Main Office: 920-734-7195 Faith Formation: 920-738-7413

www.saintjosephparish.org 404 W. Lawrence St. Appleton WI 54911-5817

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 Pastoral Minister, Barb Mauthe; BMauthe@SaintJosephParish.org Music Director, Marisa Landsverk;

MLandsverk@SaintJosephParish.org Business Coordinator, Roger Simon;

RSimon@SaintJosephParish.org Business Administrator, Linda Baumruk;

LBaumruk@SaintJosephParish.org FF Coordinator/Eucharist/Reconciliation, Jennifer Schubring;

JSchubring@SaintJosephParish.org FF Coordinator/Confirmation, Ben Wolf,

BWolf@SaintJosephParish.org Administrative Assistants, Betsy Sowin and Dana Schmidt BSowin@SaintJosephParish.org, DSchmidt@SaintJosephParish.org

MASS TIMES Saturday - 4:00 pm Sunday - 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 6:30 pm Weekend Mass may be viewed online: www.saintjosephparish.org Monday, Tuesday, Friday - 12:05 pm

OFFICE HOURS: Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am-3:00 pm,

Friday: 9:00 am –2:00 pm

ST FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC SCHOOLS…………..735-9380

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.

OCTOBER 4, 2020 - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures:

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone…?

Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away

from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.”

- Mt 21: 42ab, 43 Excerpts from the Lectionary for ©Mass 2001, 1998, 1970 CCD.

Faith Formation –Register Today! Religious Education Classes being this week on Wednesday, October 7. Registration forms are on the St. Joseph Parish Website under the Education Tab. If you have questions, please contact Dana at 920-738-7413 or email: DSchmidt@SaintJosephParish.org.

Food Collection Thank you to those generous and caring parishioners who steadily offer groceries for St Joseph Food Pantry. Every weekend there are bags of food put on tables in the Great Hall. There are no names on the bags. They are offered anonymously and without a lot of notice. May our Lord bless all of you for offering hope and nourishment to the hungry and poor of our community.

Congratulations Calendar Raffle Winners September 20—Mary Hill—$25 September 21—Kelly & Bruce Wagner-$25 September 22—Anna Rislov—$25 September 23—Lauren & Travis Ott—$25 September 24—Jan Mignon—$25 September 25—Patrick O’Brien—$25 September 26—Elsie Stoegbauer—$25

Prayer Relay If you have a prayer need, or would like to join the pray-ers of the Prayer Relay Team, call Nancy Packett at 734-4369. Confidentiality is assured.

Please Pray For… Please pray for all our parishioners who are ill: Diane Cahall

Please pray for those on our Prayer Relay.

Please also remember our nursing home residents & shut-ins, and the intentions recorded in our Prayer Book of Intentions.

Please pray for our parishioners or family members of our parishioners who have died: Lois Zachek, Judy Ann Kitts (sister of Allen Kozlowski)

REACHING IN, REACHING OUT, REACHING GOD

Fr. Jim’s Jottings I’ve got some important news to share with you! Linda Baumruk, our Business Manager, has been wanting to retire for a long time. We have finally gotten to the point of willingly letting this happen. Thankfully, we are blessed to have Barb Mauthe able and willing to take over Linda’s job. Barb is well acquainted with the responsibilities of being our Business Manager. She had been our Parish Secretary since 2011. A year ago we asked her to take on the responsibilities of a Pastoral Minister. She has done well in all that has been asked of her. Linda has assured us that she’s willing to continue helping us wherever and whenever needed. That is a very generous offer as we make this transition. The Parish is in need of a Pastoral Minister. However, we are going to hold off on hiring that position until the Covid-19 gets under control. Because of the virus, there are so many activities that cannot occur such as hospital and nursing home visits, connecting with shut-ins, working with committees, etc. When a person is able to perform the duties of a Pastoral Minister, we will look at adding that person to our Parish Staff. It’s impossible to thank Linda for all she has meant to St Joe’s over the years. She became an employee back in 2004, starting out as a part-time secretary and then becoming our bookkeeper. A couple of years ago she took over as our Business Manager. Besides her official jobs, she has pitched in to help just about everywhere. THANK YOU, Linda and Barb, for all you have done and will continue to do for St Joe’s. We are blessed!

Overflow Seating in Great Hall As the attendance at our weekend Masses increases, we will continue to practice “social distancing” as best we can. To make sure no one is sitting too close to anyone, we have overflow seating in our Great Hall. We can participate in our Mass because of the large TV screen and sound system. A Minister of Eucharist will bring Holy Communion into the Great Hall or you can come into the Church to receive our Lord.

Prayer of St Francis Make me a channel of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me bring your love Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord And where there’s doubt, true faith in you. O Master, grant that I may never seek So much to be consoled, as to console To be understood as to understand To be loved, as to love with all my soul.

OCTOBER 4, 2020 / TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Readings for the week of October 4 Sunday: Is 5:1-7 Ps 80:9, 12, 13-16, 19-20 [Is 5:7a] Phil 4:6-9 Mt 21:33-43 Monday: Gal 1:6-12 Ps 111:1b-2, 7-8, 9 and 10c [5] Lk 10:25-37 Tuesday: Gal 1:13-24 Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15 [24b]/Lk 10:38-42 Wednesday: Gal 2:1-2, 7-14/Ps 117:1bc, 2/Lk 11:1-4 Thursday: Gal 3:1-5/Lk 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75 [68]/Lk 11:5-13 Friday: Gal 3:7-14/Ps 111:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6 [5]/Lk 11:15-26 Saturday: Gal 3:22-29/Ps 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 [8a]/Lk 11:27-28 Next Sunday: Is 25:6-10a/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [6cd]/Phil 4:12-14, 19-20/Mt 22:1-14 or 22:1-10 ©Liturgical Publications Inc.

Financial News Tithing Needed ..……………………$18,461.00 Last Week’s Tithing .…....…………$9,731.00 Auto Withdrawal …....…….………$1,020.00 Children’s Collection ………….....………$1.75

Parish Support Through Collections (7/01/20—8/31/20)

Budgeted: $162,250.00

Actual: $142,087.91

We appreciate your financial support during this time!

Mass Intention Guidelines In person or phone in Mass intention requests for 2021 are now being accepted in the Parish Office: 1) Up to THREE Masses can be ordered by one person for an intention. Only ONE of them can be on Saturday at 4:00 pm. 2) You can request any available Mass in 2021. 3) Mass Intentions are $10 each. 3) Next year's intentions (2022) can be requested after October 1 (or the first business day following) of 2021. 4) Requests for additional Mass intentions can be taken and sent to our Nicaraguan Missionaries or our Retired Priests. If you have questions regarding these guidelines, please contact Betsy in the Parish Office at 734-7195 or bsowin@saintjosephparish.org.

SCRIP SALES This weekend we resume selling SCRIP in the Great Hall after certain Masses. Currently, we will sell SCRIP after our 8:00 am and 6:30 pm Masses. If we can get more volunteers, we will also sell after our Sat 4:00 pm and Sun 10:00 am Masses. If interested in volunteering, please call our Parish Office (734-7195). Thanks! SCRIP is also available during the week in the Parish Office. Please call ahead to check availability and to place your order.

Need a AV Person The Parish is looking for a volunteer who could help with videotaping of our weekend Mass. Currently, we have one person who is doing it every weekend. If we had a couple more volunteers, it would be easier on everyone. If willing to help, please contact our Parish Office 734-7195.

SPIRITUS Meet the Missionaries Virtual Event with a special message from Bishop Ricken: Thursday, October 15, 2020, 7-8pm youtube.com/spiritusministries

OCTOBER 4, 2020 RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY

SCHEDULED MASS INTENTIONS Monday, October 5 12:05 pm Dec. Al Tyczkowski Tuesday, October 6 12:05 pm Dec. Dennis, Todd, & Todd Barth and Kramer Family 12:30 pm St. Anthony Devotions Friday, October 9 12:05 pm Dec. Helen Olson Saturday, October 10 4:00 pm Dec. Margie Rettler Sunday, October 11 8:00 am Members of St Joseph Parish 10:00 am Dec. Kerry Pfeifer 6:30 pm Dec. Janet Van Boxtel

THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH Monday, October 5 9:30 am Grief Share, Rms. 209-211 Tuesday, October 6 9:30 am OFS Council Mtg., Rm. LL11 1:00 pm Prayer Shawl, Rms. LL12 &14 Wednesday, October 7 6:00 pm Religious Education, Virtual, Gr 6-11 Saturday, October 10 9:00 am Private Reconciliation

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Everyday Stewardship - Recognize God in your Ordinary Moments: Gifts Given to Share

My oldest two children took piano lessons when then were younger. In fact, it was because my oldest wanted to learn to

play so badly that we purchased a piano. He would use it for practice during his few years of lessons, and then my daughter took up the instrument. After a few years of lessons for each, restlessness set in and a type of indifference took over. The lessons and the practicing came to an end. My youngest had not expressed much interest in piano when he was younger. Then when he was a teenager, he asked for lessons. He began to play and now he plays even for fun and to relax. When his siblings try to play, they are stuck with the truth that those days are gone and since they gave it up years ago, they can no longer really play. In many ways, they were given a gift, but since they did not use and cultivate it, they lost it. God gives us gifts every day and we too often act like those gifts will simply always be there. The truth is, unlike God Himself, many of those gifts are not eternal. If we fail to acknowledge them and put them to use, we risk losing them in the end. What a shame. What gifts might be slowly slipping away from each of us due to our lack of interest and indifference? They might not be there if and when we change our minds. -Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS ©LPi

Courtesy Announcement GRAB N GO Meal delivery driver: Some homebound seniors cannot get to the Kaukauna, Hortonville or Seymour Nutrition Sites to pick up their meal in conjunction with Outagamie County Nutrition Program, so we are looking for volunteer drivers to deliver meals to homebound seniors in those communities on Wednesdays from roughly 10:15 -11:45 am. Contact Jan at 920-832-9360 or rsvp@volunteerfoxcities.org for details.

Popcorn Sales The Boy Scout Popcorn Sale will be held next weekend after all Masses.

(Actual) Church Bulletin Bloopers Low Self-Esteem Support Group will meet

Thursday at 7:00-8:30 pm. Please use the back door.

Thursday Night—Potluck Dinner. Pray and medication to follow.

Diana and Don request your presents at their wedding.

Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community.

At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be “What is Hell?” Come early and listen to our choir practice.