Our Lady Queen of Peace

Rev. Philip-Michael F. Tangorra Pastor pmftangorra@gmail.com Mrs. Jennifer Durso Office Manager Office@OLQPBranchville.org Ms. Claudette Casile Coordinator of Religious Education Ccasile@OLQPBranchville.org Mrs. Mary Chobrda Music Director MaryC@OLQPBranchville.org

Mass Schedule Saturday: 5:00 PM Youth Mass

(Homily Intended for Teens/ Young Adults) Sunday: 8:00 AM 9:30 AM Family Mass

(Homily Intended for Children 5 to 12 yrs old) 11:00 AM Daily: 8:00 AM (Monday-Saturday) Holydays: 8:00 AM and 7:00 PM Traditional Latin Mass 5:00 PM First Friday

Reconciliation: Saturday: 4:00 PM-4:45 PM After All Morning Masses During Eucharistic Adoration (Mon & Fri) Anytime by Appointment

Eucharistic Adoration: Mondays: 7:30 PM-8:30 PM Fridays: 8:30-9:30 AM First Friday: 8:30 am–6:00 pm

We are a Roman Catholic parish family. We respond to Christ’s call to proclaim the Gospel in both word and deed, and in all our relationships and responsibilities. We encourage our members to embrace a lifestyle marked by Stewardship of Time, Tal-ent, and Treasure, engaging in active support of our ministries of the Word, Worship, and Service. We welcome everyone from Branchville, Frankford (Augusta), Lafayette and all who come to share the joy of Christ! All who wish to join us as new

members please call the parish office for more information on becoming a member of our parish family.

209 US Highway 206 Branchville, NJ 07826

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: February 23rd

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-2:00 PM

Parish Office: (973) 948-3185 Fax: (973) 948-4799

Website: OLQPBranchville.org

MEMORIALS The week of February 23rd the Sanctuary

Lamp burns for : Intentions of Lee Iliff

The Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: February 23rd

Please remember in your prayers

Hap Rowan, Patricia Poole, Patricia Fiss, Clarence Roberts, Joe Foster, Lisa Dorans, Molly Russo, John Crisman, Philip Baccari, Laura Schaefer, Dottie Hilt, Angelo

Appice, Miryam Rodriguez, Peggy Mahon, Janice Miglin, Theresa Barrett, Bradley Burchfield, Pete Lozar, Aylssa Morgan, Ann Romyns, Mike Galante, Richard Kopycienski, Captain Daniel Pervarnik Jr, Jim Steurer, Bill Klecha, Fr. Louis Caputo, Sherry Coleman, Sue Klecha, Judy Moyer

Devotions:

Miraculous Medal Novena Monday morning before the 8:00 AM Mass Eucharistic Adoration: Mondays: 7:30 PM-8:30 PM, Fridays: 8:30-9:30 AM First Friday: 8:30 am Sat. 8:00 am (24 Hours)

Rosary: After every morning Mass (Mon-Sat) 9:00 am Sunday First Saturday Devotion to Our Blessed Mother: First Saturday of every month after the 8:00 AM Mass. and Breakfast.

Mass Intentions

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 22nd 8:00 AM JOHN & NINA LEONOWICH (THE FAMILY) 5:00 PM RUDOLPH OSTROWSKI (THE FAMILY) STEPHEN & MADELINE SWISS (THE FAMILY) SUNDAY FEBRUARY 23rd 8:00 AM NANCY BATTIFARANO (JANE SANTORO) 9:30 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 11:00 AM AGATHA KIM (THE CHOIR)

MONDAY 8:00 AM A SPECIAL INTENTION (JOHN & DENICE LUSCIK) TUESDAY 8:00 AM DON O’BRIEN (MANNIE ANTANAITIS) ASH WEDNESDAY 8:00 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 7:00 PM NEITA GREEN (THE MIZRA FAMILY) THURSDAY 8:00 AM MARIE KUCHTA (DENIS KUCHTA) FRIDAY 8:00 AM MIKE WENNING (RITA WENNING) ROCCO SALLETTE (LUCILLE AMBLER)

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 29th 8:00 AM MELLISSA MILLER SMITH (BARBARA HULLINGS) 5:00 PM HERRIETTA MAY SIEMER (THE O’CONNOR FAMILY) NICHOLAS MARINO (THE FAMILY) SUNDAY MARCH 1st 8:00 AM JOAN POLANSKI JAMES MCDONNELL (THE FAMILY) 9:30 AM PEOPLE OF THE PARISH 11:00 AM TERRI SMITH (RITA WENNING)

Weekly Collection

Sunday Offering 2/15 & 2/16 $ 3,724.22 Online $ 235.00 Total $ 3,959.22 Estimated Weekly Expenses $ 4,500.00 Difference $ (540.78)

Diocesan Assessment Collection $ 1,177.94 Assessment Collection Needed $ 1,250.00 Difference $ (72.06)

Please Consider “Online Giving”

Thank you for blessing our parish with your time, talent, and

treasure.-Fr. Phil

ALTAR FLOWERS MEMORIALS

The week of February 23rd the Altar Flowers are

presented for: Charles J. Meshinsky

Online Giving

“A perfect option for Snowbirds”

Thank you to the families that have signed up for Online Giving! You can decide exactly when your gift is made and where it goes. You can even view your giving history and pledge progress at any time, just by logging in. Please visit www.olqpbranchville.org and click the Online Giving link to get started. Where is the best place to get a ice cream cone? IN A SUNDAY SCHOOL

Quinquagesima Sunday

February 22nd & 23rd Please bring your used Palms from last Palm Sunday and or the previous years to the Church as they are to be burned on Quinquagesima Sunday and then they will be used as ashes for Ash Wednesday. Place your palms in the basket at the entrance of the church.

Ash Wednesday Schedule

Wednesday February 26th

8:00 am Mass with Ashes 3:30 pm Service with Ashes

7:00 pm Mass with Ashes

The Way of the Cross

A Franciscan Mystery Play

Sunday, March 8th 8:00 pm

On March 8th , at 8:00 PM, the Franciscan Mystery Players will present their moving version of “The Way of the Cross” in the church. Written by Franciscan Father Francis Pompei, the Mystery Play is not a “play” in the common sense, but is in fact a prayerful experience that uses special lighting, a stirring soundtrack, pantomime actions and inspirational narration to portray the Stations of the Cross in a manner that invites each viewer to contemplate the meaning of the Passion, and how it relates to their life today. The group is comprised of 12 teens and 8 adult advisors from several parishes in the Paterson Diocese.

Adults and teens are encouraged to attend this special Lenten experience.

We suggest you arrive 10 minutes early.

Stations Of The Cross

Every Friday in Lent

7:00 pm

Come join us for Stations of the Cross and Eucharistic Adoration. Let us enter into the Season of Lent by walking with Jesus, the way of the Cross.

Welcome Home To Healing

You are invited To Celebrate The Gift Of Forgiveness In The Sacrament Of Confession

Every Monday In March from 7:00-8:30 pm March 2,9, 16, 23, and 30th

Mary, Mother of the Church and Her Liturgy

Over the course of the five weeks, I have attempted to systematically present Mary, our Lady, to the parish, not because this parish suffers from any lack of love or devotion for Mary, but to serve as a refresher as to how Mary provides us with the peace and love of her Son through her maternal care for all of God’s people. If one point has been attempted to be made it is that Mary has a very important role in the life of the Church and that it is through the Church that we come to know and love her Son: Jesus Christ. Mary’s maternal care extends to all people of good will who seek to know love (caritas), which takes flesh in Jesus. From this point-of-view, we can say that since Mary is the Mother of the Church, the People of God, she is likewise the mother of the sacred liturgy. “The liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; it is also the fount from which all her power flows.” (Vatican II, constitution on the sacred liturgy Sacrosanctum concilium 10) In the sacred liturgy, we receive a taste of the celestial banquet which would be incomplete without Mary. Afterall, is not the Eucharist that we receive at Mass the human nature that Mary gave to the Word made flesh? The liturgy is not about man giving praise to man. It is not an enclosed circle of anthropocentric, self-worship focused on making “me feel good about myself”. The sacred liturgy is about our relationship with God and strengthening that relationship by our self-offering, as a united mystical body, to the one God in an act of praise, honor, glory and worship. In offering God our worship, that is adoration, we are spiritually, emotionally, psychically and physically elevated from the fallen way of life caused by sin. Mary, the mother of the liturgy, offers us the perfect model of worship of her Son. Mary worships her own Son day and night with a grateful heart and with a love that only a mother can know. St. Leonard of Port Maurice stated that Mary is present at every Mass with the angels and saints from heaven. (See St. Leonard of Port Maurice, The Hidden Treasures of the Mass, Ch. 3, Part 1) And, even though Mary is our Queen, in her humility she kneels before the presence of her Son in the Eucharist. The sacred liturgy is our experience, par excellence, of heavenly glory. It should be triumphant since it celebrates Christ’s victory over sin and death. The sacred liturgy should be beautiful since it provides us a foretaste of life in heaven. Mary, who leads us to her Son and cares for the whole Church, is always present with us and the entire Communion of Saints at each liturgy. We should never forget this great blessing while at Mass and celebrating the other Sacraments and liturgies of the Church. Mary shows us her son through her Church and her sacred liturgies. Our liturgies always, therefore, have a maternal, Marian dimension.

Navigating Your Marriage: Don’t Get Lost at Sea

Join with married couples from throughout Sussex County for an experience of

“Marriage Accompaniment”! This program is for all married couples at all different

stages, and life experiences. Grow your marriage with the faith. This is an

opportunity for married couple to present to married couples and for all of them to

discuss topics central to developing a faith filled marriage. There will also be an

opportunity for prayer with Eucharistic Adoration and the Sacrament of Penance.

Feb. 24th: Marriage & the Role of God March 23rd: Marriage as a Sacrament April 20th: Marriage as a Lived Reality May 18th: Natural Family Planning June 15th: Family Life and Children

July 20th: Christian Faith Formation in the Family Household August 24th: Marriage Counseling September 21st: Annulments and Dissolutions October 19th: Forming Marriage Support Groups November 16th: Dealing with Children who have chosen a non Christian life

Presentations will begin at 6pm at Our Lady Queen of Peace

March 19th Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish

Branchville, NJ 7:00pm-8:00pm

Have your Life changed! What are you afraid of?

Jesus is calling you to come to him. Encounter Jesus at XLT.

Eucharistic Adoration, Contemporary Christian

Music, Silent Meditations, Sacrament of Penance,

Laying on of Hands, and the Anointing of the Sick.

BE THERE!

XLT is an abbreviation for Exalt. It is our duty to exalt our God and when we do he will

exalt us!

40 Days For Life Campaign

Monday’s during Lent March 2nd–March 30th

9:15 am to 10:15 am

Come & Join us for an hour of prayer each Monday in the Season of Lent. We will gather at Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish at 9:00 am and car pool to Planned Parenthood in Newton to pray The Rosary and then return to Our Lady Queen of Peace.

It is a peaceful and educational presence. Those who are called to stand witness send a powerful message to the community about the tragic reality of abortion. It also serves as a call to repentance for those who work at the abortion center and those who patronize the facility.

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner

Saturday. March 14th, 2020 6:00 pm

Queen of Peace Hall

Cost: $15.00 per Adult *$7.00 per Child *(Chicken Fingers and Fries) Adult Dinner Includes: Corned Beef and Cabbage, Potatoes, Irish Soda Bread, Hot/Cold Beverages, and Dessert.

Tickets are Available after all Masses in the Parish Hall and the Office. Tickets for Dinner must be Purchased in

Advance. (Limited Amount of Tickets Available)

Sacraments of the Church: Baptism: Infant Baptisms (Private & Communal) are celebrated on Saturdays at 11:30 AM & Sundays at 12:30 PM. An instruction class on Baptism will be provided in advance. Please call in advance to make an appointment and to ensure that the Church’s requirements especially for Godparents are satisfied. Eucharist: If you are seriously ill or homebound and would like to receive Holy Communion please contact Father Philip-Michael. Adult Confirmation: Please call the office and ask about our religious education program for adults. Reconciliation: The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available Saturday 3:45pm-4:45pm, after weekday Masses 8:30am, during Adoration Monday evening 7:30pm-8:30pm and Friday morning 8:30am-9:30am, and anytime by appointment. Anointing of the Sick: Anyone who wishes to receive this healing sacrament, the Anointing of the Sick, should contact Father Philip-Michael. Marriage: Couples contemplating marriage are asked to call the office for an appointment to discuss the Marriage Preparation Program. Arrangements should normally be made one year in advance and before any wedding dates are finalized.

Parish Fundraiser

SHOP-RITE, WEIS & OTHER GIFT CARDS

Please consider supporting our Parish Fundraiser. There is no extra fee for these cards. The Parish makes 2%-5% profit with each card purchased. Gift Cards are generally sold after each of the weekend Masses in the Parish Hall. Gift Cards are also available in the Parish Office from Mon.-Fri. 9:00 am –2:00 pm.

Food Pantry

Items needed for the food pantry are the following:

Betty Crocker boxed potatoes , canned meats, Knorr rice or noodle envelopes, coffee, juice, shelf-stable milk, frozen food (drop off during office hours), breakfast cereal ,gift cards, cleaning supplies, toothpaste ,hairbrushes, shampoo, body soap, razors. Our food pantry now serves over 140 local families Thank you for your continued support and generosity. The hours for the Food Pantry are Mondays 12:00 pm—2:00 pm. We are closed on Holidays and for bad weather.

Christian Civilization Class (Formerly Latin Enrichment)

February 29th 9:00 am–10:00 am

Please join us to learn more about the use of Latin in the life of the Church. This is not a grammar class! “You will learn the depth, beauty., and power of our faith through Latin!” - Jenn Durso

One Million Hail Marys

The Don Bosco Columbiettes #7784 are sponsoring a campaign to seek our Blessed Mother’s intercession for the Salvation Of Souls. Please support this endeavor to pray ONE MILLION HAIL

MARYS. The campaign will continue until May 31, 2020. You can e-mail your tallies to: hailmarysforsos@gmail.com or write the number on a slip of paper and drop it into the container by Mary’s statue.

The tally so far is 674,015

"No Greater Love, A Biblical Walk Through Christ's Passion.

" Filmed on location in the Holy Land, this video series is a pilgrimage that reveals Christ's amazing love for us. Best selling author and theologian Dr. Edward Sri, will walk you step-by step with Jesus from the garden of Gethsemane to Mount Calvary. Old Testament prophesies, messianic expectations, biblical symbolism and historical context are explained as they shed light on the mystery of Christ's passion and death. Experience a deeper understanding and appreciation of God's immeasurable and unconditional love for you. This series runs for 5 weeks every Tuesday from March 3rd through March 31st. AM session is at 9:10 and PM session at 7:15 pm. Sessions run approximately 1 hour; a 30 minute video followed by discussion. There is no cost other than the purchase of the accompanying paperback; "No Greater Love" which is available at all major booksellers. To learn more, please contact Maria Albanese at 973-570-7984 (call or text).

What kind of bird runs the church? A CARDINAL!