WEEKEND COLLECTION REPORT

June 22, 2014 June 23, 2013 Regular $11,159.00 $11,547.00 Upkeep $1,676.00 $1,948.00

Thank you for your generosity!

The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul June 29, 2014

MONDAY – June 30, 2014 7:30 AM † Edward Pietraszka r/o Wife & Granddaughter 7:00 PM † Kroeger Family r/o Flo Kroeger TUESDAY – July 1, 2014 7:30 AM † John & Katherine Price r/o Family WEDNESDAY – July 2, 2014 7:30 AM † Martha Hogarth r/o Hogarth Family THURSDAY – July 3, 2014 7:30 AM † Robert McSpadden r/o Gene & Jean Fedor FRIDAY – July 4, 2014 9:00 AM † Ramon Benzaken SATURDAY– July 5, 2014 9:00 AM Mass Association

5:00 PM † Marie Ricci Scavone

r/o Mom, Tom, Bob & Carol SUNDAY– July 6, 2014 7:30 AM † Stella Sczepanik r/o Son, Gary

9:30 AM † Mary Jane Eberle-Jones r/o Dorothy Weis

11:30 AM For Our Parishioners

A Stewardship Thought …

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 TIMOTHY 4:7 Stewardship is not an easy life style. No one prom-ised that it would be. It is counter‐cultural to most things in the world today. However, putting God first in all things, living a life of gratitude and being generous with our time, talent and treasure brings tremendous joy to those who are disciplined. Fight the good fight and keep the faith!

This Weekend’s Scripture First Reading: Acts 12:1-11 King Herod began to harass some of the members of the Church. James, brother of John, was beheaded. Peter was arrested and imprisoned. Through the power of an angel, light shown in the cell and Peter’s chains fell from his wrists. Peter followed the angel to safety and was convinced that the angel was sent by God to save him from Herod.

Second Reading: 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith,” Paul writes. We hear in this read-ing the longing for the day of God’s reign and how sal-vation is near. God will continue to rescue us and keep us from harm.

Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19 When Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter exclaims, “You are the Messiah!” Christ then declares that Peter is the “Rock upon which he will build his Church” promising Peter the power “to bind” and “to loose”. ©2002 Bon Venture Services, Inc.

Memorials for the Week of June 29—July 5

MARY’S ALTAR

For the Safety of our Military Families r/o The Lesinski Family

ST. JOSEPH’S ALTAR

Glenn Maldonado r/o Daughter, Jane & Son David

MASS ASSOCIATION Frederick Kelly r/o Dorothy Glinski & Family

Charles E. Molteg r/o Kathleen Molteg

Summer Mass Schedule

JUNE 22nd – AUGUST 31st

MONDAY – 7:30AM & 7:00PM

TUESDAY – FRIDAY – 7:30AM

SATURDAY – 9:00 AM & 5:00PM

SUNDAY – 7:30AM, 9:30AM AND 11:30AM

July 4th & September 1st - 9:00 AM

Our Lady of Victories School

Parents Alumni and all friends are invited to visit our website at www.olvnj.com

Don’t forget we are collecting

Vacation Bible School 2014

CD’s with Music for this year’s Vacation Bible School are now available for $10 each.

You can purchase one after the masses this weekend.

Additional CD’s of some previous years’ are also available as long as inventory permits.

There will be a meeting of all VBS helpers on Sunday, July 6 from 6:00 - 7:00 in Monsignor Dal-ton Hall. Assignments, schedules, and donations

will be discussed.

Any additional decorating will take place following the meeting.

A note about Scrip during the Summer

The last day to order scrip plastic/ paper cards was June 16th. We will resume in late August.

You can make use of the www.shopwithscrip.com during the summer. Registration is easy. The code for OLV is 362543B56741. Payment must be used via the Presto Pay option.

However, if you would like to place an order over $500 in plastic/ paper cards (including many hotels and travel options and home improvement project needs). Please contact Marilyn at (732)-991-7379 or mfarrell517@aol.com.

RUNNING ON FAITH COME SEE WHAT WE’RE ALL ABOUT! July 2 – Lawrence Harbor Waterfront July 9 – South Amboy Waterfront

6:30-7:30 Faith, Fellowship, Fitness!

Now that the Summer has arrived...

What are the plans for your child’s education next Fall?

Registrations for the

2014/ 2015 Academic year

are now being accepted at

Our Lady of Victories School.

Our School offers classes for

students PreK 3—Eighth Grade.

To schedule a tour please call (732)- 254-1676.

Religious Education Registration Forms

Registration forms for the

2014/ 2015 Academic Year for

our Religious Education Program

are available online at:

http://olvsayrenj.com/content/uploads/reledregistration2014.pdf

8th Grade

Principal’s List

Anna Froehlich

Karan Gupta

Sarah Nemshick

Hannah Skarzynski

Honor Roll

John Behr

Colin Bolton

Liam Gilgan

Natalie Heden

Robert Marsch

Jeffrey Nelson

7th Grade

Principal’s List

Cheyanne Diem

Jacob Dougherty

Honor Roll

Michael Fraser

Christopher Crespo

Lindsey Kuhlthau

6th Grade

Principal’s List

Justin Braine

Claire Froehlich

Faith Gregory

Parker McCall

Kiera Scales

Honor Roll

Sara Barpi

Ryan Gluchowski

Rachelle Menguito

Nicole Pellegrino

Briana Pimenta

Anthony Seraji

Zandrea Urbano

Our Lady of Victories School 4th Marking Period

2013-2014 School Year

OLV Senior Group Finger Lakes Wine Safari Trip

The OLV Senior Group is sponsoring a trip to the Finger Lakes in New York from October 7 – 9, 2014. The price of the trip is $399.00. The price of the trip includes: 2 nights lodg-ing, 2 breakfasts, 2 dinners, including Belhurst Castle, wine tasting at 9 wineries, bus trans-portation, bus driver’s gratuity, baggage handling, taxes and meal gratuities, and a souvenir gift. The bus will leave from OLV lower parking lot at 7 AM on Tues-day, October 7th and return approximately on October 9th at 6 PM.

To make reservations or further questions, please contact Teri at 732-727-7639.

OLV Senior Group Niagara Falls Trip

The OLV Senior Group is sponsor-ing a trip to Niagara Falls from Monday, September 8th to Friday, September 12th 2014. The price of the trip is $640 and includes: 4 nights lodging in Niagara Falls, Canada, 4 breakfasts, and 4 full course dinners including a dinner at the revolving Skylon Tower and the “Oh” Canada Eh?! Dinner Show. Also included are all day

tours of Niagara, including Niagara-on-the-Lake, all day tour of Toronto including Casa Loma. The group will also ride the Maid of the Mist Road ride and tour of the falls. We will also visit Welland Canal, see the beautiful floral Clock and tour the FX Chocolates and go to the Niagara Fallsview Casino. All taxes and meal gratuities are included along with the motor transporta-tion and bus driver’s gratuity. Please contact Geri for reservations or further information at 732-257-4351.

Do you know someone who is interested in becoming Catholic?

God works in many different ways, most of the time through ordinary people and events. No matter what a person’s reasons are for becoming Catholic, the Church’s hope and prayer is that whenever God calls them, they will respond.

Becoming Catholic is a process and the Catholic Church has a process called RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation) that the earliest Christians used when peo-ple came to them requesting Baptism. RCIA at OLV meets at 10:30 Mass and directly afterwards each Sunday beginning in September.

If you know someone who was never baptized and may be interested in learning more about the Catho-lic Faith, or someone who was baptized but never received Holy Communion and Confirmation and would like to come into full communion with the Catholic Church, please invite them to join us.

Please fill out the below form and put in the collection basket or drop off at the Parish Office. An RCIA Team Member will be in touch to provide further de-tails. Name: _______________________________

Phone: _______________________________

Email: _______________________________

RCIA INFORMATION

Marriage Encounter

Why not take the opportunity to enrich your marriage? The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend will be held July 18-20, 2014

Early registration is advisable as space is limited. Phone 1-888-827-NJME for registration and information. Visit us at: www.wwmecentralnj.org for more information.

News from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul We’d like to thank our entire OLV Parish family for your ever generous support and we wish you all a wonderful summer and Happy 4th of July. It’s only through your generosity that we accomplish all that we do.

Our Lord said; “As you have done for the least of my brethren, you have done unto me.” This is the basis for all we do at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. We invite you to share in our mission. If you or someone you know is in need of assistance please contact us through the parish office. In the past we’ve helped people with rent, utility, groceries, medicines, special dietary requirements and many other needs. No work of charity is foreign to our so-ciety. Each new client case is confidentially evalu-ated by members of our Client Service Team. In the name of Christ we are here to help and serve. Please put us to work.

Our next General Meeting will not be until Septem-ber. However if you’d like to become involved with helping those in need within our community please contact us through our voice mailbox at (732)- 257-0077 ext. 421.

Food Pantry: All non-perishable food and toiletry items are gratefully accepted. Donations can be left in the church lobbies after any mass. Presently we are in need of soups, canned or packaged fruit, canned pastas such as Chef-Boyardee, jelly, canned tuna & chicken, and condiments (ketchup, mustard, mayo, etc.)