Pastoral Care For The Homebound If you are sick, home-bound or in the hospital and would like to receive Holy Com-munion or a pastoral visit please call the Parish Office and one of the priests will come to visit you. If you are homebound and would like Holy Communion each week please call the Parish Office.

Please remember St. Joseph’s Parish in your will

The mission of St. Joseph’s Church is to be a welcoming, caring, Christ-centered Catholic community. We desire to

experience and share God’s unconditional love. Inspired by the example of Jesus, we strive to lead all people to

wholeness and fullness of life.

The Sacrament of Marriage is celebrated after a period of preparation of no less than six months. Those who wish to marry at St. Joseph’s are invited to contact one of the priests during regular weekday office hours before making any other arrangements. The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated, on the first and third Sundays of the month at 1:30pm. Please call the Parish Office to schedule an appointment with one of the priests. The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is available at any time to any Catholic over the age of reason who is seriously ill, preparing for surgery or suffering the effects of age. The priests of the parish regularly celebrate the Eucharist and administer the sacrament of the sick at the area nursing homes; lay ministers lead services and bring communion to the residents every Sunday.

Rev. Fr. John M. Lagiovane, Pastor jlagiovane@gmail.com Rev. Fr. Rufus Kenny, Parochial Vicar fr.rmkenny@gmail.com

Rev. Fr. Jude Aguwa, Parochial Vicar uju.aguwa@att.net

Deacon George Sica

Deacon Lawrence Battersby

Sub-Deacon Michel Rabbah, MCR

Rev. Msgr. James R. Moore, Pastor Emeritus

Mr. Richard Casterella, Business Manager rjcasterella@gmail.com

Sr. Mary Lynn Kellogg, R.D.C-Senior Ministry 914-232-1426 Mrs. Pamela Crozier, Coordinator of Religious Education sjcfre@yahoo.com 914-232-1426

Mr. Joseph J. Nigro, Director of Sacred Music sjcsmusic95@gmail.com

Mrs. Marina Rojas, Parish Secretary sjcf@catholicweb.com

Mrs. Donna Cuiffo and Mr. Thomas Tobin, Trustees

Parish Office : Open Monday through Friday From 9:00am to 4:30pm

Sunday Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00pm Sunday 8:00am, 10:00am, 12:00pm, 6:00pm

Daily Mass Schedule—Chapel 7:30am and 9:00am, on Saturday at 8:00am

Sacrament of Penance Saturday 4:00-4:45pm and any other time by appointment.

Adoration 1st & 3rd Thursday of the Month September thru June 9:30am-4:00pm

O blessed Joseph, faithful guardian of my Redeemer, Jesus Christ, protector of thy chaste spouse, the virgin Mother of God, I choose thee this day to be my special patron and advocate and I firmly resolve to honor thee all the days of my life. Therefore I humbly beseech thee to receive me as thy client, to instruct me in every doubt, to comfort me in every affliction, to obtain for me and for all the knowledge and love of the Heart of Jesus, and finally to defend and protect me at the hour of my death. Amen

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914-232-2910/232-2912(fax) 95 Plum Brook Road, Somers, New York 10589 February 9, 2020

February 9, 2020 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time PARISH CALENDAR

Sunday, February 9th Ministry to Nursing Homes 10:20am Religious Education Classes KC HS 12:00pm Family Mass Church/PC Monday, February 10th 4:30pm Religious Education Classes KC HS 7:00pm RCIA Meeting Parish Center B Tuesday, February 11th 12:30pm Mahjongg Group Meeting Room 7:00pm Respect for Life Parish Center B Wednesday, February 12th 12:30pm Seniors Knitting Group Meeting Room 5-8pm Confirmation Interviews Parish Center 7:00pm Bible Study Group Meeting Room Thursday, February 13th

Friday, February 14th

Saturday, February 15th Sunday, February 16th Ministry to Nursing Homes Baby Shower Collection after all Masses

In your prayers, please remember those for whom Mass will be offered this week:

Sunday, February 9th ~ Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00am Caralyus and LaMorte Family 10:00am Alfonzo Pasquale 12:00pm Orestina Colabattista 6:00pm Pro Populo (For The People Of The Parish) Monday, February 10th ~ Saint Scholastica 7:30am Rosemary Meagle 9:00am Lavacco Family Tuesday, February 11th Our Lady of Lourdes 7:30am Dominick Proia 9:00am Irene Piscitelli Wednesday, February 12th 7:30am Filomena S. Amaral 9:00am Robert Lowell Thursday, February 13th 7:30am Doug Shown 9:00am Aldo Pellegrinelli Friday, February 14th ~ Saint Cyril 7:30am Edward DiLisio 9:00am Severino & Maria Rendina Sat., February 15th ~ BVM 8:00am Antoinette DiForio 5:00pm Rayne Kenny Sunday, February 16th ~ Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00am Anne Angelovich 10:00am John B. Love 12:00pm Anthony Caputo 6:00pm Pro Populo (For The People Of The Parish)

Welcome to Saint Joseph’s Church Thank you for joining with us as we celebrate the Eucharist. We are happy that you gather with us today, es-pecially if you are visiting. Our prayer is that you will find the nourishment for your faith in this beautiful house of God.

CHURCH SUPPORT

Sunday, February 1/2nd $14,395.00 Debt Reduction $ 8,087.00

Your continued generosity supports all the worship, formation, evangelization, and service ministries of the parish. Thank you!

COLD / FLU SEASON SOME HELPFUL HINTS

A word about the Sign of Peace: At the sign of peace, consider a kind word, a bow, nod or a wave instead of shaking hands. Hand shaking is not required. Avoiding close contact with others will go a long way in help-ing prevent the spread of the common cold/flu. Thank you for your cooperation!

A TIME TO BE BORN….Baptisms For The Month of May

Charley Janet Gallagher Asher Cole Hinz

A TIME TO LOVE…..Marriages For The Month of January

We congratulate and pledge our prayers for the following couples, who enter into the Sacrament of Marriage:

Jeffrey Bass & Nora Cioffi Thomas J. Denbaum & Nikki R. DeRosa

THE PARISH OFFICE will be closed for Presi-dents’ Day on Monday, February 17th. The office will reopen on Tuesday, February 18th, at 9:00am. There will

be a priest on duty on Monday in the event of an emergency.

We hold in our hearts and prayers our loved ones in the military service

Antonio Alers, Jr. Kevin Egan

Joseph Giovannetti Stephen R. Goldbach

Brian Hanley Daniel Langreb Donald Langreb

Paul Mullen Adam Musoff

Bobby Tempesdelli Michael Wagner Patrick Saunders Nicholas D’Urso

Scott Brewer Sean D’Oliver Victoria Arena Carl Fuhrman

Darren Pohlmann Robert Frame Dylan Hildrew Ben Murphy Kyle Muller

Andrew Torres Lindsay Jazwinski

Josue Herrera Lawrence Courtien

David DelDuco Victor E Prato

Dylan Abatecola Sam Somers

Dylan Kaminski Jashua Emerson

Banns of Marriage

III ~ Peter Milani and Alyssa Gaber

Exposition, Adoration and Benediction Of the Blessed Sacrament

Thursday, February 19, 2020 Schedule of Devotion

9:30AM Mass—Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Recitation of the Rosary 10AM - 3PM Private Adoration 3:00PM Recitation of the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy 3:15PM– 4PM Private Adoration 4:00PM Benediction

From the Desk of Fr. Lagiovane

This New Year of 2020 takes on special significance in the life of our parish family. St. Joseph’s Church celebrates 175 years! What a milestone in the life of our parish. I am so grateful to Almighty God for the blessing to be your Pastor during this beautiful moment in the life of St. Joseph’s.

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE!

Thursday, March 19th, 2020 @ 7:00 pm Feast of Saint Joseph- Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving

followed by a reception with Traditional Italian Pastries

Parish Mission ~ April 25, 26, 27, 28 Retreat Master: Fr. Brian Mullady, OP

Fr. Brian T. Mullady, OP, entered the Dominican Order in 1966 and was ordained in 1972. He has been a parish priest, high school teacher, retreat master, mission preach-er, and university professor. He has had seven series on EWTN and is the author of two books and numerous arti-cles.

Saturday, May 9th, 2020 @ 5:00pm Mass Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving for the 175th Anniversary

Celebrant: Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan Reception with Cardinal Dolan to follow

175th Commemorative Journal - Please pre-order your copy! Details in the bulletin or on our website.

WE NEED YOUR HELP WE ARE IN NEED OF ADDITONAL USHERS AT THE 6:00 pm MASS ON SUNDAY EVENINGS. PLEASE CALL THE PARISH OFFICE OR LET FATHER LAGIOVANE KNOW IF YOU CAN ASSIST IN THIS IMPORTANT MINISTRY.

St Joseph’s Church will be hosting blood drives in the upcoming months.

April 3rd, July 2nd, and December 29th We have some wonderful volunteers, however, we are in need of a few more people to help out during the day. The Blood Center personnel run the whole operation. We need some volun-teers to be a presence on these days. If interest-ed in volunteering please call Fr. Lagiovane at the Parish Office.

St. Valentine’s Day Baby Shower

Sat/Sun Feb 15th-16th (donations accepted at all masses)

In support of Birthright, Peekskill, NY Helping pregnant women in need

Items Needed: New baby clothing (12mo-3T),

bibs, washclothes, towels, blankets, wipes, diapers (sizes 5-6) or cash donations are welcome

(place items in boxes by church exits)

Thank you for your support!

Spring Lecture Series Parish Center, Room B @ 7:30PM / No Cost - Please join us!

Thursday, February 27 –Fr. Kevin O’Reilly, STD “Why Did Jesus Have to Die on the Cross?”

Thursday, March 5 – Dr. Jennifer Donelson, DMA “Why Does the Church Spend So Much Money on Beautiful Art, Architecture and Music? Shouldn’t it Be Spent on the Poor?”

Thursday, March 12 – Dr. Enrique Aguilar, SSD “Praying with the Psalms”

Thursday, March 26 – Fr. David Monaco, PhD “The Suffering Servant Songs in Isaiah”

Thursday, April 2 – Dr. Donna Eschenauer, PhD “How does the Paschal (Easter) Triduum Show Us How to Live and How to Die?"

Thursday, April 16 – Fr. Matthew Ernest, STD “Contemporary Questions Regarding the Anointing of the Sick”

Thursday, April 23 – Msgr. Robert Batule, STL “The Eucharist in the Life of the Church the Last 50 Years”

Thursday, April 30 - Fr. Charles Caccavale, STD “Compassion or Abandonment? Assisted Suicide and Church Teaching on End of Life Care”

From the Desk of Fr. Lagiovane February 2020, Dear Parishioners: On the opposite page you will find the Parish Financial Summary for the fiscal year that ended on August 31, 2019. I trust you will review the statement carefully.

As you can see, this last past fiscal year shows a slight decrease in collections along with less bequests and wills from the previous year.

The primary increase in spending has come from our outstanding mortgage. So last year we paid, $490,000 for our mortgage. We will now increase the payment for this year to $609,000 which will result in an in-crease in our overhead of $110,000 per year.

Needless to say, none of this would be possible without your outstanding generosity and continued financial support for our wonderful parish. I am ever grateful to you and assure you of my continued thoughts and prayers. I am blessed to serve you and thank you for the privilege of allowing me to share my priesthood and faith with all of you.

As we celebrate 175 years of St. Joseph’s Church may God bless the good work that we do together in building up God’s Kingdom here on earth.

In Christ,

Father John M Lagiovane Pastor

Thank you to Dr. and Mrs. Chang for donating a digital Zimbelstern addition for our Church’s magnificent Austin pipe organ.

The Zimbelstern is a musical instrument which rings small bells at random as an accompaniment to organ music. The Zimbelstern has been used for centuries in sacred music, churches and cathedrals. The word Zimbelstern means “cymbal-star”. Original Zimbelsterns were made in the shape of a star with small bells at each point. The star was turned, either manually or pneumatically, and the bells were struck by stationary clappers mounted around the star.

Not everyone will notice the Zimbelstern when it is first played as an overtone to festive or triumphant music, but like the glockenspiel (“bell-player”) in the orchestra, you will catch its brilliant voice right away!

In preparation for our 175th Anniversary, we have completed refinishing certain sacred furnishings along with a Chalice. If anyone would like to memorialize any of these items please contact Fr. Lagiovane at the parish office.

Altar Cross in Church and the Altar Cross in Chapel - Taken

Small Candles on either side of the Tabernacle Chalice from the 1920’s Donation: 300.00 each candle Donation: 600.00

Large Candles on either side of the Tabernacle Candles on the Altar Donation- 350.00 each candle Donation- 300.00 each candle

Respect Life Book Discussion My Name is Kenny I Can’t Talk by Lynda Holler

Saturday, February 29th 9:00 – 11:00 AM

Lynda Holler, a resident of Brewster and parishioner of St. Lawrence O’Toole, had the rare opportunity to see the impact her FDNY husband Kenny was making on the people in his life. After he died from a 21-year battle with oral cancer, she interviewed over 200 people that knew him at all levels of acquaintance and the words she heard were life-altering. Her book reveals through the words of these witnesses, the power of love, friendship, suffering, and the truth that our lives have value until the very end. Join us for Lynda’s presentation and meaningful small group discussion to unpack the perspectives and powerful candor revealed in these chapters. Books will be available for sale before and after the program. It isn’t necessary to read the book in advance.

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