St . Peter the Apost le Universi ty & Community Parish The Cathol ic Center a t Rutgers Universi ty

7 July 2019

Celebrating a Marian Year 2018-2019

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE (SUMMER):

Saturday: 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Vigil Sunday: 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.

Holy Days of Obligation: For an updated schedule of Masses, please visit StPeterNewBrunswick.org.

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE:

Monday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. in the Catholic Center Chapel Monday – Thursday: 12:15 p.m. in the Catholic Center Chapel, 84 Somerset Street

CONFESSION (Sacrament of Reconciliation):

Saturdays: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon; and by appointment

EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION: In the case of an emergency requiring a priest after business hours, please call 732-545-6185.

NOVENA PRAYERS: Mondays at 7:30pm in the Catholic Center Chapel

BAPTISMS:

Normally scheduled on the second & fourth Sundays of the month at 12:30pm (not during Lent). Please observe the requirements for sponsors. Must contact the office in advance to register. First-time parents are required to attend a baptism formation session.

WEDDINGS:

Marriage arrangements should be made one year in advance of the wedding. Please call the parish office before making other definitive plans. Once a wedding is approved and the date is confirmed, the required marriage preparation process may commence.

PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK:

Please call the parish office to make arrangements for the administration of the Sacrament of the Sick and/or for the reception of the Holy Eucharist to those who are ill or elderly.

SACRED HISTORY · St. Peter the Apostle University and Community Parish is one of the oldest Catholic churches in New Jersey. The Cornerstone of the Church was laid in 1856, upon the completion of the lower church, which now serves as the Parish hall and offices.

Intercessory Prayer The prayers of intercession that we pray for one another is a part of how we care for one another. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, when someone asks you for a prayer, stop what you’re doing and pray right there. Jon Leonetti Just as in a physical body the operation of one member contrib-utes to the good of the whole body, so it is in a spiritual body such as the Church. St. Thomas Aquinas

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Mass Intentions

Monday, 8 July 7:30 a.m. Elias Ojeil 12:15 p.m. Vincenzo Baldino

Tuesday, 9 July—St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest and Companions, Martyrs 7:30 a.m. Julia Kowarty 12:15 p.m. James T. Hughes

Wednesday, 10 July 7:30 a.m. Intentions of the CC Prayer Box 12:15 p.m. Mary V. O’Shea

Thursday, 11 July—St. Benedict, Abbot 7:30 a.m. James Edward Hayes 12:15 p.m. Mary M. O’Shea

Friday, 12 July 7:30 a.m. John& Elizabeth Pasquariello

Saturday, 13 July 9:00 a.m. William O’Shea 5:00 p.m. For the People

Sunday, 14 July—Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 a.m. Elizabeth & George McCabe 11:00 a.m. Theodore Petix

In your charity, please pray for… Kevin Hoagland, Thomas Spataro, Connor Montferrat, Theresa Birdsey, Ginnie Previte, Jonathan Swedel, John William Criscuoli, Danielle Reiser, Esther Wambui, Norman Corbett, Florence Gowin, Margaret Cleary, Teresa Yannazzone, Bill Spataro, Nicholas Rossi, Chris Joyce, Gary Vavila, Patricia & Sylvanus Ashamole, Louis Svelec, Joseph D’Imperio III, the sick members of the Akushie and Nwachukwu Families, Doris Tarquinio, Peg Byrne, Rick Scuderi, Linda Ryan, Rita Pietrobono, Nicole Mancini, Angelo Mancini, Becky Yurga, Rebecca Miller, Orlando Gines, Yvonne Finaldi, Sheila Lavery, Tanya Davis, Sgt. John McLaughlin, Patricia Deri, Alessia DePasquale, Brian Donoghue, Christine Fellin, Jose Lopez, Joseph Gerity, Mary Cignarella, Lorraine Fellin, Russell C. Hall, Russell J. Hall, Angelo Rossi, Mary Ann Hrapsky, William Kish, Maria Kratzar, Theresita DeGuzman, Bette Smith, Mary Spicer, Tom and Kathleen Monchek, Anna Graziosi, Shirley Murphy, Joey Mahoney, Evelyn Echevarria, Patricia Krakowski, Carmella LaVera, Joseph Gutsick, Marlene Salimbene, Barbara Wittreich, Frederick DeLong, Anne Gutsick-Smith, W.J.R., Ag Yashinski

All the sick, those who are homebound, the hospitalized, and all who serve in the

military.

This Week’s Readings

Monday: Gn 18:16-33; Ps 103:1b-4, 8-11; Mt 8:18-22 Tuesday: Gn 19:15-29; Ps 26:2-3, 9-12; Mt 8:23-27 Wednesday: Eph 2:19-22; Ps 117:1bc-2; Jn 20:24-29 Thursday: Gn 22:1b-19; Ps 115:1-6, 8-9; Mt 9:1-8 Friday: Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67; Ps 106:1b-5; Mt 9:9-13 Saturday: Gn 27:1-5, 15-29; Ps 135:1b-6; Mt 9:14-17 Sunday: Is 66:10-14c; Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20; Gal 6:14-18; Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 [10:1-9]

2019 Bishop’s Annual Appeal Help Build a Civilization of Love

We have received pledges totaling $45,625.00

of our $50,000 goal and payments totaling $44,712.50 from 136 parishioners. This

represents 91% of our parish goal. Thank you for your generosity! With just a little more effort and sacrifice, we can meet our goal. If you haven’t already pledged, would you please prayerfully consider joining our efforts? Thank you!

1 July, 2019 – 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

“He said to them, ‘The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few…’” (Luke 10:2)

As Catholics we are all called to serve. However, many of us are unsure of what our charisms or gifts from the Holy Spirit are to help build God’s Church. Through prayer we are able to discern how God is calling us. The next time your pastor or fellow parishioner asks you to join a commit-tee, ask God first, if that is what He wants you to do with your gifts.

service to others, as places of worship and non-profit charities know all too well. But those who do serve also know the joy of the seventy-two. It is not unusual for people to come back to us telling their own stories of inspiration and gratitude, and the way in which they met the Lord in their service. I have heard those stories myself from people who brought the Eucharist to the homebound or hospitalized and sensed the Lord’s nearness, from families who made it a family project to clean out a closet or make casseroles for the homeless and how touched they were by the gratitude of those who received their unused cloth-ing or they meal they had made. That’s the way of service. Even though we may be the ones who are serving, we often-times receive more than we give. Service changes us. It draws us out of ourselves and, by doing so, we encounter Christ in the many faces he wears. Putting faith into practice, and turning compassion into action, is still how the simple message changes lives (including our own) and reawakens us to God’s presence and action all around us. Service begins by noticing the needs of the people around us – in our families, schools, or workplaces, even here in the parish - and just stepping out of ourselves a bit to act on the faith and compassion we possess. It’s that simple. Who knows, we may have our own stories to tell of how the simple message of God’s nearness changes the lives of the people we have served and how we encountered Christ in our serving. Perhaps we, too, will be “ruined for life” and return to the altar jubilant at what we have seen…

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FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

When I served as chaplain to the Catholic Center of Rutgers some 25 years ago, a group of our students would do an annu-al service project in the Dominican Republic during January. Even though the students were well prepared for what they would encounter, many still found it shocking when they actu-ally saw the conditions in which these people lived. I remember one student in particular. The day she arrived at her host-family’s home, which was a two-room cinderblock building with a thatch roof and no indoor plumbing, the fami-ly slaughtered and prepared one of their few chickens for her dinner. She refused to eat it. Chicken, for her, came in the form of nuggets or in a red and white bucket, not happily walking around the coop only a few hours before. As the week went on, though, she realized that it was a very big deal for this poor family to butcher one of their chickens for her. She felt horrible for the way she behaved and apolo-gized profusely to her host family, who kindly shrugged it off and cooked rice and beans instead. A few years later I received a note from her. She was an MD now and wanted me to know that those two weeks “ruined her for life”, as she put it. Not in a negative way, but in a way that moved her to “give back” by using her education and gifts by serving the poor. She told me that she had received more from the faith, generosity, and kindness of her host family than anything she did for them. She was working as a physi-cian with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Africa. The Lord appoints seventy-two of his disciples to prepare the towns and villages he intended to visit for His arrival. He sends them with a simple message, “The Reign of God is upon you!” As they go, extraordinary things happen; the power of that simple message changes lives, uproots evil, and reawak-ens people to know God’s nearness to them. They return to Jesus jubilant at what they have seen. Anyone involved in service knows that “the harvest is plenty but workers are few”. Not enough people “give back” in

A Reflection from Msgr. Celano on the 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time

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parish!

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dous community here

at St. Peter’s and we

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every one of you to be involved and connected

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Patio Night! Tuesday July 9 at 7:30 p.m.

The Catholic Center, 84 Somerset Street

Join the Petros community as we enjoy fellowship with one another on the front porch of the Catholic

Center. Light refreshments will be provided.

PETROS YOUNG ADULTS

Please join us as we gather for our monthly time

of fellowship!

2nd Sunday Food Collection Monthly Food Collection: July 13 & 14

Please bring your donations the weekend of July 13 & 14 and place them in the basket at the church entrance. We collect non-perishable items such as rice, beans, cereal, canned vegetables, pasta, etc. Please do not bring glass items or any items that have expired. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Lord, when did I see you hungry and feed you,

or thirsty and give you drink?

LOOKING AHEAD

At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two oth-ers whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest. Go on your way.”

Luke 10:1-3

COMMUNITY ROUNDUP

The following events are from the local community:

WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND

26 July—28 July Now that Spring is finally here, why not shake off those winter blues and pump some new life into your marriage. A worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend gives you the time and tools to revitalize romance, deepen communi-cation and nourish the spirituality in your marriage. Early registration is advisable as space is limited.

Call 1-732-904-9636 for registration and information.

For even more information, visit us at: www.AWeekendForYourMarriage.org

HOLY HOUR

The Oratory is hosting its monthly Eucharistic Holy Hour

Sunday, July 21st at 3:30pm

The Holy Hour takes place at:

The Church of St. Ann 45 Anderson Street, Raritan, NJ

All are welcome and invited to spend an hour with the Lord in adoration.

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PARISH OFFICE

94 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Phone: 732.545.6820 Fax: 732.545.4069

Visit our website: StPeterNewBrunswick.org Office Hours: Mon-Thurs, 9:00am - 3:00pm

Parish Clergy

Msgr. Joseph Celano, Pastor, X113 MsgrCelano@StPeterNewBrunswick.org Rev. Jason Pavich, Parochial Vicar, X111 FrJay@StPeterNewBrunswick.org Rev. James De Fillipps, Parochial Vicar FrJames@StPeterNewBrunswick.org Patrick Gutsick, Permanent Deacon DeaconPatrick@StPeterNewBrunswick.org Helmut Wittreich, Permanent Deacon DeaconHelmut@StPeterNewBrunswick.org

Parish staff

Anne-Marie Calderone—Office Administrator X110 ParishOffice@StPeterNewBrunswick.org & Religious Education x115 Anne-Marie@StPeterNewBrunswick.org

Colleen Donahue — Office Manager & Wedding Coordinator X110 Colleen@StPeterNewBrunswick.org

Anthony R. Nardino Dir. of Sacred Music, X112 Anthony@StPeterNewBrunswick.org

Br. Jude Lasota, BH Pastoral Assistant BrotherJude@StPeterNewBrunswick.org

Tom Setar Maintenance Tom@StPeterNewBrunswick.org

St. Peter’s Cemetery

Located at 500 Somerset Street (Rt. 27), New Brunswick Cemetery Office 732-249-0894 SPTAcemeteryNB@gmail.com William Carroll Cemetery Director

The Catholic Center at Rutgers University

84 Somerset Street Phone: 732-545-6663 Website: www.RutgersCatholic.org (new name!) Br. Patrick Reilly, BH Director X16 Colleen Donahue Office Manager X12

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Are you suffering after an abortion? Help is available!

If you or someone you know is suffering after an abortion, confidential, non-judgmental help is available! Exper ience God’s merciful love and begin the journey of healing: • Call Project Rachel’s local toll-free helpline number:

877-877-4300, or visit HopeAfterAbortion.org. • Or call Sisters of Life at 866-575-0075 or email: hopeandhealing@sistersoflife.org

Saint Peter’s Gianna Center of New Brunswick

For Women’s Health and Fertility

The Center is dedicated to offering truly prolife women’s health care, including infertility services,

general gynecological care, and more. All services are provided in accordance with the US Catholic Bishops Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health

Care Services. Please visit http://www.saintpetershcs.com/GiannaCenter/ or contact by phone 732-565-5490 for more information.

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