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Saint Joseph
ROMAN CATHOLIC Church
973-383-1985
Schedule of Masses
Weekdays
Monday-Friday at 12:05pm
Weekends
Saturday (Sunday Vigil) at 5:00pm
Sunday at 8:00am, 9:30am,
11:30am and 5:00pm
Misa en Español todos los Domingos a las 2:30pm
y tambien, el tercer Lunes del Mes a las 7:00pm
Confession
Saturday at 4:00-4:30pm
(or by appointment)
ALL Other
Sacraments
by appointment
Fifth Sunday in ordinary time - February 9, 2020
Our Parish Family is Served By Weekly Mass Intentions
Father ST Sutton, Pastor Saturday 2/8 5:00pm Jennie Capra
973-383-1985 - FatherSTS@gmail.com Christine Laurencio
Father Alexander Londono, Migrant Ministry Sunday
Fr.Alexanderlondono@gmail.com 8:00am James Smith
February 9th Penny Harrison
Father Edward Davey, Pastor Emeritus
Deacon Thomas Zayac, Deacon Fifth Sunday 9:30am Kerri Knight
Deacontaz@gmail.com in Ordinary Time Lucille Mullane
Karen Glowatski, Office Administrator 11:30am Ginny Morville
973-383-1985 - Secretary@stjosephnewton.org Ann Crane
Doreen Zimmerman, Administrative Assistant
973-383-1985 - PCAssistant@stjosephnewton.org 5:00pm Mary Imbriglio
Mary McDonald
Christine Shell, Director of Food Pantry Monday 2/10 12:05pm Edward Pacheco
973-383-1985 - Foodpantry@stjosephnewton.org Tuesday 2/11 12:05pm Leslie Marcotte
Faith Formation - 973-383-8413 Wednesday 2/12 12:05pm Frances Granato
FFAssistant@stjosephnewton.org Tyler Rodimer
Thursday 2/13 12:05pm Bernardo Alonso
Kelly Robinson, Director of Music Ministry
Kellyrobinson720@gmail.com Friday 2/14 12:05pm Thomas Coffey
Sharon Eltzholtz, Bulletin Assistant Saturday 2/15 5:00pm Grace Savioli
Bulletin@stjosephnewton.org Thomas Calabrese
Robert Lasser, Finance Administrator Sunday 8:00am Anne Lundgren
Finance@stjosephnewton.org - 973-383-1985 February 16th Thomas Francis Sullivan
TRUSTEES OF THE PARISH Sixth Sunday
in Ordinary Time
9:30am Peter A. Bieksha
Kerri Knight
Dorothy Bosi, George Hayek Anne Savacool
and Gerard Woodring
11:30am William Dibsie
Francis & Stella Covel
Weekly Remembrance 5:00pm Dorothy Remington Marcotte
The Sanctuary Lamp,
which burns near the Tabernacle
as a reminder of our Lord’s presence
“Oremus Pro Invicem”
in the Most Holy Eucharist,
burns this week in loving memory of: We pray for all those who are in need
of the Lord’s healing presence:
Aaron Armstrong, Gary Arvary, Ron Ayers,
Gene Belcher, Fred Bender, Mary Benziger,
Egon Berninger, Louise Crann, Father Angelus
Croce, James Cunningham, Alex DeMartino, Derya Demirtas,
And the hosts and wine, Jennifer DiNardo, Mary Ann Dowling, Russell English,
which will become the John Fedash, Kathie Fetchko, Chris Flora, Linda Flynn,
Theresa Fusco, Monsignor Mark Giordani, John Greed,
Holy Body and Precious Blood Joy Grenewicz, Suzanne Hammond, Finnuala Hanifan,
of our Lord, were given Jessica & Hannah Joseph, Ann Inglima, Susan Kadar,
in loving memory of: Father Daniel Kelly, Jessica Kirby, Valerie Landell,
Shirley Lavin, Elaine LeFever, Roberto Leyva, Beth Malkin,
Bill Matulewicz, Sal Mauceli, Deirdre Metzger, Sharon Miller,
Jake Michael Miraldi, Mike Palumbo, Matthew Parsons,
Cheryl Piritz, Michael Porfido, James Proulx, Joan Riccardi,
John Rokicki, Maud Rowan, Donna Rozsas. Alexia Russ,
Father Jude Salus, George Scarpa, Ben Sellitto, Crystal Siro,
May they now be resting in the peace Francis Siro, Terri Skill, Ernest Sprague, Gloria Steets,
of the Lord’s heavenly kingdom! Evelyn Strauss, Joni Strauss, Delia Sutton,
Paul and Edna Swenson, John Taschler and Rita Zimich.
Fifth Sunday in ordinary time - February 9, 2020
This week’s events Food pantry
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday, February 9
10:30am Confirmation Class (School)
“Be faithful in small things because
2:30pm Squirettes Meeting (Community Center) it is in them that your strength lies. “
~ Saint Mother Teresa
Monday, February 10
4:00pm Faith Formation (School) The list below contains the items that we are in need of:
Wednesday, February 12 Food Household Needs
Ketchup Paper towels
10:00am Prayer Shawl Ministry (Parish Center)
Mayonnaise Toiler paper
Thursday, February 13 Salad Dressing Tissues
Canned Chicken Dish soap
1:00pm Legion of Mary (Parish Center)
Spam
Sunday, February 16 Knorr Rice & Pasta Sides (all kinds)
Pasta Roni (all kinds)
10:30am Hospitality (Community Center) Hamburger Helper (all kinds) Thank you for your
Jar of Pasta Sauce (all kinds) continued generosity!
Fruit snacks
WEEKEND DONATIONS Granola bars (all kinds)
Cereal (all kinds especially sweet ones)
Rice sides (all kinds)
February 2, 2020 Please no economy sizes, they are too heavy and take
up to much room in their grocery bag.
Collection $7,883
Online Giving $876 We still have plenty of mac & cheese!
Total: $8,759
Weekend Mass attendance: 582
Ladies’ group?
Next Weekend readings Catholic women: are you interested in meeting
1 or 2 times a month to discuss common issues
February 16, 2020 to you? Discussions could include Sunday
Sirach 15:15-20 Readings and or homilies, etc.? Please email
1 Corinthians 2:6-10 Secretary@stjosephnewton.org or call
the Parish Center Office.
Saint Matthew 5:17-37
Salvation of souls Rush Limbaugh
The Don Bosco Columbiettes #7784 As many people have heard or read, this past week,
are sponsoring a campaign to seek radio talk show celebrity, Rush Limbaugh announced
our Blessed Mother’s intercession that he was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer.
for the Salvation Of Souls. I was asked to place this notice in our bulletin for
Please support this endeavor to pray
ONE MILLION HAIL MARYS. those who would like to remember him in your
The campaign will continue until prayers to kindly do so. Rush started his talk show
May 31, 2020. in 1984 and was recently
You can e-mail your tallies to: awarded the Medal of
hailmarysforsos@gmail.com or write the number on Freedom by President
a slip of paper and drop it into the container by
Mary’s statue. Trump during the recent
The tally so far is 674,015 State of the Union
Address.
Thrift Shop Bag sale Meet sister Brithany
Our Annual Winter Bag Sale Sister Brithany Bustillo, the oldest of three
children, was born in Tegucigalpa,
will continue through February 29th Honduras. Her family settled in Manassas,
(Fill a bag with clothes, shoes, household goods and books) Virginia where she began attending the
Open Thursday and Friday 10:00am-4:00pm required Confirmation classes in her
Saturday from 9:30am-12:30pm parish. There she was blessed with a
Stop in to check out our sale! catechist who prepared her for the
Sacrament of Confirmation in such a way
that she fell in love with the beauty of the Church,
leaving her with a great desire to be a vital part of it.
Congratulations! During her high school years Brithany became the
Congratulations to all the students that have taken the next step
go-to person for the Director of Faith Formation.
towards receiving their First Holy Communion:
She ran errands, served as a catechist assistant,
teacher, youth group leader, and choir member.
Hanna Austin Alexa Nogueira She gave her time joyfully to the parish but could not
Dylan Carleton Abriana Restrepo quench the thirst she had in her heart; she needed to do
Diego Diaz Mariska Sanchez-Reyes something else. It was in the Lord’s Eucharistic
Baltazar Jaoudy Jason Schell presence that she poured out her heart and asked for
Jan Lugo Giovanny Villegas His plan for her. It took a few weeks to receive her
Sofia McKenna Nicole Villegas answer. On Easter Sunday, the parish priest, who was
Justin Menjivar close to her family put the question to her: “Brithany,
have you thought about religious life?” Brithany had
little idea as to what “religious life” was or what it had
to do with her. After a brief explanation, he agreed to
C.h.w.c. mission trip help her discern the idea of religious life.
After four years of growth and guidance, she was at a
June 28th-July 3rd crossroad; it was either to enter college or a religious
congregation. She did her research and presented a list
We will be going to Groton, she had compiled of religious communities in her
Massachusetts as part of our Annual diocese. Her priestly guide waved her list aside,
Parish Mission Trip. giving her the name of a congregation, she had never
heard of: the Salesian Sisters!
Please contact Christopher Doherty A little research about the Salesian Sisters revealed a
at 917-583-4973 if you are interested in joining community in mission to the young. She was
them or need more information. fascinated by something they called “family spirit.”
Overcoming some hesitancy to visit the Sisters in New
Please note: There is only one (1) camper space and Jersey, she made the trip, and from the moment she
one (1) adult chaperone space available! walked in the door of Don Bosco’s house in North
Haledon, she was “at home.”
In September of 2017, she entered the formation
MEN’S CORNERSTONE RETREAT program of the Salesian Sisters and has never looked
back. “Now, as a First-Year Novice at the Sacred
Heart Center, I could not be happier with my calling.
A Men’s Cornerstone Retreat will be offered at Our In addition to being surrounded with God’s creation
Lady of the Lake Church in Sparta during this near the Kittatinny Mountains and the soft woods and
upcoming Lenten Season, March 27th and 28th! critters of Sussex County, I’m given the opportunity of
embracing the life of a Salesian Sister. Whether I’m at
prayer, in community time, or meeting the children at
This year’s theme will be “Be Not Afraid!” Father Faith Formation and Sacramental Retreats, I find
David and eight other presenters will be giving the fulfillment and I bless God for giving me this gift of a
talks over a 26-hour period beginning Friday evening Salesian vocation.”
at 6:00pm.
The Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist will Let us continue to pray for Sister Brithany and all
our Salesians Sisters here in Newton.
also be made available. Please mark your calendar
and register today by calling Our Lady of the Lake
Church at 973-729-6107.
What is Churchmilitant.com?
A few days ago, a priest friend called noble and principled mission, I think at times, they
asking if I knew anything about the lose sight of this goal by constantly beating the
website Churchmilitant.com and what drum against members of the Church’s hierarchy
were my thoughts on it. Additionally, (some very just and some not) and in particular their
several people have recently emailed favorite subject of homosexuality (which I find so
and called me asking the same interesting because on the April 21, 2016 episode of
question. Therefore, I wanted to take the Vortex, the President and founder of Saint
this week and give you my personal “take” on this Michael’s Media, Mr. Michael Voris, publicly
website. admitted that prior to his return to the faith,
he “engaged in multiple heterosexual and
I honestly liken Churchmilitant.com to that of EWTN homosexual relationships… During his twenties,
Network (founded by Mother Angelica in he was ‘confused’ about his sexuality and five years
1981). While I did not wholeheartedly agree with ago when he visited Fatima and “consecrated
Mother Angelica’s theology (which I thought was specifically my chastity to our Blessed Mother”).
more like belief in Santa Claus with a persona of God Something rings in my mind of the old adage “There
the Father who was “checking His list and checking it is nothing worse than a reformed smoker.”
twice to see who was naughty and nice”). Nonetheless, But what do I know?
her folksy, old-world and “nunnish” style of teaching
appealed to many people. Besides her personal Let me be very clear in saying that I think
appearances, talks and prayers, Mother Angelica Churchmilitant.com has done an enormous benefit
accomplished what no man, priest, bishop or even for our Catholic Church by unveiling the many civil
Cardinal could do, and that was to establish a and canonical crimes of Her Church’s leaders and
television network that gave a world-wide access to should be commended for such. However,
the Catholic faith. Many people have tried in the past the problem I personally have with the website
(we recall Archbishop Philip Matthew Hannan, the (and Mr. Voris) is his constant hopping and beating
former Archbishop of New Orleans who attempted to the drum about homosexuality and their improper
begin a television programming station in the 1980s conflating it with pedophilia. I understand that
and failed). Additionally, with her many guest shock media gets the most clicks (and ultimately the
speakers (I will not even mention the scandal of Father most money), but I think if it truly is to be a
John Corapi, who was known for his Catholic organization, truth should always be
ultra-conservative theological views), “Life on the balanced with charity and justice should always be
Rock” for the youth and of course, who can forget the balanced with fairness and honesty. Again,
daily Mass which so many elderly immensely watch Mr. Voris and his media outlet has done great things
daily and truly appreciate. In truth, there are many that many priests, bishops and Cardinals have never
great and wonderful things that EWTN has to offer to been able to do. But, I think that they need to
their Catholic listeners and viewers. Therefore, as a “change the channel” once in a while on this
whole, I think that EWTN is a great asset to the issue. But then again, what do I know?
Catholic Church.
So, in the end, I advised my friend (as I also would
On a personal note, I give Mother (God rest her soul) like to share with you) Churchmilitant.com is a very
two thumbs up for having the hutzpah when she good website. However, like with any other
(in 1997) challenged Cardinal Mahoney about his websites and news outlets (both “catholic” and
“changes” in the celebration of the Eucharist in the worldly), we need to listen to many different and
Archdiocese. After being threatened with “going to various opinions. Quite honestly, I listen to
the Vatican” the obedient religious offered an Churchmilitant.com every morning, so I can know
“apology.” An interesting note is that Cardinal what people are talking about and get my daily dose
Mahoney ultimately became such a scandal (in his of who are the “bad leaders” in the Church
alleged failures to protect young people from sexually (according to their opinion).
abusive clergy), that in 2003 he was “relieved of all
pastoral duties in the Archdiocese” by his successor Again and again, I remind you to please pray for
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez. Your Church, for Christ’s Church; this means for
Her leaders, Her bishops, priests, and deacons.
Subsequently, I think that the same can be said about That even though God does “draw straight lines
Churchmilitant.com. From their own website, I found using crooked arrows” oftentimes, these “crooked
that their mission is to “combat” the evils and sins of arrows” alienate so many people from their
the Church and Her leaders while offering a faith. Like Mother Angelica, who gave us the
“traditional Catholic” perspective to the Catholic perfect example of sticking it out, we should hold
faith. Similarly, like EWTN, there are many great fast to our beliefs and always be open to being
things that this website has to offer Catholics and educated in our faith.
non-Catholics alike. However, while this is truly a
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Saint Joseph Parish Center
will be closed on Monday, Band-Aid drive
February 17th
for President’s Day Due to budgetary constraints, Robert Wood
Johnson Children’s Cancer Center and most
children’s cancer centers can only purchase
adult bandages and must rely solely on
A difficult choice donations for children’s adhesives.
A Band-Aid is usually viewed primarily as a
method for covering a wound, but for a child
Advocates of abortion often refer to the decision to have with cancer, it also says...
an abortion as a "difficult choice." Why is it a difficult
choice? The reason is very simple and obvious. We all
know that the unborn child is a person growing inside
“YOU ARE SPECIAL!”
the mother's womb. Chemotherapy drugs are needle injected through a “port”
surgically implanted in the child’s chest. After this
So, of course, it is "difficult". Choosing to terminate the frightening process, the young child can look through the
life of another human being is a "difficult choice". If the band aid box to select a “reward sticker” for their bravery
unborn child was not a person, what would be so difficult and to brighten their day. This activity provides a sense of
about choosing to end his or her life? Is killing a cancer control in a world that is otherwise the opposite for them.
growing inside your body a "difficult choice?" Of course We are hoping to help Robert Wood Johnson by
not. Dehumanizing the child is a vital strategy used by collecting donations for smaller sized Band-Aids in
pro-abortionists to disguise the "difficult choice" that is character themed, vibrant colors, wacky designs, etc.
A common gap is the 9-13 “tweener” ages because they
being made. The baby is made to appear like an invading have outgrown the character bandages and are seeking a
cancerous growth. new version of cool! But for the younger kids, you can
Why do we allow such deceit and never go wrong with good old Sponge Bob or a bright
pink Band-Aid to match a young girl’s dress. They can
victimization of the pre-born? Can you pick something out which fits their personality.
find a more innocent or vulnerable
human being than a precious baby boy or If you bring just one box of Band-Aids when you attend
Mass, we can create over 1,000 moments of distraction
girl inside his/her mother's womb? and fun! Please consider the smile you may put on the
So continue to pray for these children and face of one of these brave children and consider
contributing a box today.
BOTH their parents. May they have the
courage and faith to keep their children Donations can be placed in the Band-Aid drive box in
the entrance of the church. Our goal is to collect 300
and give them the opportunity to grow in boxes. Any questions, please contact Pam Raynor at
“age and wisdom.” 973-383-8575.
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IS AVAILABLE Memory (located across the street from the Parish Center)
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Kelly Turscik Saturdays from 9:30am-12:30pm
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973-383-2092 like to support our parish by
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Tuesday-Saturday 9:30-11:45am the Parish Center Office.
1:15-4:30pm, Sunday 1:15-4:30pm
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Saint Joseph Church’s Cemetery
137-151 Route 206 - Newton, New Jersey
Crypts and niches are still available in our Queen of Heaven Mausoleum (inside and outside)
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Our beloved
Anne. After one
year of your
passing from this
life to eternal
glory, you are still
dearly missed. Continue to
keep watch over your family of
faith here in Newton.
“God Bless all
and thank you
for your support!”
10 East Clinton Street, Newton 973-383-9330
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