Our Lady of Mt. Virgin Church 600 Harris Avenue, Middlesex, New Jersey, 08846

Parish Office: 732-356-2149 Rectory Emergency: 732-667-8034

Fax: 732-356-1302 www.olmv.net

SERVED BY Rev. David V. Skoblow, Ch.M., KGCHS, Administrator, dskoblow@olmv.net Rev. Louis A. Mattina, Parochial Vicar x 1008, lmattina@olmv.net Rev. Peter G. Suhaka, Weekend Assistant Deacon John R. Tietjen—jtietjen@olmv.net Deacon John Czekaj—jczekaj@olmv.net Deacon Tom Sommero—tsommero@olmv.net Deacon Edgar Chaves—echaves@olmv.net Dorothy Zmigrodski, Parish Catechetical Leader x 2011 dzmigrodski@olmv.net Alexandria Jones, Catechetical Assistant x 2010 ajones@olmv.net Gerard Chiusano, M.A., Director of Sacred Music x 1011 gchiusano@olmv.net Carol Valente, Financial Manager x 1003 cvalente@olmv.net Gabriella Rosales, Communications and Calendar Manager x 1002 grosales@olmv.net Ed Kura, Facilities Manager x 2009 ekura@olmv.net Donald Kornmeyer, Custodian x 2009 MARRIAGES: Couples are encouraged to contact the parish office to begin the Marriage Preparation Program. It is recommended that engaged couples begin this process a year in advance of the wedding. Please contact the parish office for additional information. INFANT BAPTISMS: The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month after the 11:30 am Mass (except during Lent). Families must be registered in the Parish and attend a Baptism Preparation Class. Please contact the parish office for additional information. VISITS TO THE SICK & HOMEBOUND: Priests, Deacons and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion bring the Blessed Sacrament to members of the parish who are homebound. Please contact the parish office to have Holy Communion brought to those who can not attend Mass or to request the Sacraments of the Anointing of the Sick and Confession.

MASS SCHEDULE: Saturdays: 8:00 a.m. &

5:00 p.m. (Sunday Vigil Mass)

Sundays: 8:00, 10:00 & 11:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. (Misa en Español) 3:30 p.m. (Chinese Mass - 2nd Sunday of the month)

Weekdays: 7:00 a.m. (M, W, F);

12:00 noon (Tues, Th) Holy Days: 7:00 p.m. Vigil Mass, 7:00 a.m.

and 12:00 noon

ADORATION: 1st, 3rd & 5th Fridays of the month 7:30 a.m.—12:00 noon

and the 2nd & 4th Thursdays from 7:00—8:00 p.m.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.

Sunday from 1:00 to 1:25 p.m. (in Spanish)

Parish Office hours: Monday-Friday (8:30 am-4:00 pm)

Fourth Sunday of Advent December 22, 2019

All are encouraged to visit and spend time in prayer and meditation in the church

and in our Meditation Garden.

SCHEDULE OF MASSES AND DEVOTIONS

MON. Dec. 23 Late Advent Weekday 7:00 A.M. +Frank DeRosa r/o Mary DeRosa & Son 7:00 P.M. Advent Novena TUES. Dec. 24 Late Advent Weekday 12:00 P. M. *OLMV Parishioners 4:00 P.M +George P. Roy r/o LuAnn Smith 7:00 P.M. +Bert Zupko r/o Zupko Family 12:00 A.M. +Philip Murray Grinnell r/o Children & Grandchildren WED. Dec. 25 The Nativity of the Lord 8:00 A.M +Sean Timmons r/o Christine & Donald O’Rorke 10:00 A.M. +Frank Zakashefski r/o Wife, Dolores, Children & Grandchildren 12:00 P.M. +William J. Henryk III r/o Billy, Brian, Amy Ann & Family 1:30 P.M. *Comunidad Hispana de OLMV THURS. Dec. 26 St. Stephen, The First Martyr 12:00 P.M. +George P. Roy r/o Berta Ippich- Ebert FRI. Dec. 27 St. John, Apostle and Evangelist 7:00 A.M. *OLMV Parishioners SAT. Dec. 28 The Holy Innocents 8:00 A.M. +Roland Stanzione r/o Connie Stanzione 5:00 P.M. +Fred Hollub r/o Mary DeRosa SUN. Dec. 29 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph 8:00 A.M. +Mary Engelman r/o daughter, Patricia 10:00 A.M. +Lorenzo Troia r/o Antonio P. Troia & Family 11:30 A.M. +Buenaventura Sabale r/o Amelia S. Villar 1:30 P. M. *En agradecimiento a Santa Barbara r/o Walter +Deceased *Living

FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 22-28 Altar Candles Delserro Family r/o Dolores Schaaf

Tabernacle Candles Anton & Elizabeth Gross r/o Barbara Lyons

Advent has a twofold character: as a season to prepare for Christmas when Christ’s first coming to us is

remembered; and as a season when that remembrance directs the mind and heart to await Christ’s Second

Coming at the end of time. Advent is thus a period for devout and joyful expectation.

GOD’S PLAN FOR GIVING

December 7-8………………………………….$8,568.00 Major Renova ons…………………..………..$581.00

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Opportunities to support your Parish

In addition to Mass intentions for your loved ones you may remember them through the following memorial opportunities: · Sanctuary Flowers · Altar or Tabernacle Candles, or Sanctuary Lamp · Meditation Garden Remembrance Bricks · A gift of cash, securities, or other assets to OLMV.

Please remember Our Lady of

Mount Virgin in your estate planning:

The generous bequests of parishioners and friends are critical to fulfilling the mission of OLMV Parish. OLMV provides outreach and pastoral and spiritual support to many who live on the edge of poverty and loneliness. These bequests also support and the maintenance of our beautiful church and grounds. Remembering the Church in your estate planning says something special about what was meaningful to you in your lifetime; it is a way to ensure that the parish community you value will continue into the future; and it’s a way to leave a meaningful and important legacy to those who will come after you. As always, thank you for your support of OLMV.

From the Desk of Father David

Father David, Father Louis, Father Peter, Deacon John T, Deacon John C, Deacon Tom, Deacon Edgar, and our parish staff wish our

parishioners a most blessed and joyous Christmas and a grace-filled New Year.

God could have chosen for His Son to enter into the world in any way He willed. He could have entered in splendor as a triumphant king. He could have appeared full-grown and mature, coming mysteriously out of nowhere, as did King Melchizedek. Instead, He chose to enter into the world as a baby. As a baby, so that in His human nature He could experience everything that we humans do, from conception and birth, even unto death. He came as a baby so that He could share most fully in our humanity, so that we might come to share in His divinity. Even in His omnipotence, He appeared not as a God of power, but as a God of gift; a God of forgiveness; a God whose very essence is sacrificial love. He came as a baby to demonstrate that true humanity is found in service; in generosity; in being forgiving; in tenderness; in compassion; and in humility. For He came as a God who came to serve, and not to be served. He came to show us that we are called to service, not to entitlement, nor to be acknowledged and recognized in the eyes of men. He is not a God of politics, nor ambition, nor pride. But a God who was humbled to be born in a manger. Hum-bled to rely on a human mother and father. Humble at birth, so that He could grow in wisdom and in grace, teaching that it was better to give than to receive. Teaching that true love is sacri-ficial love; love that consistently and constantly seeks the good of the other, rather than one’s own satisfaction. Teaching that we are called to seek and live according to God’s will and not our own. During the holy season of Christmas into which we are about to enter, we are called to remember that the Kingdom of God belongs, not to the mighty and not to the prideful, but to the humble and child-like. When a baby enters a family, it changes everything. A baby changes everything, be-cause love changes everything. May this God who came to us as a baby, rule over our hearts forever.

ADVENT CONFESSIONS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22

7:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M.

OLMV Parish will hold its Advent Confessions on Sunday Evening, December 22 at 7:00 P.M. We will have several priests available to hear confessions. Adoration of the Blessed

Sacrament will take place during the Confessions. Please plan to attend this beautiful and prayerful time of “reconciliation” with the Lord. What a beautiful way to celebrate our Advent period of “hopeful expectation!”

Keep Christ in Christmas” - Campaign 2019 on sale after weekend Masses

$5 $4 $3 $20 $10

All Proceeds Support our Council Seminarian Support Program OLMV Knights of Columbus Council 12700

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEETING:

Monday, January 12 at 7:30 pm in the church hall. New members are always welcome.

• EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Thursday, December 26, 7:00—8:00 PM.

Winter Blood Drive – January 12, 2020. 8:00am – 1:00pm. Please mark your cal-endars for the date. As always, blood is in serious demand. New Jersey Blood Ser-

vices is very grateful to our generous and caring do-nors. “There is no substitute for caring people who take time to donate blood so that others may live.” For more information regarding Medical Eligibility for blood donation please call 1-800-688-0900 or visit their website at www.nybloodcenter.org

• ADVENT NOVENA – Our Advent Novena concludes this Monday at 7:00 P.M. All are invited to attend.

Christmas & New Year’s Holy Day Mass Schedule

Christmas Eve (Vigil Masses) Tuesday, December 24 4:00 P.M., 7:00 P.M.

& 12:00 Midnight (Carols at 3:30, 6:30 and 11:30 P.M.)

CHRISTMAS DAY Wednesday, December 25

8:00 A.M., 10:00 A.M., 12:00 P.M. 1:30 P.M. (Mass in Spanish)

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

Tuesday, December 31 (Vigil Mass) 7:00 P.M.

Wednesday, January 1 9:00 A.M., 12:00 Noon

5:30 P.M. (Mass in Spanish)

THE PARISH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ON December 24 & 25

January 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

The regular weekday Masses will be celebrated at 12:00 noon on

Tues. Dec. 24 and Tues. Dec. 31.

OLMV ALTAR ROSARY SOCIETY

ARS will host a tricky tray WINTERFEST on Thursday January 16 open to all.

The event will be at Alphie's Restaurant, 101 Town Center Drive, Warren NJ at 6pm

The cost of this event is $35 for ARS members and $42 for non ARS members.

Please send check to Lu Ann Smith 1005 Beechwood Ave.,

Middlesex NJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ARS Mass: Sunday, January 5, 10:00 am Next meeting: Monday, January 6, 7:00 pm

NEW MEMBERS ARE WELCOME!

PARISH REGISTRATION: In order to be considered a registered parishioner, an adult (persons 21 years of age or older) must complete and submit a registration form. These forms can be picked up at the parish office. Completed forms must be brought to the parish in person. Please remind young adults (family and friends) that they must be separately registered with the parish. Ordinarily, for Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation or Matrimony, or to receive a sponsorship eligibility certificate, persons must be registered and active members of OLMV.

ELIGIBILITY LETTERS FOR GODPARENTS AND SPONSORS: A person seeking a “sponsor letter” to serve as a godparent for the Sacrament of Baptism or a sponsor for the Sacrament of Confirmation must have received all three Sacraments of Initiation and be a Confirmed Catholic who is active in his or her parish and, if married, be in a valid, Catholic marriage. An “active” Catholic is understood to be a person who is registered, attends Mass regularly, and whose lifestyle is in keeping with the Catholic faith. They should ensure that their own school age children are attending Mass, are enrolled in religious education, and have received their sacraments.

IN PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO SERVE Capt Kevin Boyajian —Lakenheath RAFB, England Capt Stanley Benarick, U.S. Army (Res.) —Fort Drum (NY) Col Gretchen Wiltse —Grissom AFB, IN

Chaplain, Lt Col Stuart King — (Res.) US Southern Command, Miami, FL Chaplain, Maj Timothy J. Hirten — Sheppard AFB, TX Chaplain, Maj Louis A. Mattina —(Res) Eielson AFB, AK A1C Kenneth W. Pine —Dover AFB, DE A1C Kristoffer Engel —Peterson AFB, CO LCpl Jack F. Sweeney USMC JTWC — OkinawaLCpl Sean P. Dowling —USMC, Camp Lejeune, NC Cpl Brian C. Robinson —USMC, Iraq Captain Hayes M. Cozza —USMC, Camp Pendleton, CA Lt. Santino E. Cozza —USAF, Little Rock, AFB, AR Ethan J. Krisfalusi - Seaman, Deployed Overseas Major Kevin Hoerburger - USMC (Res), New Orleans, LA Cpl Anthony Liguori, National Guard, Jordan Navy Capt. Douglas Graber, P.S.N.S.– Bremerton, Washington

OLMV ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

“HELPLINE”

732-356-2149 option 6

All calls for assistance are confidential.

OLMV CALENDAR/SAVE THE DATES

December 22: Advent Confessions with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament December 24-25: Par ish Office closed

January 1: Par ish Office closed January 6: Holy Hour for Migrants January 12: OLMV Winter Blood Dr ive January 19: Naomi Tea for widows January 22: Morning Bible Study begins February 5: Evening Bible Study begins

CHRISTMAS FLOWERS: Thank you to all who have supported our annual Christmas Flower collection. All Flower

envelopes are placed by the tabernacle during the Christmas Season, and your loved ones will be remembered at Mass on Christmas morning.

Boletín en Español Domingo 22 de diciembre 2019

IV Domingo de Adviento

Boletín en Español: Actividades y Anuncios • Confesiones: Domingos antes de la Misa a la 1:00 —1:25 pm, o llamando a la oficina parroquial para solicitar una cita para la confesión. • Si desean llevar a la Virgen a sus hogares, se pueden anotar en el libro que está en la par te de atrás de la Iglesia por la puerta hacia el parqueo, o llamando a la Oficina Parroquial.

• Misas: Todo par roquiano que desee pedir la Intención de la Misa para cualquier domingo deberá venir a la Oficina Parroquial durante horas de trabajo. De lunes a jueves entre 8:30 am—2:00 pm. Si usted habla Inglés puede venir durante el siguiente horario: De lunes a viernes entre 8:30—4:00 pm. Las Misas se pueden reservar personalmente únicamente. No podemos reservar Misas por teléfono. La donación por una Misa es $10.

• Café Social: Nuevos miembros que deseen ayudar durante el Café son bienvenidos. Para anotarse a ayudar hablar con Eduardo y Lady Miranda después de Misa.

• Clases de Inglés: Todos los miércoles de 6:00 a 8:00 PM. Todos son bienvenidos.

• Ayuda a tu parroquia como Lector, Ministros Extraordinarios de la Santa Comunión, Monaguillos. Necesitamos tu colaboración!!

A la Comunidad Hispana, Muchas gracias por el Certificado en Acción de Gracias y el generoso regalo que recibí en el Café Social después de la Misa del 24 de noviembre. Aprecio su consideración y generosidad. Disfruté trabajar con ustedes y tener la oportunidad de establecer el Programa de Música para la Misa en español. También me complació el progreso que hicimos al establecer una comunidad de cantantes. Los mejores deseos en el futuro y sigan con el buen trabajo. Sinceramente, Rives Cassel

COMPARTIR NAVIDEÑO LA EPIFANÍA DEL SEÑOR

DOMINGO 5 DE ENERO

RESERVA LA FECHA POR FAVOR CONSIDERA:

Donar un plato de comida y un regalo o dos, para niño o niña entre las

edades de infante a 12 años de edad.

Horario de Misas para Navidad y Año Nuevo

Nochebuena (Misas de Vigilia) Martes 24 de diciembre

4:00. 7:00 PM. Y 12:00 misa de medianoche

(Villancicos a las 3:30, 6:30 y 11:30 p.m.)

Día de Navidad

Miércoles 25 de diciembre 8:00 A.M. 10:00 A.M. a 12:00 P.M.

1:30 P.M. (Misa en español)

Solemnidad de María, Madre de Dios

Martes 31 de diciembre (Misa de Vigilia) 7:00 P.M.

Miércoles 1 de enero 9:00 A.M., 12:00 del mediodía & 5:30 P.M. (Misa en español)