2020 - saintjosephparish.org · 8/2/2020  · Administrative Assistants, etsy Sowin and Dana Schmidt [email protected], [email protected] “Taking the five

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

Fax: 920-734-0227 www.saintjosephparish.org

404 W. Lawrence St. Appleton WI 54911-5817

MASS TIMES Saturday, August 1: 4:00 pm

Sunday, August 2: 8:00 am, 10:00 am Weekend Mass may be viewed online at:

www.saintjosephparish.org Weekdays: Monday, Tuesday, Friday: 12:05 pm

OFFICE HOURS: Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am-1:00 pm

ST JOSEPH PARISH is a member of

St. Francis Xavier Catholic School System ……………………..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.

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PASTORAL STAFF Capuchin - Pastor, Fr. James P. Leary, O.F.M. Cap.,

[email protected]…920-419-8738 Deacon/Pastoral Associate, Mark Farrell;

[email protected] Pastoral Minister, Barb Mauthe; [email protected] Music Director, Marisa Landsverk;

[email protected] Business Coordinator, Roger Simon;

[email protected] Business Administrator, Linda Baumruk;

[email protected] FF Coordinator/Eucharist/Reconciliation, Jennifer Schubring;

[email protected] FF Coordinator/Confirmation, Ben Wolf,

[email protected] Administrative Assistants, Betsy Sowin and Dana Schmidt [email protected], [email protected]

“Taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples,

who in turn gave them to the crowds. They all ate and were satisfied and they picked up the fragments left over—twelve wicker baskets full.”

Matthew 14:19-21

REACHING IN, REACHING OUT, REACHING GOD

Fr. Jim’s Jottings One of the issues confronting the church today is the shortage of vocations to the priesthood. It is a growing challenge to be able to assign a priest to pastor our parishes. Because of this shortage, a

number of priests are assigned to multiple parishes. Some priests who had hoped to retire are being asked to “help out” every weekend. And our Diocese has asked and received help from other Dioceses in India, Africa, Philippines etc. Bishop Ricken has asked all of us to pray for more young men to answer God’s call to serve the Church as priests. The hope is that by 2025 we will have 30 seminarians studying for the priesthood. And our prayer is that this will be the norm for maintaining sufficient priests to staff our parishes. Besides praying, there is a need for financial help for our seminarians. This past week every parishioner should have received a letter and envelope asking for your help. Please be generous with our Annual Seminarian Collection. This weekend is the kick off of the 15th year of this collection. Your donation provides tuition, room and board, insurance, a small stipend for our seminarians and will support the Vocation Office’s efforts to call forth more candidates. The total annual cost for our 14 seminarians is around $1,000,000. As friends and followers of Jesus, we support each other. Thank you for your generosity!

CHURCH RENOVATIONS…CONTINUING Our terrazzo and tile Church floors have come back to life. Thank you for accommodating our schedule for the past two weeks of no Masses. You have been very helpful in going along with the inconveniences. This weekend we get back to our “normal” Mass schedule.

Sat (4:00 pm) and Sun (8:00 am & 10:00 am). During the week we have Mass at 12:05 pm on Mon, Tues, & Fri. Then next weekend (Aug 8/9) we go back to our “normal-normal” weekend Masses which are Sat (4:00 pm) and Sun (8:00 am, 10:00 am, & 6:30 pm). Please spread the word to friends and other parishioners that we are back to our usual weekend schedule. We begin to put in the new sanctuary platform in the week of August 10th. And the new carpeting will be installed the week of August 17th. The final stage is re-installing the pews. Keep praying that we can complete that in early September.

Bishop’s Annual Appeal…We Made It! Thank you to everyone who responded to this year’s Bishop’s Annual Appeal. Last week we met our goal of $77,175 with two more contributions totaling $77,274. You did it in spite of the covid-19 and even after our successful “one by One” campaign. Thank you again. May God reward your generosity!

Faith Formation Update The School Year is creeping up on us. Registration forms for Faith Formation Classes are available on the St. Joseph Parish Website under the Education Tab. Please contact Dana with questions at 920-738-7413 or email her at: [email protected].

Welcome… We welcome into the St. Joseph Community through Baptism…

Brooks Thomas Woicek London Crowder Liam Prince Crowder Laiden Royal Crowder Lexen Sire Crowder Vienna Crowder

Calendar Raffle Winners July 19—Mary Jo Derenne—$25 July 20—Mike Pfefferle—$25 July 21—Charmaine Foley—$25 July 22—Jannette Mignon—$25 July 23—Roy Baumruk—$25 July 24—Wayne DeBruin—$25 July 25—Jerry Daniels—$25

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

Please also remember our nursing home residents & shut-ins.

Please pray for the intentions recorded in our Prayer Book of Intentions.

Please pray for our parishioners or family of our parishioners who have died.

AUGUST 2, 2020 / EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Readings for the week of August 2 Sunday: Is 55:1-3 Ps 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18 [cf. 16] Rom 8:35, 37-39 Mt 14:13-21 Monday: Jer 28:1-17 Ps 119:29, 43, 79, 80, 95, 102 [68b] Mt 14:22-36 Tuesday: Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22 Ps 102:16-18, 19-21, 29 and 22-23 [17] Mt 14:22-36 or Mt 15:1-2, 10-14 Wednesday: Jer 31:1-7 Jer 31:10, 11-12ab, 13 [cf. 10d] Mt 15:21-28 Thursday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9 [1a, 9a] 2 Pt 1:16-19 Mt 17:1-9 Friday: Na 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7 Dt 32:35cd-36ab, 39abcd, 41 [39c] Mt 16:24-28 Saturday: Hb 1:12—2:4 Ps 9:8-9, 10-11, 12-13 [11b] Mt 17:14-20 Next Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a Ps 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14 [8] Rom 9:1-5 Mt 14:22-33 ©Liturgical Publications Inc.

Financial News Tithing Needed ……………………$18,461.00 Last Week’s Tithing .……………...$8,976.00 Auto Withdrawal …..…………………$595.00

Parish Support Through Collections Budgeted 7/01/19—6/30/20:

$960,000.00 Actual 7/01/19-6/30/20:

$980,477.85

Outreach Programs for June 2020 Milk Money ……………………………..$359.00 St. Joseph Food Program …........$359.00 LEAVEN .….……………………..……….$329.00 Pillars ……………………………………….$204.00

Green envelopes are on the radiator in back of Church if you would like to donate to one or more of our Outreach Programs.

We appreciate your much needed financial support during this

difficult time!

Drive-thru Mobile Food Pantry Dates: Every Thursday through August 27 Time: 10:00 am –12:00 pm Location: Fox Valley Technical College, 1825 N Bluemound Dr, Appleton How it Works: Open to the public; quantities are limited and will be given away on a first

come, first served basis. Limit one box per vehicle unless picking up on behalf of a homebound individual.

Happy Birthday August Seniors! William Patrick—1 Marjorie Noel—2 Bill Zimpel—2 Peter Gaigg—3 Billie Anderson—3 Gregory Bell—3 Sandy Hughes—4 Jane Kampf—5 Edward Zoglman—5 Ed Brodnicki—5 Paul Vosters—5 Todd Popp—5 Steve Noll—5 Gervais Reed—6 Patricia Kunstman—6 Joseph Helf—6 Carol Heid—6 Chris Holbrook—7 Jeffrey Moureau—7 Richard Schermerhorn—8 Mary Ann Schneider—8 Kathy Helphrey—9 Paul Shrode—9 Lois Gage—10 Carol Barth—10 James Zeegers—10 LuAnne Moureau—10 Wesley Roraff—10 Richard Pagel—11 James Weis—11 Jerome Hartjes—12 Gerald Vondrachek—12 Richard Tappa—13 Polly Schaff—13 William Farrey—14

Cindy Morales—14 Jerry McCabe—16 Bernard Schoettler—17 Mary Roth—17 Marsha Van Hout—17 Mary Griesbach—19 Steve Dorn—19 Elizabeth Milhaupt—20 John Fafinski—20 Marge Van Heuklon—20 Kenneth Joosten—20 Barbara Hirn—22 Lynn Bayness—22 Susan Greenman—22 Roger Hammond—23 Susan Joosten—23 Marvin Lemke—24 Ted Wilcox—24 Shirley Ellenbecker—24 Linda Bredesen—26 Ivo Geurts—27 Janet Francken—27 Jude Bavinck—28 Elonda Hammond—28 Jeanette Handrich—28 Anna Mewshaw—29 Joe Moleski—29 Leonard Gestout—29 Bob Andrews—29 Michael Bates—29 Cyril Walsh—29 Joan Navickas—30 Carol DeWall—30 Patricia Wuerger—31 Maureen Radtke—31

Fall Festival 2020 We hope you will join us for this year’s abbreviated and “COVID-19 friendly” St. Joe’s Fall Festival on September 12-13 featuring Take-0ut food and $1 Raffle Basket tickets. More info to come in the following weeks.

AUGUST 2, 2020 18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SCHEDULED MASS INTENTIONS Monday, August 3 Dec. Jane Steger Tuesday, August 4 Dec. Beulah Gurnee Friday, August 7 Dec. Larry Peters Saturday, August 8 Members of St. Joseph Parish Sunday, August 9 Dec. Pat Albers Dec. Russ Rapken Dec. Jeff Felzer

THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH Monday, August 3 9:30 am Grief Share, Rm 209 Saturday, August 8 9:00 am Private Reconciliation

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Thank you!

A Story of Compassion & Generosity This should make you proud of St Joe’s! We received this thank you letter from Molly (Fargo, ND) “It was 2 weeks ago when my father

had a heart attack, pneumonia and a blood infection. There were no beds in Stevens Point, the community he called home. The doctors were forced to send him by ambulance to Appleton, WI. I drove to Appleton from where I live in Fargo, ND to be with him, but after a few days, once he was stable and in “good hands” at the hospital I had to return to Fargo to work. Once Dad was on his way to recovery; he got chilled and even though they tried to keep him covered in blankets—his only wish was for a warm flannel shirt. He said he was shivering, and that he couldn’t get warm. He was scared and alone, and he was in tears. I was 10 hours away. We have no family or friends anywhere near the Appleton Community. I felt helpless. Then I thought of how my church here in Fargo often reaches out into the community to help people in need, and I opened the internet and searched for Catholic Churches in Appleton. The first thing I saw was St Joseph’s. It was a “God” moment, because my brother and I used to go to St Joseph’s in Stevens Point together when we were kids. My brother died 17 years ago, but he “guided me” to your phone number. You found a warm cozy shirt for Dad. You found a volunteer to take it to St Elizabeth’s Hospital. You saved a man from pain and sadness and loneliness and from the cold. God worked through you to help my Dad. I can’t even begin to tell you how much that shirt, that act of kindness meant to him, and to me. Thank you to the person who answered my phone call. Thank you to the person who brought him the shirt. Thank you very much!”

Can the Parish Help?

These are difficult days for some families in trying to make ends meet. Some have lost their job or have had their hours cut back. If St Joe’s can help in some way, please call the Parish Office and let us talk with you.

Non-Raffle Raffle Thank you to those who have already returned their “Non-Raffle Raffle” donation. It continues to be impressive to see the quick and generous response from so many. So far we have received $22,321! If you can, we are asking parishioners to return the raffle envelope with a donation of $35 or more. This raffle is very helpful in getting us through the summer months and especially as our contributions have slipped with the coronavirus. Again, thanks!

Church Chuckle A bored young man decided life would be more fun if he had a pet. So he went to the pet store and told the owner he wanted to

buy an unusual pet. After some discussion, he bought a talking centipede, (100-legged bug), which came in a little white box to use as his house. He took the box home, found a good spot for it, and decided he would start off by taking his new pet to church with him. So he asked the centipede in the box, "Would you like to go to church with me today? We’ll have a good time." But there was no answer from his new pet. This bothered him a bit, but he waited a few minutes and then asked again, "How about going to church with me and receive blessings?" But again, there was no answer from his new friend and pet. So he waited a few minutes more, thinking about the situation, and then decided to invite the centipede one last time. This time he put his face up against the centipede's house and shouted, "Hey, in there! Would you like to go to church with me and learn about God?" This time, a little voice came out of the box, "I heard you the first time! I'm putting on my shoes!"

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