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On the corner of Ridge Rd. and Page Ave.

St. Michael’s Parish Family Served by: Rev. Stanley S. Kostrzomb, Pastor Rev. Jerzy Pikuliński, Parochial Vicar Rev. George Sharp, Assistant in Residence Deacon Reynaldo Trinidad Gene DeHaven and Michelle Latko, Trustees Genevieve Mazur, Director of Liturgical Music Roberta Pocius, Director of Angel Academy Gene DeHaven, Director of Religious Ed Telephone Numbers: Parish Office: (201) 939-1161 Fax: (201) 939-7571 Angel Academy: (201) 939-0350 Parish Web Site: www.st-michael.org Parish e-mail: stmichaellyndhurst@gmail.com Rosary Society: Meetings take place on the 2nd

Monday of each month (except July and August) in the Rectory Meeting Room. New members are welcomed

Holy Name Society: Meetings take place on the

2nd Thursday of each month (except July and August) in the Rectory Meeting Room. New members are welcomed

Kancelaria Parafialna Czynna:

Od poniedziałku do piątku: 9:00 do 17:00

Chrzty:

W każdą niedzielę o 13:00. Od 1 stycznia 2018 (do odwołania) z powodów organizacyjnych nie przyjmujemy Chrztów w czasie Mszy św. Prosimy o zgłoszenie się po informacje do któregoś z księży lub kancelarii parafialnej

Śpowiedź: Dni powszednie: przed każdą Mszą Św. Dodatkowo w sobotę: 16:00-17:00 Sakrament Chorych:

W sprawie odwiedzin chorych, w domu lub w szpitalu, proszę dzwonić do kancelarii parafialnej

Sakrament Małżeństwa:

Należy zgłosić się do jednego z księży mini-mum rok przed planowanym terminem ślubu

Nauka Religii:

Dla wszystkich dzieci szkół publicznych. Zajecia rozpoczynają się w niedzielę Msza św. o 9:00 i konczą o 11:00. Dwa lata programu przygotowawczego sa wymagane aby przystą-pić do Pierwszej Spowiedzi i Komunii Św, oraz 8 lat aby przystąpić do Bierzmowania.

Polska Szkoła: Nauka odbywa się w piątki od 17:00 do 20:00

Rectory and Parish Office: 624 Page Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Sunday Masses:

Anticipated Saturday evening at: 5:00 PM Sunday: at 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:15 AM (in Polish), and 11:30 AM

Monday through Friday Masses: 7:00 AM and Noon Saturday Mass: 7:30AM Holy Days:

Please, see second page for schedule Sacrament of Reconciliation - Confession: Weekdays and Sundays: Before each Mass Saturday: 4:00 to 5:00 PM Miraculous Medal Novena: Mondays at 7:00 PM Sacrament of Baptism: Call the rectory for scheduling and preparation Sundays in English at 12:30PM Sundays in Polish at 1:00PM Sacrament of Matrimony:

Engaged couples should make arrangements at least one year prior to their wedding. Call the rectory to speak to one of the priests for scheduling and preparation

Sacrament of the Sick: Urgent calls at any time. Holy Communion

and visitation by arrangement With Song:

St. Michael’s English Choir and St. Cecilia’s Polish Choir welcome new members. Please, call the rectory

Teaching the Good News: Angel Academy: Offering Pre-K 3 & Pre-K 4 Program

CCD on Sunday Mornings:

Religious education and Sacramental preparation for Public School Students in grades 1-8. Class begins with Mass at 9:00 AM in Church and ends in the classroom at 11:00 AM. Two years of preparation are required for the Sacraments of First Penance and First Holy Communion, and 8 years for the Sacrament of Confirmation

SATURDAY—DECEMBER 14—SOBOTA 7: 30 God’s Blessings for Gavron Family 5:00PM † Deacon Vincent Serzan SUNDAY—DECEMBER 15—NIEDZIELA 7:30 † Anna Mae Dembia—Matilda 9:00 † Parents of Gene & Maureen DeHaven 10:15 † Lucjan Brzozowski—Rodzina (in Polish) 11:30 Rita Huryk (Special Blessings) - Will MONDAY— DECEMBER 16— PONIEDZIAŁEK 7:00 God’s Blessings for Jessica, Gavin & Colin Williams—Parents 12:00 † Stephanie Tenerowicz—Daughter, Valerie 7:30PM Polish Advent Retreat Mass TUESDAY—DECEMBER 17—WTOREK 7:00 † Mazur & Szewczyk Families—Family 12: 00 † “Special Intention” - Reciniello 7:00PM Polish Advent Retreat Mass WEDNESDAY–DECEMBER 18— ŚRODA 7:00 God’s Blessings for Cindy & Tom Calanan—Parents 12:00 † “Special Intention” - Reciniello 7:00PM Polish Advent Retreat Mass

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

DECEMBER 15, 2019

THURSDAY—DECEMBER 19—CZWARTEK 7:00 † Stanislaw & Waczawa Kuropatawa—Daughter † Elizabeth Tita—Daughter, Eileen FRIDAY—DECEMBER 20—PIĄTEK 7:00 † Bronislaw Kozak—John & Josefa Wrocenski 12:00 † Helen & Joseph Krakosky—Al & Gen Mazur and Family SATURDAY—DECEMBER 21—SOBOTA (St. Peter Canisius) 7:30 † Stephanie Tenerowicz—Daughter, Phyllis 5:00PM † Liz Zawacki—Friend SUNDAY—DECEMBER 22—NIEDZIELA 7:30 Sabryna, Joseph, Teresa, Francesco & Matteo Reciniello 9:00 God’s Blessings for Good Health for Vivian, Anthony, Adrianne & Walter—Mom 10:15 † Helena & Wladyslaw Haliniak— Corka z Mezem (in Polish) 11:30 † Robert Stack (15th Anniv) - Wife, Louise

For the week of December 15th, the Pope John Paul II Votive will burn in loving memory of Parents, Joan & John Marsh from Daughter, Louise Stack.

Please , pray for those who are sick, especially: Deacon Reynaldo Trinidad Nancy Lee Bachman Thomas Mauriello Christine Wroblewski Kyra Margaret Heller Irene Serzan Leslie William Beth Bogdanowicz Julie Hildebrand Francis (Buddy) McSweeney Celeste Ladagona-Judy Binkowski Jeremy Pavlick Catherine Gomez Joseph Gehrmann Allison Russell Cathy Dzialo David Dzialo Alexa Dzialo Denise Ayers Shannon Ayers Beverly Caracciolo Gina Goodwin Paul T. Komisar, Jr. Louis Bottone Judith Bottone Loretta Kiczek Joseph Caramanico Anna Gouveia Gary Trippiedi Maureen Casciano Denise Swantek Jasmine Dursyn Celeste Ladagona Bobby Travieso Cassidy Goodwin Joseph Mullins Felicia D’Ascheberg Malgorzata Taraska Camille Moglia Susan Garnet Please note that IT IS NECESSARY to call the rectory every two weeks if you want a name in the bulletin for Prayer for the Sick. If you do not call in each week, the names will be deleted from the list. You must call the rectory or drop off a note with the name before the bulletin goes to print. Bulletin goes to print on Tues-days.

We would like to dedicate this section of our bul-letin for any immediate family members of parishioners who are currently active in the Military. If you would like a family member included on our “Service Prayer List”, please call the Rectory.

SERVICE PRAYER LIST

Franklin Chapman Laura and Brian Falk

Anthony Avella David Pickard Stephen Dillon

Michael DiGesu Joseph Campolattaro

Ryan Lee Robert Tagliabue

Anthony Tagliabue Kyle Bayse

Stephen Kaufman Aren Spahiu Janette Faulk Harold Faulk

Marc Anthony Picciano Alex Bazanos

Logan Costello Eric Greenemeier

David Merle Nicholas Merle

The 1st collection taken up last weekend totaled: $ 3,764.00 The 2nd collection taken up last weekend totaled:$ 1,926.00

Stewardship and Maintaining our Parish As you know everyday living expenses have risen substantially over the years. Just think how much you have to spend now as opposed to fifteen years ago. Maintaining our beautiful parish build-ings and grounds is a major percent-age of our weekly budget. Our expense for this maintenance is over $9,000 per week. Last week we collected total of $ 5,700 which we are short about $3,300 to meet expenses. Consider increasing your weekly donations to reduce this shortfall of income. God bless you.

FOOD PANTRY NEWS The Food Pantry is in need of brown grocery bags. If you have some to spare please place them in the bin in the church vestibule or drop them off at the Rectory. Thank you!

John Leaps Evangelization presents: Faustina—A Live drama

Shown at Felician University—Lodi Campus– Bres-lin Performing Arts Center, 262 S. Main St.,

Lodi,NJ 3 Showings: January 10th at 7pm—January 11th at

1pm and 7pm $25 general admission and $15 kids 8-14

Buy tickets at johnleaps.com or 800-313-6933

We welcome our Newly Baptized in Christ to our

St. Michael’s Family:

Ricardo Luis Flores, Jr.

Monday thru Saturday at 6:30am -- rosary is recited Monday, December 16 Miraculous Medal Novena Prayers takes place every Monday evening at 7:00pm. Wednesday, December 18 Food Pantry volunteers meet at 10am in the Rectory. . Thursday, December 19 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place after the 7am Mass until 8:00pm followed by The Divine Mercy Novena concluding with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Friday, December 20 AA Meeting at 7:30pm in the Lower School Hall Saturday, December 21 Bible Study takes place after the 7:30am Mass in the Rectory. Sunday, December 22 There will be NO CCD classes today or Decem-ber 29th. They will resume on January 5, 2020.

Our Need for Confession.... Advent is the time of our spiritual prepa-ration to celebrate the birth of our Savior. The best way to make spiritual progress is through continued conversion. This simply means a turning around. Turning away from sin to God. Without this there is no spiritual life. We need Confession, also called Reconciliation. In fact, we need fre-quent Confession. What person, say an athlete, does not continually examine his performance? Isn't our journey to Heaven immeasurably more important than achiev-ing a victory in a stadium or any other kind of worldly success? I would like to quote from a book of spiri-tual reflections, Conversations with God: Sins involve a double disorder. First of all they are an offense against God. They make the soul his enemy. In the case of mortal sin the soul makes a radical choice contrary to its final end. Mortal sin merits eternal separation from God. For the forgiveness of mortal sins committed after Baptism we must have recourse to the sacrament of Confession.

In addition to the loss of friendship with God, sin also damages the sinner himself. It hampers ones personal growth and that of the community of the faithful. "For sin has diminished man, blocking his path to fulfillment."1 "A soul that lowers it-self through sin drags down with itself the Church and, in some way, the whole world."2 The soul suffers from the consequences if sin even after receiving sacramental absolution. Besides his par-ticular penance, the sinner needs to make repara-tion in his life through good works and indul-gences. (Fernandez, Francis, Conversations with God vol. V. p. 405. Scepter Publishers, London, 1991) Fr. Stanley

If you would like to pur-chase a flower to adorn our Altar, in memory of a loved one, please fill out the in-formation below and place

it in the collection basket or send it to the rectory. Please circle amount: $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 In Memory of:______________________________ Given by:_____________________________

COVER SHEET CHURCH NAME: St. Michael the Archangel BULLETIN NUMBER: 911048. c15 Date of Publication : December 15,, 2019 Number of Pages Transmitted: Cover + 5 text pages + this page = 6 Special Instructions