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Dear Parishioners,
I pray that the Easter Season continues to be one of hope and a great spirit of unity between you and the Lord. I pray that the Season gives you hope as you continue to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. We celebrate today, Divine Mercy Sunday, which gives us another sense of the presence of God to us in all of the circumstances of our lives.
As we continue the journey of the Easter Season, scripture focuses us on discipleship as a way for all of us to be present to Jesus. We can live that very faithfully in our own homes, as we continue to be physically separate from the public. Virtues that are important for us to be building in our lives are kind-ness and gentleness. As you share time together, make them part of your con-versation and suggest to one another ways that they can become a bigger part of life in your home. Include the intention of growth in these virtues in your daily prayer as individuals and as a household.
We all need to be practicing self-discipline during these trying times. A great discipline I find is “patience”. Often, we are better able to cope with one another outside our homes than while sharing life with those within our homes. Here is a great discipline for us to work on that will foster newness in our relationships. Remember we can disagree without getting angry, we can listen even when we disagree, and we can accept another’s opinion as a way of offering respect.
I want to finish this note with a big thank you to all who have worked so hard behind the scenes to help us know the experience of Holy Week as best we could this year. Thank you again to all of you who continue to support our parishes financially in these weeks.
God bless all during this Easter Season,
Fr. Mike
Welcome
St. Alphonsus in Hopewell, St. George in Titusville, and St. James in Pennington invite you to be a part of The Catholic Community of Hopewell Valley.
Bishop David M. O'Connell Pastor - Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Walsh (609)737-0122 Ext. 801 [email protected] Parochial Vicar - Fr. Thomas J. Barry, Jr. [email protected] Deacon Pat Brannigan, Ext. 813 [email protected] Deacon Dick Currie, Ext. 812 [email protected] Deacon Larry Gallagher [email protected] Deacon Moore Hank, Ext. 810 [email protected] Deacon Rich Hobson, Ext. 814 [email protected] Deacon Mike Riley [email protected] Music Director Fred Proulx, (609)466-8544 [email protected] CRASH Club Youth Group Marietta Racancoj, Ext. 825 [email protected] Publicity - Michelle Galik [email protected]
Parish Office (609)466-0332 Eileen Zysk [email protected] Office of Faith Formation Donna Millar (609)466-2694 [email protected]
Parish Office (609)737-2015 Judy Petrangeli [email protected] Office of Faith Formation Margaret Dziminski [email protected]
Parish Office (609)737-0122 Diane McGowan, Ext. 805 [email protected] Office of Faith Formation Nancy Lucash, Ext. 820 [email protected]
Betty Malkiewicz, Ext. 821 Nursery School Director Lillian C. Grillo, Ext. 830 [email protected]
Bulletin submissions should be sent to [email protected]. Deadline for submissions is noon on the Monday prior.
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Church Support
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Each Sunday, we will Facebook Live Stream 8:00am Mass. You can view Mass live at 8:00am or view the recording any time after-wards on Facebook or on our website under the About Us tab.
Help Celebrate the Feast of St. George
This month, we will be celebrating the Feast of St. George. To help with this occasion, we are asking members of our parish family, especially children, to draw either a picture of the dragon or a picture of St. George Church. Once completed, have someone take a photo of the artist with their drawing and send to Judy Petrangeli at [email protected]. Stay tuned to the bulletin and other media. All photos should be submitted ASAP. Thanks for participating.
“Faith in the resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which is a part of the person is indeed an-swered. God exists: that is the real message of Easter. Anyone who even be-gins to grasp what this means also knows what it means to be redeemed.” - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Alphonsus Online Giving
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St. George Online Giving thechurchofstgeorge.weshareonline.org
St. James Online Giving https://stjamespennington.org/
We continue to gratefully receive your
Easter gifts on-line and in the mail.
Thank you for supporting your parish!
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Religious Education
In accordance with Diocesan and State Emergency guidelines, and out of an abun-dance of caution, all Religious Education sessions are cancelled until further notice.
Emails will be issued as information becomes available.
This Week’s Word—
Today is the Octave of Easter, the eighth day of Easter, and is known as Divine Mercy Sunday. The name comes from a revelation by Christ to St. Faustina Kow-alska, a Polish nun who was Canonized in 2000 by St. John Paul II. Today’s feast celebrates the bountiful mercy God bestows on those who sincerely seek for-giveness. The following reflection comes from Fr. Richard Rohr: “Jesus is identify-ing forgiveness with breath, with the very air we breathe. The Holy Spirit is seem-ingly given with a breath. The Spirit is coexistent with life itself. The union of Spirit and life is immediately followed by the story of Thomas, who needed to be in touch with his own wounds and know that God can transform them before he could believe that God could do the same in the body of Jesus….If you’ve never experienced your own need for mercy, never had a need for the forgiveness of a friend….or a family member who is willing to overlook our own offenses, ….it is almost impossible to know how God could forgive you….Jesus is saying to the en-tire community of Christians, to all of us, not just to a select group called priests, that we have the power to liberate one another. We have the power to bind one another up …. And if we have not entered into that graceful releasing, healing, surrendering, and discovering that forgiveness always is, I don’t think we can ex-perience it from God.”
This week, we invite you to ask yourself if you believe in God’s desire to forgive our sins. Do you seek God’s mercy and forgiveness? If this is hard to do, is it be-cause you hold onto your own wounds, coldness and unforgiveness? Challenge yourself to live a life of mercy and forgiveness.
St. Alphonsus, St. George and St. James
Due to the current health crisis, we have cancelled all remaining classes and events on the 2019-20 RE schedule.
Confirmation is postponed until the crisis abates and we receive direction from the Office of the Bishop about rescheduling the ceremonies.
First Communions are postponed until the crisis abates and restrictions are lifted to allow us to safely celebrate Mass as a community again.
Check our website or your email for updates in the weeks ahead.
2020-2021 RE Registration is now open on our website. Registration for next year is due by June 30th in order for us to configure our class offerings at each location. We ask that you make every effort to complete and submit your registration and fee by June 30th.
Vacation Bible School 2020 registration is now available on our website
CLOW (Children’s Liturgy of the Word) For your convenience, we have created links to the CLOW handouts and Gospel readings for children: SEEDS (Preschool – 1st Grade) GOOD NEWS (Grade School) Gospel synopsis for children
Catholic Social Services
Home Health Nursing Program:
Free, in‐home nursing and home health services are available to Seniors in Greater Trenton through Mt. Carmel Guild.
Emergency Assistance:
People in Mercer County are able to receive food through Mt. Carmel Guild. Over 30,000 received food through this program last year.
Your gift gives them a place to turn to in their need.
Adult Education
ReConnecting with the
Catholic Church If you've been away from the Church for a while and wish to return, we invite you to bring us your questions, concerns and issues so that you can begin the journey back home to the faith of your baptism. For more infor-mation, contact us at 609-737-0112 x820 or faithformation@ stjamespennington.org
Becoming Catholic
Are you interested in becoming a Catholic? We have a process that al-lows you to ask questions and explore the Catholic faith to see if this is where your home lies. For more infor-mation, contact us at 609-737-0122 x820 or faithformation @stjamespennington.org or Rose Gallagher 609-737-7446 [email protected]—St.George.
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During this time, the deacons will be available by phone every Wednesday from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. Deacon Dick Currie will be available Wed., April 22 at 609-737-0122 Ext 812. We’ll be happy to talk with you, answer questions, or just listen.
For the time being, we will not be having Recitation of the Rosary in our churches. We encourage you to say the Rosary privately in your home.
“The Rosary is the prayer of those who triumph over everything. It was Our Lady who taught us this prayer, just as it was Jesus who taught us the Our Father.” - St. Padre Pio
Cheryl Allen Francis “Ru” Amagasu Matthew Bunsa Kathleen Castoro Mic Cimperman Maria Czumbil Melissa Evert Terri Gaines Stephen Gallagher Gil Heupel Mary Heupel Alice Howie Robert Hutchinson Kimberly Jackson Nancy Kenworthy Andrew Liput Herb Luscombe Annamarie Maziarz Bob O’Boyle Rob osborne Maura Grace Owen- O’Boyle Lori Polakowski Ed Panacek Bob Pluta Jean Joe Sabol Gerry Sellner Jeanette Seamon Kathy Sipple David Sison Loretta Smith Robert Swanson Edmund Trumpovicz Ellie Trumpovicz Ken Wesolowski Amber Wolfinger Anthony Vandenberg Brent Zajac Karl Zajac
Deceased
Pete Albany Alfred Beljam Philomena Cardiello Celia Hobson Loretta Smith
Keep in your prayers the men and women serving in our military at home and abroad; Lt. Robin Delgado
2nd Lt. Alison Castoro Dellinger -SRA Zachary DiMaio -Spc. Kenneth Dziminski—2nd Lt. Jonathan Grubb Capt. Patrick. M Kerins -PFC Andrew Lauricella—Pvt. Brandon Mistretta—1st. Lt. J. Patrick O'Boyle—Lt. Daniel S. Quinlan Specialist Shannon Stradling— Pvt. 2nd Class William Smith—LCpl . Mark Thompson—E4 Specialist Christopher Winters
April 25/26, 2020
First Reading Acts 2:14,22-33 Peter and the apostles an-nounce that Jesus has been raised from the dead.
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 16:1-2,5,7-11 God will show us the path of life.
Second Reading 1 Peter 1:17-21 You were saved by Christ’s sacrifice.
Gospel Reading Luke 24:13-35 Jesus appears to two disci-ples who are walking to Emmaus.
When we are unable to be present in church for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, discover the beauty of adoring Jesus in your heart. “Ask Jesus what he wants from you and be brave!” - Pope Francis
Hope is a ministry offering spiritual support to those whose lives have been affected by the disease of addiction. We are here to pray with you, to listen to your concerns, provide a safe and confidential support network, and, if needed, offer referrals to a variety of resources. Contact Moore or Theresa Hank, [email protected], 267-573-4287.
Help us to grow in the Love and Service of our Church as we experience it today. Give us the energy and courage to shape its future. Grant us faith-filled leaders who will embrace Christ's Mission of love and justice. Raise up dedicated and generous leaders from our families who will serve Your people.
“Faith is to believe what you do not see. The reward of faith is to see what you believe.” St. Augustine of Hippo
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Pick of the Week:
For Adults Listen to: The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Watch: Oceans of Mercy The Face of Mercy
For Children: The Saints: Our Heavenly Friends
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St. George Scholarship Applications for the 2020-2021 St. George Scholarships are now available on the St. George website. Please click below to view the form. Please submit by May 10, 2020 for consideration. https://stgeorgetitusville.org/st-george-scholarship-foundation . All St. George Parishioners are eligible to apply.
Welcome to the Easter Season!
From very early days, the Church has celebrated Pentecost 50 days after East-er. After the Second Vatican Council, the Church confirmed that these 50 days should be celebrated as the Easter Season. “The fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost are celebrated in joyful exultation as one feast, or better as one ‘great Sunday.’ These above all others are the days for the singing of the Alleluia.” (General Norms for the Liturgical Year and Calendar #22)
Why 50 days? Doesn’t that seem excessively long for a celebration? Surely 50 days is a long time for most celebrations, but the truth of the Resurrection takes a long time to process, and even in 50 days it is humanly impossible to fully acknowledge what Christ’s death and resurrection mean for us. So we count a week of weeks (49 days) and then add one more day… a number that was seen early in our history as representing eternity.
This year, we can be especially grateful for this long Easter Season. It will last until Pentecost on May 31. Perhaps by then we will be able to gather in small groups. At the very least we should be really good at celebrating Mass via Fa-cebook.
During this time when we are isolated, we can find ways to celebrate the gift of the Easter Season in our homes. If we were in Church, we would mark Eastertime by singing lots of Alleluias, by renewing our Baptismal promises and being sprinkled with holy water, by keeping our Paschal Candle in a place of honor, by reading from the Acts of the Apostles which retells the story of those earliest days when the Church was brand new. Perhaps we can find home rituals that will reflect these community rituals that we are missing. To get you started, here is a prayer to say together, celebrating this special time.
Glorious and eternal God, we bless you this Easter season for the saving sacrifice of your dearly beloved Son who died willingly on a cross that we might live. Through his resurrection, may we live truly convinced of your love and committed to your peace. By the holy power of the spirit, make us so strong in faith that through our daily lives others too may come to believe. For Christ is risen! Alleluia! Amen.
April 19
During the Church’s millennium celebration, in 2000, Pope John Paul II declared that the Second Sunday of Easter be known as “Divine Mercy Sunday” throughout the Catholic Church. He has written an encyclical, laying out the doctri-nal and scriptural foundations for our understanding of mercy. This Polish pope looked to a holy wom-an of Poland, Faustina Kowalska for inspiration. He canonized St. Faustina at that same Mass in 2000 that he instituted the observation of Divine Mercy Sunday.-Catholic Update, 0410
The Chaplet of Mercy is recited using ordinary rosary beads. The Chaplet is preceded by two open-ing prayers from the Diary of Saint Faustina and followed by a closing prayer. If you would like to learn how to pray this devotion, please refer to:
https://www.thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/pray-the-chaplet Act of Spiritual
Communion Prayer
My Jesus, I believe that You are pre-sent in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there
and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be
separated from You. Amen.
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