St.

Joseph Parish
Fr. John Cordes, Pastor
306 Iowa, PO Box 165, Olpe, KS 620-475-3326
Parish email: st.joseph_olpe@yahoo.com
Father John email: frcordes03@yahoo.com
Facebook: “St. Joseph Catholic Church”
March 4, 2018 – Third Sunday of Lent

Celebration of the Eucharist:

Mon-Friday @ 7:30 AM Saturday @ 5:00 PM Sunday @ 8:30 AM First Sat. @ 7:30 AM

St. Joseph Parish Contacts: COLLECTION Last Week:

Parish Bookkeeper: Laurie Schmidt 475-3326 Plate $ 203.25
office hours - Wed./Fri. 9-12 Envelopes 1,655.00 (35 adults)
Bulletin deadline-Tuesday @ noon Leaven 180.00
Social Support 60.00
Altar Society: Kim Irwin 475-3295 Capital Impr. 135.00
Cemetery: Terry Taylor 340-5062 TOTAL …………. $ 2,233.25
Finance Council Clare Spellman 208-6110
Funeral Dinners: Linda Dieker 475-3567 We know how busy everyone is in their lives
Knights of Columbus: Brian Flott 343-9241 and all the unanticipated expenses that pop up
Liturgy Committee Diana Kuhlmann 475-3784 in family households. We DO appreciate the
Pastoral Council: Diana Kuhlmann “ commitment our contributors make to the
Religious Ed: Rose Redeker 475-3403 upkeep and financial stability of our parish.

ST. JOSEPH PRAYER LIST

Robyn Bechtel, Montana Cole, Aiden Dreier, Gil Gardner, Dave
Goodell, Lorene Haag, Roy & Marilyn Kuhlmann, Amy R., Kevin
Redeker, Dave Schneider, Kerry Schulz, Gary Trear, Jim
Wecker.
United States Army: SFC Matthew S. Richter, Sgt. Austin Sat. 03/03 5:00 pm For the people of our parish
Burenheide, Pvt. Johnnie Bell, Captain Jacob Haag, Pvt. Sun. 03/04 8:30 am +Fr. Francis Wendling
Brandon Raybourn Mon. 03/05 7:30 am Alice Bechtel
Marines: Lt. Colonel James Bechtel Navy: Robert King Tues. 03/06 7:30 am To be Announced
National Guard: Captain Ben Pimpl, Com. Sgt. Steve Harmon Wed. 03/07 7:30 am “
Thurs. 03/08 7:30 am “
Baptisms/Anointing of Sick/Counseling: Fri. 03/09 7:30 am +Louis & Geraldine Blanchat
Contact Fr. John Sat. 03/10 5:00 pm +Mel Reed
Marriages/Annulments: Sun. 03/11 8:30 am For the people of our parish
Marriages – contact Fr. John 6 mos. prior
Reconciliation:
Saturdays @ 4:30 pm JUST A REMINDER…….
First Sat. after 7:30 AM mass, or by appt. Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of
Adoration: abstinence for Catholics. Fasting is obligatory
Wed. in chapel – 8 am to 10 pm (use south door) from age 18 through age 59. Fasting means a
person is permitted to eat one full meal as well
We have mass intention openings for: as two smaller meals that together are not equal
March 15, 21, 22, 23, 29 (7:30 am/7pm). to a full meal. The norms concerning
abstinence from meat are binding upon
members of the Latin Catholic Church from
NEW BULLETIN DEADLINE- Tuesday age 14 onwards.
at noon.
 LITURGY SCHEDULE

Saturday, March 10 Sunday, March 11

Servers: Thayne Schmidt, Garret Cole Servers: Haley & Emma Cole
Lector: Delores Heins Lector: Shirley Langley
Minister: Debbie Cole Minister: Mike Langley
Gift Bearers: Mike Haag family Gift Bearers: Aaron Cole family
Sacristan: Phyllis Krueger

NOTE: There will be NO Chalice (wine) until Holy Thursday due to flu/cold season.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS LENT? Adding something special to your daily
routine? Giving up something special? Doing something special for someone?
With the Lenten season once again upon us, there are various opportunities to enhance and enrich our prayer lives
and parish family relationships.
 Stations of the Cross are held on Wednesday evenings at 7:10 p.m. through March 28th
 Reconciliation service will be held on Sunday, March 18 in the church at 6:00 PM

MARK YOUR CALENDAR…..

March 7 Stations at 7:10 PM (CCD students attend as well)
CCD - following stations
March 8 Bible Study – 7 PM
March 11 Biscuits and gravy breakfast – Knights of Columbus - 7-10 AM
March 18 Reconciliation service - 6:00 PM
March 20 Blood pressure/sugar screenings – Fellowship Meals – 10:30 AM
March 25 PALM SUNDAY – Beginning of HOLY WEEK

Your gift to the ACTS is still needed! Thank you to all who have responded
to the needs of our Church in northeastern Kansas through the 2018 appeal. One person or
parish could not possibly accomplish all that needs to be done for over 40 ministries and
services of the Archbishop’s Call to Share. You are being CALLED TO SHARE! To date, St.
Joseph has collected only $8,060 of our $12,805 goal Please return your pledge card in the
collection or by mail SOON! Thanks!

If you are looking for daycare this summer, please contact Sacred Heart in Emporia, as they
have a few openings.

The third and fourth grade class would like to invite the parish to participate in the final
service project of the year. We will be participating in the backpack food program for
students during the Lenten season. Your donations can be placed in the backpacks in
the back of church. The program is in need of the following items; boxed macaroni and
cheese, fruit cups, chicken and tuna packets, pop tarts, ramen noodles, canned Vienna
sausages, canned ravioli, canned spaghetti O's, and single serving shelf stable milk.
Thank you for helping us help those who are hungry.
……………………………Rose, Tasia, and the third and fourth grade CCD class
NEEDED ASAP! Someone to coordinate the Raffle for the Spring Festival. Please
contact Father John or Kim Irwin (475-3295). THANK YOU!!

St. Anne’s Altar Society members will be collecting donations in the back of church
after mass the weekends of March 17/18 and 24/25 to decorate the altars for Easter.
Thank you in advance for your gracious generosity!

Speaking of those Easter flowers……If you would like to donate

$25 towards the purchase of Easter flowers in memory of a loved
one, please call Donna Farr (475-3794) or Laurie Schmidt (475-
3283) BY MARCH 25.

THANKS to some more of our “special volunteers” ----Steve Kuhlmann, Doug Schmidt, and
Michael Nunley (for chipping and scooping ice at the church & K of C last weekend), Alan Nuessen
(for EVERYTHING you do in and outside of the church), Dalton Mayer & Brody Cole (for helping
the ushers out last weekend). THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS!!!

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT REFLECTION

Is your FAITH forming your POLITICS?
Our fundamental Catholic belief in the innate dignity of the human person stems from God’s
revelation: humans, despite our best efforts to cover it up with our sins, are made in his
image.

Christ’s revelation of the Trinity tells us more about this image. From the revelation of God’s
triune nature we come to learn an important thing about ourselves: we humans are made to
be in community. We are, by nature, political animals! Because we find our good by being
with others, we each have a personal sense of how to best achieve the common good, our
politics. Perhaps this is why politics make us so passionate. Politics speaks to the core of
what it means to be human, just as much as our sexuality speaks to our core. It is only by
understanding God’s plan for both that we flourish as humans.

The Social Teachings of the Church are a kind of political morality. Just as sexual morality
keeps us from all kinds of troubles and best enables us to be emotionally fulfilled humans, so
does political morality keep us from social harms and helps us to prosper in community.
When we strive to keep all of our politics in harmony with the sum total of Catholic social
teaching, we work for justice. But when we break with that teaching, even in some small way,
we open the door for corruption.

This Lent, ask this question and give your Faith priority. “IS MY FAITH FORMING MY
POLITICS OR ARE MY POLITICS FORMING MY FAITH?” It is only our willingness to trust in
God’s revelation of our destiny through Jesus Christ and his Church that we can achieve the
best possible lives here and then put them aside for something even better in the hereafter.
SPECIAL THANKS TO all who attended the Fish Fry last Friday and then to all who attended the VERY SPECIAL
PRESENTATION by Sebastian D’Amico on Saturday. Sebastian was such an inspirational speaker; and we feel
very fortunate that he could “fit us in” to his busy schedule. We are hoping we can see/hear more of him again
soon!

Knights of Columbus February 2018 Lottery winners

2/01 John Blaufuss Jr. 2/11 Camden Hoelting 2/21 Imogene Schmidt
2/02 Randy Hagemann 2/12 Janell Schneider 2/22 Johanna Kuhlmann
2/03 Mary Hayes 2/13 Dylan Deboer 2/23 Jack Ables
2/04 Doreen Waechter 2/14 Nolan Redeker 2/24 Barbara Kuhlmann
2/05 Jaxson Markowitz 2/15 Caleb Argenziano 2/25 Diane Duffy
2/06 Natalie Beckler 2/16 Hagen Wellnitz 2/26 AdamHagemann
2/07 Steve Kuhlmann 2/17 Larry Bolz 2/27 Corey Stutesman
2/08 Dave Cole 2/18 Joe or Melanie Kerwin 2/28 Emily Rayburn
2/09 Stephanie Blaufuss 2/19 Preston Beeman
2/10 Larry Wilke 2/20 JoAnn Wise

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