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Saturday, April 15th Holy Saturday/ Easter Vigil 8:30p.m./OLP Names Held in Remembrance Sunday April 16th 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 Monday, April 17th St. Anicetus 7:00p.m./StM Mary Lou Scarani By Bill & Joan Martini Tuesday, April 18th St. Apollonius 8:15a.m./StM Elizabeth Quinlan By Mr. & Mrs. Jack Quinlan & Family Wednesday, April 19th Pope St. Leo IX 8:15a.m./StM May Piccioni By Bik Family Thursday, April 20th St. Agnes of Montepulciano 8:15a.m./ StM Gloria Noto Dr. Per & Connie Montero & Family Friday, April 21st Solemnity of St. Joseph

8:15a.m./StM Deceased Members of the Cernigliaro Family

By Marie Lezan & Daughters Saturday April 22nd Vigil 5:00p.m./OLP People of the Parish Paul Infranco By Wife & Children Larry Triboletti By Jimmy & Corrine Pagliughi Silvio Falasco By Wife Rita Linda Nocito By John & Monica Jaworski & Family

Deceased Members of the Martini, Pizzo, Diehl & Coyle Families By Frank & Lynn Martini Gloria Noto By Mike, Kim, Jaclyn & Jacob Kell Robert Flaim, Sr. By Wife Loretta & Family Dolores Braidi By Joe & Janeane Camardo & Family Dallas Rehm By Carlo & Ellen Bertonazzi & Family Irene Wenker By Cathy Casapulla

Sunday April 23rd 2nd Sunday of Easter/Divine Mercy Sunday 7:30a.m./OLP Mary Sparacio By Mr. & Mrs. Steven Bertonazzi 9:00a.m./OLP Frank Marone By Lamarr & Olive Stanker 11:00a.m./OLP Luis Pinzon By Bert & Elvira Pinzon

MINISTRY SCHEDULE

April 22nd & 23rd

Readers: 5:00P.M./OLP S. DeMarchi, K. Stout 7:30A.M./OLP S. Bertonazzi, Sr. 9:00A.M.OLP G. Volpe, S. Descalzi 11:00A.M./OLP C. Kirchman, R. Yansick EM: 5:00P.M./OLP S. Bencie, M. Harkins, J. Camardo, L. Gallina, Deacon Rich 7:30A.M./OLP M. Grotti, T. Wagoner, Sr. Charles 9:00A.M./OLP C. Collini, J. Bertonazzi, T. Quinlan Deacon Rich, Volunteer 11:00a.m./OLP J. Ciancaglini, B. Hammerstedt, M. Guinta, M. Taft, Volunteer Altar Servers: 5:00P.M./OLP I. & C. Consalo, G. & A. Nordberg 7:30A.M./OLP P. Coyle, T. Kubiak 9:00A.M./OLP E. & G Descalzi, I. Sangataldo, C. Thomas 11:00A.M./OLP J. Hammerstedt, J. & J. Alvarez, A. Merighi

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in Holy Child Chapel

Adoration is held on Tuesdays – 9:15a.m. – 3:00p.m. Evening prayer and Benediction at 3:00p.m. Come Adore the Lord!

Easter Blessings

Dear Parish Family,

On this day of our Lord’s glorious Resurrection, may the Spirit of the Risen Christ always live within you, and may you always have the gift of love, the blessing of Hope and the promise of Peace.

Yours truly in Christ, Father Robert L. Sinatra Father Francis Kim Deacon Richard Sampson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Our Sick

Helen Gager, Linda Walck, Tilly Scaglia, Matthew Gagliardi, Jackie Gross, Diane Ingenito, Otello Nezzi, Adela Campisi, Charles, Sherry, Charles Jr. & Mike Cestaro, Donald Kinkade, David Giglio, Ed Bergamo, Jim McMahan, Rita Milano, Ed Sutter, Margaret Cherniak, Carol Piersimoni, William Ryan, Jennifer Riccardi, Kathy Milano, Jessica Flaim Salerno, Jason Thomas Myers, Deanna Murphy, Bud Catalano, Andrea Cheli, John Cheli, Anthony Riggio, Page Parker, Jacob Ruga, Hannah Ruga Hutchins, Sandy (Bertonazzi) Caporale, Joan Casey, Michele Manetas, Allison Krischer, Howard Jay, Geraldo Trabel, Tom Emerson, Joseph Letizia, Dee Dobson, Audrey Bradley, Minnie Gilliam, Sharon Speziali, Delores Flaim, Paul Milano Sr., Paul Milano, Jr., Allison Winkler, Sheryl Soboloski, Vito Fantini, Sue Fuentes, Chris Burrows, Stephen Mahon, Sal Acilio, Beverly Smaniotto, Diane Coia Myers, Marybeth Tobolski, Joseph Ucciferri, Lorraine Fregona, William F. Butler, III, Weston Selby, Josephine Stringari, Jennifer Ohm, Shannon Cleary, Gerry Lent, Bonnie Distefano, Rebecca Reimels, Maria Sopranzetti, Josh Vadell, Charles Campbell, Nevil & Gloria Emanuel, Carol McFillian, Heather Kavanagh, Carol Varallo, Dennis Capizola, Gwynn Ericksen, Ronald Franceschini, Sr., Diane Myers, Mark Franceschini, MaryAnn Walz, Paul Dondero, Agnes Dondero, Mary Ann Walz, Debbie Belfi. To have a loved one listed on the prayer list in the bulletin, a request form will have to be completed or email us at prayers@pppnj.org. The name will remain on the prayer list for eight weeks.

Person for Sick List__________________________________________ Person submitting name_______________________________________ Phone# ______________________________Date__________________

SANCTUARY LAMP In Memory of Gloria Noto

By Delores Flaim & Family This candle burns perpetually as a reminder that Jesus is present in the tabernacle

ThePaschalCandlehasbeendonatedInmemoryofHedwigLindnerfromTheCoslopFamily.

We are happy to announce

the Sanctuary Lamp at St.

Mary’s Church will be

available for those wishing to honor a loved

one or for a special intention for 2018.

Requests will be taken beginning July 1st. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rest In Peace Anthony Pino

Brother of Sister Grace Pino

04/18 - St. Joseph Society Meeting, Rosary Hall, 7:00PM 04/26 - Altar Rosary Society Meeting, Rosary Hall, 7:00PM 04/26 – Finance Council Meeting, Parish Office, 7:00 PM 04/27 – Knights of Columbus Men’s Prayer Group, Holy Child Chapel, 7PM 04/30 – Italian Mass, St. Mary’s Church, 2:00 PM 05/04 – Parish Council Meeting, Rosary Hall, 7:00PM. 05/07 – Grandparents’ All You Can Eat Breakfast, Gym, 8:00 AM – 12:00PM 05/08 – Senior Club Meeting, Rosary Hall, 11:00AM 05/10 – Confirmation, OLP Church, 5:00PM 05/11 – Knights of Columbus Meeting, Rosary Hall, 7:00PM 06/05 – Senior Club Bus Trip to Hunterdon Hills Playhouse to see “Legends of Pop” starring the Mahoney Brothers. Dinner & Dessert Buffet 06/29 – Blood Drive, Rosary Hall, 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

StewardsLookAbove “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” COLOSSIANS 3:2 Do you put God first in all things? Possessions, money, power, ego can easily become gods to many of us. Do a quick check on your Stewardship. Is God at the very top of the list? If not, your priorities need to be re-adjusted. Don’t let earthly things become a god before God. Collection Totals will be printed next weekend

“Encounter the Living God” To date we have collected $51,922.50 (126 donors) towards our goal of $101,819.00. Your support of the 2017 House of Charity ensures the vitality of essential Diocesan ministries & programs that sustain the healing, teaching & redemptive Presence of Jesus Christ through the Diocese of Camden. Please consider making a pledge or donation.

Marriage Banns ~2nd ~ Sarah Gettings & Sean Coffey

Meeting

St. Joseph Society Meeting Rosary Hall, 7:00P.M.

April 18th

ATTENTION A gold ring was found while cleaning OLP church. Please call the parish office if you can identify it.

The Parish Office will be closed on Easter Monday, April 17th.

EASTER SUNDAY

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Children’s Liturgy of the Word Sunday at the 9:00 AM Mass

“Singing God’s Praises”

Rehearsals

New members welcome!

Children’s Choir: Tuesday, 6:30 to 7:15p.m. (Grades 2 to 8) Adult Choir: Tuesday at 7:30p.m.

Children’s Choir Liturgy: April 23rd at 9:00a.m. May 7th at 9:00a.m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

GRANDPARENTS’ ALL YOU CAN EAT BREAKFAST Sunday, May 7th, 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon in St. Mary School Gym. Adults $10, students $5. Basket Auction Themed Gift Baskets. Tickets available through St. Mary School. Call 856-692-8537. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Classes meet Tuesday, April 25th , 4:30 p.m. at St. Mary School.

Sunday, April 23rd Grades 3rd & 4th ~ 9:00 a.m. Mass.

The St. Vincent DePaul Society continues to take collections for the poor.

We show mercy when we give to those less fortunate. Donations may be placed in the collection boxes

in the back of the church. Thank you for your generosity

“Christ changed the dark door of death into a shining gate of life”-

Anonymous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Divine Mercy Sunday Come spend an hour with the Lord

The Knights of Columbus will be holding Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in Holy Child Chapel from 3:00p.m., April 22nd until 3:00p.m., April 23rd. All parishoners are invited to spend some time with Our Lord in prayer and reflection. Sign-up sheets are available in the vestibule of the church. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ST. PADRE PIO CLUB BUS TRIPS

Harrah’s Atlantic City Monday, May 1st . Bus departs Rosary Hall parking lot, 4680 Dante Avenue, Vineland, at 11:00 a.m. for a six hour stay. Cost is $17 pp; receive back $30 in slot play. For reservations or more information, call Rosemary Nestor at 856-226-3451. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fisherman’s Crab Deck & Horseshoe Casino Fisherman’s Crab Deck in Kent Narrows, MD on Wednesday, August 9th. Bus departs Rosary Hall parking lot, 4680 Dante Avenue, Vineland, at 8:00 a.m. Cost is $90pp and includes all you can eat crabs, fried chicken, hush puppies, crab soup, corn on the cob, coleslaw and dessert, draft beer, soda, ice tea & coffee. Depart at 1:00 p.m. for Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore, MD for four hour stay. Receive $30 slot play. Depart for home at 6:00 p.m.

THANK YOU The Saint Joseph Society would like to thank everyone who

participated in our take-out Chicken BBQ on St. Joseph’s Day, March 19th The proceeds of this our only annual fundraiser, support the many improvements that we try to make to our physical plant. We are the oldest service club of the parish and appreciate your support.

We apologize to those who tried to support us after we ran out of platters. We will try to do better next year!

Diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass

If you are celebrating a milestone wedding anniversary in this year 2017, (25, 50, 60, 70 ) or more years of marriage, please join us in

celebrating on Sunday, June 18th, at 3:00p.m. Mass at Mary, Mother of Mercy Parish in Glassboro.

Bishop Sullivan will be the celebrant. A light reception will follow in the hall.

Registration forms are available in the vestibule of the church and in the parish office.

Registration deadline is May 26, 2017. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend Help your faith, love & married love grow.

The next weekend is April 21st - 23rd. Needmoreinformation?

Call 609-741-8012 or email applications@wwme-southjersey.org

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Remember in your Daily prayers

USAF: Stf. Sgt. Michael Rhodes, Sr.; Col. Jennifer Hammerstedt; Gen. Michael A. Fantini, Sr., Captain Elizabeth Golden Air Force National Guard: MSGT. Joseph R. Tolotti Army: Wes Jarrell; Lt. Col. Stephen P. Dondero; John Caccia; Stf. Sgt. Special Forces/Medic Rusty Waymack; MSGT Timothy M. Dobson; SFC Jason Heney; Stf. Sgt. Richard Rivera; SPC Michael Ruga; Sgt. James Conklin; SPC Anthony Bertonazzi, Lt. Nicolette B. Pizzo. Navy: Chief Dennis Lloyd Marines: Captain Christopher Kuhlen Caldwell; PFC Elton King, Corporal Caleb Mazowski 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Eagles VS Cowboys Football Raffle

Game Package includes: 2 tickets to the game at A T & T Stadium in Arlington, TX.

2 night double occupancy hotel room 2 roundtrip tickets from Phila. to Dallas

Donation: $5.00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Day of Recollection Experience a day of recollection with personal prayer, confessions, liturgy, conferences & quiet reflection. Join Retreat Master Rev. Michael Connolly, OSFS, on Sunday, April 30th at Villa Rossello, Newfield. 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Fee is $22.00. For further information contact Joanne Hofstetter at 856-691-7526 or Sr. M. Bernardine, D.M.at 856-697-2983. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Annual “Run for Aaron” Saturday, April 22nd ~ 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 Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Cumberland and Salem Counties. 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

COOKING FOR SENIORS

Volunteers are needed to help prepare, package and deliver meals on Easter morning, 8:00a.m. in Rosary Hall for the seniors of the Millville and Vineland area. Show up on Easter morning if you can help.

On Sunday, April 30th join Bishop Sullivan along with priests, religious, our seminarians and many other people from throughout the diocese at Williamstown High/Middle School (561 Clayton Road, Williamstown) for our 6th

annual iRace4Vocations. Bishop Sullivan will celebrate a Mass for Vocations at 1:00 p.m. followed by our 5k run/1.3 mile family walk. Come out to pray and race! The day will end with a picnic and family fun. Help us enjoy the day as we raise awareness and offer prayers for an increase in vocations for our diocese. We need parishioners, all ages, to say yes to this intergenerational day. We need YOU. For more information and to register for the event, visit camdenpriest.org/irace4vocations/.

“The Rhythm of Life – Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose”

“The Rhythm of Life – Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose” guided by the words and life of Jesus. is a New York Times bestseller by Matthew Kelly. Author of “Rediscovering Jesus” and other books described on DynamicCatholic.com. Come join us on Tuesday afternoons at 1:00 p.m. in Our Lady of Pompeii Church. The meetings last about an hour. Book provided courtesy of Chris Burrows. Everyone is invited to attend. Discussion led by Sister Judith. Questions call Sister Judith at 609-420-4683.

Bible Study

The Gospel According to Luke! A study of this third Gospel in the New Testament shows great sensitivity to historical data, literary technique, and theological development. Luke’s colorful descriptions of the birth announcement of Jesus, the manger, shepherds, angels, Good Samaritan, Prodigal Son, the Last Words from the Cross, and the Resurrection appearance on the road to Emmaus, show the compassionate and gentle Jesus! Classes are every Thursday in St. Mary School Library from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Cost is $20 and includes a short video commentary on the specific text and discussion of answers to questions from the study guide. Everyone is welcome to join. Questions call Sister Judith at 609-420-4683.

Let Your Voice Be Heard

If you are between the ages of 14 & 39, Pope Francis wants to hear from you!

Help us to better serve you in the Diocese of Camden by sharing your thoughts and participating in the survey. Go online at www.camdendiocese.org/synod-2018/

to submit your response.

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