Fr. Joseph Girone, Temporary Administrator Fr.. Carlo Fortunio, Pastor Fr. Joseph de Jesús Montes de Oca, parochial vicar Fr. Giordano Belanich, weekend assistant Fr. Martin Carvalho, Weekend assistant Fr. Angelo Pochetti, in Residence Deacon Jesús Aristy, Parish Deacon

Eleanor Muller & Philip Dispenza, Parish Trustees Edward Mendoza , Business Administrator Angie Rotella-Suarez—Music Minister

HOLY REDEEMER PARISH Serving

Our Lady Help of Christians , St. John Nepomucene & Our Lady of Libera Churches 569-65th Street, West New York, New Jersey 07093

Tel. 201-868-9444 ~ web: www.padrepiocenter.org ~ Live Mass Streaming/S. Misa por Internet

OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Friday 9:00am ~ 1:00pm -- 3:00pm ~9:00pm by appointment only DESPACHO: Lunes a Viernes 9:00am ~ 1:00pm -- 3:00pm~ 9:00pm solamente por cita

Baptisms: Are held on Saturday or Sunday, needs to register at P. Pio Parish Center,569 65th St. WNY on Wednesdays between 6pm & 7pm two months in advance

Marriages: The couple has to enroll at least one year in advance at the Padre Pio Center, 569 65th St. . Needs to be enrolled in the Parish

Bautizos: Fechas y hoja de inscripción se encuentran a la entrada de la Iglesia Necesita registrarse con dos meses de anticipación Traiga la inscripción a la primera clase de preparación , clases primero DOS martes de cada mes a las 7.00pm Matrimonios: Necesita registrarse con un ano de anti-cipación pasando por el Centro Parroquial P. Pio, 569 65th St, WNY

MASS SCHEDULE ~

HORARIO DE MISAS Our Lady Help of Christians Monday through Friday 8:00am English Lunes ,Miércoles, Viernes 7:30pm Español Our Lady of Libera, En Español Lunes, Martes y Jueves 9:00am Miércoles y Viernes 12:00noon St. John Nepomuceno Monday Through Friday 7:30am English Saturday 8:00am English Confessions~ Confesiones Saturday~Sabados 5:30pm Or 15 minutes before mass or call the office

V M S ~ M

4:30pm St. John Nepomuceno, English 6:00pm N.S. de la Libera , Español 6:00pm St. Mary , English 7:30pm St. John, Español

S M E

8:00 ~ St. Mary 9:00am~ , St. John , 10:00am ~Our Lady of Libera 10:15am CROATIAN St. John 11:00am English , St. Mary

M D E

12:00pm , Nuestra Señora de la Libera, 9:00am ~12:30pm ~ 6:00pm Sta María 2:00pm St. Juan Nepomuceno

REMEMBER THAT To be married in Holy Redeemer Parish you NEED to be an active and contributing member of the parish for at least 6 months To enroll in the CCD program you need to enroll in the parish and attend regularly the Holy Mass at one of the three worship sites

POR FAVOR ACUERDATE Para poderte casar en al Parroquia necesita ser miem-bro activo y contribuir a la parroquia por no meno que 6 meses antes Para inscribirte o inscribir tus hijos en el programa catequético parroquial necesita atender regularmente la S. Misa en una de las tres Iglesias de la parroquia

Knights of Columbus Los Caballeros de Colon

Meet every second Monday of the Month at 7.00pm in the Rectory Meeting Room at St. Mary’s ALL ARE WELCOME

Se encuentran Cada 2ndo Lunes del Mes en el Salón de Reuniones de la Rectoría. A las 7.00pm TODOS ESTAN BIENVENIDOS

Christmas Vigil ~ Vigilia de Navidad

December 24 ~ 24 de Diciembre

5.00pm St. John’s Nepomucene English 7.00PM St. John’s Nepomucene Croatian 9.00pm N.S. de la Libera Espanol 9.30pm St. Mary’s English 11.45pm St. Mary’s Español

Christmas Day ~ Dia de Navidad December 25 ~ 25 de Diciembre

9.00AM Sta Maria Español 10.00am O.L. Libera English 10.15am St. John’s Croatian 11.00am St Mary’s English 12.30pm Sta Maria Español Please forgive the reduced Mass Schedule for this year in reason of the shortage of priests I hope that everyone will make a little extra sacrifice to attend mass in the Parish even if at a different scheduled time or different worship site to show hie/her support for the parish. Thank you Perdonen el numero reducido de Misas este ano a razón de la escarces de sacerdotes. Espero que todavía hacienda un pequeño sacrificio todo el mundo decida que atender la Santa Misa en su parroquia También si en una Iglesia diferente da la usual y en un horario un poquito mas difícil. Espero que todo el mundo se demontre solidar con la parroquia y apoye su minis-terio. Gracias

St. John’s ~ S. Juan

Saturday December 14 ___________________

8.00 Ivo Miseta—Miseta Family 4.30 Juliet Oberlin—Susan Aglipay 7.30 Virgen de las Nubes—Cofradia de la Virgen

Sunday December 15 XXX SUNDAY O.T.

9:00 Gardenia Tarabocchia—Lidya Skrivanich 10:15 Tony Jurcevic—Frances Jurcevic 2:00 Elvia Perez de Montoya—su Familia

Monday December 16 ____________________

7.30 All Souls—Mary Rodriguez

Tuesday December 17 ____________________

7.30 All Souls –Mary Rodriguez

Wednesday December 18 __________________

7.30

Thursday December 19 _________________

7.30

Friday December 20 ________

7.30 Olga Tarabokija—Nick & Fides Hroncich

Saturday December 21______ _______

8..00 Olga Tarabokija—Daughter Luciana 4.30 Herbert & Paula Schwuchow– Tom & Ann Rizzi 7.30 All Souls—Mary Rodriguez

Sunday December 22 XXXI SUNDAY O.T.

9:00 10:15 2.00

St. Mary’s ~ Sta Maria

Saturday December 14 _________________ 6.00 Fr. Carlo—Angie

Sunday December 15 III OF ADVENT.

8:00 Jose y Violeta Perrone– Family 9:00 Maria Jesus Gil—su hijo 11:00 Donald Benefield—wife Leonor 12:30 AG Grupo Altagraciano Ana Virginia Deschamps—Bienvenido Deschamps Guillermina Ferrer—Rosa John Jairo—Padres y Hermanos Eda Pena—Ema Pena

6:00 Padre Carlo—Angie

Monday December 16 ________

8.00 Lucille Massare Finkeldey— 7.30

Tuesday December 17 _____________

8:00 Juan Moises Zapayero—Esposa y Hijos

Wednesday December 18 __________________

8.00 All Souls—Mary Rodriguez

7.30 Irene Minota—Sergia

Thursday December 19 _________________

8.00 Juan Camilo Minota—Sergia 7.00

Friday December 20 ________

8.00 Betty Heck—Neocathecumenate 7.30

Saturday December 21 ________________ 6.00 Walter Samul—Mary Ann Marshall

Sunday December 22 IV OF ADVENT

8:00 9:00 11:00 12:30 6:00 Eucharistic Bread & Wine

Offered in Memory of Charles Smith

By wife Ann

FRAGRANT FORGIVENESS Forgiveness is the fragrance a violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. —Mark Twain

Domingo 15 de Diciembre Empieza la Novena de Navidad en Nuestra Senora

de la Libera Para mayores informes comunicase con la Her-

mana Ana Ruth Amaya,FMSC

Pray for our Sick

Mr. Dwyer, Adrian Ve-lasquez, Altagracia Acosta, Maria Ortiz, , Lian Cosgrove ,Martha Elizalde, , John Tarab-occhia, Walter Samul, Lorraine Rollman, Es-ther Diaz, Anthony Montagnino, Bob Wil-son, Jorge Luis Orrego, Andres Regueiro, Ligia y Lian Capote ,Donald Heck, , Eleanor Mueller,

Lucy Pesquera, Ana Castañeda, Mary Lo-renzo, Nicolina Lister, Esther Blasco,

Our Lady of Libera

Saturday December 14 __________________

6.00 Divino niño Jesús—María y Justin

Sunday December 15 III OF ADVENT

10:00 12:00 Álvaro Paternina—Su Familia Rafael Prieto—Melva Prieto Conversión de los Pecadores– Hilda Suro Salud Jesús Ramírez—Angela Puente AG Familia Tuj Tarton– Esteban Tuj

Monday December 16 ________

9.00 Tuesday December 17 _______________________

9.00

Wednesday December 18 __________________

12:00 Esperanza Ruiz—su familia Jorge Hernández—su familia

Thursday December 19 _________________

9.00

Friday December 20 ________

12.00 Pedro Marmol—su Familia

Saturday December 21 _ ____ ___________

6.00 Honor S. Juan Evangelista—

Sunday December 22 IV OF ADVENT

10:00 Robert Theobald– Gerry & Ronnie Theobald 12:00 Salud de Jesus Ramirez—Angela Puente

Your Sacrificial Giving Weekend of October 20 2019 2019

4:30pm St. John’s, English $ 438.00

6:00pm St. Mary’s ,English $ 237.00

6:00pm N.S. Libera Español $ 151.00

7:30pm St. John’s, Español $ 193.00

8:00am St. Mary’s, English $ 241.00

9:00am St.John’s, English $ 92.00

9:00am St. Mary’s, Español $ 1,070.00

10:00am O.L. Libera, English $ 360.00

10:15am St. John’s , Croatian $ 323.00

11:00am St. Mary’s, English $ 546.00

12:00noon O.L.Libera, Español $ 1,305.00

12:30pm Sta María, Español $ 1,905.00

2:00pm St. John’s, Español $ 334.00

6:00pm Sta María, Español $ 504300

GRAND TOTAL $ 7,699.00

Thank you for your generosity Gracias por su Generosidad

HEARTFELT JUDGMENT When you meet someone, you judge them by their clothes; when you leave them, you judge them by their heart. --Russian proverb

PRO LIFE Americans are having fewer babies, and those who are having them generally are giving birth later in life. The general fertility rate in the United States is down for the fourth year in a row, following an increase in 2014. Before that year, the number of births declined steadily from 2007 through 2013, according to a report by National Center for Health Statistics issued Wednesday. The center reported that there were 3,791,712 births registered in the United States in 2018. That’s down 2% from 2017. “Compared with rates in 2017, the general fertility rate declined to 59.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44,” the center said. This is the fourth year that the number of births has declined The birth rate for females aged 15–19 fell 7% in 2018. Birth rates declined for women aged 20–34 and increased for women aged 35–44. The total fertility rate declined to 1,729.5 births per 1,000 women in 2018. The center also reported some good news about baby-making in America: the percentage of women who began prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy rose to 77.5% in 2018; the percentage of all women who smoked during pregnan-cy declined to 6.5%. The cesarean delivery rate decreased to 31.9% in 2018 following an increase in 2017. However, the preterm birth rate rose for the fourth straight year to 10.02% in 2018; the rate of low birthweight was un-changed at 8.28%.

The Parish Cook Book, with hundreds of new and old recipes written down and transmitted from family to family will be on sale for ONLY $ 5.00 a copy. It’s a good fundraising for the parish and at the same time a way to preserve the German, Ameri-can, Italian, Hispanic heritage of the parish. Have a taste of the parish through it’s culinary diversity ! Books can be acquired at the Parish Office dur-ing office hours (9.00am ~ 1.00pm) or you can call to reserve your copy calling the office and reserving it. Nice and affordable Christmas me-mento .

OUR HISTORY

In the race to see who will become the first canonized black American saint, one candidate’s cause has advanced: Mother Mary Lange, a renowned educator and founder of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first community of religious sisters in the United States for women of color. In an announcement last week from the Archdiocese of Baltimore, where Mother Mary Lange lived and served, Archbishop William Lori said that “I’m happy to say her cause is moving along.” After meeting with Vatican officials about Lange’s cause last week, Lori reported that the paper arguing for her life of heroic virtue was nearly finished, and that the “positio,” another document arguing for her cause for canonization, was complete and being sent to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. If approved, the document will be forwarded to Pope Francis, who would then be able to grant the title of “Venerable” to Mother Mary Lange Together with a friend, Marie Magdelaine Balas, Lange began offering free education to children of color from her home. In 1828, Lange was approached by a priest, Reverend James Hector Joubert, S.S., about officially founding a Catholic school for girls of color. Lange told the priest that she had been wanting to dedicate her life to God, and that she wanted to start not only the school but also a religious order of sisters for women of color. Permission was granted, and in 1829, Lange and three other women (including Balas) took their first vows as Oblate Sisters of Providence. Lange, who became the superior of the order, took the religious name of Mary, and became known as Mother Mary Lange. The first paragraph of their order’s rule spelled out their vocation and mission: “The Oblate Sisters of Providence are a religious society of virgins and widows of color. Their end is to consecrate themselves to God in a special manner not only to sanctify themselves and thereby secure the greater glory of God, but also to work for the Christian education of colored children.” “Our sole wish is to do the will of God,” Mother Lange once said of her order, according to the Oblate Sisters. The school founded by the sisters, St. Frances Academy, is the oldest, continuously running school for black Catholics in the United States, and remains open today. By 1860, all children of color attending Catholic school in Baltimore were educated in schools run by the Oblate Sisters.

Rehearsal St John

Nepomucene at 10.00am on

Saturdays

Upcoming Events ~ Proximo Eventos

La Comunidad Mexicana de la Parroquia

Os invita a celebrar con ellos La Fiesta de san Juan Apóstol y Evangelista

El día 21 de Diciembre Con una Misa Cantada a las 6.00pm

Nuestra Señora de la Libera

En seguida Refrigerio y Fiesta en Honor del Santo con Mú-sica y Baile en el Gimnasio de Nuestra Señora

de la Libera

Todos están invitados

La Comunidad Ecuatoriana De la Parroquia

Invita todos los devotos de la SS. Virgen a reunir-se con ellos por los festejos en honor de la

SS. Virgen de las Nube MIERCOLES 1 DE ENERO 2020 S. Misa Solemne en la Iglesia de

Santa María En seguida procesión hasta

Nuestra Señora de la Libera En seguida refrigerios, comida típica Ecuatoriana, música y baile en el gimnasio de Nuestra Señora de la Libera

INFORMATION SHEET CHURCH NAME: Holy Redeemer BULLETIN NUMBER: 603070 Date of publication: DECEMBER 29 2013 Number of pages transmitted: Cover + 4 text pages + this page = 6 Special instructions: Please call Father Carlo @ 201-868-9444