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FAMILY MINISTRIES:

Marriage Preparation ~ Fr. Michael Williams Baptism ~ Nancy Joseph St. Joseph School ~ Chris Wells Religious Education ~ Michelle Parker Confirmation ~ Michelle Parker Youth Group ~ Nancy Poff Adult Faith Formation ~ Nancy Joseph Evangelization ~ Nancy Joseph Please call the parish office for more information on our Family Ministries

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION:

Saturday: 4:00 �� & Tuesday: 6:30 �� WORSHIP:

Music ~ Jeff Richards

MASS SCHEDULE:

Saturday: 5:00 �� Sunday: 8:00 ��, 10:00 ��, and 12:00 PM. Holy Days: Consult the bulletin.

PARISH LIFE:

Parish Council ~ Dick Weller Finance Council ~ Scott Dzurka Parish Secretary ~ Anna Biewer Business Manager ~ Susan Mahoney Maintenance ~ Tom Karek

PASTORAL CARE:

Fr. Michael Williams Deacon Marv Robertson Deacon Jerry Fust

ALL ARE WELCOME!

St. Joseph is a place of refreshment, peace and love, a place of ministry and renewal. We welcome you to be part of our faith community where the Word of God is proclaimed, friendship is offered

and the Sacraments are celebrated.

St. Joseph Catholic Church stjosephchurchstjohns@gmail.com 109 Linden Street www.stjoecatholic.com Saint Johns, Michigan 48879-1837

Parish Office Phone: (989) 224-8994 Fax: (989) 224-3475 St. Joseph School: (989) 224-2421 Religious Education Office: (989) 224-8537 Medical Emergencies requiring an Anointing of the Sick: (989) 227-1244

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN

The SANCTUARY LAMP will burn from March 25th–31st in memory of

Dennis M. Fox

Volunteers for next week

COUNTING COLLECTION: March 26—Group 3

SANCTUARY CLEANERS: March 31: Sue Fox and Joan Schrauben

LOW LEADERS: April 1– NO LOW

tHIs week’s lIturGIes our weekly GIVInG

lIturGICAl MInIsters

NEXT WEEKEND (March 31/ April 1)

ALTAR SERVERS: 7:30 PM: Justin and Luke Nurenberg, & Bailee Thelen 8 AM: Andrew Huhn and Makenna Schneider 10 AM: Mickenzzee Falor, Jackson Wiseman & Audrey George 12 PM: Bailey, Bobby and Sylvia Bunn

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: 7:30 PM: Deacon Jerry Fust, Deacon Marv Robertson, Tom Wenzlick, Doug Nurenberg, Mary Beth Elstro, Lisa Moeggenborg. 8 AM: Elvira Martinez-Jones, Sharon Conley, Kathy Randolph, 3 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. 10 AM: Deacon Jerry Fust, Deacon Marv Robertson, Kathy George, 3 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. 12 PM: Mille Fox, Stu and Sharon Fitzpatrick, 3 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED.

LECTORS:

7:30 PM: Charlotte Voisin 8 AM: Joe Tomczyk 10 AM: Jim Sipiorski 12 PM: Robin Wagner-McGuire

USHERS: 7:30 PM: Marcia Fabus and 5D 8AM: Glenn Pung and 8D 10AM: Dan Leveque and 10D 12PM: Pat Thiede and 12C

sPonsor of tHe week

Please place Ad for:

Deano’s Pizza

Please thank our sponsors for their support!

Full schedules are available at www.stjoecatholic.com/schedules

Regular Parish Office Hours:

Mon./Wed./Thurs/: 9:00 AM-NOON;1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Tuesday: 9:00 AM - NOON; 1:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Friday: 9:00 AM - NOON; 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Offering for the Week Ending with Sunday March 17/18 Adults (268) envelopes/gifts) $14,406.05 (including automated debits and online giving) Loose cash $609.71 TOTAL $15,015.76

Our weekly average since July 1, 2017 is $18,437.01. If we continue to keep this average, we

will meet our budgeted goal.

Other Envelopes Received

Education Trust Fund $182.00 Building Fund $345.00 Tuition Scholarship Fund $260.00

March 17/18 donation: $9.05

Total March donation to date: $68.67 Children’s and youth envelopes are available in

the back of the Church and from the Parish Office

The Children’s Collection for March will be donated to:

Monday: March 26 Readings: Is 42:1-7 | Jn 12:1-11 7:00AM Mass †Joseph and Mary Miller–Margaret Sweeney Tuesday: March 27

Readings: Is 49:1-6 | Jn 13:21-33,36-38 7:00AM Mass †Deceased members of the Schneider and Cosgrove families–Jim and Mary Cosgrove 6:30PM Reconciliation 7:00PM Mass †George Dush–Mark & Diane Armbrustmacher Wednesday: March 28 Readings: Is 50:4-9a | Mt 26:14-25 7:00AM Mass †Fr. Bennett Constantine 12:05PM Mass †Earl Frace–Verena, Marie, Mary & Sharon Holy Thursday: March 29 Parish Office closes at 12pm Readings: Evening Mass: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14 | 1 Cor 11:23-26 | Jn 13:1-15 7:00PM Mass Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper Good Friday: March 30 Parish Office is Closed

Readings: Is 52:13—53:12 | Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9 | Jn 18:1—19:42 1:00PM Solemn Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion Holy Saturday: March 31 Readings: Gn 1:1—2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a | Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 | Ex 14:15—15:1 | Is 54:5-14 | Is 55:1-11 | Bar 3:9-15, 32—4:4 | Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28 | Rom 6:3-11 | Mk 16:1-7 No Reconciliation 7:30PM Mass For the Elect Easter Sunday: April 1 Readings: Acts 10:34a,37-43 | Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8 | Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7 or Lk 24:13-35 8:00AM Mass †William Asher Don & Kathy Randolph & family 10:00AM Mass For the people of the parish 12:00PM Mass †Paul and Helen Fox—Mary Harr & Family 6:00 PM Spanish Mass with Fr. Rogelio Banuelos

PALM SUNDAY MARCH 25 2018

You can now support St. Joseph Catholic Church and School on

AmazonSmile! Just go to: smile.amazon.com and look up St. Joseph Church, Saint Johns and select us as your charity! Through March 31 Amazon will triple the donation rate to 1.5% on your first eligible purchase!

Our prayers and sympathies

to the family and friends of

Jennifer Hufnagel

Please pray for parishioners in the Armed Services, especially:

PrAyer IntentIons Please pray for our parishioners and

their families, especially:

tHIs week’s eVents

Please pray for vocations, especially:

Rich Bakita Joan Bozung

Don Donna Eisler Dorris Frace

Jennifer Hufnagel James Judy

Marian Kiel William

Jim Price Bill McCann

Pam Martinez Steve Nunham Janice Parker

Sandy Stan Wassa

Carol

Alfredo León Michael Debbie

Jeff Wadell Kenneth Price Brent Baese

Landon Baese Cheri Vanneste Luke McCann

Jerry Leon Kramer Nick Kurncz Mary Moore

Peter Schrauben Richard Connors Joshua Howard

Sharon Fitzpatrick

Eric Elstro Diaconate

Adalyn Eileen Pohl Daughter of Adam and Sharon

(Koenigsknecht) Pohl

Tuesday March 27 9:30 A� Bible Study (C&D) 5:40 �� Rosary Group (Church) 6:45 �� Devotions (Church) Wednesday March 28 10:30 A� Bible Study (Library) After 12:05 PM Mass Divine Mercy Chaplet 5:15 �� Bible Study (C&D Room) Thursday March 29 8-10:00 �� Eucharistic Adoration and Exposition (School) Parish Office closes at 12pm Friday March 30 Parish Office is Closed Sunday April 1 7:30 AM Rosary (Church) 9:30 AM Rosary (Church) 11:30 AM Rosary (Church)

Air Force Matthew Dainton

Eric Martin Jessica Mitchell David Seperic

Joseph Dershem Marines

Jake Hoskins Alex Rojas

Army Alex Detloff

Jacob Longoria Adam Novak Noel Smith II

To add or remove a name from the bulletin prayer list, please call: 989-224-8994 or

email stjosephchurchstjohns@gmail.com *Please note: only immediate family

members may add names to the bulletin prayer lists.

For the confidential Prayer Tree, please call the parish office at 989-224-8994. For

confidentiality reasons please do not leave last names, just the first initial of the last

name. Thank you!

Have any paper that’s still good on one side? The school will use any computer paper that is blank on one side.

You can bring paper to the school office. Hours: Mon-Fri 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

st. JosePH CAtHolIC sCHool

SCHOOL LUNCH MENU: Week of March 26

Lunch price $2.85 Milk $0.50

Monday: Mini pancakes w/syrup, sausage, hash browns, pears & milk. Tuesday: Ham, scalloped potatoes, peaches, bread & milk. Wednesday: Chicken noodle soup w/crackers, blueberry muffins, applesauce

& milk. Thursday: 1/2 day of school, dismissal at 11:00 a.m. Friday: Good Friday no school.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

(The price for milk cannot be deducted from the lunch price)

Kroger Community Rewards earned us over $5,500 last year. Enroll (or re-enroll today to keep us earning money!

You must re-enroll every year! Visit www.krogercommumityrewards.com to create an

account and use “St. Joseph” or our group number “82813”. Questions? Email trip@stjoecatholicschool.org

lIturGICAl MInIsters tHIs week:

Holy Thursday 3/29: Lector: Steve Yaich

Altar Servers: Meagan and Grace Moeggenborg

Eucharistic Ministers: Elvira Martinez-Jones, Sharon Conley, Dan Snyder, Christine Boak, Charlotte Voisin, Deacon

Jerry Fust Good Friday 4/14: Lector: Rick Aaron

Altar Servers: Alex Pung and Audrey George

Eucharistic Ministers: Lori Pung, Cindy Coulter, Dan

Snyder, Deacon Jerry Fust.

St. Monica Ladies Auxiliary will be holding the second

annual Ladies Tea on Saturday April 21 from 1 to 3 at the Colum-bian Hall. Ladies and girls of all ages are welcome. Stay tuned for more details in future bulle-tins or contact Mary Beth at (989) 227-0088.

SAVE THE DATE!!

Looking Ahead There will be no Masses or

Confessions Monday, April 2 through Thursday, April 5.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN

St. Joseph’s has Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) at both the church and school buildings. The church’s AED is located in the main

vestibule, across from the ushers’ cabinet, above the metal angel donation box. The school’s AED is located on the second floor of the center building, across from the library and teachers’ lounge.

Adoration Of our lord

Ours were the sufferings He bore; ours the torments

He endured. (Antiphon) Being in the Presence of Our Lord is the perfect way to meditate on the sufferings He endured for our sins. Visit with Him in Eucharistic Adoration. If you are interested in being part of the group of people scheduled for a monthly or weekly Holy Hour, or as a sub, please call or text Rebecca at 989-292-2072. On Holy Thursday there will be Exposition in the School after 7pm Mass until 10 PM

Pease join us every Wednesday after 12:05pm Mass. as we

say the Divine Mercy prayers..

If you have any questions? Contact Anne at 989-640-1874 or

trustfuljourney@gmail.com

Knight of Columbus Online Membership.

Eligible Catholic men can now join the Knights of Columbus online in a simple, streamlined process. Visit www.kofc.org/joinus to learn more about the many benefits of membership in the Knights of Columbus.

EASTER FLOWER DEDICATIONS

If you would like to make a donation of any amount towards our various Easter flowers in memory or in honor of a loved one, please use the form found below and put it in the pink trimmed “Easter Flowers, Decorations & Other Liturgy Expenses” envelopes

found in your March/April packets.

Dedicated by: __________________________________________________

In Memory of (for the deceased) or In Honor of (for the living)

____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________

Please return to the parish office by Monday March 26th to be including in memorial list.

SAVE THE DATE

Last week of June As you do your spring cleaning don’t forget about the annual St. Joseph Church Rummage Sale! We can use donations of good, clean, useable clothing, books, and household items. We cannot accept donations of children’s car seats or any mattresses.

Holy Week Schedule Monday March 26: 7:00 AM Mass

Tuesday March 27: 7:00 AM Mass

6:30 PM Confession 7:00 PM Mass

Wednesday March 28: 7:00 AM Mass

12:05 PM Mass

Holy Thursday March 29: Parish Office will close at Noon

7:00 PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper - Incense (collection taken up for the St.

Vincent de Paul Society) Exposition in the School after Mass until

10:00 PM

Good Friday March 30: Parish Office is Closed

1:00 PM Passion of the Lord - No Incense (collection taken up for the Holy Land)

Holy Saturday March 31: No Confession

7:30 PM Easter Vigil Mass - Incense

Easter Sunday April 1: 8:00 AM Mass - No Incense 10:00 AM Mass - No Incense

12:00 PM Mass - Incense

Thank you! The family of Don Rice, husband, father and grandfather, would like to express their gratitude to Fr. Mike, the Lector, Eucharistic Ministers, the choir and beautiful music and also Mrs. Canfield and the ladies who put on the deli-cious luncheon on the worst snow storm day of the year. Thanks again! Gladys Rice, children Mike and Cheryl and grandchildren, Kassi, Eric and Chelsea.

PLEASE NOTE: Because of Easter, Coffee and Donuts will be the second weekend in April.

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WE ARE ALL EVANGELIZERS I t ’ s a lways n ice to get an invi ta t ion , i sn ’ t i t? Whether i t be to a d inner , a par ty , a wedding , or whatever , i t ’ s a warm fee l ing to know that someone wants our company at an impor tant event . We are moved when we know someone cares - when someone loves us enough to wants us to share an important day wi th them. Invi ta t ion i s a t the core o f evangel i zat ion, and Dea-con Ken Pr iess f rom Bur ton te l l s a wonder fu l story o f inv i ta t ion in the Apr i l i s sue o f Fa i th magazine: At Ho ly Redeemer, we have an outreach food pantry . About a year ago, a man came to get food. Someone at the outreach o f f i ce inv i t -ed h im to our community lunch for those who may be homeless or s t ruggl ing and could just use a good meal wi th f r iendly people. He l i ked what was go ing on there , so even when he d idn’ t need food f rom the pantry , he came back every week to be wi th us . One day at that lunch, someone inv i ted h im to a nondenominationa l pra i se and worsh ip serv ice we have on Sundays . When he at tended th i s event , someone invi ted h im to A lpha , where he had a pro found encounter wi th the Holy Sp ir i t . By the next round o f Alpha, he was lead ing and, through those exper iences , was forming re la t ionships wi th peop le o f the communi ty and par i sh . Someone invi ted h im to th ink about becoming Catho l ic . Hi s in i t ia l response was , “Are you k idd ing?! ” Wi th t ime, he accepted the inv i -ta t ion to go to RCIA, which he s tar ted thi s past fa l l . There were at least three peop le f ighting to be h i s sponsor . He i s coming in to the Church thi s Easter , and we are a l l so exc i ted. I f you ask him, he’ l l exp la in that no one forced h im, but many peop le extended inv i ta -t ions a long the way. He sa id he found something in the Church that he ’d never found h i s whole l i fe . Every Chr i s t ian i s ca l led to constant ly invi te – i t i s par t o f our miss ion . The word “ inv i te/ invi tat ion” i s used seven t imes by Deacon Ken be-cause he ’ s try ing to show us how a s ingle invi te set up a ser ies o f invi tes that led to one man’s dec i s ion to jo in the Catho l i c Church. I t ’ s not a co inc idence that h i s in i t ia l search for food for bas ic sustenance wi l l cu lminate in h i s recept ion o f the Euchar i s t - sustenance for e terna l l i fe . In hi s ar t i c le “We are Al l Ca l led to Constant ly Inv i te , ” Deacon Ken notes that “The courage to inv i te comes from prayer . Prayer i s the core o f a l l o f evangel izat ion. ” Hi s s tory o f one man’s journey shows how God works -we do the inv i t ing and he does the conver t ing . Our ro le in evangel i zat ion i s to s tar t the process , but on ly the Lord can f in i sh i t . We have several adul ts and ch i ldren coming in to ful l communion wi th the church at next Saturday’ s Easter Vigi l and , as usual , the evangel i zat ion team hear t i ly invi tes the communi ty to share in th i s wonder ful ce lebrat ion . In the meantime, pray for them and welcome them in as S t . Joe par i shioners. They have answered an invi te , but i t ’ s up to us to welcome them to the fami ly and make them fee l a t home. Perhaps that wi l l l ead them to inv i te someone e l se who can jo in us next year . —By the Evangel i zat ion Team

A STEWARDSHIP MOMENT

This weekend we participate in the proclamation of the passion and death of Jesus according to the Gospel of Mark. In the extended version of this weekend’s Gospel reading, Jesus is at Gethsemane, praying to his Father, in much emotional distress. He knows he can save himself. He can escape over the Mount of Olives in the dead of night and make his way safely into the Judean desert. Instead, Jesus chooses obedience to his Father and waits for his persecutors. As Saint Paul puts it in the second reading, Jesus is “obedient to the point of death.” Jesus’ obedience is a lesson for those who are good stewards of their life in Christ. Let us reflect on how we might be more obedient to the will of God instead of our own will. From International Catholic Stewardship Council

Do you at times feel like your prayer life is just empty words?

Does your spiritual growth seem at a stand still? Would you like to share some of your thoughts on these topics with someone but are hesitant to bring them up with friends? Then you might benefit from meeting with a spiritual director.

Do you need spiritual direction? Spiritual direction is a process of seeking to understand and follow God's will in all aspects of your life, especially relating to your life of pray-er and service. Spiritual direction is NOT psychological, pastoral or crisis counseling. If you would like help in discerning where the Holy Spirit might be working in your life, spiritual direction could be the answer for you. Spiritual direction will be availa-ble by appointment on Tuesdays from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. and Thursday's from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Appointments can be made for other times. Call 517-242-4850 (Linda Kurncz) to arrange the best time for you.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN

PALM SUNDAY MARCH 25 2018

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your address or phone number: please fill out this form and drop it in the collection basket or mail it to the

Parish Office.

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the process much easier when it is time for baptisms, weddings, Faith

Formation registrations, baptismal or confirmation sponsorship and even

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