Saint Therese of Lisieux Parish

120 Monroe Avenue • Cresskill, NJ 07626

Parish Office 201-567-2528

200 Jefferson Avenue Cresskill

Religious Education 201-567-4781

200 Jefferson Avenue Cresskill

Academy of St. Therese 201-568-4296

220 Jefferson Avenue Cresskill

Confirmation & Youth/Young Adult

Ministry 201-567-2528 x 307

MASS INTENTIONS PRAY FOR THE SICK

MASS SCHEDULE

Daily 8:30 AM

Saturday 5:00 PM

Sunday 7:30 AM 9:30 AM 11:30 AM

Holy Days 7:30 PM Vigil 8:30 AM 12:00 PM

Reconciliation Saturday 4 - 4:30 PM

SERVED BY THE CARMELITES

Pastor Fr. Samuel Citero, O. Carm.

Parochial Vicar Fr. Brian Henden, O. Carm.

Deacon Rev. Mr. Anthony Porcaro, T. O. Carm.

Pastoral Associate Ms. Gina Marie Loiacono

Interns Br. Daniel Ulises Gonzalez Cabrera, O. Carm.

Br. Geovanny Martinez Morales, O. Carm.

Director of Religious Education Mrs. Lois Pagnozzi

Youth Minister Izzy Aytona

Principal Mr. Glenn Clark

Assistant to the Principal Mrs. Eileen Walsh

Business Manager Ms. Sharon Rabbitt

Trustees Mrs. Joan Hebert

Mr. Donald Wuertz

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Carmelo Abbruzzese Leonard Abbruzzese M. Amatrula Sarkis Arslanian Jean Avitable Calvin Brokaw Charles Castle Sam Citero, Sr. Diane Cunningham Jack Curtin Matthew Curtin Iluminava De Luna Dolores De Santi James De Steno Jim Donnelly Rosalie Dunkin Ellen Dunn Costintino Faustini Janice Faustino John Flynn Kathy Foley Mary Foley Kathleen Freeman Stevie Garcia Kyle Geran Pat Geran Sean Gonci Michele Guerra Dan Haggerty Maureen Hallenbeck Edward Hartshorn Sr. Judith Hebert, D.O.C. Gloria Iorio Jeremiah Kissane Andrew Kovach James Kovach

Scott Kubrin Bill Lee Anne Marsigliano Timmy McDonnell Stephanie McNamara Michael Michelle Mullen Ed Naso Mary Ann Naso Joanne Nicastro Mary Ann Oates Vinny Ottina Josephine Papa Pasquale Papa Gus Perez Virginia Perez John Pesch Stephen Petraglia Nancy Porcaro Bob Prince, Jr. Sr. Catherine Reddy John Roberts Rina Romanelli Quinn Rosa Ralph Rotunda Wendy Ruggiero Jennifer Samson Judy Schaffroth Beverly Schwab Donna Spina Tony Spina Jeremy Stevens Pamela Stevens Bee Valvo Dot Williams Amanda Wilson

SATURDAY: OCTOBER 5 5:00 Diane Rippe, req. Mary Katherine Pease 5:00 Luanne O’ Neill, req. Louise O’Neill

SUNDAY: OCTOBER 6 7:30 Catherine Kelleher, req. The Oates Family 7:30 Joann Fawcett, req. John Fleming 9:30 Joseph Pankowitz, req. Barbara Higgins 9:30 George Nilsen, req. Norm and Marianne Nilsen 11:30 For the People of the Parish

MONDAY: OCTOBER 7 8:30 Giulia and Gaetano DeSantes, req. Daughters-in-law, Maria and Pauline

TUESDAY: OCTOBER 8 8:30 John Conheeney, req. Glenn and Gail Clark

WEDNESDAY: OCTOBER 9 8:30 William and Elizabeth Rhatigan, req. Betty and John Connolly

THURSDAY: OCTOBER 10 8:30 David Woodall, req. The Women’s Bible Sharing

FRIDAY: OCTOBER 11 8:30 James P. Sansum, req. Carole and Kevin O’Boyle

SATURDAY: OCTOBER 12 5:00 For the People of the Parish

SUNDAY: OCTOBER 13 7:30 Patrick G. Murphy, req. The Murphy Family 7:30 Stella Barbieri, req. Rosina and Anthony 9:30 Anita Zucconi, req. The Passano Family 9:30 Carolee Parisi, req. The Passano Family 11:30 Marcella Prath, req. Richard and Joan Hebert 11:30 John Ricco, req. Frank Eiseman

REST IN PEACE We pray for our loved ones who have died, especially

James L. Caruso John McKenna

and

Luciano Minetti may they be at

peace with God.

SACRAMENTAL BREAD &WINE

The bread and wine offered at the masses this week has been donated in loving memory of Giulia and Michal Moran

at the request of Their Family

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As a family, we pray for our parishioners and their relatives who are currently on active duty in the military.

Austin Cardo U.S. Army Cory Dobel National Guard Gavin John U.S. Marines Matt John U.S. Marines Mario Medina U.S. Marines Andy Naso U.S. Army Christopher D. Smith U.S. Army

SERVING IN THE MILITARY

MINISTER SCHEDULE

October 12 & 13

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

5:00 PM N. Bandini, T. Barzelatto, G. Bickford, R. Bickford, J. Brown, A. Dempsey (J. Chandler) 7:30 AM M. Clark, P. DeVries, A. Diggins, J. Donnelly 9:30 AM J. Welfel, B. Zitelli, K. Ardizzone, K. Ardizzone, S. Braeske, E. Cantos (E. Capone) 11:30 AM D. Kelliher, J. Krohn, M. Pasi, K. Regan, M. Duffy, P. Dunn (AM. Falla)

LECTORS

5:00 PM K. Leyden 7:30 AM D. Wuertz 9:30 AM F. Mladjenovic, Student 11:30 AM G. Clark, F. Corbett

SUNDAY COLLECTION

St. Therese of Lisieux Welcomes You!

Thank you for coming today! Whether you are just visiting or have recently moved to our area, we are happy that you joined us. Newcomers are invited to register at the Parish Office during regular

business hours, Monday - Friday 9AM to 2PM or visit us at www.sttheresecresskill.org.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED GENEROSITY

Week of September 29, 2019

Our Weekly Goal $13,200.00 Regular $10,639.00 Assessment $ 816.00 Total $11,455.00 Cares $ 1,895.00

Please make all checks payable to St. Therese Church

BAGEL SUNDAY FELLOWSHIP

This Sunday - October 6th

In the Spola Center, after all Masses.

ST. THERESE BEREAVEMENT

MINISTRY

Support Group Meeting

October 7th at 7PM Spola Center

We invite all those who may be grieving from the loss of a loved one to join us. Come find comfort in the company of

others and know that you are not alone.

FALL FUN TRIP

T.W.I.G.S & BRANCHES open to all 6th - 12th graders

October 20 1 - 3 pm

Lupardi’s Nursery

Contact: youthministry@sttheresecresskill.org

Our parish priests will never, under any circumstances, ask you via email to purchase gift cards or wire money. Any such request is fraudulent and should be deleted immediately.

Phishing scams targeting churches in this way have become increasingly common in recent months. Most of these emails will say something like “I have a favor to ask” and proceed to ask

you to purchase gift cards or wire money. We recommend you report such emails as phishing scams to your email provider and the State of New Jersey Cyber Crimes Unit.

Please feel free to call parish office to validate the authenticity of any suspicious email claiming to be from our priests or staff.

CHURCH E-MAIL SCAMS ON THE RISE

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Public Square Rosary Rally

Please join the 2019 Public Square Rosary Crusade. Our nation is in great need of public prayer, repentance and conversion. We ask God to save America through the Rosary of His Most Holy Mother.

Please join your fellow parishioners as we pray for our nation on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 12:00 noon. The local Public Square Rosary Rally will take place in Cresskill at the corner of Jefferson and Madison Avenues in front of the Parish Offices.

We will be praying the Rosary simultaneously along with approximately 25,000 other local Rosary Rallies across the country.

Please contact Ed Naso at RosaryEN@yahoo.com for more information.

ST. THERESE BASKETBALL REGISTRATION

St. Therese basketball will be holding registration for the 2019-2020 season. We field teams for girls and boys, grades 3-8. Second graders are welcome on a space available basis. Players must be students of the Academy of St. Therese or registered students in our parish CCD program to be eligible to play. Teams generally practice 2x/week, with games against neighboring parishes through the Archdiocese CYO league.

Registration will be held in the St. Therese Gymnasium: October 9th and 14th from 7:30 - 8:30 PM

If you would like to make alternate arrangements to register, or have any questions, please email Carreen and Mark Longo

at sttheresehoops@gmail.com

BRIDGE MAKERS

Bridge Makers, a faith sharing community of LGBT, family and friends, will meet on Wednesday, October 9, 7:30 pm, at St. Mary's, 280 Washington Ave, Dumont. We will gather in the school library/choir room (enter at the parking lot door near Park Ave). Bridge Makers is a joint ministry of St. Mary’s and St Peter's the Apostle Church, River Edge.

Contact is Deacon John at deaconjohn@stmarysdumont.org.

Why Set Up Bill Pay Online?

We are extremely grateful for your generous contributions!

Using online automatic contributions is one way to simplify your church giving. By setting up these automatic reoccurring payments, you will not have to remember your check book or adequate cash on Sunday mornings or even handwrite checks every time you give. Instead you can choose an amount and date(s), and your bank will regularly write those checks on your behalf.

Instructions for Bill Pay Online

1. Contact your bank - They will tell you how they can conveniently send your contribution to the church office. If you are currently paying your bills online, you can simply add your church donation, payable to St. Therese Church, to your list.

2. Choose how often you want to send your contributions: once a week, twice a month, once a month, etc.

3. List your envelope number when you are asked for an account number, if you do not know your number, please contact the church office.

4. Have your bank mail to: St. Therese Church 200 Jefferson Ave. Cresskill, NJ 07626 5. The parish staff, will credit your account for your year-end contribution report just like when you place your envelope in the collection basket.

Discussion groups start soon! Come together for six weeks in small groups with fellow parishioners to pray and reflect on the clergy abuse crisis and to envision a path forward as a Roman Catholic family of faith. Each session is only 90 minutes.

RENEW International, a Catholic nonprofit organization, has designed this healing process.

Fr. Sam has appointed a Parish Coordinating Team to move this initiative forward. Please pray for its success!

Come and join Fr. Ashley Harrington Tuesday, October 8th at 7:30PM

Carmelite Spiritual Center at St. Cecilia’s Church Englewood, NJ

OCTOBER SESSION of IN THE NEWS

Let’s gather to review and discuss Catholicism as it was presented in the media the last month. Our goal is to openly examine how our faith is being communicated to the public.

Please check Fr. Ashley’s new blog fatherashley.com

Saturday Evening Mass - Winter Schedule

Beginning November 9th Saturday Evening Mass will begin at 4:00PM.

Confessions held from 3:00 to 3:30PM