Saint John Paul II Parish

39 East 22nd Street, Bayonne, NJ 07002-3753 Rectory 201-339-2070; Fax 201-339-3676

Email: stjp2church@gmail.com Web: www.johnpaul2parish.com w

Served by: Rev. Zenon Boczek SDS, Pastor

Rev. Piotr Hałdaś SDS, Parochial Vicar Rev. Andrzej Kujawa SDS, Parochial Vicar

The purpose of the Salvatorian is to strengthen, to defend and to spread the Catholic faith everywhere insofar as this is committed to it by Divine Providence. Therefore, by exercising this ecclesiastical teaching function in word and writing, it intends to achieve the end that all people might know more and more the one true God and Him whom He sent, Jesus Christ.

Kerry G. Fryczynski, Zofia Castellon - Trustees Agnes Barowicz, Parish Secretary

Debra Czerwienski, Director of Religious Education Blanca Cisneros, Secretary of Religious Education

Dayle Vander Sande, Music Minister

WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday:

4:30 PM at St. Michael’s Church; 5:00 PM at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church

Sunday: 8:15 AM; 9:30 AM; 10:45 AM (Polish) & 12:15 PM;

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church 9:30 AM (Italian) - St. Michael’s Church

WEEKDAY MASSES: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church

Monday – Friday: 7:00 AM (English) & 8:00 AM, (Polish) [except Thursday] Saturday: 7:30 AM (Polish) & 8:30 AM (English)

Tuesday 7:00 PM (English), Thursday 7:00 PM (Polish)

St. Michael’s Church 8:00 AM (English) Monday – Friday

CONFESSIONS: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church

Daily from Monday to Friday 7:30 AM, Saturday 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM

PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Tuesday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00PM to 6:00 PM Friday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00PM to 3:00 PM

December 31, 2017

Spiritual Offerings December 31, 2017- January 6, 2018

SANCTUARY LAMP

++Michael, Susanna & Ann L. Slepak (Andrew J. Merkovsky)

ALTAR BREAD AND WINE

++Michael, Susanna & Ann L. Slepak (Andrew J. Merkovsky)

INFANT OF PRAGUE CANDLE

Rosciszewski & Susek families (family)

SACRED HEART Special intensions

DIVINE MERCY CANDLE

+Elizabeth Duda (loving family)

BLESSED MOTHER CANDLE Birthday blessings for Pat Suckiel (Barbara Leonard)

O.L.OF CZESTOCHOWA CANDLE

Birthday Blessings for Pat Suckiel (Marek Milkowski)

ST. ANNE CANDLE Birthday Blessings for Pat Suckiel

(Denise, Lucas, Liam, Liliann)

ST. ANTHONY CANDLE Birthday blessings for Pat Suckiel (Milkowski family)

ST. JOHN PAUL II CANDLE

+Pauline Sawchuk (Cindy)

ST. JOSEPH CANDLE +David Ryan (Family)

ST. JUDE CANDLE

Birthday blessings for Pat Suckiel (Carol & Pat)

ST. STANISLAUS CANDLE +Stanley Duda (Loving family)

ST. THERESA CANDLE

Health blessings for Barbara Cuny (Pat Suckiel)

SATURDAY, December 30, 2017 4:30 PM ++Joyce Reyes-Hughes (Michelle Castro) 5:00 PM ++ Ahern & Dabkowski families (Sophie Ahern) SUNDAY, December 31, 2017, 2017 8:15 AM Birthday blessings for Pat Suckiel 9:30 AM ++John & Theresa Pietruszka (family) 9:30 AM (SM) +Donna LoScrudato (Godparents, Magdalena & Gaetano Alessi) 10:45 AM +Lech Ostrowski (Wife, daughter & Grandchildren) 12:15 PM +Mildret Marietta ( Debby Matiello) 4:30 PM (Mt Carmel )Vigil Mass for Parishioners—after mass Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until 6 PM MONDAY, January 1, 2018 8:15 AM ++Peter & Frances Lutotanski (Chris Durak & family) 9:30 AM +Mary Goscinski (S. & J. Kleczynski) 9:30 AM Italian (St Michael) 10:45 AM +Marta Szydłowska (Parents & family) 12:15 PM Deceased Member of St. John Paul II Parish in 2017 (Fr. Zenon SDS) TUESDAY, January 2, 2018 7:00 AM ++Michael & Gertrude Lukas & family (Dolores) 8:00 AM +Irena Borysiewicz (Halina Ostaszewski) 8:00 AM (SM) + Cassidy Rae Denin (Heline Morecraft) 7:00 PM + John Miksza (Jane & Jack Wojslawowicz) WEDNESDAY, January 3, 2018 7:00 AM + John A. Simko (Andrew J. Merkovsky) 8:00 AM + Maria Kaniewski (Z. Glowczynski) 8:00 AM (SM) + Thomas Norton, Sr. THURSDAY, January 4, 2018 7:00 AM + Alfred Czarnecki ( The Lyceum of OLMC) 8:00 AM (SM) For Parishioners 7:00 PM (PL) + Paul Sealo (Ksepko family) FRIDAY, January 5, 2018 7:00 AM + John Wozniak (family) 8:00 AM ++ Anna & Edward Szymczak 8:00 AM (SM) + Richmond McCurnin (Eileem Kmec) SATURDAY, January 6, 2018 7:30 AM (PL) O błogosławieństwo Boże dla Beaty i Jacka (mama) 8:30 AM Memorial Mass (See next page) 4:30 PM + Lilian E. Rizzo 5:00 PM ++ Francis & Harriet Korenski (Teresa & Richard Korenski)

SUNDAY, January 7, 2018 8:15 AM + Rev. Robert A. Pachana (Milkowski family) 9:30 AM + Genevieve Roszkowski (Eileen & Dave) 9:30 AM (SM) + Sr. Flora Milad & William Milad (Sister, Samiha Shenouda) 10:45 AM + Maria Kaniewska (Mr. & Mrs. Mario Szemiot) 12:15 PM +Marta Gromadzka (family)

The Christmas collection amount will be reported next week. We thank all our

parishioners for their generous support of our parish!

Bòg Zapłać! Grazie!

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph,

Sunday December 31, 2017 Jesus, Mary and Joseph pray for our

families!

THIS WEEK Sunday, December 31 2017 No CCD classes Fuel Collection Monday, January 1, 2018 Solemnity of Mary collection Holiday - Rectory Office Closed Tuesday, January, January 2, 2018 Cub Scouts - 7:00 PM Wednesday, January 3, 2018 Eucharistic Adoration - 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, St. Michael’s church Thursday, January 4, 2017 Boy Scouts - 7:30 PM Saturday - Sunday, January 6-7, 2018 Maintenance Collection

New Year's Eve Mass Sunday December 31- only one Vigil mass at 4:30 PM ( Mt Carmel Church) There be

no Vigil mass at St Michael's Church

After Eucharist until 6PM Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

Please Join us to adore Jesus and show gratitude for all the blessings we re-

ceived in 2017.

MEMORIAL MASS +Henryk Stasiorek + Dolores Macon +Jan Chodorowski +Czesław Oldakowski +John Woolley +Tessie Zebrowski + Josephine Suczewski +Max Scholz +Estelle Klimansky +Bryan Vincent Gannon +Geraldine Kmec +Josephine Walichowski +Wanda Brzostek +Dolores Macon

+Cornelius & Mary Roberta Murphy +Leokadia & Antoni Kurpiewski

+Mary Peregrin +Halina & Henryk Stasiorek

+Helene & Joseph Duda

Polska Szkoła im. Władysława Reymonta w Bayonne, NJ

SERDECZNIE ZAPRASZA na coroczne przedstawienie jasełkowe

w wykonaniu naszych uczniów, które odbędzie się w sobotę 6 stycznia

2018r.o godzinie 6:00 PM w centrum parafialnym

Wstęp $10 - poczęstunek: kawa i ciasto.

Living Nativity “Jasełka” The Polish Supplementary School will present the

“Living Nativity” on January 6, 2018 at 6:00 PM

in the Parish Center. Tickets are $10.00 and will include cake and coffee at

the end of the event. Tickets will be sold at the door.

January 1 The Solemnity of Mary, the

Holy Mother of God is a feast day of the Blessed Virgin

Mary under the aspect of her motherhood of Jesus Christ, whom Christians see as the

Lord, Son of God. It is celebrated by the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church on 1

January, the Octave (8th) day of Christmastide.

O God, who through the fruitful virginity of Blessed Mary bestowed on the human race

the grace of eternal salvation; grant, we pray, that we may experience the intercession of her, through whom we were found worthy to receive the author of life,

our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Gesù, che vuol dire Sal-vatore, è il nome dato al Verbo Incarnato non dagli uomini, ma da Dio stesso. Apparve infatti l'Angelo del Signore a S. Giuseppe e gli disse: « Giuseppe, figlio di Da-vid, non temere di pren-der teco Maria come tua consorte, perché ciò che è nato in lei è dallo Spirito Santo. Darà alla luce un figliuolo, cui porrai nome Gesù, per-ché sarà Lui che libererà il suo popolo dai peccati ». Nacque il Bambino e

otto giorni dopo fu circonciso, e fu chiamato Gesù, cioè Salvatore, come era stato nominato dall'Angelo. Cantate al Signore, benedite il suo nome, annunziate di giorno in giorno la sua salvezza (Sal 95,2)In nessun altro c'è salvezza; non vi è infatti altro nome dato agli uomini sotto il cielo nel quale è stabilito che possiamo essere salvati (Atti 4,12) Gesù! Nome d'allegrezza, di speranza e d'amore. Nome d'allegrezza. Quando ci affligge la memoria dei nostri peccati, quando il rimorso si fa sentire più forte nella nostra coscienza, quando lo spavento degli eterni castighi ci assale, ed il demonio cerca precipitarci nella disperazione, pensiamo a Gesù, al nostro Salvatore. Una gioia arcana entrerà nel nostro cuore e ci conforterà; in Lui troveremo la forza e la luce: la luce che illumina, che salva, che santifica. Nome di speranza. Gesù stesso ci dice:Se chiederete qualcosa al Padre in nome mio, Egli ve la darà. O uomi-ni, pare ci dica, di che temete? Se la vostra miseria vi fa arrossire, se temete pei vostri peccati il Padre mio, se non osate chiedere a Lui ciò che a voi sta a cuore, fatevi coraggio : chiedete in nome mio, e tutto vi sarà dato ». Nome d'amore. Oh si! Chi, pronunciando questo dolcissi-mo nome, non ricorda quanto sia costata la nostra Reden-zione? Chi non si commuove innanzi a un eccesso di tan-to amore? È Gesù, Dio uguale al Padre, che si sacrifica su di una croce e agonizza fra atroci tormenti per noi! Egli, l'innocente, muore schernito e vilipeso da quelli stessi per cui dà la vita. Nome d'amore, d'infinito amore, nome che a Lui solo compete, perché solo Lui ha redento il genere umano! E per questo il Padre gli diede un nome che è sopra ogni nome. A questo nome piegano la fronte gli Angeli ed i Beati del cielo, tremano le forze degli abissi, e riverenti si inchinano gli abitanti della terra. Quel bambino che i profeti da tanti anni preannunziaro-no, quel bambino di cui parlano le Scritture, quello che l'umanità da tanto tempo aspettava come un liberatore, oggi lo conosciamo: si chiama Gesù, Salvatore. Egli è Colui che ha chiuso le porte dell'inferno ed ha aperto quelle del Paradiso; Colui che dà gloria a Dio nel più alto dei cieli e pace in terra agli uomini di buona volontà.

Wizyta duszpasterska - kolęda. Tradycja kolędowania sięga dalekiej przeszłości. Już we wczesnośredniowiecznych dokumentach kościelnych natrafiamy na ślady kolędowania w okresie świąt Bożego Narodzenia jako formę bezpośredniego kontaktu z wiernymi w bardzo rozległych wtedy obszarowo parafiach. Uzasadnienia tej praktyki doszukiwano się już dawno m.in. w zapisie Ewangelii. Czytamy tam, że mędrcy oddawszy pokłon narodzonemu Jezusowi wracali inną drogą do swoich krajów. Legenda poszerzyła ten zapis o to, że rozchodzili się, odwiedzali różne miasta i wioski i rozgłaszali wieść o Bogu narodzonym w ludzkiej postaci. Zapis u św. Łukasza mówi, iż Chrystus poleca swoim 72 uczniom, aby szli "do każdego miasta i miejscowości, dokąd sam przyjść miał". Mało kto wie, że do tych bożonarodzeniowych odwiedzin parafian, kapłan, przez przyjęcie urzędu posługiwania duszpasterskiego, jest zobowiązany na mocy Kodeksu Prawa Kanonicznego celem wzajemnego poznania się. Czytamy w nim: "proboszcz winien nawiedzać rodziny, uczestnicząc w troskach wiernych, zwłaszcza niepokojach i smutku oraz umacniając ich w Panu, jak również - jeśli w czymś nie domagają - roztropnie ich korygować" (kan. 529 § l KPK). Tradycja wizyty duszpasterskiej, zwanej popularnie "kolędą" zawiera w sobie bogactwo znaków i treści. Kulminacyjnym punktem odwiedzin kapłana jest odczytanie modlitwy o błogosławieństwo dla mieszkańców. Po odmówieniu modlitwy Pańskiej, preferuje się odmówienie modlitw wstawienniczych za rodzinę, za dzieci, za małżonków, za chorych i samotnych. Jest to również nawiązanie do wydarzeń Starego Testamentu, gdzie oznaczenie domów krwią baranka paschalnego miało chronić dom i jego mieszkańców od nieszczęścia, było także publicznym wyznaniem do jakiej wspólnoty religijnej się należy. Tak więc chrześcijanie, którzy przyjmują kapłana z wizytą duszpasterską dają świadectwo swojej przynależności do Kościoła. Miło, kiedy podczas odwiedzin kolędowych bierze w nich udział cała rodzina. Tematem wizyty duszpasterskiej są przede wszystkim kwestie natury religijnej. Na stole powinno leżeć Pismo św., krzyż, świece, woda święcona i kropidło. Jeśli ktoś jest nieobecny w domu (z różnych przyczyn), a ma życzenie wizyty duszpasterskiej, może zawsze skontaktować się osobiście lub telefonicznie z biurem parafii, aby umówić się na kolędę w innym dogodnym terminie.

EPIPHANY BLESSING OF HOMES Listed below are the areas and days the priests will be Blessing Homes.

BOTH EAST AND WEST STREETS PLUS AVENUES AND NAMED BLOCKS IN AREA.

Please, if it is possible, let the Priest park on the driveway.

MONDAY – JANUARY 8, 2018 All Streets from 1st thru and including 18th Street

TUESDAY – JANUARY 9, 2018 All Streets from 19th thru and including 34th Street WEDNESDAY – JANUARY 10, 2018 All Streets from 35th and North, plus Jersey City

Please fill out and return the form below AS SOON AS POSSIBLE if you wish to have your home blessed. Place the form in the collection basket, mail it in, or bring to rectory office

during office hours, Monday - Friday.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOUSE BLESSING 2018

Yes, we invite Reverend Father to bless our home for the New Year 2018. NAME:___________________________________________________________ ADDRESS:___________________________________________APT/FLOOR________ Between which Streets________________________________________________ City___________________________ Telephone Number_____________________ Special Requests: __________________________________________________

Christmas and New Year’s are times of being thankful.

We are thankful for God’s Many Blessings here at Saint John Paul II Parish. Thank you to all who made our Christmas celebration so memorable.

On behalf of Fr. Andrzej SDS, Fr. Piotr SDS and myself, we would like to thank all who ex-

pressed your support and appreciation for our priestly ministries this past year and over Christmas. Your words, cards with gifts, cookies and other expressions of kindness are tru-

ly appreciated. Thank you for your support and prayers. We wish each of you and your families a Blessed New Year filled with God’s continued graces and blessings.

Happy New Year Fr. Zenon SDS

Dear Parishioners