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”
July 1, 2018 – 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Celebration of the Eucharist:

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

Baptisms/Anointing of Sick/Counseling:
St. Joseph Parish Contacts: Contact Rectory
Parish Bookkeeper: Laurie Schmidt 475-3326
Marriages/Annulments:
office hours - Wed./Fri. 9-12
Bulletin deadline-TUESDAY @ NOON
Marriages – contact Rectory
Reconciliation:
Altar Society: Kim Irwin 475-3295 Saturdays @ 4:30 pm
Cemetery: Terry Taylor 340-5062
Family Life Ministry: Kay Schmidt 475-3767
Finance Council Clare Spellman 208-6110
COLLECTION Last Week:
Funeral Dinners: Linda Dieker 475-3567 Plate $ 125.50
Knights of Columbus: Brian Flott 343-9241 Envelopes 1,168.00 (39 adults)
Liturgy Committee Diana Kuhlmann 475-3784 Peters Pence 96.00
Outreach Arlene Redeker 475-3414 Cap. Improve. 35.00
Pastoral Council: Diana Kuhlmann 475-3784 TOTAL ……… $ 1,424.50
Religious Ed: Rose Redeker 475-3403
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH to those who
continue to support our parish financially. We
ST. JOSEPH PRAYER LIST appreciate your commitment!
Robyn Bechtel, Montana Cole, Aiden Dreier, Dave Goodell,
Lorene Haag, Roy & Marilyn Kuhlmann, Amy R., Kevin
Redeker, Dave Schneider, Gary Trear, Lou Trear, Jim Wecker. WHAT ARE YOU & YOUR KIDS DOING
United States Army: SFC Matthew S. Richter, Sgt. Austin THIS SUMMER?
Burenheide, Pvt. Johnnie Bell, Captain Jacob Haag, Pvt. Kids Bible Camp is July 9-13 at the Knights Hall.
Brandon Raybourn (Yes, it IS air conditioned!!) If you haven’t
Marines: Lt. Colonel James Bechtel Navy: Robert King signed up your child(children) yet, there is still
time! Please call Rose Redeker OR sign up
sheets ARE IN THE CHURCH VESTIBULE ON
THE TABLE…Camp is for ages K-6th grade. We
would LOVE to have them! Plans under way
sound FUN, FUN, FUN!!
Sat. 6/30 5:00 pm +Dorothy Gordon
Sun. 7/01 8:30 am For the people of the parish AND PLEASE CHECK OUT THE NEWS ON THE
7/02 through 7/06 - NO DAILY MASS NEXT PAGE ABOUT “MOVIE UNDER THE
Sat. 7/07 5:00 pm +Lucille Trear STARS” !! This will be held on Friday night,
Sun. 7/08 8:30 am For the people of our parish July 13.

FAREWELL,
DOUGHNUTS AND COFFEE OR JUICE
FATHER JOHN! after church with fellowship and
friendship building sounds good,
WE WILL MISS YOU!! doesn’t it? This is in the works with
details later……….
 LITURGY SCHEDULE

Saturday, July 7 Sunday, July 8

Servers: Jenna Dieker, Maddy Redeker Servers: CJ and Breckin Miller
Lector: Jana Redeker Lector: Dan Schneider
Ministers: Dorothy Blaufusss, Cindy Kehres, Kathy Stevenson Ministers: Dan Schneider, Rosemary Martin, Rose Redeker
Gift Bearers: John and Linda Dieker Gift Bearers: Vickie Miller family
Sacristan: Alice Bechtel

St. Joseph Family Ministry presents

A Movie under the Stars!!
Friday July 13, 9:00 pm

Please join us to finish out a great week of Catholic Kids Bible Camp by attending our first Annual
“Movie Under the Stars” outdoor movie night featuring the movie SING! It will be shown on the southeast
side of Father’s garage, with concessions opening at 8:30 and the movie starting at dusk
(approximately 9 pm). There will be free concessions of popcorn, candy, frozen ices and drinks galore.
Please bring your own chairs and a friend to watch the movie “Sing” under the stars. It will be a great
summer family fun night for our parish! Hope to see you there!!!
*In case of rain movie will be shown in the Knights Hall beginning at 7:00 pm. Pray for great weather!

CCD NEWS……
This is an invitation for the 5th, 6th, and 7th grade CCD students to visit St. Benedict's Catholic College
and Mount Scholastica Convent in Atchison Kansas. This activity is scheduled for Wednesday, July 25.
Those who wish to attend will meet at church at 7:30 am and return to Olpe between 5:00 and 5:30
pm. The lunch meal will be paid for by the parish. There will be a permission slip in the back of church
for parents to fill out, sign, and return the day of the activity. I must have a signed permission slip
before the students can go. Please take time to add your child's name to the sign up sheet in the back of
church. We need this information to arrange for drivers for this outing. We took a group, three years ago
this summer, and they really enjoyed their day. If you have any questions or would like to drive to
Atchison, please call Rose at 794-6353.

CCD will begin in less than two months and we are in need of teachers!! If you could spare just a
few hours each week to assist in the catholic education of our youth, we would certainly appreciate your
generosity and commitment to our parish! Please call CCD Director—Rose Redeker as soon as possible.
THANKS!

CUSTODIAN NEEDED
The PAID position of part time custodian for our school building and church is OPEN now. This position
involves approx. 5 hours per week and includes cleaning the school and vacuuming beneath the church
benches. If you are interested, please call Father John at the rectory at 475-3326.

St. Joseph’s Cemetery Committee Announcement

The cemetery committee has voted to move forward with purchase & installation of a new maintenance-free black wrought iron fence
with limestone columns on the corners on the north/front side of the cemetery. We have received several donations towards the approx.
$15,000 cost and are sincerely appreciative of those; however, we are still accepting donations to offset the cost. Checks can be made
payable to “St. Joseph Church” and note “cemetery” on the memo line and mail or drop in the collection. THANK YOU!!
  Most Pure Heart of Mary Parish in Topeka is hosting a “Living in Love” retreat on Saturday and
Sunday, August 4-5. Check out the flyer on the church bulletin board or go to
www.archkck.org/LivingInLove.

 The next weekend for Worldwide Marriage Encounter is July 13-15 in Kansas City. For more info or to apply, visit
www.wwme4youandme.org or call Tony & Barb at 816-741-4066 or email tonybarbz@prodigy.net.

 Rural Youth Ministry Outreach of the Archdiocese will host the 2018 Summer Tour “Perfectly
Imperfect” on August 12 at Horton and August 19 at St. Boniface, Scipio. Check out at
ruralyouth@archkck.org or www.archkck.org/ruraloutreach.

OUTREACH MINISTRY
Outreach Ministry has been formed at St. Joseph to assist sick, elderly, disabled, or homebound parishioners or
their families who are in need of visits, calls, cards, meals, or transportation. If you or a family member are in
need of one of these services, please contact ARLENE REDEKER at 475-3414. If you are able to provide one of
these services (visit, send cards, make calls, provide a meal or ride), also call Arlene. We would also like to send
birthday cards to parishioners and community members who are 80 or over, widowed, in a nursing facility, or
homebound. If you know of someone that might enjoy a card, please call KAREN HAYES at 475-3327 and give
her their name, birthday, and address. THANKS for your help in getting our ministry started!

Outreach Ministry is focusing on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, one of which is to “CLOTHE THE
NAKED”. We will be collecting new and used shoes for Soles4Soles during the month of July. Since 2006,
Soles4Soles has diverted 42 million pounds of shoes and clothes from landfills and helped provide shoes for
those in need in the U.S. and around the globe. Any sizes or styles of new or gently used shoes are needed. We
are collecting them in the tub in the back of church. Thanks for your help!!

Please keep our seminarians in the Archdiocese in your daily prayers. These
seminarians are fulfilling summer assignments in different parishes and areas in the
Archdiocese.

“Farewell Father John”

We truly appreciate your six years of friendship and pastoral guidance here at St. Joseph
Parish . Thank you for bringing us closer to Christ through your teaching, guiding, and
inspiration. You have touched so many hearts and lives. Your presence will be missed
immensely; however, we know that you are fulfilling God’s plan; and we will continue to
pray for God’s blessings of peace and joy as you move your ministry to
Our Lady of Unity Parish in Kansas City.
Please refer to this schedule and notes during the interim while
awaiting the arrival of our new priest (hopefully in early September!)

 Fr. Shawn Tunink has been assigned to sacramental assistance at St.

Joseph and St. Mary (Hartford) parishes. Father Shawn
is from Leawood, KS. Masses will be held each
weekend beginning July 7 as follows:
St. Joseph:
Saturday 5:00 PM
Sunday 8:30 AM
St. Mary:
Sunday 10:30 AM
 Fr. Shawn will also be hearing confessions on Saturday at
4:30 PM.

 There will be NO daily mass at St. Joseph. (beginning July 2)


 There will be NO adoration on Wednesdays at St. Joseph.
(beginning July 4)

 St. Joseph Church will be unlocked during the day.

 Fr. Brandon Farrar from Emporia, KS will be our Parochial Administrator

during the interim. You can contact him at Sacred
Heart Office at 620-342-1061 (dial 1 for sacramental
emergencies) OR
fatherfarrar@shemporia.org
Father Farrar will be on vacation July 1-15.

Laurie will still be maintaining hours at St. Joseph Rectory office on

Wednesdays and Fridays from 9-12 (with exception she will be gone July 11
& 13 but in on July 10). Phone messages will be checked on a daily basis.
HOWEVER, IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, please call Laurie at 620-343-
0321 and she will contact a priest. (Father Nick Blaha in Emporia will be
providing assistance in the absence of Father Shawn and Father Farrar.)

Please watch the bulletin and our Facebook page for any changes or
deviations or special announcements. We are a very STRONG parish and
we can work together as a TEAM through this interim!! THANK YOU for
your patience & understanding!