February 12, 2012

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Wednesday, February 15th 7:00 a.m.

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Masses for the Week

Saturday, February 11th 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Weekly Memorial Mass John Ciesielski, req. Dorothy and Bob Unger

Antonietta Fiorilli, req. Susan Phillippi Rocaro

12:10 p.m. Mildred Tedesco, req. Marie and Steve Allocco Thursday, February 16th 7:00 a.m. Patrick Savino, req. Joe and Shirley DAscoli

Sunday, February 12th Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time World Marriage Day 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. A Special Intention, req. Mildred McSherry Antonio DeFillippis, req. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barra 10:30 a.m. Mary Vogt, req. Janet and Jack Sullivan 12:00 p.m. Michael Rubino, req. Mary Ann and Michael Milligan Monday, February 13th 7:00 a.m. For the People of the Parish and all their intentions

12:10 p.m. Gladys and John Maurer, req. the family Friday, February 17th 7:00 a.m. Frank Catello, req. Connie Fortunato

12:10 p.m. Anna Elizabeth Flaherty, req. The Riordan Family Saturday, February 18th 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Weekly Memorial Mass Leonard Sagendorf, req. Dorothy and family

Sunday, February 19th Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Nicola Carone, req. Joe Abbondandolo Gertrude Gill, req. The Marchetta Family

12:10 p.m. Theresa Ondris, req. The Ondris Family Tuesday, February 14th 7:00 a.m. Mrs. Kitty Malone, req. Joan and Tony Torpey

10:30 a.m. Marguerite Curti, req. Chris Sullivan and John Coviello 12:00 p.m. Michael Rubino, req. Rosemarie Lafiosca

12:10 p.m. John Ciesielski, req. the family

Calendar of Parish Activities Week of February 12, 2012

Saturday, February 11th 7:009:00 p.m. Jr. Youth Club, Entire Parish Hall / Gym / K Sunday, February 12th World Marriage Day During the 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Masses Eucharistic Preparation, Church 1:306:00 p.m. CYO Basketball Games, Gym 2:00 p.m. Baptisms, Church 7:009:00 p.m. AftershockHigh School Youth Monday, February 13th 3:004:30 p.m. A of OLP Gym Time, Gym 5:009:30 p.m. CYO Basketball practice, Gym 7:30 p.m. Rosary and Novena, Church Tuesday, February 14th 3:004:30 p.m. A of OLP gym time, Gym 5:009:30 p.m. CYO Basketball practices, Gym 7:00 p.m. Bible Timeline, Entire Parish Hall 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir practice, Church 7:30 p.m. RCIA, rectory, Counting Room

Wednesday, February 15th 9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m. Rel Ed PCL Meeting, Entire Parish Hall 3:304:45 p.m. and 7:158:30 p.m. Religious Education Classes, Gym / Entire Parish Hall / school 7:30 p.m. SCC Core Team Meeting, rectory Counting Room Thursday, February 16th 1:002:00 p.m. Holy Hour for Reparation, church 3:304:45 p.m. Religious Education Classes, Gym / PH / School / CAF 5:3010:00 p.m. CYO Basketball, Gym 6:008:00 p.m. High School Youth Ministry Meeting, Entire Parish Hall Friday, February 17th A of OLP Closed Today 3:004:30 p.m. A of OLP Gym Time, Gym 5:009:30 p.m. CYO Basketball, Gym Saturday, February 18th 8:00 a.m.4:00 p.m. CYO Basketball Games, Gym 7:00 p.m. K of C Candlelight Dinner, Entire Parish Hall / Kitchen Sunday, February 19th 1:306:00 p.m. CYO Basketball Games, Gym

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Relatives and Friends Who eed Our Prayers

Please pray especially for the following people who have recently been added to our prayer list: Agnes Inserra Susan Griffin Shane Cook William DiLemme Elaine Patterson Abdalla Shenouda Orlena Shek Maria Atanase Bob Honkins Marty Ammenwerth Anna Mondelli and two special intentions Let us also pray for the men and women who are serving in our military in particular those who are from our parish: PFC. Joseph Robert Pecca - Korea CPL. Gerald Squirlock Jr., Army Afghanistan 2LT. Charlie Law, Army - Iraq COL Paul J. McAneny, Air ForceKuwait SSG Joseph Cornall, ArmyKuwait PVT icholas Hudspith, ArmyKuwait Lance CPL. Christopher Sodano, Marines - Afghanistan Also, please remember our dearly departed relatives and friends who have passed away recently especially Vincent A. Sicoli and Brian L. Devlin. May they rest in peace. Please remember that there is a special intention book located in the Baptistery of the church. Your intention can be written in it and prayed for during the Masses that are said at Our Lady of Peace.

Scriptural Readings
for the Week of February 12th
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Religious Freedom The Right to Demand It!

Please email www.usccb.org/conscience, write a message or call our representative and congressmen that we do have a right to follow our religious conscience. Are we going to let politicians alter our beliefs and the Catholic conscience that we have formed? Demand our rights as citizens to follow our religious beliefs. Senator Robert Menendez at http://menendez.senate.gov or 973-6453030 or One Gateway Center, Suite 1100 Newark, NJ 07102 Senator Frank Lautenberg at http://laudenberg.senate.gov or 973-6398700 or One Gateway Center 23rd Floor, Newark, NJ 07102 Representative Leonard Lance at http://lance.house.gov, 908-5167733 or 425 South Ave. East, Westfield, NJ 07090 Suggested message: Please co-sponsor the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (H.R.1179,S. 1467) and help enact it into law. The Obama administrations decision to require even religious institutions to provide coverage of sterilization and contraceptives, including drugs that can cause an abortion, makes passage of this measure especially urgent. Please ensure that the rights of conscience of all participants in our nations health care system are respected.

Lv 13:1-2, 44-46; 1 Cor 10:3111:1; Mk 1:40-45 Monday Jas 1:1-11; Mk 8:11-13 Tuesday Jas 1:12-18; Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday Jas 1:19-27; Mk 8:22-26 Thursday Jas 2:1-9; Mk 8:27-33 Friday Jas 2:14-24, 26; Mk 8:349:1 Saturday Jas 3:1-10; Mk 9:2-13

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Marriage Anniversary Masses

The Archdiocese will celebrate anniversary Masses commemorating special years for couples. On April 29, 2012, couples celebrating 50 years of marriage are invited to the Cathedral for Mass with the Archbishop at 3:00 p.m. (The deadline to register is April 18th). On June 3, 2012 couples celebrating 25 and 5 years of marriage or more are invited to the Cathedral at 3:00 p.m. for Mass with the Archbishop. (The deadline to register is May 23rd).

Save the Dates!

Parish Mission A Taste of Silence
Sunday, March 18th through Tuesday, March 20th

Tri Parish Womens Day of Recollection

Saturday, March 17th at Our Lady of Peace Please register by March 1st.

Food Pantry Items of the Week

Our supplies of peanut butter, spam, sugar, mustard and Jello are very low. Thank you for all your kindness and generosity. The families who share from our food pantry truly appreciate your help.

Annual Tricky Tray Party

This years theme

Younger then Springtime

Friday, March 23rd at LAffaire, Mountainside Rosary Altar Society

Communion Breakfast following the

9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, March 25th The Academy of Our Lady of Peace

Rise Up & Walk

Plugging in to the Power of Grace
The Womens Commission of the Archdiocese of Newark is sponsoring a Day of Reflection for Women SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012 8:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. Seton Hall University 400 South Orange Avenue South Orange, J 07079. The event will feature nationally recognized authors and EWTN contributors Dr. Gregory & Lisa Popcak and Special Guest, Sr. Marilyn Minter, Associate Director of the Archdiocese of Newark Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry. Mass will be celebrated by the Most Reverend John J. Myers. A Continental Breakfast and Lunch are included in the $25 fee.

Rock of Ages Dinner/Concert

Saturday, April 28th at The Academy Our Lady of Peace Information flyers can be found on the tables at the entrance ways of the Church.

Wine Tasting at Our Lady of Peace

Watch for a date in upcoming bulletin

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Please call the rectory or Gail Seely at 908-464-4109 to request a prayer shawl. The prayer shawl ministry is looking for a few new sets of hands and dear hearts who can help out with knitting or crocheting shawls. Work is done primarily at home at your own pace. We meet twice a year as a group.

There will be a meeting on Wednesday, Feb 29th at Additional information and registration forms are avail- 7:00 p.m. For details about the meeting, prayers to be said, patterns and materials, please call Gail. able in the rectory and via www.rcan.org/womcom.

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Archbishops Annual Appeal

This weekend is our Kick Off Weekend for the 2012 Archbishops Annual Appeal. Brochures and pledge envelopes are in the pews and on the tables at the entrance ways of the church.. Consider making a pledge and be as generous as possible.

Day of Recollection for Women

sponsored by the Tri-Parish Womens Cornerstone Saturday, March 17, 2012
Come and revitalize your spirituality while joining with other women from the area. Pray, learn, socialize and reexperience the inner strength that keep women vibrant and ever moving forward with Christ.

This special day for women will be held at Our Lady of Peace beginning at 8:30 a.m. and closing with the 5:00 p.m. Mass. Fee $25. For details or to reserve your place, please Thank you in advance for supporting this years contact Lori Lee at 908-464-2421 or LALEE178@yahoo.com Archbishops Annual Appeal.

Stewardship Report for January 2012

Collections (5 Sundays) = et available for use after Archdiocesan Assessment = $57,153 $50,866

Please Make Sandwiches for Donation to St. Josephs in Elizabeth.

On February 21st, we will deliver sandwiches made at home by Our Lady of Peace parishioners to St. Josephs Social Service Center. The sandwiches will be used in various community outreach programs. Would you like to be a sandwich maker? Buy a loaf of any kind of bread. Turn the loaf of bread into sandwiches by using your choice of sandwich fillings (e.g., any type of cold cuts, peanut butter & jelly, etc). You can put a little mustard on the bread but no mayo or butter please.

-------Avg. Sunday Envelope Donations = $ 10,287 Avg. Loose Cash = $ 1,143 Avg. # of Envelopes Used Weekly = 422 Avg. Donation per Envelope= $ 24.38

Put each sandwich into a baggie. Return the wrapped sandPlease prayerfully consider whether your means wiches to the loaf wrapper and close it up. Tape a piece of paallow increased support for your Church since our per to the loaf wrapper telling the kind of sandwiches you have made (e.g., ham and Swiss on wheat with mustard) collection for this month is 14% less than Bring the sandwiches to Our Lady of Peace on the Tuesday January 2011 morning: From 7:00 am to 8:45 am, sandwiches can be left in the vestibule of the church on the side closest to the Rectory. From 9:00 am to 9:30 am, sandwiches should be brought to the ITS OT TOO LATE! You can still join lobby of the Parish Hall.

Small Christian Communities

one of the small groups of OLP parishioners that At 9:30 am, we leave to deliver sandwiches to St. Josephs! meet once each week for six weeks this Lent, from 2/20/12 through 3/30/12 to pray, reflect upon Bereavement Support Group Meeting Scripture, share faith, offer mutual support, and on Thursdays socialize. This is wonderful preparation for the The Bereavement Ministry of Church of the Little Flower, Easter season. If you are interested, pick up a Sign-up Card from the Rectory, fill in your preferences and return it. Someone from the Core Team will subsequently contact you. For additional information, contact Mary Jane Rubino at 908-580-1418 (and leave a message if no answer). MAKE THE CHOICE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH US!

Berkeley Heights will offer a winter bereavement support group from 1-2:30 PM and will run for seven Thursdays ending on March 29. The group will meet in Room 2-H of the Pastoral Center, 110 Roosevelt Avenue, Berkeley Heights. We invite members and non-members of Little Flower to attend. All are welcome. Registration is necessary. For more information contact Rose Marie Campano at rmcampano@comcast.net or the Rectory Office at 908-464-1585.

Minutes from Parish Council Meeting - January 18, 2012

Council meeting attendees were: Father Bill, Pat Jackson, Steve Madonna and Jerry Russo The meeting was called to order by Jerry Russo at 7:30 PM Opening Prayer - All Open Discussion on the following subject: Discussion and feedback on the December meeting School news: 1. Catholic Schools week- Academy of Our Lady of Peace will conduct open house during the week of January 30. 2. Kudos to the Robotics team on their recent award 3. We await the results of the Archdiocese assessment of the school by the Newark Archdiocese. 4. Status of suit- No new information has come forwarded. Status of Solar Panel Installation-we are proceeding with the project. Financial Status- There was some discussion regarding setting up a direct deposit program to allow parishioner to have weekly contributions automatically deducted. No action was taken Council Staffing: Father Bill expects to make two or three appointments to the council Facility Issues: Two generous donations have been received. Coupled with the proceeds of the 50/50, repairs will be made to most of the sidewalks around the parish The heating & air conditioning systems in the rectory are in need of replacement. Later in the year the border around the church will be repainted. Closing prayer - Jerry Russo Meeting was closed at 9:00 P.M. The purpose of the Pastoral Council is ensure that the life of the parish reflects the mission of Jesus and that all parishioners are provided with the opportunity to share in that mission. We encourage you to contact your council members with and questions, suggestions and items for discussion. Your current council members are: Karen Dreitlein, Fred Cowburn, Pat Jackson, Paul Johnson, Steve Madonna, Valerie Mitreuter and Jerry Russo.

May God bless our parish children who will meet Jesus in the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time: Julianne Amoia Christine Benites Gianna Bobrowski Emma Buggelli Brianna Cacoilo Jack Calandriello Audrey Chobor Floyd Conlin Shane Cook Nicole Danysh William Dougherty Owen Fanning Jessica Ferentchak Rebecca Gagliano Gregory Genualdi Liam Henn Reagan Hopeck Marek Hryniewicki Madeleine Hufnagel Aris Ilada Nora Kapp Marilyn Keating Aaron Keyser Heidi Keyser Nathan Kodua Kalina Kornacki Daniel Koziol Chloe Lemos Franklin Markel Cristian Monterroso Christian Muller Robert Muoz Julianne OLeary Gia Pellegrino Mary Grace Ping Roxanne Sabel Alexander Screnci Gabriella Sicoli Stephen Sinning Emily Tan Maxwell Toomey Carter Waeschle Kayla Wager Robert Wager Samantha Ward Reagan Wawzycki

The Academy of Our Lady of Peace

New Providence, NJ

Proudly Announces

Friday, March 23, 2012 LAffaire in Mountainside 6:00 p.m.

Tickets on Sale Now!
Each Guest will receive $10.00 of complimentary Basket Tickets as our Thank You!

For Dinner Reservation Forms & additional information please go to www.theacademyolp.org

Available at the Church Rectory or the School Office 99 South Street, New Providence

Or call Jan Manger 908-665-2696

Younger Than Springtime

The Academy of Our Lady of Peace - 2012 Tricky Tray Dinner/Admission Ticket Purchase Friday, March 23, 2012 6:00 PM LAffaire 1099 Route 22 East Mountainside, NJ
Tickets are $50 per person

Each guest will receive $10 of complimentary basket tickets as our Thank You! This form can be completed for yourself or for an entire table up to ten (10) people. * Please return one form for all people included in same table ticket purchase. Please include payment for all people included in same table ticket purchase. Your Name: __________________________ PHONE # required: ___________________________ Email optional : _________________________________ Please check one: Individual ticket purchase ________ ($50.00 payment included) Ticket purchase for a table of ________ (# of people x $50.00 payment included) full table ticket purchase ________ (10 people = $500.00 payment included) * Note: there are a limited number of tables for 12; please add the additional 2 names, 2 payments, and dinner selection. Please list the names of the people who will be sitting at your table (circle dinner selection). 1. ____________________ Chicken or Fish 3. ____________________ Chicken or Fish 5. ____________________ Chicken or Fish 7. ____________________ Chicken or Fish 9. ____________________ Chicken or Fish 2. ____________________ 4. ____________________ 6. ____________________ 8. ____________________ Chicken or Fish Chicken or Fish Chicken or Fish Chicken or Fish

10.____________________ Chicken or Fish

Please make checks payable to OLP HSA. This form and a check (or all checks for the number of names on this form) should be returned to OLP School or to the rectory Attn: JAN MANGER by March 16, 2012. If you have any questions about seating, please call JAN MANGER 908 665-2696.