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As a Catholic Community, we witness to the love of Jesus Christ in the world.
St. Joseph’s
c a t h o l i c c h u r c h Gratitude, Discipleship, Hospitality
July 13 • Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reflection on the Word Readings for the week of
July 14, 2008 Monday Isaiah 1:10-17 Matthew 10:34,11:1 Tuesday Isaiah 7:1-9 Matthew 11:20-24 Wednesday Isaiah 10:5-7,13b-16 Matthew 11:25-27 Thursday Isaiah 26:7-9,12,16-19 Matthew 11:28-30 Friday Isaiah 38:1-6,21-22,7-8 Matthew 12:1-8 Saturday Micah 2:1-5 Matthew 12:14-21 Sunday Wisdom 12:13,16-19 Romans 8:26-27 Matthew 13:24-43 At Home with the Word - pg 102
Preaching next weekend: Deacon Duncan Harris
Reflection Question:
How can we better “tap in” to the power of God’s Spirit within
A SUMMER REFLECTION
I sought my God and my God I could not find I sought my soul and my soul eluded me.
I sought my brother/sister to serve in their need, And I found all three – my God, my soul and thee.
There are many ways to discover God in the midst of life. For some, God is to be found in the stillness of our prayer. In the words of the psalmist: “Be still and know that I am God.” In the quiet of the morning before the busyness of the day, I seek to experience God in the morning sunrise. It provides a spiritual anchor for the day and places the whole day in the context of my discipleship of the Lord Jesus. For others, as suggested by the above reflection, God is found in the ways we love and serve others. In those times of service, we become aware of our God and the deepest meaning of our lives. The actions of service can lead us to the awareness of prayer. So too, the movements of prayer within us can lead us to lives of service.
Our spirituality can begin with action or with prayer. We need to be true to who we are. But the journey of faith must involve both dimensions of life: prayer can lead to service or service can lead us back to prayer.
OUR SUMMER FAITH FORMATION PROGRAM
We are in the middle of our two-week summer faith formation program for 282 of our parish youths. Our school classrooms are brimming with their enthusiasm and the vitality. Thanks be to God for the gift of our younger parishioners. What an awesome responsibility to form and fashion our youth in their discipleship of the Lord Jesus. We are grateful to our parish catechists for their service to our youth. We teach our youth in a classroom setting. We teach our youth in the liturgy of Sunday Eucharist. But we also need to emphasize how we teach our youth in the school of life in the family setting. Parents, what a grace and a responsibility you have in being your children’s first and best teachers in the ways of faith.
What is the spiritual dimension of your family life? Do you pray together as a family? I cannot urge you strongly enough to find opportunities for family prayer—at the dinner table, at night before going to bed, coming to Church as a family, or spontaneous moments of prayer with your spouse and/or children.
You may or may not be in the habit of family prayer. But in the words of Bishop Fulton Sheen who ordained me to the priesthood, “The family that prays together stays together.”
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Office Phone: 586-8089
PASTORAL MINISTRY ........................... Phone/Ext. Stephen Ministry (confidential line) ........... ext. 130 Fr. James Schwartz, Pastor......................... ext. 112 [email protected] Fr. Bob Kreckel, In Residence .................... 383-0919 [email protected] Fr. Jim Boyle, In Residence......................... 264-9615 [email protected] Deacon Germano......................................... * [email protected] Deacon Duncan Harris ............................... * [email protected] Michelle Castelli, Pastoral Associate........... ext. 113 [email protected] Cathy Kamp, Parish Life Coordinator......... ext. 115 [email protected] Nancy Veronesi, Liturgy.............................. ext. 124 [email protected] Matt Curlee, Music...................................... ext. 125 [email protected]
FAITH FORMATION & YOUTH MINISTRY Patrick Fox, Director ................................... ext. 114 [email protected] Eva Mascadri, Administrator ...................... ext. 116 [email protected] Christina Schmidt, Youth Minister............. ext. 119 [email protected]
OFFICE MANAGEMENT Brian Waldmiller, Business Mgr ................ ext. 111 [email protected] Mary Beth Ransom, Secretary .................... ext. 110 [email protected] Eleanor Czarnecki, Receptionist................. ext. 120 [email protected] Bud Gurnow, Maintenance.......................... ext. 123 [email protected]
OTHER Tom Glisson, Pastoral Council Chair [email protected] Liz Barry, Finance Council Chair [email protected] Sr. Christina Luczynski, Principal ............. 586-6968 [email protected]
* please leave a message with the receptionist
Parish Directory Membership Info
Parish Membership: We welcome you to worship regularly with us. If you wish to join our parish community formally—offering your time, talents, and financial support—please call the Parish Office to begin the registration process. You may pick up a registration packet at any of the entrances or by asking one of our Ushers or Greeters. Sacrament of Baptism: Parents anticipating the arrival of their child are asked to call Eleanor at the Parish Office to begin the process of baptismal preparation. Sacrament of Reconciliation: Individual celebrations are 3:30-4:30pm Saturday in the church Reconciliation Room. Communal Celebrations are as announced in the bulletin. Sacrament of Marriage: Engaged couples are asked to contact Fr. Jim at least six months before the wedding. Sacrament of Ministerial Priesthood (Holy Orders): Men interested in serving God’s people as priests—proclaiming the Gospel, preside at Liturgy and minister the Sacraments—can call the Parish Office or the Director of Vocations, Fr. Mike Conboy, at Becket Hall, 461-2860 Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick: Available for those who are seriously sick, the elderly, or those who face surgery. Please contact the Parish Office. Hospital Visits: We are pleased to visit any of our parishioners who are patients in any of our local hospitals. Please call the Parish Office to tell us when your stay will begin. Hearing Loop in Church - induction loop, set the “T” switch on the hearing aid. Works especially well in the west main section of the church. Liturgy of the Word for Children: 5:00pm Saturday, and 9:00 & 11:00am Sunday. Nursery: Available for children ages infant to 4-year-olds during the 11am Mass. Open 10:45am until 12:15pm. Located in the Parish Resource Center, Room 2. During other Masses, parents are welcome to use either the room located in the church loft or the Chapel as needed for their children.
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church 43 Gebhardt Road,
Penfield New York 14526 Office: 585-586-8089
Fax: 585-586-0674 www.stjosephspenfield.org
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Mass Schedule and Intentions Day/Time Offered for Mon, July 14 St. Kateri Tekakwitha 8:00 am Nicola DiBello, 1st Anniversary by Ercole & Bernadine Fioravanti Tues, July 15 St. Bonaventure 8:00 am Angelo Giosio by the Family
Wed, July 16 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel 8:00 am Bob Ruffner by Joe & Lucy Nunn Thu, July 17 8:00 am Karen Richards by Joanne Quigley Fri, July 18 St. Camillus de Lellis 8:00 am Ted Innes, Wedding Anniversary by Wife, Esther 2:30 pm GrandeVie Mass: Tony Sackett by Michael & Debra Monaco 4:00 pm Wedding: Julie Bernhardt & Jarot Arena Sat, July 19 8:00 am George Rouvina by Wife, Kathy 2:00 pm Wedding: Stephanie Spakowsky & Damian Tagliente 5:00 pm Michael Lipton by Joe & Nancy Cowan Jean Borzilleri by Tom & Karen Verzillo Sun, July 20 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 am Emma Miller by Crystal & Ed Bill Thomey By Jim & Eileen Miller 9:00 am Bob La Vague by the Family 11:00 am Michael Fermoil by the Family Michele Campolieto By Jeri Crumb 5:00 pm Amedeo Di Prima by the Family
Prayer and Intentions We Hold in Prayer This Week
Warren Aldoretta Anne Allenza Susan Arena Gregg Bartus Paul Callozzo Vincenza Capozzi Peter Cardamone Vince Cavuoto Tiffany Russo Centi Shirley
Charbonneau Bill Cherry Adeline & Peter
Cimino Ray & Helene Cleary Mary Dalassandro John Davis William Daylor Eleanor Dillon Mary Discavage Emma Falk Gerry Fly Arlene Gioto Jean Glanton Emmett Green Tony Grimaldi Kathy H.
Mary Ann Harper Dorothy Hefner Mary Kay
Hintenach Harvey Jennings Darwin Johannes Kirk Johnston Lois Jordan Jewel Kelly Jerry Kenny Cathy Killackey Elinor Kreckel Davalene Layng Kathleen Lynch George Maier Michael Malachowski Bob Maley Michael Mandrick Virginia McCarten Margaret
McClellan Bill McMaster Ida Mitrano Josephine Mongiello Rev. Jim Moynihan Ryan Moynihan Stephy N.
Kayla Nicholas Charles Oesterly Rose Opipari Rosemary Parnell Onni Peck Patti Pinckney Barbara Redick Clif Rice Stacy Robinson Melissa Rossi Alan Rupp Kate S. Bobbie Schloff Kathleen Sherman Helen Sherbinski Marianne Spanos Helen Talarczyk Joseph Tansey Jacqueline Stukas-
Tennenbaum Amy Thorne Dorothy Tubinis Elizabeth Walleck Ed Wandtke Thomas Weinhart Craig Wilson
Those who are sick…
Those who are serving in the military…
Jonathan Barber Michael Bartell Aaron Bush David Carley Andrew Cegla Evan Davies David Dougherty Michael Dougherty Edward Gerlach
Michael Giannetti Chris Hornig A.J. Lopez Zachary Milne Daniel Murphy Samuel Nasso Brian O’Connor Thomas O’Toole Eric Plant
Kellen Rowley D.J. Scully Adam Servatius Shaun Story Michael Stout Brett &Evan Wilby Christopher Wilson
Blessed Sacrament Chapel—open 24-hours every day Located on the west side of the church Rosary—is said every day after the 8:00 am Mass.
Those who have died in the Peace of Christ… Angelo Cavallaro John Reina (pictured)
The Sanctuary Candle this week…will burn in loving memory of Joseph Michaels by wife, Karen.
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Sunday, July 13 10:45 am Nursery Rm 2
Monday, July 14 8:45 am Summer Faith Formation School
Tuesday, July 15
8:30 am Exec New Horizon Unemployment MB 8:45 am Summer Faith Formation School 7:00 pm Women of Grace Women’s Study Jean Mahoney’s 7:30 pm St. Joseph’s Prayer Group Lounge
Wednesday, July 16 8:45 am Summer Faith Formation School
Thursday, July 17 8:45 am Summer Faith Formation School 8:45 am Summer Middle School Lounge
Friday, July 18 8:45 am Summer Faith Formation School
Saturday, July 19
9:00 am Small Group Ministry Planning MB
Sunday, July 20 10:45 am Nursery Rm 2
Cereal Collection at all Masses July 19 & 20
Meetings, Gatherings & Events BUILDING & GROUNDS We need some help trimming the bushes and cleaning up some garden areas around the parish grounds. If you can stop down during the day or in the evening to help, bring your trimmers. Please call or stop in to see Eleanor or Bud for extension cords and locations that need work.
ST JOSEPHS SCHOOL The Magazine Fundraiser in September raises money for programs and activities to benefit St Josephs School students. You can help by SAVING your RENEWALS for this fund-raiser and/or plan to give magazine subscriptions as gifts this year. Ask your friends and relatives to do the same. Renewal orders will simply extend current subscriptions, unless the renewal has expired. Thank you in advance for your support! Please do what you can to help our school. Contact the school office (586-6968) for more information.
VACATION TIME If you are traveling on vacation this summer make sure to check out the MASSTIMES.ORG website, it can give you 117,256 churches in 203 countries. No excuses to miss Mass!
PARISH NURSERY VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE: July 20: Irene Viola, Lisa Chidsey, Kathy Nguyen July 27: Lori Kocher, Lori Joensen, Anne Werner The Nursery will be closed for the month of August.
Reminders
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PARISH LIFE Catholic Family Center School Supply Collection. Begins the weekend of July 19-20 and runs each weekend
through August 9-10. Catholic Family Center collects school supplies to benefit children from Pre-K thru Grade 12 in a variety of CFC programs. Please consider picking up extra supplies (notebooks, tablet paper, pens, pencils, markers, crayons, calculators, new or gently used backpacks, etc.) as you shop for your children and grandchildren. Your donations can be put in the collection boxes that are at the Parish Store in the Parish Resource Center Foyer. Please help us exceed last year’s success.
Red Cross Blood Drive. Hosted in our Gym on Sunday, July 27 after the morning Masses. To schedule an appointment, contact the American Red Cross (1-800-GIVE-LIFE or www.donatebloodnow.org). If you haven’t donated blood since June 1, you will be eligible to donate.
FAITH FORMATION Faith Formation for School-Age Students. If you have not yet re-registered for the coming year please do so as soon
as possible. We sent out another reminder mailing this week and would appreciate the courtesy of your response as soon as possible. If you are new to the parish please call and set up an appointment to register for sessions beginning in September. Call Pat Fox (ext. 114)
Summer Faith Formation. We have completed Week-1 of the program and are looking forward to the second week. We have over 280 children between K through 5 and Middle School attending. Please pray for them and their teachers as we continue these fine classes this week.
Liturgy of the Word with Children. We are always looking to add to the fine leaders we have for this program. To learn more about scripture and how to share ideas with young people, please contact Eva Mascadri (ext. 116)
YOUTH MINISTRY Laser Tag for Grades 6-8. Join us for laser tag 6:30-9:00pm Friday, July 18 at Laser Quest on West Ridge Road in
Greece. $13 gets you two private, 20-minute games and a pizza party! Invite a friend! Space is limited! Volunteer drivers appreciated.
Canoe Trip at Bay Creek. High School students are welcome to join us 2:00 pm July 25 for a canoe trip followed by a picnic dinner. Cost is $15 for the afternoon.
Scripture and Softball Day. Coming up in early August, St. Joseph’s junior high kids will be “teaming” up with our sister parish, Our Lady of the America’s junior high for a day of scripture and softball. As part of this event we would like to have the kids attend a Red Wings game. At a discounted rate, each ticket will cost us $7.50. As we expect to have between 40 and 50 kids to participate, we are asking parishioners and friends to consider sponsoring a student or two to be able to go to the game. This would enable many of the kids who may not be able to afford it, the opportunity to see our very own Red Wings in action!
Sign up for any of these youth activities today by contacting Christina Schmidt ([email protected])
Announcements
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Stewardship REFLECTION
“The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit.” Matthew 13:22
Does the lure of riches and material goods choke God out of your life? Are you so caught up in worldly activities and anxieties that you have no time for God? These are questions that we all must ask of ourselves if we are going to live as God’s stewards. .
STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE July 6 Offerings: Envelopes: $17,118.60 Plate (loose): $ 1,187.30 Catholic Courier: $ 99.00 Other: $ 175.50 Capital Improvements: $ 334.00 Poor Boxes/Mt. Carmel: $ 47.00
St. Joseph’s tithes on its weekly offerings, a portion of which went to St. Joseph’s Indian School for housing and education for Native American children living in poverty in South Dakota.
SUMMER ENVELOPES We sincerely thank our parishioners who mail or deliver your weekly envelopes to the parish office while you are out-of-town on vacations this summer. As many of you understand, our parish expenses and obligations do not take a vacation when you do, so it is very helpful to be able to rely on your continued support even when you cannot personally attend Mass here.
PLANNED GIVING Please remember St. Joseph’s Church in your Will
No matter how you decide to remember your parish, a gift from your will accomplishes several key benefits. • It sends a strong message to your heirs that the
Church played an important role in your life. • It guarantees that your generosity to the Church will
be continued even after you are gone. • It provides important assistance to our parish. • It may even provide tax benefits for your heirs. Talk to your lawyer or financial counselor today about the best way for you to remember your parish in your will.
Liturgy Works SUMMER PRAYER OPPORTUNITIES Join the Summer Online Blog!
Check out our website for sharing your experiences of God in a BLOG format! Go to the St. Joseph’s homepage at www.stjosephspenfield.org; click on the right hand Summer Journaling box; read the latest post; click on the word “comments” at the end of the post; write your own comments or journaling in the right hand box on the Google Blogger screen; type in the word “verification” under the comment box; click on “Name” and type in your name or click “Anonymous”; then be sure to click “Publish Your Post.”
Sample of our Bloggers comments:
After the Rain
Look! Look! That shrub dripping in diamonds! Myriad Rain Sparklers with the afternoon sun
glinting on them and the leaves trembling a bit in the breeze
fills my spirit with Rapture. Thank you dear Lord!
Who said “My soul does magnify the Lord?” Mine too, Sweet Spirit!
Helen MacPherson – age 95
St. Joseph’s Movie Night —7:00 pm Monday, August 18 Let’s watch a movie, together and share our thoughts. A fun way to share faith and meet new people! We’ll be watching Joshua, the 2001 movie based on the Joseph Girzone novel of the same name.
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Social Ministry
JUSTICE:
WATER FOR SUDAN—AN UPDATE
Goodness shows itself in the generosity of St. Joseph’s Parishioners. After announcing we were $1100 shy of funding a second well and that there were envelopes at the entrances, the good people of St. Joseph’s in just last weekend’s collection donated another $1,055 and took home 50 envelopes that we hope will be returned this weekend.
The committee is overwhelmed by the outpouring of support for this worthy and much needed project. The extra funds will be put to good use to help offset the cost of shipping equipment from the United States to Sudan. The project has drilled 10 new wells so far in 2008 and seventeen wells are now serving 51,000 people!
God bless everyone who contributed.
GIFT CARDS NEEDED Social Ministry is in real need of Wegmans or Top’s Market Gift cards — in any amount for needy families. Please drop them off the parish office marked to Social Ministry. Thank you!
SERVICE:
PENFIELD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
With the help of St. Pauly textiles has for many years encouraged people to go green by recycling used but usable clothing. Across the country 80% of used clothing is discarded. Most of this clothing is usable and wanted by many people around the world. Penfield Habitat maintains clothing drop boxes in three separate locations: • Holy Spirit Church, 1355 Hatch Rd, Webster • East Penfield Baptist ABC, 2635 Penfield Rd, Fairport • East Rochester United Methodist Church, 357 Fairport
Rd, East Rochester As your wardrobe is updated, please use one of these drop boxes to recycle your old clothes. Helpers Needed: The clothing drop boxes require about 15 to 30 minutes of work every day to ensure the clothing is all in plastic bags and stacked so there is room for additional clothing. St. Pauly textiles empties these units weekly, but a small amount of effort is required daily to make sure the boxes remain usable to everyone. This effort is scheduled for a week at a time. If you are able to help, please contact Thelma Morehead ([email protected] or 218-0223) MATTHEW’S CLOSET HAS MOVED ...
to 316 Bay Street and is located in the basement of the day care center next to Holy Redeemer/St. Francis Xavier at the inter-section of Bay St. & Teresa St. Phone number is still 232-5160. Donations of clothing for men, women, and especially children are gratefully accepted.
MORE SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES: BECOME A NYS CERTIFIED EMT Learn how to become a New York State Certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) by attending the Penfield Volunteer Emergency Ambulance Open House (located at 1585 Jackson Road) on July 20 from Noon to 4pm. If you are unable to attend the Open House, but still are interested in the EMT Training class that begins in September at the above address, call 872-6060.
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CHRISTIAN INITIATION Do you wish to be fully initiated in the Catholic Church?
Do you seek to be baptized?
Explore the Catholic faith!
We invite adults and teens who are interested in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) to be in touch this summer. This is a time of inquiry and preparation to enter into the spiritual journey that is the RCIA this Fall. Whether you have never been baptized, or were baptized but did not receive First Eucharist or Confirmation, we are here to support you in your next step toward full ini-tiation in the Catholic Church. The faith community of St. Joseph’s welcomes you into the process and looks for-ward to celebrating the sacraments with you. For more information, contact Cathy Kamp (ext 115, or [email protected]).
If you are interested in being part of the RCIA Core Team ministry, or have a story of your own RCIA experience that you would like to share, please contact Cathy.
VIGIL CANDLES IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT CHAPEL Visitors to our Blessed Sacrament Chapel may light a candle for their special intentions and prayer needs. Our chapel is open 24 hours a day. Come spend some quiet time with our Lord.
Pastoral Care STEPHEN MINISTRY providing a variety of care for those in need.
Are you a good listener? Do you need someone to listen to you? Perhaps Stephen Ministry could help. If you are have good listening skills and would like to companion others in their time of need, we are asking you consider becoming a
Stephen Minister. We are considering the possibility of having a training class later this year. If you feel you need someone to listen to you in your time of need, a Stephen Minister may be able to help you. If you are interested in obtaining more information about either of these possibilities, please call our confidential voice mail number at 586-8089 ext. 130 and leave your name and phone number. One of our Stephen Leaders will call you back.
CARING CARD MINISTRY is doing a special project to make cards for our military. We are looking for addresses for servicemen/women who are listed in the bulletin. Please contact Joan at 377-2544 if you have a serviceman/woman who would enjoy receiving a card from our ministry.
NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR matches parishioners with needs or services with parishioners who can help. Contact Michelle Castelli (ext. 113) to place or respond to an ad. Parishioner #11: Responsible 20-yr-old SUNY Geneseo student with own car and a spotless driving record is looking for a nanny/child care position in the Penfield/Webster area for the summer. Available now.
Spirituality
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A Very Catholic Conversation Volume 2 Number 44
These wonderful days of summer allow us time to relax and enjoy the warmth of our weather and hopefully a little easier schedule. In this year of Saint Paul, we could use a little of that time to learn more about the Apostle to the Gentiles.
There are a good number of sources for doing that. Our Faith Formation textbook’s website has a new section on the Pauline year. Go to www.faithfirst.com right at the top of the home page you will see a banner for Pauline Year.
Some of the resources offered are:
• General Introduction;
• Biography of Saint Paul including discussion questions;
• Current Events relating to the Pauline Year for the whole family and for kids;
• Primary Resources: a Read-Aloud Story, Word Search and Answer Key;
• Intermediate Resources: A Biography of Paul and exercise for learning about the teaching of Paul by reading some of the epistles and answer key;
• Junior High Resources: An article with more details about Paul and his life and an exercise inviting the student to write a short epistle in the Pauline style.
• Pauline Timeline: Map and the order of his letters and his journeys.
• Professional Articles: Two articles by Fr. Lou Camelli on The Heart of Saint Paul’s Message, and the other by Fr. Patrick Brennan entitled Who Are You Sir?
We are all on a journey not unlike Paul. This summer part of our journey could mix with this, and by going to this site and downloading some of the activities as individuals or as families we can come to know more about the Apostle Paul. He is the most prolific writer in the New Testament and readings from his letters are heard most Sundays in the second reading.
We can enjoy the days of summer when there is a little more time and space and let Paul come into our space and allow our space to be filled with the words of Paul. Each of us can learn more and we can spend more time with the readings from the New Testament. All in all not a bad way to spend the summer.
Let’s continue the conversation [email protected]
Peace, Patrick
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Summer Faith Formation Week One
