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Social Action/Social Justice: PARISH OFFICE: 732-269-2208 Social Action Hotline- ext. 308- furniture/clothes Prayer Hotline - ext. 310, Emergency Hotline- ext. 333 Respect Life Committee- ext. 306 Interfaith Hospitality Network- ext. 120 Pastor: Fr. Stanley Lukaszewski -ext. 104 Caregivers of Ocean County – ext. 120 Associate Pastor: Fr. Roberto Padilla- ext. 131 ST. VINCENT de PAUL ext. 134 Food Pantry ext. 107 Food Pantry Hours: Mon. 9:30-11:15am, Wed. 9:30- Business & Office Manager: Barbara Dudek- ex. 102 11:15am, Fri. 9:30-11:15am Deacons: Bob Gay- ex. 312, George Swanson- ex. 311, Thrift & Gift Shop: Wed. 9:00am to 2:00pm, Fri. 9-1, Stan Kendrick, ex. 332 Sat 3:30-5:30, Sun. 7:30-1:30 Latino Ministries & Outreach- ex. 131 Spiritual & Social: Secretaries: Main Office- Gail Battisti- ext. 100 Spiritual Direction- ext. 100 Religious Ed- Stephanie DeCrescenzo-ext. 126 Knights of Columbus- ext. 100 Worship & Environment: Altar Rosary Society -ext. 120 Minister of Music: Joe Antonowicz-ext. 105 Golden Age- Parish Seniors Maintenance: ext. 100 Prayer Groups – There are several regular Prayer Sacristan: Ed Mahon -ext. 100 Meetings in the parish- please call ext. 120 Scheduling Coordinator: Ext. 120 Cornerstone Retreat Team- ext. 120 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament– ex. 313 Mon-Fri 7-7, Sat/Sun 7am-12:30 THE SACRAMENTS AT ST. BARNABAS Barnabas Active Gardeners-BAGs -ex. 100 BAPTISM: 1st Sunday at Mass, 2nd - 5th-at 2:00pm. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Readers, Contact Parish Office for preparation, arrangements & Altar Servers, Ushers, Greeters, Liturgy Committee, sponsor certificates. You must be a registered Children’s Liturgy Committee- ext. 120 parishioner to obtain a godparent sponsor certificate. Faith Formation & Catechesis: Baptism Prep Team- ext. 128 Mary Britanak- ext. 128 MARRIAGE: Couples must be registered in our parish Religious Education-ext. 126 6 months before booking & adhere to all parish wedding Confirmation Prep- ext. 126 policies available on website. There is a one year prep Whole Community/Family Catechesis, ext. 128 period. Please call Parish Office. Pre- Cana- ext. 100 Hospitality Committee- ext. 128 ANOINTING OF THE SICK: No Longer Last Rites! Parish Nursing- ext. 115 Please call emergency line ext. 333, or Parish Office to Office Hours: Thurs. 9am-12pm schedule. There is no need to wait until near death. . RCIA -ext. 104 CONFIRMATION: ext. 126, Adults- RCIA, ext. 100 Bible Study- ext. 100 HOMEBOUND EUCHARIST: If someone would like Pastoral Care & Evangelization: to have Holy Communion brought to them, call ext. 120. Terry Damiano - ext. 120 Hospital & Nursing Home Visitors- ext. 120 Bereavement Support Group HOLY ORDERS/VOCATIONS: Fr. Stas, ext. 104 Comfort Ministry RECONCILIATION/CONFESSIONS: Hospital/ Nursing Home Visitors Sats. 3:15-3:45, Weds. 8:30-9am & 6:30-7:00pm Separated & Divorced Support- ex.309 Seasonal Communal Services -Or by appointment Rainbows – ext. 309 Annulment Advocates- ext. 100 MASS SCHEDULE: Youth Ministry: Daily: Mon. –Fri. -8am Dan Waddington - ext. 127 SAT: 4pm, SUN: 7:30am; 9:00am; Barnabas Active Teens-BATs, ext. 127 10:30am; 12 Noon espanol (Spanish) Parish Scouting- ext. 102 Children/Families with Special Needs ex. 128 SPONSOR CERTIFICATES: Only registered Stewardship: parishioners can be given certification to be a sponsor Parish Stewardship Council, ext. 127 for Baptisms and Confirmation. Shared Ministry Council, ext. 120 Welcome Committee- ext. 100 For more info please visit our website: www.stbarnabasbayville.com

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SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2015 SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2015 St. Benedict FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4:00pm King Family req: Daughter, Gert Angelina Giannone req: Friend, Ceclia

SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2015 FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME MONDAY, JULY 6, 2015 St. Maria Goretti 7:30am Francisco Peixoto 8:00am Leonard and Sara Izbicki req: Daughters and Granddaughters req: Izbicki Family Edward Olah Justin Juzefyk req: Chris and Fred Davies req: Althouse Family James Twaddle req: Patty O’Day and Paul Hahn 9:00am Margaret McClellan req: Peg Bowne Angelina Berardi TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2015 req: Michael Finetti and Louis Pascalli

8:00am Charles Sgammato req: Family 10:30am Living and Deceased Members of Ernie Leclercq (9th Anniv) The Heil, Halasnik and LaMonica req: Maryanne and Family Families Paul McNie (1st Anniv) req: Heil Family req: Family Glen Ippolito req: Antonowicz Family

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015 12 Noon For Our Parishioners 8:00am Marilyn Rasmussen req: Pete and Kathie Fortunato Barbara Dohn req: McNie Family Dolores Williams BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP req: Sprovach Family Deacon Guy will be hosting a Bereavement Support Group starting on Wednesday, July 15th. Deacon THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 St. Augustine Zhao Rong Guy would like to meet at 1:30pm in the afternoons for six weeks. To register, please call Terry at 8:00am Felice Parker extension 120. It is recommended that you wait at req: Marion Gaffney least six months from your loss. Fred Bonkawski req: Patrick Sheldrick Theresa Petrozzello req: Madeline and Mike Cifello ST. VINCENT de PAUL

FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2015 The St. Vincent de Paul Society will be selling

8:00am Amada Aleman tickets for the Night at the Blue Claws next req: Bob and Bernadette DeVita weekend after all the Masses. Fred Bonkawski req: Kerrie and Frank Sheldrick Valerie Carney Ritacco, Marie Christiano and Frank Ritacco req: Ben and Family + Page 4

doors of our hearts to allow the Lord to enter and do great things for us. You’ve done it again!! The response to our Summer Food Drive was truly outstanding. Our

th shelves will be stocked for a while with all the 14 Sunday in Ordinary Time donations of various foods brought in last weekend. Please don’t stop bringing food each week, even Dear Parish Family: though our food drive is over, our shelves need to be kept full. All bags of food can be dropped off in How many times have we traveled down some the back of church or in the Rubbermaid container roads only to find out that there is a roadblock and just outside the food pantry door. we have to turn around and find another route? Registrations for our Annual Vacation Bible Unfortunately, you never saw or planned on having School can still be made this week. Our Vacation to deal with this sort of difficulty. So, what do you Bible School begins Monday, July 13th thru 17th, do when you are in a situation like that? Well, we from 9:00 am. to 12 Noon. It’s always a wonderful cannot just crash through the roadblock like they do week, filled with many learning activities, role in the movies and find ourselves even in a worse playing of bible stories, and then culminating the position than dealing with the road being closed off. week with a special Mass on Sunday, July 19th at In most cases, we may resort to the fact that we 10:30 a.m. have to change our plans, go about in another Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 8th, as direction which may take a little more time but we St. Barnabas sponsors our Parish Family Fun Night will still arrive at our destination. at the Blue Claws games in Lakewood. Tickets are Jesus even faced roadblocks in his lifetime also. $11.00. A portion of the tickets will help our St. Not the paved roads of cities or towns, but the Vincent de Paul Society. Tickets can be obtained roadblock of trying to convince people, especially by calling the parish office at ext. 134. You don’t’ his own people, to look to God’s love and want to miss this one!!! forgiveness in their lives. People were not allowing Once again today is part two of the teaching His message to enter into their hearts and minds. regarding cremations. They would listen to him simply because they saw him only as a carpenter’s son. Even those who The Funeral Liturgy Although cremation is now knew better than the others did not believe as well. permitted, it does not enjoy the same value as burial Jesus comes to us like he did to the people of his of the body. Catholic teaching continues to stress time. He comes to us in his word and in the great the preference for burial or entombment of the body gift of the Eucharist. His word helps us to of the deceased. Likewise, the Church clearly understand him and how we are to live our lives the prefers and urges that the body of the deceased be way he calls us to each day. The Eucharist is the present for its funeral rites, especially the Funeral food to strengthen that Word, so that it can become Mass, since the presence of the human body better visible in our thoughts, words and deeds. What are expresses the values that the Church affirms in its the roadblocks that we put before us that makes it rites. The cremation of the deceased normally impossible for Jesus to get to us? Maybe our follows the Funeral Mass. Sometimes, however, it inability and openness in allowing God’s Word to is not possible for the body to be present for the take root in our lives can be a roadblock we set Funeral Mass. When extraordinary circumstances before us. We have to allow the Lord to enter with make the immediate cremation of the body an openness and willingness to do what God says. necessary, the cremated remains may be brought to We have to allow God to be God for us, so that He church for the Funeral Mass. can do great things for us. In other words, we have to open wide the doors of our hearts. That’s the Next Week: “Disposal of the Cremated only ways He can enter to help us. He will never Remains.” force himself into our hearts. So, let’s remove the roadblocks that prevent us from opening wide the Page 5 +

On November 7th, Bishop David O’Connell is inviting the faithful from the Diocese of Trenton to IN COMMUNION WITH JESUS join in a pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National A PILGRIMAGE TO MARY’S HOUSE Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington , D.C. Information regarding the time and scheduling of events is forthcoming. Call Terry Bishop David O’Connell would like everyone to Damiano at extension 120 to make your save the date of November 7, 2015 and join reservations. him in a pilgrimage to the Basilica of the Thought for the week: “Most people want to National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. He is especially inviting serve God---but only in an advisory capacity.” children who have made their First Holy Have a great week; we’ll see you in Church… Communion in the years of 2014 or 2015. The day will include special activities for children. More information will be available soon. Please Fr. Stas’ contact Terry at extension 120 to reserve your space.

SOUNDS OF SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

Berkeley Township Recreation Department had their first concert this past week and it was a wonderful turn out. The next concert will take th place on Wednesday, July 8 featuring Are you new or returning to St. Barnabas? Abbamania with Night Fever as the opening We want you to know you are most act. Please support the local organizations by welcome here! Please register with us or stopping at their tables to purchase food and update your information by visiting our drinks. Our Knights of Columbus will be there website or filling out a census form found selling hot dogs and hamburgers along with at the doors of the Church. Thank you! Boy Scout Troop 76 with their funnel cakes!

Also St. Vincent de Paul will be at the Park for every concert and will be collecting food. Bring a can or two of non-perishable food to help BAPTISM PREPARATION CLASS them stock the shelves!

Our next Baptism Preparation Class will take place on Tuesday, July 28th at 7:00pm in Father Rucki Hall. Registration is necessary and most parents find it more convenient to MORNING OF REFLECTION ON attend the class before the birth of their child. BLESSED MIRIAM TERESA Please call the Parish Office at ext. 100 to register. Teresa Demjanovich was born in Bayonne in 1901. In 1925 she entered the Sisters of Charity. Miriam Teresa was beatified on October 4, 2014. Join us at WORDS TO LIVE BY: It is wise to walk with Maris Stella Retreat Center, Harvey Cedars, on th someone who knows the way. Saturday, July 25 from 10am to 12 Noon to learn about Sister Miriam Teresa’ life and spirituality. Cost is $25.00. For more information please contact Sr. Pat at 609-494-2917.

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2015 STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURES

Households Registered ...... 6,453 Families Receiving Envelopes ...... 1,579 Collection for June 6/7 ...... $14,032* On Line Givers…………………..………….195 SAINT VINCENT de PAUL On Line Giving……………….…………..$2,059 FOOD PANTRY Grand Total………………..…………….$16,091

JULY'S THEME:

*Budgeted amount needed to pay expenses for Can-Can Sale Days... our parish, our home, such as electric, gas, phone, taxes, staff salaries, medical benefits, There are great buys in the stores during the summer Can-Can diocesan assessments, supplies for offices, sales. It's also a great time to stock up our CCD, Mass, maintenance, etc. = approx. food pantry shelves. $22,000 per week. Next weekend our second collection will be taken up for Social Action/St. Can you help our pantry provide: Vincent de Paul. Please be as generous as your means allow. CANNED MEATS; CHICKEN, TURKEY, HAM TUNA FISH THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU for your CANNED SOUP contributions and continued support of our CANNED FRUIT CANNED TOMATO SAUCE parish! CANNED GRAVY CANNED VEGETABLES Please consider remembering your parish CANNED BEANS of St. Barnabas in your last will and COFFEE testament by a Bequest to St. Barnabas Church. This is how you might include St. Barnabas in your will: “I give, devise, and bequeath to St. Barnabas Church, Bayville, Whatever donation you can give is always greatly New Jersey, the sum of $______appreciated! (or ______percent of my estate to be used by Please do not donate expired foods. We are its trustees in carrying out its corporate unable to give this to our guests. Thank you for objectives and purposes.” your continued support

ST. VINCENT de PAUL QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK GENERAL MEETING

Adults: St. Paul says that the Lord told him, The next General Meeting of St. Vincent de “power is made perfect in weakness”. Can you Paul Society will take place on Monday, July point to an event in your life where this was 13th at 7pm in the Meeting Room. It is proven? preceded by a Holy Hour beginning at 6pm in the Chapel. New Volunteers always welcome. Children: The readings tell us that Jesus will keep us strong even if we are bullied for what we believe. Have you ever been helped this way?

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May They Rest In Peace

The St. Vincent de Paul Society would like to George McCann Yolanda Weidenbush thank our parishioners for your overwhelming Jason Mayer support of our Summer Food Drive. Your donations filled our pantry shelves, and they will help to feed many local families during the next few weeks of summer. May God bless you for your generosity!

SPIRITUALITY AND EDUCATION DAY FOR MATURING ADULTS

The Department of Pastoral Care is excited to announce our first diocesan – wide “Spirituality and Education Day th Parish Night at the Blue Claws! for Maturing Adults” on Wednesday, July 15 at St. Raphael-Holy Angles Parish Center, Hamilton. Featured speaker will be Dr. Richard Johnson of the Johnson Join us as we get together as a parish family to Institute. Don’t miss this wonderful day to be with friends, have fun and support a great cause on enjoy a sing-along with an old fashioned barbershop th quartet and learn from a panel of experts about free Saturday, August 8 . opportunities and benefits for seniors. Day will conclude Tickets to the game are $11 and a portion of with Mass. $10 registration fee includes all activities as every ticket sold supports St. Vincent de Paul well as coffee and snacks in the morning and a boxed Society of Ocean County. lunch. Sign up today as space is limited. Flyers are available on the counter in the vestibule of the Church or Call the parish at ext. 134 to order your tickets by contacting the Diocese at 609-403-7191. now so you don’t miss out!

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS

Perhaps you have been wondering how to live your faith in your daily life. Here are some suggestions for you…

We wish to thank all our parishioners who have BAGs (Barnabas Active Gardeners) – Do made a pledge or donation to the Faith To you like to garden? We are always in need of Move Mountains Campaign. To date we are at volunteers to help with the flowers around the $562,263 in pledges from 263 families which Church. Please call Mary Horton at 732-237- equates 48% of our goal. Thank you for your 2590. continued support. If you have any questions Could you not please call the parish office. Eucharistic Adoration—“ spend one hour with me?” Adorers are always needed. Please call extension 313 and leave your name and phone number.

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Babies: Emily and Abagail, Baby Maxwell, Constantine Antonecu, Brandon Aversa, Michael Barone, Sister Carla Barr, Fatima Blewitt, Tony Bochichio, Gary Brennan, Barbara Brown, Rose Camisa, Marie Carbone, Victor Catalano, Jim Cavanagh, Jake Cleary, Anthony Coletta, Joe and Pat Coletta, Les Connelly, Julia Cook, Michael Coppolino, Anthony Corso, Charles Corso, REGISTRATION FOR RELIGIOUS Sherry Costello, Barbara Cotto, Jerry Cummings, EDUCATION CLASSES FOR 2015-2016 FOR Christy Daniels, Toni Degani, Mike D’Esposito, Sr., GRADES 1 TO 6 ONLY Louis DeSantis, Vincent DiFrancia, Christine Divine, Nancy Docke, Gisela Dominguez, Helen Dudek, Joseph Registration for Religious Education for Grades Fedor, Elizabeth and Patrick Fiordmondo, Rob Fisher, 1 to 6 will take place on the following dates: Heidi Fortune, Tim Frey, Brian Gaffney, Vito Gallucci, Jack Geiran, Mary Ghibesi, Ellen Giles, Cono Gonzalez, Jr., Nina Haeberle, Peter G. Halasnik, Pat Hazard, July 22, 28, 29 and 30 Douglas Henning, Anna and Eddie Higby, Baby Hingos, George Jeans, Kathy Jennings, Peter Jensen, Ester Time: 3:00pm to 6:30pm Katzer, Justin Kelly, Florence Klecan, Mary Ann Konopka, Cindy Krill, Doris Krill, Sue Krohn, Linda Please bring a copy of your child’s Kuchenbrod, Trevor Kwatkowski, Angela Leotta, Steven Baptismal Certificate. We are unable to Lopresti, Jane Lynch, Amy Maggipinto, (baby) Trevor place any child in a class without a copy of Marcel, Stanley Matusiewicz, Felice Mauro, (Baby) their Baptismal Certificate. Nicholas McKay, Cristal McKinnon, Joe Mockapetris, Angela Morris, Evelyn Morrison, Ann Morrow, (Baby) Queen Mukin, Barbara Nash, Madison and Nicholas Nogueras, David North, Emilianna O’Brien, Bishop Registration fees: 1 child - $55; 2 children - David O’Connell, Niki Olson, Irma O’Rourke, Tony $100; 3 or more children - $140 Pacchia, Joann and Lou Palomeque, Joseph Polesovsky, Donald Prete, Theresa Puglisi, Gordon and Pat Questions?? Please call Stephanie at ext. 126 Rhinesmith, (baby) Cooper Richards, Gladys Rodriguez, Doug Roswech, Rose Scappatorri, Michael Schwartz, Melissa Sherry, Holly Slusarz, Donna Sparo, Sal Statile, Candance Stevens, Theresa St. Marie, Rosemary Sullivan, Lorraine Tango, Rose Tangretti, Debbie Toth, Pat Torcicollo, Wilma Tuite, Beverly Valentine, John Van Horn, Leonard Vannella, Tracy Verdura, Jeanne Vollmann, Marge Wagner, Shawn Walsh, Daniel Wasilewski, Josephine Watson, Robert Weiler, Janet Piercy Wheeler, Dorothy and Walter Willems, Frieda Woll, Steven Wong, Frank Zajac, August Zenzius, Gayle Zisco

Vacation Bible School will take place the week SUMMER KARATE CLASSES th th of July 13 to 17 from 9am to 12 Noon in Summer Karate Classes are now forming here at St. Father Rucki Hall. To register or for more Barnabas on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5pm information, please call Beth at 732-278-8267. to 6pm. For more information please call Tim at 732-237-0791.

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Please pray for the following who are serving our country overseas. May they come home safely and soon: CRUISE RAFFLE TICKETS

PFC Nicole Addonizio Army PFC Laura Lynn Schulz-Angel Raffle tickets for a cruise of your choice are Army PFC Blake Angel available at the doors of the Church after A1C Andrew C. Augustine Mass. This raffle replaces our Super 50/50 st Pvt. 1 Class Justin Ayers that we normally held each year. There will be Marine CPL Juan Gabriel Barragan PFC Joe Black two separate winners – one white ticket and LCPL Kyle Brodsky one yellow ticket. The yellow tickets will be Army Maj. Elisabeth Casely sold at the Berkeley Township Concert Series Army Major Jennifer Chapman at the Knights of Columbus Tent. Take a Army Major Joseph Chapman chance for a door to door cruise and help Coast Guard Lt. Tara Lee Wrocklage Collins support our 50th Anniversary Events. Tickets Army Sgt. Charles Connelly, Jr. Army PFC Lauren Connelly are also available at the Parish Office. Cost is Marine LCPL Ashley DeFluri just $25 each and there are only 500 tickets Marine LCPL Kevin DeFluri available for each one. LCPL Thomas Dilzer Pvt. Matthew Derek Finan Major Bradley Fisher Cpl. John J. Fletcher CTT Seaman Michael Gaffney Army Staff Sgt. Michael Gautier, Jr. Navy APP Seaman Craig Gavin Army Dylan Gildner Air Force SSgt. Aaron Giraud Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard Heisler Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time USMC CPL Paul J. Katzer, Jr. Readings for the Week of Army Sgt. Michael David Kozak July 5 to 11, 2015 Army Staff Sgt. John Kraemer Staff Sgt. Mark LaBombard Army Andrew Lay Sunday Marine Staff Sgt. Anthony Lovering Ez 2:2-5; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6a Marine Steven McMahon Monday Lance Cpl. Vincent Mizerk Lt. David Nelson Gn 28:10-22a; Mt 9:18-26 Lt. Carlo J. Ocampo Tuesday S. Sgt. Shane Paczkowski Gn 32:23-33; Mt 9:32-38 Marine John David Purdy Wednesday Lance Cpl. John A. Roth, Jr., USMC Army PFC Brenden Scheffler Gn 41:55-57, 42:5-7a, 17-24a; Mt 10:1-7 Marine LCPL Steven Wedding Thursday Army PFC Bryan Paul White Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29, 45:1-5; Mt 10:7-15 Navy LT. Michael Zaic Friday Gn 46:1-7, 28-30; Mt 10:16-23 Saturday

Gn 49:29-32, 50:15-26a; Mt 10:24-33 SHOP RITE CARDS

5OTH ANNIVERSARY FUNDRAISER

Shop Rite cards are available in the vestibule of the VOCATION VIEWS: Look with new eyes at the Church after Mass and on Wednesdays and Fridays people in your neighborhood. Whose son or in the Gift Store. These cards are helping to fund our 50th Anniversary next year. The Church makes daughter has the capacity to serve God’s peoples as a priest, brother, or sister? Invite 5% on each card that is sold. Since we started we have sold $114,350 in cards for a profit of them! (Mark 6:1-6)

$5,717.50! Thank you for your continued support of St. Barnabas – Our Parish – Our Home.