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 Deacon Fielding Harrison & Deacon David Billing Email: DavidBilling@archstl.org Trish Seaman, Parish Secretary Parish Office/Secretary: trish.seaman@stjojo.net Lisa German, School Principal School Office/Principal: lisa.german@stjojo.net

MASSES: Weekday: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. and Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Sunday: Saturday 5:15 p.m., Sunday 7:30 and 10:00 a.m. Holyday: To be announced as scheduled

CONFESSIONS: Tuesday 6:30-6:50 p.m. Friday 7:30-7:50 a.m. Saturday 4:30-5:05 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.

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CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET…….…..…....$241,392

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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.

December 20, 2015 FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

December 21 through 27

Mass Intentions

Mon 8:00 a.m. Todd Hepperman Tue 8:00 a.m. Rich Hepperman

Tue 7:00 p.m. Deceased Priests Wed 8:00 a.m. Florence Heine Thu 4:30 p.m. Bill Headrick Family L & D Thu 10:00 p.m. Clara Panke Fri 7:30 a.m. Roy Wilmes Fri 10:00 a.m. Tony & Margaret Samson Sat 5:15 p.m. Leo “Shorty” Luetkenhaus Sun 7:30 a.m. George Burkemper Family L & D Sun 10:00 a.m. Parish

Server’s Schedule

Monday thru Wednesday 8:00am Grace Orf & Nicholas Reynolds Sat 5:15pm Grace Worth & Dylan Winkleman Cross Bearer: James McCullough Sun 7:30am Lillian Blair & Jackson Blair 10:00am Dominic Citrowske & Grace Knobbe Cross Bearer: Thomas Citrowske

Lectors

Sat 5:15pm Paulette Wilmes Sun 7:30am Rita Schulte Sun 10:00am Scott Cornett

Ushers

Sat 5:15pm Brian Aston & Sean Martin Sun 7:30am John Hoff & Ken Wortmann Sun 10:00am Ambrose Duello & Paul Kerkemeyer

Gift Family

Sat 5:15pm Ted & Mary Gregory Sun 7:30am Joe Kersting Family Sun 10:00am Don & Bonnie Roettger

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Sat 5:15pm Deacon Billing, Steve Thielker, Donna Thielker Sun 7:30am Deacon Billing, Pat Wilmes, Nancy Hemmer Sun 10:00am Deacon Billing, Doug Runge, David Lopez

Rosary

Sat 4:50pm JoAnn Wilmes

Vocation Prayer Chalice

If you are willing to have the Vocation Prayer Chalice in your home for a week, please call the parish office.

Dynamic Catholic, Alive! Christmas

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Remaining Christmas Novena Schedule

Mon., Dec. 21 at 7:00pm. Tue., Dec. 22 Confessions 6:00-6:30pm. Novena at 6:30pm. Wed., Dec. 23 at 7:00pm with confessions following.

As we prepare for the celebration of the birth of Jesus in our world, we cannot help but remember that the birth of each child into our world is important. Our pro-life efforts within our parish has been an important and vital part of living out our faith here at St. Joseph Parish. I want to thank Perry & Theresa Citrowske and their family who have headed up our Pro-Life Committee over many years. Now, Eric & Carrie Hahn are heading up the program. To continue our level of pro-life activities within our parish, we need an additional four to six people to assist them with Donut Sunday once a month and the Giving Tree twice a year. As the New Year approaches, a New Year’s resolution of working to continue our pro-life ef-forts might be something to consider. Think about it! If your interested in helping out in this ministry in any way, please call the parish office. I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I am grateful for the cards and gifts that people have sent or dropped off at the rectory. I hope each of our parish families have a great Christmas of sharing love, family, and time in prayer. Christmas Blessing on all of you!

Father Bob Samson

CHRISTMAS BREAK - No school Dec. 21 - Jan. 1. School will resume on Mon., Jan. 4.

SCRIP UPDATE - Congratulations to the contest winners! First place receiving $30 in scrip - the Brian Aston family, sec-ond place receiving $20 in scrip - the John Knobbe family, and third place receiving $10 in scrip - the Carl Wilmes family. Thank you to all who purchased scrip to help earn money for our school!

Church decorating for Christmas will be on Mon., Dec. 21 after the 8:00am Mass. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Peggy Boswell Gene Crabtree Bernadine Dove John Dungan Dave Geerts Terri Heisserer Alice Heppermann

Mikayla Hoff William Kerpash Donny Kopmann Lucy Menne Judy Orf Sara Orf David Schaefer

Tim Tuschhoff Pat Vogt Schroer Rick Vogt Larry Wilmes Jim Wilmeth Barbara Wulfing Regina Zoellner

Stewardship Awareness “For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy.” Luke 1:44 “When you hear the scripture readings and Gospel reading each Sun-day, do you “leap for joy?” If not, don’t blame the lector or priest, rather look inside yourself. Do you prepare for Mass each week or do you just show up and expect to be entertained?

Christmas Poinsettias Each year forty poinsettias are purchased to decorate the Church for Christmas. If you would like to make a donation for a poinsettia in your honor or in memory of a loved one, please send $10 in an envelope along with the name to be recognized and place it in the collection basket next weekend, mail it, or bring it to the parish office by Mon., Dec. 21. The names will be printed in the bulletin the weekend after Christmas.

GIFT GIVING WITH SCRIP Still looking for stocking stuffers or that last minute gift? Con-sider giving a scrip card and earn a percentage for our school on each dollar spent. We have a wide variety of clothing store and restaurant scrip cards in stock. Some of the most commonly purchased cards are Wal-Mart, Olive Garden, Panera Bread, Dierbergs, Kohl's, and Target. A Scrip Order Form is available on our parish website at www.stjojo.net. To purchase scrip this week, call Trish at the parish office or at 636-887-6353.

2015 Contributions The last opportunity to make a 2015 con-tribution through the offertory collection will be next Sun., Dec. 27. Any checks that are mailed must be postmarked by Dec. 31. Thank you for your generosity to our parish through the year! 2016 Wall Calendars Pitman Funeral Home has generously given us many 2016 wall calendars. There are enough calen-dars for everyone so each family is encouraged to take one. These calendars have listed all the holy days and feast days of the year. Guest Speaker If your New Year’s resolution is to become "spiritually fit", you won't want to miss this opportunity to hear guest speaker Denise Bossert, Catholic author of the new book The Gifts of the Visitation, on Sun., Jan. 10 following 10am Mass in the cafeteria. More details to follow. Quilting There will be no quilting on Monday evenings for the rest of December. Quilting will resume on Mon., Jan. 4. Church Cleaning Help is needed in cleaning the Church with other volunteers. Time commitment is one Friday a month after the 8am Mass for about 1 1/2 hrs. If available to help in this ministry, please call the parish office.

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE

Vigil Masses: 4:30pm and 10:00pm Christmas Day: 7:30am and 10:00am

Liturgical Roles for Christmas

Server’s Schedule

Christmas Vigil 4:30pm Isabella Weiler & Robby Mennemeier Cross Bearer: John Citrowske Christmas Vigil 10:00pm All Servers Christmas Day 7:30am Nolan Wilmes & Madelyn Mulnix Cross Bearer: Tate Mulnix Christmas Day 10:00am Laura Wilson & Cole Riggleman Cross Bearer: Ben Cornett

Lectors Christmas Vigil 4:30pm Nick Ferranto Christmas Vigil 10:00pm Linda Ritter Christmas Day 7:30am Paulette Wilmes Christmas Day 10:00am Dolores Fitzgerald

Ushers

Christmas Vigil 4:30pm Walt Schneider & Bernard Eisenbath Christmas Vigil 10:00pm Norm Ritter & Bob Dotta Christmas Day 7:30am Ted Eggering & Dennis Stamer Christmas Day 10:00am Don Roettger & Harry Wilmes

Gifts

Christmas Vigil 4:30pm David Roettger Family Christmas Vigil 10:00pm Joe Kersting Family Christmas Day 7:30am Gerard Russo Family Christmas Day 10:00am Ralph & Rose Orf

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Christmas Vigil 4:30pm Margie Wilmes, Bonnie Roettger, Carolyn Richardson, Sheila Dove Christmas Vigil: 10:00pm Deacon Billing, Scott Cornett, Judy Orf, Esther Aston-choir loft Christmas Day 7:30am Deacon Billing, Rita Schulte Jerry Wilmes Christmas Day 10:00am Deacon Harrison, Tom Schaefer, Bonnie Roettger

Masses for the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary,

Mother of God

Thu., Dec. 31 at 5:15pm Fri., Jan. 1 at 7:30am and 10am.

This is a Holy Day of Obligation.

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