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ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH
MOTHER CHURCH OF THE BERKSHIRES
ESTABLISHED 1849
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Liturgical Celebrations
Saturday 4:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM
11:30 AM
Daily Mass 12:10 PM
RCIA Tuesdays, 6:30 PM
Holy Hour Monday-Friday, 11:00 AM
Daily Rosary Monday-Friday, 11:30 AM
Prayer Group 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 6:45 PM
The Staff
Msgr. Michael Shershanovich, Pastor
Rev. Geoffrey Deeker, CSS, Priest in Residence
Rev. Mr. Pasqual Baldasaro, Deacon
John Arasimowicz,
Coordinator of Youth Religious Education
e-Mail: stjosephccd@berkshire.rr.com
Michele Madden, Secretary
e-Mail: Michelemadden@berkshire.rr.com
Mrs. Patricia Momnie, Pastoral Minister
St. Joseph’s Parish Office
414 North Street. Pittsfield, MA 01201
Tel: (413) 445-5789
Fax: (413) 443-5466
Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
e-Mail: msgrmike@berkshire.rr.com
Web site: www.stjoepittsfield.com St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Mr. Paul Guillou, Superintendent
Nancy Nolan, Secretary
Tel: (413) 499-1317
Sacrament of Baptism:
All new parents are expected to complete a course of instruction.
Please consult the parish office for classes.
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Saturdays, 3:00-3:45PM
Sacrament of Matrimony:
Couples should contact the parish office at least one year prior to the wedding.
New Parishioners should register at the parish office. We look forward to welcoming you to the
parish family and hope you will become involved with your time, talent and treasure.
Ministry to the Sick and Parishioners confined to home have visitations that are scheduled on a
regular basis. Please notify the parish office to make arrangements.
Religious Education Classes are held at St. Joseph’s High School following the 9:00 AM Mass
for all public school students, grades K-11, and parochial students preparing for Sacraments.
LECTORS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
Saturday 4 PM EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Joe Bourquard, Andy Canata, Pat Momnie, Sr. Jean Bostley,
May 24th Barbara Dalso, Paula Dodds
LECTORS: Jim Armstrong & Cheryl Furtek
Sunday, 9 AM EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Betty Kirby, Jack Laviolette, MaryKay McClintock,
May 25th Nancy Nolan, Pat Keegan & Joe Ryan
LECTORS: Donna Quallen & JohnQuallen
Sunday, 11:30 AM EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: P. McDonough & Joe Dahrouge
May 25th LECTORS: Robert Bouquet & Anne Dunham
S T. J O S E P H ’ S CH U R CH — P I T T S F I E L D , M A S SACH US E T T S
J esus tells us not to be troubled. Therefore, pray that the Lord will how you the way in your life. Just ask Him.
If you think God is calling you to a Church vocation, call Fr. Gary Dailey at (413) 452-0811 or email
g.dailey@diospringfield.org Website: www.myvocation.org
T he Polish Picnic will he held again this year on Sunday, July 20, from 12 Noon to 6 PM. For over 48 years the Polish Picnic has been a huge success with a large attendance. The plan for this
year’s event is to again maintain this success. Admission is free. Polish and American food and drinks may be purchased. Frozen food can be purchased starting at 9 AM that morning. Hot meals will be available at 12Noon. The Polish foods include kielbasa, kapusta, golumbki, and pierogi. Also for pur-chase will be hot dogs, hamburgers, beverages and desserts! Various raffles will be available along with a lottery tree. As in the past, entertainment for your listening and dancing pleasure will be pro-vided by “The Rymanowski Brothers” of Albany, NY. Kiddie Land with games & Mr. Bouncy Bounce
will be set up for the younger members of the family. Please don’t forget to bring your lawn chair!
Memorial Day Mass will be
celebrated at St. Joseph’s
Cemetery on Monday, May 26th
at 11:00 a.m. in the Mausoleum
area. Please bring a chair. In
case of rain Mass will be at
St. Joseph’s Church.
IT’S A VOLUNTEER PICNIC AND YOU ARE INVITED!
Before the weather gets too hot we are taking advantage of the last days of Spring to come together as friends and share a good meal and relax after a long year of work. Please join us for the Volunteer Pic-nic on June 6th at 5:00 p.m. in the Parish Center. Please call the Rectory to let us know if you are attending!
Third Thursdays have become an event the en-
tire community looks forward to; spending time with family, neighbors, and friends to foster relationships and strengthen community bonds. St. Joseph Parish is happy to share in these events. We will be working 3rd Thursdays in June, August and September as well as the 4th of July. Please consider donating bot-tled water and soda for these events. Also, we are always looking for help staffing these events! Please call the Rectory is your able to lend a hand! Thank you!
Did you know...We had to
replace the water main in
the Church. Things wear
out. It cost $16,000.00
M ay 2 5 , 2 014
Knights of Columbus Council #103 Lumberjack Breakfast Fundraiser, Father’s
Day, Sunday, June 15, 2014 from 8 AM—11 AM at St. Joseph Parish Center.
Menu: Pancakes, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Home Fries, Orange Juice,
Coffee, Tea & Hot Chocolate! Adults: $8; Children 5yr to 12 yr: $5. For tickets–
contact St. Joseph Rectory or Jack Laviolette at 464-6009.
Pregnancy Support Services of Berkshire
Co., Inc. will hold its annual Silk Rose Sale
on Memorial Day weekend. The agency very
much appreciates the support of the local par-
ishes to continue in its service to women with
crisis pregnancies. Silk roses sell for $1 each.
THANK YOU!
MEETING: MAY 29th
Save the date...Mark your calendar...
St. Joseph’s FESTIVAL OF SHAR-
ING ROOTS will be held on Septem-
ber 7th. A PLANNING MEETING is
scheduled for Thursday, May 29th at
6:30 PM in the North Chapel. We will
discuss the highlights of last year’s festival and some new ideas
for this year! We’d like to hear from YOU! What are your ide-
as? Booth chairpersons, volunteers and parishioners are encour-
aged and welcome to attend! PLEASE JOIN US...Hope to see
you there!
Did you know… The copper
rain drains at the Parish
Center have been stolen.
The Pittsfield Police are aware
and are investigating.
Service to the Church can be done in many ways; one such is by donating time to
serve on the Parish Council. As this is a time of transition of leadership, we would
like to send a heart-felt "thank you" to members of the Parish Council who have re-
cently finished their service: Tony Venturini, Ann Dunham, Thomas Arasimowicz,
Gerry Dahrouge and Nancy Prezenik. Your time and commitment to our Parish is
appreciated beyond written words. We would also like to send a warm "welcome" to
the in-coming members of the Council: Pat Keegan, Betty Kirby, Jack Laviolette,
Cheryl Furtek and Joe Ryan--We are most grateful for the input of all our members.
The Food
Pantry of St.
Joseph Par-
ish extends a
HUGE thank you to
the United States Post Office for their over-
whelming contribution to us. The participation
from your patrons is greatly appreciated as our
shelves are replenished with your kind gener-
osity. Thank you from the parish and the mem-
bers of the Food Pantry.
Berkshire County Treasure Hunters un-
earthed a ladies watch on our grounds that
must have been there for quite a few years. If
you think it might be yours please call
John Sheerin at 329-8666.
6 t h S u n d ay o f E a s t e r
Saturday, May 24th
CHARLIE BUNNELL 4 PM
Requested by Paula Ken & Family
Sunday, May 25th
DECEASED MEMBERS VOCI & SPAZIOSO
FAMILIES
Requested by Karen Cowell 9 AM
JOAN BARRETT
Requested by Family 11:30 AM
Sanctuary Candle
STELLA & LOUIS DUDA
Requested by Fred, Pat & Barbara
Monday, May 26th
Mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph Cemetery 11 AM
Mausoleum area. In case of rain
Mass will be at St. Joseph Church
Tuesday, May 27th
Wednesday, May 28th
LOUIS DUDA 12:10 PM
Requested by Fred, Pat & Barbara
Thursday, May 29th
JOHN REMBISH 12:10 PM
Requested by Family
SALLY MICKOWITZ 5:30 PM
Requested by Family
Friday, May 30th
DICK DOAK 12:10 PM
Requested by Family
Saturday, May 31st
JENNIE HARTE 4 PM
Requested by Family
Sunday, June 1st
PAT COLLINS 9 AM
Requested by Mary & Ray DeMott
The Mierzejewski Family 11:30 AM
Readings for the Week of May 25, 2014 Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17/1 Pt 3:15-18 or 1 Pt 4:13-16/Jn 14:15-21 or Jn 17:1-11a Monday: Acts 16:11-15/Jn 15:26--16:4a Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34/Jn 16:5-11 Wednesday: Acts 17:15, 22--18:1/Jn 16:12-15 Thursday: Acts 18:1-8/Jn 16:16-20 Friday: Acts 18:9-18/Jn 16:20-23 Saturday: Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16/Lk 1:39-56 Next Sunday: Acts 1:1-11/Eph 1:17-23/Mt 28:16-20
NEICH BED ZIE POCHWALONY JEZUS CHRYSTUS
GLUTEN FREE HOSTS AVAILABLE TO THOSE
WHO CANNOT TOLERATE GLUTEN. PLEASE
NOTIFY PRIEST BEFORE MASS.
Kindly silence all pagers & cell phones. Thank you!
ST. JOSEPH PRAYER LINE 443-1221 Sacrificial Giving Last Week: $4,313.00
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
"If you love me, you will keep my com-mandments." It\'s not uncommon to associ-ate the word "commands" with im-ages of dictatorship. We can tend to think
of commandments as obstacles to real freedom, im-posed by some angry, powerful tyrant who just wants to be in control. Call them directions, or suggestions, or guidelines if you will, but not commands! It almost feels like an insult. But today, Jesus breaks out of these stereotypes. He casts the commandments in the con-text of love. He does not insist on any obligation to follow them. Rather, he says that whoever observes his commandments "is the one who loves me." So just what commandments will we be following if we love the Lord? When Jesus was questioned about this, he said the two greatest commandments are to "love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind," and to "love your neighbor as yourself," (Mt 22:37-39). Even the com-mands he gives us are rooted in love, not legalism. Of course, when we follow these principles we will natu-rally keep the traditional Ten Commandments, which give more specific instructions on how to love God and neighbor. As we know from experience, when we truly love someone, we desire to make them happy. When they are content, we are content. So the more we love Je-sus, the more we will want to please him. Thus, follow-ing his commandments ultimately makes us happy too. Understood in these terms, the commandments don\'t stifle us, they satisfy us! God doesn\'t restrict our free-dom; he respects it. Ultimately, it is our choice whether or not we will live the life of love that Jesus offers us.
Our next bus trip is to Mac-Haydn Theatre, Friday, June 27 to see “FIDDLER ON THE ROOF”. We’ll have dinner at Winding Brook Country Club and then on to the Theatre. Bus leaves at 4:30 p.m. & returns after the show. Cost: $64. Please the call Rectory for reservations!
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