414 North Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201 Tel: (413) 445-5789//Fax: (413) 443-5466 Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Website: www.stjoepittsfield.com

Pastor - Msgr. Michael Shershanovich e-mail: msgrmike@berkshire.rr.com

Priest in Residence - Rev. Geoffrey Deeker, CSS

Most. Rev. Timothy McDonnell in Residence

Coordinator of Youth Religious Education John Arasimowicz

e-mail:johnaccd@gmail.com

Secretary - Michele Madden e-mail: Michelemadden@berkshire.rr.com

Pastoral Minister-Mrs. Patricia Momnie

Superintendent - Jay Meehan Office Manager-Nancy Nolan-Tel: (413) 499-1317

Website: www.stjoecem.com e-mail: stjoecem@verizon.net

St. Joseph’s

Mother Church of the

Berkshires Established 1849

ST. JOSEPH’S PARISH

THE STAFF

ST. JOSEPH’S CEMETERY

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday-4:00 PM—Sunday-9:00 & 11:30 AM

Daily Mass-12:10 PM—Holiday Mass-9:00 AM

RCIA-Wed. 6:30 PM

Holy Hour —Monday - Friday 11:00 AM Prayer Group —1st & 3rd Wed. 6:45 PM

Rosary —Monday - Friday 11:30 AM

PRAYER LINE 413-443-1221

October 20, 2019

MOHEGAN SUN

Mon., Nov. 4th. We have a bus trip to Mohegan Sun for $35. (Tip Incl.) Bus leaves

our parking lot at 8AM and we leave to head home about 4:15. All are welcome! Please call the Rectory for reservations 445-5789.

November 23rd from 9-2 in St. Joseph Parish

Center.

We are looking for DONATIONS of pie filling, apple,

cherry, blueberry and raspberry.

RCIA will begin on October 23!

Mass will be celebrated by Msgr.

Shershanovich in the Mausoleum at St.

Joseph Cemetery on Sat, Nov. 2nd at 10:00

AM. Please bring a chair.

CHRISTMAS BUS TRIP TO NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND

Tuesday, December 10, 2019. Visit the Mansions (The Breakers and The

Elms). They will be beautifully decorated for Christmas. We’ll have lunch at Johnny’s in

the Wyndham Newport Hotel (Meal is Chicken Piccata or Baked Stuffed Scrod with

Newburg Sauce). Then we head back to Pittsfield. The bus will leave the parking lot

at 8AM. The cost of the trip is $95 and includes lunch and all gratuities. If

interested, please call the rectory for a reservation. All are welcome!

Calie Champoux Marley Gamberoni Anthony Johnson Anna Najimy Mia Potash Sergio Orellana-Ramos Jasmyn Roark-Somersall Samuel Taylor Keaton West

ON YOUR CONFIRMATION!

We are looking for donations for the

Chinese Raffle table for the Holiday Bazaar.

THANKSGIVING ANGELS PROGRAM

We are collecting packets of Knorr or McCormick TURKEY Gravy

for the Thanksgiving Angels. These are the preferred

gravies. Please leave in the baskets by the church doors for the Food Pantry. We

have 95 envelopes and we need 1200! Please be a part of this endeavor and God bless you for your generosity. Thank you to all who have

donated.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Sat., Oct. 19th

4:00 PM Sun., Oct. 20th

9:00 AM Sun., Oct. 20th

11:30 AM Joe Bourquard Lillian Trzepacz Jeff Gerard

Michael Collins Jeff Vincent Glenna Gerard Barbara Dalo Sharon Vincent Paul Mays Paula Dodds Nancy Woitkoski Mike McClusky Josie Daviau John Arasimowicz Sharon McClusky

Nina Mastrangelo Jeanne Cornell Pat Momnie Terry Costello

LECTORS Sharyn Fresia Al Najimy Robert Bouquet Cheryl Furtek John Quallen Anne Dunham

DAY OF RETREAT (All Are Welcome)

October 29, 2019 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Check in time 8:00 a.m.- 8:45 a.m.

St. Joseph Parish Center, Pittsfield, MA ________________________________

THEME: Receptivity and Resilience on the Journey of Spirituality “Each morning we must hold out

the chalice of our being to receive, to carry and to give

back. It must be held out empty—-for the past must only be

reflected in its polish, its shape, its capacity.”

Dag Hammarskjold, MARKINGS, p127

Sr. Colette Hanlon, S.C. Presenter Colette Hanlon is a Sister of Charity of Seton Hill whose past ministries include being a teacher of the deaf and the blind, formation ministry, General Councilor, and hospital Chaplain. She is presently a member of the Provincial Council for the Sisters of Charity in Greensburg, PA. ______________________________________________________________________________________

Reservation Donation $15.00 (Continental breakfast & lunch included)

RSVP to Josie Buzzanco 413-443-0876 on or before October 22, 2019

Sponsored by Pittsfield Seton Family Group

October 20th – Class for grades K-9. Grade 10 Meet in Parish Center

from 6:00 to 8:00pm.

October 27th - Class for grades K-9. All Saint’s Day. Students K-6 to process at 9:00 a.m. Mass.

Meet in North Chapel at 8:45.

November 3rd –Class for grades K-9.

CATHOLIC FAMILY BENEFITS NIGHT All Ages Welcome!

North Chapel at St. Joseph Church, 414 North Street - Pittsfield, MA Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 5:30pm - Reception/Check-in. Start at

6 pm. Learn about Exclusive Benefits Available to You and Your Family. For More Info Call:

Chris Miller (413) 612-0253 x102 www.ProtectedCatholic.org

FAUSTINA– Love & Mercy playing at the Beacon

Theater on North Street, Pittsfield, for one night

only. October 28th at 7 p.m. Buy tickets at the

box office or at www.fathomevents.com/

events/faustina-love-and-mercy/theaters.

CANADIAN MEAT PIES

Traditional 5 inch "Tourtiere"

consisting of beef, pork, potato, onion,

celery and spices at $5.00 each, frozen, uncooked pies, 60 pies will be made and sold to

order. The Meat Pies will be available to be picked up at St. Joseph Holiday Bazaar at St. Joseph Parish Center on Sat., November 23rd from 9 AM until 12 noon. Kindly contact Rita

Laviolette at 499-3623 to place your order by November 17th. All proceeds go to St.

Joseph Church.

St. Joseph Cemetery-Winter decorations may be placed on lots starting

November 1st. One wreath or flower box is

allowed per lot. Cemetery gates will close at 4:00 PM beginning Sunday,

Nov. 3rd.

Saturday, October 19th Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Buda & Rose Mastrangelo Requested by Family

4:00 PM

Sunday, October 20th Deceased Family Members & Friends of St. Joseph High School Class of 1959 —Requested by Bill Bob Driscoll Requested by Friends

9:00 AM

11:30 AM

Monday, October 21st Arnold Trzepacz Requested by John Trzepacz

12:10 PM

Tuesday, October 22nd Celebration of Priesthood

12:10 PM

Wednesday, October 23rd For the Parish

12:10 PM

Thursday, October 24th Irene Trzepacz Requested by John Trzepacz

12:10 PM

Friday, October 25th Matthew & Cecelia Mastalerz Requested by Family

12:10 PM

Saturday, October 26th Deceased Members of Blair & Taylor Families Requested by Family

4:00 PM

Sunday, October 27th Margaret Toss Requested by John & Tom Arasimowicz

Catherine Shaw-1st Anniversary Requested by Family

9:00 AM

11:30 AM

October 20th, 2019 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Render a just decision for me against my adversary.”

Today’s Gospel features a persistent widow who ekes out justice from a notoriously cold-hearted judge. Why

does she win the day? “Because the widow keeps bothering me.” Jesus’ recommendation to the disciples

is to be persistent in prayer, because surely God the Father is far more attuned to their needs than this

judge. If only it were that easy, right? We’ve all experienced the unanswered prayer, the silence after our cries. When this continues, sometimes it can be difficult to have faith in God or believe He answers prayers. It can be easy to lapse into a sense of His

distance. We want Him to do something “fair,” which — in our limited view — typically means that

something works out in our favor. There are, of course, many legitimate cries for justice. We live in a

fallen world filled with flawed human beings. We hurt each other, sometimes grievously, and our efforts to remake the world in our image can result in unjust,

inhumane systems. Faced with the problem of evil, we may wonder how God will “secure the rights of his

chosen ones.” Sometimes, He may well seem “slow to answer them.” In the face of these very real questions, it’s important to recall the words of the prophet Isaiah, that God’s thoughts “are not [our] thoughts.” His ways

are not our ways. God respects the freedom He has given us. When we see what free will has wrought, perhaps we question God’s better judgment! Yet

somehow, we hear that He mysteriously works all things for our good. No matter what situation we find ourselves in, we are always free to love. We are invited to be persistent in our prayer, to continue bringing our

concerns before God in trusting surrender. We are invited to love well in the circumstances we find

ourselves in, to be a light in the darkness. No matter when — or if — our prayers are answered the way we would like, we are nonetheless invited to witness to

“faith on earth.”

READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF October 20, 2019 Sunday: Ex 17:8-13/Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 [cf. 2]/2 Tm 3:14—4:2/Lk 18:1-8

Monday: Rom 4:20-25/Lk 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75 [cf. 68]/Lk 12:13-21 Tuesday: Rom 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21/Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17 [8a and 9a]/Lk 12:35-38

Wednesday: Rom 6:12-18/Ps 124:1b-3, 4-6, 7-8 [8a]/Lk 12:39-48 Thursday: Rom 6:19-23/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [Ps 40:5]/Lk 12:49-53

Friday: Rom 7:18-25a/Ps 119:66, 68, 76, 77, 93, 94 [68b]/Lk 12:54-59 Saturday: Rom 8:1-11/Ps 24:1b-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 [cf. 6]/Lk 13:1-9