ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 St. Joseph Parish Office 151 W. Washington Street PO Box 2006 Petersburg, VA 23804 Office: (804) 7333115 Fax: (804) 8629931 Email: [email protected] Website: www.sjcpetersburg.com December 16, 2018 Third Sunday of Advent THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS Please check weekly calendar for modifications to this schedule PARISH OFFICE Monday…………..…………...………………...……………No Mass 151 W. Washington St. Tues-Wed……….…….....8:00 AM (Convent Chapel, 127 Franklin St.) PO Box 2006 Thursday………..……...………8:30 AM (Church/School Auditorium) Petersburg, Virginia 23804 ……………………….…..8:00 AM (Convent) when school is not in session Phone: (804) 733-3115 ………………….....……..6:30 PM (Church) Traditional Latin Low Mass Email: First Friday……..……...……………6:30 PM (Church) Mass ad orientem First Saturday……...…..…………….8:00 AM (Church) Mass ad orientem [email protected] Saturday……………..…...5:00 PM (Church) Sunday Mass of Anticipation Website: www.sjcpetersburg.com Sunday…………….…………………….8:30 AM, 11:30 AM (Church) Office Hours: M-F 9:00 AM-12:00 PM & CONFESSIONS 1:00 PM-4:00 PM Thursday……………………………….……………5:00 PM-6:30 PM Bulletin deadline, Noon on Friday week prior First Friday……………………………………..…..7:00 PM – 7:50 PM to print: [email protected] Saturday……………………….…………………...3:00 PM – 4:45 PM Sunday…………………………….…………….8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 1 hour before Mass on holy day of obligation & by appointment ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL No confession before Mass when there is a guest priest. J-K—8th Grade 123 Franklin St. ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Petersburg, VA 23803 Wednesday ………...8:30 AM (Convent Chapel, 127 Franklin St.) Phone: (804) 732-3931 First Friday/First Saturday …………………7:00 PM (Church) Fax: (804) 732-6479 Benediction at 8:00 PM & all night adoration w/ benediction at 7:50 AM Email: [email protected] DEVOTIONS Website: Morning Prayer…………………8:00 AM M-F (Convent Chapel) www.saintjosephschool.com Rosary……………………....30 mins. before each Sunday Mass Office Hours: 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM O Joseph, holy Guardian of Jesus and Mary, assist us by thy prayers in all the necessities of life. Parish & School Staff Welcome New Parishioners Rev. Brian W. Capuano. .Pastor Thank you for being part of the community at (804) 733-3115x0011; St. Joseph Catholic Church. If you have been attending [email protected] Mass and have not yet registered with our parish, please (804) 505-0710, emergency only, no texts register in the Commons at the Welcome Table or in the Associate Director and Promoter of Vocations Parish Office located behind the Church on weekdays [email protected] so we can keep you updated on all the activities within Phone: (804) 359-5661 the parish. Deacon Don Amaram . Deacon [email protected] Welcome Military Personnel Deacon Herb Funk. .Deacon We are glad you are here, even if just for a short [email protected] time. Please reach out if there is a need for the reception Deacon Bob Young. .Deacon of sacraments or other needs while you are in the area. [email protected] Philip Decker. .Seminarian in Residence [email protected] Collection for Week of Dec. 9, 2018 Joseph Whitmore. .School Principal Due to weather considerations the Collection [email protected] tallies will be posted in the next bulletin. Sarah Owens. Dean Of Instruction [email protected] Considering Online Giving? Anne Marie Donlon. Choirmaster and Organist Electronic Giving is an easy way to make a con- [email protected] sistent contribution to the parish. Setup is easy and se- MY Parham. .Religious Education Coordinator cure. Please visit the parish website and click “Donate” [email protected] on the menu bar to sign up and to schedule contribu- Peggy Andrews. .Business Manager tions. [email protected] Yolanda Arriaga. .Parish Bookkeeper Angel Tree Update [email protected] The Angel Tree in the commons has gone from Karen Peffer. School Administrative Assistant the gift Angel tree to the Remembrance Angel tree. The [email protected] ornaments on the tree have been donated by family and Librada Peters. School Secretary friends of the dearly departed. All are welcome to bring [email protected] an angel ornament for the those so dear to us now de- Helene Vaughan. .Business Manager parted. Join in a wonderful way to remember those we [email protected] have lost and not forgotten. Kathryn McElheny. .Enrollment and Development Director [email protected] Keep up with the Parish! Parish Website: www.sjcpetersburg.com. Down- loadable registration forms, online giving, blogs, audio feeds from homilies and conferences. Facebook: www.facebook.com/SJCPetersburg. Flickr page: www.flickr.com/photos/129648922@N06/. Email us at: [email protected] to be placed on the mailing list. O Joseph, holy Guardian of Jesus and Mary, assist us by thy prayers in all the necessities of life. Adoration of the Most Sacramental Preparation Blessed Sacrament Baptism Preparation: Every Wednesday 8:30 AM in All new parents are asked to schedule an appointment the Convent Chapel (123 Franklin St.) with a priest or deacon to prepare for baptism. Nocturnal Adoration 1st Penance/1st Eucharist: 2nd Grade Friday, 7:00 PM– Saturday, 7:50 AM Classes run through April of 2019. Contact MY Par- Beginning after the 6:30 PM ham at 733-3115 or [email protected] for a Mass on First Fridays and extending meeting. until just before the 8:00 AM First Confirmation: 10th grade youth Saturday Mass. Classes run through April of 2019. Contact MY Par- Contact Rick Fortune to sign ham at 733-3115 or [email protected] for a up for a time slot: 852-3314. meeting. Please access the Church through the door at the back of the Christian Formation Commons throughout the night. St. Joseph School JK -8th Grade (804) 732-3931 “Resources for Vocations” [email protected] The Office of Vocations has made a number of Youth Religious Education JK-12th Grade resources available to our parish for our young people to Meets Sundays during the academic year discern a call to priesthood or religious life. Information Adult Religious Formation will be provided to the parish religious formation pro- 10:00 -11:00 AM on Sundays. Weekly series gram and St. Joseph School. Please contact Fr. Capuano offered in the School Cafeteria. Other opportunities throughout the if you would like resources if your family provides year. homeschooling for your youth. Divine Office for Christmas Pray for Vocations As we prepare for the Feast of the Incarnation, Third Sunday of Advent -- December 16, 2018 this year we will modify our liturgical schedule a bit and Do you rejoice in the Lord? Is He asking you to consid- prepare for the Midnight Mass with the celebration of er a vocation as a priest? The Vocations Office, (804) the Divine Office. Usually we begin with detail of the 359-5661, to speak with Fr. Michael Boehling or Fr. Bri- Marian-side rail and gate carols at 11:30 PM. This year an Capuano; or write to voca- we will sing the Office of Readings at 11:30 PM. the Of- [email protected]. fice of Readings is the modern version of the ancient night office of the monastics. Traditionally, the monastic A Prayers for Vocations orders would rise late in the night/early in the morning O Holy Spirit, Spirit of wisdom and divine love, to anticipate the dawn with a sung office that includes impart Your knowledge, understanding, and counsel to youth that they may know the vocation wherein they can psalms, hymns, scriptural readings and extra-canonical best serve God. Give them courage and strength to fol- texts. For those considering attending the Midnight low God’s holy will. Guide their uncertain steps, Mass, plan on arriving before 11:30 PM to join us in strengthen their resolutions, shield their chastity, fashion ushering in the King of Kings with the celebration of their minds, conquer their hearts, and lead them to the the Divine Office. This recitation of the Office will help vineyards where they will labor in God’s holy service. us anticipate the Liturgical Season of Christmas that be- gins with the Feast of the Nativity and extends officially Vocation General Intercessions. to the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (Sunday, January That the Lord will call members from our flock 13th). Unofficially, the Season of Christmas extends to to “bring glad tidings to the poor and heal the broken- the Feast of Candlemas (February 2nd); why not consid- hearted” as a priest, deacon, religious brother or sister, er Christmas caroling until then! we pray to the Lord. O Joseph, holy Guardian of Jesus and Mary, assist us by thy prayers in all the necessities of life. Mass at St. Joseph, Petersburg Prayer Shawl Ministry Holy Mass is offered in both forms of the Ro- Our Ministry is moving in a very positive direc- man Rite (Ordinary Form & Extraordinary Form). tion and continuing to pass on blessings through the Most Masses in the parish are offered in the Ordinary Prayer Shawls and Lap-ghans that have been crocheted Form. The Extraordinary Form is offered on Thurs- and knitted. Our most recent recipients are Twink Fish- day evenings at 6:30 PM in the Church. er, Nora Harry, Marv Averett and Genevieve Ramey. The Extraordinary Form of Mass was the form known The Homebound Ministers, Alexandra Wunderly and to most Catholics prior to the reforms of the Second Pat Pearson are taking nine Lap-ghans for Christmas to Vatican Council. It is celebrated in Latin with readings in those they visit. A very special thank you to Mrs Jean English. It is our hope to introduce the riches of the li- Dice for crocheting a shawl for us and to the Mystery turgical tradition to the parish.