The Parish Family of St. Catharine and St. Margaret Spring Lake, New Jersey Rev. Harold F. Cullen, Pastor Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time September 4, 2016 Mass Schedule St. Catharine Church 215 Essex Ave, Spring Lake, NJ 07762 Saturday: 5 PM Sunday: 7 AM, 9 AM, 10:30 AM Monday- Saturday (except Wednesday): 8 AM Friday & Saturday: 6:45 AM St. Catharine Chapel Sunday: 12 Noon Wednesday: 8 AM & 12 Noon Monday - Friday 12 Noon St. Margaret Church 300 Ludlow Ave. Spring Lake, NJ 07762 Saturday: 4.00PM Sunday: 8:30 AM, 10 AM, 11:30 AM Sacrament of Reconciliation St. Catharine Chapel, Saturday 3:30– 4:30PM St. Margaret Church, Saturday 3:00 – 3:45 PM www.stcatharine-stmargaret.org [email protected]732-449-5765 Parish Directory Rev. Harold F. Cullen PhD, Pastor Rev. William Dunlap, Associate Pastor Rev. Charles Weiser, Senior Priest Rev Dennis Gallagher, Weekend Assistant Rev John Morley, Weekend Assistant Rev Martin Padovani, Weekend Assistant Rev William Dowd, Weekend Assistant Edward Jennings, Deacon Dr. John Little, Deacon Rich Baier, Buildings Richard Cambron, special projects Tammy Sablom, Religious Education Steve Kenny, Family Ministry Coordinator Sister Margaret Tierney, SC Pastoral Care Lisa DeFillippo Cole, Business Manager NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome! We encourage all new families who move into St. Catharine - St. Margaret Parish to call the rectory to register in the parish.
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The Parish Family of
St. Catharine and St. Margaret Spring Lake, New Jersey
Rev. Harold F. Cullen, Pastor
Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 4, 2016
Mass Schedule
St. Catharine Church 215 Essex Ave, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
Saturday: 5 PM
Sunday: 7 AM, 9 AM, 10:30 AM
Monday- Saturday (except Wednesday): 8 AM
Friday & Saturday: 6:45 AM
St. Catharine Chapel Sunday: 12 Noon
Wednesday: 8 AM & 12 Noon
Monday - Friday 12 Noon
St. Margaret Church 300 Ludlow Ave. Spring Lake, NJ 07762
Saturday: 4.00PM
Sunday: 8:30 AM, 10 AM, 11:30 AM
Sacrament of Reconciliation St. Catharine Chapel, Saturday 3:30– 4:30PM
Norman Lloyd, Agnes Marlowe, Charles Williams, Jill
Heck, Dr. John Crocco, Msgr. James J. Finnerty, Joann
Dolan, Cheryl Perkins, Susan Ferraro, Brendan
McWeeney, Henry Schroeder, Bob Patrignelli**
Please pray for the deceased: Mary Kurtz,
Gertrude Finn, Dick Gearing, Nino Caridi, Peter Cheche,
Cecylia Bugno, Madonna Therese Kelly, Cynthia Falana,
Joan Piga, Marie Pozyc, Joan Micioni, James Kerr,
Robert S. Meehan**
Names remain on the sick and deceased at the request of
parishioners for one month (4 weeks). If extended prayers
are needed, please send a note or call. Thank you..
Bishop’s Anniversary Blessing All couples celebrating their 1st, 25th or 50+ wedding
anniversary during the 2016 calendar year are invited
to gather with family and friends to share the
Eucharist, renew their sacred wedding vows, and
receive Bishop O’Connell’s Episcopal Blessing.
Anniversary couples from Ocean and Monmouth
Counties may register through the parish to attend the
Sunday, October 2, 2016 Mass and Blessing at 3:00
pm at St. Robert Bellarmine Parish in Freehold
(registration deadline is Sept. 15, 2016).
~MASS INTENTIONS~ ST. CATHARINE CHURCH MONDAY, September 5 8:00 AM Christopher Tierney 12:00 PM (Chapel) Dr. Nicholas E. Hatrak TUESDAY, September 6 8:00 AM Leona Weertz 12:00 PM (Chapel) Ted Foley WEDNESDAY, September 7 8:00 AM (Chapel) George Hickey Kit Crowley, 1st Annv. Joan Zarb Frattalone Tom Byrne Mary Ellen Harris Joseph Bich Nguyen 12:00 PM (Chapel) Kit Crowley THURSDAY, September 8 8:00 AM Joan Spinozzi 12:00 PM (Chapel) David George Santich FRIDAY, September 9 6:45 AM Christopher Brown 8:00 AM Richard Petroski Paul Reynolds John A. Schmidt, Sr. Charles E. Bowers, Sr. Gerald Ihde Lenny Matuch 12:00 PM (Chapel) Francis & Margaret Walsh, 65th Wedd. Annv. SATURDAY, September 10 6:45 AM Patrick J. Gleason 8:00 AM Suzanne Hudson Mele 5:00 PM People of the Parish SUNDAY, September 11 7:00 AM Those who died in 911 9:00 AM Jack Ryan 10:30 AM Paul Keating 12:00 PM (Chapel) Donald W. Robertson, Jr. ST. MARGARET CHURCH SATURDAY, September 10 4:00 PM Guido Spinozzi Family
SUNDAY, September 11 8:30 AM Stephen Driscoll, NYPD 9-11-01 WTC 10:00 AM Suzanne H. Mele 11:30 AM Kay & John Adams Peg & Jerry Dolan
Mission of Mercy Update
Please pray for Father Henry Lunninze who was
just ordained in Uganda. He is pictured here
with a Mass kit that was donated by Deacon Ed
Jennings who has been assisting him since he
has been in the seminary. He also received a
chalice engraved in Memory of Patrick
Scatourchio and a ciborium in Memory of
Deacon Ed's family.
Choir practice will resume the evening of Thursday, September 8th in the Convent.. Please contact Jarred Tafaro, Director of Sacred Music, for more details.
Father Moses Otom received
a mass kit and book to assist
him in Uganda. The mass kit
was donated in memory of
Tim Ryan.
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Two weeks ago, I wrote in this bulletin about the Ignatian
form of prayer known as the Examen. Several people
responded that they found it useful and helpful. So much
so that I decided to write this week about another form of
prayer that I personally find compatible and uplifting. It is
a form of prayer that was well known to the ancient Irish
monks, as they sat in their remote and desolate monastic
sites.
This form of prayer, like all methods of prayer is rooted in
interior silence. It is based on the premise that union with
God is the goal of all believers – not just in this life but
also in eternity. This form of prayer is sometimes referred
to as “Centering Prayer”. Its primary Scriptural basis is
the saying of Jesus in Matthew 6:6, “If you want to pray,
enter your room, shut the door and pray to your Father
who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret, will
reward you.”
This form of prayer is based on this admonition of Jesus:
1. to let go of external circumstances and their turmoil,
2. To let go of the interior noise of your thoughts and
feelings, symbolized by “closing the door”
3. The third movement takes place when our awareness
joins the hidden God in the silence and the secrecy where
God actually dwells within us and is waiting for us. You
could say that this praying in secret seems to be Jesus’
term for what later became known in Christian tradition as
contemplation.
But do not be dissuaded by this term into thinking that
that kind of prayer is for mystics and monks. It is a
prayer for everyone who wishes to surrender
themselves and consent to God.
We tend to identify ourselves with the constant flow of
thoughts and feelings that course through our
consciousness. In this form of prayer, we withdraw our
attention from the ordinary flow of thoughts and feelings,
and connect with that deeper level of consciousness that
has been described as the underlying river or stream on
which our thoughts, our images, our memories and our
feelings and inner experiences are all resting and flowing.
This level of ourselves is the deeper spiritual level of
ourselves where we encounter the very presence of God
himself, and where we participate in his very Being.
To facilitate letting go of thoughts and external
phenomena, , assume a comfortable position. Choose a
place that is quiet so as not to be distracted by external
noises. This form of prayer is a consenting and
surrendering to God. It does not require, and does not use
words. In this form of prayer, words are an obstacle –
even pious thoughts and feelings.
In practical terms, here is how it happens
Close your eyes and choose a sacred word that expresses
your intention of opening, consenting and surrendering to
God. This could be the name of Jesus, or any word of one
or two syllables that expresses your intention of opening,
consenting and surrendering to God’ presence. Focus deep
down within yourself beyond the level of your thoughts,
memories, experiences to that stream of being below all
these experiences. The sacred word you have chosen
simply affirms your intention to consent to God’s presence
and your awareness of your spiritual level of being. Do
not say the word out loud; say it silently in you mind and
think of it as a way of saying silently to God “Here I am,
Lord”. When you find yourself going with thoughts or
feelings or whatever distracts you, recall your sacred work
that affirms your intention to consent to God’s presence
and action.
Practicing this form of prayer, is not doing nothing. It
is an activity, but a very gentle activity that constantly and
gently keeps consenting to God, and constantly returning
to him by returning when needed to the sacred word.
In lieu of the sacred word, some people find it more useful
to have a visual image to call them back. If you practice
this form of prayer in church (St. Catharine Church is a
perfect setting) a visual mage of the monstrance or the
tabernacle can call you back. Twenty or thirty minutes is
the minimum amount of time for most people to establish
interior silence and get beyond the din of life and personal
thoughts. Ideally, doing it twice a day – in the morning
and evening is ideal, but the beauty of this form of prayer
is that you can do it any time you can find a quiet and
comfortable place.
If you are interested in pursuing this form of prayer and
recapturing for yourself our ancient Catholic
contemplative heritage, you will find Thomas Keating’s
classic book; Open Mind, Open Heart” very helpful.
You can order it from Amazon.
Fr Harry Cullen
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A BIBLICAL WALK WITH MARY
This new eight-week program will begin on Tuesday, September 20th. Registration will be held after all Masses this week and next. Like “The Doors of Mercy” this past spring, you will find this to be an enriching, inspirational and thoroughly enjoyable learning experience.
The $40.00 registration fee covers your choice of weekly 10:00-11:30AM or 7:00- 8:30PM session, along with study guide and access to streaming video of each session’s presentation, filmed in the Holy Land. Sign up today, or by mail. (Send contact information and check payable to St. Catharine’s Parish, and write “Mary Program” in check memo and on envelope please).
Please call 732-449-5765 Ext. 167 with any questions or concerns. Thank you!
Religious Education is currently registering for the students for the 2016-2017 school year that begins on Tuesday, September 20th. If you have not re-registered, we ask you to do so as soon as possible. Forms are on our website, www.stcatharine-stmargaret.org, if needed. If you have any questions, please call 732-449-4424 ext 310.
Kathleen Fahey Robert “Smitty” Meehan
Michael Johnston, Sr. Robert Mills Evans
John Gardell Jean Dalton
Bernadette & Kerry Slattery Darcy Lanzo Joan Micioni
Frederick McGaughan Dorothea Knapp Anthony Rienzi
Concetta DiPietro Irene Wisniewski
Joan Donahue B. Jerry Donahue
William W. Donovan, Jr. Ralph Santucci
Mabel & James Kerr Kathleen Slonski
The Following have been enrolled in the St. Catharine-St. Margaret Parish Memorial Mass Society and will share in special masses to be celebrated at the 9:00am for 12 first Sundays beginning September 4, 2016.
Joseph Pellechia Joan Piga
Cynthia Falana Peter Cheche Nino Caridi
Edward Drozd John Bergin Tim Ryan
Brett Field Richard “Dick” Gearing
John O’Beirne Lisa Jennings
Charles & Cordelia Leimer John Lally
John Russell Paul Furey
Eric Cherchio Lenny Matuch
Ruth Anna Rempe
Paul Todd Jr., Paul Todd, Fr Cullen
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PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGES
TRIP: Fr. Garry Koch and Sr. Margaret Tierney invite you to
a pilgrimage to the Holy Land for 10 days (February 15-24,
2017). Presentation on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at
2:00 p.m. in St. Catharine's Convent. For a brochure, please
call Sr. Margaret Tierney at (732)449-5765, ext. 124.
2016 Champion for Life
Mary’s Child Pro-Life Ministry is
pleased to announce that Fr. Evarist
Kabagambe, pastoral vicar of Holy
Innocents Church, Neptune, and
chaplain at Jersey Shore University
Medical Center, has been chosen as
the 2016 Champion for Life. The
dinner honoring him will be held on Sunday,
October 23rd, at Doolan’s Shore Club, Rt.
71, Spring Lake Heights. All those who have
been blessed by Fr. Evarist’s priesthood are
encouraged to come hear his dynamic talk.
Watch bulletin for more information!, but
please mark the date on your calendar
now!
St. Catharine—St. Margaret’s Classics
Tuesday, September 20th Bus Trip to New York
A tour of St. Patrick’s Cathedral with Lunch at the Rock Center Café
Leave Spring Lake train station at 8:00 a.m. We will enjoy a guided tour of the recently renovated St. Patrick’s Cathedral at ten, cross Fifth Avenue to The Rock Center Café for lunch at 11:30, and have time to explore the area, do a little shopping, or return to St. Pat’s on our own. New York City weather is beautiful in late September. While required walking is minimal, there is enough time to explore the area for the more adventurous. We should be back at the Spring Lake train station about FOUR. $87 includes transportation, lunch, all taxes and tips. MENU: Soup of the day, ENTREE: Caesar Salad, with Roasted Chicken Breast and Parmigiano Croutons or Penne Pasta Caprese, House Made Tomato Sauce, Fresh Mozzarella and Basil. DESSERT: Cheesecake, Coffee and Tea Please make check out and return to Sherry Callahan Travel, 508, Washington Blvd., Sea Girt, NJ 08750. For more information call Susan Leahy at 732-245-1645 or Margaret O’Regan at 732-449-3824.
Our Parish Family of St. Catharine - St. Margaret would like to congratulate the following couples who were married on:
August 6th Thomas Sablom and Tina Godsell
&
Michael DelPiore and Tonia Jagodnik
August 13th John Ferraro and Andrea Grippo
August 20th Kody Babcock and Jennifer Seniszyn
& Michael McGrath and Bridget Fisher
August 27th David Holt and Cristina Gonzalez
Paul Todd Concert St Catharine’s 8/26
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Diocese of Trenton 27th Annual GUARDIAN ANGEL DINNER DANCE
will be Honoring David and Patricia Wright with the prestigious Richard J Hughes Humanitarian Award
David and Patricia Wright have been an active couple in our St. Catharine-St. Margaret Parish serving on numerous committees. They were part of the founding members of the Parish's Social Concerns Committee while serving as lectors and Eucharistic ministers and Dave is also a sacristan.
Both Dave and Pat are longtime friends and supporters of Catholic Charities. Dave has served on the Board of Trustees for nine years, including service as Chair of the Board.
You are invited to join us in recognizing our honorees by attending this annual dinner-dance, Saturday, September 24, 2016 at Hyatt Regency Princeton from 5PM to 10PM.
For tickets and further information call Tom Keefe (732)449-6641 or Eileen Ryan (732)449-3496.
Note: Based on the number of interested participants by 9/12/16 arrangements for busing will be made available .
The Most Reverend David M. O’Connell, C.M., Bishop of Trenton
& The Board of Trustees of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton
Request your company on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2016 Hyatt Regency Princeton
PASTORAL CARE: 732-449-5765 If you are going into the hospital, our priests will be happy to anoint
you by appointment before admittance. If you are IN the hospital,
please call us to let us know so we can visit you, since hospitals no longer list
patients’ parishes.
If you wish someone to visit you or your loved one in your home or assisted
living, please notify us directly. Sr. Margaret Tierney, Ext. 124.
BAPTISMS: Baptism Preparation Class must be taken before the Baptism. We
urge parents to take the class before the baby’s birth. Please call 732-449-5765,
ext 102 to arrange for Baptisms and the Preparation Class.
MARRIAGES: All couples planning marriage should notify the parish at least
one year in advance. The Church sees marriage in one’s own parish as the most
proper arrangement, therefore, people who reside in St. Catharine - St. Margaret
Parish have a right to be married here. Others should receive the sacrament in
their own parishes. The bride, the groom, or their parents must be registered and
living in this Parish for at least one year. Pre-Cana or Engaged Encounter
Weekend is required as is participation in FOCCUS; a self-diagnostic inventory
designed to help couples learn more about themselves and their unique relationship. Please call 732-449-5765, ext. 134.
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
“We, the Catholic community of St. Catharine ‑ St. Margaret, gather in Christ's name to nurture spiritual growth through the various stages and challenges of life.
We are committed through liturgy, sacraments and parish activities ‑ to proclaim the message of the Gospel, to provide a quality Catholic education for children and adults, to continue to build community and to serve those in need. Rich in the traditions established in this community during the last century, we challenge ourselves to live our faith in loving service to the community's residents and its many summer visitors.
We affirm our concern for all members of the Mystical Body of Christ everywhere and particularly those who require assistance.
And always, we seek to know and love God and to love our neighbor as Jesus taught us.”
Remember St. Catharine’s in Your Will
Have the following statement included in your will: “I leave to the St Catharine School/Parish , Spring Lake, NJ, the sum of $___________or_______ percent of the residue of my estate, whichever is greater, for its religious, educational and charitable works”. Stock may also be donated to the parish.
Weekly Collection
August 27/28, 2016
First Collection Summary By Mass
St. Margaret’s Saturday 4.00PM $ 2,928.00 Sunday 8.30AM $ 3,033.00 Sunday 10.00AM $ 2,755.00 Sunday 11.30AM $ 1,383.00 Total St. Margaret’s $10,099.00
St. Catharine’s Saturday 5.00PM $ 1,928.00 Sunday 7.00AM $ 2,664.00 Sunday 9.00AM $ 3,482.45 Sunday 10.30AM $ 3,568.00 Sunday 12.00PM (Chapel) $ 1,570.00 Sunday 12.00PM $ 1,123.00 Total St. Catharine’s Church $14,335.45
Contributions that come in the mail $ 529.00
Total Collection $ 24,963.45
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