St. Mary of Czestochowa Church Established 1914

201 Vosseller Avenue Bound Brook, New Jersey 08805 REV. LEON S. ANISZCZYK, PASTOR

Rev. John Stec, Parochial Vicar

Parish Office Website: www.stmarys-boundbrook.com Rectory Ph: 732-356-0358 e-mail: stmarybb1@verizon.net 732-667-3660 Fax: 732-356-5348

BAPTISMS: Every third Sunday of the month at 12:00. Parents are expected to attend Pre-Baptismal Classes. Arrangements to be made at the Parish Office. Only practicing Catholics may act as Godparents. MARRIAGES: Specific time is set for the celebration of marriage on Saturdays. The common Policy for all the Dioceses of New Jersey requires a period of preparation for the sacrament of Marriage, which includes sessions with the parish priest and attendance at either the Pre-Cana conferences or the Engaged Encounter Weekend. Therefore, arrangements are to be made at least one year in advance and before any social plans are finalized. FIRST PENANCE, FIRST EUCHARIST, CONFIRMATION: Though immediate preparation is given to children before receiving these sacraments, it is expected that children receive a Christian education within their family life, through formal religious education classes, and by attending Sunday worship services. PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK: Arrangements for Communion Calls to the sick at home may be made by calling the Parish Office. PARISH REGISTRATION: Our parish welcomes new members to our faith community. Catholic persons new to our area must complete a registration form and be interviewed by the pastor. Please call or stop by the Parish office to complete a registration form. We should also be notified if your address has changed or if you are leaving the parish..

SUNDAY MASSES: 9:00 a.m.,11:00 a.m. (Polish) SATURDAY EVE: 5:00 p.m. MONDAY Thru SATURDAY: 8:30 a.m. NOVENAS WITH BENEDICTION: Tuesday—after 8:30 a.m. Mass HOLY DAYS: 9:00 a.m. and at 7:00 p.m. (English) Vigil Mass: 7:00 p.m. (Polish) CONFESSIONS: Saturday: 8:00a.m. - 8:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m.- 4:45 p.m. PARISH OFFICE: Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m.—12:00 noon

Divine Mercy Sunday

April 3, 2016

Once I was dead, But now I am alive forever and ever.

MONDAY, April 4 The Annunciation 8:30 AM + Samuel Chiaravalli TUESDAY, April 5 8:30 AM + Maria & Piotr Wdowiak r/o Daughter and Family WEDNESDAY, April 6 8:30 AM + Parishioners THURSDAY, April 7 8:30 AM + Theodore Zuchowski r/o Family FRIDAY, April 8 8:30 AM + Mary Krug r/o Daughter Nancy SATURDAY, April 9 8:30 AM + Helen Wawrzyniak r/o Theresa Rudnicki-Jones 500 PM + Kazimierz Roszkowski r/o Son & Family SUNDAY, April 10 9:00 AM + Rosary Society 11:00 AM + Kazimierz Zawrotny r/o Family

Reflections Today's Gospel picks up the Easter story, empha-sizing that life comes through faith in the risen Lord. After Jesus, the narrative focuses on Thomas. The other disciples, visited by the risen Lord, are filled with the gift of Christ's peace. They rejoice. The absent Thomas doesn't believe the witness of the others. He wants hard proof that what they saw was the real crucified Jesus. Thomas gets his proof. Jesus challenges his unbelief by offering his wounds and exhorting him, "Do not be unbelieving, but be-lieve!" Something else strikes us from today's first reading. This shared faith is a doing faith. The early Chris-tian community is not only a community of belief, it is a community of service, doing things that Jesus did in his earthly ministry. People are being healed of sickness, even of unclean spirits. Today's read-ings come full cycle. The Gospel passage ends by noting that Jesus performed many signs in the dis-ciples' presence. Later, as stated in the first reading, the disciples are doing the work that Jesus did, per-forming "many signs and wonders." What the world needs now is some of the Resurrec-tion faith that heals and gives life. And what we need now is to believe not only in the Lord but in ourselves as his disciples. Then we can do "signs and wonders," and so heal one another and offer one another new life in the risen Lord.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — The apostles perform many signs and wonders among the people. Many are added to their numbers. Second Reading — John, caught up in the spirit, envisions the glorified Lord, the first and the last, the one who lives. Gospel — The risen Christ comes to his disciples with peace and the Spirit. The absent Thomas doubts.

Please pray for the soul of

Gerard Barboni May his soul

and the souls of all the departed,

Rest in Peace

The value of life does not depend on the place we occu-py. It depends upon how we occupy that place.

PARISHIONER PRAYER LIST NURSING HOME/ASSISTED LIVING: Helen Consalvo, Bernadine Hnasko, Jim Kilcoyne, Stephanie Lazarczyk, Anthony Lazarczyk, Marie Matuszkiewicz, Adeline Melesurgo, Donna Rabke. HOMEBOUND: Jennie Chaya, Richard Freligh, Stasia Pavan, Nora Specian, Florence Suk, Debbie Vance. NOTE: Please call the Parish Office (732) 356-0358 with the names of homebound, nursing home /assisted living or hospitalized parishioners. Please also notify the Parish Office when the status of a parishioner changes.

Weekend Schedule - April 9-10,2016 Saturday, April 9 5:00 pm Lector Joe Pizzo Eucharistic Ministers Joni Kent Karen Graebener* Anthony Provenzano Sunday , April 10 9:00 am Lector Brenda Vesce Eucharistic Ministers John Todaro Ed Hagan Charles Ilsley 11:00 am Lector Dorota Sokolnicki Eucharistic Minister Frank Grodzki

GOD’S GIFT FOR GIVING On Sunday, our Generous Stewards of

St. Mary’s Parish Contributed:

Easter Vigil 7:30 pm $ 2078.00 Resurrection 8:00 am $ 1402.00 Sunday 9:00 am $ 3216.00 Sunday 11:00 am $ 1321.00

Total $ 8059.00

2015 Bishop’s Annual Appeal Grace, Mercy and Peace

The Office of Schools believes that the children are the Church of Tomorrow. It is our moral imperative to provide a strong foundation in both Catholic faith formation and academic excellence.

Holy Savior Academy, a pre-kindergarten through 8th Grade Catholic School will open its doors to prospective new families to tour the facility and learn about their programs. Open House will be held: Holy Savior Academy 149 South Plainfield Ave., South Plainfield Monday, April 18 6—8 pm Thursday, June 2 6—8 pm For more information on registration or to schedule a tour, visit www.holysavioracademy.com Or call: 908-822-5890

The Diocese of Metuchen, Consulate General of RP in New York

and St. John Paul II Parish, Perth Amboy, invites all to the

1050 Anniversary of Poland Christianity Saturday, April 16, 2016

11:00 a.m. Mass St. John Paul II Parish

490 State St., Perth Amboy, NJ 08861

OPEN HOUSE Union Catholic High School

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 7:00 pm Learn how our faith -based,21st Century learning environment will help grow your gifts and talents

in the real, virtual and spiritual worlds. More information, contact Betsy Thornton

908-889-1600 ext. 302 or bthornton@unioncatholic.org

1600 Martine Ave., Scotch Plains, NJ

OPEN HOUSE Bishop George Ahr High School

One Tingley Lane, Edison, NJ Monday, April 18, 2016 Program begins at 7 pm

Meet our faculty, tour our facility, hear about our tech-

nology, learn about sports, clubs and organizations. Stu-dent guides! Refreshments served!

All are Welcome ! For further info or directions, 732-549-1108 x620

Or on the web at bgahs.org

The Mass Book for 2017 will open next Wednesday, April 6. Please note that you are allowed 1 weekend Mass and 4 weekday Mass-es. Please respect this form so we can accom-modate all requests during the year. Thank you.

~ Love is God’s shadow in our universe ~

M/M Wojciech Bajda - Zofia & Franciszek Kowalczyk, Stanislawa Baednarczyk, Janina Bajda

M/M Piotr Bar - Matthew Bar, Augustyn Bar

M/M Nicholas Baumgarten - Marion Baumgarten

Mrs. Ann Bligh

M/M Michal Bogdanowicz - Maria Slusarczyk

Theresa Cleary - Barbati & Burke Families

M/M Wladyslaw Cygan

M/M Carmen DeCicco - Antonio CeCicco

M/M Paul DePass - Derek Diez

M/M Jakub Dziadosz

M/M Paul Gacek - Gacek & Romano Families

Karen Graebener - Agnes Farrell Graebener

Mr. Stanley Grzeskow

Mr. Anthony Guido - Eleanor Guido

Mr. Charles Ilsley, Jr. - Charles J. Ilsley, Living & De-ceased family members

Mrs. Theresa Kosinski - Domanski & Kosinski Families

M/M B. Kotelnicki - Jan & Sofia Milik, Jozef Kotelnicki

M/M Thaddeus Kowal - Koterba & Kowal Families

M/M B. Krawiec

Mrs. Myra Kurkowski -Stanley Kurkowski, Edmund & Jadwiga Brzuskiewicz, Walter & Jadwiga Kurkowski

Mrs. Barbara Lanner - Mark Lanner, Florence Lesinski, Stanley Lesinski, Fernau Family

Ms. Dawn Lanner - Deceased Members of Lanner &

Fernau Families

M./M Mark Litwinko

Miss Beatrice Mastrull - Mastrull & Rula Families

Miss Barbara Mendel - Mendel Family

M/M Bernard Murawski - Charlie & Nancy Murawski, Joseph & Maria Guzzon

Our Parish is blessed with those who remember and honor their loved ones with the beautiful gift

of flowers to adorn the church at Easter.

M/M Pawel Nalesnik - Zofia Chadziewicz, Maria Nale-snik

M/M Stanley Nadbielny - Nadbielny & Wlazlo Fam.

Mr. Sam Oliver - Mary Figel Oliver

Mrs. Maria Orofino

Halina Pajkowski - Jerzy Formus

Vinnie Papa- Jean Papa Morgan

Mrs. Christine Petroski - Cybulski & Petroski Families

Mrs. Anna Pizzo - Anna & Stephen Zayschly

M/M Edward Pryjomski - Walter & Frances Lewando-ski

Miss Martha Ptaszynski

Marion Ross - Arlene D’Alesandro

M/M Henryk Roszkowski - L & K Roszkowksi,

S & A Wiszowaty

M/ M Frank Sabecky - Louise Bohannon

Mrs. Rosanne Short - Short & Mastrull Families

Mrs. Nora Specian - Anthony Specian Sr.

Ms Veronica Tkach

M/M Vincent Vesce - Hobayan & Vesce Families

Mrs. Lucy Yannes - Campanella & Yannes Families

Mrs. Lottie Yefchak - Yefchak & Gwiazdowski Families

Today, Sunday, the first Sunday after Easter, is Divine Mercy Sunday.

The Feast of Divine Mercy will be celebrated at 2 pm

beginning with Confessions and the recitation of the Rosary.

The Mass will begin at 2:30 pm.

The program includes Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3pm.

All are invited to attend.

INFORMATION SHEET

Church name & address: St. Mary of Czestochowa

# 511246

201 Vosseller Avenue

Bound Brook, NJ 08805

Contact person:

Diane Urbielewicz

Phone number:

732-356-0358

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