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PLEASE NOTE— THERE
WILL BE COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY ON WEDNESDAY.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS AND MASS ON FRIDAY EVENINGS DURING LENT.
Monday February
14th
7:00 PM John DeStefano r/o John, Kim & Matt
Mahony
Tuesday February
15th
8:00 AM Mary Mathews r/o Karen & Jesse Mathews
Wednesday February
16th
8:00 AM COMMUNION SERVICE ONLY
Thursday February
17th
8:00 AM Mary Mathews r/o Karen & Jesse Mathews
Friday February
18th
7:00 PM Sara Jimenez r/o her Family
Saturday February 19th
8:00 AM Toby Gaddis r/o Sherry Gaddis
Saturday February 20th Vigil: 2nd Sunday of
Lent
5:30 PM Jennie Simoncelli r/o Marianne Simoncelli
SUNDAY MASSES
Sunday February 21st 2nd Sunday of Lent
8:00 AM Louis Bocchino r/o Rosary Altar Society
10:00 AM Madlyne Shuleski r/o Lisa Pankowski & Children
12 NOON Exalandus
Dawson r/o Paul
Roper
STATIONS OF THE
CROSS WILL BE ON FRIDAY EVENINGS BEFORE THE MASS.
The days of fast
& abstinence are Ash Wednesday & Good Friday. All other Fridays of Lent are days of
abstinence. From the Evening Mass of the
Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday until the Easter Vigil of Holy Saturday, the
Easter Fast should be observed so that with uplifted & welcoming hearts, we
may be ready to celebrate the joys of the Resurrection.
The obligation to FAST applies only to
Catholics between the ages of 18 & 59.
To fast means to limit oneself to one full meal during the day so as to
experience hunger. Abstinence affects
all Catholics who have reached the age of 14 and means to abstain from meat and
all meat products. Those unable to
abstain for a valid reason on any given Friday of Lent are asked to perform
some other penitential act, or to abstain on another day.
Let Us Pray…For all women tempted by the appealing
promises of abortion that they may have the strength to say no to its
destruction.
At Disneyland
they have hundreds of wild domesticated cats running around the park. They
never come out during the day because there's too many people, but the reason
they're there is to catch the mice.
February 13th First Sunday of Lent
Pss I Seasonal prop
Cr Pf for First Sun of Lent
22: Gn 2:7-9;3:1-7 Ps 51:3-6, 12-13,17
Rom 5:12-19 or 5:12,17-19 Mt 4:1-11
Like Adam and Eve, Jesus was tempted, but did not sin. Our sinfulness is acquitted through one man,
Jesus Christ, in whom we are justified.
No one can tell the truth
about abortion like a woman who has had one.
Martha Wenger, the mother of an aborted child, describes the aftermath
of abortion for her. “The whole procedure toughened me. I became hateful. I had no compassion… A lot
of women think they’re getting rid of a problem. But they don’t have any idea of the problems
they’ll face afterwards.”
PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL
OF OUR PARISHIONERS who are sick at home, in the hospital or in nursing
homes, especially for Teresa Salas, Bill Fioravant, John Pongratz, Mary
Pokotello, Jeanette Felix, Roberta (Bobbi) Zabita, Rose Campanero, John
Foxwell, Sr. Elinor Foxwell, F.M.M., Haley Weber, Cole Nesmith, James Murray
(uncle of Karen Mathews), Warren King (father of Karen Mathews), Vincent
Anatele, Rose Stevenson, Blanche Ferarro, Teresa Kunz, Carol Talnagi, Gladys
Quinlin, Adam Platukis, Elizabeth Connelly, Vi Konz, Jill Miner and Josephine
Sarnoski.
Please remember in your prayers the repose of the souls of
Eileen Foxwell, and Reverend Patrick Barrett, Pastor of St. Elizabeth Church in
Carteret, who passed away last week.
SUNDAY COLLECTION
February
6th $3,769.00
Sunday February 13,
2005
Counters Team # 2
Giacomini/Getlik
Bingo Team #1
“Suffering,
old age, the unconscious state, the imminence of death does not lessen the
person’s intrinsic dignity, created in the image of God.”
Pope John Paul II
Valentine
Bake and Craft Sale
February
12-13, 2005 After All Masses
By the
time you can make ends meet, they move
the ends.
Irish Dinner Show
McCarrick Care Center proudly presents an Irish Dinner Show featuring
Bobby Byrne on Friday, March 11th at Our Lady of Peace Church, Rt.
130 No. Brunswick. Dinner 6:30-7:30 PM will include Corned Beef
& Cabbage, beer, soft drinks, coffee and tea; show time 8 PM. BYOB is permitted. For ticket information, call Chris at
732-545-4200 x113.
The Annual Father and Son
Communion Breakfast will be held on Sunday, March 13, 2005 with Father Dean
Gaudio as guest speaker. Tickets will go
on sale following the 5:30PM Mass, Saturday, February 19, 2005. The price for
tickets will be Adults $ 6.00 and Children $5.00. Tickets sold at the door will
be $ 1.00 extra for all tickets. Please
purchase your tickets early and avoid the surcharge.
We are looking for a few
good men. Our society is inviting the men of our parish to join our Holy Name
Society.
Blessed Be HIS Holy Name
GERTRUDE HAWK EASTER CAN SALE
Brochures are available at all exits for delicious
Gertrude Hawk Easter candy. Please
support our church fundraiser!
Orders are due back no later than Sunday, February 27 at
1:00 pm. Please pay by cash or
check. Checks can be made payable to
Diane Mosko. Return completed orders
with payment in an envelope marked “Candy Order” via the collection
basket or in the rectory mail slot.
Questions can be addressed to Diane at 908-369-3398.
Indecision is
the key to flexibility
Someone is Waiting for You!
How very fortunate we are to have the Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament every Thursday from 8:30 AM until 12 noon. Won’t you come and visit Him? It could be for 15 minutes, ˝ hour or 1
hour. His Blessings are there for
you. Let’s not miss this beautiful
Spiritual Opportunity.
Anyone wishing to obtain a statement of contributions for
the past year – 2004- should either drop a note in the collection basket or at
the rectory. Please include your name
and address on your request.
Rice Bowls will be
available on the weekend of February 5/6 in time for lent and should be
returned on Palm Sunday, March 19/20.
This weekend, in addition to the celebration of
World Marriage Day, the Office of Children’s Services under the auspices of the
NJ Department of Human Services is sponsoring a faith-based community weekend
to recruit foster parents. Every house
of worship and every denomination have been invited to participate. The recruitment event called, “Sharing the
Love with Our Children,” is a plea to encourage people of all faiths to open
their homes and hearts to children who need the warmth and guidance of a
family. Please consider helping one of
these children by becoming a foster or adoptive parent by sharing your
love. Training and all resources you
need to become a loving foster parent will be provided. Call 1-877-NJ-FOSTER or visit the web site at
www.njfostercare.org.
You cannot tell which way
the train
went by looking at the
track.
At local taverns, pubs, and bars, people drank from pint and
quart-sized containers. A bar maid's job was to keep an eye on the customers
and keep the drinks coming. She had to pay close attention and remember who was
drinking in "pints" and who was drinking in "quarts," hence
the term "minding your 'P's and Q's."
Annual Retreat Day for Women sponsored by the
Sisters of Jesus Our Hope will be scheduled for Saturday, March 5, from 9 am –
9 pm at St. Magdalen de Pazzi Church, Flemington, the Day includes Mass,
Rosary, workshops, a special workshop for women 16-24 and a brown bag
lunch. To register, call
732-271-5777. There is no fee, donations
accepted.
The reason one wears a wedding ring on the third
finger is that (tradition says) there is supposed to be a vein which goes
directly from that finger to the heart—i.e., the seat of love. Also, not
everyone wears that wedding ring on the third finger of the LEFT hand. In some traditions,
such as the Jewish one, it is worn on the right hand. Also, I'm given to
understand that
nuns ("brides of
Christ") wear a wedding ring, again on the right hand.