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Issue Eleven
St. Virgil’s Parish
May 31, 2020
Contact Info >>>
Our Weekly Newsletter
for our Parish Family
Parish Office: 973-538-1418 or 862-242-6961
Fr. Michal (direct) 862-242-6374
Parish Email: [email protected]
Fr. Michal’s Email: [email protected]
Fr. Babu’s Email: [email protected]
Deacon Merle: [email protected]
Deacon Rich: [email protected]
Youth Ministry: [email protected]
PREP K-4: [email protected]
PREP 5-8: [email protected]
Mass Intentions for this Week >>> Sat Sun., May 31 Frank Wojewodzic
Brian Courtney
Ronald & Lillian Burrows
Mon. June 1 Janet Dittrich
Peter Harmon
Tues., June 2 Angelo Spinola—10th Anniversiary
Wed., June 3 Manual DaSilva
Thurs. June 4 Tes Romagnuolo
Fri., June 5 Valerie & Charles Quinn
George McGuinness
Sat., June 6 Peter Conroy
Harold Benz-=7th Anniversary
Please remember in your prayers:
Timmy O’Shea, Deacon Alan Lucibello, Bill Warrick, Tony
Loughlin, Florence Luckey, Rosemary Paulison, Jackie
Donnelley, Judy Taylor, Mary Eileen & Douglas Prisinzano,
Jacqueline Paw, Baby Akeen Butchko, Mary Beth Jensen, Colleen
Dillion & Family, Mary Maffeo, Marie E. Logan, Mallory Miller,
Rose Marie Warrick, Sandra Buck, Margaret Ellis, John &
Elizabeth Zisa, Daniella, Anne Benson, Bob Taylor, Kamasha
Redhead, Miah Tully, Barabara Bock, Baby Emma Scannelli,
Stephen Burke, Eileen Lagan, and Teresa Procopio.
Please pray for all those who serve in defense of our Country, both at home and abroad, especially:
The deployed airmen of the 914 Air Refueling Wing
SSGT Blake Reidinger LT Kelsey Bergh
PO2 Timothy Butchko MJR Gary Windt
LT Patrick Leahey 2LT Ryan Feeney
MJR Stephanie Sittmann SSGT Thomas Sittman
LTR Andrew McGuinness SSGT Eric Wright
LCDR Daniel M. Leahey LT Mark Van Ordan
LT Mark C. Leahey MSGT T.J. Hopkins
LT Kian Federick Stewart LT Tyler Huhn
DC1 Alexander V. Fernandez CPL Irvin Carithers
Please remember in your prayers in a very special way, our first
responders and those who are now serving on the “front line”.
Words cannot express how grateful we are for everything that
they are doing for us. The support and strength amid these
difficult and uncertain times gives us proof that the angels are
working among us!
Pentecost Sunday
Worship Aid for March 31:
(unavailable at this time)
We offer our prayerful condolences to the family and
friends of Veronica “Ronnie” Kelly and Mary
“Emma” Donovan. We pray that Ronnie & Emma
rest peacefully with the Lord.
Sunday Acts 2:1-11; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 20:19-23 Monday Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14; Jn 19:25-34 Tuesday 2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18; Mk 12:13-17 Wednesday 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12; Mk 12:18-27 Thursday 2 Tm 2:8-15; Mk 12:28-34 First Friday 2 Tm 3:10-17; Mk 12:35-37 First Saturday 2 Tm 4:1-8; Mk 12:38-44
Readings for the Week
Live Streamed on our website at
www.stvirgilparish.org
Sunday at 10:30am
Weekdays at 9am
We are extremely grateful for your continuing financial support.
Our receipts for the week of May 24 was $10,117. This number reflects collections received in the office this week, $4285 (including a sizeable one-time gift) and the weekly average from Faith Direct was $$5,832. Your generosity enables us to continue with the necessary upkeep and pay recurring expenses.
We ask you to please consider using Faith Direct. Faith Direct is an online giving service where you can donate the amount you currently give each Sunday through an online medium. (Our parish number is NJ732).
Regardless of the method you choose, we appreciate your continued generous support. There is a link on the newly-designed parish
website if you would like to set up a one-time donation through Faith Direct or to sign up for online giving. If you have any questions
regarding the Faith Direct process, please feel free to call the parish office to discuss your options.
Since you cannot physically put envelopes in the collection baskets, you can drop off your donations through the mail slot on the front door or mail them to the parish office.
Church Reopening
While we were saddened by the news that we could not reopen this weekend, we are certainly poised and ready to go.
The online registration worked wonderfully. Here are a few additional considerations:
• If your registration is accepted, you will NOT get a confirmation. We will, however,
notify you if you are not accepted. If you arrive without preregistering, you may have
to be turned away. You can only sign up 1 week in advance. Mass attendance will
be limited. If you do not have computer access, you can call Parish Office Monday –
Wednesday 10:30am – 1:30pm.
• You can only access the church from the Speedwell Avenue entrance.
• Please remember that you MUST wear a face mask, and while we have hand sanitizer
available, you should also have your own for your own convenience.
• There will be no Holy Water available. Also, please do not leave any brochures or
novenas on the side tables.
• There will be no singing/choir; there will be no offertory procession or collection
(receptacles will be at the doors of the church). The Exchange of Peace is to be done
without human contact.
• You will be seated by the ushers and you will be dismissed by the ushers. Social
distancing will be maintained at all times.
• There is absolutely NO ACCESS to the Sacristy, Cry Rooms, or Choir Loft.
• You will stay in your pew for Communion. The priest will bring the Eucharist to
you.
• You cannot remain after Mass for private prayer. The Church will be locked to allow
for cleaning before the next Mass.
We will continue to live-stream daily (9am) and Sunday Mass (10:30am) until further notice.
Corpus Christi Food Drive
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted those living in poverty the most and Catholic Charities, Diocese of Paterson's 3 Food Pantries (Father English Center, Paterson; Hope House, Dover; and Partnership for Social Services, Franklin) are giving out more food than ever before.
Most months, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Paterson gives out food to 5,000 - 7,000 people at their 3 food pantries. In April of 2020, this number practically doubled, as they helped over 11,000 individuals who are feeling the direct economic impact of COVID-19.
Bishop Serratelli has authorized a Catholic Charities Diocesan-wide food collection in all parishes. This year, the drive has gone virtual, and you can shop online and have items directly shipped to Catholic Charities Food Pantries.
Visit www.ccpaterson.org/corpus for more information and visit www.yougivegoods.com/ccpaterson-fooddrive2020 to find our parish (It’s alphabetical so we're the final entry) and shop online for the requested products.
You may also email: [email protected] or call (973) 737-2077 ext.403 with any questions or to donate food directly to Catholic Charities Food Pantries.
Their intent was “to make a name for themselves.” The Lord came to see what they were about, and saw their evil intent. The Lord
confused their language so they were unable to finish their City, Babel, and scattered over the earth.
When we come to the New Testament we find the Apostles huddled together and afraid, not knowing what to do. Christ came to them and,
as in each of His post-resurrection appearances, offered them peace and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Emboldened by Christ’s appearance, the
Apostles went out into the city and preached to all there. This being an important Jewish feast, there were huge crowds in the city that day.
Despite the fact that there were many different languages being spoken that day, and the Apostles were speaking only one language, they
were understood by all. Thus, the reversal of Babel and the birth of the Church.
Lord, bless our use of language and, with the Holy Spirit, bring Your message to all those we meet each day!
Evangelization Corner
ask the experts >>>
Pentecost may not seem like a big deal to us, but in fact this is one of the most
important readings and feasts of the Church. Pentecost is known as the birthday of the
Church. The readings are special since they, perhaps more than any others, clearly
show the link between the Old and New Testament readings, and how the New
Testament fulfills the Old. The New Testament reading is seen as the reversal of the
Old Testament reading. In the Old Testament we see how men are working to build a
City with a tall tower. They all spoke the same language and so understood each other.
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Pentecost
Old Testament:
Genesis:11:1-9
New Testament: John
20:19-23
In a broad sense, even early cultures had priests
or equivalent persons who played special roles in
their society (e.g., shamans, prophets, rabbis,
imams, etc.). These people acted as mediators of
the gods through which the sacred was
experienced or better understood or properly
lived. They often were responsible for
preserving, interpreting and teaching the sacred
traditions of their people.
In early Israel there was no distinct priesthood.
The Jewish people lived in a patriarchal order
where the father in each family or the head of
each tribe functioned as a priest in offering
prayers and sacrifices to Yahweh.
God established the priesthood among the
Israelites during their exodus from Egypt and
appointed Aaron and his sons of the tribe of Levi
as His priests with the primary duties of offering
sacrifice and prayer for the Hebrew nation (Ex.
28 - 29). The priesthood in Judaism became
largely hereditary and although there was no
initiation ceremony, those who were priests were
expected to lead exemplary lives.
Jesus Christ, in offering Himself up for the sins
of all mankind, fulfilled the duties of the Old
Testament priesthood once and for all. But just as
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If you know of a parishioner who is not yet signed up for
Flocknote but would like to receive them, email the parish office
Weekly
Reflection
The Eucharist makes Christ’s sacrifice present
to us today, so the New Testament priesthood
is a sharing in the eternal priesthood of Christ.
The Sacrament of Holy Orders, referred to as
"the sacrament of apostolic ministry" in the
Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC
1576), is the continuation of Jesus Christ's
priesthood, which He bestowed upon His
Apostles. Catholic men who are ordained by a
bishop by means of the sacrament of Holy
Orders serve the spiritual needs of others in
the Catholic Church.
The Sacrament of Holy Orders, like the
Sacrament of Baptism and the Sacrament of
Confirmation, can only be received once for
each level of ordination. Once a man has been
ordained, he is spiritually changed. While he
can retire from the active ministry or be forced
to leave if he misbehaves, no deacon, priest,
or bishop can ever have his Holy Orders taken
away from him. Each level of ordination (i.e.,
bishop, priest and deacon) confers special
graces, from the ability to preach, granted to
deacons; to the ability to act in the person of
Christ to offer the Mass, granted to priests;
to a special grace of strength, granted to
bishops, which allows him to teach and lead
his
the flock, even to the point of dying as
Christ did.
Over the years, the Church of St. Virgil has
truly been blessed. Earlier this year Deacon
Rich celebrated 15 years as a deacon and
Deacon Merle recently celebrated his 25-
year anniversary as a deacon. Father Babu,
while being in a religious order for many
years, just last Sunday celebrated 12 years as
a priest in the Diocese of Paterson and on
Monday, Father Michael celebrated 7 years
as a priest. Finally, although retired, Deacon
Sal will in June celebrate 45 years as a
deacon. Congratulations to each of you who
serve St. Virgil’s and Thank You for your
commitment to us.
May the Lord’s peace be with you
always!
Evangelization Ministry
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