September 20, 2015 - St. John the Evangelist Church

St. John the Evangelist Parish
915 Route 212, Centerville, Saugerties, NY 12477
Phone: 845-246-9581 • Fax: 845-246-9582 • web: www.sjechurch.org
FATHER WILLIAM F. WOODRUFF, PASTOR
MSGR. WILLIAM E. WILLIAMS, PASTOR EMERITUS
MASS SCHEDULE:
Handicap
Saturday- 5:00 PM, Sunday- 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM
Accessible
Daily: Monday-Thursday & Saturday - 8:30 AM, Morning Prayer 8:15 AM
Holy Days: Please check bulletin
CONFESSIONS: Saturday– 3:30 to 4:30 PM
ALTAR ROSARY:
President: Donna Anderson (246-9719) Meets the first Wednesday of the month
ALTAR SERVERS: Coordinator Joan Jensen (246-9581)
BAPTISM: Baptism upon request. Preparation required.
Leaders in preparation: Patricia & Gary Moore (246-5164)
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: Coleman Catholic High School - 845-338-2750,
ST. JOHN’S YOUTH GROUP (TEENAGERS): Denise Dudzic (246-2811) &
Gabrielle Baker (247-3454)
COMMUNITY ACTION / FOOD PANTRY: Maria Granda (246-3635)
COUNCIL OF CHURCHES: Marilyn Washer (246-5236), Maureen Rothe 246-0305
DEANERY: Frankie Cullen (853-5557)
LAY TRUSTEES: Pat Fitzsimmons (246-4431), Robert Gauvreau (246-3544)
LITURGY COMMITTEE: Robert Howe (246-8510)
MARRIAGES: By appointment. Please make arrangements at least six months prior to
wedding. Preparation is mandatory.
MINISTRY TO HOMEBOUND AND ELDERLY: Eileen Oswald (246-7042)
MUSIC MINISTRY: Kelly Rea (246-0395)
OPERATIONS: Robert Gauvreau (246-3544)
SPIRIT OF LIFE PRAYER GROUP: Fr. Woodruff (246-9581) Meets Tuesdays 7:00 PM &
first Sunday of each month at 12:00 to 1:00 PM (Instructional Prayer Meeting—All are welcome!)
PARISH COUNCIL: President Pat Fitzsimmons (246-4431)
PARISH NURSE: Anne Grunbaum (246-1667)
RCIA: Fr. William Woodruff (246-9581)
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Director Joan Corton (339-4391)
RESPECT LIFE COMMITTEE: Joseph Defino Sr. (246-6908) , Barbara O’Reilly (246-7810)
SECRETARIES: Joan Jensen (217-7090), Barbara Renner (8:30 AM—8:30 PM Only —246-3424)
ST. JOHN’S GIFT SHOP: Brian Kimlin (706-5449) & Libby Salerno (247-0011)
VOCATIONS: Pat Fitzsimmons (246-4431)
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST PARISH
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
8:30
5:00
8:30
1030
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
5:00
8:30
10:30
Gertrude McCardle—Req. by Bernice Palumbo
Jeanne Adams (Birthday Remembrance) - Req. by Jim & Anne Carey
All The People of The Parish
In Celebration of The Birthday of Padraic Defino—Req. by Joe Defino Sr.
Peg Sullivan—Req. by Her Bunco Friends
For The Deceased Members of The Daley and O’Neill Families—Req. by Maureen O’Neill
Edward Chardavoyne—Req. by His Family
Margaret Hehir—Req. by Mary O’Donnell—Req. by Nora Drefin
Holy Communion Service
Dottie Oliveri (Birthday Remembrance) - Req. by Sal Oliveri
All The People of The Parish
In Celebration of The Birthdays of Justin & Jodi Renner—Req. by Mom & Dad
In Celebration of The Birthday of Dawn Defino & Mae Flanagan —Req. by Joe Defino Sr.
SAINTS & SPECIAL OBSERVANCES–
Mon—St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Wed — St. Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest
Sat—St. Cosmas and St. Damian, Martyrs .
20-WEEK CLUB WINNER– The 19th winner of $100 in our 20
-Week Club was Bob Saturn.
BIG RAFFLE- Take a chance at winning a $300 Gas Card plus
a Gift Certificate for Dinner for Two to Land & Sea. Tickets will
be sold after all Masses – 1 for $1, 3 for $2 or 15 for $5. The
drawing will take place on September 20th.
OPENINGS IN THE NEXT 20-WEEK CLUB– There is one
opening for our next club, if you would like to join, please call
Barbara Renner at 246-3424.
LITURGY MEETING– Will take place on Monday, September
21st at 6:30 PM in the Rectory. All are invited to attend.
ADVISORY MEETING- Will take place on Monday,
September 28th at 7:45 PM. All who would like to help in the
fund/fun raising endeavors of our parish are welcome to attend.
THANK YOU– A special thank you to everyone that helped to
make our recruitment drive a huge success. A grand total of
fifteen wonderful ladies signed up. That was amazing!! Thank
you again and may God Bless all of you. I’ll be in touch.
Donna Anderson
AUTUMN CHICKEN DINNER– Will take place on October
3rd at 5:30 PM at the Blue Mountain Reformed Church. The cost
is $12 for adults, Children 3–8 are $6 and children 2 and under
are free. Menu: Stuffed Chicken Breast, Mashed Potatoes and
Gravy, Green Beans, Cole Slaw, Apple Crisp, Roll and Beverage.
For reservations, call 246-8093. No Walk Ins! Take outs
available by reservation only. Pick Up between 4:30—5:00 PM.
Deadline for reservations is September 28th.
ROAST BEEF DINNER– Will take place on October 3rd at the
Saugerties United Methodist Church. Seating at both 5 PM and 6
PM. $12 adults, $6 children 5-10, under 5 free. For reservations,
please call 246-7802.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION- Will take place
next weekend after the 10:30 Mass and continue until
after the 8:30 PM Benediction. Evening prayers will
be prayed at 5:30 PM. Sign up sheets at the side
entrance of the church.
THE ULSTER VICARIATE RESPECT LIFE COMMITTEE
- Will hold its 22nd Annual Celebration of Life Mass & Dinner
on Friday, October 23, 2015. Mass will be at St. Joseph’s Church
in Kingston at 5:30 PM. Dinner will be at Best Western in
Kingston at 6:30 PM. The cost for the Italian buffet dinner is $30
pp. This year’s speaker is Mrs. Lori Keohol, Executive Director
of NYS Right to Life. For reservations, or if you are unable to
attend and would like to send a donation, call Barbara O’Reilly at
246-7810. RSVP by September 28th.
BAKER’S NEEDED– The Advisory Committee
would like to start a Baking Committee. If you are
interested in helping with our fun/fundraising
events, by baking either a cake, brownies, cookies
or cupcakes two to three times a year, please call
Angela Houlihan at 246-7311.
LIFE CHAIN 2015- The Life Chain is schedule for October 4th.
Stand up for the unborn who have died and for those who
continue to die every day to the horror of abortion. All are urged
to meet from 2 to 3 PM on Ulster Avenue in Saugerties to make
an outward sign of your commitment to life. If you would like to
meet at St. John’s parking lot first, come at 1:30 PM.
FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING A CRISIS PREGNANCY- If
you or someone you know is experiencing a crisis pregnancy and
would like assistance call: The Sisters of Life Visitation Mission
to Pregnant Women at 877-777-1277 or 212-737-0221. The
Sisters provide practical help and resources for any woman in
need as well as emotional support and spiritual counsel. For more
information, visit www.sistersoflife.org; or call Catholic Guardian
Society and Home Bureau Hotline: 5800-592-HELP. The CHB is
an affiliated agency of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of
New York.
ONE-LINER– There will always be death and taxes; however,
death doesn’t get worse every year!
TWENTIETH-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
My Dearest Brothers and Sisters in the Good Lord,
This Sunday, September 20th, is the 20-Week Club
Dinner at the Best Western Hotel in Kingston beginning at 1:00
P.M. I want to thank all of the members of the parish’s 20-Week
Club Committee for everything that they do to make this very
important fun/fund raiser so very successful. A great deal of hard
work is done by the Committee members and other volunteers and
I deeply appreciate all that they do for all of us. I look forward to
the dinner and I hope to see you there.
The Advisory Committee for Parish Development held a
very successful Junk in the Trunk last Saturday, September 12 th. I
wish to extend my gratitude to the members of the Advisory who
worked on Junk in the Trunk. Our next Advisory Meeting is
Monday evening, September 28th, at 7:45 until 9:00 P.M. that
evening; you are most welcome to join us that night to help to plan
our future fun/fund raisers. The great thing about this latest Junk
in the Trunk is that we filled all fifty spaces available for sellers; it
is the most that we ever had in the four Junk in the Trunk events
that we have held at our Church parking lot.
Hats off to the ladies of the Altar Rosary Society of the
Parish; the recruitment drive last weekend was a big success. I
want to thank all of the Rosarians who worked on the recruitment
drive and I wish to express a warm welcome to the ladies of the
parish who have expressed an interest in wanting to become
Rosarians.
This past Monday, September 14th, featured the
beginning of the children’s Religious Education (Faith Formation)
Program. Also, we held our first Parish Council Meeting of the
new year on the same evening. I will let you know how well the
20-Week Club Dinner, Religious Education, and the Parish
Council did in next week’s letter.
Next weekend, September 26th and 27th, I will be giving
the Annual State of the Parish Address. I will offer a 30 second
homily and then give a twelve to fifteen minute report on the
spiritual and temporal states of our parish; the spiritual comes first
since it is more important than what comes secondarily: the
temporalities of the parish. The Finance Council of our parish will
meet in the Rectory this coming Tuesday, September 22 nd, at 3:30
P.M. to advise me as to how I will present the temporalities
portion of the State of the Parish Address. I am most grateful to
the members of the Finance Council for all that they do to assist
me in my responsibility to be a good steward of the property and
finances of our parish.
This coming Monday, September 21st, the Liturgy
Committee of the parish will meet in the Rectory at 6:30 P.M. You
are most welcome to come and participate in the planning of
upcoming spiritual events in our Church.
As of the writing of this letter, Monday, September 14 th,
at the noontime hour, our Religious Education Coordinator, Joan
Corton, was still listed as a patient at Kingston Hospital (now
known as the Broadway Campus of Health Alliance Hospitals). I
visited Joan back on Friday, September 11 th, from 7:30 until 8:00
P.M. The good news is that the surgeon seemed to remove the
entire mast on her intestines and one of her kidneys. However, it
will take at least a few weeks for her to recover fully from the
operation. Please continue to pray to God and the Blessed Mother
to give to her all the healing graces to recover to full health and
well-being. May she return to conducting the Religious Education
Program soon. The Opening Holy Mass that I will have been
happy to offer will have had the intention for Joan’s complete
recovery.
NEXT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, WILL BE THE
ALL-DAY ADORATION OF OUR DEAR LORD IN HOLY
COMMUNION IN THE CHURCH FROM THE CONCLUSION
OF THE 10:30 A.M. HOLY MASS UNTIL BENEDICTION
AND REPOSITION OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT
AT 8:30 P.M. Please note that a partial indulgence may be gained
by spending at least a few minutes praying in the Real Presence of
Our Lord in the exposed Blessed Sacrament and a plenary
indulgence may be gained, subject to the usual conditions, for
spending at least one half-hour doing the same pious practice. May
God bless you!
Sincerely, with prayers,
Father Bill Woodruff
40-DAYS FOR LIFE– This campaign will be held Sept. 23—
Nov. 1st. “40 Days for Life” is a peaceful, highly-focused, nondenominational initiative that focuses on 40 days of prayer and
fasting, peaceful vigil at abortion facilities, and educational
outreach with the goal of protect mothers and their children from
abortion. Since 2007 at least 10,331 unborn children have been
saved from abortion during “40 Days for Life” campaigns, and 60
abortion facilities have closed. Visit: www.40daysforlife.com
FREE MAMMOGRAMS- The Ulster County Breast Health
Partnership provides free mammograms and pelvic screenings for
women who qualify. To see if you qualify, call .331-8300.
BUS TRIP– TO PHILADELPHIA– Will take place on October
5th. Chartered bus leaves from Presentation/Sacred Heart Church
in Esopus at 8AM and returns approximately 8 PM. Pilgrimage
includes: Rosary, Mass, Novena prayer to St. John Neumann and
blessing with his relic, tour of the St. John Neumann Shrine/
Museum, & gift shop. Lunch at Cracker Barrel (Order from
Menu)
Cost is $40. Includes bus & shrine donation.
Reservations by Sept. 25th. Please call 384-6828 for reservations.
GET ANSWERS- 2-1-1 is a FREE telephone service available
in the Hudson Valley. Call 2-1-1 for everything from basic needs
like food, clothing and shelter to legal services, drug treatment,
employment support, child-care, physical/mental health resources,
elder care, services for person with disabilities and more.
JOKE- “Darn!” the man said to his friend while
weighing himself at the local drug store scale. “I
started on a new diet but the scale says I’m heavier
than I was before.” Turning to his friend, he said,
“Here, hold my jacket.” The scale still indicated that he had not
lost any weight. “OK,” he said to his friend. “Hold my
Twinkies.”
SEPTEMBER 20, 2015
Taking a child he placed it in their midst, and putting his arms
around it he said to them, “Whoever receives one child such as
this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives
not me but the One who sent me.”
- Mk 9:36-37
“Please Pray For All Bishops, Priests, Deacons & Religious!”
STEWARDSHIP CORNER
THE LORD HAS BLESSED US
IN SO MANY WAYS…
Let us return to Him a fair share of
THE MANY GIFTS
He has already given us.
PARISHIONER’S COMMENT– This is a real act of faith for
me! One thing I have discovered about myself is that I never
brought God into my finances. This is a very important area for
me, and I am glad that now God is a part of it.”
PASTOR’S COMMENT– As St. Augustine said so neatly,
“Out of God’s gifts, then, we make gifts to God and from us He
receives what He first gave us.”
“Remember St. John’s in Your Will!”
FOOD PANTRY ITEM FOR NEXT WEEK:
SHOPPING BAGS & CANNED FRUIT
YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED FOR: Erin
Frederick, Paul Brazier, Vincent Saturn, Judy Fiero,
Grace Yund, Janet Curry, Gene Woodruff, Peter &
Brunie Kandora, Carol & Edward Koop, Barbara &
Richard Coppey, Susan, Liz & Kerry Parker, Ericka
Hinchey, Jimmy Paes, John Lynch, Charlie DeSalle, James
Mullen, Betty Suter, Robin Doherty, Gary Granda, Tom Ward,
Cooper and Jackson Kravatz, Dalton Bingham, John Mulligan,
Joe Hommel, Bob Cranston, Bob Hoy, Richard Masiulanis,
Connie Novack, Nancy Dwyer, Lucille Nelson, Gail Cortese,
Shanna Pesce, and Frankie Cullen.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2015
PRAYER FOR LIFE
Jesus, Mary and Joseph we love you very much.
Help us spiritually adopt and protect all human life
from preborn to natural death.
Amen.
MAKING ALL THINGS NEW
God our Father, through the Gospel and the Eucharist,
You bring us together as Your Church in the
Archdiocese of New York.
Send us Your Holy Spirit, to enlighten our minds and guide our
actions as we plan for the future of parish life in this Archdiocese.
Help us learn new ways to strengthen and revitalize our parish
communities, and to be good stewards of the spiritual and
material gifts that sustain them.
Bless our work, so that our parishes may continue to witness to
the truth of the Gospel, and be a sign of Your love for all people.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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THE STUNT MAN
By Wayne Rice
In an interview, actor Kevin Bacon shared a conversation
he had with his six-year-old son after he had seen the movie
Footloose for the first time.
The boy said, "Dad, that was really cool how you
jumped up on the roof and swung from the rafters. How did you
do that?"
"Well, son, I didn't actually do that part," said Bacon. "A
stunt man did."
"What's a stunt man?" asked his son.
"That's someone who dresses like me and does things I
can't do. Things that are too dangerous."
"Oh. Well, what about that part in the movie where you
spin around on that gym bar and land on your feet," persisted the
boy. "How did you do that?"
"Well, son, that was the stunt man again, not me. He's
really good at gymnastics."
"Oh." A long pause. "Dad, just what DID you do in the
movie?"
Bacon sheepishly replied, "I got all the glory."
Jesus stood in for us so that we could have eternal life
and share in God's glory.
He was nailed to the cross in our place, to pay for our sins,
because he was the only one who could do it
and emerge victorious.