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WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE:
Saturday: 9:00 a.m.,
5:00 p.m. Vigil
Sunday: 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.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
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.
EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION: In the case of an emergency requiring a priest after
business hours, please call 732-545-6185.
St. Vincent de Paul Society: 732-668-6584
(for assessment of assistance needed, leave message
including name and contact number)
St. Peter the Apostle University & Community Parish
The Catholic Center at Rutgers University
Celebrating a Marian Year 2018-2019
March 17, 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
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, Mario Fusco, W.J.R.,
Andre Bell
All the sick, those who are homebound, the
hospitalized, and all who serve in the military.
Monday, March 18 7:30 a.m. Yolanda Egan
12:15 p.m. Magdalena Wittreich
Tuesday, March 19—Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse
of the Blessed Virgin Mary 7:30 a.m. Francesca Alfano
12:15 p.m. Special Int. Joseph Calderone
Wednesday, March 20
7:30 a.m. Rose Razzano
12:15 p.m. Joseph and Martha Ritchick
Thursday, March 21
7:30 a.m. Ajayi Ojo
12:15 p.m. Narciso Manansala
Friday, March 22
7:30 a.m. Charles Wheeler
Saturday, March 23
9:00 a.m. Frank Tarone
5:00 p.m. Millie Fitzhenry
Sunday, March 24—Third Sunday of Lent
8:00 a.m. Gae Mangarella
11:00 a.m. Armando Nardino
6:00p.m. For the People
This Week’s Readings
Monday: Dn 9:4b-10; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Lk 6:36-38
Tuesday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29;
Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a
or Lk 2:41-51a
Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5-6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-28
Thursday: Jer 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 16:19-31
Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a; 17b-28a; Ps 105:16-21;
Mt 21:33-43, 45-46
Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 103:1-4, 9-12;
Lk 15:1-3, 11-32
Sunday: Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15; Ps 103:1-4, 6-8, 11;
1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12; Lk 13:1-9
Alternate readings (Year A): Ex 17:3-7;
Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42
[5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]
March 17, 2019 - 2nd Sunday of Lent
“I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of
the Chaldeans to give you this land as a
possession.” (Genesis 15:7)
Just as the Lord gave Abraham, Moses and the Israel-
ites a land to possess, He has also given each of us a
home. Whether your home is grand or humble, it is a
gift from God. Abraham prepared a great sacrifice to
the Lord in gratitude for the home God gave him.
How do you show your gratitude to God for the home
He has given you? Do you make a sacrifice of any
kind? Do you return any of your finances to God, in-
vesting equally in your eternal home just as you invest
in your earthly home?
2019 Bishop’s Annual Appeal
Help Build a Civilization of Love
This weekend, parishes throughout the Diocese of
Metuchen are celebrating the Bishop’s Annual Ap-
peal In-Pew Weekend. Our goal is for every family
to participate. Every gift, no matter the size, is im-
portant and greatly appreciated. Together, we are
working to become kindling that is set aflame by
the Holy spirit, allowing God’s love and power to
burn more brightly here in the Diocese of Metu-
chen. Thank you for actively participating in this
mission by your financial support.
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A Reflection by Msgr. Celano
given on the First Sunday of Lent
“Is God secondary… to far more urgent matters?”
The Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent is always the
same; the temptations of Christ. Mark’s account is the
shortest. He simply states that Jesus went into the desert
for 40 days and was tempted by the devil. Matthew gives
us more insight into the nature of those temptations, but
it is Luke, whose account we hear this weekend, who
tells us that these temptations were continuous through-
out Christ’s life. In fact, Luke ends the temptation narra-
tive with these words “…and the devil departed from
Him awaiting a more opportune time.”
Christ’s temptations in the wilderness are frontal assaults
on His very nature and mission. The tempter begins; “If
you are the Son of God…”. By undermining Christ’s
own identity, he suggests that there is another path Christ
could follow. Why not feed yourself instead of the multi-
tudes hungry for the Word of God? Why not make a
show of your greatness instead of humbling yourself
even to death on the cross? Why not exchange the king-
dom of heaven for “celebrity status” in the world?
These temptations are also the temptations of the Church
and of every Christian; to turn away from the path that
leads us to the cross, to choose to serve ourselves instead
of others, to believe what the world offers us is more
necessary and fulfilling than what God offers us.
In his “Jesus of Nazareth”, Benedict XVI shapes the
temptations in this context:
“At the heart of all temptations, as we see here, is the act
of pushing God aside because we perceive him as sec-
ondary; if not actually superfluous and annoying, in com-
parison with all the apparently more urgent matters that
fill our lives…
[Temptation] does not invite us directly to do evil –no,
that would be far too blatant. Rather, it pretends to show
us a better way…”
Jesus of Nazareth, p.28-29
Before you blurt out, “Of course, God is not ‘secondary
or superfluous’,” consider this: Don’t we make God
“secondary and superfluous” every time we excuse our-
selves from Sunday Mass because there is a paper to
write, or because it’s my only day to sleep in, or tell my-
self that I don’t need the church to pray? Doesn’t God
become secondary when we bend the truth a little, stray a
little from chastity or marital fidelity, nurse a grudge, talk
about our neighbor, fail to stand for what is right and
good, or turn a blind eye to the poor and suffering? We
need to remember that the tempter does not have horns
and a red cape and lure us to do something blatantly evil.
More often, he comes in an appealing form and simply
suggests that we serve our own interests, and not God’s.
So, if the temptation we face is to make God “secondary
and superfluous” to other concerns, then the victory over
temptation comes when God is made “primary and rele-
vant”, not just in some aspects of life, but in all aspects of
life.
Lent calls each of us to conversion – to throw open the
doors of our life to Christ. Let no “suggestion” of a better
way, an easier way, a more agreeable way, entice you.
There is but one way to the fullness of life; Jesus Christ!
He is the victor over sin and death and in His name the
tempter must retreat.
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HOLY HOUR The Oratory is hosting its monthly
Eucharistic Holy Hour, today
Sunday, March 17th 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.
Mass Intentions and
Sanctuary Candle Memorials
There are many dates available for
both Mass intentions and memorials
for the Sanctuary Candle. Please
contact the parish office for infor-
mation at extension 110. Our 2019
Mass Intentions book is open.
Get more out of the Lord’s Day at St. Peter’s Participate Sunday Mornings after
the 8am Mass, before the 11am Mass:
Communal Rosary Prayer will begin at 9:05am, after the 8am Mass.
Gather in the church, the front section before the statue of Mary.
Sunday Café
Available each week after the 8am Mass until 10:30am;
coffee/juice, a light breakfast, Sunday fellowship.
Word & Life Reflection and discussion of the Sunday
Readings from 9:30-10:30am in the Parish Hall. Come whenever you are able.
No registration required. The focus of Word & Life is to get more out of the Scripture readings for that Sunday and to
explore what they mean for your life!
Please, invite other friends or family members to join you!
CATHOLIC SCHOOL 2019-2020 TUITION ASSISTANCE ONLINE APPLICATION
PROCESS OPEN
Families interest in applying for tuition assistance to attend an eligible Diocese of Metuchen Catholic ele-mentary or high school may do so now. The applica-tion process is online though FACTS Grant & Aide Assessment. Online applications must be completed (including supporting documentation) by no later than March 31, 2019. Applications are available in Eng-lish and Spanish.
MARIAN YEAR EVENT
Please join us as we raise awareness of the
importance of devotion to Our Lady!
Our next catechesis will be:
March 25, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.
on the topic of
The Annunciation of Our Lord
offered by
Abbot Elias R. Lorenzo, OSB, MA
The day’s event will consist of All day Exposition of
the Blessed Sacrament immediately after the 7:30
a.m. daily Mass, Sung Vespers beginning at 6:30
p.m., followed by catechesis and Evening Mass.
We invite you to join us throughout the year for pre-
senters in prayer and study as we grow closer to Our
Lady. If you have questions, please email:
ENCOUNTER LENT WITH RICE BOWL
Join our faith community—and more than 14,000
Catholic communities across the United States—in a
life-changing Lenten journey of encounter with CRS
Rice Bowl. Rice Bowls are available at the end of
each pew or in the back of the church in a basket.
Allow your Lenten fasting, almsgiving and prayer to
become a ray of hope for our brothers and sisters in
need.
At the end of Lent, your donations will be collected
in a special basket that will be made available in the
church. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
DON’T GIVE UP CHOCOLATE FOR LENT!
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inspiration and have your “Best Lent Ever”!
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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: March 10, 2019
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