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St. Michael’s Parish Family Served by: Rev. Stanley S. Kostrzomb, Pastor Rev. Jerzy Pikuliński, Parochial Vicar Rev. George Sharp, Assistant in Residence Deacon Reynaldo Trinidad Gene DeHaven and Michelle Latko, Trustees Mary Ann Lesny, Parish Secretary Genevieve Mazur, Director of Liturgical Music Roberta Pocius, Director of Angel Academy Gene DeHaven, Director of Religious Ed Telephone Numbers: Parish Office: (201) 939-1161 Fax: (201) 939-7571 Angel Academy: (201) 939-0350 Parish Web Site: www.st-michael.org Parish e-mail: stmichaellyndhurst@gmail.com Rosary Society: Meetings take place on the 2nd

Monday of each month (except July and August) in the Rectory Meeting Room. New members are welcomed

Holy Name Society: Meetings take place on the

2nd Thursday of each month (except July and August) in the Rectory Meeting Room. New members are welcomed

Kancelaria Parafialna Czynna:

Od poniedziałku do piątku: 9:00 do 17:00

Chrzty:

W każdą niedzielę o 13:00. Od 1 stycznia 2018 (do odwołania) z powodów organizacyjnych nie przyjmujemy Chrztów w czasie Mszy św. Prosimy o zgłoszenie się po informacje do któregoś z księży lub kancelarii parafialnej

Śpowiedź: Dni powszednie: przed każdą Mszą Św. Dodatkowo w sobotę: 16:00-17:00 Sakrament Chorych:

W sprawie odwiedzin chorych, w domu lub w szpitalu, proszę dzwonić do kancelarii parafialnej

Sakrament Małżeństwa:

Należy zgłosić się do jednego z księży mini-mum rok przed planowanym terminem ślubu

Nauka Religii:

Dla wszystkich dzieci szkół publicznych. Zajecia rozpoczynają się w niedzielę Msza św. o 9:00 i konczą o 11:15. Dwa lata programu przygotowawczego sa wymagane aby przystą-pić do Pierwszej Spowiedzi i Komunii Św, oraz 8 lat aby przystąpić do Bierzmowania.

Polska Szkoła: Nauka odbywa się w piątki od 17:00 do 20:00

Rectory and Parish Office: 624 Page Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Sunday Masses:

Anticipated Saturday evening at: 5:00 PM Sunday: at 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:15 AM (in Polish), and 11:30 AM

Monday through Friday Masses: 7:00 AM and Noon Saturday Mass: 7:30AM Holy Days:

Please, see second page for schedule Sacrament of Reconciliation - Confession: Weekdays and Sundays: Before each Mass Saturday: 4:00 to 5:00 PM Miraculous Medal Novena: Mondays at 7:00 PM Sacrament of Baptism: Call the rectory for scheduling and preparation Sacrament of Matrimony:

Engaged couples should make arrangements at least one year prior to their wedding. Call the rectory to speak to one of the priests for scheduling and preparation

Sacrament of the Sick: Urgent calls at any time. Holy Communion

and visitation by arrangement With Song:

St. Michael’s English Choir and St. Cecilia’s Polish Choir welcome new members. Please, call the rectory

Teaching the Good News: Angel Academy: Offering Pre-K 3 & Pre-K 4 Program

CCD on Sunday Mornings:

Religious education and Sacramental preparation for Public School Students in grades 1-8. Class begins with Mass at 9:00 AM in Church and ends in the classroom at 11:00 AM. Two years of preparation are required for the Sacraments of First Penance and First Holy Communion, and 8 years for the Sacrament of Confirmation

SATURDAY– DECEMBER 15– SOBOTA 7:30 † Wladyslaw & Helena Haliniak—Daughter & Son-in-law 5:00PM † George Harker—Wife SUNDAY—DECEMBER 16—NIEDZIELA 7:30 † Linda Thornley—McShane Family 9:00 † Parents of Gene & Maureen DeHaven 10:15 Danuta & Jerzy Malec (Wedding Anniv) 11:30 † Anthony Gedrimas—Children & Grandchildren MONDAY— DECEMBER 17 - PONIEDZIAŁEK 7:00 † Sp. Mazur & Szewczyk Families— Children 12:00 † George Fudali—Lisa Fudali TUESDAY–DECEMBER 18 - WTOREK( 7:00 † Sp. Kuropatwa & Kaminski Families 12:00 † Ralph Rossano—JoAnne Malaniak WEDNESDAY—DECEMBER 19—SRODA 7:00 † Sp. Walclawa & Stanislaw Kuropatwa— Children 12:00 † Elizabeth Tita—Daughter, Eileen

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

DECEMBER 16, 2018

THURSDAY—DECEMBER 20—CZWARTEK 7:00 God’s Blessings for Cindy & Tom Calnan— Parents 12:00 God’s Blessings for Fr. George—Genevieve & Angelo Facciponti FRIDAY—DECEMBER 21—PIATEK (St. Peter Canisius) 7:00 † Winnie Evans—6:30am Rosary 12:00 † Helen & Joseph Krakosky—Gen & Al Mazur SATURDAY—DECEMBER 22—SOBOTA 7:30 Sabryna Reciniello (Birthday) 5:00PM † Casey Evans, Jimmy Guirland & Kristen Nugent—Evans Family NEXT SUNDAY—DECEMBER 23– NIEDZIELA 7:30 † Mary Venezia—Lorraine & Frank Daddazio 9:00 † Stephen Wronski—Elaine & Joe and Family 10:15 † Rev. Joseph Szklarski 11:30 † Rita & Salvatore Ricotta—Will and Rita Huryk

For the week of December 16th, the Altar Candles were given in loving memory of Paul Haggerty from JoAnne Malaniak. For the week of December 16th, the Tabernacle Candles were given in loving memory of Paul Haggerty from JoAnne Malaniak. For the week of December 16th, the Pope John Paul II Votive will burn in loving memory of John and Joan Marsh from Daughter, Louise Stack.

Christmas is only a week away. Why not get your shopping done and help St. Michael’s at the same time. Use our ShopwithScrip program to purchase gift cards. Saint Michaels receives a rebate on every gift card purchased. We’ve now made it even easier to purchase gift cards by offering online ordering. Email St. Mi-chael’s Scrip coordinator, Marianne (mhmprobono@gmail.com) to set up an online ac-count. Place your order online and have the money deducted directly from your bank account.

OR Pick up an order form (found at all entries to the church or on St. Michael’s website), complete and drop off at the Rectory, along with your check. All orders will be processed every Monday and available at the Rectory within 5 business days. You will be notified when your cards have arrived.

Please , pray for those who are sick, especially: Conrado Trinidad Nick Spina Rodelio Mitra Susan Riccio Sandra Tominey Anthony Rubino Juan Barrera Judith Bottone Julie Hildebrand Laura Turano Witold Kirsz Denise Swanteck Julie Hildebrand Paul T.Komisar,Jr. Vittorio Roy Orcajada Catherine Gomez Nicholas Scelzo Joan Leyble Ivonete Paiva Louis Bottone, Sr. Louis Caracciola Lori Cerchione Henry Magee Charles Szczpanski-Jasmine Dursun Cassidy Goodwin John Cunha Anna May Dembia John Keogh Karen Murphy Greg Zwolinski Eleanor Harker Sue O’Brien Joe Mullins Francis (Buddy) McSweeney Karen Rubino Maureen Frances Coughlin Celeste Ladagona Christopher Niles Coughlin Gina Goodwin Austin Zgoda Joseph Gehrmann Allison Russell ElizabethJozak Nancy Bachner Please note that it is necessary to call the rectory every two weeks if you want a name in the bulle-tin for Prayer for the Sick. We cannot accept re-quests that a name be on the list for more than two weekly bulletins at a time. If you want a name on this list, you must call the rectory or drop off a note with the name before the bulletin goes to print. Bulletin goes to print on Tuesdays.

We would like to dedicate this section of our bulletin for any immediate family members of parishioners who are currently active in the Mili-tary. If you would like a family member included on our “Service Prayer List”, please call the Rec-tory.

SERVICE PRAYER LIST Franklin Chapman

Laura and Brian Falk Anthony Avella David Pickard Stephen Dillon

Michael DiGesu Joseph Campolattaro

Ryan Lee Robert Tagliabue

Anthony Tagliabue Kyle Bayse

Stephen Kaufman Aren Spahiu Janette Faulk Harold Faulk

Marc Anthony Picciano Kenneth Chinjen

Alex Bazanos

The 1st collection taken up at all Masses last weekend totaled: $3,659.00 The 2nd collection taken up at all Masses last weekend totaled: $1,653.00

We pray for those who have died this past week, especially:

Dominick Ciampittiello

Michael Gingerelli Amelia (Emily) Sanford

English Rosary Society Christmas Party will take place at Michael’s Riverside Restaurant on Tuesday, December 18th at 1:30pm. For more info, please call Mary Lou Mullins at 201-933-2186.

Thank you to all who have taken gift tags. The gifts should be placed under the tree this weekend, December 15/16.

Oplatki (Polish Christmas Wafers) are available for purchase in the Rectory or Sacristy . Donation is $5.00 per package.

Monday thru Saturday—6:30am—rosary is recited Monday, December 24 Please say your Miraculous Medal Novena prayers privately. Christmas Eve Masses at 5:00PM and 9:00PM. Wednesday, December 26 Food Pantry will be closed. They will reopen next Wednesday, January 2, 2019. Thursday, December 27 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place after the 7am Mass until 8:00pm. The Divine Mercy Novena will take place during the last hour of Adoration beginning at 7:15pm and concludes with Benediction of The Blessed Sacrament. Friday, December 28 AA Meeting at 7:30pm in the Lower School Hall Sunday, December 30 No CCD classes today. They will resume on Sunday, January 6th at the 9am Mass followed by class until 11:00am

Confession.... All priests should be always available for Confessions. In our country there is and has been a lack of use of this Sacrament by the faithful. I must say that in our par-ish, the confessional is wel used seven days a week. That's good, but there are still some who are shy of this Sacra-ment. During the time of St. John Mary Vianney (1786-1859, France), very few went to Confession. Yet, after a while St. John was able to get the faithful to regular Confessions. Those going to Confession were people not only from his parish in Ars but also people from all over France. He would spend up to 16 hours a day hearing confessions. He sought in every way, by his preaching and his powers of persua-sion, to help his parishioners to rediscover the meaning and beauty of the Sacrament of Penance, presenting it as an inherent demand of the Eucharistic presence. It is not the sinner who returns to God to beg his forgiveness, but God himself who runs after the sinner and makes him return to him. Those who came to his confessional drawn by a deep and humble longing for God's forgiveness found in him the en-couragement to plunge into the 'flood of divine mercy' which sweeps everything away by its vehemence. He awakened repentance in the hearts of the lukewarm by forcing them to see God's own pain at their sins reflected in the face of the priest who was their confessor. In his time the Cure of Ars was able to transform the hearts and the lives of so many people be-cause he enabled them to experience the Lord's merciful love.

St. John Vianney would give light pen-ances and he himself would make up the rest of the penance in their place. He so desired to make Confession as easy as possible for everyone. The Sacrament of Penance (Reconciliation) is essential for healthy souls and, in the case of serious sins, for salvation. The same power that St. John Vianney had of divine forgiveness is found in every Catholic priest. Every priest is happy to hear confessions. Why? Because the person in healed and made whole again. Because God showers his mercy on the penitent. Let us make good use of this Sacra-ment of God's mercy not just now before Christmas, but often throughout the year.

Fr. Stanley

COVER SHEET CHURCH NAME: St. Michael the Archangel BULLETIN NUMBER: 911048. c16 Date of Publication : December 16, 2018 Number of Pages Transmitted: Cover + 4 text pages + this page = 6 Special Instructions