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The Parish Family of

St. Catharine and St. Margaret Spring Lake, New Jersey

Rev. Harold F. Cullen, Pastor

First Sunday of Advent

November 27, 2016

Mass Schedule

St. Catharine Church 215 Essex Ave, Spring Lake, NJ 07762

Saturday: 5 PM

Sunday: 7 AM, 9 AM, 10:30 AM

Monday- Saturday (except Wednesday): 8 AM

Friday & Saturday: 6:45 AM

St. Catharine Chapel Sunday: 12 Noon

Wednesday: 8 AM & 12 Noon

Monday - Friday 12 Noon

St. Margaret Church 300 Ludlow Ave. Spring Lake, NJ 07762

Saturday: 4.00PM

Sunday: 8:30 AM, 10 AM, 11:30 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation St. Catharine Chapel, Saturday 3:30– 4:30PM

St. Margaret Church, Saturday 3:00 – 3:45 PM

www.stcatharine-stmargaret.org [email protected]

732-449-5765

Parish Directory Rev. Harold F. Cullen PhD, Pastor

Rev. William Dunlap, Associate Pastor

Rev. martin o’reilly, associate pastor

Rev. Charles Weiser, Senior Priest

Rev Dennis Gallagher, Weekend Assistant

Rev John Morley, Weekend Assistant

Rev Martin Padovani, Weekend Assistant

Rev William Dowd, Weekend Assistant

Edward Jennings, Deacon

Dr. John Little, Deacon

Rich Baier, Buildings

Richard Cambron, special projects

Tammy Sablom, Religious Education

Sister Margaret Tierney, SC Pastoral Care

Lisa DeFillippo Cole, Business Manager

NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome! We encourage all new families who

move into St. Catharine - St. Margaret Parish to

call the rectory to register in the parish.

2 513 St. Catharine—St. Margaret Parish Family

Members of our Parish who have

family or friends in the service have

given us their names which can be

found in our Remembrance books in

both churches in front of one of the

side altars. We encourage you to stop

there, say a prayer for those listed and for all our service

people.

To add a name to our prayer list, please call Barbara

732-449-5392 or Karen 732-685-7065 or

[email protected].

Please remember our sick Mary Galvin,

Ali Redling, Nick Costantini, Scott Nokes, Helen

Reh, Kevin Martin, Ralph Pellecchia, Charles

Williams, Jill Heck, Dr. John Crocco, Msgr.

James J. Finnerty, Joann Dolan, Cheryl Perkins, Susan

Ferraro, Brendan McWeeney, Henry Schroeder, Bob

Patrignelli**

Please pray for the deceased: Ashley L. Miceli,

Barbara Kyle, Robert Ballas, Lynn Carroll**

Names remain on the sick and deceased at the request of parishioners

for one month (4 weeks). If extended prayers are needed, please send a

note or call. Thank you..

~MASS INTENTIONS~ ST. CATHARINE CHURCH MONDAY, November 28 8:00 AM Luke “McDermott” Lumley 12:00 PM (Chapel) Walter & Mildred Jennings, 9th Annv. TUESDAY, November 29 8:00 AM Robert Dennin 12:00 PM (Chapel) Frances Wischerth WEDNESDAY, November 30 8:00 AM (Chapel) Barbara Mannion Mark Irwin Dorothy Vielkind Patricia Monte Umberto Carmona Joseph Bozza 12:00 PM (Chapel) Tim Ryan THURSDAY, December 1 8:00 AM Michael L. Delahunty 12:00 PM (Chapel) Francis X. Rosa FRIDAY, December 2 6:45 AM Edward Drozd 8:00 AM Barbara Pollina Rita Kenah & Msgr. John F. O’Brien Thomas C. Boyan Anna Tinh Nguyen John Newsholme Patricia Monte 12:00 PM (Chapel) Caroline McGlynn SATURDAY, December 3 6:45 AM Evelyn Bergan 8:00 AM Carmelite Intention 5:00 PM Robert M. McCarthy SUNDAY, December 4 7:00 AM James Palsir 9:00 AM Parish Memorial Mass Society 10:30 AM People of the Parish 12:00 PM (Chapel) William & Marie Lau ST. MARGARET CHURCH SATURDAY, December 3 4:00 PM Edward & Douglas Ledden

SUNDAY, December 4 8:30 AM Matthew I. Skarzynski 10:00 AM Dec’d mbrs of McKenna, Healy & McIIroy Fams 11:30 AM Anthony S. & Marion A. Amascato

St. Catharine’s Altar Sewing & Crafts Guild wishes to thank all of our parishioners and friends who came and supported our Craft Fair. We raise approximately $1,500, which we will be giving to the Parish and the School. We also want to thank the Parish and School staff, who supported us through Building & Grounds, the bulletin, and advertisement. We also want to thank Christin Nice and Caityln Bahrenburg for the lovely photo and article in The Coast Star. We also want to take a moment to thank the many members who worked so hard all year to make the Craft Fair, and all our projects, a success. Our Guild was formed in October 1914, and our members make Altar linens and Baptismal bibs for our Parish, and baby hats for newborn and premature babies at local hospitals. We welcome new members who would like to learn the timeless arts of sewing, knitting, and crochet. Our meetings are usually the first and third Thursdays from 12 noon to 2:00 pm, and the second and fourth Wednesdays from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Please email [email protected] for more details. Our motto is: Serving the Lord, one stitch at a time. Come join us. Madelyn Curtis, President Joanne Campbell, Treasurer

Check out St. Catharine Church live

streaming on the web!

Visit the parish

website stcatharine

-s tmargare t .org

and follow the

prompt at the

bottom of the

page. You can also access the site by going to the

Livestream web site and typing in St. Catharine-St.

Margaret. Livestream is of great benefit to those that are

homebound and not able to attend church regularly. We

have also found it valuable when people are not able to

make the trip to Spring Lake for a loved one’s funeral or

wedding.


Now that we are about to begin the Advent season, it is

good to reflect at the beginning of the new liturgical year

how we are offered the opportunity in the course of the

year to have spelled out for us, and to be able to walk

through, all the mysteries of our faith and our salvation

through the celebration of the varied seasons of the church

year. We travel through periods of anticipation and

expectation and waiting and hoping to periods of joy and

celebration, through somber periods of sadness and loss to

days of exhilaration, joy and ecstasy; through birth and

death and resurrection. And the old year ends

appropriately, on the Feast of Christ the King; -

affirming the central reality and value of our lives and of

our faith, and the most important reality that binds all the

seasons together and gives meaning to it all – the central

role of Jesus in our lives.

Mother Teresa said one time, that at the end of your

life what will be important will not be the number of

diplomas you have or the amount of money you have

acquired. What will be important will be how well you

heard the Gospel and how well you lived it. What will

be important will be how well you saw the hand of God

in all of the times and seasons, all of the events and all

the experiences of the year.

Appropriately, Advent is the beginning of it all. We feel

the sense of anticipation and excitement that Mary felt

during those weeks before the birth of her child. It is not a

sad time. It is not a time of desolation like some of the

days leading up to Holy Week. The colors that you see in

the sanctuary are somber and intense. The purple

vestments are supposed to throw us into a reflective mood

that will lead inevitably to a redirection and if necessary a

changing of the direction of our hearts.

This is a very hectic time for all of us. This is probably

the “busiest” time of the year for all of us. The celebration

of the great feast of Christmas has been completely

hijacked by commercial and material interests. The

season of giving has been transformed into an orgy of

material excess. It is so vital that you come to church

during these days before Christmas, and that when you

come, that you and your family are reminded of and

challenged by the true meaning and spirit of this

season.

Fr Harry Cullen

St Catharine Concert Series Concert Date: Sunday December 4th @ 3.00PM

Piano Recital: Award winning Piano Studio of Dr.

Ivo Kaltchev

Chair of Piano Division at Catholic University of

America; Music of Debussy, Chopin, Beethoven and

others.

Happy Thanksgiving to all St. Catharine-St.

Margaret parishioners! And if you are home for

the holidays, a special greeting and welcome to

you as we celebrate and thank God for his many

blessings to us. And we do have a lot to be

thankful for!

As always, however, at this time of the year, I

remind everyone to be clear about how and why

we give thanks as followers of Christ. Even if we

were not surrounded with all the blessings that we

acknowledge today, we, no less than the Pilgrims

before us, should reflect naturally on the goodness

of God. And that goodness is not so much

measured by what we have been given, as much as

by what He does with us always. The goodness of

God is reflected by the awareness that He is with

us and that He shares with us the joyful as well as

the sorrowful moments of our lives, and carries us

through the good and the bad times: “Even

though I walk in the valley of the shadow of death”

the Psalmist wrote “I will not be afraid because you

are with me.” God’s presence in our lives does not

necessarily make life easy, but rather makes life

meaningful and gives us purpose, direction and

strength.


VIRTUS Protecting God’s Children

Virtus session will be offered on Tuesday,

November 29th 6:00 –9:00pm in St. Margaret

Church. All church/school employees or volunteers

who interact with our children’s groups and who have

not attended a training session are required to do so.

No one will be permitted to volunteer with the

children of our school or Parish until a session is

attended. The Virtus program was created for the

prevention of child sexual abuse and is designed to

help promote safety for all within our church. For

registration or more information, please call Lisa

Cole at 732-449-5765, ext 169 or register at

virtus.org. Pre registration is required, attendees

must be on time.

The Christmas Giving Tree

Our Parish has a long history of giving and last year, through your generosity, we were able to provide over 1200 gifts to our parish seniors who are homebound or in nursing homes, children

in Honduras and infants and children served by Madonna House, Mercy Center, Mother of Mercy Parish and St Anthony Claret as well as items for Sister Carole to take to Uganda.

This year our Christmas “Giving Tree” will be in our churches beginning the weekend of November 26. Each tree has tags requesting items of clothing and toys for children and/or adults. Please select a tag, buy the item or gift certificate and return it gift wrapped with the tag attached to the outside of the gift. Some agencies have requested that gifts NOT BE WRAPPED and this is indicated on the tag. If you would rather not shop you may make a donation for sneakers and for senior citizens gifts. Please place all monetary gifts in the collection box by the tree with the tag attached to the envelope.

Gifts must be returned by SUNDAY DECEMBER 18 in order for the last distribution to be delivered to the agencies during the week of December 19 the so they can sort and distribute in time for Christmas. We need help to sort and bag gifts after the last Masses at St. Margaret Churches on Dec 11th and Dec. 18th and at St. Catharine’s Church on Monday, Dec. 12th and Dec. 19th at 2:00 PM to sort and deliver gifts.

Please call Maureen O’Reilly at 732-449-8285 if you can help on even one of these occasions. Thank you. May God bless your family.

“Coping with the Stress and Struggles"

As the holidays approach, the stress increases and so does the physical complaints.

St. Catharine-St. Margaret Parish Health Ministry is happy to present an informational night for all ages on coping with anxiety, stress and addiction.

Please join us for two outstanding presenters:

Dr. Sarah Scimene, Clinical Psychologist specializing in children, adolescents, expectant parents and

post-partum depression

And

Jaime Maher, LCSW, LCADC, specializing in Addiction Recovery Services at Hackensack Meridian Health

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

7:30 PM

Duggan Hall 313 Washington Avenue Spring Lake, New Jersey

Questions please call Peg Ciufo at 732-539-2210

Spirituality Committee

There will be a meeting of the Spirituality Committee on Wednesday, November 30th in the

Convent Meeting Room. @7pm

All are welcome!


Youth Group Open House

Middle School

Grades 6th, 7th and 8th

Thursday, December 1st

St. Margaret Hall

6:30-8:00 PM

Pizza and Prayer

Bring a friend!

VIRTUS

Protecting God’s Children

Virtus session will be offered on Tuesday, November

29th 6:00 –9:00pm in St. Margaret Church. All church/

school employees or volunteers who interact with our

children’s groups and who have not attended a training

session are required to do so. No one will be permitted to

volunteer with the children of our school or Parish until a

session is attended. The Virtus program was created for

the prevention of child sexual abuse and is designed to

help promote safety for all within our church. For

registration or more information, please call Lisa Cole at

732-449-5765, ext 169 or register at virtus.org. Pre

registration is required, attendees must be on time.

Remember St. Catharine’s in Your Will

Have the following statement included in your will: “I leave to the St Catharine School/Parish , Spring Lake, NJ, the sum of $___________or_______ percent of the residue of my estate, whichever is greater, for its religious, educational and charitable works”. Stock may also be donated to the parish.


SAVE THE DATE!

St. Catharine-St. Margaret

Parish Blood Drive

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 2:30-7:30 PM

St. Margaret Church

For questions or to schedule your appointment please call or email

Fran Jenkins 856-287-0209 or [email protected].

Things to know before donating… Most Healthy Individuals Can Give Blood: Blood donors must be at least 16 years old (with parental consent), weigh at least 120 pounds and never have had hepatitis. Most Medications are Acceptable: Medications frequently taken by healthy individuals, such as aspirin, birth control pills, blood pressure and cholesterol medications are not a reason for deferral. The use of all medications will be evaluated by a nurse. There is no Chance of Contracting AIDS: All equipment used during the donation process is sterile and disposable, including needles. The site on the skin from which blood is drawn is thoroughly cleansed by a phlebotomist. Drink Plenty of Fluids Before You Donate: You should eat a meal within four hours of donating. Avoid fatty foods and drink fluids.

Spring Lake

Tree Lighting Ceremony

in Spring Lake Town Square

this weekend!

November 26th @6.00PM, (Rain Date-November 27th @ 5.00PM).

St. Catharine choir will join with St.

Andrew Methodist choir to lead the

Christmas Caroling. The invocation will

be delivered by Fr. Cullen, Pastor of St. Catharine

-St. Margaret parish.

Classics News: The Classics 6th Annual Christmas Dinner

Sunday, December 11th at 5:00 PM

Doolan’s Shore Club. Cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres,

unlimited soft drinks and cash bar,

salad, choice of three entrees, dessert,

coffee and tea, live entertainment, and

games are all included for $40. Flyers

with reservation form are in the rear of

the churches.

Save the Date: Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 2:00 PM.

Attorney Mary Patricia Magee will discuss THE IMPACT

OF CHANGES IN NEW JERSEY ESTATE LAW, at an

afternoon members’ meeting in St. Margaret’s Hall.

Refreshments will be served and it’s FREE! Come and

bring a friend.

Call Margaret O’Regan 732 449-3824 with questions.

Cursillo Women’s Weekend-

December 1st to the 4th:

Are you searching for a way of deepening your relationship with Christ, and discover or rediscover a sense of Christian Community? Come take a “Short Course” in Christianity. Make a Cursillo weekend: beginning on Thursday night, December 1st and running through Sunday afternoon, December 4th, at St. Alfonso Retreat House, Long Branch. The cost of the weekend is reasonably priced and no sincere participant is turned away for financial reasons. Cursillo is an active, worldwide evangelization ministry and movement that is endorsed by our Holy Father and Bishops throughout the world. Cursillo has been in the Diocese of Trenton since 1972. Centered on the Eucharist and based on three basic concepts: piety, study and action, Cursillo promotes Catholic ideals, fellowship, and spiritual growth in daily living; and provides an opportunity to experience the love of God within a supportive and prayerful community. The Cursillo is a method of giving those, who have the potential of influencing others, a personal encounter with Christ and the means to further enhance, and spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ through evangelizing their environments. You can find out more about Cursillo at the Trenton Cursillo website at http://www.trentoncursillo.org/ or by calling Adelaide Sangiorgi at 732-859-0253.

TRIPS Fr. Garry Koch and Sr. Margaret Tierney invite you to a

pilgrimage to the Holy Land for 10 days (February 15-22,

2017). For more information, please call Sr. Margaret

Tierney at (732)449-5765, ext. 124.

Come away with us to Scotland on August 13, 2017. Enjoy a

wonderful trip featuring bagpipe Lesson, Loch Lomond Cruise,

Farm Visit, Isle of Skye, Armadale Castle, Loch Ness, Orkney

Islands, Dunrobin Castle, Whisky Distillery, St. Andrew,

Edinburgh Castle, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Scottish

Cooking Experience and more. There will be a presentation

on January 12, 2017. For more info or a brochure, call Sr.

Margaret Tierney at 732-449-5765, x 124.

Share the Joyful Gospel on Catholic Radio 89.3 FM (home or in the car) or online at www.domesticchurchmedia.org.



PARISH INFORMATION

RECTORY OFFICE HOURS: Monday—Friday 9 AM -4 PM.

Evenings and Saturdays by appointment.

If you wish an appointment with a priest, please call beforehand.

On Holy Days & Holidays, the rectory office is closed.

Street and Telephone Numbers

Rectory, 215 Essex Avenue 732-449-5765

Convent, 211 Essex Avenue 732-449-5765, ext 126

Sr. Margo Kavanaugh, RSM

Sr. Carole MacKenthun, RSM

Sr. Margaret Tierney, SC

Sr. Mary Bilderback, RSM

Sr. Helen Neder, RSM

Sr. Barbara Williams, RSM

St. Catharine School, 301 Second Avenue 732-449-4424

Religious Education Office, School 732-449-4424, ext 305, 310

St. Catharine Cemetery, W Chicago Blvd. Sea Girt 732-681-6269

St. Anne Cemetery, Allenwood Road, Wall 732-681-6269

PARISH WEBSITE: www.stcatharine-stmargaret.org

SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.stcatharineschool.net

PARISH E-MAIL: [email protected]

PARISH BULLETIN E-MAIL: [email protected]

PASTORAL COUNCIL E-MAIL: [email protected]

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION E-MAIL: [email protected]

PARISH CONTACTS RECTORY (General Info) 732-449-5765

Administration Ext. 169

Adult Education Ext 102

Archives Ext 410

Baptisms Ext 102

Bookkeeping/Finance Ext. 107

Buildings & Grounds Ext 104

Bulletin Ext 110

Envelopes, Registration Ext 109

Family Ministry Ext. 168

Funerals Ext 102/101

Music Office Ext 103

Pastoral Care Ext 124

Publicity Ext 169

Scheduling Ext 173

Tax Letters Ext 178

Weddings Ext 134

PASTORAL CARE: 732-449-5765 If you are going into the hospital, our priests will be happy to

anoint you by appointment before admittance. If you are IN

the hospital, please call us to let us know so we can visit you,

since hospitals no longer list patients’ parishes.

If you wish someone to visit you or your loved one in your home or assisted

living, please notify us directly. Sr. Margaret Tierney, Ext. 124.

BAPTISMS: Baptism Preparation Class must be taken before the Baptism. We

urge parents to take the class before the baby’s birth. Please call 732-449-5765,

ext 102 to arrange for Baptisms and the Preparation Class.

MARRIAGES: All couples planning marriage should notify the parish at least

one year in advance. The Church sees marriage in one’s own parish as the most

proper arrangement, therefore, people who reside in St. Catharine - St. Margaret

Parish have a right to be married here. Others should receive the sacrament in

their own parishes. The bride, the groom, or their parents must be registered and

living in this Parish for at least one year. Pre-Cana or Engaged Encounter

Weekend is required as is participation in FOCCUS; a self-diagnostic inventory

designed to help couples learn more about themselves and their unique relationship. Please call 732-449-5765, ext. 134.

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT

“We, the Catholic community of St. Catharine ‑ St. Margaret, gather in Christ's name to nurture spiritual growth through the various stages and challenges of life.

We are committed through liturgy, sacraments and parish activities ‑ to proclaim the message of the Gospel, to provide a quality Catholic education for children and adults, to continue to build community and to serve those in need. Rich in the traditions established in this community during the last century, we challenge ourselves to live our faith in loving service to the community's residents and its many summer visitors.

We affirm our concern for all members of the Mystical Body of Christ everywhere and particularly those who require assistance.

And always, we seek to know and love God and to love our neighbor as Jesus taught us.”

Weekly Collection

Because of an early deadline for printing, we did not have the collection data for the weekend of November 19/20, 2016. This data will be reflected in next weekend’s bulletin.

St. Catharine – St. Margaret

Parish

St. Anne Mausoleum is now open

1610 Allenwood Road Wall Township, NJ 07719

PRE-NEED DISCOUNTS UP TO $1,000 AVAILABLE

PAYABLE OVER 36 MONTHS INTEREST FREE

For information call Ed Stevens 732-614-0600 or 732-449-5765 x 115


Catholic Youth

Organization Basketball!

Every Wednesday

7:15 PM

St. Catharine School

Meet and greet night, play some hoops & become part of a league!!

Open to all High School Students who are not on a

basketball team and would like to be!

A Liturgical Ministry Schedule for St. Margaret Church Saturday, December 3rd & Sunday, December 4th

SAT. 4:00PM SUN. 8:30AM SUN. 10:00AM SUN. 11:30AM

Celebrant Fr. O’Reilly Fr. O’Reilly Fr. Dunlap Fr. Padovani

Altar Server

Ryan Maguire

Mary Cate Pilla

Jeffrey Vitale

James Vitale

Michael Liddy Gioacchino Panzini

Michael White Joseph White

Jack Easter Brigit Kane

Delia Mullen

Lector Gia Beyer Joe Liddy Bob McLauglin Ramon Cuasay

Eucharistic Minister

Carol Gerrard Rudy Talarico

Michael Mastrocola Lorraine Russo

Maureen Liddy Virginia Cox Peg Gontkof

Florence Tedesco

Bill Clark Yanira Chiszar

Liz Nesnay Patricia Seltzer

Lourdes Cuasay Tina DeSantis-Cilurso

Liturgical Ministry Schedule for St. Catharine Church Saturday, December 3rd & Sunday, December 4th

SAT. 5:00PM SUN. 7:00AM SUN. 9:00AM SUN. 10:30AM

Celebrant Fr. Gallagher Fr. Morley Fr. Weiser Fr. Cullen

Altar Server

Morgan Crowley Kaitlynne Cies

Aidan Quinn Owen Pegler Erin Paniscotti

Jacqueline Bradley

Olivia Confrey Isabel Giordano Nathaniel Riehl

Lector Betsey Sheprow Jane Kulaga Isabella Maguire Linda Rosa


Paul Farrell Bill King

Linda Drasheff

John Hillyard Ruthanne Wagner

Eric Krayton

Cynthia Eisenkerch Barbara Blasi

Greg Scheuermann Teresa Rigney

Priscilla Mangini-Confrey Hugh Meehan

Geraldine Quigley Gretchen Stevens

Liturgical Ministry Schedule for St. Catharine Chapel Sunday, December 4th

12 NOON

Celebrant Fr. Cullen

Altar Server Fiona O’Brien

Lector Rosemary Frontero


Holly O’Brien Theresa Abel

Sarah DeGennaro

Movie Night Friday, December 2nd

St. Margaret Church

7:00 9:00 PM

“A Charlie Brown Christmas”

We will bring the popcorn you bring your drinks!

Bring your pillows, blankets, etc and enjoy getting together with our parish community to view

wholesome, and fun family movies.

For questions email [email protected]

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