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WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE:
Saturday: 9:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. Vigil Sunday: 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 8:00 p.m.
Holy Days of Obligation: 7:30 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE:
Monday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Church Monday – Thursday 12:15 p.m. in the Catholic Center Chapel, 84 Somerset St.
CEMETERY MAUSOLEUM MASS:
9:00 a.m. on the first Saturday of the month, May through October, at the parish cemetery mausoleum (instead of the church)
CONFESSION (Sacrament of Reconciliation):
Saturdays: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon; or by appointment
NOVENA PRAYERS: Mondays at 7:30 p.m.
BAPTISMS:
Normally scheduled on the second & fourth Sundays of the month following the 11:00 a.m. Mass (not during Lent). Please observe the requirements for sponsors. Must contact the office in advance to register. First-time parents are required to attend a baptism formation session.
WEDDINGS:
Marriage arrangements should be made one year in advance of the wedding. Please call the parish office before making other definitive plans. Once a wedding is approved and the date is confirmed, the required marriage preparation process may commence.
PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK:
Please call the parish office to make arrangements for the administration of the Sacrament of the Sick and/or for the reception of the Holy Eucharist to those who are ill or elderly.
Parish Pastoral Council contact at: [email protected]
St. Peter the Apostle University and Community Parish proclaims the Gospel through worship, formation, outreach and service
in order to foster a faithful, loving, dynamic, and lifelong relationship with Jesus Christ and provides a spiritual home to the diverse local and university communities.
St. Vincent de Paul Society: 732-668-6584 (for assessment of assistance needed, leave message including name and contact number)
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PARISH OFFICE
94 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Phone: 732.545.6820 Fax: 732.545.4069
Visit our website: www.stpetertheapostle.org Office Hours: M-F, 9:00am - 3:00pm
Rev. Thomas Odorizzi, C.O., Pastor, X113 [email protected]
Rev. Jeffrey Calia, C.O., Parochial Vicar, X111 [email protected]
Additional parish staff:
Mary Fiorino Office Administrator, X110 [email protected]
Patrick Gutsick Permanent Deacon [email protected]
Helmut Wittreich Permanent Deacon [email protected]
Anthony R. Nardino Dir. of Sacred Music, X112 [email protected]
Anne Marie Calderone Religious Education, X115 [email protected]
Br. Jude Lasota, BH Pastoral Assistant [email protected]
Tom Setar Maintenance [email protected]
St. Peter’s Cemetery
Located at 500 Somerset Street (Rt. 27), New Brunswick Cemetery Office 732-249-0894 [email protected] William Carroll Cemetery Director
The Catholic Center at Rutgers University
84 Somerset Street Phone: 732-545-6663 website: www.rutgerscatholic.org (new name!) Br. Patrick Reilly, BH Director X16 Colleen Donahue Office Manager X12
The New Brunswick Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri
St. Peter the Apostle parish is under the pastoral care of the New Brunswick Congregation of the Oratory
www.nboratory.org
Very Rev. Peter Cebulka, C.O. Provost
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Kevin Hoagland, Thomas Spataro, Connor Montferrat, Theresa Birdsey, Ginnie Previte, Jonathan Swedel, John William Criscuoli, Danielle Reiser, Esther Wambui, Norman Corbett, Florence Gowin, Margaret Cleary, Jenny Locandro, Teresa Yannazzone, Bill Spataro, Charlotte Hall, Nicholas Rossi, Chris Joyce, Gary Vavila, Patricia & Sylvanus Ashamole, Louis Svelec, Joseph D’Imperio III, the sick members of the Akushie and Nwachukwu Families, Grace DeBlasi, Doris Tarquinio, Peg Byrne, Rick Scuderi, Edward Migliore, Linda Ryan, Rita Pietrobono, Nicole Mancini, Angelo Mancini, Becky Yurga, Rebecca Miller, Orlando Gines, Yvonne Finaldi, Sheila Lavery, Tanya Davis, Sgt. John McLaughlin, Patricia Deri, Alessia DePasquale, Brian Donoghue, Christine Fellin, Jose Lopez, Michael Betchker, Sara Mette, Anne Marie Notarianni, Joseph Gerity, Mary Cignarella, Steve Hrapsky, Joseph Mahoney, Helen Casey, Lorraine Fellin, Russell C. Hall, Russell J. Hall, Angelo Rossi, Mary Ann Hrapsky, Marlene Salimbene, William Kish, Maria Kratzar, Theresita DeGuzman, Bette Smith, Mary Spicer, John Malleck, Gabriel Jayantha Kumar, Kathleen Monchek, all the sick, the hospitalized, and all who serve in the military.
Monday, June 26
7:30 a.m. Dorothy Hughes 12:15 p.m. John Duffy
Tuesday, June 27 - St. Cyril of Alexandria 7:30 a.m. Grace Calderone 12:15 p.m. Annabelle H. Guarino
Wednesday, June 28 - St. Irenaeus 7:30 a.m. Teresa Bajorek 12:15 p.m. Sp. Int. of Oliver Lynch
Thursday, June 29 - Saints Peter and Paul 7:30 a.m. Walter Bajorek 12:15 p.m. Sp. Int. of Fr. Peter Cebulka, C.O.
Friday, June 30 - The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church 7:30 a.m. Stanley Bajorek
Saturday, July 1 - St. Junipero Sera 9:00 a.m. The Souls in Purgatory 5:00 p.m. Betty Pellowski
Sunday, July 2 - Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
7:00 a.m. Mary Bacorn 9:00 a.m. Steve Kumka 11:00 a.m. Blaine Johnson 8:00 p.m. For the People
This Week’s Readings
Monday: Gn 12:1-9; Ps 33:12-13, 18-20, 22; Mt 7:1-5 Tuesday: Gn 13:2, 5-18; Ps 15:2-4ab, 5; Mt 7:6, 12-14 Wednesday: Gn 15:1-12, 17-18; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Mt 7:15-20 Thursday: Vigil: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 19:2-5; Gal 1:11-20; Jn 21:15-19 Day: Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19 Friday: Gn 17:1, 9-10, 15-22; Ps 128:1-5; Mt 8:1-4 Saturday: Gn 18:1-15; Lk 1:46-50, 53-55; Mt 8:5-17 Sunday: 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a; Ps 89:2-3, 16-19; Rom 6:3-4, 8-11; Mt 10:37-42
The Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul Is normally celebrated by the universal church on June 29. The Church gives parishes the option of transfer-ring the feast of their particular parish patron to a Sun-day. This way, each parish can celebrate their patron saint as a full community at the Sunday Eucharist. Let us be joined together in prayer as we honor our great patron. For over 180 years members of our par-ish have sought his intercession and protection. May he continue to guide the community of St. Peter the Apostle Parish into a future of vibrant faith and ser-vice, giving witness to the presence of Christ’s love and mercy to the people of New Brunswick.
Welcome This Weekend’s Priest Guest for UNBOUND
Welcome Rev. Robert McAleer who is with us this weekend to celebrate Masses and tell us about the work of Unbound, a lay Catholic sponsorship minis-try that helps children and elderly in 19 developing countries. (this does not involve a collection)
See the Sponsor Flyer on page 4 of this bulletin.
To learn more, call 800-875-6564 or visit Unbound online at www.unbound.org.
REMINDER: The 9am Mass on Saturday, July 1st will be
celebrated at St. Peter’s Cemetery mausoleum.
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Registration for Religious Education
If you have school-aged children in grades 1-8, we welcome you to join our Whole Community Catech-esis Program. Children in Kindergarten are wel-come to join us at our Children’s Liturgy held on the 3rd Saturday of the month at the 5pm mass. Forms are available at the back of church. Please return them by June 30th to Anne-Marie Calderone in the parish office. Due to the renovation work in the church, classes are expected to begin on Saturday, October 14th.
Families who are already in the program, need to re-register by next weekend. Forms are available in the back of the church. Thank you.
St. Peter’s Young Adults Upcoming Events
YA Recreation Day Saturday, July 1 at 10:30 AM
Buccleuch Park, New Brunswick
First Friday Eucharistic Holy Hour Friday, July 7 at 7:30 PM
St. Peter’s Parish Hall Fellowship afterwards - location TBA
Service Opportunity - Visiting the Elderly Saturday, July 8 at 10:30 AM
Parker Home, Easton Avenue, New Brunswick
Wine & Cheese Social Wednesday, July 12
More information coming soon
For more information: www.stpetertheapostle.org/YA
St. Peter’s Choir to Sing at a Somerset Patriots
Baseball Game!
Comer cheer on the St. Peter’s Choir and our local Somerset Patriots professional baseball club. Be-fore the first pitch, the choir will sing out on the field, concluding with the National Anthem.
WHEN & WHERE THIS Sunday, June 25th, 1:05pm Game TD Bank Stadium, 860 E. Main Street, Bridgewater
You Can Save Your Marriage! Retrouvaille
A lifeline for troubled marriages
Has your marriage become unloving or uncaring — your rela onship grown cold, distant — thinking about a sep-ara on or divorce? Are you already separated/divorced but (both of you) wish to try again — then the Retrouvaille program may help you.
RETROUVAILLE (Rediscovery) sponsored by the Family Life office/Diocese of Metuchen consists of a weekend experience for couples (no group discussions) with six follow-up sessions.
The next program is scheduled for the weekend of September 15-17, 2017.
All inquiries are confiden al. For more details please call the Family Life Office 732-243-4573, Rich & Anne e Co-lasuonno 732-236-0671 or Tom & Pat McTague 732-583-4468 (evenings).
HOLY HOUR The Oratory is hosting a Eucharistic Holy Hour
This Sunday, June 25 at 4:00 p.m. in the Catholic Center Chapel. All are invited and welcome!
TRICKY TRAY NEWS!
Preparing for Sunday, November 12, 2017
Thanks to all those who voted for St. Peter’s Tricky Tray. For the second year in a row, we were voted the 4th Best Tricky Tray in the Tri-State area! We are al-ready gearing up to make this year’s event better than ever! Please consider joining our team. We meet once a month on a Sunday after the 11am mass.
Help with donations for our Basket of the Month collec-tion. The theme for the July Basket is
BEAUTY SCHOOL DROPOUT! anything that can be used for hair and make-up.
We are collecting shampoos, conditioners, lotions, combs, brushes, hair clips, makeup, makeup bags, etc. Please place your items in the basket that will be in the back of church and as always, thank you for your support. We also will use your “Kohl’s Cash” to purchase gifts if you won’t be using it!
The Tricky Tray is St. Peter’s one, major fundraiser of the year. Save the date: Sunday, November 12, 2017. There are many ways that you could support the effort. For more information, contact Anne-Marie by e-mail at [email protected] or call the parish office, at ext. 115.
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In contrast to the rights described by the Declaration of Independence on the Fourth of July, the Supreme Court has created another ‘right’: “The right created by the Supreme Court in Roe is a constitutional right of some human beings to kill other human beings. I do not mean for my description to be provocative, but simply direct - blunt about facts. One need not presume that the human fetus has a right not to be killed in order to recognize that, as a descriptive matter, Roe creates a right for one class of human beings to kill other human beings.” Professor Michel S. Paulsen, NRL News Today 1/16/14
Respect for Life
“Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.” MATTHEW 10:32
Do you share your Catholic faith with others? Do you defend your Catholic faith or do you remain silent when the situation arises? Do you pray in public before meals? Pray for the strength and courage to be a joyful witness of our Catholic faith when the opportunity presents itself.
P R A Y E R F O R T H E P R O T E C T I O N O F R E L I G I O U S L I B E R T Y
O God our Creator, from your provident hand we have received our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. You have called us as your people and given us the right and the duty to worship you, the only true God, and your Son, Jesus Christ. Through the power and working of your Holy Spirit, you call us to live out our faith in the midst of the world, bringing the light and the saving truth of the Gospel to every corner of society.
We ask you to bless us in our vigilance for the gift of religious liberty. Give us the strength of mind and heart to readily defend our freedoms when they are threatened; give us courage in making our voices heard on behalf of the rights of your Church and the freedom of conscience of all people of faith.
Grant, we pray, O heavenly Father, a clear and united voice to all your sons and daughters gathered in your Church in this decisive hour in the history of our nation, so that, with every trial withstood and every danger overcome— for the sake of our children, our grandchildren, and all who come after us— this great land will always be "one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
What is the Fortnight for Freedom? Each year dioceses around the country raise awareness about the importance of defending religious freedom. The Fortnight for Freedom is from June 21—the vigil of the Feasts of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More—to July 4, Independence Day.
We are called to follow Christ as missionary disciples by seeking the truth, serving others, and living our faith in all that we do. Let us take a few moments each day from June 21 - July 4 to pray, reflect, and take action on reli-gious liberty, both here in this country and abroad.
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Your faithful support is especially needed during the summer months.
You may go on vacation, but the parish bills don’t! Please consider
Automatic Electronic Online Giving
Online giving means your contributions in support of the parish operation happen automatically and directly – no need to write a check or remember to bring your enve-lopes. Through a simple process, you designate and con-trol the amount of your contribution and to which collec-tion you wish to support. You specify if a set contribu-tion is to take place on a recurring basis (i.e. monthly) or if it is a one-time gift.
Online Giving benefits the parish with more consistent and predictable income. It also reinforces your commit-ment to the care of St. Peter’s by making a contribution even when you are unable to attend. Our bills never go on vacation. Once you set up Online Giving you don’t have to think about it, but you can always make changes if you need to.
To set up your account, visit our par ish website at www.stpetertheapostle.org and click on the but-ton,
ONLINE GIVING.
STEWARDSHIP PRAYER
My parish is composed of people like me. I help make it what it is.
It will be friendly, if I am. It will be holy, if I am. Its pews will be filled, if I help fill them.
It will do great work, if I work. It will be prayerful if I pray. It will make generous gifts to many causes,
if I am a generous giver. It will bring others into worship, if I invite and bring them in.
It will be a place of loyalty and love, of fearlessness and faith, of compassion, charity, and mercy, if I, who make it
what it is, am filled with these same things. Therefore, with the help of God, I now dedicate myself to the
task of being all the things that I want my parish to be.
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St. Peter’s Knitting / Crochet Group
Learn something new and give back! Come join our Knitting and Crochet Group to make mittens, hats, scarves, blankets and other projects on Mondays at 7 p.m. in the Catholic Center. We are looking forward to seeing all of you. Advanced or beginners are all wel-come! For more information, contact Carmel at [email protected] or 732-545-1715.
Sponsorship Requirements
A Sponsor for the sacraments of Baptism or Confirma-tion is required to have completed their fourteenth year and be a fully initiated, practicing Catholic in good standing. You must be a registered member of a Catholic faith community. If married, a sponsor must be in a val-id, sacramental union. A sponsor may not be the father or mother of the one to be Baptized/Confirmed. All spon-sors are to obtain a Letter of Eligibility. A Letter of Eli-gibility from St. Peter’s will only be given to a regis-tered, contributing, participating individual who has been an active parishioner for a minimum of 3 months.
Please take these requirements into consideration when choosing Sponsors/Godparents for the sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation.
Bishop Ahr Boy’s Basketball Camp July 17-21
Grades 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 For information call
Darius Griffin Jr. 732-549-1108 ext. 575 or 908-209-4042
Who have been heroes of religious liberty in the Church?
• Saint Thomas More: Thomas More was an English Catholic lawyer who served as Lord Chancellor and a close advisor to King Henry VIII. More opposed the king’s sepa-ration from the Catholic Church and his naming himself as Supreme Head of the Church of England. More was impris-oned for his refusal to take the oath required by a law that disparaged papal power and required acknowledging the children of Henry and Anne Boleyn (the USCCB Fact Sheet 2016 2 king’s second wife after his divorce from Catherine of Aragon) as legitimate heirs to the throne. In 1535, More was tried for treason, convicted on perjured testimony, and beheaded. He is the patron saint of religious freedom.
• Saint John Fisher: John Fisher was an English Catholic cardinal, academic, and martyr. Fisher was executed by order of King Henry VIII during the English Reformation for refusing to accept the king as Supreme Head of the Church of England and for upholding the Catholic Church’s doctrine of papal primacy.
• Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton: Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first native-born U.S. citizen to be canonized by the Catho-lic Church. In 1809, Seton founded the first American con-gregation of Religious Sisters, the Sisters of Charity. She also established the first parochial school for girls in the U.S. in Emmitsburg, Maryland in 1810. Seton’s efforts ini-tiated the parochial school system in America and opened the first free Catholic schools for the poor.
• Saint Katharine Drexel: Kathar ine Drexel was a reli-gious sister, heiress, philanthropist, and educator. She dedi-cated herself and her inheritance to the needs of oppressed Native Americans and African-Americans in the western and southwestern United States. She was a vocal advocate of racial tolerance and established a religious congregation, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, whose mission was to teach African-Americans and later American Indians. She also financed more than sixty missions and schools around the United States, in addition to founding Xavier University of Louisiana—the only historically African-American Cath-olic university in the United States to date.
• John Courtney Murray, SJ: Fa-ther Murray was an American Jesuit priest and theologian who was known for his efforts to reconcile Catholicism and religious pluralism, particularly focusing on the relation-ship between religious freedom and the institutions of a democratically structured modern state. During the Second Vatican Coun-cil, he played a key role in the Council’s groundbreaking Declaration on Religious Liberty, Dignitatis Humanae.
The National Gianna Center for Women’s Health and Fertility
Providing general gynecological care, prenatal care, natural family planning education, and infertility services
– all with a deep commitment to honoring a woman’s dignity and the sanctity of human life.
Please visit http://www.saintpetershcs.com/GiannaCenter/ or contact by phone (732-565-5490)
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“What is really important is what happens within us, not outside us.” —Fulton Sheen
INFORMATION SHEET NAME OF CHURCH: ST. PETER THE APOSTLE BULLETIN #: 511928 CHURCH PHONE NUMBER: 732-545-6820 DATE OF SUNDAY PUBLICATION: June 25, 2017 NUMBER OF PAGES TRANSMITTED: Cover +5 text pages + this page = 7 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: