Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church Oradell / New Milford, NJ

Third Sunday of Advent ~ December 15 2013

Sacramental Life

Reconciliation / Confessions

Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Baptism

Contact the Parish Office before the

fifth month of pregnancy.

Marriage

Arrangements should be made with a

priest at least one year in advance.

Sick / Homebound / Hospital Ministry

Call the Parish Office.

Mass Schedule

Sunday Mass

Saturday 5:00 pm Anticipated

Sunday 7:00 am 8:30 am

10:30 am 12:30 pm

Daily Mass

Weekdays 7:00 am and 8:30 am

Saturday 8:30 am

Holy Days as announced

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

First Wednesday of the Month

9:00 am - 5:00 pm in Mary’s Chapel

Miraculous Medal Novena

Monday, 7:00 pm in Mary’s Chapel

Christian Initiation of Adults—RCIA

Contact the Religious Education Office.

Parish Registration

Contact the Parish Office.

Parish Staff

Rev. Msgr. David C. Hubba, PASTOR

Rev. Andrew Park PAROCHIAL VICAR

Mrs. Colette Vail Principal of Saint Joseph School

Mrs. Angela Gussoni Vice Principal of Saint Joseph School

Mrs. Diane Hellriegel Dir. of Communications & Development

Mr. Thomas Meli Facilities Director

Mr. Monroe Quinn Director of Music

Mrs. Phyllis Vrola Mrs. Anne Annunziato Business Manager Parish Secretary

Deacon George Montalvo Director of Religious Education

Mrs. Arlene Kennedy Sacrament Coordinator

Mr. Anthony Armando Youth Minister

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 sjcreligioused.blogspot.com

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

Parish Office Hours: Weekdays 9 am - 5 pm or by appointment Religious Ed. Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9am - 5 pm

Rev. George M. Reilly PASTOR EMERITUS

Msgr. Richard Groncki

WEEKEND ASSISTANT

“This is the one about whom it is written: Behold I am sending

my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you.

Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater

than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven

is greater than he.”

Mt 11: 10-11

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PRAYER REQUESTS Let us remember those who are ill: Perry Di Giovanni, Doris Finn

Let us remember those who have recently died: Carmelia Varvi

Let us remember those serving in the military.

SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

Sunday Collection for Week of December 8, 2013 Basket ParishPay TOTAL

$8,691 $4,956 $13,647

CHRISTMAS 2013 SCHEDULE Communal Penance Service

Monday, December 16 7:30 pm

Christmas Eve Masses Tuesday, December 24

5:00 pm (Upper Church, Mary’s Chapel, & School Gym)

7:00 pm 10:00 pm

Christmas Day Masses Wednesday, December 25

7:00 am 8:30 am

10:30 am 12:30 pm

(Upper Church & Mary’s Chapel)

Solemnity Mary, Mother of God Tuesday, December 31 (New Year’s Eve)

5:00 pm

Wednesday, January 1, 2014 (New Year’s Day) 8:30 am

10:30 am 12:30 pm

All Masses are in the Upper Church unless otherwise indicated.

Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 7:00 am 8:30 am 10.30 am UC 10:30 am MC 12:30 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 7:00 am 8:30 am 10.30 am UC 10:30 am MC 12:30 pm

December 14, 2013 Thomas Barbagallo

December 15, 2013 Third Sunday of Advent The People of the Parish Edward Arcari DeElda Kunc Ellen Teehan Emily Elizabeth Martin Anniversary Remembrance

December 16, 2013 Susan Blume First Anniversary Remembrance Phil McGough

December 17, 2013 Kim Waggoner Mary Ellen Schuber

December 18, 2013 Ferruccio Belci Lloyd De Nicolo

December 19, 2013 Mr. & Mrs. Francesco Capone Lloyd De Nicolo

December 20, 2013 John Brian Feerick Vincent Aremio

December 21, 2013 Ronald Sgambati Ferdinand Russo

December 22,2013 Fourth Sunday of Advent Eileen Gerity and People of the Parish Deceased Members of the Prior & Plinio Family Paul Rota Thomas Giancola Antonio Aromando

BREAD AND WINE INTENTIONS The Bread and Wine for the week of

December 15, 2013 is offered for the honor and glory of God.

GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU Everything we have, everything we are comes from God. When we give back to God a small portion of the abundance he has given us, we not only show our gratitude to God in a tangible way, we also benefit from our own generosity. As Christ promised, “Give and it will be given to you.” (Luke 6: 38) If we give faithfully and regularly to God through his Church, we honor the Lord and allow his work to go forward. And we will, as Jesus himself promised, receive abundant blessings in return!

VISIT US ON OUR WEBSITES: Parish: sjcnj.org School: sjsusa.org

Religious Ed.: sjcreligioused.blogspot.com

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THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT, DECEMBER 15, 2013

ALL “GIVING TREE” GIFTS ARE NOW DUE

If you selected a gift tag from our Giving Tree, your wrapped gift must be placed under the tree TODAY, December 15. Any gifts that are still outstanding must be brought to the Rectory by Monday, December 16 in order for them to reach those in need in time for Christmas.

Make sure that you securely attach the tag you took to your gift.

Without it, our office staff and the agencies we are helping will not know for whom the gift is meant.

Thank you for remembering those who would otherwise be forgotten.

ADVENT PENANCE SERVICE The parish communal Advent Penance Service will take place on Monday, December 16 at 7:30 pm in the Upper Church.

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

DID YOU GET YOUR CALENDAR?

Saint Joseph Parish would like to gratefully acknowledge the donation of calendars by Boulevard Funeral Home and Beaugard Funeral Home. If your family did not take a calendar last week, there will be some available at the doors of the church this weekend.

The 6th Century Irish Penitentials, books of directions for confessors, contain lists of sins and the advisable penances for those who

committed them. In a recent study of these fascinating documents, Hugh Connolly noted the following themes: contrition (piercing the heart), confession (opening the heart), absolution (freeing the heart) and satisfaction (healing the heart). These themes offer a fine summary of how to celebrate the sacrament of Penance, something the Church urges us to do during Advent. Our Advent Penance service is this Monday evening at 7:30. After communal prayers, there will be individual confessions until everyone is heard. Besides our usual 4:00-5:00 pm Saturday confession time, our priests will also hear confessions in the main church after each weekday Mass from Thursday, December 19, through Monday, December 23, when pre-Christmas confessions will conclude. Here are two tools for making a good confession: an examination of conscience from one of the helpful flyers published by the Knights of Columbus and an Act of Contrition from the Rite of Penance. (You are also free to use an Act of Contrition you have memorized, or even to make up your own.) Have God and my pursuit of sanctity in Christ been

the goals of my life? Have I avoided the profane use of God’s name in my

speech? Have I honored Sundays by celebrating Mass,

avoiding unnecessary work and re-creating myself? Have I shown Christ-like respect to parents, spouse, and family members? Have I cared for the bodily health and safety of

myself and others? Have I been chaste in thought and word? Have I used

sex only within marriage and while open to procreating new life? Have I permitted sexual thoughts about someone to whom I am not married?

Have I stolen anything from another, from my employer, or from the government? If so, am I ready to repay it?

Have I spoken ill of any other person? Have I always told the truth?

Have I desired what belongs to other people? Have I been faithful to sacramental living

(Communion and Penance)? Have I helped make my parish community stronger

and holier? Have I done penance by abstaining and fasting on the

obligatory days? Have I been mindful of the poor?

(continued above)

Father of mercy, like the prodigal son, I return to You and say: “I have sinned against you and am no longer worthy to be called your son.” Christ Jesus, Savior of the world, I pray with the repentant thief to whom you promised Paradise: “Lord, remember me in your kingdom.” Holy Spirit, fountain of love, I call on you with trust: “Purify my heart, and help me to walk as a child of light.”

Msgr. David Hubba

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SCHEDULE There will be NO CLASSES from December 22 through January 4. Classes will resume on January 5, 2014.

May all our families have a very blessed Christmas and remember to keep Jesus in the Season. Be sure to bring your children to Mass!

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SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ

ONLY THE BLESSED MOTHER IN MARY’S CHAPEL IS LEFT!

Generous donations have already been made to pay for the electric votive candle stands we plan to install in front of both the statue of Our Lady in the Harrison Street vestibule of the church and in front of the statue of Saint Joseph in the

sanctuary.

Made of wood to match the pews, the stands cost approximately $6,000 each. You can still donate that amount “in memory of” or “in the name of” a loved one for the votive candle stand planned for in front of the Blessed Mother in Mary’s Chapel.

CIRCLE JANUARY 12 ON YOUR CALENDAR —for “An Afternoon of Christmas Joy,” the annual Christmas concert of our Saint Joseph Music Ministry. Take the bright spirit and beautiful music of Christmas with you into the new year as we celebrate the official final day of the Christmas Season.

SUPER BOWL RAFFLE MAKE THE RIGHT CALL

SUPPORT CATHOLIC CHARITIES Prize: 2 Tickets to Super Bowl XLVIII

and $500 Gift Card Tickets: $100 each

100% of the proceeds will go to help Catholic Charities serve people in our own communities, including our parishioners. With the funds raised, Catholic Charities will be able to help a single mom who needs help to put food on the table for her children, a person with a disability who needs vocational training to find the right job, or a survivor of Super Storm Sandy who needs help to get the resources needed to rebuild his home.

Only 2,500 tickets will be sold. Odds of winning are better than catching a “Hail Mary” pass! Drawing to be held at 6:00 pm on Monday, December 30 at Mount Carmel Guild Academy.

Pick up a flyer in our literature racks at the door of the church or send your check (made out to “Catholic Charities” ) to the attention of John Westervelt at Catholic Charities, 590 North 7th Street, Newark, NJ 07107. For more information, call 973-596-3984 or email jwestervelt@ccannj.org

AN ADVENT REFLECTION Advent points us to the past, present, and future.

We remember the coming of Christ as the babe in Bethlehem.

We contemplate the coming of Christ into our lives today—in the

proclamation of the Gospel, the sharing of the Eucharist, the word of forgiveness, the fellowship of the Church.

We anticipate Christ’s coming again, when he will make all things new and judge the world in righteousness. We await his coming in power to share with us the great and promised feast. Longing for this day, we pray: “Stir up your power, O Lord, and come!”

… from “We Are Advent People,” Fortress

CANDLELIGHT CAROL SING The 43rd annual Candlelight Carol Sing will be held at the Cathedral Basilica in Newark on Wednesday, December 18 and Thursday, December 19 at 8 pm (two performances). Doors open at 7:00 pm both nights. Christmas music will be sung by the Cathedral Choir with the assembly and will be accompanied by the great Cathedral organs and brass ensemble. Free-will donation. For more information, call 973-484-2400 or visit www.cathedralbasilica.org

MEDALLION PRESENTED TO SAINT JOSEPH PARISH

In order to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the Year of Faith, the medallion pictured opposite was presented to each parish present

at the Closing Mass at the Cathedral Basilica on November 24. The front of the medal displays the Year of Faith logo and the reverse (shown above) depicts the central portal of Newark’s Cathedral Basilica with the motto of the Year of Faith, “The Door of Faith is Always Open.” Former chair and current member of the Parish Pastoral Council, Phil De Rosa, accepted the medal on our parish’s behalf. Our parish trustees, Carol Winkler and Brendan Walsh were also in attendance.

“KIDS CHRISTMAS NJ” Sponsored by the Oradell/Emerson Rotary Club, “Kids Christmas NJ” will hold its annual dinner on Saturday December 28 at the Historic Blauvelt Mansion, Oradell from 7:30-12 midnight. Light fare, cool cocktails, merry music, holiday dress! Tickets are $65 each. Checks may be sent to: KCNJ: PO Box 35, Oradell NJ Please bring a package of baby diapers to be donated to MakeAChangeDiaperBank. Questions? Or interested in helping? Please email Tom Kelly at: Thomas.kelly@morganstanley.com

You can also view our bulletins at sjcnj.org

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THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT, DECEMBER 15, 2013

TOY COLLECTION —TODAY, DECEMBER 15

The New Milford Fire Department will be collecting unwrapped toys or gift certificates (to local food merchants and department stores) for LOCAL needy residents on Sunday, December 15 when Santa comes on the fire truck to the following locations: 305 Graphic Blvd. (1:00 pm), Brookchester Shopping Center in front of CVS (1:20 pm), Shoprite (1:45 pm), NM Fire Co. #2 (2:10 pm), Perrone’s Farm on River Rd. (2:30 pm), Gibbs School (2:50 pm), 70 River Road (3:05 pm), NM Fire Co. #1 (3:25 pm). Bring your donations to one of these locations and meet Santa! (Or call either fire house for a pickup—201-265-1631 or 201-265-1712.)

HELP SAVE LIVES A Holiday Dinner Buffet & Tricky Tray to benefit Global Emergency Care Collaborative will be held on Saturday, December 21 at the “Edgecroft” (800 Summit Avenue, River Edge) from 5:00-8:00 pm.

Global Emergency Care is a non-profit organization started by U.S. emergency medicine physicians to address the catastrophic need for acute care in Uganda.

Tickets are $50 per person. Please contact Katie Dunleavy, Saint Joseph parishioner, at 201-370-9983 or kdunleavy2@gmail.com

POPE FRANCIS IS ASKING FOR YOUR HELP In response to the Holy Father’s recent call on the laity to help bishops from around the world prepare for an Extraordinary Synod on the Family in October 2014, the Archdiocese has prepared an online survey asking for your opinions and thoughts on a range of topics dealing with the challenges to the family in the contact of evangelization.

We encourage you to visit the archdiocesan website www.rcan.org to take the survey, and add your voice to the many millions of Catholic from around the world on issues important to the dignity of people, and to families.

The survey will be online through December 15, so please take this opportunity now. Thank you.

NEW HOPE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER

The excitement about the new center in Englewood continues. More volunteers are needed to keep up with the expanding workload. The Center works with women who

are newly pregnant and shows them what a beautiful choice life is. The women work with New Hope mentors and staff to strengthen their ties with their babies, to their careers and to their spirituality. Join this rewarding alternative-to-abortion effort. Visit the website at newhope4lifeweb.org or call Carol at 201-391-6431 or email newhopeinc@verizon.net for more information.

PILGRIMAGE TO ROME Join Fr. Tom Quinn of St. Peter the Apostle Parish in River Edge on a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy (plus Assisi and Florence) from April 23 to April 30, 2014 to witness the canonizations of the Blessed Popes John XXIII and John Paul II. The cost is $2,950 per person/double occupancy. The price includes air fare, hotel, ground transportation, breakfast and dinner daily and guided tours. Reservations are limited! Contact Great Experiences, Inc., 400 D Lake Street, Ramsey, NJ at 201-825-3725 or by email at greatexinc@verizon.net

SUPPORT FOR PARENTS GRIEVING THE DEATH OF A CHILD

The Office of Family Life Ministries of the Archdiocese of Newark sponsors three support groups for parents grieving the death of a child. Groups meet year round on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 pm (July and August at 7:00 pm) at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish Center, 60 Byrd Avenue, Bloomfield and on the third Monday of each month at St. Peter the Apostle Parish Center, 445 Fifth Avenue, River Edge. The Support Group for Fathers Who Have Lost a Child meets quarterly at Notre Dame Parish Center, 359 Central Avenue, North Caldwell. There is no preregistration for any of the groups and there is no fee. For further information, please contact the Office of Family Life at 973-497-4327 or email mccormja@rcan.org

CHRISTMAS FAIR AT ST. FRANCIS GIFT SHOP

The Christmas Fair at the St. Francis Gift Shop at 253 Knickerbocker Road, Tenafly, will be held from 10:00 am—4:00 pm on December 20-22. All proceeds benefit the Franciscan Sisters Infirmary. For information, call Sister Trinity at 201-568-0478.

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Compiled by the Liturgy of the Word With Children Committee

The Gospel is the Good News about Jesus.

The Gospel Reading for today is from

Saint Matthew 11: 2-11.

Today is the Third Sunday of Advent when we light

the third candle of the Advent Wreath.

It is a pink candle and it is known as

the Candle of Joy. It reminds us that

the Savior, Jesus Christ, will soon be

here and that we are to be joyful.

In today’s Gospel, John the Baptist asks one of

Jesus’ followers to find out if he is the one who is to

come or is there another? He was confused because

Jesus did not act like a King. He was not rich and he

served others instead of having them serve him.

Jesus showed that he is truly our Savior and King by

his works of healing, mercy, and kindness. John the

Baptist believed what Jesus showed him. He trusted

and loved God with his whole heart and inspired

people to follow God.

Jesus wants us to be like John the Baptist - to trust

and love God with our whole hearts. God doesn’t

care how many possessions we have, or whether we

are rich or live in a big house. He wants us to help

others and to share our possessions with those who

do not have what we have. By helping and sharing,

we become less selfish, and we ready ourselves for

the coming of Jesus.

MISSION OF THE WEEK

As a family,

do something for someone

who is struggling

during this Christmas season.

John the Baptist prepares the way for Jesus.