St. Veronica Church 4215 Route 9, Howell, NJ 07731 732-363-4200 www.stveronica.com

Pastoral Staff Pastor Father Vincent T. Euk Parochial Vicar Fr. Vicente Magdaraog Weekend Assistant Fr. Bill O’Brien Deacons Gene F. Moir, Sr. James Littlefield Tomasz Cechulski Charles R. Daye Jr. John Franey Gino (Louis) Esposito School Principal Sister Cherree Power, C.R. Religious Education Brenda Heffernan, D.R.E. Lauren DeMaio, C.R.E. Parish Administrator Leonard P. Weg Director of Music Nancy Condardo Director of ACTS Deacon Tom Cechulski Bozena Cechulski Coordinator of Youth Ministry Deacon John Franey Phone Contacts Rectory—732-363-4200 Convent—732-364-2361 School—732-364-4130 Religious Education— 732-364-4137 Cafeteria—732-364-9455 ACTS Office—732-364-2936 Fax 732-370-3891

Weekend Masses: Saturdays: 5:00 PM Sundays: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12 noon, 5PM Daily Masses: Mon-Fri—7:20 AM & 12 Noon, Sat: 8AM

Holy Days: As announced in the bulletin. Healing Mass –every third Tuesday at 8PM.

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays from 4:00 to 4:45PM or call to schedule an appointment with a priest.

Pastoral Staff Pastor Father Vincent T. Euk Parochial Vicar Fr. Vicente Magdaraog Weekend Assistant Fr. Bill O’Brien Deacons Tom Cechulski, Sr. Charles R. Daye , Jr. John Franey Gino (Louis) Esposito School Principal Sister Cherree Power, C.R. Religious Education Sr. Ann Norton, D.R.E. Linda Clayton Business Manager Deacon Gino Esposito Director of Music Emer O’Mahony Youth Ministry Coordinator Sister Ann Norton Phone Contacts Rectory—732-363-4200 Convent—732-364-2361 School—732-364-4130 Religious Education— 732-364-4137 Rectory Fax 732-370-3891 Rectory Office Hours: M-F 9:00-4:30 PM Second & Fourth Saturday 9AM—12:30 PM Baptisms: Every 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month,.

Weekend Masses: Saturdays: 4:00 PM Sundays: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12 noon, 5PM Daily Masses: Mon-Fri—7:20 AM & 12 Noon, Sat: 8AM

Holy Days: As announced in the bulletin. Healing Mass –every third Tuesday at 7:30PM

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays from 3:00 to 3:45PM and before each Sunday Mass

Easter Sunday April 16, 2017

Mass Intentions for this Week April 16, 2017

EASTER MONDAY 9:00 Alva Lawder .............................................................. Daughters EASTER TUESDAY 7.20 Mary Zampardi ...................................................Clayton Family 12:00 Patricia Missig .................................................... Eileen Maloy EASTER WEDNESDAY 7:20 Santa & Roy Johnson ...................................................... Family 12:00 Jovino Morte, Sr. ....................................... Beatrice & Children EASTER THURSDAY 7:20 Int. of Diana Morris………………….Bob, Children & Grandchildren 12:00 Marianne Tibbles………………………………….Annette & Bill Nagy EASTER FRIDAY 7:20 Rodney Norton……………………………………...Bill & Cheryl Wegner 12:00 Maria Savino…………………………………….Antonett Castellaneta

EASTER SATURDAY 8:00 AM Int. of Harrison Tramontano ........................... Grandma Terri 4PM Kristen Butterfield .................................................Regina Reale SUNDAY 7:30 Elsie & Stanley Szelest .................................................... Family 9:00 Sr. Roberta Mozdziak ................................... Ed & Mary Althaver 10:30 For the People of the Parish 12:00 Catherine & Charles Weber .................. Susan & Vinny Lucante 5:00PM Int. of Nick Reiff ....................................... Christa McCauslin

Sanctuary Candle– Week of April 16, 2017

In memory of John Grad……………………………………..Wife, Dee Chapel Candles– Week of April 16, 2017 In memory of Minnie & Carmine Albanese................... ….Nagy Family Please Note: The rectory office will be closed Monday, April 17th.

Events for this coming Week– See our website www.stveronica.com

Sacrificial Offering Update

Last Week’s Offering: $19,766.00

Thank you for your continued support.

Readings for the Week of April 16, 2017

Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33/Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11/Mt 28:8-15

Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41/Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22/Jn 20:11-18

Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10/Ps 105:1-4, 6-9/Lk 24:13-35

Thursday: Acts 3:11-26/Ps 8:2ab, 5-9/Lk 24:35-48

Friday: Acts 4:1-12/Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-27a/Jn 21:1-14

Saturday: Acts 4:13-21/Ps 118:1, 14-15ab, 16-21/Mk 16:9-15

Next Sunday: Acts 2:42-47/Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24/1 Pt 1:3-9/Jn

20:19-31

Pastor’s Notes

I thank all those who made Holy Week possible. That

will include the school’s 7th grade who put on the Live

Stations of the Cross on Good Friday and also our

children and adult choirs, our altar servers, our lectors,

our ushers and ministers of Holy Communion who

contributed so much time and effort to make our

services possible. Finally I thank the new environmental

committee who decorated our church; they really filled

the church with Easter joy. They are a worthy successors

to Lisa Franey who retired last year.

There have been a lot of significant changes in the world

during this last year. Brexit and the election of a new

president have expressed the desire for change among

the peoples of the world. Thank God these have been

fairly peaceful in our country so far. We need to pray

now for the moral restoration of our country which

caused all this division. We are not out of the woods

yet. There are many wars going on in our world right

now. These have brought us much pain. I am

particularly saddened by the attacks on the Coptic

Church in Egypt. One of the promises of Our Lady of

Fatima, one hundred years ago, was a promise to

prevent wars by saying a daily Rosary. I hope more and

more of us use this tool to bring us justice and peace. It

only takes twenty minutes to do.

This year I have been placing an emphasis on the

theological virtue of Faith. Most people see the Holy

Scriptures as the Word of God. Through these sacred

texts God gives us an instruction on how He wants us to

deal with our fallen nature. No one actually saw Jesus

rise from the dead. While only about 500 people saw the

resurrected Jesus, there are observations that help to

quell any doubts that we might have. In believing that

the Holy Scriptures are the Word of God, we make an act

of faith in simply accepting if God said so, it is true.

Jesus's first apparition to His Apostles shows His divine

mercy. He comes not only to forgive their unbelief, but

also their betrayal. "Peace be with you!" This was more

than just a banal greeting. You hear it in the words of

absolution in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, “May God

grant you pardon and peace.” Jesus goes a step further,

"Receive the Holy Spirit!" Their sanctifying grace was

restored as if they were baptized again. Many people

refer to this as being “born again.” Jesus’ mercy and

forgiveness is restored with no bitterness. But perhaps

the greatest humiliation for these Apostles is Jesus’ final

astonishing and undeserved gift, “If you forgive men's

sins, they are forgiven them!” Jesus institutes the

Sacrament of Reconciliation to those who betrayed and

denied Him. Two weeks ago we recalled Jesus raising

Lazarus from the dead. He asked Martha and Mary if

they believed in the resurrection at the end of time, “Do

you believe this?” Now we must ask ourselves the same

question regarding this great Sacrament. While this

requires great faith, have you ever noticed how different

you feel when you leave the confessional. True, it is an

example of one sinner forgiving another, but for the

priest it is done with divine authority. Jesus has passed

through an ordained priest the ability to allow Himself to

work through a fallen human being of His choosing to

forgive sins! How He picks them is a mystery, but this

month Pope Francis is asking young people to discern if

God has made that choice of them. Again, we need to

ask ourselves, “Do you believe this?”

Because the guards at the tomb probably slept

through the Resurrection, they were “paid off” to say that

the disciples came and stole His body. The account of

Peter and John running to the tomb tells us other-

wise. When John enters the tomb, he saw and be-

lieved. What was so convincing to him about what had

happened so that he could “see and believe?” John

stayed with Mary at the foot of the Cross. He probably

accompanied those who buried Jesus. He may have

seen them wrap Jesus’ dead and bloodied body with the

burial cloths. The cloths must have adhered to Jesus’

wounded body. If one was to steal Jesus’ body with Ro-

man soldiers guarding the tomb, do you really think they

would have the time to unwrap those soiled burial cloths

and neatly fold the cloth that covered Jesus’ head? Do

you even think they would even want to unwrap that re-

volting mess? Again we must ask ourselves the ques-

tion, “Do you believe?”

Easter is a time to believe that nothing is impos-

sible for God. It is a time to rejoice that we can have a

guarantee that our sins can be forgiven in this life so we

can enter Eternal Life. But do we believe in the super-

natural gifts that God has given us? May we all rise at

the first resurrection at the end of time. May this be a

happy Easter for all of us, knowing that we can choose to

live forever in complete happiness.

On the business side, the recently introduced

church air conditioning system replacement project has

started off well. I am looking forward to accumulating

$200,000 to complete the job. In the meantime none of

this money will go to the maintenance of the present sys-

tem. I hope not to throw good money after bad on this

present collapsing system. We will take the patch up

work from the general fund unless we can no longer get

parts for the twenty-nine year old system. We encourage

you to use the envelopes in the narthex so we can easily

dedicate your donation to this project. Thank you for your

support.

Fr. Euk

Spring Plant Sale (One Day Only)

May 6th

1PM—6PM

New items: Pots of geraniums, vegetables

and herbs.

OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE

Please Pray for Our Sick

Tom Lovito Lorraine Groh Marjorie Paulmann

Mark Stoughton Vinny Placanica Mia Castellan

Michael Kuras Connie Camilleri Vita O’Kane

Erin Haber Jan Fleming Monica Noble

Paula Baiga Diane Cudhedy Deacon John Franey

Bob Yuro Michael Connolly Joe Oates

Jane Oates Ann Donovan John Kerod

Robert Farrell Christine Clements John Rodrigues

Cathy Forman Ed Kelly Dennis Hayward

Kathy Hayward Claire Archer Vincenzo Centineo

Greg Mador Brayden Walton Victoria Burke

Robert O’Malley Sr. Karen D’Souza-Casiero Carl Lahetta

Gianna Faith Malen Debbie Mossa Kevin Corcoran

Barbara Sewing Rose Perrotta Sharon Calabria

Nicole Kessner Joanne Oates Carmen Devone

Milagros Martino Susan Messina Francisco Masini

Don Ryder Katherine Scotto Shirley Alino

John Burke Diane Grad Steven Hensle

Please Pray for our Parishioners Serving our Country: Sgt. Sean T. Curran Sgt. Brennan Six

PV2 William Wotton GSMI Sandro Farduchi

Sgt. Krystyna Cechulski Capt. Julio Collazos

S.R. Steven Brennan Sgt. Gregory Hiller

Corp. Ethan Bolger PFC Zackary Burkey

Sgt. Luke Wlodkowski 1st Lt. Robert F. Farrell

1st Lt. Ash Young Sgt. Paul Coyle

LCDR Matthew W. Smith

NET Retreat at St. Veronica Parish!

What: A retreat day just for teens!

When: Sunday, May 7th,

from 9:30AM to 7PM.

Where: St. Veronica School

and Church

Presented by: NET

ministries

NET Ministries is an

international Catholic youth ministry that is committed to

challenging young Catholics to love Christ and embrace

the life of the Church. The organization’s acronym stands

for National Evangelization Teams. The NET team

members are young adults between the ages of 18 and

26 who engage teens in their faith through music, skits,

games, small group discussions and large group

presentations.

Theme: Fully Alive (True Happiness) Only God is big

enough to fill you. The pursuit of happiness motivates

every decision we make. Why is it, then, that we find

ourselves unhappy so often? This theme explores our

search for true happiness, highlighting the one thing that

is big enough to fill our deepest desires – God himself.

The day includes: Presentations by the NET team, skits,

music, Mass, Confessions, small group discussions, all 3

meals, and lots of fun! This retreat is free, but you must

be registered.

Healing Hearts Support Group– Date Change

Healing Hearts Support Group is a seminar support

group for adults affected by the pain of separation and

divorce. We meet on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 PM

- 9:30 PM, at St. Veronica's ACTS Office (rectory base-

ment) located at 4215 Route 9, Howell, NJ 07731. If

you know someone going through or has gone through a

divorce, make sure he or she knows about us. It might

just be the best thing you could do to help. Come and

join us as we experience healing and develop a close

relationship with Jesus Christ. Please feel free to contact

Maria at 732-363-5698 or email

stveronicakre4u@gmail.com for additional information or

directions. Our twelve (12) weeks sessions will start on

April 19, 2017.

Calling all Youth ... We are once again scheduling a practice for YMM (Youth

Music Ministry)

WHO: High School Youth;

WHEN: Sunday April 23rd @ 4PM (please note new

time);

WHERE: St. Veronica Church;

YMM (when ready) will play at one Mass per month to

start, and later, at two Masses per month, on the same

days as Youth Ministry Meetings.

Singers and instrumentalists needed to make the 'Youth

Mass' YOUR Mass!! Please email me (Emer O'Mahony)

at emer.omahony@stveronica.com if you are interested :)

May God Bless YMM and help it to grow & prosper; Holy

Spirit come!!!

Holy Land Pilgrimage Msgr. Peter Kochery once again will be leading us on a pilgrim-

age to the Holy Land. Please save the dates: Oct. 23rd—Nov.

1st 2017. The cost is $3000 pp double occupancy. Health

insurance included. For more info contact Deacon Tom at 732

-610-5434 or 3marysway@optonline.net

Life in the Spirit Seminar St Veronica's is hosting a 7 week Life

in the Spirit Seminar beginning April

25th. The series of talks and discus-

sions will transform your life and fuel

the fire for the Holy Spirit. Come ex-

perience renewal through God's

Grace, Mercy and Love and ignite the Power of the Holy

Spirit. For more information regarding this year’s seminar

or to register email LISS@stveronica.com or call Mary

Jean at 732-364-2815.

"Stir up into flame the gifts of God which you have re-

ceived through the imposition of my hands" 2Tim 1:6 .

Adoration Chapel "Could you not watch one hour with

Me?"

(1/168th of your week)

Late/overnight adorers urgently

needed. Can't sleep? Maybe the Lord is

calling you to prayer...

Prayerfully consider a quiet hour of sacrifice that won't

interfere with your daytime schedule.

Unpredictable schedule? Sign up for one single hour on

a day listed on the I NEED A SUB list in the chapel. Not

required to be a registered adorer.

Hours Urgently Needed: (no Adorer)

Sunday noon and 5PM

Monday 1AM

Wednesday: 3AM, 11PM, 12 midnight

Saturday: 10AM, 6PM

Weekend and Overnight Adoreres needed.

Contact Debbie drev514@aol.com or leave message 732

367-7750.

St. Veronica Healing Mass April 18, 2017 - 7:30 PM

Exodus 15:26 - For, I, the Lord, Am

your healer.

Come join us; pray for the healing for

yourself, family and friends.

Yard Sale- Save the Date!

Save the Date! April 28th 10AM—2PM

St. Veronica School Yard Sale will be held in the School

Gym, to benefit the

Sisters of the Resurrection’s Orphanage

in Lanus, Argentina.

Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive After each mass on April 22nd and 23rd, members of the

Father Cetkowski Council of the Knights of Columbus

(Howell/Jackson) will be conducting their annual ‘Tootsie

Roll’ fund raising campaign for the intellectually disabled.

The monies collected from this event are donated to

support the local ARC’s of Monmouth and Ocean

Counties and the NJ Special Olympics. Last year through

your contributions, we were able to donate over

$5,000.00 to these wonderful organizations. Please visit

with a member after mass to contribute to this cause

and receive your tootsie roll. Your assistance in aiding

the Intellectually Disabled is greatly appreciated.

Pantry Needs

Pork and beans, instant oatmeal, coffee, mayonnaise

DIVINE MERCY NOVENA In St. Faustina’s diary our Lord Jesus said,

"Oh, what great graces I will grant to souls

who say this chaplet. The very depths of

My tender mercy are stirred for the sake

of those who say the chaplet. By this nove-

na, I will grant every possible grace to

souls." This novena will be prayed in Church starting

April 17th until April 22nd at 7:30 PM. Prayer will include

exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and a short expla-

nation of the "what and why" we are praying on that

day. All are welcome. DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY CELEBRATION– April 23rd. Lord Jesus told St. Faustina - " No soul will be justified

until it turns with confidence to My mercy, and this is why

the first Sunday after Easter is to be the Feast of Mercy.

On that day, priests are to tell everyone about My great

and unfathomable mercy. By means of this image, I shall

be granting many graces to souls; so let every soul have

access to it. Whoever approaches the Fount of Life on

this day will be granted complete remission of sins and

punishment." Please come and join our Parish Commu-

nity in this Divine Mercy Sunday Celebration which will

include prayer of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Benedic-

tion, veneration of the St. Faustina relic and more on

April 23rd at 2 PM .

Our Lady Undoer of Knots Please join us for the next rosary and novena to Our Lady

Undoer of Knots on Friday, April 21, 2017, at 6:30PM in

the church narthex. All are welcome. If interested,

please call Sheila Maloney at 732-364-5566 so enough

materials will be available. Thanks and we hope to see

you then.

Easter Flowers, In Memory Of…. Judy Moore, William & Mary Wegner, Ira

and Catherine Owens, Christopher

Prongay, James and Mary McGrorry,

John & Catherine Hayes, Robert Rossi, Marge & Jim Smith,

Conrad Whiteside, Delfio Perez, Walter Jayamaha, Celeni Jaya-

maha, Art, O’Neill Family, Robert H. Brandli, Sr., Ronald

Melnick, All Souls, Jeff, Bill, & Kenny, William D. Musa, Savi-

aneso & Augustensen Families, Valerie Carmody, Lugie

Ascione, Rose Aversano, Mr. and Mrs. Albanese, Aunt Sue,

Uncle Joe, Uncle Bob, Anna Sasso, Judy & Gina Reiff, Jean Con-

forti, Clara Nash, John & Estelle Nedelak, Stanley & Estelle

Tulodsicki, Eugene & Mary Smith, Helen Smith, Gerald Smith,

Gussie Ciranni, Sophie Ingram, Ernie Stevens, Sarah Carroll,

Mary Tansey, Kinelski Family, Roy & Santa Johnson,

Traina-Terrano and Urcioli Families, Joseph Slinski, Norma Slin-

ski, Rev. Rudy Carchidi, C.S.C., Richard Dolan, Schmalbach

Family, Krause Family, Deborah Tikkanen, Edward Tikkanen,

John Kern, Robert Brian Moore, Joyce Claire Sehmler, Marga-

ret McReynolds, John M. Ferrador, Napoli Family, Eqiziano

Family, Paul Calendrillo, John Cunningham, Jack Caulfield,

James Brennan, Marie Brennan (to be cont.)

OUR NEEDS

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