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St. John’s Church Church Phone - 845-679-7696 St. Augustine’s Chapel 12 Holly Hills Drive FAX - 845-679-8393 71 Watson Hollow Road Woodstock, N.Y. 12498 www.sjwoodstock.org West Shokan, N.Y.12494

CHURCH EMAIL ADDRESS: Rectory@sjwoodstock.org

St. John’s Church Saturday Mass 5:00 pm Sunday Mass 8:00, 11:00 am Mass 9:00 am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Friday Eve of Holy Days 5:30 pm Holy Days 9:00 am and 7:30 pm

Penance 4:00 - 4:45 pm Saturdays

WELCOME TO NEW PARISHIONERS. TO REGISTER CALL THE RECTORY

Rev. George W. Hommel, Pastor

St. Augustine’s Chapel Sunday Mass 9:30 am Holy Days 5:30 pm Penance 9:00 am, 2nd Sunday of the month.

Religious Education—845-679-2869 Elementary: Tues….1st-6th Grade....4-5:30 pm Jr/Sr High: Mon…..9th Grade……...7-8:30 pm Tues….8th Grade……...7-8:30 pm Wed…..7th Grade….…..7-8:30 pm John A. Coleman Catholic HS ….…..845-338-2750

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 18, 2016 God . . . wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth. — 1 Timothy 2:4

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WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE Go to www.sjwoodstock.org to see all our new content!!

Click on our New Member button to join our parish family or Parish Pay to sign up for online donations, or look at our online Calendar for upcoming events. Our website is full of up-to-date content, such as, Today’s Readings, Vatican News, Word on Fire, Tweets from Pope Francis, Weekly Bulletins, links to events within the Archdiocese of New York and much more! Click on the little sheep icon in the upper right hand corner (next to the search bar) to sign up for Flocknote! Get connected to our parish...with weekly bulletins sent to your phone or email address. Receive messages from Fr. George, the Archdiocese of New York and Flocknote’s faith formation community. It’s a great way to stay connected! Let’s Rock Our Flock! Also, we just got Formed! All the best Catholic content all in one place. Movies, books, audio and spiritual study programs are all available on Formed.

Use St. John’s code: WK82MJ to get free access!

October is St. John’s month to staff the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen at Christ Lutheran Church in Woodstock. Soup, bread and beverages are served. Soup is pre-pared by area restaurants and bread is donated

by Hurley Ridge Market. We will be working Monday, Wednes-day and Friday from 3:30: to 6:30. Volunteers are needed to: 1. Pickup the soup from area restaurants and deliver it to the Christ Lutheran Church. 2. We need 3 Adults and 1 CCD student to set up, serve and cleanup. Who must be there at 3:30 and stay til 6:30. No more than 1 student per day and students cannot work without an adult or parental permission. 3. We are also in need of substitutes. If you can help in that capacity there will be a space for subs on the sign- up sheet. Emergencies do happen and the soup kitchen cannot open unless it is staffed STARTING IN SEPTEMBER, a signup sheet will be displayed in the back of the church. It is important that you include your telephone number for verification of day and time and instructions.If you have any questions please con-tact :Bernadette Poremba – 845-679-7643

LIFE LINE COMMUNITY HEALTH-CARE—For your Prevention & Wellness ! Where: St. John’s Parish Hall, 12 Holly Hills Drive, Woodstock, NY. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 Contact: 888-653-6450 to schedule your annual wellness visit! Have your Medicare card ready when you call.

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES START THIS WEEK!

Monday, September 19th at 7pm for 9th Grade Tuesday, September 20th at 4pm for K-6 Tuesday, September 20th at 7pm for 8th Grade Wednesday, September 21st at 7pm for 7th Graqde

SEE YOU THERE!

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Added inJuly Baby Ruby Mitzy Terpening John Spindler Glen Patrick Jim William Lucas Joe Unger Added in August Bill Lutter Jim McCoy Sean Costello Robert & Lois Minnick Phil Kopp Herb O-Brien Michael L. Michael McGarvey Josh Gregory Frances Wright Robyn Daugherty Carol & Tom O’Neill Michael Fuchs Lennie Frost

Jane McGarvey Michael S. Gilda Bach Jessica Shultis Margaret Maxson Leilani Robichaux Lemieux Added in September Pat Bogert Sr. George J. Fauci Theresa A. Fauci Michael X. Fauci/Dell Nancy Bernard Jack Meyer Lori Wright Andrew Carol Kofler K. Wimmers Craig Entwistle Tory Entwistle Debra Benjamin

OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR OTHERS

The Second Vatican Council has called us to envision the Church as the people of God. As a community of be-lievers we are responsible for our brothers and sisters, their salvation, their journey of faith, their physical well-being. Many of the documents of Vatican II and volumes of work since the mid-1960s give us advice, guidelines, and encouragement to take care of one another: the poor, the elderly, the unborn, the broken, the infirm. Because Vatican II is part of our recent history—indeed many of us were already born—this may strike us as a new and revolutionary idea. But today’s readings show us the agelessness of the issue of social justice. Eight hundred years before Christ was born, Amos warned the wealthy not to cheat the poor. In Paul’s first letter to Timothy, he encourages all prayers to be for all people; and finally, the Gospel urges the wise use of money. ~Father George

September is St. John’s month to stock and staff the Woodstock Good Neighbor Food Pantry at the Reformed Church located at 16 Tinker

Street in Woodstock. Volunteers are needed to staff the Pantry as follows: ♦ Restock shelves on Tuesday from 9-12am

♦ Assist handicap shoppers on Wed. from 2-3pm ♦ Assist all other shoppers on Wed. from

3-6:45pm ♦ Assist all other shoppers on Thur. from

2-4:45pm To help stock the Pantry, please bring items to St. John’s Church lobby canned or packaged food items and items of dignity, such as, toilet paper, dia-pers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc. To help staff the pantry, write your name on the signup sheet in the church lobby. For additional info. call Guy Oddo at 845-338-0624.

ULSTER COUNTY VICARIATE 22ND ANNUAL MASS & DINNER

IN CELEBRATION OF LIFE on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016.

5:30pm Mass at St. Joseph’s Church, 242 Wall Street, Kingston. NY

6:30pm Italian Buffet Dinner at the Best Western, 503 Washington Ave., Kingston. NY

$30 per person. RSVP by October 7, 2016 by calling the rectory at

845-679-7696

KINGSTON CHRISTIAN WOMEN’S CONNECTION INVITES YOU TO

HARVEST COUNTRY FAIR

Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 from 9:30-11:30am Trinity Lutheran Church

72 Spring Street, Kingston, NY

Guest Speaker: Ray Vanheusen Special Feature: Silent Auction of Gift Baskets

Breakfast: $12 RSVP by September 17th to:

Barbara Kraus at 845-657-2897 or Chris Griggs at 845-338-5641

WE ARE A TITHING PARISH

9/13/15 $3,544.00 9/11/16 $3,698.50

THE 2016 CARDINAL’S ANNUAL APPEAL

Our Goal: $25,000.00 Pledged: $25,990.60 # of Gifts: 92 Avg. Dollar Amt. of Gift: $ 285.00

Saturday, September 17th 5:00 PM PIERRE FRANCOIS Mary Ann and Rodney Andrews Sunday, September 18th 8:00 AM PIERRE FRANCOIS The Music Group 9:30 AM JOSEPH COLARUSSO Larry Shopp 11:00 AM THOMAS P. MULLEN, SR. Annie Mullen Patrick Monday, September 19th 9:00 AM INTENTION OF PARISHIONERS Tuesday, September 20th 9:00 AM DOROTHY C. HUNNEBECK Pins and Needles Wednesday, September 21st 9:00 AM DARYL ANNE FLORIO Francis Florio Thursday, September 22nd 9:00 AM NO MASS Friday, September 23rd 9:00 AM DARYL ANNE FLORIO Francis Florio Saturday, September 24th 5:00 PM PIERRE FRANCOIS Pat and John Netter Sunday, September 25th 8:00 AM PURGATORIAL SOCIETY 9:30 AM NORA DEMPSEY, 50TH ANNIVERSARY The Family 11:00 AM EVAN MEISLER, 1ST ANNIVERSARY The Family

Our Military, especially for Joseph Turck, James Mault ,Johnathan Schwab and Danny Brennan (Navy) Repose of the Soul

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS & CONTACT PERSONS Altar Servers ........................... CCD off., 679-2869 Or stop in during class time Altar Society ........................... Christine Molinelli, 679-5332

Baptismal Committee ............. Francine Carmody 679-7205 and ................................................. Bernadette Poremba, 679-7643

Beautification Church ..................................... Brian and Joan Hagedorn, 679-7622 Grotto ...................................... John Spindler/Julie Middleton, 679-4462 Bereavement Committee ....... Francine Carmody 679-7205 Bulletin .................................... Jeanine Meisler, 679-7696 Crafty Ladies ........................... TBD

CCD Classes K - 6 .................. Cindy Frisbie, 246-1819

CCD Classes 7 - 9 ................... Alice Haberski, 679-6791

Eucharist Ministers/Lectors .. Bob Dietrich, 657-8556

Food Pantry ............................ Guy Oddo, 338-0624 Holiday Food Baskets ............ Harold & Cindy Frisbie 246-1819 Liturgy Committee .................. Sue Curran, 679-8617 Maintenance Committee ........ Francine Carmody 679-7205

Music Group ........................... Dave Christi, 430-8040 Newsletter ............................... Colleen Mountford, 679-8546 Parish Council ........................ John Spindler 679-4462 Parish Nurse ........................... Colleen Short, 417-4522 Pins and Needles .................... Pat Lindtveit, 338- 1720 ................................................. Helen DeVoe, 679-5947

R.C.I.A. ..................................... TBD Respect Life ............................ TBD Secular Franciscan Order ...... Lorraine Pioli Sciarrino 626-7000 Social Committee ................... 679-7696 Soup Kitchen .......................... Bernadette Poremba 679-7643 Tree of Life .............................. Dolores Hagedorn 679-7607 ……………………………………Jeanine Meisler 845-853-3042 Ulster Vicariate ....................... Tim Cyr, 679-6872 Wedding Committee ............... Alice Haberski, 679-6791 ................................................. Sandi Armstrong, 679-1098 Youth Ministry/Activities ....... Harold & Cindy Frisbie 246-1819

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Catechetical Sunday Monday: St. Januarius Tuesday: Ss. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang and Companions Wednesday: St. Matthew Thursday: Autumn begins Friday: St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Prv 3:27-34; Ps 15:2-5; Lk 8:16-18 Tuesday: Prv 21:1-6, 10-13; Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44; Lk 8:19-21 Wednesday: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-5; Mt 9:9-13 Thursday: Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17bc; Lk 9:7-9 Friday: Eccl 3:1-11; Ps 144:1b, 2abc, 3-4; Lk 9:18-22 Saturday: Eccl 11:9 — 12:8; Ps 90:3-6, 12-14, 17; Lk 9:43b-45 Sunday: Am 6:1a, 4-7; Ps 146:7-10; 1 Tm 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31