December 2, 2012 . First Sunday of Advent Pastoral Associate for Elementary Catechetics: Tracey Rennie School Principal: Ms. Joan Ferraer DIRECTOR OF LITURGICAL MUSIC MINISTRIES: Nancy A. Cardone Assistant Liturgical Music MinisterS: Kimberley Mesiti Pastoral Associate for Family & Adult Formation Ministries: Robert P. Miller Coordinator of Youth Ministry: Mr. Timothy Dennin Pastoral Council: Eileen Conte, Chairperson Jean Barbetta, Vice Chairperson Michael Pasquale, Secretary FINANCE CHAIRMEN: Peter Maulbeck, Finance Council Patrick DeCotiis, Finance Committee St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church Rectory/Parish Center: (973) 338-9190 . Fax: (973) 338-4224 . Religious Education: (973) 338-7400 School: (973) 338-8505 . Convent: (973) 338-9118 Address: 60 Byrd Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 . Website: www.stachurchbloomfield.com Eucharistic Liturgy Saturday Eve: 5:00pm Sundays: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30am & 12:00 Noon Weekdays: 7:30, & 11:30am Saturday Mornings: 8:30am Only Holy Days: 7:30, 11:30am & 7:30pm Holidays: 8:30am Only Sacrament of Reconciliation: (Penance/Confessions) Saturday: 11:00am Marian Devotions: Mondays Novena Prayer 11:30am Mass Liturgy of the Word With Children: Sundays: 10:30am Mass September - June Catholic Community Services Offering Social Service Assistance 1(800) CCS-7413 Fax: 596-3735 Rev. Charles J. Miller, M. Div., Pastor Parochial Vicars: Rev. Mark B. Wysocki, M. Div. • Rev. Andrew N. Onyemaobi, M. Div., M.A. PERMANENT DEACONS: Deacon Albert H. Tizzano • Deacon Thomas J. Coyle • Deacon Brian J. Murphy Deacon Dennis J. Besida, Retired
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December 2, 2012 . First Sunday of Advent
Pastoral Associate for Elementary Catechetics:
Tracey Rennie
School Principal:Ms. Joan Ferraer
DIRECTOR OF LITURGICAL MUSIC MINISTRIES:
Nancy A. Cardone
Assistant Liturgical Music MinisterS:
Kimberley Mesiti
Pastoral Associate for Family & Adult Formation Ministries:
Robert P. Miller
Coordinator of Youth Ministry:Mr. Timothy Dennin
Pastoral Council:Eileen Conte, Chairperson
Jean Barbetta, Vice ChairpersonMichael Pasquale, Secretary
Rev. Charles J. Miller, M. Div., PastorParochial Vicars: Rev. Mark B. Wysocki, M. Div. • Rev. Andrew N. Onyemaobi, M. Div., M.A.
PERMANENT DEACONS:Deacon Albert H. Tizzano • Deacon Thomas J. Coyle • Deacon Brian J. Murphy
Deacon Dennis J. Besida, Retired
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First Sunday of Advent December 2, 2012
Masses for the Week
Sunday, December 2 Saturday, December 1 5:00 pm Adele Masin – Friend
Sunday, December 2 7:30 am The deceased of the Virtucio & Celis
Families – Family 9:00 am Estelle & Emil Horoschak – Daughter 10:30 am Joseph A. Smyth – Friend 12:00 pm For the People of the Parish
Monday, December 3 7:30 am Joseph Smyth – Family 11:30 am Nicholas L. Bolio – Family
Tuesday, December 4 7:30 am Lisa M. Purvis – Family 11:30 am James Comely (Special Intention) – Family
Wednesday, December 5 7:30 am Josef Ostrowski – Friend 11:30 am Special Intention
Thursday, December 6 7:30 am Esterina & Silvester Fusco – Family 11:30 am Phillip Moretti – Friend
Friday, December 7 7:30 am Madelyn Marchione – Friend 11:30 am Anna T. Vicino – Friend 7:30 pm John Holle – Friends
Saturday, December 8 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 8:30 am Immaculata Fuscaldo & Orsolina Di Michele – Family 11:30 am For the people of the parish
Sunday, December 9 Saturday, December 8 5:00 pm For the people of the parish
Sunday, December 9 7:30 am Bill McGuire – Family 9:00 am Jeanne Revene 10:30 am Marie Blume – Husband 12:00 pm Thomas V. DeGennaro – Family
PRAY FOR OUR SICK
Billy Kleissler, Sheree Monetti, Mary Conte
REST IN PEACE
Bernard Synnott, John Dunnigan
CANDLE INTENTIONS:
CHURCH: Marie Wall CONVENT: Marie & Kathleen Lataro
December is the time for expressing the hope and strengthening the dreams that will carry us through the next year. Advent is the way we as church express our hopes. Prophetic visions, prayers and songs calling for the Lord to come do help us to hope profoundly. Advent allows us to do what most others do in December—but to see in the coming Lord the answer to our dreams. In our Catholic tradition, keeping Advent means singing the songs of expectation, of our hopes and longing, before we enter into the full-throated praise of Christmas carols.
Here are a few lines from our tradition on what Advent is about. “Advent has a twofold character: as a season to prepare us for Christmas when Christ’s first coming is remembered; as a season when that remembrance directs the mind and the heart to await Christ’s second coming at the end of time. Advent is thus a period for devout and joyful expectation.” (General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, #39)
Thomas Merton, in his book Seasons of Celebration, reviewed the ways Saint Bernard of Clairvaux approached these comings of Christ. The first advent was Christ’s birth. The other will be at the end of time. Faith in these two stimulates recognition of a third, the advent of Christ in our church now, today. Viewed from this perspective, the Advent liturgy, with its scriptures, prayers and songs, is neither a romantic return to the Old Testament while we wait for the baby at Bethlehem, nor is it an exercise in expressing hope for an ever-receding end of time. The Advent liturgy is neither nostalgic nor illusory. When we take the tradition and enter it fully, we become Advent, the people in and through whom Christ comes.
of the Blessed Virgin Mary December 8, 2012 (a holy day of obligation)
According to the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, Mary was conceived free from original sin and all its penalties. This privilege was granted to Mary because she was to give birth to Jesus, the Savior. Mary was the first to benefit from the saving passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. Mary was conceived and born without sin because of the merits of her Son, Jesus. The Feast of the Immaculate Conception always occurs during Advent. Under the title of the Immaculate Conception, Mary is the patroness of the United States. This special feast of Mary is a holy day of obligation in the United States.
Vigil Mass Friday, Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. and Mass Saturday, Dec. 8, 8:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
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Memorial Mass
A special Memorial Mass will be celebrated
for Father Andrew’s older brother, Chima Onyemaobi
who was killed in Nigeria.
All are welcome and encouraged to attend:
Sunday, December 2, 2012 6:30pm
Thank you to all our parishioners who donated to our Special Collection for Storm Victims. We raised $7954 to help the victims in our state. Please continue to keep them and their families in your prayers. May God bless those who were so generous and caring.
STA School wishes to THANK
parishioners who joined in its Bushels of Box Tops Drive
ending Oct. 26, 2012
The parish submitted 480 box tops, earning $48.00 for our school!
We will have another drive in the spring, but please feel free to continue depositing your
Box Tops in the box in the vestibule at any time.
We welcome into our Community of Faith With our prayers and good wishes,
Our newly Baptized…
Madison Corina Aiello Parents: Katherine (Aiello) & Joseph Aiello
Mia Patricia Aiello Parents: Christine (Aiello) & Matthew McCann
Kylie Noelle Kerwin Parents: Michele (Onnembo) & Christopher Kerwin
Anna Sophia Kiefer Parents: Alexis (Lupo) & Kevin Kiefer
Kyle Steven Thompson Parents: Susan (Murphy) & Patrick Thompson
The Filipino-American Community of St.
Thomas the Apostle Parish invites you to its annual Simbang Gabi* Novena Mass
on Wed., Dec. 19, 2012 at 7:00 PM. Fellowship in Heron Hall will follow right after mass.
*Simbang Gabi is one of the most popular Filipino traditions celebrated in this country. Simbang Gabi or Mass at Dawn is a nine-day novena to our Blessed Mother in anticipation of the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. The culmination is the Christmas Eve mass to welcome the birth of Jesus.
Following is the schedule of masses in the other participating parishes:
12/15 7 PM, St. Valentine Church, Bloomfield 12/16 5 PM, Holy Family Church, Nutley 12/17 7 PM, Sacred Heart Church, Bloomfield 12/18 7 PM, St. Anthony of Padua Church, Belleville 12/20 7 PM. Holy Name of Jesus Church, E. Orange 12/21 7 PM, Our Lady Mount Carmel Church, Nutley 12/22 7 PM, St. Mary’s Church, Nutley 12/23 5 PM, St. Peter’s Church, Belleville
For more information please call: 973-893-0392; 973-338-9414; 973-338-4402
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GIVING TREE December At St. Thomas 2nd
The Apostle 2012
Gifts are due in church this Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
• We ask that you DO NOT WRAP YOUR GIFTS. The centers receiving our gifts have requested this so the gifts of equal value can be distributed to their families.
• Please tape the ornament tag securely onto the gifts. This will help with the sorting.
• If you have GIFT CERTIFICATES, kindly attach the gift card to the ornament & place it in the collection basket at mass or drop them off at the parish center.
DO NOT LEAVE GIFT CARDS UNDER THE TREE.
ONLY GIFT CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER DECEMBER 2nd
Our Giving Trees provide us the opportunity to share with those in need during this Christmas season. Thank you again for your generosity and continued support.
ROSARY SOCIETY NEWS
Our meeting is Monday December 3rd. Rosary @ 7:00 P.M. in Church Meeting @7:30 P.M. in Parish Center
Bring a friend. New members are always welcome.
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St. Thomas the Apostle School
MOMMY ‘n ME PLAYGROUP
Monday Mornings 10:15 a.m. till 11:00 in the school gym
The playgroup will serve children from 2 to 4 years of age. The playgroup aims to promote new and lasting
friendships for both children and their parents. Parents will be responsible for the supervision of
their children at all times. If you or a friend have any questions, please call
the school office at 973-338-8505.
Saint Thomas the Apostle Home and School Association
Saint Thomas the Apostle School Saturday December 8, 2012
9:30 a.m. (Doors open at 9:15am) Adults - $11
Children 4 yrs & over - $6 Children 3 yrs & under - Free
Menu: Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, French toast, bagels, fruit salad, desserts,
coffee, tea, and juices.
DJ, crafts and fun for children of all ages!!!! Santa will be available for pictures
(Please bring your own camera!)
Reservations due by Wed., Dec. 5, 2012 Christine Licciardello Tammy Passaro (973) 303-2112 (862) 754-1783
SANTA BREAKFAST RESERVATION FORM
Name: _______________________________________
Grade: ________ Phone: ________________________
#Adults _______ #Children (4yrs & over) _______
#Children (3yrs & under) ______
Total Amount enclosed $___________
Please seat me with:
_______________________________
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Emergency Blood Drive
St. Thomas the Apostle Church 60 Byrd Avenue Bloomfield N.J.
Sunday, December 16, 2012 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Herron Hall
Our blood supply has been impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Blood banks are in need of all types of blood. Please come and donate. All donors must present signed picture I.D. and know their social security number. Please eat a meal before you donate. Juice and snacks provided after donating.
For more information call the Blood Center of New Jersey at 973-676-4700.
“You can save a life”
Remember, even if you registered your Stop & Shop card last year, you must re-register this year for our school to receive credit for the Stop & Shop A+ Bonus Program.
We need your support!
Please be sure to register or re-register your card to benefit St. Thomas the Apostle School using ID #08625.
All you have to do is: Register online at www.stopandshop.com/aplus OR Call 1-877-275-2758 to register over the phone
***Please also encourage your friends and relatives to register or re-register too!
Moving? Please let us know. Within the parish – to update new address Out of parish – to discontinue mailings
Call the Parish Center at (973) 338-9190
Wellness Ministry Cares… Assistance Program
The Wellness Ministry phone line is available Mon-Fri, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Call the Parish Center 973-338-9190 ext. 120. A return call will be made within 24 hours. A Parish Nurse will provide limited confidential health counseling & referrals to Community health resources & services. Volunteers are available for errands, home visits and phone contacts.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Schedule Eucharistic Adoration: Nov. 26, 2012 April 29, 2013 Jan. 28, 2013 May 20, 2013 Feb. 25, 2013 June 24, 2013 March 11. 2013
Schedule: 11:00 a.m. Holy Rosary 11:30 a.m. Holy Mass 12:00 p.m. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 3:00 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy 3:30 p.m. Holy Rosary 6:00 p.m. Angelus 7:30 p.m. Respect for Life Holy Hour
MEN'S SCRIPTURE READING and REFLECTIONS
All men of the parish are invited MONDAY, 12/3/12 at 7:30pm in St. James room to a Scripture Reflection and discussion.
The focus will be on the past Sunday and the following Sunday readings as well as readings from the Catechism.
Come Hear the Good News and find out more about your Faith.
Men's Cornerstone Meeting
Wednesday, December 12th 7:30 pm in St. Peter room
All men of the parish are welcome to attend. In addition to Fellowship and prayer, we will address the up coming Catholic Men's Conference at Seton Hall University on Saturday, March 2, 2013.
We will also discuss our plans, if any, for a half day Retreat here at St. Thomas.
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Support St. Thomas’ Annual
Christmas Concert
Annual Christmas Concert & Reception
Saturday, December 15, 2012 – 7PM
Featuring the Garden State Concert Band,
Guest Vocalist: Elizabeth Perryman and guest narrator: Father Charles Miller
In order to help offset the costs there will be a Souvenir Program Journal. Please see the form below and make your contribution check to St. Thomas the Apostle Church.
Be a Sponsor Contribute to the Souvenir Program Journal
Back Cover - $400.00 Inside Back Cover - $200.00 Gold Page - $150.00 Inside Front Cover - $200.00 Full Page - $100.00 Half Page - $75.00 Quarter Page - $50.00 Listing of Name Page - $25.00
Name________________________________________
Address______________________________________
Phone________________________________________ I want to contribute _________ for_____________ page or $25.00 for a name listing.
Return completed form to: Paul Alongi, 21 Leo Terrace, Bloomfield, NJ 07003,
973-338-4665 or to the Parish Center.
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St. Thomas the Apostle September Club cordially invites all seniors (55 or over) to attend our weekly meetings:
Nov. 19 Nov. 26 Dec. 3 Dec. 10 Dec. 17 Jan. 7 Jan. 14 Jan. 28 Feb. 4 Feb. 11 Feb. 25 March 4 March 11 March 18 April 1 April 8 April 15 April 22 April 29 May 6 May 13
Saint Thomas the Apostle Parish
ZÉwÄç ZÉÉwá Gift Shop
Sundays 9 am-1 pm
(Located in the Parish Center) Cards Books Jewelry Rosaries
Gifts for all occasions!
****20% off all Boxed Christmas Cards****
Advent & Christmas items are available.
WELLNESS MINISTRY
The Wellness Ministry is in need of volunteers. If you would be willing to provide an occasional ride to a doctor’s office, store or other errand to a parishioner, we would love to hear from you. Please leave your name and phone number on the Parish Center phone line 973-338-9190 extension 120.
Prayer to the Immaculate Conception
O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
did prepare a worthy dwelling place for Your Son, we beseech You that, as by the foreseen death of this,
Your Son, You did preserve Her from all stain, so too You would permit us, purified through Her
intercession, to come unto You. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who
lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
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