Welcome to the
Parish family of
St. Margaret of Cortona
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 18, 2020
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A message from Fr. Kevin
Update:
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Daily Masses are Monday through Friday at 12:05 pm in Church
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First Saturday Mass at 12:05 pm in the Church
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Sunday Masses have resumed with the normal schedule
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Holy Days - (Except Christmas and Easter): 8:00 am / 12:05pm / 7:00 pm
We are in Phase III
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Sunday Mass times will be as they were
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Arriving at Sunday Mass
- Enter front doors. The side door will be locked
- Wear a mask as you enter the Church
- Both the inner and outer doors will be open (Only for Sunday Masses)
- You can pick up a song sheet, which you will place in trash or take home with you after Mass
- Do not sit within 6 feet of somebody unless you live with them
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During Mass: Liturgy of the Word
- There will be no entrance procession. The priest and ministers will be seated before Mass
and at the appropriate time all will stand and the entrance song will begin
- During the Liturgy of the Word, if you need to read along (Not encouraged), you will have to
bring your own missal or use a smartphone app
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During Mass: Liturgy of the Eucharist
- There will be no offertory procession
- We will ask you to place your offering in the baskets as you leave or exit the Church
- The bread and wine will be in the sanctuary
- The sign of peace will continue to be touch-less unless you live with the person
- Communion will continue to be distributed only in the form of the Precious Body
- Receiving Communion in the mouth is now forbidden
- Masks need to be worn as you approach the altar to receive Communion
- There will only be one line approaching the altar for Communion
- People in rows on each side will alternate coming out into single row in center aisle
- Please keep social distancing by following the markers on the floor
- Those in side pews will continue the practice of coming across center pews maintaining social
distance
- After the final blessing, please exit the church one row at a time
ANNOUNCEMENTS
All Souls Day
Please join us at the 12:05 pm Mass on Monday, November 2, 2020 as we celebrate All Souls Day, a Mass of Remembrance - of all those who have gone before us.
• Please submit your All Souls envelope with the names of your loved ones.
• If you do not have an envelope call the Parish Center - 201-641-2988
Religious Education for the year 2020
Update: All Religious Ed classes will be on home study. Parents must still register and meetings will be held monthly. We will send letters to parents.
Registration and re-registration for Religious Education is now open. Fees are as follows:
$110 for 1 child, $140 for 2 children and $160 for 3 children
Please download and fill up attached forms and return to the Parish Office:
Click here to download the Registration form
Click here to download the Re-Registration form
Grades will meet at the following times:
Grades 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 - 3:30 - 4:30PM
Grades 6,7 and 8 - 6:30 - 8PM
All grades will meet monthly on the following dates in Church at the times listed above:
DATE GRADES
October 6 1 and 2; 7 and 8
October 13 3 and 6
October 20 4 and 5
November 3 1 and 2 ; 7 and 8
November 10 3 and 6
November 17 4 and 5
December 1 1 and 2 ; 7 and 8
December 8 3 and 6
December 15 4 and 5
January 5 (2021) 1 and 2 ; 7 and 8
January 12 3 and 6
January 19 4 and 5
Religious Education Coordinators:
Afternoon: Judith Valdes
Evening: Rosa Fernandez
Home Study: Marie Rubin
Contact: 201-641-2989
Donate to St. Margaret's
Here are some ways that you can help our Parish during these trying times:
GoFundMe - Click here to go the GofundMe website
ParishSoft - Click here to go to the giving site.
You can also give via text to (201) 689-5641, just enter the amount you want to donate in the message. You will need to create an account if you haven't done so yet. Click here if you need help creating an account.
Amazon Smile - you can also donate to St. Margaret’s whenever you make a purchase.
1. Go to https://smile.amazon.com, it uses the same account that you have on Amazon.com.
2. Go to Your Account and under Account settings select St. Margaret of Cortona Church as your preferred charity and you’re all set.
3. Every time you make a purchase the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of the eligible item to St. Margaret’s. Just make sure to make all your future purchases on Amazon Smile so that donations are made
Shining the Light of Christ - 2020 Annual Appeal
Visit RCAN.ORG/SHARING to learn more and make a gift today. Play the video below to learn more (click here if you are having trouble playing the video). Click here to view Cardinal Tobin's letter
POSTER BOARD
"Is the Son in your eye?"
SCHEDULES
Regular Masses
Sunday:
8:00AM, 10:00AM, 12:00PM
Weekdays:
Monday through Friday:
12:05 PM
First Saturday Mass
12:05 PM in the Church
Holy Days
(Except Christmas and Easter): 8:00 AM, 12:05 PM, 7:00 PM
Mass followed by Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Benediction every 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:00 pm
Confessions
Saturdays 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Experience God’s Mercy. Celebrate the Grace-Filled Sacrament of Reconciliation
Contact Us
Parish Center (Monday to Friday):
Tel: 201-641-2988
Fax: 201-641-0664
Rectory (By appointment only):
201-641-2988
Religious Education (Sunday to Thursday):
201-641-3937
Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention
For October 2020
The Laity's Mission in the Church
We pray that by the virtue of baptism, the laity, especially women, may participate more in areas of responsibility in the Church.
New in the Area?
If you are new in the area, why not join our ever-growing Parish family. Stop by the Parish Center any weekday and register. Click on this link to download the form or call us at 201-641-2988
"Those who wish to sing, always find a song"
"Prayer gives your faith roots and branches"
October is the Month of the Holy Rosary
- Reverend Matthew R. Mauriello
Current scholarship traces the development of the Rosary to the High Middle Ages period. The month of October each year is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary. This is primarily due to the fact that the liturgical feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated annually on October 7. It was instituted to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary in gratitude for the protection that she gives the Church in answer to the praying of the Rosary by the faithful.
The feast was introduced by Pope St. Pius V (1504-1572) in the year 1571 to commemorate the miraculous victory of the Christian forces in the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571. The pope attributed more to the "arms" of the Rosary than the power of cannons and the valor of the soldiers who fought there.
Legend tells us that the Rosary as a form of prayer was given to St. Dominic (1170-1221) by Mary, the Mother of Our Lord, who entrusted it to him as an aid in the conflicts with the Albigensians. The Dominican pope, St. Pius V, did much to further the spread of the Rosary and it thereafter became one of the most popular devotions in Christendom. It was the same Pope St. Pius V, who in 1569 officially approved the Rosary in its present form with the Papal Bull, Consueverunt Romani Pontifices. It had been completed by the addition of the second half of the "Hail Mary" and the "Glory be to the Father" at the conclusion of each mystery.
Middle Ages where it came into being in various medieval monasteries as a substitute for the Divine Office for the lay monks and devout lay persons who did not know how to read. Instead of the 150 psalms, they would pray 150 "Our Fathers" counting them on a ring of beads known as the crown or "corona." With the growth of popularity of Marian devotion in the twelfth century, the "Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary" developed now substituting 150 "Hail Marys" in place of the "Our Fathers."
The 150 "Hail Marys" were subsequently subdivided into fifteen decades by the young Dominican friar, Henry Kalkar (1328-1408), with each decade referring to an event in the life of Jesus and Mary. The Dominican, Alanus de Rupe (1428-1478) further divided the episodes in the history of salvation into the joyful, sorrowful and glorious mysteries. He also attributed the origin of the Rosary, then known as the "Psalter of the Blessed Virgin" to St. Dominic and thus spurred the Dominican Order to make the Apostolate of the Rosary their special concern. The Dominicans have, since then, promulgated the Rosary with notable results.
The practice of dedicating the entire month of October to the Holy Rosary developed toward the end of the last century. Pope Leo XIII (papacy: 1878-1903) strongly promoted the increase of devotion to the Blessed Mother by encouraging the constant use of the Rosary.
Beginning on September 1, 1883, with Supremo Apostolatus Officio, he wrote a total of eleven encyclicals on the Rosary, ending with Diuturni Temporis in 1898. We are currently celebrating the centennial of these papal encyclicals.
Many other popes have contributed to help increase devotion to the Rosary by their writings. In the recent past, Pope Paul VI ( papacy: 1963-1978) devoted the last section of his Apostolic Exhortation MARIALIS CULTUS to the Angelus and the Rosary (MC 40-55). In this document, he wrote that "the Rosary retains an unaltered value and intact freshness." (MC, 41)
The Rosary is primarily a scriptural prayer. This can be summarized by the traditional phrase used by Pope Pius XII (papacy: 1939-1958) that the Rosary is " a compendium of the entire Gospel" (AAS 38 [1946] p. 419). The Rosary draws its mysteries from the New Testament and is centered on the great events of the Incarnation and Redemption.
John Paul II called the Rosary his favorite prayer, in which we meditate with Mary upon the mysteries which she as a mother meditated on in her heart (Lk. 2:19) (Osservatore Romano, 44; 30 Oct. 1979).
In this month of October, let us consider this beautiful prayer of the Rosary as a means that we too can use in order to draw closer to Jesus and Mary by meditating on the great mysteries of our salvation.
