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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
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 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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June 3rd and 4th Pentecost Sunday Page Two SUNDAY COLLECTION
REPORT MASS INTENTIONS
MONDAY June 5th Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr
8:30AM James Clarke Somir Trauwaert
Dominic Carton TUESDAY June 6th
Saint Norbert, Bishop 8:30AM Norbert Terrie Adele Bjerg Carole
Nelson WEDNESDAY June 7th 8:30AM Jean McDermott (Living) Cindy
Ferro-McCutcheon Mario J. Lamia Ruth Reidel
THURSDAY June 8th 8:30AM Margaret Pascarella Anthony LaRezza
FRIDAY June 9th
Saint Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church
8:30AM William Sutton Maura Lamar
Rosalie Bartiromo SATURDAY June 10th 8:30 AM Mary Ho Msgr.
Patrick Brown Dominic Carton
The Most Holy Trinity
5:00PM (Vigil) Richard Holmes Joan and Daniel Scanlon, Jr.
Deceased members of the Norton Family
SUNDAY June 11th 8:30AM John McMonagle Robert C. Hecht Joseph
Leone
10:30AM Michael and Mary Woods Jack and Mickey Stack Willard and
Gretchen Dolman
6:00PM People of the Parish Deceased members of the Sheedy
Family Deceased members of the Meade Family
The 6PM Mass will conclude next Sunday, June 11th for the summer
months.
Daily Mass Readings Monday Tb 1:3, 2:1b-8; Mk 12:1-12
Tuesday Tb 2:9-14; Mk 12:13-17
Wednesday Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a; Mk 12:18-27
Thursday Tb 6:10-11, 7:1bcde, 9-17, 8:4-9a; Mk 12:28-34
Friday Tb 11:5-17; Mk 12:35-37
Saturday Tb 12:1, 5-15, 20; Mk 12:38-44
The weekend of May 27th and 28th
Total amount in envelopes: $6,385
Loose: $1,471
Online Parish Pay: $3,336 Total Offered : $11,192
Parish Debt Reduction $2,454 Feast of the Ascension $1,686
Dear Friends in Christ, A special combined collection is being
taken up in parishes across our Diocese in June. I ask you to
reflect on the important work being done by the Church throughout
the world and respond with a generous heart. It may be difficult to
imagine because of the many resources available to most parishes in
the United States, but the Church in Latin America struggles to
meet the needs of their large and active Catholic population. Your
support of the Collection for the Church in Latin America provides
lay leadership training, catechesis, priestly and religious
formation and other programs to build the faith of those who long
to grow in their knowledge and love of Christ Jesus.
With your help, the Catholic Relief Services Collection supports
people in some of the most marginalized communities in the world.
The collection assists in providing aid to victims of persecution
and natural disasters and advocates for the people who are all too
often discarded by society. Your help is their hope. I ask you to
please support this special combined collection when it is taken up
in your parish. May God bless you always for your concern for His
people.
NEXT WEEKEND’S COLLECTION
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PENTECOST - A TIME OF AWAKENING June 3rd and 4th Page Three
Today we celebrate Pentecost which marks the end of the Easter
Season, fifty days of reflecting and meditating on the resurrection
of Jesus and drawing inspiration from the events and activities of
the early church. This is why we read from the Acts of the Apostles
throughout the Easter Season at Mass. On that first Pentecost the
early followers of Jesus gathered as their Lord commanded them,
expecting the fulfillment of the promise he had made. We refer to
Pentecost as the "birthday" of the missionary church. Their
encounter with the Holy Spirit in the Upper Room changed them. As
they were filled with the same Spirit which raised Jesus from the
dead, so too are we. The Holy Spirit empowers us to carry forward
in time the ongoing mission of Jesus Christ until he returns to
complete the work of redemption. Every year this celebration of the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost is an opportunity for us
to renew our commitment to living the life of the Spirit. It is the
Holy Spirit which makes it possible for us to live lives of
sacrificial love, holiness and service in the world - a world into
which God, the Father, continues to send His Son, through the Body
of Christ, the Church - of which we are all members by virtue of
our Baptism and Confirmation. This life of the Spirit is essential
for our continued growth in the ways of faith. In reading the Acts
of the Apostles there is no hesitation in noting that the Holy
Spirit turned lives around and upside down. We read of Peter who
was scared to offer witness to Jesus because he was intimidated by
the recognition of his association with Jesus by a servant girl in
the courtyard. Yet, after the descent of the Holy Spirit, we read
of Peter standing toe to toe with the religious leaders of his time
telling them that they had rejected the Messiah of God and that if
they repented and believed they could be saved. Such courage and
conviction in Peter is also evidenced in Paul and so many others
who we encounter in the texts of the Sacred Scripture. An
examination of the teaching of Jesus and the New Testament reveals
the essential role of the Holy Spirit in the life and mission of
the Church - and in the life and mission of every individual
believer. Certainly there are Christians today who have that same
Spirit alive in their witness to Jesus. Can we be counted among
them? The purpose of Pentecost is the empowering of the Church with
the same power that raised Christ Jesus from the dead! The Holy
Spirit draws us into intimacy with the Lord. That intimacy is lived
in our communion with the teachings of the Church. The Catechism of
the Catholic Church, quoting St Augustine, affirms "What the soul
is to the human body, the Holy Spirit is to the Body of Christ,
which is the Church." (CCC # 797) St. Pope John XXIII prayed in
1962 for “a new Pentecost”. In preparation for the Second Vatican
Council, he prayed for God to “Renew Your wonders in this our day,
as by a new Pentecost. Grant to Your Church that, being of one mind
and steadfast in prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and
following the lead of blessed Peter, it may advance the reign of
our Divine Savior, the reign of truth and justice, the reign of
love and peace. Amen.” This is a beautiful prayer, among the many
others directed to the Holy Spirit, to immerse ourselves in the
powerful graces bestowed by the Spirit. This anointing enables us
to live our life in Jesus more fully causing us to be credible
witnesses and, through that witness, evangelizers. Keep in mind
that the mission of the church is to evangelize. This mandate she
has received from her Lord at the time of His Ascension with the
promise that He is with us always until the end of the age. To be
effective in our evangelization we need a new outpouring of the
Holy Spirit. While this is our focus as we celebrate Pentecost, it
is not something confined to the great Feast of Pentecost. We
should ask for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit each day. Anointed
in His Spirit, Jesus can use us to bring others to know His saving
message and love. In his homily for Pentecost 2015 Pope Francis
said, “The world needs men and women who are not closed in on
themselves, but filled with the Holy Spirit. Closing oneself off
from the Holy Spirit means not only a lack of freedom; it is a sin.
There are many ways one can close oneself off to the Holy Spirit:
by selfishness for one’s own gain; by rigid legalism – seen in the
attitude of the doctors of the law to whom Jesus referred as
“hypocrites”; by neglect of what Jesus taught; by living the
Christian life not as service to others but in the pursuit of
personal interests; and in so many other ways. The world needs the
courage, hope, faith and perseverance of Christ’s followers. The
world needs the fruits of the Holy Spirit: “love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control” (Gal 5:22). The gift of the Holy Spirit has been
bestowed upon the Church and upon each one of us, so that we may
live lives of genuine faith and active charity, that we may sow the
seeds of reconciliation and peace. Strengthened by the Spirit and
his many gifts, may we be able uncompromisingly to battle against
sin and corruption, devoting ourselves with patient perseverance to
the works of justice and peace.” Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts
and renew the face of the earth through our witness to Jesus.
Peace, Fr. Richard
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Reborn through the waters of Baptism and the outpouring of the
Holy Spirit, we embrace:
Addison Marie Dill daughter of James and Danielle
claimed now for the fullness of eternal life.
GETTING READY FOR SUNDAY Join Fr. Richard’s sessions for a
deeper insight into the Scriptures for Sunday Mass.
Let the Readings come alive for you by gaining an understanding
of their context and the culture within which they were written.
Discussions are every Thursday at 2pm to 3:30 pm and repeated at
7:30pm to 9pm in the Pastoral Center Library. The final session
before summer recess will be June 15th.
READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY
First Reading: Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9 The Lord appears to Moses on
Mount Sinai and proclaims to him that he Lord is a “merciful
God...slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity.” Second
Reading: 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Paul exhorts the Corinthians to
live in peace and harmony, and for the first time, invokes the
Blessed Trinity. Gospel: John 3:16-18 In this beautiful passage,
Jesus tells Nicodemus that God loved his people so much that he
“gave his only son.” Jesus reveals to Nicodemus that anyone who
believes in him will not die but will enjoy life with him for all
eternity.
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
Those who are ill: David Unterwald, Lou Aroneo, Patrick Bergin,
Joseph Rota, Joan Miller, Nelson Vitorino, Lynne Coombs, Lucy
Bustillos, Paula Matchen, May Hill, Caitlin Shea, Bill Wallisch,
Larry and Aileen Oster, Nanci Gamba, Elizabeth Early, Serenity Rose
Apuzzo, Helen Munro, Mary Keller, and Eric Binner.
Those who have died to this world Catherine Christie, Michael
Maffucci,
and David D’Addio Requiescat in Pace
May all the faithful who have departed this world
rest in your eternal peace. Amen
The End of Season Dinner for the Rosary Altar Society will be
Monday, June 12th. The Rosary will be prayed in the chapel at
6:30pm with dinner immediately following in the JPII Center. If you
are interested in attending please contact Mary Knell or call the
parish
office. Checks to be made payable to St. Vincent de Paul Rosary
Altar Society. The cost is $20.
MARIAN PILGRIMAGE TO THE BASILICA OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF
THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
The Diocese of Paterson is hosting the 2017 Pilgrimage this
October. The trip takes place on Saturday, October 21st and will
provide you the opportunity to join parishioners throughout the
diocese in a prayer-filled day that includes Mass, Confession,
Rosary, Divine Mercy and Catechetical presentations.
Please contact Vera at the Parish House
908-647-0118/[email protected] to sign up for this important
spiritual opportunity to ignite your spiritual life and form a
closer relationship with God.
The one day pilgrimage is $49 which includes transportation. The
overnight option includes visits to the St. Jude Shrine, the
Baltimore Basilica and the National Shrine. Sign ups for both
options begins in early June. For the overnight option sign up is
required by September. Flyers are available in the vestibule of the
church.
Life Ministries will meet on Monday, June 5th at 7:30pm in the
Church Meeting Room. Please join us. New members are always
welcome!
Contact Helen O’Mullan if you are interested in learning more
about this important ministry.
The MOMS group will meet on Tuesday, June 6th at 7:30pm in the
Church Meeting Room. Join us for an evening of faith and fellowship
as well as an opportunity to take time away from our busy end of
school schedules!
Look forward to seeing you!
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P.O. Box 6068 Hoboken NJ 201-795-0637
May 18, 2017 Dear Fr. Richard, Thank you for your generosity in
throwing a Baby Shower recently at St. Vincent de Paul on our
behalf. Your generous parishioners gave diapers, a changing table,
a stroller, $25 BuyBaby Gift Card, other baby items, and rosaries
for Good Counsel’s mothers and babies! God’s compassion is at work
at Good Counsel because of you and your parish.
I’d like to let you know how your kindness helps Good Counsel
mothers and babies. Martha, a graduate of Good Counsel’s program
asked me to say “Thank You!” for the love you have shown her and
her baby. Martha arrived at our home, abandoned by her family
because of her pregnancy, and in a moment of despair she thought
seriously about getting an abortion. Thank God, a worker in a
hospital encouraged her to contact Good Counsel and her daughter
was then born!
Now married to a supportive young man, Martha is a student at
Suffolk County Community College with a major in Social Science. On
the Dean’s List, her goal is to earn a degree in social work.
Martha says she wakes up every day thankful that she wasn’t forced
to go to a shelter. She thanks God for placing her in a real home
at Good Counsel—with a Case Manager to help her and a House Manager
as her guide—and she believes that she would not have been able to
reach her milestones if it weren’t for the nurturing she received
at Good Counsel. Thank you for allowing our mothers and children to
have bright futures!
Please thank and remind everyone at the parish to connect
online: www.goodcounselhomes.org as well as on Facebook at Good
Counsel Homes. Our 24/7 helpline is 1-800-723-8331 for any pregnant
mom in need. Most importantly, please remember everyone at Good
Counsel in your prayers and know that everyone at St. Vincent’s is
remembered in my prayers, those of my family, and all in our Good
Counsel family.
God bless you!
STATEMENT FROM THE DIOCESE
“If any person may have been abused by any
priest, they should immediately contact their local
county Prosecutor’s Office and the Diocese’s
Victims Assistance Response Officers: Rev. Msgr.
James T. Mahoney, Vicar General and Moderator
of the Curia, 973-777-8818 ext. 205 or Sister Joan
Daniel Healy, S.C.C., Chancellor/Delegate for
Religious, 973-777-8818 ext. 248.
The entire text of the Policy of the Diocese of
Paterson in Response to Complaints of Sexual
Abuse is available on the diocesan website:
www.patersondiocese.org”
10 Signs of a Safe Program for Children and Youth 1. Screening
of staff and volunteers.
2. Adults trained in safe environment strategies and signs of
abuse.
3. Code of conduct enforced.
4. Open Communication between parents and staff/staff and
children/children and parents.
5. Parents always welcome.
6. Children educated in right relationships and what to do if a
relationship isn’t right.
7. All children treated with dignity and respect.
8. Clear rules and expectations with consistent reinforcement
and consequences.
9. Adequate supervision of youth. Team approach—accountability
–no 1:1 isolation.
10. All abuse is reported.
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When I was hungry, you fed me…….
Catholic Charities Diocese of Paterson
Annual Food Collection for the Poor of our region
Due to the unprecedented requests for assistance from Catholic
Charities’ food pantries and in order to fulfill our
obligations to the poor, Bishop Serratelli has authorized a
Diocesan-wide food collection in all parishes and agencies on the
Feast of Corpus Christi, June 17th/18th. We are all being asked to
bring assorted food products on those days. Our parish has been
asked to provide Coffee (Instant and Regular). Cash donations will
also be accepted. The food collection days will be June 17th and
18th in our Diocesan community of Morris, Passaic and Sussex
Counties. Bring your donation to the Food Pantry basket in the
church vestibule that weekend. Thank you in advance!
Our Lady of Fatima Outdoor Shrine
If you are interested in purchasing a brick engraved with your
name or that of a friend or loved one to be part
of the patio which will surround our new Our Lady of Fatima
Outdoor Shrine please contact the Parish House or email Joseph
Wagner at [email protected]. for information. Joseph has
chosen as his Eagle Scout project to build a paver patio to
surround the statues with the bricks that are purchased. The cost
is $100 per brick. Checks should be made payable to St. Vincent de
Paul Church and mailed with the order form to Joseph Wagner, 175
Rolling Hill Drive., Millington, NJ 07946.
VACATION BIBLE CAMP
Our theme this year is “Mary Leads Me Closer to Jesus.” Join us
for music, games, and crafts
focused around our theme.
When: June 26th—30th
Time: 9:30am—12:30pm
Where: St. Vincent de Paul Pastoral Center Gym
Registration: Online at
www.stvincentschurch.org/vacation-bible-school
Volunteers Needed! Contact Deirdre Nemeth at
[email protected]
The World Apostolate of Fatima, Blue Army Shrine in Asbury, NJ
invites you on Tuesday, June 13th to celebrate Our Lady of Fatima’s
Second Apparition to the three shepherd children in 1917. All
are welcome. Confession begins at 10:30am followed by the Rosary
Procession at 12noon. At 12:30pm the guest speaker will be Fr.
Matthew Mauriello. Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Michael Venditti
at 1pm followed by a Eucharistic Procession, Fatima Farewell,
Divine Mercy Chaplet and enrollment in the Brown Scapular. A
Jubilee Year Plenary Indulgence has been granted to this
Shrine.
For more details visit www.bluearmy.com or call 908-689-1700
ext. 210.
Legatus of Northern New Jersey’s monthly meeting on June 8th
will begin with Confession and the Rosary at 6pm and Mass at 6:30pm
in our Chapel. Dinner will follow at Primavera.
The speaker will be Dr. John Bruchalski, Founder of Tepeyac
Family Center. His topic will be “The Gift of New Life.”
Legatus is an International Catholic organization of CEOs,
Presidents, Business Owners and Managing Directors/Partners and
their spouses founded by Tom Monaghan.
For membership information and reservations please call Allison
Provinsal, Chapter Administrator at 908-458-2633
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