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SAINT JAMES THE LESS PARISH
December 3, 2017
Pastoral Staff
Parish Mission Statement St. James the Less Parish is a Christian Community of the Roman Catholic tradition. Our Parish Community is dedicated to proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus, and as the people of God are called to further the mission of Jesus. We will do this through the Word, Liturgy, Sacrament, Music, Ecumenism, Evangelization, Religious Education of our Children, Prayer and the Honoring of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We will deepen our knowledge, skills and understanding of our Faith. We will be Faith based. Above all, we will foster Love by example and serve the needs of others to work towards economic and social development for all people.
Adoration On Thursdays, Adoration will be held in the Church from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm. All are welcome to come for any amount of time.
36 Lincoln Avenue, Jamesburg, NJ 08831 Phone: 732-521-0100 Fax: 732-521-8287 Email: [email protected]
Reverend Michael Fragoso, Pastor Rev. Joseph Kabali, in Residence
Rev. Msgr. Ray Cole
Deacon Patrick Smith Deacon Tholitho
Kim Bohinski-Smith Parish Catechetical Leader/ Pastoral Asst.
Patty Bisignano
Administrative Assistant
Daily Mass Schedule Morning Prayer
Monday - Friday 8:15 am Weekday Mass
Monday - Friday 8:30 am Weekend Masses Saturday: 4:00 pm
Sunday: 8:00 am, 11:00 am, 3:00 pm (Spanish) and 5:00 pm Confession
Saturday: 3:00 pm
Adult Choir Wednesday: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Spanish Choir First Tuesday of the Month 8:00 pm
Knights of Columbus Council #6336 83 Lincoln Avenue, Jamesburg
First & third Monday of every month 8:00 pm 732-521-3366
St. James Columbiettes 2nd Thursday of every month
7:00 pm HALL RENTAL AVAILABLE Call Matt Collura (732)691-5416
Food and Fellowship Soup Kitchen Every Tuesday
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm St. James Parish Hall
Food Pantry Donation
First Sunday of every month
Music Ministry Kevin Daly - Director of Music
Raelee Gold - Cantor St. James Cemetery
Mott Avenue, Monroe Twp For more information please contact the Rectory
PLOTS AVAILABLE
Parish Office Hours: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm M-Th
Website: stjamesthelesschurch.org
St. James the Less Advent Mass Schedule
Solemnity of Immaculate Conception Dec 7th - 7:00 pm – Vigil Mass Dec 8th – 7:00 pm – Mass Simbang Gabi – Dec. 22nd 7:00 pm - Mass Christmas Eve – Dec. 24th Regular Mass at 8:00 am, 11:00 am & 1:00 pm (Spanish) NO 5:00 pm Mass 4:00 pm - Vigil Mass (Christmas Eve) 12:00 am - Midnight Mass Christmas Day – Dec. 25th 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm & 2:00 pm (Spanish) Solemnity of Mother of God – Jan. 1st 9:00 am – Mass
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Prayers for the Sick
Emily Amador, Marie Bailey, Shirley Baldwin, David & Catherine Bell, Arlene Calabro, Timmy Clark, Agnes & Andrew Cookson, Catherine Cryan, John Cryan, Carmela Dacunto, Matthew Dallas, Jonathan DiPierro, Dominik Emerson, Sue Facarile, John Fayard, Danny Figler, Jeanne Germann, Martha Gross, Toni Hart, Nikolai Hopkins, Gene Horan, Eleanor James, Tom Keating, Rosemarie Kolessar, Dan Krushinski, Lucy Lavadera, Trudy Lenci, Savira Londy-Eiben, Nikki Long, Arianna Louis, Rose Luberecki, Richard Mackie, Michael Marino, Mario Medina, Danielle Mennona, Baby Nicholas Merritt, Edward Migliore, Massimo Migliore, Lily Mizzi, Catherine Bagarello Mondros, Michael Nichols, Christopher O’Connor, Ron Ritter, Ron Roaldson, John Scarpetti, Peggy Schiller, Kathy Shonk, Sr. Helen Sikorski; SGM, Carmela Torres, Marion Trethak, Emma Voss, Michael Walsh, Grace Wetzel and Pat Zipf
HYMNS: Gathering: Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus #21 Preparation: Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring #412 Communion: Wake, O Wake, and Sleep No Longer #36; Christ, Be Our Light #596 Recessional: The Advent of Our King #39
Collections
1st Collection $ 8,816.00 2nd Collection $ 1,629.00
The Sanctuary Candle that will be lit this week during our Eucharistic Celebration is in memory of Frank Kane. This is a gift from his daughter Frances.
ANGELS FOR SALE
St. James Columbiettes will be selling Angel Pins in the main Church lobby after Masses on Dec. 9th and 10th. These items make a thoughtful Christmas gift and ALL profits go directly to Seminarians/Postulants to assist educational expenses. The gifting is doubled!
How do we pray? Repetitive vocal prayer is good so long as our will, emotions, reason is engaged in a dialogue with God. The Holy Rosary helps us to focus our intentions, aspirations, our petitions, our meditation, all these on Christ’s life and teaching. That is why it is such a popular prayer. Spiritual reading is also a good way to seek God, especially in Holy Scripture where we are sure to find Him. Last week in my homily I spoke about silence and prayer at Mass based on a catechesis by Pope Francis. I thought it would be good to abstract a report by Junno Arocho, published in the Catholic News Service on Nov 15. Let’s put it into practice this Advent. Pope Francis in his General Audience last week said that Mass is the highest form of prayer and not an appropriate moment for small talk. At church, Catholics should spend their time in silence before Mass, preparing "to meet with Jesus" instead of engaging in “chitchat…Silence is so important…Remember what I told you last time: we are not going to a show. Silence prepares us and accompanies us." Pope Francis reflected on the Eucharist as a form of prayer that is "the highest, the most sublime and, at the same time, the most concrete [way of encountering God's love.] This is the greatest grace: to experience that the Eucharist is the privileged moment to be with Jesus and, through him, with God and with our brothers and sisters," In the Gospels, he continued, Jesus teaches his disciples that the first thing needed to pray "is to know how to say 'father' " and to trust in God with the humility of a child. Christians also must allow themselves to be "surprised by the living encounter with the Lord," and not simply "talk to God like a parrot," repeating the words of prayers without thinking. "The encounter with God is a living encounter," the pope said departing from his prepared remarks. "It is not an encounter of a museum, it is a living encounter. And we go to Mass, not a museum! We go to a living encounter with the Lord. "The Mass is also a gift and a consolation where Christians discover that God's greatest surprise is that he "loves us even in our weakness…The Lord encounters our frailty…This is the environment of the Eucharist. This is prayer.”
The Bread and Wine that are being offered at our Eucharistic Celebration this week are in loving memory of Frank Korzenko. This is a gift from Carmella Haak.
A Message from Pastor Fr. Michael Fragoso
LECTIONARY READINGS FOR THE WEEK/ LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA
December 4th: MONDAY/ LUNES 175: Is 2:1-5 Ps 122:1-9 Mt 8:5-11
December 5th: TUESDAY/MARTES
176: Is 11:1-10 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 Lk 10:21-24
December 6th: WEDNESDAY/MIERCOLES
177: is 25:6-10a Ps 23:1-6 Mt 15:29-37
December 7th: THURSDAY/JUEVES
178: Is 26:1-6 Ps 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a Mt 7:21, 24-27
December 8th: FRIDAY/VIERNES 689: Gn 3:9-15, 20 Ps 98:1-4 Eph 1:3-6, 11-12
Lk 1:26-38
December 9th: SATURDAY/SÁBADO
180: Is 30:19-21, 23-26 Ps 147:1-6 Mt 9:35-10:1, 5a, 6-8
December 10th: SUNDAY/DOMINGO
5: Is 40:1-5, 9-11 Ps 85:9-14 2 Pt 3:8-14 Mk 1:1-8
MASS INTENTIONS Monday, Dec 4th to Sunday, Dec 10th
Monday Advent Weekday 8:30 am Memorial Society Tuesday Advent Weekday 8:30 am Deceased members of DiGiacomo Family r/b Jean Stanchi Wednesday Advent Weekday 8:30 am John DeSantis r/b wife Maria & family Thursday St Ambrose, Bishop & Dr of the Church 8:30 am Anne Stanchi r/b Jean Stanchi Friday Immaculate Conception Blessed Virgin Mary 8:30 am Deceased & Living members of the Mt Carmel Society Saturday Vigil of 2nd Sunday of Advent 4:00 pm Michael Di Lorenzo & The DiLorenzo Family r/b Pat DiPierro Sunday Second Sunday of Advent 8:00 am Frank Schepisi r/b Rizzo family 11:00 am For the people of St James 3:00 pm Tony & Gerry Piccirillo r/b their children 5:00 pm Joan O’Callaghan r/b William O’Callaghan
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Ministry Schedule
Weekend of December 9th/10th
Mass Lector Eucharistic
Minister Eucharistic
Minister Eucharistic
Minister Altar Server
Saturday 4:00pm
Peggy Hughes Evelyn Moran Julie Ico Rose Corso Marcus Pena Tyler Dunn
Sunday 8:00am
John Bruno Tom Gibbons Roseanna Davino Anne Mendoker Emma, Kailee &
Gabrielle Villiarola
11:00am Judy Pugliese Carol Damiani Irene Lesko Monique Mainville Martin Villanobos
Sean Alvarenga
5:00pm Kerry Alvarez Elaine Slabinski Susanne Alvarez Kim Smith Caitlin Smith
Charlotte Taylor
Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea Annual Christmas Concert
Sunday, December 17th
2:00 pm at
Somerset County Vo-Tech Bridgewater, NJ
Advance tickets only 908*725*1008 x-104
It gives us joy that Bruno Delorme, the seminarian discerning for the Foreign Mission of Paris (MEP- Missions Étrangères de Paris), will be instituted to the ministries of lector and acolyte on Sunday December, 3rd 2017 at 10am (French time ) at the MEP Chapel in Paris (128 Rue du Bac - 75007 Paris). These ministries are required for diaconate and priesthood. Please pray for Bruno and all our seminarians.
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¿Cómo rezamos? La oración vocal repetitiva es buena siempre que nuestra voluntad, nuestras emociones y nuestra razón participen en un diálogo con Dios. El Santo Rosario nos ayuda a enfocar nuestras intenciones, aspiraciones, nuestras peticiones, nuestra meditación, todo esto basado en la vida y enseñanza de Cristo. Por eso es una oración tan popular. La lectura espiritual es también una buena manera de buscar a Dios, especialmente en las Sagradas Escrituras, donde estamos seguros de encontrarlo. La semana pasada, en mi homilía, hablé sobre el silencio y la oración en la misa en base a una catequesis del Papa Francisco. Pensé que sería bueno resumir un informe de Junno Arocho, publicado en el Catholic News Service el 15 de noviembre. Practiquémoslo este Adviento. El Papa Francisco en su Audiencia General dijo que la Misa es la forma más elevada de oración y no un momento apropiado para charlar. En las iglesias, los católicos deben pasar su tiempo en silencio antes de la misa, prepararse para “el encuentro con Jesús" en vez de “charlar...El silencio es tan importante...Recuerde lo que le dije la última vez: no vamos a un espectáculo. El silencio nos prepara y nos acompaña.” El Papa Francisco reflexionó sobre la Eucaristía como una forma de oración que es "la más elevada, la más sublime y, al mismo tiempo, la manera más concreta de encontrar el amor de Dios". Esta es la gracia más grande: experimentar la Eucaristía es un momento privilegiado para estar con Jesús y, a través de Él, con Dios y con nuestros hermanos y hermanas ". En los Evangelios, continuó, Jesús les enseña a sus discípulos que lo primero que se necesita para orar "es saber cómo decir 'Padre'" y confiar en Dios con la humildad de un niño. Los cristianos también deben permitirse estar "sorprendidos por el encuentro vivo con el Señor" y no simplemente "hablarle a Dios como un loro", repitiendo las palabras de las oraciones sin pensar. "El encuentro con Dios es un encuentro vivo", dijo el Papa desviando de sus palabras preparadas. "No es un encuentro en un museo, es un encuentro vivo. ¡Y vamos a Misa, no a un museo! ¡Vamos a un encuentro vivo con el Señor!”La misa también es un regalo y un consuelo donde los cristianos descubren que la mayor sorpresa de Dios es que Él "nos ama hasta en nuestra debilidad ... El Señor encuentra nuestra fragilidad ... Este es el medio-ambiente de la Eucaristía. Esta es la oración verdadera."
Intenciones para la Misa Intenciones para la Misa , $10 cada Misa.
Sacramento de la Confesión Domingo 2:00 pm.
Un mensaje del Pastor P. Michael Fragoso
El primer Domingo de cada mes se llevará a cabo el Santo Rosario a nuestra Madre Maria
a las 2:00 PM.
Se les recuerda que todos los Domingos a las 2:40 PM se lleva a cabo el Santo Rosario a la Divina Misericordia, si usted conoce o tiene un familiar con enfermedades críticas o condición agonizante. Únete a nosotros para que esta persona reciba la Gracia Misericordiosa de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo.
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Se les recuerda que el Domingo 10 de Diciembre la Celebración
de la Santa Misa será a las 6:00P.M, con la fiesta a Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.
Calendario de Misa de Adviento
La Inmaculada Concepción de la Virgen
María 7 y 8 de diciembre - 7:00 pm
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
10 de diciembre - 6:00 pm
La Natividad del Señor Misa vespertina de la vigilia
24 de diciembre - 4:00 pm & 12:00 am
La Natividad del Señor 25 de diciembre - 8:00 am, 10:00 am,
12:00 pm & 2:00 pm (español)
Santa María, Madre de Dios 1 de enero - 9:00 am
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St. James the Less Memorial Society The following names have been enrolled in the St. James Memorial Society by their loved ones. On the first Monday of each month they will be remembered at Mass. If you would like to add someone to the list, please call or visit the Rectory. A name that has been bolded, with an (*) depicts a name that is up for renewal this month. You must renew by the 25th day of the renewal month.
Conrado Albinto Jocelyn Holland The Pessolano & Marino Families Elvin Albinto Rev. Joseph Hoppe, OP Frances & Joseph Picone Joseph Avarello Alphonse & Frances Iannacone Tony & Gerry Piccirillo Frank Barbato Jr The Ivan Family Frank & Ceil Popowski *Henry Barry *Stephen Janzekovich John A. Prata Steven Basarab The Jolly & Messler Families Peter Presto Helen & Steve Basarab Mother Mary Joseph, O.C.D. Irina Prilepskaya Veronica Bellantuono Frank J. Kane *The Przybylski Family Andrew Blake The Ellsworth & Kane Families Thomas Pugner John & Rosa Bohinski Keating & Burke Families Frank Punturieri Charles & Loretta Bohinski John Klosek William & Una Quigley Ann Brady & Shelia Nolan Eric J. Knoll Ann Ford & Frances Rocsak The John Brady Family Frank Korzenko Michael R. Reilly William & Rosemary Braun Ruth Krahe Buettner & Raymond Krahe Norman & Alice Richards Maryann Breckmeyer Jane Lanza Catherine Riley John & Mildred Burk Richard B. Lawlor Marion Routé Dorothea Collura Nick Lazos James Scarpetti Frances Camilleri *The Lesko Family Schiller-Dran Families Vincent Camilleri Judith Lonseth Margaret & Leo Schultz Robert & Nicole Campbell Raymond Luberecki Robert W. Shultz Sr. Jean Campo Luis Lugo Albert & Jean Sikorski Mike Capobianco Thomas Lynch Anna Sikorski Gustavas & Isabelle Ceras Joseph Marano Kenneth Sikorski Cerulo & Olimpia Families The Marano & Pietri Families George & Anne Snyder Ellen Chmiel Rev. James & Francis McDonnell Anne Stanchi Anna & Dominick Cimorelli Bill McGrath Edward Stanchi George Conroy Sr. Susan McNamee-Saeed Lena & Edward Stanchi Aldo Corso Gerard Mennona Judy Wetzel Stevenson Eleanor Wetzel Cross Joseph & Eleanor Mennona Bill Stewart Anthony & Mary D'Albero Don Mercado *Celia & Edward Sudowsky Sophie Davino John Mitko Philip E Sudowsky Richard Dallas Mary Modzelewski Pat, Michael & John Surik Michael & Vera DeMarco Kathleen, Patrick & Jack Mohan Katherine Szaroleta Angela & Anthony DiGiacomo Joan & Edwin Moke Jr. Thomas Tolve Jr. Michael F. DiPierro & DiLorenzo Family Mary S. & John Montalto Steve Topolancik Rev. Kevin P Duggan *Daniel & Ethel Moran Gerald & Muriel Tracy Margaret Duggan Joan & Rich Moran Mary & Joseph Tupek Desie & Sean Dunne The Moran & Hanaway Families Mary Uhrig John Ehrhardt & Mary Horan John Intravartolo & Morrison Families Ethel Vachon Alice & George Emery Deceased Members of Mt. Carmel Society Philip Vachon Louis & Regina Ferraro Rose Marie Muir Michelle Vachon Altagracia Fragoso James & Agnes Mulvey Carmelo & Anna Vairo Rev. Msgr. William Furlong Madeline Murray Sr. Patricia Vayda, SJH Philip Furnari & Family Robert & Nicholas Napoliello Visinski & Luczkow Families Robert E. Garvey III George J. Nesser Eleanor & Floyd Vivaldo Aneca Garnett Dominic & Josephine Nicastro John & Minnie Walker Michael & Kathleen Grant Joan O'Callaghan Thomas Walker Frank Grillo *Patrick & Bridget O'Neill Thomas P. & Delia Walker Rev. Msgr. Edward Hajduk Nell Payne Walter J Wawrzynski
Rosalie Hines Anita Pessolano Sophie & Henry Wetzel