Our mission is to reflect God’s saving love by promoting strong ministries that enrich every aspect of parish life

through prayer and worship, education, family life, community outreach and charity. In doing this, we reflect the

joy of the Risen Christ who dwells in us. We believe in the fullest collaboration of clergy and laity to achieve our

common mission to make Christ present in our world, that we may join Him one day in the next.

e-mail: stjoepoquonock@aol.com

website: www.windsorcatholic.org

SACRAMENTS

Baptism: The 3rd Sunday morning at 11:00 am Please call parish office to schedule a date. Marriage: Arrangements should be made by calling the Rectory at least six months in advance. Reconciliation: Saturdays at 4:30 pm Alternating weeks with Saint Gabriel Parish Anointing of the Sick: Please contact the Rectory.

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RECTORY OFFICE Mrs. Michelle M. Harris Parish Secretary Ms. Lori A. Possum Bookkeeper/Secretary Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 am-3:00 pm Telephone: (860) 688-9566 Fax (860) 683-2225 E-mail stjoepoquonock@aol.com PARISH MINISTRIES Mrs. Gayle M. Brick Coordinator of Parish Ministries Office Hours: Mon & Wed 8:00 am-3:00 pm Telephone (860) 688-9566 Fax (860) 683-2225 E-mail StJoseph.Ministry@yahoo.com RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE Mrs. Cynthia A. Glick Coordinator of Faith Formation Ms. Dolores McGuinness Assistant Office Hours: Mon-Tues-Wed-Thurs 8:00 am-3:00 pm Telephone (860) 683-0366 Fax (860) 683-2225 E-mail sgsjreligioused@outlook.com

CEMETERY OFFICE Ms. Lori A. Possum

Sexton Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 am-3:00 pm

Telephone (860) 285-0696 FAX (860) 683-2225

E-mail stjoseph.churchfin@yahoo.com

MUSIC MINISTRY Mr. Scott P. Rioux Director of Music

CHURCH SEXTON Mr. Edward Kozloski

MASS SCHEDULE

Daily Mass: 7:30 am Alternating weeks with Saint Gabriel Parish

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Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00 pm Sunday Masses: 8:00 am, 10:00 am

Saint Joseph Parish 1747 Poquonock Avenue

P.O. Box 253 Poquonock, CT 06064-0253

Reverend John P. Melnick

Administrator

Reverend Tuan Anh Dinh Mai Deacon Ronald Biamonte Parochial Vicar Deacon R. Carl Lickwar Reverend Robert T. Russo Pastor Emeritus In Residence: Reverend Robert B. Vargo Archbishop’s Vicar for Clergy

Introduction to the Liturgy of the Day As we gather at God’s invitation, we continue our Ordinary Time reflections on discipleship today with Jesus’ teaching of the Beatitudes.

How blessed we are to know that God loves even the least of us and wants all of us to live by the law of love. May our prayer today be for the grace to live the Beatitudes as Christ desires that we do.

SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH POQUONOCK

SATURDAY January 28 (The Vigil of the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time) 5:00 PM +JOSEPH & FLORA AUCLAIR (Anniversary Remembrance) by Joe & Marty Auclair SUNDAY January 29 (The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time) 8:00 AM +MARTHA BOI & PETER DINH NGUYEN req. by The Truong Family 10:00 AM +BOB ZAWASKY, SR. (Birthday Remembrance) req. by His Wife, Priscilla, & Family

FRIDAY February 3 (St. Blaise, St. Ansgar/First Friday) 7:00 PM EXPOSITION, ADORATION, AND BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT SATURDAY February 4 (The Vigil of the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time) 5:00 PM +KAREN A. HAIGHT by The Saint Joseph Prayer Shawl Ministry SUNDAY February 5 (The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time) 8:00 AM +CYNTHIA SMITH req. by Norm & Cynthia Bosse 10:00 AM +TONY & IRENE VISONE (Wedding Anniversary Remembrance) req. by Their Family

Due to an early bulletin transmittal, the collection figures will be included in next weekend’s

bulletin

Thank you for your generosity to and support of Saint Joseph Parish

The Second Collection next week is the Monthly Collection

Confession Schedule

February 4, 2017 Saint Joseph Church 4:30 p.m.

February 11, 2017 Saint Joseph Church 4:30 p.m.

February 18, 2017 Saint Gabriel Church 3:15 p.m.

February 25, 2017 Saint Gabriel Church 3:15 p.m.

Please remember those who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith.

Please remember the members, loved ones, and friends of our Parish Family who are ill, aged, troubled, or grieving. Pray for their physical,

emotional, and mental well-being.

Please pray especially for Diane Boggio, Erik Gilbuena, and Paul Gorski .

The Sanctuary Lamp will burn the week of January 29

th, for the greater glory of God and for

+Bob Zawasky, Sr. (Birthday Remembrance)

Requested by His Wife, Priscilla, and Family

Annual High School Collection THANK YOU! On behalf of our Catholic

secondary school students, the Superintendent of Catholic Schools, Dr. Michael S. Griffin, would like to express sincere thanks to all those who participated in the 2017 High School Collection. We deeply appreciate your support of Catholic high schools as they pursue their mission of education and evangelization.

On Sunday, January 22nd

, we welcomed into our Parish Family of Faith through the

saving waters of Baptism:

Jean Cabrera (Son of Jean and Johanna Cabrera)

and

Jeannette Cabrera (Daughter of Jean and Johanna Cabrera)

Daily 7:30 AM Masses and Prayer Service with Distribution of Communion for Monday, January 30

th,

through Friday, February 3rd

, will be celebrated at Saint Gabriel Church. Parishioners wishing to participate are invited and encouraged to attend.

THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Social Action Corner

Monthly Food Collection Bags will be available next weekend for the monthly food collection. For February, the Food Bank has requested crackers, snacks, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, canned meats, and flavored rice packets.

Bake Sale Social Action is sponsoring a bake sale next weekend to cover the annual sponsorship of our two mission children in Guatemala. Please stop by to get your Super Bowl treats! Bakers are still needed. If you are able to make something, please email or call Sue Claughsey.

Girl Scout Cookies for the Troops Girl Scout cookies will be on sale in Father Doherty hall on next weekend to be mailed in the “Send Hometown Windsor” packages shipped to the troops. Please stop by to purchase a box for our heroes.

Quarterly Collection of Sample-size Toiletries Our next quarterly collection for the sample size toiletries will be held February 11

th and 12

th. Thank you to all our

frequent flyers who generously continue to support this project. The women at Interval House who receive these items often do not have anything with them and very much need and appreciate the items you give them.

Next Meeting The next Social Action Meeting is Monday, February 13

th,

at 6 PM in Father Doherty Hall. All are welcome.

For more information, please contact Lisa Andersen at 860-688-3474 or Landers403@comcast.net or Sue Claughsey at 860-298-0550 or rnsue51@yahoo.com.

Annual Red Cross Blood Drive The Social Action Committee is sponsoring its annual Red Cross

Blood Drive in Father Doherty Hall on Tuesday, February 21

st, from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. You can register on

line at www.redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-Red Cross (1-800-733-2767. Please try to donate blood on February 21

st

and, if possible, bring a friend or family member with you. The Red Cross states that when people are asked why they don’t donate blood, they answer “nobody ever asked me.” We would like to ask all our parishioners to consider donating blood on February 21

st.

It is easy, safe and convenient; the whole process only takes about an hour.

“Do You Believe” – Lent 2017

The Lenten sessions of “Do You Believe” will begin on Ash Wednesday, March 1

st, and continue for the next 5

Wednesday mornings in Lent. Using Lectio Divina (divine reading), Deacon Ron will assist participants to reflect upon the account in Saint John’s gospel of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. This account is the gospel reading for the Fifth Sunday of Lent on the weekend of April 1

st and 2

nd.

Each session will be held in Father Doherty Hall of Saint Joseph Church beginning at 10:30 a.m. and concluding at 11:30 a.m. If you wish to attend please contact either Saint Gabriel Rectory (860-688-4905 or gabrielchurch.comcast.net) or Saint Joseph Rectory (860-688-9566 or stjoepoquonock@aol.com) by February 20

th

so sufficient copies of the program material will be available.

First Friday Holy Hour

“If in our time Christians must be distinguished above all by the ‘art of prayer’, how can we not feel a renewed need to spend time in spiritual converse, in silent adoration, in heartfelt love

before Christ present in the Most Holy Sacrament? How often, dear brother and sisters, have I experienced this, and drawn from it strength, consolation and support!” (Pope St. John Paul II, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, no.25) On February 3

rd exposition, adoration and benediction

of the Blessed Sacrament will take place at Saint Joseph Church between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. All are invited to attend.

For the past several years Mrs. Gayle Brick has been a friendly and familiar face in our parishes. She exercised many roles from serving as the Director of Religious Education at Saint Joseph Parish to her current role as Coordinator of Parish Life and Ministries for both Saint Gabriel and Saint Joseph Parishes. Gayle will be leaving this post at the end of January. I know that you join me in thanking Gayle for her unwavering commitment and service to our parishes. Since my arrival I am personally indebted to Gayle for her highly competent, professional, and caring nature. Her legacy will continue through the many ministries she supported throughout her tenure. I invite all of you to a coffee reception in her honor next Sunday, February 5

th, after both Masses at Saint

Joseph Church. May God’s choicest blessings shower upon Gayle in all of her future endeavors.

Father John Melnick

JANUARY 29, 2017

Religious Education

January 31 Religious Education Classes for grades K & 1, 3 - 8 at Saint Gabriel School 31 Practice for 1

st Reconciliation 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at Saint

Joseph Church February 7 Religious Education Classes for grades K & 1, 3 - 8 at Saint Gabriel School - No Class for Grade 2 Students 9 Practice for First Reconciliation 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at Saint Joseph Church 11 First Reconciliation 10:00 a.m. at Saint Joseph Church. Reception following downstairs in Father Doherty Hall 14 Religious Education Classes for grades K - 8 at Saint Gabriel School 21 No Religious Education Classes 28 Religious Education Classes for grades K - 8 at Saint Gabriel School March 2 Confirmation Rehearsal at 6:30 p.m. at Saint Gabriel Church 4 Sacrament of Confirmation at 10:30 a.m. at Saint Gabriel Church 7 Religious Education Classes for grades K - 8 at Saint Gabriel School 14 Stations of the Cross for K - 8 Religious Education Classes at Saint Joseph Church 21 Religious Education Classes for grades K - 8 at Saint Gabriel School 26 First Communion Parent & Child Day 11:45 - 3:00 p.m. at Saint Gabriel Church 28 Religious Education Classes for grades K - 8 at Saint Gabriel School Practice for First Reconciliation – All children preparing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation will practice on Tuesday, January 31

st, at Saint Joseph Church from 5:30 p.m. until 6:30

p.m. Second Grade Students will not meet for class on Tuesday, February 7

th; on Thursday, February 9

th, children

and at least one parent or guardian should accompany their child to practice at Saint Joseph Church from 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Please call the Religious Education Office if you have any questions.

ALIVE In Christ—All high school students are invited to an exciting one-day Catholic Youth Rally with engaging worship, music, speakers, and faith-filled fellowship with teens from around the Archdiocese! The Rally will be held on Sunday, April 30

th, from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of Saint

Joseph in Hartford. Please contact the Religious Education Office for registration forms.

Northwest Catholic Class of 2021

There will be an Information Session for prospective families, who were unable to attend the November

Open House, on Thursday, February 2nd

, at 7 p.m. at Northwest Catholic.

JANUARY 29, 2017

Ministry Message

Saint Joseph Parish Bible Study Series will meet again on Tuesday, January 31

st, from 6:30 p.m. to 8

p.m.in Father Doherty Hall.

2016 Tax Information

Those parishioners desiring a statement of their 2016 donations to Saint Joseph Parish for use in the preparation of their tax returns are asked to complete the form below and return it to the Parish Office. You may place the form in the collection basket, or mail it to the Parish Office. Statements will be mailed by January 31

st to those requesting them in a

timely fashion.

As always, thank you for your generosity to Saint Joseph Parish! May the Lord bless you and reward your goodness!

Tax Request Form

Statement of 2016 Donations

Saint Joseph Parish Poquonock, CT (Please Print)

Name: _________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________ _________________________________________

Phone #: ________________________________________

Adult Confirmation Classes A six-week Confirmation program for baptized Roman Catholics, who have made their First Communion and are over the age of 18, will be held in the following three locations beginning the week

of March 12, 2017:

Saint Mark the Evangelist (467 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford) on Tuesdays March 14, 21, 28, April 4, 11, 18 from 7-9 p.m.

Sacred Heart (13 Wolcott Street, Waterbury) on Wednesdays March 15, 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19 from 7-9 p.m.

Old Saint Peter School (28 Saint John Place, Torrington) on Sundays March 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16 from 10 a.m. -12 p.m.

The necessary forms to be completed may be found on the website of the Office of Education, Evangelization and Catechesis (www.CATHOLICEDAOHCT.org) under “Programs“ in the section marked “Evangelization and Catechesis”

The Confirmation ceremony will be celebrated on Tuesday April 25

th at 7:00 PM at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph, 140

Farmington Avenue, Hartford.