ST. JOHN’S R.C. CHURCH 619 Chestnut Street

Lakehurst, NJ 08733

SERVED BY Rev. James F. O’Neill, Pastor

Msgr. Elso Introini, retired priest Msgr. Richard A. Rusconi, retired priest Rev. George Deutsch, retired priest Rev. Joseph Murphy, retired priest

Deacon Edward Holowienka Deacon Anthony Laterza

Charlie Jannetti, Business Manager Holly Hartline, Music Director

Gina Innarella, Parish Secretary CORONAVIRUS SCHEDULE All Public Masses are canceled until further notice. All parish activities are canceled. The church is closed. The parking lot is still open. CONFESSIONS If you can wait, please do. If you need to go to con-fession, please call to schedule an appointment. We don’t need your name, just a day and time. When you arrive, park in the middle of the parking lot. Call the office. Stay in your car. Fr. Jim will come to you and keep his distance. MARRIAGES The Sacrament of Matrimony requires a time of spir-itual preparation. The couple should contact the Par-ish Office one year before the date of marriage. PARISH REGISTRATION Families moving into or out of the parish are asked to call the Parish Office as soon as possible.

Easter Sunday April 12, 2020

GRADE SCHOOL OF RELIGION Ms. MaryAnn Dempkowski, Director of Religious Education Religious Ed Office: 732-657-2348 COMMUNION CALLS Please try to wait until the coronavirus time has passed before asking for Holy Communion to be brought to you. Nursing homes are currently block-ing visitors. SICK CALLS—ANOINTING OF THE SICK In case of serious illness or accident, please call the Parish Office to request the Anointing of the Sick. EMERGENCIES For emergencies outside of office hours (such as when someone is dying or has died), please call and leave a message at 732-930-1690. BAPTISMS Preparation for first-time parents is required and will be done on-line and over the phone. Please contact the Parish Office for arrangements. We can do a baptism with the immediate family present.

Monday to Friday: primary phone: parish website:

e-mail: fax:

alternate phone # s:

8:30 AM to 3:00 PM 732-657-6347 stjohnlakehurst.com office@stjohnlakehurst.com 732-657-8690 732-657-2752, 732-657-0480

PARISH OFFICE—CORONAVIRUS UPDATE The parish office is closed to the public. Please send e-mail or call. If we schedule a meeting, we will meet you out in the parking lot.

Page Two April 12th, 2020 Marie Di Pierro (birthday rem.) MULTIPLE INTENTION MASS Saturday, April 18th, 2020, 8 AM Joseph Ribaudo Louis John Vasta

ALTAR FLOWERS Because of public Masses being canceled, we don’t need to purchase altar flowers. For ques ons call Joan Toth, 732-657-4938. Thank you for par cipa ng during the year.

CANDLES for Apr. 12th - Apr. 11th, 2020 SANCTUARY CANDLE

In loving memory of

Dec. mem. of O’Toole & Sansone Families

SACRED HEART In loving memory

of Robin Carlisle

(7th anniv. rem.)

SHRINE CANDLE In loving memory

of Lee & George McGuire

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK, especially: Week 1: Deacon Ed Holowienka, Joseph LaBrie, Pat Cox, Jean Buerkle

Week 2: Jonas Walworth, Kathleen Ferrone

Week 3: People of our Parish

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THE DECEASED: All who died from the coronavirus, especially Lorraine & George Manfredonia

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK All public Masses are cancelled. The inten ons for the following Masses will be celebrated privately as follows:

8PM, 8 AM, and 9:15 AM Masses—Fr. Jim O’Neill 4 PM Masses—Msgr. Elso Introini 7 PM Masses—Msgr. Richard Rusconi 11 AM Masses—Fr. George Deutsch

Saturday, April 11th, Holy Saturday 8:00 PM Easter Vigil Leontyna & Tadeus Plodowski

Sunday, April 12th, Easter Sunday 9:15 AM John Fitzsimmons, III Eda Bussanich 11:00 AM Constance Weber James Morin

Monday, April 13th 8:00 AM Marilyn Tonry Robin Carlisle (7th anniv. rem.)

Tuesday, April 14th 8:00 AM Domenico Tarabocchia Gloria Sysak

Wednesday, April 15th 8:00 AM John Ray Ann Mulroy Stuart

Thursday, April 16th 8:00 AM Pat Hopper Theodore (Ted) Kurdes

Friday, April 17th 8:00 AM James Morin (anniv. rem.) James Morin (anniv. rem.)

Saturday, April 18th 8:00 PM Mul ple Inten on Mass

4:00 PM Catherine & Leonard Maro Nicholas Sgammato 7:00 PM Michael Alex (birthday rem.) Daniel Taylor

Sunday, April 19th, Divine Mercy Sunday 9:15 AM Joseph Sansone Milwicz & Turkoc Fam. & Cathy Wasilko 11:00 AM William Nakonechny (1st anniv. rem.)

Page Three Easter Sunday

PLEASE PRAY for all our parishioners and friends who are serving in the military, as well as our police, firefighters, first responders, and all who are put in harm’s way for our protec on: AC1 Megan Downes USN CW5 Thomas Oroho Capt. Meghan Oroho CPL George Daly IV SPC Brian Mc Nichol Major Corey J. Smith Spec.Corinne McGrath Major Kenneth R. Dougher II Major Brian Kossler CPO Michael M. Miehle W5 Darren S. Kesty LCPL Jacob C. Kesty CURSILLO ULTREYA Our next mee ng April 16th, will be cancelled due to the current situa on with COVID-19. We hope to be able to re-schedule in late May. We will keep you updated. Any ques ons, call Barbara Cipriano @ 732-323-8878. ST. VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY Our SVDP conference is in need of young people (under 60) who can deliver food to the hungry. Call them at 732-657-6359.

FOOD DISTRIBUTION 3rd Monday, April 20th, 2020

St. Vincent de Paul Society All food will be delivered on or near Monday, April 20, 2020. Thank you in advance for all you do to help those in our parish who are less fortunate. ST. JOHN’S PARISH 50/50 SCHOLARSHIP RAFFLE

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PARISH MINISTRIES St. Vincent de Paul Society , 732-657-6359

Rosary Altar Society Angela McNeill, 732-657-1728

Religious Ar cle Store Victor Bala, 732-691-2291

Youth Group

Lori Downing, ldowning@easeton.org

Bereavement Support Group Shelley Laterza, 848-224-4828

Sign Language The 4 PM Mass has an interpreter for the hearing impaired. Those learning sign language meet on Tuesdays at 10:30 AM in the Parish Center. New-comers wan ng to learn to sign are welcome.

Nursing Home Ministry, Ushers, Lectors, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, and Rite of Chris an Ini a on of Adults (RCIA) Joe Pi arelli, 732-323-8469

Hospitality Ministry, Josephine O’Connell organizes the coffee and refreshments a er the 9:15 AM Mass in the back of the parish hall. If interested in helping Josephine, call her @ 609-668-2159. SACRIFICIAL GIVING Week of March 29, 2020: $ 2,506 Week of March 31, 2019: $ 12,882 We invite you to mail dona ons to the office. We’re working on on-line giving. St. John’s is thankful for your generosity! WEEKLY DONATIONS Visit our website, stjohnlakehurst.com, to donate on-line. Or you can mail in your contribu ons to:

St. John’s Church 619 Chestnut St.

Lakehurst, NJ 08733 Thank you for your willingness to donate!!

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Most Current Informa on: Flocknote To receive the most current informa on about our parish, please sign up for e-mails and/or text messages via Flocknote. Sign-up at stjohnlakehurst.flocknote.com or text 1868 to 84576 Website We have revamped our website: www.stjohnlakehurst.com It has updated informa on, old bulle ns, and links to our new on-line features: Flocknote stjohnlakehurst.flocknote.com Facebook www.facebook.com/St-Johns-Roman-Catholic-Church-121010761244414 YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/channel/ UC5alT-5blxVTvsVQopxJQXQ Mass on YouTube I celebrate Mass at 8 AM Monday through Satur-day. On Sunday, I start the Rosary at 9 AM and Mass at about 9:20 AM. Our YouTube channel will go live several minutes before the scheduled live stream event. Holy Hours on YouTube We’re having Holy Hours on our YouTube chan-nel. For up-to-date informa on, subscribe to Flock-note or visit our website. Diocesan Sources of On-line Informa on Website h ps://dioceseo renton.org

Coronavirus h ps://dioceseo renton.org/coronavirus

Dear Parishioners, Bulle n Deadline The deadline for this bulle n was April 3rd. With things changing daily, it’s hard to predict what will be our situa on on April 12th. Easter I’m wri ng this before Easter and s ll need to figure out how to celebrate Palm Sunday and Holy Week in light of the coronavirus. What can I say about Easter? For up-to-date messages closer to the actual events, sign-up for Flocknote. We’ve gone through a unique Lent, giving up more than we ever imagined. By now, we might be wondering how much longer will this go on. We might be in a complaining mood. If you want to know how to complain well, look to the prophet Jeremiah. He offers many laments. A lament has three parts: a complaint, a gap, and praise of God. First, the complaint: When our cross is heavy (or light), it’s good for us to tell the Lord everything that’s on our minds. We can complain to Him. As we’re complaining to Him, we might experience a lightening of our cross because of our increasing trust in Him. Second, the gap: A er we’re done pouring out our heart to the Lord, we then wait. O en nothing is apparently said or done in the gap. While we’re wai ng, even as nothing seems to be happening, the Lord is working on us. We can know this be-cause of the third stage of the lament. Third, praise God: It may be plain or mysterious to us. But we then have this great urge to praise God for who He is and what He has done for us. Where are we in these three stages of the la-ment? If we’re s ll complaining, we can finish our complaint and wait. Then that glimmer of hope can be nurtured. We can begin to experience the joy of Easter. Two More Parishioners with the Coronavirus Both Lorraine and George Manfredonia were taken to the hospital, diagnosed with COVID-19, and passed from this life to the next. May they rest in peace with our Loving Savior.

Page Five Easter Sunday On-line Dona ons: Parish and SVDP We're ready. A few people have already donated on-line, and the money has arrived in our parish checking account. So, we now invite everyone who is able to financially support our parish and our St. Vincent de Paul Society by making on-line dona ons instead of using envelopes or mailing in contribu-

ons. Just like with your envelopes, you can support our parish by dona ng on-line and choosing the "fund" that corresponds to your envelope. You can pick funds like "Weekly Contribu on" or "Easter". We've also added funds for "Mass Inten-

ons" and "Religious Educa on." Basically, we want to make it possible to donate on-line for a variety of purposes. Our SVDP conference con nues to adapt in order to con nue helping the poor. We prefer on-line do-na ons rather than food dona ons. Fulfill has pro-vided food. Your financial support will make it pos-sible for our SVDP conference to help the growing number of people who need assistance. In light of the coronavirus, we prefer on-line do-na ons. But you can s ll mail your dona ons to the office. Just note that we don't open the mail for three days. There are a few different ways to donate on-line. 1) Go to our dona on page at h ps://www.stjohnlakehurst.com/dona ons. Choose ei-ther our parish or our SVDP conference. 2) Text the amount to 732-785-4347. You'll get a reply with a link to a website where you can fill in your informa on. 3) Call Gina at 732-657-6347. She can enter your informa on on-line for you. We encourage you to "Sign In" and "Register for an Account" to make it easier for you in the fu-ture. ParishSo Giving is safe and secure like any of your banking or credit card websites. If you've done any on-line banking or purchasing, then you'll easily navigate our ParishSo Giving webpages. Charlie, Gina, and I will be working on linking the data from ParishSo Giving to ParishSo Fami-

lySuite where we track your offerings so that we can give you a tax receipt in January. Since on-line dona-

ons will go into our parish checking account, you'll get credit on our parish charity statement in Janu-ary. If you intend the dona on to go to the SVDP, we'll send the SVDP the dona on. But the SVDP won't give you a charity statement for tax purposes since it's already listed under the parish. This might actually save the SVDP from some paperwork. We're trying to make this simple for you while Charlie, Gina, and I deal with the complexi es be-hind the scene. Again, I want to thank everyone who has been trying to support our parish at this me. Hopefully, on-line dona ons will make it easier and safer for all of us. We're in this together. Parish Mailing and Phone Calls We will likely send out a mailing to the whole parish soon with important updates because some of our parishioners don’t use computers. We have started making phone calls to parish-ioners to let them know what is going on and ask how they’re doing. Please keep in touch with your family, friends, and neighbors—especially those not on social media or e-mail. Formed.org Being at home, this might be a good me to check out the wonderful materials at Formed.org. Signing up is much easier now. If you haven’t signed up, then choose “Sign Up” and select “I belong to a Parish or Organiza on”. Search for “St. John, Lake-hurst”. Annual Catholic Appeal Even though we’re in the midst of the corona-virus adventure, we s ll have our Annual Catholic Appeal. As of March 31st, 280 families have pledged $38,599 and already donated $31,389. We’ve reached 58% of $66,000 goal. God love you, Fr. Jim frjim@stjohnlakehurst.com

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