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427 Stanhope Road Sparta New Jersey 07871
Parish office: 973-729-1682 LOVE GOD, LOVE OTHERS AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST
Parish Center Hours: Tue. – Wed. – 9am. To 3pm.
Thursday 9am to 12:00pm.
Faith Formation: Tue. - Thur. – 9am to 2pm
Parish Staff Fr. Vidal Roberto Gonzales, Jr.
Pastor
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Deacon Drew Calandriello
Deacon Glen Murphy
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Jeanne Hoskin Office Manager
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Jennifer Dottinger Administrative Assistant
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Tina Jurgaitis Bookkeeper
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Cheryl Wallace DRE and Pastoral Associate
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Dawn Green Administrative Assistant
Youth Protection / Safe
Environment
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Marc G. Dalio Music Director
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Mike Sawey
Maintenance
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Cathy Pivowar
Robert Medina
Trustees
CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST
Daily Mass at 8:15 AM. (Monday to Friday)
Saturday at 5:00PM – Parking Lot - Bring a lawn chair
Sunday at 7:30AM, 9:00AM, 10:30AM, & 12 Noon.
Our live streaming of Mass and Zoom Mass will continue
during weekend Masses at 9:30am.
Confessions: Every Saturday from 4:00pm. – 4:45pm.
Please call the office or email Fr. Vidal for an appointment.
Wear facemask and observe social distancing.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Held every Wednesday from 2:00 – 4:00PM.
(Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3:00PM / Novena to our
Mother perpetual Help at 3:45)
Every First Friday of the month from 2 - 8 PM.
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We will continue to keep you updated through our
website, E-mails, Flocknotes and Facebook. To join
Flocknotes (text message app) text "stkateri" to 84576.
We pray for: Taylor Donnelly, Pat Kane, Kathy Hartwick, Brian Naccarelli, Bill McCrossan, Carol Mohr, Graydon McVicker, Edward Wallace, MaryAnn Eifler, Christopher Robak, Margie Frazier, Al Saveriano, Henry Schubert, Patrick Dillsworth, Chris Auger, Margaret Brennan, Brittany Johnson.
REFLECTION “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” Mat. 22:36
This question was posed by one of the scholars of the law in an attempt to test Jesus. It’s clear, from the context of this passage that the relationship between Jesus and the religious leaders of His time was beginning to become contentious. They were beginning to test Him and were even trying to trap Him. However, Jesus continued to silence them with His words of wisdom. In response to the question above, Jesus silences this scholar of the law by giving the perfect answer. He says, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37-39). With this statement, Jesus gives a complete summary of the moral law found in the Ten Commandments. The first three Commandments reveal that we must love God above all and with all our might. The last six Commandments reveal that we must love our neighbor. The moral law of God is as simple as fulfilling these two more general commandments. But is it all that simple? Well, the answer is both “Yes” and “No.” It’s
simple in the sense that God’s will is not typically complex and difficult to comprehend. Love is spelled out clearly in the Gospels and we are called to embrace a radical life of true love and charity. However, it can be considered difficult in that we are not only called to love, we are called to love with all our being. We must give of ourselves completely and without reserve. This is radical and requires that we hold nothing back. Reflect, today, upon the simple call to love God and your neighbor with all that you are. Reflect, especially, upon that word “all.” As you do, you will most certainly become aware of ways in which you fail to give everything. As you see your failure, recommit in hope to the glorious path of making a total gift of yourself to God and others. Lord, I choose to love You with my whole heart, mind, soul and strength. I also choose to love all people as You love them. Give me the grace to live these two commandments of love and to see them as the path to holiness of life. I do love You, dear Lord. Help me to love You more. Jesus, I trust in You. (MyCatholicLife)
Oct. 24 - SAT. 5:00 PM +Gordon Ryerson
Oct. 25 - SUN 7:30 am 9:30 am 10:30 am 12:00 nn
+Alfredo Julao +David Perry +Ruth Brown +Thomas E. Carley
Oct. 26 – Mo. 8:15 am +Joe Lorentz
Oct. 27 – Tue. 8:15 am + Ruth Brown
Oct. 28 – Wed. 8:15 am +Vidal Gonzales, Sr.
Oct. 29 – Thu. 8:15 am +August C. DePreker
Oct. 30 – Fri. 8:15 am + Teresita Gonzales
Oct. 31 – Sat. 5:00 +Teresa De Lateja
Nov. 1 – Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am
10:30 am 12:00 nn
Special Intention +Tony Canistra +Vergelita Gonzales +Charles Treanor
Active Military Prayer List Please pray for our Active Military: Sean Schoch, Infantry Second Lieutenant, Daniel Joseph (D.J.) Duguay, US Air Force; James Schoch, Infantry Second Lieutenant; Frank Cutrone, First Lieutenant, US Army; LtCol Dan Murphy, US Marine Corps; LTJG Katherine Garza, US Navy; LTJG David Garza, US Navy; LCpl Josh Jackson US Marine Corps May God keep them safe and protect them from all
harm. If you would like a love ones name added to
the prayer list for the military,
please call the parish center. 973-729-1682.
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For the 7:00 pm. Mass, please email the
Name/s of your deceased love ones to
SCHEDULE OF MASSES [email protected]. Also, box will
8:15 am , 12:00 pm be provided in the gathering space for
and 7:00 pm (Zoom and Facebook) the names of our beloved dead to be
prayed at the 7:00pm Mass.
WEEKLY OFFERING
We are grateful to all those who have signed up for Electronic
Giving and those who continue to mail in or drop off weekly
donations. We truly appreciate your ongoing support and want to
let you know we’re here for you. You are a valued members of
our church family. Thank you for all the notes we receive in with
your offerings that carry messages of kindness and hope. Your
Sunday offering Even though our church is quiet, facility utilities
do not go away. Needs of our community, ministry, and families
still remain as well. We cannot meet such needs without your
help. As we are not able to serve in large groups or in person, our
gifts of prayer and treasure are ever so important, even crucial to
get us through this difficult time. If you haven’t already, please
consider setting up a recurring gift online. It takes two simple
steps and the rest is seamless, automatic, and very flexible.
Please visit our donation page at: www.saintkateri.org/electronic-
giving You can also continue to mail your gifts and envelopes to
the parish at: 427 Stanhope Rd, Sparta, NJ 07871.
May God bless you and your loved ones.
Weekly Mo. of Oct.
Regular Collections $27,559
Week Ending 10/04/2020 Regular Collection 11,986 Maintenance 465 Project Faith 50 Week Ending 10/11/2020 Regular Collection 9,858 Maintenance 290 Project Faith 210 Week Ending 10/18/2020 Regular Collection 5,714 Maintenance 45 Project Faith 256 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget Monthly Expenses (including Loan Payments) $50,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Month Net Income/(Expense) as of 10/11/2020 $22,441
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY
SK Faith Formation – Our Family Mass/Home Lessons
continue! Our first Family Home Lessons began the weekend of October 17th/18th. These lessons, and our Sacramental program assignments (for 1st and 2nd Grade Communion Prep, and 7th and 8th Confirmation Prep) are available on our website and on our private SK Faith Formation Facebook Page.
All registered SK Faith Formation Families must request permission to join our brand new (private group) "Saint Kateri Faith Formation of Sparta, NJ" Facebook Page. All communications and lessons for our program will be sent via email, Flocknote, and our brand new (private group) "Saint Kateri Faith Formation of Sparta, NJ" Facebook Page.
Overview of our SK Faith Formation Program & REMINDERS
Our 2020-2021 Faith Formation year has 2 main components:
•All registered SK Faith Formation families will attend any (Sat/Sun) Mass each weekend, and then,
•All registered Faith Formation Families visit our SK Faith Formation of Sparta, NJ Facebook Page, and our website, for the Family/Home Mass Lesson each week. The first of these lessons is currently posted, and will be due on Oct. 25th.
Additionally: •Those enrolled in Sacramental Preparation (1st and 2nd Grade Communion Prep, and 7th and 8th Confirmation Prep): 1st and 2nd Graders complete sacramental assignments in their grade-specific workbooks. 7th and 8th (and above) Grades must follow the links on our SK FFormation Facebook Page for materials and instructional videos (from Father Vidal and our catechetical team) specific to their preparation. The first of these lessons is due this weekend. There is another lesson posted this weekend and is due the weekend of Nov. 1.
1st and 2nd Graders! Keep up the good work! If you have not done so already, please have your parent help you by submitting a photo of your workbook pages to [email protected], or insert a paper copy in the labeled SK FF Box located in our SK Gathering Space.
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FAITH FORMATION CORNER
Saint Kateri Parish enthusiastically looks forward
to the Adopt a Family Program every year. It has
been one of our most cherished holiday traditions. At this time of a
pandemic, our churches have been hit hard and due to restrictions attendance has been very low. We know that our receiving parishes still
have the need for assistance and we will try our best to meet some of the most in dire needs. The families who participate from Saint Kateri are caring and generous people who believe
that sharing the blessings of Christmas are one of the special ways we as Christians can share
our faith and the love of Christ. You have always enthusiastically looked forward to the
Adopt a Family program every year but we as a ministry are uncertain how things will work out
this year. With that being said we will be reaching out to as many parishioners as
possible and will be asking for gift cards, toys or monetary donations. We will try our best to
supply the receiving parishes through the generosity of our people however, we will not be adopting specific families. Instead we are
hoping you will once again open your hearts to all the many blessings we have here in Sparta and Sussex County during a time that is very uncertain. Saint Kateri has always been very
generous in the past and we are always in awe of the many people who give to this very special
ministry.
At this time we will begin collecting Shop Rite and Walmart gift cards (please keep
denominations at $25.00 or $50.00 as well as monetary donations and new toys. If you
would like to purchase gift cards through our Everyone Shops Gift Card Program Click Here
for information.
You may drop your donations off at the Parish House next to the church or send in the mail to:
Saint Kateri 427 Stanhope Ave Sparta, New Jersey 07871
Please mark on your envelop to the: Attention of Adopt a Family.
God Bless s You, Saint Kateri Parish
Adopt a Family Ministry
o Confirmation Preparation Lessons (for 7th and 8th Grades and up) are video lessons posted each week to our SK FF Facebook Page. These videos are accompanied by written assignments. Please look for these each week of our program. The student work that was submitted from last week was really remarkable. Keep up the good work! And if you haven’t submitted yet, please email your response to [email protected] or insert a paper copy in the labeled SK FF Box left in our church gathering space. Don’t miss these 2 exciting developments at Saint Kateri FF this year:
Father Vidal celebrates the Saint Kateri Faith Formation Family/Children’s Mass at 10:30am--each Sunday of Faith Formation Year! At this very special Mass, Father Vidal provides catechesis to all of our children, teens, and families. This Mass will only be available to SK Faith Formation Families—in-person and live-streaming via our “Saint Kateri Faith Formation of Sparta, NJ” Facebook Page.
We are adding enhancements--videos and materials--to our SK FFormation Facebook Page (demos, etc.) to help parents guide their families through the Family/Home Mass lessons and to assist parents in the practices of prayer, virtues, etc. Check them out! We started off our SK Faith Formation Program this year with the Virtual FFormation Rosary, which is now posted on our BRAND NEW SK Faith Formation Facebook Page. This Introductory Faith Formation Rosary Video begins with brief details about the SK Faith Formation program, materials, and overall format. Please watch it if you have not already! We look forward to connecting with you at Mass each weekend! God bless you and your families as we navigate the challenges of this new year! Cheryl Wallace Director of Religious Education and Pastoral Associate Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish 427 Stanhope Road Sparta, NJ 07871 [email protected] (973) 729-3021
FAITH FORMATION . . . .
St. Mary Anthony Claret - Was born in Salient in Catalonia, Spain, in 1807, the son of a weaver. He took up
weaving but then studied for the priesthood, desiring to be a Jesuit. Ill health prevented his entering the Order,
and he served as a secular priest. In 1849, he founded the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
known today as the Claretians, and the Apostolic Training Institute of the Immaculate Conception, Claretian
nuns. Anthony Mary Claret had the gift of prophecy and performed many miracles.. Feastday: October 24;
Patron: of Textile Merchants, Weavers, Savings, Catholic press, Claretians Missionary Sons of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary, Diocese of the Canary Islands , Claretian Students , Claretian Educators, Technical and Vocational Educators.
St. Boniface I Ordained by Pope Damasus I, St. Boniface was a priest at Rome and served as
papal legate to Constantinople under Innocent I. When Pope Zosimus died in December, 418, a majority elected
Boniface pope, and a minority elected Eulalius pope. Pope and antipope were consecrated on the same day. The
Council of Spoleto was convoked in 419 to settle the dispute. Symmachus the Prefect supported Eulalius, and the
Emperor Honorius supported Boniface, who was enthroned after the council. Boniface condemned Pelagianism
and encouraged St. Augustine to write against it. When Boniface died in 422, he was buried in a chapel which he
had built in the cemetery of St. Felicity. Feastday: October 25, Patron: of brewers; Fulda; Germany; World Youth
Day.
St. Jude, known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the Less, and a relative of Our Saviour. He was one of
the 12 Apostles of Jesus and his attribute is a club. Images of St. Jude often include a flame around his head,
which represent his presence at Pentecost, when he accepted the Holy Spirit alongside the other apostles.
Another attribute is St. Jude holding an image of Christ, in the Image of Edessa.
Sometimes he can also be seen holding a carpenter's ruler or is depicted with a scroll or book, the Epistle of Jude.
Biblical scholars agree St. Jude was a son of Clopas and his mother Mary was the Virgin Mary's cousin. Saint Jude
is not the same person as Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Our Lord and despaired because of his great sin and lack of
trust in God's mercy. Feastday: October 28, Patron: of Desperate causes, desperate situations, lost causes.
St. Simon was surnamed the Zealot for his rigid adherence to the Jewish law and to the Canaanite law. He was one
of the original followers of Christ. Western tradition is that he preached in Egypt and then went to Persia with St.
Jude, where both suffered martyrdom. Eastern tradition says Simon died peacefully at Edessa. His feast day is
October 28th.
Michael McGivney was born into a poor family in Connecticut in 1852. His parents were immigrants from
Ireland. People in their community treated them harshly because they were Catholic. They had thirteen
children, and only seven of these survived childhood. Michael was the oldest.
Father McGivney was an excellent student. He graduated three years ahead of his class. He went to work making spoons in a brass factory when he was thirteen years old. He knew from a young age that he wanted to be a priest. At sixteen, he began his studies to become a priest. The archbishop ordained him in 1877, and he was sent to St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Connecticut. There were many wealthy families living in New Haven, but the Catholic parishioners at St. Mary’s were mostly poor and struggling Irish immigrants. They were just like the people Father McGivney grew up with. He organized baseball games and social events to bring people together as a community. It was during this time
that Father McGivney held the first meeting of the Knights of Columbus. The idea for the Knights of Columbus came about because Father McGivney was concerned about what happened to the families in the parish when a husband or father died. If a man died or could no longer work, his wife and children often lost everything. The Knights of Columbus promised to take care of these families in their need. It also provided a community for men to grow in their faith and do works of charity. Father McGivney was sent to a new parish after several years at St. Mary’s. He continued to work hard as a holy and selfless priest. In 1890, a flu pandemic came to the United States. Father McGivney contracted the flu, which later turned into pneumonia. He died just two days after his thirty-eighth birthday. Father McGivney was declared “Venerable” by Pope Benedict in 2008. Pope Francis approved the miracle for his beatification in 2020. On October 31, 2020, Father McGivney will be named “Blessed Michael McGivney”.
Beatification of Father Michael J. McGivney
On May 27, 2020, Pope Francis approved the promulgation of a decree
recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of the founder of the
Knights of Columbus, Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney, a Connecticut
priest who served his flock during the
pandemic of 1890, before himself becoming
ill and dying of pneumonia.
The pope’s action means that Father
McGivney can be declared “Blessed,” the
step just prior to sainthood. An additional miracle attributed to Father McGivney’s
intercession will be required for his canonization as a saint.
The miracle recognized as coming through Father McGivney’s intercession involved
an unborn child in the United States who in 2015 was healed in utero of a life-
threatening condition after prayers by his family to Father McGivney.
Born of Irish immigrant parents in 1852 in Waterbury, Connecticut, Father McGivney
was a central figure in the dramatic growth of the Church in the United States in the
late 19th century. Ordained in Baltimore in 1877, he ministered to a heavily Irish-American and immigrant community
in the then-Diocese of Hartford. At a time of anti-Catholic sentiment, he worked tirelessly to keep his flock close to the
faith in part by finding practical solutions to their many problems – spiritual and temporal alike. With a group of the
leading Catholic men of New Haven, he founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882 at St. Mary’s Church to provide
spiritual support for Catholic men and financial resources for families that had suffered the loss of their breadwinner.
The Mass of Beatification will take place October 31, 2020 at 11:00 AM at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, CT.
The Mass will include the reading of an apostolic letter from the Holy Father and the bestowing of the title “Blessed”
on Venerable Father McGivney.
Pope John XXIII
Regional High School
will host a Virtual
Open House on
Thursday, Oct. 29 at
7:30 pm. Ranked the
#1Best Catholic Co-ed
High School in
New Jersey for 2021
by Niche.com, come
find out why our
students are so happy
to be back in school.
Prospective families
must RSVP at www.
Popejohn.org/visit.
For further
information, please
call Anne Kaiser,
Director of Admissions, at 973-729-6126.
During the year the Church celebrates one by one the feasts of the saints. Today she joins them all in one festival. In addition to those whose names she knows, she recalls in a magnificent vision all the others "of all nations and tribes standing before the throne and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands, proclaiming Him who redeemed them in His Blood." The feast of All Saints should inspire us with tremendous hope. Among the saints in heaven are some whom we have known. All lived on earth lives like our own. They were baptized, marked with the sign of faith, they were faithful to Christ's teaching and they have gone before us to the heavenly home whence they call on us to follow them. The Gospel of the Beatitudes, read today, while it shows their happiness, shows, too, the road that they followed; there is no other that will lead us whither they have gone.
"The Commemoration of All Saints" was first celebrated in the East. The feast is found in the West on different dates in the eighth century. The Roman Martyrology mentions that this date is a claim of fame for Gregory IV (827-844) and that he extended this observance to the whole of Christendom; it seems certain, however, that Gregory III (731-741) preceded him in this. At Rome, on the other hand, on May 13, there was the annual commemoration of the consecration of the basilica of St. Maria ad Martyres (or St. Mary and All Martyrs). This was the former Pantheon, the temple of Agrippa, dedicated to all the gods of paganism, to which Boniface IV had translated many relics from the catacombs. Gregory VII transferred the anniversary of this dedication to November 1.
The Church, after rejoicing yesterday with those of her children who have entered the glory of heaven, today prays for all those who, in the purifying suffering of purgatory await the day when they will be joined to the company of saints. At no place in the liturgy is stated in more striking fashion the mysterious union between the Church triumphant, the Church militant and the Church suffering; at no time is there accomplished in clearer fashion the twofold duty of charity and justice deriving for every Christian from the fact of his incorporation in the mystical Body of Christ. By virtue of the consoling doctrine of the communion of saints the merits and prayers of each one are able to help all; and the Church is able to join her prayer with that of the saints in heaven and supply what is wanting to the souls in purgatory by means of the Mass, indulgences and the alms and sacrifices of her children.
The celebration of Mass, the sacrifice of Calvary continued on our altars, has ever been for the Church the principal means of fulfilling towards the dead the great commandment of charity. Masses for the dead are found in the fifth century. But it was St. Odilo, fourth abbot of Cluny, who was responsible for the institution of the general commemoration of all the faithful departed; he instituted it and fixed its celebration on November 2, the day after All Saints. The practice spread to the rest of Christendom.
Daily in a special Memento in the Canon of the Mass, at which the priest remembers all those who have fallen asleep in the Lord, the priest implores God to grant them a place of happiness, light and peace. Thus there is no Mass in which the Church does not pray for the faithful departed; but today her thoughts are directed towards them in a particular fashion, with the maternal preoccupation of leaving no soul in purgatory without spiritual aid and of grouping them all together in her intercession. By a privilege that Benedict XV's decree has extended to the whole world every priest can today celebrate three Masses; for the liberation of the souls in purgatory the Church multiplies the offering of the sacrifice of Christ, from which she draws forever on behalf of all her children, infinite fruits of redemption.
