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The Save the Dates ! Guest Homilist: Theme: Father Pi Misi Forgiveness November 13, 14 and 15 7 PM each evening Bernard Ezaki The October Thirtieth 29, Sunday 2017 in Ordinary Time Parish Staff Celebration of the Eucharist Phone: 610 -269 -8294 Fax: 610 -269 -2487 Saturday: 5:00 p.m. Vigil www.stjosephrc.org Sunday: 6:00 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 332 Manor Avenue, Downingtown, PA 19335 10:30 a.m., 12 noon, 4:00 p.m. Rev. Msgr. Joseph C. McLoone Pastor Monday -Friday: 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. Saturday: 8:00 a.m. Rev. Anthony T. Rossi Parochial Vicar Rev. John E. Donia Resident Holy Days of Obligation Rev. Francis J. Mulranen Resident As Announced Deacon Jim Bogdan Permanent Deacon Reconciliation Deacon Edward R. Schiappa Permanent Deacon Saturday: 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Mr. Allen Austin Director of Youth Ministry Wednesdays: 6:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Ms. Karen Dawson Parish Services Director/ Adult Faith Formation Coordinator Anointing of the Sick Mrs. Roe DeRitis Parish Secretary Any sick or hospitalized parishioner who is in need of the Sacrament of the Sick should Mrs. Jo -Ann Funkhouser Bookkeeper contact the Parish Office. Ms. Anna Kozlowska Elder Care Program Manager Perpetual Adoration of the Mr. Dennis Luminella Maintenance Supervisor/ Blessed Sacrament St. Joseph Cemetery Supervisor Holy Family Chapel in the Holy Family Mrs. Dodie Milano Receptionist Center. Ms. Julie Wiant Business Manager Morning Prayer Ms. Jeannine Zack Administrative Assistant Monday —Friday at 6:30 a.m. in Church. Devotions School The Holy Rosary: Phone: 610 -269 -8999 Fax: 610 -269 -2252 Recited before the 9:00 a.m. Mass daily. www.stjosephrc.org Miraculous Medal Devotions: Sister Catherine Irene, I.H.M. Principal Every Tuesday after the 9 a.m. Mass. Sister Diane Licordare, I.H.M. Vice Principal Novena to Saint Joseph: Every Wednesday after the 9 a.m. Mass. Mrs. Mary Jane McGeehan Administrative Assistant Divine Mercy Chaplet: Every Thursday after the 9 a.m. Mass. Parish Religious Education Program Phone: 610 -873 -8798 Fax: 610 -873 -5466 Litany to the Sacred Heart: www.stjosephrc.org First Friday of the month after the 9 a.m. Mrs. Kathy Thomas Director of Religious Education Mass. First Saturday Devotions: Convent The First Saturday of each month at Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary 484 -593 -4352 8:30 a.m. TODAY’S READINGS The readings for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time can be found at #1015. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 BAPTISMS 5:00 PM Clyde Titus Congratulations to the following children baptized October 22. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29 6:00 AM For Our Parishioners REESE BRYAN ANDREJKO , R YLIN QUINN ANDREJKO , 7:30 AM Francis A. Gerhard FRANCIS FIORDALISI , J R., A IDAN NICHOLAS MCFADDEN 9:00 AM Anthony G. Formica, Sr. AND ELIZABETH ANNE WIGGINS 10:30 AM Anna M. Fasano 12:00 PM John McGeary Parents of babies to be baptized are asked to please register for Pre -Jordan, 4:00 PM William Hoeflich a baptism preparation program at Saint Joseph Parish, recommended by the MONDAY, OCTOBER 30 Archdiocese of Philadelphia. You can find the class dates and register 7:00 AM Patrick Brady either online via our website or by filling out a form in the parish office or 9:00 AM Kaitlin Barnett the Saint Katharine Drexel Room in church. For more information, contact TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31 Karen Dawson at 610 -269 -8294 or [email protected]. 7:00 AM Adam Erdman 9:00 AM Annette Schneeman MARRIAGE Couples planning to marry are asked to meet with their parish priest as All Saint’s Day soon as possible after their engagement and to enroll in a marriage -prep Holy Day of Obligation program (Pre -Cana) at least six months prior to the wedding. Our fall Pre - Wednesday, November 1 Cana date is November 3 & 4. Registration forms can be found on 5 PM Vigil (Tuesday) 7 AM, 9 AM, 12:05 PM, 7 PM our website at www.stjosephrc.org. For more information, contact Karen Dawson at 610 -269 -8294 or [email protected]. All Soul’s Day Thursday, November 2 PLEASE PRAY FOR: 7 AM, 9 AM & 7 PM (We Remember Mass) Names will be kept on the sick list for 3 months. Call the parish office to add/remove/re -add names. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 7:00 AM Marion Nagy Adams ...those who are serving our country: (5th Anniversary) Brandon W. A’Hara, Sgt. Steve Anderson, Andrew Bowser, Caytie 9:00 AM Donn E. Grady Castells, Specialist Andrew Clauhs, Ensign Morgan S. Dankanich, Capt. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Joe DeAngelis, Sarah Debarberie, Lt/Cpl. Shane Desiderio, Staff Sgt. 8:00 AM For the Holy Souls in Purgatory Christopher Deutsch, Staff Sgt. Ian Deutsch, Captain Joseph S. DiBerardinis, Sean Doyle, 1st Lt. Mark Edwards, Danny Fuller, Jeffrey The Sanctuary Candle burns Fuller, 1st Lt. Matthew Glisson, Leslie Harkness, 1st Lt. Jonathan M. in memory of the Jasienski & Firak families. Harris, Daniel J. Heil, Steven Houser, Jacob Hudson, Victoria Jones, The Chapel Sanctuary Candle burns Zachary Kish, Christopher J. Korpics, Peter Kurtz, Andy Landmesser, Lt. Col. Paul D. Lang. PFC. Sgt. Christopher Madden, Krzysztof Malarz, Spc. in memory of Brother Thomas D’Annunzio. Nicholas Massari, Major J. Kevin McKittrick, Pvt. Francis Misantone, 2nd - ANNOUNCED MASSES Lt. Ryan Misero, Lt. J.G. Brian Muka, Pvt. Ian Donoghue Neider, PFC Nicholas Odgers, Sgt. Bradley Panichelli, Lt. Ted Pease, Alex Rozon, NEXT WEEKEND 2ndLt. Joseph W. Rule, 1st Lt. Eric F. Satterthwaite, Pvt. 1st Class SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Matthew Scalia, Cmdr. Christopher Schwarz, Jr., Pvt. Nick Scott, Jeremy 5:00 PM Tom Guiltinan Solnosky, Ryan Strehl, LTJG Sean Sweeney, Bryan Williams, Josh SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Woodward and Vincent Yarch. 6:00 AM For Our Parishioners those who are sick: 7:30 AM Mr. & Mrs. Jean Paul Houle Frank Baker, Rhonda Battenfelder, Marcia Bukay, David & Connie Bull, 9:00 AM Josie Barc Joseph Carlin, Edwin Carpenter, Ellen Cassidy, Marie Ciarlone, Dolly 10:30 AM For the members of the Colella, Anita Suleski Conant, Baby Michael Corrigan, Floyd D’Ginto, St. Joseph Memorial Society Connie Daily, Jame Dickinson, Mary Doyle, Judy Fazzini, Marie Frank Detweiler, Michael Doyle, Sr., Tavernese Fuda, Carrie Grosso, Marilyn Humphrey, Mary K. Jordan, Joan Marie Hurley, Louis A. Mascherino, Maren Kaniewski, Owen Kopko, Father Larry Kozak, Crystal Leff, Sylvia Eileen Owen, Faye Taraschi, L. Mango, Jim McGowan, Patricia Melcher, Jenny Moylett, Sr. Mary Nicola, Adelina, Joseph & Tony Ursini, O’Connor, Florence Popadick, Julian Quiroz, Joseph Renda, Joy Renfrew, and Amina & Ben Valocchi Sue Rizzo, Frank Robertson, Christopher Sauk, Marie Scopa, John 12:00 PM Carlo DiOttavio Schreiber, Christine Robertson Schwartz, Brian Sheehan, Baby Jessica 4:00 PM Joseph Van Horn Shue, Ed Shultz, Mike Smith, Lucy Spadaro & Agnes Timothy. A Letter from the Pastor October 29, 2017 Dear friends, We might summarize the readings for this 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time by merely stating that as Christians we are to show compassion to one another and to love one another. Of course, that is a relatively accurate summary of everything we are called to do as Christians. A wise philosopher once stated, “People do not care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” That could certainly apply to Jesus and what He calls us to do and how He calls us to live. In some ways, Jesus was as forceful and demanding a teacher who ever lived. He has taught us that we must give total loyalty to Him and that we must be willing to “bear His cross.” Yet, in spite of these demands, He is at the center of our faith, of course. Our First Reading comes to us from the Book of Exodus in the Old Testament. God is speaking to us, and He says, “You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt.” We need to appreciate that the word translated as “alien” could also be translated as “stranger.” We could easily measure our own moral character in how we treat “strangers.” It is easy for us to treat those with whom we are familiar well, but God commands us to have a concern for others also, including the total stranger, or someone whom we feel is very different from us. How we treat those less fortunate is a true measure of our compassion and our sense of stewardship. St. Paul, in his letter to the Thessalonians, our Second Reading, takes compassion to another level. Compassion is more than words and comprehension; it has to do with action and perhaps even with power. Paul refers to how the Thessalonians responded to the Word of God and it is a reminder to us that we must do the same. Paul says, “For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth.” The Thessalonians responded to the Word by serving the living and true God. They did something with the Word, far more than just hearing it, and what they did was accomplished through love and compassion. That is our challenge as well. If anyone understood the Law, Jesus, the Son of God and the Son of Man, certainly did. As a result, the latest test offered to Him in today’s Gospel from St. Matthew causes Him no difficulty. The desire of the questioner is to have Jesus select one commandment as more important than another. However, the Lord defines the Law based upon its core principles: love the Lord with everything you have and love your neighbor as yourself.