RECTORY Monday to Thursday 9:00 am -12:30 pm 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

SERVED BY Rev. Fr. RYAN DELA PENA, CRM

Administrator

Rev. Fr. SHIJOMON KURIAN, CRM Parochial Vicar

Rev. Mr. JORGE OCHOA

PARISH STAFF JENNIFER DECAUX

Director, Religious Education

DIANE LOIACONO Parish Secretary

CRIS DEGUZMAN Pastoral Associate /

Bulletin Editor

MASS SCHEDULE Weekdays:

7:00 AM and 12:00 PM

Saturdays: 7:30 AM and 5:00 PM

Sundays: 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM (Bilingual),

11:30 AM and 5:00 PM

SPECIAL MASSES Wednesday, 7:00 PM:

Novena to Lady of Perpetual Help

First Friday, 7:00 PM: Novena to Sacred Heart of Jesus

23rd of the Month, 7:00 PM: Padre Pio Mass & Healing Service

3rd Sunday of the Month, 1;00 PM Filipino Mass

CONFESSION Saturdays: 3:30 to 4:30 PM or

call for appointment.

www.stjosephchurchlodi.org

St. Joseph Parish is a Roman Catholic Church ministering to the

community of Lodi since 1917. We are a community of believers,

rich in tradition and growing in diversity. We draw our spiritual

strength and power from the Eucharistic Presence of our Lord.

We provide an atmosphere in which parishioners of all ages

and cultures share faith through Sacramental and Liturgical

celebrations, on-going faith formation and other social events

which enable us to connect our faith with the world in which

we live for the greater glory of the Risen Christ.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH

5:00 pm Michael Peyko, Sr. r/b Rosemarie, Carol &

Diane Amato

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30TH

7:30 am Birthday thanksgiving for Maecar Lagdamen

r/b Mom and Dad

9:30 am Glenna Connolly r/b Millie Connolly

11:30 am John Kraus r/b wife, Kathy

5:00 pm Anna Butryn r/b Bonnie Surdyka

MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST

7:00 am Leonard Russo r/b Glenn Russo, Jr. and

Glenn Russo, Sr.

12:00 pm Elisabetta & Arsenio Amabile r/b daughter

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST

7:00 am Joseph Sniffen r/b daughter

12:00 pm Rose & Louis Fernandez and Joseph Patalano

r/b family

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND

7:00 am For the parishioners

12:00 pm Deceased members of the Scimeca and

Federico families r/b Duke & Ginny Scimeca

7:00 pm Anna Buryn r/b Bonnie Surdyka; Novena and

Mass to Our Mother of Perpetual Help

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD

7:00 am Dominick Anuzzi r/b Ciro & Barbara Carafa

12:00 pm Ellen Gibbons r/b Gemma Ross

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH

7:00 am Recovery of Roslyn Meola r/b Joe & Carole

D’Amico

12:00 pm Susan & John Nardino r/b Joe & Joanne

7:00 pm STIL OPEN. CALL THE RECTORY TO BOOK.

First Friday Devotion to Sacred Heart of Jesus

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH

7:30 am For souls enrolled in St. Michael’s Pious Union

5:00 pm Deceased members of the St. Joseph Society

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH

7:30 am Alba Burgosmarin r/b Angela Molina

9:30 am STILL OPEN. CALL THE RECTORY TO BOOK.

11:30 am Catherine Pagano r/b sister

5:00 pm Edward & Loretta Kupchik r/b family

VIGIL CANDLE and BREAD & WINE

Is offered in loving memory of Duke and Ginny

Scimeca as requested by r/b Enza & Vince Realmulto

SUPER 50/50 RAFFLE TICKETS are available

at the Rectory. If you have not received your tickets in the mail or if you want more tickets, please come to the Rectory. Do not forget to

turn in your tickets before the drawing date on September 13th. Thank you for your generosity.

The parish community of St. Joseph’s rejoices and welcome

Audriana Campagna

Talya Oscaris

Shea Lynn Leach

Giovanni Lindstrom

Diego Alejandro Vanegas

Aleck Vladimir Mallari

Lilliana Grace Tineo

as they become children of God through Sacrament of Baptism held in August 2020.

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It may have been later and not as expected but the children and their

families were finally able to celebrate the Sacrament of

First Communion! Their retreat this year was changed to an at home project so the chil-

dren were met with a Blessing Cup Kit which included all the materials

needed to create a special momento of this beautiful

Sacrament.

Congratulations to all our First Communicants:

Lauren Carreon Marc Castillo

Victoria Ciaccio Gabriel Coste Viviana Cruz

Gabriel DeOliveira Karen Florentino Amielle Galvez Rajiya Gapuz Anaya Garcia Jayden Garcia

Dylan Gibbs-Sausa Emma Gibbs-Sausa

Matteo Guevara Alyza Hernandez Ashley Hernandez

Marcel Kasperek Abbigail Laureano

Lucas Liccione Michael Liccione Liane Manalac

Andrew Rodriguez Franchesca San Jose

Madison Sullivan Terence Umali Perseus Vergel

Sabrina Zambrano

Lord Jesus,

Bless the children coming

forward to receive Holy

Communion for the first time.

May this day be an initial step

into a life-long love of the

Eucharist.

Give them a hunger for this

sacred food so that they turn

to you for comfort, guidance,

and wisdom as they grow into

full discipleship.

Thank you for their innocence

and goodness.

May their hands, extended in

anticipation of your Body and

Blood, inspire all of us to

cherish this sacred Sacrament.

PRAYER FOR A CHILD ’S

FIRST COMMUNION

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LECTORS SCHEDULE

Saturday, August 29 5:00 PM: Carafa & Arañez Sunday, August 30 7:30 am: King & Tucci 9:00 am: Pitocco & Rita 11:30 am: Pedone & Gansley 5:00 pm: Hero and Maecar

Saturday, September 5 5:00 PM: Pedone & Arañez Sunday, September 6 7:30 am: Carafa & Tucci 9:00 am: Pitocco & Mirante 11:30 am: Rommel & Gansley 5:00 pm: Caitlyn & Joshua

SEPT.5: FEAST OF ST. TERESA OF CALCUTTA

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On Labor Day, September 7, at 4:00 pm, there will be a Solemn Mass in honor of Saint Joseph. Follow-ing the Mass, a procession will take place followed by out-door benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The route this year is as follows:

Start: East Place Right on James Street Right on Grove Street Right on Hunter Street Right on Prospect Street Left on Washington Place Left on East Place. End.

In keeping with government and archdiocese guidelines, face coverings and social dis-tancing must be adhered to at all times. 100 people will be allowed inside the Church. Others will be accommodated outside.

Please stay tuned for further details.

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On the lighter side

Home in Heaven

A pastor and a taxi driver both died and went to heaven. St. Peter was at the pearly gates waiting for them.

“Come with me,” said St. Peter to the taxi driver.

The taxi driver did as he was told and followed St. Peter to a mansion. It had everything you could imagine, from a bowling alley to an Olympic-sized swimming pool.

“Wow, thank you,” said the taxi driver.

Next, St. Peter led the pastor to a rugged old shack with a bunk bed and a little old television set.

“Wait, I think you are a little mixed up,” said the pastor. “Shouldn’t I be the one who gets the mansion? After all, I was a pastor, went to church every day, and preached God’s word.”

“Yes, that’s true,” said St. Peter. “But during your sermons, people slept. When the taxi driver drove, everyone prayed.”

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Question:

How many times a day can a person receive commun-ion?

Answer:

To find an answer to this question, we need to turn to the Church’s Code of Canon Law. Here we read, “One who has received the blessed Eucharist may receive it again on the same day only within a Eucharistic cele-bration in which that person participates …” (no. 917). This tells us that the standard answer would be that we can receive communion twice in a day.

Having said that, we also want to be sure that we pay attention to the entire instruction. The phrase “within a Eucharistic celebration in which that person partici-pates” is important. It means a) that we always have to think of receiving communion as being within a cel-ebration of the Mass and b) we have to be participants in that celebration – we can’t simply show up “in time” for communion.

So, when would this rule apply?

For example, if you attend Mass on a Saturday morn-ing and then take part in the Sunday Vigil Mass on Sat-urday evening, you could licitly receive communion at both celebrations. Or, another example, if you receive communion at a wedding or funeral Mass, you could also receive communion at a daily Mass or Sunday Vig-il celebrated on the same day. We always want to be sure that we observe the rules for fasting from food and drink before receiving the eucharist (see Code of Canon Law, no. 919).

We should also remember that the Code of Canon Law instructs that anyone who is in danger of death or seri-ously ill may also receive communion a second time (no. 91, §2). ©LPi

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