Sunday, February 20, 2nd
Sunday of Lent
7:00 For the
Intentions of the Celebrant
9:00 Marie Mackritis
requested by
Mr & Mrs Harvey
Maybrown
9:00 For the People of
the Parish
9:00 Mary Bell
requested by The Family
10:30 Renato Meneses requested
by
Virginia Rimando
10:30 Jesus Fernandez
requested by
JoAnn & Michael
Turkovich
10:30 For the
Intentions of the Celebrant
12:00 Frances Panella
requested by
The D’Agostino Family
12:00 Leon Moscato
requested by the D’Agostino Family
12:00 Veronica Kelly
requested by the D’Agostino Family
5:00 Theresa Schiano
requested by Joyce & Joe Ando
5:00 Joseph C Schmid
requested by the Raleigh Family
5:00 For Our Beloved
Dead
Monday, February 21
7:00 For the
Intentions of the Celebrant
9:00 Kathleen Pagliuca
requested by Loving Family
9:00 Andrea Griffen
requested by
Mr & Mrs
Riccardelli & Family
12:10 Jack Eschmann
(living) requested by the Mawn Family
Tuesday, February 22,
The Chair of St Peter
7:00 For the People of
the Parish
8:45 Edward Kenny Sr.
requested by
Claire & Jim
McQuillan
8:45 John Buckley Jr.
requested by The Antonucci Family
12:10 Charles Mawn
requested by the Mawn Family
Wednesday, February 23
7:00 For the
Intentions of the Celebrant
9:00 Morita Martinez
requested by
Linda & Tony
DeBiase
12:10 Maria DeSimone
requested by Mr & Mrs Joseph Becker
Thursday, February 24
7:00 Beatrice Lichte
requested by Mr & Mrs A Fogarty
9:00 Walter Ingram
requested by the Libschik Family
12:10 Duilio Cagnoli
requested by the DiSilvestre Family
Friday, February 25
7:00 For the
Intentions of the Celebrant
9:00 Michael Sollazzo
requested by the Bunicci Family
12:10 For Our Children
Saturday, February 26
8:00 William Schaudel
requested by
Loving wife &
Daughters
8:00 Mary Cunningham
requested by the Mardiney Family
Anticipated Mass for
Sunday
5:00 Jose Antonio
Pimentel requested by
Mr & Mrs Antonio
Farinha
5:00 James Rohan
requested by the Kutch Family
Sunday, February 27,
3rd Sunday of Lent
7:00 Stella Parise
requested by Diane Doran
9:00 Angelo Cosma
requested by
Kathy, Chris &
Matthew Russo
9:00 Deceased Members
of the St Regis Knights of
Columbus and
Columbiettes
9:00 For All the Poor
10:30 For the People
of the Parish
10:30 Pat Vogel
requested by Mr & Mrs Thomas O’Conell
10:30 Emma Turi
requested by Claudia & Frank Tantone
12:00 Ellen Oakley
requested by the Rainone Family
12:00 Noreen Murphy
requested by the Rainone Family
12:00 For the
Intentions of the Celebrant
5:00 Ed Williams
requested by the McCarthy Family
5:00 Ricco Luisi
requested by the Pugliese Family
5:00 For the
Intentions of the Celebrant
IF 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
Rita Herdman, Rose
Davis, Mary Hayes, Joan Maffia 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 Maggie Errico
Robert Filce
Catherine Gracey Andrea
Griffin William J Guthrie III
Raymond Harold Mary
Hayes Warren Johnson
Gail Karcher 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 Thomas
Rigney Jr Frances Romagnuolo
Salvatore Romagnuolo
Barbara Rooney Rose Russo
Joyce Ryan Leticia
Schilt Antonina Sturiano
Kathleen P. Taylor
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 Thomas 5:00
pm Fr Maffeo
7:00 am Fr Thomas 7:00
am Fr Maffeo
9:00 am Fr Butler 9:00
am Fr Thomas
10:30 am Fr Boyle
10:30 am Fr Butler
12:00 pm Fr Maffeo
12:00 pm Fr Boyle
5:00 pm Fr Boyle 5:00
pm Fr Butler
ALTAR BREAD & WINE
No arrangements were
made
for this week. If you
would
like to have your
loved one
remembered in this way
please contact the
rectory.
OUR LITURGY
The blessings of
salvation and eternal life begin with
listening to the voice
of God. Jesus is the Living Word of
God given to us and
guiding us to truth and life. When we
listen to Jesus and
follow Him, we are fulfilling the will
of the Father.
Following the example of Christ in doing
the will of the Father
will make us one with God in glory.
FROM THE DESK OF FR.
MIKE
“As they were coming
down from the mountain
Jesus charged them,
‘Do not tell the vision to
anyone until the Son
of Man has been raised from
the dead.”
Matthew’s account of
the Transfiguration ends
differently from
Mark’s account-who has Jesus
issuing the same
command, but then follows up with
the Apostles wondering
what does it mean to rise
from the dead. “…so,
they kept the matter to
themselves,
questioning what rising from the dead
meant.” (Mk
9:10) I don’t know about you, but I
think that if I saw
what the Apostles saw on Mt.
Tabor that day I would
be wondering about more
than what rising from
the dead meant. After all,
think of what they
saw-something so spectacular that
it’s story is told in all
three of the Synoptic Gospels.
Think of what they
experienced, Jesus changes
before their eyes and
becomes as white as light with
Moses and Elijah
appearing on either side. They see
Jesus speaking to them
about what He is about to
undergo in Jerusalem and
of course how it will endor
in this case begin!
It’s such a wonderful
occurrence, Peter
wants to capture the moment and
live in it forever.
However, this is not meant to be,
and as soon as Peter
speaks the whole moment ends.
If I were James and
John, I think I would have been
angry with Peter.
However, we really can’t blame
Peter for trying to
capture the pure joy of the
moment, but if it
happened the way Peter wanted it,
salvation would be too
easy and not as meaningful or
universally felt.
With this in mind, we
begin to see why every 2nd
Sunday of Lent (and on
August 6th, the Feast of the
Transfiguration) we
are told about this amazing
event. We are given a
glimpse of Easter and the Last
Day and most of us
like Peter; want it now, better yet
yesterday! But the
eternal life and glory that Jesus
shares with us cannot
come until sin and death are
totally conquered.
Jesus, Himself, must first endure
suffering, the Cross
and the Grave before this can
happen, and likewise
we must go through all of these
steps of dying to sin
and death. Unless we do this,
we cannot be ready for
the great day of the
resurrection to new
life through Jesus Christ. This
season of Lent helps
us to do this, to die to ourselves
(namely the things
that make us selfish, self absorbed,
blind to the needs of
others, and keep us
from forgiving and
loving as God wants us), and to
prepare us for the
great celebration of Easter.
How then do we make
the most of this Lenten
Period of which we are
already in its 2nd Week?
How can we make these
changes in our lives?
That’s easy, all you
have to do is just follow the
command of God our
Father when His voice comes
out of the cloud and
then focus on the same thing the
Apostles saw when it
was over. “This is my beloved
Son, with whom I am
well pleased; listen to Him.”
“And when the
disciples raised their eyes, they saw
no one else but Jesus
alone.” Listen to the Father
and listen to His Son
and focus on Jesus alone.
Please for God’s sake,
for your sake and your
families, for the
parish’s sake and that of the world
listen to Jesus and
make the most of Lent!
Tomorrow, Feb. 21st,
from 4-9 PM the St. Regis
Council of the Knights
of Columbus will be
conducting a much
needed Blood Drive at the
Council Hall. If you
are able to give blood, please
donate a pint and help
save the life of another. We
would also like to
thank the St. Regis Council for
their donation of
$1,722.00. This gift came as a
result of the C&B
Charity Drive that the Council ran
by selling the books
after Mass and through our
regular parish
mailing. Thanks to your generous
purchase of these
books, you have not only helped
the various charities
of the Knights, but also St.
Joseph’s. We are very
blessed to have a local
council that donates
to the Church their portion of
the C&B sales,
which they could have rightly used
for the council. Once
again thank you to the Knights
and to all who
supported this very important drive.
Next, weekend at all
of the Masses Fr. James M.
Gaughan from
Food for the Poor will speak at all of
the Masses on behalf
of the good work they do for
hungry people around
the world.
As of Jan. 31st,
101 families have pledged $13,
715.00 to this year’s Catholic
Ministries Appeal-we
are now only
$68,169.00 away from this year’s goal
of $74,800.00. Thank
you, so much to all who have
made their pledges up
to this report and to all who
have made their pledge
after this report-like me! If
you have not made your
pledge yet, there is still
plenty of time-so
please do your part to help our
brothers and sisters throughout
the diocese by
supporting the
Catholic Ministries Appeal.
God bless you always.
The Religious
Education Confirmation
program is in need of
2 volunteers to
work 3 hours either AM
or PM on either
Tuesday or Wednesday.
Knowledge of
data entry is necessary.
Please contact
Deacon Jim at the
rectory - 588-8456.
We need your talents,
so please call. Thank you.
School News
Enjoy the Winter
Recess !!!
Stewardship
“Bear your share of
the hardship which the
gospel entails,”
St.Paul tells Timothy in
today’s second
reading. What sacrifice is
asked of me for the
sake of the Gospel?
How willing am I to
bear my share?
Weekly Offering
689 envelopes $15,311
Loose collection 2,742
Total Last Sunday $
18,053
Weekly Operating
Expenses 21,250
Same Collection Last
Year 13,891
Poor Box last weekend
456
Ash Wednesday
Collection 5,844
Same collection last
year 6,140
Parish Outreach
Your donation of food
and staple items are always
appreciated. Kindly
leave them in the front of Mary’s
statue in the Church before
or after Mass.
PREGNANCY
CRISIS HOTLINE -
We are here to help
you. Please call 981-6888.
Scrip Corner
It’s winter break time
!! We have Wendy’s, Burger King,
Boston Market and
Domino’s Pizza if you decide to treat
your children to
lunch. Make sure you have Blockbuster
scrip on hand in case
of a rainy day! Don’t forget it costs
you nothing more &
helps the Parish.
St Joseph Playgroup
St Joseph’ s Playgroup
invites children from birth to age 5
and their parent/ grandparent/
caregiver to join us Friday
mornings from 9:30 to
10:45 for an informal playgroup.
We meet in Father
Carew Hall (the church basement)
every Friday except
for school holidays and church holy
days. For information,
call Sally Miller at 737-5120.
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.
There will be NO
Religious Ed classes the week of
February 20th
including Sunday School. This is Winter
Break. Our office will
also be closed.
Level 6 Reconciliation
in Church on Monday Feb. 28th.
Tuesday students
arrive at 7:15 p.m. and Wednesday and
Thursday students
arrive at 7:45 p.m.
Temple Visit
Rescheduled. Notices were sent home
notifying parents that
our visit to the Temple for Level 6
students has been
rescheduled for March 7th.
Get your Entertainment
Books in the Religious Ed
Office at a cost of only
$20.
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 Stephen Gene
DiGirolamo SGT Ryan Delaney
PVT Matthew DiNardo Lt
John Kenneth DiNero
Lt Nancy DiNero CPL
Keith Flick
SFC Raymond Fulton SSG
Jeremy Garcia
CAPT Jennifer Gotkin
SPC Daniel Heuman
SGT Steven Knight 1SGT
John Krumholz
PFC Brian Lane SSG Stephen
LeGrady
GM2 Gerard McGarity PFC
Edward McGinn
SGT Patrick McNally
Andy Mezador
SGT Daniel Montville
SPC Tristin Mortensen
SGT James Munro SSG
Joey Napolitano
LCPL Thomas Napolitano
LCPL James Neubauer
LCPL Michael Napolitano
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
Rudy Schoverling
PO2 Roger Schoverling
SSG Thomas J Valentino
SSG Nick Vicale CPL
Mark Ward
MAJ Edward Ward CPL
Zachary Wilga
SSG Dusty Williamson
SPC James Stanek
(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)
Banns of Marriage
(Third Time)
Lisa Cincotta and
Kevin Conroy both of
St Joseph’s
Christina Safara of St
Joseph’s and
Coby Seifert of St
Luke’s, Whitestone, NY
Michele Livigni and
Dustin Ross both of St
Joseph’s
Darlene Burgos of St
Joseph’s and
Joseph Grande of St
Barnabas, Bellmore, NY
Melissa Giannetto of
St Joseph’s and
Thomas Sabbatino of
Assumption BVM, Centereach
Marlana Villanueva of
St Joseph’s and
Matthew Kittel
Karen Montenegro and
John Horn of St
Joseph’s
The 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.
“Ask yourself: Have
you been kind today? Make kindness
your daily modus
operandi and change your world.”
Singer Annie Lennox
Mark Your Calendars
Feb 25, Mar
4,11,18 Stations of the Cross 7:30 PM
Feb 25 & 26
Vegas Nights
March 6 Unity
Sunday
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 Last
Words of Jesus, 3PM
Communion Service
Respect Life
NYS CATHOLIC
CONFERENCE FORUM
Tuesday, March 8th
is designated as 2005 Public Policy
Day. This day,
sponsored by the NYS Catholic Conference,
will be held in
Albany, and you are invited to join Catholics
from across the state
to demonstrate the strength and unity of
the Catholic voice;
learn about critical issues such as stem
cell research,
education tax credits, and health care reform,
affordable housing and
the death penalty. Part of this day
will see the
celebration of the Mass by Cardinal Egan and
the Bishops of the
state. You will be able to meet with
legislators, and sit
in the auditorium to hear dynamic and
inspiring speakers.
All this is free, including a box lunch and
transportation to and
from Albany.
If you choose to
attend, please be aware that on March 3rd
there will be an
Albany Forum Briefing which you will be
expected to attend
also; this briefing will take place on
Thursday, March 3rd,
from 7:30 – 9:30 pm at St. Anthony’s
High School in
Melville. Call 518-434-6195 to register, or
go to
www.nyscatholic.org.
RESPECT LIFE LEADERS
CONVOCATION
On Saturday, March 12,
at St. John the Baptist High
School in West Islip,
this convocation will feature End of
Life Issues –
Nutrition, Hydration and Palliative Care. Mass
will be said by Bishop
Murphy, after which there will be a
Breakfast Break and
Respect Life Information Exchange.
The keynote speakers
will be Michael J Brescia, Executive
Director of Calvary
Hospital, Bronx, NY, and Colleen
Carroll Campbell,
Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center,
Washington, D.C. Lunch
will be served from 12:15 to
1:15.This program is
sponsored by the Respect Life Office
of the Diocese, and
there will be no charge for the day’s
events. Please call
516-379-8292 ext 215 or go to
respectlife@drvc.org.
Deadline for registration is March 7th.
LIFE NEWS NEWSLETTER
Our March newsletter
will be prepared for mailing on
Saturday, February 26th.
Please come to the Old School Gym
and give us an hour or
two of your time to do this work.
Confirmation
candidates are able to earn service credits, so
come on down! We will
be there from 8 am on and
complimentary lunch
will be served. All are welcome.
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 ___-
Lenten Prayer
Intention
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Stations of the Cross
EVERY FRIDAY
OF LENT
AT
7:30 PM
IN THE CHURCH
FEBRUARY 25
MARCH 4, 11, 18
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.
Blood Drive
The Knights of
Columbus are sponsoring a blood drive on President’s Day, Monday,
February 21,2005. It
will be held upstairs at the St Regis Council between the hours of 4-9 PM.
For further
information please call Karl Sundquist at 265-2691.
Lenten Retreats
A retreat with Gregory
Norbet “The
Grace of Lent” will
be held at St
Elizabeth Ann Seton
Church from
Sunday, February 27th
thru Tuesday,
March 1st at 7:30PM.
Gregory is the
composer of Hosea, All
I Ask of You,
Wherever You Go and
many other
songs of faith that
have been a
significant part of
contemporary
Christian music for
over two decades.
A Day of Silence &
Solitude given by
Sr. Elenore Woronick,
at The Cenacle
Retreat in Ronkonkoma
on Saturday,
March 19th. A brief
presentation will
begin the day and it
will close with a
prayer service. The
day begins at 9:30
and ends at 6:00 pm.
Bring your own
Brown bag lunch. For
more information
call 588-8366.
“Nunsense” is
being presented by the Clare Rose
Playhouse at St
Joseph’s College on Saturday, March
12th at 2:00 pm. Cost
of a ticket is $25.00 which includes
a wine and cheese
reception with the cast. All proceeds
will benefit the ministries
of the Sisters of St Joseph. For
tickets and
information call 631-273-1187 ext 26 or 42.
Retrouvaille
Retrouvaille is a
program for marriages that are in trouble. It
offers a lifeline to
couples suffering with relationship problems.
No group discussions.
The program will help you rediscover
each other, examine
your life and learn to communicate more
effectively. Six
post-weekend sessions provide continued
support. The next
weekend will be held at the Immaculate
Conception Retreat Center
in Douglaston, Queens on March 4-
6, 2005. For more info
or to register, call 1-800-470-2230.
At Our Lady of Grace
Church in West
Babylon Catholic
Charities will soon be
opening two group
homes for the developmentally
disabled. Each house
will become
home to six adults who
are
developmentally
disabled. Catholic
Charities will
administer the homes. This is
one very exciting and
wonderful
undertaking among the
many, many good
works of Catholic
Charities. These two
group homes are the
result of cooperation
between the parish and
Catholic Charities.
In other words,
various members of the
Body of Christ joined
together to do
something beautiful
for God.
At the same time this
is only one
example of the work of
the Church on
Long Island. Through
Catholic Charities,
the education and
pastoral formation arms
of the diocese, our
exceptional Seminary of
the Immaculate
Conception in Huntington,
and Catholic Health
Services (to name but
a few), the Church on
Long Island is doing
marvelous work in caring
for countless
people. It is because
of the good I see
being done by so many
agencies and so
many people that lam
an ardent supporter,
of the Catholic
Ministries Appeal. The
money from the appeal
goes to the pastoral
care of people. This
appeal has been
renamed and
restructured so that none of
the money raised is
used for administrative
needs but all of it
serves those in need and
benefits local
parishes. Twenty-two
percent of the money
raised in this appeal
supports the work of
Catholic Charities. I
have had the privilege
to know and to work
closely with many of
the personnel in
Catholic Charities and
I have been very
impressed by their
competence and their
dedication. Twenty
percent of the appeal
fosters the work of
Catholic education. Our
Catholic grammar
schools and high
schools not only offer
a great education but
place that learning in
the context of a solid
Catholic tradition
filled with Gospel
values. The work of
faith formation for
public school pupils
also receives funding
from this part of the
appeal.
Twenty percent of the
appeal goes to
pastoral outreach.
This includes initiatives
for respect for all of
human life and our
campus ministry
programs to bring Christ
to our college
students. It also includes our
diocesan mission. My
dear friend, Msgr.
John Cervini, is
presently serving our
diocesan mission in
the Dominican
Republic along with
dedicated Sisters and
Peace Corps workers.
The Catholic
Ministries Appeal
supports our diocesan
mission.
Eighteen percent of
the money raised in
this appeal is used
for the formation of lay
leaders in our
parishes for the future needs
of the Church. I could
not run my parish
without the generous
assistance of a fine
pastoral staff and an
army of gifted
volunteers. The work
of the Church on
Long Island is greatly
enhanced by the
many people who serve
others by the use
of their time and
talent. The spiritual,
theological and social
justice formation of
these good people
assures that we are
living the Christian
life in accordance with
the teaching and
example of Jesus Christ.
The Catholic
Ministries Appeal funds,
these formation
efforts. At our seminary in
Huntington we have a
rich resource of
trained faculty
members who ably prepare
men for the priesthood
mid who also bring
the wisdom of good theology
to the
diaconate program and
to lay men and
women receiving
degrees in theology.
And finally, 20
percent of the money
raised in the Catholic
Ministries Appeal is
returned to parishes
through the increased
rebate worked out last
year. This is a
popular part of the
appeal for all of us who
are pastors in the
diocese.
I mention all these
details because I do
not think many people
realize what great
good comes from the
appeal. I think most
people think the money
goes to
bureaucratic needs or
to the bishop. It does
not. I am an ardent
supporter of the
Catholic Ministries
Appeal because I am
convinced that the
money is being well
used in very,
worthwhile endeavors.
We are living through
a very difficult
time in the Church. To
me it is important
that we do not lose
sight of all the good the
Church does. This
happens every day on
both a diocesan and a
parish level. While
seeking to renew and
reform the Church, I
invite you to join me
in supporting the
pastoral work of the
Church through the
Catholic Ministries
Appeal. I specifically
invite those who have
not been aware of
the good of this
appeal in the past to
consider making a
pledge this year. No
pledge is too small.
The more that each of
us makes a
contribution to this appeal, the
more the Church will
be at its best on Long
Island. Together we
can do beautiful things
for God and for one
another.
May the Lord give you
his peace.
By MSGR. JAMES
McNAMARA
The Long Island
Catholic, 26 January 2005
What are you doing
with
the kids
President’s Day,
February 21st?
How about ice-skating
at
THE RINX at Hidden
Pond Park!
10 am to 12 pm
~ only $10 for 2
hours ~
(includes skate
rental)
Have a FUN MORNING for
a GREAT PRICE and help
support our parish’s
Boy
Scout Troop.
Tickets, available in
the
Rectory office,
must be purchased in
advance.
--- a fun’raiser for
St. Joseph Boy Scout Troop 272 ---
(All are welcome.)
St. Joseph’s
Troop 272
Ronkonkoma, NY
Annual
Pancake Breakfast
February 27,2005
8 am - 12 noon
________________________________________
Tickets can be
purchased in the rear of the Church after
all the Masses. Order
your tickets in advance & pick
them up at the door.
Please make you check
to: Boy Scout Troop 272 and
mail to:
St Joseph Troop 272
BSA Fundraising Committee c/o
Beverly Mason, 29
Midland Blvd,
Lake Ronkonkoma, NY
11779
Adults $5.00 ,
Children $3.00 (10 years & under).
Name
___________________ Adults $5 x___= _____
Address
_________________
________________________
Children $3 x __=_____
Phone
__________________
You Are Invited to
Las Vegas
Nites
Friday, Feb 25, 2005
&
Saturday, Feb 26, 2005
8 pm
to 12:00 am
in
St. Joseph’s Lower
Church
Featuring
Vegas Craps Black Jack
(with Push)
Roulette Big Wheel
Refreshments will be
served
Free Admission
18 years and older
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 & VALET PARKING.
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
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
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Intramural Soccer:
Beth
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Track
Karen
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Chairman: Henry
Baseball:
Gene
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Girls Basketball:
Christine
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Boys Basketball:
Frank
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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!!!