Welcome to Saint Joseph Catholic Church 106 North Meramec Avenue Clayton, Missouri

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2 Welcome to Saint Joseph Catholic Church 106 North Meramec Avenue Clayton, Missouri Rev. Nicholas E. Kastenholz, Pastor Rev. Thomas J. Schaab, Senior Associate Deacon Del Leonardo Parish Office: Parish Fax: Mass Schedule Sunday 7:30 am, 9:00 am, and 11:00 am Mon, Wed, Fri, 12:00 noon Tues, Thurs 8:00 am and 12:00 noon Saturday 8:00 am and 5:00 pm (Sunday Vigil) National Holidays See bulletin Holy Days of Obligation See Bulletin Eucharistic Adoration Monday, Wednesday 7:00 am until 12:00 noon Tuesday, Thursday 8:30 am until 12:00 noon Marriage Preparation Couples are asked to contact the Parish Office 6 to 12 months before setting the date. St. Joseph Parish Council Members Fr. Nick Kastenholz, Pastor Frank Hackmann, Education Commission Al Barbieri, Finance Commission Sharon Skrivan, Social Concerns Commission Larry Stewart, Marion O Gorman, Anne Shapleigh Denny Staub, Barbara Summers, Christie Murphy, Fred Yap Parish pat_stj@hotmail.com Parish website: Rectory Hours: 8:30-4:00 pm, Mon-Fri Religious Education PSR Terri Venneman, CRE School Office: Director of Music Dr. Adam Thomé stjmusicclayton@gmail.com Director of Maintenance Steve Topping Sacrament of Reconciliation Weekdays 11:15-11:50 am Saturday 4:00-4:45 pm Rosary Weekdays 11:40 am Thursday after the 8:00 am Mass Perpetual Help Devotions Tuesdays after 8:00 am and Masses Baptism The Sacrament of Baptism is administered on Sunday at. To register for the Baptismal Instruction Program and schedule a Baptism, please call the Office. St Vincent de Paul Emergency Assistance - For assistance for food, utilities etc., please call , box Our St. Vincent de Paul Society will respond promptly. You may make an appointment to meet with a member on Wednesday morning through the same number. Make, track, and schedule parish donations directly from your computer. Just log onto our website and follow the link. OR, you can scan this code and it will take you directly to the site. If you are new to Online Giving, register by entering our church ID of Download Our FREE Parish Phone App! St. Joseph app is now available to download for iphone and Android smart phones. Stay connected with our parish throughout the week with instant notifications, an easy-to-access event calendar, and the ability to quickly reply to or share messages via Facebook or Twitter. Also enjoy a bunch of additional features like prayers, daily readings, helpful reminders to silence your phone before Mass or Confession, and much more. Download our app today at myparishapp.com or search your phone's app store for myparish. OR, EVEN EASIER, go to our website, Stjosephclayton.org and click on the icon, it will take you directly to the app.

3 Hello, Pentecost Sunday June 4, 2017 Today we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, and one of the aspects of it I always note is the gift of tongues, that the Holy Spirit allowed the disciples to speak in a variety of tongues so that all of those gathered from many lands could understand them. I guess because I ve always been challenged with languages is one reason this impresses me so much. I know that I can translate certain words that can simply be memorized in a language, or look them up in a dictionary, but there are always grammatical structures and more subtle aspects or even multiple meanings for the same word that aren t so easy. I know I ve had to translate a few things in tests where they were long phrases with negatives in them and it was always a challenge to be sure what the negative was modifying, and it just changed the entire meaning of the phrase if you got it wrong. Needless to say I respect an informed translator. I mention this because there are two levels of communication I think we need to be concerned with for our faith. The first is of communicating with God. Being able to hear Him clearly and being able to speak to Him about what matters to us. Fortunately we are talking about God, and He is really good at this stuff and manages to help us a lot from His end. But we still need to not only take the time to listen, but also the effort to recognize the context He is doing this in, with the whole history of His relationship with man, and also with us specifically. Even the Apostles didn t get some of the parables Jesus said without His explaining them so we need to consider it might take us a little effort to understand God s messages at times. And we also need the practice of expressing ourselves to God. Of recognizing what matters and being able to voice that. Communicating a feeling or relationship can be as difficult as describing the color green if we don t know the word for it. And the other level of communicating we need to be concerned with is with each other. Talking about our faith can be challenging if we are not used to doing so, and even more when we may not share the same history or beliefs as the other person. In the different Gospels and letters of the New Testament they were speaking to different groups of people, and so they would use different examples they would be familiar with. Different Christians can have slightly different understandings, as can Jews, or Muslims, or even consider agnostics or atheists, are we making the effort to hear and speak to them that is needed, or does it just come across as completely unintelligible? As we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost lets be aware of how important, and challenging, it can be to communicate about what really matters. But also know the Holy Spirit wants to help us. Peace, Fr. Nick Notes From The Pastor's Pen Mass Intentions Monday, June 5 St Boniface, Bishop and Martyr Margaret Kurrus Keith Fitzgerald Tuesday, June 6 8:00 am Poor Souls Emiliana R. Stickel Wednesday, June 7 Helene Schweitzer Marilyn Kastenholz Thursday, June 8 8:00 am Dennis Presson Family Thanksgiving Friday, June 9 Georgia Casey Shirley & Jack Murphy Saturday, June 10 Lynn & Pat Burch 5:00 pm Jim David Sunday, June 11 The Most Holy Trinity 7:30 am Francis Flynn & Family 9:00 am Raymond Clear 11:00 am St Joseph Parishioners

4 We Pray For Our Loved Ones May God provide health and comfort to Cynthia Tao Virginia Leightner Barry Andrews Fran Staub Fran Hagan Cheryl Verde John Welch John W. Paquet Charles J. Judge Roger Drone Joan Harrison Mickey Williams Annette DeGreeff Steve Voelker Betty Notter Eugene Shalhoob Sr. Eleanor Mike Proctor Ellen Mackey Maria Guehlstorf Michael Phelps Lajuana Hinch Ethan Rose Jim Rose Tracy Petit Mary E. Gerrow Lillian Dougherty Leroy Ettling Gene Larcade The Deadline to submit an ar cle for the bulle n is Monday at 10 am Heavenly Father, I am not sure how to start. But I will take a step in faith today. Show me what you have for me to do, and how my gifts can bear fruit for your kingdom. Hospitalized Parishioners Because of the Federal Privacy Act there is no longer a "clergy list" at any of our hospitals. If you are admitted to a hospital please have a friend or relative notify St. Joseph If you know ahead of time you will be admitted, please call your priest at the Rectory and he will readily offer you the Sacrament of the Anointing. If you know of a parishioner who is hospitalized, please call the rectory. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Tb 1:3; 2:1a-8; Ps 112:1b-2, 3b- 6; Mk 12:1-12 Tuesday: Tb 2:9-14; Ps 112:1-2, 7-9; Mk 12:13-17 Wednesday: Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a; Ps 25:2-5ab, 6, 7bc-9; Mk 12:18-27 Thursday: Tb 6:10-11; 7:1bcde, 9-17; 8:4-9a; Ps 128:1-5; Mk 12:28-34 Friday: Tb 11:5-17; Ps 146:1b-2, 6c-10; Mk 12:35-37 Saturday: Tb 12:1, 5-15, 20; Tb 13:2, 6efgh, 7, 8; Mk 12:38-44 Sunday: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; Dn 3:52-55; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit. Wedding Banns Banns III Sarah Rapone & Thomas Pace Madeleine Gebauer & Bryan Bailey Banns II Theresa Sahrmann & Michael Schorr Please pray for them as they begin their life together. Rest In Peace Let us pray for all of our deceased parishioners, relatives, benefactors and friends. We remember all of our loved ones who have gone before us and pray that they are celebrating with our Lord in heaven. A Peek at the Week Ahead Tuesday, June 6 7:30 pm St Vincent de Paul, Madonna Rm Wednesday, June 7 6:00 pm Knights & Dames of Malta Rosary, Church 7:00 pm Choir, Church Thursday, June 8 Forming Men for Christ, PH Sunday, June 11 11:00 am CLW, Centennial Rm

5 PSR NEWS PSR registration is ongoing for grades 4 years - 8th grade on Sunday 9:30-10:45 a.m. and grades 1-8 on Monday evenings 5:15-6:30 p.m. For a registration form go to our website stjosephclayton.org or call JOIN THE MUSIC MINISTRY Have you thought about leading the congregation in song as a cantor? Or perhaps joining others who cantor? or the choir at the 11? There is a welcome mat at the stairs to the choir loft laid down just for you! If you have any interest in sharing your gift, please feel welcomed to come to the loft after Mass and find out more! You & your family are invited to enjoy an evening of faith, fellowship and fun on Saturday, July 8, 2017 in celebration of the 49th anniversary of the release of Humanae Vitae (July 25, 1968), a foundation encyclical on family love & the sanctity of life. Join friends from around the St. Louis area for this anticipated annual event sponsored by the Office of Natural Family Planning. Mass will be celebrated at 5pm at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis by Most Reverend Mark S. Rivituso, D.D., J.C.L., Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis, followed by a dinner catered by Pasta House and family entertainment in Boland Hall. Adult: $12 Children (Ages 3-11): $6 {or a maximum of $50 per family} RSVP by June 30: or stlnfp@archstl.org Sunday Worship June 10-11, :00 pm Ingrid & Wilson Stahl Richard Kurz Liz Rainey Rosemary Hardy Clare Reid 7:30 am Liam & Meaghan Mulligan Frank Hackmann Greg Browne Larry Stewart Betty Torno 9:00 am Kateri & Claudia Gutting Mary Joan Woods Roy Blair Marcella Leonardo Deacon Del Protecting God s Children Are you interested or planning to volunteer with children in ANY capacity church or PSR? Have you attended a required Protecting God s Children workshop? The Archdiocese of St. Louis mandates that you cannot participate with children without attending this workshop! Checkout their website for location and times of area workshops, archstl.org. Contact Pat at the parish office for more information. Marriage Encounter Weekend Remind your spouse that he or she is still number one in your life. Dedicate a unique experience to each other by attending a Marriage Encounter weekend on August 4-6 or September To learn more about this weekend of a lifetime, click on or simply call See you there! 11:00 am Jack & Nicole Chelew Ken Wilsker Flora Wilsker Carmen Leonardi Linda Orso Dee Joyner To become a minister call

6 A message from Archbishop Robert Carlson, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children s Hospital is the only free-standing Catholic pediatric hospital in the country, touching the lives of more than 200,000 children each year from the St. Louis area, Metro East Illinois, across the country and around the world. Their faith-filled doctors, nurses and caregivers serve all children in need of exceptional pediatric health care, regardless of their family s ability to pay. Glennon Sunday contributions from our Catholic community continue to support and sustain the hospital, keeping them at the forefront of pediatric health care. As Chairman of the SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Board of Governors, I ask you to show your support, along with the thousands across the region in the spirit of giving on Glennon Sunday weekend June 3-4, Last year, our St. Louis Archdiocese collectively raised more than $500,000. Each year, donations to Glennon Sunday benefit the Children s Fund to meet the immediate needs of the hospital. Proceeds from this year s Glennon Sunday appeal will support the ongoing needs of the hospital, including inpatient oncology and cardiology care. Today I call on the Catholic community to make a gift this Glennon Sunday weekend, offering an opportunity to answer God s call to show compassion and mercy for the sick, to demonstrate love and concern for others, as well as help support the critical, lifesaving work performed at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon. You can make your gift at Mass on Glennon Sunday or go online to Glennon.org. A Morning with Mary, Mother of Priests talk by Fr. Tim Elliott, and prayers for priests Saturday, June 24, 2017 All women are invited to Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, in New Melle, MO to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. 8:00 am Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Eucharistic Adoration 9:15 am Spiritual Motherhood Program: Talk, Rosary and prayers for priests, Priest Adoption ceremony, Benediction. 12 Noon Potluck Luncheon Free, but please REGISTER by Wed. JUNE 21 Online at: smfpstl@gmail.com or Call Sponsored by the Apostolate of Spiritual Motherhood for the Sanctification of Priests in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

7 SAVE THE DATE Please join us for Dinner and Dancing The Friends of Birthright Gala at THE RITZ-CARLTON September 23, 2017 Cocktails at 5:30 pm Program begins at 6:30 pm All proceeds benefit Birthright Counseling St. Louis For more information, please contact Joan Arbuszewski at or All Are Invited To Celebrate The Feast of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus 4:30pm-5:30pm: Exposition/Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and the Sacrament of Reconciliation 5:30pm: Celebration of Holy Mass, Reverend James Kubicki, SJ to include Enthronement of families to the Most Sacred Heart 6:30pm: Dinner and Social (pizza, salad and cookies *free will offering) 7:00pm: Reflection on the Sacred Heart led by Fr. James Kubicki, SJ Bounce House, Petting Zoo, Face Painting and Climbing Wall (babysitting for little ones will be available during Reflection) That all would come to know they are greatly Loved by God -Mission Statement of the Sodality of the Most Sacred Heart Friday, June 23rd St Clement of Rome Parish 1510 Bopp Rd St Louis, MO 63131