St. Veronica Church 4215 Route 9, Howell, NJ

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1 St. Veronica Church 4215 Route 9, Howell, NJ Sixth Sunday of Easter May 25, 2014 Pastoral PastoralStaff Staff Pastor Pastor Father FatherVincent VincentT. T.Euk Euk Parochial ParochialVicar Vicar Fr. Fr.Vicente VicenteMagdaraog Magdaraog Weekend WeekendAssistant Assistant Fr. Fr.Bill BillO Brien O Brien Deacons Deacons Tomasz Gene F. Moir, Sr. Charles James Littlefield R. Daye Jr. John Tomasz Franey Gino Charles (Louis) R. Daye Esposito Jr. John Franey Gino (Louis) Esposito School Principal Sister Cherree Power, C.R. School Principal Sister Cherree Power, C.R. Religious Education Brenda Heffernan, D.R.E. Susan Religious Education BrendaAdministrator Heffernan, D.R.E. Parish Leonard Lauren DeMaio, P. Weg C.R.E. Parish Administrator Director of Music Leonard P. Weg Nancy Condardo Director of ACTS Director of Music Deacon Tom Nancy Condardo Bozena Coordinator of Youth Director of ACTS Ministry DeaconJohn TomFraney Deacon Bozena Phone Contacts Coordinator of Youth Rectory Ministry Convent Deacon John Franey School Religious Education Phone Contacts Rectory Cafeteria Convent Fax School Religious Education Rectory Office Hours: M-F 9:00-4:30 PM Cafeteria ACTS Office Fax Weekend Masses: Saturdays: 4:00 5:00 PM Sundays: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12 noon, 5PM Daily Masses: Mon-Fri 7:20 AM & 12 Noon, Sat: 8AM Holy Days: As announced in the bulletin. Healing Mass every third Tuesday at 8PM. SacramentSacrament of Reconciliation of Reconciliation SaturdaysSaturdays from 4:00from to 4:45PM 3:00 toor3:45pm call to schedule and before aneach appointment Sunday Mass with a priest.

2 Mass Intentions for this Week May 25, 2014 MONDAY...St. Philip Neri, pr. 9:00 Paul Dean....Sal & Linda San Filippo TUESDAY 7:20 Maria McGrorry... Joyce Simmons 12:00 Tristan Johnson... Maryann Seaman WEDNESDAY 7:20 Jorge Baez... Bob & Diana Morris 12:00 Anna Mae Donovan... Joan & Family 8PM Int. of Deacon Gino & Rosaria Esposito...Barbara Mackanic ASCENSION THURSDAY....Holy Day of Obligation 7:20 Ted Yanushefski... Bill & Cheryl Wegner 12:00 Ana Ozozalek... Deacon Tom 8PM Carl Rieker... Rieker Family Events for this Coming Week FRIDAY 7:20 Jeffrey John Krauszer... Peter & Nancy Bernot 12 :00 Maria McGrorry... Patricia Neidermeyer SATURDAY..Visitation of the BVM 8:00AM MaryAnn Fallon... tom Fallon 4:00PM Connie & Emilio Rubio... Lobell Family SUNDAY 7:30 Living & Dec. mem. of the Mador & Grasson Families... Family 9:00 For the People of the Parish 10:30 Catherine Carlson... Judith Fisher 12:00 Bob McAdam... Jean & McAdam Family 5:00 PM Mary Custin... Yurga Family SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Rectory, School and CCD Offices Closed CCD Registration 10:00AM 2:30PM CCD Registration 10:00AM 2:30PM CCD Registration 10:00AM 2:30PM 1:00 Alanon R 3:30 Rosary Making CF 1:30 Baptism C 5:00 Junior Legion of Mary N 7:00 Boy Scouts #300 CF 5:30 Children s Choir practice C 8:00 Novena/Rosary C 7:30 Life in the Spirit Seminar C 7:00 Healing Hearts Group SC 7:30 Bingo CF 7:30 Overeaters Anonymous R 9:00 Men s AA R Sacrificial Offering Update Last Weeks Offering$ 16, Thank you for you continued generosity. 9:00 Men s Adoration C Key for Event Locations: C-church, CF-school cafeteria, L-school library, R- rectory, SC-Spiritual center, N-narthex Scripture Readings for the week of May 25, 2014 Sunday:... Acts 8:5-8, 14-17/1 Pt 3:15-18/Jn 14:15-21 Monday:... Acts 16:11-15/Jn 15:26--16:4a Tuesday:... Acts 16:22-34/Jn 16:5-11 Wednesday:... Acts 17:15, :1/Jn 16:12-15 Thursday:... Ascension: Acts 1:1-11/Eph 1:17-23/Mt 28:16-20 Friday:... Acts 18:9-18/Jn 16:20-23 Saturday:... Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16/Lk 1:39-56 Next Sunday:... Acts 1:12-14/1 Pt 4:13-16/Jn 17:1-11a

3 Pastor s Notes The first reading from Acts picks up after the killing of St. Stephen. Saul (St. Paul) became a central figure in persecuting the Church. The persecution appears to be especially against the Greek speaking converts from Judaism. The new Christians were fleeing to Samaria to avoid persecution while the Apostles remained in Jerusalem. Samaritans were cut off from Israel s community and living in heresy. Philip brings the Good News to the Samaritans and cures many as he proclaims the Messiah. Many become believers in Jesus. Philip (a deacon or a priest) only baptized them, but he does not give them the Holy Spirit. He has to wait until the Apostles Peter and John impose hands on them to give them the Holy Spirit (probably Confirmation). Peter instructs us on how to deal with persecution. We are in a persecution now which generally does not do physical violence to us, but it challenges our credibility. Because Jesus died for being upright, we are asked to do the same by imitating Him. We must live in hope with the goal of our resurrection and Eternal Life. We must even work for our persecutors salvation as well as our own by being courteous and respectful until they become ashamed of their behavior and repent. The Gospel passage is from the final discourse on the night Jesus was arrested. Jesus, being God, asserts His right for us to love Him by obedience. If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. The reward for this love is demonstrated through our imitation of His obedience that has redeemed us. Only then is the gift of the Holy Spirit mysteriously dwelling in us. In other words, Jesus joins His Spirit s works to His disciples a powerful relationship to us mere mortals. After His death, He is no longer visible to us in His mortal nature. Only about 500 people had visually seen Him in His risen body. Jesus offers us a much deeper inner vision through faith and the Sacraments. Remember the Sacraments are outward signs instituted by Christ to give grace. Through faith the Sacraments draw us into an invisible reality of Eternal Time (God always was, always will be, and always remains the same.) back to Jesus visible presence two thousand years ago. Human reason cannot comprehend all this, but we do sense something of the supernatural in our lives or we would not be followers of Christ. The Blessed Virgin never had sin touch her through the merits of Jesus Passion, Death and Resurrection which in her time had not yet occurred. But because God is not in time, she was able to benefit in Jesus life on earth through Eternal Time. For us, Eternal Time allows us to go back to Jesus Passion, Death and Resurrection and benefit from it 2000 years after the fact. The Mass is not a reenactment of the Passion, Death and Resurrection. Through a Sacramental sign, we are right there witnessing to God s love for us. It helps us to think about why we come to church. What is drawing us to do it every Sunday? It is Christ Himself calling us to repent and believe especially in the resurrection of our bodies at the end of time. But in the mean time we can enjoy the presence of the Kingdom of God in a much diminished way which is sometimes visible, but always invisible. For example, the birth of a baby is obviously visible, but the co -creation with God is not apparent to those who have no faith. What does it mean if these concepts do not register in our minds and souls? Perhaps we are not putting enough effort into our study of our Catholic faith. Do we read the catechism? I hear more and more people saying to me to feed them with the Word of God, but what are they doing to feed themselves? I cannot eat for them. All of us must contribute to our own education about God and this is found in the best selling book called the Catechism of the Catholic Church. At the Ask Father meetings which I hold every fourth Friday of the month at 7:30 PM, I am rarely asked questions about the faith. They are more concerned with the temporal affairs of the parish than they are about the Word of God. Perhaps some of us are really resisting a teaching of our faith or not being obedient to Christ Who says, If you love me, keep my commandments. I am there, but I do not see much of an interest in a desire to be fed. Fr. Euk Scripture Meditation "If you love me, you will keep my commandments." It's not uncommon to associate the word "commands" with images of dictatorship. We can tend to think of commandments as obstacles to real freedom, imposed by some angry, powerful tyrant who just wants to be in control. Call them directions, or suggestions, or guidelines if you will, but not commands! It almost feels like an insult. But today, Jesus breaks out of these stereotypes. He casts the commandments in the context of love. He does not insist on any obligation to follow them. Rather, he says that whoever observes his commandments "is the one who loves me." So just what commandments will we be following if we love the Lord? When Jesus was questioned about this, he said the two greatest commandments are to "love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind," and to "love your neighbor as yourself," (Mt 22:37-39). Even the commands he gives us are rooted in love, not legalism. Of course, when we follow these principles we will naturally keep the traditional Ten Commandments, which give more specific instructions on how to love God and neighbor. As we know from experience, when we truly love someone, we desire to make them happy. When they are content, we are content. So the more we love Jesus, the more we will want to please him. Thus, following his commandments ultimately makes us happy too. Understood in these terms, the commandments don't stifle us, they satisfy us! God doesn't restrict our freedom; he respects it. Ultimately, it is our choice whether or not we will live the life of love that Jesus offers us.

4 OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE "Could you not watch one hour with me?" Jesus waits for you in the peace and silence of the adoration chapel. Hours needing coverage: No Adorers Thursday: 11PM Saturday: 1AM Debbie at or phone Inner Healing Available Inner healing available. To schedule an appointment, please contact Deacon Tom and Bozena at or call Please Pray for Our Sick Monica Drumm Tom Lovito Lorraine Groh Robert Sewing John Grad Christopher Gatti Michael Kuras Marge Koury Susan Termine John Sullivan Erin Haber Ross Johnson Helen Morris Mark Orsini Joe Ferriera Michelle Kuras Elaine Fiet Carol Gale Vita O Kane Bob Marchak George McCafferty Paul McCrackin Marie Wenz Joseph Fedock Millie Wade Anne Biegen Krissanne Alino Dominic Sabatino Ana Rivera Baby Adilynn Shook Douglas Lang Elizabeth Fletcher Please Pray for our Parishioners Serving our Country: LCpl. Sean T. Curran PV2 William Wotton Sft. Krystyna S.R. Steven Brennan Sgt. Matthew Myers LCpl Luke Wlodkowski Lt. Com. Christopher Valle Baptisms: Corp. Brennan Six GSMI Sandro Farduchi Capt. Julio Callozos Sgt. Gregory Hiller PFC Zackary Burkey Sgt. Christopher Roitzsch 1st Lt. Ash Young St. Veronica s Parish Family wishes to welcome those who have become members through the Sacrament of Baptism: Mackenzie Jaime, daughter of James & Barbara Brees Arianna Angel, daughter of Adrian & Kathlene Ayala Chase Joseph, son of James & Andrea Beagin Logan James, son of James & Andrea Beagin Chase Wayne, son of Carlo & Alissa Kindangen Daniel Mark, son of Keith & Marisa Paulsen Thank you for the gift of life! Come Celebrate the Birth of our Church Join us on Pentecost Sunday, June 8th at 1:15pm in the St. Veronica cafeteria for our parish wide celebration. Free food, Children's Crafts and Games, DJ and Puppet Show. All are welcome! If you would like to contribute food, khawaywego@gmail.com CALLING ALL VBS CAMPERS St. Veronica is now registering kids for Parade around the Our Father Catholic Kidz Camp VBS For Children Ages 4-5 (potty trained) and Grades 1 thru 6 Dates: Monday July 7- Fri July 11 Time: 9am 12:30pm Cost: $40 per child ($140 maximum per family) Includes t- shirt and snacks. Registration forms are available at the rectory and will be in the narthex after all Masses during the sign-up weekend of May Registration deadline is May 30. Space limited to first 80 campers. Don t miss the fun!! For questions or more information contact Jo-Anne at svmcg21@yahoo.com CCD REGISTRATION DATES IN THE OFFICE From 10AM to 2:30PM on the following dates: May 27th-May 29th, June 2nd- 5th, June 9th 12th, June 16th-19TH, June 23rd - 26th, July 1ST July 10th *(We are closed July 3, 4, 2014 and closed July 14th August 31st) If you are a re-registering a student, you do NOT need to provide a copy of your baptismal record. We have that on file. If you are registering a NEW STUDENT (one who did not attend St. Veronica s Religious Education previously) YOU MUST COME IN TO THE Religious Education Office to register. You must also provide the following: ~ A copy of the student s Baptism Certificate and/or any sacramental records even if they were baptized at St. Veronica s Church. We cannot register your child without their Baptism Certificate ~You must be registered in St. Veronica s Parish ~Tuition for the school year. Array of Hope Concert Hosted by St. Aloysius Parish, Jackson Friday, June 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the Church. Array of Hope is a wide-ranging concert experience that features multiple musical acts (including our own Ken Perry Band), motivational speakers and thought-provoking film presentations with seasoned performers that are exciting, funny, and very entertaining. The positive message that Array of Hope conveys is encouraging and uplifting. If you like music, if you like to laugh, or you want to be moved by the Holy Spirit, you need to come and see AR- RAY Of HOPE. Cost is $5 per person or $20 per family. For tickets and more information please contact Olive Taylor at ext. 220 or at otaylor@saintaloysiusonline.org.

5 Catholic Charities Clothing Bin Please help support our many programs by donating Clothing, Shoes, Toys and Household items in our donation bin located in the parking lot. Your continued generosity is appreciated. If you have any questions, need a tax receipt or would like to schedule for a larger pick up (sorry no furniture)please call our toll free Thank You Mega 50/50 Tickets for the 2014 Mega 50/50 CASH Raffle are now on sale after all the Masses. Last year's winners split a total cash prize of $25,000. This year we expect to sell even more tickets which means even larger prizes. See a ticket seller for more details in the Narthex. Be part of the excitement, as well as support your parish. Drawing to be held at our 2nd Annual Pasta Dinner in late June. Please spread the word to your friends and family. Tickets are $50.00 each, cash or check. Camper Donations You can brighten the summer for a local child. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd at Collier Youth Services in Wickatunk (Marlboro) as your help in giving disadvantaged Monmouth County children a safe and fun summer at Kateri Day Camp. Camp costs include transportation, programs, staff and two healthy meals per day. $40= one day of camp $180= one week of camp $360= two weeks of camp. Visit to donate online or mail your donation to: Collier Youth Services, Campership Appeal, PO Box 300, Wickatunk, NJ Ancient Order of Hibernians Is holding their Annual Irish Festival at Veterans Park in Berkeley Twp (GSP exit 77) on Saturday, June 14th from 10AM to 6PM. As is the custom, Msgr. Sean Flynn, Pastor of St. Mark s Church in Manasquan, will celebrate a Mass in Gaelic at 10AM at the pavilion. There will be 2 dance bands, step dancers, bagpipes, craft vendors, food & beer court, and a great day for the entire family. Admission is Free! GriffinFest Is Back Inviting all alumni, parents and friends of St. Joseph/Monsignor Donovan HS to the 2nd Annual GriffinFest in the Quad. June 7, :00 p.m. Food, Drink, Music (21 and over) $25.00 per person To purchase tickets in advance, go to and click Griffin Fest on the scroller to download a ticket reservation form or contact the Office of Advancement x 2433 Tickets may be purchased at the door the evening of the event. Rosary Making Join us on Fridays in the cafeteria from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., for rosary making. All ages are welcome. We will teach you and provide necessary tools and beads. Enjoy light snack and good fellowship. We are also in need of extra rosary supplies, broken rosaries, old or unused rosaries, and religious items to donate to others through Legion of Mary. Call Mary Anne: with questions. Rosary making hours can be used for service hours which are needed for confirmation by 8 th graders. Thank You Dear Parishioners, My wife and I would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to Deacon Gino and his wife Rosaria, Deacon John and hiw wife Lisa, their teams, the 12 noon fellowship committee, and all who helped put together the reception on May 18th. Also, to all of our brothers and sisters in the faith who helped celebrate the occasion with us. A special thanks to0 Father Eu, Father Vic and Father bill. We know itook a lot of work, and are greateful for the labor of love in the planning, the setting up, the serving of the wonderful food, and the cleaning up. I have always felt we have a very blessed parish. God s grace was truly evident that Sunday, expecially in the outpouring of love, congratulations, and the many gifts I received. All of this serves to strengthen me in my faith. All of your prayers and blessings continue to lift me up, and always remind me of the joy of answering God s call. May God continue to bless us all with His grace. With sincere thanks and blessings, Deacon Chuck & Denise Daye Thank You Dear Parish Family, I can't thank each one of you enough for coming out and celebrating my 15th Anniversary of Diaconate Ordination, with myself and my family. A special thank you to those who put this celebration together, Rosaria and Deacon Gino Esposito and their team. I also want to thank all prayer groups, ministries, and individuals involved, for your time, talents and treasure to make this happen. I'm truly blessed to be part of such a giving and loving parish community. Deacon Tommy OUR NEEDS Pantry is VERY LOW Tuna helper, syrup, cereal, mayonnaise, coffee, tea, juice, crackers, jelly, soup, canned meat, canned fruit Donated Dark wood kitchen table and 4 chairs...very good condition. Please call Barbara at

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