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	SMART SHOPPER CARDS – DEBIT CARDS FOR HANNAFORD, SHOP RITE AND STOP & SHOP: Envelopes are available in the Church for parishioners to obtain Smart Shopper Cards. Parishioners desiring a card(s) please complete the directions given on the envelope. Please deposit the envelope in the box located in the front vestibule of the church. The envelopes containing your order will be filled on Mondays and will be available for pick-up at the Parish Office from Tuesday to Friday (9:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.) or they may be picked up in the front vestibule of the Church the following weekend after the Masses. Smart Shopper Cards will continue to be available at the Parish Office during office hours. For every one hundred dollar ($100) smart shopper card used, the parish receives five dollars ($5.00) This is a wonderful contribution to our church at no cost to those who use the smart shopper card. The cards are available in $20, $50 & $100 amounts. The purchase of Smart Shopper Cards are not only available to all our parishioners but for everyone who would like one. The cards can also be given as gifts. Imagine the benefit to the parish if all our parishioners were to purchase their food by using a Smart Shopper Card.

	PARISH PAY PROGRAM: EASY AS 1, 2, 3! This automated Giving Program is now available to parishioners who would like to use it. You no longer have to be concerned about catching-up missed offertory donations, and allows St. Joseph’s to better project its monthly budget to ensure wise allocation of resources. Parish Pay will collect monthly contributions from your checking, saving, or credit card account. There is NO cost to participate in the program. Please go to www.parishpay.com to enroll on line. Please be sure to have all your information ready to input, as well as your envelope number.

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PENNY SOCIAL...SAVE THE DATE: The Cardinal Spellman Columbiettes #5800 will be holding the 6th annual Penny Social on Saturday, Jan. 28th, 2012, snow date of Sunday, Jan. 29th, 2012, in the Church Hall. Admission is free. Doors will open at 11 AM. Calling to begin at noon. Raffle tickets and plenty of lunchtime refreshments will be for sale.

“COME AWAY” Always want to make a retreat but can’t get away? Not enough time, too costly? Then why not try something nearby and free! On February 3, the first Friday of the month, be part of “Come Away”, a mini retreat here in the parish, starting at 3:00pm. Attend the full or any portion of the program. See Brother Salvatore for more info.

FREE TAX PREPARATION AND E-FILING: Beginning on Tuesday February 7th volunteers trained as tax counselors will prepare and e-file your Federal and NYS Tax Returns in selected sites around Ulster County (St. Joseph’s Hall included). Assistance to low and moderate income individuals with special attention to those over age 55. Phone 845 802 7190 for additional information and an appointment between 10 AM and 2 PM or leave a message. Presented by AARP and IRS with assistance by Ulster Office of Aging and Ulster RSVP, and Ulster County Community Action.

Parish - Future Events:

Lent: Soup to Stations, Friday, February 24, 5:30, Hall

St. Patrick / St. Joseph / St. Benedict - Patron Saints Dinner / Dance: Saturday March 17, 7:00 P.M. Hall

Parish Mission: Sunday – Wednesday, March 25 -28, 7:00 PM, Church

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny: Saturday March 31, 9:00 AM, Hall

2012 St. Joseph Festa, July 12, 13 & 14.

“A YEAR OF FAITH”: Pope Benedict XVI has declared that beginning on October 11, 2012, (the Memorial of Blessed John XXIII) and concluding on November 24, 2013, the Solemnity of Christ the King, the church will observe “A Year of Faith”

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FUNERAL CHOIR: If you like to sing and have the time, St. Joseph’s has a choir that specifically sings for funerals. If you would like to participate, please call the Parish Office at 255-5635 to have your name included on the call list.

ARE YOU REGISTERED IN THE PARISH? DO YOU RECEIVE ENVELOPES? One way to find out is with a phone call to the Parish Office at 255-5635, X101. All parishioners who attend on a regular basis should be registered, as well as any family participating in the Religious Education Program, or you are sending your children to an area Catholic School. We are in the process of updating our records and we would like to be sure everyone is a registered parishioner.

THANK YOU TO OUR LOYAL BULLETIN ADVERTISERS: If you would like to advertise on the back of the bulletin, please call the Parish Office at 255-5635 Ext. 101.

INVITATION - BRING TO CHURCH A NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM OR A MONEY DONATION FOR FOOD: place the food item in boxes located in the vestibules of the church or the money donation for food in the collection basket clearly marked For Food. A representative number food items will be brought to the altar at the presentation of gifts time of Mass. Food pantries are experiencing a shortage of food including our Parish Food Pantry. Whatever help you can give will be appreciated greatly.

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