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St. Michael’s Parish Family Served by: Rev. Stanley S. Kostrzomb, Pastor Rev. Jerzy Pikuliński, Parochial Vicar Rev. George Sharp, Assistant in Residence Deacon Reynaldo Trinidad Gene DeHaven and Michelle Latko, Trustees Mary Ann Lesny, Parish Secretary Genevieve Mazur, Director of Liturgical Music Roberta Pocius, Director of Angel Academy Gene DeHaven, Director of Religious Ed Telephone Numbers: Parish Office: (201) 939-1161 Fax: (201) 939-7571 Angel Academy: (201) 939-0350 Parish Web Site: www.st-michael.org Parish e-mail: stmichaellyndhurst@gmail.com Rosary Society: Meetings take place on the 2nd

Monday of each month (except July and August) in the Rectory Meeting Room. New members are welcomed

Holy Name Society: Meetings take place on the

2nd Thursday of each month (except July and August) in the Rectory Meeting Room. New members are welcomed

Kancelaria Parafialna Czynna:

Od poniedziałku do piątku: 9:00 do 17:00

Chrzty:

W każdą niedzielę o 13:00. Od 1 stycznia 2018 (do odwołania) z powodów organizacyjnych nie przyjmujemy Chrztów w czasie Mszy św. Prosimy o zgłoszenie się po informacje do któregoś z księży lub kancelarii parafialnej

Śpowiedź: Dni powszednie: przed każdą Mszą Św. Dodatkowo w sobotę: 16:00-17:00 Sakrament Chorych:

W sprawie odwiedzin chorych, w domu lub w szpitalu, proszę dzwonić do kancelarii parafialnej

Sakrament Małżeństwa:

Należy zgłosić się do jednego z księży mini-mum rok przed planowanym terminem ślubu

Nauka Religii:

Dla wszystkich dzieci szkół publicznych. Zajecia rozpoczynają się w niedzielę Msza św. o 9:00 i konczą o 11:15. Dwa lata programu przygotowawczego sa wymagane aby przystą-pić do Pierwszej Spowiedzi i Komunii Św, oraz 8 lat aby przystąpić do Bierzmowania.

Polska Szkoła: Nauka odbywa się w piątki od 17:00 do 20:00

Rectory and Parish Office: 624 Page Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Sunday Masses:

Anticipated Saturday evening at: 5:00 PM Sunday: at 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:15 AM (in Polish), and 11:30 AM

Monday through Friday Masses: 7:00 AM and Noon Saturday Mass: 7:30AM Holy Days:

Please, see second page for schedule Sacrament of Reconciliation - Confession: Weekdays and Sundays: Before each Mass Saturday: 4:00 to 5:00 PM Miraculous Medal Novena: Mondays at 7:00 PM Sacrament of Baptism: Call the rectory for scheduling and preparation Sacrament of Matrimony:

Engaged couples should make arrangements at least one year prior to their wedding. Call the rectory to speak to one of the priests for scheduling and preparation

Sacrament of the Sick: Urgent calls at any time. Holy Communion

and visitation by arrangement With Song:

St. Michael’s English Choir and St. Cecilia’s Polish Choir welcome new members. Please, call the rectory

Teaching the Good News: Angel Academy: Offering Pre-K 3 & Pre-K 4 Program

CCD on Sunday Mornings:

Religious education and Sacramental preparation for Public School Students in grades 1-8. Class begins with Mass at 9:00 AM in Church and ends in the classroom at 11:00 AM. Two years of preparation are required for the Sacraments of First Penance and First Holy Communion, and 8 years for the Sacrament of Confirmation

SATURDAY– JANUARY 26- SOBOTA 7:30 † Richard Przebieglec—Mr. & Mrs. James DeQuinzio 5:00PM † Jeffrey Grasso—Family SUNDAY—JANUARY 27—NIEDZIELA 7:30 Special Blessings for Rita Huryk—Will 9:00 † Regina Nielsen (3rd Anniv) - Family 10:15 † Adam Debski—Daughter & Family 11:30 † Carmelo Cantarella—Marie & Salvatore Gaccione MONDAY— JANUARY 28 - PONIEDZIAŁEK (St. Thomas Aquinas) 7:00 Jeff Kurtz—Loretta McDonald 12:00 † Martha Kundracky—Elizabeth Lynn TUESDAY—JANUARY 29—WTOREK 7:00 Jeff Kurtz—Loretta McDowell 12:00 † Martha Kundracky—Anna Moszczynski WEDNESDAY–JANUARY 30- WTOREK 7:00 Jeff Kurtz—Loretta McDonald 12:00 † Salvatore DiBlasio– Joanne Gingerelli

THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

JANUARY 27, 2019 THURSDAY—JANUARY 31—CZWARTEK (St. John Bosco) 7:00 † Paul Haggerty—Polish American Citizens Club 12:00 John Gaffey—Mary Gaffey FRIDAY—FEBRUARY 1—PIATEK 7:00 “Protection of Babies in the Womb and their Families” 12:00 † Nancy Staley—JoAnne Malaniak 7:30pm Wladyslaw Nowak—Polish School (in Polish) SATURDAY—FEBRUARY 2 —SOBOTA (The Presentation of The Lord) 7: 30 Birthday Blessings for Matthew Stroz— Family 5:00 pm † Jimmy Sharp 6:30pm Polish Mass with a Procession NEXT SUNDAY—FEBRUARY 3- NIEDZIELA 7:30 † Zofia Cydzik—Loretta Kiczek 9:00 † Bob Allan & Peggy Allan O’Brien— Sister & Brother-in-law 10:15 † Lucjan Brzozowski (17th Anniv) - Son & Daughter-in-law 11:30 † Rev. Msgr. Edward Rutowski (15th Anniv) - Nephew, Michael

For the week of January 27th, the Pope John Paul II Votive will burn for God’s Blessings and Good Health for a “Special Friend” from Michelle Latko.

ShopwithScrip Use our ShopwithScrip program to purchase gift cards. Saint Michaels receives a rebate on every gift card purchased. We’ve now made it even easier to purchase gift cards by offering online ordering. Email St. Mi-chael’s Scrip coordinator, Marianne (mhmprobono@gmail.com) to set up an online ac-count. Place your order online and have the money deducted directly from your bank account.

OR Pick up an order form (found at all entries to the church or on St. Michael’s website), complete and drop off at the Rectory, along with your check. All orders will be processed every Monday and available at the Rectory within 5 business days. You will be notified when your cards have arrived.

Please , pray for those who are sick, especially: Sandra Tominey Julie Hildeband Henry Magee Joan Leyble Francis (Buddy) McSweeney Nancy Bachner Please note that IT IS NECESSARY to call the rectory every two weeks if you want a name in the bulletin for Prayer for the Sick. If you do not call in each week, the names will be deleted from the list. You must call the rectory or drop off a note with the name before the bulletin goes to print. Bulletin goes to print on Tues-days.

We would like to dedicate this section of our bulletin for any immediate family members of parishioners who are currently active in the Mili-tary. If you would like a family member included on our “Service Prayer List”, please call the Rec-tory.

SERVICE PRAYER LIST Franklin Chapman

Laura and Brian Falk Anthony Avella David Pickard Stephen Dillon

Michael DiGesu Joseph Campolattaro

Ryan Lee Robert Tagliabue

Anthony Tagliabue Kyle Bayse

Stephen Kaufman Aren Spahiu Janette Faulk Harold Faulk

Marc Anthony Picciano Kenneth Chinjen

Alex Bazanos

The 1st collection taken up at all Masses last week totaled:$3,053.00 The 2nd collection taken up at all Masses last week totaled:$1,229.00

The Archdiocese of Newark is once again preparing the annual tradition of honoring those couples in our diocese who will be celebrating five, twenty-five and fifty years of Christian marriage in the year 2019. These anniversary liturgies will be celebrated by cardinal Joseph Tobin in the Cathedral Basilica of the sacred Heart in Newark as follows: April 28, 2019—3:00PM—50 Years June 2, 2019—3:00PM—5 Years and 25 Years If you will be celebrating one of these anniversaries, please call the rectory for more information. (201) 939-1161.

We pray for those who have died, espe-cially:

John Scanlon

Ann Kushawara

We welcome our Newly Baptized in Christ to our St. Michael’s Family: Jacob Rene Irizarry

World Day for Consecrated Life In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day of prayer to celebrate women and men in consecrated life. Since then the universal Church celebrates World Day for Consecrated Life on February 2nd. This celebration is attached to the feast of the Pres-entation of Christ who is the light of the world. So too, those in consecrated life are called to reflect the light of Jesus Christ all peoples. Please join with our Cardinal, Joseph W. Tobin CSsR and the Church of Newark at an 11am Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Saturday, February 2, 2019 to celebrate those in consecrated life and in particular those Sisters, Brothers and Priests who are celebrating their anni-versaries this year. This invitation is extended in a special way to the members of every parish as a means of supporting and thanking the consecrated men and women of our Archdiocese for their self-less gift of service to our local Church.

Monday thru Saturday—6:30am—rosary is recited Monday, January 28 Miraculous Medal Novena prayers takes place every Monday evening at 7PM. Wednesday, January 30 Food Pantry volunteers meet at 9:30am in the Rectory . Thursday, January 31 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place after the 7am Mass until 8:00pm. The Divine Mercy Novena will take place during the last hour of Adoration beginning at 7:15pm and concludes with Benediction of The Blessed Sacrament. Friday, February 1 AA Meeting at 7:30pm in the Lower School Hall Sunday, February 3 CCD begins with the 9am Mass followed by class until 11:00am.

Food Pantry News Thank you!!! 2018 was a very busy and successful year in the St. Michael’s Food Pantry. We honored 729 requests for food assistance; this includes weekly distributions and Thanksgiving and Christmas requests. We received and shelved 2,191 grocery bags of food, as well as, $8,705 in monetary donations. The Pantry is totally financed by donations, not parish funds, and approximately 75% of this support comes from parishioners. Additionally all pantry work is done by volunteers who give their time & efforts on a weekly basis. The 2018 Giving Tree included many gift tags and resulted in 431 gifts being donated. Sr. Mary Thomas, Superior, at St. Jo-seph’s Home for the Elderly wrote “thank you and please know that your friendship and sup-port is special to the Little Sisters and the Resi-dents of St. Joseph’s Home. We offer our prayers daily for the good people of St. Michael the Archangel and your loved one’s special in-tentions.” Sr. Patricia Hogan, O.P. Of Our Lady Help of Christians School in East Orange wrote “thank you so much for your many gifts. Fami-lies were grateful! You are our angels.” The gifts for the veterans are distributed to several homes in the area. For the past sev-eral years our gifts of “haircuts to vets” have been very popular and much appreciated. Many thanks and may God bless.

Blessings.... We often hear of and receive blessings. But what is a blessing? Generally speaking there are two categories. One is an invocation (invocative) of God's favors on persons or things; such is the case when food, houses and we are blessed. The other kind of blessing is one by which a sacred character is imputed to a person or thing, and it cannot be divested, of it. This is the case, for example, of ritual blessings given to churches, chalices and consecrated religious. Also, one can distinguish yet another type of blessing analogous to this latter one, and that is the blessings which render something a sacramental. The object does not become a Sacrament which sanctifies in and of itself, but rather helps us on our road to salvation. This is the blessing given to candles, rosaries and reli-gious medals. The effects here are: 1) freedom from the power of evil spirits, 2) preservation and restoration of bodily health, 3) the stirring up piety in one's heart and through this the remis-sion of venial sin and the temporal punishment due to it and 4) other spiritual or spiritual bene-fits. All of these effects are not contained in any one blessing but each occurs according to the formula of the blessing imparted. At the end of this week, the Church gives the opportunity to obtain two blessings in addition to the ones given every day at the end of holy Mass. On Saturday, February 2, the Presenta-tion of the Lord in the Temple, candles will be blessed before holy Mass. These candles as well as the paschal candle represent Christ, the Light of the world. The following day, February 3, is the date for the feast of St. Blaise when throats are blessed. Blaise was the 4th century bishop and martyr who, while on his way to prison, blessed a boy in the crowd who was choking with a bone in his throat. The bone was immediately dislodged and the young fellow was saved. Although the Masses this day are those of the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, throats will be blessed at he end of each Mass. Blessings given through the ministry of the Church are not magic. They require faith from us who personally receive them or who possess the object that is blessed. Moreover, we should have a consciousness of the fact that the person or thing is blessed and treating them accordingly with respect.

Fr. Stanley

COVER SHEET CHURCH NAME: St. Michael the Archangel BULLETIN NUMBER: 911048. 127 Date of Publication : January 27, 2019 Number of Pages Transmitted: Cover + 4 text pages + this page = 6 Special Instructions