SAINT JOHN

1805 Penbrook Terrace � Linden, New Jersey 07036

Very Rev. Robert G. McBride, J.C.L., J.V. ..............Pastor Rev. Paul Passant Rev. Nnaemeka Andrew Onyemaobi Rev. Philip Latronico........................ Emmaus/C.Y.O. Director Deacon Edward Campanella.....................Pastoral Associate Deacon Michael York .................... Religious Ed. Coordinator Deacon Timothy A. Kennedy ....................Pastoral Associate Dr. Deborah Egan, Ed.D. .................................. School Principal Amy Giglio ....................Sacrament Preparation Coordinator

CONFESSIONS: Monday through Friday after 7:00 pm Mass. Saturdays, 1:00 - 2:00 pm & 7:45 pm, Sunday: 7:45 pm.

BAPTISMS: Parents are asked to contact the Religious Education Office in the sixth month of pregnancy for Baptism Classes. (732-388-1253)

MARRIAGES: Contact the rectory at least one year in advance & before making other arrangements.

SICK CALLS: Any hour - Day or Night

HOSPITAL VISITATION: Contact Rectory

RESPECT LIFE: Holy Hour for life and liberty every Monday at 7:00 pm Cenacle for Life Rosary, Thursdays at 8:00 & 9:00 am

CRISIS PREGNANCY HELP: Any woman who is pregnant and in need of assistance should never feel that abortion is her only option. Personal and confidential assistance is available at the following numbers:

CCS - Pat Chiarello ........................... 201-246-7379 Crisis Pregnancy Helpline................. 1-888-4-OPTIONS Birthright......................................... 1-800-550-4900 Post Abortion Healing...................... 1-877-HOPE 4 ME

Rectory Phone........................................................................908-486-6363 Rectory Fax ..............................................................................908-486-5345 Parish E-mail .................................................................... parish@sjanj.net Parish Website..................................................................... www.sjanj.net School Website .................................................................... www.sjanj.org

Serving: Clark, Cranford, Linden, Rahway & Winfield, New Jersey

MASSES � Saturday.................................................................................. 8:30 am Saturday Evening.................................................5:30 & 7:00 pm Sundays .... 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 am, 12:00 & 7:00 pm (Youth) Daily (Monday to Friday) ..............7:00, 8:30 am & 7:00 pm Eve of Holy Days .................................................................7:00 pm Holy Days...................7:00, 8:30 am, 12:00 noon & 7:00 pm First Fridays ........................................7:00, 8:30 am & 7:00 pm

DEVOTIONS � Miraculous Medal Novena Mondays........................................................8:30 am & 7:00 pm Our Lady of Fatima Devotions First Saturdays.................................................................... 8:30 am Rosary ................................................................Mondays, 6:40 pm Perpetual Adoration........................................... 24 hours a day

July 29, 2018

IMPORTANT NUMBERS

School ...............................................................................................732-388-1360 Religious Education Office.....................................................732-388-1253 St. John the Apostle Food Pantry.......................................732-388-1216 Respect Life Office .....................................................................973-497-4350

THE APOSTLE Catholic Community

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Mass Intentions for the Week Saturday, July 28 8:30 am Robert Caravaggio

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:30 pm Lisa Pomponio 7:00 pm Maria Rohlik Sunday, July 29 7:30 am Allan Roberts 9:00 am Margaret Martucci 10:30 am Jeannette Lorusso 12:00 pm George Taluba - 6th Anniversary 7:00 pm Mary Ratyniak Monday, July 30, St. Peter Chrysologus 7:00 am Margaret Malloy 8:30 am Patricia Evans 7:00 pm Mary Janiszewski Tuesday, July 31, St. Ignatius of Loyola 7:00 am Helen Donahue 8:30 am Frank Otttowski 7:00 pm Kathleen Winnie Martowicz Wednesday, August 1, St. Alphonsus Liguori 7:00 am Helen Donahue 8:30 am James Roche 7:00 pm Alfred Zyla Thursday, August 2, St. Eusebius of Vercelli, St. Julian Eymard 7:00 am Catherine Wall 8:30 am Bernard Novak 7:00 pm Martha Miller First Friday, August 3 7:00 am Bernard Novak 8:30 am Mary & Joseph Malandro 7:00 pm John & Frances Homola First Saturday , August 4, St. John Vianney 8:30 am Henry “Hank” Urban

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:30 pm Tuday, Contrino & Petrosky Families 7:00 pm For The Forgotten Souls In Purgatory Sunday, August 5 7:30 am Stanley Pientak Sr. – 6th Anniversary 9:00 am Sawicki Family 10:30 am Walter O’Brien 12:00 pm Anne Ciuba - 4th Anniversary 7:00 pm Mary Ratyniak *Masses at 7:00 am are in the HF Chapel, McGuinness Ctr.

All bulletin articles must be approved by our Pastor, Fr. Bob, and submitted to jrogoz@sjanj.net by 12 noon Monday of the week of publication

. The Word of the Lord

First Reading: II Kings 4:42-44 A man brought twenty loaves of bread to Elisha the prophet, who told his servant to distribute it to the people. The servant asked how he could offer twenty loaves to one hundred people. Elisha replied that God had said, “They shall eat and there shall be some left over.” After all the people had eaten, there was bread left over as God had said.

Second Reading: Ephesians 4:1-6 Paul implores the Ephesians to live a life worthy of their calling by preserving unity among all of Christ’s followers. He reminds them that there is one body, one Spirit, and one God who works through all people.

Gospel: John 6:1-15 Jesus fed a crowd of five thousand people with five loaves of bread and a couple of dried fish. After everyone present had enough to eat, twelve baskets of leftover bread were collected. Jesus then realized the people would want to make him king so he fled alone.

Let Us Pray For the Deceased and Their Families

Carol A. Weldon

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READINGS FOR THE WEEK

SUN 2 Kgs 4:42-44; Eph 4:1-6; Jn 6:1-15 MON Jer 13:1-11; Mt 13:31-35 TUE Jer 14:17-22; Mt 13:36-43 WED Jer 15:10, 16-21; Mt 13:44-46 THUR Jer 18:1-6; Mt 13:47-53 FRI Jer 26:1-9; Mt 13:54-58 SAT Jer 26:11-16, 24; Mt 14:1-12 SUN Ex 16:2-4, 12-15; Eph 4:17, 20-24; Jn 6:24-35

THE STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE OFFERTORY COLLECTION

Through Sunday, July 22, 2018

Weekly budget need FY’1 $ 17,374 Actual Weekly Collection $ 10,367 (Deficit) $ (7,007)

Thank you for your consistent generosity.

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Schedule of Events for July 28 - Aug 5

Songs for Celebration

Entrance Hymn: Table of Plenty #761 Gloria: Heritage Mass #226 Responsorial Psalm 145 page 43 Today’s Missal Psalm: Offertory: The Supper of the Lord #774 Communion : Behold the Lamb of God #785 Recessional Hymn: How Great Thou Art #614

Please Pray for Our Troops

Lt. Cdr. Frank J. Walter III, USN 2LT Jeffrey A. Regep, USA PO3 Thomas Maes, USN 2LT Frank A. Kelly III USA HM3 Lance Dearing, USN PFC Gregory Melencio, USA SSG Douglas Fishgrund, USA Mercylinda V. Miro, USN Lt. John DeLorenso, USAF LCPL Joseph Orth, USMC CPL Norbert Sieczkowski, USMC Justin Roskowski, USN SPC Dominic P. Mansour USA MAJ Chris Niedziocha USMC SPC Matthew Lambert USA CPL David L. Borowski USMC Lt. Anthony Parenti USMC RSSGT Andrew Caprio, USAF

Please Pray for Our Sick and Their Caregivers John Paffrath Randy Miller Baby Holden Helen Angelo Kelly Polifka Nicole Coupaud Loren Gonczi Larry Wheat Anthony Diaz Skip Whelan Luis F. Lopez Ellen LePoidevin Robert Rusnak Mary E. Lanzillo Juana Perez Barbara Lipari Joanne Russo Ernie Finizio Katherine Graham William Stypa Lofgren Pat Smorol Vera Dorio Joan Roszkowski Bob Smorol William McCarthy Joseph Andrade Eleanor Kuczynski Elaine Zemeckis Carl Matyas Emilia Grabska Peter Koza Frank Biondo Tony Fiorillo, Sr. Nancy Whelan Joe Sbarro Joan Bernacki Matt Hall Edward Harrison John Bernacki Joel Rivera Judith Bayou

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration is the adoration of Jesus Christ’s

REAL presence in the Holy Eucharist.

Please consider volunteering to help us keep our chapel open.

Urgent Adorers needed for:

Monday 5 am, Tuesday 3 pm, Friday 11 pm, Saturday 10 am & 11 pm and Sunday 6 pm

Call the Rectory Tel # 908-486-6363 email adoration@sjanj.net

sign up at http://www.sjanj.net/ministries/perpetual-adoration

Online Giving: Online giving is the easy way to support our parish. Please visit our parish website to sign up www.sjanj.net

St John the Apostle School

There are openings for PreK and

Kindergarten in September.

Please contact the office at

732-388-1360

or office@sjanj.org for details.

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SAT Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions SUN Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions MON Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions TUE CYO Emmaus in CYO Room 8:00 pm

Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions WED Charismatic Prayer Group in Library 7:45 pm

Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions THU Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions FRI Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions

Spirit & Truth HF Chapel 8:30 pm SAT Confessions 1:00-2:00 pm

Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions SUN Mass 7:00 pm followed by Confessions

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SSt. John’s Family Page

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so many?”

St. Pope John Paul II when visiting Scotland in 1982 in speaking about the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fish said: “The boy gave all he had and Jesus miraculously fed 5000 people…It is exactly the same with your lives…Place your lives in the hands of Jesus. He will accept and bless you, and he will make use of your lives in a way that exceeds your greatest expectation.” This same challenge is for us today. If we offer, even what may seem only a little that we have in service of Jesus Christ, of our time, talent and treasure, there is no limit to what He can do with and through us.

The miracle in today’s gospel prefigures Jesus’s institution of the Holy Eucharist at the Last Supper. The actions of taking, blessing, giving thanks, breaking and giving are the same as in the celebration of the Eucharist at Mass.

The word companion derives from two Latin words, com which means “with” and panis, meaning “bread”. Thus, a companion literally means “bread with us”. Jesus is our companion in the Eucharist. We receive Jesus’s divine assistance, in His Eucharistic Presence – food for the journey. Jesus is our companion throughout our hours and days, always with us. Jesus is the source of our strength. Just as the apostles did in today’s Gospel, we place our trust in Him. God bless us all always! Deacon Mike

Summer Bereavement Group

There will be a support group for those grieving the death of a loved one to be held at St. John the Apostle this summer. The next will be held on Tuesday, August 7th, at 6:30 PM in the rectory parlor. The group will provide a Christ-centered experience to those grieving the loss of a loved one. The group will offer a caring, compassionate, confidential atmosphere for the sharing of experiences. If you are interested in joining us, or if you would like more information about the group, contact Deacon Mike at 732-388-1253 or myork@sjanj.net. All calls are confidential. Pre-registration is required.

Register for CCD now!

Registrations are being accepted for the new semester of CCD in the Fall. Register by July 31st to receive a discount. Register online at www.sjanj.net under Religious Education or call 732-388-1253 or email Deacon Mike: myork@sjanj.net for information or questions.

CCD Catechists Needed!

4th and 5th grade on Monday (7 – 8:15 PM)

Substitutes needed on Monday (7 – 8:15 PM), Tuesday (3:45 to 5 PM), Wednesday (7 – 8:15 PM)

Call Deacon Mike if interested: 732-388-1253 or email: myork@sjanj.net

The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) will start in September at St. John’s! RCIA is for anyone discerning the Catholic faith and for those who are already Baptized Catholic, desiring First Communion and / or Confirmation. Contact Deacon Mike in the Religious Education Office to join RCIA or for more information / questions: 732-388-1253, myork@sjanj.net

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