SAINT ROSE OF LIMA ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH MARCH 17, 2019 2ND SUNDAY OF LENT Transfiguration by Raphael 300 KINGS HIGHWAY , HADDON HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY 08035 (856) 547-0564 (Mass & Confession times plus additional contact information on page 10) Youth Ministry Events! Join us Monday nights for Pizza and Open Gym th th Grades 6 -12 March 18th , March 25th, April 1st 5:30pm-7pm. Saint Patricks’ Day Party Join us in the Parish Lounge for a St. Patricks’ Day Celebration! Potato Competitions, Shamrock Shakes, Faith and Fun. Sanctus Middle School Youth Ministry Grades 6th-8th Saturday March 16th 6:30pm-9:00pm Rooted High School Youth Ministry Grades 9th-12th Sunday March 17th 4:00pm-6:00pm Don’t Forget Your Green! Crown of Thorns Making We hope you can join us for this awesome event! We will be making salt dough crowns of thorns! Ever wanted to see a real Roman spear or real crown of thorns? Special Guest speaker Art Clemente will be bringing REAL historical Roman artifacts to help us better reflect on Jesus’s Sacrifice on the cross. The Night will Begin in the lounge with Dinner and Games! Saturday March 23rd 6:30pm-9pm Gr. 6th-12th Youth, Young Adults & Families are invited for a Fantastic Day of Food & fellowship! iRace is an annual event that welcomes people of all ages to run in a 5K or walk in a 1 Mile course both praying for and promoting vocations to the priesthood and religious life. It begins with an outdoor Mass celebrated by Bishop Sullivan and ends with food and family entertainment. Rides for individual Youth will leave from Saint Rose of Lima parking lot at 12:00pm and arrive back by 6:30pm. Families are invited to come. The 8th Annual iRace4Vocations will take place on Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Washington Lake Park (626 Hurffville Crosskeys Rd, Sewell, NJ 08080) Schedule for the day: 12pm--Registration and Check-in (Walkers Only) 1pm--Mass 2pm--Registration and Check-in (Runners & Walkers) 3pm--5k Run/1 mile Family Walk 4pm--Picnic and Family Entertainment Page 2 - 646 Fasting Below are some insightful points from two famous saints from an article from the National Catholic Register on fasting. A very helpful meditation for Lent! God bless you, Father Joseph Byerley St. Thomas Aquinas St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that fasting is an important element in spiritual progress. He states in his epic work of Catholic theology, the Summa Theologica, “For we fast for three purposes, 1) to restrain the desires of the flesh; 2) to raise the mind to contemplate sublime things; 3) to make satisfaction for our sins. These are good and noble things, and so fasting is virtuous.” Sister Gabriella Yi is a member of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation in Nashville states, “In an age of in- stant gratification, St. Thomas’ words have more relevance than ever. We can’t let our vision of happiness be reduced to advertisers’ claims that happiness can be found in a bag of chips or chocolate. … As Pope Benedict says, ‘The world offers you comfort, but you weren’t made for comfort. You were made for greatness.’ As we enter this time of Lent, we have an opportunity to reclaim this call to greatness that extends beyond the confines of space and time to union with God in love.” St. Francis de Sales Renowned for his writings on spiritual direction, St. Francis de Sales wrote Introduction to the Devout Life as a way for those living in the world to embark more fruitfully on the path to holiness. In this work, he sought to communicate the important role of fasting, noting in particular that there must be a proper order to the motives for fasting: a desire to please God, to be obedient to the Church, to achieve sobriety, to become more diligent in one’s work, and to save money by consuming less. However, if one fasts only to save a little money, while demoting or dismissing any desire to please God while fasting, St. Francis de Sales concludes, is “deserving of blame.” Father Thomas Dailey, a member of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales and the author of several books about St. Fran- cis de Sales, notes that in the Introduction to the Devout Life St. Francis de Sales offers the laity this Lent an accessible guide to fasting. St. Francis emphasizes two points in the practice of fasting, Father Dailey said. “On the one hand, fasting must be in accord with a person’s state in life,” he said. “That is why children (not yet in a state of decision-making) are not required to fast, nor are the elderly (whose state may be precarious from the point of view of their health),” he said. “On the other hand, fasting and other spiritual disciplines tend to be ‘exterior’ disci- plines, but holiness comes about in a more decided fashion when it is ‘interior.’ In this respect, fasting can be of bene- fit in renouncing our taste, our likes and disciplining our bodily appetites, but renouncing our choice and correcting our hearts is more important.” Father Dailey also said that no matter what state of life, those who wish to fast in the proper way must do so with hu- mility. “So, too, the saint says, fasting will have its maximum effect only when it is done through humility and not vani- ty,” he said. “That is, when it’s not a matter of my self-will, not to fast as I wish or in a manner that is pleasing to me, but, instead, in obedience to God and in the way desirous of pleasing God alone.” For as St. Francis de Sales says, ‘There is more virtue in eating whatever is offered you just as it comes, whether you like it or not, than in always choosing what is worst; for although the latter course may seem more ascetic, the former involves greater submission of will, because by it you give up not merely your taste, but your choice” (Introduction to the Devout Life, III, 23). Page 3 - 646 Mark Forrest Night of Prayer March 24th, 2019 @ 7:45 pm at St. Rose of Lima Church You are invited to an evening of spiritual reflection with Irish tenor, Mark Forrest. This is a time for us to reflect on our personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Mark Forrest will take you through an evening of music, reflection, and healing. Consider taking an hour with the Lord as He invites you to a closer walk with Him. No tickets required. A free will donation will be taken up. Worldwide Marriage Encounter MARRIED COUPLES Start a new love affair with your spouse that's beyond your wildest dreams. It can happen on a Worldwide Marriage En- counter Weekend. Sign up soon so you can renew your love for one another. The next weekend dates are Apr 5-7 and Oct 25-27, 2019. Call 609-741-8012 for information or email applications@wwme- southjersey.org. Visit our website: wwme-southjersey.org. Tickets are now available at the rectory during normal office hours. Page 4 - 646 Around the Parish PARISH WEEK AHEAD Soup & Stations MON 3-18 CCD March 22, March 29, and April 5 Liturgy Meeting Din.Rm 7:00pm St. Vincent dePaul SCMR 7:00pm Join us on Friday evenings during Lent for Soup & Men’s Basketball Gym 8:30pm Stations of the Cross. This is an opportunity to TUE 3-19 Boys’ Basketball Gym 3:15pm come together for a simple meal of soup and bread Girls’ Basketball Gym 4:30pm as a reminder of how we are called to practice a Cheerleading Café 6:00pm simpler lifestyle during our Lenten journey. There Legion of Mary SCMR 6:00pm Boys’ Basketball Gym 6:30pm is no cost to participate. Supper begins at 6:00 and Troop 30681 Lounge 6:30pm Stations of the Cross will begin following at 7:30 WED 3-20 Followers Lounge 9:30am where we once again reflect on the journey of Jesus Boys’ Basketball Gym 3:15pm to Calvary and its meaning for us today. Cheerleading Gym 6:00pm If you like to make soup… Pray the Rosary Chapel 6:30pm additional “Soup makers” Girls’ Basketball Gym 7:30pm are still needed ! Please call THUR 3-21 Altar Server Training Church 3:30pm therectory if interested! Arts Committee Art Rm 5:30pm Band Concert Gym 6:00pm Lenten Mass Chapel 7:30pm Adult Choir Church 7:30pm OUR LENTEN SCHEDULE: Legion of Mary Curio Lounge 7:30pm Weekday Masses during Lent FRI 3-22 Troop 30729 Lounge 2:30pm Monday -Friday 6:30am and 8:30am in the CHURCH Confessions CHURCH 4:30pm Thursday evenings 7:30pm in Chapel (thru 4/4) Join Us for Soup Café 6:00pm Saturday 8:30am in Church & Stations of the Cross Church 7:30pm SAT 3-23 First Communion Retreat Church 8:30am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Confessions Church 4:30pm Monday –Thursday in Chapel 9:00am-8:00pm Saturday Evening Mass Church 5:30pm Friday in CHURCH 9:00am– 7:30pm Poker Night Gym 6:00pm (NO EXPOSITION ON HOLY THURSDAY OR GOOD FRIDAY) SUN 3-24 SUNDAY MASSES Stations of the Cross 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am and 6:30pm Held every Friday in CHURCH after 7:30pm Benediction Sunday School School 9:30am LIVING STATIONS will be held on Good Friday at 7:00pm RCIA Lounge 10:00am Play Practice Gym 1:00pm Confessions Charismatic Lounge 7:30pm Every Friday: 4:30pm - 5:15pm in Church Mark Forrest Church 7:45pm Every Saturday: 4:30pm -5:15pm in Church Saturday, April 13th: 3:30pm-5:15pm in Church th An invitation to join the Legion of Mary Wednesday of Holy Week, April 17 : The Legion of Mary is the largest lay apostolate in the world 4:00pm-5:15pm and 7:00pm-8:00pm in Church dedicated to evangelization under the guidance of the Holy No confessions scheduled during the Triduum Spirit through Mary.