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PARISH STAFF Administrator: Rev. Walter F. Keymont Email: [email protected] Parish Deacon: Deacon Chris Koehn Weekend Assistance: Rev. Robert Johnson S.V.D. 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] Children’s Choir: Nicole Desmarais 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. PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL Chairperson: Rev. Walter Keymont, Vice Chair: Jason Potrykus 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, 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. CEMETERY COMMITTEE: President: Jerry McCarthy Vice President: Jerry Hogan Secretery: Pat Correa
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
Holy Saturday / Easter Sunday March 31 - April 1, 2018
Kingston—Plympton
FINANCES: The collection for the Offertory on the weekend of March 24/25 was $6,311.00. The budgeted amount needed per week is $8,000 to deal with the present operating deficit. Thank you for your continued support and gener-osity. If you are unable to be with us during a particular weekend, please do your best to make up your missed donation.
St. Joseph Parish Family Kingston—Plympton
March 31 - April 1, 2018 Holy Saturday / Easter Sunday
From The Desk Of Our Pastor
Dear Friends,
The month of March and the first few weeks of April is a time of mixture: crocuses and snow flakes, new buds and dry leaves. Crosswinds blow, both cold and warm. In early spring, we’re both heartened by the coming of spring and dis-heartened by that trek to H and R Block. March and early April is that in-between time when we are not quite sure, when we are caught in the middle. Do I take in the snow shovels or bring out the deck furniture? This time of year resembles our lives—a mixture of both sorrow and hope. And like our lives, March and April tempt us to hedge our bets but also invites us to stretch our faith. The stories of the first Easter people, are stories of people who at first were hedgers. We see Mary Magdalene so tough standing at the foot of the cross but so hesitant as she sits outside of the empty tomb and cries “The Lord has been taken from the tomb! We don’t know where they have put Him!” We see Peter the rock who once told Jesus “I’ll lay down my life for you.” But now he sits in the high priest’s courtyard just a few feet away from his master’s torture. He’s a man caught in the middle and when put to the test, he hedges. “I do not know the man.” Even in today’s Easter Gospel we note the hesitancy of the beloved John. Even though he beat Peter in the race to the tomb, once he got there, John hedged, “He did not enter but bent down to peer in.” The Easter story is not just about the resurrection of the Lord from the dead. It’s also the story about the people around the Lord who were raised to new life. It’s about all those people who went from hedgers to huggers. Jesus never hedged. To all the powerless who society had decided might as well be dead, Jesus brought life. He hugged them with the power of God and brought them home. My friends, we too are called to believe in the power and the presence of God, despite the hedging that still goes on in our lives and in our world. We are called to choose life even when we smell death, to believe, not inspite but in forgive-ness, to reject the prince of darkness and all those agents of death who refuse to believe in the possibility of new life. We are called to hug the powerless and welcome back to life those who were lost. Although Easter is a time of great joy and happiness, there is a bit of sadness for me this year as it is the last Easter that I will celebrate with you. It certainly goes without saying that I will miss all of you. You have been so kind to me and to my family during these past five years, which changes most of the sadness into gratitude for me. Happy Easter, Fr. Wally
CATHOLIC APPEAL
I am pleased to share that St. Joseph Parish has raised $18,240.00 toward our 2018 Catholic Appeal goal of 32,049.
Thank you to all who have already pledged support. If you have yet to give, we need your help! Please give today to help
us reach our goal. Gifts can be made online at bostoncatholicappeal.org or by completing a pledge form available in the
back of the church.
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.
THIS WEEK’S MASSES
Holy Saturday, March 31, 7:30 pm Easter Vigil
Easter Sunday, April 1, 8:30 and 10:30 am Easter Masses
NEXT WEEK’S MASSES
Saturday, April 7, 5 pm 4th Anniversary Mass - Thomas H. Stevens
Sunday, April 8, 8:30 am Memorial Mass - Laura Santos & Edith Reardon
Sunday, April 8, 10:30 am ‘Pro Populo’ Mass
PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED for the soul of Maureen Cassidy.
WE ASK GOD’S HEALING GRACES upon those who are sick, especially:
Fr. Bob Mallonee, Ryan Adler, Ann Andrews, Thomas Barnes, Kathleen Beaman, June Bernard, Justin Boddie, William Bonzi, Mary Buckley, Joseph Cadillic, Margaret Clancy, Barbara Ann Coyle, Jr., Rita Daly, Ryan Davis, 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, Virginia Hogan, Ellen Darcy Hourihan, Diane Hunt, Denise Jacoppo, Will Warren Jones, Kathy Kearney, Paul Kelleher, Maddie Klein, Eva Lipton, Chris McIsaac, Walter McSorley, Judy Medeiros, Mary Merry, Joyce Moran, Walter A. Moquin, Baby Emily Grace Mullin, Patricia Mullin, Cecilia Norton, Gabriel O’Halloran, Mary O’Neil, David O’Neill, Barbara Petitti, Richard Price, Debbie Ryan, Eugene & Bernadette Santoro, Kolbe Shannon, Warren Sherman, Eric Shippee, Charlene Campbell Siciliano, Virginia Sweeney, Larry Tinajare, Jack Tura, Tony Turner, Alexis Walker, Paula Watkins.
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, Anthony Russo, Nathaniel Sexton, David Sjostedt, Zeke Sjostedt, Jonathan Stack, Kyle Sullivan, Aron Valla, Michael Vitra.
Kingston—Plympton St. Joseph Parish Family
Holy Saturday / Easter Sunday March 31 - April 1, 2018
SAVE THE DATE
ST JOSEPH 2018 ANNUAL GOLF OUTING AND DINNER AUCTION DANCE
Friday, May 18, 2018
Pembroke Country Club
94 West Elm St., Pembroke, MA
Register at www.stjosephkingston.com/st-joseph-golf-outing
SAVE THE DATE
Come join Holy Family Parish, as well as many other area parishes, for a great afternoon of listening, learning, scripture, and prayer. Find Your Greatness is based on Matthew Kelly's best-seller
The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic. Don't worry - this is not your typical Church event!
Reach your full potential, create a personal life plan, and develop a vibrant spiritual life.
Sunday, May 6, 2018 Holy Family Parish
601 Tremont St. Duxbury, MA 02332
2:00PM - 6:00PM $25.00
Get your tickets today! Limited quantity available in
St. Joseph Parish Office
St. Joseph Parish Family Kingston—Plympton
Holy Saturday / Easter Sunday March 31 - April 1, 2018
Family Faith Formation 781-585-6372
Kathleen McKenna [email protected] Michelle Davies [email protected]
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]
The next class for Prep I is April 3, 2018 from 6:30 - 8:00 pm in our Our Lady’s Hall.
CATECHIST PREP
MEETING
MONDAY, APRIL 2
7 PM IN OUR LADY’S HALL
THIS WEEK IS FAMILY FAITH WEEK…
GR. 2: Lessons 3 & 4—We will discuss the stories of Zacchaeus and the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes and appreciate that eating a meal together is a time of remembering and sharing. We will com-pare Jesus’ Last Supper to our family meals and understand that we remember the Last Supper when we celebrate the Eucharist. GR. 1 & 3-6: A Family of Faith: This month, we focus on the Holy Spirit—the third person of the Holy Trinity. The Holy Spirit was sent to the Apostles on Pentecost. We receive the Holy Spirit within us at Baptism and confirm it at Confirmation. The Holy Spirit lives in each of us—guiding us to live the life God calls us to. Gr. 7 & 8: We are completing our Created for Love Workbooks this month—coming to better under-stand how God calls us to live out chastity and healthy relationships in our lives. Using our Visions Gospel Weekly, we will look closely at the events of Holy Week and how they continue they relate to the stories of the people of Israel., as well as the sustaining nature of prayer in our lives.
CELEBRATION OF FIRST COMMUNIONS
SUNDAY, APRIL 29—8:30 & 10:30 MASSES
SUNDAY, MAY 6—10:30 MASS
WE ARE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE WITH OUR CHILDREN AS
ONE WORSHIP COMMUNITY!
STEUBENVILLE EAST
July 13 - 15, 2018 at UMASS / LOWELL To Register go to: www.stjosephparishkingston.com - Click on Youth - Register for Steubenville East
$50 deposit
St. Joseph Parish Family Kingston—Plympton
March 31 - April 1, 2018 Holy Saturday / Easter Sunday
St. Joseph Parish Family
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS
Next meeting is Wednesday, April 4
7 pm—Dinner 8 pm—Meeting
All Knights are welcome!
IMPORTANT DATES
Fri., May 18 - St. Joseph Golf Outing & Dinner Fundraiser Sat.& Sun., May 19 & 20- Farewell to Fr. Wally after Masses Sat. & Sun., May 26 & 27 - Haiti Yard Sale
THE 590 DIOCESAN PRIESTS in our Archdiocese are always there for us, sharing Christ’s good news, performing good works, and building strong communities of good faith. Re-member priests such as Rev. Leroy Owens, Rev. John Keane, Rev. John Nichols, and Rev. Patrick Kelly, who have made a meaningful difference in your life, and consider honoring them with a generous gift in today’s collection. If you’d rather, you can donate $25 through your cell phone by tex-ting the word PRIEST25 to 20222 (msg. & data rates may ap-ply). Please follow us on Facebook “@ClergyTrust.” Thank you for your prayers and generous support of our priests.
ST. JOSEPH PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY will have the April meeting on Wednesday the 4th. Please call Carole for further information.
UPCOMING HAITI TRIP - June 25th to June 30th - Anyone interested in going to Haiti at this time, please contact Steve Medlin at 781-585-6159.
THEOLOGY ON TAP - An Event for Adults over 21, Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 7pm. New World Tavern, Plymouth.
Why Catholicism Remains Relevant - Profes-sor, Father Rick Gribble, C.S.C. will speak to this subject. Father Rick attended the U.S. Na-val Academy, served as a nuclear submarine officer and was an engineer for Bechtel and Hughes Aircraft. He later joined the Congrega-
tion of Holy Cross, earning a Masters of Divinity, Master of Sacred Theology and Ph.D. in history. He is the author of over 30 books and 350 articles on history and spirituality. Bring a friend or two and enjoy a great burger.
HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL, ROCKLAND invites you to attend our Open House on Wednesday, April 11 for Preschool - Grade 3 from 9:30 - 11 and 1 - 2:30. Drop by and see our great teach-ers and awesome students in action. For more information call 781-878-1154. Superior Academics. State of the Art Tech-nology. Faith and Values.
SACRED HEART SCHOOL - CAMPUS VISIT DAY Wednesday, April 4 - 124 beautiful acres - 3 outstanding schools - 1 day to explore it all! Early Childhood Center - 9:30 to 11 am / 781-585-2290 Elementary School - 6:00 to 7:30 pm / 781-585-2114 High School - 6:30 to 8:00 pm / 781-585-7511 You can also visit us online at: www.sacredheartkingston.com/info
TRANSFORMED IN LOVE MARRIAGE PREP– Transformed in Love for engaged couples is the Archdiocesan program for marriage preparation. For upcoming 2018 dates, locations and registration information, visit bostoncatholic.org/familylife or contact Liz Cotrupi at [email protected].
AWARD APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE - St. Joseph’s high school seniors: Applications for a $1,000 award from the Kingston Education Foundation are available online, at the Kingston Town Hall, and your high school. Deadline for submission is April 26, 2018. Questions contact: Ed Foundation committee member, Bill Alberti (781-585-6892).
SPRING LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINAR – hosted by Charismatic Renewal Services of Boston will be held on Apr. 27-29 at the Pastoral Center in Braintree. Live in the promise of the Resur-rection this Easter season! For more information, visit CRSBoston.com or email Vincent Cerasuolo at [email protected].
MASS OF HOPE AND HEALING - Saturday, April 21 at 11 am Mass including the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick will be celebrated at St. Christine’s Church. This celebration is for all people, the sick, the elderly and those in need of physical, spiritual and psychological healing. A special invitation is ex-tended to those suffering from the loss of a loved one, family problems, pregnant teens, and those affected by unemploy-ment and financial difficulties. We welcome those struggling with chronic illness and all addictions including drug and alco-hol dependency. Following Mass, a light luncheon will be served in the Hall compliments of St. Christine Parish.
HOSPICE OF THE SOUTH SHORE - Volunteer Training - Thursday, April 26, 6-8 pm Thursday, May 3, 6-8 pm Saturday, May 5, 8:30 am -2:30 pm Thursday, May 10, 6-8 pm South Shore Hospital Home Care Division 30 Reservoir Park Drive, Rockland
Are you looking for a meaningful volunteer opportunity? Consider becoming a hospice volunteer with Hospice of the South Shore. Our volunteers provide respite and companionship to our hospice patients in their own homes or in skilled nursing facilities. You will receive the training necessary. Contact Lora Wooster, Volunteer Coordinator (781)624-7255 [email protected] for more information or to receive an application. Applications due by 4/5/18.