Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich Parish Established January 1, 2016 July 16, 2017 St. Andrew the Apostle Church St. Mary, Star of the Sea Church th 326 Avenue C, Bayonne, NJ 2 West 4 Street, Bayonne, NJ Established 1861 Established 1914 EUCHARISTIC LITURGIES: Saturday: 4:00pm (anticipated) Sundays: 7:30am, 10:30am, 1:30pm (Spanish) Sundays: 9:00am, 12:00 Noon Mon.NFri.: 6:30am Mon.NSat.: 9:00am Holy Days: 6:30am Holy Days: 9:00am, 7:00pm PARISH OFFICES: RECONCILIATION 326 Avenue C (201) 4374090 Saturdays: 3:00pm4:00pmNSt. Andrew Bayonne, NJ 07002 (201) 4370388 (fax) or by appointment BAPTISM N N Monday Friday 9:30am 6:00pm Children of registered parishioners are eligible for the Sacrament nd Saturday and Sunday Closed of Baptism which is celebrated on the 2 Sunday of the month [email protected] (alternating between St. Mary and St. Andrew) except during the Lenten season. Contact us via email at [email protected]. PARISH STAFF PASTORAL CARE FOR THE SICK Rev. Peter Wehrle Pastor Any parishioner unable to attend Mass may contact the rectory to Rev. Philip Sanders Parochial Vicar make arrangements to receive the Eucharist at home. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Reilly Weekend Assistant MARRIAGES Ray Bober Music Director Arrangements should be started at least one year in advance for Philomena Coco Faith Formation the necessary preparation. Parish registration of either the Bride or Patrick Costello Parish Trustee Groom is required. Vivian Crespo Office Manager Janet Cymbor Parish Trustee PARISH REGISTRATION Ashley Retamar Elrod Interim Cantor Registration is required of all who wish to consider themselves Ann Marie Skowronski Bookkeeper parishioners at Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich Parish. Steven Spinosa Choir Director Census forms and collection envelopes are available at the office. DEVOTIONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL St. Jude Novena Mondays after the 6:30 Mass Miraculous Medal Novena Tuesdays after the 9:00 Mass All Saints Catholic Academy (201) 443 8384 Sr. Rita Marie Fritzen, OSF Principal Morning Prayer Weekdays after the 6:30 Mass th 19 West 13 Street Weekdays before the 9:00 Mass Communal Rosary Weekdays after the 9:00 Mass st 1 Friday Exposition 7:00amN12:00 noon (St. Mary) BǍdžǔǔdžDž MNJǓNJǂǎ TdžǓdžǔǂ DdžǎNjǂǏǐǗNJDŽlj PǂǓNJǔlj Sat., July 15 St. Bonaventure St. A 4:00 PM Edward O’Rourke th Sun., July 16 15 Sunday in Ordinary Time St. M 7:30 AM Vito Gironda St. A 9:00 AM John Boyle St. M 10:30 AM Michael Gerace St. A 12:00 PM Henry Pavlak St. M 1:30 PM People of the Parish Mon., July 17 Carmelite Nuns of Compiegne St. M 6:30 AM Stella Gerace St. A 9:00 AM Robert Lee “The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but Tue., July 18 St. Camillus de Lellis then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it St. M 6:30 AM Richard Gormley bears no fruit. But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears St. A 9:00 AM Robert Lee the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a Wed., July 19 St. Arsenius the Great hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.” Mt 13:22 23 St. M 6:30 AM The McLaughlin family ASCA GOLF OUTING St. A 9:00 AM John and Julia Boyle The “Thomas Fienan Memorial Golf Outing,” benefitting Thu., July 20 St. Apollinaris All Saints Catholic Academy, will take place this Friday, St. M 6:30 AM Kathryn Byrne 7/21, at the La Tourette Golf Course in Staten Island. The St. A 9:00 AM Robert Lee dinner / reception will be held at the Chandelier in Fri., July 21 St. Lawrence of Brindisi Bayonne. Our own John Hester serves as the honorary St. M 6:30 AM Florence Murphy chairman of the event. We are looking for sponsors and St. A 9:00 AM Lorraine Kalanta golfers. Email [email protected] for more information or call the school at 2014438384. Sat., July 22 St. Mary Magdalene St. A 9:00 AM Edward Slaski ONLINE GIVING IS AVAILABLE St. A 4:00 PM People of the Parish Online Giving is now available for parishioners with th Sun., July 23 16 Sunday in Ordinary Time WeShare, an easy and convenient way to save time and St. M 7:30 AM Teresa Lagani support the church. Donating is simple, safe, and St. A 9:00 AM Rev. Thomas Foye completely secure. With WeShare, you can set up a St. M 10:30 AM Mary and Frank Pavelko recurring weekly or monthly transaction using your St. A 12:00 PM John Lukac checking, savings, or credit card account. You can decide St. M 1:30 PM Carlos Jimenez how much to give to any collection and make changes any time, day or night. You don’t need to worry about MEMORIALS forgetting your contribution envelope. St. A. Sanctuary Lamp Rita and Lucien Labrecque In the future we will also be allowing our Religious St. A. Wine and Hosts Amelia Leston Education parents to make payments on the site and will be St. M. Sanctuary Lamp Kathryn Byrne promoting a number of church events. Be on the look out St. M. Wine and Hosts Patrick Duffy for those announcements. FOOD PANTRY If you would like to enroll in Online Giving, please visit Lou & Helen Ambrosio, Louise Ambrosio, Daniel Bialt, bmtparish.weshareonline.org. If you have any questions or Lois Biondi, John Buzinkai, Mary Corrado, Marilyn Duffy, concerns about the program or would like help setting up John Durak, Mary Ellen Finck, James O’Donnell, your account, please call our parish office at 2014374090. Richard Packen, Patrick Tierney "Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be SHARING GOD’S BLESSING measured out to you." Luke 6:38 To date, 265 families have pledged $62,610 to the Annual Appeal of the Archdiocese, Sharing God’s Blessings. FAITH GIVING N We thank you for your continued generous support of Individual pledges ranging from $3 $5,000 with the average being $236. The Archdiocese will give Bl. Miriam Bl. Miriam Teresa Parish. Teresa parish a portion of every dollar given over our goal of $60,597. Thank you for your generous support of this 07/02 Sunday Collection $ 8,537.00 noble cause and in doing so, our own parish!! 07/09 Sunday Collection $ 11,298.00 15Ǖlj SǖǏDžǂǚ ǐLJ OǓDžNJǏǂǓǚ TNJǎdž STEWARDSHIP CORNER “The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word but then the cares of the world and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit.” MT 13:22 In Mark’s Gospel we hear how Jesus was able to heal the Does the lure of riches and material goods choke God out of deaf man with the speech impediment. He brought the man your life? Are you so caught up in worldly activities that away from the crowd, then touching his ears and tongue you have no time for God? Stewardship is a lifestyle to be “and looking up to heaven, He sighed and said ‘ephphetha’ lived every day. It effects all the decisions we make. What which is ‘be opened.’” (Mk 7:34) This healing astonished we receive at Mass every Sunday should be shared with the crowds. others all the other days of the week. Jesus speaks to us in parables and this weekend we hear the “Parable of the Sower.” These parables used common THANK YOU NEIGHBORS everyday situations to teach the people about how God Members of the Bayonne Elks Club have come to help take works in our life. Even in His day, however, many people a turn serving on Saturdays at the Soup Kitchen. They were not open to the message because their ears remained applied for a grant through their order to help offset the cost closed. Realizing this, Jesus says: “Whoever has ears of supplies. They came by the Parish Office with a check ought to hear.” for $1,000 to help keep us stocked with supplies that we need to purchase on a regular basis. During the celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism there is a ceremony toward the end which is often omitted. It is the We received a generous donation of 10 hams from IMTT for use in our soup kitchen. They regularly give donations Ephphetha. Right before the final blessing, this ancient symbol occurs as the celebrant touches the ears and mouth which help us to feed the hungry in our city. of the child and says, “The Lord Jesus made the deaf hear and the dumb speak. May He soon touch your ears to STAND UP AND BE COUNTED receive His Word, and your mouth to proclaim His faith to Many feel that just because they have always been in the the praise and glory of God the Father.” parish that they are automatically registered. This is not the case. If you are not receiving offering envelopes and Our own ears are often closed to Jesus’ Word, because it various parish mailings, chances are that you are not doesn’t fit in with our own plan for how things should be. registered at the new parish. We welcome everyone to It is not enough for this opening to happen only once. We worship with us. Membership in a parish community must strive to keep our ears always open to hear His Word involves an active choice on the part of the individual who and our eyes open to His grace so that we can always takes the initiative to step forward and say “I want to proclaim our faith in Him who loves us! belong.” All you need to do is come into the office from 9:306 on weekdays to register.