OUR PARISH IS SERVED BY: REV. PACIANO A. BARBIETO, S.T.L. Pastor REV. RAFAEL GALVEZ-PINEDA Parochial Vicar REV. MR. ROBERT S. PONTILLO Deacon MRS. FRAN BLACKGROVE Parish Secretary MRS. MAURA ROEM Pastoral Associate, Child Catechesis MRS. LORI ZUCARO Secretary for Religious Education MR. ALAN PITMAN Pastoral Associate for Youth Ministry MRS. MARYANN KEEGAN Secretary for Youth Ministry
PLEASE CONTACT US AT: 120 Washington Avenue Westwood, New Jersey 07675
[email protected] www.standrewcc.com Office Phone:.................. 201-666-1100 Office FAX: ................... 201-722-1432 Religious Education: . 201-664-6777
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The Saint Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church mission is to spread the love of Jesus Christ through active ministry, inclusive worship and charitable works for our community and the world. We invite all who live in our area to join our parish community by calling the Parish Center or by seeing one of the priests.
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On the Lord's Day Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 PM Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 12:15 PM 7:00 PM (Spanish Mass) Daily Monday - Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 AM Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:00 - 4:30 PM Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Devotions Eucharistic Adoration . . . . . . . . . . . Thursdays 9:30 AM—3:00 PM (Chapel) Rosary and Holy Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thursdays @ 7:00 PM (Chapel) Rosary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saturdays 6:00 PM (Spanish) Monday - Saturday 9:45 AM (Chapel)
OUR PARISH FAMILY New parishioners may register by calling the Parish Center. Current members MONDAY, WEDNESDAY should notify us of changes in their status such as births, deaths, marriages, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM change of address, etc. Registration is required for receiving the Sacraments. 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM TUESDAY, THURSDAY MINISTRY TO THE SICK 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Those who are sick, homebound or in the hospital are a vital part of our parish FRIDAY 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM family. Please call the Parish Center to arrange for reception of the Eucharist and SATURDAY 9:00 AM to NOON Anointing of the Sick. TO REACH ONE OF OUR PRIESTS IN AN EMERGENCY ONLY,
PLEASE CALL 201-364-6674.
OUR PARISH WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGE Our website has been updated and contains a link to our Facebook page. Go to www.standrewcc.com St Andrew’s Church (Facebook). YOU CAN ALSO VIEW THE SUNDAY BULLETIN ON OUR WEBSITE.
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SAINT ANDREW CHURCH, WESTWOOD THE WEEK SCHEDULE
MASSES FOR MONDAY, January 8 BAPTISM OF THE LORD 9:00 AM Edith Mirabito - Marge Marchisi TUESDAY, January 9 9:00 AM The Cahill Family - Their Family WEDNESDAY, January 10 9:00 AM Antonio Cappuccio THURSDAY, January 11 9:00 AM Paulina Roche - Pauline Mavridis FRIDAY, January 12 9:00 AM Edward Lehanski - The Hannan Family SATURDAY, January 13 9:00 AM Donald O’Sullivan - Bill Blanchard 5:00 PM Lois Re - Edie & Ray Honey SUNDAY, January 14 8:00 AM Alvah Smith - Colleen & Marty Dargis 10:30 AM Catherine Picinich - Mr. & Mrs. Adrian Maver 12:15 PM Brian Pronovost - His Family 7:00 PM Jean & Ted Bicelacy - Their Family Those who have pre-arranged a Mass intention, are invited to present the gifts of bread and wine during that Mass. On the Lord’s Day and Holy Days, please inform the usher.
“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 “A time to be healed” For those who are ill, especially: Msgr. Thomas McCarthy, Gilda Gilmartin, Barbara & Dave Stewart, Joan Shaw, Leonora Paul, Michael Bodtman, Cathy Wojcicki, Lee Ann Fernino, Bob Tropila, Deyanira Pineda, Octavio Galvez, Paul L. Clark, Helen Stipo, D.E., Kay Vanderhoof, Vincent Ficarra, Anna Meehan, Fr. Ward Moore, Diane Mariconti, Vinnie Covello, Elaine & Fred DeRobertis, Craig Carosella, Terry Rekow, Brian Fitzpatrick, John McLaughlin, Mary & Lou Pulver, McLean Ambrogio, Ed Marlow, Jean Neary, Ron & Joe Koppinger, Shannon Simester, Lombardi Family.
EVENTS
TUESDAY, January 9 Parish Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 PM (MPR) Choir Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 (Church) Discovering Christ Mtg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 PM (Gym) WEDNESDAY, January 10 Little Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:30 Am (Gym) ESL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:15 PM (3rd Fl) Liturgy Committee Mtg. . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 PM (Conf. Rm.) Discovering Christ Mtg. . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 PM (Gym & MPR) THURSDAY, January 11 Eucharistic Adoration . . . . . . . . .9:30 AM-3:00 PM (Chapel) Spanish Women’s Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 PM (MPR) Rosary & Holy Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 PM (Chapel) Food Pantry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 PM (Church Hall) Basketball. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00-9:00 PM (Gym) FRIDAY, January 12 NO SPANISH YOUTH GROUP IN PARISH CENTER Confirmation Pottery Retreat . . . . . . . 6:30-9:00 PM (Gym) SATURDAY, January 13 Men’s Cursillo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 AM (MPR) AA Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 AM (Church Hall) Baptisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 AM (Church) Reconciliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:00 PM (Church) (Carport Entrance) Discovering Christ Mtg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:30 PM (Gym) Spanish Prayer Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 PM (Church Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 AM-2:00 PM (Gym) SUNDAY, January 14 RCIA Rite of Acceptance . . . . . . . 10:30 AM Mass (Church) Peer Ministry Mtg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 PM (MPR) Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:00 Noon (Gym)
“A time for peace” For those serving in the Armed Forces, especially: Alma & Michael Baffa, Dillon Heyliger and Jeffrey Gum. “If today, you hear his voice…” For our parishioners studying for the priesthood/diaconate: Pedro Soriano, Seminarian. Paul Zeller, Diaconate candidate. PRAYER INTENTION FOR THIS WEEK Please join with us in praying one OUR FATHER per day to help us grow in our relationship with Jesus and commit ourselves to serving Him.
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MONDAY, January 8 BAPTISM OF THE LORD Human Concerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 PM (Church Hall) Charismatic Prayer Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:45 PM (MPR)
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NEXT WEEK’S READINGS—SUNDAY, JANUARY 14 1ST READING: 1 SAMUEL 3:3B-10,19 2ND READING: 1 CORINTHIANS 6:13C-15A,17-20 GOSPEL: JOHN 1:35-42
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The visible world is an active doorway to the invisible world, and the invisible world is much larger than the visible. This is “the mystery of incarnation,” the essential union of the material and the spiritual worlds, or simply “Christ.”
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EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Pastoral Reflection The Epiphany of the Lord “Where is the child who has been born King of the Jews? For we have observed His star in the East, and have come to worship Him” (Mt 2:2). With these words, the Magi, come from afar, tell us the reason for their long journey: they came to worship the newborn King. To see and to worship. These two actions stand out in the Gospel account. We saw a star and we want to worship. These men saw a star that made them set out. The discovery of something unusual in the heavens sparked a whole series of events. The Magi did not set out because they had seen the star, but they saw the star because they had already set out” (cf. Saint John Chrysostom). Their hearts were open to the horizon and they could see what the heavens were showing them, for they were guided by an inner restlessness. They were open to something new. The Magi thus personify all those who believe, those who long for God, who yearn for their home, their heavenly homeland. They reflect the image of all those who in their lives have not let their hearts be anesthetized. A holy longing for God wells up in the heart of believers because they know that the Gospel is not an event of the past but of the present. A holy longing for God helps us keep alert in the face of every attempt to reduce and impoverish our life. A holy longing for God is the memory of faith, which rebels before all prophets of doom. That longing keeps hope alive in the community of believers, which from week to week continues to plead: “Come, Lord Jesus”. We want to worship. Those men came from the East to worship, and would embark upon their longest, more arduous and complicated journey. They had to discover that what they sought was not in a palace, but elsewhere. To realize that the gaze of God lifts up, forgives and heals. To realize that God wanted to be born where we least expected, or perhaps desired, in a place where we so often refuse him. To realize that in God’s eyes there is always room for those who are wounded, weary, mistreated, abandoned. That His strength and His power are called mercy. For some of us, how far Jerusalem is from Bethlehem. The Magi experienced longing; they were tired of the usual fare. But there, in Bethlehem, was a promise of newness, of gratuitousness. There something new was taking place. The Magi were able to worship, because they had the courage to set out. And as they fell to their knees before the small, poor and vulnerable Infant, the unexpected and unknown Child of Bethlehem, they discovered the glory of God.
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PRAYERS FOR PERSEVERANCE Let us pray for perseverance: for the grace to be faithful in good times and in bad. In the dark of night, Lord, help me persevere… In the dead of winter, Lord, help me persevere… In the heat of the day, Lord, help me persevere...
A Prayer for the New Year It's a new beginning, Lord, a new day, a new month, a new year. So, I pray for those who are more than ready to move beyond the hurt and disappointments, the grief and the burdens of 2017. I offer a prayer for those who desire a new beginning, asking for a new grace to look afresh at everyone and everything. I offer a prayer this morning for those who are stuck, Lord, for those who’ve lost the energy, the courage, the desire to look ahead to a new beginning. I pray for those who’ve lost a sense of when one day ends and another begins. I pray for those so tired of yesterday they’ve lost a taste for tomorrow. I offer a prayer, Lord, for those too tired to notice the beauty of a rising sun, the solace of a silvery moon. I pray for those weighed down by worries, fears and problems, burdened by too much work - with too little time to do it. I pray for those whose days and nights run together, keeping them from rest and relaxation. I offer a prayer today, Lord, for those who miss the gentle ways you hold us when we’re weary, strengthen us when we’re weak and carry us from day to day. I pray for those who need to see how faithfully you walk with us: each hour, day and week through which we pass. I pray for those who long for your healing of the year we leave behind and for your peace in the year we've just begun. Send your Spirit, Lord, to open our minds and hearts to all you'll offer us in the year ahead. May this truly be a year of grace: may your mercy be our healing and your healing be our hope. I pray you give the grace we need, Lord, to begin again, to trust again, to try again, to hope again in you and in your love for us. Amen
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COLLECTION FOR THE WEEKEND OF DECEMBER 23-24 Envelopes: 152. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,162.00 Non-Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 584.00 In-Church Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,746.00
Mary Costabile and Lucas Masotti were presented with the William Mundhenk Award at SJA’s Christmas Concert. The award is presented on a yearly basis to a student who is kind, a good friend to all and who exemplifies the true spirit of SJA.
COLLECTION FOR CHRISTMAS, DECEMBER 25 Envelopes: 195. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20,133.00 Non-Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,758.00 In-Church Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 26,891.00
The 8th Grade Fashion Show will be on Tuesday, January 23 at Seasons in Washington Township.
COLLECTION FOR THE WEEKEND OF DECEMBER 30-31 Envelopes: 144. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,299.00 Non-Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,376.00 In-Church Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,675.00 Solemnity of Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,162.00 Living Stones Update Pledge Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 287,015.72 Amount Received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 148,716.00 Portion to be Shared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 83,799.60 Funds distributed to the Parish . . . . . . . . . . . $ 39,876.44
ST. ANDREW’S FOOD PANTRY ITEMS OF THE WEEK: CEREAL, PANCAKE MIX/SYRUP WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF: peanut butter/jelly, pasta/ tomato sauce, soup, juice, cereal, pancake mix/syrup, tuna, soap, shampoo, mac & cheese, canned vegetables, toilet paper.
Save the Date: Catholic Schools Week begins January 28. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS FOR THE RIDE HOME EPIPHANY OF THE LORD 1st Reading: Isaiah 60:1-6 2nd Reading: Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6 Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12 Adult Question: When have you found the presence of Christ in an unexpected place? Child’s Question: When and in whom will you look for Jesus this week?
7th & 8th Graders Our 7th and 8th Grade Large Group Gatherings will take place on Tuesday (7th Grade) and Wednesday (8th grade), January 16 & 17 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. Pizza will be served. We look forward to seeing you all then.
SUPERMARKET GIFT CARDS ARE ALSO WELCOME. CLOTHING BIN OPEN: We ask for clean, ready-to-use shoes, clothing, towels and bed-linens ONLY be placed in it. Do not leave any items outside the bin or the Church garage doors. Due to limited space, we are ONLY able to accept baby & kitchen items, clothing, small toys & children’s books at the garage on Mondays, 6:30–8:00 PM and Tuesdays, 1:00–2:30 PM.
WANTED: Volunteers are needed on Mondays, 6:30-8:00 PM and Tuesdays, 1:00–2:30 PM. Annual Men’s Weekend Retreat – February 23-25, 2018 Jesus said “In my Father’s house there are many mansions”. You have the opportunity to spend some quiet time with the Lord in a mansion in Morristown, NJ, at a Jesuit retreat this February. You are invited to join your brothers in Christ on retreat the weekend of February 23-25. The retreat begins at dinner on Friday night and ends after lunch on Sunday, and will be led this year by Fr. Tom Marciniak, SJ, on the topic “Surrender: Learning how to yield lovingly to our God”. If this weekend is not convenient for you, other retreats for men, women, or both are also available on other weekends through June 1. For further information and registration, please call Ed Delaney at 201-602-6372, or go to www.loyola.org
Thank You from New Hope, Inc. Our outreach to first-time single moms who have chosen life for their babies wants to thank all who have supported us through your Christmas Giving Trees gifts. Our moms were overwhelmed with joy with your love and giving spirit. We thank you for the items you have donated as we were able to pass them on to our moms and babies. We all truly appreciate your generosity. Please access our web site – newhopeprc.org - to learn more about our all-volunteer program and Pregnancy Resource Center located in Westwood. Read about some of the many moms who rely on your generosity to make ends meet. Feel free to visit our Center. If you have a passion for pro-life, you will be amazed at the miracles, with God's help we are witnessed to. If you would like to volunteer, please contact:
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