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THE CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST 71 Murray Avenue, Goshen, New York 10924
www.sjegoshen.org - (845) 294-5328 - [email protected]
We extend our most sincere wishes to each of you for a blessed Christmas and a grace-filled new year! Whether you’ve come from near or far, we are pleased to be able to share the joy of Christ’s birth with you in the celebration of the Eu-charist.
This year’s Giving Tree yielded 350 gifts for sixty-one families, in addition to gifts for nearly sixty other children who might otherwise have gone without this Christmas. The real spirit of Christmas is alive and well at St. John’s.
Today’s bulletin includes the usual notices, in addition to a special page about what’s happening at St. John School. If you’re not on Flocknote, our handy and user-friendly email and text notification system, you’ll find useful information on page 5; sign-up is easy.
Please know of our prayers for you, now and all through the year; your prayers for us are most welcome and needed.
Merry Christmas!
Fr. George Hafemann Fr. Jeffrey Pomeisl Fr. Joseph Komonchak Fr. James Hess, O.Carm. Deacon James Faulkner Deacon Kareem Smith and the parish staff
THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD - DECEMBER 25, 2016
Dearly beloved, today our Saviour is born; let us rejoice. Sadness should have no place on the birthday of life. The fear of death has been swallowed up; life brings us joy with the promise of eternal happiness.
No one is shut out from this joy; all share the same reason for rejoicing. Our Lord, victor over sin and death, finding no man free from sin, came to free us all. Let the saint rejoice as he sees the palm of victory at hand. Let the sinner be glad as he receives the offer of forgiveness. Let the pagan take courage as he is summoned to life.
In the fullness of time, chosen in the unfathomable depths of God’s wisdom, the Son of God took for himself our common humanity in order to reconcile it with its creator. He came to overthrow the devil, the origin of death, in that very nature by which he had overthrown mankind.
And so at the birth of our Lord the angels sing in joy: Glory to God in the highest, and they proclaim peace to men of good will as they see the heavenly Jerusalem being built from all the nations of the world. When the angels on high are so exultant at this marvelous work of God’s goodness, what joy should it not bring to the lowly hearts of men?
Beloved, let us give thanks to God the Father, through his Son, in the Holy Spirit, because in his great love for us he took pity on us, and when we were dead in our sins he brought us to life with Christ, so that in him we might be a new creation. Let us throw off our old nature and all its ways and, as we have come to birth in Christ, let us renounce the works of the flesh.
Christian, remember your dignity, and now that you share in God’s own nature, do not return by sin to your former base condition. Bear in mind who is your head and of whose body you are a member. Do not forget that you have been rescued from the power of darkness and brought into the light of God’s kingdom.
Through the sacrament of baptism you have become a temple of the Holy Spirit. Do not drive away so great a guest by evil conduct and become again a slave to the devil, for your liberty was bought by the blood of Christ.
From a sermon by St. Leo the Great, pope
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Church of St. John the Evangelist 71 Murray Avenue Goshen, NY 10924
(845) 294-5328 www.sjegoshen.org
The Sunday Eucharist Saturday 5:00pm 6:30pm (Spanish) Sunday 8:00am 10:00am 12:00pm 5:00pm
The Eucharist is celebrated on weekdays in the chapel: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 6:30am
Wednesday at 5:15pm, followed by adoration until 9:00pm
Saturday at 8:00am
Sacrament of Penance (Confession) Saturday, 4:00 - 4:45pm
Thursday before the first Friday, 4:00 - 4:30pm
Sacrament of Baptism The sacrament of Baptism is celebrated on the first and second Sundays of the month at 1:30pm. Couples who are awaiting the birth of a child are invited to contact the parish office to schedule an appointment with one of the priests.
Sacrament of the Sick The sacrament of the sick is available to anyone who is acutely or chronically ill, or suffering the effects of age. Please speak with one of the priests.
Fr. George Hafemann Fr. Jeffrey Pomeisl
Fr. Joseph Komonchak Fr. James Hess, O.Carm. Deacon James Faulkner Deacon Kareem Smith
St. John School
Pre-K through Grade 8 Mrs. Lisa Ferraro, Principal
(845) 294-6434 www.saintjohngoshen.org
St. John’s Religious Education Program
K through Grade 8 Mrs. Cathy Fife, Coordinator
(845) 294-6847
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THE COLLECTION FOR DECEMBER 18, 2016 WILL BE REPORTED NEXT WEEK
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED GENEROSITY!
On Thursday, December 22nd in McCaffrey Hall, doors open at 5:45pm
and games start at 6:45pm. Team #2
Schedules for the Week of December 24/25
Extraordinary Ministers Lectors Christmas Eve
4:00 p.m. - Church B. Kuehner F. Warren J. Kuehner M. Crawford 4:00 p.m. - Burke D. Missalidis M. Loomis 6:00 p.m. A. Scanlon A. Palazzola 9:00 p.m.
Christmas Day
12:00 a.m. K. Farrell 8:00 a.m. E. Dorian 10:00 a.m. D. Missalidis T. Yates 12:00 p.m. M. Martin N. Krebs
In your prayers, please remember all of the souls in Purgatory.
Please join us in adoration Wednesday evening from 6:00 to 9:00p.m. Please come
and spend some time with the blessed sacrament. Please call Margaret at 294-1506
if you can cover any of the above referenced time periods.
The parish office will be closed on Monday, December 26 in observance of Christmas.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
There are no scheduled Religious Education classes starting Sunday, December 25th through Tuesday, January 3rd. Classes resume on
Sunday, January 8th. A Happy, Holy Merry Christmas and New Year to all!
Are you looking for a place where other Catholic women come together? To talk? To
pray for each other? To encourage one another? To grow in faith and enjoy
fellowship? Women from St. John's are beginning a group called HEART OF MARY
WOMEN'S FELLOWSHIP. They hope to celebrate their faith by gathering together
through monthly meetings at St. John's and sharing fellowship through a closed group on Facebook. If you are interested in attending Heart of Mary meetings and/or joining the
Facebook group, please send an email to [email protected].
Please come and pray the Rosary every Sunday at 7:30 a.m. (before
the 8:00 a.m. Mass).
FORMED is an innovative online platform through which our parishioners can have access to a wide range of top-quality faith formation resources from Bishop
Robert Barron, the Augustine Institute, Father Michael Gaitley, Lighthouse Catholic Media, and
many others. A number of Spanish-language resources are also available on FORMED, and new materials are
being added regularly. Accessing these resources is very simple. Visit formed.org, and use our parish
access code: DGJWJK.
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In your prayers please remember, Pamala Boylan, Barbara Jean Brancato, Erica Burns,
Abby Furco, JoAnne Gale, Evelyn Glynn, John Kennedy, Agnes Gertrude Keough, Kim Martin, Florence Navarro, Thomasina Nelson, Mary O’Brien,
Susan O’Brien, John Patane, Sr., Shawn Peck, Linda Pedersen, Marie Ramirez, Gianna Rose, Lisa Shina,
Karen Taphorn, and all those in need, that they may recover through the healing power of Our Lord.
SICK LIST REQUEST—To all those who have a family mem-ber on the sick list, Please update your request. The forms must be
up-dated every six (6) weeks . THANK YOU
BULLETIN SICK LIST: PLEASE NOTE:
We will place names in the list for a period of six (6) weeks. If you wish the name repeated you must sub-mit a new form. Requests will be accepted only from the sick person or an immediate family member, also, include the relationship with said person.
Detach and return:
I would like my name entered in the Bulletin Sick List and give my permission to do so.
NAME (Print) ________________________________________
DATE: _________________
__________________________________________
BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL
CONCEIVE AND BEAR A SON,
AND THEY SHALL NAME HIM EMMANUEL, WHICH MEANS, “GOD WITH US”
MATTHEW 1:23
PRAYER FOR FAMILIES
Loving God,
During this holy season of Christmas, we ask for your blessing on all families.
Let Mary’s openness to your wondrous ways
be an inspiration to place all trust in you.
Let Joseph’s courage provide hope during times of anxiety and uncertainty.
Let Jesus’ life ignite all families with a spirit of light and love.
May the grace that encircled the Holy Family
widen to embrace all families.
For this we pray. Amen.
MARCH FOR LIFE 2017
St. John's will be sponsoring a bus to the March for Life on Friday, January 27,
2017. The price for a seat is $20. Mass will be celebrated in the Chapel at 4:15am; the bus will depart at 5:00am. We normally return late in
the evening. For more information or to reserve a seat on the bus, please contact
Dawn at (845) 325-4823.
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