St. Joseph Catholic Church

Parish Mission Statement

Following the example of our patron, a righteous and just man, we the members of St. Joseph Catholic Church,

in Marion Illinois, a Eucharistic community formed by the Word, embrace as our mission the following goals:

to promote evangelization, stewardship and community building.

Thomas D. Flach, V.F., Pastor Cindy Yong, Coordinator of Parish Ministries Jenny Martin, Coordinator of Religious Education Shannon Sullins, Coordinator of Youth Ministry

Alex Hendrickson, Music Director Patty Lynn, Choir Director LaVerne Williams, Secretary Randy Barton, Maintenance

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This Week

Pray for the Sick and Homebound

Remember all the sick and homebound of our parish

especially: Debe Amaro, Maria Brooks, Dennis & Kay

Darter, Mary Jean DeMattei, Evan Dubicki, Chuck Grant,

Delores Henson, Debbie Hopkins, Randal Houston, Euline

Kimmel, Alex Kloepfer, Pat Lucier, Laura Macier Marra,

John Macier, Paul Mohr, Richard Mohr, Rev. James

Neuman, Sharon Oliver, Ron Schuzer, Ken Sine, Herbert

Soberg, and Mary Venturo.

Readings for the Week of December 6

Monday: Is 35:1-10/ Ps 85:9-14/Lk 5:17-26

Tuesday: Gn 3:9-15, 20/Ps 98:1-4/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38

Wednesday: Is 40:25-31/Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10/Mt 11:28-30

Thursday: Is 41:13-20/Ps 145:1, 9-13/Mt 11:11-15

Friday: Is 48:17-19/Ps 1:1-4, 6/Mt 11:16-19

Saturday: Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab

Next Sunday: Zep 3:14-18a/Is 12:2-6/Phil 4:4-7/Lk 3:10-18

Sun.

Dec 13

Masses 8:00 & 11:00 am

SNYM Penance Service 6:00 pm

Mon.

Dec 14

RCIA 6:30 pm

St. Joseph Church

Bingo at KC Hall

7:00 pm

Tues. Dec 15

Women’s Guild

Christmas Party

6:00 pm

Wed. Dec 16

PSR P-6 6:00 pm

KC Mtg. 7:30 pm

Thurs Dec 17

Pastoral Council Mtg.

In Rectory

6:00 pm

Joyful Noise Players 6:00 pm

Bingo at KC Hall 7:00 pm

Sat.

Dec 19

Reconciliation 4:00-4:45 pm

Mass 5:00 pm

Sun.

Dec 20

Masses 8:00 & 11:00 am

SNYM Christmas Party 6:00 pm

Mass Intentions

Sat Dec. 12 Vigil: Third Sunday of Advent

-5:00 pm Parish Family

Sun Dec. 13 Third Sunday of Advent

-8:00 † Norma Collins

-11:00 † Democrito Remedio

Mon Dec. 14 St. John of the Cross

-7:45 Morning Prayer (wk. 3, pp. 867, 94)

-8:00 † Faithful Departed

Tues Dec. 15 Advent Weekday

-7:45 Morning Prayer (wk. 3, pp. 877, 116)

-8:00 † Faithful Departed

Wed Dec. 16 Advent Weekday

-7:45 Morning Prayer (wk. 3, pp. 887, 119)

-8:00 † Jesse Howe & Florence Neuman

Thurs Dec. 17 Late Advent Weekday

-7:45 † Morning Prayer (wk. 3, pp. 896, 122)

-8:00 † Faithful Departed

Fri Dec. 18 Late Advent Weekday

-11:45 Morning Prayer (wk. 3, pp. 906, 125)

-12:10 pm † Eleanore Perlowski-SzplettI &

Ida Perlowski

Sat Dec. 19 Vigil: Fourth Sunday of Advent

-5:00 pm † Faithful Departed

Sun Dec. 13 Fourth Sunday of Advent

-8:00 † Bob Scates

-11:00 Parish Family

John answered them all, saying, "I am baptizing you

with water, but one mightier than I is coming. I am

not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals. He

will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."

Lk 3:16

Pray for Those in the Military

We remember in prayer our parishioners, relatives and

friends serving in the military, especially Derek Ian Horowitz

Douglas Karl, and David Wood. Pray for peace in the world.

† James Hooten, a parishioner, who died on December 4.

† Paula Karl, wife of Tom Karl, daughter-in-law of

John and Stella Karl, died on December 7.

Please remember James and Paula and their families in

your prayers.

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday, December 19, 4:00-4:45 pm

Parish Penance Service

Monday, December 21, 6:00-7:30 pm-St. Joseph Parish

Tuesday, December 22, 6:00 pm-OLMC Parish

Wednesday, December 23, 6:00 pm-St. Paul Parish

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Rosaries

If anyone has an old or very used rosary and is no

longer using it, please bring it to church or the

Family Life Center during business hours.

Child Protection

Just a reminder that there are forms for Child Protection that

need to be updated once a year with an online course that

can be found at safeandsacred-diobelle.org/.

If you are interested in working and participating with the

youth of St. Joseph Church and you have not been child

protection trained, please contact Jenny Martin at 618-751-

2160 for more information.

Church Renovation

Contributions(10) for December 6: $645

Sharing God’s Gifts

Donations for December 6, 2015

Weekly Budget Goal $7891

Sunday Offering (156) $8710

Loose $435

E-giving (17) $1123

Total: $10,268

Candles $24

Thanksgiving (5) $47

“For the measure you measure with will be measured back

to you.” Lk 6:38

Spotlight on Our Advertisers

Please support the advertisers of our Sunday Bulletin.

This week we express our thanks to Tom Crosby of

Winters, Brewster, Crosby, & Shafer LLC ○ PO Box

700, Marion ○ 997-5611.

Ministry Assignments

Saturday, December 19 - 5:00 pm

L Mike Humphrey

EM C Deacon, J Fuggiti, S Humphrey, L Matesevac,

A McCabe, V McGlashen, C Neuman,. K Saffelder

S G Aguilar, M Aguilar, Z Boatright

HM M Kilpatrick, L Williams, Volunteer

Sacristan Volunteer

Sunday, December 20 - 8:00 am Mass

L Harry Mosley

EM A Arnold, L Boester, L Gimmy, J Mayer, S Phillips

S S Arnold, C Arnold, D Fletcher

HM R Barton, J Boester, J Eckert, C Gibbons

Sacristan Sheila Dingrando

Sunday, December 20 - 11:00 am Mass

L Matt Lees

EM R Kirschbaum, A Lees, K Martin, D O’Leary,

S Sena, T Shively, G & M Wiggins

S Reagan Lees, Hayden Lees, J McDermott

HM C Diel, C Ehrhardt, M Mangan, T Rabideau

Sacristan Dan Frugé

CLW Jenny Martin

Remember St. Joseph Church

You can have an everlasting influence on the lives of

families in our parish. Please contact you attorney and

instruct him or her to include a bequest for St. Joseph

in you Will

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Hospice of Southern Illinois

Volunteer

Share you time and talents. Join the Hospice of South-

ern Illinois team to make friends, help others and make

a difference! Join over 500 specially trained volunteers

in 27 counties who help us continue our mission to en-

hance the quality of life for individuals and their loved

ones touched by a terminal illness.

Visit patients and their families through their end-of-

life journey; let your talents thrive with music, art,

writing and more; assist with clerical, community edu-

cation and fundraising.

For more information, please call 618-997-3030 or

visit www.hospice.org.

to Monica Jones and Debbie Bertrand.

They are the newly elected members of the

Pastoral council.

ADVENT PROJECT 2015

Pregnancy Center Donations

St. Joseph's Liturgy Committee is asking our Parish

School of Religion families to donate new and used

maternity/baby items to the Pregnancy Matters center

during the Advent season. They are in particular need

of diapers, baby wipes, formula and bottles, soaps, lo-

tions, and diaper cream, and baby girl clothes size 0-3

months. Please bring your donation to the Family Life

Center during PSR classes by December 18. Thank

you for helping us to help mothers and babies in need!

Project Manna

The Ministerial Alliance is asking for

crackers, Mac & cheese, box dinners,

shampoo, cereal, tuna fish, toilet paper,

canned soup, bar soap, deodorant, canned

fruit and powdered laundry detergent. You

can drop off your donations at the Alliance

on Calvert Street or leave them in the

containers at Church.

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Remind 101

What is remind and why do I need it ?

Remind is a free, safe, and simple messaging

tool that will help us share important updates and

reminders about what is happening in our

St. Joseph Parish Family.

Everyone in your family is encouraged to sign-up:

Dad, Mom, Kids, Grandparents, Uncles, Aunts.

Simple Steps to Join:

Step 1: Go to your text messaging

Step 2 : Create a new message to phone number

81010 (and yes, this is the whole number).

Step 3: Text this message @a803dd2 and send.

You will receive a response asking you for

your full name.

Step 4: Go ahead and text back your full name and

that’s it. You are done!

Respect Life Corner

Support When She’s Unexpectedly Expecting – An

unexpected pregnancy can send a woman into crisis

mode.

Learn, Act, Connect, Pray: An unexpected preg-

nancy might be confusing along the way, but life –

though at times difficult – is ultimately beautiful. Not

sure how to help or what to say? Go to the USCCB

website – www.usccb.org (Respect Life Program

2015) to read “10 Ways to Support Her When She’s

Unexpectedly Expecting.” Your support might be the

only support she receives. As we prepare ourselves this

Advent to welcome the Christ Child with renewed

love, let us be mindful of Jesus’ words in Matthew

25:40: “Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one

of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.”

Women’ s Guild

Christmas Potluck

The party begins Tuesday, December 15, at 6:00 pm.

Wear an ugly or pretty Christmas sweater just for fun.

There's no Cookie Walk planned. Bring a dish to feed

10. Don’t miss an evening of good food and good

friends. Please bring baby items unwrapped, cash or

check for Pregnancy Matters.

Retirement Fund for Religious

Religious give thanks. “We cannot begin to repay all

who contribute,” writes a Catholic sister. “So

we pray to God, who is never outdone in gen-

erosity, to reward you.” Heartfelt thanks for

your donation to last week’s collection for the

Retirement Fund for Religious. May God bless

you for your goodness!

Outreach-Secret Santa

It is time to return your Secret Santa gifts. The Out-

reach Committee hopes that you enjoyed this first time

program. The Committee is so grateful for the outpour-

ing of love this parish showed to the children.

The gifts maybe returned the weekends of December

12 and December 19. Do not wrap the gift/gifts that

you purchase. Our wonderful youth will be wrapping

them. We think that the gifts can be put into a clean

trash bag. Put the child’s tag into the bag so they will

stay with the gifts securely. Place them under the tree

in the Greeting area.

Do not feel that you must buy everything on their list.

That is not the purpose of this program. The purpose is

to make sure ALL children enjoy the gifts of the sea-

son. Please pray for these children and their families.

Free APP

Go to Our Sunday Visitor at

www.osv.com and download a FREE

365 Days to Mercy App! It will in-

spire and uplift you all year long with

Pope Francis’ meditations and tweets,

daily special devotionals on mercy,

prayers and a lot more.

Worldwide

Marriage Encounter

Does the way you live your life and especially your

marriage give praise and glory to God? Let God trans-

form your marriage relationship. The next Worldwide

Marriage Encounter Weekend is on February 5

th

to 7

th

.

To register or for more information call 314-649-7317

or go online to www.stl-wwme.org.

Retrouvaille

You can help your Marriage

25% of surveyed couples say they are “Happily

Married”. For everyone else there is Retrouvaille.

Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Does

talking only make it worse? For more information

visit the website at www.HelpOurMarriage.com or

call 1-800-470-2230. The next program begins

the weekend of January 29-31, 2016.

Message from TDF

King’s House Days of Prayer

and Retreat and Renewal

700 N. 66th St., Belleville, 800-779-7909

Women Weaving

Weaving our lives together-an opportunity for women

to share their faith and their spiritual journeys. First

Thursday of the month from October through May

from 7:00-9:00 pm

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Evangelization, Stewardship

& Community Building

“Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: re-

joice!” These are the words of St. Paul’s address to the

faith community of Philippi. These words I also wish

to address to you, the faith community of St. Joseph

Church. “Rejoice in the Lord always…” Last Tues-

day, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of

the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Church commenced the

Jubilee Year of Mercy as directed by Pope Francis.

The Holy Door of St. Peter Basilica was open. On this

Gaudate Sunday we open the Holy Door of St. Joseph

Church. (Bishop Edward K. Braxton has designated

St. Joseph Church as one of the churches in the Belle-

ville Diocese as one of the Holy Year churches.)

Whenever you enter through these doors there is an

opportunity to experience special graces.

During this Jubilee Year of Mercy, you and I will have

the opportunity to share in the healing mercy and for-

giveness of the Lord through the Sacrament of Recon-

ciliation, but we also can choose to make this year an

occasion of sharing with others the Corporal and Spiri-

tual Works of Mercy: feed the hungry, give drink to

the thirsty, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, visit

the sick and visit the imprisoned; counsel the doubtful,

instruct the ignorant, admonish sinners, comfort the

afflicted, forgive offenses, bear wrongs patiently and

pray for the living and the dead.

Third Sunday of Advent

KC Christmas Party

Knights of Columbus are having their Children’s

Christmas Party on Sunday, December 13, at the KC

Hall from 2:00-5:00 pm. Fun, Food and Surprises. All

parents and children of the parish are invited.

Christmas Schedule

December 24, 5:00 & 10:00 pm Mass

December 25, 9:00 am Mass

December 26, 5:00 pm Mass

December 27, 8:00 & 11:00 am Mass

December 31, 5:00 pm Mass

January 1, 2016, 9:00 am Mass