Parish STAFF gious Education SCHEDULE OF MASSES SACRAMENTS 5:00 p.m. (English) 7:45am, 9:00am, 10:30am (Spanish), 12:00 Noon PRAYER AND DEVOTION Monday Saturday, 8:45am, CC Choir Practice Catequesis Familiar Guadalupanos Curso Biblico/Misioneros Oración Carismática Cursillistas Jornadistas Mondays Ch - After Mass Wednesdays 7:30 CH Third Friday, 7:00pm, ICC Sunday, 9:00a.m, MRH Tuesday, 8:00pm, HFR Thursday, 7:00pm, HFR Friday, 7:00pm, CC Wednesday, 8:p.m., HFR Sunday, 1:00pm, ICC EUCHARISTIC ADORATION After 12:00 Mass until 4:00pm. (CC, Convent Chapel; Ch, Church; MRH, Msgr. Ryan Hall; H.F.R.: Holy Family Room; ICC Immaculate Conception OFFICE of RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 28-47 43 Street, Astoria, NY 11103 Phone: (718) 278-1611 E-mail: l.rosas@stjosephlic.org PARISH REGISTRATION
Saturday, March 25: Vigil Mass 5:00 Lidia Sansalone & Carmela DiBlasi Sunday, March 26: Fourth Sunday of Lent 7:45 Mass Intention Available 9:00 GiordanoVlacich, Remiga Juarez, Jose Molina, Obdulia Espinales 10:30 Luis Leon, Enedina Luis 12:00 Francesco Russo 7:00pm Annuziata& Maddalena Saraceni & Adela DeGrandis Monday, March 27: 8:00 Luz Maria DeFeijoo 12:00 Assunta & Raffaele Mastrogiacomo Tuesday, March 28: 8:00 Christine Pinezich 12:00 Gasparo Randazo Wednesday, March 29: 8:00 Rocco, Francesco and Maria Caniglia 12:00 Terence Burns 7:30 Nora Pimentel Naveda Thursday, March 30: 8:00 Thomas Rogers 12:00 Salvatore Picinic Friday, March 31: 8:00 Ninfa & Calogero Davi 12:00 Elena Picinic Saturday, April 1: 8:00 St. Joseph Purgatorial Society 5:00 Angela Cassar Sunday, April 2: Fifth Sunday of Lent 7:45 Anthony Ghelfi 9:00 Maria & Dario Viskovic 10:30 Remiga Juarez, Jose Molina 12:00 Eileen Galvin & Harriet & John Devlin 7:00pm Obdulia Espinales PRAYER INTENTIONS F T S H Danielle Sackett, Baby Zayah Ned, Diego Kervabon, David Cipolla, Hildy Bruthhanz Tooley, Mary Gallagher, Nellie Adams, & Marie Solazzo * Those Who Have Entered into Eternal Life George Frederick Foley, Joseph Ranieri, Michael Mestric, Gaspare Randazo, Peter Bulic, Anna Buffa, Frank DiMino & Paul Anzulovic * Sanctuary Lamp for the week and weekend April 1-2 will burn in memory of: Anthony Ghelfi. As requested by: His Wife & family Fourth Sunday of Lent March 26, 2017 The L is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1 * CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT The future king, David, in today s first reading, is an example of a type of character present throughout the Hebrew scriptures. He is the child born out of place (not the eldest or most favored) who ends up receiving the promise of the covenant. The spirit of God s anointing rushes upon him. In this way, he is similar to the man born blind from today s Gospel. David s family and the blind man s community did not expect the miraculous grace of God s love to work through them. Perhaps they, too, were blinded by the expectations and assumptions of those around them. Yet, after being touched by God, they both came to see the presence of God s will for them. Both became messengers of God s will. That same Spirit of God s anointing rushed upon us at our baptism; we were given a candle as a sign of our membership in the Body of Christ, the Light from Light. Our vocation, then, is to fulfill that enlightenment, that anointing, as Ephesians tells us, by living as children of the light. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b; Jn 4:43-54 Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16 Wednesday: Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18; Jn 5:17-30 Thursday: Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106:19-23; Jn 5:31-47 Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Saturday: Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53 Sunday: Ez 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-8; Rom 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45] * Lenten folder Please make sure to take home a Lenten folder for 40 Days of Sacrificial Offering through your daily personal sacrifices. Please return your envelope with offering of $1.00 per day, in the Sunday basket or bring it to the parish office at the end of lent. Thank you. * Lenten Regulations Abstinence & FASTING The Church requires all the faithful who have reached their 14th year of age to abstain totally from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent. All the faithful between the ages of 18 and 59 are also bound to observe the fasting regulation on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. This practice involves limiting oneself to a single full meal and avoiding food between meals.
Summer of Fun 2017 A Full Day Program for Less than a Baby-Sitter! JUNE 26 TO AUGUST 18 7:30 a.m. Drop-off time (later if desired) 5:45 p.m. Pick-up time (earlier if desired) ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: Art & Crafts, Basketball, Dodge ball, Whiffle Ball, Pool Tables, Table Tennis, Board Games, Story Time! LUNCH TIME SPECIALS! EXCITING TRIPS AND SPECIAL EVENTS! REGISTRATION DATE: SCHOOL LOBBY Fridays: May 19, and June 2 (3 to 5:30 p.m.) Thursday, June 1 (3 to 5:30 p.m.) Saturdays: June 17, and 24 (9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.) Sunday, June 11 (9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.) CALL Silvia at (718) 278-1611 FOR MORE INFO! ************************************************************** A thank you note from our Pastor. I would like to thank my dedicated staff, all volunteers and Feast Day Committee members for their teamwork and efforts in making our Patronal Feast Day a success. To all the Local businesses, Societies and individuals who have generously contributed in making the journal a reality by taking ads, that extend best wishes to the parish, or in remembrance of a loved one. Thank you so much for seeing how important this endeavor is to our parish. It s a wonderful thing when we all work together. On this note, I wish also to encourage our parishioners to continue to support and personally thank all our sponsors. In closing, a word of thanks to All who still continue to labor in making the dream of St. Joseph s Church into a faith filled place to worship and a wonderful community center. Invoking God s Blessing upon all I remain; Sincerely yours in Christ Reverend Vincent Miceli Pastor Cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma 26 de marzo de 2017 El Señor es mi pastor, nada me falta. Salmo 23(22):1 * HIJOS DE LA LUZ El futuro rey, David, en la primera lectura de hoy, es un ejemplo de un tipo de personaje presente a lo largo de las escrituras hebreas. Es el hijo que nace fuera de lugar (no es ni el mayor ni el preferido) pero a fin de cuentas recibe la promesa de la alianza. El espíritu de Dios lo llena con su unción. En esto, se parece al hombre que nació ciego del Evangelio de hoy. La familia de David y la comunidad del ciego no esperaban que la gracia milagrosa del amor de Dios obrara por medio de ellos. Quizás ellos, también, estaban ciegos por las expectativas y suposiciones de los que los rodeaban. Sin embargo, luego de ser tocados por Dios, ambos vieron la presencia de la voluntad de Dios para ellos. Ambos se convirtieron en mensajeros de la voluntad de Dios. Ese mismo Espíritu de unción de Dios nos llenó en nuestro bautismo; se nos dio un cirio como símbolo de que somos miembros del Cuerpo de Cristo, la Luz de la Luz. Nuestra vocación, entonces, es cumplir esa iluminación, esa unción, como se nos dice en Efesios, viviendo como hijos de la luz. *************************************************************** Cenas de pescado y patatas fritas Nuestra parroquia de San José servirá Cenas de pescado y patatas fritas Todos los viernes durante la Cuaresma Empezando el 3 de marzo hasta el 14 de abril a las 6:00 p.m. en la cafeteria de la escuela. (Seguido de la estación de la Cruz en la iglesia). Todos están invitados a compartir con nosotros. Los boletos están disponibles en nuestra oficina al costo de $10 por persona. *************************************************************** Stations of the Cross The Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) will be prayed together as a parish on each Friday during Lent ending with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 7:30 pm in the Church. During the week the stations will be prayed by different Language groups in the Chapel. MONDAY ~ ENGLISH TUESDAY ~ CROATIAN TUESDAY ~ ITALIAN after 12 noon Mass after 12 noon Mass 2:00 pm FRIDAY ~ SPANISH after 8:00 am Mass FRIDAY MULTILINGUAL 7:30 pm church
St. Joseph s News St. Joseph church is happy to invite you to check our new Facebook page and visit our new website to inform you about all our upcoming events.: www.stjosephastoria.org ************************************************************** Mon Thursday, March 27 30 7:30 pm, in Church, led by a Parish Priest. Meet & Eat We cordially invite all to join us for our monthly breakfast to be held in our Social Center on April 2nd, after all Masses: 7: 45 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30a.m., and 12 Noon Please come and join us for breakfast, we will have pancakes, eggs, coffee, juice, sausage, bagels and more. Entrance is free, you pay only for what you eat, please bring your whole family or a friend and enjoy a delicious Breakfast and an opportunity to meet other parishioners. Fish and Chips dinner St. Joseph Church will be serving a Fish and Chips dinner on Fridays during Lent March 3rd thru April 14 th at 6:00 p.m. in the Social Center (Followed by Stations of the Cross in the Church). Everybody is invited to join us. Please sign up in the parish office. $10 per plate St. Joseph s Annual Flea Market May, 20 2017 St. Joseph s school Gym 1 Table $35.00; 2 Tables $60.00 For more information contact Jackie Barkoutsis at (718) 932-9766 or JB092504@hotmail.com Update on Parish Weekly Collection This week collections were as follows: March 19, 2017 1st Collection...$4,598 MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS...$1,635 Total Collection...$6,233 CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS We are sending a tax letter automatically to all our parishioners that donated over $750 during this year. (2016) If anyone is in need of a contribution statement for tax purposes, please contact the parish office. Thank you. BAPTISMS PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE NO BAPTISMS DURING THE SEASON OF LENT. ALL BAPTISMS DURING THE EASTER SEASON WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE SUNDAY MASSES ONLY. IN ORDER TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOUR CHILD S CHRISTENING CALL THE OFFICE AT 718-278-1611 The Divine Mercy Prayer Group Please join us for our weekly meeting every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at Holy Family Room; Length of meeting is approximately one hour. Welcome to Our Parish Please mark one: Please register me and, yes, send me envelopes. Please contact me about becoming a Catholic or completing my initiation as a Catholic through the Sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation. Please contact me about Religion Education for my child. Please contact me about how I can volunteer. Name: Last Name Date of Birth : Address: Apt. # City: State: Zip code Phone: E-mail: Please fill out this form, and deposit in the basket collection or in the Parish office, or e-mail rectory@stjosephastoria.org
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