Saint Joseph. Roman Catholic Church. Fourth Sunday of Easter ~ May 7, 2017

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1 Saint Joseph Oradell/New Milford, NJ Roman Catholic Church 100th Anniversary of the Apparitions of OUR LADY OF FATIMA May 13, 2017 see p. 6 Fourth Sunday of Easter ~ May 7, 2017 PASTOR: Msgr. David C. Hubba PAROCHIAL VICARS: Rev. Andrew Park Rev. Roy Regaspi DEACON George Montalvo PASTOR EMERITUS: Rev. George M. Reilly MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 pm DAILY Weekdays 7:00 am & Saturday HOLY DAYS as announced Miraculous Medal Novena Monday, 7:00 pm in Mary s Chapel Eucharistic Adoration First Wednesday of Month SACRAMENTS Confession: Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Baptism Contact the Parish Office. Marriage Arrangements should be made with a priest at least one year in advance. Sick/Homebound/Hospital Call the Parish Office. Christian Initiation of Adults RCIA Contact the Parish Office. PARISH REGISTRATION Contact the Parish Office. Office Location Phone /Fax Website Parish Office 105 Harrison St., New Milford office@sjcnj.org sjcnj.org Fax #: Religious Education 105 Harrison St., New Milford religioused@sjcnj.org sjcnjre.org Saint Joseph School 305 Elm St., Oradell office@sjsusa.org sjsusa.org the greenhouse-prek 305 Elm St., Oradell vailc@greenhouseusa.org greenhouseusa.org Parish Office Hours: Parish: Mon.-Fri..9 am-5 pm, ; Rel. Ed.: Mon Thurs.: 9:30 am 5 pm (Also by appointment.)

2 SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ SAINT JOSEPH MUSIC MINISTERS FEATURED AT SEMINARY GALA Saint Joseph Music Director Monroe Quinn and cantor Lisa Viggiano (shown opposite) recently performed at the annual benefit of The College Seminary of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Andrew s Hall Notes of Distinction. Monroe, who is also a talented jazz guitarist and Lisa, an accomplished vocalist, entertained the audience (which included Cardinal Tobin), with selections from the American Songbook. The performance included, among other wonderful songs: Someone to Watch Over Me, Blue Skies, Try to Remember and an original guitar solo Down Pat, written and performed by Monroe. The duo s final selection was the lovely Hail Mary, Gentle Woman. Monroe and Lisa s version of this song, recorded live at Saint Joseph and posted on YouTube, has over 74,000 views! VOCATIONS SUNDAY MAY 7 A PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS Father, You invite each one of us by name and ask us to follow you. We ask that you bless your Church in the Archdiocese of Newark by raising up dedicated and generous leaders from our families and friends who will faithfully serve your people as Priests, Religious Brothers and Sisters, and as holy Married and Single people. Inspire us to grow in our relationship with you and open our hearts to accept your invitation. We ask this in the name of Jesus our Lord. Amen. Thinking Priesthood? Go to MAKE A CHANGE DIAPER BANK STARTING THIS WEEKEND! SHAWL MINISTRY MEETING MAY 9 Saint Joseph s Shawl Ministry will meet on Tuesday, May 9 from 2:00-4:00 pm in the Parish Life Center on Grove Street. All knitters & crocheters are welcome to join us in making shawls or bring your current yarn project and spend a relaxing afternoon with us. Our ministry has shawls available for those experiencing illness, confinement, bereavement, or other situation. For further information, please contact Barbara Piersa at or Pat DeNicolo at The Tony Kyasky/Make a Change Diaper Bank was established in 2013 in response to an American Academy of Pediatrics study finding that one in three families struggle to provide diapers for their babies. A COLLECTION BIN has been placed in our entrance foyers to help alleviate diaper need for families in northern NJ. Your diaper donations will be greatly appreciated and will be distributed to the most vulnerable children in our community. SAINT JOSEPH PARISHIONERS VISIT LOURDES SHRINE WITH ASCPG Five Saint Joseph parishioners are back from an amazing week spent in Lourdes, France, with the American Special Children s Pilgrimage Group. The ASCPG is a non-profit organization that sponsors an annual Easter Week pilgrimage to Lourdes for young people with special physical and developmental needs. Pictured are: Michael Kirwan, Brian Rosenberg, Judy Rosenberg, Ellen Solinas and Stephen Solinas. Your support of their Irish soda bread sale and raffle is deeply appreciated. 2

3 FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER ~ MAY 7, 2017 Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am am 10:30 am MC 12:00 pm UC Monday 7:00 am Tuesday 7:00 am Wednesday 7:00 am Thursday 7:30 am Friday 7:00 am Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 10:30 am UC 10:30 am MC 12:00 pm UC May 6, 2017 Geraldine Smith (Birthday Remembrance) May 7, 2017 People of the Parish Richard Spaulding Phyllis Follety Gertrude Walker James O Shea & Evelyn Erdmann May 8, 2017 George P. Abraham Jack Verrier May 9, 2017 Teresa Angeli Bernardi Marilyn Kahill May 10, 2017 Sr. Margaret Mary Dalton Lilia Villena-son May 11, 2017 June O Connell Ed & Ann Maron (60th Wedding Anniversary Remembrance) May 12, 2017 Louis Konopelski Lucille Casella May 13, 2017 Vi Strodtman Patricio J. Fernandes May 14, 2017 People of the Parish Deceased Members of the Tomassi Family Courtney Jensen Margaret Schatz Rose Murray PRAYER REQUESTS Let us remember those who are ill: Robert Mc Queeney, Onofrio Petrella, Rodolfo Ibanez, Baby Oliver Kamal, Nathalie Brill, Doreen Tortorelli, Florence Bartus Let us remember those who have recently died: Sr. Elizabeth Cahill, Kathleen Belloise, Joseph Prevosto Let us remember those serving in the military. STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION And Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ. ACTS 2:38 The word repent means to turn from sin, to change our actions. When it comes to change, do we take responsibility for change or do we think that others have to change instead? Change that is permanent comes from within; we must take control and be disciplined. Remember though that we are not alone, Jesus is there to help lighten the load. SUNDAY COLLECTION Week of April 30, 2017 BASKET PARISHPAY TOTAL $6,253 $4,851 $11,104 EASTER SUNDAY 2017 COLLECTION BASKET PARISHPAY TOTAL $59,630 $8,354 $67, EASTER FLOWERS DONATION Donated by Anna Barbagallo in memory of Thomas L. Barbagallo and The Deceased Members of the Barbagallo & McParland Families Like Saint Joseph on Facebook. Go to facebook.com/church.st.joseph BREAD & WINE INTENTIONS The bread and wine for the week of May 7, 2017 is offered In loving memory of the Deceased Members of the Maron & Murray Families as requested by Deacon Edward Maron. Saint Joseph Parish Staff Parish Trustees..Mr. Brendan Walsh/Mrs. Carol Winkler Parish Pastoral Council.Mr. Martin De Benedetto Dir. of Religious Education.Deacon George Montalvo Sacraments Coordinator..Mrs. Arlene Kennedy Director of Music..Mr. Monroe Quinn Youth Minister...Mrs. Donna Cirino Facilities Director...Mr. Tom Meli Business Manager...Mrs. Phyllis Vrola Parish Secretary...Mrs. Geraldine Carolan Principal of Saint Joseph School Mrs. Colette Vail Dir. of Comm./ Bulletin Editor...Mrs. Diane Hellriegel 3

4 Most people would love to visit Hawaii. I ve never met anyone who has gone there who didn t like it. It s filled with perfectly lovely places, like Kalaupapa, which borders the sea and is defined by a ridge two thousand feet high, geographic features which give it a splendid solitude. That s why the Hawaiian government of the mid-nineteenth century chose it for a leper colony. It was a kind of natural prison. And its inhabitants were sometimes referred to as the living dead. Leprosy, or Hansen s disease as it is known now, was a feared malady, probably introduced to Hawaii from Asia. Native Hawaiians had no defense for it. It ate away at people s flesh and, all those years ago, had no effective medical treatment. About the same time as leprosy arrived in Hawaii, Joseph de Veuster was born to a Belgian farming family of modest means. In 1859 he entered the religious congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, as his older brother had done not long before, taking the religious name of Damien. At first he was not thought to be priesthood material since he had trouble learning Latin. But he was allowed to continue with his studies because he was a hard worker. The Bishop of Hawaii asked Damien s community, which did missionary work, to send him much needed help to serve the needs of the Catholics under his care. Damien s brother was supposed to go, but caught typhus fever before his departure. Damien asked to go in his place. He was ordained almost immediately after reaching Hawaii, following an ocean voyage of four and a half months. For eight years he worked on the Big Island of Hawaii, building churches and traveling throughout the land to meet the needs of the Catholic population there. He liked the people, and they liked him, even though many of them were very reluctant to give up their native faith, with its kahunas, or priest-doctors, of whom Damien said they knew no more medicine than my horse. Damien himself would soon learn a lot more about medicine. In 1865 the King of Hawaii had ordered leprosy sufferers to be sent to a corner of the island of Molokai, where they were essentially abandoned. No housing was provided for them. Some of them slept in the elements, while others put together primitive huts made of boughs and branches. They were given a few scrawny cattle for food. To get water, they had to use a spring a mile away. The Bishop spoke to Damien about the Catholics of Molokai. The healthy ones saw a priest only a few days a year. The Peninsula exiles had no priest at all. Damien and three other young priests volunteered to go there. The original plan was for them to stay for three months each, spelling one another. Damien was the first to go, and would stay there for the rest of his life. He arrived at Kalaupapa with only the clothes on his back and his breviary (or prayer book). SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ FROM THE PASTOR S DESK 4 The settlement had about 800 residents. The first person Damien anointed with the Sacrament of the Sick was a man living in a hut with a floor covered with mud that was ankledeep. In those days the sacrament was administered by anointing the parts of the body associated with the five senses, and this man had the typical sores of leprosy. And his feet were being eaten by worms. The stench was so bad that Damien had to duck out of the room several times to get some fresh air. When the man died, his mother asked to be baptized. She died the next day, and she and her son were buried alongside each other. One of the first things Fr. Damien did when he arrived at Molokai was to reorganize the cemetery, which was previously nothing more than a place to throw a little dirt on corpses. At night wild dogs and hogs used to go there to feed. Damien had the dead buried the traditional six feet under. He also built, with his own hands, coffins for their bodies in time, two thousand of them. He was a strong, vigorous man who loved to do carpentry work. He also built more than 300 houses for the lepers and had a water system constructed to serve their dwellings. He also put up a rectory, whose cook was a leper. Father Damien also became a kind of visiting nurse. He changed bandages and cleaned sores. He was especially tender with the children, and, as one observer remarked, wrapped their wounds as if he were handling flowers. The few doctors who ministered to the lepers used to leave medicine on fence posts, but Damien hugged the lepers Hawaiian-style. He also dipped into their stew pots with them, shared his tobacco and pipe, and played with their children. He also became something of an irritant to the authorities, civil and church, by his blunt advocacy for the lepers. He could be stubborn and impatient, especially with the red tape of bureaucracy. He demanded better food for the lepers, protested their meager $6-a-year clothing allowance, and decried the government policy of removing children from their parents. He also battled the moonshiners, pimps, card sharks and thieves who made the lives of the lepers even more miserable, often doing so with cane in hand. He was said to have witnessed seven murders. The population of the leper colony averaged from 800 to 1,000. Each year, about 150 of them died. In 1884 Father Damien was himself diagnosed with leprosy. It was something that was bound to happen. When Brother Joseph Dutton of Memphis, Tennessee, arrived to help him soon after, Damien said, I can die now, knowing you will care for my orphans. (continued on next page)

5 (From the Pastor s Desk continued) Franciscan Sisters also came to take part in the work. They are still there. After Damien s death, a monument was built to commemorate him and his efforts. Its inscription is a famous verse from the Gospel of John: Greater love than this no one has, than to lay down his life for his friends. There is also a statue of Fr. Damien in Statuary Hall in our nation s Capitol Building, where two people from each state are honored. After his death, Fr. Damien was insulted by a Presbyterian minister who wrote a letter that its recipient had placed in a newspaper. The minister called Damien a man who was coarse, dirty, headstrong, bigoted and not a pure man in his relations with women. The great writer Robert Louis Stevenson, also a Presbyterian, visited the place where Damien worked soon after Damien s death, and saw the evidence of his charity and heard the lepers movingly tell of their gratitude to him. In an unforgettable pamphlet, Stevenson defended Fr. Damien. Addressing the accusing minister, Stevenson wrote that it is in the interest of all, and the cause of public decency in every quarter of the world, not only that Damien should be righted, but that you and your letter should be displayed at length, in their true colors, to the public eye. (continued above) FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER ~ MAY 7, 2017 Stevenson s rebuke included these words: We are not all expected to Damiens; a man may conceive his duty more narrowly, he may love his comforts better and none will cast a stone at him for that. But Damien shut with his own hand the doors of his own sepulcher. If ever any man brought reforms, and died to bring them, it was he. There is not a clean cup or towel in the Bishop-Home [at Molokai}] but dirty Damien washed it. And he added the following withering thoughts, addressed to Damien s unfortunate critic: Your letter is a document which, in my sight, if you had filled me with bread when I was starving, if you had sat up to nurse my father when he lay a-dying, would yet absolve me from the bonds of gratitude. Fr. Damien de Veuster was declared a saint of the Catholic Church in Wednesday is his feast day. And today, which has been designated as Vocations Sunday, perhaps we can direct some prayers to the Lord that he will raise up for the Church servants who will reflect some of St. Damien of Molokai s heroic qualities. Msgr. David Hubba FIRST COMMUNION MASSES Saint Joseph Church continues to welcome children to the Sacrament of the Eucharist this weekend and next at the 5:00 pm, 10:30 am UC and 12 noon Masses. Please keep all these children in your prayers. FIRST COMMUNION BREAKFAST Our traditional First Communion Breakfast, to which all of our First Communicants and their families are invited, will be held on Sunday, May 21 after the 9:00 am Mass. The children will assemble at the 9:00 am Mass in their First Communion clothes and celebrate the liturgy together. CATHOLICISM Join us again on Wednesday, May 3 at 9:30 am in the Jackson Room of the lower church for the next episode of this remarkable series. There is no cost. Episode 7: Word Made Flesh, True Bread Of Heaven: The Mystery of The Liturgy and The Eucharist Bishop Barron describes all the parts of the Mass, and shows how the Sacred Liturgy embodies the whole of the Faith in diverse places as Jerusalem, Rome, Chicago, Orvieto, Mexico City. 5 MEETING OUR PARISH GOALS HELP SHARE GOD S BLESSINGS Thank you to those who have already pledged in the Archdiocesan Sharing God s Blessings Appeal. Saint Joseph Parish s goal in this annual campaign, which helps to fund so many of the Archdiocesan ministries and programs that provide social, educational and spiritual support to thousands of people each year, is $85, donors from Saint Joseph have pledged a total of $24,911 to date. Please help us reach our goal and make your pledge today. Envelopes are available at the doors of the church or at the rectory/parish office. Simply drop your envelope in the collection basket or at the rectory. Thank you for your generosity. Visit us on our websites: CHURCH: sjcnj.org SCHOOL: sjsusa.org RELIGIOUS ED.: sjcnjre.org

6 SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ SAINT JOSEPH s THIRD SATURDAY PRAYER GROUP CANADIAN PILGRIMAGE July 29 August 6 The Our Lady of Fatima First Saturday Club is planning a Pilgrimage to the beautiful Shrines of St. Joseph, Saint Anne de Beaupré and Our Lady of the Cape, in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Msgr. Paul Bochicchio and Rev. Kevin Carter are the dedicated Chaplains. The cost of the 9-Day Pilgrimage is $ For further information please call Joan Murray at HONOR 100th ANNIVERSARY OUR LADY OF FATIMA MAY 13 Third Saturday Prayer will take place in Mary s Chapel in the lower church on Saturday, May 13, immediately following the Mass. The Rosary will be recited followed by the crowning of the statue of our Blessed Mother and a brief reflection on Our Lady of Fatima and the 100th anniversary of her first appearance to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal. All are welcome to attend. YOUTH GROUP TRIP TO GREAT ADVENTURE MAY 21 The 22nd Annual NJ Catholic State Youth Rally (for students in grades 9-12) at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ will be held on Sunday, May 21. The cost of this trip is $50.00 a person and includes entrance into the park, a FREE return ticket to Holiday in the Park, a 4-hour all-you-can-eat buffet, Mass, the Opening Ceremony, and a Free Parking Pass. Any teen interested in going please contact Donna Cirino at or by at cirinod@sjcnj.org OUR LADY OF FATIMA STATUE The Legion of Mary would like to acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima by making the statue of Our Lady available to visit the homes of our parishioners. It is the Legion's goal to have the Pilgrim statue visit homes weekly until October 2017 in recognition of the centennial. Two statues are available to accommodate our goal. If you wish to honor Our Lady in your home, please call Veronica Ocello at to place your name on the visitation schedule. SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE St. Joseph Council No of the Knights of Columbus in Oradell/New Milford is pleased to announce that $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to two 8th graders planning to attend a Catholic High School in the fall of Eligible scholarship applicants must be registered with Saint Joseph Parish in Oradell or Ascension Parish in New Milford. Selection will be based on criteria focusing on service to the church, school, and community, and an essay on the value of the Knights of Columbus principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism. Completed applications must be returned to St. Joseph Council and postmarked no later than Monday, May 31, Winners will be notified in June to attend the award ceremony on June 23rd. Applications can be downloaded from our website at kofcstjoseph.org. For additional info contact Jeff Walters at MAKE A MOTHER S DAY GIFT TO FEED THE HUNGRY For I was hungry and you fed me. MATT. 25 The Emergency Food Network of Catholic Charities is sponsoring a special Mother s Day gift remembrance. Your donation will help us meet the increased needs of the emergency food pantries in Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union Counties in the spring and summer months when donations dramatically decrease. Your gift can be mailed to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark, 505 South Avenue East, Cranford, NJ K OF C 50/50 RAFFLE St. Joseph Council No of Oradell/New Milford is sponsoring a 50/50 Cash Raffle to raise $2,000 for our 8th Grade Scholarship Program. Raffle tickets are $20 each. The Raffle drawing will be held on Saturday, May 20 at 9:00 pm at the Columbian Club hall at 199 River Road, New Milford, NJ. Winner need not be present to win. For tickets, contact Jeff Walters at , or leave a message on the Council phone at AN EVENING OF MUSIC MAY 20 Saint Joseph music minister Peter Greco will be accompanying vocalist Lauren D Imperio on Saturday, May 20 at 7:30 pm at the Calvary United Methodist Church, 185 West Madison Avenue, Dumont. For more information, call

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