Saint Padre Pio Parish The Diocesan Shrine of St. Pio of Pietrelcina 4680 Dante Avenue Vineland, NJ 08361 www.pppnj.org 856-691-7526
Rev. Robert L. Sinatra, J.C.L., Pastor Rev. Alfred Onyutha, Parochial Vicar Deacon Richard T. Sampson
Church of Our Lady of Pompeii 4680 Dante Avenue Saint Mary Vineland, NJ 08361 736 Union Road Mass: Vineland, NJ Saturday, 5:00 PM Weekdays Sunday, 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 AM Mon., 7:00 PM St. Padre Pio Novena/OLP Tues.-Friday, 8:15 AM Thursdays 7:00 PM First Saturday, 9:00 AM Mass & Novena 1st Thursdays 7:00 PM/OLP Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday afternoon 4:115-4:45 pm Anytime by appointment
St. Mary School 735 Union Road Vineland, NJ. www.smrschool.org Phone: (856) 692-8537 Fax: (856) 692-5034 Mr. Steven Hogan, Principal Mrs. Carol Kirchman, Advancement Director
Vineland Catholic Collaborative Felicia Navarro-Morris, Director of Life Long Faith Formation [email protected] (856) 500-6566 vinelandcatholic.org Cathy DiAntonio, Coordinator of Children’s Sacraments [email protected] (609) 442-0475
Safe Environment Coordinator Barbara Bailey ST. PADRE PIO PARISH
Ellen Richardson By Barbara & Raymond Barrett
Saturday, July 10th Vigil Sara Walsh By Jeffrey & Nicole Riggione 5:00pm/OLP People of the Parish Mary Taft Marcella & Joseph Mish By Joe Mish By The Monteleone Family Anthony Renzi III 9:00am/OLP Edward Hurban By Thomas & Bernice Fiore By The Renzi Family 11:00am/OLP Rosa Guercia John Cheli By Drs. Jack & Lily Quinlan & Family By Deacon Rich & Janet Sampson Wayne Bertonazzi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Gary Vai & Family Act of Spiritual Communion Lucille Hagaman By Helen Levari My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Tim Hershman I love You above all things, and I long for You in my soul. Since I cannot By Paul & Kim Abrams & Sons now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As Joseph DiCriscio though You have already come, I embrace You and unite myself entirely By Patty & Carina to You; never permit me to be separated from You. Joseph & Marcella Mish By Charles & Andrea Mish ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gladys Cinotti Holy Child Chapel/OLP By Marco & Monica Tola Tyler Hensley By Donna Procopio & Family Open to the public for prayer Sunday, July 11th Fifteenth Sunday Monday thru Friday 9:00AM til 5:00PM in Ordinary Time Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will take place 7:30am/OLP Nate Sparacio from 3:00PM til 4:00PM daily By Mr. & Mrs. Steven Bertonazzi 9:00am/OLP Dallas Rehm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Mom, Dad, Savannah, Sisters STEWARDSHIP & Family 11:00am/OLP Tom Gallina Stewardship First “He instructed them to take nothing for the By Altar Rosary Society journey but a walking stick – no food, no sack, no money in their of St. Padre Pio Parish Monday, July 12th Weekday belts.” MARK 6:8 Imagine taking nothing but a stick when you 7:00pm/StM Pearl Giordano go on a trip. The Apostles must have really trusted in God’s By Wilfred Bertonazzi & Sons providential care. Think of all the material things “we can’t live Tuesday, July 13th Weekday without” in today’s world. We make our life’s journey more 8:15am/StM Anne Bergamo difficult because of all the material baggage that we drag along. By Nicholas & Frances Magolda Putting Stewardship first in everything and putting our money Wednesday July 14th St. Kateri Tekakwitha and possessions second gives us freedom because we don’t 8:15am/StM Edward Hurban, Sr. become “slaves” to wanting to acquire more things. By Margie Mesiano
Thursday, July 15th St. Bonaventure ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8:15am/StM “Billie” Bergamo “MOURNING JOURNEY” By Ed & Cecelia Bachinsky
Friday, July 16th Our Lady of Mt. Carmel A grief support group, will resume it’s fall session on Thursday, September 16, 8:15am/StM Eugene Vernacchio, Sr. 2021. The group is open to any adult who is grieving/mourning the loss of a loved By Wilfred Bertonazzi & Sons one, whether recent or not. Three compassionate diocesan trained ladies facilitate Saturday, July 17th Vigil the group which is sponsored by the Parish of All Saints, Millville, N.J. One does 5:00pm/OLP Fr. Cherubim Kerr not need to be Catholic to participate. We are a non-denominational group, so By Joe Mish please spread the word to someone who might benefit from the program. Sunday, July 18th Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Those who have participated in the past have indicated that it has been very 7:30am/OLP People of the Parish beneficial to them. Having the opportunity to share one’s grief, mourning, Eugene Vernacchio thoughts, tears, fears, and yes even laughter with others who are going through a By Marie Ferrari similar situation is very therapeutic. We distribute a textbook to participants, free Wayne Bertonazzi of charge, written by Dr. Alan Wolfelt, a well respected expert on the subject of Scott & Kristie Levari grief and mourning. Peter Sikking Space is limited to 10 people. We meet in the Parish Center, formerly By Loving Family St. Magdalen School, 621 Dock Street, Millville, N.J. Lola Vera Campana To register or for more information, kindly contact Ellen at By Ray Yansick 856-825-8195 or the rectory office at 856-825-0021. Domenic Zanghi
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Gladys Cinotti By Gary & Mary Jane Kendall & Family 1 VINELAND, NJ SANCTUARY LAMP/OLP In Loving Memory of Stephen J. Volpe Requested by Mom & Dad Sacrament of the Sick: This candle burns perpetually We are happy to administer the Sacrament to those at home or in the as a reminder that hospital. Please notify the rectory when a family member is ill and/or in the Jesus is present. hospital. In cases of shut-ins or chronic illness, please arrange with the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ office for a member of the clergy or Eucharistic minister to make regular SANCTUARY LAMP/ST. MARY’S visits. You are an important part of our parish family and we want to make In Loving Memory of the Sacraments available to you Mary Taft Requested by Sacrament of Baptism: Robert & Joanne Hofstetter Please contact the office. Intentions may be placed by calling the Marriage: Parish office at 856-691-7526. Please contact the office at least six months prior to date This candle burns perpetually as a reminder that New Parishioners: Jesus is present. Please register at the Parish office, or online at pppnj.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ St. Padre Pio Candle Pray for the Sick In Our Thoughts and Prayers In Memory of Butch Wagner Requested by Sandy Bob Ballard, John Baron, Charles Bassler, Gary Bertonazzi Intentions may be placed by Vera Bertonazzi Merighi, Jacob Bocchicchio, Robert Bubel calling the Parish office at 856-691-7526 Chris Burrows Patricia Cavaliero, Christine Cavaliese, Charles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cestaro, Sr., Sherry Cestaro, Andrea Cheli, Henry Coia, Cesarina CONFESSION FOR CHILDREN? Croce, Harry Curley, Sr., Dee Dobson, Annette Domassi, Anne M. Dondero, Michele Feltman, Buddy Brago, Donald Fiocchi, Sr., Do young children really need to go to Confession? Jackie Gross, Toni Infranco, Selden Irwin, Heather Kavanagh How much sin can they really have? Donald Kinkade Dot & Beth Kostok, Leokadia Krawczyk, John LaGreco, Nina Lascari, Marie Lezan, Jim McMahan Paulette Masino Donald Materniak, Emil Milano, Kathy Milano Even toddlers have a sense of right and wrong. The Church recognizes Paul Milano, Sr., Paul Milano, Jr., Rita Milano, Victoria Milano that their minds and consciences are not yet fully developed, however, Tim Owens, Pauline Pace, Frank Pozzi, Jim Procaccino, Maria and typically waits until age seven to offer the Sacrament of Confession. Procopio Nancy Ratclisse, Tony Rehm, Mae Reilly Around that age and beyond, most young people, when asked, can easily Patrick Reithmeier, Karen Richmond, Sheila Ritter, Caren Ross, explain why something is wrong. Trinity Ruga, Jessica Flaim Salerno, Weston Selby, Brandon Shain, Confession for children is an excellent way to help them reflect on their Shain & Gwaltney Families, Beverly Smaniotto, Dorothy Smaniotto, understanding of sin and how it affects others. This helps them to form Joan Smaniotto Jim Smith Sheryl Soboloski, Samantha Souden, their consciences and make better choices in the future. Dennis Sparacio, Sharon Speziali, Roseann St. Clair Most importantly, they learn the value of forgiveness, both given and John St. Clair, Sr. Lena Torchia, Bobby Vanaman, Maryann Walz received. Rather than singling out what’s wrong, Confession offers Amanda Warren, Robert Wasilewski, Allison Winkler To have a loved one listed on the prayer list, please call the Parish hope and a new start! office at 856-691-7526 or email us at [email protected]. Names Children can grow in understanding God’s unconditional love and develop will remain on the prayer list for eight weeks unless requested. a sense of inner dignity that transcends their failings. Not bad for five ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ minutes and an “Our Father” or two! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The House of Cha r i t y – Bishop’s Annual A ppeal seeks to raise funds t o provide care, respect, justice, p e a c e & “Not the goods of the world, but God. d i g n i ty for every soul in the Diocese of Camden. We ask that you prayerfully consider ho w this annual Not riches, but God. program provides solace, support and grace t o Not honors, but God. thousands of y our brothers & sisters i n Christ and give, Not distinction, but God. generously, in support of the 2021 House o f C h a r i t y – Not dignities, but God. Bishop’s Annual Appeal. Your support of the 2021 House of Charity – B i s h o p ’ s Not advancement, but God. A n n u a l A ppeal ensures the vitality of essentia l God always and in everything.” D i o c e s a n ministries & programs tha t sustain the h e a l i n g , t eaching & redemptive Presenc e of Jesus St. Vincent Pallotti Christ through the Dio cese of Camden .
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ADULT CHOIR REHEARSALS 9/8/21: K of C, Membership Meeting, Rosary Hall, 7:00PM Watch this space for updates and additional information 9/12/21: Grandparents Day
9/22/21: K of C, Membership Meeting, Rosary Hall, 7:00PM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9/26/21: St. Padre Pio Festival, Church Grounds
Exiit qui seminat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EYEGLASSES FOR THE NEEDY
In our first reading from the Book of the Prophet It’s time to clean out that junk drawer, check Amos, we hear spoken the land of Judah and the the cabinets & go through the closets. nation of Israel. It can be a little confusing at times The Knights of Columbus are still collecting because these terms can be used interchangeably as old eyeglasses. Deposits can be made in the Knights of Columbus part of the same people. But in this case, Judah and box at the back of the church at St. Mary’s and Israel are two entirely different places. Amos was a Our Lady of Pompeii. prophet during the time period designated by biblical ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ scholars as the Divided Kingdom. Remember that Saul, CATHOLIC CHARITIES ADDICTIONS the first king of Israel, was the first person to bring all HEALING HELPLINE of the 12 tribes together into one nation. That nation 1-856-342-4057 24 hours only lasted through the reigns of King David and his Leave a message, and receive a callback within 24 hours son, Solomon. After Solomon's death in 930 BC, Between 9AM & 4PM, Monday thru Friday Solomon's son, Rehoboam, takes over. Because For more information contact [email protected] Rehoboam is a harsher king than Solomon, his father, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the 12 northern tribes turn to Jeroboam, not part of RETROUVAILLE: REDISCOVER THE LOVE IN YOUR MARRIAGE the line of David, to be their king. The Northern Tens of thousands of couples have healed their marriages through Kingdom becomes known as Israel and the Southern Retrovaille (pronounced Retro-vy). Couples learn to build communication Kingdom, which comprise the two tribes of David, is skills and to increase intimacy. It provides help for marriage problems, difficulties or crises. The next program begins the weekend of called Judah and contains not only the city of August 13-15, 2021 at the Family Life Center in Malvern, Pa. Jerusalem, but also the temple and the true worship of For more information, or to register, visit www.HelpOurMarriage.org or Call 215-766-3944 or 1-800-470-2230. God. Jeroboam, as King of Israel, creates a parallel All inquiries are strictly confidential. religion to Judaism and does things that are contrary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to the commands of the Lord. Jeroboam creates a Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt / and priesthood that is not from the line of Aaron or Levi. pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance, / Who He creates altars for sacrifice in places other than does not persist in anger forever, / but instead delights in Jerusalem, like Bethel and Samaria. Yet even though clemency? the Northern Kingdom of Israel totally rejected the proper worship of God, the Lord does not abandon Micah 7: 18 them and constantly calls the nation of Israel back to In times of spiritual darkness, it can feel almost impossible Him. That's why the Lord sent prophets like Elijah, to pray. But we must try to remember who God is and Elisah, Amos and Hosea to the North, not to condemn what God has promised. If we look to the Scriptures for them, but to save them. Through all of this, God comfort, even as we weep and lament, we will find a reminds us that there are no such things as hopeless benevolent Father who covers all our sins, who never causes, because even though a large group of His accepts our rejection of His ways as the final word, but Chosen People totally abandon the Lord, He does not fights again and again to win our hearts.
abandon them! A Book of Grace-Filled Days Jessica Mesman Griffith Sincerely Yours in Christ, Fr. Rob Sinatra
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Saint of the Week Saint Henry Batman’s Column Feast Day July 13 My Deer Parishionerz o St. Padre Pio Parish Henry is the only Holy Roman Emperor ever to be canonized a saint. He had deep faith, loved the church, lived the virtues to a heroic degree, It iz me, Batman, da rectory doggo! According to the American Society 4 da received the Sacraments and was devoted to Saint Mary. Protection from Cruelty o Animals or as dey r also known as the ASPCA, St. Henry was outstanding in utilizing his wealth and position to approximately 3.2 million doggoz and catz r adopted in the United States each advance the apostolates of the institutional Church. year. Dat iz awesome becauz it givz lotz o furry friendz a chance 2 hav a new He formed a new diocese, endowed others, founded monasteries, life and a forever home! But do u know who adoptz more dan anybody? donated land and had close relationships with powerful bishops. GOD! Becauz by virtue o our baptism we become adopted "sons" through the Under St. Henry, the mingling of church and state became mutually Son of God. As St. Paul tellz us in his letter to the Ephesians, "In love [God] beneficial. It created a love of fatherland, religion, culture, liturgy, destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the patriotism and faith that lasted until the early 16th century throughout favor of his will, for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in all of Germany. the beloved. In him we have redemption by his blood the forgiveness of The rich and powerful are subject to temptations just like the common transgressions, in accord with the riches of his grace that he lavished upon man, yet their wealth and influence can carve new pathways of sin not us." The unbelievable reality iz dat GOD CHOOSES US and out o luv savez open to the common man. When a king, queen, president, prime minister, us from our sins! From be4 time began, da Father haz had a plan and an multi-millionaire, or movie star walks the straight road and enters the idea 4 us and 4 our lives! Like Amos o da Apostles, we 2 r called 2 proclaim narrow gate, there is a bit more to celebrate. His message 2 da whole world and 2 show others da same type of luv dat He The sinful road not taken, the evil path that could have been trod but was not, is a cause for rejoicing for every man, but especially for the showz us, becauz datz wat God's family does. So we literally need 2 tank powerful man. Every soul can indulge in some legitimate Christian pride God 4 His luv 4 us and 2 tank Him 4 our "forever home". Den we can strive 2 for what it has not done, for having conquered temptation and sin by liv our livez as a family as best we can! strategically avoiding it. Many paths opened up for King Henry during his life. He walked the tight path of virtue and entered heaven by the God Bless (and maybe u havz some room in your family 4 a furry friend too?)! narrow gate and thus exalted his royal status to one even higher, that of a saint. Batman, da rectory doggo
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