My dear St. Anne family,

I write this letter to you amidst the empty boxes, the piles of books and the stack of clothes in my new room. I have almost moved in – I will say it again: almost.

I like that word: almost. It is a word full of hope - a word full of promise. I have met a lot of people here in the Church of the Presentation in Upper Saddle River – they are as welcoming, as loving and as dynamic as the people I have had the blessing of sharing life with in St. Anne. I am very excited to begin my new assignment this weekend!

Nevertheless, I could not help but look back at the months that have passed, being assigned as a transitional deacon in St. Anne. They were times of joy - I consider it a blessing to have known and loved this parish. Words cannot express my gratitude having to have known you - thanks to a great mentor Fr. Joe, and a true brother now, and a friend, Fr. Colin.

So as I try to finish writing all the thank you cards, so I can mail them (I am looking at the people I am thankful for, and I cannot help but feel humbled and blessed with the gifts God has been showering my life now as a priest), I am taking this opportunity to say this again:

God puts people together so that they can have good relationships; and so that people might experience God through these good relationships. I have been blessed to have known the people of St. Anne - and I have established relationships that I consider to be life-changing, and hopefully, life-long friendships.

Thank you St. Anne - until we meet again. In some mysterious way, when we allow ourselves to love and we try to give Christ to others, our life will change for the better. Thank you for changing my life; thank you for sharing the love of Jesus Christ to me.

Many blessings and prayers,

Rev. Fr. JC Merino

Worship… Called and formed by the Word of God, we

worship our Lord primarily in the Mass. The Eucharist is the

center of our Christian life. It grounds everything else we do,

from prayer to our daily tasks to our ministries. If you have any

comments, please feel free to contact any of the following

Pastoral Council Representatives: Fr. Colin Kay, Deacon

Rich McGarry and Michael Kohler.

Pray for the recovery of: Charles Cummins, Alexa Kazazian, Meghan Curley, Romeo Malungcot, Angelina Perez, Donna Rossi, Gregg Cobb, Kathy Nahra, Joe Hackett, George Ryerson, Baby Joseph Mount, Sean O’Malley, Dave Gondres, Mark Reeves, Dr. Kevin Jeffrey McCarthy, Tommy Maher, Betty Young, Frank Milito, Gabrielle Paradiso, Baby Charles Michael Tansey, Marianne Wilde, Lois Dekker, Cira Staropoli, Adele Lombardo, Mary Golabek, Amy Dong, Joy Leonard, Mark Reeves, Mercedes Cepeda, Joey Bulger, Tom Pagano, Catherine Kurnath, John Coons, Thomas Paulhus, Mary McCarthy, Nellie Salazar, Ann Garripoli Petrie, John Coons, Joyce Rizzo, Baby Eden Parker, Jennifer Crespo, Jimmy O’Hanlon, Patricia Sisti, Albert Gravel, Margaret Hoether, Edna Tuchler, David Guerra, Jessica Pavoni, Debbie Carlotti, Jake Rudd, John Bohlig, Michael Reyes, Frank Morano, Sr., Bill Keegan, Richard Kennelley, Charles Cummins, Veronica Reichert, Robert O’Byrne, Julia Fedorchik, Jillda DiNardo, Marie Brancato, Helen Konarski, Mary Ludlow, Jason & Justin Leider, Dianna Miranda, Brandon Higgens, Ann Millstein, Carol Gravel, Wendy Gratale, Richie Policastro, Jackie Manning, Stanislaw Tecza, Louis Frances, Jarret Adamo, Matthew McGovern, Sarah Valenti, Stan Tomon, Violeta Arva, Ken Macagna, Todd Hodge, Emily Rao, John Rao, Carol Verbovsky, Kenneth Bodzak, Janice Ward, Anne Llewellyn, Les Wolf, Gary Beal, Diana Lambouras, Thomas Brown, Nicole Schepps and John Falcone.

†Pray for the happy repose of † Donna Rossi, Joan Cohen

and Alfreda Borrego

The Bread and Wine will be offered this week in loving memory of the Martin Family as requested by the Hessman Family.

The Altar Candles will burn this week in loving memory of Linda Gurrieri as requested by Marie.

The Sanctuary Lamp will burn this week in loving memory of the Burnette-Sarka Family as requested by their family.

Monday, June 26th

7:30 – Thanksgiving to Our Lady of Lourdes – Mark Deceased members of Sullivan Family - Family 8:45 - Evelyn Cornwell (Living) – Marie Michael Pyryt – Dorothy Pyryt

Tuesday, June 27th

7:30 – Deceased Members of the Lardner Family-Family Mark Kupcsik – Jacqueline Schmidt 8:45 – Mary Lucey – Kathleen Moran Ann Cronin – The Hart Family

Wednesday, June 28th

7:30 – Bernard Rafferty – Granddaughter, Mildred Placa Albert Canger - Family 8:45 - Nancy Insigna – Family Linda Jahren – Dennis Mulligan

Thursday, June 29th

7:30 – Rosemarie Calabrase Morone – Daughter, Maria Sister Michelle 8:45 - Marsha Thyren – Jacqueline Schmidt

Friday, June 30th

7:30 - People of St. Anne Parish 8:45 - Robert Hicks – Sal & Gaile Ferrone-Tornabe Dominick Sabatino MD – Sal Tornabe & Gail Ferrone

Saturday, July 1st

8:45 - Billy Perna – Family Jose Henriquez - Wife 5:15 - Joseph & Mildred Wozniak – Rosty Family Robert Abate – Pat & Jack Molenaar Sam DePadova – Helen & Jerole Massone Donald A. Morella – The King Family

Sunday, July 2nd

7:30 – Leon Surgent – The Williams Family John O’Neil – Wife Helen Nazimek - Family 9:30 – Horace DeSousa – Family Robert McCulloch – Cardiac Rehab Staff Patrice Foster – Patty & Dennis Pogozelski Ron Bull – The Latrella Family 11:30- John & Charlotte Kearney – Family Sam DePadova – Helena & Lou Smigielski Patricia Bremner – Michelle Marana Pollet & Palermo Families - Family

6:00 PM – People of St. Anne Parish

SUMMER TRAVEL If you are traveling and wondering where the nearest Catholic Church is, log onto

www.masstimes.org. It is a great resource for traveling Catholics. BUT, please don’t forget your envelope for St. Anne’s!

Let us pray for those in our armed forces especially

for: 1st Lt. Markus Landers, USMC; Cpl Bobby

Cimmino, USMC; PFC Richard Marchese, US Army;

Pvt. John Pagios, US Army; Pvt. Kristoffer Burger, US

Army; SPCE4 Kyle Milnes, US Army; PO 2nd

Cl Jimmy

Guerra, US Navy, PO 1st Cl Nicholas J. Vanni, US

Navy; Major Gregory Sugalski, US Army; MM2

Nicholas J. Magarelli, USN, Master Sgt. Michael

VanPamel, USAF; Sgt. Michael Bourke, US Army; PFC

Lindsay Newarski, US Army; Staff Sgt.. Matthew Bauer,

USAF; Brandon Motto, USMC; Lt. Marc Sabatino,

USN; LCPL Storm Odom, USMC; Airman Michael

Diffin, USAF; CPL Justin Scales, USMC; LCPL

Dominick Rizzo, USMC; PFC Jonathan C. Sulinski,

Warrant Officer Alan Harty, US Army; Sgt. Bert J.

Frullo, US Army; LCPL. Harrison James Bruining,

USMC; LCPL Steven D’Argenio, USMC; Capt. Kip

Rainey; SP4 Monica Saucier, US Army; Spec. 4 Brian

Tarantino, US Army; PO 1st Cl. Mike Tarantino, USN;

Lt. Col. Marshall Denney; Lance Corp. Marshall

Denney IV; Col. Patrick Frank; Capt. Daniel Curtin,

US Army; Staff Sgt. Joseph Sullivan, USMC; A1C

Richard Baldassari, USAF; Capt. Donald Pump, USMC;

and all those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

ALTERNATIVE TO ABORTION If you know

someone who is considering having an abortion, here is

a number they might call that could be of help to them to

consider an alternative to this practice. The number is

1-800-395-HELP (4357).

2017 INTENTIONS AVAILABLE

There are still 2017 intentions available for the Bread & Wine,

Altar Candles and Sanctuary Lamp. Please visit the Church

Office to request the Bread & Wine, Altar Candles or

Sanctuary Lamp in memory of a loved one or in thanksgiving.

Weekly intentions are $15.00 each.

For the month of June, Pope Francis asks us to pray especially ...that national leaders may firmly commit themselves to ending the arms trade, which victimizes so many innocent people.

REFLECTION

A Homecoming, -Wendell Berry

One faith is bondage. Two

are free. In the trust

of old love, cultivation shows

a dark and graceful wilderness

at its heart. Wild

in that wilderness, we roam

the distance of our faith;

safe beyond the bounds

of what we know. O love,

open. Show me

my country. Take me home.

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTIONS 12th Sunday of Ordinary Times “Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.”

(Matthew 10:32) Do you share your Catholic faith with others? Do you defend your Catholic faith or do you remain silent when the situation arises? Do you pray in public before meals? Pray for the strength and courage to be a joyful witness of our Catholic faith when the opportunity presents itself.

BACK TO OUR ROOTS We are taking our summer break. See you in September -- watch for

our start-up date in late August

ENGRAVED IN STONE… Would you like to have your name go down in Saint Anne history? We are once again accepting orders for pavers that will be placed in either of TWO locations. You can purchase a paver to be laid in the Meditation Garden to the right of the church OR a paver to appear near the gym doors of Saint Anne School. Forms are available at the rectory.

ADOPT-A-STUDENT at St. Anne School

Would you like to make a huge impact in the life of a young

child?

Would you like to be an angel to someone who wants a

Catholic school education but cannot afford it?

Then consider adopting a student for either a partial or a full

tuition scholarship!

Complete this form and drop it in the collection basket at mass.

You will be contacted with more information. God bless you for

being an angel to a child!

Your name

Your phone number

A Word from Pope Francis: The walls which divide us can be broken down

only if we are prepared to listen and learn from

one another. We need to resolve our differences

through forms of dialogue which help us grow in

understanding and mutual respect. A culture of

encounter demands that we be ready not only to

give, but also to receive. (1/24/14)

Word… St. Anne’s is a family of faith formed by the Word of God, especially as this is expressed in the person of Christ, in the

Scriptures, and in the Tradition of the Church. As we hear this word and take it more and more deeply into our lives, we become ever

more truly the People of God. If you have any comments, please feel free to contact any of the following Pastoral Council

Representatives: Donna Stickna, Melissa Rovetto-Ruffner & Marianne Cummins .

SAINT ANNE SCHOOL NEWS

On behalf of the students, teachers, and staff of our parish school, we wish to thank you for your continued prayerful support of our efforts to provide a quality Catholic education.

Please be assured of our prayers for you, too! Happy summer vacation!

We are currently accepting registration applications for preschool as well as for grades kindergarten through grade seven for the 2015-2016 school year. To schedule an appointment to register or for a personal tour of the school, call 201-796-3353 or email your request by visiting www.stannenj.com

Follow us …. @StAnneFairLawn

FAITH FORMATION NEWS

FALLFAITH REGISTRATION FINALLY! A chance to relax…

WAIT… Did you register your child for FallFaith??

Registration forms for all FallFaith programs (grades 1-8) are available on the

parish website. Go to www.stannefairlawnnj.org and follow the prompts.

If you have not yet signed up for FlockNotes, please do so NOW!

SUMMERFAITH NEWS - SummerFaith begins tomorrow!

ALL registered children are to be in the school gym by 8:30am.

Please enter through Door #5 (back parking lot of school).

Dismissal for all classes will be out of door #5 @ 1pm.

Don’t forget: we will be collecting snack and personal toiletry item donations

for Integrity House beginning June 27. See you tomorrow, June 26, in the school gym!

Saint Anne’s Annual

Featuring: Campy’s Blue Star Amusements - www.campys.com

Hold the Dates!! September 15th, 16th & 17th

St. Anne’s Street Faire will return to a 3 day event on Friday, Saturday & Sunday.

This year we will have both Rides & Games for kiddies & teens!

Additionally we will have lots of your favorite foods & drinks as well as Live Entertainment & DJ.

We will also be broadcasting Football & Baseball games on our outdoor TVs with comfortable seating in our Beer Garden . . . and so much more!

See the Bulletin & Web site for updates in the coming months!

Service… Impelled by the Spirit of Jesus, St. Anne’s strives to reach out to others. In works on behalf of justice, charity, and human development,

we seek to imitate Jesus in bringing glad tidings to the poor, liberty to the oppressed and captives, and healing to the blind and the sick.

If you have any comments, please feel free to contact Fr. Joe or Fr. Colin.

FROM THE OFFICE OF HUMAN CONCERNS

ITEMS MOST NEEDED: COFFEE, JELLY, SPAGHETTI SAUCE AND CANNED FRUIT

Laundry soap, canned carrots, canned peas, canned mixed vegetables, canned potatoes, cereal, cookies, small

bags white rice and ketchup.

Please do not drop clothes, books, baby items, house hold items off at the rectory without checking with

Michelle at ext. 217 first.

ST. CAJETAN MINISTRY NETWORK for the Unemployed & Under-employed

We meet every two weeks as follows: St. Catharine’s Ministry Center - next meeting: Thursday, June 22nd. Next meeting at St. Anne’s Rectory is Saturday, June 24th - from 10am - 12 noon. If you think you may be interested please contact Ed Grzesiak 201-321-5144, John Lederer 201-286-9354, Lou Cuomo 201-657-3838, Eamon Jennings, 917-841-2558, Steve Zmuda 201-819-9026, Jim Trousdale 917-363-9977 or Joe Bonis 201-390-7169. You can also email us at stcajetan@stannefairlawnnj.org

SPIRE Survey

Above is a recent front page copy of Spire, the parish newsletter. The Spire staff is interested in your feedback.

Please take the survey below and leave it in the back of the church, in the collection basket or drop it off at the

rectory. Your input is greatly appreciated.

1. Are you aware that the parish has a publication called Spire?

Yes ________ No _________

2. If so, do you read it?

Yes ________ No _________

3. Which topics do you read?

a. Archdiocesan news Yes______ No ______ b. Parish news Yes ________ No ______

c. Moral issues Yes ______ No ______ d. Youth page Yes _______ No ______

4. Is there anything you would like to see in the Spire?

5. Is there anything we shouldn't have in the Spire?

4. Additional Comments (Feel free to use the reverse side if necessary)

Community… Formed by the Word and by the Eucharist, St. Anne’s builds

community in the ways that we live and work and celebrate

together. In these ways, we experience the living presence of

Christ. If you have any comments, please feel free to contact

any of the following Pastoral Council Representatives:

Junie Fuertes, Laurie Hessman, Joe Murray, Joan Piela,

Stephanie Kedersha, Joe Barone and Terence Curley

EVENTS FOR THIS WEEK Sunday, June 25th

Monday, June 26th SummerFaith – 8:30 am – 1:00 pm Seniors Meeting – 1:00 – 3:00 pm - CH AA – 7:30 PM - LCR

Tuesday, June 27th Men’s Morning Prayer – 6:00 am – FC SummerFaith – 8:30 am – 1:00 pm

Wednesday, June 28th SummerFaith – 8:30 am – 1:00 pm

Thursday, June 29th SummerFaith – 8:30 am – 1:00 pm

Friday, June 30th SummerFaith – 8:30 am – 1:00 pm

Saturday, July 1st AA – 7:30 – 8:30 PM – CAF

Saint Anne's Seniors The Saint Anne's Seniors will meet on Monday, June 26th at 1:00 pm in the Church Hall. New books are being added to a Senior Library. Many members selected books at our last meeting. At this meeting, we will be celebrating Fathers. A special day is planned for the "menfolk" of our organization. Coffee and cake will be served at the end of the meeting.

Our next meeting will be July 10 and that is our Pizza Party and team bingo will be played.

If you are interested in any of these activities, or our club, please call Lucy at 201-791-3440.

PLEASE NOTE……

THERE WILL BE NO MOVIE AFTERNOONS

DURING JULY AND AUGUST.

SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER!

Women’s Cornerstone is having a Summer

“Pray Date”

On Thursday July 13th

in the Church Hall from 7:30 – 9 pm All are Welcome to join us for an

evening of group prayer.

FELICIAN READING CENTER at 260 South Main Street in Lodi will offer a Summer Reading Program for students who will be starting Grades 2, 3, 4 or 5 in Sept. 2017. The program will begin on July 17th and run through July 28th. The classes will be held Monday-Friday mornings. Daily classes are 1 ½ hours long and will be taught as a group. The program aims to enhance the reading and phonetic skills already acquired at the student’s grade level. There is a weekly fee for services of $75. For further info., call Sister Mary Andrew at 973-473-7447, ext. 123.

CRAFT SHOW The Friends of the Adornos will hold a Craft Show on the grounds of St. Michael’s Seminary, 575 Darlington Ave. in Ramsey on Sunday, June 25th from 10 am – 5 pm. Admission is FREE. Refreshments and food sold on premises. Treat your family to an “old fashioned” experience; spend the day at the Adorno Fathers Craft Show – No pets please! For further info, call 201-998-1144.

Win up to $12,500!

MegaMoney 50/50 Raffle

You have a chance to win up to $12,500 in Saint Anne’s Sixth Annual MegaMoney 50/50 Raffle! We will sell up to a maximum of 500 tickets, each priced at $100 per ticket.

If all 500 tickets are sold, three lucky prize winners will split $25,000:

1st Prize: 50% of Winners’ Share 2nd Prize: 30% of Winners’ Share 3rd Prize: 20% of Winners’ Share

Drawing will be held on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. at Saint Anne Street Faire. To purchase your tickets, please complete this form and return it with your payment (checks payable to Saint Anne Church) to the parish rectory during regular business hours. We will then mail your portion to you. Good luck!

MegaMoney 50/50 Raffle

__________tickets at $100 per ticket = _________ enclosed.

Please check one of the following options and provide all of the information requested:

I am an individual purchasing this ticket for myself only.

I am the contact person purchasing this ticket for a group. (Please write one check for full payment of ticket(s) purchased and attach the names and phone numbers for

each person in your group on a separate sheet of paper.)

Name:_____________________________________________________________________________

Address:___________________________________________________________________________

Home Phone #:_____________________________Cell Phone#:______________________________

This is a 50/50 cash raffle and winners will receive the following breakdown of all proceeds collected: 1st Prize = 50% of winners’ share; 2nd Prize = 30% of winners’ share; 3rd Prize = 20% of winners’ share.

No substitution of the offered prize may be made. Winner subject to all taxes. Winner need not be present to win. Only 500 tickets will be sold.

OFFICE USE ONLY:

Ticket #______________________issued on:____________________________.

Payment Rec’d: Cash Check #:________Amt:$_____________ Name:____________________________

Finance/Administration… A Christian community strives to steward its resources so that they can provide the material by which its various ministries can reflect the

parish’s mission to reflect Christ’s presence in all that we do and say. Finance Committee Members: Ed Hughes, Bill Ball, Sheila

Abate, Loretta Stachiotti, Steve Palermo, Jerry Cunningham and John Weiss.

Buildings/Grounds: Carl Shoemaker, Dave Lee, Kate Humble, Steve Zmuda, Ron Barbarulo, Adrian Menichelli

and Michael La Rocca

We are grateful to the 1,352 people who worshipped with us last weekend and contributed $12,561.00 in the offertory and $2,307.00 through Online Giving offertory,

which along with other fees and donations totaled $18,539.00. Our weekly expenses average out to $20,348.00.

Heating & Air Conditioning ~ Everyone knows that there are some months in which our electricity bill or heating bill is higher than others.

Well, it’s the same with the Church. As you know, we use an additional way of paying for our extra energy

months. In the back of the church each Sunday you will find separate ENERGY envelopes. If you should

happen to hit the jackpot that week, and wish to throw a dollar or two in that envelope, we’d greatly appreciate

it! You can throw these special envelopes right in the collection with your regular envelope. The energy

envelopes will not be mailed to you. They will simply be in the back of the church, so if you don’t spot them, be

sure to ask the ushers at your Mass. Thanks.

Online Giving…

You have the opportunity to make donations to our Sunday collection online! To sign up, go to the St. Anne website – www.stannefairlawnnj.org

There are several ways to access the system: 1. Underneath the scrolling slideshow on the home page, on the bottom right-hand corner, you will

see a light blue icon with a $ sign. Click that icon to go directly to the system.

OR 2. From the homepage, check the left-hand menu options. The second to last menu option says

“envelopes & online giving.” Click that link, and a page with various giving options will appear.

Select the Online Giving option to be taken directly to the system.

Once you are taken to the new site, click on the section that says Create New Account. Next you will see New User Account Registration. Fill out the form and click “submit.” When you are enrolled, you can go into Manage My Account, where you will see My Payment Methods. Here you can choose to have the funds deducted from your checking or bank account (you will need your routing and account numbers on hand). Under Manage My Account, you will also see Give a New Gift. There you will decide when and how much to give. (In the list, Offertory Collection means the Sunday collection.) You can select recurring or one time gifts. You also have the option to access all the other special envelopes you would normally find in your envelope packet and which are generally one-time donations.

Each time you go to Mass, get a card that says “I have made my donation online” and put it in the collection when the usher comes around. Thanks so much for giving online!