Second Sunday After Easter Good Shepherd Sunday

8 May 2011

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday 10:30 AM May 7 For the First Holy Communicants 5:00 PM The Living and Deceased Members of Mater Ecclesiae Sunday 8:30 AM May 8 Mother’s Day Spiritual Bouquets 11:00 AM Mother’s Day Spiritual Bouquets Monday 8:00 AM May 9 Gustavo Menocal Intentions req. by Sam & Kathy DiStefano Tuesday 8:00 AM May 10

Owen McNally, Jr. req. by Mr. & Mrs. Gedgard Wednesday 7:30 PM May 11 Purgatorial Society Thursday 8:00 AM May 12

Helen Mianulli req. by Sam & Kathie DiStefano Friday 8:00 AM May 13 Holy Souls req. by Sam & Kathie DiStefano Saturday 8:00 AM May 14

Kathleen Hennessey req. by Jean Willier & Family

The Most Important Person on Earth is a Mother

Happy Mother’s Day! She cannot claim the honor

of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not.

She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral – a dwelling for an

immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby’s body…

The angels have not been blessed with such a grace.

They cannot share in God’s creative miracle to bring new saints to Heaven. Only a human

mother can. Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any

other creature; God joins forces with mothers in performing

this act of creation… What on God’s good earth is more glorious than

this: to be a MOTHER! Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty

THIS WEEK’S LITURGICAL CALENDAR AND READINGS FOR MASS

Sunday May 8 I Class SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY Mother’s Day – May Crowning & Procession Readings: 1 Peter 2, 21-25 & John 10, 11-16

Monday May 9 III Class Saint Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor Readings: 2 Ecclesiasticus 39, 6-14 & Matthew 5, 13-19

Tuesday May 10 III Class Saint Antoninus, Bishop & Confessor Comm. Saints Gordian and Epimachus, Martyrs Readings: Ecclesiasticus 44, 16-27; 45, 3-20 & Matthew 25, 14-23

Wednesday May 11 II Class Saints Phillip & James, Apostles Comm. Saint Lucy Filippini, Virgin Readings: Wisdom 5, 1-5 & John 14, 1-13

Thursday May 12 III Class Saints Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla & Pancras, Martyrs Readings: Ecclesiasticus 24, 23-31 & John 19, 25-27

Friday May 13 III Class Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor Readings: 2 Timothy 4, 1-8 & Matthew 5, 13-19

Saturday May 14 IV Class Feria Comm. Saint Boniface, Martyr Readings: 1 Peter 2, 21-25 & John 10, 11-16

Please join us for

Mater Ecclesiae’s May Crowning

And Procession

With the First Holy

Communicants on

Sunday, May 8 at the

11:00 AM High Mass

Tuesday Night Confessions

Schedule Change The Sacrament of Penance will not be offered on Tuesday evening from May 10 through June 7. The regular schedule of Confessions every Tuesday evening, 8 PM to 9 PM, will resume on June 14.

In May, CCD Classes will meet:

• Grades K-4 on May 15 • Grades 5-12 on May 22

Late registration will take place in May. Late rates apply.

Please contact Mrs. Rooney with any questions.

CCD FUNDRAISER

Thank You for Your Continued Support!

Don’t throw away those empty printer cartridges and old cell phones!

Help us get cash for your trash! Drop off your empty inkjet & laser cartridges, used cell

phones, and PDA’s in the “Cartridges for Kids” Collection Basket in the St. Martha Room. Tell your family, friends, and Businesses. All proceeds benefit the CCD Program.

This is a great fundraiser for CCD because it requires ZERO investment and is a total profit for Mater Ecclesiae.

***Look for our wicker basket in the St. Martha Room!***

Calling All SingersCCaalllliinngg AAllll SSiinnggeerrss

The Choir which sings at the 8:30 AM Low Mass is in need of new members. Please consider sharing your love of singing. The practice is held every Tuesday

evening at 7:00 PM and Sundays a half an hour before the Low Mass. The repertoire includes English and

Latin hymns in four parts. He who sings prays twice!

The Annual House of Charity appeal is underway. Please help Mater Ecclesiae to make our 2011 goal of $36,300.00 by returning your pledge card to the Rectory Office. We have so far raised $33,428 which is 89% of our goal. We need only to raise another $4,922 to receive a 10% check next year. That means we would receive $3,630 back from the Diocese. Please consider giving if you have not already done so.

Support Our Knights Council and an Order of Traditional Carmelite Monks!

Now you can order coffee from the Mystic Monks through the Knights of Columbus web site. Get great coffee and support the knights. Flavors include Premium Blend, Dark, Medium and Light Roast, Decaf Arabica, Hazelnut, Chocolate Cherry, Irish Cream, French Vanilla, and Royal Rum Pecan. To learn more or place an order go here: http://www.kofc12833.org/coffee.html

The Carmelite Monks of Wyoming Mystic Monk Coffee is roasted by the Carmelite Monks, a Roman Catholic monastery in the silence and solitude of the Rocky

Mountains of northern Wyoming. The monks live a hidden life of prayer and contemplation in the pursuit of God. The monastery is inundated with young men who seek to leave everything to pray for the world, in a tradition at least a thousand years old.

The Mater Ecclesiae Pro-Life Apostolate

Meets on the third Thursday of each month, 7:30-9:00 PM. The Pro-Life Newsletter is available in the Narthex and online at our

Website www.materecclesiae.org.

Prayer Chain for Special Intentions & Intercessory Prayer

Mater Ecclesiae parishioners who have a need for intercessory prayers or who wish to commit to participate in our newly formed Prayer Chain should contact Lou DiLoreto

at 609-304-4911 or sifulou@comcast.net.

Nursing Home Mass

On the Second Friday of each month at 11:00 AM volunteers pray the Rosary and attend Mass said by Fr. Pasley at the Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center at Virtua in Berlin. The next Nursing Home Mass will be May 13.

The Mater Ecclesiae Women’s Book Club

Check next week’s bulletin for the title

of the new book we will be reading. Please join us!

Physician to Speak on the

Promise and Perils of Biotechnology Featuring Dr. Lester Ruppersberger

In modern times, developments in science and medicine have progressed with such dazzling speed that ethical examination of these advances struggles to keep up. Biotechnology has the potential to bring about great good and great evil. By example, manipulating genes at the molecular level is leading to possible treatments for a variety of diseases and disabilities. Yet this same technology also has the potential to create a veritable marketplace of procreative choices where parents select traits and features to design their “perfect” child. On another front, as infertile couples increasingly turn to in vitro fertilization, millions of “excess” or “abandoned” embryos are stored frozen in laboratories around the world. How does one navigate the waters of this potential brave, new world? Come hear the Catholic perspective on emerging medical and ethical issues such as gene therapy, the dilemma of frozen embryos, surrogacy, and help for infertile couples. Dr. Lester Ruppersberger is a board certified Ob/Gyn practicing in the Philadelphia area. He will speak in Bishop Di Marzio Hall on Sunday, May 22, from 9:45 AM to 10:45 AM. He will address some of these emerging bioethical issues from the perspective of Dignitas Personae (The Dignity of the Person), the Vatican’s Instruction on the promise and perils of biotechnology. In addition to private practice, Dr. Ruppersberger is the medical advisor for the Family Life Office of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, a certified Natural Family Planning Instructor, and a Regional Director Representative to the Catholic Medical Association. He is an associate professor in Ob/Gyn at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and a radio host on Holy Spirit radio. Enjoy a delicious K of C breakfast and stimulating discussion! There is no cost; free will donations accepted. To register for this event, or for more information, call Tracye at 856-816-4907.

Knights of Columbus

Annual Baby Bottle Drive to Benefit Local Pro-Life Organization

Pick up your empty baby bottles in the narthex. throw your extra change in the bottle to aid the

Pro-Life cause.Your generosity is greatly appreciated and we

ask Our Lady to Bless each and everyone of you for helping us with this most important work of mercy that is saving the lives of the innocent!

Sunday Collections

Thank you for your generosity.

MAY CAP SESSIONS

We can be sure that we love God’s children when we love God and do what He has commanded. 1 John 5:2

The Office of Safe Environment for Children, Youth and Adults is announcing CAP (Child Assault Prevention) sessions. CAP is the safe environment training program for adults who have regular contact with minors. Attendance is required in order to comply with the USCCB’s Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. The policy of the diocese is that adults will attend CAP once every five years.

CAP 1 teaches attendees to recognize child abuse and neglect and how to report to the proper authorities. Adults are taught that children have the right to be safe, strong and free. CAP 1 is for new volunteers and employees.

CAP 2 is No More Bullies, No More Victims and is a workshop on bullying awareness and bullying prevention. Cyberbullying is also addressed. Both sessions are 90 minutes.

Adults must attend CAP 1 before attending CAP 2. After five years, adults have the option of attending CAP 1 again if they prefer.

The following session will be offered in

May:

CAP Phase 1 • Tuesday, May 24, 7pm, St. Rita Parish, Bellmawr

(Mary, Mother of the Church)

CAP Phase 2 – Bullying Prevention

NO PHASE 2 THERE WILL BE NO CAP SESSIONS IN JUNE, JULY OR AUGUST. To attend one of these classes, please call the CAP registration line in the Office of Safe Environment for Children, Youth and Adults at (856) 583-6165 or email ddiggons@camdendiocese.org to register. Please register at least five days before the session you would like to attend. The CAP schedule, location phone numbers and directions may be found on the diocesan website @ www.camdendiocese.org.

Mater Ecclesiae Council #12833 meetings are held on the 2nd & 4th Mondays of the month at 8:00 PM in the Knights Room. The

Scriptural Rosary and Prayer for Vocations are said at 7:30 PM in the Church. New members are welcome. Visit their website: www.KofC12833.org.

Knights of Columbus Food Pantry

A continuing Food Collection program to aid those among us experiencing “food insecurity” continues at Mater Ecclesiae. There is a wicker basket in the Saint Martha’s Room. Please place whatever items of non-perishable food you can into that basket as often as you can. They will be distributed to those inneed. n

Sacred Music & Liturgical Events

May 8 – May Crowing and Procession with

First Holy Communicants

June 2 – Ascension Thursday (Holy Day of Obligation)

o 7:30 PM Mass

June 11 – Saturday - Vigil of Pentecost

Remember the Sick:

Please pray for Fr. H. L. Brignac, Fr. Daniel Kehoe, Fr. Robert Skurla, Joseph Arleth, Alfred J. Bailey, Louis N. Bailey, Alexandra Bilotti, Dan Bonacorsi, Michael Bowes, Chris Breen, Anne Byrne, Milvia Cacich, William Canfield, Catherine Canfield, Kelsey Canfield, Stephen Caputi, Gloria Cascino, Carolyn Casey, The Casey Family, James Cassidy, Bill Coillot, John Robert Conner, Patrick Corrigan, Marie DeCarlo, Dakota DiLoreto, Joseph DiSanto, Gerard Dowdall, Vincent Durso, Larry Ferringo, Luke Ferringo, Theresa Ferringo, Kathy Field, Rob Field, Joan & William Foley, Diane Foster, Gus Friedel, Joseph Gerage, Gordon C. Gladden, Wayne R. Glenn, Tadeusz Grancowski, Ann Graziano, Barbara Hale, Kathleen Hess, Velma Horcher, Mary Jablonski, Joe Johns, Joseph G. Johns, Barry & Mary Johnson, Robert A. Kauffmann, Pauline Keys, Merlyn Kinsey, Dorothy Kirwin, Gregory Kuczykowski, Jr., Jerry Levine, Grace Linkmeyer, Nancy LaMarche, Agnes B. Lamendola, Gay Lauria, Patricia Lennon, Guy Luongo, Daniel McCusker, Delores McElroy, Tina McGinnis, Donald Miller, Helen Minuto, Barbara Murphy, Clayton Myers, John Nadrigale, Nancy Numair, Michael Nuzzi, Pam O’Brien, Doug Pallidino, Diane Passarello, Michael Pozanski, Carol Rader, Luis Rodriguez, M.A.T. R., Bill Roscioli, Marion Rosetti, Marea Rossino, Tom Rothermel, Annabella Salvucci, Bea Schiavo, Justin Schiavo, Kaylin Schiffer, Harold Scull, Rosalie Smith, Virginia Smith, Kathleen Snyder, Jack Sprouls Thomas G Swart Robert F

o Confirmation 10:30 AM

June 12 – Feast of Pentecost

o 11:00 AM Choral Mass

June 19 - Holy Trinity Sunday

June 23 - Feast of Corpus Christi

o 7:30 PM Choral Mass

Parish Events

May 8 – Sunday – Mother’s Day

o May Crowning & Procession with First Holy

Communicants

May 14 – Saturday 6:00 – 8:30 PM

o Jane Austen Style English Country Dance

o Dancing for youths (ages 12 through young

adults)

May 15 – CCD Sunday Grades K-4

May 15 – Final Pancake Breakfast of the Season

May 22 – CCD Sunday Grades 5-12

May 22 – 9:45 AM Physician to Speak on the Promise and

Perils of Biotechnology

o Featuring Dr. Lester Ruppersberger

May 22 – Final Knights of Columbus Breakfast of the

Season Served after both Masses

Apparition of Saint Michael

May 8

aint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our protection against the wickedness

and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray:

and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust down to hell Satan and all the evil spirits who roam through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

Mother’s Day Spiritual Bouquet Mass Cards

Join us on the last Pancake Breakfast of The Season!

Second Sunday Breakfast May 15

Breakfast will be served after Both Masses!

Come out and enjoy a great meal with friends! We will be serving pancakes, farm-fresh eggs, fresh

oven-roasted potatoes, sausage, pastries, toast and more! Beverages include coffee, tea and juice.

Tickets available at the door:

Adults: $6.00 Children to age 12: $3.00 Families: $27.00

We appreciate your support of this monthly fundraiser!!

All proceeds benefit Mater Ecclesiae.

Annual Cannoli Sale A Great

Success! Thank you to Marianna

Kane for another wonderful Spring

Fundraiser! Each year Marianna has donated

1,000 home-made Italian Cannoli to raise funds for Mater Ecclesiae. (Yes, that is 8,000

Cannoli over the years!!!!!!!!!) The Cannoli Sale brought in $2,500.00 this

year, which is the most our Cannoli sale has ever made!

Thank you to all of our parishioners who purchased these delicious pastries and helped to make our annual fundraiser such a success.

If you would like to include your

mother, grandmother,

wife, aunt, sister, or loved one in

our Mother’s Day Mass Intentions,

Mother’s Day Spiritual Bouquet Mass Cards are available in the Narthex.

A free will donation is accepted.

Join us on May 22