NOTICE!    NOTICE!     NOTICE!

THE DOMINICAN BROTHERS WILL NOT BE COMING TO ST. JOSEPH’S PARISH on Sunday, December 16^th as previously announced.

One of the presenters, Brother Gabriel Torretta, O.P, was injured in an automobile accident Sunday evening. As a result, he and Brother Peter had to cancel their appearance at St. Joseph’s. God willing they will join us at some future date.

Brother Gabriel is expected to recover from his injuries, as is his traveling companion, Brother John Devaney, O.P. However, I am certain they would appreciate your prayers. If you are inclined to send either or both of the Brothers a card letting them know of your prayers, send it to them at:

                              Dominican House of Studies

                              487 Michigan Ave. Northeast
                              Washington, D.C. 20017 

Please let anyone you may have told of this event that it has been canceled. Sorry for the inconvenience.

THE DOMINICANS ARE COMING TO CENTRAL NEW YORK FOR ADVENT PROGRAM

AN EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR YOU!

THE DOMINCANS – ORDER OF PREACHERS - ARE COMING!

 

TAKE A BREAK FROM THE SEASON’S STRESSES AND SHARE IN THE TRUE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS WITH THE LAY FRATERNITIES OF ST. DOMINIC, THE PARISHIONERS OF ST. JOSEPH’S PARISH AND OF OTHER AREA PARISHES

TWO INSPIRING AND CHALLENGING PRESENTATIONS ON THE NEW EVANGELIZATION AND THE YEAR OF FAITH

 

WHEN:          SUNDAY, DECEMER 16, 2012 

WHERE:       ST. JOSEPH’S PARISH

                       121 ST. JOSEPH’S PLACE

                       ONEIDA, NY 13421

 

WHO:             BR. PETER MARYTR YUNGWIRTH, O.P.

                         12:30 P.M. IN PARISH CENTER

HIS CONFERENCE TOPIC:    "A Light that Shines in the Darkness"

AND

         BR. GABRIEL TORETTA, O.P.

                           2 P.M. IN PARISH CHURCH

HIS CONFERENCE TOPIC: “The Advent of Faith: The Word Became Flesh”

            The parish’s annual Advent Penance Service will follow Brother Toretta’s presentation. What a great opportunity to put the Advent season in proper perspective, to experience the Sacrament of Reconciliation, to give God the gift of your time and presence, and for Him to shower you with His abundant graces and blessings.

            If you have any questions or would like further information, contact Mike Seagriff at (315) 510-6787 or via e-mail: mseagrif@twcny.rr.com

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Can We Pray?

Via CatholicVote.org

Benedict XVI on Vatican II

“The Council Fathers neither could nor wished to create a new or different Church. They had neither the authority nor the mandate to do so. It was only in their capacity as bishops that they were now Council Fathers with a vote and decision-making power, that is to say, on the basis of the Sacrament and in the Church of the Sacrament. For this reason they neither could nor wished to create a different faith or a new Church, but rather to understand these more deeply and hence truly to ‘renew them.’ This is why a hermeneutic of rupture is absurd and is contrary to the spirit and the will of the Council Fathers.” — Pope Benedict XVI, Reflections at 50th Anniversary of Opening of Vatican II, October 11, 2012.

Beginning your Philosophy Studies

Recently, a blog posted Fr. Barron's recommendations for "some introductory philosophy books for someone like me who has no formal training in philosophy but wants to dive deeper into it".

As a service, I am providing a link to all of them

• Philosophy 101 

As well as a link to Fr. Copleston's 9 volume History of Philosophy

• Copleston's History of Philosophy (Philosophy 102) 

Two more areas which may interest the philosophically curious:

• Ancient Philosophy
• Medieval Philosophy

A hero for our time

St. Maximilian Kolbe

His work continues today with Militia of the Immaculata