The Parish Family of
St. Raphael Church
346 East Mount Pleasant Avenue +
Livingston, New Jersey 07039
SERVED BY
Rev. Gerald F. Greaves, Pastor
Rev. Peter M. Aquino, Parochial Vicar
Rev. Msgr. G. Thomas Burns, Pastor Emeritus
Yolanda Cifarelli, Pastoral Associate
Ann Marie Gesualdo, Director of Youth Ministry
Gloria David, Trustee  Ben Spinelli, Trustee
Parish Office - 973-992-9490
Parish Fax - 973-740-0236
Religious Ed Office - 973-992-9496
Youth Office - 973-992-9496
Music Ministry - E-mail: [email protected]
Parish Website: www.straphael.co/
SUNDAY
OCTOBER 19TH, 2014
TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
RITE OF RECONCILIATION
Saturday, 4:00 to 4:30 PM.
Any time at the Parish Office by appointment.
WEDDINGS
Archdiocesan Policy requires that appointments for
weddings must be made with one of our parish
priests at least one year prior to the desired date.
VISITING THE SICK
The Holy Eucharist will be brought to any parishioner
ill, or confined to home. The family is asked to
contact the Parish Office.
BAPTISM
The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated the first
Sunday of the month (call the Parish Office for
times). An instruction session for first time parents is
required prior to Baptism. Please call the Parish
Office at least three weeks in advance to make
arrangements.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK
The Sacrament of Anointing is available for anyone
seriously ill or of advanced age. Please contact one
of the priests to come to your home to celebrate the
Sacrament.
ADULT INITIATION
Non-baptized adults and already baptized adults
from other Christian faiths, who seek information
about the Catholic faith are asked to call the Parish
Office and begin the journey of Catechumenate.
Catholics who have not received Eucharist or
Confirmation are also invited to call for further
information toward completing their sacramental
initiation.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
During the School year, elementary religious
education classes (Pre-School - 7) are held in the
school from 10:00 to 11:15 AM on Sunday, and on
Wednesday, 6:15 PM-7:30 PM. 8th Grade Religious
Ed - Tuesday, 7:00 PM-8:30 PM. Family, Summer and
Home Education also available.
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES
If you need information regarding alcohol & drug
rehabilitation, emergency food, mental health,
special education, immigration, family counseling
etc., call CCS HELPLINE, 1-800-227-7413.
BULLETIN DEADLINE
Tuesday by noon, week prior (unless holiday schedule).
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19th, 2014
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
SUNDAY, October 19 - Is 45: 1, 4-6, 1 Thes 1: 1-5b, Mt 22: 15-21
7:30 am People of the Parish
9:00 am Rose DiBernardo, r/o The DiBernardo Family
11:30 am Alvaro Pinto (3rd Anniversary), r/o Daughter Filomena &
Family
MONDAY, October 20 – Eph 2: 1-10, Lk 12: 13-21
8:00 am Luis Gonzalez, r/o Dr. Baugh & Family
TUESDAY, October 21 – Eph 2: 12-22, Lk 12: 35-38
8:00 am Wanda & Ben Wrosek, r/o Loving Daughter, Carol
WEDNESDAY, October 22 - Eph 3: 2-12, Lk 12: 39-48
8:00 am Erin Donnelly, r/o Grandmother, Rita Gannon
THURSDAY, October 23 – Eph 3: 14-21, Lk 12: 49-53
8:00 am Dominador Madrid, Jr. (Death Anniversary), r/o The Family
FRIDAY, October 24 - Eph 4: 1-6, Lk 12: 54-59
8:00 am Vincenzo, Maria & Enrico D’Alto, r/o Teri & Cono DePaolo
SATURDAY, October 25 – Eph 4: 7-16, Lk 13: 1-9
8:00 am Kenneth Gaglione, r/o Clair & Gary Schuller
5:00 pm Joseph Cavaleri, r/o Michael Cavaleri & Family
SUNDAY, October 26 - Ex 22: 20-26, 1 Thes 1: 5c-10, Mt 22: 34-40
7:30 am People of the Parish
9:00 am Craig McGuire, r/o Shelia & Ken McGuire
11:30 am Raphael & Karen Pugliano (23rd Wedding Anniversary),
r/o Mother
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK
Please pray for those in our parish who are sick, especially:
Meghan Amorim, Cesaria M. Aquino, Marcelino M. Aquino, Nicole
Barbarisi, Karen Barth, Andrew Berman, Theresa Bocchino,
Walter Boyle, Brian Burdick, Delis M. Burgos, Kathleen Campi,
Vincent Campione, Pamela Chiarello, Jimmy Cimino, John Cimino,
Justine Claus, Shirlie DeCostanza, Gerard & Mary DeLorenzo, John
Dzera, Connie Elliott, Nancy Farrell, Helen Fazio, Lorie Ann
Fowler, Virginia Louise Fressola, Frank Frost, Veronica Frucci,
Robert Gaeta, Rita Gannon, Bradley Gelb, Nora Gilliland, Robert
Giordano, Hugh Gore, Carmella Granto, Laura Greaves, Casy
Guerrero, Tapalino Guzman, Jr., Fay Lachica Guerrero, Freddie
Harper, Chris Hilderbrand, Patricia Hoffmann, Evelyn Imperial,
Lynn Jacobs, Jean LaCapra, Leigh Nelson Lane, Patrick Lasky, Kay
LaManna, Msgr. LoBianco, Judy Macedo, Peter Mauser, Michael
McCaffery, Paul McInnis, Monica Mendoza, Remy Mercado, Tara
Miller, Alex Miletich, Mary Molinaro, Kathy Ann Nash, Harriet Ott,
Ann Peters, Rev. John Poplowski, Dorothy Powell, Diana Quinn,
Charles Quinn, Ralph, Veronica Regan, Carolyn Riccio, Marianne
S., John Sabbak, Ann San Martin, Jucita Santiago, Benjamin
Spinelli, Sister Virginia Stanton, Carmencita “Chit” Trapse, Gayle
Trotta, Jill Valese, Jerri Vitiello, Phyllis Vizzar, Fay Wadler. Names
will remain on our sick list for one month after which time they will be removed,
unless the family notifies us to the contrary.
STEWARDSHIP REFLECTIONS
“Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and
to God the things that are God’s.”
♦ Matthew 22:21
Everything we are and everything we have belongs to God.
We aren’t “owners” of anything, we are merely “stewards” of
the gifts God has given each of us. All God is asking is that
we give back a portion of what He gave us. This is the
essence of Stewardship. God should be our first priority in
everything. All else comes second.
LITURGICAL MINISTERS SCHEDULE
October 18th & October 19th, 2014
MASS
LECTORS
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
5:00 pm
Greg Kundla
Lorna Troja
Karol Purcell
John Frucci
7:30 am
Denise Flanagan
Teresita Ezpeleta
Lucille Pringle
9:00 am
Frank Jimenez
Tom Cecere
Joe Lanni
Stan Lipinski
11:30 am
Mary Ulrich
Filomena Amorim
Ricardo Pecson
Evangeline Pecson
Charles Quinn
MASS STATS
October 11th & October 12th, 2014
Mass Time
5:00 pm
7:30 am
9:00 am
11:30 am
Mail-in’s
Electronic Giving
Totals:
Attendance
Collection
76
43
65
142
$1,117.00
$ 993.00
$ 739.00
$1,425.50
$ 895.00
$ 613.00
326
$5,782.50
Thank you VERY MUCH for the on-going support
!
TODAY IS WORLD MISSION SUNDAY!
We are invited today to reach out and help build the
Church in Mongolia, the world’s youngest Catholic
Church, as well as local churches throughout the Missions, in the most remote areas across our world. Your
prayers and generous gift to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in the collection today help the work of
priests, religious and lay leaders in Mongolia and
throughout the Missions who offer the poor practical
help and the
experience of God’s love and mercy,
His hope and peace. Please keep the Missions in your
daily prayers. Please be as generous as you can to today’s collection. For more information please visit:
www.IAmAMissionary.org.
The Catholic Advocate is now available Online. Please visit:
http://www.editions.us.com/catholicadvocate_0814
Sunday, October 19th, 2014
Twenty-ninth Sunday In Ordinary Time
COMING IN NOVEMBER………
ST. RAPHAEL’S TRICKY TRAY
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
12 Noon to 4:00 pm
(Tobias hall)
EVERYTHING BELONGS TO GOD
The first reading from the prophet Isaiah concerns the Persian
King Cyrus, called the Lord’s “anointed.” Cyrus deserves this
title because he ended the Babylonian captivity of the Jews.
However, Isaiah reminds us that it was God who gave Cyrus
his power. He may be a great king, but “I am the LORD and
there is no other,” says God (Isaiah 45:5)
Tickets: $25 - Adults Only. (Your first sheet of tickets
and lunch are included in price). 100 beautiful
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seating is limited!
Today’s Gospel is also concerned with worldly power. In the
passage from Matthew, the Pharisees try to trick Jesus into
speaking against the emperor. His famous answer is the
perfect reply. Like the kings of old, Caesar can be given the
respect due his position, but everything belongs to God.
ST. RAPHAEL CALENDAR
OCTOBER
In the second reading, Paul gives thanks for all who are
faithful to Jesus Christ and his gospel. He, too, reminds us
that our call and the power to be faithful come from God.
Oct. 18/19
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION
When the fathers of the Second Vatican Council met to
discuss the sacrament of penance, they were required to
draw up a new rite, including several forms. The hot
button for debate was so-called “general absolution” by
which a penitent could be absolved of sin without
confessing to a priest. This was a difficult debate,
compounded by widely varying traditions in both East
and West. Some were surprised to learn that the Holy See
had already given permission, during the First and
Second World Wars, for this form. In 1944 the Vatican
issued a decree saying this form was valid under extreme
conditions, which bishops in mission lands and Latin
America took as a kind of “blanket permission.”
Thus, the fathers of the Council were alarmed to find this
practice fairly widespread, not only in war, but in
peaceful places with huge numbers of faithful and few
priests. Although they eventually produced a ritual with
three different forms, the forms are not considered equal,
and the enriched and revised individual forms is
preferred. The enrichments include a welcome of the
penitent, a sign of the cross with an encouragement to
trust in God’s compassion, new texts rich in the Word of
God, praise for God’s mercy, and a dismissal.
Living God’s Word
We pray to recognize what it means to be a good citizen,
giving to our country what is needed for the support of the
common good. And we pray to discern wisely when loyalty to
Christ and the building up of the kingdom of God may call for
a response that challenges what civil authorities propose.
Oct. 19, 26
Oct. 20
Oct. 21,28
Oct. 21,28
Oct. 22,29
Oct. 23,30
Oct. 25
Oct. 25
Oct. 26
2nd Collection:
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
10:00 am-11:15 am Religious Education
2:00 pm
Senior Citizen Meeting
1:00 pm-2:00 pm Al-Anon Meeting
7:00 pm-8:30 pm 8th Grade RE
7:00 pm-8:30 pm Rainbow Retreat Mtgs.
3:00 pm-7:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration
10:30 am
Youth Group Soup
Kitchen
10:00 am-11:30 am 1st Reconciliation
Session IV
7:00 pm-9:00 pm 1st Youth Group
Meeting of the Season
St. Raphael Office Hours are as follows: Monday-Friday,
8:30 am - 4:00 pm. Saturday Office hours: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Religious Education Office Hours are Monday-Thursday,
8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
ST. RAPHAEL SENIOR CITIZENS
St. Raphael Seniors will meet Monday, October 20th at
2:00 pm (doors open at 1:30 pm). Speaker will be
Father Fredric Abiera OAR. Fr. Abiera is a member of the
Augustinian Recollects located at St. Cloud Monastery in
West Orange. All Seniors are welcome-come join us. Any
questions, call Mary Hanlon 973-992-9116.
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
Religious Education classes continue this Sunday,
October 19th, 2014.
1st Reconciliation Classes Session IV is scheduled for
Saturday, October 25th from 10:00 am—11:30 am.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be celebrated on the
following dates:
Saturday, November 8th &
Saturday, November 15th at 11:00 am.
For more information contact the religious education
department at 973-992-9496.
YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS
1st Youth Group meeting is Sunday, October 26th at
7:00 pm in the blue house. All high school youth are
welcome!!!
St. John’s Writes Us: Recently we celebrated Mass to
welcome back a truly inspirational couple who became a part
of our family at St. John’s. A number of years ago they came
as immigrants in search of education. They had almost
nothing and were often hungry. They married at St. John’s
and gave birth to their first child who was born with multiple
needs requiring intensive medical care. They received their
child with profound love and faith. I saw the mother sitting in
the pew cradling her son in her lap. I felt like I was standing
in front of Michelangelo's’ “Pieta” where Mary cradles her
son and is united with him in love and suffering. We are
reminded daily that God loves all of us, no matter how
broken we may be.
• Peace, Fr. Neil
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emergency demand due to special projects. General
responsibilities include performing clerical functions for
Office Services, pick up, sort and distribute mail, take
phone messages, package receiving, delivery services and
transportation. Must be punctual, courteous, flexible and
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Fluent in English required and must posses a valid NJ
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, Our Lady of the
Mountains Council #3533 will have an OPEN HOUSE
at the Council Hall on Monday, October 27th at 7:30
pm; refreshments will be served. All Catholic men, age 18
and older, are encouraged to attend to learn more about the
many works of charity and service to our Church and
community that the Knights do. The Council Hall is
located at 299 Eisenhower Parkway, Livingston, For more
information call: 973-533-9791.
•
ANNULMENT INFORMATION EVENING will be
held on Tuesday, November 12th at 7:30 pm at Saint
Gabriel Church, 88 East Saddle River Rd., Saddle River. A
staff of the Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Newark will
provide basic information about annulments; the
requirements for annulments and how to begin the process
of petitioning for an annulment. For directions call the
parish at 201-327-5663.
•
We are much aware of the crisis that we are experiencing
about the unaccompanied minors coming in to the US
through our Southern borders. Here is a link to the
Catholic Relief Services that includes prayers, background
on the situation and Church teaching about the situation:
YOUTH UPDATE
♦
Thanks to those who tried to come to our
car wash...mother nature had other
plans! Watch for a replacement
fundraiser.
YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY - Watch for the
Announcement of our first event for the season!
ATLANTIC CITY BUS TRIP
Atlantic City Bus Trip - The next bus trip to Atlantic City is
scheduled for Wednesday November 5th, 2014. For more
information, please call Sylvia Barrasso at (973) 992-9193.
OPEN HOUSES:
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MOTHER SETON REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Monday, November 3, 2014 at 7:00 pm for girls in
grades 5-8: “High School Night”. Mother Seton is located
at One Valley Rd., Clark, NJ, 732-382-1952 or visit:
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