March 20, 2022: The Third Sunday of Lent

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 parishoffice@stmaryscoltsneck.org Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton: Most Reverend David M. O’Connell, C. M. Pastor: Reverend Fr. Jeffrey E. Lee Pastor Emeritus: Reverend Fr. William J. Bausch Parish Trustees: Roger Zurro & Annette Raynor Worship schedule inside.

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The Third Sunday of Lent

March 20, 2022 Baptism Preparation Sessions St Mary is offering a Baptismal Preparation Session on:

MARCH 27 2022 at 1:00 PM Pre-registration is required week in advance.

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Lenten Penance & Reconciliation Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 3 pm 3:00 pm Last name A-H 3:15 pm Last name I-P 3:30 pm Last name Q-Z There will be twelve Priest Confessors for your convenience.

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March 20, 2022

Mass Intentions for: Saturday, Match 19th - Sunday, Match 27th For * Requested by

Saturday, March 19 – 4 PM Church Frank Saake * Barbara Saake Ronald Brier, Sr. * Cizin Family Isabel Amling * Bob Amling Sunday, March 20 – Church 8 AM Dr. Enrique De Voto * The Flynns Helen and John Sionas * Eileen and Michael Stivala Susan Condon * Gina Shute and Liz Condon 10 AM Janet Quinn * Phyllis and Hugh Murphy Mimi Pellicano * Gabbard Family Eric O’Doherty * Molly and John Aiello 12 PM Pro Populo Antoinette Lucarelli * Richard and Maria Gerbino James Barron * Mary and Bill Klein Monday, March 21 – 9 AM Chapel Joe Howe * Marilyn and Carl Simone Tuesday, March 22 – 9 AM Chapel PVT Charles H. Haber, Jr. * Carol and Frank Donahue Vincent J. Petolino * Francine and Joseph Corcoran Wednesday, March 23 – 9 AM Chapel Frances Bartolo * Jack and Rorie Coppola Kathleen Kelly Boyle * Boyle and Burlew Family Thursday, March 24 – 9 AM Chapel Eric O’Doherty * Tom and Angela Kinlin Friday, March 25 – 9 AM Chapel Roberta Maresca * Marie and Joseph Merante Ingrid L. Hoffman * Angela and Tom Kinlin Saturday, March 26 – 4 PM Church Pro Populo Raul Villanueva * Drs. Gener and Elvira Dapul Veronica Grabowski * Grabowski Family Sunday, March 27 – Church 8 AM Cecilia La Morte * Neil and Jane Slattery Jean Brock * Joe and Tami Minichini Robert Arcoleo * Joe and Tami Minichini 10AM Stanly Szczepanski * Dawn and John Reinhardt Carmelo Farrugia * Kent Hairston Kathleen Kiernan Jamison * Catlaw Family 12 PM Joseph Walsh III * William and Marilyn Senn Don Pucillo * Jaclyn Pucillo and Adam Brick Margo Regan * Hugh Murphy

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Please pray for the following members of our parish family who are ill: Kathleen Amatel Courtney Barker Michael Barker Janice Basilice Fr Bill Bausch Eileen Beckley Rita Bonamo Anne Boyle Christen Chellis Blake Conley Kaitlin Donahue Nagle Sharon Evangellista Joann Feliciti Cynthia Fiedler James Fiedler Emily Gioacchini Edward Habrack Tom Hudak

Elizabeth Lind Huseby Anton Kopp Bridget Korn Bob Lind Lori Lettieri Donna Lodi Leonidas Mavrookas Ludwig Mendola Walter Moeller Kevin O’Shea Stanley Rembisz Owen Shoemaker Victoria Slater Gerard P. Thompson Seneida Tomasetti Lauren Vinci Debra Zadlock

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

Mass Intention Requests Requests can be made in person by stopping at the parish office, or online HERE. The suggested stipend is $10.

Parish Office Hours Monday 9 am – 2 pm Tuesday 2 pm -7:30 pm Wednesday 9 am – 2 pm Thursday 9 am – 2 pm Sunday 9 am -12 noon No office hours on Friday or Saturday

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March 20, 2022

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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.

PRAY for Military & First Responders SN Colton Boag, USCG LCpl Devon Francis Chrzan, USMC Lt. Col. John Anthony Coppola, US Army Major Douglas Coppola, US Army Lt. Mary Herman, USN SN Christian Houlihan, USN LT. Jason Joseph Howe, USN SPC Michael John Mento, US Army SPC Nicholas Poskonka, US Army Captain Richard Savo, US Army 1st Lt. Adam Sjoholm, US Army Captain Ryan Tanguay, US Army TSgt Stephen Witherow, USAF LCpl Edward Zarzecki, USMC If there is a family member you wish to be placed on the list, please contact the Parish Bulletin at 732780-2666 or parishbulletin@stmaryscoltsneck.org.

Please remember in your prayers those who have recently passed.

Ray Binaco Virginia Lardiere Joaquin Duenas

Grotto Candles The Grotto Candles are available for your prayer intentions.

Offering is $3.00 per candle.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK 20 Sunday: THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Exodus 3: 1-8a. 13-15 / 1 Corinthians 10: 1-6. 10-12 / Luke 13: 1-9 21 Monday: 2 Kings 5: 1-15b / Luke 4: 24-30 22 Tuesday: Daniel 3: 25. 34-43 / Matthew 18: 21-35 23 Wednesday: Deuteronomy 4:1. 5-9 / Matthew 5: 17-19 24 Thursday: Jeremiah 7: 23-28 / Luke 11: 14-23 25 Friday: Isaiah 7: 10-14; 8: 10 / Hebrews 10: 4-10 / Luke 1: 26-38 26 Saturday: Hosea 6: 1-6 / Luke 18: 9-14 FOR DEEPER REFLECTION: Question for Children: God wants your faith to result in good living. What steps can you take during Lent to make sure that happens?

Question for Youth: What needs changing in your life right now? How will you invite God into that change?

Question for Adults: What steps are you taking this Lent to make sure that your faith bears fruit in good works?

SPRING 2022 Bereavement Support Group - held

by Ministry of Consolation Participate in a 9-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.

The program will meet 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm in the Spiritual Center. Starts Tuesday, April 26.

For more information contact & pre-registration contact: Marilyn Simone at 732-547-4668

Consider donating the sanctuary lamp that burns in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament in the Church or Chapel in honor of a living or deceased loved one.

One intention is accepted per week (Sunday - Saturday) for the Lamp.

The suggested donation is $25.

Request online HERE. Available weeks listed below: Church - 4/3, 4/24, 5/1, 5/15

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Andrew J. Macirowski Pastoral Coordinator for Worship & Music / Principal Organist Worship@stmaryscoltsneck.org Music@stmaryscoltsneck.org The Annunciation of the Lord March 25 is the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord - a day which commemorates the announcement made by the Archangel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she would conceive and bear a son, and that he would be the savior of the world.

Along with the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, the abstention from the Gloria is lifted on this day, as the joy of the Holy Day should be celebrated in full.

In the modern Roman Rite, if this date falls on a Sunday or during Holy Week, it is transferred to the next Monday, as the Sundays of Lent and Holy Week cannot be superseded.

The annunciation is also recounted on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception during Advent (another day on which the Gloria is permitted during a penitential season). Although in the course of the gospel narratives the annunciation is inexplicably linked to Christmas, it is important that we also take note of the length of time between the announcement to Mary and the birth of the Lord, in a similar way that we mark the passage of time between Christmas and the Presentation of the Lord, or between Easter and Pentecost.

Become more involved at The Parish of Saint Mary!

Please consider becoming a liturgical minister or part of our music ministry!

Altar Servers, Ushers, Readers, Cantors and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are very important to our parish and we would love you to be involved! Please contact Andrew Macirowski at worship@stmaryscoltsneck.org to let us know you are interested!

Saint of the Week: Paul, Apostle and Martyr, c. 5-65 Especially during Lent, we are called to conversion. Our saint of the week had one of the more dramatic conversion experiences. He began as an oppressor of the members of the early Church and later became one of the great saints of our Church.

Paul—named Saul at birth—was born of Jewish parents around the year 5 A.D. in Tarsus, which also made him a citizen of Rome. He studied under a renowned rabbi in Jerusalem and became a rigid Pharisee and an obsessed persecutor of the Christians. According to Scripture, Saul was present at the stoning of Stephen, but only as a spectator. Sometime between 34 and 36, he was on his way to Damascus to arrest some Christians and bring them back to Jerusalem for trial. It was on this journey that he experienced the vision of God which led to his conversion...

Read more HERE.

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Worship Schedule: Fourth Sunday of Lent Saturday, March 26th & Sunday, March 27th Altar Server

Cantor

Reader 1

Saturday, 4:00 PM (Church)

Mark Hines William Hines

Christina Rivera Organ—Jill Russo

Bruno Savo

Charles Young

Tabernacle Host—Martha Cowles Organ Host—Louise Habrack (sub req) Tabernacle Host—Susan Murphy Alternate—Emily Santangelo

Sunday 8:00 AM (Church)

Servers Needed

Taylor Kurilew

Rita Duenas

Annette Raynor

Tabernacle Host—Mike LaCava Tabernacle Host—Rosanne LaCava Organ Host—Michael Staub Alternate—Maureen Staub

Barbara Schaflin

Tabernacle Host—Sandra Montefusco Tabernacle Host—Carol Donahue (sub requested) Organ Host—Gregory Calderaro Alternate—Dawn Reinhardt

T Mullin

Tabernacle Host—Monica Barr Tabernacle Host—Minister Needed Organ Host—Irene Weller Alternate—Ron Gabbard

Sunday 10:00 AM (Church)

Jonathan Stubbs

Choir + Taylor Kurilew

Jennifer Stubbs

Sunday 12:00 PM (Church)

Jack Schatzle Jimmy Schatzle

Marybeth Jacobson

Richard Gerbino

Reader 2

EMHC

Lenten Regulations Create a free account: www.stmaryscoltsneck.formed.org Parish Access Code: KQ4VQ3

The Catholic Church in the United States requires of us as baptized Catholics to observe the following: The days of fast (only one full meal per day) and abstinence (no meat) are Ash Wednesday (March 2) and Good Friday (April 15). All other Fridays of Lent (March 4 through April 8) are days of abstinence (no meat).

Fast—consume only one full meal. Water may be taken throughout the day

Elements of the Catholic Mass is designed to help the faithful better appreciate the beauty of the Mass.

Featuring Fr. Douglas Martis, former director of the Liturgical Institute, the program consists of thirty-one beautifully produced short videos. Each episode comes with a discussion guide with references, Elements of the Catholic Mass is ideal for personal faith formation or family / group discussion.

Click HERE for this week’s episode.

Abstinence– consume no meat; this obligation prohibits the eating of meat but not eggs, milk products or condiments of any kind, even though made from animal fat.

Baptized Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to fast and those from the age of 14 are also obliged to abstain.

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Lenten Penance & Reconciliation (confessions) Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 3 pm Please plan to arrive on time according to the first letter of your last name: 3:00 pm Last name A-H 3:15 pm Last name I-P 3:30 pm Last name Q-Z There will be twelve Priest Confessors for your convenience.

ST. MARY PARISH 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Sunday June 5, 2022 3 PM Solemn Mass presided by the Most Reverend David O’Connell, Bishop of Trenton

OVERCOMING DISASTER In Bangladesh, cyclones and other natural disasters are increasing—destroying farms, homes and more— making it difficult for people like Noornobi to earn a living and support their families. But Noornobi has learned new techniques to protect his land and income, enabling his niece and nephew to go to school.

How can you care for creation to help the planet and our global family? Visit crsricebowl.org to learn more.

Please place your Lenten offerings in your Rice Bowl, count them at the end of Lent, make a check to St. Mary Parish for the total amount and drop it in the collection Basket. Alternatively you can make your donation using our online giving platform at https:// goo.gl/VFak28. Thank you for your generosity!

Picnic to follow with food trucks, inflatables & Christian Band Concert Activities for children

Speak with a Priest

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We Need Your Help: Many volunteer opportunities available for our Jubilee celebration.

Short shifts. Hours available for students. To volunteer please contact Justine Buzzetta (justinept@gmail.com) or Alyssa Sans (alyssa.sans@gmail.com)

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Struggling with a life event and in need of spiritual assistance?

Want to celebrate the Sacrament of Penance outside the normal Confession times?

Trying to find your way back to engagement with the Church?

Discerning vocation?

Looking to complete your Sacraments of Initiation and wish to chat about the journey?

St Mary is offering the opportunity for parishioners to chat with a priest who is only indirectly engaged with the parish.

If interested please contact Fr Mike Walsh by phone 732-780-2666 x205 or email frmike.walsh@stmaryscoltsneck.org

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Faith Formation Julia Cullen Pastoral Coordinator of Religion Education Grade 1–8 ReligiousEd@stmaryscoltsneck.org 732-780-266 X 309

Rose Farrow Coordinator of Faith Formation for Youth & Adult Catechesis YouthRE@stmaryscoltsneck.org 732-780-2666 X 310

Religious Education Summer Registration/Re-Registration

Summer Re/Registration continues at the regular price and will close on 31 March 2022. It is first come first serve and classes will be closed when numbers are met.

INTERGENERATIONALS Intergenerational lists are due by 1 June 2022. Each RE child in grades 1-6 are expected to attend at least 4 events or programs throughout the year.

Upcoming Intergenerationals: 2 April 2022 – Spring Clean up 3 April 2022 – Lenten Penance & Reconciliation 7 May 2022—May Crowning

First Penance & Reconciliation Rehearsal Tuesday, 29 March at 5pm in the church

Lenten P&R is on 3 April 2022 and begins at 3pm-all parishioners are welcome.

Fall Registration/ReRegistration Opens on 1 April 2002 At the discounted price First Communion Prep Grade 1 & 2 - On Campus Early or Late option Tues 4:30 to 5:40pm OR Tues 5:50 to 7pm Grade 3 to 6 – Live Google Classroom Tues 4:30-5:30pm OR Wed 6-7pm Confirmation Prep Grade 7 & 8 – On Campus Monday’s 4:15-5:45pm Live Google Classroom – Sunday’s 5-6:30pm

-Liturgy of the Word DismissalPlease join us every Sunday at the 10am mass

MARCH Religious Education Newsletter

Communion Dates & Lottery Date The Sacrament of First Holy Communion will be celebrated on October 9, 2002 at the 10am mass and October 16, 2022-10am & 12pm Please join us for the Lottery on May 7, 2022 in Madonna Hall to pick your day/time.

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Quo vadis…

My Dear Parishioners: Today we celebrate the Third Sunday of Lent.

Suffering for suffering’s sake is not what transforms us so that we can bear fruit—the dying that leads to new life is how we bear fruit. The dying that repentance requires forestalls meaningless dying; the dying we do in order to bear fruit is the result of cultivating an attitude of openness to constant transformation; the “fertilizer” is the charity, fasting, and prayer of our Christian penance. Repentance is cultivating the soil so it can bear fruit. Repentance is taking what is dying and coaxing it to life. Repentance is changing one’s mind, letting go of the narrowness of our own perception of how life should be and embracing the expansiveness of God’s plan for salvation. Repentance, in terms of changing one’s mind, is really conversion. Although repentance and conversion are major Lenten themes (and surely capture the work of preparation for our renewal of baptismal commitment), this isn’t something we do only these six weeks out of the year. Lent (dying) and Easter (rising) characterize our Christian living, concretize our baptismal commitment, spell out the paschal mystery. If we wish to bear fruit we must die to ourselves. Interesting paradox: if we don’t bear fruit, we die, but we must die to bear fruit. The choice before us is about dying: meaningless dying (selfishness) or fruitful dying (to self for the sake of others). The gospel parable says for “three years” the owner of the fig tree had been waiting for good fruit. God waits more than three years for us to bear fruit—God waits each and every day of our lives for us to bear fruit.

The good news is that God never gives up.

God continually cultivates and fertilizes— especially by the ongoing proclamation of God’s word and the invitation to God’s table.

All we need do is respond by dying to self.

Then God brings forth new life in us.

Please note that the Saturday 4:00pm mass will continue through the Saturday of Palm Sunday Weekend (and will resume the Saturday of the First Sunday in October). The Easter Vigil (Saturday of Easter Sunday) is scheduled for 7:30pm. This year Easter falls late into April and the Church’s Liturgical Law indicates that the vigil is to begin after sundown. The following Saturday we will resume the Saturday Evening 5:00pm mass and will continue throughout the summer months.

This year our parish observes the 50th Anniversary of its establishment as an independent entity recognized by the State of NJ and the laying of the cornerstone in 1972. We have a simple program to highlight this milestone. We will distribute a book for Easter to help us prepare for our parish mission later this year the last week of October. Sunday 5 June is the Solemnity of Pentecost and we will celebrate the mass at 3:00pm followed by a community celebration outdoors on our beautiful parish campus. There will be food, music, some bouncy activities for the smaller children and a Christian Band. In order to be a celebration there will be a minimal reservation fee to assist us with planning the event. More details to come.

Please mark your calendars today and plan to participate as we give thanks and praise to God for the many blessings our parish has received and our parish has been to others.

Next weekend we observe Laetare Sunday.

The following weekend is our Lenten Penance & Reconciliation (confessions)/ There will be 12 or so priest confessors for your convenience.

Mark your schedules and plan to participate.

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

Father Jeff

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Temporal Administration, Stewardship & Outreach Edwin A. Sevillano TemporalAdmin@stmaryscoltsneck.org Sharing Our Treasure March 13, 2022 Second Sunday of Lent Weekly Sacrificial Stewardship

13,827

Envelope Contribu ons

6,816

Electronic/Online Contribu ons

6,350

Loose Contribu ons

662 292 45.09

# Registered Parishioner Households

987

Included in next week’s collec on will be the Catholic Relief Services appeal. Please be generous.

"Jesus said to his disciples: 'Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Stop judging and you will not be judged.

Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gi s will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.' " Luke 6:36-38

The 2022 Annual Catholic Appeal is well underway. Thank you to those parishioners who have already made their gift to the 2022 Annual Appeal.

Will you join your fellow parishioners in supporting this effort that strengthens many important programs and ministries across the Diocese of Trenton? Our goal, $75,000, can only be achieved through YOUR generosity!

If you have not yet made a gift, there will be pledge forms available in the back of church, or you can visit www.dioceseoftrenton.org/ catholicappeal to send your gift electronically.

Make sure to select St. Mary Catholic Church, Colts Neck in the Parish Affiliation box so we can receive credit for your gift.

Your gift will truly make a difference. Thank you for your prayers and support.

New Parishioner Orientation

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.

URGENT NEED IN UKRAINE Your help is needed in Ukraine where there are already more than 2.9 million people in need of assistance!

Your prayers and support will make so much difference. Please give a vital gift today!

Please donate HERE.

Sunday, May 1, 2022 11:00AM at Madonna Hall Attendance is mandatory for those wishing to become parishioners at the Parish of St. Mary.

Please contact the Parish Office if you wish to attend 732-780-2666

During Lent, we are asked to focus more intently on "almsgiving," which means donating money or goods to the poor and performing other acts of charity.

As one of the three pillars of Lenten practice, almsgiving is "a witness to fraternal charity" and "a work of justice pleasing to God." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2462).

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March 2—April 10, 2022

Parish Spring Clean-up Saturday April 2, 2022, 9 AM to 1 PM Get your rakes and gloves ready….

Get together with friends, family and fellow parishioners to help clean-up the fallen leaves, branches and debris deposited on the parish grounds from the long winter.

Volunteer at >> https://goo.gl/yEMzmv More info: TemporalAdmin@stmaryscoltsneck.org

FAITH IN ACTION! Have fun while making a difference this summer.

Kateri Day Camp in Morganville, NJ is looking to hire energetic respectful Summer Camp Counselors (18yrs +), Junior Counselors (16-18 yrs), and Activity Specialists (18+). This summer’s camp season will run weekdays 8:30am to 3:00pm from June 27 – August 12, 2022. ($15-$22 an hour) For over forty-five years, The Sisters of the Good Shepherd have provided economically disadvantaged Monmouth County children with a safe, enriching summer at Kateri Day Camp. More than 95% of our campers qualify for free lunch and are living below the poverty level. We are the only full day summer camp in Monmouth County for these children.

Please call (732-946-9694) or email (kstackhouse@collieryouthservices.org) to learn more about camp and to apply today!

Never underestimate the impact of summer camp!

HELP SAVE LIVES IN MONMOUTH COUNTY! Protect mothers and children by joining this worldwide witness of prayer, fas ng, peaceful vigils, and community outreach.

Take part in 40 Days for Life in Monmouth County Vigil Loca on: Planned Parenthood at 69 E. Newman Springs Road, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702.

Vigil Hours: Monday through Friday 8 am to 6 pm. Saturday / Sunday - at will.

Local Contact: monmouth4life@hotmail.com Learn More... 40daysforlife.com/shrewsbury Check our Resources for Educa onal Informa on, Prayer and Pregnancy Resources.

Come and Bring a Friend... or 2... or 3!

40 Days For Life/Shrewsbury is a peaceful, prayerful witness. There is no shou ng, foul language or graphic signs. As always, stay on the sidewalk or public right of way. Do not go on private property, block driveway or park in Planned Parenthood lot.

Please follow current COVID 19 protocols.

Future Generation Early Learning Center at The Parish of Saint Mary is currently enrolling for the 2022 School Year.

Flexible schedule for children 2 and up.

Small class sizes.

Research based curriculum.

Join our family today!

Call 732-780-0135 today for more information

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March 20, 2022

Offerings at Francis House of Prayer Trenton Diocesan Spiritual Center and Retreat House 84 Walnford Road • Allentown, NJ 08501 609-877-0509 or FHOP@verizon.net

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St. Joseph By the Sea Retreat Center 400 NJ-35, South Mantoloking, NJ 08738

Please check www.FHOP.org for registration, directions and for our other offerings!

All programs will be offered online and in person unless otherwise indicated.

THE IMITATION OF CHRIST THE BEATITUDES EDITION Monday, March 28 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM Let’s enjoy the wisdom of this timeless classic by Thomas Ὰ Kempis translated for us in this special version: The Imitation of Christ – The Beatitudes Edition. Listen as Jesus speaks right to you as a friend with loving advice. Time will also be given to contemplative prayer.

Donation: $25, includes lunch; Zoom $20.

March 25-27, 2022 – FOOTSTEPS IN THE GARDEN – Do you ever wonder what God is doing and has done in your life even without your help? In scripture, God says, “You will be like a watered garden.” (Is 58:11-12) The blooms in the garden of life take root in the silence. This weekend offers you time to explore the gardens of your life. Mass included. Arrival: 5:00-6:00 pm/Departure: 1:00 pm (Presenters: Paulette Cicero, M.Th., CSD, and Ellen Murphy, CSD) Cost: $350 Please or call St. Joseph By the Sea at 732-892-8494 to register or for additional information .

GOD’S WILL – GOD’S DREAM Tuesday, April 5 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM Can you imagine that the will of God is planted in your own deepest desires? We will use the book, “What’s Your Decision? How to Make Choices with Confidence and Clarity to help you determine where God is leading you in daily life. Donation: $25, with lunch; Zoom: $20.

Catholic CoEd High School

MATER DEI PREP

THE JOURNEY OF THE CROSS IN 2022 Thursday, April 7 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM Come be a companion to the suffering Christ as he carries the crosses of our present world. Through scripture, music, visual images, poetry and prayer minister to the wounded ones who still walk the Calvary Road. Donation: $20. Please bring your lunch.

Saint Leo the Great Religious Store 50 Hurleys Lane Lincroft, NJ 07738 Located in the Lower Level of the Parish Center

Contact Us at 908-770-1989 Email: store@stleothegreat.com Please call the store and speak with our staff if you have any questions.

St. Mary, Mother of God Church is blessed to have a 24/7 Perpetual Adoration Chapel. All are welcome to come adore Jesus.

St. Mary's Perpetual Adoration Chapel 26 Leonardville Rd., Middletown, NJ 07748 What is ADORATION? LEARN MORE HERE!