Sunday Bulletin for January 20, 2019

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 March 3, 11 am Contact Parish Office at parishoffice@stmaryscoltsneck.org Registration is required.

Sacraments: Eucharist Detailed Mass times listed on page 2 Penance & Reconciliation Saturday 3 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.

Religious Education Registration Dates Abbreviated 

Subscribe to the Monitor.

See page 3 for more information.

Summer Intensive: February 1 - noon March 31  Fall RE Classes: April 1 - noon May 30 All families that seek Religious Education must have a My Own Church (MOC) portal login.

See Pages 6 & 7

Visit our Website: www.stmaryscoltsneck.org

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Mass Intentions for the Week January 21 - January 27 For * Requested by Monday, January 21 - 9 AM Chapel St. Agnes; Martin Luther King Jr. Day Patrick Landers * Renee Hughes and Edwin Sevillano Fr. Terence Pescator, OFM * Tom and Angela Kinlin

Tuesday, January 22 - 9 AM Chapel Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children Ron Snyder * John and Susan Murphy Raymond Dawson * Carl and Marilyn Simone

Wednesday, January 23 - 9 AM Chapel St. Vincent; St. Marianne Cope John G. Hall * Tom and Angela Kinlin Joan LaVance * Darryl Turkaly

Thursday, January 24 - 9 AM Chapel St. Francis de Sales Michael Forzano * Michael Behar Rev. Leon J. Inverso * Rev. Fr. Jeffrey E. Lee, Staff and Parishioners

Friday, January 25 - 9 AM Chapel The Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle; Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ends John Marino * Lynn Belena Sal Castro* Angela and Tom Kinlin

Saturday, January 26 - 4 PM Church Ss. Timothy and Titus George Mavrookas * Tom and Angela Kinlin Baby Clare Shannon Welling * Alexandra Ward Mary Barbacci * Tom and Angela Kinlin

Sunday, January 27 – Church Third Sunday in Ordinary Time; Catholic Schools Week

8 AM Robert Smith * Susan and Bob Monaco Vaughn Bigelow, Jr. and the Intentions of the Bigelow Family * Jim and Betty Pifer Joyce Apgar * Alice Ganley

10 AM Cory Aufiero * Cindy and Michael Mazzola William Brown * Yaninas Family Edward R. Tuohy * Susan and Bob Monaco

12 PM Pro Populo Paola and Paolo Ilardi * Tagliavia Family Stephen M. Weller * Weller Family

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Pray for Our Military SN Colton Boag, USCG Pvt Devon Francis Chrzan, USMC Chief Blake Conley, USN Lt. Col. John Anthony Coppola, US Army Major Douglas Coppola, US Army SN Christian Houlihan, USN Pvt Michael John Mento, US Army 1st Lt. Adam Sjoholm, US Army 1st Lt. Ryan Tanguay, US Army Staff Sergeant Stephen Witherow, USAF Lance Corporal Edward Zarzecki

Please pray for the following members of our parish family who are ill: Irene Baron Fr. Bill Bausch Eileen Beckley John Beckley Ted Damen Logan Dayton John DeStefano Lynette Colaco-Desouza Kaitlin Donahue Nagle Susan Endlicher James Liam Engel James Fiedler Emily Gioacchini Edward Habrack Tom Hudak

Carl Johnson Theresia Kopp Bridget Korn Lori Lettieri Donna Lodi Vincent Loretta Pauline Madzin Leonidas Mavrookas Mary Joan McNamara Stellanne Scalia Owen Shoemaker Christine Shrewsbury Angelo Stanco Lauren Vinci Irene Weller

To add a family member to the sick list for 8 weeks, please call or e-mail the Parish Office. Thank you!

732-780-2666 or parishbulletin@stmaryscoltsneck.org

Rest in Peace Please remember in your prayers, those who have recently died.

Patricia Pecoraro Lori A. Romer, daughter of Jim & Dolores Cirronella

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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

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Lifelong Catechesis Week January 21 - January 27 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Heb 5:1-10; Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday: Heb 6:10-20; Mk 2:23-28 Wednesday: Heb 7:1-3, 15-17; Mk 3:1-6 Thursday: Heb 7:25 -- 8:6; Mk 3:7-12 Friday: Acts 22:3-16; Mk 16:15-18 Sunday, January 27 - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Cor 12:12-30; Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21 Questions for Deeper Reflections: Question for Children: Jesus is present to each of us in a different way. Tell about a time that you knew Jesus was with you.

Question for Youth: Name a moment or situation in your life where Jesus was present. What are some situations or places where you wish that Jesus was more visible?

Question for Adults: Jesus came to bring glad tidings to the poor and set free the enslaved. How has this mission of Christ in the -Lifelong Catechesis world affected you personally?

Sanctuary Lamps Consider donating the sanctuary lamp that burns in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament in the Church or Christ Chapel. These intentions are on a weekly basis starting with the Sunday.

The suggested donation for Sanctuary Lamp is $25.

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Andrew J. Macirowski Pastoral Coordinator for Worship & Music / Principal Organist Worship@stmaryscoltsneck.org Music@stmaryscoltsneck.org

The Beginning of Ordinary Time Ordinary, in this case, means “ordered”.

During Ordinary Time, the Gospel readings are essentially sequential, picking up on one Sunday where we left off the Sunday prior. The same is true of the Epistle, with excerpts being taken sequentially from the letters to the Corinthians, Ephesians, the letter of St James, etc.

This provides a strong sense of continuity in the readings for the Sunday congregant. The Gospel narratives, when told in sequence like this, give us a greater understanding of the life of Jesus Christ during his earthly ministry.

From a musical perspective, our pool of possible music choices is much greater than in a season such as Advent or Christmas, etc, the passages from scripture offer a more narrow focus on a given day, which, in actuality, greatly lessens the available repertoire from which to draw, if we are striving to have the music match the scriptures as closely as possible.

One way we handle this is by utilizing the propers of the Mass - specifically the antiphons prescribed by the Roman Missal for the Entrance, Offertory, and Communion processions, and use those as a basis when selecting the music for that week’s liturgies. Another method involves the pairing of the scripture passages with compositions that use those passages as inspiration, or direct quotation. Other times, we will sing the antiphons themselves, which is the most preferred option.

We have slightly less than 2 months of Ordinary Time before Ash Wednesday, which means the music ministry is already hard at work preparing for Lent and Easter, before the Christmas trees even come down!

Andrew J. Macirowski, Pastoral Coordinator for Worship & Music / Principal Organist

ALTAR SERVERS

Any young people of the parish who have received their First Holy Communion or older that would like to be trained as an altar server, there will be training sessions held on February 17 and 24, following the 10 am Mass, in the Church.

Email Andrew worship@stmaryscoltsneck.org to sign up.

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Worship Ministry Schedule: January 26 - January 27: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Altar Server

Saturday, 4:00 PM (Church)

Sunday, 8:00 AM (Church)

Sunday, 10:00 AM (Church)

Sunday, 12:00 PM (Church)

EMs of Holy Communion

Reader 1

Reader 2

Cantor

Usher

LWD Melissa Widmeier

John Grabowski Jim Davis Bob Lind Frank Sikorskas NOT FILLED NOT FILLED

Mark Hines William Hines NOT FILLED

Suzanne Schlesinger - Center Cup Frank Baker - Organ Host Helene Lind - Center Host Louise Habrack - Tabernacle Host Monty Matrisciani - Organ Cup Emily Santangelo - Tabernacle Cup Trudy Matrisciani - Alternate

Alicia Mendez

Bruno Savo

Ellen Balestiero

NOT FILLED NOT FILLED NOT FILLED

Gina Shute - Center Cup Mike LaCava - Organ Host Maureen Staub - Center Host Marsha Grigoli - Tabernacle Host Rosanne LaCava - Organ Cup Michael Staub - Tabernacle Cup Joyce Flynn - Alternate

Annette Raynor

T Mullen

Diane Dragone

Patrick Dickinson Alexandria Foley Gabriella Penczak

Sue Fitzpatrick - Center Cup Amy Orrico - Center Cup Dawn Reinhardt - Organ Host Linda Dickinson-Pancila - Center Host Barbara Moskal - Tabernacle Host Winifred O'Doherty - Organ Cup Edward Moskal - Tabernacle Cup Mary Aiello - Alternate

Julia Cullen

Phil Limeri

David Maliakel

Barbara Hawthorne

Leigh Gavinelli John Orrico Greg Penczak Jack Zumba Charlie Gavinelli Allan Ryan Jamie Steiner NOT FILLED

Tommy Zita NOT FILLED NOT FILLED

NOT FILLED - Center Cup Lee Gesner - Organ Host Patricia Gesner - Center Host Maria Gerbino - Tabernacle Host Patricia Balbo - Organ Cup Irene Weller - Tabernacle Cup NOT FILLED - Alternate

Carl Simone

Richard Gerbino

David Maliakel

Fernando Pinguelo

James Dolan Joe Mancino Joseph Rinaldo William Starce NOT FILLED

Michael Boliver George Watts James Pifer Jim Boliver NOT FILLED

Mass for Life/Rally for Life in Trenton Monday, January 22, 2019 – 46th Anniversary of Roe v Wade Join hundreds of people from all over New Jersey in opposition to the killing of the innocent unborn through abortion as we pray and rally for LIFE! Join Msgr. Roldan, Rector of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Trenton as he celebrates a Mass for Life at 9:30 am. (151 N. Warren St., Trenton). Find directions to the Cathedral at: https:// www.saintmaryscathedral-trenton.org/directions/. After Mass, you may wish to walk to the Statehouse Annex, 145 W. State St. (next to the State House) for the New Jersey Right to Life’s Rally for Life which will begin at 11:00 am and end at about 1:00 pm. Signs will be provided by NJRTL. Come to hear pro-life leaders, elected officials and clergy address current abortion related issues.

Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn This Tuesday, January 22, the Church in the United States observes the annual “Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children.” This day is set aside to pray for the legal protection of human life and to do penance for the violations to human dignity through abortion. We are called to observe this day through prayer and penance. More information: www.usccb.org/january-22

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Dr. Jim Bridges Pastoral Coordinator of Faith Formation and Religious Education FaithFormation@stmaryscoltsneck.org ReligiousEd@stmaryscoltsneck.org

All families that seek Religious Education must be registered and have a My Own Church (MOC) portal login to be able to register for any of our RE offerings.

The process to create a MOC portal login and receive a temporary password can take a few days. This interface is not Mobile device friendly and has been known to have emails blocked by several of the email providers. PLEASE give yourself time to complete the process BEFORE RE Registration Opens.

Outline of Process for completing RE Registration Once MOC login has been received submit a request for student(s) and grades required.

LAST WEEK

Before Christmas, Missionary Childhood Association mite boxes were distributed to RE students & families.

Students were asked to make a sacrificial offering each week during the Advent & Christmas seasons. If your child did this, we are asking that a check in the amount collected should be made out to 'St Mary Parish' writing MCA in the memo line and brought to their next class. Alternatively, donations can be made online at https://giving.parishsoft.com/ smcn selecting MCA/Missionary Childhood Association from the fund pull down menu.

St Mary Parish in turn will send one check to the Missionary Childhood Association. Thank you for your generosity with the Catholic Missions!

Once request is received by RE office, it will be verified and processed then, an invoice will be created for payment, and be emailed back to family. This email/Invoice will include web link to make payments through the Online Giving interface.

www.onefamilyinmission.org

Confirmation Prep Grades 7 & 8 Next few sessions

Please note, a student’s placement is not regarded as certain until payment is made. A final verification will be sent to confirm placement and that the process is complete.

Date Payments will only be through the Online Giving Interface (NO PAYPAL or checks). Online Giving is not the same interface/portal as the My Own Church where sessions and grades are requested.

1/13/2019 1/20/2019 1/27/2019 2/3/2019

Group Time A

5-6:30 pm

No Class January 21 - MLK Birthday 5-6:30 pm B A

Super Bowl - 3:30 pm Class

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION – RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER 2019 AND FALL 2019 We are offering 2 summer sessions in 2019.

Summer Session One will run from July 22 to August 2. Session Two will run from August 12 to August 23. We have classes for students entering grades 1-6. Classes run from 8:30-12:30, Monday through Friday for 2 weeks. Admission is on a first come basis. We close classes when they fill. We encourage you to register early. Tuition remains the same as last year.

We will be offering a reduced tuition of $250 from February 1, at 9 am until February 28 at 12 noon.

Normal summer tuition of $300 will become effective March 1 and continue to the end of March.

Registration for summer will end on March 31 at 12 noon.

Registration for all Fall programming (Tuesday classes for 1st and 2nd graders, Sunday sessions for 7th and 8th graders, and online program for students in 3rd to 6th grade) will begin on April 1 at 9 am. We will be offering a reduced tuition of $200 until April 30, at 12 noon. Normal Fall tuition of $250 will become effective on May 1 and continue to May 30. Registration for Fall will end on May 30 at 12 noon.

Process to complete RE registration and secure placement is outlined on page 6.

The entire process must be completed before the deadlines above.

Religious Education Registration for 2019-2020 (Summer, Fall & Online) will need a My Own Church (MOC) portal login to register.

MOC is an online tool that lets you update your family’s records on the web!

It’s convenient. It’s secure. New Users please use the My Own Church Button

found on the parish website

www.stmaryscoltsneck.org to create a new portal.

NOTE: Select The Parish of Saint Mary, Colts Neck from the dropdown menu (fourth from the

bottom). Registering from a mobile device is not supported. Please use a computer. Existing Users find your logins from last year.

My Own Church is for existing registered parishioners.

If you wish to join the Parish please contact the Parish Office at 732-780-2666 Questions? See the help page link or call the parish office.

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Quo vadis…

My Dear Parishioners: Today we celebrate the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Belief entails a Who rather than a What. Our own encounters with Jesus (in prayer, through others, in struggling with daily dying) are truly epiphanies of God’s glory which also invite us to respond to divine Presence with belief. These epiphany signs might come in many ways—through others in a cry for help, in a lonely person’s plea for companionship, in the spontaneous laughter of delight, in the beauty of nature. The challenge to us is to see these as revelations of God’s glory, as epiphanies of God’s love for us, and an opportunity to respond in belief. Yes, these common, ordinary signs of God’s love and glory are all around us.

By responding to other persons (recognizing them as revelations of God to us) we also become signs of God’s in-breaking, epiphanies for others. We ourselves are the good wine kept until after Jesus’ ascension, when we take up Jesus’ mission as disciples. Living the paschal mystery means that we empty ourselves in order to be filled with the goodness of God’s glory.

As we begin the Season of Ordinary Time let us be mindful of the need for all of us to gather for the regular celebration of Eucharist. It is the Eucharist that remains the fundamental act of the Christian Community. How we prepare for Eucharist, how we dress, what time we arrive, how we sing and prayerfully participate in the prayers of the Mass all speak of our faith and the reverence that we must model for one another.

To many, thank you for all that you do to make our liturgical prayer meaningful to all who gather with us. I would encourage anyone who wishes to become more involved to please do so by contacting any of our parish staff persons. The liturgy is the responsibility of the entire community of faith. Let us always be willing to give our very best as we adore and praise the Lord during our celebration of Sunday Eucharist.

I was invited to represent our parish community at the recent Colts Neck Township Reorganization Meeting. Pastor Scott Brown and Pastor Chris Durkin were present as well. It is good for us to be visibly present in support of peaceful transition of government oversight. We thank the out going mayor JP Bartolomeo (who continues his service as a committee man) for his leadership.

We congratulate Tom Orgo who is serving as our mayor for 2019.

As a way for us to offer the greatest level of accountability to you, a report of our 2018 Christmas Collection has been included in this week’s bulletin for your review. Once again our Advent Giving Programs were a tremendous success. THANK YOU ONE AND ALL FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND SHARING. I would like to remind you of the continued need for food each and every week. We have a large bin in the gathering area for you to deposit nonperishable food items that can be delivered to local agencies for distribution. We are really good for the “big holidays”. I think we need to be more conscious that the need exists year round, perhaps even more so when there is less attention. Thank you for helping us to make a difference in our Monmouth County communities.

This week we observe the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 18-25 January. Let us pray for all Christian People, that God might lead us to overcome the scandal of division that scars the body of Christ. We have made significant progress these past 50 years or so. However, there is much more to be done. Let us be open to God’s grace as we pray for greater tolerance among Christians and a willingness to overcome those historic divisions.

Have a great week. Let us remember one another in prayer. Happy Sunday. Peace. Father Jeff

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Sharing Our Treasure January 13 Baptism of the Lord

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2018 Christmas Collection: $121,254.05 As of January 10, 2019

Weekly Sacrificial Stewardship

$15,742.90

Envelope Contributions

$10,796.00

Electronic/Online Contributions

$ 3,885.90

$ Range

Loose Contributions

$ 1,106.00

$2500 +

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$30,000.00 $5,000.00

$1000 - 2499

15

$16,728.00 $1,194.86

$999 - 750

2

$ 1,500.00 $ 750.00

$749 - 500

36

$18,271.00 $ 507.53

$499 - 250

50

$13,903.05 $ 278.06

$249 - 126

51

$ 8,841.75 $ 173.37

$125

37

$ 4,625.00 $ 125.00

$.01 - $124

370

$19,710.25 $

ZERO

674

-

Visitor checks

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$ 1,702.00

-

$ 5,973.00

Avg. Contribution per Household this week $39.68 # of Contributing Households # Registered Parishioner Households

370 1,241

Included in this week’s offertory will be the collection for Latin America appeal.

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.

Total Number of Gifts: 567 Average Gift: $200.32

Loose Cash

# Gifts Total

Avg. $

53.27 -

$ 100.12

IS SEEKING VOLUNTEER MENTORS

Both male and female mentors are needed to participate in one-to-one activities and be a role model to young people.

Do you:

Pattern of Christmas Collection Giving:

Have a minimum of three hours per week to ·

offer a child? Like having fun? Reside in or near Middlesex County or

Franklin Township?

1978

$ 5,795

2008

$ 78,934

1988

$ 24,068

2013

$101,394

1998

$ 64,528

2017

$112,668

Want to make a difference in a child's life?

Contact Jeanette Cullen at Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen (732) 738-1323 or jcullen@ccdom.org NOTE: 2018 total contribution accounting may be retrieved from each family’s My Own Church Portal.

An official statement can also be sent by email. parishoffice@stmaryscoltsneck.org

End Of Year Contribution Statement If you wish to receive an official statement, in paper form, of your 2018 contributions, please provide a self-addressed stamped envelope to the parish office by mail or drop it in the collection basket by January 27, 2019. Requests will be processed & mailed by the end of January.

Please do not make your request by phone.

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January 20, 2019

In celebration of L O V E join us for

Post Valentine Day Dance Friday, February 15, 2019

Love is in the Air… Madonna Hall 7:00 pm-11:00 pm Tickets: $5.00 per person— $40.00 table of eight (No sales at the door.

Must be purchased in advance) Tickets on sale at the Parish Office or online at goo.gl/A1GMxb Plan with friends to fill a table of 8 and plan your table menu— appetizers or dinner, you choose!

We supply the venue, atmosphere, music (DJ), water, tea / coffee.. BYOB & BYOF.

No partner? Bring your friends who enjoy line/group dancing!

Attire: Dressy Casual Come with dancing shoes! communitybuilding@stmaryscoltsneck.org

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Saint Mary Parish Sewing Circle Next meeting is Tuesday, January 22, 2019 from 1 - 3 pm.

WHEN and WHERE: Come when you are available. The ministry meets in Meeting Room #11 twice a month (Meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month) CONTACT for more information: Kathe Flanagan at kjflan@aol.com We are upgrading our Online Giving system.

Getting started is easy-just visit our website.

https://giving.parishsoft.com/smcn No fee will be charged to you. You will also be saving the parish the cost of printing and mailing offering envelopes. And you won't have to remember to write checks or stop by the ATM on Sundays! Plus earn cashback, miles, or points when using your credit card!

Also if you still want to place something in the offertory basket, just pick up our “I GAVE ONLINE" cards at the Parish Office and use them at collection time.

NOTE: If you have not migrated from myowngiving.com please do so soon as it will only work until March 31, 2019.

You will need to create a new account with ParishSOFT Giving, schedule a recurring gift, and cancel your account with the legacy system. Please call the Parish Office at 732-780-2666 if you have questions or need assistance.

No worries, old and new donations will be merged in your parish contribution record for the end of year tax statement!