Sacred Heart Parish “A Tithing Parish” Dover, New Jersey
Daily Scriptures &
Eucharists
December 10-17, 2017
Second Sunday of Advent Is 40:1-5, 9-11; 2 Pt 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8
5:00 pm Vigil- William DeGise
8:00 am Stanley Iwicki
10:00 am For the People
11:30 am The Mizzoni Family
7:00 pm Annie Kerwick
Monday – St. Damasus, Pope
Is 35:1-10; Lk 5:17-26
7:00 pm John Popovitch &
James McKeever
Tuesday - Our Lady of Guadalupe Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a, 12:1-6a, 10ab; Lk 1:26-38
8:30 am Catherine Hoffman
Wednesday - St. Lucy, Virgin & Martyr
Is 40:25-31; Mt 11:28-3 0
8:30 am Marie Holinko & Ida D’agostino
Thursday - St. John of the Cross, Priest & Doctor of the Church Is 41:13-20; Mt 11:11-15
8:30 am Yolanda Arizmendi
Friday Is 48:17-19; Mt 11:16-19
8:30 am Jose Vega & Helen Dunado
Saturday
Sir 48:1-4, 9-11; Mt 17:9a, 10-13
8:30 am Mary Jane Elizabeth Heller
Third Sunday of AdventIs 61:1-2a, 10-11; 1 Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28
5:00 pm Vigil- Rose DeGise
8:00 am Emedio Visioli
10:00 am Ted Studeny & Antonio Del Valle
11:30 am For the People
7:00 pm Nettie, Frank & Francis
Kablonski

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WELCOME…………
To all our visitors this weekend.
Retirement Fund for Religious
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“Your generous contribution helps us to care for our retired sisters and enables our younger sisters to continue in active ministry,” writes a religious sister. Your gift to today’s collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious helps provide medications, nursing care, and more for thousands of senior sisters, brothers, and religious order priests. It also helps ensure younger members can continue the good works of their elders!
Welcome All Senior Citizens:
ALL SENIORS 55 and over.. JOIN THE SACRED HEART LEISURE CLUB.
We invite all senior citizens to be part of this enjoyable group of people to socialize and engage in a very vital part of our church. Our meetings are held the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 11:30 am with coffee/cake in the Sacred Heart Rectory Meeting Room.
Hoping to see you all at our next meeting! Yearly dues are $15.00 (used for donations to our church at Christmas & Easter). Interested? Please call President Rita Nadilo, 973-361-0598.
Christmas Flowers
Once again we have enclosed a “Christmas Flowers” envelope in your collection envelope mailing for December. If it is not your usual custom to donate flowers in memory of someone, please consider giving a donation toward our Christmas decorations. If you do not use envelopes, but would like to donate toward the decorations in memoriam of a loved one, simply fill out the enclosed form below and place it in an envelope in the collection basket or return it to the Parish Offices. Thank you for all you do to make ready for the birth of our Lord.
Name of Intention______
Requested by______
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Become a Hospice Volunteer
Visiting Nurse Association of Northern New Jersey hospice volunteers provide terminally ill patients and their families with practical and emotional support. VNA offers a free comprehensive training program where volunteers learn the philosophy of hospice and become prepared for thisrewarding work. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old, have a valid driver’s license and auto insurance, and pass a criminal background screening. For more information, please contact Rachel Enderle, Volunteer Coordinator, at 973-451-4128 or .
Advent Choral Concert Join us Saturday, December 16 at 2:30pm .

God’s Plan for Giving.....Tithing A Way of Life”
Collection for December 3, 2017
$5,997.00
Last Year’s total at this time:
$5,194.00

This Week in Our Parish December
MONDAY – December 11
7:30 am Catholic Daughters’ Meeting –
Rectory Basement
TUESDAY- December 12
11:30 am Leisure Club Meeting – Rectory Basement
WEDNESDAY – December 13
6:00 pm Youth Choir Rehearsal - Church
7:00 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal – Church
7:30 pm Bible Study – Rectory Basement
SATURDAY –December 16
9:00 am CONFESSIONS – Church
2:30 pm ADVENT CONCERT - Church
SUNDAY – December 17
8:30 am RELIGIOUS EDUCATION - School
Parish & Community Bulletin Board:
Baptism Prep. Class
The great sacrament of Baptism makes us a child of God, welcomes us into the Kingdom of Heaven and enables us to avoid evil, among other things. What a great gift. In order to partake of this Sacrament a parent must be a parishioner and attend a preparation class. Class is offered once a month, the second Tuesday, at 7:30 pm. Registration is required to take the class. Please call the office at 973-366-0060 or Lisa Masone 973-932-4741 or e-mail to register.

Helping Hands Ministry
Is anyone you know, genuinely in need? Helping Hands are available to help! Please give Gale Colucci a call at 973-476-3906. All calls are confidential.
Upcoming Events:
The Giving Tree
Our Giving Tree is here at Sacred Heart, again this year. It will benefit families identified to us through out the year and clients at Hope House.
“Once again I am joyous over the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish! Every tag from our Giving Tree has been “spoken for!”This is just a reminder that the gifts arae due this week! Please drop all gift cards in the regulare collection basket or drop the wrapped gifts in the box near the altar.
If you have forgotten your gift at home, please bring it to the parish office during the week.
Town of Dover:
POLAR EXPRESS MOVIE NIGHT
December 15 – 6:00 pm
Children ages 5 to 10 years old can experience the Polar Express movie dressed in their pajamas and enjoying hot chocolate and holiday treats. No cost event, but you MUST REGISTER: 973-366-2200 ext. 1169 by 12/11/17.



Second Sunday of Advent
First Reading: Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11
Isaiah emphasizes that from the desert to the mountains, all people must prepare for “the glory of the Lord to be revealed.” Rather than looking only at God’s power, Isaiah focuses on God’s kindness, comparing it to a shepherd who feeds and cares for his flock.
Second Reading: 2 Peter 3:8-14
For those who are impatient for the Second Coming, Peter explains that time is different to God than to people. He reminds them that they should be grateful for the extra time to prepare, and concentrate on striving to become all that God would want them to be.
Gospel: Mark 1:1-8
In this passage, John the Baptist stressed the importance of the coming of the Messiah. He acknowledged that he was only the messenger, and unfit to “stoop and untie his sandal straps.” John urged them to prepare for one far holier than he, who would walk among them.

Protecting God’s Children
“If any person may have been abused by any priest, they should immediately contact their local County Prosecutor’s Office and the Diocese’s Victims Assistance Coordinator: Peggy Zanello at 973-879-1489. You may also be in touch with either of the Diocesan Response Officers: Rev. Msgr. James T. Mahoney, Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, 973-777-8818 Ext. 205 or Sister Joan Daniel Healy, S.C.C., Chancellor/Delegate for Religious, 973-777-8818 Ext. 248.
The entire text of the Policy of the Diocese of Paterson in Response to Complaints of Sexual Abuse is available on the diocesan Web site: www.patersondiocese.org.”
/ -  - / Weekly Reflections
“HIS WORD TODAY” by Rev. William J. Reilly
Second Sunday of Advent
December 10, 2017
“The Lord does not delay in keeping His promises, though some consider it ‘delay.’ Rather He shows you generous patience since He wants no one to perish but all to come to repentance… I send my messenger before you to prepare your way, a herald voice in the desert crying, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord clear him a straight path.’”
The letter of Peter and Isaiah’s message in the gospel of Mark, provide a wonderful opportunity to begin this second week of advent. Somehow it is easy, or convenient, to forget or presume why Jesus came two thousand years ago. A lost people needed a savior, to bring them back to union with their creator. He came, revealed the Father’s love for us and still invites us to respond to that love. Do I see my need today, and the needs of my family and our world?
Let’s face it, our messed up world needs a savior, not a political leader or powerful military strength, but someone to free us from sin and all that divides us, the barriers which keep us from growing in holiness, in grace, or love of God and neighbor. Advent invites us to focus on our need from the Lord today. Advent, the great time of hope and expectation calls us to make ready, the way of the Lord, to have Him into our hearts and the hearts of others.
‘Come Lord Jesus.’


Holiday Reconciliation Schedule

Tuesday Dec. 19 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Wednesday Dec. 20 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Friday Dec. 22 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Saturday Dec. 23 9:00 – 10:00 am

The Sunrise Rotary Club of Denville, the Denville Rotary Club, and New Jersey Blood Services are having a BLOOD DRIVE at the Saint Francis Residential Community, 122 Diamond Spring Road, Denville, New Jersey, on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM. All are welcome. E-mail or with inquiries.
Robotic Miracles
Patricia Thompson is Cantor and guitarist at the 7:00 pm Mass at Sacred Heart Church. She is from the Dominican Republic. When she was made aware of how many children and adults need limb replacements from The Dominican Republic, it moved her to create miracles for these underserved people! Since then, “Robotic Miracles” has provided hands and forearms with hands to the people in both the Dominican Republic and Colombia.
Message from Pat Thompson: “I am very grateful for the response to our first Dover Event to help amputee children around the world on 12/17/17 from 12:00 noon to 3:30 pm at Casa Puerto Rico (50 West Blackwell St., Dover). You still have an opportunity to come and enjoy yourselves by taking a card at the back of Church and contacting us at our email address. In this manner we can be assured to have enough food for all to enjoy.
Please remember to bring your electric bill to enter the raffle for the Grand Prize!
I look forward to seeing you there! God Bless you all for your help to serve the “underserved!”


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For all those who have recently died: Frank Burke; Ena Cordero
For those who are ill:
Valerie Ang; Betty Bracaglia; Sr. Margaret Charles; Pamela Fried; Bernadette Hill; Joanne; Roseanne Jones; Linda; Alex Maresca; Renee Zugel
Please call the Parish Office 973-366-0060 to have loved ones placed on the prayer list.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
IT IS TIME! If you would like to become a Catechist Sub-Teacher or Aide for the 2017-2018 Religious Education program please contact Lisa Masone (Religious Education Administrative Assistant) to discuss times and grades
available. 973-366-0060.