Roman Catholic Church

Office Location Phone Email Website

Parish Office 105 Harrison St., New Milford 201-261-0148 office@sjcnj.org sjcnj.org

Religious Education 105 Harrison St., New Milford 201-261-1144 religioused@sjcnj.org sjcnjre.org

Saint Joseph School 305 Elm St., Oradell 201-261-2388 office@sjsusa.org sjsusa.org

the greenhouse-PreK 305 Elm St., Oradell 201-477-8114 vailc@greenhouseusa.org greenhouseusa.org

MASS SCHEDULE WEEKEND

Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 pm

DAILY Weekdays 7:00 am &

8:30 am

Saturday 8:30 am

HOLY DAYS as announced

Miraculous Medal Novena Monday, 7:00 pm in Mary’s Chapel

Eucharistic Adoration First Wednesday of Month

9 am—5 pm in Mary’s Chapel

SACRAMENTS Confession: Saturday,

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Baptism

Contact the Parish Office. Marriage

Arrangements should be made with a priest at least one year in advance.

Sick/Homebound/Hospital Call the Parish Office.

Christian Initiation of Adults—RCIA

Contact the Parish Office.

PARISH REGISTRATION Contact the Parish Office.

Saint Joseph

PASTOR:

Msgr. David C. Hubba

PAROCHIAL VICARS:

Rev. Andrew Park Rev. Roy Regaspi

DEACON: George Montalvo PASTOR EMERITUS:

Rev. George M. Reilly

Office Hours: Parish: Mon.-Fri.: 9 am—5 pm; Rel. Ed.: Mon –Thurs.: 9:30 am—5 pm (Also by appointment.)

Oradell/New Milford, NJ SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ February 15, 2015

THIS WEEKEND

*ASH WED.-Feb. 18-SCHEDULE * Pick up your Lenten Booklet * Project Valentine Bake Sale —after all Masses *March for Life report—p. 9

ST. TERESA OF ÁVILA A 5-part epic miniseries

to be shown at Saint Joseph Parish Thursday evenings and Wednesday mornings

beginning Feb. 19 and Feb. 25. (See page 5-6 for details.)

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PRAYER REQUESTS Let us remember those who are ill:

Catherine Lyon, Rodolso Ibanez, Purification Posadas, Noreen Mastellon, Carlos Cordova, Quirina Ramirez Let us remember those who have recently died:

Rose Foss

Let us remember those serving in the military.

SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 10.30 am 10:30 am MC 12:00 pm

Monday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Tuesday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Wednesday 7:00 am 8:30 am 7:30 pm

Thursday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Friday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Saturday 8:30 am 5:00 pm

Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 10.30 am 10:30 am MC 12:00 pm

Sunday Collection for Week of February 8, 2015 Basket ParishPay TOTAL

$9,835 $5,180 $15,015

BREAD AND WINE INTENTIONS The Bread for the week of

February 15, 2015 was donated in loving memory of

Roy Williams as requested by Pat De Nicolo.

The Wine for the week of February 15, 2015

is offered for the honor and glory of God.

Saint Joseph Parish Staff Mr. Brendan Walsh/Mrs. Carol Winkler….Parish Trustees Deacon George Montalvo…... Dir. of Religious Education Mrs. Arlene Kennedy…………. Sacraments Coordinator Mr. Monroe Quinn……………... Director of Music Mr. Tom Meli…………………….. Facilities Director Mrs. Phyllis Vrola………………. Business Manager Mrs. Anne Annunziato……….. Parish Secretary

Mrs. Colette Vail………………… Principal of Saint Joseph School Mrs. Angela Gussoni…………... Vice Principal Mrs. Diane Hellriegel………….. Dir. of Communications/ Bulletin Editor

PARISH OFFICE CLOSED—FEBRUARY 16 The Parish Office/Rectory will be closed for Presidents Day on Monday, February 16.

PROJECT VALENTINE BAKE SALE

TODAY—FEBRUARY 14-15 AT HARRISON ST. ENTRANCE

All of the proceeds from Project Valentine, sponsored by Saint Joseph Social Concerns with the help of our Confirmation candidates, will go to offset the cost of our "Bingo & Basket" fundraiser that will be held on Thursday, April 16, in the Saint Joseph School Gym. 100% of the proceeds from the Bingo & Basket will benefit our Brother/Sister School—St. Joseph's in Jersey City. Thank you and God bless you for your support! Kathy Memoli's Famous Crumb Cake and many other delicious cakes, brownies, pies and cookies will be available for you to purchase. Please stop by and pick up a special treat for your special Valentine.

Please note that whenever Saint Joseph School is closed due to bad weather, ALL parish activities, including Religious Education classes,

will be cancelled for the safety of our parishioners. In case of inclement weather, you can check our

parish website sjcnj.org—click on ”CLOSINGS”— to see if parish meetings and activities are cancelled.

February 14, 2015 Mr. & Mrs. William Johnson

February 15, 2015 People of the Parish Manuel M. Amaral Leonard LaSpisa Donna Tamayne Sheila Muller (living) Birthday Remembrance

Feburary 16, 2015 Armando Heredia Flora C. Acosta

February 17, 2015 Maureen Begley Mary & Arthur Potter

February 18, 2015 Ash Wednesday Ed Kineke Mary & John Wagner People of the Parish

February 19, 2015 Lucille Waters (prayers for healing) Mary & Patrick Miller

February 20, 2015 Ruth Di Cicco Joseph P. Hoock, Jr.

February 21, 2015 Kaylee Elizabeth & Margan Lilly De Gregorio (twin babies) Charles J. Branchi

February 22, 2015 People of the Parish John Cullen Katherine Jacura Armando Heredia Leonard LaSpisa

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FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

2015

LENTEN

REGULATIONS

1. The days of both Fast and Abstinence during Lent are Ash Wednesday (February 18) and Good Friday (April 3).

If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday Night) as the “paschal feast” to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily his Resurrection. The other Fridays of Lent are days of Abstinence.

∎On a day of Fast, only one (1) full meal is permitted, and two (2) smaller meals, which, if added together, would not exceed the main meal in quantity. Those between the ages of 18—59 are obliged to fast.

∎On a day of Abstinence, no meat may be eaten. Those who have reached the age of 14 are obliged by the Law of Abstinence.

2. The obligation to observe the laws of Fast and Abstinence, “substantially,” or as a whole, is a serious obligation.

3. The Fridays of the year, outside of Lent are designated as days of penance, but each individual may substitute for the traditional abstinence from meat some other practice of voluntary self-denial as penance.

The Code of Canon Law allows a pastor to dispense an individual from the specified obligations for a just cause . If you have any questions regarding eating meat on Friday, contact your pastor.

4. The time for fulfilling the Paschal Precept (Easter Duty*) extends from the First Sunday of Lent, February 22, 2015, to The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, May 31, 2015.

*All the faithful, after they have been initiated into the Most Holy Eucharist, are bound by the obligation of receiving Holy Communion at least once a year.

ASH WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE —FEBRUARY 18

Ashes will be distributed at the following times: 7:00 am Mass 8:30 am Mass 12:00 noon Prayer Service 4:00 pm Prayer Service 7:30 pm Mass

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ FEBRUARY 15, 2015

When the Austrian Augustinian monk Pius Parsch (1884-1954) was ordained a priest, he used gifts of money he received on that occasion

to buy a nine-volume set of books on the liturgy. He didn’t use them to decorate his bookshelves but to spark energetic and creative initiatives in his pastoral care, ones that have greatly influenced our own times. After obtaining a doctorate in theology, he taught novices at the monastery of Klosterneuburg near Vienna, where he belonged for his remaining years. From this spiritual base his many accomplishments included:

∎ the invention of the modern misalette, which he originally devised during his time as a chaplain to Austrian army troops during World War I to instruct them on the meaning of the Mass.

∎ the organizing of study groups for ordinary Catholics on the Bible and on the liturgy. (Father Parsch had chosen his religious name of Pius out of admiration for Pope St. Pius X, who had a great love of Scripture.)

∎ the introduction of the people’s sung participation at the “Kyrie,” the “Holy, Holy,” and the “Lamb of God.”

∎ the use of German for the readings proclaimed at Mass. (He would have lectors read out loud while the priest read the official Latin texts softly.)

∎ the introduction of the sign of peace and the offertory procession at Mass, reviving ancient practice.

∎ the training of lay men and women for liturgical ministries.

∎ a prolific writing career that included admired and influential books and the creation of the journal Bibel und Liturgie, which he wrote for extensively and which still exists.

This week, as Catholics throughout the world prepare to begin Lent on Ash Wednesday, we might well reflect on something Pius Parsch said about an Ash Wednesday during his own lifetime, a message that is perennially valid. He wrote:

Humbly, … yet full of confidence, we go to the altar today to receive the ashen cross upon our foreheads. We are humble because we realize our sinful condition, we who must daily fight against the flesh, surrounded all our lives by sorrow, sin, temptation, and evil. But we are full of confidence, because all the consequences of original sin are transformed by grace, and in the sign of the cross and the triumphant power of grace we shall achieve the final victory.

Msgr. David Hubba

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SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

COLLECTION FOR RETIRED PRIESTS —ASH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18

As we mark the start of our Lenten journey this year, a time of both reflection and anticipation, let us reflect on those good priests who have walked with us through the years on previous Lenten journeys. Their service to the Church and her people has given us all comfort and support that can never be forgotten. Through a contribution to the Archdiocesan Collection for Retired Priests, we can say a very strong "thank you" and ensure that they will receive the comfort and support that they deserve. We hope you will be generous in the Ash Wednesday collection for the retired priests of the Archdiocese of Newark.

THE MAGNIFCAT® LENTEN COMPANION

—YOUR GIFT FROM SAINT JOSEPH PARISH

Are you looking for a way this Lent to return to the Church or to develop a more fervent practice of your faith? The Magnificat Lenten Companion 2015 is the perfect help. This handy little book provides a series of original

reflections to guide you through every day of Lent into the heart of that Mystery. By spending a few moments mediating on the inspiring daily reflections and short prayers that follow them, you will discover all that is true, good, and beautiful about the Catholic faith. Let the profound yet practical insights you will find in this little spiritual treasury form and focus your spiritual life, filling it with new conviction and purpose. Be sure to pick up your free copy of this wonderful booklet available at the doors of the church this weekend.

ASH WEDNESDAY (from The Magnificat Lenten Companion)

The ashen cross Commencing on the forty days a thumbed design the crowds still come a trace of loss to turn away to mark the mind to brow the smear remind the flesh to wear the smudge of its return to bear the grit and grain refresh the ear of love. to hear and yearn. —Rita A. Simmonds

“STATIONS OF THE CROSS” DURING LENT The Stations (or Way) of the Cross is a Catholic devotion during which the faithful make a “spiritual pilgrimage of prayer through meditating on the chief scenes of Christ’s sufferings and death”— images of which are typically hung on the walls of the church. The Stations of the Cross will be held at Saint Joseph Church EVERY FRIDAY IN LENT (except Good Friday) at 2:00 pm with the schoolchildren (March 6 will be at 10:30 am) and again at 7:00 pm. All are welcome to attend.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION/PENANCE Individual confessions are regularly heard every Saturday from 4:00-5:00 pm in the Reconciliation Room in the Upper Church (near the main entrance). There will be a Communal Penance Service here at Saint Joseph Church on Monday, March 23 at 7:30 pm. We will also be welcoming parishioners from St. Peter the Apostle parish at that celebration of the Sacrament.

OUR LENTEN PARISH MISSION

MARCH 16— “Saint Joseph: Family Man for Jesus and Mary”

MARCH 17— ”Saint Joseph: Family Man for the Universal Church”

Our annual Lenten Parish

Mission will bring our parish’s patron saint to the forefront as we learn from him how to make Jesus the focus of both our family life and our life as Catholic Christians. During the Mission we will also explore the role Joseph plays in the goals of the World Meeting of Families that will be held in Philadelphia in September. The Mission will take place in the Upper Church on Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17, both at 7:30 pm. Our speaker will be Father John Gordon, popular conference speaker and retreat director. Fr. Gordon has been a priest for 26 years and is currently serving at St. Mary’s Church in Nutley. He had previously been assigned to Our Lady of the Visitation in Paramus as well. Fr. Gordon has been active in the Cursillo and Renew movements. Fr. Gordon will also speak at all Masses on the weekend of March 14-15. We hope you will join us for a very special Lenten Mission!

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SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ FEBRUARY 15, 2015

TERESA OF ÁVILA SAINT, MYSTIC, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

by Msgr. David Hubba

[Starting this week, we will be showing, in five parts, the remarkable film St. Teresa of Ávila, which was shot in many actual locations of her life. 2015 is the 500thAnniversary of St. Teresa’s birth. You can see the film either in the day or evening. See above for details.]

St. Teresa was born in A vila, Spain, in 1515. At 7, she persuaded an older brother to run away with her to the land of the Moors, where they hoped to be beheaded for Christ, only to have their uncle intercept them and bring them back home. The young Teresa was a vivacious beauty of enormous charm and also a skilled rider of horses, of whom it was said that she was wilder than all of her brothers put together. But she was also someone who, even at a young age, realized that love must be forever. At 12, she was chiefly interested in her looks and in novels of chivalry, and soon after, was making plans to marry. In A vila, people said: “Teresa? She will marry whom she chooses.” When her mother died, when Teresa was 15, she became grief-stricken and

lonely, and asked the Blessed Virgin Mary to be her mother. At 17, she read the letters of St. Jerome, and announced her intention to become a nun, a wish her father initially opposed but later assented to, undoubtedly knowing it would be pointless to oppose her determination. And so, she entered A vila’s Incarnation Carmel on All Souls Day of 1536. Her own words describe the outcome perfectly: “When I want something, I want it for all I’m worth.” But at first Teresa’s prayer life was rather mediocre and remained so for eighteen years, although she never gave it up. The general laxity at the Incarnation convent didn’t help. Robert Ellsberg has remarked that life there “had come to resemble a boarding house for wealthy maidens more than a house of prayer.” Teresa’s previously strong need to be appreciated finally left her when she had what she called a conversion experience centered on “the wounded Christ,” which enabled her, at age 39, to surmount her egoism. Soon after, she was given a copy of the Confessions of St. Augustine, just then translated into Spanish for the first time, and reading the story of his conversion deeply affected her. As she wrote, “When I got to … the point where he hears the voice in the orchard, the feelings I experienced were so intense that it might have been myself Our Lord was calling. For a long time tears streamed down my face.” Then she received the additional gift of a deep mystical connection with Jesus Christ. Her work as a reformer began, appropriately enough, with herself, as she resolved to keep the Carmelite rule as perfectly as she could. In 1560, a group of nuns met in Teresa’s room, inspired both by the primitive Carmelite tradition and by St. Peter of Alca ntara’s Carmelite reform that sought to reinstate a more disciplined regimen of fasting, to revert to more austere religious garb, and to substitute a rule of solitude and prayerful silence for the prevalent one of free visiting and socializing. Because Teresa’s reform sparked opposition, she and her followers had to establish their own convent, a project that required of Teresa astute business sense and a good deal of sanctified ingenuity. During this time, at the encouragement of her confessor, Teresa wrote her Autobiography, the first of her classical works on spirituality. After papal approval, her convent of St. Joseph, the first of her seventeen foundations, opened in A vila in 1562. The next five years were the most peaceful of (continued on page 10)

From the “Ecstasy of St. Teresa of Ávila by renowned sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1647-52)

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(St. Teresa of Ávila—continued)

Teresa’s life. Her community became known as the Discalced (shoeless) Carmelites. The sister actually wore simple sandals, but their name suggested their poverty of life, with their material needs being met by their own work and by their begging of alms. Their strictly enclosed life included a vegetarian diet and a demanding prayer schedule. During this time she wrote The Way of Perfection. Teresa stressed obedience in her communities. Once she ordered one of the nuns, a woman from a wealthy family, to plant rotten cucumbers—and the sister immediately complied, asking only, “Vertically or horizontally?” Teresa also insisted that candidates for her convents had to be sound individuals. When one of her most generous benefactors asked her to accept a relative who had only one eye, Teresa said, “I don’t want any one-eyed nuns!” (One reason for the laxity of convents then was their readiness to accept women who were of no use to the world. Teresa’ remark has to be seen in this context.) With great reluctance, Teresa obeyed a papal order that she become prioress of her first convent, the Incarnation monastery in A vila. Opposition of many of its nuns to this was so intense that the local police had to be called in when the convent’s nuns began to riot at the prospect of her governance. But soon the force of Teresa’s evident holiness soothed their anger. The Carmelite St. John of the Cross, the convent’s confessor (who became a great friend of Teresa) was greatly helpful in those difficult days. Soon after, in 1572, while receiving Holy Communion from St. John, Teresa received the mystical favor of her “spiritual marriage” to the Lord. In 1575 a major crisis broke out, pitting the Calced Carmelite Brothers against the Discalced. John of the Cross was even imprisoned in Toledo and made a daring Escape from the cell where he was confined. As the conflict raged, Teresa wrote her greatest book, The Interior Castle. King Philip II, who was well disposed to Teresa, actively intervened, leading to the creation of a separate Province for the Discalced in 1580. As her life neared its end in 1582, Teresa, addressing the one she often called “Your Majesty,” pronounced herself what she always was: “Lord, I am a daughter of the Church.” When she received Viaticum, she said, “The longed-for hour has come.” At the end, she constantly repeated the words of Psalm 51: “A humble, contrite heart, O God, you will not spurn.” Seventy galleons brought the news of her beatification to Spain in 1614. The Spanish Parliament declared her to be the Patroness of Spain in 1617. In 1622 she was canonized (along with St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier, St. Isidore and St. Philip Neri—a good

days work for Pope Gregory XV). In 1970 Pope Paul VI named her a Doctor of the Church, the first woman to be declared one of Catholicism’s foremost teachers. In conclusion, I would like to emphasize two things about St. Teresa: the wonderful person she was and her strong focus on her interior life with God, the splendid outcome of everything about her. Her human appeal is well known from many accounts about her. One of the most famous relates the time when she was enthusiastically enjoying a meal of partridge. When one of the nuns asked her what people would think of this, she shot back, “Let them think whatever they want. There’s a time for penance, and there’s a time for partridge.” Another time, Teresa was on one of her many difficult journeys when the cart she was riding in was upset, throwing her into a muddy stream. When she uttered a complaint, she heard a voice from inside of herself say, “This is how I treat my friends” to which she replied, “Yes, my Lord, and that is why you have so few of them.” Of course, she was completely confident that the Lord loved her and would always watch over her life and works. When Teresa arrived at Toledo to found her convent there, she received a rather cold reception. Furthermore, she had almost no money to bring her project off, only five ducats. What was her reaction to this? “Teresa and this money are indeed nothing. But God, Teresa and three ducats suffice for the accomplishment of this undertaking.” My own favorite saying of Teresa was a remark that clearly shows how likable and warm a person she was: “I have no defense against affection. I could be bribed with a sardine.’ The peaceful assurance that she had communion with God seems to me to be the hallmark of St. Teresa’s life. In her prayer book, she had a number of short prayers she liked to repeat often. The most famous, which has come to be known as St. Teresa’s Bookmark, says: Let nothing disturb you, Nothing frighten you. All things are passing. God never changes. Patience gains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

[Join us on Thursday evenings at 7:30, beginning February 19, or Wednesday mornings at 9:30, starting on February 25, for a wonderful film about a truly remarkable woman.]

SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

Painting on cover (and above) by François Gérard (1827).

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SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ FEBRUARY 15, 2015

SAINT JOSEPH 2015 TRACK REGISTRATION

—FEBRUARY 22 Registration for Saint Joseph Parish Track program is open to any child in Kindergarten through Grade 8 enrolled in Saint Joseph School or in our parish Religious Education Program. There are no try-outs or cuts! Running events include the 50 Meter and 100 M dash, the 400 M, 800 M and 1600 M runs. Relay races are held for all grades. Field events include the long jump, broad jump, softball throw and shot put (Grades 7 & 8 only). Practices are typically held twice a week. Registration will take place in the Saint Joseph School GYM FOYER on Sunday, February 22 from 10:00-11:30 am. Registration fee is $55 per child/$90 per family before February 28. A late registration fee increases the cost to $65 per child/$100 per family.

REGISTRATION FORM For a copy of the registration form, please go to the Saint Joseph Athletic Association website sjaaathletics.blogspot.com and click on “Registration Form” on right side of page.

URGENT NEED FOR COACHING HELP Last year we had more than 120 children registered in the program! We will need additional coaches to adequately cover all events so our kids can have safe, productive practices and meets. All parents are invited to apply. (We have a screening process in place for all coaches and assistants.) Please contact one of the coaches below for more information: Chris Haney at 201-262-1961 or at chrishaney@reagan.com Jen McKeague at 201-967-2439 or at Jennifer_mckeague@ml.com

M.O.M.s: “WALKING THROUGH LENT WITH JESUS AND MARY”

—FEBRUARY 25 Ministry of Motherhood invites mothers of

all ages and stages to our monthly gathering, Wednesday, February 25 from 7:30 - 9:00 pm at the Saint Joseph Parish Life Center on Grove Street (behind the lower school). Come and share ways to keep Christ the center of our family lives, while enjoying an evening out with other moms discussing ways to make the most of your Lenten journey. Light refreshments, coffee and tea will be served. If you have any questions, please email us at ministryofmotherhoodsjc@gmail.com or call Maureen Hunt at 908-770-2969 or Jean Tenaglia at 201-261-0595. Newcomers are always welcome and encouraged to join us! Hope to see you there!

DINNER & RAFFLE TICKETS ON SALE AFTER ALL MASSES NEXT WEEK—Feb. 21-22)

TIME TO FILL YOUR “RICE BOWL” Operation Rice Bowl, created by Catholic Relief Services, has been a Lenten tradition of Saint Joseph

Parish for many years. The money collected will help many who are hungry in our own country and throughout the world. Cardboard rice bowls are available at the doors of the church (or at the

Parish Office/Rectory). All donations (in the form of a check made out to “Saint Joseph Church”—do NOT return actual rice bowl or coins) must be dropped off or sent to the Religious Education Office located at 105 Harrison Street, New Milford, NJ 07646 by March 30.

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Visit us on our websites! CHURCH: sjcnj.org

SCHOOL: sjsusa.org REL. ED.: sjcnjre.org

SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

PARISH CALENDAR—NOW ON WEBSITE You can now see a monthly calendar of parish events

on our website at sjcnj.org

ARE YOU CELEBRATING YOUR 5TH, 25TH OR 50TH

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN 2015?

The Archdiocese of Newark is once again preparing the annual tradition of honoring those couples in our Archdiocese who will be celebrating five, twenty-five and fifty years of Christian marriage in the year 2015. These anniversary liturgies will be celebrated by Archbishop John J. Myers in the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark as follows:

April 19, 2015 at 3:00 pm (50 years May 3, 2015 at 3:00 pm (25 years and 5 years)

Please be sure to notify our parish secretary, Anne Annunziato, no later than April 1, so we can send your name to the Archdiocese.

WOMEN’S COMMISSION DAY OF REFLECTION—MARCH 7

This year’s theme is ”Behold Your Mother….” The keynote speaker will be Immacule e Ilibagiza, Rwandan genocide survivor and author, who will share her inspirational story of faith, hope and forgive-ness. There will also be a special presentation by LIFENET.

CATHOLIC MEN’S CONFERENCE —MARCH 14

This year’s theme is “Be Not Afraid: He is With Us! Speakers include Thomas Peterson, Tim Staples and Damon Owens. There will also be Spanish tracks for both days and a young adult track for the

Men’s Conference. (See the websites listed below for more information.)

Both days take place at Seton Hall University and begin with registration and end with Mass. Registration is $25 for adults, $15 for college students (18-22) and $20 for senior citizens (65+). Both days include continental breakfast and lunch. To register, please call 973-497-4545.

IMMACULATE HEART ACADEMY CLASS OF 1965 REUNION

Help is needed to locate classmates for the upcoming gala reunion this September 18-20. If you are an alumna or know one, please write to IHAreunion@gmail.com

SPECIAL MASS OF HOPE AND HEALING AT ST. MARY, CLOSTER—FEBRUARY 21

A special Mass and support group meeting for all who are affected by the disease of alcoholism and/or drug abuse will take place at the Church of St. Mary, 20 Legion Place, Closter, Nj on Saturday, February 21 at 12:00 noon. Mass is offered for the support, healing and recovery of not only the man/woman directly infected with the abuse of alcohol or drugs, but also for anyone involved in the life of the alcoholic or drug addict. For information, please call 201-768-7565.

THIRD SATURDAY PRAYER —FEBRUARY 21

All parishioners are invited to join the Legion of Mary after the 8:30 am Mass in Mary’s Chapel here at Saint Joseph Church on Saturday, February 21. After the Rosary, we will reflect on Our Lady of Lourdes.

A “LOOK BACK AT 2014” IN SAINT JOSEPH PARISH

As we approach the start of the forty days of the Lenten season and prepare to sing “Alleluia” on Easter Sunday (April 5), let us take a moment to remember and celebrate all those in Saint Joseph Parish who received the Sacraments for the first time in 2014:

49 infants and children were welcomed into the Church through Baptism;

89 children were invited to the Table of the Lord for First Eucharist;

115 young people were confirmed in their faith by Bishop John Flesey;

13 couples were joined together in Holy Matrimony;

54 funeral Masses were celebrated.

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“We are the pro-life generation! We are the pro-life generation!” The chant could be heard along

Constitution Avenue, as cold weather in the nation’s capital did not deter the masses from taking part in the annual March for Life, according to Catholic News Agency. The massive crowds— consisting largely of young people—swarmed

downtown Washington, D.C., praying, marching and witnessing to life.

The annual Right to Life March in Washington, D.C. took place on Jan. 22—the 42nd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion. An estimated 400,000 pro-life demonstrators marched at the National Mall. Among the speakers who addressed the group was Representative Chris Smith, R—New Jersey.

Pro-lifers flooded Twitter as well, posting pictures of themselves with life-affirming messages and the hashtag #WhyWeMarch.

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SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ FEBRUARY 15, 2015

Pope Francis tweeted, “Every Life is a Gift #marchforlife,” reinforcing the theme of this year’s march. The March for Life Education and Defense Fund said they wanted “to draw attention to the pre-born populations that are at the greatest risk for abortion”— namely, the pre-born fetuses who receive a prenatal disability diagnosis. Fetal surgery is a scientific development that has existed since the 1980s, allowing doctors to fix certain birth defects before birth. Jeanne Monahan, president of March for Life, said technological advancements buffer the argument that abortion is not the only answer to a poor prenatal diagnosis. “Every life is a gift,” she said. “Even ones that are not perfect. None of us are perfect.”

Simultaneously, in Trenton, Jennifer Ruggiero, Director of the Office of Respect for Life, coordinated The Rally for Life, which took place on the Statehouse Steps of the State Capitol. Throughout the year, Ruggiero will continue to work with various New Jersey diocesan Respect Life Offices to coordinate educational efforts on pending legislation, including physician-assisted suicide, end-of-life care and religious liberty.

—Antoinette Rainone

‘ALL LIFE IS A GIFT’ [The following is a report by Antoinette Rainone, award-winning journalist for The Record

and parishioner of Saint Joseph, on the annual March for Life that took place in January on the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade.]

LIFELINES

The Archdiocesan Respect Life Office often receives phone calls and emails from

people looking for help with a crisis pregnancy or post abortion healing. To assist people with the information they may be looking for, we are including the following information in our bulletin:

RESPECT LIFE OFFICE www.rcan.org/life 973-497-4350 or via email to rileyche@rcan.org

(All calls and emails are confidential.)

CRISIS PREGNANCY HELPLINE “ 1-888-4 OPTIONS

POST ABORTION HEALING (Rachel’s Vineyard Hotline): 1-877-HOPE 4 ME

NATIONAL LIFE CENTER: 1-800-848-LOVE

BIRTHRIGHT: 1-800-550-4900

CATHOLIC CHARITIES (Pat Chiarello): 201-246-7379

SEVERAL SOURCES: 201-818-9033

NEW HOPE: 201-408-4726

GOOD COUNSEL HOMES: 1-800-723-8331

WOMEN’S CORNERSTONE —FEBRUARY 18

This Wednesday, February 18 is the last monthly meeting before our weekend on March 6-7. It has been a wonderful, spirit filled year, preparing for Cornerstone XXIII. If you have experienced Cornerstone, we invite you to come to this meeting as we pray and share our experiences of Faith and move forward to our weekend. If you have never attended a Cornerstone Retreat, there is still time to register. Maybe you are new in our parish. This is a wonderful way to meet other women who have said "yes,” and who will walk your journey of faith with you. There are registration forms in the racks at all the entrances of the Church and in the rectory vestibule, or you may call Ruth Ann Harnek at 201-265-8997 or Fran Centrella at 201-634-9527. Both will be happy to help you sign up for this wonderful experience. During this Lenten Season, give yourself the gift of "time with you and the Lord.” We know you will be happy you did.

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SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

ARCHBISHOP HEBDA VISITS SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH Saint Joseph was honored to have Archbishop Bernard Hebda, Co-Adjutor Bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, celebrate our 9:00 am Mass on Sunday, February 8. Pictured below are (1) the Archbishop speaking to our junior altar servers; (2) Fr. Andrew, Deacon George, Msgr. Hubba and Fr. Roy on the alar with the Archbishop; (3) the Children’s Choir under the direction of Monroe Quinn with the Archbishop; (4) standing room only; (5) one of our littlest parishioners greeting the Archbishop; (6) Archbishop Hebda preaching the homily at Saint Joseph Church.

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