St. ’s Church Notre Dame-Visitation 36 Bleecker Street, Greenwich, 12834 18 Pearl Street, Schuylerville, NY 12871 Parish phone: 518-692-2159 Parish phone: 518-695-3391 Fax: 518-695-3391 [email protected] (St. Joseph office) [email protected] (ND-V office)

MASS FOR ST. JOSEPH’S MASSES FOR NOTRE DAME-VISITATION Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m. • Sunday: 11:15 a.m.

CLUSTER PASTORAL STAFF CLUSTER LITURGIES St. Joseph’s, Greenwich Interim Priest: Fr. Ed Kacerguis St. Joseph’s Trustees: Bob Jeffords & Peter Pitkin Sunday Mass: 10:00 a.m. Interim Administrator: Stephen Mawn Weekday Mass – Tuesday & Thursday 8:30 a.m. Faith Formation Coordinator: Maryann Kelleher Notre Dame-Visitation Notre Dame-Visitation, Schuylerville Sunday Mass: 11:15 a.m. Interim Priest: Fr. Ed Kacerguis Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 p.m. Trustees: Anne Cadwallader & Bob Thompson Weekday Mass – Monday & Wednesday 8:30 a.m. Interim Administrator: Stephen Mawn Faith Formation Facilitator: Stephanie Andrejcak Holy Cross Holy Cross, Salem Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Parish Life Director: Jeff Peck Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:30 p.m. (May-October) Sacramental Minister: Fr. Ed Kacerguis E-Mail: [email protected] St. Patrick’s Director of Faith Formation: Kim Gariepy Sunday Mass: 11:00 a.m. St. Patrick’s Cambridge Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 p.m. (November-April) Parish Life Director: Jeff Peck Morning Prayer – Monday: 8:30 a.m. Sacramental Minister: Fr. Tom Zelker Weekday Mass – **Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. Phone: 518-677-2757 (**Communion Service during July-August) E-Mail: [email protected] Director of Faith Formation: Mary Rosmus

BAPTISM Call the Parish Office for information and scheduling MARRIAGE Call the Parish Office at least six months in advance to participate in the Marriage Preparation Program RECONCILIATION Sacrament of Reconciliation is available during seasonal Reconciliation Services or by appointment. Reconciliation is available 3:30 - 3:50 p.m. before the Vigil Masses SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT FEBRUARY 28, 2021 ST. JOSEPH‘S CATHOLIC PARISH GREENWICH, NY

Our Mass intentions this week: For Greg Martin Sunday March 7th Req by Alice Welch Lectors: Kate McMahon, Paul Mays Ministers of Communion: Ron Derway, Deb Zawtocki The Mass Readings for Sunday, February 28 Last Sunday’s Attendance: 50 1st Reading: Genesis 22:1-2, 9A, 10-13, 15-18 Responsorial Psalm: 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19 What’s happening in our Parish Family? “I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the If you or your family have an occasion and you want living.” to include it in the "Happy" announcement, send it to 2nd Reading: Romans 8:31b-34 [email protected] for publication in an upcoming : Mark 9:2-10 bulletin, or put a note of in the collection basket or in the office, and we will start putting this in our bulletin. The obligation to attend Mass on Sunday and Holy Days During this past year we have lost contact with one remains suspended. another due to our isolation and “social distancing” St. Joseph's Parish will continue to post Sunday and during this pandemic. This will remind everyone that Holy Day Mass on YouTube. Fr. Ed Kacerguis will be we are together on this journey and as a family – a the celebrant with Maureen Cossey serving as music parish family – we care about each other. minister. Mass will be available at 10 AM on Sunday Let’s make it happen! morning and later. It can be accessed at the YouTube channel named "St. Joseph's Church in Greenwich, What’s happening! NY". * Birthdays this week: Alan Sova The link is www.tinyurl.com/SJG-liturgies Chuchay Stark

Stations of the Cross 9:00 a.m. on Sunday Mornings This year, our parish will pray the on Sunday mornings starting with the 1st Sunday of Lent continuing through the 5th Sunday of Lent, on st March 21 . The Sixth Sunday of Lent is Palm Sunday. Readings for the Week On Palm Sunday the Passion of the Lord is read for the Mon, Mar 1 – 9:4b-10; Luke 6:36-38 Gospel and the Stations of the Cross are not prayed. Tues, Mar 2 – 1:10, 16-20; Matthew 23:1-12 This year Stations will begin at 9:00 a.m., prior to our Wed, Mar 3 – 18:18-20; Matthew 20:17-28 Sunday morning Mass. Please plan to join us. Thurs, Mar 4 – Jeremiah 17:5-10; Luke 16:19-31 Fri, Mar 5 – Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a; Matthew 21:33-43, 54-46 Sat, Mar 6 – 7:14-15, 18-20; Luke 15:1-3, 11- 32 Sun, Mar 7 – Exodus 20:1-17; Corinthians 1:22-25; John 2:13-25

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Just a Word to Carry with Operation Rice Bowl You

Thoughts on Prayer from the Dominican Retreat & This Lent CRS Rice Bowl Conference Center takes us to three countries—Madagascar, El It’s Lent and our thoughts may turn to the call to fast, Salvador and Timor-Leste. and, if you haven’t already, you are still asking yourself Hunger and malnutrition, inevitable question of " What should I give up?" Over which happens when we don’t get the right amount of the years some people have come to look at fasting nutrients, are challenges that too many families face from a few different perspectives. Today, let's think each day. One out of every 10 people worldwide don’t about it in terms of abundance. Many of us are have enough to eat. Sometimes this is caused by privileged to have much. natural disasters like floods and droughts. Other times, families don’t have enough money to buy the food they Here are some ways we can pray with fasting and need, or the food they can get doesn’t have all the abundance: vitamins and minerals they need to stay healthy.

Look at the clothes you have. Are there items that you CRS helps communities find solutions to each of these have not worn in a long time? Every day of Lent problems. Farming families learn new skills and grow choose one item and make a collection to give to stronger, healthier harvests. Communities train health those who are in need. Pray for those who will care workers so children can get regular check-ups and receive them. parents can learn new nutritious recipes to make sure their families get a balanced diet. People in vulnerable If you have an urge to purchase something, ask areas prepare for unpredictable weather that could yourself if you really need it. If you don't, perhaps you destroy crops. could use that money to purchase new socks, or underwear, or hats and gloves to give to the Go online and visit crsricebowl.com to see stories from homeless shelters. Pray for those who will these countries. receive them.

Instead of giving up a particular type of food during lent, why not purchase food weekly to be distributed to those who are struggling to have Your Gifts of Treasure enough to eat? Pray for those who will receive it. Mailed in or Drop off at the Rectory. Our mailbox has become our Collection Basket! Instead of thinking about what more you want, Offertory totals for February 14th and the think about what you can share with others so that weekend of February 21st they have enough. As Always, we say -Thank You

Be well and be at peace! Regular Sunday Collection: $2,259.00 Other totals Holy Week and Easter Over the next week we will be mailing out a letter to Easter $ 70.00 each of the registered parishioners in our parish, with Easter Flowers $ 45.00 the information about Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and $ 20.00 Easter Sunday. Attendance at these liturgies will be by Cemetery $ 35.00 registration only – like Christmas – in order to follow Maintenance: $ 70.00 the Diocesan Liturgical Guidelines issued during the Heat $ 450.00 pandemic for sanitizing, seating capacity, gatherings, Ash Wednesday $ 280.00 the number of people/ministers on the sanctuary, etc. Black & Indian Mission $ 65.00 Please follow the instructions in the letter. If you have any questions or need more information please contact the Parish Office. SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT FEBRUARY 28, 2021 ST. JOSEPH‘S CATHOLIC PARISH GREENWICH, NY

FROM THE INTERIM PARISH ADMINISTRATOR . In the next two centuries, after the Mosley’s recaptured the Holy Land, pilgrimages were too The Way of the Cross dangerous. A substitute pilgrimage, the Stations of the Cross, became a popular outdoor devotion throughout Led by a cross, the servers and priest moved slowly Europe during the later down the aisle, stopping at each station. The priest read a graphic account of the painful sufferings of Middle Ages. They represented critical events from along with a confession of guilt on our part in Scripture or tradition of Jesus’ journey to Calvary and causing this shameful journey of the Lord. Fourteen varied in number from five to 20 until the 18th century times the full pews responded with genuflection: “We when Clement XII fixed the number at 14. In the adore thee, O , and we bless thee... because by mid-18th century, Stations were allowed inside thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.” And churches. The Stations became a familiar feature in reflected in song: “At the cross her station keeping, Catholic Churches. In the 1960s, it became popular to stood the mournful mother weeping, close to Jesus add a fifteenth Station, representing the end of the crucified...” journey: the resurrection. Some replace questionable stations with events of Christ’s suffering mentioned in At home mothers were careful that breakfast and lunch Scripture but not in the traditional 14. combined did not exceed the main meal on Wednesdays and Fridays. And there was lots of fish Both St. Joseph’s and Notre Dame-Visitation will be and cheese. Children and adults gave up sweets, publicly following the “Way of the Cross” this Lent, desserts, dances and movies. The road to church was albeit following each parish’s pandemic safety traveled many times during the week. A mood of protocols for health screenings, face masks, sanitizer sadness and severity settled over families and parishes. and social distancing. Here in Greenwich, we will be It seemed to match the dull time of the year as winter praying the Stations on Sunday mornings at 9am held fast and spring was reluctant to claim its due. It before our Sunday Mass. Meanwhile, over in was Lent in the pre-Vatican II years. Schuylerville, Notre Dame-Visitation will be praying the stations on Friday evenings at 7pm. In the fifty years since Vatican II things are a bit different. The whole church goes on retreat for six If those times are inconvenient, or if you may be weeks about a month and a half after the Christmas uncomfortable about the risk of exposure to the season. This annual spiritual renewal prepares for the coronavirus, there are a variety of online versions of celebration of ’s most fundamental belief: the Stations that are available to watch and pray. Notre Jesus was raised from the dead and is Christ, the Lord. Dame-Visitation has an assortment of them posted on Lent, therefore, has no meaning in itself. It prepares their Lenten Resource page on their website at for Easter and new life. This has given rise to a great www.tinyurl.com/ndvschuyuler-2east. They include variety of religious traditions from the earliest centuries traditional versions, scriptural versions, a version that of Christianity. Three themes hold the six weeks was prayed by St. Pope John Paul II and even one that together: the mystery of Jesus’ death and resurrection, is spiritually aligned with St. Joseph in this special year the implications of this mystery for those preparing for of St. Joseph. baptism, and a spiritual renewal of faith and conversion on the part of those already baptized. These themes At this time of year, a popular hymn asks, “were you have not always received equal emphasis over the there when they crucified my Lord?” Obviously, we centuries, so that until the reforms of Vatican II, weren’t there nearly 2,000 years ago, but we can preparation for baptism - the original heart of Lent - spiritually join in that sorrowful journey that first Good had almost disappeared. Friday which led to the cross. Recall the multitude of characters from the four and tradition who our Traditionally, Lenten devotions in parish churches have Lord encountered on the Road to Calvary. Which one drawn attention to the suffering and death of Jesus. might you have been? Simon Peter, who denied The most popular one is known as the “Stations of the knowing him three times? One of the other apostles, Cross.” During the time of the crusades (1095-1270), who all fled and abandoned him, save for John, the it became popular for pilgrims from Europe to travel to youngest of them all, who had the courage to stand at the Holy Land to walk in the footsteps of Jesus to the foot of the cross with the Mary? One of the ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH GREENWICH, NEW YORK soldiers who arrested him or who scourged and Monday is Marth 1st! crowned him with a crown of thorns, simply doing their What’s happening in March? ? The Jewish leaders who, out of fear and jealousy, convicted him on trumped up charges to save their The Maple Sap is running and the Sap Houses are nation? Maybe you see yourself as one of the members belching steam from the evaporators as a fresh batch of the crowd; someone who cheered Jesus on, of Maple Syrup boils to its sweet carmel finish. “hosanna to the Son of ” on Sunday, and by Friday you are readily joining in the shouts “crucify him!”? , the only man in who had the power to condemn someone to death, but let an innocent man be put to death because he was afraid of the mob and what they might tell his superiors? the Cyrene, a bystander who was forced to help carry the Cross of

Christ? Veronica who tried to comfort Jesus and wiped his face with her veil? The women of ? The soldiers tossing dice for Jesus’ clothing? The one who nailed him to the cross? One of the thieves crucified with him, Dismas, the “good” or , or the who ridicules Jesus? Or do you see yourself at one of the characters at the foot of the cross as his Death approaches? The crowd mocking him? The soldier who gives him vinegar to drink? The women standing with Mary and St. John? Or, maybe, the centurion who says “truly this man was the Son of God” after seeing what happens upon his death? Or Celebrate these special days in March: maybe you see yourself as , March 15: Incredible Kid Day performing the seventh corporal act of mercy: burying March 16: Freedom of Information Day the dead? You know yourself best. If you were there March 17: St. Patrick's Day when they were crucifying our Lord, which one of these March 19: Feast of St. Joseph would you have been? What part would you have March 18: Supreme Sacrifice Day played? March 20: International Earth Day March 20: First Day of Spring Christ, by your cross and resurrection, you have set us March 25: The Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord free. You are the savior of the world. Amen. March 21: National Teenager Day March 28: Palm Sunday - Stephen Mawn, Interim Parish Administrator

March's Birthstones Did you know - March has two birthstones, not unlike some of other months. Aquamarine is the first birthstone for the month, which symbolizes youth, health, and hope. Bloodstone, which looks very different from aquamarine, is a type of quartz known for its fiery flecks of red, representing strength and stealth.

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