+ Page 2 Social Action/Social Justice: PARISH OFFICE: 732-269-2208 Social Action Hotline- ext. 308- furniture/clothes Prayer Hotline - ext. 310, Emergency Hotline- ext. 333 Respect Life Committee- ext. 306 Interfaith Hospitality Network- ext. 120 Pastor: Fr. Stanley Lukaszewski -ext. 104 Caregivers of Ocean County – ext. 120 Associate Pastor: Fr. Roberto Padilla- ext. 131 ST. VINCENT de PAUL ext. 134 Food Pantry ext. 107 Food Pantry Hours: Mon. 9:30-11:15am, Wed. 9:30- Business & Office Manager: Barbara Dudek- ex. 102 11:15am, Fri. 9:30-11:15am Deacons: Bob Gay- ex. 312, George Swanson- ex. 311, Thrift & Gift Shop: Wed. 9:00am to 2:00pm, Fri. 9-1, Stan Kendrick, ex. 332 Sat 3:30-5:30, Sun. 7:30-1:30 Latino Ministries & Outreach- ex. 131 Spiritual & Social: Secretaries: Main Office- Gail Battisti- ext. 100 Spiritual Direction- ext. 100 Religious Ed- Stephanie DeCrescenzo-ext. 126 Knights of Columbus- ext. 100 Worship & Environment: Altar Rosary Society -ext. 120 Minister of Music: Joe Antonowicz-ext. 105 Golden Age- Parish Seniors Maintenance: ext. 100 Prayer Groups – There are several regular Prayer Sacristan: Ed Mahon -ext. 100 Meetings in the parish- please call ext. 120 Scheduling Coordinator: Ext. 120 Cornerstone Retreat Team- ext. 120 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament– ex. 313 Mon-Fri 7-7, Sat/Sun 7am-12:30 THE SACRAMENTS AT ST. BARNABAS Barnabas Active Gardeners-BAGs -ex. 100 BAPTISM: 1st Sunday at Mass, 2nd - 5th-at 2:00pm. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Readers, Contact Parish Office for preparation, arrangements & Altar Servers, Ushers, Greeters, Liturgy Committee, sponsor certificates. You must be a registered Children’s Liturgy Committee- ext. 120 parishioner to obtain a godparent sponsor certificate. Faith Formation & Catechesis: Baptism Prep Team- ext. 128 Mary Britanak- ext. 128 MARRIAGE: Couples must be registered in our parish Religious Education-ext. 126 6 months before booking & adhere to all parish wedding Confirmation Prep- ext. 126 policies available on website. There is a one year prep Whole Community/Family Catechesis, ext. 128 period. Please call Parish Office. Pre- Cana- ext. 100 Hospitality Committee- ext. 128 ANOINTING OF THE SICK: No Longer Last Rites! Parish Nursing- ext. 115 Please call emergency line ext. 333, or Parish Office to Office Hours: Thurs. 9am-12pm schedule. There is no need to wait until near death. RCIA -ext. 104 CONFIRMATION: ext. 126, Adults- RCIA, ext. 100 Bible Study- ext. 100 HOMEBOUND EUCHARIST: If someone would like Pastoral Care & Evangelization: to have Holy Communion brought to them, call ext. 120. Terry Damiano - ext. 120 Hospital & Nursing Home Visitors- ext. 120 Bereavement Support Group HOLY ORDERS/VOCATIONS: Fr. Stas, ext. 104 Comfort Ministry RECONCILIATION/CONFESSIONS: Hospital/ Nursing Home Visitors Sats. 3:15-3:45, Weds. 8:30-9am & 6:30-7:00pm Separated & Divorced Support- ex.309 Seasonal Communal Services -Or by appointment Rainbows – ext. 309 Annulment Advocates- ext. 100 MASS SCHEDULE: Youth Ministry: Daily: Mon. –Fri. -8am Dan Waddington - ext. 127 SAT: 4pm, SUN: 7:30am; 9:00am; Barnabas Active Teens-BATs, ext. 127 10:30am; 12 Noon espanol (Spanish) Parish Scouting- ext. 102 Children/Families with Special Needs ex. 128 SPONSOR CERTIFICATES: Only registered Stewardship: parishioners can be given certification to be a sponsor Parish Stewardship Council, ext. 127 for Baptisms and Confirmation. Shared Ministry Council, ext. 120 Welcome Committee- ext. 100 For more info please visit our website: www.stbarnabasbayville.com Page 3 + SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2015 SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2015 St. Benedict FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 4:00pm King Family req: Daughter, Gert Angelina Giannone req: Friend, Ceclia SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2015 FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME MONDAY, JULY 6, 2015 St. Maria Goretti 7:30am Francisco Peixoto 8:00am Leonard and Sara Izbicki req: Daughters and Granddaughters req: Izbicki Family Edward Olah Justin Juzefyk req: Chris and Fred Davies req: Althouse Family James Twaddle req: Patty O’Day and Paul Hahn 9:00am Margaret McClellan req: Peg Bowne Angelina Berardi TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2015 req: Michael Finetti and Louis Pascalli 8:00am Charles Sgammato req: Family 10:30am Living and Deceased Members of Ernie Leclercq (9th Anniv) The Heil, Halasnik and LaMonica req: Maryanne and Family Families Paul McNie (1st Anniv) req: Heil Family req: Family Glen Ippolito req: Antonowicz Family WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015 12 Noon For Our Parishioners 8:00am Marilyn Rasmussen req: Pete and Kathie Fortunato Barbara Dohn req: McNie Family Dolores Williams BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP req: Sprovach Family Deacon Guy will be hosting a Bereavement Support Group starting on Wednesday, July 15th. Deacon THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015 St. Augustine Zhao Rong Guy would like to meet at 1:30pm in the afternoons for six weeks. To register, please call Terry at 8:00am Felice Parker extension 120. It is recommended that you wait at req: Marion Gaffney least six months from your loss. Fred Bonkawski req: Patrick Sheldrick Theresa Petrozzello req: Madeline and Mike Cifello ST. VINCENT de PAUL FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2015 The St. Vincent de Paul Society will be selling 8:00am Amada Aleman tickets for the Night at the Blue Claws next req: Bob and Bernadette DeVita weekend after all the Masses. Fred Bonkawski req: Kerrie and Frank Sheldrick Valerie Carney Ritacco, Marie Christiano and Frank Ritacco req: Ben and Family + Page 4 doors of our hearts to allow the Lord to enter and do great things for us. You’ve done it again!! The response to our Summer Food Drive was truly outstanding. Our th shelves will be stocked for a while with all the 14 Sunday in Ordinary Time donations of various foods brought in last weekend. Please don’t stop bringing food each week, even Dear Parish Family: though our food drive is over, our shelves need to be kept full. All bags of food can be dropped off in How many times have we traveled down some the back of church or in the Rubbermaid container roads only to find out that there is a roadblock and just outside the food pantry door. we have to turn around and find another route? Registrations for our Annual Vacation Bible Unfortunately, you never saw or planned on having School can still be made this week. Our Vacation to deal with this sort of difficulty. So, what do you Bible School begins Monday, July 13th thru 17th, do when you are in a situation like that? Well, we from 9:00 am. to 12 Noon. It’s always a wonderful cannot just crash through the roadblock like they do week, filled with many learning activities, role in the movies and find ourselves even in a worse playing of bible stories, and then culminating the position than dealing with the road being closed off. week with a special Mass on Sunday, July 19th at In most cases, we may resort to the fact that we 10:30 a.m. have to change our plans, go about in another Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 8th, as direction which may take a little more time but we St. Barnabas sponsors our Parish Family Fun Night will still arrive at our destination. at the Blue Claws games in Lakewood. Tickets are Jesus even faced roadblocks in his lifetime also. $11.00. A portion of the tickets will help our St. Not the paved roads of cities or towns, but the Vincent de Paul Society. Tickets can be obtained roadblock of trying to convince people, especially by calling the parish office at ext. 134. You don’t’ his own people, to look to God’s love and want to miss this one!!! forgiveness in their lives. People were not allowing Once again today is part two of the teaching His message to enter into their hearts and minds. regarding cremations. They would listen to him simply because they saw him only as a carpenter’s son. Even those who The Funeral Liturgy Although cremation is now knew better than the others did not believe as well. permitted, it does not enjoy the same value as burial Jesus comes to us like he did to the people of his of the body. Catholic teaching continues to stress time. He comes to us in his word and in the great the preference for burial or entombment of the body gift of the Eucharist. His word helps us to of the deceased. Likewise, the Church clearly understand him and how we are to live our lives the prefers and urges that the body of the deceased be way he calls us to each day. The Eucharist is the present for its funeral rites, especially the Funeral food to strengthen that Word, so that it can become Mass, since the presence of the human body better visible in our thoughts, words and deeds. What are expresses the values that the Church affirms in its the roadblocks that we put before us that makes it rites. The cremation of the deceased normally impossible for Jesus to get to us? Maybe our follows the Funeral Mass. Sometimes, however, it inability and openness in allowing God’s Word to is not possible for the body to be present for the take root in our lives can be a roadblock we set Funeral Mass. When extraordinary circumstances before us. We have to allow the Lord to enter with make the immediate cremation of the body an openness and willingness to do what God says. necessary, the cremated remains may be brought to We have to allow God to be God for us, so that He church for the Funeral Mass. can do great things for us. In other words, we have to open wide the doors of our hearts.