5:00 p.m. (English) 7:45am, 9:00am, 10:30am (Spanish), 12:00 Noon

OFFICE of RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

28-47 43 Street, Astoria, NY 11103 Phone: (718) 278-1611

E-mail: l.rosas@stjosephlic.org

SCHEDULE OF MASSES

PARISH REGISTRATION

SACRAMENTS

PRAYER AND DEVOTION

Parish STAFF

gious Education

Monday — Saturday, 8:45am, CCMondays Ch - After Mass

Choir Practice Wednesdays 7:30 CH Third Friday, 7:00pm, ICC

Catequesis Familiar Sunday, 9:00a.m, MRH Guadalupanos Tuesday, 8:00pm, HFR Curso Biblico/Misioneros Thursday, 7:00pm, HFR Oración Carismática Friday, 7:00pm, CC Cursillistas Wednesday, 8:p.m., HFR Jornadistas Sunday, 1:00pm, ICC

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

After 12:00 Mass until 4:00pm.

(CC, Convent Chapel; Ch, Church; MRH , Msgr. Ryan Hall; H.F.R.: Holy Family Room; ICC Immaculate Conception

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 20, 2017 Observe what is right, do what is just; for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed.

— Isaiah 56:1 *********************************************************************** CALLED TO ACT IN GOD’S NAME “Let all the nations praise you!” (Psalm 67:4) today’s psalm response exclaims. In the psalms and other Hebrew scriptures, this kind of invocation is actually an invitation to God to act, to intervene in human lives in a manner that will cause everyone—not just the Chosen People—to give praise. Stated a bit more strongly, it is something of a “put up or shut up” challenge to God, the sort of strong statement the psalmists of Israel, trusting in their intimate and loving relationship with God, were not afraid to make. The Gospel has its own exclamation, announcing the appearance of the Canaanite woman with “Behold!” (Matthew 15:22) “Behold!” is a scriptural flag that tells us that God is about to act or announce something through an individual or a situation. In the case of Jesus, God was going to act through this woman, whom nobody among Jesus’ followers would have believed to be an agent of the divine will. Like the psalmists, we might passively inform or perhaps even actively challenge God to do something so that everyone will come to belief, but God will always turn the tables on us. It becomes our calling, our duty (as it was for Jesus) to behold the situations and persons of our daily lives so that God can act through us, so the Kingdom can be announced through our living. ************************************************************************ READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Jgs 2:11-19; Ps 106:34-37, 39-40, 43ab, 44; Mt 19:16-22 Tuesday: Jgs 6:11-24a; Ps 85:9, 11-14; Mt 19:23-30 Wednesday: Jgs 9:6-15; Ps 21:2-7; Mt 20:1-16 Thursday: Rv 21:9b-14; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Jn 1:45-51 Friday: Ru 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22; Ps 146:5-10; Mt 22:34-40 Saturday: Ru 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17; Ps 128:1b-5; Mt 23:1-12 Sunday: Is 22:19-23; Ps 138:1-3, 6, 8; Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20 **********************************************************************

Bread and wine to be consecrated at Mass during the weekend of August 19—20 have been donated In loving memory of James Carmody. Requested by: His Wife Agnes Carmody Sanctuary Lamp will burn

for the Week and weekend of August 21 –27, for Maria & Charles Schwartz. Requested by: Geraldine Schwartz.

Bread and wine to be consecrated at Mass during the week of August 21—25 for Kenny DiLauro for her birthday. Requested by: Joseph & Linda DiPietro & Family

PRAYER INTENTIONS F T S H

Monica Rivera, Rosario Campagna, Stella Delmenico, George Glus, Baby Aurora Carrion, & Joseph Miressi,

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Fileno Di’Angelo, Pasquale Monno, Mary Matousek & Erminia Cozzi

Saturday, August 19: Vigil Mass 5:00 James Carmody Sunday, August 20: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Masses of the Day: 7:45 Branca & Tiseo Family (Thanksgiving) 9:00 Frank DiRico 10:30 Alejandra Caba 12:00 Rose Hogan 7:00pm Angelo Longo Monday, Agust 21: St. Pius X 9:00 Francesca, Lorenzo & Salvatore Ginestri 12:00 Frank Giambrone (Special Intention) Tuesday, August 22: The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00 Diego R. Stincone 12:00 Albert Harrison Wednesday, Augut 23: St. Rose of Lima 9:00 Sara Ruano (Special Intentions) 12:00 John Cvelic Thursday, August 24: St. Bartholomew 9:00 Dec. Members of Massalin Family 12:00 Joseph Garofalo

Friday, August 25: St. Louis; St. Joseph Calasanz 9:00 Luigi Scopaz 12:00 Rachela Galante Saturday, August 26: Blessed Virgin Mary 9:00 Mass Available 5:00 Mass Available Sunday, August 27: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Masses of the Day: 7:45 Jennifer Cutignola 9:00 Giordano Vlacich Giuseppe Gizzi Angelo & Serafina Curatolo 10:30 Alberto Francesco Russo 12:00 Albert Rosete 7:00pm Maria Isabelle Kambitsis ************************************************************************ Thinking of Remembering a Loved One? To remember the intention of a loved one, you may donate the bread and wine consecrated at Mass for one week or weekend. Or the Sanctuary Lamp (candle lit near the Tabernacle) for the week or weekend. Call or come to the Rectory office for more information about how you can remember a loved one.

MASS SCHEDULE

Remember CHURCH ETIQUETTE ♦ Please arrive to Mass on time. If you are late, wait

for an appropriate time during the Mass to enter and avoid drawing attention to yourself.

♦ Please turn off all electronic devices, including cellular phones, mobile devices, or games.

♦ Please be respectful of persons praying before or after Mass. Please refrain from socializing in Church. Catch up with friends, neighbors, and others outside of Church or in the Gathering Space.

♦ Please do not slam the kneelers against the floor. ♦ Please be an active participant in the liturgy with

your body, mind, and spirit - listen to the readings attentively, join in song, pray and attend to God interiorly.

♦ Please remain until after the final recessional hymn is complete.

♦ Please remember that when you are in Church, you are in the presence of Jesus Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Therefore, please dress in a manner that shows respect to God and His house – even during the warmer summer months!

Remember that God the Father listens to our prayers with loving and unfailing attention; we should worship together as a community, in His Presence, in exactly the same way. Let us give our whole, undivided hearts to God with reverence, respect, and participation in the sacred liturgy. It is our privilege as Catholics to prayerfully lift up our hearts and minds and offer ourselves with Christ at the altar. *********************************************************************** TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Once the way was cleared for additional Eucharistic Prayers, those who were appointed to compose them had to look deep within the tradition for sources. One of the prescriptions for new prayers was that they be “unencumbered by useless repitition.” From the start, therefore, the writers knew that the old Roman Canon, which had the priest bowing and crossing himself many times in a long, complex prayer, was not a model of simplicity. Aside from the prayers treasured by Eastern Christians, there is an obvious model from ancient Rome. For about a hundred years now, the historical text “Apostolic Tradition” has shed some light for us on the shadowy shape of worship in the early church. In it, its author, Hippolytus, took care to record the actual texts of worship used at the time. He himself has a shadow side, since he was so ardently conservative in his tastes that he broke ties with the Bishop of Rome and became first in the line of history’s anti-popes. At the eleventh hour, however, he reconciled with his enemies and actually died a martyr. In fact, he was shipped off to the Sardinian mines as a slave with the true pope as his companion in chains. Because his tussle with the pope was over theological innovations and not liturgical texts, we are sure that his account of the style of Eucharistic Prayer in the third century is accurate. It forms the core of today’s Eucharistic Prayer II.

Vigésimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario

20 de agosto de 2017 Velen por los derechos de los demás, practiquen la justicia, porque mi salvación está a punto de llegar y mi justicia a punto de manifestarse. — Isaías 56:1 ************************************************************************ LLAMADOS A ACTUAR EN EL NOMBRE DE DIOS “¡Que todos los pueblos te alaben!” (Salmo 67:4) exclama la respuesta del salmo de hoy. En el salterio y en otras escrituras hebreas, este tipo de invocación es en realidad una invitación a Dios para que actúe e intervenga en las vidas humanas de tal manera que haga que todos –no sólo el Pueblo Elegido –exprese alabanzas. Dicho algo más fuerte, es como desafiar a Dios para que “aguante o se calle”, el tipo de palabras duras que los salmistas de Israel, confiando en su íntima relación de amor con Dios, no temían expresar. El Evangelio tiene su propia exclamación que anuncia la aparición de la mujer cananea con un “Entonces” (Mateo 15:22). “Entonces” o “he aquí” es una señal en la Biblia que nos indica que observemos con mucha atención, que Dios está por actuar o anunciar algo por medio de un individuo o una situación. En el caso de Jesús, Dios iba a obrar a través de esta mujer, a quien ninguno de los seguidores de Jesús hubiera creído pudiera ser una agente de la voluntad divina. Como los salmistas, puede que informemos en forma pasiva a Dios o quizás hasta activamente le desafiemos para que haga algo para que todos lleguen a creer, mas Dios siempre nos volteará las posiciones. Se convierte en nuestro llamado, nuestro deber (como lo fue para Jesús) observar atentamente las situaciones y a las personas en nuestra vida diaria para que Dios pueda actuar a través de nosotros, para que el Reino sea anunciado en nuestro diario vivir. ************************************************************************ TRADICIONES DE NUESTRA FE Mientras que la población de estudiantes que no son hispanos va bajando en Estados Unidos de América, el número de estudiantes hispanos va creciendo en las escuelas primarias y secundarias. Esta es buena noticia para los latinos. La mala noticia es que el porcentaje de estudiantes latinos que abandonan la escuela y nunca terminan su educación sigue creciendo. De la misma manera, el número de latinos que van a la universidad continúa muy bajo y muchos de los que asisten nunca terminan por falta de recursos, documentos legales o apoyo familiar. La familia constituye uno de nuestros valores centrales como hispanos. Esta no debe ser una barrera sino un apoyo para que se eduquen nuestros hijos e hijas. Recuerdo bien que a la edad de 6 años mi papá me hacía pasar y repasar el abecedario. Durante la primaria, él y mi mamá me corregían la tarea, y cuando no quería ir a la escuela, me hacían ver lo difícil que es la vida cuando no se tiene estudios. Mis padres no terminaron la escuela pero todos sus hijos ahora somos maestros. La educación comienza en el hogar, animen a sus hijos.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults If you are an adult who is not baptized and who is

seeking information about the Catholic Church, you are invited to:

"COME & SEE." RCIA is the process for you.

If you are a baptized non-Catholic adult seeking information about the Catholic Church, you are

invited to "COME & SEE." RCIA is the process for you.

If you are a baptized Catholic who is seeking to

complete initiation into the Catholic Church through the Sacraments of Confirmation and/or Eucharist

you are invited to "COME & SEE." RCIA is the process for you.

If you have been married civilly, but not yet in the Catholic Church and are interested to receive the

Sacrament of Matrimony

Please call the Parish Rectory to make an appointment for an interview with

Rev. Vincent Miceli, Pastor or Rev. Cesar Pena, Parochial Vicar.

Classes will start in October ************************************************************************

Sunday Religion Classes starting with the 9:00 a.m. Mass, then coming over to School for

Religion Class. Children should come to Religion each year to

learn more about God and their Catholic Identity.

New Registrations must bring a copy of the child’s birth and Baptismal Certificates.

Grades 1 - High School REGISTRATIONS WILL START SOON!!

For Further information call at 718-278-1611 *********************************************************************** 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.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC ACADEMY

REGISTRATION for

SEPTEMBER CLASSES

Nursery, Pre-K for All, Kindergarten, and Grades 1 through 8

Monday to Thursday August 28, 29, 30, 31

9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Visit our website for more information about our Academy:

www.sjcalic.org Consider giving your child the gift of a Catholic

education at SJCA. 28-46 44 Street LIC 11103

(718) 728-0724 ************************************************************

Society of St. Vincent De Paul Gives Back The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is seeking donations of automobiles. For each car, truck, or van, running or not, the Society will give $50/$100 per vehicle to our parish. Perhaps you have no automobile, but a family member, friend, or neighbor has an old or neglected vehicle in his driveway that he would like to dispose of. Call the Society of St. Vincent de Paul at (718) 491-2525. Your donation is tax deductible and free towing is available. ********************************************* Food Pantry Our Food Pantry is open every Thursday from 8:00 —9:30am, 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 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.

2017 Annual Catholic Appeal As of July 26, 2017, 112 parish families have pledged $42,716.00, 77.03% of Pledge Goal, $37,560.20 received toward our parish goal of $55,455 for the 2017 Annual Catholic Appeal to assist Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and our diocesan church to maintain its many services and ministries. We ask that every parish family consider making a pledge to this campaign, remembering that all monies received over goal will be returned to St. Joseph’s. In case that we do not reach that goal, our parish will have to pay the balance to the Dioceses.

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Pilgrimage Office Diocese of Brooklyn

Join us on a Diocesan Lent Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico Fr. Jorge Ortiz Spiritual Director

March 2-8, 2018 For Brochure Contact Regina Tours Call: Lucille at: 1800-Catholic x 208

Or e-mail: Lucille@groupist.com

Update on Parish Weekly Collection

August 13th First Collection: .............................................$3,737 Religious Education........................................$1,196 Total Collections...........................................$4,933

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Summer envelopes As the nice weather provides us with weekend opportunities to get away, please do not forget your weekly envelopes, and we are asking if you are planning to be away, please consider submitting your summer envelopes before you leave. It is essential because those monies are important to help us pay our summer bills. Thank you very much for your continued sacrifices in supporting our parish. We could not pay our monthly bills without your generosity. Have a peaceful, prayerful, enjoyable and safe summer. ***********************************************************************

St. John’s Preparatory School

Is offering a 2017 TACHS Prep Course, which will take place is September. Course information can be found on the application. Register online at www.stjohNsprepschool.org, in the Admission link. Fur further information, please call the Admissions office. 718-721-7200, Ext 699

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.

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