SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 - TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Rev. Msgr. Gerardo J. Colacicco, Pastor Rev. Richard A. LaMorte

PARISH SECRETARIES

Mary Theresa Soyka Wanda Ramos-Munoz

COORDINATOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Laura Warning

DIRECTORS OF MUSIC

Gene Canevari Patricia Mark Regina Syversen Bernadette Syversen

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Begins at 12:00 Noon every 1st Friday and continues throughout the afternoon, ending with Benediction at 5:00 PM.

MASSES Saturday ................................ 5:00 PM Vigil Mass of Sunday Sunday ................................. 8:00 and 10:15 AM, 12:00 Noon Holydays......................................... See bulletin for schedule Daily Mass….....7:30 AM, Wednesday…….5:00pm only

CONFESSIONS Saturday ....................... 4:00-4:45 PM or anytime by request

BAPTISMS: Sundays at 1:00 PM. Please contact the rectory. Sponsor certificates for the Sacrament of Baptism (godparents) or the Sacrament of Confirmation can be obtained by seeing the Pastor after one of the weekend Masses.

WEDDINGS: Arrangements should be made at least six months in advance. A Marriage Preparation Program is required.

NEW PARISHIONERS: Please register in the parish by calling the Rectory.

Rectory Phone: 845-677-3422 • Rectory Fax: 845-677-3423 CCD Office: 845-677-3273

E-mail: stjosephmillbrook@gmail.com Website: stjosephmillbrookny.org

Rectory Office Open 9:00 AM-3:00 PM Sick calls: Anytime 845-677-3422

St. Joseph Cemetery, Millbrook and St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bangall: Call the Rectory for information.

“The last will be first and the first will

be last.”

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Mass Readings

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time —Year A. Today’s readings can be found on

page 932 in the hymnal.

Mass Intentions for the Week

Saturday, September 23rd - St. Pius of Pietrelcina

7:30am Intentions of Don and Sharon Johnson

5:00pm Ida Meunier and Marie Boylan

Mark Andreini

Sunday, September 24th -

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00am People of the Parish

Zane Grey

10:15am Zane Grey

12:00pm Dina Scecchitano

Dorothy Stortecky

Monday, September 25th -

7:30am Peter Colomello

John Schneider

Tuesday, September 26th - Sts. Cosmas and Damian

7:30am Terence O’Leary

Heyward Clamp

Wednesday, September 27th - St. Vincent de Paul

5:00pm Dorothy Sinnott

Helena Gallagher

Thursday, September 28th - St. Wenceslaus

St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions

7:30am Special Intentions

Pamela Johnson

Friday, September 29th -

Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels

7:30am Mary Setaro

Intentions of Catherine Winchell

Saturday, September 30th - St. Jerome

7:30am Rev. A. J. Canary

5:00pm Frederick Nielsen

Sunday, October 1st -

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00am Intentions of the Buchal Family

Luke Garrison

10:15am People of the Parish

Zane Grey

12:00pm Marguerite Rotunno

Second Collection Today for Hurricane Irma Relief

We will take up a second collection at all Masses this weekend to assist the affected areas

impacted by Hurricane Irma. Realizing that this comes on the heels of the special collection for

Hurricane Harvey, we are asked to do our best to support those in Florida and the Caribbean.

The Church has always been a channel for grace and solidarity in the wake of natural disasters

as it offers solace and support in their aftermath. May God bless you for your generosity in this

time of need.

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Have you suffered an abortion?

Experience God’s love and mercy

and begin the journey of healing.

Please call the Sisters of Life:

866-575-0075 or email us at:

hopeandhealing@sistersoflife.org

For men, call Theresa Bonopartis at

Lumina: 877-586-4621 or email:

Lumina@postabortionhelp.org

Visit our website: sistersoflife.org for

more info.

Religious Education

CCD classes have begun!

Registration forms can be found on

our Parish Website:

www.stjosephmillbrookny.org

Parish Coffee

There will be Parish Coffee and Fellowship

following the 8:00 and 10:15am Masses on Sunday,

September 24th and Sunday, October 22nd in the Parish Hall.

Please mark your calendars! Parishioners are invited to bring a

breakfast item to share but, most importantly, bring yourselves!

Life Chains— Be a Witness to Life!

Allow the Lord to work through YOU to change hearts and minds to

support life as you participate in the following Life Chains. All chains

will be held on Church Street in Poughkeepsie (between Market &

Academy Streets).

Sunday, Oct. 1: 2pm-3:30pm

Sunday, Oct. 15: 3:30pm-5pm

Sunday, Oct. 29: 2pm-3:30pm

A Life Chain is a peaceful, prayerful event that enables you to be a

witness to the sanctity of life by holding a sign with a pro-life

message. Signs provided. No graphic or political signs.

For more information, call 845-853-6529.

First Friday of the Month

Eucharistic Adoration

Every month on the First Friday Our Divine Lord, present in the Most Blessed Sacrament is exposed for

Adoration in our Parish from 12 noon to 5pm. We encourage all of our parishioners to come and spend

some time in quiet prayer with Our Lord. Some may hesitate because they are not sure what to do with

“quiet” time or how to spend the time. We have made up a small booklet with devotional prayers that

you can offer. Also, there are Scripture passages recommended for your use in prayer during that time;

we will have some Bibles available. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will begin at 5pm to close our

time of Adoration. If you have not visited in the past, please plan to join us on October 6.

Awaken An Encounter with the Theology of the Body

Location: SEMINARY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION in HUNTINGTON, NY

Date: Friday, October 13 through Sunday, October 15

Cost: $375 (includes workbook, double occupancy room, and meals) tobinstitute.org/awaken to register

What is this ache in our hearts for connection, for relationship, that even the good things of the world can’t seem

to satisfy? This journey begins and ends with the gift and mystery of our creation as male and female and our

encounter with God, the world, and other people. Come and awaken the wonder and mystery of being human.

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Beginning Experience of the Hudson Valley

Beginning Experience is offering a healing weekend from October 6 to 8, 2017 at the

St. Lawrence Retreat Center in Beacon, NY. This invitation is open to men and women

of all ages who have suffered the loss of a spouse through death, divorce, or

separation. It is a time to heal and a time to begin anew. Reservations are required.

For information or registration, please call Mary Anne at 914-260-5087 or Phyllis at

914-261-5812 or email ny.hudson.valley@beginningexperience.org.

OFFICE OF THE CARDINAL

1011 FIRST AVENUE

NEW YORK, NY 10022

September, 2017

Dear friends in the Lord:

As you may imagine, I receive quite a few letters from the faithful every day. No letter cheers me more than that

of a parishioner extolling the dedicated service of his/her pastor. And, as you know, so many of our pastors were

spiritually formed and academically trained at our own Saint Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie, Yonkers.

Our seminarians are the future shepherds of our flock, spiritual guides for our faithful and leaders in our

communities. It is our responsibility, therefore, to ensure that they are as well prepared as possible to serve the

Church here in New York. This year, Saint Joseph’s Seminary begins its 121st year of forming and ordaining holy,

faithful and dedicated priests. Our seminary is held in the highest regard, each year with other dioceses and

religious orders joining our priestly and diaconate formation programs.

With this letter, I invite you to consider, in your own prayer, a sacrificial gift to the Annual Seminary Collection, to

be conducted the weekend of September 30 and October 1. Your support will provide tuition and room and board

for more than forty seminarians of the archdiocese. It also allows us to continue our solid tradition of excellence

in academically training and spiritually forming candidates for priesthood and diaconate. In short, your support

will help prepare young men who will inspire those letters of admiration that I receive daily about so many of our

great priests.

The priesthood is a life of sacrifice and service. As you know, we do not have as many men making the

commitment to serve as priests as we did years ago, and I am so grateful to those who accept the Lord’s call.

Please assist me in providing for our seminarians who will hand on the life and traditions of the Church as they

embark on their training to become your priests.

With prayerful best wishes I am,

Faithfully in Christ,

Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan

Archbishop of New York

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PARISH INFORMATION Immaculate Conception, Amenia Food Pantry 373-8193 Religious Education (CCD) And Youth Group Laura Warning 677-3273 Uncle Al’s Thrift Shop 677-5002 St. Joseph’s Women’s Guild Judy Yarochowicz 677-5778 Knights of Columbus Greg Butta 677-0182 CYO Basketball Kirsten Rappleyea 677-6581 Choir Gene Canevari 399-0403 Men’s Group Mike Appolonia 594-7804

Uncle Al’s

What’s New at Uncle Al’s Thrift Shop BOO! Halloween costumes and miscellaneous Halloween items are now available at great prices! Also, all puzzles and games are on sale for 50 cents. Due to an overabundance, books (hardcover and paperback) are now 10 cents. Newly donated merchandise is being put out each day Uncle Al’s is open. Shop hours: Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays 10:00am—4:00pm and Saturdays 10:00am-1:00pm. Donations can be left at Uncle Al’s when shop is open. All proceeds benefit St. Joseph– Immaculate Conception Church.

Born into the new life of

Christ in the waters of

Baptism

Ethan James Nucatola

In Memory of

Kenneth A.

Hedrick

In Memory of

Charles Daniele

Parish Sick List

Please pray for our Parishioners who are ill, homebound or in our

area Nursing Homes:

Daisy Abruzzo, Tatum Allen, Rosemary and Melville Bonanno,

Ann Brandow, Leititcia Burack, Salvatore Carrubba, Richard Caza,

Carolyn Chernick, Helena Darragh, Rose Marie DeSantis,

Michael Eades, Millie France, Gilda Iannucci, Susan Liskey,

Buddy Marona, June Martin, Vincent Massarelli,

Dorothea Matevichuk, Rita McEnroe, Stephanie Moschier,

Jane Muller, Mary O’Keefe, Dan Palumbo, Mrs. Tom Parker,

Helen Pelletier, Jill Philipbar, Lucille Pickering, Robert Salberg,

Angelina Segno, Anthony and Rose Risimini, Linda Ippolitto Sullivan,

Regina Syversen, Betty Zitz.

Please pray for our recently departed:

The Souls in Purgatory

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine

upon them. May their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed

through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.

2017 Prayer Intentions of Pope Francis

SEPTEMBER

PARISHES

That our parishes, animated by a missionary spirit, may be

places where faith is communicated and charity is seen.