Parish STAFF SCHEDULE OF MASSES 5:00 p.m. (English) 7:45am, 9:00am, 10:30am (Spanish), 12:00 Noon EUCHARISTIC ADORATION After 12:00 Mass until 4:00pm. SACRAMENTS OFFICE of RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 28-47 43 Street, Astoria, NY 11103 Phone: (718) 278-1611 E-mail: religious.ed@stjosephastoria.org
Mass Schedule Saturday, March 17: Vigil Mass 5:00 Anna Buffa, George & Betty Paul, Sonia Guerero Sunday, March 18: Fifth Sunday of Lent; Third Scrutiny 7:45 Maria Anelich 9:00 Francis J. Colemen, Marion Fous & Frank DiRico 10:00 Solemn Mass in Honor of St Joseph 7:00 p.m. People of the Parish Monday, March 19: St. Joseph 8:00 Maria Budesa 12:00 St. Joseph 7:30 Trilingual Mass in honor of St. Joseph Tuesday, March 20: Spring begins 8:00 Joyce Young 12:00 John Collins Wednesday, March 21: 8:00 Luz Maria Triana Patricia Ryan Clay 12:00 Coronato Cassan 7:30pm Teresa and Marcela Noguera Thursday, March 22: 8:00 Mario Zatocki 12:00 Oronzina, Giuseppe & Giovanna Colasuanno Friday, March 23: Abstinence 8:00 Jarryd Krishna & Ben Joseph DeLeon 12:00 Kiernan s & Kinahan s Families Saturday, March 24: 8:00 Avelina Jurman 5:00 Russo Family, Palma Bianco, Giuseppe Gimigliano Sunday, March 25: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord 7:45 Mass Available 9:00 Lidia & Anielle Sansalone, Joseph Swirk 10:30 Virginia Carazco; Eliseo Luis, Feliciano Calixto 12:00 Barrett & Downing Families 7:00 p.m. Filippo Gambino PRAYER INTENTIONS For The Sick and the Homebound James Stover, Lillian Ohrablo, Hugh Smith, & George Glus Those Who Have Entered into Eternal Life Ellen E. Paul, Francis Williams & Raymond Rossi Stations of the Cross The stations of the Cross will be prayed together as a parish on each Friday during Lent ending with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 7:30 pm in the Church. During the week the stations will be prayed by different Language groups in the Chapel. MONDAY ~ ENGLISH after 12 noon Mass TUESDAY ~ CROATIAN after 12 noon Mass TUESDAY ~ ITALIAN 2:00 pm FRIDAY ~ SPANISH after 8:00 am Mass FRIDAY MULTILINGUAL 7:30 pm church Fifth Sunday of Lent March 18, 2018 I will place my law within them and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jeremiah 31:33 * SAVED BY GOD S LOVE Because the people broke the old covenant, God promised a new covenant, not in the blood of oxen and other animals, but in the blood of the Son, Jesus Christ. This new covenant, foreseen from afar by Jeremiah and the prophets, was not to be engraved on stone, or written on paper, but carved on our hearts, so that we might know God intimately. Not by keeping many laws are we to be saved, but by the love of God, living and real in our hearts through the sacrifice of Christ. Our Eucharist is the pledge of that indwelling of Christ, and of our response of praise and thanksgiving to God for the mercy, love, and kindness shown to us in forgiving our sins and cleansing our hearts of everything evil. God issues this invitation to intimacy by offering us the chance to have our sufferings transformed into the perfect love of the Savior, who first loved us. * READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9; Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 Sunday: Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16; (procession) Is 50:4-7; Ps 22: 8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1 15:47 15:1-39 * Bread and Wine to be consecrated at Masses during the weekend of 17-18 in loving memory of Baby Rocco Cangemi as requested by Primiani Family. Sanctuary Lamp for the Weekend of March 17-18 will burn in loving memory of Baby Rocco Cangemi as requested by Cangemi Family. ****** Bread, Wine and Sanctuary Lamp is offered by the intentions of Chuck & Sue Savarese; Peter, Doris and Andy Yacendan is offered for the week of March (19-23) Requested by Groffel family ****** Bread and Wine to be consecrated at Masses during the weekend of 14-25 in loving memory of John Fabijanic as requested by his Family.
Patronal Feast Day of St. Joseph The 2018 Annual Catholic Appeal helps support the works of our Church throughout Brooklyn and Queens in ways no one parish can accomplish alone. Our Annual Catholic Appeal goal for 2018 is $55,455 and supports the following ministries: If you did not make a pledge to the Annual Catholic, or your are new to our parish, please prayerfully consider taking part in the work of our Church by making a sacrificial gift to help our church reach its 2018 goal. Please visit www.annualcatholicappeal.org or Ask your pastor how you can make a pledge today. Please make sure that your commitment form has the parish number 4105-St.Joseph RC Church. We kindly ask that you make a copy or drop off your commitment form to the Parish Office. La Campaña Católica Anual del 2018 sostiene las obras diarias en nuestra Iglesia a través de Brooklyn y Queens, en maneras que ninguna parroquia sola puede lograr, apoyando los siguientes ministerios: Caridades Católica; Hospital, Capellanes de Escuela y Cárcel; Oficina Diocesana de Vocación; Servicio de Migración Católica; Programa de Asistencia a Parroquias; Oficina de Formación en la Fe; Residencia Obispo Muguvero para sacerdotes enfermos; Becas para Futures in Education. Por favor asegurese de que sus donaciones sean acreditadas a nuestra parroquia escriba el numero de nuestra parroquia 410-St Joseph R.C. Church. Le pedimos que haga una copia de su envio o usted también puede dejar su compromiso de donación en la oficina parroquial Sunday, March 18, 2018 10:00a.m. ~ Solemn Mass in honor of St. Joseph with the blessing and distribution of Bread, Procession with the statue of St. Joseph ending in benediction. You are also invited to a Trilingual Mass on Monday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the church. * ATTENTION: Young Working Adults Join the YWA community of Astoria & LIC for our Springtime Retreat: Called to Hope on Sunday, April 15 th. Bring your friends, siblings, and spouses for an afternoon of fellowship, Eucharist, pizza, and Adoration. Talk & reflection led by special guest speaker, Sister Maria Teresa CFR, beginning at 2:30 PM @ Most Precious Blood Lower Church (32-23 36 th St. Astoria, NY 11106). For more information & to register in advance, email: Qns1YA@gmail.com. God is calling YOU. We can t wait to see you there! St. Joseph s Annual Flea Market, May 20, 2018 St. Joseph s school Gym 1 Table $35.00 2 Tables $60.00 For more information contact Jackie Barkoutsis at (718) 932-9766 or JB092504@hotmail.com
Lenten folder Please make sure to take home a Lenten folder for 40 Days of Sacrificial Offering through your daily personal sacrifices. Please return your envelope with offering of $1.00 per day, in the Sunday basket or bring it to the parish office at the end of lent. BAPTISMS Please note that there are no Baptisms during the season of Lent. All Baptisms during the Easter Season will take place during the Sunday Masses only. In order to make arrangements for your child s Christening please call the office at: 718-278-1611 Summer of Fun 2018 A Full Day Program for Less than a Baby-Sitter! JUNE 25 TO AUGUST 17 7:30 a.m. Drop-off time (later if desired) 5:45 p.m. Pick-up time (earlier if desired) ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: Art & Crafts, Basketball, Dodge ball, Whiffle Ball, Pool Tables, Table Tennis, Board Games, Story Time! LUNCH TIME SPECIALS! EXCITING TRIPS AND SPECIAL EVENTS! REGISTRATION DATE: SCHOOL LOBBY Fridays: May 18, and June 8 (3 to 5:30 p.m.) Thursday, June 7 (3 to 5:30 p.m.) Saturdays: June 2, and 23 (9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.) Sunday, June 10 (9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.) CALL Silvia at (718) 278-1611 FOR MORE INFO! Quinto Domingo de Cuaresma 18 de marzo de 2018 Voy a poner mi ley en lo más profundo de su mente y voy a grabarla en sus corazones. Yo seré su Dios y ellos serán mi pueblo. Jeremías 31:33 * SALVADOS POR EL AMOR DE DIOS Después de que los israelitas quebrantaron la antigua alianza, Dios prometió una nueva alianza, no con la sangre de bueyes y otros animales sino con la sangre del Hijo, Jesucristo. Esta nueva alianza, que Jeremías y los profetas habían anticipado, no sería grabada en piedra ni escrita en papel, sino que se escribiría en el corazón, para que pudiéramos conocer a Dios íntimamente. La salvación no está en obedecer muchos preceptos, sino en el amor de Dios, que está vivo y es real en nuestro corazón gracias al sacrificio de Cristo. Nuestra Eucaristía es la promesa del Cristo que vive dentro nuestro y de nuestra respuesta de alabanza y agradecimiento a Dios por su misericordia, amor y bondad al perdonar nuestros pecados y limpiarnos el corazón de todo mal. Dios extiende esta invitación a la intimidad al ofrecernos la oportunidad de que nuestro sufrimiento se transforme en el amor perfecto del Salvador, que siempre nos amó. *************************************************************** TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Over the next two weeks, as we hear of the interior anguish of Jesus, we are led to the Garden of Gethsemane, the scene of a night of suffering, failure, and loss. In Hebrew, the word means olive press, and it was an olive grove, although only a few trees remain. Olives can t be eaten off the trees, they need to be cured knocked from the trees at harvest time, scooped into a stone basin, and cracked open by a heavy millstone. The crushing stone weight was itself called a gethsemane, and once it was lowered onto the olives, oil from the fruit and the inner stone would drip into a groove and flow into jars. The night before his death, Jesus experienced such anguish that scripture says his own blood perspired from him, an image no one who understands olive oil production could miss. Today, the Mount of Olives is within the city of Jerusalem and the site of the Church of All Nations, also known as the Basilica of the Agony. It was built in 1924, funded by Catholics in twelve different countries. An open-air altar on the grounds is used by Anglicans on Holy Thursday every year. Nearby is the Russian Church of Mary Magdalene, built by the czar in 1888, its magnificent golden domes a distinctive landmark. There is also another tiny Catholic Church, called Dominus Flevit, or The Cry of the Lord, built in a teardrop shape in the mid -1950s. For centuries, the Franciscan order has had the care of the shrines of the Holy Land, and our Good Friday collection helps sustain these precious sites.
Holy Week Schedule Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord March 25 VIGIL ~ Saturday, March 24 : 5:00 pm PALM SUNDAY MASSES ~ Sunday, March 25 7:45 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am (Spanish), 12:00 Noon and 7:00 pm The Blessing of palm branches will take place in the Church at all Masses. Palm branches will be distributed outside the church at the conclusion of each Mass. Reconciliation Monday ~ March 26 Priests will be available to hear confessions after the 8:00 a.m. and 12 noon masses. Confessions will also be available from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, and from 7:00 p.m. till 9 pm in the Church. Wednesday, March 28th at 7:30pm The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick will be Celebrated for all who wish to be anointed. PASCHAL TRIDUUM Holy Thursday March 29 9:00 am ~ Morning Prayer MASS OF THE LORD S SUPPER WITH THE WASHING OF FEET At 7:30 pm Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, at the Altar of Repose, will take place following the Mass in the Church. Schedule of Eucharistic Adoration: English: immediately following Mass Italian: 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm Spanish 11:00 pm to Midnight Formal Adoration will conclude with Compline (Night Prayer) at 12:00 Midnight. According to Liturgical Norms all formal adoration should conclude around midnight. Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord March 30 9:00 am ~ Morning Prayer 12:00 Noon ~ The Seven Last Words (English/Spanish/Italian) 3:00 pm ~ CELEBRATION OF THE LORD S PASSION The Good Friday Liturgy consists of the reading of the Passion, the Veneration of the Cross and distribution of Holy Communion. 7:30 pm ~ Candlelight Procession and Stations of the Cross Beginning in church and continuing through the streets of our parish and concluding in Church with Veneration of the Cross Holy Saturday March 31 9:00 am ~ Morning Prayer with the Blessing of Easter Baskets. Please note that there will be NO 5pm Vigil MASS 7:30 pm ~ SOLEMN CELEBRATION OF THE EASTER VIGIL Easter Sunday The Solemnity of the Resurrection of the Lord April 1 MASS OF THE DAY 7:45 am (English) 9:00 am (Italian/English) 10:30 am (Spanish) 12:00 pm (English) Please note there will be no 7:00 pm Mass on Easter Update on Parish Weekly Collection, March 11 Sunday Collection...5,691 Easter Flowers...1,950 Total Collection...7,641 The Divine Mercy Prayer Group Please join us for our weekly meeting every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m, at Holy Family Room; Length of meeting is approximately one hour. Food Pantry Our Food Pantry is open every Thursday from 8:00 to 9:00am, to assist any parishioner that is need of food. To register please bring a NYC Benefit card. Please Note: The Secure Food deposit Box Located in the front lobby of our church on the Rectory side. Please deposit all dry food (pasta, rice, beans, cans and bottles) there. This will assist us in securing that your food donations go directly to the needy. Welcome to Our Parish Please mark one: Please register me and, yes, send me envelopes. Please contact me about becoming a Catholic or completing my initiation as a Catholic through the Sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation. Please contact me about Religion Education for my child. Please contact me about how I can volunteer. Name: Last Name Date of Birth : Address: Apt. # City: State: Zip code Phone: E-mail: Please fill out this form, and deposit in the basket collection or in the Parish office, or e-mail
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