parish current news and events
We would like to give you a "heads-up" as to what will be coming in the near future. We hope you will find this helpful in planning your schedules.
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EXPOSITION OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT
PLEASE TAKE NOTE that beginning Tuesday, June 24th, we will be starting our summer hours, 8:30 am to 1:00 pm and continue through the end of August. If you would like to sign up for a specific time, please call Gerry at 965-3487. We are always looking for people to help us out.
COMMUNION CLOSET – Sydney Dawkins and Brooke Iacono both teenagers are collecting gently worn communion dresses, suits and accessories for children in need who will be making their first Holy Communion in 2009. We would like to thank everyone for their dresses, suits and monetary donations this year. We successfully collected 55 dresses and 12 suits! Please call Sydney 601-8084 or Brooke 465-9560 to make a clothing or monetary donation.
GENERAL MILLS BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
Assumption School is collecting the following items to earn cash for their school. General Mills Box Tops for Education symbols from participating products, Campbell Soup Labels for Education from their participating products, your Acme receipts, used Ink Jet Cartridges and, lastly, labels from Tyson products. Please drop these items in the collection box in the back of the church. Any support you can give use would be greatly appreciated. Any questions call the school at 652-7134..
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St. Andrew the Apostle Parish is sponsoring a family concert on Sunday, June 8th with Nashville Catholic recording artist, Greg Walton. Greg, a father of 5, teaches at a Catholic high school in Nashville and finds time to be a singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and rock artist. He has released 3 albums and has won UNITY Catholic Music awards. The concert will begin at 7:30 pm at St. Andrew’s in Gibbsboro. There will be a free will offering.
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FATHERS’ DAY is just around the corner. As on Mothers’ Day, all Masses on Fathers’ Day (June 15th) will be offered for all fathers, living and deceased. To memorialize a deceased father, please use the envelope which came in your envelope packet or pick one up at the church doors. To memorialize a living father, Mass cards are available at the parish office. Just stop in during regular office hours to pick one up. The envelopes will remain on the altar during the rest of June.
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ASSUMPTION YARD SALE –is scheduled for June 28th from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm at the present church location. You can rent a space, bring your own items to sell or donate items for the church tables. The cost is $15 for the space and $10 for a table. We are asking that you donate items that you would want to buy yourself if you were out shopping around. Items being accepted the weekends of June 14th, 15th and June 21st and 22nd after all Masses. Please only drop off at the schedule time so someone is there to accept the items. Items should be brought to the OLD school northeast entrance. There will be signs directing you where to go. We are also looking for volunteers to help us. If you can spare some time on those weekends or spend some time with us at the sale, we would appreciate the help. For further information, please call Joe at 748-1892.
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BASEBALL TRIP – The Knights of Columbus – Villa Marie Council #6342 is sponsoring a trip to see the Mets vs. Phillies at Citizen’s Bank Park on Monday, July 7th. The bus leaves Assumption Church at 5:00 pm for a 7:05 pm game. Tickets are $55/pp, which includes luxury motor coach, transportation to the game, seat in lower level section #145, and light refreshments served on the bus. Please contact Phil at 652-7444 for further information or tickets.
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Vacation Bible School
How is your chemistry knowledge? What chemistry you say? The chemistry between you and Jesus! Our theme – Power Lab – Discovering Jesus Miraculous’ Power! We want you to join us in a fun and exciting way to better know Jesus. All you have to do is come as you are and be willing to learn about Jesus’ Miraculous Power!
When: July 7th to 11th
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Where: Assumption Regional Catholic School
Cost: $10
Who: Children: ages four to entering 5th grade
Older children:
We need volunteers to help us. Promise you will have lots of fun.
Parents: We need leaders in the program
Contact Person: Maria Beck at 241-0737 or Email: Mcbteach1@comcast.net
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The Parish is hosting a Family Fun Night on July 25 as the AC Surf host the Quebec Les Capitales. Our own Assumption Youth Choir will join our Pastor in singing from the field, and as an added bonus there will be FIREWORKS at the games end. This is NOT a fundraiser…we are offering tickets at $5ea for our community to join together for a fun, affordable evening during these financially difficult times. Tickets will be available after each Mass at the front doors, or by contacting Mary House. Please join us for a fun night!
YOUTH CHOIR MEMBERS NEW, OLD, AND PROSPECTIVE! It's Official! The Assumption Youth Choir will be singing "Take Me Out to The Ball Game" during the 7th Inning Stretch at the SURF Game on Friday, July 25. This is also a fireworks game! All current and former Youth Choir members are invited to be a part! More info to follow. ALSO, the date for our initial Sunday Mass in the new church is set: Sunday, September 14th at the 11:00 am Mass. We will need a few practices (in August) for this BIG event, but please put it on your schedule--we will need lots of voices (again, former members and NEW members ENCOURAGED to participate!) Call for further info: Nancy 748.8044
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ANNUAL MISSIONARY COOPERATION PLAN APPEAL A representative of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary will be with us next weekend, July 26th & 27th, 2008. The community was founded in Ireland in 1924 to work with the women of Nigeria, West Africa. The Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary are now an international community working in the nine countries of Africa, and In Brazil and Mexico. They are a strictly missionary group with no institutions in the United States or Canada, so therefore rely almost exclusively on funds provided through the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and the generosity of the people back home to support their sisters on mission. They are deeply grateful for you contribution.. If you would like to see more about them, their website is: www.holyrosarymissionarysisters.org
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PARISH MISSION Father Richard J. Kehoe, C.M. of the Vincentian Parish Mission Apostolate will preach a mission entitled “Christians in the Eyes of Jesus” at Church of the Assumption beginning August 10, 2008. Watch for further details in upcoming Sunday bulletin announcements, BUT plan to attend AND bring a friend or friends!
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St. Michael’s parish is inviting adult members of local Parish Choirs to join us for the 12 noon Mass on August 15th in the Adrian Phillips Ballroom at the Boardwalk Hall. The dress attire is black and white. The starting time for reviewing the music is 10:45 am in the ballroom. We are also looking for certified Eucharistic Ministers & Volunteer Ushers whom are active Catholics. If you are interested in any of the above, please call 344-8536 or fax them at 344-5304.
September
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The date for our initial Sunday Mass in the new church is set: Sunday, September 14th at the 11:00 am Mass. We will need a few practices (in August) for this BIG event, but please put it on your schedule--we will need lots of voices (again, former members and NEW members ENCOURAGED to participate!) Call for further info: Nancy 748.8044
Programs At
St. Pius X Spiritual Life Center
Centering Prayer: “Break Open My Heart God” – An Experience in Centering Prayer will be presented by Marian Frantz, IHM, on June 18, 2008, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Donation: $20. Registration required.
Day of Reflection: “Doing the Will of the Father” will be presented by Rev. Mike Connolly, OSFS on June 19, 2008, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. Donation: $25. Lunch included. Registration is required.
Guided Retreat for Cancer Survivors: “The Transformative Power of Cancer” June 12, 2008 – June 17, 2008. Arrival: Thursday 4:00 pm. Departure: Tuesday 11:00 am. Presenter: Lillian Needham, SSJ. Donation: $340. Registration required. For further information on any of the above, please call 856-227-1436 or email: LDeCosta@camdendiocese.org.
THANK YOU ALTAR SERVERS
A special THANK YOU to our Altar Servers who are now retiring after service to their parish family. Some have spent many years being here for us. We hope that no matter where you go, you will continue to be a disciple of God.
Erin Cawley, Katie Cantell, Nora Marshall, Emily Ratzlaff, Anne Ratzlaff, Salvatore Sherma, Dominique Smoyer, William Wolf, Nicholas Squittieri, Jesse Menzies, Cyrus Manahan, Osemudiam Eigbe, Lucas Bencivenga, and Todd Ellis.
Dear Assumption Parish Family:
We would like to take this opportunity to say a heartfelt thank you one last time. We were truly amazed and grateful for the out pouring of support that you, our parish family, showed to help Caitlyn reach World Youth Day in Australia. Over the past few months the response was more than we ever expected with monetary donations, prayers, and well wishes. Also we can't forget the tremendous support of the various fundraisers held. We wanted to share that the trip cost $4,766.00 and we raised $3,112.25! There are no words that can convey how much this means to us.
A very special thank you to Fr. Mike, Fr Yvons, Gen Phillips, and Mike Baldwin for all of your efforts and support. Caitlyn is looking forward to sharing her experiences with everyone. You are in our prayers.
God Bless, Donna and Caitlyn Moran
Thank You from Fr. Yvans Jazon
Dear Friends,
I want to thank all of you for your support and your prayers for celebrating my first year anniversary as a priest. I am called to serve in the church as a priest, and I am grateful and happy to serve you as your priest. How blessed I feel when I am in the midst of you, you who seek nothing more than to be with the Lord and to be nourished by His Word, either by attending daily Mass or Sunday Mass.
You know that Assumption Church was my first parish assignment. I was sent here, a place I did not know to serve people I had never met. Here you have welcomed me and have allowed me to learn from you and to pray with you. With you, I bless the name of the Lord, and through you I thank Him for the gift of my vocation that I received to serve the Church. I do not have words to thank you for everything that you have done. Thank you for all of your help, your love for the church, your support and your prayers.
You are in my daily prayers.
God bless you
Rev. Yvans Jazon
Thank You and Rubber Bracelets
Dear Parish Family,
I would once again like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone of you. Your continuous support, both financially and spiritually, has been outstanding. A very special thank you to Fr. Mike, for keeping the faith in this trip alive, Mr. Baldwin, for his endless fund-raising efforts, and Mrs. Phillips, for her encouragement, support, and tireless efforts.
For those of you who are not familiar with World Youth Day, it is an opportunity that sometimes only occurs once in a lifetime. The fellowship from around the globe and memories I will obtain from this trip, will be experiences never repeated. Experiences, I will share with you, my parish family, upon my return.
As time for my departure draws nearer, I wish to invite anyone interested to send their prayer requests to me at caitlynwyd08@yahoo.com or by leaving them in the sacristy in an envelope marked with my name. After all your support, it would be an honor for me to carry your prayers to the mass celebrated by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict, on July 20. And of course, you will all be in my prayers at all times.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all. For everything.
With love,
Caitlyn Moran
RUBBER BRACELETS - Caitlyn Moran, who will be traveling to Australia, with the Diocese of Camden this summer for World Youth Day 2008; will be selling rubber bracelets, with a World Youth Day theme, for $2 each. All proceeds will benefit the cost of the trip. To order bracelets, either contact Caitlyn at caitlynwyd08@yahoo.com or through the parish office, where a sample can be viewed. Thank you for your continuous support and prayers.