SAINT JAMES THE LESS PARISH February 3, 2019 Pastoral Staff Adoration On Thursdays, Adoration will be held in the Church from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm. All are welcome to come for any amount of time. 36 Lincoln Avenue, Jamesburg, NJ 08831 Phone: 732-521-0100 Fax: 732-521-8287 Email: [email protected]Reverend Michael Fragoso, Pastor Rev. Joseph Kabali, in Residence Rev. Msgr. Ray Cole Deacon Patrick Smith Kim Bohinski-Smith Parish Catechetical Leader/ Pastoral Asst. Patty Bisignano Administrative Assistant Daily Mass Schedule Morning Prayer Monday - Friday 8:15 am Weekday Mass Monday - Friday 8:30 am Weekend Masses Saturday: 4:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 am, 11:00 am, 3:00 pm (Spanish) and 5:00 pm Confession Saturday: 3:00 pm Adult Choir Wednesday: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Spanish Choir First Tuesday of the Month 8:00 pm Knights of Columbus Council #6336 83 Lincoln Avenue, Jamesburg First & third Monday of every month 8:00 pm 732-521-3366 St. James Columbiettes 2nd Thursday of every month 7:00 pm HALL RENTAL AVAILABLE Call Matt Collura (732)691-5416 Food Pantry Donation First Sunday of every month Music Ministry Kevin Daly - Director of Music Raelee Gold - Cantor St. James Cemetery Mott Avenue, Monroe Twp For more information please contact the Rectory PLOTS AVAILABLE Parish Office Hours: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Monday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Tu-Th Website: stjamesthelesschurch.org Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe God our loving Father, we lift up our hearts in gratitude for sending Our Virgin Mother of Guadalupe to set hearts on fire in the “New World” with the saving message of the gospel. She is our compassionate Mother and she desires to remedy our troubles, miseries and pain by bringing us into a saving friendship with her Son Jesus Christ. We turn again with renewed confidence and outstretched arms to our Virgin Mother of Guadalupe to set our hearts on fire in our Diocese of Metuchen as we prepare to be consecrated to her maternal care. Give to each one of us a desire to be a missionary disciple- so that the world may come to know the transformative love of Christ through us. Mother of the Americas and Star of the New Evangelization, Pray for us. Oración a nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Dios, nuestro Padre Amoroso, elevamos nuestros corazones agradecidos por haber enviado a Nuestra Virgen Madre de Guadalupe a encender corazones en el “Nuevo Mundo” con el mensaje salvífico del Evangelio. Ella es nuestra Madre compasiva quien desea remediar nuestros problemas, tristezas y dolores llevándonos a una amistad con su Hijo Jesucristo. Nos dirigimos a Nuestra Virgen Madre de Guadalupe con renovada confianza y brazos extendidos para que encienda nuestros corazones en la Diócesis de Metuchen a medida que nos preparamos para consagrarnos a su maternal cuidado. Danos a cada uno el deseo de ser discípulos misioneros para que el mundo llegue a conocer el amor transformador de Cristo por medio nuestro. Madre de las Américas y Estrella de la Evangelización, Ruega por nosotros.
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SAINT JAMES THE LESS PARISH
February 3, 2019
Pastoral Staff
Adoration On Thursdays, Adoration will be held in the Church from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm. All are welcome to come for any amount of time.
Knights of Columbus Council #6336 83 Lincoln Avenue, Jamesburg
First & third Monday of every month 8:00 pm 732-521-3366
St. James Columbiettes 2nd Thursday of every month
7:00 pm HALL RENTAL AVAILABLE Call Matt Collura (732)691-5416
Food Pantry Donation First Sunday of every month
Music Ministry Kevin Daly - Director of Music
Raelee Gold - Cantor
St. James Cemetery Mott Avenue, Monroe Twp
For more information please contact the Rectory PLOTS AVAILABLE
Parish Office Hours: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Monday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Tu-Th
Website: stjamesthelesschurch.org
Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe God our loving Father, we lift up our hearts in gratitude for sending Our Virgin Mother of Guadalupe to set hearts on fire in the “New World” with the saving message of the gospel. She is our compassionate Mother and she desires to remedy our troubles, miseries and pain by bringing us into a saving friendship with her Son Jesus Christ. We turn again with renewed confidence and outstretched arms to our Virgin Mother of Guadalupe to set our hearts on fire in our Diocese of Metuchen as we prepare to be consecrated to her maternal care. Give to each one of us a desire to be a missionary disciple- so that the world may come to know the transformative love of Christ through us. Mother of the Americas and Star of the New Evangelization, Pray for us. Oración a nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Dios, nuestro Padre Amoroso, elevamos nuestros corazones agradecidos por haber enviado a Nuestra Virgen Madre de Guadalupe a encender corazones en el “Nuevo Mundo” con el mensaje salvífico del Evangelio. Ella es nuestra Madre compasiva quien desea remediar nuestros problemas, tristezas y dolores llevándonos a una amistad con su Hijo Jesucristo. Nos dirigimos a Nuestra Virgen Madre de Guadalupe con renovada confianza y brazos extendidos para que encienda nuestros corazones en la Diócesis de Metuchen a medida que nos preparamos para consagrarnos a su maternal cuidado. Danos a cada uno el deseo de ser discípulos misioneros para que el mundo llegue a conocer el amor transformador de Cristo por medio nuestro. Madre de las Américas y Estrella de la Evangelización, Ruega por nosotros.
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Prayers for the Sick Emily Amador, Marie Bailey, Heather Boucher, Elizabeth “Betty” Cafiero, Arlene Calabro, Agnes Cookson,
Catherine Cryan, Carmela Dacunto, Matthew Dallas, John Dellacorte, Jonathan DiPierro, Julianna Dubinsky, Olga, Egierd, John Fayard, John Fedor, Danny Figler, Mary Geraghty, Toni Hart, James Hitch, Jake Hoenig, Nikolai Hopkins, John Iwanski, Eleanor James, Rosemarie Kolessar, Michael C. Konowicz, Cliff &Veronica Kreutzer, Albert Larsen, Lucy Lavadera, Savira Londy-Eiben, Arianna Louis, Rose Luberecki, John Maltby, Michael Marino, Charlie Martinez, Mario Medina, Dan Meehan, Danielle Mennona, Baby Nicholas Merritt, Edward Migliore, Paul Joseph Migliore, Lily Mizzi, Catherine Bagarello Mondros, Roseleen Murtagh, Michael Nichols, Rachel Peredo, Josephine Pescatore, Santino Policastro, Linda Reynolds, Ron Ritter, Elijah Sabo, Peggy Schiller, Sr. Helen Sikorski; SGM, Peter Teresi, Tammy Townsend, Emma Voss, Grace Wetzel, Lourdes Zapanta and Pat Zipf
HYMNS: Gathering: A Mighty Fortress #440 Preparation: God Is Love #481 Communion: Where There Is Love #674; Ubi Caritas #327 Recessional: Now Thank We All Our God #123 (pg. 249)
Reflecting on the current events of the last month and how we see ourselves and others, I found this short piece recently in a newspaper quoting from C.S. Lewis’ “Mere Christianity,” published in 1952. It could have been written yesterday. We say: “hate the sin and love the sinner.” As a former president prophetically said, “If you hate those who hate you, you destroy yourself.” It’s useful for meditation on the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself: “For a long time I used to think this a silly, straw-splitting distinction: how could you hate what a man did and not hate the man? But years later it occurred to me that there was one man to whom I had been doing this all my life—namely myself. However much I might dislike my own cowardice or conceit or greed, I went on loving myself. . . . Just because I loved myself, I was sorry to find that I was the sort of man who did those things. Consequently, Christianity does not want us to reduce by one atom the hatred we feel for cruelty and treachery. We ought to hate them. Not one word of what we have said about them needs to be unsaid. But it does want us to hate them in the same way in which we hate things in ourselves: being sorry that the man should have done such things, and hoping, if it is anyway possible, that somehow, sometime, somewhere, he can be cured and made human again. The real test is this. Suppose one reads a story of filthy atrocities in the paper. Then suppose that something turns up suggesting that the story might not be quite true, or not quite so bad as it was made out. Is one’s first feeling, “Thank God, even they aren’t quite so bad as that,” or is it a feeling of disappointment, and even a determination to cling to the first story for the sheer pleasure of thinking your enemies as bad as possible? If it is the second then it is, I am afraid, the first step in a process which, if followed to the end, will make us into devils. You see, one is beginning to wish that black was a little blacker. If we give that wish its head, later on we shall wish to see grey as black, and then to see white itself as black. Finally, we shall insist on seeing everything—God and our friends and ourselves included—as bad, and not be able to stop doing it: we shall be fixed for ever in a universe of pure hatred.”
A Message from Pastor Fr. Michael Fragoso
YEAR END TAX STATEMENTS
If you would like a copy of your year-end tax statement please call the rectory at 732-521-0100 or send an email to: [email protected]
Pilgrimage to
Historic Philadelphia
Come join us on a Pilgrimage to Historic Philadelphia. We will be visiting St John Neumann’s Shrine, The Basilica Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, Old St. Mary’s Church & Old St. Joseph’s Church. Lunch will be on your own at the Reading Terminal Market. APRIL 2, 2019
$40.00 per person Bus departs St James at 8:00 am sharp
Reservations are required—limited seats!
To make a reservation or need more info please contact the Rectory at 732-521-0100 or send an email to: [email protected]
LECTIONARY READINGS FOR THE WEEK/ LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA
February 4th: MONDAY/ LUNES 323: Heb 11:32-40 Ps 31:20-24 Mk 5:1-20
February 5th: TUESDAY/MARTES
324: Heb 12:1-4 Ps 22:26b-28, 30-32 Mk 5:21-43
February 6th: WEDNESDAY/MIERCOLES 325: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15
Ps 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18a Mk 6:1-6
February 7th: THURSDAY/JUEVES 326: Heb 12:18-19, 21-24 Ps 48:2-4, 9-11
Mk 6:7-13
February 8th: FRIDAY/VIERNES 327: Heb 13:1-8 Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9c Mk 6:14-29
February 9th: SATURDAY/SÁBADO
328: Heb 13:15-17, 20-21 Ps 23:1-6 Mk 6:30-34
February 10th: SUNDAY/DOMINGO 75: Is 6:1-2a, 3-8 Ps 138:1-5, 7-8
1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8, 11 Lk 5:1-11
MASS INTENTIONS Monday, Feb 4th to Sunday, Feb 10th
Monday Weekday 8:30 am Memorial Society Tuesday St. Agatha 8:30 am Madeline Fernandez r/b Paul Mueller Wednesday St. Paul Miki & companions 8:30 am Kenneth Van Riper r/b Cathy Valendo David Sorrentino III r/b Villanobos Family In Thanksgiving to God r/b Sara Acevedo Thursday Weekday 8:30 am Eugene Terminello r/b Nancy & Jim Felix Friday Weekday 8:30 am Gregory Gatto r/b Mary Connors & Joe Colamussi Saturday Vigil of Sunday 4:00 pm Thomas Keating r/b wife, Susan Sunday Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am Marianna Garibaldi r/b Yvonne & Desiree 11:00 am Antoinette & Louis DeToro r/b D’Albero Family 3:00 pm For the people of St James 5:00 pm Philip Furnari r/b Jean Arcelina Costa r/b Maria Seixeiro Maria Capello r/b Rasmussen Family
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CATHOLIC SCHOOL 2019-2020 TUITION ASSISTANCE
ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS OPEN Families interested in applying for tuition assistance to attend an eligible Diocese of Metuchen Catholic elementary or high school may do so now. The application process is online through FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment. Online applications must be completed (including supporting documentation) by no later than March 31, 2018. Applications are available in English and Spanish. Families that need assistance completing the online application, or need access to the technology to apply, may attend one of two Application Workshops that are scheduled for January 23 and February 7 at Perth Amboy Catholic School, 500 State Street, Perth Amboy from 2 to 4 pm, and from 6 to 8 pm. A Spanish translator will be available.
Catholic Spirit The annual drive to support our diocesan newspaper, The Catholic Spirit, is taking place during the month of February, National Catholic Press Month. Please support their good work by using the envelope in your packet. Any amount you contribute will show your support for the ministry of The Catholic Spirit and will be greatly appreciated. And please remember to take home a copy of the paper – it has a special role to play in your life as a practicing Catholic.
New Elementary Academy Director needed at Mother Seton Academy, Howell , NJ for July 2019. Please visit www.saintaloysiusonline.org for qualifications and more information. Immaculate Conception, Spotswood, is looking for a School Bus Driver. If interested please call 732-251-3090 for more information.
WANTED!
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Reflexionando sobre los acontecimientos del último mes y cómo nos vemos a nosotros mismos y a otros, encontré este breve escrito en un periódico que citaba el libro “Mero Cristianismo" de C.S. Lewis, publicado en 1952. Se podría haber escrito ayer. Decimos: "odie el pecado y ame al pecador". Como un ex-presidente dijo proféticamente: "Si odias a los que te odian, te destruyes a ti mismo". Se lo recomiendo para la meditación sobre el mandamiento de amar al prójimo como a uno mismo: "Por mucho tiempo solía pensar que era una distinción tonta y divisoria: ¿cómo se puede odiar lo que un hombre hace y no odiar al hombre? Pasando el tiempo, se me ocurrió que había un hombre al que le hacia esto exactamente toda mi vida, era a mí mismo. Por mucho que me disguste mi propia cobardía o presunción o codicia, seguía amándome. . . . Solo porque me amaba a mí mismo, lamentaba descubrir que era, yo, el tipo de hombre que hacía esas cosas. En consecuencia, el cristianismo no quiere que reduzcamos con un solo átomo el odio que sentimos por la crueldad y la traición. Deberíamos odiarlos. Ninguna palabra de lo que hemos dicho sobre ellos se debe retirar. Pero sí quiere que los odiemos de la misma manera en que odiamos las cosas en nosotros mismos: lamentando que el hombre haya hecho tales cosas, y esperando, si es posible, que de alguna manera, en algún momento, en algún lugar, el hombre pueda ser curado y hecho humano de nuevo. La verdadera prueba es esta. Supongamos que uno lee una historia de atrocidades malísimas en el periódico. Luego, supongamos que aparece algo que sugiere que la historia podría no ser del todo cierta, o no tan mala como se contó. ¿Es el primer sentimiento de uno: "Gracias a Dios, que incluso ellos no son tan malos como todo eso”? o ¿es un sentimiento de decepción, e incluso una determinación de aferrarse a la primera historia por el puro placer de pensar que nuestros enemigos son lo más malo posible? Si es el segundo, me temo que es el primer paso en un proceso que, si se sigue hasta el final, nos convertirá en demonios. Verás, se empieza a desear que el negro fuera un poco más negro. Si le damos cabeza a ese deseo, más adelante desearemos ver el gris como negro, y luego ver el blanco como negro. Finalmente, insistiremos en ver todo, como si Dios y nuestros amigos y a nosotros mismos como malos, y no podremos dejar de hacerlo: estaremos fijos para siempre en un universo de odio puro."
Intenciones para la Misa Intenciones para la Misa , $10 cada Misa.
Sacramento de la Confesión Domingo 2:00 pm.
Un mensaje del Parroco Michael Fragoso
Ministry Schedule
Weekend of Feb 9th/10th
Mass Lector Eucharistic
Minister Eucharistic
Minister Eucharistic
Minister Altar Server
Saturday 4:00pm
Leonila Albinto Evelyn Moran Julie Ico Dan Jolly Nicholas Fletcher Tyler/Kayla Dunn
Sunday 8:00am
Barbara Gibbons Tom Gibbons Roseanna Davino Taylor Payne Joey, Marissa &
Victoria Fiordaliso
11:00am Carol Damiani Frank Cryan Irene Lesko Monique Mainville Martin Villanobos
Sean & Henry Alvarenga
5:00pm Lois Castrovince Elaine Slabinski Kim Smith Ryan & Sean
Desmond
AYUDA PARA MATRICULA ESCUELA CATOLICA 2019-2020 PROCESO DE SOLICITUD ABIERTO
Familias interesadas en solicitar ayuda de matrícula para acudir a una escuela elemental o superior de la Diócesis de Metuchen pueden hacerlo ya. El proceso de solicitud está disponible en línea vía “FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment”. Los formularios deben completarse (incluyendo evidencia de documentos) en o antes del 31 de marzo de 2019. La solicitud está disponible en inglés y español. Familias que necesiten apoyo para completar la solicitud en línea, o que necesiten acceso a la tecnología para solicitar, pueden asistir a uno de los dos talleres de solicitud programados para el 23 de enero y el 7 de febrero en Perth Amboy Catholic School, 500 State Street, Perth Amboy de 2 a 4 pm, y de 6 a 8 pm. Un traductor de español estará disponible.
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St James Rosary Altar Society
The St. James Rosary Altar Society will hold its next gathering on Thursday, February 7th at 7:00 pm in the Church. All are welcome to attend. A short meeting and fellowship will follow in the Parish Hall.
Parish Intention of the month As we honor the Holy Family, we pray that all parents will share the Catholic faith with their children, actively practicing it with them at Mass, as well as in the home.
Newly Baptized Please welcome to our parish family last month’s newly baptized:
Gianna Nicole Kelly Alison Veyta Vazquez
Recently Deceased Please keep our recently deceased and their families in your prayers:
Alfred Van Ness Edmund Falconieri Gloria Marrero Emma Ambrosini Carol Ann DiPinto
Recently Married Congratulations to all the newly married couples and may the Holy Spirit always fill their hearts with love:
Mr. & Mrs. Porifirio Olivares
World Marriage Day A day to celebrate the Sacrament of Marriage
You are invited to celebrate with your families and the people of St. James the Less your Wedding Anniversary. Fr. Michael Fragoso will give a special blessing to all Married Couples during the Mass. Following the Mass there will be a luncheon in the Parish Hall. Forms are located next to the bulletins.
Sunday, February 10, 2019 St. James the Less Church
11:00 a.m. Mass
You’re invited to a Tea Party… St. James Parish will be hosting our 2nd Annual Tea Party. There will also be a mini Tricky Tray. Join us for some fun and fellowship!
Sunday, February 17th 1:00 - 3:30 pm
Tickets: $12.00 St James Parish Hall
Tickets will be sold after Masses the weekend of Feb. 3rd & 10th and at the rectory during office hours. Tables of 8 can be reserved (please have the names of the people in your party). If you would like to donate a gift (new items only) you may bring them during the ticket sales or they can be dropped off at the rectory during office hours. If you need the gift picked up or have any questions, please call Sandy at 7 3 2 - 5 2 1 - 3 0 1 2 o r e m a i l h e r a t : [email protected]
The Shrines of France
Join Fr Michael Fragoso & Deacon Joseph Illes on a 10 day pilgrimage to France. Here you will visit Paris, Notre Dame, Nevers, Paray le Monial, Ars, Rocamadour, Toulouse & Lourdes. While at the Notre Dame Cathedral, we will witness the priestly ordinations including our French brother Deacon Bruno Delorme, MEP. Bruno has been assigned to the Missions in Myanmar.
**$ 695.00 (single occupancy) Pricing is per person
Brochures are located next to the bulletins and are available at the rectory. Prices are valid only if the deposit is received no later than March 13th. Final payment is due by April 27th. If you have any questions please call the rectory. * prices based on double occupancy ** additional cost for single occupancy
