Saint Joseph Oradell / New Milford, New Jersey Roman Catholic Church Twenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ September 28, 2014 PASTOR: Msgr. David C. Hubba PAROCHIAL VICARS: Rev. Andrew Park Annual Rev. Roy Regaspi DEACON: George Montalvo PASTOR EMERITUS: Blessing Rev. George M. Reilly MASS SCHEDULE of the SUNDAY Saturday 5:00 pm Animals Sunday 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 pm DAILY Weekdays 7:00 am & 8:30 am See our NEW Saturday 8:30 am HOLY DAYS St. Francis Shrine as announced Miraculous Medal Novena and Memorial Pavers Monday, 7:00 pm in Mary’s Chapel Eucharistic Adoration First Monday of Month 9 am—5 pm in Mary’s Chapel October 4 SACRAMENTS at Confession: Saturday, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm 11:30 am Baptism Contact the Parish Office. Marriage Arrangements should be made with a Come to our annual Blessing of the Animals on the priest at least one year in advance. feast of St. Francis of Assisi — OCTOBER 4 Sick/Homebound/Hospital Call the Parish Office. at 11:30 am in front of the Rectory. Immediately following, parishioners and their pets are invited to see Christian Initiation of Adults—RCIA the new Shrine of Saint Francis and the memorial pavers Contact the Parish Office. that have been installed through the generosity of Armbruster Landscaping. Refreshments will be served. See more on page 4. PARISH REGISTRATION Contact the Parish Office. Office Location Phone Email Website Parish Office 105 Harrison St., New Milford 201-261-0148 [email protected] sjcnj.org Religious Education 105 Harrison St., New Milford 201-261-1144 [email protected] sjcnjre.org Saint Joseph School 305 Elm St., Oradell 201-261-2388 [email protected] sjsusa.org the greenhouse-PreK 305 Elm St., Oradell 201-477-8114 [email protected] greenhouseusa.org Office Hours: Parish: Mon.-Fri.: 9 am—5 pm; Rel. Ed.: Mon –Thurs.: 9:30 am—5 pm (Also by appointment.) SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH ORADELL/NEW MILFORD, NJ PRAYER REQUESTS Let us remember those who are ill: John Brereton Saturday September 27, 2014 Let us remember those who have recently died: Sr. Loretta Hogan Robert Hughe 5:00 pm Let us remember those serving in the military. Sunday September 28, 2014 7:30 am People of the Parish 9:00 am Frank Proietti Sunday Collection for Week of September 21, 2014 10.30 am Don a Felicita Diaz Basket ParishPay TOTAL 10:30 am MC Ed & Lorraine Sluka $8,502 $5,326 $13,828 63rd Wedding Anniversary Remembrance 12:00 pm Sr. Martha Cummings CALL TO STEWARDSHIP Monday September 29, 2014 “Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.” - Matt. 21: 28 7:00 am Carolina & Almerindo Accomando Wedding Anniversary Remembrance Christian discipleship is not easy, God never promised it would be. But, what He did promise is 8:30 am Elaine Meli that if we put Him first in all things, He will provide all Tuesday September 30, 2014 that we need. Through our daily decisions we have the 7:00 am Violet Mary Guion opportunity to generously share our gifts and help those 8:30 am Thomas Kenny who may not be in a position to help themselves. Wednesday October 1, 2014 7:00 am John Plinio EUCHARISTIC ADORATION 8:30 am Florence Long —OCTOBER 1 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be Thursday October 2, 2014 held on Wednesday, October 1 in Mary’s 7:00 am Michael Sapunarich Chapel from 9:00 am—5:00 pm. The Legion 8:30 am Catherine Brady of Mary invites you to attend. Friday October 3, 2014 7:00 am For reparation of sins FIRST FRIDAY PRAYER AND REFLECTION 8:30 am Philip McGough The upper church will be open between 1:30 and 3:30 10:30 am Diane Longo (School Mass) pm on Friday, October 3 for prayer and quiet reflection. Saturday October 4, 2014 YOU’RE ENCOURAGED TO WATCH 8:30 am Violet Mary Guion “The Rule,” an uplifting and entertaining 5:00 pm Frank Amorese, Sr. documentary about Catholic education and St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, will air this week Sunday October 5, 2014 nationally on PBS. In our area, it will be shown at 10:00 7:30 am People of the Parish pm on Sunday, September 28 on Channel NJTV and on 9:00 am Harold Tamayne Monday, September 29 on Channel THIRTEEN. 10.30 am Lena O’Donnell 10:30 am MC Mary Lewis 12:00 pm Anna T. White Saint Joseph Parish Staff Weekend Assistant …………... Msgr. Richard Groncki Deacon George Montalvo…... Dir. of Religious Education BREAD AND WINE INTENTIONS Mrs. Arlene Kennedy…………. Sacraments Coordinator The Bread and Wine for the week of Mr. Monroe Quinn……………... Director of Music September 28, 2014 Mr. Anthony Armando……….. Youth Minister is offered in loving memory of Mr. Tom Meli…………………….. Facilities Director Tim Kehoe Mrs. Phyllis Vrola………………. Business Manager our friend and coach, Mrs. Anne Annunziato……….. Parish Secretary as requested by the Pepe Family. Mrs. Colette Vail………………… Principal A PRAYERFUL GIFT of Saint Joseph School Mrs. Angela Gussoni…………... Vice Principal The gift of Bread and/or Wine for a week’s Masses is still Mrs. Diane Hellriegel………….. Dir. of Communications/ available throughout the Fall in 2014. Call the rectory. Bulletin Editor 2 TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, SEPTEMBER 28, 2014 FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK death she was allowed to take her final vows, something she was abundantly qualified to do. Soon after her In the mid-1920s, Father Benedict Bradley, a death, her brother, the late Monsignor Charles Benedictine priest, was assigned to hear the Demjanovich, compiled and published her writings. confessions of young women preparing to People who admired her began to chip off slivers from become Sisters of Charity at Convent Station, NJ. In her granite grave cross, wishing to have mementoes of addition to this important task, he was expected to one they saw as a possible future saint. After the preach conferences to the candidates to aid their procedures to ensure that Sister Miriam Teresa’s life progress in the spiritual life, and did so faithfully. certainly manifested saintly behavior, there had to be a However, he didn’t prepare and speak his own remarks, verified miracle credited to her intercession. By the but instead (with the permission of the candidates’ most delightful of ironies, Michael Mencer of Teaneck, a religious superior) used someone else’s words—in fact, young boy who was heading toward total blindness ones written by one of the novices. Her name was Sister from macular degeneration in 1963, experienced a Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, and on October 4 she will complete cure after Sister Miriam Teresa’s aid was be beatified at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Newark, sought by prayers. She whose own vision bordered on becoming the first native of New Jersey to receive the disability helped Michael to see well. title of “Blessed” for reaching the next-to-last step to The Diocese of Paterson and the Sisters of Charity sainthood. have been promoting Sister Miriam Teresa’s cause for Teresa Demjanovich was the youngest of sainthood, and will be joined in the October 4 seven children of Alexander and Johanna celebration by our own Archdiocese (her diocese during Demjanovich, Ruthenian immigrants from what her life, since the Paterson Diocese did not yet exist), by is now eastern Slovakia who settled in the Bishop of the Byzantine Eparchy of Passaic (the Rite Bayonne. Her father supported the family by into which Blessed Miriam Teresa was baptized) and by repairing shoes. He and his wife also made Angelo Cardinal Amato, Prefect of the Congregation of their family life one of strong religious devotion, seeing the Causes of Saints. It should be an unforgettable day. that everyone prayed together in the morning and at Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich’s beatification night. Teresa, who always excelled in her studies, went should bolster all of us, as, of course, it is meant to do. to Bayonne public schools through high school, but had As she once wrote: to wait two years to enter college because she cared for The imitation of Christ in the lives of saints is her mother during her final illness. After she entered always possible and compatible with every state the College of St. Elizabeth, she graduated Summa cum of life. The saints did but one thing—the will of Laude and also ran track for three years. God. But they did it with all their might. We Sure that God was calling her to religious life, she have only to do the same thing; and according to applied to a cloistered Carmelite convent in the Bronx, the degree of intensity with which we labor but was turned down because of her poor eyesight, shall our sanctification progress. which would have prevented her from helping with the intricate sewing of liturgical vestments, which was how Msgr. David Hubba the sisters there supported themselves. And so, Teresa joined the Sisters of Charity, although she could not ENROUTE TO BECOMING enter their formation program until the death of her father, whom she also took care of during his last days. NEW JERSEY’S FIRST SAINT Sister Miriam Teresa’s spirituality recognized what —from New Jersey Catholic, September 2014 has come to be termed the universal call to holiness. As The beatification Mass of Sr. Miriam Teresa she once wrote, using one of her favorite passages of Demjanovich will take place on October 4 at the Scripture: Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, 89 Ridge St., Our Lord’s promise, “If anyone loves me, he Newark, at 9:30 am [the first time such an occasion has will keep my word, and my Father will love him, ever been held in United States].