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Welcome to Saint Joseph Catholic Church
106 North Meramec Avenue Clayton, Missouri 63105-3788
Rev. Nicholas E. Kastenholz, J.C.L., Pastor email: [email protected] Rev. Philip J. Bené, J.C.D., Part Time Senior Associate Pastor Deacon Del S. Leonardo, Senior Deacon Parish Office: 314-726-1221
Parish Fax: 314-721-5110 Rectory Hours: 8:30-4:00 pm, Mon-Fri Parish e-mail: [email protected] Parish website: www.stjosephclayton.org Religious Education — PSR Debbie Wilmarth, CRE, PSR Principal [email protected] School Office: 314-727-9059 Director of Music — Dr. Adam Thomé [email protected] 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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OR, you can scan this code and it will take you directly to the site. If you are new to Online Giving, register by enter-ing our church ID of 1593.
Third Sunday of Advent December 16, 2018
Sunday, Dec. 23
4th Sunday of Advent
7:30 am St Joseph Parishioners
9:00 am Mary Isabel Bone
11:00 am Roberto P. Arribas
Tuesday, Dec. 18
8:00 am Edward Gardner
12:00 pm Esperanza Reyes Special Intention
Monday, Dec. 17
6:30 am Fred Hackmann
Intention
12:00 pm Josephine Golombiewski
Mass Intentions
Thursday, Dec. 20
8:00 am Dennis Presson Family
12:00 pm Pat Burch Intention
Saturday, Dec. 22
8:00 am Poor Souls
5:00 pm Meredith Harris
Special Intention
Friday, Dec. 21
6:30 am Claire Travis
12:00 pm Richard Klein
Wednesday, Dec. 19
6:30 am Hélène Schweitzer
12:00 pm Sally Coleman
Notes From The Pastor's Pen Hello, The second week of Advent is over and only one week and 2 days left until Christmas (but who’s counting). As children I think we were usually counting because we were so anxious of getting to Christmas day and the gifts, and the gatherings, and the cookies and other things we remembered from past years and looking forward to again. As adults I think we usually are thinking of all the things we still need to get done (the gifts, the cookies, the invitations, the parties, the cards, the decorating …) before Christmas. As a kid we are more in the anticipa-tion and excitement attitude, as adults a bit more of a worry attitude, I think we need to be more like the kids. As we celebrate Gaudete Sunday and light the rose colored candle we are supposed to rejoice in joyful expectation. Again, sounds more like the attitude of children then most adults. I think one of the main reasons for this problem for adults is that we think it depends on us, that we are responsible. If we don’t get all the things we need to get done that Christmas won’t be, or it will be ruined. As children we know it doesn’t depend upon us. We get to participate in the celebra-tion and to be a part of it but we also realize that there are all of these old traditions and practices that are done that we are only starting to take part in. It is kind of obvious that this was happening even before we were around (as was always a reminder for me growing up in looking at old family photos we put out of Christ-mas’s past when I wasn’t even born yet). Maybe just looking at one small but critical part of most of our Christmas celebration can help see this. Consider your family Christmas tree. Most of us probably have specific ways in which it is to be decorated, if it is a live tree or artificial, if we use colored lights or only white, what goes on top, the type of ornaments we use, where it goes in the home and even when it goes up are all things we can get pretty fixed on. And yet all of those are just very secondary and don’t even matter, if we don’t have the tree. Christ is that tree. All the other things we do, that we are responsible for, are useless if we don’t have Christ in our Christmas. And that is a part that God has waiting for us. You could say don’t forget to come by Church and pick Him up. God gives us what is central for our Christmas celebrations, never forget in all that we do to prepare for it that the gift of Christ is what Christmas is about. Peace, Fr. Nick
The Deadline to submit an
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Monday at 10 am
We Pray For Our Loved Ones
May God provide
health and comfort to
Mary Perotta
Tim Cadagin
Cindy Bragg
Louise O’Farrell
Bob Klump
Roland Hall
Jennifer Magestro
Marilyn Phelps
Suzanne Boland
Lira Roble
Eugene Shalhoob
Joy Fischer
Dr Carr Worland
Chris Tinker
Mike Proctor
Sr. Eleanor
Maria Guehlstorf
LaJuana Hinch
Michael Phelps
Joan Harrison Rest In Peace As a parish family let us pray for those who died this past week.
May our Heavenly Father welcome them into His eternal home and may He send the comfort only He can to their family and friends.
A Peek at the Week Ahead Monday, December 17 4:00 pm Christmas Pageant Practice, CH 5:15 pm PSR, School 6:30 pm Youth Choir, Music Rm Tuesday, December 18 7:00 pm RCIA, Centennial Rm Wednesday, December 19 7:00 pm Adult Choir Practice, CH Friday, December 21 7:30 am Cursillo, PH Sunday, December 23 NO PSR—Christmas Break
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Gn 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72:1-4ab, 7- 8, 17; Mt 1:1-17 Tuesday: Jer 23:5-8; Ps 72:1-2, 12-13, 18 -19; Mt 1:18-25 Wednesday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17; Lk 1:5-25 Thursday: Is 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-6; Lk 1:26-38 Friday: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a; Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21; Lk 1:39-45 Saturday: 1 Sm 1:24-28; 1 Sm 2:1, 4- 8abcd; Lk 1:46-56 Sunday: Mi 5:1-4a; Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18 -19; Heb 10:5-10; Lk 1:39-45
End of Year Contributions If you wish to make a contribution, by cash, check, or electronic transfer to St. Joseph for the calendar year 2018, it must be received by our office, or postmarked, by Dec. 31, 2018. To transfer stock, please contact Patricia Griffaw at 792-7123 at the Archdiocesan Finance Office. Thank You for your support.
Epiphany Open House
We invite everyone to the Parish House
after all masses on Sunday, January 6th
as we begin the Celebration of 2019. All Are Welcome!!!
Fr. Nick and Fr. Bené
Christmas Mass Schedule
Sunday Mass Schedule: 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 am
Christmas Eve Mass Schedule: 4:30 pm Children’s Pageant 5:00 pm Mass 10:30 pm Christmas Carols 11:00 pm Mass
Christmas Day Mass Schedule: 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 am
New Year’s Eve Mass Schedule: 5:30 pm
New Year’s Day Mass Schedule: 8:00 & 10 am
Please consider this Christmas coming to our "Midnight Mass" at 11:00pm. Starting at 10:30, our Choir will give a pre-Mass concert of time honored classics and sing favorite car-ols with congregation as we enter into the joy of Christ's birth. It will truly be a holy, divine, and silent night that we shall celebrate!
Time to Update Prayer List
It is time to update the names on our prayer list. If a person would like to remain on the list, please call Pat at 726-1221. If we have not been notified by the end of the year the name will be removed.
Sunday Worship Dec. 22-23, 2018
5:00 pm
Altar Servers Volunteer
Lectors Rosemary Pickle Tom O’Keefe
Ministers of Communion Amy David
Ramon Floro Volunteer
7:30 am
Altar Servers Liam & Meaghan Mulligan
Lectors Larry Glynn
Ministers of Communion Frank Hackmann Tim O’Connor Sharon Skrivan
9:00 am
Altar Servers Volunteer
Lectors Betsy Sampson
Ministers of Communion John Gillis
Marcella Leonardo Deacon Del
11:00 am
Altar Servers Volunteer
Lectors Joe Dickmann
Ministers of Communion Linda Orso
Thom Schwetye Larry Stewart
To become a minister call 726-1221.
Parish School of Religion Update
Today is the Third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday. This week our students will be talking in class about the Joy that Christ brings. G.K. Chesterton said that Joy is the Gigantic secret of the Christian. He was right. In our world happi-ness is circumstantial, but joy is that abiding and pervasive sense of wellbeing. Before Christ, with the only exception of the Jewish people, the world believed their happiness was based on fortune or the whims of arbitrary gods. With Christ, the world was awakened to the reality that God is good and joy is abounding no matter what is going on in the world. Many times we believe that happiness is based on achievement or by obtaining that next great item. But we know that all the things of the world are fleeting. The happiness brought by things is short lived. Joy comes to us in knowing that God has made us and loves us no matter what our current trial or tribulation might be. God always bring good out of bad and joy persists through it all.
PSR Breaks
PSR Christmas Break is December 23-January 7. Classes resume January 13th & 14th.
BIRTHRIGHT CARDS
Thanks to all who regularly support Birthright by purchasing Christmas cards, and by your generous donations.
Proceeds from the sale of these cards enables Birthright to continue in its mission of providing free professional counseling and help to women facing an untimely pregnancy, offering positive alternatives to abor-tion. Birthright cards, priced at $10 for a package of 15 cards, are available at the rectory during business hours.
Children's Christmas Pageant 4:30 pm on Christmas Eve
The children are practicing hard for the Christmas Pageant. Come see them at 4:30 pm on Christmas Eve as they share the story of the birth of Jesus with all of us!
Congratulations to Our PSR Children Who Made Their First Reconciliation
Tuesday, December 11th
Olive Agustin
Elena Broshuis
Marie Bush
G.G. Degenhart
Mia Downs
Miles Drone
Adelaide Feldmeir
Hannah Frazier
Gigi Gracie
Max Jöstlein
Stella Mann
Issa O’Leary
Caroline Pelc
Reagan Saur
Nathan Sherwood
Dominic Simeri
Lorali Staudt
Graham Uetrecht
Jamie Ward
Charlie Watermon
Anne Williams
Jack Williams
Hudson Zellweger-Bass
Dear friends,
This is your notice to SAVE THE DATE of Saturday, February 9, for our annual ST. JOE'S TRIVIA NIGHT.
DOORS OPEN: 6:30
START TIME: 7:00 (promptly)
FINISH TIME: Usually around 10:00
TABLES OF 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 Jan. 25, 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.
PRIZES: Last year we had another very successful gift basket raffle and we plan to do that again. We also need gift cards to use as awards for winning tables. If you can provide a gift basket or solicit gift-card prizes, please call Joe and Carolyn Dickmann at 314-781-8650, or e-mail us at [email protected].
FOOD: Soda, water and light snacks will be provided. Bring your own food and alcohol if you wish. Recycling bins will be available for glass, plastic, aluminum and paper.
TO REGISTER BY PHONE, OR FOR QUESTIONS: Call Joe and Carolyn Dickmann at 314-781-8650 or 314-484-1838.
We ask for your continued prayers for them, their teachers and their families as they continue in their preparation for First Holy Communion in
the spring.
Do you ever yearn for an hour of peace and quiet without distractions? Blaise Pascal , the seven-teenth century philosopher wrote, "All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone." Why not consider Eucharistic Adoration held at St. Joseph's following morning Mass until 12 noon on Monday through Thursday? Nowhere on earth are you more welcomed, nowhere on earth are you more loved, than by Jesus living and truly present in the most blessed sacrament." Mother Teresa.
Please contact Bebe Kennedy @721.5920 for information.
The 46th Annual National March for Life January 17-18-19, 2019
Thursday, Friday, Saturday Missouri Life Caravan registration is now open.
Buses depart from several areas throughout St. Louis. www.easternregionmrl.org/
314-434-4900
The 20th Anniversary St. Louis Marian Conference
will be held at the Renaissance Hotel January 11-12-13, 2019
Confirmed speakers are Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Dr. Gregory Thompson, Peggy Schneier, Fr. Vincent Lampert, Mary Lou McCall, Fr. Tom Sullivan, Bishop Robert Hermann, and Fr. Charles Becker. For additional information, call cell # 314 401 1707, or visit website:
stlmarianconference.net
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD On Sunday, December 30 at 7:00 p.m., Christ the King Parish in University City will be aglow with the spirit and sounds of Christmas. This evening of music will feature opera singers Julie Tabash Kelsheimer and Benedetta Orsi, horn players Thomas and Tricia Jöstlein of the Saint Louis Sympho-ny, the parish choirs and other musicians—all of whom are part of the par-ish. An offering will be received to support research for pediatric nerve and psychiatric disorders and the work of FANEP Onlus [www.fanep.org] After the concert, there will be a reception with “cookies from around the world.”
Catholic Women for Christ Conference - Saturday, March 9, 2019
"“For Nothing is Impossible with God!"
Experience a day with women from all over the Arch-diocese of St. Louis to grow in your relationship with Jesus Christ. We are excited to be welcoming four speakers this year who will speak on the topics of Conversion, Reconciliation, Evangelization, and Disci-pleship. LOCATION: Touhill Performing Arts Center
Visit catholicwomenforchrist.org to register. Questions? Call 314.792.7183
Catholic Men for Christ Conference – February 2, 2019
Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart." Proverbs 3:5 Experience a day with men from all over the Archdiocese of St. Louis to grow in your relationship with Jesus Christ. We are excited to be welcoming four speakers this year who will speak on the topics of Conversion, Reconcilia-tion, Evangelization, and Discipleship.
LOCATION: Touhill Performing Arts Center Visit catholicmenforchrist.org to register.
Questions? Call the Office of Laity & Family Life 314.792.7183.
