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 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.

37TH SUNDAY OF CURRENT FISCAL YEAR…...$12,880

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July 1 thru June 30 Year-to-Date CURRENT FISCAL YEAR ACTUAL……...……..…$370,521

CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET…….…..…….$372,113

Difference…………………………………..…...…..…-$1,592

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 20, 2016 PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION

March 21 through 27

Mass Intentions

Mon 8:00 a.m. Joe Wilmes Family L & D Tue 8:00 a.m. Paul Rothermich Tue 7:00 p.m. Judy Orf Wed 8:00 a.m. Blake Gorman Thu 7:00 p.m. Walter Tochtrop Family Sat 7:30 p.m. Larry Wilmes Sun 7:30 a.m. Karen Wortmann Sun 10:00 a.m. Parish

Server’s Schedule

Monday thru Wednesday 8:00am Shannon Popp & Madelyn Mulnix Thu 7:00pm Kyle Marut & Emmett Dalton Cross Bearer: Thomas Citrowske Fri 7:00pm Grace Orf & Madelyn Mulnix Sat 7:30pm Alexis Kersting, Dylan Winkleman Anthony Cyr, Thomas Citrowske Sun 7:30am Olivia Knobbe & Grace Knobbe 10:00am Colin Courtois & Jacob Tyler Cross Bearer: Tate Mulnix

Lectors

Thu 7:00pm Paulette Wilmes Fri 7:00pm Leanne Mennemeier Sat 5:15pm Dolores Fitzgerald, Carolyn Richardson, Nick Ferranto, Linda Ritter, Linda Wilmes Sun 7:30am Paulette Wilmes Sun 10:00am Scott Cornett

Ushers

Thu 7:00pm Don Roettger & Alois Orf Fri 7:00pm Ralph Orf & Ambrose Duello Sat 7:30pm Norm Ritter & Tony Cyr Sun 7:30am Mike Hemmer & John Hoff Sun 10:00am Walter Tochtrop & Bob Dotta

Gift Family

Thu 7:00pm Brian Aston Family Sat 7:30pm Timothy Byrd Family Sun 7:30am Larry & JoAnn Meyer Sun 10:00am Gabriel Tyler Family

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

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

Rosary

Sat 7:00pm Alois & Judy Orf

Vocation Prayer Chalice

Jerry & Mary Ann Fischer

Dynamic Catholic, Alive! Palm Sunday and the Passion

On this Palm Sunday, we experience the Passion of Christ: His Agony in the Garden, betrayal by Judas, denial by Peter, trial, mockery, Way of the Cross, and Crucifixion. “By His Passion, Christ delivered us from Satan and from sin. He merited for us the new life in the Holy Spirit. His grace restores what sin had damaged in us” (CCC, 1708). Christ also provides a new meaning for suffering by giving it redemptive power. How can you sanctify the suffering in your life?

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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 7:30pm. 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 Regina Cleri which is a residence in the Archdio-cese for retired priests.

We welcome into our parish family on Holy Saturday night Timothy Byrd and Valarie Schneider. Having been a part of our RCIA Program this year, we bring them into full com-munion with the Catholic Church at the Holy Saturday evening service. There will be a reception for all after the Saturday eve-ning Mass to welcome our new parish members into our parish family. I want to thank Deacon David Billing for coordinating our RCIA program this year. Thanks to all who have made a donation towards lilies for our Church this Easter. Also, please consider being part of our Church choir for the Easter Vigil ceremony. Practice is Mon., Mar. 21 at 7pm. Men, women, young and old are all welcome. Let us pray for each other during this Holy Week.

Father Bob Samson

NO SCHOOL - Mar. 24-28 for Easter Break. School will resume on Tue., Mar. 29.

REGISTRATION for the 2016-17 school year for PreK-8th grade is open to new families. PreK offers 2, 3, and 5 full and half day programs for 3-year and 4-year olds. For more info call the school office at 332-5672.

JOSEPHVILLE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Josephville Knights of Columbus next meeting will be Thu., Mar. 31 at 7pm. Any men interested in joining may

come at 7:30pm or call Grand Knight Larry Bean at 636-541-7991 for more information.

Quilt Social - Sun., Mar. 20 at Immaculate Conception K of C Hall in Old Monroe. Doors open at 11:30am. Bingo at 1pm. Annual Chicken Dinner - Sun., Mar. 20 from 11am-6pm at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Dutzow, MO. Dine-in or carry-out. Way of the Cross Scriptural Presentation - Tue., Mar. 22 at 7:30pm at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, IL. For more info call 618-397-6700 or visit snows.org/holyweek. Slow Pitch Softball for men age 55 and over is now accepting applications for the 2016 season. Games will be played on Wednesdays at 5pm in St. Charles. For more info and for sign-ups call 636-281-0891. Birthright’s First 5K & 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk - Sat., Apr. 23 at 9am in Lake St. Louis. Registration fee is $35 if register before April 23. Sign up at https://register.chronotrack.com/r/19064. Volunteers are needed for this event. Please call 636-327-8170 if you can help. Young Catholic Musicians Orchestra is searching for a flute and violin player, age 11-16 and also searching for boy singers. The YCM leads music for Mass once each month at churches throughout the Archdiocese. For more info call 314-231-7464 or visit www.archst.org/musicians. Shadow a Crusader - Seventh and eighth grade students are invited to spend a day at St. Dominic High School attending classes with a student. To schedule an appointment, contact Michael Wade at 636-240-8303 or at mwade@stdominichs.org. St. Louis Faith Journeys is a program on AM 1460 KHOJ Catholic Radio every Tue. at 7:30am and Sat. at 3:30pm. The show highlights converts and reverts to the Catholic faith.

Peggy Boswell Mike Brown Gene Crabtree John Dungan Dave Geerts Karla Haddock Alice Heppermann

Mikayla Hoff William Kerpash Donny Kopmann Ken Lenk Lucy Menne Emma Nave Judy Orf

Anthony Rioux Pat Vogt Schroer Betty Tochtrop Tim Tuschhoff Rick Vogt Jim Wilmeth Regina Zoellner

Stewardship Awareness “I tell you, Peter, before the cock crows this day, you will deny three times that you know me.” Luke 22:34 How many times have you heard someone make a disparaging com-ment about Jesus or the Catholic faith? How do you react? Do you remain quiet not to cause a disturbance or worst yet, because you don’t want your friends or family to think negatively about you? Pray for the courage to speak up and enter into a respectful dialogue.

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 April 4th at the St. Charles Convention Center. Tickets are $50 each and the tables seat 10. Show your appreciation to your parish priest for the many bless-ings 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 Wal-ter Tochtrop at 636-327-6430 or Trish Seaman at the parish office by Mar. 22 for tickets to sit at a table with other St. Jo-seph parishioners. This event is sponsored by the Serra Club of St. Charles to help promote a religious vocations culture.

St. Joseph Members Club Become a member now and be included in the next twelve $100 raffle drawings and two $500 grand raffle drawings! The cost to become a member is $100. As a member you also receive a dinner for two. For more info call Nancy 636-332-3693.

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 remembered and place it in the rectory mailbox by March 20. The names will be printed in the Easter bulletin.

Choir practice for the Easter Vigil 7:30pm Mass will be this Monday evening, Mar. 21 at 7pm. All singers welcome! For more information call Connie at 332-6492.

Parish School of Religion News Parish children in grades 1-8 who attend public schools need to be enrolled in our Parish School of Religion Program which meets on Wednesdays during the school year. Registration for the 2016-17 school year will take place in the school on Wed., Apr. 13 between 6:15-7:30pm. Those currently in the PSR pro-gram will need to re-register on this date.

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 saying, “My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and a shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners...The soul that will go to Confes-sion and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment...It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy.” On April 30, 2000 at the canonization of Sr. Faustina, Pope John Paul II declared that the Second Sunday of Easter would be recognized in the Church as “Divine Mercy Sunday.” To prepare for this Feast, our Lord asked that a No-vena 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 Friday to begin this Novena. On April 3rd, Assumption Church in O’Fallon, MO will be celebrating Divine Mercy Sunday beginning at 2:30pm with Eucharistic Adoration, Confessions, Rosary, singing of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and ending with Mass at 4:00pm.

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