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

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.

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 DEACON Edward Maron

PASTOR EMERITUS:

Rev. George M. Reilly

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

“AFTERNOON OF CHRISTMAS JOY” FREE MUSIC CONCERT TODAY—1/10 @ 3 pm

Upper Church

The Baptism of the Lord JANUARY 10, 2016

Oradell/New Milford, NJ Roman Catholic Church Saint Joseph

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PRAYER REQUESTS

Let us remember those who are ill: Mary Glynn, Janet Bhrem, Virginia DeLuna,

Ellen Kozlowsky, Betty Heck

Let us remember those who have recently died: Rose Ronda, Letitia La Forgia, Mary Codner, Jane Emanuel

Let us remember those serving in the military.

SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

Saturday 5:00 pm

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

SUNDAY COLLECTION AMOUNTS Weekend of December 13, 2015

BASKET PARISHPAY TOTAL $8,527 $4,935 $13,462

Weekend of December 20, 2015 BASKET PARISHPAY TOTAL

$8,734 $4,935 $13,669

Weekend of December 27, 2015 BASKET PARISHPAY TOTAL

$7,905 $4,935 $12,840

Weekend of January 3, 2016 BASKET PARISHPAY TOTAL

$8,935 $5,075 $14,010

Since Christmas donations are still coming in, the total for Christmas will appear in a future bulletin.

BREAD AND WINE INTENTIONS

The bread and wine for the week of January 10, 2016 is offered in loving memory of

Timothy Curtin

as requested by his loving wife, Betty Curtin and Family.

Saint Joseph Parish Staff

Parish Trustees……Mr. Brendan Walsh/Mrs. Carol Winkler 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 ………………………………..Mrs. Colette Vail of Saint Joseph School Vice Principal ………………………….Mrs. Angela Gussoni Dir. of Communications/…………..Mrs. Diane Hellriegel Bulletin Editor

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION “John answered them all, ‘I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming...he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit… .” (Luke 3:16) The Catholic Catechism states that “Jesus’ immersion in the water is a sign for all human beings of the need to die to themselves to do God’s will.” In other words, as baptized Catholics there is only one gift that we need to give to Jesus—the gift of ourselves. Once we surrender ourselves to God, we will know in our hearts what God calls us to do.

PARISH OFFICE OPEN The rectory/parish office will be OPEN on

Monday, January 18, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

January 9, 2016 Theodore Sorrentino

January 10, 2016 People of the Parish John Brereton Jean Finan Terence Henry Inez Kemp

January 11, 2016 Kathleen Rosario John Brereton

January 12, 2016 Joan Barry Eamon G. McCarthy (Birthday Remembrance)

January 13, 2016 Timothy Curtin (1st Anniversary Remembrance) Margaret Barrett Shaw

January 14, 2016 Joseph Low Anne McCaffrey January 15, 2016 Maura Leavy Robert Westerdahl

January 16, 2016 Alan Mischel John Brereton January 17, 2016 People of the Parish Mary Greenan Sarah DiChiara Mary Greenan Teresa Fusco

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FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

Among 2015’s deaths in the world of religion:

∎ Rev. Richard McBrien: Along with Charles Curran (now teaching at Southern Methodist University), he was America’s most famous and ardent Catholic theological dissenter. Author of 25 books, he headed Notre Dame’s theology department for 11 years after previously teaching at Boston College. ∎ Rev. Theodore Hesburgh: President of Notre Dame (1952-1987), he received 150 honorary degrees and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He oversaw the university’s greatest growth, when it doubled in size and increased its endowment from $9 million to $176 million. Fr. Hesburgh was known for advocating for human rights, peace and help for the poor. ∎ Cardinal Edward Egan of New York: He was best known for making difficult decisions about the status of parishes and for his concern for 9/11 victims. Unlike his predecessor and successor, he was little engaged with the media. In 1987, as an auxiliary bishop of New York, he addressed the City Council as it was deciding to make contraceptives available to public high school students, urging its members to “Try decency. Try chastity. Try Western civilization.” ∎ Rev. Robert H. Schuller: A Reformed Church in America minister who preached an upbeat gospel and operated one of the first mega-churches at his Crystal Cathedral in California. He had a large television presence with its “Hour of Power,” which featured lavish productions, including live animals at Christmas and Easter. After he retired in 2006, his ministry experienced financial troubles and declared bankruptcy in 2010, after which the Catholic Diocese of Orange bought the Crystal Cathedral. ∎ Cardinal Francis George of Chicago: Regarded as the intellectual leader of U.S. bishops, he retired when his battle with cancer made it impossible for him to effectively govern his large Archdiocese. In a 2012 talk to his priests he said: “I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square. His successor will pick up the shards of a ruined society and slowly help rebuild civilization, as the Church has done so often in human history.” His sister once told a Chicago priest that if he wanted to understand her brother, who had endured polio, he should remember that “he’s always in pain.” ∎ Ellen Turner: A daughter of sharecroppers, she and her sister Helen Ashe, both nurses, founded Love Kitchen in 1986 in a Knoxville, TN church basement.

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Today its volunteer staff, supported completely by donations, feeds and clothes several hundred people a week. Ellen said she served “the five H’s”: the hungry, the homeless, the helpless, the hopeless and the homebound. ∎ John M. Templeton Jr.: An Evangelical Christian and son of legendary financier Sir John Templeton, he headed the John Templeton Foundation, which has given out nearly $1 billion in support of what it calls “Big Questions of human purpose and ultimate reality,” including “spiritual realities such as love, forgiveness, gratitude, loyalty and generosity.” ∎ Phyllis Tickle: A prolific Episcopalian writer on spiritual themes who believed that Christianity was on the threshold of a new era she called The Great Emergence, a time of triumphal pluralism. ∎ Rev. Joseph Girzone: After retiring as a priest of the Diocese of Albany, he self-published his novel Joshua in 1983. It was later picked up by a major publisher and sold more than a million copies, as did its four sequels. His books brought him an income “well into the seven figures,” some of which he donated to charities. The character Joshua was Fr. Girzone’s imagined version of what Jesus would be like if he were living in modern times. Girzone described him as “a Jesus that made sense, a Jesus that could heal, a Jesus [people] could fall in love with.” Fr. Girzone, who gave Communion to the divorced and remarried, thought priestly celibacy should be relaxed, and supported the ordination of women, once told People magazine that “All through my years as a priest I felt that religions were doing damage to people.”

Among writers and cultural notables who died:

∎ Martin Gilbert: Historian who wrote 88 books, including histories of World Wars I and II, the twentieth century, and the Holocaust. He became Winston Churchill’s official biographer in a project that has so far reached 25 volumes and over 25,000 pages—one that Hillsdale College is continuing. ∎ Michael Graves: Architect for 350 buildings, including our Archdiocesan Center, and designer of 2,000 products, many for Target stores. His style, much influenced by a two-year stay in Rome, was modern but also strongly marked by classical elements and warm colors. Graves also taught at Princeton. After a spinal infection left him paralyzed in 2003, he worked on designs for the Kesssler Institute for Rehabilitation while he was a patient there, and also did work for the Wounded Warrior Home project at Virginia’s Fort Belvoir.

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suffered from schizophrenia starting in 1959, and his productive life seemed over at age 30. He haunted Princeton’s campus, where he became known as “the ghost of Fine Hall.” He and his wife divorced, but she later agreed to take him back, and he recovered. They remarried in 2001. ∎ Joseph Coffey: NYPD detective who became famous for his work on the Lufthansa robbery, the Son of Sam murders, the bombing of Fraunces Tavern, but especially for his investigations of mobsters. For a hilarious story (that can’t be recounted here) of when Coffey and his partner, Detective Frank McDarby, went to meet with mob boss Paul Castellano, see Joseph Coffey and Jerry Schmetterer, The Coffey Files (1992), pages 54-57. (If you want to hear it, ask me.) ∎ Fred Thompson: Former Republican Senator from Tennessee, and film and TV actor (“In the Line of Fire,” “The Hunt for Red October,” “Law and Order”). ∎ Helmut Schmidt: As West German Chancellor (1974-1982), he overcame the terrorist Baader- Meinhof Gang and resisted Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles by insisting that the U.S. counter- deploy, which led to his loss of office. His successor proceeded to adopt his policy, with the result that the Russians backed down (and that Helmut Kohl got credit for the victory). Schmidt became a revered elder statesman. For his 90th birthday party, his friend Henry Kissinger wrote: “I hope that he will survive me. The world would be an empty place without him.”

Msgr. David Hubba

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∎ Günter Grass: German novelist and 1999 Nobel laureate, especially for The Tin Drum. In 2006, it came out that he had voluntarily enlisted in the German army in 1943 and was later drafted into a Waffen-SS division. Soon after, British journalist Daniel Johnson scathingly detailed his consistently far-left views, but none of this seemed to hurt the author’s reputation much, which goes to show: Gu nter Grass gets a pass. There’s extra heft in being left. ∎ Robert Conquest: British historian and recipient of the 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom who exposed the vast, murderous scale of Stalin’s Great Terror. Although some of Conquest’s numbers were a bit high, his main judgments were convincingly validated by the opening of Soviet archives. ∎ Kurt Masur: Classical conductor especially known for his work with Bach choral pieces, Beethoven and Brahms. He led the New York Philharmonic (1991- 2002) after many years with the Gewandhaus orchestra of Leipzig, where he persuaded the East German government to build a new concert hall because “The orchestra had been playing in a congress hall at the zoo since the end of the war. During quiet sections you could hear the lions roar.” He directed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for the 1990 official celebration of German reunification. Alan Gilbert, current director of the New York Philharmonic, said that Masur’s years there “represent one of its golden eras, in which music- making was infused with commitment and devotion —with the belief in the power of music to bring humanity closer together.

Prominent deaths in politics, business and science included:

∎ Mario Cuomo: Eloquent three-term Democratic governor of New York and defender of liberal causes. ∎ Michele Ferrero: Head of the $30 billion family- held company that makes Nutella, Tic Tacs and Ferrero Rocher chocolates. When a reporter was given an interview with the intensely private Ferrero in 2011 and noticed a statue of Our Lady in his office, Ferrero told him that he had similar statues in every plant and office the company operated in 53 countries, and that he visited Lourdes every year. ∎ John Nash: Princeton professor, Nobel Prize winner for Economics (1994) and subject of the film “A Beautiful Mind,” which won an Academy Award in 2001. He and his wife Alicia died when their cab crashed on the New Jersey Turnpike. They were not wearing seatbelts. Nash, who has been compared to such giants as Galileo and John Maynard Keyes, had

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THIRD SATURDAY PRAYER—JANUARY 16 All are invited to join the Legion of Mary after the 8:30 am Mass on Saturday, January 16 in Mary's Chapel for the Rosary and the continuing series on the virtues of the Blessed Mother.

HEARTFELT THANKS FOR YOUR DONATIONS

TO OUR CATHOLIC CHARITIES CLOTHING BIN

Catholic Charities received $999 as a result of your clothing donations from June 1, 2015 to November 30, 2015. Through your generosity, they were able to purchase new metal frame beds for our homeless in Jersey City. The residents are deeply appreciative of this upgrade. Thank you for being a partner with Catholic Charities and enabling them to bring Christ’s love to those most in need in our society. You can continue to bring gently used clothing, linens and dishware to our collection bin located in the rectory parking lot on Harrison Street.

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Visit us on our websites!

CHURCH: sjcnj.org SCHOOL: sjsusa.org REL. ED.: sjcnjre.org

SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL’s

2016 “CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE”

TRICKY TRAY—FEBRUARY 4

… at the Rockleigh Country Club.

Doors open at 5:30 pm; dinner is served at

7:00pm.

Fabulous prizes —hundreds and

hundreds of baskets!

There will be a basket preview the day of the event from 12-2 pm. The reservation price of $65 per ticket includes a four-course dinner, beer, wine, soda and a 25 ticket sheet for the auction. Contact Geraldine at 201-390-6456 or via email at Geraldine_wacker@yahoo.com to reserve your seats NOW!

A premier event in Bergen County for over ten years!

“AN AFTERNOON OF CHRISTMAS JOY”

TODAY!—JANUARY 10 Join us on Sunday, January 10 at 3:00 pm

in the Upper Church for “An Afternoon of Christmas Joy!” featuring our adult choir, leaders of song, parish musicians, and children’s choir all under the direction of Saint Joseph Music Director Monroe Quinn. All are invited. Carry the beautiful music of Christmas into the new year !

SAVE THIS DATE! ANNUAL BEEFSTEAK DINNER & RAFFLE

—FEBRUARY 27 Saint Joseph Church’s Annual Beefsteak Dinner and Raffle will take place on Saturday, February 27 immediately after the 5:00 pm Mass in the School Gym. Tickets are $45/person and include a wonderful dinner by Clifton’s Nightingale Catering (serving the finest in beefsteak and chicken since 1938) with music by our own Peter Greco. Look for a letter from our pastor toward the end of the month and watch this bulletin for instructions on

how to reserve your seat.. The names of the 50/50 raffle winners will be drawn at the dinner. Proceeds of the event will go toward repairs and

maintenance of our beautiful church.

See our bulletin in FULL COLOR at sjcnj.org

SHAWL MINISTRY MEETING —JANUARY 12

Saint Joseph’s Shawl Ministry will meet on Tuesday, January 12 from 2-4pm in the Parish Life Center on Grove Street. All knitters & crocheters are welcome to join us in making shawls…or bring your current yarn project and spend a relaxing afternoon with us. Our ministry has shawls available for those experiencing illness, confinement, bereavement, or other situation. For further information, please contact Barbara Piersa at 201-261-0298 or Pat DeNicolo at 201-261-4323.

WALK-IN DINNER PROGRAM —JANUARY 12

Would you like to help feed the hungry? You will have an opportunity to do just that on Tuesday, January 12. Saint Joseph’s Social Concerns Committee will be preparing & serving a meatloaf dinner for approximately 150 people in need at the Housing, Health & Human Services Center located at 120 South River St. in Hackensack. If you would like to help prepare or serve the dinner, your help will be sincerely appreciated. Please call Joan at 201-707-4898. If you would prefer, a financial donation, to help offset the cost of the dinner would be sincerely appreciated as well. Pease make your check payable to “Saint Joseph Church” and mark the envelope “Walk in Dinner Program.” You can mail it to, or drop it off at, the rectory. Thank you! God bless you!

YOUTH GROUP UPDATE —NEXT MEETING, SUNDAY, JANUARY 10

Our Youth Group’s “Prayer Service For Peace” was small but the teens did a great job. After the prayer service we went to the gym to watch Saint Joseph

beat Saint John in a very exciting basketball game. Oops, we did not realize that the dinner and a movie we are planning was going to be on Super Ball Sunday, so we have changed the date. It will now be on Sunday, January 31. We will decide on the movie as we get closer to the date. Our next meeting will be Sunday, January 10 from 5:00-7:00 pm in the Parish Life Center (268 Grove Street, Oradell). Hope to see you there!

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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FREE THROW CONTEST

—JANUARY 23 St. Joseph Knights of Columbus K of C Council #3814 is sponsoring it’s local Council Basketball Free Throw Championship on Saturday, January 23 in the Saint Joseph School Gym. All boys and girls ages 9 to 14 are invited to participate. Each respective age division winner will proceed to the District competition. Registration will begin at 2:30 pm and the free throw contest will take place at 3:00 pm. All participants are required to provide proof of age and written parental consent. Age eligibility is determined by the age of the contestant as of January 1, 2016. For additional information, contact Bob Osterlof at 201-370-3404 or visit the website at kofc3814.org

Pick up a brochure in our church literature racks.

CULTURE OF LIFE, 9 DAYS OF PRAYER —JANUARY 16-24

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops is calling for nine days of prayer from Saturday, January 16 to Sunday, January 24 centered on pro-life advancement. On January 18, we celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. who said on Christmas in 1967:

Now let me say that the next thing we must be concerned about if we are to have peace on earth and good will toward men is the nonviolent affirmation of the sacredness of all human life. Every man is somebody because he is a child of God. … Man is more than a vagary of whirling electrons or a wisp of smoke from a limitless smoldering. Man is a child of God, made in His image, and therefore must be respected as such.

FOR DADS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

REVISED SCHEDULE Come join other dads who understand the joys and struggles you live with as

the father of sons and daughters with special needs. The group typically meets the third Wednesday of the month from 7:30 to 9:00 pm at St. John the Evangelist Parish Life Center (15 North Washington Ave., Bergenfield, NJ). Meeting dates for the new year are:

January 20, February 17, March 16 April 20, May 18, June 15

Any questions, contact Deacon Jim Detura at 201-747-0713 or at jdeturarph@aol.com or Anne Masters at 973-639-6536 or at masteranrcan@gmail.com

OUR PARISH LENTEN MISSION—MARCH 12-15 Friar Johnpaul Cafiero will lead us in a reflection on the seven last words of Jesus in his engaging and informative style. His storytelling and humor bring to life the message of Jesus’ words to us, his disciples today. Topics such as: faith and doubt, addictions and conversion, depression and surrender, death and new life will be explored. An enjoyable and faith strengthening experience for junior high students through senior citizens. Come, bring a friend or family member for an hour and a half they will not soon forget . Hospitality will be served after the service

“NO GREATER LOVE OR MERCY” REFLECTIONS ON THE

LAST SEVEN WORDS OF JESUS

FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY ALCOHOLISM —JANUARY 16 A special mass and 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, January 16 at 12:00 noon. Mass is offered for the support, healing and recovery of not on-ly the man/woman directly infected 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

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