The Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament 787 Franklin Lake Road - Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417

PARISH CENTER FAX SCHOOL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CONVENT 201-891-4200 201-891-4243 201-891-4250 201-891-8390 201-891-1836

PARISH WEB SITE: www.mostblessedsacrament.ws SCHOOL WEB SITE: www.ambs.org

M ost Blessed Sacrament Parish is a welcoming community which comes together to implement Christ’s mission. We join to teach, to evangelize, to accept and to encourage ourselves and others in ongoing spiritual growth. Serving and supporting those within

and beyond our parish remains a major focus as we recognize that each of us is called to be a witness to God’s love in our world. Parish Mission Statement

SERVED BY: MOST REV. JOHN W. FLESEY, Pastor REV. JOHN JOB, Parochial Vicar REV. JOSEPH O’BRIEN, O. CARM., Weekend Assistant THE SALESIANS OF DON BOSCO, Weekend Assistants SISTER ROSE MARIE KEAN, SSJ, Pastoral Associate THOMAS J. ALTONJY, Ed. D., Principal LAUREN LONGO, Ph.D., Office of the Bishop DAVID MAIULLO, Music Director-Choirs/Organist VALERIE TORKELSON, Director of Music-Programming/Cantor ELAINE LERCH, Business Administrator DIANE TRIOLO, R.E. Coordinator, Grades 1 - 6 & Confirmation PAT WUENSCH, R.E. Coordinator, Junior High 7th & 8th KRISTA M. PASTOR, Director of R.E., Grades 1-9 Local Safe Environment Coordinator

MASSES Saturdays: 5:30 p.m. Sundays: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 a.m. & Noon (July & August: 8:00 am, 10:00 am & 12 Noon) Holy Days: Consult Bulletin for Times Week Days : 6:45 & 9:15 a.m. Saturdays: 9:00 a.m. First Fridays: 9:15 a.m. Mass of Exposition, Eucharistic Adoration throughout the day, with Benediction 4:00 p.m.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Contact the Parish Center in advance to make arrangements for the date of instructions for parents.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Following the daily 6:45 a.m. Mass & the 9:15 a.m. Mass, 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Saturday and also by appointment. Communal services during Advent and Lent.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Couples contemplating marriage should contact the Parish Center one year before the desired date.

PASTORAL CARE FOR THE SICK Please notify the Parish Center when a family member is ill, whether in the hospital or at home. Holy Communion will be brought regularly by appointment to those confined to the home. The sick or chronically ill should receive the Sacrament of Anoint-ing. In an emergency, call the Parish Center at any time.

Stewards of God’s Gifts

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This Week at MBS

Sunday, January 21 • Baptism 1:30 pm (Church)

Monday, January 22 • R.E. 1-6 Class 4:00-5:15 pm (AMBS) • Confirmation Class 4:00-5:15 pm (AMBS)

Tuesday, January 23 • R.E. 1-8 Class 4:00-5:15 pm (AMBS) • Prayer Shawl Group 7:00 pm (CR)

Wednesday, January 24 • 9:00 am Morning Prayer (Church) • Mary’s Call Prayer Group — 7:00 pm (UCR) Sunday, January 28 • Catholic Schools Week Begins-12:00 Noon

Mass for Families

Eucharistic Adoration at MBS “Come to Me….”

MBS has Adoration every Saturday from 9:30 am until 4:00 pm. Although we invite you to drop in whenever you can, we really need adorers to sign up and commit to a specific hour each Saturday. If you can commit to a specific hour or even to a specific 30 minutes, call Rose Stone at 201-677-0761.

Breakfast Club The Breakfast Club will be serving breakfast this Sunday, January 21st from 8:15-11:45 am. Please join us for a

delicious “all you can eat” breakfast for only $3.00 and a wonderful opportunity to meet and greet old and new friends.

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” - MARK 1:17 Jesus’ call to “Follow me” is a call to all Christians! The call is in the here and now, in our present circumstances, not when we think we are “ready” or have everything in order. Good stewardship of our God-given gifts means that things aren’t always going to go according to our schedule and that God has a much better plan in store for each of us.

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time January 22, 2012

The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.

— Mark 1:15

Knights of Columbus Several Sources Shelters Annual Drive

at Most Blessed Sacrament Saturday & Sunday

January 27 - 28 The Knights of Columbus Ramapo Valley Council #5846

will be collecting monetary donations the weekend of January 27-28 outside of the church after all masses. Several Sources Shelters provides safe havens for homeless and/or single pregnant women. They are

beacons of hope for God’s innocent preborn and their mothers. As free, safe havens for the abandoned, lost

and suffering pregnant, they provide much needed hope and support.

The RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is a formation process for those seeking to become Catholic and for those Catholics wishing to

complete their Sacraments of Initiation (Confirmation and First Eucharist). The Most Blessed Sacrament RCIA begins a new formation year in October. Join with others who are interested in learning about Catholic Christianity as we explore who we are, what we believe, how we pray, and how we live our lives as a community of believers. If you are interested in learning more about RCIA at Most Blessed Sacrament, contact Father John Job at 201-891-4200 x 280.

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“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:11

“A time to be healed” Parish Sick: James Parascandola, Lupangelo Orsini, Jerome Gruber, Ed Tryon, Mary DiIenno, Barbara Kincaid (sister-in-law of Cathy Kincaid), Fred Englander, Kimberly Wexler, Jackie Kobes, Alex Lerch, Michael Maher, David Stone, Kimberly Wexler, Rose McConway, Mimoo Khodadi, Linda Brown Gearity, Florence Gorsky, Maryanne Harkins, Marian Jakubik, Bernadette Sephton, Jerome Gruber, Alice Peisch, Jeff Cotugno, Robert Cotugno, and Darren Was

“A time to mourn” Recently Deceased: and all those who grieve them

“A time for peace” For national and world leaders and those in the armed services: especially Ronald Anzalone and Greg Mucks

Sunday January 21 7:30 am Parish Family 9:00 am Edward Wladyslawa Michalski

(Daughter) 10:30 am John & Mary Pietras (Joe & Joan McAuliffe) 12:00 pm Lorene Snodderly-1 year Anniversary

(Helen VanSlyke & Anne Delaney) Monday January 22 6:45 am Gregory Massood (Arturo Family) 9:15 am Henry Johnson (Van Voorhis Family) Tuesday January 23 6:45 am John Picarella (Virginia & Joseph Massood) 9:15 am Zaida Abanilla (Toby Abanilla) Wednesday January 24 6:45 am Caterina Arcurie (Arturo Family) 9:15 am Albert & Eileen Kowalski (Lynn & Mitch Zawonski) Thursday January 25 6:45 am Gregory Massood (Family) 9:15 am Ellen Collie (George & Lesley) Friday January 26 6:45 am Nicola Stsella (Arturo Family) 9:15 pm Virginia Dittamo (Celia Kreiter) Saturday January 27 9:00 am Marian Bertone (Maria Ruggiero) 5:30 pm Virginia Dittamo (Lorraine & Leon Messina) Sunday January 28 7:30 am Parish Family 9:00 am Lorraine Sudia (Family) 10:30 am Larry DeCesare (Denise Nicolosi) 12:00 pm Jack Scancarelli (Jackie & Walt Gerold)

Join in praying the rosary after

every weekday and Saturday morning Masses.

Monday: 2 Sm 5:1-7, 10; Ps 89:20-22, 25-26; Mk 3:22-30, or any of a number of readings

for the Day of Prayer Tuesday: 2 Sm 6:12b-15, 17-19; Ps 24:7-10; Mk 3:31-35 Wednesday: 2 Sm 7:4-17; Ps 89:4-5, 27-30; Mk 4:1-20 Thursday: Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Mk 16:15-18 Friday: 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5; Ps 51:3-7, 10-11; Mk 4:26-34 Saturday: 2 Sm 12:1-7a, 10-17; Ps 51:12-17; Mk 4:35-41 Sunday: Dt 18:15-20; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; 1 Cor 7:32-35; Mk 1:21-28

Readings for the Week

The Sanctuary Candle will be lit this week for Josephine Massood

requested by Rosalie Longo

Saturday, January 27 5:30 pm: Kerrigan, P.

Sunday, January 28

7:30 am: 9:00 am: 10:30 am: 12:00 pm:

Loprete Dudas Heffernan AMBS

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AMBS FAMILY MASS next Sunday (1/28/18) at 12 Noon COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS STUDENT ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS PRESCHOOL MOMMY & ME ZUMBA SCIENCE FAIR FACULTY/STUDENT BASKETBALL PARENT VISITATIONS TALENT SHOW

EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND ANY AND ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES!

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR ALL THE DETAILS – www.ambs.org

Sacramental Linens Ministry Sunday, January 21 - Agnes Benneh Friday, January 26 - Rosemarie Dellaiacono

Sunday, January 28 Louise Riccobene Friday, February 2 Joan Murray

Please Mark Your Calendars If anyone would like to help in this ministry, please call Joan McAuliffe at 201-891-1712.

If you are unable to commit to six times a year, consider being a substitute.

AMBS is a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School!!!

TIME IS RUNNING OUT!!! Please support our school’s annual raffle sponsored by our Home Academy

Partnership (HAP) organization. This year we are having a Super 50/50, with only 1,800 tickets to be sold and the potential for one winner to receive $90,000! Your

support is greatly appreciated…and you may be the lucky winner! Tickets are $100 each. School representatives will be at all of next weekend’s Masses for you to

purchase your last-minute tickets! The drawing of the winner will occur on Wednesday, January 31!!

RELIGIOUS ITEMS If you are in need of a gift of rosaries, cards or other religious items, please stop by the Religious Education Office in the Parish Center to see what is available. All proceeds benefit the Sisters of Saint Joseph retirement community.

COMMUNITY THRIFT SHOP God bless you for sharing your new or gently used items with us. All donations may be brought to the shed in the back of the parking lot. The key is at the Parish Center. Every donation is a blessing to the Sisters of Saint Joseph Retirement community.

Please do not donate summer clothing at this time.

Chair Exercises Postponed

until Further Notice

SENIOR MINISTRY

Sisters of St. Joseph Mass Cards Sisters of St. Joseph Mass Cards are available in the

Parish Center.

Please join us for Catholic Schools Week!!! Sunday, 1/28/18 – Friday, 2/2/18

Some of the festivities for the week include…

CCD GRADE 1-6 Winter Prayer

Lord: In the midst of Winter, when the

days are cold and wind can pierce remind us of the warmth

of your love. In the midst of Winter, when days are short,

dawn comes late, and dusk arrives early remind us that in

the darkness your light still shines.

CCD GRADES 1-6 NEXT CCD Classes: Monday, January 22nd and Tuesday,

January 23rd.

Home Study CCD We still have Home Study Books ready for pick up i n t h e R e l i g i o u s Education office located in the Parish Center. You

are running out of time!!!! Please pick them up ASAP and follow the directions included with your book. All chapters along with the online chapter reviews needs to be completed no later than February 27th.

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The Fall Confirmation Program

NEXT CLASS Monday, JANUARY 22nd from

4:00-5:15 pm in the AMBS School. Please bring all forms with you and

turn them in to your teacher.

THE DEMANDS OF DISCIPLESHIP Today we encounter readings that already have a Lenten feel about them. Nineveh under-goes a forty-day fast, the psalmist reminds us that God alone can show sinners the way, Paul shows us how fleeting the things and events of this world are, and Jesus cries out “Repent!” be-fore he calls his new followers. “Come after me,” Jesus says, but if we are to truly live out the com-mands and demands of our discipleship through baptism, we must first know our need for conver-sion, our repentance, our need to believe in the gospel fully. Today’s Gospel opens with the stark reminder of what befell John the Baptist for com-pletely living out his vocation as the herald of Christ and the gospel: he was arrested, impris-oned, and martyred. Though few of us will ex-perience consequences that extreme, we must all be ready to risk some sort of rejection as, heeding the call of Jesus, we live out the king-dom of God at hand, repent of our sins, and be-lieve in the good news of salvation.

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The St. Joseph Regional High School Award Winning Performing Arts Program presents CURTAINS, the whodunit musical comedy from the creators of Cabaret and Chicago, on the stage of the Inserra Theater at St. Joseph Regional High School, 40 Chestnut Ridge Road Montvale, NJ. The cast includes Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament parishioner: Quinn Burns.

Performance dates are: Friday, January 26 at 7:00pm; Saturday, January 27 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm; Sunday, January 28 at 3:00pm; Thursday, February 1 at 7:00pm; Friday, February 2 at 7:00pm; and Saturday, February 3 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm.Tickets are $23 & $19 each. Our Senior Citizen

Preview performance is Wednesday, January 24 at 3:00pm with unreserved seating and tickets will be sold at the door ($5 each for seniors) for this performance. Students may purchase tickets online to the Thursday performance at $15 with student identification provided at admission. Groups of 10 or more are eligible for a Group Discount of $15 per ticket - contact sjrtickets.com.

For more information contact: www.sjrtheater.com or call 201-391-7422.

Don Bosco Prep Hosts 8th Collegiate A Cappella Sing Off

Ramsey, NJ -- Chapel Concerts at Don Bosco presents its Eighth Collegiate A Cappella Sing Off concert on Friday evening, February 2 at 8:00 pm in DeSales Auditorium (Snow date Saturday, February 3rd at 7:30 pm.) Eleven collegiate a cappella groups will sing off, including Fairfield’s Bensonians, Ramapo College’s 4GotteN SuitCase, Marists’s Time Check and Lovely Sirens, Seton Hall’s Seton Notes, and Villanova’s Minor Problem, University of Connecticut’s ConnMen, as well as high school groups from Notre Dame and Trinity School in Manhattan. For information contact Toni Bilotti Cecere at tcecere@donboscoprep.org or (201) 327-6457.

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70x7: Faith, Family, and Forgiveness Series The latest program in the 70x7: Faith, Family, and Forgiveness Series sponsored by Immaculate Conception Seminary and Relevant Radio will take place Saturday, January 27, from 9:30 am until 1:30 pm at St. Paul Inside the Walls, Madison, NJ. This program, Part IV in the Series, is entitled New Beginnings: New Life -- How the Sisters of Life Accompany Others on Paths of Forgiveness, Healing and Hope. Presenting at this program will be members of the community of the Sisters of Life. To register please contact: Theresa Miller at theresa.miller@shu.edu or (973) 761- 9575.

Where can you find serenity in 2018? Come to the shore for the Women's Journey Retreat on February 16-18, San Alfonso Retreat House, Long Branch, NJ where God and sea come together.

Take the opportunity to look at yourself with fresh eyes through witness talks, reflection, sharing, prayer, journaling, honest self-appraisal and holy leisure. Join this loving group of Catholic women and gain a better understanding of your life's journey. Jesus is always available to repair the damage of broken relationships, calm your fears and anxieties and help you rejoice and honor all of the gifts of your life.

An application form can be found at: http://www.churchofpresentation.org/images/PDFs/WJ.pdf

Send to: Women's Journey Weekend Church of the Presentation

271 West Saddle River Road Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458

For more information, leave a message at the Journey Hotline, 201.327.1313, ext. 878 and

someone will return your call asap.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend “Brothers and sisters: I should like you to be free of anxieties.” Let us learn to calm our anxieties about our spouses by exploring each other during a Worldwide Marriage Encounter . To receive an information and registration brochure, contact Mike and Janet Turco at 973 427-7016or 609 335 6880 or email njwwme@peoplepc.com.

Thank you for your continued support and generosity to our church!

January 13/14, 2018: $10,169.00 Inner City Scholarship: $9,410.00 FaithDirect: $8, 882.00

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