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ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH
MOTHER CHURCH OF THE BERKSHIRES
ESTABLISHED 1849
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Liturgical Celebrations
Saturday 4:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM
11:30 AM
Daily Mass 12:10 PM
RCIA Tuesdays, 6:30 PM
Holy Hour Monday-Friday, 11:00 AM
Daily Rosary Monday-Friday, 11:30 AM
Prayer Group 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 6:45 PM
The Staff
Msgr. Michael Shershanovich, Pastor
Rev. Geoffrey Deeker, CSS, Priest in Residence
Rev. Mr. Pasqual Baldasaro, Deacon
John Arasimowicz,
Coordinator of Youth Religious Education
e-Mail: stjosephccd@berkshire.rr.com
Michele Madden, Secretary
e-Mail: Michelemadden@berkshire.rr.com
Mrs. Patricia Momnie, Pastoral Minister
St. Joseph’s Parish Office
414 North Street. Pittsfield, MA 01201
Tel: (413) 445-5789
Fax: (413) 443-5466
Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
e-Mail: msgrmike@berkshire.rr.com
Web site: www.stjoepittsfield.com St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Mr. Paul Guillou, Superintendent
Nancy Nolan, Secretary
Tel: (413) 499-1317
Sacrament of Baptism:
All new parents are expected to complete a course of instruction.
Please consult the parish office for classes.
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Saturdays, 3:00-3:45PM
Sacrament of Matrimony:
Couples should contact the parish office at least one year prior to the wedding.
New Parishioners should register at the parish office. We look forward to welcoming you to the
parish family and hope you will become involved with your time, talent and treasure.
Ministry to the Sick and Parishioners confined to home have visitations that are scheduled on a
regular basis. Please notify the parish office to make arrangements.
Religious Education Classes are held at St. Joseph’s High School following the 9:00 AM Mass
for all public school students, grades K-11, and parochial students preparing for Sacraments.
LECTORS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS D
Saturday 4 PM EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Marie Kotowicz, Mary Sukiennik, Joe Tournier, Kay Tournier,
Jim Armstrong & Jean Bostley LECTORS Sharyn Fresia & Cheryl Furtek
Sunday, 9 AM EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Bernadette Scapin, Lillian Trzepacz, Jeff Vincent,
Nancy Woitkoski, Joe Ryan & John Arasimowicz
LECTORS: Peggy Taylor & Sharon V
incent
Sunday, 11:30 AM EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: J. Weatherwax, Michael Wood, P. McDonough, Joe Dahrouge,
Jim McNeice & Mary Huska
K I N D L Y S I L E N C E A L L P A G E R S & C E L L P H O N E S - T H A N K Y O U !
Saturday, August 29th
FRANK GUILLOU 4 PM
Requested Family
Sunday, August 30th
JOSEPH BLASIOLI 9 AM
Requested by Family
AULISI FAMLY 11:30 AM
Monday, August 31st
HENRY ANDRUS 12:10 PM
Requested by Yukie & Henry
Tuesday, September 1st
MARY JO PELLETIER 12:10 PM
Requested by Friend
Wednesday, September 2nd
CAROL McCABE 12:10 PM
Requested by McCabe Family
Thursday, September 3rd
SPECIAL INTENTION 12:10 PM
Friday, September 4th
PERINA CARLINO 12:10 PM
Requested by Robert
Saturday, September 5th
JOSEPH ELIAS First Anniversary 4 PM
Requested Family
Sunday, September 6th
LOU LITANO 9 AM
Requested by Jodi Poole & Vera Cartier
EDMUND J. HOSPOD 11:30 AM
Requested by Wife, Susan
Pope Francis Speaks to Families
You are Unique but Not Alone!
You, boys and girls, . . . Each one of you is the
unique fruit of love, you come from love and you
grow in love. You are unique but not alone! And the
fact of having brothers and sisters is good for you: the
sons and daughters of a large family are more capable
of fraternal communion even from early childhood.
In a world often marked by selfishness, a large family
is a school of solidarity and sharing; and this attitude
is to the benefit of society as a whole.
-Address to the Italian association
of large families,
December 28, 2014
The September meeting of the St. Anne Society will be on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. in the Parish Center and features a Pot Luck supper. Members are asked to bring a favorite dish in any category of salad, main meal, or dessert. Consider having a written recipe available for members who wish to make your selec-tion themselves. Coffee, tea and water will be provided. There will be a short business meeting prior to the supper and any women of the parish are welcome to join the ladies for this feasting.
Sacrificial Offering last week: $5,661.00 Many thanks for your generosity!
A U G U S T 3 0 , 2 0 1 5
G L U TEN F REE HO ST S A VA I LAB LE T O T HO SE WH O CAN NO T T OL E RA TE G LUT EN .
P L EA SE NO TI F Y P RI E ST BE FO RE MA S S .
He summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.
Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out
from within are what defile.” - Mk 7:14-15
ST. JOSEPH FESTIVAL OF SHARING ROOTS - SEPTEMBER
13TH from 12 noon—5 pm. Tag sale & crafts begin at 9 am on the grounds of St. Joseph Church. Prayers of the Faithful in many languages at the 11:30 am Mass. For all those who are interested in volunteering at this Festival, please contact Jeff Vincent. The committee is seeking the following dona-tions—Lottery tickets. Please place the ticket in an envelope marked “Sharing Roots” and place in the weekly collection basket. We are also col-lecting food for the Grocery Basket Raffle. Please leave the food in a bag la-beled “Sharing Roots” and leave in the Vestibule. For beverages we are ask-ing for donations of bottled water, Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Budweiser, Bud-weiser Light, and Red or White Wine. We are also seeking tag sale items! Please, no electrical items and no clothing. We are accepting monetary do-nations to offset the cost of this event. All donations are greatly appreciated!
St. Joseph Religious Education News
Let the little children come to me. (Mt. 19)
We will once again continue with the Children’s Liturgy of the Word (CLOW) at the nine o’clock Mass beginning September 13th. Plan on being there with us to cele-brate and really hear God’s Word.
CCD Registration will be held next Sunday, September 6th in the Parish Center.
FIRST CLASS — CCD begins in 2 weeks, Sunday, September 13th.
ALL PARENTS/GUARDIANS/STUDENTS : You’ve Got Mail - Please watch your
mail for the fall calendar and registration form.
Did you know...CCD information can also be found on our website! Go to
www.stjoepittsfield.com
All Confirmation candidates MUST attend the MANDATORY CONFIRMATION RETREAT
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 4:45 PM to 9:15 PM
St. Joseph Parish Center Also, please save the date: This year’s Confirmation ceremony will be held on Sunday, OCTOBER 18, 2015, at the 11:30 AM
Mass.
St. Joseph Cemetery – Please remove all decorations on or before Labor
Day, Monday, Sept. 7th. New decorations are not allowed until Novem-
ber 1st. Cemetery gates will be locked at dusk beginning September 7
th.
OUR SECOND SCRIPTURE READING REMINDS US
THAT “EVERY WORTHWHILE GIFT, EVERY GENUINE
BENEFIT, COMES FROM GOD”. GOD’S GIFTS
SHOULD PROMPT OUR RESPONSIVE GRATITUDE,
WHICH SHOULD BE THE BASIS OF OUR DAILY
LIVES. IF YOU FEEL GOD IS OFFERING YOU THE
GIFT OF PRIESTHOOD AND YOU WISH TO RE-
SPOND GENEROUSLY, TRUSTING IN GOD, CALL FR.
GARY DAILEY AT 413-452-0816 OR EMAIL:
G.DAILEY@DIOSPRINGFIELD.ORG OR
WWW.MYVOCATION.COM
CYCLE B AUGUST 30, 2015
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
"Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from
within are what defile."
In the days of Jesus, this issue was about per-forming empty external rituals of cleanliness instead of purifying the heart. For most of us, the issue is probably a bit different. Our fixation on externals is not so much with religious prescriptions and practic-es; instead, our daily obsession tends to be with ap-pearances in general. In our media-saturated culture, we are extremely tuned in to how things look. We are trained to respond to current fashion trends in cloth-ing, hair, makeup, and accessories. Even bodies, cars, houses, and landscaping all fall into the realm of highly marketed images. The risk for us is to be so concerned with having the right "look" on the outside that we fail to consider what's happening on the in-side.
Life is about more than what we have or what we parade around for others to see. As human beings we are a unity of body and soul, and if we neglect our souls, then we are neglecting the fulfillment of our human nature. We need to make sure we are not like the Pharisees in today's reading who were too con-cerned with outside appearances. Jesus tells us in re-sponse to them that "from within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. All these evils come from within and they defile." This list makes a good start-ing point for some personal meditation on our interi-or life. Let's ask ourselves, "Which of the behaviors on this list threaten to defile my soul?" Then, let's ask the Holy Spirit to help purify us of that spiritual ugliness so we can appear beautiful in the sight of God.
St. Joseph’s Church 20/20 Club: Week 16: Dorothy Ann Miller & Clare Foley
Week 17: Ken Sadlowski & Nellie Baran CONGRATULATIONS!
St. Joseph Festival of Sharing Roots for September 13, 2015, in-terview “For Your Information” on Pittsfield Cable TV, hosted by Pat Gormalley, interviewing Jack Lavi-olette was played on August 24. It’s also scheduled to be shown again on Monday, August 31 at 1:30 AM, 5 AM, 9:30 AM, 1 PM, 4:30 PM and 8 PM. ENJOY!!
You are invited to take part in a GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP— Learn about the grief process, talk about your own experiences, Understand how to cope with your losses, Find the way to move forward, discover where help, strength and resources are available, and establish personal goals. WHEN: Tuesdays from 4 to 5 PM, September 8th - October 13th. WHERE: Mo-ments House, Pittsfield, WHO: Chaplain Dennis Cas-tella. Please call (413) 442-0045 to register.
Readings for the Week of August 30, 2015 Sunday: Dt 4:1-2, 6-8/Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27/Mk 7:1-
8, 14-15, 21-23
Monday: 1 Thes 4:13-18/Lk 4:16-30
Tuesday: 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11/Lk 4:31-37
Wednesday: Col 1:1-8/Lk 4:38-44
Thursday: Col 1:9-14/Lk 5:1-11
Friday: Col 1:15-20/Lk 5:33-39
Saturday: Col 1:21-23/Lk 6:1-5
Next Sunday: Is 35:4-7a/Jas 2:1-5/Mk 7:31-37
ROSARY — Please join us after
the 9 AM Mass in the South Chapel
next Sunday, Sept 6th
NEICH BED ZIE POCHWALONY JEZUS CHRYSTUS
ST. JOSEPH PRAYER LINE: 443 -1221