Welcome to St. Bartholomew's Church 
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor's Desk
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
We continue to celebrate Catholic Schools week with an Open House today from 12-2pm. We need to increase our enrollment for the 2010-2011 school year. Please consider placing your children and/or grandchildren in our Parish School.
Enclosed with this week's bulletin you will find the parish financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009. I thank Deacon Tony Gostkowski and the Finance Committee for their commitment to placing the Parish on a strong financial foundation. We will have a meeting on Tuesday, February 9th in the Parish Hall from 7-8pm to review the parish finances. All are invited to attend.
This year Lent begins on Ash Wednesday February 17th. Let us continue to pray for one another for a holy Lenten Season.
In Christ,
Fr. Thomas
Forgiveness Sunday Holy Hour and Vespers
February 21 - 4pm ... The community of St. Bartholomew will gather toether on Sunday, February 21st to walk the Lenten journey to bring us the joy of Easter with a Holy Hour and Vespers Service at 4pm.
Please plan to join us.
Gospel Champions Game - Free for All Families
We are pleased to offer the 2009-2010 Gospel Champions Game ... FREE for all our families ... the Catholic Action Adventure game that allows you to play the stories of the Gospel as you hear them proclaimed during Mass.
Each month the game presents a new Gospel story from one of the readings in Mass. So you hear it in Mass and play it at home!
Help Zack and Mary Martha as they travel through adventures using fun power-ups and ancient tools to perform works of mercy, solve problems and outwit menacing adversaries. Score bonus points as you find Catholic Prayers, Saints and Teachings. The game includes 13 Gospel story games with age settings for grades K-8 and a family leader board.
To get your FREE copy of the game, visit the Gospel Champions page and follow the instructions to download and install your very own copy.
System requirements: Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP (for Vista you must have administrator rights to install); 128 MB RAM; 800 MHz processor; 3D graphics card; and a sound card.
Youth Group & School Fundraiser
Help raise money for our St. Bart's Youth Group and School ... easy!
Come to Boston Market (Route 18, East Brunswick)
4pm to close
Last Wednesday of the Month
You must bring the ticket with you [click this link] to qualify for this fundraiser.
Print as many copies as you want or need!
St. Bartholomew's Career Connect
Are you still looking for a job? Were you recently laid off?
Our next meeting is February 9 at 8:oopm in the Parish Hall.
Get connected with LinkedIn. Learn the basics on how to use the famous Professional Business Networking Site.
For "Job Openings" please visit the Career Connect page.
The presentation on LinkedIn is now available for you to download.
St. Bartholomew's Career Connect is a Catholic business network. As parishioners of Saint Bartholomew's, we have always gathered together to help each other in time of need. If your job has been recently terminated or in jeopardy of being terminated join us for a night of networking. Start by building a business network within our parish. Speak to other parishioners that are in a similar situation or speak to someone that has a job lead for you. Also, post a brief bio about yourself (for a potential job opening), view some of the job openings or take part of our next Meet & Greet event.
Presentation on "Dress for Success"
PowerPoint file *.ppt
Adobe Acrobat file *.pdf
Presentation on Federal Government Job Search is available online (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)