Saint Joseph Church Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 16, 2017
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 Deacon 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 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 e-mail: pat_stj@hotmail.com Parish website: www.stjosephclayton.org Rectory Hours: 8:30-4:00 pm, Mon-Fri Religious Education PSR Debbie Wilmarth, CRE, PSR Principal deb.cre.stj@gmail.com School Office: 314-727-9059 Director of Music Dr. Adam Thomé stjmusicclayton@gmail.com 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, Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 16, 2017 Last week I got a few questions from parishioners about some new Church document saying that we cannot use Gluten Free hosts. (Circular letter to Bishops on the bread and wine for the Eucharist Prot. N. 320/17) Actually the letter didn t change anything but rather was a reminder to bishops about the rules on what can be used for hosts. The current instructions that we follow came out in July of 2003, which seems to be about the time when I started hearing about people with gluten allergies or celiac disease. This specifies that while gluten-free hosts are invalid to use for the celebration of Mass, low-gluten hosts can be used. There are four different approved sources for low-gluten hosts in the United States and the ones that we use are made by the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, who are located in Clyde, MO. Their low-gluten hosts that we use have less than.01% gluten content, which appears to be helpful for many. Here at St. Joe s we only have a couple of people who have told us about their need for low-gluten hosts. Every parish I have been at since 2003 has had a slightly different way of addressing this concern, each seemed to work in their specific situation. If you have the need to receive only a low-gluten host please talk to Fr. Schaab or myself so we can help you and others in our parish. Another question I have been receiving lately is who is the new principal for our PSR? We have hired Mrs. Debbie Wilmarth. The position was posted in the archdiocese and we received a good variety of applications. Fortunately I had the assistance of a variety of parishioners who were a combination of PSR parents, PSR teachers, and full-time teachers to interview applicants. Also, fortunately, we all agreed on our ultimate choice, she accepted our offer, and we look forward to see the way we can continue to help the children and families of our parish and many other parishes who come to our PSR to grow in their faith. As we finished the fiscal year with the end of June I also just wanted to thank everyone for their continued generous support of the parish. Last year our offertory donations totaled $572,733, which was $24, 276 over our budgeted $548, 457. This is especially impressive when it is considered that we also held the Beyond Sunday capital campaign last year and surpassed our goal there also. Just last week we went past our Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA) goal of $96,209. It would be great if we could meet our new donor goal (we need 7 more new donors) and our prior percentage of participation goal (needs 14 more donors, or only 7 more if we get the 7 new donors). I hope that answered a few questions. I will have more details about our new PSR Principal and our finances in our yearly report in a couple of months. Try and stay cool. Peace, Fr. Nick Notes From The Pastor's Pen Mass Intentions Monday, July 17 6:30 am Helene Schweitzer Perfecto R. Arribas Tuesday, July 18 8:00 am Fr. Robert L. Roeding Marilyn Cusick Wednesday, July 19 6:30 am Dr. Sam Hardy Cathy Kleinschmidt Thursday, July 20 8:00 am Dennis Presson Fam. Rick Feldman Friday, July 21 6:30 am Poor Souls Richard Klein Saturday, July 22 St Mary Magdalene 8:00 am Fr Joseph R. Monahan 5:00 pm Bill Andrews Sunday, July 23 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 am St Joseph Parishioners 9:00 am John Buddy McCadden 11:00 am Dr Claro Floro
We Pray For Our Loved Ones May God provide health and comfort to Nick Seay Cynthia Tao Virginia Leightner Barry Andrews Fran Hagan 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 Leroy Ettling Gene Larcade Sunday Offerings July 8-9, 2017 Sunday Envelopes $5,143.00 Loose $687.75 Online Giving $1,583.30 Weekday noon Masses $378.64 Total for week $7,792.69 YTD Budget $16,313.00 YTD Actual $16,180.24 YTD Operating Surplus/(Deficit) ($132.76) GOING SOMEWHERE? Don t forget to look for churches near your destination and check Mass times. Visit www.masstimes.org to locate parishes around the country and the world. OR BONUS If you have the myparish app on your phone you will be able to find a Church no matter where you are! Children's Liturgy During 11am Mass We are still having Children's Liturgy throughout the summer for children in 2nd grade and under. Come to Mass as a family and during the Liturgy of the Word the kids can hear the readings on their own level. CLEANING SUPPLIES NEEDED Help local families move from homelessness to housing with needed cleaning supplies. St. Patrick Center is seeking donations of the following items for clients moving into apartments and homes: mops, buckets, brooms, all-purpose cleaner, bathroom cleaner, dish soap, paper towels and toilet paper. For more information, contact Katie Joseph at kjoseph@stpatrickcenter. Rest In Peace We offer our sympathy and prayers to the family and friends of John Buddy McCadden, long-time parishioner, who died earlier this month. May God welcome Buddy home, bless those who mourn his loss, and fill them with peace in their time of sorrow. We welcome to the St. Joseph Parish Family, through the Waters of Baptism: Brij Ranjit Bagwe and Charlotte Marie Bagwe, children of Mahesh and Kelly. Congratulations to the happy families! READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Ex 1:8-14, 22; Ps 124:1b-8; Mt 10:34 11:1 Tuesday: Ex 2:1-15a; Ps 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 11:20-24 Wednesday: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12; Ps 103:1b-4, 6-7; Mt 11:25-27 Thursday: Ex 3:13-20; Ps 105:1, 5, 8-9, 24-27; Mt 11:28-30 Friday: Ex 11:10 12:14; Ps 116:12-13, 15, 16bc, 17-18; Mt 12:1-8 Saturday: Ex 12:37-42; Ps 136:1, 23-24, 10-15; Jn 20:1-2, 11-18 Sunday: Wis 12:13, 16-19; Ps 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16; Rom 8:26-27; Mt 13:24-43 [24-30] The Deadline to submit an ar cle for the bulle n is Monday at 10 am Are you a Registered Parishioner? Did you know that demographic studies estimate that more than 1/3 of all Catholics are NOT registered in a parish? If you are not registered in our parish, please consider doing so. Also, please encourage your friends and family to register. Registering is important because: If a parish doesn t know who is out there, how can it adequately serve the needs of all especially singles, divorced or young families who may not see the need to register? When the services of the Church are needed, such as for a wedding, baptism or funeral it is easier if the person is already registered. Registering is easy. Simply call the Rectory, Monday Friday, 8:30 4:00 and we will take the information over the phone! (314-726-1221) We look forward to welcoming all Catholics in our area as registered members
HAVE YOU REGISTERED FOR PSR YET? The 2017-18 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 314-727-9059. Sunday Worship July 22-23, 2017 5:00 pm Rosemary Pickle Tom O Keefe Bunny Hosler Liz Rainey Ramon Floro 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 email 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. Safe Environment Program Compliance: Anyone who works with or volunteers with children must be compliant with the Safe Environment Program of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis set forth by the USCCB. (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) Compliance includes attending a Protecting God s Children Workshop, completing a Worker Registration Form to obtain a background check, and reading and signing a Code of Ethical Conduct. Each location must have copies of individual background checks & code of ethics forms on file for all active volunteers and employees. Additional background checks may be necessary if you have lived out of state in previous years. To register online for a Protecting God s Children Workshop, please visit www.archstl.org and click on the Protecting God s Children link. You will be redirected to the VIRTUSOnline.org site to complete the registration process. The Code of Ethical Conduct and worker registration forms are available from your parish Child Safety Coordinator and may also be located on your parish website. If you have questions or need assistance with this process please contact the parish office or the Archdiocesan Safe Environment Program at 314-792-7272. Missouri Background Checks are obtained when you begin your ministry and are updated every even numbered year. Please let the parish office know if you would like to be removed from the list of active volunteers. You must also contact the Missouri Family Care Safety Registry at 1-866-422-6872 with address changes. 7:30 am Larry Glynn Frank Hackmann Greg Browne 9:00 am Betsy Sampson John Gillis Marcella Leonardo Deacon Del 11:00 am Kateri & Claudia Gutting Flora Wilsker Thom Schwetye Shannon Hadley Linda Orso To become a minister call 726-1221.
St. Vincent depaul Society Food Pantry needs the below items: Canned fruit: peaches, pears, pineapples, applesauce, juice boxes. Toiletries: toothpaste, deodorant, hand soap, toothbrushes, combs, brushes, hand lotion, shampoo, Kleenex, toilet paper. NO CANNED VEGETABLES, BEANS OR TOMATO PRODUCTS needed The Bridges Retreat offering the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, running September May, will have the following information sessions: Webster Groves Christian Church, 1320 West Lockwood, St. Louis, MO 63122 Wednesday, July 19th @ 10 a.m. and Wednesday, August 16 @ 7 p.m. St. Francis Xavier College Church, 3628 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63108 on Sunday, August 6, after the 8 a.m. Mass and Sunday, August 13 after the 10:30 a.m. Mass Holy Spirit Parish, 3130 Parkwood Lane, Maryland Heights, MO 63043 on Wednesday, August 9 @ 7 p.m. Questions? Please see our website at www.bridgesfoundation.org Home...one of the sweetest words we know! We are excited to announce that on July 17 we will officially move into our OWN building! With 33,000 square feet of space (including rental property), we have opportunity to expand our reach, build on our programs, work more efficiently and continue to dream bigger for our kids. A journey that began 16 years ago in a basement and has been blessed along the way by some amazing people now has room to grow and flourish. THANK YOU for supporting the journey! OUR NEW ADDRESS 516 Hanley Industrial Court St. Louis, MO 63144 FIAT Women's Group Our next mee ng will be on July 20th and our speaker will be Monsignor Michael Wi, Professor of Church History. As always, we will meet in the Chapel at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary to pray the rosary at 8 a.m. Monsignor will speak from 8:15 a.m. un l 9:00 a.m. Coffee and refreshments will be offered a erwards in the Fireside Room un l 9:30 a.m. See www.kenrick.edu/fiat for more informa on. Please bring a friend! All are welcome.
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 618-741-9308 for more information. Theology on Tap Summer Series This summer, join young adults from across the archdiocese for our Theology on Tap Summer Six Pack evenings of engaging talks, drink specials, and great community: July 25 th, and August 8 th. All talks will be held at 7 PM at Kirkwood Station Brewing Co. Our featured speakers will be Archbishop Carlson, Paul Masek (Director of the REAP Team), Deacon Ryan Adorjan (Diocese of Joliet, IL), Liz Miller, Matt Faley (musician), and various priests from the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Email stlya@archstl.org or call 314-792-7008 with questions or for more information. Attention CYC Coaches, s, Parents!! Register today for the CYC SPORTS SUMMIT which will take place on Saturday, July 29 th from 9 am 2 pm at the Cardinal Rigali Center in Shrewsbury. Throughout four sessions and table discussions, we will dive deeper into how to integrate faith and athletics - in practices, in games, and in everyday life. Speakers include Thomas Wurtz from Varsity Catholic, former MLB Pitcher Bobby Keppel, Fr. McGivney High School Volleyball coach and Faith Formation Coordinator Amanda Pirih. Cost is $10, and registration includes lunch and refreshments. Space is limited. Visit www.cycstl.net/summit to register today!!