Sunday Within the Octave of the Ascension 16 May 2010 MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Saturday 8:00 a.m. May 15 Pasquale D Alessandro req. by Rose Meglio 5:00 p.m. The Living and Deceased Members of Mater Ecclesiae Sunday 8:30 a.m. May 16 Bernadette O Neill req. by Thomas Howell 11:00 a.m. Santo & Madeline D Angelo req. by Josephine D Angelo Monday 8:00 a.m. May 17 David O Kane Intentions req. by Oblates of St. Jude Tuesday 8:00 a.m. May 18 Marie Skalangya req. by The Reid Family Wednesday 7:30 p.m. May 19 James S. Griffin req. by Mr. & Mrs. John Leahy Thursday 8:00 a.m. May 20 Carmen DiGiacomo req. by Mr. & Mrs. John Leahy Friday 8:00 a.m. May 21 Peter & Albert Andreotti req. by Mr. & Mrs. Emilio Marini Saturday 10:30 a.m. May 22 Wanda Siemiontkowski req. by Julie & Christopher Ross THIS WEEK S LITURGICAL CALENDAR AND READINGS FOR MASS Sunday May 16 II Class SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE ASCENSION Readings: 1 Peter 4, 7-11 & John 15, 26, 27; 16, 1-4 Monday May 17 III Class Saint Paschal Baylon, Confessor Readings: Ecclesiasticus 31, 8-11 & Luke 12, 35-40 Tuesday May 18 III Class Saint Venantius, Martyr Readings: Wisdom 10, 10-14 & Luke 14, 26-33 Wednesday May 19 III Class Saint Peter Celestine, Pontiff & Confessor Comm. Saint Pudentiana, Virgin Readings: 1 Peter 5, 1-4; 10-11 & Matthew 16, 13-19 Thursday May 20 III Class Saint Bernardine of Siena, Confessor Readings: Ecclesiasticus 31, 8-11 & Luke 12, 35-40 Friday May 21 IV Class Feria Readings: 1 Peter 4, 7-11 & John 15, 26, 27; 16, 1-4 Saturday May 22 I Class VIGIL OF PENTECOST Mass at 10:30 a.m. - Sacrament of Confirmation Readings: Acts 19, 1-8 & John 14, 15-21 Veni, Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium: et tui amoris in eis ignem accinde. Emitte Spiritum tuum, et creabuntur: et renovabit faciem terrae. The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. Please remember our Confirmandi in your prayers this week.
Save the Date! Join Us on May 16 The Mater Ecclesiae Drama Club will present a play based upon the classic Lucy Maud Montgomery book Anne of Green Gables on July 11, 2010 Drama Club Raffle LAST CCD CLASS FOR K-12 MAY 16 AT 9:45-10:45 AM Attention Parents: In May, all CCD Classes will meet on May 16 in Bishop DiMarzio Hall for their final class to turn in textbooks and to turn in Re-registrations for 2010 School Year. REGISTRATION FOR 2010 2011 CCD SCHOOL YEAR WILL CONTINUE MAY 30 AND SUNDAYS IN JUNE. CCD FUNDRAISER Thank You for Your Continued Support! Don t throw away those empty printer cartridges and old cell phones! Help us get cash for your trash! Drop off your empty inkjet & laser cartridges, used cell phones, and PDA s in the Cartridges for Kids Collection Basket in the St. Martha Room. Tell your family, friends, and Businesses. All proceeds benefit the CCD Program. This is a great fundraiser for CCD because it requires ZERO investment and is a total profit for Mater Ecclesiae. ***Look for our wicker basket in the St. Martha Room!*** The Mater Ecclesiae Drama Club Will Be Selling Chances After Each Mass On Sundays For A Pair Of Irish Shamrock Rosary Beads Imported From Dublin, Ireland By J.C. Walsh And Sons, Ltd. Chances Are 3 For $1.00 And Proceeds Will Help Defray Production Costs For This Year's Play "Anne Of Green Gables" On Sunday, July 11, 2010. Please See One Of Our Drama Students In The Hall To Purchase Your Chances On These Beautiful Rosary Beads And Help Support Our Drama Club! Thank You! Confraternity of St. Benedict With Fr. Pasley s approval, encouragement, and blessing, a new group dedicated to fostering the praying of the Traditional Divine Office is forming. It is called the Confraternity of St. Benedict and membership is open to any Catholic man, woman, or child (above the age of reason). The purpose of this Confraternity is twofold: Firstly, to promote the communal praying of the Divine Office in the chapel and the private recitation thereof among its members at home; secondly, to foster more generally a liturgical Catholic spirituality in the spirit of the writings of Dom Prosper Gueranger. If you wish to join this Confraternity and/or would like more detailed information, please contact John Rotondi via e-mail @ jrkc122703@verizon.net or phone @ 856-845-6515. Visit the website at www.sbconfraternity.org Vespers and Compline Vespers is tentatively scheduled for the third Sunday of every month at 2:00 pm. Compline is tentatively scheduled for the fourth Wednesday of every month following the evening Mass. Compline will also take place at 8:05pm on all Tuesdays on which HFA is in session. Please consult the website for a full and updated listing of all scheduled services.
Remember the Sick: Please pray for Fr. H. L. Brignac, Fr. Daniel Kehoe, Fr. Robert Skurla, Joseph Arleth, Alfred Bailey, Lou Bailey, Mary Berryann, Alexandra Bilotti, Dan Bonacorsi, Michael Bowes, Chris Breen, Anne Byrne, Milvia Cacich, William Canfield, Catherine Canfield, Kelsey Canfield, Stephen Caputi, Gloria Cascino, Carolyn Casey, The Casey Family, James Cassidy, Bill Coillot, John Robert Conner, Patrick Corrigan, Joseph DiSanto, Gerard Dowdall, Vincent Durso, Dan Estrada, Larry Ferringo, Luke Ferringo, Theresa Ferringo, Kathy Field, Rob Field, Matthew Flynn, Joan & William Foley, Diane Foster, Gus Friedel, Joseph Gerage, Gordon C. Gladden, Tadeusz Grancowski, Ann Graziano, Barbara Hale, Francis Kelley Heiland, Kathleen Hess, Velma Horcher, Mary Jablonski, Joe Johns, Joseph G. Johns, Barry & Mary Johnson, Robert A. Kauffmann, Pauline Keys, Merlyn Kinsey, Dorothy Kirwin, Gregory Kuczykowski, Jr., Jerry Levine, Grace Linkmeyer, Nancy LaMarche, Agnes B. Lamendola, Gay Lauria, Patricia Lennon, Guy Luongo, Emilio Marini, Delores McElroy, Tina McGinnis, Donald Miller, Barbara Murphy, Clayton Myers, John Nadrigale, Nancy Numair, Pam O Brien, Cole O Drain, Doug Pallidino, Diane Passarello, Michael Pozanski, Carol Rader, Christina Razzano, Luis Rodriguez, Marion Rosetti, Marea Rossino, Bea Schiavo, Justin Schiavo, Kaylin Schiffer, Harold Scull, Rosalie Smith, Virginia Smith, Kathleen Snyder, Holy Family Visitation and Registration Holy Family Home Educators 2010-2011 school year registration is now open!!!! Visitation days are Tuesdays in May - 4th, 11th,18th or 25th. Please pick up an informational brochure from the Holy Family desk in BDM Hall. " The Mater Ecclesiae Pro-Life Apostolate Meets on the third Thursday of each month, 7:30-9:00 p.m. The Pro-Life Newsletter is available in the Narthex and online at our Website www.materecclesiae.org. Prayer Chain for Special Intentions & Intercessory Prayer Mater Ecclesiae parishioners who have a need for intercessory prayers or who wish to commit to participate in our newly formed Prayer Chain should contact Lou DiLoreto at 609-304-4911 or sifulou@comcast.net. Nursing Home Mass Mater Ecclesiae Council #12833 meetings are held on the 2 nd & 4 th Mondays of the month at 8:00 p.m. in the Knights Room. The Scriptural Rosary and Prayer for Vocations are said at 7:30 p.m. in the Church. New members are welcome. Visit their website: www.kofc12833.org. On the Second Friday of each month at 11:00 a.m. volunteers pray the Rosary and attend Mass said by Fr. Pasley at the Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center at Virtua in Berlin. The next Nursing Home Mass will be June 11. Sunday Collection Thank you for your generosity. Scriptural Rosary The Mater Ecclesiae Knights of Columbus Scriptural Rosary is now available on the Knights' website. You can download the PDF file from the homepage or the "Prayers" page. You can go directly to www.kofc12833.org or follow the link from the Mater Ecclesiae website. Latin Classes Classes are free of charge and are held nd th every 2 and 4 Sunday from 9:45 to 10:45 AM.
Flea Market Volunteers Needed! Father Pasley needs help in the following areas: Food Court Contact Kathie DiLoreto Or Lillian Barakat St. Martha s Attic Contact Nancy Hilbert Set up & Break down crew Contact Mike Graziano Publicity Contact Rita Graziano If you are able to volunteer in any of the above areas, please call the Rectory Office at 856-753- 3408 or email: memfleamarket@gmail.com. Fr. Pasley needs your help to make this Flea Market a success. Visit our Flea Market Website: http://memfleamarket.googlepages.com HELP TO MAKE OUR FLEA MARKET A SUCCESS!!! Spaces Available! Rent 1 space for $20.00, 2 for $35.00. Catholic Communication Collection Sunday, May 16 UtÇÇá Éy `tüü tzx Y Üáà UtÇÇá Éy `tüü tzx tüx tççéâçvxw yéü ` v{txä cxàü ÄÄ tçw a véäx [tááéç? uéà{ Éy `tàxü XvvÄxá tx? ã{é ã ÄÄ ux âç àxw Ç [ÉÄç `tàü ÅÉÇç ÉÇ ftàâüwtç? ]âçx H? ECDC tà `tàxü XvvÄxá txa A Note of Appreciation, Thank you to all of our CCD teachers who have so generously volunteered their time and talents to help teach our young parishioners about the Catholic Faith: Mrs. Edie Consoli Mrs. Danielle Hasson Mrs. Mary Jane Gedgard Mrs. Jennifer Ellis Mrs. Madalene Zwick Mrs. Claire Thomas Ms. Ann Graziano Ms. Nicole Hasson Mr. Bill Gedgard Mrs. Catherine Segrest Mrs. Lori Ann Scott Mrs. Lillian Barakat Fr. Robert Pasley, DRE Mrs. Jill Rooney, ARE Knights of Columbus Annual Baby Bottle Drive to benefit "First Way Crisis Pregnancy Center." Throw your loose change in the bottle and please return on or before The Sunday after the Feast of the Sacred Heart, June 13. Your generosity is greatly appreciated and we ask Our Lady to Bless each and everyone of you for helping us with this most important work of mercy that is saving the lives of the innocent!
Confirmandi Retreat May 16 FEAST OF PENTECOST: Come, O Holy Ghost, enkindle in our hearts the fire of Thy love. If possible, wear something RED next Sunday to show an outward sign of our cooperation in the fire of His love. Please plan to attend the Pentecost Choral High Mass on Sunday, May 23 at 11:00 AM.. The students who will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation on May 22 will be attending a retreat at Mater Ecclesiae on May 16. At the conclusion of the Retreat, after the 11 am High Mass, the Confirmandi will assemble in BDM Hall with the Filiae Mariae Girl s Choir for the Retreat Closing. Everyone is invited to attend the Filiae Mariae Concert. May 16 immediately following the 11 a.m. Mass In Bishop DiMarzio Hall Please join us for a short concert of beautiful music at the closing of the Confirmandi Retreat. FOOTSTEPS FOR FULTON Father s Day Spiritual Bouquet Mass Cards Give a spiritual gift for Father s Day, or a loving Memorial Remembrance. If you would like to include your father, grandfather, husband, uncle, brother, or loved one in our Father s Day Mass Intentions, Father s Day Spiritual Bouquet Mass Cards will be available after all Masses beginning next weekend in the Narthex. The Mass Intentions will be placed before the statue of Saint Joseph on the Altar for Father s Day and remain there through the end of June. June 12 th 9:00 a.m. Cooper River Park One of our own parish families needs our support. Fulton Mantoan, who will be celebrating his second birthday this June, was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, or SMA, in the summer of 2009. SMA is a degenerative neuromuscular disease in children often compared to Lou Gehrig s disease. SMA patients require comprehensive medical care involving multiple disciplines and the expenditures of caring for a child with SMA are overwhelming. FOOTSTEPS for FULTON will help the Mantoan family with their expenses. Pick up registration information in the Narthex after Mass. Let s join forces to help Fulton and the Mantoan Family.
Food Court Donations Needed! We are asking for donations of the following items to sell at the Food Court and Bake Sale at our Flea Market. Mater Ecclesiae s Saturday, June 19 9 AM 3:00 PM Visit our Flea Market Website: http://memfleamarket.googlepages.com Rent a Space Or Donate to St. Martha s Attic (Donations accepted in Vestibule of Bishop DiMarzio Hall) To rent a space, visit the Kiosk in Bishop DiMarzio Hall or: Email: MEMFleaMarket@gmail.com Call: 856-753-3408 Rain Date June 26, 9 3 Food Court 12 pack of cans of diet or regular Coke, Pepsi, 7 Up, Root Beer Bottles of Snapple or Juices, diet or regular 16oz or 20oz bottles of water (for individual sale) Shop Rite Gift Cards so that we can purchase food A table will be set up in the back of Bishop DiMarzio Hall for Food Court Donations. BAKED GOODS FOR BAKE SALE Cookies Brownies Muffins Any baked goods that can be individually wrapped and sold such as Biscotti or Pizzelles Please plan to drop them off at Bishop DiMarzio Hall on Friday afternoon, June 18 or early Saturday morning, June 19. Questions? Contact Kathie DiLoreto, 856-596-7627 or angel.kisses@comcast.net Thank You in advance for your generosity.! St. Martha s Attic Donations Get rid of your clutter! Empty that over-crowded attic or basement! Donate your gently used items to Saint Martha s attic to sell at our Flea Market. We are accepting donations in the vestibule of Bishop DiMarzio Hall.