Our Lady of Good Counsel

CHURCH OF
Our Lady of
Good Counsel
42 West Main Street, Moorestown, NJ 08057-2497
www.olgcnj.org
PARISH STAFF:
Priests of the Parish
Phone
Very Rev. Damian McElroy, V.F. Pastor
Rev. James O’Neill, Parochial Vicar
Phone for Emergency Sick Calls
856-235-0181
856-425-0181
Permanent Deacons
Deacon Joseph A. Paul
Deacon James J. Grogan
Deacon David Papuga
Deacon Ed Heffernan
Deacon Thomas D. Begley, III
Deacon Tom Kolon
Deacon John F. Bertagnolli, Jr.
Parish Business Manager
Deacon David Papuga
856-235-0181
Cemetery Manager
Mr. Thom Scattaregia
856-235-0181
OLGC School (Grades N-8)
Mr. Jerome T. McGowan, Principal
235-7885
Sr. Rosemarie Wdzieczkowski, E.C.C. Director 235-5371
Religious Education
Grades K-8
235-7136
Dr. Linda M. Dix, Director
Noah’s Ark Church Readiness Program
Ms. Laura Kowalick, Captain
Sacred Music Ministry
235-5395
Mr. Stephen J. Lucasi, Director
Mrs. Paula Quann, Assistant
Secretarial Staff
Parish Office: Ms. Megan Quigley
235-0181
School: Mrs. Lorraine Turowski
235-7885
E.C.C.: Mrs. Sharon Malek
235-5371
Heritage House: Ms. Laura Kowalick
235-7136
The Rectory:
42 West Main Street
Parish School:
Grades 1-8, Cafeteria and Gym
23 West Prospect Avenue
Early Childhood Center:
Kindergarten, Nursery and Noah’s Ark
32 West Main Street
Heritage House:
Religious Ed, Sacred Music and Youth Ministries
122 West Main Street
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
Sabbath Masses:
Saturdays, 4:30 PM - Main Church & Simulcast in Crypt
6:00 PM - Main Church
Sundays, 7:30 AM - Main Church
9:00 AM - Main Church
10:30 AM - Main Church & Gym
12:00 Noon - Main Church
Lauds:
6:30 AM Monday - Friday
Weekdays Masses:
9:00 AM Monday - Friday
9:00 AM Saturday
Holy Days of Obligation:
6:30 & 9:00 AM, 12:00 Noon, 7:00 PM
Baptism:
1:30 PM First, Third & Fourth Sundays of each month.
Parents attend Preparation Session on the Second Sunday of
the month.
Reconciliation (Confessions):
Saturday at 3:30 PM
Confessions will be heard until all present have been
accommodated.
Marriage:
Wedding arrangements can only be made with one of the
Parish Priests, ideally one year prior to the desired date.
Communion at Home:
When a parishioner is confined to the home for an extended
period of time and wishes to receive the Sacraments, please
call the Parish Office.
August 14, 2011
THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL
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From the Pastor’s Desk
Dear Parishioners,
Saturday, St. Pontian and St. Hippolytus, August 13
9:00 AM Greg Dix, William Ayres
4:30 PM Irene Gurbada, William N. Adams
6:00 PM Susan McCabe-Layden, Patricia Cahill
Sunday, Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 14
7:30 AM Anna Mae Terry, Greg Dix
9:00 AM Joan Steedle, Pierre J. Dipilla
10:30 AM Joseph Capozzoli (25th Anniversary), Mary Sullivan
Kelly
12:00 PM Frank O’Connell, Paul Bonell
Crypt:
10:30 AM Betty Wood, Jeanette Shea
Monday, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
August 15
6:30 AM Lauds
9:00 AM Elsie Palma, Betty Rossi (Living)
Tuesday, St. Stephen of Hungary, August 16
6:30 AM Lauds
9:00 AM Joseph Raffaele, Gene Simonson
Wednesday, Weekday, August 17
6:30 AM Lauds
9:00 AM Greg Dix, Elaine Trout
Thursday, Weekday, August 18
6:30 AM Lauds
9:00 AM Nancy Ward, Roberta Rowe
Friday, St. John Eudes, August 19
6:30 AM Lauds
9:00 AM Amy Whicker (Living), Connie Moen (Living)
Saturday, St. Bernard, August 20
9:00 AM Mary Rita Gibbons, William Houston
4:30 PM Stephan LaRiviere, Robert and Beverly Humes
6:00 PM Greg Dix, Stosh Locha
Sunday, Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 21
7:30 AM Joseph McGovern, Irene Gurbada
9:00 AM Concetta D. Amoroso, George Hincke
10:30 AM Sandra Koory, Thomas Eugene Neil
12:00 PM Stephan LaRiviere, Sgt. Charles Santangelo
Crypt:
10:30 AM Mary Wixted, William F. O’Brien
Sanctuary Lamp
The Sanctuary Lamp will be burning during this week for the
following intentions:
Main Church: John and Irene Gurbada
C r y p t : T r a ve l e r s t o W o r l d Y o u t h D a y i n M a d r i d ,
Spain
Candles can be designated for the intention of someone who is
ill or in special need of prayers.
Save the Date
Please save the evening of Thursday, October 6 for Msgr. Sam
Sirianni’s visit to our parish to help us kick off the learning
process for understanding the revised Mass texts. Following
this evening’s presentation we will also offer study sessions
during the upcoming weeks. Continue to read the bulletin for
more information that will be coming in September.
Recently, I received the sad news from Ireland that my father
was very ill and that I should return as soon as possible. I was
told that his cancer had returned and unfortunately the
prognosis was not good.
As a consequence, I expect to be in Ireland for the next two
months, offering whatever comfort and support I can to my dad
and family.
In consultation with the vicar for clergy and upon my
recommendation, Fr. Jim will administer the parish until my
return. I am indebted to Fr. Jim for assuming this responsibility,
please show him every kindness. I have every confidence that
with the assistance of our brother priests, deacons, pastoral
staff and our wonderful parishioners, that OLGC will continue to
flourish.
Someone once asked me if there were any perks to being a
priest. Putting aside humor for a moment I answered yes, the
opportunity to invite people to pray for what was dearest to us.
So may I humbly ask each of you to offer prayer for my father
Frank McElroy, my family and myself at this difficult time.
Our Lady of Good Counsel Pray For Us,
Fr. Damian McElroy
The Assumption of Mary
The feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is held
on August 15. The Assumption of Mary is the bodily taking up
of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her life. The
Roman Catholic Church teaches as dogma that the Virgin Mary
"having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed
body and soul into heavenly glory." It is typically a holy day of
obligation. However, this year it falls on a Monday and while it is
still a holy day, it is not a holy day of obligation. Mass will be
held at 9:00 am that day.
Food Collection
Currently, the Food Bank at Catholic Charities is in dire need of
food. Please consider bringing non perishable food items with
you to Mass next weekend.
Your generosity is most
appreciated.
You may have noticed the new food collection boxes in the front
of the Church. They were made by John Vito d'AntonioBertagnolli and the members of Boy Scout Troop 61 as John
Vito's Eagle Scout Project. This project was funded in part by
the Knights of Columbus. These boxes will be used weekly to
assist with the upcoming "One-Can-a-Week" project, the details
of which are forthcoming.
Respect Life News
“Alongside what the Church says, the testimony and
commitment of the Christian family – your concrete testimony –
is very important, especially when you affirm the inviolability of
human life from conception until natural death, the singular and
irreplaceable value of the family founded upon matrimony and
the need for legislation which supports families in the task of
giving birth to children and educating them.” ~ Pope Benedict
XVI, Homily, Holy Mass on the Occasion of the National Day of
Croatian Catholic Families, Sunday, June 5, 2011
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 14, 2011
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Religious Education News
Registration for 2011 – 2012 RE Classes: Registration is
underway. Forms and copies of Parent Letters are available on
the parish website. www.olgcnj.org – Religious Education /
click link to Registration page under News & Announcements.
Due to processing / documentation of registration forms,
children must be registered by August 12 to begin classes
on opening day. Registration received after this date, will result
in a delay in starting classes.
Reminders have been sent to
parents.
Grade 7:
• Book of Commitment: Please submit any outstanding
paperwork to the RE Office.
Information has been
processed.
• Service Opportunities: Available on the parish website.
Please contact the RE Office to sign up!
Catechists Workshop: Wednesday, August 24. Father Frank
Berna, Director, Graduate Program in Theology and Ministry,
LaSalle University, presents: Sacraments. Workshop begins
with 9:00 am Mass, includes presentation, lunch, and county
grade-level meetings. Open to parishioners. Registration is
required! Please contact the RE Office.
Save the Dates!!!
Important events for catechists and families:
Details will be sent home this summer & posted to the website.
Catechists:
• Thursday, September 1 – 1:00 pm: New Catechists
Orientation / Level One Certification
• Tuesday, September 6 – 7:00 pm: Grade Level
Meeting: Catechists Kindergarten - Grade 3
• Wednesday, September 7 – 7:00 pm: Grade Level
Meeting: Catechists Grade 4 – Grade 6
• Thursday, September 8 – 7:00 pm: Grade Level
Meeting: Catechists Grades 7 and 8
• Sunday, September 18 – 10:30am: Catechetical
Sunday: Commissioning
Students / Families and grade level catechists:
• Saturday, Sept. 10 – 9:00 am: Grade 2: Family Mass,
Breakfast, Retreat, Parent Meeting
• Thursday, Sept. 15 – 7:00 pm: Grade 8: Ministry Night
• Saturday, Sept. 17 – 9:00 am: Grade 7: Family Mass,
Breakfast, Parent / Student Confirmation Meeting
Youth Group News
Sunday, August 14: Pretzel Sale after 9:00 am, 10:30 am, &
noon Masses. Proceeds will be used for our annual Retreat.
Help is needed with bagging from 8:45 - 9:30 am in Quinn
House and to sell after Masses.
Tuesday, August 16: Leadership meeting to plan for
upcoming year. This meeting will take place at Quinn House
from 7:00 - 8:30 pm. Bring your folders, calendars, ideas for
games & skits, and service ideas to incorporate into our years’
theme of “Justice & Mercy.” Retreat leaders will set a date for
their next Retreat planning session.
Whole Community Catechesis
Gospel – Matthew 15:21-28
At that time, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called
out,
"Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David!
My daughter is tormented by a demon."
But Jesus did not say a word in answer to her.
Jesus' disciples came and asked him,
"Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us."
He said in reply,
"I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
But the woman came and did Jesus homage, saying, "Lord,
help me."
He said in reply,
"It is not right to take the food of the children
and throw it to the dogs."
She said, "Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps
that fall from the table of their masters."
Then Jesus said to her in reply,
"O woman, great is your faith!
Let it be done for you as you wish."
And the woman's daughter was healed from that hour.."
Question of the Week:
Adult: If you could, what would you “demand” of Christ today?
Child: What is the one thing you most want Jesus to do for
you?
Joining our
Catholic Community
If you are reading this right now, and you are not a member
of our Roman Catholic Church then we would like to invite you
to: Come and See.
That was Jesus’ response to Andrew’s question as to where
Jesus was staying (John 1:39) and that is our invitation to you if
you have ever thought about being baptized as a Christian
disciple of Jesus, or, if you have been baptized in another
denomination and you have thought about becoming a Catholic.
Our preparation and formation process, the RCIA (Rite of
Christian Initiation for Adults) is always ready to accept those
inquiring into becoming fully initiated Catholic Christians.
Adult Confirmation
If you are a Catholic adult who did not get the opportunity to
complete your initiation sacraments then we invite you to
contact us so we can journey with you towards being fully
initiated. Please contact Jane McCorkell for all initiation
concerns (856) 235-2374 or email mccorkellj@olgcnj.org.
Our Lady’s Parish Statue
If you would like OLGC’s Our Lady of Fatima statue to
visit your home for a week for your own quiet rosary
time, for praying together with family and friends,
please call Marylou Relovsky at (856) 234-0094.
August 14, 2011
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Job Search Training
Back to School Drive
Catholic Charities is currently holding its annual “Annual Back
to School Drive.”
The usual items are needed such as:
backpacks, 3-ring binders, loose-leaf paper, notebooks, pens,
pencils, crayons, pencil boxes, rulers, markers, dictionaries etc.
Gift certificates to a discount department store or shoe store are
also welcomed. Donations can be dropped off at the Burlington
County Catholic Charities, 801 Burlington Ave., Delanco, NJ,
Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. For more
information, please call (856) 764-6945, ext. 111.
40 DAYS FOR LIFE, Fall 2011, will take place from September
28 until November 6. At this time I am looking for volunteers to
be "Vigil Coordinators" for our local campaign at the Cherry Hill
Women's Center located at 502 N. King's Highway in Cherry
Hill.
During the campaign we hope to have at least 2 prayer warriors
at this clinic each hour from 7:00 am until 7:00 pm seven days a
week. This will require many participants! In the past we've
broken the week down into 28 three hour blocks of time. A Vigil
Coordinator is responsible for recruiting 2 prayer warriors for
each hour of their block of time yet DOES NOT have to be
present themselves for the entire three hours.
Is God calling you to become more involved in the pro-life
movement? Consider becoming a Vigil Coordinator! It is a
wonderful opportunity to get involved in the International
Campaign which has saved over 4,300 babies' lives, spared
hundreds of parents from a lifetime of regret, led 53 abortion
clinic workers to quit and closed down 13 abortion clinics! It
has also inspired many souls who suffer due to past abortions
to seek God's Mercy and be healed.
For more information contact Claire Howson at (856) 234-6198
or email me at claire@abortionclinicvigil.com. You may also go
our
local
website
to www.40daysforlife.org or
www.abortionclinicvigil.com.
The Career Transition Partnership (CTP) can help you if you
are looking for employment. The CTP offers free job search
training programs to assist you in a successful transition.
Skilled professionals lead the training programs and provide
individual assistance. Pre-registration is not necessary. The
training schedule is:
¾ Aug 24, 2011 Managing Finances During a Layoff
¾ Sept 7, 2011
Personal Marketing Plan
¾ Sept 21, 2011 Resume & Cover Letters
Training Location:
St Isaac Jogues Church, EvesboroMedford Rd & Elmwood Rd, Marlton, NJ. Use lot entrance on
Evesboro-Medford Rd. Park on the right (lighted) side of
building. Training is in the building – Parish Hall - located to the
right of Church.
Time: 6:30 PM – Networking; 7:00 PM - Training
Volunteers: Those who are experienced in helping individuals
through the job seeking process are welcomed to be part of this
ministry. Your talent is needed.
Check our web site,
Information or to Volunteer:
www.ctpnj.org, or call Thom Scattaregia, (856) 235-0181, X124,
or scattaregiat@olgcnj.org.
Offerings at Francis House of Prayer
Trenton Diocesan Spiritual Center
Box 392 • Rancocas, NJ 08073
MONTHLY SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
9 Wednesdays
September 21
October 19
November 16
3:30 - 4:45 PM
December 14 March 21
January 18
April 18
February 15
May 16
If you need or desire a retreat but simply cannot get away,
please give yourself the gift of this retreat that invites you to
pray with Scripture each day using the format of the Spiritual
Exercises of St. Ignatius. We will meet monthly for sharing and
input on the next month’s prayer. This is a wonderful way to
experience the Spiritual Exercises. Love Offering.
CLASSICS ON CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER
St. Joan of Arc Carnival
Come out for the best in Family Fun, Food, Prizes, Games,
Rides, Raffles and Entertainment.
Saturday, August 27 – Saturday, September 3
Food tent opens at 6:00 PM. The rides and games open at
7:00 PM. Closing time is 11:00 PM. Live Bands every night!
Please come and bring your family and friends. It’s a wonderful
party and a great way to wrap up the summer!
On the grounds of St. Joan of Arc Church, Evans and Willow
Bend Roads, Marlton, NJ. For more information, please call
(856)983-0077 or SJACarnival@hotmail.com.
10 Tuesdays 6:30 - 8:30 PM
September 20
December 13 March 6
October 18
January 10
April 3
November 15
February 7
May 1
June 5
We will be instructed in Contemplative Prayer by the best
teachers. The evening includes Lectio Divina and two 20minute sessions of contemplative prayer. We will also view a
20-minute segment of Fr. Thomas Keating’s DVD series on
Transformation in Christ and engage in good spiritual reading
on Contemplative Prayer between sessions. Donation: $150,
includes books.
To register, call (609) 877-0509. Please check www.FHOP.org
for our other offerings!
August 14, 2011
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ministries and Roles
Within the Liturgical
Assembly at Mass
When the Church comes together in the liturgical assembly to
celebrate the Mass, or any other sacrament, her members do not gather
simply as a crowd, as an amorphous, undifferentiated group of people.
They gather in a variety of ministries and roles. If we are to
understand the significance of these ministries and roles, we must
begin with Baptism, for only one who through Baptism has been given
a share in the priesthood of Christ is capable of participating in the
public worship which is the liturgy of the Church. In fact, the
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council tells
us that participation in the liturgy is the right and duty of all the
baptized.
The first qualification, then, for any participant in the celebration of
the Eucharist is that he or she has been baptized into the Body of
Christ, the Church. Each time the members of the Church gather to
worship, they do so because their baptism demands this of them.
While all share in the priesthood of Christ which delegates them to
worship, some members of the Church are called by God to serve in
the ministerial priesthood as bishops and priests. Bishops and priests
are privileged to act in the liturgy in the very person of Christ, on
behalf of his people, pronouncing the most sacred prayers of our faith,
presiding over the celebration of the sacred mysteries, explaining
God's Word and feeding God's people on the body and blood of
Christ. A bishop has the added responsibility of being the chief
shepherd, the principal liturgist of his diocese and in that role is the
successor of the Apostles. Others by God's grace are ordained to the
ministry of deacon. In the celebration of the Mass deacons proclaim
the Gospel and assist the bishop and priest in exercising their sacred
duties.
In addition to the ordained ministries there are roles in the liturgy
which are exercised by lay people who place their time and talent at
the service of the liturgical assembly as acolytes (altar servers),
lectors, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, cantors, choir
members, instrumentalists, leaders of song and ushers. Others
contribute their time and talent to planning and organizing the liturgy,
to keeping the church and the vestments, vessels and appointments
clean and well-ordered or to providing decorations that reflect the
spirit of the liturgical feast or season.
The General Instruction makes it very clear that this variety of offices
and roles is desirable and should be maintained. In fact it goes so far
as to state: ... all, therefore, whether they are ordained ministers or
Christian faithful, in fulfilling their offices or their duty, should carry
out solely but completely that which pertains to them." Not only,
therefore, is it desirable that individuals function in roles of service at
Mass, it is clear from the Instruction that if a deacon, for example, is
present, the priest celebrant or a concelebrant should not read the
Gospel. And the lector should not also take on the role of server
and/or extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion. There is a wide
variety of services to be performed, and it is desirable that different
individuals exercise those services so that the talents and gifts God has
placed within the Christian community are fully utilized and these
roles of service are not monopolized by a few.
It is not sufficient, however, simply to have a "warm body" filling a
given role. Those engaged in liturgical roles need to be well-prepared
for those roles and to know how to carry them out with reverence,
dignity and understanding. Obtaining the proper preparation requires a
further gift of time on the part of the person being prepared as well as
on the part of those in the parish responsible for the training of
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liturgical ministers. Finally, the practical task of assigning individuals
to particular Masses and organizing the distribution of roles is another
indispensable element in the fabric of well-ordered liturgical ministry
in a parish.
But before individuals can be prepared for liturgical roles, there must
first be individuals who are willing to assume those roles. All the
baptized need to understand that part of their duty regarding liturgy is
to accept some responsibility for the liturgy, to place themselves and
their God-given talents at the service of the liturgical community
whenever possible. If liturgy is a duty as well as a right, then part of
that duty for those able to undertake these tasks is the responsibility to
assume such key roles as those of lector, server or acolyte,
extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, usher, choir member,
etc. . Whether one brings up the gifts at the Presentation, reads the
Word of God, assists with the distribution of Communion and brings
the Eucharist to those unable to be present at Mass, serves at the altar,
provides music that augments the joy, solemnity and festivity of the
celebration or serves the assembled community as an usher, he or she
is contributing to the worship of the community and fulfilling the
responsibility that comes with Baptism.
Not all members of the parish community will have the time, energy,
strength or ability to serve in these roles, however, individuals must be
careful not to excuse themselves too easily. And it might also be
helpful for us to reexamine our situation every so often. The time
available to a business person or to parents with young children may
be very limited. But eventually business people retire and children
grow up, leaving those individuals with more free time at their
disposal. What is important is that all understand that the celebration
of liturgy is not just the responsibility of the pastor, although he is
delegated by the Bishop to oversee the liturgical life of the parish.
Pastors need the help of their people, the people who are serious about
living out their baptismal right and responsibility to worship.
Finally, this catalogue of specialized roles might give the impression
that those who are not exercising one of these roles are free to sit back
passively and simply let the liturgy happen around them. Nothing
could be further from the truth. Those who come together for liturgy
do not have the luxury of acting as passive "pew potatoes," waiting for
all to be done for them. The liturgy is not only their right, it is their
duty, their responsibility, and that responsibility includes full
engagement throughout the liturgical celebration. The baptized
faithful who form the congregation are called to join in praise and
thanksgiving in song and spoken word; to listen attentively to God"s
Word, to exercise their baptismal priesthood in prayer for the Church,
the world and all in need during the General Intercessions. In the
Liturgy of the Eucharist they join their prayer to that of the priest
celebrant, offering Christ the Victim, not only through the hands of
the priest, but also together with him and offer themselves as well
(GIRM n.95) and their participation culminates in the reception of the
Body and Blood of the Lord, the sacrament which unites them more
fully with Christ their Head and with one another.
In their sincere efforts to participate, those present minister to the
priest celebrant, to others who serve in liturgical roles, and to one
another. Their attention and active engagement in the celebration can
draw from the priest celebrant and the other ministers the best they
have to offer. Their enthusiastic song and verbal responses made with
conviction can encourage others to sing and respond; their very
presence at the celebration of Mass when so many other enticing
options might have been chosen instead supports and reinforces others
who have made the same choice.
The liturgy, then, is about the action of God's own people, each with
different offices and roles, each office and role, from that of bishop
and priest to that of usher and sacristan, one of service, not of
privilege, a mirror of Christ who washed the feet of his disciples and
instructed his followers to imitate his example of service.