ST. PADRE PIO PARISH

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Saturday, March 24th Blessed Oscar Romero/Vigil 5:00p.m./OLP People of the Parish

Albert J. Siciliano By Loving Family Jesse Flaim By Wife Delores & Family Paul J. Ambrose, Jr. By Gloria Greganti Anthony Renzi

By The Renzi Family Louise Braidi By Johanne Bylone Madeline Lanzetta By Richard & Beverly Walsh Peter Tamagni By Loving Family Doris Galetto By Gloria Bylone & Family Joseph Trongone, Jr. By Cookie Souders & Family Jackie Hutchinson-Holmberg By Jim & Lorraine Halferty Pauline Chrisholm By Ruth Duffek Dorothy Laspada By Delores Flaim & Family Sunday, March 25th Palm Sunday/Passion of the Lord

7:30a.m./OLP Madeline Lanzetta By John & Monica Jaworski & Family 9:00a.m./OLP Nancy Louise Rogers Stevenson By John, Rita & Family 11:00a.m./OLP Paul Infranco, Sr. By Wife Toni & Children Monday, March 26th Weekday 7:00p.m./StM Louise Braidi By St. Padre Pio Altar Rosary Society Tuesday, March 27th Weekday 8:15a.m./StM Francis Smaniotto By Wife Joan & Family Wednesday, March 28th Weekday 8:15a.m./StM C. Edward Sutter, Sr. By Ed & Ceil Bachinsky Thursday, March 29th Holy Thursday

NO MORNING MASS 7:00p.m./OLP Mass of the Lord’s Supper For the Intentions of the Priests Friday, March 30th Good Friday NO MORNING MASS 12:00p.m./Grotto Stations of the Cross 3:00p.m./OLP Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion/Eucharist Saturday, March 31st Holy Saturday/Vigil 8:00p.m/OLP. Names Held in Remembrance Sunday, April 1st Easter Sunday 6:00a.m./GOS Names Held in Remembrance 7:30a.m./OLP Names Held in Remembrance 9:00a.m./OLP Names Held in Remembrance 11:00a.m./OLP Names Held in Remembrance

MINISTRY SCHEDULE Holy Week & Easter Sunday March 29th, 30th, 31st , April 1st

Readers: Easter Vigil: 8:00pm/OLP J. Graff, S. Fiocchi Easter: 6:00am/GOS C. Kirchman 7:30am/OLP M. Jaworski 9:00am/OLP R. Golden 11:00am/OLP D. DeLuca

EM: Easter Vigil: 8:00pm/OLP J. & K. Celebre, C. Collini, Deacon Rich Volunteer Easter: 6:00am/GOS S. & J. Bertonazzi, P. & J. Ganio, F. Oertle 7:30am/OLP L. Duquette, F. & J. Richmond 9:00am/OLP G. Coslop, L. Tiemann, C. Croce 11:00am/OLP P. Barse, B. & E. Pinzon, B. Hammerstedt L. Gallina Altar Servers: Holy Thursday: 7:00pm/OLP D. Farinaccio, D. & C. Haddock, A. Jackson Good Friday: Noon/Grotto E. & G. Descalzi 3:00pm/OLP D. Farinaccio, E. A. & D. Haddock Easter Vigil: 8:00pm/OLP I. & C. Consalo, E. & A. Haddock Easter: 6:00amGOS R. & E. Buono 7:30am/OLP T. Kubiak, Volunteer 9:00am/OLP H. Bertonazzi, A. & L. Jimenez, I. Mills 11:00am/OLP A. & A. Alvarez, N. & L. Calderone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Holy Thursday, March 29th Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Our Lady of Pompeii Church -7:00 PM Adoration following in Holy Child Chapel until midnight

when Night Prayer will be celebrated.

Good Friday, March 30th 12:00 Noon: Stations of the Cross at the Grotto

3:00 PM Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion & Holy Communion Fast and abstinence today.

Holy Saturday, March 31st Easter Vigil Mass Our Lady of Pompeii Church at 8:00 PM:

Easter Sunday, April 1st 6:00 AM – Sunrise Mass – Garden of Saints

7:30 AM, 9:00 AM &11:00 AM Our Lady of Pompeii Church

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank You

The St. Joseph Society would like to thank all who supported our annual Chicken BBQ. We served over 400 platters & the revenue earned will be used to fund repairs & upgrades to our buildings & grounds. Special thanks to our “chefs” Lou

DiOrio & Tim Wagoner, as well as our members & volunteers for giving of their time to make this a success.

VINELAND, NJ

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Sacrament of the Sick:

We are happy to administer the Sacrament to those at home or in the hospital. Please notify the rectory when a family member is ill and/or in the hospital. In cases of shut-ins or chronic illness, please arrange with the office for a member of the clergy or Eucharistic

minister to make regular visits. You are an important part of our parish family and we want to

make the Sacraments available to you.

Sacrament of Baptism: Please contact the office.

Marriage:

Please contact the office at least six months prior to date of the celebration.

Parish Bulletin Announcements:

Please submit in writing by 12 noon Monday.

New Parishioners:

Please register at the Parish office, or online at pppnj.org

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pray for the Sick

May the Lord bring healing & renewed strength to all the sick and bless those who care for them. Amen Jake Abrams, Anne “Billie” Bergamo, Ed Bergamo, Chris Burrows, Eugene Caporale, Patricia Cavaliero, Charles Cestaro, Sr., Sherry Cestaro, Todd Chain, Andrea Cheli, Dr. Amanda Jost-Cramer, Dee Dobson, Anne M. Dondero, Michele Feltman, Delores Flaim, Ronald Franceschini, David Giglio, David Irrgang Tim Jacobsen, Donald Kinkade, Leokadia Krawczyk, John LaGreco, Joseph Letizia, Jim McMahon, Emil Milano, Kathy Milano, Paul Milano, Sr., Paul Milano, Jr., Rita Milano, Pauline Pace, Paige Parker, Frank Pozzi, Karen Richmond, Jessica Flaim Salerno, Weston Selby, Alex Smaniotto, Dorothy Smaniotto, Sheryl Soboloski, Maria Sopranzetti, Samantha Souden, Marybeth Tobolski, Maryann Walz Allison Winkler To have a loved one listed on the prayer list, please call the Parish office at 856-691-7526 or email us at prayers@pppnj.org. Names will remain on the prayer list for eight weeks unless requested.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

takes place on Tuesdays – 9:15a.m. – 3:00p.m. closing with evening prayer and Benediction. Holy Child Chapel is open daily from 9:15a.m. – 3:00p.m. for visitation. Experience the presence of Our Lord in the Eucharist. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SANCTUARY LAMP/OLP In Loving Memory

Albert J. Siciliano By Loving Family This candle burns perpetually as a reminder

that Jesus is present ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SANCTUARY LAMP/ST. MARY’S Glenn D’Ottavio

By Mother Grace & Sister Sheri Our Lady of Pompeii Church

REMINDER There will be no flowers on the altar during Lent

Flowers may be placed in memory of loved ones by calling Johanne Bylone at 856-691-3669 or Judy Fries at 856-825-0594.

St. Padre Pio Candle In Memory of

Pete Cascia Requested by John & Rita Rehm & Family

Intentions may be placed by calling the Parish office at 856-691-7526

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STEWARDSHIP

Stewards Stand Up “Pilate again said to them, ‘Then what shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?’ And they cried out again, ‘Crucify him.’” – MARK 15:12-13 Jesus told us “whatever you do for the least of my brothers, you do for me.” Every day we are presented opportunities to help someone. Every day we have the opportunity to see the face of Jesus in others and be the face of Jesus to others. Pray for the strength and courage to stand up in Stewardship for those in need of our help. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Weekly Collection The collection totals for 3/18/18 & 3/25/18 will appear in next week’s

bulletin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Walk With Me”

Parish Goal: $101,819.00 The 2018 House of Charity is underway. We invite all parishioners to participate in this important effort. To date, we have received: $67,869.00 / 66.7% of our goal. Thanks to all for their ongoing support. Please prayerfully consider making a pledge today. “Charity is the sweet & holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: It binds God with man & man with God.” St. Catherine of Siena ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WIN A TRIP FOR TWO TO IRELAND Package includes Roundtrip airfare via Aer Lingus. Five

nights in the 5 star Killarney Park Hotel, Killarney Co. Kerry. Hertz car rental, four rounds of golf and full Irish breakfast

daily. Tickets are $100, with only 300 to be sold. Proceeds benefit your Sisters of St. Joseph.

Tickets may be purchased online at: https://ssiphila.givezooks.com/events/2018-celtic-golf-

ireland-trip-raffle or call 1-800-482-6510 Please act quickly if you are interested, tickets go quickly!

PASSION OF THE LORD

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Sunday at the 9:00 AM Mass “Sing a new song unto the Lord,’

singing Alleluia” Our choirs rehearse Tuesday evenings:

Children’s Choir: 6:30 – 7:15PM/OLP Adult Choir: 7:30 – 9:00PM/OLP

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Children’s Choir is open to all children in

Grades 2nd through 8th Children’s Choir Liturgy: 04/01 – 11:00AM – Easter Sunday Adult Choir Liturgy: 03/29 – 7:00PM - Holy Thursday 03/31– 8:00PM - Easter Vigil Mass 04/01 11:00AM - Easter Sunday

Tuesday rehearsals will resume on 04/03 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Look What’s Happening at St. Mary’s School 03/29 – 04/06 - Easter Recess 04/19 – Spirit of St. Mary Awards Merighi’s Savoy, 6:00 to 9:00PM 05/04 - Grandparents Spectacular: 9:00AM 05/28 – SCHOOL CLOSED: Memorial Day 06/01 – Red, White & Blue Mass: 9:00AM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Religious Education

Sunday, April 1st Grades 1st & 2nd - 9:00am Mass ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

EMPLOYMENTOPPORTUNITYSchoolJanitorPositionforSt.MarySchool,VinelandParttimeMonday–Friday/1:45–6:45PMdaily

20hoursperweekContactMr.Hoganat:

principal@smrschool.orgorcall856-692-8537

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Decorating for Easter

We will be decorating OLP & St. Mary’s for Easter following the 3:00PM Good Friday Services. All help is greatly appreciated.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Teach us to give & not count the cost”

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Palm Sunday Macaroni Dinner

March 25th, 12 noon to 5:00p.m. Rosary Hall

The menu features pasta, meatballs, sausage, salad, roll and butter, dessert and coffee. There will be soda, wine and beer available for purchase. Tickets are adults-$10.00 and child-$5.00 (10 and under). Tickets may be purchased in the parish office.

Volunteers are needed to help at the Palm Sunday Macaroni Dinner. Please consider lending a helping hand.

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Sunday, April 22nd join Bishop Sullivan along with priests, religious, our seminarians & many others from throughout the diocese at Washington Lake Park (626 Hurffville Crosskeys Rd.), Sewell, for our 7th annual iRace4Vocations. Mass 1:00pm followed by our 5k run/1mile walk. The day ends with a picnic & family fun. Help us raise awareness & offer prayers for an increase in vocations for our diocese. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2018 LENTEN REGULATIONS 1. On GOOD FRIDAY, all Catholics 14 years of age and older are obliged to refrain from eating meat. All Catholics from ages 18-60 inclusive are bound to observe a sacred fast, that is, taking only one full meal during the day, and two smaller meals, which together do not equal one full meal. There is no eating between meals. 2. The time for fulfilling the (Easter Duty) extends from the First Sunday of Lent, February 18th to the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, May 27th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CONFESSIONS Monday, March 26th

Our Lady of Pompeii Church 1:00 to 3:00p.m. & 7:00p.m.

In our journey to God, making the Sacrament of Reconciliation an integral part of our life is truly a stepping-stone to

holiness & perfection. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CHRISM MASS 2018 Bishop Sullivan invites the faithful of the diocese to join him & his

priests for the Chrism Mass at 4:00PM on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at St. Agnes Church/Our Lady of Hope Parish in Blackwood. The

Chrism Mass is a celebration of the priesthood & the occasion at which the bishop consecrates the sacred oils used in the

sacramental life of the Church. Your presence & prayerful support will be greatly appreciated.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lenten Mass – Cemetery Visitation – Holy Week

We encourage our families to visit our cemeteries & mausoleums & pray for their dearly departed ones & all souls who have gone before us. We Invite you to celebrate Holy Week with us in our chapel mausoleums.

Mass schedules can be found on our website: SouthJerseyCemeteries.org.

Wishing you many blessing during this most Holy Season

MARCH 25, 2018

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USAF: Stf. Sgt. Michael Rhodes, Sr.; Col. Jennifer Hammerstedt, C3C Rocco Sangataldo Gen. Michael A. Fantini, Sr., Captain Elizabeth Golden, AFC Rachel Wright Air Force National Guard: MSGT. Joseph R. Tolotti

Army: Wes Jarrell; Col. Stephen P. Dondero; Pvt. S. Allen John Caccia; Stf. Sgt. Special Forces/Medic Rusty Waymack; MSGT Timothy M. Dobson; WO Jason Heney; Stf. Sgt. Richard Rivera; SPC Michael Ruga; Sgt. James Conklin; Lt. Nicolette B. Pizzo. Navy: Chief Dennis Lloyd Marines: Captain Christopher Kuhlen Caldwell; PFC Elton King Mailing addresses for some of our men and women in the service are posted in the back of church with their pictures. Please send them a note or care package throughout the year even if you do not know them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Steel Magnolias We have 13 seats available to see “Steel Magnolias” at Hunterdon Hills Play House on Sunday April 22nd. Cost $86.00/pp. Bus leaves Rosary

Hall, St. Padre Pio Parish at 11:45AM. Call Rosemary Nestor at 856-226-3451 for further information or to

reserve a seat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Oldies

Spring Fling

Featuring Jerry Blavat

Saturday, May 5th 7:00 pm to 12 midnight in Rosary Hall

Admission is $40pp. (BYOB). Doors open 6:30 pm / Food 7:00 pm. Donation of desserts appreciated. Call Janice at 856-305-4177 for additional information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Annual “Run for Aaron” Saturday, April 14th - 9:00 AM ~ Rosary Hall Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. All ages, walkers and runners, are welcome to do the 5K run or one mile run/walk. Jogging strollers and Wheelchair participants are welcome. Proceeds benefit the Aaron Ploch Memorial Scholarship Fund which awards scholarships to local students for college every year. Part of the

proceeds will go to Aaron’s Fund. Applications are available in the back of church or go to www.runforaaron.com. Please call 856-825-5228 for more information. We thank you for your support in remembering Aaron. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Welcome to the Parish

The Tomasso Family Kevin, Annette, Julie & Michael

Ms. Sara Miller

201803/25 – Palm Sunday “Macaroni Dinner”, Rosary Hall, 12:00PM 03/28 – Altar Rosary Society Meeting, Rosary Hall, 7:00PM 04/09 – Senior Club Meeting, Rosary Hall, 11:00AM 04/12 – Knights of Columbus Meeting, Rosary Hall, 7:00PM 04/14 – “Run for Aaron”, Rosary Hall, 9:00AM 04/17 – St. Joseph’s Society Meeting, Rosary Hall, 7:00PM 04/19 – Spirit of St. Mary Awards, Merighi’s Savoy, 6:00 to 9:00PM 04/22 – “Steel Magnolias”, Hunterdon Hills Play House, 04/25 – Altar Rosary Society Meeting, Rosary Hall, 7:00PM 04/26 – Knights of Columbus Meeting, Rosary Hall, 7:00PM 05/05 – Jerry Blavat, Rosary Hall, 7:00PM 05/12 &05/13 – Altar Rosary Society Mother’s Day Bake Sale after all Masses 05/14 – Senior Club Meeting, Rosary Hall, 11:00AM 05/15 – St. Joseph’s Society Meeting, Rosary Hall, 7:00PM 05/19/05/20 – Good Counsel Homes, “Baby Bottle Campaign” 05/20 – St. Mary’s Grandparents Association Breakfast, Rosary Hall, 8:00AM to 1PM 06/19 – St. Joseph’s Society Meeting, Rosary Hall, 7:00PM 10/03 – “Jesus”, Sight & Sound in Lancaster, Pa. Lunch at Shady Maple ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Marriage Preparation Beginning to Live in Love: A program that brings together

engaged couples with a married couple trained to mentor them on the marriage-preparation journey. Couples will be provided with

resources, experimental exercises, practical skills, & inspirational witness in four, 3 hour sessions.

Sundays, October 14, 21, & 28, then November 4, from 1 – 4pm. Our Lady of Peace Parish / Parish Center Basement

32 Carroll Avenue Williamstown, N.J. Any engaged couple may register online at

http://livinginlove.org/beginning-to-live-in-love-registration/. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CONFIRMATION THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION with the

Most Reverend Dennis J. Sullivan, Bishop of Camden will take place on Saturday, May 12th, 10:00AM & 1:00PM at Sacred Heart Church on

Landis Ave, Vineland, NJ. VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED Please email llffvineland@comcast.net or call

Miss Felicia Navarro at (856) 691-7526 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NOTICETheParishofficewillcloseatnoononHolyThursdayMarch29th,&willreopenonTuesdayApril3rdat

9:00AM.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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