SAINT ANDREW PARISH 120 WASHINGTON AVENUE • WESTWOOD, NEW JERSEY 07675 December 6, 2020 The Second Sunday of Advent **Phone 201-666-1100 Fax 201-722-1432 **Emergency Line 201-472-0301 Email [email protected]Web ------------------------ www.standrewcc.com Our Facebook Page OUR PARISH IS SERVED BY… Rev. Msgr. Joseph R. Chapel Pastor Father Diego Arce Parochial Vicar Deacon Robert S. Pontillo Deacon Paul C. Zeller, Jr. Mrs. Fran Blackgrove Parish Secretary Mr. James Kenny Director of Finance, Facilities Management Mrs. Maura Roem Pastoral Associate, Child Catechesis Mrs. Lori Zucaro Secretary for Religious Education Mrs. Maryann Keegan Secretary for Youth Ministry Mr. John Zisa Director of Music Ministry COME WORSHIP WITH US… On the Lord’s Day (in the Church) Saturday: 5:00 pm (Livestreamed) Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:15 pm & 7:00 pm (Spanish Mass & Livestreamed) Daily Mass (in the Church) Monday – Saturday: 9:00 am (Livestreamed) SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Thursdays: 10:00 am Saturday: 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm Sunday: 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm PRIVATE PRAYER Monday – Friday: After 9:00 am Mass until 10:30 am Saturdays 3:00 – 5:00 pm ADORATION Every Thursday following the 9:00 am Mass until 12:00 pm in the Church Rev. Msgr. Joseph R. Chapel [email protected]__________________________ Father Diego Arce [email protected]__________________________ Deacon Robert Pontillo [email protected]__________________________ Deacon Paul Zeller [email protected]_________________________ Religious Education 201-664-6777 [email protected]__________________________ Youth Ministry 201-664-6777 [email protected]__________________________ OUR PARISH FAMILY New Parishioners may register by calling the Parish Center. Current Members should notify us of changes in their status such as births, deaths, marriages, change of address, etc. Registration is required for receiving the Sacraments. MINISTRY TO THE SICK Those who are sick, homebound or are in the hospital are a vital part of our parish family. Please call the Parish Center to arrange for reception of the Eucharist and Anointing of the Sick **PHONE OUTAGES! If our main numbers are down as we transition to a new phone system over the next several weeks, please use temporary office number: 201-632-1846 - emergencies only: 201-472-0301 The Parish Center will be closed from Wed., December 23 rd through Mon., January 4th and will re-open Tuesday morning, January 5th.
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SAINT ANDREW PARISH 120 WASHINGTON AVENUE • WESTWOOD, NEW JERSEY 07675
OUR PARISH FAMILY New Parishioners may register by calling the Parish Center. Current Members should notify us of changes in their status such as births, deaths, marriages, change of address, etc. Registration is required for receiving the Sacraments.
MINISTRY TO THE SICK Those who are sick, homebound or are in the hospital are a vital part of our parish family. Please call the Parish Center to arrange for reception of the Eucharist and Anointing of the Sick
**PHONE OUTAGES! If our main numbers are down as we transition to a new phone system over the next several weeks, please use temporary office number:
Wednesday, December 9 9:00 am Colombo & Palmieri Families - Family
Thursday, December 10
9:00 am Cahill Family - Family
Friday, December 11
9:00 am Eileen Frances James – Lorraine Waldes
Saturday, December 12 Feast of Our Lady of
Guadalupe
9:00 am People of the Parish
5:00 pm Kathryn Fitzpatrick – Mr. & Mrs. Vincent
Galasso
Sunday, December 13 Third Sunday of Advent
8:00 am Richard DeCroce – Peragine Family
10:30 am Rochelle Stocker - Family
12:15 pm Diane Salge – Proto Family
7:00 pm Albaro Mendoza – Aleman & Toledo
Families
Feast of the Immaculate Conception This Tuesday, Dec. 8, is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a Holy Day of Obligation. In addition to our 9:00am daily mass
(which will be livestreamed), a vigil mass will be celebrated on Monday evening, Dec. 7, at 7:00pm. Please keep in mind that like Sundays currently, obligation to attend Mass is suspended.
ONLINE GIVING WeShare is a platform for parishioners to
use for electronically donating their treasure
to St. Andrew. You choose when and how
you donate-weekly, monthly, through your checking account or
a credit card. You are in total control of your treasure and you
don’t have to worry about remembering the envelopes. It’s a
wonderful tool for St. Andrew to forecast revenue and
efficiently manage the church’s future expenses for facility
repairs and maintenance. If you use WeShare – thank you. If
not, please consider and pray about using this efficient and
simple way of donating your treasure to St. Andrew. Please
click here to access WeShare. God bless you! Without you we
could not implement Jesus’ mission at St. Andrews. Any
questions please call Jim Kenny
(201) 666-1100.
Thank you so much to everyone for being generous in this
very difficult time. We appreciate that you have been able
to continue with your charitable donations by mail, by
dropping them off, through electronic giving, and our
GoFundMe page. Here are the figures for the latest weekly
collections.
Collection Nov. 29
2020 Nov. 22
2020 Last
Year
Collection $4,822 $3,599 $7,755
Repairs $1,113 $1,111 $812
Electronic $2,190 $3,200 $0
GoFundMe
Total $8.125 $7,910 $8,567
Budget $10,500 $10,500 $10,000
Surplus/Deficit -$2,375 -$2,590 -$1,433
Christmas Collection
In the coming week, our hearts and minds move to gratitude for God's many blessings even in these very hard months! With Thanksgiving here, Christmas is just around the corner. In reality, the Christmas Collection is an enormously important part of St. Andrew’s annual income. With the pandemic, not only is our revenue lower; but, at the same time, the increase in our community’s need has required additional spending. Please be as generous as your situation allows this Christmas season so that we may continue the mission of the Church in these very troubling times.
Stephen Pulver, Marge Pronovost, Florence Cerrato,
John Cappella, Frank & Dawn Bottini, Duhmed Mesa,
Maria Ponzo, Bill Potts, Brandy Luderer, Dan DiFabio, John Michael Crowe, John Chambers, Ed & Judy Murtagh,
Sister Nilda Flores, Kathy Hedley, Albert Marsico, Lucia
Ciccaglione, Doris Paseler, William Meurer, Ricky Kral,
Visnu Gonzalez, Marion Finnelli, Jeanette Mortorano,
Amy MacVicar, Scott Brezinski, Abigail Hill, Tony Re,
Lucy Laquidara, Lorraine Sadlon, David Kirkby,
Miguel Angel Arce, MaryAnn Harshberger, Fr. Joseph
Brennan, Melissa Haz,,Cole McKeon, Maura Ellis,
E.J. Baffa, Mary Immaculata Esse, Bob Horvath
“A time to mourn” For those who have died especially:
Emma Bordon, Amanda Ragno, Jeffrey Fischer,
Harriet Kearns, Estrella Gonzalez, Mark Spielmann
Alan Pitman, Bill Ellis, Ronald Wojdyla, Richard Prusha,
Diane Galligher
“A time for peace” For those serving in the Armed Forces, especially:
Alma & Michael Baffa, Dillon Heyliger and Jeffrey Gum,
Scott Pomygalski
“If today, you hear His voice…”
For our parishioners studying for the priesthood
Pedro Soriano, Seminarian
Pastor’s Column
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
As we move into the Second week of Advent, we have Beautiful celebrations before us! On Tuesday we will celebrate the Feast of the Patroness of the United States, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, with a Vigil Mass at 7:00pm on Monday and our 9:00am on Tuesday. Then we will celebrate the Feast of Saint Juan Diego on Wednesday and three days later we will celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe the Patroness of all the Americas on Saturday!
“Oye y pon bien en tu corazón, hijo mío el más pequeño: nada te asuste, nada te aflija, tampoco se altere tu corazón…. “¿No estoy aquí yo, que soy tu Madre? ¿No estás bajo mi sombra y resguardo? ¿No soy yo la fuente de tu alegría? ¿No estás en el hueco de mi manto, en donde se cruzan mis brazos? ¿Tienes necesidad de alguna otra cosa?”
These were the words of comfort Our Lady of Guadalupe addressed to San Juan Diego in Tepeyac! Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe dirigió estas palabras de conforte a San Juan Diego en Tepeyac:
“Listen and let it penetrate your heart my littlest son: Let nothing frighten or afflict you, let nothing worry your heart. Am I not here who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy? Are you not in the folds of my mantle where I cross my arms? Is there anything more you could need?”
Although we will not be able to celebrate on the same scale as we normally would, we will honor Our Lady of Guadalupe at our 9:00am Mass on December 12 with separate celebrations in Spanish at a different time. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us! Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, ora por nosotros!
God bless you all,
Fr. Joe
CONTACT TRACING CHANGE
Thanks to all who submitted Contact Tracing forms
online, which has allowed us to get current email
and phone numbers for most parishioners who are
attending Mass in person. However, we have found
that the check-in process is causing too much close
contact between volunteers and parishioners.
Therefore, we will no longer do the check-ins.
Rather, in the event of a Covid exposure at any
Mass, while maintaining the proper confidentiality,
we will use email and Robo-calling to notify
everyone both on the Contact Tracing list and in our
parish database. Therefore, if you are not done so
already, please click here to register for the Contact
Since our Christmas Masses are likely to be very well attended, it will be necessary to pre-register for the
Mass you plan to attend this year. For your convenience we have added extra Masses. Pre-Registration instructions will be provided shortly.
Thursday, December 24, 2020
(The 9:00am Mass WILL NOT BE CELEBRATED today). 2:00pm Eucharistic Liturgy (suggested for families with children) 4:00pm Eucharistic Liturgy (suggested for families with children) **Livestreamed 5:30pm Eucharistic Liturgy 7:00pm Eucharistic Liturgy 10:00pm Eucharistic Liturgy **Livestreamed 12 Midnight Eucharistic Liturgy—Spanish (Misa De Gallo) **Livestreamed
Friday, December 25, 2020 Christmas Day (Holy Day of Obligation)
