Christian Community of Saint Joseph Church

23rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (September 5th, 2010)

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“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?

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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:

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Saturday, Sept. 4^th

5:00pm Available for Intention

Sunday, Sept. 5^th (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 6^th (Labor Day)

8:00am For the Intentions of the Parishioners of St. Joseph’s

Tuesday, Sept. 7^th

8:00am Mem. Mary J. Kelly, req., son, Al

Thursday, Sept 9^th (St. Peter Claver, priest)

8:00am Available for Intention

Friday, Sept. 10^th

8:00am Available for Intention

Saturday, Sept. 11^th

5:00pm 3^rd Anniv. Frank Gardiner, req., wife, Maria & son, David

Sunday, Sept. 12^th (Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

9:00am Mem. Patricia Taylor, req., DiMasi Family

11:15am 30^th Anniv. Anthony Bastia, req., Family

September 5th Sacrificial Giving Report

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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 6^th 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.11^th

5:00pm Milton, (MC), Ronan, Mason, Savanna

Sun: Sept. 12^th

9:00am Jeffrey, (MC), Thomas, Catherine, Alexis

11:15am Makayla, (SS), Allie, Ariana, Meaghan

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS

Sat. Sept. 11^th

5:00pm Laura Samit, Florence Gracie, Jenny Peek

Sun: Sept. 12^th

9:00am Bob Anthony, Shirley & Arthur Sears

11:15am Jane Carey, Judy & David Gillis

READERS

Sat: Sept 11^th

5:00pm Jonathan Samit

Sun: Sept 12^th

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.