May 22, 2016 - St. Vincent de Paul Parish

The Roman Catholic Parish
of St. Vincent de Paul
250 Bebout Avenue,
Stirling, New Jersey 07980
Phone: (908) 647-0118
Fax: (908) 647-5992
We are a Catholic community rooted in the
Eucharist and committed to the poor.
Parish Office—908-647-0118
In an emergency call
973-222-0720
Parish website: stvincentschurch.org
Parish Email: [email protected]
PASTORAL STAFF
Fr. A. Richard Carton, Pastor
[email protected]
Vincent G. Clarke, Music Ministry
908-647-4926
Sr. Nadine Fodor OP
Licensed Counselor 551-655-4943
Sr. Elsa Jeronimo, C.S.JB.
Director of Social Outreach
[email protected]
Deirdre Nemeth
Director of Religious Formation
908-647-6772 [email protected]
Amilee Bishop
Youth/Confirmation Coordinator
908-295-8104.
[email protected]
Peter O’Neill, Deacon
[email protected]
Parish Trustees
Alan Tangreti
Timothy Wallisch
PARISH OFFICE STAFF
Maria DeLuca
Religious Formation Secretary
Tonianne VanDerveer
Parish Secretary
Mary Woods
Parish Finance Coordinator
PARISH SCHOOL
908-647-0421
Fax 908-647-3878
Website www.stvdp.org
John Paul Crescenzo
Principal
Vera Castagna
School Secretary
Staci Ciamei
School Finance Coordinator
Father, You sent your Word to bring us truth
and your Spirit to make us holy.
Through them we come to know the mystery of your life.
Help us to worship you, one God in three persons,
You reveal yourself in the depths of our being,
by proclaiming and living our faith in you.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God for ever and ever. Amen.
Sunday Mass Schedule
Weekday Mass Schedule
(Vigil Mass)
Saturday —5 PM
8:30 AM Monday - Saturday
Sunday
8:30 AM, 10:30AM and 6:00 PM
Confession—Saturday at 4 PM
at other times by appointment.
“It would be easier for the world
to survive without the sun than to
do so without the Holy Mass.”
St. Padre Pio
May 21st / May 22nd
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SUNDAY COLLECTION REPORT
The weekend of May 14th and 15th
Total amount in envelopes:
Loose:
Online Parish Pay:
—————————————Total offered:
$7, 540
$2, 382
$2, 470
$12,392
Thank you to those who support the mission
of the parish and the sacrifices you make in
doing so. Your generosity allows the services
offered through the parish to continue, while
the day to day costs of operating the parish
are covered. May God bless your generosity
and reward your faithfulness.
MONDAY
MASS INTENTIONS
May 23rd
The Reynoso Family (Living)
Holy Souls in Purgatory
Frank L. Bigelis
8:30 AM
TUESDAY
May 24th
Barbara Costanzo (Living)
Richard Joyce
John Shutt
WEDNESDAY
May 25th
8:30 AM
Edward A. Pniewski
Jack Costanzo
Mary V. Murray
8:30 AM
Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the
Church, Saint Gregory VII, Pope, Saint Mary
Magdalene de Pazzi, Virgin
THURSDAY
May 26th
Saint Philip Neri, Priest
8:30 AM
Monday
1 Pt 1:3-9; Mk 10:17-27
Bob and Kathleen Slyker (Living)
Mary Baier
Genie Bermudez
FRIDAY
May 27th
Tuesday
1 Pt 1:10-16; Mk 10:28-31
8:30 AM
Christine Campbell
Salvatore Auriemma
Andrew Laura
Wednesday
1 Pt 1:18-25; Mk 10:32-45
SATURDAY
Thursday
1 Pt 2:2-5, 9-12; Mk 10:46-52
Friday
1 Pt 4:7-13; Mk 11:11-26
Saturday
Jude 17, 20b-25; Mk 11:27-33
LIFE MINISTRIES THANK YOU
The Annual Baby Shower was again a
huge success thanks to your
generosity. We delivered two full
truck loads of car seats, strollers,
bouncers, bassinets, Gift Cards,
blankets, many of them hand-made,
along with dozens of adorable little
outfits and hundreds of diapers as well as much
needed items for the Moms. The
recipients were truly overwhelmed by
the volume and quality of the items
and will put everything to good
use. May God continue to bless you
for the kindness you have shown.
Saint Augustine of Canterbury
8:30 AM
May 28th
Blessed Virgin Mary
Joseph, Emil, and Ralph Maffucci
John Maye
Patricia Bonner
THE MOST HOLY BODY
AND BLOOD OF JESUS
(Corpus Christi)
5:00 PM
Barbara Roache
(Saturday)
Michael and Rita Pavlo
Rose Capite
SUNDAY
May 29th
Maria Travisano
Gloria Opitz
George Gardner
10:30 AM
Curtiss Shope
Clare and Bill Morgan
Sonny Rizzo
6:00 PM
Bruce Hallett
Rose Guerin
People of the parish
8:30 AM:
Note that the 6 PM Mass will conclude
next Sunday, May 29th.
May 21st / May 22nd
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PASTORS COLUMN
This week I was asked a question. The individual inquiring was very sincere and as a young person
was asking a question that comes from the issues talked about in our society. The question was: “If a woman
believes that her gender is male and not female and is legally recognized as a male could that person be
considered a candidate for the priesthood if they felt that God was truly calling them to be a priest in the
Catholic Church?” To be honest I would not have expected this question a year ago, if ever, but it is reflective
of what might be on the minds and hearts of some people who ponder current events in the light of a faith
filled response.
In a different aspect the question has somewhat already been asked and answered. According to a
Catholic News Agency report of September 2, 2015: “A media firestorm arose in Spain after a transsexual
woman, who considers herself a man, asked to be the godfather of her nephew – leading a diocese's bishop
to turn to the Vatican for an answer. After writing to the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
about the issue earlier this month, Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy of Cádiz and Ceuta was told that since
transsexual persons are not consistently living Church teaching, its “impossible” for them to fulfill their
duties as a godparent. The bishop wrote the letter after Alex Salinas, 21 years-old and born a woman, had
requested to be the godfather of her nephew. In their response, the congregation – charged with
safeguarding Catholic teaching – said that it is “impossible to allow” a person with transsexual behavior to
be a baptismal godmother or godfather. In a Sept. 1 statement, the bishop said he turned to the Vatican due
to “confusion among some of the faithful” and “the complexity and media attention garnered by this issue,”
as well as the pastoral implications the decision has. In the Vatican’s full response – which the bishop
provided in his statement – the congregation explained that transsexual behavior “reveals in a public way an
attitude opposite to the moral imperative of solving the problem of sexual identity according to the truth of
one's own sexuality.” “Therefore it is evident that this person does not possess the requirement of leading a
life according to the faith and in the position of godfather and is therefore unable to be admitted to the
position of godfather or godmother,” they said, referring to canon 874 §3 in the Code of Canon Law.
However, the congregation stressed that there is “no discrimination toward (Alex), but only the recognition
of an objective lack of the requirements, which by their nature are necessary to assume the ecclesial
responsibility of being a godfather.”
In his Encyclical Letter, Laudato Si’, published on Pentecost 2015, Pope Francis wrote, “The
acceptance of our bodies as God’s gift is vital for welcoming and accepting the entire world as a gift from the
Father and our common home, whereas thinking that we enjoy absolute power over our own bodies turns,
often subtly, into thinking that we enjoy absolute power over creation. Learning to accept our body, to care
for it and to respect its fullest meaning, is an essential element of any genuine human ecology. Also, valuing
one’s own body in its femininity or masculinity is necessary if I am going to be able to recognize myself in an
encounter with someone who is different. In this way we can joyfully accept the specific gifts of another man
or woman, the work of God the Creator, and find mutual enrichment. It is not a healthy attitude which
would seek “to cancel out sexual difference because it no longer knows how to confront it”.
In the body of work known as the Theology of the Body, St. John Paul II wrote masterfully on the gift
and complexity of the human person. In his weekly general audiences between 1979 and 1984 his talks,
which have been gathered into a book, had a profound impact on Christian thinking about what it means to
be embodied as male or female. In one section he wrote, “It is an illusion to think we can build a true culture
of human life if we do not . . . accept and experience sexuality and love and the whole of life according to
their true meaning and their close inter-connection.” It is clear that there will be many more questions and
confusions in the arena of human sexuality. In order to be faithful and give witness to Christ it is imperative
that we know the teachings of the Church.
Peace,
Fr. Richard
May 21st / May 22nd
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PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
Those who serve in the military:
Sean Milde, James Minogue, Greg Scaduto, Frank
Fasano, Marcia Fernandes, Richard Lister, Eric
Leverone, Jay Donato, Frank Messina, Eileen Murphy,
Peter Giovanni, Brian Reynolds, John E. Siedler IV,
and Alex Slevens.
Those who are ill:
Anne (Mickey) Stack, Larry Hebert, Larry Oster,
Michael Knell, Elizabeth Vadon, Tina Passarelli,
Saverio Lacopo, Erin Lonergan, Lou Aroneo, Rosa
Benitez,
Jack and Maria Bickel, Bob Mikulyak,
Marilynn Fogarty, Cecile Fountain-Jardim, Msgr.
Patrick Brown, Mary Keller, Richard Scherer, Dorothy
Paul, Givi Trauwaert, Ruth Ann Rahe, Michael
Nastarowicz, Jonathan Tantaros, Mary Bigelis, George
Armenti III, MaryAnn Paster, Anne Galdieri, Terry
McCloskey, Patricia Caruso-Minicozzi, Susan Holmes,
Pat Moran, Carmel Connolly and Eric Binner.
Those who have died to this world
Peggyann Tuma and David “Duke” Dorsi
Requiescat in Pace
May all the faithful who have departed this world
rest in your eternal peace. Amen.
GROCERY GIFT CARDS
Grocery gift cards, will
continue to be sold as
a fundraiser. If you
would like to purchase
cards, please call the
parish office at 908647-0118 and ask for
Tonianne. You can
reserve the amount of
Grocery Gift Cards and an envelope with your
name will be available for you to pick up after
Mass on the weekend. Or you can visit the Parish
House during the week and purchase them
directly. Thank you for your continued support.
THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Reborn through the waters of Baptism and the
out-pouring of the Holy Spirit,
we embrace,
Karissa Rose DeJesus
daughter of Felix and Christina
and
Anthony Joseph Giambrone
son of Joseph and Alyson
claimed now by Christ for the
fullness of Eternal Life.
READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY
First Reading: Genesis 14:18-20
Melchizedek, a priest of God, prayed that Abram
would be blessed by God. He also praised God for
delivering Abram's foes into his hands.
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Paul describes Jesus' actions during the last supper. Jesus broke bread and said it was his body
given for us, asking that we do the same in remembrance of him. He then passed the cup and
called it his blood. Jesus then asked us to break
bread in this manner to
remember his death until
he returns.
Gospel: Luke 9:11b-17
Jesus spoke to a large
crowd when his disciples
asked that he dismiss the
people to give them a
chance to find food and
lodging. Jesus asked the
disciples to give the crowd
something to eat, but they had only five loaves of
bread and two fish. Jesus then blessed and distributed the food, which fed about 5,000 people.
Twelve baskets were then collected from what was
left over.
DIOCESAN FOOD COLLECTION
Next weekend, we are invited to
participate in a Diocesan-wide food
collection for the poor. The
collection sponsored by Catholic
Charites will help us offer assistance
to those most in need in our
Diocesan community of Morris,
Passaic, and Sussex Counties. The
entire Diocese of Paterson will join
together in this effort. Our parish
has been asked to provide both regular and
decaffeinated coffee and cold cereal. Kindly
bring your donations next weekend to the narthex
of the church. Thank you for your generosity.
FOOD PANTRY NEWS
We are short of several items: Pancake mix, white
rice, canned and dry black beans, ravioli, spam,
spaghetti
sauce
(traditional
or
meat
sauce). Additional items that are greatly
appreciated are: dry milk, canned pears and
pineapple, dry mashed potatoes, coffee, Honey
Nut Cheerios, Frosted Flakes, canned corn, tuna,
diced tomatoes, and spaghetti pasta.
May 21st / May 22nd
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STRAIGHT AND NARROW SHOE COLLECTION
Approximately 250 men and women live at
Straight and Narrow, Inc. in Paterson while
receiving substance abuse treatment. Most are
indigent; many are estranged from family or have
none. Besides treating their addiction, we also
clothe them. Footwear is always needed. The
men need gently used work boots and shoes and
sneakers of all adult sizes, but especially sizes 10
to 13. The women can use all adult sizes of
sneakers and casual shoes. A container to collect
shoes will be in the vestibule of the church until
the weekend of June 4/5th
DISCERNING A PRIESTLY VOCATION
Vocations Discernment for young men 15-25. Quo
Vadis Days are a time of recreation, fellowship and
prayer to help you explore the Lord’s call in your
life. Activities will include prayer, Mass, Adoration
of the Blessed Sacrament, Liturgy of the Hours,
Rosary, games, sports, talks, great food and
discussions. It is a time to share faith and meet
other young men seeking God's will. Quo Vadis
Days will be held June 29th—July 1st at the Sacred
Heart Retreat Center in Newton, NJ. There is no
cost. For more information or to register, contact
the coordinators, Fr. Jared Brogan and Fr. Edgar
Rivera in the Vocations office at 973-777-8818 ext
#711.
You
can
also
email
at
[email protected]
or
[email protected]
EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT
IN PARISH CEMETERY
Boy Scout and parishioner, Sean Theoclitus, is building a
wall that will curve around the back of the cross in the
parish’s cemetery. Which will provide a nice space for prayer
and reflection. On the wall there will be names of people’s
loved ones, (deceased or living,) engraved onto individual
name plates, to be put on the wall. If you are interested in
having your loved one’s name put on the wall please visit
www.troop59.com/seaneagleproject. The project is limited to
100 names. The wall will stand for many generations to come.
You may also contact the parish office for more information if
you do not have access to a computer.
FAITH FORMATION / RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
When: MONDAY, JUNE 27 to Thursday, June
30
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Join us for crafts, MUSIC, GAMES
AND LOTS OF FUN
as we learn to follow Jesus!
Who: Children entering Kindergarten thru Grade 6
Registrations are available at:
www.stvincentschurch.org
email: [email protected] (Deirdre Nemeth)
parish office 908-647-0118 Maria DeLuca or Deirdre Nemeth
Volunteers are also needed!! Please call or email us.
Registration: $25 per child or $75 per family
May 21st / May 22nd
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A Mass of Thanksgiving to God will be
offered for all that has been accomplished,
with His Grace, through the formation and
education of so many students at
St. Vincent de Paul School.
All parishioners, current and former school families, faculty and
staff are invited to join in this time of Thanksgiving.
Sunday, June 26th – 10:30 AM Mass of Thanksgiving
BBQ afterwards in field behind the church
(or school gym, if it is raining that day)
There is no fee for the BBQ but tickets are required for food.
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Family Name: ____________________
Number of tickets (needed for food at BBQ):
Adults: ________________________
Children: ______________________
Children (under 6): _______________
Please return this form to the parish or school office by June 11.