St. Mary of Ostrabrama Church2018/04/15  · Candle for St. Joseph +Pearl Markowski - Eleanor & Michael Candle For St. Anthony +Frank “Chippy” Czapkowski - Mary & Cindy Wilk Our

St. Mary of Ostrabrama Church 30 Jackson Street, South River, NJ 08882

Phone: 732-254-2220 Fax: 732-651-8182

Website: www.stmarysr.org Facebook.com/stmarysr

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Saint Mary of Ostrabrama Parish, a Roman

Catholic Community, embraces the teachings of Jesus Christ by fostering our rich traditions and serving the needs of others. Through worship,

sacrament and prayer, all are invited to join with us as we continue to inspire and strengthen

our parish family.

APRIL 15, 2018 Third Sunday of Easter

PARISH STAFF:

Rev. Michael J. Gromadzki Pastor

Thomas F. Dominiecki Deacon Emeritus

Mark Hennicke Deacon

Mrs. Gayle Spezio, Assistant Administrator Ms. Jeanette Vega, Cemetery Coordinator

Mrs. Rosemary Eckert, P.C.L., Faith Formation

PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION

PARISH OFFICE: CEMETERY OFFICE: [email protected] [email protected]

PARISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM: [email protected]

MASS SCHEDULE:

Sunday: 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM (Children’s Liturgy), 12:00 N (Polish)

Saturday: Vigil Mass 4:00 PM

Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri.: 8:00 AM / Thurs: 6:30 PM {Weekday Masses are in the Chapel except for Holy Days}

Holy Days of Obligation: 8:00 AM, 12:15 PM, 7:00 PM

ROSARY: Prayed before daily Mass & before 4 PM Vigil & 8:30 AM

Sunday Mass.

MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA: Every Monday following the 8:00 AM Mass.

DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET: Prayed following all weekday Masses.

CONFESSIONS: Saturdays 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon or by appointment.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

CEMETERY OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

OFFICES CLOSED ON ALL HOLY DAYS & HOLIDAYS

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

SATURDAY (SOBOTA), APRIL 14 4 PM +Ben & Caroline Ciak Req. by: Children

SUNDAY (NIEDZIELA), APRIL 15 8:30 Pro Populo / For the People of the Parish 10:30 +John Adamusik Req. by: Brother, Joe 12 N +Ogrodnik & Gargala Family Req. by: Adela

MONDAY (PONIEDZIALEK), APRIL 16 Easter Weekday 8 AM +Deceased Ralston & Christian Parents Req. by: Carole & Bill

TUESDAY (WTOREK), APRIL 17 Easter Weekday 8 AM +Frances & Alfred Dzielinski Req. by: Bozena & Zbigniew Salamon

WEDNESDAY (SRODA), APRIL 18 Easter Weekday 8 AM +Benjamin Konopacki Req. by: Wife, Helen

THURSDAY (CZWARTEK), APRIL 19 Easter Weekday 6:30PM +Swiderski & Dawidowicz Family Req. by: Family

FRIDAY (PIATEK), APRIL 20 Easter Weekday 8 AM +Konstanty, Victoria & Alfred Kucharski Req. by: Family

SATURDAY, (SOBOTA), APRIL 21 Easter Weekday St. Anselm, Bishop & Doctor of the Church 4 PM +Eleanor Grygo Req. by: Husband, Milton

SUNDAY (NIEDZIELA), APRIL 22 Fourth Sunday of Easter 8:30 +Hedwig & Joseph Arciszewski Req. by: Family 10:30 +Peter, Helen, Robert & James Prysiazny Req. by: Nancy Prysiazny 12 N Pro Populo / For the People of the Parish

MASS INTENTIONS . . . Anyone wishing to present the gifts at the Offertory of the Mass, kindly speak to an usher prior to the beginning of Mass. Family members of those for whom the Mass is offered are always welcomed and encouraged to present the gifts and given priority.

PARISH REGISTRATION: All parishioners should be registered. Parishioners over the age of 18 should register independently of their parents. It is necessary to be a registered parishioner for at least 3 months in order for us to provide testimonial letters. Kindly notify the Parish Office of any changes. BAPTISMS: Fourth Sunday of the month at 1 PM. Please call the Parish Office to make arrangements prior to making social plans. Parents & godparents must attend instructions on the third Sunday of the month at 11:30 AM in the Seniors’ Room. MARRIAGES: Arrangements should be made at least one year in advance, prior to making social plans. SICK CALLS: Arrangements for communion calls to the sick can be made by calling the Parish Office. Please notify the Parish Office when a parishioner is in the hospital. Emergency calls are made at any time.

PARISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM (PREP): Instruction in the Catholic Faith for children in grades 1-8. Classes are held from September to April on Monday afternoons from 4:30 - 5:45 PM. Please contact the Parish Office for further information. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA): A process of prayer, study, & spiritual formation which prepares unbaptized adults & adults baptized outside the Catholic Church to be in full communion.. Any adult 18 years of age or older who desires becoming a Catholic should call the Parish Office.

THE HOLY FATHER’S INTENTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL

Universal: For Those who have Responsibility in Economic Matters

That economists may have the courage to reject any economy of exclusion and know how to open new paths.

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

“Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ But they were startled and

frightened ...” - Luke 24:36-37

Throughout the day we have many opportunities to “see the face of Jesus” in others and to “be the face of Jesus” to others. Do we take that opportunity to provide “peace” to those we encounter or are we afraid of what others will think of us and do nothing? Pray for the strength to live a “God-centered” life and not a “self-centered” life.

Sunday, April 15 Pre-Baptism Class 11:30 am, Msgr. Wujek Room Food Bank Collection

Monday, April 16 Seniors’ Meeting 10 am, Msgr. Wujek Room Mass at South River Landing 2 pm PREP 4:30-5:45 pm

Tuesday, April 17 Cenacle Prayer Group 8:30 am, Chapel Holy Hour with Exposition of Blessed Sacrament

Saturday, April 21 Confessions 11 am Confirmation Retreat 12 n - 4 pm

THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE . . .

WINE & HOSTS

+John Gerenza, Jr. - Peter & Rosemary Eckert

CANDLE INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Sanctuary Candle ~ Church Health & God’s Blessings for Bozena Stachowiak -

Staszak Family

Blessed Mother’s Altar Candles Health & God’s Blessings for Sylvia - Mama

Sacred Heart Altar Candles Health & God’s Blessings for Waclawa -

Staszak Family

Candle for St. Joseph +Pearl Markowski - Eleanor & Michael

Candle For St. Anthony +Frank “Chippy” Czapkowski - Mary & Cindy Wilk

Our Lady of Ostrabrama Candles +John Gerenza, Jr. - Anna Klich

Sanctuary Candle ~ Chapel {Available ~ $25 for one large candle for one week}

Divine Mercy Candles ~ Chapel {Available ~ $25 for two candles for one week}

St. Anne’s Altar ~ Chapel {Available ~ $25 for two candles for one week}

La Pieta Grotto Candles {Available ~ $25 for two candles for one week}

Please contact the Parish Office to make arrangements to donate candles or wine

& hosts in honor of a loved one.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMORIALS

In addition to Mass intentions, St. Mary’s offers a variety of

options to remember your loved ones or special occasions. All of the following are available throughout the year. The names and/or intentions will be printed in the bulletin for that week. Please contact the Parish Office for details and availability.

Altar Flowers: Available weekly for specific areas in the church & chapel except Lent & Advent

Wine & Hosts: Available for Masses for one week Candle Intentions: Available weekly for specific

areas in the church & chapel Memorial Room Candles: Available monthly Memorial Room Plaques: Various sizes available Tree of Life: Leaves still available

REMEMBER THE SICK & HOMEBOUND, especially: Cindy Abreu-Maia, Mrs. Marlene Ahde, Nina Argresta, Jack Batchie, Ted Batko, JoAnn Belko, Marie Borichewski, Patricia Brink, Virginia Brown, Jeff Byrnes, Cathy Christan, Lynette Cucco, Thomas DelGuercio, Mary Dzienkowski, Tom Fackovec, Evelyn Fafara, Penelope Fry, Patricia Gaffney, Sophie Galinski, John Ganser, Matthew Giardelli, Maryann Goccia, Amelia Halmo, Irene Hanko, Jean Hill, Eleanor Holz, Rose Johnson, Edward Jurewicz, Catheryn Kelly, Jason Klee, Boguslaw Kmieciak, Marion Kovacs, Joan Krenzel, Michael Lucas, Anthony Martino, Wanda Massaro, Dorothy McMahon, Hannah Grace Michlik, Rozalia Milkowski, Kazia Naglik, Maria Nunez, Adela Ogrodnik, Joe Pawelek, Hattie Pawlowski, Charles Philipone, Shona Pietraczenko, Nicholas Piacenti, Anne Piersanti, Cecelia Polanski, Kevin Rasimowicz, C. Rasmussen, Rose Razzano, Walter & Edna Rice, Sr. Rosangela, Rosalie Rudy, Sean Ryan, Steven Samuel, Gregory Sciscoe, Raymond Stavish, Joe Szumski, Pauline Terelmes, Sylvia Thrasher, Christine Tobin, Maria Uzzo, Juan Velazquez, Arlene Watson, Claire Watson, Martha Sue Williams, Karolina Wojciechowski, Edward Wolanin, Jr., Kathryn Wolanin, Barbara Zambrzicky, Henry Ziolkowski.

IN OUR HEARTS & PRAYERS . . . PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE

RECENTLY DECEASED:

+Dolores M. Stavish

May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.

**IMPORTANT NOTE**

On Saturday, May 5, there will be no Confessions due to the Sacrament of First Holy Communion in our parish. Thank you.

Shop-Rite Certificates

Everyone needs to shop for groceries & prescriptions. The certificates program

is a means for St. Mary’s to earn five cents on every dollar spent at Shop-Rite without any additional cost to shoppers. Certificates are available before and after all Masses at the entrances of the church, or may be purchased at the Parish Office during regular office hours.

REMEMBER ST. MARY’S IN YOUR WILL

God will never be outdone in generosity. Please remember

St. Mary’s Parish in your Will & Testament!

The repairs you are witnessing in our Beautiful Church are the results of donations and remembrances in our Parishioners’ Last Will & Testaments. Thank you & Bóg Zapłać for your generosity!!!

GOD’S PLAN FOR GIVING . . .

St. Mary’s Parish is totally dependent upon the generosity of its parishioners for parish support. Our church support program is called “Sacrificial Giving”. Each individual parishioner or family is asked to consistently give “their fair share”, in support of their parish in a spirit of thanksgiving to God, to enable our parish church to carry out the mission and ministry of Jesus Christ. The envelopes provided for you are to be used as gift wrappers for each sacrificial gift you give to the Lord. Please be generous, since God is generous to us.

Sunday Collection - April 8, 2018

Weekly Collection $4,224.00 Monthly Offering $1,328.00 Building Fund $1,819.00

Thank You & God Bless You! Bóg Zapłać!

IN OUR PARISH . . .

2018 BISHOP’S ANNUAL APPEAL Lighting a Fire in the Heart of Our World

Thank you to all who have given so generously to the 2018 Bishop’s Annual Appeal. If you have not made a pledge, there is still time to participate. Mail your gift to: Diocese of Metuchen, Bishop’s Annual Appeal, PO Box 4000, Metuchen, NJ 08840-4000 or give online at www.diometuchen.org/BAA. To date, the Development Office has received pledges totaling $35,139.00 and payments totaling $32,526.50 from 158 parishioners. This represents 83.7% of our $42,000.00 goal.

Holy Humor

South River Fire Department Truck Blessing

St. Mary of Ostrabrama Church

Thursday, May 10, 2018 Mass at 7:00 PM

Fire Truck Blessing follows Mass in Parking Lot

Reception follows in Parish Center.

All are invited!

The St. Mary’s Parish Life Committee would like to thank all the parishioners who helped or dined at the Parish Lenten Fish Dinners. We served 659 dinners and donated $5,000.00 to the St. Mary’s Building Fund.

Thank you very much to all the parishioners who were so generous in donating to my Animal Shelter Drive. I collected many bags of food, treats, toys and blankets and towels for the animals. The shelter was very happy to receive them.

Caolinn Lang

Why didn’t Noah fish very often?

He only had two worms.

The Holy Name would like to sincerely thank all who donated to their C.O.P.E. Project on April 7/8. Because of your generosity, our May disbursement was $1,010. Our next collection will be on May 12/13.

FAITH FORMATION . . . SACRAMENTS AT ST. MARY OF

OSTRABRAMA 2018

We are pleased to announce that Bishop James F. Checchio will be the presider at the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Mary’s on Friday, May 4, 2018 at 5:00 pm.

Also, the Sacrament of First Holy Communion will be held on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 10:00 am.

Please pray for the young people of our parish who are preparing for these most important sacraments.

May Our Lord bless our young parishioners and the Holy Spirit guide them in their

preparations.

St. Mary’s Altar Rosary Society is sponsoring a trip to see the production of JESUS, a musical stage adventure at:

Sight and Sound Theatre Lancaster, PA

Date: November 23, 2018 Time: Leaving St. Mary’s parking lot promptly at 9:30 am Price: $135 Adult, $75 Children (3 to 12yrs old)

Price includes bus, lunch and show. Full payment due at time of reservation. NO REFUNDS. Please make check payable to: St. Mary’s Altar Rosary Society. LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE. First come, first serve.

For reservations and inquiries, please contact Fatima Fernandes through phone or text to 732-672-1268.

JUNIOR ROSARIANS

St. Mary’s Parish is reaching out to young ladies (13-18 years old) to form a new ministry entitled

“Junior Rosarians”.

Our goals are: To offer teenage girls a safe haven To create lasting relationships with peers. To bring our youth closer to Jesus through

Mary and the Rosary. To serve our parish. To inspire others to join us in our walk of

faith.

If interested, please visit Instagram page @JuniorRosarians or talk to Jillian Fernandes after Mass.

The Altar Rosary Society thanks all parishioners, family, friends, neighbors and co-workers who supported the Easter Babka Sale. A special thank you to those Altar Rosary Society members and their family members for the help they provided on delivery day. We sold 476 babkas and raised $1,144.50.

Thank you, Everyone!

Memorial Room Candle Intentions April 2018

+Robert&DorothyPogroszewskiReq.by:Family+JoanM.UlerReq.by:Husband,Ron

+PaulShepskoReq.by:Wife,Stella

+Blandino&TaglienteFamiliesReq.by:Bob&GraceTagliente+ChesterZubrzyckiReq.by:Wife,Dorothy+BlaszkaFamily

Julius,Sophie,Leonard,Jean,Tillie,OttoReq.by:DeaconTom&JanetDominiecki

+Msgr.MartinKomosinskiReq.by:DeaconTom&JanetDominiecki+FrankCzapkowskiReq.by:Ben&HelenKaczorowski+JohnGerenza,Jr.Req.by:Bob&GraceTagliente+JohnGerenza,Jr.Req.by:Joe&PatBrzozowski

+JohnGerenza,Jr.Req.by:Nancy,Tom,John&Gary

+JohnGerenza,Jr.Req.by:LorettaGostkowski

Sacred Heart Church, South Amboy

Tricky Tray Friday, April 20, 2018

Sacred Heart Memorial Hall 529 Washington Ave., South Amboy

Tickets: $15 includes coffee, tea, dessert Doors open at 6pm. First drawing at 7:30pm.

Reservations required. Please call 732-721-0040.

Breath of Faith

We draw strength from God in prayer. Prayer is the breath of faith: in a relationship of trust, in a relationship of love, dialogue cannot be left out, and prayer is the dialogue of the soul with God.

- from The Spirit of Saint Francis

MINUTE MEDITATION

MARRIAGE The Christian community is enriched and renewed through the union of couples in the sacramental bond of

marriage. We ask your prayers for those who have been married recently:

Ryan Alan Notarangelo & Bianca Elizabeth Falso

We pray that they may find an ever-growing unity in Jesus Christ Our Lord.

OurLadyofVictoriesParish,SayrevilleMass&HealingServiceApril16,2018~7:00PMCelebrant:FatherJohnCampoli,DirectorHisLoveMinistries

IndividualhealingprayerswillbegivenfollowingMass.Allarewelcome.Forinformation,callMarilyn732-991-7379orvisitwww.frjohncampoli.com

AROUND THE DIOCESE . . . HOLY HOUR FOR VOCATIONS

A Holy Hour of Prayer on Good Shepherd Sunday and World Day of Prayer for Vocations, co-sponsored by the Office for Religious and the Office of Vocations, will be held on April 22, 3

p.m. at St. John Neumann Pastoral Center, Piscataway.

Fellowship and refreshments will follow the service.

For information, call (732) 562-1990.

New Jersey Right to Life

Annual Banquet Dinner Friday, April 20, 2018 ~ 6:30 pm Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick

2008 Republican Vice Presidential Candidate & Governor of Alaska (2006-2009) Sarah Palin will

headline event.

Registration for the Banquet and/or VIP Reception must be made in advance and seats are on a first

come, first served basis.

For information & registration, call 732-562-0562.

St. Berrnadette Church Social Concerns

Spring Clothing Drive Saturday, April 21, 2018 ~ 9 am to 1 pm.

Parking Lot 20 Villanova Road, Parlin

Clothing, small appliances, household items, toys, books, small furniture, linens, blankets curtains, drapes, bedspreads, pillows, handbags, shoes.

For information, please call Karen 732-425-0387.

IT’S COMPLICATED.

A discussion of Israel, Christianity and Islam and building bridges to peace.

Wednesday, April 25, 2018 7 to 9 PM

St. John Neuman Pastoral Center 146 Metlars Lane, Piscataway

Moderator: Rev. Guy Selvester, Director Office of Ecumenical & Interfaith Affairs

Diocese of Metuchen

For more information, call 732-529-7937.