The Roman Catholic Parish of St. Vincent de Paul 250 Bebout Avenue Stirling, New Jersey 07980 Phone: (908) 647-0118 Fax: (908) 647-5992 Parish Office—908-647-0118 In an emergency call 973-222-0720 Parish website: stvincentschurch.org Parish email: [email protected]PASTORAL STAFF Fr. A. Richard Carton, Pastor [email protected]Fr. William (Bill) Mooney Weekend Assistant Elena Bird Zolnick Director of Sacred Music 907-953-0128 [email protected]Vincent G. Clarke, Organist 908-647-4926 Sr. Krystyna Dziadkowiec Pastoral Associate [email protected]Sr. Elsa Jeronimo, C.S.JB. Director of Social Outreach [email protected]Deirdre Nemeth Director of Religious Formation 908-647-0421 [email protected]Maria Allen Youth Minister 908-295-8104 [email protected]Peter O’Neill, Deacon 908-647-7258 [email protected]Parish Trustees Alan Tangreti and Timothy Wallisch PARISH OFFICE STAFF Vera Castagna Parish Secretary Maria DeLuca Religious Formation Secretary Teri Kesselmeyer Technology and Communications Mary Woods Parish Finance Coordinator We are a Catholic community rooted in the Eucharist and committed to the poor. Sunday Mass Schedule (Vigil Mass) Saturday —5:00PM Sunday 8:30AM, 10:30AM and 6:00PM Confession: Saturday at 4PM or other days by appointment. Weekday Mass Schedule 8:30AM Monday - Saturday “It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass.” St. Padre Pio
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The Roman Catholic Parish of St. Vincent de Paul 250 Bebout Avenue
Stirling, New Jersey 07980 Phone: (908) 647-0118 Fax: (908) 647-5992
January 6th and 7th The Epiphany of the Lord Page Two
MASS INTENTIONS MONDAY January 8th 8:30AM The Baptism of the Lord
Theresa Galante Georgeanne White
Michael and Rita Pavlo
TUESDAY January 9th 8:30AM John B. Meade Mary O’Connor
Mary Jo Bunsa Calami Corsino Mendes
WEDNESDAY January 10th 8:30AM Fr. John Mary Johannssen(Living) Amanda Laura Al Orlando THURSDAY January 11th 8:30AM Patricia Arige John Seylaz Ruth Ann Rahe Br. Martin Pacholek FRIDAY January 12th 8:30AM Karl Schlegel, III (Living)
Mary Keller Roberto Villajuan
SATURDAY January 13th
Saint Hilary, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
8:30AM Richard Blumberg Nelson Vitorino
Theresa Galante
The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
5:00PM (Vigil) Leo Long Pat Passarelli Reggie and Gregory Pigna
SUNDAY January 14th 8:30AM Joyce Beer
Rosemary Quinn Alexander Madonna 10:30AM Eugene McMahon
Letitia M. Jorgensen Deceased members of the Ochrymowych Family
6:00PM Thomas Fallon Patricia Guidetti Deceased members of the parish
The weekend of December 23rd and 24th
Total amount in envelopes: $9,264
Loose: $2,091
Online Parish Pay: $3,160
Total Offered : $14,515 The weekend of December 30th and 31st Total amount in envelopes: $10,634 Loose: $1,439 Online Parish Pay: $3,160 Total Offered: $15,233
Mortgage Reduction: $2,824
Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God: $3,046
The Christmas Collection will be published at the end of the Christmas Season.
Daily Mass Readings
Monday Is 55:1-11 or 1 Jn 5:1-9; Mk 1:7-11 Tuesday 1 Sm 1:9-20; Mk 1:21-28 Wednesday 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20; Mk 1:29-39 Thursday 1 Sm 4:1-11; Mk 1:40-45 Friday 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a; Mk 2:1-12 Saturday 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19, 10:1; Mk 2:13-17
IN GIVING, WE RECEIVE
If you have not yet responded to the 2017 Bishop’s Annual Appeal, there is still time to do so as the 2017 Appeal funds are used to support ministries and programs through the end of the diocesan fiscal year on June 30, 2018. Your gift is a great
blessing and valued so we can serve Christ by serving his people. For your convenience, you can make an online gift at www.2017appeal.org. May God bless you for your generosity!
As we celebrate this weekend the Feast of the Epiphany we welcome Bishop Serratelli who is here to pay a pastoral visit to us along with his priest secretary and Vice Chancellor for the Diocese Fr. Kevin Corcoran. According to Canon 396 §1. of the Code of Canon Law: A bishop is obliged to visit the diocese annually either in whole or in part, so that he visits the entire diocese at least every Five years either personally or, if he has been legitimately impeded, through the coadjutor bishop, an auxiliary, vicar general, episcopal vicar, or another presbyter. Bishop Serratelli visits each parish at least twice a year—for the pastoral visit and to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation. It is important for a parish to know abut the Bishop and so I take this opportunity to share about our Bishop with you.
Bishop Arthur Joseph Serratelli was born in Newark, New Jersey on April 18, 1944, the son of the late Pio Serratelli and the late Eva Fasolino. Bishop Serratelli attended Ann Street School in Newark and completed his grammar school education at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Newark. He attended Seton Hall Preparatory School and Seton Hall University in South Orange. He studied for two years at Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington and then at the North American College in Rome. While in Rome, he did his theological studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University and Scripture studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Seton Hall University in 1965, a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Gregorian University in 1969, a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Biblical Institute in 1976, and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Gregorian University in 1977. Ordained to the priesthood in St. Peter’s Basilica by Bishop Francis Reh on December 20, 1968, Bishop Serratelli served for one year as parochial vicar at St. Anthony Parish, Belleville. He taught Systematic Theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary for two years and then returned to Rome for higher studies. From 1977 until 2002, he taught Sacred Scripture and biblical languages at the seminary. He was Rector of St. Andrew’s College Seminary at Seton Hall University from 1997-2000. He also taught at the Redemptorist Seminary in Esopus, New York; St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, New York; the Institute of Religious Studies, Archdiocese of New York; and the lay ministry program of the Educational Program Service of Trinity College, Washington. Bishop Serratelli has been active in giving retreats to priests and religious, diocesan convocations and lectures throughout the United States. He has also been a weekend assistant in Most Blessed Sacrament Parish, Franklin Lakes, and served in Holy Family Parish, Nutley and Saint Anthony Parish, Passaic. His Holiness, Pope John Paul II named him a Prelate of Honor in 1998. His appointment as Titular Bishop of Enera and Auxiliary Bishop of Newark was announced on July 3, 2000. His Episcopal Ordination was celebrated on September 8, 2000. He was appointed Vicar for Ministries, Regional Bishop for Essex County, and Vicar General for the Apostolates shortly thereafter. In March 2002, he was appointed Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia for the Archdiocese of Newark. He was installed as Paterson’s seventh bishop on July 6, 2004 at the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, Paterson. At present, he is the Chairman of the International Committee on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). He is a member of the Vatican’s Vox Clara Commission. He also served as co-chair of the Vatican’s International Dialogue with the Baptist World Alliance. As a member of the USCCB in Washington DC, Bishop Serratelli serves as chairman of the Committee on Divine Worship. He is the past chairman and present member of the Ad Hoc Sub-Committee for the Review of Scripture Translations. He is a present member of the Ad Hoc Committee for the Review of the Catechism. Pope Francis announced the appointment of Bishop Serratelli as a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Bishop Serratelli was the only American prelate named. He served as past member and chair of the Committee on Doctrine, as well as past member of the Task Group on Liturgy with Children and the Committee for Women in the Church and Society. Bishop Serratelli also served on the Task Force for the Review of the Lectionary and the Ad Hoc Committee for the Spanish Bible for the Church in America. In addition, he is a member of the following: Board of Bishops of the New Jersey Catholic Conference; Board of Trustees at Assumption College for Sisters, Denville, NJ; Board of Regents and Board of Trustees at Seton Hall University; Board of Overseers at Immaculate Conception Seminary in South Orange, NJ; and Board of Directors for the Catholic Relief Services.
During the Eucharistic Prayer at each Mass we pray for our Holy Father, Francis and Arthur our Bishop, keeping in mind the tremendous responsibilities given them. Please keep them in your personal prayer also. Tomorrow we conclude the Season of Christmas with the Baptism of the Lord. More on that next week. Merry Christmas, Fr. Richard
Bishop Arthur Joseph Serratelli
January 6th and 7th Page FourPLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
Those who serve in the military: James Minogue, Nick Ragazzo, Stephen J. Campbell, Sean Milde, Frank Fasano, Richard Lister, Eric Leverone, Jay Donato, Frank Messina, Eileen Murphy, Peter Giovanni, John E. Siedler IV
Those who are ill: John Daglian, Parker Watson, Annette McGrory, Marian Zoll, Lou Aroneo, Patrick Bergin, Joseph Rota, Lynne Coombs, Lucy Bustillos, Paula Matchen, May Hill, Caitlin Shea, Bill Wallisch, Larry Oster, Nanci Gamba, Elizabeth Early, Serenity Rose Apuzzo, Helen Munro and Eric Binner
Those who have died to this world Gerald Deering, Joseph Connolly,
Mary Sheridan, Lucille Roll Requiescat in Pace
May all the faithful who have departed this world rest in your eternal peace. Amen
READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY First Reading: 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19 This powerful story describes Samuel, who at the time was the servant of the high priest. The Lord called out to Samuel, who twice thought Eli had called him. They gradually realized that it was the Lord who called for him. So the third time Samuel answered and the Lord remained with Samuel as he grew.
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20 Paul explains to the Corinthians that their body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. He tells them to avoid lewd conduct, and glorify God by keeping their bodies pure.
Gospel: John 1:35-42 John told two of his disciples that Jesus is the Lamb of God. They turned and followed him, immediately curious and attracted to him. Andrew told his brother Simon about Jesus. Simon also came to meet Jesus, who renamed him Cephas, or Peter.
Reborn through the waters of Baptism and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, we embrace:
Joy Cecilia Beer daughter of Jeff and Amilee
claimed now for the fullness of eternal life.
Come join us with your whole family to pray the Rosary before the
Blessed Sacrament on Friday, January 19th beginning at
7:00pm. Potluck dessert and fun activities for families will take place after
prayer, Adoration and Benediction. RSVP to Amy Pejman at
The Rosary is prayed daily Monday through Friday and on First Saturdays immediately following the 8:30AM Mass. All are welcome to pray the Rosary together as a faith community.
Are you or someone you know in the process of recovering from cancer? The Berkeley Heights
YMCA will offer a 12 week exercise program beginning January 23rd at 10:30am. The
program takes place in a small group setting with certified trainers to help you regain strength and
work on balance and flexibility. There are two sessions per week. Contact Lisa McQuilkin to
register at the Berkeley Heights YMCA 908-464-8373/[email protected]. There is no fee for the program. Medical clearance is required.
A 12 week YMCA membership is included.
RECOVERING FROM CANCER?
Technology class takes place Tuesdays at 9:30am to 10:30am in the Library.
Sessions resume on Tuesday, January 9th. Bring your phone and/or tablet in order to learn about texting, emailing, pictures and
more. For questions contact Teri at the Parish House or at [email protected].
On Friday, January 19th at 7pm you are invited to Adoration and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament where the Rosary will be prayed for a deeper respect for the precious gift of human life and for an end to all attacks on the sanctity of life. Please come join in prayer as we unite our efforts with those who will be participating in the Annual Right to Life March in Washington, DC that day. “All life has inestimable value even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God’s creation, made in his own image, destined to live forever, and deserving of the utmost reverence and respect.” Pope Francis
ADORATION AND ROSARY
NJ RIGHT TO LIFE RALLY IN TRENTON
The Rally for Life sponsored by NJ Right to Life will take place in Trenton on Monday, January 22nd from 11:00am to 1:00pm outside the State House Annex, 145 West State Street, Trenton. Visit www.njrtl.org for directions, parking and information regarding weather and other updates.
We will meet on Wednesday, January 10th from 9:15am to 10:30am and the following 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. We will meet in Room 5 in the Faith Formation Center. All Moms and young children are welcome! Email Josephine Costanzo for questions and
The Meals for Moms Ministry seeks to support families who have just welcomed a new baby. We are happy to provide several meals to the family during this special time. Please contact Dan iel le Grieco at [email protected] for more information. If you would like to help by cooking one meal please email Danielle.
“Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.” St. Teresa of Calcutta
Our first Bridges Run of 2018 is Friday, January 26th. Please consider donating the needed supplies by visiting www.perfectpotluck.com
Coordinator: Bridges Password: 2323
Monetary donations are also accepted. Thank you to all who have supported the Bridges Outreach Ministry over the years. Many hungry people have had a nutritious meal because of your service and love for Christ. Let us continue to share resources with those most in need.
FREE THROW CONTEST
The annual Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest will be Saturday, January 20th from 1pm to 3pm at the Central School Gym. The contest is open to all boys and girls ages 9 through 14 in the parish and the local community. Age eligibility is determined by the age of the contestant as of January 1st. For further information contact Dan Gildea at 908-377-4508.
TRIVIA NIGHT The Knights are hosting Trivia Night on Friday, February 2nd from 7pm to 9pm in the gym. It is guaranteed to be a fun night with family and friends. Food and drinks are included and it is all FREE! For
more information contact Tim Wallisch at [email protected] or call 908-524-7311.
ADULT FAITH FORMATION STUDIES Sr. Elsa’s Spiritual Book Club Mondays 9:15am to 10:45am. The book being studied is Twelve Little Ways to Transform Your Heart by Susan Moto based on the spirituality of St. Therese of Lisieux. Sessions will resume on Monday, January 8, 2018. Getting Ready For Sunday with Fr. Richard Gain a deeper insight into the Scriptures for Sunday Mass and a deeper understanding of the readings and of the culture and context within which they were written. Discussions are held on Thursday afternoons at 1pm to 2:30pm and repeated in the evening at 7:30pm to 9:00pm. The Bible and the Sacraments: Journey Through Scripture. Sessions will resume January 10th until February 21st from 7pm to 8:30pm with Fr. Richard. Learn about the life changing power of the sacraments, their meaning and origin as illuminated in Sacred Scripture.
St. Vincent de Paul Parish will have a bus going to Washington, DC for the March For Life on Friday, January 19th. The cost is $30. Registration flyers are available at the parish office and on our website. Contact Teri Kesselmeyer with questions or concerns 908-647-0118 .
The bus departs after the 6am Mass and breakfast and returns approximately between 9:00pm and 10:00pm.
MARCH FOR LIFE 2018
THANK YOU FROM THE KNIGHTS
This year’s Knights of Columbus Christmas Pie Sale was most successful. We would like to thank all who supported the sale with either a purchase or monetary contribution. Your generosity will allow the Council to cont inue its involvement in the various
parish programs that we support. May the Newborn Babe of Bethlehem shower you and your loved ones with blessings this Christmas Season and throughout the New Year.
Rachel’s Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild and redeem hearts broken by abortion. Weekend retreats offer a supportive, confidential and non-judgmental environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions
and begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing. The upcoming retreat will be held from Friday evening, January 26 through Sunday afternoon, January 28 in the Stirling area. To register, or for more information, contact Marie at 973-377-1004 ext. 425. All calls are held in strictest confidence.
RACHEL’S VINEYARD RETREAT
MOUNT SAINT MARY HOUSE OF PRAYER
New Year, New You Tired of making resolutions you do not keep?
Desiring to change, but not able to sustain new habits? This evening of prayer and interaction will
help you deepen your relationship with God. The program will be offered on Tuesday,
January 9th from 7pm to 9pm. The presenter will be Laura M. Arvin, OP
Registration is required by calling 908-753-2091 or by email [email protected]
With the assistance of our parish the progress on the rectory at St. Paul, Nanpol, Haiti, our sister parish, has been wonderful. Fr. Theo sent this picture just before Christmas Day which shows the progress a n d t h e h a p p y parishioners who want us to know of their gratitude. In addition, a generous benefactor recently gave $5,000 so that the water pump may be replaced. This will benefit the entire community there. In January, when our next visit takes place, it is the intention of Fr. Theo and his parishioners to show us how much progress is being made. Thank you to all who have donated through the Food and Wine fundraiser and on your own initiative. More pictures may be found on our parish website. If you would like to make a donation send a check made out to St. Vincent de Paul making sure to mark Haiti Mission in the memo line. Donations can also be made through our parish website. We are impacting the lives of others tremendously. Thank you.
