Last night, Bishop O'Connell celebrated the Chrism Mass at St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral in Freehold.  Because of social distancing priests and seminarians filled the co-cathedral.  The Mass was livestreamed.  You could watch a recording at

One of my sisters and a parishioner saw me at the beginning.  It seems to me that parishioners like to see their parish priests at the Chrism Mass.  One of our bishop's points in his homily is that we're not alone.  I needed to be reminded of that because I've hardly seen any priests during this last year.  While we still need to be careful, it was good to see the bishop and my fellow priests.

     The Manchester Patch updates their list of vaccination sites and strategies every week here.  I've started checking OCHD.org to try to schedule an appointment at Toms River North but have not been successful.  OCHD also has a list of vaccination sites.  I tried several but failed.  I have not tried mega-sites that are one hour away.

     You can view our bulletins at our website, stjohnlakehurst.com.  Included in the Palm Sunday bulletin is the schedule for Holy Week.  Here are some highlights:

daily Mass at 8 AM

Mass of the Lord's Supper at 7 PM

Rosary at 7:38 AM

Stations of the Cross at 8 AM

Good Friday service at 3 PM

Blessing of food out in the parking lot at 10 AM

Confessions from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM

no Mass at 4 PM or 6 PM

Easter Vigil on Saturday at 8 PM

Easter Sunday at 8 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM, and 2 PM

God love you,

Fr. Jim