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St. John’s Church Church Phone - 845-679-7696 St. Augustine’s Chapel 12 Holly Hills Drive FAX - 845-679-8393 71 Watson Hollow Road Woodstock, N.Y. 12498 www.sjwoodstock.org West Shokan, N.Y.12494

CHURCH EMAIL ADDRESS: Rectory@sjwoodstock.org

St. John’s Church Saturday Mass 5:00 pm Sunday Mass 8:00, 11:00 am Mass 9:00 am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Friday Eve of Holy Days 5:30 pm Holy Days 9:00 am and 7:30 pm

Penance 4:00 - 4:45 pm Saturdays

WELCOME TO NEW PARISHIONERS. TO REGISTER CALL THE RECTORY

Rev. George W. Hommel, Pastor

St. Augustine’s Chapel Sunday Mass 9:30 am Holy Days 5:30 pm Penance 9:00 am, 2nd Sunday of the month.

Religious Education—845-679-2869 Elementary: Tues….1st-6th Grade....4-5:30 pm Jr/Sr High: Mon…..9th Grade……...7-8:30 pm Tues….8th Grade……...7-8:30 pm Wed…..7th Grade….…..7-8:30 pm John A. Coleman Catholic HS ….…..845-338-2750

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time January 29, 2017 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” ♦ Matthew 5:3 ♦

FIRST FRIDAY: Mass will be offered at 9am followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Benediction and Litany to the Sacred Heart. FIRST SATURDAY: Mass in honor of Our Blessed Mother will be offered at 9am followed by devotions. MASS FOR LIFE: First Fridays at St. Peter’s Church, Rosendale, at 10am followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 10:30 – 5:20pm, Benediction and 5:30 Mass. All are welcome.

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SPECIAL COLLECTION for February 5th is for PETER’S PENCE. It’s taken up worldwide to support the most disadvantaged victims of war, oppression and natural disasters.

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THE BLESSING OF THE THROATS will be after all Masses on February 4/5. The blessing of throats is a traditional sign of the struggle against illness in the life of the Christian. This blessing is ordinarily given during Mass or a celebration of the word of

God on February 3, the memorial of Saint Blase.

FIRST PENANCE SERVICE Jan. 28th 10:30am LITURGY MEETING Jan. 30th 7pm

CYO MEETING Feb. 2nd 7pm FINANCE MEETING Feb. 9th 7pm

AGAPE Feb 13th 7pm PARISH COUNCIL Feb. 16th 7pm

EUCHARISTIC RETREAT Feb. 25th 10am LITURGY MEETING Feb. 27th 7pm

AGAPE—Confirmation candidates, families, friends, partners in prayer and all parish members are invited to attend on Monday, February 13th from 7-8pm in the Social Hall. AGAPE is a celebra-tion of God’s unconditional love for us.

Sponsored by Religious Ed. Please RSVP to Alice Haberski at 679-2869

(Religious Ed Office).

CELEBRATION OF CONSECRATED LIFE

Sunday, February 5, 2017 11 am Mass

St. John’s Church, Woodstock NY

We have invited the Priests, Sisters, Brothers and Deacons of our Ulster Deanery to celebrate their vocation to priesthood, religious life and service. Stay after the Mass for refreshments in the parish hall and hear about the possibilities and joys of

those who have responded to the call.

RSVP by calling 845-679-7696

UPCOMING EVENTS AT ST. JOHN’S

Added in December George J. Fauci Theresa A. Fauci Michael X. Fauci/Dell Christine Molinelli Mr. Joaquine Battista Anthony Angelina Nicole Craig Entwistle Tory Entwistle Lori Wright Cindy Dwyer Teresa Fair Ruth McDonough Ken Horvers Abby Ashleman Isabelle Lacassagne Bill Lutter Jim McCoy Sean Costello Robert & Lois Minnick Phil Kopp Herb O’Brien Gerard Goldblatt

Barbara Walsh Pat Bogert Sr. Nancy Bernard Merrilyn McComiskey Andrew S Michael Lockmiller Karen Kane Colin Kamden Added in January Paula Bobbie Natoli Kathleen S. Uncle Joe Deb Benjamin Marianne Chris W. Debbie Volkle Jessica Shultis Leilani Robichaux Lemmieux Rose Barros

THE CHOSEN REMNANT

Zephaniah is one of the least-known of the Old Testa-ment prophets. He speaks in today’s first reading of im-pending judgment. But the Lord will leave a “remnant” in Israel. This image of a remnant, or remainder, was to be-come vital to both Judaism and Christianity. Paul’s letter to Corinth makes obvious his deep con-cern for the Christians there. They are too self-confident, he says, too sure of themselves. He admonishes them to remember that Christ has given them all they have. Today’s Gospel comprises the opening of Jesus’ “Great Sermon.” As God gave Moses the law on Sinai, so now Jesus gathers his disciples on a hillside to teach them the new law. Each of these Beatitudes contrasts the hu-miliation of the present with the glory of the future: pov-erty vs. the riches of God’s kingdom, hunger for holiness vs. fulfillment in the Spirit, persecution vs. the reign of God. Jesus is here speaking to God’s chosen “remnant.” Father George

BEYOND ST. JOHN’S

JOHN A. COLEMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

OPEN HOUSE

Please join us for our open house on Sunday, January 29th from 1-3pm (snow date February 5th)

“Find Yourself at Coleman High School”

A caring academic community fostering excellence

For questions call 845-338-2750 or go to our

website at www.colemancatholic.org

HAVE YOU BEEN LOOKING FOR A RELIGIOUS GIFT?

Visit the store at St. John’s the Evangelist in Centerville/Saugerties NY. The store is open every second weekend of most months before Mass on Saturday (3-5pm) and after all Masses on Saturday (5pm) and Sunday (8:30-10:30am). A satellite store is available at the Flower Gar-den, 3164 9W, Barclay Hts. Saugerties, NY. For more info call 845-417-6638 or 845-246-4468.

Donation Statements will be available by January 30th. Statements will be mailed unless otherwise noted. Please put an “X” on your weekly offering envelope and place it in the regular collection basket to re-ceive a statement or email Rec-tory@sjwoodstock.org or call 845-679-7696.

HELP! Once again we need 1 or 2 volunteers to pick up donated cartons of food from Hurley Ridge Market and deliver to the People’s Place at 17 St. James Street, Kingston, NY 12401 on either Mon., Wed., or Fri., when the regularly scheduled vol-unteers are unable to make the trip. A full sized vehicle or pickup truck is a must. For more info, call the rectory.

WE ARE A TITHING PARISH

1/24/16 $4,273.00 1/22/17 $4,037.55

THE 2017 CARDINAL’S ANNUAL APPEAL

Our New Goal: $26,500.00 Pledged: $ # of Gifts: Avg. Dollar Amt. of Gift: $

Saturday, January 28th 5:00 PM PAULA PILUSO Jackie Francois Sunday, January 29th 8:00 AM PURGATORIAL SOCIETY 9:30 AM OPEN INTENTION 11:00 AM ELMER HAVENS His Sister, Minam Monday, January 30th 9:00 AM INTENTION OF PARISHIONERS Tuesday, January 31st 9:00 AM SALLY ANN ZOLLO Peggy Spratt Wednesday, February 1st 9:00 AM OPEN INTENTION Thursday, February 2nd 9:00 AM NO MASS First Friday, February 3rd 9:00 AM JOE CARMODY Sharon Morris First Saturday, February 4th 9:00 AM JOE CARMODY Eileen & Joe Reilly 5:00 PM ANN SEFCIK Darlene & Bobby Sunday, February 5th 8:00 AM JOE CARMODY Stella & Joel Jurofcik 9:30 AM OPEN INTENTION 11:00 AM JENNIFER RAKOV The Post Family

Our Military, especially for Joseph Turck, James Mault ,Johnathan Schwab and Danny Brennan (Navy) Repose of the Soul, especially for Bob Nealon

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS & CONTACT PERSONS Altar Servers ........................... CCD off., 679-2869 Or stop in during class time Altar Society ........................... Christine Molinelli, 679-5332

Baptismal Committee ............. Francine Carmody 679-7205 and ................................................. Bernadette Poremba, 679-7643

Beautification Church ..................................... Brian and Joan Hagedorn, 679-7622 Grotto ...................................... John Spindler/Julie Middleton, 679-4462 Bereavement Committee ....... Francine Carmody 679-7205 Bulletin .................................... Jeanine Meisler, 679-7696 Crafty Ladies ........................... TBD

CCD Classes 1 - 6 ................... Cindy Frisbie, 246-1819

CCD Classes 7 - 9 ................... Alice Haberski, 679-6791

Eucharist Ministers/Lectors .. Bob Dietrich, 657-8556

Food Pantry ............................ Guy Oddo, 338-0624 Holiday Food Baskets ............ Harold & Cindy Frisbie 246-1819 Liturgy Committee .................. Sue Curran, 679-8617 Maintenance Committee ........ David Sudlik, 657-6782

Music Group ........................... Dave Christi, 430-8040 Newsletter ............................... Colleen Mountford, 679-8546 Parish Council ........................ John Spindler 679-4462 Parish Nurse ........................... Colleen Short, 417-4522 Pins and Needles .................... Pat Lindtveit, 338- 1720 ................................................. Helen DeVoe, 679-5947

R.C.I.A. ..................................... TBD Respect Life ............................ TBD Secular Franciscan Order ...... Lorraine Pioli Sciarrino 626-7000 Social Committee ................... 679-7696 Soup Kitchen .......................... Barbara Runz 251-1174 Tree of Life .............................. Dolores Hagedorn 679-7607 ……………………………………Jeanine Meisler 845-853-3042 Ulster Vicariate ....................... Tim Cyr, 679-6872 Wedding Committee ............... Alice Haberski, 679-6791 ................................................. Sandi Armstrong, 679-1098 Youth Ministry/Activities ....... Harold & Cindy Frisbie 246-1819

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Heb 11:32-40; Ps 31:20-24; Mk 5:1-20 Tuesday: Heb 12:1-4; Ps 22:26b-28, 30-32; Mk 5:21-43 Wednesday: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Ps 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18a; Mk 6:1-6 Thursday: Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 [22-32] Friday: Heb 13:1-8; Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9; Mk 6:14-29 Saturday: Heb 13:15-17, 20-21; Ps 23:1-6; Mk 6:30-34 Sunday: Is 58:7-10; Ps 112:4-9; 1 Cor 2:1-5; Mt 5:13-16

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Catholic Schools Week Tuesday: St. John Bosco Thursday: The Presentation of the Lord; Groundhog Day Friday: St. Blase; St. Ansgar; First Friday; Blessing of throats Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary; First Saturday

HAPPY FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY TO *James Altizio 2/2 *Valentine Berryan 2/14 *Kristen Brady 2/8 *Matthew Brennan 2/26 *Jamie Browning 2/9 *Chad Callahan 2/16 *Anthony Cannistra 2/21 *Marilyn Cannistra 2/19 *Danielle Cardona-Graff 2/25 *Jacqueline Carey 2/28 *Francine Carmody 2/7 *Joseph Car-mody III 2/7 *Jason Clayton 2/3 *Christine Cox 2/5 *Marion Cunning-ham 2/28 *Peter Cusumano 2/28 *Chrystal Delisio 2/10 *Lauren Dia-mond 2/13 *Linda Diamond 2/8 *Michael Diamond 2/25 *Cassandra Diehl 2/15 *Tara Downie 2/12 *David Dubord 2/25 *Veronica Fass-bender 2/20 *George Fauci 2/2 *Theresa Fauci 2/19 *Victor Fauci 2/7 *Grace Foster 2/14 *William Fraser 2/3 *Brian Goldblatt 2/12 *Angela Greener 2/2 *Jonathan Greener 2/9 *Raymond Haberski 2/25 *Shannon Haggerty 2/1 *Anthony Harris 2/22 *Jesse Hill 2/24 *Patrick Howland 2/10 *Kim Hoy-Baker 2/27 *Donald Incalcaterra 2/12 *Jaden Incal-caterra 2/17 *Kaitlyn Jankovitz 2/15 *Lucinda Kaiser 2/16 * Michael Kavanagh 2/2 *Peter Kennedy 2/15 *Patti Klercker 2/26 *Michelle Landman 2/3 *Avery Leighton 2/14 *Diane Lindeman 2/18 *Alice Maceyak 2/17 *Margaret Mantey 2/9 *Gabriel Martindale 2/6 *Marilyn McCarthy 2/28 *Kathleen Mikesh 2/10 **Lori Mizerak 2/25 *Jeremiah Mountford 2/24 *Stacey Murphy 2/12 *Lisell Perez-Rogers 2/20 *Karen Robbins 2/23 *Robert Roe 2/22 *Kim Rury 2/11 *Mary Ellen Rury 2/25 *Kimberly Schiappa 2/5 *Nicole Schneider 2/26 *David Schussler 2/5 *Fred Scoville 2/7 * Shelley Scoville 2/9 *Colleen Short 2/15 *Becki Shultis 2/27 *Keri Shultis 2/26 *Dorothy Solomon 2/26 *Christopher Staiger 2/23 *Ann Stein 2/9 *Joseph Strauss 2/28 *Kiristen Torkelsen 2/9 *Nicole Tripp 2/5 *John Van Baaren 2/12 *Kimberly Van Baaren 2/5 *Mary Waldron 2/29 *Aneska Zindulka 2/15

HAPPY FEBRUARY ANNIVERSARY TO Barbara & Gerard Cuffe 2/14

Allyson and Raymond Nichols 2/20 Kathleen & Andrew Ugolino 2/9

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Jan 30 Liturgy Mtg 7pm

1 CCD 7th gr

2 CYO Meeting 7-8:30pm

3 First Friday 9:00am

4 First Saturday 9:00am

5 11am Mass—Celebration of Consecrated Life. Refresh-ments to follow in Parish Hall.

6 CCD- 9th gr

7 CCD - Elem CCD - 8th gr

8 CCD - 7th gr

9 Finance Mtg 7pm

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12 12:30-2:30pm Boy Scout Reli-gious Emblems Info session—Parish Hall

13 AGAPE’

Ceremony 7-8pm all in-vited –social hall.

14 CCD - Elem CCD - 8th gr

15 CCD - 7th gr

16 Parish Council 7pm

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20 CCD- 9th grade - NO CLASS

21 CCD - Elem CCD - 8th gr

22 CCD - 7th gr

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25 2nd grade Eucharist Retreat from 10-12:30pm

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27 CCD - 9th grade Liturgy Mtg 7pm

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February 2017