Saint John Paul II Parish

Saint John Paul II Parish 39 East 22 nd Street, Bayonne, NJ 07002-3753 Rectory 201-339-2070; Fax 201-339-3676 Email: stjp2church@gmail.com or staff@olmcparish.com Religious Education: reledstjp2@gmail.com Web: www.johnpaul2parish.com w Served by: Rev. Zenon Boczek SDS, Pastor Rev. Piotr Hałdaś SDS, Parochial Vicar Rev. Andrzej Kujawa SDS, Parochial Vicar The purpose of the Salvatorian is to strengthen, to defend and to spread the Catholic faith everywhere insofar as this is committed to it by Divine Providence. Therefore, by exercising this ecclesiastical teaching function in word and writing, it intends to achieve the end that all people might know more and more the one true God and Him whom He sent, Jesus Christ. Kerry G. Fryczynski, Zofia Castellon - Trustees Agnes Barowicz, Parish Secretary Debra Czerwienski, Director of Religious Education Blanca Cisneros, Secretary of Religious Education Dayle Vander Sande, Music Minister November 26, 2017 WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday: 4:30 PM at St. Michael s Church; 5:00 PM at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Sunday: 8:15 AM; 9:30 AM; 10:45 AM (Polish) & 12:15 PM; 9:30 AM (Italian) - St. Michael s Church WEEKDAY MASSES: Monday Friday: 7:00 AM (English) & 8:00 AM, (Polish) [except Thursday] Saturday: 7:30 AM (Polish) & 8:30 AM (English) Tuesday 7:00 PM (English), Thursday 7:00 PM (Polish) St. Michael s Church 8:00 AM (English) Monday Friday CONFESSIONS: Daily from Monday to Friday 7:30 AM, Saturday 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Tuesday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00PM to 6:00 PM Friday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00PM to 3:00 PM

SATURDAY, November 25, 2017 4:30 PM + Walter Magda (Gail, Gwen, Grace, Kevin & Walter) 5:00 PM + Janina Dabkowska (Daughter, Sophie Ahern) SUNDAY, November 26, 2017 8:15 AM + Florence Florczak (Jolanta Bargielski) 9:30 AM + Kathie Miklewicz (Peter & Ella) 9:30 AM (SM) + Rosaria Frandaca (Daughter & Grandchildren) 10:45 AM ++ Władyslaw & Teresa Kalinowscy (Dariusz Kalinowski) 12:15 PM + Roberto Senande (Mom) MONDAY, November 27, 2017 7:00 AM +Lt. Michael Rosciszewski (family) 8:00 AM ++Adek, Emil, Jan Sobolewski (Wanda & Zygmunt Kurasz) 8:00 AM (SM) For God s blessing for Ed & Agnes Krapf on 69 wedding anniversary. TUESDAY, November 28, 2017 7:00 AM Deceased members of Salvatorian Fathers 8:00 AM +Maria Kaniewski (Donna & Kaniewski family) 8:00 AM (SM) For Parishioners 7:00 PM +Jeanne D. Pal (children) WEDNESDAY, November 29, 2017 7:00 AM + Mary Ann Connelly (Pat Suckiel) 8:00 AM + Maria Kaniewski (Edward & Wanda Lupach) 8:00 AM (SM) + Stanley Buziak THURSDAY, November 30, 2017 7:00 AM +Daniel A Golden (Andrew J. Merkovsky) 8:00 AM (SM) ++ Francesco & Rachela Sgambellone 7:00 PM + Weronika Czajko (Daughter) FRIDAY, December 1, 2017 7:00 AM +Theresa C. Kosakowski (Granddaughters, Andrea & Victoria) 8:00 AM +Maria Kaniewski (Anthony & Joanne Fischetti) 8:00 AM (SM) + James R. Noonan (Daughter, Pat) SATURDAY, December 2, 2017 7:30 AM (PL) Birthday blessings for Olivia (family) 8:30 AM Memorial Mass - see next page 4:30 PM + Doctor Ulderico Calizo 5:00 PM ++Stella & Joseph Mokrzycki (Barbara Siwiec) SUNDAY, December 3, 2017, 2017 8:15 AM Deceased Members of Mt. Carmel Lyceum 9:30 AM +Vincent Suckiel (wife, Pat) 9:30 AM (SM) +Nuncio Tinnirello (wife,& family) 10:45 AM + Irene Szyposzynski (Glowczynski family) 12:15 PM +Jamie DeRocco (Barbara, Denice, Lucas, Liam & Lily) Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Sunday November 26, 2017 Thy kingdom come, O Lord! A kingdom of truth and life, a kingdom of holiness and grace, a kingdom of justice, love and peace (Preface). Spiritual Offerings November 26-December 2, 2017 SANCTUARY LAMP +John Kachmarsky (Stanley& Linda Petrowski) ALTAR BREAD Birthday Mom (Jay Smoktunowicz) INFANT OF PRAGUE First birthday blessing for Cliff & Ava Botellho SACRED HEART +Stanley Duda (Loving Family) DIVINE MERCY CANDLE +Elizabeth Duda (Loving Family) BLESSED MOTHER CANDLE +Mary Peregrin (Children & Grandchildren) O.L.OF CZESTOCHOWA CANDLE +William Bartosiewicz (Grandchildren) ST. ANNE CANDLE +Phillip Crisonino (Joanne & Frank) ST. ANTHONY CANDLE +Bill Petryk (Fall family) ST. FRANCIS CANDLE ++Friends: Henia, Gienia, Janina, Halina and husbands (Julie) ST. JOHN PAUL II CANDLE ++Frank & Sophie Sigmund (Cindy) ST. JOSEPH CANDLE +Bill Petryk (Fall family) ST. JUDE CANDLE ++Maria, Kazimierz, Bronislawa Korzunowicz & Piotr Smoktunowicz (Julie) ST. STANISLAUS CANDLE Special Intentions ST. THERESA CANDLE +Olga Ramos (Peter & Ella Lensky) Our Grateful Tithe to God: Sunday, November 19, 2017: Regular: $6,272.00 Black & Indian Missions: $2,001.00 We thank all our parishioners for their generous support of our parish! Bóg Zapłać! Grazie! Please be Advise: Banks are not accepting Checks written for Mt. Carmel Church. Check has to be issued to St John Paul II Parish.

THIS WEEK Saturday-Sunday, November 25-26, 2017: Envelope Collection for Christmas Vigil Mass Monday, November 27, 2017: Family of Nazareth - 7:00 PM Tuesday, November 28, 2017: Seniors -12:00 PM Cub Scouts - 7:00 PM Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Eucharistic Adoration - 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, St. Michael s Church Thursday, November 30, 2017 Boy Scouts - 7:30 PM Saturday-Sunday, December 2-3, 2017: Collection for the Retirement Religious When dealing with older buildings, there is always something to be done. Without your most generous support, none of this would be possible. God bless you for all support. CARDINAL S VISIT TO BAYONNE December 5th, 2017 As many of you have heard, Cardinal Tobin is going to all 27 deaneries of the Archdiocese. It is his desire to get to know the lay of the land, the priests and the people who make up the flock he has been called to shepherd. The visits consist of a meeting with the priests, Mass with the faithful and a Town Hall style meeting. Mass will be celebrated at St. Henry Church and all are invited to attend. PLEASE DONATE New Christmas Tree lights & new or gently used Tree decorations. Collection boxes will be placed at church entrances Nov. 4th to Dec. 3rd. Donations will be used by Stephanie Peters for her Girl Scout Gold Award project "A Tree in Every Home". MEMORIAL MASS +Henryk Stasiorek + Andrzej Rutkowski + Dolores Macon +Jan Chodorowski +Czesław Oldakowski +John Woolley + Josephine Suczewski +Max Scholz +Estelle Klimansky +Bryan Vincent Gannon +Geraldine Kmec +Josephine Walichowski +Wanda Brzostek +Cornelius & Mary Roberta Murphy +Leokadia & Antoni Kurpiewski +Mary Peregrin +Halina & Henryk Stasiorek +Helene & Joseph Duda We are collecting Holiday gifts for: Felician School for Exceptional Children, Peace Care St. Ann s, Peace Care St. Joseph s, The Salvation Army and Bayonne Highway, from Friday, December 1st to Sunday, December 17th in the Parish Center. If you are aware of a needy family for the Holydays, please contact Joanne E. Kosakowski at (201) 823-0718. Appreciation Dinner We invite all parishioners who volunteer for various parish needs throughout the year to attend our Annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. Please join the Priests and staff of St. John Paul II Parish for a special evening of honoring you, our cherished volunteers. The dinner will be held on December 16th in the Parish Center at 6:00pm. You are a welcome to bring a spouse. We ask that you please RSVP here so we can have an accurate count for the dinner arrangements before Wednesday, December 13th. Please call office at 201 339-2070 or email stjp2church@gmail.com Pastor, Fr. Zenon SDS May God bless you!

The Feast Christ the King, has an interesting history: it s relatively new it was only added to the Church calendar in 1925 and in the 1960s, Pope Paul VI actually changed its name. He formalized its title: it is now officially the Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe. The meaning is clear: all of creation, in this world and beyond, is subject to Christ. No one, and nothing, is greater. But looking at the news this past week, I wonder how many people understand that. How many Christians really believe that? We stand for compassion. We stand for mercy. We stand for human dignity. Regardless of race or religion. We stand, in short, for life. This feast could not come at a more important moment. This is the time for us to profess our allegiance but not an allegiance to fear or exclusion or mistrust or hate. Those cannot rule us. We already have another ruler. The world must know: We are Christians. Our King is Christ. How do we reflect that? First, we believe the truth of what our King taught. We follow his greatest commandment: Love one another. We honor his teaching: When you welcomed a stranger, you welcomed me. And we take courage and consolation from four words he repeated again and again the words that banished all fear and helped turn a small movement of frightened apostles into a worldwide phenomenon that even now is driving out doubt and affirming hope. Those four words: Do not be afraid. We are not afraid. We are Christians. Our King is Christ. This is who we are. We see the dignity of the human person created in the image of God. We are Christians. Our King is Christ. We live with this humbling, overwhelming truth: our King was one of us. He suffered. He hungered. He worked. He wept. He bled. And: he was a refugee. We were created to be something more. This Sunday, on this feast, we acclaim that. But let us resolve, here and now, to acclaim that not just on this feast. We need to give witness to it every day with how we live and with how we love. Let the world know this: We stand beside the weak and the helpless, the persecuted and forgotten, regardless of race or religion. In the present crisis, we stand where we have always stood. We stand for life. We stand for hope. And we do it for this reason. We are Christians. Our King is Christ. OPLATEK (Polish Christmas Wafers) Offering $5.00 Now available in rectory and in the sacristy. Each package has the history of this beautiful custom. LUNCHEON The Rosary Society of St. JPII Parish will celebrate the Christmas Holidays with a luncheon on Saturday, December 9, at Piccolino s, 552 Broadway, Bayonne, at 12:30 pm. Members and nonmembers are welcome. Price is $30 per person. Please contact Mary Ann Decha at 732-887-5946 by December 3 if you will join us for fun, food and prizes! Many people would like to have their loved ones remembered at Christmas Midnight Mass. We have a beautiful custom at Mt. Carmel, an open listing of Intentions at Midnight Mass. You have a special envelope in your envelope package for this purpose. Please just write the names of your loved ones on the special green (Christmas Vigil Mass) envelope and they and your personal intentions will be placed at the feet of Baby Jesus in the church Nativity Scene. During the second collection this weekend, Nov. 26, you may submit the envelopes. You may also place the envelopes in any collection or mail them to the Parish Office.

Uroczystość Jezusa Chrystusa Króla Wszechświata W liturgii Kościoła, w ostatnią niedzielę roku kościelnego przeżywamy uroczystość Jezusa Chrystusa Króla Wszechświata. To On jest Panem wszystkiego, co jest, co istnieje i wszystko to do niego zmierza. Chrystus jako władca jest szczególny, ponieważ Jego Królestwo rozciąga się na rząd dusz, jest to królestwo niewidzialne, trwałe i wieczne. Jako cierpiący Zbawiciel już był obwołany "królem", jako nauczyciel i prorok również. Kościół czci Go jako uhonorowanie całego Dzieła Zbawienia względem ludzkości i dlatego nazywa Go Panem wszystkiego co istnieje. Na "końcu czasów" nastąpi Jego panowanie i władza, a wszystko inne będzie mu podlegać. Panowanie to będzie trwać bez końca, na wieki. Kościół czci w tym dniu swego Zbawcę i wychwala Go Uroczystym hymnem: "Chrystus Wodzem, Chrystus Królem, Chrystus, Chrystus Władcą nam" Święto Świętego Andrzeja Apostoła 30 listopada Andrzej pochodził z Betsaidy nad Jeziorem Galilejskim, ale mieszkał ze św. Piotrem, swoim starszym bratem i jego teściową w Kafarnaum. Był - jak Piotr - rybakiem. Początkowo był uczniem Jana Chrzciciela. Pod jego wpływem poszedł za Chrystusem, gdy Ten przyjmował chrzest w Jordanie. Andrzej nie tylko sam przystąpił do Chrystusa; to on przyprowadził do Niego Piotra. W Ewangeliach święty Andrzej występuje jeszcze dwa razy. Przez cały okres publicznej działalności Pana Jezusa należał do Jego najbliższego otoczenia. W domu Andrzeja i Piotra w Kafarnaum, Chrystus niejednokrotnie się zatrzymywał. Andrzej był świadkiem cudu w Kanie i cudownego rozmnożenia chleba. W tradycji usiłowano wybadać ślady jego apostolskiej działalności po Zesłaniu Ducha Świętego. Orygenes wyraża opinię, że św. Andrzej pracował w Scytii, w kraju leżącym pomiędzy Dunajem a Donem. Byłby to zatem Apostoł Słowian, których tu właśnie miały być pierwotne siedziby. Wszystkie źródła są zgodne, że św. Andrzej zakończył swoje apostolskie życie śmiercią męczeńską w Patras w Achai, na drzewie krzyża 30 listopada 65 lub 70 roku (w tradycji wschodniej - w 62), przeżegnawszy zebranych wyznawców. Został ukrzyżowany głową w dół na krzyżu w kształcie litery X. Wyrok ten przyjął z wielką radością - cieszył się, że umrze na krzyżu, jak Jezus. Litera X (chi) jest pierwszą literą imienia Chrystusa w języku greckim (od Christos, czyli Pomazaniec). Da gran tempo si è usato comunemente di chiamare Gesù Cristo con l'appellativo di Re, per il sommo grado di eccellenza, che ha in modo sovraeminente fra tutte le cose create. In tal modo infatti, si dice ch'egli regna nelle menti degli uomini, non solo per l'altezza del suo pensiero e per la vastità della sua scienza, ma anche perchè egli è Verità, ed è necessario che gli uomini attingano e ricevano con obbedienza da lui la verità; similmente egli regna nelle volontà degli uomini, sia perchè in lui alla santità della volontà divina risponde la perfetta integrità e sottomissione della volontà umana, sia perchè con le sue ispirazioni influisce sulla libera volontà nostra in modo da infiammarci verso le più nobili cose. Infine Gesù Cristo è riconosciuto «Re dei cuori», per quella sua carità che sorpassa ogni comprensione umana, e per le attrattive della sua mansuetudine e benignità; nessuno, infatti, degli uomini fu mai tanto amato e lo sarà in seguito al pari di Gesù Cristo. Tutti perciò devono riconoscere ch'è necessario rivendicare a Cristo-Uomo nel vero senso della parola il nome e i poteri di re; infatti soltanto in quanto è uomo si può dire che abbia ricevuto dal Padre la potestà e l'onore del regno, perchè come Verbo di Dio, essendo della stessa sostanza del Padre, non può non avere in comune col Padre ciò ch'è proprio della divinità, e per conseguenza egli su tutte le cose create ha il sommo e assolutissimo impero. S. Giacomo della Marca nacque. a Montemprandone, provincia di Ascoli Piceno, da poveri genitori. Studiò in varie città delle Marche e dell'umbria e fu maestro di scuola. La sua vita, dal lato umano, è un romanzo d'avventure. Girò l'europa e specialmente l'italia, l'ungheria, l'austria, la Boemia e in alcuni paesi fondò pure dei conventi. Ovunque predicò e combattè eresie, sempre obbediente alla volontà del Pontefice, che lo spostava da una regione all'altra. Ma il suo principale campo di lotta fu l'italia, dove combattè la setta dei «Fraticelli», predicò quaresime, illustrò concili e congressi con la sua presenza e l'airtorità della sua parola. Per più di trent'anni girò per città e villaggi a predicare, mangiando solo un tozzo di pane, poche fave e qualche cipolla che portava sempre con sè nella bisaccia. S. Bernardino gli raccomandava spesso di nutrirsi e lo esortava a mangiare un poco di minestra, ma lui non se ne dava per inteso e continuava a digiunare ogni giorno. Dormiva pochissimo: un paio d'ore per sera e si levava sempre quando gli altri andavano a riposare. Per dieci anni portò il cilicio sulla nuda carne e ogni notte si batteva con la disciplina. Durante tutta la sua vita di religioso osservò la castità in modo perfetto, tuttavia fu tormentato per ben trent'anni da forti tentazioni, dalle quali lo liberò la Vergine di Loreto.