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Saint Joseph on the Brandywine Founded 1841
Rectory 10 Old Church Road, Greenville, DE 19807 Office (302) 658-7017 Fax (302) 428-0639 www.stjosephonthebrandywine.org Rev. Msgr. Joseph F. Rebman, V.G., PASTOR Deacon F. Edmund Lynch Deacon Michael Stankewicz; 302-235-1203; [email protected] Parish & Pastoral Secretary: Francine A. Harkins; (302) 658-7017; [email protected] Bulletin Editor: [email protected] Bookkeeper: Laura G. Gibson 654-5565; [email protected] DIRECTOR OF LITURGY & MUSIC Michael Marinelli (302) 777-5970 DIRECTOR OF ADULT & YOUTH CHOIRS Mary Ellen Schauber (302) 888-1556 ADULT FAITH FORMATION: Peter C. Fulweiler, Sr.; (302) 652-2264; [email protected] ALTAR SERVER COORDINATOR Steve Carroll (302) 373-6314 COMMUNION MINISTER COORDINATOR Carolyn Mostyn (610) 388-0829 LECTOR COORDINATOR Loretta S. Carlson (302) 836-5883; [email protected] PARISH COUNCIL EXECUTIVE OFFICER Joseph Yacyshyn (302) 239-1879 FINANCE COUNCIL EXECUTIVE OFFICER Eugene Julian (302) 239-6082 BUILDING & GROUNDS MANAGER
Robert W. Spittle (302) 658-1018; [email protected]
ST. JOSEPH CEMETERIES (302) 658-7017
Family Center Director of Religious Education: Eva Marie Lyons (302) 656-7185; [email protected] Religious Education Secretary: Linda T. Mondzelewski (302) 656-7185; [email protected]
Schedule of Liturgies SATURDAY VIGIL: 5:00 PM SUNDAY EUCHARISTS: 7:30 AM; 9:00 AM; 10:30 AM DAILY EUCHARISTS: 7 AM; 12:05 (Mon. - Fri.) 8:00 AM (Saturday) HOLY DAY EUCHARIST: As announced SICK CALLS: Anytime RECONCILIATION SERVICES: Saturdays: 4 to 4:45 PM; Anytime by appointment BAPTISMS: By appointment with at least one preparation session for new parents. WEDDINGS: Engaged couples wishing to marry in the church should contact a Parish Priest at least one year prior to the planned wedding date to begin the marriage preparation process. The year-long process includes diocesan pre-marriage classes and meetings with clergy.
COUNCIL #15436: Council meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m., Family Center Conference Room. Membership in the Knights of Columbus is open to men 18 years of age or older who are practicing Catholics. Contact Paul Thorson, 302-229-5644, [email protected] or John Strusowski, 302-753-2928, [email protected]. FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTIONS: All are welcome to join the Knights of Columbus Council #15436 at the First Saturday of the month devotions to Our Lady of Fatima at 8 a.m. in the church.
PEACEFUL HEART While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
—St. Francis of Assisi
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 1, 2017
Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Jesus. — Philippians 2:5
Religious Education Dear Friends, Thank you to everyone who participated in last Sunday’s Family Day! It was such a joy to see parents and children working together. Take a minute to admire the beautiful Family Coats of Arms on the walls of our Family Center – these represent the strengths and gifts and blessings of the families in our religious education program. We promise to use these gifts as missionary disciples, and to spread the message of Jesus Christ everywhere we go! We have our second class today – don’t forget that all grades have class from 10-11:30am. Blessings, Eva
St. Joe’s Trunk or Treat Sunday, October 29th, 4-7 p.m.
Join us for a festive evening of trick or treating,
food, fun and fellowship!
Trunk-n-Treat Details • Car trunks should be decorated like front porches on Halloween night • Costumes encouraged for all • Bring a flashlight • Prize for “Best Trunk”
Trunk-n-Treat Schedule
4:00 p.m. Lower Parking lot open for setup of trunks 5:00 p.m. Potluck dinner begins 5:30 p.m. Trunk-n-Treat begins 7:00 p.m. Trunk-n-Treat ends Sign up Sunday morning @ religious education or call the religious ed office 302 656-7185.
Diocesan Order of Merit Medal
Stewart Tan, one of our parishioners will receive the Diocesan Order of Merit Medal at a ceremony scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 8th at 3 p.m. St. Joseph Church, Middletown. All are welcome to attend this ceremony. Stewart has been an active parishioner since 2001 and is married to Agnes. They have two children, Joseph and Samantha. Stewart has managed the St. Joseph on the Brandywine website since 2001. Let’s congratulate Stewart for volunteering his time and talent. Congratulations Stewart and thank you!
Pastor’s Notes God’s Ways
In the stream of readings during this portion of Ordinary Time one week’s texts can often appear to pick up exactly where the previous week’s concluded. The sentiments expressed in today’s first reading seem to be a direct reaction to the Gospel passage we heard last week. In that Gospel, the landowner pays the same wages to his workers whether they worked for a full day or for only a few minutes. Today Ezekiel gives us the lament, “The LORD’s way is not fair!”(Ezekiel 18:25). These Sundays in Ordinary Time offer us a glimpse into the ways of the Lord. We see how God’s way has the tendency to turn the accepted conventions of the day upside down. Those who always expected that their way to heaven was guaranteed are disappointed. Those who thought they never had a chance are given that chance. Today offers us another opportunity to discover the abundance of God’s mercy and love.
Blessing of Pets & Animals Sunday, October 8th The blessing of pets and animals is often celebrated on October 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi or on a Sunday near that date. We will have a special blessing on Sunday, October 8th after all Masses. Come one, come all, but bring those “pleasant creatures.” In the Scriptures, the act of blessing means 'the imparting of power or life.' The person performing the blessing is mediating that power from God or Christ to the person performing or the animal involved. To bless is more than an expression of goodwill and caring. To bless is to impart God's power in person! The blessing of each animal, by name, means that health, healing and life are being mediated from God for the benefit of the animal in its relationship with its human partners. Be careful not to reinforce the separation of human animals and other animals by this blessing. Instead, consider reinforcing our common kinship by blessing ALL animals--human and otherwise.
St Hedwig Catholic Church "40 hours" 100th Anniversary of Fatima - Parish Mission Oct 13-15 beginning at 7pm on Friday and Saturday at 9am . THEME - Interrelationships of Fatima and the Divine Mercy Message. RELICS - St. Faustian (Divine Mercy), Sts. Jacinta and Francisco and a piece of the Holm Oak Tree on which Our Lady of Fatima appeared. SPEAKER - Fr. Dan Cambra, MIC from the Divine Mercy Shrine in Stockbridge, MA. The Diocese of Wilmington Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be present for the 100th Anniversary Celebration. Small lunch/beverages will be available. Contact: Charlotte Coletta (302) 994-4043 web site: www.sthedwigde.org
Adult Formation Fr. Leonard Klein will hold six Bible Study Lectures on the "Book of Revelation" on Mondays - Oct 9, 16, 23, 30 and Nov 6 & 7th. They will run from 10:30am - 12:00pm.
His overview is: "The Book of Revelation has through the history of the Church contributed both to undue confusion and undue certainty. Too often the central message of the victory of Christ is lost. Fr. Leonard Klein will lead a course looking at the complex symbolism and the simple announcement of the Gospel that make up the message of the last book of the Bible." REGISTRATION: 1): Website: www.stjosephonthebrandywine.org 2): Send an e-mail with your name to [email protected] 3): Call: 302-652-2264: Please leave your phone number and e-mail address.
Emmanuel Dining Room – Tuesday, October 10
St. Joseph’s continues to provide a chicken meal to Emmanuel Dining Room once a month. Volunteers purchase and cook 24 chicken thighs and/or bring various desserts (stuffing is made the morning of delivery). Our next date to deliver our meal for Emmanuel Dining Room is Tuesday, October 10. Please have your cooked chicken and desserts at the Family Center by 9 A.M. on that day. If you would like to assist in making the stuffing, we meet at the Family Center at 8 A.M. to do that. We can always use more chicken cookers. Peg Janes (302) 656-3635.
Mass Intentions Saturday, Sept. 30 5:00 p.m. John & Frances Brown requested by the
family of James S. Grant, Jr. Sunday, Oct. 1
7:30 a.m. Joana Matlusky by the Matlusky family
9:00 a.m. M/M/ John C. Janes & Margaret T. Janes by Joseph Janes
10:30 a.m. Joseph S. Giordano by St. Joseph on the Brandywine Choir
Monday, Oct. 2
7:00 a.m. Barbara (healing) by Joyce & Donald
12:05 p.m. James Dolan family by Bob & Eleanor Kerr
Tuesday, Oct. 3
7:00 a.m. Barbara (healing) by Joyce & Donald
12:05 p.m. Emma Jane Fiorelli by Olga & Jim Hunt
Wednesday, Oct. 4
7:00 a.m. Maryanne Bemiller by Gerri Klumpp
12:05 p.m. John J. Hammerer by Bernard Brady
Thursday, Oct. 5
7:00 a.m. Anthony Zazzarino by Martha Zazzarino
12:05 p.m. Mike J. Grieco and Rose Grieco by Barb Grieco Pietropaulo
Friday, Sept. 6
7:00 a.m. Barbara (healing) by Joyce & Donald
12:05 p.m. Catherine Rossi by Donna & Martin Beech
Saturday, Sept. 7
8:00 a.m. Ralph Pearce, Jr., by Isabelle Pearce 5:00 p.m. Paul Hanley by Ann & John Strusowski
Parish Library Our parish library is located in the conference room of the Family Life Center. Many books have been placed on the center shelves featuring Our Lady of Fatima. October 13, 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the final apparition in Fatima, Portugal on October 13, 1917. Honor Our Lady of Fatima in the special way by reading and absorbing more of Our Lady's requests for us still today.
Students currently attending a Catholic elementary or secondary school in a hurricane-battered diocese may attend a Catholic school in the Diocese of Wilmington as a tuition-free guest for the current academic year, Bishop Malooly announced Sept. 19. “A number of families must relocate due to the recent hurricanes, and the Diocese of Wilmington wishes to assist any who may come to Delaware or the Eastern Shore of Maryland in continuing the faith and academic development of their children while the rebuild their own lives and their homes,” said Louis De Angelo, superintendent of schools for the diocese. The bishop wrote to the archbishops of Galveston-Houston and Miami, saying, “We recognize the tremendous work that lies ahead for relocated families, and we wish to assist them in continuing their children’s Catholic school education without tuition worries.