The Parish of St. Catharine and
St. Margaret
Twenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 29th, 2024
Mass Schedule
St. Catharine Church
215 Essex Avenue, Spring
Lake, NJ 07762
Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday & Friday
12 Noon
Saturday 5PM
Sunday 9AM
Sunday 12PM
St. Margaret Church
300 Ludlow Avenue, Spring
Lake, NJ 07762
Saturday 4PM
Sunday 8AM
Sunday 10AM
St. Catharine Chapel
215 Essex Avenue, Spring
Lake, NJ 07762
Wednesday 9AM & 12pm
followed by Benediction at
11:45AM
Sacrament of Reconciliation
St. Margaret Church
Saturday: 3:00 – 3:45PM
Parish Directory
Very Rev. Damian McElroy, Pastor
Rev. Gregg Abadilla, Parochial Vicar
Edward Jennings, Deacon
Dr. John Little, Deacon
Mark McNulty, Deacon
Paul Vitale, Deacon
Billy Lawlor, Music Director
Tammy Sablom, Religious Education
Natalie Auch, Pastoral Care
www.scsmsl.org contactus@scsmsl.org
Pastor’s Letter
Monday: Jb 1:6-22 Ps 17:1bcd, 2-3, 6-7 Lk 9:46-
50
Tuesday: Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23 Ps 88:2-3, 4-5,
6, 7-8 Lk 9:51-56
Wednesday: Jb 9:1-12, 14-16 Ps 88:10bc-11, 12-
13, 14-15 Mt 18:1-5, 10
Thursday: Jb 19:21-27 Ps 27:7-8A, 8B-9ABC,
13-14 Lk 10:1-12
Friday: Jb 38:1, 12-21 40:3-5 Ps 139:1-3, 7-8, 9-
10, 13-14ab Lk 10:13-16
Saturday: Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17 Ps 119:66, 71,
75, 91, 125, 130 Lk 10:17-24
Sunday: Gn 2:18-24 Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 Heb
2:9-11 Mk 10:2-16 or 10:2-12
Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
Aඍ ඍඁൺඍ ඍංආൾ, John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone
driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him
because he does not follow us.” Jesus replied, “Do not prevent
him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name
who can at the same time speak ill of me. For whoever is not
against us is for us. Anyone who gives you a cup of water to
drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will
surely not lose his reward.
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to
sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put
around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. If your hand
causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life
maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the
unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off.
It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet
to be thrown into Gehenna. And if your eye causes you to sin,
pluck it out. Better for you to enter into the kingdom of God
with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna,
where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’”
The Gospel of the Lord
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
It is very easy for a chosen group to become elitist. Within the Church, there have always been groups among us that
feel they have something that no one else has. Only they are in possession of God’s Truth, and only among their ranks
can people be ‘saved’. They often exert a good deal of their energies trying to prove that other groups or even the rest of
the Church is deeply in error.
A little experience of mixing with non-Christians in any society soon tells us that God is doing his work through all
kinds of people and that many are very good. Those people may believe in another religion or belong to no recognized
religious grouping. Yet, they believe—in a way that can shame us Catholics—in the importance of truth, justice, love,
service, freedom, peace, and non-violence.
In any government, many good, dedicated, and patently honest people really serve the public. They really are public
servants. Similarly, outstanding doctors, lawyers, teachers, and businessmen are sincerely ‘in search of excellence’ and
have a true ‘passion for excellence’. There are many in our society committed to improving the quality of life. During
the many catastrophes—natural and man-made—that have struck our own and other parts of the world, we find people
of faith and of no faith donating very large sums of money.
Every year at fund-raising events, thousands of people come to help welfare and charity services run by the Catholic
Church or by other religious groups, irrespective of their own religious convictions: For truly I tell you, whoever gives
you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward. (Mark 9:41)
These people often give to us Christians—and through us to the needy—far more than a cup of cool water. Surely, God
is present and working through all such people. And we can be sure that God will reach them in his own way.
What is of greater relevance to us is whether we Christians are really doing God’s work. Just because we have the name
of Christian is no guarantee that we are.
With Love and Blessings,
Fr Damian
Gospel Readings
Mass Intentions
MONDAY, September 30
12:00PM Edward F. Colrick sr.
Kathleen Lewis
Adrian Flannelly
TUESDAY, October 1
12:00PM Evelyn Flynn
Rev. Msgr. Kevin Hanbury
George D’Elia
WEDNESDAY, October 2
9:00AM Mary Galvin
Ronald Denk
Terry Mc Gann
12:00PM Ralph & Jeanne Del Bosco
Carole Daily
Diana Pajak
THURSDAY, October 3
12:00PM Chloe La Carrubba
Joseph Ramus (8th Anniversary)
John Edward Mulvihill
FRIDAY, October 4
12:00PM Stephanie Smith
Kathleen Mc Donough
Beatrice and David Foley
SATURDAY, October 5
4:00PM Thomas J. Degnan
Rose Degnan
Sam Sestito
James Rich
5:00PM Eileen Flannery Garibay
Mary Elizabeth Tom
Jack Mc Keown
SUNDAY, October 6
8:00AM Alfred & Marjorie Casagrande
John J. Raffetto
M/M Magnus Nielsen
9:00AM James Caughy
James Bonsper
Marion Mullarkey
10:00AM People of the Parish
12:00PM Ann Brennan
Dr. Ralph Cretella
Gerry Barnett
Please remember our sick:
Tony English
,
Elizabeth Lavin
,
Marlene Reisner,
Josephine Burke, Paul Mackey,
Deacon Ed
Jennings, Peg Costanzo, Susan Pearsall,
Kathleen Quinn, Kathleen Scott, Meryl
Sparta, John Briscoe, Lucille Caserio, David Laible,
Baby Brym, William Coyne, Mary Harley, Baby
Brennan, Robert Brennan, Edward Schneider, Teresa
Gaidis
Please pray for our deceased
: John Styslinger, Winifred
Walsh, William F Coyne Jr., William Richmond,
Robert Scott, John Bourke, Robert Wade, Catherine
Hanlon, Victor Bergwell, George Dougherty, Peter
Thomas Ward, Diane N Massaro, John F Mc Manus,
Arleen Farrell
Names remain on the sick and deceased at the
request of parishioners for 4 weeks. If extended
prayers are needed, please send a note or call.
Thank you.
Wȭɰɷʙɨ Cɼɸȵecʤiʝnɡ
Wȭɰɖ Է Sʑpɀʑɺȩʑɠ 15ʃɓ 2024 ʃʕrʝuɳɓ
Sʑpɀʑɺȩʑɠ 20ʃɓ 2024
Weekly Collections-Mass $ 15,602.00
Weekly Collections-Online $ 9,443.00
Total $ 25,045.00
Presider Mass Schedule
(Celebrant subject to change due to Pastoral needs)
Saturday October 5
4pm Fr. Andrew Jamieson
5pm Fr. Gregg Abadilla
Sunday October 6
8am Fr. Gregg Abadilla
9am Fr. Andrew Jamieson
10am Fr. Gregg Abadilla
12pm Msgr. Richard Liddy
Wȭɰɷʙɨ Cɼɸȵecʤiʝnɡ
Wȭɰɖ Է Sʑpɀʑɺȩʑɠ 15ʃɓ 2023 ʃʕrʝuɳɓ
Sʑpɀʑɺȩʑɠ 20ʃɓ 2023
Weekly Collections-Mass $ 17,885.00
Weekly Collections-Online $ 8,526.00
Total $ 26,413.00
RECTORY OFFICE HOURS
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY 9:00 AM –3:00
PM.
TUESDAY 9-1:30PM
FRIDAY 9:00 AM-12:00PM
If you wish an appointment with a priest, please call before-
hand.
On Holy Days & Holidays, the rectory office is closed
PARISH INFORMATION
Street and Telephone Numbers
Rectory, 215 Essex Avenue 732-449-5765
Convent, 211 Essex Avenue 732-449-5765, ext 126
St. Catharine School, 301 Second Ave., Spring Lake
732-449-4424
St. Catharine Cemetery, 1100 W Chicago Blvd. Sea Girt
732-749-3092
St. Anne Cemetery, 1610 Allenwood Road, Wall 732-749-3092
St. Vincent De Paul Society 732-314-7980
PARISH WEBSITE: www.scsmsl.org
SCHOOL WEBSITE: www.stcatharineschool.net
PARISH E-MAIL: ContactUs@scsmsl.org
PARISH CONTACTS
RECTORY 732-449-5765
(Front Desk & General Info) Ext.
100
Business Manager Ext 169
Baptisms Ext 100
Bulletin Ext 140
Music Office Ext 103
Religious Ed Ext 110
Funerals and Weddings
Please call 732 359 2164
OCIA (Isabella Mc Guire) 732 341 2496
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