First Saturday, March 7, 2015
8:15 AM
NO MASS
10:00 AM & 2:00 PM - CONFIRMATION
5:20 PM
Novena to St. Gerard
5:30 PM
† Kowal Family
† John Forman
† Lisa Leone Kulik
† Rose Brino
† Vitus Okwuosa
Sunday, March 8, 2015
7:30 AM
Special Intentions for the Homeless
9:00 AM
† Marion Pizza
† Michael Moreschi
† Sr. Rosemary Napolitano OSF
† Fr. Jose Lisboa de Oliveira
10:30 AM
† Anthony Forgione
† Angelo Franchino
† Vitus Okwuosa
† Joseph Faraci
† Enzo DePaola
12:00 Noon
† Laurence Harrington
† Bahazar Orleans
† Rose Jones
1:30 PM
† Rosa Esther Olivares
Hermandad del Senor de los Milagros
Monday, March 9, 2015
6:30 AM
† Josephine Hancock
8:15 AM
† Anna Galante
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Confessions and Adoration
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
6:30 AM
Special Intentions for Merlin Becker
8:15 AM
† Robert Hopper
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
6:30 AM
† Sr. Bethany Maak
8:15 AM
Dylan Becker
Thursday, March 12, 2015
6:30 AM
† Anthony Fiduccia
8:15 AM
Priests and Sisters of St. Mary’s and
St. Gerard’s – Past and Present
7:00 PM
Spanish Prayer Group
Friday, March 13, 2015
6:30 AM
† Rev. James Smith
8:15 AM
† Deceased staff of Charles J. Sheridan
† † † † Stations of the Cross††††
7:30 AM and 12:30 PM-English;
7:00 PM – Spanish
Saturday, March 14, 2015
8:15 AM
5:20 PM
5:30 PM
Birthday Blessings for Nancy Mattera
Novena to St. Gerard
† Lisa Leone Kulik
† Hiener Posada
† Jeanine Hundt
† Rose Brino
Saturday, March 14, 2015 – Cont’d.
† Vitus Okwuosa
Sunday, March 15, 2015- SCHOOL TRICKY TRAY
7:30 AM
Special Intentions for St. Gerard students
9:00 AM
† Joseph Azzolina
10:30 AM
† Michelle Dolese
† Filippo & Nina Vricella
† Vitus Okwuosa
† Fr. Jose Lisboa de Oliveira
12:00 Noon
†Susan R. McLaughlin – 1st Aanniversary
† Marilyn Fontanella
† Pio Pecci
† Rose Jones
1:30 PM
Pedro Delgado Martinez por su salud
The Third Sunday of
Lent
The Lord, Our God is not only a
Great and Awesome God. He is also
a Jealous God who brought the
Israelites out of the land of Egypt,
that place of slavery. When he did
this, he told the Israelites they were
to have no other gods besides him.
His message is the same for us.
God wants us all for himself, not as
a demanding dictator, but as a loving and
compassionate Father. For this reason, he has given
us the Ten Commandments, as orders of instruction
informing us what we must not do, and telling us what
we should do, if we truly desire to live according to his
law which is always perfect.
As we aim for Christian perfection, let us keep in mind
the account of Jesus cleansing the temple. In doing
so, we can easily focus on the anger of Jesus at
those using the temple for their own selfish reasons.
While this is vital to do, it is even more important that
we recall the power of authority Jesus communicates
with these words “Destroy this Temple and in three
days I will raise it up”. He was speaking of the temple
of his body. When he was raised his disciples
remembered him saying this.
As we continue our Lenten Journey, let us remember
this: Jesus Died, Jesus Has Risen from the dead, and
he lives to intercede for us, but he also challenges us
to take up our Cross every day and follow him
realizing our God is a jealous God. He wants us all for
himself. The question for us to answer is: Do we want
him in our life? We answer that question not only by
the words we say, but how we live each and every
day.
May God Bless You
Fr. James Butts, Parochial Vicar
Pray for the Gift of Healings
for our loved-ones and friends
Your gifts, blessings and generous donations to our
Parish Community were as follows:
March 1 - Total: $3113.00
Envelopes: 141
Thank you for your continued generous
offerings and donations. Please remember to use your
parishioner envelopes.
If you missed Mass, please try to make up your weekly
contribution. Thank You…
Anointing of the Sick
Bring your Sick Brothers and Sisters for the
Anointing of the Sick at St. Gerard’s Church after
the 8:15 AM Mass every third Wednesday of the
month. The next anointing will take place on:
Wednesday, March 18th.
Padre Pio’s Mass
Schedule
The Mass will take place at St.
Gerard Majella Church on:
Friday, March 27, 2015 at 7:00 PM
COME JOIN US…
Sunday: 10:30 AM - Fr. James
Monday: 7:30 PM - Fr. Leo
Wednesday: 7:00 PM - Fr. Rijo
Deceased Parishioners:
Please keep in your prayers those of
our parishioners, family or friends who
have entered into eternal rest. Eternal
rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let
the eternal light shine upon them. Amen
Monday: 7:45 AM
Friday: 7:45 AM
Sorrowful Mysteries
Sorrowful Mysteries
“Honey” Emond
Ann Vricelli
Alice Swan
Anna Avolio
Andrea Colon
Sandra Scala
Angelina Franco
Baby Karina
Ann Tintle
Betty & Mickey Vatrano
Sofia Ferreira
Tuesday: 7:45 AM
Saturday: 7:45 AM
Sorrowful Mysteries
Sorrowful Mysteries
Carlos Trejos
Giovanna Cannata
Carol Ramundo
Irene Petrosi
Eleanor Verlardi
Irene Sciro
Florence Knapp
Isidro DeJesus
George Baskinger
Sophie Thomas
Jack Farnese
Teresa LaRusso
Wednesday: 7:45 AM
Sunday: 8:40 AM
Sorrowful Mysteries
Sorrowful Mysteries
Jayne Sullivan
Laraine DeFeo
Jim Hill
Joan Antonucci
John Church
Louis & Kathy Mazzei
Joseph Valle
M. L. Robertson
Kay Stasiak
Toddler Karolina Ranu
Mary Calvetti
Tony & Millie DeFlora
Thursday: 7:45 AM
Sunday: 11:45 AM
Sorrowful Mysteries
Sorrowful Mysteries
Mary Montefusco
Olga Serraro
Matthew Piatt
Otilia Bermudez
Melissa Ramundo
Robert Carella
Michele Farnese
Robert Maggio Sr.
Nelda Burke
Rose Marchioni
Lucy Lobo
There will be no 12:30 PM
Stations of the Cross on
Friday, March 27th.
Sanctuary
Lamp
Flowers
The
Sanctuary
Lamp burns in
loving
memory of
Rose
Brino
Flowers are
given this
week in
loving honor
of Our
Blessed
Virgin Mary
Time
5:30 PM
7:30 AM
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
12:00 PM
1:30 PM
Time
5:30 PM
7:30 AM
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
12:00 PM
1:30 PM
The Bread
and Wine
The Bread and
Wine is offered
In loving
memory of
Norman
Gravino
LECTOR SCHEDULE
Weekend of Mar. 14th and 15th
Mass
Name
English
English
English
English
English
Spanish
June and Lillian
Cathy and Debbie
Ruth and Evelyn
Sharlen/Concetta and June
Regina and Carmella
Milagros Urena &
Zenayda Gutierrez
EUCHARISTIC MINISTER LIST
Weekend of Mar. 14th and 15th
Mass
Name
English
English
English
English
English
Spanish
Carol, Marie, and George
Louis Pastena
Pattie
Lucy & Jr.
Lisa and Noel
Carmen Sanchez
CHOIR RETREAT
SATURDAY, MARCH 14TH
Celebrant: Fr. Rijo Johnson, S.D.V.,
Pastor
Mass, Confessions and Adoration
9:30 AM to 4:00 PM
ST. JOSEPH’S TABLE
Will take place at St. Joseph’s Center after all
Masses on the weekend of
Mar. 21st and 22nd.
CONFESSIONS/EVENING PRAYERS and
ADORATION during Lent
Mondays: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
During the week: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
ST. GERARD’S
Rosary Altar Society
Present
“A Day of Recollection”
Saturday, March 29,2015
Mass will start at 11:00 AM
The Third Sunday of Lent
3/8/15-Sunday-Ex 20:1-17 or 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17; 1 Cor
1:22-25; Jn 2:13-25
3/9/15-Monday-2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Lk 4:24-30
3/10/15-Tuesday-Dn 3:25, 34-43; Mt 18:21-35
3/11/15-Wednesday-Dt 4:1, 5-9; Mt 5:17-19
3/12/15-Thursday-Jer 7:23-28; Lk 11:14-23
3/13/15-Friday-Hos 14:2-10; Mk 12:28-34
3/14/15-Saturday-Hos 6:1-6; Lk 18:9-14
Followed by lunch at St. Joseph’s Hall.
Please bring your own lunch.
Beverages and dessert will be provided.
Guest Speaker: Fr. James Butts, SDV
Join us in prayer. All are welcome.
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If you know of anyone in the parish who is sick,
homebound and needs communion, confession, any
sacramental needs or just a visit, please contact The
Rectory at (973) 595-8446. We will arrange for a
Priest to visit them. Visited this week were: Lucy
Lobo, Catherine Gravino.
Out of
the
Temple
ST. GERARD MAJELLA SCHOOL
presents
John 2:13-25
When
Jesus saw
the
moneychangers, merchants, sheep, oxen and
doves at the Temple, he became angered, not
because of what they were doing, but because of
where they were doing it. The old law required
animal sacrifice, so the availability of the proper
animals for purchase wasn’t at issue. But making
the act of worship into a commercial, for-profit
enterprise by selling those animals within the
Temple itself made a mockery of a sacred duty.
Points to Ponder: When I attend Mass, am I
fully aware that I am in the presence of God
during that time?
TRICKY TRAY
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Doors Open at 1:00 PM
Admission: $15.00
(which includes 1 sheet of tickets)
Free Coffee and Cake
St. Gerard Majella Parish Center
Call 973-595-5640
We are gratefully accepting items you would
like to donate to our Tricky Tray.
PALM WEAVING
St. Frances of
Rome
Feast Day: March 9th
Italian Saint, wife,
mother, mystic,
organizer of Charitable
services and a Benedict
oblate who founded a religious community of
oblates who share a common life without
religious vows.
Canonized in 1608, Rome, Papal States, by
Pope Paul V. Patron of Benedictine oblates and
automobile drivers.
Major shrine: Church of Santa Francesca
Romana, Rome, Italy.
Will begin on Tuesday,
March 17th at the
Rectory. Weaving of the
palms is from 10:00 to
2:00 PM weekly from
Tuesday to Friday at the Rectory.
We are in need of volunteers to strip and
clean the Palms and learn how to braid
them.
Please place your orders in advance.
Call Concetta at 973-956-7867 or the
Rectory, 973-595-8446.
Want to Learn? Palm braiding classes
will be held on Thurs and Fri,, Mar
12th and 13th.