St. John the Evangelist Parish 915 Route 212, Centerville, Saugerties, NY 12477

Phone: 845-246-9581 • Fax: 845-246-9582 • web: www.sjechurch.org

M A S S S C H E DU L E : Saturday- 5:00 PM, Sunday- 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM

Daily- 8:30 AM, Morning Prayer 8:15 AM

Holy Days- Please check bulletin

CONFESSIONS: Saturday– 3:30 to 4:30 PM

ALTAR ROSARY:

President: Donna Anderson (246-9719) Meets the first Wednesday of the month

ALTAR SERVERS: Coordinator Joan Kimlin (246-9581)

BAPTISM: Baptism upon request. Preparation required.

Leaders in preparation: Patricia & Gary Moore (246-5164)

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: Coleman Catholic High School - 845-338-2750,

ST. JOHN’S YOUTH GROUP (TEENAGERS): Denise Dudzic (246-2811) &

Gabrielle Baker (247-3454)

COMMUNITY ACTION / FOOD PANTRY: Maria Granda (246-3635)

COUNCIL OF CHURCHES: Marilyn Washer (246-5236), Maureen Rothe 246-0305

DEANERY: Frankie Cullen (853-5557)

LAY TRUSTEES: Pat Fitzsimmons (246-4431), Robert Gauvreau (246-3544)

LITURGY COMMITTEE: Robert Howe (246-8510)

MARRIAGES: By appointment. Please make arrangements at least six months prior to

wedding. Preparation is mandatory.

MINISTRY TO HOMEBOUND AND ELDERLY: Eileen Oswald (246-7042)

MUSIC MINISTRY: Kelly Rea (246-0395)

OPERATIONS: Robert Gauvreau (246-3544)

SPIRIT OF LIFE PRAYER GROUP: Fr. Woodruff (246-9581) Meets Tuesdays 7:00 PM &

first Sunday of each month at 12:00 to 1:00 PM (Instructional Prayer Meeting—All are welcome!)

PARISH COUNCIL: President Pat Fitzsimmons (246-4431)

PARISH NURSE: Anne Grunbaum (246-1667)

RCIA: Fr. William Woodruff (246-9581)

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Director Joan Corton (339-4391)

RESPECT LIFE COMMITTEE: Joseph Defino Sr. (246-6908) , Barbara O’Reilly (246-7810)

SECRETARIES: Joan Kimlin (217-7090), Barbara Renner (8:30 AM—8:30 PM Only —246-3424)

ST. JOHN’S GIFT SHOP: Brian Kimlin (706-5449) & Libby Salerno (247-0011)

VOCATIONS: Pat Fitzsimmons (246-4431)

FATHER WILLIAM F. WOODRUFF, PASTOR MSGR. WILLIAM E. WILLIAMS, PASTOR EMERITUS

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ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST PARISH

Saturday 8:30 Mary Tucker—Req. by Bill & Rose McKenna

5:00 All The People of The Parish

Sunday 8:30 All Mothers (Living and Deceased) - Req. by The Renner Family

1030 In Celebration of The Birthday of Joe Defino Jr. & Alice McKinney — Req. by Joe Defino Sr.

Monday 8:30 Joseph McKenna—Req. by Bill & Rose McKenna

Tuesday 8:30 In Thanksgiving For Our Many Blessings

Wednesday 8:30 Frank Kandora—Req. by St. John’s Altar Rosary Society

7:00 Rose & Arthur Zambrella—Req. by Tommy Rossi

Thursday 8:30 For The Deceased Members of My Family—Req. by Nora Drefin

7:00 All The People of The Parish

Friday 8:30 HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE

Saturday 8:30 David Rountree—Req. by St. John’s Altar Rosary Society

5:00 Deborah Mayone (Anniversary Remembrance) - Req. by Her Mother, Mary

Sunday 8:30 In Celebration of The Birthdays of Brandon and Garrick Renner—Req. by Mom & Dad

10:30 All The People of The Parish

SAINTS & SPECIAL OBSERVANCES–

Tue— Sts. Nereus, Achilleus and Pancras, Martyrs

Wed—Our Lady of Fatima

Thu— The Ascension of the Lord

Fri— St. Isidore

ASCENSION OF OUR LORD- Is this Thursday, May 14th.

There will be a 7:00 PM Mass on Wednesday, May 13th and an

8:30 AM and 7:00 PM Mass on Thursday, May 14th. This is a

Holy Day when we are obliged to attend Mass. Participate in

Jesus’ triumphal entry into heaven after His mission here on

earth.

MOTHERS’ DAY SPIRITUAL BOUQUETS- In appreciation

for their countless acts of love, have your mother or grandmother

(living or deceased) remembered at Mass this Mothers’ Day with

a Spiritual Bouquet. Cards are available at the church doors.

RESPECT LIFE ROSES FOR MOTHERS’ DAY- The Ulster

Vicariate Respect Life Committee will be selling Red Roses on

Mother’s Day weekend, May 9/10th. All proceeds go to their

education fund. Honor your mother for the gift of life.

Remember deceased mothers and grandmothers by leaving a rose

at the Blessed Mother’s Altar. The cost is $2 per rose.

COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE- Will meet on

Tuesday, May 2th at 1 PM. All are invited.

PARTY BOAT TRIP– July 17th. Itinerary: 10 AM

Meet at St. John’s, 1:30 PM Arrive at Coney Island

(Complimentary Pizza & Beer, Wine or Soda at the Famed

Garguilos Restaurant — Also included is a ride on either the

Cyclone or the New Jumbo Jet — enjoy the rest of your afternoon at the

beach or boardwalk), 4:45 PM Board Bus, 6:00 PM Bon Voyage (Cruise lower Manhattan, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Brooklyn

Bridge — Buffet Dinner & Dessert (Soda/Beer/Wine included)— enjoy

listening/dancing to DJ—”Music in Motion” — 9:30 PM Watch

Coney Island Fireworks, 10 PM Arrive at Breezy Point/Board

Bus, 12:45 AM arrive back at St. John’s. The cost is $110 per

person. For reservations, call Barbara at 246-3424.

RESERVATIONS NEED TO BE MADE BY NO LATER

THAN MAY 15TH.

JUNK IN THE TRUNK- Scheduled for May 16th from 10 to 2

PM. Vendors will park their cars and open their trunks to display

their treasures. $10 car/van/pick-up. Tables will be available to

rent. FMI, or to reserve a spot call Aloise at 246-7846.

We would like to sell Bake Sale Items at this event. If

anyone would be interested in baking an item it can be dropped

off at the church anytime before 8 PM on May 15th. Thank you!

FMI, call Breeda at 679-6562 or Angela at 246-1377.

20-WEEK CLUB– Just a reminder to all club members that 50%

of your club money is due by May 10th. Thank you!

KINGSTON CATHOLIC’S MUSICAL THEATRE– Will be

presenting, “Getting to Know The Sound of Music. Tickets are

on sale at 331-9318. The dates are May 15th, 16th, and 17th.

ULTREYA– Will take place on May 14th following the Mass of

The Ascension of The Lord. Bring something for the sharing

table. For more information, call Joe Defino at 246-6908.

BOOKS! BOOKS! WANTED– For friends of the Saugerties

Public Library Fair. Drop off donations on May 30th from 9 to

11:30 AM at the Kiwanis Ice Rink. Gently used paperback/

hardcover books, books on tapes/DVDs. No Reference Books,

Magazines, Textbooks, Reader’s Digest, Condensed Books,

Computers or Musty Items. For more information call 246-6828.

LIBRARY FAIR– Will take place on June 6th from 9 to 2 PM at

the Kiwanis Ice Arena. Featuring the Lifesprings Crafters —

Books, plants, authors, music, refreshments, vendors, children’s

activities. Admission for adults is $1. Children are free.

SPRING ARTS AND CRAFTS BASKET– For our 4th Grade

Masters’ Plan Project, we will be selling raffle tickets for an Arts

and Crafts Basket after all Masses on May 16/17th. All monies

will be donated to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. This project is

being done in loving memory of parishioners, Carol Justy, Olivia

Lombardi, Magdolna Torok, Michael Gallo and Rosemary

MacKewicz, as well as our family members, Meta Martin,

William Sullivan and Norma Florina Carter. Thank you for your

support. Madalyn Dodig, Mackenzie Sullivan, and Natalie Vail

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

FR. BILL’S NOTES-

My Dearest Brothers and Sisters in the Risen Lord,

I begin this letter to you with congratulations to the eight First Holy Communion children who received Our Lord in the Holy

Eucharist for the first of, we pray, many times worthily throughout their lives. I extend my heartfelt congratulations to Jenna Bach,

Kristian Bach, Trevor Bodie, Mia Denier, Hannah Loebbaka, Katie Nowitski, Jonathan MacNamara, and Dylan McCaig. I also want to

congratulate their families and friends. It was a very special day in the life of our parish, May 2nd, as was the next day when they helped

to honor Our Blessed Mother by her ceremonial Crowning. I can still remember my First Holy Communion on May 25 th, 1964 and my

sister, Agnes, was picked to crown Our Lady right after her First Holy Eucharist in May of 1960. May all of us please pray for these

children and their families, in particular, and all Catholics, in general, that we will all received the Most Blessed Sacrament and all of the

Holy Sacraments in the state of grace and in an otherwise worthy manner.

On Saturday, May 23rd, at 9:00 A.M., Cardinal Dolan is scheduled to ordain ten transitional Deacons to the Priesthood for the

Archdiocese of New York. Also, in this latest issue of Catholic New York, ten Priests from other dioceses were incardinated into the

Archdiocese of New York. May I ask all of us to pray for these additional twenty Priests that they may serve our Archdiocese faithfully

and with great zeal for the glory of God and the salvation of souls. With these additional New York Archdiocesan Priests, we will have a

grand total of 596 New York Archdiocesan Bishops (including the Cardinal) and Priests and exactly 400 will have a canonical

assignment (a Church assignment) and exactly 400 will be on the active (unretired) list. We still must continue to pray that young men

and not so young men answer God’s call to the New York Archdiocesan Priesthood especially with the continuous implementation of the

Strategic Pastoral Planning (Making All Things New). May we continue to pray for those parishes being merged and those parishes

having a parish being merged into them by the August 1st deadline. Believe it or not, Bob Cranston is only 13 months from being

ordained as a Permanent Deacon for our parish and for the Archdiocese of New York. Please continue to pray that Bob will continue to

recover from blood cancer and, if God so wills, that he will be a faithful, holy Deacon.

THIS THURSDAY IS ASCENSION THURSDAY AND IS A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION. PLEASE PRAY AT HOLY

MASS AT SOME CATHOLIC PARISH EITHER ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 13th, OR ON THURSDAY, MAY 14th, TO

FULFILL OUR OBLIGATION TO PRAY AT HOLY MASS FOR ASCENSION THURSDAY. Our schedule is in this bulletin.

Mothers’ Day is this Sunday, May 10th. Please honor your mom, whether living or deceased, by having her prayed in the infinite

momentos of all the Holy Masses in this Month of May, the month of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Motherhood and by purchasing Respect

Life Roses which are $2 each after all of our Holy Masses this weekend.

The Closing Program for our Religious Education (Faith Formation) Program is this Monday evening, May 11 th, from 6:05 until

7:35 P.M. Please remember to continue to pray at Holy Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation for the rest of your life.

Community Action meets this Tuesday, May 12th, at 1:00 P.M. in the Church Hall. Cursillo will have the Ultreya at 8:00 P.M.

this Thursday evening, May 14th. Junk in the Trunk is next Saturday, May 16th, in our Parking Lot from 10:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M.

All Day Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament will be next Sunday, May 17th, from the conclusion of the 10:30 A.M. Holy

Mass until Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 8:30 P.M. My Holy Hour will be from 7:30 until 8:30 P.M. that evening and I

hope one of my friends who is a Priest, Father Dennis Dinan, will join me in praying the Holy Hour. God bless you in this Easter Season.

Sincerely, with prayers,

Father Bill Woodruff

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION- Will take place next weekend

after the 10:30 Mass and continue until after the 8:30 PM

Benediction. Evening prayers will be prayed at 5:30 PM. Sign

up sheets at the side entrance of the church.

GOLF– On June 5th come out for a fun-filled day of golf, as

Kingston Catholic School hosts it’s Inaugural Golf Outing at

Apple Green Golf Course in New Paltz. For more information to

www.kingstoncatholicacademy.org and click on the Support Tab,

or call Mike at 527-6629. Registration deadline—May 15th.

DEVOTION TO ST. DYMPHNA– The Patroness of those

suffering from emotional and psychological difficulties and any

illness of the mind. A healing Mass with Anointing of The Sick

and Blessing with a Relic of St. Dymphna will take place on May

15th at 7:00 PM at the Chapel of Mount Alvernia Friary in

Wappingers Falls. A social will follow. FMI, call 297-5706.

SUMMER AT ST. JOSEPH’S SEMINARY/COLLEGE–

Register now for classes at the Yonkers and Huntington sites!.

Ecclesiology, Gospel of Luke, Theology of Grace, Intro to

Church History, Sexual and Medical Ethics, Liturgy with

Children Workshop, Principles of Chant Workshop, Faith and

Belief Workshop, and Capital Vices Workshop. For Registration,

times and dates, visit www.dunwoodie.edu. All classes are open

to qualified lay men and women, clergy and consecrated

religious. FMI, call 914-968-6200.

OPEN HOUSE– Both Kingston Catholic & St. Joseph School, in

Kingston will be having Open Houses on May 17th. Pre-K/Grade

8. FMI, call St. Joseph 339-4390, Kingston Catholic 331-9318.

QUINTESSENTIAL QUOTE- “Never approach a bull from the

front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.”

Jim Reed

MAY 10, 2015

“Please Pray For All Bishops, Priests, Deacons & Religious!”

“If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just

as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy

may be complete.”

- Jn 15:10-11

STEWARDSHIP CORNER

THE LORD HAS BLESSED US

IN SO MANY WAYS…

Let us return to Him a fair share of

THE MANY GIFTS

He has already given us.

OFFERTORY COLLECTION FOR

April 18/19, 2015

2015 2014

Attendance 266 403

This Week’s Year To Date

Collections $2,403.00 $78,699.00

Other Income 198.25 45,558.42

Total Income 2,601.25 $124,257.42

Expenses 7,282.89 135,855.88

Total $ (4,681.64) $ (11,598.46)

Extraordinary Expense: $15,693 (Side Walkway)

PARISHIONER’S COMMENT– I contribute as much as I can to

tithing. Even though I am not rich, I know that I am loved and that is

the greatest gift of all.

PASTOR’S COMMENT– Jesus gave us the greatest gift possible—

Himself. Our tithing is a way of giving part of ourselves to God. Our

tithing is a way of imitating the generous love of Jesus. May God bless

you for striving to imitate this generosity.

“Remember St. John’s in Your Will!”

FOOD PANTRY ITEM FOR NEXT WEEK:

MACARONI AND CHEESE

YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED FOR: Erin

Frederick, Paul Brazier, Vincent Saturn, Judy Fiero,

Grace Yund, Janet Curry, Gene Woodruff, Peter &

Brunie Kandora, Carol & Edward Koop, Barbara &

Richard Coppey, Susan, Liz & Kerry Parker, Ericka

Hinchey, Jimmy Paes, John Lynch, Sean Brett, Charlie DeSalle,

James Mullen, Betty Suter, Isis Guzman Balletta, Robin Doherty,

Gary & Jorge Granda, Burt LaRue, John Mulligan, Joe Hommel,

Bob Cranston, Gail Cortese, Bob Hoy, Peg Sullivan, Richard

Masiulanis, Connie Novack, and Frankie Cullen.

PRAYER FOR LIFE

Jesus, Mary and Joseph we love you very much.

Help us spiritually adopt and protect all human life

from preborn to natural death.

Amen.

MAY 10, 2015

MAKING ALL THINGS NEW

God our Father, through the Gospel and the Eucharist,

You bring us together as Your Church in the

Archdiocese of New York.

Send us Your Holy Spirit, to enlighten our minds and guide our

actions as we plan for the future of parish life in this Archdiocese.

Help us learn new ways to strengthen and revitalize our parish

communities, and to be good stewards of the spiritual and

material gifts that sustain them.

Bless our work, so that our parishes may continue to witness to

the truth of the Gospel, and be a sign of Your love for all people.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

Where will you go when it is time for retirement?

Maybe you are already in your golden years and enjoying some

well-deserved relaxation. Did you plan well? Finances can be a

little tighter than anticipated, and maybe that house that held up

all those years now needs a little work. Life is never exactly the

way we planned it or envisioned it. Life always has the tendency

to take us by surprise.

In terms of what comes next after this earthly life, we

know there is a place prepared for those who love the Lord and

heed His words. We do not know what it looks like or exactly

which people we will see there, but we know it is better than

anything we have experienced previously in life. This place, not

defined by human perceptions of space and time, is eternal and

perfect, and it is where Jesus sits at the right hand of God.

The Ascension of the Lord provides for us a hope that,

after whatever trials of this life we experience, there is rest in the

Savior’s arms. The Incarnation, God made flesh, rose from the

dead and now is with the Father so that we could rise from the

dead and live eternally with the Father. This is good news!