+ MASSES FOR THE WEEK

Sat., 2/25 5:00 PM Philomena Payne Rosa Pedraza James Rigoli Daniel Portella

Sun., 2/26 8:00 AM Ted Wieder Marian Frank Catherine M. Schanz The People of the Parish

10:30 AM Wesley Lent Margaret Guasco Jim Coy

Mon., 2/27 8:30 AM Chris Grau

Tues., 2/28 8:30 AM Margaret Guasco

Wed., 3/1 12 NOON Ted Wieder Mary Zegarski Anna Gatti People of the Parish

7 PM People of the Parish

Thurs., 3/2 12 NOON Joseph Goffredo Fri., 3/3 12 NOON Ted Wieder

Sat., 3/4 5:00 PM Frances Gargiulo Esther Pedraza Wilma Haverman The People of the Parish

Sun., 3/5 8:00 AM Charles and Rose Sanzo Ted Wieder Marian Frank

10:30 AM Thomas Keane Iole Di Tondo Olympia Scarpa

SANCTUARY LAMP In honor of the Lord’s presence, the Sanctuary Lamp

will burn this week, beginning February 26th, for Homer and Frances Gargiulo, at the request of Frank and Marie LaSpina.

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March 1 – Ash Wednesday March 3 – First Friday / World Day of Prayer March 4 – First Saturday March 17 – St. Patrick March 19 – St. Joseph March 25 – The Annunciation of the Lord

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26TH, 2017 8TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

First Reading: Isaiah 49:14-15 The city of Zion laments that God has forsaken it. God replies that a mother would not forget her baby. Yet even if she did forget, “I will never forget you.”

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Paul describes himself as a servant of Christ. He explains that the opinions of other people are unimportant to him. God is the only one worthy to judge us. When God returns, he will praise those who deserve it.

Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34 Jesus warns the people not to waste their time worrying about material things. He says that God provides for the birds in the sky. “Are you not more important than they?” Jesus asked. We should not worry about food and clothes. Instead we should act as God wants us to, then he will help provide for us.

UP-COMING PARISH EVENTS

• February 28 – Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper (5-7 PM) • March 4/5 – Gifts from Bethlehem (Olivewood art) • March 4/5 –Speaker Fr. Jim Donovan (all Masses & 7 PM) • March 6 – Fundraising Committee (7 PM in HSR) • March 11 – St. Patrick/St. Joseph Dinner Dance (6:30 PM)

GOD’S PLAN FOR GIVING

Our Weekly Collection February 19th, 2017 Regular $ 5,460.00 Electronic $ 1,928.00 Total $ 7,388.00 Weekly Collection Goal $ 6,500.00 Week’s surplus/(deficit) $ 888.00

Ash Wednesday is on March 1st. Mass Times: 12 Noon and 7 pm.

Prayer Service with ashes at 4 pm. Whoops, we missed a few photos! Photos from our St. Valentine’s Day Brunch are all up on our website saint-ann.net now! Enjoy!

THE WEEK AHEAD

SUNDAY 2/26

8:00 AM MASS 9:15 AM CCD 10:30 AM MASS Antioch Retreat

MONDAY 2/27

8:30 AM MASS 10:30 AM TH Prayer Service 4:15 PM CCD 1,3,5 7 PM Golf Committee Meeting (Lib) 7 PM Fundraising Committee (HSR)

TUESDAY 2/28

8:30 AM MASS 12 NOON AA Meeting 5 PM Pancake Supper

WEDNESDAY 3/1

10 AM Playgroup 12 NOON MASS 4 PM Prayer Service 7 PM MASS

THURSDAY 3/2

9:30 AM Yoga 12 NOON MASS 3:00 PM Care One

FRIDAY 3/3

8 AM Consortium Spelling Bee 12 NOON MASS

SATURDAY 3/4

4:15 pm Confessions 5:00 PM MASS 7 PM Lenten Movie “Jesus Christ Superstar” Holy Land Olivewood Art

SUNDAY 3/5

8:00 AM MASS 7 PM Lenten Mission 9 AM Samaritans 9:15 AM CCD 10:30 AM MASS Holy Land Olivewood Art

PARISH PRAYER LIST

If you wish to place a name on the Prayer List, please call the Church Office (973-884-1986).

PRAYERS NEEDED Prayer to Saint Raphael Angel of the Sick

May the Angel, Raphael, physician in care of our health, come down from heaven to cure all who are sick, especially, Gail Egan, Dona Van, Irene Dekker, Rocco Martone, Susan McSulla, Erin Cox, Roxanne Klein, Rachel Brzostowski, Alex Garfinkel, Jack Gumersall, Jean Burge, Ben Spitzer, Patricia Baio, Judy Grasso, Joseph Percoco, Bob Lapin, Daniel Paglia, Kyle O’Brien, Mark Berkowitz, Alan Kohler, Stefanie Appel, Anthony Michael LaSpina, Peyton Zitelli, Joseph Bach, William DeGrosky, Marcia Kirincich, Ida Kelly, Margie Benefico, Ralph Valentino, Christopher Plaxe, Chang-Chang Chen, Sienna Ferrugio, Kendra Bramble, Nancy Willans, Jane Zegarski, Andrew Bergman, Joan Lent, Ethel Illuzzi, Gil Peterson, Jim Frederick, Sebastian Quinn, John Oscovitch, Rosemary Hill, Linda Gearty, Megan Szaloczy, George Loveland, Dorothy May, Niula Naughton, Norma Scinto, Justin Brown, Erika Gruisc, Fred Seelmann, Mimi Mutty, Dana Pierce, John Mulhall, Emil Schneider, Phyllis Wyks, Fr. John Pierce OFM, Robert Kanaley, Msgr. Leo Carey, Anita Nurge, Carla Fresco, Mary Pat Kelly, Dwight Bellinger, Ree Feller, Susan Katsekas, Lois Grablutz, Rudy Gottschalk, Austin McBride, Sharon Acquaire, Sam Frisoli, Connie Bravo, Richard Laudino, Frank Laudino, Arthur Shanahan, Eugene Tappan, Joseph McHugh and Frances Jodice. Be with us, O Archangel, called the Medicine of God; drive away diseases of the body and bring good health to our minds.

A PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS

Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them, and

their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need, and bring them home safely. May their sacrifices bring about a lasting and just peace to those lands. We ask this in the name of Jesus, Our Savior. Amen. St. Ann pray for our men and women in the service.

WANTED! WANTED! WANTED!

St. Ann’s Golf Outing is up and coming on May 15! This is our major fundraiser for the parish, and we need YOU to make it a success! Please help us by donating gifts for our prizes, for example, crystal, china, jewelry, gaming systems, liquor, wine, gift cards, etc. You can also make up a basket with a theme (e.g. Italian, Irish, Sports, Beauty, SPA, etc.). Please drop off items Mon.-Fri. from 9 am to 4 pm at the parish office.

St. Ann Church extends deepest

sympathies to families and friends of

Alfred Prosperi (father of Ron Prosperi) Caroline Bozza (mother of Rev. Nicholas Bozza)

Elzbieta Bialas (mother of Rev. Aleksander Bialas)

Eternal rest grant unto them, o Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the Mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

“Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude during Lent.”

“St. Ignatius of Loyola believed ingratitude was "the cause, beginning and origin of all evils and sins." So let us seek to develop an attitude of gratitude this Lent and make it a way to live our lives well beyond these forty days.” Rev. Jim Donovan, S.J. will speak at all weekend Masses on March 4th and 5th, and conduct a Lenten Mission on March 5th at 7 p.m.

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ST. ANN YOGA CLASS will continue on Thursdays at 9:30 AM.

Dates are: March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and April 6. For information call Ellen at 973-960-5811.

Jonah April is the opening of Fishing Season. But Jonah (and the Whale) is not your average fish tale! Jonah is a prophet - and a man on the run. From who? From God! After a series of wild adventures involving a seaport called Joppa, a huge boat and a

terrible storm, Jonah finds himself in the belly of a giant fish! Join St. Ann’s bus trip on April 28 to Sight & Sound Millennium Theater in Lancaster, PA, and take your family deep into this Bible classic. It springs to life in jaw-dropping scale by a world-class cast, spectacular special effects and live animals on stage as well as in the aisles. Cost is $124, which includes: shopping at Kitchen Kettle Village, performance at Sight & Sound Millennium Theatre, dinner at Shady Maple Smorgasbord, and transportation. Bus leaves at 10:00 am and returns at 10:30 pm. For tickets call Ginny at 973-884-1986 ext. 204. Seats sell out quickly. Deadline: March 26.

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Come celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph on March 28th, 11:30 am to 3:30 pm at Li Greci’s Staaten, in Staten Island! Cost is $54.00, departure from St. Ann Church at 9:15 am and return at 5:30 pm. Please call Grace Jensen at (973) 335-1506 for discount prices, menu and reservations. St. Ann’s Social Seniors meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 11 AM at the Parsippany Community Center (1130 Knoll Road in Lake Hiawatha). All 60 and older are welcome. For information, call Emilio Prisco at 973-887-6655. Join the fun!

ALL SAINTS ACADEMY CORNER Re-Accreditation of All Diocesan

Catholic Schools

The Diocese of Paterson Catholic Schools Office is currently preparing for its re-accreditation of all schools with AdvancED. AdvancED is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that conducts rigorous, on-site external reviews of Pre-K-12 schools and school systems to ensure that all learners realize their full potential. In early April, an AdvancED review team will be visiting the Diocese of Paterson to conduct visits of schools. All Saints Academy, the only STEM-certified school in Morris County, has been selected as a review visit site. Thank you for your continued support of All Saints Academy! Please contact our school principal, Mrs. Judy Berg, at 973-334-4704 to schedule a tour and for admission information. Visit www.allsaintspar.org.

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 26

“After the patriarchs, God formed Israel as his people by freeing them from slavery in Egypt. He established with them the covenant…so that they would recognize him and serve him as the one true God, the provident Father and just judge, and so that they would look for the promised Savior,” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 62).

On this last Sunday before Lent, the focus of our celebration shifts from what is expected of us as disciples, to God’s gracious and tender care for us. As we conclude this season of winter Ordinary Time, what better way to prepare for Lent than to reflect on how much our loving God wants us to be free of worry and cares, and to trust in God’s goodness and grace!

Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl Program

This Lent we introduce the Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl Program. I invite everyone to participate. Rice Bowl is Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten faith-in-action program, offering opportunities for families to engage in the spiritual pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. It provides an opportunity for our parish to come together as a community and reflect on what it means to live out the Gospel call to go to the margins and encounter those most in need. Through stories printed in the Bulletin, we will encounter people from around the world. I am excited that this is a journey that we will take as a parish community, connecting the prayer and reflections of each of our families with our global community of faith. While it is important to support local charities, it is also important to support our sisters and brothers around the world. Please take a Rice Bowl home with you. They are due back during Holy Week.

Holy Water Fonts During Lent

Q. “Should the Holy Water fonts be emptied during Lent?” A. According to the Congregation for Divine Worship, the removing of Holy Water during the season of Lent is not permitted for two reasons: 1. The liturgical legislation in force does not foresee this innovation, which, in addition to being “praeter legem” [i.e., “apart from the law”], is contrary to a balanced understanding of the season of Lent, which though truly being a season of penance, is also a season rich in the symbolism of water and baptism, constantly evoked in liturgical texts. 2. The encouragement of the Church that the faithful avail themselves frequently of the sacraments is to be understood to apply also to the season of Lent. The “fast” and “abstinence” which the faithful embrace in this season does not extend to abstaining from the sacraments or sacramentals of the Church. The practice of the Church is to empty the Holy Water fonts on the days of the Sacred Triduum in preparation of the blessing of the water at the Easter Vigil, and it corresponds to those days on which the Eucharist is not celebrated (i.e., Good Friday and Holy Saturday) [Congregation for Divine Worship, 3/14/03: Prot. N. 569/00/L]. Peace,

Fr. David

ANNUAL ST. PATRICK AND ST. JOSEPH DINNER DANCE

Saturday, March 11th at 6:30 PM – 11:00 PM Tickets are $40.00 on sale after all Masses.

Come join us for one of St. Ann’s traditions! Bring a friend or two! Where else could you have a traditional corned beef dinner, Irish Soda bread and St. Joseph pastries for that price? And that’s not all! Enjoy beer, wine or an Irish coffee after dinner, with live entertainment, featuring Eamonn Ryan’s band – “Not your father’s Irish band.” What a deal! It must be the luck of the Irish…

Movies, Popcorn, Family Fun

Let the smell of fresh popcorn and the promise of an enjoyable evening lead you to St. Ann’s

Family Night at the Movies. The series begins March 4th at 7:00 pm as we witness our own parishioners, sharing their gifts and talents performing “Jesus Christ Super Star” (1991.) This will be the first of three movies, shown during Lent, which will help us cultivate an attitude of gratitude toward being members of the family of St. Ann Church. A good will offering will be taken. The other movie night dates are: March 18th and April 1st. Don’t forget – bring a friend!

LENT 2017

Pope Francis encourages us to “Live Lent with Love.” His Holiness asks us “to make the effort to return to the source and to recover the original freshness of the Gospel.” What better to celebrate Lent than by… + Attend Daily Mass at 12 Noon (Mon.-Fri.) + Join a Small Lenten Scripture Group + Pray the Stations of the Cross (7 PM in Chapel) + Attend the Parish Mission on Sunday, March 5th

at 7 PM + Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation each

Monday during Lent (March 6-April 2) at 7 PM or on Saturdays at 4:15 PM

+ Practice the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy Ø Participate in the Outreach Program

“Shoebox Ministry” Ø Pick up a pan in the Atrium and cook a

meal for the homeless. + Pick up Spiritual Reading materials (in Atrium)

Happy Holy Lent!

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MINISTRY SCHEDULE – March 4th/5th2017

MINISTRY 5:00 P.M. 8:00 A.M. 10:30 A.M. Ministers of

Holy Communion Hubner, R. & T. DeNunzio, Deacon, Lennie, Hoffman Tiesi, Capuzzi, Deacon Caruso, Bucciarelli, Hagman,

Deacon, Gonzalez, Philipps

Lectors 1. Mary Gerepka 2. Cindy Golembuski

1. Kathy Iradi 2. Mike Conaway

1. Melissa Acree 2. Josephine Carolan

Altar Servers A. & G. Mercado, A. Kruger

V. Pagliucci, B. Gethins and A. LaPresti

L. Trexler, I. Toomey and X. Ward

Hospitality Magdits, Trypuc, Como Nowicki, Crist

Children’s Church Jen and Tom Zitelli

Troy Hills Nursing Home

March 20th Mass: L. Conte, S. Carmeli, F. & M. LaSpina,

March 27th Prayer Service: V. Blazovic, S. Carmeli, N. Beneduce,

D. Cecala, M. Urbanik