Dear Friends,

Today is Catechetical Sunday at St. Anne’s. It’s a day to celebrate and thank those women and men who devote their precious time to help our young learn the faith they have received from their parents. These folks do so much for our community! As with any teacher, they don’t take the place of parents. Instead, they support them by supplementing what parents do and say to form their children. In effect, catechists help to clarify the connection between the lives our young have with their families, friends, teammates, and classmates, and Christ and his vision for us all. Our young need to know how to make that connection. Of course, the best way for parents and catechists to do this is to share how Christ gives our lives purpose. Nothing beats personal testimony for attracting young people to Christ. The key is to help them develop a friendship with the Lord. One sure way is by showing them that it grows by living the Catholic style of life and worship. It’s in that style that the Risen Christ becomes most real. But here’s the big problem that we all have to face: so many of us live such busy lives that it’s hard to do this. Most of us aren’t doing so out of bad faith. We’re just too busy! Unfortunately, this has meant sacrificing the one thing our young need...the one thing we all need. Do you remember the T.V. film last year - 13

Reasons Why ? It was a thought provoking presentation of what can happen when we lose touch with the one relationship that gives meaning and purpose to life. Christ, God, was absent from the lives of the people - teens and adults - in the story. We can see this same loss all around us. So many of our Confirmation candidates think of this sacrament as a kind of graduation from faith formation...and from their personal friendship with Christ. Can you imagine students thinking that algebra or geometry were all they had to learn about math? Math is but a tool for living. Christ is about the life that uses that tool! We have entered into a new era in how we learn how to follow the Lord. The old Catholic culture, the former Judeo-Christian style of American life, is no more. Going to Mass a couple times a year won’t cut it. Kids see right through that. Those days are over. We’re in a new time that needs new approaches to our religious lives. I know that I don’t have all the answers. But I do know that we need to speak with each other about more effective ways to support families and individuals in living their faith. That will mean trying new disciplines that can help us all to gather together to worship and relearn our faith. We use disciplines all the time to build athletic skills into lives of our young. The same spirit can help them and the rest of us to rebuild a sense of Christ into life. Let’s begin by looking at how we can structure time for weekly Mass and time for deepening our appreciation for Christ into our lives. Let’s talk about how to do this.

Love,

Fr.Joe

Worship… Called and formed by the Word of God, we

worship our Lord primarily in the Mass. The Eucharist is the

center of our Christian life. It grounds everything else we do,

from prayer to our daily tasks to our ministries. If you have any

comments, please feel free to contact any of the following

Pastoral Council Representatives: Fr. Colin Kay, Deacon

Rich McGarry and Michael Kohler.

Pray for the recovery of: Jennifer Reeves, Vicenta Oyog, Lori Mineo, Ann Riffle, Baby Sophia Behrens, James Giegler, Matt Kenly, Marie Recchione, Bob Nichols, Maria Iozzia, Joseph Fernandez & his family, Emily Capogrosso, Jerry Marcom, Eileen Meyer, Anthony Esposito, Marissa Anderson, Helen Masefield, Timothy Dolan, Marie Kazazian, Rowen Ru, Charles Cummins, Alexa Kazazian, Meghan Curley, Romeo Malungcot, Angelina Perez, Kathy Nahra, Joe Hackett, Baby Joseph Mount, Sean O’Malley, Dave Gondres, Mark Reeves, Dr. Kevin Jeffrey McCarthy, Tommy Maher, Betty Young, Gabrielle Paradiso, Baby Charles Michael Tansey, Marianne Wilde, Lois Dekker, Mary Golabek, Joy Leonard, Mark Reeves, Mercedes Cepeda, Joey Bulger, Tom Pagano, Catherine Kurnath, John Coons, Thomas Paulhus, Mary McCarthy, Nellie Salazar, Ann Garripoli Petrie, Jennifer Crespo, Jimmy O’Hanlon, Patricia Sisti, Albert Gravel, Margaret Hoether, David Guerra, Jessica Pavoni, Debbie Carlotti, Jake Rudd, John Bohlig, Michael Reyes, Frank Morano, Sr., Bill Keegan, Richard Kennelley, Veronica Reichert, Robert O’Byrne, Julia Fedorchik, Jillda DiNardo, Marie Brancato, Helen Konarski, Mary Ludlow, Jason & Justin Leider, Dianna Miranda, Brandon Higgens, Ann Millstein, Carol Gravel, Wendy Gratale, Richie Policastro, Jackie Manning, Stanislaw Tecza, Louis Frances, Jarret Adamo, Matthew McGovern, Sarah Valenti, Stan Tomon, Violeta Arva, Ken Macagna, Todd Hodge, Emily Rao, John Rao, Carol Verbovsky, Kenneth Bodzak, Janice Ward, Anne Llewellyn, Les Wolf, Diana Lambouras, Thomas Brown, Nicole Schepps and John Falcone.

†Pray for the happy repose of † Edward J. Casteline

The Bread and Wine will be offered this week in loving memory of Pierina Massone as requested by the Massone Family.

The Altar Candles will burn this week in loving memory of Pierina Massone as requested by the Massone Family.

The Sanctuary Lamp will burn this week in loving memory of Pierina Massone as requested by the Massone Family.

Monday, November 6th

7:30 - Pierina Massone – Massone Family Luis Marzoa – Sister Gerard Kelly - Family 8:45 – Rev. J. P. Masterson – Peggy Nessa Fuentes (Living) – Fuentes Family

Tuesday, November 7th

7:30 - Al Placa “17

th Anniversary” – Wife, Mildred

Margaret Kelly - Family 8:45 – Arthur Nestor – Ann & Family

Wednesday, November 8th

7:30 – Julia Tarbous – Daughter Mr. & Mrs. Josef Haeming – Hildi & George O’Halloran 8:45 - Gladys Doka “10

th Anniversary”–The Doka Family

Bryan Daly – Cathy & Tom Pagano Thursday, November 9

th

7:30 - Stephen Michella – Lynn & Richard Fox 8:45 - Carlo Altomare – Rosolino Sausa Alan Perry – Mary & Nick Magarelli

Friday, November 10th

7:30 – People of St. Anne Parish 8:45 – Luis Marzoa - Sister

Saturday, November 11th

8:45 - Grace Avanzato – amily Rosaria DiNatele – Theresa Ciavattone Holy Souls of Purgatory 5:15 - Deceased Members of the Burke & McCoy Families - Family Frances & Stephen Rosty – Rosty Family Sigmund Golabek – Family Marian Palagano – Harry & Lou Anne

Sunday, November 12th

7:30 – Josephine DiPaola – The Gym Crew Marie Diauto – Daughter Kerry Michael Ryan – Wilkes Family Hermongenes Gonzalez - Jeanette 9:30 – Lawrence Jones – Rosemary William Hochkeppel – Todd Hochkeppel Josephine DiPaola – The Carter Family Charlie McCarthy - Mary 11:30- Mary Klockmeyer – Family Tony Arena – The Mortell Family Jean Calabrase – Peggy Long Clara Maria Roman – James & Faye Mc Gevna 6:00 – Mariquita Silva – DeLeon Family

Edward J. Casteline – Frank & Josephine Baldino

Eucharist Adoration Friday, November 10th

12:00 pm – 6:00 pm Concluding with Benediction

at 6:00 pm Please volunteer to pray one hour before our Lord. Sign-up sheet in the church vestibule.

Let us pray for those in our armed forces especially

for: 2nd Lt. Frank D. Slawson II, USAF: 1st Lt.

Markus Landers, USMC; Cpl Bobby Cimmino,

USMC; PFC Richard Marchese, US Army; Pvt. John

Pagios, US Army; Pvt. Kristoffer Burger, US Army;

SPCE4 Kyle Milnes, US Army; PO 2nd Cl Jimmy

Guerra, US Navy, PO 1st Cl Nicholas J. Vanni, US

Navy; Major Gregory Sugalski, US Army; MM2

Nicholas J. Magarelli, USN, Master Sgt. Michael

VanPamel, USAF; Sgt. Michael Bourke, US Army;

PFC Lindsay Newarski, US Army; Staff Sgt.. Matthew

Bauer, USAF; Brandon Motto, USMC; Lt. Marc

Sabatino, USN; LCPL Storm Odom, USMC; Airman

Michael Diffin, USAF; CPL Justin Scales, USMC;

LCPL Dominick Rizzo, USMC; PFC Jonathan C.

Sulinski, Warrant Officer Alan Harty, US Army; Sgt.

Bert J. Frullo, US Army; LCPL. Harrison James

Bruining, USMC; LCPL Steven D’Argenio, USMC;

Capt. Kip Rainey; SP4 Monica Saucier, US Army;

Spec. 4 Brian Tarantino, US Army; PO 1st Cl. Mike

Tarantino, USN; Lt. Col. Marshall Denney; Lance

Corp. Marshall Denney IV; Col. Patrick Frank; Capt.

Daniel Curtin, US Army; Staff Sgt. Joseph Sullivan,

USMC; A1C Richard Baldassari, USAF; Capt.

Donald Pump, USMC; and all those serving in Iraq

and Afghanistan.

ALTERNATIVE TO ABORTION If you know

someone who is considering having an abortion,

here is a number they might call that could be of

help to them to consider an alternative to this

practice. The number is

1-800-395-HELP (4357).

For the month of November, Pope Francis asks us to pray especially

...that Christians in Africa, bearing witness to the Gospel in word and deed, may promote dialog, peace, and mutual understanding, especially with those of other religions.

INTENTION BOOK TO OPEN

The book for the weekly Bread & Wine, Altar Candles and Sanctuary Lamp Intentions for 2018 will open on November 1st at the Rectory. Intentions are $15.00 each per week.

REFLECTION The Inward Stirring -John Ruysbroeck

The inward stirring and

touching of God

makes us hungry and yearning;

for the Spirit of God hunts our spirit;

and the more it touches it,

the greater our hunger

and our craving.

And this is the life of love in

its highest working,

above reason and above understanding;

for reason can hear neither

give nor take away from love,

for our love is touched

by the Divine Love.

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

(Matthew 23:12)

Jesus gave his life to serve, not to be served. Putting other’s needs before our own needs is a sign of becoming a mature disciple, of following Jesus’ example. Humility is really a sign of a strength. By putting other’s needs first we declare to the world that we are putting our complete trust in God. When we align our thoughts and actions with God’s plan for us, the result is Joy and Peace.

THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY will meet on Sunday, November 12th for Mass at 9:30 am with meeting to follow in the Church Hall beginning at 10:30 am.

CREATION AT THE CROSSROADS For the next six weeks, BTOR will NOT be meeting at its regular day/time.

Instead, the "Creation" small group will be meeting for the six weeks 10/12-11/16 in the Faith Center from 1-2:30 pm. Please consider joining us.

BTOR will resume its regular schedule (Thursdays, 1-2 pm, in the Faith Center) on December 7.

Word… St. Anne’s is a family of faith formed by the Word of God, especially as this is expressed in the person of Christ, in the

Scriptures, and in the Tradition of the Church. As we hear this word and take it more and more deeply into our lives, we become ever

more truly the People of God. If you have any comments, please feel free to contact any of the following Pastoral Council

Representatives: Donna Stickna, Melissa Rovetto-Ruffner & Marianne Cummins .

SAINT ANNE SCHOOL NEWS

A BEEFSTEAK DINNER…Hosted by St. Anne School PTG will be held on November 18th starting at 6:30 pm in the Church Hall. Cost is $55 per person. BYOB - Beefsteak catered by Giresi’s. Sports Memorabilia Silent Auction and Live Comedian!! Ticket order forms available at: http://stannenj.com/BEEFSTEAK.pdf

Visit our website at www.stannenj.com Follow us …. @StAnneFairLawn

FAITH FORMATION NEWS

CELEBRATING FAITH FORMATION! On Sunday, November 5, the Church of Saint Anne will celebrate our catechetical ministry at

the 9:30am Mass. The catechetical ministry includes our catechists, teachers, parents and

grandparents—all who help to pass on the Catholic faith to others! Come to the 9:30am Mass,

and celebrate your personal response to our baptismal call of discipleship and evangelization!

HOME STUDY & FAMILY CATECHESIS SESSIONS Home Study will meet according to the following schedule:

November 7: Home Study 1

November 14: Home Study 2

November 21: Home study 3

All Home Study sessions begin at 7pm in the school cafeteria. Please enter through door #5 (back parking

lot). Online reviews for chapter 1-8 are to be completed one week before your session.

Family Catechesis will meet according to the following schedule:

November 8: Family Catechesis grade 7

November 15: Family Catechesis grade 8

All Family Catechesis sessions begin at 7pm in the Church Hall. Please enter through the atrium and

either take the elevator or the stairs. Online reviews for chapter 1-6 are to be completed one week before

your session.

Service…Impelled by the Spirit of Jesus, St. Anne’s strives to reach out to others. In works on behalf of justice, charity, and

human development, we seek to imitate Jesus in bringing glad tidings to the poor, liberty to the oppressed and captives, and healing to

the blind and the sick. If you have any comments, please feel free to contact Fr. Joe or Fr. Colin.

FROM THE OFFICE OF HUMAN CONCERNS

FOOD PANTRY NEEDS: OUR SHELVES ARE REALLY LOW! Please, we need your help!

Items most needed are: canned vegetables, peanut butter, macaroni & cheese, cereal. Also need instant potatoes,

canned fruit, jelly, pasta, spaghetti sauce, white rice (small bags), small packets of instant dry milk, mayo, canned fruit,

soup, ketchup, jello or pudding mix, coffee, pancake mix, syrup, cookies, healthy snacks, cake mix, icing, deodorant, facial

soap, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrushes, paper towels, toilet paper, plastic wrap, baggies, dish soap, laundry

detergent and household cleaning products.

In preparation for Thanksgiving, we are accepting turkeys and other meats for the pantry. Please drop off at Rectory

during regular day hours. Do not leave meats in the foyer of the Rectory!

Please do not leave clothes, books, baby items, house hold items off at the rectory without checking with Michelle first.

ST. CAJETAN MINISTRY NETWORK for the Unemployed & Under-employed

We meet every two weeks as follows: St. Catharine’s Ministry Center - next meeting: Thursday, November 9th . Next meeting at St. Anne’s Rectory is Saturday, November 11th - from 10am - 12 noon. If you think you may be interested please contact Ed Grzesiak 201-321-5144, John Lederer 201-286-9354, Lou Cuomo 201-657-3838, Eamon Jennings, 917-841-2558, Steve Zmuda 201-819-9026, Jim Trousdale 917-363-9977 or Joe Bonis 201-390-7169. You can also email us at stcajetan@stannefairlawnnj.org

ROSARY NEWS… Saint Anne’s Rosary Christmas party will be held at Mezza Notte, 6-11 Saddle River Road in Fair Lawn on Tuesday, December 5th at 2:00 pm. Price is $20.00 for members and $25.00 for guests. Remember to bring your cookies! Checks should be made out to Saint Anne Church and dropped off by November 15th at the Rectory.

THERE WILL BE NO ROSARY SOCIETY MEETING IN NOVEMBER!

Any questions please contact Grace 201-960-2467 or Ellen 201-566-4023.

St. Anne Stages presents….

Performances will be Nov. 10, 11 @ 7:30 pm

Nov. 12 @ 3:00 pm at Fair Lawn Community Center

Tickets: $25 at showtix4u.com

Inappropriate for children 13 and younger.

Community… Formed by the Word and by the Eucharist, St. Anne’s builds

community in the ways that we live and work and celebrate

together. In these ways, we experience the living presence of

Christ. If you have any comments, please feel free to contact

any of the following Pastoral Council Representatives:

Junie Fuertes, Laurie Hessman, Joe Murray, Joan Piela,

Stephanie Kedersha, Joe Barone and Terence Curley

EVENTS FOR THIS WEEK Sunday, November 5th Coffee Sunday – 8:30 am – 1:00 pm - CH Monday, November 6th RCIA – 7:00 – 8:30 pm – CR PTG Board Mtg. – 7:00 – 8:00 pm - SFR Contemporary Choir – 7:30 pm - C AA – 7:30 PM - LCR Tuesday, November 7th Early Morning Men’s Group – 6:00 am – FC Home Study – 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm - CAF Choir – 7:30 – 9:00 pm - C Wednesday, November 8th Play Group – 9:30 – 11:00 am - CH Family Catechesis – 7:00 – 8:30 pm - CH Bible Study – 7:00 pm – FC Thursday, November 9th Creation at Crossroads – 1:00 pm - FC Family Choir – 4:15 – 5:15 pm –C Cub Scouts – 6:30 – 8:30 pm – CAF/CH SCC – 7:00 pm - FC Choir – 7:30 pm - C Friday, November 10th Eucharist Adoration – 12:00 – 6:00 pm - C SAS Student Council Dance– 7:00 – 10:00 pm - CH Saturday, November 11th Cheer – 7:00 – 10:00 pm - CH AA – 7:30 – 8:30 PM – CAF

Are you a stay-at-home mom or dad of children age 5 and under? Or perhaps you care for your grandchildren during the week?

If so, come join us for our weekly Play Group this Wednesday, November 8th from 9:30 -11:00 am in the Church Hall. For info, please Ali Curley at 201-693-3474.

PLEASE NOTE….. There will be no blood pressure screenings on Sunday November 5th. We will return on the first Sunday of December.

ATTENTION ALL 6TH, 7TH & 8TH GRADERS Bergen Catholic will host an Open House

on Wednesday November 8th from 6:30-8:30.

Registration can be found on the Admissions page on the

Bergen Catholic Website. Questions can be directed to

Matt Rosa, Director of Adm.ons,

at mrosa@bergencatholic.org or call 201-634-4141

Saint Anne's Seniors The next meeting of the Saint Anne's Seniors will be in 2 weeks on November 13 at 1 pm in the Church Hall. This meeting is our Memorial to our past members. Anna and Ed Bastinck have purchased new Bingo equipment. So let’s give the new equipment a try. Tickets will be on sale for our Christmas Party on December 11 at the Brownstone for $20 each.

K of C Council #2853 presents ADULT FUN NIGHT

Where: Empire Casino - Yonkers, New York When: Saturday Nov. 18th, 2017 Bus departs 5:45pm sharp from KofC 16-16 Maple Ave Return: 4 hours after arrival Cost: $17 pp get back $10 free play voucher & $5 food voucher Actual Cost = $2.00 Seats are limited and available ONLY when payment is received. To reserve your seat or for more information contact Joe “T” Torregrossa 201-377-8108 or torregrossa.joe@gmail.com subject KofC Empire Casino.

Halloween Candy GIVE-Back Collection Confirmation candidate Kyle Bednarz will be collecting and donating unwanted Halloween Candy to Operation Gratitude which sends the sweets to deployed troops and first responders. Boxes for collection of the candy will be located in the church vestibule until Nov. 6th.

Catholic Everything Expo On December 2 and 3, John Leaps Foundation Inc, will be hosting The Catholic Everything Expo in the Meadowlands Expo Center, Secaucus, NJ. Tickets for 2 days $50. Theme is on Rebuilding the Church! Dynamic Speakers, Entertainment and great Catholic vendors. We have the mission to lift up all Catholic Missions- bringing them together under one roof. Epic event you don't want to miss! 800-313-6933 Be Catholic Proud! www.catholiceverythingexpo.com

Breakfast with Santa

Christmas may seem far away, but it's really just around

the corner! So save the date for our Breakfast with Santa

in the Church Hall on Saturday, December 9th

. More

details to follow soon on registration.

Finance/Administration… A Christian community strives to steward its resources so that they can provide the material by which its various ministries can

reflect the parish’s mission to reflect Christ’s presence in all that we do and say. Finance Committee Members: Ed Hughes, Bill

Ball, Sheila Abate, Loretta Stachiotti, Steve Palermo, Jerry Cunningham and John Weiss.

Buildings/Grounds: Carl Shoemaker, Dave Lee, Kate Humble, Steve Zmuda, Ron Barbarulo, Adrian Menichelli

and Michael La Rocca

We are grateful to the 1,283 people who worshipped with us last weekend and contributed $10,810.00 in the offertory and $2,783.00 through Online Giving offertory,

which along with other fees and donations totaled $19,415.00. Our weekly expenses average out to $20,348.00.

Heating & Air Conditioning ~ Everyone knows that there are some months in which our electricity bill or heating bill is higher than

others. Well, it’s the same with the Church. As you know, we use an additional way of paying for our extra

energy months. In the back of the church each Sunday you will find separate ENERGY envelopes. If you should

happen to hit the jackpot that week, and wish to throw a dollar or two in that envelope, we’d greatly appreciate

it! You can throw these special envelopes right in the collection with your regular envelope. The energy

envelopes will not be mailed to you. They will simply be in the back of the church, so if you don’t spot them, be

sure to ask the ushers at your Mass. Thanks so much. And special thanks to those who have already been doing it

regularly. It makes a difference!!!

Online Giving…

You have the opportunity to make donations to our Sunday collection online! To sign up, go to the St. Anne website – www.stannefairlawnnj.org

There are several ways to access the system: 1. Underneath the scrolling slideshow on the home page, on the bottom right-hand corner, you will see a

light blue icon with a $ sign. Click that icon to go directly to the system.

OR 2. From the homepage, check the left-hand menu options. The second to last menu option says

“envelopes & online giving.” Click that link, and a page with various giving options will appear. Select the

Online Giving option to be taken directly to the system.

Once you are taken to the new site, click on the section that says Create New Account. Next you will see New User Account Registration. Fill out the form and click “submit.” When you are enrolled, you can go into Manage My Account, where you will see My Payment Methods. Here you can choose to have the funds deducted from your checking or bank account (you will need your routing and account numbers on hand). Under Manage My Account, you will also see Give a New Gift. There you will decide when and how much to give. (In the list, Offertory Collection means the Sunday collection.) You can select recurring or one time gifts. You also have the option to access all the other special envelopes you would normally find in your envelope packet and which are generally one-time donations. Each time you go to Mass, get a card that says “I have made my donation online” and put it in the collection when the usher comes around. Thanks so much for giving online!