Roman Catholic Church Saint Joseph

God Bless our

CONFIRMATION Candidates

PASTOR: Msgr. David C. Hubba

PAROCHIAL VICARS:

Rev. Roy Regaspi Rev. Anthony Di Stefano

DEACON: GeorgeMontalvo

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

Third Sunday of Easter ~ May 5, 2019 Oradell/New Milford, NJ

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

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RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (R.C.I.A)

EASTER VIGIL~ April 20, 2019

Prayerful congratulations and blessings for our newest members of Christ’s body, His Church, here at Saint Joseph Oradell/New Milford:

Saleem Salvatore Shareef - Full Initiation in the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Communion Michael Anthony Jaimes - Full Communion with the Church in the sacraments of Confirmation and Communion

As the Church prepares to welcome the rest of our four RCIA Candidates who will be sealed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of Confirmation on Pentecost Sunday, please keep them in your prayers that they may continue to be nurtured with the Word of God and the Cross of our Savior.

LOOKING AHEAD TO OUR 2019-2020 RCIA RCIA is an opportunity to learn more about Catholicism and to become fully initiated into the Catholic Church. Anyone who

would like to inquire about becoming a fully initiated Catholic through the sacraments, or any Catholic adult who would like to be

confirmed, is welcome to contact Fr. Anthony: fatheranthony@sjcnj.org or call 201-261-0148 ext. 13.

To see photos of the entire Easter Vigil, go to facebook.com/church.st.joseph

Saleem with sponsor Larry Mushinske

Michael with sponsor Michael Moretti

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THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER ~ MAY 5, 2019

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

A SPECIAL INVITATION SPIRITUAL PILGRIMAGE

TO ITALY ROME ▪ ASSISI ▪ FLORENCE

November 4-13, 2019

Dear Friends: I would like to invite you on a very exciting pilgrimage to tour some of the most beautiful parts of Italy: Rome, Assisi and Florence.

This excursion is designed to allow you to experience firsthand the deep religious sentiments of these areas as well as the cultural and gastronomical riches of Italy. It would truly be my pleasure to share with you this spiritual and cultural Italian experience! Please watch the bulletin NEXT WEEK for all the information you’ll need to join us!

Fr. Anthony

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

It is with great pleasure that Saint Joseph Parish announces that

Monsignor David C. Hubba, current pastor of Saint Joseph Church, Oradell/New Milford, NJ, has been appointed by Cardinal Joseph Tobin, Archbishop of Newark, to another term as pastor of Saint Joseph. In Cardinal Tobin’s words, “I pray that God may continue to bless you for your priestly ministry and the parish community of Saint Joseph.” Saint Joseph Parish is blessed indeed!

Even in the dreadful days of Nazi rule in Germany, the magic of spring could not be suppressed. Inge Scholl, the surving sister of

Hans and Sophie Scholl, whose young lives were taken by Hitler’s executioners after they dared to distribute pamphlets denouncing the government’s evils, said of this welcome season:

Sometimes it seemed miraculous to us that spring returned to this land at all. Spring came and brought flowers to the empty, starving, rational world. It brought hope, and the children in the streets played their age-old games.

For Catholics, May is a time to call appreciative attention to our Blessed Mother. Her singularly graced life is always to be seen in her unique relationship with her son Jesus. The great English spiritual writer Caryll Houselander, in a poem about the Rosary, summarized this so well when she wrote that

The story of Mary is her own story, and her son was her life’s joy and her life’s sorrow; and forever her son is her life’s glory.

From the moment we meet Mary in the Gospels, when the Angel Gabriel announces to her that God wants her to bring his Son among us (Lk 1, 26-38), the simple immediacy and powerful response of acceptance of the divine will that governed her life was apparent. As Caryll Houselander expressed it so beautifully, Mary’s assent was both a key part of the story of our salvation and a challenge to us to live such a life ourselves.

Our Lady said yes. She said yes for us all. It was as if the human race were a little dark house, without light or air, locked and latched. The wind of the Spirit had beaten on the door, rattled the windows, tapped on the dark glass with the tiny hands of flowers, flung golden seed against it, even, in hours of storm, lashed it with the boughs of a great tree—the prophecy of the Cross—and yet the Spirit was outside. But one day, a girl opened the door, and the little house was swept pure and sweet by the wind. Seas of light swept through it, and the light remained in it; and in that little house a Child was born and the Child was God. Our Lady said yes for the human race. Each one of us must echo that yes for our own lives.

Msgr. David Hubba

COVER ART: Virgin and Child (version of the Pazzi

Madonna), Donatello (workshop of 1386-1466),

polychrome gesso, Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Image also seen on the cover of the magazine, Magnificat, May 2017 issue, volume 19, no. 3. Magnificat is available by subscription by writing to Magnificat, PO Box 822, Yonkers, NY 10702 or by email to magnificat@magnificat.com or by calling 1-866-273-5215.

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FIRST COMMUNION

The Sacrament of First Eucharist continues to be celebrated at Saint Joseph on the next weekend: May 11-12. First Communicants will be present at

the 5:00 pm Mass on the Saturdays and the 10:30 am and 12:00 pm Masses on those Sundays. If you are able, we hope you will join us at one or more of these Masses to show our children who are receiving the Lord for the first time that Saint Joseph Parish supports them in this important step in their Faith journey.

EVENING OF APPRECIATION —MAY 17

If you are an adult volunteer in any of our parish ministries, you should have already received an invitation from Monsignor Hubba and the directors of our liturgical ministries to a special dinner to thank you for your commitment and service. The event will be held on Friday, May 17 at 6:30 pm

and will include a buffet dinner, music and fellowship. (It is BYOB, but water, coffee and tea will be provided.) If by some error you did not receive your invitation, we sincerely apologize. Please

know that you are warmly welcome. Just call the parish office at 201-261-0148 and let us know that you will be attending. All RSVPs must be received no later than MAY 10 in order for us to be prepared for everyone.

WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE!

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS

“May the eyes of your heart be enlightened that you may know the hope that belongs

to God’s call.” (Ephesians 1:18)

World Day of Prayer will be observed NEXT Sunday, May 12, 2019, also known as "Good Shepherd Sunday." The purpose of this day is to publically fulfill the Lord's instruction to, "Pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his harvest" (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2). Please pray that young men and women hear and respond generously to the Lord's call to the priesthood, diaconate, religious life, societies of apostolic life or secular institutes. MAY CROWNINGS

—MAY 16 & 19 The children of Saint Joseph Parish will come together on two separate occasions to participate in the lovely Catholic tradition of crowning a statue of the Blessed Mother during the month of May. On Thursday, May 16, the students of Saint Joseph School will crown Mary at 2:00 pm in the Upper Church. They will be led by the second-graders who recently made their First Holy Communions. On Sunday, May 19, at the 9:00 am Mass all our First Commmunicants—from both our School and Religious Education program—will celebrate Mass together while wearing their First Communion clothes. At the conclusion of the Mass, they will process forward to crown a statue of Mary.

FIRST COMMUNION BREAKFAST—MAY 19 A special First Communion Breakfast will also be held on Sunday, May 19 after the 9:00 am Mass for all First Communicants and their families. Be sure to return your RSVP slip to Mrs. Kennedy in the parish office/rectory so we know you are coming.

SHAWL MINISTRY MEETING —MAY 14

Saint Joseph’s Shawl Ministry will meet on Tuesday, May 14 from 2:00-4:00 pm in the Parish Life Center on Grove Street. All knitters & crocheters are welcome to join us in making shawls…or bring your cur-rent 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.

PRAY FOR OUR

CONFIRMANDI

Eighty of our parish young people were confirmed this past Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4, 2019. Please keep them in your prayers that now, as fully initiated Catholics, their faith will continue to be strengthened throughout their lives.

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Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 10:30 am UC 10:30 am MC 12:00 pm UC 6:00 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 UC 10:30 am MC 12:00 pm

PRAYER REQUESTS

Let us remember all those who are ill: Paul Rota, John Driscoll

Let us remember all those who have died: Salvatore Caruso, Mary Glenn, Richard J. Bradley,

Herman Mueller, Reverend Salvatore Caffarelli

Let us remember those serving in the military.

BREAD & WINE INTENTIONS

The bread for the week of May 5, 2019

in loving memory of Andrew Fallat

25th Anniversary Remembrance as requested by Susan MacAulay.

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER ~ MAY 5, 2019

SUNDAY COLLECTION Due to an early printer’s deadline, the Easter and April 28 collection totals will be reported in a future bulletin.

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION “Peter was distressed that Jesus had said to him a third time, ‘Do you love me?’ and he said to him, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my sheep.’” (JOHN 21:17) All of us are challenged to show our love for Jesus and others. Discern how God is calling you to use your time in prayer, your talent in charitable works and your treasure to assist those who are in need. Remember that giving is an act of worship and helps advance the Mission of our parish and greater Church.

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

COME ALIVE, LORD! Lord, come alive within my experience,

within my sorrows and disappointments and doubts,

within the ordinary movements of my life.

Come alive as the peace and joy and assurance that is stronger than the locked doors within,

with which we try to shut out life.

Come alive in the peace and joy and assurance that nothing in life or death can kill.

Rex Chapman

May 4, 2019 Florence Kissack

May 5, 2019 People of the Parish Maria Teresa A. Zala Bill Trepicchio Jim Larson Camille M. Silvestri Adelaida Silva

May 6, 2019 Tom Seward Susan & Anthony Navarra

May 7, 2019 Liam Burke Anthony Russo

May 8, 2019 Adeline Laura Masucci Karen Camporeale

May 9, 2019 Teresa Angela Bernardi Patricia Carnevale (Birthday Remembrance)

May 10, 2019 Susan Thornton Robert LaGuardia

May 11, 2019 Ed & Ann Maron (Wedding Anniversary) Graham O’Brien

May 12, 2019 People of the Parish Angelita Quinto (Living—80th Birthday) Dominic Tozzi (Birthday Remembrance) Victoria Vrola Courtney Jensen

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PARISH STAFF

Parish Trustees………Mr. Brendan Walsh/Mrs. Carol Winkler Parish Pastoral Council….Dr. Michael Petrella/ Mr. Thomas Kohli Dir. of Religious Education ………Deacon George Montalvo Sacraments Coordinator ………….Mrs. Arlene Kennedy Director of Music ……………………..Mr. Monroe Quinn Youth Minister………………………….Mrs. Ellen Solinas Facilities Director ………………….....Mr. Tom Meli Business Manager ……………….…. .Mrs. Phyllis Vrola Parish Secretary ……………………....Mrs. Geraldine Carolan Principal of Saint Joseph School…Dr. Paula Valenti Vice Principal of SJS…………………...Ms. Lizanne Coyne Dir. of Comm./ Bulletin Editor…...Mrs. Diane Hellriegel

5-DAY TRIP TO VERMONT Ascension Parish (New Milford) will sponsor a 5-day trip to Vermont and New Hampshire from June 7-11. The price of $825 (dbl.), $949 (single) includes 4

nights lodging, 4 breakfasts, luncheon at the Trapp Family Lodge, 3 dinners (including dinner on the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad), 2 welcome receptions, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory tour, Stowe Village, Quechee Gorge, Loon Mountain Gondola Ride, and a narrated cruise on Squam Lake where “On Golden Pond” was filmed. $100 deposit will hold your reservation. Cancellation insurance is recommended and available upon request. For more information, call Josie at 201-265-0485 or Anna at 201-387-2631.

MASS AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE

AFFECTED BY ALCOHOLISM —MAY 18

All are welcome to Church of St. Mary, 20 Legion Place Closter for the Third Saturday Mass on Saturday, May 18 at 12:00 noon. Mass is offered for the support, healing and recovery of not only the man/woman directly affected with the abuse of alcohol and/or drugs, but also for anyone involved in the life of the alcoholic or drug addict. A support group, Meeting of Hope, will follow the Mass. For information please call 201-768-7565.

“FOLLOW ME” A Gospel Meditation—Third Sunday of Easter

"Simon Peter said to them, 'I am going fishing.'" Peter is a favorite apostle for many people. I wonder if it is because of his flawed, relatable humanity. Today's Gospel takes place after Jesus appears to the disciples and breathes the Holy Spirit upon them. And yet, Peter finds himself returning to his old way of life, to comfortable habits he formed long before following Jesus. Is something still lingering in him? Is something still lingering in us? Lent is over, and we should be rejoicing! But do you feel like you're still holding onto something? Or perhaps you had an excellent Lent. You encountered Jesus in a new way and grew in faith. But as the weeks since Easter have slipped by, some of your newfound devotion has begun to waver. The closeness you felt in your Lenten commitments has given way to humdrum status quo or turn-of-the-season busyness.

"'Simon, son of John, do you love me?'" Peter has endured so much in his walk of discipleship! But something is still weighing on him. In today's Gospel, Jesus confirms Peter's devotion three times, a redemption of his earlier threefold denial. The call of the Lord must

come again, as if heard anew for the first time. So often, this is the pattern of the Christian life. We discover God and experience a new desire for our faith, but in time, our enthusiasm begins to wane. Perhaps something happens that startles us, or we startle ourselves by a poor decision. Then we discover God anew! Our joy returns...for a while. Even the Apostles were no strangers to the cyclical nature of spiritual growth. Our disappointments or frustrations should not be cause for giving up. Like Peter, we too can recommit and start anew. This Sunday and every day of our lives, Jesus is waiting to say again, "Follow me."

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