Our Lady Queen of Peace Rev. Edward G. Rama Pastor [email protected]Rev. Brian Ditullio In Residence [email protected]Mrs. Jennifer Durso Office Manager Offi[email protected]Mrs. Diana Rimshnick Coordinator of Religious Educaon [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 Reconciliaon: Saturday: 3:45 PM-4:45PM Aſter All Masses During Eucharisc Adoraon (Mon & Fri) Devoons: Miraculous Medal Novena Monday morning before the 8:00 AM Mass 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) Rosary: Aſter every morning Mass (Mon-Sat) First Saturday Devoon to Our Blessed Mother: First Saturday of every month aſter 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 relaonships and responsibilies. We encourage our members to embrace a lifestyle marked by Stewardship of Time, Talent, and Treasure, engaging in acve 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 informaon on becoming a member of our parish family. 209 US Highway 206 Branchville, NJ 07826 Sunday, August 12, 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 Aſter All Sunday Masses Pavilion Dining (weather perming) 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 aſternoon! Rain Date: September 23rd
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 12, 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:
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
*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. 11th & Aug. 12th 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 Jack Lesch 8:00 AM Brian O’Connor 9:30 AM Matt & Paul Corazza 11:00 AM Carly Studt
Aug. 18th & Aug. 19th 5:00 PM Bob Mayer 8:00 AM Barbara Bayles 9:30 AM John Iacopelli 11:00 AM Marilyn Stipo
ALTAR FLOWERS MEMORIALS
The week of August 12th the Altar Flowers are presented for : Patricia Celeuya
Aug. 11th & Aug. 12th 5:00 PM Matt & Paul Corazza 8:00 AM Samantha Price 9:30 AM Brian O’Connor 11:00 AM Carly Studt
Mass Intentions
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
MONDAY 8:00 AM MARIE FISCHER (THE VANDERPLOOG FAMILY) TUESDAY 8:00 AM ARNOLD LIGI SR. (ARNOLD & FRANCESSCA LIGI ) WEDNESDAY THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY 8:00 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 7:00 PM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH THURSDAY 8:00 AM LORETTA SALOKAS (THE MASTER GARDENERS) FRIDAY 8:00 AM TED SZWEC (THE VANDERPLOOG FAMILY)
SATURDAY AUGUST 18th 8:00 AM LUIGI DEIANA 5:00 PM THOMAS KLECHA (THE FAMILY) SUNDAY AUGUST 19th 8:00 AM ANITA TOMCHUK (BRETT & MARY HAMMELL) 9:30 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 11:00 AM CHARLES STIPO (ERIC & LINDA SPACE)
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
Calendar Events 8/12 Sunday 8:00 am, 9:30 am (Family Mass) 11:00 am Mass 9:00 am Rosary 8/13 Monday 8:00 am Mass & Rosary 7:30 pm Adoration & Benediction 8/14 Tuesday 8:00 am Mass & Rosary 7:00 pm OA Meeting in Parish Hall 8/15 Wednesday The Assumption of Mary 8:00 am Mass & Rosary 7:00 pm Mass 8/16 Thursday 8:00 am Mass &Rosary 7:30 pm Healing Mass 8/17 Friday 8:00 am Mass , Rosary & Adoration 8/18 Saturday 8:00 am Saturday Mass, & Rosary 3:45 pm Reconciliation 5:00 pm Mass 8/19 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 And After Every Weekday Mass
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.
Do You Need an Advance Directive? If you are young and healthy, do you need an advance directive? If you are in poor health, do you need an advance directive? If you have discussed your wishes about health care decisions with your family, do you need an advance directive? The answer is to each of these questions is “yes.” You are at risk unless you have taken the simple but necessary step of signing an advance directive that will protect you if you are ever unable to make your own health care decisions. This is known as a durable power of attorney for health care. It’s not the same as another type of advance directive known as a “living will.” (The living will — sometimes called a “directive” or a “declaration” — is downright dangerous. It actually gives power over your life and death to an unknown physician.) In a durable power of attorney for health care, you designate a trusted family member or friend to make health care decisions for you if you are unable – either temporarily or permanently – to do so for yourself. Most people think such a document is only for those who are very sick or very old. That’s not true. It’s absolutely essential for anyone who is 18 years old or older. To be certain that a person you trust will be making decisions for you if you can’t do so yourself, you must have a durable power of attorney for health care that specifically names that person. It gives the person you name to make your health care decisions the authority to act on your behalf. That person is generally referred to as your “agent.” The PMDD limits your agent’s authority in one specific way. It clearly states that your agent does not have the authority to approve the direct and intentional ending of your life. For example, your agent may not authorize that you be given a lethal injection or an intentional drug overdose. Further, your agent may not direct that you be denied food or fluids for the purpose of causing your death by starvation or dehydration. This limitation not only protects you, but it also protects your agent from being subjected to pressure to authorize such actions. The PMDD also has specific directions that are necessary in the current medical climate. For example, some health care providers have taken it upon themselves to put Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders in place without the patient’s or agent’s authorization. Similarly, some health care providers, ethics committees and health facilities are making decision about what is “appropriate” or “beneficial” based on institutional cost-containment considerations, not on the basis of what is best for or wanted by the patient. The PMDD makes it clear that DNR orders and decisions about what is “appropriate” or “beneficial” are to be made only by your agent (if you’re not able to do so). A PMDD protects you. When you have a PMDD, you or someone you’ve selected – not some unknown physician or nameless bureaucrat – will make your health care decisions. If you have another type of advance directive, review the PMDD and decide whether you may wish to replace your existing document. You can request a durable power of attorney for health care through: PATIENTS RIGHTS COUNCIL; P.O. Box 760; Stuebenville, OH 43952, call 800-958-5678, website:www.patientsrightscouncil.org Suggested donation is $15 each. You do not need an attorney or any extra costs, just follow the instructions given.
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.
Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish
1-Day Pilgrimage
Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs, Auriesville, NY
Friday, October 19th
The Feast Day of The American Martyrs
7:00 AM Bus Departs Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish 8:30 AM Stop For Breakfast 10:30 AM Arrival at Auriesville 11:00 AM Mass at The Shrine 12:00 PM Lunch (please bring a bagged lunch) 1:00 PM Tour of the Shrine 3:00 PM Departure from The Shrine 5:00 pm Stop for Dinner 7:00 pm Approximate Arrival at Our Lady Queen of Peace
$40.00 per person (Children 12 & under are free) Lunch: Please bring a bagged lunch
Breakfast &Dinner: Food can be purchased at the bus stops along the way
For information please call Jenn 973-948-3185 To register online visit our website at
