Saint Joseph Catholic Church 228 East Hendricks Street - Shelbyville, IN Parish Office: School:

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1 Saint Joseph Catholic Church 228 East Hendricks Street - Shelbyville, IN Parish Office: School: Saint Vincent DePaul Catholic Church 4218 E. Michigan Road - Shelbyville, IN Parish Office:

2 Mass Schedule Saturday 5:00 p.m. St. Joseph Sunday 8:45 a.m. St. Vincent 10:30 a.m. St. Joseph 1:00 p.m. St. Joseph (Spanish) Monday 5:00 p.m. St. Vincent Tuesday 8:15 a.m. St. Joseph 5:00 p.m. St. Joseph Wednesday 8:00 a.m. St. Vincent Thursday No Mass Friday 8:15 a.m. St. Joseph 6:00 p.m. St. Joseph (1st Fri only) Confession Schedule Saturday 4:00 p.m. St. Joseph Sunday 8:15 a.m. St. Vincent 2:00 p.m. St. Joseph Monday Noon St. Joseph 5:30 p.m. St. Vincent Friday Noon St. Joseph By Appointment Anytime. Call Fr. Mike s cell phone at Mass Intentions For The Week Saturday July 28, :00 pm For the Parishioners Intentions Sunday July 29, :45 am Carl Federle 10:30 am For Living and Deceased Members of the Gilles Family 1:00 pm Martin Gutierrez Negrete Monday July 30, :00 pm Jim Beyer Tuesday July 31, :15 am No Mass 5:00 pm Dorine Wolsiefer Wednesday August 1, :00 am Antoinette Schwering Thursday August 2, No Mass Friday August 3, :15 am For the Miner Family 6:00 pm Fr. Mike Saturday August 4, :00 pm Thomas Howley Sunday August 5, :45 am Daniel Pollman 10:30 am Leroy Mathies 1:00 pm Teresa Zuniga Rivera Adoration Schedule Mon & Fri Noon-1:00 p.m. St. Joseph Monday 5:30-6:00 p.m. St. Vincent 6:00-7:00 p.m. St. Joseph 1st Friday 9:00 a.m. Fri - 9:00 a.m. Sat St. Joseph Rosary Saturday 4:30 p.m. St. Joseph Wednesday 5:30 p.m. St. Vincent Adoration and Vespers During the summer, we will not have a Tuesday 8:15 a.m. School Mass and Wednesday evening Adoration and Vespers at 6:00 p.m. at St. Joseph. Bulletin Submission Please submit your written and items for the bulletin by 9:00 a.m. on Monday. Please send to: Bulletin@sjsshelbyville.org All items must be received by 9:00 a.m. on Monday in order to be included in the bulletin for the following weekend. Thank you! Thank You! This bulletin is furnished to the Parish without charge. The advertisements that appear on the back of the bulletin completely defray all publishing costs. Please patronize these sponsors as a thank you for their kind generosity. Readings for the week of July 29 August 5 Sunday: 2 Kgs 4:42-44; Ps 145:10-11, 15-18; Eph 4:1-6; Jn 6:1-15 Monday: Jer 13:1-11; Dt 32:18-21; Mt 13:31-35 Tuesday: Jer 14:17-22; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Mt 13:36-43 Wednesday: Jer 15:10, 16-21; Ps 59:2-4, 10-11, 17-18; Mt 13:44-46 Thursday: Jer 18:1-6; Ps 146:1b-6ab; Mt 13:47-53 Friday: Jer 26:1-9; Ps 69:5, 8-10, 14; Mt 13:54-58 Saturday: Jer 26:11-16, 24; Ps 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 14:1-12 Sunday: Ex 16:2-4, 12-15; Ps 78:3-4, 23-25, 54; Eph 4:17, 20-24; Jn 6:24-35

3 From the Desk of Fr. Mike Dear Friends, Today we welcome Fr. Bill Ernst! As some remember, Fr. Ernst served as pastor of St. Joe s from 1977 until He had been the associate pastor here a few years earlier, so it was a happy homecoming for him to be assigned as the pastor. We welcome him warmly today. I will always be thankful that Fr. Ernst was among the concelebrants at my first Mass a few years ago. I returned from pilgrimage last Thursday, but left shortly thereafter to do a wedding for a close childhood friend. He and I were friends in grade school, high school, and college. I will be back in time for the meet and greet with Principal Tush right after the 10:30 am Mass. All are invited to that. Many thanks to the PTO for planning it. Lots of things are revving up for the coming year school, family faith formation, bible studies, confirmation prep, etc. Watch the bulletin for many more details. I pondered many things on my pilgrimage. I will send out via flocknote my reflections, partly in the hopes that some of you might join one of the pilgrimages I lead in the future. One of the things I pondered is that life is so very, very short. Sometimes tragedies strike that bring this fact home very pointedly. But every moment is a gift. Life is simply too short to be nasty to each other. If you have an ax to grind, or a grudge you re holding onto, or some fear of this or that.let it go. And then love. My prayers and love! Fr. Mike Today s Readings First Reading When they had eaten, there was some left over, as the L had said (2 Kings 4:42-44). Psalm The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs (Psalm 145). Second Reading Strive to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace (Ephesians 4:1-6). Gospel Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted (John 6:1-15). Ask Seminarian Owen Duckett Question: My adult daughter has left the practice of her Catholic Faith. I feel like I failed as a parent and this causes me much distress. What can I do? Answer: Though it is bitter in nature, you can take some consolation in the fact that you are by no means the first parent to suffer silently in this way. Consider the example of St. Monica who labored in prayer for years and years until her son, later St. Augustine (one of the greatest doctors of the Church), found the Faith. Your first priority as a parent is to not allow yourself to fall into despair. The Great Deceiver uses situations such as these to drag down two souls at once, first the poor son/daughter who has carelessly abandoned Mother Church, and then the loving and faithful parent who loses hope. Do not allow him to win you over too if you truly desire to help your child. And so following the example of St. Monica, use this cross as an opportunity to share in the sufferings of Christ and to be closer united to Him. Go to Mass as often as you possibly can and make an offering of yourself and all of these troubles to Christ, ask Him to take up these worries just as He bore our sins on Cavalry. Once you have obtained a strengthening of personal sanctity, continue to pray and offer little sacrifices daily for your child. Look for opportunities that the Holy Spirit may reveal to you by which you can replant the seeds of the Faith in your daughter s life. Pray to our Lord for very specific things, e.g. Lord please help N. to develop friendships in her work and personal life that will bring her back to you. Give her someone to set a good example of what it means to live the Catholic Faith so that she may embrace it again. Trust in the promise of our Lord at the end of Matthew s Gospel, Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Pray through the intercession of the saints and in particular Saint Monica and St. Jude (patron of desperate causes). We are instruments of God s grace, nothing more. Each person is given the grace necessary for salvation, some may simply require a bit more than others. God only permits trials for our own strengthening. Embrace this trial and find joy in the midst of suffering, something radically Christian after all. Do you have a question? Submit it online at stjoeshelby.org!

4 July 1, Sunday Collection Budgeted Sunday Collection: $ 14, Total Sunday Collection: $ 11, Sunday s Surplus (Deficit): $ (2,444.67) Kenya Mission Collection: $ 2, Year-To-Date Collection YTD Collection Budget: $ 56, YTD Collection Total: $ 53, YTD Surplus (Deficit): $ (3,797.51) Thanks for your generosity! It is amazing what God can do when we are generous. Please be sure to remember St. Joseph Parish in your will! St. Joseph News St. Joseph Parish Office The St. Joseph Parish Office address is 228 East Hendricks Street, Shelbyville, IN Please use this address to send all correspondence to Fr. Mike, St. Joseph Church or the Parish Office. The Post Office will no longer deliver the mail to the old address. Thank you for your help. St. Joseph Church Picture Board If you ran out of time and didn t complete your picture board, you have another chance! We would like to display them again in November at the parish mission on November 17-20, Please consider putting a poster together and dropping it at the parish office. We would like to see your connection to St. Joe! If I have yours, I will keep them until November. If you need yours back before then, call Pauline Lancaster at St. Joseph s Lending Library Our St. Joseph Church Library has received some new donations. You will find books in our library that nurture your spirit as well as provide you with a good read. The biographies tell the stories of some remarkable lives. Books on Christian living or spirituality are full of inspiration and information. There are even a few audio books and DVD s. Drop by anytime that the church is open and browse the shelves for summer reading. In Condolences We extend our condolences to the family and friends of Wilbur DeBolt who passed away on July 18, We extend our condolences to the family and friends of Beverly Brennan who passed away on July 21, May they rest in peace. Joint Parish Picnic Save the Date! St. Joseph and St. Vincent joint parish picnic will be on Wednesday, August 22nd at 6:00 p.m. at the Blue River Memorial Park shelter house. Meat, drinks and paper products will be provided. Bring a side dish or dessert to share. Please plan to bring the family and enjoy the fellowship! Prayer Shawl Ministry All ladies of St. Joseph and St. Vincent are invited to attend the Prayer Shawl Ministry meeting on Tuesday, July 31st. The meeting is at 6:00 p.m. and usually lasts an hour. The meeting is held at the home of Gary and Lou Ann Ryhal, 528 Third Street, Shelbyville. For more information, please call Leave a message if we re not home, and we will return your phone call as soon as possible.

5 St. Joseph News Dear St. Joseph School Family, Open Enrollment Open Enrollment continues for school year for St. Joseph School preschool program and our K-5 classes. To register, please call the School Office at Meet Principal Jim Tush St. Joseph School s PTO is hosting a Meet and Greet for our new principal, Mr. Tush. Please join us following 10:30 Mass this Sunday, July 29th for lunch in the cafeteria. All are welcome St. Joseph School Parking Lot Be sure to watch for the car drop off and pickup line, before and after school when students are unloading and loading into cars. Children s Liturgy Volunteers Needed Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Matthew 18: 1-5. Within the Gospel of Matthew, Christ is calling us to lead our children to Him and do whatever we can to not hinder their pursuit of our Lord. You too can help bring the children of St. Joe s to Him through our new Children s Liturgy of the Word Program on Sunday mornings during 10:30 a.m. Mass. If you are interested and would like to help teach and/or watch over the children during this time, please contact Billy Cross at bcross@sjsshelbyville.org or simply call St. Joseph s Parish office at My name is Jim Tush, and I am the new principal of St. Joseph School, a ministry of St. Joseph Parish. As the principal, I will be involved in all of the aspects of our students educations. I look forward to meeting all of you. Together we can work to make sure each child here gets the best education possible. My teaching career beginning in 1998 after earning my degree in elementary education from Indiana State University. Moving a few times to support my wife Amy s cross country/track coaching career at Indiana State University, Butler University, and as the head coach at Northwestern University, I have gained valuable experience as a teacher in both the Indianapolis and Chicago areas. After earning my master s degree in educational administration, I continued my journey as an assistant principal at St. Joseph s School in Wilmette, Illinois and the past eleven years as principal of St. Mary s School in Aurora, Indiana. I am excited that God has allowed me this opportunity at St. Joseph School. I have met with everyone who makes up this wonderful staff. We will focus all of our efforts to nurture each individual child s spiritual, intellectual, and physical growth. My vision for St. Joseph School is to educate all of the children of both St. Joseph and St. Vincent parishes, along with anyone who desires their children to have a quality, faith based education. I look forward to meeting many of you at the reception after the 10:30 a.m. Mass on July 29th. Amy, my wife, and my daughter Jamey, who will be a senior at Milan High School, and my daughter Cynthia, who will be an 8th grader at St. Mary s, Aurora, are also looking forward to meeting you. Our Open House will take place on July 30th from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Please bring your child s school supplies to his/her classroom at 6:00 p.m. to meet their teacher. Then at 6:30 p.m. we will meet in the cafeteria for a general meeting and opportunities to sign up for fundraising, social, and classroom helper opportunities. Our preschool open house will be at 6:00 p.m. on July 31st If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school office. ( ) God Bless, Jim Tush

6 St. Joseph News Monday thru Saturday Lunch from 11:00 am - 1:00 p.m. Phone: Dinners Friday evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m. 2nd Sunday of each month from 11:00-1:00 p.m. Wing and Shrimp Night Wednesday evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Served Hot, Honey Garlic and BBQ Bingo Thursday evening from 7:00-10:00 p.m. Golf League Tuesday evening 5:30 pm at Bear Chase Knights of Columbus Meeting Dates Council Meeting: 8:15 pm: (1st & 3rd Wednesday) Finance Meeting: 7:00 pm: (1st Wednesday) Columbian Homes Mtg.: 7:00 pm: (3rd Wednesday) SVDP Event from your Beggars for the poor Saturday: August 4, 2018 at StayLock, 2450 E. Michigan Road. From 10:00 am to noon. We are requesting high quality steel shelving preferably the slotted wire kind that does not accumulate dust and dirt and won t rust. Plastic Totes with lids please. Wardrobe hanging racks. These need to be pretty sturdy please. Removable painter s masking tape. (We will use this for labeling). We won t be accepting clothing during this event as we have stuff already that we have to sort, hang and store. School starts soon and we are getting more requests for clothes so we are trying to move quickly to accommodate those that are in need. Our meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Mondays at St. Vincent s Hall from 6:30 7:30 p.m. Help line: shelbycountysvdp@gmail.com Thank you again from all of us at SVDP. St. Joseph News Collection Counters Schedule July 30 Tom Duvelius Team August 6 Nancy Nolting s Team August 13 Betsy Stephen s Team August 20 Teresa Wood s Team Upcoming Events/Meetings Date Time Event July 30 6:00 p.m. Adoration July 31 6:00 p.m. Finance Mtg. July 31 7:00 p.m. Parish Council Mtg. EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Month of August: Saturday Mass at 5:00 p.m. Host: Tom Toll, Mary Ann Turner and Jessica Zuroske Cup: Alice Brown, Paul Nolting, Marilyn Williamson and Leroy Martin Sunday Mass at 10:30 a.m. Host: Becky Boyd, Angie Davies and Pauline Lancaster Cup: Jean Adams, Bob Carmony, Steve Lancaster and Marty Tormoehlin LECTORS - August 4 & 5 Saturday Mass at 5:00 p.m. Anne Renton and Mary Ann Turner Sunday Mass at 10:30 a.m. Jack Boyce and Stephanie Lancaster USHERS - Month of August: Saturday Mass at 5:00 p.m. Pat Cassidy, Bob Gardner, Bill Grove and Bill Turner Sunday Mass at 10:30 a.m. Patrick Bohman, Susie Pouder, Dave Reinhart and Marty Tormoehle MUSIC SCHEDULE - August 4 & 5 Saturday Mass at 5:00 p.m. Aaron Dixon Sunday Mass at 10:30 a.m. Aaron Dixon St. Joseph and St. Vincent United Catholic Appeal The Office of Stewardship & Development would like to thank you for your support of the UCA. You joined more than 18,000 households in contributing more than $6.2 million for important ministry work in our Archdiocese. God bless you for your generosity. All it takes is one Good Person to restore hope. Pope Francis

7 Sr. Joan s Corner Dear Parishioners, The prophet Elisha fed a hundred people with twenty barley loaves, and there were leftovers. Jesus fed about five thousand with five barley loaves and a couple of dried fish, and there were leftovers. That is God s desire for us: everyone should find food in abundance. Today s reality is different. Every three days more people die from malnutrition and disease than from the bombing of Hiroshima and every year more people die from preventable hunger than died in the Holocaust, even though we grow enough grain in the world to provide every person with a diet of 3000 calories. The problem is not with God s providence, for God provides us with enough food for everyone, and then some. The problem is the divisions in the world that prevents food from getting to people who need it. As Christians we are called to help feed the needy persons in our county and we can do this by helping through our St. Vincent de Paul Society and we need to also help to change the conditions that cause poverty and hunger by the way we vote. This week as we pray, pray for those who hunger for bread and justice. Sr. Joan We joyfully share our gifts to nourish the community St. Vincent Purpose Statement St. Vincent News K of C Pork Chop Dinner The St. Vincent Knights of Columbus will have their delicious Pork Chop Supper on Saturday, August 18th from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the St. Vincent Parish Hall. Advance tickets are $10.00 and tickets at the door are $ Contact Bob Dalley at or Tom Zobel at for tickets. Please donate pies or cookies. St. Vincent Religious Education Classes St. Vincent Religious Education Classes will begin on Wednesday, September 5th. We have classes for children from 4 yrs. of age through 8th grade on Wednesday. The classes are held from 6:15 until 7:30 p.m. each week. Please register by ing Sr. Joan at joanm1213@gmail.com with the name and grade of your child/children or call or text and leave the same information. A parent or guardian is to accompany your child on the first class which will be held in St. Vincent Hall to fill out forms and pay the $50.00 fee for the year per family. During the first gathering, you will receive the schedule for the year, meet the teacher and aide and see the classroom where your child/children will be in the school building. Please register today so text books can be ordered soon. July 22, 2018 Sunday Collection: $ 4, Children Collection: $ 9.00 Kenya Mission Collection: $ 1, Praying the Rosary Please join us to pray the rosary at St. Vincent Church on Wednesday, August 1st at 5:30 p.m. at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Fields or in the Parish Hall if weather is inclement. Frist Wednesday Fellowship Please join us for fellowship, coffee and doughnuts following the 8:00 a.m. Mass on Wednesday, August 1st in the St. Vincent s Parish Hall. Everyone is welcome. August Newsletter The August Newsletter is in the rack at each door. Please take one and pass one on to a friend or your ay view it on line at svdpcc.com.

8 Lake Monroe Boat Trip All middle school and high school youth at our parishes are invited to the annual boat trip at Lake Monroe on Tuesday, July 31st! Last year was amazing and we are all looking forward to another time on the water with Mass on the boat, swimming, tubing, etc. All are warmly invited. We will leave at 7:30 a.m. and return by early evening. Cost is $10. Fr. Mike at or call or text to sign up. We still need a few chaperones. St. Joseph/St. Vincent News St. Joseph/St. Vincent Mum Fundraiser The Youth Group is pre-selling 9 Mums. This fundraiser will help fund activities for our Youth Groups. Orders will be taken now through Friday, August 24th. The flowers are ordered by Mathies Landscaping and will be ready for pickup at Mathies on Friday, August 31st from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. The cost is $10 each. Colors available are red, yellow, bronze, white, orange, purple and pink. If you would like to order Mums and you need an order form, please call Billy at St. Joseph s Parish Office at Thank You for your support! Young Adult Skydiving Trip Fr. Mike is leading a trip for young adults to go skydiving in Franklin. We will leave on Sunday, August 5th at 2:15 p.m. from St. Joe s. There is only ONE MORE SPOT available on this trip. Please , call or text Fr. Mike if interested. Evangelization St. Joseph s and St. Vincent s Parishioners. Volunteers are needed. If you can help, please contact Clare Delaney at or clare.delaney1@gmail.com. Thank you for your help. RCIA will be starting in just a few weeks. If you know anyone who might be interested in learning about the Catholic faith or has been away from the faith and you don t want to invite them or you prefer to have someone else invite them, please contact Gaye McKenney at or gayemck@comcast.net or Pat Barley at or pat.barley49@gmail.com and we will gladly extend a personal invitation to them. Confirmation Classes Incoming freshmen should sign up to take their Confirmation classes this coming year. This year we have combined the Confirmation classes with St. Joseph and St. Vincent. Sign up online at stjoeshelby.org. Click the Faith Formation link. Classes will meet every first and third Sunday from 4:00-5:30 p.m. They will meet at St. Vincent on the first Sunday of the month and at St. Joseph on the third Sunday of the month. They will begin on August 19th. More information and signup on the St. Joe website. Youth Group Meeting Schedule July 29-6:00 p.m. Youth Group Meeting August 5-6:00 p.m. Youth Group Meeting `Prayer Requests If you would like to place a name on our Bulletin Prayer List, please send an with your loved one s name along with your name and phone number to Bulletin@sjsshelbyville.org or call the Parish office at We will only place the name of the person, for whom we are praying, in the bulletin. Be sure you have their permission before submitting their name. Please Remember in Your Prayers: Colleen Hradnansky John Veerkamp Alex Kalsxheur Tammy Jones

9 St. Joseph Staff Pastor: Very Rev. Michael T. Keucher, VF Cell Phone: Deacon: Rev. Mr. Tom Hill Admin. Assistant: Mrs. Jan Lux Buildings and Grounds: Mr. Bryan Fischer Business Manager: Mrs. Rebecca Makowski Hispanic Coordinator: Mr. James E. Velez Music Minister: Mr. Aaron Dixon School Principal: Mr. Jim Tush School Secretary: Mrs. Kathleen Simpson Youth Minister/PCL: Mr. Billy Cross St. Vincent Staff Parish Life Coordinator: Sister Joan Miller Phone: Youth Minister: Mr. Billy Cross Parish Council President: John Wisker Phone: Cemetery Operations: JJ Jones Phone: Hall Rental: Eileen Settles Phone: Mass Notes This spot is available to write down your notes or thoughts. St. Joseph and St. Vincent Rite of Christian Initiation RCIA classes are for those adults (18 years and older) who would like to know more about the Catholic Faith. It is also for those who desire to be received in full communion to the Catholic Church. St Joseph and St. Vincent classes will be held jointly on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. There is no fee for these classes. Contact either Parish Office: St. Joseph at or St. Vincent at if you have questions or want to register. Now is the time to invite friends, family and neighbors who may be interested in learning more about our faith. Invite them to come along with you to see what it is like. All are welcome! Church Women United Church Women United of Shelby County will gather at the Knights of Columbus Hall for 5th Monday Coffee on Monday, July 30th at 9:00 a.m. Breakfast is optional at a cost of $7.00. A short business meeting will be followed by the annual white elephant auction fundraiser which is always as much fun as it is profitable! So gather up your surplus treasurers and bring your billfold to greet the wonderful auctioneer,