Our Lady Queen of Peace Rev. Philip-Michael F. Tangorra Pastor pmſt[email protected]Mrs. Jennifer Durso Office Manager Offi[email protected]Ms. Claudee Casile Coordinator of Religious Educaon [email protected]Mrs. Mary Chobrda Music Director [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 Healing Mass 3rd Thursday 7:00 PM (Of the Month) Reconciliaon: Saturday: 4:00 PM-4:45 PM Aſter All Masses During Eucharisc Adoraon (Mon & Fri) Anyme by Appointment Eucharisc Adoraon: Mondays: 7:30 PM-8:30 PM Fridays: 8:30-9:30 AM First Friday: 8:30 am Sat. 8:00 am (24 Hours) 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 Steward- ship of Time, Talent, and Treasure, engaging in active support of our ministries of the Word, Worship, and Service. We wel- come everyone from Branchville, Frankford, Lafayette and all who come to share the joy of Christ! 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 Second Sunday of Advent: December 8th Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-2:00 PM Parish Office: (973) 948-3185 Fax: (973) 948-4799 Website: OLQPBranchville.org
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 Healing Mass 3rd Thursday 7:00 PM
(Of the Month)
Reconciliation: Saturday: 4:00 PM-4:45 PM After All Masses During Eucharistic Adoration (Mon & Fri) Anytime by Appointment 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)
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 Steward-ship of Time, Talent, and Treasure, engaging in active support of our ministries of the Word, Worship, and Service. We wel-come everyone from Branchville, Frankford, Lafayette and all who come to share the joy of Christ! 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
Second Sunday of Advent: December 8th
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-2:00 PM
Parish Office: (973) 948-3185 Fax: (973) 948-4799
Website: OLQPBranchville.org
MEMORIALS The week of December 8th the Sanctuary
Lamp burns for: Concetta Ligi
Second Sunday of Advent: December 8th
Please remember in your prayers
Hap Rowan, Patricia Poole, Patricia Fiss, Clarence Roberts, Joe Foster, Lisa Dorans, Molly Russo, John Crisman, Philip Baccari, Laura Schaefer, Dottie Hilt, Angelo
Appice, Miryam Rodriguez, Peggy Mahon, Janice Miglin, Theresa Barrett, Bradley Burchfield, Pete Lozar, Aylssa Morgan, Ann Romyns, Nathan Toland, Richard Kopycienski, Captain Daniel Pervarnik Jr, Jim Steurer, Alicia Tidaback, Bill Klecha, Fr. Louis Caputo, Charles Schult, Nancy Battifarano, William Schult, Sherry Coleman, Sue Klecha, Judy Moyer
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) 9:00 am Sunday First Saturday Devotion to Our Blessed Mother: First Saturday of every month after the 8:00 AM Mass. and Breakfast.
Mass Intentions
SATURDAY DECEMBER 7th 8:00 AM CLAIRE MCALLISTER (BARBARA BAYLES) 5:00 PM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH SUNDAY DECEMBER 8th 8:00 AM TERESA LUZARRAGA (THE FAMILY) 9:30 AM LIN SALERNO (TRICIA SALERNO) 11:00 AM RONALD AMBLER (LUCILLE AMBLER)
MONDAY 8:00 AM FRANCESCO & ANGELA SAPONE (VICTORIA SAPONE) TUESDAY 8:00 AM SISTER JEANETTE HILE S.C.C. (FR. PHIL) RONALD AMBLER (LUCILLE AMBLER) WEDNESDAY 8:00 AM HAROLD SPELLMAN (THE FLAHERTY FAMILY) THURSDAY 8:00 AM MARIE BENEDICT (THE ALLEN FAMILY) FRIDAY 8:00 AM THE HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY (THE STEINERT FAMILY)
SATURDAY DECEMBER 14th 8:00 AM AGNES GLORIA AZZARA (PHIL & BARBARA TANGORRA) 5:00 PM DICK BURCHFIELD (THE FAMILY) SUNDAY DECEMBER 15th 8:00 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 9:30 AM WILLIAM PAGANO (THE PIERSON FAMILY) 11:00 AM JEFF CARTER (THE PIERSON FAMILY)
Thank you for blessing parish with your time, talent and treasure.– Fr. Phil
ALTAR FLOWERS MEMORIALS
The week of December 8th the Altar Flowers are presented for: Coho Menk
Online Giving “A perfect option for Snowbirds”
Thank you to the families that have signed up for Online Giving! You can 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.
Christmas Flower Memorials
Christmas Flowers Memorial envelopes are located at all the entrances of the door. Please return envelopes by December 15th.
Due to the bulletin deadline and the weather the weekly collection for the 11/30& 12/1 will be reported in next weeks bulletin.
Extraordinary Form of
the Mass (Traditional Latin Mass)
Friday, January 3rd
5:00pm
Starting in December First Friday Adoration will be from 8:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. There will be the celebration of a Traditional Latin Mass in the presence of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 8th 6:00 pm-8:00pm
Baking Christmas Cookies
Bambinelli Sunday, Blessing the Christ Child
At All Masses Gaudete Sunday Dec. 14th & 15th
“Bambinelli,” plural for the word “bambinello,” refers to the “Baby Jesus” in a Nativity scene. The Bambinelli Blessing is over a forty year old tradition that was started in Rome at the Vatican. During the noon Angelus prayer on Advent’s Third Sunday, the pope blesses all of the Bambinelli that are held up before him by the crowd of people. Since then, Roman Catholic churches from around the world, and now ours, have adopted this tradition. Every family is invited to bring their “Baby Jesus” from their Nativity Scene to the Mass they attend on the Third Sunday of Advent and receive a blessing alongside the parish bambinelli. The Bambinelli Blessing will incite us to experience God’s true joy and love that comes to us from the infant Jesus. Come and rejoice in God’s love for you in this new Advent celebration with your parish family.
The Advent Wreath & Creche
The Advent wreath has its origin in pre-Christian Northern European pagan practices that foresaw the winter as a season of death. The wreath symbolized the cycle of life being read into the different seasons. The evergreen symbolized winter and the candles expressed people’s yearning for the warmth of life as they waited for spring, a season of new life. Christians developed these pagan ideas. For, in fact, the seeds of the Word of God can be found throughout all creation, cultures and religions, and interpreted in the light of Christ. By the Medieval period, in Northern Europe, wreathes with candles began to be used to describe the cycle of life with a Christian perspective. In the 19th century a Lutheran pastor, Johann Hinrich Wichern, developed the modern Advent wreath.
School children would ask pastor Wichern, each day, if Christmas had come yet. So, he made an Advent wreath with four white candles and nineteen red candles, symbolizing the four Sundays and the nineteen days between. Catholics from Germany brought this tradition to North America where the more common practice of using three violet and one rose candle, representative of the colors used for the Sunday Masses during Advent, developed. By way of American global cultural influence, this practice now sees itself dispersed worldwide amongst Christians.
The Creche finds its origins with St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis believed in the incarnational value of statues, stained glass, sacred art, beautiful church furnishings and the veneration of relics. In fact, St. Francis said, “poverty ends at the altar rail”. He foresaw the great spiritual value for the faithful to be able to see, touch, smell, hear sacred theatre, so that they could experience the mysteries of our faith. Hence, just as he developed the Stations of the Cross for Lent, St. Francis developed the Nativity scene for the faithful to experience, in an incarnational manner, the mystery of the birth of Christ.
Since the time of St. Francis, creches have spread all throughout the world as the primary visible sign of the season of Christmas. In Italy, whole towns set-up displays of creches and people from all around come to see the unique ways that people have expressed the mystery of the Nativity of Christ. Some people will re-construct the entire town of Bethlehem, sometimes as they would believe it was 2000 years ago, sometimes with a more modern presentation, yet in the center of it all, or some small humble nook, there is depicted the birth of Christ. Some creche’s are made of wood, others glass, gingerbread, corn husks, or even lights outlining the image. Truly, people’s creativity in making creches are limitless. And, this creativity shows the great glory of God, the beauty of the mystery, and the brilliance of God’s creation. I hope you visit our creches in Fr. Varricchio Hall. And, if you didn’t contribute this year, maybe you will next year.
Even today, in many countries, the Christmas tree does not exist, but the creche is the key symbol of Christmas. Both, the advent wreath and the creche are not merely pedagogical tools or signs of the season, but they show that creation, the physical world, has been drawn-up into the mystery of God by virtue of the Incarnation of the Eternal Word and thus all of creation can tell the story of the mystery of Jesus Christ.
The Giving Tree Tags Available Starting: November 30th & December 1st
Gifts Returned Unwrapped
December 14th & 15th The Giving Tree will be in the Fr. Varricchio hall on the weekend of November 30th & December 1st. Gifts received from the giving tree will be donated to needy families of Sussex County and be distributed by Catholic Charities. Please return your unwrapped gift the weekend of Dec. 14th & 15th. What is Santa's laundry detergent of choice?
Yule -Tide
Advent Lecture Series
Presented by Fr. Phil
Mondays in Advent 7:30-8:30 pm
Monday, December 9th- “We Embrace with Hope and Joy the coming of the Lord”
Monday, December 16th- “A Season of Wisdom”
Monday, December 23rd- “The Advent Liturgy”
Food Donations For Christmas Day Food Baskets
December 14th & 15th
On the weekend of Dec.15th & Dec.16th we will be collecting food for Christmas Baskets that will be distributed to needy families in our community. We are asking for the donation of the following items:
Hams, , breakfast items, desserts, yams, cranberry sauce, pasta and spaghetti sauce
Please drop off your donations in the Parish Hall before or after all Masses., December 15th & 16th. If you are in need or know of someone who is need and would like to receive a Christmas Day Food Basket, please contact Jenn (973)948-3185.
2019 Advent and Christmas Schedule
RECONCILATION After all weekday Masses
All Mondays 7:30pm-8:30pm
All Saturdays 4:00pm-4:45pm
MASS SCHEDULE:
Christmas Eve Tuesday, December 24, 2019 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM, 12:00 Midnight Mass
Christmas Day Wednesday, December 25, 2019 8:00 AM, and 10:00 AM
New Year’s Day, Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God Wednesday, January 1, 2020 9:00 AM
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The Catholic Faith Service On Demand
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 Philip-Michael. 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 Philip-Michael. 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.
Food Pantry
Items needed for the food pantry are the following:
Betty Crocker boxed potatoes , canned meats, Knorr rice or noodle envelopes, coffee, juice, shelf-stable milk, frozen food (drop off during office hours), breakfast cereal , snacks, Gift cards
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.
Youth & Family Experience March For Life 2020 Friday , January 24th
This year we will be running two buses: the first trip to
Washington D.C. will leave the day before and will be providing a
special opportunity for families to have an overnight trip which
provides the opportunity to attend the Youth Rally for Life and
the Mass for Life with numerous Cardinals, Bishops and hundreds
of priests joined by contemporary Christian musicians and youth
evangelists giving witness talks before the March.
The second bus will be our traditional one-day trip to the March
for Life, leaving in the early morning of the march.
For more information please contact Our Lady Queen of Peace
parish office at (973)948-3185x1.
Religious Education Inclement Weather
Program closures due to inclement weather will be posted on this website by 7am the morning of class, and a Flocknote will be sent. Closings will also be announced on WSUS -102.3 FM and posted on their website under "Closings and Delays" at https://wsus1023.iheart.com/featured/wsus-closings-and-delays/ . It will be your responsibility to check the above websites. Please do not call the rectory.
Parish Fundraiser
Shop-rite, Weis, Dunkin Doughnuts, Home Depot, Cheesecake Factory,
Marshalls, Kohls, Starbucks, & more!
Make your Christmas shopping easier and support our Parish at the same time by purchasing Gift Cards. Cards in $25, $50 & $100 denominations are available after all Masses in the Parish Hall or by calling the office.
Making Music Praying Twice
Mom and Tot Program Beginning Friday, January 10th
This is a six week program for children ages 1yr
-5yrs. MMP2 is a faith based music and
movement program that aims to present the music of a child’s
culture in ways that impact daily life. Please join us for music,
faith and fun! To register please call the office (973)948-3185 x1,
for any questions please call Lucy at 973-600-9728
