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Sacrament of Reconciliation 4:00 p.m. Saturday & by appointment Cathedral Parish Office 2305 West Main Street (parish mailing address) Phone: 573-635-7991 Fax: 573-635-0842 Email: [email protected] Website: cathedraljc.org

Cathedral Undercroft 2215 West Main Street Phone: 573-635-4955

Cathedral School 2303 West Main Street Office: 573-635.5024 Cafeteria: 573-634.2984 After School Care: 573-635-2533 Fax: 573-635-5238 Website: www.sjcsmo.org

Diocese of Jefferson City Chancery Offices The Alphonse J. Schwartze Memorial Catholic Center 2207 West Main Street Phone: 573-635-9127 Fax: 573-635-0386 Email: [email protected] Website: www.diojeffcity.org His Excellency, The Most Reverend Shawn McKnight, of Jefferson City & Pastor His Excellency, The Most Reverend John R. Gaydos, Bishop Emeritus in Residence Reverend Monsignor Robert A. Kurwicki, Rector & Vicar General Reverend Joshua J. Duncan, Associate Pastor & Master of Ceremonies Reverend Gregory Oligschlaeger, Vocation Director in Residence Reverend Monsignor Donald W. Lammers, P.A., Senior Associate Pastor Reverend Dylan Schrader, Scholar in Residence Christopher Baker, Deacon Joseph M. Braddock, Deacon Alvin J. Brand, Deacon James L. Kliethermes, Deacon Tyler S. McClay, Deacon Dan K. Joyce, Deacon John A. Schwartze, and Deacon Emeritus Robert J. Rackers, K.S.G. To all our visitors…

Cathedral Organizations and Ministries Altar Servers Deacon Dan Joyce 634-7959 Greeters Deacon Dan Joyce 634-7959 American Heritage Girls Mrs. Jennifer Gerber 314-497-0257 Home & School Mr. Jamie Morris 636-5478 Athletic Committee Mr. Craig Husting 634-8731 Helias Representative Heidi Vollet 636-3910 Baptism Preparation Deacon Christopher Baker 636-8935 Knights of Columbus Mr. Mark Ruether 659-7869 Bereavement Committee Mrs. Donna Kuebler 893-6313 Ladies Auxiliary Mrs. Arlene Taylor 893-6281 Boy Scouts Mr. Steve Wright 893-9149 Lectors Deacon Dan Joyce 634-7959 Catholic Cancer Support Mr. Thom Day 636-8939 Marriage Preparation Please call the parish office 635-7991 Cemetery Board Deacon John Schwartze 616-2138 Nursing Home Visitation Ms. Lois Fairchild 230-3637 Mrs. Michelle Varcho 821-1191 Parish Association Vacant Mrs. Donna English Parish Pastoral Council Ms. Edie Vogel 636-4650 Charities Deacon Christopher Baker 636-8935 Parish School of Religion Mrs. Cara Sue Cockerham 291-4889 Christ Renews His Parish (Men's) Louie Delk 230-7296 Prayer Line Please call the parish office 635-7991 Collection Counters Mr. Duane Buersmeyer 636-3097 Pro-life Mr. Ed Bode 635-7874 Confirmation Preparation Mr. David Lankford 635-9454 Rite of Christian Initiation Dan Kempker 496-5499 Cub Scouts Mr. Larry Schulte 690-9449 Samaritan Center Board Mr. Bernie Fechtel 893-6400 Cursillo Mr. Brian Johnson 636-5319 Mr. Roger Dudenhoeffer 893-8483 Director of Music Mr. Thomas Halpin 635-7991 Mr. Don Schnieders 893-5990 Divine Worship & Spiritual (Member at Large) Development Committee Monsignor Kurwicki 635-7991 School Board President Mr. Shawn Bailes 645-8877 Divorce Assistance Group Parish Office 635-7991 School Principal Mr. Spencer L. Allen 635-5024 Edge Youth Program Mrs. Julie Gramlich 644-4965 Secular Franciscan Order Mr. Patrick Smith, OFS 592-1972 Episcopal Servers Fr. Joshua Duncan 635-7991 Special Event Dinners Mrs. Janice Houser 636-9842 Eucharistic Adoration Mr. John Poepsel 893-8173 St. Brigid Quilters Mrs. Rosana Weidinger 893-3493 Extraordinary Ministers Steering Committee Monsignor Kurwicki 635-7991 of Holy Communion Fr. Joshua Duncan 635-7991 Stewardship Committee Mr. Joseph Boland 761-4890 Faith Connection Committee Mrs. Denise Barnes 636-9754 Ushers Mr. Bob Asahl 584-8010 Finance Council Vacant Vocation Committee Mrs. Denise Barnes 636-9754 Funeral Luncheon Mrs. Pat Dowd 635-4507 Welcoming Committee Mrs. Amanda Geiger 635-7991 Girl Scouts Maria Stokes 314-724-8531 Youth Ministry Mrs. Julie Gramlich 644-4965 Gospel of Life Committee Mrs. Gina Newlon 230-6718 Cathedral Parish Information Registering in the Parish Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults To join our parish, please contact the Parish Office at Persons interested in becoming Roman Catholic should 635-7991 Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. contact Mr. Dan Kempker, 496-5499.

Registering in the Cathedral School Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick Parents wishing to know more about our grade school Parishioners facing surgery or struggling with are encouraged to call the Cathedral school principal, serious illness may request this Sacrament of Mr. Spencer L. Allen at 635-5024. healing by calling a priest at the Parish Office.

Sacrament of Baptism Vocations to the Christian Married Life Parents requesting the Sacrament of Baptism Couples planning to marry at the Cathedral must contact for their children should be registered members of the Parish Office at least six months in advance. the parish, and they should contact the Parish Office. Ordinarily, no marriages are celebrated during Lent. Vocations to the Priesthood and Consecrated Life If you are interested in becoming a priest, deacon, sister or brother, please contact Fr. Gregory Oligschlaeger at 635-9127. Cathedral of Saint Joseph Pray!

Jefferson City, Missouri HOLY MASS SCHEDULE THIS COMING WEEK Sunday, March 4 (Third Sunday of Lent) 3/4 Third Sunday of Lent 7:00 a.m. Howard Gaffke Luke 18 Retreat: 8:00 a.m.—12:30 p.m., School 9:00 a.m. President Trump Joyful Noise: 9:15 a.m., Undercroft 11:00 a.m. Sophie Szagolowski Vocation Reflection Mass: 5:00 p.m., Cathedral/ 5:00 p.m. Parishioners Undercroft Monday, March 5 3/5 School Confessions: 8:30—10:30 a.m., Cathedral 6:30 a.m. Lewis Hancock Centering Prayers: 12:10 p.m., Chapel 8:00 a.m. Pat Castrop RCIA: 6:30 p.m., School Tuesday, March 6 Study Sunday Scriptures: 7:00 p.m., Mary Room 6:30 a.m. Jane Wegman 3/6 School Confessions: 8:30—10:30 a.m., Cathedral 8:00 a.m. Bob Stegeman McTeachers’ Night: 4:00—8:00 p.m., McDonalds Wednesday, March 7 (Ss. Perpetua and Felicity) Vocations Committee Mtg: 4:30 p.m., Mary Room 6:30 a.m. Poor Souls Schola: 6:30 p.m., Bishop Marling Room/Cathedral 8:00 a.m. Noel & Raymond Caspari, Sr. 3/7 Helias Confessions: 8:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m., Helias Thursday, March 8 (St. John of God) /Music Director Mtg: 9:00 a.m., Parish Office 6:30 a.m. Deacon Phil Ordonio Lenten Program: 1:00 p.m., Mary Room 8:00 a.m. Helen Jarrell School’s Fine Arts Groundbreaking: 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 9 (St. Frances of Rome) Stewardship Meeting: 6:00 p.m., Parish Office 6:30 a.m. Fr. Peter Du Trac Thien Miracles of the Eucharist: 7:00 p.m., Cathedral 8:00 a.m. Frank & Frances Backues Adult Choir: 7:00 p.m., Cathedral/BMR Saturday, March 10 (Fourth Sunday of Lent) PSR: 7:00 p.m., School Commons 5:30 p.m. Thelma & Sim Wesonig, Kathryn Gembler, Marcella Gruber St. Margaret Penance Service: 7:00 p.m, Osage Bend Sunday, March 11 Women’s Bible Study: 7:00 p.m., Mary Room 7:00 a.m. Mildred Vogel Ovaitt Youth Board: 7:00 p.m. St. Joseph Room 9:00 a.m. Edwin Tellman 3/8 Quilters: 8:45 a.m., Bishop Marling Room 11:00 a.m. Esther Winge Pastor/Principal Meeting: 9:00 a.m., Parish Office 5:00 p.m. Parishioners AMP Meeting: 4:30 p.m., St. Joseph Room CRHP: 6:30 p.m., St. Joseph Room STEWARDSHIP NEWS Miracles of the Eucharist: 7:00 p.m., Cathedral Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the Holy Scriptures, reminded us Hand Bell Choir: 7:00 p.m., Bishop Marling Room multiple times of our need to share our goods with the poor of Rosary: 7:00 p.m., Chapel this world. The Cathedral of Saint Joseph relies on the support of 3/9 Staff Meeting: 9:30 a.m., Parish Office parishioners who generously give their time, talent, and Priests’ Meeting: 10:30 a.m., Parish Office treasures to make Jesus Christ known. Our Fiscal Year-to-Date Three Pastors’ Mtg:1:00 p.m., Immaculate Conception Offerings are as follows: Stations of the Cross: 2:30 p.m. & 6:00 p.m., Cathedral K of C Fish Fry: 4:30—7:00 p.m., Undercroft Offertory Budget 07/1/17-6/30/18 $ 2,582,708.00 3/10 Men’s Prayer Group: 7:00 a.m., Bishop Marling Room Budget Goal per Month $ 215,225.67 Weekly Goal $ 49,667.46 Rectory Work Day: 9:00 a.m., Rectory Collection Rite of Acolyte for Deacon: Lunch/Mass/Dinner, February 4 $ 117,612.84 Undercroft—Bishop McKnight February 11 $ 20,957.41 Confessions: 4:00 p.m., Cathedral February 18 $ 37,068.96 Girl Scout Cookie Sales: All Masses February 25 $ 22,026.14 Samaritan Center Second Collection Weekend 3/11 Fourth Sunday of Lent To date for February $ 197,665.35 Girl Scout Sunday Recognition: 11:00 a.m. Mass Budget Goal Year-to-Date $ 1,738,861.24 NFP: 2:00 p.m., Mary Room Sunday Collection Year-to-Date $ 1,847,716.91 Vocation Reflection Mass: 5:00 p.m., Cathedral/ Difference $ +109,355.67 Undercroft YOUR DONATIONS ARE MORE ACCURATELY RECORDED St. Stanislaus Penance Service: 6:30 p.m. Wardsville WHEN YOUR ENVELOPE OR CHECK IS CLEARLY MARKED. THANK YOU! MARCH 10-RECTORY WORK DAY Weather permitting, the Cathedral Priests would like to invite PRAYING TOWARD NEXT WEEK: parishioners to assist us on a work day, Saturday, March 10, FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT beginning 9:00 a.m. We will be cleaning and organizing the large store room, which was formerly a part of the altar bread First Reading: 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a department. We will need individuals with trucks, and lunch will Second Reading: Ephesians 5:8-14 be provided. Please call the parish office to RSVP or with Gospel: John 9:1-41 3 questions, 573-635-7991. Third Sunday of Lent Fast!

March 4, 2018

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS LENTEN ACTIVITIES 2018 WELCOME to all who gather in our Cathedral Church for the MASSES: Monday through Friday at 6:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. Third Sunday of Lent and Vocation Reflection. in the Cathedral proper.

WEEK OF PRAYER: We ask each member of our Cathedral HOLY SILENCE: As is our custom during Lent, all Masses Parish to pray for the members of one of the parishes or will conclude without a hymn. We will depart in silence, missions in our diocese this week. As a Cathedral Church, all recalling the suffering of Jesus on the cross for us as sinners. our parishes are linked to us, and we wish to deepen the spiritual bond with them. Therefore, we will pray this week STATIONS OF THE CROSS: This devotion will be held each for St. John, Laddonia. Friday of Lent at 2:30 p.m. and at 6:00 p.m. in the Cathedral. On Good Friday, the Stations of the Cross will be at 3:00 p.m., followed by Confessions from 3:30 until 5:00 p.m. A LETTER FROM OUR BISHOP Dear Friends in Christ, LENTEN STUDY PROGRAM: Wednesdays, 1:00 p.m., or “Behold, I stand at the door and knock.” —Rev 3:20 Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., in the Mary Room during Lent running February 21 through March 28. Next weekend we will have the Catholic Relief Services Collection, which helps some of the most marginalized K of C LENTEN FISH FRIES: March 9 & 16, 4:30-7:00 p.m., communities in our world. It provides services for immigrants Undercroft. Adults: $10, Children 6-11: $5. and refugees, humanitarian aid in the wake of natural disasters, and advocacy for peace and justice. In Central America, there are SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. in the Cathedral, by appointment, OR: more than 1 million young people out of school and unemployed. Crime and violence run rampant. Guatemala, Honduras, and El March 7 St. Margaret at Osage Bend 7:00 p.m. Salvador have some of the highest murder rates in the world. March 7 Helias Catholic 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The violence stifles economic growth, further limiting March 11 St. Stanislaus at Wardsville 6:30 p.m. opportunities for jobs and causing many to flee. Through your March 14 St. Michael at Russellville 7:00 p.m. support of the Catholic Relief Services Collection, young people March 15 St. Martin at St Martin 7:00 p.m. can participate in YouthBuild, a program that provides them March 20 St. Andrew at Holts Summit 7:00 p.m. necessary life skills and opportunities. YouthBuild offers March 21 St. Francis Xavier at Taos 7:00 p.m. training, school re-entry, job placement, and social services. To March 25 Cathedral 2:00 p.m. date, more than 5,000 young people have participated, 80 percent March 26 St. Peter 7:00 p.m. of whom have found work, gone back to school, or both. In our March 27 Immaculate Conception 7:00 p.m. Diocese, the Catholic Relief Services Collection funds eight Catholic agencies, including the Care of the Holy Land and CHRISM MASS: Bishop McKnight invites you to attend our Peter’s Pence. Through these groups, Catholics in the U.S. annual Chrism Mass on Thursday, March 22, 5:30 p.m. provide food shelter, and other vital human assistance to Jesus in HOLY THURSDAY: March 29, 7:00 p.m., Mass of the Lord’s the disguise of suffering people every day. Please prayerfully Supper, Cathedral. Adoration until Midnight. consider how you will respond to His knock at the door. I am Sincerely yours in Christ, GOOD FRIDAY: March 30, Stations of the Cross, 3:00 p.m. Bishop W. Shawn McKnight, S.T.D. Confessions: 3:30–5:00 p.m., Cathedral. Celebration of the Lord’s Passion: 7:00 p.m., Cathedral. SCHOOL LENTEN CONFESSIONS MOVIE: The Passion of the Christ will be shown in the Monday, March 5, and Tuesday, March 6, our Cathedral School Undercroft at 12:30 p.m. on Good Friday. Join us and watch student body will receive the Sacrament of Penance. Please pray this powerful movie, and then attend the Stations of the Cross in the Cathedral at 3:00 p.m. for them to make a good confession. Any adult who would like to attend is welcome. We will have 5 confessors each morning, and HOLY SATURDAY: March 31, Confessions: 4:00-5:00 p.m., confessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. Cathedral. Easter Vigil: 8:00 p.m., Cathedral. No 5:30 p.m. Mass. DEATH IS NOT JUSTICE EASTER SUNDAY: April 1, Masses at 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 Two Death-Row exonerees will speak about out about their a.m. experiences and how the justice system fails to heal communities and perpetuates the cycle of violence. Saturday, March 17, at EASTER FLOWERS: If you would like to make a donation for 2:00 p.m. in the Undercroft. All are welcome. flowers at Easter in memory of a loved one, please place your donation in an envelope with your name and the names of those CATHEDRAL BOOK CLUB you would like to be remembered and place it in the Sunday collection basket or bring it to the Parish Office. The Cathedral Book Club would like to invite you to meet Saturday, March 24 to discuss the Christmas Dynamic Catholic SCHOOL FINE ARTS GROUNDBREAKING Book “Perfectly Yourself.” The meeting will start at 9:30 a.m. in the Mary Room. No need to have read the entire book as only March 7 at 2:00 p.m. the groundbreaking for the Cathedral the first 100 pages will be covered. RSVP to Julie at School’s Gym and Fine Arts expansion will take place with [email protected] or 573-635-7991. All are welcome! 4 Bishop McKnight. Plan to attend! All are welcome! Cathedral of Saint Joseph Alms!

Jefferson City, Missouri SPIRITUAL OPPORTUNITIES VOCATION NEWS CENTERING PRAYER: March 5 at 12:10 p.m. in the Chapel. PRAY FOR VOCATIONS—The Cathedral Vocations’ Please join us. Contemplative Prayer is a powerful way of Committee invites you to pray each week for a Priest, Religious, moving into a deepening experience of divine union. Contact Deacon and Seminarian serving in our Diocese. This week, Barbara Poetker at (573) 893-2064. please keep in your prayers: Fr. Dylan Schrader, Jefferson City; Sr. Carol Gerke, OP, Sedalia; Deacon Kenneth V. HOLY ROSARY: Come and join us on Thursday nights, 7:00 Wildhaber, Jr., Jefferson City; & Seminarian Mr. Ryan p.m., to pray the Most Holy Rosary in the Daily Mass Chapel. Cortez, Conception Seminary College.

CURSILLO ULTREYA: The Jefferson City Area Cursillo COME EARLY TO PRAY THE ROSARY: The Most Holy Ultreya will meet at St. Michael in Russellville on March 6, at Rosary will be prayed before each Mass for the intentions of 7:00 p.m. Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life. Our next Rosary CRS RICE BOWL will be on the weekend of April 7/8. Join us! Encounter SAFIATA: In Burkina Faso, we encounter Safiata, a DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES? mother, grandmother, and farmer who relies on the money she Seeing is believing. See a live presentation by Tim Francis that makes from her crops to put her children through school. How includes video of: 5 different consecrated HOSTS that turned can our purchases this Lent support farmers and artisans? How into human heart tissue, communion host caught on film pulsat- can you support those, worldwide, who are forced to flee their ing and beating like a human heart, and a statue of Jesus that has homes to find safety or better opportunities? Visit been crying and bleeding for the last fifteen years. crsricebowl.org. Tim Francis has conducted over 500 parish missions conveying the meaning of the miracles to Catholic audiences across the FROM ST. LOUIS United States. See what this is all about on a short video at Archbishop Carlson recently asked each parish in the www.sciencetestsfaith.com/mo. Tim Francis will give his Archdiocese of St. Louis to begin Lent by reflecting on a sin of presentation on Wednesday, March 7, and Thursday, March racism in our Church and nation. He asked that we make this a 8, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm, Cathedral; and Sunday, March 11, 3:00 priority during the season of reconciliation and healing. Here is a pm – 5:30 pm, Sacred Heart Parish, 540 N. Mill St., Eldon, prayer from Catholic Charities USA. MO. Contact Norb Plassmeyer, [email protected], 573-291- God of justice, In Your wisdom You create all people in Your 2614, or Ed Martin, [email protected], 573-821-5625 image, without exception. Through Your goodness, open our for more information. eyes to see the dignity, beauty, and worth of every human being. Open our minds to understand that all Your children are SPRING VOCATION RETREAT brothers and sisters in the same human family. Open our hearts Spring Vocation Discernment Retreat to repent of racist attitudes, behaviors, and speech which demean For Single Catholic Women ages 18-40 others. Open our ears to hear the cries of those wounded by The spring Vocation Discernment Retreat is a "Journey of the racial discrimination, and their passionate appeals for change. Heart," a retreat opportunity with times for input, reflection, Strengthen our resolve to make amends for the past injustices spiritual direction, community building, and prayer. Participants and to right the wrongs of history. And fill us with courage that will learn more about discernment and have an opportunity to we might seek to heal wounds, build bridges, forgive and be pray and reflect with Sisters from various religious communities forgiven, and establish peace and equality for all in our in the St. Louis area. Friday evening, March 2, through communities. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen. Sunday noon, March 4, 2018. Arrival is any time after 4:00 Third Sunday of Lent p.m. on Friday; dinner is at 6:00 p.m. at the Adorers Spirituality Paul reminded the Corinthians: "We proclaim Christ crucified." Center in Ruma, IL. For reference, the Center is located about Christ's weakness is stronger than any human strength. The one hour from the Gateway Arch in Downtown St. Louis. power of the cross is greater than anything the world or evil has Transport from the Belleville MetroLink stop can be arranged. to combat it The Lenten season is one of repentance, self-denial, Please go to https://goo.gl/ah47sq or contact Sr. Pam Falter at almsgiving, and prayer. Many in our modern world do not see [email protected] or 314-703-4024 for more information. any wisdom in denying themselves anything. Those swept away in a consumer culture want more, and they want it faster, bigger, LENTEN PROGRAM and better. They also are looking for easy and quick satisfaction, The Lenten Program “Forgiven” scheduled for Thursday, unwilling to wait long. Paul speaks of the "foolishness of God" March 8, 6:30 p.m., will be cancelled due to the Miracles of the and how it is wiser than any human wisdom. Lent is a time to Eucharist the same night 7:00—9:30 p.m. in the Cathedral. put aside that which we feel and think as humans and put on the Session 3 will be made up the following Thursday. attitude of Christ. The cross of Christ is neither easy nor fleeting, and it will ask us to deny our very selves for him. To TAP INTO FAITH the human mind it makes no sense. However, by putting on Speaker: Deacon John Schwartze Christ and seeing with His eyes, we see reality with clarity. Our When: March 15 (6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.) sacrifice can lead to riches that only a "foolish" man would not covet. But it is exactly there that we are satisfied and fulfilled. 5 Talk: How do you solve a problem like Maria? Where: Prison Brews, 305 Ash Street Third Sunday of Lent Repent!

March 4, 2018 LITURGICAL MINISTRIES KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS & LADIES’ AUXILIARY NEWS www.kofc12992.com GREETERS Saturday, March 10 The Knights of Columbus are Catholic men, 18 years 5:30 p.m. Karen Haar, Nicole of age and older, who are committed to making their Hackmann, James Smith, community a better place while supporting their Melissa Smith Church and protecting and enhancing their family life. Sunday, March 11 If you would like to join us, please contact Grand Knight Mark 7:00 a.m. Virginia Haar, Ruether at 659-7869. Unfilled Position Fish Fries – Our final two Lenten fish fries will be held on 9:00 a.m. Sabrina Bates, Sarah March 9 and 16. It takes a significant amount of volunteer time Jones, Lori Stoll, Scott Wehrle to run a successful fish fry, so we encourage all members to help. GIFT FAMILY 11:00 a.m. Girl Scouts You may be contacted by either Doug Smentkowski or Mark Ruether to help, and we would sincerely appreciate your Saturday, March 10 LECTORS 5:30 p.m. Timothy Schlueter cooperation. Feel free to call Doug (694-4237) or Mark (659- Saturday, March 10 7869) to volunteer. Sunday, March 11 5:30 p.m. Norman Weavers, 7:00 a.m. John Neuner March Business Meeting – Our next monthly meeting is March Benita Dallmeyer 14. There will be a 1st Degree Induction at 6:30, business 9:00 a.m. Darryl Winegar Sunday, March 11 11:00 a.m. Girl Scouts meeting at 7:00, and food/refreshments following. Because of 7:00 a.m. Julie Morris the 1st Degree Induction, this meeting is being held at the 9:00 a.m. Sr. Julie Brandt, EXTRAORDINARY Catholic Center. Unfilled Position MINISTERS OF HOLY All of the good works done by the Knights of Columbus are 11:00 a.m. Girl Scouts COMMUNION guided by four core principles: Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism. Saturday, March 10 SERVERS 5:30 p.m. Janet Chinn, Saturday, March 10 LADIES’ AUXILIARY: March 18, 9:00 a.m. Mass is for the Kenneth Kuebler, Jennifer 5:30 p.m. Payton Kirchhoff, Living and Deceased Members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary. Seats Luebbert, Chandra Prasad, Davis Linhardt, Catherine will be reserved in front. Our next meeting is April 5, 6:30 p.m., Linda Samson, Roger Samson, Meystrik, Hannah Meystrik in the St. Joseph Room. Tina Sellner will give a presentation Patrick Woods Sunday, March 11 on Ireland. Contact Arlene Taylor for more, 573-893-6281. Sunday, March 11 7:00 a.m. James Donovan, 7:00 a.m. Rich Anderson, Bob Unfilled Position STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION Asahl, Lucinda Donovan, Peter 9:00 a.m. Brett Schnieders, Donovan, Diane Hatcher, Lana Callie Walsh, Cora Walsh, Our First Reading from the Old Testament Book of Exodus Herbert, Judith Lewis Kase Winegar presents the Ten Commandments, as God gave them to Moses. 9:00 a.m. Lori Antweiler, 11:00 a.m. Burk Bauer, Kayden The Commandments also appear in the Book of Deuteronomy Patrick Coyne, Barbara Kummer, Braden Wright, (Chapter 5; verses 6-21). The Commandments are reaffirmed in Falotico, Marsha Hayes, Mary Peyton Wright the New Testament by Jesus Himself and especially in the Walsh, John Wenzlick, Carrie Gospel of John. The Ten Commandments are also called the Wilson USHERS “Decalogue,” which means literally “ten words.” According to 11:00 a.m. Jamison Case, Saturday, March 10 the Catechism of the (#2056) “God revealed Kenneth Gartner, Vicki 5:30 p.m. Mark Mercurio, these ‘ten words’ to His people on the holy mountain. They were Kummer, Jill Peters, Deborah Steven Rackers, Marilyn written ‘with the finger of God.’ They are pre-eminently the Sackman, Jane Verry, Michael Seaton, John Young words of God” At another point the Catechism fortifies the Wilson Sunday, March 11 Commandments by saying, “…from generation to generation… 7:00 a.m. Raymond Caspari, the ‘deposit’ of moral teaching has been handed on. Along with MUSIC MINISTERS Denis Gladbach, Melvin the Creed and the Our Father, the basis for catechesis has Saturday, March 10 Schebaum, Kevin Vollet traditionally been the Decalogue, which sets out the principles of 5:30 p.m. John Poepsel, Tom 9:00 a.m. Sean Lovelace, John moral life valid for all people.” (#2033) The Commandments are Halpin Reed, Janel Schnieders, Peter considered essential for spiritual good health and growth. They Sunday, March 11 Schnieders serve as the basis for Catholic social justice. A review of the Ten 7:00 a.m. Tina Sellner, Scott 11:00 a.m. Michael Barnes, Commandments is a common type of examination of conscience Sellner Nicholas Komoroski, Timothy before receiving the sacrament of Penance. As Lent draws to a 9:00 a.m. Adult Choir, Owen, Philip Rockers close, it is important for each of us to go to confession and Dewayne Carver, Annette receive the sacrament of Penance. As part of that we may wish to Kehner look at our lives and how we live them through the holy words 11:00 a.m. Tom Halpin, of the Ten Commandments. -catholicsteward.com. Barbara Odneal PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS Anyone who cannot serve at his/her appointed time will kindly ar- range for a replacement! When you are assigned as an offertory COLE COUNTY INDUSTRIES family, please let one of the ushers know that you are there for that Mass. THANK YOU! 6 & THANK THEM FOR SUPPORTING OUR BULLETIN! Cathedral of Saint Joseph Confession!

Jefferson City, Missouri FAMILIES-IN-NEED PROGRAM PRO-LIFE NEWS FAMILIES-IN-NEED: Items requested for the March 13 Midpoint Rally, 40 Days for Life, is Sunday, March 11! All delivery: Canned Tuna, Boxed Pasta, Canned Green Beans, are welcome to attend the rally, which will include a Jericho Brownie Mix and Napkins. Please place the items in containers March around the block. Program and March will begin at 1:00 provided at all exits of the Cathedral. Thank you for your p.m. at the Columbia Planned Parenthood. The March will continued support! include a life-size cross to be carried by Priests and others. Light YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS refreshments of cookies and water will be served during the fellowship following the rally. For more information call 573- The junior high is collecting change this month for the Halo 821-5130 and ask for Kathy Fork. Home. The Halo Home serves over a half a million meals to children who come to us from homeless, unimaginable UPCOMING EVENT circumstances that they did not choose for themselves. One quarter a day is equal to one meal. There are containers in each March 9 junior-high classroom as well as on the desk of the school office. K of C Council 2027 Fish Fry in Loose Creek from 5:30—8:00 To learn more about this project visit, https:// p.m. in the school basement. All–you-can-eat fish, hush puppies, haloworldwide.org/changethatcounts/. Please be generous! parsley potatoes, cole slaw, baked beans, and dessert. Adults $9, children $4, with all proceeds to benefit local Catholic Schools.

GIRL SCOUT TROOP 71029 St. Martin’s Fish Fry serving from 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the church St. Joseph Cathedral Girl Scout Troop, 71029, will hold its basement. Adults $10, children $5. To-go orders available in the gym. Sponsored by the St. Martin Home & School Association. cookie booths after each mass the weekend of March 10 and 11. In addition, they will celebrate Girl Scout Sunday at the 11:00 Seafood Buffet at Most Pure Heart of Mary, Chamois, a.m. Mass on March 11. Thank you for supporting the scouts! serving fish, frog legs, shrimp, and all the fixings from 3:30-7:30 p.m. Adults $12, children $7. Raffle to be held March 9.

MOTHERS’ DAY QUILT RAFFLE March 9, & 16 A wonderful Mothers’ Day gift for any mother is this year’s St. Andrew K of C Fish Fry serving USA catfish fillets, beautiful queen-size raffle quilt, “Springtime,” showcasing spaghetti, baked beans, baked potatoes, French fries, cornbread, embroidered blocks of lovely dogwood flowers and graceful slaw, dessert and drink from 4:00—7:00 p.m. Adults $11, children $5. dragonflies made by Stan Farris. It was pieced with beautiful coordinating fabric and hand quilted by the St. Brigid quilters. Taos K of C Fish Fry serving all you can eat from 4:30—7:30 Raffle tickets are $1 each or 6 tickets for $5 available at the K of p.m. in the K of C Hall. Boiled shrimp plate $12, fish and shrimp C fish fries or in the Cathedral School Office. The quilt will be on combo $12, Hamburger and fries $4, and fish plate for kids $6. display at the fish fries and in the back of the Cathedral over the next few weekends. The drawing will be Thursday, May 10. All March 16 proceeds go to the Cathedral School’s Fine Arts Expansion St. Michael’s K of C Lenten Fish Fry serving USA catfish Project. fillets, coleslaw, potatoes, baked beans, and dessert from 4:30— 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Adults $11, children $5.

VIRTUS TRAINING March 18 Studies show that one in four females and one in six males will St. Louis of France Parish Chicken Dinner in the Bonnots be a victim of sexual abuse by the time they reach the age of 18. Mill Parish Hall, serving fried chicken, real mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, corn, slaw, and desserts. All you can eat from You can help prevent this from happening and ensure that our 11:00 a.m. –6:30 p.m. Adults $10, Children $5, to-go plates $10. parishes, schools and homes are safe places for all children. The There will be a raffle and country store. Diocese of Jefferson City will hold a VIRTUS® Protecting God’s Children class on Monday, March 19, 2018 at 6:30 p.m., March 22 at the Alphonse J. Schwartze Catholic Center, Jefferson St. Brendan Church, Mexico, hosting Dr. Edward Sri at the Missouri Military Academy Gymtorium at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Sri will City, Room 306. Participants should register in advance at present: “A Biblical Walk Through the Mass.” Tickets are $10 www.virtus.org. Please arrive early so that the class may begin per person and may be ordered through St. Brendan’s parish on time. Due to the nature of the subject, children are office by phone, 573-581-4720, or email, discouraged from attending. This program is one component of [email protected]. the overall effort to protect God’s children and vulnerable adults. All employees and volunteers with ongoing and unsupervised Alzheimer’s Caregivers’ Educational Program presented by the Alzheimer’s Association at St. Andrew’s, Holt Summit. The contact with children and youth are required to attend a program runs from 7:00—8:30 p.m., free of charge and open to “Protecting God’s Children” session. All parents, grandparents the public. Contact St. Andrew’s with questions, 573-619-3801. and other adults in the community are encouraged to attend. March 24 Shroud Encounter hosted at St. Joseph Catholic in Pilot Grove YOU CAN FIND THE BULLETIN AND CURRENT starting at 5:00 p.m. (following the 4:00 p.m. Mass). A free-will MONTH’S CALENDAR AT: www.cathedraljc.org. offering will be taken, with soup and sandwiches served after the 7 presentation. To learn more visit www.shroudencounter.com.