Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton: Most Reverend David M. O’Connell, C. M.
THE PARISH OF SAINT MARY A Catholic Community Proclaiming the Greatness of God in our Time
One Phalanx Road, Colts Neck, NJ 07722 Phone: 732-780-2666 Fax: 732-780-0394
Pastor: Reverend Fr. Jeffrey E. Lee Pastor Emeritus: Reverend Fr. William J. Bausch Deacon: John Wedemeyer
Trustees: Bill LaMorte Irene Weller
Parish Office hours Mon. - Thurs. 8:30 am - 7:30 pm Open Sunday 9 am - 12 noon. Parish Membership: New Parishioners are welcome to register at the office at any time. New Parishioner Orientation (quarterly) - will be held November 25, 11 am Contact Parish Office at parishoffice@stmaryscoltsneck.org Registration is required. Sacraments: Eucharist Detailed Mass times listed on page 2 Penance & Reconciliation Saturday 4 pm or by appointment. Marriage Contact the Parish Office one year in advance for information & guidelines. Baptism Contact the Parish Office for information & required paperwork three months in advance. There are no Baptisms during Advent or Lent, please plan accordingly.
Thank you for your Generous support to the Mission Co-Op to bene it the SSVM Missions (Servants of the Lord).
SUPER 50/50 Tickets purchase on the parish website or in person at parish office. Super 50/50 tickets are $100 each More details page 8
Visit our Website: www.stmaryscoltsneck.org
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Mass Intentions for the Week August 20 - August 26 For * Requested by
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Please pray for the following members of our parish family who are ill:
Monday, August 20 – Chapel 9 AM St. Bernard Anthony J. Garito * Arlene and Family Marcus Durantt * Marianne Carlisle
Tuesday, August 21 – Chapel 9 AM St. Pius X John Anastasia * Michele Telesca Geraldine C. Andersen * Angela Kinlin and Molly Aiello
Wednesday, August 22 – Chapel 9 AM The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary James Marak * Jane and Neil Slattery Elizabeth Cavanaugh Karsa * Marie and Joseph Merante
Thursday, August 23 – Chapel 9 AM St. Rose of Lima Jean Harnish * Cowles Family
Friday, August 24 – Chapel 9 AM St. Bartholomew Intentions of the Bigelow Family * Robert and Cathy Ann Thompson
Saturday, August 25 – Church 5 PM St. Louis; St. Joseph Calasanz; Blessed Virgin Mary Rose Rimmele * Barbara Saake Gregory A. Voit * His Family Mark Salinas * Alicia Salinas
Kay Amatel Maurice Baker Irene Baron Eileen Beckley John Beckley Sal Castro Logan Dayton John DeStefano Kaitlin Donahue Nagle Emily Gioacchini Bob Golar Edward Habrack Tom Hudak Kathleen Javaruski Theresia Kopp
Bridget Korn Lori Lettieri Donna Lodi Pauline Madzin Leonidas Mavrookas Mary Joan McNamara Tere Nolan Stephen Petrovcin Martin Reddington Owen Shoemaker Christine Shrewsbury Lauren Vinci Don Whitney Valeska Yaninas
To add a family member to the sick list for 8 weeks, please call or e-mail the Parish Office. Thank you!
Sunday, August 26 – Church Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
8 AM Intentions of the Bigelow Family * Robert and Cathy Ann Thompson Pamela De Gregorio * Carmel and Peter Vickers
10 AM Henry Lohn * Carl Riley Theresa Cichoka * Marilyn and Carl Simone Giuseppe Gavinelli * Gavinelli Family
12 PM Pro Populo Maura O’Donnell McCarthy * Cowles Family Denise Smith * Pauline Madzin
Mass Schedule Change - Standard Time The Saturday night 5 pm Mass will move to 4 pm starting Saturday, October 6, 2018. Penance and Reconciliation will move from 4 pm to 3 pm Saturday. (this schedule will run through Palm Sunday Weekend). Please prepare for this adjustment. Note: this schedule change will not include the addition of a Sunday 5 pm Mass.
Baptism after 12 noon Mass Matthew Church Luke James Lopusznick
GROTTO CANDLES The Grotto Candles are available for your prayer intentions. Offering is $3.00 per candle.
Parish Food Collection Food is accepted weekly. Please place donations in the grey cart in the gathering space of the Church. Please, no expired items. Thank you to all for your continued support to help feed others in the community.
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Parish Office: 732-780-2666 parishoffice@stmaryscoltsneck.org Bulletin Deadline: Electronic format by 12 noon Thursday of the prior week (10 days before). parishbulletin@stmaryscoltsneck.org Bulletin Editor: Catherine Love Liturgical, Music & Worship Ministries Contact: Andrew J. Macirowski Worship@stmaryscoltsneck.org Music@stmaryscoltsneck.org Principal Cantor Contact: David Maliakel Adult Faith Formation & Religious Education Contact: Jim Bridges FaithFormation@stmaryscoltsneck.org ReligiousEd@stmaryscoltsneck.org Temporal Administration, Stewardship & Outreach Contact: Edwin A. Sevillano TemporalAdmin@stmaryscoltsneck.org
THE GIFT OF GRACE The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase. --St. Rose of Lima
3 Those in Active Military Service
Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands, Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the sacrifices they make for us in our hour of need and give us peace. We ask this in the Name of Jesus, Our Lord and Savior. Amen
Pray for Our Military SN Colton Boag, USCG Chief Blake Conley, USN Lt. Col. John Anthony Coppola, US Army SN Christian Houlihan, USN Pvt Michael John Mento, US Army 1st Lt. Adam Sjoholm, US Army 2nd Lt. Ryan Tanguay, US Army Staff Sergeant Stephen Witherow, USAF Lance Corporal Edward Zarzecki If there is a family member you wish to be placed on the list, please call the Parish Office at 732-780-2666. Please include rank and branch of service.
Lifelong Catechesis Week August 20 - August 26 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Ez 24:15-24; Mt 19:16-22 Tuesday: Ez 28:1-10; Mt 19:23-30 Wednesday: Ez 34:1-11; Mt 20:1-16 Thursday: Ez 36:23-28; Mt 22:1-14 Friday: Rv 21:9b-14; Jn 1:45-51 August 26, 2018 - 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b; Eph 5:21-32 [2a, 25-32]; Jn 6:60-69 Questions for Deeper Reflections: Question for Children: Who and what help you believe in Jesus? Question for Youth: Who do you know who really struggles with believing? What can you do to help them struggle through doubt? Question for Adults: To whom do you go when you are looking for meaning or answers to life’s questions? -Lifelong Catechesis
Sanctuary Lamp Intentions Available at the parish office. Suggested donation is $25. Candles are available in the Church & Christ Chapel: 8/26 - 9/1, 9/9 - 9/15, 9/16 - 9/22 & 9/23 - 9/29 Christ Chapel: 9/2 - 9/8
Church Special Intention Dolly Loew
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Andrew J. Macirowski Pastoral Coordinator for Worship & Music / Principal Organist Worship@stmaryscoltsneck.org Music@stmaryscoltsneck.org
Queenship of Mary Every August 15, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a day which commemorates the assumption of Mary into Heaven, body and soul, to be with her son, Jesus. This is an important Catholic belief and dogma of the Church. One week later, on the octave of the Assumption, August 22, a lesser known feast of Mary occurs; the Feast of the Queenship of Mary. There is both a biblical and theological background to this title for the Blessed Virgin Mother. Biblically speaking, in the Gospel of Luke, the angel Gabriel announces that Jesus will be “Son of the Most High”, and that the Lord will give him the throne of David, and that his reign will be without end. In the Hebrew tradition, if a man became King, his mother would automatically be granted the title of Queen. The Book of Revelation also speaks of “a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head”. The Catholic Church views Mary as this woman. From a theological standpoint, Pope Pius XII proclaimed “Jesus is King throughout all eternity by nature and by right of conquest: through Him, with Him, and subordinate to Him, Mary is Queen by grace, by divine relationship, by right of conquest, and by singular choice [of the Father]”. Similar to the account of the Annunciation, Mary is Queen by her son being King, and also through the will of God the Father.
Andrew J. Macirowski, Pastoral Coordinator for Worship & Music / Principal Organist
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Worship Ministry Schedule: August 25 - August 26: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Altar Server
Saturday, 5:00 PM (Church)
Sunday, 8:00 AM (Church)
Sunday, 10:00 AM (Church)
Sunday, 12:00 PM (Church)
Reader 1
EMs of Holy Communion
Reader 2
Greeter
Cantor
LWD
Usher
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Monty Matrisciani - Center Cup Rosemarie Estephan - Organ Host NOT FILLED - Center Host Louise Habrack - Tabernacle Host Gail Cargiulo - Organ Cup Emily Santangelo - Tabernacle Cup Suzanne Schlesinger - Alternate
Christopher Aquinas
Michael Zarraga
Margaret Caponegro NOT FILLED
David Maliakel
Daniel Cowles Abigail Cowles NOT FILLED
NOT FILLED - Center Cup Gina Shute - Organ Host NOT FILLED - Center Host NOT FILLED - Tabernacle Host Lisa Aldridge - Organ Cup Mike LaCava - Tabernacle Cup Gail Hall - Alternate
T Mullen
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David Maliakel
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Mary Aiello - Center Cup Dawn Reinhardt - Center Cup Edward Moskal - Organ Host Barbara Schaflin - Center Host Barbara Moskal - Tabernacle Host Joseph Merante - Organ Cup Carol Donahue - Tabernacle Cup Sue Fitzpatrick - Alternate
Matt Yaninas
Kevin Swan
Mary DeSalvatore Muriel Rogers
Ellen Balestiero
Jessica Ward
Leigh Gavinelli John Orrico Greg Penczak Jack Zumba Charlie Gavinelli Allan Ryan Vince Cerulo Jamie Steiner NOT FILLED
NOT FILLED Tommy Zita NOT FILLED
Anna May Schellenberger - Center Cup Diane Antico - Organ Host Patricia Gesner - Center Host Martha Cowles - Tabernacle Host Patricia Balbo - Organ Cup Lee Gesner - Tabernacle Cup NOT FILLED - Alternate
Carl Simone
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Donna Murphy Tina Repetto
Magnificat Choir
Fernando Pinguelo
James Dolan Joe Mancino Joseph Rinaldo William Starce NOT FILLED NOT FILLED NOT FILLED
Bishop’s Wedding Anniversary Blessings October 7, 2018 - 3:00 pm Mass
during the 2018 calendar year Couples must register through the parish office; registration by September 15, 2018.
Liturgy of the Word Dismissal Held weekly at the following Masses: Saturday 5 pm Sunday 10 am Sunday 12 noon
Children are dismissed to hear the Gospel proclaimed and explained on their level of understanding. All children ages 4 to 12 are encouraged to join!
John Grabowski Jim Davis Bob Lind Frank Sikorskas NOT FILLED NOT FILLED NOT FILLED Michael Boliver George Watts James Pifer Jim Boliver NOT FILLED NOT FILLED NOT FILLED
This is the Missionary Co-op Weekend
Couples celebrating their
1st, 25th or 50th Wedding Anniversary
Jennifer Garcia
Visiting us this year is The Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará (www.servidoras.org or www.ssvmmissions.org ), a missionary Institute of religious sisters. There is a second collection to bene it the SSVM Missions (Servants of the Lord). Checks should be made payable to Saint Mary Parish, please write Mission Appeal on the memo line.
For online givers, a fund has been added to enable you to make your donations to our Mission Co‐Op please be generous. Thank you for your support!
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Dr. Jim Bridges Pastoral Coordinator of Faith Formation and Religious Education FaithFormation@stmaryscoltsneck.org ReligiousEd@stmaryscoltsneck.org
CONFIRMANDI Saturday, September 15, 2018 Confirmandi will have a retreat at 1 pm in Madonna Hall. The retreat will close with the attendance of the 5 pm Mass. Practice for Confirmation will be Sunday, October 14 at 2 pm Either the sponsor or a parent should attend. Confirmation is Friday, October 19 at 4 pm.
Tickets are $25. The ticket includes admission to the event as well as a bag full of great resources from the Dynamic Catholic Find Your Greatness is a 4 parish Co-Hort 13 event , which is nearly sold out! If you are interested in attending, please purchase your tickets online or in the Parish Office. https://dynamiccatholic.com/find-your-greatness-colts-neck-nj-sep-22-2018
All women are invited to join Walking with Purpose Walking with Purpose is a Catholic Bible study for women that aims to bring women to a deeper personal relationship with Christ. Through personal study and small group discussions, the group helps to link our everyday challenges with solutions given to us through the teachings of Christ and the Catholic Church. Sept. 20th Open House: Noon, Madonna Hall-- For those who want more information, want to say hi, introduce a friend to WWP Sept 27, Noon: Connect Coffee and first session "Opening Your Heart" and "Beholding his Glory" Sept 27, Evening Session, Time TBD "Fearless and Free"
Visit the parish website for more info. Click WWP logo on parish website for registration access.
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Quo vadis… My Dear Parishioners: Today we celebrate the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The development of the Bread of Life discourse leads us to a broader understanding of Eucharist. Jesus’ invitation in giving us his flesh and blood to eat and drink is an invitation to enter into his own self-giving. Eucharist is self-giving. We can be self-giving like Jesus because by eating his flesh and drinking his blood we become Jesus, the body of Christ. This is why we can “remain” in Jesus—we are transformed by what we eat. Our relationship to Jesus, then, becomes a relationship of indwelling, of divine life. This is why Eucharist is a promise of eternal life: because we already have divine life within us. Eucharist is both gift given and invitation to our self-giving. The mystery of Eucharist strengthens us for our daily dying and rising, our daily giving of ourselves for the sake of others so that we all might share more abundantly in divine life. How can we afford not to say Amen? This weekend we welcome Mother Mary of the Incarnation from The Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará. This is part of our Diocesan Missionary Cooperative Program coordinated by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Catholics throughout the world support the missionary activity of the Church. I ask that you be attentive to the message being offered as well as generous with your financial support of this apostolic work.
We have concluded the final week of our second module for the RE Summer Intensive Program. Many thanks to all those catechists who support us, the scores of volunteers who assist, and our parish staff for their careful oversight in forming our children and young people. We must strive to offer the very best we can so that these young people will continue to grow in their faith and be active participants in the Church. Many thanks to those parishioners who regularly contribute online to our fund for the poor and needy so that we can continue to serve the needs of the poor. In addition to assistance for our community, we continue to assist and work with surrounding parishes to meet the needs of their people. We continue to receive food donations each week. There is a container in the narthex of the church building. You can drop off non-perishable food items any day of the week that is convenient for you. Your food supplies help us support local agencies to care for the poor and needy. Thank you. A special word to all of our sick and homebound parishioners. Many of them have helped to establish our parish community through their stewardship and sacrifice. I keep them in my prayer each and every day. Our Parish Super 50/50 Raffle is underway. This year we are applying 100% of our net proceeds toward reducing our parish debt. We need all to participate. Have a great week. Let us remember one another in prayer. Happy Sunday. Peace. Father Jeff
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Sharing Our Treasure Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 12 Weekly Sacrificial Stewardship
$12,825
Envelope Contributions
$ 9,371
Electronic/Online Contributions
$ 2,584
Loose Contributions
$
870
Avg. Contribution per Household this week $ 31.63 # of Contributing Households # Registered Parishioner Households
378 1,255
Please remember The Parish of Saint Mary in your Will and Estate planning. THANK YOU for the Sacrificial Stewardship Offerings as we support the ministries, programs and facilities of our parish. May God Bless you for the sacrifices that you make.
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Saint Mary Parish SUPER 50/50 Super 50/50 tickets are available for purchase on the parish website , in person at parish office. or enter goo.gl/2L9jcp into your favorite web browser. Super 50/50 tickets are $100 each The SUPER 50/50 drawing is during Agape on September 23rd at 11:45 am. Thank you to all who have purchased 50/50 tickets as of 8/12/2018 and for their support of the Saint Mary Parish SUPER 50/50. ONLY 5 WEEKS LEFT
Anonymous Kelly Apolito John Bosco Andrea and Michael Clementi Jennifer Gioacchini Mario and Carol Grillo Ginny Hamlin Mary Hoagland Mary Kopko Bill and Ginny LaMorte Moskal Family Suzanne Schlesinger Darryl Turkaly Nancy Vida - Parish of Saint Mary This year we are happy to announce that 100% of the net proceeds will be used to pay bills from prior years held as a result of the parish financial condition 2013-2015. The remains of two unpaid for Catholic High School Co-Sponsorship in the amount of $53,671.42. Target for gross proceed is $110,000. (watch the thermometer on the parish website and at church for progress). Since ticket sale is online they can be purchased from anywhere. Visit the parish website Please help us spread the word! Sponsorship compliments of: Clayton & McGirr Funeral Home
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Fall 2018 The New Day - Bereavement Support Group held by - Ministry of Consolation Invites You…to participate in a nine week program for those who are grieving the death of loved ones and want to work through the tasks of grief in a structured way using the New
Day Journal, A Journey from Grief to Healing. The sessions include readings, reflection, sharing and journaling. The program will meet at 7:30 pm in the Spiritual Center’s Chapel. Starting: Tuesday, 11 September 2018 Ending: Tuesday, 6 November 2018 For information & pre-registration: Marilyn Simone at 732-462-8088.
An Invitation to All Women of St. Mary's The Martha Mary Guild welcomes all women of our parish to join us for endearing friendships, fun trips, interesting meetings, service to our parish & community and of course, blessed spirituality. Ask any member and they will tell you the value of joining! (Note from writer: It was the best thing I did when I first moved to Colts Neck in 1995!!) Membership forms will be available in the Gathering Space, the Parish Hall, on-line, and e-newsletter. Kindly return the membership form by September 12, 2018 in order to be listed in the Directory. Questions? Call Carol Donahue at 732-946-2461 or Ellen Balestiero at 732-946-2671
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The Martha Mary Guild’s Annual Sale We need men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, shoes and accessories. The “Boutique” sells name brands and new items. There is also a need for linens in good condition. Donations are accepted in Madonna Hall,
August 24 - September 4. Sale dates: - Thursday, 6 Sept., 10 am – 6 pm - Friday, 7 Sept., 10 am – 5 pm - Saturday, 8 Sept., 9 am – 1 pm For more information, call Kathy Adleman at 732-946-8631 or Ien Yoe at 732-761-1515. Infertility—Understanding your options Despite medical advances across the board, infertility is an increasing struggle that more and more couples face. As the desire to conceive and bear a child grows stronger, many couples are swept up along a pathway of medical testing and treatments that become very questionable and problematic from the standpoint of our Catholic morality, and from basic secular understanding of natural law. Also, these treatments often have negative impact on the woman’s health, the couple’s relationship, and the household finances. If you are seeking guidance about infertility treatments, please remember that our Catholic Faith teaches that any treatment which replaces the marital act itself (such as, but not limited to artificial insemination or in-vitro fertilization) is against the very essence of the unitive meaning of the marriage and is morally damaging to all parties involved. Treatments that seek to properly diagnose and correct underlying problems or assist fertility, without replacing the marital act are encouraged by the Church to help couples achieve conception. Please contact the National Gianna Center for Women’s Health and Fertility, New Brunswick and Manhattan, at (732) 565-5490 to speak with doctors and medical professionals who specialize in very effective, cutting edge treatments for infertility that also uphold the dignity of Marriage. This information is supported by the St. Denis Elizabeth Ministry, Rachel Hendricks, Director 732-223-1658.
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St. Anthony of Padua’s Music Ministry Sunday, August 19, 2018 - 4 pm
Are You Being Called to Become a Permanent Deacon?
presents as part of their Recital Series Wilbur Lewis & Friends in Shreds and Patches, A Potpourri of Music, featuring selections by Gilbert & Sullivan, Classical, and Traditional American & Gospel Music.
If you are discerning God’s call to serve the Church in the Diocese of Trenton as a Permanent Deacon, a man ordained to the ministry of Charity, Word, and Sacrament, you are invited to take part in an upcoming information session.
St. Anthony of Padua Church, 121 Bridge Avenue, Red Bank. (732-747-0813).
The presentation will include information concerning the role of a deacon, the discernment process, and the five-year Diaconate Formation Program. Before registering to attend this session, please schedule a meeting with your pastor to discuss your call to the diaconate.
Admission $10. Tickets available at the church or at the door. Church is handicapped accessible.
Sessions are scheduled for Wednesday, September 26 and Tuesday, October 9, 2018 7-9 p.m. at the Diocesan Chancery, 701 Lawrenceville Rd., Trenton, NJ. 08638 (in front of Notre Dame High School). Pre-registration is required Please register with Deacon Michael Riley, Associate Director of Office of Clergy and Consecrated Life (609-403-7134).