Pastoral Care For The Homebound If you are sick, home-bound or in the hospital and would like to receive Holy Com-munion or a pastoral visit please call the Parish Office and one of the priests will come to visit you. If you are homebound and would like Holy Communion each week please call the Parish Office.

Please remember St. Joseph’s Parish in your will

Parish Office : Open Monday through Friday From 9:00am to 4:30pm

The mission of St. Joseph’s Church is to be a welcoming, caring, Christ-centered Catholic community. We desire to

experience and share God’s unconditional love. Inspired by the example of Jesus, we strive to lead all people to

wholeness and fullness of life.

The Sacrament of Marriage is celebrated after a period of preparation of no less than six months. Those who wish to marry at St. Joseph’s are invited to contact one of the priests during regular weekday office hours before making any other arrangements. The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated, on the first and third Sundays of the month at 1:30pm. Please call the Parish Office to schedule an appointment with one of the priests. The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is available at any time to any Catholic over the age of reason who is seriously ill, preparing for surgery or suffering the effects of age. The priests of the parish regularly celebrate the Eucharist and administer the sacrament of the sick at the area nursing homes; lay ministers lead services and bring communion to the residents every Sunday.

Rev. Fr. John M. Lagiovane, Pastor jlagiovane@gmail.com Rev. Fr. Rufus Kenny, Parochial Vicar fr.rmkenny@gmail.com

Rev. Fr. Jude Aguwa, Parochial Vicar uju.aguwa@att.net

Deacon George Sica

Deacon Lawrence Battersby

Sub-Deacon Michel Rabbah, MCR Michel@rabbahs.com

Rev. Msgr. James R. Moore, Pastor Emeritus

Mr. Richard Casterella, Business Manager rjcasterella@gmail.com

Sr. Mary Lynn Kellogg, R.D.C-Senior Ministry 914-232-1426 Mrs. Pamela Crozier, Coordinator of Religious Education sjcfre@yahoo.com 914-232-1426

Mr. Joseph J. Nigro, Director of Sacred Music sjcsmusic95@gmail.com

Mrs. Marina Rojas, Parish Secretary sjcf@catholicweb.com

Mrs. Donna Cuiffo and Mr. Thomas Tobin, Trustees

Sunday Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00pm Sunday 8:00am, 10:00am, 12:00pm, 6:00pm

Daily Mass Schedule—Chapel 7:30am and 9:00am, on Saturday at 8:00am

Sacrament of Penance Saturday 4:00-4:45pm and any other time by appointment. Adoration 1st & 3rd Thursday of the Month September thru June 9:30am-4:00pm

O blessed Joseph, faithful guardian of my Redeemer, Jesus Christ, protector of thy chaste spouse, the virgin Mother of God, I choose thee this day to be my special patron and advocate and I firmly resolve to honor thee all the days of my life. Therefore I humbly beseech thee to receive me as thy client, to instruct me in every doubt, to comfort me in every affliction, to obtain for me and for all the knowledge and love of the Heart of Jesus, and finally to defend and protect me at the hour of my death. Amen

Saint Joseph’s Church Website: www.stjosephsomers.org/E-Mail: sjcf@catholicweb.com

914-232-2910/232-2912(fax) 95 Plum Brook Road, Somers, New York 10589 September 20, 2020

Celebrating 175 Years ~ 1845-2020

September 20, 2020 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

PARISH CALENDAR

Sunday, September 20th

Monday, September 21st

7:30pm Book Club Meeting Parish Center B

Tuesday, September 22nd

7:30pm Knights of Columbus Meeting Parish Center B

Wednesday, September 23rd

12:30pm Seniors Knitting Group Meeting Room

4:30pm Confirmation Church

7:00pm Confirmation Church

Thursday, September 24th

Friday, September 25th

Saturday, September 26th

Knights of Columbus—blessing of officers at the 5pm Mass

Sunday, September 27th

In your prayers, please remember those for whom Mass will be offered

this week:

Sunday, September 20th ~ 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00am Bekel and Westermann Families

10:00am Mary Chang

12:00pm Frank Morra

6:00pm Pro Populo (For The People Of The Parish)

Monday, September 21st ~ Saint Matthew

7:30am Dr. Okezie Aguwa

9:00am Edward Scarsella

Tuesday, September 22nd

7:30am Martha Collins

9:00am Matthew Gary Carr

Wednesday, September 23rd ~ Saint Pius of Pietreicina

7:30am Luce Haxhari

9:00am Ciro Russo

Thursday, September 24th

7:30am Gismondi Family

9:00am Robert Reeves

Friday, September 25th

7:30am Margaret McTemar

9:00am Anne Flynn

Saturday, September 26th ~ St. Cosmas and St. Damian

8:00am Rose Caprino

5:00pm Eugene Brennan

Sunday, September 27th ~ 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00am Pro Populo (For The People Of The Parish)

10:00am Bob Johnson

12:00pm Joseph Reda

6:00pm Helena Johnson

Welcome to Saint Joseph’s Church Thank you for joining with us as we celebrate the Eucharist. We are happy that you gather with us today, especially if you are visiting. Our prayer is that you will find the nourishment for your faith in this beautiful house of God.

The Sanctuary Lamp near our Tabernacle burns this week

In Loving Memory of

Edward J. DiLisio CHURCH SUPPORT

Sunday, September 12/13 $10,794.00

WeShare for August Regular Collec on $17,297.33

Your continued generosity supports all the worship, formation, evangelization, and service ministries of the parish. Thank you!

A TIME TO HEAL

Please pray for all of the sick especially,

MaryAnne Jules Harry Johnson

Banns of Marriage

I ~ Victor Ziminsky IV & Allison Raber

Our 2nd Collection next weekend will be for the St. Joseph’s Seminary Appeal.

Thank your for your generosity.

From the Desk of Fr. Lagiovane

As we move into the fall months we continue to slowly and safely open up our Church. Lectors and Extraor-dinary Ministers have begun their ministries. Extraordinary Ministers to our Homebound have begun bringing Holy Communion to those unable to come to Mass. Our Altar Servers will begin to serve in October. Funer-als, Weddings and Baptisms have been celebrated these last several months. Our 1st Holy Communion chil-dren on the weekend of Sept. 13th received Our Lord for the first time. Our young Confirmation students will be receiving their Confirmation next week. Our RCIA Candidates received their sacraments the weekend of Sept. 13th. Eight adults received (two Baptisms, six First Holy Communions, and eight Confirmations, one brought into full communion with the Catholic Church). Religious Ed Classes will begin in October- All clas-ses will be online with a Catechist “Zoom” class held twice a month. I want to thank Pam Crozier, our Coordi-nator of our Religious Education Program along with Linda Maffia, our Religious Education Secretary and all of our dedicated catechists. Thank you for stepping up and learning our online teaching.

We continue to have Daily Mass held in the Church until further notice. We will eventually return to our Chapel but for now, we will remain in the Church. This is certainly an added expense with our monthly bills but one that I believe is necessary at this time. I cannot thank all of our parishioners who continue to support us financially each and every week.

The shut down for three months during the pandemic has resulted in less people attending Mass along with less money each week in our collections. Our weekly collections are vital in being able to meet our financial obligations each month. I know the sacrifices that you make to help us pay our bills. May God bless your generosity.

Collection boxes are at the entrances of the Church. You may put your weekly collections in these boxes be-fore or after Mass. You may also use our online giving- “We Share” https://stjosephsomers.churchgiving.com

Our Mega Raffle is our only major fundraiser each year. I thought it prudent to have our Raffle sometime in the spring. Stay tuned for the dates when tickets will be sold.

Please mark your calendars – May 1st – 5: OO PM MASS. Cardinal Timothy Dolan will celebrate our 175th Anniversary Mass. A reception will be held in the Parish Center immediately after the Mass.

Anyone who ordered our 175th Anniversary Book– you can pick up your book in the parish office during reg-ular business hours.

Several of our groups will begin meeting in our Meeting Room and Parish Center. All groups will practice and adhere to social distancing guidelines as well as the wearing of face coverings.

We are putting our finishing touches on some exciting adult spirituality programs for the Fall & Spring. Information and details will be forthcoming the last week of September.

We continue to see the numbers increase at Mass. As you safely come back to Church its good for our parish-ioners to see how many people on average attend our Masses: We are permitted a 50% capacity. Which is 400 people. 5PM-130, 8AM-140, 10AM-175/200, 12noon-175 and 6PM-80.

May God continue to bless you for your support of our parish

May God continue to bless our parish family as we move ahead. As St. John Paull II said so beautifully: “I plead with you. Never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, never become discouraged. Be not afraid.” Always in my prayers. God’s Blessings, Fr. Lagiovane

We hold in our hearts and prayers our loved ones in the military service

Antonio Alers, Jr. Kevin Egan

Joseph Giovannetti Stephen R. Goldbach

Brian Hanley Daniel Langreb Donald Langreb

Paul Mullen Adam Musoff

Bobby Tempesdelli Michael Wagner Patrick Saunders Nicholas D’Urso

Scott Brewer Sean D’Oliver

Victoria Arena Carl Fuhrman

Darren Pohlmann Robert Frame Dylan Hildrew Ben Murphy

Andrew Torres Josue Herrera

Lawrence Courtien David DelDuco Victor E Prato

Dylan Abatecola Sam Somers

Dylan Kaminski Joshua Emerson

Consider Sharing Your Faith With the Children of the Parish

Pope Francis reminds us that children are the greatest blessing that God has given us. We have a

wonderful group of dedicated Catechists who take the time to teach our beautiful Catholic Faith to

the children of the Parish.

At this time I would like to ask you to prayerfully consider joining this dedicated group. Due to the

pandemic we have moved our Faith Formation program to an Online learning /Virtual program. Stu-

dents will complete lessons online with their parents and Catechists will meet virtually via ZOOM for

45 minutes every other week with a class.

We currently have openings for the following sessions:

Sunday 10:30am-11:15am session for 6th & 7th grades

Monday 4:30pm- 5:15pm session for 4th & 5th grades.

Tuesday 4:30pm- 5:15pm session for 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grades

You don’t have to teach alone, you can team up with a friend or neighbor and co-teach a class. We

will be providing in person (distanced) ZOOM training for all Catechists at the end of September in

the Parish Center. Virtual class are scheduled to begin the week of October 18th.

Please feel free to contact me anytime to discuss this rewarding ministry! Continued Blessings for

health and strength in these uncertain times.

Your Sister In Christ, Pam Crozier Pcrozier8@gmail.com 914-232-1426

The Annual Blessing of Animals will be held on

Saturday, October 3rd at 12Noon. We will gather at

the back of the church at the Shrine of Our Blessed

Mother Mary. Please bring your pets, large and

small.

Please join us, asking God’s Blessings upon all that

He has created!

Cub Scout Pack 319 will meet Tuesday,

September 29thth at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Center A Join Cub Scouts! Open to all boys ages 5-10 years old

MONSIGNOR RAYMOND M. COLLINS COUNCIL 6205

KNIGHT NEWS

CHARITY AND BENEVOLENCE 2020 RAFFLE TICKET SALES

OCTOBER 3rd and 4th HERE AT St. JOSEPH’S $25,000 FIRST PRIZE

TICKETS ARE $2.00 EACH BOOKS of 6 are $12.00 HELP SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK

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AND SO MUCH MORE! KNIGHTS will be here October 3rd and 4th before and after

each Mass SELLING CHANCES!

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS IN SERVICE TO ONE IN SERVICE TO ALL

Capuchin Youth & Family Ministries invites everyone to join us on the Feast of St. Francis, Oct 4, 2020, from 12:30-5 as we embark on a new re-treat center with our fellow Franciscans, the Friars of the Atonement. We'll begin with a "Bring your own" picnic and memory sharing at CYFM, 781 Route 9D Garrison and then process to the new ministry site at Graymoor, 1350 Route 9, Garrison for OUTDOOR Mass and site-seeing! Please bring masks. Chairs and blankets can be used on the CYFM grounds as needed. The outdoor chapel at Graymoor holds several hundred people allowing for appropriate social distancing. RSVP: http://bit.ly/CYFMcelebration

Spirituality of St. Ignatius Would you like to deepen your relationship with God? Join us as we discover the Spirituality of St. Ignatius. Find out who Jesus really is for each one of us!

For those of you who have made the Annotation 19 and would like to continue the Spiritual Exercises, we will offer another program called “40 Weeks“ by William Watson. It is self-directed and offers opportunities for reflection and lends itself to Group discussion. All Meetings will take place in the Parish Center. Masks will be required. For questions : Elfi Herrmann 914-420-2446 John O’Donnell 914-261-9711 Dorothy Patti 914-276-3979 Kathy Willemin 914-584-4193

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The archdiocesan Vocalist Training Program is designed to help parishioners receive musical training and develop the skills needed to serve as a cantor or choir member. Lessons are taught in person or online by members of the archdiocesan Music Commission and other highly qualified teachers. More information: nyliturgy.org/vocalisttrainingprogram Contact: Archdiocese of New York Office of Liturgy: liturgy@archny.org/914.968.6200, x8177

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