The Catholic Church of St. Ann 45 Anderson Stree t , Rari tan, New Jersey 08869 †(908) 725-1008 St. Ann Schoo l (908)725 -7787 w w w . s t a n n p a r i s h . c o m

Inspired by the Holy Spirit, we the Catholic Parish of St. Ann embrace all as family

and continue Christ’s mission by exemplifying the love of God and neighbor as

stewards of God’s gifts to us .

September 23, 2012 ~ 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Corona, PA,KCHS ~

Pastor

Rev. James E. De Fillipps

Parochial Vicar

Deacons John R. Pacifico, Conrad Paulus

Permanent Deacons

Rev. Msgr. James Cafone Weekend Clergy

Martin Carrara, Lori Albanese

Parish Trustees

Sr. Dolores Toscano, M.P.F.

Superior and Pastoral Associate

Sr. Mary Klersey, M.P.F.

St. Ann School Principal

Rev. James E. De Fillipps:

Altar Servers / Youth Ministry

Tom Ellis: Athletics

Deacon Conrad Paulus: Baptism PREP

Dorothy Pacifico: Bereavement / Social Min.

D. McNulty / J. & M. Szeman / T. Miller:

Bingo

Theresa Mayewski: Blood Drive

Edwina Schurick: Card Connection

Mia Sena: Columbiettes

Susan Baker: Cub Scouts

Open: Girl Scouts

Christine Esposito: P.C.L.

Mary Wesley: Special Needs Prep

James Wilson: Finance Committee

Carol Rittman: Food Bank

Marge Corona: Golden Age / Lunch Bunch /

Atlantic City

Ken Swartz: Holy Name Society

Joseph Steigerwald: Knights of Columbus

Cathy Stevens: Liturgy Committee

M/M Thomas Brown: Marriage Prep

Ken & Madeline Swartz: N.F.P./ Pro Life

Carolyn Thomas: Music Ministry

Irene Roglieri: Parish Nurses

James Fidacaro: Parish Council / E. M. /

Readers

Laura Sullivan: Rosary Altar Society

Mass Schedule

Weekends: Saturday Vigil - 4:00pm

Sunday: 7:30am - 9:00am - 10:30am - 12:00noon

Daily Mass: Monday - Friday: 7:00am - 7:00pm

Saturday Daily: 9:00am

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday’s at 9:30am & 3:00pm

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. ANN, RARITAN

Monday, September 24, 2012

7:00a.m: Special Intention of Mr. & Mrs. A. Gasparro

7:00p.m: Rose & Joseph Orlando Req. by daughter, Janet

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

7:00a.m: Violet Nikas Req. by Rosemary Forte

7:00p.m: Italia Viola Req. by Maryann Viola

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 ~ Sts. Cosmas & Damian

7:00a.m: Vittoria Natale Req. by Brasile Family

7:00p.m: Howard Condo Jr. Req. by Wife

Thursday, September 27, 2012 , 2012 ~ St. Vincent de Paul

7:00a.m: Pasquale Ruffa Req. by Isabella Ruffa

7:00p.m: Norman & Josephine Czock & Albert Walakonis

Req. by M/M Shallanberger

Friday, September 28, 2012 , 2012 ~ Sts. Wenceslaus & Lawrence

7:00a.m: Nicholas Frodelly Req. by Wife, Shirley

7:00p.m: Marie Matteis Fidacaro Req. by Daughter

Saturday, September 29, 2012 ~Sts. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael

9:00a.m: Mary Eileen Drain Req. by Son, Daniel & Family

4:00p.m: Sr. Nancy Gallizzi, MPF Req. by M/M S. Forktus

Sunday, September 30, 2012 ~ 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

7:30a.m: People of the parish

9:00a.m: Angelo & Josephine Laggini

Req. by Cindy & Chuck Galvacky

10:30a.m: Special intention of Anna Carra

12:00p.m: Giuseppe & Filomena Natale

Req. by Daughter & Family

ALTAR CANDLES

For the week of September 22— 28 the Altar Candles will

burn in the memory (honor) of:

Altar Candle 1. In honor of Padre Pio

Req. by Anna Carra & Family

Altar Candle 2. No intention

4:00pm Mass

Altar Servers: Julia Harvis, Sal

Wiecenski, James Toolan

Reader: Carol Werner

EM: Jeanne Paulus, Michael

Florczak

7:30am Mass

Altar Servers: Christina Vaz,

Peter DeSantis

Reader: Jim Janci

EM: Marie Forte & Tom

DeSantis

9:00am Mass

Altar Servers: Michael & Peter

Albright, Chloe Rubito

Reader: Stephanie Kedziora

EM: Kathy Faccone & Julie

Fisher

10:30am Mass

Altar Servers: Bradley &

Trevor Meixsell, Damien

Barczewski

Reader: Dianne Bautista

EM: Sr. M. Klersey, M. DeLucia

Noon Mass

Altar Servers: Zach, Andrew

Haynberg, M. Berliner

Reader: Theresa Walakonis

EM: Cathy Stevens, Dr. J Mele

Ministers of the Liturgy for September 22/23, 2012

SANCTUARY LAMPS

For the week of September 22—28, the Sanctuary Lamps

will burn in the memory (honor) of:

Tabernacle: Janice Marie Basilone Kretch

Req. by Michelle, Todd, & Angie

St. Joseph: John Basilone Req. by Michelle, Todd, & Angie

Blessed Mother: Valerie Pieper

Req. by daughter, Michelle, Todd, & Angie

ALTAR FLOWERS

This Altar flowers this week are in memory of

Nicholas Frodelly Requested by Wife & Family

”St. Ann School Third Annual Wine Tasting” 29 Second Ave • Raritan, NJ

Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Wine & Food tasting • Music • 50/50 Raffle • Basket Raffle Call 908-725-1008 for information

PARISH NURSES CORNER ~ FLU SEASON

Due to minimal response to the annual flu clinic at St Ann's,

the parish nurses have decided not to offer flu shots this

year. We do, however, strongly encourage our parishioners

to obtain the flu vaccine. There are multiple locations offer-

ing this service without an appointment. Check your local

pharmacy, the municipal health department and your Dr's

office. The flu shot is a safe and effective way to protect you

from influenza, which is a serious respiratory illness. This is

recommended for everyone from 6 months of age and older.

Bishop Bootkoski Celebrates Mass to open the Year of Faith

All are invited to join Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski, who will serve

as principal celebrant and homilist at a Mass to begin the

diocese’s celebration of the Year of Faith at the Cathedral of St.

Francis of Assisi, Metuchen on Friday, November 9, 2012 at 7

p.m.. The Mass will be the first of many activities that the

diocese and parishes will hold as part of the worldwide

celebration of the Year of Faith. For information on the Year of

F a i t h p l e a s e v i s i t o u r d i o c e s a n w e b s i t e

www.YearofFaithMetuchen.org.

MAY 13, 2012 ~ 6TH SUNDAY OF EASTER ~ MOTHER’S DAY

Thoughts For The Week Dear Sisters and Brothers,

It isn’t very often that a child is put center stage to speak to

powerful people, but this happened in February 2011 when a

thirteen-year-old German boy was invited to address the United

Nations General Assembly in New York. Felix Finkbeiner was invited to deliver a speech to open the UN’s International Year of

Forests. Passionate about addressing climate change, he had

organised a tree-planting programme in his country as a way for

young people to tackle the problem. Within three years his project

had planted one million trees in Germany and he found himself at

the helm of a global network of child activists with the aim of

mitigating climate change by reforesting the planet.

In his eloquent speech at the UN – which has had thousands

of hits on the internet – he told the UN delegates, ―I don’t have

much hope that adults will do something and so we children will do

it ourselves.‖ He was determined that children should have a voice.

His reasoning was straightforward: ―For most adults the future

seems to mean twenty, thirty or even forty years, but for us children

the year 2100 could still be in our lifetime. For adults it is an

academic question if sea levels rise three inches or seven metres by

the end of this century, but for us children it is a question of

survival.‖ Felix showed not only what one inspirational person can

do, but how proactive the world’s children can be in building a

sustainable future.

In today’s Gospel Lesson, to emphasise his own vision of

leadership, Jesus gives his disciples the example of paying attention

to a child. In ancient cultures, children were the least important of people. People had children to serve them and provide financial

security in their elderly years. They had many children because the

mortality rate for children under sixteen years of age was around

fifty per cent. Childhood was a precarious time in the ancient world.

To serve someone as lowly as a child took an act of extreme

humility. It is not the only time in St. Mark’s Gospel where the

disciples are taken aback by Jesus’ insistence that loving, protective

concern for children is a key pillar in his social program. The

received notions of hierarchy and power are reversed. The first

becomes the last – a person with no status at all is suddenly given

top priority. The disciples have seen the mighty power of Jesus at work and they believe he is the Christ, and yet here he is

emphasising his concern for little children, who are on the lowest

rank of the social ladder, devoid of status, power and rights.

The disciples are told to review their notions of themselves,

each other and other people, and revise their relationships

accordingly. They must stop quibbling over who is the most important among them, because old hierarchical ideas are no longer

important. Jesus uses the small child as a benchmark of leadership.

Whoever welcomes one like a child welcomes Christ himself. The

main priority now is to put themselves at the service of others.

Yet isn’t it so easy to sweep the concerns of children and

other vulnerable people off our agendas? Who today is the ―child‖

of whom Jesus spoke? Whom are Christians supposed to serve?

The follower of Jesus is called to respect the rights of all children

and this means helping those internationally who are denied water,

food, adequate shelter and peace. It also means discerning who are

the vulnerable young people in our own society – perhaps those

from low-income homes or those denied the education and

employment that they would like to choose in life. Young people

are to be supported and affirmed. That is one of the reasons we have

Catholic Schools.

We Christians are called to show hospitality and respect to all

those who have low social status: the social outcast, the sinner, those

who are sick and vulnerable. It takes wisdom and a generosity of

heart to discern how one can serve these different groups, but Jesus

makes clear that leadership should mean serving everybody, not just

an elite, and esteeming those that society regards as unimportant.

Like the disciples we are very success-oriented, and we measure success in terms of comparing ourselves with others. Jesus

challenges us today to develop childlike qualities of energy, trust,

hope, and a love of cooperating with one another. Whether we are

nine years old or ninety-nine, the message of Jesus also challenges

us all to become young at heart and to love and to nurture our young

people.

In your charity, pray for the sick and the lonely—visit them if

you can. Also, please remember to pray for all who have wandered

from the faith, and all who have died. May God always be pleased

with us!

Monsignor Michael

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012 ~ 25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Did you know? The weekend of October 13/14, St. Ann will begin our Year of Faith celebration with an opening Mass and Ministry Showcase.

The theme of the Ministry Showcase is: “SA Ministry: Your Passport to Faith, Family & Joy! We have a large family here at

St. Ann Church and we would love as many of you to participate in as many ministries as possible. We have many ministries

that need help. We would love an increase in our lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Altar Servers, Catechists, Music Ministry, Ush-

ers, etc. Please come out and support your parish and see and hear all about our ministries after all the Masses! The Knights

of Columbus will be serving breakfast, too!

SA Ministry :

Your Passport to

F a i t h , F a m i l y &

Youth Group

Bereavement

Social Concerns

Columbiettes

Cub Scouts

Girl Scouts

Food Bank

Golden Age

Holy Name Society

Knights of Columbus

Choir

Lectors

Eucharistic Ministers

Alter Servers

Rosary Altar Society

Ushers

Parish Visitors

Our Ministries

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

We are a Stewardship Parish Offertory for September 15th/16th….……………$9,646.25

Peter Pence Collection……………………………..$1,630.50

Poor box …………………..……………………....……$97.00

Baptisms: Baptisms are celebrated each month on the First

Sunday at the Noon Mass as well as the second, third, and fourth

Sundays at 1:30pm. There will be no baptisms during Lent.

Arrangements must be made in advance and new parents are

required to take a Baptism Preparation class held on the second

Saturday of each month at 10:00am with Deacon Conrad in the

CMR.

Sponsors & Godparents: If you are 18 years or older, you

must register as an adult and be Confirmed in the Catholic

Church. If you are married, your marriage must be recognized by

the Church. This is especially important if you wish to be a

Sponsor for Confirmation or Godparent. It takes 6 months of

attending Mass to be eligible for both of these privileges.

Marriages: The common policy of marriage requires that

arrangements be made at least One Year before the date of

marriage and before any social plans are made. Either the bride

or groom must be a registered parishioner. Nuptial Masses /

Ceremony may be scheduled on Friday afternoon, Saturday

morning or afternoon; Sunday afternoon Nuptial ceremony only.

R.C.I.A.: We welcome all individuals who wish to become

members of the Catholic Church as well as baptized Catholics

who never received their 1st Communion or Confirmation and are

interested in becoming full participants in the Catholic faith to

contact Deacon J. Pacifico at the Parish Office at (908) 725-1008.

Reconciliation: The Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated

every Saturday at 9:30am –10:00am & 3:00 - 3:45pm.

Ministry to the Sick: Our parish shut-in’s are visited on the

first Friday of each month by our Deacons, Religious Sisters,

Eucharistic ministers. If you know of a parishioner that is

seriously ill or hospitalized, please let the parish office know.

Padre Pio League: Please join us on the first Monday of each

month for prayer and devotion immediately after the 7a.m. Mass.

Dear Friends of St. Ann School,

Our fourth defining characteristic of a Catholic School states

“Catholic school education is rooted in the conviction that human

beings have a transcendental destiny and that education for the

whole person must form the spiritual, intellectual, physical,

psychological, social, moral, aesthetic and religious capacities of

each child.” That is a mouthful of words but it boils down to

educating the whole child.

The St. Ann’s curriculum covers each of the areas

mentioned. The experience of each child exceeds the courses they

take. They interact daily with a faculty and staff mindful of each

child as a whole person destined by God for a unique purpose

that we prepare children to discover and complete. This shows

itself in the spiritual exercises, Masses, and devotionals that

students practice. It is the base of our discipline, routines, and co-

curricular activities. Our service orientation drives the practical

application along with the stellar example of the adults in the St.

Ann School community.

Finally, our counterparts in other educational systems slim if not

altogether cut opportunities for the arts. St. Ann’s maintains that

art and music are vehicles of expression for the soul. They are an

integral part of the curricular experience at every grade

level.

Next week we will explore how our school fulfills the Catholic

worldview characteristic.

God bless you,

Sr. Mary Klersey, MPF; Principal

HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULES

HIGH SCHOOL PLACEMENT TEST

Date: Saturday, November 3, 2012

Time: 8:00 a.m. It is a four hour assessment. Fee: $45.

Please call the high school of your choice to get an application

form and mail the completed application form to your first

choice school. Be sure your first quarter marks are on the form.

Bishop George

Ahr - Edison, NJ

Cardinal McCar-

rick So Amboy, NJ

Immaculata

Somerville, NJ

October 14, 2012

1pm – 4pm

October 4, 2012

6pm – 8:30 pm

October 7, 2012

12pm – 3pm

732-549-1108

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732-721-0748

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908-722-0200

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Help Wanted

Social Ministry is in need of a person or persons to shop for a

parishioner who is homebound. If you can spare a little time

once or twice a month please call Dottie Pacifico at 908-725-1008.

We want entire Families to “catch the spark”--as Pope

Benedict emphasizes over and over—so that we may

radiate our Lord’s Gospel offering to people around the

globe. We need your help to encourage the faithful across

our diocese to experience their World Mission Sunday

Family Celebration (including the Missionary Childhood

Association’s annual Walk-a-thon). ST.ANN MONTHLY BUS TRIP

DESTINATION: ATLANTIC CITY CASINOS

DATE: Thursday, September 13th

TIME: 9:00AM

The bus will depart from St. Ann’s Church at 9am! Please

call Marge Corona at 908-725-1198 for reservations.

Must be 21 yrs or older

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

The Week Ahead Sunday, September 23, 2012

Mass: 7:30 am • 9 am • 10:30 am • 12 Noon

7 pm: BINGO

1pm: John Basilone Parade followed by K of C picnic

1pm: Youth Board meeting (rcr)

Monday, September 24, 2012

Mass: 7 am • 7 pm

6pm: Monday PREP (s)

7pm: K of C meeting (cmr)

7:30pm: Parish Cl. Education Youth Commission (rcr)

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Mass: 7 am • 7 pm

7:30 pm: BINGO

7:30pm: Parish Council (cmr)

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Mass: 7 am • 7 pm

Choir: 5pm-Bell / 6pm-Children / 7:30-Adult

6:30pm: 1st Penance meeting (sc)

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Mass: 7 am • 7 pm

6pm: Thursday PREP (s)

7:45pm: Pastoral Council Liturgy Commission (rcr)

Friday, September 28, 2012

Mass: 7 am • 7 pm

7:45pm: Pastoral Cl Liturgy Commission (rcr)

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Mass: 9 am: Daily Mass & 4pm: Sunday Vigil Mass

Confessions: 9:30 am • 3:00 pm

Victoria Andrews Herb Arnold Bob Burns Amity Bryson

Bernard Cadden Joanmarie Carlone Michael Carrier Jaden Chambers Albert Charles Rose Ciatarelli Dominic Comandol Dominic Crisafulli Carolyn Curcio

Leonides Dalida Matthew DeCastro Corazon Delacerna Audrey DeLuca Gino DeLuca

Mary Ann DeMaio Michael DeMaio Vincent Facciolo Philip & Linda Farah

Mary & Richard Felice Kathleen C. Filardi Frank Forte Sr. Marie Forte Ann Frezza Shirley Frodelly Maria Fusca Teresa Galaini Antonio Gasparro Elizabeth Gecik

Gregorio Grande Margaret Grasso Bruno Grigoletti Ruth Gulick

Doris Kelco Linda Krajewski Bernadette Laggini Barbara Langon

Kevin Levine Joseph Lezza Marie Locascio Antonino LoPiccolo Carmela Loschiavo Victoria Lubrido Lydia Maiorca Mary Mangiaracina Victoria Melitsky

Marilyn Monger Anna Moretti Luke Adams Myers Ava Rose Navarro Emilia Natale

Josephine Occhiato Thomas Orecchio Marylou Orlando Olga Orlando

Rose Pacifico Yolanda Polidoro Frances Peebles Raymond Peters Lorraine Raia Sarah L. Ratkowski Teresa Riga Patrick Riley Adam Romano Cosette Ruh

John Russo Dr. Eric Jose Santos Marianne San Filippo Josephine Guide Sapp

Mary Sawidzial Nancy Schiavi Edwina Schurick Raymond Shallanberger

Cindy Sonnier Sean Stein Matthew Stevens Sr. Rita Tassinari Patricia Teague Richard Teague Andrew & Anna Teresak Anthony Tomaro

Felicetta Truppi Rena Turchi Allison Valverde Sergio Verdesco Richard Vetack

Vincent Viscariello

Margaret ZanGrando

Let Us Remember.... In our prayers, the men and women serving in our Nation’s

Armed Forces.

Major Michael A. DeCicco, US Army LCpl. William A. DeSantis, US Marine Corps.

Victor Dulay, Jr. U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John J. Houser III, U.S. Marine Corps

CW4 Michael Lopez, Jr. Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Morella, U.S. Marine Corps

Major Michael Morella, US Army Sgt. Dan Neville, US Marine Corps

PFC Daniel J. Salvo, US Marine Corps Corp. Jonathan Schultes, US Marine Corps

Major. Louis P. Simon, US Marine Corps PFC Jerome C. Sunga, US Army Jack Vara, U.S. Marine Corps LTJG Robert Wilson, U.S. Navy

Please remember and pray for our sick

The prayers of the parish continue to be with those who are in the

hospital / health care facilities.*Names will remain on prayer list for 4 wks

Life Chain Sunday Oct.7,2012 • Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm

St. Ann Parish will join with all our neighbors in support

and witness to the RIGHT TO LIFE of ALL people born &

unborn...We will gather on the corner of Mountain Ave. &

Somerset St., Somerville...rain or shine.contact Maddy

Swartz-908-872-0282 for more info.

St. Ann School is in need of a school nurse.

Anyone interested in the position can contact

Donna Bontempo at 908-725-1008 x113

2012 Bishop’s Annual Appeal ~ Christ Alive in His People

This weekend, we observe Catechetical Sunday and recognize

Catechists and Teachers as Agents of the New Evangelization.

Catechists have a crucial role since they instruct our people so they

can, in turn, go out and evangelize. The Office for Catechesis

strives to make lifelong faith formation central in all parishes

throughout the Diocese of Metuchen by providing all people, at

every age and stage of life, opportunities to experience God’s love

through a growing knowledge of Jesus and the Gospel message.

This is just one of the ministries supported by your gift to the

Bishop’s Annual Appeal. Please prayerfully consider making a

pledge today.

Rosary Altar Society - Installation of New Members New Members are being installed on Wednesday, October 3 at

6:30pm in the Church. Rosary will be recited after installations & a

brief meeting will follow the 7pm Mass. All are welcome. Kindly

call Laura Sullivan at 908-707-8535 for more information.