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 June 14, 2015

*Food Drive—TODAY! *Catholic War Veterans HERE *Boy Scout Car Wash—6/20

* Summer Reading—p. 3 *School News—p. 5

Congratulations to

our Saint Joseph School

Graduates —see page 5.

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PRAYER REQUESTS Let us remember those who are ill:

Marilyn Centrella, John Brereton, Catie Mooney, Tess Byrnes, Ann Androvett

Let us remember those who have recently died: June Belthoff, Jerome Martin

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

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 June 7, 2015 BASKET PARISHPAY TOTAL

$8,683 $5,059 $13,742

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

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive good or evil, according to what he has done in the body.”

—2 CORINTHIANS 5:10

We are all accountable for the gifts God has given us on Earth—our time, talent and treasure. One day each of us will be asked by God

what we did with those gifts. How will you respond?

(Art above is from the Sistine Chapel’s fresco “The Last Judgment” by Michelangelo.)

BREAD AND WINE INTENTIONS The bread and wine for the

week of June 14, 2015 is offered in loving memory of

Jo-Ann Verrier as requested by

“The Monday Night Group.”

It is never too late to drop off or send in your weekly donation envelope. Saint Joseph Parish relies on parishioners’ weekly

contributions to meet our operating expenses. Thank you for being a good steward of our parish.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Beginning Friday, June 19, the Parish Office/Rectory will close on Fridays at 2:00 pm for the summer months.

Summer Parish Office Hours: Mon. -Thurs. — 9 am-5 pm; Fri. -9am-2 pm.

Religious Education Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs.—9 am-5 pm; closed on Fridays.

June 13, 2015 Kate & Frank Hughes

June 14, 2015 People of the Parish Timothy Curtin Felice Bartolomeo (Birthday Remembrance) Jo-Ann Verrier Joan Brugger June 15, 2015 Warren F. Tuohy Nibbie & Walter Walsh

June 16, 2015 Michael J. MCnamara Cyrill Fernandes (1st Anniversary Remembrance)

June 17, 2015 Mary Cawley Joseph Mirante

June 18, 2015 Juanita Lopez Jo-Ann Verrier

June 19, 2015 Richard Mancuso (living) Irene Dempsey

June 20, 2015 Timothy Curtin Joseph Simpson (1st Anniversary)

June 21, 2015 People of the Parish John H. Schatz William M. Ryan Manuel Amaral Anthony Piazza

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ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ JUNE 14, 2015

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK Here are some books to consider if you want to read something faith-filled:

∎ Joseph Pearce has two on writers of Catholic interest: Beauteous Truth: Faith, Reason, Literature and Culture (St. Augustine’s Press) and Catholic Literary Giants: A Field Guide to the Catholic Literary Landscape (Ignatius Press). If you have wanted to learn more about authors such as Shakespeare, Dante, Newman, Hopkins, Chesterton, Belloc, Eliot, Bernanos and Waugh, Pearce is a trustworthy guide who is easy and delightful to read.

∎ Sven Stolpe’s The Maid of Orleans: The Life and Mysticism of Joan of Arc (Ignatius Press) is a new treatment of one of the most interesting saints.

∎ Dietrich von Hildebrand’s My Battle Against Hitler: Faith, Truth and Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich (Image) is a memoir by a great philosopher and writer on the spiritual life who narrowly escaped Nazi Germany and later moved to the United States, where he worked at Fordham University.

∎ Randy Boyagoda’s Richard John Neuhaus is a biography of the Lutheran minister who became a Catholic priest. Fr. Neuhaus, a notable supporter of the Civil Rights movement, went on to found the influential journal First Things. He was one of the most effective defenders of Christianity in modern times and wrote many valuable books, including The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America, in which he argued powerfully that religion should not be excluded from our civic conversation.

∎ Brian Burch and Emily Stimpson’s The American Catholic Almanac: A Daily Reader of Patriots, Saints, Rogues, and Ordinary People Who Changed the United States (Image) has interesting profiles of influential Catholics and absorbing information about our Church’s place in history. For instance, did you know that for forty years Old St. Joseph Church in Philadelphia was the only place in the English-speaking world where Catholic Mass was offered publicly and legally?

∎ Although discussion of religious values has markedly receded in today’s America, a hopeful sign for a revival can be found in recent works on the importance of virtuous living, among them, The Book of Man: Readings on the Path to Manhood, an anthology by William J. Bennett and Christopher Beach (Thomas Nelson); Jonathan V. Last’s collection, The Seven Deadly Virtues (Templeton) (a misleading title—he’s on the good side); David Brook’s The Road to Character (Random House), with an interesting 15-point “humility code;” and Teresa Jordan’s The Year of Living Virtuously (Weekends Off): One Woman’s Search for Meaning in Ordinary Life

(Counterpoint), which explores thinkers ranging from Benjamin Franklin to Will Rogers, but also has her own practical ideas, such as how to keep one’s weight down (“ … My inner athlete can foil the glutton by sending extra cheesecake home with a guest….”).

Books of fiction and literature include:

∎John Williams’s Augustus: A Novel (New York Review of Books), on the first Roman Emperor, who reigned in the lifetime of Jesus. His tutor says of him that “He will become what he will become, out of the force of his

person and the accident of his fate.”

∎ Marilyn Robinson’s Lila (FSG), the third of her acclaimed novels on small-town Iowa minister John Ames and his family and neighbors. Lila, Reverend Ames’s considerably younger wife, after reading the Book of Job, reflects that “she never expected to find so many things she already knew about

written down in a book.”

∎ Richard Crompton’s Hell’s Gate (Sarah Crichton), a mystery novel about Mollel, a Kenyan police officer with a strong belief that justice “is something eternal, more powerful and more significant than the human society that attempts to define it and bind it to rules and laws”—a conviction that gets him demoted and transferred from Nairobi to a small town.

∎ Jami Attenberg’s Saint Mazie (Grand Central), a fictional retelling of the colorful and heroically charitable life of Mazie Phillips (“Queen of the Bowery”), a subject of a famous 1940 New Yorker article by Joseph Mitchell. She spent years helping New York’s down-and-outs.

∎ Two books on poetry are Map: Collected and Last Poems (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by Wislawa Symborska, the late Polish Nobel laureate; and Clive James’s Poetry Notebook (Liveright), essays on modern poets by a masterful English literary critic.

∎ Two interesting novels for teens, both set in World War II, are Lila Perl’s Isabel’s War (Lizzie Skurnick Books), about a girl who first resents having to share her room with a 14-year-old refugee from Germany; and Joan Hiatt Harlow’s The Watcher (McElderry Books), about a girl living in Berlin who becomes tangentially involved with members of the White Rose student protests against the Nazis.

∎ Two illustrated books for young children are Matthew de la Pen a’s Last Stop on Market Street (Putnam), about a grandmother who, after church, takes her grandson on a bus ride to help out at a soup kitchen in a poor neighborhood; and Oliver Jeffer’s Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All the Letters (Philomel).

Msgr. David Hubba

GREAT SUMMER READING

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SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

See our bulletin in FULL COLOR on our website: sjcnj.org

FALL REGISTRATION TAKING PLACE NOW!

If you were unable to register on any of our in-person registration days, you MUST call the Religious Education Office (201-261-1144) to make an appointment to register your child before the June 15 deadline. We are still in need of catechists. If you would like to be part of this wonderful ministry, to share your faith with the children of our parish and help to keep our Church strong, please call Deacon George at the Religious Ed. office. All training will be provided.

THIS WEEKEND! Your donations should be dropped off at the rectory garage before

1:30 pm TODAY, Sunday, June 14.

PRESERVE A LOVED ONE’S NAME WITH A PERSONALIZED BRICK PAVER

You can still reserve an engraved brick in your name or that of a loved one to be placed in front of any of the statues in our “Garden of Saints” or added to the Commemorative Brick Path between the church and the grotto.

The donation is $125 for each brick. Order forms are available in the parish office/rectory or in our church literature racks. Orders must be received by August 1 so that the bricks can be inscribed and inserted before the Fall.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS NEEDED TO VISIT ORADELL HEALTH CARE CENTER

Fr. Andrew is looking for more Ministers of Holy Communion to join Saint Joseph’s Ministry to nursing home residents. If you are a mandated Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion and are able to volunteer some time one or two Sundays a month to take Communion (after the 9:00 am Sunday Mass) to the residents of Care One’s Oradell Health Care Center, please contact Fr. Andrew at 201-261-0148 or by email at fatherandrew@sjcnj.org If you are interested but are not yet a Eucharistic Minister, please feel free to reach out to Father Andrew. He would be very happy to help you explore the possibility of serving in this very special ministry.

STO. NIÑO FIESTA at SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH

TODAY—JUNE 14 The Sto. Nino Buklod Group of New Jersey invites everyone to the Sto. Nin o Fiesta — a celebration of faith and devotion to our

Holy Infant Jesus—at Saint Joseph Church on Sunday, June 14 at 3:00 pm. There will be a concelebrated Mass, floral offering and procession.

GRACES KEEP FLOWING Our Facilities Director, Tom Meli, is happy to report that the interior of the pool of our beautiful grotto in honor of our Lady of Lourdes has been refinished to stop any leaks and the pump has been repaired.

FLAG DAY JUNE 14

“…one nation under God,

indivisible, with liberty and justice

for all.”

THIRD SATURDAY PRAYER —JUNE 20

All parishioners are invited to join the Legion of Mary after the 8:30 am Mass in Mary's Chapel, on Saturday June 20. After the Rosary we will continue our series on the virtues of the Blessed Mother.

WOMEN’S CORNERSTONE MEETING —JUNE 17

All are welcome! Our regular monthly meeting is this Wednesday, June 17 at 7:30 p.m. (Please note the time change for the summer.) If you have ever experienced a Cornerstone weekend, we welcome you to join us at the K of C Hall on River Road in New Milford. Even if you haven't been coming in the past, now is a good time for you to restart your spiritual engine! We are just beginning to prepare for Cornerstone XXIV, and we welcome YOU. So plan now to join us for a good break from the cares of the day! As an outreach to those less fortunate, please remember to bring a non-perishable food item and place it in the yellow container as you come into the building.

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ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~ JUNE 14, 2015

Visit us on our websites: CHURCH: sjcnj.org SCHOOL: sjsusa.org RELIGIOUS ED: sjcnjre.org

K of C SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED TO TWO SAINT JOSEPH STUDENTS

The Knights of Columbus St. Joseph Council #3814 are pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Scholarships for eighth graders registered in Saint Joseph or Ascension parishes who plan on attending a Catholic high school. The two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to (L-R) Anuhea Moler and Mia Brucato—both eighth graders at Saint Joseph School. Their selection was based on service to the Church, school, and community and on an essay on the value of the K of C principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism. Anuhea will be attending Immaculate Heart Academy and Mia will be going to Paramus Catholic High School. Congratulations, Mia and Anuhea!

CONGRATULATIONS SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL

CLASS OF 2015!

Kensho Edward Arcari Anthony Asatrian Mia Jeanne Brucato

Carmella Elisabeth Brueggemeier Brandon John Dahl

Jacob Lawrence Denner Melanie Joy DeRosa

Alek Engstrom Luke Francis Filletti Justine Diana Garcia Connor Patrick Haney

Emily Ann Herr Griffin Michael Hill Ava Aleene Issa Esther Jeon

Ethan Gabriel Jimenez Shou Tyler Kawaguchi Jonathan John Kurian

William Kwak Gabrielle Carmen Lopez Erin Margaret Maron

Kevin J. Martel Siya Mathew

John Michael McKee Anuhea Katherine Lynn Moler

Liam Patrick O'Byrne Aidan Daniel O'Toole

Jonathan Patrick Raguindin Angeleisa Marie Russert

Caroline Ann Staff Michelle Anne Sunga Emilie Anne Thomas

Watch this bulletin next week for more photos of the 2015 SJS Graduation!

Saint Joseph School is currently accepting registrations for the Fall. Call 201-261-2388 to arrange a visit!

“WHY PRAYING IS IMPORTANT”

The following are excerpts from Saint Joseph School sixth grader Carrie McKee’s award-winning essay—from the Knights of Columbus’ essay contest for students in Grades

6-7-8 on the value of prayer.

“... Praying is a time set aside out of your day to talk with God…. There are many different varieties of prayer such as reading the Bible, praying the Rosary, or just simply talking to God. Praying should be a key part of your day whether you are young or old, rich or poor, happy or sad. … Praying is a key part of building a deeper and greater relationship with God. Also, prayer gives us a chance to express our thankfulness to God for all that he has done for us...to confess our sins when we have done wrong...to ask for God’s guidance to help us through the hardships of life. Although it may not always be easy to include prayer in our everyday lives, it is very important to stay connected with God. Setting a specific time each day to fit in prayer should not be too difficult. We can pray when we wake up in the morning, when we are driving in a car, just before eating a meal, right before an im-portant test, or as the last thing we do before we go to bed.” Thank you, Carrie, for reminding us all to pray!

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CATHOLIC WAR VETERANS FUND & MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

THIS WEEKEND Catholic War Veterans Coordinator Jeff Harm, Post Commander Kurt E. Strobach, and other post members of Fr.

Washington Post #1710 will be here before and after all Masses this weekend for a Cross of Peace Fund Raiser and a Membership Recruitment Drive to help all veterans, including the disabled, who reside at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home in Paramus. We encourage you to donate whatever amount you are able to give for the needs of the veterans at the NJ Veterans Memorial Home—men and women who have sacrificed and given so much of themselves for us and for our freedoms. They have truly been God's blessing to our great nation under God. We thank you for your past generosity. God bless you and God bless America! We are also hoping to recruit new members for our CWV post from Saint Joseph Parish. All Catholic veterans (any branch of military service with 90-days of Active Duty) are invited to join the only Veterans Service organization for Catholics. Family members of a Catholic veteran are eligible to join the Auxiliary. We will have representatives in the Harrison Street lobby after all Masses. Please stop by to find out what the CWV and CWVA do for ALL veterans and how you and Thank you! K of C BEEFSTEAK DINNER EXTRAVAGANZA

—JUNE 27 The Knights of Columbus Msgr. Charles G. McCorristin Assembly 1289 is holding a Beefsteak Dinner to be catered by Nightingale Catering on Saturday, June 27 at Ascension Parish Hall, 1092 Carnation Drive, New Milford. Donation is $35 per person. Reservations are required. For tickets and information, contact Bob Wojcik, PFN at 201-768-4043 or by email at bobby_nj@verison.net

SPECIAL NOON MASS FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY ALCOHOLISM

—JUNE 20 A special mass and support group meeting for all who are affected by the disease of alcoholism will take place at Church of St. Mary, 20 Legion Place, Closter, NJ on Saturday, June 20 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. We will have the honor of having the Most Reverend Bernard Hebda celebrate our next Mass on July 18.

JUNE GRADUATES HELP US REFLECT Each graduate represents an accomplishment in

academic achievement. For many people who live in poverty simply providing the next meal is an achievement. Would you be willing to clean out your closets and donate any unwanted clothing and shoes to the Catholic Charities donation bin located in the parking lot of our parish office/rectory on Harrison Street? The proceeds will help Catholic Charities to make a big difference in the lives of many who are in need. Thank you.

SEND A CITY CHILD TO CAMP The Eddie Gray Camp Fund is seeking funds to send inner-city children to summer camp. This year our cost per child will be $250 for one week. Donations of ANY amount are greatly appreciated! Please make checks payable to the “Eddie Gray Camp Fund” and mail to: Sister Jacinta Fernandes, St. Joseph Social Service Center 118 Division Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07201. Thank you for providing a happy and healthy experience for an inner-city child!

Open House—Sunday, June 28 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Located on the campus of St. Peter’s Parish in River Edge, The Senior Residence at St. Peter the Apostle is an affordable, supportive community offering 24-hour staff, 3 meals daily, an active and engaging environment and the safety and peace of mind your family is seeking. For more information, contact Gina at 201-225-0707 or at gprincipato@stpetersresidence.org

BOY SCOUT TROOP 142 ANNUAL CAR WASH —Saturday, JUNE 20 9:00 am to 12:00 noon

Location: Saint Joseph Lower School 305 Elm Street, Oradell Cost: $5

Any questions? Please call Jay in the evening at 201-913-0530.

Please support Saint Joseph’s Boy Scouts!

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