ST. JOSEPH MESSENGER. April 2019

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1 April 2019 ST. JOSEPH MESSENGER The darkness and gloom of our Lenten penance will soon come to completion. A new and brilliant light has dawned upon the world. Sin and death reign no more. Christ has conquered, and eternal life has been offered to us. Easter Sunday is the greatest and oldest of Christian feasts. It celebrates Christ s resurrection from the dead. Easter is the feast of feasts; it is the Great Sunday, a model for all the Sundays throughout the year. In 325 AD, at the Council of Nicaea, the ancient churches agreed that Easter should be celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the Spring Equinox. This accounts for the reason that Easter is celebrated anytime from the end of March to the end of April. No matter the date, the importance of Easter is that it tells us of Christ s victory over sin and death. His resurrection from the dead is a promise for those who are faithful that they too will rise from the dead and will inherit everlasting life. That is the basic pattern of Christian life - apparent failures blossoming into victories - Good Fridays turning into Easter Sundays. Our Good Friday comes as we follow Jesus the Christ up the hill of Calvary carrying the heavy cross. There we are asked to die to our selfishness by surrendering to God s holy will. It is painfully true but necessary. Then the grace of God moves within us, and we discover new growth of faith, hope and love. Yes, our own personal Easter Sunday. Our Christian life is an infinite number of variations on this one theme, revealed to us by God in Christ: Good Friday - Easter Sunday; Good Friday - Easter Sunday; Good Friday - Easter Sunday. The story of Christianity is one of cross and resurrection, love and sacrifice and defeat and victory. Today we profess our faith that the Resurrection of Jesus is not a dream but a reality. All the darkness in this world has been conquered by the Light of Christ Jesus and His resurrection. That death gives way to the promise of eternal life. We know that in Christ Jesus we can experience forgiveness and new life, redeemed by the blood of the Savior. Easter for most of us needs to be a time for renewal of our discipleship. We can recommit ourselves to Christ and His Church, remembering that moment when the waters of baptism claimed us for Christ and we became disciples of Him who died and rose for us. The newness of life is spiritual awakening that moves us to Go out to all the world and tell the Good News. Mk 16:15. We have a responsibility to all our brothers and sisters to help them discover Christ and to rediscover Christ in their lives. So, I would like to take this opportunity to encourage anyone who has been away from church to consider returning during this joyful season of Easter. I would really like to invite you to consider joining a church family to worship God. There you might find inspiration through the Sacred Scriptures or a sermon which makes life more livable. Together in song, people praise the Lord for His goodness and for His glory. The resurrection of Christ from the grave has changed our world forever. It also changes how we live and how we die. It is the rock foundation of our hope in God. This is the Joy of Easter, that Christ Jesus Lives forever and offers us eternal life. Fr. Thomas Dooley Sacred Triduum Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord Supper 7 p.m. at St Joseph Good Friday, Veneration of the Cross 7 p.m. at St. Joseph Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil 8 p.m. at St. Joseph Easter Sunday Mass, 8 am at St Patrick; 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Important Dates April 6 First Saturday Mass 9 a.m. April 6/7 Food Pantry Sunday April 27 Quilt Show May 4/5 First Communion May 11 Mary s Meals Run

2 Parish Contacts Office Phone is Pastor: Rev. Thomas Dooley Deacon: Sam Sullivan Church Office: Patricia Barker Youth Minister: Sarah Hansen Religious Education - catechesis@saintjosephchurch.net Mary Sents - mksents@gmail.com Michael Back - michaelaback@att.net Sami Heithoff - samiheithoff@hotmail.com Altar & Rosary Society: Margaret Schleuter Knights of Columbus: Andy Couture - ajcouture12@gmail.com Prayer Line: Terri Sullivan stmnsully@gmail.com Rosemary Stuchel Patricia Corkrean Parish Reservations: Bulletin: Dave Sullivan - office@saintjosephchurch.net Newsletter: Mary Kordick - marykate2361@gmail.com Mass Times Saturday 5 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. Monday No mass Tuesday 6 p.m. Wednesday 8 a.m. Thursday 8 a.m. Friday 8 a.m. Reconciliation Saturday 4:00-4:30 or by appointment Mass Remembrance A special way to remember a family member or a friend who has passed away would be to have a Mass offered in their memory. If you wish to have the Mass offered on a birthday, anniversary or any special date, we will do our best to have the Mass offered on that specific date. Please contact the office with your request. The suggested donation for each Mass is $5.00. Flocknote - Have you signed up for any of the lists yet? Check them out at Have you liked our Facebook page yet? Be sure to visit at Check out the St. Joseph website at NEWSLETTER INFORMATION Please have all information for the next month s newsletter turned in BY THE 25 th of each month. it to marykate2361@gmail.com or to the church office. THANKS! Bottle and Can Collection There is a bottle and can collection site behind the church. The Youth Ministry uses the funds from recycling these containers for various activities. Thanks for placing your returnables in the appropriate space. Food Pantry Weekend Please bring your food items on the first weekend of each month. This month it is April 6/7. Or you may leave a cash donation, as they can purchase food and items with this. THANK YOU! Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement This program is in need of items for 75 Families and 175 individual refugees. Items needed are laundry detergent, all-purpose cleaner, 8 & 12 roll toilet paper, paper towels, dish soap, twin/full sheets, blankets, comforters, new bed pillows. Meal Ministry for the Catholic Charities Emergency Family Shelter Every third Friday, our parish works together to donate a meal to this family homeless shelter in Des Moines. Look for a flocknote with sign-up information the week before. If you have any questions, please , call/text Robin Cox at coxfamily5@live.com or Please take your turn during the year to help provide the meal. THANK YOU!

3 April Anniversaries Jim & Kris Jacobsen April 5 Kevin & Mary Halstrum April 14 Brian & Annette Gibson April 16 Scott & Bernadette Lemon April 17 Lynn & Dorisa Scott April 21 Baptismal Anniversaries Shealey Cortner April 1 Jackson Barringer April 12 Morgan Back April 13 Cody Guyer April 24 Makenzie Guyer April 24 Mike Burgus 1 Keylie Gibson 1 Mike Corkrean 2 Worth Kirkland 2 Jill Buckalew 3 William Heithoff 3 Sarah Nelson 3 Mariah White 3 Garrett Barringer 4 Allie Lang 4 Mike Farrell 5 Linda Hupton 5 Berta Kordick 6 Jorge Gutierrez 7 Blake McCauley 7 Jean Chihak 8 Maeve Maher 9 Chris Christiansen 10 April Birthdays Harvey Eivins 10 Dave LaGrange 11 Logan Nolan 11 Nolan Schechinger 11 Zachary Moss 14 Delores Nicholson 14 Cory Benes 15 Courtnie Thompson 16 Brian Gibson 17 Anthony Kruse 18 Dylan Thompson 19 Brady Barringer 20 Aron Flickinger 20 Ryan Jacobsen 20 Maria Meza 20 Mark Weighner 20 Rita Drysdale 21 Charles Decarlo 22 Nicholas Nelson 22 Peggy Herman 24 Amy White 25 Adler Steffes 26 Aidan Heckmann 27 Zachary Mortvedt 27 Brad LaGrange 28 Abilene Peiffer 28 Jacob Honkomp 29 Jennifer McErlean 29 Cole Mundus 29 Amy Nolan 29 Clare Ritchie 29 Casey Thompson 29 Sam Sullivan 30 Sue Williams 29 Save the Date! On Saturday, April 27, our church will be one of the stops on a quilt show sponsored by the Iowa Quilt Museum. Quilts made by several of our talented parishioners will be on display in our church. A lunch of a pork loin sandwich, chips, cookie and a beverage may be purchased in our hall for $5. A quilter s market will offer quilt supplies, fabric, etc. for sale. Proceeds from the luncheon and the market will go to the Altar and Rosary Society for upcoming events. Proceeds from the admission price to the quilt show will go to the Iowa Quilt Museum. If you are interested in providing a quilt for display, please contact Luella Fairholm, Kathleen Kordick, Debby Corkrean or Joan Naylor. New this year: We want to include Quilts of Valor in our display. If you have received one of these quilts and are willing to donate your quilt for display, please contact one of the ladies mentioned in the preceding paragraph. More information will be coming in the next few weeks in the bulletin. Prayer Chain Please remember in your prayers and Masses: Dottie Aiken, Lucille Couture, Jeff Elliott, Bill Halbach, Harmony Howard, Joe Hays, Don Pettit, Joanne Nichols, Linda Honkomp, Linda Sullivan, Margaret Tiernan, Dan Mulvihill and other parishioners in need of prayers. If you would like to be added to our parish prayer chain, please Terri Sullivan at: stmnsully@gmail.com, or call Patricia Corkrean at or Rosemary Stuchel at If yourself, please make sure the family is okay with the request. We will leave you on the prayer chain for 30 days unless you let us know that you need more or less time. Religious Education Wednesday, April 3---Generations Night: potluck at 6 p.m. with program to follow (last one for the year) Wednesday, April 10---classes Wednesday, April 17---classes Wednesday, April 24---Last classes for year No Children's Liturgy on Easter Sunday. Sunday, April 28, is last Sunday for Children's Liturgy for the year. First Communion is the weekend of May 4/5

4 Every Step Hospice Every Step Hospice will be providing an eight-week support group Understanding Your Grief beginning Tuesdays, April 9 through May 28. Pre-registration is required. Mary s Meals 5K/10K Run Saturday, May 11 at 9 a.m. This year s race starts and ends at Holy Trinity Catholic Church and School! As always, your registration, whether 5K or 10K, walking or running, feeds one hungry child in Malawi for the entire school year through Mary s Meals. Fun and upbeat music at the start, and Hurt s Donuts at the finish line! Register today and follow us on Facebook! Fish Fry Dinners! Go to our Facebook page at Winterset Knights of Columbus, Council #10035 for better pictures. Like us while you are there.

5 St. Joseph Compassion Fund The Knights presented a check for $12, to the St. Joseph Catholic Church Compassion Fund. Thank you to everyone who supported our Valentine s Day Gala and Raffle. Community Compassion Fund of St. Joseph s The purpose of the newly funded Community Compassion Fund is to provide any resident of Madison County with financial assistance in the form of food cards from Fareway ($20 cards that prohibit use for alcohol or tobacco), $20 gas cards through Wight & Short (Winterset Oil Company), partial payments for utilities and rent, minor vehicle repairs and other one-time assistance needs. However, St. Joseph and St. Patrick s Irish Settlement have already been providing these services for many, many years. This community ministry is administered through the St. Joseph office (Pat Barker, Fr. Tom and Mike Drysdale) and in coordination with the MATURA and CRISP programs. An individual or family can only avail themselves of the program once every six months. In addition, St. Patrick s parish has a monthly special collection for the Madison-Warren Ecumenical Association and donates around $2,500 annually to this group which provides social and financial services to residents in the I-35 and Martensdale-St. Mary s school districts. The parish also has special collections for the St Vincent de Paul Society. St. Patrick s Altar & Rosary Society puts on an annual auction to raise funds to assist families in need. In the past two years, their efforts have raised and donated over $2,800. Over the past few years, St. Joseph has paid an average of $4,600 in financial assistance to the community of Madison County in the services mentioned above. These payments have come from your Sunday collection tithing, thereby reducing the money available to support the operation of the church. Recognizing this community assistance need, the Knights of Columbus chose to support the Compassion Fund by providing funding to meet the needs of this ministerial assistance program. The Knights held the Valentine Dinner Gala from which they contributed $9,375 to establish the Compassion Fund, and this amount has been augmented with a $1,000 donation from the St. Joseph Altar & Rosary Society and $2,310 in donations from St. Joseph s and St. Patrick s parishioners and from other community members. As a result, the Compassion Fund has received a total of $12,685 in donations as of mid-march. Over the past eight months, this ministry has paid out $3,306 in financial assistance to the community. It is the intent of the Knights and the parish office that this initial funding last for two years until a second Valentine Gala can be organized (perhaps). In the meantime, ongoing cash contributions or Fareway gift cards can be donated at the St. Joseph office in order that this valuable community ministry can continue its appreciated work. A heartfelt thank you is extended to everyone for the constant generosity that you have always given to the parish and the needy in our communities.

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