https://stjuniperoserra.org A Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Trenton https://dioceseoftrenton.org Served by the Franciscan Friars Conventual 50 E Street, Seaside Park, NJ 08752 (732) 793-0041 Parish Liturgy Happening This Week Two Churches in Acontecemientos de la Semana Litúrgia de la Parroquia ONE UNITED Parish Sunday, May 23 Dos Templos en una Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parroquia UNIDA 100 Grant Avenue 7:00 PM First Communion at Spanish Mass at OLPH Seaside Heights, NJ 08751 Sunday Masses Tuesday, May 25 Saturday 4:00 PM (Vigil Mass) Sunday 10:00 AM Bible Study 7:00 PM on Zoom Misa en Español 7:00 PM
Wednesday, May 26 Daily Masses Saint Francis Food Pantry 10:00 AM—12:00 PM at OLPH Tuesday, Thursday, First Saturday at 8:00 AM Alcoholics Anonymous Sacrament of Reconciliation with 6:30 PM—7:30 PM at OLPH Individual Confession Hall Saturday 3:00—3:45 PM Thursday, May 27
Narcotics Anonymous ********************* 8:00 PM—9:30 PM at OLPH Hall St. Catharine of Siena Church 50 E Street Saturday, May 29 Seaside Park, NJ 08752 WELCOME MEMORIAL DAY Sunday Masses Saturday 4:30 PM (Vigil Mass) VISITORS!!! Sunday 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM Daily Masses Sunday, May 30 Monday, Wednesday, Friday WELCOME MEMORIAL DAY at 8:00 AM VISITORS!!! Sacrament of Reconciliation with Individual Confession Saturday 1:00—2:00 PM https://franciscans.org PARISH OF ST. JUNIPERO SERRA SOLEMNITY of PENTECOST + MAY 23, 2021
SUMMER MASS SCHEDULE Parish Mass Intentions AT OUR LADY OF May 24 — May 28, 2021 PERPETUAL HELP
As summer approaches and as MON 8:00 am + Antonia Ravelo more people are joining us for the At St. Catharine by The DeFilippis Family celebration of Sunday Eucharist, we need to make sure we have enough space for everyone. Therefore, TUES 8:00 am + Angelo DelRusso from Sunday, May 30 through Sunday, September 5, At OLPH by Daughter, Angela we will have Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Seaside Heights at the following times each weekend. WED 8:00 am + Anthony Russo At St. Catharine by Jo Procaccini & Family Saturday 4:00 PM Vigil Mass for Sunday Sunday 8:00 AM (Summer) THUR 8:00 am + Bill Carroll 10:00 AM At OLPH by Donna Faxon 7:00 PM Mass in Spanish (ESPAÑOL)
FRI 8:00 am + Joseph & Mary Lombardi The Mass schedule at Saint Catharine of Siena Church At St. Catharine by Peter & Elena in Seaside Park will remain the same during this time Bentey period.
Saturday 4:30 PM Vigil Mass for Sunday May 29-30, 2021 Sunday 8:00 AM Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity 11:00 AM
Saint Catharine Church has the space to accommodate SAT 4:00 pm + Jennie & Mike Fabiano more people at each Sunday Mass. At OLPH by Marlene
4:30 pm + Susanne Casadonte WEEKLY OFFERING: At St. Catharine by Pat Karnatski May 8-9, 2021 SUN 8:00 am In Thanksgiving for Emil Stefanacci, Jr. Parish $ 5,505 Building Repair $1,705 At St. Catharine by Parents
10:00 am + People of The Parish At OLPH The Parish of St. Junipero Serra’s 11:00 am + Janet & Roy DeAmbrogio Sanctuary Candle is donated in At St. Catharine by Victor Basinski memory of 7:00 pm + Spanish Mass At OLPH + Josephine Camooso
Donated by Jack & Anne Moyse SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2021
Saint Junipero Serra Parish Office 50 E Street Seaside Park, NJ 08752-1509 (732) 793-0041 [email protected]
The PARISH OFFICE is open for business. We ask that you call ahead of time to say that you are on your way to visit. There are so many ways that the Church can be present Please remember to wear a face mask. to people in real and meaningful ways. You can be part of this effort by supporting one or all of the many es- Fr. Michael G. Lorentsen, OFM Conv. Pastor sential ministries and programs that lift up the lives of believers and non‐believers alike through your dona- tion to the Annual Catholic Appeal. Fr. José Guadalupe Matus-Castillo, OFM Conv. Vicar If you wish, you may designate your gift as follows by Ms. Renée Casadonte Coordinator of Faith Formation visiting https://dioceseoftrenton.org/catholicappeal Safe Environment Coordinator You can learn more about the importance of Ms. Melissa Mara Parish Office Manager this collection from this video on the appeal that the Executive Assistant to the Pastor Diocese of Trenton has posted.
Mr. Martin Wilk, Jr. Property Manager and https://www.youtube.com/watch? Facilities Maintenance v=rHGl4HTZuJM&t=5s
Saint Catharine of Siena Friary Every Sunday, we profess that we believe in one holy, catholic and apostolic church. As a parish community in the Catholic Church we are not a congre- Bro. James Moore, OFM Conv. Guardian gational church. We are an integral part of the local Bro. Stephen Merrigan, OFM Conv. church that is the Diocese of Trenton. As members of Fr. Anthony Kall, OFM Conv. our diocesan family, we are called upon to love and Fr. Michael Gerard Lorentsen, OFM Conv. serve all of our brothers and sisters – both within our Fr. José Guadalupe Matus-Castillo, OFM Conv. Catholic community and beyond. Your contribution to the Annual Catholic Appeal allows our diocese to con- tinue to serve as a resource to the parishes and other Saint Francis Food Pantry organizations in their efforts to provide service, evan- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Campus gelization and outreach to people throughout Burling- of the Parish ton, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Our parish goal for this year is
Pantry Hours Wednesday $60,000 10:00 AM– 12:00 PM. Thus far, 105 households in our parish community have There is a special need at the pantry for the following: pledged $20,789 to this year’s goal, which represents about 10% of our parish households contributing ap- jelly, pasta, tuna fish, shelf milk, cereal, small olive oils, proximately 35% of our goal. ramen noodles, soup, canned chicken, tomato sauce, In the coming weeks, we need to increase our canned vegetables, small jars of mayo and mustard, level of participation in the appeal so that we can make salad dressing, rice, crackers, macaroni & cheese, our goal. We need to raise $39,211. peanut butter, coffee and graham crackers. Please consider making a pledge today. THANK YOU for your continued generosity in support the mis- We appreciate your generosity! sion of Saint Junipero Serra Parish. PARISH OF ST. JUNIPERO SERRA SOLEMNITY of PENTECOST + MAY 23, 2021
POPE FRANCIS PRAYS FOR PEACE THE CHURCH FIGHTS ANTI-SEMITISM
“…the Church, mindful of the patrimony she shares with “Dear brothers and sisters! I am following with great con- the Jews and moved not by political reasons but by the cern what is happening in the Holy Land. In these days, Gospel’s spiritual love, decries hatred, persecutions, dis- violent armed clashes between the Gaza Strip and Israel plays of anti-Semitism, directed against Jews at any time have gained the upper hand, risk degenerating into a spi- and by anyone.” ral of death and destruction. Many people have been in- Pope Paul VI, Nostra Aetate jured and many innocent people have died. Among them are even children, and this is terrible and unacceptable. “The Church remembers the spiritual link between herself Their death is a sign that they do not want to build the and Abraham’s stock. It is this link, which the declaration future, but they want to destroy it. goes on to explain and illustrate, that is the real founda- tion for our relation with the Jewish people. A relation “Moreover, the growing hatred and violence that is in- which could well be called a real parentage and which we volving various cities in Israel is a serious wound to frater- have with that religious community alone… This link can be nity and to peaceful coexistence among the citizens, called a sacred one, stemming as it does from the mysteri- which will be difficult to heal if we do not open immedi- ous will of God.” ately to dialogue. I wonder: where will hatred and venge- Saint John Paul II, ance lead? Do we really think we can build peace by de- Address to the International Liaison Committee stroying the other? ‘In the name of God who has created all human beings equal in rights, duties and dignity, and “To be anti-Semitic also signifies being anti-Christian. Once who has called them to live together as brothers and sis- again I feel the duty to pay heartfelt recognition to those ters’ (cf. Document on Human Fraternity) I make an ap- who have died unjustly and to those that have dedicated peal to calm and, to who is responsible for it, to put a themselves to assure that the names of these victims may stop to the din of weapons and to follow the paths of always be remembered. God does not forget!” peace, even with the help of the International Communi- Pope Benedict XVI, ty. Address to the Representatives of the Jewish Community in France “Let us pray constantly that the Israelis and Palestinians may find the path of dialogue and forgiveness, to be pa- “Today the practice of persecuting the Jews has begun tient builders of peace and justice, opening up, step after again here and there. Brothers and sisters, this is neither step, to a common hope, to a coexistence among broth- human nor Christian. The Jewish people are our brothers ers and sisters. Let us pray for the victims, in particular and sisters, and they should not be persecuted.” for the children; let us pray for peace to the Queen of Pope Francis, General Audience of 13 November, 2019 Peace. Hail Mary….” “As I have often repeated, a Christian cannot be an anti- Pope Francis in Saint Peter’s Square, May 16, 2021 Semite; we share the same roots.” Pope Francis, Greeting to a Delegation of the World CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP IN JERUSALEM Congress of Mountain Jews
“Our Church has been clear that peace requires justice. “Human dignity rests above all on the fact that humanity is Insofar as far as the rights of everyone, Israelis and Pales- called to communion with God. The invitation to converse tinians, are not upheld and respected, there will be no with God is addressed to men and women as soon as they justice and therefore no peace in the city. It is our duty are born. For if people exist it is because God has created not to ignore injustice nor any aggression against human them through love, and through love continues to keep dignity regardless of who is committing them.” them in existence. They cannot live fully in the truth unless they freely acknowledge that love and entrust them- Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM selves to their creator.” Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Gaudium et Spes: The Church in the Modern World Vatican II, 1965, #19. SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2021
Reflections of our Pastor She is the purest creaturely representation of God’s mercy and the mirror of what is the heart and sum of Michael Gerard Lorentsen, OFM Conv. the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Mary can be a shining model for the life of every Christian, for the church and its re- newal on the basis of the idea of mercy. Mary is also the merciful of the Church and for May the Lord give you His peace and Happy Pen- Christians. We implore her in the Hail Mary, “Pray for us tecost Sunday! sinners now and at the Hour of our death.” Today’s first reading from the Acts of the Apos- tles 2:1-11 tells the story of that first Pentecost Sunday We do not set Mary on a level with Christ or put and begins with the words, “When the time for Pente- her into competition with him. Mary lives entirely and cost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together.” undividedly out of divine mercy. Mary, conceived with- The word “they” here refers to the disciples including 11 out sin, points to the divine mercy revealed in Jesus of the original apostles plus Matthias who was chosen in Christ and bears witness to it. Jesus Christ is the one the previous chapter to replace Judas Iscariot who had Me-diator of Salvation. She mirrors divine mercy and betrayed Jesus. Verse 14 of the previous chapter reads, serves as our merciful advocate. “All these were constantly devoting themselves to pray- er, together with certain women, including Mary the As Christians in the Catholic communion, we do mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers.” Mary, the not worship Mary. We worship God , Father, Son and mother of the Lord is one of the people mentioned in Holy Spirit, exclusively. We venerate Mary as God’s Acts 2:1 that “were all in one place together.” most perfect creature and as an instrument in God’s Mary as the mother of the Redeemer is the hands. For God is a God of human beings and he wants mother of all of the redeemed. In the order of grace, to offer his salvation through other human beings, espe- Mary is our mother. As Mary is gathered with the other cially through Mary, the mother of the Lord. disciples on the day of Pentecost, Mary is a member of Peace and all good! the Church. Saint Ambrose was the Bishop of Milan in the fourth century and referred to Mary as the arche- type of the Church. Vatican II’s Dogmat cConst tut on on the Church teaches, “ By her maternal charity, she takes PLEASE WEAR A care of the brothers and sisters of her Son, who still FACE COVERING jour- ney on earth surrounded by dangers and INSIDE THE PARISH CHURCH difficulties, un-til they are led into their blessed home.” Mary is not only a witness and archetype, but With the new guidelines from the Center for Disease also a creature of divine mercy. Mary is redeemed just Control (CDC), Saint Junipero Serra Parish maintains, for like all others who are redeemed, but, different from them, she was free of every stain of sin from the first the time being, the requirement that everyone wear a moment of her existence. The doctrine of the Immacu- face covering while inside the parish church so that it late Conception of Mary holds that the Redeemer saved covers your NOSE and MOUTH . Wearing a face cover- Mary at the moment of her conception so that she could ing in church is a gesture of charity and kindness and serve as the mother of the Redeemer. The rest of the helps us to keep EVERYONE safe, including human race was saved by Christ’s passion and resurrec- • our parishioners who are still waiting to be vaccinat- tion. This doctrine reminds us that grace is always more original than sin. In Mary and her entire life, divine mer- ed from the COVID-19 virus cy, which opposes sin, repressed it, and gives room to • parishioners who are not able to be vaccinated and life, victoriously prevailed. Mary is a sign that the power • anyone gathered here with us for Mass who may of sin could not fundamentally foil God’s original plan to have a critical pulmonary condition or compromised save humanity. immune system. Mary continues to serve the Church and the world as a concrete mirror and special realization of di- We all share the hope that this pandemic is coming to an vine mercy. Among all creatures, Mary embodies the end in our state. For now, we want to maintain precau- gospel of divine mercy most purely and most beautifully. tionary steps to keep everyone safe. Thank you! THE LAW OFFICE OF BONNIE R. PETERSON