Bulletin
for the Week of April 15, 2007
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MONDAY –
7:00PM William Greene r/o Most Precious Blood of Jesus
Prayer Group
TUESDAY
–
7:00PM Mass of Thanksgiving Blessed Mother &
St. Joseph
WEDNESDAY –
7:00PM Deceased Members Rauber
THURSDAY
–
9:00AM Jack F. Gordon Sr. r/o
7:00PM Kayley Rider r/o
Larry & Irene Russo
FRIDAY –
7:00PM James Doyle r/o Maggie Ball &
SATURDAY –
8:00AM Jack F. Gordon Sr. r/o Betty & Frank Lockwood
5:00PM Ronald Richards r/o Gene & Ronnie Cella
SUNDAY -
11:30AM PEOPLE OF THE
PARISH
5:00PM Austin McNally r/o
Holly & Amber St. John
WEEK OF
SANCTUARY CANDLE BURNING FOR
1. CHRISTINA
WALSH r/o Bob & Eileen
2. MARK
SHERRY r/o Mom & Dad
3. KATHERINE
TAGLIALATELLA r/o Friends
PRAY FOR OUR SERVICEMEN & WOMEN
SrA DEBORAH MACALALAD
JOSEPH MUNIZ
JASON HERNANDEZ
Sgt. MATTHEW PHELAN
Pfc. DENNIS
PATRICK BIBBY
SSgt. RICHARD ZALESKI
SrA ALEXANDER ZALESKI
SrA MARK ZALESKI
A1C DAVID ZALESK I
Sgt. SETH WRIGHT
Corporal CASIMERO TANSECO
Lt. PETER KETTERER
KEYSTER F. VERDADERO –
Airman SEAN BIBBY -
Sgt. MICHAEL E. HUGHES
First Lt. COLLEEN REISS - Army
CHRISTIAN R. RAZON –
Pvt. MICHAEL SOLOMON JR. - Army
Pfc. JENNIFER FALCHOOK
If you know of any servicemen or women
from our parish who are serving in the
military – please give us their names & we
will add them to our bulletin to be prayed for.
MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK
SUNDAY: C.C.D.
H.I.S.
First Holy Communions–10:00 a.m. – Chapel
Filipino
Association –
Baptisms –
Filipino Dance
Practice–1:00 pm-
African
American Association
Bible Study–7:30
p.m.–Church- Fr. Halbing
Men’s
Basketball–7:30 pm-10:00 pm–gym
MONDAY: Girl
Scouts #1661–
C.C.D.–3:45 to 5:00
7th
Grade C.C.D. –
Legion
of Mary -
TUESDAY: School
Board Election – 12:00Noon to
Brownies #105 –
Explorers - #106
Boy Scouts –
Men’s Basketball–8:30 p.m.-
WEDNESDAY: Children’s
Choir Practice–
H.I.S.
Choir Practice –
Men’s Basketball
THURSDAY: Kalahi
Basketball Team-7:00pm-8:30
Procession Committee –
Charismatic Prayer Meeting-7:45 p.m.- cafe.
Filipino Choir Practice -
Men’s Basketball–8:30 pm–10:00
pm.-gym
FRIDAY: Jr. Legion of
Mary –
Charismatic Prayer Meeting –
Men’s Basketball-8:30 pm-
SATURDAY: Men’s Basketball –
Alumni Basketball-1:00 p.m.-
Youth Group –
SUNDAY: C.C.D. –
Filipino Mass –
Pastoral Procession Committee Activity
Fr. Halbing –
Men’s Basketball
–
SICK RELATIVES &
FRIENDS:
IN THE CHARITY OF YOUR
PRAYERS
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR
OUR BROTHERS & SISTERS WHO ARE
Nancy Vescuso, Daniel Paltjon, Frank Hreshko, Bernice
Gruscavage, George Nemchick,
Baby Sylvia
George Boghdan, Lillian Ricard, Emma Cortez, Jenda Hsu, Weichung Shih, Lorenzo DiAndrea,
Vincent Cannata, Lawrence Reilly, Vanessa Douge, Osmund Gascon, Camilla David, James
Haskin, Edna Lim.
Please
Note: Names of the sick recommended to
our prayers will remain in the bulletin for one month. If you wish
their names to remain beyond that time, please call the rectory. If you want to place a name on this list of
the sick, please call the Rectory Office.
A name is only added to the sick
list if it is called in by a family member.
HAVE YOU REGISTERED WITH US YET ?? If not, please do so as soon as
possible! It is not only quite painless
but also very necessary if we are to know how we can better serve your needs
while you are with us. It also saves everyone from the embarrassing moments
that will inevitably occur: PARISHES
REQUIRE CERTIFICATES OF SPONSORSHIP FOR GODPARENTS & CONFIRMATION
SPONSORS. THESE WILL BE ISSUED ONLY TO
THOSE WHO ARE CONFIRMED CATHOLICS; REGISTERED IN OUR PARISH, REGULAR
PARTICIPANTS AT MASS, VALIDLY MARRIED IN THE CHURCH (if applicable). IT IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE TO REFUSE ANYONE BUT
IT HAS HAD TO BE DONE AT TIMES (AND IT IS NEVER EASY TO DO OR TO ACCEPT). YOU SHOULD BE REGISTERED WITH THE PARISH AT
LEAST SIX MONTHS BEFORE WE CAN GIVE YOU A CERTIFICATE TO BECOME A
SPONSOR. We look forward to meeting you.
ATTENTION PARISHIONERS: One of our parishioners (Emma Cortez) is in
need of a kidney transplant. If any
angels in our parish are willing to donate a kidney please contact Emma at
732-463-3970. Blood Type must be
A.
C.C.D. NEWS:
The last days of CCD for
the 2006/2007 year will be Sunday – April 29th & Monday April 30th.
We are now accepting new
registrations for children attending the CCD program for the first time. Families
must be registered parishioners of OLF & submit copy of their child’s
baptismal certificate with the registration.
Please call the CCD office with any questions.
Please do not contact the
Rectory with religious education concerns.
The CCD office number is 732-968-3233.
If we are unavailable, please leave a message & your call will be
returned as soon as possible.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
FUTURE PARISH EVENTS
Attention all parish
SENIORS 55 & over. You are invited
to join OLF Senior Citizens Club.
We are both a spiritual
& social club, offering daily & overnight trips, luncheons & guest
speakers. Call Lucy Cook at
732-752-4640.
Our Lady of
Bateaux
salad, roasted ½ chicken, Cajun steak fries, creamed
spinach, vanilla bean cheesecake. Visit
Stew Leonard’s – worlds largest Dairy Store.
Call June Browne at 732-463-7752.
Sunny Hill Resort &
Golf Course,
N.Y. (
Includes: 3 meals a day,
entertainment, narrated
Procession Pastoral
Council of OLF cordially invites you to attend a viewing of “Fatima Today:
Message of Life for a Dying World,” a lecture series on DVD by Fr. John Corapi. The program
will present the first of six lectures in which the Fatima message invites us
to trust in Jesus’ words; ‘In the world you will have tribulation, but take
heart, I have overcome the world’ (John 16-33). This lecture
address “The Angels-Messengers & the Message”. The program will be held at OLF Auditorium
on Sunday – April 22nd from
Courtesy of the Rosary
Altar Society in the
cafeteria.
OTHER PARISH
INFORMATION
SCHOOL
NEWS
Come to our Spring OPEN
HOUSE at Our Lady of
Our Lady
of
We will brighten up your
child’s summer through daily themes & holiday celebrations, arts &
crafts, water activities, special guests, gym classes & much more. Ages 4 to 12 years ******You
make your own schedule. All
welcome. Call for brochure –
732-968-8040. Camp will run from June 27th
to August 3rd.
email us at Marketing@powertolearn.com
SUPPORT
A STUDENT
Contribute to the Our
Lady of
OLF ONE
STOP SHOP
Gift
certificates will be sold after Mass for groceries, gas & retail stores
(Macy’s, Home Depot, local restaurants, Lowe’s & several others). Obtain order form from the gift certificate
envelope on the bulletin boards in Church or from a gift certificate representative
after each
EASY TO PREPARE, QUALITY FOODS ONLINE AT www.marketday.com. Market day is being sponsored by OLF-HSA –
ACCOUNT #17849. For more information
call Karen Rink at 908-668-7266.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION CHAPEL: Contact Gerry Aboyme at
732-266-4145 or Pat Lorenc at 732-752-4479 to become
a Eucharistic Guardian; We have hours we need to fill
(especially for the early morning.)
GUARDIANS PLEASE
CONTACT YOUR CO-ORDINATOR WHEN YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR HOUR.
PRAY FOR PEACE: WANTED: Families that
would like to have the Blessed Mother’s statue visit their home for a
week. WHY: The Legion of Mary would like to pray the
Rosary with them on Tuesday evenings.
WHO: Please contact Cora Verdadero at 732-752-3889.
DOVE GIFT SHOPPE:
The Shoppe (located at the rear of the Chapel) is open Sundays
following the
F.I.S.H. THANKS EVERYONE FOR THEIR GENEROSITY. THE NEED CONTINUES. ITEMS LISTED BELOW ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
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WE ARE IN NEED OF THE FOLLOWING AT ALL TIMES:
SHOPPING
LIST FOR FISH
NON-PERISHABLE FOODS ONLY – PLEASE!!!
Canned meat/stew/hash – Canned Pasta/Sauce – Peanut Butter –
Tuna – Canned soups & vegetables (low salt preferred)
– powdered milk – Coffee – Tea – Cocoa –
Dried Beans, – Barley, hot cereals without sugar, high protein cereals, canned
fruit & juices.
Monetary donations may be sent
to: TREASURER, FISH, INC at
Anyone
who needs help with food or clothing; or, who would like to volunteer to help
others, may call 732-356-0081. A Fish
telephone volunteer will return your call.
SHOPPING
REMINDER!!!
Eligible
PARISH
SUPPORT: Who is a
Christian Steward? One
who receives God's gifts gratefully, cherishes & tends them in a
responsible & accountable manner, shares them in justice & love with
others, & returns them with increase to the Lord.
EASTER SUNDAY – APRIL 8th 2007.……… …………$
CHRISTMAS CLUB………………………………………$
REPAIR COLLECTION………………………………….$
EASTER
FLOWERS……………………………….$
CHRISTMAS CLUB FOR CHRIST: There are
36 more weeks to Christmas 2007.
Give
your Christmas gift to the Church – a little at a time.
DIOCESAN NEWS
Annual
Firefighters Mass – Saturday – April 21st at
The
Metuchen Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold their 10th
Biennial Convention on Saturday – April 21st at St. John Vianney Parish in Colonia. The cost for the day is $35.00
(including a hot lunch)
Registration will be at
Catholic
Charities, Diocese of Metuchen is in need of Foster Parents for the 11,000
children in
AREA NEWS
Life
Choices Resource Center in Metuchen announces a volunteer training series on
Tuesday April 17th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. & Saturday April
21st from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Call 732-516-0911 to
register.
Piscataway
Health Advisory Commission sponsors SKIN CANCER SCREENING on Saturday – April
21st from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Piscataway Senior Center – 700
Buena /Vista Avenue – behind JFK Library. Free screening,
questions & answers & refreshments.
Friends
of Fr. Dan Herlihy, come & help us celebrate his 65th Birthday
which will be held on April 29th at
should be sent to Keith Fasanella @ 226
Howard Ave.,