The Parish Family of St. Catharine and St. Margaret Spring Lake, New Jersey Rev. Harold F. Cullen, Pastor
Mass Schedule St. Catharine Church 215 Essex Ave, Spring Lake, NJ 07762 Saturday: 5 PM Sunday: 7 AM, 9 AM, 10:30 AM Monday- Saturday (except Wednesday): 8 AM Friday & Saturday: 6:45 AM
St. Catharine Chapel Sunday: 12 Noon Wednesday: 8 AM & 12 Noon Monday - Friday 12 Noon Parish Directory St. Margaret Church Rev. Harold F. Cullen PhD, Pastor 300 Ludlow Ave. Spring Lake, NJ 07762 Rev. William Dunlap, Associate Pastor Saturday: 4.00PM Rev. martin o’reilly, associate pastor Sunday: 8:30 AM, 10 AM, 11:30 AM Rev. Charles Weiser, Senior Priest Sacrament of Reconciliation Rev Dennis Gallagher, Weekend Assistant St. Catharine Chapel, Saturday 3:30– 4:30PM Rev John Morley, Weekend Assistant St. Margaret Church, Saturday 3:00 – 3:45 PM Rev Martin Padovani, Weekend Assistant Rev William Dowd, Weekend Assistant Edward Jennings, Deacon Dr. John Little, Deacon Rich Baier, Buildings Richard Cambron, special projects Tammy Sablom, Religious Education Sister Margaret Tierney, SC Pastoral Care DR. Jarred TAfarO, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Lisa DeFillippo Cole, Business Manager
NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome! We encourage all new families who move into St. Catharine - St. Margaret Parish to call the rectory to register in the parish. Fourth Sunday of Easter May 7, 2017 www.stcatharine-stmargaret.org [email protected]
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Please remember our sick: Albert Weirman, Nancy Fittin, Baby Bernadette Mariam, Bob Patrignelli, Nick Costantini, Fr. Dennis Gallagher, Scott Nokes, Helen Reh, Charles Williams, Jill Heck, Msgr. James J. Finnerty, ST. CATHARINE CHURCH Susan Ferraro, Brendan McWeeney, Henry Schroeder** MONDAY, May 8 8:00 AM Msgr. John Norris Please pray for the deceased: Elmer Curran, 12:00 PM (Chapel) Theresa Van Galen & Katerina Giatrakos, Tom Murphy, Mary Ann McCloskey, Phyllis Gerneglia Charles J. Briney, Edmond “Richard” Kennedy, Savino Spinosa, Rev. John “Jack” M. Buckley, S.J., Rose Mary TUESDAY, May 9 Ciafarone, George Andres, Warren Kilcomons, Ellen 8:00 AM Joe Buckley Gill, Robert V. Talty, Meghan Coppola Rizzo, Dorothy 12:00 PM (Chapel) Barbara Turner Smith**
WEDNESDAY, May 10 Names remain on the sick and deceased at the request of 8:00 AM (Chapel) Thomas E. Collins parishioners for one month (4 weeks). If extended Elizabeth Keane prayers are needed, please send a note or call. Thank Thomas & Mary Hanlon you.. Christopher Gallo Thomas Patrick Murphy Members of our Parish who have family or Anna Hong Lang friends in the service have given us their names 12:00 PM (Chapel) Paul Benziger which can be found in our Remembrance books
THURSDAY, May 11 in both churches in front of one of the side altars. We 8:00 AM Mary Galvin encourage you to stop there, say a prayer for those listed 12:00 PM (Chapel) Liv & Dec’d Mbrs of the and for all our service people. To add a name to our Long Family prayer list, please call Barbara 732-449-5392 or Karen 732-685-7065 or parishcouncil@stcatharine- FRIDAY, May 12 stmargaret.org. 6:45 AM Laura Mulvihill 8:00 AM Elisa Piccolo Mother’s Day Roses for Life!!!!!! Milton Hatfield Ellen Gill Mary’s Child Pro-Life Ministry will be selling roses Angela Bukwich after every Mass Next Weekend, May 13th and Mary Domke, Healing Mass 14th in honor of all MOTHERS. Let us be thankful Brendon Heller for the gift of motherhood and also remember the 12:00 PM (Chapel) Mary Louis Walsh Blessed Mother on this special day. Proceeds will be used to assist women and children in crisis, and also for education SATURDAY, May 13 about the dignity of all human life. 6:45 AM Irma Strelko If you could possibly help to sell roses at a particular 8:00 AM Tom Mara & Family, Living Mass, please contact [email protected], or your 5:00 PM Andrew Gasparich parish respect life coordinator. Thank you.
SUNDAY, May 14 Mother’s Day Bereavement Support Group 7:00 AM John & Patricia Reilly 9:00 AM Theresa Matuch The next session is Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 10:30 AM Dec’d Mbrs of the Bryde, 1:30 PM in the convent. If you have lost a loved Lake, & D’Auria Families one do not feel alone in your journey, we are here to sup- 12:00 PM (Chapel) Jane C. Shaw port you. Call Sr. Margaret Tierney 732 449-5765, Ext. 124. ST. MARGARET CHURCH SATURDAY, May 13
4:00 PM Dr. Joseph Bogdan Next Sunday, May 14th is
SUNDAY, May 14 Mother’s Day MOTHER’S DAY. 8:30 AM Mary Cato A Spiritual Bouquet and cards are available 10:00 AM Anne Foley in Rectory Office, and at back of Church. 11:30 AM People of the Parish
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Important Announcement Dear Parishioners... In accordance with the norms of canons 1043 and 1051 of the Code of Canon Law, we are announcing that parishioner, Mr. Christopher J. Dayton has been In a recent column, David Brooks writes about the approved for ordination to the Sacred Order of the “strange persistence of guilt.” He makes the point Diaconate. that although society has largely moved away from Christ’s faithful are obliged to reveal impediments to religiously based norms of right and wrong, we still sacred orders if they know of any, to the ordinary or to have words and instincts about right and wrong but the pastor before ordination. Moreover, as regards the we don’t have settled criteria to help us think, argue inquiry concerning the qualities required of the man being ordained, the prescription is to be observed that a and agree and decide. So people on the extreme public announcement be employed for gaining right and the extreme left, and everyone in between, information. engage in what Brooks describes as “a free form Therefore we are formally announcing Chris Dayton demolition derby of moral confrontation.” We see to the sacred Order of Diaconate in accordance with it clearly every day, in the discussions and spin the norms of Canon Law. doctors of the 24 hour news channels. And it is the ACA Update people who go to church least, like the members of As of April 4, these were the statistics for St. Catharine-St. the alt right – who seem the most fervent moral Margaret parish for the 2017 Annual Catholic Appeal crusaders in our society. Donors 298 Parish Participation Rate—9% Brooks quotes from an essay by Wilfred McClay Goal for Parish $175,000 who asserts that we live in an age of great moral Pledged $160,375 pressure and although religion may be in decline in Needed: $15,000 in pledges to ensure we surpass our parish goal our society, guilt seems as powerfully present as Note: the 9% parish participation rate is a little ever. He notes that modern technology gives us disappointing! information and power like never before in the history of society. And with that knowledge and BY THE GRACE OF ALMIGHTY GOD information comes a sense of responsibility. The THE MOST REVERNED sight of children being gassed to death in Syria DAVID M. O’CONNELL, C.M. THE 10TH BISHOP OF TRENTON comes into our living rooms, and we are filled with WILL ORDAIN a sense that somehow we should be doing something. And so it is also when we are CHRISTOPHER JAMES DAYTON confronted with poverty, pollution, human TO THE SACRED ORDER OF THE DIACONATE trafficking and all the threats and ills of our world. IN THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. MARY OF THE ASSUMPTION In the past, we Catholics were in agreement about 151 NORTH WARREN STREET, TRENTON, NJ sin in our world and in our society. We were ON SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2017 AT 10:00 AM offered a path from awareness to confession to atonement and absolution. Today’s culture offers YOUR ARE FURTHER INVITED TO JOIN DEACON CHRISTOPHER JAMES DAYTON no clear path from guilt. So you get a buildup of SUNDAY MAY 21, 2017 AT 10:30 AM scape-goating, shaming, bullying and condemnation AS HE SERVES AND PREACHES FOR THE leading to a state of perpetual moral war. FIRST TIME AS DEACON AT
ST. CATHARINE CHURCH 215 ESSEX AVENUE, SPRING LAKE, NJ
Fr Harry Cullen RECEPTION TO FOLLOW MASS.
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100th Anniversary Ceremony for Our Lady of Fatima
TODAY, May 7, 2017 St. Catharine Church at 1:00 PM
It's been one hundred years (100 yrs) since the Blessed Mother appeared to the three children in that little Portuguese village of Fatima. In honor of Her centennial, we've planned a special ceremony to be held TODAY, Sunday, May 7, 2017 outside St. Catharine Church at 1:00 PM, right after the noon Mass. The ceremony will be held at the Lady of Fatima statue/shrine directly across from the church.
Our Lady of Fatima first appeared to the children on May 13, 1917, when World War I was still raging. She appeared to the children several more times during that year, the last on October 13, 1917. Her message: Tell the people to pray for peace! To pray for the conversion of sinners! Pray especially the Rosary!
The program will include Fatima-themed music, a brief recitation of some of the dialogue between the children and the Blessed Mother, as we'll as a reflection on Her promises to the children, the Miracle of Fatima, and what it means to us today.
Come and hear. You'll be glad you did.
The ceremony is being coordinated by Mary's Child Pro-Life Ministry, composed of the following six parishes: St. Catharine, St. Dennis, St. Elizabeth, St. Holy Innocents, St. Mark's and St. Rose.
The Following have been enrolled in the St. New Extraordinary Ministers of Catharine-St. Margaret Parish Memorial Holy Communion Mass Society and will share in special masses to be celebrated at the 9:00am for We wish to congratulate our new Extraordinary Ministers 12 first Sundays beginning May 7, 2017. of Holy Communion:
Catharine Gerard Elizabeth Baker Theresa Mattucci
Sam Meehan Draper Scott Beyer Barbara Meccia Bunni McMenaman Claire Bormida Erin Quinn Robert Sherry Robert Dougherty Colleen Reeves Mary Galvin Gerald Gallagher Robert Rose
Brian Rogers Patricia Hamilton Noelle Ventura
Anne Benz Sheila Kenny
Emile NeJame They were blessed at the 8:30 Mass on April 30 by Father Dora Diver Cullen who represented the Bishop in mandating them for Billy Sharp, IV this ministry. They will be serving our Parish at Mass, in Tom Murphy the assisted living facilities, the home bound and Jersey George Andres Shore Hospital. We are grateful for them in volunteering Dominick Ciraco and being called to serve in this important ministry. Carl Francese Ellen Gill Warren Kilcommons TRIP: The Colorado Rockies - Come join us for a trip from Juan Carlos Anon August 17 till 25, 2018 featuring National Parks and Historic Trains. Experience Denver, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Meghan Coppola Rizzo National Monument, Grand Junction, Arches National Park, Canyonlands Anthony Pipoli National Park, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Mesa Verde Irene Molinari National Park, Pikes Peak Cog Railway, Garden of the Gods. For info or a brochure, call Sr. Margaret Tierney at (732) 449-5765, 124. Adrianne Tuciacone 4 513 St. Catharine—St. Margaret Parish Family
Update regarding Faith in Our future Spirituality Committee The core teams from each parish in our cohort have Presentation: been meeting together for several weeks and would like to tell you of our progress so far. Spirituality 2017 Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Our cohort (which is made up of St. Rose in Belmar, St. Margaret's Hall at 7:00 PM St. Elizabeth in Avon, St. Mark in Sea Girt, Ascension in Bradley Beach and St. Catharine-St. Margaret in Speaker: Fr. Anthony J Randazzo, pastor of Holy Spring Lake), were given six long term goals to Trinity Church Westfield, New Jersey, is a young accomplish by the Diocese. These goals were popular speaker and author of “Beatitudes, Christ and determined from work completed in the first phase of the Practice of Yoga”. Faith in our Future. Presentation will be approximately 40 minutes followed
Our cohort has been asked to choose three or four by a question and answer period. goals (of the six from the Diocese) to focus on in the next 12 months.
As all five parishes begin to work together and collaborate, the goals we are focusing on for the coming months are:
1. We will begin to create a five-year strategic plan— a plan involving participation by all parishes in the cohort—in support of St. Catharine and S.t Rose Schools, as well as St. Rose High School. We need to convey the message to all, that Catholic Education represents an important pipeline to the future of our faith based community. 2. 2. We will begin to share (and/or possibly combine) Youth Ministry, Faith Formation & Evangelization ministries, as well as Bereavement ministries within the cohort of parishes. 3. We will combine and increase the use of technology to improve our communication with parishioners throughout the cohort of parishes, as well as improve our communication with fallen away members of the Faith, and the public.
As we begin to have all five parishes work together, we will continue to keep all parishioners up to date with our progress. And we thank you for your support and for your prayers.
Second Collection Schedule Update Faith in Our Future May 14th- Sisters Ministering in Our Parish A member of the parish leadership group for Faith in May 21st- Mission Appeal our future will be speaking at the beginning of the Masses this weekend, May 6-7. The short presentation May 28th- Catholic Communications will bring the parish up to date on developments as the June 4th- Diocesan Assessment 5 parishes of the cohort plan for collaboration with June 11th- Diocesan Assessment each other.
First Holy Communion will be celebrated on May 13th at 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM in St. Margaret Church.
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MISSION OF MERCY UGANDA Mothers’ Memorial Mass Update A special Mass will be celebrated for Mothers and their families St. Catharine School Students in Teresa Dispenziere's who have suffered the loss of a child of any age (before birth, second grade class are writing pen pal letters to the second infancy, childhood, or adult children) on Tuesday May 16, graders at St. Kizito School in Uganda. This is an exciting 2017 7:00pm at St. Dominic’s Church, Brick (Take Rt. 70 W experience for them and they are happy to communicate over the bridge. Continue on Rt. 70 2 miles to light at Van Zile with their new friends in another continent! Rd. Use jug handle to turn left, South, onto Van Zile Rd. Church is on the left). Come to honor & remember these children through a special celebration of the Eucharist. The names of all children being honored and remembered will be read during this special Mass. A gathering with refreshments will follow. No RSVP necessary...All are welcome! This is sponsored by the Elizabeth Ministries of St. Denis and St. Dominic Churches. Questions, please contact Rachel Hendricks 732-223-1658 or [email protected].
Knights of Columbus Msgr. Thomas U. Reilly Council 5611 Scholarship Opportunity The New Jersey Knights of Columbus Msgr. Thomas U. Reilly Council 5611 is providing three $1,000.00 scholarships to deserving area eighth grade students who will be attending Catholic high schools this September. To be eligible, the student must be an eighth grader who will enter a Catholic high school as a freshman in September 2017, and be a student in the Council 5611 designated elementary school area which includes Avon, Belmar, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights and Wall. Scholarship letters and applications were mailed to area schools listed above on April 8, 2017. Completed scholarship applications and related materials must be received by the Council by Saturday, May 20, 2017 in order to qualify. Entries received after May 20, 2017 will not be accepted. For further information please email [email protected] call 732-547-9813.
Dear Parishioners, each year we are asked to become more conscious of and more involved in the Mission Activity of the Catholic Church throughout the world, by participating in the Mission Co-op Program of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. This year, on the weekend of May 20th and 21st, Sisters Marie Raymond and Sister Lisa Marie Valentini, both Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, will come to St. Catharine’s and St. Margaret’s to share with us on behalf of their Congregation. The MSC Sisters were founded in 1900 – and are currently serving in 21 countries throughout the world. In fact, Sister Lisa just returned from visiting their Sisters in India and is anxious to share with us about the wonderful ministry being done there. As we continue to celebrate Easter Sisters' Collection—Next Weekend and prepare to remember Jesus’ Ascension, let us recall that The second collection next weekend on May 13- we, too, are called to spread the Good News to the ends of the 14 will be for the communities of sisters serving in earth. May our gratitude for the gift of our FAITH be reflected nd our parish. The communities who work here are by our generosity in the 2 collection on the weekend of our The Mid- Atlantic Sisters of Mercy and The Sisters of Char- Mission Appeal – knowing that in this way we will share in the ity of St. Elizabeth. Please be as generous as you can be for Mission work of our Church and support the MSC Sisters the need is great. throughout the world. May God bless you always! The Sisters will be sharing the need for their communities after the homily at all the Masses. 6 513 St. Catharine—St. Margaret Parish Family
Congratulationsto our 2017 Confirmandi
Justin Louis Barbieri Sarah Blaise Bellefeuille Maci Carmen Black Michael Francis Black Jessica Catherine Brehm Landon Michael Browning Jake Patrick BucKelew Alexander Anthony Cabezas Louis Kateri Cabezas Nicholas Francis Chapman Brooke Edith Coakley William John Cronin Ashley Elizabeth Crowley Jason Francis Decker Kelly Clare Degnan Jenna Kathryn DeFazio Michael Luke Donahue Morgan Augustine Fahy Claire RoseFerguson Liam Thomas Flaherty Riley Brigid Forrester Abigeal Catherine Gammond Max Xavier Harrell Thomas John Palluzzi Jessica Mary Wolleen Max Alfonso Ferraro John James Morreale Kelly Anne Haviland Nina Theresa Perone Brooke Claire Provda David John Frost Griffin Paul Mulcahy Declan Sebastian Hogan Morgan Matilda Ploskonka Ciara Francis Berardi Isabel Isabel Garcia Alexis Bridget Nerenberg Owen Patrick Judge Tyler Thomas Preston Peter Vincent Alexanian Jack Francis Gloster Erin Marina Paniscotti Timothy Patrick Keegan William George Presuitti Emma Katherine Bradley Danielle Ann Grunwald Kristen Emily Peropat Shane Faith Killen Kara Anastastia Quinn Joseph Michael Bryceland Renee Marie Grunwald Cecila Anne Peters James Joseph Klangasky Sophie Adelaide Ressa Rebecca Mary Bykow Edward James Hickey Grant Michael Puharic Jessica Elizabeth Krokosz Kylie Teresa Runyon Jacob Nicholas Capone Kiernan Elizabeth Hickey MaryCate Anne Pilla Ryan Anthony Legere Karlie Clare Sambade Tyler Rose Capristo Kelly Perpetua Housen Jamie Kateri Queen Angelina Julia Maione Julia Adeline Santos Alexa Clare Carpenito Shane Christopher Kirchner Adan Ignatius Quinn Gianna Catherine Manzo Shaelyn Isabelle Seltzer Catherine Madeline Carson Shayne Axvier Leddy Catherine Elaine Riccio Trey Charles McCallum Scott Anthony Serafin Gerald Jerome Clark Ryan Thomas Mabrey Nathaniel John Riehl Marguerite Juliana McWeeney Andrew William Soloman Jack Thomas Crawford Meredith Elizabeth Magnusson Geoffrey Sebastian Schoreder Tatum Joan Mehring Marisa Elizabeth Sweschnikow Ryan Patrick Cremen Anna Lucia Marasco Thomas Stphen Shey Emma Abigail Milkowski Alexis Valentine Terraccino Caroline Mariam Dillon William Stephen Masonius Veronica Michele Szenzenstein Avery Catherine Morgan Adam Patrick Vasquez Grace Bernadette Doherty Connor Stephen McCormick Grace Cecilia Solliday Christopher Matthew Newman Halle Anastasia Van Pelt Christian Joseph Doran Daniel Thomas McDonald Maureen Anne Stapleton Alexandra Marie Nolfie Tyler Hugh Watts Trevor Michael Donnelly Grace Elizabeth McEvoy Liam Francis Tennyson Elizabeth Grace O’Connor Michael Raphael White Jacquelyn Rose Drudy Bailey Catharine McInerney Jospeh Anthony Ween Michael Lawrence O’Rourke Anna Emma Williams Brendan Patrick Dwyer Ava Cecilia McTaggaret Lucy Aurelia Woodrow Abigail Faith O’Shea Matthew William Wingard Ashtin Elizabeth Earle Liam Francis Miksic 7 513 St. Catharine—St. Margaret Parish Family
B Liturgical Ministry Schedule for St. Margaret Church Saturday, May 13th & Sunday, May 14th SAT. 4:00PM SUN. 8:30AM SUN. 10:00AM SUN. 11:30AM Celebrant Fr. Dunlap Fr. Dunlap Fr. O’Reilly Fr. Padovani Lily Rodgers Andrew Gowan Lucy Callahan Julia Ventura Thomas Rodgers Hailey Hathaway Andrew Tesauro Bobby Marks Altar Server Tyler Capristo George Kruse Pierce Magnusson Terrence Marks Tyge Fitzmaurice Joseph Murphy Lector Maureen Schroeder Florence Tedesco Maureen O’Reilly Tom Panepinto Ellie Vermeire Mary-Jo Capko Barbara Meccia Jesse Novak Linda Matticola Donna Schrader Liza Keefe Nate Novak Eucharistic Minister Kathleen McCarthy Nancy Fittin Lynn Hayes Mike Falcone Liturgical Ministry Schedule for St. Catharine Church Saturday, May 13th & Sunday, May 14th SAT. 5:00PM SUN. 7:00AM SUN. 9:00AM SUN. 10:30AM Celebrant Fr. Weiser Fr. Dowd Fr. Cullen Fr. Cullen Emma Spang Mary Gowen Owen Pegler Declan Hogan Maeve Spang Matthew Gowen Kate Stedronsky Will Sherman Altar Server Liam Hoverter Katherine Gowen Margaret Terracciano Joseph Francolino Kristen Williamson Lector Karen Tanzola Frank Ryan John Nugent Terry Gallagher Michele Spang Betsy Ryan Elaine Molen Mary Ann Conte Rachelle Maget Robert Dougherty Patricia Wright Lynn Loyer Eucharistic Minister Sr. Margaret Tierney Jerelyn Dougherty Helen Nugent Mark Loyer Cynthia Eisenkerch Megan Gepp Liturgical Ministry Schedule for St. Catharine Chapel Sunday, May 14th 12 NOON Celebrant Fr. O’Reilly All Altar Servers, Eucharistic Ministers Olivia Maddalone and Lectors: This week your captains will be begin assigning Altar Server Ryan Gierek ministers for the 2017 Summer Schedule. It is most important that they know of any changes in your mass requests, if you plan to be away Lector Barbara Harrigan for this rotation, or if you were off for the spring and wish to be on for Anita Kruse the summer rotation. Please let your captain know of any changes by Eucharistic Minister Margaret O’Regan Missy Shaw Monday, May 22nd. Thank you!!
The Daughters & Sons of St. Catharine and St. Margaret welcomes back Celeste Miller, Esq by popular demand!! Our next meeting is Thursday, May 25, 2017 @ 7:00PM St. Mark's Altar Rosary Society in St. Margaret Hall Spring Luncheon Celeste Miller, a Sea Girt resident and is a Wednesday, May 17, 2017 - 11: 30 a.m. licensed NJ attorney whose law practice focuses upon elder law issues. In her The Breakers, 1507 Ocean Avenue, Spring Lake, N.J. estate administration law practice, she Lunch: Salmon with Dill, Chicken Francaise or Pork helps families navigate our legal system as Tenderloin with Rum Raisin Sauce. Tickets $40 per they resolve the legal issues attendant with the passing of person, Cash Bar, Valet Parking. Entertainment: their loved ones. On May 25th she will address the estate administration process and give some helpful pointers on Flavian - "The Mentalist", Raffles, Gift Baskets. Call how to minimize expenses and simplify the process. Barbara Kane 732-223-2499 or Eileen Kane 732-359- Think about this: 6260 (1) is your house in order? (2) if I am not, what can I do to get organized? (3) what documents must I hold on to and what must to Brian Rigney, our April I discard? winner of our St. Catharine-St. For questions or more information, please call Gretchen Margaret Parish 50/50. Stevens at 732-213-7475 or email [email protected]. 8 513 St. Catharine—St. Margaret Parish Family
PARISH INFORMATION PARISH CONTACTS
RECTORY OFFICE HOURS: Monday—Friday 9 AM -4 PM. RECTORY (General Info) 732-449-5765 Administration Ext. 169 Evenings and Saturdays by appointment. Adult Education Ext 102 If you wish an appointment with a priest, please call beforehand. Archives Ext 410 On Holy Days & Holidays, the rectory office is closed. Baptisms Ext 102
Street and Telephone Numbers Bookkeeping/Finance Ext. 107 Rectory, 215 Essex Avenue 732-449-5765 Buildings & Grounds Ext 104 Convent, 211 Essex Avenue 732-449-5765, ext 126 Bulletin Ext 110 Sr. Margo Kavanaugh, RSM Envelopes, Registration Ext 109 Sr. Carole MacKenthun, RSM Family Ministry Ext. 168 Sr. Margaret Tierney, SC Funerals Ext 102/101 Sr. Mary Bilderback, RSM Music Office Ext 103 Sr. Helen Neder, RSM Pastoral Care Ext 124 Sr. Barbara Williams, RSM Publicity Ext 169 St. Catharine School, 301 Second Avenue 732-449-4424 Scheduling Ext 173 Religious Education Office, School 732-449-4424, ext 305, 310 Tax Letters Ext 178 St. Catharine Cemetery, W Chicago Blvd. Sea Girt 732-681-6269 Weddings Ext 134 St. Anne Cemetery, Allenwood Road, Wall 732-681-6269
PARISH WEBSITE: www.stcatharine-stmargaret.org Weekly Collection SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.stcatharineschool.net
March 29/30, 2017 PARISH E-MAIL: [email protected] PARISH BULLETIN E-MAIL: [email protected] Regular Collection $19,809.00 PASTORAL COUNCIL E-MAIL: [email protected] Second Collection $ 4,006.00 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION E-MAIL: [email protected] Total Collection $23,815.00
First Collection Summary By Mass BAPTISMS: Baptism Preparation Classes are held on the first Tuesday of each month and must be taken before the Baptism. We urge parents to take the class St. Margaret’s before the baby’s birth. Please call 732-449-5765, ext 102 to arrange for Saturday 4.00PM $ 2,253.00 Baptisms and the Preparation Class. Sunday 8.30AM $ 2,482.00 Sunday 10.00AM $ 1,827.00 MARRIAGES: All couples planning marriage should notify the parish at least Sunday 11.30AM $ 1,092.00 one year in advance. The Church sees marriage in one’s own parish as the most Total St Margaret’s $ 7,654.00 proper arrangement, therefore, people who reside in St. Catharine - St. Margaret St. Catharine’s Parish have a right to be married here. Others should receive the sacrament in Saturday 5.00PM $ 1,638.00 their own parishes. The bride, the groom, or their parents must be registered and Sunday 7.00AM $ 1,625.00 living in this Parish for at least one year. Pre-Cana or Engaged Encounter Sunday 9.00AM $ 1,368.00 Weekend is required as is participation in FOCCUS; a self-diagnostic inventory Sunday 10.30AM $ 2,407.00 designed to help couples learn more about themselves and their unique Sunday 12.00PM (Chapel) $ 2,465.00 relationship. Please call 732-449-5765, ext. 134. Total St Catharine’s Church $ 9,503.00
Second Collection PASTORAL CARE: 732-449-5765 Total Cash $ 1,555.00 If you are going into the hospital, our priests will be happy to Total Checks $ 2,451.00 anoint you by appointment before admittance. If you are IN Total Second Collection $ 4,006.00 the hospital, please call us to let us know so we can visit you, since hospitals no longer list patients’ parishes. Miscellaneous Contributions that come in the mail $ 1,837.00 If you wish someone to visit you or your loved one in your home or assisted Loose Cash $ 815.00 living, please notify us directly. Sr. Margaret Tierney, Ext. 124. Total Miscellaneous $ 2,652.00
Drivers needed to drive parishioners to doctor appointments etc., please call Sister Margaret at 732-449-5765, ext.124. PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
“We, the Catholic community of St. Catharine ‑ St. Margaret, gather in Christ's name to nurture spiritual growth through the various stages and challenges of life.
We are committed through liturgy, sacraments and parish activities ‑ to proclaim the message of the Gospel, to provide a quality Catholic education for children and adults, to continue to build community and to serve those in need. Rich in the traditions established in this community during the last century, we challenge ourselves to live our faith in loving service to the community's residents and its many summer visitors.
We affirm our concern for all members of the Mystical Body of Christ everywhere and particularly those who require assistance.
And always, we seek to know and love God and to love our neighbor as Jesus taught us.” 9 513 St. Catharine—St. Margaret Parish Family