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St. Michael’s Church Sunday, December 23, 2018

and Christmas Day 2018

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M A SS I NTE N T I O NS

Saturday, December 22 9:00 AM People of the Parish

4:00 PM † Dolores Jackson Dennis Jackson

† Bessie Cattanach Jim Cattanach

5:00 PM † John J. Hoagland Sr. Thomas & Vicki Hoagland

† Rosa Alba Stranieri Mother Francesca

7:30 PM People of the Parish

† Anthony Caruso Louis and Tricia Vincelli

Sunday, December 23 7:00 AM † Msgr. Bradley Falivene Family

9:00 AM † Dorothy Berdel

† Gian Carlo Tomen Aida David

10:00 AM † Bernie Boglioli Audrey Boglioli

11:00 AM Special Intention: Louis Carlesimo Jr.

Family

† Albert Molinari The Family

12:00 PM † Mildred Ryan Bowler Mary Moore

People of the Parish

4:00 PM † Gina & Zenz Weiss Ciano, Sofia & Mariella

† Joan Nolan Claire Cohen

7:30 PM † Christopher McMurray

Tuesday, December 25 (Christmas Day)

7:00 AM Special Intention: Rev. Bernard R. McIlhenny S.J.

Bill Mizerak

8:00 AM † Noel Vassallo Joseph & Kelina Vassallo

† Plinio Agresti Wife & Family

9:00 AM † Steve Scott Eileen and Larry Jones

† Donald W. Johnson Johnson Family

10:00 AM † Bernie Boglioli Audrey Boglioli

† Michael C. Poole Joe Lynam

11:00 AM † Harold & Julia Bowman Michael, AnnMarie & Joe

† Deolinda & Manuel Gomes

Daughter & Family

12:00 PM † Thomas Caruso Jr. Mom, Dad and Family

† Eileen & Mark, Ed & Courtney

Family

4:00 PM † Rev. Russell Abata Rick Binaco

7:30 PM † Joseph Vincent Shields Barbara Moran

Wednesday, December 26

8:00 AM † Giulia Scala

† Kyle Jarmon

† Brian Valan

Thursday, December 27

8:00 AM † Ursula Carlesimo Children

Friday, December 28

8:00 AM † Stephen Gill Family

* “Christmas Masses”. “U.C.” indicates Upper Church and

“L.C.” indicates Lower Church.

Monday, December 24 (Christmas Eve)

8:00 AM † Joseph and Kathleen Keip

Son

† Pro-Life Cause Friends of Sylvia Marsico

3:00 PM † Paul Sollitti Mary Jean Lepis (UC)

† Edward & Libbie Mowat Family (LC)

4:00 PM † Plinio Agresti Wife & Family (UC)

† Steven DeMussi Repko Family (UC)

† Ryan Family Family (LC)

4:30 PM † Rev. John Connor C.Ss.R.

(at San Alfonso Retreat House)

5:15 PM † Sam and Anna Sestito The Mango Family (UC)

† Steve McCarthy The Mango Family (UC)

† Stephen Suppo Kathleen, Walter & Stephanie (LC)

6:15 PM † Sylvia Marsico

7:30 PM † Rosa Alba Stranieri Mother Francesca

9:00 PM Special Intention Sister Bernice Marie S.S.C.M.

Bill Mizerak

11:00 PM People of the Parish

Fourth Sunday of Advent December 23, 2018 Page 3

Christmas Schedule 2018

Christmas Masses

Christmas Eve, Monday, December 24 3:00* (Upper & Lower Churches) 4:00** (Upper & Lower Churches)

4:30 at San Alfonso Retreat House *** 5:15 (Upper & Lower Churches)

6:15, 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00† PM (Upper Church only)

Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 AM, 12 Noon, 4:00 & 7:30PM

The 8:00 AM Christmas Mass is newly added to the Christmas Day schedule this year.

* With permission from the Bishop for celebration of these Vigil Masses before 4:00 PM.

** The 4:00 PM Mass on Christmas Eve in the Upper Church

will be the Parish’s Family Christmas Mass. The Christmas Choir will sing at this Mass.

***With Christmas Carols beginning at 4:10PM at San Alfonso preceding this 4:30 Mass

†Christmas Carols beginning at 10:30 PM

Masses Monday, December 31st

4:00 P.M. and 7:30 P.M.

Tuesday, January 1st 8:00 A.M., 12:00 Noon, 5:00 P.M. (no 4:00 P.M. Mass and no

7:30 P.M. Mass on January 1st)

Remaining Extra Confession Times During Advent

Saturday, December 22 2:45 P.M. until 3:45 P.M.

Parish Office Christmas Hours

The parish business office will be closed from Monday, Dec. 24 through and including Tuesday, Jan. 1 except as noted below. The office will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Tues-day, Jan. 2, 2019 . The parish office WILL BE OPEN for

business on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018 from 12:00 Noon until 2:00 p.m.

While the office is closed during these days of Christmas Week: If there is an urgent need for assistance from a priest or

from the parish staff, please call the parish office’s main number (732-222-8080) and the answering service will handle your call and arrange for an appropriate re-sponse.

Masses and Confessions will take place at their usual times while the business office is closed during Christ-mas Week. Please note the schedule of Masses for Christmas and for the Mary Mother of God holy day of obligation.

SOLEMNITY OF MARY,

MOTHER OF GOD

The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God is a Holy

Day of Obligation in 2019. Our Mass schedule for

the holy day is as follows:

Monday, December 31, 2018:

4:00 PM and 7:30 PM

Tuesday, January 1, 2019:

8:00 AM, 12:00 Noon and 5:00 PM

(no 4:00 PM Mass and no 7:30 PM

Mass on January 1st)

The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God is a Holy Day of Obligation this year.

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

●There will be no scheduled Confessions prior to the

Christmas Eve Vigil Masses, Christmas Day Masses, and

Masses for the Mary, Mother of God holy day. If an urgent

need for Confession occurs on those dates, arrangements can

be made by contacting the parish office. Please consult the

bulletin for special scheduled extra times for Confession

during the Advent Season.

On Christmas Eve, the Church will close at 9:30 a.m. following the completion of the 8:00 a.m. Mass and Ro-sary to permit preparation of the building for the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses. The Church will re-open at 2:15 p.m. on Christmas Eve afternoon.

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C HRISTMAS C HOIR

The St. Michael’s Christmas Choir will be

singing at the 4:00 PM Christmas Eve Family

Vigil Mass under the direction of Music Di-

rector Paul Bergin and Choir Director Jessica

Huetteman. Please come and join us.

Christmas Eve Mass at San Alfonso

Monday, December 24 at 4:30 PM

Our parish will celebrate a Christmas Eve Mass in the

chapel at the San Alfonso Retreat House at 4:30 p.m.

(preceded by carols at 4:10). The

Redemptorist priests of San Alfon-

so have graciously welcomed us to

use their chapel. The chapel at the

former Stella Maris property is not

available this year. We are very

grateful to the new owners of the

Stella Maris property who allowed

us to use the chapel there several

times dur-

ing the past

two years

including

Christmas Eve 2016 and 2017.

Fr. Butler and Fr. Wallace (Rector

of San Alfonso) will be the con-

celebrants of this year’s 4:30

Christmas Eve Mass. All are wel-

come; seating will be limited to

approximately 175 worshipers.

Christmas Eve 2018:

4:30 at San Alfonso

Christmas Eve 2017

at Stella Maris

CCD Christmas Class Schedule

Sundays: There will be no classes on Dec.

23th & 30th. Sunday classes resume on Jan.

6th.

Tuesdays: There will be no classes on Dec.

25th & Jan.1. Tuesday classes resume on

Jan. 8th.

2019 Calendars are now available in

the back of the church. Feel free to

take one after Mass. Thank you to

Woolley-Boglioli Funeral Home for

this donation!

The parish’s new Christmas Creche on the rectory’s

front lawn (see the photo) is a gift to the parish and to

the people of the parish and the community in memory

of Rosa Alba Stranieri from Rosa’s family. This Satur-

day the 22nd immediately after the 5:00 p.m. Mass we

will gather at the Creche to bless and dedicate it, to

pray for Rosa’s eternal rest, and to sing Silent Night as

a parish fami-

ly. All are

invited to at-

tend and par-

ticipate.

Fourth Sunday of Advent December 23, 2018 Page 5

MARCH FOR LIFE 2019 WASHINGTON D.C.

The March for Life began as a

small demonstration in 1973 and

rapidly grew to be the largest pro-

life event in the world. The

peaceful demonstration that has

followed on this somber anniver-

sary is a witness to the truth con-

cerning the greatest human rights

violation of our time: abortion.

Join us and half a million pro-

lifers as we head once again

to Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 18, 2019 for the

46th annual March For Life and walk from the Washington

Monument up Constitution Av to the Supreme

Court. Always peaceful and uplifting, The March For Life

offers you the opportunity to stop in at your federal legisla-

tors' offices and let them know how you feel (and how you

pray that they will vote!). Defunding the abortion industry,

defunding embryonic stem cell research, voting against

"right to die" and "death with dignity" euthanasia legisla-

tion are all critical parts of this day of peaceful and prayer-

ful witness and demonstration.

When: 6:00 A.M. Mass / 6:30 A.M. board bus & depart

Where: St. Jerome Church 254 Wall Street, West Long

Branch

Return: 9:30 P.M. (approx.)

Cost: still only $10! (College and high school students free)

Bus Captain: Kathryn Perez 732-581-9735 Call ASAP for

more info and to reserve your seat.

Weekend Collection & Attendance Thank You!

Saturday, December 15, 2018

4:00 PM Mass $2,231.00 281 people

5:00 PM Mass $1,302.00 112 people

7:30 PM Mass $806.00 102 people

Sunday, December 16, 2018

7:00 AM Mass $1,638.00 123 people

9:00 AM Mass $1,911.00 127 people

10:00 AM Mass $1,169.00 144 people

11:00 AM Mass $1,361.00 157 people

12:00 PM Mass $920.00 154 people

4:00 PM Mass $936.00 163 people

7:30 PM Mass $1,110.00 173 people ___________________________________________

TOTALS: $13,384.00 1,536 people

6:00 PM Mass $ 121.00 51 people

Please be kind and gentle to yourself.

Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.

Pope Francis

May you know the beauty of the season,

Merry Christmas.

Have a peaceful & a wonderful New Year

During this wonderful season there is al-ways the opportunity for

the blues to arrive. Try and find the middle ground. Change

it up. Make new traditions. Do something different, something new.

Go to mass.

Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of

God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God's perfect, indescribable gift.

The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with oth-

ers on Christmas and every other day of the year.

Joel Osteen

St. Michael's has a group for those that need

support with life's new paths and journeys. The PATHWAY TO HEAL Group is a ministry for

widowed, separated, and divorced persons.

Our group is here to help those who may be

new to the emotional stresses of separation

and loss in your world. If you need a place to come and feel safe please plan on at-

tending our group.

Thursday, January 10th, 2019

7:00 P.M.

St. Michael's Living Room 6 West End Court, Long Branch, NJ

Please Join Us, All Are Welcomed.

Please contact the Parish Office if you need immediate assistance.

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PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH

YEARLY MASS I NTENTIONS JULY 2019 Walter & Veronica Skowrenski r/o Robert Skowrenski & Family

OCTOBER 2019 Salvatore J. Mirarchi r/o Joe & Carmel Mirarchi

Ronald Lubischer Family NOVEMBER 2019 Louis Carlesimo r/o Children Ursula Carlesimo r/o Children

DECEMBER 2019

Dorothy Brady r/o Daughter Dee Celli

The Center Sanctuary Candle will be lit this

week in loving memory of Rose and Frank

Brown, requested by Elizabeth and Fredrica

Brown.

WEEKLY MASS I NTENTION

† Anthony DeMarco Bergrud Family † Anthony DeMarco Anthony DeMarco Family

† Anthony DeMarco Wrubel Family † Bernice Wrubel Wrubel Family † Joseph Wrubel Wrubel Family † Marie DeMarco Bergrud Family † Marie DeMarco Anthony DeMarco Family

† Marie DeMarco Wrubel Family † Michael Wrubel Bergrud Family † Michael Wrubel Wife Maria and Family † Ronald Lubischer Joyce Lubischer † Val Juliano Bergrud Family

NEIGHBORING PARISHES OF

Christ the King (www.cklb.org)

New Year’s Eve Dinner Dance, Mon, Dec 31st, 7:30 p.m. –

12:30 a.m. at Christ the King Parish Hall. $35 per person, En-

trée: Prime Rib, Soup Salad & Dessert, BYOB. Music by DJ

Catt. Tickets limited. Call the business office for tickets

732-222-3216.

Our Lady of Hope Parish (www.ladyofhopeparish.org)

Please join us for Advent Worship on Sundays, Dec, 9-23, at 4:30 p.m. at St. Jerome Church

St. Michael’s (www.stmichaelnj.com) Blessing of Christmas Creche, Prayers, and Carols Saturday,

December 22 after the 5:00 p.m. Mass. (front lawn of the Parish

Office)

A Holy and Joyous Christmas wish to All

Fourth Sunday of Advent December 23, 2018 Page 7

Blessing of Christmas Creche, Pray-

ers, and Carols (front lawn of the

Parish Office)

Saturday, December 22

(After the 5:00 p.m. Mass)

Rehearsals for Christmas Eve

Family Mass Choir

Dress Rehearsal: December 23

1:15 p.m.

Extra hours for Confessions

during Advent

As noted in this bulletin on Page 3

Christmas Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

(holy day of obligation)

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Rally & March for Life

(Washington D.C.)

Friday, January 18, 2019

First Penance Saturday, April 6, 2019

11:00 a.m.

First Holy Communion Saturday, May 11, 2019

11:00 a.m.

On the Calendar at

St. Michael’s Church

PRAYERS FOR THE

SICK OF THE

PARISH This is a list of parishioners, relatives, and friends who are in need of our prayers for healing. Our Rosarians also pray every Saturday for all the parishioners of St. Michael’s. Please note that intentions will be listed for two months and then removed, unless the requestor calls to renew for another two months. Please also note that according to

the HIPPA & privacy laws only the sick themselves or family members may request to be added to the list. Contact the Parish Office for all prayer requests. Thank you and may Our Lord grant healing to all those who are suffering and in need of our prayers.

Week 1

Virginia Maita

Week 2

Xan D.

Week 5

Antonio Bevacqui

Joelle Vega

Rosarian Prayer Group

+AMDG+

Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be to all the people.

Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going? Irrepressible questions each of us have asked ourselves and some-

times even agonize over. Next we ask, where are the answers? Can they be known? Admittedly these are not the usu-

al thoughts for Christmas, but surprisingly Christmas is where answers are to be found.

Obedience is probably not the first thought we have on Christmas morning, but there it is on display in the manger.

Obeying....Doing His Father’s will, Jesus is the key, the center and the purpose of the whole of man's history. Our

origin, purpose and destiny, all that we are and all that we are supposed to be, the entire seemingly unsolvable equa-

tion of man is revealed in God's only Son who died for our sake. (JPII)

God became man, revealing His irretrievable love for us. So much so that when we turned away, He humbled him-

self and came to reconcile us to Him, reminding us that we were made in His likeness and image. God reached down

to lift us up because we were made for God and for no less worthy reason.

This is the purpose of Christmas. To confirm that we are brothers and sisters to Jesus Christ, who is God, and there-

fore each and every one of us is endowed with incomparable dignity and made for a spectacular purpose - to share in

the divine life of the Trinity. It matters not what others think, or for that matter what I think. You and I are children

of God. This fact makes all the difference to our existence.

It is much overlooked, but everywhere the Christmas message has been lived, and has dramatically changed the

lives of people in practical and immense ways. Since the time of Christ the world is a much improved place for you,

me and countless others. The respect and dignity for the human person, having human rights, establishing just gov-

ernment, and care for our neighbors all spring from the reality of the Incarnation. This must never be forgotten, lest

we lose the truth of who we are and return to the world Jesus was born in. A world dominated by power, in which

human life has little value in the equation, and where misery, strife and hopelessness are the norm for most people.

Rejoice! We have something to be merry about. We know who we are. For unto us a child is born, to us a son is

given…And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. He has come

to save us. Merry Christmas.

Kevin Connelly

Director of Religious Education

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