We are a Roman Catholic Parish, which gathers believers in Jesus Christ in Hopatcong and sur-rounding areas. Our Pastor is Fr. Peter Wierzbicki. We belong to the Diocese of Paterson, New

Jersey. Our Bishop is Bishop Arthur Serratelli.

If you are moving to the Hopatcong area, we cordially invite you to make St. Jude your parish.

Welcome to St. Jude’s!

4 0 M a x i m D r i v e · H o p a t c o n g · N e w J e r s e y · 0 7 8 4 3 Phone: 973·398·6377 Fax: 973·398·0121 Web: stjudehopatcong.org Email: office@stjudehopatcong.org

6TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME, FEBRUARY 16, 2020

ROSARY ALTAR SOCIETY

The society meets on the 1st Tuesday of the month, in the Church meeting room at 8:00 PM immediately following the Rosary and Benediction at 7:30 PM in the Church. First Saturday of every month, the Rosary is recited after the mass.

NOVENA

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Every Wednesday after the 8:30AM Mass.

CHOIR We would like to invite volunteers to

join our choir. If interested talk to Edie or Marcin before or after Masses.

GATHERING OF THE SHEEP Come and talk with others about

God and Church at Frank’s Pizza every Tuesday

from 6:30 to 9:00PM.

SATURDAY 8:30 AM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM

February 15 People of St. Jude’s Confessions Lynn McDonald

SUNDAY 7:45 AM 9:15 AM

11:00 AM

February 16 Roseann Katchmaric Teresa Pompa For Our Priests

MONDAY

8:30 AM

February 17 OFFICE CLOSED Teresa O’Shea

TUESDAY 8:30 AM

February 18 Agnes McGarry

WEDNESDAY 8:30 AM

After the Mass

February 19 Terrance Conway Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

THURSDAY 8:30 AM

After the Mass

February 20 Nick Castagliola Adoration until 8:00PM

FRIDAY 8:30 AM

February 21 Patrick & Elvira Capone

SATURDAY 8:30 AM

11:00 AM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM

February 22 People of St. Jude Memorial Mass Billy Watkins Confessions Richard Koppinger

SUNDAY 7:45 AM 9:15 AM

11:00 AM

February 23 Bruce Hill James Rivera Carol Perrucci

Bereavement group “HOPE” St Jude’s Church started a new Bereave-ment group for those individuals and fami-lies in our parish dealing with the loss of a loved one. Our new group “HOPE” is an informal sharing group as well as learning tools, on how to deal with grief. Please join us in the Meeting Room on SUNDAY, February 16 at 3:00pm

Contact Donna @ 201-230-3864 to RSVP

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Every Thursday after the morning mass, and ends at 8:00PM. You can come at any time and stay for as long as you like. Dur-ing the adoration there are several prayers in which you can participate:

3:00 PM - Divine Mercy Chaplet

7:00 PM - Evening Prayer

7:30 PM - Novena to St. Jude

7:45 PM - Benediction

In the vestibule you can find a list where you can write your name for a specific time of the day, to let people know, when you are going to be there, and that Jesus won’t stay alone at that time.

SELF DEFENSE CLASS Every Tuesday night in the Church

Meeting Room from 6:30 to 8:00 PM.

Call Mike at 973-229-9881 for more information.

Proceeds go to the Church.

“If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you, if you trust in God, you too shall live. He has set before you fire and water to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand. Before man are life and death, good and evil, whichever he chooses shall be given him.”

How blessed we are with freedom of choice. On a daily basis we make countless choices, some of little im-portance, others of great significance. Many times we give little thought to what we decide and choose. At oth-er times we debate, struggle and finally make our choice. As we reflect on the word of God today, may we whole-heartedly make the right choices. To help us keep the commandments, whether the short form of love of God and our neighbor, of the ten given to Moses on the tab-lets of stone, try seeing them as directives for sound living, not prohibitions but positive. The commandments we choose are based upon a single word – RESPECT. I respect God and my neighbor. I respect His name and His day. I respect authority, life, my sexuality and that of others, I respect the truth, property and in my thoughts, I respect other people and what is theirs. We have been given these aides for our Christian living, not obstacles we need to hurdle. This might be the true meaning of pro-choice, for it helps us to be pro-life, our lives in the Lord.

A F R E S H P E R S P E C T I V E O N T H E S U N D A Y R E A D I N G S

“ H I S W O R D T O D A Y “ by Rev. William J. Reilly

Pope Benedict’s Encycli-cal - "God is Love" Pope Benedict XVI says the following words in his first encyclical letter “God is Love”: “In sacramental communion I become one with the Lord, like all the other communicants. As Saint Paul says, “Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread” (1 Cor 10:17). Un-ion with Christ is also un-ion with all those to whom he gives himself. I cannot possess Christ just for myself; I can belong to him only in union with all

those who have become, or who will become, his own. … Love of God and love of neighbor are now truly united: God incar-nate draws us all to him-self. … Here the usual contraposition between worship and ethics simply falls apart. “Worship” it-self, Eucharistic commun-ion, includes the reality both of being loved and of loving others in turn. A Eucharist which does not pass over into the con-crete practice of love is intrinsically fragment-ed” (n. 14). These words remind us of our calling to love all our neighbors, born and unborn.

First Reading: Sirach 15:15-20 This passage from Sirach gives strong, unequivocal emphasis to free will in every person. Before each of us is set, sin or virtue, life or death, and each of us are free to choose the one or the other. Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 Paul explains to the Corinthians that there are two dif-ferent kinds of wisdom — the wisdom of God and the wisdom of the world. The wisdom of God is mysterious, but this wisdom has been revealed “to those who love him” through the Spirit. Gospel: Matthew 5:17-37 In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells the people he has come to fulfill the law. He speaks strongly against murder and anger, against adultery and lust, and against false oaths and lies. He warns the people that unless their virtue exceeds that of the Pharisees, they “will not enter the kingdom of God.”

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Knights of Columbus meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8:00PM in the Church Meet-

ing Room. Please contact Grand Knight

Mike Coolican (973-229-9881) for more information.

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Specify Council: 9914 www.KofC.org/joinus

St. Jude’s Rosary Altar Society will be presenting

Fashion Show and Tea.

Sunday, February 23 at 2:00pm (Parish Center doors open at 1:30pm).

Fashions by CHICO, of Denville “Touchstone Crystal” jewelry by Swarovski

Door Prizes, 50/50, Basket Raffle

Tickets $25.00

For Tickets and info call Jo: (973) 398-6047, MaryAnn: (973) 398-5027

Rectory at (973) 398-6377

step dancers &

Best of Irish music played live by The

Rose of Omagh

Beer Soda

Coffee Tea

Dessert

Sail away with Skyland World Travel

September 20-27, 2020 in the Oasis of the Seas

for a Fundraiser Benefiting Saint Jude's

Parish in Hopatcong, NJ.

Prices include: Cruise, taxes, port fees, insurance, gratuities, roundtrip, transfers to

Cape Liberty, donation in your name to St. Jude's church.

Off ship, explore the Kennedy Space Center, Orlando theme parks which are only

1 hour car ride away, Straw Markets, Casinos and white sand beaches.

Contact Gayle at 973-610-6802

Balcony $1436.63

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per person

Inside $1026.63

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Balance due by June 22, 2020. $500 per stateroom refundable check deposit due upon booking. Rates based on double occu-pancy. Other cabin categories available upon request.$50 on board credit per stateroom if deposit received by March 20, 2020.

RUTH GATES CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD

The Hopatcong Woman’s Club is offering a “Career De-velopment Award” in the amount of $750.00 to a female Hopatcong resident who is planning on returning to school. The applicant must be 25 years or older. Anyone interest-ed, please email Toby Nelson at tob294ever@aol.com for an application. Completed applications must be received by April 1, 2020.

March 28, 2020 Our Lady Star of the Sea Rosary Altar Society,

204 Espanong Rd., Lake Hopatcong,

presents “Saint Joseph Festa Dinner” fundraiser from 6-8:30 in the Church Hall.

Menu includes: Minestrone soup, bread, salad, entrée: choice of Spaghetti with meatballs, Spa-ghetti w/Chicken parmigiana, or meat/meatless Baked ziti & St. Joseph’s dessert table, water, tea, coffee, soda. BYOB. Adults: $15, Seniors: $13, children under 12: $10.00. There will be a 50/50 drawing & a Door Prize. Ticket sales after all masses March 7-8, 14-15, 21-22.

Pre-sale only, no sales at door.

For more information call Sue S. at 973-601-3028.

Assumption College for Sisters, Denville, will host their

Nineteenth Annual Caring Basket Gala on March 26, 2020,

honoring Brother Paul, Diveny, OSB, Louis and Julianne Modugno, and Thomas Anselmi.

The event will be held at the Hanover Marriot from 6:30-10:00 PM.

Featured during the event are a 50/50 cash raffle and basket raffle along with a silent and live auction. All proceeds are pri-marily for the support and education of the 20 international Sis-ters from developing nations who are attending the college where we say, “Teach a Sister…Touch the World”.

For more information and for the invitation, visit www.acs350.org/events-2/

Morris Catholic Spring Gala Sat. March 21 2020 at Hanover Marriott Doors open 5:30 pm. Tickets $90 includes sit down dinner, wine service, silent, live and basket auc-tion,50/50 raffle.

ftuit@morriscatholic.org

Knights of Columbus Council 9914

Scholarship Contest Any High School Senior who is a practicing Catholic at St. Jude’s Church is invited to submit an essay for consideration in our annual Scholarship Contest.

The topic of the essay is: “What my Catholic Faith means to me”. The essay should be at least 250 words and answer the question raised in the topic. If you have any questions or when you are ready to submit the essay, please contact Mike Coolican, Scott Cawood or Manny Fernandes.

The deadline for entering your essay is Sunday May 31, 2020.

Mike Coolican 973-229-9881 Scott Cawood 908-684-2467

Manny Fernandes 973-398-5534

SCHEDULE FOR LECTORS, EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS & ALTAR SERVERS

Feb. 15/16

5:00 PM C. Delahanty D. Armeno J. Armeno

7:45 AM M. & P. Procacci C. Devito

9:15 AM M. Sturm

V. Mizzoni M. Comerford

G. Mizzoni

11:00 AM C. & S. Cerrada M. Kuty J. Ferguson

Feb. 22/23

5:00 PM J. Jensen T. Cole

D. Armeno D. Armeno

7:45 AM S. Camlin

N. DePalma J. Nicolicchia

G. Gruenfelder

9:15 AM T. Vicedomini

O. Betlow M. Comerford

M. Sturm B. Gravatt

11:00 AM L. & R. Meniel F. Wimbush

A. Bates S. Cerrada

D. Orianzi

FAITH FORMATION :

February 16 FOR ALL STUDENTS

MASS AT 9:15 AM

Class Time: 10:20 - 11:30 AM Grade 1 Meeting Room Grades 2,3,4,5 Parish Center

Class Time for Grades 6,7,8,9,10 12:15 - 2:15 PM

Grades 6,7,8,9 Parish Center Grade 10 Meeting Room

Kathleen Alarcon, Peter Alles, Lucy Astore, Ann Bauer, James Bonavota, Ann Bonda, Kyle Bussey, Charlie La Capria, Toni Castoro, Amanda Church, Lenny & Lil Colello, Cathy Collins, Sean Conyngham, Jordyn Cameron, Sue Cardena, Shannon & Reggie Crowley, Claudia Davis, Betty DeKleine. Liliana DiFillippi, Richard Ferris, Dylan Flinchum, Andy Gervasi, Jessica Gonzales, Katie Gowey, Jodie Grillo, Herbert Grobe, John Hayes, Susan Helfrich, Mary Hessenius, Linda Hill, Irene Hogan, Jim Hyland, Mark Joanna, Terri Kellerman, Cheryl Lotito, Theresa Leggio, Tanya Lewit, Erin Loescher, Joan Major, Peggy McGarry, Anthony Monetti, Maryann Moore, Arthur & Barbara Morelli, Joe Nandor, Kim Olenic, Joanne Orr, Yvonne Paquing, Richard Ratti, Donna Ross, Mary Rushka, Paul Sansevere, John Scala, Catherine Sorace, William Stelmach, Nancy & Tom Tevis, Katherine vonEhr, Grzegorz Wierzbicki, Florence White, Joyce Williams, Yvonne Zaccone.

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS THOSE WHO ARE SICK

Our Staff: Rev. Peter Wierzbicki……............................Pastor Rev. Mr. Tom Friel.......................................Deacon Mrs. Kathleen Barger…...Administrative Assistant Mrs. Lillian Colello...........Coordinator of Religious

Education and Confirmation Program Mrs. Lillian Colello ................... Liturgy Coordinator Mr. Henry Schmidt…………...…...Parish Trustee Mr. Sylvester Plewa…………...….Parish Trustee Mr. Marcin Kochanowicz ......................... Musician Edie Vieth…………………....................…..Cantor John Armino………………....................…..Cantor How to register: If you are new to the parish or have not previous-ly registered in the parish, please do so by calling the office at 973-398-6377 for a registration form. Also, if you are not receiving collection envelopes, we can arrange to have them sent them to you.

Our Parish Family invites all of its members to share fully in our spiritual and social life. If you change your address or telephone number, please contact us. All parishioners are requested to use the regular Sunday envelopes or our Online Giving. If you are not receiving them,

please call the Rectory

Parish Center Rental If you would like to rent a Parish Hall, please call the Parish Office. The typical maximum head count is 225 people for dinner seating. For more information email our hall rental com-mittee: rental@stjudehopatcong.org

Eucharistic Liturgies Sunday Masses 5:00 p.m. (Saturday Vigil Mass) 7:45 a.m. 9:15 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Weekday Masses (Mon - Sat) 8:30 a.m. Holy Days of Obligation To be announced Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. or by appointment Novena to St. Jude: Wednesday after the Mass Adoration: every Thursday after the mass until 8PM Litany to Our Lady: after every morning Mass in May Litany to the Heart of Jesus: after every morning Mass in June Rosary: after each daily Mass and 9:15AM Sun-day Mass during the month of October Remember to always check the bulletin and

listen to the announcements for any changes and times for special liturgies. Sacraments: BAPTISMS are usually celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of the month after the 11AM Mass. Par-ents are asked to call the rectory about the Baptismal preparation meeting on the first Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. MARRIAGE - Arrangements should be made at the Rectory no less than 6 months before the marriage date and prior to any social planning. To arrange for Pre-Cana instructions, please call the Rectory. R.C.I.A. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITATION OF ADULTS - Persons interested in learning of the Catholic faith, and any adult person who needs to receive Baptism, Eucharist or Confirmation. If you need information regarding this, please contact the Rectory. VISITATION OF THE SICK AND ELDERLY - Please keep us informed so that we can be at-tentive to those who are ill at home or in the hos-pital. Communion is brought upon request to the home. Please call the Rectory for the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.

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