Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Issue Ten
St. Virgil’s Parish
May 24, 2020
Contact Info >>>
Our Weekly Newsletter
for our Parish Family
Parish Office: 973-538-1418 or 862-242-6961
Fr. Michal (direct) 862-242-6374
Parish Email: [email protected]
Fr. Michal’s Email: [email protected]
Fr. Babu’s Email: [email protected]
Deacon Merle: [email protected]
Deacon Rich: [email protected]
Youth Ministry: [email protected]
PREP K-4: [email protected]
PREP 5-8: [email protected]
Mass Intentions for this Week >>> Sat Sun., May 24 Frank Landi
Janet Dittrich
Blanche Furbacher
Domenico Procopio
Mon. May 25 Elaine Clavin
Tues., May 26 Bob Thomas
Wed., May 27 Gail Dale
Margaret Conforti
Thurs. May 28 Grant Morgan
Fri., May 29 Robert White
Ida Salerno
Sat., May 30 Dorothy Olchasky
Please remember in your prayers:
Timmy O’Shea, Deacon Alan Lucibello, Bill Warrick, Tony
Loughlin, Florence Luckey, Rosemary Paulison, Jackie
Donnelley, Judy Taylor, Mary Eileen & Douglas Prisinzano,
Jacqueline Paw, Baby Akeen Butchko, Mary Beth Jensen, Colleen
Dillion & Family, Mary Maffeo, Marie E. Logan, Mallory Miller,
Rose Marie Warrick, Sandra Buck, Margaret Ellis, John &
Elizabeth Zisa, Daniella, Anne Benson, Bob Taylor, Kamasha
Redhead, Miah Tully, Barabara Bock, Baby Emma Scannelli,
Stephen Burke, Eileen Lagan, and Teresa Procopio.
Please pray for all those who serve in defense of our Country, both at home and abroad, especially:
The deployed airmen of the 914 Air Refueling Wing
SSGT Blake Reidinger LT Kelsey Bergh
PO2 Timothy Butchko MJR Gary Windt
LT Patrick Leahey 2LT Ryan Feeney
MJR Stephanie Sittmann SSGT Thomas Sittman
LTR Andrew McGuinness SSGT Eric Wright
LCDR Daniel M. Leahey LT Mark Van Ordan
LT Mark C. Leahey MSGT T.J. Hopkins
LT Kian Federick Stewart LT Tyler Huhn
DC1 Alexander V. Fernandez CPL Irvin Carithers
Please remember in your prayers in a very special way, our first responders and those who are now serving on the “front line”. Words
cannot express how grateful we are for everything that they are doing
for us. The support and strength amid these difficult and uncertain
times gives us proof that the angels are working among us!
Ascension of the Lord
Worship Aid for March 24:
Ascension Sunday Worship Aid.pdf
Sunday The Ascension of the Lord: Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23; Mt 28:16-20 Monday Acts 19:1-8; Jn 16:29-33 Tuesday Acts 20:17-27; Jn 17:1-11a Wednesday Acts 20:28-38; Jn 17:11b-19 Thursday Acts 22:30, 23:6-11; Jn 17:20-26 Friday Acts 25:13b-21; Jn 21:15-19 Saturday Morning: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Jn 21:20-25
Readings for the Week
Live Streamed on our website at
www.stvirgilparish.org
Sunday at 10:30am
Weekdays at 9am
We are extremely grateful for your continuing financial support.
Our receipts for the week of May 17 was $10,863. This number reflects collections received in the office this week, $6,058 and the weekly average from Faith Direct was $$4,805. Your generosity enables us to continue with the necessary upkeep and pay recurring expenses.
We ask you to please consider using Faith Direct. Faith Direct is an online giving service where you can donate the amount you currently give each Sunday through an online medium. (Our parish number is NJ732).
Regardless of the method you choose, we appreciate your continued generous support. There is a link on the newly-designed parish
website if you would like to set up a one-time donation through Faith Direct or to sign up for online giving. If you have any questions
regarding the Faith Direct process, please feel free to call the parish office to discuss your options.
Since you cannot physically put envelopes in the collection baskets, you can drop off your donations through the mail slot on the front door or mail them to the parish office.
Morris Catholic High School
Open House
Our Admissions team put together a phenomenal Virtual Open House on our website. Please take a few minutes to visit and see all of the wonderful programs that Morris Catholic has to offer. We look forward to welcoming the newest generation of Crusaders to our campus to continue our grand tradition of Catholic Education at Morris Catholic. We hope we can count on your continued support.
www.morriscatholic.org/virtualopenhouse/
Anniversary Blessings
This week, both our pastor and associate are celebrating anniversaries:
On May 24, Fr. Babu Thellapilly, our parochial vicar, will be celebrating the 12th Anniversary of his reception as a diocesan priest into the Diocese of Paterson.
On May 25, Fr. Michal Falgowski, our pastor, will be celebrating the 7th Anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.
We would also like to extend our anniversary wishes to Fr. Al Lampron. Fr. Al who grew up here at St. Virgil’s and served here as parochial vicar during the 80’s is currently serving as the Pastor of St. Bernards in
Corpus Christi Food Drive
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted those living in poverty the most and Catholic Charities, Diocese of Paterson's 3 Food Pantries (Father English Center, Paterson; Hope House, Dover; and Partnership for Social Services, Franklin) are giving out more food than ever before.
Most months, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Paterson gives out food to 5,000 - 7,000 people at their 3 food pantries. In April of 2020, this number practically doubled, as they helped over 11,000 individuals who are feeling the direct economic impact of COVID-19.
Bishop Serratelli has authorized a Catholic Charities Diocesan-wide food collection in all parishes. This year, the drive has gone virtual, and you can shop online and have items directly shipped to Catholic Charities Food Pantries.
Visit www.ccpaterson.org/corpus for more information and visit www.yougivegoods.com/ccpaterson-fooddrive2020 to find our parish, and shop for our pantries in need.
You may also email: [email protected] or call (973) 737-2077 ext.403 with any questions or to donate food directly to Catholic Charities Food Pantries.
Rockaway, but he is still a “Tuesday” visitor at St. Virgil’s. On May 24 Fr. Al is celebrating the 45th Anniversary of his ordination.
Our prayer is that Fr. Michal, Fr. Babu and Fr. Al enjoy a bountiful harvest of God’s love, peace and joy in their ministries.
but they doubted.” Just ordinary men doing extraordinary things, they had feet of clay, not wings of angels.
Christ had done His job. He had done all that was asked of Him.Then He left.This feast is the day we recognize that indeed He left us and
“ascended,” a term meaning’ “on His own power.” Because of His divinity, Christ was able to leave this world and show us that there is
somewhere to ascend, somewhere beyond the “here and now” to where we are also called. The Blessed Mother was “assumed”- raised by
some other power, the Feast of the Assumption as we celebrate it. He lived the life He was given, and the tasks He was to perform, and
then He was done. He “ascended.”
This is a consolation to us, and also a challenge - a path for us to follow, a promise of an eternity. He left us words to comfort us, “I am
with you always, until the end of the age.”
Lord, Show me the way, stay with me!
Christ had done His job. He had done all that was asked of Him.Then He left.This feast is the day we recognize that indeed He left
us and “ascended,” a term meaning’ “on His own power.” Because of His divinity, Christ was able to leave this world and show us that
there is somewhere to ascend, somewhere beyond the “here and now” to where we are also called. The Blessed Mother was “assumed”-
raised by some other power, the Feast of the Assumption as we celebrate it. He lived the life He was given, and the tasks He was to
perform, and then He was done. He “ascended.”
This is a consolation to us, and also a challenge - a path for us to follow, a promise of an eternity. He left us words to comfort us,
“I am with you always, until the end of the age.”
Lord, Show me the way, stay with me!
Evangelization Corner
ask the experts >>>
The Apostles were all sent out and challenged by the Man they had followed, and yet
they had doubts as to what they should do. That really should not surprise us. After all,
almost every day we are the same way. We get up each day and often have doubts as to
where the day might lead us, or how we will have the wisdom, energy, and courage to
get through it. Yet we do. Christ had promised His followers that they would receive the
Holy Spirit, and they did; all that they needed, they received. Ordinary guys, e.g.,
fishermen, started a movement that changed the world. “They saw Him, they worshiped,
250 Speedwell Avenue
Morris Plains, NJ 07950
(973) 538-1418 or (862-242-6961
Website: www.stvirgilparish.org
Follow us on Facebook @ St. Virgil Parish
St. Virgil’s Parish
Ascension of the Lord
Acts 1:1-11
Gospel: Matthew
28:16-20
The second sacrament of healing is the Anointing of
the Sick (i.e., thespiritual Healing of the Sick).
There is probably no sacrament more misunderstood
than this Sacrament. Prior to the Second Vatical
Council, this sacrament was called Extreme Unction
(meaning “Final Anointing”) and together with
Confession (or at least conditional absolution if the
person is physically unable to confess) and the
Eucharist were known as “Last Rites” and was
reserved for those in immediate danger of death.
Pope Paul VI advocated for a great availability of
the sacrament of Anointing beyond cases of mortal
illness. The Second Vatican Council extended the
Sacrament to offer healing and confort to anyone
who is struggling with an illness that may not lead
to immediate death or to anyone who may be in
danger of death just from old age. The urpsoe of the
Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is two-fold: to
strengthen the recipient against the temptation to
despair and to unite their suffering to the suffering
of Christ. The Sacrament is meant to strengthen
both their body and their soul.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church’s defines the
purpose of the sacrament as “the conferral of a
special grace on the Christian experiencing the
difficulties inherent in the condition of grave illness
or old age” (CCC 1527). As Catholics we are well
Regular updates will be posted to our website and to Facebook.
We will also send out regular alerts on Flocknote.
If you know of a parishioner who is not yet signed up for
Flocknote but would like to receive them, email the parish office
Weekly
Reflection
aware that the ultimate healing of the body and
the soul can only be brought about though God.
Through the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick
we seek God’s intervention in the midst of our
distress. The Anointing of the Sick is a
remarkable sign of God’s great love for us.
There are many examples of Jesus and the
Apostles performing many acts of healing in the
Gospels and in the Acts of the Apostles. In
writing about the mission of the apostles in his
Gospel, St. Mark gives us an indication of this
Sacrament saying, “So they [the apostles] went
off and preached repentance. They drove out
many demons and anointed with oil many who
were sick and cured them” (Mk 6:12-13).
St. James, in his Epistle in describing the
power of prayer, gives us an indication of
the sacrament of Anointing; “Is anyone
among you sick? He should summon the
presbyters [priests] of the church, and they
should pray over him and anoint [him] with
oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer
of faith will save the sick person, and the
Lord will raise him up. If he is committed
any sins, he will be forgiven” (James 5:14-
15).
The sacrament of Anointing the Sick is
conferred by a priest who after reading
appropriate scriptural readings, lays
hands on the sick person’s head, prays
over them, blesses them and anoints their
forehead, hands and feet with Oil of the
Sick, that has been blessed by the Bishop
during the Chrism Mass. There are
scriptural readings and, ideally if the
family of the sick person can gather, the
communal recitation of the Lord’s Prayer.
May the Lord’s peace be with you
always!
Evangelization Ministry
final thoughts...
