The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER 777 West Hollis Street – Nashua, NH 03062 Parish Office Hours Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Parish Contacts Phone: 603-883-0757 Fax: 603-883-8057 Email: parishoffice@stjoenash.org Website: www.stjoenash.org Facebook: Saint Joseph the Worker Parish, Nashua, NH Weekend Liturgies Saturday 4:00 PM Sunday 8:00 & 10:00 AM Weekday Masses Monday-Thursday 8:00 AM If Nashua schools are closed due to snow/ ice, daily Mass will be cancelled Bishop Francis Christian Pastor – Ext. 7 bpfrancischristian@stjoenash.org Rev. Roger Bilodeau Priest in Residence Deacon Raymond Wheeler Permanent Deacon – Ext. 5 RCIA Coordinator deaconraymondwheeler@stjoenash.org Deacon Roland E. Leduc Permanent Deacon—Ext. 5 r-leduc@comcast.net Helen Dumont Business Manager – Ext. 3 helendumont@stjoenash.org Janice Mercure Director of Faith Formation – Ext. 4 janicemercure@stjoenash.org Paula O’Connell Office Manager – Ext. 2 paulaoconnell@stjoenash.org John Puliafico Facility Superintendent – Ext. 6 facilities @stjoenash.org We strive to be a parish of Good Stewards, praising and thanking God for His gifts of life, faith, family and friends and our parish and civic communities. We ask for His grace to grow and develop these gifts abundantly for the sake of His kingdom among us. Sacrament of Penance (Confession) Saturday: 3:15-3:45 PM & upon request Baptism Please call the Parish Office Marriages Please call Parish Office 6 months prior to wedding date. Program Coordinators Adult Choir Barbara Puder 881-9957 Art & Environment Robert Gagne 883-3972 Bereavement Paula O’Connell 883-0757 Contemp. Music Dave Therrien 891-1845 Cub/Boy Scouts John Puliafico 889-5677 CYO Bill Trainor 318-9304 Knights of Columbus Brian Tyrrell 689-5808 Outreach Helen Dumont 883-0757 Prayer Line stjoeprayerline@stjoenash.org 883-0757, ext. 2 Safe Environment Louis DiGregorio 889-6337 Youth Choir Chris Wenrich 880-7939 Committee Chairpersons Pastoral Council Finance Liturgy Fundraising Christian Formation Facility Tithing Family Ministry Good Steward Evangelization Michael Ruest 978-448-8892 Paula Moran 882-6053 John Martin 883-9730 Ann Kelley 886-1909 Robin Mulvey 880-4018 Thomas Moran 882-6053 Marie Daley 883-7464 Becky Shaughnessy 598-3711 Rick Donaruma 978-433-2035 Lisa Richard 978-433-2725 Deanery Agencies New Hampshire Catholic Charities Corpus Christi Food Pantry 889-9431 882-6372 The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Weekend Offertory Sunday, November 9, 2014 Gift Program Gift Program Parent Meeting after Mass Youth Choir, Room 2/3/4, 8-10pm Baptism Instruction, Worship/Room 2/3/4, 11:30am Confirmation I, Center/All Rooms, 6-9pm Monday, November 10, 2014 CYO Practice, Center, 5-10pm Cub Scout Leaders Meeting, Room 7/8, 7-8:30pm Tuesday, November 11, 2014 Adoration, Chapel, 7:30-8:30pm Quilting, Room 2/3/4, 7-9pm Cribbage League, Center, 12-3pm CYO Practice, Center, 5-10pm Cub Scouts (Bears), Room 7/8, 6:30-8:30pm Cub Scouts (Webelos II), Room 5/6, 6:30-8:30pm Wednesday, November 12, 2014 Adoration, Chapel, 8:30am-12noon Homeschool Co-op, Center, All rooms, 8am-3pm CYO Practice, Center, 5-10pm Adult Choir Practice, Worship, 7-9pm Thursday, November 13, 2014 Boy Scout Troop Meeting, Center, 6-9pm Bible Study, 9–11am & 7-9pm Friday, November 14, 2014 Ultreya, Room 2/3/4, 7-10pm Saturday, November 15, 2014 Cub Scout Pack Meeting, Center/Kitchen, 5:30-8:30pm 100 CLUB DRAWING ……. $1,000 winner(1) $500 winners (2) $200 winners (5) $100 winners (5) Weekly Oﬀertory needed to meet budget…………………$9,075* Oﬀertory Collec on, November 1 & 2, 2014………….…...$9,701 Fiscal Year Oﬀertory needed to date……….…….……… $152,625* Fiscal Year Oﬀertory collected to date……………...…….$148,756 2.5% of the Total Oﬀertory goes to Tithing each week. * NOTE: The “needed to date” lines incorporate the 10% increase asked for at the end of September. CORPUS CHRISTI BROWN BAG WEEKEND! With the holidays fast approaching, this weekend, November 8th and 9th, we will have available in the Gathering Space brown bags designated for holiday items for Corpus Christi Food Pantry. Please return your donations by November 16th. A trailer will be parked at the front doors to the church as a drop off location. Bless all of you! HOLIDAY FAIR, NOVEMBER 22ND If you care to be part of this wonderful weekend here are some of the areas in need of donations. Our Theme Basket/Penny Sale gift card flyer is in the wall holders. Our Bake Table is looking to challenge all who placed a dessert recipe in the St. Joseph cook book to prepare their recipe for sale at the baked goods table. Our very popular Book Room Committee has asked for you to consider donating your used books. Please note that we do not accept Encyclopedias, National Geographic and Reader’s Digest books, dictionaries or text books. We really love children’s books, pop fiction, VHS tapes, DVD’s and music CD’s. ALL ITEMS FOR THE BOOK ROOM, THEME BASKETS, & PENNY SALE ITEMS CAN BE DROPPED OFF ANYTIME DURING WORKING HOURS 9-5 DAILY. For more information please call Helen Dumont, Business Mgr./Fair Fundraising Chairperson at 883-0757, ext. 3. #31 Pat Noel #48 Carol Boule and #34 Kateri Harnetiaux #29 Toni Auclair, #85 Joan Conde, #71 James Job, # 27 Francine Davis and #74 Lucille Payeur #19 Angela Puliafico, #61 Paul Major, #77 Sylvia Lavoie, #3 Laurie Provencher, and # 80 Susan Breda Many thanks to all of our members for another very successful year. The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Parish News The Parish office will be closed on Tuesday, November 11th to observe the Holiday. THE ST. JOSEPH COOKBOOK UPDATE! If you haven’t purchased your cookbook please be aware that the Parish Office has books available for purchase during the week. Also, we will be selling books the weekend of the Holiday Fair, November 22nd-23rd. The ladies will also be selling cookbooks at a few fairs in the Greater Nashua Area. The cookbooks cost: $18.00. All proceeds go to the parish. Thank you for your support. To date we have cleared $3,817! Everyone Loves To Receive Gift Cards The items for the Penny Sale at the St. Joseph Parish Craft Fair to be held on Saturday, November 22nd will mostly be gift cards from various stores, restaurants and other area businesses. If anyone is interested in donating to the Penny Sale, they are asked to consider donating gift cards from any restaurant, gas station movie theater or store. Any amount from $5.00 and up would be greatly appreciated. Donations may be placed in an envelope marked Penny Sale and placed in the collection basket or mailed to the parish office. All proceeds of the penny sale are given to the parish. Thank You!! THE FOUNDATION Wisdom is the foundation, and justice the work without which a foundation cannot stand. —St. Ambrose St. Matthew Scripture Study Beginning Thursday, October 30th Number of Sessions ...……… 10 Dates: November 13th and 20th, December 4th, 11th and 18th, January 8th, 15th and 22nd Day of the Week ……..… Thursday MORNING SESSIONS …9: 00 TO 11:00 AM (GREAT TIME WITH CHILDREN AT SCHOOL) EVENING SESSIONS … 7: 00 TO 9:00 PM LOCATION ………….… St. Joseph the Worker Parish CYO Mass Sunday, November 16th @ 10am Join the Cheerleaders & Basketball players as they kick off the 2014-2015 season. STJ ALL THE WAY! GOD’S WILL Lord, if your people need me, I will not refuse the work. Your will be done. —St. Martin of Tours EVANGELIZATION I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know him or have forgotten him. —St. Frances Xavier Cabrini THE TEMPLE AND WORSHIP In all of today’s readings, the temple is prominently mentioned. Ezekiel speaks of streams of living water flowing out from the temple, watering the desert, bringing life to all living things, offering fresh healing to God’s people. Paul reminds the Corinthians that their faith rests upon the firmest of foundations, Christ himself. More than that, Paul reveals that those who follow Christ are themselves temples, temples of the Holy Spirit; that is, God dwells not only with them, but in them. For the Jews of Jesus’ time, the temple had come to be identified with the presence of God and the only place where authentic worship of God took place. Jesus had a different perception. Jesus identified himself not with the temple, but as the temple. In so doing, Jesus indicated a dramatic shift in what it means to worship God, to be in God’s presence. No longer was a place to be the focus of prayer. Instead, a person, the person of Jesus Christ, becomes the center of our worship. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Liturgy GIFT ASSIGNMENT Grades Kindergarten through Grade 5 The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica DATES TO REMEMBER Confirmation I, Sunday, November 9th from 6-9pm Middle School Faith Formation, Sunday, November 16th from 5:30-8:30 Children's Dismissal at Mass As you know, during the academic year the children in grades Kindergarten through Grade 5 are dismissed at Mass right before the Liturgy of the Word and return to Mass during the offertory. There have been several inquiries to what the children are doing during that time. The answer is quite simple. When the children are dismissed they go into the classroom to celebrate theChildren's Liturgy of The Word. In other words, the first reading, the Responsorial Psalm, and the Gospel are read to them from the Children's Lectionary. The Readings are the same as what is being proclaimed in the Church, but the readings are geared for their age level. After the readings proclaimed, the "Minister of the Word" explains the meaning of the Gospel to the children in various ways, i.e. discussion, puzzles, coloring sheets for the very young, crafts etc. The children are participating in Sunday worship, just not in the Church proper. The GIFT program therefore is not a class, but part of our Sunday celebration of praise and thanksgiving to Our Lord. Due to the nature of the GIFT Program it is not a "class", the students are not studying the basic teachings of the Church systematically. However, when there is opportunity to connect a teaching of the Church with the Gospel, the Minister of the Word will share it with the children. Therefore, the children attend the Summer Faith Formation program at which time they learn in a systematic manner the appropriate doctrines for their age group. Congratulations to Cassie Latham who has fulfilled all the requirements of the Cherubim altar server and been promoted to the Rank of Seraphim II. Thanks for your faithfulness Cassie! Keep up the good work. The Book of Remembrance is once again on display next to the baptismal font during the month of November. You are encouraged to enter the names of any of your deceased relatives or friends provided that they do not already appear on the pages of this book. Please note that all prior entries as well as any newly inscribed ones will be remembered in prayer throughout the month. BapƟsm Alb Ministry is looking for individuals to help sew the white bap sm albs that are given to our newly bap zed children during the year. If you would consider par cipa ng in this ministry or would like more informa on, please contact Claire Wheeler at 603 595-6349 Many thanks! TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION For several weeks, we have considered penance as a sacrament of forgiveness, and yet there are two other sacraments in this category. The first, of course, is the Eucharist itself. The other is the sacrament of the sick, long associated with penance. The Letter of James sets out the deep tradition for caring for the sick: sending for the priests, who will pray and lay their hands on the sick ones, anointing them with oil, and giving them forgiveness. Long before other rites of penance developed, the sacrament of the sick was therefore a profound experience of forgiveness. Jesus often healed the sick, nearly always as a visible sign of forgiveness of sin. The tradition didn’t unfold smoothly, however, and within a few centuries the oil of the sick was taken home to be applied by caregivers as a salve, or even to be drunk as a medicine. As early as the second century, bishops were therefore urging that priests should be the ones to visit those separated by illness from the Sunday assembly. Thus the practice of consigning the Eucharist and the oil of the sick to the non-ordained faithful to bring home was relatively short-lived. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica REFLECTIONS By Bishop Christian The following recent commentary from AMERICA magazine is an interesting and important discussion about civil law and he secrecy of the sacrament of confession. I offer it for your consideration. Everyone knows or should know that a priest cannot break the confessional seal. Canon law is clear on this point. Some have argued that the person making a confession can waive his or her right to confidentiality and thus release the priest from his obligation. That question might soon reach the U.S. Supreme Court. In Baton Rouge, La., a 16-year old filed a suit against the local diocese claiming that she told her confessor that she was being abused by a lay parishioner when she was 14 and that the priest told her to " sweep it under the floor and get rid of it." The girl has waived her right to confidentiality so that the priest might be free to testify. The diocese maintains that the state should not use its power to gain access to a conversation between a penitent and a priest during confession. The initial lawsuit was thrown out by the appellate court in Louisiana, but that decision was overturned by the state supreme court. The diocese has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for review. In a blog post for The Jesuit Post channel on Patheos, Sam Sawyer, S.J., pointed to the complexities of the case. The priest has a duty to protect the right to secrecy of an individual penitent, he explained, but his duty goes further: to protect the integrity of sacramental confession itself for the benefit of all penitents. No individual penitent can relieve the confessor from this dimension of his obligation to secrecy. But a priest/confessor can help an abuse victim in other ways: by encouraging the penitent, for example, to report the abuse outside the bounds of the sacrament. Monday, November 10 8:00 am ~ Joan Migneault by her family Tuesday, November 11-Veteran’s Day 8:00 am ~ No Service Wednesday, November 12 8:00 am ~ George Wilkes by St. Joseph Parish Outreach Committee 8:00 am ~ Brian Finnigan by his family Thursday, November 13 8:00 am ~ Romeo Lambert by his wife & family Friday, November 14 8:00 am ~ No Service Saturday, November 15 4:00 pm ~ Roland Levesque by his sister & nephew 4:00 pm ~ Mariette Soucy by her family Sunday, November 16 8:00 am ~ Jacques Duchesne by Dr. & Mrs. Wilfrid Fortin 8:00 am ~ Arthur LaPlante by Lorraine LaPlante & Family 10:00 am ~ Rachael St. Onge by Roland & Linda Picard 10:00 am ~ Mariette Soucy by her family READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Ti 1:1-9; Ps 24:1b-4ab, 5-6; Lk 17:16 Tuesday: Ti 2:1-8, 11-14; Ps 37:3-4, 18, 23, 27, 29; Lk 17:7-10 Wednesday: Ti 3:1-7; Ps 23:1b-6; Lk 17:11-19 Thursday: Phlm 7-20; Ps 146:7-10; Lk 17:2025 Friday: 2 Jn 4-9; Ps 119:1-2, 10-11, 17-18; Lk 17:26-37 Saturday: 3 Jn 5-8; Ps 112:1-6; Lk 18:1-8 Sunday: Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; Ps 128:1 -5;1 Thes 5:1-6; Mt 25:14-30 [14-15, 1921] The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica November 9, 2014 The LORD of hosts is with us; our stronghold is the God of Jacob. — Psalm 46:8 SAINT JOSEPH THE WORKER, 777 WEST HOLLIS ST., NASHUA, NH 03062 Information page St. Joseph the Worker Parish 459350 Paula O’Connell 603-883-0757 paulaoconnell@stjoenash.org Number of pages: 6 November 9, 2014 Transmission: Wednesday 10am Publisher 2010 Adobe 2010 Special Instructions: