The Parish of !
St. Pio of Pietrelcina !
103 Washington Avenue, Lavallette, NJ 08735 !
Phone: 732 ! 793 ! 7291 Fax: 732 ! 793 ! 8204 Web: www.stpioparish.com Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Clergy !
Rev. Fr. Douglas A. Freer, Pastor, x302 ! ! Rev. Fr. Frederick Kochan, Assisting Priest !
Rev. Fr. Joseph Hlubik, In Residence, x325 ! ! Rev. Monsignor Philip Franceschini, Assisting Priest !
! ! ! ! ! ! ! Deacon John H. Hanna, x320 !
Pastoral and Support Staff !
Marta Barkhausen, Business Manager, x322 ! Michael Tedeschi, Music Director, x315 !
Connie Barraco, Parish Secretary, x316 ! ! John Paglione, Religious Education Coordinator ! Ginny Stefanacci, Parish Bookkeeper, x321 !! ! ! call Sacred Heart 732 ! 899 ! 1398, x5 ! Pat Kevish, Receptionist, x301 ! ! Bart Coleman & Vito Gagliardi, Trustees !
Tim Drake, Facilities Manager ! ! ! Nick Zaccaria, Finance Chair !
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Baptism ! The Church shares the joy of families in the birth of children and with their parents takes seriously the responsibility of bringing them up in the faith. Parents seeking baptism for their children are to attend Baptismal Preparation Class. This can be arranged by calling the parish office. Parents should be registered members of the parish. Godparents, those who represent the Church in the life of the child, must be practicing Catholics. If they are married, they must have been married in the Church, practice the faith regularly, and must obtain a sponsor certificate from their home parish. Please choose Godparents with these criteria in mind.
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Anointing of the Sick ! This sacrament is given for those facing serious illness or surgery, and for those of ad- vanced years. If you or a family member is planning to enter the hospital, please see one of the priests following Mass if you would like to receive this sacrament.
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Marriage ! This great sacrament of vocation is a joyous time, but also a time of very serious spiritual preparation.
The responsibility assumed by the couple and the Church is significant. While many focus on the day of the wedding, we seek to prepare for the second day and beyond. The Bishops of NJ have adopted a policy to assist in this preparation. Attendance at Engaged Encounter, Pre ! Cana, or another approved marriage preparation program, and individual sessions with a priest or deacon are required of all couples. Couples should contact the rectory one year in advance of the intended marriage, and before finalizing other details of the wedding particu- larly reception facilities.
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Religious Education ! Our program helps parents educate their children about our Catholic faith and traditions.
We offer a comprehensive program for children in grades 1 ! 8 from September through April. Our program is combined with our linked sister parish, Sacred Heart in Bay Head, and classes are held there on Sundays fol- lowing the 9:15am Mass. For more information or to register call John Paglione, Religious Education Coordina- tor, at 732 ! 899 ! 1398, x5.
WORSHIP SCHEDULE!
Monday to Saturday Saint Bonaventure Chapel
Rosary and Prayer to St. Pio: 7:40 A.M.
Daily Mass: 8:00 A.M.
Tuesday Novena to St. Anthony
Thursday Novena to the Miraculous Medal
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Main Church
Confession: Saturday 4:00 P.M.
Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00 P.M.
Sunday Mass: 8:00 A.M. and 10:30 A.M.
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Holy Day Masses
Vigil Mass: 5:00 P.M. (Day Before)
Holy Day Masses: 9:30 A.M.
!TWENTY ! NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
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A time to be healed….. Nicholas Meola, Louis Amendola, Sr., Kenneth P. Roth, Jeffrey Roth, Debo- rah Szot, Sheila Axler, Jerry Betzner, Maria Spoto, Felicia Karstens, Louise Scarlato, for Those who have received Prayer Blankets, and for All the Sick of the Parish
(Names will remain on the healing prayer list for 4 weeks; please call the parish office if you wish to extend).
A time to die ….. William Lindner, Adeline DiBiagio, Stanley Gawel, Eleanor Janowski, Joseph Orsini, Joseph Ciano, Warren Buckley, Hugo Casatelli, Dor- othy Cieslarczyk, John Szumaski, Dolores Pesante, John Marzella, Marilyn Courter, Carlo Piccioli, Mil- dred Robbins, Nick Haight, Maria Arpaia, Peg Cur- ran, Anthony Cantalupo , Donald Crane, Jeanne Mo- ran, Juliana Henneberg, Carole F. Sofield, Michelle Kinal, Sylvia Mangini, Timothy E. Ryan, Wayne Mel- la, Robert Howard, Dorothy E. Norman, Mafalda Ann Serrecchia, Marion Ranger
Our Heroes…… Please pray for all our pa- rishioners and friends who are serving in the Military, as well as our Police, Firefight- ers, First Responders, and all who are put in harm’s way for our protection.
Saturday! October 19! 5:00pm! Paul Green r/b Mother!
Stanley Gawel r/b Karen Stefanowicz!
Sunday! October 20!
8:00am!
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10:30am!
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Tom Burrell r/b Maureen!
Edward Berke, Jr. r/b Phil & Mary Martin!
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James Gillespie r/b Mary ann Kennedy! For the People of the Parish!
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Monday! October 21! 8:00am! L. Mickey Huber !
r/b Maureen Huber & Joan McKeon!
Tuesday! October 22! 8:00am! Ed MacMaster r/b Wife, Ann!
Wednesday! October 23! 8:00am!
! Jean Hilch r/b Frank Petranich! Thursday ! October 24!
8:00am !
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Santa Del’Re r/b Joni & Ron! Bernard F. Koziol !
r/b Christine Domaratius!
Friday ! October 25!
8:00am! Susie Gallagher r/b Gerry & Gary!
Saturday! October 26!
8:00am! Jean Rutkaitis!
r/b Daughter & Granddaughter!
Saturday! October 26! 5:00pm!
! Alberto Nigro & Angela Maria Nigro! r/b Laura & Michael Iansito! John Pepe r/b Mary Marra! Sunday! October 27!
8:00am! Stan Gawel r/b Karen Stefanowicz! For the People of the Parish!
10:30am! Helen & James Clark ! r/b Linda & Tom Clark! Carl Fuchs r/b Paul Victory!
October 20, 2019
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40 DAYS FOR LIFE September 25 November 3, 2019!
! The Beginning of the End of Abortion!
For more information, contact Tom Panettiere at 908338 7128 or tpanettiere@victorypackaging.com. Here’s how to take part in 40 Days for Life: You can protect mothers and children by joining this worldwide mobiliza- tion through prayer and fasting, peaceful vigils and com- munity outreach. Sign up for an hour of prayer.!
In Monmourth County:!
! Vigil Location: Planned Parenthood at 69 E. Newman Springs Rd., Shrewsbury, NJ 07702.!
! Vigil hours: 8 am to 6 pm, Monday through Friday!
! Local Contact: (732)6107437!
! monmouth4life@hotmail.com;
www.40daysforlife.com/shrewsbury!
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"A person is a person no matter how small." Dr. Seuss!
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"Some people argue that changing laws will not eliminate abortions.! It is certainly true that a change of heart is more important than a change of law.! What is forgotten, however, is that the law is the great teach- er.! Children grow up believing that if a practice is legal, it must be moral." Cardinal John O’Connor!
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"The state could have been concerned about rendering society callous to infanticide ... the horror of seeing a live human creature outside the womb dismembered.! Can't that be a valid societal interest?"!
Justice Antonin Scalia, in regard to partialbirth abortion!
"Euthanasia and assisted suicide are never acceptable acts of mercy.
They always gravely exploit the suffering and desperate, extinguishing life in the name of the 'quality life' itself." St. John Paul II!
!"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but having the right to do what we ought." John Paul II!
The Holy Name Society of St. Pio’s Parish
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New Years Eve Gala
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Jukebox Legends
!!! ! Tuesday, December 31, 2019! ! Doors open 8:00pm Show: 9:00pm 12:30am
! ! St. Pio Parish Hall Rt 35 No. & Philadelphia Ave. Lavallette, NJ!
$25.00 PP !
Inc: Party Favors, Coffee, Dessert, Soda and Water! Checks made out to: St. Pio Holy Name Society!
BYO Food and Drink!
For Further Information and Tickets Call:! John 7322593577 Tony 732830 8932 !
Bob 7328301577 The Parish Office 7327937291!
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PARISH OF ST. PIO OF PIETRELCINA
! CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON!All Are Welcome! Monday, December 2, 2019!
12 noon to 4:00 pm!
The Lobster Shanty, Channel Dr., Pt. Pleasant Beach ! Door Prizes Cash Bar Tickets $35 pp!
Entertainment by: Julian & Dominique!
“Show of 1000 Voices”!
Entrée Choices:!
Apricot Chicken, Roast Loin of Pork, Broiled Seafood Combo! Call: Judy McDonald, 7329953053 !
! or Donna Hanna, 9086726957 !
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“BREAKTHROUGH”, the movie, is coming to St. Pio’s!! The K of C Ladies Auxiliary presents the movie“BREADTHROUGH”, based on the true story of a young man who falls through an icy lake. As hope is lost for his recovery, his mother never gives up on prayer. Her stead- fast belief reminds us that faith can create a mountain of hope, and sometimes even a miracle!!
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WHEN: Tuesday, November 11 at 10:30am AND 6:30pm.! WHERE: St. Pio Parish Hall!
COST: There is no cost, but a free will offering would be
! greatly appreciated! Light desserts and decaf !
! coffee and tea will be served.!
RSVP: Call Joyce Kobylarz at 9737146797 to register no
! later than November 5.!
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! ST. JOSEPH BY THE SEA RETREATS! A current listing of retreats and additional information can be found on their website: www.sjbsea.org!
Nov. 13! The Shack!
Nov. 1517 Circle of Life ! Four Moments in Every Woman’s Life! Dec. 68 Advent Silent Weekend! !
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FALL “SWEET” BREAD SALE
Fill your home with the sweet soothing smell of freshly baked “sweet” breads! The K of C Ladies Auxiliary is selling Fall Sweet Bread kits (dry ingredi- ents only). We are offering two varieties: Luscious Lemon Poppy Seed Bread and Comforting Cranber- ry Craisin Bread! Add your own wet ingredients to bake a warm and scrumptious sweet bread. (Note:
the cranberry bread requires you to purchase frozen cranberries.) Orders and payment ($5 per kit) are due by October 25th. Call Joyce Burns at 732 ! 600 ! 0359 for more information. Proceeds benefit the La- dies Auxiliary charities. Please support our efforts!
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! ! SIMON’S SOUP KITCHEN!
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“For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me in”. Matthew 25:35!
!Simon’s Soup Kitchen is a taxexempt 501(c)(3) corpora- tion run by Council 8415 of the Knights of Columbus.
Their mission is to provide nutritious meals, free of charge, to anyone who is seeking nourishment or com- panionship in a safe, warm and caring environment. Eve- ryone is welcome, regardless of age, sex, race, financial need or religious beliefs. The Soup Kitchen operates out of the Parish Hall of Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Grant Avenue in Seaside Heights and serves meals on Tuesday and Friday evenings starting October 22nd at 5:30pm, through the end of April. It has just completed its’ four- teenth season. The Soup Kitchen receives all it’s funding through donations. While there is a sufficient supply of volunteer servers, there is a need for additional cooks and pot washers. The biggest need is your continued financial support. If you want to make a tax deductible donation, you can send it to Simon’s Soup Kitchen, PO Box 551, Seaside Pk., NJ 08752. If you are interested in volunteer- ing to help or have any questions, you can contact Nick Zaccaria at 7327931936.!
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The Knights of Columbus, Council 8415 provides a container in the vestibule of the Church for the collection of used eyeglass- es. They are sent to “New Eyes for the
Needy.” The eyeglasses are tested and sorted by volunteers for use by medical missions and hospitals in the Caribbean, Central and South America, Africa, Asia and Central Europe as well as by American vet- erans. Please remember to drop your old eyeglass- es in the container. Thank you.
From Father Doug: !
“The Christian is cheerful, easy, kind, gentle, courteous, candid, unassuming; has no pretense, no affectation, no ambition, no singularity; because he has neither hope nor fear about this world. He is seri- ous, sober, discreet, grave, moderate, mild, with so little that is unusual or striking in his bearing, that he may easily be taken at first sight for an ordinary man.
! In this day especially it is very easy for men to be benevolent, liberal, and dispassionate. It costs nothing to be dispassionate when you feel nothing, to be cheerful when you have nothing to fear, to be generous or liberal when what you give is not your own, and to be benevolent and considerate when you have no principles and no opinions.” (St. John Henry Cardinal Newman) !
! This past Sunday Cardinal Newman was can- onized as a Saint o f the Universal Church. I was pre- sent in England when he was beatified by Pope Ben- edict XVI. It was an absolutely beautiful Mass, and it was easy to see Pope Benedict’s devotion and in- tense study of Newman.
Newman was a convert from Anglicanism to Catholicism, as am I, yet his journey was far more difficult than mine. He was beloved by his people when he left the Church of England. Speaking of himself and all priests, he said in his final sermon as an Anglican called “The Parting of Friends”, he said
“if what he has said or done has ever made you take interest in him, and feel well inclined towards him;
remember such a one in time to come, though you hear him not, and pray for him, that in all things he may know God's will, and at all times he may be ready to fulfil it .”!
One of his gifts to us is a simple prayer, which reflects his motto “Cor ad Cor Loquitur”, “Heart speaks unto heart” in a clear and simple way.
“O Lord, support us all the day long, until the shad- ows lengthen and the evening comes, and the busy world lies hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then in thy mercy grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last.” !
St. John Henry Cardinal Newman, pray for us. !
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DONATIONS FOR THE MILITARY!
The Rosary Altar Society is sponsoring their annual dona- tion drive for our service men and women from now through January, 2020. A plastic container is provided in the parish center entrance and in the vestibule of the Church for all your gifts. You can bring your donations to the parish center Mondays through Thursdays between 8:30am until 2pm, and before and after all weekend Mass- es, to the Church. Your gifts will be delivered overseas in time for Valentine’s Day. !
TWENTY ! NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
!October 20, 2019
!“Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which He looks compas- sion on this world. Yours are the feet with which He walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which He blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are His body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours.”―!Teresa of Avila
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Next weekend, October 26 and 27, represent- atives from Right to Life will be at our Church to sell their raffle tickets.!
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! ! WORLD MISSION SUNDAY!
Today, we are called to a personal encounter with Jesus Christ alive in the Church, and to offer, through this Eucharistic celebra- tion, our prayers and our generous financial support, through the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, to continue the mission of Jesus. Today we are “sent” out to witness to Mission in the world through our prayers and personal sacrifices for our brothers and sisters around the world. As always, your prayers are your most treasured gift to the Missions Your prayers and financial help, offered today, WORLD MISSION SUNDAY, support mis- sion priests, religious Sisters and Brothers, and lay catechists who are Christ’s witnesses to a world so in need of His healing, love, and peace.!
Contribu ons! !
St. Pio !
Weekend of October 12/13!
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This Past Week!
Same week Last Year!
This Past Week!
Same week Last Year!
At Church!
$5,409 ! $5,551 ! $6,451 ! $6,837 !
Online!$505 ! $205 ! $695 ! $690 !
Total!
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$5,914 ! $5,756 ! $7,146 ! $7,527 !
! Sacred Heart !
Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2COR 9:7!
! FALL TIPS FOR HEALTHY LIVING!
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Curl Up With Hot Coffee!
That wonderfully warming cup of morning coffee may have health benefits. The caffeine in coffee stimulates the brain and nervous system, and may lower your risk of diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, mood problems, headaches, and even cavities. Scientists have discovered coffee’s many beneficial substances, including chlorogenic acid, a compound in the antioxi- dant family that may improve glucose (sugar) metabolism. Another perk is that coffee contains magnesium, a mineral that can also improve insulin sensitivity and enhance glucose tolerancethumbs up for preventing diabetes. Another plus is that coffee is naturally caloriefree. Just don’t load it up with extra calories from cream, sugar, whipped cream, and/or flavored syrup.!
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! 2019 ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL UPDATE!!
Thank you to everyone who has made their donation to this years appeal. We truly appreciate your commitment to the pro- grams within the Diocese as well as to your own parish. Your ongo- ing generosity and commitment means so much!!
It’s not too late to donate and we need your support. In the coming weeks, the Diocese of Trenton will be sending requests to those who have not yet had a chance to make a donation. We ask that you prayerfully consider making a gift at this time. It is our sin- cere hope that our entire community will come together to support this effort. We ask that you pray for success and participate to whatever your means will allow.!
Thank you again for your goodness and generosity.! May God continue to bless you for all you give in stewardship to our Church.!
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Three Ways to Make Your Donation:!
ONLINE: www.dioceseoftrenton.org/catholicappeal! BY PHONE: 6094037197!
BY MAIL: donation cards are in the racks by the doors of the church!
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Your support goes directly to fund the following areas:!
Clergy and Religious Administration currently 18 semi- narians, 163 priests and 46 religious priests, and about 246 deacons are supported through the appeal. 48 men receive assistance in their retirement.!
Evangelization the primary mission of the Church. Your support helps prepare leaders at the parish level who teach Religious Education. It also helps outreach for youth, the aging, family life, campus life and ministry among Hispanic Catholics.!
Catholic Education Administration Catholic schools are the greatest hope for the future of our Church. Donations help ensure curriculum and performance standards and development of educators continue at high levels for our 31 elementary schools and 7 high schools. !
Catholic Social Services your support funds Diocesan Parish Counseling Services, Parish Emergency Assis- tance Program, Diocesan Social Service Workshops, Home Health Nursing Program and Emergency Assis- tance.!
Communication the diocesan website, radio and TV, so- cial media and The Monitor to reach out to all 775,000 parishioners in the Diocese of Trenton.!
Parish Needs: 99 parishes 15% of the collected goal amount goes back to the parish and 50% of the overage is also returned for repair/restoration projects, new areas of growth or ministry development, or social outreach.
Last year our parish received a rebate of $9,333.!
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