daily mass in the chapel friday, 12:10pm holy days ......of the collin & lopez family collin...
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December 8, 2019
315 Prospect Street ♦ Midland Park ♦ NJ ♦ 07432 Parish Website: www.nativitynj.org
Church Office: 201.444.6362 FAX 201.444.5056 Email [email protected] Religious Education Office: 201.447.1776 Email [email protected]
Mass Schedule
Saturday: 5:00pm
Sunday: 8:00am, 10:15am, 12Noon
Daily Mass in the Chapel Monday-Friday, 12:10pm
Holy Days: Consult Bulletin or Website
Our Parish is
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Pastoral Staff Rev. George Klybus, Pastor Rev. Jason Mantich, Parochial Vicar Rev. Mr. John Ginty, Transitional Deacon Rev. Michael German, Weekend Assistant Sr. Lois Marie Parente C.S.S.F., Financial Affairs Ingrid Pineda, Director of Lay Ministries Olivia Harrington, Religious Ed. Coordinator Lorraine DeLuca, Religious Ed. Assistant Kaye Zbonack, Parish Secretary Jim Chiappini, Organist Ciarán Sheehan, Cantor Roberto Hurtado, Maintenance Supervisor Pedro Herrera, Maintenance Staff
Russell Kamp & Tia Patterson, Parish Trustees
December 8, 2019 Second Sunday of Advent
Mass Please Remember Mass Requested By
Saturday Dec 7th 5:00PM
Madeline & John Gurry Eileen & Don Rodda
Sunday December 8th
8:00 Mass All Deceased Members of the Collin & Lopez Family
Collin Family
10:15 Mass Vierheilig Family Family
12:00 Mass John Donoghue Family
Monday Dec 9th 7:30AM 12:10PM 7:30PM
Glenn Intention for the Living
Marissa Conforti
Maureen Jones
Family Julie & Tom Walsh Marilyn Nagle
Tuesday Dec 10th 12:10PM
Bette Roemke
Family
Wednesday Dec 11th 12:10PM
Harry Gordon “The day Harry met Diane”
Wife, Diane
Thursday Dec 12th 12:10PM
Alice Marie McGovern Fr. George
Friday Dec 13th 12:10PM
Intention for the Living
Marcia & Janet
Julie
Saturday Dec 14th 5:00PM
Eleanor & Charles Palumbo Patricia Wasmund
Family Mary & Richard Kunz
Sunday December 15th
8:00 Mass Rosella Murgia John Radigon
10:15 Mass Franklyn V. Robbins, Jr. Clemente Hermano
Mary Gedney Maryanne & Jack Kelley
12:00 Mass Bethany Ann Tomala Mike & Barbara Russo
Please remember in your prayers the sick who have asked for our prayer
Sandra Hanson, Joan Craig, Maria Morello ▪▪▪▪▪
Please remember in your prayers the recently deceased
Catherine Cowan, Giuseppina Gagliano,
Dora Di Giovanni, Alice McGovern, Elsie C. Pajari, John Saccoman, Florence Sergi, Ernie Carradori, Janice Fracassini, David
Palmer, Elizabeth Buder, Kel Kenny
December 9th
Monday Dec 9
11:00AM O’Connell Hall - Nativity Prayer Chaplet 8:00PM Chapel - Rosary Gathering Immaculate Conception
Tuesday Dec 10
10:00AM McGrath - Legion of Mary 7:30PM Church - Choir Practice
Wednesday Dec 11
1:00PM McGrath - Scripture Meeting 7:00PM Communal Penance Service
Thursday Dec 12
7:00PM McGrath- Knights of Columbus Meeting 7:00PM Chapel - Women’s Cornerstone
Friday Dec 13
11:00AM Chapel - Eucharistic Adoration
Saturday Dec 14
Christmas Gifts Drop Off 12:10PM Chapel - Mass
Sunday Dec 15
Christmas Gifts Drop Off
WEEK OF
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Thank you for your generous support of your Parish.
Weekly Church Offering Including On-Line Giving
$7,680
Monday Evening Rosary
Mondays 8:00PM in the Chapel
Weekdays following the 12:10 Mass in the Chapel
All are Welcome!
In this week's Gospel Reading and next week's,
our Advent preparation for Christmas invites us to
consider John the Baptist and his relationship to
Jesus. In this week's Gospel, Matthew describes the
work and preaching of John the Baptist.
John the Baptist appears in the tradition of the great
prophets of Israel, preaching repentance and reform
to the people of Israel. In fact, the description of John
found in this reading is reminiscent of the description
of the prophet Elijah (2 Kings 1:8). In this reading,
John directs a particularly pointed call to repentance
to the Pharisees and Sadducees, parties within the
Jewish community of the first century.
John marks the conversion of those who seek him out
with a baptism of repentance. Other groups in this
period are thought to have practiced ritual washings
for similar purposes, and John's baptism may have
been related to the practices of the Essenes, a Jewish
sect of the first century. John's baptism can be
understood as an anticipation of Christian baptism. In
this passage, John himself alludes to the difference
between his baptism and the one yet to come: “I am
baptizing you with water, for repentance . . . He will
baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” (Matthew
3:11).
In this reading, John makes very clear that his
relationship to the Messiah yet to come (Jesus) is one
of service and subservience: “. . . the one who is
coming after me is mightier than I. I am not worthy to
carry his sandals” (Matthew 3:11). In the context of
Matthew's Gospel, today's passage is followed by
Jesus' baptism by John, an event that is attested to in
all four of the Gospels and appears to have been the
start of Jesus' public ministry.
John's preaching of the coming of the Lord is a key
theme of the Advent season. As John's message
prepared the way for Jesus in the first century, we,
too, are called to prepare ourselves for Jesus' coming.
We respond to John's message by our repentance and
reform of our lives. We are also called to be prophets
of Christ, who announce by our lives, as John did, the
coming of the Lord.
By: Loyola Press
A Word
from the
Pastor
The Christmas Giving Tree is up!
Gifts need to be returned to the lobby
December 7/8 or
December 14/15
All the tags this year are for the Children and Moms at
the York Street project. As you know, the have very
specific requests. If you cannot find the exact item, don’t
fret. Just do the best you can in picking up something
similar. If you cannot find anything, please return the tag
to the tree as soon as possible for someone else to pick
up.
Thank you once again
for your continued generosity!
Each Saturday of the
Advent Season
(All of December)
Mass is at 12:10 PM
In the Chapel
CATECHETICAL MINISTRY
There will be NO classes during the
Christmas Holidays:
Sunday: Dec. 22nd & 29th
Thursday Dec. 26th
Sessions will resume on Thursday January 2nd and Sunday
January 5th
FIRST RECONCILIATION PROGRAM
All parents of children preparing for Sacramental Penance
are reminded that this week’s session is CHAPTER # 5
“Your First Reconciliation”, with the followings
objectives: to demonstrate that Reconciliation is a
lifelong blessing; to explain that no matter how far we
may wander from God, He will never stop searching for
us and He will never stop encouraging us to become the
-best-version-of-ourselves, grow in virtue, and live holy
lives; and to teach that their First Reconciliation is
going to be a great moment in their lives.
SAVE THE DATE! NATIVITY PAGEANT
Come and celebrate with us! On January 5, 2020 after the
12:00 PM mass, the children of Nativity will present a
Christmas Pageant at the Church.
CONFIRMATION JOURNEY 2020
Enrollment Forms for the 2020 Confirmation Program
were mailed and need to be returned to the Religious
Education Office by January 19, 2020. We ask that you
give your attention to the return of the information.
ATTENTION PARENTS OF LITTLE ONES Our well-received service of Good News for Little Ones
will take a mini vacation for the next two Sundays, Dec
22nd and 29th. We will reopen on Sunday Jan 5th.
We would like to thank our fine staff of catechists, adults
and teenage assistants for their service and dedication to
the Little Ones of Nativity. We also appreciate the fine
response that parents have given to this program.
Fr. George, Pastor
Sr. Lois Marie Parente C.S.S.F., Financial Affairs
Ingrid Pineda, Director of Lay Ministries [email protected]
Olivia Harrington,
Coordinator of Religious Education [email protected]
Religious Education Office
Church Office [email protected]
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The Church of the Nativity Prayer Chain is accepting prayer requests. Please call the rectory with your request.
How about considering...
Meals That Heal
Ministry
To be part of this new exciting ministry and
get your name on the list, you can email
Anne Marie Stix [email protected]
Be sure to include your name, cell phone, email and the number of people volunteering with you and their names. You can also help with a donation for supplies for the Ministry.
If you have a connection with a food market, we are looking for short dated foods suitable for freezing to assist with our food needs.
The Legion of Mary is a lay apostolate group devoted to Our Blessed Mother. We meet on Tuesdays at 10:00AM in the McGrath Room. Please consider joining this ministry and devote yourself to Mother Mary.
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Come to Mass 15 minutes early and be part of the team who makes Nativity such a welcoming Parish. Come by yourself, with a spouse or greet as a family. A rotational schedule assigns greeters to the Mass times of their choice about once every few weeks.
We are currently in need of Greeters for the 8:00,10:15 and 12 Noon Masses
For more information contact
Ingrid Pineda at the Church Office [email protected]
Join our Team of Greeters!
M
Wedding Anniversary Thank Yous...
Parish Advent Penance Service
with Individual Confessions
Wednesday December 11, 2018
7:00pm
If anyone would like to welcome Mary into their home with Her statue and rosary, please call Tom Potenza at 201-891-9366.
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Adoration of the
Blessed Sacrament
Fridays 11:00AM-12:00PM In the Chapel
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Church Bread & Wine Chapel Bread & Wine
Week starting, Monday_______________________
Your Name______________________________
Phone___________________________________
This offering is in memory/honor of:
________________________________________
You can remember a loved one by
having the Bread and Wine at
Mass in the Church or the
Chapel offered in honor or
memory of them.
Please complete the form and
return it to the Church Office
with your donation of $10 for a
Bread & Wine offering for a week.
Would you like the Sanctuary Light to burn in
either the Church or the Chapel…
in memory of a loved one
in thanksgiving
to honor a special birthday or anniversary
or occasion in your family
To donate an offering for the Sanctuary Light
in either the Church or Chapel for one week
in memory/honor of a loved one, please
complete the form and return it to the Church
Office with your contribution of $10 per
week. You can also visit the Church Office in
person.
(Please check one)
Church Sanctuary Light Chapel Sanctuary
Light
Week starting, Monday______________________
Your Name_____________________________
Phone__________________________________
This offering is in memory/honor of:
_______________________________________
(Please circle one)
The Thrift Store is now accepting everything
CHRISTMAS (ONLY!) This includes: tree decorations, books, villages, Christmas sweaters, etc. Items may be brought to the store on Mondays: Nov 25th, Dec 2nd, Dec 9th, & Dec 16th & Saturday Dec 7th 10:00 to 1:00. Your donation will benefit the Rosary Society’s charities. Please place #18 on the bags. For more infor-mation call Pat Shaver at (201) 652-6593. Your generosity helped us raise $571 for the 3rd quarter. If you have any thoughts of downsizing your
Christmas decorations, this is your opportunity.
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