“Our Mission Is To Be A Faith Community Centered In The Eucharist,Proclaiming The Word Of The Lord And Living As Followers Of Jesus Christ.”

Served ByRev. Kamil (Peter) Wierzbicki.............AdministratorMr. Tom Friel.......................................DeaconMrs. Kathleen Barger......Administrative AssistantMrs. Lillian Colello........Coordinator of Religious Education and Confirmation Program

973-398-7773Mrs. Lillian Colello ......... Liturgy CoordinatorMr. Henry Schmidt ................... Parish TrusteeMr. Marcin Kochanowicz ................ Musician

RECTORY HOURSMonday: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Tuesday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.Closed: Saturday & Sunday

MUSIC MINISTRYJohn Armeno: 973-398-8109Edie Vieth: 973-601-7143

We Invite You toCelebrateEUCHARISTIC LITURGIESSunday Masses 5:00 p.m. (Saturday Vigil Mass) 7:45 a.m. 9:15 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

Weekday Masses (Mon - Sat) 8:30 a.m. - followed by praying the rosary.

Holy Day of Obligation To be announced

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. or by appointment

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS - Meet onthe second Thursday of each month at8:00 p.m. in the Church meeting room.

ROSARY ALTAR SOCIETY - Meetingson the first Saturday of each monthfollowing the 8:30 a.m. Mass.

ST. JUDE NOVENA & BENEDICTIONis every Thursday at 7:00 p.m.; Adorationis from 9:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m.; DivineMercy is at 3:00 p.m.

Faith Formation ProgramAwakenings: 4yr to Kn during the 9:15Mass. Grades 1-4 10:20 am to 11:20 am.Grades 5-7 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Grade 8from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

Confirmation: Grade 9 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in.parish center. Grade 10 in Church meetingroom.

For further information call the religiouseducation office not rectory.

NEW PARISHIONERS: Our ParishFamily invites all of its members to sharefully in our spiritual and social life. Everyfamily moving into the Parish is asked toregister at the Rectory. If you change youraddress or telephone number, please contactus. All parishioners are requested to use theregular Sunday envelopes. If you are notreceiving them, please call the Rectory.

Sacramental LifeBAPTISM - Baptisms are usuallycelebrated on the 3rd Sunday of the monthat 1:00 p.m. Parents are asked to call therectory about Baptismal preparation meetingis on the first Monday of the month at7:30 p.m.

MARRIAGE - Arrangements should bemade at the Rectory one year before themarriage date and prior to any socialplanning. This is in accord with theCommon Policy of the Province of NewJersey. To arrange for Pre-Cana instructions,please call the Rectory.

R.C.I.A. RITE OF CHRISTIANINITATION OF ADULTS - Personsinterested in learning of the Catholic faith,and any adult person who needs to receiveBaptism, Eucharist or Confirmation. If youneed information regarding this, pleasecontact the Rectory.

VISITATION OF THE SICK ANDELDERLY - Please keep us informed sothat we can be attentive to those who are illat home or in the hospital. Communion isbrought upon request to the home. Pleasecall the Rectory for the Sacrament ofAnointing of the Sick.

CHOIR - Adult choir meets as scheduled.

Parish Community40 Maxim Drive, Hopatcong, NJ 07843 Website: www.stjudehopatcong.org 973-398-6377 Fax 973-398-0121

Fourth Sunday of LentMarch 31, 2019

SAINT JUDESAINT JUDE

STEWARDSHIP A WAY OF LIFE

Thank You for Your Generosity!

Mar. 17 2019: $3027.00 Capital Improvements:

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We are in need of Eucharistic ministers,

lectors and ushers. All help is extremely

appreciated.

Please call rectory at (973) 398-6377 for more

information.

4TH SUNDAY OF LENT, MARCH 31,2019

Welcome to St. Jude’s! We are a Roman Catholic Parish, which gath-ers believers in Jesus Christ in Hopatcong and

surrounding areas.

Our administrator is Fr. Peter Wierzbicki. We belong to the Diocese of Paterson, New

Jersey. Our Bishop is Bishop Arthur Serratelli. If you are thinking about moving to the

Hopatcong area, we cordially invite you to make St. Jude’s your parish.

How to register: If you are new to the parish or have not previously registered in the parish, please do so by calling the office at 973-398-6377 for a registration form.

Also, if you are not receiving collection enve-lopes, we can arrange to have them sent them to you.

Parish Center Rental If you would like to rent a Parish Hall, please call the Parish Office.

The typical maximum head count is 225 peo-ple for dinner seating.

For more information email our hall rental committee: rental@stjudehopatcong.org

St Jude Church 40 Maxim Drive

Hopatcong, NJ 07843 Phone: 973-398-6377

E-Mail: office@stjudehopatcong.org Website: stjudehopatcong.org

4TH SUNDAY OF LENT SATURDAY

8:30 AM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM

MARCH 30 Thomas DeMott Confessions (untill 4:45PM) Frank Nutley

SUNDAY 7:45 AM 9:15 AM

11:00 AM

MARCH 31 Gloria Jamie Fernandes Bruce Hill

MONDAY 8:30 AM 7:00 PM

APRIL 1 Kathleen Zoppi Confessions (untill 8:30PM)

TUESDAY 8:30 AM

APRIL 2 Anthony & Antoinette Grillo

WEDNESDAY 8:30 AM

After the Mass

APRIL 3 Michele Aue Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

THURSDAY 8:30 AM

After the Mass

APRIL 4 People of St. Jude’s

Adoration (until 8:00 PM) FRIDAY

8:30 AM 7:00 PM

April 5 Rosa Pacheco Stations of the Cross

SATURDAY 8:30 AM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM

April 6 Donna Villanova Andrisano Confessions Bruce Hill

SUNDAY 7:45 AM 9:15 AM

11:00 AM

April 7 Maureen Schmidt Anne Terrano Giovanni, Maria, Grace Astore

NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP Every Wednesday after the 8:30 am Holy Mass

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Every Thursday after the morning mass, and ends at 8:00PM. You can come at any time and stay for as long as you like. During the ado-ration there are several prayers in which you can participate:

3:00 PM - Divine Mercy Chaplet 7:00 PM - Evening Prayer 7:30 PM - Novena to St. Jude 7:45 PM - Benediction In the vestibule you can find a list where you can write your name for a specific time of the day, to let people know, when you are going to be there, and that Jesus won’t stay alone at that time.

CHOIR We would like to invite volunteers to

join our choir. If interested talk to Edie or Marcin before or after Masses.

GATHERING OF THE SHEEP Come and talk with others about God and Church at Frank’s Pizza every Tuesday from 6:30 to 9:00PM.

Catholics in the Diocese of Paterson, espe-cially those who have been away from the Church, are invited to experience God’s healing love and forgiveness through the Sacrament of Reconciliation during Lent. Catholic churches in Morris, Sussex and

Passaic Counties will be open for Confession every Monday, starting March

11, 2019 to April 8, 2019 from 7:00 PM-8:30 PM.

Welcome Home to Healing Reconciliation on Monday Nights Throughout Lent

The Knights of Columbus will be hosting the "Our Lady of Persecuted Christians"

icon at St. Jude's Church.

Sunday, April 7th from 2 PM until 4 PM and Wednesday, April 10th from 7 PM

until 9 PM. A short prayer service will start each ses-sion with viewing and silent prayer after-

wards.

Pope and Patriarch Call For Defense of the Unborn Pope Francis and Rus-sian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met in Havana, Cuba on Friday, Febru-

ary 12, 2016, and signed an historic joint declaration. In that dec-laration they stated the

following about the un-born: "We call on all to respect the inalienable right to life. Millions are denied the very right to be born into the world. The blood of the unborn cries out to God (cf. Gen 4:10). (n. 21)”

“Whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. And all this is from God, who has recon-ciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, God was rec-onciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their tres-passes against them and entrusting to us the message of recon-ciliation.” We look at a broken, suffering world, blanket-ed with poverty, war, hate and division. We

may question, is there any way such hardship and division can change? As Paul wrote the Corin-thians, we can find a so-lution, if we recognize that Christ came to rec-oncile us to the Father and to one another. But Paul also adds that we have been given the great responsibility to be ministers of reconcilia-tion. That ministry is ours, all who are united to Christ. What is hold-ing me back from work-ing to ease tension, eradicate hate, and bring the peace of Christ to others? That was in-cluded in the beautiful prayer of St. Oscar Romero, reminding us that we are to be Christ’s ministers, am-bassadors of reconcilia-tion, prophets of a future that is not our own.

First Reading: Joshua 5:9a, 10-12 Joshua and the Israelites celebrated Passover in Jericho. This was the first time they had eaten the produce of the promised land. After this, there was no more bread sent from heaven because they were able to eat the yield of the land. Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 Paul tells us that anyone living in Je-sus is a new creation because God has reconciled with us through Christ. As an ambassador for Jesus, Paul implores that the Corinthians be rec-onciled to God through Jesus. Gospel: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 The Pharisees grew disgusted with Jesus because of his compassion to-ward sinners. So Jesus told them a story of a son who squandered his in-heritance. When a famine broke out, he returned home and asked his fa-ther to become a hired hand. His fa-ther instead welcomed him with a joy-ful celebration, just as God is over-joyed when a sinner returns to him.

THE FABULOUS DUPREES: Sunday May 19, 2019

2 SHOWS: 3:00 PM (SOLD OUT) & 6:00 PM

Tickets are available at the Rectory, after masses,

and on WeShare. Before April 1: $35.00 After April 1: $40.00

The free program allows you to automate your giving to St Jude using credit card or bank account payments, rather than using the traditional Collection Basket. You can setup recurring donations for all our collections (Regular Collection, 2nd Collection, Easter, Christmas, and even the Diocesan Special Collections). Contact the Rectory business office if you have ques-tions.

St Jude's Church invites you to our

Craft Fair Flea Market and Garage sale

Fun for all Face painting Sand art Food and drinks

for purchase Many items for

sale

And much more!!!

Saturday June 1, 2019 10:00AM - 5:00 PM

If you would like to rent a table: Outside 10x10 space

$25 [BYOT]; Inside 10x10

$35 [BYOT]; Rental $10 per table For details call St. Jude’s Office: (973-398-6377), or Jimmy O’Brien: (973-945-7522)

“Pivotal Players” Bishop Barron

WEDNESDAY 7PM in the Parish Center

Join us as we continue to hear from Bishop Barron about the next two “Pivotal Players”: those saints, artists, mystics, and scholars who not only shaped the life of the Church but changed the course of western civilization. This new program will feature St. Augustine, the Teacher, and St. Benedict, the Monk.

St. Augustine is arguably the best example of how faith in Christ can change a person. And without St. Benedict, the Christian culture of the west might have perished after the fall of the Roman Empire. So, please register for this study program and walk with Bishop Barron as he traces the lives and contributions of these two pivotal saints. For more information, please con-tact Manny Fernandes at mannyfernandes@hotmail.com or stop by the parish office.

Please support the Rosary Altar Society by choosing us as your charity on Amazon Smile. It is easy and free.

What is Amazon Smile?

Amazon Smile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no extra cost to you.

When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you will find the exact same low prices, vast selection, and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion (0.5% of the purchase price for eligible purchases) to us. You can shop at Amazon Smile from your web browser, on your computer, or phone. You can still use your cur-rent Amazon account information.

How Do I Sign Up?

Just go to https://smile.amazon.com/ch/45-3212691 (which automatically selects us as your charity) or scan the code with your cell phone and continue to shop on smile.amazon.com. It is that easy!! Or, you can go to smile.amazon.com and se-lect "St Jude Rosary and Alter Society" as your preferred charitable organization. Either way, you will help us. After you select us, just log onto smile.amazon.com and shop as usual. Amazon Smile makes a donation to St. Jude for every qualified product purchase made through the Amazon Smile website (smile.amazon.com) by customers who identify "St Jude Rosary and Alter Society" as their preferred charitable organization (yes "Alter" is misspelled, but that is how it is registered with the IRS). Since many of us use Amazon for our online purchases, this is an excellent way to add to our parish support at no additional cost to you.

Again, the Amazon Smile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price directly to us. If you have

questions, contact Mary Comerford at (973) 770-4762.

ROSARY ALTAR SOCIETY The society meets on the 1st 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. First Saturday of every month, the Rosary is recited after the mass.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Knights of Columbus meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8:00PM in

the Church Meeting Room.

Please contact Grand Knight Mike Coolican

(973-229-9881) for more information.

!!!Join the Largest Catholic Men’s Fraternal Organization in the World!!!

Joining the Knights of Columbus is as simple as scanning the barcode below with your smartphone or going to www.KofC.org, select Join Us at the top of the page and completing the simple application pro-cess.

Be sure to include the lo-cal Council number you wish to join.

Scan the code and join

now! Specify Council: 9914 www.KofC.org/joinus

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. Proceeds go to the Church.

St. Jude’s Knights of Columbus Palm Sunday Pancake Breakfast

Sunday April 14, at the Parish Center.

FROM 8:00AM THRU 1:00PM. ADULTS $7.00

KIDS UNDER 5 yrs. FREE. All you can eat!!!

Enjoy a Great Breakfast served by your Knights and support the work

they do for our Parish and our Community.

Fun and great food for one and all !!!

MENU: PANCAKES

FRENCH TOAST BACON

SAUSAGE EGGS TO ORDER

COFFEE, TEA and ORANGE JUICE

Mar. 30 /

31

5:00 PM

D. Armeno C. Delahanty

T. Cole D. Ferris

J. O’Connor

Christopher Gianna

7:45 AM J. Quirk

J. & M. Quirk M. Procacci

M. Butt J. Nicolicchia

Katherine Patrick

9:15 AM

G. Mizzoni

C. Gartley O. Betlow

M. Comerford T. Vicedomini S. Gesregan

Grace Lily

11:00 AM L. Meniel

C. & S. Cerrada M. Kuty

A. Bates R. Meniel

Victor Alex

SCHEDULE FOR LECTORS, EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS & ALTAR SERVERS

APR. 6 / 7

5:00 PM D.Armeno

J. Jensen D. Armeno D. Ferris T. Cole

C. Delahanty

Christopher

Patrick

7:45 AM

P. Procacci

M. Procacci J. & M. Quirk

M. Butt J. Nicolicchia

Katherine Alex

9:15 AM

B. Gravatt

L. Colello M. Comerford

C. Gartley T. Vicedomini

O. Bertow

Steven Gianna

11:00 AM D. Orianzi

A. Bates B. M. Kuty C. C. & S.

Cerrada D. F. Wimbush

Victor Naomi

FAITH FORMATION SCHEDULE

March 31, 2019

MANDATORY MASS FOR ALL STUDENTS AT 9:15 AM

CLASS TIMES FOR GRADES 1–4: 10:20 - 11:30AM GRADE 2: MEETING ROOM GRADES 1, 3 – 4: PARISH CENTER GRADES 5: MEETING ROOM: 5:30 - 7 PM GRADES 6-7: PARISH CENTER: 5:30 - 7 PM GRADE 8: PARISH CENTER: 7 - 8:30PM CONFIRMATION CLASSES ARE ON SUNDAY EVENINGS Grade 9: PARISH CENTER 7:00PM - 8:30PM Grade 10: MEETING ROOM 7:00PM - 8:30PM

Ann Bauer, James Bonavota, Ann Bonda, Jimmy Cafferty, Amanda Church, Cathy Collins, Sean Conyngham, Kyle

Bussey, Jordyn Cameron, Sue Cardena, Shannon & Reggie Crowley, Claudia Davis, Liliana DiFillippi, Richard Ferris, Dylan Flinchum, Dolores Gensiak, Andy Gervasi, Katie Gowey, Herbert Grobe, William & Joan Goehrig, John Hayes, Mary Hessenius, Rene Hoer, Irene Hogan, Linda Hill, Mark Joanna, Terri Kellerman, Cheryl Lotito, Theresa Leggio, Joan Major, Tony Maldonado, Lynne McDonald, Anthony Monetti, Maryann Moore, Arthur & Barbara Morelli, Kim Olenic, Yvonne Paquing, Judy Pickett, Miriam Procacci, Carol Pietrzak, Richard Ratti, Donna Ross, Danny Rourk, Mary Rushka, Paul Sansevere, John Scala, Robert Sottolano, William Stelmach, Nancy & Tom Tevis, Katherine vonEhr, Grzegorz Wierzbicki, Joyce Williams, Yvonne Zaccone.

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