Saint Joseph ROMAN CATHOLIC Church

973-383-1985

Schedule of Masses

Weekdays Monday and Tuesday at 8:00am

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 12:05pm

Saturday (Vigil) at 5:00pm

Sundays 8:00am, 9:30am 11:30am and 6:00pm

(All are in church)

Misa en Espanol todos los Domingos a las 2:30pm

Sacrament of

Reconciliation

Saturday 4:00pm-4:30pm

Sacraments of Baptism,

Marriage &

Personal Appointments

Please call the Parish Center

April 17, 2016

Our Parish Family is Served By

Weekly Mass Intentions

Father ST Sutton, Administrator 973-383-1985 - FatherSTS@gmail.com

Father Edward Davey, Pastor Emeritus

Deacon Gerald Hanifan Deacon Alfred Kucinski Deacon Thomas Zayac

Deborah Henegan, Director of Faith Formation (Elementary) 973-383-8413 - dehstjoesred@yahoo.com

Sarah Samanns, - Director of Faith Formation (High School) 973-940-0223 - sarahsamanns@outlook.com

Kelly Dachisen, Director of Music Ministry jkdachisen@me.com

Anne Lundgren, Office Manager 973-383-1985 - stjoseph727@yahoo.com

Karen Glowatski, Office Assistant 973-383-1985 - stjoseph727@yahoo.com

TRUSTEES OF THE PARISH Dorothy Bosi, George Hayek,

Gerard Woodring.

Saint Joseph Regional School 20 Jefferson Street - 973-383-2909

Mrs. Patricia A. Klebez, Principal

Saturday 4/16 5:00pm Christine Marie Muys Elizabeth Crescentini

Sunday April 17th

Fourth Sunday of Easter

8:00am

9:30am

11:30am

6:00pm

Emil J. LaFleur Special Intention

Peter Halesey Charles Nutt

Daniel Tengi Michael Ternes

Int. of Deacon Robert Ayers Joe & Josie Vaughan

Monday 4/18 8:00am Laurie Morcos

Tuesday 4/19 8:00am Mike & Pat Ryan Steve Raynor

Wednesday 4/20 12:05pm Peggy Quinn

Thursday 4/21 12:05pm Joseph S. Imbirglio Intentions of Trudy DeSantas

Friday 4/22 12:05pm Nicholas Reskovac

Saturday 4/23 5:00pm Irene Ulivitch Paul Virtell

Sunday April 24th

Fifth Sunday of Easter

8:00am

9:30am

11:30am

6:00pm

Special Intention

Frank Zayacz James Lamwers Vincent A. Cairelli

Francis & Stella Covel Intentions of Miriam Ferreira

Edwin Christian Brust

LET US REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS, THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF OUR

PARISH FAMILY Susan Allanson, Ron Ayers, Fred Bender, Mary Benziger, Jennifer DiNardo, Ted Eis, Pat Fitzpatrick, Jessica Kirby, Kerri Knight,

Peter Mahler, Betty Mastrelli, Karen Morrison, Greg Orvetz, Karen Orvetz, Michael Palumbo, Elizabeth Roberts, Michael Ryan, Carol Strand,

Gerri VanRiper, Rosemary Woodring and Rita Zimich.

SPIRITUAL book club

Fourth Sunday of Easter – April 17, 2016

The Sanctuary Lamp which burns near the tabernacle in church is the reminder of our Lord’s presence in the Most Holy Eucharist, will burn in loving memory of:

Frances & George Towle

May they now be resting in the peace

of the heavenly kingdom!

The hosts and wine, which will become the Holy Body and Precious Blood of our Lord, was given in

loving memory of:

Elias & Nadima Hayek

May they also be resting in the joy of God’s presence!

WEEKLY REMEMBRANCE

“Oremus pro invicem”

Thursday, April 28th at 7:00pm we will discuss the book:

“Seven Last Words: An Invitation to a Deeper Friendship with

Jesus” by James Martin.

Monday, April 18 4:05-5:20pm Faith Formation (School /Parish Center/Church) Last Class 6:50-8:05pm Faith Formation (School & Church) Last Class

Tuesday, April 19 4:05-5:20pm Faith Formation (School & Church) - Last Class

Wednesday, April 20 7:00pm R.C.I.A. (Parish Center)

Thursday, April 21 1:00-2:00pm Legion of Mary (Parish Center) 7:30pm Choir Practice (Church) 7:00pm Men’s Basketball (Community Center)

Friday, April 22 Columbiettes Mystery Night (Community Center) 6:30pm Communion Practice (Church)

Saturday, April 23 10:00am First Communion (Church) 12:30pm Baptism (Church) 4:00pm Basketball Dinner (Community Center)

Sunday, April 24 7:15pm Scouts (Parish Center)

This week’s events

April 24, 2016 Acts of the Apostles 14:21-27 Book of Revelation 21:1-5a

Gospel of Saint John 13:31-33a , 34-35

Weekend readings

FAITH FORMATION GRADES 1-10

HOSPITAL EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

Eucharistic Ministers are needed weekdays at Newton Medical Center to visit Catholic patients, and to bring them the Holy Eucharistic and the comfort of prayer. If you feel that you can help, please call Anne Kappelmeier at 973-383-3921 for more information.

PARISH WEEKEND DONATIONS

April 10th Collection $7,597

Attendance: 798

Thank you for your generosity!

The only chance to register for Faith Formation

Monday, May 9th at 3:30pm Saturday, May 14th at 11:00am Thursday, May 26th at 7:00pm

Grades 1 through 10 for the coming 2016-17 school year. All registrations will take place in

the Community Center. If you do not make one of these dates, you child/ren will not be

accepted into Faith Formation this coming year.

Please note that Confirmation classes are for Catholic school children, home schooled children as well as children in public schools.

All parents or guardians must make every effort to attend one of these meetings that were specifically chosen to accommodate the majority of people. Unfortunately, Grandparents or other relatives cannot register for children that are not their own. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter!

Funeral ministry

Are you free during the weekday mornings or Saturdays to participate in a very rewarding new ministry in our church? Father is in need of a few dedicated people to join our Funeral Ministry. What this entails is: preparing the church for funerals, serving as sacristan and as altar servers and putting things away after the funeral. You do not have to commit to every funeral but only be available when additional members are needed. If you might be interested in helping out in this ministry, please either call or email Father ST.

May crowning

The Parish May Crowning with the First Communion children will be on Sun-day, May 8th at the 9:30 Mass. The Columbiettes will crown Mary in the Marion Garden on Sunday, May 1st

after the 9:30 Mass.

6th annual Debbie ann 5K

The 6th Annual Debbie Ann 5K will be held Sunday, April 24th, 2016 at Swartswood State Park

in Memory of Debbie Modrow-Snook.

“Thank You Mom” is a registered 501(c)3 charitable organization promoting our foundation of helping others

and this was an integral part of Debbie’s life.

To register online go to” ThankYouMomFoundation.org, or you can mail a check to

TYM Foundation, 915 South Shore Terrace Newton, NJ 07860

Donation is $26.00 for adults and $16.00 for students.

“NO MORE SECOND COLLECTIONS”

Since I have been here in Newton for the past nine months, I have realized that there are a lot of second collections. However, when they are totaled on Monday mornings, they are no more than if there would have been just one collection.

Therefore, after consulting with the Trustees and the entire Finance Council, it has been decided that starting in May we will be sending out a letter to each registered parish family explaining that Saint Joseph Parish will be requesting from each family a one time (yearly) contribution of one hundred dol-lars ($100). If this is successful, almost all diocesan second collections will come to an end. Two enve-lopes will be provided in the event that you would like to break up your donation. Of course, if you are able to make a larger donation, that certainly will be greatly appreciated.

The only collections that will remain are the following:

1. Diocesan Assessment (Project Faith)

2. Mission Cooperative (taken up in August)

3. Retired Religious (taken up in December)

Please note that the Bishop’s Annual Appeal (which takes place in September) will continue to come directly from the diocese.

The following second collections will no longer be taken up:

a) February: The Beacon

b) February: Church in Central and Eastern Europe

c) April: Campaign for Human Development

d) May: Peter’s Pence/Holy Father

e) June: South American & Latin American Missions/Catholic Relief Services

f) June: Father’s Day Collection: Seminarian Education

g) July: Catholic Communications/Catholic University/Black & Indian Missions

h) October: World Mission Sunday

i) November: Catholic Home Missions

This idea is presented in order to not continue constantly asking for money at church in the second col-lections. I am more than confidant that your weekly contributions will continue as we are able to ac-complish more and more through your increased generosity and commitment to your parish church.

Thank you for all your support and positive approach to this new idea,

Father ST

Food pantry baptisms

We are in need of the

following items: size 5/6

diapers, toilet paper, razors,

dish detergent, bleach, baby

wipes / cream, mayonnaise,

cooking oil, juice boxes, shelf

life milk, crackers, large/xl

depends, paper towels and laundry detergent.

Thank you for your continued generosity.

Attention all Boy Scouts in Sixth Grade and above! There will be an informa-tional/scheduling meeting for Boy Scout Religious emblems on Sunday evening, April 17th in the Parish Center confer-ence room at 7:15 pm. Anyone interested in earning their Catholic Boy Scout Religious Emblems this year should attend. It should only last about 30 minutes. Any questions please contact Gary Carlson at 973-579-6977.

Boy scouts

On Saturday, February 13, 2016, Father ST baptized Kamila Trinity Broughton. Kamila is the

child of Timothy and Katherine Broughton.

On Sunday, April 3, 2016, Deacon Al baptized Liliana Rose Federico. Liliana is the child of

Anthony and Jessica Federico Jr. and Amber McEvilly who is the child of Bradford

and Rosalynn McEvilly.

We welcome the newest members

of God’s family to the Church as we offer our congratulations and best wishes

to the parents.