St. John s Parish Rev. George W. Hommel, Administrator St. John s Church St. Augustine s Chapel Saturday Mass 5:00 pm Sunday Mass 9:30 am Sunday Mass 8:00, 11:00 am Holy Days 5:30 pm Mass 9:00 am on Monday, Tuesday, Penance 9:00 am, 2nd Sunday of the month. Wednesday, & Friday Eve of Holy Days 5:30 pm Religious Education 845-679-2869 Holy Days 9:00 am and 7:30 pm Elementary: Tues.1st-6th Grade...4-5:30 pm Penance 4:00-4:45 pm Saturdays Jr/Sr High: Mon..9th Grade...7-8:30 pm Tues.8th Grade...7-8:30 pm Wed..7th Grade...7-8:30 pm WELCOME TO NEW PARISHIONERS. TO REGISTER CALL THE RECTORY John A. Coleman Catholic HS...845-338-2750 St. John s Church 12 Holly Hills Drive Woodstock, N.Y. 12498 Church Phone - 845-679-7696 FAX - 845-679-8393 www.sjwoodstock.org St. Augustine s Chapel 71 Watson Hollow Road West Shokan, N.Y.12494 CHURCH EMAIL ADDRESS: Rectory@sjwoodstock.org
Monetary Donations towards Ham and Food Items for Christmas Baskets Holy Day of Obligation Thursday, December 7th at 5:30pm Vigil Mass and Friday, December 8th at 9:00am & 7:30pm at St. John s Church Saturday, December 23rd The Holiday Basket Committee will be collecting monetary donations towards five pound hams and food items after all Masses on Dec. 2nd & 3rd and Dec. 9th and 10th. Thank you from the Holiday Basket Committee SPECIAL COLLECTION for December 9/10 is for the Retired Religious. Across the United States, hundreds of religious communities lack financial resources sufficient to meet the retirement and healthcare needs of aging members. Please give generously 5:00 PM (regular Mass schedule) Sunday, December 24th 4th Sunday of Advent 8:00 AM (regular Mass schedule) 9:30 AM (regular Mass schedule) 11:00 AM (regular Mass schedule) Christmas Eve Mass Schedule 4:00 PM (St. John's Pageant Mass), 6:00 PM (St. Augustine's Chapel) 10:00 PM (St. John's "Midnight" Mass) Monday, December 25th Christmas Day Mass Schedule 10:00 AM at St. John's Tuesday, December 26th Boxing Day No 9:00 AM Mass Rectory is closed Saturday, December 30th 5:00 PM (regular Mass schedule) Sunday, December 31st 8:00 AM (regular Mass schedule) 9:30 AM (regular Mass schedule) 11:00 AM (regular Mass schedule) 5:30 PM No Vigil Mass -not a holy day of obligation this year Monday, January 1st New Year's Day Mass 10:00 AM at St. John's Not a holy day of obligation this year but Fr. George will have a morning Mass to celebrate the New Year and Solemnity of Mary!: Gift Giving Tree Tags Christmas Gift Tags will be in the Main lobby of St. John s and St. Augustine beginning the weekend of Nov. 25. The Christmas Gift Tags help provide wonderful gifts for families who are unable to purchase gifts for their families. Please consider buying a gift for families in need. There are many gift tags on our Gift Giving Tree with items such as food, clothing, gift cards, hats, and gloves. We will be collecting the gifts until Wed., Dec. 20th. We are also collecting personal care items and baby care items. Each tag represents a different gift. The items that we collect will help people at Family of Woodstock, Catholic Charities and people within our Parish family. Thank you from Religious Education and Altar Servers!
ADVENT RECONCILIATION MONDAY Will be heard on Monday, December 18th from 4-8pm by Fr. George in St. John s Rectory. All parishes in the archdiocese will have priests available to hear confessions. "To celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation means to be wrapped in a warm embrace." -Pope Francis BEYOND ST. JOHN S St. Mary of the Snow / St. Joseph Advent Penance Service on Wednesday, December 13th at 7:30 PM, located at 36 Cedar St., Saugerties, NY. All are welcome! GOD HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN We begin the season of Advent with a heartfelt call for our own repentance. We remember God s faithful love for us, and call upon God to help us to turn back. For behold, you are angry, and we are sinful (Isaiah 64:4). In the first reading and in the psalm, we recall God s promises and lament our unfaithfulness and our guilt. We call upon God s might and power in order to save us. With Isaiah, we ask God to rend the heavens and come down, / with the mountains quaking before you (Isaiah 63:19). Yes, God is faithful to us, because we are the work of God s hands. God is the potter, we are the clay. And yet, our concept of how God will come to save us is rooted in our own expectations of a warrior God who crushes mountains and thunders into our lives with great noise and glory. But God has a different plan: the Incarnation. ~Father George Ecumenical Service Lessons & Carols On Wednesday, December 20, at Christ s Lutheran Church, 26 Mill Hill Rd., Woodstock, NY at 7 PM. ST. JOSEPH S MISSION CHURCH HAS AN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR FOOD...AND NEEDS YOUR HELP! Please bring nonperishable canned or packaged food items to St. John s Church lobby, and we ll drive it over to Pat LaRue in Hurley NY. Here is a suggested shopping list. Canned Meats Rice Beans Canned Fruit Canned Vegetables Cereals Oatmeal Pasta Mac & Cheese Peanut Butter & Jelly Soup Tea Coffee Ketchup Mustard Mayo Sugar Salt Pepper Added in October Conor Harkins Roger Temple Anthony Flick Andrew E. Michael L. Kristen Joseph Mullen Richard Lucas Nancy Oswald Marilyn C. Roz Y. Mary Lou S. Hugh Schrader Janine Stoffey Dave Fair Carol Fair Carol Colao Rose Pompey Walter Schenkel George J. Fauci Theresa A. Fauci Michael X. Fauci/Dell Dominic Fauci, S.I. Carol Young Joan C. Fauci Theresa Ortenzi Angelina Fauci Added in November Lisa LeClerc Ralph brueckner T. Kulakowski Shelli Millert Added in December Craig Entwistle Tory Entwistle Dave Quinn Suzie Kaiser Terese Fair
First Saturday, December 2nd 9:00 AM PRO POPULO For parishioners of St. Mary s 5:00 PM PRO POPULO For parishioners of St. Mary s Sunday, December 3rd 8:00 AM PATRICK LeGOFF Denise Loheac 9:30 AM ROSEMARY DONOGHUE Kathleen Ruiz & Herminio Rivera 11:00 AM CAROL HIGGINS Dolores Kelley Monday, December 4th 9:00 AM MARILYN KAVANAGH Her Family Tuesday, December 5th 9:00 AM JOHN, REGINA, ROBERT, CHARLOTTE & NORMAN SMITH Kathleen & Richard Fazzone Wednesday, December 6th 9:00 AM PRO POPULO For parishioners of St. Mary s Thursday, December 7th (Vigil Mass) 5:30 PM ALFRED SCHWAB Linda Schwab Edmundson Friday, December 8th ( Holy Day of Obl. Immaculate Conception) 9:00 AM BETH MARSHALL (LIVING INTENTION) Dolores Kelley 7:30 PM ISABELLE LACASSAGNE Jackie Francois Saturday, December 9th 5:00 PM DOMINICK VANACORE Sr. His Family Sunday, December 10th 8:00 AM Fr. CHRISTOPHER BEREAN, 30th Anniversary Elaine Defaso 9:30 AM ELMO TINTI His Family 11:00 AM BETTY PLATKIN The Rice Family Our Military, especially for Joseph Turck, James Mault, Johnathan Schwab and Danny Brennan (Navy), Justine Lamoreux Repose of the Soul, especially for, Terrence S. Shultis and Alfred A. Scotti WE ARE A TITHING PARISH 11/27/16 $3,315.50 11/26/17 $3,442.50 Renew + Rebuild Goal is $413,000.00 47 Parishioners contributed $341,910.00 (83% of goal) (Only 10% of our parish has participated thus far) Cardinal s Appeal Goal is $26,500.00 We have reached our Cardinal s Appeal Goal! (It will be deducted from the Renew + Rebuild total) Thank you for your generosity!
PARISH ORGANIZATIONS & CONTACT PERSONS Altar Servers... Cindy Frisbie 246-1819 Altar Society... Christine Molinelli, 679-5332 Baptismal Committee... Francine Carmody 679-7205 and... Bernadette Poremba, 679-7643 Beautification Church... Brian and Joan Hagedorn, 679-7622 Grotto... John Spindler/Julie Middleton, 679-4462 Bereavement Committee... Francine Carmody 679-7205 Bulletin... Jeanine Meisler, 679-7696 Eucharist Ministers/Lectors... Bob Dietrich, 657-8556 Food Pantry... Guy Oddo, 338-0624 Holiday Food Baskets... Harold & Cindy Frisbie 246-1819 Liturgy Committee... Sue Curran, 679-8617 Maintenance Committee... David Sudlik, 657-6782 Music Group... Dave Christi, 430-8040 Newsletter... Colleen Mountford, 679-8546 Parish Council... John Spindler 679-4462 Parish Nurse... Colleen Short, 417-4522 Pins and Needles... Pat Lindtveit, 338-1720... Helen DeVoe, 679-5947 Religious Education 1-6... Cindy Frisbie, W 679-2869 Religious Education 7-9... Alice Haberski, W 679-2869 and H 679-6791 R.C.I.A.... TBD Respect Life... Rosemary Cyr 679-6872 Secular Franciscan Order... Lorraine Pioli Sciarrino 626-7000 Social/FUNdraising Committee... 679-7696 Soup Kitchen... Barbara Runz 251-1174 Tree of Life... Dolores Hagedorn 679-7607 Jeanine Meisler 845-853-3042 Ulster Vicariate... TBD Wedding Committee... Alice Haberski, 679-6791... Sandi Armstrong, 679-1098 Youth Ministry/Activities... Harold & Cindy Frisbie 246-1819 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 2:1-5; Ps 122:1-9; Mt 8:5-11 Tuesday: Is 11:1-10; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Lk 10:21-24 Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-6; Mt 15:29-37 Thursday: Is 26:1-6; Ps 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a; Mt 7:21, 24-27 Friday: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98:1-4; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38 Saturday: Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Ps 147:1-6; Mt 9:35 10:1, 5a, 6-8 Sunday: Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 85:9-14; 2 Pt 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: First Sunday of Advent Monday: St. John Damascene Wednesday: St. Nicholas Thursday: St. Ambrose; Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Friday: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday: St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin