The Parish Family of St. John Paul II

The Parish Family of St. John Paul II 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, S.D.S., Pastor Rev. Paul Dolinski, S.D.S., Parochial Vicar Rev. Andrew Kujawa, S.D.S., Parochial Vicar Rev. Mark DeStephano, S.J., Ph.D., Weekend Assistant 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, Anthony Ventrone - Trustees Marjorie Mierzejewski, Parish Secretary Debra Czerwienski, Director of Religious Education Dayle Vander Sande, Music Minister November 6, 2016 WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday: 4:30 PM at St. Michael s Church; 5:00 PM at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Sunday: 7:00 AM (Polish); 8:15 AM; 9:30 AM; 10:45 AM (Polish) & 12:15 PM; 9:30 AM (Italian) - St. Michael s Church WEEKDAY MASSES: Monday Saturday: 7:00 AM (English) & 8:00 AM, (Polish) [except Thursday] Tuesday 7:00 PM (English), Thursday 7:00 PM (Polish) St. Michael s Church 8:00 AM (English) Monday Saturday CONFESSIONS: Daily 7:30 AM, Saturday 4:00 PM PARISH OFFICE HOURS; Monday to Thursday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Friday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

4:30 PM (SM) + Masalsky & O Neill Families 5:00 PM + Henry Rumian, Sr. (Wife, Pauline) SUNDAY, November 6, 2016 7:00 AM + Jadwiga Bondarowicz (Wanda & Slawomir Zambrowski) 8:15 AM + Lillian & Charles Jakubowski (Children & Grandchildren) 9:30 AM + George T. Knoop (Margaret Knoop) 9:30 AM (SM) + Andrea & Michelina Gerace (Daughter, Teresina) 10:45 AM ++ rodzice, siostra i bracia (Alina & Family) 12:15 PM + Walter Magda (Magda Family) MONDAY, November 7, 2016 7:00 AM + Mary Graham (Matt & Janice Wernock) 8:00 AM + Helene Duda (Irene Zientek) 8:00 AM (SM) + Marie E. Kovy TUESDAY, November 8, 2016 7:00 AM + Mary Graham (Barbara Selvik) 8:00 AM + Deceased of Kazmierski, Budzinski & Kochanek Family (Siwiec Family) 8:00 AM (SM) + John & Mary Kochanski (Joan) 12:00 PM - Deceased Members of Seniors Society 7:00 PM - In Thanksgiving for 60 Years WEDNESDAY, November 9, 2016 7:00 AM + Charles S. Walewski (Marge Mierzejewski) 8:00 AM + Frank Budnick (Budnick Family) 8:00 AM (SM) + Buziak Family THURSDAY, November 10, 2016 7:00 AM + Francis & Harriet Korenski (Teresa & Richard Korenski) 8:00 AM (SM) + Robert Sawchuk (Wife, Pauline, Children & Grandchildren) 7::00 PM + Elizabeth Reustle (Ksepko Family) FRIDAY, November 11, 2016 7:00 AM + Frank Marczewski (Sons) 8:00 AM + Joan Oates (Marge Mierzejewski) 8:00 AM (SM) + Elvira & Giuseppe Ciraco (Maribeth, Joe & Margaret Doria) SATURDAY, November 12, 2016 7:00 AM + George Hudak (Wife, Anna) 8:00 AM + Cecylia Burec (Irena Gosiewska) 8:00 AM (SM) + Neil DeSena (John Ciacciarella) 4:30 PM (SM) + Deceased Memberes of Prokop and Ponik Families (Barbara & Edward Prokop) 5:00 PM + Mary & William Dorocki (Karen & Joseph Makowski) SUNDAY, November 13, 2016 7:00 AM + Romuald Dobosz (Elizabeth Wall & Pawel Jakubowski) 8:15 AM + Wacława Lapkiewicz (Granddaughter, Pat Suckiel) 9:30 AM + John Zebrowski (Wife & Children) 9:30 AM (SM) + Caterina Totino Deodato (Daughter, Elizabeth & Antonio Destito) 10:45 AM + Władysława i Aleksander (Siostra Alina, z rodziną) 12:15 PM + Karol Jakubowski (Wife, Sophie) Spiritual Offerings, November 6-12, 2016 OLMC SANCTUARY LAMP Blessings for Helen Warzecha (Seniors) INFANT OF PRAGUE For All Souls SACRED HEART CANDLE Health Blessings for Carol Whaselsky (Milkowski Family) DIVINE MERCY CANDLE Birthday Blessings for Brbara Morano (Betty) BLESSED MOTHER CANDLE + Henry Rumian, Jr. (Mom) ST. ANNE CANDLE Birthday Blessings for Joanne Arlington (Frank) ST. ANTHONY CANDLE + Peter Rapczynski (Piscitelli Family) ST. FRANCIS CANDLE Special Intentions of the Oranchak / Miskura / Baldassare Families ST. JOHN PAUL, II, CANDLE Birthday Blessings for Maryann (Jeff) ST. JOSEPH CANDLE Birthday Blessings for Jeffrey Stabile (Maryann) ST. JUDE Special Intention ST. THÉRÈSE CANDLE In Thanksgiving Our Grateful Tithe to God: Regular: $7,279.00 We thank all our parishioners for their generous support of our parish! Bóg Zapłać! Grazie!

This Week Saturday-Sunday, November 5-6, 2016: Daylight Savings Time Ends - Turn Clocks BACK One Hour Collection for the USA Military Services Monday, November 7, 2016: Family of Nazareth - 7:00 PM Tuesday, November 8, 2016: Holiday (Election Day) - Rectory Office Closed Seniors - 12:00 PM Mass Cub Scouts - 7:00 PM Wednesday, November 9, 2016: Eucharistic Adoration - 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM St. Michael s Church Thursday, November 10, 2016: Youth Group - 6:30 PM Boy Scouts - 7:30 PM Saturday-Sunday, November 12-13, 2016: Maintenance Collection Concert in Memory of Bishop Thomas Donato Henry Rawls & Friends with The New Covenant Choir invite you to a fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer Research in Memory of Bishop Thomas A. Donato on Sunday, November 13, at 3:00 PM at St. Henry s Church. Admission is free. Protecting God s Children The Archdiocese of Newark takes very seriously any and all allegations of sexual misconduct by members of the clergy, religious, and lay staff of the Archdiocese. We encourage anyone with knowledge of an act of sexual misconduct to inform us immediately so that we may take appropriate action to protect others and provide support to victims of sexual abuse. Individuals who wish to report an allegation of sexual misconduct may do so by calling the Archdiocesan Office of Child and Youth Protection at 201-407-3256. Love of our neighbor is included in the love of God. St. Thomas Aquinas Thank You! The St. John Paul II Society is grateful to all who supported their fundraiser on October 23rd. A total of $4,387.32 was raised. This money will go towards scholarships for our students in Catholic high schools. Remaining funds, if any, will be given to our Seminarian and Youth Group Programs. Faithful Citizenship It is important that we get to know the candidates for the election and also to properly form our conscience. The U.S. Bishops Conference has a lot of information on their website: usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithfulcitizenship. Hudson Catholic Regional High School Open House On November 9th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Interested Grade 8 students and their parents are all invited. Please visit their website www.hudsoncatholic.org for more details. Archdiocesan Youth Conference Day On Saturday, November 19th, the Archdiocesan Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry invites all parishes and campus ministry programs to join them for this great day being held at the Archdiocesan Youth Retreat Center. The Archdiocesan Youth Conference (AYC) is a daylong event where high school teens from all over the Archdiocese come together for a day of faith, fun and fellowship. The day features Keynote Speaker Steve Angrisano and Special Guests The Bosco Boys! The day will have workshops, food, Mass and other various activities throughout the day. To learn more, please visit www.newarkoym.com/ayc. Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, It became a butterfly. Proverb

As the weather grows colder and the leaves fall, and Thanksgiving and Christmas approach, it is natural that our thoughts turn to those whom we have loved who are no longer with us. How appropriate, then, that the Catholic Church offers us November, which begins with All Saints Day and All Souls Day, as the Month of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - those who have died in grace, yet who failed in this life to make satisfaction for all of their sins. In recent years, perhaps no Catholic doctrine has been more misunderstood by Catholics themselves than the doctrine of Purgatory. Consequently, we tend to downplay it, even seem a little embarrassed by it, and it is the Holy Souls who suffer because of our discomfort with the doctrine. Purgatory is not, as many people think, one last trial; all of those who make it to Purgatory will one day be in Heaven. Purgatory is where those who have died in grace, but who have not fully atoned for the temporal punishments resulting from their sins, go to finish their atonement before entering Heaven. A soul in Purgatory may suffer, but he has the assurance that he will ultimately enter Heaven when his punishment is complete. Catholics believe Purgatory is an expression of God's love, His desire to cleanse our souls of all that might keep us from experiencing the fullness of joy in Heaven. As Christians, we don't travel through this world alone. Our salvation is wrapped up with the salvation of others, and charity requires us to come to their aid. The same is true of the Holy Souls. In their time in Purgatory, they can pray for us, and we should pray for the faithful departed that they may be freed from the punishment for their sins and enter into Heaven. We should pray for the dead throughout the year, especially on the anniversary of their death, but in this Month of the Holy Souls, we should devote some time every day to prayer for the dead. We should start with those closest to us - our mother and father, for instance - but we should also offer prayers for all the souls, and especially for those most forsaken. We believe that those Holy Souls for whom we pray will continue to pray for us after they have been released from Purgatory. If we live Christian lives, we too will likely find ourselves in Purgatory someday, and our acts of charity toward the Holy Souls there now will ensure that they remember us before the throne of God when we are most in need of prayers. It's a comforting thought, and one that should encourage us, especially in this month of November, to offer our prayers for the All Souls. November 9, Dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica The Temple of Stones is a Symbol of the Living Church November 9 the liturgy celebrates the dedication of the Lateran Basilica, called mother and head of all the churches of the city and the world. In fact, this basilica was the first to be built after Emperor Constantine s edict, in 313, granted Christians freedom to practice their religion. The emperor himself gave Pope Miltiades the ancient palace of the Laterani family, and the basilica, the baptistery, and the patriarchate, that is, the Bishop of Rome s residence where the Popes lived until the Avignon period were all built there. The basilica s dedication was celebrated by Pope Sylvester around 324 and was named Most Holy Savior; only after the 6th century were the names of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist added, and now is typically denominated by these latter. On this solemnity the Word of God recalls an essential truth: the temple of stones is a symbol of the living Church, the Christian community, which in their letters the Apostles Peter and Paul already understood as a spiritual edifice, built by God with living stones, namely, Christians themselves, upon the one foundation of Jesus Christ, who is called the cornerstone. Brothers, you are God s building, St. Paul wrote, and added: holy is God s temple, which you are The beauty and harmony of the churches, destined to give praise to God, also draws us human beings, limited and sinful, to convert to form a cosmos, a well-ordered structure, in intimate communion with Jesus, who is the true Saint of saints. This happens in a culminating way in the Eucharistic liturgy, in which the ecclesia, that is, the community of the baptized, come together in a unified way to listen to the Word of God and nourish themselves with the Body and Blood of Christ. From these two tables the Church of living stones is built up in truth and charity and is internally formed by the Holy Spirit transforming herself into what she receives, conforming herself more and more to the Lord Jesus Christ. She herself, if she lives in sincere and fraternal unity, in this way becomes the spiritual sacrifice pleasing to God.

Pomóż zmarłym, bliskim Twojemu sercu. Święta i zbawienna jest myśl modlić się za zmarłych, aby byli od grzechów uwolnieni (2 Mch 12,46) Listopad. Miesiąc, w którym nasze myśli i serca w szczególny sposób kierowane są do zmarłych. Każdy z nas od dzieciństwa był uczony, aby pamiętać o zmarłych, modlić się o ich zbawienie, odwiedzać i pielęgnować groby. Na pewno odwiedzisz groby swoich bliskich, pogrążysz się w zadumie, być może zadbasz o groby żołnierzy poległych za naszą Ojczyzną lub anonimowe mogiły, na których nikt jeszcze nie złożył kwiatów lub nie zapalił świecy. Proszę abyś pośród wielu zajęć i troski o zmarłych nie zapomniał o rzeczy najważniejszej o modlitwie za nich, bo ona jest największym darem, jaki człowiek żyjący może ofiarować zmarłemu. Dlaczego mamy obowiązek modlić się za zmarłych? Przede wszystkim dlatego, że zmarły nie może sam sobie pomóc. Zmarłemu, który cierpi w czyśćcu, mogą pomóc tylko żyjący na ziemi. Tylko my możemy zmarłych uwolnić z czyśćca i zaprowadzić ich do nieba. Z tego powodu modlitwa za zmarłych to jeden z największych uczynków miłosierdzia. Słowa św. Tomasza z Akwinu: Bóg przyjmuje łaskawiej i częściej wysłuchuje modlitw za zmarłych niż tych, które zanosimy za żyjących. Zmarli bowiem bardziej potrzebują tej pomocy, nie mogąc tak jak żywi, pomóc sobie samym i zasłużyć na to, ażeby Bóg ich wybawił. z kolei św. Jan Chryzostom powiedział: Nie wahajmy się nieść pomocy tym, którzy odeszli, i ofiarujmy za nich nasze modlitwy. Jeśli synowie Hioba zostali oczyszczeni przez ofiarę ich ojca, dlaczego mielibyśmy wątpić, że nasze ofiary za zmarłych przynoszą im jakąś pociechę Zmarli proszą Ciebie o modlitwę Bł. Stanisław Papczyński po wizji dusz czyśćcowych, podczas której doświadczył męczarni zmarłych cierpiących w czyśćcu, założył w Kościele Zgromadzenie Księży Marianów, którego celem jest modlitwa za zmarłych i zachęcanie do tego innych. O konieczności modlitwy za zmarłych przypominało wielu innych świętych, którzy otrzymali dar nadprzyrodzonego kontaktu z duszami czyśćcowymi. Byli to między innymi św. Faustyna, św. Ojciec Pio, św. Jan Vianney. Święty Jan Paweł II nauczał: Modlitwa za zmarłych jest ważną powinnością, bowiem nawet jeśli odeszli w łasce i w przyjaźni z Bogiem, być może potrzebują jeszcze ostatniego oczyszczenia, by dostąpić radości nieba. Jesteśmy zobowiązani do modlitwy za zmarłych choćby dlatego, że nasze życie na ziemi nie będzie trwało wiecznie i być może my sami kiedyś będziemy potrzebować takiej pomocy od innych. Doświadczenie uczy, że osoby, które modlą się za zmarłych, zwykle doznają od nich skutecznej pomocy, tak jak gdyby Pan Bóg chciał przez ten fakt podkreślić, że ten rodzaj modlitwy jest mu szczególnie miły. S w. Marcin urodził się ok. 316 r. w Panonii, na terenie dzisiejszych Węgier, w rodzinie pogan skiej. Prawdopodobnie uczył się w Ticinium. Mając 15 lat wstąpił do armii Konstancjusza II. Co do tego, ile lat słuz ył w wojsku, hagiografowie toczą spory. Według jednych 25, inni podają, z e tylko 5. Ale wydarzenie, kto re wszyscy czciciele wspominają, miało miejsce w okresie tej słuz by. Z ebrakowi proszącemu o jałmuz nę u bram miasta Amiens Marcin oddał połowę swej opon czy. Następnej nocy ukazał mu się Chrystus odziany w ten płaszcz i mo wiący do anioło w: "To Marcin okrył mnie swoim płaszczem". Pod wpływem tego wydarzenia Marcin przyjął chrzest i opus cił wojsko, uwaz ając, z e wojowanie kło ci się z zasadami wiary. W innych z yciorysach znajdujemy informację, z e spotkanie z z ebrakiem nastąpiło juz po chrzcie; Marcin jako chrzes cijanin nie mo gł słuz yc w wojsku, dlatego musiał z niego wystąpic. Wielką troską Marcina było nawro cenie swoich rodzico w, do kto rego doprowadził wkro tce po opuszczeniu armii. Następnie udał się do s w. Hilarego, biskupa Poitiers (we Francji), stając się jego uczniem. Został akolitą, a następnie diakonem. Po pewnym czasie osiadł jako pustelnik na wysepce Gallinaria w pobliz u Genui, gromadząc woko ł siebie wielu ucznio w. Marcin zmarł 8 listopada 397 r. w Candes podczas podro z y duszpasterskiej. Jego ciało sprowadzono Loarą do Tours i pochowano 11 listopada. Jako pierwszy wyznawca - nie-męczennik - zaczął odbierac czes c s więtego w Kos ciele Zachodnim. Relikwie spoczywają w bazylice wzniesionej ku czci S więtego.