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PLEASE NOTE— THERE WILL BE COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS A TIME CHANGE FOR MASS ON MONDAY

Monday January 17^th Martin Luther King Birthday

9:00 AM Agostino Maria Caterine Barbiero r/o Sons, Daughter-in-Law & Family

Tuesday January 18^th

8:00 AM Intention of Keiko Osborne r/o Josephine & Lionel

Wednesday January 19^th

8:00 AM COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY

Thursday January 20^th Fabian & Sebastian, martyr

8:00 AM David & Viola Alliprandine

Friday January 21^st

8:00 AM June Koenig r/o Elizabeth Connelly & Family

Saturday January 22^nd Vincent, martyr

8:00 AM The Unborn r/o Betty & Irene

Saturday January 22^nd Vigil: 3^rd Ordinary Sunday

5:30 PM Clara Scaletti r/o Ann Dellinger

SUNDAY MASSES

Sunday January 23^rd Third Ordinary Sunday

8:00 AM Maureen Fino r/o Irene Corrigan & Betty Connelly

10:00 AM Mary Harabin r/o Folk Choir

12 NOON Angelica Marra r/o Bev & Tom Torok

The Business office will be closed on Monday, January 17^th in honor of Martin Luther King

For President George W. Bush, that by his words and his actions, he might defend the Gospel of life and work to preserve the life and the liberty of every human being; We pray to the Lord:

January 16^th Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Pss II Seasonal prop

Prop Gl Cr Sun Pf I-VII

64: Is 49:3,5-6 Ps 40:2,4,7-10

1 Cor 1:1-3 Jn 1:29-34

Jesus, the Lamb of God, is the light of the nations who came to do the Father’s will. In Christ we have been called to be a holy people.

Let Us Pray…That we may all may come to recognize that God has called us and loved us from the moment of conception.

“Our worth as human beings does not depend on our health, or productivity, or independence, or any other shifting value the world might apply. Our worth comes from bearing the image of our maker.” President George W. Bush. May 2004, commencement address at Concordia University.

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS who are sick at home, in the hospital or in nursing homes, especially for Bill Fioravant, John Pongratz, Mary Pokotello, Jeanette Felix, Roberta (Bobbi) Zabita, Rose Campanero, John & Eileen Foxwell, Sr. Elinor Foxwell, F.M.M., Haley Weber, Cole Nesmith, James Murray (uncle of Karen Mathews), Warren King (father of Karen Mathews), Vincent Anatele, Rose Stevenson, Blanche Ferarro, Teresa Kunz, Carol Talnagi, Gladys Quinlin, Adam Platukis, Elizabeth Connelly, Marian Mraz, Vi Konz, Jill Miner and Josephine Sarnoski.

Please also pray for the soul of Irene Lynch, mother of Rev. Jeffrey Willingham, Parochial Vicar at Immaculate Conception in Spotswood.

A Mass for Racial Harmony will be held at 12 noon on Sunday, January 23, 2005, at The Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Metuchen. Reception in the church hall following the Liturgy. All are welcome. Please call 732-562-1990 ext.1630 for more information.

March for Life, Washington, D.C. on Monday January 24^th. Call 732-562-1990 ext 1629 for more information

SUNDAY COLLECTION

January 2^nd $3,749.10

Solemnity of Mary $686.00

January 9^th $3,453.00

Christmas $670.00

Tsunami Relief $2,668.00

Sunday January 16, 2005

Counters Team # 2 Giacomini/Getlik

Bingo Team #1

Anyone wishing to obtain a statement of contributions for the past year – 2004- should either drop a note in the

collection basket with name, address & phone no. or call the rectory during business hours.

F/T cleaning person for church in Somerset County. Mostly cleaning and other duties. Must be available two nights per week. (Mon, Wed, Fri, 7:30 am-4pm & Tues, Thurs. 1:30 pm-10pm. Call Harry Toro 908-874-3141 ext.226

Couple’s Candlelight Dinner

The Family Life Office is pleased to announce the commemoration of World Marriage Day with a special Mass for Couples and dinner on Saturday, February 12, 2005 from 6-11:00 PM at the St. John Neumann Center, Piscataway. Reserve your table now. Pre-paid registration required. Dinner & Dancing-$75.00/

couple. Call for reservations 732-562-1990 ext 1624

Holy Name Society News

We are proud and happy to announce that our good friend and Pastor, Very Rev. Daniel J. Herlihy has been installed as a Knight of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem. On behalf of the officers and the membership the Rosary-Altar Society and the Holy Name Society, and all our friends and parishioners, we extend to Father Dan our best wishes and wish Father all of God's Blessings on this happy occasion. Congratulations Father Dan.

It is with a great deal of pleasure to announce that our Annual Father and Son Communion Breakfast will take place on the second Sunday of March 2005. President Keith Fasanella will be the chairman and Al Larangeira will be the co-chairman. We are awaiting the confirmation of our guess speaker. Please keep your eyes on the bulletin for all further information. On a very sad note, we ask that all of our parishioners and friends remember the victims of the earthquake and the ensuing tsunami in South East Asia in their prayers. Financially, please be as generous as your means allow in helping the SE poor homeless victims.

Blessed Be HIS Holy Name

Mount St. Mary House of Prayer, Watchung, will be offering the following programs. To register, call 908-753-2091 or e-mail msmhope@att.net

January 30^th Grief Recovery Sunday 1, 5 PM $45.00

Centering Prayer, Tues. February 1, 7:30 – 9:00 PM

Weekend Retreat February 4-6, 2005 $90.00/weekend

Someone is Waiting for You!

How very fortunate we are to have the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday from 8:30 AM until 12 noon. Won’t you come and visit Him? It could be for 15 minutes, ½ hour or 1 hour. His Blessings are there for you. Let’s not miss this beautiful Spiritual Opportunity.

THINK YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY.... check it out these actual cases.

Fire authorities in California found a corpse in a burned-out section of forest while assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased male was dressed in a full wet suit, complete with scuba tanks on his back, flippers, and facemask. A post-mortem test revealed that the man died not from burns, but from massive internal injuries. Dental records provided a positive identification. Investigators then set about to determine how a fully clothed diver ended up in the middle of a forest fire. It was revealed that on the day of the fire, the man went diving off the coast, some 20 miles from the forest. The fire fighters, seeking to control the fire as quickly as possible, had called in a fleet of helicopters with very large dip buckets. Water was dipped from the ocean and emptied at the site of the forest fire. You guessed it. One minute our diver was making like Flipper in the Pacific, the next, he was doing the breaststroke in a fire dip bucket 300 feet in the air. Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed.

The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.

A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood, breaking his arm in two places. Up to that moment, he had been happily listening to his Walkman

Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn, Germany. Suddenly, all two thousand pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken fence, stampeding madly. The two hopeless protesters were trampled to death.

Iraqi terrorist Khay Rahnajet didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb; he opened it and was blown to bits. There now, feeling better?

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