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

SATURDAY: JULY 4 5:00 Edo Barzelatto, love. MaryAnn 5:00 Peter Joyce, req. His wife Bridget and Family

SUNDAY: JULY 5 7:30 For the People of the Parish 9:30 Andrew Harvey, req. Mary Ann Cassidy 9:30 Luciano Minetti, req. The Ruis Family 11:30 The Martinez Family, req. Assoc. of Fil-American of Bergen County 11:30 Joseph Silvani, req. Marie Gonzales

MONDAY: JULY 6 8:30 Carol Raspe, req. The LeGarda Family

TUESDAY: JULY 7 8:30 Gary Mioli, req. Aunt Anna

WEDNESDAY: JULY 8 8:30 Francis and Thomas Nugent, req. Sister, Breeda

THURSDAY: JULY 9 8:30 Joseph Murphy, req. The Murphy Family 8:30 John Lyons, req. John and Nancy Leahy

FRIDAY: JULY 10 8:30 John Lyons-First Anniversary, req. The Long Family 8:30 Geraldine Eiseman, req. The Eiseman Family

SATURDAY: JULY 11 5:00 Mary Brown, req. Nancy and Tim Rayder & Family 5:00 Christopher Tomczyczyn, req. Mary Ann Cassidy

SUNDAY: JULY 12 7:30 Peter A. Laudenback, req. Pat and Joe Donnelly 7:30 Barbara Gould, req. Jim and Marilyn Callahan 9:30 For the People of the Parish 11:30 Alice M. Pupino, req. Joseph Pupino 11:30 Padraig O’Gara, req. The Gately Family

PRAY FOR THE SICK

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Richard C. Barretta Kathy Foley Mary Foley Kyle Geran Pat Geran Michelle Guerra Edward Harthorn Sr. Judith Hebert, D.O.C. Louie Hebert Joan Henry Arian Hila Jeremiah Kissane Andrew Kovach

Mike Loiacono Patti Mazzo Brianna Medeiros Jeff Meeks Ed Naso Mary Ann Naso Joanne Nicastro Judy Porcaro Nancy Porcaro Bob Prince, Jr. Quinn Rosa Catherine Ulshoefer Amanda Wilson George Wymer

SPIRITUAL COMMUNION PRAYER

My Jesus,

I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen.

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

Intern Br. Geovanny Martinez Morales, O. Carm.

Br. Benito Martinez Dominguez

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

SANCTUARY LAMP

The Sanctuary Lamp burns this week in loving memory of Silvio Migliorelli

at the request of His Wife and Family

REST IN PEACE We pray for our loved ones

who have died, may they be at peace with God.

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St. Therese enters PHASE 3 of our Covid-19 Response

The Celebration of Public Mass at St. Therese Saturday 5:00PM

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

*9:30 Mass will be celebrated in the church and will continue to be livestreamed.

Phase 3 continues the dispensation from the Sunday obligation and Easter Duty

The church will remain OPEN for Daily 8:30AM Mass - Monday thru Friday

• The number of participants is set at 100. Please call the Parish Office at 201-567-2528 between 9AM and 2PM, Monday thru Friday so we can hold a place for you. We ask that you DO NOT E-MAIL OR LEAVE A MESSAGE to avoid confusion.

• Masks must be worn by all individuals while in the church.

• Enter through the main (front) vestibule of the church only.

• Individuals and families must maintain social distancing (six feet) between each person while in the church.

• Please sit only in marked pews or where the usher/greeter assigns you.

In accord with national, state and local health directives, those who show symptoms of COVID-19 or who have been exposed to an infected person are not permitted to enter the church for 14 days.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation during this transition.

Please visit sttheresecresskill.org for more information.

“Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.” St. Mother Teresa

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

With the Reformation, some early Protestants, including the “Anabaptists,” rejected infant baptism in favor of “believer’s baptism.” Against Orthodox and Catholic practice, which favored baptism as soon as possible for a newborn, these movements desired that the candidate for baptism speak for him or herself at a mature age, not through godparents as an infant. Today, it is clear that they were rejecting a very ancient practice (even as early as the second century) of baptizing children of all ages. Children came first in ancient baptismal ceremonies, and someone would speak for them. Gregory of Nazianzen wanted to delay the baptism of children to three years of age, since at that age they could retain at least some impression of the liturgy. He made an exception for the very ill, who were to be baptized ahead of the annual Easter baptism. That means that infants and children were normally baptized together with adults, and that everyone received confirmation and the Eucharist.

The tone of the early bishops’ writings is generous and compassionate, and seeks to build up the Eucharistic assembly by widely celebrating the gift of the Holy Spirit. If a priest celebrated baptism, then the gift of the Spirit was postponed for the bishop, but with no regard for the person’s age. So, until the fifth century, confirmation was for infants, too.

Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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SERVING IN THE MILITARY

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 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

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Does anything match a mother’s pride in her children? First Communions, confirmations, graduations, weddings: how these delight a mother’s heart! Imagine, then, Assunta Goretti, the only mother ever to attend her child’s canonization! In poverty-stricken rural Italy, widowed Assunta tended fields for the Serenelli family, whose eighteen-year-old son, Alessandro, propositioned her barely twelve-year-old Maria; then, when she resisted, crying, “It is a sin! God forbids it!” he stabbed her fourteen times. As she lay dying, Maria assured the attending priest, “Yes, I forgive Alessandro! I want him to be in Paradise with me someday.” Imprisoned, unrepentant, Alessandro changed after dreaming that a radiant Maria had offered him fourteen lilies. “I’ve kept my promise,” she smiled. “You’ll be here with me someday.” Upon release, he rushed to beg Assunta’s forgiveness. “Jesus has forgiven you,” she replied, “my Maria, too. How can I refuse?” Next morning, mother and murderer walked arm in arm to church and knelt side by side for Communion. Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co

SAINT MARIA GORETTI (1890-1902) July 6

TWELVE RULES FOR HAPPINESS

1. Live a simple life. Make simplicity the keynote of your daily plans. Simple things are best.

2. Spend less than you earn. It may be difficult, but it pays large dividends in contentment.

3. Think constructively. Store your mind with useful thoughts.

4. Cultivate a yielding disposition and resist the common tendency to want things your own way.

5. Be grateful. Begin the day with gratitude for your opportunities and blessings.

6. Rule your moods. Cultivate a mental attitude of peace and goodwill.

7. Give generously. There is no greater joy in life than to render happiness to others by means of intelligent giving.

8. Work with right motives. The highest purpose of your life should be to grow in spiritual grace and power.

9. Be interested in others. Divert your mind from self-centeredness.

10. Live one day at a time. Concentrate on your immediate task. Make the most of today.

11. Have a hobby. Cultivate an avocation to which you can turn for diversion and relaxation.

12. Keep close to God. True and enduring happiness depends primarily upon close alliance with Him.

Gina Marie wanted to pass on this timeless piece of advice she came across while going through some

of her late mother’s belongings. It was published in a bulletin many years ago.

Enjoy!

St. Therese Parish welcomes our newest intern, Br. Benito Martinez. Br. Benito comes to us from Washington, D.C. where he is currently studying English. Br. Benito was born in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico. He professed his simple profession of vows in Middletown, N.Y on June 10, 2019. While he shares a last name with Br. Geovanny, they are not related to each other. Br. Geovanny and Br. Benito will work together sharing responsibilities until Br. Geovanny returns to El Salvador at the end of his internship in January, 2021. We are very grateful and blessed to have Br. Benito join our staff and our Carmelite Community.

WELCOME BROTHER BENITO

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