TWELFTH SUNDAY

in ORDINARY TIME

JUNE 21, 2020

FATHERS’ DAY WEEKEND

Church of St. Joseph Wurtsboro, NY

180 Sullivan St., Wurtsboro, NY 12790 P. O. Box 277

(845) 888-4522 (845) 888-5072 FAX

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday - 5:00 (Vigil) Sunday - 9:00 & 11:00 AM

Weekdays - 8:00 AM No Mass celebrated Saturday mornings

Holy Days - Consult “Bulletin” SACRAMENTAL SERVICES

Reconciliation - Saturday, 4:00

Baptism - by Appointment

Marriage - by Appointment Currently, masks are required for atten-dance at all church services. All Catholics are dispensed from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation until further no-tice. Although we welcome you and have missed you during the sheltering time, your own health and that of your fellow parish-ioners comes first.

SERVED BY: Fr. Peter J. Madori, Administrator 888-4522

Fr. Matthias Ndulaka, Chaplain: Woodbourne Correctional Facility

Mickey Maher, 888-2103 Director of Religious Education

Nick Sywyk, 888-2825 Director of Music

Stephen Melchionne 645-1139 Plant Manager

PARISH SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS Welcoming Committee Kate Labuda 888-2652

Church of St. Joseph Wurtsboro, NY

180 Sullivan St., Wurtsboro, NY 12790 P. O. Box 277

(845) 888-4522 (845) 888-5072 FAX

CLOTHING DONATION DEPOSITORY

Place used items of clothing in the shed located behind the Summer Church Hall.

e-mail: www.stjoswurts@frontiernet.net

Visit us at: www.stjosephwurtsboro.com

WE WHO WERE BAPTIZED IN CHRIST JESUS

WERE BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH Weekend Masses, Twelfth Sunday in___ ___ Ordinary Time

Saturday, June 20: 5:00 PM Ida, Edward & Charles Penna ( from 4/18 ) Sunday, June 21 - Fathers’ Day: 9:00 AM Dr. Henry Rosner, MD 11:00 AM Dennis Maddalone

Monday June 22 ___ 8:00 Anne Carney ( from 4/23 )

Tuesday, June 23__ 8:00 Dominick Velardo ( from 4/22 )

Wed., June 24_- Solemn Feast of the Nativity of__ St. John the Baptist___ 8:00 John J. Driscoll, III ( from 4/19 )

Thursday, June 25___ 8:00 Anne Corrigan

Friday, June 26 __ 8:00 Richard Paul

No Mass celebrated on Saturday Mornings__

Weekend Masses, Thirteenth Sunday in___ ___ Ordinary Time

Saturday, June 27: 5:00 PM Paul Liam Garvey ( from 4/25 ) Sunday, June 28: 9:00 AM Louis Ruisi 11:00 AM Brian McCahery Please pray for all our deceased parishioners, benefactors, relatives and friends, especially: Frank Roosa, Esther Levine. Please pray for those who are ill, especially: Miskit Airth; Brian Amrhein; Anita Auer; Robert Banks; the Berchtold Family; Sue Berry; Sharon Bierman; Dolores Bonpietro; Ed Boyle; Doris Buesing; Frank Caramico; Albert Caravello; Adeline Carbone; Tucker Carr; James Carney; Lottie Carney; Ronald Carr; Thomas Cashman; Nicholas Cetera; Adelina Rose Ciarelli; Nickolas Civitano; Rocky Collins; Mikie Congemi; Carl Consolo; Donna Consolo; Paula Cornine; Thomas Coughlin; Anna Courneya; William Cronic; Sue Currier; Donna Dalton; Jeannine Davis; Reilly Davis; Rosemarie Delia; Joan DeLizza; Carol Diamond; Christine Dobbs; Nancy Donohue; Thomas Dunn; Connie Durante; Jerry Earl; Larry Eisen; Josephine Emanuele; Buddy Fahey; Nellie Fahy;

Rev. John Fanning; Roger Fiat; Shawn Finneran; Jennifer Florio; Joe Franklin; Jake Gabriel; Lawrence Gallott; Jim & Pat Gatens; Kevin Garvey; Matthew Germann; Amy Giuseffi; John Giustiniani; Dillon Gleason; Erik Godfrey; Alex Goodman; Jenna Graham; Robert Green; Karen Hackett; Mark Hairie; Jack Haley; Josh Harrison; Jill Hey; Steven Higgins; Theresa Higgins; Ola Hillar; Dennis Holohan; James Holden; Maggie Horne; Brenda Jansons; Conchita Javier; Cliff Jessup; Beatrice Johnson; Carolyn Johnson; Colin Johnston; Fred & Margaret Kinsella; Russell Kinsella; Patricia Kirby; Aidan Kokakis; Alfred Kramer; Ron Kramer; Patricia & Ed Krekorian; Kate Labuda; Pat Lawler; Verdanna Lawrence; Rick Lewis; Robert Linzer; John Longo; Mr. Lynn; William Maher; Diana Martinez; Eileen Mary-Rose; Tracy Motley; Tandy McClung; Rosemary McCormick; Eddie & Patricia (Ryan) McKay; Maree McKinney; Terry Mills; Mickey Mirra; Dawn Montforte; Kevin Moore; Liz Moore; Kenneth Moore; Robert Morris; Brian Mortonson; Jennifer Motillo; Eileen Murphy; Sr. Mary Murray, OP; Sharon Nelson; Margaret Nichols; Carol Niedermeyer; Carole O’Neill; Richard Ortiz; Donald Paccione, Sr.; Piper Paddock; Patricia Parish; Meredith Parks; Bobby Patchuoli; Florence Penzo; Susan & Janet Peters; Eileen & John Pinsl; Larry Polsky; Gerry Ragusa; Regina Rahilly; Carolyn Ramsay; Thomas Reinholz; John Rivera; Linda Roosa; Vivian Rutherford; Ed Ryan; Marie Sabastiano; Susan Sher-idan; Fran Spielhagen; Loretta Spordone; Joan Springwalt; Aimee Swift; William Tappan; Gloria Taylor; Therese Van DeBogart; Louis Vega; Christian Vidale; Rita Volpe; Mary Wardell; Joel & Joan Welsh; William Wetzel; Linda Williams; John Williamson; Evelyn Young.

HAPPY FATHERS’ DAY____ “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” This quote from the Epistle of St. James, 1:17, not only provides a comforting image of God’s relationship with us but also offers a template for human parenting. Since this year’s Fathers’ Day coincides with the beginning of our challenge to return to community, words like “good gift,” “changeless” and so on invite usto move forward with charity and justice. To all the fathers, grandfathers, godfathers and father figures in our parish, best wishes and prayers on your special day. We apologize for the need to cancel the traditional “Fathers’ Day Novena.” The rescheduling of announ-ced Masses not celebrated during the sheltering took precedence over this devotional custom. ANNOUNCED MASSES____ During the months when Mass was not being celebrated publicly, dozens of intentions went un-fulfilled. In March, we began moving them to open dates in April, assuming -- incorrectly, as it turned

out -- that public Masses would resume by Easter. We continued rescheduling intentions through the weeks of spring and summer, eventually having to reschedule some for a second time. Our calendar now has only a few scattered openings in mid- and late December. For those who need to know the date on which their intention is now scheduled, a list will be available on the display table in the rear of the church. You also may call the rectory, 888-4522, or e-mail us: stjoswurts@frontiernet.net. AVE MARIA GUILD NEWS The Ave Maria Guild mem-bers attend Mass at 9 AM this Sunday, June 21. On Monday, June 22, the monthly meeting will be held, as usual, at 7 PM. The Rosary will be recited at 6:30. The Art Show and other summer ac-tivities will be discussed. Masks will be worn and proper distancing observed. No refreshments can be served. RENOVATION UPDATE Construction has begun on the basement of the Church to fulfill the requirements of the Village’s building codes. Over the next few months, there may be the occasional minor inconvenience to our people. ( “Dig we must, etc., etc.” ) While it is true that Churches are exempt from many code provisions, it would have been expensive, and taken years, for a legal challenge to work its way through the courts -- time and money the parish does not have. Our builder is Billman Ross, a construc-tion company from Fair Oaks, noted in Wurtsboro for their beautiful rendering of our new library. The company is confident that the hall will be ready when our children in Religious Education return in the Fall. ( Of course, if distance learning remains the policy for children in New York State, that will be moot. ) Now that we are worshiping in the summer church hall, having access to our basement meeting area becomes even more important. When construc-tion is near completion, those who made donations of $ 500 or more to the Building Fund will be contacted regarding wording on the memorial donors’ plaque.

COUNCIL MEETINGS & NEWS_____ 1. The June meeting of the Parish Council will take place, as scheduled, on Thursday, June 25, at 7 PM. We will meet in the summer hall for proper distancing and masks will be required. 2. The Finance Council needs to meet in the near future. Members will be contacted soon to choose a date convenient to all. COLLECTION REPORT: JUNE 13 & 14

MASS ATTENDANCE COLLECTION __ Mail-in donations $ 3,140.00 5 PM 40 $ 999.00 9 AM 55 $ 1,505.00 11 AM 45 $ 826.00 Totals 140 $ 6,470.00 * *

* * We “tithed” just over 3 % of this total to the twin causes of our Missions here in the USA and assistance to the Church in Latin America, plus an additional $ 100 toward last month’s collection for the churches in Eastern Europe. Those three causes totaled $ 602, leaving $ 6,280 for the Offertory. “150 CLUB” NEWS_____ The winner for June 14 was # 97, Chris(tine) Herschel. For more information, please call Kate, 888-2652. BEYOND HEADLINES & SOUNDBITES___ What finally pushed the ongoing saga of Covid-19 out of the headlines and lead footage was a crisis of almost equal, if very different import. We have seen disturbing images of police exceeding legitimate use of force in subduing suspects. We have witnessed rioting and looting of an intensity not seen since the late 1960s. We all thought we had moved beyond such violence; we have not. Democracy only thrives under the rule of law. Citizens bestow a great deal of power and authority on law enforcement for precisely that reason. But the essential mark of a democracy is the freedom of its people. And the pledge of police is to “preserve and protect.” If some citizens, because of race, ethnicity, or any other condition of their lives, are mal-served and under-protected, there is a problem. A demo-cracy moves to ameliorate that problem by enacting or amending its laws, not by dismantling history. But we cannot legislate people’s prejudices -- only their overt actions. What do we do about bigotry --- whether hatred of non-whites, of gays, of Jews, of migrants, of Catholics, of liberals, of conservatives ? Catholics are expected to have custody over their thoughts and to rise above their baser instincts and ruinous emotions. It is hard work. It cannot be done without grace -- the grace of Christ’s presence in Holy Communion; the grace of Christ’s forgiveness in the Sacrament of Penance. Your move.