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
This year we were able to provide 40 families with a Thanksgiving meal. We are grateful for an amazing church community to help with the monetary donations. The spaghetti dinner in September not only helped fundraise for the Thanksgiving baskets, but brought our church community together for fellowship. The money raised helped purchase the turkeys and all the foods items like potatoes, vegetables, yams, pies and much more. St. John s Church appreciates all that the community of St. John s Church does to help the people in need. Thank you to the Religious Education 8th graders for organizing and creating napkins rings. This was a lovely addition to the Thanksgiving Baskets. Saturday, December 23rd Thank you to all the people who helped put together the Thanksgiving baskets. We had the baskets together within a half hour! 5:00 PM (regular Mass schedule) Sunday, December 24th 4th Sunday of Advent 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, 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 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM (regular Mass schedule) 5:30 PM No Vigil Mass -(not a holy day of obl. this year) Monday, January 1st New Year's Day Mass 10:00 AM at St. John's Gift Giving Tree Tags 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 Edu- cation and Altar Servers!
Monetary Donations towards Ham and Food Items for Christmas Baskets The Holiday Food Basket Committee will be collecting monetary donations towards five pound hams and food items after all Masses on Dec. 9th and 10 th. Please join us! We ll be putting our Christmas Food Baskets together in the Parish Hall on Sun., Dec.17th at 12pm. Your helpful hands are needed! Thank you for your generosity and ongoing support! -The Holiday Food Basket Committee SPECIAL COLLECTION for Dec. 9/10 is for the Retired Religious. Please give generously ADVENT RECONCILIATION MONDAY will be heard on Mon., Dec. 18th from 4-8pm by Fr. George in the 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 NEWS OF COMFORT In a time of preparation, much of it having to do with material things, it is good to hear the words of Isaiah, Comfort, give comfort to my people, / says your God (Isaiah 40:1). In a time of such stress and rush, when our usual burdens are augmented by piles of Christmas preparations, we can choose to slow down, take some time to heal, and appreciate the enormous gift we are about to receive. Christ, the Son of God, has become one of us, and knows our human limitations. Yet God, even now, is freeing us from the burdens that our inattentiveness to our God and to our deepest inner longings have heaped upon us. The Lord comes, not as a king with mighty armies, but as a shepherd leading the flocks with care and tenderness. Isaiah prophesies good news: our oppression is over, our sins forgiven. The savior we have awaited is coming, not the first time, but in the end times, as our salvation. ~Father George BEYOND ST. JOHN S 21st Annual Worldwide Candle Lighting on Dec. 10, 2017. The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor the memories of the sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and grandchildren who left too soon. As candles are lit at 7:00 pm local time, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor the memory of all children gone too soon. St. Mary of the Snow / St. Joseph Advent Penance Service on Wed., Dec. 13th at 7:30 PM, located at 36 Cedar St., Saugerties, NY. All are welcome! Ecumenical Service on Wed., Dec. 20, at Christ s Lutheran Church, 26 Mill Hill Rd., Woodstock, NY at 7 PM. 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 Nancy Bernard Tory Entwistle Dave Quinn Suzie Kaiser Terese Fair
Saturday, December 9th 5:00 PM DOMINICK VANACORE Sr. Sunday, December 10th 8:00 AM Fr. CHRISTOPHER BEREAN, 30TH ANNIVERSARY Elaine Defaso 9:30 AM ELMO TINTI 11:00 AM BETTY PLATKIN The Rice Family Monday, December 11th 9:00 AM TOBY TOBIASSEN Christine Molinelli Tuesday, December 12th 9:00 AM KAREN HOULDIN Pins and Needles Wednesday, December 13th 9:00 AM INTENTION OF PARISHIONERS Thursday, December 14th 9:00 AM NO MASS Friday, December 15th 9:00 AM LEONA SCHUELER Saturday, December 16th 5:00 PM GEORGE HASS Anne Hass Sunday, December 17th 8:00 AM STANLEY & REGINA ZYGMUNT Dave, Debby and Family 9:30 AM EGIDIO AND GEMMA TINTI 11:00 AM BETTY PLATKIN Christine Molinelli Our Military, especially for Joseph Turck, James Mault, Johnathan Schwab and Danny Brennan (Navy), Justine Lamoreux Repose of the Soul WE ARE A TITHING PARISH 12/04/16 $6,528.00 12/03/17 $5,019.50 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 has been 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 35:1-10; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Lk 5:17-26 Tuesday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47, or any readings from the Common of The Blessed Virgin Mary, nos. 707-712 Wednesday: Is 40:25-31; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10; Mt 11:28-30 Thursday: Is 41:13-20; Ps 145:1, 9-13ab; Mt 11:11-15 Friday: Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Mt 11:16-19 Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11; Ps 80:2ac, 3b, 15-16, 18-19; Mt 17:9a, 10-13 Sunday: Is 61:1-2a, 10-11; Lk 1:46-50, 53-54; 1 Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Second Sunday of Advent; International Human Rights Day Monday: St. Damasus I Tuesday: Our Lady of Guadalupe; Hanukkah begins at sunset Wednesday: St. Lucy Thursday: St. John of the Cross Saturday: Las Posadas begins