St. Joseph Catholic Church Josephville

Founded 1852 1390 Josephville Road Rectory/Office: 636-332-6676 Wentzville, MO 63385 www.stjojo.net School: 636-332-5672

Reverend Robert Samson, Pastor Email: frsamson@stjojo.net Sacramental Emergency: 314-606-2023 Reverend Mr. David Billing, Deacon Email: DavidLBilling@gmail.com Trish Seaman, Parish Secretary Parish Office/Secretary: trish.seaman@stjojo.net Jill Nance, School Principal School Office/Principal: jill.nance@stjojo.net Nancy Burian, Coordinator of Religious Education Email: nburian@charter.net

MASSES: Weekday: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. and Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Weekend: Saturday 4:30 p.m., Sunday 7:30 and 10:00 a.m. First Saturdays: 9:00 a.m.

CONFESSIONS: Tuesday 6:30-6:50 p.m. Friday 7:30-7:50 a.m. Saturday 3:45-4:20 p.m. Sunday 7:00-7:20 a.m. ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: NEW PARISHIONERS: Tuesday 8:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Please call the Rectory to register BAPTISMS: By appointment MOVING: Please let us know. PERPETUAL HELP DEVOTIONS: PRIESTHOOD AND RELIGIOUS LIFE: After Tuesday Masses If interested, please contact the parish rectory or the Vocation Office at 314-792-6460 MARRIAGE: Arrangements must be made at BULLETIN: Deadline is Tuesday at Noon least six months in advance.

St. Joseph Parish Mission Statement In response to our baptismal call from Jesus Christ, we the people of St. Joseph Parish, as members of the Roman Catholic Church,

desire to live and teach our faith in our families, school, and workplace, relying on the Word of God and the grace of the sacraments, especially the Holy Eucharist.

April 26, 2020 THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED

• All Masses • Scheduled Confession Times • Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament • Day School • Parish School of Religion (PSR) • Friday Morning Study on Catholicism • Donut Sunday • FED Youth Group, Knights of Columbus, and 4H

Gatherings • Parish Council, Maintenance Committee, Finance

Board, School Board, and Mission Trip Meetings

POSTPONED

• Members Club Dinner • Birthright Trivia Night

Church is open from 8am–5pm Monday - Saturday and 8am-11am on Sunday.

Father Samson will be offering his private Masses for the scheduled Mass intentions.

Vocation Prayer Chalice for April 26-May 3

Trish Seaman

42ND SUNDAY OF CURRENT FISCAL YEAR……..$7,549

WEEKLY BUDGET AMOUNT NEEDED………......….$7,375

Difference….……..……......................................+$174

July 1 thru June 30 Year-to-Date CURRENT FISCAL YEAR ACTUAL…………....….$315,373

CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET…….............$309,750

Difference……………………………..……............+$5,623

Prayer of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritu-ally into my heart. I embrace You as if You have al-ready come, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

April 27 Urban Lindhorst April 28 Betty Piel April 29 Wesley Falter April 30 Herman Wortmann May 1 Holy Vocations May 2 Parish May 3 Jeannie Kersting

Our parish has received a limited supply of the May issue of Give Us This Day, a monthly

prayer companion that includes the daily Mass readings as well as prayers and reflections for the month. You are invited to pick up a copy from the front entrance of Church.

From Head to Heart The primary goal of stewardship is to transform the lives of both the individual and the parish community. The whole point is to strengthen our relationship with God, live a more Christ-centered life and use our gifts interdependently to build God’s kingdom on earth and ultimately, help each other get to Heaven! Our idea of stewardship needs to move from our head into our heart. Before any of our efforts will bear sustainable and long-term good fruit, we need to internalize this idea of living a grateful and generous life into our hearts. Stewardship is not just a list of activities, rather it is a transformative life-style where we grow in love with God and with each other. It’s all about building relationships. When St. John Paul II canonized St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), he said, “Do not accept anything as the truth if it lacks love. And do not accept anything as love which lacks truth! One without the other becomes a destructive lie.” Archbishop Robert Carlson said, “Some think the truth is the truth, no matter how it’s stated. But some words breathe forth cynicism and sarcasm rather than love; we’ve seen too much of words that incite violence rather than promote peace. Those words are alien to Jesus, even when they’re true, because they don’t breathe forth love.” Is our sharing mechanical because we do it out of obli-gation and it checks off a box to make us look good? Or, do we share out of love, in gratitude for everything God, our Father, has given us? Of all the gifts that God has given us, the gift He wants the most is our heart, not our possessions. Let us pray for the strength and courage that all we do be for the glory of God’s name and to use our gifts out of love for one another.

-David Baranowski Archdiocesan Director of Parish Stewardship

and Leadership Formation

Karen Ballmann Allison Baxter Ryan Conner Ted Eggering Vernon Eisenbath John Fears Terri Harvin Dorothy Hemmer Reg Hemmer

Mikayla Hoff Sarah Indemuehle Barb Kinder Donny Kopmann Urban Lindhorst Joan O’Driscoll Donald Ohmes Dennis (Clem) Orf Ray Orf

John Perotti Shirley Rothermich Brad Schroer James Sharkey Marilyn Sharkey Steve Thielker Wilma Veizer Brandon Wilmes

Stewardship Awareness “Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the road, while He opened to us the scriptures?” Luke 24:32 How often do we take the time to discern what Jesus wants from us? Are our prayers always petitions, asking Jesus to do things for us? If so, that’s a one-sided relationship. Living our faith means devel-oping a personal relationship with Jesus. Just like any friendship, there is give and take, each side listening to each other and helping each other out. Take time in silence to listen to what Jesus is asking of you.

Confession times at St. Gianna Church, 450 E. Hwy N, Wentzville, MO: Mon-Fri 8-9am, Sat. 4-5pm, Sun. 11am-noon. Mother of Good Counsel Home continues to operate, as they have for the past 85 years, at 6825 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO. If you have a loved one who has need for skilled nursing care or may have need of it in the future, please contact the administrator, Sr. Christine at 314-383-4785.

Job Opening We are in need of a janitor who is available to work three hours in the afternoon or evening five

days a week. (Hours are flexible.) If interested, please contact our school principal, Jill Nance, at jill.nance@stjojo.net or call 636-332-5672.

FISH FRY PROCEEDS totaled $6,780 from our three fish fries. Thank you to all who came out and

supported our fish fries! REGISTRATION for the 2020-21 school year for PreK-8th grade is open to new families. PreK offers full and half day programs for 3-year olds and 4-year olds. For more informa-tion call the school office at 636-332-5672.

Members Club Please consider joining our Members Club. To join, all you need to do is send in a check for $100 and you become a member. Each member has a chance to win $100 from 12 monthly drawings and a chance to win $500 from two draw-ings that will take place next February 2021 at the Members Club Dinner. More members are needed to keep this fund-raiser going which benefits our parish school. Please submit your membership fee of $100 to the parish office, 1390 Jo-sephville Rd, Wentzville, MO 63385 by April 30 to be in-cluded in the March & April drawings that will take place on May 1. May’s drawing will take place on May 31 and the re-maining drawings will take place on the last day of each month. For more information about the Members Club, con-tact Nancy Hemmer at 636-332-8516.

Diaconate Diaper Drive The Permanent Deacons in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, in conjunction with the Respect Life office, is collecting diapers for infants, toddlers, and adults as part of their fourth annual diocesan-wide Pro-Life service project to assist families in need. They ask that you please consider purchasing diapers for this drive which has been extended through the end of May. They may be dropped off at the front entrance of Church. All diapers collected will be donated to Birthright and the St. Vin-cent de Paul Pantry in Wentzville.

For Sale Frozen uncooked breaded shrimp in 3# boxes is available for $15 and frozen uncooked swai fish in 15# boxes is available for $45. For more info or to purchase, call the parish office.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Matthew Hewitt, husband of Kelly Hewitt; and for the soul of Madeline Reuther, mother of Ginger Stamer. May God grant them eternal rest.

St. Catherine of Siena - Feast Day April 29 St. Catherine of Siena was born during the outbreak of the plague in Siena, Italy on March 25, 1347. She was the 25th child born to her mother, although half of her brothers and sis-ters did not survive childhood. Catherine herself was a twin, but her sister did not survive infancy. Her mother was 40 when she was born. Her father was a cloth dyer. When Catherine was 21, she had an experience she de-scribed as her "mystical marriage to Christ." Despite Cath-erine's religious nature, she did not choose to enter a convent and instead she joined the Third Order of St. Dominic. She often visited hospitals and homes where the poor and sick were found. Her activities quickly attracted followers who helped her in her mission to serve the poor and sick. Catherine was drawn further into the world as she worked, and eventually she began to travel, calling for reform of the Church and for people to confess and to love God totally. She became involved in politics, and was key in working to keep city states loyal to the Pope. From 1375 onwards, Catherine began dictating letters to scribes. She petitioned for peace and was instrumental in persuading the Pope in Avignon to return to Rome. By 1380, the 33-year-old mystic had become ill, possibly because of her habit of extreme fasting. Her confessor, Bl. Ray-mond of Capua, ordered her to eat, but she replied that she found it difficult to do so. That year her illness accelerated her inability to eat and drink. Within weeks, she was unable to use her legs. She died on April 29, following a stroke just a week prior. St. Catherine is credited with composing over 400 letters, her Dialogue, which is her definitive work, and her prayers. These works are so influential that St. Catherine would later be declared a Doctor of the Church. She is one of the most influen-tial and popular saints in the Church. St. Catherine's feast day is April 29. She is the patroness against fire and illness, of United States, Italy, miscarriages, people ridiculed for their faith, sexual temptation, and nurses.

St. Catherine of Siena, pray for us!

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