MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday: 7:00 & 8:00 AM 6:00 PM (Vigil Mass) Sunday: 7:30 & 9:30 AM English 11:00 AM Italian 12:30 PM English (Family Mass) 7:00 PM Portuguese Holy Days: 6:30, 8:00, 10:00 AM & 7:30 PM Weekdays: 7:00 & 8:00 AM Other Services & Activities: Monday to Saturday: 7:40 AM Morning Prayer Tuesdays: 9:00 AM Legion of Mary 7:30 PM St. Padre Pio Group (June 16) 7:30 PM H.R.S.—Church Hall (June 2) 8:00 PM Holy Rosary in Portuguese Wednesdays: 7:00 PM Holy Rosary in Italian Thursdays: 2:00 PM Bible Study in Italian 6:15 to 7:15 PM Holy Hour for Vocations (May 28, June 11, 18 and 25) 7:30 PM Bible Study in English 7:30 PM RCIA 8:30PM Rosary by Brazilian Men (June11) Fridays: 8:30 PM Brazilian Prayer Group 1st Fridays: 5:30 to 8:30 PM Bl. Sacrament Adoration (June 5)

Served by the Vocationist Fathers Fr. Stephen Ehiahuruike, S.D.V., Pastor Fr. Christogonus (Chris) Iwunze, S.D.V., Parochial Vicar Fr. Albino Santos, S.D.V., Parochial Vicar Fr. Louis Caputo, S.D.V.,Weekend Assistant Church & Rectory 442 E Brinkerhoff Ave Palisades Park, NJ 07650 Tel. 201-944-1154 Fax. 201-944-9510 Email. stnicholas07650@live.com Website. www.stnicholasrcchurch.org Office Hours Mon, Wed, Thu & Fri 11:30 AM - 6:00 PM Tuesdays 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Mornings by appointment only)

ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS Baptisms: On any available Sunday during the 11:00 AM (Italian), 12:30 PM (English) & 7:00 PM (Portuguese) Masses. Please, contact the rectory at least one month prior to desired date. Confessions: Saturdays 5:00 to 5:45 PM, or during the week by appointment. Marriages: Please contact the rectory at least six months prior to desired wedding date. Sacrament of the Sick: If you are hospitalized or un-able to come to Church for health reasons and would like to be visited by a priest for Confession, Commun-ion, or Anointing of the Sick, please call the rectory. Religious Education Program (CCD): For children 1st to 8th grades who are not attending Catholic School. Classes are held on Sundays from September to May at 11:30 AM, with attendance to the 12:30 PM Family Mass. Confirmation: Teens will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation on 8th grade. They will attend classes at 11:30 AM from September to December; and from January to April classes will start at 11:00 AM in the church hall, with attendance to the 12:30 PM Family Mass.

ST. NICHOLAS RC CHURCH

Pentecost Sunday May 24, 2015

As the Father has sent me, so I send you: Receive the Holy Spirit (John 20:19-23)

ST NICHOLAS RC CHURCH Parish Trustee: Giovanni Simone & Michael Massaro Parish Secretary: Débora Moreira Music Ministry: Addie Luers, Giovanni & Karen Simone, and Kelly Oliveira Vocationist Sisters Community Sr. Benedita Carvalho, S.D.V., Superior & Pre-K Director; Sr. Antonietta Cioce, S.D.V., Sr. Meltiana Ding, S.D.V. and Sr. Sali Antony, S.D.V. 223 14th Street - Palisades Park, NJ Tel. 201-947-2413 Parish Pre-K “Fr. Justin Learning Center” Tel. 201-944-1376

NOTRE DAME ACADEMY 312 First St—Palisades Park, NJ Tel. 201-947-5262 Principal: Mark Valvano

MASS INTENTIONS

SATURDAY, May 23 7:00AM Tommaso Morin by Piccinich family 8:00AM Dominick Picinich by John & Dina Mircovich 6:00PM Angelo DeFilippis by Celeste Veltri

SUNDAY, May 24 7:30AM Deceased members of our parish 9:30AM Giuseppe Paradiso by Maria Asayn & family 11:00AM Maria Picinich by Picinich family 12:30PM Gloria Luers by Addie Luers 7:00PM People of the Parish

MONDAY, May 25 7:00AM Mario Lisica by mother Regina 8:00AM Domenica Tarabokija by daughter

TUESDAY, May 26 7:00AM Tommaso Morin by Anita Tarabocchia 8:00AM Mattea Piccinich by Maria Mattessich & family

WEDNESDAY, May 27 7:00AM Carmine Giordano by Rosetta Lo Faro 8:00AM Alma Morin by Dragica Hroncich

THURSDAY, May 28 7:00AM Rocco Parisi by Nancy Surace & family 8:00AM Giuseppe Gobbo by Ines & family

FRIDAY, May 29 7:00AM Imelda Hroncich by M/M Severino Salamon 8:00AM Augustine Morin by M/M Joseph Hroncich

SATURDAY, May 30 7:00AM Matteo Piccini by wife Maria 8:00AM Maria Tarabocchia by M/M Frank Tarabocchia 6:00PM Cecile Uhawimpundu by Imelda Katjomuise

SUNDAY, May 31 7:30AM Deceased members of our parish 9:30AM Giuseppe Paradiso by Carmela Cecere 11:00AM In honor of St. Nicholas by Society 12:30PM Gloria Luers by grandchildren 7:00PM People of the Parish

LEGION OF MARY invites all parishioners to be part in the Crowning of the Blessed Mother on Tuesday, May 26 after the 8:00 AM Mass at the 13th Street side of the church. Coffee and cake will be served after the ceremony.

2015 SPRING AUCTION—TRICKY TRAY will be held on Saturday, May 30 starting at 7:00 PM in church hall.

Tickets are $20.00 per person, on sale this weekend after all Masses or during the week in the rectory’s office. Please see page 4 of this bulletin for more information.

FR. JUSTIN LEARNING CENTER PRE-K SPRING SHOW & GRADUATION will be on Friday, June 5 at 4:30 PM in the church hall.

ST. ANTHONY’S FEAST - We will have a mass on St. Anthony’s feast, Saturday, June 13 at 7:30 PM. Coffee, cookies and cake will be served after the mass in the church hall.

CORPUS CHRISTI CANDLELIGHT PROCESSION this year will be at the beginning of the 8:00 PM Mass. The procession will walk around the street block. Our Mass will resume after procession. This is a beautiful demonstration of our Catholic faith, we invite all to participate.

BRAZILIAN SUNDAY MASS will be celebrated at 8:00 PM starting June 7.

BIBLE STUDIES IN ENGLISH AND ITALIAN will pause for summer from June until the first week after Labor Day. Enjoy the summer!

News of the Parish

Holy Hour of Adoration for Vocations Every Thursday from 6:15 to 7:15 PM in church

~ Except on eve of first Fridays ~

In Memoriam

ALTAR CANDLES donated this week in memory of

Gina Natelli by Kida family by Mr. & Mrs. Mario Hroncich

Shoprite Cards are available after each Sunday Mass or during the week at the office. Our church will get 5% of what you spend.

Ministers’ Schedule for May 31

6:00 PM: Lector - Carmela B. E.M. - Claudia and Rita 7:30 AM: Lectors - Michael and Linda E.M. - Sr. Sali and Sr. Meltiana 9:30 AM: Lector - Gina E.M. - Carol, Suzanne and Sr. Bene 11:00 AM: Lector - Antonia E.M. - Francesca and Frank 12:30 PM : Lector - Youth E.M. - Suzanne, Wendy and Roberto 7:00 PM: Lectors - Patricia, Katia and Leny E.M. - Cida and Ieda

Page 3 May 24, 2015

PENTECOST SUNDAY

A SIGNIFICANT DAY

"And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were" (Acts 2:2). The Holy Spirit's arrival o n t h a t f i r s t P e n t e c o s t w a s signaled by a rush of wind. We all know what it's like when our windows are open just as a summer storm rises up. Curtains fly, papers become airborne, house plants shudder, dust is scattered. A rush of wind disrupts the orderliness of our home. The coming of the Holy Spirit, as celebrated each year at Pentecost, can also disrupt ways that have become comfortable and orderly. The Church always needs Pentecost. We need the breath of God's Spirit to blow away any complacency or malaise that has settled into our faith. Jesus breathes on his disciples and they receive the Holy Spirit. With that reception comes the power to share the Good News of salvation. Today, this is no less true for us. Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

Marriage is ideally a parish event today, but in the first three centuries of the church's history, it was a household celebration guided by civil law and pagan customs. Changes happened quickly after the Peace of Constantine in 312, and the fresh air after long persecution brought some creativity. The speech that the father of the groom's family gave before dinner or the veiling or crowning of the bride (or even the spouse's arrival at the honeymoon suite) attracted a prayer of blessing.

With amazing rapidity, worship was propelled out of the intimate setting of house churches to large public gathering spaces, and some parts of the marriage ceremony began to migrate with the growing community to the new spaces. In Rome, the veiling of the bride with the customary daily headgear of a married woman became the central liturgical act, accompanied by a biblical prayer for her integrity and fruitfulness. There were no vows as such (just as there are no vows to this day in the Orthodox marriage rite). In the liturgy, after hearing John's Gospel account of the wedding at Cana, the bride was veiled and blessed, and the priest gave the kiss of peace to the husband, who then gave it to his bride. The liturgy of Rome traveled far, and everywhere it went, marriage became a church celebration. --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

Pastoral Care Holy Communion was brought last week to: Valentine Miele, Alexander Mauro, Sheila Hutchinson, Arthur and Amelia Mazzarella and Gloria Pezzolla

Pray for our sick: Mateus Ribeiro, Domenica Dinaro, Pete Giannantonio, Anne Ring, Lorenzo Cafasso, Josephine Dolberry, Eileen Murphy, Angela Tina, Christine Brown, Raquel Moreira and Rita Vanore.

Tuesday, May 26 8:30 AM - Crowning of the Blessed Mother 9:00 AM - Legion of Mary in the Blessed Mother’s room 8:00 PM - Holy Rosary in the Brazilian families Wednesday, May 27 7:00 PM - Holy Rosary in Italian in church Thursday, May 28 2:00 PM - Bible Study in Italian in Bl. Mother’s room 6:15 to 7:15 PM - Holy Hour of Adoration for vocations 7:30 PM - Bible Study in English in Bl. Mother’s room Friday, May 29 8:40 PM - Brazilian Prayer Group in church hall

Events of the Week

STEWARDSHIP OF TIME AND TALENT

We are grateful to all parishioners and friends who donated all kind of goods and gifts

to be auctioned at this weekend SPRING AUCTION—TRICKY TRAY

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE For collection amount please see bulletin

paper edition

This weekend second collection will be for

COMMUNICATING GOD’S WORD The second collections will be done right after our

regular Sunday collections. Please use the time after Holy Communion for personal prayer and reflection.

Vocationist Corner

O Blessed Mary, glory and delight of the

Blessed Trinity, grant that your lowest

servant, disciple and son may unite himself to the

Church Militant, Suffering and Triumphant,

and grant that he may unite himself to your

Religious, your Angels and especially to your Saint Joseph,

in glorifying you.

Blessed Fr. Justin Russolillo, Spirit of Prayer, pg 144. For information about the Vocationist Fathers and Sisters please call 973-966-6262 or visit their website at www.vocationist.org

50th Anniversary Dinner Dance & Journal

We are reaching a very important milestone—50 years of St. Nicholas Parish’s

largest fundraiser event.

SAVE THIS DATE: Friday, October 23

at the Palisadium in Cliffside Park, NJ

The 2015 Golden Jubilee Journal will be celebrating the FAMILIES OF OUR PARISH

We invite you to sponsor a color page for your family. You can have a full page,

half page or the wallet size pictures like the ones displayed in the entrance of the church.

A photographer will be available to take your pictures OCTOBER 3 & 4 AFTER ALL MASSES

AT NO CHARGE—you only pay for the page or the pictures you desire to buy.

It’s an exciting way to support our St. Nicholas Church while making

memories that will last forever!

SPRING AUCTION ~ Tricky Tray ~

Saturday, May 30

7:00 to 11:00 PM (drawings start at 8:30 PM)

Admission is $20.00 and you will receive 25 tickets

to choose which prizes you would like to win!

(Sandwiches, cookies and beverages are provided in the admission cost)

Fun event ~ Theme Baskets

50/50 drawing Large and small prizes!

Gifts, toys, games, kitchen appliances, home decoration, artwork, paintings,

jewelry, etc.

Please call the rectory’s office for more information 201-944-1154

or email us at stnicholas07650@live.com

NOTRE DAME ACADEMY is currently enrolling stu-dents in grades PreK 3 to grade 8 for the 2015-2016 school year. Notre Dame has an excellent reputation in our area. We serve a multi-cultural, Catholic and non-Catholic population. Our students come from Bergen and Hudson counties. Notre Dame Academy is a faith-filled community that endeavors to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and strives to educate the hearts and minds of its students. In an atmosphere of peace, stu-dents learn the value of respect, acceptance, generosity, and cooperation. Our emphasis on academic excellence coupled with strong moral values enable students to be-come life-long learners who will be able to compete and succeed in today’s world. We are located at 312 First Street in Palisades Park. School tours available upon request or come to our Open House on Wednesday May 27th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To schedule an ap-pointment call the main office 201-947-5262.

MASS FOR THE LIVING—You can request a mass to be celebrate for the intention of someone who is sick, going through difficult times and in need of spiritual strength. We are accustomed to offer masses for the souls of our deceased, but we should do the same in the intentions of our families, friends and anyone in need.

We extend a warm welcome to our new parishioners who have joined us. Our hope is

that you will always feel welcome here at St. Nicholas. We ask all of our new parishioners to please come to the rectory and register in the parish.

Pentecost Sunday Pentecost Sunday Pentecost Sunday Pentecost Sunday is one of the most ancient feasts of the Church, celebrated early enough to be mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (20:16) and St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians (16:8). It is the 50th day after Easter (if we count both Easter and Pentecost), and it supplants the Jewish feast of Pentecost, which took place 50 days after the Passover and which celebrated the sealing of the Old Covenant on Mount Sinai.

The Acts of the Apostles re-counts the story of the original Pentecost as well (Acts 2). Jews from all over were gath-ered in Jerusa-lem to celebrate the Jewish feast. On that first day of the week, ten days after the Ascen-sion of the Lord, the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary were gathered in the Upper Room, where they had seen Christ after His Resurrec-tion:

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them: And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak. [Acts 2:2-4]

Christ had promised His Apostles that He would send His Holy Spirit, and, on Pentecost, they were granted the gifts of the Spirit. The Apostles

began to preach the Gospel in all of the lan-guages that the Jews who were gathered there spoke. The Apostle Peter stood and addressed them, saying they were not drunk. It was only nine o'clock in the morning. Then, empowered by the Holy Spirit, Peter preached boldly to them, explaining about Jesus Christ and God’s plan of salvation. The crowd was so moved when Peter told them of their part in Jesus' cruci-

fixion that they asked the apostles, " B r o t h e r s , what shall we do?" (Acts 2:37). The right re-sponse, Peter told them, was to repent and be bap-tized in the name of Je-sus Christ for the forgive-

ness of their sins. He promised that they would receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. That is why Pentecost is often called "the birth-day of the Church." On this day, with the descent of the Holy Spirit, Christ's mission is completed, and the New Covenant is inaugurated. It's inter-esting to note that St. Peter, the first pope, was already the leader and spokesman for the Apos-tles on Pentecost Day (see Acts 2:14ff).

In years past, Pentecost was celebrated with greater solemnity than it is today. In fact, the en-tire period between Easter and Pentecost Sunday was known as Pentecost (and it is still called Pen-tecost in the Eastern churches, both Catholic and Orthodox). During those 50 days, both fasting and kneeling were strictly forbidden, because this period was supposed to give us a foretaste of the life of Heaven.