Saint Joseph Parish- Needham, MA June 7, 2020 PASTORAL STAFF Peter L. Stamm, Reverend Mr., Robert P. Horne, Deacon SAINT JOSEPH PARISH Who should come to Mass? Things to keep in mind as we start a limited seating capacity Sunday Mass Liturgy at the church... The dispensation from the Sunday Mass obligation will continue for the foreseeable future. Cardinal Seánstrongly encourages people in vulnerable populations, especially the elderly and those with complicating physical conditions, to continue to watch Mass from their homes, on their parish’s social media or on CatholicTV. The Saturday 4:00 PM Mass is live streamed on the parish YouTube channel. The Mass will also be available for viewing at any time through the parish website homepage, www.stjosephparishneedham.com , YouTube channelor Facebook page. There are a number of things that will be different in how we celebrate Mass during this first phase in order to maintain a healthy environment. Before re- turning to Mass, please watch this brief video at https://rcabrisk.org/welcome backvideo/. The video will explain what we are asking you to do in order to be safe, especially regarding how to receive Holy Communion properly. TEMPORARY LITURGICAL (MASS) Baptisms SCHEDULE Please note that due to the COVID19 pandemic, a new schedule and guidelines have been developed Saturday Vigil 4:00 pm forBaptisms at St. Joseph Parish.Baptisms can only be administered to one child within a given date and time slot. Extended family and friends may attend up to the 40% seating capacity of the Church. Masks are to be Sunday 9:00 am (Family Mass) worn in the Church and social distancing guidelines re- 11:00 am (Solemn Mass) quire members of different households to sit in different pews. To better accommodate families, Baptisms will Daily Masse 6:50 am (Monday through Friday) be offered on two Saturdays in the months of June, 8:30 am (Saturday) July, and August, with two time slots each day, one atNoon and the other at1:30 PM.Baptisms from September through December are scheduled on one Saturday each month with two offerings at Noon and TEMPORARY CHURCH 1:30 PM each day. More dates will be made available PRAYER HOURS as needed. Instruction for parents and godparents is normally held Lower Church on the preceding Thursday evening at 7:30 PM in the Church. For the time being, the instruction will be MON M FRI 6 AM TO 6 PM, conducted virtually using a collaboration platform SAT M SUN 9 AM TO 5 PM such as ZOOM. Click to access the form and kindly fill out the information,select your desired date and time slot, andsubmit your request. Call the parish office at 7814440245 with any questions. Thank you. The month of JUNE is dedicated to The Sacred Heart SAINT JOSEPH PARISH The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Cycle A Sunday, June 7, 2020 Gospel Reading John 3:1618 God sent his Son into the world to save the world Background on the Gospel Reading This week we return to the liturgical season of Ordinary Time. This Sunday and next, however, are designated as solemnitiesNspecial days that call our attention to central mysteries of our faith. Today on Trinity Sunday we celebrate the mystery of the Holy Trinity, one God in three persons. Today’s Gospel is from the beginning of John’s Gospel. The passage we read follows Jesus’ conversation with a Pharisee, Nicodemus, about what it means to be born of both water and the spirit. Nicodemus approaches Jesus at night and acknowledges Jesus as a teacher from God. Jesus tells him that only those who are born from above will see the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus misunderstands and questions how a person can be born more than once. Jesus tells Nicodemus that no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. Jesus is essentially explaining Baptism, which we celebrate as a sacrament today. Yet Nicodemus, we are told, still does not understand what Jesus is saying. Jesus continues by testifying to the need to be born from above so that one might have eternal life. After the dialogue with Nicodemus, the author of the Gospel offers his own explanation of Jesus’ words. This is what we read in today’s Gospel, John 3:1618. In the context of today’s focus on the mystery of the Holy Trinity, the reading calls our attention to the action of God, who reveals himself in three persons: God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God the Father, out of love for the world, sent his Son into the world in order to save it. Through the death and resurrection of the Son, we have been given the gift of the Holy Spirit. As three persons, God acts always as a God of love; he does not con- demn the world but acts to save it. The Gospel also calls attention to the response that is required of us. God’s love for us calls us to respond in faith by professing our belief in God’s son, Jesus, and the salvation that he has won for us. This profession of faith is a sign of the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. JUNE 19, 6:00 PM ST. JOSEPH CHURCH , Needham Social distancing restrictions will be strictly fallowed. Details to Follow. Guest will be limited to those who live in the same household. SAINT JOSEPH PARISH The Holy Father’s Intention for June 2020 7814493744 Evangelization Pray the rosary and/or read from Scripture. Watch TheWayoftheHeart Catholic TV as they broadcast the Mass daily and have wonderful family programming. Wepraythatallthosewhosuffermayfindtheir We pray for the health and wellbeing of everyone. wayoflife,allowingthemselvestobetouched bytheHeartofJesus. US bishops condemn killing of George Floyd, deplore violence and destruction Vatican News By Robin Gomes As widespread violence and unrest grip the United States over the killing of yet another unarmed AfricanAmerican man, the country’s Catholic bishops condemn the act say- Welcome Back! ing, “racism has been tolerated for too long”. Interested in being more involved, in a socially distant Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. way this coming year at St Joseph’s Parish? Become Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) expressed the US a Missionary for the for the Year of the Eucharist. Only bishops’ sentiments in a statement on Sunday following the the three P’s are required: Prayer, Promotion and death of George Floyd on May 25 in police custody in Minneap- olis, Minnesota. Participation*. The bishops also deplored the “selfdestructive and self Because of the pandemic the beginning of the Year th defeating” violence, which they said “does not advance the of the Eucharist is now scheduled for June 14 , cause of racial equality and human dignity”. 2020. As St Joseph’s Parish slowly begins gathering again, you can demonstrate how by actively being a Footage of a white police officer using his knee to pin the 46year Missionary for the Year. Cardinal Sean is old Floyd to the ground, while the handcuffed man pleaded he commissioning Missionaries June 11th through an could not breathe, went viral on social media, whipping up nation- internet ceremony. wide violent protests For more information about why the Boston Archdio- Killing of George Floyd M senseless and brutal cese is declaring this the Year of the Eucharist, please “The killing of George Floyd was senseless and brutal, a sin that go to Cardinal Sean’s letter here. > cries out to heaven for justice,” the US bishops’ president wrote, sharing the “outrage of the black community and those who https://www.bostoncatholic.org/cardinalsean stand with them in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and across the omalleydeclaresyeareucharistarchdiocese country”. boston However, the bishops pointed out that “the cruelty and violence” *Prayer increase 1% we can do this 15 minutes a day, that Floyd suffered “does not reflect on the majority of good men Promote Eucharist Activities being offered, and and women in law enforcement, who carry out their duties with Participate in those activities being offered. honor”. They “trust that civil authorities will investigate his killing Interested in becoming a Missionary? Questions? carefully and make sure those responsible are held accounta- Please, contact Year of the Eucharist Coordinator, ble,” Margaret Gray at 781 559 3224 or mar- Racial injustice [email protected] Archbishop Gomez said it is understandable that the ensuing protests “reflect the justified frustration and anger of millions of our brothers and sisters who even today experience humiliation, indignity, and unequal opportunity only because of their race or the color of their skin.” “It should not be this way in America. Racism has been tolerated for far too long in our way of life.” Continued... SAINT JOSEPH PARISH Continuation The killing of George Floyd has opened old wounds of racism in the US. On February 23, Ahmaud Marquez Arbery, an Saturday, June 6 unarmed 25yearold AfricanAmerican man, was fatally shot 8:30 Bonnie Toben M Memorial near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia. Then on March 4:00 John StefanoniM Memorial 13, Breonna Taylor, a 26yearold African American woman, was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police Department offic- Sunday, June 7 ers. On May 6, Dreasjon ‘Sean’ Reed on May 6 was killed by 9:00 Richard Belzile Family Indianapolis police. 11:00 Adrrienne GarridoM Memorial Recalling Martin Luther King, Jr. who described riots as the Monday , June 8 language of the unheard, Archbishop Gomez said “we should be doing a lot of listening right now” to hear what people are 6:50 Poor Suffering Souls in Purgatory saying through their pain.