Served By: Rev. Basil Lek

Pastor Cell: (201) 364-9808

Rev. John J. Donohue

In Residen Mr. Joseph J. Malanga

Deacon Mrs. Josephine Sarno

Director of Religious Education 973-743-6122

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Weekend: Saturday at 5:30 PM., Sunday at 8:00 AM., 10:00 AM. & 12:00PM.

Weekdays: Monday thru Saturday, 8 AM. in Rectory Chapel.

Also 7 PM. on Fridays during Lent Holy Days & Holidays:

as announced in bulletin.

LITURGY THE HOURS Morning Prayer: 8:30 AM.

on Saturday

RECONCILIA ION (Confession) Saturday at 1 PM.

Also by appointment. PARISH Tel: (973) 743-0220 Fax: (973) 743-2041

E-mail: stvalentinechurch@yahoo.com www.stvalentinechurch.com

ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK www. org

Mission Statement We, the Parish Family of Saint Valentine, are a roman Catholic Community within the local church of the Archdiocese of Newark. The celebrations of the Mass and the other Sacraments is central to our identity as a parochial community which worships God in fellowship with family, neighbors and friends. Sharing the Eucharist empowers us to be a sign of the Kingdom of God present among us, yet ever growing as a reality, as we follow Christ, proclaiming his Gospel and witnessing to his teaching. Through liturgical worship and the ministries of the church, we love and serve each other in our service of God. THEREFORE, we the Parish Community of Saint Valentine, are dedicated to serving others within and outside ourselves, as we strive to deepen our own response to the Lord and to announce the Good News of salvation in Christ.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM Please contact the Religious Educa on Office to enroll students. For further information, Parents should contact the Religious Education Office: (973-743-6122). SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION The sacramental preparation programs are open only to registered parishioners. Regular worship at Sunday Mass is an obligation. FIRST RECONCILIATION, EUCHARIST & CONFIRMATION The Christian formation of children require regular attendance and disciple in Catechism classes and the growing knowledge of our faith and moral doctrine. CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD Celebrated at the 10 AM. Sunday Mass. After the opening prayer, the children leave the assembly for their own celebration and reflection on the Sunday scriptures. We invite and encourage all children to participate. Check bulletin calendar for schedule.

ADULT CATECHUMENATE (RCIA) A faith formation program with various stages of adult Christian initiation. Call the parish office for information. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Baptism is celebrated at Mass on designated Sundays, as noted in bulletin.. Parents should call the parish office: (973) 743-0220 at least two months prior to scheduled dates in order to make arrangements for required preparation. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE The vocation of Marriage is God’s call to a man and woman to love each other in a stable relationship. Arrangements should be made with the priest or deacon one year in advance. SOCIAL CONCERNS The St. Valentine’s Social Concerns Ministry is compelled by Christ’s love and the Gospel message to compassionately respond to the identified needs of our parish community. For info. call Deacon Joe: (973) 743-0220.

SACRAMENT OF THE SICK The Sacrament of the Sick (otherwise known as the Holy Anointing) is for healing; both spiritual and physical. Please call Fr. Basil: (201) 364-9808 who wishes to visit all the homebound elderly or infirmed. MARIAN DEVOTIONS Novena: In honor of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal on Saturdays after the 8:00AM. Mass; Our Mother of Perpetual Help on Wednesdays at 7:30PM. in the chapel.

Rosary: Before the 8AM. daily Mass in the chapel and First Wednesday of the month (Sept.-June) at 7 PM. in the church.

PARISH REGISTRATION Please formalize your membership in our parish community by registering at the parish office. We invite all who worship regularly to do so. Parishioners are encouraged to use the Sunday collection envelopes.

Church of

ST. VALENTINE

JULY 3, 2016

125 NORTH SPRING STREET BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY 07003

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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

SATURDAY July 2 5:30 pm People of the Parish

SUNDAY July 3 (14th Sunday Ordinary Time) 8:00 am John & Tania Krawiec 10:00 am Frances Anderson 12:00 pm Zygmunt Gabara

MONDAY July 4 IN CHAPEL 8:00 am Thomas Gangi

TUESDAY July 5 8:00 am Leonard Lek

WEDNESDAY July 6 8:00 am People of the Parish

THURSDAY July 7 8:00 am Leonard Lek

FRIDAY July 8 8:00 am People of the Parish

SATURDAY July 9 8:00 am Jose Santos 5:30 pm Sophia McCoach

SUNDAY July 10 (15th Sunday Ordinary Time) 8:00 am People of the Parish 10:00 am Thomas McGovern 12:00 pm Francesco & Nicolina Mazzeo

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

TUESDAY July 5

7:30 pm Festival Core Committee

WEDNESDAY July 6 7:30 pm Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

FRIDAY July 8 8:00 pm Bible TimeLine 12

SATURDAY July 9

Archdiocesan Assessment 1:00 pm Reconciliation 2:00 pm Women’s A.A. SUNDAY July 10 Archdiocesan Assessment

July 10, 2016, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Gen 18:1-10a; Ps 15:2-5, Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42.

2016 MASS INTENTIONS AVAILABLE Mass Intentions are available for 2016; for July, August and September. All Daily Masses are in the Rectory Chapel at 8am, Mass donation is $10.00. Sanctuary Can-dles and Altar Bread and Wine are also available for donation at $20.00 each. Mass intentions are scheduled during of-fice hours 9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm in the Par-ish Office. Please call the Parish Office (973)743-0220 for more information.

VACATION GIVING As you enjoy the summer vacation, please re-member that parish bills and expenses, unfor-tunately, never take a vacation. If in fact many of our expenses increase during the summer months since during this time increased maintenance and repairs take place. If you are away for certain Sundays during the summer months, we ask you to please make up your Sunday offerings when you return to St. Valen-tine’s. Thank you for thinking of all the needs of your parish and for your continuous support of this parish.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

Dear Parishioners: In this Sunday’s Gospel from Luke 10: 1-12, 17-20, Jesus sends out 72 disciples ahead of him to announce the coming of the Kingdom of God; that is the coming of Jesus Christ. This heralding of the good news is the mission of the Church. The Church uses the Greek word Kerygma to express this announcement that we are supposed to do. Christ has made us his ambassa-dors, and has given us the authority to proclaim the coming of the Kingdom. So much so that when they reject us, they are rejecting Christ, which means they are rejecting God. Why does Jesus Christ need to come into our lives? Because God has seen our misery; that our life is not the life God has intended for us. God created us for holy things; the things that truly matter - his everlast-ing love and mercy. God created us for everlasting happiness, to take on his power to love eternally, but human beings have chosen just the opposite. And so God has sent his Son to us so that we may live new lives in him. And some people in the world have been chosen to bring this good news to the world; these are the Christians, and we have been given this work with the authority to heal others through the power of the Holy Spirit, not to be arrogant and im-posing but humble and meek like lambs among wolves. When the 72 disciples come back to Jesus after visit-ing the villages, they tell him that even the demons are subject to us because of your name, and Jesus says, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky.” But despite all the powers that he has given them, Je-sus tells them not to rejoice because the spirits are subject to them, but rejoice that their names are writ-ten in heaven. We too should not lose sight of our goal in our Christian journey; and that is to become citi-zens of heaven. God did not create us to live a superfi-cial life on this earth begging for a “happiness” from things that cannot satisfy us. We are creat-ed for the eternal; only God who is eternal can satisfy us. Don’t settle for less. - Fr Basil.

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ADVERTISER OF THE WEEK!!!

THANKS TO OUR ADVERTISERS WHO SPONSOR THIS

BULLETIN.

WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF OUR SPONSORS EACH WEEK WHO HAVE ADVERTIZED THEIR BUSINESSES IN OUR

CHURCH BULLETIN

ADVERTIZER FOR THE WEEK IS:

Please pray for those whose FUNERALS

were celebrated recently:

Jose F. Nebiar, Jr. - June 22, 2016

Eternal rest grant them, Oh Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them.

May they rest in peace. Amen.

CALENDAR MEETING A representative from each parish group is asked to be present at the general calendar meeting on Tuesday July 12, 2016 at 7PM in the Rectory. It is essential that every group be repre-sented in order to resolve conflicts in scheduling. Please return schedules to the Rectory as soon as possible.

THE VALERIE FUND

The Valerie Fund is collecting items to help children participate in a summer camp experience: Camp Happy Times. Children suffering from cancer or severe physical disabilities are given the oppor-tunity to spend a week during the sum-mer at Camp Happy Times. Your gift donation makes it possible for the chil-dren to have this wonderful occasion and a great experience. Please take a tag and purchase the item and return to the church unwrapped. We will be collecting items from June 25th to July 31st. Please get your gift donation as soon as possible. The Social Concerns members thank you for your generosity.