February 3rd, 2019

MONDAY February 4th 2019

9:00 AM Elaine Daly

Req. Mark & Diane Tilghman

TUESDAY February 5th

9:00 AM Maggie DiOrio

Req. Joan Lynch

Bishop John Smith

WEDNESDAY February 6th

9:00 AM Ronald Socha

Req. his Family

THURSDAY February 7th

9:00 AM Dr. Richard Rothman

Req. Barbara Hand & Betty Procopio

FRIDAY February 8th

9:00 AM Deceased Members of the

Maugeri, Nicola & Tew Families

Req. their Family

SATURDAY February 9th

9:00 AM Ronald & Loretta Socha

Req. their Family

Dorothy Vetrulli

Req. Patricia Creighton

5:00 PM Meta Schafer

Req. her Children

Maggie DiOrio

Req. Doreen & Craig Berman

Fran Bernard, Josephine Kerr &

Ellen McBride

Req. Mike, Jo & Girls

SUNDAY February 10th

7:30 AM Loretta Socha

Req. her Son, Frances

Leah Argentina

Req. Larry York & Family

9:00 AM Gloria Fanelli, Marie & Denise Coppola

Req. their Family

Elaine Daly

Req. Paul Sheply & Family

10:30 AM People of the Parish

12 Noon Antonia Bevacqua

Req. Mike & Anna Kirk

Bonnie Walker

Req. Doris Epstein

The Sanctuary Lamp will burn for…

Sam Preto & John Doherty

Req. their Family

Week of January 3rd thru February 9th 2019.

The Sanctuary Lamp is available for special intentions.

The Lamp burns weekly for deceased members of a family or

requests for a special intention. The donation is $25.

Please contact the rectory at 667-8850 x 210

WE PRAY FOR OUR SICK

Please pray for all those who are ill in our parish that

God’s healing power may give them courage and

strength. We pray especially for …

Anne Grimaldi, Deacon Joe Card,

Michael Szatny, Grace Bryson, Bert Jacobs,

Maureen Huff, Terry Huff, Sr.,

Andrew Nyame, Jr., Dorthy Walters,

Darlene DiPatri-Coletti, Veronica Carter,

Anna Marie Colavecchi, John Walker,

Shaina, Shanon Bianco. To place a person’s name on the sick list, please call Sr.

Evelyn @ 667-8850 x 213.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.

And let Your Perpetual Light shine upon them.

And may the souls of all the faithful departed,

Through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen

EM & Lector Schedule for February 9th & 10th …

Eucharistic Minister

5:00 PM C. Donia, M. Fretz,

P. Malimisura, A. Santori.

7:30 AM J. Fatula, C. Hart, C. Holmes.

9:00 AM B. Cox, T. Johnston,

D. Reader, D. Riccardo.

10:30 AM M. Linka, L. Martin,

T. McCloskey, J. Napoli.

12 Noon P. Costenbader, A. Magueri, A. Steck.

Lectors

5:00 PM A. Montesjardi

7:30 AM B. Hillman

9:00 AM D. Morano

10:30 AM T. Payne

12:00 Noon D. Donovan

WEEKEND COLLECTION AMOUNTS

January 19th & 20th ~

1st Collection (Weekly) $8,723.00

Average Weekly Envelope ~ $22.31

Weekly Collection Envelope Needed ~ $30.00

Givelify on line (Weekly) ~ $414.00

Weekly Collection Goal Needed: $11,057.00

Second Collection ~ Latin America ~ $1,373.00

Thank you for your generous giving…

Please remember OLPH in your will…

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time…

Sunday Jer 1:4-5, 17-19; 1 Cor 12:31—13:13 or

13:4-13; Lk 4:21-30

Monday Heb 11:32-40; Mk 5:1-20

Tuesday Heb 12:1-4; Mk 5:21-43

Wednesday Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Mk 6:1-6

Thursday Heb 12:18-19, 21-24; Mk 6:7-13

Friday Heb 13:1-8; Mk 6:14-29

Saturday Heb 13:15-17, 20-21; Mk 6:30-34

Biggest Lie: Humanity and Happiness

Dear OLPH,

Now that all the Christmas and New Year's festivities are behind us, and our resolutions for the year are underway (still hitting the gym?!) it is time to spend some time together on our Christmas present: Matthew Kelly's Book, The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity. For the next weeks, we'll work through bits and pieces of the book, so that even if you cannot join in the actual book club, at least we can read the book “together.” And if you need a copy of the book, I saved a few – just drop by the rectory and pick up a copy. So far I have only heard good comments about the selection. Feel free to share your thoughts and insights, or any suggestions for next year's book.

(Oh, and don't forget our parish membership to FORMED. Go too: olphms.formed.org and register, for all kinds of cool Catholic content. Just as we strive to give our body what it needs for optimum health, so too we ought to feed our spirit what is truly rich and edifying content!)

In the first chapter of Biggest Lie, Kelly uses a neat story to make this point: if we get man right, we will get the world right. In other words, a genuine understanding of the human person helps to ensure a healthy worldview. Matt articulates a genuine happiness project for humanity. In chapter two, he shares some truths he has learned about happiness: Happiness and pleasure are not the same thing / Getting what I want does not make me happy / Happiness is found by embracing the present moment / Happiness is contagious. Next, Matt argues against relativism: the false doctrine from the world that nothing is true for everyone. It states my happiness is mine and yours is yours and no one can say for another what might bring happiness. These three points hang together.

If we believe that God created man, and if we hold that God creates with a purpose, then it follows that God created and ordered humanity to a specific end or telos. Human fulfillment consists in living according to that purpose, to be who God created us to be. Jesus tells us, “I came that you may have life to the full! The

Incarnation opens a gateway to a new and abundant life in Christ. By contrast if happiness were hard to find, like a secret for each person to discover, it would be more like the rabbit hole from Alice in Wonderland than a plan we all can follow written into our very DNA, the fabric of our existence.

Despite all the searching and replacements for truly and lasting happiness (not pleasure) it remains elusive. The modern world wants us to think that happiness is for us to discover and piece together. That way, we buy and try all the stuff they are selling, even though deep down we know that possessions and even experiences (popular among the millennials) do not lead to enduring happiness or peace.

The secret to lasting happiness (jumping ahead) is a life lived for others. Live in love and sacrificial service. “Love one another as I have loved you,” Jesus tells us… one way of stating the happiness recipe. We were created for love, and true love (not according to the Beatles but rather as defined in the Scriptures) forms the basis of true happiness. But I may be getting us ahead of our author…. Let's keep reading.

May God grant you the fullness of His peace and love!

Fr. Wilson

Knights Korner

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Council 5714.

636 N. Forklanding Road, P.O. Box 294,

Maple Shade, New Jersey, 08052

Upcoming Events:

Family Spaghetti Dinner every 3rd Friday of the

Month, February 15th, 5pm – 7pm $10 for Adults / $5

for Children located in the Maple Room. This includes

salad, dessert, beverage, spaghetti/meatballs or clams

with sauce.

Konstructing God’s Kingdom:

The Children’s Liturgy, Kingdom Kids, will meet on the

following dates at the 10:30 a.m. mass. Children from

age 5 and up are welcome to come and join the

FUN! Feb. 3rd, 10th, & 24th.

All Lectors & Eucharistic Ministers.

The Lector/EM schedule for March

is currently being planned. Please

send your availability to Deacon Ron

Meyers by email at: rmeyers@olphparish.com. You can

also place your completed form in the collection basket or

drop off at the Rectory. Please have your

completed form to me by February 14th.

Thank you.

Community Sunday! February 17h,

after the 9am & 10:30am Masses.

Please join us for coffee, tea & donuts!

O.L.P.H. 2018 Senior Club.

The O.L.P.H. Seniors meet at the

Maple Shade Municipal bldg., N. Stiles

Ave. on the second Tuesday of each

month at 11:30 a.m. (doors open

at 11a.m.) in the Seniors Room. Every meeting there is

something new such as speakers and trips. Call Tina or

Jim at (856-779-8105) for cost & details. Please come

and join us.

The Maple Shade Food Bank… We thank

you so very much for your kind generosity.

Currently we are asking for donations of

Non-perishable items. Once again, thank you

so much for your continued support of our

Mission.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help has

entered a new era: the age of

anytime, anywhere giving. We are

now signed up with Givelify, the mobile giving app for places of worship and charities. To make your first mobile

donation the best experience possible, we recommend you

download the Givelify app for Android or iPhone before

you get to service. Givelify gives you a beautiful, easy

giving experience using your smartphone. There are no

frustrating web forms or text-to-give codes to memorize.

Even better, it’s free to download and use. It’s totally safe

and secure, and for tax time you have one-tap access to

your complete donation records.

OLPH PARISH Celebrating 100 Years!

Save the Date: June 2nd ~

100th Anniversary Mass & Celebration

with Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M. &

Luncheon to follow Mass.

Anniversary Celebration

Planning Meeting!

Tuesday, February 19th at 6pm.

Pope John Room. Please come

and help us plan this wonderful

Celebration!

Our Traveling Madonna… As we begin to

celebrate the 100th

Anniversary of our Parish, we are

inviting families to

participate in a 9 day

Novena with our

Traveling Madonna… If you

are interested, please fill out the form below and place in

the collection basket. You can also contact the Rectory at

667-8850 ext.210.

Family Name_________________________________

Contact Name_________________________________

Address______________________________________

City__________________________________________

Email Address_________________________________

Cell phone#___________________________________

Home phone#_________________________________ Once received, someone will contact you with a date.

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Save the Date: Altar Rosary Communion

Breakfast, Sunday, May 5th

Guest Speaker: Father Joel

Wilson, Administrator of

Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Parish. All are Welcome!

Contact: Gerri Mornell for

information (609)314-1969

Altar & Rosary’s

Annual Spaghetti

Dinner:

Saturday March 9th 5:30pm-7:30pm Nolan Hall.

Tickets will be sold after mass at all the exits on 2/16,

2/17, 2/23 & 2/24 or by calling Phyllis (609)529-9712

or Mary 667-0357. We also offer “Take Out

Service” The meal is prepared by Carrabba’s of

Maple Shade. Meal includes: Spaghetti, meatballs,

salad, dinner rolls, dessert and beverage. Tickets are:

Adults - $13.00, Children (5-12yrs.) $6.00.

A Catholic Approach to Palliative Care and Hospice.

Friday, February 15, 2019, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM St.

Paul’s School Dining Hall in Burlington, NJ ~ Join us

for a thought-provoking evening and the chance to

learn about valuable care and resources for your loved

ones, fellow parishioners, or healthcare

patients! Deacon John Bertagnolli, DO, will explore

how this specialty of advanced medical care can

provide pain relief, as well as emotional, spiritual, and

social support for patients and families living with

serious illness. Panel discussion will follow. Nursing

and Catholic chaplain education credits available.

Anyone can attend! $15 per person includes light

dinner. For more info and to register contact:

www.SamaritanNJ.org (click on the events tab) or

856-552-3258

YEARLY TAX STATEMENTS Yearly tax statements for your weekly

contributions are available upon

request. Your contributions are tax

deductible. Please contact Theresa McCloskey at

667-8850 x 210 or email tmccloskey@olphparish.com

OLPH Separated and Divorced…

Are you divorced or going through a separation? OLPH

Divorced and Separated Group meets on the 3rd Thursday of

each month at 7:15 pm in the Community Room.

~ Diocese of Trenton ~ Diocesan

Youth Conference 2019 ~ 2/9 at

Holy Cross Prepatory Academy

– Delran, NJ

The Diocesan Youth

Conference (DYC) is our yearly

gathering for the youth of the

Diocese of Trenton. It is an

opportunity for teens in grades

8-12 to encounter Jesus through

the joyful celebration of our Catholic Faith, dynamic

presentations, and the opportunity to connect with other

young Catholics beyond their parish or school. They will

also encounter Jesus in Adoration, Confession and the

Closing Liturgy with Bishop David O’Connell, C.M. We

would like to personally invite you to witness this

beautiful day whether you come alone or bring a group of students. Please register at www.dotyouth.org ~ Doors

open at 10am.

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School News

Dear OLPH Families,

We celebrated an eventful Catholic Schools Week

last week. Thank you to the many parents who

helped make all of the activities a huge success.

Our mass and open house last Sunday brought our

current and many new families together to visit the

school. Registration began and we are excited to

welcome back current students, and we are looking

forward to some new students who will be joining

us in September.

We celebrated the contributions of two key

community members on Monday. School

Resource Officer Weiss and Crossing Guard

Mrs. Damato were honored by our entire

student body. The children also wore their crazy

socks, hats, and ties that day.

Tuesday was the day we celebrated our teachers

and support staff. The PTA provided a lovely

luncheon and supervised the children so the adults

could spend some time in fellowship. We are so

grateful to our PTA members for all they do for us.

Wednesday was the day we celebrated our

students. Prayer partner classes ate lunch together

followed by our student awards assembly. Our

children were recognized with the following

awards: Honor Roll, Extra Effort, and Most

Improved. A new award, the Mission Award, was

created by our teachers and identifies students who

exemplify the school mission statement.

Our parents we honored on Thursday. The children

created special cards and messages to their parents,

which also included their photos. All students were

also permitted to show their support of their

favorite sports team by wearing a jersey or other

shirt with their gym uniform.

Friday closed the week with mass followed by our

pep Rally. This was the day we celebrated our

school. Our cheerleaders led us in cheers, and our

students and staff participated in a game of

volleyball. Needless to say, a great time was had

by all!

The weekend brought the opening performances of

Cinderella, our school musical. Additional

performance will be this weekend so plan to attend

if you have not yet seen it. There will be shows

Friday, February 8 at 7PM and Saturday, February

9 at 2PM and 7PM.

Thank you for your continued support of OLPH

School!

God Bless,

Mrs. Cynthia Smith

Join in the Pilgrimage to Fatima and Santiago de

Compostela with Fr. Joel Wilson, Fr. Dan Swift

and St. Mary of the Lakes. Our pilgrimage will

visit beautiful historic sites in Portugal (Lisbon &

Fatima) and Spain (Santiago de Compostela).

October 2 - 12, 2019. $3495 based on dual

occupancy. Brochures available in the Rectory.

Contact Fr. Wilson for more details at:

frwilson@olphparish.com

High School News

Camden Catholic High School CCHS Class of 2023: Admissions

Applications ~ The Camden

Catholic Admissions Office will

review applications for admission

for the 2019-20 school year on a

rolling basis. Apply online today:

www.camdencatholic.org/admissions.

Irish Experience Guest Days for 8th grade students are

being scheduled at Camden Catholic High School.

Limited dates remain in 2019 (February 5 and 14 and

March 14 and 19). Experience the tradition, feel the

passion, catch the spirit of being a student at CCHS, the

only school in South Jersey with a Leadership

Academy. Select your day at

www.camdencatholic.org/admissionsevents or contact

Janet Indelicato to schedule:

janet.indelicato@camdencatholic.org or 856-663-2247

ext. 136

The Arts at CCHS Presents the 2019

Spring Musical: Guys and Dolls:

March 8, 9, 15 & 16 at 7:30PM &

March 10 and 17 at 2PM

“Luck be a lady” at this fantastic

production featuring one of Broadway’s most beloved

shows presented by over 100 CCHS students. Sing, dance

and laugh from the bustle of Times Square to the dance

clubs of Havana in this show. Alumni Night is March 15

with a complimentary Wine & Cheese Reception at

6PM for all alumni (RSVP

kate.bieg@camdencatholic.org). Tickets ($12/person)

and Ad & Patrons available online:

www.cchsperformingarts.com or

856-663-2247 ext. 120.

Job Opportunity

Principal Search Ad Mother Seton Academy, a co-sponsored (St. Aloysius,

Jackson - St. Veronica, Howell) Parish Catholic

Elementary School, is seeking a new director for July 1,

2019.

Qualifications:

Must be a practicing Catholic connected to a parish (Pastor letter required)

Hold a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership and/or a related field

Must have strong communication and writing skills, management and multi-tasking skills

N.J. Principal Certification or equivalent

Classroom teaching and leadership experience

State teaching certificate

Experience with school budgeting All resumes should be emailed to

setonsearch@saintaloysiusonline.org

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