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Fed by Word and Sacrament to Love and Serve St. Joseph Parish Office: 377-4869 1790 14th St. Marion, Iowa Hours: Monday -Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (May be closed over the lunch hour.) Rev. David O’Connor, Pastor [email protected] Rev. Donald Komboh, Associate Pastor [email protected] Deacon Dennis Ternes, Permanent Deacon [email protected] Deacon Ken Bauer, Permanent Deacon [email protected] Bryan Sourwine, Business Manager [email protected] Matt Selby, Adult Faith Formation Director [email protected] Bonnie Bluml, Coordinator of Music Ministries [email protected] Laurie Schill, Ministry Scheduling/Census [email protected] Kate Fejfar, Pastoral Associate [email protected] Cathy Wobbe, Pastoral Associate [email protected] Trish Peyton, Secretary [email protected] Youth Faith Formation: 377-8402 1430 14th St. Marion, Iowa Liz Lockhart, Youth Faith Formation Director: [email protected] Judy Ramsey, Adolescent Faith Formation March 13, 2016 Coordinator: [email protected] JoAnn Starr, Youth Faith Formation Fifth Sunday of Lent Coordinator: [email protected] St. Joseph Catholic School: Weekend Masses: 377-6348 Saturday at 4:30 p.m., 1430 14th St. Marion, Iowa Sunday at 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Cathy Walz, St. Joseph School Principal [email protected] Website: www.stjoesmarion.org Peggy Brady, School Secretary Facebook: www.facebook.com/stjoesmarion [email protected] 2 New to the Parish: Welcome! Please call the office to Coffee and Donut Sunday: You are invited to come make an appointment to register at 377-4869. and enjoy donuts, coffee, juice and the company of your fellow parishioners Sunday, March 13th, 9 AM in Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 3:30-4pm or the Church Hall. by appointment with one of our priests. Day/Date Mass Place Intention Sacrament of Matrimony: Call the office and make an appointment with the priest. Mon. 3/14 7:30 am St. Joseph Delbert Roth Tue. 3/15 7:30 am St. Joseph Marcus Hoeger RCIA: If you interested in finding out more about the process of becoming Catholic, please contact Matt Selby at Wed. 3/16 8:15 am St. Joseph Gerry Murray 377-4869 or [email protected]. Thu. 3/17 7:30 am St. Joseph Cecelia Kepros Infant Baptism: The next baptism preparation session 7:30 am St. Joseph Joseph Koenig will be held on Saturday, May 9th, 2016 in the St. Adoration of the Joseph Room of the parish offices from 9 to 11 am. Contact Fri. 3/18 Blessed Sacrament: Deacon Dennis Ternes at [email protected] Each Friday, 8 am to 9 am or 377-4869 to register and learn more. 9:30 am Crestview Scot Fitzgerald Notifications for Worship Aid: Contact Trish at 377- 4869 or [email protected]. Sat. 3/19 4:30 pm St. Joseph Michael Whalen Bernadette Mass Intentions: Please stop in the office to schedule. 8:00 am St. Joseph Aldrich Sun. 3/20 Prayer Chain: Contact Vicki at 241-9402 or contact 10:30 am St. Joseph For the People Janice by email at [email protected] Week at a Glance St. Joseph Quilting Ministry: Day sessions meet every Sun. 3/13 9:15 am Alteration Series, St. Joseph Room 2nd Tuesday, 1 to 3 pm, in the Church Hall. To learn more, 11:00 am RCIA , St. Joseph Room call Lynn at 377-6166. Evening sessions meet every 2nd 4:30 pm Divorce & Beyond, St. John Paul II Thursday, 6 to 8 pm. For location, call Sue at 377-1394. Mon. 5:45 pm Cub Scouts, Church Hall Prayer Shawl Ministry: Compassion and the love of 3/14 6:30 pm Silent Prayer, Church knitting/crocheting have been combined into a prayerful 6:30 pm Environment Committee, Com- ministry which reaches out to those in need of comfort. If munity Room you are interested, please call Sharon at 373-2810. 7:00 pm Boy Scouts, Church Hall 7:00 pm Men of Action, St. John Paul II Men of Action: Men’s prayer groups meet on Mondays at 7:00 pm Scripture Study, St. Joseph Rm. 7 pm in the St. John Paul II Room and Thursdays at 6 am in the Church Hall. Contact Deacon Dennis Ternes at 377- Tue. 3/15 6:00 am Women’s Prayer Group, Church 4869 or [email protected] to learn more. 7:00 pm Bells, Church 7:00 pm Election Committee, St. John Paul Women’s Connection: Widows from the parish have II Room the opportunity to share experiences, solve problems, Wed. 9:30 am Scripture Study, St. Joseph Room support each other emotionally and spiritually and have 3/16 12:00 pm Senior Luncheon, Church Hall fun, all while developing true and lasting friendships. 8:00 pm MAC, Church Gatherings are the 2nd Thursday of the month, 1 to 3 pm in the Learning and Leadership Lounge at our school. Thu. 3/17 6:00 am Men of Action, Church Hall Contact Carol G. at 319-200-6905 or Sally W. at 373-5484. 5:30 pm Finance Council, St. Matthew Room 6:30 pm Jubilation Choir, Church Silent Prayer: 6:30-7 pm on Monday and Fridays in the 6:30 pm RCIA, St. Joseph Room church. There is no formal ritual; just time for quiet 7:00 pm Pastoral Council, Community Room prayer. Give your hopes and worries to God and be enlightened by His love! Fri. 3/18 5:30 pm Stations of the Cross, Church Hall 6:00 pm Soup Supper, Church Hall Pilgrim Virgin Statue: Honor Mary March 13-18th with 6:30 pm Silent Prayer, Church John and Vivina Herder; 127 Autumn Woods Dr. NW, Cedar Rapids. Rosary every evening fr0m Sunday through Friday at Week March 6, 2016—Week 36 7:30 pm. Budgeted Sunday Envelope Needs $23,077.82 Feed My Sheep: The Marion Food Pantry needs canned Year-t0-date budget $830,801.52 pastas for March. Please place your offering in the basket Collected last weekend 29,729.50 on the altar or ask an usher to bring it up. Thank you for Actual Year-to-date envelope income $871,342.38 your generosity. $40,540.86 SCRIP: Contact Jennifer Decker at jennifer.jill.decker@ Social Concerns (5% of Donations) $1,486.48 gmail.com or 558-9072. Bricks and Mortar Envelopes $1,055.86 3 The Holy Week and includes veneration of the cross)—3 PM Pastor’s Easter Schedule • Stations of the Cross—5:30 PM Pen The Palm Procession and • This is a day of fast and abstinence. Fr. Holy Week—The pageantry of the • The Reservation Chapel will be open for a David Holy Week liturgies serve to invite visit from 8 AM until the Friday of the O’Connor us more deeply into the spirituality Passion of the Lord liturgy at 3 PM. of the liturgy being celebrated. The palm procession gives ◊ Holy Saturday, March 26th us the feel of the crowd greeting Jesus at the gates of • The Easter Vigil—8 PM Jerusalem hailing him as a king and then calling for his • Incense will be used during the liturgy. crucifixion. This is not only a reenactment of sorts, but a • During the day, there will be various real time participation in the events of Christ’s passion observances in the church scheduled for the made present to us by him. Elect and RCIA participants who will be I invite your participation in the palm procession baptized and/or received into the Church during the Masses next weekend. Note below where the during the Easter Vigil. processions will begin. Please plan to attend as many as ◊ Easter Sunday, March 27th the Holy Week liturgies as you are able. They celebrate the • Masses in the church—8 AM and 10:30 AM core of our faith and invite us into it meaningfully and • Masses in the gym—8 AM and 10:30 AM more deeply. • Incense will be used during the liturgies. Note that the schedule below is as comprehensive as possible and contains some helpful commentary about St. Joseph Day—is March 19th , a day of great the day being highlighted. celebration for us since he is the patron of our parish. We are allowed to ease our Lenten penances a Holy Week Liturgies bit to allow for the joy of the day to shine through. The ◊ Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, March 19-20 celebration will be short lived this year as our jubilation th • Saturday, March 19 —4:30 PM—The Solemn will yield to somberness as we begin of our observance of Entrance—Palm procession in the church Palm Sunday the evening of the 19th. I’m sure St. Joseph th • Sunday, March 20 wouldn’t mind as he is the strong, silent one in the • 8:00 AM—The Solemn Entrance— scriptures who likely had to be very flexible as the Palm procession in the church earthly leader of the Holy Family. • 10:30 AM—The Procession—Palm procession begins in the gym of the Easter Flowers school and proceeds to the If you wish to donate to the church. Plan to meet in the gym Easter flowers for our church in instead of going to the the name of a loved one, please church. Inclement weather will cause place $15 in an envelope the process to begin in the church marked “Easter Flowers,” print basement. the name of your loved one • Incense will be used. along with your name, and put st ◊ Monday of Holy Week, March 21 : Daily Mass at 7:30 your envelope in the collection basket at Mass or drop off AM envelopes at the parish office by Monday, March 21st.