April 23, 2017
SAINT JAMES THE LESS PARISH
36 Lincoln Avenue, Jamesburg, NJ 08831 Phone: 732-521-0100 Fax: 732-521-8287 Email: [email protected]
Pastoral Staff
Reverend Michael Fragoso, Pastor
Deacon Patrick Smith
Weekend Assistant
Rev. Msgr. Ray Cole
Kim Bohinski-Smith
Parish Catechetical Leader/ Pastoral Asst.
Patty Bisignano
Administrative Assistant
Parish Office Hours: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm M-Th
Website: stjamesthelesschurch.org
Daily Mass Schedule
Morning Prayer
Monday - Friday 8:15 am
Weekday Mass
Monday - Friday 8:30 am
Weekend Masses
Saturday: 4:00 pm
Sunday: 8:00 am, 11:00 am, 3:00 pm (Spanish)
and 5:00 pm
Confession
Saturday: 3:00 pm
Adoration
On Thursdays, Adoration will be held in the
Church from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm. All are
welcome to come for any amount of time.
Adult Choir
Thursday: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Spanish Choir
First Tuesday of the Month 8:00 pm
Music Ministry
Kevin Daly - Director of Music
Raelee Gold - Cantor
Knights of Columbus Council #6336
83 Lincoln Avenue, Jamesburg
First & third Monday of every month 8:00 pm
732-521-3366
St. James Columbiettes
2nd Thursday of every month
7:00 pm
HALL RENTAL AVAILABLE
Call Matt Collura (732)691-5416
Baptism: Parents who wish to have their child baptized
need to call the Rectory. Preparation classes are required
and are by appointment only. Baptisms will be held the first
Sunday of every month. Baptismal classes are held the
second Sunday of every month.
Sponsors and Godparents: If you are 18 years of age or
older, you must register as an adult and be confirmed in the
Catholic Church. If you wish to be a Sponsor for
Confirmation or a Godparent, you must be an active
parishioner and attending Mass.
Matrimony: Couples contemplating this Sacrament must
contact the Parish Office at least one year in advance. All
couples planning marriage must attend Pre-Cana classes or
Engaged Encounter.
Ministry of the Sick: Parishioners who are homebound
and would like to receive the Eucharist, please call the
Rectory. If you would like to have your name included on
the Prayer List in the bulletin, please call the Rectory.
RCIA: Adults inquiring about the Catholic Church with a
desire to become Catholic are invited to call the Parish
Office for more information about the Rite of Catholic
Initiation of Adults which begins in September and runs
through the following Easter.
St. James Cemetery
Mott Avenue, Monroe Twp
For more information please contact the Rectory
Food and Fellowship Soup Kitchen
Every Tuesday
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
St. James Parish Hall
Food Pantry Donation
First Sunday of every month
Parish Mission Statement
St. James the Less Parish is a Christian Community of the Roman Catholic tradition. Our Parish Community is dedicated to proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus, and as the people of God
are called to further the mission of Jesus. We will do this through the Word, Liturgy,
Sacrament, Music, Ecumenism, Evangelization, Religious Education of our Children, Prayer and the Honoring of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We will deepen our knowledge, skills and
understanding of our Faith. We will be Faith based. Above all, we will foster Love by example and serve the needs of others to work towards economic and social development for all
people.
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A Message from Pastor Fr. Michael Fragoso
Pope St John Paul II designated this Sunday the Second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. You may recall he died on Divine Mercy
Sunday. When he died the Romans claimed his sanctity crying out, “Santo subito!” Today we are reminded of God’s mercy which we cannot
fathom.
What does it mean for us?
Firstly that there is hope for us. God may relent from the punishment we really deserve. God loves us and He is All-Merciful, yet he is also All
-Just. Justice demands that we give that which is due. It is a great mystery which I cannot understand totally. What I do know is that we must
forgive if we are to be forgiven.
Elie Wiesel who survived Auschwitz and tattooed with the number A-7713 on his left arm, wrote, “I cannot and I do not want to forgive the
killers of children; I ask God not to forgive.” An understandable human response to something which humans cannot understand.
St Maximillian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar from Poland, tattooed with number 16770 on his left arm, did not survive Auschwitz. One prisoner
escaped and the Deputy Commandant Karl Fritzsch picked ten men to be starved to death in an underground bunker. One man, Franciszek
Gajowniczek, pleaded that he had a family. Fr. Kolbe stepped forward and volunteered to take his place. In the bunker Fr Kolbe led the men in
prayers to the Blessed Mother. After two weeks, he was the only one left alive. When the Nazis entered the cell he was singing a Marian
hymn, and was injected with carbolic acid. Fr. Kolbe lifted his arm to receive the lethal injection. He was cremated on the feast of the
Assumption.
The question is, would Fr. Kolbe welcome SS-Hauptsturmführer Karl Fritzch into heaven? Fritzch was the first to suggest the use of nerve gas
for mass murder of the prisoners and he was the first to use the gas on Russian POW’s. We don’t know what eventually happened to Fritzsch,
some say he shot himself; he may have escaped to South America. By now he would be dead of old age.
I do not know. I do hope that even that vile monster could have mustered enough repentance and humility and asked the Lord for forgiveness,
but, knowing human nature, I doubt it. Even so there is an iota of hope for him. I also know that St Maximilian would welcome him in
heaven.
What can we say to Dr. Wiesel? In the Foreword to Wiesel’s book, Night, François Mauriac, the French Nobel laureate wrote, “And I, who
believe that God is love…did I speak to him of that other Jew, this crucified brother who perhaps resembled him and whose cross conquered
the world?”
That is the mystery of Divine Mercy. God says our ways are as nothing compared to His ways.
Our Lord left us the sacraments so we could experience God’s grace which extends to us his love and his mercy. Have we thanked Him? The
best way to thank Him is to constantly turn our hearts to Him by having an active sacramental life and by deepening out internal life of
prayer.
Collections
Easter Collection
$ 20,326.00
The Altar Candles, which burn during the
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for this week are
in loving memory of Mary Modzelewski.
This is a gift from The Czarnecki Family.
We would like to thank Country View Nursery, 599
Buckelew Ave., Monroe for donating the bushes and
shrubs for Easter. Also, to Vince D’Albero for all the
time and effort he put forth in arranging and setting up
the flowers for Easter.
Bishop’s Annual Appeal Update
As of March 30, 2017:
Parish Goal:
$107,000.00
Pledged:
$71,257.04
# of Pledges:
269
Percent of goal:
66.6%
Please consider making a pledge to this very important endeavor. All
pledges are deeply appreciated; big or small!
HYMNS:
Gathering: There's a Wideness in God's
Mercy #475 Preparation: I Am the
Bread of Life #364 Communion: Ye
Sons and Daughters #74; This Day Was
Made by the Lord #570
Recessional: Lift High the Cross #713
Prayers for the Sick
Emily Amador, Arlene & Richard Calabro, Catherine Cryan, John
Cryan, Richard Dallas, Jonathan DiPierro, Julianna Dubinsky,
Dominik Emerson, Bob & Michael Garvey, Jeanne Germann,
Kathleen Guerin, Toni Hart, Nikolai Hopkins, Tom Keating, Finn
Kelly, Rosemarie Kolessar, Lucy Lavadera, Arianna Louis, Rose
Luberecki, Michael Marano, Baby Nicholas Merritt, Jennifer Cohose
Meyer, Edward Migliore, Massimo Migliore, Lily Mizzi, Catherine
Bagarello Mondros, Susan Mulligan, Michael Nichols, Layla Nieto,
Adele Payne, Ron Ritter, Peggy Schiller, Sr. Helen Sikorski; SGM,
David Sternberg, Eleanor Szalus, Carmela Torres, Marion Trethak,
Emma Voss and Grace Wetzel
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MASS INTENTIONS
Monday, April 24th to Sunday, April 30th
LECTIONARY READINGS FOR THE WEEK/
LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA
Monday
8:30 am
Easter Weekday
Anna B Allen r/b Mt. Carmel Society
Tuesday
8:30 am
St. Mark, Evangelist
Walker & McBride Families r/b
Tom & Briege Walker
Wednesday
8:30 am
Easter Weekday
Patrick Duggan r/b Lily Gallagher
Thursday
8:30 am
Easter Weekday
Deceased members of Bilardi, Fontana &
Palomba Families r/b Ralph & Lauretta Serpe
270: Acts 5:27-33 Ps 34:2, 9, 17-20 Jn 3:31-36
Friday
8:30 am
Easter Weekday
Joseph Caputo r/b sister Nina & Family
271: Acts 5:34-42 Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 Jn 6:1-15
Saturday
4:00 pm
St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin & Dr of Church
James J Keating r/b Tom & Susan Keating
April 29th: SATURDAY/SÁBADO
Sunday
8:00 am
Third Sunday of Easter
Fransisco DeBartolo r/b Mary & Frances Kane
April 30th: SUNDAY/DOMINGO
11:00 am
For the people of St James
3:00 pm
Miguel Vazquez r/b Luz B Vazquez
5:00 pm
Helen Lonczak r/b The Semple Family
April 24th: MONDAY/ LUNES
267: Acts 4:23-31 Ps 2:1-9 Jn 3:1-8
April 25th: TUESDAY/MARTES
555: 1 Pt 5:5b-14 Ps 892-3, 6-7, 16-17 Mk 16:15-20
April 26th: WEDNESDAY/MIERCOLES
269: Acts 5:17-26 Ps 34:2-9 Jn 3:16-21
April 27th: THURSDAY/JUEVES
April 28th: FRIDAY/VIERNES
272: Acts 6:1-7 Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19
46: Acts 2:14, 22-23 Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11
1 Pt 1:17-21 Lk 24:13-35
2017 Bishop’s Annual Appeal
Ambassadors for Christ
Ministering to those experiencing pain, confusion and fear, and those preparing for death is the role of the clergy
assigned as Hospital Chaplains. They respond to calls at every hour of the day and night providing sacramental and
pastoral presence when needed most. The Bishop’s Annual Appeal helps to support the work of the priests serving as
chaplains in more than 15 hospitals and health care facilities located in the Diocese of Metuchen. Last year, our
hospital chaplains made over 40,000 pastoral visits.
If you have yet to make your gift to the 2017 Bishop’s Annual Appeal, please prayerfully consider doing so today.
Mail your check made payable to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal to Diocese of Metuchen, PO Box 4000, Metuchen,
NJ 08840-4000 or visit our secure online site at http://diometuchen.org/BAA. Thank you.
Ministry Schedule
Mass
Saturday
4:00 pm
Sunday 8:00
am
Lector
Weekend of April 29th/30th
Eucharistic
Eucharistic
Minister
Minister
Eucharistic
Minister
Altar Server
Ed Moke
Ann Fletcher
Dan Jolly
Pat Moke
Angela Oskierko
Vincent Wilson
Susan Rudy
Catherine Attara
Mark Attara
Roseanna Davino
Alison & Emily Ranieri
Nicholas Flethcer
11:00 am
Angelo Deliso
Barbara Cooper
Ronnie Emerson
Jackie Roca
Mark Giordano,
Liam Iannacone
Sean Alvarenga
5:00 pm
Joann Malet
Denise Halpin
Daria Ludas
Elaine Slabinski
Ashley & Veronique
Waters
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Sacramento de la Confesión
Domingo 2:00 pm.
Intenciones para la Misa
Intenciones para la Misa , $10 cada Misa.
Un mensaje del Pastor P. Michael Fragoso
El Papa San Juan Pablo II dedicó este Domingo, el Segundo Domingo de Pascua, a la Divina Misericordia. Recordemos que
murió el Domingo de la Divina Misericordia, entonces los romanos proclamaron su santidad gritando "¡Santo súbito!" Hoy nos
recuerda la misericordia de Dios que no podemos comprender.
¿Qué significa para nosotros?
En primer lugar, que hay esperanza para nosotros. Dios puede renunciar el castigo que realmente merecemos. Dios nos ama y
Él es Todo-Misericordioso, pero también es Todo-Justo. La justicia exige que le demos lo que se le debe. Es un gran misterio
que yo no entiendo totalmente. Lo que sí sé es que debemos perdonar si esperamos ser perdonados.
Elie Wiesel que sobrevivió el campo nazi de Auschwitz y fue tatuado con el número A-7713 en su brazo izquierdo, escribió: "No
puedo y no quiero perdonar a los asesinos de niños; Pido a Dios que no perdone.” Podemos comprender esta respuesta tan
humana a algo que los humanos no podemos entender.
San Maximiliano Kolbe, fraile franciscano de Polonia, tatuado con el número 16770 en su brazo izquierdo, no sobrevivió
Auschwitz. Un prisionero escapó y el comandante adjunto Karl Fritzsch eligió a diez hombres para que murieran de hambre en
un bunker subterráneo. Un prisionero, Franciszek Gajowniczek, rogó que tenía una familia. El Padre Kolbe dio un paso adelante
y se ofreció a tomar su lugar. En el bunker, el Padre Kolbe condujo a los hombres en oraciones a la Santísima Madre. Después
de dos semanas, era el único que quedaba vivo. Cuando los nazis entraron en la celda, él cantaba un himno mariano, y lo
inyectaron con ácido carbólico. El Padre Kolbe levantó el brazo para recibir la inyección letal. Fue cremado en la fiesta de la
Asunción.
La pregunta es, ¿le daría el Padre Kolbe da la bienvenida al SS-Hauptsturmführer Karl Fritzch al cielo? Fritzch fue el primero en
sugerir el uso de gas venenoso para el asesinato en masa de los prisioneros y fue el primero en usar el gas en los prisioneros
de guerra rusos. No sabemos qué le sucedió a Fritzsch, algunos dicen que se suicidó; Pudo haber escapado a América del Sur.
A estas alturas ya estaría muerto de vejez.
No lo sé la respuesta. Espero que ese vil monstruo haya reunido suficiente arrepentimiento y humildad y haya pedido perdón al
Señor, pero, conociendo la naturaleza humana, lo dudo. Aún así, hay un iota para esperanza para él. Si estoy convencido que
San Maximiliano le daría la bienvenida en el cielo.
¿Qué podemos decirle al Dr. Wiesel? En el prólogo del libro de Wiesel, La Noche, François Mauriac, el premio Nobel francés
escribió: "Y yo, que creo que Dios es amor ... ¿le habré hablado del otro judío, de ese hermano crucificado, que tal vez se
parecía él, y con cuya cruz conquistó al mundo?"
Ese es el misterio de la Divina Misericordia. Dios dice que nuestros caminos no son nada comparados con Sus caminos.
Nuestro Señor nos dejó los sacramentos para que pudiéramos experimentar la gracia de Dios que nos extiende su amor y su
misericordia. ¿Lo hemos agradecido? La mejor manera de agradecerle es que constantemente volvamos nuestros corazones a
Él con una vida sacramental activa y profundizando la vida interna de la oración.
Horario de Educación Religiosa
Primera Comunión
Confirmación
Práctica - 6:30 pm
25 de abril & 2 de mayo
Clase - 7:00 - 8:30 pm
24 de abril y 1 de mayoTogas y boletos serán entregados
Primera Comunión
6 de mayo a las 6:30 pm
Coronación de la Santisima Virgen
7 de mayo la misa de las 11
Práctica Obligatoria - 7:00 pm
8 de mayo con padrinos
15 de mayo solo candidatos
Confirmación - 18 de mayo
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St. James Religious Education
Reminders
First Holy Communion
Practice
Tuesday, April 25th &
May 2nd 6:30 pm
First Holy Communion
May 6th @ 10:30 am
Crowning of Blessed Mother
May 7th @ 11:00 am Mass
Confirmation
Class - 7:00 - 8:30 pm
April 24th &
May 1st - Robes & Tickets
will be handed out
Mandatory Practice - 7:00 pm
May 8th w/ sponsors &
Penance Service
May 15th - Candidates Only
Confirmation
May 18th
McQUILLEN MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP
The McQuillen Memorial Scholarship packet
is due by April 27th. You may drop them off
to the rectory, place them into the collection
basket on Sunday or send by mail. They are
due NO LATER then 3:00 pm on April 27th.
You’re invited to a
Tea party
Come spend a relaxing afternoon with
your family and friends!
Hosts: St. James Columbiettes
Date: Sunday, May 7, 2017
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Place: Knights of Columbus #6336
83 E. Lincoln Ave
Monroe Twp, NJ 08831
Cost: $10.00 per person
For tickets call Pam Markus (732) 718-8282
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION THANK YOU
Thank you to the following Catechists who volunteered their time
to the Religious Education Program: Caroline Albert, Christina
Albert, Susan Basarb, Danielle Bussiere, Wendy Cerbie, Judith
Chuisano, Stacey D’Aversia, Amanda Davino, Roseanne Davino,
Michele DeBartolo, Rosemarie Dezago, Ronnie Emerson, George
Evanego, Karen Falkowski, Anne Fletcher, Liz Harrison, Scott
Jones, Charlotte Klecan, Laurie Lane, Justin Leff, Nilda Leman,
Nicole Markus, Erin McGrath, Paul McGrath, Anne Mendoker,
Danielle Pugliese, Judy Pugliese, Susanna Riccio, Ellen Rysinski,
Melissa Semple, Caitlin Smith, Deacon Patrick Smith, Lori, and
Louis Villiarola. I would once again like to thank you all for your
commitment to the children of St. James the Less Parish. Your
dedication to the program is truly appreciated!
Thank you,
Kim Bohinski-Smith
WELCOME TO SPRING CELEBRATION
DINNER & DANCE
Where: Jamesburg Knights of Columbus #6336
83 E. Lincoln Ave., Monroe Twp
When: Saturday, May 6, 2017
Time: 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Cost: $25 pp - For tickets call Gregg 732-794-8010
MUST RESERVE BY APRIL 24TH
Buffet style , includes soda, coffee & dessert.