St. Bartholomew Church Pastoral Team Very Rev. Thomas J. Walsh Pastor twalsh@stbartseb.com Fr. Dario Endiape Parochial Vicar batch83fr@yahoo.com Deacons John H. Broehl jbroehl@stbartseb.com Anthony J. Gostkowski tonydeacon@aol.com John F. Kenny jkenny@stbartseb.com Phil Tartara ptartara@stbartseb.com John P. McShane (Emeritus) jmcshane@stbartseb.com The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary September 8th School Principal Ann Wierzbicki awierzbicki@stbartseb.com Director Religious Education Barbara Fitzgerald bfitzgerald@stbartseb.com ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH 470 RYDERS LANE E AST BRUNSWICK, NJ 08816 T WENTY SECOND S UNDAY IN O RDINARY TIME S EPTEMBER 2, 2018 Parish Center/Rectory 732 257-7722 Fax: 732 257-7723 School: 732 254-7105 Religious Education: 732-390-0354 Please visit our website www.stbartseb.com Eucharist: Reconciliation: Adoration: Parish Center Hours: WE INVITE YOU TO CELEBRATE AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR LITURGICAL LIFE Monday Friday : 8:30 A.M. Saturday: 8:00 A.M. Vigil: 5:00 P.M. Sunday: 8:00 A.M. 10:00 A.M. & 12:00 Noon Saturday: 3:30 4:30 P.M. (or by appointment by calling the Parish Center) Every First Friday Noon to 7:00 p.m. October May Mon to Thurs. 9:00 am 4:00 pm Friday 9-12 Noon
MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY, September 1, 2018: Weekday 5:00 P.M. Rudolph Vivadelli D & D Tomaso & Family SUNDAY, September 2, 2018: Twentieth Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 A.M. For Quick Recoverfy Ewa Cioch Husband & Daughter Marie Moore Denise & Mark Mariski 10:00 A.M. Deanna Shamy Ed Maroon 12:00 P.M. Joseph Castelli & Charles Patti Wife & Children MONDAY, September 3, 2018: Saint Gregory the Great, Pope & Doctor of the Church 9:00 A.M. Ildefonso Agbuya Barcenas Family TUESDAY, September 4, 2018: Weekday 8:30 A.M. Mike Murphy Corinne Murphy 3 Labor Day-Parish Office Closed 4 Bible Study 7:30-8:30 p,m. Church 7 Adoration 8 KoC Yard Sale 9 SVdP Corp. Comm. 8:00 a.m. Mass 11 Bible Study 7:30-8:30 p.m. Church 15 KoC Corp. Comm. 5:00 p.m. Mass 15&16 Food Collection after all Masses 18 Bible Study 7:30 8:30 pm. Church 25 First Day CCD Session I & II Bible Study 7:30 8:30 p.,m. Church 27 First Day CCD Session III WEDNESDAY, September 5, 2018: Weekday; Saint Teresa of Calcutta 8:30 A.M. Gary Balitsky Mr. & Mrs. Larry Ricker & Family THURSDAY, September 6, 2018: Weekday 8:30 A.M. The Intentions of the Parishioners of St. Bartholomew Parish Kenneth Pfitzer Sr. Pfitzer Family FRIDAY, September 7, 2018: Weekday 8:30 A.M. John S. Anastasio Eda & John Anastasio 7:00 P.M. The Kilcoyne Family Lorraine Best SATURDAY, September 8, 2018: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8:00 A.M. Memorial Mass Society 5:00 P.M. Vincent & Rose Perrino Chris & Lucy Perrino SUNDAY, September 2, 2018: Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 A.M. Vivienne & John Gatarz Family Carmela Palombi Doris & Mike Palombi 10:00 A.M. Dorothy Nordell Her Husband Frank 12:00 P.M. Bridget & George McGrath Nora Hetherington First Friday Adoration Schedule September 7, 2018 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Noon 1 p.m. Parish Staff, St. Bartholomew School Faculty and Staff 1 p.m.-2 p.m. H.S.A., School Community/Students 2 p.m.-3 p.m. Altar Rosary Society, Lazarus Ministry 3 p.m.-4 p.m. SVDP, Religious Ed. Catechists and Students 4 p.m.-5 p.m. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Readers and Ushers 5 p.m.-6 p.m. Columbiettes 6 p.m.-7 p.m. Knights of Columbus 7:00 p.m. Mass Come Spend One Hour With Me
INFANT BAPTISMS Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 2, 2018 The Sacrament is celebrated on Sunday at 1:15 PM. by appointment only. A Pre-Baptism Catechetical Session is required for parents. Godparents (Sponsors) must be practicing Catholics and at least 14 years of age. A practicing non-catholic Christian may act as a witness along with a Catholic Sponsor. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS We welcome all unbaptized individuals, friends, family members and neighbors who are not Roman Catholic Christians or those individuals within the Catholic Tradition who may have never received the Sacraments of the Holy Eucharist or Confirmation to participate in our parish program for adult Christian Initiation at this time. This program is also ideal for baptized Christians of other Christian denominations who are interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith. If you know of someone who may wish to experience the richness of our Catholic Faith and who desires to participate fully in the sacramental life of the Church, please contact Barbara Bunag at 732-257-7722. MATRIMONY The Sacrament of Matrimony requires an extensive period of preparation. Contact must be made with Parish Center one year in advance. MINISTRY TO THE SICK The Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist and the anointing of the sick is available to our parish sick and shut-ins upon request. Please inform the parish concerning the needs of the sick by calling the Parish Office. If any member of the parish is hospitalized, please notify the Parish Office immediately so that a member of the Pastoral Staff may visit. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR PARISH FAMILY WHO ARE SICK AS WELL AS THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES Dear Brothers and Sisters, The following is the text of my homily from last Sunday, August 26, 2018: Lord, to Whom shall we go, for you alone have the words of eternal life! During the past few weeks, we have been reflecting on the understanding of the Eucharist from the Gospel of John. The gift of the Eucharist feeds the Church, the People of God, on our journey through this world. In today s Gospel passage, many disciples walked from Jesus, because they could not accept that Jesus is the Bread of Life. Our Lord asked the Apostles if they also wanted to leave Him. Simon Peter responded, Lord, to whom shall we go? You alone have the words of eternal life. Though Peter did not fully understand all that the Lord had said, he clung to the Lord and did not turn away. How shall we make a return to the Lord for all the good that he has done for us? For our families? For our community? In the face of so much evil and scandal, how to remain a faithful Catholic and not turn away from the practice of the faith? Our faith has been shaken and we ask the Lord, To whom shall we go? In the opening prayer for the feast of Saint Bartholomew which we celebrated this past week, the Church praises Bartholomew as a man without guile who wholeheartedly clung to Christ. I have found myself clinging to Christ as day after day, week after week, more stories of the sexual abuse of children have come to light. The scandal surrounding Archbishop McCarrick, the District Attorney s report from Pennsylvania, and now the seminary investigations taking place in the Archdiocese of Newark. II Brent Rebele & Karen Sendner Let all the poison out! Let all the names and stories of those who have been abused and those of the abusers come out. These endless series of events over these past months have exhausted my own ability to respond to the crisis in the Church. These crimes against children and young adults must be punished and justice must be done. Only a full disclosure on the part of the Hierarchy will allow the healing process to begin. We are not there yet. August 25th & 26th, 2018: $19,078.15 I have published the letter of Pope Francis in the bulletin and invite each of you to take a copy home and prayerfully reflect upon the Holy Father s words. Cont.
Pope Francis has asked the Church to respond with prayer and fasting, to take up the discipline of prayer and fasting in the face of grave evil and scandal. These past two days, I have spent time in prayer and fasting, praying for the Pope and trying to formulate my own response to the crisis. The Holy Father is presently attending the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Ireland. The Church in Ireland has been decimated by its own sexual abuse crisis. The Churches are empty and vocations to the priesthood have dropped off precipitously. Is this our future? When I think of Dublin, I remember visiting the city just five years ago in the Springtime and walking through the Old City with my friends. We came upon what appeared to be a new building site lined with large billboards. On these billboards there were large black and white photographs of children on their First Communion Day. Beautiful, innocent faces of boys and girls in their new suits and dresses and veils. Above their heads in large black letters the words: You Have Murdered Our Souls! As I watched the Holy Father this morning celebrating Mass in Dublin I kept seeing the faces of those children, the innocent victims of clergy sexual abuse. Their suffering cries out to heaven and even though the institutional Church tried to silence them, the Lord has heard their cry and HE will give them justice. For He has cast down the mighty from their thrones and has lifted up the lowly. Absolute power, corrupts absolutely. This is an old adage and is certainly true of the clericalism at the center of the institution of the Church. Pope Francis has called for an end to this abuse of power by the shepherds of the Church, men who think that they are above the law and are entitled by their ordination to cover up crimes against the innocent. This culture of silence that allows the abuser to go free and murders the souls of the innocent. In his letter Pope Francis states: With shame and repentance, we acknowledge as an ecclesial community that we were not where we should have been, that we did not act in a timely manner, realizing the magnitude and the damage done to so many lives. We showed no care for the little ones, we abandoned them. I make my own the words of the then Cardinal Ratzinger, how much filth there is in the Church, and even among those who, in the priesthood, ought to belong entirely to Christ! How much pride, how much self-complacency! Christ s betrayal by His disciples, their unworthy reception of his body and blood is certainly the greatest suffering endured by the Redeemer; it pierces his heart. We can only call on him from the depths of our hearts: Kyrie Eleison-Lord, have mercy. Lord, save us! Let us pray for the renewal of our community, for the Church of Metuchen, for all who minister in the name of Jesus. KNIGHTS KORNER KNIGHTS COUNCIL 11873 MEMBERSHIP INFOR- MATION Knights Council meetings are held the first and third Wednesdays of the month starting at 7:30pm. For membership information please contact our Membership Director Brother Joe Baker at 570-580-8145 or jpabaker@aol.com. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS KNIGHTLIFE WEB SITE Any articles or information you would like to enter into the KnightLife or our Web Site send to jpabaker@aol.com. Our Web Site is www.stbartskofc.com. to view all Council and Assembly activities and information. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 11873 & AS- SEMBLY 3583 MEETINGS Council meeting Wednesday September 5 th and September 19th at 7:30pm. Assembly meeting will be on Wednesday September 12th, at 7:30pm. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CORPORATE MASS The Corporate Mass will be on Saturday September 15 th at 5pm Mass.. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS JACKETS Brother Knights, we just delivered four Knights Jackets. We will be taking orders in September for Jackets. See SK-Frank Gaudioso FN-PGK to place an order. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS YARD SALE The Knights of Columbus will be having their annual Yard Sale on Saturday September 8 th from 7am 1pm. See attached insert in Church Bulletin for further information. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS UPCOMING EVENTS FOR 2018 K of C Yard Sale, Saturday September 8 th K of C Charter Dance, Sunday September 30 th Ria - Mar K of C Installation of Council Officers Sunday, September 30 th With Simon Peter we cry out, Lord, to whom shall we go? Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us. In Christ, Father Thomas CHARITY UNITY FRATERNITY PATRIOTISM
St. Vincent DePaul Society St. Bartholomew Conference OZANAM MEAL PROGRAM The Ozanam Meal Program Committee will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018 at 7:30 pm in the Parish Center. Our group s mission is to prepare, deliver and serve dinner at the Ozanam Family Shelter on the 2 nd and 4 th Thursday of every month. I extend an invitation to any parishioner who would like to help out with this effort. New members are always welcomed! For more information, please contact Debbie Wagner by email to debbiew0307@yahoo.com or at 732-613-8743. A L L A R E W E L C O M E!!! St. Bart s Evening Bible Study with Father Tom Please join us for Bible Study, Tuesday evenings, 7:30p 8:30p during the month of September, (September 4, 11, 18 and 25), in the Church choir section. Father Tom will explore the Gospel Readings of Mark. Please bring your bible, or other electronic device to the meeting, and read along with Fr. Tom. Thank you! Children's Choir News! All interested singers in grades 3 through 8 are invited to join the St. Bartholomew Children's Choir. We sing at Sunday Children's Liturgies, Christmas Eve Mass, First Penance Services and First Holy Communion liturgies. Rehearsals are every Wednesday beginning on September 12th at 4:30 in the church. Come and check us out! For more information, send an email to JanetDeFreitasSTB@gmail.com. Reminder from the Music Ministry The first rehearsal of the Adult Choir will be Thursday, September 6, starting with fellowship and light refreshments at 7pm in the narthex. Anyone interested in joining the choir is most welcome! The first rehearsal of the Children s Choir will be Wednesday, September 12, at 4:30pm, in the church. The Children s Choir is open to anyone in grades 3-8. Questions? Contact Nicholas Gatto, Director of Music, at (732) 257-7722 x38 or ngatto@stbartseb.com. JOIN US FOR A DAY OF RENEWAL Coordinated by the Altar Rosary Society Shrine of St. Joseph Sterling, NJ A place of peace and contentment Monday, October 1, 2018 9:30am 3:00pm Cost: $40.00 Bus departs St. Bartholomew parking lot at 8:00am Includes, transportation, light breakfast, lunch, speaker, opportunity for reconciliation, Mass and free time to explore the beautiful grounds. Everyone is invited, all are welcomed! Contact: Nellie Moran 732.207.9786 qoe1017aol.com
St. Bartholomew School 470 Ryders Lane East Brunswick, NJ 08816 Tel. 732-254-7105 Fax. 732-254-6352 September 1, 2018 Dear Parents and Guardians and Parishioners, I look forward with excitement as we welcome our new and returning students and guide them to experience the gift of a St. Bartholomew School education. I thank you for entrusting your children to us as we help establish a strong foundation that includes faith formation, academic achievement, and personal growth. The Catholic core values that permeate our school climate support the development of positive friendships and relationships that are essential to thriving and happiness in life. The values that are taught and practiced at our school support the development of a holy and integral life. It is our mission to partner with you and together build and solidify a strong base for each child s development. I am grateful to have the support of our wonderful pastor, Fr. Thomas, and parish, and I look forward to working with you as we build on the many blessings God has given us. I pray for a blessed school year as we are charged by Pope Francis with rising to the promise found in each young person by creating the material and spiritual conditions for their full development. God bless you, Mrs. Ann Wierzbicki, R.N., M.A.E./Ed.S. Principal ST. BARTHOLOMEW MEMORIAL SOCIETY MASS INTENTIONS September 8, 2018 8:00 A.M. Deceased Members of the Krill & Thomann Families Krill Family Maria Trindade Medeiros Eda & John Anastasio Terezia and George Spak Wayne & Marilyn Burke Michael Grubiak Marge Grubiak Frank Celiberti Madeline Celiberti Jack Hetherington Nora Hetherington Anthony & Dora Angelini Kristensen Family The Edward Collins Sr. Family Peg Collins Ana Zurutuza Hilda & Raul Espada, Elaine Espada & Family & Angel Rodriguez, Sr. & Jr. Betty Duigon Fr. Thomas Walsh Charles & Mary Weis The Fuhrman & Vasers/Ferencz Family Mary & Charles Mariski Anne Nierstedt Altar Rosary WELCOME BACK SOCIAL Monday, September 10 2:00pm KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HALL Light lunch will be provided. All Women are Invited Plan on coming and bring a friend! PLEASE PRAY THE ROSARY WITH FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE GOD BLESS, PROTECT AND PRESERVE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Frank Spadafino Michael & Kathy Spadafino Tierney Hetherington DiPietrantonio Her Family Carmen Hilda Espada Husband, Children & Grandchildren Frank Kelly Marion Kelly Maurice A. LeBlon Wayne & Marilyn Burke Salvatore Curiale John & Linda McHugh
Find a home for your Stuff at the KofC Giant Yard Sale Yes sum mer is winding down and autumn is rapidly approaching so; it's a good time collect up all those items in the basement or garage no longer needed, and put them to good use at the 2018 Knights of Columbus Giant Yard Sale on Saturday September 8 th. Please consider donating your new or used, but useable items to us for our merchandise tables at the yard sale. Please no clothes, encyclopedia sets, large appliances, furniture or older computer technology i.e. screens keyboards etc... Drop off your items in the church parking lot behind the cafeteria on Friday Sept. 7 th between 4:00 and 8:00 pm. Simply pull up your vehicle and our volunteers will unload your donations. Please no early drop-offs. St. Bartholomew Knights of Columbus - Council 11873 Jack Myatt Jtm21365@hotmail.com or 732 331 4208 Yard Sale Chair
2018 Yard Sale Application The Knights of Columbus 460 Ryders Lane East Brunswick, NJ 08816 (732) 768-3937 kofcyardsale2018@gmail.com Event held Saturday, September 8 th 2018, RAIN or SHINE. We will notify YOU if there are any changes. Parking lot of St. Bartholomew s Church, 460 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick, NJ Yard Sale hours 7 a.m. 1 p.m. Rain or Shine Vendor set up 5:30 a.m. 6:45 a.m. The Knights of Columbus will be selling refreshments; unfortunately food vendors are not permitted. You may park your vehicle within your rental space, if you must leave before 12:30 p.m., for safety reasons, you are requested to park in an adjacent parking lot (Baptist Church). Questions?? Leave a message at 732-768-3937 or kofcyardsale2018@gmail.com Cost of 1 space is $30(Previous Vendor Rate $25).----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration & Payment Mailing Address: St. Bartholomew s Knights of Columbus Attn: Yard Sale Committee 460 Ryders Lane East Brunswick, NJ 08816 Name: Address: City: State: Zip Phone: E-mail(opt) 1 space - $30(Prev Ven $25) 2 spaces - $60(Prev Ven $50) Thank you in advance for your support!