Oradell/New Milford, NJ Roman Catholic Church Saint Joseph

Mass Schedule For

ALL SAINTS (Nov. 1) and

ALL SOULS (Nov. 2) —see page 2.

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ October 29, 2017

Office Hours: Parish Office—Mon-Fri.: 9 am - 5 pm; Rel. Ed.—Mon-Thurs: 10 am-4 pm; closed Fri.; also by app’t.

PASTOR:

Msgr. David C. Hubba

PAROCHIAL VICARS:

Rev. Andrew Park Rev. Roy Regaspi

Deacon G. Montalvo

PASTOR EMERITUS:

Rev. George M. Reilly

MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday 5:00 pm

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

12 noon

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.

Homebound/Hospital Call Parish Office.

Christian Initiation of Adults—RCIA

Contact Parish Office.

PARISH REGISTRATION

Contact Parish Office.

Office Location Phone Email/Fax Website

Parish Office 105 Harrison St., New Milford 201-261-0148 office@sjcnj.org Fax #: 201-261-0369

sjcnj.org

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

Saint Joseph School

the greenhouse (PreK)

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

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SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

SPECIAL “ALL SOULS” MASS

—NOVEMBER 2 We will have a special Mass on

Thursday, November 2 at 7:30 pm for All Souls Day (the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed). At that Mass the names of all those who have had funerals at Saint Joseph Church this year will be read. St. Joseph Council #3814 of the Knights of Columbus will also be in attendance to remember their departed brothers and will honor all our deceased by the presence of the Fourth Degree Knights honor guard.

SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS

—NOVEMBER 1

A Holy Day of Obligation

MASS SCHEDULE

Tuesday, October 31 (Vigil Mass)

7:30 pm

Wednesday, November 1 7:00 am 8:30 am

10:30 am

7:30 pm

COMMEMORATION OF THE

FAITHFUL DEPARTED (ALL SOULS DAY)

—NOVEMBER 2

MASS SCHEDULE

Thursday, November 2 7:00 am 8:30 am

7:30 pm Special Mass

(Names of those who have had funerals this year

will be read aloud.)

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM October 15, 2017

Here are two of the beautiful babies recently baptized at Saint Joseph. (Keep watching our bulletin for more.) God bless all of our

newest Christians and their families.

Charley Maria Chaffiotte Child of Timothy and Ashley

Louis Alfonso Capati Child of Lanny and Louis

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THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ OCTOBER 29, 2017

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

We keep two important days of worship this week. All Saints Day (a holy day of obligation) on Wednesday and All Souls Day on Thursday.

Since I like to describe the life a lesser-known saint for the first, I’d like to call attention to one who can help us appreciate how important both feasts are, St. Giuseppe Moscati (1880-1927), who was canonized in 1987. His life speaks eloquently about what it’s like to live as a saint, and he also has a beautiful insight to console those who will be remembering loved ones who have died. He was the son of fine Catholic parents. His father was a prominent judge who resisted the strong pressure that then prevailed to comply with anti-Catholic Masonic influences. As a student at the Univer-sity of Naples, Giuseppe became a friend of one of his professors, also the rector of the University, Gaetano Quagliariello, who taught him much about what he termed the “physical pain” and “spiritual bewilderment” the sick experienced in their illnesses, a lesson that would constantly inform Moscati’s life as a physician. Giuseppe Moscati became a model doctor. His learning made him an admired professor of medicine who was revered by his students. But his dedication to his healing work was his signal characteristic. Some of it occurred during moments of true heroism, such as when he courageously helped evacuate a nursing home while the volcano Mount Vesuvius was erupting in 1906, and when he cared for sufferers from cholera in Naples during a 1911 outbreak of the disease. He was renowned for his abilities as a diagnostician and was often called upon to make consults, sometimes at distant places. But mostly he worked for years at the city’s Hospital for Incurables. In addition, he visited and cared for the poor of Naples, charging no fees for his services and often paying for their medicine. His life of faith was always his source of strength for what he did, whether it helped him cure the sick or prepare those who would not get better to meet the Lord in death. “Let us not forget, every day, and even every moment,” he said, “to make an offering of our actions to God, doing everything for love of Him.” Moscati had many appealing human qualities that endeared him to those who crossed his path. Two were his love for the beauties of nature and his deep affection for his homeland. Both are apparent in a letter he wrote as he traveled to Lourdes:

We are going through valleys enclosed by mountains that are covered with chestnut trees…. Here and there the silvery ribbon of the rivers: how similar this scenery is to the unforgettable landscape of Serino, the only place in the world,

Irpinia, where I would gladly spend my days, because it holds the dearest, sweetest memories of my childhood and the remains of my dear ones.

Similarly, he had an appreciation for the lovelier features of classical Naples, and regretted the way they were gradually disappearing:

The summit of the Vomero district, overwhelmed by geometric tenement houses, by now has a Cubist profile, similar to the zig-zag braid on an Italian major general’s cap. … No more trellises of the rural inns, with their hummingbird vines, spangled by the scarlet of the blood-red flowers, and with their grape clusters continually surrounded by the humming of bees, like a submissive song to productive nature. They will be replaced by penthouses with their art nouveau windows!

When one of his friends, a lawyer named Mariconda, lost his sister, Moscati worte him a letter of condolence that shows his tenderness of feelings and his firm faith that God has many great blessings for us on the other side of death:

Life is an instant; honors, triumps, riches and knowledge fail, before the fulfillment of the cry of Genesis, the cry flung by God against guilty man: “You shall die!” But life does not end with death, it continues in a better world. To everyone has been promised, after the redemption of the world, the day that will reunite us with our dear departed ones, and that will bring us back to the supreme Love!

After Giuseppe Moscati died, at the age of just 47, someone left an anonymous tribute in the visitors’ book at the entrance to his house. It said:

You did not want flowers, or tears either: but we mourn the fact that the world has lost a saint, Naples has lost an example of all the virtues and the poor sick people have lost everything!

His old professor, Quagliariello, had a slightly differing but equally valid view, saying:

No, … the world did not lose a saint, because saints are not lost. They live in eternity, and their charitable and apostolic work does not end with their brief life on earth: they are the guide, the perennial example to this humanity which so often, too often, loses the way of its truth, of its sole destiny: being reunited in eternity with God the creator of all things.

Msgr. David Hubba

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Visit us on our websites! CHURCH: sjcnj.org

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

MAKE YOUR RESERVATION NOW —or at church on NOV. 4-5

YOU’RE INVITED PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

OPEN MEETING —THIS MONDAY, OCTOBER 30

The next monthly meeting of the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) will be an “open meeting.” Interested parishioners may attend to observe the PPC’s agenda, which will also include the opportunity for participating parishioners to ask questions and share ideas. Join the PPC on Monday, October 30 at 7:30 pm in the lower school Cafeteria.

$25

Soloist—Domenick Panfile

SHAWL MINISTRY MEETING —NOVEMBER 14

Saint Joseph’s Shawl Ministry will meet on Tuesday, November 14 from 2:00- 4:00 pm in the Parish Life Center on

Grove Street. All knitters & crocheters are welcome to join us in making shawls…or bring your current yarn project and spend a relaxing afternoon with us. Our ministry has shawls available for those experiencing illness, confinement, bereavement, or other situation. For further information, please contact Barbara Piersa at 201-261-0298 or Pat DeNicolo at 201-261-4323. (There will be NO December meeting.)

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION —NOVEMBER 8

Because the first Wednesday of the month is the Solemnity of All Saints, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be held on Wednesday,

November 8 in Mary’sChapel (lower church) from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. The Legion of Mary invites you to attend.

MONTHLY PRAYER WITH MARY —NOVEMBER 11

The Monthly Prayer with Mary will be held on Saturday, November 11. All parishoners are invited to join the Legion of Mary after the 8:30 am Mass in Mary's Chapel (in our lower church). After the Rosary we shall continue our series on the virtues of Our Blessed Mother.

PRAYER FOR OUR PRIESTS

Lord God, most holy, we approach you in gratitude for your holy ordained priesthood.You

have called these men to be set apart and to shepherd your people,as you shepherd your entire church. We pray for them in their daily work. Grant to them an increase in spiritual gifts and grace, so they may be prepared for the tasks at hand. Lead them not into temptation and protect them from the grasp of the evil one. It is through the sacraments they confer that we encounter the divine in a real and profound way. May your church never lose sight of these, your special sons, and may we, the body of Christ, never fail to cherish the gift of their lives, which they have freely given to you and your holy church. We ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son. Amen.

OCTOBER 29

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Saturday 5:00 pm

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

Monday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Tuesday 7:00 am 8:30 am 7:30 pm

Wednesday 7:00 am 8:30 am 10:30 am 7:30 pm

Thursday

7:30 am 8:30 am 7:30 pm

Friday

7:00 am 8:30 am

Saturday 8:30 am 5:00 pm

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

PRAYER REQUESTS Let us remember those who are ill: Francis Rockelein, Onofrio Petrella, Thomas Fahey, Sr., Anthony Meo

Let us remember those who have recently died: Rita Malasek, Robert Grisenti, Humberto Restrepo

Let us remember those serving in the military.

SUNDAY COLLECTION

Week of October 22, 2017

BASKET PARISHPAY* TOTAL $8,623 $3,742 $12,365

*Total ParishPay donations are divided into five weeks (instead of four) for the month of October.

BREAD & WINE INTENTIONS

The wine for the week of October 29, 2017

is offered in loving memory of the deceased members of the

Scharder and Frykberg Families

as requested by Audrey Schrader.

THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ OCTOBER 29, 2017

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind.” MATT 22:37

Do you put other “gods” before God? Is your love of money, power, status or some personal possession greater than your love for God? Do you really recognize that everything you have and everything you are is a gift from God? The good news—it’s not too late to put God first in your life in all things.

Saint Joseph Parish Staff

Parish Trustees………..Mr. Brendan Walsh/Mrs. Carol Winkler Parish Pastoral Council…………….Mr. Martin De Benedetto Dir. of Religious Education ……….Deacon George Montalvo Sacraments Coordinator …………..Mrs. Arlene Kennedy Director of Music ……………………..Mr. Monroe Quinn Youth Minister ………………………...Mrs. Donna Cirino Facilities Director ………………….....Mr. Tom Meli Business Manager ……………….…. .Mrs. Phyllis Vrola Parish Secretary ……………………....Mrs. Geraldine Carolan

Principal of Saint Joseph School…Dr. Paula Valenti

October 28, 2017 Susan Elizabeth Schrader

October 29, 2017 People of the Parish John Byrne Anna Colasuonno John Keefe Frank McCoo (Fifth Anniversary)

October 30, 2017 Deacon Ed Maron Louis Scrivani

October 31, 2017 Angela Menezes Catherine Kim People of the Parish (Holy Day Vigil Mass)

November 1, 2017 All Saints For the living and deceased members of the Prior and Plinio Families William Joseph Mooney Saint Joseph School Mass (All are welcome.)

Edward Dalton

November 2, 2017 All Souls All our beloved deceased All our beloved deceased All Souls Remembrance Mass

November 3, 2017 All our beloved deceased McLaughlin & Dalton Families

November 4, 2017 All our beloved deceased Elizabeth Pittenger

November 5, 2017 People of the Parish Jack Verrier Deceased members of the Fakharzadeh Family Eileen Diaz Patrick Pepe

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS—NOVEMBER 5

Be sure to turn your clocks back one hour when you go

to bed on Saturday night (November 4) so that you will be on time for Mass on Sunday! And don’t forget to change your smoke alarm batteries too!

EARLY BULLETIN DEADLINES

Announcements for the Nov. 19 bulletin — due by Friday, Nov. 10

Nov. 26 bulletin — due by Tuesday, Nov. 14 Please send them to hellriegeld@sjcnj.org

NO LATER than the listed deadlines. Thank you!

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CONCERT IN HONOR OF

OUR DEPARTED LOVED ONES

AND FOR THE BEREAVED

—NOVEMBER 5 Catholic Cemeteries annually sponsors A Concert in Honor of the Faithful Departed on Cemetery Sunday at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. This concert is intended to be a source of comfort for those mourning the loss of a loved one and will feature the musical works of Dvora k, Mozart, Durufle , Elgar, Barber, and Flummerfelt. The talented Cathedral Choir, organist Ian Tomesch, and conductor John J. Miller, Director of Music Ministries for the Archdiocese of Newark, will present the performance. A pre-concert lecture for the bereaved will be presented starting at 3:20pm on the topic “Using Music to Cope with Grief.” The Cathedral Choir will perform at 4:00 pm. A free-will offering will be received. No advance tickets are needed. The church gathers to pray for the repose of the souls of the deceased and to console one another by strengthening our hope in the resurrection.

SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL HONORS VETERANS

--NOVEMBER 2 Saint Joseph School will host a continental

breakfast and program for our military heroes. Parishioners who have served in the U.S. Military are cordially invited to attend our celebration. Please call the SJS Main Office at 201-261-2388 to say you will attend. Veterans should arrive at the Lower School Cafeteria at 9:00 am for breakfast. The program will begin promptly at 9:30 am in the Gym.

SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

FALL CRAFT SHOW —NOVEMBER 5

Paramus Catholic High School Parents Association presents their Fall Craft Show with 130 quality crafters on Sunday, November 5 from 10:00 am-5:00 pm. Admission is $3.00 and children 10 and under are FREE. (No strollers or pets allowed.) The show features quality crafters and artisans with woodwork, florals, soft sculpture, jewelry, photography, stained glass, apparel, children’s items, fiber, folk art, holiday items, and more! Paramus Catholic High School is located at 425 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ.

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