MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday: 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM

Sunday: 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 6:00 PM

Weekdays: 8:00 AM

Holy Days of Obligation: 7:30 PM Vigil the evening prior,

8:00 AM, 12:00 PM and 7:30 PM on the Holy Day itself

RECONCILIATION (Confession)

Saturday, 3:00 to 3:30 PM.

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SUNDAY DECEMBER 3, 2017 | THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

The Parish Family of

ST. RAPHAEL CHURCH346 East Mount Pleasant Avenue

Livingston, New Jersey 07039

Served by

Rev. Jose Erlito Ebron, Pastor

Rev. Joseph Bejgrowicz, In Residence

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

of the Blessed Virgin Mary

From the desk & Fr. JoeHAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here we are, eleven months into the calendar year, and the Church has chosen this Sunday, about four weeks before our actual New Year, to be the start of our Litur-gical Year. We begin the Season of Advent this week-end. #ere are some people who make comments like: “Would it have been a better idea to begin the church year with the calendar year?”

I think not. It is really a great idea that our liturgical year transcends and invades all these other cycles. #at interruption reminds us that the Christian community lives out time in a wholly di$erent framework. Just as we have taught the whole world to mark all planetary history with Jesus at the center, and all other time before and a%er him; so we place our “Church year” slightly out of sync with the secular calendar year. #e birth of Jesus centers our sense of time. We begin the Church year by focusing on our need for God, which God began to address in a whole new way with the Incarnation.

During the Season of Advent we see how God builds a future by painting a picture of what life can be. #e prophets tell us that the bleakness of the desert can be a place of life with springs and refreshment and that tools of war can be a means of producing food. God does not build the future through coercion, but through an invitation to embrace a vision and believe it’s within our grasp and we are called to hope in that future.

As we begin this special season of Advent, we are called to re&ect on who we are and take advantage of the many opportunities we have to share our faith and hope with others. May we continue to be a community of hope and may the light of Jesus shine through us as we live out the words of the Gospel in our daily lives.

God Ble( You! Fa,er Joe

Weekly Readings and Mass Intentions

Week of December 3rd – December 10th, 2017

SUNDAY, December 3rd

First Sunday of Advent

Readings: Ez 34:11-12, 15-17; Mt 25:31-46

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9:00am Melquiades Jimenez (deceased),

r/o Myra Mariano (daughter)

11:30am Joseph Chiarella (2nd Death Anniv.), r/o Ellie

6:00pm Evelyn Davis, r/o Gregory & Karen Kundla

MONDAY, December 4th

Monday of the First Week of Advent

Readings: Is 2:1-5; Mt 8:5-11

8:00am Tito Lagrimas, r/o Elena Lagrimas

TUESDAY, December 5th

Tuesday of the First Week of Advent

Readings: Is 11:1-10; Lk 10:21-24

8:00am Robert Hobson, r/o wife

WEDNESDAY, December 6th

Wednesday of the First Week of Advent

Readings: Is 25:6-10A; Mt 15:29-37

8:00am Janice Lombardi, r/o Eleanor Chiarella

THURSDAY, December 7th

Memorial of Saint Ambrose,

Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Readings: Is 26:1-6; Mt 7:21, 24-27

8:00am Rosen Albert Devigili, r/o Rosemary Kossup

7:30pm Andrea Garcia, r/o Yolanda Parilla

FRIDAY, December 8th

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Readings: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Lk 1:26-38

8:00am Robert Chiappone, r/o Vitiello Family

12:00pm Battiato & Mutone Families, r/o Phyllis Mutone

7:30pm Andre Chi (Thanksgiving), r/o Chi Family

SATURDAY, December 9th

Saturday of the First Week of Advent

Readings: Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Mt 9:35-10:1, 5A, 6-8

8:00am Oscar Mariano (Birthday), r/o Myra & Family

4:00pm Joseph Zoppi, Jr., r/o DiBernardo Family

SUNDAY, December 10th

Second Sunday of Advent

Readings: Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Mk 1:1-8

7:30am People of the Parish

9:00am Teri Depada

11:30am Anna Krawczyk, r/o Recko Family

6:00pm Melquiades Jimenez

(Birthday Anniversary), r/o Myra & Family

Please pray for those in our parish who are sick, especially:

Meghan Amorim, Cesaria M. Aquino, Marcelino M. Aquino,

Domingo M. Aquino, Lydia Aro, Karen Barth, Andrew Berman,

Walter Boyle, Brian Burdick, Delis M. Burgos, Kathleen

Campi, Lori Carlin, Pamela Chiarello, Jimmy Cimino, John

Cimino, Tessie Concepcion, Barbara Daly, James Damgen,

Shirlie DeCostanza, Gerard & Mary DeLorenzo, Cameron

Dillon & Family, Nick Dinicholangelo, John Dzera, Connie

Elliott, Jimmy Ferrara, Ronnie Frucci, John Frucci, III, Edward

Gilchrist, John Gilliland, Robert Giordano, Hugh Gore,

Carmella Granto, Douglas Greaves, Fr. Gerald Greaves, Laura

Greaves, Casey Guerrero, Tapalino Guzman, Jr., Freddie

Harper, Christiana Harris, Chris Hilderbrand, Patricia

Hoffmann, Sister Barbara Howard, Mike Jackon, Lynn Jacobs,

Christie Joshi, Jean LaCapra, Leigh Nelson Lane, Patrick

Lasky, Tina Marie Lopez, Mirasol Mariano, Peter Mauser,

Michael McCaffery, Thomas McCaffery, Carol McInnis,

Paul McInnis, Monica Mendoza, RemMercado, Tara Miller,

Agnes Miranda, Mary Grace Monteibano, Peter Moon, Kathy

Ann Nash, Andri Nelson, Harriet Ott, Janina Perkowska, Ann

Peters, Diana Quinn, Charles Quinn, Jeanne Ramirez, Veronica

Regan, Phil Riccio, John Sabbak, Jucita Santiago, Benjamin

Spinelli, Gayle Trotta, Rosa Velella. Remember our military

and their families. Names will remain on our sick list unless

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COLLECTION FOR THE WEEKEND OF

Nov. 19, 2017: $6,409.50

Many thanks for your generosity and your continued support of the parish.

Have you considered Electronic Giving?It’s quite simple to do. Go to: www.straphael.co/ click on the Donations tab and follow instructions. Your donations are still

recorded for your tax purposes.

DECEMBER 2017 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Dec. 3rd 6:00-9:00pm Youth Ministry Meeting to follow

Mass (St. Joseph’s Church in the Parish Hall)

Dec. 9th 7:00pm St. Peter by the Sea Concert (Church)

Dec. 10th 7:30-9:00pm Youth Ministry Meeting

Dec. 16th 6:30pm Simbang Gabi

Dec. 17th 9:00am-12:00pm Santa Breakfast (Tobias Hall)

Dec. 19th 1:00pm Seniors Christmas Party (Tobias Hall)

Dec. 23rd 5:30am Simbang Gabi

9:00am Decorate the Church

Dec. 24th 4:00pm Children’s Christmas Mass with Nativity

Play and the Children’s Choir

6:00pm Mass

12:00am Midnight Mass

Dec. 25th Christmas Masses celebrated at 7;30am, 9:00am,

11:30 am. There will be no 6:00pm Mass.

Please Pray for the Si*

CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES

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TRUSTEES: Karen Kundla & Ben Spinelli | PARISH STAFF: Rev. Joseph Bejgrowicz, Director of Religious Education | Denise Flanagan,

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Rev. Gerald F. Greaves, Pastor Emeritus | The Late Rev. Msgr. G. Thomas Burns, Pastor Emeritus

Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction

Every Thursday at 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

First Friday Exposition & Devotion

Every First Friday of the Month

at the 8:00 am Mass

First Saturday (Our Lady) Devotion

Every First Saturday of the Month at the

8:00 am Mass

GIVE WINTER BOOTS & SOCKS TO THE NEEDY FOR CHRISTMAS

We continue the boot and sock

drive this Christmas as we

want all of our extended

community to be warm this

Christmas season. Please pur-

chase new boots and socks for all ages: women and children,

boys and girls and leave them in the vestibule for Catholic

Charities to distribute to those most in need. Thank you in

advance for your generosity. Deadline Dec. 17th.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Grades 1 - 7

Classes resume Sunday,

December 3rd as we begin Advent.

Look for the Nativity plays on December 17th and on

Christmas Eve at the 4:00 pm Mass. Those children

interested in joining a Christmas choir for the 4:00 pm

Mass, contact Denise or Mary Gayle after class.

The choir will also perform at the Nativity play on

Dec. 17th at 10:45 in Tobias Hall.

Many thanks to all of our parishioners who donated to

the Thanksgiving food drive. Your generosity provided

Thanksgiving meals to 35 families! We also were able

to contribute 20 turkeys to the Friary of Newark.

We will continue to feed those in need by contribut-

ing can goods and other non-perishable food to the

Emergency Food Services of Catholic Charities.

Please leave this food in the hallway by the back exit

door on the West Orange side of the building.

For questions, contact Meg Molinaro

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

The Altar Server Ministry

“Raphaels of the Altar” is Growing

Our parish family congratulate our 8 new altar

servers who were commissioned last November 26,

on the Solemnity of Christ the King. They are:

Leah Davis

Joseph Wells

Dylan Gatchalian

Aidan Reyes

“Like” the St. Raphael Church Facebook Page

Look on our Facebook page for additional events & photos.

www.facebook.com/straphaellivingston

Send any photos from church events to straphaelrcc@comcast.net

SIMBANG GABI

Dec. 16 at 6:30 pm

Dec. 23 at 5:30 am

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS NEEDED

Eucharistic Ministers needed to volun-

teer on Saturdays from 10:30 to 11:30

at Summit Ridge Center, 20 Summit

Street, West Orange. If interested in

helping, please contact Denise

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CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Celebrate the holiday season when the Caldwell University Music

Department presents its annual Christmas Spectacular concert 8 p.m.,

Friday December 8 in the Student Center Auditorium.

The University Chorale, directed by Laura Greenwald and accompanied

by Warren Helms, will perform seasonal favorites including the lovely

“O Magnum Mysterium” by Victoria, the joyful “Carol of the Bells”

and Darmon Meador’s jazzy “We Three Kings.”

The wind ensemble, conducted by Rebecca Vega, will feature 55

high school honor band students from James Caldwell, Cedar Grove,

Columbia, Morris Knolls, Nutley, Summit, Tottenville, Verona,

Waldwick, Wayne Hills and West Essex high schools. They will

perform Chorale and Shaker Dance, The Eighth Candle, Childhood

Remembered, Ukrainian Bell Carol, Greensleeves, and Sleigh Ride.

General Admission is $10. Tickets will be available at the door.

Student admission is free.

Alicia Brown

Annanda Espina

Kiera Duffy

Gabrielle Aguinaldo

The Fr. Burns Concert Series Presents:

THE ORCHESTRA OF ST. PETER BY THE SEA

“Celebrating the Joy

of Christmas”

SATURDAY, DEC. 9,

7:00 pmTickets are $20 general

admission and on sale after

all Masses or call the

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Tickets will sell out. Purchase your tickets now!

UPCOMING EVENTS

WALK & WORSHIP

Daily at 6:30 am. A group of 4 has begun a walking group praying the Rosary. Meet at the entrance of the reservoir next to McLoone’s Restaurant. Look for Anna Miranda or Caroline. Ilogienboh. During inclement weather they walk inside the church.

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CHRISTMAS CRAFT SHOW

On Sunday, December 10th, Saint Joseph Regional H.

S., Montvale, NJ will be hosting its annual Christmas Craft

Show from 10 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., showcasing the talents

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STROLLERS PERMITTED. www.saintjosephregional.org

If you would like to include any information in our church

bulletin, simply leave it on the desk in the main o! ce or email it to

straphaelrcc@comcast.net or directly to mgscheper@gmail.com by the

Saturday prior to the week ahead.

ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH PRESENTS

“Looking for the Coming of the Lord; Encountering

the Merciful Presence of Jesus”

A Parish Advent Mission directed by the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

December 4 – 6, 20177:00 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Church

44 Benvenue Avenue, West Orange, N.J.

Monday, Dec. 4: Encountering Christ through Personal Prayer

Tuesday, Dec. 5: Encountering Christ’s Mercy in Confession

Wednesday, Dec. 6: Encountering Christ’s Healing Presence in the

Eucharist

The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal will also be preaching at the

Masses on December 2 and 3.

WE GIVE THANKS!

Saturday, December 9th at 8:00 am

As we enter in the season of Advent, we count our blessings

and thank the Lord for all we have been given. Join “The

People of Grace” in a morning of Mass at 8:00 am, prayer

and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament immediately

following and a presentation on the theme of Thanksgiving.

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