The Church of St. John the Evangelist

The Church of St. John the Evangelist
71 Murray Avenue Goshen, New York 10924
www.stjohnsgoshen.com
Rev. Leonard Villa, Adminstrator
Rev. Msgr. Bayani Valenzuela,
Parochial Vicar
Fr. Peter Heasley, Parochial Vicar
Deacon Vincent Cookingham
Deacon Tom Jordan
Deacon James Faulkner
Weekend Associates
Rev. Joseph Komonchak
School Principal
Michael Thomas O’Kane
Religious Education
Coordinator
Cathy Fife
INFORMATION LINE 291-4971
Rel. Education 294-6847
School 294-6434
Rectory Business Office:
73 Murray Ave.
Monday: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday-Friday: 9:00a.m. to 4p.m.
294-5328
Fax No.: 294-2577
Mass Schedule
Saturday 8:00 a.m.
Sunday Vigil 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m. Children’s Mass,
10:30 a.m., 12:00 noon, 1:30 p.m. (Spanish), 5:00pm
Last Friday of the month, Spanish Mass at 7:30p.m.
Weekdays 6:30 a.m., 5:15 p.m.
Adoration - Monday thru Friday: 6-9p.m.
First Friday - 7:00a.m. - 7:30a.m. Saturday
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 4:00 to 4:45 p.m.
Thursday before every First Friday 4:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Sacrament of Baptism
Saturday Baptism
English-4th Saturday of Each Month at 12:00 Noon
Spanish-3rd Saturday of Each Month at 12:00 Noon
Sunday Baptism
English - 1st, 2nd Sunday of Each Month at 3:00p.m.
Spanish - 4th Sunday of Each Month at 3:00p.m.
***The above dates are subject to availabililty.
Baptism preparation classes are required.
Please call the Parish Office to register.
Sacrament of the Sick
Please call the parish office if you or your loved one in Orange
Regional Medical Center, Health Care Facility or Homebound
so a priest may come and visit.
Please remember St. John’s in your Will.
Parish Membership
Every family in the parish should be properly registered. If you move
to another parish, or change your address, please notify the rectory
and give the old as well as the new address. If you are not registered,
we cannot serve you by issuing testimonial letters in connection
with sponsorship for the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and
Matrimony. We also cannot give recommendations for positions,
schools, or character references if we do not know you.
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
THE FOURTH SINDAY IN ADVENT
DECEMBER 21, 2014
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20
5:00 pm
The Intentions of the Warren Family
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21
7:30 am
Cornelius Hubner
9:00 am
Reberta & Thomas McQuillan
10:30 am
Sean Coyle
12:00 nn
Edward Johnson
1:30 pm
People of the Parish
5:00 pm
Janet Ratynski
MONDAY, DECEMBER 22
6:30 am
All Priests
10:30 am
Campbell Hall – at Nursing Home
5:15 pm
Anton Kresse
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23
6:30 am
Nel Pittner
10:00 am
Valley View –at Nursing Home
5:15 pm
Salvatore Albert Brancato
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24 – CHRISTMAS EVE
4:00 pm, 6:00 pm, 9:00 pm 12:00 Midnight
(Carols @ 11:30 pm)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25 – CHRISTMAS DAY
8:30 am, 10:30 am, 12:30 pm
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26
9:00 am
Carmen LaGrutta
ONLY ONE MASS TODAY
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27
8:00 am
Eugene Smith
5:00 pm
The Living & Dec’d. Members of the
Heinz & Martin Families
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28
7:30 am
Nancy Osburn
9:00 pm
Brigid Apfel
10:30 am
Thomas LaGrutta
12:00 nn
The Sanges Family
1:30 pm
The People of the Parish
5:00 pm
Edward & Stella Kulikowski
GOSHEN, NEW YORK
FR. VILLA, FR. HEASLEY, MSGR. VALENZUELA,
THE DEACONS AND STAFF WISH ALL A BLESSED AND
PEACEFUL CHRISTMAS.
CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE FOR 2014
CONFESSIONS
MASSES FOR CHRISTMAS
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 24TH
4:00 pm (IN CHURCH & MCCAFFREY HALL)
6:00 PM
9:00 PM BILINGUAL (SPANISH –ENGLISH)
12:00 MIDNIGHT (Carols at 11:30 pm)
THURSDAY – DECEMBER 25TH
8:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26TH – Only one Mass @ 9 am
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27TH – 8:00 AM & 5:00 PM
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NEW YEAR’S SCHEDULE
CONFESSIONS
Saturday, Dec. 27th from 4-4:30 pm
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MASSES FOR THE NEW YEAR
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27TH
VIGIL FOR THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY &
JOSEPH AT 5:00 PM
SUNDAY, DEC. 28TH – THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS,
MARY & JOSEPH
7:30 AM, 9:00AM, 10:30 AM. 12NN, 1:30 PM & 5:00PM
ON DEC. 29TH, 30TH & 31ST – Only one Mass @ 9 am.
The Vigil for the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of
God – Wednesday, December 31st at 7 pm
MASSES FOR THE SOLLEMNITY OF MARY, THE
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1ST – 9 AM & 12NN
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2ND – Only one amss at 9 am.
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ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
GOSHEN, NEW YORK
Pray for the safe and speedy return of our men and
women serving overseas, especially, SGT Shawn Jamieson,
LCPL Andrew Santos.
PRE BAPTISM CLASS
The next pre Baptism classes for parents are:
English meeting will be on, Jan. 27th at 7:30 pm.
Spanish speaking will be on, Jan 6th at 7 pm.
YOU MUST CALL AHEAD TO REGISTER AT THE PARISH
OFFICE – 294-5328.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
THERE IS NO SCHEDULED RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION CLASSES FROM
WED., DEC. 24TH TO WED., DEC. 31ST
IN OBSERVANCE OF CHRISTMAS.
CLASSES RESUME ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 4TH.
A HAPPY & HOLY CHRISTMAS SEASON TO ALL!
THERE IS NO BINGO ON DECEMBER 25TH
ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL CASH CALENDAR FUNDRAISER
Purchase a calendar for $10.and your number is entered to win
81 times, every day between Jan. & June 2015. The cash
drawing each day is between $10 and $200. Your calendar is
entered every day – so you could win more than once. They
make great gifts too. Contact Nora Higgins @ 845 741-2806 to
get your calendars or stop by the school office.
ST. JOHN’S CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
The St. John’s Children’s Choir will present a short
Pageant at 2 pm, in Church, on December 24th –Christmas
Eve – prior to the 4pm Mass which will also be sung by
the Children’s Choir. Please join us- all are Welcome.
SENIORS THANK KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AND
OTHERS
The Christmas Dinner for Senior Citizens was a huge success.
Ask any senior who attended and they’ll tell you they enjoyed
the food, the company, the floral arrangements, and the music.
We’d like to acknowledge all who make the night possible. First
of all, a great big thank you to the St. John’s Knights for once
again sponsoring the event. We’d like to thank Nancy & Tom
Larkin for their big role in coordinating the dinner, Rich
Calogero, John Dorian, Dan Freeman, Ben Matalucci, & Paul
Fiorello, for helping to cook and serve the dinner. Thank you to
Sherry Calogero, Cathy Dorian, Lisa Sullivan, Carolyn Freeman,
Barbara Fiorello & Renee Matalucci, for the dessert and
overseeing the servers. Thank you to Shop Rite for donating the
sheet cake and to James Murray Florist for donating the floral
centerpieces. Another thanks to the musicians, Nik Vanderhoof
& Ellen Dickinson, Ben Matalucci & LydiaVanduynhoven,
Casey Vanduynhoven. The seniors especially thank the young
servers who were very polite & solicitous of their needs: Sam
Farias, Veronica Fiorello, Ciarrah Garofalo, Sofia Saul, Sophy
Chen, Cici Xu, Neil & Grant Stevenson, & Carly & Regan
Sullivan.
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EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS FOR DEC. 24 / 25
Dec. 24th
Church
4:00 pm
J. Kuehner
McCaffrey Hall 4:00 pm
A. Scanlon
Church
12 Midnight M. Rosolowski
Dec. 25th
8:30 am
---------10:30 am
---------12:30 pm
L. Vinti
SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 27TH/28TH
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS
LECTORS
5:00 pm B. Warren
F. Warren
7:30 am R. Padavano
V. Deluca
9:00 am N. Carey
J. Iaquinto
10:30 am M. O’Donnell
E. Dorian
12:00 nn M. Rosolowski
N. Krebs
5:00 pm _________
M. Giglio
LOOKING FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR A
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TEACHER…..TEACHER?
In lieu of giving a traditional Christmas gift this year, please
consider making a charitable donation to Good Counsel Homes.
Good Counsel Homes is a Catholic, Pro-Life ministry that
rescues women in crisis pregnancies from homelessness by
providing them with a home and a new beginning. By donating
to Good Counsel you’ll give a mother and child a new life
through the love, care, and Life Skills Training they will receive
while being a part of the Good Counsel family. Your donation
can be mailed to: Good Counsel Homes, PO Box 6068,
Hoboken, NJ 07030 or on line @ goodcounselhomes.org.
FROM YOUR PARISH OFFICE
MERRY CHRISTMAS - If any Organization is in need of use
of meeting rooms in the Parish, please contact us in the office to
make arrangements for your group. The book for next year is
already getting crowded, so please don’t wait too long.
Thank You.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY
DAILY FOR AN INCREASE IN VOCATION TO THE
PRIESTHOOD AND RELIGIOUS LIFE.
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ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
In your prayers please remember Suzanne Arnowitz,
Barbara Jean Brancato, Jon-Paul Brancato, Abby Furco,
JoAnne Gale, Charles R. Lucas, Kim Martin,
John T. Mayo II, Matt Meehan, Mary O’Brien, Bruce Pedersen, Ted
Perry, Gianna Rose, Mary Sczerba, Margaret Smith and “Teens in
Need” that they may recover through healing power of Our Lord.
and all the souls in Purgatory.
BULLETIN SICK LIST: PLEASE NOTE: We
will place names in the list for a period of six (6)
weeks. If you wish the name repeated you must
submit a new form. Requests will be accepted only
from the sick person or an immediate family
member, also, include the relationship with said
person.
Detach and return:
I would like my name entered in the Bulletin Sick
List and give my permission to do so.
NAME
(Print)
________________________________________
DATE: _________________
SIGNATURE & RELATIONSHIP
(MUST BE A FAMILY MEMBER):
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shhhhh! By Diogenes
Each year the Christmas holiday season brings in a fresh new
crop of legal cases, in which government officials forbid the
display of religious symbols, performance of religious hymns,
and so forth. Each year these test cases are a bit more ridiculous,
and 2006 promises another bumper crop on absurdity. Credit the
city of Chicago with the silliest decision in the beforeDecember-begins category, and this one is going to be tough to
beat. Sponsors of a Christmas holiday festival have decided not
to allow New Line Cinema to display a trailer from the new film,
The Nativity Story, because it might be offensive to nonChristian patrons of the festival.
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GOSHEN, NEW YORK
That festival, by the way, is a traditional German observance
known as the Christkindlmarket. (Christuskind means Christ
Child)It's OK to say it, apparently, if you use a foreign language.
Don't spread it around, but it the people who might get offended
must not be very b_r_i_g_h_t.
Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord.
Of course you would not know it by the stores, TV, radio but
we are only beginning the season of Advent. Actually the first
two weeks of Advent have to do with the SECOND COMING
of Christ. We profess the Faith received from the Apostles that
Jesus will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead at
a time known only to God the Father.
Hence the priest puts on purple vestments and the readings from
Scripture tell us: Be on guard. Be ready at all times to meet the
Lord. In the Eastern churches and in the history of the Latin
Church Advent took on a penitential character a “little Lent” if
you will. Of course the root-meaning of penance is a greater
conversion, a greater turning to the Lord in our lives.
The last two weeks of Advent focus more on the FIRST
COMING of Christ in Bethlehem. Practically the Church calls
us to more intense prayer, mediation on the Scriptures about the
Second Coming and the prophecies about the Messiah in the
prophet Isaiah. It calls us to more intense works of mercy, selfsacrifice for the Lord, and the confession of our sins not just
generally in the penitential rite of the Mass but also in the
Sacrament of Confession.
Other ways to prepare for the Lord during Advent are: GET
AN ADVENT WREATH. This is a flat wreath into which are
inserted four candles each representing a week of Advent. Light
the candle at the supper table and pray together as a family.
MAKE A JESSE TREE. This is a tree from which you hang
ornaments remember Jesus’ roots in the Israel. You could hang
an Ark, Jacob’s ladder, David’s harp and so forth.
COUNT DOWN TO CHRISTMAS WITH AN ADVENT
CALENDAR. You can buy Advent calendars on line or in a
religious store and each day you open a door on the calendar
which reveals a biblical scene.
For example
www.strictlychristmas.com
DISCOVER THE REAL SANTA CLAUS. The real Santa
Claus is of course St. Nicholas of Myra whose feast day is on
December 6. This is a day in many countries on which gifts are
shared and candy is distributed. This is to imitate the charity of
St. Nicholas who tradition tells us gave to the needy in secret
hence you get the legend about St. Nicholas coming down
chimneys unseen by those to whom he will give gifts.
SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS. Christ is the reason for the
season. We ought not to be ashamed of Him and we should
proclaim this feast day proudly.
SEND A CHRISTMAS CARD TO THE ACLU. Every year
the anti-Christian American Civil Liberties Union sends out its
anti-Christmas crèche squad to start law suits. Remind them
respectfully and with charity of the reason for the season and
that the First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees freedom
of religion not freedom from religion. Mail it to: ACLU, 125
Broad St. 18th floor, New York 10004.
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