Saint John Paul II Parish

39 East 22nd Street, Bayonne, NJ 07002-3753 Rectory 201-339-2070; Fax 201-339-3676

Email: stjp2church@gmail.com Web: www.johnpaul2parish.com

Served by: Rev. Zenon Boczek SDS, Pastor

Rev. Pawel Dolinski SDS, Weekend Assistant Rev. Lukasz Kleczka SDS, Parochial Vicar

The purpose of the Salvatorian is to strengthen, to defend and to spread the Catholic faith everywhere insofar as this is committed to it by Divine Providence. Therefore, by exercising this ecclesiastical teaching function in word and writing, it intends to achieve the end that all people might know more and more the one true God and Him whom He sent, Jesus Christ.

Kenneth Woolley, Zofia Castellon - Trustees Agnes Barowicz, Parish Secretary

Blanca Cisneros, Director of Religious Education Dayle Vander Sande, Music Minister

WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday:

4:30 PM at St. Michael’s Church; 5:00 PM at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church

Sunday: 8:15 AM; 9:30 AM; 10:45 AM (Polish) & 12:15 PM;

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church 9:30 AM (Italian) - St. Michael’s Church

WEEKDAY MASSES: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church

Monday – Friday: 7:00 AM (English) & 8:00 AM, (Polish) [except Thursday] Saturday: 7:30 AM (Polish) & 8:30 AM (English)

Tuesday 7:00 PM (English), Thursday 7:00 PM (Polish)

St. Michael’s Church 8:00 AM (English) Monday – Friday

CONFESSIONS: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church

Daily from Monday to Friday 7:30 AM, Saturday 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM

PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Tuesday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00PM to 6:00 PM Friday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00PM to 3:00 PM

September 9, 2018

Spiritual Offerings September 9-15, 2018

SANCTUARY LAMP +Ann Malkowski-happy 102nd birthday and

happy 6th heavenly anniversary (Barbara, Lee, Richie and families)

ALTAR BREAD

+ Kenneth Tarantino (mom Theresa Tarantino)

SACRED HEART CANDLE Health blessings for Petra T. Knox

(Sharon Reilly)

BLESSED MOTHER CANDLE ++ Jan & Anna Wisniewski

ST. ANNE CANDLE

+ Ann Malkowski- happy 102nd birthday (Denise, Lucas, Liam & Lilyann)

ST. FRANCIS CANDLE

+ Together forever Maryann Kiczek (with love husband Walter)

ST. JOHN PAUL II CANDLE

+ Teddy Rajkowski (niece Barbara)

ST. THERESA CANDLE Happy Birthday Grandma Eileen ( Matt, Mark, Ella and Allison)

SATURDAY, September 8, 2018 4:30 PM (SM) + Nancy Kuchler (family) 5:00 PM + Caroline Tatarowicz SUNDAY, September 9, 2018 8:15 AM ++ Marion, Steven, Lucas & family ( Dolores) 9:30 AM + George Kolakowski ( Brother & family) 9:30 AM (SM) + Anthony Costantino ( Mom & Dad) 10:45 AM ++ Lucyna & Henryk Cieslik ( siostra z rodzina) 12:15 PM + Ann Malkowski (Barbara, Lee, Richie & families) MONDAY, September 10, 2018 7:00 AM + Lottie Morgan (Daughter Barbara Kopacz) 8:00 AM + Wieslaw Zielinski ( J & I Komosinski) 8:00 AM (SM) ++ Steven & Mary Ann, Robert Margetak ( Daughter in law) TUESDAY, September 11, 2018 7:00 AM + Mary Czachorowski (daughter Terry Rogozewski) 8:00 AM + Wieslaw Zielinski (T & A Komosinski) 8:00 AM (SM) For Parishioners 7:00 PM + Josephine Kleczynski (S & J Kleczynski) WEDNESDAY, September 12, 2018 7:00 AM + Eleanore Hajduk (Mitortando family) 8:00 AM + Wieslaw Zielinski (Z. Glowczynski) 8:00 AM (SM) + Elizabeth Norton THURSDAY, September 13, 2018 7:00 AM + Eleanore Hajduk (Jim & Christine Friend) 8:00 AM (SM) ++ Alexander & Wladyslawa Szydlowski (syn z rodziną) 7:00 PM + Wieslaw Zielinski ( Obolewicz family) FRIDAY, September 14, 2018 7:00 AM + John Kachmar (Kachmar family) 8:00 AM + Joseph Dziedzic (wife) 8:00 AM(SM) ++ Clara & Vincent P. Posluszny (Revelt family) SATURDAY, September 15, 2018 7:30 AM + Lidia Posluszny (family) 8:30 AM + Michael Slepak (Andrew J. Merkovsky) 4:30 PM (SM) ++ Elvira & Giuseppe Ciraco (daughter Maria) 5:00 PM + Stephen Mager (children & grandchildren)

SUNDAY, September 16, 2018 8:15 AM + Florence Florczak (daughter, Michele & family) 9:30 AM + Marge Mierzejewski (STJP II Society) 9:30 AM (SM) + Francedco Lentini (Rachel Della Rosa) 10:45 AM ++ Riszard, Jozef i Helena Wiszowaci (Renata & Mariusz) 12:15 PM ++ Christine & Benny Buchta (Edwina & Maryann Bednarczyk)

Our Grateful Tithe to God:

September 2, 2018

Regular: $ 5,733.00

Air Conditioning: $2,107.00

We thank all our parishioners for their generous support of our parish! Bóg Zapłać!

Grazie!

Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 9, 2018

Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls.

— James 1:21b

The Azione Cattolica Italiana is having a trip to Sight & Sound Theatres Lancaster, PA,

December 8, 2018. A timeless story of relentless love: “Jesus”. The trip in-

cludes bus ride, a family style Lunch at Good and Plenty Restaurant. Theater ticket is $140. Leaving from Saint

John Paul II Parish at 9 AM and returning at 7 PM.

Call: Elisabetta: 201 858 2069 Rachel: 201 310 6607 /Lucia 201 858 8582

Classes begin on September 23 at

9:15am Confirmation classes start October 3 at 7pm

If you have not register please do so by downloading the registration form from:

www.johnpaul2parish.com and return it to the rectory with the appropriate fees. Please complete

and submit a form for each child. IF YOUR FAMILY IS NOT REGISTERED AT

ST. JOHN PAUL II PLEASE FILL OUT "PARISH REGISTRATION FORM " FROM THE WEB-

SITE AND RETURN TO THE PARISH OFFICE.

Car Raffle The NJ Right to life is running their annual car raffle. Please show your support for LIVE by Buying a raf-fle ticket! The cost is $10 per ticket. You could win a

2019 Volvo XC40 AWD SUV or one of the three ShopRite Gift Cards. Proceeds will benefit New Jer-sey Right to Life, the state’s oldest pro-life organiza-

tion. Tickets are available in Rectory office.

Saturday-Sunday, September 8-9, 2017 Maintenance Collection Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Seniors-12:00 Cub Scouts - 7:00 PM Wednesday, September , 2018 Eucharistic Adoration - 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, St. Michael’s Church

MT CARMEL SENIORS CLUB The Mt. Carmel Seniors Club will hold its

meeting on September 11, 2018 at 12:00 noon at the Parish Center. Anyone interested in be-coming a member is gladly welcomed to at-tend. Dues will remain the same at $15. The

club meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Please join us for so-me lively conversations, dessert and bingo!

On Tuesday, September 11, 2018, at 7:00 pm, the Bayonne Remembers-

September 11 Committee will hold is its 14th Annual Interfaith Prayer Service & Candle-light Vigil at the “Teardrop” sculpture at Ba-yonne Harbor. With Scripture readings, prayers, reflections and music, we will re-

member all those who perished on September 11, 2001, as well as the victims who perished at the first bombing of World Trade Center in 1993. All are invited to join us. For more in-formation, please contact Fr. Joe Barbone at the rectory of St. James the Apostle Church,

(973) 376-3044 or at jbarbone@aol.com

St. John Paul II Society Roast Pork Dinner-Sunday,

October 14, 1:30-6:00 PM

Please join our Harvest Festival and enjoy

a full - course delicious dinner, super tricky tray prizes, mystery bags, and more. Proceeds benefit

parish youth and vocations. Tickets will be sold af-ter masses starting in late September. Tickets can

also be purchased by calling Carol Whaselsky at (201)437-4188 or Rob Durak at (201)424-7904.

MT CARMEL

CHURCH TRICKY TRAY

Don't miss

Mt Carmel Church annual tricky tray being held on Saturday,

December 1. Doors open at 9 AM

Many great prizes and food.

Otwarcie roku szkolnego w Polskiej Szkole im. Władysława Reymonta

w Bayonne odbędzie się w sobotę, 15 września 2018 r. Rozpoczniemy Mszą Świętą

o godzinie 10:00 AM w kościele Matki Bożej Szkaplerznej.

Po Mszy Św. około godziny 10:45 AM będzie rejestracja uczniów i spotkanie z nauczycielami w budynku szkolnym. Po więcej informacji proszę dzwonić:

(201) 779-9634 Email: psbayonnenj@yahoo.com

www.polskaszkolawreymonta.com

Enlisting Witnesses for Jesus Christ The following members of our community have

been called to serve as a catechist to St. John Paul II Religious Education Program.

Denise Leonard Theresa Koepke Beverly Clark Barbara Godfrey Ariana Young Briel Peters Christine Peters David Peters Mercedes Cruz Alan Cruz Sue Scudder Ricky Cruz Patricia Drogin Maria Sevilla Raul Blasa Beatrice Wala Joe Olesky Janice Wernock Lisa McConagly Rose Ostrowski

Thank You and God Bless you!

The Story of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Early in the fourth century, Saint Helena, mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, went to Jerusalem in se-arch of the holy places of Christ’s life. She razed the se-cond-century Temple of Aphrodite, which tradition held was built over the Savior’s tomb, and her son built the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher on that spot. During the excavation, workers found three crosses. Legend has it that the one on which Jesus died was identified when its touch healed a dying woman.The cross immediately be-came an object of veneration. At a Good Friday celebra-tion in Jerusalem toward the end of the fourth century, according to an eyewitness, the wood was taken out of its silver container and placed on a table together with the inscription Pilate ordered placed above Jesus’ head: Then “all the people pass through one by one; all of them bow down, touching the cross and the inscription, first with their foreheads, then with their eyes; and, after kissing the cross, they move on.”To this day, the Eastern Chur-ches, Catholic and Orthodox alike, celebrate the Exalta-tion of the Holy Cross on the September anniversary of the basilica’s dedication. The feast entered the Western calendar in the seventh century after Emperor Heraclius recovered the cross from the Persians, who had carried it off in 614, 15 years earlier. According to the story, the emperor intended to carry the cross back into Jerusalem himself, but was unable to move forward until he took off his imperial garb and became a barefoot pilgrim.The cross is today the universal image of Christian belief. Countless generations of artists have turned it into a thing of beauty to be carried in procession or worn as jewelry. To the eyes of the first Christians, it had no be-auty. It stood outside too many city walls, decorated only with decaying corpses, as a threat to anyone who defied Rome’s authority—including Christians who refused sacrifice to Roman gods. Although believers spoke of the cross as the instrument of salvation, it seldom appeared in Christian art unless disguised as an anchor or the Chi-Rho until after Constantine’s edict of toleration.

RUCH RODZIN NAZARETAŃSKICH Jest to międzynarodowy katolicki ruch apostolstwa rodzin, którego celem jest

uświęcenie członków poprzez pogłębie-nie życia Ewangelią w oparciu o wspól-

notę życia z Chrystusem w codzienności, naśladując Maryję.

Jeżeli pragniesz włączyć się w to dzieło, chcesz po-głębić swoje życie duchowe i wiarę, zapraszamy na

spotkania w poniedziałek o 7:00 PM (od 17 września 2018) w górnej salce

w centrum parafialnym. Spotkania poprowadzi ks Łukasz Kleczka SDS

Prosimy o pomoc i wsparcie edukacji ks. Marcina Zielińskiego

Ksiądz Marcin, który nam pomaga w czasie wakacji, za tydzień 16 września wraca do

Polski, aby kontynuować edukację. Przyszła niedziela będzie ostatnią niedzielą, którą spędzi pośród nas w tym roku. Łącząc dwa kierunki: prawo cywilne i prawo kanoniczne sam musi

zadbać o swoje utrzymanie i studia. Dlatego po Każdej Mszy Świętej będzie można okazać mu

swoje wsparcie składając ks. Marcinowi do koszyka pod chórem ofiarę na studia i dalszą

edukację.

Bóg zapłać za wszelką życzliwość i dobre serce!

Święto Podwyższenia Krzyża obchodzi Kościół kato-licki 14 września. Wiąże się ono z odnalezieniem drzewa krzyża, na którym umarł Jezus Chrystus a także wyraża głęboki sens krzyża w życiu chrześcija-nina. Istotą święta jest ukazanie tajemnicy Krzyża jako ceny zbawienia człowieka. Początki święta związane są z odnalezieniem przez św. Helenę relikwii krzyża na początku IV wieku i po-święceniem w Jerozolimie bazyliki ku jego czci w 335 r. Na pamiątkę, tego wydarzenia, ostatecznie 14 września, w Kościele obchodzi się uroczystość Pod-wyższenia Krzyża świętego. Od czasów Konstantyna, kiedy to chrześcijanie uzy-skali wolność wyznawania swojej wiary krzyż stał się znakiem rozpoznawczym chrześcijan. Od tego czasu jest bardzo często używany w liturgii i uświęca całe życie chrześcijańskie: zaczyna i kończy modlitwę, dzień i każdą ważniejszą czynność, uświęca prze-strzeń i jest używany przy wszelkich błogosławień-stwach. Ojcowie Kościoła podkreślali, że krzyż jest symbo-lem, w którym streszczają się najistotniejsze prawdy wiary chrześcijańskiej. Św. Jan Damasceński pisze: "Krzyż Pana naszego Jezusa Chrystusa, a nie cokol-wiek innego, zwyciężył śmierć, zgładził grzech praoj-ca, pokonał piekło, darował nam zmartwychwstanie, udzielił siły do wzniesienia się ponad doczesność i ponad samą śmierć, zgotował powrót do dawnej szczęśliwości, otworzył bramy raju, umieścił naturę naszą po prawicy Boga, uczynił nas Jego dziećmi i dziedzicami". Znak krzyża rozpoczyna i kończy modlitwę chrześci-janina. W liturgii jest gestem błogosławieństwa. Krzyż zawieszany na szyi, w mieszkaniu, w pracy, sta-wiany na szczytach świątyń przypomina wierzącym o ich powołaniu. Jego znaczenie staje się szkołą życia dla chrześcijan widzących w nim ostateczne zwycię-

Please Support Fr. Marcin’s Education

Father Marcin Zieliński, who helps us during this Summer, is a student of the Catholic University in Poland. He is a student priest of the civil law and canon law. We are very grateful for his help and dedication for our parish. September 16th is his last Sunday among us this year. He goes back to Poland to continue the education. Please support him at his study in Poland. Any donation will be appreciated. He will be present at the back of the Church on September 16th after eve-ry Mass. Thank you for your kindness and gen-erosity.

God bless you all!

La festa dell'Esaltazione della Croce L'Esaltazione della Santa Croce è una festività

della Chiesa cattolica, della Chiesa ortodossa e di altre confessioni cristiane. In essa si commemora la crocifissio-ne di Gesù con il particolare obiettivo di sottolineare la centralità del mistero della croce nella teologia cristiana. Il termine "esaltazione", in uso sin dal VI secolo per in-dicare questo rito, è da in-tendersi sia come «innalzamento» sia come «ostensione».

Il termine nasce dal rito che prevedeva l’innalza-mento di una croce e la sua ostensione ai fedeli, in ricordo dell’innalzamento di Cristo sulla Cro-ce e dell’ostensione del suo corpo sacrificale. Nella celebrazione eucaristica il colore liturgico è il rosso, il colore della passione di Gesù, che richiama appunto la Santa Croce. La festività ricorre il 14 settembre, in ricordo del ritrovamento della vera croce di Gesù da parte di sant'Elena, avvenuto, secondo una tradizione, il 14 settembre del 327: in quel giorno la reliquia sarebbe stata innalzata dal vescovo di Gerusa-lemme di fronte al popolo, che fu invitato all'adorazione del Crocefisso. Nell'usanza galli-cana, invece, almeno a partire dal VII secolo, la festa della Croce si teneva il 3 maggio, data del ritrovamento della Croce secondo la "leggenda di Giuda Ciriaco".

INTENCJE MSZALNE Ksiądz Marcin Zieliński, który pomaga nam w

czasie wakacji jest studentem Katolickiego Uniwer-sytetu Lubelskiego na dwóch kierunkach: prawo

cywilne i prawo kanoniczne. Codziennie ma możli-wość odprawiania Mszy świętych w kościele w Lu-blinie. Jeśli ktoś miałby życzenie poprosić go o od-prawienie Mszy Świętej, bardzo proszę złożyć in-tencje bezpośrednio u niego, do 16 września włącz-nie. Za wszelką pomoc okazaną księdzu Marcinowi

składamy serdeczne Bóg zapłać.