alfred M. Fiume is looking to hire a Barbara Bennett Secretary OUR PARISH 10am SUNDAY MASS FULL-TIME POSITION - here at Saint Mary - ASAP! can be viewed by going to our If interested, kindly send your website: stmaryrutherford.org resume to [email protected] Click the YouTube bottom on the bottom left or call (201) 438-2200. TOP REASONS TO BECOME A CATECHIST C H O I R • You will grow in your own faith, learn the Additional LEADERS OF SONG are needed teachings of the Church and deepen your relationship with Jesus. for our weekend masses. This is NOT a big- time commitment. Please see Gerry DeMan • Your Baptism calls you to share in Jesus’ ministry. at the organ after mass if you can help. • Children, teens and adults in today’s world, more than ever, need to hear the Good News of Jesus. KEEP CHRIST IN YOUR VACATION • Children, teens, and adults in today’s world, During the summer months let us remember to keep more than ever, need to encounter good role the Lord in our lives. The opportunity to witness His models of faith. message through Scripture and to be strengthened by • You have much to share with those you’ll teach the Eucharist is a necessity in our relationship with and you’ll have opportunities to share faith with God and with each other.