Our mission is to serve God and to welcome all people to God’s love. Pastoral Council The next Pastoral Council meeting TBA Food Pantries Greenfield Community Center 25 Wilton Road, Greenfield Center Wednesdays 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm St. Paul’s Church Staffed by ECHO volunteers 771 Route 29, Rock City Falls Tuesdays 9 am - 11:30 am Parish Life Director Deacon Gary R. Picher, Sr. [email protected]Sacramental Minister Rev. Simon Udemgba, Ph.D. [email protected]Mass Schedule 4 pm Saturday at St. Joseph’s 8:30 am Sunday at St. Paul’s 10:30 am Sunday at St. Joseph’s Reconciliation Saturdays at 3:30 pm at St. Joseph’s Baptisms Required class on second Tuesdays. Appointment required – Email Deacon John. Weekly Rosary 7 pm Sundays at St. Paul’s Deacon Deacon John Barone [email protected]Pastoral Associate for Parish Administration Margie Carroll [email protected]St. Joseph ’ s Church St. Paul ’ s Mission September 3, 2017 3159 Route 9N, PO Box 547 Greenfield Center, NY 12833 518-893-7680 [email protected]StJosephsChurchGreenfieldCenter.org St. Paul’s 771 Route 29, Rock City Falls St. Joseph’s 3159 Route 9N, Greenfield Center New to our parish? Register immediately online! At Our Eucharistic Celebrations… St. Joseph’s Saturday at 4 pm St. Paul’s Sunday at 8:30 am St. Joseph’s Sunday at 10:30 am Judy & Larry Porter have asked us to remember Virginia Vradenburg. We remember Our Parish Family Our Parish Family remembers Mary Ann Norton. A Prayer for Labor Day Loving God, Today we pray for all who labor. Bless those who work for us, for those who make our meals and pick up our trash, for those who teach our children and care for our elders. Bless those who work with us, who make our work a place of harmony, who build us up and help us out. Bless those who work for our country, for our president, our mayors, our governors, for firefighters and police officers. Bless farmers who grow our food and grocers who bring it to us. Thank you for giving us into each other's hands and giving us the grace to build up your Body on earth. Amen. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Please note: There will be a Special Second Collection next week See page 3 for details Faith Formation Registrations To register, please follow the link on the parish website. New families, please contact Margie Carroll at [email protected] or 518-698-9000. Please register Confirmation & First Communion students using the online Faith Formation registration. You will be contacted with more details soon. Classes begin Sunday, September 17th 9:15—10:15 am K-5th grades 7:00—8:00 pm 6th—10th grades NCYC Raffle Tickets The National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) is a powerful, biennial, three-day experience of prayer, community and empowerment for catholic teenagers. Four of our young people are selling raffle tickets to help with the costs of attending NCYC in November. Tickets are being sold after all masses. $5.00 each or $20 for five. The raffle drawing will take place at the Parish Picnic on September 10th. Prizes will include a handmade king size quilt and other themed baskets.
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Our mission is to serve God and to welcome all people to God’s love. Pastoral Council
Bless those who work for us, for those who make our meals and pick up our trash, for those who teach our children and care for our elders.
Bless those who work with us, who make our work a place of harmony, who build us up and help us out.
Bless those who work for our country, for our president, our mayors, our governors, for firefighters and police officers.
Bless farmers who grow our food and grocers who bring it to us.
Thank you for giving us into each other's hands and giving us the grace to build up your Body on earth.
Amen.
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Please note: There will be a Special Second Collection next week See page 3 for details
Faith Formation Registrations To register, please follow the link on the parish website. New families, please contact Margie Carroll at [email protected] or 518-698-9000. Please register Confirmation & First Communion students using the online Faith Formation registration. You will be contacted with more details soon.
Classes begin Sunday, September 17th 9:15—10:15 am K-5th grades
7:00—8:00 pm 6th—10th grades
NCYC Raffle Tickets The National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) is a powerful, biennial, three-day experience of prayer, community and empowerment for catholic teenagers. Four of our young people are selling raffle tickets to help with the costs of attending NCYC in November. Tickets are being sold after all masses. $5.00 each or $20 for five. The raffle drawing will take place at the Parish Picnic on September 10th. Prizes will include a handmade king size quilt and other themed baskets.
Communion Ministers M Weeks, N Kmen M Perez, J Theiss S Horne, K Karadenes
Altar Servers J Fornabia, K Kelly Z Zanella K Cronin
Hospitality Schedule unavailable Please see the sign up sheet.
Lead Ushers E Hammond J Zanella T Cronin
Greeters P & M Cargiulo The Zink Family E & E Stano
Sacristans E Hammond R & A Mamone S Horne
Counters ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ D Heithoff, M & R Reinhardt
PARISH LIFE Chairperson: Tom Cronin 893-0302
[email protected] “Evangelization means bringing the Good News of Jesus into every
human situation and seeking to convert individuals and society by the divine power of the Gospel itself. Evangelization is the mission of the
entire Church and invites all persons to conversion and faith.“
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS Chairperson: Ed Hammond 587-3174
[email protected] Our Mission: St. Joseph’s Parish supports the family decision to enroll
students in local Albany Diocesan Catholic schools (K-12).
PASTORAL CARE Get Well Cards : Doriann VanLiew 694-1918 Bereavement Cards : Cathy Burch 306-6884
Our Pastoral Care Ministers strive to be the instrument of God’s healing presence and love to those who are sick and homebound while encouraging a sense of community and connection to the Body of Christ through pastoral visitation, Eucharist. presence, listening and healing prayer.
Rebecca Cronin, Eileen Lindemann, Anthony Mamone, Jeanne Theiss, Marie Weeks, Tony Zanella
New Ministers Needed Have you ever thought about being an Altar Server, Greeter, Communion Minister or Reader? Would you like to participate in the Mass you attend and serve your parish? Please prayerfully consider serving your parish family in this way. We would love to speak with you about these ministries. Contact Deacon Gary or Margie for more information.
Volunteer for Liturgy of the Word with Children Would you consider working with young children to bring God’s word to their young ears? Training is available. Liturgy with Children happens during the Scripture readings, Gospel and Homily at Mass. Children leave before the first reading, and return after the prayer of the faithful. If you are interested in becoming a part of this ministry, contact Elizabeth Marzano (518-461-2747 or [email protected])
Diocesan Marriage Jubilee The 45th Annual Marriage Jubilee Celebration will be held Sunday, October 1st, 2017 at 2:00 PM at The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, corner of Eagle St. and Madison Ave., Albany, New York. Couples celebrating their 25th, 40th, 50th or other special wedding anniversaries are invited to attend this celebration. Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger will celebrate the Liturgy at 2:00 PM and greet couples and their guests at a reception in the gathering area at the Cathedral immediately following Mass. Please register by contacting our parish office.
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 3, 2017
FINANCE Chairperson: Ed Hammond 587-3174
[email protected] Our mission is to oversee and review the financial status
of the parish in support of our parish mission.
Thank You for Your Generosity!
8/27/17 collection $ 2,750
Avg. weekly first collection needed to maintain parish programs
$ 3,500
Deficit this week $ -750
Total deficit for fiscal year starting 7/1/17 $ -2,930
Catholic Home Missions $ 1,078
Next weekend our parish will participate in the diocesan
Mission Cooperative Plan The Mission Co-op Plan assigns a mission group to every parish to speak about the work of our church in other parts oaf the world and to remind us that our church is fundamentally a Mission Church. Next weekend we will welcome Shaun Kuter who works with the missions in Haiti. Shaun will share how we can help Hands Together, a mission outreach working in Haiti. Please come prepared to help the poorest of the poor.
Ministry Schedule September 9-10
St. Joseph’s Saturday at 4 pm
St. Paul’s Sunday at 8:30 am
St. Joseph’s Sunday at 10:30 am
At Our Eucharistic
Celebrations…
Nicole Johnston & families have asked us to remember
Thomas T. Johnston, Jr.
The Phillips Family has asked us to remember
Frank Mihal.
Donna & Joe Alexander have asked us to remember
Agnes Taberski.
Readers M Nelligan M Perez R Cronin
Communion Ministers S Livsey, D Livsey J Zanella, volunteer needed T Kinsella, T Kinsella
Altar Servers J Fornabia, A Nelligan Z Zanella K Hausam
Hospitality Please see the sign up sheet. Schedule unavailable
Lead Ushers E Hammond J Zanella T Cronin
Greeters The Moller Family R & A Mamone The Cronin Family
Sacristans E Hammond R & A Mamone S Horne
Counters ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ C Murphy, G Walsh & R Dumar
SOCIAL, COMMUNITY & HOSPITALITY Hospitality: Rebecca Cronin 893-0302 [email protected] Fr. Simon’s Mystery Meals: Anthony Mamone 763-1624 or [email protected]
Attention Envelope Users In the September envelope mailing, you will find envelopes marked ”Maintenance” and “Faith Formation.” These envelopes are not dated. They are for you to use at your discretion. We placed these two additional envelopes in the September envelope packet as an invitation to you to help us offset two of our highest expenses:
Parish Picnic! Come One Come All
September 10th beginning at Noon at the St. Joseph Pavilion.
Please bring a dish to share. Hamburgers, hotdogs and chips will be provided by the parish. Please contact Rebecca Cronin if you’d like to help. 893-0302 or [email protected].
Calendar of Events (see parish website for more details)
Sun 9/3 11:30 am
Christian Service School supply collections will be sorted in the classrooms at SJ’s followed by a meeting.
Sept 9-10
Special collections at all masses for Hands Together
Noon Parish Picnic at St. Joseph’s NCYC Raffle drawing
Mon 9/11 6:00 pm Buildings & Grounds mtg at St. Joseph’s
Sun 9/17 9:15-10:15 Faith Formation K-5th at St Joseph’s
7-8 pm Faith Formation 6th-10th at St. Joseph’s
Mon 9/25 6:00 pm Buildings & Grounds mtg at St. Joseph’s
7:00 pm Men’s Group meets at St. Joseph’s
Finance Committee Highlights August 23, 2017 Attendees: Deacon Gary, Tom Cronin, Tom Kinsella, Mike Markus, Ed Rourke, Jim Zanella, Ed Hammond, Chair Excused: John Andrews 1. Minutes of past two meetings approved. 2. Standard reports approved. 3. End of fiscal year 2016-2017 report approved. 4. E-Giving program due for a soft opening in the Fall. 5. Conflict of interest forms submitted by all present. 6. Architectural study needs to be done this year. 7. Parish profile development is in process for Diocese due to Deacon Gary’s retirement. 8. Financial report to the parish was approved. 9. Next meeting date October 30, 2017.
