St. Veronica Church 4215 Route 9, Howell, NJ 07731 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 732-363-4200 www.stveronica.com August 9, 2015 Pastoral PastoralStaff Staff Pastor Father PastorVincent T. Euk Father Vincent T. Euk Parochial Vicar Fr. VicenteVicar Magdaraog Parochial Fr. Vicente Magdaraog Weekend Assistant Fr. Bill O Brien Weekend Assistant Fr. Bill O Brien Deacons Tom Cechulski, Sr. Deacons Charles DayeSr., Jr. Gene F.R. Moir, John Franey James Littlefield Gino (Louis) Esposito Tomasz Cechulski Charles R. Daye Jr. School Principal John Franey Sister CherreeEsposito Power, C.R. Gino (Louis) Religious Education School Principal Sr. AnnCherree Norton,Power, D.R.E. C.R. Sister Susan Vella Religious Education Business Manager D.R.E. Brenda Heffernan, Deacon Esposito Lauren Gino DeMaio, C.R.E. Parish Administrator Director of Weg Music Leonard P. Regina R. Reale Director of Music Director of ACTS Nancy Condardo Deacon Tom Cechulski Bozena Cechulski Director of ACTS Youth Ministry Coordinator Deacon Tom Cechulski Deacon Franey Bozena John Cechulski Phone Contacts Coordinator of Youth Ministry Rectory 732-363-4200 Deacon John Franey Convent 732-364-2361 School 732-364-4130 Phone Contacts Religious Education Rectory 732-363-4200 732-364-4137 Convent 732-364-2361 Rectory Fax 732-370-3891 School 732-364-4130 Religious Education Rectory Office Hours: 732-364-4137 M-F 9:00-4:30 PM Cafeteria 732-364-9455 Second & Fourth Saturday ACTS Office 732-3649AM 12:30 PM 2936 Fax 732-370-3891 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 HealingMass Mass every everythird thirdtuesday Tuesdayatat7:30PM 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.
Mass Intentions for this Week August 9, 2015 MONDAY...St. Lawrence, deacon & m. 7:20 Josephine Malayter... son TUESDAY...St. Clare, v. 7:20 Mary Terzano... Gogol Family WEDNESDAY 7:20 Mary Terzano... Gogol Family THURSDAY 7:20 Charles Forrester... Verdon Family FRIDAY...St. Maximilian Kolbe, pr. & m. 7:20 Jane V. Gunther... Doris & Irwin Rubman & Family SATURDAY....Assumption of BVM 8:00AM Helen Morris... Madeline Rossi 4:00 PM Helen Bieler... Denise & Brian Curren SUNDAY 7:30 Patricia Koury.Koury Family 9:00 Anthony Sciarra... Montella Family 10:30 Joanne Marie Gambucci... Lynch Family Perrotta Ianucci... Family 5:00 For the People of the Parish Events for this coming Week See our website www.stveronica.com Sacrificial Offering Update Last Week s Offering: $14,423.00 Thank you for you continued generosity. Readings for the Week of August 9, 2015 Monday:... 2 Cor 9:6-10/Jn 12:24-26 Tuesday:... Dt 31:1-8/Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 Wednesday:... Dt 34:1-12/Mt 18:15-20 Thursday:... Jos 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17/Mt 18:21--19:1 Friday:... Jos 24:1-13/Mt 19:3-12 Saturday: Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2/1 Cor 15:54b-57/Lk 11:27-28... Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/1 Cor 15:20-27/Lk 1:39-56 Next Sunday:... Prv 9:1-6/Eph 5:15-20/Jn
Pastor s Notes Last week was a really an interesting week. Planned Parenthood hired a public relations firm to undo the damage caused by their body part trade. One presidential candidate said that the video tapes were all lies. When I wrote my thesis on the origin of the Culture of Death in medicine, I also discovered that the claim that abortifacient contraceptives were not abortifacients was simply a lie. The lie was created by Planned Parenthood in 1962 in collaboration with the American Gynecological Society. The trick was to change the definition of conception without anybody but themselves knowing it. It was very effective. They did not need to use a public relations firm to do it because who would question the integrity of such a noble society? More and more of what we used to call science is becoming a version of political science. There has certainly been an outrage at the death of Cecil the Lion. Whatever happened to those poor Coptics who were decapitated? Poor Cecil s death by a rich man, who is trying to relive the glory days of Teddy Roosevelt s time seems to have gotten the passionate interests of millions. While God has given us domination over animals, such outrage might be better placed on the shootings of black men for traffic violations. I think the real reality is not that our callousness towards animals has caused a callousness towards humans, but rather rich people's callousness towards humans has caused them a callousness toward animals because they really do not see the difference between poor people and animals. After all, who benefitted from this last financial crisis and who got burned? Last week I was out of commission for a time with severe and unpredictable nose bleeds. I went to a very gentle and competent ENT physician for treatment. Two incredibly beautiful women entered the room absorbed in texting. (He also must do nose jobs.) Also, in the room was a young father with a little girl just getting ready to walk. What was very unusual about these two plastic women was they paid no attention to the funny antics of this little girl. They seemed so absorbed in their plastic devices that they had lost their heart strings to enjoy such a beautiful interaction between a father and his little daughter. I must confess that I never have seen a woman not react in some way to a cute little girl until that moment. Even with my bloody nose, I could not help to make eye contact with the curious darling. I am comforted by the fact that our president cancelled his safari while in Africa. Cecil s cruel death certainly impacted him, but I do wish Planned Parenthood s ghoulish sale of human body parts would give him second thoughts about the abortion industry. It may be all for science, but this was the same science found in the Nazi and Japanese death camps during World War II. Yes, Pope Francis is right. Without the Church we are left to the mercy of our imaginations all for science, of course. I wonder who is getting poor Cecil s body parts? Maybe that rich doctor can donate it to the president since he missed his chance. Just remember to add, like all the politicians, God bless America! and all the lies will be exonerated all for science, of course. I am particularly sorry this week for the men and women who have involved themselves with abortions and have received God s pardon and peace. The exposure of this Planned Parenthood horror may have opened up old wounds. If this is so, please remember that God s forgiveness is absolute and in the next life these mistakes will not come back to haunt them. If these incidents have reopened those wounds, please call the people at Project Rachael at 888-456-HOPE or more locally 609-406- 7435 for help. Also, for those who find themselves with an unplanned pregnancy and are looking for a quick fix from Planned Parenthood, please consider choosing life by calling the Good Council Homes at 800-723-8331. They offer long term solutions. Fr. Euk Scripture Meditation "I am the living bread come down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever." Three astonishing claims in one sentence. First: Jesus announces that he came from heaven. Second: He says that he is bread for people to eat. Third: He promises eternal life to anyone who eats this bread. What a lineup! What tremendous faith he expected of these people to believe such radical statements. First, he wants them to believe that he was sent by God the Father. He wants them to believe that he is one with God. If we ever struggle to believe this, just imagine how much harder it must have been for these folks who knew him as a normal guy: "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? Then how can he say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" We have the benefit of Scripture, the tradition of the church, thousands of years of Christian witness, and the sacraments to convince us of who Jesus is. They didn't. Next, he does all this talking about bread. He refers to the miraculous manna--bread that fed the wandering Jews in the desert--and then claims that he is the new manna. He is the true bread; his flesh, in fact, is this bread. His body will become food. Again, we have the whole history of eucharistic faith, devotion, and miracles to rely on. They didn't. Finally, he goes so far as to say that in receiving him as bread, we will live forever. He promises that this intimate union with him through Communion brings with it the gift of eternal life. Yes, these three claims work together: Jesus is God. The bread of Communion is God. And this God we receive is the source of eternal life.
OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE Grace Notes Banns of Marriage James Franco and Brittany Mattia Sept. 19, 2015 (2) Inner Healing Available Inner healing available. To schedule an appointment, please contact Deacon Tom and Bozena at bozenacech@optonline.net or call 732-961-3657. Please Pray for Our Sick Monica Drumm Tom Lovito Lorraine Groh Robert Sewing John Grad Mark Stoughton Michael Kuras Marge Koury Susan Termine Erin Haber Kathy Pfeifer Milly Wade Elaine Fiet Carol Gale Marie Juckiewicz Denise Bergeron Joseph Neglia Joseph Cadott Rosemarie Feyko Kenneth Vigilo Anthony Leone Victoria Burke Alice Hanvey Bill D Erasmo Sue Wurzler Thomas DiPaolo Ross Johnson Jody Melano-Gomez Margorie Paulmann Timothy Delligatti Joey Weikel Paula Baiga Tessa Marie Eby Vita O Kane Barbara Matuscak Rose Perrotta Raymond Poyer David Henriques Beverly Canzoneri Sheila McAdam Michael McAdam Krisanne Alino Rita Lenthe Robert Lenthe Francis Biegen Tania Santiago Daniel DePaul Linda Cavazzoni Jean Tierney Ruth Kavanagh Baby Wyatt Cavanagh Kim Fariello Alexandra Morello Claire Ashern James Bailey John Pecelli Roland Rodriguez Donna Wagner Carmen Devone Baby Caitlin Bright Please Pray for our Parishioners Serving our Country: Sgt. Sean T. Curran PV2 William Wotton Sft. Krystyna Cechulski S.R. Steven Brennan Corp. Ethan Bolger Corp. Luke Wlodkowski 1st Lt. Ash Young Sgt. Brennan Six GSMI Sandro Farduchi Capt. Julio Collazos Sgt. Gregory Hiller PFC Zackary Burkey 1st Lt. Robert F. Farrell Sgt. Paul Coyle Baptism St. Veronica s Parish Family wishes to welcome those who have become members through the Sacrament of Baptism: Edward Deacon, son of Edward & Jacqueline Fournier Thank you for the gift of life! It was not you who chose me, says the Lord, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last. John 15:16 Greetings! We come together each week at St. Veronica s because we know who we are: God s people, followers of His Son, Jesus the Christ, called to go out to the world and tell the Good News with the Fire of His Love! But, you may ask, how can I get this Fire? Entering into worship as a whole person, with your mind, your heart, your body, who you are, your very being. We stand, we sit, we listen, we kneel, we sing, we open our hearts and our minds as we enter into a divine dialogue that brings us into the presence and mystery of God. Right here, right now! Would you like to experience more fully this Fire? You are invited to prayerfully discern if our Lord is indeed choosing you to bear fruit in the ministry of music. There are many opportunities to offer your talents in various styles teens and young adults, Joyful Praise, children s and adult choirs. Additionally, we have the ministries of cantor and instrumentalists (brass, strings, percussion.), and for those who may say, well, I have no musical talent, the ministry of operating the overhead projector, music librarian, and children s choir assistant. It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes a faith community to build up the kingdom of our God, one person at a time! To inquire about the boundless opportunities, please do visit with Regina Reale or any music minister after Mass. Or send an email to: regina.reale@stveronica.com UIODG Trenton Diocesan Council of Parent Teacher Associations Keys of Change: Past, Present & Future The oldest Diocesan PTA in the United States will be 90 Years Old tis fall. The Trenton Diocesan PTA will celebrate this momentous occasion with Mass on Saturday, September 19, 2015, with the Most Rev. David M. O Connell, C.M., Bishop of Trenton, as celebrant. Mass will be at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption located at 151 N. Warren Street Trenton, NJ at 9:30AM. The business meeting will take place at the War Memorial Building in Trenton following Mass. Past Diocesan Presidents, Pastors, Regents, Unit Presidents, and member are cordially invited to attend along with the current PTA membership. Please contact Linda Anzano at 732-779-3425 or lanzano@comcast.net
Save The Date: Saturday, October 17, 2015 Day of Healing for Separated and Divorced Catholics with Marianne Skrobiak, LPC, Nationally Renowned author "Return to Life" (a divorce recovery series). It will be held at the Church of St. Ann, Parish Center, 1253 Lawrenceville Rd., Lawrenceville, NJ. ALL SEPARATED AND DIVORCED CATHOLICS ARE INVITED. St. Veronica Soccer Mini-Camp August 24 & 25 Instructor is Coach Rob Johnson from NJ Force, premier youth soccer academy. He is a NJ ODP Coach, and comes with a wealth of experience. The 2 day camp is scheduled for Monday, 8/24 & Tuesday, 8/25 from 8:30 AM 10:30 AM and will be held on the St. Veronica Mall Field. The cost of the training camp is $20 per player. Checks must be made out to St. Veronica PCAC. This camp is for 5th, 6th,7th and 8th graders. Sign up at dkisiel@stveronicaschool.com by August 21st. Adoration Chapel Indeed, this is the will of My Father, that everyone who looks upon the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life. Him I will raise up on the last day. Jn6:40 NEW ADORERS URGENTLY NEEDED: Sunday: 1AM, 7AM; Saturday: 1PM Thursday 9AM, 10AM Contact Debbie drev514@aol.com, or 732 367 7750 Knights of Columbus Fundraiser for Dane Blei, Jr. The Knights of Columbus #6201 will be holding a fundraiser on August 22 from 2 PM to 7 PM at our council home at 401 Bartley Road, Jackson, NJ. This fundraiser is for one of our member s 3 year old grandson who is battling Leukemia. Our theme for the fundraiser will be a boardwalk food theme. There will be a prize auction, 50/50, food and drink. Admission is 10.00. Please join us. All are welcome. Catholic Charities Annual Backpack and School Supplies Drive Help a child in need get off to a smart start in the new school year. Suggested supplies for children K-12: backpacks, notebooks, pens, pencils, pencil boxes, calculators, rulers, marble note books, dictionaries, 3-ring binders, 2 pocket folders, crayons, scissors, sharpeners, protractors, markers, glue sticks, loose leaf paper. Please bring your donation to the rectory by Tuesday, August 25th. Procession and Rosary for Mother Mary's Birthday Sunday, September 6, 2015, 6:20 pm After the 5 pm Mass Please join us in celebrating Mother Mary's Birthday with a Procession and Rosary on Sunday, Sept 6, 2015, 6:20 pm The Procession will be to Mother Mary's grotto by the Rectory, where the Rosary will be said. All individuals and families specially those with a devotion to Mother Mary and especially our Auxiliary/ praying members, are most welcome. Fellowship to follow in the cafeteria. Please feel free to bring a food item. For questions, please contact Irma Bennett, Legion of Mary,(732) 363-8386 or email: rangeles14@yahoo.com. Tuition Sponsorship Program As you are aware from a previous posting in our bulletin, we would like to remind you that if you are interested in sponsoring a SVS student that may be facing economical challenges in these difficult times, please contact the rectory office. Thank you Bishop s Anniversary Blessings 2015 All couples celebrating their 1st, 25th, or 50+ wedding anniversary during the 2015 calendar year are invited to gather with family and friends to share the Eucharist, renew your sacred wedding vows, and receive Bishop O Connell s Episcopal Blessing. Anniversary couples from Ocean and Monmouth Counties may register through the parish to attend the Sunday, October 25, 2015, Mass and Blessing at 3:00 pm at St. Robert Bellarmine Parish in Freehold (registration deadline is September 30, 2015. OUR NEEDS Food Pantry Needs- Our pantry services the needy in our area. Items needed most: Tuna Helper, boxed potatoes, Spam, mayonnaise, rice. No pasta at this time please. Help Wanted Full Time St. Veronica School is seeking a qualified 6th, 7th and 8th grade Math Teacher. Please send your resume to Sister Cherree Power, 4219 Hwy 9, Howell, NJ 07731. or send to srcherree@stveronica.com
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