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S . M ’ C March 22, 2020 | Fourth Sunday of Lent

 

P S Rev. John Butler, Pastor Rev. Mark Nillo, Parochial Vicar Thomas Randazzo, Business Manager Paul Bergin, Music Director Kevin Connelly, Director of Religious Education Jamie Plantamura, Director of Youth Ministries Mary Valan, Parish Secretary Jose Rodriguez, Maintenance Manager

P O 800 Ocean Avenue | Long Branch, NJ 07740

Ph: (732) 222-8080 | Fx: (732) 870-1174 www.stmichaelnj.com

Hours: Mon–Fri 8:30am-3:30pm

(Closed daily from 12:00pm–1:00pm)

O C 6 West End Court | Long Branch, NJ

07740 Ph: (732) 483-0360 | Fx: (732) 483-0363

S . V D P 732-483-0360 ext. 7

 

D M Mon -Fri: 8:00 AM | Mon: 7:00 PM Sat: 9:00 AM | First Friday at 12:15 PM (in Latin) and at 5:30 PM (in English)

W M Saturday: 4:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 7:30 PM Sunday: 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12 PM, 4:00 PM, 7:30 PM

R Confessions are heard 12 minutes to 5 minutes before each Mass (except on Monday nights); on First Fri-day before the Latin Mass from 12:00 Noon until 12:10 PM; during the Monthly Holy Hour for Voca-tions; and on Monday nights after (not before) the 7:00 PM Mass until 8:00 PM.

R To register with the parish, please call the Parish Office for information.

M Couples who wish to marry at the parish should con-tact the Parish Office for a Marriage Request Form, and for further information. The bride or groom, or their parents/grandparents must be registered parish-ioners for at least eighteen months to make arrange-ments. There is a twelve month timeline for wedding preparations.

B Baptisms take place Sundays at 1:00 PM. Parents must be registered parishioners, and can call the Par-ish Office for information and scheduling.

H H V There is a Monthly Holy Hour for Vocations that includes Eucharistic Adoration and Confessions. This Monthly Holy Hour is from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM on the Thursday immediately preceding the First Friday.

R E To enroll your child for our Tuesday or Sunday Reli-gious Education classes, please contact Kevin Connel-ly, ext. 3 at the Outreach Center. All families must be registered with the parish.

A S Please call the Parish Office for anointing of the sick. When the office is closed, the answering service will appropriately direct your call. If you or your loved one is in a hospital, the head nurse could also call for the chaplain to make arrangements.

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MARCH 22, 2020

Fourth Sunday of Lent Jesus said, “I came into this world for

judgement, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might

become blind.” John 9:39

THE CORONAVIRUS SITUATION: KEY POINTS OF INFORMATION & UPDATES

• All public Masses in the Diocese of Trenton (including St. Michael’s) are suspended through and including Fri-day, April 3. • St. Michael’s Church will be open for private prayer every day from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. except as necessary for funerals, regularly scheduled non-public Masses, etc. On Sunday, March 22 the church will be open for pri-vate prayer from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and then close at 11:00 for preparations for – and the celebration of – the 12:00 Noon non-public Mass to be streamed via YouTube as noted on the parish website. Please respect the rec-ommendations for social distancing during those private prayer times in the church. • The parish business office will be staffed (but not open to the public) on a partial-day schedule on a day-to-day basis through April 3. During the partial-day business hours the phones will be answered, mail processed, and other business conducted. Emergency calls will be responded to promptly by the parish priests and office staff. Phones will be answered round-the-clock by the office staff or the answering service. Specific days and times when the staff will be in the office will be posted on the parish website. If in doubt, please phone the office at (732) 222-8080.

M A S S I N T E N T IO N S

Saturday, March 21 9:00 AM † Mrs. Irene F. & Edward W.

Moskal, Sr. Barbara & Edward Moskal, Jr.

4:00 PM † Florence Meola John & Deborah Perri

† Anthony Ferrara Doc & Sarah Villane

5:00 PM † Robert Lefurge Wife & Children

† Mary Mody Frank & Nina Stukey

7:30 PM People of the Parish

Sunday, March 22

7:00 AM † Charles Murrin Theresa Murrin

9:00 AM † Teresa Rose Ferrigno Stephen & Mary

10:00 AM † Frank Sosnowski Joanne & Frank Buono

11:00 AM † Lucy Surak Edward Christopher

12:00 PM † Paul Dametz Ambrosino Family

4:00 PM People of the Parish 7:30 PM † Angelina Ferraro Family

Monday, March 23

8:00 AM Pro-Life Cause Friends of Sylvia Marsico

7:00 PM † Elizabeth Rogowski Mary Rogowski

Tuesday, March 24 8:00 AM † Jay Patock Agnes & Paul D'Angelo

Wednesday, March 25 8:00 AM † Mary Ann Bulsiewicz

Thursday, March 26 8:00 AM People of the Parish

Friday, March 27

8:00 AM † Dr. Anthony Garruto Nugent Family

12:15 PM † James & Mary Weeden Grandchildren

5:30 PM † Anna Pagano Family

Saturday, March 28

9:00 AM People of the Parish

4:00 PM † Louis Cannizzaro Tom Cannizzaro

† Patricia Frasca Eileen & Paul Rolleri

5:00 PM People of the Parish 7:30 PM † Stephen Arthur Gill Children

Sunday, March 29

7:00 AM † Vincent DeFranco Dotty O'Hara

9:00 AM † Tommy Ranucci, Sr. Laterza & Juliano Families

10:00 AM † Millie Sepe Laterza & Juliano Families

11:00 AM † Richard Dyckman Dario & Maria DeVito

12:00 PM † Dale Mainberger (10th Anniversary)

Loving Family

† Paul Dametz Tony & Natalina Gomes

4:00 PM † Dr. Anthony DiFlumeri Patricia Roth

† Carole Apicelli Patricia Roth

7:30 PM People of the Parish

(subject to Corona-related Instructions noted above)

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Lent 2020

Mass (public), Eucharis-tic Adoration, Stations of the Cross, Confessions, and Soup & Salad Sup-pers through and includ-ing April 3 are cancelled except as expressly noted in this bulletin or as an-nounced on the parish website.

A Prayer Amid an Epidemic

By Kerry Weber

Jesus Christ, you traveled through towns and villages “curing every disease and illness.” At your command, the sick were made well. Come to our aid now, in the midst of the global spread of the coronavirus, that we may experi-ence your healing love. Heal those who are sick with the virus. May they regain their strength and health through quality medical care. Heal us from our fear, which prevents nations from working together and neighbors from helping one another. Heal us from our pride, which can make us claim invulnerability to a disease that knows no borders. Jesus Christ, healer of all, stay by our side in this time of uncertainty and sorrow. Be with those who have died from the virus. May they be at rest with you in your eternal peace.

Be with the families of those who are sick or have died. As they worry and grieve, defend them from illness and despair. May they know your peace. Be with the doctors, nurses, researchers and all medical professionals who seek to heal and help those affected and who put them-selves at risk in the process. May they know your protection and peace. Be with the leaders of all nations. Give them the foresight to act with charity and true con-cern for the well-being of the people they are meant to serve. Give them the wisdom to invest in long-term solutions that will help prepare for or prevent future outbreaks. May they know your peace, as they work together to achieve it on earth. Whether we are home or abroad, surrounded by many people suffering from this illness or only a few, Jesus Christ, stay with us as we endure and mourn, persist and prepare. In place of our anxiety, give us your peace. Jesus Christ, heal us. Kerry Weber is an executive editor of America

Available at americanmagazine.org/faith/2020/03/02 coronavirus-prayer

Cohort 17 Parishes

Lenten Reconciliation Week 2020

The Cohort’s Lenten Reconciliation Week is cancelled due to the Coronavirus. Please see the parish website for modified hours for Confessions. In the event of an urgent need for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, please phone the parish office (732-222-8080) to make arrangements with a parish priest for an appointment.

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The two “thermometers” above compare our parish’s 2019 vs. 2020 results-to-date in the Annual Catholic Appeal. The thermometers indicate good news. This year’s total after five weekends is significantly ahead of our parish’s total after five weekends in 2019. Thank you!

2019 After Five Weekends

2020 After Five Weekends

Parish Goal = $109,000

$75,000

$46,493

$68,258*

*This $68,258 figure is ap-proximately 62.6% of our parish goal. It was received through and including the fifth weekend of the cam-paign (tallied as of March 18) from 250 pledgers or check-writing contributors (and many unidentified, un-quantified cash contributors) all of whom comprise ap-proximately 8.7% of the 2,851 registered households of the parish. Thank you! The Diocese sent a Diocesan-wide mailing during the week of February 10 to all of our registered parishioners and past ACA contributors asking for prayerful consid-eration of a pledge/contribution to the Appeal. Please help to the extent that you can.

Each of us has a vital part in all we do in Christ’s name, and each of us can share in all we do with a gift to the Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA). Our single Act of Faith propels the works of love that build up our Church. You make that happen with a generous gift to the ACA. Your contribution does make a difference! Please help. Please contribute. Please make a pledge.

THE ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL IN ACTION!

1. HOW YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL HELP THE TRENTON DIOCESE HELP OTHERS:

Evangelization - Ministry to Families, Youth and Young Adults

Repairing the church’s 1886 cornerstone

Replacing the church’s votive candle racks

Obtaining safety/security cameras and monitors

Replacing chasubles and other vestments

$109,000

2. HOW YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL HELP ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH HERE AT HOME:

Every person belongs to a family. Families are the foundation of the Catholic parish. In the midst of the family and the parish community, people encounter Christ and learn to be His disciples. Family and Parish are the prima-ry environments in which evangelization takes place. Parents - - within the family and within the home - - are the first teachers of their children: teaching their children how to ride a bike, how to tie their shoelaces, how to build a snowman...as well as how to pray, how to bless themselves, how God made them, and how much Jesus loves them. THAT is evangelization...evangelization in the home and in the family. “Together in Mission” is a tool to support such evangelization efforts. Youth events and service opportunities, young adult gatherings, Mar-riage prep, Baptismal prep, Ministry to separated and divorced persons are just a few of the services offered. Your gift to the Annual Catholic Appeal promotes individuals and family life.

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POSTPONEMENTS

Due to the Coronavirus, the following events have been postponed or cancelled. Information on re-scheduling will be provided when it becomes available:

Parish Mission with Fr. Wade Menezes, CPM of the Fathers of Mercy previously scheduled for May 2-6.

Altar Rosary Society’s Lenten Day of Prayer at San Alfonso Retreat House previously scheduled for April 1.

Annulment Information Presentations on March 23, 24, and 30 at the locations in Mercer County and Monmouth County as listed in our March 15 bulletin.

Second Collection This Weekend March 22 and 23 for Catholic Relief Services

Although this weekend’s Masses are suspended due to the Coronavirus, our parish will still take up The Catholic Relief Services Collection (CRSC). Funds from this collection provide food to the hungry, support displaced refugees, and bring Christ’s love and mercy to all people here and abroad. Please give generously to the CRSC and help Jesus in disguise. Learn more about the collection at www.usccb.org/catholic-relief. Second collection envelopes for the CRSC (together with regular collection envelopes to support St. Michael’s Parish) may be mailed to the parish office, dropped-off at the parish office, or dropped-off in the mailbox at the rectory’s side door. Thank You!

Please make checks payable to St. Michael’s Church

The Coronavirus Situation: ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND RELEVANT INFORMATION

• Please remember that Bishop O’Connell has granted a DISPENSATION from the OBLIGATION to attend weekend/Sunday Mass to all the Catholic faithful in the Diocese of Trenton until further notice. The Bishop recommends that the faithful pray and take advantage of/participate in Holy Mass as broadcast on television and radio. Weekly collection envelopes may be mailed to the parish office and may also be dropped off at the parish office during business hours.

• Our parish priests will continue to celebrate (non-publicly; no congregation present) all of the parish’s Monday through Saturday weekday Masses and offer those Masses for the announced intentions published in the bulletin and continue to celebrate (non-publicly; no congregation present) two of the parish’s ten Saturday Vigil Masses and Sunday Masses and offer those two Masses for the announced intentions published in the bulletin. As to the intentions that were scheduled for the Saturday Vigil Masses and Sunday Masses that are not celebrated: (a) with the express permission of the Bishop and dispensing the applicable provision (canon 948) of canon/Church law those intentions will be the inten-tion of the two weekend private/non-public Masses celebrated by Fr. John and Fr. Mark; this special permission from the Bishop has been given for as long as Masses are cancelled in the Diocese due to the coronavirus pandemic and (b) the parish staff will contact the family members and other individuals who have made the requests for those Masses to make arrangements for an additional Mass to be celebrated for the requested intention (no additional stipend will be charged) once the suspension of public Masses is withdrawn.

The Cohort 17 Lenten Reconciliation Week (March 23 to March 27) has been cancelled in its entirety. Those desiring the Sacrament of Reconciliation are asked to phone the parish office at (732) 222-8080 to arrange for an appointment with one of the parish priests who will gladly accommodate the request.

• There will be no CCD classes on Sunday, March 22 and Tuesday, March 24. Mr. Connelly has been and will be com-municating via email with all CCD students, parents, teachers, and teachers aides regarding further related details (for example: lesson plans, online instruction, homework and notebook assignments, quizzes and tests, etc.). The resumption or non-resumption of CCD classes will be evaluated as the Coronavirus situation develops and Mr. Connelly will email updates from time to time.

• In case of an emergency outside of business hours (including a request for a priest for the Sacrament of the Sick), please phone the parish office at (732) 222-8080 and the answering service will contact the parish priest or other appro-priate parish staff member to respond to your emergency.

• Hospitalized or homebound parishioners who desire to receive Holy Communion are asked to phone the parish office to make arrangements. A parish priest or Eucharistic Minister will be happy to bring Communion to such individuals.

Stations of the Cross and the Soup & Salad Supper on Friday, March 27 and Friday, April 3 are cancelled.

• The Monday evening and Tuesday morning Bible Study sessions are suspended until the week of April 20.

• Further updates will be placed on the parish website from time to time. Please consult the parish website and the Dio-cese's website for updated information. Please pray for an end to the Covid-19 virus and for healing, consolation, cour-age, and wisdom. St. Michael, pray of us.

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ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH EASTER FLOWER MEMORIAL

If you would like to donate flowers in memory of a loved one, please complete the form below and return this page to the Parish Office with your donation. The cost is $45 per memo-rial. All names will be included in a memorial booklet and published in the Easter bulletin. Booklets will be available in the back of the church when printed. The booklets and the Easter bulletin will be published even if the Coronavirus sit-uation and the suspension of Masses are still continuing at that time. To be included in the memorial booklet and the Easter bulletin, your form and donation must be received at the Parish Office by Friday, March 27. Please print clearly.

In Memory Of Requested By Quantity

Please include your name and mailing address to re-ceive your copy of the me-morial booklet:

_________________________________________

_________________________________________

_________________________________________

Phone Number:

_______________________________

Total Number of Memorials

______ x $45.00 = $__________

Total Donation: $__________

May our Lenten journeys and sacrifices lead us to - - and enrich - - our Easter joy!

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Online Giving

Join the parishioners who are using Faith Direct for auto-mated giving to St. Michael's Church. It is secure, con-venient and Faith Direct will provide you with an offer-tory card to place in the basket during the collec-tion. There is no cost to you, and the program provides a great benefit to our parish. Please sign up today by visit-ing faithdirect.net. Our parish code is NJ319. Thank You.

Rosarian Prayer Group

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK OF THE

PARISH This is a list of parishioners, rela-tives, and friends who are in need of our prayers for healing. Our Rosarians also pray every Saturday for all the parishioners of St. Michael’s. Please note that intentions

will be listed for two months and then removed, unless the requestor calls to renew for another two months. Please also note that according to the HIPPA & privacy laws only the sick themselves or family members may request to be added to the list. Contact the Parish Office for all prayer

requests. Thank you and may Our Lord grant healing to all those who are suffering and in need of our prayers.

Week 6 Suzanne Petrizzi

Week 8 Joanne Buono

Paul Quinn Babies Harper and

Gunner

On the Calendar at

St. Michael’s Church

Annual Catholic Appeal 2020 Commenced February 15-16; Ongoing

First Confessions March 28, 2020 (half the group in Upper Church and half

the Group in Lower Church)

Rosary Altar Society Lenten

Day of Prayer (San Alfonso

Retreat House)

Postponed; new date TBD

Parish Mission (Fr. Wade

Menezes, CPM-Fathers of Mercy)

Postponed; new date TBD

First Holy Communion Saturday, May 9, 2020

Irish Language Mass Sunday, May 17, 2020 1:30 p.m.

Lenten Soup and Salad Suppers Cancelled through and including April 3

Stations of the Cross Cancelled through and including April 3

Weekend Collection & Attendance

Thank You!

Saturday, March 14, 2020 4:00 PM Mass $2,349.00 102 people 5:00 PM Mass $832.00 83 people 7:30 PM Mass $461.00 64 people

Sunday, March 15, 2020 7:00 AM Mass $1,021.00 71 people 9:00 AM Mass $809.00 66 people 10:00 AM Mass $1,224.00 54 people 11:00 AM Mass $343.00 52 people 12:00 PM Mass $866.00 57 people 4:00 PM Mass $959.00 76 people

7:30 PM Mass $447.00 68 people _______________________________________

TOTALS: $9,311.00 693 people

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The message to all the people of the Diocese that was issued by Bishop O’Connell on Tuesday, March 16 is available on the parish website. The message includes two prayers recommended by Bishop O’Connell: an Act of Spiritual Communion and a prayer to the Blessed Mother.

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