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MONDAY: 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM

TUESDAY: 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM WEDNESDAY: 8:00 AM – 2:00PM THURSDAY: 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

FRIDAY: 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY CLOSED SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER OR SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY First Reading: Acts 2:42-47 In the early days of the Church in Jerusalem, the faithful listened intently to the teachings of the apostles. They lived a communal life, sharing all property in common and praying and taking their meals together. Second Reading: 1 Peter 1:3-9 In this first letter from Peter, he speaks to the Christians with great joy and confidence, reminding them that through Christ’s resurrection, they have been given a new birth and are heirs to the kingdom of heaven. Gospel: John 20:19-31 After his resurrection, Jesus appears to his disciples and gives them the power to forgive sins. Thomas, who is absent, sees Christ later and believes in His resurrection after feeling His wounds. Christ admonishes Thomas by saying, “You became a believer because you saw Me. Blessed are they who have not seen and believed.”

Monday Acts 4:23-31; Jn 3:1-8

Tuesday 1 Pt 5:5b-14; Mk 16:15-20

Wednesday Acts 5:17-26; Jn 3:16-21

Thursday Acts 5:27-33; Jn 3:31-36

Friday Acts 5:34-42; Jn 6:1-15

Saturday Acts 6:1-7; Jn 6:16-21

THE DIVINE MERCY: FRUIT OF EASTER AND LENT

The Octave or Eighth Day of Easter is also known as “New Sunday” and the “birth of salvation” (St. Gregory of Nazianzen), “the compendium of mercy” (St. Augustine). And “the second perfection of Easter” (St. Thomas Aquinas). Then, on April 30, 2000, as he

canonized Blessed Faustina, John Paul II named the Second Sunday of Easter as “Divine Mercy Sunday.” The Pope explained that this day is “the Sunday of Thanksgiving for all goodness that God has shown us in the whole Easter of the Easter Mystery.” Jesus’ death and resurrection make it possible for him to breathe on the disciples and give them the Holy Spirit for the ministry of forgiveness of sins (cfvv 22-23), as Jesus promised in the farewell discourse at the first Holy Thursday (cfJn 16:7-11). God’s merciful and forgiving love through Jesus touches Thomas first, as if it were to assure us that no fault or failure is too great for God. Jesus is the King of Mercy by his cross and resurrection. The devotional image is that of the risen Jesus appearing before a closed door, showing the wounds of his crucifixion as he raises his right hand in the gesture of a blessing---as pictured in the Gospel. Risen from the dead, Jesus comes to his disciples gathered behind locked doors and greets them, “Peace be with you.” The Feast of Divine Mercy sums up Lent and Easter, proclaiming mercy as the perfect fruit of the whole paschal mystery of Christ’s passion, death and resurrection.

COME AND JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE THE

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY APRIL 23, 2017

2:oo pm *Exposition of the Blesses Sacrament *confession

3:00 pm *The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy

*Benediction

Welcome! New parishioners are asked to register by calling or visiting the parish office or by speaking to one of the parish staff. WHY A CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE A REGISTERED PARISHIONER The precepts of the Church explained that: we need to belong to a parish (your

parish is the Church in the City where you are domiciled) and to contribute to its support. Everyone should do this (Canon 107). To identify yourself with a worshipping community of faith. Salvation comes to us by God in community. Religion is not meant to be individualistic. Membership in a parish community is the norm. To allow the priest of the parish to know you so that Letters of Recommendation can be given when needed. (Sponsorship/certificates)

SCHEDULE OF MASSES

SHOP RITE CERTIFICATES ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AFTER ALL THE MASSES IN THE VESTIBULE OF THE CHURCH. ST. JUDE’S

GETS 5% OF CERTIFICATES SOLD

Sally Battagglia, James Bonavota, Maria Bullaro,Kyle Bussey, Sue

Cardena, William Cooper,Sarah Crowley, Bruce Feinberg, Richard

Ferris, Dylan Flinchum, Liliana Ghiggini, Herbert Grobe, Victoria Gutierrez,

Irene Hogan, Bruce Hill, James Hopka, Danny Kavanaugh, Carmen Mobley, Yvonne Paquing,

Genowefa Penkala, Judy Pickett, Bob & Loretta Rankin, Richard Ratti, Mary Rushka, Emma Scannelli, Anthony Sisco, Robert Sottolano, William Stelmach, Carol Strasser, Nancy &

Tom Tevis, Yvonne Zaccone.

Please remember in your prayers, Lucita Sullivan who entered into Eternal Life. May she rest in Peace.

Best wishes to John & Lola Scala who are

celebrating their 60th Anniversary on

April 27. God bless you both.

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FAITH FORMATION SCHEDULE

MASS FOR ALL STUDENTS AT 9:15 AM CLASS TIMES FOR GRADES 1 – 4: 10:20 – 11:30AM

APRIL 23: SUNDAY GRADE 1: MEETING ROOM

GRADES 2 – 4: PARISH CENTER APRIL 24: MONDAY

GRADES 5 – 8: 6:30 – 8:00PM PARISH CENTER =============================================

EVERY THURSDAY FROM 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM COME AND JOIN US

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED

"The Eucharist is connected with the Passion. …To make sure that we do not forget, Jesus gave us the

Eucharist as a memorial of his love … When you look at the Crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then, when you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now."

Saint Teresa of Calcutta

NOVENA TO OUR

MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP

Every Wednesday at 8:30 am, followed with the

Holy Mass

SAINT JUDE’S Increased Offertory Program

Thank you to all parishioners who have completed and submitted your Commitment Card to the Church. As a reminder, all commitments need to be submitted to the CHURCH NO LATER THAN APRIL 23 in order to be accounted for in the final Summary Report. Please complete and submit your card to the church even if you are unable to make a change to your current level of giving. For those registered parishioners not currently supporting the church with regular offertory gifts, please consider a monthly gift to support the needs of our parish.

SATURDAY 8:30 AM

5:00 PM

April 22 Special Intention Rev. Gerald

Kanzic For the Confirmandi

SUNDAY 7:45 AM

9:15 AM

11:00 AM

April 23 William & Josie Cooper John & Anna Sobosky

William DeLucchi Vito Castoro

MONDAY 8:30 AM

April 24 Bianca Morales

TUESDAY 8:30 AM

April 25 Maureen Schmidt

WEDNESDAY 8:30 AM

8:45 AM

April 26 Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual

Help People of St. Jude’s

THURSDAY 8:30 AM

3:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM

April 27 Special Intention for John & Lola

Scala on their 60th Wedding Anniversary

Divine Mercy Chaplet Evening Prayer

Novena to St. Jude Benediction

FRIDAY 8:30 AM

April 28 Special Intention for Fr.George

Gothie on his birthday SATURDAY

8:30 AM 5:00 PM

April 29 Robert Smith, Sr. Angelina Laden

SUNDAY 7:45 AM 9:15 AM

11:00 AM

April 30 Maureen Schmidt

Peter Stewart Frank Nutley

STEWARDSHIP – A WAY OF LIFE April 16, 2017 Easter still being

calculated April 17, 2016 $3727.00

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY Our counters last week were

Kathy & Jimmy Cafferty

YOUTH GROUP

SAINT JUDE’S YOUTH GROUP - Thursday evenings from 7:00 – 8:30 pm in the Parish Center. All teens are welcome. For more information, please call Janice at (201) 400-1692. Our Youth

Group has set up a Café. Anyone wishing to come by for tea or coffee are welcome to attend.

ROSARY ALTAR SOCIETY meets every first Tuesday of the month in the Church meeting room at 8:00 PM immediately following the Rosary and Benediction at 7:30 PM in the Church. ================================================== MEN’S GROUP will be having their meeting on May 5 in the meeting room of the Church at 7:30 AM. THEOLOGY TABLE Come and talk with others about God and Church at Frank’s Pizza every Tuesday from 6:30 to 9:00 PM in the evening. Come and go as you wish. SELF DEFENSE CLASS is every Tuesday night in the Church meeting room from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. Call Mike at 973-229-9881 for more information.

Knights of Columbus Council 9914 Scholarship Contest

Any High School Senior who is a practicing Catholic at St. Jude’s Church is invited to submit an essay for consideration in our annual Scholarship Contest. The topic of the essay is “What my Catholic Faith means to me”. The essay should be at least 250 words and answer the question raised in the topic. If you have any questions when you are ready to submit the essay, please contact Richard Bunce, Scott Cawood or Manny Fernandes. The deadline for entering your essay is Sunday May 7th.

Richard Bunce 973-919-3859 Scott Cawood 908-684-2467

Manny Fernandes 973-398-5534

SPIRITUAL ADOPTION Month 7 I CAN LOOK AROUND! Beginning this month the baby uses all four senses. His eyelids open and close, and the eyes look around. The baby can hear, taste, touch, cough, yawn and hiccup. He now recognizes his own mother’s voice. His grip is even stronger now than it will be after his birth. The hair on his head

is growing longer and the downy covering on the rest of his body is disappearing. During this time the baby will receive antibodies from his mother, providing him immunity to a wide variety of diseases. For info call Kathy Friel 973-398-8728

First Saturday, May 6th "You at Least Try to Console Me." World Apostolate of Fatima, Blue Army Shrine, 674 Mt. View Rd East., Asbury, NJ, 07882 invites all. Honor Our Lady's plea of Dec. 10, 1925 requesting Five Consecutive First Saturdays of Reparation. Speaker/Celebrant: Fr. Michael Venditti. Confessions 10:30 am; 11:30 Rosary w/15 minute meditation; 12:00 Holy Mass and Benediction; 2:30 Holy House: Children's Video, Talk on Last Vision of Fatima; 3:00 Divine Mercy Chaplet. Bring your family and friends to answer the call of the Child Jesus: "And have you spread through the world what our heavenly Mother requested of you?" www.bluearmy.com (908) 689-1700 Ext 210.

205 Madison Ave., Madison (973) 377-1004 Catholicism from Scratch – Making Sense: Questions about the

Eucharist A course in basic Catholicism for those who need a brush-up, those who

missed it the first time around, or those who never heard it before. Fr. Paul Manning, presenter.

Madison, Saturday, April 29 from 10:00 a.m.-noon

Divine Mercy Prayer

By St. Faustina Kowalska O greatly Merciful God, Infinite Goodness, today all makind calls out from the abyss

of its misery to Your mercy---to Your compassion, O God; and it is with its mighty voice of misery that it cries out.

Gracious God do not reject the prayer of this earth's exiles! O Lord, Goodness beyond our understanding,

Who are acquainted with our misery through and through, and know that by our own power

we cannot ascend to You, we implore You; anticipate us with Your Grace

and keep on increasing Your mercy in us, that we may faithfully do Your holy will all through our life and at death's hour.

Let the omnipotence of Your mercy shield us from the darts of our salvation's enemies,

that we may with confidence, as Your children await Your final coming

- that day known to You alone. And we expect to obtain everything promised us

by Jesus in spite of all our wretchedness. For Jesus is our Hope:

Through His merciful Heart as through an open gate we pass through to heaven.

(Diary of St. Faustina 1570)

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES

Benjamin Bibeault Timothy Forst Catalina Garcia Shawn Gesregan

Anthony Mastroeni Kelly Nee

Tiffany Nevins Kayla O’Brien

Nicholas Robinson Jack Terebecke Alexandra Wied.

Sunday, April 30 at St. Jude’s Parish Center, 40 Maxim Drive, Hopatcong, NJ. Chicken is also available to those who do not want fish. 1:00 – 3:00 PMDJ Mike. Have fun with your friends, enjoy a great meal and dance, dance, dance.

Tickets are $20.00 per person and you may purchase them after Masses on the weekend or call the rectory (973) 398-6377. NO tickets will be sold at door.

St. Jude’s Knights of Columbus Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast

Sunday May 14, 2017 At the Parish Center

MENU

PANCAKES , FRENCH TOAST, BACON, SAUSAGE, EGGS TO ORDER, COFFEE, TEA, ORANGE JUICE

FROM 8:00AM THRU 12:00PM ADULTS $7.00

KIDS UNDER 5 yrs. FREE

ALL YOU CAN EAT!!! TREAT MOM TO A GREAT BREAKFAST SERVED BY YOUR

KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS Support your Knights and the work they do for our Parish

and our Community Fun and great food for one and all !!!!

LIVES OF THE SAINTS

April 24: St Fidelis Franciscan Capuchin martyr. He was born Mark Rey is Sigmaringen, Germany, in 1577. A practicing lawyer, he traveled across Europe as a tutor to aristocrats but then started defending the poor. In 1612, he became a Franciscan Capuchin monk, taking the name of Fidelis. Fidelis was stabbed to death in a church id Seewis. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XIV. Fidelis served also as the head of the Congregation for the Spreading of the Faith April 25: St. Mark St. Mark lived for years in Alexandria, where he died as a martyr while being dragged through the streets.Mark's Gospel was probably written between 60 and 70 A.D., and was based upon the teachings of St. Peter. It is believed Mark provided both Luke and Matthew with basic sources for their Gospel's.He was probably the first bishop of Alexandria, Egypt and the founder of the Church of Alexandria, although he is not mentioned in connection to the city by either Clement of Alexandria nor by Origen. St. Mark's symbol is a winged lion. This is believed to be derived from his description of St. John the Baptist, as "a voice of one crying out in the desert" (Mark 1:3). The wings come from Ezekiel's vision of four winged creatures as the evangelists .April 26: St. Aldo A native of Siena, and also known as Aude and Aldobrandesca, she gave away all her possessions on the death of her husband and devoted herself to aiding the poor. She spent the last part of her life ministering to the sick in the hospital at Siena, subjecting herself to great mortifications. She experienced visions and ecstasies during her lifetime. April 27: St. Zita St. Zita was born into a poor but holy Christian family. Zita herself always tried to do God's will obediently whenever it was pointed out to her by her mother. At the age of twelve Zita became a housekeeper in the house of a rich weaver in Lucca, Italy,. As things turned out, she stayed with that family for the last forty-eight years of her life She use to say: "a servant is not holy if she is not busy; lazy people of our position is fake holiness." At first, her employers were upset by her generous gifts of food to the poor, but in time, they were completely won over by her patience and goodness and she became a very close friend. Word spread rapidly in Lucca of her good deeds and the heavenly visions that appeared to her. She was sought out by the important people, and at her death in 1278 the people acclaimed her as a saint. She is the patroness of domestic workers. April 28: St. Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr St. Peter Chanel was born in 1803 His intelligence and simple piety brought him to the attention of the local priest, Father Trompier, who saw to his elementary education. Entering the diocesan Seminary, Peter won the affection and the esteem of both students and professors. After his ordination he found himself in a rundown country parish and completely revitalized it in the three year span that he remained there. However, his mind was set on missionary work; so, in 1831, he joined the newly formed Society of Mary (Marists) which concentrated on missionary work at home and abroad. To his dismay, he was appointed to teach at the seminary at Belley and remained there for the next five years, diligently performing his duties.In 1836, the Society was given the New Hebrides in the Pacific as a field for evangelization, and the jubilant St. Peter was appointed Superior of a little band of missionaries sent to proclaim the Faith to its inhabitants. pagans and their king Niuliki who had only recently forbidden canabalism. However, the kings jealousy and fear were aroused when the missionaries learned the language and gained the people's confidence; he realized the adoption of the Christian Faith would lead to the abolition of some of the prerogatives he enjoyed as both highpriest and sovereign.Finally, when his own son expressed a desire to be baptized, the king's hatred erupted and he dispatched a group of his warriors to set upon the saintly head of the missionaries. Thus, on April28, 1841, three years after his arrival, St. Peter was seized and clubbed to death by those he had come to save. And his death brought his work to completion - within five months the entire island was converted to Christianity.

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