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SUNDAY, JULY 08, 2018 JOSEPH • HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA

Served by the Society of the Divine Savior • Brothers, , Sisters, and Lay Working Together

2300 Beasley Avenue • Huntsville, Alabama 35816 • Tel: 256.534.8459 • Fax: 256.534.8450 Website: http://www.saintjosephcc.com • Email: @saintjosephcc.com

REV. JOSEPH P. LUBRANO, SDS Pastor CLAIRE G. WILLIAMS, SDS Bookkeeper ([email protected]) ([email protected]) CARMEN V. AMATO Director, Religious Education RENATE T. BANKS Parish Secretary ([email protected]) ([email protected])

MASS SCHEDULE PREPARATION

Saturday (Anticipated): 5:00 p.m. For all inquiries, please call Carmen Amato at the parish Sunday: 8:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m. office. For of First Reconciliation, First Com- Weekdays: 7:00 a.m. munion and Confirmation, there must be at least one Saturday: 8:00 a.m. year of formation immediately to the preparation for the sacraments. Holy Days of Obligation: 7:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m. . Parents and godparents must attend a bap- tism preparation session before scheduling a baptism. OF RECONCILIATION MARRIAGE. If you intend to be married at St. Joseph Every Saturday at 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Church, you must be registered in the parish and be or by appointment with the pastor. active by donating your time, talent or treasure in sup- port of parish projects. Regular attendance on PARISH OFFICE HOURS Sunday and on Holy Days of Obligation is also required. Couples planning marriage should contact the parish The Parish Office is open Monday-Friday 9:00 before setting a wedding date. a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and is closed during lunch 12:30 RCIA. Adults and children of catechetical age are wel- p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Submit all bulletin announce- comed into the Church through a process called the Rite ments to [email protected] no later of Christian Initiation (RCIA). than Friday, a week prior, at 12:00 p.m. Please call Father Joseph Lubrano at the parish office to schedule an anointing. FUNERALS  We have a number of people to help plan funeral litur- gies and to set up funeral luncheons. Please call the par- School—Huntsville ish office before contacting the funeral home to avoid 256.539.5221 scheduling conflicts. St. John Paul II Catholic High School PARISH REGISTRATION 256.430.1760 If you are new to our parish and wish to register, please call the parish office for the appropriate forms.

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I have recently been asked about . Since we have been designated SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 as one of the pilgrim places for the Year of St. Joseph, I thought it would be a 8:00am SATURDAY, SATURDAY, SATURDAY, +Sr. Florence JUNE APRIL JULY 02 1407 Demers, SDS good idea to remind us of what an is. 8:00am +Dustin Conaway 5:00p.m. 8:00am 8:00am + For For the the Unborn Unborn The following information comes directly from the Catechism of the Catholic 5:00pm 5:00pm +Leo +Carolyn & Sophie Fleming Milewicz SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 Church (Part Two: The Celebration of the Christian Mystery/ Section Two: The SUNDAY, SUNDAY,SUNDAY, APRIL JUNEJULY 0803 Seven Sacraments of the Church/Chapter Two: The Sacrament of Healing/ Article 4: The Sac- 8:15am 8:15am 8:15am Corpus For +Russ For theChristi theJackson Parish Parish rament of and Reconciliation) I hope that it will help. 11:15am 8:15am 11:15am 11:15am +Melissa +Anne For Morris the Matuszak Lee Parish & Carmen Amato 11:15am MONDAY, MONDAY, OCTOBER MONDAY, APRIL JULY21 09 09 X. Indulgences MONDAY, MAY 28 7:00am 7:00am 7:00am +Marie +Linda +Joanna Pentecost Havens Prunty Memorial Day 1471 The doctrine and practice of indulgences in the Church are closely linked to the effects TUESDAY, OCTOBER TUESDAY, JULY22 10 8:00am TUESDAY, +Rick APRIL Harris 10 of the sacrament of Penance. What is an indulgence? 7:00am 7:00am 7:00am +Leo+Mahlon +Gisele Oliver BorenRicard TUESDAY, MAY 29 "An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 7:00am WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY, +Daniel APRIL JULYConte 11 has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under cer- 7:00am +Loyd Root 7:00am 7:00am WEDNESDAY, +Fr. +Lucy Michael OliverMAY Newman 30 tain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the of redemp- THURSDAY, 7:00am THURSDAY, OCTOBER +Mary APRILJULYRousseau 24 12 12 tion, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the 81 7:00am +Susan McGraw . An indulgence is partial or plenary according as it removes either part or all of the 7:00am 7:00pmTHURSDAY, +Agnes +Joe MAY Trotter Knouse 31 9:00am* Kia Batchelder temporal punishment due to sin." Indulgences may be applied to the living or the dead. 7:00am 9:00am +HolyFRIDAY, School Souls JULY inMass 13 Purgatory 1472 The punishments of sin. To understand this doctrine and practice of the Church, it is FRIDAY, 7:00am OCTOBER FRIDAY, FRIDAY, +Fr. JUNE RobertAPRIL 25 01 13 Hermley necessary to understand that sin has a double consequence. Grave sin deprives us of com- 7:00am 7:00am +Mary +Uland M. Jones Reid 7:00am SATURDAY, +Francis JULY Knouse 14 Luke Danison & Family munion with God and therefore makes us incapable of eternal life, the privation of which is SATURDAY, 8:00am SATURDAY, OCTOBER +Rev. J.APRIL Peter 26 14 Sheehan called the "eternal punishment" of sin. On the other hand every sin, even venial, entails an SATURDAY, JUNE 02 8:00am5:00pm +Donald & Marianne Hornby unhealthy attachment to creatures, which must be purified either here on earth, or after 8:00am 8:00am + 5:00pm death in the state called Purgatory. This purification frees one from what is called the 5:00p.m. 5:00pm SUNDAY, + JULY 15 8:15am SUNDAY, +JoAnn APRIL Gunderman 15 "temporal punishment" of sin. These two punishments must not be conceived of as a kind of SUNDAY, SUNDAY,OCTOBER JUNE 27 03 11:15am 8:15am For For the the Parish Parish vengeance inflicted by God from without, but as following from the very nature of sin. A con- 8:15am 8:15am +Cisci Volpe version which proceeds from a fervent charity can attain the complete purification of the 11:15am11:15am Steven Velkei 11:15am For the Parish sinner in such a way that no punishment would remain. *HFS School Mass 1473 The forgiveness of sin and restoration of communion with God entail the remission of the eternal punishment of sin, but temporal punishment of sin remains. While patiently bear- ing sufferings and trials of all kinds and, when the day comes, serenely facing death, the Chris- tian must strive to accept this temporal punishment of sin as a grace. He should strive by and charity, as well as by prayer and the various practices of penance, to put off completely the "old man" and to put on the "new man." James Hudson Miller, Janice Mazikowski, Marie McCune, George Franklin, Debi Royer, James In the Communion of Saints McGee, Janet Ennis, David Miller, Barbara Brodeur, Jim Berthot, Carolyn Wingenter, Zanetta Brown, Reb 1474 The Christian who seeks to purify himself of his sin and to become holy with the help of Salvo, Chuck Salvo, Teresa Gregory, Rachel Johnson, God's grace is not alone. "The life of each of God's children is joined in Christ and through Faye Fletcher, Batchelder Family, Stachura Family, Christ in a wonderful way to the life of all the other Christian brethren in the supernatural Richard Wertz, Maddie Clearly, John Rourk, Jr., Greg unity of the Mystical Body of Christ, as in a single mystical person." Riley, Cindy Morales, Richard Chandler, Mary 1475 In the communion of saints, "a perennial link of charity exists between the faithful who Chandler, John Dimmock, Linda Dimmock, Sharon Vandurn, Sally Purvis, Wanda Sharp, George Wertz, have already reached their heavenly home, those who are expiating their sins in purgatory Ada Carden, Dollie Jackson, Josephine Stratton, and those who are still pilgrims on earth. Between them there is, too, an abundant exchange Katherine Algie, Nick Rosa, Helen Kissel, Ralph of all good things." In this wonderful exchange, the holiness of one profits others, well beyond Kissel, Dan Vandergrift, Marrissa Lefebzre, Eva the harm that the sin of one could cause others. Thus recourse to the communion of saints Nave, Mary Jean Brost Travis, John Howard, Lisa lets the contrite sinner be more promptly and efficaciously purified of the punishments for Andrews, Harold Jones, Sondra Adams, Judi Trygg, sin. Marianna Young, Bill Mitchell, Bob Sayre, Elaine Sayre, Steven Velkei, Cecilia Hall, Nancy Ross and 1476 We also call these spiritual goods of the communion of saints the Church's treasury, Johnnina Ayon. which is "not the sum total of the material goods which have accumulated during the course of the centuries. On the contrary, the 'treasury of the Church' is the infinite value, which can Note never be exhausted, which Christ's merits have before God. They were offered so that the This is our new, updated prayer request cor- whole of mankind could be set free from sin and attain communion with the Father. In Christ, ner. If you wish to add someone to the list, the Redeemer himself, the satisfactions and merits of his Redemption exist and find their please contact Renate at the parish office. When efficacy." that person recovers, please call again to remove their name so that others can be put on the list. Thank you, Fr. Joe continued on next page

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READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Friday Hosea 14:2-10; Ps 51:3-4, 8-9, 12-14, 17; Monday Hosea 2:16, 17c-18, 21-22; Ps 145:2-9; Matthew 9:18-26 Matthew 10:16-23

Tuesday Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13; Ps 115:3-6, 7ab-8, 9-10; Saturday Isaiah 6:1-8; Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5; Matthew 9:32-38 Matthew 10:24-33 Wednesday Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12; Ps 105:2-7; Sunday Amos 7:12-15; Ps 85:9-14; Matthew 10:1-7 Ephesians 1:3-14 or 1:3-10; Mark 6:7-13

Thursday Hosea 11:1-4, 8e-9; Ps 80:2ac, 3b, 15-16;

Matthew 10:7-15

1477 "This treasury includes as well the prayers and good works of I hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July and enjoyed some time the Blessed Mary. They are truly immense, unfathomable, with family and friends. You are in my daily thoughts and prayers. and even pristine in their value before God. In the treasury, too, are the prayers and good works of all the saints, all those who have Always in the Savior, Fr. Joe followed in the footsteps of Christ the Lord and, by his grace, have made their lives holy and carried out the mission the Father en- trusted to them. In this way they attained their own and at INFORMATION SESSIONS SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT the same time cooperated in saving their brothers in the unity of PERMANENT DIACONATE FORMATION PROGRAM the Mystical Body." Dates and locations for a series of information sessions to open the Obtaining Indulgence from God through the Church Inquiry phase for the next permanent diaconate formation pro- gram have been announced by the Office of the Permanent Di- 1478 An indulgence is obtained through the Church who, by virtue aconate. All Catholic men in the Diocese of Birmingham in Ala- of the power of binding and loosing granted her by Christ Jesus, bama who may be interested in the vocation of the permanent intervenes in favor of individual Christians and opens for them the , and their wives, are invited to attend. No registration is treasury of the merits of Christ and the saints to obtain from the necessary. Father of mercies the remission of the temporal punishments due The sessions will be held at St. John the Baptist Church in Madison for their sins. Thus the Church does not want simply to come to the at 10:00 a.m. on July 14; St. Mark the Evangelist Church in Birming- aid of these Christians, but also to spur them to works of devotion, ham at 9:00 a.m. on July 15; and at Holy Spirit Church in Winfield penance, and charity. at 10:00 a.m. on July 15. 1479 Since the faithful departed now being purified are also mem- For more information, please contact Deacon J. S. Anzalone, Ph.D., bers of the same communion of saints, one way we can help them is Director of Diaconate Formation, at the Chancery Office, 205-776- to obtain indulgences for them, so that the temporal punishments 7005 or Deacon Christopher J. Rosko, M.D., at 205-306-0522. due for their sins may be remitted.

BENEFIT BREAKFAST JULY 15, 2018. The Knights of Columbus Council 4080 will hold its monthly charity “ALL YOU CAN EAT” breakfast on Sunday, July 15, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Visitation Parish Life Center, 220 Lincoln Street in Huntsville. We will be serving eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, potatoes, coffee and juice for $5.00. Adult carry-outs are available. Proceeds will benefit St. Vincent de Paul.

SANCTUARY FLOWERS WEEKLY OFFERING If you would like to make a to seasonal Regular Collection $ 12,207.50 flower arrangements, please call the Mission Appeal $ 1,659.00 parish office at 256-534-8459.

LITURGICAL MINISTERS SCHEDULE • JULY 14, 2018 - JULY 15, 2018

ALTAR SERVERS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS 5:00pm: John Barisa, Shaune Mitchell 5:00pm: Francis Wessling*, Heather Thacker, Sabine Wlodarski, Mack Yates, Gina Yates 8:15am: David Pohl, Juliet Spradlin 8:15am: David Brost*, Cecilia Bruton, Laura Bullington, Judith Gregory, Laura Hall 11:15am: Robert Whitehead, Callie Good 11:15am: Joanne Boyd*, Brenda Brown, Natalee Weir, Juliana Amato, Gerald Wocken LECTORS GIFT BEARERS USHERS 5:00pm: Mary Graham, Lori Reynolds 5:00pm: Sheila Brown 5:00pm: Carolyn Harris 8:15am: Robert Styles, Ellen Styles 8:15am: Tommy & Margaret Whitifield 8:15am: Margie Blackburn 11:15am: Gennafer Grant, Florence Okafor 11:15am: Norma Whitehead 11:15am: Cramin Wiltz/Ade Odutola

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CALENDAR We hope everyone is enjoying their summer. Registration Note: RE classes are on summer break and will resume in September for our RE program begins on July 15. All materials will be July 8 NO RCIA—July 4 Holiday available online and in the breezeway on this date. July 15 RCIA 9:30—11:00 a.m. Please register in a timely manner so we can order all of the RE Registration begins in the breezeway. necessary texts and supplies. Thank you! July 22 RCIA 9:30—11:00 a.m. CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 9 July 29 RCIA 9:30—11:00 a.m. August 5 NO RCIA August 12 RE/Sacramental Prep/LWC In-Service Details to follow August 19 RE/Sacramental Prep/LWC In-Service Details to follow August 26 RE/Sacramental Prep/LWC In-Service Details to follow

HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL-HUNTSVILLE College Ministry – Summer Edition 2018 SUMMER OFFICE HOURS Tuesday Meetings St. John’s Youth Room- 6:30-8:30 p.m. The school office will be closed through Friday, July 13. July 10, 17, 24, 31 ********************************************* July 16—July 20 Good News & Cold Brews 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Over age 21 Monday—Friday 2nd Thursday of the month - 7:00 p.m. The Nook on Bob Wallace Avenue July 23—August 3 July 12 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. August 9 Monday—Friday Regular office hours will resume on Monday, August 6 SHARE THE HARVEST. St. Vincent de Paul will have its monthly food collection to stock the pantry before all THE WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS group will meet at 1:00 p.m. on Masses this weekend. Thursday, July 12, for lunch at the Red Lobster, 1818 University Items of particular need include crackers, canned pasta sauce, Drive in Huntsville. Please call Ann at 256-881-0863 for information, instant mashed potatoes, peanut butter, jelly and canned ravioli reservations or cancellations. Newcomers are always welcome. Join for the little ones. us for fellowship and conversation. As always, thanks to all who contribute!

TUESDAY, JULY 10 SATURDAY, JULY 14 Facilities Key 10:00am: Parish Staff Meeting (LIB) 6:00pm: Gospel Choir Practice (SJC) FMC = Father Messmer Center/Gym 4:00pm: Finance Council (LIB) SJC = St. Joseph Church 6:00pm: Boy Scouts (HFS) SUNDAY, JULY 15 LMR/LIB = RE Center SFH = St. Francis Hall 6:00pm: Parish Advisory Council (LMR) 9:30am: RCIA (LMR/LIB/SFH/HFS) STA = St. Chapel 10:00am: Sanctuary Choir Practice (SJC) WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 BEA = Beasley Hall BRZWY = Breezeway 6:00pm: St. Vincent de Paul (LIB) 7:00pm: 8:15am Mass Choir Practice (SJC) THURSDAY, JULY 12 5:30pm: Joyful Workers (LMR)

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