Our Lady of Mt. Virgin Church 600 Harris Avenue, Middlesex, New Jersey, 08846

Parish Office: 732-356-2149 Rectory Emergency: 732-667-8034

Fax: 732-356-1302 www.olmv.net

SERVED BY Rev. David V. Skoblow, Ch.M., KGCHS, Administrator, dskoblow@olmv.net Rev. Louis A. Mattina, Parochial Vicar x 1008, lmattina@olmv.net Rev. Peter G. Suhaka, Weekend Assistant Deacon John R. Tietjen—jtietjen@olmv.net Deacon John Czekaj—jczekaj@olmv.net Deacon Tom Sommero—tsommero@olmv.net Deacon Edgar Chaves—echaves@olmv.net Miguel de Jesus, Director of Sacred Music x 1011, mdejesus@olmv.net Dorothy Zmigrodski, Parish Catechetical Leader x 2011 dzmigrodski@olmv.net Alexandria Jones, Catechetical Assistant x 2010 ajones@olmv.net Carol Valente, Financial Manager x 1003 cvalente@olmv.net Gabriella Rosales, Communications and Calendar Manager x 1002 grosales@olmv.net Ed Kura, Facilities Manager x 2009 ekura@olmv.net Donald Kornmeyer, Custodian x 2009 MARRIAGES: Couples are encouraged to contact the parish office to begin the Marriage Preparation Program. It is recommended that engaged couples begin this process a year in advance of the wedding. Please contact the parish office for additional information. INFANT BAPTISMS: The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month after the 11:30 am Mass (except during Lent). Families must be registered in the Parish and attend a Baptism Preparation Class. Please contact the parish office for additional information. VISITS TO THE SICK & HOMEBOUND: Priests, Deacons and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion bring the Blessed Sacrament to members of the parish who are homebound. Please contact the parish office to have Holy Communion brought to those who can not attend Mass or to request the Sacraments of the Anointing of the Sick and Confession.

Fifth Sunday of Easter May 10, 2020

Weekday and Sunday Masses have been suspended

by direction of the Bishop until further notice.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.

Sunday from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. (in Spanish)

Please note that until further notice, the Diocese has instructed

all parishes to cancel all weddings, funerals, and baptisms.

The Parish Office is closed until further notice.

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:

9:00 am until 12:00 noon daily

SCHEDULE OF MASS INTENTIONS

(All Mass intentions will be honored at the celebration of private Masses).

MON. May 11 Easter Weekday 7:00 A.M. *OLMV Parishioners TUES. May 12 Easter Weekday 12:00 P. M. +Margaret Mary Fehr r/o William W. Fehr WED. May 13 Easter Weekday 7:00 A.M +George P. Roy r/o Betty Roy THURS. May 14 Easter Weekday 12:00 P.M. +Thomas Kuhn r/o Pat & Jim Benson FRI. May 15 Easter Weekday 7:00 A.M. +Teresa & Giuseppe Coppola r/o Assante Family SAT. May 16 Easter Weekday 8:00 A.M. +Samuel Giuliano r/o Wife, Pam & Family 5:00 P.M +Louis German r/o Betty Roy SUN. May 17 Fifth Sunday of Easter 8:00 A.M. *30th Wedding Anniversary Darlene & Christopher Keri r/o Mary Susan D’Amore 10:00 A.M. +Pat Mangino r/o Alexandria Gladwell & Family 11:30 A.M. +John & Carol Gross r/o Family 1:30 P. M. +Teresa Barbosa r/o Miriam Chacon +Deceased *Living

FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 10-16 Altar Candles Suzzane Stocky r/o Stocky Family

Altar Flowers Blessed Mother r/o Assante Family

Fifth Sunday of Easter

“Jesus came and stood among them and said to them,

‘Peace be with you.’” (John 20:19)

GOD’S PLAN FOR GIVING

TOTAL COLLECTIONS NOT AVAILABLE AT TIME OF PRINTING

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Opportunities to support your Parish

In addition to Mass intentions for your loved ones you may remember them through the following memorial opportunities: · Sanctuary Flowers · Altar or Tabernacle Candles, or Sanctuary Lamp · Meditation Garden Remembrance Bricks · A gift of cash, securities, or other assets to OLMV.

Mother’s Day Mass Remembrance Envelopes

Please prayerfully consider remembering

your mothers, grandmothers, and godmothers at Mass by sending in your Mother’s Day envelopes. They will be remembered at Mass on Mother’s Day.

BISHOP’S ANNUAL APPEAL

To date, the Development Office has received pledges totaling $49,913.96 and payments totaling $42,615.66 from 240 parishioners. This represents 67.5% of

our $ 74,000.00 goal.

Thank you for your efforts!

In your charity, you are asked to pray for the repose of the souls of

David Czachur, Dorothy Bilecki, Marlene Clarkson, Lois Santillo, Frank Ebert, Louis Rossi, Sr., Robert Paulis, Mariela Garzón, Margaret

McGrath, Eileen Perone, Juana Farfan Chang and Edward Masessa.

From the Desk of Father David

The restoration of the statue of Mary is complete and the statue is back in the Prayer Garden. Many, many thanks to Ed Hagan of the Hagan-Chamberlain Funeral Home

in Bound Brook for sharing his tal-ents with us by completing the restoration.

Have you ever been out and about and gotten truly lost? I mean really and truly lost, such that you didn’t know where you were or where you would wind up if you kept on going in the direction that you are headed. It happened to me once. In my younger days, and over a period of about 10 ten years or so, I hiked up all of the peaks 4000 feet high or taller in New Hampshire. There are 48 of them. Most of them I hiked with someone – which is really the safer way to do it; but a couple of those peaked I bagged on my own. Now this was in the day when there were no cell phones to call for assistance and no GPS’s around to tell you where you were. I had my trusty trail map. Wasn’t smart enough to carry a compass. And all I had to call for assistance was a whistle, which I did make sure that I had with me. But on one of my treks I hiked up the mountain, and after checking it off my list looked around, and wouldn’t you know it, there were a few trails around leading off the summit. Which was the one I hiked up. Well, I thought I knew the answer, but about an hour into the trek down I came across a tree that had fallen over the trail and that I would have to climb over. Well, climbing over the tree was no problem. The problem was I was absolutely sure that I had not climbed over this tree on the way up. To say the least, I was not a happy camper. I had no idea what trail I was on. I did not know where it would lead, but I was pretty sure that I would not find my car waiting for me at the end of the trail. Nor did I know how long it would take to get down, and it was already somewhat late in the day. What if it turned dark? I was not very happy. And I was getting increas-ingly concerned. A little adventure was one thing, being lost was quite another. Well to make a long story short, I got to the end of the trail before dusk, and I found a pay phone (remember those?) and called the police who, fortunately, had had a good deal of experience with lost hikers, and they picked me up and brought me to my car. All’s well that ends well. When people take a journey nowadays, they are likely to rely more on their GPS than on maps. With maps, we studied the route. We made note of landmarks we would pass along the way. We could picture the route before us. With a GPS at our beck and call, a lot of thinking and planning does not go into the process. We don’t have to picture our destination before us, because the gal or guy on the GPS will announce to us that we have arrived. Without a companion in the car, that means a lot of looking down at a device while on route. Not really the best plan. Relying solely on our GPS with little or no preparation tells us little about our jour-ney or our destination. Jesus invites His disciples to take a journey. To follow Him where He is going. To the Father’s house. A journey that will lead them to Him. Christ declares Himself to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Not one among many alternatives. He describes Himself as the gate to the sheepfold. And all sheep and shepherds are called to enter through this one gate. Christ is more than a roadmap to the Father. Christ is not only the way, but the destination. He is a sacrament of the Fa-ther. Through His Incarnation, Jesus makes the Father visible to us in His own actions and teaching. He Himself gives us the life of the Father through the gift of the Holy Spirit, which proceeds from both the Father and the Son, and is the Love that they share. When we imitate the pattern that Christ sets out for us, most importantly by loving the Father by seeking always to do His will and by loving others as He has loved us, then we come to share in His divinity, which is our ultimate destination. Jesus is the true way to eternal life. The journey He invites us to take with Him is not a commute. It does not shuttle us between the ordinary and the mundane and the worldly. It is a genuine spiritual journey to the Father. And at the end of a true jour-ney we are never quite the same as we are at the beginning, both because of where we’ve been and where we’ve come to. Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, we meet the Truth along the Way, and it turns us 180° around from where we might ordinarily have gone on our own. And our destination is eternal Life.

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:

9:00 am until 12:00 noon daily

OLMV ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

“HELPLINE”

732-356-2149 option 6

All calls for assistance are confidential.

IMPORTANT:

Please note that until further notice, the Diocese has instructed all par-ishes to cancel all weddings, funerals, and baptisms.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.

Sunday from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. (in Spanish)

OLMV RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM

Please note that the Sacraments of First Communion and

Confirmation have been postponed until it is safe for all to gather once again.

IMMEDIATE NEED FOR FOOD Catholic Charities reached out to OLMV asking for assistance for families

who have children in their New Bruns-wick Child Care Centers. They are ask-ing for non-perishable food or gift cards, or a check payable to "Catholic Charities." OLMV church is open from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm. Food Donations: Please leave any food donations in the narthex of the church or in the Blessed Mother Chap-el. If you are in a position to help with a check or a gift card (please place under the office door), Fr. David will make arrangements with Catholic Charities for the donations to be picked up. UPDATE: You may order thru Ama-zon. Please include "Catholic Charities" in the address when sending to OLMV Church at 600 Harris Avenue Middle-sex, NJ 08846. Thank you and God Bless!

MOTHER’S D@Y PR@YER

Heavenly Father, You have given each person the Precious gift of having a mother.

Throughout the ages, mothers have Been the unsung heroes of our lives,

Content with little things; a smile a thank you, a token remembrance.

May all mothers learn from the Example set by Jesus’ mother, Mary

Our Mother in Heaven Let us always remember our mothers

as a treasure which You have given us, whether she is still here or in heaven. Pour down Your grace on all mothers today and everyday, and help each one of us to live our lives based on the good

examples, love and devotion which we have learned from them. Amen

IN PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO SERVE Capt Kevin Boyajian —Lakenheath RAFB, England Capt Stanley Benarick, U.S. Army (Res.) —Fort Drum (NY) Col Gretchen Wiltse —Grissom AFB, IN Chaplain, Lt Col Stuart King —

(Res.) US Southern Command, Miami, FL Chaplain, Maj Timothy J. Hirten — Sheppard AFB, TX Chaplain, Maj Louis A. Mattina —514th Air Mobility Wing at JBMDL, NJ A1C Kenneth W. Pine — Senior Airman , DE A1C Kristoffer Engel —Peterson AFB, CO LCpl Jack F. Sweeney USMC JTWC — OkinawaLCpl Sean P. Dowling —USMC, Camp Lejeune, NC Cpl Brian C. Robinson —USMC, Iraq Captain Hayes M. Cozza —USMC, Camp Pendleton, CA Lt. Santino E. Cozza —USAF, Little Rock, AFB, AR Ethan J. Krisfalusi - Seaman, Deployed Overseas Major Kevin Hoerburger - USMC (Res), New Orleans, LA Cpl Anthony Liguori, National Guard, Jordan Navy Capt. Douglas Graber, P.S.N.S.– Bremerton, Washington

An Act of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that You

are present 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.

NOTICES TO OUR P@RISHIONERS:

For updates on church announcements, or any im-portant messages from our Administrator, please visit our website at www.olmv.net or visit our Face-book page. THANK YOU to all of our parishioners who sent in their weekend envelopes. Needless to say, while Mass is suspended, our offer-tory revenue will drop precipitously. Please prayer-fully consider sending in your regular weekend con-tribution by mail. Mother’s Day Mass Remembrance Envelopes, for loved ones living or deceased, please mail in your envelopes or drop off at the parish office. Second Collection Development of the people to be scheduled on the weekend of May 16-17, 2020: All the proceeds will benefit the Church of Latin America, the Church of Eastern Europe and the Catholic Home Mission Appeal.

ONLINE GIVING We are excited to inform you that we now offer ParishSOFT Giving through our parish website, www.olmv.net. Online giving provides the opportunity for parishioners to provide that regular, uninterrupted giving that is so absolutely critical to the parish meeting its financial obligations year round, but especially during these difficult times. At the same time, it provides you the convenience of being able to make your donations easily, whether you are at home or away. ParishSOFT Giving offers you the opportunity to make secure, automatic con-tributions from your bank or credit/debit card ac-count to our church. Online giving costs you noth-ing, while providing many advantages both to you and to the church.

We ask that you prayerfully consider using online giving—especially if you currently manage your bills or banking online. For more information about ParishSOFT Giving, please visit the church website at www.olmv.net, or email Father David your ques-tions at dskoblow@olmv.net.

Many thanks to Anne Butera for providing the crown for our May Crowning last Sunday. It was a beautiful service – with the social distancing rules observed.

Boletín en Español Domingo 10 de mayo del 2020

V Domingo de Pascua

Boletín en Español: Actividades y Anuncios • Confesiones: Domingos de 12:00—12:30 pm. (Cambio de horario debido a la suspensión de Misas a causa del Coronavirus) • Virgen Peregrina: Por el momento la Virgen Peregrina no se va a entregar debido a la suspensión de Misas.

• Misas: Todo par roquiano que desee pedir la Intención de la Misa para cualquier domingo deberá venir a la Oficina Parroquial durante horas de trabajo. De lunes a jueves entre 8:30 am—2:00 pm. Si usted habla Inglés puede venir durante el siguiente horario: De lunes a viernes entre 8:30—4:00 pm. Las Misas se pueden reservar personalmente únicamente. No podemos reservar Misas por teléfono. La donación por una Misa es $10. (Durante este momento la oficina parroquial no estará aceptando intenciones para las Misas)

• Café Social: Nuevos miembros que deseen ayudar durante el Café son bienvenidos. Para anotarse a ayudar hablar con Eduardo y Lady Miranda después de Misa. EL CAFÉ SOCIAL HA SIDO CANCELADO POR EL MOMENTO.

• Clases de Inglés: LAS CLASES DE INGLES HAN SIDO CANCELADAS POR EL MOMENTO.

• Para ver la Misa en español por favor visite el siguiente enlace: http://magnificat.tv/es/taxonomy/term/1

ORACIÓN PARA LA COMUNIÓN ESPIRITUAL

Creo Señor mío que éstas realmente presente en el Santísimo Sacramento del Altar. Te amo sobre todas las cosas y deseo

ardientemente recibirte dentro de mi alma; pero, no pudiendo hacerlo ahora

sacramentalmente, ven al menos espiritualmente a mi corazón. Y como si te hubiese recibido, me abrazo y

me uno todo a Ti; Oh Señor, no permitas que me separe de Ti.

Amen.

RECORDATORIOS • La oficina parroquial está cerrada por el momento. Si usted desea comunicarse con nosotros por favor

de enviar un correo electrónico a grosales@olmv.net • Por favor de revisar el sitio web www.olmv.net o en Facebook para mantenerse informado sobre Anuncios parroquiales.

Programa de Educación Religiosa

Por favor sepan que los Sacramentos de la

Primera Comunión y la Confirmación han sido cancelados

y se celebrarán hasta cuando sea recomendado.

Siguiendo las recomendaciones del Mayor de New Jersey y el Obispo

Checchio.