Rev. Jacek Marchewka Pastor

Weekend Assistants

Salesians of Don Bosco

Anne L. Laura Parish Catechetical Leader

Elaine Kownacki Office Manager

Mary McCarrick

Confirmation Leader

Szymon Gil Director of Music Ministry

Helen Soboleski, Lauren D’Imperio

Dianne Scott Cantors

Arthur Yankowski

Parish Council Chair

Kristen Kopcio Safe Environment Coordinator

Mary Molinelli, John Sulikowski

Trustees

SACRAMENTS Baptism

Every other Sunday.

Reconciliation After all daily Masses and Saturday, 4pm to 4:45pm, or by appointment.

Marriage

Arrangements should be made one year in advance. Contact Rectory for appointment.

Annointing of the Sick

Contact Rectory for appointment for home bound or infirmed.

MASS SCHEDULE

Weekdays and Saturday: 8am Saturday Vigil: 5pm

Sunday: 7:30am, 9am (Polish), 10:30am, 12 Noon

CChurch of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Roman Catholic Community

47 Island Road Mahwah, NJ 07430 Rectory Phone: 201- 529-3517

Parish Website: www.ihmcmahwah.org Parish Email: pastor@ihmcmahwah.org

Parish Office Hours:

Weekdays: 10am-Noon, 1pm-5pm; Weekends: Emergency calls only

Fifth Sunday of Easter April 29, 2018

WORSHIP

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, April 28 5pm +Sylvia & Bernard Kuzmik by the Family +Jenna Plant by Grandma Nancy +Mary Kownacki by the Family

Sunday, April 29 - Fifth Sunday of Easter 7:30am For Our Parishioners 9am +Jozef Marzec, Jr. & Stanislaw Marzec by brother Henry & Family Happy Birthday Kristian & Bozena Gusciora by the Family 35th Wedding Anniversary of Maria & Tadeusz Bodyziak by the Family 10:30am +Ron MacLellan by the Family +Judy & Wayne Lehr by Judy Lehr +Catherine & George Miedlar by Mary Krupinski 12pm +William Moe by Eileen Johnson

Monday, April 30 8am +Edward Delicato by wife Catherine

Tuesday, May 1 - St. Joseph the Worker 8am +Helen Zembriski by Christopher & Matthew Dolan

Wednesday, May 2 - St. Athanasius 8am +Camilo Cabig by wife Fe

Thursday, May 3 - Sts. Philip and James 8am +Stanislawa Frankoski by Tina & Ed

Friday, May 4 - First Friday 8am +Ulf Andresen by Lisa Frankoski

Saturday, May 5 - Cinco de Mayo 8am +Bernard & Sylvia Kuzmik by the Family 5pm +Anne Marie Sochulak by Anne Suleski +Nancy & Leonardo DiRe by Stephen & Melina Bisciglia +Jenna Plant by Helen Soboleski

Sunday, May 6 - Sixth Sunday of Easter 7:30am +Alexander Suleski by sister Wanda 9am Living & +Deceased Members of the Polish Club All Mothers Living & +Deceased In Thanksgiving for the End of World War II 10:30am +Yolanda Kotos by Mark Soboleski +Anne Stricker by husband Don +Angelina DiDomenico by the O’Leary Family 12pm +Andrew Sinisi by the Family

2018 PASCHAL CANDLE In memory of Helen & Frank Stoltz donated by Arthur & Louise Yankowski

MEMORIAL CANDLES

Blessed Mother (Sanctuary Candle) Health Blessings for Katarzyna Rusnaczyk from the Kurnat Family

Sacred Heart (Alcove) In memory of Cynthia, my loving wife, from husband Ed Plicinski

Blessed Mother (Alcove) Blessings on the Gerling Family

DEVOTIONS Immaculate Heart of Mary Novena Every Monday following the 8am Mass

Divine Mercy Chaplet Every Friday following the 8am Mass

Rosary Every Saturday following the 8am Mass

PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED

Gisela Sokol, Florence Imparato, Gregory Morris, Sr., Jozef Iwanczak, Adela Tuczkowski, Sam Iorio, Stasia Krawczyk, Helen Zembriski, Carmela Jean Pignone, Winston Govia, Joseph Schnackenberg, Jan Pasciak, Zofia M. Malta, Santa Lisi, Tomasz Dluzniewski, AnnMarie Sochulak, Claire B. McElwain, Deacon William D. Tobin, Sr., Mieczyslaw Romanski, Jenna Plant, Carmella Rutella, Elizabeth Mihok, Anne Keane, Barbara J. Suleski, Lottie DuBois, Stella Moran.

AApril 29, 2018

“I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit,

because without me you can do nothing.” In today’s Gospel of John, Jesus’ call for us to glorify the Father by bearing fruit and becoming disciples is clear. The way we do this is by remaining united with Jesus, the true vine, and the Father who is the vine grower. Stay the course is essentially Jesus’ message! He will always remain in us. Ours is the call to remain in him and bear luscious fruit for the world. Ours is the consolation that we do not have to do anything on our own. In fact, we cannot do anything without the true vine. Bearing fruit - and more fruit - requires pruning. The pruning tool of the Father-vine grower is the Son's word. Allowing this word to shape us brings forth a life-giving relationship with Jesus (like a branch that is nourished on a vine) that assures abundant and good fruit. Five times we are told to bear fruit; Eight times we are told to remain in Jesus. How many times, then, must we be shaped by the word? The Second Reading makes very concrete how we remain in Jesus: by keeping his commandment of love in deed and truth!

This week we begin the month of May – dedicated to our Blessed Mother. In honor of Mary we will have a month of “Wednesdays” in which we will recite the Rosary on May 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, each evening at 7:30pm in the Church. Please bring your family, your friends and your prayer intentions as we gather together as a faith community to celebrate our Mother Mary during this special time of May. And, we will continue our celebration with refreshments immediately following in the Parish Center!

Next weekend we will celebrate the Sacrament of the First Eucharist with our second-grade children at the following Masses: Saturday, May 5th, 5pm, and Sunday, May 6th, 9am, 10:30am, and 12 noon. Please keep these children in your prayers as they have been preparing all year long for this special day in their life and are so excited they will be receiving Jesus for the first time! And thank you to their parents, Godparents, and all their teachers who have been by their sides along this special journey.

Please mark your calendar that Ascension Thursday (Holy Day of Obligation) and Mother’s Day are also just around the corner. Our Mass schedule for Ascension Thursday will be: Vigil Mass, Wednesday, May 9th at 7:30pm; Thursday, May 10th, 8am, 12noon, and 7:30pm (Polish). On Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13th, we will celebrate all Mothers starting off with a Breakfast for Mothers and their families from 8am -12 noon. At the 10:30am Mass we will crown and honor our Blessed Mother. All First Eucharist children are invited to join in procession wearing their Communion outfits (photo for Bulletin) and bring any religious gifts they received to be blessed at this Mass. And, there will be a wonderful Bake Sale sponsored by the Polish Club outside the Parish Hall from 8am-12noon as well! God Bless you all. Have a wonderful and safe week. Fr. Jacek

FAITH FORMATION

FIVE WEDNESDAYS FOR MARY MAY 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – 7:30pm

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHURCH

What if there was a prayer that could change your life, strengthen the family, bring peace to the world, convert entire nations, and win the salvation of souls? Would you put aside 15-20 minutes to say it? Well, the Holy Rosary is considered to be that prayer!

The Rosary is a powerful prayer of intercession to our Blessed Mother. We ask her to bring our prayers to her Divine Son and plead for His aid. We bring our Rosary intentions to Mary with the hope that our request will be answered.

Bring your family, your friends and your prayer intentions as we gather together as a faith

community to celebrate during the month of May! (No experience is needed! Extra Rosaries will be available.)

Refreshments to follow in the Parish Center!

FIVE REASONS TO PRAY THE ROSARY

SAVE YOUR SOUL "If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins 'you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory.' Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil … sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and will save your soul, if -- and mark well what I say-- if you say the Holy Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtaining contrition and pardon for your sins." -St. Louis de Montfort from The Secret of the Rosary

SOLVE PROBLEMS “The Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the Rosary to such an extent that there is no problem, no matter how difficult it is, whether temporal or above all spiritual, in the personal life of each one of us, of our families…that cannot be solved by the Rosary. There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary.” - Sister Lucia dos Santos, Fatima seer

PROMOTE PEACE "The Rosary is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sin… If you desire peace in your hearts, in your homes, and in your country, assemble each evening to recite the Rosary. Let not even one day pass without saying it, no matter how burdened you may be with many cares and labors." -Pope Pius XI

BLESSINGS FOR YOUR CHILDREN “Do not cease praying for your children; God's grace can touch a hardened heart. Commend your children to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. When parents pray the Rosary, at the end of each decade they should hold the Rosary aloft and say to her, ‘With these beads bind my children to your Immaculate Heart,’ she will attend to their souls." - St. Louise de Marillac

PRAY WITH HEAVEN "When you pray ‘Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now...’ the Blessed Mother comes instantly to your side to pray with you. And she does not come alone. She brings angels with her. And not just one or two for

she is the Queen of Angels, so choirs of angels come with her. And she and Jesus are joined at the heart and cannot be separated so she brings Jesus with her. And Jesus cannot be separated from the Trinity so He brings the Father and the Holy Spirit with Him. And where the Holy Trinity is all of creation is and you are surrounded by such beauty and light as you cannot imagine in this life." - Father Gabriel Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican

(All quotes courtesy of beliefnet.com)

FAITH FORMATION

FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER MONDAY, MAY 1

The Feast of St. Joseph the Worker was established by Pope Pius XII in 1955 in order to Christianize the concept of labor and give to all workmen a model and a protector. By the daily labor in his shop, offered to God with patience and joy, St. Joseph provided for the necessities of his holy spouse

and of the Incarnate Son of God, and thus became an example to all laborers. "May Day" has long been dedicated to labor and the working man. It falls on the first day of the month that is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Pope Pius XII expressed the hope that this feast would accentuate the dignity of labor and would bring a spiritual dimension to labor unions. It is eminently fitting that St. Joseph, a working man who became the foster-father of Christ and patron of the universal Church, should be honored on this day.

STS. PHILIP AND JAMES WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

The Apostle Philip was one of Christ's first disciples, called soon after his Master's baptism in the Jordan. The fourth Gospel gives the following detail: "The next day Jesus was about to leave for Galilee, and He found Philip. And

Jesus said to him: Follow Me. Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and said to him: We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets wrote, Jesus the Son of Joseph of Nazareth. And Nathanael said to him: Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him: Come and see" (John 1:43ff).

St. James the Less, a brother of the Apostle Jude, was of Cana of Galilee. He is the author of one of the Catholic Epistles in the New Testament. He was favored by an appearance of the Risen Christ (I Cor. 15:7). After the dispersion of the Apostles he was made Bishop of Jerusalem. He was visited by St. Paul (Gal. 1:19). He spoke after Peter at the meeting of the Apostles (Acts 15:13). When he refused to deny the Divinity of Christ, the Jews cast him down from the terrace of the temple and clubbed him to death.

FIRST EUCHARIST WEEKEND OF MAY 5-6

Next weekend our second- graders will be receiving their First Eucharist at the Saturday, 5 pm Vigil, and Sunday, 9 am, 10:30am and 12 noon Masses.

Please keep them in your prayers and welcome their visiting family and friends to our Parish on this joyous occasion!

CROWNING OF OUR BLESSED MOTHER, SUNDAY, MAY 13, 10:30am MASS

O’ Mary! We crown thee with blossoms today, Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May

Join us with our First Eucharist children on Sunday, May13th, Mother’s Day, at the 10:30am Mass as they join in procession to honor and crown our Blessed Mother. They are invited to wear their Communion outfits, and also bring any religious gifts they received, which Fr. Jacek will bless at this Mass. May is a special time of prayer to our Blessed Mother and what better day to show our affection and devotion to Jesus’ Mother on this day when we celebrate and give thanks to all our Mothers!

"THE ROSARY:

A CIRCULAR PATH TO THE CENTER" MAY 11-13 - RETREAT

The Benedictine Center of St Walburga Monastery, Elizabeth, NJ offers "The Rosary: A Circular Path to the Center" as a day or weekend retreat. Discover the dynamism of the rosary as a pathway to the presence of God within. May 12: 9am-3:30pm. $35 for the day, lunch included. May 11-13 - women are invited to spend the weekend. $135. For info and registration contact Sr Marita, 908-353-3028; maritaosb@aol.com .

PARISH & COMMUNITY

Our last days of Religious Education classes will be Monday, May 7th

and Tuesday, May 8th -- which means that Registration for

the 2018-2019 school year is just around the corner! Returning students will receive online registration information in June.

If your child is completing kindergarten this year, he or she is invited to enroll in our First Year Religious Education Program. Please contact the Religious Education Office as soon as possible.

Please note: If your child is enrolled in one of the Catholic Schools in our area and you are registered parishioners of Immaculate Heart of Mary, your child is expected to receive his/her sacraments here. Please contact the Religious Education Office ASAP for more information.

Mark your calendar…

CELEBRATING ALL OUR MOTHERS! SUNDAY, MAY 13, 8am – 12 noon

The Polish Club will be hosting a Mother’s Day Breakfast for all our Mothers and families in the Parish Hall on Sunday, May 13th, 8am-12noon.

Free will offering accepted.

DELICIOUS HOMEMADE DESSERTS - BAKE SALE ON MOTHER’S DAY

The Polish Club will also be sponsoring a Bake Sale after all the Masses on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13, 8-12. Rather than buying a store made dessert save yourself some time and enjoy an assortment of homemade goodies while supporting the Polish Club of our Parish.

REJOICE AND BE GLAD!

No matter where grace finds you today—holiness is within reach! Pope Francis wants to speak to your heart, wherever you’re at. In this new apostolic exhortation from Pope Francis, Rejoice and Be Glad, the Pope looks at the call to holiness in today’s world, with wit, insight, and encouraging counsel. From how to avoid false forms of holiness, to finding inspiration in the lives of the saints, Pope Francis explores the heights and depths of practical Christian holiness. He invites all Christians to accept Jesus’ invitation to live out the fullness of the Beatitudes and to discern and generously respond to one’s personal mission. See how Pope Francis is guiding the Catholic Church’s call to holiness in the modern world and how you can be a part of it!

PARISH CALENDAR & STEWARDSHIP MAY 5/5 5pm Mass First Eucharist 5/6 9, 10:30, Noon Mass First Eucharist 5/7-5/8 Last Religious Education classes 5/10 Ascension Thursday – see Mass schedule 5/13 10:30am Mass Crowning of Blessed Mother 5/13 8am-12noon Mother’s Day Breakfast & Bake Sale 5/22 7:30pm Bereavement Support Group 5/28 Memorial Day Parish Office Closed

STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION Rectory: 201-529-3517 Pastor: Rev. Jacek Marchewka, Ext. 12 pastor@ihmcmahwah.org Office Manager: Elaine Kownacki 201-529-3517 Fax: 201-529-4401 parishoffice@ihmcmahwah.org Parish Catechetical Leader: Anne L. Laura 201-529-2294, religiouseducation@ihmcmahwah.orgConfirmation Leader: Mary McCarrick confirmation@ihmcmahwah.org Women’s Spirituality Leader: Eileen Matarazzo spirituality@ihmcmahwah.org Safe Environment Coordinator: Kristen Kopcio kristen@ihmcmahwah.org Bulletin Editor: bulletin@ihmcmahwah.org STEWARDSHIP April 22, 2018: Collection: $5,470 Second Collection: $2,060.

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