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1 St. Catherine of Siena Church Church and Parish Office 2 White Bridge Road Pittstown, NJ Mailing Address P.O. Box 245 Pittstown, NJ Office Hours Monday Friday: 9:30 AM 2:30 PM (Later by appointment) Phone: (908) Fax: (908) Website: scoscoffice@gmail.com PASTOR Rev. Chester Zalubski baca11963@yahoo.com Weekend Assistant Most Reverend Paul G. Bootkoski, DD Bishop Emeritus Permanent Deacons Deacon Steve Kassebaum (908) stephenkassebaum@comcast.net Deacon Emeritus Dennis K. Webster (908) denniswebster2@comcast.net Parish Catechetical Leader Elizabeth Knipe (908) stcscre@gmail.com Music Ministry Pat Prakopcyk (908) stcatmusic@gmail.com Parish Secretary Jennifer Perna (908) scoscoffice@gmail.com April 4, 2021 Vol. 19 MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Evening: 4:30 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, and 11:00 AM Daily: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 8:00 AM Wednesday 7:00 PM EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT First Friday: 3:00 PM 7:00 PM SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday: 3:30 PM 4:00 PM Wednesday: 6:30 PM 7:00 PM or by appointment SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM For registered and practicing parishioners (weekly attendance at Mass) by arrangement with Father Chester. Preparation classes are held 7:00 PM on the third Thursday of each month. Please call to register. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Engaged parishioners are requested to make arrangements with Father Chester at least one year in advance. CARE OF THE SICK Please notify the Parish Office for a visit for a homebound or ill individual. Call for a prayer intention to be included in the bulletin and/or weekly intentions. Please notify us when someone is hospitalized. PARISH MEMBERSHIP AND REGISTRATION Every family should be registered properly. Registration is necessary to qualify for the Religious Education Program and the reception of the Sacraments. Certificates of eligibility for sponsorship for Baptism or Confirmation will be given only to active (weekly Mass attendance) registered parishioners.

2 ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA, PITTSTOWN, NJ P M O Altar Servers Cecile Sabatino Audio/Visual Ken Mandoli Auditors Maggie Marion Building Maintenance Ray Ferraro Catholic Media Denise Botto Decorating Committee Donna Cahill Events Hospitality Margaret Rocca Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion JohnJoseph Bober Family Mass stcathfamilymass@gmail.com Family Promise Mary Jo Haggerty Food Pantry Patty Battipaglia Knights of Columbus Michael J. Iannozzi Monthly Eucharistic Adoration Mary Kauza Jane Ricketts Parish Landscape Kevin Cahill Parish Pastoral Council Denise Botto Prayer Shawl Donna Mustillo Printable Materials Helen Nardone Readers Robert Preston Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Deacon Steve Kassebaum Rosary Society Debora Jamicky Sanctuary Guild Kathy Mathews SCRIP Program Jennifer Perna Social Concerns Sandra Kopka Stewardship Lori Young Ushers Rich Kopf Veterans Military Apostolate Parish Office Website Ed Schilke Wedding Coordinator Ellen McCarthy Welcome Carol Rocha Weekly Schedule SATURDAY, APRIL 3RD HOLY SATURDAY 11:00 AM BLESSING OF THE EASTER FOOD BASKETS 7:30 PM EASTER VIGIL SUNDAY, APRIL 4TH EASTER SUNDAY 8:00 AM MASS 9:30 AM MASS 11:00 AM MASS MONDAY, APRIL 5TH OFFICE CLOSED 8:00 AM MASS TUESDAY, APRIL 6TH 8:00 AM MASS 3:30 PM STEWARDSHIP MTG 5:00 PM 6:00PM 2ND GRADE SACRAMENTAL PREP CLASS 6:00 PM ROSARY SOCIETY MTG CHAPEL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7TH 6:30 PM 7:00 PM RECONCILIATION 7:00 PM MASS THURSDAY, APRIL 8TH 8:00 AM MASS FRIDAY, APRIL 9TH 8:00 AM MASS SATURDAY, APRIL 10TH 3:30 PM 4:00PM RECONCILIATION 4:30 PM MASS SUNDAY, APRIL 11TH DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY 8:00 AM MASS 9:30 AM MASS 11:00 AM MASS 3:00 PM4:00 PM DIVINE MERCY HOLY HOUR The Office Will Be Closed... April 5th for Easter Monday Happy Easter

3 EASTER SUNDAY Readings for the week of April 4, 2021 Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 3743/Ps 118:12, 1617, 2223 [24]/Col 3:14 or 1 Cor 5:6b8/ Jn 20:19 or Mk 16:17 or Lk 24:1335 Monday: Acts 2:14, 2233/Ps 16:12, 5, 78, 910, 11 [1]/Mt 28:815 Tuesday: Acts 2:3641/Ps 33:45, 1819, 20, 22 [5b]/Jn 20:1118 Wednesday: Acts 3:110/Ps 105:12, 34, 67, 89 [3b]/Lk 24:1335 Thursday: Acts 3:1126/Ps 8:2, 5, 67, 89 [2ab]/ Lk 24:3548 Friday: Acts 4:112/Ps 118:12, 4, 2224, 2527 [22]/Jn 21:114 Saturday: Acts 4:1321/Ps 118:1, 1415, 1618, 1921 [21a]/Mk 16:915 Next Sunday: Acts 4:3235/Ps 118:24, 1315, 2224 [1]/1 Jn 5:16/Jn 20:193 Observances for the week of April 4, 2021 Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Next Sunday: (C)LPi Easter Sunday Monday within the Octave of Easter Tuesday within the Octave of Easter Wednesday within the Octave of Easter Thursday within the Octave of Easter Friday within the Octave of Easter Saturday within the Octave of Easter 2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy) Youth Minister and/or Youth Ministry Team Wanted Please join us Wednesday, April 14 th, following 7 PM Mass as we prepare our Youth Ministry calendar with upcoming events and activities. If you are passionate about involvement in the Catholic Church, this ministry leadership may be for you. Please RSVP to Debbie Fass at (973) info@stonebarnclassiccars.com We would like to welcome The Phillips Family The DeMesa Family to St. Catherine of Siena Parish. Divine Mercy Sunday April 11th 3:00 PM4:00 PM On the first Sunday after Easter, April 11th, we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday. We as Catholic Christians are obliged to honor the image of Jesus pouring out his HEART S MERCY on us. This was the vision that Saint Faustina of Poland saw in modernday times in Jesus himself, through visitations He made to Saint Faustina, instructed her: Say unceasingly the chaplet that I have taught you. Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death. I desire that the whole world know My infinite mercy. I desire to grant unimaginable Graces to those souls who trust in My mercy. (St. Faustina Diary entry 687). We hope that all people will be struck by the truth that mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to God s mercy. (Intro to Diary). During this hour, there will be Exposition of the Holy Eucharist, Confession, Praying of the Holy Rosary, and ending with the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Please join us at 3:00 PM for this powerful devotion.

4 APRIL 4, 2021EASTER SUNDAY Summer Custodial Help Immaculate Conception School Annandale, NJ Full Time MF; 7:00 AM3:30 PM Beginning June 7, 2021 thru August 13, 2021 Must be 18 years old and reliable. Rate $15.00/hour. Call X 149. "Family Promise is looking for teams for their virtual box city fundraiser.as you may remember, Box City is an event that increases awareness about homelessness in our community. Participants can sleep out in their own back yards and we encourage participants of all ages! We welcome youth groups, sports teams, service groups, and families. If you have questions about Box City, please check out the event web page Box City Family Promise of Hunterdon County, Inc.or contact Cindi at cyndi@familypromisehc.org. We already have $700 of sponsorships from local businesses, but would like to get between $8,000 $10,000. These are tough times but we need community support! If you know a business that might be interested in being a sponsor, please let Cyndi know so she can reach out to them. We would also like to get more groups involved from North Hunterdon High School, Voorhees High School, and Delaware Valley Regional High School, so if you have anyone who can help again please let Cyndi know.

5 EASTER SUNDAY Saturday: April 3, :00 PM Parishioners of St. Catherine s Sunday: April 4, :00 AM Parishioners of St. Catherine s 9:30 AM Parishioners of St. Catherine s 11:00 AM Parishioners of St. Catherine's Monday: April 5, :00 AM David Singleton r/o Stephanie & Michael Pierce Tuesday: April 6, :00 AM A Special Intention Wednesday: April 7, :00 PM Deacon Dennis Birthday Blessings Thursday: April 8, :00 AM Theresa Walshe r/o Theresa Cupit Friday: April 9, :00 AM Helen Zrebiec r/o The Baker Family Saturday: April 10, :30 PM Janise & Richard Nelson r/o St. Catherine s Parish Sunday: April 11, :00 AM Parishioners of St. Catherine s 9:30 AM The Grandparents of the Quick & Sullivan Families r/o The Quick Family 11:00 AM Robert & Doris Schofield r/o St. Catherine s Parish Stewardship The collection for March 21st was $3, (112 envelopes) for the general collection. ************************************************************************************************************************* OnLine Giving for March 21st was $3, (126 donors). From the Pastor s Desk Dear Parishioners and Guests: HAPPY EASTER! CHRIST IS RISEN! Easter is not about brightly colored eggs, wearing pastels, or enjoying a big meal, although it could include these. Easter is about the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For some it will be a sad day, because Easter is a reminder of a loved one who has died and is now desperately missed. Death seems so cruel, so harsh, and so final. That is what the disciples were feeling when they saw their Lord, whom they had left everything to follow, hanging on the cross.they were devastated. Death had crushed them. But if they would have gone back in their memories, they would have recalled an important event and statement Jesus had made. They would have remembered Jesus standing at the tomb of his close friend Lazarus. They would have remembered that Jesus did something completely unexpected: He wept. Jesus wept, because He knew that death was not part of God s original plan. Humanity was not meant to grow old, to suffer with disease, or to die. But because of the sin of Adam and Eve, sin entered the human race, and death followed with it. And death spread to all of us. Jesus wept, because it broke His heart. But standing there at Lazarus tomb, Jesus also delivered these hopefilled words: I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live. Death is not the end. And the resurrection of Jesus Christ proves it. If you have put your faith in Christ, then Easter means that you will live forever in the presence of God. Easter brings hope to the person who has been devastated by death. The resurrection of Jesus gives us the greatest hope! Next Sunday April 11th, we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday. This feast marks the pinnacle of our Easter celebration. The devotion to our Lord s Divine Mercy was especially encouraged by Pope St. John Paul II, through the revelations of Our Lord s mercy granted to the Polish born saint, Sister Faustina Kowalska. Special indulgences attached to this feast are obtainable for those who partake of the requirements attached to this feast (an indulgence is the removal of all or part of the temporal punishment due to sin not the sin itself). To receive the indulgence, one must go to Confession within 3 weeks before or after Divine Mercy Sunday and to receive Holy Communion during this same period. My brothers and sisters, our staff, Deacons and I wish you and your loved ones a most blessed and Happy Easter! Fr. Chester

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