March 3, 2019 Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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1 3455 West Bangs Avenue Neptune, New Jersey Parish Office Parish School JSUMC March 3, 2019 Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

2 Parish Served By: Fr. H. Todd Carter PASTOR Deacon John Klincewicz Deacon Robert Cerefice Sr. Bernadette Schuler, osf Director of Religious Education Ms. Cynthia A. Reimer, M. Ed. School Principal Christa Dalmazio Director of Music Mass Schedule Monday thru Saturday: Saturday Vigil: Sunday: 9:00 AM (except some holidays) 4:00 PM 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 Noon, 5:30 PM Parish Membership All new families are welcomed and encouraged to join Holy Innocents Parish as soon as possible by contacting the Parish Office, or by submitting the online registration form at Baptism Baptisms are celebrated the 1st, 3rd & 4th Sundays of the month at 1:30 PM. Baptism Preparation Class is held on the first Friday of the month. Please call the Parish Office to arrange a baptism or to schedule preparation class. Marriage Arrangements should be made at least one year prior to the date of Wedding. Engaged Encounter or Pre-Cana Conference is required and suggested 6 months before Wedding. Sunday weddings are not celebrated in this parish. Reconciliation Saturdays 5:00-5:30 PM Please remember Holy Innocents Church in your Will. Page 2-608

3 MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY, March 2, :00 A.M. CATHERINE ZANK r/b MaryAnn Distefano DANIEL BATES r/b Family 4:00 P.M. JOHN & CLARA CAVANAUGH r/b Family GERALDINE DiCICCO r/b John & Anna Lewis SUNDAY, March 3, :00 A.M. MICHAEL REIMER r/b Kevin & Ada McCarthy JOSEPH STUDICK r/b Richard & Regina Wright 10:00 A.M. JOSEPH BOTTITTA r/b Wife & children ANGELO DIGLIO r/b Parish Advisory Council 12:00 P.M. SEGUNDO & DESIDERIA MASIDDO r/b Family RENZO VENTRELLA r/b Berardi family 5:30 P.M. PEOPLE OF THE PARISH MONDAY, March 4, :00 A.M. JIM WALSH r/b Wilson family ELEANOR PASSARELLA r/b Maureen Passarella & family TUESDAY, March 5, :00 A.M. RYAN FINN r/b Jennifer Sheridan VanDerHoff MILAGROS DeLaCRUZ r/b Oseas Arroyo WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2019 Ash Wednesday 7:00 A.M. CECELIA RUBY r/b John & Gail Quinn 9:00 A.M. JIM WALSH r/b Schuetz family CONNOR GOLEMBIEWSKI r/b Pat Riordan 12:10 P.M. LINDA SZCZTYKO r/b Mary England NORA KERIN r/b Family 7:00 P.M. PEOPLE OF THE PARISH THURSDAY, March 7, :00 A.M. JIM WALSH r/b Monroe family FRED ARENA r/b Family FRIDAY, March 8, :00 A.M. JACK RIORDAN r/b Family OCKLE JOHNSON r/b Molloy family SATURDAY, March 9, :00 A.M. DORIS LaPOLICE r/b Cummings family 4:00 P.M. MARTIN BARR r/b Lottie Barr & daughters JOHN PANKER r/b Riordan family SUNDAY, March 10, :00 A.M. JOHN DOHERTY r/b Walter & Mary Golembiewski JIM WALSH r/b Bill & Kate Fuoto 10:00 A.M. ANDREW DONOHUE r/b Tom & Regina Donohue RITA BAUSCH ANDERSON r/b Dreeke fam 12:00 P.M. NATIVIDAD CLOSA r/b Family SR. ELIZABETH ARCANGELI r/b Pineda family 5:30 P.M. MARILYN GOTLINGER r/b MaryAnn Distefano MICHAEL REIMER r/b Isacson family Dear Parishioners, Lent is approaching. Lent is the liturgical season in which we prepare for Easter. It commemorates the forty days that Jesus spent in the desert to prepare for His ministry. We celebrate it by taking on additional penances and religious practices. Since Lent is almost here, it is good to think about what penance we should practice now. Often when we wait until right before Ash Wednesday, we can often forget about the whole endeavor until Lent is mostly over or not fully apply ourselves to our penance. When we take on penances, it is not because we believe the world is evil. In fact, we believe that God created the world good (see Genesis 1) and that God loves the world. (see John 3:16) Everything that God has made is a great gift to humanity. However, we can sometimes use these gifts to excess. We can eat and drink more than we need to. We can spend a little too much time entertaining ourselves instead of doing what is good. We can work for our own good to the neglect of our community. Recreation is a good and even necessary thing. But, not when it becomes the point of living. When we take on a Lenten Penance, we first need to ask ourselves one simple question: what am I loving more than God? The answer to this question might be radically different depending on who is answering. Some people might be great at prayer, but they have no selfcontrol when eating. Others may be really into charity work, yet barely ever pick up a bible. Once we examine where we fall short, it is then good to pick something that really challenges. Maybe we could take on spiritual reading, purposefully avoid a certain food, spend some time caring for the poor or pray the rosary every day. There are numerous ways to practice Lenten penance and if you really need help thinking of something, I plan to make a helpful list for next week's bulletin letter. No one is perfect. Yet, when we refuse to really look at ourselves and how we are living, we can immediately have delusions that tell us we are perfectly okay the way we are. But, that cannot be true because even the greatest saints thought of themselves as great sinners. (Mother Theresa and Pope John Paul II both went to confession daily.) It is a common theme in the lives of the saints that as they grow closer to God, the less worthy they feel of being with Him. If we have an attitude of complacency, then we are really just fooling ourselves. After Lent is over, depending on how well we did, we will either be glad that we overcame our faults or we will realize just how much we need the mercy of God. Either way, we can praise God for all the opportunities we have to show Him our love. The grace of God is at work in all of us. He is always there to help you in your journey through life. Trust in Him. God bless! Father Carter P.S. I made a mistake in a previous bulletin when I said Reading Group would be starting a new book on March 7th. I actually meant March 14th. Sorry for the confusion. Page 3-608

4 Reading Group This group, run by Fr. Carter, usually meets two Thursdays a month at 7 pm in the conference room. Please Father for information about our next book: toddcarterpriest@gmail.com. Dates for Reading Group: Mar. 14 & 28, April 11 & 25, May 9 & 23, June 6 & 20. Reading Group dates subject to change as necessary. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * March 9th & 10th The second collection will be for Black & Native American Churches. Please be as generous as your means allow. Thank you! Vincent s Legacy This is a Diocesan-wide furniture ministry wherein help is given to provide families in need with furniture and home décor. There are many opportunities to become involved. It s not just about moving furniture. Organizational help is needed in the warehouse area! Please for info: furniture@svdptrenton.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * B I N G O! Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School in Asbury Park hosts Bingo three days a week: Friday at 7 pm, Saturday at 1 pm and Sunday at 6:30 pm. Doors open an hour and a half before Bingo begins. Progressive Game on SATURDAY. For more information, call or visit Page 4-608

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6 ALTAR SERVERS for March 9th & 10th Sat., 4 pm: Erin McKinley, Michael DiBiase, Virgil & Johanna Icasiano Sun., 8 am: Luke Davis 10 am: Joshua Clanton, Angel Gallera, Jeffrey & Nathan Riley 12 Noon: Zachary Guenther & Jocelyn Jackson 5:30 pm: Maryanne Fiuza & Peter Hegel PLEASE PRAY FOR Bronislow & Zofia Buczek, Manuel Canencia, Annemarie Logan, Kathy Butch, Bruce Lyon, Janet Palmer, Fr. Bausch, Joy Perillo, Joe DeSantis, Christine Fletcher Eucharistic Adoration is held at Holy Innocents every Thursday (except holidays and holy days) 9:30 am-9 pm AND on First Fridays from 9:30 am-2 pm. Special thanks to all who make regular Adoration possible here at Holy Innocents! Please invite your friends and family members to participate! Holy Innocents Seniors Club meets on the 1st Friday of the month (during the school year) at 1:30 pm in the cafeteria. If you would like more information about this group, call Alice Kohlman Next meeting: April 5th. Electronic Giving Available If you are interested in taking advantage of the Electronic Giving, please sign up by visiting and clicking the appropriate link. After enrolling in this electronic offering program, you may no longer need your supply of stewardship envelopes. Please call the Parish Office x110 if you need to discontinue envelopes. Holy Communion From The Chalice is suspended at this time in the interest of public health and wellness. There will only be a need for 2 or 3 Extraordinary Ministers at each Mass, depending on whether or not there is a Deacon of the Mass. Monthly Breakfast Knights of Columbus Council #816, 203 W. Sylvania Ave., Neptune City hosts an all you can eat breakfast on the fourth Sunday of the month from 9-11:30 am. Adults $10 / Seniors and Children age 5 and up $8 each. St. Vincent depaul Society Holy Innocents SVDPS provides financial assistance and also maintains a small (non -perishables only) food pantry to assist residents of Neptune and a limited surrounding area. Please call x124 for information or assistance. Someone is available at the pantry on Sundays following the 10 am & 12 Noon Masses. SVDPS gratefully accepts local grocery store gift cards, as well as monetary donations through the poor boxes in church and the green Social Concerns envelopes. There s always a need for helping hands. Anyone interested in volunteering with this ministry, please call for more information. Music Ministry If you are interested in joining our music ministry, please see Christa Dalmazio, Music Director after Mass, or you may her at christadalmazio@gmail.com. The Choir sings for 10 am Mass on Sunday, and rehearses in church Tuesdays at 7pm & Sunday 9:15 am before Mass. The Folk Group sings for 12 Noon Mass on Sundays, and rehearses Tuesday, 6:30-7 pm and Sunday 11:30 am before Mass. Parish Game Night Friday, March 29th. Game night happens at 5 pm in the cafeteria. All ages are welcome (children must be accompanied by an adult). You may bring your own game, or play one that is provided. Pizza & drinks are served, and a free-will offering is taken. Gamers are encouraged to bring a snack or dessert to share. Sat., March 2 Sun., March 3 Mon., March 4 Tue., March 5 Wed., March 6 Thur., March 7 Fri., March 8 Sat., March 9 Sun., March 10 Mon., March 11 Tue., March 12 Schedule for the Coming Week 5:00 pm Confessions 8:45 am Religious Ed (K-6) 1:30 pm Baptisms in church 7:00 pm AA in cafeteria 5:30 pm Bible Study in conference room 7:00 pm Religious Ed (7 & 8) 9:30 am Rosary Makers in Relig. Ed Annex 4:15 pm Religious Ed (K-6) 6:30 pm Folk Group rehearsal in church 7:00 pm RCIA in conference room 7:00 pm Choir rehearsal in church Ash Wednesday 9:30 am-9:00 pm Adoration 6:30 pm AA in cafeteria 7:00 pm Stations of the Cross in church 5:00 pm Confessions 8:45 am Religious Ed (K-6) 2:00 pm Filipino Mass 7:00 pm AA in cafeteria 5:30 pm Bible Study in conference room 7:00 pm Religious Ed (7 & 8) 9:30 am Rosary Makers in Relig. Ed Annex 4:15 pm Religious Ed (K-6) 6:30 pm Folk Group rehearsal in church 7:00 pm RCIA in conference room 7:00 pm Choir rehearsal in church Page 6-608