MASS
INTENTIONS
Sunday,
June 5, Tenth Sunday Ordinary Time
7:00
Cornelius Dunleavy requested by Loving Wife Anne
7:00
Leona McInerney requested by The LePage Family
9:00
Kenny & McQuillan Families requested by Claire & Jim
9:00
Sharon Concanon requested by Matthew & Kim Chiella
9:00
For the Intentions of the Celebrant
10:30
Josephine Scicutella requested by The Glowacki Family
10:30
Jacqueline Scuderi requested by Maureen Cestare
10:30
For Our Beloved Dead
12:00
James Graziano requested by Tracy Corrigan
12:00
Elizabeth DeMaio requested by Loving Husband
12:00
For the Intentions of the Celebrant
5:00
For the People of the Parish
5:00
Greg Neilon requested by The Corideo Family
5:00
Patrick Casey requested by The Dinger Family
Monday,
June 6, St Norbert
7:00
Kathleen Pagliuca requested by Loving Family
7:00
Catherine McEvaddy requested by loving Son & Family
9:00
Geraldine Machin requested by Darlena Daniels
9:00
Thomas Alliegro requested by Clair Alliegro
Tuesday,
June 7, St Ephrem
7:00
Vincent Barber requested by Mr & Mrs Thomas O’Connell
8:45
Walter Andrew Bogdanowicz requested by Angela Strano
8:45
Conrad Scanlon requested by Loving Family
Wednesday,
June 8
7:00
Marybeth Dean requested by Dominick & Lisa Coscia
7:00
William Tuhey requested by Loving Wife
9:00
William Hughes requested by the Hughes Family
9:00
Anne Costa requested by Angie D’Allura & Family
Thursday,
June 9
7:00
Frances Purce requested by William & Diane O’Brien
9:00
Diana L Ferrara requested by Gail & Steven Bauer
9:00
Matthew (Duke) Teofrio requested by Loving Family
Friday,
June 10
7:00
Anthony Femenella requested by Sadie Polidoro
9:00
Paul Mistler requested by Marge Poy
9:00
Marion Albano & Michael Warren requested by
Mr
& Mrs A Silvestri
Saturday,
June 11, St Barnabas
8:00
Mary & Angelo Tedesco requested by Loving Son Michael
Anticipated
Mass for Sunday
5:00
For the People of The Parish
5:00
Joann Letzeisen requested by Tom & Millie D’Agostino
Sunday,
June 12, Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
7:00
John Salvia requested by Tom & Michele Sullivan
7:00
Michael Cutrone requested by Larry DeRosa
9:00
For An End to Abortion requested by
Respect
Life Committee
9:00
John Grega requested by Michael & Kim Cestare
9:00
For the People of the Parish
10:30
Mr & Mrs Lobrutto & Lily requested by Loving Family
10:30
Deceased Members of the Religious Ed Family requested by
Religious
Education Staff
10:30
Stanley Jeremusyk requested by Maffeo Family
12:00
Ann Gregory requested by Les
12:00
Rose Kovacs requested by Claire & Jim
12:00
For Our Beloved Dead
3:00
Mass For Mother’s Playgroup
5:00
Marilyn Hennessy requested by Loving Family
5:00
Greg Neilon requested by The Lee 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
Casimiro
Gomez , David DelGardo, Anne Bothwell, Eleanor Just,
Arthur
Dattner, James P Evans, 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 Oliver Bouchard Fr James Costello
Josephine
D'Agostino Alan Delgardo Angela DeSimone
Angelina
DeSimone Olivia Marie Devine Geraldine DuBritz
Maggie
Errico Howard Ferry Robert Filce
Jennifer
Giuliante William Guthrie III Raymond Harold
Mary
Hickey Gail Karcher Jack Kelleher
Louise
LaRocca Georgiana Lopez Anita Louise
Anthony
Maiorano Rita Maiorano Maureen McCann
Michele
McGee Juliana McLarney Josephine Mileto
Tom
Nanry Timothy M Nigro Grace C Peshkur
Bari
Pizzurro Arthur Plouffe Joseph C Poirot
Joan
A Reilly Ralph Rivellese Frances Romagnuolo
Salvatore
Romagnuolo Barbara Rooney Rose Russo
Jeanette
Schaffer Linda Stoltz Antonina Sturiano
Peter
Tantone Veronica Thatch Stacie Tizzard
Stephen
Walsh Patrick Woods
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
This
Week End Mass Next Week End
Fr
Maffeo 5:00 pm Fr Butler
Fr
Maffeo 7:00 am Fr Butler
Fr
Thomas 9:00 am Fr Boyle
Fr
Butler 10:30 am Fr Maffeo
Fr
Boyle 12:00 pm Fr Thomas
Fr
Butler 5:00 pm Fr Maffeo
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ALTAR
BREAD & WINE
The
gifts offered at our Masses this
weekend
Are
Donated in Honor of
The
Golden Anniversary of
Catherine
& Jim Gallagher
Requested
by
The
Happy Couple
OUR
LITURGY
Today
we hear the prophetic words of Hosea about what
God
desires. In turn, Jesus also quotes this prophet. Both
readings
affirm how we must focus our discipleship on
deeds
of compassion, service, and kindness, not on
religious
acts done for show. It is not what we do in
church
that primarily reveals discipleship, but what we do
outside
of it.
need
it most-at the beginning of life, helping families
feel
comfortable at the Baptism Ceremony; and at
the
end of life, helping families prepare the funeral
liturgy
for a loved one and helping the parish clergy
do
a good job in ministering to the families. Please
consider
helping your parish family in these, much
needed
services-thanks!
Next
Saturday, June 11th at 10:30 AM, we will
celebrate
an Anointing of the Sick Mass and next
Monday
June 13th at 7:30 PM, we will
celebrate a
very
special Mass in honor of St. Anthony of Paduawith
the
blessing of St. Anthony’s Bread.
On
Monday June 27th, the 6th
Annual St.
Joseph’s
School Golf Outing will take place at the
Timber
Point Country Club. Golfers arrive at
12
Noon for BBQ Lunch and Shotgun Start is 1:30
PM.
You can come for the Golf and Dinner or just
for
the great dinner. See details further on in the
bulletin.
There will also be raffles give a ways and a
chance
for a 5-Day Cruise. Come out and have a
good
time with your fellow parish family members
and
help support our beautiful school. All of the
proceeds
from this event go to help support the
running
of the school.
It’s
SUMMER FAMILY FESTIVAL TIME FROM
JULY
20-24. Come on out to celebrate with your
parish
family and friends and enjoy the rides,
games,
delicious food, limited raffle, basket raffle,
and
50/50 every night. We have lowered the price
on
the limited raffle tickets from $25 to $20 in hopes
that
this will make the raffle more attractive to people
and
increase sales. Remember both the Summer
Festival
and the Backwards Raffle are two of the
major
fun and fundraisers of the year and we need
the
support and help of all the members of the
parish.
The proceeds from these events go a long
way
in keeping the parish running and in the
BLACK.
So, come out and enjoy the festival come
early
and come often! We also need people to
share
with us their time and their talents in order to
make
it work-we can use all the help we can getthanks!
We
close with some Faith Sharing Questions:
1.)
Jesus says, “Follow me.” How are you
following
Christ? How is following Christ
affecting
your life?
2.)
Hosea rails against empty worship. What are
some
of the ways that we, as a community, can
keep
our worship from being “empty”?
3.)
St. Paul speaks of Abraham “hoping against
hope.”
Who or what has helped strengthen
your
faith and given you hope?
God
bless you always
The
Pharisees are upset with Jesus because He
has
the nerve to eat with sinners and tax collectors.
How
dare He, doesn’t He know who and what kind of
people
they are? Of course He does, in fact this is
the
whole reason why He invites Himself to dinner
with
them. Remember in Jesus’ day and even today,
when
you share a meal/table with someone you are
identifying
with them, and you become one with them!
So,
now that Jesus is eating with sinners and tax
collectors
He is becoming one of them-at least in the
minds
of the Pharisees. How can Jesus do this and
still
claim to be sent by God? Jesus is speaking out of
both
sides of His mouth-isn’t He? Well yes, if you
look
at this situation, the way the Pharisees do, but
no,
if you look at it the way Jesus is looking at it. Yes,
Jesus
is hoping that there will be a case of identity
and
oneness, but not that He becomes a sinner,
rather
that sinners and tax collectors identify with Him
and
the one who sent Him. What Jesus is saying is,
yes,
be one with me and turn your back on your
old
ways and become brand new again in the love
and
forgiveness of the Father given to you
through
the Son. Jesus knows that His dinner
companions
are sick, sick because of sin and its
darkness
and lifelessness, and that He is the
physician
who came to cure them. In short, Jesus
came
to cure us, but He can only do it, if we do as
Mathew
did in today’s Gospel and follow His call.
Jesus
is also calling us not to follow the example
of
the Pharisees, and judge people purely by human
standards
or forget that in reality we too are not
perfect!
Jesus is calling us to be like Him and look
beyond
the sin, and forgive the sinner and help him or
her
to come to a better life. If we wish to receive the
mercy
and forgiveness of God, we must likewise
extend
mercy and forgiveness to those who have
been
injured by sin. This also includes
those
who injure and hurt us!
Many
times, we are asked to pray for an increase
of
vocations for the Priesthood, Diaconate, or
Religious
Life. We are happy to announce that 2
members
of our parish family have been accepted by
the
Diocese to study for the Diaconate-they are Mr.
Frank
Dell’Aglio and Mr. William Dobbins.
Congratulations
to Frank, his wife Kathryn, Bill and
his
wife Blanca, and their families. Please keep them
in
your prayers and continue to pray for an increase of
vocations.
Remember, fostering vocations is the job of
every
Catholic.
We
are also in need of volunteers to serve the
parish
family as members of our Ministry of
Consolation
and in our Baptism Greeters Ministry.
Both
wonderful ministries help families when they
Sunday,
June 5, 2005 Page 3
FROM
THE DESK OF FR. MIKE
prayers,
we have an alternative. You may choose to
register
in our Pre-Eucharist program, call our office for
details.
Mark
your calendar St Joseph’s will once again be having
a
Summer Vacation Bible school from July 25 –29 for
ages
4 through 9. Registration forms are now
available.
Please call the Rectory or the Religious Ed
office
for your copy now.
Volunteers
are needed for our Vacation Bible School
program.
If you enjoy working with children and are 14
years
or older, please call the Religious Ed office (981-
1805)
and join the fun.
Entertainment
Books are now being sold for $10.00.
We
have a dozen left so stop in the Religious Ed office
for
your ½ priced copy now!
Stewardship
In
today’s Gospel, Jesus calls Matthew to follow Him and
demonstrates
that His love and compassion extend to all in
need
of healing and mercy. Good Christian stewards
willingly
follow Jesus and strive to embrace God’s presence
in
all people.
Registered
Families 5748
Weekly
Env Sent 1572
Monthly
Env Sent 706
Total
Families receiving Env 2278
Weekly
Offering
633
Envelopes $ 12,543
Loose
collection 2,336
Total
Last Sunday $14,879
Weekly
Operating Expenses 21,250
Weekly
Excess/Debt (6,371)
Same
Sunday last year 14,847
Poor
Box last weekend $321
Parish
Outreach
The
Commodity Supplemental Food Program / FAN is
offering
free food for seniors age 60 and over who are
income
eligible. The food package includes cheese, milk,
cereal,
juices, canned fruits, vegetables, meat and more.
Those
NEW eligible include a single senior whose gross
monthly
income is $1,037 or less, and a seniors couple,
whose
gross monthly income is $1,390 or less. For more
information
in Nassau or Suffolk please call:
(631)491-4169
or (631)491-4156.
PREGNANCY
CRISIS HOTLINE - We are here to help
you.
Please call 981-6888.
Religious
Education
Office
hours are Monday 9 am to 4 pm
Tuesday
and Wednesday 10 am to 4 pm
Thursday
from 9 am to 4 pm
Office
is closed on Friday
Registration
Please return your forms ASAP. Our office
will
be closing June 23rd and all forms received
after that
date
will not be processed until mid August. Any child
entering
first grade in September should be registered for
level
1 which is the first year of the two-year communion
prep.
If you are new to the parish, you may pick up
registration
forms at the Rectory. Please make sure you
are
registered in the parish and have an ID number.
Do
you know St Joseph has a Sunday School Program?
It
takes place at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday morning.
Registration
is now being accepted for this program.
Please
call the Religious Ed office for the registration
forms
at 981-1805. We will be happy to mail them out to
you.
Congratulations
to all our level 1 and Sacrament
readiness
1 students who said their prayers and completed
the
program. For those who did not choose to recite their
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4 Sunday, June 5, 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
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 MAJ Kevin McCue
GM2
Gerard McGarity PFC Edward McGinn
SGT
Patrick McNally PFC William Meyer
Andy
Mezador SGT Glenn Miller
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 MAJ Paul E Pinaud
PFC
Christopher Reid SGT Edwin Rivera, II
SSGT
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
At
a time when there is much debate in the
political
and medical world over human embryonic
stem
cell research, Stembanc, an umbilical stem cell
preservation
facility, is a company enabling the most
modern
technology to save lives.
Under
the motto, “Dedicated to the
preservation
of life”, Mr. Archibald
Grabinski,
the president of this company
states
Stembanc’s mission: to
communicate
the benefits of saving cord
stem
cells to expectant families, and to
provide
this service with the greatest technical, legal
and
ethical integrity. As he says, “we believe all
families
expecting newborn children deserve to be
more
fully informed regarding the importance of
saving
their child’s cord blood stem cells for their
family’s
future use.”
Newborn,
or umbilical cord blood stem cells have
already
been used in the treatment of over forty
different
diseases and have resulted in many lives
being
saved. These cells are obtained using a
completely
safe and painless procedure following
childbirth.
After the umbilical cord is clamped and
cut,
and no longer attached to the child, the
obstetrician
drains the cells that remain in the
umbilical
cord and placenta into a collection kit.
These
“privileged” (unexposed to disease) stem cells
have
demonstrated the capability of generating nonblood
tissues.
They have the potential of providing a
future
source of cells which, when saved, will
benefit
the child throughout his lifetime, an
invaluable
gift. And additionally, these cells are of
potentially
immediate benefit to close family
members,
such as siblings or parents. For
information
about Stembanc, call 1-877-836-2262
(1-87-STEMBANC)
or Visit www.stembanc.com.
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5 Sunday , June 5, 2005
Mark Your Calendars
June
11 Anointing Mass 10:30
June
13 St Anthony Mass 7:30 PM
June
24 Volunteer Appreciation
Party
6:30 PM
June
26 Fr. Butler’s Farewell Party after 12 Mass
June
27 Golf Outing
School
News
Congratulations
to all our 8th grade
student
who will be graduating on Friday
June
10th. We wish them much happiness
and
success in all that they do. Please keep
them
and all graduates in your prayers as
they
begin a new and exciting time in their lives.
CATHOLIC
DAUGHTERS NEWS
Court
St. Joseph will be celebrating their 80th
anniversary
as a presence here in St. Joseph’s Church, in
Ronkonkoma
on June 18th, 2005, at Beach Club
Estates,
Rose
Drive. Fr. Maffeo, our chaplain, will say Mass on
the
terrace overlooking the Lake, and a luncheon will
follow
in the restaurant, at $35 per person. This is a very
special
celebration and all parishioners are invited. Please
call
Janet, 588-4437 or Theresa, 585-5574 for more
information.
Happy
Anniversary
A
very Happy Anniversary to both our Pastor, Father
Mike
Maffeo (14 years) and Father Mike Boyle (10
years)
as they celebrate the anniversary of their
ordination.
We pray that God will continue to bless
them
in their ministry and us with their presence in
our
lives.
Apostolate
for Family Consecration
Invites
you to bring your family and
friends
for an 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.
There
were no Baptisms Last Sunday
We
are also in need of volunteers to serve the parish
family
as members of our Baptism Greeters Ministry.
This
wonderful ministry helps families at the
beginning
of life-helping families feel comfortable at
the
Baptism Ceremony, by helping the parish clergy
do
a good job in ministering to the families. Please
contact
the rectory if you are interested in
Catholic
Ministries Appeal 2005
Touching
the lives of many
through
diocesan and parish
ministries
and services
Long
Island’s notoriously high
cost
of living is especially
hard
on senior citizens and
people
with disabilities. Many
seniors
whose incomes decline
after
retirement cannot afford
to
stay on Long Island and
enjoy
the standard of living to
which
they have contributed
so
much. Catholic Charities,
aided
by the Catholic
Ministries
Appeal, provides
low-to
moderate-income
senior
citizens with the
opportunity
for safe and
affordable
housing and access
to
a supportive network of
services.
Fifteen
housing facilities in
Nassau
and Suffolk Counties,
totaling
more than 1,263 units,
are
in operation. Each facility
ensures
the social and spiritual
St
Joseph’s by the Numbers
Goal
$74,800.
Pledges
$46,253.
Percentage
of Goal
61.8
%
well-being
of residents. A
social
service coordinator
arranges
events and helps
residents
obtain services for
which
they are eligible.
Pastoral
care coordinators
visit
all housing sites to assist
residents.
Weekly on-site
medical
services are
available,
as is access to
Catholic
Charities’ Food and
Nutrition
Program (FAN).
Housing
units for people
struggling
with HIV/AIDS,
chemical
dependency,
developmental
disabilities and
crisis
pregnancies are also
operated
by Catholic Charities,
as
listed on its Web site.
Without
your financial
assistance,
this critical
ministry
could not exist.
Please
give as generously as
you
can to the Catholic
Ministries
Appeal.
©
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
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ST.
JOSEPH’S SCHOOL 6TH ANNUAL GOLF OUTING
AT
THE
TIMBER
POINT COUNTRY CLUB
MONDAY,
JUNE 27TH
Golfers
arrive at 12:OO for BBQ Lunch Buffet
Shotgun
Start at 1:30 PM
Your
day will include:
18
Holes of Golf with Cart
BBQ
Lunch includes All Beef Hamburgers and
Frankfurters
as well as Unlimited Soda and Beer
from
12:00 PM to 1:30PM!
Beer
and Soda cart throughout outing!
Hole
Sponsors* Prizes* Raffles* Give-Aways
Buffet
Dinner with Carving Station, Dessert and
Top
Shelf Open Bar at Timber Point Country Club!
Please
RSVP by Tuesday, June 7th with tear off
below
and $140 per player.
For
additional information contact Brian Sanders
after
6PM at 475-9575 or 516-815-1884
Family
Name:________________________________Class:_____________
Phone
Number:_________________________
Number
of Golfers______________X $135 per golfer =______________
Number
for Dinner Only__________X $49 per person =______________
Please
include list of all golfers with registration.
**
All groups teeing off will be in fours. Single
players, doubles or trios
will
be combined with other players. **
Absolutely
no one under Age 16 is permitted to be on the golf course.
Collared
shirts are required. No sweat pants, cutoffs or tank tops.
No
coolers or food of any kind is permitted.
Mulligans
and other Hole Prizes will be for Sale.
Around
The Parish
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 Fr Carew Hall (church basement) every Friday except for school
holidays
and church holy days. For more information, call Sally Miller at 737-5120.
Courtesy
Announcements
Suffolk
Catholic Singles Dance Saturday night June 18th, 9PM to 12:30AM
at the
Holiday
Inn at MacArthur Airport. Admission is $20 at the door. DJ, Deli buffet, free
snacks
and raffle tickets are available. Neat casual attire. For ages 30’s through
60’s.
For
more information call Jerry at 516-520-9385.
Retrouvaille
is a program for marriages that are in trouble. It offers a
lifeline to
couples
suffering with relationship problems. The nest weekend will be held at
Montford
Missions, Bay Shore on June 17-19. For further information and/or
registration
please call 1-800-470-2230.
Adult
Education program at the Joseph M Barton District Building
in Smithtown is
providing
English as a Second Language classes, High School Equivalency
Preparation
and a Senior Citizen class for adults during the day and evening. The
courses
are federally funded and free to all Suffolk residents. For more information
please call 631-382-2181.
Calling
All OLMA Graduates! Our Lady of Mercy Academy, Syosset, is
planning Fall 2005 Reunions for
the
following classes: 1955,1965,1975,1980,1985,1990 and 1995. For more information
call 516-921-1047
extension
38.
Family,
Marriage and Individual Therapy is available at The
Catholic Counseling Center. Professional
therapy,
provided by New York State licensed or certified therapists, is available to
our parish. Most insurance
policies
are honored. Confidential information and appointments are available by calling
Dr.Giuliani at 631-
243-2503.
Mass
for Individuals in 12 Step Recovery Programs will be held on
Sunday, June 5th at 7PM at St John
Nepomucene
Church in Bohemia. Mass will be celebrated for individuals, their family and
friends involved in
any
12 Step Program. An 11th Step meeting will follow in the lower level of the
Church. For more information
call
Fr Kevin Gruber at 589-0540.
A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum a
special performance to benefit Linda Kelly. Thursday,
June
9th at 7:30 PM at the Airport Playhouse in Bohemia. Tickets are just $25 each!
Please arrive by 7PM.
There
will be general seating, Wine & Cheese, Raffles and a 50/50 drawing. For
more information please contact
Mario
D’Amore at 585-4407 or Jeanette Hug at 277-4312. If you are unable to attend
the performance but
wish
to contribute, please contact Mario or Jeanette.
The
World’s Biggest Tag Sale at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament,
201 N Central Ave in Valley Stream
on
Saturday, June 25 from 10AM to 4PM, rain or shine. Bargains Galore! For
information call 516-568-1027.
Babsie
Bleasdell, affectionately called “Aunt Babsie” will be
speaking at the Living Bread Community of
Prayer
Group at St John Nepomucene in Bohemia on Thursday, June 9 at 7:30 PM. Come
experience the joy
filled
and uplifting message that will touch your heart!
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Religious
Retirement Fund
This
weekend June 4 & 5 is the annual collection for the Religious Retirement
Fund.
Religious
Sisters and Brothers who have been involved in education, health care and
social ministry in
the
Diocese of Rockville Centre need our help. The stipends being earned by young
members of
Religious
Communities are no longer enough to support the needs of the elderly members of
their
Communities.
The number of religious in assisted living or nursing facilities continues to
rise and
health
care costs are rising too.
For
this reason, the Diocese of Rockville Centre, for the past twenty years has
committed to return to our
Religious
Communities a portion of our gifts of treasure, in appreciation for the many
years of service to the
people
of our Diocese of these dedicated servants of Our Lord.
Please
come prepared next week to assist the elderly Religious with a once a year
gift, as generous as
your
means will allow. These gifts will be distributed among the thirty-one
communities who serve our
Diocese.
Your
gift may be placed in the mail or dropped in the collection basket. On behalf of
the Religious
who
serve in our parishes and hospitals, thank you for your generosity.
10t
h ANNUAL
FAMILY
FESTIVAL
JULY
20 to 24
Wed
& Thurs. 7 to 10:30 pm
Fri.
7 to 11 pm
Sat.
6 to 11 pm
Sun.
6 to 10 pm
ST
JOSEPH’S
SUMMER
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Serengeti
Track
“Where
Children are Wild about God”
July
25th - 29th 9:30 - 12 Noon
Pre-K
(4 yrs old) to 4th Grade
Fee:
$50 one child
$60
family of 2
$
120 family of 3 or more
For
registration contact the Rectory or Religious Education Office
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Thurs.
& Sun
PAY
ONE PRICE
FOR
ALL RIDES
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
baskets
that are 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
��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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