Dear Parishioners,

As we honor our fathers today we hear Jesus reassure his disciples by reminding them of our tender care of his heavenly Father. Our heavenly Father watches over us assiduously, faithfully, lovingly; every hair on our heads is accounted for. Let us recall all the times our own fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and father figures—living and deceased—made us feel safe and secure with our vigilant care.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: When am I unwilling to stand up for what I believe? What fears prevent me from bringing my faith into the light?

SATURDAY, JUNE 20 (Mass at SJV 5:00 PM) + Jim Gilroy & Marcel Diller, Sr. / Skip & Judy Diller Living and Deceased Fathers of Saint Thomas the Apostle SUNDAY, JUNE 21 (Mass at STA 10:00AM) + Rev. Joseph Ryan / Tess & Richard Martin

Living & Deceased Fathers of Saint Thomas the Apostle MONDAY, JUNE 22 7:30PM William “Bill” Barrett / Deacon Jim & MaryLou Cammarano TUESDAY, JUNE 23 8:00AM Elvira Budesheim / Debbie & Joe Wickham WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 8:00AM Anne Louise Owen / Jester Family THURSDAY, JUNE 25 8:00AM + John Zboraj, Sr. / his wife Anna FRIDAY, JUNE 26 8:00AM Special Intention / Fr. Dawid SATURDAY, JUNE 27 (Mass at SJV 5:00 PM) + Matthew Cusa / Deacon Jim & MaryLou Cammarano + John Sullivan / Cox Family SUNDAY, JUNE 28 (Mass at STA 10:00AM) + Deceased Members of the Angelucci Family / Al Angelucci +Family & Friends of the Cokinos & Sullivan Family / Nick & Kathy Cokinos +Lorenzo Guarino / Jean & Eric Stroud

Parish Office New Public Hours

The parish office will be open to the public

Monday—Friday 2pm—4pm

You can still call or email the office during of-

fice hours 9:00am—4:00pm Monday—Friday.

For Mass cards email or call and the cards

will be ready to pick– up at 4:00pm

and will be left in the mailbox in front of the

clear office doors.

terry@ststhomasjohn.org St. John Vianney: 973-697-6550

St. Thomas the Apostle 973-208-0090

Permission has be given to Fr. Matt to administer the Sacrament, we have been able to set a date for Con-firmation Monday, June 29, 2020 at 7:30 PM. We will still have to practice social distancing and attend-ance will be limited to the candidate, parents, and sponsor. Confirmandi and Sponsor need arrive St. Thomas at 6:45 to arrange the seating and go over final details. If the sponsor cannot attend on June 29, then you as parent can stand in as the proxy. The person who you have chosen, will still be listed as the sponsor in the Church records.

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Do you know what is great about Zoom? There is always room for one more! Join us via Zoom for “Exercising the Body for the Sake of the Soul” with yoga! The practice will focus on breathing, stretching and prayerful mindfulness.

All you need is an iPad, computer, or smartphone, and a mat or towel. It might be helpful to have a pillow or blanket available to sit or kneel on as well.

Class will begin at 7 pm on Wednesdays and last about 60 minutes. Please arrive at least 5 minutes early to get comfort-ably logged in. Class dates will be June 17, 24, July 1, 8, and 15.

Please email YogaLadies@mail.com if you would like to join us, or have any questions. You will be emailed the Zoom link 24 hours or so before the session. ~ Pat Barrett and Paula Lavorgna

Please note: You must email YogaLadies@mail.com in order to RSVP to the class and receive the Zoom invitation! The Zoom link will not be sent out via Flocknote.

Blood Donations – Urgent Need

Blood drives at St. Thomas are cancelled at this time, so your individual donations matter now more than ever. Vitalant, our provider, is asking for anyone who is eligible to donate at one of their convenient locations. Also, Vitalant is now testing all donors for COVID-19 antibodies. Whether you're eligible to give whole blood or recov-ered from COVID-19 and can donate convalescent plasma, YOU ARE SAVING LIVES!

Visit the Vitalant website at www.vitalant.org for more information. At this time, Vitalant requires both staff and donors to wear a mask. The website also lists the distancing, sanitation and other items to keep you safe during your donation. The nearest location is 1259 US-46, Parsippany, NJ 07054 or call 201-389-0473 for questions.

Update from the Facilities Committee – June, 2020

Thanks to the generous donations from you, the Facilities Committee has

completed a few much needed projects. The most obvious improvement

is the new gate leading to the cemetery. The old gate was showing its

age with several problems including paint peeling on the gate and post

allowing rust to form and the gate not closing properly from the weight

of the gate causing the posts to lean. Both the gate and posts were re-

moved and repainted with highly protective paint. The posts were reset

properly with ¾ tons of cement per post.

We made several upgrades to our emergency equipment to include up-

dating and adding new lighted emergency exit signs and updating some

of our outside lighting. These changes were requested by the Jefferson

Township Fire Marshall.

Team members acquired equipment and supplies to be used to disinfect the church after use. The

team, worked with other parishioners for a sample cleaning before the first Mass. This was in addition

to defining and setting up the social distancing within the pews.

A big thanks to Al Picheri, the leader of Facilities Committee, other members of the Facilities Commit-

tee and parishioners who assisted on these projects, especially the disinfecting. Lastly, we want to

commend Terry Guarino for all her extra efforts to making the reopening a successful and safe event.

—Contributed by Mary Bacchetta

The Parish Community of St. john Vianney & St. Thomas the Apostle

Fr. Matt, Fr. Dawid and Priests,

Deacons, Joey, Seminarians of

the Paterson Diocese

Fr. John Foley, C.S.P.

Patrick Twiggs

Matthew Vajda

Andreas Dambach

Edgar Martin.

Frank Rozman

Frank Long

Joseph Dyl

Patrick Faracy

Stanley Kotarski

Vincent Pedone

Thomas Leppard.

Robert Weiss

Walter Opat

Edward Opat

Thomas R. Zampetti

Theodore Chiodo

Eugene Zajdel

Don King

Silvio Cetrano

Walter Wollak

Uncle Matt

Sam Cammarano

Oscar DeMarco

Mathias Rugel

Victor Baksa

Michael Kaiser

Daniel C. De Cotiis

Leonard Vena

Ken Horowitz

Joesph Gionta

James V. Cerullo, Sr.

James V. Cerullo, Jr.

James V. Cerullo, III

Brian C. Cerullo

Joseph C. Buda

John E Hooper Jr.

Antonio Pires

Peter N. Grappo

Robert O. Neubig Sr.

John Becker

Bibiano Torres

Joe Lusardi

John Koslowski

Tom Nauta

Stanley Wydock

Donald Rogers

William L. Barrett

Gervase Castner

James Shaw

Leonard DenBleyker

Lou S Paul Schnackenberg

Jim Grossi

James Shaw

Leonard DenBleyker

John Meurer

Chris Fautas

Carl Johnson

Angelo J. Orlandi

Nicholas J. Kampas

George DeVito, Sr.

Robert Lentz

Clifford Swisher

Howard Shepherd

Arthur Cangiano

Anthony Campana Sr

Anthony J Campana

Donald Einreinhofer

Burt Blumberg

John Einreinhofer

Miguel Duran

Albert P. Pichieri

Bill Feuss

Gerard Feuss

Joseph Dooley

Sandin Feuss

Fr. Jon Feuss.

Peter Wilpert

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Raymond Day

Joseph Negrotto

Richard T Sullivan

Edward Richard Sullivan

Salvatore Dolce

Peter Wilpert

Lester “Raymond” Day

Eugene “ Gene” Stechschulte

Ron Bandola

Anthony Corallo

Charles Mylod

Lorenzo Guarino

James Guarino

Lawrence Guarino

Vincent Guarino

Deacn Milton Smilek

Deacon Kevin Combs

Deacon Jim Cammarano

William Buedsheim

Joseph R. Wickham

Joe Wickham

Augustine Bacchetta

Joseph Kaiser

Louis Snouffer

Bill Snouffer

Gabriel Pandong

Julian Pandong

Raymond Amsden

Joe Endlicher

Walter Anton Endlicher

Harry Kraemer

Al Salzano

Mike Murphy

William J. Carbery

Robert J. Hamilton

Matthew Rugel

Mgsr. James Rugel

John Marzocca

Eugene Pachucki

Leonard Stroud

Jacek Zajecki

Josef Zajecki

Stefan Kowalski

Pat Pirozzi

Bill Horwitz

The following Fathers, living and

deceased will be remembered at

our Liturgies this weekend and

every weekday of June

SAINT JOHN VIANNEY

06/07/2020: $2,315.00 Trinity Sunday 2020

CORPUS CHRISTI 06/14/2020

40 Envelopes: $1,575.00 5 Loose Checks: $ 610.00 26 Online Giving: $1,050.00 Total $3,240.00

05/31/2020: $6,176.00 Trinity Sunday

CORPUS CHRISTI 06/14/2020 38 Envelopes: $2,309.00 10 Loose Checks: $1,119.00 51 Online Giving: $2,320.00 Total $5,765.00

Last Year: $5,633.50 Corpus Christi 2019

The Parish Community of St. john Vianney & St. Thomas the Apostle

A Prayer for Fathers

Most gracious Heavenly Father,

We thank you for our earthly fathers, those to whom you have entrusted the

responsibility to provide loving protection of their families and guidance of their

children. We thank you, also, for our priests and bishops, whose spiritual father-

hood is so vital to the faith of your people.

May our earthly fathers imitate the courage of Abraham, Jesse and Joseph, and

all the holy fathers of the past in providing wise counsel to the children you have

given to their care. And may our spiritual fathers be guided by the examples of

Saints Peter and Paul, all the Apostles and their saintly successors. Give them

valiant faith in the face of confusion and conflict, hope in time of trouble and

sorrow, and steadfast love for you, for their families, and for all your people

throughout the world.

Assist all fathers of families, all spiritual fathers, and all Christian men, that

through your Grace they may steadily grow in holiness and in knowledge and

understanding of your Truth. May they generously impart this knowledge to

those who rely on them.

As you, our Heavenly Father, so loved the world, sending your only Son to be our

Savior and Redeemer, we ask you to help all men to imitate His fatherly gentle-

ness and mercy toward those who are weak. Grant them His humility, perfect

obedience to your Will, and fearless witness to your Truth. May their lives be

examples to all of heroic faithfulness to you.

We ask your blessing on all those to whom you have entrusted fatherhood. May

your Holy Spirit constantly inspire them with justice and mercy, wisdom and

strength, fidelity and self-giving love. May they receive your Grace abundantly in

this earthly life, and may they look forward to eternal joy in your presence in the

life to come.

We ask this through Jesus Christ, your Son and Our Lord, AMEN.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

St. John Vianney and St. Thomas the Apostle are

always grateful for the weekly stewardship that our

parishioners offer the parish. Your contributions

fund the necessary day to day operations of the

parish, its ministries and outreach programs, and

the critical expenses associated with it. We thank

everyone who has continued their financial stew-

ardship of St. John Vianney and St. Thomas the

Apostle. We encourage Online giving through

Connect Now Online Giving…a convenient and se-

cure way to make your weekly offering by using a

credit card or bank transfer / Mobil App through

ConnectNow | Giving Or Text through ParishSOFT.

Information about all of these payment options is

available on our website www. ststhomasjohn.org.

Monday: 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18; Mt 7:1-5

Tuesday: 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36; Mt 7:6, 12-14

Wednesday: Is 49:1-6; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80

Thursday: 2 Kgs 24:8-17; Mt 7:21-29

Friday; 2 Kgs 25:1-12; Mt 8:1-4

Saturday: Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19; Mt 8:5-17

Readings for the Week

“TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON” A TIME TO BE HEALED

Prayers for the sick: Brennan McCoy, Kathy Brennen, Aaron Alonzo, Sal D ’Arco, Kevin Wickert, Fumiko Lutz, Patricia Carapola, Courtney Sanchelli, Danny Scillieri, Gail Brennan, Rich Day, Richard Lavelle, Marion Coleson, Chris Osborne, Rose Kelly, Stephen Vecchiotti, Vincent Ottani, Ernie Sudo, Penny Sorokach (nursing home), Brandon Wozniak, Darlene Kolakovic, Fr. Dan Kelly, Fr. Joseph Farias, Helen Turosky, Joey Dyl, Don King, Kenny Miscisak, Emily Fleming, Emily Schmidt, Ethan Rodriguez, Carol, Mary Swerzenski, Deacon Milt, Jessica Taylor, Tim Lambert, Daniel Ingram, Nancy, Hazel Voiner, Tony Bonfiglio, Lynn Snouffer, and Sebastian Drelick, Bill Horowitz, Rosina Gleeson, Kathleen Petersen, Father Hugh Murphy and Frank Weber.

A TIME TO MOURN

Prayers for the deceased: Thomas Ingram, Jerry Busko, Angelina DeLucia, Joan Juengling, Karen A. Tofilski, Angela Sperber, Bryan Carolan, Ante Culic, Jean Doherty, Sophia Wolters, Pat Esposito, Józef Zajecki, Janice Barry, Karen Newton, Catherine Feuss, Jan Jakacki, E. James Shaffer, Louise M. Addotta, William E. Williams, Charles Stoveken, Jesse Bisbal, Victor Coleson, Jr., Luigi Russo, Ernest A. Zappile, Nereida Addotta, Andrew Dolinich, Betty Klein, Joe Endlicher, George Christ, Mildred Einreinhofer, Devon Carbery, Joseph Florio, Fr. Thomas Rainforth, Ralph Albano, Sr., Cveta Szugzdo, James Ford, Carol Perrucci, Jean Farrell, Donald Smitherman, Mary Anne Allender, Jason Free, Joyce Kerr, Mary Strangia, Jean Farrell, Don Ciuppa, Msgr. Brendan Madden, Raymond Angelucci, Stephanie Perrotta, James France III, Louise Anne Sincaglia and Rose Schilacci, Dolores Daly, Nancy Barbieri, Rich McLeod, Marlene Blahut, Rev. Stanley Kostrzomb and Phyllis Bonfiglio, Beverly Bierbaum, Louis “Louie” Panetta, Jack Van Antwerp Raymond Hirsch, Francis Marinello, Bill Barrett, Lawrence (Lorenzo) Guarino, Lester King , Mary Dick, Rick Baxter, Charles & Elizabeth Mylod, Richard Bay, Msgr. Charles Cassidy, former pastor of Our Lady of the Lake, Sparta, Magdealena Szieber, Eileen & William Carbery, Martin Addison, Carmela Mediterro, Theresa Marie Wickham, Herb Fisher, Matthew Cusa, Gladys Kot and Rev. Richard Colgan, C.S.P.

BAPTISM Baptism has resumed with only 20 people allowed plus the baby/child. Masks and Social Distancing will the enforced. Couples desiring to have their child baptized should be active parishioners, attending Mass regularly. First Time Parents must attend a Baptism Preparation Class, next class is July 20, 7:00pm via Zoom. To make baptismal arrangements contact the parish office by email: ter-ry@ststhomasjohn.org or call Saint John Vianney at 973-697-6550 / Saint Thomas the Apostle at 973-208-0090.

CONFESSIONS Confessions by appointment only will resume next weekend. Confessions will take place in the church sanctuary. Masks and Social Distanc-ing will be enforced.

MARRIAGES Prior to your booking of the reception, please call the Parish Office 1 year in advance of the wedding date to allow for proper pre-marital preparation. Knights of Columbus ~ Council Meetings

St. John Vianney Council #12649 meets at Saint John Vianney Church Hall the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month. Joseph Lamb Council #5510 meets on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month at Wiegand Farm – Department for Persons with Disabili-ties’ meeting room. Both meetings start at 7:30 p.m.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM

Saint John Vianney/Saint Thomas the Apostle debbie@ststhomasjohn.org PARISH MEMBERSHIP: A parishioner is one who belongs to the parish family. As such, he/she is registered and is committed through par-ticipation in the life of the parish. Marriages to be administered and Sponsor Certificates, rec-ommendations, etc. to be issued by the office, the person requesting such must be registered and an active member of Saint John Vianney Parish or Saint Thomas the Apostle Parish community. We request that you register at the rectory when you move into our community so that we may be of service to you.

A TIME FOR PEACE We pray for those in our parish who are currently serving in the armed forces especially: PFC Jonathan Cuervo, USMC, PFC An-thony Imperato, USMC, Michael Guarino, US Army, Cpl Sebastian Geary, USMC, USAF, Airman James Perez, Sgt. Antoino Lettizia, USMC, OSSN(SW) Anthony S. Gambuti, US Navy, PFC Ryan Ley-den, USMC, USAF Airman Matthew Cannarozzi, 2nd Lt. Andrew Verdes, Haley Kerrison Lt1, Army, Clara Shurtless, USMC. In honor of the Military serving our country at home and abroad, we invite you to recite three (3) Hail Mary's for their safety.

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