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SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Please call Jo Ann Del Gatto at 201-981-7081 to arrange for infant baptism and parental instruction.
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
Please contact Youth Ministry office at 201-327-4359 x204 for information about teen sacramental preparation.
SACRAMENT OF EUCHARIST The LORD'S DAY Saturday Eve - 5:30 p.m. (Sunday Obligation) WEEKDAYS: Monday - Friday - 9:00 a.m. (Rectory Chapel) HOLY DAYS: schedule posted in bulletin.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Saturday - 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and by appointment.
SACRAMENTS FOR THE SICK Please contact the Rectory for the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and to request Communion for the homebound. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
Please call the Rectory at least one year in advance. SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS Please contact Father Robert or the Archdiocesan Vocations Office at 973-497-4365.
RCIA -The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
If you are an adult interested in becoming Catholic, or if you are a baptized Catholic who would like to receive the Sacrament of Eucharist and/or Confirmation, please call Fr. Robert at 201-327-4359 or Susan Brown at 201-327-2360.
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT We, the people of Guardian Angel Parish in the Archdiocese of Newark, are a community of Catholic Christians being formed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As a community open to the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit, we strive to work, share, and enjoy life as a witness to the true meaning of Christian Living. We believe our mission is: To be a community of loving and caring people. To teach and witness the Good News of Jesus Christ. To celebrate that Good News in Sacraments and Prayer. To minister to all people in their spiritual and physical needs.
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time • July 5, 2020
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PASTORAL STAFF 201-327-4359
Rev. Robert Salm, Administrator x201 [email protected] Rev. Donald Sheehan, Priest in Residence x214 Rey Escalon, Deacon 201-264-0145 [email protected] Lori O’Reilly, Parish Secretary x202 [email protected] Frances Ferraro, Parish Catechetical Leader x208 [email protected] Ali Zambrotta, Secretary for Religious Education x205 [email protected] Silvana Anello, Rental Coordinator x218 [email protected] Jennifer Kavanagh, Youth Minister x204 [email protected] Andrew Monticello, Director of Music x222 [email protected] Robert Yager, Custodian x203 [email protected]
Stan Brach and Jean Escalona, Trustees
Rectory Phone (201) 327-4359 Rectory Fax (201) 327-6478 Religious Education (201) 327-0352 Rentals (201) 783-5414
Pastoral Council Parish Pastoral Council meets in the Rectory on the second Monday of the month at 7:30 P.M.
Prayer Chain Ministry Coordinator: Arlene Sabino (201) 934-8441
STEWARDSHIP OF TIME AND TALENT
Ministry of Worship Adult Leader for Children's Church Frances Ferraro (201) 327-0352 Altar Linens Anna DiMiceli (201) 315-3023 Altar Server Michael Schmidt (201) 934-3353 Collection Counters Frank Anello (201) 934-1331 Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion June Taylor (201) 825-8812 Monthly Rosary Kathie Brach (201) 236-3116 Music/Choir Ministry Andrew Monticello (201)-327-4359 Readers of the Word (Lectors) Robert & Patty Durso (201) 760-9169 Ministry of Faith Formation Baptismal Preparation Ministry JoAnn Del Gatto (201) 981-7081 Catechetical Ministry (1-9) Frances Ferraro (201) 327-0352 Cornerstone - Men’s Spirituality Rey Escalon (201) 264-0145 Cornerstone - Women's Spirituality Carolyn Blake (201) 825-1931
Ministry of Faith Formation (Cont’d) RCIA - Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Susan Brown (201) 327-2360 RCIA - Rite of Christian Initiation-Children Frances Ferraro (201) 327-0352
Ministry of Evangelization AIDS Ministry Noreen Prior (201) 236-1921 Arlene Sabino (201) 934-8441 Photography Ministry Bill Konvit (201) 825-2972 Prayer Chain Ministry Arlene Sabino (201) 934-8441
Ministry of Service Art & Environment Ministry Sophia Boniello (201) 803-6459 Julia DiNardo (201) 723-7783 Computer/Data Entry Richard Shinnick (201) 236-2112 Food Pantry Ministry John Lowe (201) 327-9397 Sue Zitolo (201) 934-9372 Funeral Ministry John Frederick (201) 327-3753 Giving Tree Ministry Anna DiMiceli (201) 315-3023 Homeless Shelter Ministry Joe Zitolo (201) 934-9372 Hospitality Ministry Chuck Assicurato (201) 327-1393 Remembrance Mass Kathie Brach (201) 236-3116 Respect Life / Caring for Life Michelle Branigan (201) 790-4970 Soup Kitchen Ministry Chuck Assicurato (201) 327-1393 Welcome Ministry Jean Escalona (201) 825-3817
Ministry of Stewardship & Finance Finance Council Michael Simendinger (201) 236-3135 Pastoral Council Chris Kehoe (201) 739-4408 Stewardship Committee Jean Escalona (201) 825-3817
Ministry of Community Building Carnival Irene Nayden (201) 327-4936
Ministry of Youth Stewardship Festival of Carols Andrew Monticello (201)-327-4359 x222 Living Stations Andrew Monticello (201)-327-4359 x222 Youth Group (Grades 6-8. 9-12) Jennifer Kavanagh 201)-327-4359 x204 Youth Mass Music Ministry Andrew Monticello (201)-327-4359 x222
Are you moving? Do you go away for the winter?
Please contact us!
You can update your information on our parish website www.guardianangelchurch.org. Go to About then Update Parish Information! If you are not great with computers - contact Lori in the rectory office at 201-327-4359 x202. Thank you!
MESSAGE FROM FR. ROBERT
July 5, 2020 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Friends,
We have come to an important weekend of cele-bration for our country. What would normally be a big celebration with many people gathered together for food, games, and fireworks, is entirely disassembled by the COVID virus pandemic and the required steps taken to protect the public health. And the unifying nature of the July 4th celebrations seems also in sham-bles because of the political situation we find our coun-try in at this time. We could be tempted to lose hope that anything will ever be the same.
It is at times like these where we need to turn our-selves over to God and place ourselves in His hands. God is constantly reaching out to us and inviting us into an intimate relationship with Him. We always are being offered grace to face the challenges each day brings for ourselves, our families, our Parish, and our country. May we be one in prayer and Sacrament to receive those graces.
Let us enjoy ourselves this weekend! Let us enjoy the freedoms we have! Let us praise God in all things! Amen. In Christ, Fr. Robert P.S. I am looking for volunteers for forming a committee that would help to direct the charitable efforts of
RECTORY OFFICE HOURS
The front rectory office will be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to 4pm. Please wear a mask when coming to the office. Daily Mass intentions are available for 2020. You can come to the rectory to get a Mass card or if you prefer to be contactless please call the rectory office at 201-327-4359 x202 and we can assist you.
CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION The Center for Food Action is still in urgent need of funds and grocery gift cards. Monetary gifts enable the CFA to buy large quantities of the most needed items while elimi-nating the need to date, sort, and inspect food donations. There are three easy ways to donate. 1) With the Church now open you can place your dona tion of cash, check or grocery gift card (please indicate value of the card) in the lock box attached to the St. Anthony Food Pantry at the entrance to the Church
2) Checks and grocery gift cards (please indicate value of the card) can be mailed to: Center for Food Action, 192 W. Demarest Ave., Englewood, NJ 07631
3) If you wish to donate by Credit Card, please go to www.cfanj.org and click on the Donate Button.
VIRTUAL ROSARY
Every Monday evening at 7:30pm you are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting to pray the Rosary Go to Zoom.us and join a meeting. Enter the meeting ID and password and pray the Rosary with Guardian Angel. Meeting ID: 453 768 0819 Password: 041275
MEEK AND HUMBLE GOD
Jesus tells us in today's Gospel that he is "meek and humble of heart." Yet just a few lines before this, he says that he is equal to his Father, the almighty God. So how can the Son of God be both meek and mighty? For Jesus, being meek does not mean letting people push him around. If he were meek in that sense, he could not have thrown the moneychangers out of the temple. Jesus' meekness meant doing the will of God completely. The challenge for us comes in his words "learn from me." We must learn to do God's will as completely as Jesus did. First, it means that we do all that God wants of us. We cannot pick and choose what we want to do and what we want to ig-nore. If some things seem too difficult or painful for us, we may need more faith in Jesus' ability to make the burden easy. For example, sometimes we may hear Jesus' command to love one another and reserve the right to love whom we choose. Or we may reserve the right to decide which teachings of the Church we will follow. But doing God's will completely means doing it without reservation. Second, we may try to do all that God asks, but give up if something becomes too difficult. We may say we forgive someone, for example, but when they reject that forgiveness, we become even angrier. Or we may tire of being patient with someone and be verbally hurtful. Or maybe we agree to help on a parish project but quit when someone disagrees with us. We can learn from Jesus how to do each part of God's will to completion, as Jesus did all the way to the cross. So how is the Son of God humble? True humility means acknowledging who we are and what we can do. Jesus is simply being humble when he says that he is equal to the Father. So too, we are humble when we do not hide the fact that we are children of God and brothers and sisters of Jesus. Instead of a false modesty that claims "I'm not good enough to follow all of God's commands," it takes true humility to accept that we can do God's will because the Spirit is with us to help us. Tom Schmidt, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.
Saturday July 4 9:00 am People of the Parish 5:30 pm Elayne McGill
Sunday July 5 7:30 am In thankgiving for Kathie and Stan Brach 9:00 am People of the Parish 11:30 am Raymond Nastawa
Monday July 6 9:00 am Hilda DeAngelis
Tuesday July 7 9:00 am Mary Saita
Wednesday July 8 9:00 am People of the Parish
Thursday July 9 9:00 am Marian Lynch
Friday July 10 9:00 am People of the Parish
Saturday July 11 9:00 am People of the Parish 5:30 pm Marie Castronuova
Sunday July 12 7:30 am Josephine Schlegel 9:00 am People of the Parish 11:30 am Cecilia Nayden
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Sunday: Zec 9:9-10; Ps 145:1-2, 8-11, 13-14; Rom 8:9, 11-13; Mt 11:25-30 Monday: Hos 2:16, 17b-18, 21-22; Ps 145:2-9; Mt 9:18-26 Tuesday: Hos 8:4-7, 11-13; Ps 115:3-10; Mt 9:32-38 Wednesday: Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12; Ps 105:2-7; Mt 10:1-7 Thursday: Hos 11:1-4, 8e-9; Ps 80:2ac, 3b, 15-16; Mt 10:7-15 Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 51:3-4, 8-9, 12-14, 17; Mt 10:16-23 Saturday: Is 6:1-8; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Mt 10:24-33 Sunday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 65:10-14; Rom 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23 [1-9]
STEWARDSHIP Our parish relies on the support of everyone in our parish family to help us further our mission this year. As a member of this parish, I am thankful that there is an easy way for all of us to recommit ourselves to supporting Guardian Angel this year through eGiving.
Enrolling in online giving will simplify your monthly budgeting while also providing Guardian Angel with consistent, reliable support for our parish family especially in these uncertain times. If you haven’t signed up yet, don’t worry, it’s easy to get started! Visit faith.direct/NJ513. Thank you for your con-tinued support of our parish family. God Bless You, Fr. Robert
Ticketing Process for Sunday Masses 1. We will use the eventbrite platform to provide
tickets (www.eventbrite.come)
2. Each pew will be reserved to accommodate only one household of up to five people. If you need space for your household that is larger than five, you will need to split up into multiple pews.
3. The links below are active now for each Mass, how ever, you will not be able to reserve your tickets until 10 AM each Thursday for the following week end. 4. I imagine you will need to create a eventbrite login if you don't already have one. 5. ALL HOUSEHOLDS MUST ARRIVE AT LEAST 15
MINUTES BEFORE MASS. NO ALLENDALE TIME!
6 You must bring your tickets when you come to Mass. 7. All households should line up, spaced socially distant from each other, down the handicapped ramp and around the side of the Church building. 8. Each household will be taken in turn, their ticket checked, and then an usher will show them to their pew. All members of the household must come at the same time. 9. Communion procedures will be explained during Mass. 10. There will not be an in pew collection. Please place your donation in the basket as you leave the Church. 11. Each household will be ushered out of the Church as well, starting in the back. Please be patient and please go when you are called. To signup for the handicap pew at any of the Masses
or for other assistance, please call Silvana at 201-783-5414.
To reserve your ticket use the ticket link on the website at
www.guardianangelchurch.org or Fr. Robert’s daily Constant Comment email!
STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time “For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”
M 11:30 When we think of being good stewards, we may think that God is asking too much of us when He calls us to generously share our time, talent and treasure. However, we must remember that we are not “owners” of anything, we are merely “stewards” of the gifts God has given us. All He is asking is that we give back a small portion, in gratitude, of what He has already given to us.
ANGEL WINGS: Our Virtual Angel Wings Program began on June 25; we have 63 families and 96 students! Phew! It continues to be a fun and engaging program for our students. I’d like to thank our catechists and families for their patience, sup-port and encouragement. And a very special thank you to our students - they have been wonderful! As we wrap up our last few days of Angel Wings (last day is July 8, 2020) I ask you to please continue to pray for our families, children and catechists.
FALL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IS OPEN: Please visit our website to download and print our registra-tion forms. Completed forms along with payment can be mailed to us at: Guardian Angel R.C. Church; 320 Frank-lin Turnpike; Allendale, NJ, 07401. We will keep you post-ed as to how we will move forward for our fall program. Stay Tuned!
FIRST COMMUNION: Our First Communion celebrations will be held Saturday, September 12, 2020 and Saturday, September 19, 2020. We are VERY EXCITED to see our children take this big step in their faith life. Stay tuned for more details on our First Communion children. Please follow us on INSTAGRAM at guardianangel360
for updates and reminders.
“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves; to not twist them to fit our own image.” Thomas Merton
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Dear Young Friends in Christ, July 4th marks the anniversary of the declaration that our "Creator has endowed" us with the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Often we equate the pursuit of happiness with the right to do or get whatever we want, but the Founding Fathers understood all of these rights to be rooted in the ability to freely live our faith and principles. Moreover, many think our Constitutional right to free speech guarantees us the ability to use offensive language, but it was intended for speaking Truth, and also gives us the right to tell others about our beliefs. Recently, our freedom to worship, although for good reason, has nevertheless been restricted. We have experienced a taste of what it may have been like (and still is for some) for those who were forbidden to gather in communion with God. Take a moment today to thank God for our freedom to worship-the true freedom that makes our country unique in all the history of the world.
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YOUTH MINISTRY
SAINT MARIA GORETTI (1890-1902) July 6
Does anything match a mother’s pride in her chil-dren? First Communions, confirmations, graduations, weddings: how these delight a mother’s heart! Imagine, then, Assunta Goretti, the only mother ever to attend her child’s canonization! In poverty-stricken rural Italy, wid-owed Assunta tended fields for the Serenelli family, whose eighteen-year-old son, Alessandro, propositioned her barely twelve-year-old Maria; then, when she resisted, crying, “It is a sin! God forbids it!” he stabbed her four-teen times. As she lay dying, Maria assured the attending priest, “Yes, I forgive Alessandro! I want him to be in Paradise with me someday.” Imprisoned, unrepentant, Alessandro changed after dreaming that a radiant Maria had offered him fourteen lilies. “I’ve kept my promise,” she smiled. “You’ll be here with me someday.” Upon re-lease, he rushed to beg Assunta’s forgiveness. “Jesus has forgiven you,” she replied, “my Maria, too. How can I refuse?” Next morning, mother and murderer walked arm in arm to church and knelt side by side for Communion.
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