Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church Oradell / New Milford, NJ Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ August 11, 2013 Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. Lk 12:39-40 Reconciliation / Confessions Saturday, 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm Baptism Contact the Parish Office before the fifth month of pregnancy. Marriage Arrangements should be made with a priest at least one year in advance. Sick / Homebound / Hospital Ministry Call the Parish Office. Sacramental Life Mass Schedule Sunday Mass Saturday 5:00 pm Anticipated Sunday 10:30 am 12:30 pm Daily Mass Weekdays and Saturday Holy Days as announced Parish Staff Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament First Wednesday of the Month 9:00 am - 5:30 pm in Mary s Chapel Miraculous Medal Novena Monday, 7:00 pm in Mary s Chapel Christian Initiation of Adults RCIA Contact the Religious Education Office. Parish Registration Contact the Parish Office. Rev. Msgr. David C. Hubba, PASTOR Rev. Andrew Park, PAROCHIAL VICAR Rev. John Chadwick, Msgr. Richard Groncki, Msgr. William Hatcher, WEEKEND ASSISTANTS Mrs. Colette Vail Principal of Saint Joseph School Mrs. Angela Gussoni Vice Principal of Saint Joseph School Mrs. Diane Hellriegel Communications & Development Mr. Heath Winborn Director of Operations Mr. Monroe Quinn Mrs. Phyllis Vrola Director of Music Business Manager Mrs. Anne Annunziato Parish Secretary Mrs. Arlene Kennedy Sacrament Coordinator Mr. Anthony Armando Youth Minister Office Location Phone Email Website Parish Office 105 Harrison St., New Milford 201-261-0148 office@sjcnj.org sjcnj.org Religious Education 105 Harrison St., New Milford 201-261-1144 religioused@sjcnj.org sjcreligioused.blogspot.com Saint Joseph School 305 Elm St., Oradell 201-261-2388 office@sjsusa.org sjsusa.org the greenhouse-prek 305 Elm St., Oradell 201-477-8114 vailc@greenhouseusa.org greenhouseusa.org Parish Office Hours: Weekdays 9 am - 5 pm or by appointment Religious Ed. Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9am - 5 pm
Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 10.30 am 12:30 pm Monday Tuesday Wednesday Anticipated 7:30 pm Thursday Friday Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 10.30 am 12:30 pm August 10, 2013 Mary Gourley August 11, 2013 People of the Parish John P. Brosnahan Catherine Teresa McCarten Leo V. McCabe August 12, 2013 Lourenco Castainca Susan Elizabeth Schrader August 13, 2013 William Malone Ruth Belthoff August 14, 2013 Carolyn Kiernan Ruth Belthoff PRAYER REQUESTS Let us remember those who are ill: John Mendel, Karl Sontag Let us remember all those who have recently died: Virginia N. Lisa Let us remember those serving in the military. ST. JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ Ruth Belthoff Feast of the Assumption of Mary August 15, 2013 Helen Margaret Mulvihill Emily & Jack LaBe August 16, 2013 Harold Geary Harry Geary August 17, 2013 Benthea Galvin Birthday Remembrance Michael Pucci August 18, 2013 People of the Parish John Brosnahan Catherine Teresa McCarten Deomenico Aromando BREAD AND WINE INTENTIONS The Bread for the week of August 11, 2013 is offered in Loving Memory of Mary Ellen Schuber requested by Philamena Sheridan and Family. The Wine for the week of August 11, 2013 is offered in Loving Memory of Josephine Bossone requested by the Guion and Sobel Families. 2 FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION Mass schedule: Wednesday, August 14 at 7:30 pm; Thursday, August 15 at and only. BECOMING CATHOLIC If you are an adult or teenager who is not baptized (or was baptized in another Christian community) and are interested in becoming a member of the Catholic Church or if you are an adult or teenager who has been baptized and wants to receive First Holy Communion and Confirmation, you are invited to become part of a process of spiritual growth and development known as RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults). Sessions will begin in September. If you are interested, please contact the parish office at 201-261-0148. Sunday Collection for Week of August 4, 2013 Basket ParishPay Total $8,235 $5,590 $13,825 MISSION APPEAL The collection for the Missionary Cooperation Plan Appeal totaled $2,420. Thank you for your generosity. VISIT US ON OUR WEBSITES Parish: sjcnj.org School: sjsusa.org Religious Education: sjcreligioused.blogspot.com Athletic Association: sjaaathletics.blogspot.com MEN S CORNERSTONE AUGUST 14 Our next Men s Cornerstone meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 14 at 6:30 pm at the home of Bob Jarin, 798 Ridgewood Avenue, Oradell. Everyone is invited to share in our great sense of community, spiritual awakening, and planning for Cornerstone XXII. We will begin with a dinner provided by the Jarins at 6:30 pm. The meeting portion of the night will begin around 7:30 pm for those who cannot make the dinner. Please bring a snack or dessert. Chairs will be provided for the meeting. We hope to see you next Wednesday! For more information, please contact Marco Sunga at mcsunga@yahoo.com
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 11, 2013 FROM THE PASTOR S DESK When Archbishop Myers asked me to become your pastor, I had just completed three years as spiritual director for the college seminary at Seton Hall, a position I sometimes described to my friends as one that in many ways suited my particular strengths and likings. The privilege of helping guide a new generation of future priests was a very satisfying experience in itself and one that afforded delightful hope about the Church s future, which is in good hands if our students are typical aspirants to the priesthood. The post also gave me the opportunity to read more extensively than I had the chance to do for many years. I love reading and using the results of it in homilies and talks, so that assignment offered me ideal enjoyment. But for the first thirty-six years of my priesthood, I worked in parishes, where priests offer people spiritual care through privileged access to their lives, with all the human joys and sorrows and trials that come with them. This is the central calling of diocesan priests, and I hope my efforts to serve you in it will help all of us fulfill God s purposes. I don t want to give you the impression that I m the least reluctant, much less resentful, at my new assignment. To me, it is another particular calling from the Lord. I have valued and enjoyed all my assignments as a priest, and, in them, have trusted the will of God, who, after all, is in overall charge of things and has his good reasons for what he does. The bothersome drudgery of moving is nearly over. (It took me three days to find my toe-nail clippers and my alarm clock.) Thanks to all who made it go well. I m grateful too for the kind welcome you gave me my first week here, especially for your warm greetings at last weekend s Masses. I also ran into at least fifteen people who knew me from previous assignments, including four couples I married in my first one, Holy Trinity in Hackensack. Please be patient with me as I try to learn your names. A few people have a wonderful ability to remember names right away. I envy them greatly, but could never become one of them any more than I can turn gravel into diamonds. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME I was born in Liberty, New York. After living briefly in my father s hometown, Simpson, PA (near Scranton), we moved to Newark, where my mother was from. My father was a watchman and a janitor for the Newark Public Library, besides working even more hours at various security jobs to make ends meet. My mom worked for the Essex County Blood Bank. Later we moved to Kearny. I have two brothers and two sisters, all of whom live in North Jersey. 3 I attended St. Rose of Lima grammar school in Newark, Seton Hall Prep and University, and our Archdiocese s Immaculate Conception Seminary, before being ordained with the class of 1974. My other assignments were Our Lady of the Visitation, Paramus; St. Michael s, Palisades Park; and St. Mary s, Nutley, where I was pastor from 1998-2010. Monsignor David Hubba SAINT JOSEPH PARISH MASS BOOK FOR 2014 WILL OPEN TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2013 Please use 2014 Mass Intention Form printed on page 4 of this bulletin. Mass Intention requests will be taken from 10 am-3 pm (Tuesday to Thursday in August; Monday to Friday thereafter). *Masses will be assigned on a first-come basis. No prior requests can be taken. *Mass Intention requests will not be taken over the phone. We can only honor requests made in person and submitted on the form. *Please tear the form (p. 4) out of the bulletin. Bring the completed form to the parish office when you arrange for the Masses. *State the full name of the person for whom the Mass Intention is requested. *Mass Intention donation is $10 per request. Donation is payable at the time of request to: Saint Joseph Church. *For the first two weeks that the book is open, there is a maximum limit of five (5) Masses per family. *Please do not request all Mass Intentions to be scheduled for Sunday and Holy Days. *Mass Intentions may be requested for Christmas or Easter (but not both). Please remember that the parish office is not open in the evening or on weekends. WALK-IN DINNER PROGRAM FOR THE HUNGRY AUGUST 29 Parishioners of Saint Joseph Parish will be preparing and serving a meatloaf dinner for approximately 120 people in need at the Housing, Health & Human Services Center located at 120 South River Street in Hackensack. If you would like to help, please call Joan at 201-265-5823. Or you may make a donation toward the cost of the dinner by sending a check to the parish office payable to Saint Joseph Church marked Walk-in Dinner Program.
ST. JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ 2014 Mass Intention Form MASS TIMES AVAILABLE FOR INTENTIONS Monday through Friday 7:00 AM 8:30 AM Saturday Evening Anticipated Mass 5:00 PM Saturday Morning 8:30 AM Sunday Masses 8:30 AM 10:30 AM 12:30 PM --PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY YOUR NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP CODE HOME PHONE CELL PHONE WORK PHONE FAMILY EMAIL OFFICE USE ONLY TOTAL MASSES DONATION RECEIVED DATE CHECK CASH 1. PROPOSED DATE PROPOSED MASS TIME 2. PROPOSED DATE PROPOSED MASS TIME 3. PROPOSED DATE PROPOSED MASS TIME 4. PROPOSED DATE PROPOSED MASS TIME 5. PROPOSED DATE PROPOSED MASS TIME 2014 BREAD and WINE INTENTION BREAD & WINE BREAD ONLY WINE ONLY $80 donation $40 donation $40 donation PROPOSED WEEK OF INTENTION INDICATE IF THE INTENTION IS FOR THE............... LIVING or DECEASED 4
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 11, 2013 YEAR OF FAITH MARIAN PILGRIMAGE TO BASILICA OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE FAMILY SHELTER MINISTRY Saint Joseph Parish will be joining with Temple Avodat Shalom and First Congregational Church to support St. Peter s Parish of River Edge in hosting families in need through Family Promise of Bergen County during the week of August 18-25. Families with children who are currently homeless and working toward finding permanent housing through Family Promise will be calling St. Peter s their home for that week. You can help to support these families by making a donation of a gift card to a local super market or a monetary donation. WASHINGTON, D.C. OCTOBER 26 The Archdiocese of Newark is sponsoring a one-day pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, October 26, 2013. It will be led by Archbishop John J. Myers. The feature of the day will be a rosary devotion and concelebrated Mass in the Basilica. Plan to be part of this archdiocesan act of love and devotion honoring the Mother of God and celebrating the Year of Faith. A bus will leave from Saint Joseph Parish and return the same day. Please contact Pat Fakharzadeh of the Legion of Mary at lom@sjcnj.org for more information. Please make checks payable to Saint Joseph Church and indicate that it is for the Family Promise Shelter. Both gift cards and checks should be mailed to or dropped off at Saint Joseph parish office/rectory, 105 Harrison Street, New Milford, NJ 07646. The bulletin can also be seen on our website THIRD SATURDAY OF PRAYER AUGUST 17 sjcnj.org All parishioners are invited to join the Legion of Mary after the 8:30 Mass in Mary's Chapel, on Saturday, August 17. After the Rosary we will continue our series on the virtues of the Blessed Mother. Come one! Come all! SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL s FALL CARNIVAL WELCOME HOME, CLASS OF 1973! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 11am 3 pm Twenty-one members of the Saint Joseph School Class of 1973 (and one from the Class of 1969) came from as far away as Chicago and California to visit their alma mater and celebrate their 40th Reunion on Saturday, August 3. Great family fun! Mini Golf, Bounce House, Carnival Games, Dunk Tank Lunch in our own Carnival Cafe; bring home delicious goodies from our Back-to-School Cake Sale. Check out our Cake Walk and Cupcake War. Lots of prizes in our Children s Tricky Tray! Admission: $3.00 Carnival Games: 50cents per ticket In addition to a tour of the campus, they enjoyed a reception in our newly refurbished Parish Life Center on Grove Street where they had a chance to look at old photos and yearbooks and to toast the good old days! They were joined by our new pastor, Monsignor David Hubba, for a photo in the gym. SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1973 CELBRATES 40 YEARS! 5
SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ Compiled by the Liturgy of the Word With Children Committee The Gospel is the Good News about Jesus. The Gospel Reading for today is from Saint Luke 12:32-48. In today s Gospel, Jesus tells his followers to light their lamps and be like servants who await their master s return from a wedding, ready to open the door immediately when he comes and knocks. Jesus tells them, You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. The Gospel helps us understand that Jesus, the Son of Man, will come back from Heaven someday and that we must be ready for him. No one knows when Jesus will come, but we know he will come because he has told us so. We stay ready by putting God first in our lives. We need to pray to God every day. We can tell him when we are happy, sad, or scared. We must follow his rules. We need to give to the poor and those in need, take care of the sick, forgive people when they hurt our feelings, and feed the hungry. If we do these things with all our hearts, then we will be ready for Jesus! Jesus says for the servants to light their lamps and wait for their master s return. MISSION OF THE WEEK Every morning when you wake up you can pray this prayer, O Lord, let me be ready for you. Let me help the people who need help. Give me the strength to do your will so that I will be ready for you when you come. Amen. 6