Garden City, New York - Diocese of Rockville Centre 130 Fifth Street Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 747-3535 Fax: (516) 746-0719 Parish website www.stjosephchurchgc.org
MASS SCHEDULE
SATURDAY 8:30 am Vigil Mass 5:00pm
SUNDAY Church 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am, 11:45am, 1:00pm, 5:30pm Auditorium 10:00am Family Mass (September – June)
MONDAY-FRIDAY Church 8:00am, 9:00am
Novena Mass - Convent Chapel Monday 8:00pm
RECONCILIATION Saturdays: 1:00 to 2:00 & 6:00 to 6:30pm. Also, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Saturdays of the month 9:00 to 9:30 am. Eves of the Holy Days and First Fridays: 4:00 to 5:00pm.
PASTORAL LEADERSHIP
Reverend Msgr. James P. Swiader Pastor Reverend Prasanna W. Costa Associate Pastor Reverend Shibi Pappan Associate Pastor Reverend John Gouldrick, CM Reverend William Slater December 2, 2018 John J. McKenna First Sunday of Advent Deacon Andrew Ciccaroni 1 Deacon
1st Sunday of Advent Church of Saint Joseph, Garden City, NY December 2, 2018 PARISH MEMBERSHIP SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE We welcome those who are new to our parish and Marriages should be arranged at least six months in ask them to call the Rectory for registration advance. Weddings may be celebrated Fridays: 5:00 PM, information. If you are moving, please notify the Saturdays: 11:00 AM, & 3:00 PM, Sundays: 3:45 PM Rectory. THE RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST RCIA is a process welcoming new members into the Saturday Evenings: In Church at 5:00 PM Roman Catholic Church. Any adult who is not baptized or Sundays: In Church at 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 11:45 AM, is baptized in another Christian Church and wishes to 1:00 and 5:30 PM; in Auditorium at 10:00 AM become a Catholic, or is baptized in the Roman Catholic except July & August Church but seeks the Sacraments of Eucharist and Weekdays: 8:00, 9:00 AM Monday through Friday Confirmation, should call the Rectory at 747-3535. with 12:10 PM on First Fridays. Saturdays: 8:30 AM MUSIC AND LITURGY Holy Days: See printed announcements prior to the Mr. Joseph Cangialosi, Director 747-3535 Holy Day for the Mass Schedule. 130 Fifth Street Monday evenings: 8:00 PM with Miraculous Medal Novena in Convent Chapel, except legal holidays. PARISH SOCIAL MINISTRY
Anna Maria Sirianni, LMSW, Director 747-7120 SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING THE SICK 120 Fifth Street The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick takes place on the first Saturday of the month immediately RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/CCD following the 8:30 morning Mass. You may also call Mrs. Lisa Spohr, Director 741-7787 the Rectory to arrange for anointing and Holy 121 Fourth Street Communion for the homebound.
SCHOOL SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Mr. Brian Colomban, Principal 747-2730 Saturdays: 1:00 to 2:00 and 6:00 to 6:30 PM Mrs. Regina Cioffi, Assistant Principal Also, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Saturdays of the month 9:00 to 450 Franklin Avenue 9:30 AM. Eves of Holy Days and First Fridays: 4:00 to 5:00 PM. STEWARDSHIP & FAMILY MINISTRY Deacon Jack McKenna, Director 741-5632 SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM 121 Fourth Street Baptism is celebrated on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Sunday of the month at 2:30 PM. Please note: there YOUTH MINISTRY are no baptisms on the fifth Sunday of the month. Mr. Philip Malloy, Director 747-3535 Registration is necessary prior to the date of 130 Fifth Street Baptism. Instruction is required for parents of first children.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK DECEASED
Sunday: Jer 33:14-16/Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14 [1b]/1 Thes 3:12—4:2/Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 Monday: Is 2:1-5/Ps 122:1-2, 3-4b, 4cd-5, 6-7, 8-9/Mt Please pray for the deceased 8:511 members of our parish Tuesday: Is 11:1-10/Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 [cf. 7]/Lk 10:21-24 Helen Veronica Hickey Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [6cd]/Mt 15:29-37 Thursday: Is 26:1-6/Ps 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a [26a]/ Mt 7:21, 24-27 Friday: Is 29:17-24/Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 [1a]/Mt 9:27-31 Saturday: Gn 3:9-15, 20/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [1]/Eph 1:3- 6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 2
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St. Joseph Parish Directory
Rectory Office………………………………………………………………………………516-747-3535 Receptionist ...... Ext. 10 Pastor: Reverend Msgr. James P. Swiader ...... Ext. 13 Associate Pastor: Reverend Prasanna W. Costa ...... Ext. 20 Associate Pastor: Reverend Shibi Pappan…………………………………………………..Ext. 19 Deacon Jack McKenna...... 516-741-5632 Deacon Andy Ciccaroni ...... 516-747-3535 Music and Liturgy: Mr. Joseph Cangialosi, Director ...... Ext. 29 Youth Ministry: Mr. Philip Malloy, Director ...... Ext. 30 Bulletin / Parish Registration: Mrs. Adrienne Kuczwaj ...... Ext. 10 Executive Secretary: Mrs. Barbara Stay …………………………………………………...Ext.16 Facilities’ Manager: Mr. Frank Mondo ...... Ext.18 St. Joseph School: Mr. Brian Colomban, Principal ...... 516-747-2730 Mrs. Regina Cioffi, Assistant Principal Religious Education: Mrs. Lisa Spohr, Director ...... 516-741-7787 Parish Social Ministry: Anna Maria Sirianni, LMSW, Director ...... 516-747-7120 Stewardship & Family Ministry: Deacon Jack McKenna, Director ...... 516-741-5632
Parish Trustees: Mr. Michael White • Mr. Thomas O’Brien
Pastoral Council: Mrs. Maria Franco • Mr. Patrick McCormack • Mr. Thomas Scaturro Mrs. Dorry Tompsett • Mrs. Yvonne Varano • Mr. John Villanella • Mrs. Peggy York
Emergency Anointing number (when Rectory Office is closed): 516-434-1516
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
The Parish of St. Joseph celebrates the good news of Jesus Christ by giving witness to His real presence in our midst;
We express our faith through prayer, especially in the celebration of the Eucharist and Sacraments.
We continually form and strengthen our faith by embracing and teaching the word of God and trusting in the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
We comfort and give hope to the sick and the grieving and reach out to those in spiritual or material need with compassion and love.
We offer hospitality and warmly welcome all people to share the joy and peace of Jesus.
Founded on Faith Growing in Hope Serving in Love
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MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
Sunday, December 2 ~ First Sunday of Advent “If anyone is sick among you, ask the community to pray”
7:30 AM Robert Gorman Please pray for: 9:00 AM Josephine Rhodes Robert Auricchio, Rose Cangialosi, Joan Cashman, 10:00 AM Mary Sweeney Robert Cunningham, Greg Daly, Maureen Delany, 10:30 AM Mildred H. Tyszka Michael Fitzgerald, Jack Gearns, John Gilsenan, 11:45 AM Mary Lou Hanna Joseph Honerkamp, Cynthia Jenkins, Frank Lisboa Sr., 1:00 PM Dr. Lester Schnell, Jr., Dennis Perkins, Gerard McGee Sr., Mary Norman, John Ormond, Ana E. Moreno, Regina Dunne, Josephine Paccione, Tony Panzera, Jim Pramann, Dennis Driscoll, Anthony Hanlon, Kathy Ratner, Mary Ann Rothenbiller, Joanne Russo, Frances Klein Sneath Jim Ryan, Dr. James Sarno, Thomas Shea, Carla Shields, 5:30 PM Vincent C. Nieman Josephine Vanderwater, Dorothy Mary White
Monday, December 3 *Please note: only family members may request a person be placed on the sick list. Subsequently, they will be 8:00 AM Bernadette Gallant removed after 6 weeks. Please call the rectory if 9:00 AM John S. Kirk additional prayers are required. Thank you. 8:00 PM Novena Mass
Tuesday, December 4 8:00 AM Brian Lawrence Gray Feast of the Immaculate Conception 9:00 AM Raymond Costa Saturday, December 8th is a Holy Day of Obligation Wednesday, December 5 8:00 AM Esther Family The Mass Schedule is as follows: 9:00 AM Mary Cadigan
Thursday, December 6 Friday, December 7th ~ 7:30 PM Vigil Mass 8:00 AM Mary McKay Saturday, December 8th ~ 8:30 & 10:00 AM 9:00 AM Jack Rogers
*************** Friday, December 7 ~ First Friday 8:00 AM Carney & Doris Family Confessions ~ Thursday, December 6th 9:00 AM Vincent Cashman 4:00-5:00 PM 12:10 PM Theresa Pellegrino
7:30 PM Intentions of Art O’Brien
Saturday, December 8 ~ Feast of the Immaculate Conception 8:30 AM Glen Sanacora 10:00 AM Christian Woolever WEEKEND MASS CELEBRANTS 5:00 PM Daniel Shuhet, Mary & Marty Waters, Carmen & Pedro Rojas, Mary McKay, Maureen Michel, Mary Pascale, Eli Jaghab Saturday, December 8 5:00 PM Father William Slater Sunday, December 9 ~ Second Sunday of Advent 7:30 AM Anthony Hroncich Sunday, December 9 9:00 AM Anthony Earley 7:30 AM Father John Gouldrick 10:00 AM Phyllis Johnson 9:00 AM Father William Slater 10:30 AM Florence McGoldrick (5th Anniversary) 10:00 AM Msgr. James Swiader 11:45 AM Parishioners of St. Joseph 10:30 AM Father Prasanna Costa 1:00 PM Paul Doherty, David Gale, Mary McKay, 11:45AM Father Shibi Pappan Fred Meyers, Rose Cicio, Regis Mullaney, 1:00 PM Father Shibi Pappan Catherine Lynch 5:30 PM Father Prasanna Costa 5:30 PM Jeanne & Joseph Onorato
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Dear Parishioners,
Today we celebrate this First Sunday of Kingdom of God, what is prefigured of the Messianic Advent. The liturgies in the weeks ahead will unfold Age, is brought to fulfillment in the life of Mary. the drama of this sacred season, the scriptures filled What the prophets tell us God can accomplish, God in with prophecy and promise: the desert and the parched fact does accomplish in Mary. And Mary reminds us earth will break forth in bloom; the lion will lie down that this promise is given to all peoples, of all races, of with the lamb, with a child to lead them; the blind will all nations, of all times, in appearances through the see, the lame will dance, the tongue of the dumb will centuries. (On December 12, we will commemorate sing; kindness and truth shall meet, justice and peace her appearance at Tepeyac, the hillside outside Mexico shall kiss. And concluding this first week of Advent, City, in 1531, to the Native American Juan Diego, as next Saturday we will celebrate the Solemnity of the Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Patroness of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Americas.) God’s grace reaches out to all faiths and the patronal feast of our United States. all nations. As the United States is dedicated to Mary, we That seems to be the message and lesson of might stop and appreciate the number of parishes in Mary’s whole life. She herself sums it up so well in our diocese that are dedicated to Mary. Any guess? her Magnificat: All generations (indeed, all peoples Which ones can you name? There are thirty-six, not and all nations) will call me blessed…God who is including our Seminary in Huntington. More than one mighty has done great things for me. At the Visitation, in four! She is present from the Nassau/Queens border her cousin Elizabeth offers fitting tribute: Blessed is (Our Lady of Victory, Floral Park; Holy Name of she who believed that the Lord's words to her would be Mary, Valley Stream) to the East End (Our Lady of fulfilled. So when we are told in the Advent liturgies Ostrabrama, Cutchogue; Our Lady of Poland and that God promises to do great things for us, God offers Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Southampton.) We great hopes to us in the person of Mary on the Feast of find Mary on the North Shore (the two St. Mary’s in her Immaculate Conception, as we reminded that these Manhasset and Roslyn; as well as Our Lady Queen of promises and hopes are far from abstract; they are Martyrs, Centerport) and also on the South Shore (St. realities that do touch and change our lives and our Mary of the Isle, Long Beach; Our Lady of Perpetual world. Help, Lindenhurst; Immaculate Conception, We need that kind of reassurance, that kind of Westhampton Beach, to name a few.) She is honored faith, because there is so much in our world that cries under the title of Our Lady of Lourdes (three parishes), out for hope and redemption. There are all too many Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (two parishes), for reminders of the fallen state of our human nature, our her Assumption (two parishes), Queen of the Most sad legacy of Original Sin. With so much uncertain in Holy Rosary (again, twice), as well as various titles of our world and our society we should pray for Mary’s veneration: Our Lady of the Isle, our Lady of Grace, of intercession as Queen of Peace, Mother of Perpetual Hope, of Loretto, of the Snows, of Peace, of Fatima, of Help. Isaiah’s vision: They will beat their swords into the Magnificat, of Mt. Carmel, of Good Counsel, of plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks, and Mercy – which still leaves others, such as Notre Dame, Never again shall nations train for war is still Maria Regina, Star of the Sea, Mary Immaculate. unfinished in our time. There is much to pray for. Wherever we turn across our diocese, we encounter So, yes, we need to be reminded that God's Mary. She is woven into the fabric not only of the grace, which preserved Mary from sin in her diocese, but of our faith itself. Devotion to Mary is Immaculate Conception, can transform and heal our undeniably at the heart of our Catholic identity. world, with all of its sin and violence, and our lives, So it must be no accident that in the very with all our fears and frailty. Our Advent hope is that, season of hope and vision when the liturgy overflows with such grace, with the promise of salvation that is with images of what God's grace promises us, we sung in the Advent Scriptures, the Lord will come celebrate Mary’s Immaculate Conception, the gift of quickly. grace given to Mary, to preserve her from all stain of O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us sin, even Original Sin, from the moment of her who have recourse to thee! conception. What is promised in the prophecies of the 5 Msgr. Swiader
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WELCOME TO STEWARDSHIP ~ A Way of Life FATHER SHIBI PAPPAN
We are pleased to announce to our parishioners that Fr. Shibi Pappan has been assigned to St. Joseph as “But when these signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your an associate priest to serve our parish. Fr. Shibi heads because your redemption is at hand.” LUKE 21:28 grew up in Kerala, India, the youngest of three
We celebrate Advent each year in preparation of the children. He was ordained in November 2005 as birth of Jesus, His first coming, as we await his member of an Indian religious order, the Bethany second coming. In this Advent season, use the Ashram (formerly known as the Order of the sacrament of Reconciliation to strengthen your Imitation of Christ). He has served in the parish of relationship with Jesus. It’s never too late. St. Patrick in Smithtown for the past four years and now will minister here in St. Joseph. He holds “Be on guard,” Jesus warns in today’s gospel, “lest degrees in sociology, psychology and education your spirits become bloated with indulgence.” Let from SDV Seminary, India, and St. John’s us heed His warning and follow the advice of St. University. Paul, conducting ourselves in a way pleasing to God, overflowing with love for one another. Our We welcome Fr. Shibi and look forward to getting prayer as vigilant stewards of God’s gifts can be to to know him better in the coming months. Fr. John seek to follow Jesus by making our gifts shared Gouldrick, CM, and Fr. Bill Slater will continue to among the many - a priority during Advent. assist on weekends.
“What do you want for Christmas?” This is a question we ask each other often before RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Christmas. Yet how many of us actually take a few Today is the first Sunday of Advent. The minutes to kneel before the infant Jesus and ask Him first candle represents Hope as we await what He wants from us this Christmas. When we the birth of our Savior. kneel before the manager and ask Jesus what He wants, it is very possible that we will hear Him Students in Classes 8-1, 8-2, 8-8, 8-10 and 8-11 whisper that He wants us to share a little more of will attend a Penance Service on Wednesday, our time with Him. Maybe each of us could make a December 5. Please have your child go directly New Year’s resolution to spend more time with to the Church at 7:30 pm. Pick up will be at God. 8:45 pm as usual. Go to Mass more frequently. Find some time for prayer in the morning. Students in Classes 4-9, 4-10, and 4-11 will attend End our day with spiritual reading. a Penance Service on Thursday, December 6. Say the rosary while we drive to work. Please bring your child directly to the Church at Participate in Eucharistic Adoration 3:45 pm. All students will be dismissed from their Stop into church occasionally for a quiet visit. classrooms at 5:00 pm.
Volunteers Needed The gift of time with God could be the very best gift we could give this year, not only to Jesus but also to Our office is still looking for volunteers to help us ourselves. It might be just what our own hearts are monitor our halls Monday nights 5:00 to 6:15 and truly longing for. 7:30 to 8:45. Hall monitors are needed for Tuesday, Wednesday and/or Thursday from 3:45 to 5:00. We want to thank our friends, the Nuzzi Family, at We also need hall monitors for Wednesday Lakewood Bakery for their generous donation of evenings from 7:30 to 8:45 pm. Parking lot 250 loaves of bread that we distributed on monitors are needed on Wednesdays from 3:30 to Thanksgiving morning after the 9:00am Mass. 4:00. If you could spare some time during the
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You are cordially invited to a Candlelight Service of
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Come and join us for a delightful afternoon of seasonal Music and Sacred Scripture as we prepare for the coming of Christ
Sunday, December 9th 3:30 PM in the Church
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FOCUS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM From Catholics for Freedom of Religion www.cffor.org “To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world.” ~Calvin Coolidge
The Twelve Rules of Christmas – Part 1: Compiled by The Rutherford Institute Attorneys 1. Public school students' written or spoken personal expressions about Christmas (e.g. "Jesus is the Reason for the Season" t-shirts) may not be censored by school officials. 2. Teachers are permitted to wear Christmas-related clothing or jewelry so long as they are generally permitted to wear clothing or jewelry about other holidays. 3. Public schools may teach students about the Christmas holiday, including its religious significance, so long as it is taught objectively for secular purposes such as its historical or cultural importance. 4. Teachers may send Christmas cards to the families of their students so long as they do so on their own time, outside of school hours. 5. Public schools may include Christmas music, including those with religious themes, in their choral programsSACRIFICAL if the songs areGIVING included for a secular purpose such as their musical quality or cultural value or if the songsJune are 10, part 2018 of an overall performance including other holiday songs. 6. Public schools may not require students to sing Christmas songs SACRIFICALwhose messages conflict GIVING with the students' own religious or nonreligious views. June 26, 2016 “Mankind is a great, an immense family… This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.” ~Pope John Paul XXIII 9
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY THE GIVING TREE 2018
Central Nassau County Catholic Parish seeking full Our GIVING TREES will be found in the Church -time Facilities Manager to oversee daily near the Sacred Heart altar and on the stage in the th operations for church, school, convent, and Auditorium beginning Saturday, November 17 and Sunday, November 18th. Fifty families from grounds. Will direct three custodial employees, coordinate with vendors for purchases of general Our Lady of Loretto parish in Hempstead will supplies and with contracted services (plumbing, benefit from your generosity. electric, landscaping, HVAC, etc.), maintain and Please help us spread the true meaning of update IT equipment and software for rectory Christmas by taking a tag or two from the tree. offices, and serve as liaison with Diocesan The tags are color coded according to age and Building Office. Fuller job description available gender. Sizes and gift ideas are printed on the upon request. Benefits. tags. Contact: Pastor, 516-747-3535, for interview. You may prefer to select a tag which indicates GIFT CARD. Gift cards for Walmart, Old
FORMED/The Catholic Navy, CVS and Walgreen’s are requested. These Faith on Demand cards will be distributed as needed if a gift has not been provided for a recipient. A Gift for You A suggested offering of $25 is appreciated for The Best Catholic Content All both the gifts and the gift cards. in One Place New, unwrapped gifts will be collected at all of It’s EASY and Free to Register! the Masses on Saturday, December 8th and Sunday, December 9th. Please affix the tag to 1. Go to FORMED.org/register. the gift so that it will reach the intended 2. Enter Access Code: XRVT66 recipient. You can also contribute by taking a tag 3. Enter your email and create a password (you for gift bags and tissue paper. need this to login later). Thank you so much for supporting this year’s 4. Enjoy and share with others in our local community. GIVING TREE program.
CELEBRATION OF MARY BANNS OF MARRIAGE
Join the Friends of the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception for a Celebration of Mary at the Anthony Joseph Danza ~ St. Joseph, Seminary on her special feast day, Saturday, Garden City, New York December 8, 2018. Samantha Brooke Tooma ~ St. Marks, Brooklyn, New York Journey to the heart of Mary through Theology, Spirituality, and the Arts. Beginning with 10 AM Mass, celebrated by Bishop John O. Barres, the day will include lunch, presentations by Msgr. Peter Vaccari, Rector of St. Joseph’s Seminary, Brother Timothy Driscoll, SM, Kellenberg Memorial H.S., Advent Booklets are SACRIFICAL GIVING and the Cathedral Seminary Schola (Douglaston). available in the Book Rack
Advance registration required. $40 per guest. For in theJune back 26, of2016 the Church. reservations & information: Seminary Development Office: (631) 423-0483 x 102;
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1st Sunday of Advent Church of Saint Joseph, Garden City, NY December 2, 2018
RELIGIOUS RETIREMENT NOCTURNAL ADORATION COLLECTION Friday, December 7, 2018 December 8th & 9th
Senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious
order priests ministered for years for little or no pay. Their sacrifices now leave their religious communities without adequate retirement savings. Your gift to the collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious helps to provide medications,
nursing care, and more for tens of thousands of elderly religious. Please be generous.
Friday, December 7th the First Friday of CATHOLIC MINISTRIES APPEAL December, is a day of prayer for peace and for Supporting Dramatic Missionary the people of our parish. Growth in Our Community
Thank you for your generous support of the Masses for First Friday are at 8:00 & 9:00 AM 2018 Catholic Ministries Appeal. & 12:10 PM. Confessions will be heard on Completing your 2018 pledge Thursday, December 6th from 4 to 5 PM. ensures that our Parish will benefit by receiving our full rebate. Our Nocturnal Adoration Society invites all There’s still time to make a gift. Please remember parishioners to visit the church anytime that all new pledges must be in by December 31, between the hours of 9:00 PM on Friday and 2018 and paid in full by January 31, 2018. 8:00 AM on Saturday.
The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for NEW BEREAVEMENT GROUP TO adoration throughout the night, and Benediction BEGIN AT ST. JOSEPH’S will take place just before the 8:30 AM Mass on Saturday. A new bereavement group for those coping with the loss of a spouse or other loved one will meet on Monday afternoons from 1 – 2:30 pm at the For more information contact either: Convent Center. The group will begin on 11/26 Terry Tener at 747-5713 and meet for eight sessions, skipping the weeks of Jack McGowan at 741-8420 Christmas and New Year’s.
Could You Not Watch One Hour With Me? The group facilitator is St. Joseph’s parishioner (Mt 26:40) Lucy Nigro and you may contact her for more information and to register for the group. Lucy can be reached at (516) 294-0230. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Please Note: if there is a funeral, the Blessed
Sacrament will not be exposed in the morning. WEEKLY OFFERING
November 25, 2018
$22,035
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