Roman Catholic Church Saint Joseph

PASTOR: Msgr. David C. Hubba

PAROCHIAL VICARS:

Rev. Anthony Di Stefano Rev. John Z. Radwan

DEACON: George Montalvo

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 MC

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

August 25, 2019

*PARKING LOTS CLOSED FOR REPAIRS

MON.-WED. August 26-27-28

*SECOND COLLECTION for MARYKNOLL MISSIONS

TODAY (see p. 5) Oradell/New Milford, NJ

Summer Hours: (Parish Office) Mon-Thurs: 9 am - 5 pm, Fri.: 9 am –2 pm; (Rel. Ed.) Tues.-Thurs: 10 am-4 pm (Also by appointment.)

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SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

SACRAMENT OF

MARRIAGE

August 12, 2019

Christine Hanrahan

& Anthony Servino

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM August 18, 2019

God bless our newest Christians and their families

Trent Joseph Crowe Child of Timothy & Suzanne

with brothers Dylan and Kyle

Riley Kimberley O’Brien Child of Denise & Brendan

with brother Logan

Jason Joseph Borel Child of Jason & Colleen

MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Fr. Anthony and Fr. John invite you to join them on the Newark Archdiocesan Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

(Washington, DC) with Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R. on Saturday, October 26. Watch this bulletin for details.

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TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ AUGUST 25, 2019

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED! Volunteers are greatly needed to teach the grades listed below. ALL TRAINING IS PROVIDED. Please prayerfully consider sharing our Faith with the children of Saint Joseph. You will find it to be a very rewarding experience.

SUNDAYS (10:10-11:35 am) —Kdgtn (1); Grade 1 (2); Grade 3 (2); Grade 4 (3); Grade 6 (2)

TUESDAYS (3:45-5:10 pm) —Kdgtn (1); Grade 1 (2); Grade 2 (3); Grade 4 (2)

WEDNESDAYS (4:45-6:10 pm) —Grade 7 (3); Grade 8 (3)

Call Deacon George or Mrs. Arlene Kennedy at 201-261-1144 to volunteer or to learn more.

I have long admired St. Augustine (354-430), whose feast day is this Wednesday. Partly, this is because of his stature as a Catholic teacher,

since, after the Apostolic era, his only real rival is St. Thomas Aquinas. But his masterful use of language is also a major attraction. I have several collections of his thoughts. One was expertly assembled by the Augustinian priest Donald Burt. After I was assigned here a while, I finally got around to calling Villanova Univesity where he worked, to see whether he might be interested in offering a presentation, only to be told that he had recently died. (There’s a lesson there somewhere.) Father Burt once wrote one of the finest brief summaries of Augustine’s life I’ve ever come across: Augustine was born in the fifth century in North Africa of a dedicated Christian mother and a happily pagan father. He grew into an adult with little or no faith in anything. He had an eleven-year relationship with a good woman, and by her had a child. Eventually he sent her away when she seemed to be an obstacle to his career. He was a teacher who had trouble controlling his students and eventually gave up that profession to become a speech-writer at the Imperial Court. After years of wandering, he rediscovered Christ in his early thirties and was baptized. For the next forty years he served the church in North Africa as a parish priest, bishop, and confidant of the humble and powerful. He preached to his parish congregation every day for forty years. Finally, as he lay dying, he could hear pagan hordes pounding on the gates of his beloved city. At times Augustine has been accused of being too severe in his opinions: of not appreciating life’s enjoyments enough. This is not so, as anyone who has read him at any length can readily testify, since he highly values the beauties of God’s creation, as many of his sermons attest. “Visible things are delightful, they’re beautiful, they’re good,” he says in one of them. “See the One Who made them: He it is that is your hope, and he it is that will later on be the reality you will possess.” For Augustine, nothing even begins to compare with the importance of knowing and following Jesus Christ. As he once wrote:

(continued above)

St. Augustine by Antonello da Messina

Make your choice; either to love things temporal and pass away with time’s passing, or not to love the world, and to live forever with God. The river of time sweeps us on; but there, like a tree growing by the river, is our Lord Jesus Christ. He took flesh, died, rose again, ascended into heaven. He willed to plant himself … beside the river of things temporal. If you are drifting down to the rapids, lay hold of the tree: if you are caught up in the world’s love, lay hold of Christ. He for your sake entered into time, that you might win eternity… .

The contemplative nun Sister Maura Sée once paid suitable tribute to St. Augustine when she wrote of him that

… at the end of Augustine’s life it must have seemed that his work would be destroyed. The Vandals … would throw out the Catholic bishops and oppress the faithful, and never again would North Africa be the secure civilized country he had been born in, and which had been the temporal background of his teaching. But what he could not know was that down the ages his writings would inspire the learned, and his words find an echo in the hearts of ordinary men and women, the successors of the “Beloved” whose shepherd he had been.

Getting to know this great saint is one of the true joys of deeper immersion into Catholicism. Many fine modern translations of his works are available.

Msgr. David Hubba

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SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

A JOURNEY OF FAITH ~ R.C.I.A (2019-2020)

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) starts up again on Wednesday, September 4 at 7:00pm in the Parish Life Center. Anyone interested in becoming a Catholic or wishing to complete their reception of the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist) is invited to come for a chance to socialize and meet over light fare (appetizers) and refreshments, with Father Anthony, RCIA team members, as well as those who have been a part of the RCIA journey into full initiation as members of the Church and part of our parish community. The RCIA is an opportunity open to adults interested in becoming Catholic or who wish to complete their reception of the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist). IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN JOINING RCIA AND HAS NOT YET SET UP A MEETING WITH FATHER ANTHONY, PLEASE CONTACT HIM BY EMAIL AT fatheranthony@sjcnj.org OR CALL HIM AT 201-261-0148 EXT. 13.

NOVEMBER 4th—13th

PILGRIMAGE DETAILS MEETING for parishioners journeying to Italy

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8th @ 7:30 pm PARISH RETREAT HOUSE

Come with any questions on our travels, meals, accommodations and pilgrimage sites! Airline tickets and final documents will be distributed; if you are not able to attend please let us know by calling or emailing Father Anthony 201-261-0148 ext. 13 or fatheranthony@sjcnj.org

Organized by: Great Experiences, Inc.—Anne Breslin 201-825-3725 or anne@greatexperiencesNJ.com

YOUTH AND TEENS: We are looking for

NEW ALTAR SERVERS! Altar Servers perform a very important and much needed role of assisting in liturgical services so that the presider can focus on leading all

present through word, prayer and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Any child who is a parishioner and either a student at Saint Joseph School or enrolled in our Religious Education program and has already received First Holy Communion and is at least in the 4th grade (through 8th grade) can join our Youth Server ministry. More information on training for altar servers will be announced soon and details provided on our parish website and through the Saint Joseph School and Religious Education classes. We are also excited about our new Teen Server ministry for our High School students. If you are currently in the 9th -12th grades you are encouraged to join other teens serving at some of our Sunday 9am, 10:30 am, Noon Masses and our special monthly Teens Serving Teens 6pm Mass with Fr. Anthony. If anyone is interested in learning more about becoming an altar server, or if you have any questions about our Youth and Teen Altar Server Ministries, please contact Fr. Anthony: fatheranthony@sjcnj.org or call 201-261-0148 ext. 13.

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Saturday 5:00 pm

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

Monday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Tuesday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Wednes-day 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 12:00 pm

PRAYER REQUESTS

Let us remember all those who are ill: John Driscoll, Kathy Luppino, Marie Ziegler,

Sr. Josefina Morales, Eleanor Flanagan, Yvette Hendrickson, Keith Saunders, Gina Savarese,

Baby Casey Ruvulo, Ann DiGiovanni

Let us remember all those who have died: Ann Marie Vrola, Samuel Hekemian, Fr. James Stephen Behrens, O.S.C.O.

Let us remember those serving in the military.

BREAD & WINE INTENTION

The bread & wine for the week of

August 25, 2019 is donated

in loving memory of Beatrice E. Guerra

as requested by the Guerra Family.

TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ AUGUST 25, 2019

SUNDAY COLLECTION

August 18, 2019 August 19, 2018 Basket $6,801 $6,514 Electronic Giving $4,787 $4,619 Total Sunday Collection $11,588 $11,133

SECOND COLLECTION TODAY FOR MARYKNOLL MISSIONS

Brother John Blazo, a missionary from The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, is speaking to us this weekend. Maryknollers move into

the roughest fringes of society in Asia, Africa and Latin America, living side-by-side with the indigenous peoples, and dedicating themselves–with the generous support of donors–to combating poverty, building communities, availing healthcare, and advancing peace & social justice. We hope you will be generous.

SHAWL MINISTRY MEETING —SEPTEMBER 10

Saint Joseph’s Shawl Ministry will meet on Tuesday, September 10 from 2:00-4:00 pm in the Parish Life Center on Grove Street. All knitters and crocheters are welcome to join us in making shawls...or bring your current yarn project and spend a relaxing afternoon with us. Our ministry crafts shawls for those experiencing illness, confinement, bereavement or other situation. For further information, please call 201-261-0148 or send an email to office@sjcnj.org

August 24, 2019 Sister Pat Egan

August 25, 2019 People of the Parish Angelo Bartolomeo Russell Barrett Jennie & Joseph Ferrante

August 26, 2019 Theresa Calasunno In Thanksgiving for a very special intention

August 27, 2019 Ann Ryan Gregg Higley

August 28, 2019 Guy Talarico (Birthday—Living) Jack Grimm (35th Anniversary Remembrance)

August 29, 2019 Trinidad Caceres Timmy Curtin

August 30, 2019 Dominic G. Guadagno Timmy Curtin

August 31, 2019 Kristine LaGuardia Walter & Gerry Smith

September 1, 2019 People of the Parish Bernadette Pongos-Silva Catherine Fitzek Gregorio & Crisenciana De Luna

LABOR DAY IS SEPTEMBER 2

ONLY ONE MASS *There will be only ONE Mass on Labor Day, Monday, September 2, at 8:30 am.

NO NOVENA There will be NO Miraculous Medal Novena on Monday, September 2. It will resume on September 9.

OFFICE CLOSINGS The Parish Office/Rectory, the Religious Education Office and Saint Joseph School’s Main Office will all be CLOSED on Labor Day, Monday, September 2.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION—SEPTEMBER 4 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be held on Wednesday, September 4 in Mary's Chapel from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The Legion of Mary invites you to attend.

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SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

BEFORE CARE SUPERVISOR NEEDED Saint Joseph School seeks a Before Care Supervisor. Up to one hour per day. School doors open at 7:15 am - 8:00 am. Successful candidate will have Protecting God's Children training (we can help with that). Interested applicants should email letter of interest and resume to: valentip@sjsusa.org

“MEALS WITH A MISSION” MORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

SEE DATES BELOW Meals With A Mission is a volunteer organization which provides 20,000 meals

per month throughout our local counties. After several successful months of volunteering at their commercial kitchen in Garfield, Saint Joseph Parish has been added to the Meals With A Mission schedule. It has been a rewarding experience and a lot of fun! We are looking for more people to join our team of dedicated volunteers. Our assigned dates for the rest of the year are all Wednesdays—September 11, October 2, November 6 & December 4 from 10:00 am1:00 pm. If you are interested in volunteering for one, two or any number of these dates, please contact Peg Kohli by phone at 201-391-0224 or by email at tkohli@optonline.net Thank you for considering this worthwhile cause.

SIGN-UP FOR BIBLE STUDY 2019 —Aug 31-Sept 1

Saint Joseph Parish has enjoyed participating in the Great

Adventure Bible Series, the nationally known DVD-based program since 2008. Our newest study is called Romans: The Gospel of Salvation (8 wks). Other offerings include Ephesians: Discovering Your Inheritance (8 wks); and Walking Toward Eternity: Daring to Walk the Walk (8 wks); All studies meet weekly for 90 minutes in the Parish Life Center. Daytime and Evening meeting times are available. Sign-up for all bible studies will take place on the weekend of Aug 31- Sept 1 in the Harrison Street lobby of the Church. Registration fees range from $25-30 and includes a study guide. To find out more about this parish-based bible study program, please visit ascensionpress.com or contact Pat Fakharzadeh at 201-599-2123 or email her at bible@sjcnj.org

PARKING LOT REPAIRS —AUGUST 26-27-28

ALL parking lots (upper church/upper school; rectory/parish office; and lower school—front and side) will be CLOSED from Monday, August 26 through Wednesday, August 28. Only street parking will be available on those days. (Daily Mass attendees can park on Grand or Harrison Streets; anyone visiting the lower school must enter via the grassy area to get to the front entrance —no walking in parking lot, and only the front door of the upper school will be accessible.) We thank you for your cooperation.

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

Pick up your student’s

SCHOOL PACKET at the

Lower School Mon.—Thurs.

8:00 am—3:00 pm

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