ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE CHURCH, WYNANTSKILL

From Fr. Anthony Ligato… Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The Epiphany of the Lord is one of the great liturgical celebrations throughout the entire year. The traditional day for celebrating the Feast of the Epiphany is January 6th but the Church transfers that celebration to the Sunday after the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God (New Year’s). The Feast of the Epiphany is the twelfth day after Christmas and has been celebrated throughout the centuries with great festivals and gift giving in celebration of the arrival of the Magi. The celebration of the Epiphany of the Lord continues what was begun at Christmas in the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In the Birth of Our Savior at Christmas we celebrate that the Word became flesh, the Incarnation. In the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord we celebrate that the revelation of the incarnation is now spreading throughout the world. The Magi, The Three Kings or Three Wise Men, which ever name you would like to use, represents the spreading of that message to all the people of the World. The gifts that the Magi bring are a further revelation of who Jesus Christ is and what he will do not only for the people of Israel but also for the people of the entire world. The gift of gold represents Jesus’ Kingship, as the son of God Jesus Christ takes back the Kingship that was rightfully his before the people of Israel took it away and gave it to an earthly king. Frankincense represents that this babe born in a manger is holy, as scripture says, “let our prayers raise as incense;” Jesus Christ will raise up our prayers in his suffering, death and resurrection. Myrrh was used to prepare the body for burial and the gift of myrrh reminds us of the great sacrifice Christ will offer for our salvation, death on the cross. Each time we join in the once and for all Holy Sacrifice of the Mass we join with the entire Church in offering ourselves as a gift to Christ. All this from three little gifts offered by three strangers to a babe laying in a manger, how much more the gift of ourselves delights our Lord.

Yours in Christ, Fr. Anthony

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS It is not too late to join us on Thursday evenings as we explore different topics of the Catholic Faith…any interested parishioner may also join us. We will meet again on January 12, 2012 when the topics for will be The Mystery of the Church: One, Holy, Catholic &

Apostolic and Pope and the Hierarch of the Church.

PARISH OFFICE NEWS

The Parish Office will be closed on Monday, January 16th for the Martin Luther King Holiday.

PRAYERS

We will pray for those who are ill, hospitalized, recuperating and all those who are in need of prayers. If you know someone who could use prayers, please call the parish office and leave their name for inclusion in the bulletin. Please make sure you have their permission to do so. Please pray for the following people:

Jimmy Bell, Steve Brewer, Patty Brown,

Leanne Conron, Lynn Dobert, Esther Doin,

Rocco Dovidio, Lee Genthner,

Joseph Hunt, Beatrice McCoy, Michael Miller,

Elizabeth Ouellette, Andrew Quell, Joseph Rodino,

J. Van Amburgh, Michelle Wyanski

and Father John Yanas

PARISH NURSE

Have you made your New Year's Resolution yet? Have you broken it already? Do not dismay-many resolutions are broken every year. The New Year gives us opportunity to make ourselves better in whatever way we feel we need to change. Change can be a slow process-hang in there and take one day at a time!

DOORS OF HOPE Our collection next weekend for Doors of Hope will be macaroni & cheese, cinnamon graham crackers, formula, bar soap, shampoo, toilet paper and dish soap.

THE FIFTH ANNUAL ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS We are proud to announce the 2012 diamond jubilee recipients of the St. Jude the Apostle Community Service Awards, Allison Spain Sr. and Johanna Flanigan. As we celebrate our 60th anniversary we honor two recipients who have dedicated themselves to service in the parish, school and greater community. We are honoring them for their particular service to our church and school and their faithful ministry and service for the uplifting and betterment of all God’s people. The St. Jude the Apostle Community Service Awards benefits the St. Jude the Apostle School Endowment fund and Tuition Assistance Program. Please save the date of Monday, May 7, 2012 at the Franklin Terrace Ballroom . The planning committee will meet on Tuesday January 10, at 7:00pm in the parish office.

EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

60TH

ANNIVERSARY

INAUGURAL CELEBRATION

On Sunday, January 8th, 2012 we will kick off our yearlong celebration of the founding of St. Jude the Apostle Church with the blessing of the banners which will grace the front entrance of the church and the light posts inviting the greater community to join with us as we celebrate our Diamond Jubilee. We will bless the banners at the beginning of each of the liturgies on that weekend and we will recite the St. Jude Novena Prayer together asking for our patron, St. Jude, to intercede for us and give us his blessing in this special year. Throughout the year we will celebrate with special celebrations and events, such as the essay contest which will be open to all children in the parish and school. Our website will have posted how you can register for the essay contest as well as announcing the calendar of celebrations and events as well as a photo album of the history of the parish and of the celebrations in 2012. In March we will have our annual Pasta Dinner which is always a gathering for all those in the parish who love great food and good conversation. In May our Community Service Awards Dinner will celebrate our 60 years by honoring two long time parishioners who have worked hard making St. Jude the Apostle the wonderful community that it is, a warm and welcoming family. We will honor on May 7th Allison Spain Sr. and Johanna Flanigan. On June 3rd we will honor all those who have dedicated themselves to ministry at St. Jude the Apostle for the past 60 years with a special liturgy in which members of the community who have been involved over the 60 years at St. Jude will participate. We will follow this celebration with a reception in Dammann Hall, at which time the essay contest winner will be announced. Continuing the celebration of all those who offer their time and talent in ministry and service, we will have our annual Appreciation Dinner at Franklin Terrace on June 7th.

The actual date of the founding of the parish is July 5th, 1952 and in a tribute to our roots on July 8th at the 11:00am Mass we will go back to the days when Mass was celebrated in the tent. We will pitch a tent in the parking lot and celebrate Mass; it will be our own tent revival. Following the tent Mass we will have an old fashion strawberry social. On August 19th we will gather together for our annual parish picnic, which will be held on the parish grounds as a way to celebrate the days when people would gather from all over the area and the nation on the grounds of St. Judes for the Horse shows. It will be an old fashioned picnic with a pie baking contest, sack races, three legged races, a disc jockey playing 50’s music and good food in celebration of our faith as family and friends. Our Fall Family International Food Festival on September 29th will continue the celebrations for our 60th anniversary with a $10,000 raffle, Great Food, entertainment, games, crafts and many other activities. The high point of our celebrations will occur on the actual feast day of St. Jude the Apostle, Sunday October 28th, 2012 when Bishop Howard Hubbard will be the Main Celebrant for our Jubilee Mass at 11:00am followed by a catered light reception in Dammann Hall. Later in the afternoon we will gather at Franklin Terrace Ballroom for a dinner banquet which will include a retrospect of the history of the parish. Throughout the year you will also see the history of the parish in displays at all of these events and in the church and school. The archival/history committee has been working many long months putting these wonderful displays together. Also, we will be publishing a new parish picture book directory in 2012 and you will hear more about it in the coming weeks and months. As you can see it is a year filled with great celebrations, come and be a part of it and bring others with you. Thank you, Fr. Anthony

JANUARY 8, 2012

60TH

ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE

CO-CHAIRS : Kim Harriman & Linda Clemenzi Committee Members: Fr. Anthony Ligato, Deacon

Warren Safford, Nicholas Ascioti, Bill Dedrick, Mary

Dworakowski, Patti Embree, Joe Kruczlnicki, Winifred

Pelletier, Stephanie Safford and Helen Skiba

60TH

ANNIVERSARY

ARCHIVAL/HISTORY COMMITTEE NAMES

CHAIR: Bill Dedrick Committee Members: Linda Buckley, Earl Catman,

George & Penny Ceresia, Carol Dedrick, Mary Ellen

Gibson, Everett Potter, Emogene Snyder.

PARISH PICTURE BOOK

DIRECTORY COMMITTEE

NAMES: CO- CHAIRS Liesl Dill and Patti Embree

60th

ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL PLAQUE

I am delighted to announce that St. Jude the Apostle Roman Catholic Church is celebrating its 60th Anniversary in 2012... In honor of our Diamond Jubilee we will we have a Plaque to memorialize deceased family members or members of the parish. The cost to memorialize each person is $50.00, only one name per memorial. Please fill out the attached form, include your payment and send it into the parish office.

Name of person requesting ______________________

Address______________________________________

____________________________________________

Phone #_____________

Name of Memorial Remembrance

____________________________________________

ST. JUDE

NOVENA PRAYER

O Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr,

great in virtue and rich in miracles,

near kinsman of our Lord Jesus Christ,

faithful intercessor of all who

invoke your special patronage in time of need,

to you I have recourse from the

depth of my heart and humbly beg to

whom God has given such great

power to come to my assistance.

Help me in my present and urgent petition.

In return I promise to make your name known

and cause your name to be invoked.

St. Jude pray for us all and

all who invoke your aid.

Amen.

K-8 FAITH FORMATION

CALENDAR-AT-A-GLANCE

January 8 Class at 10;

Sign up for Jan. 22 Family Liturgy

(to be “hosted” by grades K-2)

*Sign up in library

January 15 NO CLASS (in observance of MLK

day)

January 22 Class at 10; Catechist meeting in

library at 9:00; Family Liturgy (K-

2) at 11:00 mass—All families

welcome!

TEEN PATHWAYS UPCOMING EVENTS:

1. SUN – JAN 8 - 9th Grade Retreat "Pray for it!" noon-330PM in the GYM (pizza will be provided!) - All teens in 9th grade should attend! 2. SUN - JAN8 - Teen Pathways Presents…12 Days of

Christmas Concert with Project Praise - Come out with

your family and friends for an evening of praise, worship

and good music! 3. SUN - JAN15 - Teen Pathways Faith Trade Sales at the KFC Breakfast - Come out and support Faith Trade

by buying some Fair Trade Coffee, Tea or Chocolate! 4. SUN - JAN15 - Teen Pathways Service Trip to Albany City Mission - Must sign-up to attend, for those

who signed up we will be meeting in the parking lot at

300pm and returning around 545pm.

5. SUN - JAN 22- Teen Pathways Session 6pm-730pm - Our normally scheduled session for all teens in 9th and

10th grade.

EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

Announced Masses Sunday, January 8

9:00 AM John “Jack” Kaelin Jr., Ronnie & Bobby Durivage

Joseph Kalafut, TJ & Jan Jackson

11:00AM James Magur Sr. Fr. Ligato

Lawrence Kerwin, Wife Anne & Family

Monday, January 9

8:00AM Deceased Parishioners of St. Jude

2:00PM Deceased Residents of St. Jude Apts

Tuesday, January 10

8:00AM Deceased Parishioners of St. Jude

Wednesday, January 11

8:00AM Mary Herrington, Family

Thursday, January 12

8:00AM Ann Fox 40th

Anniversary, Family

Friday, January 13

8:00AM William & Mary Mahoney, Family

Saturday, January 14

4:00PM Grace Gorman, Norma Trabert

& Mary Alice Springer

Edith Rocco, Patti Mugrace

& Jan Jackson

Victor Guarnieri, M/M Peter Schuman

Sunday, January 15

9:00 AM Joseph Kalafut, Diane & John Luke

Anthony Muzicka,

Bill & Carol Charping

11:00AM Clem Zotto, Fr. Ligato

Mass Schedule for our Local Planning Group

Saturday Sunday Weekday Sacred

Heart

4 P.M. 8:45 & 11:15 A.M.

Mon. – Fri. 9:30 A.M.

St. Jude 4 P.M 9 & 11 A.M. Mon. – Fri 8 A.M.

St. Jude Apts. Mon. 2 P.M.

St. Michael 4:30 P.M. 7:30 & 10 A.M. M, T, Thur. 12:10PM. W. Comm

Ser.12:10PM

Van

Rensselaer

Manor

Tuesdays 1:45PM

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD January 15, 2012

NO SESSION

MINISTRY SCHEDULE

Weekend of January 14th

& 15th

, 2011

4PM 9AM 11AM Lectors 1 M. Collins D. Galvin D. Rumenapp Ministers 1.Deacon Deacon Deacon 2. A. Devine M. Davey E. Houser 3 T. Devine M. Ryan T. Rudat 4. J. Flanigan C. Aanonsen 5. M. Hunt B. Galvin Altar 1. E. Harriman E. Parker M. Rumenapp Servers 2. K. Higgins J. Waterbury K. Houser 3. A. Bael M. Ascioti A. Houser

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the

days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east

arrived in Jerusalem, saying, "Where is the newborn

king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and

have come to do him homage." - Mt 2:1-2

Readings for the Week of January 8, 2012 Sunday: Is 60:1-6/Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12 Monday: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 55:1-11

or Acts 10:34-38 or 1 Jn 5:1-9/ Mk 1:7-11

Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:9-20/Mk 1:21-28 or 1 Sm 1:1-8 and 1:9-20/Mk 1:14-20 and 1:21-28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20/Mk 1:29-39 Thursday: 1 Sm 4:1-11/Mk 1:40-45 Friday: 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a/Mk 2:1-12 Saturday: 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1/Mk 2:13-17 Next Sunday: 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19/1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20/Jn 1:35-42

WEEKLY COLLECTIONS Due to the bulletin company’s early deadline for submission, we are unable to publish the weekly collections for the 3 weeks starting December 25, 2011. We will publish them in the bulletin the weekend of January 15th. All contributions received by December 31st will be included in the 2011 offertory summaries.

January 15, 2012, Coll. Team #1 Jack Rogers