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PARISH STAFF
Pastor Reverend Jeffrey J. Kegley
Parochial Vicar Reverend Richard Osborn
Parochial Vicar Reverend Jordan McConway O.P.
Deacons Carlo Squicciarini
Martin K. McMahon
Business Manager Hank Pekarsky ext. 232
Sacristan/Altar Server Coordinator Mrs. Laney Wilkens
Parish Trustees Mr. Kenneth Ginsky
John (Jack) Kurkemelis
Faith Formation: Mrs. Peggy Dunne ext. 240 [email protected]
St. Vincent DePaul Society Assistance 732-671-4062
Director of Music Malena Towers ext. 239
Youth & Young Adult Ministry Cassandra Abbud
Pastoral Associate Chris Carlo
HR/Finance Administrator Mrs. Sharon Crossnohere ext. 223
Bulletin Editor Jessica Parks [email protected]
RCIA - [email protected]
Usher Coordinators George Rahey - [email protected]
Brian Dolan - [email protected]
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration ext. 241
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MASS SCHEDULE
Mon. - Thur. 8:15 am (SMC) Mon. - Thur. 12 pm (SMC)
Friday 8:30 am (MMGC) Friday 12:00 pm (SMC)
Saturday 8:15 am (SMC) & 5:00 pm (MMGC) Sunday 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am 12:00 pm
5:00 pm Life Teen Mass (MMGC)
MMGC - Mary Mother of God Church SMC - Saint Mary Chapel
COMMUNION SERVICE
Mon. -Fri. 6:30 am St. Mary Chapel
RECONCILIATION/CONFESSIONS Saturday 1:00 to 2:00 pm (MMGC)
Thursday 3:30 to 4:30 pm (MMGC)
SACRAMENT of BAPTISM The First & Third Sundays 1:30 pm (MMGC)
BAPTISM PREP CLASS 2nd Thur.7:00 pm in the Bulman Center
call ext. 221 to register
SACRAMENT of MARRIAGE ext. 222
St. Mary School Principal
Mr. Craig Palmer - [email protected]
St. Mary School Vice Principal
Mr. Dennis Poracky - [email protected]
ST. MARY SCHOOL 538 Church Street
Middletown, NJ 07748 732-671-0129
PARISH OFFICE
19 Cherry Tree Farm Road
Middletown, NJ 07748
732-671-0071 Fax 732-671-6125
OFFICE HOURS
We are on a limited office schedule please call ahead before coming to visit us.
Mon-Fri 9 am - 7:30 pm Sat. & Sun. 9 am-12 pm
(Closed 1 pm - 3 pm on Wednesday)
For the week from May 23- May 29, 2020
Weekly drop offs and envelopes $11,543.93
Parish Giving $5,541.63
Go Fund me $726.00
Easter $280.00
Children $130.00
Good Friday $15.00
Diocese Assessments $87.00
Ascension $920.98
Mother Day $17.00
Youth $75.00
Mortgage $346.30
Ave Maria 254.08
Father Day $290.00
Easter flowers $35.00
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In Jesus and Mary,
Father Jeff Kegley Pastor
Jesus is Lord!
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Pentecost, the completion of the Paschal Mystery. Most of our people will attend Mass this weekend at our in-car parking lot Mass, a very different experience of Pentecost, but a reminder that the power of the Holy Spirit, does not reside in a church building, but in each one of us, the people of God, wherever, we are. We are temples of the Holy Spirit. Where we are, there is the Holy Spirit.
The chorus of one of my favorite hymns for Pentecost goes like this: Come Holy Spirit, dark is the hour, we need Your filling, Your love and Your mighty power! Move now among us, stir us we pray, Come Holy Spirit, revive your Church today! This is a hymn written 45 years ago, yet we can all agree, we need a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit on our world, our country, our church, our families, more now than ever! We need a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit, we need a New Pentecost!
During the Novena to the Holy Spirit these nine days, we have been praying the same sentiment captured in a prayer for the Church by Pope St. John Paul II on the eve of Pentecost 1998: “what took place in Jerusalem over two thousand years ago,”… be renewed again; As the Apostles then, we too find ourselves gathered in a large cenacle of Pentecost, longing for the outpouring of the Spirit …Today, from this upper room…, a great prayer rises: Come, Holy Spirit, come and renew the face of the earth! Come with your seven gifts, Spirit of Life; Come, Spirit of Communion and Love! The Church and the world need you. Come, Holy Spirit, and make ever more fruitful the charisms you have bestowed on us.”
Pope St. John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council with this prayer: “O Divine Spirit, renew your wonders in this our day as by a new Pentecost.” Every pope from Pope John XXIII to Pope Francis has prayed this prayer in one form or another. Yet, we find ourselves with only 17% of the faithful going to Mass, shortage of vocations, little efforts in evangelization – announcing the Good News by our people, resulting in the consolation and closing of parishes. Where is the New Pentecost?
I believe our current Holy Father, Pope Francis has identified the cause of our problem when he recently said, “the Holy Spirit cannot enter a heart that is closed.” Ask yourself, is your heart open to the Holy Spirit? Pope Francis has repeatedly challenged the faithful to be docile to the Holy Spirit, not to be afraid of the Holy Spirit, to pray to the Holy Spirit, to experience a personal encounter with the Holy Spirit! The world, our country, our church, our families will experience a New Pentecost when we allow the Holy Spirit to transform us. It begins in our heart. Let us all sincerely pray from our heart this Pentecost: “Come, Holy Spirit!”
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Pope Francis: the Holy Spirit illuminates our steps
Pope Francis prayed the Regina Caeli on Sunday and addressed the faithful, linked via live-streaming, to the Vatican’s Apostolic Library, encouraging them to live the Gospel with joy in the knowledge they are sustained by the Holy Spirit who lights the way. Taking his cue from the Gospel passage of the day (Jn 14:15-21), the Pope said it presents two fundamental messages: the observance of the commandments and the promise of the Holy Spirit. In his words to the disciples, he said, Jesus links love for Him to the observance of the commandments, something he had insisted upon in His farewell discourse at the Last Supper when He said: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments”. And further, “Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me”. The Pope explained that with these words Jesus asks us to love Him, and “demands the willingness to follow His way, that is, the will of the Father.” This, he continued, is summarized in the commandment of reciprocal love, given by Jesus Himself: “I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another”. Jesus’ love is gratuitous Jesus, he underscored, did not say “Love me as I have loved you”, but “love one another as I have loved you”. “He loves us without asking us to do the same in return, and He wants this gratuitous love of His to become the concrete form of life among us: this is His will,” he said. Pope Francis then explained that to help the disciples walk this path, Jesus promised He would pray to the Father to send “another Paraclete”; that is, a consoler, a defender, to accompany them and give them “the intelligence to listen and the courage to observe His words.” The Holy Spirit: God’s gift “This is the Holy Spirit,” he said, the Gift of God’s love that descends into the heart of the Christian. That’s why, he said, after Jesus died and rose again, His love is given to those who believe in Him and are baptized “in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” It is the Spirit, he said, who guides us, enlightens, us strengthens us so that we may go forward in life even “through adversity and difficulty, joys and sorrows, remaining on the path of Jesus.” This, he continued, is possible if we remain docile to the Holy Spirit, so that, through His presence at work in us, He may console and transform our hearts, opening them to truth and love. The Spirit illuminates our steps The Pope said that at some time in our lives we are all faced with the experience of error and sin, and it is the Holy Spirit who helps us not to succumb, and enables us to grasp and live fully the meaning of Jesus's words: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” The commandments, he added, are not given to us as a kind of mirror in which to see the reflection of our miseries and inconsistencies: “No, the Word of God is given to us as the Word of life, which transforms, which renews, which does not judge to condemn, but heals and has forgiveness as its end. A Word that is light for our steps.” Pope Francis concluded that through this Gift, God helps us to be free people, “people who want and know how to love, people who have understood that life is a mission to proclaim the wonders that the Lord accomplishes in those who trust Him.” “May the Virgin Mary, model of the Church, who knows how to listen to the Word of God and to welcome the gift of the Holy Spirit,” he prayed, “help us to live the Gospel with joy, knowing that we are sustained by the Spirit, the divine fire that warms our hearts and illuminates our steps.
Events at St. Mary, Mother of God
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WOMEN'S DISCIPLESHIP
Women's Discipleship is excited to announce that starting Wednesday, June 3, we will begin a series of teachings by Darlene Line, focusing on the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation. Right now, Women's Discipleship gathers online every Wednesday night from 7:30-9 PM on ZOOM. To join our Zoom Meeting, just use this link in your browser and you will enter our virtual "waiting room" until the meeting begins: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86492081290
Each Wednesday, Darlene presents anointed teachings, Malena Towers leads us in worship, and we celebrate our God with praise, prayer, and sacred scripture. It is wonderful to see each others' faces on ZOOM in this time of social distancing! All women are welcome! If you have any questions, please call Pat Moller at 732-671-0671.
PARISH FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Parish Finance Council is a select group of
parishioners known for their spiritual maturity and
love of Christ and the Church, endowed with special
competence in financial matters and of prudent
judgement. They offer their time and talents as a
Christian service or ministry in the development and
management of the parish’s financial resources so that
the parish may effectively pursue its proper mission of
spreading Christ’s Gospel of love.
Parishioners who are interested in serving on the
Parish Finance Council are invited to send their
resume to Father Jeff Kegley at [email protected]
St. Mary’s Great Fair
June 22 - 27
The FAIR is
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Mater Dei Prep is a private, Catholic preparatory school empowering
students for lifelong success by integrating faith and service into a
rigorous college preparatory curriculum. Prospective incoming and
transfer students are encouraged to apply today, we are still
accepting online applications!
To apply visit our website at www.materdeiprep.org. If you have any
additional questions please contact Mrs. Christine O’Connor, Director of
Admissions email at [email protected].
“And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you
did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ “ Matt 25:40
We’d like to offer a word of thanks to our faithful benefactors who have
continued to support our ministry during this pandemic. This is, and has
been a challenging time for all of us, but most especially for our
neighbors who struggle financially on a regular basis and/or who are now struggling due to the
loss of income as a result of the quarantine. We need the support of our parish family to help
those in need. Your donation, no matter the amount, helps to improve the lives of others,
something we are all called to do as Catholic Christians.
We hope you will prayerfully consider making a donation. Checks, made payable to St. Vincent
de Paul of St Mary’s, can be mailed to our attention at the parish office. If you’d prefer to make
a cash donation, and until we can gather for Mass in the church, the poor box has been moved
from the narthex to the entrance of the parish offices. Donations of non-perishable food, paper
goods, cleaning supplies or personal items can be placed in the bin located in the vestibule of the
church.
We ask that you continue to support our ministry, both financially and in prayer. We in turn are praying for you, our generous benefactors. We thank you and God bless you.
Please Help!
Like so many families, Saint Mary, Mother of God Church is facing a
serious financial setback because of the Coronavirus pandemic. With no
public Masses, there are no collections, which means no income for weeks.
We depend on your sacrificial offerings in the weekly collections for: Saint
Mary School, parish programs and ministries, employee salaries and
benefits, Church mortgage, utilities and insurance, etc.
We need your help during this crisis. Please prayerfully consider continuing
your financial support by in one of the following ways:
1. Electronic giving: Visit the parish webpage
at stmarychurchnj.org/give to make your donation.
2. Go Fund Me Page (new): Contribute to “Forever St
Mary” at Forever.stmarychurchnj.org
3. Drop off at Parish Office: A secure white mail box is at the door of
the parish office where parishioners can “drop off” their church envelopes.
4. Mail Donations: Saint Mary Church, 19 Cherry Tree Farm Road,
Middletown, N.J. 07748
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
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Dear Parishioners,
Parish Giving is the premier electronic on-line giving and payment system for church
communities throughout the nation. Parish Giving is a safe, secure and easy way to make on-line
parish and church related donations and payments.
One major advantage of electronic giving is that it normalizes offertory collection in order to
properly budget for our parish. If you are on vacation, work or visiting family and friends and
are not able to worship with our parish community on Sunday, Parish Giving enables you to
continue the needed financially support for our mission and ministry here at Saint Mary’s.
Because of this stability in offertory collections, parishes who encourage parishioners to use
electronic giving see a 25% increase in weekly collections. We certainly need that at Saint
Mary’s.
So I would like to encourage you to sign up for Parish Giving. To do so, please visit our webpage
at www.stmarychurchnj.org and click the “Parish Giving” button on the top right of the page.
This will bring you to the Parish Giving page for Saint Mary’s. It is very easy to sign up. If you
have any questions about Parish Giving, please feel free to call the parish office.
Thank you for your consideration and thank you for all your financial support to our parish
community of Saint Mary’s. As I keep saying, “we are blessed!”
In Jesus and Mary,
Father Jeff Kegley
Pastor
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MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday - May 30, 2020
5:00 Catherine Elwood r/o Her Daughters
5:00 Thomas Kelly r/o James & AnnMarie McCarthy
Sunday - May 31, 2020
7:30 People of the Parish
9:00 Arthur Ratel r/o Judi & Bert Rodriguez
10:30 Mary & John Cahill r/o Daughter, Cathy
12:00 Matthew Eckert r/o Duck Donuts
5:00 Matthew Eckert r/o The Delahanty Family
Monday - June 01, 2020
8:15 Tess Jordan r/o Carol Christiansen
8:15 Vincenza & Giovanni r/o The Minervini Family
12:00 Deacon Charlie r/o Karen Mauro & Family
12:00 Lucille Fiore r/o The Fiore Family
Tuesday - June 02, 2020
8:15 Tess Jordan r/o Sansevere Family
8:15 Tess Jordan r/o Gene Brennan
12:00 Joseph & Sally Heap r/o Barbara Corey
12:00 Tess Jordan r/o Ann Quinlan
Wednesday - June 03, 2020
8:15 James Mazzariello r/o Rose, Marge, Nick, & Christian
8:15 For the Souls in Purgatory
12:00 Marie Smith r/o Deacon Charlie
12:00 Living & Deceased Members of the Alandy Family r/o
Freddie Alandy
Thursday - June 04, 2020
8:15 Special Intentions of Fr. Rick Osborn on the Anniversary
of His Ordination r/o Parish Staff
8:15 Special Intentions of Fr. Rick Osborn on the Anniversary
of His Ordination r/o Parish Staff
12:00 Nunziatra Bellavia r/o Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Volastro
12:00 Patricia & Philip Mauro r/o Karen Mauro & Family
Friday - June 05, 2020
8:15 Janet Reilly r/o Mary & Don Daly
8:15 Special Intentions of Good Health for Rami Amer r/o
Mary Colasurdo
12:00 Special Intentions of Erin Raftery r/o Patti & John Gillis
12:00 Dolores Troller r/o Brian & Tammy Yesalonis
Saturday - June 06, 2020
8:15 CDT Christopher J. Morgan USMA 2020 r/o The
Crowell Family
8:15 For the Men Ordained Priests Today r/o Fr. Rick Osborn
Saturday - June 06, 2020
5:00 Frank Palmieri r/o His Wife, Tina
5:00 Special Intentions of Fr. John Large on the
Anniversary of His Ordination r/o Parish Staff
Sunday - June 07, 2020
7:30 Cynthia Rivas r/o Mr. & Mrs. Palumbo
9:00 For Those Enrolled in the Monthly Memorials
10:30 People of the Parish
12:00 Agnes & Carl Mulford (91st Anniversary) r/o Family
5:00 John V. Malgieri r/o Nina Donohue
CANDLES SUNDAY TO SATURDAY
MAY 31 TO JUNE 06
St. Mary Chapel Candle
All Those Affected by the Virus
Adoration Chapel Candles
Kathleen Murphy r/o Patricia Condon & Family
All Those Affected by the Virus
Mary, Mother of God Church Candle
All Saint Mary Parishioners
THE MOST HOLY TRINTIY PENTECOST
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PRAY FOR THE SICK FOR OUR MILITARY
Lord, hold our troops, home and
abroad, in Your loving hands.
Protect and bless them and their
families, as they protect us. Amen.
Sgt. Tim Hayes, Special Ops.
LCpl. Robbie McCann, U.S. Marines,
Louis Adamo Army Reserve, U.S. Navy
Sgt. James A. Conklin
Staff Sgt. Michael J. Mangan, Marines
James Chinnici,
Staff Sergeant Craig Kubolka II, Army Ranger,
7th Deployment to Middle East
Greg Charpek, U.S. Coast Guard,
H.M Ashley Thompson,
U.S. Navy, Col. Kevin Meisler,
Army Reserve, Captain Iraq; LTJG Christopher Baum,
Jonathan Bagnato,
Andrew Leroy,
Ryan Trachman Marines,
Josh Pershing, U.S. Air Force, 3rd tour Iraq,
Master Gunnery Sgt. C.T. Gregoire, Marines, SFC
Wesley Briggs, U.S. Army 2 tours
in Iraq, stationed in Egypt;
U.S. Marine Jonathan Alfano
Tanay Mahadik, AirForce, Deployed over seas
Master Chief Ryan Gerdon U.S. Navy
Week 3 Darleen Striker
Manny Konstantinidis Eugenina Kelly John Petersen Carol Natoli Joanne Silver
John Day Lorraine Lauricella
Bill Bellini Richie Harrison Mary Colasurdo Mary DeVuono
Peter Saggalewich Sophia DiPietro
Week 4
Mary Ehret Arlene Ryan
Gene Brennan Tom Ashe Ryan Cook
Pat Brennan Cynythia Alvarez
Margaret “Rita” Golinski Angie Herrera
Michele Sullivan Fernandez Fred Binn
Tara LaBarca Jane Cella
Dino DeSantis Tim Mannix Adelina Pelle Estela Sharp
Mary Kwiakowski Ricky Fary
Diane Brown
To include someone on the Prayer List call the Parish Office 732-671-0071 x221.
Week 1 Janet Haley Lisa Torrez
Linda Scaglione Jack Andrews
Debbie Johnson Debbie Faaland John Chiarini Chris Vaughn
Jimmy Ocampo Marie Duffy
Corrine Mayor Sr. Gloria Barone
Sue Blanchard Mary Colasurdo
Week 2 Joan Buck
Margaret Heap June & Emil DeMarco
Sunny Reid Anna Lauricella
Manny Konstantinidis Amanda Jung
Barbara Woezer Grace Orlando
Mark Vern Nicole Lucchini Barbara Herring Megan Mazza
FOR OUR CHILDREN Falyn Szuwalski Brianna Orlando Emily Calabro Arden McPhee
Alexandria Iscaro Addison Noelle Feirstein
Liam Joseph Kelly Amelie Courtney
John James Schultz, Jr Jake Wilson
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State of Our Parish - Adopting a Pew
Our weekly collections are not sufficient to cover expenses nor were they used to pay for completed repairs. We are
offering parishioners an opportunity to ADOPT a PEW to pay for these extraordinary repairs. The pew will be in either
Mary, Mother of God Church or in the Chapel. You will have the option of choosing the pew and its location. The cost is
$1,000. You may pay by installments and upon completion of the payment plan, the plate will be mounted on both ends of
the pew. Thank you for your generosity. God Bless You, Hank Pekarsky - Business Manager
Please consider this opportunity to honor your loved ones while preserving the beauty of our Parish.
In Memory of or Dedicated to:___________________________________________________________________
Donated by:_________________________________________________________________________________
Phone #___________________________________ E-mail____________________________________________
Amount Enclosed: ________________________________Balance due:__________________________________
We would like to thank our parishioners that have adopted a pew.
In Memory of Martin & Rita Lawlor Donated by: Al & Marie Bevacqua
Dedicated to The Bevacqua & Lawlor Families Donated by: Al & Marie Bevacqua
Ester P. Mendoza
Dr. Lolita M. Uy
Mary & George Gent
Jason Lopes
Eleanor Wilcox
Andrew and Kathleen Zapcic
Edward and Donna Ficarra
The Pagliettini Family
Fredie C. Alandy
James and Susan Driscoll
Tim Malone
The Lippincott Family
Adelina Pelle
The Maltese Family
Mary Colasurdo, and Families and R. & D. D’Urso Family
Michael and Maria Flynn
Frank & Peggy Marzullo
The Monteleone Family
Beverly & Vincent Murphy
