February 7, 2016 Daily Readings Monday, February 8th 1 Kings 8:1-7, 9-13; Mark 6:53-56 Tuesday, February 9th 1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30; Mark 7:1-13 Wednesday, February 10th Joel 2:12-18; 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday, February 11th Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Luke 9:22-25 Friday, February 12th Isaiah 58:1-9a; Matthew 9:14-15 Saturday, February 13th Isaiah 58:9b-14; Luke 5:27-32 Sunday, February 14th Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Roman 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13

Monday, February 8th 7:00am Michael Lynch Tuesday, February 9th 9:00am Daniel Paris Wednesday, February 10th 7:00am Mark Gobo Thursday, February 11th 9:00am Anita Dolan Friday, February 12th 12:00pm Mary A. Jones Saturday, February 13th 9:00am Daniel Paris 5:00pm John & Lottie Martin Sunday, February 14th 7:00am Theresa Matrisciano 9:00am Mary Argondizza 11:00am Bill McGuire 5:30pm Frank Papasidero

Pray for the Sick Frank Alai, Terry Zimmer, Joan Dagostino, Jerry Trent, Cannon Sittig, Kristen Johnson, Kathryn Olden, Msgr. Patrick Brown, Gonzala Rahausen, Mary Ragold, Jim Mongey, and all those listed in Our Lady’s Chapel prayer book of intentions.

Collections Last weekend’s collection: $16,913.00* *Included in this number is Faith Direct, electronic giving. The weekly average for electronic giving is $5,570.00. For an easier more consistent way of supporting Christ the King, please consider using Faith Direct at www.faithdirect.net. Our parish code is NJ658.

Second Collection Next Weekend Next weekend is our monthly second collection for Project Faith, our Diocesan Assessment. Your generosity in helping us meet this obligation is greatly appreciated.

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Christianity demands that we make a leap of faith, letting go of the security of this life and placing our lives totally into the hands of Jesus. Every now and then the circus comes to town. One of the most amazing acts is always the trapeze artists. It is hard not to contemplate the deep confidence and trust they have in one another that allows them to abandon one swinging bar to cling to another person. The same courage, strength and trust it takes for a trapeze artist to let go of that first bar is required of a Christian. Christians must abandon the secure things of this world and, with total trust, reach out and unite their lives to Jesus. The disciples display this type of trust in today’s Gospel. After fishing all night and being frustrated because they caught nothing, they wash their nets and are ready to go home. At the word of the passing preacher, Jesus, they lower their nets again. After the miraculous catch, they are called to abandon it all – family, livelihood and the catch of fish – to follow Him. They let go of their secure lives and follow Jesus. We see the same courage, strength and trust of a trapeze artist in Saint Paul. He abandons his staunch persecution of the Church and his Pharisaic ways. He becomes not only a Christian, but the boldest preacher of the Gospel to the ends of the earth. How did the disciples find that courage? For them, it was not a leap of faith into thin air. It was a leap of faith toward Jesus’ outstretched hand. These disciples put their faith in Jesus. If we are going to make this same leap of faith, we must know Jesus, believe in Him and place our trust in Him.

Family Promise provides emergency shelter, meals and support

services. Christ the King is a support congregation and is

assigned four commitments a year. On those dates we provide

and serve dinner and breakfast. We also need two volunteers who are willing to stay overnight. Would you like to help?

CTK Homeless Support Dinner Evening Tuesday, February 23rd

Tuesday dinner (5:00pm – 8:30pm)

CTK Homeless Support Weekend Friday & Saturday, February 26th & 27th

Friday overnight stay (8:00pm – 8:00am)

Saturday breakfast & visitation with guests 1

st Shift - 8:00am – 9:30am or

2nd

Shift - 9:30am – 11:30am

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!Please contact Britta Gangemi for more details at

(973) 493-0184 or brittagangemi@gmail.com

MEETINGS & HAPPENINGS THIS WEEK

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH 10:00AM – KINDERGARTEN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION – PARISH LIBRARY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH 9:45AM – BIRTH HAVEN MEETING – PARISH LIFE CENTER TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH 9:30AM – PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY – PARISH LIFE CENTER 7:00PM – PARENT AND TEEN GATHERING – PARISH HALL 7:30PM – ADULT CHOIR REHEARSAL – CHURCH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH

9:00AM – BUILDINGS & GROUNDS MEETING – PARISH LIFE CENTER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH 9:30AM – BIBLE 101 – PARISH LIFE CENTER FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH 10:30AM – BIBLE STUDY – PARISH LIFE CENTER SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH

Faith Direct enables parishioners to make your Church contributions through either direct debit from your checking/savings account or through your credit/debit card. No more writing checks or searching for envelopes on the way out the door. Now you can apply the convenience of direct debit to your parish offerings in much the same way as you may now use it to make your mortgage, car or tuition payments. Visit www.faithdirect.net to enroll securely online. Our parish code is NJ658.

Rachel’s Vineyard Is a Safe Place

Rachel’s Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild, and redeem hearts broken by abortion. Weekend retreats offer a supportive, confidential, and non-judgmental environment where women and men can express, release, and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions and begin the process of restoration, renewal, and healing. The Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat, originally scheduled for January 22-24, was cancelled due to the snowstorm. The new date is February 12-14, 2016 and it will be held in the Morristown area. To register or for more information, contact Marie at (973) 377-1004, ext. 425. All calls will be held in strictest confidence.

US Catholic Sisters United Against Human Trafficking

FEBRUARY – ALERT. February 8 is the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese girl who was enslaved at the age of 7 and named Bakhita, “Fortunate One”, by her captor. She experienced the physical and moral humiliations of slavery. St. Bakhita, canonized in 2000, is considered the patroness of kidnapped and trafficked children. Pray to St. Bakhita to protect children, especially those who are exploited for sex or labor.

For prayer resources, visit: sistersagainsttrafficking.org. Ending Slavery is everyone’s work.

Family Promise provides emergency shelter, meals and support

services. Christ the King is a support congregation and is

assigned four commitments a year. On those dates we provide

and serve dinner and breakfast. We also need two volunteers who are willing to stay overnight. Would you like to help?

CTK Homeless Support Dinner Evening Tuesday, February 23rd

Tuesday dinner (5:00pm – 8:30pm)

CTK Homeless Support Weekend Friday & Saturday, February 26th & 27th

Friday overnight stay (8:00pm – 8:00am)

Saturday breakfast & visitation with guests 1

st Shift - 8:00am – 9:30am or

2nd

Shift - 9:30am – 11:30am

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!

Please contact Britta Gangemi for more details at

(973) 493-0184 or brittagangemi@gmail.com

MEETINGS & HAPPENINGS THIS WEEK

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH 10:00AM – KINDERGARTEN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION – PARISH LIBRARY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH 9:45AM – BIRTH HAVEN MEETING – PARISH LIFE CENTER TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH 9:30AM – PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY – PARISH LIFE CENTER 7:00PM – PARENT AND TEEN GATHERING – PARISH HALL 7:30PM – ADULT CHOIR REHEARSAL – CHURCH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH

9:00AM – BUILDINGS & GROUNDS MEETING – PARISH LIFE CENTER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH 9:30AM – BIBLE 101 – PARISH LIFE CENTER FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH 10:30AM – BIBLE STUDY – PARISH LIFE CENTER SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH

Faith Direct enables parishioners to make your Church contributions through either direct debit from your checking/savings account or through your credit/debit card. No more writing checks or searching for envelopes on the way out the door. Now you can apply the convenience of direct debit to your parish offerings in much the same way as you may now use it to make your mortgage, car or tuition payments. Visit www.faithdirect.net to enroll securely online. Our parish code is NJ658.

Rachel’s Vineyard Is a Safe Place

Rachel’s Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild, and redeem hearts broken by abortion. Weekend retreats offer a supportive, confidential, and non-judgmental environment where women and men can express, release, and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions and begin the process of restoration, renewal, and healing. The Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat, originally scheduled for January 22-24, was cancelled due to the snowstorm. The new date is February 12-14, 2016 and it will be held in the Morristown area. To register or for more information, contact Marie at (973) 377-1004, ext. 425. All calls will be held in strictest confidence.

US Catholic Sisters United Against Human Trafficking

FEBRUARY – ALERT. February 8 is the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese girl who was enslaved at the age of 7 and named Bakhita, “Fortunate One”, by her captor. She experienced the physical and moral humiliations of slavery. St. Bakhita, canonized in 2000, is considered the patroness of kidnapped and trafficked children. Pray to St. Bakhita to protect children, especially those who are exploited for sex or labor.

For prayer resources, visit: sistersagainsttrafficking.org. Ending Slavery is everyone’s work.

The Beacon is the newspaper of the Paterson Diocese and is published every Thursday. It has 100,000+ readers who live primarily in Morris, Passaic and Sussex Counties. (There are 425,000 Catholics living in these three counties — almost 40% of the total population.) If you would like to learn more about happenings throughout the Diocese and join parishioners who currently receive The Beacon delivered directly to their homes, please call the parish office.

How to Build a Couples’ Ministry Building a couples’ ministry is easier than you think. Join Mike and Faith Rose for practical insights on how to organically build relationships with couples, especially the newly married. Wednesday, February 17 6:00-9:00 p.m. Catholicism from Scratch: Ashes, Palms, Lilies, and Mangers (Celebrations and Sacramentals) This course in basic Catholicism is for those who need a brush-up, those who missed it the first time around, or those who never heard it before. Father Paul Manning, Presenter. Saturday, February 27 10am-noon Introduction to Catechesis (English and Spanish) This is a multi-session presentation, with English and Spanish tracks, aimed at forming and equipping catechists with the basic knowledge and skills necessary for an effective ministry. Wednesdays, March 2, 9, and 16 7:30-9:00pm Women’s Health and Fertility Awareness Learn an effective, healthy, moral and inexpensive system that integrates health with moral family planning for couples who are trying to achieve pregnancy, who have infertility concerns, or who need to regulate pregnancy. Materials are included Saturday, March 5 10:00am-noon Please go to www.insidethewalls.org or for more information and to register.

Harding Seniors The next meeting of the Harding Seniors will take place in our Parish Hall on Tuesday, February 11th at 11:00am. In recognition of Presidents’ Month, there will be a presentation on Abraham Lincoln, past and present relevancy. Lunch will be served. All are welcome.

The Visiting Nurse Association of Northern New Jersey is pleased to offer

Coping With Loss: Love Never Dies Date: Tuesdays through March 8th Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm Location: VNA Headquarters 175 South Street, Morristown Free on-site parking available Facilitator: Kimberly Baumgartner VNA Chaplain RSVP to: Rachel Enderle at 973-451-4128 or renderle@vnannj.org or Kimberly Baumgartner at 973-451-4179 or kbaumgartner@vnannj.org

205 Madison Avenue

Madison, New Jersey 07940

973-377-1004

Year of Mercy Events at St. Paul's

Reasons to Believe 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Saturday, Feb. 20 - Address to the United Nations (New York) Saturday, Apr. 23 - Address at Independence Mall (Philadelphia) Saturday, May 21 - Homily at the Closing of the World Meeting of Families (Philadelphia)

“A Year with Pope Francis”

The focus this year will be on Pope Francis’ writings. Each month Fr. Derek will examine and have a round-table

discussion on one of the Holy Father’s addresses or homilies during his recent trip to the United States. To begin, Fr.

Derek will review the Pope’s document announcing The Year of Mercy. Presented by: Fr. Derek Anderson

The God of Mercy

10:00 - 11:30 AM Monday, February 8 or Tuesday, February 9, 2016

What is the Biblical understanding of wrath, anger, and mercy and how do we reconcile the idea of God's

wrath along with his infinite mercy for his children?

Presented by: Allan Wright

God's Mercy and Justice in the Parables of Jesus 10:00 - 11:30 AM Monday, March 7 or Tuesday, March 8, 2016

What is the Biblical understanding of wrath, anger, and mercy and how do we reconcile the idea of God's

wrath along with his infinite mercy for his children?

Presented by: Allan Wright

Visit http://insidethewalls.org/the-year-of-mercy for more information and to register

• PARISH DEVOTIONS Novena Prayers in Honor of the Sacred Heart First Fridays during morning Mass at 7:00am.

Novena Prayer in Honor of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Mondays after the 7:00am Mass

Holy Hour of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament First Saturday of the month, 8:00am

Reconciliation (Individual Confession) Saturday 9:30-10:15am

• BAPTISMS Sundays after the 11:00AM Mass at 12:15pm, schedule permitting. Please call the Parish Office to make the necessary arrangements for a Baptismal Preparation Session. • MARRIAGES Please contact the Parish Office a year prior to the requested wedding date so the proper marriage preparation can be completed. Pre Cana takes place in the spring and fall. • RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Kindergarten & First Grade Monthly on Sunday 10:00-10:45am (as scheduled) Family Based Model Families with children K-8 Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday 6-8pm, (monthly as scheduled) Junior High – Grades 6-8 Sundays 5:30-8:00pm (twice a month) • RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION (RCIA) September—May Adults interested in becoming Roman Catholic Christians should contact Father Brian or Dennis. • MOMS AND TOTS Meet in the Parish Hall on the first Wednesday of the month from 9:00am-10:30am • MINISTRY TO THE SICK & HOMEBOUND Priests and Ministers of Communion are available to visit the sick and homebound. Please call the Parish Office to schedule. • NEW PARISHIONERS We welcome new parishioners to register at any time. Please call the Parish Office.

CHURCH OF CHRIST THE KING

16 Blue Mill Road - P.O. Box 368 New Vernon, New Jersey 07976

973-539-4955 www.churchofchristtheking.org

• PASTOR Rev. Brian C. Sullivan, ext. 11 frbriansullivan@me.com • WEEKEND ASSISTANT Rev. Richard Cronin, O.S.B. Richard@delbarton.org • PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: Social Outreach & Catechesis Dennis M. Corcoran, ext.13 dcorcoran@churchofchristtheking.org • PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: Youth Ministry & Catechesis Erin Ranft, ext. 15 Erin@churchofchristtheking.org • PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: Music & Graphic Arts Elias G. Scultori, ext. 21 Elias@churchofchristtheking.org • PARISH SECRETARY: Office Manager Ms. Carol Scanlan, ext. 10cscanlan@churchofchristtheking.org • ADMINISTRATIVE ASST: Pastoral Ministry Mrs. Susan Clifford, ext.14 sclifford@churchofchristtheking.org • CUSTODIAN: Louis Sauchelli, ext.25

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