MASS
INTENTIONS
7:00
Margaret McHale (living) requested by Ryan Spelman
9:00
Mrs Salazar requested by Mr & Mrs Lago
9:00
For Our Beloved Dead
9:00
Jean Castelluzzo requested by
The
Divone Family
10:30
For an End to Abortion requested by
Respect
Life Committee
10:30
Noel Catala requested by
Robert
& Doreen DeSoto
10:30
For the Intentions of the Celebrant
12:00
For the People of the Parish
12:00
Mary & Agnes Moscato requested by Loving Family
12:00
Elizabeth DeMaio requested by Loving Husband
5:00
Lena Mead requested by Mr & Mrs Robert Bizzaro
5:00
Lucas Marrero requested by Norma & Arthur Owen
5:00
For the Intentions of the Celebrant
Monday,
March 7, Sts Perpetua & Felicity
7:00
Anna Cullen requested by Gloria Benitez
7:00
Rev David Clifford requested by Loving Mom
12:10
For the Intentions of the Celebrant
Tuesday,
March 8, St John of God
7:00
Irene Riolo requested by Lori Schoeller
8:45
Christine Silecchia requested by the Antonucci Family
8:45
John Buckley Jr requested by Anne & John Johnson
12:10
For the Intentions of the Celebrant
Wednesday,
March 9, St Frances of Rome
7:00
George Dereta Sr requested by Loving Family
9:00
Augusta Croce requested by Loving Family
12:10
Helen Schweit requested by Mr & Mrs Suli
Thursday,
March 10
7:00
For Our Beloved Dead
9:00
Morita Martinez requested by Fran Signorello
12:10
Michael Sollazzo requested by
Albert
& Jenine Yannucciello
Friday,
March 11
7:00
For our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II
9:00
Everett Wolpert requested by the Binger Family
12:10
For the Intentions of the Celebrant
Saturday,
March 12
8:00
Rose Filangeri requested by Janet Kramer
Anticipated
Mass for Sunday
5:00
Rose Marie McGivney requested by the Kutch Family
5:00
Marie Antonucci requested by the Kutch Family
Sunday,
March 13 , 5th Sunday of Lent
7:00
Margaret Hiscock requested by Roseann Horn & Family
7:00
Barbara Barone (living) requested by Meredith Milana
9:00
Deceased Members of St Regis
Knights
of Columbus & Columbiettes
9:00
For Our Beloved Dead
10:30
Antonia Lobrutto requested by Loving Children
10:30 Jean Castelluzzo requested by Fritz Yannotti
10:30
Intentions of the Celebrant
12:00
Gilbert Aquila requested by Loving Wife & Children
12:00
Anthony Alfieri requested by Loving Wife & Family
12:00
Intentions of the Celebrant
5:00
Paul Shadlich & Rita & Bill Hubbard requested by
Loving
Family
5:00
For the People of the Parish
5:00
Dagney Lang requested by Debbie Lang
I
F ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP THE GIFTS AT THE MASSES ON
SATURDAY
OR SUNDAY, PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE USHERS
WHEN
YOU ARRIVE FOR MASS.
REMEMBER
OUR DEAD
Catherine
Schutz, Anna Arpino, Joanna Polanco, Doris Derleth,
Kathleen
Curran , our deceased soldiers and all of our deceased
relatives
and friends.
REMEMBER
OUR SICK
For
this week, please pray for the sick, especially:
Michael
Ambrosio Rob Barello Susan Bateman
Frank
Belsito Maureen Berdon Oliver Bouchard
Emmanuel
Coby Regina T Cohen Maggie Errico
Robert
Filce Catherine Gracey Andrea Griffin
William
J Guthrie III Raymond Harold Mary Hayes
Warren
Johnson Gail Karcher Jack Kelleher
Georgiana
Lopez Joan Marten John McGarry
Juliana
McLarney Rita Meehan Maureen Melchiona
Timothy
M Nigro Edward Percesepe Valerie Perruzza
Grace
C Peshkur Joseph Poirot Nicole Ramaglia
Mark
Recine Thomas Rigney Jr Frances Romagnuolo
Salvatore
Romagnuolo Barbara Rooney Rose Russo
Joyce
Ryan Leticia Schilt Lori Slack
Antonina
Sturiano Kathleen P. Taylor Joan Teaney
Stacie
Tizzard Henrietta Varon Keith Vasak
Stephen
Walsh Patrick Woods Danny Yezzo
Brandon
Zartler
PLEASE
NOTE: To keep our prayer list current, we will keep
names on the
sick
list for two months. We ask families to return the bulletin cut-out to
include
names of those who are ill for another two months.
OUR
PRIEST-CELEBRANTS
Saturday
This Sunday Next Sunday
5:00
pm Fr Butler 5:00 pm Fr Boyle
7:00
am Fr Butler 7:00 am Fr Boyle
9:00
am Fr Boyle 9:00 am Fr Maffeo
10:30
am Fr Maffeo 10:30 am Fr Thomas
12:00
pm Fr Thomas 12:00 pm Fr Butler
5:00
pm Fr Maffeo 5:00 pm Fr Thomas
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2 St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
ALTAR
BREAD & WINE
The
gifts offered at our Masses this
weekend
Are
Donated in the Memory of
Kenny
& Bradley Families
Requested
by
Loving
Family
OUR
LITURGY
Today’s
Gospel follows the exquisite development of the
journey
to faith in Jesus of the man born blind. At the word
of
Jesus he goes to the pool, washes, and returns able to
see.
As this man, who stands for every believer, realizes
how
Jesus has given him sight, he grows in self assurance
and
boldly professes: “I do believe, Lord”.
Sunday,
March 6, 2005 Page 3
FROM
THE DESK OF FR. MIKE
Today’s
reading tells us about light, judgment, being
sent,
and an anointing that changes a person’s life the
second
it happens. Samuel with the horn of oil in hand
anoints
David and from that day on, the Spirit of the Lord
is
upon him and the rest is history. After Samuel’s
anointing,
David can no longer be the simple shepherd
from
Bethlehem. He soon gets involved with King Saul,
the
war against the Philistines, and the slaying of Goliath.
All
of these events will lead him to become Saul’s enemy
and
eventually Saul’s successor as the King of Israel and
the
forerunner of the Messiah.
The
man born blind is anointed by Jesus with the mud
paste,
and behold he can see, and his life would never be
the
same! Immediately he gets caught up in controversy,
but
filled with the power of the Spirit of the Lord he does
not
give in. In fact, he offers the Jewish Leadership a
challenge
that is worthy of Jesus Himself. Like Jesus, he
points
out to them their own blindness, a blindness that
prevents
them from seeing that Jesus is the Messiah.
David
becomes the King and the man who gains his
sight
now becomes a disciple and does his part to spread
the
Gospel. Neither one of them can go back, they are
sent
by God to do what they can to serve God - each
according
to their gifts and station in life. Christ will not
let
the man, or any of us, stay in the darkness, “While I
am
in the world, I am the light of the world.” Never
forget
that Christ is indeed still in the world - present
in
each and every one of us who is Baptized. Through us
the
Church, the Living Body of Christ, the light of Christ
shines
brightly. Like David and the man born blind, we
have
been anointed in Baptism and have been sent to
preach
the Gospel, to die to sin’s darkness, and to fulfill
the
words from Paul’s Letter, “Awake, O sleeper and
arise
from the dead and Christ will give you light.”
Let
us keep in our prayers: Alison Dusset, Ron Dabach,
Nikoletta
Misciagna, and Nora Moraitis who are making
their
way to becoming one with Christ and the Church
during
this Easter Season. Keep them and their sponsors
in
your thoughts as they remind each of us of the richness
of
our faith and the gifts God gives us in Christ.
Remember
next Sunday March 13th, two great events
will
be happening. The 1st is during the
Afternoon with
the
Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, sponsored by the St.
Regis
Council of The Knights of Columbus - please come
out
and show your support as well as having a grand ole
time.
The 2nd, at
7 PM in the Church is the Creative
Ministries’
presentation of the Journey, Cross and
Crucifixion.
Please come out and be moved by this faith
filled
presentation. Also mark your calendars for
Saturday
Morning March 19th, The Feast of
Saint
Joseph,
Husband of Mary and Patron of the Universal
Church
(AND OUR BEAUTIFUL PARISH). We will
celebrate
a special Mass at 10 AM followed by a Festive
Breakfast
in Carew Hall at 11 AM. While all are invited,
we
do need to know how many people will be attending
and
this information must be in by the end of this week.
Please
fill out the form in the bulletin and return it to the
Rectory.
We
are still praying the Stations of the Cross on the
remaining
Fridays of Lent at 7:30 PM, and on Good
Friday
Evening at 7:30 PM, please come out and make
this
special journey with Jesus and your brothers and
sisters
in Christ.
St.
Joseph’s Home School Association presents its 11th
Annual
Spring Fashion Show! This great event will be
held
at Villa Lombardi’s on Wednesday April 20, 2005
from
7-11 PM. This year’s theme brings us to Hawaii,
just
think for only $50 a person you can go to Hawaii
(well
at least for one night). You can have a great meal,
see
some new fashions, and just relax and have a great
time.
Chances for some really great prizes will be
available
(which you also can buy at the doors of the
church
starting this weekend), a 50/50 cash prize and the
ever-popular
Chinese Auction - thank God Fr. Liu is in
Florida
he might start getting worried again. This is the
school’s
largest fund-raiser and it is worthy of all of our
support,
because all of the proceeds go to helping the
parish
support the school.
Enrollment
for St. Joseph’s School is going on as you
read
this letter and this year we are hoping to offer a fullday
Pre-K
Program. Please call the school for more
information
and consider our beautiful school for your
children’s
secular and faith education.
All
of us at St. Joseph’s School and Parish would like
to
thank the Moloney Family Funeral Homes for their
extremely
generous gift of $5,000 to the St. Joseph’s
School
Library. This gift will be separated over a two
year
period so we can provide for the best Library
Resources
for our beautiful school - now and for the
future.
Thank you to all at Moloney’s for support of
Catholic
Education in St. Joseph’s Parish.
God
bless you always.
Fr.
Mike
Stewardship
The
blind man was willing to let Jesus
minister
to him and willingly did all
Jesus
asked of him. The Pharisees were
more
resistant to His message, spending
their
time and energy to disprove the
miracle.
Which am I more like, the man
born
blind or the Pharisees?
Weekly
Offering
697
envelopes $14,034
Loose
collection 2,758
Total
Last Sunday $16,792
Weekly
Operating Expenses 21,250
Same
Collection Last Year 17,492
Poor
Box last weekend 546
Parish
Outreach
Free
employment counseling is now being offered by a
retired
business executive. Sessions will be held at the
Outreach
office by appointment only. If you are
interested,
please call Outreach between 10am and 3pm
Monday
through Friday, at 981-6888. You will then be
contacted
for an appointment date and time.
Fienstein
Matching Grant - This foundation will match
all
donations made to the Outreach Program during the
months
of March and April. This is a great way to make
your
contribution dollar go farther. The need is great but
the
supply is low.
For
the month of February we serviced 179 clients.
Financial
assistance amounted to $4382.61. There were
15
new clients added and total services and referrals
provided
were 438. This included food, living needs,
Health
Care information, advocacy and housing. Your
continued
support of the Outreach Program makes all of
this
possible. Thank you.
PREGNANCY
CRISIS HOTLINE - We are here to help
you.
Please call 981-6888.
Apostolate
for Family Consecration
Invites
you to bring your family and friends for a
Lenten
opportunity to pray with your parish family.
We
meet on Mondays at 7:30 PM in the church for a
holy
hour which includes: Listening to some of our
leading
theologians, Praying the Rosary using
meditative
music video images of the life of Christ
and
Fellowship (coffee & cake). All are welcome.
DEFENSIVE
DRIVING
The
next Defensive Driving course will be held on
March
12th from 8:30 am to 3 pm in Carew Hall. The
cost
is $45 per person. Call the Rectory at 588-8456 to
register
for the class.
Religious
Education
Office
hours are Monday 9 to 4:00
Tuesday
and Wednesday 10 to 3:30
Thursday
from 9 to 3:30.
If
you need to reach us after 3:30 pm on Tues, Wed or
Thurs
please call the school number 588-4760.
The
office is closed on Fridays.
Level
6 students are scheduled to go to Temple Beth Chai
today
March 7th. Please arrive at the Temple at 4:15.
Level
6 Students do not have classes the week of March
7th.
They are to go to the Seder on Thursday, March 10th
at
7 pm in Carew Hall.
Level
2 Parent meeting in Auditorium during class times
on
Tuesday, March 8th, 9th,
and 10th. Please bring your
child
to class then come over to the Auditorium.
Sacrament
for Teens 2 – March 8th Parent
meeting with
students
in Room 14 during their class time at 7:15.
Reminder
- Level 7, Reconciliation on Monday, March
14th.
Reminder
- Level 1 Activity on March 14th
at 4 pm and
6:30
pm in the Auditorium. You may choose your time.
Entertainment
Books are on sale in the Religious
Ed
Office and the Rectory at a cost of only $20.
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4 Sunday, March 6, 2005
SAY
A PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS
Please
continue to remember them in your prayers.
CPL
Jason Bertran PFC Justin Browne
CPL
Michael Bruno PC Michael Dean Cantley
CAPT
Kevin Connolly SPC Thomas E. Corcoran
CAPT
Edward Cuevas COL Stephen Czerwinski
SGT
Ryan Delaney SGT Stephen DiGirolamo
PVT
Matthew DiNardo Lt John Kenneth DiNero
Lt
Nancy DiNero CPL Keith Flick
SFC
Raymond Fulton RCT Michael Gabriellini
SSG
Jeremy Garcia CAPT Jennifer Gotkin
SPC
Daniel Heuman SGT Steven Knight
1SGT
John Krumholz SSG Stephen LeGrady
GM2
Gerard McGarity PFC Edward McGinn
SGT
Patrick McNally PFC William Meyer
Andy
Mezador SGT Daniel Montville
SSGT
Brian Moran SGT James Munro
SSG
Joey Napolitano LCPL Thomas Napolitano
LCPL
Michael Napolitano LCPL James Neubauer
COP
Jonathan Norris PFC Anthony Notaroberta
N/Seal
Paul Padro Ens3 Lucy Padro
PFC
Christopher Reid SGT Edwin Rivera, II
SR/SA
Jason Schiavo RCT Brian Schildt
SPC
James Stanek SSG Thomas J Valentino
SSG
Nick Vicale SGT John Thomas Vogt
CPL
Mark Ward Maj Edward Ward
CPL
Zachary Wilga SSG Dusty Williamson
(If
you would like to include a soldier from your family who is serving, place
their
name and rank on a piece of paper and put it in the collection basket)
Respect
Life
On
this Tuesday, March 8th, at the Empire State
Plaza
Convention
Center in Albany, if you’re lucky enough to
be
there, you will see and hear that extraordinary person,
Detective
Steven McDonald. He will be the featured
speaker
at the Public Policy Forum. Detective McDonald
will
join with Edward Cardinal Egan and the Bishops of
New
York State and more than 1,000 Empire State
Catholics
for the advocacy day sponsored by the NYS
Catholic
Conference. The annual Public Policy Forum is
an
opportunity for Catholics to show their political
strength
in Albany, and the Bishops are encouraging all
concerned
Catholics to attend.
Despite
his paralysis, Det. McDonald rejects the use of
human
embryos for medical experimentation and instead
favors
ethical research involving adult and umbilical cord
stem
cells. (By the way, umbilical stem cells must be
collected
at the moment of birth. Ask your doctor or call
877-836-2262.)
The
Bishops have identified seven issues of priority for
the
Public Policy Forum, among them adequate Medicaid
reimbursement
and reforms to ensure health care
coverage;
affordable housing for low and moderateincome
families
and individuals; and promotion of ethical
stem
cell research and a ban on embryonic stem cell
research
and cloning.
Cardinal
Egan will be principal celebrant and homilist at
1
pm Mass concelebrated by the state’s Bishops. Register
online
at www.nyscatholic.org or call 518-434-6195 .
With
all this talk about stem cells, you may ask, What is
a
stem cell? – the answer is that a stem cells are cells
which
have the ability to divide for indefinite periods in
culture,
which is the broth that covers cells in a culture
dish,
which contains nutrients to feed the cells .
Pluripotent
is a term which refers to the ability of a single
stem
cell to develop into many different cell types of the
body.
CELL-based therapies refers to the treatment in
which
stem cells are induced to differentiate into the
specific
cell type required to repair damaged or depleted
adult
cell populations or tissues.
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5 Sunday , March 6, 2005
Mark
Your Calendars
Mar
11,18 Stations of the Cross 7:30 PM
March
13 Creative Ministries
Journey,
Cross & Crucifixion
Mar
19 Feast of St. Joseph
Mass
10 AM Brunch 11AM
Mar
24 Holy Thursday 7:30 PM Mass
Mar
25 Good Friday
12
noon Reflections on The Seven Last Words Of Christ
3PM
Communion Service
Creative
Ministries Presents
The
Journey, Cross & Crucifixion
Sunday,
March 13
7:00
PM
A
live dramatic presentation of
the
Stations of the Cross. Join us as we experience
the
trial of Jesus, His journey through the streets of
Jerusalem,
and His final moments on the cross.
CATHOLIC
DAUGHTERS NEWS
Court
St. Joseph #975 will meet in Fr. Carew Hall on
Tuesday,
March 8, at 7:30 p.m. for their regular monthly
meeting.
Please remember to bring a baby gift for the
baby
shower, unwrapped. C. West, Regent, 585-1719.
School
News
The
fourth grade students raised over $200 through bake
sales,
during the month of January. The students were
happy
to learn that Father Peter Devaraj will donate the
money
toward a fishing net for a village in India that
suffered
great loss during the tsunami disaster.
Feast
of St Joseph Brunch
Saturday,
March 19, 2005
11AM
Everyone
is welcome to come and
celebrate
our parish feast day. Please fill out
and
return to rectory as soon as possible.
Name____________________
Number
of People_________
Welcome
to the Newest Members of Our Parish Family
Alessandra
Dimaria Alyssa Beatrice Fiene
Jack
Robert Leary
Gianna
Arlene Lord Kayla Rose Makinen
Jack
Ryder Ponzio
Grace
Benedicta Saravia Gianna Marie Vaccaro
Kyle
Raymond Varuolo
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6
Penance/
Reconciliation/ Confessions:
After
7:00 & 9:00 Mass Monday, March 21 Diocesan Day of Reconciliation
4:00
to 5:00 PM
7:00
to 8:30 PM
After
7:00 & 9:00 Mass Wednesday, March 23
10:00
to 12 Noon Holy Saturday (for those unable to attend other services)
Holy
Thursday
9:00AM
Morning Prayer
7:30
PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper followed by Solemn Procession
with
the Blessed Sacrament to the Repository
11:00
PM Closing of Repository
Good
Friday
9:00AM
Morning Prayer
12:00
to 1:00 PM Reflections of the Seven Last Words
3:00
PM Commemoration of the Passion and Death Of the Lord Jesus
(Holy
Communion distributed)
7:30
PM Stations of the Cross followed by Sermon & Veneration of the Cross
Holy
Saturday
9:00
AM Morning Prayer
9:30
AM Blessing of Easter Food (in the Church)
7:30
PM Easter Vigil Liturgy (with Reception & Adult Baptism) 2 hrs.
Easter
Sunday
Masses
in the Church at 7:00, 9:00, 10:30 and 12:00 Noon
Masses
in Carew Hall at 11:00 and 12:30
****There
is no 5PM Mass on Easter Sunday****
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7
Heather
is one of five siblings who
spent
much of their young lives
moving
from one welfare motel
room
to another before they were
placed
in foster homes. When
Heather
became pregnant, she was
put
out of her foster home and had
nowhere
to turn for help until she
entered
Regina Residence. She is
now
the mother of a very active,
eight-month-old
daughter she loves
very
much. Heather finds that being
at
Regina Residence, as a new
mother,
gives her the opportunity to
give
her baby and herself a warm,
safe
place to live and thrive. A
bright
student, Heather has written
poetry
and was a finalist in this
year’s
Respect Life contest. She
hopes
to receive her high school
diploma
in 2005 but that will not be
easy
for her with her new
responsibilities.
Along with having
her
daughter to care for, she needs
to
double up on many courses
because
she was not always able to
attend
school during the years that
she
lived in welfare motels. She
wants
to continue her education
after
graduating and would like to
become
either a registered nurse or
a
fashion designer. She wants to be
able
to give her daughter the
privileges
and security she did not
have
when she was growing up.
Regina
Residence runs a wonderful
program
for expectant or new
mothers
and their babies. In a
meticulously
kept, ten-bedroom
house
in Merrick, six new mothers
and
their babies are presently living
along
with three young women
expecting
babies. The all-female
staff,
headed by Kathleen Ryan,
program
administrator, share the
duties
of caring for these residents,
24
hours a day, making sure they
keep
all their appointments and
overseeing
the teen-age mothers
and
mothers-to-be as they cook,
clean
and do laundry, and learn the
parenting
and homemaking skills
they
will need once they are on
their
own. Every evening they sit
down
together to a dinner they have
prepared.
This event is one that is
somewhat
unusual for many of the
residents;
most of whom come from
broken
or foster homes and may not
have
experienced family life before
coming
to Regina Residence.
All
the residents and their children
attend
the Nassau County BOCES
TAP
program (Teenage Parenting
Program)
in Seaford, where they
continue
their high school
education
and learn to become
responsible,
competent mothers. If
they
have earned their high school
diploma,
they begin vocational
training
to prepare themselves for a
successful
future.
There
is almost always a waiting
list
for this facility in Nassau
County
run by Catholic Charities of
the
Diocese of Rockville Centre.
We
must provide a life for these
young
girls who have chosen to
keep
and love the young life they
now
care for.
Heather
and her daughter, as well as
the
other young mothers, are
grateful
for the assistance they
receive.
This is only one program of
Catholic
Charities that the Catholic
Ministries
Appeal helps to fund
through
your generous support of
the
diocese’s annual appeal.
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St.
Joseph’s Home School Association
11th
Annual Spring Fashion Show
Hawaiian
Style
Wednesday,
April 20, 2005
7PM
- 11PM
At
Villa Lombardi’s
877
Main Street
Holbrook,
NY
$50.
Per ticket - Includes salad, dinner, dessert, coffee/tea,
beer/wine/soda
Chinese
Auction Give-A-Ways 50/50 Cash Prize Raffles
Tickets
can be ordered by filling out the form in the Church Lobby by April 13,2005
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Catch
the Wave
…..And
a Chance to Win
Annual
Fashion Show Raffle - April 20,2005
To
Benefit St. Joseph’s School
1st
Prize:
47”
Panasonic TV or
$1500
Tuition Credit at St. Joseph’s School
2nd
Prize:
A
Night on the Town: Dinner for Two
Tickets
to a Show at the Smithtown Arts Council
Overnight
Stay at the Holiday Inn Express
3rd
Prize:
Zenith
Home Theater System
Donation:
$25 Return this form with your payment to the
Rectory by April 18, 2005 or
stop
by our table after Sunday Mass. Tickets will also be available at the Fashion
Show.
I
want to catch the wave…
Name_________________________________________
Telephone________________
Home
Address__________________________________
__________________________________
Number of Tickets___ X $25 = _______Enclosed
Papal
Vocation Monstrance
On
November 24, 2004 the Holy Father blessed six monstrances to be utilized
throughout
the various continents of the world to pray during this Year of the
Eucharist
for an increase of vocations to ordained ministry and consecrated life. Our
diocese
will be able to use one of these monstrances at various holy hours held
during
the week of March 12th - March 19th. All are welcome to attend these
liturgies.
For further information please call the Vocation Office at 631-424-9888.
Sunday,
March 13th 7:00 PM Our Lady of Perpetual Help
South
Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst
Monday,
March 14th 3:00 PM Chaminade High School
Adoration
continues thru 6:00 AM Jackson Ave, Mineola
Tuesday,
March 15th 7:00 PM Church of Our Lady of Loretto
Greenwich
St, Hempstead
Wednesday,
March 16th 8 AM - 3 PM Kellenberg Memorial High School
Glen
Curtiss Blvd, Uniondale
6PM
- 12AM St Anthony High School
Wolf
Hill Rd, So. Huntington
Thursday,
March 17th 12AM - 2:30 PM St Anthony High School
Wolf
Hill Rd, So. Huntington
Friday,
March 18th 8 PM Seminary the Immaculate Conception
West
Neck Rd, Huntington
Courtesy
Announcements
Catholic
Singles Dance - Saturday night March 19th, 9 pm to 12:30
am at the Holiday Inn at
McArthur
Airport. Admission is $20 at the door. The evening includes DJ & Band, Deli
Buffet,
free
snacks and raffle tickets! 200+ expected, Neat casual attire required. For ages
30’s - 50’s.
For
more information call Jerry at 516-520-9385.
Natural
Family Planning - Friday, March 18 at 7:30 pm at Christ the
King Parish in
Commack.
NFP is a holistic approach to family planning. Both husband and wife come to
understand
their fertility, emotions, and family planning intention (whether to have a
baby or
not).
For
further information please call 516-678-5800, ext 223.
Estate
Planning and Elder Law Seminar - Wednesday, April 6
from 4-5 pm at Ronkonkoma
Cenacle.
Overview if various issues will be discussed. Seminar is free, but you must
call by
April
1 to reserve space - (631) 471-0024.
Fishermen
Flea Market - Saturday March 12, at the Knights of Columbus,
400 South
Broadway,
Lindenhurst. Open 9 - 3, Admission $4.00, (kids 12 & under & seniors
free). For
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PARISHIONER
REQUEST FORM
I/we
would like to register as members of St. Joseph Parish.
NAME
(s): ____________________________________________
ADDRESS:__________________________________
_________
PHONE:
_______ - _____________ unlisted? (Yes) (No)
I/we
would like become members of the parish. ( ) Yes
I/we
would like to receive contribution envelopes. ( ) Yes ( )No
We
make our donations each Sunday ( ) Weekly
We
make our donations once a Month ( ) Monthly
(
)I would like to become an usher
(
) I would like to become a lector.
(
) I would like to become an altar server.
(
) I would like to become a Eucharistic Minister.
(
) I would like to become a choir member
(
) I would like to become a Catechist
(
) I would like to help maintain the parish plantings
(
) I would like to offer my following talents to the parish
(Please
return to the Church Office or place in Collection Basket)
PARISH
RESTORATION FUND
I/we
wish to pledge (or increase our pledge to)
___
$5,000 ___ $4,000 ___ $3,000 ___ $2,000 ___ $1,000
to
St. Joseph’s Parish Restoration Campaign.
I/we
would like to make payments
___Annually
___Semi-Annually ___Quarterly ___ Monthly
spreading
the payments over
___One
year ___ Two years ___ Three years ___ Four years
NAME
(s): ________________________________________
ADDRESS:_______________________________________
_______________________________________
PHONE:
______ - _________
AMOUNT
ENCLOSED NOW: $ ________
(Please
return this form in the collection basket or
to
the Church Office)
REMEMBERING
THE SICK
Please
include the following in the bulletin sick list:
______________________________
Name
of person who is ill:
_____________________________
____________________
Person
making this request: Relationship to ill person
Your
Phone #: _____________________
(Please
place in collection basket or return to Church Office)
One
Person’s Trash, Another’s ...
BOX
TOPS from cereals for Educational purposes are always
welcomed.
Please drop them in the collection.
DEPOSIT
BOTTLES AND CANS—Please place them in the
white
trailer that is located on the school side of the Church on
weekends
or behind the rectory during the week.
CELL
PHONES—Please bring your no longer used or needed
cell
phones and deposit them at the Scrip table in the Church
lobby.
Travel
Soccer:
Gene
��467-0541
Intramural
Soccer:
Beth
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Track
Karen
��588-8636
Chairman:
Henry
Baseball:
Gene
��588-1879
Girls
Basketball:
Christine
��737-3142
Boys
Basketball:
Frank
��585-6921
Melchiona
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Sport
for all Seasons
ST
JOSEPH
CYO
Cub
Scout Pack 272
Boy
Scout Troop 272
St.
Joseph’s Cub Scout Pack 272 and Boy Scout Troop 272
have
fun, exciting, educational, character building programs
for
boys, age 7 through 17 (first grade and up).
For
more information or to enroll your child,
contact
Dr. Louis Scotti at 656-8428
or
e-mail JoinScouting@StJoRonk.org.
Even
Used Inkjet Cartridges,
Have
Their Uses
We
have found a way to help St Joseph and keep those
complicated
pieces of plastic, metal and printed circuit
boards
out of the land fill. Drop them off (in a plastic
baggie)
when you come to mass. We will send them to a
company
who reuses them and gives the parish a bounty for
each.
One note, to clear confusion, if it is larger than a fist,
it
is not an inkjet cartridge!!!
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