MOST HOLY REDEEMER OLD BRIDGE, NJ

MOST HOLY REDEEMER
MONDAY, JULY 27
8:00AM -MARY DUNNIGAN
-r/o Joe & Karen Dunn
TUESDAY, JULY 28
8:00AM -HELEN CARINA
-r/o John & Angela Haslach
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
8:00AM -CAMILLE CRONIN
-r/o Joseph & Susan Kurzawski
FRIDAY, JULY 31
8:00AM -HELEN CARINA
-r/o Greg & Debbie Ris
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1
9:00AM -STELLA BAUMANN
-r/o Teresa & Michael DeLuca
5:00PM -MARY COLOMBO
-r/o Rosemarie Parisi
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2
8:00AM -ELLEN, JOSEPH, MARY & KATHLEEN
CONNOLLY
-r/o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Connolly
10:00AM -TERESA & FRANKLIN PELLIGRA
-r/o Roseann Chrzanowski
11:30AM -PEOPLE OF THE PARISH
---------VOTIVE LIGHTS
IN MEMORY OF
Muriel, Leslie & Anna Roberts Connie, my sister
Peggy Contrera
Frank Moscarello
Michael Kelsall
Peter Colombo
Charles Mitchell
Howard Whitford
Loretta Bodulich
---------SPECIAL INTENTIONS
Mark & Kelly Chrzanowski
Teresa & Michael DeLuca
- Ryan, Julia & Lydia
Guidance & strength
Bless, watch over and guide our grandchildren &
great grandchildren
Spiritual & Physical Healing Be Strong
Spiritual help & forgiveness Health for my husband
Blessings for all x5
Help for Jonathan,
Michael & Carolyn
OLD BRIDGE, NJ
HOLY NAME SOCIETY
No Mass or Meeting during the
Month of July and August.
WEB PAGE
For updated bulletin information, please go to
www.mostholyredeemerchurch.org.
---------TABERNACLE LIGHT
Tabernacle candle in the Church burns this week
in loving memory of Ron Granat
r/o Linda and Lexa
Tabernacle candle in the Chapel burns this week in
loving memory of DJ Blish
r/o Mr. & Mrs. Michael Martucci
---------PARISH SICK LIST
Rev. Edward J. Struzik, Shannon,
Hayley & Brett Lawrence, Helena
Sabo, Cheryl Black, Jacqueline Braniff,
Christina Pulido, Sophie Wojtaszek,
Janice Sanborn, Marie Velleneuve, Beth Morris, Renee
Burke, Joseph Peabody, Veronica Balmore, Billy
Sherwood, Jr., Peter Skujins, Cindy Junquet, Kenneth
Kramer, Timothy McGravey, Beatriz Castillo, Dolores
Nee, Michael Guariglia, Marieann Poplaski, Anita
d’Auguste, Lucy Littlefield, Jean Marie Brigandi, Elena
Coumo, Gabino & Maria Rodriguez, Angelo Richichi,
Alice Gorres, Johnny Gibbs, Joan Weaver, Barbara
Celia, Ida Morales, Maryann Hughes, Emilie Matlosz,
Germaine Raimo, Luddy Demsia, William Armstrong,
John d’Auguste, Fr. Gregory Moore, Lori Ansioso,
Dominick DeNardo, Joseph Scifo, Joel Adamo, Sandra
Steinberger, George Fleming, Theresa Nelson,
Suzanne d’Auguste, Frank Roberts, Lucy Humphrey,
David Brandt, Tony Medina, Barbara Bradshaw, Fred
Morrone, Larry & Marie Fama, Lenny Gatti, Sumanta
Chowdhuri, Nicole Elizabeth Montagna, Nico Oneto,
Kathleen O’Brien, Bill Harmon, Debbie Archibold,
JoAnne Calendrillo, Liz Frega and Mary Beth
Schulmeister.
Many names remain on our sick list for a
very long time. While we are happy to continue
requesting prayers for anyone who is sick, please
do not hesitate to inform the parish office if
someone is recovering.
---------PRE-BAPTISM CLASS
Please call the Parish Office to register.
The next Pre-Baptism class will be held
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. in the
Chapel.
17TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME PAGE THREE
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING MILITARY
PERSONNEL SERVING OVERSEAS
Matthew P. Caporaso, Department of Defense
Matthew B. Kaplan, U.S. Army
Michael Lanzafama, U.S. Army
Richard A. Lapp, U.S. Navy
Douglas Leo, U.S. Army
Michael Passaretti, U.S. Army
Robert Putko, U. S. Navy
Mark G. Sieczkowski, U. S. Navy
Thomas Welch, U.S. Army
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BAPTISM
We wish to welcome into the family of
God and the parish community of Most
Holy Redeemer the following children
who were baptized here July 19th:
JONATHAN SHEA BOSQUEZ
Son of Jonathan and Beronica
YVELISSE NEVAEH SIME
MAGDELENA ALECIA SIME
MAURICIO ARISMENDI SIME
Children of Huascar and Beronica
We pray that their parents will be examples of
faith to inspire them to follow the Lord. We, as their
family in faith, also accept the responsibility to help
these parents in their duty to bring up the children in
the practice of the Faith by our prayers and example.
---------MOST HOLY REDEEMER PRAYER GROUP
Most Holy Redeemer Prayer Group will meet
on Friday, July 31st, in the daily Mass Chapel
from 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. All parishioners are
welcome. There will be exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament concluding with Benediction.
The prayer program includes the Holy Rosary
and a Scriptural reading. A short fellowship will follow
after the prayers. All are welcome to join us as we
gather together. For more information, please contact
the parish office.
---------THANK YOU
Thanks to all you who worked our Blood
Drive on July 20th and those 34 who
donated blood.
It was very much
appreciated and we made our goal of 30.
Mark your calendar for the next
Blood Drive scheduled for December 3,
2015, 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Desmond Hall.
JULY 26, 2015
STEWARDS OF OUR TREASURE
Weekend of July 18/19, 2015: $5940
Weekend of July 19/20, 2014: $6255
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ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
Our Most Holy Redeemer Conference
exists primarily to help those in financial
need. This is made possible by the
generosity of our Parishioners each
month; thank you.
If you or someone you know needs help,
please call 732-566-9334. Everything is completely
confidential.
Food Pantry
Groceries collected every weekend at Mass.
St. Lawrence Food Pantry opens on Saturdays
and Mondays from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
During the month of June the St. Lawrence
Food Pantry helped 237 adults and 119 children.
Thank you for your generosity.
---------PARISH PICNIC
The Picnic Committee will meet
Monday, August 3rd at 7:30 p.m. by
email only.
Parish Picnic: Sunday, September 20th
---------LAUDATO SI’:
PRAYER & DISCUSSION
You’ve heard about Pope
Francis’ new encyclical on the
environment. Join us for an
evening
of
prayer
and
discussion, as we take up his
invitation to “enter into dialogue with all people
about our common home.”
Thursday, July 30th at 7:00 p.m.
At the St. Isodore Field of Holy Family Parish
(corner of Throop and Townsend Street,
New Brunswick, NJ).
Rain location: Sacred Heart Church at Holy Family
Sponsored by Holy Family Parish and Catholic
Charities Solidarity Team
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
Catechists are needed for the 2015-2016 school year.
If you are able to join our Religious Education
program as a catechist, please contact Mrs. Dyson at
732-566-5630. Help us teach our children about the
love of God.
Tuesday, 4:15 – 5:30 p.m.
-1 for Grade 3
-2 for Grade 5
Wednesday, 4:15 – 5:30 p.m. -2 for Grade 3
-1 for Grade 4
Wednesday, 7:15 – 8:30 p.m. -2 for Grade 7
---------If you need to register your child(ren) for
Religious Education, please contact the Religious
Education Office at 732-566-5630.
­ CONFIRMATION:
Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.
­ COMMUNION:
Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
---------VIRTUS TRAINING
For those Religious Education catechists and
volunteers who need VIRTUS training, please note
the following dates in August and September:
-Tuesday – August 25th, 7:00 p.m.
St. Ambrose, 90 Throckmorton Lane
-Tuesday – September 15th, 7:00 p.m.
St. Ambrose, 90 Throckmorton Lane
-Thursday – September 24th, 7:00 p.m.
Most Holy Redeemer, 133 Amboy Road
You must register on-line prior to attending at
www.diometuchen.org.
On home page go to
RESOURCES, click on link SIGN UP FOR VIRTUS
SESSIONS, click on START REGISTRATION, and
follow instructions.
WORLD APOSTALATE OF FATIMA
Saturday, August 1st "You at Least Try
to Console Me." World Apostolate of
Fatima, Blue Army Shrine, 674 Mount
View Road, Washington, NJ, invites all.
Honor Our Lady's plea of December 10, 1925
requesting Five consecutive First Saturdays of
Reparation. Blasphemy of Alienating Children from
Devotion to Mary will be explained this month.
Confessions 10:00 a.m.; 11:30 a.m. Rosary with 15
minute Meditation Fr. R. Murphy, 12:00 p.m. Holy
Mass with Homilist Fr. R. Murphy; 2:00 p.m.
Confessions; Outdoor Rosary/Children's Video; 3:00
p.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet. Bring your family and
friends to answer the call of the Child Jesus: "And
have you spread through the world what our
heavenly
Mother
requested
of
you?"
www.bluearmy.com, or call 908-689-1700.
---------ADORATION IS OPEN TO
EVERYONE – WE INVITE YOU!
"Your faith will help you realize
that it is Jesus Himself Who is
present in the Blessed Sacrament,
waiting for you and calling you to
spend one special specific hour with Him each
week."
- Saint Pope John Paul II
There is no greater love given to Catholics than Christ
present in the Eucharist. On June 7th, St. Benedict
Catholic Church and School have been blessed with
the opportunity to worship Jesus through Adoration
of the Blessed Sacrament with the opening of a
perpetual adoration chapel, Our Lady of Victory
Adoration Chapel. We warmly invite all fellow
parishioners in our community to come adore the
Blessed Sacrament, which is open for perpetual
adoration – 365 days a year, 7 days a week, 24 hours
a day. All are welcome.
We are located at 165 Bethany Road in
Holmdel, New Jersey. The adoration chapel is located
to the left of the church entrance. For general
inquiries, please contact Margaret Roddy in the St.
Benedict Parish Office at 732-264-4712, ext. 17 and
for those interested in giving up one hour a week to
our Lord, or questions regarding scheduling, please
contact Kathy Salvemini at 732-739-3381 or email
[email protected].
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CATHOLIC CHARITIES
Diocese of Metuchen
Please consider supporting our
local poverty relief services by
donating gently used clothing,
shoes, household items and small appliances to Catholic
Charities – Diocese of Metuchen.
Clearly marked donation boxes are available in
more than 30 locations throughout our four-country
diocese. For complete list of drop-off locations, visit
http: //www.ccdom.org/how-you-can-help/clothingdonation-drop-boxes. If you have an item that is too big
to fit in a donation box, please call 877-343-3651 to
arrange for a free pick up at your home.
---------CATHOLIC CHARITIES
Connections Program
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen, Connections
Program is looking for volunteers, both men and
women to participate in one-to-one activities and
become a mentor to the youth of Middlesex County and
Franklin Township.
Do you:
1. Have a minimum of three hours a week to offer
to a child?
2. Like having fun?
3. Want to make a difference in a child’s life?
4. Enjoy being a positive role model?
Then call Jeanette Cullen at 732-738-1323 or
email at [email protected] for more information.
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TRANSPORTATION TO THE
PAPAL MASS
The Diocese of Metuchen has made
arrangements for bus transportation
to the public Mass to be celebrated
by Pope Francis, on Sunday,
September 27 on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum
of Art. For those interested in reserving a bus seat,
there are a limited number of seats still available
leaving from the following locations:
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Bridgewater
St. Cecelia, Iselin
St. John Neumann Center, Piscataway
Our Lady of the Mount, Warren
St. Joseph, Washington
Online registration is strongly recommended.
Visit www.diometuchen.org/WMOF. You may also
register via phone by calling 732-562-1990, ext. 1543
during the hours of 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Monday thru
Friday. All payments will be by credit card only.
[email protected]
St. John Chrysostom, who lived in the last half of the
fourth century, raised an interesting question in
connection with the feeding of the multitudes. Why
didn't Jesus simply create food out of thin air rather
than multiply the food that was there? After all, the
bread and fish were pretty simple fare, lowbrow
food—not unlike saltines and canned sardines. Could
Jesus, who in John's Gospel is depicted as the one
through whom all things were made, not have
conjured up something more exciting for the gathered
multitude? Chrysostom responds to his own question,
saying that it was because Jesus wished to use "the
creation itself as a groundwork for his marvels"
(Homily 42 on the Gospel of John). Rather than create
something anew, Jesus takes what is already at hand
and transforms it by multiplying it. And in doing this,
Jesus is teaching us two things.
First, he is reminding us that creation itself is
already miraculous. Jesus works miracles not to
convince us that God can, on occasion, do
extraordinary things, but to awaken us to the fact that
God does an extraordinary thing—holding our world
in existence—all the time. The ongoing existence of
our world is the greatest of God's mighty acts, and the
miracles of Jesus should reinforce this truth and, not
undercut it.
Second, he is showing us that the way God
works in the world is not by dis-carding the ordinary
realities of creation and substituting for them
something new and different, but rather by taking
what is already at hand and transforming it. As an old
adage of Catholic theology puts it, grace perfects and
does not destroy nature. Just as Christ uses the simple
food provided by a boy to feed the multitude, so too he
can use the simple substance of our daily lives to do
his work in the world. We might look at our lives and
ask, like Andrew in today's Gospel, "What good is this
for so many?" But today's Gospel shows us that it is
good enough, if Christ takes it and blesses it.
Consider/Discuss:
 Do I appreciate the miraculous nature of my
daily life and thank God for the gift of my
existence? What hinders me from doing so?
 When have I seen God use ordinary events to
do something extraordinary?
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Lord Jesus, you take our lives into your hands and
bless them. May we become spiritual food for others
through the power of your Spirit by leading lives of
holiness. Amen.