Sat – Rom 10:9-18; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11; Mt 4:18-22 OUR LITURGY Sun - Is 2:1-5; Ps 122: 1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Rom WE KEEP IN OUR PRAYERS 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44 Those serving in the Armed Forces: Charles WORSHIP SCHEDULE Misura; Patrick Liam McKerry; Megan Monday, November 25 Navarro; Chris Kwatkoski; Luiz Maurina; 9:00a Edward Britt Colleen McEntegart Tuesday, November 26 Those who are sick and shut-in: Muriel & 9:00a Robert Nagle Kathy Matta; Leslie Fagan; Brendan Lynch; Wednesday, November 27 Anthony Castellano; Jessie Grodziak; Edward 9:00a Frank Wittman Connors; Pauline Wittman, and Frances Szala, Cecilia D’Agostin, George & Helen Huss, Thursday, November 28 Jeanette Rogers, Jim & Shirley Prato, Jonathan 9:00a Thanksgiving Fonseca, Emily Lucas, Mary Anne Grandinetti, Friday, November 29 Patricia Kerod, Rose Tirone, Agnes Gavigan, 9:00a Vincent Filardo Maggie Wright, Donna Schaefer; Anna Saturday, November 30 Kozlowska; Kathleen Pinto; Grace Ziadie; John 9:00a Sally Daly Fossa; Ann Marie Ziadie, Kathy Zoeller, Lavina 4:00p Jimmy and Donna Watson (siblings) Gelpi, David Merkel, Helen Fertitta, Corrine & Sunday, December 1 John Kerod, Louis Gelpi, DeMaris Miranda, 8:00a Dolores Gidro-Frank David Heithmar, Josephina Dorn, Anthony DeVito, Marty Rozensweig, Bob Caruso, Marie 9:30a Elizabeth Tuers Bohacik, Eugene Doyle, Thomas Lorenc, Anna 11:00a Estelle and Robert DiBello 12:30p see Polish page & Juan Rivera, Ken & Natalie, Josephine Babinec, Sister Gloria Barone, RTF; Joe PARISH JOURNAL Battista, Kevin Bain, Mary Barbarino, Susan Nooman, Julianna Doerr, Marietta & Leonard SCHEDULE OF EXTRA COLLECTIONS Iovelli, Joseph Paci, Mary Ann Conti, John A.  Dec. 1 Religious Retirement Telenko, Bernadine Basinski, Regina Mayer,  Dec. 25 Gift Brian Mayer, Agnes “Cissy” Mayer  Jan. 1 Solemnity of Mary We pray for all the deceased of our parish Please all checks payable to: St. Mary of the family: Martha J. Myers, Gene VanSeveren Lake Monday, November 25 to Sunday, December 1 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Bread and Wine Thu, Nov 28: Thanksgiving , 10a, Holy R.Rupert Wittman & Robert Szala Family & 7:30p St. Mary’s Polish Also available: Sanctuary Lamp SML, & HF, Thu & Fri, Nov 28 & 29, Offices Closed, all Vigil Lights at St. Mary, St. Joseph and Sacred events cancelled except morning Mass Heart Altars Sat. Nov 30,-Dec 15, K of C giving tree READINGS FOR THE WEEK Friday, Dec 6 – 4 PM, Christmas Tree Lighting, Texts of readings can be found at the US Bishops’ Mary Queen of Peace web site: www.usccb.org/bible/readings Sun. Dec 8, breakfast with Santa Mon- Dn 1:1-6, 8-20; Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; Lk 21:1- Thur. Dec 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass 12 4 Noon at St. Anthony Claret Tues- Dn 2:31-45; Daniel 3:57, 58, 59, 60, 61; Lk 21:5-11 Sat. Dec 14. Advent Day of Recollection HF Wed - Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Daniel 3:62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67; Lk 21:12-19 Mon, Dec 23: Baptismal Prep (must register in Thurs – Sir 50:22-24; pS 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11; 1 advance to attend), 7p Cor 1:3-9; Lk 17:11-19 Wed, Dec 18 – Sat, Dec 21: Confessions after Fri – Dn 7:2-14; Daniel 3:75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81; Lk 21:29-33 daily Masses RECURRING EVENTS corner of Second and Monmouth Streets. Do Sun: RCIA, Community Center, 10:30a not bring any clothes to the rectory or churches. Tue: Legion of Mary, Guild Hall 3p Monthly food-drive: Dec. 7 & 8. We Wed: Choir, Holy Family, 7p appreciate all the generous support of our 4th Sun: Ultreya, Holy Family 12p brothers and sisters in need each month and going forward we would like to focus on these Our parish calendar is available and high demand items. Due to the increasing costs automatically updated through Google Calendar of items with protein we ask at the present time on our parish website. Click on Calendar of for donations of canned tuna and chicken and Events at the top: also tomato sauce. In addition canned fruit, www.smlparish.net/sml/Parish raisins, soup, pasta, snacks, paper products, MINISTRY TO THE SICK personal hygiene are also helpful. All parishioners should call the parish office if GIVING TREE they are in the hospital and would like a visit For those in need: If you know from a priest and/or the . of a family in need, please call SHARING OUR TREASURE the rectory so the information Stewardship, A Way of Life can be taken: gender, age, and Envelopes used November 10 284 sizes of children, along with Total Contributions $6614.00 their needs. Envelopes used November 17 325 For those who are giving: The Total contributions $6514.00 giving tree will be in the vestibule of each Christmas Flowers $2319.00 church the weekend of Nov 30 & Dec 1. Please 2019 ANNUAL take a tag to fulfill a family request. If you CATHOLIC APPEAL chose to give a gift without a tag, then we will try to find a home for that gift with one of our SUMMARY REPORT families or it will be passed on to Catholic Our projected goal was Charities. Please return your gift(s) to either $55,000.00, of which the Diocese of Trenton church the weekend of December 7/8 or 14/15 has collected $35,406.59. We have a pledged so they can be distributed in a timely manner. balance of $724.16 which will leave us a balance of $18,869.25, which is needed to meet PARISH COMMUNITY our goal. Thank you to all who have supported FEAST OF OUR LADY OF this goal. Please prayerfully consider your GUADALUPE contributions. December 12th 12 Noon OUTREACH St. Anthony Claret For those seeking financial aid: please visit Our Lady of Guadalupe, the the SVdP food pantry between 9:30 AM and Virgin Mary, is the patroness of Noon on Thursday. Be sure to bring all your the Americas. It was in her documentation. womb that the Light was brought into the SVdP Food pantry hours: 9:30 AM to 12:30 world; and so, like in biblical times when there PM Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and were processions with the Ark of The Covenant, Saturday. There are no longer hours on we too process with the new Ark of the Tuesday. Covenant, our Mother Mary. On Dec 12 of Clothing Donations: The winter coat drive has each year, the Catholic Church celebrates the ended. If you have any type of clothing to Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, marking the donate, please consider Catholic Charities at the date, when in 1531 the Blessed Mother appeared in Mexico to Saint Juan Diego. This year we have a beautiful celebration at Saint with present...heaven with earth. An empty Anthony Claret for the holy day. It is good to place at table is in memory of ancestors, come together to pray to Our Lady. departed loved ones, and for the Unseen Guest, On Thursday, December 12, our parish will Christ. There is high hope that the share in the celebration with our linked parish at “Unexpected Guest” will come and bless the 12 noon in a special Bilingual Mass. All are gathering. “A guest in the home is Christ in the invited to attend. home.” 13 courses are served - the 12 Apostles OUR ADVENT DAY OF and our Lord. A small portion is set aside for RECOLLECTION the animals. In the first Christmas when the Christ was born, the animals were the only “THE COMING OF THE honored “eye witnesses”. Oplatek is available at LORD” the rectory. December 14th Holy Family 11:30am - 4pm Mass. “So, could you not watch with me one hour?” Matthew 26:40 We have been offered an additional chance to experience the life-giving Spirit this Advent. St. Mary of the Lake Parish invites you to an Advent Reflection afternoon SAVE THE DATE of music and scripture. This is a retreat from all Sight and Sound’s production of Queen Esther the pressures of the season and an opportunity Tuesday, April 21, 2020 to place our hearts and minds in the presence of LECTORS the Lord. Our presenter will be Ms. Denise Workbooks for the lectors are now available in Contino, the Director of the Department of Catechesis for the Diocese of Trenton. Music the rectory office and sacristies. They begin will be provided by St. Mary of the Lake’s next weekend, on the first Sunday of Advent, Choir. Lunch will be served. $5.00 suggested which is Dec 1st. donation-payment at the door. Join us for a day NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER-DANCE to reflect on preparing for the coming of our sponsored by the Polish Community Lord, Jesus Christ. For more information, and Tuesday, Dec 31, 8 PM until early morning to RSVP before December 6, 2019 please School Gym and Cafeteria contact Ms. Cori Scotti at 732-363-0139 Great Polish - American food, good music! JOIN THE CHOIR Tickets in pre-sale to December 18 are $70.00 Wouldn’t it be fun to sing in the Choir for per person after December 18 all tickets are $85 Christmas? It would be an easy gift to give the per person, (price of the ticket includes: infant Jesus for his birth. The parish is always Unlimited Buffet, soft drinks, coffee, cakes, looking for new members. Miss Cori welcomes champagne toast at midnight) BOB. Tickets are all ages, and levels of experience, and will teach available at the rectory. you as we prepare to celebrate this holy season. MASS INTENTIONS FOR 2020 Practice is on Wednesday nights at 7pm. Come make a joyful noise unto the Lord for Requests for Mass intentions for Christmas. OPLATEK 2020 are taking place during the The Christmas whole month of November. Because Begun millenniums ago in , , of the large number of requests for Lithunia, this Christmas ritual continues intentions, we will no longer keep the wherever the blessed Oplatek, the Christmas same limitations that we had last year. We will Wafer is shared. The ancient ritual united past instead allow multiple intentions (up to three) to be offered for the same Mass. Intentions will no longer be only for deceased “A life not lived for others is not a life.” Saint individuals. You can also offer Masses for the Mother Theresa living, for Birthdays, Anniversaries, etc. All CHRISTMAS PANCAKE BREAKFAST intentions will be announced by their first and WITH SANTA last name. The parish will still automatically sponsored by the Knights of Columbus schedule a ‘month’s mind’ and anniversary Sunday, Dec 8, 9 AM – 11:30 AM intention for those who have recently died. All Holy Family School Cafeteria other intention requests will be collected during This Christmas season come out and bring the the month of November and then scheduled as whole family. This coming month, there will be best as we can, placing more than one name on extra celebration: there will be Christmas songs, a particular Mass date if there are conflicts. It is good food, great fellowship and Santa will be not a first-come, first-served policy. People are there with some goodies for the little ones. not limited to two Masses. You may include Breakfast is continual all morning, so come any more than one person for a particular Mass. time you like. The breakfast includes scrambled We will still provide other opportunities for eggs, sausage, coffee, milk, & juice, and as additional memorials i.e.: Mothers Day Novena many as you want to eat. intentions; the Fathers Day Novena intentions; St. Mary novena (centered around the Feast of DIOCESAN EVENTS the Assumption); and, All Souls intentions. A Prayer for Also, the vigil and sanctuary lights, and the Vocations bread and wine offerings may be memorialized. Lord of the Harvest, we Also, Mass intentions for the deceased or for petition you as you have other intentions may be sent to the missions. instructed us to ask for

INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY more laborers to serve in NETWORK the vineyard of Your Church. You have told us We will once again be converting guild hall into that the harvest is rich and laborers are few and a home for our families beginning, today, we experience this great need in the face of the Sunday, November 24th at 10:45. The challenge of the New Evangelization. generosity of our parish has provided the hosts, We ask the Holy Spirit to inspire young men to food, and supplies that we need. But anyone seriously consider vocations to the priesthood. who wants to find out what we are all about is Help all of us to be effective instruments to welcome on Sunday, December 1st at encourage and support those whom you are 10:45 am. We need several volunteers calling to serve and lead the Church in the to help us clean up and take a bag of future. laundry. What a beautiful way for us to Lord, you told the Apostles to put out into the share how thankful we are for all that deep. We ask for the grace and courage to we have, (this is thanksgiving week) by accept your call as we pray and work for an sharing our time, talents and love with increase in vocations to the priesthood. We ask our guests from IHN. If you can help please this in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Great High use the phone numbers below. Priest, Amen. Set-up &break down: Velda - 908-600-4835 IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST JOHN Sleeper volunteers: Pat - 732-905-4199 PAUL II Hosting: Janet - 732-367-0315 Join the Diocese of Trenton and Father Dinner preparation: Lisa - 848-448-1131 Marian Kokorzycki, April 29 - May 8, Supplies & donations: Bill & Judy- 732-408- 2020 on a beautiful ten-day Pilgrimage to 9314 Any questions contact Pat Rainer - 732- celebrate 100 years since the birth of 300-8288 or email [email protected] Saint John Paul II. Visit Krakow, Częstochowa, Niepokalanow, Auschwitz, Bridge Avenue, Red Bank. (732-747- Wadowice, Prague and more! For information, 0813). Admission $20 for Adults, $15 for contact Carolyn Norbut, Director of Diocesan Seniors & Students. Tickets available at the Pilgrimages at 609-406-7446 or church or at the door. Church is handicapped [email protected] accessible. Or to register online go to ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT www.catholicheritagetours.com/DTPP St Mary’s of the Pines Manahawkin, NJ SVdP VINCENT'S LEGACY The annual Christmas Concert with the Launched by the Diocese in the late 2016, Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea conducted by Vincent's Legacy collects quality gently used the Rev. Father Alphonse Stephenson will be on furniture and household items to provide to Friday Dec. 20th at 7:30 pm at St Mary’s of the those in need. Legacy volunteers arrange to Pines in Manahawkin. All seats are reserved by view, pickup, clean and deliver donated items. row. Tickets are $35.00 per person. Tickets Originally focused on Monmouth and Ocean will go on sale Tuesday, November 5th. For Counties, Vincent's Legacy has expanded information and ticket sales please call Dot throughout the Trenton Diocese. If you have Karabin at 609-698-4242 No refunds Proceeds furniture or household good to donate, please go to support St. Mary’s Academy contact the VL Volunteers at [email protected]. If you are able to CEMETERY & MAUSOLEUMS help, visit the website or call 609-557-7837. CEMETERY LITURGIES A DAY IN . Friday, Dec 6 – 4 PM, Christmas Tree BETHLEHEM Lighting, Mary Queen of Peace St. Elizabeth Ann Seton BEREAVEMENT Church, 30 Schoolhouse Please call our Cemetery at 732-363-8262 for Rd., Whiting, December 8 information on local bereavement groups and Experience Bethlehem, with ministries. the taste and sounds and the hustle and bustle of SEASONAL MEMORIAL FLOWER the little town. Bring the children and grand- PROGRAM FOR QUEEN OF PEACE children to the Parish Center ~ the kitchen will MAUSOLEUM be open to purchase breakfast and/or lunch. St. Mary of the Lake Cemetery & Mausoleums The gates of the city open at 8:30 am and will is pleased to offer a Seasonal Memorial Flower close at 2:30 pm. Meet the townspeople and Program for your loved ones in the Mary, merchants, make a craft to take home or feed Queen of Peace Mausoleum. We already have a the animals. Take your time and stay awhile, Christmas and Easter flowers program. And hear a story from the Innkeeper, you might even this new program allows families the ability to meet the Holy Family. Hope you can make it. place additional memorials all year long for CHRISTMAS CONCERT AT their loved one in the mausoleum where they ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, are laid to rest.The full program will provide six Red Bank, NJ bouquets of artificial flowers: one for each of The Society of St. Cecilia of St. the four seasons, as well as a personalized Anthony of Padua presents their ornament at Christmas time, and an artificial Christmas Concert featuring lily bouquet at Easter time. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Missa Hodie Current orders are being taken to begin with the Christus Natus Est and Johan Sebastian Bach’s Spring bouquet. Please contact the Cemetery Cantata 140 on Friday, December 6, 2019 at Office for additional details and pricing: 732- 7:30 p.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Church, 121 363-8262 CHRISTMAS PIEROGI & KIELBASA SALE

Sponsored by the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 11527 All orders must be placed by Sunday, Dec 15 2019. You may place your order in an envelope and place in the drop box in rear of church’s or drop off at the rectory Monday thru Thursday 9 to 3 pm. Friday from 9 to 12. YOUR ORDER WILL BE PICKED UP BY YOU ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 21st, LOWER PARKING LOT AT ST. MARY’S CHURCH FROM 10 AM TILL 12 PM ONLY!

HOW Kielbasa Ring & stick Cost per Total MANY Each kielbasa order is a ring or $Amount sausage type stick. Weight Piast Kielbasa (polish $ varies, appx 1.75lb Each $14.50 favorite) package of pierogies contains a Ring Kielbasa (American $ dozen of one type. $ 10.50 favorite) Vienna Kielbasa smoked Your Name $20.00 premium best seller PIEROGI TYPE COST HOW $ PER DOZEN PER DZ MANY Cheese $6.25 $ Potato & Cheese $6.50 $ Home phone Potato & Cheddar Cheese $6.50 $ Potato & Onion $6.50 $ Cell phone Potato $5.50 $ Potato & Sauerkraut $6.50 $ Potato & Spinach $6.50 $ Address Sauerkraut $5.50 $ $ Full payment must accompany Grand all orders. Make checks out to $ Total Knights of Columbus 11527 $ DUSZPASTERSTWO POLSKIE

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Duszpasterz: Ks. Kanonik Marian Kokorzycki Polska Szkoła Dokształcająca im. Aleksandra Tel. 732- 363-0139, ext. 421 Cell. 484-368-4636 Janta Połczyńskiego w Lakewood NJ msze święte w niedzielę – 12:30 pm - w święta dyrektor: Kasia Pawka Tel. 732-901-9546 obowiązkowe o godzinie 7:30 pm w kościele Email: [email protected] Saint Mary. Website: www.lakewoodpolishschool.com 24 listopada,2019 - niedziela - Jezusa Chrystusa, Króla Wszechświata

Intencje Mszy Świętych: 24 listopada ś.p. Krystyna Machura int. Syna z rodziną ś.p. Daniela Majcher int. Córki z rodziną 12:30 pm 28 listopada - Thanskiving Day w intencjach naszych rodzin (Saint Mary) 7:30 pm 1grudnia - ś.p.Julian Jewuła, ś.p.Lilia Jewuła, int. Córki z rodziną 12:30 pm 6 grudnia –Rekolekcje adwentowe – Holy Family – wystawienie Naświętszego Sakramentu sakrament pojednania – spowiedź 6:45 pm Msza Święta – w intencjach dzieci z polskiej szkoły 8:00 pm 7 grudnia – Saint Mary - wystawienie Naświętszego Sakramentu sakrament pojednania – spowiedź 6:30 pm Msza Święta ś.p. Jerzy Sobotka intencja żony z dziećmi ś.p.Marek Dworakowski, int. rodziny 7:30 pm 8 Grudnia-o błogosławieństwo Boże dla Ewy i Jacka Machura w 35 rocznicę ślubu 12:30 pm 9 December (SM) Niepokalane Poczęcie NMP - ś.p.Jerzy Sobotka , int. Żony 7:30 pm

Zapraszamy na Rekolwkcje Adwentowe w dniach;6-8 Grudnia 2019 prowadzone przez Ojca Piotra Chylę z Zakonu Ojców Redemtorystów - Opłatek i polskie kalendarze można otrzymać po każdej polskiej mszy świętej

SERDECZNIE ZAPRASZAMY na Polski Bal Sylwestrowy 2019/2020 31 grudnia (wtorek) 2019, początek zabawy z DJ Wojtkiem o godzinie 8 wieczorem w budynku Holy Family School przy 1141 E County Line Rd. Lakewood, NJ 08701. Bilety w przedsprzedaży będą dostępóne od 17 listopada do 18 grudnia w cenie $70 od osoby, po 17 g ś.p.rudnia bilety w cenie $85 od osoby (Studenci z ważną legitymacją (ID) do 21 roku życia $25 od osoby), W ramach biletu oferujemy: obfite zimne i gorące posiłki, desery, napo ś.p.je oraz szampan o północy. W czasie balu odbędzie się LOTERIA, główną nagrodą jest – iPad. Bilety można nabywać po 5 listopada poprzez kontakt: Miss. Sylvia Burdzy – 7732-551-8145. Mrs. Katarzyna Sobol- 732-534-2114. Irena Kapuscinska -848-52-50031. Mrs.. Stasia Latkowski – 732-421-7164. Mr.Maciek – Biedronka Polish Deli 65-75 E County Line Rd. Lakewood, NJ 08701 Mr. Maciek - Biedronka Polish Deli 1256 Indian Head Road, Toms River, Nj 08755 Mr. Darek – Polish Deli 751 Rt. 37 West, Toms River NJ 08755

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