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SAINT JOSEPH Mission Statement

We, the Church of Saint Joseph, are a Catholic, Benedictine faith community. Through our liturgy and faith formation, we build on a solid foundation as active witnesses of Christ, and we eagerly respond to the needs of the Parish and the global community.

12 WEST MINNESOTA STREET • ST. JOSEPH, MN 56374

Phone: 320-363-7505 Parish Website: www.churchstjoseph.org Email Address: parish@churchstjoseph.org

Mass Schedule Tuesday: 12 pm Wednesday – Friday: 8 am Saturday: 5 pm Sunday: 8 am and 10 am

New Parishioners To register, stop by the parish office or mail your completed registration form found on the home page of the parish website.

Prayer Corner If you know someone in need of prayers, please call the parish office at ext. 100 and ask that their name be added to the Prayer Corner of the bulletin. In addition, you may call one of the chairpersons of the Prayer Network: Mary at 363-4244 or Joan at 363-4358.

Infant Baptism Attendance at a baptism class is required for all baptisms, even for parents who have had other children baptized. Please call the parish office at ext. 100 to register for the baptism class (held the first Monday of each month at 6:00 pm). The date of baptism will be scheduled upon completion of the class.

Marriage Please call the parish office at ext. 100 to set a wedding date and to register for a parish preliminary marriage session. A minimum of six months is needed for preparation.

Pastoral Care If any parishioner or family member is in need of a pastoral care visit, please call Fr. Jerome at ext. 122. Today’s privacy laws do not permit hospitals to contact churches when a patient is in need of a pastoral visit. We are made aware of it only when the individual or their friends and family contact us.

Sacrament Of Anointing Please call Fr. Jerome at ext. 122.

February 23rd • Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Mass/Reconciliation Schedule

Sunday, February 23 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am Mass for Our Parish 10:00 am Mass †Jean Ann Schomburg Ramirez

Monday, February 24 5:00 pm Mass at Saint Benedict’s Monastery

Tuesday, February 25 12:00 pm Mass †Mildred Reisinger

Wednesday, February 26 Ash Wednesday 8:00 am Mass ††Bert & Lu Zimmer 6:30 pm Mass for Our Parish

Thursday, February 27 8:00 am Mass for Our Parish

Friday, February 28 8:00 am Mass for Our Parish

Saturday, February 29 4:00 pm Confession 5:00 pm Mass †Helen Shantz

Sunday, March 1 First Sunday of Lent 8:00 am Mass for Our Parish 10:00 am Mass †Bernie Schloemer

This Week’s Scheduled Activities

Key: CH = Church, DR = School Dining Room, FF = Faith Formation Office, GS = Gathering Space, HH = Heritage Hall, LL = School Lower Level, MR = Parish Meeting Room, MUS = School Music Room,

OS = Off-Site, SCH = School, UL = School Upper Level

Sunday, February 23 10:00 am Faith Formation, Gr. 1-10, HH 10:00 am Children’s Liturgy of the Word, GS 1:00 pm Confirmation Retreat, HH

Monday, February 24 8:00 am Parish Quilters, GS 2:30 pm Tai Ji Quan, HH 6:30 pm Cultural Bridges Meeting, HH

Tuesday, February 25 8:00 am Parish Quilters, GS 8:00 am Church Cleaning, CH 7:30 pm Contemporary Choir Rehearsal, CH

Wednesday, February 26 9:00 am Enrichment Class, HH 10:00 am Willing Hands, HH 1:00 pm Enhance Fitness, HH

Thursday, February 27 2:30 pm Tai Ji Quan, HH 7:00 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal, CH

Friday, February 28 8:30 am Refreshments, HH 2:00 pm SJCS Stations, CH Saturday, February 29 8:00 am Moms’ Gathering, HH

Stewardship of Treasure Treasure received week of February 16, 2020

Sunday Offering Budget $12,100.00 Adult & loose offering $6,406.43 Average weekly automated offering * $2,086.75 Weekly difference -$3,606.82

Youth offering received $47.88

Budget through February 16 $387,200.00 Actual through February 16 $363,089.03 Difference -$24,110.97 *Average weekly automated offering is based on prior month transferred amount. Due to alignment of business days at the end of January and Beginning of February, this amount shows lower than average. The amount will be made up in the month of March.

Dear Friends in our Lord Jesus: As I write this message my friend Buster is at the pet spa enjoying a good wash, trim and nail clip. Because Saint John the Baptist and Saint Joseph are in an Area Catholic Community together, I am finding it difficult to spend adequate time in both. I only have Mass at Collegeville once a month and that means that I am an absentee pastor. Saint John the Baptist has changed its Mass time to Sunday morning at 8:30. I have spoken with the parish council here in Saint Joseph as well as the Liturgy Director and, in order to correct the prob-lem, it seems best to change the Mass times in Saint Joseph, so that I can preside in Collegeville most Sundays. We will have Sunday masses at 8:30 am and 10:30 am beginning the first week of Easter. There will be no change to the Saturday Mass. The reason for the change to an 8:30 a.m. mass is that Fr. Ian works as a Faculty Resident at St. John’s University. Many Sat-urday evenings Fr. Ian is up until 1 or 2 a.m. Getting here for an 8 o’clock would not work but 8:30 seems to be just fine. I know that any time there is a change in Mass times people get frustrated or angry. But in order to have Pastor equity these changes seem to be the best solution. I hope that you will all pray for an easy transition. At Saint John the Baptist parish, the parish council has been dis-cussing the increase in Sunday attendance by 19 % and in collec-tion an increase by 14 %. These statistics are important as we look to the future Summer schedule. Again, I ask for patience and understanding as we make the best possible choices for the parish. I ask you all to pray for greater faith and patience for the parish.

Fr. Jerome Tupa, OSB, Pastor

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Parish Staff 363-7505

PASTOR Fr. Jerome Tupa, OSB Office … ………..……ext. 122 Email … … pastorosb@churchstjoseph.org

Pastoral help Fr. Nick Kleespie, OSB Deacon Matthew Ludick .………… …… 320-428-6139 Email … …… … dcnmrl07@gmail.com BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR Amber Walling…...…ext. 120 Email ………awalling@churchstjoseph.org ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Mary Lohaus...……ext. 100 Email ……….…parish@churchstjoseph.org

FAITH FORMATION DIRECTOR Marian Bach……ext. 152 Email… … ffdirector@churchstjoseph.org

HEALTH & WELLNESS Marjorie Henkemeyer … 363-4588 Email ……………mhenk2929@aol.com

LITURGY & MUSIC DIRECTOR David Orzechowski .ext. 123 Email ………liturgy@churchstjoseph.org

FACILITY MANAGER /CEMETERY Andy Loso ... ext. 121 Email ………… aloso@churchstjoseph.org

PASTORAL MINISTRY S. Betty Larson, OSB….… ext. 130 Email …… pministry@churchstjoseph.org

Mass Time Schedule ……… … ……….363-7505, ext. 200

St. Joseph Catholic School 363-7505

Principal Karl Terhaar .. … …………………………ext. 151 Email………karl.terhaar@stjosephccs.org

Administrative Assistant Linda Heinen ………ext. 150 Email……… linda.heinen@stjosephccs.org

Pastoral Council

Elaine Anderson………… ………..… …. 320-363-7571 Deb Baron, Chair ...…………………..… 320-363-8772 Charlie Burg….. ……………….………… 320-363-4114 Rich Gallus ………………………………320-363-0565 Eric Johannes … …………………………. 320-271-0124 Jane Rennie … …… …… ……………..… 320-363-4767 Lori Stock … …… …… ……………..…… 320-241-4528 Julia Reber & Tanner Notsch, Youth Representatives

Finance Council Chair Gary Bechtold … … …………………………………………..

Trustees DeAnne Budde ……………………………320-293-4648 Rick Baron ………...……………………….320-267-2370

We Want to Hear from You!

Contact information for parish and school staff, council members and trustees, is provided below.

Please pray for...

Gertie Bach, Duffy Barton, Terry Bowar, Laurie Christen,

Laken Court, Audrey Elfering, Jennifer Frank, Rudy

Gapko, Cliff Hilsgen, Blake Hogenson, Ashley Holmes,

Amy Klaphake, Becky Klaphake, Laura Kutzera-Gaarder,

Phil Maus, Becky Maus-Nelson, Judy Meemken, Shirley

Miller, Alban Mohs, Nate Osbourn, Jennifer Oschwald,

Jane Peterson, Marjorie Pfannenstein, Cindy Schmitz, a

Special Intention, Anthony Scholz, John Steichen, Dennis

Stueve, Emmy Torborg, Eileen Walz, Bill Wasner, military

men and women and their families, people of the Diocese

of Vijayapuram, India, and workers & volunteers in

foreign lands.

(If you would like to add or remove a name for the Prayer

Corner, call the parish office, ext. 100. )

Health & Wellness Ministry News Cribbage and 500 Join the informal group on Monday February 24 from 9:30-11:00 in Heritage Hall. Caregiving and Care Partner Support Group Caregiving involves many challenges and often the need to master new skills. As a caregiver you may need to develop new ways of relating to family members and you may have to make some difficult decisions. Often the the greatest challenge is taking care of yourself. The Caregving Support Group meets monthly and is an opportunity to meet other caregivers and discover new ways to care for yourself as a caregiver. The next meeting is Monday, March 2 from 12:30-2:00 in the Parish House Meeting Room.

Marjorie Henkemeyer, R.N., Health & Wellness Minister

Liturgy

Collecting Old Palms for Lent As we do every year, we will be collecting old palms between now and the start of Lent. They will be burned the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25, “Mardi Gras” or “Fat Tuesday.” Please place your palms in the bin located in the Main Entrance of the church.

Liturgical Ministers Needed—Ash Wednesday Liturgical Ministers are needed for the Masses of Ash Wednes-day, 8:00 am and 6:30 pm. Sign up sheets are on the counter in the East Entrance.

David Orzechowski, Director of Liturgy & Music

College of St. Benedict—Mass Schedule

There will be no 6:00 pm Sunday Mass at Sacred Heart Chapel on March 1st, due to Spring Break. The regular Mass schedule will resume on March 8th.

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Gospel Reflection for February 23rd

The Lord is Kind and Merciful!

These words from the Response for the Mass, set the tone for the readings. In the first reading, the last words are “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” In the Gospel, Jesus tells us to love our enemies, and pray for those who harm or persecute us. He also reminds us to reach out to those who cannot necessarily re-pay us with kindness. “Be perfect as your heavenly Father is per-fect.” This is a call to holiness – to be the best person we can be.

This week we also have ASH WEDNESDAY, the beginning of the season of Lent. During these weeks we are asked to practice something extra in the areas of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. What extra prayer can you do as a family? What sacrifice in the area of food or entertainment can you make? How can you reach out to the poor?

Take time this week to think about these questions and listen to what God may be calling you to do for Lent this year.

Sister Betty Larson, OSB, Pastoral Ministry

Readings for the Week of February 23rd

Sunday: Lv 19:1-2, 17-18/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13 [8a]/1 Cor 3:16-23/Mt 5:38-48

Monday: Jas 3:13-18/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15 [9a]//Mk 9:14-29 Tuesday: Jas 4:1-10/Ps 55:7-8, 9-10a, 10b-11a, 23 [23a]/

Mk 9:30-37 Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18/Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14 and 17 [cf.

3a]/2 Cor 5:20—6:2/Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: Dt 30:15-20/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [Ps 40:5a]/Lk

9:22-25 Friday: Is 58:1-9a/Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19 [19b]/Mt 9:14-

15 Saturday: Is 58:9b-14/Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [11ab]/Lk 5:27-3

Liturgical Ministry Schedule for March 1st

Saturday February 29, 5pm Sunday March 1, 8 am Sunday March 1, 10 am

Sacristans Michael & Rachel Holmstrom Judy Meemken Susan Meyer

Gift Bearers Mark & Beth Leither Bob & Ann Reischl Betty Schloemer Family

Greeters Lance Nydeen Pam Nydeen Jaedyn Nydeen Karen Wippler

Mary Plafcan Mark Plantenberg Diane Plantenberg Jean Stock

Jay & Stephanie Nix Family Ebel Family Member

Ushers Mark Leither Beth Leither Ruth Schleper Tom Schleper

Alan Glatzel Riley Glatzel John Heinen Peter Hoffmann

Bob Klein Mary Klein Matthew Schreifels John Stang

Servers Lance Harren Sam Harren

Cory Lex Nathan Lex

Amado Sandoval Andres Sandoval

Lectors Joanne Rueckert Jami Nordmann Peter & Kendra Ohmann

Eucharistic Ministers

Michael Holmstrom Rachel Holmstrom Margaret Molus Janelle Notsch Betty Schloemer Sandy Scholz Lori Stock

Linda Theisen Nancy Walz Lloyd Bruemmer Carol Fries Connie Horsch Elaine Newton Ann Reischl

John Stang Bruce Bechtold John Blattner Dee Dee Blattner Sheri Cunningham Gary Dietman Eric Johannes

With Deepest Gratitude We want to thank Fr. Jerome, David and the choir, Mary Kay and her helpers that prepared and served the lunch. We would also like the family and friends that helped Rose Ann Taufen with her journey of cancer.

The Taufen Family

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GROWING IN FAITH Rite of Election & Call to Continuing Conversion

The Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion will take place on Sunday, March 1 at the Cathedral of Saint Mary at 3:00 pm. This year Chyna, who is preparing for the Sacrament of Confir-mation will join catechumens and candidates who will gather from throughout the diocese. Please pray for Chyna and all those seeking full membership into the Catholic faith.

Gratitude

Thank you very much to those who so generously donated for the Confirmation group service project. Because of the money donated we were able to purchase toiletries and other care items to Path-ways 4 Youth. The candidates for Confirmation will be making care packages as part of their retreat day. Thank you for your gener-osity. Parish Retreat Day

Consider taking time during this Lent to reflect on the tremendous love of God as we ponder the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. We will focus on the words: “NO GREATER LOVE.” The parish retreat day will take place on Saturday, March 7th from 1:00-5:00 pm, ending with a light soup supper. Reservations are requested. Please RSVP by calling the faith formation office, leav-ing your name, phone number and number attending or by filling out the RSVP form found in Church and Heritage Hall. The retreat day will take place in Heritage Hall.

The Living Stations

Mark your calendars for the Living Stations on Friday, March 27th at 7:00 pm. This is a prayerful experience. If you are interested in being a part of the Living Stations, please contact Marian at 320-363-7505 x152. Family, Faith and Fellowship Evening

The next evening is on Tuesday, March 3 beginning at 6:30 pm. The guest speaker is Fr. Dan Walz, speaking on our “Journey Through Lent.” Join us for praise, worship and fellowship. Confirmation Retreat

Please pray for the Confirmation candidates who will be attending their Confirmation retreat at Saint Joseph. You are invited to take a name from the baskets located at the church entrances and pray in particular for the candidate whose name(s) you draw. Thank you for accompanying the candidates as they approach the Sacrament of Confirmation. First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion

The children and families met this Saturday as immediate prepara-tions are well underway for reception of the sacraments. Please pray for the children who will receive these sacraments for the first time in the spring. You are invited to draw a name or names of children from the bas-kets located at the entrance of church. Prayer is an important way to support and accompany the children as they continue their faith journeys.

Marian Bach, Director of Faith Formation

Come to Heritage Hall for the Best Breakfast in Town!

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS BREAKFAST WILL BE DONATED TO THE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER TO PURCHASE TWO ULTRASOUND MACHINES! KC Council #7057 Parish Breakfast on Sunday, March 1st from 8:30 am-NOON Take the family out for a great homemade breakfast that includes Pep's pork sausage, St. Joseph Meat Market sausage, pancakes, hash browns, fruit, scrambled eggs, caramel rolls and cinnamon rolls, includes beverages. $8.00 for adults and $4.00 for ages 6-12.

Joe Town Table FREE Community Meal - Sunday, Feb.23 11:30 am-1:00 pm at the St. Joe Legion. Enjoy home cooked food and good company! Sponsored by the Central MN Catholic Worker, area churches and College of St. Benedict's Community Kitchen.

In Loving Remembrance— Please remember in your prayers those who have recently died:

• David Pflueger, Brother of Tom Pflueger

• Marvin Mastey

• Edwin Reber “Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.”

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