The Parish Family of St. John Paul II

39 East 22nd Street, Bayonne, NJ 07002-3753 Rectory 201-339-2070; Fax 201-339-3676

Email: stjp2church@gmail.com or staff@olmcparish.com

Religious Education: reledstjp2@gmail.com Web: www.johnpaul2parish.com w

Served by: Rev. Zenon Boczek SDS, Pastor

Rev. Piotr Hałdaś SDS, Parochial Vicar Rev. Andrzej Kujawa SDS, Parochial Vicar

The purpose of the Salvatorian is to strengthen, to defend and to spread the Catholic faith everywhere insofar as this is committed to it by Divine Providence. Therefore, by exercising this ecclesiastical teaching function in word and writing, it intends to achieve the end that all people might know more and more the one true God and Him whom He sent, Jesus Christ.

Kerry G. Fryczynski, Zofia Castellon - Trustees Agnes Barowicz, Parish Secretary

Debra Czerwienski, Director of Religious Education Blanca Cisneros, Secretary of Religious Education

Dayle Vander Sande, Music Minister

WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday:

4:30 PM at St. Michael’s Church; 5:00 PM at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church

Sunday: 8:15 AM; 9:30 AM; 10:45 AM (Polish) & 12:15 PM;

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church 9:30 AM (Italian) - St. Michael’s Church

WEEKDAY MASSES: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church

Monday – Friday: 7:00 AM (English) & 8:00 AM, (Polish) [except Thursday] Saturday: 7:30 AM (Polish) & 8:30 AM (English)

Tuesday 7:00 PM (English), Thursday 7:00 PM (Polish)

St. Michael’s Church 8:00 AM (English) Monday – Saturday

CONFESSIONS: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church

Daily from Monday to Friday 7:30 AM, Saturday 8:and 4:00 PM

PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Tuesday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00PM to 6:00 PM Friday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00PM to 3:00 PM

July 16, 2017

Spiritual Offerings, July 16-22, 2017

SANCTUARY LAMP

++Michael & Susanne Slepak (Andrew J. Merkovsky)

ALTAR BREAD & WINE

++Michael & Susanne Slepak (Andrew J. Merkovsky)

SECRED HERAT CANDLE

Birthday blessings for David Ascough (Pat Suckiel)

DIVINE MERCY CANDLE

In memory of Thomas Kmec (Rosalie Maguire)

BLESSED MOTHER CANDLE +Barbara Parente (Pat Suckiel)

ST ANN CANDLE

Blessings for Aby Durak (Babci & uncles)

ST. JOHN PAUL II CANDLE +John Woolly

(Chris & Luke Piscitelli)

ST. JOSEPH CANDLE ++Stanley & Maria Sliwiec (family)

ST STANISLAUS CANDLE

Blessings for Mt Carmel Priest anniversaries (Siwiec family)

ST. THERESA CANDLE

Ninth birthday blessings for our granddaughter Marilou Decha (Grandma & grandpa)

SANCTUARY LAMP (S.M.):

Graduation blessings for Margaret Doria (Siwiec family)

SATURDAY, July 15, 2017 4:30 PM (SM) ++John & Mildret Gaynor (Carol) 5:00 PM +Roky Caiola (Debby Mattello) SUNDAY, July 16, 2017 8:15 AM +Joseph Gudaitis Jr. (Sister Evelyn & nephews) 9:30 AM +Adolph & Angela Chmielewski (daughter) 9:30 AM (SM) +Vincenzo Virga (Brother-in -law Gaeton & Magdalena Alessi) 10:45 AM ++Serafina, Wacław & Andrzej Sadowski (Renata & Mariusz) 12:15 PM ++Wladysłąwa & Jozef Zaufall (daughter) MONDAY, July 17 , 2017 7:00 AM +Mary A. Merkovsky (Son) 8:00 AM For Parishioners 8:00 AM (SM) +Chester J. Mikolajczak (Daughter, Mary Ann) TUESDAY, July 18, 2017 7:00 AM +Dr. Eduardo Mangosing (Gina & Bobby Alparan) 8:00 AM ++Franciszka & Czeslaw Komosinski (Son Jan & Family) 8:00 AM (SM) +M/M Pasquale Tomei (Mc Curnin & Ruane families) 7:00 PM +Hudak family (Anna Hudak) WEDNESDAY, July 19, 2017 7:00 AM +Frank Pirkowski (family) 8:00 AM +Tadeusz Toczynski (Szydlowski family) 8:00 AM (SM) +John Mc Monagle THURSDAY, July 20, 2017 7:00 AM ++Michael & Susanna Slepak (Andrew J. Merkovsky) 8:00 AM (SM) Famiglia Totino (daughter –in-law) 7:00 PM +Mary Nowak (Susan, Edward, Jimmy & Sarah) FRIDAY, July 21, 2017 7:00 AM +John P. Raslowsky, Jr. (Tom & Ann) 8:00 AM ++Antoni & Maria Babinski (Krystyna) 8:00 AM (SM) Blessings for Maryann Hromy (Son Joseph) SATURDAY, July 22, 2017 7:30 AM (PL) +Apolonia Zajac (Daughter & family) 8:30 AM (ENG) +Krystyna Kusik (Waleria Toczynski & family) 4:30 PM (SM) +George Prokop (Audrey Knoop) 5:00 PM ++Cornelius & Mary Roberty Murphy (Son Neil) SUNDAY, July 22, 2017 8:15 AM +Theresa C. Kosakowski (Daughters, Lorain, Joanne & Geri) 9:30 AM ++Polly & Michael Karaffa (Daughter, Donna) 9:30 AM (SM) +Giuseppe Cammarata (Daugther & Grand child) 10:45 AM O Boże błogosławieństwo dla Krzysztofa Skura z okazji imienin (mama) 12:15 PM +Florence Florczak (D.K. Budny & family)

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 16 2017

You have crowned the year with

your bounty, and your paths overflow

with a rich harvest. — Psalm 65:12

Our Grateful Tithe to God: Sunday, July 9, 2017: Regular: $ 6,493.00

We thank all our parishioners for their generous support of our parish!

Bóg Zapłać! Grazie!

THIS WEEK Sunday, July 16, 2016 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Patronal Feast Day Tuesday, July 18, 2017 Cub Scouts-7:00 PM Wednesday, July 19, 2017 Eucharistic Adoration - 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, St. Michael’s Church Saturday - Sunday, July 22-23, 2017: Air Conditioning collection

The Parish Picnic is approaching!

Sept. 10, 2017

Please invite your family & friends!!

Great food !

Children’s Area! Games of chance!

Entertainment!

We are looking for NEW items for our “Tricky Tray” table at the picnic.

If you have a good item, please drop it off as you

attend church.

Summer attire for church. I am asked sometimes about appropriate attire for Mass during the hot days of summer. Certainly, coming to worship God is not like going to the

pool. Also, unfortunately, respect for “place” and “event” seems to be vanishing from our American

life. However, it is too hot for “Formal wear.” One would be “safe” in following the directives for visiting the major churches in Rome. For men and

women: Shorts (or skirts) that reach the knee. Shoulders covered. Not too difficult!

Fr Zenon SDS

Religious Education Program Registration for all parishes will begin on April 1, 2017 and end on September 8, 2017. Religious Education Program

fees are as follows: 1 child - $75.00 if registered by June 30th. $100

if registered on July 1st or later. 2 or more children $125.00 if registered by June

30th. $150 if registered on July 1st or later. Religious Education Sacramental Fees are as fol-lows:

Reconciliation/First Communion - one fee of $75 for both Sacraments per child in addition to program fees.

Confirmation Fee will be $100.00 per child – there will be no additional registration fees. Please return Registration Form (form you can find on the web: http://www.johnpaul2parish.com) by mail or in person to the Parish Office where your family is registered and to the attention of the Director of Religious Education. Please make checks payable to your parish. Financial difficulties should never interfere with the religious education of our children. If you have difficulty with the registration fees of our program, please contact the pastor of the parish at which your family is registered. All calls and requests for fi-nancial help will be confidential.

We have repaired the cooling system

in St. Michael’s Church. If you would like to

make donation for this purpose, please contact

parish rectory office (201)339-2070.

The repair cost is $1,500.00.

Thank you for your donation!

Mass attendance and vacation!

While you are on vacation this summer, where will you be attending Mass? Does this thought always cross our minds in

our frantic planning before we head off to the beach or Disney World?

Our Lady of Mount Car-mel, the patronal feast of the Carmelite Order, who take their name from Mount Carmel in Palestine and Our Patron for the

Church. In the book of Kings, this is where the prophet Eli-jah challenged 450 prophets of Baal to prove the divinity of their God. It was of course Elijah who showed the supremacy of the True God of Isra-el. Carmelite tradition suggests that a community of Jewish hermits had lived at that site from the time of Elijah until the Carmelites were founded there in the late 12th cen-tury. The early Christian hermits of Mount Carmel dedi-cated a chapel to Mary. Soon, community mem-bers were known as the “Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.” In the early 13th Century, members of the Carmel-ites moved to England where they became mendi-cant friars. Legend states that in a vision to an English Carmelite named Saint Simon Stock, Our Lady gave the brown Carmelite scapular. The scapular was originally a large apron like gar-ment that would be placed over the Carmelite’s good clothes. And while they would be out in the fields working, the scapular would protect the good clothes from getting dirty. It is a powerful symbol of the protection of our Lady, for we have received the “good clothing” of our baptism, and she pro-tects us from the dirt and evil of the world, helping us to keep the dignity of our baptismal garment un-stained through this pilgrimage of the Christian life on earth. We do well always to show our love for Our Lady and to entrust ourselves to her protection. Yet, Wearing the Brown Scapular is not an automatic guarantee of salvation. It is not a magical charm, nor is it an excuse to live in a way contrary to the teachings of the Church. It is a sacramental which has been approved by the Church for over seven centuries and is a sign of one's decision to follow Jesus as did Mary, the perfect model of all the dis-ciples of Christ If you haven't warn a scapular for a few years, to-day is a very fitting day to begin again. The Scapular reminds us that we are to be like Mary to be totally dedicated to God. More than an-yone else, it is she who can help us to follow her Son to love him and serve him and live for his glo-ry and the salvation of souls. Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Pray for Us.

Il Monte Carmelo fu, fin dai tempi più remoti, assai famoso in Palestina ma oggi territorio israeliano. Su di esso infatti si ritiravano uomini di santa vita per onorarvi, ancor prima che nascesse, la Vergine Madre di Dio. Venne santificato pure da un lungo soggiorno che vi fece il profeta Elia. Continuarono poi sempre pii solitari a ritirarsi sul Monte

Carmelo, ma quando la spada di Maometto assoggettò la Palestina, a stento alcuni riuscirono a salvarsi nascondendosi nelle spelonche. Verso il secolo XI, un pio sacerdote calabrese eresse sui ruderi di una cappella anteriore una chiesetta alla Vergine, ed, avendo raccolti altri compagni, ebbe dal patriarca di Gerusalemme una regola di vita. Ebbe così inizio l'ordine dei Carmelitani che fu poi approvato dai Sommi Pontefici Onorio II e Gregorio IX. Ma la festa della Madonna del Carmine è strettamente legata al grande devoto della Vergine, S. Simone Stock. Era questi un inglese che, per onorare la Madre di Dio, si era dato ad austerissime discipline, rinno-vando le mortificazioni dei primi eremiti. E quando, sul principio del xm secolo, l'Ordine Carmelitano si estese in Inghilterra, S. Simone, attratto dalla devozione che i Carmelitani professavano a Maria, volle entrare nel loro Ordinè. Accettato, chiese di ve-dere il Monte Carmelo, e così visitò a piedi nudi tutti i luoghi sacri della Palestina, trattenendovisi per ben sei anni. Solo Iddio è testimonio delle fervorose preghiere che il Santo fece su quel sacro suolo nelle notti silenzi-ose! Ed appunto in una di quelle notti gli apparve la Ver-gine che, consegnandogli uno scapolare, gli disse con dolcezza: Figlio, prendi il segnale del mio amore. E che questo sia il segnale dell'amore di Maria ce lo dice il seguente versetto, riferito allo scapolare: Prote-go nunc, in morte juvo, post funera salvo! Avranno, dice Maria, la mia protezione in vita, saranno da me aiutati in morte e dopo la morte li condurrò in cielo. S. Simone, per soddisfare il desiderio della Regina del Cielo, con grande zelo propagò questa devozione, che si estese rapidamente. Anche i Papi si tennero onorati di appartenere alla milizia di Maria, e concessero molte indulgenze agli ascritti. Il Privilegio sabatino che godono gli ascritti all'abitino del Carmine assicura la liberazione dal Pur-gatorio, per intercessione di Maria, il primo sabato dopo la morte.

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16 lipca 1251 roku, gdy Szymon trwał na modlitwie, ukazała mu się Matka Boża w towarzystwie świty niebiańskiej. Maryja, trzymając w ręku habit karmel-itański, powiedziała do Szymona: Weź, Najukochańszy Synu, ten szkaplerz twego Zakonu, jako wyróżniający znak i symbol przywilejów, który otrzymałam dla ciebie i dla wszystkich synów Karmelu. Jest to znak zbawienia, ratunek pośród niebezpieczeństw, przymierze pokoju i wszechwieczna ochrona. Kto w nim umrze, nie zazna ognia piekielnego. Oto znak zbawienia, ratunek w niebezpieczeństwach, przymierze pokoju i wiecznego zobowiązania. Wszechmogący Boże, w czasach Starego Przymierza na górze Karmel przyjmowałeś modlitwy proroków, a w Nowym Przymierzu wybrałeś tę górę na miejsce czci Najświętszej Maryi Panny, spraw za jej wstawiennic-twem, abyśmy doszli do Twojego Syna. Który z Tobą żyje i króluje w jedności Ducha Świętego, Bóg, przez

Our Parish Picnic will be on Sunday, September 10, 2017 1:00PM – 7:00 PM

We would invite parishioners, friends & local businesses to support the event by taking one of the sponsorships or, by making a cash donation.

Below are a list of Sponsorship opportunities. Please detach the form with your donation. Thank You!

Sponsorships

Children’s Area General Sponsorships* ( Games, Rides, Entertainment, food, activities) ( Entertainment and cash donations) __ General Area Sponsor/ s : $ 1,000.00* __ Slide: $ 500.00 __ Cotton Candy Machine: $ 150.00 __ Snow Cone Machine: $ 150.00 __ Pop Corn Machine: $ 150.00 __ “T” Ball : $ 200.00 ( ** DJ & Gold Level receives reserved table) ___ “Bouncer” : $ 500.00 (* General Sponsor: reserved table & meal & beverage tickets) ___ Face painting & Tattoos: $ 100.00

Name : ________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Phone: _________________________________ E Mail __________________________________ I / we would like to Sponsor/ Donate the following: ___________________________________

Please make checks payable to St. John Paul II Parish and send to : St. John Paul II Parish

39 East 22 Street Bayonne, NJ 07002

16 lipca Kościół obchodzi wspomnienie obowiązkowe Najświętszej Maryi Panny z Góry Karmel, czyli Matki Bożej Szkaplerznej. Karmelici świętowali ten dzień już od XIV w. W całym Kościele czy-nimy to od wieku XVIII. Świętym najgłębiej związany z kultem szkaplerznym jest Szy-

mon Stock. Św. Szymon od roku 1245 pełnił funkcję przeora gen-eralnego zakonu karmelitów. W tamtym czasie zakon ten – zwłaszcza w Europie, w której niedawno rozpoczął funkcjonowanie – miał licznych wrogów. Pozbawiony wsparcia Szymon, który od dzieciństwa żywił szczególne nabożeństwo do Maryi, modlił się do Matki Bożej, prosząc by sprzyjała doświadczonemu przez los zakonowi i błagając o zesłanie znaku, który świadczyłby o przymierzu łączącym zakon z Maryją. Święty Szymon Stock i maryjne objawienie