“O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!” Psalm 8
LIFE IN THE HOLY TRINITY
To communicate in the life of the Blessed Trinity is to be introduced—by Christ, in Christ, and with Christ—into the Divine family, so that we may enjoy the intimacy of the Three Divine Persons, may communicate in their life of light and of love, and in the full happiness of the infinite love with which they love on another in the bosom of the unity of their divine nature. It is to be happy with the happiness of God and to be happy in the knowledge that nothing can be added to this happiness.
Again, to communicate in the life of the Blessed Trinity, is to communicate, through a living faith, in the infinite love by which the Father has so loved the world as to send his beloved Son on earth that he might redeem us all by the Holy Spirit in his Church.
To communicate in the life of the Blessed Trinity, is to keep our souls in a state of readiness, so that, in their silent depths, we may communicate in the Holy Will of an infinitely merciful Providence, who guides the smallest details of our life towards that one purpose he has assigned to it: our participation in the life of the Divine Family, as sons in his Son.
To communicate in the life of the Blessed Trinity, is to communicate in the whole plan of love which seeks to gather all people together in the unity of the charity of Christ, so that they may be all united in one, in the image of the Blessed Trinity, and that God may be
“All in all.”
Archbishop Emile Maurice Guerry
May 30th Week Announced Masses:
Saturday, May 29th
2:00pm Wedding: Blaise Carino- Elizabeth McGrath
5:00pm Available for Intention
Sunday, May 30th (Feast of the Most Holy Trinity)
9:00am Available for Intention
11:15am 3rd Anniv. Alfredo Goncalves, req., Family
Monday, May 31st (Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
8:00am For the Intentions of the Mother’s Day Donor Envelopes
Tuesday, June 1st (Saint Justin ,martyr)
8:00am For the Intentions of the Parishioners of St. Joseph’s
Thursday, June 3rd (Saint Charles Lwanga, martyr, and his companions)
8:00am Memorial Helen Coleman and Family and Deceased Family in Ireland
Friday, June 4th (First Friday)
8:00am Available for Intention
8:30am-12:30pm (Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament)
Saturday, June 5th
5:00pm Memorial Donna Troll & Gena Parillo, req., Wendy -Lee Marcello
Sunday, June 6th (Feast of Corpus Christi)
9:00am For the Intentions of St. Joseph “Legacy Society”
11:15am 4th Anniv. Margaret McGarry-DeFalco, req., husband Tom & Family
May 30th Sacrificial Giving Report
2009 2010
Envelopes (72) $1598.00 (72) $2584.00
Loose $ 959.00 $ 882.50
Children $ 5.00 $ 2.00
TOTALS $2562.00 $3468.50
Thank you for your generosity!
2nd Collection next weekend is for St. Joseph Church Endowment Appeal.
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ADORATION OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT ON FIRST FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH IN THE CHAPEL FROM 8:30 AM-12:30PM WITH BENEDICTION.
The Sanctuary Candle will burn this
week in honor of Our Lord:
And in memory of:
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel S. Harrop, Jr.
Req.
Dr. Daniel S. Harrop, III
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.
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ALTAR SERVERS
Sat: June 5th
5:00pm Milton, (MC), Savannah, Ben , Alexandra Sun: June 6th 9:00am Benny, (MC), Olivia, Catherine, Meaghan
11:15am Lachelle, (SS), Jeffrey, (MC), Nicholas, (MC),
Makayla, Allie
READERS
Sat.June 5th
5:00pm John Donnelly
Sun: June 6th 9:00am Jim Baar
11:15am Jane Carey
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS
Sat. June 5th
5:00pm Patricia O’Hara, Brian Medeiros, Florence Gracie
Sun: June 6th
9:00am Al Kelly, Judy & David Gillis,
11:15am Marge Gates, Dr. Dan Harrop
NEW ALTAR SERVER TRAINING WILL BE HELD FOLLOWING THE 9:00AM MASS ON SUNDAY MORNINGS BEGINNING AT 10:00. ANY CHILD WHO HAS MADE THEIR FIRST COMMUNION IS ELIGIBLE. PLEASE CALL THE RECTORY FOR MORE INFORMATION. 421-9137
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YEAR OF EVANGELIZATION
The Christian Community of Saint Joseph continues our series of events for the Year of Evangelization.
In the fall, St. Joseph Church presents: “Deirdre Sings for the Year of Evangelization.” A concert featuring Deirdre Donovan performing a selection of music from the church year and other selections. Date to be announced. For more information about the Year of Evangelization, please visit www.CatholicsComeHome.org
BUILDING UPDATE: Emergency repairs to the rectory are being made following the storms of this Spring season. Damage to the brownstone façade must be addressed as several internal leaks occurred.
CATHOLIC CHARITY APPEAL NEWS:
St. Joseph Church has exceeded its goal for the Catholic Charity Appeal. We have raised $102,731.48. Because of this our parish will receive some “Parish Share” back. There are many projects that require attention and we will be able to put this money to good use. The Emergency Repairs to the Rectory are one of these projects.
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Are We There Yet?
Our four-week series on the major documents of the Second Vatican Council continues. Please join us! Registration is required, although there is no fee to attend. Please join us for any or all our remaining sessions.
Wednesday, June 2, 7:00PM
“Christ, the Light of Nations”
A Look at the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
Wednesday, June 9, 7:00PM
“Hearing the Word of God”
A Look at the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation
Wednesday, June 16, 7:00PM
“The Joys and Hopes of This Age”
A Look at the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World
All sessions will be held at Saint Joseph Rectory, 92 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island. Deacon Joseph Upton is the presenter. Please call 401-421-9137 to register or for more information.
St. Joseph Church Endowment Appeal
Next Sunday, June 6, 2010, we observe “Legacy Sunday.” Each of us will be given the opportunity to help build up our parish’s permanent Endowment Fund for the preservation and care of our historic St. Joseph Church. Established in 2000, “The St. Joseph Church Permanent Endowment Fund” is administered by the Catholic Foundation of RI. It receives gifts, memorial bequests, planned gifts and other estate gifts. This Appeal will offer us an opportunity to build this lasting legacy for the future. Please also consider remembering us in your Will as a permanent way to enable those who follow us to enjoy this treasure and home of faith. Masses will be offered on 6 major holydays each year for living and deceased members of our St. Joseph Church Legacy Society.
OUR THANKS TO David Gillis and members of the Parish Council for the “ Welcome Home Sunday.”
Memorial Day, Monday, May 31st the parish office will be closed.
PENTECOST SUNDAY (May 23rd, 2010)
“Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.” Psalm 104
GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT
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When the Holy Spirit takes possession of a heart, a change comes about. If before there was a “secret rancor against God” in the depths of a man’s heart, now the Spirit comes to him from God and attests that God is truly favorable and benign, that he is his ally and not his enemy. He opens his eyes to all that God has been capable of doing for him and to the fact that he did not spare his only Son for him. The Spirit puts “God’s love” into man’s heart (see Rom 5:5). In this way he makes him a new man who loves God and who willingly does what God asks of him. God, in fact, no longer limits himself to telling man what he should do or not do, but he himself does it with him and in him. The new law, the Spirit, is much more than an indication of a will; it is an action, a living and active principle. The new law is new life. That is why it is more often called grace than law. “You are not under law but under grace” (Rom 6:14).
In a strict sense, therefore, the new law or the law of the Spirit is not that which Jesus proclaimed on the mount of the Beatitudes, but that which he engraved in a man’s heart at Pentecost. The evangelical precepts are certainly higher and more perfect than the Mosaic ones were; yet, on their own, they too would have been ineffective. If it had sufficed to proclaim the new will of God through the Gospel, we would be unable to explain why Jesus died and why the Holy Spirit came. But the apostles themselves show that it was not enough. They had heard everything, for example, that we should turn the other cheek to those that strike us, and yet at the moment of the Passion they were not strong enough to carry out anything of what Jesus had commanded. If Jesus had limited himself to proclaiming the new commandment saying,: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another”(Jon 13:34), it would have remained what it was before, just an old, written law. It was at Pentecost when he poured his love into the hearts of his disciples by means of the Spirit that it became, by right, a new law, and the law of the Spirit that gives life.
Father Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap.
Father Cantalamessa is the preacher to the papal household
May 23rd Week Announced Masses:
Saturday, May 22nd
5:00pm 10th Anniv. Kevin Clarkin, req., Family
Sunday, May 23rd (Pentecost Sunday)
9:00am Available for Intention
11:15am Welcome Home Mass
“Year of Evangelization.”
Monday, May 24th
8:00am For the Intentions of the Parishioners of St. Joseph’s
Tuesday, May 25th (St. Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor of the Church, St. Gregory, VI, pope, St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi,virgin.)
8:00am Intentions on Mother’s Day Donor Envelopes
6:30pm Marian Devotions, Rosary and Benediction
Thursday, May27th (St. Augustine of Canterbury, bishop)
8:00am Available for Intention
Friday, May 28th
8:00am Available for Intention
Saturday, May 29th
2:00pm Wedding: Blaise Carino- Elizabeth McGrath
5:00pm Available for Intention
Sunday, May 30th (Feast of the Most Holy Trinity)
9:00am Available for Intention
11:15am 3rd Anniv. Alfredo Goncalves, req., Family
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BUILDING UPDATE: Emergency repairs to the rectory are being made following the storms of this Spring season. Damage to the brownstone façade must be addressed as several internal leaks occurred.
May 23rd Sacrificial Giving Report
2009 2010
Envelopes (78) $ 2650.00 (71) $ 1667.00
Loose $ 807.00 $ 941.75
Children $ 15.50 $ 12.25
TOTALS $ 3472.50 $ 2621.00
Thank you for your generosity!
HAITI COLLECTION: $1228.00
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Saint Joseph Church will be open for visitors on
Saturday, May 29, from 10:00AM to 1:00PM.
FIRST COMMUNICANTS 2010
Congratulations to our First Communicants, who received Jesus in the Holy Eucharist for the first last weekend: Caroline Putney Capozzi, Olivia Catherine DeLuca, Indira Katharina McCall, Alexis Celia Robbins.
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ALTAR SERVERS
Sat: May 29th
5:00pm Nicholas, (MC), Milton, (MC), Mason, Olivia
Sun:May 30th
9:00am Benny, (MC), Meaghan, Catherine, Thomas
11:15am Lachelle, (SS), Jeffrey, (MC), Jenna, Ben
READERS
Sat.May 29th
5:00pm Carolyn Piatek
Sun: May 30th
9:00am David Gillis
11:15am Patricia McWilliams
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS
Sat. May 29th
5:00pm Jonathan & Laura Samit, Pat O’Hara
Sun: May 30th
9:00am Al Kelly, Jenny Peek, Judy Gillis
11:15am Jane Carey, Janet Jaquinto, Carroll Medeiros
NEW ALTAR SERVER TRAINING WILL BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. ANY CHILD WHO HAS MADE THEIR FIRST COMMUNION IS ELIGIBLE. PLEASE CALL THE RECTORY FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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Catholic Charity Appeal Phonathon
Our phonathon continues and volunteers will call parishioners who have not yet had the opportunity to give to this year’s Appeal. Please be as generous as possible. Thank you.
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MAY DEVOTIONS will be held on
TUESDAY, MAY 25TH AT 6:30PM.
Rev. Mr. Joseph R. Upton will preside and preach. May Devotions, a tradition in honor of Our Lady, consists of the Exposition of the Eucharist, Rosary, a Homily, and Benediction. Devotions last for about a half-hour.
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YEAR OF EVANGELIZATION
The Christian Community of Saint Joseph continues our series of events for the Year of Evangelization.
Please see the announcement regarding our upcoming series on the major documents of the Second Vatican Council. The series begins THIS WEEK.
In the fall, St. Joseph Church presents: “Deirdre Sings for the Year of Evangelization.” A concert featuring Deirdre Donovan performing a selection of music from the church year and other selections. Date to be announced. For more information about the Year of Evangelization, please visit www.CatholicsComeHome.org
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NOTE: Confirmation rehearsal will be held at Holy Name Church on Wednesday, June 9th at 6:30PM with parent(s) and sponsor.