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: dave_billing@charter.net Trish Seaman, Parish Secretary Parish Office/Secretary: trish.seaman@stjojo.net Jill Nance, School Principal School Office/Principal: jill.nance@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.

IMPORTANT DATES OF PARISH EVENTS Golf Tournament June 10 Dinner auction June 17 Parish Picnic August 20 Fall Festival September 24

Dynamic Catholic, Alive! Humility

While Jesus was experiencing crucifixion, suffering the death of one who was a criminal, people reviled Him saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself, if you are the Son of God, [and] come down from the cross!” St. Thomas Aquinas once wrote that the cross exempli-fies every virtue. Humility was certainly among those virtues. Just as Jesus experienced a most humble birth in a manger sur-rounded by animals, He also suffered a most humble death. The King of Kings and Lord of Lords is judged by a governor and suffers the death of a criminal. He could have come down from the cross and freed Himself of the pain. Instead, He humbled Himself and died for you, for me, for all people. One of the best responses we can have as we gaze upon the Crucified One is silence and contemplation. We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You, because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.

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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.

April 9, 2017 PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD

April 10 through 16

Mass Intentions

Mon 8:00 a.m. Jim Rothermich Tue 8:00 a.m. Fred Eisenbath Tue 7:00 p.m. Deceased Priests Wed 8:00 a.m. Jim Spencer Thu 7:00 p.m. Judy Boehmer Sat 8:00 p.m. Jim Wilmeth Sun 7:30 a.m. Betty Piel Sun 10:00 a.m. Parish

Server’s Schedule

Monday thru Wednesday 8:00am Talan Seiler & Nolan Wilmes Thu 7:00pm Dominic Citrowske, Thomas Citrowske Cross Bearer: John Citrowske Fri 7:00pm Alexis Kersting & Grace Worth Sat 8:00pm Robby Mennemeier, Dylan Winkleman, Dustin Dove, Cole Riggleman Sun 7:30am Adam Knobbe & Olivia Knobbe 10:00am Ben Cyr & Jacob Tyler Cross Bearer: Anthony Cyr

Lectors

Thu 7:00pm Margie Wilmes Fri 7:00pm Paulette Wilmes Sat 8:00pm Dolores Fitzgerald, Carolyn Richardson Linda Ritter, Nick Ferranto, Linda Wilmes Sun 7:30am Paulette Wilmes Sun 10:00am Linda Wilmes

Ushers

Thu 7:00pm Alois Orf & Ray Orf Fri 7:00pm Harry Wilmes & Ralph Orf Sat 8:00pm Bob Dotta & Norm Ritter Sun 7:30am Glenn Rippeto & Joe Hauser Sun 10:00am Walter Tochtrop & Don Roettger

Gift Family

Thu 7:00pm Mitch & Barb Haag Sat 8:00pm Chris Schneider Family Sun 7:30am Joe Kersting Family Sun 10:00am Scott Cornett Family

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Thu 7:00pm Jerry Wilmes, Esther Aston, Nancy Hemmer Sat 8:00pm Deacon Billing, Judy Orf, Esther Aston Sun 7:30am Jerry Wilmes, Rita Schulte, Nancy Hemmer Sun 10:00am Deacon Harrison, Larry Bean, Bonnie Roettger

Rosary

Sat 7:30pm Alois & Judy Orf

Vocation Prayer Chalice

John & Leanne Hoff

Holy Thursday-Mass at 7:00pm. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until midnight. Good Friday - Stations of the Cross at 2:30pm. Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3:00pm. Evening Service at 7:00pm. Easter Vigil- Saturday Mass at 8:00pm. Easter Sunday– Mass at 7:30am and 10:00am.

The annual Good Friday Collection will take place in order to support the Christian community and the sacred shrines in the Holy Land. The Easter Collection will include contributions to support the Archbishop’s Easter Collection for Retired Priests. Our priests are our shepherds. In their senior years, they look to us to help care for them. You can show your ap-preciation for their years of sacrament and service by giving generously.

Healing Prayer Service for Divorced & Separated - Tue., Apr. 11 at 7pm at the Cardinal Rigali Center Chapel in St. Louis, MO led by Fr. Aaron Nord. Infertility Counseling Ministry will be offering free half hour counseling with a licensed professional counselor in person or over the phone on Thu., Apr. 13. For more info or to make an appointment, call 314-997-7576. Blood Drive - Thu., Apr. 13 from 3:30-6:30pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall in St. Paul, MO. For info or to schedule an appointment, call Terry Deters at 866-448-3253. Risen Jesus Party - Sat., Apr. 15 from 10am-2pm at Pauline Books & Media in Crestwood, MO. Event is for children ages 3-7 to prepare them for Easter and will include a prayer experi-ence, photo shoot with Jesus in the Garden (costumes pro-vided), story time, coloring, crafts and refreshments. For more info or to register call 314-965-3512. We Were There - Experience the Way of the Cross in an in-spiring scriptural presentation on Tue., Apr. 11 at 7:30pm or outdoors on Fri., Apr. 14 at 1pm at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, IL. For more info call 618-397-6700.

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Dave Richardson Bob Roettger Edwin Sinklear Aaron Strunk Mary Tepen Tim Tuschhoff

Stewardship Awareness “As they were marching out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they pressed into service to carry His cross.” Matthew 27:32 The Lord calls us to love God and to love our neighbor. Every day we are presented with opportunities to love our neighbor and help him “carry his cross”. These opportunities aren’t usually big events, they are usually ordinary occurrences like helping someone carry their gro-ceries or holding the door open for them. The key is putting the other person’s needs before our own and not expecting anything in return.

THE GREAT COMMISSION: Joy

By Michael Horn, Archdiocesan Evangelization Coordinator

How do we know when we are true Christians? When we have joy even though are circumstances are not what we would like. People in terrible situations and work places have Chris-tian joy because they know the goodness of God and hope in His salvation. Joy can only come from having an intimate relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. Pope Francis provided us with a beautiful apostolic exhortation The Joy of the Gospel to remind us how invaluable joy is in our evangelization ef-forts. Joy is a fruit of gratitude, stemming from a keen aware-ness of the Lord working in our life. Do you want to evangel-ize? Encounter the Lord in the sacraments, in prayer, in your brothers and sisters, in your spouse, in your friends, and in the beauty of creation. Then, being imbued with the presence of God, give Him thanks. This thanksgiving will transform into joy that will attract others to Christ and His Church.

Diaconate Diaper Drive The Permanent Deacons in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, in conjunction with the Respect Life office, are collect-ing diapers through April 16 for infants, toddlers and adults. Donations of diapers should be brought to church and placed in the vestibule. All diapers collected will be donated to assist families in our local community through Birthright in Wentz-ville. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

NO SCHOOL - April 13 - 21 for Easter & Spring Break. School will resume on April 24.

REGISTRATION for the 2017-18 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 info call the school office at 332-5672.

EASTER LILIES If you would like to make a donation for a lily that will be used to help decorate the Church for Easter, please place $10 in an envelope along with your name or the name of who you would like to be re-membered and place it in the collection basket or turn in to the parish office by April 10. The names will be printed in the Easter bulletin.

Annual Priest & Religious Appreciation Banquet Join the St. Charles Serra Club as we celebrate vocations and honor our priests and religious at this year’s apprecia-tion banquet on Mon., Apr. 24 at the St. Charles Conven-tion Center. Tickets are $50 each and the tables seat 10. Show your appreciation to your parish priest for the many blessings he provides throughout the year. Priests, religious and our seminarians are sent invitations to the banquet as our guests. Doors open at 6pm and dinner will be served at 7pm. Call Walter Tochtrop at 636-327-6430 or Trish Seaman at the parish office for tickets to sit at a table with other St. Joseph parishioners. This event is sponsored by the Serra Club of St. Charles to help promote a religious vocations culture.

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY In 1931 our Lord appeared to Sr. Faustina and asked her to spread devotion to His Divine Mercy. He requested that a Feast of Mercy be established. To prepare for this Feast, our Lord asked that a Novena including the recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy be prayed nine days prior to the Feast. The Chaplet will be prayed at 3:00pm in our Church on Good Fri-day to begin this Novena. On April 23 Assumption Church in O’Fallon, MO will be celebrating Divine Mercy Sunday begin-ning at 2:30pm with Eucharistic Adoration, Confessions, Ro-sary, singing of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and ending with Mass at 4:00pm. For more info call 636-734-7663.

Choir practice for the Easter Vigil 8:00pm Mass will be this Monday evening, Apr. 10 at 7pm. All singers welcome! For more information call Connie at 332-6492.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Norbert Dove, father of Dennis Dove; Doris Patton, mother of Linda Wilmes; and Jim Rothermich, brother of Gil Rothermich. May God grant them eternal rest.

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