Saint Joseph ROMAN CATHOLIC Church
973-383-1985
SOLEMNITY OF The baptism of the lord - January 10, 2021
Schedule
of Masses Weekdays
Monday-Friday at 12:05pm
Weekends Saturday (Sunday Vigil) at 5:00pm
Sunday at 8:00am, 9:30am & 11:30am
CONFESSIONS Saturday from 4:00-4:30pm
(or by appointment)
Parish Center: 22 Halsted Street, Newton NJ 07860-2003 Church: 24 Halsted Street - Newton
www.stjosephnewton.org
Father ST Sutton, Pastor
973-383-1985 - [email protected]
Father Alexander Londono, Migrant Ministry [email protected]
Father Edward Davey, Pastor Emeritus
Deacon Thomas Zayac, Deacon [email protected]
Karen Glowatski, Office Administrator 973-383-1985 - [email protected]
Christine Shell, Director of Food Pantry 973-383-1985 - [email protected]
Faith Formation - 973-383-8413 [email protected]
Kelly Robinson, Director of Music Ministry
Sharon Eltzholtz, Bulletin Assistant [email protected]
Robert Lasser, Finance Administrator [email protected] - 973-383-1985
Pam Raynor, Director of Thrift Shop
[email protected] - 973-383-6816
TRUSTEES OF THE PARISH
Dorothy Bosi, George Hayek and Gerard Woodring
The Sanctuary Lamp, which burns near the Tabernacle
as a reminder of our Lord’s presence in the Most Holy Eucharist,
burns this week in loving memory of:
The hosts and wine, which will become the Holy Body and Precious Blood of our Lord, were given in loving memory of:
May they now be resting in the peace of the Lord’s heavenly kingdom!
We pray for all those who are in need of the Lord’s healing presence:
Gary Arvary, Ron Ayers, Gene Belcher, Fred Bender, Egon Berninger, Dorothy Charette, Teresa Collins,
Barbara Connolly, Father Angelus Croce, Grace Cruz-Beyer, James Cunningham, Alex DeMartino, Derya Demirtas,
Jennifer DiNardo, Mary Ann Dowling, Patricia Downey, Jennifer Downing, Russell English, Erica Needham Errico,
Kathie Fetchko, Chris Flora, Theresa Fusco, Monsignor Mark Giordani, Jim Gluszak, Gladys & John Greed, Joy Grenewicz,
Suzanne Hammond, Finnuala Hanifan, Agnes & George Hayek, Geri Hayes, Jessica & Hannah Joseph, Susan Kadar, Father Daniel
Kelly, Jessica Kirby, John Kraft, Valerie Landell, Patricia Lane, Shirley Lavin, Elaine LeFever, Roberto Leyva, Raymond Makusiewicz, Jr., Anthony Maitilasso, Jr., Sal Mauceli, Sharon Miller, Jake Michael Miraldi, Kathy Modrow,
Mike Palumbo, Alexander Partyka, Patty Pellegrino, Cheryl Piritz, Joyce & Mike Polster, Michael Porfido, James Proulx,
Jack Rhinesmith, Joan Riccardi, John Rokicki, Donna Rozsas, Alexia Russ, Father Edward Salmon, Father Jude Salus,
George Scarpa, Ben Sellitto, Coleen Shields, Crystal Siro, Francis Siro, Terri Skill, Ernest Sprague, Gloria Steets, Kristen & Sofia Steets, Evelyn Strauss, Joni Strauss, Brysen Sutton, Delia M. Sutton, Edna & Paul Swenson, Geraldine Syfor,
Irene Towey, Daisy Valentin and Rita Zimich.
Saturday 1/9 5:00pm Father Agustine Pedrosa
Sunday January 10th Baptism of the Lord
8:00am
9:30am
11:30am
Intentions of Dorothy Charette
Henry Strand Robert Boris Souls of Purgatory
Monday 1/11 12:05pm Francis & Stella Covel
Tuesday 1/12 12:05pm Catherine Auriemma
Wednesday 1/13 12:05pm Peggy Woodring
Thursday 1/14
12:05pm Intentions of Geraldine Syfor
Friday 1/15
12:05pm
Patricia Ann Hassert
Saturday 1/16 5:00pm Helen Sciorra
Sunday January 17th Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00am
9:30am
11:30am
Robert McDonald
Robert Morsell Ken Spellman Victor Pallante
Our Parish Family is Served By
WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS
SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE
“Oremus pro Invicem”
Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord - January 10, 2021
mailto:[email protected]
January 3, 2021
Collection $5,385 Online Giving $1,746
Total: $7,131 Our weekly budget is still $10,000
We gracious invite those who are not able to come to church to continue supporting your parish in your absence. Thank you for your
prayerful and financial support.
January 17, 2020
1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20
Saint John 1:35-42
All donations can be mailed to the Parish Center at: 22 Halsted Street, Newton, NJ 07860. Again, thank you for your generosity!
“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”
Saint Mother Teresa Food Pantry is open, and our clients came despite the cold. We distributed 50 bags of groceries along with toiletries for everyone. The list below is the groceries we need for the upcoming weeks. Rice A Roni (all kinds) Manwich Toilet Paper Fruit snacks Paper Towels Canned pineapple Napkins Coffee (regular and decaf) Tissues Tea (regular and decaf) Salad dressings (all kinds) Cooking oil / Sugar Pudding snack cups (chocolate) Jello snack cups (all kinds) Progresso soup (all kinds) Canned Spinach Granola bars (chocolate chip and peanut butter) Oreo cookies Pasta Roni / Rice Sides / Pasta Sides (all kinds) Children’s juice boxes
Thank you for your continued generosity.
ALL Faith Formation Classes will begin Monday,
January 18, 2021 at 4:05pm
The Columbiettes are sponsoring a campaign to seek our
Blessed Mother’s intercession to Save Unborn Babies - SUB!
Please support this endeavor to pray ONE MILLION HAIL MARYS.
You can e-mail your tallies to: [email protected]
The tally so far is: 538,388
On behalf of our entire pastoral staff and parishioners, we want to wish Mrs. Doreen Zimmerman (pictured in the center) our sincere thanks for working as our Parish Center Office Assistant for the past two years. Prior to that, she also volunteered in our Saint Mother Teresa Food Pantry. Her smile and positive energy will be greatly missed. We wish you well on your next journey in life as we promise to pray for you and your family and blame everything that goes wrong in the office on you for at least twelve months. “Ad multos annos.”
Weekend donations
Food Pantry
Next weekend readings
Faith Formation
Save Unborn Babies
Best Wishes and gratitude to Doreen Zimmerman
On Monday, December 21st of last year (actually only 12/13 days ago) we were reminded in Deacon Tom’s homily that weekend, that a rare “Christmas star” would appear in the sky. As Deacon Tom told us, the last time that this star was visible from earth was on Wednesday, March 4, 1226 (yes, almost 800 years ago).
Technically, it was not really a star, but actually the conjunction of two planets (Jupiter and Saturn) whose orbits came within .1 degree of each other, making them appear to be on top of each other. Reality was something different than it appeared. What some of us saw, or thought we saw, was actually something else. We thought we saw a star, but in reality, it was the aligning of two planets.
This weekend, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Epiphany (which in Greek means “revelation” or “manifestation”). In this celebration, God the Father reveals Jesus as the Savior to the Magi.
To the average onlooker, what they saw was a helpless, poor child in a trough, which was used to feed animals. But, for the Magi, it was the Son of God Himself. What appeared as one thing, in reality, was something else!
To the Magi, this star, or planetary conjunction was thought to be an angel or a messenger from God. As Saint Matthew told us in today’s Gospel: “They were overjoyed at seeing the star” (Matthew 2:10). This great joy came from doing God’s Will and allowed them to follow this star in order to find the Holy Family.
It gave them great light to recognize in the baby; Jesus the King, Jesus the God and Jesus the man (represented by the gifts which they offered; gold, frankincense and myrrh).
It also gave them great peace, again as Saint Matthew said: “And on entering the house, they saw the child with Mary His Mother. They prostrated themselves and did Him homage” (Matthew 2:11).
Interestingly enough, Herod and the others were not able to see the same star which guided the Magi. Maybe the message was only intended for them? Maybe it was God’s personal revelation to them about who this baby truly was! The last and final line of today’s Gospel was: “They departed for their country by another way.”
Again, they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod. But, I think that they possibly traveled “another way” because once they saw Jesus
revealed as the Son of God and accepted Him as their Lord and Savior, their lives were changed, transformed, renewed and became something different and they could no longer walk in the same path they once traveled.
Now, we enter into the picture. Do we look at the little baby in the stable and see a cute little figure that in a few weeks we will put back in storage? Or have we received a special message, an angel or even a star, just for us, to give us great joy, allowing us to do God’s Will in our lives? Or maybe the better questions are: Do we allow the Lord to give us great light in order to recognize in Him; the man, the King and the God? Do we give God a chance to give us great peace, a peace that this world will never know nor can ever give to us? Do we recognize that this is God’s personal invitation and revelation of His love for us? The Epiphany is about the revelation of Jesus as God’s Son, not just a story about a little baby born in Bethlehem. God is revealing to each of us; Jesus as our King, our God and our Brother.
For as Isaiah prophesized in today’s Fist Reading: “Rise up in splendor… Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you…. Then you will be radiant at what you see, your heart shall throb and overflow.”
It is when we allow the Lord to shine through our lives that we can become what Saint Paul called: “Co-partners in the promise of Christ Jesus.”
This week is the greatest week for New Year’s resolutions; if you make a hundred or none at all, maybe you might consider, before leaving church today, pass by the crèche, maybe take a small piece of hay to remind yourselves that things are not always as they appear. You can also take with you one of the beautiful blessed poinsettia plants, whose leaves are said to be in the shape of that Christmas star.
It is not just hay or a plant for a poor family or a simple little boy, but it is truly God revealing to each and every one of us, His Only-begotten Son; the man, the King and God Himself!! What will you do with this Epiphany? What will you do with this revelation in your lives?
Father’s Homily from last weekend
IN LOVING MEMORY OF Robert Morsell Hilda Broschart Frances & Alfred David Anthony & Grace DeCarlucci Marie & Jack Kappelmeier Angela & Vito Catalano Roman & Helen Salza The Tobia family Carmen J. Liuzza, Jr. Joan Ammend Lewis Richards John J. Bopp, Jr. Louis Gombosi Matilda Cangelosi Donald M. Schiavo Charles Teut Anita Garcia Nancy Cerciello Suzanne Frank Aurelio & Julia Alfonzo Laura Julia Galiano Cesar Sison Dorothy & Les Sidnam Audrey & John Waldron Viola D’Elia Nunzio D’Elia Lita Ibanez Galuppo & Sensbach Families
Jim, Mary & Liza Quinn Fusci & McGinley families The Muller Family Salvatore & Anna Consentino John & Beatrice Mazzarella Fred W. Manak Sr. George Tippetts Doreen & Edgar Zeveiro Louis Verrico Carole Wiley Joseph A. Zicarelli Anthony Vincenzi William Brucher Elias & Nadine Hayek Kozlowski Family Biamonte Family Marie Galka Dianne Ferretti Novak Family Ty Schuler Thomas Nykaza Pio Paladini Larry Paladini Annamaria Pallante Victor Pallante Pat & Louis Brandt Ann & Julius Csepela Violet & Alex Gerney Bill & Laura Peragino Nora & Thomas Reilly Kawula, Wawoczny Families Wiinnick Family Leo & Sophie Szymczak John Hoch John Hoch Jr. Anna & Marcel Ernst Gerri Van Riper Leo & Catherine Powell Violet Hajtovik
Yezierski Family Paul Miller Al Gallagher Mary Horn Lois M McDonald Jennifer Lynn McDonald Puskas Family Wawzyanick Family Coranoto Family Giannetto Family Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Convery Mr. George J. Boos Henrietta Siemer Gillen & Zayacz Families Frank Zayacz Douglas Cromarty Dorothy D’Andrea Steve Raynor Mr. & Mrs. William Farrell Bob & Pat Holenstein Mary Ellen Mottola Dennis Nick Herman & Margaret Lanterman Jennie & Vince Capra Salvatore & Carmela Giacino Rosaria Alford Joanita W. Mier Frank Kruse Herb & Jeanette Ainsworth Paul & Lottie Brookhart Pauline & Joseph Pompilio John & Helen Gorey The Muller Family Robert & Arlene LeFrois Dick Wilson Carl Wilson Joseph & Marie Auriemma Sr. Edwin Smith Henri O.B. Diaide
Stan Kozer Deceased members of the Bensley, Olah, Stein, Sprinceana families Deceased Members of the Gerrety, Kaczmarczyk & Olechowski families Deceased Members of the Thibault & Maitelasso families Deceased Members of the Mansfield family Deceased Members of the Pacholarz family Deceased Members of the Lamonaca & Miragliotta families Deceased Members of the Stagnari family Deceased Members of the Plevyak & Mills families Mom, Dad, Sisters & Brothers of the Mistler family Deceased Members of the Crann family
IN HONOR OF
Bertrand Family Joann Pizzano Charles E. Clough Sr. The Bosi Family The Padalino Family Lene Wilson Catherine Auriemma Mr. & Mrs. John Mancini Charles McCarg
January 7th-16th
After Christmas Sales. All Christmas items are
75% off. Everything else
is half price.
January 21st-30th
Store wide sale. 50% off on all items. Restocking each day.
Stop in to see our “Treasures.”
Christmas Flower Remembrance
Thrift Shop
Blood Drive
PROCESSIONAL “You Are the Voice”
R. You are the voice of the living God, calling us
now to live in Your love, to be children of God once again!
Praise for the light that shines through the night, from darkness to light, from death to new life, and praise to the morning that brings forth the sun, to open our eyes to the Lord! To open our eyes to the Lord! For R. Praise for the water that springs from the sea, the seed that gives life to all who believe, God’s love over flowing, our hearts know the joy to be daughters and sons of the Lord! To be daughters and sons of the Lord! For R. Praise for the singing and praise for the dance, with new heart and voice, all raise the song, of praise to creation; all heaven and earth, come sing of the glory of God! Come sing of the glory of God! For R.
PSALM RESPONSE You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation.
OFFERTORY “On Jordan’s Bank” On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry announces that the Lord is nigh; awake and hearken for He brings glad tidings of the King of kings. Then cleansed be ev’ry life from sin; make straight the way for God within, and let each heart prepare a home where such a mighty guest may come. For You are our salvation, Lord, our refuge and our great reward; without Your grace we waste away like flow’rs that wither and decay. COMMUNION “Taste and See”
R. Taste and see, taste and see the goodness of the Lord. O taste and see, taste and see the goodness of the Lord, of the Lord.
I will bless the Lord at all times. Praise shall always be on my lips; my soul shall glory in the Lord for God has been so good to me. R. Glorify the Lord with me. Together let us all praise God’s name. I called the Lord who answered me; from all my troubles I was set free. R.
Worship the Lord, all you people. You’ll want for nothing if you ask. Taste and see that the Lord is good; in God we need put all our trust. R. RECESSIONAL “Lift Up Your Hearts” R. Lift up your hearts to the Lord, praise God’s
gracious mercy! Sing out your joy to the Lord, whose love is enduring.
Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! Praise the name above all names! Say to God, “How wondrous Your works, how glorious Your Name!” R. Let the earth worship, singing Your praise. Praise the glory of Your Name! Come and see the deeds of the Lord, bless God’s holy Name! R. God’s right hand made a path through the night, split the waters of the sea. All creation, lift up your voice: “Our God set us free.” R. Listen now, all you servants of God, as I tell of these great works. Blessed be the Lord of my life, whose love shall endure! R.
Saint Joseph our patron
we call upon you today
to look upon our parish family in Newton.
We ask for your fatherly protection
and paternal guidance through
these difficult times in our country,
in our world and in our Church.
Continue to watch over our elderly
and those most vulnerable at this time;
May they know of your fatherly care
and be comforted by the Lord’s presence.
This we pray through Him whom you
watched over as your own child,
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hymns for Holy Mass this weekend
Prayer to Saint Joseph
Come and Visit
Father Michael J. Burke Thrift Shop (located across the street from the Parish Center)
We are OPEN for business and drop-off
Thursday-Friday 10:00am-4:00pm Saturday 9:30am-12:30pm
Confessor, Spiritual Advisor and Friend. Gone to his eternal reward.
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973-383-2092 Books, Rosaries, Statues,
Jewelry ,Crucifixes Tuesday-Saturday 9:30-11:45am
1:15-4:30pm, Sunday 1:15-4:30pm
Saint Joseph Church’s Cemetery 137-151 Route 206 - Newton, New Jersey
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This week we remember Sergeant Lyle Denny, Police Officer Titus Moore, Captain Billy Allen, Sr., Master Corporal Norman Daye, Jr., Sheriff Benny
Napolean, Sergeant David Schmidt, Officer Andrew Bouchard, Corrections Officers V Phillip Holbert ,
Joe Landin and Timothy Beggs, Police Officer Christopher Elder, Lieutenant Craig King, Security Control Specialist
Jerry Jones, Corrections Officer IV Harold Smith, Sr., Sergeants Gordon Best and Daniel Mobley and
Officer Randall Smith who either died in the line of duty or after contracting the Wuhan virus as the result
of exposure while on duty.
May they now be resting in the peace of God’s heavenly kingdom and may all their good deeds have gone with them!
In Loving
Memory of
Samuel S. Ciccone
Happy Birthday
Sharon Eltzholtz
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-Thessalonians 3:12
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We received a letter and card from our sister parishes of Saint Agnes and Saint Mary Help of Christians, whom
we helped this Christmas season with gift cards and donations. They extend to our parish family their gratitude for helping so many families during these
“trying times” as it made this season a little “brighter” for them by our generosity.
Thank you to all who took part in this most important ministry of reaching out to our brothers and sisters who
are most in need. God bless you and your families for your generosity and thoughtfulness.
January 20th marks two
years without your presence. Continue to pray for us as we promise to pray
for you and your family.
Pray for our Salesian Sisters
and all the good work they do,
especially as Catechists in our Faith
Formation Program.
Please remember your parish family each week, even if you
are not coming to church. We miss your presence and wait for your return
one day soon.
