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25th Sunday
of Ordinary Time
September 24, 2017
PARISH STAFF Administrator: Rev. Walter F. Keymont Email: [email protected] Parish Deacon: Deacon Chris Koehn Coordinators of Faith Formation: Confirmation Prep I & II: Paula Leaverton Email: [email protected] Grades 1-8: Kathleen McKenna Email: [email protected] Director of Music: Jeffrey Marani Email: [email protected] Administrative Assistant: Deborah Gomer Email: [email protected] Secretary: Janet Jacobson Email: [email protected] Faith Formation Secretary/Assistant: Michelle Davies Email: [email protected] Property Manager/Haiti 180: Stephen Medlin Email: [email protected] Youth Minister: Rob Forde Email: [email protected] THE PARISH OFFICE—272 Main St., Kingston, MA 02364 Monday—Thursday: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm; Friday - 9:30 am-3:30 pm Telephone for Parish Office and Rectory: 781-585-6679; 585-9157. Fax: 781-645-1337 Web Page: www.stjosephkingston.com Email: [email protected]
FAITH FORMATION OFFICE 781-585-6372 Hours: Mon - Thurs: 9:30 am-2:00 pm Email—[email protected]
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST: Masses: Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:30, 10:30 AM Weekday Mass: Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays: 4:00 - 4:30 PM and after Mass if requested.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #4480: Grand Knight: Rich Gibbons 781-248-4358
OUR MISSION STATEMENT We, the faith community of St. Joseph Parish, Kingston-Plympton, believe that we are called
daily to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ: to learn, to share, and to live the message of Jesus. Guided by the Holy Spirit we recognize that we are unique with diverse gifts from God and that as Christ's disciples we are to develop these gifts of Time-Talent-Treasure, to nurture and strengthen our families, our community, our
nation, and our world.
MARRIAGES: Contact St Joseph Parish at least one year in advance of the date on which you wish to be married.
TIME WITH GOD’S WORD Thursday evenings 6:30 to 8:00 pm - Parish Office. All are welcome.
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS: The RCIA is the process through which interested adults and older children are gradually introduced to the Roman Catholic faith and way of life. Contact Ann Moberg: 508-465-1959.
BAPTISMS: For Catholics, the Sacrament of Baptism is the first step in a lifelong journey of commitment and disciple-ship. One Sunday a month the Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated. Please call the parish office for information regarding Baptism. PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL Chairperson: Rev. Walter Keymont, Members: Brendan Burke, Lynn Callbeck, Anne Carney, Dave Chuckran, Janine Chuckran, Frank Clasby, Janet Dileo-Wade, Steve Dunn, Emily Finn, Tammy Firth, Tom Gillespie, Peggy Hall, Sylvester Ingeme, Eileen Letsche-Fraser, Jack Marani, Carol McManus, Steve Medlin, Nicole Ohlson, Robert O’Neill, Brad Patrillo, Jason Potrykus, Sean Rafferty, Mark Scroggins, Robert Veracka. PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL Chairperson: Mary Crealese Julie Cahill, Kenneth Cook, James Corcoran, Tim Fontaine, James Hogue, Chris Kowilcik, Chuck Mason, Rick Noll, Sue Scroggins, and Sean Varano
‘MATER DEI’ WOMEN’S GUILD – Spiritual gathering – September thru May, fourth Wednesdays at 7:00 pm. Call: Rita at 781-585-2477 PARISH PRAYER GROUP: Fatima Prayer Group: Thursdays at 9:30 am. Parish Rosary: before each Daily Mass and Monday evening at 6:30 pm. Call: Rita at 781-585-2477 MARIAN MOVEMENT CENACLE PRAYER: Tuesday 9:30 to 11:00 am PRAYER LINE: Call : Michelle Davies 781-585-6489 Deb Krueger 781-588-6001 ST. JOSEPH PARISH CEMETERY, Elm Street, Kingston. For information and/or the purchase of a burial plot call the Parish Office.
FOOD PANTRY: Located at Parish Office. Open 2nd & last Thursday of month from 10 to 11:30 am and 4:30 to 6 pm.
ST. JOSEPH PARISH CHURCH IS OPEN every day from 7 am until 4:30pm, for prayer and visits to Blessed Sacrament.
St. Joseph Parish Family
Third Sunday of Advent December 16 - 17, 2017
Kingston—Plympton
FINANCES: The collection for the Offertory on the weekend of December 10 was $6,626.68. The budgeted amount needed per week is $8,000 to deal with the present operating deficit. Thank you for your continued support and generosity.
St. Joseph Parish Family Kingston—Plympton
December 16 - 17, 2017 Third Sunday of Advent
Try Online Giving! Please use Online Giving to donate your weekly offering. Go to www.stjosephkingston.com and click on the Online Giving link, it’s quick and easy.
From the desk of our Pastor
Dear Friends,
I would like to share with you a piece written by Nathan Mitchell regarding Christmas.
Christmas calls a community back to its origins by remembering Jesus’ own beginnings as a human child, a prophet of
God’s reign, a judgment on the world and its projects. What the parish celebrates during this season is not primarily a
birthday, but the beginning of a decisive new phase in the tempestuous history of God’s hunger for human companions.
The social concerns of the season are thus rooted in Jesus’ proclamation of God’s reign: the renunciation of patterns
that oppress others (holding, climbing, commanding) and the formation of a new human community that voluntarily
embraces those renunciations. It is an adult Christ that the community encounters during the Advent and Christmas
cycles of Sundays and feasts: a Risen Lord who invites sinful people to become church. Christmas does not ask us to
pretend we were back in Bethlehem, kneeling before a crib; it asks us to recognize that the wood of
the crib became the wood of the cross.
God Bless, Father Wally
CEMETERY PLOTS ARE AVAILABLE in St. Joseph Cemetery, Elm Street, Kingston. Single graves $1500 / double graves $3000.
Payment plans are available. Plan ahead and secure your plot today in our new St. Theresa of Calcutta Park.
If interested, please call the Parish Office at 781-585-6679. ‘St. Joseph Cemetery - where veterans are honored’
GRAND ANNUAL
To date we have raised $49,336.00 toward our goal of $80,000 for the Grand Annual collection of which 154 parishioners and families have donated. Thank you for your continued generosity in helping us to keep our budget balanced. Envelopes for this important campaign can be found at the entrances of the Church or you may give on-line.
December 17 - Third Sunday of Advent - Gaudete Sunday
The Scripture readings of this third week of Advent are filled with encouragement and joy. What words from Scripture caught your attention today? “The spirit of God is upon me…” “Rejoice always.” “In all circum-stances give thanks for this is the will of God for you.” “The one who calls you is faithful.” Savor the word of God that you heard today and let it nourish you throughout the coming week.
THIS WEEK’S MASSES
Saturday, December 16, 5 pm 3rd Anniversary Mass - Anthony Solomita
Sunday, December 17, 8:30 am Memorial Mass - Cesar and Laura Santos
Sunday, December 17, 10:30 am Memorial Mass - Lisa Sanna and Elizabeth Brogna
Wednesday, December 20, 9 am Memorial Mass - Anthony Forde Thursday, December 21, 9 am
1st Anniversary Mass - Regina Gatter Friday, December 22, 9 am
Birthday Memorial Mass - Mary Van Winkle
NEXT WEEK’S MASSES
Saturday, December 23, 5 pm Memorial Mass - Ann Murphy
Sunday, December 24, 8:30 am “Pro Populo” Mass
Sunday, December 24, 10:30 am 1st Anniversary Mass - Ryan David Coelho
PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED for the soul of John Mullaney.
WE ASK GOD’S HEALING GRACES upon those who are sick, especially:
Fr. Bob Mallonee, Ryan Adler, Ann Andrews, Thomas Barnes, Kathleen Beaman, Justin Boddie, William Bonzi, Mary Buckley, Joseph Cadillic, Diana Webster Campbell, Margaret Clancy, Rev. Joseph Connelly, Barbara Ann Coyle, Jr., Brittney Cristina, Rita Daly, Ryan Davis, William Dillon, Jackie Dobson, Bill Duby, Michael Duffy, Anthony Emmott, Rev. William English, Nicholas Enloe, Mary Ellen Fagan, Tina Ferante, Mary Ann Fernandez, Jessica Fleming, Christopher Flynn, Cheralyn Froio, Patty Gillespie, Irene Hardy, Peter Henderson, Katie Herrmann, Laurie Hoberg, Ellen Darcy Hourihan, Diane Hunt, Denise Jacoppo, Will Warren Jones, Paul Kelleher, Maddie Klein, Eva Lipton, Anne Maxwell, Chris McIsaac, Judy Medeiros, Mary Merry, Joyce Moran, Walter A. Moquin, Baby Emily Grace Mullin, Patricia Mullin, Cecilia Norton, Paul O’Brien, Gabriel O’Halloran, Robert G. Ohlson, Mary O’Neil, David O’Neill, Richard Price, Debbie Ryan, Eugene & Bernadette Santoro, Warren Sherman, Eric Shippee, Charlene Campbell Siciliano, Carson Snell, John Spencer, Virginia Sweeney, Larry Tinajare, Jack Tura, Tony Turner, Alexis Walker, Paula Watkins, Mike Warner.
LET US PRAY for all people in the military and especially: Peter Brooks, Brian Connor, Jacob Cook, Brendan Dillon, Kevin Joseph Doherty, David D’Urso, Barbara Dustin, Paul Dustin, Christopher Feroli, Vincent Gillespie, Stephanie Villegas Hoag, Nicholas LaPlante Johnson, Joseph Kelleher, Michael Kelley, Christopher LeBouvier, Michael Lilleberg, James Linnehan, Dan MacSwain, Peter E. Manning, Craig Marshall, Christopher Matthai, James Nickerson, Nathaniel Sexton, David Sjostedt, Zeke Sjostedt, Jonathan Stack, Kyle Sullivan, Aron Valla, Mark Vercollone, Michael Vitra.
Kingston—Plympton St. Joseph Parish Family
Third Sunday of Advent December 16 - 17, 2017
Did You Know? Internet Spammers Target Kids, Too Does your child know what to do when he or she gets an e-mail from an unknown person? If you are allowing your children to communicate with others online, be aware that they will be exposed to spam. The easiest way to avoid spam is to make sure that your children do not give out their personal information or e-mail address to anyone they do no know. Adjust the security settings on their e-mail account to filter or block unwanted messages. Encourage your children to delete any messages they get from anyone they don’t know. Even when your children get e-mail or instant messages from people they know, make sure that they scan everything they are downloading for viruses first. You can do this by making sure that you have your antivirus software up to date.
For particular help you may call: The Office of Child Advocacy, 66 Brooks Drive, Braintree, MA 02184 Maureen DiMilla, Director: 617-746-5996
Please remember St. Joseph Parish in your will.
St. Joseph Parish Family Kingston—Plympton
Third Sunday of Advent December 16 - 17, 2017
Family Faith Formation 781-585-6372
Kathleen McKenna [email protected] Michelle Davies [email protected]
THIS WEEK IN FAMILY FAITH…
GR. 2: This month, as we continue to prepare for First Reconciliation, the children will recognize that Jesus gives his followers the Holy Spirit and calls them to forgive others; recognize ways we ask for-giveness at Mass; identify words and gestures of forgiveness in daily life and in the Sacrament of Rec-onciliation.
FAMILY FAITH: Gr. 1 & 3-6: This month, our families will come to understand the Anunciation—God’s call to Mary that she had been chosen—and her response—”YES!” to that call. We will see how God en-tered the human world through the INCARNATION!
GR. 7 & 8: This week, our middle schoolers will consider the importance of John the Baptist in prepar-ing (then and now) us for the coming of Jesus. They will look more closely at the Incarnation—God taking on flesh.
PREP I AND II
781-585-6372
Paula Leaverton, [email protected]
YOUTH MINISTRY -- PIZZA, PRAYER, AND PEOPLE
Our P3 Group, grades 9—12, meets on Monday nights at 6 PM. Location announced each week. Our Lady’s Hall or Parish Office. This is a fun night of conversation, prayer and pizza!
8TH GRADERS are invited once a month on the Monday following Family Faith week!
Rob Forde, [email protected] or Erin Kramer, [email protected]
WINGATE CHRISTMAS VISIT
PLEASE JOIN US AS WE SPREAD CHRISTMAS
CHEER TO THE RESIDENTS AT WINGATE NURSING
FACILITY!
SATURDAY, DEC 23RD AT 10:30 AM
YOU’RE WELCOME TO BRING ALONG SOME
BAKED TREATS!
Prep I - Our next class is Tuesday, January 16 at 6:30 pm in Our Lady’s Hall.
Prep II - Our next class is Sunday, January 21 at 6:00 pm in Our Lady’s Hall.
TEEN MASS is THIS WEEKEND -- December 17, 2017 at 5 pm with dinner to follow in
Our Lady’s Hall. Families please join us for this special Mass and
dinner - all are welcome.
NEXT CATECHIST PREP MEETING—WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3RD @ 7 PM
JANUARY FAMILY FAITH: WEEK OF JANUARY 7, 8, & 10
NEXT FAMILY FAITH MASS—SUNDAY, JANUARY 21ST @ 10:30 AM
St. Joseph Parish Family Kingston—Plympton
December 16 - 17, 2017 Third Sunday of Advent
St. Joseph Parish Family
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS
Next meeting is Wednesday, January 3
7 pm—Dinner
8 pm—Meeting
IMPORTANT DATES
Wed, Dec. 27 @ 5-8 pm - Teens, Do Hard Things - in Hall Thurs, Jan. 18 @ 7 pm - Virtus class - Hall - pre-register Wed, Jan. 24 @ 6 pm - ‘Mater Dei’ Potluck Dinner-Hall
DO HARD THINGS - TEEN CONFERENCE: All teens are invited to attend on 12/27/2017, Our Lady’s Hall, from 5-8
pm. Event includes video ex-cerpts from the Harris brothers’, “Do Hard Things” conference. It will also include hands on activi-ties and a live speaker presenta-
tion. Rebel against low expectations and “Do Hard Things”! Brought to you by: William North, Troop 199, Kingston, MA as his Eagle Scout Project. For additional info, contact: boy-scouttroop199comcast.net.
ST. THECLA CHURCH will be hosting annual Christmas Con-cert on Tuesday, Dec. 19 at 7 pm in the Church. This is a great way to relax and enjoy the true meaning of Christmas. Free and open to public.
DO YOU HAVE A CHILD WHO DIED? If you, or someone you know, has a child who died, at any age, by any means, no matter how long ago - please join us on Saturday, January 20th, 2018 for a Retreat for Grieving Parents at St. Peter’s, Plymouth. The Emmaus ministry for Grieving Parents serves the spiri-tual needs of grieving parents. It was founded by grieving parents, and Emmaus Parent Companions believe that “It is in consoling that we are consoled.” To register, and get further information, please visit www.emfgp.org or contact Caroline Bertozzi at 508-747-1928.
Forming Disciples in Mission: Upcoming Workshops - Forming Disciples in Mission is a one-day or two-evening session to provide every Catholic with a common language and tools for the work of New Evengelization. Next work-shop is Jan. 27 at St. Malachy Parish, Burlington. To register go to disciplesinmission.com/formingdisciples
THANK YOU ST. JOSEPH PARISH! The Knights of Columbus council #4480 would like to thank everyone who donated toward our recent Coats for Kids fundraiser! Thanks to your overwhelming generosity we were able to purchase 6 cases of brand new coats for needy children in our community, and have been distributing to local organizations just in time for the New England winter! If you, or anyone you may know of is unable to afford a children’s winter coat, contact us at: 617-688-2260 or [email protected]. God bless you.
WITNESS TO LIFE PILGRIMAGE: Jan. 18-20. The Archdiocese of Boston Witness to Life pilgrimage to Washington, D.C. begins with a Witness to Life Rally on Thursday, Jan. 18, 7pm at St. Stephen parish in Framingham. The Rally is open to all—even if you’re not going on to the March for Life in D.C. Pilgrims will board the bus after the Rally and travel over-night to D.C. The $180.00 pp/(quad occupancy) package includes transportation, hotel, meals, tours, and WTL apparel. Join Cardinal Seán O’Malley, and hundreds of others from RCAB Catholic schools and parishes as we march with thousands in our nation’s capital to stand up for life. For more information, visit bostoncatholic.org/witnesstolife; or contact [email protected].
TRANSFORMED IN LOVE, the Archdiocesan Marriage Preparation program helping couples build a loving marriage in today’s culture has classes coming up in 2018. Some local classes nearby are on February 23-24, March 16-17, May 4-5, and June 1-2 at the Pastoral Center, Braintree; March 2-3 at Our Lady of the Lake, Halifax. To sign up for a marriage prep session, visit bostoncatholic.org/familylife. For more infor-mation, call Liz Cotrupi at 617-746-5801.
CHRISTMAS CONFESSIONS AND MASS SCHEDULE
Confessions
Mon, Tues, December 18 & 19, 6:30 to 7:30 pm Every Saturday, 4:00 to 4:30 pm as always
Masses
Christmas Eve, 4 pm Family Mass in Church, 4 pm Hall, 6 pm Church Christmas Day, 10:30 am in Church
WHO: NVNA and Hospice WHAT: Volunteer opportunities WHERE: Homes, skilled nursing facilities, Hospice Home, or office WHEN: 3-4 hours per week WHY: Giving back to your own community HOW: NVNA and Hospice, 120 Longwater Drive, Norwell, MA 02061 Kelly Tammaro, [email protected] 781-610-1427