Dear Friends, I recently came across this Op-Ed piece, written by Anne Roiphe, a feminist and a pro-abortion activist, which had been published in the New York Times a number of years ago. I hesitated to comment on it because I know that abortion is a very sensitive issue, one on which good people disagree. But I felt that it raised such an important point that it deserved consideration. I hope that you may find it worthy of your attention also. Ms. Roiphe’s essay was entitled “Moment of Perception”. The piece was remarkable for its argument, and more so for its conclusion. Her argument was surprising because she took issue with one of the chief assertions of the pro-abortion position, i.e. that there is an absolute difference between what is in the womb and life outside of it. For some, the fetus is just a piece of tissue; it is not really a life at all. Roiphe argued that this claim did not stand up either to scientific evidence, nor to the experiences of pregnant women.

One need not believe that God creates human life at the instant sperm and egg merge to accept that the potential for human life is sparked at that moment. You don’t have to be an evangelical Christian to believe that a fetus will become a baby, just as a 1-year-old will soon become a 2-year-old, and a 2-year-old will become an impossible adolescent.

As I said, this is a remarkable argument from someone who supports abortion. She was agreeing with the pro-life position that what is in the womb is a human life, albeit in its first stages of a lifelong formation. She then, however, went on to say that abortion, although unfortunate, was still a right, even in late-term situations, especially when the fetus is severely deformed or when the mother is in danger. Why could she write this? Because for her life is a relative value, not an absolute one.

Human life is sacred, but sometimes not as sacred as another human life; the unborn do not weigh the same on the ethical scale as the born...it makes far more sense to think of abortion as a difficult issue, different at different months of pregnancy and at different times in a mother’s life. Sometimes it is a sacrilege to make absolute rules about things that are relative. We live on slippery slopes.

Ms. Roiphe is quite right when she says that abortion is a difficult issue. The women with whom I have spoken who have had abortions found it to be a very difficult choice and one from which they are still grieving. Personally, I feel for them and I believe that we have to do all that we can to help them and to listen to them to better understand why they made that choice. We cannot condemn them. Nor can we continue to speak against laws that allow for this choice without also trying to do something to improve the conditions that encourage it. However, to my mind, Ms. Roiphe has painted herself into an untenable position. Given what we’ve experienced over the past century and a half, we cannot assert that some human lives are not as sacred as others. To claim that is to justify slavery, the Holocaust, the Gulag, 9-11, and all the horrors of ISIL. It is, as Pope Francis reminded us this past week, to still argue for the use of capital punishment and of armed conflict. The whole point in acknowledging that there is an absolutely sacred dimension to life is to remove it from

the “politics as usual” that has led to such abuses as described above. Only in this way do we have a foundation on which we can construct a

civilization worthy of the name “human”.

Love,

Fr. Joe

Worship…Called and formed by the Word of God, we

worship our Lord primarily in the Mass. The Eucharist is

the center of our Christian life. It grounds everything else

we do, from prayer to our daily tasks to our ministries. If you

have any comments, please feel free to contact any of the

following Pastoral Council Representatives: Fr. Colin

Kay, Deacon Rich McGarry and Michael Kohler.

Pray for the recovery of: Facundo Daniel, Barbara LaForgia, Helen Kohler, Nicki Conaway, Ray Hofmeister, Virginia Sprague, June Passarelli, Barbara Spreer, Ron Barbarulo, Janet Blumka, Emma Marie Wyman, Evelyn Hedderich, Jason & Justin Leider, Kevin Barnett, Dianna Miranda, Jack Hermans, Joanne DeCaro, Brandon Higgens, Ann Millstein, Carol Gravel, Wendy Gratale, Richie Policastro, Jackie Manning, Stanislaw Tecza, Jean Calabrase, Louis Frances, Jarret Adamo, Matthew McGovern, Gloria Ranieri, Sarah Valenti, Dennis Crosby, Stan Tomon, Violeta Arva, Ken Macagna, Susan Hurley, Todd Hodge, Vickie DePadova, Louise Garcia, Emily Rao, John Rao, Carol Verbovsky, Kenneth Bodzak, Janice Ward, Carol Crosson, Anne Llewellyn, Amy Joosten Butler, Les Wolf, Gary Beal, Diana Lambouras, Thomas Brown, Mary Ann Cavana, Nicole Schepps, Baby Mackenzie Paulhus, John Falcone, Elise Bord, Vicki Purpura, Liz Morano, Baby Regan Doyle, John Cooney, Msgr. Joseph Slinger, Jayden J. Miranda, Brenda Reef, Mary Garripoli, Kenneth Michael Bodzak, Kelly Ann Ross, Kay McAteer, Frank DiGiaimo Jr., Michael T., Mildred Adamo, Patricia Salvi, Aliysha Malone, Peter Mastrangelo, Olga Marino, Tyler Dixon, Richard DeLorenzo, Brandon Patory, Alice Giegler, Baby Bentley Powell, Ruth Rizzo, Patrice Foster, Gertrude Mahon, Sean Cox, Ken Lisa, Kevin Considine, Baby Kaedon Ross, Glenn Endresz, Sarah Wilder, Krista Jentzsch, Patricia Hinchliffe, Helen Krajacic, Robert O’Byrne, Andrew D’Amico Sr., Anthony Frank, Janet Blumka, Anna Coletti, Patricia Castiglia, Linda DeLorenzo, Jean Conerly, Ruth Corsi, Rick Owen, Jeannie Girovasi, Natasha Santana, and Jay Paolella.

†Pray for the happy repose of † James Wardrop and Msgr. Augustin Park

The Bread and Wine will be offered this week in loving memory of Madeline Kowalski, as requested by Mr. & Mrs. P. O’Byrne & Family.

The Altar Candles will burn this week in loving memory of Mary Cook, as requested by The Happy Seniors.

The Sanctuary Lamp will burn this week in loving memory of Agnes Molphy, as requested by daughter .

6:00 PM MASS IS BACK STARTING THIS SUNDAY !!

Monday, October 5th

7:30 - Edward Cardinale – Mark & Linda Powers Holy Souls in Purgatory 8:45 – Sean McHugh – Peggy Thanksgiving to St. Faustina - Belinda

Tuesday, October 6th

7:30 - Mark Gashi – Leke Gashi Marte Gashi (Living) – Leke Gashi 8:45 – Lenora Mosca – Roseanne Anderson Ann Tranchetti – Happy Seniors

Wednesday, October 7th

7:30 – Cecelia Phyllis Doheney – Mary Johnson Josephine Ferrara (Living) – The Ferrara Family 8:45 – Jean Zanetti – CWV Post 1076 Mary Cook – Happy Seniors

Thursday, October 8th

7:30 - Mai Nguyen – Daughter & Family Robert Walsh – Leslie & Steve Glodava 8:45 – Leonard Nedswick – Son & Daughter-in-law James Waite - Maureen

Friday, October 9th

7:30 – Ida & William Fowler – Daughter Thelma Molemaar – Rich & Doreen McGarry 8:45 – Eugenia Tabudlong – Arnesto Family Harriett Fochi – Michelle Goetz

Saturday, October 10th

8:45 - Filomenia Zavatsky – Dolores Niemiec In Thanksgiving – Dalton Family John Bredehorst - Famly 5:15 – Nestor & Anna Pompeo – Patrick & Caroline Pompeo Camile Fenzlein – Debbie Milnes & Family Thomas Avanzato – Mr. & Mrs. Peter DiGiacomo Harriett Fochi – 5:15 Eucharistic Ministers Team Patricia Vaughan – Ralph & Mary Ann

Sunday, October 11th

7:30 - Mary Mannarino – Campbell Family Antonia Sanders – Panganiban Family Thomas Carney – The Lisi Family Thomas Romano – Mom, Dad & Michele 9:30 - Donna Stickna (Living) – Marie Tom Bostley – Eileen Bostley Bill Hynes – Mary Ann & Kitty In thanksgiving to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton - Ann Di 11:30 – Al Mosca – Hessman Family Alfred Vasile – Family Ralph Sanzino – Anthony & Vittoria Marinelli Camille Fenzlein – Doreen Urso Eleanor Wardrop – Elizabeth & Martin Ward 6:00 PM – People of St. Anne Parish

Let us pray for those in our armed forces especially

for: Lt. Col. Phillip Christy, US Army; Army Natl.

Guard; Pvt. John Pagios, US Army; Pvt. Kristoffer

Burger, US Army; SPCE4 Kyle Milnes, US Army; PO

2nd

Cl Jimmy Guerra, US Navy, PO 2nd

Cl Nicholas J.

Vanni, US Navy; Major Gregory Sugalski, US Army;

MM3 Nicholas J. Magarelli, USN, Master Sgt. Michael

VanPamel, USAF; Sgt. Michael Bourke, US Army;

PFC Lindsay Newarski, US Army; PFC Jason Dawson,

US Army;Staff Sgt.. Matthew Bauer, USAF; Brandon

Motto, USMC; Lt. Marc Sabatino, USN; LCPL Storm

Odom, USMC; Airman Michael Diffin, USAF; Sgt

Major Joseph R. Lobban, US Army; CPL Justin Scales,

USMC; LCPL Dominick Rizzo, USMC; PFC Jonathan

C. Sulinski, Warrant Officer Alan Harty, US Army;

Sgt. Bert J. Frullo, US Army; LCPL. Harrison James

Bruining, USMC; LCPL Steven D’Argenio, USMC;

Capt. Kip Rainey; SP4 Monica Saucier, US Army; Spec.

4 Brian Tarantino, US Army; PO 1st Cl. Mike

Tarantino, USN; Lt. Col. Marshall Denney; Lance

Corp. Marshall Denney IV; EO2 Michael Yondolino,

USN; Col. Patrick Frank; Capt. Daniel Curtin, US

Army; Capt. Erik Mineo, US Army; Corporal Joseph

Sullivan, SMC; A1C Richard Baldassari, USAF; Capt.

Donald Pump, USMC; and all those serving in Iraq and

Afghanistan.

ALTERNATIVE TO ABORTION If you know someone who is considering having an abortion, here is a number that they might call that could be of help to them to consider an alternative to this practice. The number is 1-800-395-HELP (4357).

BACK TO OUR ROOTS

Will meet this Thursday, October 8th from 1-2 PM in the Faith Center

MEDITATION A ROSE Joe Ricciardi

I bring you a rose

which you yourself created!

Did you create the rose

so that I could bring it,

or me, so that I

would find the rose

and bring it to you?

So, I give myself a rose.

Thank you for the gift

of roses which I give back,

with my hands opening.

I love your roses and you.

Can you smell what you’ve made?

I can! They are exquisite

as you must be

to have thought of all this?

How I wish you had hands

So that you could take roses!

I hope only that you can smell them!

They are like incense!

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTIONS

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

“So out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast

of the field and every bird of the air, and brought

them to the man to see what he would call them; and

whatever the man called every living creature, that

was its name.” – Genesis 2:19

The creation story reminds us of two important

points. First, since the start, God has put the entire

world into our care. Second, stewardship has been

around since the beginning of mankind, it isn’t

something recently invented by the Church. Just as

past generations built our Church, it is now our

responsibility to continue to nurture and develop

these gifts for future generations.

During October Pope Francis asks us to pray especially ...that human trafficking, the modern form of slavery, may be eradicated.

Eucharistic Adoration Friday, October 9th 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Concluding with Benediction at 6 pm

Please volunteer to pray one hour before our Lord.

Sign-up sheet in the church vestibule.

Science and technology are not neutral; from the beginning to the end of a process, various intentions and possibilities are in play and can take on distinct shapes. No one is suggesting a return to the Stone Age, but we need to slow down and look at reality in a different way, to [maintain] the positive and sustainable progress that has been made, but also to recover the values and the great goals swept away by our unrestrained delusions of grandeur.

Pope Francis from his encyclical Laudato Si: On Care for our Common Home

Word… St. Anne’s is a family of faith formed by the Word of God, especially as this is expressed in the person of Christ, in the

Scriptures, and in the Tradition of the Church. As we hear this word and take it more and more deeply into our lives, we

become ever more truly the People of God.

If you have any comments, please feel free to contact any of the following Pastoral Council Representatives:

Donna Stickna, John Hill, Carmie DeMerchant, Melissa Rovetto-Ruffner & Marianne Cummins

SAINT ANNE SCHOOL NEWS We are excited to begin using our Samsung Galaxy Tablets. All tablets are installed with Samsung School and will utilize Google Play for Education. Teachers can monitor students’ progress from the Teacher Tablet. Applications running on the Teacher Tablet will be viewed by the students on their individual tablets as well as on a 60 inch wide screen display. The display is also equipped with an overlay that allows the teacher to write directly onto the screen. Upon the completion of teacher training, students will begin to use the tablets. No longer is the classroom confined by four walls! Just one more way our parish school is providing an excellent education.

Saint Anne School is selling KidStuff 2016 coupon books. Each book is $25 and contains hundreds of dollars worth of valuable coupons. Purchase your book at the rectory during normal business hours or at the school office from Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Thank you for supporting our school!

Please join us at Frank's Pizza in Saddle Brook on Tuesday October 6th for some delicious Italian food. Eat in or take out all day from 10am until 10pm. Sponsored by the graduating class of St. Anne's. No flyer necessary.

www.stannenj.com Follow us …. @StAnneFairLawn

FAITH FORMATION NEWS

Sunday & Tuesday Faith students will be participating in a Harvest Food Drive during the month of October. Students are encouraged to bring to class any of the following items: Canned vegetables, Canned soup, Canned fruit or jelly

CONFIRMATION: NEW CANDIDATES There will be an Info Meeting for the parents of incoming Confirmation candidates (freshmen) on Wednesday, October 7 @ 7p in the Church Hall. Registration material will be available at the meeting only.

FIRST RECONCILIATION PREP - ATTENTION parents of children eligible to prepare for the sacraments of Reconciliation & Eucharist this year: There will be a meeting on Wednesday, October 14 in the Church Hall at 10am and again at 7:30pm. Please bring a copy of your child’s Baptismal certificate.

the praypen and the launch pad

are back Sundays at 9:30

Volunteers are needed for the Launch Pad, please contact Dee Sullivan at 201-562-4281 for info.

Volunteers are also needed for the Pray Pen, contact Jolanta Moran at 201-417-7094 for info.

NEW YOUTH MINISTER

We are proud to announce that in association with BOLD (Being Our Lord Disciples) Youth Ministry, St. Anne’s has hired a Youth Minister for both our Junior High and Senior High young people. Her name is Caitlin Seymour. Caitlin is a graduate of Immaculate Heart Academy and Loyola University Maryland. Caitlin grew up in and still resides in Rochelle Park. She also spent a year and a half doing missionary work with the Salesian Lay Missionaries in South Sudan, Africa. We will be introducing Caitlin at all our masses this weekend. We hope you will all get to know her and we look forward to a fruitful ministry for our youth!

R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) Did You Know…..

The Second Vatican Council looked back at how the early Church initiated those who wanted

to learn how to live as part of the Catholic community and restored the “catechumenate”

process that we use today (which is also known as R.C.I.A.) . If you (or someone you know) are not a Catholic and you are curious about the Catholic faith,

or are Catholic but have not completed your sacraments,

We invite you to learn what Catholics believe in an open and welcoming environment.

Our parish will soon begin a set of sessions to share with others the beauty of the Catholic faith and the

fellowship of our church family. These sessions are also opportunities for you to ask any questions you may

have about the Church.

We meet on the 1st and 3

rd Monday of the month at 7:00 pm. All sessions are held

at the Rectory.

Our regular sessions begin on Oct. 5th

at 7:00pm.

Feel free to join us. Please give us a call if you have questions or would like further info. at 201-791-1616.

ST. ANNE SCHOOL HALL OF FAME

You are invited to join the St. Anne’s School Advisory Board in honoring the first class of inductees to the St. Anne’s Hall of Fame. The event will be held at the Fair Lawn Knights of Columbus on October 23rd at 7:00PM. Dinner and cocktails will be provided. Tickets will be on sale for $60 in the rectory, after select masses, and by contacting Jennifer Caluri at 917-705-0044.

The first class of inductees includes:

Fr. Jeremiah McGinley

The Fogarty Family (John, Tim, William, and Ann)

The Caggiano Family (Joseph, Lisa, and Maria)

Donna DiSclafani

Dominic Gerardo

Susan Jacobson

Joseph Tieng

Edward Trawinski

Diane DePadova

Service… Impelled by the Spirit of Jesus, St. Anne’s strives to reach out to others. In works on behalf of justice, charity, and human

development, we seek to imitate Jesus in bringing glad tidings to the poor, liberty to the oppressed and captives, and healing to

the blind and the sick. If you have any comments, please feel free to contact Fr. Joe or Fr. Colin.

FROM THE OFFICE OF HUMAN CONCERNS

Many of the shelves are empty. As you know, twice a month we distribute food to the needy. We do our best to provide food (thanks to you all) and lend a listening ear that usually ends with a big hug! Please remember us when doing your food shopping and drop off a can or two of nonperishable food at the rectory. Most of all…remember us in your prayers so we can continue to do our job with your blessings. FOOD PANTRY NEEDS: ALL CANNED VEGETABLES, CANNED BEANS, FRUIT, SOUP, RICE, PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY!! Also needed are tuna, pasta sauce, mac & cheese, powdered milk in packets, cookies, pancake mix, syrup, jello, deodorant, face soap, tissues, paper towels, laundry soap, dish soap, home cleaning products, baggies, saran wrap, aluminum foil and toilet paper. Halloween candy for our pantry children. You can drop off anytime at the rectory. Next food distribution date: Oct. 7th Food coupons from newpaper: Please collect the inserts from the Sunday papers. DO NOT CLIP COUPONS!! Bring them to the church and place them in the third drawer of the small wicker chest in the main vestibule of the church. A parish family collects them and uses them when they purchase the food they donate to our Food Pantry.

ST. CAJETAN MINISTRY

We meet every two weeks as follows: St. Catharine’s Ministry Center - next meeting: Thursday, Oct. 22nd - first floor meeting room 7-9PM and at St Anne’s Faith Center on Saturday, Oct. 10th from 10am-12 noon. If you think you may be interested please contact Ed Grzesiak 201-321-5144, John Lederer 201-286-9354, Lou Cuomo 201-657-3838, Eamon Jennings-917-841-2558, Steve Zmuda 201-819-9026. You can also email us at stcajetan@stannefairlawnnj.org .

RESERVE YOUR SEAT ON OUR PARISH PILGRIMAGE TO THE BLUE ARMY SHRINE OF

OUR LADY OF FATIMA IN WASHINGTON, NJ ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2015

Call Hermie at 201-791-4499 or Dina Cabaero at 201-794-0999 to reserve your spot on the bus for $25. Schedule is as follows: 8:30 a.m. Bus leaves St. Anne’s; 10:30 a.m. - Confession / Gift Shop visit / Lunch; 12 noon – Rosary Procession with Blessed Mother’s statue followed by Holy Mass and Conference Speakers; 3:30 p.m.- Depart from Shrine. Space is limited. RSVP & all monies due by Oct. 5, 2015.

Urgent need for Bakery Pickup Drivers for Eva’s Village in Paterson St. Anne’s Parish supports the feeding program at Eva’s Village in Paterson with a dedicated list of volunteer drivers who donate about 1 ½ hours a week picking up baked goods from two local bakeries, Sugar Flake & Zadie’s in Fair Lawn and delivering them to Eva’s Village. We are urgently in need of at least two drivers to add to our list of volunteer drivers to cover on Tuesdays & Thursdays. If you are able to donate your time to this effort please contact Ed Gasiorowski at 201-873-2203 or Egasior200@aol.com subject: Eva’s Village Drivers. Please leave your name, address, phone # and email address. Call or email with any questions that you may have, and thank you for your consideration of this request and the Corporal Works of Mercy.

ST. ANNE CHURCH BLOOD DRIVE

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11TH

9:00 AM – 1:30 pm

BLOOD MOBILE WILL BE

ON ST. ANNE STREET

Community… Formed by the Word and by the Eucharist, St. Anne’s

builds community in the ways that we live and work and

celebrate together. In these ways, we experience the living

presence of Christ.

If you have any comments, please feel free to contact any

of the following Pastoral Council Representatives: Junie

Fuertes, Peggy Long, Eamon Jennings, Danielle

Douglass, Stephanie Kedersha, Joe Barone and

Terence Curley

EVENTS FOR THIS WEEK Sunday, October 4th Coffee Sunday – 7:00 am – 1:30 pm - CH FFL – 1:30 – 5:30 pm - CAF Stages – 2:00 – 6:00 pm – CH Confirmation – 7:00 – 8:30 pm – SCH Monday, October 5th PTG Board – 6:30 pm – SFR RCIA – 7:00 pm - CR SAAB – 7:30 pm - FC AA – 7:30 pm – LCR Tuesday, October 6th Rosary Society – 7:00 pm – CH Campaign Mtg. – 7:30 pm - CR PTG – 7:00 pm - CAF Wednesday, October 7th Play Group – 9:30 am - CH Bible Study – 7:00 pm – FC 1st Reconciliation Info – 10 am & 7:30 pm - CH Thursday, October 8th BTOR – 1:00 – 2:00 pm – FC Effective Parenting – 7:30 – 9:00 pm - CR Family Choir – 4:15 – 5:15 pm – C Cub Scouts – 7:00 pm – CAF/CH CWV – 7:00 pm – FC SCC – 7:00 pm - SFR Choir – 7:30 pm – C Friday, October 9th Eucharist Adoration – 12:00 – 6:00 pm - C Stages – 7:00-9:30 pm - CH Saturday, October 10th Stages – 1:00 – 5:00 pm - CH AA – 7:30 – 8:30 pm – CAF

THE PARISH MASS INTENTION BOOK

FOR 2016 IS NOW OPEN. EACH MASS INTENTION

IS $10.00.

YOUR FEEDBACK WANTED…. Hope everyone enjoyed our 4th Annual Street Faire. Now that the Street Faire is over, the committee would like to get your

feedback. How did we do? What can we change? What can we do better? We would love to hear your thoughts and ideas to make the Faire a better experience for all. To provide feedback please send an email o sasf@stannefairlawnnj.org Thank you all for volunteering and your ongoing support. We certainly couldn't do it without you!

Are you a stay-at-home mom or dad of children age 5 and under? Or perhaps you care for your grandchildren during the week? If so, come join us for a weekly Play Group which will resume this Wednesday, October 7th at 9:30 am for about an hour in the Church Hall. For more info, please email Meghan at meghan.lobue@gmail.com

Rosary News – Our next meeting will be Tuesday, October 6

th. We will be inducting our

new members during this meeting. Eucharistic Adoration will be on Oct. 9

th from 12

to 6 pm. Signup sheets will be in the back of the Church. St. Leo’s Rosary Society has invited us to pray the Rosary with them on Sat., Oct. 10

th at 12

noon. Prayers will be sad in the front of the school. They have a new statue of our Blessed Mother and are planning this event around the placing of the statue. Hope you can attend.

Holy Name Society – will meet at 10:30 am in the Church Hall following the 9:30 Mass. All members are requested to process down the aisle with the Holy Name banner. For more info. Contact Sal Scialdone at 201-794-3485.

GENNESARET, a retreat designed to provide a spiritual and temporal oasis for men and women suffering with a life changing illness, will be held the weekend of Oct. 16-18 at the Archdiocesan Retreat Center located in Kearney. The retreat will begin Friday at 1:30 pm and end with a closing Prayer Service Sunday at 1:30 pm. There is no cost for the retreat. For further info contact Hilare Reinold at 732-566-7237.

Oktoberfest & more fun ! Saint Anne Activity Board is the group around here that runs a lot of

different fun events. Next on our calendar is the Oktoberfest celebration on Saturday, October 17

th at 6:30 in the church hall.

For this and other social events to work, there has to be a bit of planning. If you would like to be a part of the team that sponsors these events, join us for a brief planning session on Monday, October 5

th at 7:30 in

the Cornerstone Room. Hope to see you there! Remember, at SAAB we provide the fun!!!

To our 2nd Oktoberfest! Saturday, October 17th

at 6:30 pm in the Church Hall

Cost : $25.00 per person Both German Style food other and food available. Dessert included.

Music by: Alan Quinn

Reservations will definitely close on Friday, Oct 9th (if not already sold out!) Tickets available in rectory. This is a BYOB event – we will only be providing bottles of water & ice.

Name______________________________ Phone_____________________

If possible, kindly seat me with:________________________

I’d like to reserve a table: __ Round ( 8-10 folks) __ Long (10+more folks) Make checks payable to St. Anne Church

Brought to you by St .Anne Activity Board (SAAB) - We provide the fun!!!

You’re very welcome

ATTENTION ALL 6TH, 7TH & 8TH GRADERS

The following are Open House dates for some area Catholic High Schools.

Queen of Peace High School – Sun. Oct. 11th from 1-4pm For more info. contact 201-998-8227, x21

Paramus Catholic High School – Sun., Oct. 4th from 1-4 pm & Wed., Oct. 14th from 7-9 pm.

For more info contact the Admissions Office at 201-445-4466. x104.

St. Joseph Regional High School – Sun., Oct. 4th - 11 am-2 pm. For more info. contact 201-391-3300.

DePaul Catholic High School – Wed., Oct. 7th at 7:00 pm. For more info. contact 973-694-3702, ext. 410/442.

Academy of the Holy Angels – Sun., Oct. 4th from 11 am – 3pm.

For more info & schedule visit www.holyangels.org/admissions.

Immaculate Heart Academy – Sun., Oct. 18th from 11 am – 2 pm. For more info contact: 201-445-6800.

Mary Help of Christians Academy – Wed., Oct. 7th from 6 – 9 pm. For more info contact 973-790-6200, ext 148.

Finance/Administration… A Christian community strives to steward its resources so that they can provide the material by which its various

ministries can reflect the parish’s mission to reflect Christ’s presence in all that we do and say. Finance Committee

Members: Ed Hughes, Bill Ball, Sally Quinn, Sheila Abate, Ed Trawinski, Loretta Stachiotti, Kristie Bednarz,

Karen Gillies, Steve Palermo and Jerry Cunningham.

Buildings/Grounds: Carl Shoemaker, Dave Lee, Kate Humble, and Steve Zmuda.

We are grateful to the 1,289 people who worshipped with us last weekend and contributed $12,601.00 in the offertory, $2,336.00 through Online Giving offertory

which along with other fees and donations, totaled $18,425.00. Our weekly expenses average out to $20,348.00.

Online Giving…

You have the opportunity to make donations to our Sunday collection online! To sign up, go to the St. Anne website – www.stannefairlawnnj.org

There are several ways to access the system: 1. Underneath the scrolling slideshow on the home page, on the bottom right-hand corner, you will see a

light blue icon with a $ sign. Click that icon to go directly to the system.

OR

2. From the homepage, check the left-hand menu options. The second to last menu option says

“envelopes & online giving.” Click that link, and a page with various giving options will appear. Select the

Online Giving option to be taken directly to the system.

Once you are taken to the new site, click on the section that says Create New Account. Next you will see New User Account Registration. Fill out the form and click “submit.”

When you are enrolled, you can go into Manage My Account, where you will see My Payment Methods. Here you can choose to have the funds deducted from your checking or bank account (you will need your routing and account numbers on hand). Under Manage My Account, you will also see Give a New Gift. There you will decide when and how much to give. (In the list, Offertory Collection means the Sunday collection.) You can select recurring or one time gifts. You also have the option to access all the other special envelopes you would normally find in your envelope packet and which are generally one-time donations.

Each time you go to Mass, get a card that says “I have made my donation online” and put it in the collection when the usher comes around. Thanks so much for giving online!

Please add to the cover of the bulletin as follows: After Alan Quinn Please add: Caitlin Seymour . . . . . Youth Minister Thank you