MASS INTENTIONS

Sunday, August 13, Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 Mary Dineen requested by Loving Family 7:00 Most Reverend Bishop Charles J McDonnell requested by Thomas, Ashleigh & Michael 9:00 Norma Brown requested by Court of St Joseph #975 CDA 9:00 Jane Favale requested by Terri & Eleanor McMurray 10:30 Frank Sheehan requested by Doris Peterson 10:30 Jean Scheraldi requested by Claire & Jim 12:00 Grace Sheehan requested by Loving Family 12:00 Karen Ann Cronin requested by Mom & Dad 5:00 Stanley Zielenski requested by Jerry & Pat Peters 5:00 James Burke requested by Noreen & Ed Thorne Monday, August 14, St Maximilian Mary Kolbe 7:00 Michael T DuBritz & Pascas Thomas requested by Thomas, Mary JJ Dubritz & Son 7:00 Vincent Curaro Sr requested by Michael & JoAnn Turkovich 9:00 Nicholas Gismondi requested by Ann & Vince Festa 9:00 Dan Cancelino requested by Lorraine Rellis 7:30 PM Vigil Mass for Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Tuesday, August 15, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 7:00 For the People of the Parish 9:00 For the People of the Parish 12:10 For the People of the Parish 5:00 For the People of the Parish 7:30 For the People of the Parish Wednesday, August 16, St Stephen of Hungary 7:00 Rhoda Vitali requested by Richard & Lenore Toscano 9:00 Elsie Connelly requested by Patty Darois & Family 9:00 Chester Yannuciello requested by Brian & Sheri O’Hagan Thursday, August 17 7:00 Joseph D’Amato requested by Georgann & Tom 9:00 Joan Gannett requested by Chris & Linda Ward 9:00 Sr Kathleen Casserly requested by Doris Peterson Friday, August 18, St Jane de Chantal 7:00 Abelardo & Norma Angeles (wedding anniversary) requested by The Gochan Family

9:00 Forsyth & Beaslee Families requested by Loving Family 9:00 Fran Cartesio requested by the James Gormley Family Saturday, August 19, St John Eudes 8:00 John “Buckey” Shannon requested by Martin DeBobes 8:00 Kenneth Donohue requested by Mr & Mrs Daniel Ventola Anticipated Mass for Sunday 5:00 George Buhr Jr requested by Mr & Mrs Robert Bizzaro 5:00 Mary M Campbell requested by Chris & Matt Nissen Sunday, August 20, Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00 William J Schaudel requested by Loving Wife & Daughter 7:00 Michael Tedesco requested by Mr & Mrs Restivo 9:00 Pray for An End to Abortion 9:00 Joseph Onufrak requested by Loving Wife & Family 10:30 Harriet Power requested by The Knight Family 10:30 John Fitzpatrick requested by Mr & Mrs James McLean 12:00 Norma Brown requested by Mr & Mrs Ward 12:00 William Rea requested by Ann Harrington 5:00 Raymond Mileski requested by Kay & Lebitz Families 5:00 Charlie Ingle Jr requested by The Gilde Family

REMEMBER OUR DEAD Charles Plath, Rosina Bianco, Leona Demetillo, for our deceased

soldiers and all of our deceased relatives and friends.

REMEMBER OUR SICK

Rosemarie Aiello Anthony Barone Bill Barry Marie Behling Oliver Bouchard Hazel Boyce Mr Michael Boyle Sr Cynthia Caesar Leo Cantelmo Ronald Clifford Csaba Csaszar Joseph DeMaio Michael DePinto Angelina DeSimone Brian Devereux Nancy DiTrapani Mary Dougherty Maggie Errico James Evans Robert Filce Edward ForsytheVincent Fortunato Lorraine Frankel Flavio Gabrielli Raymond Harold Catherine Hickey Jane Hill Jasper Indelicato Margaret Indelicato Jack Kelleher Dorothy Larkin Pat Lucivero Howard Meeks Sam Monteleone Nicholas Paduano Antoinetta PartenopePeter Partenope James Peace Grace C PeshkurJoseph Poirot Vincent Profita Nicole RamagliaRaymond Ramos Edward Reimers Janet Rodgers Dawn Saporito Mary Sedlock Agnes Shields Anne M Skidmore Ann Sturiano Sr Kathleen Taylor, OP Stacie Tizzard Lloyd Turnier

PLEASE NOTE: To keep our prayer list current, we will keep names on the sick list for two months. We ask families to return the bulletin cut-out to include names of those who are ill for another two months.

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ALTAR BREAD & WINE

Donated in Memory of Vincent Pantaelo Requested by Loving Sister

OUR LITURGY

The prophet Elijah flees into the desert to escape the wrath of Jezebel. There, an angel gives him food and drink to

strengthen him for his journey . In the Gospel, Jesus declares that he is the bread of life that will lead us to eternal life. Paul instructs us in the ways of kindness and forgiveness

which identify those who are imitators of Christ.

OUR PRIEST-CELEBRANTS

This Week End Mass Next Week Fr Maffeo 5:00 pm Fr Thomas Fr Tapel 7:00 am Fr Thomas Fr Raj 9:00 am Fr Tapel Fr Maffeo 10:30 am Fr Raj Fr Thomas 12:00 pm Fr Maffeo Fr Maffeo 5:00 pm Fr Boyle IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP THE GIFTS AT THE MASSES ON

SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE USHERS WHEN YOU

ARRIVE FOR MASS.

like wise see Christ in us outside of Mass, as Paul tells us in the Letter to The Ephesians by being…kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you. We must be imi-tators of God, as beloved children, and live in love. When people see us acting as Christ teaches us, they will truly see Christ active and alive in us, and thus they will be able to see God. When we receive Jesus in His Body and Blood then He lives in us and we are given the strength to do just as St. Paul tells us above. This Tuesday August 15th, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Body

and Soul into Heaven. It is a holy day of obligation-see the bulletin for the schedule of Masses. Tomorrow (Monday) we will pray the Rosary on the Rectory Lawn starting at 7 PM which will be followed by the 7:30 PM Vigil Mass in the Church-with fellowship in the Church Lobby due to darkness. Please join us all of the Mondays of August for the Ro-sary starting at 7 PM-bring a chair, blanket, and a dessert for fellowship with your parish family. Perhaps you have noticed on the front page of the bulletin the name of Sister Anne Marie Dean. CSJ. Sister Anne Marie has agreed to become our new Director of Reli-gious Education. She comes to St. Joseph’s with many years of parish experience and years of working in the Faith Formation Office for the Diocese. We are very blessed to have Sr. Anne Marie joining our staff and we

look forward to many happy years of working with her as she helps our young people to prepare for the sacraments and learn more and more about their faith. While we all truly miss our dear Jane Favale when she went home to the Lord this past January, we know that she is very happy with Sr. Anne Marie coming to St. Joseph’s. Jane is still praying for us and is in Heaven still helping our young people come closer to God. Please keep Jane and her family in your prayers and Sr. Anne Marie as well as she joins us.

God bless you always Fr. Mike

Usually when people talk to God it is called praying, but if a person says God talked back, others would say that the person was crazy! Now comes a ques-tion (and its answer) that will really make people think you (we) are crazy. Have you ever seen God? The answer to that question is yes! We as Christians believe that the whole world has seen God in the per-son of Jesus. In fact, we see this in the very words from today’s Gospel-“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him on the last day. It is written in the prophet: They shall all be taught by God. Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.” And we have in turn seen the Son and to see the Son is to see the Father, and so yes, we have seen God. Now people will say to us-how can you have seen Jesus when He lived over 2000 yrs. ago? Well in many ways, we can see Jesus. Jesus is made present in the Word proclaimed at Mass, the Liturgy of The Hours and other prayer services, and when we read the Scriptures at home. We as Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians also have a very special way of seeing Jesus and that is in The Holy Sacrament of Altar, where Jesus feeds us with real food and drink (more on this in next week’s Gospel). Yes, we can say we have indeed seen God for we have seen Jesus as He is made present (body, blood, humanity, and divinity) in the Blessed Sacrament. Of course, to see Jesus in the Eucharist we must indeed have FAITH. Without faith all we would see is a piece of bread and a cup of wine, and this would make us like the people in today’s Gospel Reading. They re-lied only on what they saw; just the human Jesus (a carpenter from Nazareth) and their lack of faith kept them from seeing anything more. With faith we can look beyond the bread we eat and the cup we drink to see our Savior and our Lord. Happily the gift of faith is given to us freely by God so we can see Christ pre-sent in The Word and in The Breaking of the Bread. We also have another way of seeing Jesus/God in our midst and that is of course in each other! We are all members of The Living Body of Christ, and we are all Temples of The Holy Spirit through Baptism. Christ is always made present through the Assembled Community-as Jesus tells us whenever two or three are gathered in my name there I am. People should

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FROM THE DESK OF FR. MIKE

St Joseph�s School

Summer hours for St Joseph School will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 9:00AM to 12:00 Noon. All calls can be left on the answering machine, someone will be there to return messages. Registration for the school year 2006-2007 will be ongoing during the summer. Please call the office for more information at 588-4760. Someone will be available to return messages.

Rosary on the Lawn

Please join us each Monday evening in August at 7PM for our 3rd Annual Rosary on the Rectory Lawn. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, and a dessert for fellowship afterwards. Join us for the praying of the Rosary along with hymns and the Word of God. In case of rain we’ll move into the Church.

CAN YOU HELP US? After many years of use the sacred vessels (called ciboria) which are used during Mass to distribute Our Lord in Holy Communion have become worn and discolored. We need to send them out to be refinished which will cost us $250.oo each. We are sending 2 Ciboria at a time for refinishing. As of last week donations have been received totaling $1905. Thank you for your generosity!

PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS Please continue to remember them in your prayers.

CPL Deborah Alfieri E2 Matthew Altonji Tech SGT Louis Barletta 2LT Stephen Bartoszak Pvt Richard Bossi PFC Justin Browne SGT Michael Bruno CPL Glenn Clacher SPC Thomas E. Corcoran SGT Ryan Delaney LTCOL Kurt Diehl SGT Stephen Gene DiGirolamo SSGT Tony Elliott LT Kelly Fletcher PFC Adam Franciosa PVT2 Edward Johnston SGT John W Keohane SGT Steven Knight CPL Andrew Kochman SGT Patrick McNally PFC William Meyer SGT Glenn Miller 2LT Heather Miras SGT Daniel Montville SSGT Brian Moran CPT Gregory Mueller LCPL Thomas Napolitano LCPL Michael Napolitano LCPL James Neubauer LCPL Anthony Notaroberta SGT Brian Pacella N/Seal Paul Padro ENS3 Lucy Padro CPT Michael Parisi 2LT Anthony Parisi MAJ Paul E Pinaud CRT2 Matthew Pistritto SGT Edwin Rivera, II PFC William R Rodgers SSGT Jason Schiavo LCPL W.Mason Shehan SPC James Stanek SGT John Thomas Vogt SGT Randolph Weaver

(If you would like to include a soldier from your family who is serving, place their name and rank and branch of service on a piece of paper and put it in the collection basket)

Religious Education

Monday and Thursday 9 am to 4 pm Tuesday and Wednesday 10 am to 4 pm

The office is closed on Fridays.

The Religious Ed Office is closed for the Summer we will reopen on August 21st.

Any child entering grade 1 in September should be registered for our program. Communion prep is a two year program beginning with grade 1. If you are new to the Parish you may pick up your forms at the rectory or you may go on line at StJoRonk.org. You need to be a registered parishioner with a 5 digit ID #, you may register as a Parishioner at the Rectory.

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Anthony James Carlo Peyton Emma Connolly Ryan John Fleischauer Emily Brooke Lynch Kevin Patrick Lynch Giavanna Louise Meservy Joseph Pasquale Reid Joseph Anthony Velez

Banns of Marriage ( First Time)

Lauren Bushmann of St Elizabeth Ann Seton and Victor Bochicchio of St Joseph’s Michelle Losito of St Margaret of Scotland and Mario Carbonaro of St Joseph’s Vanessa Perez and Riccardo Migliozzi both of St Joseph’s Jennifer Herbst and Michael C Smith both of St Joseph’s Jenna Cardone of St Joseph’s and Kevin O’Keefe of Fairfield Ct Patricia Callahan of Assumption of BVM and Anthony D’Andraia of St Joseph’s Samantha Conzo of St Joseph’s and Joseph Tartaglia of Our Lady of Lourdes Michele Bowman of St Joseph’s and Mark McGunacle of St Francis Xavier Rafelina Desiderio of St Brigid’s and John Rochford of St Joseph’s Theresa Loweth and William Fuchs both of St Joseph’s

Weekly Offering

Sunday, August 6, 2006 Offerings $16,238 Same collection last year 14,974

Number of envelopes 578

Poor Box last weekend $517

Missionary Collection $5,791

Fuel Collection to Date $16,021 Fuel Expenses 9/1/05 thru 7/31/06 43,770

Thank you again for your generous support. God Bless You Always, Fr Mike

RESPECT LIFE With all the talk about embryonic stem cells vs. adult stem cells, one fact seems never to be mentioned. And that is … that many cures have occurred with the use of adult stem cells, but they are seldom reported on, or publicized.

However, in the May/June 2006 issue of the Saturday Evening Post, Dr. Eduardo Marban, M.S., Ph.D. answers a few questions on the subject of gene and stem cell therapies for heart attack victims. (Dr. Marban serves as editor-in-chief of Circulation Research, the world’s leading journal of cardiovascular investi-gation.) His definition of a stem cell being “like a utility player on a baseball team, capable of filling any of various positions given the right directive” is enlightening and understandable. Adult stem cells, which are derived from tissues within the body, provide endogenous (growing or originating from within) repair capacity for any given organ. The medical community now recognizes that the heart, for instance, contains its own pool of stem cells, which, with further research, may give doc-tors a completely new way of treating conditions such as heart attack and heart failure. According to Dr. Marban, cardiac stem cells have many ad-vantages. One of course is that there is no moral or ethical di-lemma with respect to the destruction of embryos. And autolo-gous (your own) stem cells are a perfect genetic match. If we can harvest the cells from an individual, grow them up in a labo-ratory, and reintroduce them into the same individual, there wouldn’t be any possibility of rejection. Dr. Marban’s group’s goal at this time is to complete preclinical studies within the next six months. As soon as that group of data is available and analyzed, they will seek regulatory approval to begin what they call Phase I clinical studies – safety studies- in a few patients before the end of 2006. If safety can be established, they will do larger studies with hundreds of patients to establish not only if the therapy is safe, but if it works. They are hoping, by this method, to have real clinical therapy and studies directed at clinical therapy within the next twelve months. When asked if he saw any breakthroughs or major advances coming, Dr. Marban’s reply in part was: “I would note that at the American Heart Association meetings in 2005 about 25 % of the studies presented from the world were in the area of stem cells and regenerative therapy. If we look back only four years, only a handful of studies were presented – less than one per-cent—so this area of research is exploding. I think it will lead to greater advances.” The above was excerpted from the Saturday Evening Post issue of May/June 2006, where you can read the entire article entitled Adult Stem Cell Therapy for Ailing Hearts.

PREGNANCY CRISIS HOTLINE -We are here to help you. Please call 981-6888.

Car Wash Cub Pack 272 will be having a car wash on August 13th after the 9, 10:30 and 12:00 Masses. We’ll supply the Cubs - you supply the car !!

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Mark Your Calendars Aug 14 Rosary on the Lawn 7 PM Aug 14 Vigil Mass Feast of the Assumption 7:30PM Aug 15 Feast of the Assumption Masses 7 & 9 AM, 12:10, 5 & 7:30PM Aug 21 Rosary on the Lawn 7:00 PM Aug 22 & 24 Altar Server Training 4-5PM Aug 26 Right to Life Newsletter Folding 8AM-12:30 School Auditorium

Outreach For the month of July we serviced 158clients.

Financial assistance amounted to $8,219. There were no new clients added and total services and referrals provided were 326. This included food, living needs, Health Care information, advocacy

and housing. Your continued support of the Outreach Program makes all of this possible.

The Outreach Office will be CLOSED

August 14-28

1 1 t h A N N U A L F A M IL Y F E ST IVA L B y t h e N u m b e r s

I nc o me S p o ns or s $ 1 2 , 9 5 0 R a f f l e s 1 6 , 8 8 0 F o o d B o ot hs 5 , 2 4 0 R i d e T i c k e t S ha r e 6 , 5 4 0 T o t a l I nco me $ 4 1 , 6 1 0 E x pe ns es 8 , 8 7 0 Net Pro f i t $ 3 2 , 7 4 0

I n s p i t e o f t h e w ea t her , w e d i d i t ! !

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The Calendar Club

Watch this space and your mail for enrollment forms !!

Join the Calendar Club 2007!

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St Joseph Parish is planning a special Mass on

Sunday, September 24th at 3:00PM To honor and bless couples who have celebrated their

25th or 50th Wedding Anniversary since February of 2004 Please leave your name, wedding date and phone

number at the rectory if you would like to participate.

Dear Fr Mike, We would like to attend the Mass on September 24th to receive a special

blessing as we celebrate our wedding anniversary. Name__________________________________________ Wedding Date_________________________________ Phone Number________________________________

Stewardship - A Way of Life Please mark a box to the left of each Ministry or Gift or Talent which would indicate that you would like to

(1) JOIN—use your gifts to serve that ministry; (2) RENEW - renew your commitment to share those gifts; (3) MORE INFO –request information in that particular area of ministry/gift or talent; (4) TAKE A BREAK - discontinue

your service for the coming year. A Ministry leader will contact you shortly whatever you choose to do. If you are not contacted within a month call us at 588-8456.

□ □ □ □ Altar Servers

□ □ □ □ Baptismal Assistants

□ □ □ □ Baptismal Prep □ □ □ □ Bereavement

□ □ □ □ Catholic Ministries Appeal

□ □ □ □ Community Outreach

□ □ □ □ Consolation

□ □ □ □ Extraordinary Ministers □ □ □ □ Evangelism Group

□ □ □ □ Lectors □ □ □ □ Music

□ □ □ □ Pre Cana

□ □ □ □ Religious Education

□ □ □ □ RCIA □ □ □ □ Right to Life □ □ □ □ Ushers □ □ □ □ Youth Ministries

□ □ □ □ Other________

□ □ □ □ Arts & Crafts

□ □ □ □ Carpentry

□ □ □ □ Clerical Work □ □ □ □ Decorating

□ □ □ □ Festival

□ □ □ □ Fundraising

□ □ □ □ Gardening

□ □ □ □ Maintenance □ □ □ □ Painting

□ □ □ □ Parish Mailings □ □ □ □ Photography / Video

□ □ □ □ Scrip Sales

□ □ □ □ Sewing & Ironing

□ □ □ □ Social Events □ □ □ □ Unity Sunday □ □ □ □ Vegas □ □ □ □ Other________ □ □ □ □ Other________

***According to Diocesan regulations all adult volunteers must fill out and sign a release for a confidential background check before volunteer hours

can begin.***

Tell Us About You!

Name_____________________________ Age (optional) _____ Address __________________________________ Phone numbers: Home___________Work/Cell____________ Hobbies and Interests _________________ __________________________________ __________________________________

Ministries

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Sharing Our Time and Talents

Ministry of Consolation The death of a loved one can be a very difficult time for the immediate family. From the moment we hear about the passing of a loved one, we want to offer that family our support and our care. Traditionally, that care seemed to be reserved to the priest who paid a visit to the funeral home and then performed the Funeral Mass on the following day. However, the care of the Church extends beyond that which can be given by the ordained clergy. all of us as a church want to extend compassion-ate care and prayerful support to people who have just experienced a loss. The Ministry of Consolation consists of members of our parish family who want to extend that compassion to the newly bereaved.

Members of the Ministry of Consolation help by: -- assist the family in the planning of the funeral liturgy (the choosing of appropriate scripture readings or hymns) -- attend the liturgy and offer hospitality ands assistance to all who are present at the funeral Mass.

People experience the presence of Jesus Christ in the world through the ministry of the Church. The first task of the parish community is to reach out to all people in Christian love and service. Christian hospitality draws people together, opens them to participation, and sets the tone for the liturgy. Every Christian is called to ministry and gifted by the Holy Spirit. This calling is rooted in our baptism. God empowers each person with the resources for ministry. The minister of hospitality is equipped for this ministry by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. These gifts make that ministry effective and enable the minister to build up the Body of Christ. In their welcome and Christ-like attitude, ministers of hospitality ensure that the faithful see and experi-ence the love of Christ. The ministry of hospitality is crucial because it is so visible in the Church. Certainly the attitude, conduct and even the ap-pearance of the minister of hospitality directly affects, either positively or negatively, the experience of the faithful at Mass.

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Diocese of Rockville Centre

Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Washington, D.C.

Saturday, September 23, 2006 JOURNEY OF UNITY

IN CHRIST

Schedule for the Day 12:00 Angelus 12:10 Welcome and Introduction Information on the Shrine Tours of the Shrine 1:00 Reconciliation Service (Rite II)

Followed by individual confessions in the crypt ! Lunch ! Tours ! Gift shop ! Private prayer ! Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

3:00 Rosary in word and song 4:15 Mass 5:30 Departure

Please contact Deacon Devenney through the rectory for more information on this wonderful event and to reserve a seat on the bus.

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CALLED TO ALTAR SERVE ...TO ASSIST THE PRIEST

IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE MASS

AUGUST 2006 NEW ALTAR SERVER TRAINING If you are in the 4th grade or higher and would like to become an altar server, please complete the form below and return it to the rectory as soon as possible., or you may drop it off in the Sunday Collection basket. Training will take 5 one hour sessions, from 4:00PM-5:00PM, in the church: Week I - Aug. 22 (Tuesday) - Aug. 24 (Thursday) Week II - Aug. 29 (Tuesday) Aug. 31 (Thursday) Week III - Sept. 5 (Tuesday) Installation will be announced after the training.

_____________________________________________________________

AUGUST 2006 NEW ALTAR SERVER TRAINING Name:_______________________________ Parents: __________________________ Address: _____________________________ Phone: __________________________ Grade: ______________________________ School: __________________________ Birthday: ____________________________

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Courtesy Announcements SOUP KITCHEN - open in Carew Hall every Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 6-7PM for those in need.

GLEAM - Golden Learning Experience at Mount St Alphonsus for seniors (55 and older) combining the physical & spiritual aspects of aging from September 18 to 21st in Esopus, NY. All room facing the Hudson River. The cost of the retreat is $200. The cost of round trip bus fare is $75. Call Doris Peterson for more information at 467-3477 or see the brochure posted in the lobby.

Help Wanted - Part time Religious Education Secretary needed at Sts Philip & James Parish in St James. Please fax re-sume to Lorraine Cortina at 862-9675. Computer literate, detail oriented, 19 hours per week, flexible schedule.

Suffolk Catholic Singles Dance - Saturday, August19th from 9PM to 12:30AM at the Holiday Inn at MacArthur Air-port in Ronkonkoma. Admission is $20 at the door. Neat casual attire. For more information call Jerry at 516-520-9385.

Charismatic Healing Mass -Tuesday, August 22 at 7PM at St Margaret of Scotland Church in Selden. The celebrant will be Fr Anthony Ewherido. All are welcome.

St Patrick’s Singles Fellowship - Sunday, September 17th from 10:00 –1PM. Coffee, tea, cake & conversation $2 . Widowed, single, divorced, separated ages 30 to 60 Plus yrs. For info call Gail 366-0124 Mon-Fri.

St John’s Bohemian Singles - 55 & Up meets on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of every month in the lower level of our church. Coffee & cake is served. If you are interested in a very active group that offers a full calendar of social events every month. Please call Mary Ann at 563-8982. Admission is $4.00. (St John Ne-pomocene Church) Seton Hall High School Class of 1956 - 50th Reunion Come join us the weekend of Sept 15th –17th, 2006. For information about the reunion , please contact Marie Wood Koferl at 588-6628. Marriage Encounter Weekends - go from just “good” to GREAT ! If you would like greater depth, growth and enrichment in your relationship you’ll love what a Worldwide Marriage En-counter weekend can do for you. Upcoming weekend August 18-20. Reserve your spot now by calling 1-866-499-6354. Professional Therapy & Counseling provided by NYS licensed psychologists are available to you through the Catholic Counseling Center, a proprietary professional corporation, which is in-dependent of & not controlled or supervised by the parish or diocese. Most insurance policies are honored. For confidential information & appointment, call Dr.Giuliani at 243-1550. As a member of the St Therese Prayer Society for Vocations, you commit yourself to praying in a special way for vocations in the Priesthood and Consecrated Life. There are no dues & no meetings, only the promise of prayers. For more information please call the Vocations office at 631-424-9888 or e-mail us at Vocations@drvc.org.

Pastoral Formation Institute - a 2 year process of Spiritual & Theological Formation with a 3rd year of specific ministry training for Laity in the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Classes avail-able mornings, evenings or Saturdays & at St Thomas More, Hauppauge on Tuesdays from 10am to12 noon. Formation weekends, workshops & retreats. Outstanding instructors & presenters. For

information /an application call Jeanne at 516-678-5800 ext 510 / jsavage@drvc.org .

St Joseph’s Class of 1982 Reunion is in the preliminary stages of planning for the 25 Year Reunion. We are looking for names and current addresses of ‘82 grads. If you have any information or would like to help serve on the committee, please contact Mary (Dumas) Bernhard at marypbernhard@yahoo.com or 631-821-9158.

Cenacle Retreats * August 20-27 - Seven Day Silent Preached Retreat * September 8-10 –Effective Living Workshop, Improve Self Image & Grow in Self Esteem For more information call 631-588-8366.

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Week In and Week Out - To those of you who, Sunday after Sunday, place a contribu-tion in the St Vincent de Paul Poor Boxes...thank you. We appreciate your allowing us to be a channel of your charity. On behalf of the poor you assist, we thank you.

PARISHIONER REQUEST FORM

I/we would like to register as members of St. Joseph Parish.

NAME (s): ____________________________________________

ADDRESS:__________________________________ _________

PHONE: _______ - _____________ unlisted? (Yes) (No)

I/we would like become members of the parish. ( ) Yes I/we would like to receive contribution envelopes. ( ) Yes ( )No

We make our donations each Sunday ( ) Weekly We make our donations once a Month ( ) Monthly

( ) I would like to become an usher ( ) I would like to become a lector. ( ) I would like to become an altar server. ( ) I would like to become a choir member ( ) I would like to become a Catechist ( ) I would like to help maintain the parish plantings

***If you would like to become an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion please write to Fr. Maffeo stating your intentions and he

will contact you concerning the next step in the process.***

( ) I would like to offer my following talents to the parish

(Please return to the Church Office or place in Collection Basket)

PARISH RESTORATION FUND

I/we wish to pledge (or increase our pledge to) ___ $5,000 ___ $4,000 ___ $3,000 ___ $2,000 ___ $1,000

I/we would like to make payments ___Annually ___Semi-Annually ___Quarterly ___ Monthly

spreading the payments over ___One year ___ Two years ___ Three years ___ Four years NAME (s): ________________________________________ ADDRESS:_______________________________________

_______________________________________ PHONE: ______ - _________

REMEMBERING THE SICK Please include the following in the bulletin sick list:

______________________________ Name of person who is ill:

_____________________________ ____________________ Person making this request: Relationship to ill person

Your Phone #: _____________________ (Please place in collection basket or return to Church Office)

(Friends can be placed on the silent prayer list only)

We’re Looking For…

BOX TOPS - from cereals for Educational purposes are always welcomed. Please drop them in the collection.

DEPOSIT BOTTLES AND CANS- Please place them in the baskets that are located on the school side of the Church on weekends or behind the rectory during the week.

CELL PHONES - Please bring your no longer used or needed cell phones and deposit them at the Scrip table in the Church lobby.

INKJET CARTRIDGES - Drop them off (in a plastic baggie) when you come to mass. We will send them to a company who reuses them and gives the parish a bounty for each. One note, to clear confusion, if it is larger than a fist, it is not an inkjet car-tridge!!!

Travel Soccer: Gene #467-0541

Intramural Soccer: Beth #737-6299

Track Karen #588-8636

Chairman: Henry Baseball:

Gene #588-1879 Girls Basketball:

Christine #737-3142 Boys Basketball:

Sport for all Seasons ST JOSEPH

CYO

Cub Scout Pack 272 Boy Scout Troop 272

St. Joseph’s Cub Scout Pack 272 and Boy Scout Troop 272 have fun, exciting, educational, character building programs

for boys, age 7 through 17 (first grade and up). For more information or to enroll your child,

contact Dr. Louis Scotti at 656-8428 or e-mail JoinScouting@StJoRonk.org.

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