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The Parish of Good Shepherd & St. Joseph September 1st, 2019 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time ! ! Saturday: 5:00pm • Sunday: 8:00am & 11:15am • Monday through Saturday: 9:00am (except Tuesdays )! Good Shepherd Church is fully accessible for the disabled. ! ! Sunday Mass: 9:30am ! ! ! Saturday: 4:00 4:55pm • Monday thru Friday: 8:30 8:55am ( except Tuesdays )! ! ! Eucharistic Adoration every Friday from 9:30am until 12:00pm from September thru June ! ! ! Miraculous Medal Novena after 9:00am Mass on Mondays • Daily Rosary 8:30am ! ! ! Baptisms are conducted on the weekend. Parents who have not previously ! attended instruction in the sacrament must do so prior to the child's Baptism. ! ! ! Those seeking to marry must meet with the Pastor at least 6 months prior to the proposed ! wedding date. The time is needed for attending pre marriage programs, gathering appropriate documents, and securing any dispensation from ecclesial authorities .= ! ! ! ! ! Rev. Douglas Crawford ! Ms. Eileen Doyle , ! ! Coordinator of Religious Education ! 845 876 7298 ,! Mrs. Hillary Gaddis Clegg, ! ! [email protected] ! ! ! Mrs. Kathleen Doxtader, ! Director/Teacher 845 876 4583, ! [email protected] ! [email protected] ! ! Mr. Timothy Williams ! ! Mr. Erik Cardwell, [email protected] ! ! ! ! FebF 21st Sunday, Ord. Time ‘19……….$5574.00 ! 21st Sunday, Ord. Time ‘18………$5517.00 Saturday August 31 Weekday ! Sacrificial Giving 9:00AM Catherine Elliott + ! If you have missed any Sunday collection you req. Bardsley Family ! should deposit your donation on the Sunday 5:00PM Phillip J. Spencer + ! you return to Mass here. req. Carol Walker ! ! Sunday September 1 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time ! 8:00AM Isabel Y. Crawford + ! req. Fr. Crawford ! 11:15AM John Grady + ! req. Joan Grady & Family ! 9:30AM Kelly Brogan + ! req. Ruger Family ! CATHOLIC TV !EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) ! is seen in Rhinebeck on Cable Channel #97, digital channel Monday September 2 Weekday ! #135 system, Direct TV #370, Dish #261. Mass is broadcast 9:00AM Brion Campbell + ! daily 8 am, Noon, 7 pm and Midnight. ! req. Dan & Doreen Campbell ! ! ! DAYTOP FOR A DRUG FREE WORLD . Call the numbers ! Tuesday September 3 St. Gregory the Great, ! listed below if a loved one has a serious drug or alcohol prob- Pope & Doc. ! lem: 845 876 3789 or Fax 845 876 3276. ! No Mass ! ! ! Crisis Pregnancy? For help contact Care Net Pregnancy Cen- Wednesday September 4 Weekday ! ter of the Hudson Valley, Poughkeepsie (845) 471 9284 • Life 9:00AM John Grady +! Options Center, Yonkers (914) 620 4464. ! req. Mario & Suzie Sausto ! ! ! BIRTHRIGHT h as opened a new office on Main Street in Thursday September 5 Weekday ! Poughkeepsie, near Holy Trinity Church. The organization 9:00AM Pro Populo ! provides, “love, support and hope to women facing unplanned ! pregnancies”. For counseling, referrals, to volunteer or to learn Friday September 6 Weekday ! more about their services, please call 845 473 1300. 9:00AM Catherine Elliott + ! ! ! ! req. Kitty & Mike Ghee FILM RATINGS : Is this film suitable for children? Find the ! moral rating on the web: http://www.usccb.org/movies/. Spon- Saturday September 7 Weekday ! sored by the U.S. Catholic Bishop’s Office of Film and Broad- 9:00AM Ronald Krumm + ! casting. ! ! ! req. Kitty & Mike Ghee 5:00PM Elaine Hughes + ! ENCOURAGE is a Catholic Apostolate for those who have req. Prayer Shawl Ministry ! family members with same sex attraction. A new website has ! been created to help the faithful who are searching for infor- ! Next Sunday September 8 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time ! mation about Encourage, the Church’s teachings on same sex ! attraction and spiritual support. www.encourageny.com ! 8:00AM Bob & Pina Gioffi + ! req. McCluskey Family ! 11:15AM Fergosi/Grady Families ! Please continue to save Boxtops for Education logos from ! General Mills products for Youth Religious Education. ! req. Joan Grady & Family 9:30AM John “Jack” Seidler + ! req. Elaine Doyle ! ! Parishioner Update ! NAME ___________________________________ ! ADDRESS________________________________ ! ! PHONE__________________________________ EMAIL : _______________________________________________________ ! SANCTUARY LAMP ! __ Change of Address __ Moving out of Parish ! at Good Shepherd Church __ Home Visit Requested __ Want Envelopes ! Please fill out this form, cut out and return it through the Collec- Lit in memory of John Grady ! on Basket or by mail to the Parish Office. New registrants are Req. Joan Grady & Family ! invited to visit the Rectory during office hours to receive the reg- ! ! istraon form and informaon on parish acvies .! untimely death in a house fire. Ruth did not even consid- er remarrying until after his first wife’s death naturally The Surprisingly Catholic Faith of dissolved the union. Babe Ruth But one aspect of Catholic life at which Ruth really ex- celled was service and charity. He was known to raise by J.P Mauro money for his old school St. Mary’s and he even bought his old mentor, Brother Matthias, a Cadillac. Ruth was B also a member of the Knights of Columbus, which he abe Ruth is one of those baseball legends who will al- joined while he was in Boston and remained a part of ways be part of any discussion of the greatest ball players even after his career moved to New York. of all time. Not only was the Sultan of Swat a brilliant offensive force who, even through the steroid era, has In his retirement, once Ruth tried and failed to win a po- remained on the top 10 list in nine MLB categories — sition as a team manager, he turned his efforts toward including home runs, batting average, RBIs, and all-time humanitarian endeavors. He often visited sick children in runs — but he has also contributed a number of quirky hospitals and he served with the Red Cross during World baseball quotes, in the same vein as Yogi Berra. War II. In 1946, after The Big Bam was diagnosed with cancer, Babe Ruth is remembered as a bit of a wild man both on the magazine Guideposts ran an essay attributed to Ruth, and off the field, but while The Behemoth of Bust had a in which he described his feelings after making his tendency to gravitate towards vices, primarily gluttony Confession before surgery. He wrote: and lust, Michael O’Loughlin from Crux Now notes that he also had a deep Catholic faith. “As I lay in bed that evening I thought to myself what a Ruth’s religious instruction began at St. Mary’s Industrial comforting feeling to be free from fear and worries . I School in Baltimore , run by the Xaverian Brothers. It was now could simply turn them over to God.” at this cross between an orphanage and a boarding school When Ruth died, two years later, at his bedside was a stat- that Ruth was introduced to the game of baseball, which ue of St. Martin de Porres, the humble Dominican broth- he credited to Brother Matthias Boutlier. er. Although Ruth was less than a model student (and surely Babe Ruth was no saint — so few of us are — but these not a role model either) the brothers acknowledged and stories remind us that our grounding as Catholics tends supported his athletic talent . Babe earned a place on the to remain with us. Even if we fall into sin over and over, school team and was allowed to develop further in the each week offers us another chance to deepen our rela- minor leagues. In 1914, Ruth was called up to the big tionship with Christ and hear what He is calling us to do .! leagues and joined the Red Sox, where he began making ©aleteia.org. Reprinted with Permission. baseball history. It was on the Red Sox that The Caliph of Clout began forming his reputation as a debauchee. But although 10 Facts About Catholicism Babe’s Saturdays were on the wild and rowdy side, Leigh That Might Surprise You. Montville, author of “The Big Bam: The Life and Times by John Burger of Babe Ruth” notes that Ruth was always at Mass on Sunday: There’s more to Catholicism than meets the eye. What “He would amaze teammates sometimes when he would many people refer to as the “Roman Catholic Church” is appear at Mass in the morning after a night of indul- only one of 24 Catholic Churches, for example. The oth- gence,” Montville writes. “Three Our Fathers, three Hail ers are Eastern Catholic Churches that have their own Marys, a good Act of Contrition, a $50 bill in the collec- hierarchy and use various liturgical rites but which are in tion basket, ready to go.” communion with the Pope. Even though Ruth was known to have mistresses, he 1. Not Just A Religious Service demonstrated some respect for the sanctity of marriage. The Mass, or Divine Liturgy, is not simply a religious ser- Or, better phrased, for the formalities of the institution vice. The Catholic faith teaches that in each Mass, of marriage itself, at the very least. When his first mar- Christ’s Sacrifice on the Cross is made present. Kneeling riage fell apart, he did not divorce his wife, Helen Wood- (or standing, as Eastern Catholics do) during the conse- ford. Although they both separated and began different cration of the Eucharist, a Catholic is mystically in the relationships, they remained married until Woodford’s presence of the Crucifixion on Calvary. 2. ‘One Holy and Apostolic’ olic Church in the United States is responsible for 660 An unbroken chain of succession characterizes the hier- hospitals, seeing an annual 5 million admissions. archy of the Catholic Church. Christ commissioned the 8. Milestones Twelve Apostles, and each one of them in turn commis- The shortest reign of a pope was for Urban VII, who sioned bishops, who in turn ordained other bishops and lived only 13 days after his election in 1590.