SAINT JAMES THE LESS PARISH

September 4, 2016

Pastoral Staff

Parish Mission Statement St. James the Less Parish is a Christian Community of the Roman Catholic tradition. Our Parish Community is dedicated to proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus, and as the people of God are called to further the mission of Jesus. We will do this through the Word, Liturgy, Sacrament, Music, Ecumenism, Evangelization, Religious Education of our Children, Prayer and the Honoring of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We will deepen our knowledge, skills and understanding of our Faith. We will be Faith based. Above all, we will foster Love by example and serve the needs of others to work towards economic and social development for all people.

Baptism: Parents who wish to have their child baptized need to call the Rectory. Preparation classes are required and are by appointment only. Baptisms will be held the first Sunday of every month. Baptismal classes are held the second Sunday of every month. Sponsors and Godparents: If you are 18 year s of age or older, you must register as an adult and be confirmed in the Catholic Church. If you wish to be a Sponsor for Confirmation or a Godparent, you must be an active parishioner and attending Mass. Matrimony: Couples contemplating this Sacrament must contact the Parish Office at least one year in advance. All couples planning marriage must attend Pre-Cana classes or Engaged Encounter. Ministry of the Sick: Par ishioners who are homebound and would like to receive the Eucharist, please call the Rectory. If you would like to have your name included on the Prayer List in the bulletin, please call the Rectory. RCIA: Adults inquir ing about the Catholic Church with a desire to become Catholic are invited to call the Parish Office for more information about the Rite of Catholic Initiation of Adults which begins in September and runs through the following Easter.

Adoration On Thursdays, Adoration will be held in the Church from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm. All are welcome to come for any amount of time.

36 Lincoln Avenue, Jamesburg, NJ 08831 Phone: 732-521-0100 Fax: 732-521-8287 Email: jamestheless1880@gmail.com

Reverend Michael Fragoso, Pastor

Monsignor John B. Szymanski, PA, VGE Weekend Assistant

Deacon Patrick Smith

Kim Bohinski-Smith Parish Catechetical Leader/ Pastoral Asst.

Patty Bisignano

Administrative Assistant

Daily Mass Schedule Morning Prayer

Monday - Friday 8:15 am Weekday Mass

Monday - Friday 8:30 am Weekend Masses Saturday: 4:00 pm

Sunday: 8:00 am, 11:00 am, 3:00 pm (Spanish) and 5:00 pm Confession

Saturday: 3:00 pm

Children’s Liturgy of the Word First Sunday of the Month at the 11 am Mass

October - May

Altar Rosary Society and Miraculous Medal Novena

First Thursday of the Month: 7:00 pm

Adult Choir Wednesday: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Spanish Choir First Tuesday of the Month 8:00 pm

Knights of Columbus Council #6336 83 Lincoln Avenue, Jamesburg

First & third Monday of every month 8:00 pm 732-521-3366

St. James Columbiettes 2nd Thursday of every month

7:00 pm

Food and Fellowship Soup Kitchen Every Tuesday

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm St. James Parish Hall

Food Pantry Donation

First Sunday of every month

Music Ministry Kevin Daly - Director of Music

Raylee Gold - Cantor

St. James Cemetery Mott Avenue, Monroe Twp

For more information please contact the Rectory

Parish Office Hours: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm M-F

Website: stjamesthelesschurch.org

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Please keep those who are sick in your prayers: Gaetan Ames, Bernard Armistead, Dolores Ball, Andrew Bianconano, Arlene Calabro, Evelyn, Bruno Chmiel, John Compoli, Fred Conforti, Connie Conover, Catherine Cryan, Gordon Demetzky, Jonathan DiPierro, Baby Emily, Patrick Flynn, Toni Hart, Christine Harvey, Timothy Hilarczyk, Nikolai Hopkins, Gail Houck, Kathy Hunt, Julie Ico, Sophie Jasko, Rosemarie Kolessar, Angelina Lasala, Connie Lasala Venezia, Baby Sebastian Lattugga, Tanya & Matthew Laudien, Elwood Linsky, Savira Londy-Eiben, Richie Mackie, Joanne Manfre, Patsy Mannion, Michael Marano, Phyllis Mason, Jennie Martin, Ray McCarthy, Baby Nicholas Merritt, Edward Migliore, Massimo Migliore, Lily Mizzi, Evelyn Monte, Susan Mulligan, Laurie Musumeci, Michael Nichols, Phyllis Palfy, John Pariso, Renee Pescatore, Lucille Poulin, Marilyn Rohrbach, Joseph Sabatino, Peggy Schiller, William C. Sharp, Sr. Helen Sikorski; SGM, Kathleen Sinclair, Phyllis Staskewicz, Veronica Starace, Jeanne Tobias Stearn, David Sternberg, Eleanor Szalus, Tommy Surace, Carmela Torres, Brian Walsh, John Walsh, Brian Ward, John Ward, Grace Wetzel and Elizabeth “Betty” Zelasko.

HYMNS: Gathering: I Heard the Voice of Jesus #460 Preparation: How Firm a Foundation #725 Communion: We Have Been Told #511; Gift of Finest Wheat #324 Recessional: Lift High the Cross #720

The Altar Candles, which burn during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for this week are in loving memory of Eric Knoll. This is a gift from Mom & Dad.

Collections

Offertory $ 8,294.00 Diocesan Assessment $ 2,437.00

The Sanctuary Candle that will be lit this week during our Eucharistic Celebration is in loving memory of Susan McNamee-Saeed. This is a gift from Ann Jachimowicz.

St. James Religious Education Reminders

WELCOME BACK! Sept 12th - Home School Program

St. James Church at 6:30 pm

Sept. 19th - Confirmation Classes (8th) St. James Church 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Sept. 21st - 1st day of classes

1st Session at 4:30 pm 2nd Session at 6:30 pm

Sept. 26th - Confirmation Parent Meeting

St. James Parish Hall at 7:00 pm

A Note from the Pastor Fr. Michael Fragoso

Today I’ll be with some of our fellow parishioners and other fellow pilgrims in St Peter’s Square in Rome for the canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. She was a simple woman who wanted to do God’s will for her. It was on a train that she had a vision of Jesus and they spoke to each other. He called her “my little one” and she called him “my own Jesus”. She saw in that moment exactly what He wanted her to do: to minister to the poorest at a time of great poverty in a very poor country. I have met women who once they were convinced that I was correct in my diagnosis they did everything possible to have their children functioning again. No feeling sorry. No asking “why me?” Just an iron will to get it done. All I had to do was point the way. Blessed Mother Teresa was like that. Jesus said he would be with her but he never spoke to her again. She missed that closeness and wrote about it but it never slowed her down. She did was she was asked to do. With the help of the Holy Spirit she was able to mobilize people of all religions and from all over the world to help her. There are crazy atheists who claim that she loved the suffering of the poor so much that she would deny them medical care. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact she organized roving clinics that would bring newly discovered Sulfone medications to those afflicted with leprosy in Calcutta. Why do these people hate a woman who only did good? I think they object to her pro-life witness. In her Nobel Peace Prize speech, Mother Teresa threw down the gauntlet. She said: “I was surprised in the West to see so many young boys and girls given into drugs, and I tried to find out why - why is it like that, and the answer was: Because there is no one in the family to receive them. Father and mother are so busy they have no time. Young parents are in some institution and the child takes back to the street and gets involved in something. We are talking of peace. These are things that break peace, but I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing - direct murder by the mother herself.” Children are not stupid. They can know that their parents really love them because they did not kill them. But if the parents are pro-abortion, death was a real possibility. How can there be peace in such a household where the love of God is missing?

The Bread and Wine that are being offered at our Eucharistic Celebration this week are in loving memory of Jocelyn Holland. This is a gift from Deacon Patrick & Kim Smith.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Candle that will be lit this week during our Eucharistic Celebration is in loving memory of Jocelyn Holland. This is a gift from St. James Religious Education.

LECTIONARY READINGS FOR THE WEEK/ LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA

September 5th: MONDAY/ LUNES 437: 1 Cor 5:1-8 Ps 5:5-7, 12 Lk 6:6-11

September 6th: TUESDAY/MARTES 438: 1 Cor 6:1-11 Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b Lk 6:12-19

September 7th: WEDNESDAY/MIERCOLES

439: 1 Cor 7:25-31 Ps 45:11-12, 14-17 Lk 6:20-26

September 8th: THURSDAY/JUEVES 636: Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30 Ps 13:6abc

Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 or 1:18-23

September 9th: FRIDAY/VIERNES 441: 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22b-27 Ps 84:3-6, 12

Lk 6:39-42

September 10th: SATURDAY/SÁBADO 442: 1 Cor 10:14-22 Ps 116:12-13, 17-18 Lk 6:43-49

September11th: SUNDAY/DOMINGO 132: Ex 32:7-11, 13-14 Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19

1 Tm 1:12-17 Lk 15:1-32 or 15:1-10

MASS INTENTIONS Monday, Sept 5th to Sunday, Sept. 11th

Monday Weekday 8:30 am Memorial Society Tuesday Weekday 8:30 am John O’Grady r/b Larry O’Grady Wednesday Weekday 8:30 am Robert Garvey III r/b Connie & Hugh Doherty Thursday The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8:30 am Thomas Mooney r/b Hilda DeSanctis Friday St. Peter Claver, Priest 8:30 am Winifred & Salvatore Prinzi and Theresa Rooney r/b Bob & Anne Henn Saturday Weekday 4:00 pm Thomas Tolve r/b wife Linda Sunday Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am Vincent Gallucci r/b Pat & Ed Moke 11:00 am Diana Vecchio r/b Lauretta & Ralph Serpe 3:00 pm For the people of St James 5:00 pm Elizabeth Griffin r/b John & Gail McCarthy

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Going to Rutgers in New Brunswick?

The Catholic Center at Rutgers, located at 84 Somerset St. on the College Ave Campus, is looking forward to welcoming you to the New Brunswick/Piscataway campuses. Please note the following information:

Mass Schedule Sunday Masses 12:00 PM Busch Student Ctr, Rm. 120 ABC 6:00 PM Cook Student Ctr, Rm 202 ABC 6:00 PM Livingston Student Ctr. Rm. 202 ABC 8:00 PM St Peter’s Church, 94 Somerset St. (next to Barnes & Noble) Daily Mass (Monday - Friday) 12:15 PM The Catholic Center Chapel (located inside the Catholic Center)

Opening Activities Monday Sept 5th: Luau, 6pm at the Catholic Center Thurs. Sept 8th: Pizza on the plaza, 5pm Livingston Friday Sept 9th: Chill Out Social, 7pm Catholic Center Friday Sept 16th: 7pm Meet at the CC for Googa Mooga, a great game played outside in the dark.

Rutgers Catholic Student Association

FALL FESTIVAL

October 1, 2016 3:00 - 9:00 pm

Food, games, fellowship, fun, a beer garden and more are being planned. Vendors are wanted. Save the date and join in the fun with your fellow Parishioners in our Church parking lot. If you would like further information on any of the activities please call Sandy Bohinski at 732-521-3012 or e-mail her at bosgeneral@aol.com.

KRISPY KREME IS HERE!

We will be taking orders for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts as part of our fundraising efforts for the Pew Restoration Project. Order forms are available in the back and front of the Church pews. Orders will be distributed on the 2nd Sunday of the month from 9:00 - 11:00 am in the Parish Hall. Any questions please contact Sandy Bohinski at 732-521-3012 or email her at bosgeneral@aol.com

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Hoy estaré con algunos de nuestros feligreses y otros peregrinos en la plaza de San Pedro en Roma para la canonización de la Beata Madre Teresa de Calcuta. Era una mujer sencilla que quería hacer la voluntad de Dios. Fue en un tren que ella tuvo una visión de Jesús y conversaron entre sí. La llamó "mi pequeña" y a Él,”mi propio Jesús". Ella vio en ese momento exactamente lo que Jesus quería que hiciera: servir a los más pobres en un momento de gran pobreza y en un país muy pobre. He conocido mujeres que una vez que estaban convencidas de mi diagnóstico, hacían todo lo posible para que sus hijos funcionaran de nuevo. Nada de lastima. Nada de “¡Ay de mi!” Sólo una voluntad de hierro para lograr la salud de su hijo. Todo lo que yo debía hacer era señalar el camino. Madre Teresa era así. Jesús dijo que iba a estar con ella, pero nunca le habló de nuevo. Lo lamentaba en si misma quería esa cercanía con el Señor de nuevo, a pesar de que nunca ocurrió. Sin embargo hizo exactamente lo que se le pidió. Con la ayuda del Espíritu Santo fue capaz de movilizar personas de todas las religiones y de toads partes del mundo para ayudarla. Hay ateos trastornados que dicen que la Madre Teresa amaba tanto el sufrimiento de los pobres que les negaba la atención médica. No hay nada mas lejos de la verdad. De hecho ella organizó clínicas itinerantes para tratar a los leprosos en Calcuta con medicamentos “Sulfonas” recién descubiertos en ese tiempo. ¿Por qué estas personas odian a una mujer que sólo lo hizo el bien? Creo que se oponen a su testimonio a favor de la vida. En su discurso del Premio Nobel de la Paz, la Madre Teresa dijo: "Me sorprendió en el Occidente ver a tantos chicos y chicas jóvenes ceder ante las drogas, e intenté descubrir por qué- por qué es así, y la respuesta fue: porque no hay nadie en la familia para recibirlos. El padre y la madre están tan preocupados que no tienen tiempo. Los padres jóvenes están en alguna institución y el hijo vuelve a la calle y se involucra en algo. Estamos hablando de la paz. Estas son cosas que rompen la paz, pero siento que el mayor destructor de la paz hoy es el aborto, porque es una guerra directa, un asesinato directo por la madre misma.” Los niños no son tontos. Ellos saben que sus padres los aman de verdad porque ellos no los mataron. Pero si los padres están a favor del aborto, la muerte era una posibilidad real. ¿Cómo puede haber paz en un hogar donde falta el amor de Dios?

Intenciones para la Misa Intenciones para la Misa , $10 cada Misa.

Sacramento de la Confesión Domingo 2:00 pm.

Food and Fellowship Soup Kitchen

The St. James the Less Food and Fellowship Soup Kitchen is opened! Meals will be made available for the needy every Tuesday from 3:00-6:00 p.m. If you are in need please join us, or if you know of someone in need please let them know about this ministry! Donations can be made directly to St. James Church with Food and Fellowship in the memo. If you would like more information please contact Deacon Patrick Smith at 732-233-6970.

Ministry Schedule

Weekend of Sept 10th/11th

Mass Lector Eucharistic

Minister Eucharistic

Minister Eucharistic

Minister Altar Server

Saturday 4:00 pm

Ed Moke Ann Fletcher Dan Jolly Pat Moke Angela Oskierko

Sunday 8:00 am

Amanda Skuraton Catherine Attara Mark Attara Anne Mendoker Tyler Dunn

Jessica Skuraton

11:00 am Frank Puccio Peggy Hughes Antoinette

Intravartolo Adrienne Puccio

Mark Giordano Liam Iannacone

5:00 pm Joann Malet Denise Halpin Daria Ludas Elaine Slabinski Grace Holmes

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St. James the Less Memorial Society

The following names have been enrolled in the St. James Memorial Society by their loved ones. On the first Monday

of each month they will be remembered at Mass. If you would like to add someone to the list, please call or visit

the Rectory. A name that has been bolded, with an (*)depicts a name that is up for renewal this month.

You must renew by the 25th day of the renewal month.

Ellen Baglivi Stephanie Germann Dominic & Josephine Nicastro

Frank A. Barbato Jr. Michael & Kathleen Grant Joan O'Callaghan

Henry Barry Frank Grillo Patrick & Bridget O'Neill

Steven Basarab Rev. Msgr. Edward Hajduk Anita Pessolano

Helen & Steve Basarab Joseph Halasz The Pessolano & Marino Families

Andrew Blake Jocelyn Holland Frances & Joseph Picone

John & Rosa Bohinski Fran Hoover Frank & Ceil Popowski

Charles & Loretta Bohinski Rev. Joseph Hoppe, OP John A. Prata

Ann Brady & Shelia Nolan The Ivan Family Peter Presto

The John Brady Family Stephen Janzekovich Thomas Pugner

Albino Braiuca Frank J. Kane William & Una Quigley

Maryann Breckmeyer The Ellsworth & Kane Families Ann Ford & Frances Racsak

John & Mildred Burk Keating & Burke Families Olga Rhoades

*Antonio Calabrese John Klosek Richard Rizzo

Frances Camilleri Eric J. Knoll Rosalie Hines & Edward Stanchi

Robert & Nicole Campbell Ruth & Raymond Krahe James Scarpetti

Vincent Camilleri Richard B. Lawlor Margaret & Leo Schultz

Cerulo & Olimpia Families Luis Lugo Albert & Jean Sikorski

Dominick Cimorelli Joseph Marano , The Marano & Pietri Families Anna Sikorski

Anne Cole *Marie & Dominic Massaro George J. Smith

George Conroy Sr. Rev. James & Francis McDonnell George & Anne Snyder

Joseph & Eleanor Corrente Bill McGrath Vincent Spano

Eleanor Wetzel Cross Brian McMenamin Agatina Sparacino

Michael & Vera DeMarco Susan McNamee-Saeed Frank Sparacino

Angelia & Anthony DiGiacomo Bruno Mecchi Lena & Edward Stanchi

Peter J. DiGiovanni Gerard Mennona Bill Stewart

Michael F. DiPierro & DiLorenzo Family Joseph & Eleanor Mennona Celia & Edward Sudowsky

Margaret Duggan Stella Mioduszewski Philip E. Sudowsky

Desie & Sean Dunne John Mitko Richard E. Sudowsky

John Ehrhardt & Mary Horan Kathleen, Patrick & Jack Mohan Pat, Michael & John Surik

Alice & George Emery Joan & Edwin Moke Jr. Thomas Tolve Jr.

Joe & Wanda Falkowski Mary S. & John Montalto Steve Topolancik

Nicholas Ferrante Joan & Rich Moran Mary & Joseph Tupek

Salvatore Filiano Daniel & Ethel Moran Ethel Vachon

Mary Fortin John Intravartolo & Morrison Families Philip Vachon

Herb Fritts Deceased Members of Mt. Carmel Society Michelle Vachon

Rev. Msgr. William Furlong Rosemarie Muir Bette Verticchio

Furnari Family James & Agnes Mulvey Visinski & Luczkow Families

Philip Furnari Madeline Murray John & Minnie Walker

Ann Garace Robert & Nicholas Napoliello Sophie & Henry Wetzel

Robert E. Garvey III Annie Nero Izetta & Vincent Yearwood

George J. Nesser Vincent Yearwood Sr.