Welcome to Saint Joseph Catholic Church 106 North Meramec Avenue Clayton, Missouri 63105-3788 Rev. Nicholas E. Kastenholz, Pastor Rev. Thomas J. Schaab, Senior Associate Deacons Albert Williams and Del Leonardo Parish Office: 314-726-1221 Parish Fax: 314-721-5110 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 Parish Council Chairperson Frank Hackmann, Education Commission Al Barbieri, Finance Commission Sharon Skrivan, Social Concerns Commission Betsy Barbieri, Marion O Gorman, Anne Shapleigh Denny Staub, Barbara Summers, Christie Murphy Parish e-mail: pat_stj@hotmail.com Parish website: www.stjosephclayton.org Rectory Hours: 8:30-4:00 pm, Mon-Fri Religious Education PSR Terri Venneman, CRE School Office: 314-727-9059 School Fax: 314-727-2271 Music Director Tom Taylor 314-726-1221 Director of Maintenance -- Steve Topping 314-726-1221 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 289-6101, box 2208. 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 www.stjosephclayton.org www.stjospehclayton.org 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 1593. 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.
Hello, Fourth Sunday of Lent March 6, 2016 The sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is going to be available for all of those in need next weekend at all of the Masses. So who should be anointed? Some of us might remember when the sacrament was referred to as Extreme Unction (final anointing) and also have the understanding that it was only to be received when one was about to die. That is a proper time for it, when it might be a part of what is referred to as Last Rites when one s death is imminent and they receive the sacraments of Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, and the Eucharist in preparation for this death, but it is also appropriate other times. The Rite for Anointing of the Sick states: Those of the faithful whose health is seriously impaired by sickness or old age receive this sacrament. It also states: The sacrament may be repeated if the sick person recovers after being anointed and then again falls ill or during the same illness the person s condition becomes more serious. If we limit the sacrament to only before an imminent death, then we are only looking at the spiritual benefits that Christ offers in the sacrament and denying the physical healing that may accompany it. The Rite of Anointing takes place during Mass after the Gospel. This should be expected as that is when we are used to celebrating other sacraments when they are also a part of Mass. Most of us recognize that the exchange of vows and rings at a wedding comes after the Liturgy of the Word. If you have been to a Confirmation lately or a Baptism within Mass we recognize that this is also the time when those sacraments are celebrated, and similarly for the anointing of the sick. In addition to particular prayers and petitions that are used for this sacrament, the two actions that are involved are the laying on of hands and the anointing itself. When there are only a few people the laying on of hands is done individually to each person, the priest laying his hands over them and silently praying for them. When we have many people, like our Sunday Masses, the priest will hold out his hands over the congregation and silently pray for them. After this those receiving the sacrament will either come forward as we do to receive the Eucharist, or if they cannot, stay at the end of their pew and the priest will come to them. They are anointed on the head and the palms of their hands with the oil that Archbishop Carlson blessed for this purpose last year on Holy Thursday at the Chrism Mass. This sacrament is a great gift that God gives us. A means by which the Holy Spirit comforts and aids us when we are in special need. A means God gives us to be open to and better live out His will throughout our lives. Peace, Fr. Nick Notes From The Pastor's Pen Mass Intentions Monday, March 7 6:30 am John N. Shalhoob Poor Souls Tuesday, March 8 8:00 am Joan O Rourke Bernard Rielly Wednesday, March 9 6:30 am Helene Schweitzer Mike Proctor Intention Thursday, March 10 8:00 am Healing of Bebe Kennedy Bernardo Reyes Fam. Friday, March 11 6:30 am Jane Byrne Tim Lodes Saturday, March 12 8:00 am Mary Elizabeth Laflin 5:00 pm Samuel Hardy Sunday, March 13 7:30 am St. Joseph Parishioners 9:00 am Kaye Lewand 11:00 am Ellsworth Munroe
We Pray For Our Loved Ones May God provide health and comfort to Bebe Kennedy Mike Proctor Douglas Purdy Gene Mackey Tracy Petit Louise O Farrell Betty Notter Dave Rowan Joanne Deddens Joan Rice Layne Knight LaJuana Hinch Joy Fischer Shirley Toon Eugene Shalhoob Mary Jane Zoernig Sr. Eleanor Barbara Lindsay Maria Guehlstorf Madelyn Ibeling Michael Phelps Colleen Woodard The Deadline to submit an ar cle for the bulle n is Monday at 10 am READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b; Jn 4:43-54 Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16 Wednesday: Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18; Jn 5:17-30 Thursday: Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106:19-23; Jn 5:31-47 Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Saturday: Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53 Sunday: Is 43:16-21; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:1-11; Alternate readings (Year A): Ez 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-8; Rom 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45] Parish Mission - St. Joseph - Clayton March 6-8 Title of the Mission: The Beauty of the Catholic Faith! First Night: Made to Become God's Children Second Night: Becoming Another Christ Third Night: Becoming a Temple of the Holy Spirit This year's parish mission will center around our call as baptized Christians not only to know and love Jesus but actually to become his actual presence for our world. Saint Joseph's Catholic Church has invited Fr. David Meconi, SJ from his teaching early Church History at Saint Louis University to lead us in three nights of prayer and reflection. For three nights in a row at 7 p.m., we will expose the Blessed Sacrament for a few minutes of silent adoration. Around 7:10 each evening Fr. Meconi will speak until 8, and we shall then conclude with Benediction. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available each night at 6 p.m. as well. A parish mission is a unique time for us to grow as a family in Christ and an opportunity for each of us to have a bit of needed silence and prayer. Please come to all or any of the nights you can. ARCHDIOCESAN LENTEN REGULATIONS Good Friday (March 25, 2016) is a day of abstinence for all Catholics over the age of 14. Fast, as well as abstinence, is also obligatory for those from the ages of 18-59. Abstinence means refraining from meat. Fast means one full meal a day, with two smaller meals and nothing between meals (liquids are permitted). No Catholic will lightly excuse himself or herself from this obligation. All Fridays in Lent are days of abstinence from meat. Here again Catholics will not hold themselves lightly excused, but if there is a serious health problem, this obligation would not apply. We should strive to make all days of Lent a time of prayer and penance. 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. The food pantry is getting a little sparse on toiletries such as tooth paste, laundry detergent, dish and hand soap, paper products. We could also use some coffee, tea and cereal for our families. Thank you as always, St. Vincent de Paul Society
Sunday Offerings-February 27-28, 2016 Sunday Envelopes 5,822.00 Loose 1,198.38 Online Giving 911.50 Holy Day 0.00 Weekday noon Masses 393.21 Total for week 8,325.09 YTD Budget 353,529.97 YTD Actual 374,461.16 YTD Operating Surplus/(Deficit) 20,931.19 Stations of The Cross We will pray The Stations of the Cross together each Friday during Lent at 7:00 p.m. in the Church. Please join us! Sunday Worship March 12-13, 2016 5:00 pm Catherine Hoff Wilson Stahl Richard Kurz A SUNDAY FOR REJOICING Today s Gospel story of the prodigal son is a favorite of many. We can identify with all the major figures and their crisscross of emotions. The father s initial grief over his young son s avarice is turned to relief at his return. The son s grief over his loss of fortune, family, and friends is turned to delirious joy at the sight of his father. We understand the eldest son s bewilderment over his father s generosity. For the older son, virtue seems not to be its own reward. For all his honorable toil and loyalty, there seems to be no celebration. The father, however, is prodigal in his forgiveness and mercy. He expects the same generosity from his older son. He wants all to rejoice when the lost one is found. This is a Sunday for rejoicing. It s time to pause, consider, and encourage one another. We are the prodigal children heading home. We are the elder siblings waiting with the eager Father, who scans the horizon. In Christ Jesus we are reconciled to the Father and one another. In his death and resurrection we have passed over. We are a new creation. In this we rejoice. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. Therese Macan Rosemary Hardy Ramon Floro 7:30 am Liam & Meaghan Mulligan Frank Hackmann Greg Browne Sharon Skrivan Mark Aune 9:00 am Thomas Clear Mark Aune We welcome to the St. Joseph Parish Family, through the Waters of Baptism: Luis George Steiner, son of Kyle and April Steiner. Congratulations to the happy family! Yep next Sunday, March 13th! Don t forget to set your Clocks ahead before going to bed next Saturday. Daylight Savings Time Begins Again. Next weekend, March 12-13, the Permanent Deacons in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, in conjunction with the Respect life office, will be collecting diapers for infants and toddlers as part of a diocesan wide service project to assist families in need. We would ask that you please consider placing the purchasing of infant or toddler diapers on your shopping list and bring them to the barrels at the entrances to the Church. All diapers collected will be donated to assist families in our parish community. For more information speak to Deacon Al Williams. We ask you to pray for the success of this project and to please be as generous as possible. Mary Joan Woods Michael Clear Marcella Leonardo Deacon Del 11:00 am Kateri & Claudia Gutting Roger Drone Carolyn Dickmann Carmen Leonardi Deacon Al To become a minister call 726-1221.
A Peek at the Week Ahead Parish Mission, March 6, 7, 8th in Church 6:00 pm Confession, 7:00 pm Talk Monday, March 7 1:00 pm Prayer Group, Madonna Rm 5:15 pm PSR, School 7:30 pm Adult Choir, Church Tuesday, March 8 12:45 pm 2nd Tuesday Lunch Bunch, Parish Hall Wednesday, March 9 9:15 am Cornerstone Bible Study, Parish Hall Thursday, March 10 6:30 am Forming Men For Christ, Parish Hall Sunday, March 13 9:30 am PSR, School 11:00 am CLW, Centennial Rm 7:00 pm HS PSR, Centennial Rm SECOND TUESDAY LUNCH BUNCH: Erin go bragh! Or - whatever! We are celebrating St. Patrick's Day on March 8th, at 12:45 pm, in the church hall. Join us, and wear GREEN - or - come in any color, except orange! If you want to stay after lunch to "Rob Your Neighbor", bring a gift to share. See you there? Forming Men for Christ - A Monthly Men's Mass and Coffee with Father James Mason Reverend James Mason, President-Rector of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, invites all men for Mass and refreshments at St. Joseph s Catholic Church in Clayton, every second Thursday of the month. The next meeting will be on Thursday, March 10th, 2016. Father Mason's talk is entitled "Acedia: The Noon Day Demon." Mass will be in the Church at 6:30 a.m., coffee, refreshments and talk from 7 a.m. until 7:45 a.m. Plenty of free parking is available on the Church lot. See http://kenrick.edu/ resources/formingmenforchrist/ for more information. The Dynamic Catholic at St. Joseph On the Journey During the Jubilee Year of Mercy, we are not only called to reflect on God s mercy in our lives, but also on how we are the mercy of God to others. Through the Corporal Works of Mercy, we are given specific ways to be God s mercy in the world. We are directed to place ourselves physically into situations in order to bring mercy to others. While many of the people who practice these works are recognized as holy and faith-filled people, many others face suspicion and distrust. And some, quietly and humbly, strive to be Christ to others. Let s take the opportunity to witness mercy in action. Burying the Dead On a recent NPR broadcast, there was a story about an all boys school outside of Boston. At Roxbury Latin, a program has been started that brings volunteers from the school to serve at the burial of those who have died and have had no family step forward to claim them. Working with a funeral home that helps with this kind of burial, the boys are pallbearers and mourners at the graveside of a person that they have never met in life. The experience gives the boys the opportunity to reflect on the more tragic aspects of life. The lives of neglected and marginalized people that die alone and unwanted exist in stark contrast to those of the students. As the young men stand around the gravesite, they take part in a short memorial where they read a brief prayer together and then take turns reading a poem, scripture or a reflection on death. This is a transformative moment. By living this corporal work of mercy, the young men offer the dead honor and recognition of their dignity as a person created and loved by God. At the same time, the young men experience a new and powerful sense of self. They recognize that they will turn from the gravesite to return to their normal life of schoolwork, family, friends and social activities. But one young man observed that those are things in which you can get caught up in When you kind of get out of that bubble that you are kind of stuck in, you get perspective on what s really important in life. The boys leave the gravesite after lying flowers on the unmarked grave. Through the works of mercy many are served; those who receive the mercy, but also those who give it. March 17 Fr. Paul Hoesing Schedule 8:00 a.m. Gathering (coffee provided) 8:15 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Speaker, Discussion, and RosaryKenrick-Glennon Seminary, 5200 Glennon Drive, St. Louis, MO Printed with permission of author, Cathy Pressimone, Pastoral Associate. Our Lady of Lourdes
Hearts on Fire Retreat Young adults (18-39) are invited to the Hearts on Fire Retreat on March 18 th -19th at St. Anselm s Parish! This retreat is designed for young adults, specifically to lead you closer to Christ through the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Take advantage of this opportunity to begin Holy Week with a retreat, while getting to know other young adults! Retreat registration here: http://apostleshipofprayer.org/hof-events/2015/12/6/hearts-on-fire-st-louis or email stlya@archstl.org for more information. As our day at the Supreme Court draws near, please pray with us and for us.