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Sacrament of Bap sm - Sacramento de Bau smo: Sundays with prior registra on. Call the rectory for informa on. Domingos con inscripción previa. Para información llame a la rectoría.

Sacrament of Reconcilia on - Confesiones: Saturdays/Sábados: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Weekdays/Dias de Semana: 6:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Sacrament of Matrimony - Matrimonios: Registra on one year prior to the date of marriage. Call the Rectory for appointment. Registrarse un año antes de la boda. Llamar a la rectoría para una cita.

Pastoral Care of the Sick - Enfermos: Family member must call the Rectory to no fy a priest. Un familiar debe llamar a la rectoria para informar al sacerdote.

Funerals - Funerales: All deceased Catholics are to have a funeral Mass before being buried. Arrangements made through the Funeral Home. Todo difunto católico debe ser llevado a la iglesia para la Misa de Funeral antes de recibir cris ana sepultura. Arreglos a través de la funeraría.

Religious Educa on - Catequesis: English: Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Academy of St. Joseph Español: Domingos, 8:30 a.m. Academia San José.

Parish Membership - Miembros de la Parroquia: Every Catholic family should register in the parish. Todo católico debe registrarse en la parroquia.

Readings for the Week Monday: Jas 1:1-11; Ps 119:67-68, 71-72, 75-76; Mk 8:11-13 Tuesday: Jas 1:12-18; Ps 94:12-13a; 14-15, 18-19; Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday: Jas 1:19-27; Ps 15:2-4ab, 5; Mk 8:22-26 Thursday: Jas 2:1-9; Ps 34:2-7; Mk 8:27-33 Friday: Jas 2:14-24, 26; Ps 112:1-6; Mk 8:34 — 9:1 Saturday: 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19 Sunday: Lv 19:1-2, 17-18; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13; 1 Cor 3:16-23; Mt 5:38-48

Pray For The Recovery of:Pray For The Recovery of:Pray For The Recovery of: Arleen M. Conil, Logan Andres Norman, Juan José Caro, Margee Sanchez, Eva Draude, Serafina Menendez, David King, Haydee Cubero, Esther Brinkers, Kayla González, Fermin Quintanilla, José Andrade, Patricia Hannon, Maria Meister, Esperanza Evzonas, María D. García, Mariah Machado, Xalyn Hernandez, Emma Milagro Acosta, Sylvia Winker Cruz, Alfredo Buruca, Zohaila Thomas, Louis Mastriano, Marta Tapia, David King, George Perez, Michelle Riester,

Melinda Diaz, Caridad Concepción, Linda Cabrera, Lourdes Lima, Cesar Andrade, Vielka Pe t, Grace Palmer, Cesar Roland, Larry DeLuis, Vilma Chavarria, John Brinkers, Richie Reilly, Helen Costello, Iris Medina

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK INTENCIONES DE MISAS PARA LA SEMANA

February 15-16, 2020

ST. JOSEPH’S - 64TH Street Saturday, February 15 5:30 + Pat & Mike Viola/Deborah Viola & Family 7:00pm Sp + Familiares difuntos de la Familia Sanchez-Muñoz/ Isabel Sanchez Sunday, February 16 7:45 + For the people of the parish 10:00 + Rafael Garcia Buznego/Maria F. Garcia 12:00 + McCormack-Messenger Families/Ruth McCormack 8:45 Sp + Julio Diaz/Daysy Diaz 11:00 Sp + Lisardo Garcia/Hijo, Armando 1:30 Sp + Paulinita R. De Urroa/Rocio Velasquez 6:00pm Sp + En acción de gracias por bendiciones/Familia Maravillas Monday, February 17—President’s Day 9:00 + Be y Delgado/Amalia Rojas Tuesday, February 18 8:30 + Maria & Stefano Tarabocchia/Maria Piccinich 12:15 Sp + Por la salud mental de Luis Felipe Pineda Santa/Madre, Luz 7:00pm Sp + Irene Alvarez/Sabrina Santana Wednesday, February 19 8:30 + Caroline & Ma hew Defendis/Monique Defendis 7:00pm Sp + Alberto Trujillo/Nory Trujillo Thursday, February 20 8:30 + Salvatore LaMagra 12:15 Sp Saturnino Soler/Francisco Soler 7:00pm Sp + Sarina y Juan Duarte/Irma Duarte Friday, February 21 8:30 + Rosemary Baldwin/Anna Altamura 7:00pm Sp + Hector Raul y Agus na Ramirez/Familia Saturday, February 22 8:30 Sp + Igna us Pizzo/Wife, Ruth

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY Saturday, February 15 5:00 + Patrick Forenza/Son, Joseph Sunday, February 16 10:00 + Father John Vuong Dinh Lam/Phuong Vuong 12:15 Sp + Susana Leonidas Rios/Narcisa Rios Wednesday, February 19 7:30 + Luis & Maria Mar /Family Friday, February 21 7:30 Rev. Joseph Fu/Rev. Msgr. Gregory Studerus

COMMUNITY CENTER Sunday, February 16 8:45 Sp Edilma Toro/Paola Carvajal

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We, the Parish of St. Joseph of the Palisades... a culturally diverse community of God’s people, hear the gospel and embrace the cross, to know and live our Catholic faith; to strengthen our community in God’s love; to welcome and serve our brothers and sisters with humility and dignity. . . . . . as, by the grace of God, we become the Living Stones of Christ’s Church on the Palisades.

Dear Friends, This year our Spring 50/50 Raffle is. . .

The Big One! Only 500 ckets; $100 Each! Do the

math and you will see, this will be the year of the really big prize (as much as $25,000 to the one winner) if we sell all 500. And $25,000 to support YOUR Parish.

Order your cket today, for YOU,

or with YOUR Brothers and/or Sisters, or with a couple of YOUR Friends,

or with YOUR fellow workers or with YOUR parish group.

Order by the printed form on the flyer.

Or go on-line! Go to our Parish Web-site: www.saintjosephpalisades.com

and click on the link: RAFFLE 2020

The Drawing of the Winner will be at our Interna onal Fes val on June 7th, but order your cket soon; remember. . .

Only 500 hundred ckets will be sold!

AND NOTE: A er the big winner is selected, we have a whole list of other valuable prizes to give away. Watch for more informa on on all of this as the weeks go by

un l JUNE 7th, the BIG WINNER’S DAY!

Sincerely yours,

Msgr. Gregory Studerus Pastor

The Parish of St. Joseph & the Cultural & Educa onal Program

Present “A Great Concert of Two Guitars

and Two Styles” With Horacio Laguna (Argen nian Maestro)

& Sergio Ramírez (Mexican Maestro) Saturday, February 22, 2020

8:15 p.m. Upper Church

Dona on: $10 Adults, children under 12 free For informa on: Ramón Res tuyo (973) 234-0813 Ancelmo Atz (201) 362-6278

“Without music, life would be an error.”

Rectory Closed on President’s Day The Rectory will be closed on President’s Day, Monday, February 17, in commemora on of President’s Day. Please note: One Mass will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m.

Ash Wednesday Mass Schedule Wednesday, February 26

St. Joseph’s 8:30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. (English)

12:15 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)

Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel 7:30 a.m. (English)

Please note: Ashes will be distributed at all Masses and every 30 minutes throughout the day in the Lower Church un l 9:00 p.m.

Collec on Church in Central and Eastern Europe Next week, we will take up the Collec on for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. This collec on supports the Church in more than 20 countries that s ll struggle to recover from Communist rule. Funds from this collec on support pastoral care, catechesis, building renova ons, and seminary forma on. Your support restores the Church and builds the future in this region. Please prayerfully consider how you can support the collec on next week. More informa on can be found at www.usccb.org/ccee.

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Weekly Parish Collec on

Needed Weekly: $14,200 Sunday, February 9: $13,047.66 The normal opera ng cost of running your parish average $14,200 weekly! Please remember to support your parish.

Tax Statement To obtain a statement of your contribu on to the parish during the year 2019, please fill out the following and return to the rectory or you may deposit it in the collec on basket. Name: _____________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Telephone #: ________________________________________ Envelope #: ______________________

Healing the Wounds of Abor on The psychological and spiritual wounds from abor on can be vast and crippling. You may feel stuck in life and not know why, or even numb, not able to name the buried pain or recognize the symptoms of post abor on syndrome. An abor on can o en have a devasta ng impact on the father and grandparents of the aborted child and the friend/s of their parents, as well. Do not con nue to hide in shame, fear or confusion. The Rachel’s Vineyard retreat is a chance to focus on this difficult me in your life while moving you through a non-judgmental group process. This is done in a suppor ve atmosphere with confiden ality, understanding, and compassion. The program is designed to help both women and men to revive their hope by experiencing the tender mercy of God in Christ Jesus. If you are suffering from a past abor on experience and have isolated yourself from help and forgiveness, we’ve been there! Consider a ending one of the upcoming retreat weekends here in the Archdiocese. April 3-5, 2020 (Spanish) May 8-10, 2020 September 11-13, 2020 and October 30-November 1, 2020 (Spanish) For confiden al help and informa on, please call us: (973) 497-4350 or via e-mail [email protected]

Baby Items Needed St. Joseph’s Pro-Life Group provides baby items to needy mothers of the parish. Currently they are in need of the following dona ons: baby food, formula, diapers, clothing (newborn to 3 years), carriages, car seats, toys, cribs, etc. All baby items are accepted.

Baby Items Available Mothers in need of any baby items are encouraged to go to the Lower Community Center, every second Saturday of the month, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Char ng our “Living Stones “Campaign” — From the collec on

— From Reserved Funds

Necessary to cover costs

Bring a Can OR give a Dollar Our Food Pantry collec on will take place the last weekend of every month. We ask you, our parishioners, to bring a can of soup or tuna fish or

a jar of peanut bu er or any non-perishable item to church but should you forget, we will gratefully accept a dollar.

Marriage Anniversary Liturgies We are once again preparing the annual tradi on of honoring those couples in our Archdiocese who will be celebra ng five, twenty-five and fi y years of Chris an marriage in the year 2020. These anniversary liturgies will be celebrated by Cardinal Joseph Tobin in the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark as follows: April 19, 2020 3:00 PM 5 years & 25 years (All coun es) May 3, 2020 3:00 PM 50 years (All coun es) It is our desire that every couple in the Archdiocese deserving of such recogni on be present at the appropriate liturgy. The presence of a large number of couples will be a tender witness to the strength and stability of Chris an marriage in today’s society. You can register in the Rectory.

A Night of Recollec on Join us for an evening of Lenten Recollec on in English on Friday, February 28, at 7:00 p.m. in the Upper Church. We hope that by a ending we spiritually enrich ourselves. Our guest speaker is

Sister Laura, a Franciscan Sister of Peekskill, New York. The event includes Sta ons of the Cross, a Lenten talk and Confessions. Prayer energizes our soul and empowers our will to do good!