October 20, 2019 St. Peter the Apostle University & Community Parish The Catholic Center at Rutgers University
Celebrating a Marian Year 2018-2019
SACRED HISTORY · St. Peter the Apostle University and Community Parish is one of the oldest Catholic churches in New Jersey. The Cornerstone of the Church was laid in 1856, upon the completion of the lower church, which now serves as the Parish hall and offices.
WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE: NOVENA PRAYERS: Mondays at 7:30pm in the Catholic
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. Center Chapel
5:00 p.m. Vigil Sunday: 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m. BAPTISMS:
Normally scheduled on the second & fourth Sundays of the Holy Days of Obligation: For an updated schedule of Masses, month at 12:30pm (not during Lent). Please observe the please visit StPeterNewBrunswick.org. requirements for sponsors. Must contact the office in advance to register. First-time parents are required to attend a baptism WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE: formation session.
Monday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Church WEDDINGS: Monday – Thursday: 12:15 p.m. in the Catholic Center Chapel Marriage arrangements should be made one year in advance of the wedding. Please call the parish office before making CONFESSION (Sacrament of Reconciliation): other definitive plans. Once a wedding is approved and the
Mondays: 12:45 - 1:30 p.m.; 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (CC Chapel) date is confirmed, the required marriage preparation process Saturdays: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon; and by appointment may commence.
PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK: EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION: In the case of an emergency requiring a priest after business Please call the parish office to make arrangements for hours, please call 732-545-6185. the administration of the Sacrament of the Sick and/or for the reception of the Holy Eucharist to those who are ill or elderly. Page 2 Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 20, 2019
Mass Intentions
Monday, October 21 7:30 a.m. Special Intention 12:15 p.m. Joseph Gamache October 20, 2019 – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday, October 22—St. John Paul II, Pope 7:30 a.m. Mary M. O’Shea “…proclaim the word, be persistent whether it is 12:15 p.m. William O’Shea convenient or inconvenient...” (2 Timothy 4:2)
Wednesday, October 23—St. John of Capistrano, It is not always convenient to be a good steward, especially Priest when all the temptations of our busy and materialistic world 7:30 a.m. Gerald Young get in the way. Now add our own pride and ego into the 12:15 p.m. Joan O’Brien equation and living a stewardship lifestyle may be down- right uncomfortable! Remember, God didn’t call us to be Thursday, October 24—St. Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop comfortable. He called us to be faithful. 7:30 a.m. Special Intention of K.J. Phillips
12:15 p.m. Water & Sophie Sypeck ______
Friday, October 25 7:30 a.m. Vocations to the Priesthood Report of the Sunday Offerings in Support of Our Parish Saturday, October 26 9:00 a.m. Dec. Mem. of the Connolly & Kenny Families Fiscal Year 2019-2020 5:00 p.m. For the People The Sunday offering is the principle means by Sunday, October 27—Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time which we fund the ordinary operations of our parish 8:00 a.m. Dick Wickoff and its ministries. Thank you for making ministry pos- 11:00 a.m. Nicholas & Julia Deri sible at St. Peter the Apostle University and Commu- 6:00 p.m. Angelie Rowanni-Tueres-Nieva nity Church. Please consider using WePay or another form of automated giving as your preferred means of con- tributing to the support of the parish. You can sign up for online giving by clicking on the “Giving” photo- button on the home page of our Parish website: www.StPeterNewBrunswick.org When writing or updating your will, please In your charity, please pray for… remember our parish in your planning. For more infor-
Kevin Hoagland, Thomas Spataro, Connor Montferrat, Theresa mation on planned giving, please contact the parish Birdsey, Ginnie Previte, Jonathan Swedel, John William Criscuoli, office. Danielle Reiser, Esther Wambui, Norman Corbett, Florence Gowin, RU Students, please consider giving the cost Margaret Cleary, Teresa Yannazzone, Bill Spataro, Nicholas Rossi, of one name brand cup of coffee, or making some Chris Joyce, Gary Vavila, Patricia & Sylvanus Ashamole, Louis Svelec, Joseph D’Imperio III, the sick members of the Akushie and similar sacrifice, each week to help support your par- Nwachukwu Families, Doris Tarquinio, Peg Byrne, Rick Scuderi, ish. Linda Ryan, Rita Pietrobono, Nicole Mancini, Angelo Mancini, Becky Yurga, Rebecca Miller, Orlando Gines, Yvonne Finaldi, Sheila Weekly Collection for Oct. 12/13, 2019: Lavery, Tanya Davis, Sgt. John McLaughlin, Patricia Deri, Alessia Weekly Budget Need $5,125 DePasquale, Brian Donoghue, Christine Fellin, Jose Lopez, Joseph Gerity, Mary Cignarella, Lorraine Fellin, Russell C. Hall, Russell J. Hall, Angelo Rossi, Mary Ann Hrapsky, William Kish, Maria Kratzar, Total Weekly Envelope and Cash Contributions Theresita DeGuzman, Bette Smith, Mary Spicer, Tom and Kathleen $3,370 Monchek, Anna Graziosi, Shirley Murphy, Joey Mahoney, Evelyn Echevarria, Patricia Krakowski, Carmella LaVera, Joseph Gutsick, WeShare/Automated Giving and Other Contributions Marlene Salimbene, Barbara Wittreich, Frederick DeLong, Anne $1,635 Gutsick-Smith, W.J.R., Ag Yashinski, Marian Egan Total Weekly Offering for Oct. 12/13, 2019 All the sick, those who are homebound, the $5,005 hospitalized, and all who serve in the military. Surplus/(Deficit) ($120) Page 3 ST. PETER THE APOSTLE CHURCH October 20, 2019
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK
A reflection from Msgr. Celano from the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time
What do you expect from the Church? Have you ever pondered that question? What do you expect from your clergy and religious, from your parish and its ministries, from the people you worship with every week? Interest- the Kingdom. But I want to nuance that a bit. We are not ing to think about, isn’t it? Experience has taught me necessarily being asking us to do more; in this case, that most Catholics have very low expectations: they we’re called to be more. want their clergy to be kind and show up when needed, their parish to be friendly, and the people they worship I believe on some deep level we recognize that faith in with not to blow their car horns at them in the parking Christ is not just to be a part of our lives, but the principle lot. that organizes them. On some deep level, we all “thirst” for that encounter with Christ that Pope Benedict calls But shouldn’t we expect something more than this? Isn’t life’s “new horizon and decisive direction” (Deus Caritas it reasonable to look for real holiness among us; should- Est), to live a life of significance; one that is filled with n’t we expect our parishes to be places where the fire of meaning even in the mundane things of life, a charity that the Church’s mission is raging like an inferno; where the embraces all – even the person who does honk the horn at people we worship with are not just familiar faces but us – and joy in the simple gifts that surround us. We rec- are a real community with one another? Not that we’re ognize that because God has placed the knowledge of the looking for perfection in our churches, mind you, if eternal in us and only a life lived in relation to the eternal we’re looking for that, we will be sorely disappointed. is a life of true human fulfillment. That is a very theologi- But there’s nothing wrong with looking for a little cal way of saying something simple – we cannot give to “fruit” on our vine… others what we ourselves do not possess.
The coming of the kingdom is at the heart of Jesus’ If we want to stir into flame the mustard seed of faith and preaching. He not only announces the coming of God’s mission among us, then we first must be more - more absolute reign over creation, but He himself embodies it. deeply conformed to Jesus Christ in his servanthood to He is the kingdom. But it can’t be rushed, forced, or world. willed into being by us. Its signs are often difficult to see, as small as mustard seed…but it is coming. In fact, Christ is looking for men and women who will be these it is already here…in the poor in spirit, in the merciful, kinds of servants, who will place the people served above in those who hunger and thirst for holiness…in the the tasks of serving, who give of themselves without need peacemakers…Jesus assures us of this even as the King- of praise or recognition, and who stay the course when it dom still presses on to its fulfillment. becomes difficult or even mildly inconvenient. If we want to see a holiness among us, a parish on fire for mis- Knowing this – that the Kingdom cannot be brought sion, and community with one another, then it doesn’t about by our efforts – is not an invitation to do nothing begin with doing more; it begins by being more of what and wait for it. Paul’s reminds Timothy, and us, to “stir Christ calls us to be…servants who fan into flame the into flame” the gifts we have been given as servants of mustard seeds of faith and mission entrusted to us. Page 4 Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 20, 2019
The word of God is living and effective, discerning reflections and thoughts of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
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The following info is from our local community: Metuchen Cursillo Weekend: Fall 2019
The Metuchen Cursillo Movement will hold their next Cursilo ATTENTION Weekend in the Fall at the Blue Army Shrine in Asbury, NJ.
WOMEN’S WEEKEND: MASS INTENTIONS AVAILABLE November 14-17, 2019
FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2019 MEN’S WEEKEND: TBD St. Peter the Apostle has spots open for Mass intentions for the remainder of the 2019 year (October, November and Weekends start on Thursday evening and end on Sunday after- December). While Mass intentions are most-popularly said noon. For details and to download an application, log on to for a deceased loved one, they may also be said on behalf of www.metcursillo.org or contact Lori Casabianca at [email protected] or (732) 738-1796.
someone’s personal intentions, birthday wishes, anniversary blessings, etc. A Mass intention is a wonderful way to hon- ______
or someone in your life. Mass cards may be purchased at
$10. HOLY HOUR
We also offer a Sanctuary lamp to be lit for a week for the The Oratory is hosting its monthly Eucharistic Holy Hour same reasons. The cost to light the Sanctuary Lamp is $15 and it will stay lit for one week in honor of the specified Sunday, October 20 at 3:30pm intention. Our Sanctuary Lamp is in front of the Tabernacle and the Marian Sanctuary candle. The Holy Hour takes place at: The Church of St. Ann 45 Anderson Street, Raritan, NJ If you would like to purchase a Mass card or have the Sanc- tuary Lamp lit for a specific intention, please call Colleen in All are welcome to come and adore the Lord during this time. the Parish Office at 732-545-6820. Page 5 ST. PETER THE APOSTLE CHURCH October 20, 2019 Page 6 Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 20, 2019
Don’t miss another update PARISH OFFICE from our parish! 94 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 We have a tremendous community Phone: 732.545.6820 Fax: 732.545.4069 here at St. Peter’s and we want to Visit our website: StPeterNewBrunswick.org make sure it’s as easy as possible Office Hours: Mon-Thurs, 9:00am - 3:00pm for every one of you to be involved and connected to it all. Parish Clergy Text SPNB to 84576 and join our parish Flocknote Community! Msgr. Joseph Celano, Pastor, X113 Once you send that in, Flocknote will text you back a confirmation [email protected] message AND another message with a link you’ll need to click to Rev. Jason Pavich, Parochial Vicar, X111 complete the process. [email protected] Rev. Dario Endiape, Parochial Vicar [email protected] We’re giving you FORMED! Patrick Gutsick, Permanent Deacon [email protected] Helmut Wittreich, Permanent Deacon [email protected]
Parish staff
Karen Dill Office Administrator X110 [email protected] Sister Lorraine Doiron, SJH Religious Education x215 [email protected] Colleen Donahue Office Manager & Wedding Coordinator X110
Anthony R. Nardino Dir. of Sacred Music X112 [email protected] William Casey Business Manager [email protected]
Br. Jude Lasota, BH Pastoral Assistant [email protected]
Tom Setar Maintenance [email protected]
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