St Teresa of Avila. Ash Wednesday Masses. Mass Schedule 7:00 AM 8:30 AM. 12:10 PM 3:30 PM (Service) 7:00 PM 8:00 PM (Spanish)

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1 St Teresa of Avila 306 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ March 3, 2019 Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time e s t Mass Schedule SATURDAY 8:30 AM 4:00 PM 5:30 PM SUNDAY 7:30 AM 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM (Spanish) 1:30 PM 5:00 PM In Memorial Hall DAILY LITURGIES Monday Friday 7:00 AM g 8:30 AM PARISH OFFICE HOURS & CHURCH HOURS MON TUES WED THURS FRI 8:30 am - 4:30 pm SAT & SUN closed Staff is available at the Parish Information Center in the Church Parish Office: St Teresa School For information: Parish Cemetery and Mausoleum For information and arrangements please call: CEMETERY: MAUSOLEUM: st-teresa.org/st-teresa-of-avilacemetery-mausoleum/ Low Gluten Hosts ANYONE WISHING TO RECEIVE A LOW GLUTEN HOST (0.01%) AT COMMUNION TIME DUE TO A WHEAT INTOLERANCE, PLEASE VISIT THE SACRISTY BEFORE MASS. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO PROVIDE THIS FOR CONSECRATION. Ash Wednesday Masses 7:00 AM 8:30 AM 12:10 PM 3:30 PM (Service) 7:00 PM 8:00 PM (Spanish)

2 Parish info Pastoral Team PASTOR Monsignor Robert Sterling Meyer PAROCHIAL VICAR Fr Kevin Valle Diaz PRIEST WEEKEND ASSISTANTS Fr Christopher Ciccarino Fr Linh Hoang, OFM Monsignor Christopher J Hynes Fr Jason J Makarow Fr Scott Pontes Fr Gregory Salomone, OP DEACON Kevin R Reina deaconkevin@stteresachurch.org ASSOCIATE TO THE PASTOR Nick Leeper nickl@stteresaavila.org PASTORAL ASSOCIATE Angela Intili angelai@stteresaavila.org DIRECTOR OF LITURGY AND MUSIC Matthew Still matthews@stteresaavila.org ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Kristen Hoyt kristenh@stteresaavila.org FAITH FORMATION CONTENT COORDINATOR Karen Cocco karenc@stteresaavila.org PRE-SCHOOL DIRECTOR Christine Monaco christinem@stteresaavila.org CHILDREN'S MINISTRY DIRECTOR Cassandra Bosquet cassandrab@stteresaavila.org YOUTH MINISTRY DIRECTOR David Carvalho davidc@stteresaavila.org BIG STEPS IN LIFE? HAVING A BABY? We'd love to walk with you through the Baptism process. Call the office and let's get started! GETTING MARRIED? We like weddings, but we really love marriages! Because your marriage is important to God, at least 6 months of preparation is required. Call the office and we'll start the process! NEED AN ANNULMENT? Call Fr Bob. Freedom awaits. Our team can help! WANT A FRESH START? Confessions are heard Saturdays at 4 pm sharp and immediately after the 8:30 am mass. Our priests are also available for confessions 1-1 by appointment. What are you waiting for? INTERESTED IN BECOMING CATHOLIC? The process of initiation for those who wish to become Catholic or complete their sacraments is called the RCIA. Give us a call to start today! PREPARING TO MEET THE LORD? (or just need a little extra grace while sick?) We are ready to pray with you and celebrate the sacrament of the sick. Reach out to us today! WANNA PRAY? The Rosary is recited in the Church after the 8:30 mass weekdays. A Novena is offered to the Blessed Mother under the Miraculous Medal every Monday after the 8:30 am mass. The Liturgy of the Hours is coming - and a prayer Chapel is soon opening - stay tuned! Administrative Team DIRECTOR OF STEWARDSHIP/ CHIEF OF STAFF Karen Imbach kareni@stteresaavila.org EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Betty Bruno bettyb@stteresaavila.org PARISH RECEPTIONIST Lucy Diaz lucyd@stteresaavila.org DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Karen Barisonek karenb@stteresaavila.org ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Ryan Plate ryanp@stteresaavila.org DIRECTOR OF PARISH PLANT/ MAINTENANCE Michael Tenten michaelt@stteresaavila.org TRUSTEES Joseph Oakes g Dolly Donahue FINANCE COUNCIL Thomas Cahill g Thomas Connif f Robert McKeon g Peter Pardo Nancy Piraneo g Jef f Schroeder Claire Toth g Erik van Nispen PARISH INTERN Gabriel Martinez intern3@stteresaavila.org Contact Details 306 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ st-teresa.org St Teresa of Avila Summit GRANDES PASOS EN LA VIDA? TENER UN BEBÉ? Nos encantaría caminar con usted a través del proceso de bautismo. Llama a la oficina y comencemos! CASARSE? Nos gustan las bodas, pero nos encantan los matrimonios! Debido a que su matrimonio es importante para Dios, se requieren al menos 6 meses de preparación. Llama a la oficina y comenzaremos el proceso! NECESITA UNA ANULACIÓN? Llame al Padre Bob. La libertad espera. Nuestro equipo te puede ayudar! QUIERES UN NUEVO COMIENZO? Las confesiones se escuchan los sábados a las 4pm en punto e inmediatamente después de la misa de las 8:30 am. Nuestros sacerdotes también están disponibles para confesiones 1-1 con cita previa. Que estas esperando? INTERESADO EN CONVERTIRSE EN CATÓLICO? El proceso de iniciación para aquellos que desean convertirse en católicos o completar sus sacramentos se llama RICA. Llámenos para comenzar hoy! PREPARARANDOSE PARA ENCONTRAR AL SEÑOR? ( O solo necesita un poco de gracia adicional cuando está enfermo?) Estamos listos para orar con usted y celebrar el sacramento de los enfermos. Ponte en contacto con nosotros hoy! QUIERE ORAR? El Rosario se recita en la Iglesia después de las 8:30 días de semana de misa. Una novena se ofrece a la Santísima Madre bajo la Medalla Milagrosa todos los lunes después de la misa de las 8:30 am. La Liturgia de las Horas se acerca, y pronto se abrirá una capilla de oración, estad atentos! Mass Intentions Saturday, March 2 8:30 am Memorial Mass 4:00 pm Ralph Zotti Rev Michael J Moran 5:30 pm Pietro Patuto Sunday, March 3 7:30 am People of the Parish 9:00 am Pasquale Natale & William Zotti 9:30 am Baby Josepha Marie Cuttone 10:30 am Luciano Pietrantuono & Leonardo Pietrantuono 11:00 am Nicola Piscioneri 12:00 pm Carol Rogers Driscoll 1:30 pm Teresa Sivira & Teresa Manrique 5:00 pm Christine Martinez & Maya Stock Mass of Thanksgiving (Living) Monday, March 4 7:00 am William Zotti Jr 8:30 am Barbara Donohue Tuesday, March 5 7:00 am Winifred Wall McCabe 8:30 am Savino DeFeo Wednesday, March 6 ASH WEDNESDAY 7:00 am Josephine Muia 8:30 am Sinead Brody 12:10 pm For all Living and Deceased Members of the Parish 7:00 pm For all Living and Deceased Members of the Parish 8:00 pm For all Living and Deceased Members of the Parish Thursday, March 7 7:00 am Louis Seche 8:30 am Kevin A Terrell 12:10 pm Joseph Wall Friday, March 8 7:00 am Andrew Soccodato 8:30 am Dario Basilone 12:10 pm John Infantini Saturday, March 9 8:30 am Memorial Mass 4:00 pm Anthony DeBella 5:30 pm John J Riordan Sunday, March 10 7:30 am Anne Macenczak 9:00 am People of the Parish 9:30 am Bruno Family 10:30 am Smigelsky Family 11:00 am D'Elia Family 12:00 pm Carol Rogers Driscoll 1:30 pm Argentina Monge Acosta 5:00 pm Bret Gorman "TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON, AND A TIME FOR EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN. ECCLESIASTES 3:11 A Time to be Healed PARISH SICK: Ann Alexander, Lucy Bustillos, Linda Coiro, Lawrence D'Andre, Joe Deluca, Brendan Duane, Maureen Gillen, Ethel Gilroy, Judy Koziatek, Susan Taylor Mormile, Maureen Robinson, John Zyla A Time to Mourn RECENTLY DECEASED: David Harvis

3 What Should I Do For Lent? POPE FRANCIS' 10 Tips Dear Friends - Wednesday is Ash Wednesday - the beginning of our Lenten journey. This bulletin contains a number of suggestions to make Lent meaningful for you and your family. We turn also to the suggestions from our Holy Father - Pope Francis. I pray these will be days of feeling closer to Jesus. It s a relationship we can all benefit from. Many blessings! Fr Bob Every year Catholics try to answer the age old question: What should I do for Lent? Well, who better to pick for as your Lenten spiritual director than Pope Francis? He has some great ideas for you! Here we selected 10 of his best tips: 1 Get rid of the lazy addiction to evil [Lent] is a powerful season, a turning point that can foster change and conversion in each of us. We all need to improve, to change for the better. Lent helps us and thus we leave behind old habits and the lazy addiction to the evil that deceives and ensnares us. GENERAL AUDIENCE, MARCH 5, Do something that hurts Lent is a fitting time for selfdenial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and enrich others by our own poverty. Let us not forget that real poverty hurts: no self-denial is real without this dimension of penance. I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt. LENTEN MESSAGE, Don t remain indifferent Indifference to our neighbor and to God also represents a real temptation for us Christians. Each year during Lent we need to hear once more the voice of the prophets who cry out and trouble our conscience. God is not indifferent to our world; he so loves it that he gave his Son for our salvation. LENTEN MESSAGE, Pray: Make our hearts like yours! During this Lent, then, brothers and sisters, let us all ask the Lord: Fac cor nostrum secundum cor tuum : Make our hearts like yours (Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus). In this way we will receive a heart which is firm and merciful, attentive and generous, a heart which is not closed, indifferent or prey to the globalization of indifference. LENTEN MESSAGE, Take part in the sacraments Lent is a favorable time for letting Christ serve us so that we in turn may become more like him. This happens whenever we hear the word of God and receive the sacraments, especially the Eucharist. There we become what we receive: the Body of Christ. LENTEN MESSAGE, Prayer In the face of so many wounds that hurt us and could harden our hearts, we are called to dive into the sea of prayer, which is the sea of God s boundless love, to taste his tenderness. Lent is a time of prayer, of more intense prayer, more prolonged, more assiduous, more able to take on the needs of the brethren; intercessory prayer, to intercede before God for the many situations of poverty and suffering. HOMILY, MARCH 5, Fasting We must be careful not to practice a formal fast, or one which in truth satisfies us because it makes us feel good about ourselves. Fasting makes sense if it questions our security, and if it also leads to some benefit for others, if it helps us to cultivate the style of the Good Samaritan, who bends down to his brother in need and takes care of him. HOMILY, MARCH 5, Almsgiving Today gratuitousness is often not part of daily life where everything is bought and sold. Everything is calculated and measured. Almsgiving helps us to experience giving freely, which leads to freedom from the obsession of possessing, from the fear of losing what we have, from the sadness of one who does not wish to share his wealth with others. HOMILY, MARCH 5, Help the Poor In the poor and outcast we see Christ s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ. Our efforts are also directed to ending violations of human dignity, discrimination and abuse in the world, for these are so often the cause of destitution. When power, luxury and money become idols, they take priority over the need for a fair distribution of wealth. Our consciences thus need to be converted to justice, equality, simplicity and sharing. LENTEN MESSAGE, 2014 The Lord asks us to be joyous heralds of this 10Evangelize message of mercy and hope! It is thrilling to experience the joy of spreading this good news, sharing the treasure entrusted to us, consoling broken hearts and offering hope to our brothers and sisters experiencing darkness. LENTEN MESSAGE,

4 Spiritual READING for Lent Setting the Tone Matthew Still, Director of Liturgy and Music A Lenten Journey: From Ashes to the Living Font As we enter into yet, another Lenten season, we are once again reminded that we are dust, and to dust we shall return. The sights, the smells, and the sounds all bring us in line with this holy season and help to set the tone of penitence and forgiveness. Dark purple, fragrant incense, and solemn tones transport us to a familiar place each year, where we begin a journey from dead ashes to the font of living water. Perhaps the most pivotal element of the Lenten liturgy is the music. What we hear with our ears and what we sing with our lips will no doubt echo in our hearts throughout the week, outside of Mass, during times of solitude and quiet reflection. Consider praying over some of the texts we sing more frequently, in addition to lending your voice in the worshiping assembly. The depth of meaning will resonate with each step you take until you finally reach the glory of Jesus resurrection from the tomb. During the Lenten season, we will be using some of the Latin Chant Mass parts, with the Greek Kyrie. These are the musical settings of the mass texts that the church calls for all congregations to learn at some point. Other parts of the ordinary of the Mass are suppressed, such as the singing of the Gloria until Holy Thursday during the Triduum. The gospel acclamation, Alleluia, is reserved until the night of the Easter Vigil when we celebrate the Lord s resurrection into glory. Though we will feel a noticeable shift in the mood of the Mass and some of the parts will change, the singing assembly remains a key part of the liturgical celebration. The Chant Mass parts can be found in the Worship hymnal: Kyrie The Forty Days of Lent provide an excellent time to read a book to deepen your spirituality. Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of Faith By Bishop Robert Barron (Image Publishing; sold by Random House) Bishop Barron address the heart of Catholicism from a unique perspective that of beauty. The book contains many interesting stories, biographies and images. Sanctus Agnus Dei (B) The Sound of Silence: Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship, the 2007 US Bishops document offers a starting place to think about the place of silence and song in the Lenten liturgy. Music arises out of silence and returns to silence. God is revealed both in the beauty of song and in the power of silence. The Sacred Liturgy has its rhythm of texts, actions, songs, and silence. Silence in the Liturgy allows the community to reflect on what it has heard and experienced, and to open its heart to the mystery celebrated. Ministers and pastoral musicians should take care that the rites unfold with the proper ebb and flow of sound and silence. The importance of silence in the Liturgy cannot be overemphasized. (Sing to the Lord, #118) Consider practicing your own personal observance of this by spending a few moments in your seat, immediately after the closing hymn, in quiet reflection. By embracing silence we are able to clearly hear the still small voice of calm calling us to peace and holiness. Whether singing or being silent, may we allow this season to be a time when we take inventory of our innerselves and replace the bad with the good. Taking full advantage of everything Lent has to offer will enable us to fully enjoy the rewards of God s Paschal sacrifice. Faith: The Spiritual Thoughts Series By Pope Benedict (USCCB Publishing) This is one of a series of short and easy-to-read books by Pope Benedict XVI. There are 15 other titles in this wonderful series. Check them out at Pope Francis Wisdom on Love: Practical Advice for Families By Pope Francis (USCCB Publishing) Pope Francis frequently speaks about family life in practical and down-to-earth words. This compiles many of his homilies and speeches. If you would like to suggest a book, please nickl@stteresaavila.org

5 Look at our YOUTH FEBRUARY EDGE NIGHTS! Many thanks to... Isabel, Grace, Caroline, Valeine and Daniella for their hard work transforming 10 Locust Drive to a great meeting space. A lot of good, clean fun!

6 MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR LENT 2019 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God (Rm 8: 19) Dear Brothers and Sisters Each year, through Mother Church, God gives us this joyful season when we prepare to celebrate the paschal mystery with mind and heart renewed as we recall the great events that gave us new life in Christ (Preface of Lent I). We can thus journey from Easter to Easter towards the fulfilment of the salvation we have already received as a result of Christ s paschal mystery for in hope we were saved (Rom 8:24). This mystery of salvation, already at work in us during our earthly lives, is a dynamic process that also embraces history and all of creation. As Saint Paul says, the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God (Rom 8:19). In this perspective, I would like to offer a few reflections to accompany our journey of conversion this coming Lent. 1. The redemption of creation The celebration of the Paschal Triduum of Christ s passion, death and resurrection, the culmination of the liturgical year, calls us yearly to undertake a journey of preparation, in the knowledge that our being conformed to Christ (cf. Rom 8:29) is a priceless gift of God s mercy. When we live as children of God, redeemed, led by the Holy Spirit (cf. Rom 8:14) and capable of acknowledging and obeying God s law, beginning with the law written on our hearts and in nature, we also benefit creation by cooperating in its redemption. That is why Saint Paul says that creation eagerly longs for the revelation of the children of God; in other words, that all those who enjoy the grace of Jesus paschal mystery may experience its fulfilment in the redemption of the human body itself. When the love of Christ transfigures the lives of the saints in spirit, body and soul, they give praise to God. Through prayer, contemplation and art, they also include other creatures in that praise, as we see admirably expressed in the Canticle of the Creatures by Saint Francis of Assisi (cf. Laudato Si, 87). Yet in this world, the harmony generated by redemption is constantly threatened by the negative power of sin and death. 2. The destructive power of sin Indeed, when we fail to live as children of God, we often behave in a destructive way towards our neighbours and other creatures and ourselves as well since we begin to think more or less consciously that we can use them as we will. Intemperance then takes the upper hand: we start to live a life that exceeds those limits imposed by our human condition and nature itself. We yield to those untrammelled desires that the Book of Wisdom sees as typical of the ungodly, those who act without thought for God or hope for the future (cf. 2:1-11). Unless we tend constantly towards Easter, towards the horizon of the Resurrection, the mentality expressed in the slogans I want it all and I want it now! and Too much is never enough, gains the upper hand. The root of all evil, as we know, is sin, which from its first appearance has disrupted our communion with God, with others and with creation itself, to which we are linked in a particular way by our body. This rupture of communion with God likewise undermines our harmonious relationship with the environment in which we are called to live, so that the garden has become a wilderness (cf. Gen 3:17-18). Sin leads man to consider himself the god of creation, to see himself as its absolute master and to use it, not for the purpose willed by the Creator but for his own interests, to the detriment of other creatures. Once God s law, the law of love, is forsaken, then the law of the strong over the weak takes over. The sin that lurks in the human heart (cf. Mk 7:20-23) takes the shape of greed and unbridled pursuit of comfort, lack of concern for the good of others and even of oneself. It leads to the exploitation of creation, both persons and the environment, due to that insatiable covetousness which sees every desire as a right and sooner or later destroys all those in its grip. 3. The healing power of repentance and forgiveness Creation urgently needs the revelation of the children of God, who have been made a new creation. For if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away; behold, the new has come (2 Cor5:17). Indeed, by virtue of their being revealed, creation itself can celebrate a Pasch, opening itself to a new heaven and a new earth (cf. Rev 21:1). The path to Easter demands that we renew our faces and hearts as Christians through repentance, conversion and forgiveness, so as to live fully the abundant grace of the paschal mystery. This eager longing, this expectation of all creation, will be fulfilled in the revelation of the children of God, that is, when Christians and all people enter decisively into the travail that conversion entails. All creation is called, with us, to go forth from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God (Rom 8:21). Lent is a sacramental sign of this conversion. It invites Christians to embody the paschal mystery more deeply and concretely in their personal, family and social lives, above all by fasting, prayer and almsgiving. Fasting, that is, learning to change our attitude towards others and all of creation, turning away from the temptation to devour everything to satisfy our voracity and being ready to suffer for love, which can fill the emptiness of our hearts. Prayer, which teaches us to abandon idolatry and the selfsufficiency of our ego, and to acknowledge our need of the Lord and his mercy. Almsgiving, whereby we escape from the insanity of hoarding everything for ourselves in the illusory belief that we can secure a future that does not belong to us. And thus to rediscover the joy of God s plan for creation and for each of us, which is to love him, our brothers and sisters, and the entire world, and to find in this love our true happiness. Dear brothers and sisters, the lenten period of forty days spent by the Son of God in the desert of creation had the goal of making it once more that garden of communion with God that it was before original sin (cf. Mk 1:12-13; Is 51:3). May our Lent this year be a journey along that same path, bringing the hope of Christ also to creation, so that it may be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God (Rom 8:21). Let us not allow this season of grace to pass in vain! Let us ask God to help us set out on a path of true conversion. Let us leave behind our selfishness and self-absorption, and turn to Jesus Pasch. Let us stand beside our brothers and sisters in need, sharing our spiritual and material goods with them. In this way, by concretely welcoming Christ s victory over sin and death into our lives, we will also radiate its transforming power to all of creation. From the Vatican, 4 October 2018 Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi

7 Parish Ministries ministry of the week: Christ Child Society of Summit PARISH GIVING Parish Giving electronically is a benefit to our parish and parishioners. Visit st-teresa.org/donate/ for more information and to sign up. WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF ELECTRONIC GIVING? normalizes offertory alleviates administrative costs increases offertory to your parish by 25% UPCOMING HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS AT 10 LOCUST DRIVE High School Alpha 6PM March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 High School Retreat 4/6 at 5pm - 4/7 at 1pm The Christ Child Society of Summit held our 7th Annual Blankets for Babies Day. Thanks to the tireless work of many of our parishioners, Christ Child members and many members of the local community, we are well on our way of making our annual goal of completing 385 Blankets, which are included in the Layette Bundles donated to the Health Start clinics of Overlook and Morristown hospitals. Many thanks to all who helped make this possible! For more information about The Christ Child Society, and how you can get involved in helping us help children in our area who are in need, please visit our website or contact Margaret Strong at ccssummit@gmail.com Bereavement Group The next Bereavement Ministry Meetings will be held on March 5, 12, 19, 26 & April 2 & 9. The meetings will be in Our Lady of Peace Church in New Providence in the Parish Hall on the above listed Tuesdays from 7:00pm-9:00pm. For more information, please contact Ann Marasco or annmarasco8181@gmail.com ESL Classes ESL classes are being offered for all levels on Wednesday evenings from 6 pm - 8 pm. Cost is $40. Please contact Celeste Kaitsa for more information at kaitsa2003@ yahoo.com. REGISTER HERE Set yourself up for a transformative 40 days with FORMED Lenten Reflections. Get daily videos from esteemed Scripture expert Dr Tim Gray delivered right to your inbox. Don t miss a day of growing closer to our Lord. SIGN UP WITH PARISH CODE: XVQ2JT

8 ANNOUNCEMENTS 10 MILES WITH JESUS:Are you tired of giving up sweets and coffee for Lent? Are you ready to embark on a different Lenten practice? Are you ready to leave your comfort zone for a day and challenge yourself physically, spiritually and personally? We invite you to join us on a 10-mile pilgrimage of prayer through meditating upon the scenes of our Lord s sufferings and death. Sunday, March 24, 2019 Registration: 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Leaving Linden: 10:00 AM The walking Pilgrimage will begin at the Archdiocesan Shrine of St John Paul II (St Theresa of the Child Jesus Parish) 131 E Edgar Rd, Linden and conclude at the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral. For more information, or to register, visit PILGRIMAGE TO FRANCE July and 23-27, Accompanied by Father William Benedetto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Mountainside - Trip includes stops in Paris, Lourdes and Normandy. Please contact Fontaine Gatti at Avenue Travel Group, American Express Travel at or fontaine@avetravelgroup.com HOMETOWN HEROES Applications are now being accepted for the second year of the Hometown Heroes program. An individual qualifies to take part in the Hometown Heroes programs if they are serving or have served in any one of the branches of the US Armed forces. Applicants must also have lived in Summit at any time in the past or present, or are currently or have been employed by the City of Summit or Summit Board of Education, or are current or former volunteers in the Summit EMS, Police Auxiliary and Volunteer Fire Division. Deadline to apply is March 31st. any questions to summitnjheroes@gmail.com. LOYOLA JESUIT CENTER MEN S RETREAT, March 8th, 9th & 10th You are invited to join other men from St Teresa s on a weekend retreat beginning with dinner at 7:15 pm on March 8 and concluding with lunch on Sunday, March 10. The retreat will provide you with a great opportunity for your Lenten experience. The weekend offers a quiet personal experience with our Lord in a beautiful peaceful setting. Please call Jeff Garibaldi at his office (973) for more information. You can also him at jeffg@garibaldi.com. The Retreat House is staffed by Jesuit priests and religious women, and is located on 30 acres of beautiful lawns, gardens and woodland in a quiet section of Morristown. Each retreatant will have a private room. All are invited to come here to sense God s presence in a fresh and contemplative way. ATLANTIC NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE PRESENTS A DAY TO REMEMBER: A CONFERENCE FOR THOSE LIVING WITH MEMORY LOSS Saturday, March 9, :00am to 12:30 pm (Registration 8:30 am) Overlook Medical Center, Bouras Auditorium, 99 Beauvoir Avenue, Summit. This event is for patients, care partners and community members to come together and learn about new research and to receive inspiration and information on helpful resources, including wellness and support program demonstrations and vendor exhibitor tables. Advance registration is required. Due to limited seating, a $5 per person fee will be requested to reserve your seats. Please call to register. Light breakfast will be provided. Discounted parking available and discounted valet service available with handicap plate/placard. For more information, please contact Sandra Manci at andra.manci@atlantichealth.org. SCHOOL News Our St Teresa's children had a visit from the dentist to learn how to keep our teeth clean and healthy! They sorted healthy and unhealthy foods and received brand new toothbrushes! We will becoming farmers next week at school. Quiver Farms will be dropping off 12 eggs that will be in an incubator. We will turn the eggs, keep them warm and watch them hatch. The children are so excited to see these cute, little chicks. This is one of our favorite projects we do and thank the PTO for sponsoring this event. We will have an Ash Wednesday prayer service at 9:00 on Wednesday, March 6 on the 3rd floor. During the season of Lent, the children will be doing good deeds and acts of kindness to be more like Jesus. Letters of acceptance have gone out for the school year. We welcome you all to St Teresa's and look forward to seeing you in September! We still have spots in our preschool available. If you are interested, please call to schedule a tour and see our school. SHARING GOD'S BLESSINGS 2019 ANNUAL APPEAL Evangelizing through the Men s and Women s Conferences Each year, the Sharing God s Blessings Annual Appeal funds vital programs and ministries, such as the Office for Evangelization and our annual Men s and Women s Conferences organized by the Men s and Women s Commission of the Archdiocese of Newark. The Office for Evangelization serves as a platform for evangelizing and spreading the Catholic faith in our local community and throughout the Archdiocese. It assists parishes in assessment of their needs in the area of mission and evangelization, offer evangelization seminars to form and train evangelizers, and empower and encourage ecclesial movements throughout the Archdiocese. This year, the Women s Commission Day of Reflection will take place once again at Seton Hall University on Saturday, March 9th and will have an English and Spanish track. The Men s Conference will take place at the Walsh Gym at the University on Saturday, March 19th, also featuring an English and Spanish track. Cardinal Joseph Tobin will celebrate Mass at the conclusion of both events. This is an opportunity to renew our faith, which includes a Holy Hour of adoration and a time for confession. The Women s Commission originally began at various parishes with small groups of women. As interest grew, it became clear that it required a larger venue. Each year, it evangelizes over 1,600 women coming from our 212 parishes. The Men s Conference, now in its 11th year, has over 1,500 participants. Whether it be through the Men s and Women s Conferences or through the Office for Evangelization, your generosity towards the Sharing God s Blessings Annual Appeal has a direct impact on the lives of thousands of men and women who are seeking fellowship and a greater sense of spiritual fulfillment. Your support advances the mission of the Archdiocese of Newark and allows us to continue to proclaim the Gospel. For more information on the Office for Evangelization, please visit These programs and ministries would not thrive without your generosity. The Annual Appeal supports these essential programs, which are critical to the future of our Church, and are bringing Catholics into a deeper relationship with Our Lord, Jesus Christ. To learn more about the programs and ministries supported by the Sharing God s Blessings Annual Appeal or to make an online gift, please visit