Feast of the Visitation Church of the Visitation Church of the Visitation 755 Mantoloking Road, Brick, N. J. 08723 Welcome! The entire parish community extends a warm welcome to all visitors and new parishioners Rectory Office Phone: 732-477-0028 LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST Religious Education: 732-477-5217 Weekend: Saturday 4:00 PM Rectory Fax: 732-477-1274 Sunday: 6:45, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM, 12:30 PM Rectory Address: 730 Lynnwood Ave. Brick, NJ Daily: Monday-Saturday 7:30 and 8:15 AM (Daily Chapel) Website: www.visitationRCchurch.org Holy Days: See Current Bulletin Holy Hour: First Fri. of the month 7:00 to 8:00 PM (Church) REV. EDWARD BLANCHETT, PASTOR, EXT. 201 REV. JAMES O’NEILL, PAROCHIAL VICAR, EXT. 220 Baptism Parents or legal guardians are encouraged to register 2 months Assisting Priests in advance to schedule a baptism. Parents and Guardians are Rev. James Sauchelli Rev. Bernard Mohan Rev. Msgr. Ricardo Gonzalez Rev. Msgr. Vincent Doyle required and sponsors are encouraged to attend the Baptismal Rev. Msgr. Philip Franceschini Rev. Richard Carlson Formation Session prior to the Baptism. Baptisms are celebrated on Sundays following the 12:30 Mass at 1:45 PM. Deacons Salvatore Vicari, Ext. 218 Nicola Stranieri, Ext. 102 Please contact Deacon Sal Vicari at ext. 218 to make arrangements. Richard Johnston, Ext. 221 Edward Fischer Staff Marriages Denise Patetta, Ext. 201 Nancy Grodberg Ext. 219 The Sacrament of Marriage requires a time of spiritual Parish Secretary/Bulletin Editor Coordinator of Religious preparation. According to the Common Policy adopted by the Vicki Cottrell, Ext. 216 Education Bishops of New Jersey, this preparation requires sessions with Pastoral/Business Admin Dee DeTuro, Ext 219 a priest or deacon, Focus review and attendance at a Marriage Natalya Bencivenga, Ext. 217 Religious Education Asst. Preparation Programs such as Pre Cana. Therefore couples Music Director/Organist Dale Zanetti, Ext.214 should make arrangements with the Church at least 1 year Christie Winters, Ext. 105 Coordinator of Adult Faith before the planned wedding date and finalizing any social Youth Ministry Leader Formation plans. Couples must also verify freedom to marry before dates Christie Winters, 732-746-3456 and arrangements can be made. Please contact Deacon Sal Vicari at ext. 218 to make arrangements. Director of Visitation Relief Center RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Anointing of the Sick Monday thru Friday: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Please notify the Parish Office when serious illness occurs and Closed for Lunch 12:30 to 1:30 PM when the sick, aged, or incapacitated are confined to home for extended period. In an emergency call Parish office anytime. Parish Registration The Church of the Visitation is obliged to serve and minister to all baptized Catholics living in our local area. PLEASE Penance/Reconciliation REGISTER – it assists the staff in knowing you as a Saturday from 3:15 to 3:45PM in the Church or anytime by parishioner, providing for your needs, informing you of parish appointment. A Penance Service is held during Advent and programs and activities, and utilizing your gifts and talents in Lent. service of the Church and one another. Envelopes for weekly Religious Education (CCD) contributions are available to you once you are registered. Our Religious Education and sacramental preparation for our Please contact Deacon Sal Vicari at ext. 218 to register. children meets on Sunday from 9:15 to 10:30 AM in Lake Sacramental Sponsor Certificates Riviera Middle School, weekday classes in the Church The following is required by Canon Law to be a Catholic Rectory. Pre~registration is required. Please call Nancy Godparent/Sponsor for Baptism or Confirmation. 1. Be at least Grodberg at 732-477-5217. 16 years of age. 2. Have completed the Sacraments of the Initiation. (Baptism, Eucharist & Confirmation) 3. Be a Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) registered and active parishioner living a life of faith. If This is the process by which adults become full, active, married, have a marriage that is canonically valid and participating members of the Catholic Church. Please call Dale recognized by the Catholic Church. Zanetti at ext. 214 for more information. We now offer Low-Gluten Host for those suffering from celiac sprue disease 2 Elevator is located on the side of the Church near the Bell Tower THE M OST HOLY BODY A ND BLOOD OF CHRIST SATURDAY MAY 28 SUNDAY MAY 30 4:00 PM Edward Hoban SUNDAY MAY 29 Masses Church 6:45 AM People of the Parish Baptism 1:45 PM Church 8:00 AM Caci Family MONDAY MAY 30 9:30 AM J. Roger Teller M M & Saint Jude Novena 9:00 AM Daily Chapel 11:00 AM Lucy Rynkiewicz TUESDAY MAY 31 12:30 PM Eddie Lee Root CCD Weekday Registration 11:00 AM Room C MONDAY MAY 30 Boy Scouts 6:30 PM Old Church 9:00 AM Vincent Ammirato & Walter Schapowal Alanon 7:00 PM Parish Hall TUESDAY MAY 31 WEDNESDAY JUNE 1 7:30 AM John Michael Tozzi CCD Weekday Registration 11:00 AM Room C 8:15 AM William Dailey Community Lunch 12:00 PM Parish Hall WEDNESDAY JUNE 1 THURSDAY JUNE 2 7:30 AM Gertrude Catalano Bible Study 9:45 AM Parish Hall 8:15 AM Mary Ann Ammerata CCD Weekday Registration 11:00 AM Room C THURSDAY JUNE 2 Event Development Mtg. 6:30 PM Room A 7:30 AM Joseph Hammel AA 7:30 PM Parish Hall 8:15 AM Ann Zdanis FRIDAY JUNE 3 FRIDAY JUNE 3 CCD Weekday Registration 11:00 AM Room C 7:30 AM Gertrude Catalano Holy Hour 7:00 PM Church 8:15 AM Teresa Knight Children of Light Prayer 7:00 PM Parish Room A SATURDAY JUNE 4 Symbolon Program 8:00 PM Parish Hall 7:30 AM Joseph Iannace SATURDAY JUNE 4 8:15 AM Walter & Dolores Kuber Car Show 10:00 AM Parking Lot. 4:00 PM Rose Tramutola & Philomena O’Neill CCD Weekday Registration 1:00 PM Room C SUNDAY JUNE 5 Vigil Mass 4:00 PM Church RCIA Teaching 5:00 PM Parish Hall 6:45 AM Michael Zarzecki 8:00 AM Living & Deceased Members of the Rosary Altar Society & Lillian Fronczak 9:30 AM Margaret Ulrich 11:00 AM Patricia Skurat Readings for the Week 12:30 PM People of the Parish Monday: 2 Pt 1:2-7; Ps 91:1-2, 14-16; Mk 12:1-2 Tuesday: Zep 3:14-18 or Rom 12:9-16; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 1:39-56 Wednesday: 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12; Ps 123:1b-2; Mk For the Week of June 5, 2016 12:18-27 Church Sanctuary Candle is “In Loving Thursday: 2 Tm 2:8-15; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-10, 14; Mk Memory” of Bernadette, Josephine & Thomas 12:28b-34 Galgon Friday: Ez 34:11-16; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5b-11; Lk Chapel Sanctuary Candle is “No Intentions” 15:3-7 Blessed Mother Candle is “In Loving Memory” of Anne Zdanis Saturday: 2 Tm 4:1-8; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Lk 2:41-51 Sacred Heart Candle is “In Loving Memory” of Sunday: 1 Kgs 17:17-24; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; Gal Jose A. Trujillo 1:11-19; Lk 7:11-17 3 “YOU A RE A PRIEST FOREV ER, IN THE LINE OF M ELCHIZEDEK” Welcome into God’s Family Reflections for Ava Mae Anderson, Charlotte Cabrini Lipinski The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ Today, the second Sunday after Pentecost, we celebrate a second II. Margaret Sherbert solemnity, which “REMEMBERING OUR SICK” LIST IS FOR THOSE marks our return to PARISHIONERS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SPECIAL PRAYERS. Ordinary Time. THEY WILL REMAIN ON THE LIST FOR FOUR WEEKS. IF EXTENDED PRAYERS ARE NEEDED, PLEASE CONTACT Today is the VISITATIONS PRAYER CHAIN AT 848-373-4239. Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. At one time, this day was called Corpus Christi, Latin for “the Body of Christ.” In In Your Charity please pray for the the most recent revision of the liturgy, the name for happy repose of the souls of deceased this day is expanded to be a more complete members of the Parish, your friends, reflection of our Eucharistic theology. relatives and benefactors especially Gerald Caci. The feeding of the 5,000 is the only one of Jesus' miracles to appear in all four Gospels. Luke places it between Herod's question, “Who is this HOW WILL YOU BE REMEMBERED? about whom I hear such things?” and Peter's Please consider “Creating a Legacy” that will last response to Jesus' question about who he thought for generations to come. When you remember Jesus was: “You are the Messiah of God.” In Luke Church of the Visitation in your will, you will help the feeding is not the result of Jesus' compassion for to provide for the many organizations and ministries the crowd but is instigated by the disciples. They after you are gone. For more information, please wanted Jesus to send the crowd away to town. contact the Parish office at 732-477-7059 ext. 216. Instead Jesus tells the disciples to give them some food on their own. The passage is meant to remind us of two feedings SACRIFICIAL GIVING in the Old Testament: the feeding of the Israelites in the desert and Elisha's feeding of 100 people with Offering for the Week of May 22, 2016 20 loaves in 2 Kings 4:42-44. It is also connected to Regular $10,023.81 the institution of the Eucharist.