Mass Schedule: St. Monicas Parishioners Join Formal Appeal

It is confirmed, there will be one Mass at 11:00 am on Sundays at St. Michael’s Church. St. Monica’s Church, also closed during the merger, will have one Sunday Mass at 11:15 am. Masses will end on Sept.27 when both Churches will be closed. St. Michael’s and St. Monica’s parishioners are now co-partners on the Mandate being prepared for the Cannon Law Appeal. If you have not yet signed the Mandate yourself and would like to be part of this process and you are eligible…i.e. you are a regular donor or parishioner/family member of either St. Michael’s or St. Monica’s Churches you can sign the mandate. The language of the mandate is below. Send me an email at bvenafro@gmail.com and I will send you the properly formatted form and instructions. Deo Gratias, Bob -------------------------------------------------------------------- Procurator Mandate Being of majority age and having interest in this matter as a parishioner or donor of the newly erected St. Monica Parish, Atlantic City, NJ, or being a former parishioner and/or donor who has supported the patrimony of the former parishes and churches of St. Monica (108 N Pennsylvania Ave, Atlantic City, NJ) or St. Michael (10 North Mississippi Ave., Atlantic City, NJ) located in the Diocese of Camden, NJ, I oppose any intention or act by ecclesiastical authority that would result in the non-use, closing, sale, or change the canonical status of the former parishes and their parish churches by any means. That my intentions and opposition to such acts will be properly communicated within the appropriate ecclesiastical appeal process, I hereby appoint Mr. Robert Venafro, 4301 Galesbury Lane, Chantilly, VA 20151, as my Procurator in accord with the norms of Canon Law. By this mandate, I allow my Procurator to act in my name as the law allows, to initiate petitions and appeals in accord with Canon Law to advance my interests identified above, and to represent these interests in judicial and administrative processes of the Catholic Church related to this issue. For purposes of any proceedings, my Procurator’s address as noted above is my official address for notifications and communications. In addition to the usual powers granted a Procurator in Canon Law, this mandate grants my Procurator the following powers: The power to appoint an Advocate in Canon Law who has experience with cases involving church closures, and who will guard my interests in accord with the norms of law. I expect the appointment of this Advocate will grant the Advocate the power to make appeals without prior consultation of my Procurator or me, if an appeal is consistent with my intentions noted above. The power to appoint a Procurator/Advocate in Rome if it becomes necessary to appeal this matter to any Vatican dicastery that requires representation from a Roman Advocate, including the Apostolic Signatura. The power to appoint a Substitute Procurator pro tem if my Procurator is impeded from acting and action is necessary to protect a right or advance my interests. If this occurs, my Procurator is to inform me of this action at the most reasonable opportunity. The substitute Procurator may be the appointed Advocate. I retain the right to revoke the substitute’s mandate. The power to renounce action or strike a bargain, if I have been given reasonable opportunity to be heard and take personal action. I retain my right to receive copies of all notifications and communications sent to my Procurator on this matter, and I retain my right to reply personally. By this mandate, I firmly establish my intention to protect my interests in this matter by pursuing appeals in accord with Canon Law, even to final appeals allowed before the Apostolic Signatura. Only an authenticated communication received by my Procurator changes my intentions expressed herein. ______________________________________________ ____________________ Signature above Date Printed Name __________________________________ DOB: ________________________ Street Address _________________________________ _________________________________ City, State Zip _________________________________ Your Church: Circle One: St. Michael’s St. Monica’s Authentication of Signature on Mandate On ______________________________2015, _____________________________________ (Month/Day) (Printed name front page of mandate) appeared to us. He/She is personally known to us or proved on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to us that he/she executed the same in his/her capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon