Dear Friends, I’m going on vacation this weekend for two weeks so I thought I’d share a couple of items that I know will be of interest to you. First of all, I’d like to update you on the work that will be done as a result of the Our Faith, Our Home, Our Promise Capital Campaign. Thanks to your generosity, our Campaign is working out very well. To date we’ve raised over $708,000 and currently, we have cash on hand of $175,000. Much of that money has gone to the pointing work on the church, the repair of one of the rose windows, painting the window trim of the building, and the repair of the stained glass windows. The next phase of work to be done on the church is to redo the front steps. Because our cash on hand is $175,000 and the estimate for the steps is in the area of $500,000, we have asked and received from the Archdiocese a guarantee for a bridge-loan of $350,000 to cover that expense, if it becomes necessary. The flow of money coming into the Campaign account is about $30,000 a month so we will have no problem paying that money back to the diocese. Our Building and Grounds Committee has developed a bid package for the work to be done on the steps. That package has gone out to four contractors we will hear back from them by July 21. At that time, we will review their bids, award the contract, and then determine when the work can commence. The Committee estimates that it should take between four to five months to complete the job.

Again, it is only because of your generosity that this has been possible.

Capital campaigns are about the needs of a parish that require large uses of money, such as building repairs and renovations, major program initiatives, etc. In addition to those special purposes, parishes also have their daily, ordinary expenses, such as salaries, health care and other benefits, utility bills, cleaning, repairs, and the running of the regular programs that are so important to a parish’s life: liturgy, Faith Formation, St. Anne School, adult education, youth group, scouts, basketball, food pantry, home visitations, and our other ministries and organizations. It’s to this ordinary use of our financial resources that I’d like to alert you. I’ll be sending home a letter to everyone explaining our situation. Briefly, we are running in the red as we try to balance the income we all donate each week with the expenses I just listed. I’m sure you’ve seen this in the bulletin. We’ve usually been able to cover the yearly shortfall through your generosity and through bequests and savings, but other demands have outpaced our ability to continue doing this. Our Finance Committee has recommended that we make some significant adjustments in those expenses and that’s what the letter I’ll be sending home addresses. My responsibility to you demands that we keep our fiscal house in order. So, please read that letter and let me know what you think. Together, and through the Lord’s inspiration, we will weather this.

Love,

Fr. Joe

Worship… Called and formed by the Word of God, we

worship our Lord primarily in the Mass. The Eucharist is the

center of our Christian life. It grounds everything else we do,

from prayer to our daily tasks to our ministries. If you have any

comments, please feel free to contact any of the following

Pastoral Council Representatives: Fr. Colin Kay, Deacon

Rich McGarry and Michael Kohler.

Pray for the recovery of: Marissa Anderson, Helen Masefield, Timothy Dolan, Marie Kazazian, Rowen Ru, Hannah Dougan, Marie Ciezobka, Marianne Cummins, Charles Cummins, Alexa Kazazian, Meghan Curley, Romeo Malungcot, Angelina Perez, Donna Rossi, Gregg Cobb, Kathy Nahra, Joe Hackett, George Ryerson, Baby Joseph Mount, Sean O’Malley, Dave Gondres, Mark Reeves, Dr. Kevin Jeffrey McCarthy, Tommy Maher, Betty Young, Gabrielle Paradiso, Baby Charles Michael Tansey, Marianne Wilde, Lois Dekker, Adele Lombardo, Mary Golabek, Amy Dong, Joy Leonard, Mark Reeves, Mercedes Cepeda, Joey Bulger, Tom Pagano, Catherine Kurnath, John Coons, Thomas Paulhus, Mary McCarthy, Nellie Salazar, Ann Garripoli Petrie, Jennifer Crespo, Jimmy O’Hanlon, Patricia Sisti, Albert Gravel, Margaret Hoether, Edna Tuchler, David Guerra, Jessica Pavoni, Debbie Carlotti, Jake Rudd, John Bohlig, Michael Reyes, Frank Morano, Sr., Bill Keegan, Richard Kennelley, Veronica Reichert, Robert O’Byrne, Julia Fedorchik, Jillda DiNardo, Marie Brancato, Helen Konarski, Mary Ludlow, Jason & Justin Leider, Dianna Miranda, Brandon Higgens, Ann Millstein, Carol Gravel, Wendy Gratale, Richie Policastro, Jackie Manning, Stanislaw Tecza, Louis Frances, Jarret Adamo, Matthew McGovern, Sarah Valenti, Stan Tomon, Violeta Arva, Ken Macagna, Todd Hodge, Emily Rao, John Rao, Carol Verbovsky, Kenneth Bodzak, Janice Ward, Anne Llewellyn, Les Wolf, Gary Beal, Diana Lambouras, Thomas Brown, Nicole Schepps and John Falcone.

†Pray for the happy repose of † David Maltman and Loretta Seibert

The Bread and Wine will be offered this week in loving memory of Emma Louise Weidener as requested by Sheila Abate.

The Altar Candles will burn this week in loving memory of Leonard Nedswick as requested by son and daughter-in-law.

The Sanctuary Lamp will burn this week in loving memory of Harriett Fochi as requested by her loving family.

PLEASE NOTE…NO 6:00 PM SUNDAY MASS

DURING JULY, AUGUST & SEPTEMBER.

Monday, July 17th

7:30 – Carmella Pachella – Daughters Tommy Frank - Mark

Tuesday, July 18th

8:45 – Jane & Garrett Stack (Living) – Stack Family Carolyn Rahm – The Parisi Family Frank Milato – Tom & Barbara Hyer

Wednesday, July 19th

7:30 – Valetin Oyog – Lily Oyog & Family Sal Graniero - Family

Thursday, July 20th

8:45 - Peter Britz – Lillian & Peter Britz Annemary D’Arco (Living) – Mom & Dad

Friday, July 21st

7:30 - Chick Callahan – Family Ron Graniero (Living) – Family Lilia Penales Olano – Teresa Dee

Saturday, July 22nd

8:45 - Kevin Escorcia – Family Rosetta Salvaggio – Pucci Family Steven S. Feinroth Jr. – Stephen “Elmo” Memmer Family 5:15 - Frances & Stephen Rosty – Rosty Family Nicholas & Theresa Conza – Patrick & Caroline Pompeo Sigmund Golabek – Family Robert Abate – Margaret & Bruce Howard

Sunday, July 23rd

7:30 – Valentin Oyog – Lily Oyog & Family Regina McGuire – The Long Family Rose Savino – Syl & Joyce Larena Mary Ludlow (Living) – Joanne Ludlow 9:30 – Salvatore Barone – Wife & Kids Andrew Rau – Scott & Laurie Osback Larry Langerlaan – Wife & Family Herb Malmendier – St. Anne’s 9:30 Ushers 11:30- Regina McGuire – DeFusco Family Carmela Pachella – Alan & Joe Quinn Rosetta Brudny – Emily Fusaro Carmella Pachella – Elizabeth & Martin Ward

MONDAY TO FRIDAY MASS

SUMMER SCHEDULE

Because of vacations, we will be having one morning Mass from Monday-Friday

during the summer through September 5th

the Mass schedule will be as follows:

Monday-Wednesday & Friday There will be one morning Mass at 7:30 am. Tuesday & Thursday One morning Mass will be at 8:45 am. Because of the generosity of those who do go to the 7:30 am Mass, there will be a Communion Services at 7:30 am on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. We are hoping enough volunteers will come forward to facilitate Communion Services at 8:45 am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. As always there will be an 8:45 am Mass on Saturday.

Let us pray for those in our armed forces especially for: 1

st Lt. Markus Landers, USMC; Cpl Bobby Cimmino,

USMC; PFC Richard Marchese, US Army; Pvt. John

Pagios, US Army; Pvt. Kristoffer Burger, US Army; SPCE4

Kyle Milnes, US Army; PO 2nd

Cl Jimmy Guerra, US Navy, PO 1

st Cl Nicholas J. Vanni, US Navy; Major Gregory

Sugalski, US Army; MM2 Nicholas J. Magarelli, USN,

Master Sgt. Michael VanPamel, USAF; Sgt. Michael Bourke, US Army; PFC Lindsay Newarski, US Army; Staff

Sgt.. Matthew Bauer, USAF; Brandon Motto, USMC; Lt.

Marc Sabatino, USN; LCPL Storm Odom, USMC; Airman Michael Diffin, USAF; CPL Justin Scales, USMC; LCPL

Dominick Rizzo, USMC; PFC Jonathan C. Sulinski, Warrant Officer Alan Harty, US Army; Sgt. Bert J. Frullo,

US Army; LCPL. Harrison James Bruining, USMC; LCPL

Steven D’Argenio, USMC; Capt. Kip Rainey; SP4 Monica Saucier, US Army; Spec. 4 Brian Tarantino, US Army; PO

1st Cl. Mike Tarantino, USN; Lt. Col. Marshall Denney;

Lance Corp. Marshall Denney IV; Col. Patrick Frank;

Capt. Daniel Curtin, US Army; Staff Sgt. Joseph Sullivan,

USMC; A1C Richard Baldassari, USAF; Capt. Donald Pump, USMC; and all those serving in Iraq and

Afghanistan.

ALTERNATIVE TO ABORTION If you know

someone who is considering having an abortion, here is

a number they might call that could be of help to them to

consider an alternative to this practice. The number is

1-800-395-HELP (4357).

2017 INTENTIONS AVAILABLE

There are still 2017 intentions available for the Bread & Wine,

Altar Candles and Sanctuary Lamp. Please visit the Church

Office to request the Bread & Wine, Altar Candles or

Sanctuary Lamp in memory of a loved one or in thanksgiving.

Weekly intentions are $15.00 each.

For the month of July, Pope Francis asks us to pray especially ...that our brothers and sisters who have strayed from the faith may--through our prayers and witness to the Gospel--rediscover the merciful closeness of the Lord and the beauty of the Christian life.

REFLECTION Isaak’s penitential psalm, unaccompanied.

Again, and yes again, O Ceaseless Tolerator of our bleaking recurrences, O Forever Forgoing Foregone (sans conclusion), O Inexhaustible, I find my face against the floor, and yet again my plea escapes from unclean lips, and from a heart caked in and constricted by its own soiled residue. You are forever, and forever blessed, and I aspire one day to slip my knot and change things up, to manage at least one late season sinlessly, to bow before you yet one time without chagrin. -Scott Cairns

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTIONS 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time “The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word but then the cares of the world and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no

fruit.” (Matthew 11:30) Does the lure of riches and material goods choke God out of your life? Are you so caught up in worldly activities that you have no time for God? Stewardship is a lifestyle to be lived every day. It effects all the decisions we make. What we receive at Mass every Sunday should be shared with others all the other days of the week.

A Word from Pope Francis: Religious freedom is not a right which can be

guaranteed solely by existing legislation, although

laws are necessary. Rather religious freedom is a

shared space, an atmosphere of respect and

cooperation that must be built with everyone’s

participation.

ADOPT-A-STUDENT at St. Anne School

Would you like to make a huge impact in the life of a young

child?

Would you like to be an angel to someone who wants a

Catholic school education but cannot afford it?

Then consider adopting a student for either a partial or a full

tuition scholarship!

Complete this form and drop it in the collection basket at mass.

You will be contacted with more information. God bless you for

being an angel to a child!

Your name

Your phone number

Word… St. Anne’s is a family of faith formed by the Word of God, especially as this is expressed in the person of Christ, in the

Scriptures, and in the Tradition of the Church. As we hear this word and take it more and more deeply into our lives, we become ever

more truly the People of God. If you have any comments, please feel free to contact any of the following Pastoral Council

Representatives: Donna Stickna, Melissa Rovetto-Ruffner & Marianne Cummins .

SAINT ANNE SCHOOL NEWS

The school office will close on July 14th. However, families who are interested in registering their child for September can leave a message at 201-796-3353 and an appointment will be made for you. We are currently accepting registration applications for preschool as well as for grades kindergarten through grade seven for the 2017-2018 school year. Information about tuition and fees as well as other information can be found by visiting our web site at www.stannenj.com. Follow us …. @StAnneFairLawn

FAITH FORMATION NEWS

FALLFAITH REGISTRATION

Everything is packed & ready to go…WAIT!

Before you leave for vacation, register your child for FallFaith!

Registration forms for all FallFaith programs (grades 1-8) are available on the

parish website. Go to www.stannefairlawnnj.org and follow the prompts.

PayPal is available as a payment method for a small fee!

FallFaith registration will CLOSE on August 1.

Service… Impelled by the Spirit of Jesus, St. Anne’s strives to reach out to others. In works on behalf of justice, charity, and human development,

we seek to imitate Jesus in bringing glad tidings to the poor, liberty to the oppressed and captives, and healing to the blind and the sick.

If you have any comments, please feel free to contact Fr. Joe or Fr. Colin.

FROM THE OFFICE OF HUMAN CONCERNS

ITEMS MOST NEEDED: JELLY, CANNED FRUIT, COOKIES

Also needed: small bags of rice, spaghetti sauce, cereal, mixed vegetables, household cleaning products, laundry detergent,

feminine products, toothpaste and toothbrushes. Shop-Rite has a big Can-Can sale this week…Check it out for great

savings.

***Thank you to Fair Lawn Food Pantry for their generous food donation to our Pantry.

We are asking for school supply donations which will be handed out to our client’s children.

Pens, pencils, erasers, glue sticks, rulers, spiral notebooks and backpacks are needed. Look for sales in supermarkets and

also office supply stores.

Please do not drop clothes, books, baby items, house hold items off at the rectory without checking with Michelle at ext.

217 first.

Harrison House… We only have November 26, 2017 open for Harrison House feeding Program.

If interested, please call Michelle at 201-791-1616, ext. 217.

ST. CAJETAN MINISTRY NETWORK for the Unemployed & Under-employed

We meet every two weeks as follows: St. Catharine’s Ministry Center - next meeting: Thursday, July 20th. Next meeting at St. Anne’s Rectory is Saturday, July 22nd - from 10am - 12 noon. If you think you may be interested please contact Ed Grzesiak 201-321-5144, John Lederer 201-286-9354, Lou Cuomo 201-657-3838, Eamon Jennings, 917-841-2558, Steve Zmuda 201-819-9026, Jim Trousdale 917-363-9977 or Joe Bonis 201-390-7169. You can also email us at stcajetan@stannefairlawnnj.org

St. Anne Street Faire

Entertainment

St. Anne Street Faire Committee is looking for

Sponsors for our Street Faire Entertainment

The following attractions will be featured at our Faire:

Alan Quinn – Big Band Orchestra

Elvis Impersonator

Alan Quinn – Quintessence Band

DJ

And more . . .

If you would like to be a sponsor for one of these events,

please contact John Hill at

jdhill53@stannefairlawnnj.org or cell 201-207-4607

ST. ANNE PARISH 2017 STREET FAIRE VOLUNTEER SIGN UP

Every parishioner is asked to serve 1 shift during the 3-day Street Faire.

Adult volunteers must be 18 years old; volunteers ages 14-17 must be accompanied by an adult

(parent/guardian).

If you would like to volunteer for a 2nd shift— or if another (adult) family member would also like to volunteer, please indicate this.

You may be assigned to run a booth or a game, or to help at a food stand.

Profit from the Street Faire goes to the upkeep of our much-used parish facilities.

Your participation will benefit the entire parish.

PLEASE P R I N T CLEARLY!

___________________________________ ______________________________/_________ Adult volunteer (indicate if parent/guardian) minor’s name/age

___________________________________________________ ________________________ Email address phone (cell# is suggested)

____________________________________________________________________________ Additional volunteer(s) name(s), email, & phone

____________________________________________________________________________ Additional volunteer(s) name(s), email, & phone

Which day can you volunteer? (indicate 1st & 2nd choice): ___ Friday , Sept. 15th – Evening Only ___ Saturday, Sept. 16th - ___ Afternoon ___ Evening ___ Sunday, Sept. 17th - ___ Afternoon ___

Each shift is 2-3 hours

Are you available for set-up (Friday) and/or clean-up (Sunday night)?

___ set-up ___ clean-up ___ both

All volunteer jobs will be explained at a mandatory volunteer meeting either Wed., Aug. 30th @ 7 pm or Sat., Sept. 9th @ 7 pm

(Volunteer only needs to attend one meeting!)

PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO THE RECTORY OR DROP IN COLLECTION BASKET!!!

Community… Formed by the Word and by the Eucharist, St. Anne’s builds

community in the ways that we live and work and celebrate

together. In these ways, we experience the living presence of

Christ. If you have any comments, please feel free to contact

any of the following Pastoral Council Representatives:

Junie Fuertes, Laurie Hessman, Joe Murray, Joan Piela,

Stephanie Kedersha, Joe Barone and Terence Curley

EVENTS FOR THIS WEEK Sunday, July 16th

Monday, July 17th Musical Theater Summer Workshop - CH AA – 7:30 PM - LCR

Tuesday, July 18th Early Morning Men’s Group – 6:00 am – FC Musical Theater Summer Workshop - CH

Wednesday, July 19th Musical Theater Summer Workshop - CH Cub Scouts – 6:30 – 8:30 pm - CH

Thursday, July 20th Musical Theater Summer Workshop - CH

Friday, July 21st

Saturday, July 22nd AA – 7:30 – 8:30 PM – CAF

FIRST PLACE TEAM!!

Congratulations to Stunners Stallions the 2017 1st place team for St Anne's and Friends Bowling League. Team members - Herb Currie, John Currie, Shane DeLuca, Andrew Delmauro.

Saint Anne’s Annual

Featuring:

Campy’s Blue Star Amusements

www.campys.com

Hold the Dates!! September 15th, 16th & 17th

Saint Anne's Seniors

July 24th is our next meeting date and August 14th we will have our Day At the Races. Don't miss the exciting race of the horses, lots of bumping and pushing to get to first place. Prizes will be awarded. Any questions, call Lucy at 201-791-3440

WOMEN’S SUMMER

BOOK CHAT Looking for some summer reading? How about….

“Mercy in the City” by Kerry Weber”

We will have a BOOK CHAT

on Wednesday, August 23rd at 7:30 pm in the Church Hall

Start reading…ALL are welcome!

SUMMER TRAVEL If you are traveling and wondering where the nearest Catholic Church is, log onto www.masstimes.org. It is a great resource for traveling Catholics. BUT, please don’t forget your envelope for St. Anne’s!

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tickets

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Win up to $12,500!

MegaMoney 50/50 Raffle

You have a chance to win up to $12,500 in Saint Anne’s Sixth Annual MegaMoney 50/50 Raffle! We will sell up to a maximum of 500 tickets, each priced at $100 per ticket.

If all 500 tickets are sold, three lucky prize winners will split $25,000:

1st Prize: 50% of Winners’ Share 2nd Prize: 30% of Winners’ Share 3rd Prize: 20% of Winners’ Share

Drawing will be held on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. at Saint Anne Street Faire. To purchase your tickets, please complete this form and return it with your payment (checks payable to Saint Anne Church) to the parish rectory during regular business hours. We will then mail your portion to you. Good luck!

MegaMoney 50/50 Raffle

__________tickets at $100 per ticket = _________ enclosed.

Please check one of the following options and provide all of the information requested:

I am an individual purchasing this ticket for myself only.

I am the contact person purchasing this ticket for a group. (Please write one check for full payment of ticket(s) purchased and attach the names and phone numbers for

each person in your group on a separate sheet of paper.)

Name:_____________________________________________________________________________

Address:___________________________________________________________________________

Home Phone #:_____________________________Cell Phone#:______________________________

This is a 50/50 cash raffle and winners will receive the following breakdown of all proceeds collected: 1st Prize = 50% of winners’ share; 2nd Prize = 30% of winners’ share; 3rd Prize = 20% of winners’ share.

No substitution of the offered prize may be made. Winner subject to all taxes. Winner need not be present to win. Only 500 tickets will be sold.

OFFICE USE ONLY:

Ticket #______________________issued on:____________________________.

Payment Rec’d: Cash Check #:________Amt:$_____________ Name:____________________________

Finance/Administration… A Christian community strives to steward its resources so that they can provide the material by which its various ministries can reflect the

parish’s mission to reflect Christ’s presence in all that we do and say. Finance Committee Members: Ed Hughes, Bill Ball, Sheila

Abate, Loretta Stachiotti, Steve Palermo, Jerry Cunningham and John Weiss.

Buildings/Grounds: Carl Shoemaker, Dave Lee, Kate Humble, Steve Zmuda, Ron Barbarulo, Adrian Menichelli

and Michael La Rocca

We are grateful to the 1,070 people who worshipped with us the weekend of July 1-2 and contributed $13,047.00 in the offertory and $3,124.00 through Online Giving offertory, which along with

other fees and donations, total $19,695.00. We are also grateful to the 1,227 people who worshipped with us last weekend and

contributed $11,140.00 in the offertory and $2,887.00 through Online Giving offertory, which along with other fees and donations, totaled $19,500.00. Our weekly expenses average out to $20,348.00.

Heating & Air Conditioning ~ Everyone knows that there are some months in which our electricity bill or heating bill is higher than others.

Well, it’s the same with the Church. As you know, we use an additional way of paying for our extra energy

months. In the back of the church each Sunday you will find separate ENERGY envelopes. If you should

happen to hit the jackpot that week, and wish to throw a dollar or two in that envelope, we’d greatly appreciate

it! You can throw these special envelopes right in the collection with your regular envelope. The energy

envelopes will not be mailed to you. They will simply be in the back of the church, so if you don’t spot them, be

sure to ask the ushers at your Mass. Thanks.

Online Giving…

You have the opportunity to make donations to our Sunday collection online! To sign up, go to the St. Anne website – www.stannefairlawnnj.org

There are several ways to access the system: 1. Underneath the scrolling slideshow on the home page, on the bottom right-hand corner, you will

see a light blue icon with a $ sign. Click that icon to go directly to the system.

OR 2. From the homepage, check the left-hand menu options. The second to last menu option says

“envelopes & online giving.” Click that link, and a page with various giving options will appear.

Select the Online Giving option to be taken directly to the system.

Once you are taken to the new site, click on the section that says Create New Account. Next you will see New User Account Registration. Fill out the form and click “submit.” When you are enrolled, you can go into Manage My Account, where you will see My Payment Methods. Here you can choose to have the funds deducted from your checking or bank account (you will need your routing and account numbers on hand). Under Manage My Account, you will also see Give a New Gift. There you will decide when and how much to give. (In the list, Offertory Collection means the Sunday collection.) You can select recurring or one time gifts. You also have the option to access all the other special envelopes you would normally find in your envelope packet and which are generally one-time donations.

Each time you go to Mass, get a card that says “I have made my donation online” and put it in the collection when the usher comes around. Thanks so much for giving online!

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR COVER Please replace Linda Lazina under staff with Claire Liberato