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Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church 1282 Yardville - Allentown Road • Allentown, N.J. 08501 www.StJohnRomanCatholic.org
Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church 1282 Yardville - Allentown Road • Allentown, N.J. 08501 www.StJohnRomanCatholic.org
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
Clergy and Parish Staff
Reverend Michael Wallack, Pastor Email: [email protected]
Mr. Joseph Hepp, Deacon Email: [email protected]
Mr. Michael Scannella, Deacon Email: [email protected]
Deacon Assisting at the Extraordinary Form of the Mass Mr. Guido Mattozzi
Mrs. Dorothy Conway, Business Manager Email: [email protected]
Mrs. Lauren Walters, Coordinator of Religious Education Email: [email protected] Phone: (609)259-3586
Mr. Peter Carter, Director of Music Email: [email protected]
Mrs. Jo-Anne Ruff, Bookkeeper/Cemetery Coordinator Email: [email protected] Phone: (609)508-1715
Holy Mass Schedule
Following the directives issued by the Diocese of Trenton, Public Masses in the Church with limited attendance began on Sunday, June 14, 2020.
Sacrament of Confession
The Sacrament is available by request and as announced on our webpage. You are also invited to contact Fr. Wallack by email at any time at [email protected]
Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church 1282 Yardville-Allentown Road Allentown, NJ 08501
www.StJohnRomanCatholic.org
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time External Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
June 21, 2020
Contact Information The Parish Office is currently closed to visitors but our staff
will be happy to respond to your messages by phone or email. Kindly contact us as indicated below:
Office Email: [email protected]
Office Phone: 609-259-3391 Fax: 609-508-1407
For an emergency requiring a priest, please call (609) 538-4126
Holy Mass Intentions (these intentions will be honored, whether in a public or private Mass)
Saturday, June 20 8:00 AM 5:15 PM
Johnny Landers, requested by John and Sheila Doyle Mildred Romano, requested by John and Beverly Fiore
Sunday, June 21
9:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:30 PM
Paul, Felicita and John Robb, requested by Raymond and Doris Robb Anna Grasso, requested by Rita Kocher Edward Izbicki, requested by the Loria Family
Monday, June 22 7:00 PM Stanley Lapinski, Raymond Wilchenski and Charles Miller, requested by Elaine Miller
Tuesday, June 23 8:00 AM John J. Rooney (d), requested by Bernadette Rooney
Wednesday, June 24 8:00 AM Briella Bobal (d), requested by the Miracola Family
Thursday, June 25 8:00 AM People of the Parish
Friday, June 26 8:00 AM Jack and Carol Jansen (l), requested by the Taraba Family
Saturday, June 27 8:00 AM 5:15 PM
Ricardo Yglesias Martinez (d) requested by the Yglesias Family Rev. David Adams (d), requested by the Luchtman Family
Sunday, June 28
9:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:30 PM
Hildegarde O’Connor (d), requested by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Diszler Loretta McLaughlin Kulick (d), requested by Brian McLaughlin Joseph Accardi (l), requested by Catherine Taraba
Saint John the Baptist Church
Sanctuary Lamp Offerings for your intentions are available on a weekly basis for the Sanctuary Lamp, which burns night and day before Our Lord, truly present in the Tabernacle.
The Sanctuary Lamp is offered this week for the repose of the soul of Michael Patrick Maurer
requested by friends of the Maurer Family
Weekly Collection We are sincerely grateful for all of the donations that we have received at our “in Church” Masses, electronically through Online Giving, through the postal mail and through direct drop-off to both of our campus mailboxes as of Satur-day, June 20 at 6:00pm:
Sunday, June 14, 2020: $ 10,042.00
Donations can be placed in the baskets during the Sunday Masses, mailed or dropped off in the secure black mailbox in front of the Religious Education building. The Online Giving option is popular as well, which allows a donation using your debit card, credit card or bank account. Please see our website, StJohnRomanCatholic.org for information.
A Note From Our Pastor My Dear Parishioners,
Happy Father’s Day to all of our fathers, living and deceased! This weekend we cele-
brate the great gift of fatherhood and we lift them all up in prayer. May Almighty God continue to bless and encourage them so that they may be great examples of faith and love. This weekend, we also focus on the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, which we celebrated as a Solemnity on Friday. Our Bishop has just written a beautiful reflection, “The Sa-cred Heart of Jesus and the Human Heart of the Priest Shall Beat as One”, which I invite you to read on the next page of this bulletin. May the Sacred Heart of our Lord continue to be a source of comfort and strength for all of us as we continue to do His Will during these challenging times. As Pope Saint John Paul II once remarked:
“In the Sacred Heart, every treasure of wisdom and knowledge is hidden.
In that Divine Heart beats God’s infinite love for everyone,
for each of us individually.” Pope Saint John Paul II
Peace, Fr. Mike
Temporary Church and Public Mass Schedule
The Public Masses listed below have limitations on atten-dance, following the detailed directives posted on our web-site and issued by the Diocese of Trenton.
Sunday, June 21 10:00am Public Mass (Ordinary Form)
12:30pm Public Mass (Extraordinary Form)
Monday, June 22 7:00pm Public Mass (Ordinary Form)
The Church is open for prayer from Noon until 5:00pm.
Tuesday, June 23 No Public Mass.
The Church is open for prayer from Noon until 5:00pm.
Wednesday, June 24 8:00am Public Mass (Ordinary Form)
The Church is open for prayer from Noon until 5:00pm.
Thursday, June 25 No Public Mass.
The Church is open for prayer from Noon until 5:00pm.
Friday, June 26 8:00am Public Mass (Extraordinary Form)
The Church is open for prayer from Noon until 5:00pm.
Saturday, June 27 No Public Mass.
The Church is open for prayer from Noon until 5:00pm. The 5:15pm Mass will be live-streamed.
Please visit our website for the live-stream link.
THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS AND THE HUMAN HEART OF THE PRIEST SHALL BEAT AS ONE A message from Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Devotion to the “Sacred Heart of Jesus” can be traced back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in the Catholic Church. Inspired by over 500 years of tradition, this devotion became part of the Church’s liturgy in 1670, with Mass and prayers composed by French priest St. John Eudes (1601-1680). Three years later, the Lord Jesus appeared multiple times to a 26-year-old French nun of the Visitation Order, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), revealing the love and mercy for which the popular image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus has become a universal symbol. Pope Pius IX placed the feast in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar in 1856, 19 days after Pentecost. This year it is celebrated on Friday, June 19.
In 2002, Pope St. John Paul II declared the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus as an annual occasion for the Uni-versal Church to pray for the Sanctification of Priests. The joining of these two events is easy to understand and appreciate, especially when one recalls the words of St. John Vianney, patron of priests: “The priest is not a priest for himself … he is for you. The priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus.”
The reality of this love has been made unambiguously clear to me during these past few months of pandemic lock-down. As Bishop, I have witnessed something in the Diocese of Trenton that I have seen repeated so many times over the past 10 years: the constant love and care of our priests for their parishioners and others entrusted to their care in schools, chaplaincies, organizations and offices. The temporary coronavirus closure of our churches and workplaces, and the hun-ger of the faithful here for the Eucharist and other sacraments have been keenly, even painfully, felt by our pastors and priests as well. They have expressed to me – at every opportunity they had – how much they “missed being with their peo-ple.” How deeply moving it was to “hear” the pastoral love for parishioners in the emotion-filled voices of their priests! But they were never very far from their people.
With efforts to pray for, reach out to and keep in touch with the faithful; to minister to them in the face of unprece-dented obstacles; to speak the words of absolution through masks; to visit hospitals and nursing homes, when permitted, in protective gear to anoint the sick; to comfort small groups of grieving families in cemeteries at the burials of their loved-ones; to conduct meetings and classes, to broadcast creative and heartfelt video messages and live-streamed Masses, the diocesan and religious priests in our parishes and other ministries used every means at their disposal to keep the Catholic faith alive and flourishing in the experiences of their faithful, despite the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. The Sa-cred Heart of Jesus could be heard beating everywhere throughout the four counties of the Diocese of Trenton, reminding us all that “nothing can separate us from the love of Christ that comes to us in Christ Jesus, our Lord (Romans 8:39).”
And now, slowly and carefully, we are returning to limited public Masses together and sacramental life.
The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus speaks profoundly of his endless mercy, despite the punctures and wounds of human sin and ingratitude revealed in its imagery. Speaking to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque during her visions, the Lord Jesus asked her to invite all who behold his Sacred Heart to immerse themselves in the embrace of his Divine Love and Forgiveness. That message is not obscured in the ministry of his priests who – despite the horrible scandals of some abu-sive priests who have pierced his Heart deeply in recent decades – beg for the daily sanctification of their priestly lives so that they, in turn, can lead the faithful entrusted to their care to sanctification.
St. John Vianney once reflected, “A priest goes to heaven or a priest goes to hell with a thousand people behind.” On this Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we must adore him anew as we pray fervently for the sanctification of priests in our day so that they will continue to lead the many “thousands,” indeed millions, to heaven through the holiness to which Christ has called them, and us all, in his Church. May the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the heart of every priest beat as one.
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
“The heart has always been seen as the "center" or essence a person and the wellspring of our emotional lives and love. Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is devotion to Jesus Christ Himself, but in the particular ways of medi-tating on his interior life and on His threefold love -- His divine love, His burning love that fed His human will, and His sensible love that affects His interior life. Pope Pius XII of blessed memory writes on this topic in his 1956 encyclical, Haurietis Aquas (On Devotion To The Sacred Heart):
The Friday that follows the Second Sunday in Time After Pentecost is the Feast of the Sacred Heart which brings to mind all the attributes of His Divine Heart mentioned above. Many Catholics prepare for this Feast by beginning a Novena to the Sacred Heart on the Feast of Corpus Christi, which is the Thursday of the week before. On the Feast of the Sacred Heart itself, we can gain a plenary indulgence by making an Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart.
From the earliest days of the Church, "Christ's open side and the mystery of blood and water were meditated upon, and the Church was beheld issuing from the side of Jesus, as Eve came forth from the side of Adam. It is in the eleventh and twelfth centuries that we find the first unmistakable indications of devotion to the Sacred Heart. Through the wound in the side, the wound in the Heart was gradually reached, and the wound in the Heart symbolized the wound of love." (Catholic Encyclopedia)
This general devotion arose first in Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries of that time, especially in response to the devotion of St. Gertrude the Great, but specific devotions became popularized when St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), a Visitation nun, had a personal revelation involving a series of visions of Christ as she prayed before the Blessed Sacrament. She wrote, "He disclosed to me the mar-vels of his Love and the inexplicable secrets of his Sacred Heart." Christ emphasized to her His love -- and His woundedness caused by Man's indifference to this love.
He promised that, in response to those who consecrate themselves and make reparations to His Sa-cred Heart, that:
He will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.
He will establish peace in their homes.
He will comfort them in all their afflictions.
He will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death.
He will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.
Sinners will find in His Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.
Lukewarm souls shall become fervent.
Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.
He will bless every place in which an image of His Heart is exposed and honored.
He will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in His Heart.
In the excessive mercy of His Heart that His all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months the grace of final persever ance; they shall not die in His disgrace, nor without receiving their sacraments. His divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.”
(from the Catholic News Agency, catholicnewsagency.com)
Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church Knights of Columbus Council 7333
Email: [email protected]
Monthly Business Meetings The Knights of Columbus Business Meetings are continuing in a virtual fashion (until further notice).
SAVE THE DATE! Msgr. Toomey 16th Annual
Charity Golf Outing Monday, September 28, 2020
The Knights of Columbus Council #7333 is sponsoring our annual golf outing! Please join us at the Old York Country Club, a Gary Player designed signature course in Chester-field, NJ! Player limit of 120 golfers. More details will follow.
Knights of Columbus - Lead with Faith We are Catholic men, sons, fathers, husbands, and grandfa-thers, informed by Faith and serving those in need. Men with purpose and meaning called to lead, to protect, to serve and defend. Becoming a Knight does not require a major commitment of time, but a desire to discover the man God called you to be. Throughout the year the Knights host events that benefit our local community, any contribution of your time at any of these events makes a difference. If you are interested in the Knights of Columbus, please contact me, or scan the QR code below.
Eugene Stabulis, Grand Knight
SCAN CODE AND JOIN NOW! Specify Council 7333 www.kofc.org/joinus
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY Saint John the Baptist Conference
Regular meetings are temporarily suspended. Emergency case meetings will be coordinated as needed.
Home visits are suspended as well. Neighbor visits will be conducted at a site to be announced,
where controls can be put in place.
Appeals for assistance should continue as always, through the Parish Office phone at 609-259-3391 and also through the SVdP email ([email protected]).
Your gift to the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul brings joy, peace, forgiveness, mercy and kindness to the hurting hearts of the poor. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization and gifts are tax deductible. Anyone needing the support of the Society or anyone wishing to donate, please call the Par-ish Office at 609-259-3391.
Help the St. Vincent de Paul Society! Help the Poor! No Cost Perpetual Fundraiser!
Gift cards are also for sale by calling the Parish Office. You can also pre-order at: [email protected]
2020 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP
APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED !
Please Note: Due to the COVID -19 pandemic, St. John’s Council 7333 will be awarding academic scholarships to the Class of 2020 in November. The deadline for applica-tions has also been extended to November 1, 2020. If you have any questions please contact Jerry Iacona at 609-581-3744 or Bob Diszler at 609-259-9330.
Saint John’s Council 7333 will be awarding academic schol-arships. These awards are sponsored by Council 7333, St. John's Church and families who have dedicated a scholar-ship to the memory of a loved one. These include Mrs. Salvatore J. Damiano Jr., Mrs. Nicholas Ilijic, Mrs. Frank J. Longto and Mr. William Kristoff.
High school seniors who are registered members of Saint John’s Parish are eligible to apply. Scholarship applications are available on our website (StJohnRomanCatholic.org) and can also be mailed to you from the Parish Office (please call 609-259-3391 and leave message with your name and address).
Completed applications should be sent to Jerry Iacona, 29 Krueger Lane, Hamilton, NJ 0820-2410. If you have any questions or would like to donate a scholarship, please con-tact Jerry Iacona at 609-581-3744 or Bob Diszler at 609-259-9330.
We are grateful to all who have contributed to the 2020 Diocese of Trenton Annual Catholic Appeal. As of Mon-day, June 15, 2020, the parishioners of Saint John the Bap-tist have contributed $22,807 to the Appeal, which repre-sents 57% of our Parish goal of $40,000. God bless you for your generosity!
Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church
Backpack Project 2020
Dear Parishioners:
It is our hope that we will again be able to continue the wonderful backpack project that has helped to provide essential school supplies to so many children in need over the past 22 years! We look forward to providing backpacks with school supplies for the fall to clients of Catholic Charities in the Trenton area as well as in our immediate area. Over these many years, our Parish has provided the empty backpacks and parishioners were invited to take an empty backpack home and return it with school supplies needed by the children. These backpacks were then distributed to needy families. Due to present COVID-19 restrictions, we are currently unable to schedule the distri-bution or collection of the backpacks. However, we would like to present the yearly list of items that are always needed by the children, so that these items can be purchased by parish-ioners as they are available. We are currently in the process of determining the timing for this year’s backpack project, and we are tentatively targeting the month of August for the distribu-tion (and collection) of the backpacks. Much will depend on the schedule of the reopening of the Church and the regulations on public gatherings. If you would like to help with our 2020 Backpack Project, the list of supplies is noted be-low. Please continue to check the bulletin and our website for the most current status of this wonderful effort!
Elementary School Supplies Middle School Supplies 6 pencils with erasers 6 pencils with erasers 2 ball point pens 6 ball point pens 3 erasers 1 large eraser 2 spiral notebooks 6 spiral notebooks 3 pocket folders 6 pocket folders 1 ruler- metric and standard 3 red pens 8 washable markers 3 highlighters 1 box 24 crayons 2 3-ring binders (1”) 1 box colored pencils 1 pack 3 hole loose leaf paper 1 safety scissors 1 pencil case 1 pencil case 1 glue stick
(All items gender neutral please!)
Our 2021 Saint John the Baptist Parish Mass Book opened on April 22, 2020.
Although our Parish Office remains closed during the state of emergency, we will be able to accept 2021 Mass intention requests BY MAIL. We are not able to accept requests by phone or email at the present time. Please note the following:
1. Requests at this time are limited to ONE REQUEST FORM PER FAMILY PER MONTH.
2. Families can request up to three 2021 Masses per Form. The suggested Mass stipend is $10 per Mass.
3. The specific date and Mass time requests are available on a first come-first serve basis. Our Office Staff will contact you by phone if the date(s) you have requested is/are not available, and will work with you to choose another date. Kindly advise for each Mass below if you would like us to mail you a Mass card or just a written confirmation that the Mass was reserved.
SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH 2021 MASS REQUEST FORM Name of Person requesting the Mass(es): Address of person requesting the Mass(es):
Best contact telephone number: Number of Masses requested (limit 3): 1 2 3 (circle choice) Mass #1: 2021 Date Requested: Mass time
Mass intention is for: Deceased Living (circle choice)
Do you need a Mass card? Yes No (circle choice)
Name(s) for Mass intention:
Mass #2: 2021 Date Requested: Mass time
Mass intention is for: Deceased Living (circle choice)
Do you need a Mass card? Yes No (circle choice)
Name(s) for Mass intention:
Mass #3: 2021 Date Requested: Mass time
Mass intention is for: Deceased Living (circle choice)
Do you need a Mass card? Yes No (circle choice)
Name(s) for Mass intention:
Please print and complete this form, enclose the Mass stipend (checks made payable to St. John’s Church) and mail to:
St. John’s Church: 2021 Mass Request 1282 Yardville-Allentown Road
Allentown, NJ 08501 Revised 4/21/20
Bishop O’Connell has invited all of the Catholic faithful to join with him in prayer to our Blessed Mother during this time of pandemic:
O Mary, loving Mother, you always shine on our path as a sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust ourselves to you, who at the Cross took part in Jesus’ pain, keep-ing your faith firm.
You, Salvation of Your People, know what we need, and we are sure you will pro-vide so that, as in Cana of Galilee, we may return to joy and to feasting after this time of trial.
Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father and to do as we are told by Jesus, who has taken upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows to lead us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection.
Be present to all those suffering from coronavirus and to those who care for them: families, friends, neighbors, doctors, nurses, staff, government officials, pastors, priests and all who seek to do God’s will. Bring comfort and calm to the elderly, to those at risk and to all who are afraid. Be for us all a beacon of hope, lighting our path once more to the heart of your beloved Son, the Divine Healer and Health of the Sick.
Under your protection, we seek refuge, Holy Mother of God. Deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.
