Mass Schedule

Saturday Evening: 4:30 p.m. Sunday: 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.

Daily Mass: 9:00 a.m.

Reconciliation: Saturday 3:45 - 4:15 p.m.

OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE CHURCH

1603 MARNE HIGHWAY, HAINESPORT, NEW JERSEY 08036

December 21 ,2014

The Tabernacle Light will burn December 21st through December 27th For World Peace, r/b Jane Komick

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

DECEMBER 21, 2014

M a s s e s Fo r t h e W e e k

Saturday, December 20, 2014

4:30 p.m. Raymond and Florence Ruble, Dec’d r/b Renee and Joe Rivera

Sunday, December 21, 2014

7:30 a.m. Anna Hopson, Dec’d r/b Renata Fanelli

9:00 a.m. People of the Parish

10:30 a.m. Joan Miles, Dec’d r/b The Ruggiano Family

12:00 p.m. Rosemary Waters, Dec’d r/b John and Catherine Sommi

Monday, December 22, 2014

9:00 a.m. Parish Memorial Society Tuesday, December 23, 2014

9:00 a.m. Mildred Byrne, Dec’d r/b Bill and Sue Robinson

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

All Christmas Eve Masses are being celebrated for the intentions of the Parishioners of Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish

Thursday, December 25, 2014

All Christmas Day Masses are being celebrated for the intentions of the Parishioners of Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish

Friday, December 26, 2014

9:00 a.m. Special Intentions of Deacon John O’Donnell r/b Christopher Ruggiano

Saturday, December 27, 2014

4:30 p.m. Marie Cheeseman, Dec’d r/b Her Children and Grandchildren

Sunday, December 28, 2014

7:30 a.m. The Ruble Family r/b Renee and Joe Rivera

9:00 a.m. Dr. Leoncio Noche, Dec’d r/b The Ruggiano Family

10:30 a.m. People of the Parish

12:00 p.m. Katherine M. Agans, Dec’d r/b Jane and Walter Zamkotowicz

Listed below are members of our Parish Family who are seriously ill and have requested our prayers. If you are seeking prayers for relatives and / or friends who are not members of our parish family, kindly include their name in the Book of the Sick, located in the rear of the church.

**Names remain on the prayer list at the request of parish-ioners for three months. If extended prayers are needed, please send a note or call. Thank you.

PARISH STAFF

Father Joe Noche

Pastor

Deacon Leo Zito Pastoral Associate

Ginny Fama Coordinator of Religious Education

Carol Nasife Parish Secretary

Esther Kubiczky Administrative Assistant

Jinny Bobb Parish Receptionist

Hughie Curtis Facilities Manager

Diane Dannenfelser Director of Sacred Music

Parish Office Hours

Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Office Telephone

609-267-0230

Office Fax

609-267-0372

Parish Website

www.olqponline.org

Deacon John O’Donnell - Rose Duckett - William Massey Frank Aleknavage - Ann Lees - Rosalie Koch - Betty Rizzuto

Joe Feigenbutz - Suzanne Rife - Gina Ieradi - Roger Manzella - Lillian Carlino

Mary Ann Kirvan - Bob K. - Joann Soto - Bob and Alice Furbee - Vincent Rogliano - Blanch Collar - Ginny Fama

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Lord God, Almighty Father, creator of

mankind and author of peace, as we are

ever mindful of the cost paid for the liberty

we possess, we ask you to bless the mem-

bers of our armed forces. Give them cour-

age, hope and strength. May they ever ex-

perience your firm support, gentle love and compassionate heal-

ing. Be their power and protector, leading them from darkness

to light. To you be all glory, honor and praise, now and forever.

Amen

Please pray for the men and women now serving in the mili-

tary, especially the loved ones of our parishioners:

Michael Blaser

Kenneth Fama

Chris and Amy Price

Megan Cobb

Scott Shaffer

Kyle Shaffer

Joel A. DeLuca

Daryl Caufield

PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY FAMILY

The safety and success of our military serving at home and abroad

defending our country should be prayed for daily. All should be recog-

nized for their outstanding commitment to risk their lives so we can

remain free. Members of our parish family are requested to provide the

names of their loved ones so they can be remembered in our prayers.

To include their names in our prayer list please contact Carol Nasife

by email at carol@olqponline.org or by calling 609-267-0230 ext. 16.

A Message from the Padre

On this Fourth Sunday of Advent, we light the fourth and final

candle of the Advent Wreath. This candle signifies the peace of God for all of us by

the birth of his Son on Christmas Day.

Yes, Christmas is the most joyful time of the year….it is a festive day for all Chris-

tians. But there is that sad reality that needs to be addressed, especially on how we greet one another during

the Christmas Season as seen by the secularized world that it is politically correct to wish each other “Happy

Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.”

My dear friends, we do not seek to impose Christmas on anyone…but as Christians we should

celebrate and rejoice in the birth of Christ and not be afraid to say “Merry Christmas.” Remember this is

just not an ordinary time of the year for us, it is the Birth of Our Lord, the most important and joyful time of

the year. In fact, the message of our Gospel is to rejoice in the birth of the Emmanuel who brings to us the

good news of salvation.

So on this Fourth Sunday of Advent… let us rejoice proclaiming Merry Christmas…and thanking

God for the birth of his Son …for if Jesus had not come into this world, none of these joys would be present

in our lives.

Fr. Joe

Stewardship of Treasure

Due to the bulletin’s early publication for the holidays, the collection totals for De-cember 14th will appear in next week-end’s bulletin.

In Celebration of Christmas the Parish Office

will be closed

Wednesday, December 24th Thursday, December 25th and

Friday, December 26th

The Parish Office will reopen Monday, December 29th

at 9:00 AM

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Fourth Sunday of Advent Luke 1: 26-38

Mary is a model and witness to the proc-

lamation of the love of God through

faithful stewardship. May we also say,

“May it be done to me according to your

word.”

READINGS FOR

THE WEEK

Sunday: 2 Sm 7: 1-5, 8b-12, 14a 16

Rom 16: 25-27, Lk 1: 26-38

Monday: 1 Sm 1: 24-28, Lk 1: 46-56

Tuesday: Mal 3: 1-4, 23-24, Lk 1: 57-66

Wednesday: 2 Sm 7: 1-5, 8b-12, 14a 16

Lk 1: 67-79

Thursday: Is 52: 7-10, Heb 1: 1-6, Jn 1: 1-18 or

Jn 1: 1-5, 9-14

Friday: Acts 6: 8-10, 7: 54-59, Mt 10: 17-22

Saturday: 1 Jn 1: 1-4, Jn 20: 1a, 2-8

The Holy Father’s

Prayer Intentions December 2014

Universal: That the birth of the Redeemer

may bring peace and hope to all people of

good will.

For Evangelization: That parents may be true evangelizers,

passing on to their children the precious gift of faith.

A Prayer for Lighting

The Fourth Advent Candle

Lord Jesus Christ, who is, who was,

and who is to come. As we light our

fourth Advent candle, we pray for the vir-

tue of hope, that amid the trials and difficulties of this

world, we may keep our hearts fixed upon you. May your

grace enliven us, strengthen us, and defend us as we await

your coming in glory. Through the same Christ our Lord.

Amen

Our Lady Queen of Peace family welcomes the new-est member of our faith community through the Sacrament of Baptism:

Jazmine Marie Meyer

CHRISTMAS 2014

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE

Wednesday, December 24 (Church) at 4:00 PM

Wednesday, December 24, Children’s Mass

Hainesport School at 4:00 PM

Wednesday, December 24 (Church) at 5:30 PM

Thursday, December 25

(Midnight Mass) at 12:00 AM

CHRISTMAS DAY MASSES

Thursday, December 25 at 8:00 AM

Thursday, December 25 at 10:00 AM

Thursday, December 25 at 12:00 PM

NEW YEAR’S DAY

(Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God)

Thursday, January 1 at 9:00 AM

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WORD OF LIFE December 2014

“Never tire of firmly speaking out in defense of life from its conception and do not be deterred from the

commitment to defend the dignity of every human person with courageous determination. Christ is

with you: be not afraid!”

~ Address of John Paul II to the Bishops and Apostolic Administrators

of Albania on their “Ad Limina” Visit, February 3, 2001

2001 Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission.

“We are facing an enormous and dramatic clash between good and evil, death and life, the ‘culture of death’ and the ‘culture of life’.

We find ourselves not only ‘faced with’ but necessarily ‘in the midst of this conflict’: we are all involved and we all share in it, with

the inescapable responsibility of choosing to be unconditionally pro-life.”

~Pope John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae, 28

Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission.

Religious Education News

NO RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES

Monday and Tuesday December 22nd and 23rd

THERE WILL BE NO

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD

Sunday, December 21st and 28th

Fourth Sunday

of Advent

As we close in on Christ-

mas, we begin to focus more

intently on plans we will

have to set aside. Maybe we

do not really have to make

one more trip to the store if

we have done what is essen-

tial for the coming celebra-

tion. One of those essentials

is “to belong to Jesus

Christ,” as St. Paul reminds

us.

Just as it is easy to get distracted by seasonal adver-

tising pitches and lose track of what is really necessary,

so can we easily overlook the simplicity of the Christian

message. If we allow ourselves to belong to Jesus

Christ, to build a relationship with him and seek his

mind in all that we do, then we will find the real peace

of this season.

EPIPHANY SERVICE JANUARY 6, 2015

Our annual Epiphany celebration with our

neighbors and friends from St. Paul’s Lutheran

Church will take place on Tuesday, January 6, 2015.

We will gather at St. Paul’s for dinner beginning at

6:00 PM, followed by the Prayer Service at 7:30 PM.

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church is located at

910 Marne Highway, Hainesport.

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PLEASE HELP OUR

RETIRED RELIGIOUS

Thank you!

“We can certainly call you friends

because of the way you care for our

retired members,” writes a religious

brother. Your gift to last week’s col-

lection for the Retirement Fund for Religious benefits some

35,000 senior sisters, brothers and religious order priests. May

God bless you for your generosity!

IS GOD CALLING YOU?

Christmas Open House!

Once again our Vocational Discernment Group

will meet on the last Sunday of December. The for-

mat of this gathering will be a visit to the Diocesan

House of Discernment where you will have the op-

portunity to meet and chat with some of the priests

and some of our seminarians of the Diocese of Tren-

ton.

If you are a faithful, single, Roman Catholic man

between the ages of 18 and 40 and are asking your-

self whether God is calling you to be a priest, you are

cordially invited to attend this month’s Open House

Discernment meeting on December 28th, from 3:00

p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at The Church of the Sacred Heart

Rectory, 343 South Broad Street, Trenton, New Jer-

sey, 08608. Join Very Rev. Dennis Apoldite and

some of the men of the House of Discernment, as

they share their experiences of the priesthood. Please

register with the Vocation Office at voca-

tions@dioceseoftrenton.org or by calling (609) 406-

7449.

SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRY

FOOD PANTRY

The Social Justice Ministry would like to thank those

who generously donated to our Food Pantry. Because of

you we have a well stocked pantry and are able to help

many needy families in our local area.

CATHOLIC CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN “To care is to share”

Dear Parishioners:

The Catholic Christmas Campaign, 40 E. Main Street,

Moorestown, NJ 08057 seeks donations from caring people

who want to make a difference in the lives of hungry people in

our area. Please consider a tax deductible gift to our worth-

while cause. Bishop Fulton Sheen once said, “You can’t take it

with you, but you can send some ahead.”

Merry Christmas!

William J. Begley

President

World Meeting of Families

“Love is Our Mission:

the Family Fully Alive”

We are very excited about the news of Pope Francis’ visit

during the September 22-27, 2015 World Meeting of Families.

The incredible, world-wide popularity of the Holy Father will

make his attendance and celebration of Mass on the Parkway

on September 26th a big draw for Catholics and non-Catholics

alike from all over our region.

People are asking the Diocese if they will be able to attend.

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is the host diocese and has

already begun the registration process for the weeklong events-

- except for the Papal Mass. We will have to wait for more

news about the Pope’s itinerary as it becomes available. Right

now, we do not have that information. As soon as the Diocese

hears, they will post it on their website, wwwdioceseoftren-

ton.org. For information currently available about the meeting,

p l e a s e c o n s u l t t h e m e e t i n g w e b s i t e ,

www.worldmeeting2015.org.