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

The Most Holy Trinity June 11, 2017

Mass Intentions for this Week June 11, 2017

MONDAY 7:20 Int. of Deacon Gino ........................................... Greg & Pat Bigg 12:00 Robert Kavangh ....................................... Quagliarieno Family TUESDAY…………………………..…………..St. Anthony of Padua, pr. & dr. 7:20 Int. of Sr. Valerie ............................................... Greg & Pat Bigg 12:00 Wayne Murphy ......................................... Bill & Cheryl Wegner WEDNESDAY 7:20 John G. Malayter ............................................... Malayter Family 12:00 Catherine Owens ..................................... Daye/Owens Family THURSDAY 7:20 Grace Pena Rodriguez……………………..Vic & Priscilla Lagdameo 12:00 Peter Cassidy………………………………...Eric & Helen O’Doherty FRIDAY 7:20 Frank G. Atkinson, Jr……………………………………….Gogol Family 12:00 Salvatore Fazio…………………………….Marie & Nino D’Agostino

SATURDAY 8:00 AM Shay Schembri ................................................ Bruno Family 4PM For the Fathers of the Parish SUNDAY…………………………..The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ 7:30 ................................................................. Father’s Day Novena 9:00 .................................................................................... For the 10:30 .................................................................................. Fathers 12:00 ..................................................................................... of the 5:00PM ................................................................................. Parish

Sanctuary Candle– Week of June 11, 2017

Int. of Michael Post……………………………………………………..Mom & Dad

Chapel Candles– Week of June 11, 2017 Special Intentions

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

Sacrificial Offering Update

Last Week’s Offering: $17,346.00

Special Collection: $1134.00

Thank you for your continued support.

Readings for the Week of June 11, 2017

Sunday: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18

Monday: 2 Cor 1:1-17; Mt 5:1-12

Tuesday: 2 Cor 1:18-22; Mt 5:13-16

Wednesday: 2 Cor 3:4-11; Mt 5:17-19

Thursday: 2 Cor 3:15-4:1, 3-6; Mt 5:20-26

Friday: 2 Cor 4:7-15; Mt 5:27-32

Saturday: 2 Cor 5:14-21; Mt 5:33-37

Next Sunday: Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58

God the Father willed this creation, which was accomplished

through His word as God the Son, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

This is the first manifestation of God as trinity, a mystery that

has puzzled men for thousands of years.

God is pure spirit; God is one. Yet this mystery cannot be

comprehended completely by human beings until they become

one with God in the Spirit.

The whole of creation is the first compelling witness of the

presence of God the Father, creator of everything that exists. No

one can deny the existence of the creator, but men, instead of

praising God for having brought them into existence, go about

their lives offending Him and denying themselves the rights that

He has offered them as His children.

Sin has become a wall between God and men; the darkness of

evil stops the light of God reaching them.

God so loved the world that He sent his only Son, so that anyone

who believes in Him may not perish but have eternal life.

I came into the world to give My testimony as the Word of God.

This word is the emanation of the spirit that brings the clarity of

truth; the light that dispels the darkness, the purity that takes

away sins, the life of God given to men so that they can obtain

everlasting life.

I did not come to condemn but to save. You condemn yourselves

to eternal death when you live in sin, but I offer eternal life to

you if you believe in Me and follow Me.

I am the truth, and I came to witness the truth about God. Those

who acknowledge Me acknowledge God the Father, and those

who live in the truth live in Me and in My Father.

I came to the world to awaken everyone to the realities of the

spiritual connection between God and men.

Being created in the image of God, you are His children, but

sharing the spirit of God you must live a godly life.

When evil enters man, the Holy Spirit of God has to leave. Then

the evil spirit reigns in that soul until repentance comes and the

door is opened back to God for Him to enter and purify. If men

don’t repent and change their evil ways, they are despising the

truth that calls them to live the way God has disposed, in fact,

they are condemning themselves.

I suffered and died in order to pay for the sins of the whole

world, to manifest the mercy of God that desires everyone to be

saved.

As a token of reconciliation between God and men, the Father

and I have sent the Holy Spirit into the world to accompany and

to advise, to purify, to heal and to sanctify.

The Holy Spirit is the third testimony of God in the world since

creation; it is the fire of Our love, which enters the soul to give

witness to Our presence.

Blessed are those who yearn for the Holy Spirit, they will be

rewarded for their good desire. Fire will cleanse the world, the Holy Spirit will purify with

holiness, and the fallen creation will rise in the presence of the

Lord.

Pastor’s Notes

Why is it so important to try to understand the Holy

Trinity? Yes, try because it is impossible to fully

understand this mystery. Even the Blessed Mother

cannot fully understand it, but I am sure that her

understanding will far surpass ours.

Before Creation, God had to be “alone.” But would that

not reduce Him to either egoism or narcissism? Love

requires someone to love. God is one in one way and

three in another so He really could not ever be

alone. Love has three realities, the one who loves, the

one who is loved and the love that unites them.

In the Scriptures, each Person of the Trinity never

speaks about Himself, but rather about the Others. The

Father speaks only about the Son. Jesus speaks only

about the Father. The Holy Spirit makes us call the

Father, “Abba.” This communion of love becomes the

model for the family.

Last week the Pentecost readings described the unity

and diversity in the human experience because of the

Gifts of the Holy Spirit. The one God gives us a diversity

of gifts which are intended to make us all one as They

are one. The unity of a man and woman in marriage

tends to form a common union of thought, intentions

and will. Love yearns for union and in that union love is

perfected and is heading for the ultimate union with God

at the end of time. Adam and Eve were created as a

family not realizing that God was also a family. The

Godhead was only revealed when the Father gave His

Son through the Holy Spirit (Incarnation). Christ insists

that the unity of His followers should be patterned after

the unity He has with the Father and the Holy Spirit, "Let

us make man in our image.”

Our sinful nature inherited from the original sin places

us in a conflict, to live according to God’s way, making us

more and more like Jesus, or to live according to man’s

way, making us more like the Devil.

We must be like God in our family life. We must be

loving spouses, parents and children who give of

themselves to each other as the Father gave us His

Son. We must be like God in our social life. We must be

just and fair in our dealings with others and respect our

Father's creation. We must be mindful that all races are

made in the image and likeness of God and no one can

be treated as an object. Finally we must respect our

planet because all things must be used and disposed of

properly.

Fr. Euk

Scripture Meditation

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OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE

Please Pray for Our Sick

Tom Lovito Lorraine Groh Marjorie Paulmann

Mark Stoughton Mia Castellan Baby Dylan Gallego

Connie Camilleri Rosemary DeFalco Diane Grad

Erin Haber Monica Noble Steven Hensle

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 Retired Bishop John Smith

Mike Kuris

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

PFC Zackary Burkey LCDR Matthew W. Smith Sgt. Luke Wlodkowski 1st Lt. Robert F. Farrell

1st Lt. Ash Young Sgt. Paul Coyle

Sgt. Matt Myers

Baptism St. Veronica’s Parish Family wishes to welcome

those who have become members through the

Sacrament of Baptism.

Lia Francesca, daughter of Joseph & Elisa Fontana

Thank you for the gift of life.

Church and Chapel Sanctuary Candles If you would like to donate a Sanctuary

Candle for a loved one, please contact the

rectory office (732-363-4200). Candles

will be in memory of or intentions of the

named individual for one week

(Sunday to Saturday) and announced in our bulletin.

Weekly Donation: Church Candle $15 Chapel Candles

$20 (2).

Banns of Marriage

Daniel LaGuardia & Amanda Pallarino (2) July 22, 2017

Farewell Party for Fr. Vic Come join us for a Farewell Party for Fr. Vic.

June 17, 2017, after the 4 PM Mass in the cafeteria.

All are welcome!

Father’s Day Novena If you would like to have your father,

living or deceased, prayed for at Mass

each day, starting on Sunday, June 18th

at 7:30AM and continuing each 7:20AM

Daily Mass until Monday, June 26th,

please fill out the envelope that is on

the gift table in the center aisle of the

church. Once filled out, place the enve-

lope in the basket on the gift table.

Thank you.

Our Lady Undoer of Knots

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

Undoer of Knots on Friday, June 16, 2017, at 6:30 p.m.

in the narthex of St. Veronica’s Church. 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!

Fearless

Living Fearless in a Fear-filled World (sponsored by Kingdom Fire Starters Ministry)

All are invited to gather in prayer, praise & worship.

Come listen to teachings & witnesses that have come

through fear and reveal that no matter what the circum-

stances that surround us or that are taking place in our

world, we are called to be Fearless. Come joing us and

be strengthened, encouraged and set free!

When: Saturday June 17th from 8:30AM—3:00PM

Registration: $20 (includes light breakfast and lunch)

Where: St. Veronica Gym

Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 AM. Fr. Peter Kochery

is the celebrant.

RSVP to KFSMinistry@gmail.com

Electronic Giving Program If anyone wishes to give to the church electronically,

please go to parishpay.com to sign up. It’s a safe and

easy way to support the parish.

Adoration Chapel "Our hours of adoration will be special

hours of reparation for sins, and

intercession for the needs of the whole

world, exposing the sinful, sick and

suffering humanity to the healing,

sustaining and transforming rays of

Jesus, radiating from the Eucharist." St Theresa of

Calcutta

Unpredictable schedule? Subs needed for this busy

season of vacations. Please sign up for one single hour

on chapel bulletin board….You do not need to be a

registered adorer.

Hours Urgently Needed:

Sunday : 12 noon, 5PM, 7PM

Monday 1AM

Wednesday: 3AM,

Saturday: 6PM

Weekend and Overnight Adoreres needed.

Contact Debbie drev514@aol.com or leave message 732

367-7750.

Registration for Religious Education AFTERNOON CLASSES will meet on Monday, Tuesday,

Wednesday and Thursday from 4:30 PM. until 5:45 PM for

grades 1-8. On Mondays at 4:30 – 5:45 PM., we also offer

Special Sacraments, Holy Innocents, and RCIC classes.

AFTERNOON WEE WISDOM CLASSES will meet on Mondays

and Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

MONDAY and THURSDAY EVENING CLASSES will meet from

6:30 PM until 7:45 PM for grades 1 to 8. Come into the

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE from 10 AM to 4:30 PM. or

call Sr. Ann at 732-364-4137. ( Classes will be available

on a first come, first serve basis only). Remember Monday

afternoon fills up fast and is first come, first served.

NEW STUDENTS and students receiving Sacraments this

year (Gr. 2 and Gr. 5) MUST INCLUDE THEIR BAPTISM

CERTIFICATE WITH REGISTRATION.

Registration begins the week of June 5th and continues

until June 29th. The CCD office will close for 2 weeks and

then registration continues July 17th-August 30th.

We are also looking for catechists, aides, and hall monitors

for the 2017-2018 CCD year. Please email Sr. Ann

Elizabeth at sr.ann@stveronica.com if you are interested in

volunteering for any of these positions.

Pantry Needs Cereal, spaghetti sauce, pasta, macaroni and cheese,

mayonnaise, coffee, canned fruit, tuna helper, instant

potatoes, canned meats

Air Conditioner Replacement Campaign Goal- $200,000.00

To Date Donations: $15,140.00

Please continue to help reach our goal to replace the AC

system. Thank you to those who have donated and for

your continued support.

Attention Students Do you need service hours for school or Confirmation?

Consider helping maintain the gardens and grounds

around St. Veronica Church and campus.

We will meet every Tuesday 6:30-

8 PM in front of the Church,

starting June 20, 2017- August 15, 2017. Participate as

much as you can or want. After each session attended,

you will receive proof of the time you served.

What to bring:

1. Signed Permission Slip (link below)

2. Enthusiasm

3. Gloves and hand shovel if you have them

4. Water to drink

Any questions please contact Lisa Franey

atLhfraney@gmail.com or 732-905-6811

See the website for more details.

Prayer Shawl Ministry Update The Prayer Shawl Ministry would

like to thank the

parishioners who so generously

donated yarn and supplies to help

us carry out our mission. To date

we have made and distributed over

1000 shawls and blankets, hun-

dreds of baby hats, and more than 1200 pocket prayer

patches in the seven years that we have been in exist-

ence.

If anyone is interested in receiving a prayer shawl for

themselves or someone else, please leave your name

and phone number at the rectory. Someone will be in

touch with you to arrange for delivery.

Also if anyone would care to donate yarn, please leave it

at the rectory.

Our next meeting will be on September 18 at 2PM in the

narthex if you would like to become a member.

Thank you and God bless!

GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE FOR SALE Support St. Veronica School with the purchase of gift cards

for routine shopping and gifts! Cash and checks accept-

ed. •$25 Target, iTunes, Kohl's, Macy's, Stop & Shop, Shop

Rite, Barnes & Noble, Wawa, Applebees, Panera, Dunkin Do-

nuts cards on hand in school office

•School earns cash rebates at no additional cost to you

•On-hand cards available at any time in school office during

open hours, including summer hours

- Contact Judy Skrincosky 732-232-0870 to order or with any

questions.

OUR NEEDS