Our Lady Queen of Peace

Rev. Edward G. Rama Pastor FatherEd@OLQPBranchville.org

Rev. Brian Ditullio In Residence FatherBrian@OLQPBranchville.org

Mrs. Jennifer Durso Office Manager Office@OLQPBranchville.org

Mrs. Diana Rimshnick Coordinator of Religious Education RelEd@OLQPBranchville.org

Mr. Benjamin Yates Music Minister BenjaminY@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

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

209 US Highway 206 Branchville, NJ 07826

Sunday, June 24, 2018 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-2:00 PM

Parish Office: (973) 948-3185 Fax: (973) 948-4799

Website: OLQPBranchville.org

• Morning Prayer • Arts & Crafts • Catholic Hymns • Games • Catholic Skits • Water Day • Bounce House • Mass on Friday

Date: June 25th—June 29th Time: 9:00 am –12:00 pm Grades: K-4 Cost: $25.00 for one child $30.00 Family Fee for 2 or more

Volunteers needed: please call the office.

REGISTRATION: Online Registration is available on our website at www.olqpbranchville.org under the Religious Education tab or may be obtained at the parish office. For more information, please call Jenn at the parish office at 973-948-3185

Mass Intentions

SATURDAY JUNE 23rd 8:00 AM RAY SORGE (RITA WENNING) 5:00 PM JOSEPH NUGENT (PATTI NUGENT) SUNDAY JUNE 24th 8:00 AM ANITA TOMCHUK (WILLIAM & LUCILLE PAGANO) 9:30 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 11:00 AM CHARLES STIPO (THE OUTREACH MINISTRY)

MONDAY 8:00 AM GLORIA FEDUS (ELIZABETH LUSCIK) TUESDAY

8:00 AM JOHN LEONOWICH (THE FAMILY) WEDNESDAY 8:00 AM FOR PROTECTION OF BABIES IN THE WOMB AND THEIR FAMILIES (THE FLAHERTY FAMILY) THURSDAY 8:00 AM JOSEPH CAPPELLO (DEE DELRENZO & ELLEN BRENNAN) FRIDAY 8:00 AM INTENIONS OF JOE ILIFF (THE FAMILY)

SATURDAY JUNE 30th 8:00 AM INTENTIONS OF THE LEGION OF MARY 5:00 PM VIRGINIA MINI (ART & CHARLENE BOWIE) SUNDAY JULY 1st 8:00 AM STEPHEN & MADELINE SWISS (THE FAMILY) 9:30 AM VIRGINIA MINI (JOHN & PRISCILLA MARRA) 11:00 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH

MEMORIALS The week of June 24th the Sanctuary Lamp burns for: Christopher Hennion

The Nativity of Saint John The Baptist: June 24th

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, J anice Miglin, Theresa Barrett, Bradley Burchfield, Pete Lozar, Aylssa Morgan, John Colyer, Eileen Andes, Ann Romyns, Nathan Toland

Altar Servers

Weekly Collection

Sunday Offering 6/16 & 6/17 $3,665 Online Giving $ 255 Total $3,920 Estimated Weekly Expense $6,500 Shortage $2,580

Seminarian Collection $1,583

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

June 23rd & June 24th 5:00 PM Elenor Reilly 8:00 AM Barbara Bayles 9:30 AM Joanne Maio 11:00 AM Marisa Tipton

June 30th & July 1st 5:00 PM Chris Pirrello 8:00 AM Jack Lesch 9:30 AM Ryan Hudock 11:00 AM Carly Studt

June 30th & July 1st 5:00 PM Bob Mayer 8:00 AM Ric Hahn 9:30 AM Kate O’Connor 11:00 AM Carolyn Luisi

ALTAR FLOWERS MEMORIALS

The week of June 24th the Altar Flowers are presented for : Rose Robinson

June 23rd & June 24th 5:00 PM Brian O’Connor 8:00 AM Samantha Price 9:30 AM Ryan Hudock 11:00 AM Chris Pirrello

Calendar Events 6/24 Sunday 8:00 am, 9:30 am (Family Mass) 11:00 am Mass 9:00 am Rosary 6:00 pm– 8:00 pm Catholic Teens 6/25 Monday 8:00 am Mass & Rosary 9:00 am– 12:00pm Catholic Summer Camp 7:30 pm Adoration & Benediction 6/26 Tuesday 8:00 am Mass & Rosary 9:00 am– 12:00pm Catholic Summer Camp 6/27 Wednesday 8:00 am Mass & Rosary 9:00 am– 12:00pm Catholic Summer Camp 4:00 pm Mass at The Sunrise House 6/28 Thursday 8:00 am Mass &Rosary 9:00 am– 12:00pm Catholic Summer Camp 9:30 am Mass at The Bentley 6/29 Friday 8:00 am Mass & Adoration 9:00 am– 12:00pm Catholic Summer Camp 6/30 Saturday 8:00 am Mass & Rosary 3:45 pm Reconciliation 5:00 pm Mass 7/1 Sunday 8:00 am, 9:30 am (Family Mass) 11:00 am Mass 9:00 am Rosary

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.

First Fridays Devotion:

• The First Friday's Devotion is Celebrated at the 8:00 AM Mass on the First Friday of the Month.

• Holy Mass will be Celebrated Ad Orientem. • Prayers and Consecration to the Sacred Heart of

Jesus are said After Mass. • Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is available

for 24-Hours on the First Friday from 8:30 AM to Saturday, 8:00 AM.

How to complete the First Friday’s Devotion: 1. Receive Holy Communion on each First Friday; 2. The nine Fridays must be consecutive; 3. They must be made in honor and in reparation to

His Sacred Heart.

“I promise you, in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the first Friday for nine consecutive months, the grace of final repentance;

they shall not die in my disgrace nor without receiving the sacraments; my divine Heart shall be

their safe refuge in that last moment.” — Our Lord to St. Margaret Mary

12 Promises of the Sacred Heart

to St. Margaret Mary

1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life.

2. I will give peace in their families.

3. I will console them in all their troubles.

4. I will be their refuge in life and especially in death.

5. I will abundantly bless all their undertakings.

6. Sinners shall find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.

7. Tepid souls shall become fervent.

8. Fervent souls shall rise speedily to great perfection.

9. I will bless those places wherein the image of my Sacred Heart shall be exposed and venerated.

10. I will give to priests the power to touch the most hardened hearts.

11. Persons who propagate this devotion shall have their names eternally written in my Heart.

12. In the excess of the mercy of my heart, I promise you that my all powerful love will grant to all those who will receive Communion on the First Fridays, for nine consecutive months, the grace of final repentance: they will not die in my displeasure, nor without receiving the sacraments; and my Heart will be their secure refuge in that last hour

First Saturdays Devotion Saturday: 8:00 AM Mass

Come and join us for The First

Saturdays Devotion at 8:00 am.

Rosary Procession will begin after

Mass. Confession will be heard

after Mass. All are invited for

breakfast (free will offering) in the Parish Hall after The

Rosary Procession. Our Blessed Mother promises us

peace in our world and in our home if we pray The

Rosary and participate in the Five First Saturdays

Devotion.

Our Lady Queen of Peace Healing Retreat

The Sacred Heart Retreat Center

Newton NJ

Friday, Sept.7th - Sunday, Sept. 9th

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 is $225.

History of The Statue Of the Infant Jesus Of Prague

THE STATUE REDISCOVERED

For seven years the Little Infant remained in the refuse, mutilated, unhonored and forgotten. As long as this state of affairs persisted, a peculiar misfortune seemed to rest on the monastery. Then in 1637, Father Cyril of the Mother of God (the former novice, Brother Cyril), was sent back to Prague. The devotion he had always practiced to the Divine Infant from the days of his novitiate in this monastery was undimmed. On his return from Munich, he searched every place in the house for the statue he loved. At last he discovered his long-lost treasure buried in a pile of rubbish. Filled with joy, he cleaned it as best he could, and obtained the Prior’s permission to put the little Child King back in His old position over the altar, even though it was battered. Father Cyril urged his fellow monks to join in rejoicing at the newly found treasure, and it was a common sight to find him kneeling in rapturous devotion in front of the image. The community renewed its devotion to the Divine Infant. They poured out their troubles before it, offered their fervent prayers, and soon received consolation and help. A new spirit of prayer and zeal pervaded the monastery, and material relief came abundantly and speedily.

SOURCES: THE MIRACULOUS INFANT JESUS OF PRAGUE Fr. Peter Davies, O.Carm. ; THE INFANT OF PRAGUE Fr. Ludvik Nemec

From the Desk of Father Ed:

Dear Parishioners, This weekend we get a glimpse at the unfolding of God’s plan to save us. Before God sent the Archangel Gabriel to Mary to ask her to be the Mother of God he sent His Angel to Zechariah, the father of St. John the Baptist. The Angel told him that he was going to have a son even though his wife Elizabeth was barren and the both of them advanced in age. The Angel told Zechariah that John would be great in the sight of God and that he would lead many back to the Lord. The Angel also informed him that John would be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb. This weekend the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. Typically, the Church only celebrates the day that a saint dies and not the day of their birth. The only other time this occurs is the birthday of Mary, the Mother of God because Mary was born without Original Sin (the Immaculate Conception). It is worth exploring as to why the Church has chosen to celebrate the birthday of St. John the Baptist. The reason the Church does not celebrate a saint’s birthday is because their lives are a work in progress. They have to struggle their whole lives, like us, trying to avoid sin and doing good. They accomplish this by cooperating with God’s grace so that by the end of their lives they might achieve a heroic life of holiness and virtue and receive the reward of eternal life. In Luke’s Gospel, this weekend, the Angel of the Lord said that, “he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.” St. Augustine claimed that John was also born without Original Sin and therefore the Church fittingly celebrates his birthday along with the day of his martyrdom (This is a tradition of the Church and not a dogma or pronounced teaching). St. John the Baptist was given the unique role of preparing the way for the coming of our Lord. He lived out in the desert and preached a baptism of repentance. John was both a humble and powerful prophet. Jesus said that there is no man born of a woman greater than John the Baptist. John fearlessly lived out his calling as one of the greatest prophets. St. John the Baptist, the voice of the Lord crying out in the desert, referred to himself as the Best Man at a wedding. With great power, joy, and humility he was faithful to his mission. He died a prophet’s death as a martyr defending the truth about marriage. This weekend we reflect on God’s love for us and His plan to save us as we celebrate the birth of St. John the Baptist who was born six months before Jesus. Let us pray for the grace so that we too can be powerful witnesses to the truth filled with joy and humility, and strive each day to become saints.

Parish Life: Please keep in your prayers our children and volunteers at our Catholic Summer Camp. Our Lady Queen of Peace, pray for us, Father Ed, Pastor

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.

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. Parish Fundraiser

SHOP-RITE, WEIS & OTHER GIFT CARDS

Please support our Parish by purchasing Gift Cards. Cards in $25, $50 & $100 denominations are available after all Masses in the Parish Hall or by calling the office.

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.

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All High School Teens are welcome. Students entering the 9th grade in September are now welcome to attend. Join us for lots of fun and food.

For more information please call the office (973)948-3185.

Sunday, June 24th 6:00pm –8:00pm Meet in the Pavilion

Kiosk Media Center at the rear of the Church

One of the audio CDs in our Lighthouse Catholic Media kiosk is "Mary: the Indespensable Mother of God" by Tim Staples. In this CD, Tim explains the incredible impact that the Church’s understanding of Mary has on our spiritual lives, and the profound way that Marian doctrines and dogmas safeguard what we believe about her Son. Using penetrating insights and humor, Tim shows how correct knowledge of our humble Mother reveals our own identity in Christ, and empowers us to say “Yes” to God! As a bonus, this CD also includes excerpts from St. Joseph: The Patron of the Universal Church by Mark Miravalle. Each CD is just $4.

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