St. Veronica Church 4215 Route 9, Howell, NJ 07731 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 732-363-4200 www.stveronica.com October 25, 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 Maria McGrorry 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 October 25, 2015 MONDAY 7:20 Dorinda Vazquez... Joseph & Rosemary Maringola 12:00 Grandma Finnigan... Weg Family SATURDAY 8:00AM Vito Bono... Damian Furino TUESDAY 7:20 Richard Healy... MaryAnn Lipari 12:00 Mary, Billy & Brooke Pudifin... Margaret Daly WEDNESDAY..Sts. Simon and Jude 7:20 Int. of Ashley Hodgetts... Chrystel Silvers 12:00 Guadalupe Navarro... Anette Delacruz THURSDAY 7:20 Grace Winans... Catherine Stingo 12:00 Int. of Gloria Weg... Krista Pfaff FRIDAY 7:20 Shirley Milteer... Roemer Family 12:00 Liv. & Dec. mem. of Finnigan & Weg Families.....Weg Family Events for this coming Week 4:00 PM Raymond Manger... Wife, Eleanor SUNDAY 7:30 Anthony Lopresto...Patricia Wojcio 9:00 Joan Bly... Petruzzelli Family 10:30 Egido Russillo... Mr. & Mrs. Scotto D Aniello 12:00 For the People of the Parish 5:00 Dec. mem. of Callahan & Healey Families..Family Sanctuary Candle Week of October 25th In Memory of Joseph Cassidy, Sr......Family Chapel Candles Week of October 25th See our website www.stveronica.com Sacrificial Offering Update Last Week s Offering: $15,751.00 Special Collection: $3394.00 Thank you for you continued generosity. Readings for the Week of October 25, 2015 Sunday:... Jer 31:7-9/Heb 5:1-6/Mk 10:46-52 Monday:... Rom 8:12-17/Lk 13:10-17 Tuesday:... Rom 8:18-25/Lk 13:18-21 Wednesday:... Eph 2:19-22/Lk 6:12-16 Thursday:... Rom 8:31b-39/Lk 13:31-35 Friday:...Rom 9:1-5/Lk 14:1-6 Saturday:... Rom 11:1-2a, 11-12, 25-29/Lk 14:1, 7-11 Next Sunday:... Rv 7:2-4, 9-14/1 Jn 3:1-3/Mt 5:1-12a
Pastor s Notes Jeremiah is directed by God to tell the people in exile that those who remained faithful to God will be gathered and returned home to Jerusalem. Of course, for us Christians, we see a much bigger picture, a return to heaven. The remnant consists of the lame, the blind and mothers without husbands, not the kind of people you would expect by worldly standards. These are the people God looks after because they know how dependent they are upon God and they trust Him. In the Gospel, Bartimaeus calls to Jesus for help, but the people rebuke him. He, being blind, bears some sigma which the normal people find distasteful. Bartimaeus is not really blind. He is only sightless. He sees better with his heart than many of those around him because he has faith in Jesus and perceives Jesus as the Son of David. He cherishes the hope that his faith gives him. Jesus says, Go your way. Your faith has saved you. Once Jesus cures him, Bartimaeus follows Jesus. The Letter to the Hebrews addresses priesthood. The priesthood of Jesus Christ is the way to holiness. The Church teaches that there are two kinds of priesthood, the common and the ministerial. They are ordained for each other and they both share in the one priesthood of Jesus Christ. The common royal priesthood is symbolized by anointing with chrism at Baptism and Confirmation. It is exercised by receiving the sacraments worthily, in prayer, thanksgiving, in witness of holy lives, in self-denial and active charity. Ministerial priesthood, in addition to the common priesthood, instructs and rules the priestly people. The ordained priest acts in the person of Christ by offering the Eucharistic sacrifice in the name of the people. Many people resent Christ s use of men as intermediaries, especially the confessing of sins to a priest or a bishop. Confession of sins is not new. John the Baptist was listening to sinners confess their sins at the Jordan. Jesus said, Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven. How can one know what to forgive sins in the name of Jesus when he does not know what they are? This is why sins must be confessed to a priest or bishop and why God has chosen to use human beings in this capacity. This is part of the Faith of the Roman Catholic Church. It makes us different from most other Christian faiths. Its practice gives a firm experience of being forgiven by God. No mortal sin can be forgiven outside of the Sacrament of Penance, unless one is actively pursuing the reception of the sacrament and is prevented from doing so. Let us recall our sins at the beginning of Mass is a time to see if our reception of Holy Communion will cause us to commit the sin of sacrilege. Receiving Holy Communion with an unconfessed mortal sin inflicts another mortal sin on our souls. This penitential rite does not forgive mortal sins. It only serves as a warning to remind us of the danger of sacrilege. A close friend of mine was a missionary in Africa. He and a few other priests traveled hours through the bush to hear confessions. When 5,000 people showed up, they had to stop hearing confessions after many hours to return to their duties. They decided to give general absolution. A riot almost broke out because the people would not accept general absolution. They wanted individual confession, but the circumstances would not allow for it. What confidence these people had in God s forgiveness through a priest! Fr. Euk Scripture Meditation "And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more." The blind Bartimaeus was a courageous fellow. Not only was he bold enough to call out to Jesus who was passing by, but he also had the guts to keep on calling, even when people were telling him to be quiet. Clearly, this man knew that he needed Jesus--and he wasn't about to let popular opinion convince him otherwise. What were those people thinking who tried to silence the poor beggar? Perhaps they thought that Jesus was too busy for a stop along the way. Maybe they bought into the prevalent idea that Bartimaeus' blindness was a punishment for sin and that he was therefore a lost cause. Or it could be that they were just annoyed by his persistence. Whatever the case, these folks tried to pressure Bartimaeus into giving up. But he didn't. And the reward for his steadfastness was priceless: "Immediately he received his sight." Immediately, that is, after he encountered Christ. But let's not forget that he had to invest all that time and energy earlier in order to arrive at that precious encounter. And we may have to do the same. Our persistence in prayer is often a necessary first step to the gift of God's intervention in our lives. We, like Bartimaeus, may have to call out time and time again, making our requests known to Jesus even when it may seem he isn't looking our way. We too may need to be faithful in the face of doubters and detractors who tell us that our prayers are pointless, that God doesn't really care, or that we deserve to be stuck in our own misery. Let us seek to be like this man who heard Jesus say, "Your faith has saved you."
OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE 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 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 Vita O Kane Rose Perrotta Jean Tierney David Henriques Beverly Canzoneri Martha Young Krisanne Alino Connie Bishop Patty Sayers Rita Lenthe Robert Lenthe Francis Biegen Baby Wyatt Cavanagh Victor Rivera Jean McAdam Kim Fariello Alexandra Morello Carmen Devone Claire Ashern John Pecelli Richard Dolan Roland Rodriguez Donna Wagner Baby Klatt Scott Arminas Aden Bojku Marie Juckiewicz Miele Bojku Matt McNaught Jeff Hoefler 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: Cora Adelina, daughter of Brian & Michelle Cosentino Madelyn Jane, daughter of Joseph & Robyn Wallace Luciano Francesco, son of Nicola & Kristin Vigilante Emily Alice, daughter of Brian & Jennifer Strydesky 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. Donation $10. Weekly Chapel Candles are also available, $15 for the pair. World Mission Sunday Thank you for your generous response to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith last weekend on World Mission Sunday. Our parish raised $3394.00. All Souls Day -Mass of Remembrance On Monday, November 2nd, 8PM, a Remembrance Mass will be celebrated for those who have gone before us in the Sign of Faith. Please join us as we remember the dearly departed members of our parish family, friends, and neighbors. All are welcome. You will find our Remembrance Mass Book in the back of the church. If you have entered the name of your loved one in the past, you need not enter it again. Sisters of Life Have you suffered an abortion? Experience God s love and mercy and begin the journey of healing. Please call the Sisters of Life: 866-575-0075 or email: hopeandhealing@sistersoflife.org. For men, call Theresa Bonopartis at Lumina: 877-586-4621 or email: lumina@posabortionhelp.org Grace Notes "Raphael called the two men aside privately and said to them: 'Thank God! Give Him the praise and the glory. Before all the living, acknowledge the many good things He has done for you, by blessing and extolling His name in song. Honor and proclaim God's deeds, and do not be slack in praising Him." Tobit 12:6 Do you feel that tug on your heart? Contact Regina to inquire about the ministries of cantor, choir member, or instrumentalist. regina.reale@stveronica.com Church Balcony Closure Please be advised that due to recent incidents in and around the church and school, and by the recommendation of our local law enforcement, regrettably the church balcony will be closed and remain so until further notice. The narthex is being set up to provide a crying room with a TV that will televise the Masses. Thank you for your cooperation. Jersey Mike s Fundraiser Come out to Jersey Mike's in Howell on Wednesday October 28th. They will generously donate 20% of all proceeds to St Veronica School. Don't forget to mention you are there for SVS!
One Day Parish Retreat Come join us for our one day Parish Retreat Nov. 14 from 8 am - 5 PM in the Church. Morning Mass, breakfast, talks, lunch. adoration, confessions and Vigil Mass (4 PM) God s Love Cost: $15.00 PP Breakfast & lunch provided. Guest Speaker : Msgr. Joseph Ciampaglio All are invited. Registration required: Contract the rectory office at 732-363-4200 or mail check to St. Veronica Church 4219 Rt 9 N, Howell NJ 07731. Altar and Ambo Donation I am deeply grateful to the Scotto family for donating a new ambo and altar for our parish. The actual altar, which has a marble top, was made by Mr. Scotto, master carpenter, so that it can be more functional for sacramental use. He also made a new ambo which should allow greater visibility in the sanctuary. The old altar and ambo, which was donated by the Lipari family has moved to the gym and will be used for the overflow Masses during Easter, Christmas and other occasions. Eventually a new tabernacle will be placed in the sanctuary. I am deeply grateful to the Scotto and Lipari families for their kind contributions to our parish. Fr. Euk Consecration of New Altar All are invited to join us on Oct. 25 at the 10:30 AM Mass as Bishop David M. O Connell, C.M. will consecrate the new altar. Gift Cards Available Please help support St Veronica School with the purchase of gift cards for routine shopping and gifts! Cash and checks accepted. $25 Target, itunes, Kohl's, Macy's, Stop & Shop, Shop Rite, Barnes & Noble, Wawa cards on hand Pick up order forms for other cards from school office School earns cash rebates at no additional cost to you Fall Cleaning With Meaning Usable clothing for men, women, children, shoes, household items, bedding, towels, bikes, toys. No baby items please (strollers, high chairs, etc). The school will receive a donation for poundage collected. Please put items in well-tied garbage backs and drop at back gym doors. Collection Dates: Saturday, October 24th from 2:00PM to 5:00PM; Sunday October 25th 8:30AM to 1:30PM. Monday, October 26th 8:30AM to 11:00AM Adoration Chapel 100 Benefits of Eucharistic Adoration #1 Every holy hour we make so pleases the Heart of Jesus that it is recorded in Heaven and retold for all eternity! (Blessed Mother Theresa of Calcutta) Partners Requested: Sunday & Thursday Midnight, Friday 11AM & 3PM, Saturday 10 AM, 1PM Ongoing registration of new adorers continues...please join our band of adorers. Contact Debbie drev514@aol.com or leave message 732 367 7750 St. Veronica Church Thanksgiving Food Drive Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks, an opportunity to give to those in need and make their Thanksgiving special. Help us prepare Thanksgiving Baskets by donating canned or boxed goods and bringing them to the Church Narthex on Nov. 8 and 15, marked SVC Thanksgiving Baskets. Also, if preferred, you can make a monetary donation by check, payable to St. Veronica Church, and send to rectory office (4215 Rt. 9N Howell, NJ). Please note in the memo SVC Thanksgiving Baskets. OUR NEEDS Help Wanted Registered Nurses and certified nursing assistants: Please come work at our Five Star Skilled Care Facility for the De La Salle Christian Brothers. Please call Rebecca Gwinnell, DON to schedule a tour and interview at our Lincroft Community 732-530-9470 ext. 336 Donated Sleeper sofa, neutral tone. Very good condition. Please call Lorraine @ 732-747-6214. Donated Small dining room table (30 X 48) with 4 chairs. Natural wood color with dark green legs. Good condition. Call David at 732-232-4759. Land for the Homeless A local organization, that helps the homeless in our area, is in need of sleeping bags, tents and pillows. If you can donate please call Ann at 732-804-1012. Religious Items Needed Legion of Mary is in need of gently-used or new religious articles and Bibles. If you are able to donate, please contact Mary Anne at 732-367-0284. Thank you.
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