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Farmington, MissouriSt. Joseph Catholic Church

With us,“Come as You Are”

RCIAMarch 5, 2017

First Sunday of Lent

Please join us forStations of the Cross

each Friday during Lentat 2 pm and 7 pm.

Our prayers are with our 8 Catechumens, 5 Infant Baptisms, 14 Candidates and 4 Coming Home Catholics who will be celebrating the Rite of Sending for Election and

for the Call to Continuing Conversion today.

First Sunday of Lent www.stjosephfarmington.com March 5, 2017 •

Dear Parishioners of St. Joseph

Rite of SendingWe Send Forth our Catechumens andCandidates to the

Cathedral Basilica today We will have 22 individuals joining us in full

communion at our Easter VigilToday at the 10:30 am mass we will celebrate the Rite of Sending for those who are preparing for the Easter Sacraments. Today I will ask the Godparents, sponsors and the community of St. Joseph’s if we feel that our 8 Catechumens, 14 Candidates, 5 children under the age of seven to be baptized and 4 coming home Catholics that have been sincere in their desire to join us and have fully participated in their preparation. After the signing of their name in the Book of the Elect during Mass, we will be boarding a bus to celebrate the Rite of Sending at the Cathedral Basilica, where Archbishop Carlson will officially invite them to the Easter Sacraments. From now until Easter they will be known as the Elect. Please see their photos on pages 6 and 7. We have two chartered buses and will have 80 individuals attending this Rite at the Basilica today.

Our Lenten Fish FriesBegan This Past Friday

We need everyone to help to makethe season one of warm hospitality.

Catholic Parishes are known for many things, the Lenten Fish Fry being one of them. Parishes are often identified and known for their warm hospitality. Our Lenten Fish Fries have done that for us! Our Fish Fries are about bringing the community together and the opportunity for evangelization.

For the last several years the community of Farmington was aglow with our Lenten purple signs advertising our Fish Fries. If you are in need of a new sign or a new stake, please pick one up in the parish center. Please display your fish fry sign in your yard or place of business during Lent. Our School Students will be hosting a 50/50 raffle each week to remember the poor of our community with the proceeds going to the Help the Hungry Bakesale. Our 50/50 drawings be held at 7:30 pm each evening. Our quilters will again offer chances on a beautiful homemade quilt to support their ministry.

Helping with the Spirit of Hospitality at our Fish Fry …

Giving our guests closer parking…

Parking is always at a premium for our parish Fish Fries. In keeping with our Lenten spirit and our continued focus on our spirit of hospitality, if you are working at the fish fry, would you consider parking in the SVDP building parking lot to give our guests a chance for closer parking?

Not only would you be offering this small action for the greater good of our parish, but you could also eat a bit more at the fish fry knowing that you will be walking off a few of the calories by walking to your car!!! ☺

A Note For Our Organizations Hosting the Fish Fries

During the past several years hospitality has been the hallmark of each of our Fish Fries. I’ve had several people approach me asking if we can extend the time of our fish fries. After speaking to several of the organizers it was decided that we will keep our hours as they have been in the past, but we will not start taking down tables and chairs until 7:30 pm. This will aid greatly to our spirit of hospitality by not rushing our guests who come near closing time.

Please let your family and friends know that we do serve until 7:00 pm and that our serving tables will not be taken down until 7:30 pm.

Each week in our bulletin during fish fry season you will find the organizations responsible for hosting the next fish fry. All volunteers are asked to check the schedule posted in the gym just outside the door to the cafeteria for who to check in with for their assigned duties and instructions about procedures such as serving and re-filling drinks, cleaning tables, etc. We appreciate all you do and hope you will eat with your fellow parishioners, or take home your delicious dinner.

Although we cannot provide free meals for our hosting groups, we are still the best deal in town. Our Parish Council asks everyone to please help us to keep our fish fries ones of hospitality and not of solicitation, thus no political fliers are to be distributed on our premises.

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From the Pastor’s Pen


Through the past 12 years our parish has been truly blessed by having Daryl Buchheit share with us his spiritual music and singing talent. He has always been there for us at so many special events, the Bit of Comfort dinners, the Advent by Candlelight evenings, the Men’s Lenten Nights, the past parish missions, our 5:00 Christmas Eve mass and numerous other occasions. I doubt if there is a person in our parish that has not somehow been the recipient of his musical gifts.

On February 24, 2017, Daryl was found unconscious and in cardiac arrest. Mercifully, a passerby found him and provided CPR for 25 minutes until EMS arrived. He made it to the hospital where it was determined that he sustained a 'Widow Maker' heart attack and had a 100% blockage of his artery- Daryl was one of the very few lucky ones, only 5% of those sustaining this type of heart attack survive. As you can imagine, extraordinary medical efforts were made to save Daryl's life and he will continue to need long term medical care and rehab to hopefully regain his heart function and prior physical functioning.

Daryl is the sole provider of his family. Many of you have met his children throughout the years, Madison, Michael, and Mackenzie. All three children are in school and his wife Laura will be providing support, close monitoring and care to him while he begins this long journey to recovery. They are not equipped to handle the loss of income as he will be out of work for at least 6 months to a year, nor the medical bills that will accompany this illness and recovery.

On his GoFundMe page, it states that Daryl's family needs immediate financial help to buy gas, groceries, pay their house and car payment as well as to pay the impending medical bills. I do support GoFundMe causes but they also receive of 5% of the amount raised.

I would like to just make a donation from our parish directly to Daryl’s family and avoid any surcharges. Thus, for those who wish, the money donated in the Poor Boxes at the entrance of our church, for the next

two weekends will go directly to Daryl and his family. If you would like to drop off a gift at the office, you are most welcomed. Please make checks payable to St. Joseph for a tax credit if you wish.

Your help will mean so much to Daryl and his family as this will greatly help his family with expenses and will also offset the financial worry and stress that is present.

Daryl has always been there for us… He has become a true friend to our parish family through the years! I personally thank you so much for any support you can give to help our friend!

What a Blessing Our Lenten Evening of Reflection

was with Jake Whitener$10,100 raised for the Help the Hungry Bakesale

and our adopted School in the Philippines

This past Tuesday, over 120 men from our parish gathered in our parish center for a very special evening with speaker Jake Whitener for fellowship, great food and prayer. Jake’s presentation “Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus” truly helped our men embrace the Lenten season.

My deepest and heartfelt thanks to the 16 men of our parish who served as hosts by bringing food and drinks for a table of eight for this seventh annual evening. It was so neat to see all the tables filled! There was such a sense of community and fellowship. Anyone from our parish could have walked in and sat at any table and felt welcome and comfortable. It is truly a blessing to be a pastor of this parish!

A very special thanks to Ted Cassimatis who followed Jake’s presentation and gave an excellent talk! Thanks also to Tom Prost who provided the prayerful music for the evening that was enjoyed by all.

And Finally. . .Please pick up “The Word Among Us” to help you on your Lenten journey. They will be available in the back of church this weekend.

“Always remember that as long as we keep the Eucharist the center of our lives, everything else will fall in place...of that I am confident”!!!

Blessings of Peace…Fr. Rickey

Please Help Support Daryl Buchheit and

His Family As He Recovers from a Massive Heart Attack...


The Holy SeeMessage of His Holiness

Pope Francis for Lent 2017“The Word is a gift. Other persons are a gift.”

1. The other person is a gift.

The parable begins by presenting its two main characters. The poor man is described in greater detail: he is wretched and lacks the strength even to stand. Lying before the door of the rich man, he fed on the crumbs falling from his table. His body is full of sores and dogs come to lick his wounds (cf. vv. 20-21). The picture is one of great misery; it portrays a man disgraced and pitiful.

The scene is even more dramatic if we consider that the poor man is called Lazarus: a name full of promise, which literally means God helps. This character is not anonymous. His features are clearly delineated and he appears as an individual with his own story. While practically invisible to the rich man, we see and know him as someone familiar. He becomes a face, and as such, a gift, a priceless treasure, a human being whom God loves and cares for, despite his concrete condition as an outcast (cf. Homily, 8 January 2016).

Lazarus teaches us that other persons are a gift. A right relationship with people consists in gratefully recognizing their value. Even the poor person at the door of the rich is not a nuisance, but a summons to conversion and to change. The parable first invites us to open the doors of our heart to others because each person is a gift, whether it be our neighbor or an anonymous pauper. Lent is a favorable season for opening the doors to all those in need and recognizing in them the face of Christ. Each of us meets people like this every day. Each life that we encounter is a gift deserving acceptance, respect and love. The word of God helps us to open our eyes to welcome and love life, especially when it is weak and vulnerable. But in order to do this, we have to take seriously what the Gospel tells us about the rich man.

2. Sin blinds us.

The parable is unsparing in its description of the contradictions associated with the rich man (cf. v. 19). Unlike poor Lazarus, he does not have a name; he is simply called “a rich man”. His opulence was seen in his extravagant and expensive robes. Purple cloth was even more precious than silver and gold, and was thus reserved to divinities (cf. Jer 10:9) and kings (cf. Jg 8:26), while fine linen gave one an almost sacred character. The man was clearly ostentatious about his wealth, and in the habit of displaying it daily: “He feasted sumptuously every day” (v. 19). In him we can catch a dramatic glimpse of the corruption of sin, which progresses in three successive stages: love of money, vanity and pride (cf. Homily, 20 September 2013).

The Apostle Paul tells us that “the love of money is the root of all evils” (1 Tim 6:10). It is the main cause of corruption and a source of envy, strife and suspicion. Money can come to dominate us, even to the point of becoming a tyrannical idol (cf. Evangelii Gaudium, 55). Instead of being an instrument at our service for doing good and showing solidarity towards others, money can chain us and the entire world to a selfish logic that leaves no room for love and hinders peace.

The parable then shows that the rich man’s greed makes him vain. His personality finds expression in appearances, in showing others what he can do. But his appearance masks an interior emptiness. His life is a prisoner to outward appearances, to the most superficial and fleeting aspects of existence (cf. ibid., 62).


The lowest rung of this moral degradation is pride. The rich man dresses like a king and acts like a god, forgetting that he is merely mortal. For those corrupted by love of riches, nothing exists beyond their own ego. Those around them do not come into their line of sight. The result of attachment to money is a sort of blindness. The rich man does not see the poor man who is starving, hurting, lying at his door.

Looking at this character, we can understand why the Gospel so bluntly condemns the love of money: “No one can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or be attached to the first and despise the second. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money” (Mt 6:24).

3. The Word is a gift.

The Gospel of the rich man and Lazarus helps us to make a good preparation for the approach of Easter. The liturgy of Ash Wednesday invites us to an experience quite similar to that of the rich man. When the priest imposes the ashes on our heads, he repeats the words: “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return”. As it turned out, the rich man and the poor man both died, and the greater part of the parable takes place in the afterlife. The two characters suddenly discover that “we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it” (1 Tim 6:7).

We too see what happens in the afterlife. There the rich man speaks at length with Abraham, whom he calls “father” (Lk 16:24.27), as a sign that he belongs to God’s people. This detail makes his life appear all the more contradictory, for until this moment there had been no mention of his relation to God. In fact, there was no place for God in his life. His only god was himself.

The rich man recognizes Lazarus only amid the torments of the afterlife. He wants the poor man to alleviate his suffering with a drop of water. What he asks of Lazarus is similar to what he could have done but never did. Abraham tells him: “During your life you had your fill of good things, just as Lazarus had his fill of bad. Now he is being comforted here while you are in agony” (v. 25). In the afterlife, a kind of fairness is restored and life’s evils are balanced by good.

The parable goes on to offer a message for all Christians. The rich man asks Abraham to send Lazarus to warn his brothers, who are still alive. But Abraham answers: “They have Moses and the prophets, let them listen to them” (v. 29). Countering the rich man’s objections, he adds: “If they will not listen either to Moses or to the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone should rise from the dead” (v. 31).

The rich man’s real problem thus comes to the fore. At the root of all his ills was the failure to heed God’s word. As a result, he no longer loved God and grew to despise his neighbor. The word of God is alive and powerful, capable of converting hearts and leading them back to God. When we close our heart to the gift of God’s word, we end up closing our heart to the gift of our brothers and sisters.

Dear friends, Lent is the favorable season for renewing our encounter with Christ, living in his word, in the sacraments and in our neighbor. The Lord, who overcame the deceptions of the Tempter during the forty days in the desert, shows us the path we must take. May the Holy Spirit lead us on a true journey of conversion, so that we can rediscover the gift of God’s word, be purified of the sin that blinds us, and serve Christ present in our brothers and sisters in need. I encourage all the faithful to express this spiritual renewal also by sharing in the Lenten Campaigns promoted by many Church organizations in different parts of the world, and thus to favor the culture of encounter in our one human family. Let us pray for one another so that, by sharing in the victory of Christ, we may open our doors to the weak and poor. Then we will be able to experience and share to the full the joy of Easter.

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Cassie Black Linda Hicks Tabatha Hickson

Children of the Elect who will be Baptized at the Easter VigilWhitney Hutson Kevin Jennings

RoseAramy Chavez

Mia HutsonBeau Hutson

Carson Hickson

Lane Tyler

Mia Garcia Bentley Hickson

Aiden Vaughn

Please welcome to our Faith Community the following who will join our

Church at the Easter Vigil...

Welcome Catechumens... Those who will be Baptized into our Faith this Easter Vigil


Isabella Sigafoos

Jessica Vaughn Patti Whitener

Robert Sigafoos

Welcome Candidates... Those who will receive full initiation into our Faith Community

Welcome Home... Those who will return to full communion with our Faith Community

Jonathon Hickson Connie Hulsey Corey Hulsey

Kim Tyler Nick Tyler

Dakotah Bender Joey Bender Wyatt Bender Elizabeth Garcia

Jamie Henson

Mary EckhoffRick Bender Kelly Eckhoff Blake Hutson


Sacramental Life Daily Mass Monday thru Friday .................. 7:00 am Friday (All School Mass Aug-May).............. 8:05 am Sunday Mass Observance Saturday ............................................... 5:00 pm Sunday ........... 7:30 am, 9:00 am and 10:30 am Holy Days of Obligation.......... 7 am, 8 am and 7 pm

The Sacrament of ReconciliationSaturdays 4 pm, Sundays 7 am or by appointment

The Sacrament of BaptismBaptisms are held the first Sunday of the monthafter the 10:30 am Mass. Baptismal preparation

class required. Contact the parish office.

The Sacrament of MarriageCelebrated after meeting the bride and groom and

beginning preparation six months before the wedding, in accordance with Archdiocesan Wedding Policy.

Our Pastoral Team Very Rev. Rickey J. Valleroy, V.F. ..................Pastor email: [email protected] Rev. Abe Arganiosa ..................... Associate Pastor email: [email protected]

Deacon Mark Byington............ Permanent Deacon email: [email protected]

Shirley Bieser ........................................... Principal email: [email protected]

Jane Ramos ....Coordinator of Religious Education email: [email protected] Agnes Hinkebein ...................Pastoral Health Care email: [email protected] Lisa Cartee ................... Office / Business Manager email: [email protected] Jessi Howard ...................................Bulletin Editor/ ................................................... Event Coordinator email: [email protected] Jill Patton ....................................RCIA Coordinator email: [email protected]

Brian Wade...................... Maintenance Supervisor Scott Watson ................................Pastoral Council Jim Eaton.............................Financial Commission Ed Brown............................. Cemetery Association Mike Ward .............................Knights of Columbus Parish Business Office Hours

Monday thru Friday • 8:00 am to 3:30 pmPhone (573)756-4250 • Fax (573)756-6938

10 North Long Street • Farmington, MO 63640

Happy Birthday

Happy Anniversary

The Youth Choir is a group of students (grades 5 - 12) who lead the congregation of St. Joseph Parish in song at Sunday liturgies and other special events.

Choir Practice Dates:March 8 • March 22

Mass Dates the Choir Sings at 10:30 am March 12 • March 26

Students must attend the Wednesday choir practice to sing at the 10:30 am mass. Please contact Jane Ramos at [email protected] with any questions.

Youth Choir

March 5Jeanie Gegg

Dione GerwitzDana GilliamCarla Prince

Christine Wencker

Nancy Wilson

March 6Jason CurringtonBryan HubbardCaiden MillerRachel TurnerRiley Turner

March 7Anne Abt

March 9 cont.James GillespieCorey Schrum

March 10Audrey Abt

Ted CassimatisLesley Hughes

Julie PfeiferOllie Schumer

March 11Pat BoatrightNora JanninBetty Medley

Peggy RopelleDiana Yibirin

March 7 cont.Kayla

GalczynskiBarb Gegg

Brent MedleyKim Payne

Emma Petty

March 8Megan Burcham

Drew Fuemmeler

Wyatt HinkebeinPadi Pettus

March 9Hannah

Fingerhut

March 8, 1950Floyd & Charmaine

McFarland

March 10, 2007Brian & Samantha

Wade

Monday: Lenten Weekday Readings: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mt 25:31-46 7:00 am: Edward Huber Family

Tuesday: Lenten Weekday Readings: Is 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-7, 16-19; Mt 6:7-15 7:00 am: Tom Boyer

Wednesday: Lenten Weekday Readings: Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19; Lk 11:29-32 7:00 am: Marie Niedert

Thursday: Lenten Weekday Readings: Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; Mt 7:7-12 7:00 am: George Boyd Friday: Lenten Weekday Readings: Ez 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-8; Mt 5:20-26 7:00 am: Brown & Scherer Families 7:00 am: Dorothy Petinga

Second Sunday of LentSunday Readings: Gn 12:1-4a; Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22; 2 Tm 1:8b-10; Mt 17:1-9Saturday: 5:00 pm: Sam Hulsey

Sunday: 7:30 am: Dolores Fitzgerald 9:00 am: Joe Maloney 10:30 am: Parishioners


Monday, March 6, 2017

St. Joseph Catholic ChurchParish Mission Statement

We are called by our Lord Jesus Christ,to be His church and live His gospel.

We strive to fulfill our baptismal callingby prayer, worship, teaching and insharing our faith and serving others.

Guided by the Holy Spirit andthrough our patron St. Joseph, we

commit ourselves to the responsiblestewardship of all God’s gifts.

SacristansSue Brown, Jayne

Wooldridge, Barb Doss, Geneva Jokerst

Money CountersDonna Black, Mary Brady, Sue Brown, Kathy Neiner,

Debbie Thomure

Ministersof the Liturgy

Saturday, March 115:00 pm Mass

Priest: Fr. Rickey ValleroyDeacon: Deacon Mark ByingtonLector: John Crouch Extraordinary Ministers: Kevin Boatright, Ronald Brooks, Sandi Brooks, Donna Conklin, Rosetta HalterUshers: John Bieser, Buddy Bordewick, Mark Kellogg, Don Trokey Servers: E. Anderson, B. Armes, A. ColemanCantor: Terry Guiley

Sunday, March 127:30 am Mass

Priest: Fr. Rickey ValleroyLector: Stephen HunterExtraordinary Ministers: Dotty Bach, Jerry Bach, Jim Eaton, Chuck Hayden, Rose HaydenUshers: Jerry Bieser, Gerald Hulsey, Dale Jones, Chester OttServers: A. Crawford, C. Watson

9:00 am MassPriest: Fr. Abe ArganiosaLector: Vanessa TrokeyExtraordinary Ministers: Jane Allen, Adam Barnhouse, Jana Dore, Sandi Kracke, Charlotte Vander BolUshers: John England, Dylan Kelso, George Kracke, John PodolakServers: E. Barnhouse, N. Berkbigler, A. EnglandCantor: Tom Berkbigler

10:30 am MassPriest: Fr. Abe ArganiosaDeacon: Deacon Mark ByingtonLector: Jennifer RhodusExtraordinary Ministers: Maggie Carr, Deanna Dickerson, Phyllis LaPlant, Terri RoneyUshers: Bob Bone, Roy Henson, Bryan Hubbard, Chris McTearnenServers: G. Bone, E. O’Hara, Y. RizoCantor: Rita Boyd

Eucharistic Celebrationsand Mass Intentions

Week of March 6 - 12


Sunday, February 26, 2017

Adult Envelopes $6,857.00 Loose $655.74 Ash Wednesday $4.00 Children’s Envelope $1.00 Electronic Deposit $500.00 $8,017.74

Current Week Year to DateSunday Offering $8,017.74 $430,139.97Budgeted Amount $11,350.00 $397,250.00Shortage/Overage ($3,332.26) $32,889.97

Partners in Education $150.00Maintenance and Repair $5.00Women of Mary $25.00Our Father’s Table $40.00Total for Specials $220.00

Thank You For Your Faithfulness!!!

Together we pray for those who are sick. (Parishioners names are in bold.)

Please pray for: Jennifer B., Mildred Bourisaw, Pat Allen, Tom Wyse, Hal Gray, Rosemary Dunaway, Sue Pruetzel, Pat Hasler, Laura McFarland, Daryl Buchheit, Em Roth, Bernice Winch, Laura Tellmann, Maxine Danieley, Lesley Hughes, Dylan S., Sandy Hoehn, Cathy Reichert, Doretta Herzog, Mary Visnovske, Linda & Buddy Bordewick, Monica Thomas, Mary Ann Burns, Amanda Van Buren Maners, Alan Tiller, Debbie Frein, Ben Schlager, Steve Paroski, Jamie McHalfey, Sharon Partney, Ethel Backer, Alison Fischbeck, Mary Lou Schuler, Jon Cozean, Mark Huels, John Crouch and Mary Jane Huffaker.

To add someone to the prayer list contact Pat Boatright at [email protected] or 756-4169.

Your Gifts to God and Parish

Our petition for this week will be:“For a Lenten Season that transforms souls.”

Come join us for our weekly Parish Rosary to be offered this

Wednesday

“He suffered under Potius Pilate, was crucified, died and was

buried” for us.

Do you recognize the Son of God in His real presence? Visit Him in our

Eucharistic Adoration...

Thursdays • 7:30 am - 7:30 pm First Friday of the month 9:00 am - 2:15 pm

For more information contact Charlie and Rita Boyd at 756-2383 • [email protected]

Thursday Eucharistic Adoration

Wednesday Rosary

Wednesday Reconciliation

Opportunities for spiritual growth this week in our parish...

To help you upon your Lenten journey... A priest will be

available for Reconciliation Wednesdays

6:30 - 7:00 pm

Support the Parkland PregnancyResource Center

Call 431-6001 or email [email protected]

to order by 3:30 pm the day prior.

Come by PRC and pick up your lunch!!

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11am to 1pm*FREE DELIVER

March 9 • April 13 • May 11June 8 • July 13 • Aug. 10

Sept. 14 • Oct. 12

Stations of the CrossFridays During Lent2:00 pm & 7:00 pm


A Message from Fr. Abe...

Our Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent presents Jesus’ Temptation. The Lord went up the mountain to pray and fasted for 40 days and nights. Satan then came to temp Him but He repulsed him at every turn. Forty days of prayer and fasting is a powerful spiritual weapon. Thus, following Jesus, the Church provides us with the annual Lenten Season (40 days) to strengthen us spiritually against the temptations of life. Each of us has to confront our own demons; we can only win if we are spiritually ready the way Jesus did.

Satan’s temptation has three levels which correspond to our moral-spiritual struggles:

1st: Turning stone into bread. The seduction of money and material things wherein the effect in souls is Corruption through Addiction. All of us are tempted by an easy way where we want instant money… to be instantly rich. Instead of the regular way of diligent, hard work and honest business, some are too lazy and rely only on others or much worse they kill, manipulate and deceive to acquire wealth. Instead, Jesus pointed to an honest way of living by the sweat of our hands. The antidote is the religious vow of poverty or simplicity of life in total trust in God.

2nd: Throw yourself from the parapet of the Temple; the angels will raise you up: If we throw ourselves from the top of the building we shall die. God loves us but by law of gravity we shall be crushed on the ground. This is the seduction of being popular by illusion. Some want to be on the top, to be the ‘star’ that others will look upon with jealousy because we are more beautiful, more popular than others. Instead of taking the bait, Jesus offers humility and a heart of purity with God.

3rd: To gain the kingdoms of the world by serving Satan: This is the temptation of Power. It is easy to attach ourselves to powerful politicians or king or great businessmen who can give us greater salary or better political connections but in return we have to sell our souls by implementing or promoting abortion, euthanasia, pornography and others which are contrary to the Gospel values. Jesus responded by Obedience to the will of God.

Let us choose the way of the Lord and avoid the easy way that is tempting yet leads to destruction.

The Lord’s Weapon in Defeating TemptationsBy: Fr. Abe Arganiosa

Mark Your Calendars for a Lenten Retreat Day with Fr. Abe Arganiosa. . .

Tuesday, March 211:00 - 3:00 pm • Parish Center

Please call the parish of ice to sign up!

“Come Holy Spirit... Renew the Face of the Earth”

The focus of our spiritual reflection is the spirit of the Lord wherein He mysteriously works for our sanctification and transforms us to a life of holiness. We shall study the presence of the Holy Spirit in the Bible and deepen our knowledge and love of him through those biblical passages and reflect on them in the light of the salvation given to us by Christ.

~Father Abe


“It is written: The Lord, your God, shall you

worship and him alone shall you serve.”

Matthew 4:10

Tempted between the riches and power of this world and service to God, Jesus chose service to His Father.

If we wish to truly follow Jesus, we, too, must decide to turn away from power and riches and put God at the center of our lives. How is God calling you to serve?

Host Parish Organizations Fish Fry Dates“Offering the best hospitality in St. Francois County”

THIS FRIDAY - March 10PSR Families, PSR Faculty, Knights of Columbus,

5:00, 9:00 & 10:30 Choirs, St. Catherine’s Parishioners

March 17RCIA Team, Candidates and Catechumens, St. Vincent de Paul Volunteers,

Finance Board, ACTS community, Respect Life Committee, Our Father’s Table

March 24School and Preschool Families, School & Preschool Faculty,

School Board, Pastoral Council Members

March 31RCIA Team, Candidates and Catechumens, Knights of Columbus,

5:00, 9:00 & 10:30 Choirs, St. Catherine’s Parishioners

April 7PSR Families, PSR Faculty, St. Vincent de Paul Volunteers,

Finance Board, ACTS community, Respect Life Committee, Our Father’s Table, All Parishioners invited to host!

Next Saturday, March 11, 2017

This year’s theme... Around the WorldDoors open at 6:00 pm • Event at 7:00 pm

Call Now to Reserve Your Team’s Table!Table price $120

(Max of 8 players per table/must be 18 or older)For Reservations:

Call Jane Ramos at 573-756-6312 x314Or email [email protected]

Next Sat rdayTrivia Night at St. Joseph


KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ST. JOSEPH COUNCIL 12332 Farmington gave $16,464.00 and 4,910 hours in Personal Service to

Charitable and Benevolent Activities in 2016Sounds like a pretty good headline? These totals represent a remarkable outpouring

of generosity - not only in money but personal commitment on the part of Knights in Farmington.

How would you like to be involved?

Membership DriveNext Weekend

March 11 & 12 after all Masses

To join the Knights you must be male, eighteen years old and be a Practical Catholic in union with the Holy See. Dues are $30.00 a year and include manymember benefits. Please consider joining our council. Knights and their families have the

opportunity to become involved in our council's charitable, faith-based and social programs.

We would like to offer you the opportunity to join us in our work for GOD and neighbor.

Our council has undertaken many activities that benefit our parish and community, such as;

Church Activities: Supporting our Catholic School $9,000.00, Sponsored seminaries $300.00, Religious Information $1,170.00,

Church support $3,190.00.

Community Activities: Special Olympics/ Intellectual Disabilities $2,195.00, Global Wheelchair Mission $150.00.

Culture of Life Activities: Birthright/PRC $2,764.00. Youth Activities: Scholarships, Coats for kids, Misc. $1,904.00.

There are 156 Knights of Columbus members in Council #12332. As a member, you will strengthen your faith and become a better Catholic, husband and father. Through your support of our parish and community, you will form friendships with fellow Knights that can last a lifetime.

As much good as our council has done over the past year, we could do even more with your help. We invite you to join our council today and help us be the

difference in our parish and community.

Thank You, Michael Ward, Grand Knight (573) 760-8800CAPTIVATE JESUS!

CHARITY • UNITY • FRATERNITY • PATRIOTISM

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Knights of Columbus Meeting:

Wednesday, March 87:00 pm • Parish Center

Join us for the Knights of Columbus

Blood Drive March 12 • Gym

8:00 am-12:30 pm

Strong Academics in the Catholic Tradition


Open Tuesday and Friday9:00 am - 12:00 pm

For assistance call 756-0997Our food pantry serves people in the

St. Francois county regardless of race, sex, national origin,

religion, or age.

Lent is a call to “give alms for the poor.” Wherever you live in the parish, there are poor families within walking distance of your home. When in need, they ring the rectory bell. They are, in effect, ringing your doorbell.

Coming up in our Parish...

March 22Mary’s Way of the Cross

March 26Our Father’s Table

March 31Living Stations

April 14-16Holy Triduum

May 3Women of MaryRetreat Day

May 6D.C. BBQ Fundraiser

Now EnrollingPreschool - 8th grade

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St. Joseph Catholic School

St. Joseph Parish’s

St. Vincent de Paul

Food Pantry

This Week in Our Parish...

Monday • March 6Washington D.C. Reunion6:30 pm • Parish Center

Tuesday • March 7St. Vincent de Paul Meeting12:30 pm • Parish Center

Mystery of God Class7:00 pm • Parish Center

Wednesday • March 8Vocation Day 7th & 8th Grade8:00 am • Leaving from Carleton St. side gym entrance

PSR6:00 pm • Church & School

Rosary 7:15 pm • Church

Knights of Columbus Meeting7:00 pm • Parish Center

Thursday • March 9Eucharistic Adoration7:30 am- 7:30 pm • Church

RCIA6:00 pm • Meet, Eat and Greet6:30 pm • Class begins

Friday • March 10Fish Fry4:00 - 7:00 pm • School Gym

Stations of the Cross2:00 & 7:00 pm • Church

Saturday • March 11Trivia NightDoors Open at 6:00 pmEvent Begins at 7:00 pm

Sunday • March 12Knights of ColumbusBlood Drive 8:00 am - 12:00 pmMembership Drive after all Masses

With Our Heartfelt Thanks...Our RCIA Leaders, Team and participants would like to thank Donna Black, Anne Crawford, Kathy Crouch, Connie Grindel, Wilma Kernan, Ann Lutsch, Michelle Podolak, Lisa Pratte, for a great meal and dessert last week!!

Mother and Daughter Seeks Lodging in Exchange for Help Around the House

Need some help around the house? A very kind lady and her daughter from South America are looking for an opportunity to help someone in their home (cleaning, cooking, etc.) for lodging. Please call the parish office for more information.

This week’s topic will be:

The Way of the Cross &

A Walk Through the Stations of the Cross

Coffman, MissouriFounded in 1887

Canonical Parish 1919

St. Catherine of AlexandriaSaturday, March 11

Celebrant Fr. Rickey Valleroy

LectorJoyce Heberlie

Extraordinary MinistersJimmy & Susie Herzog

Offertory BearersTom & Linda Smith

Mass IntentionRita Shelton

Saturday 7:30 pm Mass

Your Gifts to God and ParishSaturday, February 25, 2017

Adult Collection ..........................$760.00Ash Wednesday ...........................$10.00Cemetery Fund...........................$100.00Loose............................................$22.45Total............................................$892.45

Parish Council President: Jimmy Herzog


A Note from Fr. Rickey. . .St. Catherine parishioners are scheduled to help at St. Joseph’s Fish Frys on March 10 & 31. Mark your calendars! Stations of the Cross will be Wednesday, March 29 at 7:00 pm (confessions and adoration will be for an hour following) and on Good Friday, April 14 at 1:00 pm.Easter Mass will be Sunday, April 16 at 10:00 am... Please note the time change!

Blessings of Peace…Fr. Rickey

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