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 Web: www.johnpaul2parish.com Served by: Rev. Zenon Boczek SDS, Pastor Rev. Pawel Dolinski SDS, Weekend Assistant Rev. Lukasz Kleczka 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. Kenneth Woolley, Zofia Castellon - Trustees Agnes Barowicz, Parish Secretary Blanca Cisneros, Director of Religious Education Dayle Vander Sande, Music Minister August 19, 2018 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, August 18, 2018 4:30 PM (SM) + Edward Mayo 5:00 PM + Stella Bielen ( Michael & Barbara Lynch) SUNDAY, August 19, 2018 8:15 AM + Richard Lapkiewicz (Cousin, Pat Suckiel) 9:30 AM + Lucyna Cieslik (Brother, Henry & family) 9:30 AM (SM) ++ Joseph & Anthony Orlando ( sister-in-law) 10:45 AM + Aleksander Popowski i zmarli z rodziny (Zona i dzieci) 12:15 PM + George T. Knoop ( Audrey Knoop) MONDAY, August 20, 2018 7:00 AM ++ Gertrude & Michael Lukas & family (Dolores) 8:00 AM + Wieslaw Zielinski ( Irene Monko) 8:00 AM (SM) St. Expedito (Moez Pierre-Louis) TUESDAY, August 21, 2018 7:00 AM + Cassidy Rae Denino (Grandmother Heather) 8:00 AM ++ Franciszek & Bronisława (córka z rodziną) 8:00 AM (SM) + Elvira Ciraco (daughter Maria) 7:00 PM + Mieczysław Zwarycz (Alice Zwarycz) WEDNESDAY, August 22, 2018 7:00 AM + Agnes Reilly (Rosary Society) 8:00 AM + Wieslaw Zielinski (Irena Gosiewska)) 8:00 AM (SM) + Thomas Norton, Sr THURSDAY, August 23, 2018 7:00 AM + Kazik Kacerski (Deborah Rapczynski) 8:00 AM (SM) + Susan Lupo-Suros ( Christine Napoli & family) 7:00 PM + Steve Malinowski (Leon & Helena & family) FRIDAY, August 24, 2018 7:00 AM + Edward W. Durak (wife, Chris & family) 8:00 AM + Wieslaw Zielinski (Marion Agata Wronski) 8:00 AM(SM) For Parishioners SATURDAY, August 25, 2018 7:30 AM + Wieslaw Zielinski (Maryann Karulski) 8:30 AM + Kenneth Czachorowski (daughter Terry Rogozenski) 4:30 PM (SM) ++ Anna & Stanly Godfrey 5:00 PM + Adele Grywalski (family) SUNDAY, August 25, 2018 8:15 AM + Melania Budna ( Son, Henry & family) 9:30 AM + Thomas P. Manaois ( Cresenica Manaois & Ato Family) 9:30 AM (SM) + Frank Inzitari (Frank & Annina Sette) 10:45 AM 47th Anniversary Blessings for Agata & Marion Wronski 12:15 PM + Grzegorz Ksepko (Slowikowski Family) Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 19, 2018 Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. John 6:53 Spiritual Offerings August 19-25, 2018 SANCTUARY LAMP ++ Elvira & Giuseppe Ciraco (daughter Maria) ALTAR BREAD AND WINE Giuseppa Nolfo ( Ludo & Maria Nolfo) INFANT OF PRAGU E Happy 35th Anniversary + Anthony Daughter Patricia Jablonski SACRED HEART CANDLE God is my Refuge, Protection & Strength DIVINE MERCY CANDLE + Ralph Scarfone (Scarfone family) BLESSED MOTHER CANDLE + Angela Hickey (Cheryl Hollis) ST. ANTHONY CANDLE + Wieslaw Zielinski (Slicner family) ST. JOHN PAUL II CANDLE + Stanley Zieniuk (Evelyn Magarban) ST. JOSEPH CANDLE + Richard Lapkiewicz (Pat Suckiel) ST. STANISLAUS CANDLE Special Intentions Our Grateful Tithe to God: August 12, 2018 6,300 We thank all our parishioners for their generous support of our parish! Bóg Zapłać! Grazie!
Sight & Sound "Jesus Saturday-Sunday 18-19, 2017 Mission Co-Op Collection Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Eucharistic Adoration - 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, St. Michael s Church Saturday-Sunday 25-26, 2017 Air Conditioning Collection MISSION APPEAL Join with the missionaries who dedicate their lives so that others might come to know Christ and live in the faith that is our joy. This weekend a priest from the Philippine Father Joey B. Manaran of the Disciples of Mary will be sharing his missionary experience among the young. We would like to invite you to take part in his mission apostolate through your prayers and donations as he reaches out to so many youth who are confronted by the serious challenges of addiction, materialism, violence, and abuse. What an opportunity you will have on Sunday August 19 to respond to our baptismal call to take part in our Church s missionary challenge and receive the full grace of the Eucharist offered for us by this missionary priest. Please be as generous as possible in responding to our Lord s call to each one of us to the part in His mission to people. The Hudson County Serran Society will visit on Saturday, September 8th, attending the 8:30am Mass. We will follow the mass with light refreshments and use the time to meet with parishioners to discuss our goals as Serrans advocating for vocations. Please Join us and learn how everyone can through prayer and acts of mercy the growth of vocations. JESUS is the musical stage adventure about the most famous person ever to walk the earth and the everyday people whose lives he changed forever. Date: Wednesday August 22, 2018 Cost: $125.00 Includes: Ticket to the show, Transportation to Lancaster Pa. and Dinner Bus will depart at 10:15am from in front of the church located at 979 Avenue C corner of 47 th street Bayonne. If you are interested, please call the St. Vincent de Paul Church parish office at (201)436-2222 to reserve your seat. You can make your check out to Saint Vincent de Paul Church and mail your check to Saint Vincent de Paul Church 979 Avenue C, Bayonne, NJ 07002. September 11 Annual Interfaith Prayer Service & Candlelight Vigil, 2018 On Tuesday, September 11, 2018, at 7:00 am, the Bayonne Remembers-September 11 Committee will hold is its 14th Annual Interfaith Prayer Service & Candlelight Vigil at the Teardrop sculpture at Bayonne Harbor. With Scripture readings, prayers, reflections and music, we will remember all those who perished on September 11, 2001, as well as the victims who perished at the first bombing of World Trade Center in 1993. All are invited to join us. For more information, please contact Fr. Joe Barbone at the rectory of St. James the Apostle Church, (973)376-3044, or at jbarbone@aol.com Covenant House Dove Learning Center is in need of lots and lots of school supplies, with backpacks being the number one priority. Pens, sharpies, crayons, colored pencils, glue sticks color construction paper, loose college ruled paper, USB drives, Journals, notebooks, post-it, binders, etc. are some of the supplies needed. You may drop off the items to the Newark Crisis Center, 330 Washington Street, Newark, NJ
The Azione Cattolica Italiana is having a trip to Sight & Sound Theatres Lancaster, PA, December 8, 2018. A timeless story of relentless love: Jesus. The trip includes bus ride, a family style Lunch at Good and Plenty Restaurant. Theater ticket is $140. Leaving from Saint John Paul II Parish at 9 AM and returning at 7 PM. Call: Elisabetta: 201 858 2069 Rachel: 201 310 6607 Lucia 201 858 8582 Classes begin on September 23 at 9:15am Confirmation classes start October 3 at 7pm If you have not register please do so by downloading the registration form from: www.johnpaul2parish.com and return it to the rectory with the appropriate fees. Please complete and submit a form for each child. IF YOUR FAMILY IS NOT REGISTERED AT ST. JOHN PAUL II PLEASE FILL OUT "PARISH REGISTRATION FORM " FROM THE WEBSITE AND RETURN TO THE PARISH OFFICE. QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY August 22nd O Mary Immaculate Queen, look down upon this distressed and suffering world. Thou knowest our misery and our weakness. O Thou who art our Mother, saving us in the hour of peril, have compassion on us in these days of great and heavy trial. Jesus has confided to thee the treasure of His Grace, and through Thee He wills to grant us pardon and mercy. In these hours of anguish, therefore, thy children come to Thee as their hope. We recognize thy Queenship and ardently desire thy triumph. We need a Mother and a Mother's Heart. Thou art for us the luminous dawn which dissipates our darkness and points out the way to life. In thy clemency obtain for us the courage and the confidence of which we have such need. Most Holy and Adorable Trinity, Thou Who didst crown with glory in Heaven the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Savior, grant that all her children on earth may acknowledge her as their Sovereign Queen, that all hearts, homes, and nations may recognize her rights as Mother and as Queen. Amen. Saint Bartholomew s Story In the New Testament, Bartholomew is mentioned only in the lists of the apostles. Some scholars identify him with Nathanael, a man of Cana in Galilee who was summoned to Jesus by Philip. Jesus paid him a great compliment: Here is a true Israelite. There is no duplicity in him (John 1:47b). When Nathanael asked how Jesus knew him, Jesus said, I saw you under the fig tree (John 1:48b). Whatever amazing revelation this involved, it brought Nathanael to exclaim, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel (John 1:49b). But Jesus countered with, Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this (John 1:50b). Nathanael did see greater things. He was one of those to whom Jesus appeared on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias after his resurrection (see John 21:1-14). They had been fishing all night without success. In the morning, they saw someone standing on the shore though no one knew it was Jesus. He told them to cast their net again, and they made so great a catch that they could not haul the net in. Then John cried out to Peter, It is the Lord. When they brought the boat to shore, they found a fire burning, with some fish laid on it and some bread. Jesus asked them to bring some of the fish they had caught, and invited them to come and eat their meal. John relates that although they knew it was Jesus, none of the apostles presumed to inquire who he was. This, John notes, was the third time Jesus appeared to the apostles. We are confronted again with the fact that we know almost nothing about most of the apostles. Yet the unknown ones were also foundation stones, the 12 pillars of the new Israel whose 12 tribes now encompass the whole earth. Their personalities were secondary without thereby being demeaned to their great office of bearing tradition from their firsthand experience, speaking in the name of Jesus, putting the Word Made Flesh into human words for the enlightenment of the world. Their holiness was not an introverted contemplation of their status before God. It was a gift that they had to share with others. The Good News was that all are called to the holiness of being Christ s members, by the gracious gift of God. The simple fact is that humanity is totally meaningless unless God is its total concern. Then humanity, made holy with God s own holiness, becomes the most precious creation of God.
Uwielbiajmy Boga w pięknie stworzonego świata. Dziękujmy za tak wiele łask, jakich nieustannie nam udziela. Rozejrzyjmy się wokół siebie i zobaczmy piękne dzieła Boże. Czy jednak podziwiając to piękno pamiętamy o Stwórcy wszystkiego? Podczas wakacji pamiętajmy, że On na nas czeka i zróbmy jeden krok w Jego kierunku. Aby w czasie wakacji nie zabrakło czasu... Idźcie i odpocznijcie nieco - mówi Jezus do Apostołów zmęczonych pracą ewangelizacyjną. Przeżywamy czas wakacji, czas zasłużonego odpoczynku po długiej i mozolnej pracy. Czy jest to jednak czas bez Boga? Jezus wraz z apostołami udaje się na miejsce osobne, nie zostawia ich samych. A czy z nami na wakacje wyjeżdża Pan Bóg? On bardzo chce, ale to od nas zależy czy Go zabierzemy. Na czas wakacji nie zamyka się kościołów, nie zawiesza się sprawowania sakramentów. A więc tylko ode mnie zależy czy wakacje będą czasem z Bogiem. Tak często powtarzamy, że nie mamy czasu na modlitwę, na lekturę Pisma Świętego, na Eucharystię czasem nawet niedzielną bo tyle pracy, obowiązków, zabiegania. Przed nami wakacje czas wolniejszy, mniej zabiegany. Czy jednak będzie to także czas dla Boga i z Nim? Nie zostawiajmy Pana Boga na czas wakacji. Wręcz przeciwnie, jeszcze bardziej do Niego przylgnijmy. Znajdźmy chwilę na częstszą Eucharystię, modlitwę, lekturę Bożego Słowa. Za wszystko dziękować Uwielbiajmy Boga w pięknie stworzonego świata. Dziękujmy za tak wiele łask, jakich nieustannie nam udziela. Rozejrzyjmy się wokół siebie i zobaczmy piękne dzieła Boże. Możemy odpoczywać z Panem i przy Nim. Taki odpoczynek umocni nas duchowo. Wakacje, odpoczynek także są darem Pana. Niech więc będą przeżywane i wykorzystane jak dar, za który należy się wdzięczność. Dziękując stajemy się lepsi, radośniejsi, mniej pretensjonalni. Czasem chyba tak trudno dostrzec nam Boży dar. Czas wakacji może być wspaniałą okazją do tego, by uświadomić sobie, że wszystko jest łaską i za każdą podziękować. Wyjeżdżamy w różne piękne zakątki kraju i świata. Czy jednak podziwiając to piękno pamiętamy o Stwórcy wszystkiego? Trzeba nam może wyrobić w sobie pewną wrażliwość duchową, świadomość stwórczą. Ziemia dana nam jest przez Pana. To dla nas stworzył On ten piękny świat. A my czasem zachowujemy się tak, jakby wszystko nam się należało. Uczmy się wdzięczności. On na nas czeka Pan Bóg się nie narzuca, ale cierpliwie czeka na nasz krok. On wciąż jest i czuwa nad każdym z nas. Tak wiele chce nam dać. Tak bardzo chce, byśmy byli szczęśliwi. Tylko On wie, co nam do tego szczęścia jest potrzebne i właśnie tym chce nas obdarzyć. A my? Czasem a może często chcemy żyć po swojemu. Nie pytać Pana o Jego wolę. Ewentualnie poprosić, by to On dostosował się do naszej. Podczas wakacji pamiętajmy, że On na nas czeka i zróbmy jeden krok w Jego kierunku. Niech kościoły nie będą puste. Jezus nie chce być sam zamknięty w tabernakulum. On chce, byś przyszedł, porozmawiał z Nim, trwał w Jego obecności. On chce, by Jego Słowo było żywe w twoim życiu. Sięgnij więc po nie i czytaj, słuchaj, rozważaj. I nie mów, że nie masz czasu. Sw Bartłomiej 24 Sierpien Natanael jak to opisuje św. Jan został przyprowadzony do Jezusa przez św. Filipa. U pozostałych ewangelistów wymienianie go zawsze razem z Filipem wskazuje, że byli jakoś ze sobą związani. Dlatego od IX wieku w Kościele zachodnim Bartłomiej utożsamiany jest z Natanaelem. Najprawdopodobniej nazywał się Natanael Bar Tholomai, czyli Natanael syn oracza. Według starożytnych pisarzy chrześcijańskich Bartłomiej po Wniebowstąpieniu Chrystusa głosił Ewangelię w najbardziej barbarzyńskich krajach Wschodu. Podobno dotarł aż do Indii, gdzie w III stuleciu pokazywano św. Pantenowi egzemplarz Ewangelii spisany po hebrajsku, który miał tam zostawić Bartłomiej. Według św. Jana Chrystostoma św. Bartłomiej zaniósł Dobrą Nowinę ludom Likaonii, natomiast św. Grzegorz z Tones podaje, że ostatnim miejscem jego działalności apostolskiej była Mezopotamia. Tam poniósł śmierć męczeńską przez odarcie ze skóry lub przez ukrzyżowanie.