MASS
INTENTIONS
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
Monday,
February 28
7:00
For the Intentions of the Celebrant
9:00
Beatrice Lichte requested by Catherine Friedman
9:00
Mary Napolitano requested by
Loving
Daughter & Family
12:10
Police Officer Michael Melchiona requested by
Loving
Family
Tuesday,
March 1
7:00
For the Intentions of the Celebrant
8:45
William Fehringer requested by Loving Children
8:45
Theresa Schiano requested by The Blinn Family
12:10
John Biglin requested by Mary Ann Long
Wednesday,
March 2
7:00
For the Intentions of the Celebrant
9:00
Debbie Schramm requested by
Mr
& Mrs Robert Affenita
9:00
Michael Moore requested by the Mawn Family
12:10
Steve Torma requested by Mr & Mrs Suli
Thursday,
March 3, St Katherine Drexel
7:00
For the Intentions of the Celebrant
9:00
Big Scott 69ers MC requested by East Legion MC
9:00
Theresa Bertucci requested by Loving Family
12:10
For Our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II
Friday,
March 4, St Casimir
7:00
Helen L Hennessy requested by Loving Family
9:00
Augusto Lucas requested by Loving Family
12:10
Angelo Iorio requested by Loving Family
Saturday,
March 5
8:00
Theresa DeFilippo requested by Marie DeFilippo
8:00
Elizabeth Cameron requested by
Loving
Husband & Family
Anticipated
Mass for Sunday
5:00
William & Theresa Foy requested by
Mr
& Mrs James Foy
5:00
Keith Nintzel requested by ATS Secretaries
Sunday,
March 6, 4th Sunday of Lent
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
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
William
F Culliton, Thomas M Lowe, Evelyn Acampora, 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
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 Maffeo 5:00 pm Fr Butler
7:00
am Fr Maffeo 7:00 am Fr Butler
9:00
am Fr Thomas 9:00 am Fr Boyle
10:30
am Fr Butler 10:30 am Fr Maffeo
12:00
pm Fr Boyle 12:00 pm Fr Thomas
5:00
pm Fr Butler 5:00 pm Fr Maffeo
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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
Beatrice
Lichte
Requested
by
The
Fogarty Girls
OUR
LITURGY
The
Israelites in the desert complained and blamed Moses
for
the lack of water, and God provided it. The Samaritan
woman
at the well recognized Jesus first as a Jew, then as a
prophet,
then the Christ, and finally, as the “savior of the
world.”
The living water promised by Jesus is the Holy
Spirit
which Paul says has been poured out into our hearts.
Sunday,
February 27, 2005 Page 3
FROM THE DESK OF FR.
MIKE
“Jesus
answered and said to her, ‘If you knew the
gift
of God and who is saying to you “Give me a
drink!”
you would have asked him and he would give
you living water.’ The woman said to him, ‘Sir, you
do
not even have a bucket and the cistern is deep,
where
then can you get this living water? Are you
greater
than our father Jacob, who gave us this
cistern…’
Jesus answered, ‘Everyone who drinks this
water
will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the
water
I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall
give
will become…a spring of water welling up to
eternal
life.’”
Water
is the common theme of today’s readings. In
one
account, water meets the immediate need of thirsty
people
in the desert, and in the other, we are told about
the
water that will satisfy the soul. Both are necessary,
and
both pouring outs present a challenge to our spiritual
and
faith life.
Who
can blame the Israelites in the desert for being
upset
when they didn’t have water! Who can blame them
for
their complaining, however, one does have to ask
them,
“Why were you so filled with disbelief and have
such
a strong lack of faith in God?” “After all you have
seen
God do great things. He freed you from slavery, he
parted
the Red Sea, He gave you the gift of the 10
Commandments,
and He made his great Covenant with
you
and you still do not believe!” “How can you ask, ‘If
the
Lord in our midst or not?’ Yet, they did, and this
became
their great sin - they just didn’t trust and have
faith
in God. Fortunately, that does not stop God and He
provides
them the water from the rock. The significance
of
the water coming out of the rock, is that the Old
Testament
often makes reference to God as the Rock - the
divine
life which never ends and provides the world with
the
strong foundation. Remember the old English hymn
Rock
of Ages. So, we see that the Rock does not abandon
His
people even when they abandon Him, and one can
only
hope that after they had their fill, they once again
believed
and turned to faith.
In
the Gospel, the Samaritan Woman goes to the well
also
looking for water to satisfy her thirst, but receives so
much
more. She does not come away with water, no she
comes
away with the Spirit of God and the new life given
to
all through Jesus Christ. “Are you greater than our
father
Jacob?” You bet, much greater, for it is with God
that
Jacob makes the Covenant and it is with God made
human
whom this woman is speaking to. After her
encounter
with Jesus, she, in fact the whole town,
believes
in Jesus and all that He gives them (new life, the
forgiveness
of sins, and a hope and faith that reaches deep
into
the heart and never disappoints - as St. Paul tells us in
the
Letter to the Romans). They knew that through Jesus
they
could truly trust in God, how about you? How about
me,
and how about all of us?
Today’s
Old Testament and Gospel readings are
reminders
of the new life we gain in Baptism and what we
will
celebrate at Easter. We are blessed this year to have
several
people making their way toward the Easter
Sacraments.
Let us pray for them and for the wonderful
people
in our parish’s RCIA who minister to them in our
name
(more to come in future weeks).
This
weekend we welcome Rev. James M. Gaughan
who
is speaking at all of the Masses about Food for The
Poor.
As we see in Mathew’s Gospel-whatsoever you do
to
the least of my brothers and sisters, that you do unto
me!
After
23 years of dedicated, service to our beautiful
St.
Joseph’s School, our beloved principal Mrs. Marie
Salvietti
is retiring to spend some much-needed time
with
her family. We are so very grateful to Mrs. Salvietti
for
all of the wonderful things she has done as a teacher
and
principal at our school. We certainly wish her well,
and
we will all miss her. At present, we are in the process
of
looking for a new principal. Our new principal will
build
upon the foundation laid by Mrs. Salvietti and of the
past
principals of our school. Like Easter, this is a time
for
new beginnings and we are all very excited as to what
the
future will bring! This is a great time for hope and
faith
in what God wants to do through St. Joseph’s-both
the
school and the parish as a whole.
Now
some people might be thinking that Mrs. Salvietti
is
retiring because the school is going to close. With the
reports
of the school closings in the Brooklyn Diocese
and
two in Rockville Centre that seems like a good,
guess. In this case it is not, and nothing can be further
from
the truth when it comes to our school! It is not the
intent
of the parish or the Diocese of Rockville Centre
that
the school close. In fact, we are looking for even
greater
things to come from the school. St. Joseph’s
School
is indeed a great blessing for our parish, and we
must
all do everything we can to insure that this blessing
will
be here for future generations. Once again, please
consider
our beautiful school for your children’s
education-while
the cost may place some pressure on
your
budget, it is an expense well worth it for what your
children
will gain. More to come!
God
bless you always and continue to ask God for the
grace
to make the most out of this Lent.
Fr.
Mike
Stewardship
When
Jesus asked the Samaritan
woman
for a drink of water, He opened
the
door for a life changing relationship
with
Him. Scripture says her testimony
drew
many others to Him as well. We,
too,
must be ready to respond whenever
and
wherever the Lord speaks to us and
be
prepared for it to change our lives.
Weekly
Offering
686
envelopes $13,826
Loose
collection 2,431
Total
Last Sunday $ 16,257
Weekly
Operating Expenses 21,250
Same
Collection Last Year 17,145
Poor
Box last weekend 237
Scrip
Corner
We
have scrip for Domino’s Pizza & Lowe’s Cineplex in
stock.
Why not stop into the rectory for your pizza &
movie
night.? Don’t forget it costs you nothing more &
helps
the Parish.
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.
PREGNANCY
CRISIS HOTLINE - We are here to help
you.
Please call 981-6888.
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.
Classes
resume this week.
Level
6 Reconciliation Monday, February 28th.
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.
Entertainment
Books are on sale in the Religious
Ed
Office and the Rectory at a cost of only $20.
Help
Wanted
The
Parish 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.
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4 Sunday, February 27, 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 G 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 PFC Brian Lane
SSG
Stephen LeGrady GM2 Gerard McGarity
PFC
Edward McGinn SGT Patrick McNally
PFC
William Meyer Andy Mezador
SGT
Daniel Montville SPC Tristin Mortensen
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
ENS
3 Lucy Padro PFC Christopher Reid
SGT
Edwin Rivera, II SR/SA Jason Schiavo
RCT
Brian Schildt SPC Rudy Schoverling
PO2
Roger Schoverling 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)
Welcome
to the Newest
Members
of Our Parish Family
Michael
John Accardi
Krysta
Erin Churns
Heath
Richard Daseking, Jr
Joseph
Robert Dinson
James
Peter Emburey
Kayla
Ann Kane
Dylan
Maxwell Miller
Christopher
Dennis Moran
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.
Respect
Life
MINOR
Decisions
Teens
may feel like parents run their lives, but
according
to the New York State Civil Liberties Union
Web
site, minors – those under the age of 18 – can make
certain
decisions themselves on things such as: Their own
reproductive
health, including abortions, contraception,
and
testing and treatment of sexually transmitted
diseases,
including AIDS. Drug and alcohol counseling
without
parental permission or consent, Rape crisis
counseling
and appropriate medical aid, Emergency room
treatment
without parental consent, if it’s a true
emergency.
BUT in NYS minors need their parents’
permission
to get their ears or any other parts of their
body
(lip, navel, eyebrow, etc.) pierced.
Stacy Altherr, Newsday 2/15/ 05
DID
YOU KNOW?
The
sign at the entrance to Mercy Medical Center in
Rockville
Centre boldly proclaims that this is a “Safe
Haven
for Newborns”. This means that any unwanted
newborn
can be left at this place, and others such as
police
stations and firehouses, and other hospitals. If this
fact
had been more widely known, then maybe the baby
boy
found in the recycling bin by workers sorting clothes
could
have been saved. In the year 2000 these places
were
established to save babies, and the parents would
not
be prosecuted.
The Mineola, N.Y. based AMT Children of Hope
Foundation
offers a toll-free hotline for parents of
newborns
at 877-798-HOPE. For speakers for your
community
organization, church or school or for AMT
posters,
stickers and pocket cards, call the AMT business
office
at 516-781-3511.
The
Life Center of Long island has a similar program
called
“Dumpster Baby Task Force.” Their emergency
24/7
number for parents needing information on how to
find
a Safe Haven, etc., is 1-888-OP4infant.
Life
News, February 2005
Mark
Your Calendars
Mar
4,11,18 Stations of the Cross 7:30 PM
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 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.
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_________
Stations
of the Cross
EVERY
FRIDAY OF LENT
AT
7:30
PM
IN
THE CHURCH
Touching
the lives of many
through
diocesan and parish
ministries
and services
Catholic
Charities is the largest
beneficiary
of the Catholic
Ministries
Appeal now underway in
our
parishes. Last year Catholic
Charities
served over 80,000
people,
including the homeless,
those
with HIV/AIDS, seniors with
disabilities,
single mothers, those
struggling
with mental illness,
families
without health insurance
and
the marginalized.
To
fully appreciate the vital work in
which
Catholic Charities engages,
we
need to examine how individual
lives
have been changed. Joan (not
her
real name) is a 56-year-old
woman
suffering from a mild
mental
retardation. While still a
young
girl, she lost both of her
parents
and was forced to enter a
Suffolk
County facility for people
with
disabilities. While at the
center,
Joan showed she could be
very
productive in a number of
different
jobs and it was clear that
she
had the potential to live more
independently.
She
moved to the Catholic
Charities’
Christopher Residence
located
in Valley Stream, a more
home-like
environment. She
continued
to work and she was
known
to be exacting, diligent and
well
adjusted, although fairly shy.
Some
years later, Joan chose to
move
to another Catholic Charities
site
in Southold, where she could be
even
more independent.
She’s
there today, holding down a
job
and living a high quality life,
with
a great deal of freedom, not so
very
different from that of most
Long
Island parishioners.
Now,
Joan’s story could have
turned
out quite differently. After
all,
what happens to a young,
developmentally
disabled woman
who
loses her family? Does she end
up
in a cold, impersonal institution?
Is
she taken advantage of and
mistreated?
Does she become
homeless,
hopeless and forgotten?
Our
Church responds to those in
need.
The Church says she comes
home,
and the place Joan calls
home
was built and is sustained by
the
generosity of our parishioners.
Each
year the challenges facing
Catholic
Charities grow.
Recognizing
these increased needs,
the
2005 Appeal allocation to
Catholic
Charities has been
increased.
Please give as generously
as
you can to the Appeal. More than
ever
before, your support will help
people
and families in need in our
neighborhoods.
©
Copyright 2004
The
Long Island Catholic
Catholic
Ministries Appeal 2005
St
Joseph R C Church, Ronkonkoma, NY
Diocese
of Rockville Centre
PO
Box 4000, Rockville Centre, NY 11571-4000
516
379-5210 ext 2 Fax 516 379-5043 email: catholicministries@drvc.org
Pledge:
$ _________ Initial Payment: $ ________ Balance: $ _______
Thank
you for your support. Please make checks payable to: Catholic
Ministries Appeal
Name:______________________________________________________
Address:
____________________________________________________
City_____________________________
State____ Zip __________
This
form can be returned to St Joseph Rectory or put in an envelope and placed
in
the Sunday collection. We thank you for your support.
A
Guide to Giving
Pledge
10 Payments
$
300 $ 30
500
50
1,000
100
1,500
150
2,500
250
CATHOLIC
MINISTRIES APPEAL 2005
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
��467-0541
Intramural
Soccer:
Beth
��737-6299
Track
Karen
��588-8636
Chairman:
Henry
Baseball:
Gene
��588-1879
Girls
Basketball:
Christine
��737-3142
Boys
Basketball:
Frank
��585-6921
Melchiona
��467-6091
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!!!