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ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER IS SERVED BY PARISH OFFICE THE CAPUCHIN FRANCISCAN Tel: (631) 286-9133 Rev. Martin Curtin, O.F.M. Cap., Pastor Emergency Tel: To be used after office hours 631- Rev. William Tarraza, O.F.M. Cap., Parochial vicar 219-7081 Brother Paul Fesefeldt, O.F.M. Cap., Pastoral year Fax: (631) 286-9145 Deacon Al Pickford www.stjosephtheworker.weconnect.com Rev. William H. Winters, O.F.M. Cap., (Senior in-residence) OFFICE HOURS Rev. Matthias Wesnofske, O.F.M., Cap Monday-Thursday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM & 4:00 PM - Regional Spiritual Assistant for Secular Franciscans, L.I., 8:00 PM Westchester and Southern New England Friday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM MASS SCHEDULE Saturday and Sunday: 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Monday-Friday: 9:00 AM Saturdays: 5:30 PM (English) and 7:00 PM (Español) PARISH STAFF Sundays: 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM and 5:00 P M Parish Office Mrs. Debbie Linbrunner CONFESSIONS (631) 286-9133 ext. 12 Saturday: 4:15 PM-5:15 PM Faith Formation Mrs. Judy Hansen For a private appointment at another time, please call the (631) 286-2550 Parish Center and ask to speak to one of the Friars. Music Ministry Mr. Ted Michael Eucharistic Adoration (631) 286-9133 1st, 3rd,4th and 5th Friday at 9:45am Parish Outreach Regina Jacoby 4:00pm – 7:00pm 2nd Friday of the month (631) 286-6356 Youth Ministry Mrs. Cassandra Pinckney-Oudkerk

SATURDAY JULY 13, 2019 5:30P.M. (d) Michael Divine (d) Judy Valentino 7:00 P.M. Pastors Intentions SUNDAY JULY 14, 2019 8:00 A.M. (d) Matthew Herold 9:30 A.M. (d) Kenneth James Hughes 11:00 A.M (d) Brendan James Russell Happy 32nd Birthday in Heaven (d) Rev. Patrick Fitzgerald 5:00 P.M. Pastors Intentions MONDAY JULY 15, 2019 9:00 A.M. Special Intentions for Adam & Ruth Leskowicz 58th wedding anniversay TUESDAY JULY 16, 2019 9:00 A.M. Pastors Intentions WEEKLY READINGS AND OBSERVANCES - ENGAGE WEDNESDAY JULY 17, 2019 PARISHIONERS IN DAILY MASS AND PRAYER Readings for the week of July 14, 2019 9:00 A.M. (d) Judy Valentino Sunday: Dt 30:10-14/Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37 THURSDAY JULY 18, 2019 [cf. 33] or PS 19:8, 9, 10, 11 [9a]/Col 1:15-20/Lk 10:25-37 9:00 A.M Pastors Intentions Monday : Ex 1:8-14, 22 /Ps 124:1b -3, 4-6, 7-8 [8a] /Mt 10:34 FRIDAY JULY 19, 2019 --11:1 9:00 A.M.: Pastors Intentions Tuesday: Ex 2:1-15a/Ps 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34 [cf. 33]/Mt 11:20-24 SATURDAY JULY 20, 2019 Wednesday: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12/Ps 103:1b-2, 3-4, 6-7 [8a]/Mt 5:30P.M. (d) Francis Joseph Humpheys 11:25-27 (d) Judy Valentino Thursday: Ex 3:13-20/Ps 105:1 and 5, 8-9, 24-25, 26-27 (d) Robert Harmon Burr [8a]/Mt 11:28-30 (d) Richard H. Zubeck Friday: Ex 11:10--12:14/Ps 116:12-13, 15 and 16bc, 17-18 [13]/ Mt 12:1-8 7:00 P.M. Pastors Intentions Saturday: Ex 12:37-42/Ps 136:1 and 23-24, 10-12, 13-15/Mt SUNDAY JULY 21, 2019 12:14-21 8:00 A.M. Special Intentions for Joan Next Sunday: Gn 18:1-10a/Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 5 [1a]/Col 1:24-28/Lk Sweeney 10:38-42 9:30 A.M. Special Intentions for Nancy Observances for the week of July 14, 2019 Sunday: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Fuoco Monday: St. , Bishop & Doctor of the Church 11:00 A.M Pastors Intentions Tuesday: Our Lady of Mount Carmel 5:00 P.M. Pastors Intentions Wednesday: Thursday: St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest Friday: REMEMBER ME INTENTION Saturday: St. Apollinaris, Bishop & Martyr An offering for the Bread and Wine for Next Sunday: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time the weekend of July 13th and 14th have been made for Parish Mission Statement “We, the parish family of St. Joseph the Worker, are called Judy Valentino to be a Christ-centered community seeking to renew our An offering for the bread and wine for the lives through conversion and spiritual growth. week of By the power of the Holy Spirit, we strive to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ by word, worship, welcome July 15th through July 19th have been and service. By the Word of God, we encourage and made for strengthen one another through prayer, education, outreach and evangelization." Ruben Vargas

Calendar of Events This Sunday, July 14, we say good bye to Brother Paul who will be leaving us MONDAY JULY 15, 2019 7:00pm Grupo de Oración this week for his new assignment in TUESDAY JULY 16, 2019 Boston. He will be making his solemn 10:00am Bible Study profession of vows at Sacred Heart 6:00pm Patchogue Neighbors Inn Parish in Yonkers, NY on September 14 WEDNESDAY JULY 17, 2019 at 11:00AM… If you have never been to 1:00pm Gate of Heaven Prayer Group a Solemn Vows ceremony, I highly 7:30pm Spanish Music Ministry 8:15pm Youth Ministry Meeting encourage you to mark your calendar THURSDAY JULY 18, 2019 and join the Capuchin friars as we 7:00PM Spanish Baptism Classes witness Br. Paul profess to live all the 7:00pm AA Meeting days of his life in obedience without 7:30pm Spiritus Music Choir anyth ing of his own and in chastity. FRIDAY JULY 19, 2019 Brother Paul has discerned that he is 6:00pm Youth Ministry Meeting not called to being an ordained priest; SATURDAY JULY 20, 2019 9:00am Morning Prayer thus, I will explain our Capuchin 12:30pm Spanish Baptisms vocation a little further this week. 1:00pm AA Meeting 2:30pm Quinceañera Although we, the Capuchin Franciscans, SUNDAY JULY 21, 2019 have been here at St Joseph the Worker for 12:30pm English Baptisms 4:00pm Spanish Bible Study over 40 years and many of you know us very 8:30pm AA Meeting well (perhaps even better than me since I MONDAY JULY 22, 2019 haven’t even been alive for 40 years), I think 7:00pm Grupo de Oración TUESDAY JULY 23, 2019 it would be helpful for us to take a look at 10:00am Bible Study our vocation to be brothers a little more 6:00pm Patchogue Neighbors Inn closely. Religious life, also called WEDNESDAY JULY 24, 2019 1:00pm Gate of Heaven Meeting Consecrated life, is rooted in our baptismal 7:30pm Knights Of Columbus General Meeting call to share the Gospel with all creatures in 7:30pm Spanish Music Ministry the world. God calls each baptized Christian 8:15pm Youth Ministry Meeting THURSDAY JULY 25, 2019 to this vocation. Religious life witnesses 7:00pm AA Meeting more intensely to the joy of the Gospel. By 7:30pm Spiritus Music Choir professing vows of Poverty, Chastity, and FRIDAY JULY 26, 2019 6:00pm Youth Ministry Meeting Obedience, we strive for the ideal of Jesus’ SATURDAY JULY 27, 2019 command to “follow him”. Who better lived 9:00am Morning Prayer that than St Francis of Assisi? Easily said by 1:00pm AA Meeting a Franciscan!

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Jesuits may claim St Ignatius of Loyola in his own way, Salesians may say St. Francis de Sales, or Sisters of Charity may say St Mother Theresa… This proves the diverse nature of individuals with his/her own gifts, ideals, priorities, etc. For this reason, hundreds, if not thousands, of religious orders exist within the Church all with different charisms and focuses; however, with the same goal: responding to Christ’s love in his/her life. Therefore, both men and women answer God’s call to live the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience and are brothers and sisters to the world. The vocation to religious life is a vocation in and of itself.

For some male religious orders, there is an option, if both the man and his religious superiors so discern, for him to be ordained a priest of Jesus Christ. Just because one enters a male does not mean that he is going to be ordained a priest. In fact, some male MEDITACION DEL EVANGELIO- ALENTAR UN religious orders do not permit for ENTENDIMIENTO MÁS PROFUNDO DE LAS members of their community (e.g. the ESCRITURAS Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn who staff St 14 de julio de 2019 Anthony High School in Huntington). The 15º domingo del Tiempo Ordinario Capuchins have always been a mixed order with Después de la misión de los 72 discípulos, Jesús sigue su camino hacia Jerusalén, catequizando a los que both “lay brothers” and “ordained brothers”. I deseaban seguirlo. En ese transcurso del camino surgieron use quotes to make this distinction because the dos preguntas fundamentales: "Un maestro de la Ley, que language we use says a lot about how we view quería ponerlo aprueba, se levantó y le dijo: Maestro, ¿Qué our vocation. Father Bill and Father Matthias debo hacer para conseguir la vida eterna"? (Lucas 10:25). La could tell you stories from their youth about how respuesta de Jesús es dada inmediatamente con otra lay brothers were treated. A lay brother was pregunta: ¿Qué está escrito en la Escritura? ¿Qué lees en normally uneducated and served the priests of ella? Se da la respuesta: "Amarás al Señor tu Dios con todo the Order. Ironically, many of our Capuchin tu corazón, con toda tu alma, con todas tus fuerzas y con saints are lay brothers because of their toda tu mente; y amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo". simplicity and holiness. “Brothers” were seen as (Lucas 10:27). Jesús le dijo entonces, "¡Excelente respuesta! “lesser” than priests of the order. As Capuchins, Haz eso y vivirás. La lección para el maestro de la ley y para we are all called to be brothers. Some of us are nosotros ahora es sencilla pero complicada ya que muchas veces solo falta una cosa: practicar con el ejemplo lo que also called to being ordained priests, a vocation indica la Escritura. also in and of itself. We say “lay brother” to Surge luego la segunda pregunta por la misma indicate that the brother is not an ordained persona, que en su ceguera espiritual en lugar de escuchar al cleric who does not celebrate the sacraments; Maestro lo retaba y le dijo: "¿Y quién es mi prójimo?". however, is no lesser than any ordained brother. (Lucas 10:29). Jesús entonces narra la parábola del buen Thus, we must be careful with our language samaritano que en el fondo es un aprendizaje de que para when talking about this call: One does not “go Dios no existen diferentes clases de prójimos - Prójimo, es el on” for priesthood or “stay a brother”. We are all que está cerca de mí, cada persona humana es toda persona brothers. Some of us are priests. We celebrate próxima de cualquier raza, religión y condición en la que both in our Order. We all have one mission: to viva. En resumen, Jesús lanza la última pregunta: "Según tu follow the example of St Francis who, we parecer, ¿Cuál de estos tres fue el prójimo del hombre que cayó en manos de los salteadores?" La respuesta fue "El que believe, followed Jesus’ footprints so well. We se mostro compasivo con él." Y Jesús le dijo: "Vete y haz tú wish Brother Paul well as he makes his solemn lo mismo". ¿Quién es mi prójimo en este 2019? profession in September! Fr Will International Foods Parish Picnic

Featuring “Santa Jack’s Chilli Cookoff”

SUNDAY, AUGUST 11TH 1-6 pm Hagerman Fireman’s Park $5.00 per person /$25.00 Family of 5+ (6yrs.-Adults) Kids 5 & under free

Tickets available and sign up sheet for food donations in the Parish Office & after masses. Donate your family’s favorite entrée, side dish or dessert. Burgers, hot dogs, corn, watermelon, cake, coffee, tea, and cold drinks included. Feel free to bring your own beverages for your group to enjoy.

Purchase tickets at the Parish Office and sign up to donate food, help set up &/or clean up! Volunteers welcome!

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS FOR JULY SAINT CAMILLUS DE LELLIS Basic Religious Studies Course Series – Saint of the Day for July 18 (1550 July 14, 1614) St. James, Seaford Saint Camillus de Lellis’ Story Old Testament July 8 – July 11, 2019 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Humanly speaking, Camillus was not a likely candidate for sainthood. His mother died when he was a child, his father New Testament neglected him, and he grew up with an excessive love for July 8 - July 11, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. gambling. At 17, he was afflicted with a disease of his leg that Christology remained with him for life. In he entered the San Giacomo July 15 - July 18, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. for Incurables as both patient and servant, but was Church dismissed for quarrelsomeness after nine months. He served in July 15 - July 18, 2019 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. the Venetian army for three years. Morality Then in the winter of 1574, when he was 24, Camillus gambled July 22 - July 25, 2019 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. away everything he had —savings, weapons, literally down to his Liturgy and Sacraments shirt. He accepted work at the Capuchin friary at Manfredonia, July 22 - July 25, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. and was one day so moved by a sermon of the superior that he Building Multi-Cultural Realities began a conversion that changed his life. He entered the in Faith Formation Programs Capuchin , but was dismissed because of the apparently Evening sessions from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. incurable sore on his leg. After another stint of service at San Morning sessions from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Giacomo, he came back to the Capuchins, only to be dismissed again, for the same reason. Session 3 - Evening July 15, 2019 or Morning July Again, back at San Giacomo, his dedication was rewarded by his 16, 2019 being made superintendent. Camillus devoted the rest of his life Evening - Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Patchogue to the care of the sick. Along with Saint John of God he has been Morning - St. Brigid, Westbury. named patron of , nurses, and the sick. With the advice Session 4 - Evening July 17, 2019 or Morning July of his friend Saint , he studied for the priesthood and 18, 2019 was ordained at the age of 34. Contrary to the advice of his Evening - Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Patchogue friend, Camillus left San Giacomo and founded a congregation of Morning - St. Brigid, Westbury. his own. As superior, he devoted much of his own time to the School of Missionary Disciples care of the sick. Information Session Charity was his first concern, but the physical aspects of the English hospital also received his diligent attention. Camillus insisted on St. John the Evangelist, Riverhead cleanliness and the technical competence of those who served the Friday, July 19, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. sick. The members of his community bound themselves to serve prisoners and persons infected by the plague as well as those Spanish dying in private homes. Some of his men were with troops St. John of God, Central Islip fighting in and Croatia in 1595, forming the first Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. recorded military field ambulance. In , he and his men Summer Seminar Series: went onto the galleys that had plague and were not allowed to Integrated Family Catechesis land. He discovered that there were people being buried alive, Morning sessions at 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and ordered his brothers to continue the prayers for the dying 15 Evening sessions at 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. minutes after apparent death. Retention after Confirmation - July 22, 2019 Camillus himself suffered the disease of his leg through his life. Morning - St. Bernard, Levittown In his last illness, he left his own bed to see if other patients in Evening - St. Rosalie, Hampton Bays the hospital needed help. of the Catechist and the Child - July 23, 2019 Reflection Morning - St. Joseph, Ronkonkoma Saints are created by God. Parents must indeed nurture the faith Evening - Our Lady of Perpetual Help, in their children; husbands and wives must cooperate to deepen Lindenhurst their baptismal grace; friends must support each other. But all human effort is only the dispensing of divine power. We must all Formation in Early Childhood - July 24, 2019 try as if everything depended on us. But only the power of God Morning - Our Lady of Grace, Babylon can fulfill the plan of God —to make us like himself. Evening - St. John the Evangelist, Riverhead

SAINT BONAVENTURE Saint of the Day for July 15 (1221 – July 15, 1274)

Saint Bonaventure’s Story Perhaps not a household name for most people, Saint Bonaventure, nevertheless, played an important role in both the medieval Church and the history of the Franciscan Order. A senior faculty member at the University of Paris, Saint Bonaventure certainly captured the hearts of his students through his academic skills and insights. But more importantly, he captured their hearts through his Franciscan love for Jesus and the Church. Like his model, Saint Francis, Jesus was the center of everything —his teaching, his administration, his writing, and his life. So much so, that he was given the title “Seraphic Doctor.” Born in Bagnorea in 1221, Saint Bonaventure was baptized John, but received the name Bonaventure when he became a Franciscan at the age of 22. Little is known about his childhood, but we do know that his parents were Giovanni di Fidanza and Maria Ritell. It seems that his father was a physician and a man of means. While Saint Francis died about five years after the saint’s birth, he is credited with healing Bonaventure as a boy of a serious illness. Saint Bonaventure’s teaching career came to a halt when the Friars elected him to serve as their General Minister. His 17 yea rs of service were not easy as the Order was embroiled in conflicts over the interpretation of poverty. Some friars even ended up in heresy saying that Saint Francis and his community were inaugurating the era of the Holy Spirit which was to replace Jesus, the Church, and Scripture. But because he was a man of prayer and a good administrator, Saint Bonaventure managed to structure the Order through effective legislation. But more importantly, he offered the Friars an organized spirituality based on the vision and insights of Saint Francis. Always a Franciscan at heart and a mystical writer, Bonaventure managed to unite the pastoral, practical aspects of life with the doctrines of the Church. Thus, there is a noticeable warmth to his teachings and writings that make him very appealing. Shortly before he ended his service as General Minister, Pope Gregory X created him a Cardinal and appointed him bishop of Albano. But a little over a year later, while participating in the Second Council of Lyon, Saint Bonaventure suddenly died on July 15, 1274. There is a theory that he was poisoned. Saint Bonaventure left behind a structured and renewed Franciscan Order and a body of work all of which glorifies his major love —Jesus. Reflection Bonaventure so united holiness and theological knowledge that he rose to the heights of mysticism while remaining a very active preacher and teacher, one beloved by all who met him. To know him was to love him; to read him is still for us today to meet a true Franciscan and a gentleman

SAINT APOLLINARIS Saint of the Day for July 20 (d. c. 79)

Saint Apollinaris’ Story According to tradition, Saint Peter sent Apollinaris to Ravenna, , as its first bishop. His preaching of the Good News was so successful that the pagans there beat him and drove him from the city. He returned, however, and was exiled a second time. After preaching in the area surrounding Ravenna, he entered the city again. After being cruelly tortured, he was put on a ship heading to Greece. Pagans there caused him to be expelled to Italy, where he went to Ravenna for a fourth time. He died from wounds received during a savage beating at Classis, a suburb of Ravenna. A beautiful basilica honoring him was built there in the sixth century.

Reflection Following Jesus involves risks —sometimes the supreme risk of life itself. Martyrs are people who would rather accept the risk of death than deny the cornerstone of their whole life: faith in Jesus Christ. Everyone will die eventually —the persecutors and those persecuted. The question is what kind of a conscience people will bring before the Lord for judgment. Remembering the witness of past and present martyrs can help us make the often small sacrifices that following Jesus today may require. Mary Immaculate Church in Bellport, NY

As our Mission Statement says, “We are a Christ-Centered Community and we strengthen each other through prayer“. Listed below are our brothers and sisters who are in need, are requesting our prayers for their intentions

Our Veterans Our Friars Our Military both home and abroad Mike Rupolo John D ’Arcangelis Fr. Michael Banks, Bob Lee & Family Francis Dungate Joseph Motisi Pam Hartmann Dottie Becker Barbara Bellassi Linda Wolters Swengras Jessica Scloesser Lauren Vershon Marie Burns Lance Schrader Josephine Balzano Doreen Jablonski Lucian Jablonski Oliver (Ed) Hughes Eduardo David Curillo Joseph Wolters

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Diocese of Rockville Centre Catholic Ministries Appeal 2019 50th Ordination Anniversary Parish Totals As of: 7/1/2019 Fr. Bernard M. Maloney, OFM Cap was pastor Percentage of St. Joseph the Worker from 1981-1987. of Goal He will be celebrating 50 years a priest on 123 St. Joseph the Worker Church, East September 8, 2019 on the shores of Cayuga Patchogue Lake at St. Fidelis Friary, 7790 County Road Goal $50,100.00 153, Interlaken, NY 14847. Pledges $57,860.00 Over $7,760.00 76 With Mass at 12:00 noon, appetizers at 1:00 Payments $52,520.00 p.m. a buffet reception at 2:00 p.m. and musical Average $761.32 entertainment from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.. Goal 115.5% If you would like to attend please notify the Thank you to our parishioners for your Parish of Mary, Mother of Mercy at 607 294 support 0064 or email immmercy @ dor.org by September 1, 2019. Please visit our website weekly —we will be updating all meeting information and parish events – thank you.

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Do you have an extra pair of reading glasses or distance glasses in your drawers at home? We are collecting them for Fr. Will Tarraza’s next mission to Ethiopia. We will be collecting them till the end of the year, so please leave them in the receptionist office attention Debbie. If you know that your eye doctor or the location where you purchase your glasses collects old – glasses , please ask them if they can save them for Best Market Buy Out you. For example Bellport Optical is saving them for us. Any parishioners employed there Thank you. Best Market is being bought out by Aldi chain out of Germany. There are more than 20 stores in Your donation to our Parish operations: Long Island, I am looking to have us take part SUNDAY COLLECTION 07/07/2019 $ 7345.00 helping workers get good terms in the change of POOR BOX 07/072019 $ 143.00 management. Do we know of anyone who works CANDLES 07/07/2019 $ 152.00 FAITH DIRECT 07/07/2019 $ 1475.00 there? Please contact Fr. Martin. If you would like to learn more also feel free to call. Thank you for your continued support of our Parish! OUTREACH Office Hours BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Tuesday-Thursday 10:30 am —1:30 pm Food Pantry Hours Monday 6 pm - 7pm

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