Saint Joseph Catholic Church Founded in 1835

Rev. Mark S. Smith, Pastor 125 East Main Street frmark@socket.net Post Office Box 116 573-455-2320 Westphalia, MO 65085 fax 573-455-2984 website: www.stjosephwestphalia.org Sister Cindy Weber, Pastoral Minister e-mail: stjo1835@socket.net

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time—August 31, 2014

What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

Mass Schedule

Saturdays 5 p.m., Sundays 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.

Tuesdays through Fridays 8:00 a.m.

Sacrament of Marriage

Catholic statewide policy requires six (6) months of prepara-

tion. To set your wedding date, you must contact the pastor

first. No date secure without contacting the priest personally.

Please call the parish office.

CONFESSIONS:

Saturdays: 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.; Sundays: 6:30 a.m. - 6:50 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. or any time by appointment.

St. Joseph School Principal Tammy Ogden 455-2339

Parish Council President Kevin Huber 455-2717

School Board President Mary Corey 455-2763

Home and School President Steve Massman 455-2661

Parish Secretary Janice Plassmeyer 455-2320

Parish Nurse Vicki Sallin 455-2339, ext. 127

Convent 455-2212

Sister Cindy Weber 455-2339

St. Anne’s Sewing Circle Dorothy Fennewald 455-2529

Parish Cemetery Chris Massman 455-2221

K of C Grand Knight Dale Wieberg 455-2539

K of C Ladies Aux Pres. Darla Veltrop 291-0047

Knights of Columbus Hall Rental (Gary Berhorst) 455-2721

Prayer calling tree Alice Reinkemeyer 455-2523

or Dorothy Bock 455-2470

Mass Schedule for the Week

Monday, September 1

NO MASS

Tuesday, September 2

8:00 a.m. Jerry Schwartz

Wednesday, September 3 Saint Gregory the Great

8:00 a.m. Ray and Dorothy Maasen

Scripture study immediately after Mass

Thursday, September 4

7:35 a.m. Rosary—Betsy Groner

8:00 a.m. Robert Conley

7:00 p.m.— Rosary Group

First Friday, September 5 Blessed Mother Teresa of

Calcutta

8:00 a.m. Larry Wieberg

Eucharistic adoration immediately after Mass until

Benediction at 11 a.m.

Saturday, September 6

5:00 p.m. Lawrence and Daryl Luecke

Sunday, September 7 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

7:00 a.m. Living and deceased members of St. Joseph

Parish

9:00 a.m. Kenny Eichholz

Prayer List

Please keep in your prayers:

Dave Wilde, Lil Cavender, Rita Luebbering, Betty Luecke, Stephanie

Eichholz, Mary Lou Heckman, Kyleigh Phillips, Vernita Woehr, Kellie

(Nilges) Bertels, Ray and Rose Mary Bishop, M.O., Darlene Massman,

Brian Heimericks, Richard Plassmeyer, Anton (Curly) Bure, Leona Eich-

holz, Margaret Romph, Dionne Reinkemeyer, Deanna Shirley, Dorothy

Even, Jenny (Samson) Morgan, Glen Kloeppel, Patty Antry, Elizabeth

Bauer, Bev Plassmeyer, Judy Plassmeyer, Evelyn Thurman, Courtney

Eichholz, and Viola Hodges.

If you wish to add/remove a name, need a prayer, hospital visit, support in

grieving or a difficult pregnancy, call the rectory at 455-2320.

Parish Support Report 2014-2015

Last weekend (Offertory), we received $ 6,491.75

Total Offertory YTD: $ 91,678.30

Total Offertory FY13-14: $ 691,438.19 Thank you for your generosity.

Pray for Priests - This week you are asked to pray for the following

priests: Monday, Rev. L. James Finder; Tuesday, Rev. Thomas J.

Seifner; Wednesday, Rev. Patrick Adejoh; Thursday, Rev. P. Gregory

Oligschlaeger; Friday, Rev. Mark A. Porterfield; Saturday, Rev. Rob-

erto M. Ike; and Sunday, Rev. Angelus Minj.

SCRIP will be on sale before and after all weekend Masses on

August 30-31, September 13-14 and 27-28.

Holydays of Obligation for 2014

Jan. 1, Mary Mother of God

Aug. 15, The Assumption of Mary

Dec. 8, Immaculate Conception Dec. 25, Nativity of the Lord

Bulletin deadline - Items for bulletin must be received by 4:00 p.m.

on Tuesdays (455-2320) prior to the weekend’s bulletin. Items can

also be emailed to bulletinemail@yahoo.com.

The Saint Michael the Archangel organization is coordinating

the September 29 - October 7 pro-life novena for unborn babies.

This multinational novena is a special nine days for the Holy

Sacrifice of the Mass to be offered and the Rosary to be prayed

for the following intention: For the protection of unborn human

persons. You may be a part of the September 29 - October 7 pro-

life novena for unborn babies by doing one or both of the follow-

ing: 1) Have the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered at least once

on any day during the novena; 2) Pray one rosary on each

day of the novena. Additional information, including how to

register, is available at the website:

www.SaintMichaelTheArchangelOrganization.org.

Scrip is on sale this weekend August 30-31! What happens to the

money raised from the Scrip program? It’s spent on the students,

the teachers, the school and any of their needs: playground equip-

ment, new computers, laptops, ice cream sundaes for the kids and

staff, and many other small items too numerous to list! All this just

because of parishioners using Scrip cards! We have so many families

other than our SJS families that do not have kids in school, may be

retired, or are even from other towns that help support SJS and we

would like to THANK YOU! If you have any questions on how to

start using Scrip, please contact Stacey Rademan at 690-8537 or

email stjoescrip@stjosephwestphali.org. Congratulations to Kevin Huber, our

newly-elected parish council president.

The St. Anne Sewing Circle quilt-of-the-month winner for August is Kevin Conley.

Liturgy Assignments for September 6—7, 2014

Saturday, September 6, 5:00 p.m. Rosary: Connie Reichart

Music: Madison Schanzmeyer and Gloria Schmitz

Servers: Londyn Stuckenschneider, Madison Berhorst, Lacy

Bertels

Lector: Roger Kloeppel

Sunday, September 7, 7:00 a.m. Rosary: Barbara Reichart

Music: Janice and Sarah Wieberg

Servers: Grace Rakestraw, Masan Stuecken, Drew Temmen

Lector: Wanda Rehagen

Offertory Gifts: Gus Boessen Family

Communion Ministers: Elmer and Rita Bax, Karen Gentges,

Larry and Martha Kliethermes

Ushers: Nick Berhorst, Gus and Janice Boessen, Larry

Kliethermes, Leon Lauberth

Saturday, September 6, 5:00 p.m. (continued)

Offertory Gifts: Leon Markway Family

Communion Ministers: Katie Dickneite, Dennis Holterman, Sharon

Lehmen, Floyd Reinkemeyer, Betty Zimmer

Ushers: Leon, Dylan and Shayne Berhorst, Danny Fechtel, Chuck

Schwartz

Sunday, September 7, 9:00 a.m. Rosary: Marilyn Wilde

Music: Alyssa Bax

Servers: Ethan Flores, Allison Hale, Trey Herzing

Lector: Keith Cavender

Offertory Gifts: Jared Bertels Family

Communion Ministers: Anne Cavender, Mary Corey, Arlene Samson,

Anne Stratman, Darlene Schanzmeyer

Ushers: Steve Massman, Roger Morfeld, Brad Schmitz, Corey

Stephan, Tom Berhorst

Collection Counters: Larry Berhorst and Dennis Holterman

Upcoming Meetings and Activities

Westphalia K of C Blood Drive on Tuesday, September 2, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Donors are welcome by appointment or walk-in.

Please help us reach our goal!

St. Anne’s Sewing Circle will be quilting on Tuesday evenings, from 6 to 9 p.m. and during the day on Wednesdays in the school cafe-

teria. New and experienced quilters are welcome.

Choir practice for September 21 Mass: There will be choir practice on Wednesdays, September 3, and September 17, at 7 p.m. on

the choir loft. All are invited to sing!

Natural Family Planning involves no drugs or devices, there are zero health worries and it is immediately reversible when you want

to try to conceive a baby. No doctor visits needed, no prescriptions to fill, no unwanted side effects. To learn more, register or RSVP

for a FREE introductory session, call Jesse and Missy Bexten at (573) 291-3980, email MidMoNFP@gmail.com or visit Mid-

MoNFP.org.

Please join Columbia College-Jefferson City as we celebrate Life & Learning at the Community Appreciation Day on Saturday, Sep-

tember 6, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is free to attend and is open to the public. Free food will be served and the scheduled activ-

ities include: interactive educational exhibits; fire, Patrol, National Guard, and police vehicles; visit from Mark Twain; community

partner displays and freebies; a children’s room full of fun activities; live radio remote; and door prize giveaways every 15 minutes for

great prizes such as St. Louis Cardinals tickets, a massage package, gift certificates to local businesses, and more! Columbia College-

Jefferson City is located at 3314 Emerald Lane. For information call 573-634-3250.

Open House – Please join us for the 60th wedding anniversary open house of Charles and Leona Eichholz on Sunday, September 7,

between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the Westphalia Lions. No gifts please!

Knights of Columbus blood drive on Sunday, September 14, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon in the St. Francis Xavier School cafeteria, 7307

Route M, Taos. To schedule an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org. The sponsor keyword is KofCTaos.

VENDORS NEEDED - KC Pumpkin Festival, Westphalia, on October 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Looking for all kinds

of crafts and merchandise vendors. Call Darla at 573-291-0047 or email darlaveltrop3@gmail.com for information.

Message from Sister Cindy

There is a fantastic opportunity for our high school students to participate in on September 14. Jefferson City Youth Conference

(formerly the Youth Rally) will take place at the Cathedral. I do need to know by September 5 which high school students will be attend-

ing. I don’t need the permission form until September 10. My email address is: srcynthia@stjosephwestphalia.org. Sarah Swafford will

be the main speaker and John Angotti will be providing the music for the day. Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Gaydos at the end of

the day.

Religious Education: The registration papers are in the back of Church to be picked up if your child will be attending our Pre-

school Sunday School, K-8 CCD, and High School CCD. There is also information about the JCYC (formerly the Youth Rally) which is

for high school students and will be held on September 14. This information is attached to the high school papers.

The first Sunday school class will begin on Sunday, September 21. CCD classes for K-8 and high school students will begin on

Wednesday night, September 10, with a Mass at 7:00 p.m. in Church. There will be a short meeting after Mass. A parent is encouraged

to attend this Mass and meeting.

Vocation Day: Please pray every Wednesday for Vocations to the priesthood and religious life.

RCIA: If anyone is interested in joining the Catholic Church, please contact me for more information. The Rite of Christian

Initiation for Adults involves going to some classes during the year to learn about the Catholic faith. These classes will begin in Septem-

ber.

Happy birthday to Emil Schwartz who celebrates his 95th birthday on September 1. May God bless you and

keep you in His care.

Aiding the Suffering in the Middle East: We will have a special collection for the victims of violence in the Middle East

on the weekend of September 13-14. Our parish is joining churches across the country to help those in Gaza, Iraq and Syria

who have lost their homes, family members, and all sense of security. With millions displaced by conflict and persecution,

the special appeal will support the efforts of Catholic Relief Services and other Catholic agencies already working in those

areas and assisting refugees in neighboring countries. As you know from the news, the need is great so please be generous.

SCHOOL NEWS

Dear Parishioners,

School is in full swing and everyone is getting comfortable with the routine. We have had several volunteers here already help-

ing us out. Thank you to everyone for your support!

The ceiling in the art room where the stage is located is in need of repair. Since it is not heated or cooled on or behind the stage

the ceiling tiles are starting to fall. The current ceiling will probably need to be taken down and drywall put in its place. If anyone would

be willing to help head up this project, please contact me.

Flashing flew off the school over the summer and we need to find out where it came from and put it back in place. If anyone has

the equipment to reach the top of the elementary building and can help with this project, we would greatly appreciate it.

A few reminders:

Picture day is September 11 in the gym.

We are collecting Joe’s Market receipts dated September 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015. You can drop them off in a drawer in

the back of church, a box at Joe’s or put them in the frog in the cafeteria.

Achievement testing for grades 1-8 will be the week of September 29 through October 3 with make-up test dates being Octo-

ber 6 and 7. Please say some extra prayers for our students and teachers this week. We also ask that parents make sure their

child gets plenty of rest and eats a healthy breakfast. Please try not to schedule doctors’ appointments this week.

If you would like to donate any fresh food from your gardens or any meat that has been processed, we would gladly accept it

for our school lunches.

The locks on the doors on the ramp side of the elementary building have been switched. The outer door is now unlocked while

the inner doors are locked. This is where you can pick up homework for your child if he or she is sick. Thank you to Quaker for doing

this project for us.

Thank you again to everyone who has been helping in the cafeteria, donating items and/or money to purchase items. We are so

blessed and can’t thank you enough for all of your help!

God Bless,

~ Mrs. Tammy Ogden, Principal (togden@stjosephwestphalia.org)

Holy Family Parish, Freeburg, picnic on Sunday, August 31. Serving from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Quilt auction at 5 p.m.

Horse Around Fun Show at 12 noon on Sunday, August 31, at Wolfe Trail Estates, 547 Highway 89 North, Linn, under the water tow-

er. Event sponsored by Wolfe Trailer Sales. See bulletin board for more information.

St. Louis of France Parish, Bonnots Mill, fall festival on Sunday, September 14. Serving from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pie and dessert auc-

tion at 5 p.m.

Area Social Events

Help wanted—An overnight sitter is needed to care for elderly parents. For more information, contact Cherie

at 455-2554 or at 573-418-8668.

From the Pastor’s Pen Dear Parishioners,

If you are one of the many that gets an extra day off this weekend for Labor Day, I hope you are blessed by it.

This weekend is a great time to remember that human labor is a blessing and dignity when it is exercised in cooperation

with God’s will and grace. May all of you that work with your hands and bodies be abundantly blest and know of my

prayers for you. While my work as a priest usually cannot be considered manual labor, I come from a long line of labor-

ers (steelworker, ironworker, textile workers, miner, etc.) and thus have abundant respect for all those that work with their

hands.

You will find attached a summary of our parish finances for the past few years and a tentative budget for this fis-

cal year. The large deficit from two years ago includes the money spent to purchase the convent and thus the parish con-

verted cash assets to property. Last year’s deficit was the result of many factors that included some unexpected expenses

but also some poor planning (income and expenses) on my and other people’s parts. While I cannot guarantee that suc-

ceeding budgets will always be in the black (due to a need for emergency repairs for example), I assure you that the budg-

eting and procedural errors of last year will not happen again. For this coming year, even though a deficit of $27,000 is

initially projected, I believe we have a good chance of at least breaking even. This is because I and the Finance Council

have budgeted very conservatively in our income lines (so as to not be overconfident) and already some medium sized

donations have come to the parish that were unexpected. Also a minimum of parish and school improvements have been

planned for the year, as well as a reduction of staff from last year. It will not be easy to break even this year, but with

everyone’s effort on both the income and expense sides, I believe it is obtainable. For those of you that would like to see

the full report made to the diocese, a couple of copies are in the vestibule. If you would like to see the report of every

expense/check written, let Janice or me know and we will make that available.

Lastly this week (there is much more but not enough room), I would like to direct your attention to the upcoming

Missouri Catholic Conference Annual Assembly held in Jefferson City on Saturday October 4th. This year the theme is

Marriage and Family at the Crossroads (a very timely and important topic). There will be a keynote speaker and a series

of workshops. Informational flyers are in the vestibule and I encourage each of you to consider attending. Every year I

go, I learn something valuable (unfortunately another commitment prevents me this year).

Take care and God bless,

Fr. Mark Smith

SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

June 24, 2014

@ 6:30 p.m.

Opening Prayer @ 6:35 – Fr. Mark Smith

Attendance- Fr. Smith - Pastor, Gary Schanzmeyer, President, Teresa Luebbert, Anne Stratman, Lisa Verslues, Ann Bexten, Grant

Schulte, Anne Steele, Janice Plassmeyer – Parish Secretary, Sr. Cindy Weber – Pastoral Minister, Mary Corey, Tammy Ogden -

Principal, and Cameron DeGraff - Seminarian. Not Present: Randy Bock, Steve Brune and Angela Stuecken.

Approval of Minutes from the May 27, 2014 meeting. Anne Steele motioned to approve and Tammy Ogden 2nd.

Old Business:

Statement of Activity /Budget –Fr. Smith

Father stated there are a few more days left in June with statement of activity as of today’s date. It is showing a $58K deficit and

a projected deficit around $70K at the end of the month. The parish will have income added on the last Sunday of June from the

offertory collection. Expenses will be: payroll $20K ; retirement parish portion $19K and property insurance $18K .

Proposed budget 2014-15 – Fr. Smith is projecting a $25K deficit.

Staff – Mrs. Ogden

We are currently hiring someone for before school care, after school care staff and a cafeteria assistant. Several teachers are meeting

with Mrs. Ogden on Wednesday and will be discussing schedules. We have not hired any additional help to replace Ron Helton while

he is on medical leave. This is currently being covered by Harry and Sergio. There will be a few evenings of school cleaning with

the help of parishioners and parents and the date will be announced in the bulletin. Fr. Smith noted Cameron DeGraff is a seminarian

from our diocese and is here for the summer.

Parish Council/Committee elections submissions - Social – Dorothy Bock, Eleanor Kloeppel, Mary Kay Schulte;

Cemetery - Scott Schulte and Chris Massman.

New Business - Fr. Smith

Drains on the rectory side of church have been plugged and water is seeping around the rectory. Roger Kloeppel and Scott Schulte

are heading up the project repair. Jim Massman, Logan Gentges, Cory Kleffner, Brent Gentges and Bill Temmen also assisted in the

repair. During the repair a water line was accidently punctured. The clogged drain was fixed and new seed for grass was planted.

Committee Reports/Responsibilities

a. Pastoral Ministry – Sr. Cindy – Thanks to all the parishioners for the recent donations of $226.92 for the Good Shepherd Food

Pantry. The JCYC youth rally will be on Sunday, Sept 14, at the Cathedral. High school students are encouraged to attend

and information will be posted in the bulletin.

b. Cemetery – Anne Steele (from Chris Massman) - none

c. Liturgy – Anne Steele (from Lois Sandbothe) - none

d. Social Concerns – (Ann Bexten) - none

e. Finance – Fr. Smith – the next finance meeting will be on July 9th. We will be looking at the offertory collection and how

much the Cavan Company has increased the offertory collection. There is a reduction of school staff. It decreased by 1 ½

faculty members. There is no longer a computer instructor and the number of homerooms was decreased by one.

f. School Board - Mary Corey - They met last week with the Home and School officers for a meet and greet with Mrs. Ogden.

The school board is planning to establish goals for this year. School improvement plans will be reviewed during the 2014-

2015 school year and improvements need to be made before the next self-study in two years.

g. School – Mrs. Ogden –The chairlift was not working and was repaired. On Thursday there will be an annual inspection of the

chair lift. The gym floor was re-finished last Tuesday. Mrs. Ogden called all parents of kindergarten students last week to let

them know we will have two kindergarten classes. The school will be recycling and looking for volunteers to take the recy-

cling to Fatima. Mrs. Ogden recently met with teachers and staff. She is in the process of ordering books this week. Summer

packets should go out in mid-July. She is currently looking for volunteer(s) to paint Scripture quotes on the school walls.

h. Pastor Report - Fr. Smith

- Hilda House - As of today the Hilda house was officially turned over to the parish for parish use. Fr. Cronin is living at

Westphalia Hills.

- How should the parish utilize the Hilda House? (tabled for further discussion).

- The Hilda House needs a little work- exterior wood work and paint. It will cost less than $1K to make the repairs. Some

furniture was left in the house.

- Propane would be the only expense that is not currently in the budget.

The doors to Church need to be repaired. The donation is from a memorial in memory of Mike Knoll. Father will be speaking soon to

Donnie Kempker in regards to repairing the doors. All four doors to church need some type of repair or replacement.

Schwartze Foundation - Fr. Smith - School requested monies to help pay for teacher salaries for the exploratory classes. Since a computer

class was dropped as one of the exploratory classes, Father will be writing a letter to ask for that funding to be switched to another budget

item.

Blue Diamond called today and will be returning items that have been replated: chalice, ciborium, and patens. The projected cost for this

was $2,000 and will be paid for with memorial monies.

Mass attendance has dropped off in the last few months. We have 190 grade school kids and for the last four weekends the total number at

Mass on a weekend has been 42, 52, 55 and 60 children at Mass.

A tour of the Hilda House will follow the meeting.

The date for the next Parish Council meeting will be August 26, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. in the School Meeting Room. With no further business

to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 7:50 p.m. Teresa Luebbert motion and Lisa Verslues 2nd.

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Fr. Mark S. Smith, Pastor Date