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 6:30 am, 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 Debbie Wilmarth, CRE, PSR Principal deb.cre.stj@gmail.com 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 The Transfiguration of the Lord August 6, 2017 Hello, I just got back from a vacation last weekend and for the first time I used Airbnb to reserve two of the places I stayed. Now I think one of them was simply a place that the owner specifically uses to rent out for income, but the other one seemed to be a condominium in a vacation area that the owner rented out for much of the year but used for themselves the rest of the time. It was in a ski area in the Northern Cascades in Washington and a few pictures looked like they were probably of the owner when he was snowboarding, and there were a good amount of spices and other things in the kitchen. It wasn t his home, but it was a place he used to get away and rented out to others when he wasn t using it. Others I know rent out their own homes when they know they are going to be gone for a while and might make some money renting it out for a week or two. In some cases we realize this makes a lot of sense financially, I ve even heard of people paying for major vacations renting out their home when there was some major event happening close by like if the Olympics are in your city and the hotels can t handle all the visitors. I m talking about this because it makes you think sometimes about what really matters to you. As I said, financially there can be some situations where it makes perfect sense to do this, and yet we still might not consider it, having strangers stay in your home. Is it because of the valuable things (or things we value) we have? Or more a value we put on privacy and ownership that we have a difficult time considering having someone else stay there? A trust issue? (I m sure there is some sort of insurance you can get for these situations.) Since I don t own where I live I can t exactly rent out the rectory when I m on vacation (I think Fr. Schaab would have something to say about that), but I think it isn t a bad thing to think about. Not that I think a certain answer is right or wrong or more Christian, or ethical, or even financially smart, but it does present some interesting questions about what we value and why. If you aren t thinking about your home, how about your car? Have you ever let someone else borrow your car? Maybe it was a close relative and they just needed to go to the store, or someone who was going on a trip or a longer drive and it would really fit their need. Or instead of owning a car would we consider just using a community vehicle we rent like a Zipcar? Again, there can be a lot of different reasons that we will or won t do such things, and sometimes it is good to consider what they are. Why are we attached to what we are? Who do we trust with things and why? And is it because we really trust them or something about that relationship that is more important than the car, or the home, or whatever it is. This might seem like a strange exercise but I think it is closer to many of the decisions we have to make then the life or death scenarios we hypothesize at times to consider our values, our motivations, our faith. We might be able to tell someone I would die for you, but what if they just need a few hours of our time? Peace, Fr. Nick Notes From The Pastor's Pen Mass Intentions Monday, August 7 6:30 am Poor Souls Shirley & Jack Murphy Tuesday, Aug. 8 St. Dominic, Priest 8:00 am Tony Vricella Thanksgiving N.P.A. Wednesday, Aug. 9 6:30 am Helene Schweitzer Thanksgiving Thursday, Aug 10 St Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr 8:00 am Joseph Grow Rachael Schopp Friday, Aug. 11 St. Clare, Virgin 6:30 am Francis Flynn & Family Roger S. Lahr Saturday, Aug. 12 8:00 am Fr. Robert L. Corbett 5:00 pm Dr Francis and Kathleen Burns Sunday, Aug th Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 am Jane Byrne 9:00 am St Joseph Parishioners 11:00 am Thomas N. Taylor

4 We Pray For Our Loved Ones May God provide health and comfort to Rachael Schopp Nick Seay Cynthia Tao Virginia Leightner Barry Andrews Fran Hagan John Welch John W. Paquet Charles J. Judge Roger Drone Joan Harrison 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 Leroy Ettling Gene Larcade The Deadline to submit an ar cle for the bulle n is Monday at 10 am Children s and Teen s Confessions Sunday Offerings July 29-30, 2017 Sunday Envelopes $4, Loose $ Online Giving $ Weekday noon Masses $ Total for week $6, YTD Budget $40, YTD Actual $36, YTD Operating Surplus/(Deficit) ($3,136.42) READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Nm 11:4b-15; Ps 81:12-17; Mt 14:13-21 Tuesday: Nm 12:1-13; Ps 51:3-7, 12-13; Mt 14:22-36 or Mt 15:1-2, Wednesday: Nm 13:1-2, 25 14:1, 26-29a, 34-35; Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-23; Mt 15:21-28 Thursday: 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-9; Jn 12:24-26 Friday: Dt 4:32-40; Ps 77:12-16, 21; Mt 16:24-28 Saturday: Dt 6:4-13; Ps 18:2-4, 47, 51; Mt 17:14-20 Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a; Ps 85:9-14; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33 Who? HOME SCHOOLERS PSR STUDENTS PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS As the new school year gets underway, I am offering students a special opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Confession Reconciliation. On Tuesday, August 15 (A Holy Day of Obligation) I will be available in the Church from 1:00 p.m. until 1:30 (or until everyone is heard.) On Tuesday evening, September 5, I will be available in the Church from 6:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. (or until everyone is heard.) Rest In Peace Remember in your prayers Mickey Williams, the wife of Deacon Al Williams, who died this week. Mickey and Al have both been involved in so many ways over the years in parish ministry and activities. May God welcome Mickey home, bless those who mourn her loss, and fill them with peace in their time of sorrow. Rest In Peace We offer our sympathy and prayers to the family and friends of Paul Wilsker, father of Ken Wilsker, who died earlier this month. May God welcome Paul home, bless those who mourn his loss, and fill them with peace in their time of sorrow. Wedding Banns Banns I Grace Philipp & Peter Broeder Please pray for them as they begin their life together.

5 Sunday Worship Aug , 2017 HAVE YOU REGISTERED FOR PSR YET? The school year is quickly approaching! St. Joseph s has ongoing registration for students 4-years through 8 th grade meeting on Sundays from 9:30-10:45 a.m. and grades 1-8 on Monday evenings 5:15-6:30 p.m. Register by going to our website: stjosephclayton.org or call our office at :00 pm Jackson Gardner & Helen Love Richard Kurz Ramon Floro David Gardner Clare Reid 7:30 am Liam & Meaghan Mulligan Frank Hackmann Greg Browne Larry Stewart Volunteer St. Joseph's is beginning a Children's Choir! The choir is open to children in grades 3-8 and will sing at various liturgies and events throughout the year. If you are interested in your child signing up (outside parishioners are welcome), please Adam at stjmusicclayton@gmail.com to register. You can also sign up online by clicking the 'children's music registration' link. Practices will be at 4:15 on Monday's throughout the year, an hour before the 5:15 PSR class in the downstairs music classroom. 9:00 am Max & Katie de la Paz Mary Joan Woods Veronica Hilyard Marcella Leonardo Deacon Del Children s Liturgy of the Word is still happening all summer long! At the 11am Mass children, aged 2nd grade and under, will have the opportunity to hear and discuss the readings on their own level. They return to their families for the Liturgy of the Eucharist. 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 September To learn more about this weekend of a lifetime, click on or simply call See you there! 11:00 am Michael McGinn Ken Wilsker Flora Wilsker Carolyn Dickmann Shannon Hadley Volunteer To become a minister call

6 Since 1956, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children s Hospital has touched the lives of children throughout our region and across the country. The common thread is that all children are treated as precious children of God, regardless of their family s ability to pay. SSM Health Cardinal Glennon can continue its healing ministry to those ill and injured children in Our Dear Lord s care because of your love, care and compassion for infants and children that are less fortunate. In 1817, five Franciscan Sisters began SSM Health s healing ministry. Our Dear Lord s or ODL was written in the ledger books next to a patient s name when they could not afford to pay for their care, and no one was turned away. The generosity began in the early 1950 s, when parishioners from the St. Louis Archdiocese raised $6.2 million to build SSM Health Cardinal Glennon, still the only free-standing Catholic pediatric hospital in the country. This generosity continues today thanks to your overwhelming support from this year s Glennon Sunday appeal, Where Faith and Healing Unite. Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the healing presence of God. We received St. Joseph parish s collection of $1, on July 18, Your faithful generosity helps to provide millions of dollalrs each year in charity care, or as we still refer to it, Our Dear Lord s care. The Church of St. Mary of Victories is a historic Roman Catholic church in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, in the Chouteau's Landing Historic District south of the Gateway Arch. It was established in 1843, and was the second Catholic Church to be built in the city. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 174th Annual Homecoming Picnic St. Mary of Victories will be hosting its St. Stephen of Hungary 174th Annual Homecoming Picnic on August 20. Mass at 11 am, Festival at 12:30. Fried Chicken, Goulash, Hungarian Fried Bread, Pastries, Homemade Cake, Italian Ice / Ice Cream, and Kettle Corn will be offered. Beer and Soda. Live Music from the Czech Express! 50/50 Raffle, BBQ Grill Raffle, and a Silent Auction also offered. Come celebrate with us! All are welcome! 5K Rosary Run St. Mary of Victories 175th Anniversary - 5K Rosary Run - October 7 On October 7, St. Mary of Victories will be hosting a 5K Run - "The King to Queen Rosary Run." This race will start at the Old Cathedral (the King) go around the Archgrounds and end at St. Mary of Victories (the Queen) for a Rosary Rally and Victory Festival. There will also be a shorter "fun run". Runners, Walkers, and Supporters are welcome! Come show your support for Our Lady and the Rosary! More information and registration at RosaryRun.com. Contact Jim Hooper for more information.

7 St Joseph s Parish 175 th Anniversary Party ST. JOSEPH S PARISH IN CLAYTON 175 YEARS AS A PARISH IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. LOUIS, MO THAT IS A LONG AND WONDERFUL HISTORY WITH MANY MORE YEARS TO COME JOIN THE PARTY ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2017 AFTER THE 5:00 P.M. MASS IT S GOING TO BE GREAT FUN!