The people of God called to form the Catholic community of ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE 14 Greenville Ave., Jersey City,City, New JerseyJersey 07305 WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE SUNDAYS 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM (Spanish), 11:00 AM at St. Ann’s 12:00 NOON (1st and 2nd Sundays signed for hearing impaired) MONDAY – FRIDAY 7:00 AM, 8:30 AM – Convent Chapel SATURDAY 8:30 AM – Convent Chapel 8:30 AM Memorial Mass (1st Saturday only) 5:00 PM (Sunday Vigil) HOLYDAYS 7:00AM, 8:30 AM, 12:00 NOON & 7:00 PM (Except Christmas) CIVIC HOLIDAYS: 8:30 AM in Church SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays: 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Baptisms are held on the 3rd & the 4th Sundays of the month at 1:00 PM after the 12 noon Mass (Note: No baptisms during Lent.) Baptism instruction is held at 6:30 PM in the back sacristy on the 1st Thursday of each month in English and the 2nd Thursday of each month in Spanish. Registration is required prior to attending the Baptism Instruction. For more information, please call the Rectory. La preparación de este sacramento es el segundo jueves de cada mes. OUR PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Se requiere que están presentes padres y padrinos a las 6:30 PM en la St. Paul the Apostle Parish is a community committed to celebrating sacristía de la iglesia. Registración es requerida antes de ir a la reunión. and communicating the life and spirit of Jesus by word and action. Por favor de llamar a la rectoría para hacer una cita. Together with the Archbishop, it strives to build a living, caring and R.C.I.A evangelizing church. The parishioners commit themselves to this Any adult, who desires full communion in the Catholic Church through mission by the sharing of their time, talent and treasure for the all or any of the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and the Eucharist, benefit of all in the community. is asked to contact the Rectory. Rev. Thomas Thottungal, Pastor SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Rev. Joseph Furnaguera, Parochial Vicar Couples considering marriage must make arrangements with a priest at least one year before the planned wedding date. Please call the Rectory Deacon Frank Gonzalez office for additional information and or to schedule an appointment with a Amos Duque Salazar, Organist/Music Director priest. Placido Constanza, Spanish Choir Fran McCarthy, Special Education Minister RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (CCD) Alba Cuarda (Spanish) & Venessa DeVillava (English), RCIA Directors Religious Education classes and Sacramental Preparation are held September through May on Saturday from 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM. Please Joanne Gorman, Religious Ed. Minister call the Rectory Office for more information. Donna Deloughery, Youth Minister Lily Capan, Liturgy CARE OF THE SICK Evelyn Gonzalez and Frank Falcicchio, Parish Truste es If you wish to have the sick member of your family ministered to, please Teddy lsada, Finance Committee Chair contact the rectory. PARISH REGISTRATION OFFICE HOURS If you worship with us regularly and would like to be registered as a parishioner, please fill out the form inside and return to the Rectory office Monday to Friday : 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon or place in the collection basket. 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Saturday : 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM As a registered Parishioner here at St. Paul’s, the Parish is also able to provide you with a Certificate of Eligibility to be sponsor / godparent for Please call for appointments with the priests. Baptism and Confirmation. Rectory: 201-433-8500 Email: [email protected] FAX: 201-433-9886 17 TH S UNDAY IN O RDINARY T IME JULY 28 , 2019 Mass Intentions 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Saturday, July 27, Anticipated) July 28, 2019 Praying as Jesus taught us 5:00 PM Louis Squiterri (Geralyn Caviello) Sunday, July 28 A businessman, who needed millions of dollars to clinch an important deal, went to church 8:00 AM Richard Dwyer (Gorman Family) to pray for the money. By chance he knelt next to a 10:00 AM (SP)-Mercedes Pagan Pena (Bertha Pagan) man who was praying for $100 to pay an urgent 11:00 AM St. Ann's- Stella Santiago (Ocfemia Family) debt. The businessman took out his wallet and 12:00 NN Ann O'Connor (Geralyn Coviello) pressed $100 into the other man’s hand. Overjoyed, the man got up and left the church. The Monday. July 29 businessman then closed his eyes and prayed, “And (St. Mary Martha) now, Lord, now that I have your undivided attention….” 7:00 AM For those who are homebound Robert A. Cook, president of The King’s 8:30 AM Michael Leone (Joseph Leone & Family) College in New York, once spoke at the Moody Bible Institute. Cook said that the day before, he had Tuesday, July 30 (St. Peter Chrysologus Bishop & Doctor of the Church) been at a gathering in Washington and had talked to the Vice President George Bush. Two hours later 7:00 AM For those who are sick and suffering he spoke briefly with President Ronald Reagan. 8:30 AM Vincent Pellecchio (Marianne Pellecchio) Then smiling broadly, he said, “But that’s nothing! Today I talked to God!” Wednesday, July 31 These examples of two men at prayer, a (St. Ignatius of Loyola) businessman and a college president, can teach us a lot about Christian prayer. Positively, it shows us 7:00 AM Tedderico Cruz (Cruz Family) that even top-level executives and professionals still 8:30 AM Daniel Leone (Joseph Leone & Family) make time to pray The request of the disciples to Jesus, “Lord, Thursday, August 1 teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1) can be understood as (St. Alphonsus Liguori Bishop & Doctor of the Church) a quest for the proper disposition for Christian prayer. The reply that Jesus gives them can be 7:00 AM Josephine Falcicchio (Falcicchio Family) 8:30 AM (L) Alex & Lisa Velasco -Wedding Anniversary summarized in one sentence: the right disposition for Christian prayer is the disposition of a child Friday, August 2 before its father. God is our loving Father and we (St. Eusebius of Vercelli Bishop & are His children. St. Peter Julian Eymard, Priest) Jesus teaches us, as God’s children, to show the same spirit of perseverance in prayer. Speaking 7:00 AM Jordan Herron (Community of St. Paul's) of prayer as a father-child affair finally reminds us 8:30 AM Jose, Lita, Christian Monterola (Lily Capan) that prayer is an activity that flows out of a 10:00 AM St. Ann's- For the Residents relationship. We do not learn how to pray better, we Saturday, August 3 become better men and women of prayer when our relationship with God becomes more intimate like 8:30 AM For the protection of unborn children in the womb that of father and child. So, if you want to improve 5:00 PM Carmen Portus (Sanabria/Torres Family) your prayer, focus on improving your personal relationship with God, our Father. Sunday, August 4 8:00 AM Rosary Society 10:00 AM (SP)-Elvin Lopez (Carmen Lopez & Family) God Bless, 11:00 AM St. Ann's- Virgilio Lumanglas (Family) 12:00 NN Thanksgiving- Densing Family Rev. Thomas Thottungal Congratulations to all who were baptized in the month of July. May God bless you always. “For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” Galatians 3:27 17 TH S UNDAY IN O RDINARY T IME JULY 28 , 2019 Humor Corner NASA was interviewing professionals they were thinking of sending to Mars. The touchy part was that only one guy could go and it would be a one-way trip, the guy not ever returning to Earth The interviewer asked the first applicant, an engineer, how much he wanted to be paid for going. "One million dollars," the engineer answered. "And I want to donate it all to my alma mater – Rice University." The next applicant was a doctor, and the interviewer asked him the same question. "Two millions dollars," the doctor said. "I want to give a million to my family and leave the other million for the advancement of medical research." The last applicant was a lawyer. When asked how much money he wanted, he whispered in the interviewer's ear, "Three million dollars." "Why so much more than the others?" the interviewer asked. The lawyer replied, "You give me three million, I'll give you one million, I'll keep a million, and we'll send the engineer. And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three Food For Thought loaves; For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer Time and tide wait for no one. and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are Treasure every moment you have. with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though You will treasure it even more when you can share it with he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because someone special. of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. Lk11:5-8 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thank You for your Generosity ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Archbishop's Annual Appeal Sunday Collection July 21st: $ 2,741.00 Archdiocesan Catholic Missions Appeal: $1,241.00 The 2019 Sharing God’s Blessings Annual Appeal is well underway.