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

Second Sunday of Advent ~ December 8, 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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FELLOWSHIP CAFÉ

THIS SUNDAY, DEC. 8 after 10:30 Mass in

RETREAT HOUSE (next to church)

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SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

Save This

Date!

Shown above with Vicar General Msgr. Thomas Nydegger are (L-R) Nick Carrier, Ian Smith, Brian Rosenberg, Fr. Anthony Di Stefano and SJC youth minister Ellen Solinas. Congratulations to all our honorees!

YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT

MINISTRY RECOGNITION 2019

Three Saint Joseph parishioners were recently recognized by the Arch- diocese of Newark for their work with our Youth Ministry. Nick Carrier (Ignite Teen Group) and Ian Smith (Be the Light Youth Group) were recognized for their help in relaunching our Youth Ministry and their hard work in helping renovate our youth space. As an adult, Brian Rosenberg was awarded reoognition for his commitment to serving our youth as Lector at our monthly Teen Mass.

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SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT ~ DECEMBER 8, 2019

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

“TAKE A TAG” SHARE THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

Our Giving Trees, an Advent tradition at Saint Joseph Parish, are located in the main entrance of the Church and at the

Harrison Street entrance. Please take a tag from the Giving Tree, purchase the requested gift and then place the wrapped gift, with tag attached, under the tree the next time you come to Mass. The tag you take from the tree is very important. It tells our office staff and the agencies we are helping for whom the gift is meant. It is extremely important that the tag you took from the Giving Tree be attached securely to the wrapped gift so that it will reach the correct person on Christmas. All Giving Tree Gifts need to be returned NO LATER than Sunday, December 15. You may place them under the tree in church or drop them off at the Rectory/Parish Office.

SOLEMNITY OF THE

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION —TRANSFERRED TO DECEMBER 9

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (December 8) is usually a Holy Day of Obligation, but it is not in 2019. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) explains, “Since December 8, 2019 is the Second Sunday of Advent, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is transferred to Monday, December 9, 2019. The obligation to attend Mass, however, does not transfer.” Saint Joseph Church will have Mass at 7:00 am, 8:30 am and 10:30 am on Monday, December 9 in honor of the Solemnity. We hope you will be able to join us.

The worship of God is supremely important to the Church and so to us. Certain of its events are so important that they claim priority over even very treasured days that

happen to fall on the same dates in a particular year. Because the Sundays of Advent rate so high, even our national patronal feast of the Immaculate Conception steps aside when December 8 occurs on an Advent Sunday. This year it gets transferred to Monday and, because of the switch, is not regarded as a holy day of obligation for 2019. But its teaching always deserves appreciative attention. The teaching about Mary’s Immaculate Conception, formally defined by Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854, states that Mary, from her conception, was singularly favored by God’s grace to be free from Original Sin in view of the redeeming merits of Jesus, the son she would bring into the world. This privilege from God affected her whole person, body and soul, from the very beginning of her life. Mary was the only human person to be conceived without sin. (Jesus was a divine person with two natures, the nature of God and the nature of man.) Mary was redeemed by her son, as all of us have to be, but in a unique way that is sometimes called “preservative redemption,” an insight associated with the medieval theologian John Duns Scotus (c. 1265-1308), which asserts that Mary was favored in a special way in view of the unique task God asked her to assume. Because she was to be the mother of his Son, a role the Eastern Church termed the Theotokos, or “God-bearer,” Mary was given a fitting honor because of her relationship to Christ, whose glory she already unknowingly participated in even before the Archangel Gabriel’s disclosure of the mission God wanted her to undertake. Her sinlessness meant that there would be nothing about her life to hamper her love of God and neighbor. And so, the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is closely linked to our beliefs about the Trinity, the Incarnation and the Redemption. As the earliest images of Mary from the time after the forming of the New Testament attest, Mary is the New Eve, helping her Son undo the harmful effects of sin.

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More than a hundred years after the proclamation of the doctrine, one of the most important documents of Vatican Council II, Lumen Gentium (“Light of the Nations”), reasserted its teaching by declaring that Mary was “enriched from the first instant of her conception with the splendor of an entirely unique holiness.” We have great need of embracing this truth today, not only for the recognition of its goodness but for its encouragement to us to see k our Blessed Mother’s help in adhering to God’s ways. It is help we are sure to receive if we are open to it.

Msgr. David Hubba

The Immaculate Conception of Mary

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SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

Make your photo appointment BEFORE December 10 so you’ll have them in time for Christmas.

HELP US DECORATE

OUR CHURCH FOR CHRISTMAS We will come together to decorate our church on

Sunday, December 22 at 1:30 pm. Your help is most welcome. Email Tom at tmoran61@gmail.com to let us know if you can be there.

2020 CALENDARS AVAILABLE Thanks to the generosity of Boulevard Funeral Home and Cremation Service in New Milford, Beaugard-McKnight Funeral Home in River Edge, and Catholic Cemeteries, we have a large number of 2020 Calendars available for our parishioners. We invite you to take one home.

MONTHLY PRAYER WITH MARY —DECEMBER 14

All parishioners are invited to the Legion of Mary's Monthly Prayer with Mary on Saturday, December 14 after the 8:30 mass in Mary's Chapel. After the Rosary,

Fr. John Radwan will speak to us on "Mary, Mother of God.” Refreshments will follow in the Jackson Room.

GIVE TO THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN

A LIFETIME Your gift works for our elderly religious by helping to furnish medications, nursing

care, and more. Please support our collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious NEXT WEEKEND, December 14-15, and give to those who have given a lifetime. Please use your specially marked parish envelope, make your donation through your WeShare electronic giving account, or make your check out to “Saint Joseph” and memo it “Retirement Fund for Religious.” You can drop your appropriately labeled check in the collection basket. Thank you!

ROSARY FOR VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD

OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK

—DECEMBER 12 The Legion of Mary in

conjunction with Saint Joseph’s Vocations Ministry invites your to join us as we pray the Rosary for vocations on the second Thursday of each month in Mary’s Chapel after the 8:30 am Mass. Each month we will pray for a different vocation.

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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

Monday

7:00 am 8:30 am 10:30 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

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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: Ed Grube, Kathy Luppino, Vincent Petrazzuolo,

Michael Ricciardone, Robert Luyke, Jennifer Jaimes, Robert Cardone, John Geraghty

Let us remember all those who have died: Margaret Meenan, Rose Martini, Tom Duncan,

Jeanie Neary

Let us remember those serving in our military: 2nd LT Harry Aquino USAF, Lance Cpl. Alexander Banas, 1st LT Christopher Bascomb, 2nd LT Michael McPherson,

1st LT Michael Shuler, PFC David Solinas, Jr.

In

BREAD & WINE INTENTION

The bread and wine for the week of

December 8, 2019 is donated

In Thanksgiving as requested by the

Eguia Family

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT ~ DECEMBER 8, 2019

SUNDAY COLLECTION Nov. 24, 2019 Nov. 25, 2018

BASKET $8,057 $7,268 ELECTRONIC GIVING $4,497 $4.793 TOTAL Collection $12,554 $12,061 D D

Dec. 1, 2019 Dec. 2, 2019 BASKET $8,281 $7,798 ELECTRONIC GIVING $3,824* $3,766 TOTAL Collection $12,105 $11,564

*Electronic contributions are received on a monthly basis. In our bulletin report, they are divided by the number of weeks in the month (five in December 2019).

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION Therefore, every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.” Matthew 3:10 Do you bear good fruit for Christ? Or, do you spend your time, talent and treasure constantly acquiring more toys, clutter and junk. Our time, our talent and our treasure are gifts that God has given us. What we do with them is our gift back to God. What gifts are you planning to give to the Lord during this upcoming Christmas season?

Please consider making your Sunday offering through our electronic giving program WeShare. Donations

made this way are withdrawn directly from the bank account or credit card of your choice and are received by Saint Joseph even when you are away on vacation or might be too ill to attend Mass. To sign up, simply go to our parish website sjcnj.org and click on “Make a Donation.” Then click on “Sign Up Today” and follow the instructions to set up your account. If you have any questions, call the parish office at 201-261-0148.

GRADE 5 students in our Religious Education program and their families are invited to attend the

9:00 am Mass NEXT Sunday, December 15.

December 7, 2019 James Sattely

December 8, 2019 People of the Parish Felice & James Capuani Ariana Rene Nisler (Birthday Remembrance) Mark Edward Dance Deceased Members of the Corbett & Dabrowski Families

December 9, 2019 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Jeanette Lawrence George McGovern Joan Petersen

December 10, 2019 Donald Stricker Nancy Hansen (1st Anniversary Remembrance)

December 11, 2019 Robert Belthoff Domingo Jamil

December 12, 2019 Robert Belthoff Rafael & Maria Osequeda

December 13, 2019 Thomas L. Barbagallo (Birthday Remembrance) Frank & Emanuela Scarano

December 14, 2019 Wilbert & Ann Norton Emily Elazabeth Martin

December 15, 2019 People of the Parish Judene Maron Baglieri Robert M. Westerdahl Charlie Gutowski Nancy Petrenko

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SEPARATED/DIVORCED HEALING MINISTRY

Saint Joseph’s Separated/Divorced Healing Ministry support program will break for Christmas and will meet again in the new year. For additional information, please contact Annette Ziegler at aziggy314@gmail.com

FAITH-SHARING EVERY TUESDAY AT 7:00 pm

Our own Fr. John Radwan holds a Faith-Sharing Group every Tuesday from 7:00-8:30 pm in the Saint Joseph Retreat House (behind the church—entrance off Grand St. parking lot). ALL ARE WELCOME! Join us and enrich your spiritual life.

SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

FOR THOSE WHO STRUGGLE THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS SEASON

St. Luke’s Church 340 Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423

invites you to join in an interfaith

BLUE CHRISTMAS SERVICE of prayer, scripture and music

as the Word of God comes to shine light into our darkness

on Friday, December 20, 2019 at 7:00 pm This is prayer service for those who have lost family or friends or are experiencing hardship during what generally is to be a happy time. All are welcome.

To remind ourselves and all who suffer that the Light will come again.

“PRAYER WARRIORS” —DECEMBER 19

Please join us on December 19 at 7:00 pm in the chapel of the Retreat House (behind the church). Military families and

friends come together to support each other and to lift up our soldiers in prayer.

Saint Joseph Parish Staff

Parish Trustees………..Mr. Brendan Walsh/Mrs. Carol Winkler Parish Pastoral Council…..Mr. Thomas Kohli & Dr. Michael Petrella Dir. of Religious Education ……….Deacon George Montalvo Sacraments Coordinator …………..Mrs. Arlene Kennedy Director of Music ……………………..Mr. Monroe Quinn Sacristan………………………………….Mr. Tom Moran 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 Dir. of Comm./ Bulletin Editor…...Mrs. Diane Hellriegel

CANDLELIGHT CAROL SING BASILICA OF THE SACRED HEART, NEWARK

—DECEMBER 11 and 12 (Two Performances) The 49th annual Candlelight Carol Sing will be held at the Cathedral Basilica on Wednesday, December 11 and Thursday, December 12 at 8:00 pm (two performances). Doors open at 7:00 pm both nights. Christmas music in nine languages will be sung by the Cathedral Choir with the assembly and will be accom-panied by the great Cathedral organs and brass en-semble. Free-will donation. For more info, call 973-484-2400 or visit www.cathedralbasilica.org

—DECEMBER 16 AT SAINT JOSEPH

CHURCH This year’s Advent Penance Service for both Saint Joseph and

St. Peter the Apostle Parishses will be held HERE at Saint Joseph Church on Monday, December 16 at 7:30 pm The clergy of both parishes will be available to hear confessions.

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