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"Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' But the wise ones replied, 'No, for there may not be enough for us and you. Go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves.'" -Mt 25:7-9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mass IntentionsSaturday November 5, 20114:30 p.m. Mass (Patrick & Rose Maguire)
Sunday November 6, 2011
Monday November 7, 2011
Tuesday November 8, 2011
Wednesday November 9, 2011
Thursday November 10, 2011
Friday November 11, 2011
Saturday November 12, 2011
Sunday November 13, 2011 SPECIAL COLLECTIONSThe red baskets at the doors of the Church this weekend, Nov 5th & 6th, are for your kind donations to the Pine Street Inn. Please be generous and may God bless you for your kindness.This week's special collection is for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Twenty-five percent of the collection stays in the Boston Archdiocese to fund local anti-poverty projects; seventy-five percent supports national grant and education programs. For more info visit www.usccb.org/cchd. |
ANNUAL APPEALThe parish's Annual Appeal is now underway and we thank the 62 parish families who have already contributed a total of $37,170. Please make every effort to respond to this IN Parish annual offering which supports OUR facilities, programs and staff. Even in this time of economic challenge, your contribution will help us to continue the good works of our parish. Thank you for your faithfulness and generosity.ATTENTION LECTORSThe new Lectors' Workbooks for Cycle B Readings, which begin the First Sunday in Advent, are in the sacristy.RITE OF CHRISTIAN BURIALJennie Dalessio was buried from our church this past week. Please remember her and her family in your prayers.WORLD RELIGIONS, NOVEMBER 17TH: ISLAMIslam is one of the largest religions, with over one billion followers in countries all around the world. Muslims, followers of Islam, believe that there is one God, Allah, and that Muhammad was God's messenger. According to Muslim tradition, Muhammad received the word of God and it was written down in the Islamic holy book, the Qur'an. Today, Islam continues to be a vital and growing religion not only in number but also in world importance. Join us on a journey to learn about Islam and its spiritual thought, and learn more about our own faith on the way. |
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FAITH FORMATION CLASSES
(Please note that there is no WEEKLY 5:00 p.m. Mass. There is a 5:00 p.m. Mass only when there are Faith Formation classes for Grade 7th ru Confirmation when it is listed under Faith Formation Classes.) FIRST RECONCILIATION PARENT MEETING, NOV. 15THAll parents of children who are participating in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and First Eucharist are asked to attend a meeting at in the parish hall at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15th . We will be discussing our plans, handing out materials and there will be a sign up for our First Reconciliation rehearsal.UPCOMING FAMILY MASSESThe book containing sign-up sheets for those families wanting to participate in the Christmas Eve Family Mass, the Boy Scout Mass, and the Girl Scout Mass is now available on the table outside the Faith Formation offices. Please consider signing up to help with one of these special Family Masses. We also need families to help coordinate Family Masses at other times of the year please contact a member of the Parish Council if you can help ppc@stjoseph.belmont.ma.usHERE COMES THE NEW LITURGICAL YEAR!At the end of this month in churches across the world, Catholics will celebrate a New Year. We do it without top hats and confetti, noisemakers or party favors. On the fourth Sunday before Christmas, we quietly slip out of Ordinary Time and into a new year and another Advent. Each New Year brings its own calendar, one of fixed readings. Like all calendars, the liturgical calendar has set seasons. Through each season of the year the Scripture readings unfold for us the Mystery of Christ. We listen, recall and celebrate Christ's birth, life, death, Resurrection and Ascension and, finally, we celebrate the feast of Pentecost. The story ends (or just begins) on the first Sunday of a new Advent as Scripture recalls for us the joyful expectation of Christ's second coming. The Sunday readings "make Christ present NOW!!" The Gospel stories we hear are not just a historical reading to help us remember who Jesus was. They are supposed to shed Christ's light on our own contemporary setting. What does this Sunday reading say to me today, at this point in my life, with all that is happening in the world? Each Advent finds us older, hopefully wiser and certainly in a different place. And each new liturgical year is an invitation to find new meaning in often-heard, familiar Scripture readings.Taken from "Faith Formation Update" (St. Anthony Messenger Press, November 2004). |
PARISH HAPPENINGS ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 7THMonday Morning Movies celebrates the Church Year with the Apostolic Fathers. Steve Ray takes us on an exciting journey to the Roman Empire and the world of the first Christians. We'll sit at the feet of the apostles, celebrate the Eucharist in hiding, and tremble at the suffering they endured for Jesus Christ. Retrace their steps through Israel, Turkey, France and Italy. All this in a fast-paced, entertaining biography, travel documentary, Bible study, apologetics course and Church history study rolled into one remarkable adventure! Coffee & light refreshments will be served.Prayer Shawl - The Saint Joseph Prayer Shawl Ministry meets the first and third Monday of the month at 10 am in the Parish Library. Are you a knitter or crochet-er? Come join us? Want to learn to knit or crochet? Come join us? Can you tie a knot? Come join us! All are welcome! Upcoming meetings: November 7th & November 21st at 10 a.m. in the Parish Library. Monthly Family Dinner - Join St. Joseph Parish as we celebrate the Liturgical Year at the monthly pasta dinner on Monday, November 7th from 5:15 - 7 pm in the Parish Hall. You don't want to miss the delicious Italian meal with all the fixings. We will do the work; you enjoy a great dinner from Nick's Place with your family. Books Group: November 7th at 7 pm Canterbury Tales (reading through to, and including, The Pardoner's Tale). On a spring day in Aprilsometime in the waning years of the 14th century29 travelers set out for Canterbury on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Beckett. Among them are a knight, a monk, a prioress, a plowman, a miller, a merchant, a clerk, and an oftwidowed wife from Bath. Travel is arduous and wearing; to maintain their spirits, this band of pilgrims entertains each other with a series of tall tales that span the spectrum of literary genres. Five hundred years later, people are still reading Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. If you haven't yet made the acquaintance of the Franklin, the Pardoner, or the Squire because you never learned Middle English, take heart and join us on Nov. 7th in the Parish Library. All are welcome. HARVEST FESTIVAL/TURKEY SHOOT, NOVEMBER 20THAll families are invited to contribute a grocery bag or themed basket to this year's Harvest Festival/Turkey Shoot, which will be held on Sun, Nov 20th . Grocery bags should include all the fixings for Thanksgiving dinner: a family-size box of stuffing; 5 lbs. of potatoes; two cans each of corn, green beans, cranberry sauce, and pie filling; and a ready-made pie crust. Decorate and tag your bag with your family name. For themed baskets, families are encouraged to get creative! Past basket themes have included Game Night, Mom's Night Out, Coffee Lover, Pasta Dinner, etc. The possibilities are endless. There will be signup sheets at the door leading to the parking lot. Please drop off your bags and themed baskets at the Parish Office by 4 pm Thurs, Nov 17th . For more info call, 617-484-3279 or email Pat stjosephym@stjoseph.belmont.ma.us. |
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3 WEEKS TO THE NEW ROMAN MISSALThe new English translation of the Roman Missal, the official manual for the Roman Catholic Mass, has been approved, and soon familiar prayers and responses said in churches around the English-speaking world will change. Priests will follow newly translated instructions. Prayers used throughout the Mass and some responses of the congregation will change. Sacred chants and music used in worship will also be updated. An occasion like this raises the question: Why is the Roman Missal so important? "The Roman Missal is a common treasure," says Msgr. Anthony Sherman, executive director at USCCB Secretariat of Divine Worship. "It is the book that provides us with prayer text. It serves as a point of unity that keeps us all together, presenting the prayers that are used around the world, in many languages, during universal feasts or holy days." Latin is the core text of the Roman Missal, evolving from oral tradition to written words. During the 15th century, in the era of the first printing press, the earliest book called Missale Romanum appeared. After the Council of Trent in 1570, Pope Pius V issued the edition that set the premier standard of uniformity used by celebrants of the Catholic faith. Eight former Popes issued new editions between the 1604 and 2002, and each maintained a consistent style of worship for prayer in the Roman rite. Over time, additional Masses, prayers and revised rubrics (instructions) used to celebrate the Mass were added. The need for vernacular translations of the Roman Missal arose after the Second Vatican Council, and the present English translation of the Mass, which dates back to the 1970s, follows the Vatican's guidelines of that time, which favored translations that were easy to understand in the vernacular. When Pope John Paul II issued the Third Edition of the Roman Missal in 2002, a new English translation was required. Since the new English translation is guided by the 2001 Vatican document Liturgiam Authenticam, it presents a more literal translation of Latin wording and sentence structure than is used in the current translation. "The current translations are centered more on the community than the divine," says Father Paul Turner, a parish pastor in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri and author of Let Us Pray: A Guide to the Rubrics of Sunday Mass. "They were somewhat inattentive to inclusive language, and lacked some theological depth and musicality. The first translations condensed some of the content of the prayers. The new translation improves that," he says. "This is not a new Mass," says Michael McMahon, president of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, adding that with a new translation, "one of the opportunities we have is to look at the parts of the Mass that should be sung" in the dialogue between the priest and the people and integrate them. One of the challenges of introducing a newly translated missal is retraining priests to lead Mass. The Roman Missal itself is the primary source of training and instruction for the new translation. It also dictates the words used by a priest during the Mass, which with the new translation will reflect a more formal style than past translations. "It will sound much more like Latin," says Father Turner. "The Roman Missal puts us into a tradition of prayer and creates an historical awareness in the roots of where we are now," says Msgr. Sherman. "When you study the background of these prayers, you become united" with the perpetual mission of the Church. Based upon Roman Missal Formational Materials provided by the Secretariat for the Liturgy of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, "2010.
INVITATION TO FR. AL'S INSTALLATION MASSSaint Joseph Parishioners are cordially invited to the Installation Mass for Fr. Albert Faretra at Saint Blais Parish on Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. To assist us with planning the reception in the Parish Hall, immediately following the Mass, please RSVP by Sunday, November 13th .
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