Mon - Zec 8:1-8; Ps 102:16-18, 19-21, 29 and 22-23; Lk 9:46- OUR LITURGY 50 WE KEEP IN OUR PRAYERS Tues- Zec 8:20-23; Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7; Lk 9:51-56 Wed - Neh 2:1-8; Ps 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6; Mt 18:1-5, 10 Those serving in the Armed Forces: Charles Thurs – Neh 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11; Lk 10:1- Misura; Patrick Liam McKerry; Megan Navarro; 12 Fri – Bar 1:15-22; Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9; Lk 10:13-16 Chris Kwatkoski; Luiz Maurina; Colleen Sat – Bar 4:5-12, 27-29; Ps 69:33-35, 36-37; Lk 10:17-24 McEntegart Sun - Hab 1:2-3; 2:2-4; Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; 2 Tm 1:6-8, 13- Those who are sick and shut-in: Muriel & Kathy 14; Lk 17:5-10 Matta; Leslie Fagan; Brendan Lynch; Anthony WORSHIP SCHEDULE Castellano; Jessie Grodziak; Edward Connors; Pauline Wittman, and Frances Szala, Cecilia Monday, September 30 D’Agostin, George & Helen Huss, Jeanette 9:00a Evelyn Eckhoff Rogers, Jim & Shirley Prato, Jonathan Fonseca, Tuesday, October 1 Emily Lucas, Mary Anne Grandinetti, Patricia 9:00a Robert Ollwerther Kerod, Rose Tirone, Agnes Gavigan, Maggie Wednesday, October 2 Wright, Donna Schaefer; Anna Kozlowska; 9:00a Michele Scotto di Santolo Kathleen Pinto; Grace Ziadie; John Fossa; Ann Thursday, October 3 Marie Ziadie, Kathy Zoeller, Lavina Gelpi, David 9:00a Stu Paynter Merkel, Helen Fertitta, Corrine & John Kerod, Louis Gelpi, DeMaris Miranda, David Heithmar, Friday, October 4 Josephina Dorn, Anthony DeVito, Marty 9:00a Peter, Paul, and Christian Magnusson Rozensweig, Bob Caruso, Marie Bohacik, Eugene Saturday, October 5 Doyle, Thomas Lorenc, Anna & Juan Rivera, Ken 9:00a Mary Euskie & Natalie, Josephine Babinec, Sister Gloria 4:00p Rev. Bernardino C. Esguerra Barone, RTF; Joe Battista, Kevin Bain, Mary Sunday, October 6 Barbarino, Susan Nooman, Julianna Doerr, 8:00a Frieda Rybaczyk Marietta & Leonard Iovelli, Joseph Paci 9:30a James & Thomas Howell We pray for all the deceased of our parish 11:00a Donald Doyle family 12:30p see Polish page Monday, September 30 to Sunday, October 6 Bread and Wine PARISH JOURNAL R.Rupert Wittman & Robert Szala SCHEDULE OF EXTRA COLLECTIONS Sanctuary Lamp SM Oct: All Souls Novena Deceased of D'Agostin Family Oct 20: Mission Sunday Sanctuary Lamp HF Nov. 1: All Saints Day Loretta Weber Nov. 17 Christmas Flower Vigil Lamp St. Joseph Altar Please make all checks to: St. Mary of the Lake Dec'd of the Havens & Stotz Family CHEDULE F VENTS Also available: Vigil Lamps at St. Mary Altar, S O E Thur, Oct 3, Catholic Daughters, Guild Hall, 7p and Sacred Heart Altar Fri, Oct 4, Mass For Deceased Children MQP READINGS FOR THE WEEK Mausoleum 7pm Texts of readings can be found at the US Bishops’ Sat, Oct 5 Extraordinary Minister meeting at St. web site: www.usccb.org/bible/readings Anthony Claret 9am 3 Sat & Sun, Oct 5 & 6, Birthright Flower Sale happy and full we head over to the Holy Spirit Sat, Oct 12, Confirmation, HFC 12p Adoration Sisters, also known as the “Pink Mon, Oct 14, Columbus Day office closed No Sisters.” We will engage in adoration and prayer 5:30 pm Adoration while visiting the nuns. We are offered private Mon –Tues, Oct 14 & 15, Our Lady of Fatima sessions with the nuns who will pray for our Wed. Oct 16, Parish Pilgrimage to Philadelphia special intentions. The bus departs the lower RECURRING EVENTS parking lot at 8:15am returning at 5 pm. The price Sun: RCIA, Community Center, 10:30a of $67.00 includes transportation, donations to Tue: Legion of Mary, Guild Hall 3p each site, and lunch. Deadline to register is Oct Wed: Choir, Holy Family, 7p 12. Please call Josette or Cori at the rectory. th 4 Sun: Ultreya, Holy Family 12p PHILADELPHIA PILGRIMAGE Our parish calendar is available and automatically updated through Google Calendar on our parish website. Click on Calendar of Events at the top: www.smlparish.net/sml/Parish Name(s)_______________________________ MINISTRY TO THE SICK All parishioners should call the parish office if Phone _______________________ they are in the hospital and would like a visit from Email _______________________ a priest and/or the Eucharist. SHARING OUR TREASURE Stewardship, A Way of Life # of tickets _____ cash _____ check____ Envelopes used September 1 289 Total contributions $6805.00 Envelopes used September 8 292 Total Contributions $7043.00 BIRTHRIGHT FLOWER SALE After all Masses on Respect Life Weekend – Envelopes used September 15 280 October 5 & 6 we will have a flower sale to help Total Contributions $6395.00 support Birthright which aids those families who Envelopes used 277 choose life for their unborn babies. There is a Total Contributions $6909.00 suggested donation of $2., but whatever you can St. Vincent de Paul $3229.00 give is appreciated. Birthright believes in the right of every pregnant woman, regardless of age, race, PARISH COMMUNITY creed, economic or marital status to give birth: and PILGRIMAGE TO the right of every child, once conceived, to be PHILADELPHIA born. For more than forty-five years trained October 16th volunteers have offered a variety of free and The City of Brotherly Love is calling confidential services at no cost – counseling, us all for a spiritual day of adoration referral to medical care and legal assistance, and prayer. We journey to the Shrine maternity and infant clothes and layettes, of Saint Rita, the patron saint of hopeless cases, for community resource information and adoption Mass and quiet prayer. After which we head to the referrals, financial counseling and assistance, free Curtis Building to dine at the famous P. J. pregnancy tests and adoption services. Clarke’s. When lunch is finished and you are 4 The Local Birthright office is located at 10 IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST Lafayette Avenue, Toms River. 732-349-0154. JOHN PAUL II Proceeds from our flower sale will help them to Join the Diocese of Trenton and Father keep their doors open to serve these women in Marian Kokorzycki, April 29 - May 8, need. 2020 on a beautiful ten-day Pilgrimage to PUBLIC SQUARE ROSARY celebrate 100 years since the birth of As we have done in the past, we will honor Our Saint John Paul II. Visit Krakow, Częstochowa, th. lady of Fatima on Saturday, October 12 Please Niepokalanow, Auschwitz, Wadowice, Prague join us in our Public Square Rosary Rally in front and more! For information, contact Carolyn of Saint Mary of the Lake Church at 12 noon. Norbut, Director of Diocesan Pilgrimages at 609- Prayers to our Blessed Mother including the 406-7446 or [email protected] Rosary and Litany, will be recited for our church Or to register online go to and our country. We will ask for her graces and www.catholicheritagetours.com/DTPP blessings as we Consecrate our Parish to her on the SAVE THE DATE!! 14th and 15th. November 17th for Mangia Madness PILGRIM IMAGE OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA STATUE FAITH IN OUR FUTURE Oct. 14th 6pm - 12pm & 15th 9am - 11am REMINDER OF TIMELINE AND PLAN Join the global response of prayer and reparation. July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020: The parishes of St. There will be a Procession at 6pm followed by the Mary of the Lake and St. Anthony will remain Mass in English at 6:30pm and in Polish at 8:15 separate parishes, but, will be "linked” by having pm all in Saint Mary of the Lake church. Tuesday the same Pastor. We are at present in need of many following the 9am Mass there will be a praying of volunteers to assist with the work of merging. If the Rosary and time for veneration. Everyone is you are interested, please contact the Rectory. invited to pray and celebrate in the Consecration July 1, 2020: The parishes of St. Mary of the Lake of the parish to Our Lady. and St. Anthony will merge and be given a new OUR ADVENT DAY OF name to be determined by our bishop. The newly RECOLLECTION merged parish will have separate Masses in three languages: English, Polish, and Spanish. It will “THE COMING OF THE LORD” continue to own and use the worship sites of St. December 14th Mary’s, St. Anthony’s, and Holy Family. These Holy Family 11:30am - 4pm Mass. sites will retain their current names. The new St. Mary of the Lake Parish invites you to an parish will continue to own Holy Family School Advent Reflection Afternoon. Our presenter will and St. Mary of the Lake Cemetery. There are no be Ms. Denise Contino, the Director of the plans at this time in the parish or diocese to sell off Department of Catechesis for the Diocese of any of these properties. Trenton. Music will be provided by St. Mary of The new parish will have over 5,000 families. It the Lake’s Choir. Lunch will be served. $5.00 will have nearly 1,000 children in religious suggested donation. Join us for a day to reflect on education. And, it will continue to host The Polish preparing for the coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ. School. For more information, and to RSVP before December 6, 2019 please contact Ms. Cori Scotti at 732-363-0139 5 YOUTH ALTAR SERVERS 4284 or June, 732 363-4695 for information or to sign up. NEEDED Signup sheets are available in the EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS rectory and PREP offices, and they are We really are in need of more also being sent home to the PREP families.