Saint Joseph PHOTOS OF OUR NEW RETREAT HOUSE p. 2 P Roman Catholic Church Oradell/New Milford, NJ CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE p. 3 December 16, 2018 PASTOR: Msgr. David C. Hubba PAROCHIAL VICARS: Rev. Roy Regaspi Rev. Anthony Di Stefano DEACON: GeorgeMontalvo PASTOR EMERITUS: Rev. George M. Reilly MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 7:30am, 9 am, 10:30 am, 12 noon DAILY Weekdays & Saturday HOLY DAYS as announced Miraculous Medal Novena Monday, 7:00 pm in Mary s Chapel Eucharistic Adoration First Wed. of Month 9 am 5 pm in Mary s Chapel Homebound/Hospital Call Parish Office Christian Initiation of Adults RCIA Contact Parish Office PARISH REGISTRATION Contact Parish Office SACRAMENTS Office Location Parish Office 105 Harrison St., New Milford Phone 201-261-0148 Email/Fax Website office@sjcnj.org sjcnj.org Confession: Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Baptism Contact the Parish Office Marriage religioused@sjcnj.org sjcnjre.org Fax #: 201-261-0369 Religious Education 105 Harrison St., New Milford Saint Joseph School 305 Elm St., Oradell the greenhouse PreK 201-261-1144 201-261-2388 office@sjsusa.org sjsusa.org Arrangements should be made with a priest at least one year in advance. Office Hours: (Parish) Mon-Fri.: 9 am - 5 pm; (Rel. Ed.) Mon.-Thurs: 10 am-4 pm (Also by appointment.)
SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ PARISHIONERS TOUR OUR NEW PARISH RETREAT HOUSE Fr. Anthony blessed each room as parishioners gathered for prayer and fellowship. PHOTOS BY ELLEN SOLINAS 2
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT ~ DECEMBER 16, 2018 FROM THE PASTOR S DESK Some years ago the Passionist priest Alfred Wilson wrote a splendid book on the Sacrament of Penance that has helped many Catholics. He entitled it Pardon and Peace after its chief benefits for those who take advantage of it. The book addressed itself to sincere believers in easily graspable terms and offered them plain, realistic advice. After admitting that confessing our sins is far from the average person s preferred tasks, he wrote that It is a pity that we need the confessional; if we were sinless we should not need it; but we are not sinless and therefore we do need it. Because our bodies get sick, we need hospitals. Because our souls get sick, we need the confessional. Christ our King is coming the Lamb whom John proclaimed. Make straight his way. SAINT JOSEPH/ST. PETER COMMUNAL ADVENT PENANCE SERVICE DECEMBER 17 Continuing with the comparison of the sacrament to sensible care of our health, Father Wilson said: No one goes to the doctor or the dentist for fun, unless he is mad. No one goes to Confession for fun. From the nature of the case, confession cannot be easy. The result, not the process, of confession is consoling. AT ST. PETER THE APOSTLE CHURCH This year s Advent Penance Service for both Saint Joseph and St. Peter the Apostle Parishes will be held on Monday, December 17 at 7:30 pm at St. Peter the Apostle Church located at 445 Fifth Avenue, River Edge, NJ 07661. The clergy of both parishes will be available to hear confessions. It is important for us to be aware that those who keep away from the confessional are forgetting a most needed gift of God. Father Wilson points out that Catholics do not enjoy Confession heaven preserve us from those who do! but they prefer it, humiliating as it is, to endless, dulling soul-ache and progressive demoralization of character and personality. Above all, we should regard Confession as what it truly is: a beautiful way of getting closer to the Lord. With all the care a good priest should have, Father Wilson urges us: Approach the Sacrament in a spirit of tranquility and boundless trust. You are going to your Divine Friend of Friends, Who only asks you to lay bare your wounds that He may heal them. He is overjoyed that you are coming to Him you must believe that. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This Monday evening at 7:30 we will have our Advent Penance service (see above opposite). This year s will take place at St. Peter s in River Edge. After a short prayer service, the priests of both our parishes will be available to hear your confessions, and so help you prepare to celebrate a joyous Christmas. JOHN 1:1 Msgr. David Hubba 3
SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ SHARE THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS THE INCARNATION: THE MYSTERY OF LIFE IN THE WOMB All Giving Tree Gifts need to be returned by this weekend December 15-16 so that the families will receive them in time for Christmas. You may drop them off at the Rectory/Parish Office (105 Harrison Street, New Milford). AN ADVENT REFLECTION BY FR. GIUSEPPE MARIA SINISCALCHI DECEMBER 20 AT SAINT JOSEPH 7:30 pm Exposition of the Blessed sacrament Music/Talk/Confessions 9:00 pm Benediction Fr. Giuseppe is the fourth of five children of immigrant Italian parents. He graduated from Boston College Law School and practiced law for nine years before joining the Community of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in 2002. He graduated from St. Joseph Seminary summa cum laude and was ordained to the priesthood in 2011. He is currently the local superior at St. Mary of the Assumption Friary in Newburgh, NY where he works with the poor and gives retreats. WE CAN REALLY USE YOUR HELP! TO DECORATE OUR CHURCH FOR CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 23 Join us on Sunday, December 23 at 2:00 pm to help us decorate Saint Joseph Church for the Christmas season. Everyone is welcome. If you can help, please email Tom Moran at tmoran61@gmail.com to let us know you will be there. CHRISTMAS ALTAR FLOWERS You are invited to make a donation in memory of a loved one or for a special intention toward the cost of decorating our worship spaces for the Christmas season. Please use the Flower Envelope that you received in the mail. (Extra envelopes are available in the parish office.) Please PRINT clearly on the envelope your intention, your name and phone number. Donation is $10 per name/family and payable to Saint Joseph Church. Your envelope can be put in the collection basket. ARE YOU HOMEBOUND? WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE COMMUNION? OR HAVE A VISIT FROM A PRIEST? If you or someone you know is homebound and would like to have a visit from a priest and/or receive Communion, please call the Rectory/ Parish Office at 201-261-0148 and ask to speak to Fr. Anthony. ARE YOU A LITURGICAL MINISTER ABLE TO BRING COMMUNION TO THE HOMEBOUND? Sunday, January 13, 2019 @ 3:00 PM Please call the Rectory/Parish Office and let us know if you already are or would like to be part of this beautiful ministry. 4
Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 10:30 am UC 10:30 am MC 12:00 pm Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 10:30 am UC 10:30 am MC 12:00 pm December 15, 2018 Ann Ryan December 16, 2018 People of the Parish Ed Maron Susan Blume John Serocke Emily Elizabeth Martin December 17, 2018 Kathleen Scott (1 st Anniversary Remembrance) Al O Toole December 18, 2018 Patricia Maslanka Rota & Joyce Families December 19. 2018 Thomas F. Meli, Sr. (Birthday Remembrance) Ed Maron BREAD & WINE INTENTIONS The bread & wine for the week of December 16, 2018 is offered in loving memory of Ed Maron as requested by the Maron Family. THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT ~ DECEMBER 16, 2018 December 20, 2018 Kathleen & Michael Abatemarco Connor Walsh (Birthday Remembrance) December 21, 2018 Ronald Sgambati Mate Skroce December 22, 2018 Teresita Lagdameo Elise & Frederick Mueller December 23, 2018 People of the Parish Thomas Barbagallo (6 th Anniversary Remembrance) Rose Cecchi Mildred O Leary Louise & Theodore Kachel 5 PRAYER REQUESTS Let us remember all those who are ill: Billy Wallace, Carmen Jimenez, Baby Casey Risola, Tom Burke, Paulie Resinger, Barbara Piersa Let us remember all those who have recently died: Ray Potter, Jordan Baesa, The Most Rev. Frank Rodimer (Bishop Emeritus of Paterson) Let us remember those serving in the military. STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God, (Phillippians 1:9-10) St. Paul reminds us that our God is an abundant God, the ultimate giver of gifts. He promises to give us all that we need. When we trust that God will take care of us, it is easier for us to share what we have been given. SUNDAY COLLECTIONS Dec. 9, 2018 Dec.10, 2018 Basket $8,145 $7,571 Electronic Giving $3,766* $4,175 Total Sunday Collection $11,911 $11,746 *Electronic contributions are received on a monthly basis. In our bulletin report, they are divided by the number of weeks in the month (five in December 2018). IS SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ON YOUR GIFT LIST? It s not too late to include Saint Joseph Parish on your gift list. Our parish depends upon your financial support, especially at this time of year, to help fund its many ministries and to meet its larger expenses. Your gift to Saint Joseph s Christmas Collection may be made up to and including January 13, the last day of the Christmas Season. Please memo your check or offering envelope CHRISTMAS COLLECTION. MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENAS POSTPONED There will be NO Miraculous Medal Novena on Monday, December 17 because of the Saint Joseph/St. Peter Communal Penance Service; no Novena on Monday, December 24 because of Christmas Eve, and no Novena on Monday, December 31 because of the Vigil Mass for the holy day Mary Mother of God. The weekly Miraculous Medal Novena at Saint Joseph Church will resume on Monday, January 14 at 7:00 pm.
PILGRIM STATUE AVAILABLE The Legion of Mary is pleased to announce that the Statue of Our Lady of Fatima is available to those who wish to honor her in their homes. If you are celebrating a special occasion, experiencing a difficult situation, have a special intention, or would like to honor Our Lady, please call Veronica Ocello at 201-265-6894 or speak to a Legion member to have your name placed on the visitation schedule. The Statue will be brought to your home and remain in your home for a week. GET YOUR 2019 CALENDAR Thanks to the generosity of Boulevard Funeral Home and Cremation Service in New Milford, Beaugard-McKnight Funeral Home in River Edge, and Catholic Cemeteries, we have a large number of 2019 Calendars available for our parishioners. We invite you to take one home. VISIT US ON OUR WEBSITES: CHURCH: sjcnj.org SCHOOL: sjsusa.org RELIGIOUS ED.: sjcnjre.org SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ 6 You can order on Amazon with Amazon Smile and benefit Saint Joseph Church (AT NO COST TO YOU) Same low prices and selection as amazon.com Amazon will donate a portion of your purchase price to our parish. HOW TO ORDER WITH AMAZON SMILE: Just go to smile.amazon.com and select St. Joseph RC Church New Milford as your charity; then make your purchases as you normally would on Amazon. EARLY BULLETIN DEADLINES Because of the holidays and an early printer deadline, submissions for the Dec. 30 th and Jan. 6 th bulletins MUST be received by December 19. Announcements received after those dates will not be able to be included. HOW TO REPORT ABUSE The Archdiocese takes very seriously any and all allegations of sexual misconduct by members of the clergy, Religious and lay staff of the Archdiocese. We encourage anyone with knowledge of such to inform us immediately so that we may take appropriate action to protect others and provide support to any victim. Individuals who wish to report an allegation may do so by calling the Archdiocesan Office of Child and Youth Protection at 201-407-3256. See our bulletin in full color on our website: sjcnj.org Saint Joseph Parish Staff Parish Trustees..Mr. Brendan Walsh/Mrs. Carol Winkler Parish Pastoral Council.Mrs. Teresa Glenn Dir. of Religious Education.Deacon George Montalvo Sacraments Coordinator..Mrs. Arlene Kennedy Director of Music..Mr. Monroe Quinn Facilities Director...Mr. Tom Meli Business Manager...Mrs. Phyllis Vrola Parish Secretary...Mrs. Geraldine Carolan Principal of Saint Joseph School Dr. Paula Valenti Dir. of Comm./ Bulletin Editor...Mrs. Diane Hellriegel
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