Church of the Sacred Heart 751 Main Avenue Bay Head, New Jersey 08742 (732) 899-1398 Fax # (732) 899-2233 Website: www.sacredheartbayhead.com E-mail: shrcbh@comcast.net Palm Sunday March 25th, 2018 Staff: Rev. Michael O Connor (shcpastor@gmail.com) Silverius Galvan, Deacon (deaconsil@comcast.net) Dawn Rusinko, Pastoral Associate DawnRusinko@yahoo.com Ginny Mielnicki, Parish Secretary Weekend Celebrants: Fr. Paul Engel, O.F.M. Cap. Fr. Kevin P. Ashe Marriages: (Registered Parishioners only) Please notify the rectory as soon as the decision to marry has been made. There is a prescribed preparation program of one year. Masses: Saturday: 5:15pm Sunday: 8:00am, 9:15am and 11:00am Confessions: Saturday 4:30 to 5:00 PM Other occasions as announced. Baptisms are held on the first and third Sunday of each month. Please contact the Parish Office to make arrangements as early as possible. Sick Calls: At any time. Funerals: Call rectory. Religious Education Sunday morning Grades 1-8 10:15 AM 11:30 AM. (732-451-2580) Rectory Office Hours: Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
MARCH 25TH PALM SUNDAY Saturday, March 24, Vigil Mass 5:15 PM The Olsen Family Father Michael From Family Sunday, March 24, Palm Sunday of the Passion of The Lord 8:00 AM Deceased Members of Hanus Family Father Paul From Frank Hanus 9:15 AM Michael and Nora O Connor Father Michael From Father Michael 11:00 AM Marianne Laino Father Paul From The Lupich Family Mon, Mar 26 Mark Trepicchio 8:30 AM From Dad Tues, Mar 27 Rosemary Morgan 8:30 AM From Rory and Dennis Joyce Wed, Mar 28 Scot Domanic 8:30 AM From Mom Thurs, Mar 29 7:00 PM For Our Parishioners Father Michael Friday Mar 30 Passion of the Lord ( Good Friday) 3:00 Father Papera PARISH OFFICE Will be closed Holy Thursday, March 29th through April 2nd, Easter Monday and will reopen on Tues April 2nd. Happy Easter! Love, Ginny NEXT WEEKEND APRIL 1ST EASTER SUNDAY Sat Mar 31, Holy Saturday 7:00 PM Bob Ryan Father Michael From The Ryan Family Michael and Elizabeth Bobik From Daughter and Family Sunday, April 1st, Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord 8:00 AM Deceased Members of the Hanus Family From Frank Hanus. 9:15 AM Michael and Nora O Connor From Father Michael 11:00 AM Peter J. Selesky From Wife, Joan & Family Richard Gerard Joseph A. Hanzely From Wife, Anna and Family SACRED HEART CHURCH Daily Mass: Monday Saturday 8:30 AM Rosary: Before the 8:30 AM Daily Mass Vigil Mass: Saturday 5:15 PM Sunday Mass: 8:00 AM, 9:15 AM, 11:00 AM Eucharistic Adoration: First Friday of month 9:00 AM Confession: Saturday 4:30 PM Prayer Group: Tuesday 9:00 AM Respect Life Last Thursday of Month 3:30 PM Breakfast Club 2nd and 4th Saturday 9:00 AM Pontifical Good Friday Collection Pope Francis has asked our parish to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection which helps Christians in the Holy Land. When you contribute you become an instrument of peace and join with Catholics around the world in solidarity. PLEASE BE GENEROUS! BAPTISMAL PREPARATION SESSION The next Baptismal Preparation Session will be Monday, April 9th, at 7PM in the Parish Hall. To register, please call the parish office at 732-899-1398.All families who have not attended a prior class are requested to attend and are asked to invite god-parents. WEEKLY COLLECTION WEEK OF MARCH 11TH $4,836.00 Please remember Sacred Heart Church in your last will and testament. Thank you for your support.
GOD OF LOVE AND LIFE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE Tears may flow in the night, but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5 This describes the life of Jesus on earth-the emptiness and desolation of Good Friday and the overwhelming joy of Easter. It is our destiny to repeat in our lives the experience of Christ. Our life on earth can be a Calvary but we know Easter will follow for us as it did for Jesus. Let us draw courage from this thought. ( Father James Turro) Your comment are requested! Please E-mail the Respect Life Committee at SHRCBH@COMCAST.NET or fax us at 732-899-2233. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY MASS 8:30 AM HOLY THURSDAY Evening Mass of the Lord s Supper Church 7:00 PM Your Charitable Giving Ensures that: Our retired priests who have served you are cared for Our clergy, deacons and seminarians receive strong support and good pastoral formation in their vocation to serve you in the present and future Catechesis, religious education and evangelization continue reaching out to all Catholics in the four counties of the Diocese Communication of our Catholic events and initiatives spread through newspaper, radio, TV, video and social media Social service programs help the poor and those on the margins of society Sacred Heart Church receives credit toward their parish goal, whose rebate will help fund the parish s special needs. GOOD FRIDAY Celebration of the Lord s Passion, Death & Veneration of the Cross Church 3:00 PM NIGHTWATCH OF THE LORD S RESURRECTION YOUR GIFT IS MAKING THIS HAPPEN! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! CLAREMONT NURSING HOME Lead the Rosary for the residents! We meet at the Nursing Home on Mondays at 1:15 PM to pray the Rosary with the residents. Several volunteers needed to share the commitment to this ministry. Please think about it, perhaps you can share some time. Call 732-892-4052 if you would like to give it a try! EASTER VIGIL 7:00 PM THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD EASTER SUNDAY MASSES 8:00, 9:15 & 11:00 AM CONFESSIONS MONDAY, MARCH 26TH 9:00 AM TUESDAY, MARCH 27TH 7:00 PM
HOLY NAME MONTHLY 50/50 CLUB Sponsored by Sacred Heart Church is open to all parishioners and visitors. The monthly drawing is held the 3rd Tuesday of each month. $60.00 gives you (12) chances to win. Make your check payable to Sacred Heart 200 Club and return to the parish office. Makes a great Easter gift! NAME ADDRESS TELEPHONE NUMBER DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY SUNDAY, APRIL 8 3:00 PM All are invited to join us here at Sacred Heart Church to celebrate a Divine Mercy Holy Hour. Pope John Paul II proclaimed that the Sunday after Easter will be called Divine Mercy Sunday. A plenary indulgence is received for taking part in the prayers and devotions as well as going to confession with a few days either before or after the service. There is nothing that man needs more than Divine Mercythat love which is benevolent, which is compassionate, which raises man above his weakness to the infinite heights of the holiness of God. - Pope John Paul II HOLY NAME/ ALTAR ROSARY SOCIETY COMMUNION BREAKFAST SUNDAY, MAY 6TH Following 9:15 Mass. Join us as we celebrate our First Communion, Confirmation and RCIA recipients. Tickets $20.00 for adults and children 12 and over. Children under 12 and sacrament recipients are free. Tickets will be on sale after all Masses through the weekend of April 28th. If angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one Reason: Holy Communion. - St. Maximilian Kolbe PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT DOWNEYSIDE APRIL 7TH & 8TH AFTER ALL MASSES BAKERS AND BUYERS NEEDED NEEDED FOR OUR ANNUAL BAKE SALE! BAKED GOODS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN OUR CHURCH HALL. PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING A BAKED GOOD. THEY CAN BE DROPPED OFF PRIOR TO 5:15 pm MASS OR BEFORE 8:00 AM MASS PLEASE PLAN ON SHARING IN OUR FUND RAISING EFFORTS! THANK YOU! Dear Lord, by Your Passion and Resurrection, You brought life to the world. But the glory of the Resurrection came only after the sufferings of the Passion. You laid down your life willingly and gave up everything for us. Your body was broken and fastened to a Cross. Your clothing became the prize of soldiers, your blood ebbed slowly but surely away and Your Mother was entrusted to the beloved disciple. PASSION PRAYER Stretched out on the Cross, deprived of all earthly possessions and human aid. You cried out to Your Father that the end had come. You committed into His hands, as a perfect gift, the little life that remained to You. Lord, teach me to accept all afflictions after the example You have given. Let me place my death in Yours and my weakness in Your abandonment. Take hold of me with Your love, that same foolish love that knew no limits, and let me offer myself to the Father with You so that I may rise with You to eternal life. Amen
PASSION MARCH 25TH PALM SUNDAY The contrast between the processional reading in today s liturgy and the proclamation of the Passion is striking. We are given a glimpse of how profoundly the word of God is fulfilled in Jesus. First he must be hailed as the Messiah, the One who is to come. He must be acknowledged by all, though they do not know what they are saying. They think he is the promised king, a worldly king of the Jews who will free them from the Roman occupation. They do not yet understand, even the disciples, exactly where this triumphal procession is leading. In our lives, we too do not know where we are going. It is in faith that we can follow Christ wherever he may lead us, trusting that death is not the SUFFERING Jesus did not come to do away with suffering or remove it. He came to fill it with his presence. Paul Claudel Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord [Christ Jesus] humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Philippians 2:8 TODAY S READINGS Gospel at the Procession with Palms Jesus entry into Jerusalem (Mark 11:1-10 or John 12:12-16). First Reading In spite of my sufferings I am not disgraced. I am not put to shame (Isaiah 50:4-7). Psalm My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? (Psalm 22). Second Reading Christ emptied himself, and God filled this emptiness with exaltation (Philippians 2:6-11). Gospel The account of Christ s passion according to Mark (Mark 14:1 15:47 [15:1-39]). SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Monday: Monday of Holy Week Tuesday: Tuesday of Holy Week Wednesday: Wednesday of Holy Week Thursday: Holy Thursday; The Sacred Paschal Triduum Friday: Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday); Fast and Abstinence; Passover begins Saturday: The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night; Holy Saturday