St. Veronica Church 4215 Route 9, Howell, NJ 07731 Feast of the Holy Family 732-363-4200 www.stveronica.com December 27, 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 Priscilla Lagdameo 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 Youth NancyMinistry CondardoCoordinator Deacon John Franey Director of ACTS Phone Contacts Deacon Tom Cechulski Bozena Cechulski Rectory 732-363-4200 Convent 732-364-2361 Coordinator of Youth School 732-364-4130 Ministry Education Religious Deacon John Franey 732-364-4137 Rectory Fax 732-370-3891 Phone Contacts Rectory 732-363-4200 Rectory Office Hours: Convent 732-364-2361 M-F 9:00-4:30 PM School 732-364-4130 Second & Fourth Saturday Religious Education 9AM 12:30 PM 732-364-4137 Cafeteria 732-364-9455 ACTS Office 732-3642936 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 December 27, 2015 MONDAY 7:20 Lauretta Baggs... Bill & Pat Fosgreen 12:00 Mary Formisano... Seavers Family TUESDAY 7:20 Catherine Bracken... Wayne & Debi Klokis 12:00 Ilva Fruzzetti... Pandolfo Family WEDNESDAY 7:20 Edward Fitzsimmons... John & Sheila McBride 12:00 Bill Hurley... Roemer Family THURSDAY 7:20 Mary Ann Fallon... Thomas Fallon 12:00 Aley & Punnen..Vadakara Family 4PM (Holy Day Vigil) World Peace FRIDAY..Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God 9:00 Phil and Nora Clark.Nealon Family 10:30 Carole Higgins John & Donna D Alessio 12:00 For the Volunteers of the Parish....Fr. Euk Events for this coming Week SATURDAY 8:00AM Int. of Kathy Pfeifer... Daughter, Lisa 4:00 PM Max DiSilva... Fosgreen Family SUNDAY 7:30 For the People of the Parish 9:00 Maria Hernandez... Kelly & Teddy Henschel 10:30 Angelo Carbone... Joseph & Joanne Bertolino 12:00 John & Jean Zaleski... Daughter 5:00 Marina von Jahr... Antoinette Gogel & Family Sanctuary Candle Week of December 27th In mem. of Stefan Fusiak... Daughters, Amelia & Anna Chapel Candles Week of December 27th In mem. of Michael Ruotoll... Dodrill Family See our website www.stveronica.com Sacrificial Offering Update Last Weeks Offering: To be announced next week. Thank you for your continued generosity. Readings for the Week of December 27, 2015 Monday: 1 Jn 1:5--2:2/Ps 124:2-5, 7-8/Mt 2:13-18 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:3-11/Ps 96:1-3, 5-6/Lk 2:22-35 Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:12-17/Ps 96:7-10/Lk 2:36-40 Thursday: 1 Jn 2:18-21/Ps 96:1-2, 11-13/Jn 1:1-18 Friday: Nm 6:22-27/Ps 67:2-3, 5-6, 8/Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-21 Saturday: 1 Jn 2:22-28/Ps 98:1-4/Jn 1:19-28 Next Sunday: Is 60:1-6/Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13/Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12
Pastor s Notes I would like to thank all those volunteer parishioners who made all of our holy days possible during this Christmastide, especially the choir, the children s choir, our Praise and Glory group and our young adult choir. I also want to thank all the little elves who made the church look so beautiful and their ingenuity in redesigning things to work with the changes in the sanctuary. I am grateful to all the altar servers, the Ministers of Holy Communion, the lectors and the ushers who participated in the Masses. It really added to the festivities and prayerfulness of all the liturgies. I am looking forward to this next year. Father Vic and I thank the many people who have sent us good wishes and prayers for Christmas and the new year. ******************************** The Books of Samuel are very worthwhile to read. In today s reading we find Hannah (aka Anna) barren and being ridiculed for it. She prayed for a son and promised to dedicate him to God. As with Isaac, Samson and John the Baptist, God intervenes and she conceives Samuel, which means, I asked God for Him or the name of God. In keeping her promise, Hannah presents Samuel to Eli at the temple of God. Samuel becomes very beloved to the people while Eli s sons are corrupt and disliked. He will eventually anoint David who will replace King Saul. Today, more and more people are becoming infertile. There are many reasons for this. Sometimes it is just a natural defect. Other times it is because of using drugs that make people that way or various acquired diseases. Infertility is as heartbreaking as it was for Hannah. With modern technologies, scientists have developed sinful ways of producing a child outside of the body, generally using the in vitro fertilization (IVF) technique. The Church has condemned this method for a few reasons. The Church sees producing a child as a product as degrading. It is well documented how undignified the IVF process is for both the man and the women. (The process can involve up to three persons contributing to the product.) Technicians then treat the products like live stock by choosing the healthiest specimen to implant into the biological mother, who also may be hired to have the child for someone else. Many times several fertilized eggs are implanted in the hope of producing a pregnancy because the technique is only 30% effective. Some physicians then cull the excess products to avoid complications. The left over fertilized eggs may be left to the unhappy fate of being frozen. The Gospel tells us about Jesus getting lost for three days. It is a mystery of the Rosary, a mystery of family strife. Family life is not always filled with happy events like on TV. Families are held together by a bond of Charity, a theological virtue. This makes harmony particularly difficult to achieve, but the more parents rear their children in this bond, the better they become outside of the home. Outside the home, people are bonded by the virtue of justice, a much easier virtue to achieve. Perhaps this is why St. John Paul used to describe home life as a place to have children grow in humanity. When we mediate on Mary and Joseph losing their child, we can think of losing a child in a store or even worse losing a child to drug addiction and the like. We would ordinarily think of blaming ourselves. Well, however Mary reacted to this incident, we know she never sinned. So we can look to her as a model for how to live through bad family situations. Joseph, a highly virtuous man, but afflicted with human weakness like us, may have been pushed to his limit like us. Mary still asks the question that all of us ask when life goes wrong, Why have you done this to us? It is the question that many parents have asked throughout the centuries. Jesus give a unique response which strikes the heart of His mother and all mothers. I am sure Mary recalled the words of Simeon that a sword would pierce her heart. Mary and Joseph confront the mystery of the Incarnation s final purpose and do not understand it. Jesus came into the world to bear witness to the Truth. All who are on the side of Truth bear witness to the Truth which leads them to the Cross. The letter from John talks about being called God s children. May we become precisely that. On this feast of the Holy family, may we reflect on our own family life and come to see the family as the domestic Church, a place for teaching about the love of God, practicing the ways of Jesus, correcting and forgiving transgressions, making acts of faith especially in times of strife and most of all seeing the glory of the Cross throughout. As you know this year is dedicated to the Mercy of God. I will be in Rome to be formally appointed by Pope Francis to begin my service as a Missionary of Mercy. I will be meeting with the Pope on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and then will receive my mandate on Ash Wednesday during the Mass in St. Peter s. Fr. Euk Please Note: The rectory office will be closed on Thursday, December 31st and Friday, January 1st.
OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE Please Pray for Our Sick Monica Drumm Tom Lovito Lorraine Groh Robert Sewing Mark Stoughton Vinny Placanica Michael Kuras Marge Koury Susan Termine Erin Haber Kathy Pfeifer Milly Wade Elaine Fiet Carol Gale Madalene Rieker Denise Bergeron Joseph Neglia Joseph Cadott Rosemarie Feyko Kenneth Vigilo Anthony Leone Victoria Burke Alice Hanvey Bill D Erasmo Thomas DiPaolo Ross Johnson Carl Lahetta Jody Melano-Gomez Margorie Paulmann Timothy Delligatti Joey Weikel Paula Baiga Tessa Marie Eby David Henriques Beverly Canzoneri Nicholas Zichella Krisanne Alino Connie Bishop Patty Sayers Rita Lenthe Robert Lenthe Francis Biegen Wyatt Cavanagh Victor Rivera Jean McAdam Kim Fariello Alexandra Morello Carmen Devone Claire Ashern John Pecelli Richard Dolan Roland Rodriguez Donna Wagner Eugene Binkowski Scott Arminas Aden Bojku Marie Juckiewicz Miele Bojku Vita O Kane 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 Baptism Sgt. Brennan Six GSMI Sandro Farduchi Capt. Julio Collazos Sgt. Gregory Hiller PFC Zackary Burkey 1st Lt. Robert F. Farrell Sgt. Paul Coyle St. Veronica s Parish Family wishes to welcome those who have become members through the Sacrament of Baptism: Londyn Rose, daughter of Ramon & Marjorie Rios Aviva Monroe, daughter of Ramon & Marjorie Rios Kacie Lynn, daughter of Kennedy & Cody Coburn Thank you for the gift of life! Church and Chapel Sanctuary Candles If you would like to donate a Sanctuary Candle for a loved one, please contact the rectory office (732-363-4200). Candles will be in memory of or intentions of the named individual for one week (Sunday to Saturday) and announced in our bulletin. Weekly Donation: Church Candle $10 Chapel Candles $15 (2). 2017 Mass Book Our 2017 Mass book is now open. Limit: 2 Masses per person. Divine Mercy Please join us on Sunday, January 3rd for our monthly Divine Mercy Devotions. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS! CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR CHILDREN Join us for Food, Games and Fun as we celebrate our Savior's birth. Date: Sunday January 3 rd Time: 1pm-4pm Place: St Veronica Cafeteria Cost: Free Each family is invited to bring an unwrapped baby gift that will be donated to a crisis pregnancy center. (diapers, clothes, food) Please respond by Dec 21st with number and ages of children attending to help us plan activities. Space is limited. For more information or to respond, call Jo-Anne at 347-631- 8092 or email svmcg21@yahoo.com Please note: parents must stay at party to supervise children. Attention: Confirmation Candidates Can Earn Service Hours. We are looking for volunteers to help at our parish's Happy Birthday Jesus Party. We need help with set up, children's games, and clean up. Contact Jo-Anne at the above. Synoptic Gospel Series Come join us for a 7- part series on the Synoptic Gospels, presented by Fr. Euk. The presentation will be given on Sundays from 7-8:00 PM in the narthex on the following dates: January 10, 17, 24, 31, February 21, 28, & March 6 (March 13th reserved as a rain date) Our Christmas Festival is approaching. Save the Date We will be having a Lenten Mission conducted by Francis Sirolli, OSA. He is from Villanova Monastery, Villanova, PA. The mission will begin on the first Sunday of Lent, February 14th. 2016 SVS Annual Polar Bear Plunge January 10, 2016 at 1PM The plunge will be held at Rooney s Oceanfront Restaurant in Long Branch. Support our pastor as he takes the plunge!! To make Donations, please contact Elia @ 201-725- 2072.
Congratulations Fr. Euk. Bishop David O'Connell announced this week the appointment of two diocesan Priests as "Missionaries of Mercy" by Pope Francis: Rev. Vincent Euk, pastor, St. Veronica Parish, Howell Rev. Joseph G. Hlubik, administrator, St. Andrew Parish, Jobstown. Father Euk and Father Hlubik were among only 100 priests in the United States and 800 worldwide selected for this special appointment. Beginning on Ash Wednesday 2016, they will receive the mandate from the Holy Father to be preachers and confessors of mercy, the theme of the Holy Year, which began Dec. 8, 2015, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Missionaries of Mercy are appointed exclusively by the Holy Father. They will receive from the Holy Father the faculty to forgive sins reserved to the Holy See, and will be the sign of the closeness and pardon of God for all. After Ash Wednesday and throughout the Holy Year of Mercy, these Missionaries will be available for liturgies, retreats or special events connected with the Holy Year. The community of St. Veronica will pray for you as you embark on this special appointment. SAVE THE DATE: St. Veronica School Open House January 31, 2016 This will be an opportunity to meet and greet our teachers, tour our facilities, and get to experience all that the St. Veronica s Community has to offer. To find out more, please call the school office at 732-364-4130. HEALING HEARTS SUPPORT GROUP Healing Hearts Support Group is a seminar/support group for adults that are affected by separation and/or divorce. The group is held every Thursday from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, at St. Veronica's ACTS office, Howell, NJ 07731. Our new six week session will start on Thursday, January 7, 2016. Our focus will be on the following topics: Grief Process; Acceptance; Stages of the Divorce; New Beginnings; Achievement and Balance; Closing Session Ritual. Come and join us as we experience healing and develop a closer relationship with Jesus Christ as we focus on the teaching of the Catholic Church. Please feel free to contact Maria Rodrigues at 732-363-5698 or email stveronicakre4u@optonline.net for additional information or directions. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. SPACE IS LIMITED. Adoration Chapel 100 Benefits of Eucharistic Adoration #5 Benefit The only time our Lord asked the Apostles for anything was the night He went into agony. Not for activity did He plead but for an hour of companionship. (Archbishop Fulton Sheen) Partners Requested: Sunday : 12:00 Midnight, 1AM Thursday Midnight, Friday 12 noon, 3PM; Saturday 10 AM (most urgent, no adorer scheduled) 1PM On going registration of new adorers continues...please join our band of adorers. Contact Debbie drev514@aol.com or leave message 732 367 7750 New Years Eve Prayerful Celebration Please join us for our New Years Eve Prayer and Benediction. We will begin with prayer at 9 PM and end with Benediction at midnight. During the evening we will be consecrating our families to Immaculate Heart of Mary. If you have any questions, please call Deacon Tom at 732-961-3657 or email 3marysway@optonline.net March for Life Washington, DC January 22, 2016 This year, we are joining St. Robert Bellarmine s bus to go down to the March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Friday, January 22, 2016. Cost is $10.00 per person. We will arrange car pools from St. Veronica s to St. Robert s for the morning of Jan 22nd, or provide directions to the church. It is more important than ever to show our support for the sanctity of all human life. We will celebrate Mass at 6:30AM at St. Roberts, and the bus leaves at 7AM. Please call us at 732-367-2565 for more info or to reserve a seat on the bus. Joan and Hu Mador OUR NEEDS Help Needed Several students and adults to operate the overhead projector for the 5:00 PM Mass. It's very easy and no prior experience is necessary. Please contact Regina at regina.reale@stveronica.com Food Pantry Needs- Our pantry services the needy in our area. Items needed most: Instant potatoes, canned meat, spaghetti sauce, jelly, mayonnaise, canned fruit, pancake mix, syrup,.
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