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.

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.

March 22, 2015 FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

37TH SUNDAY OF CURRENT FISCAL YEAR…...$11,214 37TH SUNDAY OF LAST FISCAL YEAR…………....$6,998

July 1 thru June 30 Year-to-Date CURRENT FISCAL YEAR…….…..……...…...…….$365,577

2013-14 FISCAL YEAR………….....…..……......$348,824

2012-13 Fiscal Year……………………….…..$358,128

March 23 through 29

Mass Intentions

Mon 8:00 a.m. Joe Wilmes Family L & D Tue 8:00 a.m. Jim Brugmann Tue 7:00 p.m. Ruby Orf Wed 8:00 a.m. Ruth Heitman Thu 8:00 a.m. Ethel Miller Fri 8:00 a.m. Helen Orf Fri 7:00 p.m. Joan Mennemeier Sat 5:15 p.m. Elizabeth Greco Sun 7:30 a.m. Glenn & Mary Ann Schroer Sun 10:00 a.m. Al & Ruth Heitman

Server’s Schedule

Monday thru Friday 8:00am Andrew Schwerdt & Cole Riggleman Sat 5:15pm Nicholas Cornett & Ben Cornett Cross Bearer: Andrew Cornett Sun 7:30am Dustin Dove & Kyle Bampton 10:00am Emmett Dalton & Jackson Blair Cross Bearer: Luke Marut

Lectors

Sat 5:15pm Rita Schulte & Kathy Pavloff Sun 7:30am Vickie Gilb Sun 10:00am Margie Wilmes

Ushers

Sat 5:15pm Bill Luetkenhaus & Gary Prinster Sun 7:30am Dave Richardson & John Knobbe Sun 10:00am Ray Orf & Paul Kerkemeyer

Gift Family

Sat 5:15pm Norm Ritter Family Sun 7:30am Joe Kersting Family Sun 10:00am Jeff Wilson Family

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Sat 5:15pm Brian Aston, Esther Aston, Judy Orf Sun 7:30am Deacon Billing, Pat Wilmes, Tom Schaefer Sun 10:00am Deacon Harrison, Carolyn Richardson, Rick Bampton

Rosary

Sat 4:50pm Rita Schulte

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! Hail Mary

Why does the Church honor Mary? Simply, she is the Mother of God and the Mother of the Church. “The faithful see in Mary an image and an anticipation of the resurrection that awaits them and they invoke her as advocate, helper, benefac- tress and mediatrix” (Compendium, 197). Much of the text of the Hail Mary is taken from the Gospel of Luke. Do you have a devotion to Mary?

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Fridays during Lent Stations of the Cross at 2:30pm & 6:30pm Mass at 8:00am & 7:00pm Confessions before the 8am Mass and after the 7:00pm Mass

On Sat., April 25 at 10:00 a.m. eighteen second graders will receive their First Holy Communion:

I ask that each of you pick one of these children and pray for him or her for the next five weeks as they prepare to receive Our Lord in Holy Communion for the first time. On Holy Thursday night, the Youth Group will be assisting me throughout Mass. They will be doing all the litur- gical roles as well as participating in the Washing of the Feet. I encourage everyone to go to confession sometime before Holy Week and participate in the Holy Week services as this will better prepare you for the celebration of Easter. You will find inserted in the inside cover of the mis- salettes the “Prayer Process” by Matthew Kelly. This was taken from his book The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic. The Parish Council and I felt that this should be made readily available to all our parishioners. Extra copies are available in the vestibule. Let us pray for one another this week.

Father Bob Samson

Elle Bampton Charley Baxter Shelby Bethmann Alex Blair Ella Fister Mason Grosvenor

Brooke Headley Aiden Leahy Sophia Martin Andrew McCullough Dorthy McMillen Jessica Mennemeier

Ally Moore Meaghan Popp Amy Prinster Elliania Weiler Luke Wheadon Atticus Wilmes

Sacred Heart Quilt Social - Sun., Mar. 22 at the K of C Hall in Troy, MO. Doors open at 11:30am. Bingo starts at 1pm. Vacation Bible School - The next adult planning meeting is Mon., Mar. 23 at 6:30pm at St. Theodore Parish. You don’t have to have children in the program to be a volunteer. For more info call Katie Grau at 901-734-9819. Modeling the Father: A Dad’s Spiritual Role in the Family - Wed., Mar. 25 from 7-8:30pm at St. Peter’s Parish in Kirk- wood, MO. Speaker Brian Niebrugge will discuss the irre- placeable role of a father in God’s revelation to his children and share concrete ideas to develop a plan. Please send an email to stpeteryoungfamilies@gmail.com if you plan to attend. Mother/Daughter Program for 10-12 yr. old girls and their mothers - Sun., Mar. 29 from 1-4pm at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. Topics will include modesty and values. Cost of $45/ family includes a light lunch. To register call 314-991-0327. Catholic Homeschool Conference - Mar. 27-28 at the Cardinal Rigali Pastoral Center. To register or for more info visit www.stlouiscatholichomeschool.com or call 314-918-0639. Nexus Pro-Life Conference for Students - Sat., Mar. 28 from 7:30am-5:30pm at Chaminade High School. Sponsored by Coalition for Life. To register, call 314-827-4039. Peggy Boswell John Cabelka

Parker Calbreath Kelly Combs Cindy Curry John Dungan David Geerts Mike Goggins Janet Hall Jim & Lou Healey

Mikayla Hoff Julie Isaak Carolyn Johnson Chuck Kincaid Theresa Knarr Vince Knaust Donny Kopmann Jill Luetkenhaus Marvin Miller Betty Piel

Judy Powers Fr. Steve Robeson Lucille Rothermich Joaquin Serrano Phil Seyer Pat Vogt Schroer Rick Vogt John Wadsworth Karen Wortmann

Stewardship Awareness “’I will be their God and they shall be my people.” Jeremiah 31:33 What does it mean to be God’s people? It means we recognize that everything we have and everything we are belongs to God. We aren’t owners of anything, we are merely “stewards” of the gifts God has given us. It means we are willing to use our gifts and our lives to care for our neighbors and the world, just as God cares for us.

JOSEPHVILLE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Josephville Knights of Columbus Meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of each month at 7pm in the cafeteria.

The next meeting is this Thu., Mar. 26. Any men interested in joining may come at 7:30pm or call Grand Knight Larry Bean at 636-541-7991 for more information.

Dinner Auction: Saturday, June 20th ∗ We are looking for donations for silent/oral auction items.

Contact Tina Mulnix at 636-639-9605 or Rachel Martin at 314-740-1422 to set up a time to turn in donations or ask questions.

∗ 50/50 Raffle tickets are on sale now. Cost is $25 per ticket and winning ticket will be drawn the night of the auction. Want a ticket? Contact Heather Martin at 636-578-0341 to purchase one.

∗ SAVE THE DATE: Dinner Auction tickets go on sale the weekend of Apr. 11 after all Masses. Tickets are $30/ea.

MEMBERS CLUB DINNER The Members Club Dinner originally scheduled for Sat., Feb. 21 was postponed due to the forecasted inclement weather for that evening. It has been rescheduled for Sun., Mar. 29 at 5pm. To make reservations, call Renee Gorman at 636-887-0856.

Women’s ACTS Retreat Come join other women (must be 18) from St. Joseph and St. Theodore parishes for the 2015 Women’s ACTS retreat Week- end being held at LaSalle Retreat Center in Glencoe, MO near Eureka, April 9-12. To register or for more information, contact Leanne Mennemeier at 636-795-5765.

NO SCHOOL - Apr. 2-10 for Easter & Spring Break. School will resume on Mon., Apr. 13.

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