Mass Schedule Monday — Friday: 8:00 AM, Lunes, Miércoles y Jueves 7:00

PM (Spanish); Saturday: 8:00 AM, 5:30 PM, 7:00 PM (Spanish), Sunday: 8:00 AM, 9:15 AM (Italian), 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM

(Spanish).

Cada último Martes del Mes: Misa en Español a las 7:30PM. Lunes, Miércoles y Jueves Misa en español a las 7:00 PM Holy Days: Vigil Mass: 7:00 PM (Spanish) 8:00AM, 12:00

Noon, 7:00 PM

Miraculous Medal St. Anthony Novena Tuesdays: 7:00 PM

Grupo de Oración

Martes 7:30PM en la Iglesia. Último Martes de cada mes tenemos Misa en Español a las 7:30 PM.

Reconciliation — Confession Every Saturday at 4:30 PM or by appointment.

First Friday - Eucharistic Adoration

Beginning with the 8am Mass, lasting all day and ending at 7pm with the Holy Hour Mass. Anyone interested in spending an hour with our Lord—kindly call the office for a time slot.

50 Lodi Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM Office closed on weekends

Parish Office: 201-343-6243 Fax: 201-343-0854 email: st.francisrcchurch@gmail.com Religious Education Office 201-488-2614 email: stfrancisreled@gmail.com

Church websites: http://franciscanhackensack.tripod.com/parish.htm http://stfrancisofassisihackensack.com/

St. Francis of Assisi Church

Iglesia San Francisco de Asís

Baptism/Bautizo Celebrated on the 1st Saturday of every month in English at 11

AM and on the 3rd Saturday in Spanish at 1 PM. For more information please call the Rectory before any social arrange-

ment is made

Marriage-Matrimonio Arrangements should be made one year prior to the marriage. Please contact the Church Office before any social arrangements are made.

Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick

Please notify us when a member of your family is in the hospital or unable to attend Church and wishes to receive the Sacraments. For Emergencies contact the Rectory day or night. Por favor llamar a la oficina de la Iglesia si un miembro de su familia está hospitalizado o

si quiere recibir comunión.

Parish Staff Rev. John Salvas, O.F.M. Cap., Pastor

Rev. Francisco Arredondo, O.F.M. Cap., Parochial Vicar Rev. Prem Kumar O.F.M. Cap.

Bro. Lombardo D’Auria, O.F.M. Cap. Alejandro Polanco, Deacon Angel Hernandez, Deacon

Douglas Christmann, Deacon & Youth Ministry Coordinator

The Epiphany of the Lord La Epifanía del Señor

Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you.

See, darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds cover the peoples; but upon you the LORD

shines, and over you appears his glory. Nations shall walk by your light, and kings by your shining radiance. Raise your eyes and look

about; they all gather and come to you.

Levántate y resplandece, Jerusalén, porque ha llegado tu luz y la gloria del Señor alborea

sobre ti. Mira: las tinieblas cubren la tierra y espesa niebla envuelve a los pueblos; pero

sobre ti resplandece el Señor y en ti se manifi-esta su gloria.Caminarán los pueblos a tu luz

y los reyes, al resplandor de tu aurora. Levanta los ojos y mira alrededor:

todos se reúnen y vienen a ti .

Sunday 8:00 AM

9:15 AM 10:30 AM

12:30 PM

Monday 8:00 AM 7:00 PM

Tuesday 8:00 AM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM Wednesday 8:00 AM

7:00 PM

Thursday 8:00 AM 7:00 PM

Friday 8:00 AM Saturday 8:00 AM

5:30 PM 7:00 PM Sunday 8:00 AM 9:15 AM

10:30 AM

12:30 PM

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Dear Parishioners: On Christmas evening I stepped out-side of our friary in Beacon, NY and looked up at the sky. For the past thirty years I have celebrated the Lord’s birth within a city where all of the lights make the stars difficult to see but that night was different. So much did the heavens come alive with those beautiful luminaries that I wanted to go back inside to wake up all the friars “to see what I could see,” as the famous hymn goes. Then I realized that wouldn’t be such a good idea after all because then it me that the Kings travelled while most the world slept. In fact, we spend most of life looking at the world from eye level without looking up and beyond to the sky above. The story of the Kings is a paradigm for all those who seek the truth and walk by faith. St. Matthew doesn’t tell us their names nor how many they were. We assume there were three because of the number of gifts they offered the new King of kings. Each of us is on our own journey of faith which has no clear map other than the Word which became flesh. My ministry as a friar has blessed me with the opportunity to experience many beautiful customs and traditions, among which is of the Three Kings Bread or Cake, which is made for the beautiful feast. A small image of infant Jesus is mixed in with ingredients and then children of all ages hope to find him in their piece of the culinary treat in a similar way, Jesus who is no longer in a manger is woven into our lives and waits to be discovered by those who love him. A blessed feast to all! Love and Prayers, Bro. John

January 6th — The Epiphany of the Lord +Vivian Kelly by Cathy Mirra +Antonio & Delia Bosi by Mary Bosi +Paolo Pieroni by Mara Sini +All Souls in Purgatory by Tom McDonough Jr. +Carmela Petrocelli by Children +Manuel Campoverde Pos Sus Hijos En Accion de Gracias Al Divino Niño Por La Familia Rodas-Calle y Guncay En Accion de Gracias al Divino Niño by La Familia Lema January 7th In Thanksgiving by Marion Cyriac +Emilia Velez Por Sus Hijos January 8th For the Deceased Members of the Parish +Miraculous Medal/St. Anthony Novena +Grupo de Oracion - Sotano de la Iglesia

January 9th Special Intentions of George Cyriac +Joseph Sallemi by Al Mellone Misa en Espanol January 10th Mass in English +Henry Corniel Por Alexandra Corniel +Ramon y Juan De Leon Por Amparo Luna January 11th Special Intentions For All Saints by Esmeralda Guzman

January 12th Mass in English +Peter Giampietro by Pat & Joe Ruggiero +Angie Barsalona (Birthday) by Daughter, Jeanette & Family +Rita Pedraza Eguez Por Elena DiTrani +Agnes DiTrani Por Elena DiTrani

January 13th — The Baptism of the Lord +Peter Mirra by Cathy Mirra +Norman Nelson by The Socialites

Mass in Italian

Mass in English +Jose Santo Campillo Jr. Por Iris Campillo +Alipio y Christopher Manzueta by La Familia

Estimados Feligreses:

La noche de Navidad salí de nuestro con-vento en Beacon, NY, y miré hacia el cielo. Du-rante los últimos treinta años he celebrado el nacimiento del Señor en una ciudad donde todas las luces hacen que las estrellas sean difíciles de ver, pero esa noche fue diferente. Tanto como los cielos cobraron vida con esas hermosas lumi-narias, quise volver adentro para despertar a to-dos los frailes "para ver lo que podía ver", como dice el famoso himno. Luego me di cuenta de que no sería una buena porque los Reyes viaja-ban mientras la mayoría del mundo dormía. De hecho, pasamos la mayor parte de la vida miran-do el mundo desde el nivel de los ojos sin mirar hacia arriba y más allá hacia el cielo.

La historia de los Reyes es un paradigma para todos aquellos que buscan la verdad y cami-nan por la fe. San Mateo no nos dice sus nom-bres ni cuántos eran. Asumimos que hubo tres debido a la cantidad de regalos que ofrecieron al nuevo Rey de reyes. Cada uno de nosotros está en nuestro propio viaje de fe que no tiene otro mapa claro que la Palabra que se hizo carne.

Mi ministerio como fraile me ha bende-cido con la oportunidad de experimentar mu-chas hermosas costumbres y tradiciones, entre las que se encuentran el Pan o la Torta de los Tres Reyes Magos, que se hace para la hermosa fiesta. Una pequeña imagen del niño Jesús está mezclada con ingredientes y luego los niños de todas las edades esperan encontrarlo en su parte de la delicia culinaria de una manera similar, Jesús, que ya no está en un pesebre, está entre-tejido en nuestras vidas y espera ser descubierto por los que lo aman. ¡Bendecida fiesta para to-dos!

Mucho amor y bendiciones, Hno. Juan

MASS BOOK / LIBRO DE MISAS 2019

IS NOW OPEN / ESTA ABIERTA

Notas del Párroco

LA FAMILIA QUE REZA UNIDA, PERMANE-CE UNIDA

El Grupo de “La Virgen DE FATIMA” de la parro-quia “San Francisco de Asís” continúa visitando los hogares.

Si usted desea ser visitada por la Virgen Madre de Dios y Madre nuestra, escuchar la Palabra de Dios, rezar el rosario

y cantar cantos, favor de llamar el teléfonos de: Gladys Cobos 201-580-7450

La Parroquia esta en busca de Monaguillos para servir in las Misas, espe-cialmente los Sábados a las 7 pm y 8 am los Do-mingos. Jóvenes que han cumplido la Primera Comunión y están interesados pueden contactar la oficina de la Parroquia para conseguir mas información : (201) 343 6243

¿Estas criando a un niño con autis-mo o una discapacidad intelectual o de desarrollo ? ¿Asistir a la Misa es algo que te gusta-ría hacer en familia… pero no puedes? Por favor ayude a la Arquidiócesis de Ne-wark completando una encuesta:

www.rcan.org/attends-mass-survey Los resultados de la encuesta ayudaran a obtener fondos para el pro-grama educativo llamado Asiste a Misa, que proporciona a las fami-

lias el apoyo de participar en la liturgia de comunidad de fe.

TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Es tiempo de añadir los reyes magos al pesebre. En 1448 lle-garon los pesebres italianos a las iglesias españolas, pero no fue hasta que el Rey Carlos III le regaló un pesebre a su hijo en el siglo XVIII que el uso de pesebres se expandió en los hogares. Desde entonces, el uso de nacimientos llega al continente americano en donde se convierte en la decoración principal para las fiestas navideñas. Así como en todo país latinoamericano el montaje del Belén es una tradición, lo es también en Venezuela. Con el pesebre venezo-lano llegan también aguinaldos, parrandas, Misas y patines. ¡Sí! ¡Patines! Desde la mitad del siglo pasado los venezolanos celebran la época navideña con “patinadas”. Estas “patinadas” normalmente se hacen por las mañanas y muchas calles están cerradas a los autos has-ta las 8 a.m. para que niños y jóvenes puedan disfrutar de los patines, bicicletas y otros juguetes que les regala el niño Dios. Por eso, muchos niños duermen con un “cordoncito” atado al dedo gordo de los pies, que cuelgan por la ventana para que los despierten los que pasan pati-nado.

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This December the Secular Franciscans are collecting new hats, gloves, scarves and socks for the shelter in Hackensack. Travel-

size toiletries will also be appreciated.

Este Diciembre los Franciscanos Seglares están recolectando nuevos sombreros, guantes, bufandas y medias para el refugio

de Hackensack. También se apreciarán artículos de aseo pesonal .

That people, who are involved in the service and transmission of faith, may find, in their dialogue with culture, a language suited to the conditions of the present time.

Para que las personas dedicadas al servicio de la trasmisión de la fe encuentren un lenguaje adaptado al presente, en diálogo con la cultura.

Winter Clothes Drive

Coleccion de Ropa Invernal

https://clicktopray.org/en

The Parish is in need of Altar Servers for all Masses especially the 7:00 pm on Saturday & the 8:00 am Sunday Masses. Children of the parish who have received their First Holy Commun-ion and are interested in being an Altar Server, please contact the Parish Office:

(201) 343-6243

In Memory of: Donated By:

Lena & Loretta Pisciotto by Joe & Louise Pisciotto Carmina Maceri by Daughter & Family Giuseppe Maceri by The Pitasi Family

Rosario & Mary V. Maceri Vincenzo and Rosa Pitasi by Son & Family

Carmelo & Frances Pitasi by The Pitasi Family Domenico Pitasi by Wife & Family

Special Intentions of Jose A. Poventud Special Intentions of Elba Poventud

Special Intentions of Gary Feiner Sr. & Valerie Fiener Special Intentions of Los Hijos de Nube Celentano

Special Intentions of Salvatore Parisi Special Intentions of Abramhamsen & Morales Family

During the Christmas Season, St. Francis was beautifully decorated because

parishioners and friends wanted us to remember their loved ones. Many thanks for your kindness.We ask that you please remember those loved ones in

prayer.

Are you raising a child with autism or an intellectual or developmental

disability?

Is Attending Mass something that you would like to do as a family ...

but you can not?

Please help the Archdiocese of New-ark by completing a survey:

www.rcan.org/attends-mass-survey The results of the survey will help raise funds for the education-al program called Attend Mass, which provides families with the support of participating in the faith community liturgy.

Special Intentions:

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

Monday of this week is Christmas Day in Russia and in much of the Orthodox world. This curious differ-ence in schedule has a lot to do with how calendars have been developed and changed over the years. In the year 45 b.c. Julius Ceasar gave the empire his Julian Calendar, with the winter solstice on January 6. This put an end to a system in which officials called “pontiffs” were able to tweak the calendar by adding extra days in as needed. He invented two new months at that time, December and January; and in order to correct the mess the pontiffs had made, forced a year of 445 days on the empire in what he named “The Last Year of Confusion.” The new months varied in number of days according to a complex sched-ule, but the calendar was still off by nearly twelve minutes a year, and lost a full day every 130 years. Pope Gregory XIII reformed the calendar in 1583, but not everyone appreciated his efforts. England held out for two hundred years. The year 1700 was a leap year in England, but not in France; they were eleven days apart! George Washington was really born on February 11; when the Gregorian calendar was finally adopted in the English colonies shortly before the Revolution, he had to move his birthday to February 22. Now the calendars are thirteen days apart, which accounts for Russia’s Jul-ian calendar Christmas. And Caesar thought he had brought confusion to an end!

OFFERING TO THE LORD The Collection for December 22 & 23 was $3,579 and the second collection for the Utilities Fund was $1,310.13 The Collection for December 24 & 25 was $4, 227.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY If you would like to have a loved one’s name mentioned in the bulletin, please call the church office at 201-343-6243.

In addition, if you would like an intention to be added to the Apostolate of Prayer list, please send it via e-mail to

StFrancisHack@AOL.com PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THE DECEASED

CALENDAR

Sunday, January 6th The Epiphany of the Lord Maintenance Fund Monday, January 7th Saint Raymond of Peñafort 8:00 AM Mass in English 7:00 PM Misa en Español Tuesday, January 8th 8:00 AM Mass in English 7:00 PM Miraculous Medal/St. Anthony Novena 7:30 PM Grupo de Oración—Sótano Wednesday, January 9th 8:00 AM Mass in English 7:00 PM Misa en Español Thursday, January 10th 8:00 AM Mass in English 7:00 PM Misa en Español 7:00 PM SFO Metting—Church Hall Friday, December 11th 8:00 AM Mass in English

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Weekly Collections 2017/2018

$3,579

$2,724

$3,000

$1,000

$2,000

Collection

Goal

12/24/17 12/16/18 12/2/18 12/9/18

$2,804

12/17/17 12/10/17 12/3/17 12/23/18

$2,791

$3,517 $3,296

$3,501 $3,216

MEMORIAL GIFTS THIS WEEK

The Sanctuary Lamp will burn for

Que el Señor Derrame Bendiciones Sobre La Familia Reynoso

Donated by

Trina y Hamlet Reynoso

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK POR FAVOR RECEN POR LOS ENFERMOS

Mike, Johnny Kimak, Bedo, Zack Riehl, Anthony Fasulo, Ronald Romano, Maria, Nelson, Brenda Dembow , Santiago J. Mora, Richard Kunzweiler, David Guerra , Con-nor Hockedy, Santiago, Claire Mongelli, Ethel Gramuglia, Tom, Lucille Jaeger, Jose y Elsa Luna, Jose Rodriguez, Juan Domingo Rodriguez, Jorge Ivan Castellanos, Flora Comiz-zoli, Dr. Adenike Opaleke, Rosanna Manisera, Angelina Manisera, Shawn Leddy, Dorothy Peplowski, Liliana Cilebi, Carlos Rojas, Miriam Ivone Valverde, Patricia Monica Gar-cia Villafuente, Erika Mercedes Villafuente Pacheco, Yunarli Adames, Ryan L, Michelle Davis, Mary Gavilan, Maria Ca-nesa, Ginny Cattaneo, Ubelly Cordova, Jill Brooks, Daniel Agiar, Bobby Kendricks, Vivian & Gladys Cuesta, Julianna Guerra, Anna Mary, Donna Jean, Donna & Family, Debra, Louisa, Todd, Hanna, Nora Brunal, Matt, Adrienne Marie, Marie Dragan, Louise, Jean Tusa Giarratana, Aaron Santos, Taylor, Zoila, Annie Sproviero, Thomas Candina , Franklin H. Mora, Jennifer and Allen Arabito, Lloyd Keller, Janine Lacognata, Annie Arrabito, Phyllis.

TREE OF LIFE Have the name of your loved one engraved on a leaf and attached to our Tree of Life. For more information call the office at 201-343-6243.

THE MASS BOOK FOR THE YEAR

2019 IS OPEN

COVER SHEET Church name: St. Francis of Assisi - 50 Lodi Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 Name: BC Office Number: 201-343-6243 Bulletin # 228650 January 6th, 2019 Date of Publication: January 6th, 2019 Number of pages transmitted: 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

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