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 SCHEDULE

Daily 8:30AM Saturday 4:00PM Sunday 7:30AM 9:30AM 11:30AM Holy Days 7:30PM Vigil 8:30AM 12:00PM Reconciliation Saturday 3 - 3:30PM

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. Daniel Ulises Gonzalez Cabrera, O. Carm.

Director of Religious Education Mrs. Lois Pagnozzi

Principal Mr. Glenn Clark

Assistant to the Principal Mrs. Eileen Walsh

Business Manager Ms. Sharon Rabbitt

Trustees Mrs. Joan Hebert

Mr. Donald Wuertz

MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY: FEBRUARY 23 4:00 Mary and John Buckley & Family, req. Peter and Bridget Joyce 4:00 Joseph Kelly, req. Theresa Kelly SUNDAY: FEBRUARY 24 7:30 Antonia Moschella, req. Barbara Garko 7:30 Helen Kirrer, req. The DeCandia Family 9:30 Robert and Rita Ripke, req. Denise Ripke 9:30 Neptali Fernandez, req. The Religious Education Staff 11:30 For the People of the Parish MONDAY: FEBRUARY 25 8:30 Catherine Kaissane, req. Her Family TUESDAY: FEBRUARY 26 8:30 Margaret Gorman, req. Sheila Gorman and Family WEDNESDAY: FEBRUARY 27 8:30 Richard Budenas, req. Sheila Gorman THURSDAY: FEBRUARY 28 8:30 James Van Zandt, req. Bushra and Rita FRIDAY: MARCH 1 8:30 Stephen Schreiber, req. The Ardizzone Family SATURDAY: MARCH 2 4:00 For the People of the Parish

SUNDAY: MARCH 3 7:30 Brendan O’Boyle, req. Carole and Kevin O’Boyle 7:30 Patricia Dillon, req. Barbara Kirwan 9:30 Marianne Di Luzio, req. Alfonse Diasparra, Madeline Diasparra, Ellen Parsells 9:30 Vincent DeCandia, req. The DeCandia Family 11:30 John and Mary Buckley & Family, req. Peter and Bridget Joyce 11:30 Thomas Hackett, req. The Sheehan Family

PRAY FOR THE SICK Carmelo Abbruzzese Leonard Abbruzzese M. Amatrula Sarkis Arslanian Jean Avitable John Blasko Calvin Brokaw Mary Brown Charles Castle Sam Citero, Sr. Diane Cunningham Jack Curtin Matthew Curtin Quinn Rosa Dolores De Santi James De Steno Jim Donnelly Rosalie Dunkin Ellen Dunn Joseph English Costintino Faustini John Flynn Kathy Foley Mary Foley Kathleen Freeman Stevie Garcia Kyle Geran Pat Geran Sean Gonci Michele Guerra Dan Haggerty Maureen Hallenbeck Sr. Judith Hebert, D.O.C. Gloria Iorio

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

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.

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SANCTUARY LAMP

The Sanctuary Lamp burns this week in loving memory of

Peter Joyce

1 Month Anniversary

at the request of Bridie and Family

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March 2 & 3

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

4:00 PM C.J. Schutte, R. Schutte, Z. Schutte, S. Syby, N. Bandini, T. Barzelatto (H. Ruis) 7:30 AM R. Barbieri, M. Clark, P. DeVries, A. Diggins 9:30 AM E. Naso, M. Naso, K. Passano, S. Petriello, P. Polise, K. Ardizzone (S. Braeske) 11:30 AM D. Kelliher, J. Krohn, M. Pasi, K. Regan, K. Bradler, M. Duffy (P. Dunn)

LECTORS

4:00 PM F. Corbett 7:30 AM N. Tauro 9:30 AM K. Leyden, Student 11:30 AM N. Nilsen, F. Mladjenovic

SERVERS

4:00 PM S. Noble, B. Noble 9:30 AM R. Hayden, L. Hayden 11:30 AM J. Ramos, C. Ramos

MINISTER SCHEDULE

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

SERVING IN THE MILITARY

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED GENEROSITY

Week of February 17, 2019 Regular $ 8,313.00 Assessment $ 992.00 Total $ 9,305.00

Please make all checks payable to St. Therese Church

SUNDAY COLLECTION

BAGEL SUNDAY FELLOWSHIP

Next weekend, March 3rd

In the Spola Center, a er all Masses.

We are looking for volunteers to bake cakes or cookies.

If you would like to volunteer, please call the Parish Office and let Erin know!

Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe

This week our special collection supports the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. Your donation today helps restore the Church and build the future in more than 20 countries still struggling to recover in the aftermath of communist rule. Funds from this collection help support reconstruction, education, formation, and outreach to alle-viate poverty. Please be generous to the collection today.

More information can be found at www.usccb.org/ccee.

Peanut Butter & Jelly Drive

THIS WEEKEND

Social Concerns is sponsoring a Peanut Butter and Jelly Drive for needy families at Our Lady of Sorrows in Jersey City and our own area. Please bring your donations before or after any of the Masses. On behalf of these families, we thank you for your generosity.

Sharing God’s Blessings Annual Appeal

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St. Therese Church Bereavement Support Group & Ministry

We warmly welcome all those who may be grieving from the loss of a loved one to join us on the Second Monday of every month as we hold a

“Bereavement Open Gathering”

We are here to support one another, offer information, listen and share feelings.

Come find comfort in the company of others and know that you are not alone.

To Register: call the parish office at 201-567-2528

St. Cecilia Church in Englewood is seeking a Full-Time Maintenance Person/Janitor. 5 days per week M-F 8AM to 4PM

For more information, please send resume to stcecilias@nj.rr.com or call 201-568-0364.

Fr. Hilary Milton St. Cecilia Church

55 West Demarest Ave. Englewood, NJ 07631

Palms to Ashes All are welcome to bring your blessed palms and palm crosses from last year to church next weekend March 2nd & 3rd. These palms will be burned right before our Mardi Gras celebration on March 5th to make the ashes that will be used the following day, Ash Wednesday. These ashes will be placed on our forehead in the sign of the cross, reminding us that we are dust and to dust we will return.

Parish Mardi Gras Party!

Tuesday, March 5th

Join us as we prepare for the start of the Lenten Season

An evening of music, sweets and maybe a few surprises!

7:00 pm Burning of the Palms (School Parking Lot)

7:30 pm Party Begins (School Gym)

Please bring a dessert or snack food to share!

RSVP by March 1st - 201-567-2528

“AWAKEN OUR HEARTS” PARISH MISSION

March 11, 12, 13 - 7PM

Presented by Vince Ambrosetti - Grammy nominee whose music is published in hymnals & missals used in over 10,000 parishes.

Family Friendly. No admission charge.

Additional Free concert - March 10th at 7PM

St Peter the Apostle Church - River Edge 201-261-3366

K of C Dine Out for Charity

Join the St. Therese Knights of Columbus at TPR in Tenafly on Monday, March 4th between 4 & 9 PM to support our causes including Coats for Kids, Support for Expectant Mothers & New Mothers in Need, Children with Special Needs, and Seminarians from our Parish, among others.

All you have to do is have a great meal at TPR with family or friends and a portion of your bill will go to help the causes the Knights support. Just be sure to bring the flier that will be in next weekend’s bulletin with you.

Monday, March 4th between 4PM to 9PM TPR

38 W Railroad Avenue Tenafly, NJ

We can’t wait to see you there!

Become a Knight - http://kofc.org/joinus

The Academy of St.Therese HSA is giving away

$5,000 in our

2019 Calendar Raffle!

This is the last weekend to purchase your calendar raffles!

DON’T MISS OUT! Every day from March 1 – May 31, one winning ticket will be drawn and a cash prize ($50 - $200) will be awarded to the holder of that number. Then we throw the stub back in the bin - so every ticket can win every day!! Of course, the big winner will be The Academy of St. Therese & we thank you in advance!!

For more information contact Cherilyn Magda at stthsa@academyofsttherese.com

Since this is our one & only raffle,

let’s work together to make it a huge success!

Thank you for all of your support for our school!!!