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Saint Bernard
of Clairvaux
Parish
Rev. Alfred J. Lampron
Administrator
PARISH OFFICE:
446 Mount Hope Road • Wharton, NJ 07885
Main Office: (973)627-0066 • Fax: (973)627-3631
Peter Helmer, Administrative Assistant
Parish Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
INFANT BAPTISM
Kevin & Sandy Hayes
CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST
973-328-6552
GRADE SCHOOL & JR. HIGH SCHOOL
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Sr. Thomasine Smith, S.C.C.
973-366-0184
MUSIC MINISTERS
Kathleen Carey
973-366-4974
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Raymond Dean
973-366-5874
973-366-2066
PHYSICAL PLANT
Michael Hardy
Confessions every Saturday, 4:00-4:30 PM and also at parishioners’
convenience by appointment.
Arrangements are usually made one year in advance to properly
prepare for marriage. Contact the Parish Office for an appointment.
PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK
Contact Parish Office for pastoral visits in the hospital or at home.
Eucharist ministers are able to visit the sick upon request. The Sacrament of the Sick can be celebrated anytime there is a need.
PARISH REGISTRATION
Registration Forms are located in back of the church or at the Parish
Office. Please register so that we may serve you better.
FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY
Collection every week
Lois Bateson
RECONCILIATION
CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE
973-366-1703
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
Joan Moran
Sunday: The Lord’s Day, Vigil Saturday: 5:00 PM
Sunday: 9:00 AM & 10:30 AM
Daily Mass, Monday - Saturday, 8:30 AM
PARISH TRUSTEES
Cecile Cole
Raymond Dean
973-366-8435
READERS
Marty Siebold
973-989-1240
USHERS
February 8, 2015 • 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 Edward Herda
10:30 Joseph Loverro
Monday, February 9, 2015
8:30 People of the Parish
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
St. Scholastica, Virgin
8:30 Vincent Boccio
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
8:30 Re. Jean Claude St. Martin
Thursday, February 12, 2015
8:30 Verna Sullivan
Friday, February 13, 2015
8:30 Tom Farrell
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Saints Cyril, and Methodius
8:30 Rev. James Smith
5:00 Peggy Amann
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 Barbara Elko Collins
10:30 Jack Schultz
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Spiritual Reflection
Mark 1:29-39
We can imagine that the appearance of
this group of guests at her house caused
Simon’s mother-in-law some distress; in
her illness, she had been unable to offer
them the hospitality so important in that
culture. But as soon as the fever
disappeared, she regained the freedom to
properly welcome her visitors. No
longer sick, she was able to serve, and
that is exactly what she wanted to do.
Without hesitation, she began to use her
restored health to care for others. Soon
enough, her hospitality was extended to
new levels because “the whole town was
gathered at her door” to see Jesus in
action. How do we use our health? Do
we think of it as a gift from God to be
put at the service of others, or do we
think of good health as simply our own
right? Today’s virtuous woman teaches
us about a kind of physical generosity.
Recognizing that her health had been
given to her as a gift, she in turn offered
her strength, her ability to stand and
walk and work, as a gift to others. What
a beautiful way to understand the human
body. Instead of focusing on how our
bodies can serve us, may we follow the
example of this woman who was so
quick to attend to the needs of her
family, her friends, and her neighbors.
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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson
There is something very valuable that we give
away free of charge without thinking twice
about it to weather forecasters, investment
counselors, and medical doctors. Call it our
trust. And link that trust to hope. Some people
might expand my list to embrace their
astrologer, bartender, or the person who cuts
their hair. We trust such people and freely hope
in what they advise. Only when we are proven
mistaken do we feel stung by apparent
gullibility. Trust in others is not a bad thing.
We would never board a plane if we did not
trust the pilot. In the case of true professionals,
it reflects our respect for their expertise and
experience. So we do carry an umbrella when
the weather forecaster suggests it. We get our
doctor’s prescription filled simply because he
orders us. We buy into a plan the finance
person recommends. As for the bartender, the
barber and all the rest it all depends. But when
we come to trust in our closest friend, we enter
a deeper realm, that of love. If that trust is ever
betrayed, we are decimated, and we join in the
melancholy that Job displays. All of this
reflection brings us to the contrast provided by
today’s Scripture Readings. First, we hear of
Job, a figure of literary creation meant to teach
us, as he lets out a cry of hopelessness and
lament: “My days are swifter than a weaver’s
shuttle. They come to an end without hope.”
But against that gloomy outlook is the bright
hope placed in Jesus by the people living in the
little village of Capernaum, which we know as
St. Peter’s hometown. As the Responsorial
Psalm puts it: “He heals the broken-hearted and
binds up their wounds.” Peter’s mother-in-law
and that crowd of the sick find their hope of
healing fulfilled, and it is a joy to learn of it. In
these times of wars and other bad news, we
have to resist the pull of the pessimist. He
defines hope the way a little boy once did when
he said: “Hope is wishing for something you
know ain’t gonna happen.” In 1965, naval
aviator James B. Stockdale became one of the
first American pilots to be shot down during
the Vietnam War. As a prisoner of the
Vietcong, he spent seven years as a P.O.W.,
during which he was frequently tortured in an
attempt to break him and get him to denounce
the U.S. Government in the war. He was
chained for days at a time with his hands above
his head so that he could not even swat the
mosquitoes. Even today, he still cannot bend
his left knee and he walks with a limp from
having his leg broken by his captors and never
reset. One of the worst things done to him was
that he was held in isolation away from the
other American P.O.W.s and only allowed to
see his guards and interrogators. How could
anyone survive seven years of such treatment?
As he looks back on that time, Stockdale says
that it was his hope that kept him alive. Hope of
one day going home, that each day could be the
day of his release. Without hope, he knew that
he would die in hopelessness, as others had
done. Such is the power of hope that it can keep
one alive when nothing else can. And hope’s
best spokesman is the Person who founded the
Catholic Church. Is that who you trust? Is He
your hope?
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First Friday Adoration
“Jesus wants us all to come to Him in the
Blessed Sacrament. He is there in person, just
waiting for you. Nowhere on earth are you
more welcome, nowhere on earth are you more
loved, than by Jesus, living and truly present in
the Blessed Sacrament. The time you spend
with the Blessed Sacrament is the best time you
will spend on earth. Each moment you spend
with Jesus will deepen your union with Him
and make your soul everlasting more glorious
and beautiful in heaven, and will help bring
about an everlasting peace on earth.”
(Blessed Mother Theresa)
All are invited to spend some time before the
Blessed Sacrament in adoration each First
Friday beginning after the 8:30 Mass until
6:00pm. There is a sign up sheet in the church
vestibule for each hour. Please join us on
Friday March 6th for this special prayer and
devotion.
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As a community of believers, who trust in
God’s mercy, healing and strength, it is our
duty to pray for those who are ill and infirm.
The following parishioners or family members
of our parishioners are in need of our prayers.
We ask God to grant health and peace to: Ron
Altman, Lois Bateson, Robert Birrell,
Jeffrey and Bob Budwick, Marion
DellaRocco, Kathryn Duch, Timothy Flynn,
Mario Giordano, Anne Kunzweiler, Bernice
Lawson, Eileen Mabee, Jean Mendl, Mary
Beth Modafferi, Alice Mulligan, Nancy
Orkin, Bob Privitera, Michael Salagaj,
Sister Thomasine Smith, Frances Spilman,
Ralph Sutton, Rob Talmadge, Hunter
Torres, and Melanie Torres.
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Catholic Relief Services News
You Did It For Me
Displaced Iraqi families could not be
more gracious, friendly and kind. They
come from diverse backgrounds—
Christian, Yazidi, and Shia. One thing
they all have in common: they have fled
their homes in fear. CRS is working
with the local Catholic Church to
provide relief and care for thousands in
the area. To date, Caritas Iraq and CRS
have provided supplies to 4,350
displaced families in Erbil, Ninewa,
Dahuk, Zakho and Amedi.
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THINK OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES
CLOTHES DONATION BOXES
At this time of the year that saying “out with
the old, in with the new” gets repeated again
and again. Think of that saying as you start to
put away all the new clothes, shoes and
accessories you received this Christmas and
perhaps place the old ones they will replace,
into the Catholic Charities clothes donation bin
in our parking lot. The clothing box revenues
help to feed almost 9000 people every month in
our pantries as well as fund other emergency
services for the poor.
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Religious Education Calendar
February 8: 6:30-8:00 PM Grades 5-10
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Sacrament of the Anointing of
the Sick and Hospital Visits
Due to confidentiality [Privacy Laws],
hospitals no longer notify parishes when
parishioners are admitted as patients. If you
know that you will be going into a hospital and
would like a visit from a priest and/or
Communion Minister, please notify the
Rectory. If you are admitted through the
emergency room or unable to make the call
yourself, please give a relative or friend
permission to call a priest, if you so desire.
Fr. Al will be happy to celebrate the Sacrament
of the Anointing of Sick with anyone who is
elderly, seriously ill or about to undergo
surgery.
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Saint Paul Inside the Walls
Speaking of Faith
Fr. Paul Manning will interview Tom Healey,
Treasurer of the National Leadership
Roundtable on Church Management and
principal of Healey Development LLC, about
his encounter with and response to God and the
integration of faith into work and life.
Madison, Wednesday, February 11 from 7:309:00 p.m.
St. Joseph’s Table
A Mass and gathering of men and women in
trades, crafts, and other skilled professions
(carpentry, contracting and constructing,
electrical, plumbing, mechanics, etc.) to honor
and celebrate that work and to reflect on
integrating faith into their professions.
Madison, Saturday, March 14 from 5:00-7:30 p.m.
Women’s Conference: Feminine, Faithful,
Fearless
A conference for women at any age and any
stage of life, affirming who we are in Christ.
Keynoter: Dr. Deborah Savage.
Madison, Saturday, March 21 from 9:00 a.m.-2:00
p.m.
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Shopping Amazon.com Can Support
Catholic Charities
Amazon.com shoppers can have .5% of eligible
purchases donated to Catholic Charities. Just
go to www.smile.amazon.com and choose one
of our three Catholic Charities Agencies to be
the beneficiary of your donation: Catholic
Family and Community Services, Paterson;
Department for Persons with Disabilities, Oak
Ridge; or Straight and Narrow, Inc., Paterson.
Thereafter, every time you shop Amazon,
Catholic Charities will benefit.
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Reminder
During the winter months, when we can
experience snow and ice, we need to
give extra attention to protecting the
hardwood floor in our church. Please be
sure to wipe your feet on the mat in the
vestibule or the rug as you enter the
church. It is important that we try to
keep the floor dry and free of ice melt
and dirty snow that can easily be tracked
into the church.
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Save this Date
Assumption College for Sisters and the
Sisters of Christian charity cordially
invite you to save March 26, 2015 for
the Fourteenth Annual Caring Basket
Gala at The Hanover Marriott, 1401
Route 10 East, Whippany, NJ at 6:30
pm. For more information, please
contact Assumption College for Sisters
at 973-543-6538 X227 or by email:
[email protected]
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Collection for the Church in Central
and Eastern Europe
Next weekend we will take up the
Collection for the Church in Central and
Eastern Europe. This collection
supports Catholic organizations that
provide affordable shelter and train
seminarians in a region that still
struggles from the effects of Soviet rule.
By providing pastoral care, catechesis,
and funding for building renovations,
your donations help to restore the
Church and build the future in the
region. Please give generously to the
collection next week. Visit
www.usccb.org (search “Church in
Central and Eastern Europe”) to learn
more.
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Palm to Ashes
You are welcome to bring your old palm
to church to be collected and burned for
this year’s supply of ashes. You can
place the palm in the labeled container
in the vestibule. Make sure we have all
your palm by Monday morning, Feb.
16th, after the 8:30 A.M. Mass.
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Lent, 2015
ASH WEDNESDAY
THIS YEAR ASH WEDNESDAY FALLS
ON FEBRUARY 18. ASHES, A SIGN
OF OUR DESIRE TO REPENT AND
BETTER LIVE THE GOSPEL
MESSAGE, WILL BE IMPOSED
DURING MASS AT 8:30 A.M. AND
6:00 P.M. IN CHURCH. ALL ARE
INVITED TO BRING A DONATION OF
NON-PERISHABLE FOOD FOR THE
POOR.
Spiritual Reading for Lent
Beginning next weekend, the Little
Black Books, and Purple ones for
children, will be available on the
credenza for your use in prayer
during Lent. Please take advantage
of this popular resource for spiritual
reflection during this holy season of
renewal. You will also receive a
copy of The Word Among Us,
containing the scripture readings for
each day of the Lenten Season, as
well as a daily meditation.
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