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Shopping Certificates

The easiest way to support our Building Fund is by purchasing weekly shopping certificates. The shopping certificates you can use also as gift cards for any occasion. The Building Fund is needed to finance any future repairs and maintenance of our facility.

Certificates are available for STOP & SHOP, A&P, PATHMARK, FOODTOWN and SHOPRITE. Every time you use one of these cards to purchase your groceries you are helping your church at no cost to you. For example, if you purchase $100 in certificates each week, The Parish receives $5 each time and in one year you will be contributing about $250 to the building fund. Please encourage other members of the Parish and friends to join in this wonderful project. If you have any questions, call Lucy Daum 973-694-9457, or Merry Sleece 973-731-3611.

Thank you for your support.

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Annual NY/NJ ANS Agape – Sunday March 29, 2009

This year the annual Adoration Society of New York / New Jersey Seniorate Agape celebration will take place on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 4:00 P.M. at Heart of Jesus Parish, 290 Avenue E. Bayonne, NJ 07002. Parishioners from NY/NJ Seniorate are invited to attend annual ANS Agape. Please sign your name on the sign-up list located in the parish hall by Sunday, March 14th, 2010. This Agape celebration will commemorate the feast of Passover in the Jewish faith as well as the last feast of Passover celebrated by our Lord with His disciples. Refreshment will be provided.

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The Season Of Lent

During the Lenten time all of us should remember personal prayers, read the Holy Scripture and attend the liturgy of Sunday Mass.

Fasting – we are called to abstain from meat on Fridays by those who are 14 years old and older. On Good Friday additionally we should fast which means intake of one full meal by those who are 18 to 60 years of age.

Devotions – Also, we are invited to attend Lenten Devotions to reflect on the redemptive sufferings and death of our Lord on Fridays at 7:30 P.M.

February 26, 2010 – Bitter Lamentations #1
March 5, 2010 – Stations of the Cross
March 12, 2009 – Bitter Lamentations #2
March 19,2010– Stations of the Cross
March 26, 2010 – Bitter Lamentations #3
Good Friday at 3:00 P.M. – Stations of the Cross with children

Lenten Giving – Our parish traditionally uses the Alms Box in the vestibule of the church for the benefit of the poor. Please continue to support this great cause to help the less fortunate of our society. “When you give alms, your left hand must not know what your right is doing – your almsgiving must be secret, and your father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.” (Matthew 6:3-4)

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Ash Wednesday – The Beginning Of Lent

On Wednesday, February 17, 2010 the Church begins the season of Lent. On that day two Masses will be celebrated: at 12:00 P.M. with the Blessing and distribution of Ashes and at 7:00 p.m. with the Blessing and distribution of Ashes.

Spiritual reflection for Ash Wednesday: Beginning on Ash Wednesday we are called to repent, to change our minds about the way we live our lives in the sight of God. In the reading from the Book of the Prophet Joel we will hear that he summoned infants, children, the newly married and the elderly to an assembly of prayer indicating that they were repenting. Ash Wednesday summons everyone to enter into a forty-day fast. All are called to pray. All are invited to give alms. We will all gather on Ash Wednesday because we know that we need to “to return to the Lord.” Joel tells us that we can do that only by returning with our whole hearts, that is, with a motivation that is deep inside us. The ashes marking a cross on our foreheads will indicate that we are entering in the Lenten period of change that will leave us never to be the same again.

During the season of Lent all parishioners are welcome to attend Lenten Devotions.

On Friday you are invited to attend Stations of the Cross with the reading on the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ at 7:30 PM. This will give us the opportunity to reflect upon the redemptive sufferings of our Lord.

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Today’s liturgy – Sunday, February 7, 2010

Today in each of the three readings, we will hear about God’s call to three different people. Each one feels unworthy. Each one resists God’s call. And yet, when they offer their inadequate talents to the task, God supplies the rest, and now we know them as three great and holy people: the Prophet Isaiah, Saint Paul and Saint Peter. We are each called by God, sometimes to what may seem like impossible work. But when we listen with the intention of saying “Yes” and doing what we can, God provides what we need. Let us pray for ears and hearts that are open to God’s call.

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Congratulations Gabriela and welcome to God’s family

We congratulate Christopher and Sanalia (Batista) Vender on the Baptism of their precious daughter, Gabriela Sanely Vender which took place on Sunday January 31, 2010. May the Lord abundantly bless Gabriela with health and happiness as well as Batista and Vender families, relatives and friends.

From Left: Christopher Vender, Sanelia (Batista) Vender, Jacqueline Coss-Batista, Juan Batista

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Melissa A. Centrella Scholarship Foundation

The Board of Directors of the Melissa A. Centrella Scholarship Foundation invites you to attend their eighth annual “CASINO NIGHT” fundraiser on Saturday, February 20, 2010, 7p.m. at the Landmark II, 26 Rt. 17 South East Rutherford, New Jersey. Tickets: $70.00 (Includes a $40 initial set of chips) All profits will go to the Scholarship Foundation.

There will be Blackjack, Craps, Poker, Roulette & Big Six with professional dealers, open bar, and a buffet dinner. Chips will be converted into raffle tickets for fabulous prizes. Help the Foundation raise money for its 2010 scholarship program! The Foundation has awarded 53 scholarships to-date! Please RSVP by February 15 to Debra Lenkel, MAC Scholarship Foundation, 212 Anderson Ave., Fairview, N.J. 07022. You may also call 201- 572-1299 for more information.

Ś.P. Melissa A. Centrella was the daughter of our parishioner Claire Centrella.

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National Pancake Day at IHOP

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 IHOP is offering a free short stack of its famous Buttermilk pancakes from 7 AM to 10 AM. In return guests are asked to donate what they would have paid for the pancakes, or more, to support the children’s Miracle Network Hospital. The goal is to raise $5 million in five years. To date, $3.25 million has been raised. Guest may also purchase $1 and $5 miracle Balloons which will be personalized and displayed. To learn more, please visit the National Pancake Day website.

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