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MASSES:

Weekdays: 9:00 AM (including Saturday) — (Summer)

Monday and Friday: 9:00 AM

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 6:30AM and 9:00 AM — (Winter)

Saturday Evening: 5:00 PM

Sundays: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM and 6:00PM (Sept. - May)

Holy Days: Please see bulletin for schedule

PENANCE:

Saturday: 4:00-5:00 PM. At the Parish anytime by appointment. Communal Celebration of Penance periodically

throughout the year.

BAPTISMS:

Our parish family rejoices in the birth of your children. To prepare for baptism, parents are expected to attend one prepara-

tion meeting. Please call the parish office for the schedule of preparation meetings and Baptism celebration.

MARRIAGES:

Our parish is honored to host your marriage celebration. In order to accomplish all of the necessary preparations, arrange-

ments should be made with one of the priests at least one year in advance. Pre-Cana and God's Plan for a Joy-Filled Mar-

riage classes can be arranged through the Family Life Office of the Archdiocese of Newark at www.rcan.org.

MINISTRY TO THE SICK:

For those of advanced age or seriously ill, Holy Communion will be brought to the home of any person permanently or tem-

porarily homebound. Please contact the parish office.

PARISH MEMBERSHIP:

Please register at the parish office. This is a wise way of acquiring a sense of belonging to our Parish Community.

PARISH STAFF

Rev. Msgr. Frank G. Del Prete

Pastor, ext. 303

Rev. Msgr. Peter Smutelovic In Residence

Rev. Martin Rooney

Weekend Assistant

Maureen Straut

Office Administrator, ext. 301

Luis Alfredo Lozano, Pastoral Assoc.

Christine Ferreri, PT Pastoral Assoc.

Stacie Yao, Director of Music

Janue Vargas, Asst Dir of Music

John Glynn, Youth Minister

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Patricia Pula, M.A.R.E.

Director, ext. 304

Safe Environment Coordinator

PARISH SCHOOL

St. John’s Academy, Hillsdale

St. Gabriel the Archangel

Catholic Church 88 EAST SADDLE RIVER ROAD

SADDLE RIVER, NJ 07458

(201) 327-5663 — (201) 327-7881 — Fax (201) 327-7063

WWW.STGABRIELSR.ORG

EMAIL: OFFICE@STGABRIELSR.ORG

Like us on Facebook at Stgabrielsr

OUR PARISH COMMUNITY PRAYS FOR:

Our recently Baptized Ryker Cole De Mauro

Charlotte Rose Viglione

Our sick and homebound: Daniel Castillo, Dawn Conguisti

Margaret Cucciniello, Sharon D’Acuto James Jack D’Agostino

Ada Fields, Meg Gallagher Elaine Greene (Joan Masotti’s sister) Grace Gilbert, Lauren Harpster Hines

Bob Kleinknecht, Joan Snow, Nicole Trotta

Saint Gabriel the Archangel Saddle River

“If you choose you can keep the commandments,” Si-rach tells us. God “has set before you fire and water; to whichev-er you choose, stretch forth your hand." This is a great mystery: God does not control us so completely that we cannot choose our own path. We have certain boundaries, of course, but no one but we can choose our way within those boundaries. In today’s reading from Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus re-minds us of our freedom and our responsibility for our lives. He calls us to look beyond the words of the commandments, all the way to their meaning. Look beyond the adultery to the selfish-ness that poisons our love. Look beyond the murder to the anger that eats away at our compassion. Look beyond the perjured testi-mony to the lies and deception that drive our behavior. Our vocation is to choose life for ourselves, and to choose a path through our part of the world that helps make life possible and more abundant for others as well. Peace, Fr. Frank

FINANCIAL REPORT

The amount of the collection for February 9 was 10,250.79. Thank you for your continued generosity to St. Gabriel's. God bless you and your families.

YOUTH GROUP NEWS

Youth Group: During the school year the Youth Group meets every Sunday night in the Kavin Center from 7:00-8:30pm. All high school teenagers are welcome to join us. Feel free to bring a friend along with you. Whether you’ve been in-volved in our program before or not, you are always welcome to attend our meetings. Re-

freshments are served.

SAVE THE DATE! 2020 Catholic Men’s Commission

and Women's Commission

Catholic Men’s Conference: Saturday, February 29, 2020, at Seton Hall University

This year’s theme, for the English track, is “Be Not Afraid: Man of God… I am my Brother’s Keeper!” The speaker for the Eng-lish track will be Paul Kim, who is the founder of the Triumph Men’s Conference. His background includes a BA in Philosophy (Franciscan University of Steubenville), an MA in Marriage and Family Therapy (Hope International University), religious for-mation with the Community of the Franciscans Friars of the Re-newal (NYC), and Bishop John Flesey, who is a retired auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark and a popular retreat master and teacher. The master of ceremonies will be Father John Gor-don. The day begins at 8:00 am with registration and ends at 4:00 pm with Mass.

Women's Commission Day of Reflection: Saturday, March 7, 2020, at Seton Hall University.

This year's theme is “Alive in Christ: The Eucharist…His Heart in My Heart". The English track will feature keynote speakers Sr Bethany Madonna, S.V., who professed her perpetual vows as a Sister of Life in 2015 and serves her community as the Vocation Director, Colleen Kelly Rayner, founder of CKR Retreats. who is a dynamic speaker whose authentic witness ignites joy-filled evangelization and catechesis, and Dr. Dianne Traflet, J.D., S.T.D., who is the Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Pas-toral Theology, is the director of the Institute for Christian Spirit-uality and is a key leader in the Center for Diaconal For-mation. She will also be the emcee for the day. The day begins at 8:00 am with registration and ends at 4:00 pm with Mass. Registration for both events is $30 for adults. Priests & religious are free. The day includes continental breakfast and lunch. More information is available on these websites at

www.rcan.org/womenscommission (WOMEN) www.rcan.org/mens-commission (MEN)

MEET JEFF!

Jeff is a smiley joyful two-year-old orphan in Haiti. He is obsessed with wearing boots and is always seen jumping around in them. Jeff also loves to eat and sing! We are a group of students from Northern High-lands in Allendale New working on a global service project and are partnering with Chances For Children for our campaign for Jeff. Chances For Children is an organiza-tion that helps fight Haiti’s orphan epidemic. 80% of Haitians live in poverty, with over

75% of people having no access to clean water. Haiti has been the most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere for over 20 years. Chances For Children provides food, clean drinking wa-ter, regular medical care, shelter, and education for all of the or-phans. Our mission is to raise money so that Jeff can have a good education, food on his plate and clothes on his back. On Sunday, February 23rd, we will be having a bake sale after the 8 am, 10 am, and 11:30 AM masses in the vestibule. We will have pastries, baked goods, and other items available for purchase, where all proceeds will be going to Chances For Children and to help make a significant impact on this little boy’s life. There will also be a donation bucket if you don’t want to purchase anything but still want to help contribute. Any kind of purchase or donation would be much appreciated!

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

THE WEEK AHEAD AT ST. GABRIEL’S AA Meetings Monday thru Saturday

7 AM Parish Center

Sunday, February 16, 2020 6:00 PM - Youth Group Meeting

Monday, February 17, 2020 Parish Office Closed

Thursday, February 20, 2020 12:30 PM - Social Club Meeting 6:30 PM - Kids Choir Rehearsal 7:30 PM - Adult Choir Rehearsal

Sunday, February 23, 2020 6:00 PM - Youth Group Meeting

ST JOHN’S ACADEMY

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 At the Rockleigh Country Club

6:00-10:00 p.m. $90 per person, includes cocktail hour, gourmet dinner,

and hundreds of prizes. Registration is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please email

sjaredandwhitegala@gmail.com Additional details can be found at www.sjagala.com

SJA’S MONEY BALL 50/50 RAFFLE

Only 300 tickets will be sold. They are $100.00 each. If all tick-ets are sold, 1 lucky winner will take home $10,000!!! 10 second place winners will receive up to $500 each. Drawing will be held at the Red & White Gala on March 25, 2020. For further infor-mation, please contact Edna Rueda at emargariitta@gmail.com

Thank you for your support of SJA!

ST. GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CHURCH MONTHLY WOMEN’S BREAKFAST MASS & SOCIAL

ALL WOMEN ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND WITH OR WITHOUT A POT-LUCK ADDITION TO THE BREAKFAST! To be held on the First Saturday of each month, beginning with 9 a.m. Mass and followed by a Breakfast Social and Discussion in the Sanzari Room.

Schedule of Dates as follows: Saturday, March 7, Saturday, April 4, Saturday, May 2nd Saturday, June 6th Call the Parish Office with any questions for Father Frank, Chris-tine Ferreri or Maureen at 201-327-5663.

GIFT CARD SCAM ALERT

Please beware of fraudulent emails or text messages claiming to be from a pastor or a representative of the archdiocese asking you to purchase gift cards to help the poor or sick. Such fraudulent activity should be reported to the State of New Jersey Cyber Crimes Unit at (609) 584-5051, ext. 5664, or online at www.njsp.org/division/investigations/cyber-crimes.shtml. Please feel free to call the parish or school office to validate the authen-ticity of any suspicious email claiming to be from our priests or staff.

ST. GABRIEL’S SOCIAL CLUB

Our PRESIDENT’S DAY social gathering will be on Thursday, February 20th from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM. We need to know the number of attendees in order to place the order for food. PLEASE CALL PATTI ROSS at 201-962-3793 BY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH IF YOU PLAN ON AT-

TENDING (whether you paid in advance or will pay at the door). Look forward to seeing everyone! SAVE THE DATE!! On Thursday, April 16, our social event will be a wonderful luncheon with good food at SEASONS in Washington Township. Please call PATTI ROSS at 201-962-3793 as soon as possible if you plan on attending. Reservations must be called in by April 1st.

LENTEN RELIGIOUS STUDIES PROGRAM: Bishop Robert Barron’s

Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Lively Virtues

Join us during this Lenten Season as we embark on Bishop Barron’s exploration of seven deadly sins, those great spiritual blocks that inhibit our flourishing in rela-tionship with God and one another and also learn how practicing countervailing virtues can break the cycle of sin. Pride, envy, an-

ger, sloth, greed, gluttony and lust: these “seven deadly sins” are patterns of dysfunction that keep us separated from God and ulti-mately lead to unhappiness. Based on Dante’s writings, the sev-en deadly sins correspond to the seven stories of Dante’s Mt. Pur-gatory. Bishop Barron shows us how to counteract these seven sinful patterns through a conscious process of opposition, known as the “seven lively virtues." These offer antidotes to each sin and help set us on the right path to healing and happiness. This Len-ten Religious Study Program will be held at the Parish Center Meeting Room on Tuesday Mornings with Father Frank at 9:30 a.m., 2/18, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, & 3/31 and on Monday & Wednesday Evenings with Christine Ferreri at 7:30 p.m., 2/17&19, 2/24 &26, 3/2 &4, 3/9 & 11, 3/16 & 18, 3/23 & 25, 3/30 & 31. All sessions during each week are the same, so you may attend any one that is convenient for you for that week. Look for the program sign-up flyer next weekend. Call the Par-ish Office at 201-327-5663 with any questions.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY LITURGIES

Cardinal Joseph Tobin will celebrate Anniversary Liturgies hon-oring married couples who will celebrate 5, 25, and 50 years of Christian marriage during 2020 at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart as follows: 5th & 25th Anniversaries - April 19th at 3pm; 50th Anniversaries - May 3rd at 3pm We hope that every couple celebrating these special anniversaries will attend. Please call the rectory at 201-327-5663 to register by March 27th for 4/19 or by April 10th for 5/3.

The Bergen Irish Association will hold the 56th St. Patrick’s Day Dance at The Terrace, Paramus, NJ, on March 14, 2020. This event supports a Scholarship Program for deserving students & charitable activities. If you are interested in attending or support-ing this event, please contact Kathleen Collins- McMorrow @ 201-290-0520 or Kieran Lynch @ 201-280-6696.

February 16, 2020

SATURDAY, February 15, 2020 9:00 AM William Deegan 5:00 PM Barbara Lee Murray

SUNDAY, February 16, 2020 8:00 AM Pat Halliwell 10:00 AM Elaine Yee 11:30 AM Tommy FitzPatrick 6:00 PM Cammie O’Rourke

MONDAY, February 17, 2020 9:00 AM William Deegan

TUESDAY, February 18, 2020 6:30 AM Mary Rose Yorio Living Intention 9:00 AM Thomas Francis Maher

WEDNESDAY, February 19, 2020

6:30 AM Mary Rose Walsh Living Intention 9:00 AM William Deegan

THURSDAY, February 20, 2020 6:30 AM Patrick Salmon Living Intention 9:00 AM Bill Jergensen

FRIDAY, February 21, 2020 9:00 AM Anthony Gervasio

SATURDAY, February 22, 2020 9:00 AM George Santiglia 5:00 PM Barbara Lee Murray

SUNDAY, February 23, 2020 8:00 AM Pat Halliwell 10:00 AM Mary A. Sanzari 11:30 AM Sebastiano LaVerghetta 6:00 PM Kyle Phillipy

The Sanctuary Lamp at the Blessed Sacrament will be lighted during the week of February 16 for Frank De Marco requested by the Maita Family.