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SMKCP Voice Sunday, May 1, 2022 St Mary’s Knanaya Catholic Parish 46  Conklin Ave, Haverstraw, NY -10927 Pastor : Rev. Dr. Bipy Tharayil ������ 773-943-2290 ✉ [email protected] Rectory ☎ 845-786-2610 Trustees : Joseph Keezhangattu ✆ 845 671 6677 Jose Chamakala ✆ 845 270 3001 Alex Kidarathil ✆ 845-664-4336 Church Secretary: Siby Manalel ✆ 845 825 7883 Liturgy Coordinator: Sanju Kollaeratu ✆ 914-336-1779 DRE : Sabu Mekkatil ✆ 845-300-3508 Holy Mass Timings : Sunday 11.00 am , Tuesday 7.00 pm, Saturday 5.00 pm Vigil Mass (Westchester mission), Daily Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3.00 pm and Wednesday Rosary at 9.00 pm on our teleconference line. Our teleconference number is 16467699900, conference ID 10927#. Weekly Bulletin 1 
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SMKCP Voice Sunday, May 1, 2022 Season of Lent Wisdom 9:10-18 Colossians 3:14-17 Matthew 13:53-58 Bible verses Romans 12:1 “I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacri ce, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship.” Wisdom 7:7 “Therefore I prayed, and prudence was given me; I pleaded and the spirit of Wisdom came to me” Luke 11.13 “If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the holy Spirit to those who ask him?”. Weekly Church collections Rockland Rockland Rockland Rockland Rockland Westchester April 23 Palm Holy Good Friday Easter Sunday April 24 $142 Sunday Thursday $20 $30 Regular $474 $423 $208 $546 $161 Offering $192 Church $220 $510 $10 $775 $250 Dues Special Contribution $105 $235 $414 $2524 $2060 $3500 $1000 Pledge $1000 $7345 $3471 Total $1799 $1168 $632 Lenten $5178 Retreat Announcements 1. May 1 Sunday St Joseph’s Feast at Yonkers 2. May 29 Family Night KCM Ministry inauguration 3. June 24,25&26 Teen Ministry Forane camp “Shine the Light “ at pallotine centre. Weekly Bulletin 2 if

SMKCP Voice Sunday, May 1, 2022 Saint Joseph the Worker The Story of Saint Joseph the Worker To foster deep devotion to Saint Joseph among Catholics, and in response to the “May Day” celebrations for workers sponsored by Communists, Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker in 1955. This feast extends the long relationship between Joseph and the cause of workers in both Catholic faith and devotion. Beginning in the Book of Genesis, the dignity of human work has long been celebrated as a participation in the creative work of God. By work, humankind both ful lls the command found in Genesis to care for the earth (Gn 2:15) and to be productive in their labors. Saint Joseph, the carpenter and foster father of Jesus, is but one example of the holiness of human labor. Jesus, too, was a carpenter. He learned the trade from Saint Joseph and spent his early adult years working side-by-side in Joseph’s carpentry shop before leaving to pursue his ministry as preacher and healer. In his encyclical Laborem Exercens, Pope John Paul II stated: “the Church considers it her task always to call attention to the dignity and rights of those who work, to condemn situations in which that dignity and those rights are violated, and to help to guide [social] changes so as to ensure authentic progress by man and society.” Saint Joseph is held up as a model of such work. Pius XII emphasized this when he said, “The spirit ows to you and to all men from the heart of the God-man, Savior of the world, but certainly, no worker was ever more completely and profoundly penetrated by it than the foster father of Jesus, who lived with Him in closest intimacy and community of family life and work.” Re ection To capture the devotion to Saint Joseph within the Catholic liturgy, in 1870, Pope Pius IX declared Saint Joseph the patron of the universal Church. In 1955, Pope Pius XII added the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker. This silent saint, who was given the noble task of caring and watching over the Virgin Mary and Jesus, now cares for and watches over the Church and models for all the dignity of human work. https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-joseph-the-worker Weekly Bulletin 3 lflfif