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St. Bartholomew Church Pastoral Team
Very Rev. Thomas J. Walsh
Pastor [email protected]
Fr. David J. Wejnerowski
Parochial Vicar [email protected]
Weekend Clergy
Msgr. William Benwell, V.G.
Deacons John H. Broehl
[email protected] Anthony J. Gostkowski
[email protected] John F. Kenny
[email protected] Phil Tartara
[email protected] John P. McShane (Emeritus)
School Principal Ann Wierzbicki
Director Religious Education Barbara Fitzgerald
Senior Ministry Sr. Kathleen SHCJ
732-238-1791
ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH 470 RYDERS LANE
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ 08816 S IXTH SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY T IME FEBRUARY 12, 2017
Parish Center/Rectory 732 257-7722
Fax: 732 257-7723
Please visit our website www.stbartseb.com
WE INVITE YOU TO CELEBRATE AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR LITURGICAL LIFE
Eucharist: Monday—Friday : 8:30 A.M.
Saturday: 8:00 A.M. Vigil: 5:00 P.M. Sunday: 7:00 , 8:00, 10:00 A.M. & 12:00 Noon
Reconciliation: Saturday: 3:30—4:30 P.M. (or by appointment by calling the Parish Center)
Morning Prayer: Monday to Friday 8:05 a.m. Adoration: Every First Friday Noon to 7:00 p.m. Parish Center Hours: Mon to Thurs. 9:00 am—4:00 pm. Friday –9:00 a.m. –12 Noon
St. Valentine February 14th
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SATURDAY February 11, 2017: Weekday Our Lady of Lourdes 5:00 P.M. Gail Ann Harkins r/o The Selby Family SUNDAY, February 12, 2017: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 A.M. Vivienne & John Gatarz r/o Family 8:00 A.M. John, Rose & Robert Tarzia r/o Aldo & Virginia Tarzia 10:00 A.M. Frank Celiberti r/o Madeline Celiberti 12:00 P.M. Ariella Hopkins r/o St. Bartholomew School MONDAY, February 13, 2017: Weekday 8:30 A.M. John Lowery Sr. & John Lowery Jr. r/o Peggy Lowery 7:00 P.M. Al Losiewicz r/o Rose & Rick Szkodny TUESDAY, February 14, 2017: Saint Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop 8:30 A.M. The Perrotta Family WEDNESDAY, February 15, 2017: Weekday 8:30 A.M. Joan Keegan r/o Keegan Family THURSDAY, February 16, 2017: Weekday 8:30 A.M. The Intentions of the Parishioners of St. Bartholomew Parish FRIDAY, February 17, 2017: Weekday; The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order 8:30 A.M. James Fay III r/o Mezick Family SATURDAY, February 18, 2017: Weekday 8:00 A.M. Deceased Members of the Walsh & Egan Families r/o Fr. Thomas Walsh 5:00 P.M. George Kelly r/o Joann & Ryan Kelly SUNDAY, February 19, 2017:Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 A.M. Stephen & Edward Zuczek r/o Marie Castronoa 8:00 A.M. Pat Raviola r/o Family 10:00 A.M. Helen Burns r/o Dustin & Jaime Torsello 12:00 P.M. Florence Cleary r/o Daniel & Elizabeth McCarron
13 Novena Mass 7:00 p.m. 14 Valentines Day 19 KoC Corp. Comm. 8:00 Mass. Food Collection after All Masses 20 Presidents Day 9:00 a.m. Mass Parish Office Closed Novena Mass 7:00 p.m. 26 Children’s Liturgy 10:00 a.m. Mass 27 Novena Mass 7:00 p.m.
1 Ash Wednesday 2 Night of Recollection 6:00 p.m. Talk followed by 7:00 p.m. Mass 3 First Friday –Adoration 12 Noon to 7:00 p.m. Mass 5 Altar Rosary Corp. Comm. 8:00 a.m. Mass Forgiveness Sunday 4:00 p.m. Holy Hour 6 Novena Mass 7:00 p.m. 8 Healing Mass 7:00 p.m. 12 SVDP Corp. Comm 8:00 a.m. 13 Novena Mass 7:00 a.m. 14 St. Valentines Day 15 Healing Mass 7:00 p.m. 19 KoC Corp. Comm. 8:00 a.m. 20 Novena Mass 7:00 p.m. 22 Healing Mass 7:00 p.m. 24 Hunger Banquet 27 Novena Mass 7:00 p.m. 29 Healing Mass 7:00 p.m.
REMINDER
CONFIRMATION RETREAT
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
7:00 P.M.
PARISH HALL
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INFANT BAPTISMS The Sacrament is celebrated on Sunday at 1:15 PM. by appointment only. A Pre-Baptism Catechetical Session
is required for parents. Godparents (Sponsors) must be practicing Catholics and at least 14 years of age. A practicing non-Catholic Christian may act as a witness along with a Catholic Sponsor.
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS We welcome all unbaptized individuals, friends, family members and neighbors who are not Roman
Catholic Christians or those individuals within the Catholic Tradition who may have never received the Sacraments of the Holy Eucharist or Confirmation to participate in our parish program for adult Christian Initiation at this time. This program is also ideal for baptized Christians of other Christian denominations who are interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith. If you know of someone who may wish to experience the richness of our Catholic Faith and who desires to participate fully in the sacramental life of the Church, please contact Barbara Bunag at 732-257-7722.
MATRIMONY The Sacrament of Matrimony requires an extensive
period of preparation. Contact must be made with Parish Center one year in advance.
MINISTRY TO THE SICK The Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist and the anointing of the sick is available to our parish sick and shut-ins upon request. Please inform the parish concerning the needs of the sick by calling the Parish
Office. If any member of the parish is hospitalized, please notify the Parish Office immediately so that a member of the Pastoral Staff may visit.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR PARISH FAMILY WHO ARE
SICK AS WELL AS THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE SERVING IN
THE ARMED FORCES
February 4th & 5th, 2017: $17,488.60 February 6th & 7th, 2016: $21,070.00
Dear Brothers and Sisters, These past Sundays we have been listening at Mass to the fifth chapter of the Gospel of St.Matthew, the Sermon on the Mount. Here Our Lord calls His Disciples to reflect on the virtues of the Kingdom of God. The Beat-itudes are set before us to awaken us to a deeper understanding of human life and des-tiny. To live as disciples we must cherish the poor and the humble, be a thirst for mercy and justice and make peace our lasting goal. If we do this we will be the salt of the earth and light for the world. In Today's Gospel, Our Lord calls us to a deeper conversion of the heart. The law is not fulfilled merely as an outward ob-servance of rules, but as an inner call to holiness, and a desire to live in accordance with the Wisdom of God. This is a call to a life long conversion, to be imitators of Christ and to model our lives on His exam-ple. May we continue to pray for one another. Pax Christi, Fr. Thomas
February is Catholic Press Month – a time to promote the good work of Catholic publications nationwide. We ask you do so by encouraging your parishioners to read The Catholic Spirit. Catholic Press Month is also the time that your parishioners are asked to support The Catholic Spirit with a donation. Last year they responded very generously to our appeal. We know, however, that we need you for our campaign to be successful. Please express your support for The Catholic Spirit from the pulpit – even a few words will go a long way. Distributed in all parishes, the print edition of The Catholic Spirit is read by nearly 20,000 people, while countless others read the paper online. Let your parishioners know that we need their help to contin-ue distributing the paper to our parishes as well as hospitals, nursing homes, and even prisons. We believe The Catholic Spirit can truly benefit your parishioners. Please contact me with any questions or concerns you may have. Thank you.
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KNIGHTS KORNER
CHARITY—UNITY– FRATERNITY—PATRIOTISM
KNIGHTS COUNCIL 11873 MEMBERSHIP INFOR-MATION Knights Council meetings are held the first and third Wednesdays of the month at 7:30pm. For membership information please contact our Membership Director Frank Gaudioso – GK at [email protected] or 732-254-5373. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WEB SITE Brother Knights for Information about the Knights Events and Council activities by the Saint Bartholomew Knights of Columbus please visit our Web Site at www.stbartskofc.com KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 11873 & ASSEM-BLY 3583 MEETINGS The next Council meeting will be on Wednesday February 15th at 7:30pm. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CORPORATE MASS The next Corporate Mass will be on Sunday February 19th at 8am. I expect a signifacent number of Knights to be present. As you know we sit up front in the first three pews on the right. Also, as always wear your Knights Jackets. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BLOOD DRIVE & FREE THROW CONTEST On Sunday February 5th , 2017 we held the above two events. I would like to thank Paul Congiusta and Bill Hills for chairing them. They did their usual outstanding job. The Blood Bank collected 44 Pints of Blood. The winners of the Free Throw Contest were: 10 Year Old Boys Winner - Sabastian Tatela 11 year Old Girls Winner - Ashlyn Corchado 13 Year Old Boys Winner – Bryan Corchado Also, thanks to all of the Knights that came out to help for both events. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS UPCOMING EVENTS FOR 2017 Council Membership Drive- March 18th & 19th, 2017 Disability Drive – April 21st 22nd & 29th 30th , 2017 Comedy Night – May 13th , 2017 Cheesecake Sale – June 3rd, 4th 10th & 11th, 2017 Day at the Races – June 24th , 2017
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St. Bartholomew School 470 Ryders Lane
East Brunswick, NJ 08816 Tel. 732-254-7105 Fax. 732-254-6352
www.stbartseb.com
February 11, 2017 What a joyful Catholic Schools’ Week we celebrated at St. Bar-tholomew School! We were honored to welcome Bishop Chec-chio, and celebrated his visit with the entire student body per-forming a flash mob as he entered. Please visit our Facebook page or Youtube EBTV to see the wonderful performance! Students also participated in Village of 100 and Penny Wars to raise money for the Ozanam Shelter. So far, almost $2,000.00 was raised! Our students are most generous! We enjoyed the Faculty vs Eighth Grade Volleyball Game and School Spirit Day. Our students did a great job celebrating literacy at the Literacy Fair and learned about taking care of our planet with performances by the George Street Playhouse Touring Theater and visit from Blue Robot from Middlesex County College. We ended the week just as we started, celebrating Mass, and with a wonderful night of playing Bingo! Thank you to all who helped to make our celebration so successful! Through the generosity of our school and parish families, we have purchased the VGo robot, so that Tyler may attend school in real time and interact with his teachers and peers. This is a truly amazing gift, and I am so grateful to all who made this possible. Kindergarten conferences took place on February 8 and 9. The Sweetheart Dance will take place on February 11. Join us for a Paint Party on February 17. Mission Fair will be held on Feb-ruary 14, and students may add pink, red, or white to their uni-forms. Our eighth grade students will visit the Holocaust Muse-um in Washington D.C. on February 20. Please see the commu-nication envelope for details about our wonderful events. Information about the upcoming Arts and Crafts Club and Spring Track may be found in the communication envelope. Please remember that, for the safety of all our students, we are a nut-free facility. Please ensure that all food items sent to school align with this policy. Please note that school will be closed on March 17 instead of an early dismissal. We are continuing to enroll students in Pre-Kindergarten 3 through Grade 8 for the 2017-2018 school year. Please call the School Office at 732-254-7105 to schedule a tour. Thank you for all you do so that we may continue to offer a high-quality Catholic education. Have a blessed week. GoGod bless you, Mrs. Ann Wierzbicki, R.N., M.A.E./Ed.S. Principal
St. Bartholomew School requests Box Tops for Education Thank you to all our parishioners that have been saving their Box Tops and bringing them to the gift shop! St. Bartholo-mew School thanks you and the students thank you! If you haven’t already been dropping off your Box Tops, St. Bar-tholomew School is asking all parishioners to save their Box Tops for Education. Box tops are the little pink coupon found on over 250 participating products. It's easy to find Box Tops…in fact; you may have some in your home right now. Participating products include but are not limited to General Mills Cereals, Food Storage Bags, Paper Products, Green Giant Produce, Frozen Foods, Baking and Bakeware, School and Office Supplies. The school receives a check twice a year for submitted Box Tops and our school family has been doing a great job of saving their Box Tops. However, we are hoping to collect more Box Tops that might otherwise be discarded. We are asking any parishioners that may be throwing them away to please save them in small plastic baggies and deposit them in the basket or box that can be found in the church gift shop. If anyone has any questions, please reach out to our school Box Tops Coordinator, Maria Grosso at
732-221-1008 or [email protected]. Thank you for your support!
Free iPad Training for those 55 & older with change of vision, to be held at the
East Brunswick Library
The Library Equal Access Program (LEAP) and it is being repeated this Spring. We are partnering with the East Brunswick Public Library (EBPL) and the NJ Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired (CBVI) to offer FREE training on iPads and computers that offer magnification and speech. The training is for anyone 55 and older who has a change in their vision. It is all paid for by CBVI and CBVI has established an assistive technology learning center at EBPL for those with changes in vision. You do not need to have a severe vision im-pairment to participate; anyone with a change in vision is eligible. I am sure there are congregants who will be interested. The training is provided by Advancing Opportunities (AO), a leader in assistive technology training. Anyone interested registers by calling Advancing Opportunities at 888-322-1918, extension 501.
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St. Vincent DePaul Society
2016 CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT
Upon request, a statement of your 2016 Contributions will be mailed to you. Please fill out and return this form either by mail or by way of the collection basket. Name: ________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Day Phone: _____________________Envelope #________
2017 Bishop's Annual Appeal Kickoff
Ambassadors for Christ Please watch your mailbox for a letter from Bishop Checchio coming to you this week announcing the 2017 Bishop's Annual Appeal. You will be interested to know that Bishop Checchio, after a number of meetings and in consultation with many of the pastors and staff, has made some changes to the Appeal. The first, as you probably already noticed, the Appeal has been moved from the fall to a Lenten campaign. The active phase has been condensed and the number of mailings has been reduced. Another significant change is the reintro-duction of Parish Rebates. To allow parishes to share in the success of the Appeal, Bishop Checchio is offering a rebate of 50% of the amount collected over goal. Through your support of the Bishop's Annual Appeal you help those in our diocese whose needs are the greatest --- the poor, the homeless, and those strug-gling with illness or grief. Among other needed pastoral ministries, your gift also supports our priority ministries of evangelization, promotion and support of religious vocations and enhances the work of forming our youth. The many pastoral, educational and charitable minis-tries of the Diocese of Metuchen would not be possible without a generous contribution from every household. Please be as generous as your means allow.
With the new year underway, did you make a New Year’s Resolution to get more involved in the community or even in your church community? If so, and you are a Catholic woman ages 17 or above, please consider joining the St. Bartholomew Columbiettes. We meet once a month on a Thursday evening during the school year. We also host many activities throughout the year on various days of the week. Upcoming activities will include a pizza party/game night at a local children’s shelter, making Easter baskets for children at various local shelters, and cooking and serving a meal at the Oza-nam family shelter. Our biggest event of the year will be our annual wine tasting which will take place on June 3rd. If you would like further information, please con-tact Jeannette at 732 698-1787.
FOOD PANTRY NEEDS The monthly SVDP Food Collection will be held the weekend of February 18th & 19th after all of the masses. The pantry is in need of the following items: Laundry Detergent, Dish Detergent, Ketchup, jello/snack packs and puddings, baked beans, shampoo, canned ravioli, Ragu, Fruit juice (Btls. & Pks), canned fruit (Peaches) , applesauce & fruit pks, tissues, tuna fish, pan-cake mix, jelly (grape & strawberry) cookies/treats. St. Bartholomew’s St. Vincent dePaul Confer-ence is thankful to our parish family for your continuous, generous support of our work on behalf of the poor
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All are Welcome
~ BEGIN YOUR LENTEN JOURNEY ~
at
St. Bartholomew Church Altar Rosary Society’s Annual
Night of Recollection with
Very Reverend Thomas J. Walsh
Thursday, March 2, 2017 St. Bartholomew Church
Private Prayer ……………………………………… 6:00pm Spiritual Presentation/Reflection…………… 6:15 – 6:45pm
Mass …………………………………............................. 7:00pm
LentenSoupSuppertoFollowMass………………… $5:00/per person (Reservation needed for the Soup Supper)
……………………………………………………………………………………
Lenten Soup Supper Reservation Make checks payable to: St. Bartholomew Altar Rosary by February 24th, 2017
Name _____________________________________________________________________ Amount Paid ________ Address _______________________________________________________________________________ Phone ________________________Please seat me with ____________________________________________________________________________
Please Submit Group Reservation Forms Together Questions about this event, contact Nellie Moran 732.207.9786 or
~Send Reservations to: Lucy Per r ino, 8 Henry Street, Milltown, NJ 08850 by February 24th~
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Celebrating Scout Sunday
Thank you for your donations for the
VGo robot for Tyler
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