St. Jude Thaddeus Church 17 Mount Olive Road Budd Lake, New Jersey 07828 Parish Office Phone: 973-691-1561/1564 Parish Fax : 973-691-9060 Parish Office Hours: 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M Monday - Friday Faith Formation: 973-691-0317 RCIA: 973-691-0038 Web Site: www.stjudeparish.org LITURGY SCHEDULE Saturday Evening: 5:30 P.M. Sunday: 8:00 A.M. 10:00 AM, 12:00 Noon, 5:00 P.M. Monday - Saturday: 9:00 A.M. Holyday: 9:00 A.M., 7:00 P.M. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION First Friday from 9:30 A.M. - 6:30 P.M. DIVINE MERCY PRAYER GROUP

EXTRAORDINARY JUBILEE OF MERCY December 8, 2015 - November 20, 2016

The Divine Mercy prayer group meets on The First Friday of every month, and The Second Sunday of every month at 3:00 P.M. in the Daily Chapel. FELLOWSHIP PRAYER GROUP Fellowship Prayer Group meets every Wednesday from 7:00-8:00 P.M. in the Daily Chapel.

PARISH STAFF

SACRAMENTAL LIFE

Rev. J. Antonio Gaviria, Pastor [email protected]

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Deacon Anthony Siino [email protected]

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Deacon John M. Sanker [email protected]

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Mrs. Carol Lipscomb, Business Administrator [email protected]

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Mrs. Helena Maines Administrative Assistant [email protected]

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Mrs. Darlene Wade, Coordinator Christian Faith Formation [email protected]

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Dr. Deb Kuzma Director of Adult Formation [email protected]

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Mr. Mike Sabella Evangelization Coordinator [email protected]

Reconciliation: Celebrated on Saturday from 4:005:00P.M., or by appointment with the priest; Parish Penance Services are celebrated during Advent and Lent. RCIA: The RCIA process is open to those who have never been baptized as well as those baptized into a different faith, and those needing to complete their sacraments of Eucharist and/or Confirmation. The group meets Tuesdays at 7PM. If interested, contact Deb for more information at [email protected]. Anointing of the Sick: The sacrament of the healing is available at any time to all who are seriously ill, hospitalized or preparing for surgery, as well as those of advanced age. Please contact the parish office to make arrangements for the priest to administer the sacrament. If it is an emergency, please call 973-691-1561 Ext 14. Parish Registration: Is requested of all individual persons and families who worship regularly with us on Sundays and who intend to participate in the life of our parish with their time, talents, and treasures. For more information, call Deacon John at Ext 12. Registration is necessary as well as for the issuing of sponsor certificates. Matrimony: Contact the parish office at least 6 months before the prospective date. Baptism: Baptism Preparation Class is held on the 2nd Monday of the month at 7:30PM in the church. Baptisms are held on Saturday at 12:00Noon and Sunday at 2:00PM. Call the parish office to register for class and to schedule Baptism.

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Jean & Julian Jados Walter Rissmiller, Arthur Torrisi Maria Coppola, Louis Cerrato Special Intention for Jean Gondek Faye Muccia Rebeca Goita Nellie Maravilla Rev. Patrick O. Mullan Rosa Calcerano, Genevieve Honchar Special Intention for Bishop Serratelli David Sanker David Sanker Special Intention for Daniel laratta In Honor of All Veterans Alfio Torrisi, Daniel Debbie David Sanker In Honor of All Veterans Mindy Sweeney Frank DeVito Sr. & Frank DeVitoJr. Mary Torrisi Frances Michel, Daniel Morgan Coleen Bips, Antonio Saraiva Mary Bencivenga, Jose Luis Sanchez Lorraine Ware John Bryer

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On October 30 we welcomed into church through the Sacrament of Baptism, our newest member: Thomas Fedele Lucia ST. JUDE PARISH HONORS OUR VETERANS St. Jude Veterans will be honored at the 5:30 PM mass on November 12th. . All Veterans of the Parish, families and friends are invited to attend the Mass followed by light refreshments in the Parish Center. CONTRIBUTIONS WEEKEND OF OCT. 29TH & 30TH Sunday: Online Giving:

$ 8,492.84 $ 905.00

52 ACTS OF MERCY DURING THE YEAR OF MERCY WEEK FORTY-NINE Suggestions for an Act(s) of Mercy for this week are: 1. When doing your grocery shopping this week pick up a non perishable item or two for the Thanksgiving Baskets given by St. Jude to needy families in our parish community. 2. Put a dollar into a tip jar. 3. Introduce yourself to neighbors and bring baked goods or sweets. Thought for discussion and/or meditation: “In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.” Saint Mother Teresa

FAMILIES INVITED TO LIGHT THE ADVENT WREATH We are inviting families to light the candle of the Advent wreath at mass during Advent. A family is needed for each mass during Advent. If your family is interested in helping out please sign up in the book located in the vestibule of the church. 2016 BISHOP’S ANNUAL APPEAL Be Rich In Good Works It is important that when you give to any charitable organization, you are confident that the funds are used wisely. Be assured that your gift to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal supports four causes: our Catholic Charities agencies, seminarian education, our inner city area elementary schools and our priests’ retirement residence. In addition, 50% of all funds received over a parish’s goal are returned to the parish directly for their own pastoral needs. Please know that Appeal funds are used for no other purpose and serve only those who live in Morris, Passaic and Sussex counties. Please make a pledge to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal today. RESPECT LIFE MASS Bishop Serratelli will celebrate the Respect Life Mass (formerly “Unborn Mass) on Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 10:00 AM at Saint Margaret of Scotland Parish, Morristown. The Mass is sponsored by the Paterson Federation Knights of Columbus. All are invited to attend. Following the Mass, there will be light refreshments.

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THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE ST. JUDE PARISH WILL CONDUCT A THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH AND SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH AT ALL MASSES. THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FOOD COLLECTION ARE ASKED TO BRING WHATEVER FOODS THEY FEEL GO INTO MAKING UP A GOOD THANKSGIVING DINNER FOR A NEEDY FAMILY. WE ASK YOU NOT TO INCLUDE PERISHABLE ITEMS. A BASKET WILL BE PLACED IN THE VESTIBULE FOR MONETARY DONATIONS. IF YOU ARE AWARE OF A FAMILY IN OUR AREA WHO COULD USE SOME ASSISTANCE TO MAKE THIS THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION TRULY SPECIAL, PLEASE GIVE THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE NEEDY PARTY TO THE RECTORY (973-691-1561) BEFORE NOVEMBER 20. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE THEM. ROSARY ALTAR SOCIETY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7th - INSTALLATION Installation of our New Members will take place at 7:15PM in the Daily Chapel followed by refreshments and brief meeting in the Parish Center. If you are planning to attend, please bring either an appetizer or dessert.

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On Sunday November 13 the Youth of Our Parish will be making Food Packs for needy preschool children. The Food Packs will help the children to remain nourished during the weekend. If your child would like to help to fill the packs please contact Darlene Wade at [email protected] If you would like to donate a food item to help fill the pack; there is a container in the Parish Center labeled Food Pack. The following items are needed to fill the pack: juice boxes, macaroni and cheese, Chef Boyardee, granola bars, cheddar cheese cracker packs, fruit snacks, hot chocolate, and oatmeal and applesauce. Thank for your consideration. GIVING TREE Our Giving Tree will go up the weekend of November 26th. The tags will be labeled with a child’s gender and age. Suggestions for gifts will be given to you but the choice is up to you. Please consider adding a hat, gloves, or scarf to any gift you may give. We will be helping the needy children from Passaic County Foster Care and Catholic Charities. Please return the wrapped gifts by Wednesday December 14th. Thank you in advance for your generosity. LIVING NATIVITY All are invited to attend the Living Nativity December 2nd at Mount Olive Tree Lighting. The Living Nativity will be held at the Mount Olive Municipal Building at 7:00 pm. Children in our Faith Formation program will re-tell the story of the birth of Jesus. If your child would like to participate in this event please contact Darlene Wade at [email protected]. Practices will be held on Wednesday November 16th and Wednesday November 30th at 7:30 pm in the church. BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR JESUS The Birthday Party for Jesus will be held Saturday December 3rd at 1:00 pm. We will begin in the church as we retell the story of the birth of Jesus. Next we will celebrate the birth of Jesus in the Parish Center with refreshments, games, crafts, and a special visitor from the North Pole. If you would like to volunteer to bake or help at this special event please contact Darlene Wade at [email protected]. If your child would like to attend please look for the sign up sheet in the Narthex of the church. The sheet will be placed the weekend of 11/6. FAMILY MASS The Family Mass will be held on Sunday December 4th at 10:00 am. Does your child have the gift of public speaking and like to read? If so this is your child’s opportunity to become an active participant in the mass. We are in need of 2 readers for the family mass. If your child would like to read, please contact Darlene Wade at [email protected]. 3-654

Pastor’s Corner HOW TO VOTE AS CATHOLICS IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. I am writing this article today, as your Pastor, because last Sunday, some of you were upset with part of the content of a homily. First of all, I would like to let you know that we, priests and deacons, or any preacher are not allowed to use the pulpit or the homily time to tell you or to suggest to you directly or indirectly for whom you should vote. We don’t use the pulpit to endorse directly or indirectly any political party. Even we are not allowed to point out the issues of the one party or the other from the pulpit. The pulpit or the homily time or the Christian Formation classes are to explain God’s Word, to inspire the congregation to start a way of conversion, to heal, to strengthen and to teach the Christian Faith and the Moral Principles. We Catholics have “non-negotiable” principles that we have to know at the moment of examining candidates running for office in the three branches of the government (Executive or President, Congress and Judicial). There are four current issues which concern actions that are intrinsically evil and must never be promoted by the law. Intrinsically evil actions are those that fundamentally conflict with the moral law and can never be deliberately performed under any circumstances. It is a serious sin to deliberately endorse or promote any of these actions, and no candidate who really wants to advance the common good will support any action contrary to the non-negotiable principles involved in these issues. These four “non-negotiable issues are: 1. Abortion The Church teaches that, regarding a law permitting abortions, it is "never licit to obey it, or to take part in a propaganda campaign in favor of such a law, or to vote for it" (EV 73). Abortion is the intentional and direct killing of an innocent human being, and therefore it is a form of homicide. The unborn child is always an innocent party, and no law may permit the taking of his life. Even when a child is conceived through rape or incest, the fault is not the child’s, who should not suffer death for others’ sins. 2. Euthanasia Often disguised by the name "mercy killing," euthanasia is also a form of homicide. No person has a right to take his own life, and no one has the right to take the life of any innocent person. In euthanasia, the ill or elderly are killed, by action or omission, out of a misplaced sense of compassion, but true compassion cannot include intentionally doing something intrinsically evil to another person (cf. EV 73). 3. Embryonic Stem Cell Research Human embryos are human beings. "Respect for the dignity of the human being excludes all experimental manipulation or exploitation of the human embryo" (CRF 4b). Recent scientific advances show that often medical treatments that researchers hope to develop from experimentation on embryonic stem cells can be developed by using adult stem cells instead. Adult stem cells can be obtained without doing harm to the adults from whom they come. Thus there is no valid medical argument in favor of using embryonic stem cells. And even if there were benefits to be had from such experiments, they would not justify destroying innocent embryonic humans. 4. Human Cloning "Attempts . . . for obtaining a human being without any connection with sexuality through ‘twin fission,’ cloning, or parthenogenesis are to be considered contrary to the moral law, since they are in opposition to the dignity both of human procreation and of the conjugal union" (RHL I:6). Human cloning also involves abortion because the "rejected" or "unsuccessful" embryonic clones are destroyed, yet each clone is a human being. 1

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Pastor’s Corner (continued) As Catholics, we have a moral obligation to promote the common good through the exercise of our voting privileges (cf. CCC 2240). It is not just civil authorities who have responsibility for a country. "Service of the common good requires citizens to fulfill their roles in the life of the political community" (CCC 2239). This means citizens should participate in the political process at the ballot box. But voting cannot be arbitrary. "A well-formed Christian conscience does not permit one to vote for a political program or an individual law that contradicts the fundamental contents of faith and morals" (CPL 4). A citizen’s vote most often means voting for a candidate who will be the one directly voting on laws or programs. But being one step removed from law-making doesn’t let citizens off the hook, since morality requires that we avoid doing evil to the greatest extent possible, even indirectly. Some things are always wrong, and no one may deliberately vote in favor of them. Legislators, who have a direct vote, may not support these evils in legislation or programs. Citizens support these evils indirectly if they vote in favor of candidates who propose to advance them. Thus, to the greatest extent possible, Catholics must avoid voting for any candidate who intends to support programs or laws that are intrinsically evil. When all of the candidates endorse morally harmful policies, citizens must vote in a way that will limit the harm likely to be done. Now, how not to vote? 1. Do not vote based just on your political party affiliation, your earlier voting habits, or your family’s voting tradition. Years ago, these may have been trustworthy ways to determine whom to vote for, but today they are often not reliable. You need to look at the stands each candidate takes. This means that you may end up casting votes for candidates from more than one party. 2. Do not cast your vote based on candidates’ appearance, personality, or "media savvy." Some attractive, engaging, and "sound-bite-capable" candidates endorse intrinsic evils, while other candidates, who may be plainlooking, uninspiring, and ill at ease in front of cameras, endorse legislation in accord with basic Christian principles. 3. Do not vote for candidates simply because they declare themselves to be Catholic. Unfortunately, many selfdescribed Catholic candidates reject basic Catholic moral teaching. 4. Do not choose among candidates based on "What’s in it for me?" Make your decision based on which candidates seem most likely to promote the common good, even if you will not benefit directly or immediately from the legislation they propose. 5. Do not vote for candidates who are right on lesser issues but will vote wrongly on key moral issues. One candidate may have a record of voting in line with Catholic values except for, say, euthanasia. Such a voting record is a clear signal that the candidate should not be chosen by a Catholic voter unless the other candidates have voting records even less in accord with these moral norms. Now, how to vote? 1. For each office, first determine how each candidate stands on each of the issues that will come before him and involve non-negotiable principles. 2. Rank the candidates according to how well their positions align with these non-negotiable issues. 3. Give preference to candidates who do not propose positions that contradict these principles.

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Pastor’s Corner (continued) 4. Where every candidate endorses positions contrary to non-negotiable principles, choose the candidate likely to do the least harm. If several are equal, evaluate them based on their views on other, lesser issues. 5. Remember that your vote today may affect the offices a candidate later achieves. What to do when there is no “acceptable” candidate? In some political races, each candidate takes a wrong position on one or more issues involving non-negotiable moral principles. In such a case you may vote for the candidate who takes the fewest such positions or who seems least likely to be able to advance immoral legislation or you may choose to vote for no one. A vote cast in such a situation is not morally the same as a positive endorsement for candidates, laws, or programs that promote intrinsic evils: It is only tolerating a lesser evil to avoid an even greater evil. As Pope Saint John Paul II indicated regarding a situation where it is not possible to overturn or completely defeat a law allowing abortion, "an elected official, whose absolute personal opposition to procured abortion was well known, could licitly support proposals aimed at limiting the harm done by such a law and at lessening its negative consequences at the level of general opinion and public morality"(EV 73; also CPL 4). Catholics must strive to put in place candidates, laws, and political programs that are in full accord with nonnegotiable moral values. Where a perfect candidate, law, or program is not on the table, we are to choose the best option, the one that promotes the greatest good and entails the least evil. Not voting may sometimes be the only moral course of action, but we must consider whether not voting actually promotes good and limits evil in a specific instance. The role of citizens and elected officials is to promote intrinsic moral values as much as possible today while continuing to work toward better candidates, laws, and programs in the future. Dear family of Saint Jude: I have given you some ideas how to vote as Catholics. Just follow your conscience. Conscience is like an alarm. It warns you when you are about to do something that you know is wrong. It does not itself determine what is right or wrong. For your conscience to work properly, it must be properly informed— that is, you must inform yourself about what is right and what is wrong. Only then will your conscience be a trusted guide. Unfortunately, today many Catholics have not formed their consciences adequately regarding key moral issues. The result is that their consciences do not "sound off" at appropriate times, including on Election Day. A well-formed conscience will never contradict Catholic moral teaching. For that reason, if you are unsure where your conscience is leading you when at the ballot box, place your trust in the unwavering moral teachings of the Church. (The Catechism of the Catholic Church is an excellent source of authentic moral teaching.) And pray before voting. Finally, I am not telling you for whom you should vote. That is not my job. Please read and re-read this article and with the help of God make your choice. All of you, (Republicans, Democrats, independents and non political affiliation people) are most welcome to Saint Jude.

May God Bless all of you and your families as well. Fr. Antonio

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