The Catholic Church of St. Ann
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The Catholic Church of St. Ann
The Catholic Church of St. Ann 45 Anderson Street, Raritan, New Jersey 08869 PASTOR - Rev. Msgr. M. J. Corona, PA, KCHS Parochial Vicar - Rev. James E. De Fillipps Permanent Deacons - J. Pacifico / C. Paulus Weekend Clergy - Rev. Msgr. James Cafone Parish Trustees - Martin Carrara / Lori Albanese Superior / Pastoral Assoc - Sr D. Toscano, MPF School Principal - Sr. Mary Klersey, MPF Altar Servers - Rev. James E. De Fillipps Atlantic City Bus Trip - Marge Corona Mass Schedule Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil - 4:00pm Sunday: 7:30am - 9:00am - 10:30am - 12:00noon Daily Mass: Monday - Friday: 7:00am & 7:00pm; Sat. 9:00am Reconciliation: Saturday at 9:30am and 3:00pm Parish Office hours: 9:00am - 4:00pm School: 908-725-7787 • Parish: 908-725-1008 June 23, 2013 Baby Gift Drive - Maddy Swartz Baptism PREP - Deacon Conrad Paulus Bereavement - Dorothy Pacifico Bingo - D. McNulty / J. Szeman / T. Miller Blood Drive - Theresa Mayewski Card Connections - Edwina Schurick Columbiettes - Mia Sena Cub Scouts - Susan Baker C.Y.M. Basketball - Tom Ellis Eucharistic Ministers - James Fidacaro Finance Committee - James Wilson Food Drive - Carol Rittman Golden Age - Marge Corona Holy Name Society - Ken Swartz Knights of Columbus - Joseph Steigerwald Liturgy Committee - Cathy Stevens Lunch Bunch - Marge Corona Marriage Prep - Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Brown Music Ministry - Carolyn Thomas Natural Family Planning - Mr. & Mrs. Ken Swartz Parish Council - James Fidacaro Parish Nurses - Irene Roglieri Parish Providers - Mr. & Mrs. Rick Stevens Parish Visitors - Dottie Pacifico Pro Life - Maddy Swartz R.C.I.A. - Deacon John R. Pacifico Readers - James Fidacaro Religious Education, Director - C. Esposito Rosary Altar Society - Laura Sullivan School Advisory Council - Aldo Martinez Social Ministry - Dorothy Pacifico Inspired by the Holy Spirit, we the Catholic Parish of Saint Ann embrace all as family and continue Christ’s mission by exemplifying the love of God and neighbor as stewards of God’s gifts to us. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. ANN, RARITAN ALTAR CANDLES For the week of June 22nd - 28th, the Altar Candles will burn in the memory (honor) of: Altar Candle 1. Gregorio Grande Req. by Wife & Kids Altar Candle 2. Gregorio Grande Req. by Wife & Kids Monday, June 24, 2013 ~ The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist 7am: Bettina Gasparro Req. by Isabella Ruffa 7am: Charles De Primo Req. by Family Tuesday, June 25, 2013 SANCTUARY LAMPS For the week of June 22nd - 28th, the Sanctuary Lamps will burn in the memory (honor) of: Tabernacle: Antonio Natale Req. by Anne, Joanne, Mary St. Joseph: Milton Bennett Req. by Jo & Steve Forktus Blessed Mother: Marie DiCecilia Req. by Daughter, Adriana, Chris, Charlie, Ben & Alex Physician-Assisted Suicide…..What is at Stake? The NJ Death with Dignity Act A3328/S2259 is a recipe for elder abuse The most obvious reason is due to a lack of oversight when the lethal dose is administered. For example, there are no witnesses required at death; the death occurs in private. With this situation, the opportunity is created for an heir, or for another person who will benefit from the patient’s death, to administer the lethal dose to the patient without his consent. Even if he struggled, who would know? Oppose the NJ Death with Dignity Act (A3328/S2259) Visit: http:// www.capwiz.com/njcathconf/home to let your legislators know where you stand on this issue. Please remember to pray for our sick of our parish Victoria Andrews Luzmanda Anthony Herb Arnold Gary Atchey Deborah Bailey Bernadette Bavoso Amity Bryson Joanmarie Carlone Jaden Chambres Albert Charles Kathy Ciociola Dominic Comandol Carolyn Curcio Leonides Dalida Matthew De Castro Frank De Fina Corazon Delacerna Audrey De Luca Mary Ann De Maio Grace Ann Dettra Vincent Facciolo Linda Farah Mary & Richard Felice Patrick Ferrara Kathleen C. Filardi Sharon Fisahn Frank Forte Sr. Marie Forte Ann Frezza Shirley Frodelly Teresa Galaini Elizabeth Gecik Frank Giordano Margaret Grasso Bruno Grigoletti David Groza Jr. Ruth Gulick Casey Hnasko Doris Kelco Robert Koeckert Linda Krajewski Bernadette Laggini Barbara Langon Brianna Larson Marie Locascio Antonino Lo Piccolo Carmela Loschiavo Mary Mangiaracina Bridget Marshall Giovanna Martini Victoria Melitsky Marilyn Monger Olga Morella Anna Moretti Luke Adams Myers Ava Rose Navarro Ann Olivero Thomas Orecchio Olga Orlando Yolanda Polidoro Frances Peebles Raymond Peters Lorraine Raia Frank Ratkowski Teresa Riga Patrick Riley Adam Romano Cosette Ruh John Russo Divina Sandig Dr. Eric Jose Santos Marianne San Filippo Josephine Guide Sapp Mary Sawidzial Nancy Schiavi Edwina Schurick Raymond Shallanberger Cindy Sonnier David Snedegar Nancy Spencer Sean Stein Matthew Stevens Dolores Talamini Patricia Teague Richard Teague Michael Tereman Anna Teresak Anthony Tomaro Frank Tropiano Rena Turchi Allison Valverde Carol Vetack Richard Vetack Vincent Viscariello Joan Wirzman Lisa Yoder Margaret ZanGrando Joseph Zingariello 7am: Pasquale Suriano Req. by Daughter-in-law, Immaculata 7am: Lynne M. Bray Req. by Germaske Family Wednesday, June 26, 2013 7am: Rose Pacifico Req. by Linda & Ron Wass 7am: Peter & Agnes Czock Req. by Mary & Ray Shallanberger Thursday, June 27, 2013 ~ Saint Cyril of Alexandria 7am: Myron Garney Req. by Wife & Family 7am: Bruno Adornato Req. by Giorgio & Nancy Russo Friday, June 28, 2013 & Saint Irenaeus 7am: Special intention of Mr. & Mrs. Paolo Fusca in honor of Sacred Heart 7am: Alexander Wiecenski Req. by Natale & Wiecenski Fams. Saturday, June 29, 2013 ~ Saints Peter & Paul 9am: Edward Kmiecinski Req. by Nancy Mantz 4pm: For All Fathers For Whom Requests Have Been Made Sunday, June 30, 2013 ~ 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30am / 9am / 10:30am / 12pm: For All Fathers For Whom Requests Have Been Made Saint Maria Goretti Novena (1890—1902) All are invited pray a novena in honor of St. Maria beginning Friday, June 28th through Saturday, July 6th. The prayer will be recited after the 7AM, 7PM daily Mass on Mondays—Friday, and after the 9AM Mass on Saturday. About St. Maria Goretti, Patron of Purity & Victims of Violence Maria was less than 12 years old when she was killed by her 18 year old neighbor, Alexander. He badly beat and stabbed her because she would not submit to him. As St. Maria lay dying, she forgave Alexander. He was arrested and in jail for 30 years but was not sorry for what he had done until dreamt that he was in a garden and Maria gave him flowers. When he woke, he was sorry for his crime and lived a reformed life. He was released after 27 years and went directly to Maria’s mother to beg for forgiveness. She said, “If my daughter can forgive him, who am I to withhold forgiveness”. Maria was declared a saint in 1950, Alexander was there in the St. Peter's crowd to celebrate her canonization. She was canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1950 for her purity as model for youth. JUNE 23, 2013 ~ TWELVETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Thoughts For The Week Dear Sisters and Brothers, Television in its infancy was not very interested in real life. It offered news and sports coverage, a few gardening and other programs. But otherwise, it took its lead from the world of cinema. Do you remember the “Million Dollar Movie” on channel nine? What most of us wanted was fantasy entertainment, films and drama, the world of makebelieve. The last decade has seen a reversal of this pattern. We are treated to great chunks of what are billed as “reallife” programs. There are programs in which supposedly ordinary people live together under the eye of the camera. There is also an obsession with the sale and decoration of houses, makeover programs involving ordinary people and a keenness to delve into the past of families and friends in an attempt to discover who people may really be. Sometimes the people featured are well known to start with. Sometimes people become celebrities by being exposed in this way through the media. They are famous for being famous, for having been exposed to the public eye, and not for any achievement or talent they may have. It is easy for the media to build people up in this way; it is just as easy for them to knock people down. Indeed it sometimes seems as if this is inevitable. Although it’s important that the media are able to call politicians, business leaders and those in authority to account for their actions, considerable damage can be done when they intrude into people’s personal lives and often come to false conclusions about them. In all three Synoptic Gospels Jesus asks his disciples this question about himself: “Who do you say that I am?” In St. Luke’s version, as with all the important moments in his Gospel, the exchange takes place against the background of prayer. Jesus is praying alone in the presence of his disciples. We are about halfway through St. Luke’s Gospel. In the first half Jesus, through his words and actions, has been showing his disciples who he is, namely the one anointed by the spirit to fulfil the words of the prophet Isaiah, “to bring the good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives and to the blind new sight, to set the downtrodden free, to proclaim the Lord’s year of favor”. Through his preaching, teaching and miracles, through the life he has shared with them, Jesus has offered his disciples many signs of this fulfilment. All of this St. Peter acknowledges when he declares Jesus to be “The Christ of God”. The disciples have learnt lesson one. They know who Jesus is. Now they have to move to lesson two, to discover what this means. Jesus does not waste time. They will immediately set out on what in St. Luke is one long, winding road to Jerusalem. The end of this journey is suffering, death ---and resurrection on the third day. The journey to this end will allow the disciples to learn more about what we may call “the cost of their discipleship”, that to continue following Christ will mean the same demands will be made of them. In your charity, pray for the sick and the lonely—visit them if you can. Also, please remember to pray for all who have wandered from the faith, and all who have died. May God always be pleased with us! How would Jesus have dealt with the modern media? Probably in the same way he dealt with the scribes and the Pharisees, giving them the signs of his true identity and encouraging them to interpret these signs correctly. One suspects that his success today would be just as limited. Some parts of the media, like some of those people who listened to Jesus, seek openly for the truth. Others more often than not have their own story in advance. They then fit the “facts” into the story in a way that will arouse the greatest interest and so sell the greatest number of copies. Nobody emerges well from such stories, at least not for long, as misery and misfortune evoke greater interest than goodness and happy outcomes. It can make the cost of discipleship, as the disciples themselves found, doubly difficult. Good deeds will be twisted into signifying malice or greed, and truth will become hard to portray and even more demanding to find. In its pursuit we may have to lose our good name, friends and fortune, but the life ultimately attained will be of real rather than false value, of integrity rather than imitation. This is just one illustration of the pitfalls that face us as we try to pursue a life based on the values revealed to us in Jesus and his teaching. As Luke himself will constantly remind us, what we achieve is through the Holy Spirit working in and through us, not through our efforts alone. Monsignor Michael JUNE 23, 2013 Summer Envelopes Offertory June 15/16, 2013 Collection…………………..……$8,014.15 Poor Box…………………………………..………..$65.00 Thank you for being as generous as you are able. For those who wish to donate electronically please visit our website at www.stannparish.com and click on the NETCHARGE icon. Parish Food Drive Happens on the 1st Saturday and Sunday of each month. We sincerely thank our parishioners who mail or deliver your weekly envelopes to the parish office while you are out-oftown on vacations this summer. As many of you understand, our parish expenses and obligations do no take a vacation when you do, so it is very helpful to be able to rely on your continued support even when you cannot personally attend Mass here. Dear Friends of St. Ann School, I finished giving awards to our First through Seventh Graders Baby Gifts Drive Happens on the 3rd Saturday and Sunday of and was struck by a phenomenal accomplishment. each month. Everyone who is part of the St. Ann School Family knows that Baptisms Baptisms are celebrated each month on the First grades are not given away just for attending or for not giving Sunday at the Noon Mass as well as the second, third, and any trouble. At St. Ann School grades are not given for big fourth Sundays at 1:30pm. There will be no baptisms during donations, active participation of parents, or for paying your Lent. Arrangements must be made in advance and new parents tuition. Though all of these things are important to helping are required to take a Baptism Preparation class held on the our school be as great as it is, they do not determine student second Saturday of each month at 10:00am with Deacon Conrad success. Student work and effort determine success. Teachers in the CMR. make sure students are meeting state, national, and diocesan Sponsors & Godparents If you are 18 years or older, you must standards and criteria for promotion. This is not a small task. register as an adult and be Confirmed in the Catholic Church. If Our motto continues to be, “meet it and exceed it” in terms of you are married, your marriage must be recognized by the the rigors of the curriculum requirements at all three levels. Church. This is especially important if you wish to be a Our students need to do homework, take notes, complete Sponsor for Confirmation or Godparent. It takes 6 months of tasks, take tests, and some even take exams. The bar is set attending Mass to be eligible for both of these privileges. high. We do not just pass students on from grade to grade. Marriages The common policy of marriage requires that With all of that said, I am very pleased to report to you, our arrangements be made at least 1 Year before the date of parish family, that every student in grades kindergarten marriage and before any social plans are made. The bride or through eighth grade was able to honestly and fairly be groom must be a registered parishioner. Nuptial Mass or Ceremony may be scheduled on Friday afternoon, Saturday promoted to the next grade level. What an achievement! morning or afternoon; or Sunday afternoon Nuptial ceremony . R.C.I.A. We welcome all individuals who wish to become members of the Catholic Church as well as baptized Catholics who never received their 1st Communion or Confirmation and are interested in becoming full participants in the Catholic faith to contact Deacon J. Pacifico at the Parish Office at (908) 725-1008. Reconciliation The Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated every Saturday at 9:30 am & 3:00 pm. Thank you, as always for all of your support. We are as good as we are because you are as good to us as you are. God bless you, Sr. Mary Klersey, MPF Principal A Thank You from the Festa Committee We would like to express our appreciation for your generosity in support of St. Ann’s Festa Your personal commitment was incredibly helpful. You all did a fantastic job whether it was baking a cake for the cake wheel, worked at a booth, sold 50/50’s, helped set up or take down, cooking in the kitchen at Parish Registration: New parishioners are always welcome & 6am, cleaned tables or took out garbage, and stretched dough urged to pick up a registration form from the back of the church all your efforts were important to us. May God bless you in or from the rectory office. We kindly ask that when you are abundance. Ministry to the Sick Our parish shut-in’s are visited on the first Friday of each month by our Deacons, Religious Sisters, Eucharistic ministers. If you know of a parishioner that is seriously ill or hospitalized, please let the parish office know. moving to please notify the rectory. Novenas are prayed for 9days after each morning and evening Mass. The Novena prayer is not recited at the Saturday Vigil or Sunday Masses but it is included as part of the 9 days. St. Joseph - March 19 ; St. Rita - May 22; St. Anthony - June 13 St. Maria Goretti - July 6; St. Ann - July 26 ST. ANN ATLANTIC CITY BUS TRIP Our next bus trip to Atlantic City will take place on, Thursday, July 11th. Please contact Marge Corona at 908-725-1198 for ticket info. and to reserve your place on the bus. JUNE 23, 2013 Let Us Remember.... In our prayers, the men and women serving in our Nation’s Armed Forces. Major Michael A. De Cicco, U.S. Army LCpl. William A. De Santis, U.S. Marine Corps. Victor Dulay, Jr. U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John J. Houser III, U.S. Marine Corps PFC. Matthew John U.S. Marine Corps CW4 Michael Lopez, Jr. Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Morella, U.S. Marine Corps Major Michael Morella, U.S. Army Sgt. Dan Neville, U.S. Marine Corps PFC Daniel J. Salvo, U.S. Marine Corps Corp. Jonathan Schultes, US Marine Corps Major. Louis P. Simon, U.S. Marine Corps PFC Jerome C. Sunga, US Army Jack Vara, U.S. Marine Corps LTJG Robert Wilson, U.S. Navy Pro—Life Announcement Please join this prayerful effort for our country by participating in the Holy Hour for Life, Marriage, & Liberty on Monday, June 24th 4:00pm—5:00pm Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament on Somerset Street, Raritan Prayer & Sacrifice Pledge Form I,___________________________________, pledge to do the following during the 2013 Fortnight for Freedom (June 21-July 4): o Private Holy Hour ____ At home ____In the Church before Christ in the tabernacle ____In the Church during a Eucharistic Holy Hour o Daily Rosary _____Number of Rosaries prayed o Abstinence from meat and fasting on Fridays THE WEEK AHEAD Sunday, June 23, 2013 Sunday Mass: 7:30 am. • 9 am. • 10:30 am. • 12 pm. 7pm: Bingo Monday, June 24, 2013 Daily Mass: 7 am • 7 pm 7:30pm: Knights of Columbus meeting (cmr) Tuesday. June 25, 2013 Daily Mass: 7 am • 7 pm 7:30pm: Bingo 7:45pm: Liturgy Prep meeting (rcr) Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Daily Mass: 7 am • 7 pm Thursday, June 27, 2013 Daily Mass: 7 am • 7 pm Friday, June 28, 2013 Daily Mass: 7 am • 7 pm Novena in honor of St. Maria Goretti to be prayed after the 7am and 7pm Masses Saturday, June 29, 2013 9am: morning Mass; Novena in honor of St. Maria Goretti 9:30am & 3pm: Confessions 4pm: Sunday Vigil R.C.I.A. St. Ann Parish invites all to a deeper love of Jesus and to a fullness of communion with the Church. The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) is a process where adults are welcomed into the Catholic Church. Do you know someone who is thinking about becoming part of our Catholic community? Are you the non-Catholic spouse of a parishioner who is wondering about full communion with the Church? Are you an adult Catholic who, for whatever reason, "missed" one or more of the sacraments of initiation while growing up? The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults welcome all kinds of people into the Catholic family. Call Deacon John Pacifico at 908725-1008, for more information. Please pray for repose soul of Norma C. Ferguson - June 17, 2013 Signature: __________________________________(optional) Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May the soul of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen Date:________________________________________________ Parish Database Update Parish:______________________________________________ St Ann’s Parish distributed a Database Update flyer during the Please complete and drop in your parish collection basket. masses on June 8/9 as well as during the Festa. If you missed it and would like more information, email Cathy Stevens at o Other sacrifice______________________________________ Thank you! [email protected] or call 908-910-0308 OR email Josephine Taddeo at [email protected] or call 908-725-4369.
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