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St. Francis of Assisi
A Capuchin - Franciscan Ministry
We, the Parish of St. Francis of Assisi, guided by the Holy Spirit, are a Christian Community called by God
to take part in the mission of love and truth in the world. With firm faith in Jesus the Christ and
the Holy Gospel, we find our strength through prayer and the Sacraments, that we
may become God’s servants to our sisters and brothers.
Brian Tomlinson, O.F.M. Cap., Pastor
Anthony Giudice, O.F.M. Cap., Parochial Vicar
Pius Caccavalle, O.F.M. Cap.
Sam Frapaul, O.F.M. Cap.
Joseph Vrindten, Deacon
Alejandro Polanco, Deacon
Nancy J. Carucci, Pastoral Associate
Natale Tumminia, Trustee
Jean Garofalo, Trustee
Katty Gallardo, Parish Secretary
Mass Schedule
Monday — Friday: 7:00 AM
Saturday: 7:00 AM, 5:30 PM, 7:00 PM (Spanish)
Sunday: 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM (Italian Mass),
10:15 AM, 11:30 AM (Children’s Mass English),
12:45 PM (Spanish)
Holy Days
Vigil Mass: 7:00 PM (Spanish)
7:00 AM, 12:00 Noon, 7:00 PM
First Friday - Eucharistic Adoration
Beginning with the 7am Mass, lasting all day and ending at 7pm
with the Holy Hour Mass. Anyone interested in spending an hour
with our Lord—kindly call the office for a time slot.
Miraculous Medal St. Anthony Novena
Tuesdays: 7:00 PM
Reconciliation — Confession
Saturday at 4:30 PM or by appointment.
Baptism
Marriage
Arrangements should be made one year prior to the marriage.
Please contact the Church Office before any social arrangements are made.
Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick
Please notify us when a member of your family is in the hospital
or unable to attend Church and wishes to receive the Sacraments. For Emergencies contact the Rectory (201-343-6243)
day or night.
Baptisms will be celebrated on the 1st Saturday of every month in
English and on the 3rd Saturday in Spanish. Call the office.
Padre Pio Academy
100 South Main Street, Hackensack
Padre Pio Academy is accredited by the Commission on Elementary Schools of the Middle States Association
of Schools and Colleges, and is sponsored by the Catholic Parish Communities of Hackensack: Holy Trinity,
Immaculate Conception (St. Mary), Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Joseph.
Friary
School
50 Lodi Street
Pre-K3 —8th Grade
Hackensack, NJ 07601
100 So. Main Street
201-343-6243
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Fax: 201-343-0854
201-488-8862
E-mail: [email protected]
Fax: 201-525-0498
http://franciscanhackensack.tripod.com/parish.html
Patricia Vrindten,
Principal
Anne Dettloff,
School Secretary
Religious Ed/RCIA
201-488-2614
Linda Pelaez Dorian - DRE
Music Ministry
Rosalie Cauceglia,
Organist
Youth Choir Director
Denise & Dana Ramirez
Co-Directors
Bingo - Non-Smoking, Wednesday & Friday 7:30 PM, Doors Open at 5:00 PM.
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Sunday April 12th - Easter Sunday
8:00 AM +
THE
10:00 AM + RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
12:00 PM + Mass in Spanish
Monday
April 13th
7:00 AM + Catherine Velardi (Ann.) by Nina
+ Evan J. Colella by Allan & Diane Leventhal
+ Harvey Sarvis by Phyllis Sarvis
7:30 PM + Memorial Mass for Gaetano Lanuto
Tuesday April 14th
7:00 AM + Bernard Gilligan
by Mr. & Mrs. James Tomlinson
+ Angelo, Teresa & Anna Colombo by Teresa Iozzia
+ Anthony Mayo by Phyllis Sarvis
7:00 PM + Miraculous Medal/St. Anthony Novena
Wednesday April 15th
7:00 AM + James & Joseph Sortino by Marie Sortino
+ Pietro Carfi by Concetta Bagnato
+ Bonifacio Siccuan by Ramos Family
+ Florence & Sam Frapaul (Ann.) by Phyllis Sarvis
Thursday April 16th
7:00 AM + Giuseppe Candela by Dominick Mea & Family
+ Angela Vasile by Teresa Emmolo
+ Ciriaco Cabrera by Ramos Family
Friday
April 17th
7:00 AM Joahanna McNae by Brian Doherty
+ Charles Arnold by Anita Fusco & Family
7:00 PM + Memorial Mass for Yolanda Fernandez
Saturday April 18th
7:00 AM + Maria LoFrumento by Patrick Tomlinson
5:30 PM + Carmelo Pitasi (Ann.) by wife
+ Rosa Zagari by Maria Wersebe
+ Martha Romano by Ginny D’Elia & Family
+ Pietro Carfi by Adelina Marino & Family
7:00 PM + Special Intentions
Sunday April 19th - 2nd Sunday of Easter
8:00 AM + Mary & Steven Mirra by Cathy Mirra
Fr. Peter Nicosia by Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Saccaro
9:00 AM + Carmen Maisano by Carmelo Maisano
+ Remo Montella by parents
+ Angelo Carollo by wife
+ Carlo & Lucia DiTomasso by Family
10:15 PM + Kathryn Thompson by mom Rose
+ Marguerite & Louis DeLorenzo by children
+ Servillano “Billy” Dolina by Family
11:30 AM People of the Parish
12:45 PM + Rosana Arango by Familia Meneses
+ Manuel Jesus Cuzco
+ Maria De La Nube Velecela
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
In a dark movie from a couple of years ago, The
Clearing, Robert Redford plays the role of a very
wealthy businessman. He has been very successful in his
career and made a lot of money and has a beautiful, loving and supportive family. That, too, had come at a hefty
price. Like too many, he had strayed once during his
marriage, but he and his wife had been able to reconcile
and even restore their love for each other.
On his way to work one morning, Redford’s character is kidnapped and held for ransom by a disturbed
and disgruntled former employee. While the family seeks
the help of the police in securing the safe return of their
husband and father, Redford begins to realize that he is
not ever going to see them again. He’s seen the kidnapper’s face and knows that he’ll never let him go alive.
He finally asks for the privilege of writing a letter
to his wife which she doesn’t receive until long after the
kidnapping is over and it is clear that her husband is
dead.
One evening, some months later, as she is lying
on her bed alone, she has a conversation with her dead
husband, something many people do in their grief, sometimes for years. In the conversation, she sees her husband
leaning over her, saying to her the same thing he had
written in his last letter. “Do you love me,” he asks.
“Yes,” she says with more sincerity than most people
will ever hear love expressed. “Then,” Redford says, “I
have everything I need.”
Those words had come back to him as he knew
his life was about to end. He had come to the end of a
very successful career, still working long after he had to
and with more money to his name than hundreds of people could ever need in a lifetime. But, the one thing that
sustained him in the darkest hour of his life was not his
career success or his athletic good looks or his prominence, but the simple knowledge that he was loved by the
most important person in his world.
“Do you love me?” “Yes.” “Then, I have everything that I need.”
The Resurrection of Jesus gives us everything we
need. That need is love.
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— Father’s corner continued —
In one of the chapels in London’s Westminster Cathedral, there is a beautiful mosaic depicting
the miracle at Cana where Jesus changed water into
wine. In the mosaic, a man is pouring water from
one jug into another. The water pouring out of the
first jug is a radiant ocean-blue. But as it nears the
mouth of the second jug it becomes a deep shade of
purple. As you look at the mosaic, you get the feeling that water is turning into wine right before your
very eyes. Author Jim Forest has written that until he
had seen the mosaic, it had never occurred to him
that this first miraculous sign of Jesus — a miracle
of transformation — is a key to understanding everything in the Gospel. “Jesus is constantly involved in
transformation: water into wine, blind eyes to seeing
eyes, withered limbs to working limbs, guilt into forgiveness, sorrow into joy, crucifixion into resurrection, death into life.”
Don’t blink. Keep your eyes wide open to the
transforming power of the Lord Jesus.
May the Risen Christ answer your needs by
letting you experience the fullness of His Resurrected Love.
Love and prayers,
Fr. Brian
Easter Sunday
April 12, 2009
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works
of the LORD.
— Psalm 118:17
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — Peter is an eyewitness: The Lord
is risen (Acts 10:34a, 37-43).
Psalm — This is the day the Lord has made; let us
rejoice and be glad (Psalm 118).
(1) Second Reading — All who are baptized, set
your hearts in heaven (Colossians 3:1-4) or
(2) Second Reading — Christ our Passover is
sacrificed; therefore let us celebrate
(1 Corinthians 5:6b-8).
Gospel — Three witnesses, Mary, Peter, and John;
each responds to the empty tomb (John 20:1-9) or
Padre Pio Academy Registration
Padre Pio Academy (the result of the merging of St.
Francis School & Holy Trinity School) is located at 100
So. Main St., Hackensack. Applications are now being
accepted for the 2009-2010 school year for grades PreK3 through 8. Pre-K3 Little Angels Program offers a full
day program from 7:30 AM to 3PM or half day program
from 9AM - 12PM. Pre-K4 is a full day program for children who are 4 years old by October 1st, 2009. Kindergarten is a full day program and the child must be 5 years
old by October 1st, 2009. For more information, please
call the school office between 9AM and 3PM at 201-4888862.
SAVE THE DATE
St. Francis School will be holding an “Over the Rainbow” Tricky Tray on Saturday, April 25th, 2009. Admission is $10 and it includes coffee, tea & cookies plus a
sheet of tickets for prizes. Door will open at 4 PM. Tickets available at the school. Call 201-488-8862 beginning
March 31st.
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Mark 16:1-7 (or, at an afternoon or evening Mass,
Luke 24:13-35).
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday:
Acts 2:14, 22-33; Mt 28:8-15
Tuesday:
Acts 2:36-41; Jn 20:11-18
Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10; Lk 24:13-35
Thursday:
Acts 3:11-26; Lk 24:35-48
Friday:
Acts 4:1-12; Jn 21:1-14
Saturday:
Acts 4:13-21; Mk 16:9-15
Sunday:
Acts 4:32-35; Ps 118; 1 Jn 5:1-6;
Jn 20:19-31
Attention Parishioners!!!
The St. Francis Socialites would like to
thank you for supporting the Beef Steak.
Thanks to you it was a great success.
PROCLAIM THE RISEN CHRIST
On Easter morning everything—the spring weather, the flowers, birds and butterflies, the people around us in their finery, the beautiful liturgy and music—
everything seems to bear witness that Jesus Christ is risen today! Like the eyewitness
accounts in today’s scriptures, the glorious and joyful life all around us helps us to
believe the good news of the Resurrection and sing “Alleluia!”
In the scriptures today we hear from Peter and Paul and John. All three speak with
conviction about witnessing the resurrected Christ. John’s Gospel account includes
Mary of Magdala, who also was privileged to witness the Resurrection and tell others
the good news. On this glorious Easter Sunday can we ourselves give eyewitness accounts that Jesus Christ is risen today, alive and active in our lives?
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
HOMEBOUND? HOSPITAL? NURSING FACILITY/REHAB CENTER? IF YOU OR ANYONE ARE
AWARE OF ONE OF THESE PARTICULAR SITUATIONS, PLEASE INFORM THE CHURCH OFFICE. WE DO MAKE HOUSE CALLS!!! COMMUNION, PRAYER SERVICE, CONFESSIONS
AVAILABLE!!!
(201) 343-6243 EXT. 11
Comité Hispano de la Iglesia San Francisco de Asís
UN PUEBLO PASCUAL
Rifa en Honor a las Madres
¡Somos su pueblo pascual y el aleluya es nuesFecha: 10 de Mayo del 2009
tra canción!
Lugar: Sótano de la Iglesia
Arquidiócesis de Newark, Apostolado Hispano Cartas
de San Pablo
Lugar: Iglesia San Francisco de Asís los Martes
Abril: 14, 21 y 28
Hora: 7:30 PM a 9:30 PM
CURSILLO PARA PADRES Y MADRES
El Programa de Educación Religiosa está ofreciendo un
cursillo para padres quienes deseen aprender cómo educar a sus hijos en la plenitud de fe. El cursillo ofrece
consejos y herramientas fáciles para ayudar a padres y
madres a realizar un camino espiritual e
inspirar la virtud, la disciplina y la esperanza en sus familias.
LA CLASE SE REÚNE TODOS LOS DOMINGOS
DE 10AM-11:30AM EN EL BINGO HALL.
El Rosario de María Rosa Mística los invita a participar con
ellos. Si desea más información sírvase comunicarse con Ercilia
al 201-880-6458 o Cipriano 201-742-5464
¡¡¡Atención Feligreses!!! La oficina de la Iglesia
estará cerrada por vacaciones comenzando el 13
de Abril hasta el 17 de Abril.
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Hora: 2 PM
Donación: $2
Se estará rifando un VIZIO 32 LCD FHDTV 1080P
Full High Definition
Esperamos su participación en este evento
CURSILLISTAS
No se olviden que los cursillistas de la Iglesia San
Francisco se reúnen todos los primeros sábados de cada
mes a las 5:45 PM en el Sótano de la Iglesia.
LA FAMILIA QUE REZA UNIDA,
PERMANECE UNIDA
El Grupo de “LA VIRGEN DE FATIMA” de la
parroquia “San Francisco de Asís” continúa visitando los hogares. Si usted desea ser visitada por
la Virgen Madre de Dios y Madre nuestra, escuchar la Palabra de Dios, rezar el rosario y cantar
cantos, favor de llamar a los teléfonos de: Lola
Santos 201-342-0685 o Gladys Cobos 201-498-
Grupo de Oración
Todos los Martes en el sótano de la Iglesia nos reunimos para orar, cantar y alabar a Dios. Durante el año
tenemos diferentes predicadores, misas de sanación,
etc. Hora: 7:30 PM. Todos están bienvenidos para compartir con nosotros.
OFFERING TO THE LORD
MEMORIAL GIFTS THIS WEEK
The Collection for April 4 & 5 Palm Sunday was
$4,828.14 and the second collection for Maintenance
Fund was $1,502.
Thank you for your generosity.
The Sanctuary Lamp will burn for
Theresa Palifrone, Mary LaVallo, Mary Buonomo &
Martha Romano
Donated by Domenic, The LaVallo & McKegney
Families
If you would like to have a loved one’s name
mentioned in the bulletin, please call the church
office at 201-343-6243.
In addition, if you would like an intention to be added
to the Apostolate of Prayer list, please send it via email to [email protected].
The Altar Bread will be consecrated for
James & Joseph Sortino
Donated by Marie Sortino
The Altar Wine will be consecrated for
James & Joseph Sortino
Donated by Marie Sortino
PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THE DECEASED
MEMBERS OF THE PARISH
John Ruffino
CALENDAR
Sunday, April 12th
Easter Sunday: The Resurrection
of the Lord
Second collection is for the
Utility Fund
Tuesday, April 14th
7:00 PM
Tuesday in the Octave of Easter
Miraculous Medal/St. Anthony
Novena
Hispanic Prayer Group
7:30 PM
GIFT CARDS
Spring is just around the corner. This means
Communion, Confirmation, Mother's Day, Father's Day,
Graduation, etc. You can save time, gas, and energy by
ordering gift cards for your special someone. Simply complete an order form (found in the Church Vestibule) and
return it the following Sunday with your check. Your
cards will be ready for your pick-up at the rectory by
Thursday or after Mass the following week. Call the Rectory for more information.
Thursday, April 16th Thursday in the Octave of Easter
7:00 PM
Socialites Meeting/Church Hall
Friday, April 17th
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK
Jimmy Pumilio, Rose Ascolese, Virginia, Baby Vincent Ribaudo, Clare, Juan Carlos & Family, James
Brower, Cecilia, Christopher Gonzalez, Marla Cohen,
Dulio, John Prudente, Mary Noto, Adam & Shirley
C., Angie, Elizabeth C, Roberto, Norma, Catherine
Leopardi, Daisy, Tessie Vendra, Vivian, Zoila,
Fatima, Bob Bark, Jesus, Lolo, Rosa, Nicole Everett.
Friday in the Octave of Easter
Saturday, April 18th Saturday in the Octave of Easter
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM 1st Communion Practice/Church
10:30AM - 11:30AM Práctica para la Primera Comunión
Attention Parishioners!!!
The Church Office will be closed for
vacation from April 13 to April 17 and
will re-open on Monday April 20.
Thank you,
Parish Secretary
CHRISTMAS CLUB
This is WEEK #16 of the Christmas Club.
Please be sure your name is clearly written on
the envelope.
REMEMBER THIS IS YOUR GIFT BACK
TO YOUR PARISH AT CHRISTMAS.
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COVER SHEET
Church name:
St. Francis of Assisi
Bulletin # 228650 April 12, 2009
Date of Publication: April 12, 2009
Number of pages transmitted: 5
Special instructions: Please ad as an insert Easter Flowers 2009. Thanks
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