St. Joseph Catholic Church Page 2 Battle Creek, MI

Mass Schedule St. Joseph Catholic Church, 61 23rd St N Monday-Friday 8:30 am-12:30 pm and 1:30-4:30 pm

Confessions Saturday, February 29 – Vigil: First Sunday of Lent First Friday 12:15 pm, Saturday 3:30 pm or by 5:00 pm † John & Helen Nelson by Steve & Mary Nelson appointment

Sunday, March 1 – First Sunday of Lent Rosary After daily Mass and Sundays at 9:30 am in Church 8:00 am For the People of St. Joseph & St. Jerome Mondays 7:00 pm in Spanish Parish Center Chapel 10:00 am † Eleanor Bouffard Bob & Kathy Valkner First Friday 7:00 pm Parish Center Chapel 12:00 pm † Coach Al Leibert by Family 5:00 pm † Maria Eusebia Meza & Maria Leo Quintero by Anali Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Reyes Spanish ▪ Monday 6:00 - 8:00 pm Monday, March 2 in the Parish Center Chapel 8:00 am † Donna Klein by Klein Family ▪ Wednesday 9:00 am - Saturday 9:00 am In St. Philip Seton Center Chapel Tuesday, March 3 rd ▪ Thursday 8:00 - 9:00 pm for Vocations 8:00 am † Jason Abramowicz (3 Anniversary) by Linda in the Parish Center Chapel Abramowicz ▪ Friday 8:30 am - Benediction at 4:45 pm Wednesday, March 4 in St. Joseph Church 8:00 am † Wendell Schoder by Family ▪ First Wednesday 7:00 pm 7-8:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration-Delight in the Lord in St. Joseph Church Thursday, March 5 8:00 am † Dan Determann by Thursday Small Christian St. Joseph: To sign up for a Holy hour or to be on the sub list for Friday Adoration, please call Marlene: 962-8641 Community and leave your name and phone number.

9:00 am † Fr. John Young by St. Joseph Church School 8-9:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration for Vocations in Parish Center St. Philip: Seton Center Chapel, Wednesday 9 am to First Friday, March 6 Saturday 9 am, call Betty Dillard: 962-8255 to sign up. 8:00 am † Luis Ponce by Stark Family 8:30 am Eucharistic Adoration Lenten Schedule 12:15pm Confessions 2:15 pm Stations of the Cross School Confessions 5:00 pm Stations of the Cross Burmese Saturday March 7 3:30-4:30 pm 6:00 pm Stations of the Cross Spanish Saturday March 14 3:30-4:30 pm 7:00 pm Stations of the Cross and Benediction English Saturday March 21 3:30-4:30 pm Saturday, March 7 Saturday March 28 3:30-4:30 pm 8:00 am † Lorraine E. Freed by St. Joseph Parish Penance Service April 2 6:30 pm 3:30 pm Confessions First Friday April 3 12:15-1:15 pm

Saturday, March 7 – Vigil: Second Sunday of Lent Stations of the Cross on Fridays 4:00 pm † Guadoalupe Costillo Sanchez, Pedro Juarez & Lucia 5 pm Burmese, 6 pm Spanish, 7 pm English Ariza by Family Spanish (In Gym) March 6, March 13, 5:00 pm † Heather Kropen Rasmussen by Ken & Susan Kropen March 20, March 27, April 3 Sunday, March 8 – Second Sunday of Lent 8:00 am † Gerry Ponce by Elizondo & Stark Family Stations with School Children 10:00 am † Marcia Bracy by Family March 6 2:15 pm 12:00 pm † David Thome by Members of St. Vincent de Paul March 13 2:15 pm Society March 27 2:15 pm 2:00 pm For the People of St. Joseph & St. Jerome Burmese 5:00 pm NO Mass School Passion Play

April 3 10:00 am Readings for: for: Second Sunday of Lent Gn 12:1-4a, 2 Tm 1:8b-10, Mt 17:1-9 Mary’s Way of the Cross April 3 7:00 pm

Joseph Most Strong, Live Stations of the Cross in Spanish April 10 5:00 pm Pray for Us First Sunday of Lent Page 3 March 1, 2020 From Fr. Christopher Ankley

Dear Friends, for his soul. Fesch was convicted and sentenced to the guillotine. He was to be beheaded. He remained It’s Lent I’m a priest and everyday my email is filled with faithless and hostile for about a year. Until one night lots of Lenten meditations. I can’t read them all but I ran he experienced a sudden and dramatic conversion. “I across one on Friday that made me pause. It was written by was in bed, eyes open, really suffering for the first St. Anselm. He lived in the middle Ages. In this meditation time in my life… It was then that a cry burst from my St. Anselm was in a way referring to the Fall of Adam. As breast, an appeal for help – My God – and instantly, we read in our first reading from Genesis, “The Lord God like a violent wind which passes over without anyone formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into knowing where it comes from, the spirit of the Lord his nostrils the breath of life.” God exalts in our seized me by the throat.” Reminding us of Genesis physicality, it is good. Our physical body is good. But we where God blew into his nostrils the breath of life. are more than just physical matter we are enlivened by the Jacques would later write, “I had an impression of very breath of God. We are body and soul. infinite power and kindness and, from that moment onward, I believed with an unshakeable conviction But then, in our God-given freedom, we gave into that has never left me.” temptation and sinned. We mucked it up. St. Anselm referring to this wrote, “We sinners are like diamonds that After his reversion to the faith of his childhood have fallen into the muck. Made in the image of God, we Jacques became a model prisoner. In his cell he lived have soiled ourselves through violence and hatred. God the life of a monk. And he expressed profound could have simply pronounced a word of forgiveness from remorse for the murder he had committed. During his heaven, but this would not have solved the problem. It time in prison Jacques wrote many letters and kept a wouldn’t have restored the diamonds to their original journal. These writings and his profound conversion brilliance. Instead, in his passion to reestablish the beauty made an impression on many people and it has put of creation, God came down into the muck of sin and death, him on the path to beatification and possible brought the diamonds up, and then polished them off.” canonization. He was executed at the age of 27. At “God became man so that men might be made God.” the scaffold before the blade fell Jacques asked the But in doing so God had to get dirty. This sinking into the priest standing beside him for the crucifix so that he dirt-this divine solidarity with the lost-is the “sacrifice” could kiss it. After kissing the crucifix his last words which the Son makes to the infinite pleasure of the Father. were, “Holy Virgin, have pity on me.” It’s a sacrifice of compassion. God came down into the muck of sin and death, I have a story about a man who once sank into the muck. brought the diamond up, and then polished him off.” But he did eventually let himself be raised and polished by Jacques lived at both ends of the spectrum first at the our Lord. He let himself be breathed upon once again by extreme disobedience of Adam and then later after the breath of God. His name is Jacques Fesch born in repenting he lived at the extreme obedience of Christ. France in 1930. He was born into a very famous wealthy He went back to living within the breath of God, to banking family. He had it easy. His father gave him living within the life of the Trinity. In scripture we everything. But he didn’t appreciate it. He didn’t read that after the resurrection Jesus appeared to his appreciate his Catholic faith and he abandoned it by the age disciples and he said to them, “Peace be with you. of 17. Jacques was not a good student, he put no effort into And when he had said this, he breathed on them his studies, and he coasted. He was more interested in and said to them, „Receive the Holy Spirit.‟” parties and the adventures he could buy with his dad’s money. After High School he spent a few years in the army. Today is Quadragesima Sunday which means it’s At 21 he was back home working for his dad who had given exactly forty days until Good Friday. We have forty him a very high paying job. He married his pregnant days to sit with our Lord in prayer, we have forty girlfriend who soon gave birth to their daughter. Jacques days to go to him in the sacraments, we have forty was soon bored with domesticity and left his wife and his days to give of our self in charity, and we have forty job. He was a playboy he sailed boats, rode horses, drove days to fast from whatever distracts us from our Lord. fast cars, and hung out with musicians. The money soon ran We are given these forty days to live more and more out and his dad wouldn’t give him any more. So in order to within the Breath of God, to be filled with God’s own fund his lifestyle to which he was accustomed, he came up life, to live more and more in the peace of our Lord. with the scheme to rob the Paris Stock Exchange. In the We are given these forty days of preparation so that process of this poorly executed robbery he shot and killed a we can rejoice with a whole heart on Easter Sunday, police officer. He was quickly apprehended, he was 24. and every Sunday.

He showed no remorse. He said he was only sorry that he Let us be great Saints, hadn’t carried a machine gun. He could have killed more Fr. Christopher J. Ankley people. He told the prison chaplain to get lost and he mocked his devout Catholic lawyer who showed concern St. Joseph Catholic Church Page 4 Battle Creek, MI

Ministry Schedule Prayers for the Sick/Those in Need

March 7 –8 Geri Bateman, Chris Bradley, Chuck Brown, Peggy Crane, Bernadette Emmons, Bradley Gagnon, Sharon Harris, Sr. Cyrilla, Saturday 5:00 pm Jerry Johnson, Carolyn Kewley, Pat Kukla, Erika Leman, Nathan & Robert Lindstrom, Jakob Livingston, Victor Lupina, Cantor Justine Coteng Agnes Marko, Scott Marko, Doug Marshall, Curtis Mason, Lori Ann Susan Wise - rd 1 McAdam, Katie Miller, Laurie Morris, Joan Mrak, Karen Partin, Reader George Wise - rd 2 Cheryl Scales, Kathy Scott, Ron Seyka, Margaret Smith, Cristian Reyes Torres, Michael Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Sara Wixson, Camille Evangeliste Dee Wygant, Christine Ybarra, Marion Zull Adam Sprague Server Nathan Johnson Prayers for the Deceased Christopher Carattini Brendan Bailey-Vega Frank Batch

Patty Miller, Rich Vitale EMHC Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his Robert Johnson soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Brandi, Sean, Kayleigh Gage Amen. Usher NOT FILLED Financial Information Sunday 8:00 am Special Envelopes Cantor Robert Valkner Mary Ann Lupina -rd1 Reader MAR 1: Diocesan Priests Nicole Mullis - rd 2 Retirement Katie & Colt Myers Server Hayden Skutt MAR 8: BCACS Endowment Joanne O'Connor APR 9: Holy Thursday EMHC Richard Gendernalik APR 10: Good Friday Greg Finnila APR 12: Easter Sunday Pat Stevens, Rita Wahmhoff Usher Pete & Sharon Zapata Sunday 10:00 am Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat, March 27-29 Designed for women and men, the retreat is a beautiful opportunity for any person who has struggled with the Cantor Robert Opalek emotional or spiritual pain of an abortion. For more information or to register, call William Bogan - rd 1 800-800-8284 or email [email protected]. Financial assistance is available. Reader Cristine Jones - rd 2 All inquiries are strictly confidential. Robert Duh, Serenity Jones Noticias de la communidad Hispana Spanish Community News Server Brennyn Bess, Jassan Baker Elliot Ormsby Lunes: 4:00 pm a 7:00 pm Adoración en silencio Capilla Centro Parroquial S. José Diane Bogan, Cheryl Bess EMHC 7:00 pm a 8:00 pm Adoración comunitaria Capilla Dolly Vumzathang Jueves: 6:30 pm Grupo de Oración Centro Parroquial S. José Kathy & McKenzie Askler Viernes: 6:30 pm Ensayo de Coro, Salón de música Iglesia S. José Joe Clarke, Giada Pontoni Domingos: 4:15 pm a 4:45 pm Confesiones S. José - 5:00 pm Misa en Español Usher Chris Staab Actividades Ultreya (reunion de grupo) de Colores: 3r domingo de cada mes a las 6.15 en S. José. Charlas pre Bautismales: contactar a la Señora Josefina 589-7347. Sunday 12:00 pm Parish ● Board Room: BR ● Chapel: CH ● Cafeteria: Café ● Community Room: CR Cantor Bernadette Heldt Calendar ● Music Room: MR ● Small Christian Community: SCC Jacqueline Clem rd 1 Reader Ruby Briones - rd 2 Weekly Monthly Braden Roosevelt MON 12:30 pm SCC, Squires, BR MAR 1 12:00 pm Burmese Leadership, CR Server Nicholas Thang 4:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration, CH MAR 4 7:00 pm Adoration, Church Emily Par 6:00 pm St. Vincent de Paul, CR MAR 6 7:00 pm First Friday Rosary, CH 6:30 pm SCC, Nielsen, BR MAR 10 7:00 pm Knights of Columbus Monika Rosas TUE 9:00 am Legion of Mary, CR 6:30 pm Book Club, BR EMHC Cheryl Fleming 1:30 pm SCC, Sheets, BR MAR 11 9:00 am Daily Mass Breakfast, Lux Andrea Perry WED 7:00 pm Men’s Fellowship, CR MAR 13 7:00 pm Good News & Brews, Peggy Myers, Judith Buch THU 6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal, MR Arcadia, Kalamazoo Usher Amy Roosevelt. Betty Walker 8:00 pm Adoration-Vocations, CH MAR 20 7:30 pm Gaudium Christi, CH MAR 27 6:00 pm Convivio Spanish, CR SAT 5:00 pm Burmese Prayer Group, CR St. Joseph Catholic Church Page 5 Battle Creek, MI

2020 Lenten Luncheon Talks March 4 Fr. Christopher Ankley - Celebrant (St. Jerome & St. Joseph Parishes) The annual Lenten luncheons will be held at St. Jerome Deacon Al Bell - Speaker (St. Philip) . Parish Hall Wednesdays through April 1 The Lenten March 11 Fr. Kenneth Schmidt luncheon Masses will begin at 10:45 am. The speaker of the (Advocate for Priestly Ministry/Support & Trauma Recovery -- Kalamazoo) day will begin his address at 11:30 am with a light lunch following the presentation. There is no charge for these March 18 Lunch with Bishop Bradley — Noon (Diocese of Kalamazoo) events, but a free will offering would be appreciated. March 25 Fr. Maximilian Nightingale Please join us for these inspirational talks about (St. Joseph Parish, Kalamazoo) the Lenten season and enjoy food and fellowship. April 1 Fr. Joseph Xavier (St. Mary Parish, Paw Paw)

Connecting with Mercy March brings us the feast of our patron, St. Joseph. In the coming weeks we will honor him with the traditional St. Joseph Table collection of food.

Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast Sponsor of the Week next Sunday after the 8 and 10 am Masses. Pancakes, Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices omelettes, scrambled eggs, sausages and tater tots. Coffee, teas, juices, hot chocolate, milk and

water will be available.

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A gift of flowers and decorations for the Easter season You can remember family and friends by making a donation for flowers and decorations to St. Joseph Church. Your donation will be used to enhance our worship space by purchasing decorations and keeping flowers and plants fresh throughout the Easter Season. Please fill out below and place it in the collection basket by April 05. Remembrances will be printed in a bulletin insert during the Easter Season.

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Please use my gift for plants and decorations. Minimum suggested donation: $15.00 Please submit by April 05. St. Joseph Catholic Church Page 6 Battle Creek, MI

St. Joseph Middle School Information Meeting

Parents and students are invited to Tiger Paws Join us for valuable information and refreshments on: Our dedicated teachers and administrators Thursday, March 6th at 6:00pm for their diligent work on the accreditation St. Joseph Middle School process. 44 North 25th Street Upcoming Events Our talented staff will share the unique programs specifically tailored for students in The Cereal City sixth through eighth grades. BBQ Festival will Questions? Please contact Cathy at 963.1131 be held on May or [email protected] 15th and 16th on the St. Joseph 2019-2020 Annual Fund Drive grounds. The festival features:  BBQ Contest  Food and Drink  Auction  Battle of the Bands New This Year! THANK YOU!  Cereal City Marketplace We have officially reached 50% of our goal!  Car Show We hope that you will The festival is accepting Contestants for prayerfully consider a gift to the BBQ Contest, Vendors for the help us reach our goals. Your Marketplace, Musicians for Battle of the tax-deductible gift to the Bands, and Classic Cars. Interested in BCACS Foundation ensures the prosperity of Catholic joining or becoming a sponsor? Go to: education and the success of http://ccbbqfest.com/ or contact Jim our future leaders. Austin, Festival Chair, at 517-648-1001. Monthly, quarterly, or semi- annual, or annual gifts are Upcoming 2019-20 Calendar Dates accepted as well as gifts of stock, mutual funds, and IRA  Apr. 6-10 Spring Break distributions.  April 26 First Holy Communion  May 24 High School Graduation  May 28 8th Grade Graduation To make a gift or learn  May 29 Last Day of School more about the important work of the Contact Us: BCACS Foundation, BCACS Office ...Cathy Erskine 963-1131 please contact Abby BCACS Foundation. ..Abby Lumbard 963-4771 Lumbard BCACS Scrip ...Joy Finnila 963-3034 at 269-963-4771. St. Joseph Elementary ...Jeanine Winkler 965-7749 St. Joseph Middle School ...Katy Arnson 963-4935 St. Philip High School ...Stacy Lightfoot 963-4503

BCACS & BCACS Foundation, 63 24th St N, Battle Creek, Michigan 49015 † 269.963.1131 † www.bcacs.org Parish Directory

Pastor ...... Reverend Fr. Christopher Ankley Parish Staff Finance Council ...... Ed Bauman [email protected] Parish Office Manager ...... Shirley Springer ▪ [email protected] 962-1328 Parochial Vicars ...... Fr. Pius Cung ▪ [email protected] 962-0165 Formed Access Code ...... PTRKXD [email protected] Communications, Music ...... Ellen Tipton Hispanic Community .. Fr. Andrew Raczkwoski ...... Fr. Andrew Raczkowski ▪ [email protected] 962-0165 ▪ [email protected] 962-0165 [email protected] Faith Formation...... Barbara Kincaid Jail Ministry ...... Rita Wahmhoff Deacons ...... David Krajewski, James Nelson ▪ [email protected] 965-4079 ▪ [email protected] 968-3067

Liturgy and Music ...... James Zalewski Knights of Columbus ...... Andrew Kincaid Emergency Assistance ▪ [email protected] 962-2133 ▪ [email protected] 589-5888 St. Vincent de Paul Society 969-5606 Pastoral Ministry ...... Sr. Cyrilla Jegla, RSM Lakeview Food Pantry...... Janet Borders Pastoral Care of the Sick 965-1990 ▪ [email protected] 965-2632 If you are homebound, contact Linda Youth Ministry ...... Andrea Perry Legion of Mary ...... Linda Kellogg Kellogg 965-2074 ▪ [email protected] 788-7000 ▪ [email protected] 965-2074 Sacrament of Baptism Parish Ministries Newcomers ...... Phil & Mary Sue Avery ▪ [email protected] 979-9105 Parishioners should call the Parish Office to All Saints Superfest ...... Ed Bauman make arrangements. Perpetual Adoration St. Philip ...... Betty ▪ [email protected] 962-1328 ▪ [email protected] 962-8255 Sacrament of Eucharist Boy Scouts Troop 235 ...... Bob Johnson Prayerline ...... Linda Opack Sacrament of Confirmation ▪ [email protected] 965-7365 962-7339 Contact our Schools or our Director of Faith Catholic Men’s Fellowship ...... John Duyck Small Christian Communities…………Judy Buch Formation. ▪ [email protected] 965-8954 (Scripture Study) 425-9395 Sacrament of Marriage Connecting with Mercy ...... Mary Sine Spanish Choir ...... Teresa Bello ▪ [email protected] Parishioners must contact one of the parish 269-274-7409 Council of Catholic Women ...... Colleen Vitale priests at least six months before setting a Spanish Prayer Group Sarah & Francisco Sanchez ▪ [email protected] 989-723-1842 wedding date. 419-5786 Echo Apprentice ...... Ruby Briones Spiritual Library ...... Rita Wahmhoff Sacrament of Holy Orders ▪ [email protected] 962-0165 ▪ [email protected] 968-3067 If you or someone you know has a vocation, Evangelization Commission .. Suzanne Nielsen Tri-Parish Pro-Life ...... Pat Hirzel contact a parish priest for assistance. ▪ [email protected] & Nancy Haack ▪ [email protected] 968-4639 Sacrament of Anointing the Sick Family Activity Night ...... Loretta Mahley In case of an accident, surgery or other ▪ [email protected] emergency, call 962-0165.