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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, Administrator

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

Holy Saturday, March 31st St. John’s Mass at 7:30pm

Easter Vigil Easter Sunday, April 1st Regular Mass Schedule: St. John’s Mass at 8am & 11am and St. Augustine’s Mass at 9:30am.

Monday, April 2nd – No Mass

Save the date

Friday, May 4th at 7:30pm & Saturday, May 5th at 7:00pm located at St. John’s Parish,

12 Holly Hills Drive, Woodstock, NY.

Jesus, The Divine Mercy; His Mes-sage ~ His Promises ~ His Mercy

Inspirational Multi-Media Mission

Join Dave and Joan Maroney of Mother of Mercy Messengers (MOMM) as they present "The Spark" — a Divine Mercy presentation that will stir up the hearts of parishioners of St. John’s Church, leaving them in awe of God's mercy!

All are welcome to join! Presenters: Dave and Joan Maroney, founders and directors of Mother of Mercy Messengers, an apostolate from the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stock-bridge, Massachusetts, have been spreading the Divine Mercy message and devotion in parishes, schools, and conferences across the country and beyond since 1999. In 2012, they launched the Divine Mercy for America Campaign to build a network and movement of faith-filled Americans equipped with an action plan to fight for souls and the country the way Heaven taught St. Faustina to do for her native land, a land in much need of protection, healing, and conversion. Enhance your multi-media presentation mis-sion by joining us for a potluck on Friday, May 4th at 6:30pm in the parish hall followed by the Divine Mercy Presentation at 7:30pm in the Church. On Saturday, May 5th – join us for Mass at 5:00pm followed by refreshments in the parish hall at 6:00pm. The discussion of Divine Mercy for America will start at 7pm in the church ending with the Divine Mercy Chaplet. RSVP by emailing rectory@sjwoodstock.org

First Holy Communion

Prayer Partners and Church Com-munity are invited to join the First Communion children and

their families on April 28, 2018 @ 10:00 a.m. when they receive the Blessed

Sacrament of First Holy Communion.

APRIL is St. John’s month to stock and staff the Woodstock Good Neighbor Food Pantry at the Reformed Church located at 16 Tinker Street in Wood-

stock. Volunteers are needed to staff the Pantry as fol-lows: SEE SCHEDULE FOR CHANGES:

¨ Restock shelves on Tuesday from 9am-12pm ¨ Assist handicapped shoppers on Wed. from 2-3pm ¨ Assist all other shoppers on Wed. from 3-6:45pm ¨ Assist all other shoppers on Thur. from 2-4:45pm

To help stock the Pantry, please bring items to St. John’s Church lobby, canned or packaged food items and items of dignity, such as toilet paper, diapers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc. For additional info. contact Guy Oddo at 845-338-0624. Signup sheets are in the church lobby.

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, Ro-sendale, at 10am followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 10:30 – 5:20pm, Benediction and 5:30 Mass. All are welcome.

Father George will be attending Pastor’s Week in Spring Lake, NJ from Monday, April 9th until Friday, April 13th. We will NOT have weekday Masses during his absence. We wish him a restful break!!

Added in December Craig Entwistle Tory Entwistle Dave Quinn Suzie Kaiser Terese Fair Bill Dean Fr. George Glen Patrick Jim Ray Galvin Ray Haberski Alice Pompey Hannah Berryan Katheryn B. Mike America Andrew S. Added in January Kevin Scanlan Family of Brig Tagliaffo Janice Walsh William Lucas Joan C. Fauci Lori Wright

Conor Harkins Tabitha Alessi Rose Barros John Kirker Charlotte Stutzmann Jack Hoffman Added in February Nancy Bernard Jessica Shultis Leilani Robichaux Lemmieux Hebe Jon Karker Jodi A. Marianne F. Francesca Giannola Ingoglia Added in March George Benoit Annie Patrick Uncle Joe Mel T. Added in April Ann

PROCLAIM THE RISEN CHRIST

On Easter morning everything—the spring weather, the flowers, birds and butterflies, the people around us in their finery, the beautiful liturgy and music—everything seems to bear witness that Jesus Christ is risen today! Like the eyewitness accounts in today’s scriptures, the glorious and joyful life all around us helps us to believe the good news of the Resurrection and sing “Alleluia!” In the scriptures today we hear from Peter and Paul and John. All three speak with conviction about witnessing the resurrected Christ. John’s Gospel account includes Mary of Magdala, who also was privileged to witness the Resurrection and tell others the good news. On this glori-ous Easter Sunday can we ourselves give eyewitness ac-counts that Jesus Christ is risen today, alive and active in our lives? ~Father George

50th GOLDEN WEDDING JUBILEE MASS

Couples celebrating their 50th Wedding Anni-versary anytime during 2018 are

invited to attend the Golden Wedding Jubilee Mass with Cardinal Dolan

at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

on Sunday, June 3rd at 2:15 pm.

Pre-registration is required.

Please contact the rectory at 845-679-7696 to register or email Rectory@sjwoodstock.org. The closing date to register for the Mass is

Monday, May 14, 2018.

The Catholic Church has declared the first Sunday after Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. The Church has added a plenary indul-gence to it. A plenary indulgence is the complete remission of sin

and punishment. To obtain this indulgence one has to go to confession, receive Holy Communion and re-cite some prayers for the intention of the Pope. Join St. Joseph Church on Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 3pm for Divine Mercy service at 242 Wall street, Kingston, NY 12401. There will be the bless-ing of the Divine Picture, Divine Mercy Chaplet sung by Bob Gaus, Mass and Confession will be from 2-3pm.

To make a DONATION TOWARD EASTER FLOWERS in memory of a loved

one, put your intentions in an envelope and place it in the regular collection basket at Mass. Sug-

gested donations are $10-$15. Donors will be re-membered in our prayers during the Easter Season

and acknowledged in our bulletin. Flower envelopes are in the church/chapel lobby.

NAMES RECEIVED AFTER 3/24/18 WILL BE IN THE APRIL 8TH BULLETIN. PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY!

WE ARE A TITHING PARISH

3/18/17 $4,048.50 3/18/18 $3,695.50

Palm Sunday, Good Friday & Easter Sunday (will be noted in the 4/8 bulletin)

Our Cardinal’s Appeal Goal for 2018

$30,000.00 30 donors—$9,725.00 Pledged—32% of Goal

Renew + Rebuild Goal is $413,000.00

47 Parishioners contributed $341,910.00 (83% of goal) (Only 10% of our parish has participated thus far.)

Thank you for your generosity!

Holy Saturday, March 31st 12:00 PM BLESSING OF THE FOOD 7:30 PM EASTER VIGIL, for ARLENE SHEELEY Jackie Francois Easter Sunday, April 1st 8:00 AM JOHN SPRATT, His Family 9:30 AM MARGHERITA GIORDANI, Her Family 11:00 AM OPEN INTENTION Monday, April 2nd 9:00 AM NO MASS Tuesday, April 3rd 9:00 AM OPEN INTENTION Wednesday, April 4th 9:00 AM OPEN INTENTION Thursday, April 5th 9:00 AM NO MASS First Friday, April 6th 9:00 AM PATSY GOLDBLATT, Berenice Fitzgerald First Saturday, April 7th 9:00 AM KAREN FORD, Kathy Renaud and Girlfriends 5:00 PM PATSY GOLDBLATT, Alana & Fred Pesce Sunday, April 8th 8:00 AM OPEN INTENTION 9:30 AM OPEN INTENTION 11:00 AM OPEN INTENTION

Our Military, especially for Joseph Turck, James Mault, Johnathan Schwab and Danny Brennan (Navy), Justine Lamoreux Repose of the Soul, especially for Rev. Carlos Lopez-Acosta and Rev. Antimo Fiorillo

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS & CONTACT PERSONS Altar Servers ................................. Cindy Frisbie 246-1819 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 and Outdoor Stations ...... Bob and Lori Biamonte, 679-2239 Bereavement Committee ............. Francine Carmody 679-7205 Bulletin .......................................... Jeanine Meisler, 679-7696 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 Religious Education 1 - 6 ........... Cindy Frisbie, W 679-2869 Religious Education 7 - 9 ........... Alice Haberski, W 679-2869 and H 679-6791 R.C.I.A. .......................................... TBD Respect Life .................................. Rosemary Cyr 679-6872 Secular Franciscan Order ........... Lorraine Pioli Sciarrino 626-7000 Social/FUNdraising Committee ... 679-7696 Soup Kitchen ................................ Barbara Runz 845-657-4022 Tree of Life .................................... Dolores Hagedorn 845-679-7607 …………………………………… Jeanine Meisler 845-853-3042 Ulster Vicariate ............................. TBD Ushers ........................................... Guy Oddo, 338-0624 Wedding Committee ..................... Alice Haberski, 679-6791 ........................................................ Sandi Armstrong, 679-1098 Youth Ministry/Activities ............. Harold & Cindy Frisbie 246-1819

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22; Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Lk 24:13-35 Thursday: Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8:2ab, 5-9; Lk 24:35-48 Friday: Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-27a; Jn 21:1-14 Saturday: Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1, 14-15ab, 16-21; Mk 16:9-15 Sunday: Acts 4:32-35; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 Jn 5:1-6; Jn 20:19-31

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Monday: Monday within the Octave of Easter Tuesday: Tuesday within the Octave of Easter Wednesday: Wednesday within the Octave of Easter Thursday: Thursday within the Octave of Easter Friday: Friday within the Octave of Easter; First Friday; Julian Calendar Good Friday Saturday: Saturday within the Octave of Easter; First Saturday

COVER SHEET CHURCH NAME: Saint John’s Parish 12 Holly Hills Drive Woodstock, NY 12498 BULLETIN #: 911156 BULLETIN FOR WEEK 04/01/18 NUMBER OF PAGES TRANSMITTED 6 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Contact Jeanine, 845-679-7696 Cell phone # 845-853-3042

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