November 22, 2015 St. Joseph Parish A Ministry of the Capuchin Franciscans since 1877 www.saintjosephparish.org 404 W Lawrence St Appleton WI 54911-5817 Phone: 920-734-7195; Fax: 920-734-0227 Pastoral Staff Capuchin - Pastor, Fr. James P. Leary, O.F.M. Cap., Frjim@SaintJosephParish.org 920-419-8738 Deacon / Pastoral Associate, Mark Farrell; MFarrell@SaintJosephParish.org Deacon / Pastoral Minister, C.F. Dedman; CFDedman@SaintJosephParish.org Interparish Adult Enrichment, Carol Jensen; CJensen@StMaryParish.org... 739-5119 Music Director, Jill Beyer; JBeyer@SaintJosephParish.org Bookkeeper, Linda Baumruk; LBaumruk@SaintJosephParish.org Secretary, Barb Mauthe; BMauthe@SaintJosephParish.org MASS TIMES Saturdays: 4:00 p.m.; Sundays: 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 6:30 p.m. Weekdays: Mondays, Tuesdays, & Fridays: 12:05 p.m. Check bulletin for Holy Day Schedules. Office Hours Monday - Thursday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. St. Joseph Parish is a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic School System 735-9380 Inter-Parish Religious Formation 738-7413 DRE, Coordinator K-4, Eucharist: Andrew Russell Coordinator 5-8/Reconciliation: Jennifer Schubring Youth Ministry 6-12, Coordinator 9-11, Confirmation: Peter Leitermann Celebration of the Sacraments Marriage: Active parish membership of 6 months is required before a wedding date may be set. Reconciliation: Saturdays from 9 until approximately 9:30 am or call for an appointment. Baptism: Please call the Parish Office 2 months in advance. Anointing of the Sick: Please call the Parish Office anytime.
S T. J O S E P H P A R I S H, A P P L E T O N, W I Fr Jim s Jottings Our Church year comes to a fitting end with our feast of Christ the King today. Pope Pius XI instituted The Feast of Christ the King in 1925 for the universal church in his encyclical Quas Primas. He connected the increasing denial of Christ as king to the rise of secularism. At that time many Christians (including Catholics) began to doubt Christ's authority and existence, as well as the Church's power to continue Christ's authority. Pius XI, and the rest of the Christian world, witnessed the rise of non-christian dictatorships in Europe, and saw Catholics being taken in by these earthly leaders. The Feast of Christ the King was instituted during a time when respect for Christ and the Church was waning, when the feast was needed most. Pope Pius hoped the institution of the feast would have various effects. They were: 1. That nations would see that the Church has the right to freedom, and immunity from the state. 2. That leaders and nations would see that they are bound to give respect to Christ. 3. That the faithful would gain strength and courage from the celebration of the feast, as we are reminded that Christ must reign in our hearts, minds, wills, and bodies. Today, the same distrust of authority exists, although the problem has gotten worse. Individualism has been embraced to such an extreme, that for many, the only authority is the individual self. The idea of Christ as ruler is rejected in such a strongly individualistic system. Also, many balk at the idea of kings and queens, believing them to be antiquated and possibly oppressive. However true these statements might be, these individuals miss the point: Christ's kingship is one of humility and service. Jesus said You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to become great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. While Christ is coming to judge the nations, his teachings spell out a kingdom of justice and judgment balanced with radical love, mercy, peace, and forgiveness. When we celebrate Christ as King, we are not celebrating an oppressive ruler, but one willing to die for humanity and whose "loving-kindness endures forever." Mass for Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day (Nov 26) is coming. We will have a Mass on Thanksgiving Eve at 6:30pm. There will be no Mass on Thanksgiving Day. We invite you to bring a gift of peanut butter and/or jelly for the St Joseph Food Pantry. Most of us will be dining on a delicious turkey dinner the next day. Hopefully we can fill some of the shelves at the pantry with peanut butter and jelly for the holiday season. St Joe s Calendar Raffle We ve begun passing out our raffle calendars in the Great Hall. Every parishioner has an envelope with your name on it. Inside are three raffle calendars. We ask you to buy/sell them as part of a fundraiser for the parish. If you are able to buy/sell more calendars, they are on the radiator in back of church or at the front desk of the office. Many parishioners have generously helped make this our biggest fundraiser. Last year we made almost $20,000! That s outstanding. Our raffle calendars make great gifts for Thanksgiving and/or Christmas. Jubilee Search Our Jubilee Committee is asking for your help with photos, articles, and items of the history of St Joseph Parish. We have some items here in the parish office, but would be grateful for your willingness to share things you have in your attic. Do you have a class photo of your days at St Joe s school? Perhaps an article of a parish event years ago? We d like to scan the item and return it to you. Please look through some of your past treasures. Just drop them off at the parish office with your name on them and we ll get them back to you. Fox Valley Mission Group This Mission group from Kaukauna has been traveling to Nicaragua for 20 yrs., doing construction work in El Ayota, Siuna, and Puerto Cabezas. This year they are going back to Puerto Cabezas to help Bishop David Zywiec on a building the Sisters are using for computer room and library. They are going Jan 26-Feb 8. If you are interested in helping or want more info contact David Arnoldussen at @ davearnoldussen@hotmail.com or call 920.419.6530. Please Pray For... Please pray for all our parishioners who are ill. Tom Harp, Carl Thiel, Tom Belonger, John Schreiter, Mary Sauer Please also remember our nursing home residents and shut-ins. Please remember to pray for our parishioners or family members of our parishioners who have died: William Van Weele From: St. Joseph Parish Staff
N O V E M B E R 2 2, 2 1 0 5 Adult & Young Adult Enrichment Opportunities Giving Thanks for Young Adults Sunday, Nov. 22, 11:00 am, St. Joseph, Holly Hall We invite young adults, ages 21 39 and their children or friends to join us for a luncheon gathering on Sunday, Nov. 22 in St. Joseph Parish, Holly Hall. We re thankful to have you as part of our parish communities of St. Mary and St. Joseph. We ll have pizza, salad, garlic bread, fresh fruit and desserts. You WILL be done in time for the big game! Please pre-register before Friday, Nov. 20 at Noon so that we know how much food to prepare 739-3700 x 22 or cjensen@stmaryparish.org. Advent Evening of Reflection Finding Peace and Serenity in Advent Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 6:00 8:00 pm, St. Mary Community Room Join us for supper and a talk on Finding Peace and Serenity in Advent by Betty Manion. Betty is the Director of Religious Education at St. Margaret Mary Parish in Waupaca and is known for her presentations using both thought provoking stories and drama bringing the scriptures to life. 6:00 6:45 pm - Supper (choice of soups, salad bar, sandwiches and desserts) 6:45 7:45 pm - Presentation on Peace and Serenity in Advent by Betty. Fee: $6.00 (checks payable to St. Mary Parish). Please pre-register before Noon on Nov. 30. Christ Renews His Parish Renewal Weekends for Men and Women, Lent, 2015 Men s Weekend - February 27-28, 2015, St. Joseph Parish Center Women s Weekend March 5-6, 2015, St. Mary Parish Center Renew your Faith Be inspired - Spend a weekend with Jesus. No cost to you because of the generosity of our parishioners. Call Carol at 739-5119 for more information. It opened my eyes still further to the power of God s grace in others. What a beautiful gift thank you so much! I realized others have gone through difficulties and survived. No one comes from a Hallmark family. Home Prevention Campaign December 12 We are asking you to join us in this nationwide public initiative that aims to reduce the number of fire deaths and injuries in the U.S. by 25% within five years. This event consists of teams of 3(an Installer, a Documenter and a Safety Educator) coming into homes and installing new 10-year lithium battery operated smoke alarms if no alarm is currently in place, or replacing existing outdated smoke alarms (the lifespan on alarms is 7-10 years). The team will also check your existing alarms for you, supply new batteries for existing, current smoke alarms if the batteries are missing, and help residents prepare a home fire escape plan. THIS is all done at no cost to the residents. Saint Joseph s will be collecting names of both parishioners and nonparishioners in the Appleton area, who need smoke alarms or would like to have their current smoke alarms checked. Please contact Deacon CF at 734-7195 for more details. Senior Citizens Christmas Gathering & Lunch Wednesday, December 1 Our event begins with Mass at 12:05 pm and continues in Holly Hall with a gathering for lunch. Come and enjoy a holiday gathering with other seniors. RSVP to 734-7195 with name, phone number and number of people attending the luncheon by NOON on Wednesday November 24. Financial News Tithing Needed... $16,300.00 Last Week s Tithing... $12,084.38 Tithing Auto Withdrawal... $523.00 Children s Collection... $32.50 ******************** Parish Support Through Collections Budgeted 7/1/15 10/31/15: $245,000.00 Actual 7/1/1-10/31/15: $270,510.84 Thank You! Your special offering to help keep us on target would be appreciated. St. Joseph s Food Program October Milk Money $1,013.39 Other donations: Food Program $332.00 LEAVEN $87.00 Thank You! Readings for the Week of November 22, 2015 Sunday: Dn 7:13-14 Rv 1:5-8 Jn 18:33b-37 Monday: Dn 1:1-6, 8-20 Lk 21:1-4 Tuesday: Dn 2:31-45 Lk 21:5-11 Wednesday: Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28 Lk 21:12-19 Thursday: Dn 6:12-28 Lk 21:20-28 Friday: Dn 7:2-14 Lk 21:29-33 Saturday: Dn 7:15-27 Lk 21:34-36 Next Sunday: Jer 33:14-16 1 Thes 3:12--4:2 Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 Liturgical Publications Inc. "So Pilate said to him, Then you are a king? Jesus answered, You say I am a king. For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice. Jn 18:37 Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass 2001, 1998, 1970 CCD.
S T. J O S E P H P A R I S H, A P P L E T O N, W I Help St. Joe s Earn Extra Income! Think about the everyday items you purchase every month. What if you could give St. Joe s extra income, because of your purchases? WOULD YOU? It only takes a few moments after Mass on the weekend to pick up the cards as you go out the Great Hall. These are some of the cards available for purchase: Kwik Trip ($50) Fleet Farm ($25) McDonald s ($10) Woodman s ($50) Tom s Drive-In ($10) Starbucks ($10) Walmart ($25) Piggly Wiggly ($50) Festival Foods ($50) BP ($50) Menards ($25) Mary s Place ($10) Barnes & Noble ($10) Marcus Theaters ($25) Walgreens ($25) Cinders ($10) Culvers($10) Good Company ($20) Mark s East Side ($20) Jimmy John s ($10) Subway ($10) George s Steakhouse $25 Olive Garden/Red Lobster($25) Roundy s (Copps/Pick N Save) ($50) Kohls ($50) [You can pay your bill with these.] Look at the order sheet, if there is something that you see you would like to have in the box every month, just let us know. If you order other cards that aren t in our SCRIP box, please note that your check should be made out to Xavier Catholic Schools. With the Christmas shopping season coming up, we need to have your orders in early to ensure that the cards you want are available. Order special cards by December 6th. Here are a few of the cards that are available for ordering: Amazon ($25) Manderfield s Bakery ($10) Home Depot ($25) Pet Smart ($25) St. Patrick s Book Store ($10) Remember that special orders need to have a check made out to Xavier Catholic Schools included with the order form. ORDER EARLY!!! Between now and December 20th, SCRIP will be sold every weekend for your shopping convenience. Please consider purchasing SCRIP soon. Your purchase supports St. Joe s. Thank YOU! Congratulations to Our Weekly Calendar Raffle Winners November 8 Ricky Smaxwill $25.00 November 9 Fr. James Leary, O.F.M. Cap. $25.00 November 10 Natalie Lapean - $25.00 November 11 Joe Bowers - $25.00 November 12 Mark Savides $25.00 November 13 Ann Waller $25.00 November 14 Joan Siebers $25.00 Help Lauren Get a Lung Transplant! Lauren Ann Arkens is a resident of the Fox Valley area. She is the wife of Tyler, mother of Lily, and daughter of Geralyn and David Hartman. Lauren is in need of a lung transplant and needs the help of her community to make it happen. Transplants are life-saving but very expensive. After years of struggling with cystic fibrosis (CF), a lung transplant is Lauren s only hope for living a normal life. She recently visited her transplant team at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee. Lauren needed to hit a specific weight requirement and she did it! This means she is now on the transplant waiting list to receive a double lung transplant. While this is good news, it is also a very stressful and emotional time for Lauren and her family. Her focus now is to remain healthy until the call comes. As sweet and kindhearted as she is, she is also a fighter and Lauren is ready to fight for this but she needs our help. Transplants are life-saving but financially draining. Even with insurance, there will be many medical expenses to be paid out of pocket: co-pays, anti-rejection medications Lauren will need to take for the rest of her life, travel expenses to and from the center for both Lauren and her caregiver, as well as relocation during and after transplant, adding up to more than the Arkens family can handle alone. To help with the financial burden of Lauren s uninsured expenses, a fundraising campaign in her honor has been established with HelpHOPELive, a trusted nonprofit organization that has been providing community-based fundraising guidance to patients and their families for more than 30 years. All donations are tax deductible, are held by HelpHOPELive in the North-Central Lung Transplant Fund, and are administered by HelpHOPELive for transplant-related expenses only. Please, consider an end-of-year tax deductible contribution. For credit card contributions, please visit http:// www.helphopelive.org and search for Lauren Ann Arkens or call 800.642.8399. COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENTS: Butter Braids for the Holidays St. Bernadette's Knights of Columbus Council 12269 are again selling delicious Butter Braids for the Christmas Season. Cost is $13.00 apiece for a variety of flavors. Sales will be after weekend Masses from November 21/22 28/29. Delivery after Masses on December 12/13, and 19/20. Call Rick Truyman at 735-0617 to order. Orders must be received by Nov. 28. St. Bernadette Craft and Vendor Fair Our first St. Bernadette Craft and Vendor Fair will be held Sunday, November 29th from 9:00am to 3:00pm at The Darboy Club, N9695 Cty. N, Appleton. Stop by to start or finish your Christmas Shopping with over 25 craft vendors, and treat yourself to something special. Advent Vespers with Bishop Ricken (celebrating the conclusion of the Year for Consecrated Life) Sun., Nov. 29 4:30 pm St. Francis Xavier Cathedral 140 S Monroe Ave Green Bay
N O V E M B E R 2 2, 2 1 0 5 Weekly Liturgical Calendar Monday, November 23 12:05 p.m. Jean Haag Tuesday, November 24 12:05 p.m. Dec. Jean Hahn 12:30 p.m. St. Anthony Devotions Wednesday, November 25 12:05 p.m. Mass at St. Mary s 6:30 p.m. Living & Deceased Members of the Herman J. Buechel Family Thursday, November 26 - Thanksgiving NO MASS Friday, November 27 12:05 p.m. Dec. Marilyn Morelli Saturday, November 28 4:00 p.m. Dec. Mary Ellen Bergman Sunday, November 29 8:00 a.m. Dec. Pete & Ginny Kolosso 10:00 a.m. Living & Deceased Members of the Gerrits Family 6:30 p.m. Members of St. Joseph Parish This Week in Our Parish Monday, November 23 6:30 pm Living with Loss, Rm. 209 7:00 pm Faith & Light, Rm. LL11 Tuesday, November 24 6:30 pm Christmas Parade, DOWNTOWN Wednesday, November 25 No IPRF Classes 6:30 pm Thanksgiving Eve Mass, Church Bring Peanut Butter & Jelly) Thursday, November 26 Thanksgiving Day PARISH OFFICE CLOSED Friday, November 27 PARISH OFFICE CLOSED Saturday, November 28 9:00 am Private Reconciliation, Church SCRIP Sales after Mass Next Sunday, November 29 SCRIP Sales after Masses Thanks and Welcome A BIG Thank You to Mary Beth Comerford for her work in coordinating our Serving the Warming Shelter times throughout this past year. Welcome to our new coordinator for Serving the Warming Shelter. Next year, Karen Husman will begin to coordinate our Serving the Warming Shelter Sundays which will be held on January 10, March 13, May 8, July 10, September 11 & November 13, 2016. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1) Come and give thanks for all that the Lord has given us. Wednesday, November 25 at 6:30 pm at our Thanksgiving Eve Mass -we will be collecting peanut butter and jelly for the St. Joseph Food Program. Please help this great cause. 2) The Parish Office will be closed on Thursday November 26, Thanksgiving Day, and Friday November 27. 3) Purchase your SCRIP Gift Cards this weekend and every weekend from now through December 20th. Supplies become limited in mid December, so buy your cards soon! St. Joe s Historical Moment #37 Fr. Solanus Casey First Mass at St. Joe s Is it beyond the realm of possibility that a person who may one day be declared a Saint by the Church once worshipped in our St. Joseph Church? Not at all! The person may well be Fr. Solanus Casey, who has been called the most celebrated member of the Capuchin Order in the U.S.. Fr. Solanus was born at Stillwater, Minnesota. At the age of seventeen, he was full time motorman in Appleton, and held that position from 1887-1889. After a series of adventures, he joined the Capuchins in 1896. He ran into real trouble at the Capuchin Seminary in Milwaukee. The books were in Latin, and the professors explained them in German! When the time for ordination arrived, the superiors decided to allow Solanus to be ordained, but that he would remain a simple Mass priest. This meant that he could never receive faculties to preach, and that he could not hear confessions. He was ordained on July 24, 1904, and then came to St. Joseph s Church, Appleton, for his First Solemn Mass. His first assignment was in Yonkers, NY. Later, he was transferred to a Capuchin parish in Harlem, and then in 1924, to St Bonaventure, Detroit. He was assigned to help as porter and tailor. During the next twenty one years, Fr. Solanus became the simple porter at St. Bonaventure. People soon flocked to him, as his simple faith and empathic manner touched the hearts of rich and poor alike. He began making his predictions of cures. When people were cured right in front of him, his eyes would fill with tears. He was fully convinced he had nothing to do with the cure, and was utterly amazed at the power and effects of the Mass and of the Seraphic Mass Association. He died on July 31, 1957. Just before he slipped into a coma, he said clearly, I give my soul to Jesus Christ. Over 20,000 people passed by his coffin. Presently, his body lies in a burial site in the chapel of St. Bonaventure Monastery, Detroit. Hundreds of people visit his grace each week, placing requests for healing, guidance etc. We are blessed here at St. Joe s with the impressive statue of Fr. Solanus in our prayer garden. Please Support our Advertiser of the Week. Stone Cellar Brewpub They help support the printing of this bulletin Thank you!