Roman Catholic Church Saint Joseph

PPHOTOS OF OUR NEW

RETREAT HOUSE—p. 2

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE

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PASTOR: Msgr. David C. Hubba

PAROCHIAL VICARS:

Rev. Roy Regaspi Rev. Anthony Di Stefano

DEACON: GeorgeMontalvo

PASTOR EMERITUS:

Rev. George M. Reilly

MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 7:30am, 9 am,

10:30 am, 12 noon

DAILY Weekdays 7:00 am

& 8:30 am Saturday 8:30 am

HOLY DAYS as announced

Miraculous Medal Novena

Monday, 7:00 pm in Mary’s Chapel

Eucharistic Adoration First Wed. of Month

9 am—5 pm in Mary’s Chapel

SACRAMENTS

Confession: Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Baptism Contact the Parish Office

Marriage Arrangements should be made

with a priest at least one year in advance.

Homebound/Hospital Call Parish Office

Christian Initiation of Adults—RCIA Contact Parish Office

PARISH REGISTRATION Contact Parish Office

Office Location Phone Email/Fax Website

Parish Office 105 Harrison St., New Milford 201-261-0148 office@sjcnj.org Fax #: 201-261-0369

sjcnj.org

Religious Education 105 Harrison St., New Milford 201-261-1144 religioused@sjcnj.org sjcnjre.org

Saint Joseph School

the greenhouse PreK

305 Elm St., Oradell 201-261-2388 office@sjsusa.org sjsusa.org

December 16, 2018 Oradell/New Milford, NJ

Office Hours: (Parish) Mon-Fri.: 9 am - 5 pm; (Rel. Ed.) Mon.-Thurs: 10 am-4 pm (Also by appointment.)

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SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

PHOTOS BY ELLEN SOLINAS

PARISHIONERS TOUR OUR NEW PARISH “RETREAT HOUSE”

Fr. Anthony blessed each room as parishioners gathered for prayer and fellowship.

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THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT ~ DECEMBER 16, 2018

Christ our King is coming

the Lamb whom John proclaimed.

Make straight his way.

SAINT JOSEPH/ST. PETER COMMUNAL ADVENT

PENANCE SERVICE —DECEMBER 17

AT ST. PETER THE APOSTLE CHURCH

This year’s Advent Penance Service for both Saint Joseph and St. Peter the Apostle Parishes will be held on Monday, December 17 at 7:30 pm at St. Peter the Apostle Church located at 445 Fifth Avenue, River Edge, NJ 07661. The clergy of both parishes will be available to hear confessions.

“In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word

was God.”

JOHN 1:1

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

Some years ago the Passionist priest Alfred Wilson wrote a splendid book on the Sacrament of Penance that has helped many Catholics. He entitled it Pardon and Peace

after its chief benefits for those who take advantage of it. The book addressed itself to sincere believers in easily graspable terms and offered them plain, realistic advice. After admitting that confessing our sins is far from the average person’s preferred tasks, he wrote that

It is a pity that we need the confessional; if we were sinless we should not need it; but we are not sinless and therefore we do need it. Because our bodies get sick, we need hospitals. Because our souls get sick, we need the confessional.

Continuing with the comparison of the sacrament to sensible care of our health, Father Wilson said:

No one goes to the doctor or the dentist for fun, unless he is mad. No one goes to Confession for fun. From the nature of the case, confession cannot be easy. The result, not the process, of confession is consoling.

It is important for us to be aware that those who keep away from the confessional are forgetting a most needed gift of God. Father Wilson points out that

Catholics do not enjoy Confession—heaven preserve us from those who do!—but they prefer it, humiliating as it is, to endless, dulling soul-ache and progressive demoralization of character and personality.

Above all, we should regard Confession as what it truly is: a beautiful way of getting closer to the Lord. With all the care a good priest should have, Father Wilson urges us:

Approach the Sacrament in a spirit of tranquility and boundless trust. You are … going … to your Divine Friend of Friends, Who only asks you to lay bare your wounds that He may heal them. … He is overjoyed that you are coming to Him—you must believe that.

This Monday evening at 7:30 we will have our Advent Penance service (see above opposite). This year’s will take place at St. Peter’s in River Edge. After a short prayer service, the priests of both our parishes will be available to hear your confessions, and so help you prepare to celebrate a joyous Christmas.

Msgr. David Hubba

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SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

SHARE THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

All Giving Tree Gifts need to be returned by this weekend December 15-16 so that the families will receive them in time for Christmas.

You may drop them off at the Rectory/Parish Office (105 Harrison Street, New Milford).

CHRISTMAS ALTAR FLOWERS You are invited to make a donation—in memory of a loved one or for a special intention—toward the cost of decorating

our worship spaces for the Christmas season. Please use the “Flower Envelope” that you received in the mail. (Extra envelopes are available in the parish office.) Please PRINT clearly on the envelope your intention, your name and phone number. Donation is $10 per name/family and payable to “Saint Joseph Church.” Your envelope can be put in the collection basket.

WE CAN REALLY USE YOUR HELP! TO DECORATE OUR CHURCH

FOR CHRISTMAS—DECEMBER 23 Join us on Sunday, December 23 at 2:00 pm to help us decorate Saint Joseph Church for the Christmas season. Everyone is welcome. If you can help, please email Tom Moran at tmoran61@gmail.com to let us know you will be there.

“THE INCARNATION: THE MYSTERY OF LIFE IN THE WOMB”

—AN ADVENT REFLECTION BY FR. GIUSEPPE MARIA SINISCALCHI

—DECEMBER 20 AT SAINT JOSEPH

7:30 pm—Exposition of the Blessed sacrament Music/Talk/Confessions 9:00 pm —Benediction

Fr. Giuseppe is the fourth of five children of immigrant Italian parents. He graduated from Boston College Law School and practiced law for nine years before joining the Community of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in 2002. He graduated from St. Joseph Seminary summa cum laude and was ordained to the priesthood in 2011. He is currently the local superior at St. Mary of the Assumption Friary in Newburgh, NY where he works with the poor and gives retreats.

ARE YOU HOMEBOUND? WOULD YOU LIKE

TO RECEIVE COMMUNION? OR HAVE A VISIT FROM A PRIEST?

If you or someone you know is homebound and would like to have a visit from a priest and/or receive Communion, please call the Rectory/Parish Office at 201-261-0148 and ask to speak to Fr. Anthony.

ARE YOU A LITURGICAL MINISTER ABLE TO BRING COMMUNION

TO THE HOMEBOUND? Please call the Rectory/Parish Office and let us know if you already are or would like to be part of this beautiful ministry.

Sunday, January 13, 2019 @ 3:00 PM

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Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 10:30 am UC 10:30 am MC 12:00 pm

Monday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Tuesday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Wednesday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Thursday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Friday

7:00 am 8:30 am

Saturday 8:30 am

5:00 pm

Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 10:30 am UC 10:30 am MC 12:00 pm

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION “Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God,” (Phillippians 1:9-10)

St. Paul reminds us that our God is an abundant God, the ultimate giver of gifts. He promises to give us all that we need. When we trust that God will take care of us, it is easier for us to share what we have been given.

PRAYER REQUESTS Let us remember all those who are ill:

Billy Wallace, Carmen Jimenez, Baby Casey Risola, Tom Burke, Paulie Resinger, Barbara Piersa

Let us remember all those who have recently died: Ray Potter, Jordan Baesa,

The Most Rev. Frank Rodimer (Bishop Emeritus of Paterson)

Let us remember those serving in the military.

BREAD & WINE INTENTIONS

The bread & wine for the week of

December 16, 2018 is offered

in loving memory of

Ed Maron as requested by the

Maron Family.

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT ~ DECEMBER 16, 2018

SUNDAY COLLECTIONS Dec. 9, 2018 Dec.10, 2018 Basket $8,145 $7,571 Electronic Giving $3,766* $4,175 Total Sunday Collection $11,911 $11,746

*Electronic contributions are received on a monthly basis. In our

bulletin report, they are divided by the number of weeks in the month (five in December 2018).

December 15, 2018 Ann Ryan

December 16, 2018 People of the Parish Ed Maron Susan Blume John Serocke Emily Elizabeth Martin

December 17, 2018 Kathleen Scott (1st Anniversary Remembrance) Al O’Toole

December 18, 2018 Patricia Maslanka Rota & Joyce Families

December 19. 2018 Thomas F. Meli, Sr. (Birthday Remembrance) Ed Maron

December 20, 2018 Kathleen & Michael Abatemarco Connor Walsh (Birthday Remembrance)

December 21, 2018 Ronald Sgambati Mate Skroce

December 22, 2018 Teresita Lagdameo Elise & Frederick Mueller

December 23, 2018 People of the Parish Thomas Barbagallo (6th Anniversary Remembrance) Rose Cecchi Mildred O’Leary Louise & Theodore Kachel

IS SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ON YOUR GIFT LIST?

It’s not too late to include Saint Joseph Parish on your gift list. Our parish depends upon your financial support, especially at this time of year, to help fund its many ministries and to meet its larger expenses. Your gift to Saint Joseph’s Christmas Collection may be made up to and including January 13, the last day of the Christmas Season. Please memo your check or offering envelope “CHRISTMAS COLLECTION.”

MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENAS

POSTPONED There will be NO Miraculous Medal Novena on Monday, December 17 because of the Saint Joseph/St. Peter Communal Penance Service; no Novena on Monday, December 24

because of Christmas Eve, and no Novena on Monday, December 31 because of the Vigil Mass for the holy day —Mary Mother of God. The weekly Miraculous Medal Novena at Saint Joseph Church will resume on Monday, January 14 at 7:00 pm.

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SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

Saint Joseph Parish Staff

Parish Trustees………..Mr. Brendan Walsh/Mrs. Carol Winkler Parish Pastoral Council…………….Mrs. Teresa Glenn Dir. of Religious Education ……….Deacon George Montalvo Sacraments Coordinator …………..Mrs. Arlene Kennedy Director of Music ……………………..Mr. Monroe Quinn Facilities Director ………………….....Mr. Tom Meli Business Manager ……………….…. .Mrs. Phyllis Vrola Parish Secretary ……………………....Mrs. Geraldine Carolan

Principal of Saint Joseph School…Dr. Paula Valenti Dir. of Comm./ Bulletin Editor…...Mrs. Diane Hellriegel

VISIT US ON OUR WEBSITES: CHURCH: sjcnj.org

SCHOOL: sjsusa.org RELIGIOUS ED.: sjcnjre.org

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EARLY BULLETIN DEADLINES Because of the holidays and an early printer deadline, submissions for the Dec. 30th and Jan. 6th bulletins MUST be received by December 19. Announcements received after those dates will not be able to be included.

PILGRIM STATUE AVAILABLE The Legion of Mary is pleased to announce that the Statue of Our Lady of Fatima is available to those who wish to honor her in their homes. If you are celebrating a special occasion, experiencing a difficult situation, have a special intention, or would like to honor Our Lady, please call Veronica Ocello

at 201-265-6894 or speak to a Legion member to have your name placed on the visitation schedule. The Statue will be brought to your home and remain in your home for a week.

GET YOUR 2019 CALENDAR

Thanks to the generosity of Boulevard Funeral Home and Cremation Service in New Milford, Beaugard-McKnight Funeral Home in River Edge, and Catholic Cemeteries, we have a large number of 2019 Calendars available for our parishioners. We invite you to take one home.

HOW TO REPORT ABUSE The Archdiocese takes very seriously any and all allegations of sexual misconduct by members of the clergy, Religious and lay staff of the Archdiocese. We encourage anyone with knowledge of such to inform us immediately so that we may take appropriate action to protect others and provide support to any victim. Individuals who wish to report an allegation may do so by calling the Archdiocesan Office of Child and Youth Protection at 201-407-3256.

See our bulletin in full color

on our website: sjcnj.org

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