St . Peter the Apost le Universi ty & Community Parish The Catholic Center a t Rutgers Universi ty
23 June 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.
MONTH OF THE SACRED HEART · In the Catholic
tradition, the month of June is a time to honor
the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The devotion to the
Sacred Heart is concerned with the love and
compassion that is poured fourth from the heart
of Jesus towards humanity. The devotion was
popularized by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque.
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, 24 June—The Nativity of St. John the Baptist 7:30 a.m. Marino J. Celano
12:15 p.m. Eufemia Dedios
Tuesday, 25 June 7:30 a.m. Teresa Bajorek
12:15 p.m. Caroline Joy Bolton
Wednesday, 26 June
7:30 a.m. Special Intention of Fr. Peter Cebulka, CO
12:15 p.m. Walter Sypeck, Jr.
Thursday, 27 June—St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop &
Doctor of the Church
7:30 a.m. Walter Bajorek
12:15 p.m. Kevin Byron
Friday, 28 June—Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of
Jesus 7:30 a.m. Stanley Bajorek
Saturday, 29 June—Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles 9:00 a.m. Ramona Bombita, Jorge Bombita & Michael
Paredes
5:00 p.m. For the People
Sunday, 30 June—Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00 a.m. Mary Bacorn
11:00 a.m. Betty Pellowski
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: Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1-3, 13-15; Acts 13:22-26;
Lk 1:57-66, 80
Tuesday: Gn 13:2, 5-18; Ps 15:2-4ab, 5; Mt 7:6, 12-14
Wednesday: Gn 15:1-12, 17-18; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Mt 7:15-20
Thursday: Gn 16:1-12, 15-16 [6b-12, 15-16]; Ps 106:1b-5;
Mt 7:21-29 Friday: Ez 34:11-16; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5b-11; Lk 15:3-7 Saturday: Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19
Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11;
Gal 5:1, 13-18; Lk 9:51-62
2019 Bishop’s Annual Appeal Help Build a Civilization of Love
We have received pledges totaling $45,425.00
of our $50,000 goal and payments totaling
$44,512.50 from 135 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!
23 June, 2019 – Corpus Christi
“They all ate and were satisfied. And when the leftover fragments were picked up, they filled
twelve wicker baskets.” (Luke 9:17)
The story of the Loaves and Fishes shows us that when
we share what we have, even if it doesn’t seem like
that much, miracles can happen! Do not think that
your gift is too small or insignificant! God blesses all
the gifts we offer and makes them wondrous.
St. John Chrysostom, in a commentary on the Eucharist,
teaches us how to do this.
“Do you want to honor Christ’s body? Then do not scorn
him in his nakedness, nor honor him here in the church
with silken garments while neglecting him outside where
he is cold and naked. For he who said: ‘This is my body’,
and made it so by his words, also said: ‘You saw me hun-
gry and did not feed me...inasmuch as you did not do it
for one of these, the least of my brothers, you did not do
it for me.’ (Matthew 25:42a, 45b) What we do here in
the church requires a pure heart, not special garments;
what we do outside (the church) requires great dedica-
tion."
The vocation of every Christian is to be a vessel that
shows Christ and the Church to the world. Only by
“being what we receive and receiving what we are” will
the “Amen” we speak to the words “The Body of Christ”
be true.
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FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK
Perhaps more than anyone else, Augustine is a saint for
our times; the man with the "restless heart" who looked
for love in all the wrong places, the seeker of truth who
turned to the falsehoods of the "new age" religions of his
time, the "bad boy" who found Christ when he finally
reached the bottom of his sin-sick soul. Augustine's life
shows us who we can become when we confuse love for
pleasure, truth for opinion, and evil for good. But Au-
gustine also shows us who we can become when God’s
grace cuts through our confusion and we encounter the
love, truth, and goodness we really seek; Jesus Christ.
Oscar Wilde summed it up nicely when he said, “Every
saint has a past and every sinner had a future.”
Reflecting on the mystery of Christ in the Eucharist, Au-
gustine said, “The Lord left us in this sacrament His
Body and Blood. Now we are called to become His
Body, and through His mercy we are what we receive. If
you have receive well, you are what you have re-
ceived...You hear the words, 'The Body of Christ'. You
answer, 'Amen'. Be therefore members of Christ that
your 'Amen' may be true. Be what you see and receive
what you are.”
Hopefully, we all know what a monstrance is: It’s the
vessel in which the Blessed Sacrament is displayed. In
fact, the word "monstrance" comes from the Latin word
meaning "to display or show". With the words of Augus-
tine in mind, the vocation of every Christian is to
"become what we receive". In a sense, our vocation is to
be a "monstrance"; a vessel that displays the mystery of
Christ and the Church, the mystery of salvation and
communion. What the vessel looks like - big or small,
gilded and bejeweled or simple and humble - is not as
important as what it displays.
A Reflection from Msgr. Celano on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
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ARE YOU BEING CALLED TO THE DIACONATE?
The Diocese is looking for men who are interested in
becoming Permanent Deacons. A new diaconate for-
mation class will begin in spring 2020. Applicants for
that class will be accepted near the end of this summer.
A General Information Meeting is being conducted in the
St. John Neumann Pastoral Center in Piscataway on:
Tuesday, 25 June, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
If you are between the ages of 35 and 60, and you be-
lieve you are being called to this ministry, you, your wife
and your pastor are cordially invited to attend this meet-
ing. If you have any questions, or wish to advise that you
will attend, please contact:
The Diocesan Diaconate Office:
(732) 562-2423.
FROM THE DIOCESE
The following events and announcements are from
the Diocese of Metuchen:
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
COMMUNITY ROUNDUP
The following events are from the local community:
ATTENTION
SUMMER MASS SCHEDULE
The Saturday 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 8:00 a.m. and
11:00 a.m. Masses will be celebrated in the Parish
Hall for the remainder of the Summer.
Mass will return to the Church the weekend of August
24/25th.
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Don’t miss another update from our parish!
We have a tremen-
dous community
here at St. Peter’s
and we want to
make sure it’s as
easy as possible for every one of you to be in-
volved and connected to it all.
Text SPNB to 84576 and join our parish Flocknote
Community! Once you send that in, Flocknote will
text you back a confirmation message AND another
message with a link you’ll need to click to complete
the process.
Questions? Please e-mail:
“…This is why the Word was made flesh, died and
rose and gave us his Spirit; this is why he left us
the Eucharist, so that we could live on him as he
lives on the Father. The Eucharist is the sacrament
of the gift Christ made of himself
for us: he is the sacrament of love
and peace, which is the fullness of
life.”
- Pope St. John Paul II
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CONTINUED MESSAGES FROM THE PASTOR
Priest and Staff Personnel Changes
Last week I was informed by our Director
of Priest Personnel that Fr. James DeFil-
lipps, our parochial vicar and chaplain to
the Catholic Center, has been reas-
signed to St. Bartholomew Church, East
Brunswick as its new parochial vicar. Fr.
James has served our parish and cam-
pus ministry community with a true
priestly heart and has been a source of
blessing for us these past several years.
I, for one, will miss him as I know many
of you will as well.
Bishop Checchio has assigned Fr. Dario
Endiape to our parish and campus min-
istry as both parochial vicar and chap-
lain. Fr. Dario is a native of the Philip-
pines and has served in several parishes
in the Diocese of Metuchen, most re-
cently at St. Bartholomew in East Bruns-
wick. The effective date of this transfer
is July 8, 2019.
I have also been informed by Anne-Marie
Calderone that she will be leaving our
parish staff at the end of July. Anne-
Marie is facing imminent knee surgery
and a lengthy recovery process that will
require her to be attentive to herself and
her needs. I can’t say enough about
Anne Marie! She has been such a serv-
ant to our parish, giving of herself so
generously in both our religious educa-
tion program and in office administra-
tion with such professionalism, love, and
faithfulness. She will be greatly missed!
Sr. Lorraine Doiron, SJH, who currently
serves on the pastoral staff of the Cath-
olic Center, will be replacing Anne-Marie
Calderone as the Parish Catechetical
Leader while retaining her mission to our
university students. She will be assisted
by Sr. Donna Marie Lasota, SJH, who has
recently relocated from the Sisters of Je-
sus our Hope motherhouse in Holland
Twp. to their New Brunswick convent.
Please join me in prayer for Fr. James, Fr.
Dario, Anne-Marie Calderone, Sr. Lorri-
ane and Sr. Donna Marie during this
time of transition.
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Fiscal Reporting
For the past several months, the Parish
Finance Council and I have been working
on budgets and a reporting mechanism
on the Sunday offering in an effort to be
more fiscally transparent and accounta-
ble to you, our parishioners who support
the life and mission of the parish. The
formula we have constructed is a simple
one to help you understand the Sunday
offering, which is the primary means by
which we fund the operations of our par-
ish, in the context of our weekly budget-
ary needs. This new collection reporting
mechanism will begin with the new fiscal
year on July 1, 2019.
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
Rev. Jason Pavich, Parochial Vicar, X111
Rev. James De Fillipps, Parochial Vicar
Patrick Gutsick, Permanent Deacon
Helmut Wittreich, Permanent Deacon
Parish staff
Anne-Marie Calderone—Office Administrator X110
& Religious Education x115
Colleen Donahue — Office Manager & Wedding
Coordinator X110
Anthony R. Nardino Dir. of Sacred Music, X112
Br. Jude Lasota, BH Pastoral Assistant
Tom Setar Maintenance
St. Peter’s Cemetery
Located at 500 Somerset Street (Rt. 27), New Brunswick
Cemetery Office 732-249-0894
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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Holiday Parish Office Hours
Please note the following hours for our
parish office for this upcoming 4th of July Holiday:
The office will be closed on July 4th & 5th
Please note our emergency contact information
on the front page if you are in need of a priest.
Thank you.
Normal office hours are Monday—Thursday
9am-3:00pm
During the summer, the Catholic Center hours will be
Monday—Thursday
10am-2:00pm
Both offices are closed on Friday.
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INFORMATION SHEET
NAME OF CHURCH: ST. PETER THE APOSTLE
BULLETIN #: 511928
CHURCH PHONE NUMBER: 732-545-6820
DATE OF SUNDAY PUBLICATION: 23 June 2019
NUMBER OF PAGES TRANSMITTED: Cover +5 text pages + this page = 7
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