PARISH OFFICE AND CHAPEL

26 Edgewater Place

Phone: (201) 945-6329 Fax: (201) 945-6599

Parish Secretary: Barbara L. Brady

holyrosary@aol.com

Monday-Friday 8:30AM to 4:00PM

PASTOR

REV. JOSE AMANTE ABALON

PERMANENT DEACONS: Michael A. Lydon and

Robert E. Thomson

TRUSTEES: Joan Maniego and Joseph Venturino

Church of the Holy Rosary

365 Undercliff Avenue, Edgewater, NJ 07020

Mass Times

Daily Mass (Monday-Friday): 8:00AM (Chapel)

Saturday Evening Mass: 5:30PM (Church)

Sunday Masses: 8:00AM and 11:00AM (Church)

First Friday

Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction is held on the First Fri-

day of every month in the Church at 365 Undercliff Avenue.

Adoration begins shortly after the conclusion of the 8:00AM

Mass and concludes with the recitation of the Divine Mercy at

3:00PM. All are welcome to attend.

Sacraments

Reconciliation: Saturday, 4:30-5:00PM (Church)

Baptism: Sunday, April 26, 2020 at the 11:00AM Mass. Please

be advised you must be a member of Holy Rosary Parish in

order to receive a sponsor certification for Baptism.

WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS! If you are attending Mass at Holy Rosary and consider yourself a parishioner, but haven’t registered, we invite you to do so. Know-

ing who our parishioners are helps us adapt our parish programs to your needs. It is also important to be registered for Baptisms,

Marriage, to be a Sponsor/Godparent, etc.

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March 1, 2020 First Sunday of Lent

Catholic Community Services—Social Services Helpline

1-800-CCS-7413

Choir Rehearsal

Wednesdays at 7:30 PM

in the Church

Minister of Music:

Bill Jones

Religious Education

For information on our CCD

program, please see the “CCD

Corner” section of this bulletin.

For the Rite of Christian Initia-

tion for Adults (RCIA), please

call the Parish Office.

Holy Rosary Parish is a proud Co-Sponsor of Christ the Teacher

Interparochial School, 359 Whiteman St., Fort Lee, NJ 07024

(201-944-0421)

Do you need assistance

attending Mass?

If you are a senior or disabled,

and you would like shuttle

transportation to and from the

11:00AM Mass on Sundays,

call the Parish Center for in-

formation.

But seek first his kingdom and

his righteousness, and all these

things will be given to you as

well.

Matthew 6:33 NIV

Saturday, February 29

5:30 PM Ethel Sweeney (Charlene Azzoline))

Sunday, March 1

8:00 AM Deceased Members of the Criscuolo & Jones Families

(Patty & Joe Criscuolo & Family)

11:00 AM Jeffrey Mathieu (Fred Diabes)

Monday, March 2

8:00 AM Stephen Gucciardo (Joe & Silvia Venturino)

Tuesday, March 3

8:00 AM Thomas J. Ahearn (Maureen Weber & Family)

Wednesday, March 4

8:00 AM Ethel Sweeney (Bunny, Kevin & Jack ie O’Connor)

Thursday, March 5

8:00 AM Thomas J. Ahearn (JoAnn & Darren Iafelice)

Friday, March 6

8:00 AM Guiseppi Venditti (Joe & Silvia Venturino)

Saturday, March 7

5:30 PM Thomas J. Ahearn (James D’Anna)

Sunday, March 8

8:00 AM Maria Louise Raymond (Jim & Sylvia Roy-Virgona)

11:00 AM Tita Fule-Esquerra (Vilma Fule-Castro)

A special way to remember a loved one is to donate the monthly

Altar Bread and/or Wine in honor of their memory. You may

also choose to remember a loved one by donating a weekly

Sanctuary Lamp in either the Church or the Chapel. Sanctuary

Lamps burn day and night to illuminate the Blessed Sacrament,

serve as an emblem of Christ's abiding love, and as a reminder

to the faithful to respond with loving adoration in return.

The Altar Bread for March is donated in loving memory of

Dorothea E. Brady (Her Loving Daughter)

The Altar Wine for March is donated in loving memory of

Kim N. Dunn (Patrick Dunn)

The Sanctuary Lamp in the Church this week is donated for

Father William Giblin (Holy Rosary Parish)

The Sanctuary Lamp in the Chapel this week is donated for

Richard Ramos (Holy Rosary Parish)

Mass Intentions for the Week

James Allocco, Edward Baldino, Cheryl Bostyan, Jean Braden,

Rick Brouillette, Louise Bruce, Chase, Pat Caruso, Sharbel

Chaoul, Anna Corrado, Danny Coyle, Cheryl D’Aries, Gary

Devila, Marie Ferrie, Ginny Frasco, Kenneth Galfo, Joelle & Juli-

ana Gedeon, Annmarie Gilmartin, Madeline Goodwin, Joe

Heatter, Agnes Hoffmann, Bobby Jordan, Rosemary Kaminski,

Eileen & Donald Kopczynski, Deacon Mike & Joan Lydon, Di-

ana Lucio, Isaiah McLean, Dorothy Menist, Heidi Monico,

Humberto Norena, Conception Ortiz, Rebecca Papadopoulos,

Phyllis & Joseph Palermo, Rich Richinski, Antoinette Ring,

Frank Romero, Michael Ruane, Desi Santos, Anthony Saporito,

Jack Sweeney, Jenna Szandrocha, Phillip Tarabola, Irene Taylor,

Ruth Weis, Krista Wilkinson, Kyle Wilson, Mark Winnie.

Altar Appointments

Please Remember in Your Prayers

A Message From Father Jose

As you probably recall, the Parish Annual Financial Report that I distributed two weeks ago shows that our parish needs a lot of fi-

nancial support at this time. I take this opportunity to encourage everyone to make an effort to support our parish needs by means of

your weekly Sunday contributions. I would like to encourage families that are not registered to register and be a part of our parish

family. Being a registered parishioner is necessary if you or your family needs authenticating certificates for baptism or confirmation

sponsorship, or to arrange for a baptism or wedding at our Church. To register, simply call the Parish Center or talk to me after the

Mass. God bless you! ~~ Father Jose

From the Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska

"The barque [boat] of my life sails along,

Amid darkness and shadows of night.

And I see no shore:

I am sailing the high seas.

The slightest storm would drown me,

Engulfing my boat in the swirling depths,

If You yourself did not watch over me O God,

At every instant and moment of my life.

Amid the roaring waves,

I sail peacefully, trustingly,

And gaze like a child into the distance without fear,

Because You, O Jesus, are my Light.

Dread and terror is all about me,

But within my soul is peace more profound than the depths of the sea,

For he who is with You, O Lord, will not perish

Of this Your love assures me, O God.

Thought a host of dangers surround me,

None of them do I fear, for I fix my gaze on the starry sky,

And I said along bravely and merrily,

As becomes a pure heart.

And if the ship of my life sails so peacefully,

This is due to but one thing above all:

You are my helmsman, O God.

This I confess with utmost humility."

The value of persistent prayer is not that God will hear us, but

that we will finally hear God. —William McGill

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — The man and the woman ate the fruit of the

one tree that God had told them to avoid, and their shame over-

took them (Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7).

Psalm — Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned (Psalm 51).

Second Reading — Death reigned from Adam to Moses, but

now grace and life abound in Christ Jesus (Romans 5:12-19 [12,

17-19]).

Gospel — Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit and there

he fasted for forty days and forty nights (Matthew 4:1-11).

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

Sunday: First Sunday of Lent

Monday: Julian Calendar Lent begins

Tuesday: St. Katharine Drexel

Wednesday: St. Casimir

Friday: World Day of Prayer; Abstinence;

First Friday

Saturday: Ss. Perpetua and Felicity; First Saturday

The Word of God Works of Charity

“It is written: The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him

alone shall you serve.” Matthew 4:10

Tempted between the riches and power of this world and ser-

vice to God, Jesus chose service to His Father. If we wish to

truly follow Jesus, we, too, must decide to turn away from

worldly power and riches and put God at the center of our

lives. Lent is our time to prune ourselves of earthly things.

Ask God how He is calling you to serve.

Treasures: Your Monetary Donations

The work of Christ at Holy Rosary is supported by parishioners

who have embraced the biblical ideals of Stewardship Tithing.

Collections: 2/23/20: $1,921.00.

Time & Talent: Feeding the Homeless / Food Pantry

Holy Rosary Parish members feed the homeless on the second

Monday of every month. All help is needed! If you would like

to help but don’t have the time, a monetary donation would be

appreciated. We can also use cooked roast beef. If you wish to

donate, please drop donations off at the church hall on or be-

fore Monday, March 9 by 10:00AM, or call the parish office.

Parish members assist in supplying approximately 45 families

with food every month. Thank you to all who donated and

helped in any way! The Food Pantry will be open Tuesday,

March 31 from 11:00AM-12:00PM. Please consider donating

non-perishable items, such as coffee, dried milk, soup, canned

tuna, cereal, peanut butter & jelly, canned vegetables, canned

fruit, pasta & sauce, macaroni & cheese.

Current Holy Rosary Fundraiser Proceeds

The current proceeds from our ongoing fundraising efforts to

install a cooling system in the church are as follows: A/C

Fundraising (ongoing): $18,781; Four bake sales: $989; Tricky

Tray (12/8/19): $1,470.

SAINT KATHARINE DREXEL (1858-1955)

March 3

Born into Philadelphia society,

Katharine was an infant when she lost

her mother. Her father remarried and the

couple taught their daughters that their

wealth was a “gift on loan” to be shared

with the poor, whom they fed and cared

for in their home. Invited by priest

friends to witness firsthand the destitu-

tion on Native American reservations,

Katharine resolved to devote her inher-

itance to this apostolate and enter a con-

templative order. When, however, in

private audience, she begged Leo XIII to send missionaries to

staff the schools she was building, the pope replied, “My child,

why not become a missionary yourself?” Katharine renounced a

twenty-million-dollar fortune and founded the Sisters of the

Blessed Sacrament, adoring Christ present in the Eucharist and

ministering to Christ suffering in victims of racial discrimination.

Her Sisters established over sixty schools nationwide, including

Xavier University, New Orleans, the first dedicated to profession-

al education for African Americans. In 2000, John Paul II canon-

ized “Mother Drexel,” praising her “excellent example of practi-

cal charity and generous solidarity with the less fortunate, long

the distinguishing mark of American Catholics.”

STRENGTH AGAINST TEMPTATION

The first Sunday of the season of Lent always includes a

Gospel account of the temptation of the Lord Jesus in the desert

by the devil. This year, the story is set against the backdrop of

the first reading from Genesis, which recounts the very first

temptation by the devil. That story is set in a garden of delight.

The Gospel story is set in the desert. As believers, we know that

temptation comes our way in our own gardens of delight as

well as the deserts of our lives. As Lent begins, our attention is

drawn to that temptation within each of us to become like

God—we want control, power, and answers to all of life’s diffi-

cult questions. As communities of faith, we are given this sea-

son of repentance so that we can join our hearts with others on

the difficult journey of conversion. We look to God and to one

another for strength against temptation.

Temptation

Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy.

Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul

nobler and stronger than it was before.

—William Butler Yeats

Lenten Prayer for Sundays during Lent

Heavenly Father,

As I enter another week of my Lenten journey, guide me

to the path that leads to you.

Fill my heart with gratitude,

patience, strength, and peace

as I strive to become the-best

-version-of-myself, honestly

admitting my shortcomings

and sins.

As I renew my resolve each

day to become a better per-

son, let me hear your voice

in the deepest reaches of my

heart. Give me rest in you.

Help me to accept others,

showing them your great

love instead of casting judg-

ment.

Stay with me through the busy days this week and re-

mind me that when I need comfort, solitude, wisdom, or

guidance, I can always turn to you.

Help me develop discipline and generosity through fast-

ing and almsgiving, and come closer to you through

prayer this Lent.

In your name I pray,

Amen

https://dynamiccatholic.com/best-lent-ever/prayers-for-lent

Take the Love of God with You as You Go…...

“Adorarás

al Señor, tu Dios,

y a él sólo

servirás”.

— Mateo 4:10

“The Lord,

your God, shall

you worship

and him alone

shall you

serve.”

— Matthew 4:10

Want to Know More?

The Holy Rosary Parish website provides information, as well

as spiritual reflections, that exceed the space limitation of this

bulletin. Visit our website www.holyrosaryedgewater.org

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 19:8-10, 15;

Mt 25:31-46

Tuesday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-7, 16-19; Mt 6:7-15

Wednesday: Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19;

Lk 11:29-32

Thursday: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8;

Mt 7:7-12

Friday: Ez 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-8; Mt 5:20-26

Saturday: Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8;

Mt 5:43-48

Sunday: Gn 12:1-4a; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22;

2 Tm 1:8b-10; Mt 17:1-9

Announcements

First Friday is March 6. Mass at 8:00AM in the Church, fol-

lowed by Adoration until 3:00PM.

Women's Commission "Alive in Christ": Seton Hall Universi-

ty, 400 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ. Saturday,

March 7 - 8:00AM to 4:00PM. Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin will be

the main celebrant of Mass at 4 PM. Cost: $30. Contact: 973-497-

4013 CatholicWomen@rcan.org

About CCD at Holy Rosary: Religious education classes

begin in First Grade and conclude after the Reception of the

Sacrament of Confirmation in Ninth Grade. Enrollment for all

parish children within this age group is strongly encouraged.

Classes are held in the Parish Center, Sept.-May, from 9:30-

10:45AM. Students and parents are encouraged to attend the

11:00AM Mass.

The CCD Corner

CCD Announcements

March 1: CCD classes are in session at 9:30AM in the Parish

Center.

A Student Prayer

Thank you, God, for giving me a mind that

can know and a heart that can love.

Help me to stay focused on my studies, and

encourage me when learning is difficult

that I may grasp the truth that is held out

before me.

Grant me the grace to put my knowledge to

use in building the kingdom of God on

earth that I may find the courage to follow

Your Son, Jesus. Amen.