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]Amilee Beer Youth/Confirmation Coordinator 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 and 7 PM* Monday-Friday 8:30 AM—Saturday * weekdays in Lent “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
April 8th and 9th Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Page Two
SUNDAY COLLECTION REPORT The weekend of April 1st and 2nd
Total amount in envelopes: $8,363
Loose: $1,902
Online Parish Pay $3,000
Total Offered: $13,265
Diocesan Assessment $2,512
“It is not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” St. Teresa of Calcutta
MASS INTENTIONS MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK April 10th 8:30AM Bridget Schlegel Frank Lazzara Lena and Duke Dorsi
7:00PM Marion Brandes Msgr. Patrick Brown Terry McCloskey
TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK April 11th 8:30AM Joan Doyle Colin Reilly John Seylaz 7:00PM Donald Courter Eileen Breen Mary Lovetri
WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK April 12th 8:30AM John Calabro (Living) Dominic Carton Josephine Torlucci 7:00PM Linda Finnegan
Thomas Bryson Willard and Gretchen Dolman
THE SACRED TRIDUUM
HOLY THURSDAY No Morning Mass 7:30PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper
For the members of the Parish, living and deceased
Adoration in the Chapel until midnight
GOOD FRIDAY The Passion and Death of Our Lord
No Mass on Good Friday
3:ooPM Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion with Veneration of the Cross
7:00PM Stations of the Cross HOLY SATURDAY 12 NOON Blessing of the Easter Food in
the Pastoral Center Gym No 5PM Mass
8:00PM THE GREAT VIGIL OF EASTER
EASTER SUNDAY MASS
8:30AM and 10:30AM
For the members of the Parish, living and deceased
No evening Mass on Easter Sunday
Daily Mass Readings for Holy Week
Monday Is 42:1-7; Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday Is 49:1-6; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday Is 50:4-9a; Mt 26:14-25 Holy Thursday Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 Good Friday Is 52:13—53:12; Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9; Jn 18:1—19:42 Holy Saturday Vigil: Gn 1:1—2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a; Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ex 14:15—15:1; Is 54:5-14; Is 55:1-11; Bar 3:9-15, 32—4:4; Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Rom 6:3-11; Mt 28:1-10
EASTER FLOWERS A beautiful way to remember your deceased family members is by memorializing them with the Easter flowers placed at the altar throughout the Easter Season. An envelope for Easter Flower donations is included in your packet. Or email Vera at [email protected] with your request. The request for flowers is due by April 10th.
The Parish Office will close at Noon on Holy Thursday and will re-open on
Tuesday April 18th. In an emergency please call 973-222-0720
LENTEN REGULATIONS Good Friday is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. The norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding from age 14 onwards.
We enter Holy Week in union with our sisters and brothers in Christ throughout the world. Personally I believe that more grace abounds in this week than at any other time in the year. I pray that none of us will approach it as simply an ordinary week, as it certainly leads us to a most extraordinary realization in the celebration of Easter. On Palm (Passion) Sunday Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem, to accomplish the great events of our salvation, is recalled. The commemoration on this day, with the blessing and the procession of palm branches, is not just an historical re-enactment of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, but marks the solemn entrance of the Church, the Body of Christ, into Holy Week. On Monday at 7PM the Chrism Mass is offered at St. Philip the Apostle Church, Clifton. Any who are able to attend are encouraged to do so. On Tuesday evening from 7:30—9PM there will be 4 priests here for our Holy Week celebration of the Sacrament of Penance. This is a wonderful opportunity to be truly prepared for the Renewal of Baptismal Vows at Easter.
Lent ends with the beginning of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, at which time the Church enters into the Sacred Triduum. The Mass of the Lord’s Supper will begin at 7:30PM. During this Mass, the Washing of Feet takes place commemorating the washing of the Apostles’ feet by Jesus at the Last Supper. Following the Prayer after Communion, the Blessed Eucharist is taken in procession throughout the church to the Altar of Repose in the chapel. The faithful are encouraged to spend some time in adoration throughout the remainder of the evening until Midnight. The period of adoration ends with prayer at Midnight. After Midnight, there is no adoration.
On Good Friday, when ‘Christ our Passover was sacrificed’ the Church meditates on the Passion of her Lord and Spouse, venerates the Cross, commemorates her origin from the sight of Christ on the Cross, and intercedes for the salvation of the whole world. On this day, in accordance with ancient tradition, the Church does not celebrate the Eucharist; Holy Communion is distributed to the faithful during the celebration of the Lord's Passion alone. Good Friday is a day of penance to be observed as a day of obligation in the whole Church through abstinence and fasting. The Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion and Death begins at 3PM in silence. During the Liturgy, the account of the Lord’s Passion from the Gospel of John is proclaimed and the Veneration of the Cross takes place. The Stations of the Cross are prayed at 7PM on Good Friday, especially for those who are unable to participate in the 3PM Liturgy.
On Holy Saturday no Mass is offered until the Great Vigil of Easter at 8PM. The blessing of Easter food and baskets takes place at Noon on Holy Saturday in the gym. In accord with ancient tradition, Holy Saturday night is a night of vigil for the Lord, and as the memorial of the holy night of Christ’s resurrection, the Vigil celebrated is the ‘mother of all holy vigils.’ The Church this night awaits the Lord’s resurrection and celebrates it with the sacraments of Christian initiation. ‘The entire celebration of the Easter Vigil takes place at night. It should not begin before nightfall; it should end before daybreak on Sunday.’ This rule is to be taken according to its strictest sense (Circular Letter on Holy Week, 78). The order of the Easter Vigil is so arranged that after the service of light and the Easter Proclamation (which is the first part of the Vigil), Holy Church meditates on the wonderful works which the Lord God wrought for his people from the earliest times, (the 2nd part or Liturgy of the Word), to the moment when, together with those new members reborn in Baptism (the 3rd part), she is called to the table prepared by the Lord for his Church, the commemoration of his death and resurrection, until he comes (the 4th part) (81.)
Sadly, I have heard people comment that they do not come to the Easter Vigil as it tends to be too long. I have watched movies that were too long, sat in meetings that were too long, stuck waiting for events that were too long but I have never felt that the Easter Vigil was too long in that it was a waste of time. Each year when the Vigil has concluded I experience the great joy of faith which is offered to every believer. I also feel a twinge of sadness knowing that it will be another year before that celebration of the Easter Vigil will take place again. On Easter Sunday, Mass will be offered at 8:30 and 10:30AM. There is no evening Mass here on Easter Sunday. During the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday Mass we renew our Baptismal Promises. Lent serves to prepare us for that moment of renewal and rededication. I am most grateful for your dedication and support of this parish. May the Lord bless each of us abundantly in this sacred time. May your Holy Week and Easter be filled with graced encounters.
Peace, Fr. Richard
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Join Fr. Richard for a deeper insight into the Scriptures for Sunday Mass. Discussions are on-going every Thursday at 2pm to 3:30 pm and repeated at 7:30pm to 9pm in the Pastoral Center Library. Sessions will not take place on Thursday, April 13th and April 20th.
We will resume on Thursday, April 27th.
READINGS FOR EASTER SUNDAY First Reading: Acts 10:34a, 37‑43 In this passage, Peter testifies that he and his followers saw the miracles performed by Christ, witnessed His death, and believe in His resurrection. Now they will proclaim to all that C h r i s t i s t h e S o n o f G o d . Second Reading: Colossians 3:1‑4 Paul tells the Colossians that they will appear with Christ in glory. They should be mindful of things above rather than things on earth. G o s p e l : J o h n 2 0 : 1 ‑9 In vivid detail, John tells us that when Mary Magdalene visited Christ’s tomb, the tomb was empty. She told the apostles, who ran to the tomb, and saw the “wrappings” on the ground. The disciple who entered first “saw and believed.”
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
Those who serve in the military: Nick Ragazzo, Stephen J. Campbell, Sean Milde, Frank Fasano, Marcia Fernandes, Richard Lister, Eric Leverone, Jay Donato, Frank Messina, Eileen Murphy, Peter Giovanni, John E. Siedler IV, and Alex Slevens.
Those who are ill: Anthony Gagliostro, Patrick Bergin, Joseph Rota, Joan Miller, Nelson Vitorino, Stephanie Toth, Lynne Coombs, Erin and Abby Delaney, Ron Panigrosso, Lucy Bustillos, Paula Matchen, May Hill, Caitlin and Kevin Shea, Bill Wallisch, Helen Marie Kravitz, Linda Russell, Larry and Aileen Oster, Nanci Gamba, Elizabeth Early, Serenity Rose Apuzzo, George Thoms, Richard Sherer, Maple Young, Helen Munro, Lou Aroneo, Mary Keller, George Armenti III, Anne Galdieri, Patricia Caruso-Minicozzi, Pat Moran and Eric Binner.
Those who have died to this world Carmela Lopiano
Requiescat in Pace
May all the faithful who have departed this world rest in your eternal peace. Amen
VOCATION DISCERNMENT QUO VADIS DAYS
Young men ages 15 to 25 are invited to participate in a time of recreation, fellowship, prayer and discussion to help them explore the Lord’s call in their life with priests and seminarians of the Paterson Diocese. “Quo Vadis—Where are you going?” is a time for vocations discernment. It is a time to share your faith and meet other young men seeking God’s will. Quo Vadis Days will be held June 27th thru 29th at the Sacred Heart Retreat Center, Newton, NJ. There is no cost. For more information and/or registration contact the coordinators, Fr. Edgar Rivera and Fr. Luis Hernandez in the Vocations Office at 973-777-8818 ext. 711 or by email to [email protected]
April 2017 Dear friends in Christ, During this Lenten season, as we reflect on the life, death and resurrection of our Lord, it is fitting that a collection is taken on Good Friday to assist Christians in the Holy Land. The places where Jesus lived, died and rose again hold a special meaning to us as Catholics and deserve our support. The Holy Land collection is allocated for educational and ecclesial projects, programs and ministries in the Middle East. Last year, the collection supported 29 parishes, four homes for orphans and three academic institutions. In addition, it provided financial assistance to schools, helped educate men for the priesthood, rehabilitated 80 homes for Christian families and provided senior care facilities in Bethlehem and Nazareth. Dozens of shrines connected to the life of Jesus, and so important to our faith, were preserved thanks to the Holy Land collection. This important work is made possible with your help. As part of our Lenten call to almsgiving, I ask you to please join me in making a financial offering to this special collection when it is taken up on Good Friday.
Our next Bridges Run to New York City will be on Friday, April 21st. Please consider donating needed s u p p l i e s b y v i s i t i n g www.perfectpotluck.com Coordinator: Pat Garcia Password 2323 (Monetary donations are also accepted) Thank you to all who have supported the Bridges Outreach Ministry thus far. Let us continue to share our time and resources with those most in need.
2017 Calendar Raffle The winner of our
seventh drawing was Raymond Nelson. Congratulations!
The next drawing will take place on Wednesday, April 12th with
the winning prize amount of $3,000. Return your tickets as soon as possible to be eligible for the remaining 2 drawings. As the saying goes—you have to be in it to win it! Parishioners are still needed to sell tickets
after all the Masses. Please visit the parish website to sign up.
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
Grief is a journey. This journey can be made easier when shared with others who have faced similar circumstances Come and share your story in a confidential friendly atmosphere. St. Vincent de Paul Parish and St. Mary’s Parish, Watchung have combined their Bereavement Support Groups. The sessions are on-going and will take place until May 2nd at St. Mary’s For additional information contact the Parish Office or our Bereavement Coordinator Barbara Carlson at 908-647-0407.
Our Seder Meal will take place on Wednesday, April 12th at 7:30pm in the Pastoral Center Gym. The Seder Meal was celebrated by Jesus at the Last Supper and helps us to reflect on the roots of the Eucharist. Reserve a place for you, your family and
friends to participate in this prayerful experience. Flyers are available in the narthex. For questions, contact Sr. Elsa at the Parish House.
BRIDGES RUN
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES RICE BOWLS
We encounter Jesus this week in Jerusalem, a community he knew well. We prayerfully enter into our own communities too, encountering those who are hungry and thirsty, and others who need our help. How are we
motivated to serve those we meet in our daily lives? Don’t forget to turn in your Operation Rice Bowl envelopes. Through your contribution Rice Bowl offers an opportunity to pray for and directly assist the poor in this country and oversees.
PARISH SEDER MEAL
If you would like to have a candle lit in remembrance of a loved one before the statue of the Blessed Mother and/or St. Joseph call the parish office to choose a date. This is a beautiful way
to memorialize a loved one.
KARAOKE AND SING-ALONG NIGHT
KARAOKE-Sing-Along Night Friday, April 28th
St. Vincent de Paul Pastoral Center 7:30pm
Friday night fun! Come show off your inner Sinatra or Adele!
Grab a group of friends and belt out your best Sweet Caroline!
Advance tickets are $25 per person ($30 at the door) and include beer, wine, soft drinks and
dinner. Purchase tickets on-line at www.stvincentschurch.org
For additional information or to reserve a full table, call or text Kevin Dempsey at 917-940-7899
We are in need of: spaghetti sauce with meat, pancake mix, corn, canned navy beans, mac and cheese, dry small red beans, spam, sardines, coffee, hot chocolate, tuna fish, tomato sauce, tomato paste and whole tomatoes. Thank you for contributing to those most in need. Items are to be dropped off at the church narthex.
Meals for Moms Ministry The ministry provides meals to families after your baby’s arrival. This is our way of showing support during what can be an exciting, yet stressful time.
If you are a Catholic adult who has not completed the process of initiation through the Sacrament of Confirmation and would like to, please contact Fr. Richard to find out what steps are involved to make this happen. Confirmation establishes us more deeply in our relationship to God as his children, unites us more closely to Jesus Christ, pours out the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit into our soul, strengthens our bond with the Catholic Church, and gives us the power we need to be true witnesses of Christ through living, sharing, and defending our Faith.
ARE YOU A CATHOLIC ADULT WHO HAS NOT YET RECEIVED THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION?
UPDATE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION
We send out news and information more and more by email. If you have not been receiving parish emails then we do not have your current email address. Please update your contact information by either visiting the parish website under “Resources”, email us or call the office. If you are new to our parish, please take this opportunity to register by calling the office 908-647-0118 or visiting our website at www.stvincentschurch.org
The next gathering of our Parish Playgroup will be Wednesday, April 12th in the Pre K room in the Pastoral Center. All new Moms and tots are welcome. We meet from 9:15am to 10:30am the second and fourth Wednesday of the month. If you are able, join us at 8:30 Mass beforehand. For more information c o n t a c t L i n d s a y S c h l e g e l a t [email protected]
PARISH PLAYGROUP
Families of students currently in 8th grade are invited to learn more about Immaculata High School. Appointments for a “Tour and More” can be made by contacting the Department of Admissions vtarentino@immaculatahighschool. org. Testing dates for March and April are still available.
