CHURCH OF ST. William the

Abbot Roman Catholic Church

2740 Lakewood Allenwood Road, Howell, NJ 07731

July 5, 2020

fourteenth Sunday in ordinary time

Fr. Thomas Maher, Pastor Fr. James Redstone, Weekend Assistant

Deacon Michael Abatemarco

Deacon George A. Prevosti

Deacon Kevin Smith

MASS TIMES

DAILY Monday, Tuesday: 9AM

Wednesday: 9AM & 7PM

Thursday, Friday: 9AM

Saturday: 9AM CONFESSION AND RECONCILIATION Every Saturday after the 9:00AM Mass, 1/2 hour be-

fore each weekend Mass, Wednesday at 6:00PM

WEEKEND Saturday: 5:00PM

Sunday: 8:00AM,

10:15AM, & 11:45AM

HOLY DAYS: will be announced in the bulletin and on the website.

OUR PARISH MISSION STATEMENT

We, the parish family of St. William the Abbot, a welcoming Catholic community, led by the Holy Spirit, are called to proclaim, and to witness to, the Good News of Salvation, so that we may grow to-gether, among all generations, and advance the Kingdom of God, in our love and service of God and neighbor.

OFFICE HOURS:

Monday thru Friday:

9:30AM to 2:00PM

CONTACT US: Phone: 732-840-3535 Fax: 732-840-3663 Website: www.stwilliamtheabbot.com Email: stwilliam@optonline.net

STAFF

Clergy Rev. Thomas Maher, Pastor frthomasmaher@gmail.com Office Staff Maureen Cisek, Secretary stwilliam@optonline.net Elaine Ferraro, Accountant Elaine.stwilliam@gmail.com Dawn Cappetto, Administrator School of Religion Dawn.stwilliam@gmail.com Billy Lawlor, Director of Music

Anointing of the sick: To schedule an anointing call the parish office. Baptism: Baptisms may be arranged for most Sundays of the year at 1:00PM. First time parents must attend a Baptism Preparation Class, which is offered on the third Monday of the month at 7PM. Please call the parish office to schedule a baptism and/or the class. Matrimony: Engaged couples should call the parish of-fice for an interview appointment one year before the wedding date. Obtain a Mass Card: During office hours we welcome those who would like to request that their special inten-tions or deceased loved ones be prayed for particularly at a weekday or weekend Mass. We ask a donation of $10 per Mass. Obtain a Certificate of Eligibility: Registered parishioners who have been asked to be a Godparent or Confirma-tion Sponsor, should call the parish office to request a certificate of eligibility. Eligible individuals (according to Canon Law) are at least 16 years old, fully initiated, married in the Catholic Church (if married) and partici-pating in the life of our faith regularly and are not the child’s parents. Register for the parish: We are so happy to welcome new members to our Parish Family! Please come and see us at the Parish Office, so that we can get your information and meet you.

Why is it so important to register with

a parish? Registration is the official way we join a parish

community. Some people think that because

they attend a particular parish they automatically

belong. Registering as parishioners requires

signing up, formally enrolling yourself in a parish.

Registration is a commitment to a community, a

way to be included in the religious, social and

ministerial activities of your parish. Registration

shows you belong. It is also necessary for cer-

tain benefits, like scheduling sacraments, obtain-

ing a sponsor certificate, and getting donation

statements for your taxes. Most importantly, it

let the parish count on you, to call on you to as-

sist in its mission. Registering in your parish is a

statement of faith and confidence in the life and

work of your parish.

Rosary

Thank you to everyone who handed in their tally sheets for praying the ro-sary. So far we have prayed the ro-sary 2,012 times. Congratulations! Keep up the good work! Remember

to pray one decade for St. William the Abbot Parish. Thank you to everyone who is praying the rosary even more during the pandemic.

Here is the link to our Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/Saint-William-the-Abbot-Catholic-Church-174135519840986/?tsid=0.37482415393666724&source=result

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Please bring health, healing and hope to those

in our community who are sick especially Ana

Guillermo, Jonathon Capriotti, Emily Capriotti,

Dakota Schick, Don Goletz, Christina DelPazzo,

Susan Guarente, Judy O’Connor, Anna O’Con-

nor, Rosetta Pace, Cheryl King, Evelyn Zeliff,

Elizabeth Mangine, Bentley Stanwise, Kelly

Adams, Marie Steccato, Antoinette Steccato,

Diana Serafine, James Weis, Jude Pallone,

Tamara Pallone, Paula Leming, we also ask

you Lord, to watch over all those with incurable

autoimmune diseases and for all those who are

afflicted with MS, CF, Lou Gehrig’s disease, for

those who suffer from Alzheimer disease, de-

mentia, addictions, and their families.

God of all consolation, give life and health

to our sisters and brothers for whom we

pray in your Holy Name. Amen.

“It is a holy and wholesome thing to pray for the living and the dead.” II Mac. 12:46

Saturday, July 4 5:00 People of the parish Sunday, July 5 8:00 William Clark r/o Toni Clark 10:15 Rita Eadicicco r/o The Eadicicco Family 11:45 Rita Vorrius r/o The Downey Family Monday, July 6 9:00 Patrick Michael Landry r/o His loving family Tuesday, July 7 9:00 Special Intention for F. Evarist r/o St. William the Abbot Parish Family Wednesday, July 8 9:00 Kathy Silks r/o The Ferraro Family 7:00 John Sproat r/o Carol Sproat Thursday, July 9 9:00 William Clark r/o Toni Clark Friday, July 10 9:00 John R. Ball, Jr. r/o Cathy Ball Saturday, July 11 9:00 Robert Neal r/o M/M Ron Neal 5:00 Vito Vanasco r/o M/M John Vanasco Sunday, July 12 8:00 Marie Ferraro r/o The Ferraro Family 10:15 People of the parish 11:45 Marie Platt r/o Terry Kelly

Thank you to everyone who has continued to support our parish, by mailing their donation, dropping it of in our mailbox or joining WeShare. It is greatly ap-preciated!

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Our Spiritual Adoption Program News from our baby: I am half way to my birth through your prayers! I can kick, move and stretch so strongly that my mother can feel me and see me. I am making myself known

to the world, getting stronger every day.

The Sanctuary Lamp this week is lit in

memory of James Francis Pfeiffer, request-

ed by his loving wife and children.

Online Registration

for School of Reli-

gion will take place

later this summer.

We are not sure

when the program

will start or what

modifications we

may need to make

yet. Registration can only begin once that

is determined. Stay tuned for more details

as they become available.

Also, First Communion and Confir-

mation will be rescheduled as soon as pos-

sible. We will email all parents as soon as

we know the new day.

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The month of July dedicated to the Precious Blood. The feast of the Precious Blood of our Lord was instituted in 1849 by Pius IX, but the devotion is as old as Christianity. The ear-ly Fathers say that the Church was born from the pierced side of Christ, and that the sacra-ments were brought forth through His Blood. "The Precious Blood which we worship is the Blood which the Savior shed for us on Calvary and reassumed at His glorious Resurrection; it is the Blood which courses through the veins of His risen, glorified, living body at the right hand of God the Father in heaven; it is the Blood made present on our altars by the words of Consecration; it is the Blood which merited sanctifying grace for us and through it washes and beautifies our soul and inaugu-rates the beginning of eternal life in it." (Catholic culture.com)

Devotion to the Precious Blood is not a spiritual op-tion, it is a spiritual obligation, and that not only for priests, but for every follower of Christ. I really be-lieve that one of the symptoms of modern society (and I would even include, sadly, modern Catholic society) one of the symptoms of a growing, gnaw-ing secularism is the lessening and the weakening of devotion to the Precious Blood. Devotion, as we know, is a composite of three elements: It is first- veneration, it is secondly- invocation, and it is third-ly- imitation. In other words, devotion to the Pre-cious Blood of Christ, the Lamb of God who was slain, is first of all to be veneration on our part, which is a composite of knowledge, love and adora-tion. We are to study to come to a deeper under-

standing of what those two casual words, Precious Blood, really mean. I found this passage in the oldest document, outside of sacred scripture, from the first century of the Christian era – to be exact, from Pope St. Clement I, dated about 96 A.D. Says Pope Clement: "Let us fix our gaze on the Blood of Christ and realize how truly precious It is, seeing that it was poured out for our salvation and brought the grace of conversion to the whole world." To understand the meaning of the Precious Blood we must get some comprehension of the gravity of sin, of the awfulness of offending God, because it required the Blood of the Son of God to forgive that sin. We are living in an age in which to sin has become fashionable. This veneration of the Precious Blood, which is the first element in our devotion to the Pre-cious Blood means that we have a deep sensitivity to the awfulness of sin. Sin must be terrible. It must be awful. It must be the most dreadful thing in the universe. Why? Because it cost the living God in human form the shedding of His Blood. Lord Jesus, You became Man in order by your Passion and Death and the draining of your Blood on the Cross, might prove to us how much You, our God, love us. Protect us, dear Jesus, from ever run-ning away from the sight of blood. Strengthen our weak human wills so that we will not only not run away from the cross, but welcome every opportunity to shed our blood in spirit in union with your Pre-cious Blood, so that, dying to ourselves in time we might live with You in Eternity. Amen Excerpted from The Precious Blood of Christ, Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.

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Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Jesus, hear us. Jesus, graciously hear us. God, the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us. God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us. God, the Holy Spirit, Have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us. Blood of Christ, only-begotten Son of the Eternal Father, Save us. Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word of God, Save us. Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament, Save us. Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in the Agony, Save us. Blood of Christ, shed profusely in the Scourging, Save us. Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns, Save us. Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross, Save us. Blood of Christ, price of our salvation, Save us. Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness. Save us. Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls, Save us. Blood of Christ, stream of mercy, Save us. Blood of Christ, victor over demons, Save us. Blood of Christ, courage of Martyrs, Save us. Blood of Christ, strength of Confessors, Save us. Blood of Christ, bringing forth Virgins, Save us. Blood of Christ, help of those in peril, Save us. Blood of Christ, relief of the burdened, Save us. Blood of Christ, solace in sorrow, Save us. Blood of Christ, hope of the penitent, Save us. Blood of Christ, consolation of the dying, Save us. Blood of Christ, peace and tenderness of hearts, Save us. Blood of Christ, pledge of eternal life, Save us. Blood of Christ, freeing souls from purgatory, Save us. Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honor, Save us. Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us, O Lord. You have redeemed us, O Lord, in your Blood. And made us, for our God, a kingdom. Let us pray, - Almighty and eternal God, you have appointed your only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world, and willed to be appeased by his Blood. Grant we beg of you, that we may worthily adore this price of our salvation, and through its power be safeguarded from the evils of the present life, so that we may rejoice in its fruits forever in heaven. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

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