September 22, 2019

315 Prospect Street ♦ Midland Park ♦ NJ ♦ 07432 Parish Website: www.nativitynj.org

Church Office: 201.444.6362 FAX 201.444.5056 Email office@nativitynj.org Religious Education Office: 201.447.1776 Email religioused@nativitynj.org

Mass Schedule

Saturday: 5:00pm

Sunday: 8:00am, 10:15am, 12Noon

Daily Mass in the Chapel Monday-Friday, 12:10pm

Holy Days: Consult Bulletin or Website

Our Parish is

Accessible

Pastoral Staff Rev. George Klybus, Pastor Rev. Jason Mantich, Parochial Vicar Rev. Mr. John Ginty, Transitional Deacon Rev. Michael German, Weekend Assistant Sr. Lois Marie Parente C.S.S.F., Financial Affairs Ingrid Pineda, Director of Lay Ministries Olivia Harrington, Religious Ed. Coordinator Lorraine DeLuca, Religious Ed. Assistant Kaye Zbonack, Parish Secretary Jim Chiappini, Organist Ciarán Sheehan, Cantor Roberto Hurtado, Maintenance Supervisor Pedro Herrera, Maintenance Staff

Russell Kamp & Tia Patterson, Parish Trustees

Religious Education Office Hours: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri, 9:00am-4:30pm Classes: Grades K-6 Sunday-9:00am-10:00am,Thursday-3:30pm-4:30 pm Grades 7-8 Sun- 9:00-10:00am

Rite of Christian Initiation (R.C.I.A.) Anyone interested in becoming a Roman Catholic, or any adult Catholic who has not received all the Sacraments of Initiation and would like to receive these Sacraments, please contact the Church Office.

Parish Membership Every family in of our parish is encouraged to register. Forms are available in the church or at the Church Office. If you move or change your home address or email address, kindly notify the Church Office. If you want to add your cell phone to your family information contact the Church Office.

Penance/Reconciliation Saturdays 4:15 pm in the vesting sacristy in the lobby of the church, or by appointment in the Church Office.

Baptisms The Sacrament of Baptism takes place at the 12 Noon Mass. Arrangements are made by contacting the Church Office before the birth of the baby. Baptismal catechesis is required of all parents. Please call the Church Office for details. A member of the Baptism Preparation Ministry will contact the parents prior to the Baptism.

Marriage The Common Policy for Marriage for all Dioceses of the State of New Jersey require notification of marriage at least ONE YEAR in advance. Please contact one of the parish priests to set a date.

Anointing If anyone is ill, homebound, or in the hospital, please notify the Church Office.

September 22, 2019 Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass Please Remember Mass Requested By

Saturday Sept 21st 5:00PM

Anna Homer Joseph Andrychewicz & Robert Smith

Maryann Szczesny Rich & Donna Andrychewicz

Sunday September 22nd

8:00 Mass Rosella Murgia Grace Musilek-Murgia

10:15 Mass Edward Ryan (9th Anniversary)

Bettie Mae Ryan

12:00 Mass Charlotte Reynolds

Overeem Family

Monday Sept 23rd 12:10PM

Carlos Perez Barbara Korpics

Diana P. Family

Tuesday Sept 24th 12:10PM

Hernando Arenas Garzon

Arenas Family

Wednesday Sept 25th 12:10PM

Gerard Soda Alice Ugwuozor

Guidance Office Genevieve & Judi Reilly

Thursday Sept 26th 12:10PM

John Ahern

Margaret Jett

Friday Sept 27th 12:10PM

Mary Riordan

Denny Hegarty & Jimmy Hegarty

Saturday Sept 28th 5:00PM

Paul Laikowski Anna Homer

Stan & Claire Laikowski Richard & Mary Kunz

Sunday September 29th

8:00 Mass Rosella Murgia (94th Birthday)

M/M Anthony Baratta (Phil & Tony)

10:15 Mass Jack Nidds Sally Marie Ullrich

Jo Delaney Jill & Michael Zitman

12:00 Mass James Hardt Carolyn Conetta & Deidre DiMauro

Please remember in your prayers the sick who have asked for our prayer

Terry DeSimone, Romanus Agu

▪▪▪▪▪ Please remember in your prayers

the recently deceased

Irene Killoren, Richard Garfield, Queenie Halegian, Eddie Money

BECOME SELF-GIVING

September 23rd

Monday Sept 23

11:00AM OH - Nativity Prayer Chaplet 8:00PM - CHA Rosary Gathering

Tuesday Sept 24

11:00AM MCG - Legion of Mary 7:30PM CHU - Choir Practice

Wednesday Sept 25

Thursday Sept 26

3:30PM - CCD Classes

Friday Sept 27

11:00AM CHA - Eucharistic Adoration

Saturday Sept 28

Sunday Sept 29

9:00AM - CCD Classes

WEEK OF

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Week of September 23, 2019

The Bread and Wine

in the Church are offered

in Memory of

Edward & Bertha

Gibney

By:

Ed & Lorraine

Gibney

Thank you for your generous support Sept 14 & 15

Weekly Church Offering Including On-Line Giving

$5,910

The Memorial of a Double Feast!!

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

This past Saturday, the 14th of September, the Lord

gave us yet another memorial of His unfathomable

love. Not only did we experience His presence in

the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass ‘on the Grass,’ the

feast par excellence, but we were given the grace of

another feast immediately following, the annual

Nativity Church Picnic!

First of all, I want to give a big ‘Thank You’ to all

that helped make this year’s picnic a huge

success. The weather seemed to threaten our fun

picnic, but those were no match to the prayers of

those who were wishing for a joyous picnic.

If you missed it, last Saturday, Our Director of Lay

Ministries, Ingrid Pineda, headed up a very willing

group of parishioners, that also included many

associated with our various ministries, in organizing

our parking lot and O’Connell hall for a very

relaxing picnic with hamburgers, hot dogs, all the

sides and fixings you could want.

We had music with Zak, pop corn, a cotton candy

machine and two ‘bouncy castles’ for our

youth! What more could we have asked

for! Everyone had a nice evening to be together

catch up and share time as a parish community.

Let us not forget this memorial of God’s love in our

lives. The Lord is always trying to assure us of His

love and stops at nothing to do so.

Fr. Jason

A Word

from the

Pastor

Come to Mass 15 minutes early and be part of the team who makes Nativity such a welcoming Parish. Come by yourself, with a spouse or greet as a family. A rotational schedule assigns greeters to the Mass times of their choice about once every few weeks. We are currently in need of Greeters

for the 8:00,10:15 and 12 Noon Masses

For more information contact

Ingrid Pineda at the Church Office ipineda@nativitynj.org

Join our Team of Greeters!

How about considering...

Meals That Heal

Ministry

To be part of this new exciting ministry and

get your name on the list, you can email

Anne Marie Stix amcgbs@optonline.net

Be sure to include your name, cell phone, email and the number of people volunteering with you and their names. You can also help with a

donation for supplies for the Ministry. If you have a connection with a food market, we are looking for short dated foods suitable for freezing to assist with our food needs.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION K-8: We are happy to announce that our classes are off to a wonderful start, thanks to the most generous efforts of our volunteer staff of catechists and parents. We are all very happy to be able to share our faith with the young children of Nativity. CONFIRMATION PROGRAM 2020: All parents and children who are in the ninth grade and who are considering taking part in next year’s Confirmation Program must attend an information session to be held Wednesday October 9, 2019 @ 7:30pm at the Church. FIRST PENANCE PROGRAM: Letters announcing the events of our program will be mailed to the parents of second graders in our parish. All parents who have expressed an interest in taking part in the program will attend an important meeting on Sunday October 20, 2019 at 9:00 AM at the Chapel, to help them reflect on the place of the Sacrament of Penance in their own lives and in the lives of their children. Reminder: All children who intend to prepare for First Holy Communion must also be prepared for First Penance. GOOD NEWS FOR LITTLE ONES IS BACK! IS SOMEONE UNDER 5 IN YOUR FAMILY? If you have a small child under the age of 5, you’ll be happy to know that during the 10:15 AM Mass, beginning today, September 22nd, we will resume our Religion readiness program for those ages 2 to 5, entitled “Good News for Little Ones”. This Program is supervised by Olivia Harrington our Religious Ed. Coordinator and staffed by trained catechists and volunteers. This program will be located in the Upper Room of the Church. ATTENTION 8TH GRADERS! The Cooperative Admission Examinations for all CATHOLIC HIGH

SCHOOLS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK will be administered

on Friday November 8th. More info at

https://catholicschoolsnj.org/high-school/high-school-admissions/

JR. HIGH SCHOOL & CONFIRMATION PROGRAM: Lori Ballen, Lorraine DeLuca, Carol Jeong, Kathy McNaught, Glen Monturi, Amy Schmidt, Nadia Stern, Toni Ann Tuosto, Deirdre James Wheaton Please remember in your prayers all of the members of the parish who were commissioned as catechists last weekend. All of the catechists in the parish count on your ongoing support to sustain them in this important ministry.

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Friday, October 11th after the 12:10 Mass

(Mass is in the Chapel) The Luncheon is $6.00

RSVP due by October 4th nativityshepherds@yahoo.com

Don’t forget your “Snacks”

for the Love Fund!

Next Meeting

W H Y CA T E C HE T I C A L W E EK E N D ?

Q. Why do we bless catechists on Catechetical Sunday? A. The Catholic Bishops of the United States have set a weekend aside to commission catechists for their important role in the church’s teaching mission. Here at Nativity the following catechists were commissioned this year: GRADES K to 6 SUMMER & FALL PROGRAMS: Jessica Alhanouch, Amber Antone, Dennis Bancroft, Maddie Dahl, Lorraine DeLuca, Lilah Gmyrek, Anne Horan, Kayla Luna, Katelyn Marsden, Ingrid Pineda, Christina Statuto, Kathy Thompson, Nikki Thomson and Patricia Topping.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH TO

ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND

EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE

OUR PARISH PICNIC AN AMAZING

DAY!!

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Church Bread & Wine Chapel Bread & Wine

Week starting, Monday_______________________

Your Name______________________________

Phone___________________________________

This offering is in memory/honor of:

________________________________________

You can remember a loved one by

having the Bread and Wine at

Mass in the Church or the

Chapel offered in honor or

memory of them.

Please complete the form and

return it to the Church Office

with your donation of $10 for a

Bread & Wine offering for a week.

Would you like the Sanctuary Light to burn in

either the Church or the Chapel…

in memory of a loved one

in thanksgiving

to honor a special birthday or anniversary

or occasion in your family

To donate an offering for the Sanctuary Light

in either the Church or Chapel for one week

in memory/honor of a loved one, please

complete the form and return it to the Church

Office with your contribution of $10 per

week. You can also visit the Church Office in

person.

(Please check one)

Church Sanctuary Light Chapel Sanctuary

Light

Week starting, Monday______________________

Your Name_____________________________

Phone__________________________________

This offering is in memory/honor of:

_______________________________________

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There is nothing ordinary about Ordinary Time

The Rosary Society will be holding its

annual membership drive the weekend of (Sept. 21st

& 22nd) after each Mass. Annual dues are $5.00.

Our next Mass for ill and deceased members

will be on Sunday October 6th at the 8:00AM Mass.

News

SAVE the DATE

November 16, 2019

Come together to celebrate the

beauty of marriage.