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January 11th, 2004
Baptism of the Lord
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Schedule of Masses Week of January 12th - January18th, 2004 |
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Day |
Time |
Requested for |
Requested by |
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Mon 1/12 |
7 A.M. |
Anna Lindsay |
Anna Gandley |
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9A.M. |
Raymond Fisher |
Mary Fisher |
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Tues1/13 |
7 A.M. |
Linda DiDonna |
Pikulski Family |
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9 A.M. |
Salvatore Favazzi |
Favazzi Family |
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Wed 1/14 |
7A.M. |
Sarah Montalbano |
Marlene Bartram |
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9 AM |
Frank Denier |
Daughter |
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7 P.M. |
Steven Kiely |
Carol Donnelly |
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Thurs 1/15 |
7 AM. |
Mary Gargiulo |
James Selvaggio |
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9A.M. |
Josephine Pagano |
Fran & Stephen Kearns |
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Fri. 1/16 |
7 AM |
Frances Kakowksi |
Agnes Cassely |
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9A.M. |
Liv Priest of St. Anne |
St. Joseph Prayer Group |
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Sat. 1/17 |
9 A.M. |
Caroline Goglia |
Frances & Angela |
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6P.M. |
Raymond Caroselli 3rd |
Mr. & Mrs. Marcille |
| 7:30 PM | For the People of the Parish | ||
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Sun. 1/18 |
7:30AM |
David Schwer |
Michele & Maria D'Alessandro |
| 9 AM | Ruth Webber | Nancy, Jim & Pop | |
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10:30AM |
Antonina Grillo | Daughters | |
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12 PM |
Monica Keenan |
Keenan Family |
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Sanctuary Gifts January 11th - 17th, 2004 |
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Gift |
In Memory Of |
Requested By |
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Altar Wine |
Catherine O'Donovan |
Debbie, Susan, Laura, Verdon |
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Altar Bread |
Angelina Allesandro |
Frances Taylor |
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Sanctuary Lamp |
Catherine O'Donovan |
Debbie, Susan, Laura, Verdon |
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Altar Candles |
Catherine O'Donovan |
Debbie Bagnato & Family |
Let Us
Pray For Those Seriously Ill
People
will remain on the sick list for 2 weeks unless otherwise notified:
Anthony Tuzzo, Margaret Ng, Edwin Kraatz, Anne Cahill, Joan Wheeler, Jack Salvatore, Jane Sands, and Bridget Burke.
Vocation reflections
Benedictine
Sisters, Elizabeth, NJ offer a Monastic Live-in, January 16-23.
This is an opportunity to live, work and pray with a Benedictine
community for a week.
It is open to young
adult Catholic women (20’s
& 30’s). Cost $150.
For information, call 908-353-3028.
Vocation
Discernment January 30-31, 2004 for
young men of high school age held at the Archdiocesan Retreat Center in Kearny.
We will gather, January 30th at 4 p.m. in Kearny and conclude the retreat
with lunch on the 31st at 1 p.m.
For further information, permission slips, registration forms, contact
Rev. Marc Vicari at Our Lady of Sorrows, 217 Prospect St., South Orange or call
973-763-5454 by January 22nd deadline.
If so, please contact the Vocations Office at 973-497-4365 or by e-mail at platebri@rcan.org or visit our website at www.rcan.org.
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SCRIPTURE REFLECTION
Jesus is the beloved Son of the Father. He is the
light of the nations and Lord of all creation. To Him be all glory and
praise.
| Our Weekly Offering | |
| January 2004 | |
| January 3/4 | $ 5.010. |
| Month’s Total | $ . |
| Month’s Average | $ 5,010. |
| Mailed in, thank you | $ 401. |
| MONTHLY AVERAGE COMPARISONS: | ||
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Month |
‘03 Monthly Avg. |
‘04 Monthly Avg. |
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December |
$4,965. | |
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January |
$5,383. | $5,010. |
HOLY
HOUR
Every Tuesday, the Blessed Sacrament is exposed in the church from 3 to 4 p.m. It is an hour of prayer for the priests, DIVINE MERCY and religious men and women of the church. Prayers are also said for an increase of vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
We invite you to come and spend time with the Lord for these intentions and for your personal requests. The Holy Hour closes with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. If you cannot join us in church, we ask you to join us from a quiet spot in your home and pray with us, asking the Lord to guide and protect our priests.
Centennial
Grand 50/50 Raffle
To Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of St. Anne Church, the Centennial Committee is having a Grand 50/50 Raffle with the opportunity to win up to $50,000 (based on the sale of 1,000 tickets). They are now available for purchase at the rectory or from Committee Members and will be available up to the day of the raffle. Raffle
Date: January 11, 2004 at 5 p.m.
Place:
St. Anne’s Auditorium
Win Up
To $50,000!
Only
1,000 Tickets Will Be Sold
One
Winner Only!
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VENDORS
NEEDED FOR FEBRUARY 7TH FLEA MARKET.
PLEASE
CONTACT SISTER ALBERTA -
201-659-1794 OR 201-963-0998 |
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To
the Family of Saint Anne’s -
As
we begin our Centennial celebration, I thought it would be appropriate
for a member of our Parish, who grew up at Saint Anne’s...whose
vocation was fostered by Saint Anne’s...to share her thoughts with
you.
Sister
Mary Margaret Benedicta, OP, is now a Cloistered Dominican nun at the
Monastery of Mary The Queen in Elmira, New York.
Her ministry is to the weak, to the lost, and to the dying.
She was once named Peggy Rowan when she was a student at Saint
Anne’s School...when she was a member of our choir.
Our Parish assisted the Lord in creating a space for Peggy to
hear the voice of the Lord.
These are her thoughts -
Fr.
Vic PARISH, OUR PLACE OF MYSTERIOUS TRANSFORMATION “From Generation to Generation” A Meditation By
During
the late 1800’s, these Heights of Jersey City and the Western Slope
areas held a great attraction for the growing Catholic families of the
day.
Responding to the needs of the local people, the Diocese of Newark
announced that a new parish was to be expected. Like
the shoot that sprouts from the stem of Jesse, this parish was conceived.
The Spirit of the Lord came upon it.
This Temple of the Lord would be a place for Him to dwell among His
people.
These people would come to adore, believe, trust and love God.
Their homes would be off shoots of the parish family.
As individuals, as families, and as a parish, they would thrive and
a mysterious transformation of all could be anticipated FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION. Family
life would be anchored here in this house of worship.
It would be a place where the individual parishioner would join his
or her prayer with that of the priest and the parish community.
Here a union of minds and hearts would be possible.
The bonding of relationships would evolve and
the accord of souls would be apparent.
Those about us will know that we are Christians by our love. Here
our founding parishioners began their journey of mysterious
transformation.
A journey that they would model for their children and their
children’s children FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION. So,
the long pregnancy began.
This holy ground was broken and became the favored VISITATION site
of lingering spectators.
The new foundation was firmly established and finally the painful
labor was completed. The
new parish family informally gathered at the site of this NATIVITY.
Like Mary, Joseph and the shepherds, each onlooker marveled at what
they beheld.
For unto them and to us, a parish church was given!
This rock, which human hands had made, was itself a place of
mysterious transformation.
Its steeple rose high above these Heights and its tower bell
summoned these chosen people to worship and to pray the Angelus at Noon
and at 6 P.M.
This house of mysterious transformation yet stands like a palace
for its King and His heirs FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION. In
the year of Our Lord 1904, our Parish was formed and, like today, a
beautiful liturgical celebration was held.
Good Saint Anne was designated as our Patroness and our altar was
blessed. Silently, Saint Anne received us as her own and her PRESENTATION of us was accomplished. Since then, the sacrament and sacrifice of Holy Mass has been offered every day. Through the proclamation of the Word of God and the preaching of the Good News, we have been molded anew. |
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Like
Mary and Joseph, we must first set out to find Him whom we love.
Our personal FINDING OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE and the pondering of
the scriptures in His Eucharistic presence, will help us to learn His
truth and grow in wisdom as in the days of old.
This mysterious transformation of our lives which has been going
on from age to age, we, too, can pass on FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION. Our
forefathers called each of their children to become members of the
Mystical Body of Christ. Through the sacraments, each generation is
initiated into this one body and we are gifted with the life of Christ.
This abundant life freely given, we, too, are to freely give. The
Spirit repeatedly calls us to thrive and mature in our individual
relationships with God and with one another.
Through, with, and in this stable-loving and life-giving community, we
encounter God directly and indirectly, realistically and mystically.
Our sacramental life channeled through the hands of our pastors,
priests, and deacons, empowers us to progress on our journey of
mysterious transformation FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION. Each of us is living a life of ongoing spiritual formation. Many of us have had the grace of a Catholic education. St. Anne’s School, graced with the Sisters of Charity, prepared many of us for our life’s journey. Religious, pastoral associates, lay ministers, teachers, our spouses, parents, our children, grandparents, godparents, our siblings, friends, neighbors, and newcomers mold us anew - for each of us is Christ for the other. As in any healthy family, encouragement is a channel of grace which will empower us again and again to persevere in our trials and sufferings. We must pray earnestly for the unity of this Parish Family and its common good. All of these simple acts of faith, hope and charity contribute to our mysterious transformation. FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION. As
we celebrated the year 2000, we hoisted a banner that shouted ‘Open
Wide the Door’.
Today, we also open wide our gates of security and gates of
insecurity.
In order to be a welcoming people, we must first remove all
barriers.
Let Him enter the King of Glory!
Forgive all injustices.
Forget all hurts.
Surrender all that we just can’t seem to forgive and forget.
This reconciliation will, itself, mysteriously transform us.
The
Spirit calls us forth and we come forward with our heads raised.
Our eyes will see and our ears will be open as never before.
Let us come to know ourselves and our neighbors as never before.
With such new insights, we can be like the prodigal son.
Seeing the error of our ways, let us return home and make haste
to embrace the patiently waiting Father. Once
we are standing on His holy ground and walking through His house, we
shall know His merciful love and feel His warm embrace.
An embrace that speaks silent words of endearment.
Open wide your hearts to the sweetness of this mysterious
transformation extending FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION On
behalf of all of our parishioners, both living and deceased, we see this
celebration as one of those precious moments in time when we can give
our heartfelt thanks to the Holy Trinity, to our Blessed Mother and to
Holy Mother Church; to good Saint Anne and the Diocese of Newark; to the
pastors and all who have formed, reformed and transformed us!
May God bless our beloved Pastor, Father Victor Kennedy.
May He always bless him!
He has proven himself to be a devoted Shepherd of his flock.
He is our model of the endearing Father who intercedes for our
mysterious transformation as we go forward FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION. One
day, each of us will be called from here, whether it be to marry, to
enter priesthood or religious life, perhaps go onto college, or a
hospital bed or nursing home.
May each go forward obedient to the will of the Father, prepared
sacramentally and trusting in God.
May we bless those we leave behind and simply say, as
mysteriously transfigured souls, “It was good for us to be here!” FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. Like Sister Mary Margaret, during this Centennial Celebration, may we respond to the voice of the Lord, as a Parish and as individuals. |
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READINGS FOR THE WEEK |
MONDAY 1Sm 1:1-8 Ps 116:12-19 Mk 1:14-20 TUES.
1Sm
1:9-20 1Sm 2:1,4-8
Mk 1:21-28 WED 1Sm 3:1-10,19-20 Ps 40:2-5,7-10 Mk 1:29-30 THURS. 1Sm 4:1-11 Ps 44:10-11,14-15,25-26 Mk 1:40-45 FRIDAY
1Sm
8:4-, 10-22a 7 Ps 89:16-19, Mk
2:1-12 SATURDAY 1Sm 9:1-4,17-19,10:1a Ps 19:8-10,15 Mk 2:13-17 NEXT SUNDAY - 2nd Sunday in ORDINARY TIME Is 62:1-5,Ps 96:11-3,7-10,1 Cor 12:4-11 Jn 2:1-11 |
FinanceCommittee Meeting
There will be a Finance Committee Meeting held on Monday, January 12th at 7:30 p.m. in the rectory. Please pick up your financial packet next weekend. Thank you. Parish
Auction
St.
Anne’s annual Parish Auction is just around the corner.
It will be on Sunday, March 7th at
1 p.m. in the church auditorium fro 1-6 p.m. Doors will open at 12 noon. Open House
Academy
of Saint Aloysius in Jersey City is having Open House on Wednesday,
January 28th at 7 p.m. for all interested grammar school students and
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Vocation AnnouncementsThe Benedictine Center for Spirituality invites you to a New Year’s Eve Retreat for women from 4 p.m. Wednesday to 1 p.m. Thursday. Cost $40 - for information call 908-353-3028. Benedictine
Sisters, Elizabeth, NJ, offer a Monastic Live-in, January
16-23. This is an
opportunity to live, work and pray with a Benedictine community for a
week. It is open to young
adult Catholic women in their 20’s/30’s.
Cost $150 - for information call 908-353-3028. A
Vocation Discernment Weekend is scheduled for January 16-18.
If you are a single Catholic woman over 18 and think you may be
called to the Benedictine way of life, this weekend retreat is for you.
Call 908-353-3028.
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2004
Anniversary Masses
The
Archdiocese of Newark is once again preparing the annual tradition of honoring
those couples in our Archdiocese who will be celebrating five, twenty-five or
fifty years of Christian marriage in the year 2004.
These liturgies will be celebrated by Archbishop John J. Myers and will
be held at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark at 3 p.m.:
Sunday,
March 14, 2004 - 25 & 5 years
Sunday,
May 2, 2004 - 50 years
Register
through your rectory.
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Padre
Pio
St.
Anne’s Padre Pio Prayer Group has cancelled their meeting for January!
Their next gathering will take place on Saturday, February 14th at 2 p.m.
in the church for prayers followed by their meeting in the auditorium.
All are welcome.
Monthly
Memorial Mass
At
the request of many parishioners, we will begin a monthly memorial mass on the
first Saturday of each month. Those
who are enrolled, will have their names recorded in our Parish Prayer Request
Book located near the Blessed Sacrament.
Each
month, this book will be brought up in the Offertory Procession and all will be
invited to pray for these special intentions.
These intentions can be for the living or for the deceased.
Our Parish Family of St. Anne's wishes to share in your sorrow and in
your prayer. We are
calling this “Our Lady of Fatima
Society”. Each
person enrolled on a yearly basis, will share in the spiritual benefits and good
works of the St. Joseph’s Morning Prayer Group, and in a monthly Mass and
Rosary shared on the First Saturday of each month in honor of the Blessed
Mother.
These
Memorial Mass cards will be available at the rectory. You may see an example
already set up in the Parish Prayer Request Book.
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