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Our Lady Queen of Peace
Rev. Edward G. Rama Pastor [email protected]
Rev. Brian Ditullio In Residence
[email protected]
Mrs. Jennifer Durso Office Manager
[email protected]
Mrs. Diana Rimshnick Coordinator of Religious Education
[email protected]
Mr. Benjamin Yates Music Minister
[email protected]
Mass Schedule Saturday: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM 9:30 AM Family
Mass 11:00 AM
Daily: 8:00 AM (Monday-Saturday) Holydays: 8:00 AM and 7:00
PM
Reconciliation: Saturday: 3:45 PM-4:45PM After All Masses During
Eucharistic Adoration (Mon & Fri)
Devotions: Miraculous Medal Novena Monday morning before the
8:00 AM Mass Eucharistic Adoration: Mondays: 7:30 PM-8:30 PM,
Fridays: 8:30-9:30 AM First Friday: 8:30 am Sat. 8:00 am (24
Hours)
Rosary: After every morning Mass (Mon-Sat) First Saturday
Devotion to Our Blessed Mother: First Saturday of every month after
the 8:00 AM Mass. Rosary Procession and Breakfast.
We have been a Roman Catholic parish family since 1951, with a
call to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ in both word and deed,
and in all our relationships and responsibilities. We encourage our
members to embrace a lifestyle marked by Stewardship of Time,
Talent, and Treasure, engaging in active support of our ministries
of the Word, Worship, and Service. We welcome visitors and all who
wish to join us as new members; please call the parish office for
more information on becoming a member of our parish family.
209 US Highway 206 Branchville, NJ 07826
Sunday, August 5, 2018 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-2:00
PM Parish Office: (973) 948-3185 Fax: (973) 948-4799
Website: OLQPBranchville.org
Sunday, August 26th
After All Sunday Masses
Pavilion Dining (weather permitting)
Cost: $10.00 Per Person
$5.00 Per Child ( Under 12) $25.00 Per Family (3 or more)
Breakfast includes: Coffee/Juice
Pancakes Eggs
Sausage
Sunday, Sept. 16th 12 pm to 3 pm
Church Grounds and Pavilion
Bring a covered dish, salad, or dessert to share Schedule:
12:00 p.m. – Lunch (hamburgers and hotdogs) 1:00 p.m. – Old
Fashioned Family Picnic Games:
Join us for a fun-filled afternoon!
Rain Date: September 23rd
mailto:[email protected]
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MEMORIALS The week of August 5th the Sanctuary
Lamp burns for: Arnold Ligi Sr.
Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time: August 5th
Please remember in your prayers
Monica Carrico, Hap Rowan, Patricia Poole, Patricia Fiss,
Clarence Roberts, Joe Foster, Susanne Fernicola, Lisa Dorans,
William Pagano, Molly Russo, John
Crisman, Philip Baccari, Kathy Flores, Laura Schaefer, Ben
Sellitto & Family, Dottie Hilt, Angelo Appice, Miryam
Rodriguez, Peggy Mahon, Janice Miglin, Theresa Barrett, Bradley
Burchfield, Pete Lozar, Aylssa Morgan, Eileen Andes, Ann Romyns,
Nathan Toland, Kevin Bender
Altar Servers
Weekly Collection Sunday Offering 7/28& 7/29 $ 4,978 Online
$ 235 Total $5,213 Estimated Weekly Expense $6,500
Shortage ($1,287)
Thank you for your generosity.
Please Consider “Online Giving”
*If you are not already doing so, please use your envelopes each
week. Only contributions in your numbered envelope are recorded for
documentation required by the IRS.
Please remember our Parish in your will.
Online Giving
Thank you to the families that have signed up for Online Giving!
If decide exactly when your gift is made and where it goes. You can
even view your giving history and pledge progress at any time, just
by logging in. Please visit www.olqpbranchville.org and click the
Online Giving link to get started.
Aug. 4th & Aug. 5th 5:00 PM Joanne Maio 8:00 AM Ric Hahn
9:30 AM Andrew Opitz 11:00 AM Marissa Tipton
Aug. 18th & Aug. 19th 5:00 PM Matt & Paul Corazza 8:00
AM Samantha Price 9:30 AM Brian O’Connor 11:00 AM Carly Studt
Aug. 11th & Aug. 12th 5:00 PM Anita Schweizer 8:00 AM Debbie
Carter 9:30 AM Kate O’Connor 11:00 AM Carolyn Luisi
ALTAR FLOWERS MEMORIALS
The week of August 5th the Altar Flowers are presented for : Jim
& Bobby Hagerman
Aug. 4th & Aug. 5th 5:00 PM Carly Studt 8:00 AM Chris
Pirrello 9:30 AM Brian O’Connor 11:00 AM Jack Lesch
Mass Intentions SATURDAY AUGUST 4th 8:00 AM INTENTIONS OF THE
LEGION OF MARY 5:00 PM JAMES ROGERS (HIS WIFE TERRY) SUNDAY AUGUST
5th 8:00 AM STEPHEN & MADELINE SWISS (THE FAMILY) 9:30 AM DICK
BURCHFIELD (THE FAMILY) 11:00 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH MONDAY 8:00
AM MIKE & STACEY WENNING (RITA WENNING) TUESDAY 8:00 AM LUIGI
DEIANA WEDNESDAY 8:00 AM JOSEPH CAPPELLO (DEE DELORENZO & ELLEN
BRENNAN) THURSDAY 8:00 AM CLAIRE MCALLISTER (BARBARA BAYLES) FRIDAY
8:00 AM ELEANOR BAUM (PAM STRUBLE & ADRIENNE FABER) SATURDAY
AUGUST 11th 8:00 AM BOB & JANET ESTELLE 5:00 PM HELEN HOWARD
(THE FAMILY) SUNDAY AUGUST 12th 8:00 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 9:30
AM LOUIS TURCO SR. (JEAN CONVERSO) 11:00 AM PROTETION OF BABIES IN
THE WOMB AND THEIR FAMILIES
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Religious Education
Online Registration
ONLINE REGISTRATION for the 2018-2019 Our Lady Queen of Peace
Religious
Education Program is now open. All returning students, as well
as new students, must complete an ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM, no
student is automatically re-registered.
The ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM can now be accessed from our
website at www.olqpbranchville.org under the Religious Education
tab.
Kindly provide the information requested. Payment will be
required in order to complete the online registration. If you do
not wish to pay online you may register by visiting the office on
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm.
• Retreats are a time to get away from the busyness of our
lives.
• A Retreat separates us from the things of the world so that we
can seek after the things of Heaven.
• A Retreat helps us to experience God’s presence in our lives
and to hear his voice.
• Going away on a Retreat is a gift that God gives to us so that
we can find that inner peace and joy that only the Lord can give to
us.
• On Retreat we experience God’s Healing love for us.
Parish Healing Retreat
Why Go On A Retreat?
Friday, Sept. 7th–Sunday, Sept. 9th
The Sacred Heart Retreat Center, Newton NJ
The Retreat will include Mass Celebrated on Saturday and Sunday
with a Healing Service on Saturday evening. Father Ed will be
giving the Retreat Talks and celebrating the Masses and Healing
Service. Come Away with the Lord for a Weekend and Experience His
Peace and Healing Power. To register visit our website at
www.olqpbranchville.org. Parishioners of other Parishes are
welcomed to join us. For more information Please call Jenn at
(973)948-3185. Cost $225.00
Adult Faith Formation & Rite of Christian Initiation:
(RCIA)
If you would like to become a Catholic or have not received all
of your Sacraments such as First Holy Communion or Confirmation
this program is for you! The Adult Faith Formation and RCIA program
is designed to help you grow in your faith and become fully
initiated into the Church. Please call the office for more
information.
Healing Mass
Thursday, August 16th 7:30 pm
The healing service will take place immediately after Mass;
Father Ed will be celebrating the Mass and Healing Service. Come
with expectant faith and experience the Lord’s healing power.
Praise & Worship Music by: Dan Ferrari
Beloved Saint Visits
Our Lady Queen of Peace
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Veneration from 8 am to 1 pm
The Franciscan Friars from Padua, Italy, invite you to join them
in welcoming Saint Anthony of Padua to Our Lady
Queen of Peace in Branchville. St. Anthony will be visiting us
in the form of “two precious and first class” relics from the
Pontifical Basilica in Padua, Italy.
The relics will be accompanied by Fr. Mario Conte, a Franciscan
Friar from Padua, Italy, where the Saint is buried. According to Fr
Mario Conte, who is Editor of the Messenger of St Anthony, “There
is nothing superstitious about relics. The real meaning of a relic
is love – they are a link of love between the person who venerates
and the saint.”
Pope Benedict Emeritus said of relics “By inviting us to
venerate the mortal remains of the martyrs and saints, the Church
does not forget that, in the end, these are indeed just human
bones, but they are bones that belonged to individuals touched by
the living power of God. The relics of the saints are traces of
that invisible but real presence which sheds light upon the shadows
of the world and reveals the Kingdom of Heaven in our midst.”
Prayer petitions with holy cards will be distributed by Friar
Mario and volunteers to allow parishioners to write their prayer
petition to the saint. The writing of a prayer petition is a
worldwide tradition when venerating a relic of a saint. Father
Conte will bring the petitions back to the Basilica in Padua and
place them at the tomb of Saint Anthony. The tour officially ends
back at the Tomb of Saint Anthony where the Friars will gather to
pray for the saint’s intercession upon our intentions and
petitions.
To learn more about St. Anthony of Padua, please visit:
www.saintanthonyofpadua.net Or call Tom Muscatello, USA
Representative, at 914.263.8841
http://www.olqpbranchville.orghttp://www.saintanthonyofpadua.net
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Calendar Events
8/5 Sunday 8:00 am, 9:30 am (Family Mass) 11:00 am Mass 9:00 am
K of C Family Rosary 8/6 Monday 8:00 am Mass & Rosary 7:30 pm
Adoration & Benediction 8/7 Tuesday 8:00 am Mass & Rosary
7:00 pm OA Meeting in Parish Hall 8/8 Wednesday 8:00 am Mass &
Rosary 8/9 Thursday 8:00 am Mass &Rosary 8/10 Friday 8:00 am
Mass , Rosary & Adoration 8/11 Saturday 8:00 am Saturday Mass,
& Rosary 3:45 pm Reconciliation 5:00 pm Mass 8/12 Sunday 8:00
am, 9:30 am (Family Mass) 11:00 am Mass 9:00 am Rosary
Come Pray The Rosary With Us
Every Sunday 9:00 am in the Church.
Come and join us every Sunday to pray the Rosary
together. Our Blessed Mother has continually urged us
to pray the Rosary so that we can have peace in our
world, in our parish, in our homes, and in our hearts.
Our Parish Evangelization Team will be organizing and
leading the Rosary.
Eucharistic Adoration
Mondays 7:30 pm–8:30 pm
(with Benediction)
Fridays 8:30 am—9:30 am
(after 8:00 am Mass)
First Friday 24 Hour Adoration
8:30 am - 8:00 am Saturday
Come join us and spend some quiet time in prayer
before the Lord.
From the Desk of Father Ed: Dear Parishioners, This is always my
favorite time of the summer season, that is, the beginning of
August, the time of the corn harvest; there is nothing like fresh
sweet corn on the cob with a little butter and salt. My father grew
up on a corn farm in Flushing Meadows in Queens way back when there
were farms in New York City. Perhaps that is why I enjoy the taste
of fresh corn in August. We are blessed here in Sussex County to
have such an abundance of fresh corn and many other vegetables. In
our first reading this weekend from the Book of Exodus the Jewish
people were grumbling against Moses and Aaron. God had freed them
from their harsh slavery in Egypt and brought them out into the
desert. However, the selection of food was very limited for the
wandering Israelites. They longed for their fill of meat and bread.
They had forgotten all the many wonders and powerful signs that God
did for them and so rather than trust in His providence they
complained and accused God of bringing them into the desert to die
of starvation. God was certainly angry with them for their
grumbling and lack of trust but He continued to provide powerful
signs for them and gave them quail to eat in the evening. He also
gave them manna, which was the bread made of fine flakes like
hoarfrost on the ground for them to eat in the morning. Sadly, even
though God fed them they still hardened their hearts to His love
and care. That generation wandered in the desert for 40 years and
never entered the Promised Land, rather they died in the desert. In
our Gospel this weekend, the crowds were following Jesus and they
too were looking for food. They were looking for more food because
Jesus fed the 5,000 men with only 5 loaves of bread and two fish.
They wanted to stay with Jesus not because of the powerful signs He
performed or His teaching but rather they thought He would continue
to feed them. Whenever Jesus performs mighty signs or miracles they
are given to help His people believe in Him and turn from their
sinful ways. Jesus said to them, “I am the Bread of Life; whoever
comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will
never thirst.” We are truly blessed by our God to be living here in
Sussex County where we have such an abundance of so many good
things. Let us not grumble or complain against our God, rather let
our hearts be filled with gratitude and thanksgiving. God will
continue to provide for our needs if we believe in Him and place
our trust in His care for us. He is the Bread of Life; He feed us
with His Word; man does not live on bread alone but by every word
that comes forth from the mouth of God. Our Lady Queen of Peace,
pray for us, Father Ed, Pastor
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Sacraments of the Church: Baptism: Infant Baptisms (Private
& Communal) are celebrated on Saturdays at 11:30 AM &
Sundays at 12:30 PM. An instruction class on Baptism will be
provided in advance. Please call in advance to make an appointment
and to ensure that the Church’s requirements especially for
Godparents are satisfied. Eucharist: If you are seriously ill or
homebound and would like to receive Holy Communion please contact
Father Ed. Adult Confirmation: Please call the office and ask about
our religious education program for adults. Reconciliation: The
Sacrament of Reconciliation is available Saturday 3:45pm-4:45pm,
after weekday Masses 8:30am, during Adoration Monday evening
7:30pm-8:30pm and Friday morning 8:30am-9:30am, and anytime by
appointment. Anointing of the Sick: Anyone who wishes to receive
this healing sacrament, the Anointing of the Sick, should contact
Father Ed. Marriage: Couples contemplating marriage are asked to
call the office for an appointment to discuss the Marriage
Preparation Program. Arrangements should normally be made one year
in advance and before any wedding dates are finalized.
Parish Fundraiser SHOP-RITE, WEIS & OTHER GIFT CARDS
Please consider supporting our Parish Fundraiser.
There is no extra fee for these cards. The Parish
makes 2%-5% profit with each card purchased. Gift
Cards are generally sold after each of the weekend
Masses in the Parish Hall.
Gift Cards are also available in the Parish Office from
Mon.-Fri. 9:00 am –2:00 pm.
Food Pantry
Items needed for the food pantry are the following:
pasta, spaghetti sauce, boxed potatoes, canned meats, frozen
food (drop off by appointment), canned vegetables, coffee,
breakfast items, snacks, shampoo, deodorant and razors
Our food pantry now serves over 140 local families Thank you for
your continued support and generosity. The hours for the Food
Pantry are Mondays 12:00 pm—2:00 pm. We are closed on Holidays and
for bad weather.
VACATIONS and MASS If you are traveling to new territory and
don’t know the Mass schedule
there, it is easy to find out. Go to www.masstimes.org and you
can find the Mass schedule for places around the county and the
world.
Knights of Columbus Food Booth
August 3rd–12th
All parishioners are asked to visit and support the Knights of
Columbus Food Booth at the Fair. Come and enjoy great food. and
support our Knights!
Kiosk Media Center (at the rear of the Church)
One of the audio CDs in our Lighthouse Catholic Media kiosk is
“Fatima – Living The Message.” In
a time of lost innocence, the faith of three children inspired
thousands and made the world believe in miracles. Mary's messages
at Fatima have been promoted by Popes, approved by the Church, and
validated by over 70,000 witnesses. Fr. Jason Brooks brings to
light why Fatima is regarded by many as the most important
spiritual event of the past 100 years. This CD contains a bonus
talk by Fr. Shannon Collins, retreat master and well-known speaker
on EWTN, who explains the intended impact and opportunity of the
messages of Fatima on the spiritual lives of believers today. Only
$4 each. Fr. Jason Brooks, a member of the Legionaries of Christ
was ordained a priest in 2004. He has served in various capacities
in Chicago and Atlanta and is currently devoted to Divine Mercy and
Our Lady of Fatima. His other CD, The Saving Power of Divine Mercy
is available from www.LighthouseCatholicMedia.org or by calling
866-767-3155.
http://www.LighthouseCatholicMedia.org
