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1 ST. JOSEPH MESSENGER May 2015 It was right before the season of Lent and I went on a seminary visit to Mexico City, to visit one of our twenty seven young men studying for the priesthood, Rodrigo Mayorga. It was a great trip to visit for the first time this new seminary that the diocese will be using for seminary formation, but also to see how Rodrigo is doing. I am happy to say Rodrigo is doing well and he enjoys his studies. Mass Times Saturday 5p.m. Sunday 10a.m. Monday No mass Tuesday 6p.m. Wednesday 8a.m. Thursday 8a.m. Friday 8a.m. Holy days Ascension of the Lord [Thursday] Reconciliation Saturday 4:00-4:30 or by appointment One night Fr. Joe Pins and I joined the seminary community for Compline, or night prayer. At the end of night prayer the lights are turned off in the chapel except one shinning on an image of Mary, in this case an image of our Lady of Guadalupe. Then we began to sing in Latin the Salve Regina or the Hail Holy Queen. As I was prayerfully singing this ancient Marian Hymn the thought came to me, isn t this wonderfully unique all of us men in this chapel are all in love with the same woman, Our Blessed Mother. The month of May is a special month for us in the parish where we are all encouraged to express and show our love for the same woman, Mary. This love for our Blessed Mother does not draw us away from Christ quite the contrary as St. Louis De Montfort conveys it, our devotion to Mary allows us to love Christ in more intimate and devoted way. In our love for Mary she reveals to us her greatest love and our love, which is Jesus Christ. Throughout this month of May let us cultivate this loving Marian Dimension in our spiritual life, so that we will be able to love and encounter Christ in ways that we cannot imagine. There are several ways we can cultivate a beautiful devotion to our Blessed Mother, so that she can lead us to her son, our savior. First, we can use the Sacred Scriptures to allow Mary to move us toward Jesus? We can use the gospel of Luke and allow the passages of the: Annunciation, Visitation, Presentation, the Nativity and her own Magnificat to speak to our hearts. We can go to the gospel of John and reflect on the words of Christ from the cross or Mary s words at the wedding feast of Cana and allow them to speak to us. Praying the Scriptures with Mary will lead us to a greater love for her, but also a greater love for Christ. We cannot forget to encourage the meditative prayer of the Rosary that not only reflects on Mary s important role in salvation history, but also through her motherly love helps us to focus on the life of our Savior. Saint after saint pope after pope has held up this beautiful prayer for our devotion and our spiritual wellbeing. Praying the Rosary helps all of us get closer and closer to Christ. Please consider this Marian prayer throughout the month or join the parish every Saturday before the vigil mass in the recitation of the Rosary. Another way that we can nurture our devotion to Mary is by praying with holy images of our Blessed Mother. By just reflecting on a picture or a statue of our heavenly mother we can be reminded of her intercessory role, her maternal dimension, her fidelity, her obedience to the will of God and her perfect discipleship par excel lance.

2 We also grow in our devotion to Mary by studying the Marian teachings that our Church has faithfully handed down to us throughout the ages. By studying Mary s Assumption, Immaculate Conception or Mary s maternity it always leads us back to who Christ is our savior and our Redeemer. This heavenly mother of ours is a woman of faith that needs to be ruminating upon. She needs to be reflected on. She is strong and gentle at the same time. She is courageous and trusts in the Lord. May all of us throughout this month of our Blessed Mother allow her motherly love to help us know Christ s love in a new and more powerful way Through Mary to Christ. Religious Education News Catechesis of the Good Shepherd + Junior High + High School Upcoming Dates May 6 th Confirmation July 5-9 Totus Tuus - High School July 6-10 Totus Tuus - 1 st - 8 th Grades July 25 th Garage Sale for Religious Education Rice Bowls Thank you for your donations to the CRS Rice Bowls during the Lenten season. Our parish contributed over $800 to change lives. Youth Meeting - National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) All youth 8 th grade thru 11 th grade are encouraged to attend this beautiful opportunity. This event takes place every two years in Indianapolis, IN. It will be happening November 19-21, 2015 so our preparation time is NOW. Applications & deposits are needed by May 20 th. Please contact Heather if you have any questions or concerns at hhonkomp@saintjosephchurch.net or leave a message at First Communion Our parish celebrated the beautiful sacrament of First Communion with 10 students on Sunday, April 26, 2015.

3 Confirmation Our Confirmation class of 12 has been preparing for their blessed sacrament coming up on Wednesday, May 6th with Bishop Pates. The students, their parents, and sponsors prepared with rehearsal & supper together on April 29 th. Please join them on the 6 th for mass and reception afterward. 4th Annual Garage Sale for Religious Education -- Saturday, July 25 th The garage sale will be held in the Parish Hall again this year, 8 am to 1 pm. Are you Spring Cleaning? We need your gently used, good condition, donations! Please drop them off at the church no earlier than July 24 th. We ll begin setting up in the Parish Hall. Volunteers are needed! Please let Heather know if you are available to help with setting up and/or sale day. hhonkomp@saintjosephchurch.net or leave a message at the office.

4 Kelly - These Items are NOT Religious Education, they are for the Whole Church Flocknote - Have you signed up for any of the lists yet? Help us to save postage time with the newsletter by signing up to receive it electronically. You may also wish sign up there for the other lists for our Parish. Check them out at & to Have you liked our Facebook page yet? Be sure to visit at Totus Tuus ( Totally Yours ) We are very excited that the summer Catholic youth program, Totus Tuus, will be returning to our parish, St. Joseph, this summer during the week of July 5 th - 10 th. This program is dedicated to sharing the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through evangelization, catechesis, Christian witness and Eucharistic worship. The Five Pillars of Totus Tuus are: The Eucharist, Marian Devotion, Catechetical Instruction, Vocational Discernment and FUN. It will be an amazing week that your child won t want to miss. All youth are welcome----please consider inviting your grandchildren, cousins, neighbors, etc. Registration fee is $15/child or $45/family maximum. Scholarships are available. Sessions are as follows: For youth entering grades 1 st -8 th : week days of July 6 th - 10 th 9:00am-3:00pm High School: evenings of July 5 th -July 9 th 8:00pm-9:45pm Registration is underway. Go to to print out a form or stop by the church office to get one. Please return the forms to the church office. Also, please check the Volunteer Spot link on the church website to see how you can help with Totus Tuus. We will need adults to help supervise, meals for the team as well as various supplies for the week. For questions please contact: Heather Honkomp, Director of Religious Education at St. Joseph at hhonkomp@saintjosephchurch.net or or Sami Heithoff, Totus Tuus Parish Coordinator at samiheithoff@hotmail.com or

5 Baptismal Grant Heithoff 5/2/2010 Evan Moetsch 5/14/2011 Lucas Moetsch 5/14/2011 Zach Schlatter 5/16/2004 Brendan Nigg 5/17/2003 Marti Davis 5/19/2007 Damion Hays 5/20/2012 Paige Wickman 5/21/2005 Molli Davis 5/25/2003 Will Heithoff 5/25/2003 Michael Sents 5/27/2006 Carli Venhaus 5/28/2006 Aidan Heckmann 5/29/2005 Brady Barringer 5/30/2004 Anniversaries Patrick and Julie Neuhalfen 5/27/2000 Bryce and Nancy Duncan 5/8/1992 Dough and Julie Nelson 5/22/1993 Mark and Carol Peterson 5/21/1983 Mark and Patricia Bence 5/22/1976 Rick and Denise Conoan 5/20/1978 Don and Linda Hermanstorfer 5/3/1969 Tim and Susan Doran 5/28/1971 Jim and Marykay Dostart 5/20/1972 Jerry and Helen Hacker 5/10/1958

6 April Birthdays Name Age Day Name Age Day Name Age Day Delores Nicholson Michael Burgus 61 1 Aron Flickinger Helen Sawyer Rita Drysdale Jean Chihak 42 8 Berta Kordick 82 6 Michael Farrell 60 5 Amy White Bobby Vawter Peggy Herman Jennifer McErlean Richard Barker Sue Stuchel Jill Buckalew 40 3 Linda Hupton 70 5 Mark Weighner Jorge Gutierrez 40 7 Harvey Eivins Amy Nolan Maria Meza Charles Decarlo Sam Sullivan Logan Nolan Mike Corkrean 67 2 Brian Gibson Casey Thompson Dave LaGrange Name Age Day Name Age Day Keylie Gibson 21 1 Brad LaGrange Zachary Moss Maeve Maher 13 9 Cory Benes Jacob Honkomp Blake McCauley 19 7 William Heithoff 12 3 Courtnie Thompson Brady Barringer Nicholas Nelson Ryan Jacobsen Dylan Thompson Aidan Heckmann 9 27 Cole Mundus Carli Venhaus 8 14 Mariah White 14 3 Zachary Mortvedt 8 27 Allie Lang 14 4 Joseph Ivers 6 9 Jonathan Hoover 5 29 Sarah Nelson 5 3 Worth Theodore Kirkland 2 2 May Birthdays Names Age Day Terri Johnson Ruth Cunningham Annette Gibson Mark Hart Juanita Beeler 58 1 Dean Moore 83 4 Bryce Duncan Jim Heithoff Mary Murphy Mary Corkrean Vicki Nicholas Maria Gutierrez Jeff Nolan Rosemary Stuchel Julie Dougherty Dana Beebe Jayne Maxwell 53 8 Michael Pommier Tony Klein 45 1 Sarah Anker Vickie Williams Kate Sullivan Joe Pastorino 43 3 Fabiola Pastorino Andy Couture Jim Sparks Jennifer Corkrean Ian Sparks 24 4 Jeff Honkomp Joann Barker Brad Buckalew Ryan Berry Coe Erpelding Jim Herman 61 1 Nikki Craig Shelby Duncan 19 1 Bobby Hughes 47 7 Gary Emmert Matthew Lyon Regan Jacobsen Jorge Gutierrez 15 9 Bridget Stover 10 7 Jayse Jensen 6 29 Meza Katelyn Barnes Ainsley Hughes 9 3 Jaden Lyon 5 14 Corry Pickering Charlie Anker 8 9 Anna Swalve 4 17 Blaine Hulse Marti Davis 8 21 Jayde Wickman 4 26 Alyssa Dickey Hunter Lyon 7 4 Josh Heckmann Gabrielle Nelson 7 23 Jaxton Jensen 6 29 I would like to apologize for the mix up on the birthdays last month. I hope everyone had a wonderful birthday. Mrs. Kelly Nelson

7 Knights meeting is every third Thursday of the month (next meeting is May 21 dinner at 6pm, meeting at 7pm) Grandparents Grandparent Café Saturdays: May 9, May 30 and June 20 th Farmer s& Merchant s Community Room 1:00-3:00 pm Refreshments served RSVP Bonnie Forsyth or Janet Reutzel D e Church Parish Contacts Pastor: Rev. Dan Kirby dkirby@saintjosephchurch.net Deacon: Sam Sullivan stmnsully@gmail.com Church Office: Patricia Barker office@saintjosephchurch.net Director of Religious Education: Heather Honkomp hhonkomp@saintjosephchurch.net Newsletter Kelly Nelson nelsons4@live.com Bulletin: Dave Sullivan office@saintjosephchurch.net Parish Reservations: Altar & Rosary Society: Margaret Schleuter Music Ministry: Monica Pugh and Brady Pugh monicaspugh9@gmail.com Knights of Columbus: Andy Couture ajcouture12@gmail.com Prayer Line: Rosemary Stuchel or Patricia Corkrean

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