Church of the Precious Blood 72 Riverdale Avenue Monmouth Beach, New Jersey 07750 Parish Office Tel: 732- 222-4756 Parish Office Fax: 732-759-8212 Religious Education Office: 732-963-9982 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.churchofthepreciousblood.org

Rev. Michael Sullivan, Pastor BAPTISMS Baptism is celebrated at a Saturday Evening, Sunday Mass or the second /fourth Rev Ben Amora, Parochial Vicar Rev Andres’ Serna, Parochial Vicar Sunday of the Month at 1:00PM..Parents must attend a Baptismal Preparation Session . It is Eileen Lang, Religious Ed. Director, Joe Moffitt, Director of Music Ministry, recommended that you attend the Session while expecting the baby. Please call the Parish Ed Ehret & Mary Eagan, Administrative Assistants Office to schedule your baptism prep class. John O’Connell, Sexton WEDDINGS Diocesan regulations require one year notice. Please contact the Parish Office Office Hours Mon-Friday 9am to 1pm, Sunday 8:30am-12noon before making reception arrangements. MINISTRY TO THE SICK If a parishioner is confined to the home and wishes to receive The MASS SCHEDULES Eucharist, please call the Parish Office. Kindly notify the Parish Office of hospitalizations. Saturday: 5:00 PM Vigil Mass Emergency calls at any time - 732-222-4756. Sunday: 7:30, 9:00,10:30 and 12:00 Noon RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES: Call Religious Education Office for schedule. (732-963- Daily Masses: 7:30 AM Saturdays: 9:00 AM 9982) Holy Day Masses: Vigil: 7:30 PM & 7:30 AM on Holy Day SPIRITUAL DIRECTION Marge Gryta 908-489-1168, Jim Moseman 908-675-7124 CONFESSIONS Saturday: following the 9:00am mass at 9:30AM Sister Parish: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Laserre, Haiti

Masses for the Week What’s Happening September 28th and 29th Saturday, September 28, 2019 Family Promise Sign Up 9:00am Anthony Salimbene Req by Joyce and John Collins Faith Sharing Sign up 5:00pm Dorothy Grill (Look for the Green cards) Req by Larry and Debbie Monday, September 30 Sunday, September 29, 2019 Rainbows Fall Session Begins 7:30am Herbert and Sophie Cieslikowski Parish Center, 6:45pm Req by The Family Tuesday, October 9:00am Community Mass Intentions 10:30am The People of The Church of the Tuesday, October 1st Precious Blood LGBTQ Ministry 12:00pm Community Mass Intentions Parish House, 7pm

Friday, Oct 4th Monday, September 30, 2019 Eucharistic Adoration 7:30am Gary L. Palumbo 8:00am-12:00pm Req by Donna Lynn Palumbo Saturday, Sunday October 5th and 6th Tuesday, October 01, 2019 Helping Hearts Food Donation 7:30am Corinne Meyer Req by Madeline Badalaty Family Promise Sign Up (Precious Blood) Wednesday, October 02, 2019 7:30am Florence Ferrara Setta October 7th Req by her Nephew Andrew Rainbows Parish Center, 6:45pm Thursday, October 03, 2019 7:30am Stacey Gregerson Weathers Req by The Family

Friday, October 04, 2019 7:30am The People of The Church of the Precious Blood

Saturday, October 05, 2019

5:00pm Kathleen Tocci Req by The Family James Hughes Req by Anne Langan The Community of Precious Blood Church Welcomes with great Joy Our newly bapzed children!

Roman Franco Perry Nicola Francis Liberatore Jefferson Basil Baccash Olivia Lois Dailey W’ H R M: 1st Sundays Weekend, Sep. 28 & 29 Scouts of America, 5p, Parish Center Family Promise Sign Up Faith Sharing Sign up 1st Tuesdays (Look for the Green LGBTQ Ministry, 7pm Parish House cards) 3rd Saturdays Tuesday, Oct 1 Men’s Group, 8a, Parish House All God’s Children (LGBTQ Ministry) 4th Saturdays 7pm, Parish Center Women’s Group, 8a, Francis Rm.

Weekend, Oct. 5 & 6 Daily Helping Hearts AA, Parish Center, 7-8a Family Promise Sign UP Mondays Sunday, Oct 6 Choir Practice, Church, 7:30p Blessing of the Animals, follow 12pm +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mass THERE WILL BE A Monday, Oct 7 BLESSING OF ALL Rainbows, 7p, Parish House ANIMALS ON SUNDAY, Tuesday, Oct 8 OCTOBER 6TH, Spirituality Comtee., 6p, Parish House (FOLLOWING THE 12:00 MASS) IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH Wednesday, Oct 9 Liturgy Comtee., 6p, Parish House ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Saturday, Oct 12 Parish Italian Night, P. Center, 6p

Weekend, Oct 12 & 13 Grupo Manhattan at Masses Second Sunday Social, Parish House

Weekend, Oct 19 & 20 Pre-Cana, Parish Center (Sat.) A big thank you to all the folks Drive for Food Pantry at Masses who helped to make the Mass Family Promise Week begins (Sun.) and picnic on the beach Red Bank CROP walk (Sun.) a GREAT event especially the grill masters… Steve Petrillo and John Ur.

Please remember the opportunity to sponsor a child in our sister parish in Lasserre, Haiti. • SUNDAY OCTOBER 20, 2019 Sponsorship forms are found

in the back of the Church. • REGISTRATION - 1:00 WALK START 2:00 What a difference you could make. • WALK - 5 miles, short walk & tired walker van available • FOOD COLLECTION – peanut butter, rice, beans & nutritious soup • MUSIC - live music by “the Wag Band” • SIX WATER STOPS with ice cream and ap-

ples at the end. • ART CONTEST - banner & posters, more info on website

Red Bank CROP Walk has been a part of the 50 year history of CROP Hunger Walks in the United States. We’re “Stepping up to End Hun- ger” Sunday October 20th. Participants of all ages from over a dozen area communities join us at the start line at Red Bank Regional High School to walk through Little Silver, Fair Haven, and Red Bank, to END HUNGER.

Singers Wanted!

Faith Sharing Sign Ups Do you like to sing? Has someone come to you This weekend we start after mass and said 'hey you should join the choir!'? Or do you not sing much at all but sign-ups for our Fall season still would like to see what its like to be in a of Faith sharing. choir? If you answered yes to any of these This is a wonderful opportunity questions you should join the choir at the Church of the Precious Blood. There is no to grow in faith perquisite ability required, just a desire to as well as meet with a group lend your voice in song for mass. We typically of likeminded parishioners. sing once every two weeks, and our rehearsals Groups meet at all times and days. are Monday nights from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. Please take a Green card and fill it out. Please see Joe after Circle the Day and Time mass for more info or which fits your schedule send him message and Drop it in the basket in the back of the church. at [email protected] Everyone is Welcome! Hope to see you there!

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (January 2, 1873 – Sep- tember 30, 1897)

“I prefer the monotony of Many thanks for all the donations to the recent obscure sacrifice to all ec- Blessing Bag Brigade Collection. stasies. To pick up a pin for Our bin was overflowing! love can convert a soul.” Your generosity will give the homeless some These are the words of Thérèse of Lisieux, a basic life necessities Carmelite nun called the “Little Flower,” who we take for granted. lived a cloistered life of obscurity in the convent Your kindness is appreciated! of Lisieux, France. And her preference for hid- For more information check the den sacrifice did indeed convert souls. Few Blessing Bag Brigade NJ.page on Facebook. saints of God are more popular than this young nun. Her autobiography, The Story of a Soul, is read and loved throughout the world. Thérèse Martin entered the convent at the age of 15 and We are planning died in 1897 at the age of 24. a Pasta/Italian Night Life in a Carmelite convent is indeed uneventful on October 12, 2019 and consists mainly of prayer and hard domes- We are in need tic work. But Thérèse possessed that holy in- sight that redeems the time, however dull that of some volunteers to help make time may be. She saw in quiet suffering a re- the evening Happen! demptive suffering, suffering that was indeed We need volunteers her apostolate. Thérèse said she came to the to set up the tables, Carmel convent “to save souls and pray for to decorate, to serve priests.” And shortly before she died, she wrote: and to sell tickets… “I want to spend my heaven doing good on earth.” Thérèse was canonized in 1925. On Oc- tober 19, 1997, Pope John Paul II proclaimed Please call the Parish House her a Doctor of the Church, the third woman to to volunteer. be so recognized in light of her holiness and the influence of her teaching on spirituality in the Call 732-222-4756 Church.

Thérèse has much to teach our age of the im- age, the appearance, the “self.” We have be- come a dangerously self-conscious people, Volunteers are Needed! painfully aware of the need to be fulfilled, yet knowing we are not. Thérèse, like so many Help support your parish saints, sought to serve others, to do something by being involved outside herself, to forget herself in quiet acts of We need: Eucharistic Ministers… love. She is one of the great examples of the Lectors… gospel paradox that we gain our life by losing it, Audio Visual people… and that the seed that falls to the ground must Hospitality Ministers… die in order to live.

Laminate Your New Medicare Cards Thérèse managed to convert all the events of Have you received her life, great and small, into love–and only love a new medicare card? counts in the end. She had a Midas touch. Eve- Keep it looking like new no matter rything was a treasure given by God; in touch- how much you use it. ing it she discovered the hidden gold. She re- Stop by the office during vealed a way to holiness that is within the reach regular hours and we will of all. laminate it for you.

UPCOMING EVENTS

As of today, we have 231 (and increasing!)

Christ the King (www.cklb.org) registered Religious Ed. students, Divine Mercy Healing Mass with 31 to receive the Sacrament of Holy with the Glove of Padre Pio at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church Communion, and 40 to receive on Sunday, November 10th,3:00 pm Celebrant: Monsignor Lewis Papera Confirmation. Monsignor will be doing the Anointing of the Sick,

Please keep the children anyone wishing to have the anointing should go to Reconciliation either before or soon after receiving in your prayers as they continue on the precious gift of the anointing. Monsignor will be assisted by Deacon Ricciardi. their spiritual journey.

St.Dorothea (www.stdorothea.org)

Adoration every Tuesday from 11-6:45pm fol- lowed by Benediction and Mass at 7.

Gift Auction November 2 from 6-11 PM. Please email if you are interested in purchasing tickets

$25.00 [email protected]

Our Lady of Hope (www.ourladyofhopeparish.org)

Support Catholic Schools! Holy Cross School is now Holy Cross Academy, and is hosting its

first Open House of the year! Please visit Friday, October 11th from 9:00 St. Michael (www.stmichaelnj.com) am to 10:30 am Blood Drive: Saturday, October 12 to take a tour and learn about at 8:00-3:00 p.m. our exciting new programs. Preschool families, now is a great time to consider Red Mass for the Legal Profession: registration for next year! Sunday, October 13 at 12:00 Noon. Bishop O’Connell presiding. RSVP 732-842-0348, ext. .1115 or All are welcome. www.holycrossacademyrumson.com/ admissions. Church of the Precious Blood Weekly Collecon 09-22-19

July through August 2019 Jul - Aug 19 # Envelopes: 197 Intentional Offertory : $5,127.00 Income (On line + Envelopes ) Cash Offering : $2,728.00 Collections 72,454.00 Religious Ed collec- tions 5,100.00 Total: $7,855 Other income. 16,531.33 Total Income 94,085.33 Expense 2019:Annual Catholic Appeal Payroll Expenses 39,308.42 Benefits 11,061.25 Church of the Precious Blood CCD Expenses 1,140.50 : $27,000 Diocesan Assess- ments Paid 8,560.00 Gift Count: 145 Utilities 9,202.70 Raised: $20,541.40 Build. Rep & Maint 10,795.03 % Goal: 76% Insurance 4,298.00 Other expenses 6,451.61 Total Expense 90,817.51 3,267.82 “He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one Other Expense Other Parish Pro- and despise the other. grams 24.05 You cannot serve Total Other Expense 24.05 both God and mammon”. -24.05 Luke Net Income 3243.77 Braun Funeral Home www.DamianoFuneralHome.com 106 Broad Street 732~222~2312 Eatontown, NJ 07724 191 Franklin Avenue, Long Branch, New Jersey 07740 R.J. “Bud” Damiano, Manager, N.J. Lic. No. 3869 732-542-0383 Family owned and operated since 1932 www.braunfuneralhome.com KICZEK & RACHINSKY, LLC Attorneys at Law Ginny Sanzo 732.229.3532 Manager Leonard P. Kiczek, Esq. John J. Rachinsky, Esq. www.OBrienRealtyllc.com NJ Lic. No. 4553 Wills, Estates, Probate Elder Law, Planning Personal Injury, Workers Compensation & Zoning, Tax Appeals, Real Estate Closings Social Security Disability BAYONNE OFFICE: LONG BRANCH OFFICE: Sheri L. Sidun 29 West 8 Street, Bayonne, N.J. 07002 World Class Paint 226 Broadway, Long Branch, N.J. 07040 Director Phone: (201) 437-8787 And Collision Solutions Phone: (732) 229-0008 Mercedes Benz NJ Lic. No. 4061 Fluent in Polish and Spanish Factory Authorized Facility Serving the Community Celebrating 85 Years of Paul R. Sgro, President Since 1932 Service in Our 853 Broadway Community W Long Branch JOHN E. DAY 222-3644 Fax 222-1763 www.leesgarage.com FUNERAL HOME Lic. 02155A-17 Kenneth P. Duffy, Managing Partner, NJ Lic. No. 4392 Theodore D. Sidun, Manager, NJ Lic. No. 4026 85 Riverside Avenue, Red Bank • 732.747.0332 www.johnedayfuneralhome.com Grow in your faith, FINE FARE find a Mass, and SUPER MARKET connect with your The Supermarket Download Our Free App or Visit Catholic Community With Super Prices with OneParish! 320 3rd Ave. MY.ONEPARISH.COM Long Branch 222-8900 Consider Remembering ✂ Please Cut Out This “Thank You Ad” Setting the Standard and Present It The Next Time You for Quality Your Parish in Your Will. Patronize One of Our Advertisers Over 3 Decades For further information, SPECIALIZING IN BASEMENT please call the Parish Office. WATERPROOFING & MOLD Roofing • Siding • Gutters REMEDIATION SINCE 1984 Serving NJ, PA & DE Thank you for advertising in 877-401-4777 our church bulletin. Best Prices & Warranties in the Business • Fully Licensed & Insured 732.777.7888 CHECK OUT OUR REVIEWS ON: I am patronizing your business morganroofingpa.com www.morganbasementwaterproofing.com because of it! Thompson Memorial Home Family Owned & Operated Bruce S. Thompson, Owner & Manager breakfast, brunch & lunch Get this NJ Lic. No. 3740 www.theturningpoint.biz 310 Broad St., Red Bank Pam and Kirk Ruoff weekly bulletin Parishioners 732-747-0226 www.thompsonmemorial.com FIORE PAVING CO., INC. delivered by Brian or Sally, coordinators 732-870-3432 an Official Travel email - for FREE! 860.399.1785 Agency of Apostleship [email protected] CST 2117990-70 of the Sea-USA Vincent & Bob Fiore www.CatholicCruisesAndTours.com Oceanport, NJ 07757 Sign up here: DRIVEWAYS • PARKING LOTS https://www.jspaluch.com/BulletinSubscribe.aspx Woolley-Boglioli ROADWAYS • TENNIS COURTS CART PATHS FUNERAL HOME SEALCOATING Courtesy of J.S. Paluch Company, Inc. SITE WORK

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