Saint Joseph Church

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

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

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

St. Joseph Parish Council Members

Fr. Nick Kastenholz, Pastor Frank Hackmann, Education Commission Al Barbieri, Finance Commission Sharon Skrivan, Social Concerns Commission Larry Stewart, Anne Shapleigh Denny Staub, Barbara Summers, Christie Murphy, Fred Yap

St Vincent de Paul Emergency Assistance -

For assistance for food, util it ies 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.

Rosary Weekdays 11:40 am

Thursday after the 8:00 am Mass

Perpetual Help Devotions Tuesdays after 8:00 am and 12:00 pm Masses

Sacrament of Reconciliation Weekdays 11:15-11:50 am Saturday 4:00-4:45 pm

Baptism The Sacrament of Baptism is administered on Sunday at 12:00 pm. To register for the Baptismal Instruction Program and schedule a Baptism, please call the Office.

Marriage Preparation

Couples are asked to contact the Parish Office 6 to 12 months before setting the date.

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St. Joseph app is now available to download for iPhone and Android smart phones. Stay connected with our par-ish 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, Stjosephclay-ton.org and click on the icon, it will take you directly to the app.

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The Epiphany of The Lord January 7, 2018

Sunday, Jan. 14 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

7:30 am Ozzie Barron

9:00 am St Joseph Parishioners

11:00 am Thomas N. Taylor

Wednesday, Jan. 10

6:30 am Helene Schweitzer

12:00 pm Patricia Wright

Tuesday, Jan. 9

8:00 am Louise Berglund

12:00 pm Virginia Nolkemper

Monday, Jan. 8 The Baptism of

The Lord

6:30 am Dr. Sam Hardy

12:00 pm Helen Meyer

Mass Intentions

Thursday, Jan. 11

8:00 am Rita Vricella

12:00 pm William Henry Wagner Matthew Craig Parsons

Saturday, Jan. 13

8:00 am Poor Souls

5:00 pm Dr. Francis &

Kathleen Burns

Friday, Jan. 12

6:30 am Tony Vricella

12:00 pm Joseph Mantro

Notes From The Pastor's Pen

Hello,

In the Christmas season that we are celebrating there are quite a few great feast days. This last Wednesday we celebrated the feast of the Holy Name of Jesus. One of the ways this was promoted and spread was by using the inscription IHS to stand for Jesus. Looking up some things about this I found out that what was most promi-nent in my mind for what IHS stood for was actually wrong, at least in a way. I knew somewhere in there that it was letters denoting Jesus’s name, specifically the first three letters in the Greek name for Jesus, ΙΗΣΟΥΣ, iota-eta-sigma, or ΙΗΣ, but more dominant in my mind was the connection to “Jesus, Savior of men”, or “Jesus Hominum Salvator” in Latin. Reading a variety of sources on this, one source (Wikipedia - although they actually give some respectable references for this entry) refers to this interpretation as a backronym, that people worked backwards to explain what it meant, and didn’t exactly get it right.

In this case that can be kind of interesting since IHS may have originally been simply an abbreviation for the name Jesus, but if the actual context in which it was written the person who wrote it considered that they were expressing “Jesus, Savior of men”, then the second interpretation is actually correct even if it was founded on a mistake. But if we start using the second interpretation on something where it wasn’t meant that way we may be adding things that were not intended. Since we normally use this symbol (IHS) by itself that isn’t a great concern, it is reminding us of Jesus, or of Jesus, Savior of men, both are good things but is still a distinction to be aware of.

A similar difference can be considered for how we read Scripture at times. We might be struck by certain words or phrases in a passage, they might even lead us to an epiphany of sorts (the feast we celebrate today), but we need to be careful how we put that understanding in the rest of the passage, or chapter, or book. If it wasn’t meant that way we might get a wrong interpretation of the greater passage, forcing our will and desires on the reading instead of being open to God’s message to us. Like the IHS being read as “Jesus, Savior of men” is fine by itself, but if that is im-posed in a passage where it is meant to simply say “Jesus” we might be emphasizing the divinity of Christ at a place where it is meant to show his humanity. Since I’m not usually reading Scripture in the original Hebrew or Greek this is always some-thing to be aware of as we are struck by small passages, to recognize how they do fit in the entirety of Scripture.

While we still have another week of the Christmas season in the Church I realize that most of our lives have gone back to our regular daily schedules. Like the words and smaller passages in Scripture that might have inspired us for the moment, hope-fully we realize they were also not meant to stand by themselves, but are meant to be a part of all of our lives. The real celebration of Christmas does not mean that we only remember Christ on that day, or week, but it only truly makes sense if Christ is to be a part of every one of our days.

Peace,

Fr. Nick

The Deadline to submit an

ar cle for the bulle n is

Monday at 10 am

We Pray For Our Loved Ones

May God provide

health and comfort to

Chris Tinker

Larry Stewart

Fran Staub

Mike Proctor

Barry Andrews

John Welch

Sr. Eleanor

Rest In Peace In your charity, please pray for the sick in our parish family, and for those who have died, May our Heavenly Father welcome them into His eternal home and may He send the comfort only He can to their family and friends.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 55:1-11 or Acts 10:34-38 or 1 Jn 5:1-9; Ps 29:1-4, 3, 9-10 or Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Mk 1:7-11 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:9-20 or 1 Sm 1:1-8 and 1 Sm 1:9-20; 1 Sm 2:1, 4-8abcd; Mk 1:21-28 or Mk 1:14-20 and Mk 1:21-28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20; Ps 40:2, 5, 7-10; Mk 1:29‑39 Thursday: 1 Sm 4:1-11; Ps 44:10-11, 14- 15, 24-25; Mk 1:40‑45 Friday: 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a; Ps 89:16-19; Mk 2:1‑12 Saturday: 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a; Ps 21:2-7; Mk 2:13‑17 Sunday: 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19; Ps 40:2, 4, 7- 10; 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20; Jn 1:35-42

A Peek at the Week Ahead

Monday, January 8 5:15 pm PSR, School 7:30 pm Knights of Columbus, MR

Tuesday, January 9 12:45 pm 2nd Tuesday Lunch Bunch, PH 7:00 pm RCIA, Centennial Rm

Wednesday, January 10 NO Cornerstone Mtg 7:00 pm Adult Choir Practice, CH

Thursday, January 11 6:30 am Forming Men For Christ, PH

Sunday, January 14 9:30 am PSR Family Activity Day, PH 7:00 pm HS Youth Group, Centennial

Rm

Epiphany Open House We invite everyone to the Rectory

after all masses on Sunday, January 7th

as we begin the Celebration of 2018. All Are Welcome!!!

Fr. Nick and Fr. Schaab

Roses for Life Sponsored by St. Joseph

Knights of Columbus

This weekend, January 6th & 7th, 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 inno-cents 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.

Sunday Offerings-Dec. 30-31, 2017

Sunday Envelopes $8,217.00 Loose $601.00 Online Giving $3,434.00 Holy Day $1,925.00 Weekday noon Masses $332.00 Total for week $14,509.00 YTD Budget $292,549.00 YTD Actual $272,081.46 YTD Operating Surplus/(Deficit($20,467.54)

Sunday Worship Jan 13-14, 2018

5:00 pm

Altar Servers Holt Schuler

Lectors Richard Kurz

Ministers of Communion Ramon Floro Amy David

Rosemary Hardy

7:30 am

Altar Servers Liam & Meaghan

Mulligan

Lectors Frank Hackmann

Ministers of Communion Greg Browne Larry Stewart Volunteer

9:00 am

Altar Servers Volunteer

Lectors Mary Joan Woods

Ministers of Communion Terry Carmack

Marcella Leonardo Deacon Del

11:00 am

Altar Servers Jack & Nicole Chelew

Lectors Ken Wilsker Flora Wilsker

Ministers of Communion Carolyn Dickmann

Joe Dickmann Volunteer

To become a minister call 726-1221.

Parish School of Religion Update This week marks the last days in the Christmas season. I hope this Christmas season was filled with peace and joy for each of you and your families. As we put away all the deco-rations and head full force back to the daily grind of work and school, it is important to remember the peace and joy of Christmas. That peace and joy that was sought out by the wise men as they traveled following the star. The wise men offered Christ; gold as He is a great king, incense for He is the true God, and myrrh in symbol His burial a sacri-fice for us. To be as the wise men we too look for gifts to offer Christ. One tradition of the Church at Epiphany is to offer our homes and thus our hearts to Christ. This is done by blessing our homes. Through this we again offer God all that we are each day of our lives. PSR students will be coming home from class this week with a copy of the traditional blessing for the home and a piece of blessed chalk. After reciting the prayer of blessing, families are to inscribe with the chalk: 20 + C + M + B + 18 over the front door of the home. The CMB stands for “Christus mansionem benedicat,” which means “Christ bless this house”.

Have you felt a tugging on your heart? Are you looking for a way to share your love of the Catholic faith with others? Or maybe you’ve thought about teaching PSR? God calls all of us to be active in our own way. St. Joseph Parish School of Religion is a great place to develop your talents. We are not necessarily looking for professional teachers to be catechists. We need people with a love of God and His Church, who are willing to devote some time to pass the faith on to the next generation. If you have ever thought about helping teach catechism classes please consider coming to the Catechist Informational Night on Mon-day January 8th at from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. The meeting will take place in the school for one hour. Get your questions answered, find out about Catechist formation, meet the Coordinator for Religious Education, and see if God is calling you to be a catechist at St. Joseph.

SECOND TUESDAY LUNCH BUNCH:

The lunch bunch will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 9th, 12:45 pm, in the church hall. Starting on that date, we will meet in our new format - we will be BROWN-BAGGING it!

Drinks and dessert will be provided by "the management".

As always , if you want to stay after lunch and "Rob Your Neighbor", bring a gift to share.

Happy New Year to all you wonderful Lunch Bunch friends!

If you are in need of a ride, contact us at 314-863-5122, and we will arrange one.

Young Adult (19-39) Pro-Life Holy Hour—January 18, 2018 Join young adults (19-39) throughout the archdiocese for this annual event to promote a greater respect for human life. We'll start with dinner and fellowship in Boland Hall at 6 p.m. followed by Adoration, the rosary, and an opportunity for Confession at the Cathedral at 7 p.m. Then we’ll return to Boland Hall for a dynamic pro-life speaker and dessert! Con-tact stlya@archstl.org or 314-792-7555 for details, or visit online at: http://archstl.org/node/4405413.

Saint Joseph’s 17th Annual Trivia Night Saturday, February 10th, 2018

Doors Open: 6:30

START TIME: 7:00 (promptly)

FINISH TIME : Usually around 10:00

TABLES O F 8 (Please feel free to come as a smaller group, and we will create teams of 8.) COST : $20 EACH, $160 for a table of 8 EARLY BIRDS : If you pay for a table of 8 by Feb. 1, your cost will be only $150. Make checks payable to St. Joseph Parish and mail to Joe Dickmann, 1707 Del Norte, St. Louis, MO 63117.

PR I ZES: Last year we had a very successful gift basket raffle and we plan to do so again.

If you can provide a gift basket or gift-card prizes, please call Joe and Carolyn Dickmann at 314-781-8650.

FOOD : Soda, water and light snacks will be provided. Bring your own food and alcohol if you wish.

TO REGISTER BY PHONE , OR FOR QUESTIONS: Call Joe and Carolyn Dickmann at 314-781-8650 or 314-484-1838.

Marriage on Tap STL

Invites you to enjoy an evening of marriage enrichment:

Our Marriage in God’s Plan

Featuring Jerry and Julie Cinco Jerry and Julie have been married 47 years and have two grown daughters. They are parishioners at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in St. Charles, MO. They made a Marriage Encounter Weekend early in their marriage and heard God’s call to live out their sacrament as a couple. They have faced many ups and downs in their marriage adventure and a ribute their strong marriage to God’s pa ence and constant love for them. Jerry and Julie have made their marriage voca on their life’s work through their involvement in Worldwide Marriage Encounter and in preparing engaged couples for marriage. Their love for one another and for the gi of marriage shines in all that they do.

Tuesday, January 16, 2018, 6:00 p.m. The Pasta House Company ~ Party Room

8213 Delmar Blvd, University City, MO 63130 (just east of I-170)

$20 per person includes buffet dinner featuring Pasta House Salad, Baby Loaves of Bread, Sicilian Grilled Pesce, Penne Primavera, Pasta con Broccoli and Mostaccioli with Meat Sauce.

Price also includes tax and p. Cash bar available.

This evening is open to all married couples. Visit us on Facebook:: Marriage on Tap STL RSVP required; please respond by 1-12-18 to marriageontapstl@gmail.com

Our Lady’s Inn Maternity Homes Annual Trivia Night Saturday, January 20th at Chaminade College Prep School (425 S. Lindbergh).

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and trivia begins at 7:00 p.m.

Cost is $25 per person and $200 for a table of ten.

For more information or to register, visit www.ourladysinn.org or call Katrina at 314-736-1544.

Our Lady’s Inn provides a loving home and an array of service supporting pregnant

women and their children suffering with homelessness.

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Catholic Men for Christ Conference – February 3, 2018

Featuring Curtis Martin, Fr. Godwin Olugbami, Dr. Scott Sullivan

and Michael Cumbie Visit catholicmenforchrist.org to register.

Catholic Women for Christ Conference - Saturday, March 10, 2018

Featuring Sr. Virginia Joy – Sisters of Life, Mary Beth Bonacci and Gloria Purvis

Visit catholicwomenforchrist.org to register.

Questions? Call the Office of Laity & Family Life 314.792.7183.

Saint Anselm Cenacle for Life VALENTINE CELEBRATION RED AND WHITE PARTY

Pour your heart into a FUN-FILLED evening on Friday, February 9, 2018 when you a end our FABULOUS Valen ne Wine Themed party!

Plans include:

Free Wine Tas ng with Full Bar, Appe zers, Wine Pull, Buffet Dinner, Dessert and Coffee Bar, Live Music, Dancing and Photo Booth!

Individual Tickets -$60. Young adult Tickets (age 21-40) -$40. All proceeds benefit Birthright Counseling, St. Louis, Our Lady’s Inn and Coali on for Life. Bring your sweetheart, a friend, or yourself, and we promise you a memorable terrific party! For an invita on or more informa on, please call Marge Merjavy at 314-580-1708.