St. John the Evangelist Parish 915 Route 212, Centerville, Saugerties, NY 12477

Phone: 845-246-9581 • Fax: 845-246-9582 • web: www.sjechurch.org

M A S S S C H E DU L E : Saturday- 5:00 PM, Sunday- 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM

Daily: Monday-Thursday & Saturday - 8:30 AM, Morning Prayer 8:15 AM

Holy Days: Please check bulletin

CONFESSIONS: Saturday– 3:30 to 4:30 PM

ALTAR ROSARY:

President: Donna Anderson (246-9719) Meets the first Wednesday of the month

ALTAR SERVERS: Coordinator Joan Jensen (246-9581)

BAPTISM: Baptism upon request. Preparation required.

Leaders in preparation: Patricia & Gary Moore (246-5164)

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: Coleman Catholic High School (338-2750),

Kingston Catholic School (331-9318) — St. Joseph Catholic School (339-4390)

COMMUNITY ACTION / FOOD PANTRY: Maria Granda (246-3635)

COUNCIL OF CHURCHES: Marilyn Washer (246-5236), Maureen Rothe 246-0305

DEANERY: Frankie Cullen (853-5557)

LAY TRUSTEES: Bill McKenna (246-6065), Bob Howe (246-8510)

LITURGY COMMITTEE: Robert Howe (246-8510)

MARRIAGES: By appointment. Please make arrangements at least six months prior to

wedding. Preparation is mandatory.

MINISTRY TO HOMEBOUND AND ELDERLY: Eileen Oswald (246-7042)

MUSIC MINISTRY: Kelly Rea (246-0395)

OPERATIONS: Robert Gauvreau (246-3544)

SPIRIT OF LIFE PRAYER GROUP: Fr. Woodruff (246-9581) Meets Tuesdays 7:00 PM & first

Sunday of each month at 12:00 to 1:00 PM (Instructional Prayer Meeting—All are welcome!)

PARISH COUNCIL: President Pat Fitzsimmons (246-4431)

PARISH NURSE: Anne Grunbaum (246-1667)

RCIA: Deacon Robert Cranston (246-3371)

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Coordinator Joan Corton (339-4391)

RESPECT LIFE COMMITTEE: Joseph Defino Sr. (246-6908) , Barbara O’Reilly (246-7810)

SECRETARIES: Joan Jensen (217-7747), Barbara Renner (8:30 AM—8:30 PM Only —246-3424)

ST. JOHN’S CHURCH STORE: Ramona Kemp (845-417-6638) & Elaine Arvidson (246-4468)

VOCATIONS: Pat Fitzsimmons (246-4431)

FATHER WILLIAM F. WOODRUFF, PASTOR MSGR. WILLIAM E. WILLIAMS, PASTOR EMERITUS DEACON ROBERT CRANSTON

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ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST PARISH

Saturday 8:30 Elizabeth Parker—Req. by The Howe Family

5:00 Virginia Bergin—Req. by Fran & Ray Andreassen

Sunday 8:30 Irene MacNamara—Req. by The Committee & Leaders of Scout Pack 135 Glasco

10:30 All The People of The Parish

Monday 8:30 Millie Vitale (Anniversary Remembrance) - Req. by The Vitale/Houlihan Families

Tuesday 8:30 In Celebration of The Birthday of Geoffry Loviza—Req. by Joe Defino Sr.

Wednesday 8:30 The Deceased Members of The Lamouree and Zollo Family—Req. by Mike Zollo

Thursday 8:30 Dave Griffin—Req. by Bill Payne

Friday 8:30 Holy Communion Service

Saturday 8:30 Normand Ducas—Req. by Joan & Tom Jensen

5:00 Dorothy C. Speirs—Req. by Barbara Sweeney

Sunday 8:30 In Celebration of The Birthday of John Renner and In Remembrance of The Birthday of His Mother,

Katherine Renner—Req. by Their Family

10:30 All The People of The Parish

SAINTS & SPECIAL OBSERVANCES–

Mon—St. Thomas, Apostle

Tue— Independence Day

Wed—St. Anthony Zaccaria, Priest & St. Elizabeth of Portugal

Thu— St. Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr

SPECIAL COLLECTION- Will take place this weekend for

The Church of Africa. They need our prayers and support to

teach, sanctify, and spiritually lead the many millions on that

continent who are coming into the Catholic Faith. We thank you

in advance for your support.

ST. JOHN’S 20-WEEK CLUB– The 9th winner of $100 in our

20-Week Club was Barbara Gallagher.

BLOOD DRIVE- We will be having a Blood Drive here at

St. John’s on Wednesday, July 12th from 3 to 7 PM. Please

come and give the gift of life. Photo ID is required.

CHURCH STORE- The Family Mass and the Church Store will

take a break for July and August. Since Ramona is not able to

continue directing the Church Store anymore, if anyone would be

interested in volunteering to take this over, please contact Fr. Bill.

INSTRUCTIONAL PRAYER MEETING- Will take place this

Sunday, July 2nd at noon. The topic of discussion is “Seminary

Formation”. Come learn more about your Catholic Faith. This

discussion is led by Fr. Bill. Question/Answer period to follow.

OUR ‘CALL’- When God calls, His children respond. The

father called a chosen people, prophets, and kings to service.

They responded. Jesus called His apostles and disciples. They

responded. God calls each of us. Have you responded? Are you

where He wants you to be?

PASS ON THE GIFT– In the encyclical, Caritas in Veritate,

Pope Benedict XVI said, “Love is God’s greatest gift to

humanity; it is His promise and our hope.” As Catholics, we

convey God’s love to others through charity. To find more ways

to practice charity, visit the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’

website: www.usccb.org/jphd.

BAZAAR– Immaculate Conception Church, 467 Delaware

Avenue, Kingston will be holding their annual bazaar on July 7th

& 8th from 5 to 11 PM. Fried Dough, Polish Food, Lots of Fun

— For more information, please call 331-0846.

17TH ANNUAL COLEMAN GOF TOURNAMENT– Will

take place on Monday, July 17th at Twaalfskill Golf Club—

Registration begins at 8 AM and shotgun start at 9 AM. The cost

is $125 and includes 18 holes of golf, breakfast, lunch and dinner.

There are many raffle prizes , also a raffle for 4 Yankee tickets to

a Yankee/Red Sox game on Sunday, 9/3. To buy raffle tickets

call 338-2750. Tickets are $10 each and 3 for $20. Visit

www.colemancatholic.org. We are looking for Tee Sponsors.

They are $100 each and your family or business will be

advertised on the course. Tournament will benefit Coleman

Tuition Scholarships.

CHICKEN BARBEQUE– Will take place on July 19th at the

Plattekill Reformed Church from 5 to 7 PM.

QUOTE– When you reach for the stars you may not quite get

one, but you won’t come up with a handful of mud either.

Leo Burnett (1891-1971) Advertising Executive

YOU DID IT FOR ME- If you know of someone

who would enjoy a visit, call or card from their

fellow parishioners, please call the church office (246

-9581) to let us know.

Donna Anderson—At Home—845-399-6728

Walt Hackett—Kingston Hospital

Eleanor Sweeney—Barbara Coppey—Ronald “Smokey Woods—

Lou Honecker—Hilda McDermott —Ten Broeck Commons,

Lake Katrine

Betty Decker & Lou Voegel —Golden Hill

Judy Fiero—The Pines—154 Jefferson Heights, Catskill

Fr. Al Pizzuto —The Cardinal Egan Pavilion

5655 Arlington Avenue, Bronx, NY 10471-1221

1-718-581-0070

Msgr. Williams— 131 Rymrock Road #42,

Kingston, NY 12401

845-399-9837

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

My Dearest Brothers and Sisters in the Good Lord,

I am composing this week’s letter and next week’s letter

on Sunday afternoon, June 25th. Neither letter to you is going to be

very long because we are entering the summer months of July and

August when vacations take place, activities slow down, and there

tends to be less about which to inform you. However, having

written that, I still have a few things to write concerning our parish

and the purpose of the parish: the salvation of souls.

First, I want to thank all of you who submitted the ballots

with your preferred suggestions which will be invaluable to me in

the eventual decisions that I will make concerning the Renew and

Rebuild Capital Campaign Projects that we MAY be able to

accomplish. In addition to all of your preferences (which I will

announce the tabulations during this weekend of July 1st and 2nd), I

have to consider what is most needed, and I have to spend

whatever amount is rebated to us (please remember, 74 cents of

every dollar donated is rebated to us on a quarterly basis while 26

cents of every dollar donated is kept by the Archdiocese of New

York for her pastoral, educational, and charitable services within

ALL ten counties that our Archdiocese comprises) in the most

prudent way possible.

PLEASE REMEMBER TWO THINGS: THE MORE

MONEY THAT IS DONATED AND REBATED, THE MORE

PROJECTS WE CAN DO and THE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN

AFFORD TO DO WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE THE

PROJECTS THAT YOU VOTED TO HAVE DONE.

I wish to thank you in advance for your support of Renew

and Rebuild and please pray for me that I am guided by God to

make the decisions concerning the projects that HE would want

for our parish capital improvements.

The Renew and Rebuild Capital Campaign begins in

earnest in early September; please pray that we can do at least a

little something to improve our Church property.

Speaking of early September, our Fifth Annual

Parishioner Appreciation Picnic will be on Sunday, September

10th, starting at about 1:00 P.M. Once again, the wonderful folks at

the Centerville Firehouse are permitting us to use their grounds for

the Picnic. I want to thank the Centerville Firefighters for all that

they do for our community and I wish to thank them in advance

for permitting us to use the beautiful setting. Please save the date

and it is completely at my personal expense because it is the least

that I can do to honor you as the most generous (in a multitude of

ways) folks that I have ever known. Please pray that the weather

will be sunny and pleasant for the fifth year in a row!!!

By the time you read this letter, I will have finished the

100 Mile Walk; as of this writing, I have walked 92 miles and

raised for the Parish (thanks to your generosity) $6,254 and

counting!!!

Independence Day is this Tuesday, July 4th as America

turns 241 years young. May God always bless America!

The Instructional Prayer Meeting this Sunday afternoon,

July 2nd, from Noon until 1:00 P.M. will be on Seminary

Formation or how a man called by God to the Sacrament of Holy

Orders becomes a Bishop, Priest, or Deacon for our Archdiocese

of New York. I WOULD ESPECIALLY INVITE MEN AND

BOYS WHO MAY BE CONSIDERING A VOCATION FROM

GOD TO THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS TO

ATTEND THE SESSION.

I want to thank you in advance for your usual generosity

to this weekend’s second collection for the Church in Africa; they

are being sent by their bishops to do the work of the salvation of

souls in the United States.

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE FOR THE SEMI-

ANNUAL BLOOD DRIVE HERE ON WEDNESDAY, JULY

12th, FROM 3 TO 7 P.M. I plan to donate a pint of my blood as

well.

Sincerely, with prayers,

Father Bill Woodruff

(Yes, I know this letter is lengthy – HA! HA! HA!).

WHY A CATHOLIC BIBLE? Choosing a Catholic

Bible ensures that you get the whole story. A Catholic

edition includes all the Church’s sacred books, plus

there are introductions and notes to help understand

what is read. And it carries assurance that it is free of

errors in Catholic doctrine. So you get nothing but the truth.

CANNOT MAKE IT TO MASS? Do you know of anyone who

is sick, homebound, - unable to come to Mass, and would like to

receive communion at home or would like someone to come and

pray with them? If so, please call the rectory at 246-9581.

CARE OF THE SICK- If you are planning to enter the hospital

for surgery, are experiencing a prolonged or serious illness, or are

very weak due to the advancement of age, please call the parish

office to arrange for the Sacraments of Reconciliation,

Communion and the Anointing at home. Notify us or the

Catholic chaplain at the hospital so that you may be visited by the

chaplain or pastoral staff. Be sure to tell the admitting office that

you are a Catholic and a member of St. John’s parish.

DON’T CRY– Because it’s over—smile because it happened.

CYO SUMMER PROGRAMS– Golf: Sessions taught by golf

pro John Durcan. This is for ages 10 and up. Pick from one of

the following sessions: July 10 –14 or July 24—28. Cross

Country: Sign up for 1 or all five races—price is the same $10/

child and $25/adult. Kids will run 1/2 mile to 1 mile loop on

Wednesday evenings. Dates are 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26, and 8/2.

Soccer: On August 12th from 9 to 10:30 AM in conjunction with

The Mount Academy. 1 day clinic for ages 3 to 10, led by Coach

George Vizvary and The Mount Varsity Soccer Players. Speed &

Agility Training/Fitkids—(5) one hour sessions to be held on the

week of August 28th to September 1st—Get ready for fall sports!

FMI, on any of the above, please call 340-9170 Ext. 107 or visit

www.ulstercyo.net or Walter.Gaceta@archny.org.

JOKE– One night, a lady stumbled into the police

station with a black eye. She claimed she heard a

noise in her back yard and went to investigate. The

next thing she knew, she was hit in the eye and

knocked out cold. An officer was sent to her house to investigate,

and he returned 1-1/2 hours later with a black eye. “Did you get

hit by the same person?” his captain asked. “No,” he replied. “I

stepped on the same rake.”

PRAYER FOR LIFE

Jesus, Mary and Joseph we love you very much.

Help us spiritually adopt and protect all human life

from preborn to natural death.

Amen.

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JULY 2, 2017

MAKING ALL THINGS NEW

God our Father, through the Gospel and the Eucharist,

You bring us together as Your Church in the

Archdiocese of New York.

Send us Your Holy Spirit, to enlighten our minds and guide our

actions as we plan for the future of parish life in this

Archdiocese.

Help us learn new ways to strengthen and revitalize our parish

communities, and to be good stewards of the spiritual and

material gifts that sustain them.

Bless our work, so that our parishes may continue to witness to

the truth of the Gospel, and be a sign of Your love for all people.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

When Jesus promised to be with us always, He wasn’t

just talking symbolically. He meant that He would stay with

us—body, blood, soul, and divinity. In fact, when we go to

Mass, we meet Jesus Himself “truly, really, and substantially

contained” in Holy Communion (Catechism of the Catholic

Church, sec. 1374). He is there every time.

We meet the One and Only Jesus: The Jesus we meet

in Holy Communion is the same person who now sits at the right

hand of the Father. How this happens is a mystery but we know

it through faith—a faith deepened by Holy Communion.

We are joined to Jesus: At Mass, we aren't’ just

spectators. By celebrating the Eucharist, we enter into an

incredible, mystical relationship with Jesus Himself. We are

joined to Christ and to each other as members of His Body. The

best way to celebrate the Eucharist is to receive Holy

Communion devoutly and frequently.

We believe in Jesus: After we hear the words, “The

Body of Christ,” and “The Blood of Christ,” we say, “Amen”

derived from the Hebrew word meaning “confirm.” Saying

“Amen” means that we believe what we are about to receive is

truly the Body of Christ and the Blood of Christ.

That makes receiving Holy Communion the most

important this we do!

JULY 2, 2017

“Please Pray For All Bishops, Priests, Deacons & Religious!”

"Whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little

ones to drink because the little one is a disciple--amen, I say to

you, he will surely not lose his reward."

- Mt 10:42

STEWARDSHIP CORNER

THE LORD HAS BLESSED US

IN SO MANY WAYS…

Let us return to Him a fair share of

THE MANY GIFTS

He has already given us.

May

Attendance: May 2017 — 1,063

Attendance: May 2016 — 1,297

Current Month Year to Date Collections: $ 10,338.00 $98,253.84

Other Income: $ 4,824.38 $65,956.29

Total Income: $ 15,162.38 $164,210.13

Expenses: $ 19,116.91 $167,175.93

Total: $ (3,954.53) $ (2,965.80)

PARISHIONERS’ COMMENT– We received a gift, therefore

you receive a gift. A note attached to a donation of $100.

PASTOR’S COMMENT– It is easier to complain than to thank

and express appreciation. It is easier to criticize than to take the

time to compliment. These are pitfalls that often include our

attitude toward God and His goodness.

“Remember St. John’s in Your Will!”

FOOD PANTRY ITEM FOR NEXT WEEK:

CANNED CARROTS

Thank you to all who donated egg cartons!!

YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED FOR: Vincent Saturn, Judy Fiero, Grace Yund, Gene

Woodruff, Peter Kandora, Jimmy Paes, John Lynch,

Nancy Dwyer, Claire Miller, Marion Benz, Joe

Dengler, Maurice Hinchey, Bernadette Verpent, Jack

Lawler, Chris Vitale, Tara Ryan, Isabel Martinez, Kathy

Connelly, “Smokey” Woods, Renee Dengler Baker, Zac Swart,

Lou Vogel, Joseph Panko, Ralph DiMuccio, Betty Decker,

Eleanor Sweeney Dan Kelly, Walt Hackett, Sharon Bach, and

Frankie Cullen.