Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton: Most Reverend David M. O’Connell, C.M.
Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton: Most Reverend David M. O’Connell, C. M.
Pastor: Reverend Fr. Jeffrey E. Lee
Pastor: Reverend Fr. Jeffrey E. Lee
Pastor Emeritus: Reverend Fr. William J. Bausch
Pastor Emeritus: Reverend Fr. William J. Bausch
Parish Trustees: Annette Raynor & Roger Zurro
Parish Trustees: Annette Raynor & Roger Zurro
July 20, 2025
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Summer Hours in effect through August 29
Open Monday to Thursday, 9 AM - 2 PM
Closed Fridays & Saturdays
Open one Sunday per month
WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday, July 19: 5 PM Sunday, July 20: 8 AM 10 AM Noon
MASS SCHEDULE & INTENTIONS
Saturday, July 19, 2025 - Sunday, July 27, 2025
Saturday, July 19
5 PM
Pro Populo
Mary Lou Smith * Barbara Saake
Muriel Lowe * Tom & Peg Parkes
Sunday, July 20
8 AM
DeStefano/Albruno Families * Franceschetti Family
John D. Maggs * Marguerite & Michael Fitzgerald
Anna Pancila * Fredda Family
10 AM
Wendy Moeller * John & Dawn
Lucy Gerrity * The Devine Family
Anna Pancila * The LaPotra Family
Noon
Robert Lo Castro * Richard & Maria Gerbino
Eleanor & Patrick Walsh * Maureen Beyer
Intentions of Loving Family Members * Janet Munger
Monday, July 21
9 AM Chapel
Intentions of Loving Family Members * Janet Munger
Anna Pancilla * The Farrow Family
Tuesday, July 22
9 AM Chapel
Loving Family Members * Janet Munger
Julia Gilboy * The Farrow Family
Camillus de Lellis, Soldier and Priest, 1550-1614
Born into an aristocratic family at Bocchianico in the Abruzzi province of what is now Italy, he grew swiftly to be a big man six feet six inches tall and similarly proportioned. When Camillus was seventeen, he went off with his father to fight with the Venetians against the Turks.
During this sojourn, Camillus became infected with a disease in his leg which was both painful to him and repulsive to others. This disease was to hound him for the remainder of his life. Admitted to the San Giacomo Hospital for the Incurables in Rome, Camillus developed a gambling habit. Read more HERE.
Wednesday, July 23
9 AM Chapel
Valerie & Ben Rettacco * Adria Rettacco
Thursday, July 24
9 AM Chapel
Helen Ciesielski * Susan & James Gobat
Friday, July 25
9 AM Chapel
James Tarabocchia * Severino & Maria Salamon
Saturday, July 26
5 PM
Jon Kopko * Mary Kopko
Bart Ruggiero * Mary Kopko
Anna Alba Magri * Abbey, Dawn & Joseph Burtone
Sunday, July 27
8 AM
Pro Populo
Bobby Busanic * Severino & Maria Salamon
Raymond Czarnecki * Nancy Czarnecki
10 AM
Mark Reinhardt * John & Dawn
Ginny & John Kelly * Their Children
John Minardi * Gabrielle La Porta
Noon
Miriam McSweeney * Maria Yaninas
Intentions of Loving Family Members * Janet Munger
Father Ronald Cioffi * Joann & Robert Buhler
MASS INTENTIONS & SANCTUARY LAMPS
Click below to submit request online: Request a Sanctuary Lamp ($25 stipend)
Request a Mass Intention ($10 stipend)
Requests may also be submitted in person at the Parish Office during operating hours.
LIFELONG CATECHESIS:
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday, July 20
Ge 18:1-10a / Co 1:24-28 / Lu 10:38-42
Monday, July 21
Ex 14:5-18 / Mt 12:38-42
Tuesday July 22
Songs 3:1-4b / Jn 20:1-2, 11-18
Wednesday July 23
Ex 16:1-5,9-15 / Mt 13:1-9
Thursday July 24
Ex 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b / Mt 13:10-17
Friday, July 25
2 Cr 4:7-15 / Mt 20:20-28
Saturday, July 26
Ex 24:3-8 / Mt 13:24-30
Please pray for our Military & First Responders
Almighty and eternal God, those who take refuge in you will be glad and forever will shout for joy. Protect these soldiers as they discharge their duties. Protect them with the shield of your strength and keep them safe from all evil and harm. May the power of your love enable them to return home in safety, that with all who love them, they may ever praise you for your loving care. We ask this through Christ our Lord
AMT Colton Boag, USCG
Col. John Anthony Coppola, US Army
TSgt Stephen Witherow, USAF
LCpl Edward Zarzecki, USMC
Lt. Col. Douglas Coppola, US Army
Lt. Mary Herman, USN
SN Christian Houlihan, USN
LT. Jason Joseph Howe, USN
SPC Michael John Mento, US Army
LTJG Matthew Motola, USN
LCpl Bradley O’Ree, USMC
SPC Nicholas Poskonka, US Army
Captain Richard Savo, US Army
1st Lt. Adam Sjoholm, US Army
Captain Ryan Tanguay, US Army
Week of July 20 to July 26
FOR DEEPER REFLECTION
Hospitality - We welcome Jesus in our lives.
Question for Children:
Name a time when you shared what you had with a friend, or a classmate at school.
Question for Youth:
Martha chose to serve, Mary chose to sit at Jesus' feet and listen to Him. Of those two actions, service or prayer, which do you feel more comfortable with? Why?
Question for Adults:
The Gospel today invites us to serve and to be hospitable. When did you welcome Jesus into your home through the presence of a neighbor or a stranger?
Ann Romano
Jack Coppola
Kaitlin Donahue Nagle
Nancy Niven
David Niven
Lorraine & Alan Smith
Lori Lettieri
Lauren Vinci
Dawn Reinhardt
Helen Prill
Rose Walch
Joyce Daniel
Edward Habrack
Jeff McBride
Owen Shoemaker
Peter Vickers
Debby Tanico
To add or remove a family member from the sick list please email ONLY parishbulletin@stmaryscoltsneck.org. Please, also, keep us updated on your loved one’s health. Names will be removed from the list after 3 months. Thank you for keeping our Parish informed.
WORSHIP & MUSIC
Andrew J. Macirowski - Pastoral Coordinator for Worship & Music / Principal Organist
One of the few named women in the Bible, Mary Magdalene was a disciple of Jesus, one of his closest. In Luke’s Gospel, we are told that “Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out…” (Luke 8:2). In all of the Gospels, she is present at the crucifixion and the first to witness the miracle of the resurrection.
In the Gospel of John, following the resurrection, Jesus tells Mary, “Go to my brothers and tell them: I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God” (John 20:17), after which she announces to the remaining apostles that she has seen the risen Lord. She is the apostle that Jesus sent to tell the others, leading to Pope Francis calling her the “apostle to the apostles” and she has remained a model of faith throughout the centuries.
Her feast day is July 22. She is the patron saint of women and of repentant sinners.
Coming Soon also to Noon Mass!
GOD BLESS...
Evan Nicholas Ferrier, Jr. Ryan Patrick Ross Ellie Marie Ross
Liturgy of the Word Dismissal
This is the practice of having children, ages 4-12, leave the Sunday assembly during the Liturgy of the Word (readings) and gather in the chapel to engage in the Liturgy of the Word at a level more appropriate to the children’s understanding.
Saturday, 7/26
5 PM
Sunday, 7/27
8 AM
Sunday, 7/27
10 AM
Sunday, 7/27
Noon
Alex Gruenling Anthony Gruenling
Jack Main NOT FILLED
Chloe Cullen
RJ Vaina
Jacob Barasky NOT FILLED
MINISTRY SCHEDULE
Saturday, July 26 & Sunday, July 27
Bridget Farrow
Michele Gruenling Charles Young
Carly York Joe Ventura
Annette Raynor
Tom Nathanson, Organ Host
Jane Slattery, Tabernacle Host
Irene Weller, Tabernacle Host
Louise Habrack, Alternate
Justine Buzzetta, Organ Host
Gina Shute, Tabernacle Host
Cindy Ventura, Tabernacle Host
Mary Aiello, Alternate
Sue Fitzpatrick, Organ Host
Carly York
Barbara Schaflin
Kevin Swan
Carly York
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost
Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Richard Gerbino
Jennifer Stubbs
Michal Kalisz, Tabernacle Host
Maureen Geiger, Tabernacle Host
Carol Donahue, Alternate
Patricia Gesner, Organ Host
Dawn Burtone, Tabernacle Host
Joseph Burtone, Tabernacle Host
Les Gesner, Alternate
OUR PROMISE TO PROTECT
The Diocese of Trenton is committed to the initiatives outlined in the U.S. Bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People and to its own policies and guidelines in regard to the reporting and investigation of sexual abuse allegations involving minors.
If you have been sexually abused as a minor by a member of the clergy or anyone representing the Catholic Church, or if you know of someone who was, you can report that abuse through the diocesan ABUSE HOTLINE: 1-888-2962965 or via e-mail at abuseline@dioceseoftrenton.org.
The Diocese of Trenton reports any allegations of sexual abuse to the appropriate law enforcement agencies. Anyone with an allegation is also encouraged to provide that information to local law enforcement authorities.
Child Protection Efforts
FAITH FORMATION
Julia Cullen — Pastoral Coordinator of Faith Formation / Religious Education
Periodically, we receive calls from elderly, shut-in, and/ or disabled Parishioners seeking help with some needed tasks such as food shopping, transportation to medical appointments, light cleanup, or just for an hour or so of conversation and companionship. If you feel that you may have the time and interest to share of yourself in this way, please call the Office of
Every week of summer (beginning of June to end of August), receive an email containing a Formed video pertaining to a saint from that week.
• Two options to opt-in to: Adults and Kids
• Each week’s email will include activity suggestions for families to help them apply what they’ve watched, keeping the summer both fun and faith-filled.
Click here to get started!
JULY 19 & JULY 20
The Church’s observance of World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, July 27, 2025, is also a time to remember and care for our “spiritual grandparents,” Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., said in announcing the annual collection for retired and elderly priests.
Scheduled in the parishes of the Diocese of Trenton at Masses July 19 and 20, the special collection for the Retired, Elderly and Infirm Priests Fund is a way for the faithful to thank the more than 80 retired priests who have given the witness of their lives of faith, many of whom still continue to offer Masses and share the Sacraments in our parishes.
The Bishop states, “I invite all the clergy and faithful of the Diocese, once again, to show the generosity for which I have come to know you so well by contributing to the fourth annual collection for the priests who truly are our spiritual grandfathers. They, too, deserve our love and gratitude in their twilight years!”
2025 Missionary
The Diocese of Gallup (NM)
At the weekend Masses of July 26 and 27, special collection in support of church annual Missionary Cooperative Program Diocese of Trenton. This year we will have missionary to present the appeal in person ministry and needs. Thank you for your support!
Click here to learn more or donate!
My Dear Parishioners:
Quo vadis...
Today we celebrate the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Before we can carry on the mission of Jesus as disciples we must become the disciples by sitting at the feet of Jesus listening to him. In our time today we can hardly invite Jesus over for dinner. But there are ways that Jesus is present to us if we take the time to be present to him. We usually address living the paschal mystery in terms of how we die to ourselves in our everyday living. This gospel suggests a radically differentand complementary-way of living the paschal mystery: taking the time to listen to Jesus. Practically speaking, this means being attentive to the proclamation of the Scriptures (especially the gospel) during Mass. It means taking the time to be with Jesus in prayer-not just saying prayers, but being quiet and listening to how Jesus speaks to our hearts. There is truly a great deal of self-sacrificing in letting go of our “busyness” in order to listen to Jesus!
Our Summer Religious Education Module I began last week. This first module is being conducted virtually. I am grateful to all those who work to make this opportunity such a great experience for our young people and a good way for families to fulfill their need to educate and form their children in our Catholic Faith. Welcome parents and children. We are offering another module during the month of August. Module II will be held on campus.
During the months of July and August, some of our parish staff members will be taking much needed time off for vacation
or just to be with their families. While we have worked very hard and deliberate to cross-train our parish staff members, there may be some questions or circumstances that need to wait for their return. I am very grateful for your understanding this and for your kind cooperation.
Later this month, actually this coming week, the universal church observes the Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, the maternal grandparents of Jesus according to the customary of our church. This is a wonderful time for us to reflect on the role of grand-parenting as well as praying for those who are grandparents.
His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bishop of Trenton asks all parishes to collect funds in support of our distinguished retired priests of our diocese. A collection bin is n the narthex this week and a QR code is in the ebulletin and in the narthex for your convenience. Please consult the electronic bulletin for details. Next weekend we will welcome Father Peter Short from the Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico, which serves seven Native American tribes in New Mexico and Arizona.
Don’t forget to participate in the Sunday Mass here in our parish or, if you are traveling, find a Roman Catholic Church in order to observe the Sunday obligation and to continue to receive the Eucharist. Have a great week. Let us remember one another in prayer. Happy Sunday. Peace. Father Jeff
Get ready for the Martha Mary Guild’s
CLOTHING
September 4-7 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! DONATIONS WANTED!
Clean Out Your Closets! Drop off between 8/17-8/31 in Madonna Hall. Click for details! Sign Up to Volunteer! Anyone 12+! Get service hours! Click to sign up!
WE NEED YOUR HELP FOR OUR PARISH PHOTO DIRECTORY!
Photos for our Parish Photo Directory will be taken this Fall, and we are in need volunteers to help facilitate scheduling appointments after Mass! Sign up for any Saturday evening or Sunday mass from August 30 through September 28. Also, remember to save the date! Photos will be taken by appointment as follows:
hich of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers' victim?' He answered, 'The one who treated him with mercy.' Jesus said to him, 'Go and do likewise.' "
DEADLINE: JULY 31!
If you have not made a pledge to the ACA 2025, please do so now. Our parish will receive 5% additional rebate if $7,252 in pledges are made by July 31! Pledges can be paid anytime through December. Please make a pledge today! Thankyouforyourgenerosity!
The People of Texas Need Our Help
By BISHOP DAVID M. O'CONNELL, C.M.
Torrential rains and devastating flash flooding have brought disaster to parts of central Texas, with over 100 people including children at Camp Mystic killed as the search for survivors continues.
I remember as though it were yesterday the catastrophic damage experienced by the people of New Jersey, especially along the Jersey Shore, as a result of Hurricane Sandy when it made landfall on Oct. 29, 2012, leaving over two million households, parishes, churches, schools, hospitals and nursing homes without power. Hurricane Sandy claimed the lives of 38 people in New Jersey and some sources cite even a higher number depending on how indirect fatalities were counted.
Vehicles sit damaged after deadly flooding in Kerrville, Texas, on July 5, 2025. (OSV News photo/Sergio Flores, via Reuters) (Sergio Flores)
With the help of state police, first responders and government agencies, I visited some of our parishes along the Jersey Shore. During one of those visits, I recall celebrating Sunday Mass at St. Rose Church in Belmar with no electricity, joining parishioners in praying for needed relief for families and all those affected by the superstorm in New Jersey.
The Catholic Church in our Diocese responded with incredible generosity along with considerable support offered from dioceses across the United States. What a tremendous witness to the Gospel call to love our neighbors! Once again, the Gospel reminds us to reach out in love, charity and prayer to the victims of a natural disaster, this time in Texas.
At his Angelus message this past Sunday, July 6, our Holy Father Pope Leo XIV prayed for the victims and families of the recent devastating floods in Texas. Speaking in English, Pope Leo XIV expressed his heartfelt condolences “to all the families who have lost loved ones – in particular their daughters who were at summer camp – in the disaster caused by the flooding of the Guadalupe River in Texas in the United States. We pray for them.”
As always, Catholic Charities USA was quick to mobilize a response. Here in the Diocese of Trenton, we cannot forget how people – Catholics and otherwise – reached out to us in New Jersey in our time of devastation and need 13 years ago: dozens perished; 346,000 homes damaged or destroyed; entire neighborhoods flooded or swept away; billions in economic losses. Now is the time for us to respond in prayer and generosity to yet another national tragedy. The people of Texas need our help.
Please donate today to Catholics Charities USA (catholiccharitiesusa.org) – all funds will support local recovery. May God be with the people of Texas in their time of devastation and need.
Bishop O’Connell
877-0509 before August 1 for further information.
Institute of Religious Teachers Filippini
400 Route 35 North, South Mantoloking, NJ 08738— www.sjbsea.org
Our mission as Religious Teachers Filippini is to “Go forth and teach the Word of God.” Our ministry on this holy ground is for the people of God who come to St. Joseph By the Sea for soul searching, trying to find peace in their lives and a God who understands them.
September 9, 2025 (5:30 to 8:00 p.m.): FRIENDS OF BILL W. – An Evening for Women in A - Dinner and speaker. This event will occur once a month. For information and to register contact Laura G. (848) 221-7704. Cost: $25
September 27, 2025 (9 a.m. to 3 p.m): STEP THROUGH THE DOOR - In this one day workshop, we will navigate paths of healing and connection on your recovery journey. Discover what it means to truly be free on the inside using the 12 steps. We invite you to step through the door to personal freedom which symbolizes your journey towards a more liberated self where possibilities are endless and every step forward leads to deeper peace and fulfillment. Continental breakfast and lunch included. Cost: $75
DO YOU SEE JESUS DAILY! IS HE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU? - Like searching for something already in our hands, we can miss His presence, even though He is near. Sometimes, we view Jesus only as someone who meets our immeto know Him deeply, to walk with Him daily through those around us. He is closer than you right in front of you. Will you open your eyes to see Him today? Continental breakfast, lunch and Eucharistic Liturgy included. Presenters: Ellen Murphy, CSD, AS and Kathryn Rivera, RN)Cost: $75. 892-8494 to register or for additional information.
Please register at https://dioceseoftrenton.org/holy - innocents - society
