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 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

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 pm

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 Wednesday of Month

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.

Sick/Homebound/Hospital Call the Parish Office.

Christian Initiation of Adults—RCIA

Contact the Parish Office.

PARISH REGISTRATION Contact the Parish Office.

PASTOR:

Msgr. David C. Hubba

PAROCHIAL VICARS:

Rev. Andrew Park Rev. Roy Regaspi

DEACON George Montalvo

PASTOR EMERITUS:

Rev. George M. Reilly

Oradell/New Milford, NJ Roman Catholic Church Saint Joseph

EASTER SUNDAY of the Resurrection of the Lord

Parish Office Hours: Parish: Mon.-Fri..9 am-5 pm, ; Rel. Ed.: Mon –Thurs.: 9:30 am—5 pm (Also by appointment.)

BE SURE TO PICK UP YOUR COPY OF

RESISTING HAPPINESS by Matthew Kelly HAPPY EASTER!

"Do not be afraid! I know that you are seeking Jesus the crucified. He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. MT 28: 5-6

~ April 16, 2017

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CATHOLIC HOME MISSIONS APPEAL

—NEXT WEEKEND, APRIL 22-23

Next week, we will take up the Catholic Home Missions Appeal. Right

now, over 40 percent of dioceses in the US are considered home missions because they are unable to fund essential pastoral work needed in their communities. Your support of this appeal helps ease the struggle of these dioceses. Please prayerfully consider how you can support this appeal. More information can be found at www.usccb.org/home-missions

YOU CAN STILL DONATE TO THE GOOD FRIDAY

COLLECTION FOR THE HOLY LAND You can still donate to this pontifical collection requested by Pope Francis. It offers a direct link for parishioners to be witnesses of peace

and to help protect the Holy Places. And it helps to support Christians in the Holy Land, many of whom depend upon it for their lives. Franciscans and others in the Holy Land are housing and feeding the poor, providing religious formation and education, maintaining shrines and parishes, and conducting pastoral ministry. Checks should be made payable to “Archdiocese of Newark—Good Friday Collection” and mailed to Office of Finance, Archdiocese of Newark, P.O. Box 9500, Newark, NJ 07104-9500

WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS

Fr. Roy took 51 pilgrims to the Holy Land last January, eleven of whom were Saint Joseph parishioners. He will be returning in January 2018 and encourages anyone wishing to deepen their faith and explore Scripture in the actual places where the Lord walked, to join him. Take a look at some of the wonderful photos from the last pilgrimage-retreat.

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1. The city of Jerusalem;

2. The Upper Room where the Last

Supper took place;

3. The Garden of

Gethsemane;

4. The place in the

Garden where

Jesus knelt to

pray;

5. The road where

Jesus fell the

first time while

he carried his

cross

6. The place

where Jesus’

body was laid

to be anointed.

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Saturday 8:00 pm

Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 10.30 am 10:30 am MC 10:30 am Gym 12:00 pm UC 12:00 pm MC

Monday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Tuesday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Wednesday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Thursday

7:30 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 UC

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD ~ APRIL 16, 2017

PRAYER REQUESTS Let us remember those who are ill: Janet Enny,

Sr. Trinity, Florence Bartus Doreen Tortorelli, Josephine Armeno, Michael Riccardone, Gener Basillo,

Kevin Rota, Linda Burns, Robert McQueeney

Let us remember those who have recently died: Kyle John Boyce

Let us remember those serving in the military.

SUNDAY COLLECTION Due to an early printer deadline,

our collection amounts for Palm Sunday and Easter will be reported in a later bulletin.

BREAD & WINE INTENTIONS

The bread and wine for the week of April 16, 2017

is offered in loving memory of

Carmine & Ursolina De Rosa

as requested by Phil De Rosa.

Saint Joseph Parish Staff

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

Principal of Saint Joseph School…Mrs. Colette Vail Dir. of Comm./ Bulletin Editor…...Mrs. Diane Hellriegel

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION “Set your minds on things that are above,

not on things that are on earth.” COLOSSIANS 3:2

Do you put God first in all things? Possessions, money, power, ego can easily become gods to many of us. Do a quick check of what is important to you. Is God at the very top of the list? If not, your priorities need to be readjusted. Don’t let earthly things become a god before God.

April 15, 2017 Judene Maron Baglieri (Easter Vigil)

April 16, 2017 EASTER Baby Catherine Margaret Danes Kennedy & Grimm Families Felice Bartolomeo Richard Fabiano People of the Parish Gregorio & Cresenciana De Luna Deceased Members of the Piazza Family

April 17, 2017 Jack George Paul Rota (Anniversary Remembrance)

April 18, 2017 Cesar & Perfecta Acero Alfred O’Toole

April 19, 2017 Mike Pagano (Birthday—Living) John Delaney

April 20, 2017 Robert Walsh Servillana Alejandrino

April 21, 2017 Mate Skroce Alfred O’Toole April 22, 2017 Gloria Santos William J. Sweeney

April 23, 2017 People of the Parish Gertrude Walker Nancy Keenan Michael J. Weber Robert J. Coleman

Cover Art: Fresco of the Resurrection of Christ and Women at the Tomb by Fra Angelico (1440), Convent of San Marco, Florence, Italy

AN EASTER GIFT FOR YOU! Be sure to get your FREE copy of the book by renowned Catholic author Matthew Kelly that will help you to start choosing happiness and learn how to live with passion and purpose. The books is a gift from Saint Joseph Parish. Get yours after Mass TODAY!

YOUR EASTER OFFERING Please be generous in making your Easter donation. Saint Joseph Parish greatly depends on this collection to meet our larger operating expenses. Your generosity and involvement help to make Saint Joseph the wonderful parish it is. Thank you!

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FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

OUR LADY OF FATIMA STATUE The Legion of Mary would like to acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima by making the statue of Our Lady available to visit the homes of our parishioners. It is the Legion's goal to have the Pilgrim statue visit homes weekly until October 2017 in recognition of the centennial. Two statues are available to accommodate our goal.

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY —APRIL 23

Saint Joseph Parish will have Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and the Divine Mercy chaplet followed by a talk on Divine Mercy and the celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Sunday, April 23 (the Sunday after Easter) starting at 1:30 pm in the Upper Church (and concluding at approximately 3:15 pm).

From at least the fifth century the Church collected from its most notable writers “chains” (in Latin, “catena”) of commentary on

Biblical passages. Without these anthologies, many of these writings would probably not have survived. One of them, devoted to remarks on the four Gospels, was the treasured work of the great St. Thomas Aquinas, and came to be affectionately known as his Catena Aurea, or The Golden Chain. In its treatment of one of the New Testament’s passages on the Resurrection of Jesus, Mark 16, St. Thomas noted that the women who went to his sepulcher early on the first Easter Sunday did so because they could not complete their funerary attentions to his body on the afternoon of his death, since the Sabbath was looming, during which no work would have been allowed. And so they went to the tomb as soon as light made these tasks possible after the Sabbath ended. Thomas cites the interpretation of an ancient writer named Severianus, who says that these women clearly were not expecting the Resurrection—and so belief in it was in no way a result of their fanciful wishes or imagination. Easter, our greatest feast, reminds us of the new life Jesus Christ came to give us, which is initially ours through Baptism, through which we are merged into the

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very life of Jesus himself. As each year’s spring gives the world of nature new life, so God has offered such to us spiritually, and we can hardly rejoice enough that, in the beautiful words of St. Paul, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me” (Gal 2, 20). In Christ, sin has been conquered and, with its defeat, its worst consequence, death. St. Jerome, the Church’s foremost scriptural scholar, expressed this reason for our joy magnificently when he wrote that

Immortality is shown to mortal men, that we may make fitting thanks and that we may understand what we have been, and know what we shall be.

And his equally great contemporary St. Augustine paid high tribute to the meaning of this day when he preached about Christ with his typically marvelous eloquence:

He died, but he vanquished death; in himself he put an end to what we feared; he took it upon himself and he vanquished it, as a mighty hunter he captured and slew the lion. Where is death? Seek it in Christ, for it exists no longer; but it did exist and now it is dead. O life, O death of death! Be of good heart; it will die in us, also. What has taken place in our head will take place in his members; death will die in us also.

To all of you who believe in Christ: A most happy Easter!

Msgr. David Hubba

THANK YOU

FOR HELPING HOMELESS FAMILIES

Kate Duggan, Executive Director of Family Promise of Bergen County, wrote to thank Saint Joseph parishioners for their generosity. “With your help we sold 42 raffle tickets at your church and collected $639 in individual donations. Thank you for your faithful commitment to homeless families and the programs of Family Promise.”

THANK YOU FOR HELPING THE HUNGRY

“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

At this special time of the year, your generous grocery donations and the $460 in monetary donations will be a true blessing too many people in need of the food pantries at Ascension Church in New Milford & St. John’s in Bergenfield.

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EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD ~ APRIL 16, 2017

SOCIAL CONCERNS’ “DESIGNER HANDBAGS & TRICKY TRAY”

—APRIL 27 The “Bingo and Basket” fundraiser for our Brother/Sister Parish, St. Joseph in Jersey City, will take place on Thursday evening, April 27 in the Saint Joseph Lower School

Gymnasium. The doors will open at 6:00 pm and bingo will begin at 7:00 pm. Prizes will include gorgeous designer handbags. There will also be a Tricky Tray, Door Prizes and a 50/50 Raffle. Contact Joanne at 201-261-6810 for tickets.

BASKETS & GIFTS NEEDED Social Concerns is seeking gift items for the many Tricky Tray baskets. We are also looking for empty baskets. If you have a gift or basket to donate, please call Joanne (phone # listed above). Thank you!

MASS WITH CARDINAL TOBIN—MAY 1 The new Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, will be making a pastoral visit to our Deanery on Monday, May 1 (the feast of St. Joseph the Worker). After a dinner meeting with the priests of our Deanery, he will celebrate Mass

at St. Peter the Apostle Church in River Edge at 7:30 pm for the people of our parishes who wish to attend. The evening will conclude with a town hall-style meeting. Because of this gathering, which we hope many will be able to attend, there will be NO Novena on Monday, May 1 at Saint Joseph.

Visit us on our websites: CHURCH: sjcnj.org SCHOOL: sjsusa.org RELIGIOUS ED.: sjcnjre.org

OPENINGS IN KINDERGARTEN

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS RECRUITMENT

—SUNDAY, APRIL 23 Members of the Knights of Columbus will be at all Masses NEXT Sunday, April 23 to answer any questions you might have about this wonderful organization. Catholic men age eighteen and older are invited to join our chapter —St. Joseph Council #3814—which has been serving the Church, community, family and youth of Oradell/New Milford for more than 60 years.

The motto of the Knights is “Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism.” St. Joseph Council exemplifies these qualities in the many charitable programs it

sponsors, including food and eyeglass donation programs for the needy, student scholarships, book donations, a youth basketball free throw contest, seminarian scholarships, a community awards program, and more. The Knights participate in the Alzheimer’s Memory Walk, a drive for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, and they annually distribute 9/11 Prayer for Peace cards. They help over fifteen different charities, including Several Sources Shelter, Little Sisters of the Poor, NJ Veterans Home, New Milford Fire Department and Ambulance Corps, and Children’s aid and Family Service. Members can participate in dozens of activities, including Dinner/Dances for both Columbus Day and St. Patrick’s Day, Comedy Night, guest speakers, Pride for Priests Dinner, rosary bead distribution, Christmas Open House and much more. Stop by the Knights’ table at church next weekend. Ask about the many benefits available to members. Pick up a postcard. You can use it to request more information or to sign up. Simply fill out the card and drop it in the church collection basket the following week. Or for more information, contact Grand Knight Bob Luongo at 201-519-3296 or at bluongo761@yahoo.com

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MEETING OUR PARISH GOALS HELP SHARE GOD’S BLESSINGS

Thank you to those who have already pledged in the Archdiocesan “Sharing God’s Blessings” Appeal. Saint Joseph Parish’s goal

in this annual campaign, which helps to fund so many of the Archdiocesan ministries and programs that provide social, educational and spiritual support to thousands of people each year, is $85,375.00. Ninety-eight donors from Saint Joseph have pledged a total of $20,026 to date. Please help us reach our goal and make your pledge today. Envelopes are available at the doors of the church or at the rectory/parish office. Simply drop your envelope in the collection basket or at the rectory.

“CATHOLICISM” Join us again on Wednesday, April 19 at 9:30 am in the Jackson Room of the lower church for the next episode of this remarkable series. “Journey around the world and deep into the Faith” with Bishop Robert Barron every Wednesday through May 31(except April 12).

THE COLLEGE SEMINARY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

presents

“NOTES OF DISTINCTION”—APRIL 20 —featuring our own MONROE QUINN (Saint Joseph

Music Director) and LISA VIGGIANO (cantor) in a benefit concert and cocktail reception in support of the college seminarians in their discernment and

formation at Saint Andrew’s Hall. Monroe and Lisa will perform music of the American Songbook, Broadway show tunes, as well as pop and jazz favorites at 7:00 pm at the Jubilee Hall Auditori-um, Seton Hall University (400 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079). Donation: $100 per person. For ticket information, please contact Linda Valvano, Office of the Rector at 973-761-9420 or at linda.valvano@shu.edu

BERGEN COUNTY CARE FAIR—APRIL 23 The County of Bergen is sponsoring the First Annual Bergen County Care Fair to be held on April 23 from 12:00 to 5:00 pm at the Hilton Hotel, 650 Terrace Avenue in Hasbrouck Heights.—a one-stop source to help all Bergen residents cut through the health care and support system maze, learn about their options, and connect with the right providers and resources. Admission is FREE. For more information, call 201-336-7240 or go to bergencarefair.org

CANADIAN PILGRIMAGE July 29—August 6

The Our Lady of Fatima First Saturday Club is planning a Pilgrimage to the beautiful Shrines of St. Joseph, Saint Anne de Beaupré and Our Lady of the Cape, in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Msgr. Paul

Bochicchio and Rev. Kevin Carter are the dedicated Chaplains. The cost of the 9-Day Pilgrimage is $950.00. For further information please call Joan Murray at 201-265-5823.

ANNUAL LITURGY FOR THOSE WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE DIED—MAY 12

The 30th Annual Liturgy for Those Whose Children Have Died will be held on Friday, May 12 at 7:30 pm at Notre Dame RC Church, 359 Central Avenue, North Caldwell, NJ. All parents who have suffered the death of a child of any age are invited to attend with their families and friends. The name of each child is read during the Mass. Pre-registration is requested by contacting Lau-ren Egan at 973-497-4327 or at eganlaur@rcan.org

FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY ALCOHOLISM A special Mass and a support group meeting for all who are affected by the disease of alcoholism will take place at Church of St. Mary, 20 Legion Place, Closter, NJ on Saturday, April 22 at 12:00 noon. Mass is offered for the support, healing and recovery of not only the man/woman directly affected with the abuse of alcohol or drugs, but also for anyone involved in the life of the alcoholic or drug addict. For information please call 201-768-7565. Also April 22 is the Fr. Jim Mckenna Memorial Fund 11th Annual Beefsteak Dinner and Reverse Raffle. Come join us; $35.00 for all you can eat beefsteak din-ner. If you want you can purchase a raffle ticket $50.00.

“MAKE A CHANGE” DIAPER BANK —COMING MAY 5-6

The Tony Kyasky/Make a Change Diaper Bank was established in 2013 in response to an American Academy of Pediatrics study finding that one in three families struggle to provide diapers for their babies. A collection bin will be placed in our entrance foyer to help alleviate diaper need for families in northern NJ. Your diaper donations will be greatly appreciated and will be distributed to the most vulnerable children in our community.

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