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Page 1 Saint Joseph Church
THOSE FOR WHOM WE PRAY
FOR THOSE IN NEED OF GOD’S HEALING, STRENGTH
AND COMFORT: Kay Yamazzo, Jack Dunn, Derek Fallon, Bill
Collins, Tom Insinna, Anthony Rigoglioso, Greg Licalzi, Fr. Nick
Cirillo, and Alberta Gregus .
FOR THE PROTECTION AND SAFE RETURN OF THOSE
SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES: Joshua Jugler, Michael
Ayala Lopez, and Michael Moreira.
PARISH STAFF
Rev. George F. O’Neill, Pastor
Rev. Karol Ksiazek, Parochial Vicar
Deacon Jeffrey J. Font
Deacon Louis F. Howe, Sr.
Deacon Peter J. Kuhn
Deacon William J. Shaughnessy
Rita Golaszewski, Parish Secretary
Patricia Smith, Religious Education Coordinator
Kathy Bailo, Religious Education Assistant
David Kendall, Director of Music
Music [email protected]
Arianna Carlo, Choir Director
Renzo Ortega, United High School Ministry Coordinator
PARISH OFFICE
Phone: 203.775.1035 Fax: 203.775.1684
Web Site: www.stjosephbrookfield.com
Email: [email protected]
Mail: 163 Whisconier Road
Brookfield, CT 06804
Office Closed until further notice
Emergencies: (203)2094908
Mass Schedule: All Public Masses Suspended. Masses live
streamed on the Parish Website at the following times:
Saturday Vigil 5:00 PM
Sunday7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 AM; 5:00 PM
MondayFriday 6:45 AM & 8:45 AM
Saturday 8:00 AM Only
Confessions: Tuesday: 7:008:00 PM
Saturday: 4:004:45 PM
EUCHARISTIC ADORATIONSuspended
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Sunday of the Month, 3:454:45 PM for the Unborn
Tuesdays, 7:008:00 PM for Youth and Vocations
SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC ACADEMY
Ms. Pamela Fallon, Director of Education
Phone: 203.775.2774 Fax: 203.775.5810
PRAYING FOR PEACE AND REPARATION
We invite you to stay at the end of Sunday Mass following
the closing hymn and join us in praying three “Hail
Mary’s” for Peace: in our World, in our Families and in our
Hearts. We also pray the Prayer to St. Michael the
Archangel, for healing and reparation in our Church.
SACRAMENTS
Baptism The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated on
Sundays at 12:30 PM. A PreBaptism class is required for
both parents prior to the Baptism of their first child.
Register with the Parish Office: 203.775.1035.
Marriage Weddings generally are celebrated on Friday
evening or Saturday afternoons and must be scheduled at
least six months in advance. Please do not make final
arrangements for your reception prior to contacting the
Parish Office.
R.C.I.A. Interested in becoming a Catholic? Call the
Parish Office.
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Sunday, Apr 26, 2020
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SUNDAY OF EASTER
Three ways to foolishnessor
faith
Some of us are quick to admit we
don’t need help in being foolish.
We do this quite well on our own.
Nonetheless, the story of the Emmaus travelers provides a checklist of
choices that lead to boneheaded moves. First of all, they abandon hope
too soon. Second, they separate from the community of faith. Third,
they discount reports that Jesus is still being encountered. No wonder
they didn’t recognize Jesus when He was standing right next to them!
Practice patience. Stay close. And seek the Lord while He may be
found.
TODAY’S READINGS: Acts 2:14, 2233; 1 Peter 1:1721; Luke 24:13
35 (46). “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all
that the prophets spoke!”
Monday, Apr 27, 2020
EASTER WEEKDAY
Saints for all seasons
Six years ago today, Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II were both
canonized. Commentators pointed out the apparent differences be-
tween these new saints: one known for his progressive outlook in con-
vening Vatican II, one seen as upholding more traditional Catholic
values. And yet their canonization was the perfect snapshot of what we
believe the communion of saints to beholy role models who are each
unique unto themselves, demonstrating so many different ways to fol-
low Christ. Ask John XXIII and John Paul II to pray for you today,
requesting they guide your own distinct path to holiness.
TODAY’S READINGS: Acts 6:815; John 6:2229 (273). “Believe in
the one He sent.”
Tuesday, Apr 28, 2020
PETER CHANEL, PRIEST, MARTYR
Exercise your right of redemption
Saint Peter Chanel is revered for having lived a courageous life as a
missionary and having died a martyr’s death in 1841 on the Oceania
island of Futuna. The later remorse and repentance of his murderer
Musumusu is also noteworthy. Having clubbed Chanel to death in
1841 on instructions from the king to “do what was necessary” to stop
Chanel’s evangelization, he later repented and was baptized. He asked
to be buried outside the church where Chanel’s remains were kept, so
that the faithful would walk over his grave on their way to revere Cha-
nel. Even your greatest errors in life can be redemptive.
TODAY’S READINGS: Acts 7:518:1a; John 6:3035 (274). “The
bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to
the world.”
Wednesday, Apr 29, 2020
CATHERINE OF SIENA, VIRGIN, DOCTOR OF THE
CHURCH
Speak up!
Preaching is a sacred art, whether at a podium or in everyday life, “to
communicate the awe of the word,” says Jonathan Edwards, one of the
bestknown Puritan preachers. A skilled preacher prays with scripture,
studies, and reflects on the circumstances of the local and global com-
munity to inspire and challenge listeners. Each of us has the capacity
to preach the Good News. Catherine of Siena, one of the great saints
and a member of the Order of Preachers, advised us: “Preach the truth
as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world.”
WEDNESDAY’S READINGS: Acts 8:1b8; John 6:3540 (275).
“Now those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.”
Thursday, Apr 30, 2020
PIUS V, POPE
Set the bar high
Picture horse racing in St. Peter’s Square. Hard to imagine how that
worked, but it does give us an indication of the state of the papacy
when reformer Pius V took charge in 1566. Though his stern demean-
or and reforms did not endear him to comfortable Vatican insiders,
he practiced what he preached, living and dressing simply and often
walking barefoot. During a famine he used church resources to pur-
chase corn from abroad and distribute it widely to the poor. He also
spent heavily to improve the water supply and sewers of Rome. We
live in a time of equal crisis and need. How can you respond creative-
ly to help those struggling most?
TODAY’S READINGS: Acts 8:2640; John 6:4451 (276). “The
bread that I will give is my Flesh for the life of the world.”
Friday, May 01, 2020
EASTER WEEKDAY
Food for the soul’s journey
What food does to the body is what the Eucharist does to the soul. It
gives us energy, strength, defense against disease. It’s intimate, par-
taken in relationship, in family, in community. It’s a gift, shared in
love. If you are what you eat, as the old saying goes, then it trans-
forms us, makes us more like Christ. Finally, we take it with us, out of
the church doors. In the words of Pope Benedict XVI: “We cannot
approach the Eucharistic table without being drawn into the mission
which, beginning in the very heart of God, is meant to reach all peo-
ple.”
TODAY’S READINGS: Acts 9:120; John 6:5259 (277); or Genesis
1:262:3 or Colossians 3:1415, 17, 2324; Matthew 13:5458
(559). “Unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink His
Blood, you do not have life within you.”
Saturday, May 02, 2020
ATHANASIUS, BISHOP, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
Be an ideal person
It can feel lonely to fight for an ideal, including some of the ideals that
the Church has spoken up for in recent years: immigrant rights, racial
justice, dignity of life from womb to tomb. Today is a good day to find
inspiration and support in a soulmate: Saint Athanasius, who spent
much of his energy as a bishop in the fourth century defending our
core belief in the divinity of Christ as the Word made flesh. Hold fast
to your ideals and continue to bring them to life.
TODAY’S READINGS: Acts 9:3142; John 6:6069 (278). “Master,
to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.”
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Page 3 3rd Sunday of Easter
3rd Sunday of Easter
What does it take for our eyes to be opened? Every
day, a man laboriously walks down Main Street of town.
With great difficulty but graceful determination, he
places one foot in front of the other, uses a crudely
made staff for support, and walks. His pace is slow, but
he walks. What does he hope to see? Where does he
want to go? What does he find? We all walk through
life. The type of “walking” life requires is not always
physical but is most assuredly emotional and spiritual.
We walk, we look, we encounter, and we seek. How we
do these things and what we actually find is determined
by what we carry and what we allow ourselves to discov-
er along the way.
If walking is too challenging for us, we may choose
to isolate and stay alone. If we are afraid to walk, we
may become overly dependent on others providing for
us and abandon the journey. We can walk and pay at-
tention only to what is in front of our feet and never no-
tice the immensity of what is happening around us. The
road is never the same twice. The journey is always
different. What kinds of things do you notice as you
walk through life? It seems that the disciples of the
Road to Emmaus missed a lot at first. We do as well.
We are called to walk with purpose, to listen, and to
notice things that may not at first be apparent. We have
to allow the One who has a special claim on our soul to
enlighten, instruct, and inspire us. The incarnate mys-
tery of God is pulsating in and through all of creation,
where the presence of the Word who became flesh can
be discovered. He has been with us all along. How could
we have missed Him? Our journey brings us back to the
breaking of the bread, and something begins to stir
within us. We begin to understand, and things look
differently. Bread, body, wine, and blood bring us to see
that everyone and everything is a “Eucharistic” encoun-
ter. We become what we eat and we see what we eat. We
continue to walk. Our eyes are now opened, and we rec-
ognize Him. Our hearts burn. Stay with us. Please stay
with us.
©LPi
COVID19 (Coronavirus)
Precautions
As a precaution against Coronavirus infection, the fol-
lowing measures have been implemented at St. Joseph
Church until further notice:
The Parish Office is closed. Emergencies: (203)209
4908.
All public Masses have been suspended. Fr. O’Neill
and Fr. Karol will continue to celebrate weekend and
daily Masses at all the regularly scheduled times and
they will be livestreamed via the parish website:
www.stjosephbrookfield.com.
All other parish events/meetings/classes have been
suspended until further notice.
The church will be open during the day for private/
personal prayer, except during Mass times.
With the suspension of public Masses, you
can imagine the impact on our parish of not
having an inchurch Sunday offertory. The
Online Giving option has been and will
continue to be a vital lifeline for St. Jo-
seph Church and we are grateful to the
hundreds of parishioners who have joined
Online Giving over the past several years.
We are excited to announce that Online
Giving has gotten even better with the in-
troduction of TexttoGive. With this fea-
ture, type in the telephone number 203
4576036 and type in the amount you
wish to give in the message box. Your trans-
action will be processed through the Online
Giving account associated with the phone
number. If your phone number is not rec-
ognized, you can easily continue without an
account, or associate your number with an
existing account, or create an account.
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Question:
Crises like the current COVID19 pandemic can test
our faith to the limit. What one thing could we do or
change that would have the greatest impact on our
faith?
Answer:
A famous coach once said that when the team is in
trouble and things aren’t going well, go back to the ba-
sics; when the team is winning and things are going
well, go back to the basics! Any renewal program, faith
development, or spiritual growth effort has to start with
the basic core of what it means to believe. If the foun-
dation is not strong, the house will not stand.
So if you work on one thing, begin with the idea that
God is love, who loves us and calls us to love one anoth-
er. If we really take that belief to heart, it changes how
we see God, ourselves, and one another. It would
change how we pray, how we treat others, and how we
understand and live our own life. Our sense of mission
and purpose will be more focused on God’s plan and
our role in it. Love is the core of faith, the goal of life,
and the hope of heaven. Whatever we do to strengthen
and deepen our faith will begin and end with love.
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PARISH MINISTRIES
Liturgy
Altar Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203.775.1035
Choir Director Arianna Carlo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203.775.1035
Faith Formation and Sacraments
Religious Education Coord. Ms. Pat Smith . . . . 203.775.1035, ext. 107
RCIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.775.1035
Scheduling Baptisms Mrs. Rita Golaszewski. . . 203.775.1035, ext. 101
Marriage Scheduling/Prep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203.775.1035
Prayer & Devotion
Men’s Retreat Mr. Peter Brady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.740.1243
Women’s Retreat Mrs. Barb Roeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203.740.9428
Men of St. Joseph Mr. Carl Monti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.740.9544
Parish Councils and Administration
Parish Council Mr. Andy Pacuk, Chairman. . . . . . . . . . . .917.514.5974
Finance Council Mr. Frank Cavalea, Chairman. . . . . . . . .203.482.5563
Other Ministries & Organizations
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Mrs. Mary Shaughnessy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2037759138
Mrs. Pat Tharrington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2037754836
Knights of Columbus Mr. Patrick Jennings . . . . . . . . . . .203.240.2425
MaryMartha Ministry Mrs. Pat Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.775.2335
Women’s Reflection & Prayer Group Mrs. Barb Roeder . 203.740.9428
Outreach to Sick/ShutIn Sr. Mary Ann Socha, CMGT .. 203.794.1486
Monday, April 27
6:45 AM
8:00 AM John Stahl, req. by the Stahl family
Tuesday, April 28
6:45 AM Intentions of our Parishioners
8:45 AM James Went
Wednesday, April 29
6:45 AM Intentions of the Van Dorp Family, req. by Jeanette
Van Dorp
8:45 AM Samuel Fernandez, req. by George Blondette
Thursday, April 30
6:45 AM
8:45 AM Frank Santoliquido, req. by Sr. Mary Ann & Sr. Victoria
Friday, May 1
6:45 AM
8:45 AM Deceased members of the Simo family, req. by their
daughter
Saturday, May 2
8:00 AM Joan Morrissey, req. by Debbie & Jack Moreno
5:00 PM Joel DiPaola,, req. by Janice Leggett
Sunday, May 3 4th Sunday of Easter
7:30 AM Cielo Uribe Sanchez, req. by family
9:00 AM Paul Cassidy, req. by friends
11:00 AM Salvatore and Cristina Sproviero, req. by family
5:00 PM Jeffrey Jenkins, req. by the Loewengart family
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NOTICE: MASS INTENTIONS
Despite the suspension of public Masses, the
priest celebrant at the private weekend and
daily Masses will continue to offer the Mass for
the intention requested.
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