“In every age, O Lord, You have been our refuge.” Psalm 90
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The Parish of Saint Joseph presents:
Deirdre Sings for
the Year of Evangelization
Friday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m.
Find answers in the good news of our Catholic faith
as cantor/soloist Deirdre Donovan and organist Donald Dame
perform music from the Church year as well as other
spiritual song selections. Reception to follow.
Admission is free; donations accepted.
Please RSVP at 401-421-9137
Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Saint Joseph Church, 92 Hope Street, Providence · www.saintjoesprov.org
WHAT MAKES US LOYAL TO CHRIST?
We are dealing with the deepest and most incomprehensible of things when we are dealing with the human spirit, with the human mind. How can the human mind be won to truth, to faith, to loyalty to God? How is it possible for us to come to God, to surrender to him our whole intellect, our whole will? We do not even ourselves know why we are loyal to one person and alienated from another, in sympathy with one person and opposed to another. God alone knows the working of the human soul; and God, who knows, who has made us, has thought out his plan, the supreme plan, the good testimony of Christ before Pilate. In the words of Saint Peter: “Christ died for our sins, the just for the unjust.” And by his death he achieved for truth its highest ascendancy, an ascendancy not otherwise to be obtained. Here again we see the genius of Christianity, a wonderful understanding, we might almost say, on the part of God himself, of man’s real needs, man’s real hunger, and thirst…The folly of the cross is a great psychological power, a great instrument of truth, which wins us and makes us loyal to Christ himself; nothing else can achieve that.. We know what a Christian man ought to be. Your life, such as it is, is a pre-ordained thing, and it is for you to drink your cup even as Christ drank his. His life and his death, if they apparently were failures, were not so in reality. We also are children of that divine Father who held to the lips of his Son a beverage to drink, and so our lives have a wonderful mysterious significance. And it is in this light that we ought to look at human things and be superior to them; never letting them overpower us, as if they were some dark arrangement, as if they were the result of some malign power. No, human things are the will of the Father for us as they were the will of the Father for his divine Son.
Dom Anscar Vonier, O.S.B.
Dom Vonier (1906) was the abbot of Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England.
September 5th Week Announced Masses:
Saturday, Sept. 4th
5:00pm Available for Intention
Sunday, Sept. 5th (Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time)
9:00am Memorial William & Belmira Anthony, req., Family
11:15am 60th Anniv. Thomas Bruzzese, req., grandson, Thomas M. Brussese, Esq.
Monday, Sept 6th (Labor Day)
8:00am For the Intentions of the Parishioners of St. Joseph’s
Tuesday, Sept. 7th
8:00am Mem. Mary J. Kelly, req., son, Al
Thursday, Sept 9th (St. Peter Claver, priest)
8:00am Available for Intention
Friday, Sept. 10th
8:00am Available for Intention
Saturday, Sept. 11th
5:00pm 3rd Anniv. Frank Gardiner, req., wife, Maria & son, David
Sunday, Sept. 12th (Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
9:00am Mem. Patricia Taylor, req., DiMasi Family
11:15am 30th Anniv. Anthony Bastia, req., Family
September 5th Sacrificial Giving Report
2009 2010
Envelopes (63) $2687.00 (66) $1717.00
Loose $ 704.00 $ 805.00
Children n/a n/a
TOTALS $3391.00 $2522.00
Haiti Collection Total: $951.00
Thank you for your generosity!
Next Weekend” 2nd Collection will be for Catholic University of America
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Labor Day, September 6th the Parish Office will be closed.
THE BODY OF CHRIST:
The Church is the body of Christ. The head Christ and the members of the body belong together.
From: A Priest Forever
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The Sanctuary Candle will burn this week in honor of Our Lord:
And in memory of:
William & Belmira Anthony
Req.
Family
The Altar Bread will be offered the week in honor of Our Lord
And in memory of:
William & Belmira Anthony
Req.
Family
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INFORMATION:
A PARENTS’ MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE RECTORY ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH AT 10:00AM. IT IS NECESSARY THAT ALL PARENTS WITH CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM GRADES 1-8 ATTEND. REGISTRATION FORMS WILL BE MAILED IN AUGUST. CLASSES WILL BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 19TH AT 10:00AM. CONFIRMATION CLASSES (9TH AND 10TH GRADE) WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY EVENINGS FROM 6:00PM -7:15PM IN THE RECTORY. CLASSES BEGIN ON SUNDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 19TH .
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ALTAR SERVERS
Sat: Sept.11th
5:00pm Milton, (MC), Ronan, Mason, Savanna
Sun: Sept. 12th
9:00am Jeffrey, (MC), Thomas, Catherine, Alexis
11:15am Makayla, (SS), Allie, Ariana, Meaghan
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS
Sat. Sept. 11th
5:00pm Laura Samit, Florence Gracie, Jenny Peek
Sun: Sept. 12th
9:00am Bob Anthony, Shirley & Arthur Sears
11:15am Jane Carey, Judy & David Gillis
READERS
Sat: Sept 11th
5:00pm Jonathan Samit
Sun: Sept 12th
9:00am James Vandermillen
11:15am Beverly Baar
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OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL CHURCH REUNION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2010 @6:30PM
West Valley Inn, Warwick, RI
Dinner-Dancing-Entertainment-Silent Auction-Raffle
$45.00 per person or $400… table of ten.
For more information/ticket sales call
Lisa Mirabella 401-265-4229/Danielle Tiernan 401-639-5200
Parish Council Meeting: Thursday, September 9, 2010, at7:00pm in the Rectory.
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25th , 40th , 50th , and Over Wedding Anniversary Celebration:
The Office of Marriage Preparation and Enrichment of the Diocese of Providence is sponsoring the fourth annual Wedding Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, October 3, 2010, 1:00pm at the Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Providence. Married couples who are celebrating their 25th, 40th , 50th , and Over wedding anniversaries in 2010, will be honored at this celebration which includes Mass, renewal of marriage vows and a personalized certificate for each couple. Bishop Thomas J. Tobin will be the main celebrant and homilist. Couples who would like to attend can register for this event through their Parish Office before September 3rd.
HEART SPEAKS TO HEART:
AN EVENING IN HONOR OF JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
Pope Benedict will travel to Birmingham, England, on Saturday, September 19th, to beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman, one of the greatest intellectual lights of the Catholic tradition. Come celebrate with us as we mark the special occasion of his beatification with an evening of prayer, song, fellowship, and learning.
Friday Sept 17, 2010, 7:00PM
St. Philip’s Church, 622 Putman Pike, Greenville, RI
7:00pm Solemn Evening Prayer with Benediction
Homilist: Fr. Henry J. Bodah, Brown Univ. Catholic Chaplain
Wine and Cheese to follow Evening Prayer (Church Hall)
8:00pm Lecture: “Knowing and Believing This Truth Entirely: Newman’s Abiding Contribution.”
Presenter: Fr. David L. Stokes, Assistant Professor of Theology, Providence College.
There is no cost to attend, although reservations are required. Call 401-783-4411 or write to NewmanFellowship@aol.com. To register . Visit Http://newmanfellowship.org. For more information. This event is sponsored by the Newman Fellowship
22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (August 29th, 2010)
“God, in your goodness you have made a home for the poor.” Psalm 68
Healing our deafness
The deaf-mute, of whose marvelous cure by our Lord we have just now heard when the Gospel was read, represents those members of the human race who merit being freed by divine grace from the error brought on by the devil’s deceit. Man became deaf, unable to hear the word of life after, puffed up as he was against God, he listened to the serpent’s deadly words; he was made mute and unable to declare the praises of his Maker from the time when he presumed to have a conversation with his seducer. Rightly did God close man’s ears from hearing the praises of his Creator along with the angels-those ears which the unsuspected enemy by his speech had opened to hearing denunciation of this same Creator; rightly did God close man’s mouth from proclaiming the praises of his Creator along with the angels-that mouth which the proud deceiver had filled with his lies about the forbidden food, in order, as the devil said, to improve upon the work of this same Creator. And alas, the unfortunate rebellion of the human race, which sprouted in a corrupt manner at the root, began to spread in a much more corrupt way in shoots from the branches, so that when our Lord came in the flesh, with the exception of a few of the faithful from among the Jews, almost the entire world, now deaf and mute, was wandering away from recognition and confession of the truth. But where sin abounded, grace abounded all the more. Our Lord came to the Sea of Galilee, where he knew that there was a disabled person whom he would heal. He came by his benevolent grace to the proud, disordered, and inconstant hearts of the nations, since he knew that among them were some who would be receptive to his grace.
Saint Bede the Venerable
Saint Bede the Venerable (735) was an English Benedictine monk, a biblical scholar, and the first English historian.
August 29th Week Announced Masses:
Saturday, August 28th
5:00pm Memorial Francis J. Piatek, Sr. req., Carolyn Piatek
Sunday August 29th (Twenty- Second Sunday in Ordinary Time)
9:00am Birth. Remb Louise Silva, req. Family
11:15am Available for Intention
Monday, August 30th
8:00am Available
Tuesday, August 31st
8:00am Available
Thursday, Sept. 2nd
8:00am Available
Friday, Sept. 3rd (First Friday) (St. Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church)
8:00am For the Intentions of the Parishioners of St. Joseph Church
8:30am-12:30pm Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Saturday, Sept. 4th
5:00pm Available for Intention
Sunday, Sept. 5th (Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time)
9:00am Memorial William & Belmira Anthony, req., Family
11:15am 60th Anniv. Thomas Bruzzese, req., grandson, Thomas M. Brussese, Esq.
August 29th Sacrificial Giving Report
2010
2009 2010
Envelopes (63) $2106.00 (66) $2904.00
Loose $ 668.00 $ 685.00
Children n/a n/a
TOTALS $2774.00 $3589.00 August
Thank you for your generosity!
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Friday, September 3rd is First Friday. Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament followed by Benediction will be held in the Chapel from 8:30am -12:30pm.
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The Sanctuary Candle will burn this week in honor of Our Lord:
And in memory of:
MARY PAVAO.
Req.
Florence Gracie
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Please remember to include St. Joseph Church in your will or trust.
Budget Reminder:
Hope everyone is having a great summer.
Please remember to make up your budgets.
Reception of the Eucharist:
If receiving Holy Communion in the hand, approach the Priest or the Extraordinary Minister, bow, as a sign of reverence. After receiving the host, step to the side and STOP to receive Our Lord, then proceed to the cup, again bow, receive from the cup, then proceed to your pew.
ALTAR SERVERS
Sat: Sept.4th
5:00pm Olivia H., Benjamin, Makalya, Olivia D.
Sun: Sept. 5th
9:00am Milton,(MC)Savanna, Mason, Ariana
11:15am Jeffrey, (MC),Meaghan, Ronan, Alexis
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS
Sat. Sept. 4th
5:00pm Jonathan & Laura Samit, John Donnelly
Sun: Sept. 5th
9:00am Shirley Sears, Bob Anthony, Florence Gracie
11:15am Janet Jaquinto, Judy & David Gillis
READERS
Sat: Sept 4th
5:00pm Patricia McWilliams
Sun: Sept 5th
9:00am Arthur Sears
11:15am Jane Carey
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INFORMATION:
A PARENTS’ MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE RECTORY ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH AT 10:00AM. IT IS NECESSARY THAT ALL PARENTS WITH CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM GRADES 1-8 ATTEND. REGISTRATION FORMS WILL BE MAILED IN AUGUST. CLASSES WILL BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 19TH AT 10:00AM. CONFIRMATION CLASSES (9TH AND 10TH GRADE) WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY EVENINGS FROM 6:00PM -7:15PM IN THE RECTORY. FURTHER INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW:
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OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL CHURCH REUNION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2010 @6:30PM
West Valley Inn, Warwick, RI
Dinner-Dancing-Entertainment-Silent Auction-Raffle
$45.00 per person or $400… table of ten.
For more information/ticket sales call
Lisa Mirabella 401-265-4229/Danielle Tiernan 401-639-5200
25th , 40th , 50th , and Over Wedding Anniversary Celebration:
The Office of Marriage Preparation and Enrichment of the Diocese of Providence is sponsoring the fourth annual Wedding Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, October 3, 2010, 1:00pm at the Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul, Providence. Married couples who are celebrating their 25th, 40th , 50th , and Over wedding anniversaries in 2010, will be honored at this celebration which includes Mass, renewal of marriage vows and a personalized certificate for each couple. Bishop Thomas J. Tobin will be the main celebrant and homilist. Couples who would like to attend can register for this event through their Parish Office before September 3rd.
HEART SPEAKS TO HEART:
AN EVENING IN HONOR OF JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
Pope Benedict will travel to Birmingham, England, on Saturday, September 19th, to beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman, one of the greatest intellectual lights of the Catholic tradition. Come celebrate with us as we mark the special occasion of his beatification with an evening of prayer, song, fellowship, and learning.
Friday Sept 17, 2010, 7:00PM
St. Philip’s Church, 622 Putman Pike, Greenville, RI
7:00pm Solemn Evening Prayer with Benediction
Homilist: Fr. Henry J. Bodah, Brown Univ. Catholic Chaplain
Wine and Cheese to follow Evening Prayer (Church Hall)
8:00pm Lecture: “Knowing and Believing This Truth Entirely: Newman’s Abiding Contribution.”
Presenter: Fr. David L. Stokes, Assistant Professor of Theology, Providence College.
There is no cost to attend, although reservations are required. Call 401-783-4411 or write to NewmanFellowship@aol.com. To register . Visit Http://newmanfellowship.org. For more information. This event is sponsored by the Newman Fellowship