Second Sunday of Lent - St. Joseph Catholic Community

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St. Joseph Parish Business Center
4824 Highland
630.964.0216 • 630.964.0867 fax
Religious Education: 630.964.0216 x1106
Youth Ministry: 630.964.0216 x1201
St. Joseph School: 630.969.4306
www.stjosephdg.org
Weekend Masses: Saturday Evening: 5:00 pm
Sunday: 7:00, 9:00 am, 11:00 am, & 5:00 pm
Weekday Masses:
7:00 am (Monday-Friday)
8:00 am (Saturday)
Weekday Holy Days: Call for schedule
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
(Confession)
Saturday: 3:30—4:30 pm
St. Joseph Catholic Church • 4801 Main Street, Downers Grove
Registration:
We are happy to welcome new members to our
community. Please contact Deacon Frank Kozar
at 630.964.0216 x1107.
Pastor:
Rev. John Phan
[email protected]
Weekend Assistant:
Rev. Bill Cullen
Deacons:
Frank Kozar, Greg Ouska, Carl Schumacher &
Robert (Pat) Sullivan
Parish Service Coordinator:
Frank Kozar
[email protected]
Music Director/Liturgist:
Robert Valle
[email protected]
Liturgy Assistant:
Helene Nogle
[email protected]
Director of Religious Education:
Jacqueline Lackaff
[email protected]
Religious Education/Youth Apostolate
Assistant:
Lori Balsamo
[email protected]
Director of Youth Apostolate:
Marta Spiezio
[email protected]
Parish Administrator:
Beth Harbauer
[email protected]
Parish Administrative Assistant:
Gail Granby
[email protected]
School Principal:
Rita Stasi
[email protected]
School Secretary:
Julie Wojciechowski
[email protected]
Spiezio & Affiliates Counseling Service:
Joanna Avignone
[email protected]
Facilities Manager
Joseph Geraghty
[email protected]
God’s Call to Us
(The St. Joseph Parish Mission Statement)
St. Joseph Parish is a community chosen and called by
God to be sent and directed by the Holy Spirit.
It exists to provide the People of God the pastoral care and
spiritual nourishment they need to proclaim the good
news of Christ in their lives and to the world.
Our Response to God’s Call
(The St. Joseph Parish Vision Statement)
St. Joseph Parish is a community of God’s People empowered
by the Holy Spirit to promote God’s reign in the world.
Nourished by Word and Sacrament, we will grow together in
faith, hope, and in a passionate love of God and neighbor.
In our families, we will teach and learn the love of Jesus Christ.
In our various occupations we will make decisions
and set priorities in accordance with the values of the Gospel.
And in the world around us we will stand always for
justice, compassion and peace.
Sacraments
Baptisms: We celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism every Sunday. Parents are
required to attend a Baptismal formation meeting. Baptisms are scheduled at
this meeting. Please call the Parish Center for reservations and further
information.
Marriages: Arrangements should be made at least six months in advance to
provide ample time for preparation of this sacrament. Please call the Parish
Center for more information.
Sick or Homebound: If you or a member of your family is hospitalized or
homebound and would like a priest to visit, please notify the Parish Center.
Parish Boundaries: North: Tollway; South: 59th St. East: Prospect Ave. &
extensions north and south; West: Belmont Avenue
PASTOR’S CORNER
D
ear Parishioners,
The Gospel for the Second Sunday of Lent always presents an account of the Transfiguration of the Lord. Its
message of hope sustains us throughout the forty days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. With Peter, James, and
John, we are invited to ascend the mountain of revelation with Jesus and to glimpse the glory of divinity hidden
within his humanity. We, like them, cannot remain on the mountain for long. But we take heart, knowing that
the saving power of God is transforming us each day into the glorious image of Christ. May this Lent help us
appreciate this wonder with gratitude and awe. (Daily Prayer 2016)
And so, when we come down from the mountain, we continue the work of the Lord. Our forty days of
the intensified practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving – and these are a part of the Christian life all
year long! - should ground us even more in the awareness of God’s mercy.
Our sincere prayer keeps the needs of others before us;
Our consistent fasting helps us realize that we need far less than we seem to think; and
Our almsgiving teaches us that we have far more to share than we ever imagined.
In this season of Lent, a season of preparation for initiation and renewal, please remember those adults
who will be journeying to the font for Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist at the Easter Vigil, our
young people preparing to celebrate Confirmation on March 11, and our young children preparing for
First Eucharist in the spring.
May all of us grow in the spirit of Jesus who has led the way for us from death to life!
Joyfully in Christ,
Father John Phan
STEWARDSHIP
2016 CATHOLIC MINISTRIES ANNUAL APPEAL
Please Participate! Your Gift Makes a Difference!
One pledge can make a difference, especially when combined with all of the other pledges made
throughout the diocese. Please prayerfully consider providing your financial support to this Appeal
“Chosen by God’s Grace.” You can make a real difference!
If you have not made your contribution to the 2016 Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal, please consider
doing so. This weekend we will conduct our Follow-Up Weekend to give everyone an opportunity to
participate. You can also participate by going online to jolietdiocese.org, or by mailing in your gift.
After our parish exceeds its CMAA goal of $114,507 in paid pledges, 65% of any additional funds are
returned for use in our parish.
Thank you for your prayerful consideration and generous response.
STEWARDSHIP
The St.Vincent de Paul Clothing Drive
The St.Vincent de Paul truck is in our parking lot this weekend, February 20 & 21
We will accept:
Clothing, shoes, linens and books in good or bad condition. Unusable clothing, shoes, linens and even books
generate income for the needy because they are sold for rags or in bulk. Special need for winter coats,
hats, boots, scarves, etc. Warm blankets and linens as well.
Small housewares—toasters, blenders, mixers, etc.
Electronics—The SVdP Thrift Shops are now electronic recycling centers! We can take small electronics and
computers at clothing drive. For larger item donations, please call for a home pick up. SORRY NO
TELEVISIONS.
If you have any large items or furniture you would like to donate, you can call 630.231.4658 or email us at
[email protected] and schedule a pick-up at your home.
Thanks to all our friends at St. Joseph for your generous donations!
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
St.Vincent de Paul 2016 Pantry Plus Sunday for Lent
3rd Sunday of Lent ▪ February 28 Fill the Pantry Plus
Catsup, Mustard, Mayonnaise, Miracle Whip, Salad
Dressing, Coffee Creamer, Evaporated Milk,
Juice Boxes, Microwave Popcorn
5th Sunday of Lent ▪ March 13 Paper Plus
Napkins, Paper Towels, Toilet Paper, Facial Tissue,
Liquid Laundry Detergent, Dishwashing
Detergent, Shampoo, Deodorant, Tooth Paste
4th Sunday of Lent ▪ March 6 Pasta Plus
Elbow Macaroni, Egg Noodles, Pastas,
Tomato Sauce, Tomato Paste, Diced and Whole
Tomatoes, Stewed Tomatoes, Spaghetti,
Raviolio’s, Chili, Hamburger and Tuna Helper
Palm Sunday ▪ March 20 Baking Plus
Soda Crackers, Snack Crackers, Cookies, Cake Mix,
Frosting, Cooking Oil, Honey, Kool-Aid, Drink Mix,
Chocolate Chips for Baking and Candy
Retired? Semi-Retired?
Open the Doors of Your Heart
The Ignatian Volunteer Corps may be for you!
Members of this Jesuit service program volunteer in poor
and marginalized communities two days per week
(September-June), grow deeper in their Christian faith by
reflecting and praying in the Jesuit Catholic tradition.
They meet monthly with other IVC members and a
spiritual reflector. IVC members serve as tutors,
employment counselors, food pantry volunteers, elderly
companions, hospital chaplains and more!
Detailed information is online at www.ivcusa.org/
Chicago. To inquire, please contact Jacqueline Fitzgerald
at 312.961.6206 or [email protected].
Second Sunday in Lent
In today’s second reading we learn that one of Saint
Paul’s principles of Christian living is to watch and
imitate other followers of Christ. There is a pattern for
Christian living that Saint Paul wants others to discover
and then imitate. This pattern includes a life of prayer,
selflessness, sacrifice, and caring for others, including
our family of faith. Good stewards choose their friends
wisely. They cultivate friendships with other Christian
stewards, spend time with them, observe how they
live, ask questions about their faith and learn from
them. Who are your friends? Are they good stewards
of their faith? Are they those who can help you on
your own journey of faith?
Direction
The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are going.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes
Manna Gift Cards
Do you have any of the following events coming up soon Baptism, Communion, Confirmation, birthday, get well wish, or Easter baskets?
Manna cards are the perfect gift cards to have on hand!
These gift cards are available for immediate purchase in the narthex after the
following Masses: Saturday at 5:00 pm and on Sunday 9:00 am and 11:00 am.
How to pay:
1. Cash
2. Check payable to St. Joseph Parish
3. Debit directly from your bank account.
(If you would like to enroll, contact
Cindy Jagielo for more information.)
Cards available at Cash
& Carry (keep list handy):
Anderson’s Bookstore
$10
BP
$50
Caputo’s
Caribou Coffee
$25
$10
Chipotle
$10
Downtown DG
$10
Dunkin Donuts
$10
Egg Harbor
$25
Every Day’s A Sundae
$10
Great American Bagel
Panera
Shell
$10
$25
Speedway
$50
Starbucks
$5 & $10
Subway
$10
$5
Target
Tivoli
$10 & $25
$10
iTunes
$15
Ultra Foods
$25
Jewel
Kohl’s
$25 & $100
$10 & $50**
Walgreens
$25
Whole Foods
$25
**Kohl’s Gift cards may be used to
pay your Kohl’s credit card.
For questions, please contact Cindy Jagielo at [email protected].
STEWARDSHIP
HELP NEEDED FOR PADS MEALS
(Public Action to Deliver Shelter
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March Madness Raffle
Purchase your Athletic & Booster Committee March
Madness Raffle tickets for your chance to win cash
prizes of $750, $500, $200 or two prizes of $100.
Tickets are $10 each and can be picked up in the
church narthex or by contacting [email protected].
Please drop off tickets at the school office. Drawing
will be held on March 20 at the basketball awards
banquet—winner does not need to be present.
A Call to Stewardship
Fiscal Year Stewardship Information
Sunday, February 14
Year-to-Date Goal
$ 920,700.00
Actual Year-to-Date Gifts:
$ 893,200.49
Amount Short of Needed Goal:
$
27,499.51
Weekly Sunday Goal:
$
27,900.00
Sunday Contributions
$
15,178.50
Electronic Contributions
$
16,234.52
Gifts from February 14
$
31,413.02
Thanks for Giving First Fruits
and Taking a Step!
Each Monday evening during the month of March,
St. Joseph Parish will be providing a meal for PADS (The
shelter is located in the lower level of the First
Congregational Church, directly across the street from
the Downers Grove Library.) Local homeless families
are served dinner, provided with a safe nights sleep,
breakfast the following morning and a brown bag lunch.
Help is needed to prepare specific food items for the
dinner meal, purchase bulk breakfast foods for the
following morning, and bulk items for brown bag
lunches. Adult volunteers are also needed to plate up
food, serve and clean-up.
If you are willing to help, please reach out to the
Coordinator assigned for each meal. We will be looking
for entrees, salads, vegetables and desserts at dinner;
bulk eggs, bacon, cereal, milk and juice for each
breakfast; and bulk bag lunch items. As always, your
generosity is greatly appreciated!
For any of these meals, you can sign-up online
simply by going to PerfectPotluck.com! To log in,
please enter the specific Coordinator’s last name
and the password: pads.
March 7th Turkey
Coordinator: Channing Hesse at 630.888.8983
or via [email protected]
March 14th Meatloaf
Coordinator: Joanne Norgle at 630.971.3789
or via [email protected]
March 21st Lasagna
Coordinator: Margaret Wittman at 630.963.5027
or via [email protected]
March 28th Chili
Coordinator: Susie Fahey at 630.969.6422
or via [email protected]
HELP NEEDED FOR PADS NIGHT STAFF
St. Joseph Parish is also responsible for
supplying volunteers to staff this overnight shelter.
If you are able to work on any of these Monday nights,
please contact Deacon Frank Kozar at
630.964.0216, ext. 1107 or via [email protected].
The following shifts are available:
9:00-11:00 pm, 11:00 pm-3:00 am, 3:00-7:00 am. If you
have never worked PADS overnight, be assured that
you will be scheduled with experienced people!
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FEED YOUR SPIRIT
Back to the Basics…
What We Believe
The Characteristics of Faith
Part IV of IV
Faith—the beginning of eternal life
Faith makes us taste in advance the light of the beatific vision, the goal of our journey here below. Then we shall
see God “face to face,” “as he is.” So faith is already the beginning of eternal life: When we contemplate the
blessings of faith even now, as if gazing at a reflection in a mirror, it is as if we already possessed the wonderful
things which our faith assures us we shall one day enjoy.
Now, however, “we walk by faith, not by sight”; we perceive God as “in a mirror, dimly” and only “in part.” Even
though enlightened by him in whom it believes, faith is often lived in darkness and can be put to the test. The world
we live in often seems very far from the one promised us by faith. Our experiences of evil and suffering, injustice,
and death, seem to contradict the Good News; they can shake our faith and become a temptation against it.
It is then we must turn to the witnesses of faith: to Abraham, who “in hope... believed against hope”; to the Virgin
Mary, who, in “her pilgrimage of faith,” walked into the “night of faith” in sharing the darkness of her son’s suffering
and death; and to so many others: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us
also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set
before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.”
The Catechism of the Catholic Church
FEED YOUR SPIRIT
Tuesday Night with the Sisters
An Invitation from Fr. Jim Dougherty
& Fr. Burke Masters to All Men of the Diocese
Come and join us as we take an overall look at
the Rule of St. Benedict and how its content is
consistent with Pope Francis’ Year of Mercy.
March 8 ▪ 7:00—9:00 pm
Benedictine Sisters of the Sacred Heart
1910 Maple Avenue, Lisle, IL
Please come to the front door that has the
statue of the Sacred Heart.
Christian Music Legend, Best-selling Author and Host of the
Inspirational TV program “All Things Are Possible”
JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT
Three Special
Evenings!
February 29—March 2
7:00 pm
Notre Dame Catholic
Church
64 Norfolk Avenue
Clarendon Hills
For more information, please call the
Parish Office at 630.654.3365.
A Love Offering will be received each evening to support
the ministries of John Michael Talbot & the
Brothers and Sisters of Charity.
REFLECT Weekend Retreat for
Mid-life Singles (mid-30s to 50s)
Register today for a life-changing REFLECT
Weekend Retreat at the Cardinal Stritch
Retreat House, Mundelein, IL, on March 4-6.
Cost is $197 for meals and a single room.
Take a chance and get involved... you won't regret it!
E-mail [email protected],
visit www.ReflectRetreat.com or
call 312.532-8286 for details.
Tuesday, February 23 at 6:30 pm
St. Petronille Parish
420 Glenwood Ave., Glen Ellyn
“Rediscover Christ & Deepen
your Lenten Journey”
Evening Includes:
Adoration of Jesus Christ
Confession
Man-Feast and Fellowship
Raffle
Discussion
www.fishersofmenonline.com
Just as Peter, John and James experienced the
Transformation of Jesus, let Jesus transform your
marriage. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter
Weekends are April 8-10, June 10-12 or August 12-14,
all in Elk Grove Village. Early
registration is highly recommended.
For reservations/information,
contact Jim & Kris at 630.577.0778
or contact us through
http://wwme-chicagoland.org.
Let Nothing Disturb You
Let nothing disturb you, Nothing frighten you.
All things are passing.
God never changes.
Patient endurance attains all things.
Whoever possesses God lacks nothing,
God alone is sufficient.
—St. Teresa of Ávila
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Save the Dates …
Summer Programs:
TOTUS TUUS • June 19 – 24
CATHOLIC KIDS CLUB • June 27 - 30
Totally Catholic Fundraiser
Purchase your First Holy Communion
&
Confirmation Gifts
after Masses on March 5 & 6
Dear Parishioners,
It is our privilege to offer you an opportunity to purchase beautifully imported
handmade Italian, Czech and Mexican rosaries, and a large variety of Catholic medals,
crucifixes, necklaces, and bracelets.
An assortment of First Communion, Confirmation and RCIA gift items are included.
There are beautiful, time-tested and traditional articles, as well as contemporary
pieces that are very popular all across the country. You will find we truly have something
for everyone!
We are presenting you with a wide variety of these religious items at reasonable
prices. Even as you are blessed by the beauty of these sacramentals, our group will be
blessed by your generosity.
Please stop by our display in the narthex after Mass on March 5 and 6 and see what
we are offering. Whether you need a new rosary for yourself, or as a gift, or want a crucifix
to wear, saint medal, bracelet, necklace or other expressive reminder of your faith, we
have a variety to meet your needs.
Your purchase of these quality items supports our parish youth activities and
programs. We need to raise a large amount of money and appreciate your help. Our
fundraiser offers a way for you to show your support of our youth and share your faith!
Thank you for your support!
Concussion Education
Program
Wednesday, February 24
6:00 pm ▪ School Hall
Wally Widelski of Athletico Physical
Therapy’s Concussion Management
Team, will be on hand to present a
Concussion Education Program. This
event is open to all members of the
community (athletes, non-athletes,
coaches, parents, grandparents, etc.) as a
means of educating the public on one of
today’s most debated topics.
Items to be discussed include:
1. What is a concussion?
2. Signs and symptoms of a
concussion
3. Concussion myths
4. Concussion management tools
5. Returning to play
6. Returning to school
Helping Your Neighbor
If you truly want to help the soul of your
neighbor, you should approach God first with
all your heart. Ask God simply to fill you with
charity . . . with it you can accomplish what
you desire.
—St. Vincent Ferrer
Fr. Robert Barron offers five sermons on the spiritual
discipline we must cultivate in the Lenten season, a discipline
centered in Christ. These meditations cover topics such as
finding our identity in God, prayer as the key to mission, our
thirst for God, how to end our alienation from God, and how
to joyfully embrace the way of happiness.
Stop by the Lighthouse Catholic Media display in the church
narthex to purchase a copy of the above CD.
A $3 donation is suggested.
ST. JOSEPH PARISH EVENTS • Week of February 21
Sunday, February 21
8:00 am
YA
10:00 am Religious Education
10:00 am RCIA
12:30 pm Baptisms
5:00 pm
Prayer of Covenant Grade 8
7:00 pm
Taize Prayer
Monday, February 22
9:00 am
Physical Fitness Group
10:00 am Prayer Shawl Ministry
6:00 pm
Eucharistic Adoration
7:00 pm
Charismatic Prayer Group
7:00 pm
AFF The Prophets
Tuesday, February 23
7:30 pm
Choir Rehearsal
Ch1/2/3 & Sh
Sch/SH
PC Library
Chu
Chu
Chu
Ch2
Ministry Rm
Chapel
PC Chapel
Ch1
MR
Wednesday, February 24
9:00 am
Physical Fitness Group
4:00 pm
Religious Education
6:30 pm
S.A.F.E.
7:00 pm
Hand bell Choir
7:00 pm
Singers & Musicians Rehearse
8:30 pm
YA Rosary
Thursday, February 25
4:00 pm
Religious Education
Friday, February 26
9:00 am
Physical Fitness
7:30 pm
Stations of the Cross
7:30 pm
Baptism Preparation
Saturday, February 27
8:00 am
1st Communion Retreat
3:30 pm
Confession
Ch2
Chu/Sh/Sch
Ministry Rm
Ch3
MR
YR
Chu/Sh/Sch
Ch2
Chu
Ch2
Chu/Ch2/3
Chapel
Abbreviations: Chu-Church Ch-Church Hall DR-Dining Room PC-Parish Center HR-Handbell Room
MR-Music Room PC-Parish Center Sch-School Sh-School Hall YR-Youth Room
KEEPING A HOLY LENT
Jubilee Year of Mercy
Do you practice the art of
Immaculate Conception Church
132 Arthur Street, Elmhurst
24 Hours for the Lord:
Friday, March 4
to Saturday, March 5
Priests will be continuously available to hear
confessions for 24 hours beginning at 3:00 pm
on Friday, March 4 and ending at 3:00 pm on
Saturday, March 5.
Confessions will be offered in English, Spanish
and Polish during select times.
The Art and Environment Ministry is in need of
someone who can create a few ornate palm weavings
to adorn the palm arrangements in our church and
processional cross for the Palm Sunday liturgy. If you
would like to share your talent please contact:
Helene Nogle, 630.964.0216 ext. 1202 or
[email protected].
CELEBRATING LENT AND THE EASTER TRIDUUM
ST. JOSEPH CHURCH
Prayer in the Spirit of the Taizé Community
withPrayeraroundtheCross
Sundays,February21andMarch20
7:00p.m.
Stations of the Cross
Fridays,February26,March4,
7:30p.m.
Lenten Reconciliation Service
March3,2016,7:00p.m.
Individual Reconciliation
Saturdays,3:30p.m.–4:30p.m.
Palm Sunday of the Passion
of the Lord
March19,2016,Saturday,5:00p.m.,
Sunday,March20,2016
7:00,9:00,11:00a.m.,and5:00p.m.
Holy Thursday
March 24, 2016
MorningPrayer,7:00a.m.
EveningMassoftheLord’sSupper,
7:30p.m.
NightPrayer,9:30p.m.
Good Friday
March 25, 2016
MorningPrayer,9:00a.m.
CelebrationoftheLord’sPassion,3:00p.m.
StationsoftheCross,7:30p.m.
NoStationsonMarch11dueto
Con irmation
Silhouette
Stations of the Cross
March18
7:30p.m.,SchoolHall
Simplesoupsupperwillbeservedat6:30p.m.
Holy Saturday
March 26, 2016
MorningPrayer,9:00a.m.
BlessingoftheEasterFood,1:30p.m.
Easter Vigil
8:00p.m.,
No5:00p.m.Mass
Easter Sunday
March 27, 2016
7:00a.m.,
9:00a.m.,11:00a.m.
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No5:00p.m.Mass
PRAYING FROM SUNDAY TO SUNDAY
Today’s Readings
First Reading — The Lord made a covenant with his
faithful servant, Abram, saying, “To your descendants I
give this land” (Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18).
Psalm — The Lord is my light and my salvation
(Psalm 27).
Second Reading — We await the Lord Jesus, who will
change us to conform with his glorified body (Philippians
3:17 — 4:1 [3:20 — 4:1]).
Gospel — Peter, James, and John witness the transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain
(Luke 9:28b-36).
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass ©
1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
Readings for the Week
Monday:
Tuesday:
1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19
Is 1:10, 16-20; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23;
Mt 23:1-12
Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5-6, 14-16;
Mt 20:17-28
Thursday: Jer 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 16:19-31
Friday:
Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a; 17b-28a; Ps 105:16-21;
Mt 21:33-43, 45-46
Saturday:
Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 103:1-4, 9-12;
Lk 15:1-3, 11-32
Sunday:
Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15; Ps 103:1-4, 6-8, 11;
1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12; Lk 13:1-9
Alternate readings (Year A):
Ex 17:3-7; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8;
Jn 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]
Saints and Special Observances
Sunday:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Friday:
Second Sunday of Lent
The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle;
Washington’s Birthday
St. Polycarp
Abstinence
Second Sunday of Lent
Look at the night sky; don’t pitch a tent. So many
stars! Too many to count. That is the un-numberable
number of Abram’s descendants – of which each of us is
a part. God promised then, and promises still today in
covenantal love and mercy to care for us, protect us, and
be our only God. This Lent, let us go looking for
descendant stars, people born of Abraham and Sarah and
loved by God. Let us go looking for those who need
embracing. Let us go looking for those who need some
special care, some covenantal kindness, many kind
words. Let us look. Then let us act.
Gospel of Luke 13:1-9
February 28
Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose
blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their
sacrifices. Jesus said to them in reply, “Do you think
that because these Galileans suffered in this way they
were greater sinners than all other Galileans? By no
means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all
perish as they did! Or those eighteen people who
were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them—
do you think they were more guilty than everyone
else who lived in Jerusalem? By no means! But I tell
you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they
did!”
And he told them this parable:
“There once was a person who had a fig tree planted
in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on
it but found none, he said to the gardener, ‘For three
years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig
tree but have found none. So cut it down. Why
should it exhaust the soil?’ He said to him in reply,
‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall culƟvate the
ground around it and ferƟlize it; it may bear fruit in
the future. If not you can cut it down.’”
Pray for the Sick
Robert Curran, Charlotte Kulaga,
Tony Lewis,
Gertrude McGarry, Colleen Morrison, Dennis Pallecone,
Helen Pindel, Michael Scallon, and Cary White
St. Joseph Parish Community would like to
recognize and remember in prayer, all active duty
military personnel serving our country here
and throughout the world.
Emily C. Behrel
Kevin J. Levesque
Justin T. Lewandowski
Ian A. Nogle
Bill Shea
If someone in your family is a member of the
military and you would like to include their name
on the bulletin board in the narthex and in the
Sunday bulletin, please call the parish center
or email [email protected].
Please inform the Parish Center when your
soldier returns home. Thank you!
Second Sunday of Lent
February 21, 2016
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom should I fear?
- Psalm 27:1
Mass Schedule & Intentions
SUNDAY, February 21
THURSDAY, February 25
7:00 AM
9:00 AM
FRIDAY, February 26
Guy Murphy
Chuck Andrle &
the People of the Parish
11:00 AM James LeMay
5:00 PM
Jim Stern
MONDAY, February 22
7:00 AM
Henry Witek & Emilio Cubacub
TUESDAY, February 23
7:00 AM Lucille & Thomas Hamilton
8:15 AM
George Scanlon
7:00 AM
Catherine Coella
WEDNESDAY, February 24
7:00 AM
Marilyn (L)
7:00 AM
Gumesindo Rivera
8:00 AM
For the Christians being persecuted
& killed
Nicholas Stefano
SATURDAY, February 27
5:00 PM
SUNDAY, February 28
7:00 AM Catherine Coella
9:00 AM Rose Towler
11:00 AM Rafael Caballes & the People of the Parish
5:00 PM
James Jepsen
Ministry Schedule for Saturday, February 27 and Sunday, February 28
Mass
Times
Lectors
Extraordinary Ministers
of Holy Communion
Altar
Servers
Greeters
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5:00 PM
N. Rapach
T.J. Rapach
M. Dempsey, S. Jessee,
J. McReynolds, J. More, M. Rapach,
T. Rapach
T. Rapach
S. Severin
C. Neale
J. Rorke
M. Rorke
SUNDAY
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S. P. Kennedy
J. Piliponis
C. Cavanaugh, M. Kennedy,
J. Menard, M. Menard, M. Raines,
C. Whipple, B. Wimp
L. Pacelli
A. Nader
M. Nader
P. Malek
SUNDAY
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J. Lenzo
J. Gaydos
D. Dryer, T. Dryer, M. James,
C. McCue, P. Nielsen, T. Wilkinson
B. Harbauer
A. Harbauer
R. MacDonald
C. Mejdrich
R. Tandaric
SUNDAY
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C. Ayala
M. Taylor
J. Bigane, J. Pickering, M. Pickering,
G. Zehak, A. Zleczewski,
T. Zleczewski
L. Boor
D. Canty
L. Zleczewski
D. Arcaro
E. LaBuda
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L. Nogle
B. Ciesko
S. Becker, A. Chandler, J. Gargula,
C. Maduzia, L. Maduzia, F. Platzke,
S. Poetzel
M. Kasallis
P. Maduzia
L. Kearney
M. Nader
J. Porcelli
M. Rauch
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