Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church Oradell/New Milford, NJ THIS WEEKEND Dec. 7 Mary of Nazareth Movie at 6:30 pm in MC Dec. 8 A HOLY DAY (See p. 3) PASTOR: SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT, December 7, 2014 Msgr. David C. Hubba PAROCHIAL VICARS: Rev. Andrew Park Rev. Roy Regaspi DEACON: George Montalvo PASTOR EMERITUS: OUR ADVENT PENANCE SERVICE Rev. George M. Reilly MASS SCHEDULE WEEKEND Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 pm DAILY Weekdays & Saturday HOLY DAYS as announced with Individual Confessions will take place at Saint Peter the Apostle Church Miraculous Medal Novena Monday, 7:00 pm in Mary s Chapel 445 Fifth Avenue River Edge Eucharistic Adoration First Wednesday of Month 9 am 5 pm in Mary s Chapel Monday, December 15 SACRAMENTS Confession: Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Baptism Contact the Parish Office. Marriage at 7:00 pm (See From the Pastor s Desk on page 3 for details.) Arrangements should be made with a priest at least one year in advance. Like a shepherd he feeds his flock; in his arms he gathers the lambs. Isaiah 40:11 Sick/Homebound/Hospital Call the Parish Office. Christian Initiation of Adults RCIA Contact the Parish Office. PARISH REGISTRATION Contact the Parish Office. 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 sjcnjre.org 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 Office Hours: Parish: Mon.-Fri.: 9 am 5 pm; Rel. Ed.: Mon Thurs.: 9:30 am 5 pm (Also by appointment.)
SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 10.30 am 10:30 am MC 12:00 pm Monday 10:30 am 7:30 pm Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 10.30 am 10:30 am MC 12:00 pm December 6, 2014 Grace Gaetano December 7, 2014 Second Sunday of Advent People of the Parish Deceased Members of the Tozzoli Family Irene Mancuso Dorothy O Dell Antonio Aromando December 8, 2014 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Teresita & Antonio Tumang Violet Mary Guion Joan Haney (School Mass All are welcome.) Fannie & James Capuani December 9, 2014 Jean Sapunarich Benjamin Gozon, Jr. December 10, 2014 David Olenchalk Gertrude & Genevieve Monahan December 11, 2014 Timothy Kehoe Nancy Regaspi December 12, 2014 Timothy Kehoe Lloyd DeNicolo December 13, 2014 Emanuela & Frank Scarano Deceased Members of the Rosa & Tozzi Families December 14, 2014 Third Sunday of Advent People of the Parish Bernadette V. Arsenia Thomas Barbagallo Nancy Degand Judene Maron Baglieri BREAD AND WINE INTENTIONS The Bread and Wine for the week of December 7, 2014 is offered in loving memory of John Plinio as requested by Pat DeNicolo. 2 PRAYER REQUESTS Let us remember those who are ill: Lauren Zucconi Let us remember those who have recently died: Herbert Neumann, Paolo Zanotto Let us remember those serving in the military. Sunday Collection for Week of November 23, 2014 Basket ParishPay TOTAL $8,104 $3,986 $12,090 Sunday Collection for Week of November 30, 2014 Basket ParishPay TOTAL $8,748 $3,986 $12,734 A STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION Prepare the way of the Lord. -Mark 1:3 We are all called to live a holy life. We are all called to invite others to live holy lives. Living a stewardship lifestyle, being grateful and generous with our gifts, does just that it puts us on the path to holiness and it invites others to be holy, too. CHRISTMAS FLOWERS /DECORATIONS You are invited to make a donation toward the cost of decorating our worship spaces for the Christmas season. Donations may be made in memory of a loved one or for a special intention. Please use the Flower Envelope that you received in the mail. (Extras are available in the parish office/rectory). Please PRINT clearly on the envelope your intention, your name and phone number. The requested donation is $10 per name/family and payable to Saint Joseph Church. Your envelope can be put in the collection basket. EARLY BULLETIN DEADLINES Due to the Christmas holidays, announcements for the following bulletins must be submitted early: December 21 bulletin due by December 12 December 28 bulletin due by December 19 Please send submissions to bulletin@sjcnj.org or to Diane at the Parish Office. Thank you. Saint Joseph Parish Staff Msgr. Richard Groncki..Weekend Assistant Brendan Walsh & Carol Winkler.Parish Trustees Deacon George Montalvo... Dir. of Religious Education Mrs. Arlene Kennedy. Sacraments Coordinator Mr. Monroe Quinn... Director of Music Mr. Tom Meli.. Facilities Director Mrs. Phyllis Vrola. Business Manager Mrs. Anne Annunziato.. Parish Secretary Mrs. Colette Vail Principal of Saint Joseph School Mrs. Angela Gussoni... Vice Principal Mrs. Diane Hellriegel.. Dir. of Communications/ Bulletin Editor
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT ~ DECEMBER 7, 2014 FROM THE PASTOR S DESK BE PATIENT! Admit it. You are already making yourselves crazy, what with decorations and gifts and special meals and travel plans, not to mention sending out the cards and annual letters. Some of you may even be thinking, "I'll be glad when all of this is over!" though we certainly hope not! Think back to those days over 2,000 years ago; under the quiet cover of night's darkness, a young couple set out on a journey. There was nothing of what we've added to this season, only quiet anticipation and prayer as they slowly made their way to an as yet unknown destination. Today's reading introduces us to John the Baptist. He is described as a voice of one, crying out in the desert, announcing to everyone who will hear him that the Messiah is coming. Imagine the excitement of those who listened to John; after centuries of waiting, the Christ was coming to baptize with the promised Holy Spirit. John the Baptist was the last of the prophets to proclaim the coming of Jesus Christ. This holiest of men had waited all of his life for the moment when he could announce the coming of the Savior. He was patient; he was faithful. During this Advent season, as we remember the promise of a Savior who would save us from our sins, let us pray for patience and faith through the Holy Spirit. Now is the time for peace in our lives and in our hearts. The writer Jack Kerouac and some of his Columbia University football teammates, in an era when Columbia actually won some games, once went on a spree in Greenwich Village, during which they shoved a musician into an alley and broke his violin over his head. Kerouac never forgot the incident. He would get drunk and say, We should never have hit that man with his violin. All of us have our own sins to regret once we are old enough to commit them. Fortunately, there is also a divinely created remedy for them, which is likely to come to mind as Christmas approaches: the Sacrament of Penance, or Reconciliation, or Confession, as it is variously called. This year s communal Penance service, with individual confessions, will take place at St. Peter s in River Edge on Monday, December 15, at 7:00 pm. The priests of both parishes will be there to offer the sacrament s forgiveness and healing. We are doing so jointly as one of our major cooperative efforts in the Archdiocese s New Energies initiative, which calls on parishes to share their resources. Lent s Penance service will take place at Saint Joseph. We will continue to hear Confessions at our usual time of 4:00 to 5:00 pm on Saturdays. On December 20, all three of our priests will be available at that time. There will be additional opportunities for Confession after the daily morning Masses of December 22-24. A Penance Rite from 11th-century Italy has this beautiful prayer, an encouraging reminder of God s vast forgiveness: MARY OF NAZARETH FILM TODAY, DECEMBER 7 FREE! Come see this beautiful feature-length film on the life of Our Blessed Mother at NO COST on Sunday, December 7, the eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, at 6:30 pm in Mary s Chapel in the lower church. We beseech your majesty, O Lord, Father, almighty eternal God, who ever seek not the death but the life of sinners: Regard the weeping of your servant prostrate before you, and turn his lamentation into the joy of your mercy; rend the sackcloth of his sins and clothe him in salutary gladness, that after the long famine of his roaming afar he may be satiated from your holy altars; having entered the chamber of the King, in His temple may he bless and exalt the name of your glory forever. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY DECEMBER 8 A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION Monday, December 8 is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, patronal feast day of the United States. Congratulations to Patricia Fakharzadeh, who will be honored by the Newark Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women next Saturday as this year s Woman of Faith, Woman of Action. It s a wonderful honor for Pat and for Saint Joseph Parish. Masses for the holy day will be: Monday, December 8,, 10:30 am and 7:30 pm. (There will be no anticipated Mass the evening before.) Msgr. David Hubba 3
SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS THIS WEEKEND DECEMBER 6-7 MARY S MESSAGE During Advent we honor Mary s special role in salvation history on December 8 as we remember her Immaculate Conception and then again on December 12 as we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Saint Juan Diego was a simple peasant from a small Mexican village whose faith and fortitude were central to the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mary met and spoke with Juan Diego and later imprinted her miraculous image on his cloak (the tilma). The beautiful and scientifically inexplicable imprint of Mary on the tilma depicts a woman dressed in the traditional garb of Juan Diego's people. It is as if Mary were saying, "I am one of you." She was a simple girl with a profound faith. Yet look how that faith changed the course of human history! As Mary says in the Gospel for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, "I am the handmaid of the Lord." She claims no lofty status for herself but simply makes herself available for God's plan: "May it be done to me according to your word." Mary encourages us to say the same. We too can say yes to God's will in our own lives. Never counting the cost, some 35,000 senior sisters, brothers, and religious order priests have offered their lives in service to others. Many worked for years for small stipends, leaving their religious communities without adequate savings for retirement and eldercare. Your gift to the Retirement Fund for Religious provides funding for prescription medications, nursing care, and more. Please be generous. If you do not use parish envelopes, or our electronic giving option, ParishPay, please put your donation made out to Saint Joseph Church in an envelope marked Retirement Fund for Religious. GIVE FROM THE HEART You can put something under a needy family s Christmas tree. The gifts from our parish s Giving Trees, which are located in the main entrance of the Church and at the Harrison Street entrance, will go to Several Sources Shelter, Covenant House, St. Joseph Parish in Jersey City, and Catholic Charities. Please take a tag from the Giving Tree, purchase the requested gift and then place the wrapped gift, with tag attached, under the tree the next time you come to Mass. The tag you take from the tree is very important. It tells our office staff and the agencies we are helping for whom the gift is meant. It is extremely important that the tag you took from the Giving Tree be attached securely to the wrapped gift so that it will reach the correct person on Christmas. If you re unable to fulfill the gift request you took, don t worry, just return the tag to the Rectory. All Giving Tree Gifts need to be turned in no later than Sunday, December 14. HAVE YOUR CHRISTMAS CRÈCHE BLESSED You can take part in a cherished Catholic tradition this Christmas season when you have the nativity scene in your own home blessed. Call Fr. Roy at 201-261-0148 and arrange a mutually convenient time in the evening for him to come and bless your creche. BERGEN CATHOLIC WINTER CONCERT TO TAKE PLACE HERE AT SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH DECEMBER 17 Everyone is cordially invited to attend the Winter Concert of Bergen Catholic High School s award-winning Men s Vocal Ensemble right here at Saint Joseph Church on Wednesday, December 17 at 7:30 pm. There is NO CHARGE. Come enjoy an evening of beautiful music in our own sacred setting. If you d like to get a little preview, you can hear them singing at www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnpe_szlctk CANDLELIGHT CAROL SING DECEMBER 17 & 18 The 44th annual Candlelight Carol Sing will be held at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on Wednesday, December 17 and Thursday, December 18 (same performance both nights). Doors open at 7:00 pm. Christmas music will be sung by the Cathedral Choir with the assembly and will be accompanied by the great Cathedral organs and brass ensemble. Free-will donation. For more information, call 973-484-2400 or visit cathedralbasilica.org VISIT US ON OUR WEBSITES Church: sjcnj.org School: sjsusa.org Religious Education: sjcnjre.org 4
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT ~ DECEMBER 7, 2014 LOOKING TO ENRICH YOUR FAITH? THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE THANK YOU! "Let us give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things." Psalm 107:8,9 CHECK OUT OUR PARISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION WEBSITE Have you taken a look lately at our parish religious education website? sjcnjre.org is not just for the parents of children preparing for First Communion. It has a wealth of links to wonderful prayer and faith formation resources for everyone: families, parents, grandparents, teens, children, catechists and more! Learn about the saints, go on a 3-minute retreat, participate in daily prayer online, explore and pray the rosary and the Liturgy of the Hours, find great videos, books, and more! If you have any question about using the website, feel free to contact Deacon George at 201-261-1144. God bless your generous, compassionate hearts. Thanks to you, this was a very successful Food Drive. You donated hundreds of bags of groceries, 25 turkeys, and $1,325.00 in monetary donations. You blessed many families in St. Joseph Church in Jersey City, and those in need of the Food Pantry at Ascension Church in New Milford. A special thank you to everyone who helped out at the drive. Your presence created a spirit of joy and thanksgiving. Thank you and God bless you all! FORGIVENESS AND SHAKESPEARE DECEMBER 13 sjcnjre.org the place to The Catholic Center for Family Spirituality at Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology presents Forgiveness and Shakespeare: On the Healing and Redemptive Power of Art on Saturday, December 13 from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon at Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Church, 75 Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ (about 40 minutes from Saint Joseph). Mass will follow at 12:10 pm. With clips from Shakespeare Behind Bars, along with inspiring music, this retreat is designed to lead us from the tempest to peace and from spiritual imprisonment to true freedom. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. Contact Anna Capizzi at anna.capizzi1@student.shu.edu or at 973-275-2440. COME HOME If you are an adult or teenager who are 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 want 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). Contact Father Roy Regaspi at 201-261-0148 for more information and feel free to join us anytime at Mass. November 16, 2014 Lila May Dapito Child of Diana & Norman Dapito Olivia Antoinette Kenny Child of Jennifer & William Also shown: Godparents Lisa Ballerini (far left) and Sean Kenny (far right) 5 May God bless the children baptized and their families.
SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION FOR PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND DECEMBER 12 WHEN I CALLED, YOU ANSWERED Thank you for supporting the 2014 Archdiocesan Annual Appeal. In order for our parish to receive a rebate, we must exceed our goal in funds collected by December 31. If you have an outstanding balance on your pledge, please make sure to send it in before the deadline. If you have not yet made your gift, you may still do so by making out your check to AAA and dropping it in the collection basket at church. Are you thinking of joining Fr. Roy and members of our parish on this very special pilgrimage which will take place from Jan. 20-30? Join us for a wine and cheese reception to be held on Friday, December 12 at 6:00 pm in the Jackson Room in the lower church for all those who are going and for those who are still thinking about it. Come hear all about what is planned. For more information, call Fr. Roy at 201-261-0148 or by email at rbregaspi@gmail.com RELEVANT RADIO THE CATHOLIC RADIO STATION WNSW 1430 AM SYMBOLON THE CATHOLIC FAITH EXPLAINED Relevant Radio is a Catholic talk radio network founded 14 years ago with a mission to assist the Church in the New Evangelization by helping people bridge the gap between faith and every day life through live interactive programs 24 hours a day/seven days a week. Its first on-air broadcast in our area was heard on August 28 of this year. The offices of the station for WNSW are located in our own Archdiocesan Center. The Archbishop personally endorses Relevant Radio and its efforts to spread the Catholic Faith and encourages everyone to tune in. If you want to learn more about the station, go to relevantradio.com Register for FREE (as a parishioner of Saint Joseph) to view a wonderful series of videos called Symbolon. There is no obligation just the opportunity to see compelling, high quality videos from any device at any time; to learn the Faith from some of the Church s best teachers; to join a growing group at our parish that is deepening their faith like never before! Just 3 Easy Steps: 1. Go to SymbolonCatholic.org/register 2. Enter our parish code: 76c1be 3. Set up your own username and password That s it! Now you can watch this series at your convenience. For more information, please contact Fr. Roy Regaspi at 201-261-0148. CELEBRATE THE COMING OF OUR LORD...with Christmas programming for the entire family on EWTN, the Global Catholic Network. Visit ewtn.com for dates and times. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE November 21, 2014 SUPPLEMENTING RETIREMENT WITH A PLANNED GIFT Are you nearing retirement or are already retired and are looking to make a year-end gift? If so, a Charitable Gift Annuity can be a way to supplement your retirement income and help your parish at the same time. Let the Archdiocese of Newark help you set up a Charitable Gift Annuity by contacting Theresa Lynch in the Planned Giving Office. She can be reached at 973-497-4042 or by at lynchthe@rcan.org Dana Melicz & Adam Neithardt 6