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 Betsy Barbieri, 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 Terri Venneman, CRE School Office: 314-727-9059 School Fax: 314-727-2271 Music Director 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, The Epiphany Of The Lord January 8, 2017 Notes From The Pastor's Pen This week we officially end the Christmas season (you can take down your decorations) and celebrate the Feast of Epiphany, the coming of the three kings from distant lands to give honor and gifts to Jesus Christ. I want to take this opportunity to remember our music director and organist for more than the past 25 years, Mr. Tom Taylor, who died Christmas morning, where for the past decades he had been, instead, up in the choir loft leading us in music and our singing of praise to God. Just in the short three and a half years that I have been here so far, up until the last month, there wasn t a Sunday, a wedding, or a funeral that Mr. Taylor wasn t playing at. But it wasn t just the playing of the organ or the piano at the different services that mattered, it was also in meeting with the couples and planning for their wedding, or the families and planning a funeral that was important. Couples planning their wedding are looking forward to the day and some would just like music that sounded nice or that they were used to for their weddings, but he was able to show them the different options they may have, why you might choose one piece over another, and trying to give them an appreciation of how their wedding is meant to be a great celebration of their love for one another, a religious celebration that gives thanks to God and asks for His blessing upon them. In meeting families and planning funerals you don t have the months to schedule and plan you do for a wedding but rather were meeting only a couple of days after the persons death. Mr. Taylor took the time to listen and talk with the families, to plan the music but also help them to put together a program for the service as they remembered their loved one, to help them in this most difficult time. We were fortunate to have the many years of true ministry that Mr. Taylor managed to offer us here at St. Joe s. But it wasn t just his musical gifts that helped us to come together and participate in our worship, it was all the other care he also gave to help us celebrate life, love, and Christ. As we celebrate the Feast of Epiphany may we realize all the gifts we have to give to offer God and one another. Mass Intentions Monday, Jan. 9 The Baptism of The Lord 6:30 am Margaret Kurrus Peggy Vatterott Danna Tuesday, Jan. 10 8:00 am Souls in Purgatory Colleen Sullivan Wednesday, Jan. 11 6:30 am Helene Schweitzer Prudencia P. Arribas Thursday, Jan. 12 8:00 am Poor Souls Elden R. Sternberg Friday, Jan. 13 6:30 am James Connaughton Shirley & Jack Murphy Saturday, Jan. 14 8:00 am Georgia Casey 5:00 pm Dr. Francis and Kathleen Burns Peace, Fr. Nick Sunday, Jan. 15 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 am Francis Flynn & Family 9:00 am St. Joseph Parishioners 11:00 am Thomas N. Taylor
We Pray For Our Loved Ones May God provide health and comfort to Betty Lemon Roger Drone Joan Harrison Mickey Williams Rosemarie Voelker Annette DeGreeff Steve Voelker Betty Notter Shirley Toon Eugene Shalhoob Sr. Eleanor Mike Proctor Ellen Mackey The Deadline to submit an ar cle for the bulle n is Monday at 10 am Epiphany Open House We invite everyone to the Parish House after all masses on Sunday, January 8th as we begin the Celebration of 2017. All Are Welcome!!! Fr. Kastenholz and Fr. Schaab We welcome to the St. Joseph Parish Family, through the Waters of Baptism: George Powell Nonnenkamp, son of Tom and Sarah, and James David Barry, son of James and Morgan Barry. Congratulations to the happy families! Rest In Peace As a parish family let us pray for those who died this past week, especially our long-time parishioner, music director and friend Tom Taylor, who died on Christmas Day. May our Heavenly Father welcome Tom into His eternal home and may He send the comfort only He can to his family and friends. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Acts 10:34-38; Ps 29:1-4, 3, 9-10; Mt 3:13-17 Tuesday: Heb 2:5-12; Ps 8:2ab, 5, 6-9; Mk 1:21-28 or Heb 1:1-6 and 2:5-12; Ps 8:2ab, 5, 6-9; Mk 1:14-20 and 1:21-28 Wednesday: Heb 2:14-18; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Mk 1:29-39 Thursday: Heb 3:7-14; Ps 95:6-11; Mk 1:40-45 Friday: Heb 4:1-5, 11; Ps 78:3, 4bc, 6c -8; Mk 2:1-12 Saturday: Heb 4:12-16; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mk 2:13-17 Sunday: Is 49:3, 5-6; Ps 40:2, 4, 7-10; 1 Cor 1:1-3; Jn 1:29-34 SECOND TUESDAY LUNCH BUNCH: We will be celebrating the New Year with lunch on Tuesday Jan 10th at 12:45 pm, in the church hall. Come and join us, and bring a friend! If you wish to stay after lunch to "Rob Your Neighbor", bring a gift to share." Roses for Life Sponsored by St. Joseph Knights of Columbus This weekend, January 7th & 8th, we will again provide "Roses for Life." Please take a rose from the baskets at entrances to church for the Roses for Life. Sign your name and address and drop it back in the basket, the Knights will make sure they are delivered to our Senators in Washington. It is very important that we continue to make our Pro-Life commitment known. We must raise our voices for those innocents whose voices cannot have yet be heard. Donations to help defray the cost of this program are gratefully accepted. Drop it in the basket with your rose. A Peek at the Week Ahead Monday, January 9 5:15 pm PSR, School 7:30 pm Knights of Columbus, Madonna Rm 7:30 pm Choir, Church Tuesday, January 10 12:45 pm 2nd Tues. Lunch Bunch, PH Wednesday, January 11 9:30 am Cornerstone Meeting, PH Thursday, January 12 7:00 pm RCIA, Centennial Rm Sunday, January 15 NO PSR Martin Luther King Day 11:00 am CLW, Centennial Rm
Sunday Offerings Dec. 31 Jan. 1, 2017 Sunday Envelopes $6,146.00 Loose $3,076.90 Online Giving $906.50 Holy Day $3,694.00 Weekday noon Masses $251.95 Total for week $14,075.35 YTD Budget $281,883.63 YTD Actual $281,986.94 YTD Operating Surplus/(Deficit) 103.31 SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2017 ST. JOSEPH'S TRIVIA IN CLAYTON Start Time: 7:00 pm (promptly) Watch the Bulletin for More Info! Why Go To Eucharistic Adoration? The Lord is always waiting to help us. Bring your sorrows and joys to the One Who loves us most. Faith will tell us Christ is present when our human senses fail! Questions? Contact Bebe Kennedy at 721-5920. 2017 - Epiphany of Our Lord Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Mt 2:11 The image of the Magi kneeling before the infant Jesus and opening their treasure chests for Him is an image that we should all try to follow all year long. In gratitude for all that we have been given, we are called to generously share all of our gifts, not just the ones we pick and choose. God wants us to be the most generous with that one thing that means the most to us. The Cornerstone Catholic Scripture Study Please join The Cornerstone Catholic Scripture Study, a group that leads you on a faith journey that can transform your heart and mind. Join us this year as we listen to God s voice speaking to us in the Book of Exodus, a Pilgrimage of Faith. If you would like to join us, we meet on Wednesday mornings at 9:30 in the church basement. Childcare is provided in the Madonna Room in the rectory basement. Meetings resume Jan. 11. For more details please call Karen Dille at 314-727-6830 or visit our website at www.thecornerstonescripturestudy.org. Sunday Worship Jan. 14-15, 2017 5:00 pm Helen Love & Holt Schuler Lectors Fred Yap Ministers of Communion Ramon Floro Rosemary Hardy Volunteer 7:30 am Will & Hadley Cytron Lectors Laurent Torno Phil Bolian Ministers of Communion Annette Cytron Stuart Cytron Betty Torno 9:00 am Declan O Leary & Kateri Gutting Lectors John Gillis Tracie Johnson Ministers of Communion Susan Hackmann Terry Carmack Brad Heger 11:00 am 11:00 am Jack & Nicole Chelew Altar Lectors Servers Anne Volunteer Pokoski Joe Lectors Dickmann Ministers Rosemary of Communion Pickle Ministers Carolyn of Dickmann Communion Thom Volunteer Schwetye Carmen Deacon Leonardi Del Larry Stewart To To become become a minister minister call call 726-1221. 726-1221.
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Did You Know? It is our plan to send a statement of Financial Stewardship to parishioners who made a contribution to St. Joseph during the 2016 calendar year. Statements will be mailed out to all parishioners the last week of January, 2017. Thank you. Annual Memorial Mass and Prayer Vigil Please join Archbishop Carlson and the St. Louis community for a special Mass on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis to commemorate 43 years since the legalization of abortion in our country and to pray for an end to abortion and increase respect for all human life. The offertory collection will benefit the LifeLine Coalition, a group of social service agencies whose financial and emotional support help more than 10,000 women in our community each year as they deal with the challenges of a crisis pregnancy. At the end of Mass, we will have a Rosary Procession to Planned Parenthood. All are encouraged to join us in this peaceful witness. The Rosary Procession will return to the Cathedral where Benediction will be offered. For more information, contact the Respect Life Apostolate at prolife@archstl.org or 314-792-7555. Touched by Infertility: Mass of Community Touched by Infertility: Mass of Community Infertility has touched many in one way or another and It is an intensely personal, intimate and often frustrating struggle. You don t have to suffer alone. Join us for an occasion to come together to pray for hope and healing. There will also be an opportunity to share in fellowship and receive valuable resources on ways the Church and Archdiocesan Office of NFP can help. Sponsored by the St. Louis Archdiocesan Office of Natural Family Planning. February 16, 2017 7:00 PM Mass followed by reception Rigali Center Chapel 20 Archbishop May Dr, St. Louis, MO 63119 "We Are One Body" Retreat Theme: Unity Retreat Theme: Unity Come pray and reflect with us. Scripture and song remind us that we are united as One body in Christ. What does it mean to live in the spirit of this profound and vital unity? Voices of wisdom today are urging the human family to recognize our oneness with each other and all of creation. When: January 28, 2017 9:00 am - 3:30 pm Presenter: Kathleen Davis Where: IL Ritiro 7935 St. Francis Lane P.O. #38 Dittmer, MO 636-274-0554; www.il-ritiro.org Email us:il.ritiro.org Register online & pay by PayPal; or email, call, & send a check.