Office Location Phone Email/Fax Website

Parish Office 105 Harrison St., New Milford 201-261-0148 office@sjcnj.org Fax #: 201-261-0369

sjcnj.org

Religious Education 105 Harrison St., New Milford 201-261-1144 religioused@sjcnj.org sjcnjre.org

Saint Joseph School 305 Elm St., Oradell 201-261-2388 office@sjsusa.org sjsusa.org

the greenhouse-PreK 305 Elm St., Oradell 201-477-8114 vailc@greenhouseusa.org greenhouseusa.org

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 pm

DAILY Weekdays 7:00 am &

8:30 am

Saturday 8:30 am

HOLY DAYS as announced

Miraculous Medal Novena Monday, 7:00 pm in Mary’s Chapel

Eucharistic Adoration First Wednesday of Month

SACRAMENTS Confession: Saturday,

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Baptism

Contact the Parish Office. Marriage

Arrangements should be made with a priest at least one year in advance.

Sick/Homebound/Hospital Call the Parish Office.

Christian Initiation of Adults—RCIA

Contact the Parish Office.

PARISH REGISTRATION Contact the Parish Office.

PASTOR:

Msgr. David C. Hubba

PAROCHIAL VICARS:

Rev. Andrew Park Rev. Roy Regaspi

DEACON George Montalvo DEACON Edward Maron

PASTOR EMERITUS:

Rev. George M. Reilly

Oradell/New Milford, NJ Roman Catholic Church Saint Joseph

First Sunday of Advent — November 27, 2016

Parish Office Hours: Parish: Mon.-Fri..9 am-5 pm, ; Rel. Ed.: Mon –Thurs.: 9:30 am—5 pm (Also by appointment.)

*PICK UP YOUR

ADVENT BOOKLET AVAILABLE AT THE

DOORS OF CHURCH TODAY

*TAKE A TAG FROM OUR “GIVING TREE”

”For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed; the night is advanced, the day is at hand. Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.” ROMANS 13: 11-12

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Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 10.30 am 10:30 am MC 12:00 pm

Monday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Tuesday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Wednesday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Thursday 7:00 am 8:30 am

Friday 7:00 am 8:30 pm

Saturday 8:30 am 5:00 pm

Sunday 7:30 am 9:00 am 10:30 am UC 10:30 am MC 12:00 pm

PRAYER REQUESTS

Let us remember those who are ill: Patrick O’Brien, Bobbie Murtha, Geoffrey Pluto,

Felix Matos, Harold Bottino

Let us remember those who have recently died.

Let us remember those serving in the military.

SUNDAY COLLECTION

Because of an early printer’s deadline the collection amounts for the weeks of November 20 and 27, 2016 will appear in the December 4 bulletin.

BREAD & WINE INTENTIONS

The bread and wine for the week of

November 27, 2016 are offered

in loving memory of

Maureen & Pierce Brady

as requested by Olivia Brady.

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION “For you do not know on which

day your Lord will come.” MATTHEW 24:42

People who have had health issues or near-death experiences

generally have a greater appreciation for each day being a gift from God. The rest of us usually take for granted that we will be around tomorrow. But when you start to look at each day as a gift, you realize all the little miracles that happen daily and grow in gratitude for all that we have been given.

Saint Joseph Parish Staff

Parish Trustees………..Mr. Brendan Walsh/Mrs. Carol Winkler Dir. of Religious Education ……..Deacon George Montalvo Sacraments Coordinator ………...Mrs. Arlene Kennedy Director of Music ……………………Mr. Monroe Quinn Youth Minister ……………………….Mrs. Donna Cirino Facilities Director …………………...Mr. Tom Meli Business Manager …………………. .Mrs. Phyllis Vrola Parish Secretary ……………………...Mrs. Geraldine Carolan

Principal of Saint Joseph School…………..Mrs. Colette Vail Dir. of Comm./ Bulletin Editor…...Mrs. Diane Hellriegel See our bulletin in FULL COLOR at: sjcnj.org

FIRST PENANCE PARENT MEETING —NOVEMBER 28

Parents/guardians of children who will be receiving the sacrament of First Penance on January 21 or February 4 (assigned) are required to attend a Preparation Meeting on Monday, November 28 at 7:30 pm in Mary’s Chapel in the lower church. Any question, please contact our Sacraments Coordinator Arlene Kennedy at 201-261-1144.

November 26, 2016 Elizabeth Pittenger

November 27, 2016 People of the Parish Lindsey Manzelli Mickey Corcoran In Thanksgiving Marie Roeltgen \

November 28, 2016 Noreen Lynch Mickey Corcoran

November 29, 2016 Gregg Hauser William Mickey Corcoran

November 30, 2016 Paul Prior Ida & Silvio De Nicolo

December 1, 2016 Catherine Dreitlein (Birthday Remembrance) Marie Flieger (Birthday Remembrance)

December 2, 2016 For the Living and Deceased Members Of the Prior & Plinio Families Charles J. Dodd

December 3, 2016 Dorothy Keller Grace Gaetano

December 4, 2016 People of the Parish James I. Toscano Rota & Joyce Families Betty Markey Rose Cecchi

OUR MISSION STATEMENT As a family of Faith, Saint Joseph parish

welcomes everyone to encounter Jesus Christ through Word, Worship, Community and Service.

Guided by the Holy Spirit, we are changed for the better and sent forth as disciples of Christ to continue his work in the world.

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FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT ~ NOVEMBER 27, 2016

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

TAKE A TAG SHARE THE BLESSINGS

OF CHRISTMAS

What better way to prepare our homes and hearts for Christmas than to share the blessings and joys of that holy season with those in need.

Our Giving Trees, an Advent tradition at Saint Joseph Parish, is located in the main entrance of the Church and at the Harrison Street entrance. Please take a tag from the Giving Tree, purchase the requested gift and then place the wrapped gift, with tag attached, under the tree the next time you come to Mass. The tag you take from the tree is very important. It tells our office staff and the agencies we are helping for whom the gift is meant. It is extremely important that the tag you took from the Giving Tree be attached securely to the wrapped gift so that it will reach the correct person on Christmas. All Giving Tree Gifts need to be returned no later than Monday, December 12.

Our new year of Catholic worship starts today, even as the minutes of daylight continue to diminish over the next three weeks. I like the

way Thomas J. O’Gorman puts it:

Advent summons us to the beginning. The lavishness of God’s compassion and mercy frame yet another year for us. With the arrival of Advent’s first Sunday, we attend to this mystery one more time.

During what is probably the most hectically paced few weeks of the year, the Church offers us the opportunity of receiving the graces of a season that prepares us to meet Jesus in fresh strength. As we get ready to celebrate Christmas, we are invited once again to stir within ourselves a deeper longing for Christ, whose saving help we admit we absolutely need and whose presence in our daily living we know to be important beyond any other consideration. And, with the Church, we furthermore expect the Lord’s future coming, which will complete his work in the maturity of time. John Henry Newman expressed all of this superbly in one of the sermons he preached before he became a Catholic. His great biographer, Ian Ker, notes how powerfully Newman’s preaching influenced those who heard it, even though he spoke with none of the oratorical embellishments we normally expect eloquence to use: “the sermons were read, with hardly any change in the inflexion of the voice and without any gesture on the part of the preacher, whose eyes remained fixed on the text in front of him.” Newman said this:

They watch for Christ who are sensitive, eager, apprehensive in mind, who are awake, alive, quick-sighted, zealous in honoring him, who look for him in all that happens, and who would not be surprised, who would not be over-agitated or overwhelmed, if they found that he was coming at once….

This then is to watch: to be detached from what is present, and to live in what is unseen; to live in the thought of Christ as he came once and as he will come again; to desire his second coming, from our affectionate and grateful remembrance of his first.

If we let it be so for us, Advent can be a powerful and beautiful time for prayer. May all of us awaken to its great potential.

Msgr. David Hubba

LIGHTING THE ADVENT WREATH Lord, our God,

we praise You for Your Son, Jesus Christ, for He is Emmanuel,

the Hope of all people. He is the Wisdom that teaches

and guides us. He is the Savior of us all.

O Lord, let your blessing come upon us as we light the first (purple) candle of this wreath.

May the wreath and its light be a sign of Christ's promise of salvation.

May He come quickly and not delay. We ask this in His holy name. Amen.

(from ewtn.com)

OUR ADVENT GIFT TO YOU! Be sure to pick up your free copy of The Magnificat Advent Companion—a beautiful booklet comprised of scriptural reflections for each day of the Advent

season available at the doors of the church or from our ushers after Mass this weekend (as supplies last).

HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION —DECEMBER 8

Masses for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception will be on Wednesday, December 7 at 7:30 pm and Thursday, December 8 at 7:00 am, 8:30 am, 10:30 am and 7:30 pm.

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Visit us on our websites: CHURCH: sjcnj.org

SCHOOL: sjsusa.org RELIGIOUS ED.: sjcnjre.org

A CHRISTMAS GIFT TO REMEMBER

Looking for a special gift? Or a way to remember a loved one? Or something to record a special event (birth, Baptism, First Communion, Marriage) in the life of your family? A personalized engraved paver placed in our Commemorative Path (beside the church) or in our Garden of Saints (behind the parish office/rectory) may be just the answer. In the Garden we have shrines to Saints Francis of Assisi, Anthony of Padua, Joseph, Therese the Little Flower, and Jude. (We hope to include Saint Patrick in the near future.) Your brick can be placed in front of the saint of your choice. The donation for each brick is $125. Pick up an order form in the literature racks in the church or in the parish office/rectory and return it to 105 Harrison St., New Milford. Engraved bricks will be installed in the spring. Any questions, call 201-261-0148.

YOUR

LOVED ONE’S

NAME

LECTORS: DON’T FORGET! Your 2017 Lector Workbook can be picked up in the upper church (in the Ministers’ Gathering Room of the main foyer —Elm St.

entrance). The book will have your name on it.

MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION Please note: The Christmas and New Year Mass schedule sign-up sheets are available in the Upper Church Sacristy. Please sign up for the Mass(es) at which you can serve. Thank you for your dedication and commitment to your Ministry.

SAVE THIS DATE FOR

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

—JANUARY 8

Please mark your calendars for Saint Joseph Church's

extremely popular annual Christmas concert “An Afternoon of Christmas Joy.” The concert will take place on Sunday, January 8 at 3:00 pm. It will feature the Adult and Children's Choirs as well as soloists and instrumentalists who are a part of the Music Ministry at Saint Joseph Church. You won’t want to miss it!

COLLECTION FOR

RETIRED RELIGIOUS

—NEXT

WEEKEND DEC. 3-4

Please give

to those who have given

a lifetime.

Your donation works for aging religious. “I read that roughly 95 percent of donations go to the Retirement Fund for Religious aid senior religious,” a donor writes. “That’s wonderful when we truly want our donations to work.” Your gift works for elderly religious by helping to furnish medications, nursing care, and more. Please support next week’s collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious, and give to those who have given a lifetime. Please use your specially marked parish envelope, make your donation through your ParishPay account, or make your check out to “Saint Joseph” and memo it “Retirement Fund for Religious.” Thank you!

CHRISTMAS FLOWERS You are invited to make a donation—in memory of a loved one or for a special intention—toward the cost of decorating

our worship spaces for the Christmas season. Please use the “Flower Envelope” that you will receive in the mail. (Extra envelopes are available in the parish office.) Please PRINT clearly on the envelope your intention, your name and phone number. Donation is $10 per name/family and payable to “Saint Joseph Church.” Your envelope can be put in the collection basket.

JOINT ADVENT PENANCE SERVICE —DECEMBER 12

This year’s Advent Penance Service for both Saint Joseph and St. Peter the Apostle Parishes will be held at St. Peter’s Church, 445 Fifth Avenue, River Edge, NJ on Monday, December 12 at 7:30 pm. The clergy of both Saint Joseph Parish and St. Peter’s Parishes will be available to hear confessions.

You can see the bulletin in full-color at sjcnj.org

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FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT ~ NOVEMBER 27, 2016

K of C ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY —DECEMBER 2

The St. Joseph Knights of Columbus Council #3814 welcomes you to our annual

Christmas party at the Council Hall, 199 River Road, New Milford on Friday, December 2 from 7:30—9:30 pm. Admission is FREE, but the Knights would appreciate it if all guests would bring a donation of an unwrapped toy (for a tot) and/or non-perishable food items. Food and a cash bar will be provided. Please call Frank DeBari at 201-739-8686 if you will be attending.

CALLING ALL CORNERSTONE SISTERS & BROTHERS:

COME TO OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY

—DECEMBER 5 Yes, it's nearing that time of the year...the time when we gather to celebrate our Savior's birth! We invite you to join in the celebration at our Christmas Party to be held on December 5, beginning at 7:30p.m. Our party will be held in the Knights of Columbus Hall at 199 River Road in New Milford. You are invited to bring your spouse even if he/she has not yet made Cornerstone. This is a great chance for them to get to know us. A wonderful celebration is being planned, with

music, games, good food and some other surprises. All we ask is that you bring one of your special Christmas goodies for our sharing table and join us! What a good way to begin your Christmas Celebration!

—DECEMBER 5

SACRAMENT OF

MARRIAGE

November 12, 2016

Wendy Moritz

& Oscar Bernal

FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTION —DECEMBER 2

Join us for the First Friday holy hour devotion to the Sacred Heart on Friday, December 2, immediately after the 8:30 am Mass in Mary’s Chapel.

PROCEDURE FOR MAKING APPEAL REQUESTS

—FOR OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS The Saint Joseph Pastoral Council has formalized the process for outside organizations requesting to make appeals during weekend Masses. The procedure, guidelines, and a convenient online request form can be found by going to our parish website—sjcnj.org — clicking on the “Contact Us” tab and then on “Appeal Request.” This new process will help the Pastoral Council to effectively evaluate and make decisions about out-of-parish requests for appeals.

NOTICE OF CLOSINGS and CANCELLATIONS

In the event of inclement weather, a power outage, or other emergency, be sure to check our parish website

sjcnj.org—click on ”CLOSINGS”— to see if parish meetings and activities are canceled for the day.

MORE NEWS ABOUT OUR NEW ARCHBISHOP

If you were unable to pick up a copy of The Advocate, the Archdiocesan newspaper, which has a cover story on Cardinal Joseph Tobin, you can see it online at http://www.editions.us.com/catholicadvocate_1116 (no spaces).

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MASS OF INSTALLATION OF NEW ARCHBISHOP

—JANUARY 6, 2017 On Friday, January 6, at 2:30 pm, the Mass of Installation of the new Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, Cardinal-elect Joseph T. Tobin, will be celebrated in the

Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, 89 Ridge Street, Newark, NJ. The general, open seating will be on a 'first come' basis, with the Cathedral Basilica opening at approximately 11:00 a.m. Given the potential for 'winter weather,' parking will be extremely limited. Those planning to participate may wish to arrange for carpooling to the Cathedral Basilica.

SAVE THE DATE! SOCIAL CONCERNS’ “BINGO & BASKETS”

—APRIL 27, 2017 The Bingo and Basket fundraiser for our Brother/Sister Parish, St. Joseph in Jersey City, will take place on Thursday evening, April 27 in the Saint Joseph Lower School Gymnasium. The doors will open at 6:00 pm and bingo will begin at 7:00 pm. Prizes will include gorgeous designer handbags. There will also be a Tricky Tray, Door Prizes and a 50/50 Raffle. Watch this bulletin to find out when tickets will be available for purchase. Be sure to save this date for an amazing night out!

MOMENT WITH HOLY MARY Our parish weekly devotion to Mary which features the Psalms, prayer, Scripture, and reflection, meets in the Jackson Room in the lower church from 9:00-10:00 am every Friday (except First Fridays). Please join us.

Can you find Monsignor Hubba in one of these photos from our very successful Fellowship Breakfast held last Sunday? (Hint: He’s deep in conversation!)

Saint Joseph Parish extends a warm thank you to Kristen Verrier and her team of volunteers from our Religious Education program for hosting our first

Fellowship Breakfast this past Sunday. Over 100 parishioners stopped by after the 10:30 am Mass for some delicious food and a chance to reconnect with old friends and make some new ones. There were even activities and games for the children. What a great way to wind up our liturgical year and to get ready for the new one that begins this Sunday with the start of Advent!

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