Church of Saint Mary91 Home Avenue

\\\\ Rutherford, NJ 07070 \\\\

[201] 438-2200

email: rcansmr@aol.com

website: www.stmaryrutherford.org

2008

For months all we heard was that this was going to be the worst Christmas in recent memory.

Every news report added more gloom and doom: an economic meltdown, a dismal shopping season,

escalating warfare, widespread corruption, climatic chaos, new scandals. While these challenging times

may be tough in many ways for many people, (as seen in a slight decrease in our parish’s weekly

contribution average in 2008), and although we will not set another record Christmas collection this year,

there is good news. Some have graciously increased their offerings to offset the loss of support from

their less fortunate sisters and brothers. And almost everyone has been fulfilling their pledge – some

have even completed their pledge - to our “Recapture the Dream” capital campaign! May God bless

everyone for their goodness to His Church.

FIRST RECONCILIATION/ADVENT PENANCE SERVICES

On the evenings of our Penance Services, we seek God’s

mercy and forgiveness - to strengthen our hope in God’s faithfulness

and eternal love - and to renew our faith in God’s ability to turn our

darkness into this marvelous light. Thank you to our HUSBAND and

WIFE team, Gerry and Lorraine DeMan for our wonderful music,

Sandi Kaufman, Anita Peterson and Rosemarie Salvatore, our lectors,

Andy Fenwick, our altar server and our Spiritual Life Committee who

assisted at the Advent Penance Service. Thanks to our parents and

communicants who participated in our 1st Reconciliation Service and

especially Father Tom Serafin for his power point presentation which

the children thoroughly enjoyed! Thank you Jim Hartmann for

operating your laptop and projector for Father Tom’s demonstration.

Thank you Betty Hatler for preparing the children so well! Thanks for

our priests who brought God’s love and mercy to all people during the

First Reconciliation and Advent Services: Father Mike, Father Chuck,

Father Donald Cooper, Father George Farrell, Father Hal Hermanns, Father Mark Kreder, Msgr. Thomas Madden, Father

Thomas Serafin and Father Jim Sheerin. Music was provided by Gerry DeMan and Joe Fazio at the Advent Service and

James and Giszelle Borbajo were our faithful altar servers. And dinner afterwards? Thank you Laura Yanitelli for another

delicious meal!

ADVENT DECORATIONS

One way to show our trustworthiness is to be more ‘hands-on’ with the Church’s ministries and worship. God’s spirit

remains alive in Saint Mary Church and was so evident over the Christmas season! May the Lord bless all who gave witness

to the Son by their gift to time, talent and treasure. Here are some examples: please remember them ALL in your prayers!

We started Advent by changing our missals - Today’s Missal and the Music Issue - with the help of Mrs. Betty Hatler’s 8th grade

class and Mrs. Irene Solleder’s 7th grade class. Thank you Victor and Linda Verdino for picking up the Advent wreaths from

Mullers in Newark. Thank you Linda Verdino, Gloria Ryan,

Judy Hardin, Fran and Carol Waples for the Main Decorating

during Lent. Our outside Advent Wreath was decorated by Ray

Mazzeo - it looked great again this year Ray! Linda did another

wonderful job on the Advent Wreath in the priests residence

and our bows couldn’t have been made nicer, Alice Helble and

Kathy Bartolomeo, thank you. Thank you to the members of

our Spiritual Life Committee who for the 4 Sundays of Advent

asked families to light the Advent Wreath as part of our

Opening Prayer. And thank you to all the families at our 4

weekend masses during Advent that said ‘yes’ and felt honored

to assist.

CHRISTMAS MAILING

Pat Bennett, Audrey Cuccinelli, Terry DeCicco, Terry

Laurenzo, Bert Manning, Nan Mulcahy, Anna Parry, Terry

Scannell, Janet Whipple and Mary Williams made our

Christmas mailing possible. They folded the letters and placed

labels on both envelopes and got the mailing to the post office on time before our deadline! Thank you Audrey Cuccinelli and

John Zaremba who collated the programs for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Thank you John Zaremba, James Kowalski,

Audrey Cuccinelli and Paul John Cuccinelli who inserted our Christmas Day bulletins. Thank you Mary O’Keefe who entered

all the data into the computer for the Christmas Thank You’s.

FACULTY LUNCHEON

Thank you to our priests, high school and elementary school administration, teachers and staff for coming together

to share the gift of friendship at our Christmas luncheon. Thanks to Pat Bennett, Nan Mulcahy and Terry Scannell for setting

up, serving and cleaning up. What a nice gathering!

CHURCH WREATHS

The Church wreaths were carried from the basement of our old rectory to our church by our 8th Grade Students:

Vincent Belgiovine, Connor Cuccinelli, Sebastian Dawidowski, Edward Kos, Liam Gardner, John Luzzi, Daniel Sowinski,

Nicholas Storie, Justin Vasquez. These guys carried the Christmas lights upstairs and the big bows to decorate the big

wreaths. Thank you Paul John Cuccinelli who carried all 10 bow bins back to the storage area in the Parish Center - ON A

SNOW DAY off from school. Paul, you deserve extra credit for that! Our inside wreaths were FLUFFED by Fran Waples.

Thanks to Fran Waples and Linda Verdino for placing the bows on the wreaths which were then hung nearly 20 feet up by

Justin VanDyk and Kevin Brown while Danny VanDyk and Dennis VanDyk hung the garland on the side walls of the church.

Thank you Nicole VanDyk for cleaning up and vacuuming afterwards.

LIGHTS

Thank you John Zaremba who tested all our Christmas lights to make sure when we began decorating, everything

placed on the trees would work. And we can’t forget to thank Kevin Brown who in the coldest of weather was outside hanging

lights on the trees and bushes outside of church. That’s not a job we have volunteers for so we are grateful.

Thanks to Sal DiBrita and Kevin Brown for putting the wreaths on the front of the Church and the wreaths on the priests

residence. And that was a COLD Saturday morning! Thank you! Thank you Kathy Bartolomeo for making the bows.

INSIDE MAIN DECORATING

Our helpers get all lined up and given their direction from Linda Verdino who is our GREAT ORGANIZER! We need

you and thank you for always being here for us. Thanks for coming and waiting for the delivery of our Christmas flowers and

making sure all we ordered did indeed arrive.

Madeline Nodarse and Ann Signore decorated the Christmas wreaths on the altar and placed the flowers beneath.

Thank you.

Maria Immediate, Lorraine Russo and Irene Smith beautifully placed all the Nativity pieces by the creche and decorated

the stable with greens. And thanks to Dan Moran for hanging the STAR above the creche.

Again, thanks to Alice Helble for making red bows throughout church. Thank you to JoAnn Bartlett and Eileen Hiller

for hanging the red drapes beneath the balcony. Thank you Carol Waples, Joanne Wilczynski and Diana Wilczynski for

hanging the blue drapes over the balcony windows, hanging the blue drapes behind the inside creche. Thank you Fran Waples

for putting together the creche.

And thanks to the following who brought the flowers into the main sanctuary of the church, opened the flowers, brought

flowers to the residence, swept, cleaned, threw away garbage and stayed to help for many hours in the afternoon to help make

the church look as beautiful as it did: Maureen Doren, Carol Waples, Maria Immediate, Lorraine Russo, Joanne Wilczynski,

Norma Irizarry, Fran Waples, Irene Smith and Linda Verdino.

Bobby Fisher, Jonathan Legregin and Michael Carey carried the inside Creche table from the garages to the main

sanctuary area of church.

OUTDOOR CRECHE

Thank you to Tony and Marie Lawlor and Andy Fenwick who assembled and broke down our outdoor creche again

this year. Thank you Fran and Carol Waples for ‘taking charge’ and moved the statues from the garage and placed them by

the creche. They were assisted by Linda Verdino, Nikki Stupienski and Glen Stupienski! Thank you Glen! The Statues were

pulled out of the cartons in the garage and placed in Glen’s pick-up and driven to the creche to keep them as safe as possible.

Thank you Fran Waples for keeping that parking spot in the street vacant for Glen’s truck. And when Christmas was over, they

all came back and packed up the statues on another cold day. And thanks for raking up and bagging the hay too!

STAINED GLASS WINDOW

and

CHRISTMAS TREES

Our stained glass window which was protected in the closet in our new parish center was brought to our sanctuary

space and prominently placed by Tony Bruton of Tara Construction - [201] 939-3773, Rich Doyle, Dan Moran, Dennis

VanDyk, Rich Moller, Anthony Marrone. Doors were opened by Erin Marrone who also vacuumed afterwards. The window

was brought back by the same men and carefully placed in a safe spot downstairs. Dennis VanDyk took down the crucifix so

the Christmas window could go up and Erin Marrone made sure the Cross and its stand used for processions during Mass

was now placed on the Sanctuary.

The trees this year were purchased at Meadowlands Hardware in East Rutherford and everyone had many

compliments. Our tree committee consisted of men and WOMEN - and we’d like to thank Joseph Schultz, Robert Schult,

Stanley Schultz, Dennis VanDyk, James Howell, Daniel Howell, Elyse Howell, Cabrini Howell, Jim Howell, Gerry Bellotti, Jean

Marie Bellotti, Erin Marrone, Anthony Marrone, Mike Schmeding, Don Vaughn, Ricky Vaughn, John Hardin, Erik Gaston,

Jeannette Gaston, Andrew Gaston, Gabrielle Gaston, Patrick O’Keefe, Brian O’Keefe, Matthew Jasko, Steven Jasko, Larry

Boland, Rory Doyle, Rich Doyle, Aidan Doyle, Colin Doyle, Sean Doyle, Tony Bruton and Meghan Moran. This committee

carried the trees - strung lights - watered the trees - vacuumed, unwrapped lights.

RESIDENCE

NATIVITY SETS and TREES

Thank you to Sister Ines Marie who continues to do such a beautiful job each year arranging the nativities both in the

residence dining room and beneath the Formal living room Christmas tree. And thank you Sister Ines for the beautiful job

decorating the trees in the residence.

PEW CANDLES

Thank you to all of you who filled up the pew candles with oil each week and cleaned the globes. Thank you to those

who put out and packed up the Christmas bells that were rung during the Gloria and Alleluia!

CALENDARS

Thanks to Collins Calhoun - [201] 939-1050 and Macagna Diffily Onorato - [201] 939-0098 Funeral Homes for

the calendars we distribute to our parishioners each year.

GIVING TREE PRESENTS

While the decorating was taking place, our elves were busy packing up the enormous amount of gifts our parishioners

so generously donated to those who have little. It seems their generosity continues to grow each year! Thank you Ray

Mazzeo, Bobby Fisher, Michael Perchun, Pat Landrigan, John Legregin, Michael Carey, Rex Macmillan, Steve Arce, Mike

Davis, Andrea Davis, Michael Davis, Robert Lemaire, Carol Lemaire, Noel Lemaire, Jake Lemaire, Alex Landzettel, Danielle

Landzettel, Michael Perchun, Vincent Decandia, Judi Newman, Robert Newman, Carly Newman, Michael Polivka, Maria

Polivka, Maryellen Szambel, Rick Szambel, Ricky Szambel, Elizabeth Szambel, Frank Pezzolla, Philip Pezzolla, Andrew Silva,

Karen Stelzle, Karl Stelzle, Matthew Ziemkiewicz, Robert Ziemkewicz, Jim Berrettini, Sam Berrettini, Stella Berrettini, David

Fogarty, Susan Fogarty, Diana Wilczynski, Mark Wilczynski, Beth Falker, Brinn Falker, Luis Silva, Matthew Silva, Lori Silva,

Andrew Fenwick, Christine Fenwick, Elaine Fenwick, Joy Wong, Peter Wong, Emma Wong, Raul Wong and Matt Durante.

Thanks to Kathleen Lovatt who chairs our Adopt-a-family. Many of our parishioners made many needy families have

a happier Christmas. Thank you for all your hard work and thanks to those who support the Adopt-a-family program.

VIGIL OF LIGHT SERVICE

Thank you to all those who walked our Nativity pieces to the creche during this service: Our Angels: Peter Pranke and

Maria Tinio; Crib: Betty Hatler; Ox and Ass: Nicole VanDyk and Amy VanDyk; Shepherds and Sheep: Laura VanDyk, Justin

VanDyk, Danny VanDyk, Peggy VanDyk, Katlyn VanDyk, Estelita Tinio, Monette Augustin; Mary and Joseph: Victor and Linda

Verdino; and Jesus: Priscilla Hipkins; our Altar Servers, Giselle Borbajo, James Borbajo, Sara Kockendorfer, Laura McKuch

and Martin Hipkins; Ellen and Tony Spaldo our lectors and our wonderful choir under the direction of Gerry DeMan.

OUR WEEKLY CLEANING CREW

Thank you to the members of our Altar Rosary Guild who come together each Tuesday morning and save the church

enormous cleaning costs each year: Pat Bennett, Terry DeCicco, Jodi Jaron, Terry Laurenzo, Bert Manning, Nan Mulcahy,

Grace Noonan, Anna Parry and Terry Scannell. And thank you Leo Parry, our vacuum repair man.

LAZARUS MINISTRY/FUNERAL MINISTRY

Thank you to our ladies who attend all our funerals and show their support for Saint Mary families who have lost a

loved one: Jane Duffy, Jean Rogers, Janet Whipple, Jean Minervini, Fran McCarthy, Pat Bennett, Nan Mulcahy, Terry Scannell,

Mary Kraft, Terry Barrows, Anna Parry and Anna DiMeo and those who are part of our Funeral Ministry and attend many of

our cemetery services, Mary Lanni, Sister Ines Marie, Mary Ann Mastrolia, Deacon Mike Matthews, Deacon Jim Guida, Deacon

John DiMeo, Martin Hipkins and our Adult Altar Servers for funerals: Gerry Casper, John Lamparello, John Zaremba,

Christopher Moore and Andy Bertone.

UN-DECORATING TEAM

I hope we have all your names! Because so many of you came to help, many of us got home to see some of the Giant

Game this Sunday! If you were a Giant Fan, unfortunately the results weren’t like last year! Thank you to everyone for making

clean-up a breeze! Linda Verdino, Christopher Verdino, Mike Schmeding, Ray Mazzeo, Ann Signore, Carol Davis, Maureen

Doren, Tiffany Ruiz, Frank Decandia, David Decandia, Enria Nerniz, Brittany Clare, Shea McAuley, Mike Schmeding, Vincent

Decandia, Ray Mazzeo, Carol Waples, Fran Waples, Brenda Haughey, Nick Potter, John Mould, Eileen Hiller, Daniel VanDyk

and Justin VanDyk.

ALTAR SERVERS

Our faithful servers under the direction of our senior server Martin Hipkins: thank you everyone.

LITURGICAL ART AND ENVIRONMENT

A big thank you to Linda Verdino who coordinates the entire season and makes herself available to direct and assist

decorators at all times - any and all days to do their part with decorating. Thank you for making our church look so beautiful

and liturgically ‘proper.’

ONE SOLITARY LIFE

To Erin Moran, Nick Segedin, Tony Spaldo, Joe DeFazio, Mary Lanni and Martin Hipkins, thank you for your

interpretation of ‘One Solitary Life.’

EPIPHANY PAGEANT

Our THANKS go out to all the Communicants who participated in our Epiphany Pageant. This time honored story was

brought to life in a very special way despite bad weather and very little practice time. We also wish to thank the parents who

assisted: Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. DeGennaro, Mrs. O’Flanagan, Mrs. Tormey and Mrs. Bajo and those who provided refreshments,

Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Ann Moran. Without their help it could not have taken place. And . . . thank you to our cast: Fiona

O’Flanagan, Nicholas DeGennaro, Sean Moran, Aidan Doyle, Christopher Arce, Quinn and Cooper Tormey, Natalia Perez,

Lucia and Candela Bajo, Maya Pinney, Emily Canaris, Emma Gilhawley, Caroline McCarthy, Jeremy Crapis, Aidan McHugh,

Michael Davis and Catarina McKenna. We are also grateful to Betty Hatler for the endless hours she gives to our Religious

Formation Program. Last but not least, thank you to Andrea Covais and the Children’s Choir who sang so beautifully during

the pageant.

CHILDREN’S CHOIR

Under the direction of Andrea Covais, we applaud Andrea and the Children’s Choir. Thank you to the parents who also

see how important it is to have their children in Church ministry. With God in our lives, all things are possible! We love to have

our children singing! Thanks to all who come each week: Caroline McKenna, Katarina McKenna, Brooke O’Neill, Sydney

O’Neill, Hailey Fitzsimons, Nicole Lucianin, Natalia Perez, Patrick Gallagher, Cameron Forsyth, Lucia Carpignano, Skylar

Wazinski, Francis Escolin, Kevin Nino, Meghan McLean, Nancy Vicente, Julia Marie Dzurillay, Morgan Nester, Kinga

Kolakowski, Annunziata Paolano, Maddalena Carpignano, Meghan Donohue, Mariah Gagliardi, Kelly Marie Tapia and Dominick

Speciale.

ADULT CHOIR

We thank our Director of Sacred Music - Gerry DeMan for the endless hours he gives to our Church. Our Adult Choir

sounds beautiful at 9:00 a.m. Sunday Masses and were wonderful this Christmas. Thank you Gerry for the time you have given

to the choir but with the many wonderful voices you have to work with, no wonder the music sounded great! Thanks to our

Soprano’s Pauline Bertone, Erin Carroll, Andrea Covais, Dorothy Checki, Maureen Doren, Karen Estrella, Madeline Jannicelli,

Maggie Ludwiczak, Judy Mack, Fran McCarthy, Gerri Van Winkle and Michelle Zimmerman; thanks to our Alto’s: Alice Cardillo,

Maria DeFazio, Lorraine DeMan, Anna DiMeo, Suying Lam, Suzy Pranke and Catherine Turso; we also thank our Tenor’s: Ray

Mazzeo, and Walter Palasits and lastly thanks to our Bass singers: Brad Chiapetta, Joe DeFazio, Kenneth Focht, George

Hensel, Paul Laurora and Brian Smith. It’s never too late to join our choir. Stop by and speak to Gerry or any member of the

choir who would love to share the great feeling of being part of church ministry.

SPECIAL MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST

We are Eucharistic People, nourished by the Body and Blood of Christ and able to contribute to the Mission of the

Church. Thank you to our Eucharistic Ministers under the leadership of Nancy Barckett: Terry Barrows, JoAnn Bartlett, Pat

Bennett, Andy Bertone, Rosalie Bonadonna, Frank Bowen, Valerie Bowen, Judith Boyce, Marie Boyle, Tonie Briguglio, Ed

Budnich, Judy Calviello, Dolores Cardillo, Pat Carroll, Walter Carroll, Gerry Casper, Kathie Clare, Tom Clare, Jeanette

DeMarco, Pat Dougherty, Jane Duffy, Narayan Escolin, Sue Escolin, Adele Falken, Charlie Fallon, Elaine Fenwick, Judy

Hardin, Betty Hatler, Doug Hatler, Eileen Hiller, Priscilla Hipkins, Barbara Inglese, Celine Kerwin, Mary Kraft, Helene

Lamparello, John Lamparello, Marie Lawlor, Kathleen Lovatt, Geraldine Mangasi, Erin Marrone, Ray Mazzeo, Fran McCarthy,

Loretta McDowell, Kevin McLean, Sue McLean, Herb Meyer, Deborah Moran, Nan Mulcahy, Liz Niland, Suzane Noyes, Tom

O’Reilly, Anna Parry, Frank Pezzolla, Roseanne Pezzolla, Roxanne Picurro, Frances Purpura, Carol Resch, Jean Rogers,

Denise Ross, Lorraine Russo, Gloria Ryan, Terry Scannell, Stanley Schultz, Anne Sorbera, Anthony Spaldo, Catherine Tighe,

Len Tully, Linda Verdino, Fran Waples, Carol Waples, Janet Whipple, Bill Zatkos, for assuring the on going work of Christ in

today’s world.

LECTORS

The word of God, proclaimed in the sacred Scripture, enlightens our minds and hearts. When the Scriptures are read

in the liturgical assembly, God speaks to us and calls us to respond in faith and love. Our lectors are organized by Ellen

Spaldo. Thank you also to Andrew Bertone, Judith Calviello, Vincent Calviello, Erin Carroll, Gerry Caspar, Dorothy Checki,

Mary Clare, Thomas Clare, Chrissy Dudonis, Narayan Escolin, Elizabeth Foer, Evelyn Ganon, Rosalie Ganon, Diane Jones,

Sandi Kaufman, Maryellen Kein, Mary E. Kraft, Mary Lanni, Margaret Ludwiczak, Corinna Martinez, Mary Ann Mastrolia,

Marianne Olvesen, Walter Palasits, Anita Peterson, Diane Pierce, Joseph Reciniello, Carol Resch, Rosemarie Salvatore,

Stanley Schultz, Nick T. Segedin, Linda Small, Anthony Spaldo, Ellen Spaldo, Thomas Surdovel, Nicole Thompson and Mary

Williams.

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD

Our CLOW teams bring children in grades K-5 downstairs during the readings and explain the readings/gospel to the

children on a level easier for them to understand. This is made possible by Barbara Allen, Larry Boland, Mary Kay Brooks,

Katie Driscoll, Tricia Finelli, Martiza Hernandez, Kathleen Lovatt, Sue McGuire, Erin and Anthony Marrone, Lorrie Motylinski,

Jackie Reciniello, Missy Scanlon, Linda and Ken Focht, Anita Peterson, Charlie Fallon, Monica Crapis, Lida Manzo and Karen

Hughes. Thank you for your dedication!

OUR PRIESTS AND DEACONS

For their great homilies, prayerful spirit and faithfulness, we thank our deacons John DiMeo, James Guida and Michael

Matthews and our priests: Father Mike, Father Chuck and our weekend assistant, Father Sheerin. We are so lucky to have

such wonderful ordained priests and deacons in our parish.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Thanks to Brian O’Keefe for capturing another wonderful Christmas Season and making these photo’s possible!

MONEY COUNTERS

Thank you to our many volunteers who came out on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and every weekend to count our

Sunday and Holyday collections.

WEBSITE

Remember to visit our parish website www.stmaryrutherford.org for all parish updates and information

regarding programs and ministries.

USHERS

We can’t possibly name them all but thank you to all who come together each week and are asked to help with our

Sunday/Holyday collections.

SPECIAL THANKS TO: PARK CLEANERS on Park Avenue in Rutherford for dry cleaning our vestments and other

liturgical linens - free of charge - all year long!

FUNERAL HOMES

We cannot close without offering our GREAT THANKS to COLLINS CALHOUN FUNERAL HOME - [201] 939-

1050and MACAGNA DIFFILY ONORATO FUNERAL HOME - [201] 939-0098. There is NEVER a time throughout the year

that they have let us down. Their generosity is incredibly generous and we have much to be thankful for.

Although many did not get everything they hoped for [does anyone ever get all they hope for in this life?]; and even if

every wish and dream did not come true, and even if you might be among those facing an uncertain future [and who isn’t?]

; there is so much more good news! Christmas Masses were filled with faithful worshippers; many children beamed with

excitement as they told me all that Santa Claus brought them; and God’s children of every age joyfully sang out how the Lord

fulfilled His promise to be our Emmanuel - our God-with-us - in Jesus Christ, our newborn King!

However, as I said in my Christmas homily, this Good News, the Gospel of Emmanuel – God-with-us – can only help

those who make room for the Lord and His Church in their everyday life. You are certainly among the ‘wise’ ones who make

room for Jesus and His Church in their life! Your generous Christmas gifts – as well as your prayers and active support - will

enable our sacred liturgies to continue to be exemplary celebrations of our great Catholic Faith; they will also keep our many

parish ministries thriving without cutbacks. On behalf of the Lord and His holy People – thank you again for your sacrificial gift!

With God’s grace and blessing, may our consistent participation in and support of our great Church in this New Year

reflect even more Good News into a darkened world that needs what we alone can bring into it: the Light of Christ’s Truth and

Peace.

Allow me, also, to thank all those who have made the additional sacrifice for our “Recapture the Dream” capital

campaign; to date 665 parishioners have pledged $2,000,000 and 62% of the goal has been reached. Please continue to pray

the Memorare daily for the success of our Capital Campaign.

Please be assured of my prayerful best wishes for a safe and healthy New Year.

. . . and above all: THANK YOU to all who brought goodies, cards, cookies, cakes, fruit baskets and flowers and any

expression of love and support. Your prayerful support, physical presence, and your sacrificial gifts to your parish at Christmas

and throughout the year enable us to continue Christ’s mission. May God bless you for your generosity.

OUR BELOVED DEAD

BURIED FROM SAINT MARY CHURCH IN 2008

Nora Anderson, Ryan J. Armstrong, Alice Mae Baum, Christina D. Baumann, Doris Brooks, Gregory A. Burch, Harold

J. Catt, Philomena Cavaliere, Louis Cinotti, Angela Civello, Dorothy Clare, Catherine A. Colsh, Margaret E. Connolly,

Annie T. Conroy, Michael P. Costello, John Francis Curry III, John R. Curtin, Ann DeSanto, Paul Devlin, Anthony J.

DiMaulo, Jean DiTonto, Robert F. Drake, John F. Duignan, Jack Vernon Dunn, Diane Dzienis, Mary J. Endres, Edward

Esposito, Elizabeth A. Fallon, Joseph Farallo, John Joseph Farrell, Clarice Freire, Isobel Frystak, Francine Gallina,

Rose Ganguzza, Robert Garcia, William R. Glendenning, Robert C. Groeschke, Edith Grosso, Joseph D. Guittari,

Rosemary Hanavan, Thomas Hennessey, John G. Hipkins, Joseph A. Introne, Delfin A. Javan, Henry Kasper, Carmen

D. Kaye, Paul John Kerwin, Lora J. Kipilla, Gerard J. Kirchner, Marie Kirkpatrick, Regina C. Kozlowski, Jean Kreutzer,

Marie A. Kunz, Patrick Landolfi, Glenn Laurie, Ann M. Lewandowski, William J. Lynch, Vincent Marino, Michael T.

McDonnell, Mary Beth Nolan, William Lloyd Norville, Robert Emmett O'Hara, Patricia O'Keefe, Joseph O'Neill, Helen

M. Palmer, Aldo Palmeri, Barbara Ann Palughi, Marion Parks, Catherine Pearsall, Colette Perrotta, Antoinette Peterlin,

Francis J. Pollara, Raimonda Pouyat, Vincent A. Pouyat, Paul F. Richards, Frank Robie, Angelo J. Salerno, Thomas

Schneider, Helen Schoener, Bernard F. Schoneman, Virginia Scott, Richard K. Smith, Dorraine V. Sokolowski,

Raymond G. Spanarkel, Sr., Marc Specchio, Constance Spratt, Mary Frances Stio, Daniel Taormina, Tung Minh Tran,

MD, Regina Wegrzynowicz, Jean Louise Willis, Maureen Willis and Michael J. Wonica....

“Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

Luke 23:33, 39-43

SOME CHRISTMAS COLLECTION STATS

Amount of donations $50. - $99. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,645.00

Amount of donations $100. - $499. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,460.00

Amount of donations $500. - $999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,630.00

Amount of donations $1,000. and up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,475.00

Amount from all who gave less than $50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,704.00

Amount for all who gave $50. and up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $71,210.00

Number who receive monthly envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1620

Number of registered parishioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2700

433 Families gave over 80%of the total Christmas collection

Total Christmas Collection as of 1/27/098: $88,914.00

With God’s Love and my Prayers,

Rev. Michael J. Kreder, pastor