The Parish Family of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

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1 The Parish Family of Our Lady of Mount Carmel December 23, 2012 This Parish is Served by: Rev. Msgr. Ronald J. Marczewski, K.H.S., V.F. Pastor Rev. Msgr. Anthony J. Kulig, K.H.S. Pastor Emeritus Rev. Robert A. Pachana, Parochial Vicar Rev. Grzegorz Podsiadlo SDS, Parochial Vicar Florence Dobies Kerry G. Fryczynski Parish Trustees Marjorie Mierzejewski, Parish Secretary Debra Czerwienski, CCD Principal Dayle VanderSande, Music Minister Dedicated to Spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ As We Honor the Past, Celebrate the Present, and Prepare for the Future. Sunday Masses: Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm Weekday Masses: Monday to Saturday: 7:00 am Sundays: 7:00 am (Polish) 8:00 am (Polish) 8:15 am Tuesdays - 7:00 PM (English) 9:30 am Thursdays - 7:00 PM (Polish) 10:45 am (Polish) 12:15 pm Rectory Office Hours; Monday to Thursday: Friday Saturday & Sunday: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (Closed 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm) 9:00 am to 12:00 noon; (Closed Fridays June thru August) OFFICE CLOSED BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Parish Membership: We welcome new parishioners and ask that they register at the rectory as soon as possible. Our Parish School: We are part of an excellent co-sponsored elementary school: All Saints Academy. For information call: Religious Education For Children: CCD classes are held every Sunday from September through April at 9:15 am. Classes are conducted in our school building. Confessions: Daily Monday to Saturday following the 7:00 am Mass. Saturday afternoons at 3:30 pm. Sacrament Of The Sick: Sick Calls or other Emergency Calls should be made to the rectory at any time. Arrangements can also be made for regular visitations at home or hospital for Holy Communion and/or Confession. We urge you to keep us aware of parishioners who are ill in the hospital or at home. Marriages: Please make arrangements at least one year in advance. Couples are urged to solemnize their vows at a Nuptial Mass. Baptisms: The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated each month on the First Sunday (in English) and on the Third Sunday (in Polish). A required Baptismal Program for Parents is conducted at 1:00 pm on the second Sunday of the month in Polish and on the last Sunday in English. Novenas: Every Tuesday Evening to Saint Anne following the 7:00 pm Mass. Every Thursday Evening to Divine Mercy following the 7:00 pm Mass. Rectory Telephone Numbers: Office: Fax: Parish Website Parish staff@olmcparish.com 39 East 22nd Street, Bayonne, New Jersey

2 Mass Schedule 5:00 PM +Albin & Gerald Hildebrandt (Loving Family, Albin, Marilyn, Alena) SUNDAY, December 23, 2012, NIEDZIELA 7:00 AM +Stefan Konieczny 30th Anniversary & Konieczny Family (Daughter & Family) 8:15 AM +Walter Urbanowicz (Mt. Carmel Lyceum) 9:30 AM +Edward A. Kowalczyk (Wm H. Schuler) 10:45 AM +Deceased Antoszczyk & Hallipa Family (Janina & Family) 12:15 PM +Frank Pachana (M. Mierzejewski) MONDAY, December 24, 2012, PONIEDZIAŁEK 7:00 AM +Elaine Linder (A Friend) 8:00 AM +Henry Chmara (Genia & Jadzia Toczynski) 5:00 PM (Eng.) +Janina & Walenty Dabkowski (Daughter, Sophie, & Family) Midnight Mass (Eng./Pol.) +Dec d Mems. Mages & Korzun Families (I&K Korzun) +John & Helen Kutz & Daughter Florence (Family) +Thomas Kolakowski (Sis., Barbara, Kenny, & Family) TUESDAY, December 25, 2012, WTOREK (No 7:00 AM Mass today) 8:15 AM +Walter & Marie Gurczynski (Children & Grandchildren) 9:30 AM +Keith D. Pierce (Mother) 10:45 AM +Wm Obolewicz & Dec d Fam (Wife & Children) 12:15 PM +J.P. Baker (Son) WEDNESDAY, December 26, 2012, ŚRODA 7:00 AM +John Zupko (Sisters & Family) 8:00 AM +Regina & Lucjan Wasierowski (córka) 10:00 AM (Pol.) 52nd Anniversary Blessings for Julie & Lou Usarzewicz THURSDAY, December 27, 2012, CZWARTEK 7:00 AM +Florence Romelczyk (Romelczyk Family) 8:00 AM +S. Alexander Wysocki (Wysocki Family) 7:00 PM +Antoni Bogdan (Redyk Family) FRIDAY, December 28, 2012, PIĄTEK 7:00 AM +Walter & Mary Romelczyk (Family) 8:00 AM +Krystyna Zalewski (Gacki Family) SATURDAY, December 29, 2012, SOBOTA 7:00 AM +Carmela Ciano (Niece) 8:00 AM + Sophie & Stanley Posłuszny (Daughter) 5:00 PM +John & Theresa Pietruszka (Family) SUNDAY, December 30, 2012, NIEDZIELA 7:00 AM +Frank A. Pachana (Lenard Family) 8:15 AM +Eileen & Oliver Rooney (Joan) 9:30 AM +Edward Kochanek (M. Mierzejewski) 10:45 AM +Adam Borowski (Zielinski Family) 12:15 PM +Walter Urbanowicz (Eileen & Dave Ascough) Fourth Sunday of Advent December 23, 2012 Memorials December 23-29, 2012 CHURCH SANCTUARY LAMP +Mary & Joseph Pachana (Familyl) ALTAR BREAD & WINE In Memory of John & Gladys Bajor (Family) INFANT OF PRAGUE CANDLE +Lucy & Anthony Walendzinski (Family) SACRED HEART CANDLE In Memory of Irene Grazul (Diane & Len Bajor & Family) DIVINE MERCY CANDLE +Sophia Golda (A Friend) BLESSED MOTHER CANDLE Rosary Society O.L. OF CZESTOCHOWA CANDLE +Józef Zielinski (żona i dzieci) ST. ANNE CANDLE +Jean & Joseph Szczur (Family) ST. ANTHONY CANDLE + Frances Cerbone (Usarzewicz Family) ST. FRANCIS CANDLE Special Intention ST. JOSEPH CANDLE +John & Josephine Mierzejewski (Family) ST. JUDE CANDLE +Suckiel & Lapkiewicz Families (Pat Suckiel) ST. STANISLAUS CANDLE For the Canonization of Blessed Pope John Paul II (Blessed Pope John Paul II Society) ST. THÉRÈSE CANDLE +Jean & Steve Romano BLESSED POPE JOHN PAUL II CANDLE +Glenn & James Nadolski (Family) The Christmas collection makes up for 12% of the parish s needed annual income. Thank you for your generosity!

3 Christmas Week at OLMC Saturday-Sunday, December 22-23, 2012: Steeples Collection Sunday, December 23, 2012: No CCD Monday, December 24, 2012: Archdiocesan Holiday Rectory Office Closed Tuesday, December 25, 2012: Parish Christmas Collection Archdiocesan Holiday Rectory Office Closed Saturday-Sunday, December 29-30, 2012: Fuel Offering January is only a few days away. The cold of winter will be like a heavy blanket upon us. Next weekend is one of the parish s fuel collections. Please be as generous as possible. Spend New Year s Eve With Friends! After the conclusion of the 5:00 PM Mass New Year s eve, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed. There will be a period of silent adoration and then Devotions followed by Benediction. The Parish Welcomes a New Arrival! This Christmas we welcome a new Baby Jesus! This beautiful infant Christ comes from Italy. He will be used in the Christmas procession during the Midnight Mass and will be enthroned in front of our altar. He was donated: In Loving Memory of Stella and Victor Bielen From the Family. We Thank them! Please plan ahead! On Christmas Eve, Monday Dec. 24, there will be Mass at 5: 00 PM and 12:00 Midnight. (We would encourage families with children to bring them to the 5:00 PM Mass.) Choir Prelude of Carols at 11:30 PM. Christmas is on Tuesday this year. We will follow the regular Sunday Mass schedule. However, There will be no 7:00 AM Mass on Christmas Day. Kolęda (House Blessings) will begin on Jan. 7, Please use the form in the bulletin to request a house blessing. The Parish Staff wish you and your families a Blessed Christmas! The Rectory offices will be closed on Dec. 24, 25 & 26 and on Dec. 31 & Jan. 1, This weekend we have the 3rd special Steeple Collection. If you are visiting Mt. Carmel for the Christmas Holidays and would like more information on this necessary project of repairing and preserving our steeples, you will find information at the church entrances. We are asking all families to donate $ This may be done as payments over a period of time. Thank You to all participants! To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others. Blessed Pope John Paul II

4 A Blessed Christmas to all! Welcome Home to all who have come back to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel for the Christmas season! Christmas and New Year s are times of being thankful. We are thankful for God s Many Blessings here at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish. A few words of Thanks should be made in advance for the work that has been done and all that will be done these next few days to prepare OLMC for the celebration of Christmas: Thank you to Fr. Robert and his elves for the decorations. Thank You to the Altar Society for cleaning. Thank you to Dayle and the Choir Members preparing our music program. Thank you to all the Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Servers, Sacristans & Ushers who will serve. We are Thankful for all our great parishioners, and, most of all, we are thankful to our heavenly Father for the gift of His Son, our Lord and Savior: Jesus the Christ! He is the Reason for the Season! Msgr. Ron & the Parish Priests. EPIPHANY BLESSING OF HOMES A beautiful custom of people of Polish Heritage is to have their homes blessed for the New Year. The blessing is intended for the home of those who dwell there asking God to Bless and Protect them with health, happiness and peace throughout the New Year. Listed below are the areas and days the priests will be Blessing Homes. BOTH EAST AND WEST STREETS PLUS AVENUES AND NAMED BLOCKS IN AREA. MONDAY JANUARY 7, 2013 TUESDAY JANUARY 8, 2013 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9, 2013 All Streets from 1st Street to and including 18 th Street. All Streets from 19th thru and including 34 th Street. All Streets from 35 th and North, plus Jersey City Please fill out and return the form below AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, if you wish to have your home blessed. Place the form in the collection basket, mail it in, or bring to rectory office during office hours, Monday - Friday HOUSE BLESSING 2013 Yes, we invite Reverend Father to bless our home for the New Year NAME; ADDRESS; APT/FLOOR Between which Streets City Telephone Number Special Requests:

5 We włoszech nabyliśmy nową figurkę Dzieciatka Jezus. W procesji przed pasterką zostanie ona wniesiona do koscioła i umieszczone przed głównym ołtarzem. Jest to dar: In Loving Memory Stella i Victor Bielen do Rodziny. Serdecznie im dziekujemy! W ten weekend mamy 3 specjalną kolektę przeznaczoną na remont wież. Jeśli odwiedzając naszą parafię na świąta Bożego Narodzenia chcesz zapoznać się z projektem prowadzonego remontu, niezbędne informacje znajdziesz przy wyjściach z Kościoła. Prosimy o ofuarę $250,00 od rodziny.dziękujemy wszystkim, którzy właczyli się już w remont! W następny wekeend nasza taca będzie przeznaczona na pokrycie kosztów paliwa opałowego. Jeśli możliwe bardzo prosimy o hojność. Serdeczne Bóg zapłać. MSZE ŚW. W ŚWIĘTA W Wigilię, 24 grudnia Msze św. zostaną odprawione o 5:00 PM i o północy Pasterka. Pół godziny przed Mszą św. zapraszamy na występ naszego chóru. Zachęcamy rodziny z dziećmi do wzięcia udziału w Mszy św. o 5:00 PM. W wtorek, 25 grudnia nie będzie Mszy św. o godz. 7:00 rano pozostałe Msze św. wg. niedzielnego grafiku. ŚWIĄTECZNA OFIARA Drodzy Państwo, nasza świąteczna kolekta pokrywa 12% rocznego dochodu parafii. Dlatego zwracamy się do Państwa z prośbą o hojność Waszych serc jak w latach ubiegłych. BŁOGOSŁAWIEŃSTWO DOMÓW KOLĘDA Sotaropolskim zwyczajem i tradycją jest poświęcenie domów w Nowym Roku. Prośba o błogosławienstwo jest aktem uznania naszej kruchości.. Przez błogosławieństwo oczekujemy od Boga łaski życia w szczęściu, zdrowiu oraz pokoju przez cały Nowy Rok. Następujace ulice bedą odwiedzane w kolejne dni: Poniedziałek, 7 stycznia 2013 Wszystkie ulice od 1 do 18 włącznie. Wtorek, 8 stycznia 2013 Wszystkie ulice od 19 do 34 włącznie. Środa, 9 stycznia 2013 Wszystkie ulice od 35 i Jersey City. Proszę wypełnić poniżaszą formę zaproszenia i złozyć na tacę lub w Kancelarii Parafialnej. Kolędę rozpoczniemy od godz. 9:00 AM do 5:00 PM w wyznaczonych obszarach miasta. Ci, którzynie będą mogli być w domach podczas tego czasu, a chcą by poswięcić ich dom, prosimy o kontakt z Kancelarią Parafialną, aby ustaliś inny stosowny czas. Zapraszam Kapłana, aby pobłogosławił nasz dom Imię i Nazwisko... Adres...Apt... Między ulicami... Miasto... tel...