Our Lady of Mercy Church Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656

Our Lady of Mercy Church
Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656
October 19, 2014
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
OLM’s Fall Harvest Food Drive
Saturday, October25 – Sunday, October 26, 2014
SOCIAL JUSTICE A-C-T-I-O-N: Social Justice & Peace Ministry will collect food for food pantries after all Masses
The cry for justice that rises from the poor cannot be ignored by us. Jesus himself told us, “You give them
something to eat”. (Mark 6: 37) The Joy of the Gospel, 188 – Pope Francis
Food Pantries served:
Blessed Sacrament/Newark, Center for Food Action/Mahwah, Pascack Food Center/Park Ridge, River Vale Food Pantry
Buddies of N.J./Aids Coalition/Hackensack
Food Pantries will be collecting these items for Thanksgiving Dinner:
Cranberry Sauce
Baking mixes
Soup Products
Pudding
Canned fruit
Cookies
Canned vegetables
Nuts, Trail Mix, Raisins
Pumpkin Pie Filling
Instant Potatoes
Canned YAMS
Gravy
Salad Dressing
Mayonnaise
Ready Made Pie Crust ---NOT refrigerated***
Boxed Stuffing
Coffee, Tea
Bottled juices
Sugar, Flour
Juice boxes
Holiday Napkins
Rice
Additional items: cereal, canned meats, fish, Hash, toiletries, cleaning products, paper products, baby diapers: sizes 45-6, baby food, pancake mix & syrup; 100% fruit juices, canned hearty soup, pasta, rice, peanut butter, grape jelly,
powdered or evaporated milk; Sanitary products- women; Depends for men & women, ENSURE
ALL donations are gratefully received: Supermarket Gift Certificates appreciated….. & cash donations or checks
payable to Our Lady of Mercy . (Note: Food Drive on check)
Volunteers are needed sort, and drive goods to local Food Pantries. Please call SJPM Ministry @ 201-391-6975.
Rev. Charles P. Granstrand, Pastor
Rev. Robert T. Ulak, Parochial Vicar
Rev. Msgr. James C. Turro (Weekends)
Rev. Msgr. Carl D. Hinrichsen (In Residence)
Rev. John Chadwick (Weekends)
Joseph Romano, Deacon
Gary Tankard, Deacon
John Rokoszak, Pastoral Associate
Debra Wyka, Minister of Music
Amy Ballanco, Religious Education Coordinator
Jennifer Kavanagh, Youth Minister
Donna Quinn, Business Manager
RECONCILIATION
Saturday: 9-9:30AM & 1-1:30PM
Monday: 7-7:30PM
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday Evening: 5:30PM
Sunday: 7:30AM, 9:30AM, 11:00AM, 12:30PM
Daily: 6:30AM, 8:30AM
Saturday: 8:30AM
BAPTISM
The Sacrament is celebrated one Sunday every month.
Parents should contact the rectory prior to the birth of
their child for dates of Baptism Preparation Sessions.
MARRIAGE
Couples planning to be married should contact the rectory
at least ONE YEAR PRIOR to the wedding date.
Rectory
Websites
School
201-391-5315
UROLM.org
201-391-3838
2 Fremont Ave. OLMAcademy.org
SCHOOL
Our Lady of Mercy Academy
2011 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
25 Fremont Avenue, Park Ridge, NJ 07656
Laraine Meehan, Principal
CATECHETICAL MINISTRY
Grades K-6: 4-5PM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Grades 7-8: 3:45-5:15PM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Catechetical Center
201-391-3590
201-802-1771
Music Minister
E-Mail
201-358-2994
olm.church@gmail.com
Urolm.religious.ed@gmail.com
OUR LADY OF MERCY PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
Our Lady of Mercy Parish is a Catholic community that worships God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,
celebrating Mass, proclaiming the Gospel Message and uniting in prayer. We strive to welcome all and to educate
ourselves and others in the Good News of Jesus Christ. We support one another in times of joy and sadness and
attempt to serve each other by reaching out to those in need in our community and beyond. We are imperfect people
on a journey. Our goal is that the life of each person leads to the Lord.
MASS SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
5:30
John Kashickey, Sr.
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
World Mission Sunday
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19
Is 45: 1, 4-6/ 1 Thes 1: 1-5b/ Mt 22: 15-21
7:30
Rudolph Sartor
9:30
Ralph & Ferdinando Forcellati
11:00
People of the Parish
12:30
Mary Frances Ferguson
Saint Paul of the Cross
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20
Eph 2: 1-10/ Lk 12: 13-21
6:30
John “Jack” Feely
8:30
Bridget Lally
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21
Eph 2: 12-22/ Lk 12: 35-38
6:30
Nancy Lovett
8:30
Virginia Mara
Bl. John Paul II
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22
Eph 3: 2-12/ Lk 12: 39-48
6:30
Michal Tomczyk
8:30
Jack McNamara
2pm
Mass at the Plaza Regency in Memory of:
Christina Lopez
Saint John of Capistrano
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
Eph 3: 14-21/ Lk 12: 49-53
6:30
Stephen McCabe
8:30
Edward Barber
Saint Anthony Mary Claret
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
Eph 4: 1-6/ Lk 12: 54-59
6:30
Lawrence Dolan
8:30
Jesus Suarez
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
Eph 4: 7-16/ Lk 13: 1-9
8:30
Ann Rainis
5:30
Jean Mulligan
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
Ex 22: 20-26/ 1 Thes 1: 5c-10/ Mt 22: 34-40
7:30
Marie Smith
9:30
Nancy Lovett
11:00
Daniel Biasi & Marguerite Izzo
12:30
People of the Parish
LET US PRAY
In your love and kindness please pray for the sick
especially: Ella Gamble, Pat Eichenlaub, Brian Long,
Colleen Strabone, Peter Scheffler, Maria Workman,
Patricia McGowan, Carol Rathgeb, Fr. Peter Funesti,
Hank Dong, and Jonathan Infeld.
Please also remember the deceased of our parish and
their families, especially:
Virginia Pavese, Mary
Shoenfeld, Msgr. Lawrence Connaughton, Joan
McHugh, Christina Lopez, Albert Binovi, and Maria
Parmanan.
Please join with us in praying one OUR FATHER
per day for all those who have no one to pray for
them.
THE SANCTUARY LAMPS burn this week in memory
of Sam O. Tarrant III, Cristina Lopez, and for Maria
Parmanan.
If you would like more information about reserving
a Sanctuary Lamp in memory of a loved one or for
a Special Intention, please call the rectory office at
201-391-5315.
GOD’S PLAN FOR GIVING – Tithing
Sunday’s Collection:
Last Year’s Collection:
$15,783
$15,552
Tithing is God’s plan to support His Church. Full
tithing means 10% of gross income to God. We ask
half of this, or 5%, for your Parish church. The other
5% goes to your favorite charities.
SCRIPTURE SHARING GROUP with Deacon Gary
Meets every Monday after the 8:30am Mass in the
Gathering Space. As has been the custom, the
scripture reading of the Mass of the day will be used.
All are welcome.
THE FAMILY OF GOD PRAYER GROUP meets every
Tuesday at 7:30PM in the chapel to praise God and
pray for special intentions.
ABUNDANT LIFE PRAYER GROUP meets Thursday
mornings at 9:30am in the Chapel.
THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA will be recited
each Saturday in the Sacred Heart Chapel immediately
following the 8:30AM Mass.
THE MASSBOOK for November 2015 is open. If you
would like to schedule an intention, please stop by the
rectory office. Please note that November 1—10
intentions are for all souls. (second notice)
PASTOR’S COLUMN
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Today our Catholic Church celebrates World Mission
Sunday, a tangible reminder to each one of us to share
the Good News of Jesus Christ as our first priority.
When we listen to the Gospels we hear the urgency of
Jesus that his Apostles tell others what they have seen
and heard. On the day of His Resurrection Jesus told
them, “Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer
and rise from the dead on the third day and that
repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be
preached in his Name to all the nations, beginning in
Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.” (Luke
24, 46-48)
Later, on the first Pentecost when the Holy Spirit,
promised by Jesus, came down upon the Apostles and
those gathered with them, the Church was born. We
need to remember the sequence; Jesus first gives the
Mission, and then comes the Church.
I ask you to
continue to pray for the “Church” now gathered in
Synod in Rome.
Pope Francis is asking Bishop
participants to give careful and frank expression to the
issues affecting marriages and families in our time.
The Pope has invited selected lay people and clergy to
give their input. The reports available so far are just a
beginning of the process which will probably conclude
when the next Synod meets in October of 2015. We all
can, however, speak and act now with a respectful tone
toward one another and to all those who have been
‘distanced’ from the life of the Church.
Some of you may have noticed that the sign near the
entrance to the Chapel sacristy has been removed—
well, that is a ‘sign’ that the Community Counseling
Service is no longer able to staff this satellite office.
Lee Krug after many years of much appreciated service
has retired. Now we are refurbishing it to serve parish
needs as a meeting for small groups and committees.
We also intend to gather some items to form an archive
with pictures, photographs, anniversary programs,
record books, etc.
If you have memorabilia at home
that you can share from the history of our parish, we
would love to include them. As of now we want to name
the room “Old Saint Mary”!
This weekend I am glad to welcome members of our
Knights of Columbus, Our Lady of Fatima Council, who
wish to invite men of our parish to consider joining the K
of C.
Next weekend, November 1-2, at the conclusion of
Respect Life Month, we will welcome a speaker from
the Several Sources Foundation which provides
residences to help give pregnant young women the
support they need to give birth to their babies.
Third in our series of presentations, on November 89, will be Judy Reilly to give us an update on our
relationship with the parish of St. Vincent and the
community of Vallieres in Haiti.
Thank you to all who take part actively in the Mission
and Life of Our Lady of Mercy Parish. This week I am
especially grateful to all those who give of their time,
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energy, and faith to the Religious Education programs
for our children, youth and adults, as well as Our Lady
of Mercy Academy.
We are blessed with many
talented and generous people!
Peace in the Lord,
TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Power Struggles
Do you resist paying taxes or obeying
authorities? Do you always disagree with a particular
person at work or in your household? Do you need
people to do as you say? Are you afraid of making
decisions? Of saying “no”? If so, you are engaged in
struggles over your own and others’ power in your life.
This week’s scriptures provide a way of resolving many
of those struggles without taking sides.
The readings leave little doubt as to who holds
the real power in the world. It is “the LORD, and there is
no other” (Isaiah 45:6) who anoints Cyrus and grasps
him by the right hand (the hand of power), making him
victorious and giving the Israelites their freedom. The
psalm tells us to give glory and honor to the Lord, who
is “beyond all gods” and “governs the peoples with
equity” (Psalm 96:4, 10). Paul gives thanks to God,
whose power is at work in the gospel Paul preached
and in the Thessalonians themselves. Finally, in Jesus’
power struggle with the Pharisees, he says, “Repay . . .
to God what belongs to God” (Matthew 22:21). God is
the power above all human powers—in government,
business, the Church, and our own families. We owe
God all “glory and honor” (Psalm 96:7), thanks, loyalty,
and our lives.
Power Within
We are to give praise and pay tribute to God as
the one and only source of true power in our lives.
When we do, our ordinary power struggles can more
easily be resolved. Like the Thessalonians, we discover
the power within ourselves. The Holy Spirit empowers
us to live in faith, hope, and love. We no longer feel we
must dominate others. We are compelled neither to
resist those who have power over us nor always to give
in to them. We stop fearing our own power. God’s
power within us and over all human powers gives us
confidence, courage, and humility in every power
struggle we may encounter.
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TODAY IS WORLD MISSION SUNDAY—We are invited
today to reach out and help build the Church in Mongolia,
the world’s youngest Catholic Church, as well as local
churches throughout the Missions, in the most remote
areas across our world. The collection today helps the
work of priests, religious and lay leaders in Mongolia and
throughout the Missions who offer the poor practical help
and the experience of God’s love and mercy, His hope
and peace.
OLMA CLOTHING DRIVE October 23rd—OLMA-HSA
will once again have a clothing drive. The drop off will be
from 8am to 3:30pm in the church parking lot. Proceeds
benefit OLMA.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY—Join us during the 9:30 Mass
as we gather the children in the chapel after the
Opening Prayer. They will listen to the same liturgy as
the regular Mass, but in a way they can understand with
stories, coloring, and songs. The children will then
return to the church during Offertory. Best for ages 3 to 8
years old, but older siblings are welcome to help out.
LITURGY OF THE WORD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Sessions start on Sunday, October 26, 2014.
After our Opening Prayer, families are quietly escorted
to an area where the Word is shared in music, story and
simple craft. The group returns before the Offertory in
order to continue family worship in participation of the
Mass. This program is held here on Sundays during
the 11:00 AM Mass and offers many options suitable to
your family needs. Although seats are reserved near the
Baptismal Font side of Church, you are still welcome to
sit where you choose. Please see our poster in the
Gathering space. If you would like more information or
have any other questions about special needs support in
our parish, Sacraments, etc. please call Amy Ballanco,
Program Coordinator at 201-391-3590. You may also
visit our web site (urolm.org) under NICE, for a
Calendar and registration form. Children with special
needs and their siblings of all ages are welcome! If you
have a degree in special needs and would like to
participate in this program, we would love to have you!
High School volunteers are also needed. If you
would like to join us for service hours please call
ahead.
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS—Protecting God’s
Children—If you need to take the “Protecting God’s
Children Workshop” please visit the website
VIRTUS.ORG for upcoming workshop dates. Additional
details are in our information stands in the Gathering
Space. The Archdiocese takes very seriously any and
all allegations of sexual misconduct by members of the
clergy, Religious and lay staff of the Archdiocese. We
encourage anyone with knowledge of an act of sexual
misconduct to inform us immediately so that we may
take appropriate action to protect others and provide
support to victims of sexual abuse. Individuals who wish
to report an allegation of sexual misconduct may do so
by calling the Archdiocese Office of Child and Youth
Protection at 201-407-3256.
OLMA CAFETERIA AID NEEDED—If you enjoy
working with children and have found that you have time
to share, perhaps Our Lady of Mercy Academy is the
place for you. We are looking to fill the following position
for the upcoming 2014/2015 School Year. 5 Days a
week (15 hours) 10:30—1:30, hourly salary based on
experience. Please call OLMA at 201-391-3838 ext.
301 to arrange for an interview.
THE WORD OF THE LORD—Have you ever considered
proclaiming the Word of God as a Lector at weekend
Liturgies? No prior experience is required - just a
passion for the Word and the ability to speak clearly. If
interested please call the rectory at 201-391-5315. A
Lector Formation Workshop will be held at the
Archdiocese of Newark on October 25. The session will
be offered in both English and Spanish.
HANDBELL RINGERS NEEDED—
ADULTS AND CHILDREN (Grade 6-12)
FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON
No need to have a music background. Rehearsals
start on Tuesdays in November. If interested, please
contact Debra Wyka, Music Minister at 201-358-2994.
THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ MUSIC SERIES
AT OLM presents legendary folk/rock duo
Aztec Two-Step in a special “Classic Duos”
concert on Saturday, October 25th! They will
be performing classics from The Everly Brothers and
Simon & Garfunkel in addition to their own Aztec TwoStep ’fan favorites.’ Defined by intelligent songwriting,
dazzling acoustic lead guitar & inspiring two-part
harmonies, Aztec Two-Step continues to be one of
acoustic music’s most respected and enduring acts.
Proceeds benefit the scholarship fund for St. Vincent,
our twinning parish in Vallieres, Haiti. Come enjoy a
night of amazing music and help support our Haiti
mission! 8PM showtime. OLM Academy, 25 Fremont
Ave. Doors open 7:30PM. Tickets $25 advance online
& $28 at the door. Www.cafeacoustic.org 201-5730718 Refreshments, wheelchair accessible..
R.C.I.A The group will meet after the 9:30 Mass in the
Parish Center on October 19, November 9, 23,
December 7, 21. Next year’s dates will be listed in a
future bulletin.
For more information, or if you are
unable to make a Sunday Session, please contact John
Rokoszak at 201-391-3590 or call/text 201-264-6376 or
email Jlrok@optonline.net
SOCIAL JUSTICE & PEACE MINISTRY will meet on
Tuesday, October 21st at 7:15pm at the Parish Center.
Organization and planning for the upcoming OLM
Harvest Food Drive (October 25-26) will be discussed.
FREE SAT/ACT Practice Test & Prep Info Night
sponsored by Youth Ministry. Manny Morelli, a teacher
at Cresskill High School, seasoned tutor, and OLM
Youth Group Alum, will speak about the details and
answer questions about how to reduce test anxiety and
navigate the test prep and college admissions process.
Refreshments will be served. Wednesday, October
29th at 7:30 in the Lower Gathering Space. Please
contact Jenn Kavanaugh at 201-802-1771 or
OLMyouthminister@gmail.com
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY will hold the annual
pasta dinner on Thursday, October 23rd from 5-8pm at
118 Ridge Ave. Adults $8 Seniors $7 under 12 $5.
Pasta, meatballs, salad, bread, desserts,
complimentary glass of wine. Tickets available at door
or call 201-391-5020.
OKTOBERFEST at Our Lady Mother of the Church
Saturday, October 25th at 7pm in the McCarthy Center.
Music, dancing delicious food and other surprises with
the talents of Just Jammin. BYOB. Tickets $35. Call
201-391-2826 for ticket information.
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