PASTORAL TEAM: Parish Office 777 East Ohio Street, PO Box 40, Circleville, OH 43113 (740) 477-2549 St. Joseph Mack Blankenship/Secretary [email protected] Patty Fouch/Parish & Cemetery Finance & Personnel [email protected] Mona Allen/Bookkeeper [email protected] Vanessa Butterbaugh/PSR Coordinator and Parish Director of Youth Ministry [email protected] Patricia Immell/Director of Music 134 W. Mound Street [email protected] P.O. Box 40 Mark Fouch/Building & Grounds Caretaker [email protected] Circleville, Ohio 43113 Chuck Estel/Cemetery Caretaker saintjosephcircleville.com facebook.com/stjosephcc PARISH OFFICE HOURS: facebook.com/saintjosephcatholiccemetery Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday: PASTOR: 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fr. Ted Machnik (740) 477-2549 [email protected] Bulletin deadline: Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. Rectory: (740) 474-1821 Emergency: (740) 352-9401 PARISH COUNCIL: Mary Logan So Home (614) 357-9006 Email [email protected] MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 8:00 and 11:15 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, at 7:00 p.m., NO Thursday Mass; Holy Days: check the bulletin. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: First Sunday of the month at 2:00 p.m. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Contact the Pastor to schedule an appointment. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturdays, 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. or by appointment. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Contact the Pastor at least six months in advance. CONTINUING EDUCATION: Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Wednesdays, at 7:00 p.m., in the Church Hall, September through Easter Parish School of Religion (PSR) Preschool (3-year-olds) through Grade 12 Sundays, 9:30 to 10:45 a.m., September-May At St. Joseph Parish Center. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, COUNCIL NO. 5297 Fr. John S. Hannan 777 East Ohio Street, P.O. Box 38, Circleville, OH 43113 Meetings: First & Third Mondays, at 7:00 p.m. ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO September 27, 2020 OUR PRAYERS FOR OTHERS: Hold in your prayers T.J. Duffy, Joan Shires, Sr. Mercedes Geib, CSA, Twenty-Sixth Sunday Mason Jones, Linda Adams and all those who are on our prayer chain. If you have permission and wish to put in Ordinary time a friend or loved one on the email prayer chain, or are interested in praying as part of our prayer chain, please contact Jackie Rose at [email protected] or MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 – (614) 595-7633. If you would also like to have a name St. Wenceslaus listed in our church bulletin for prayers, please notify us 9:00 a.m. Weekday Mass at [email protected] or call 477-2549, Tony Kamler by Lisa McKeivier ext. 300. 12:00 Noon AA (H) NEW WEEKEND MASS TIME: Due to increasing TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 – attendance, we have added another Sunday Mass at Feast of the Archangels 5:00 p.m. as a possible choice. 7:00 p.m. Weekday Mass Betty Sorenson NO WEEKDAY MASS ON THIRD FRIDAYS: Just a by Altar-Rosary Society reminder that there is no weekday Mass on the third Friday of each month. There will be no Mass on Friday, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 – October 16th. St. Jerome 9:00 a.m. Weekday Mass BANNS I: James Chasteen (St. Joseph) and Ashley Mary Hoffman Frasure by Altar-Rosary Society THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 – THE HOLY FATHER’S St. Therese of Liseux PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER NO MASS Father Ted’s Day Off Respect For The Planet’s Resources We pray that the planet’s resources FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 – will not be plundered, but shared in a just The Holy Guardian Angels and respectful manner. 9:00 a.m. Weekday Mass Tom Holcomb by Jim Holcomb 12:00 Noon AA (H) FATIMA ROSARY RALLY: Please join us in praying the SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 Holy Rosary in honor of the 103rd Anniversary of the 4:00 p.m. Confessions Fatima Marian Apparitions! Our Annual Fatima Rosary 5:00 p.m. Vigil Mass Rally will be held on Saturday, October 10 at noon at the Joseph E. Mogan Downtown Lancaster Gazebo, located on the corner of by The Family Broad and Main Streets. For more information, please contact Kara Tencza at [email protected]. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 7:30 a.m. Rosary (CH) 60 MILLION INNOCENT LIVES have been taken due 8:00 a.m. Sunday Mass to abortion in the United States since 1973. Join us in Jeneniene Raymond by prayer at the Stations of The Cross For The Unborn. The Vanessa Butterbaugh Stations will be held in St. Joseph Cemetery on Tuesday, & Mary Kay Wood October 13th at 6:00 p.m. 9:30 a.m. PSR (C) 11:15 a.m. Sunday Mass MASS INTENTIONS: The 2021 Mass Intention Book The People of is open. If you have Mass intentions you would like to St. Joseph Parish schedule, please contact Mack at the office. 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass Robert Willis PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION CLASSES: PSR has by Bonnie & Don Morrison begun. If you need to register your child, contact Vanessa at the office. REFLECTIONS ON CHOOSING POLITICAL CANDIDATES SACREDNESS OF HUMAN LIFE PRUDENTIAL DISCERNMENT “In Rejoice and Be Glad [Gaudete et Exsultate], Pope Francis “The Church’s teaching is clear that a good end does not justify writes: The call to holiness requires a “firm and passionate” an immoral means. As we all seek to advance the common defense of “the innocent unborn.” “Equally sacred,” he further good—by defending the inviolable sanctity of human life from states, are “the lives of the poor, those already born, the destitute, the moment of conception until natural death, by promoting the abandoned and the underprivileged, the vulnerable infirm and religious freedom, by defending marriage, by feeding the hungry elderly exposed to covert euthanasia, the victims of human and housing the homeless, by welcoming the immigrant and trafficking, new forms of slavery, and every form of rejection.” protecting the environment—it is important to recognize that not all possible courses of action are morally acceptable. We have Introductory Letter, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, 2019 a responsibility to discern carefully which public policies are morally sound. Catholics may choose different ways to respond APPLYING A CONSISTENT MORAL FRAMEWORK to compelling social problems, but we cannot differ on our moral “Pope Francis has continued to draw attention to important issues obligation to help build a more just and peaceful world through such as migration, xenophobia, racism, abortion, global conflict, morally acceptable means, so that the weak and vulnerable are and care for creation. In the United States and around the world, protected and human rights and dignity are defended.” many challenges demand our attention. #20 Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship The threat of abortion remains our preeminent priority because it SERVE AS MODELS OF CIVIL DIALOGUE directly attacks life itself, because it takes place within the sanctuary of the family, and because of the number of lives “Our commitment as people of faith to imitate Christ’s love and destroyed. At the same time, we cannot dismiss or ignore other compassion should challenge us to serve as models of civil serious threats to human life and dignity such as racism, the dialogue, especially in a context where discourse is eroding at environmental crisis, poverty and the death penalty.” all levels of society. Where we live, work, and worship, we strive to understand before seeking to be understood, to treat with Introductory Letter, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, 2019 respect those with whom we disagree, to dismantle stereotypes, and to build productive conversation in place of vitriol.” Introductory Letter, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, 2019 What is the candidate’s commitment to protect all human life, from conception to natural death? What is the candidate’s commitment to addressing threats to marriage and family, as understood by the Church, as well as other serious threats to human life and dignity such as racism and other unjust discrimination, the use of the death penalty, resorting to unjust war, the use of torture, war crimes, the failure to respond to those who are suffering from hunger or a lack of health care, or an unjust immigration policy? How does the candidate measure up in both words and actions with the totality of Catholic Social Teaching? What would be morally grave reasons to support and/or oppose a candidate? (Please refer to the U.S. Bishops document Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, paragraphs 34 through 37). What is my assessment of the candidate’s personal integrity, governing philosophy, performance and ability to influence a given issue? Has the candidate demonstrated sufficient competency to hold such an elected position? We encourage prayerful reflection upon reading the entire Faithful Citizenship statement which can be found at: www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship 9 E Long St./ Columbus, OH 43215 / www.ohiocathconf.org / 614-224-7147 THE SEASON OF HOPE Fostering Hope Through Listening The Art of Listening "The Church STEPHANIE RAPP, DIOCESAN HOPE TASK FORCE listens to As Catholics, we are familiar with the word "hope." We read everyone's stories it in the Bible and hear it from the pulpit. We know how it feels to live in a broken world, while at the same time, as they emerge believe in God's love and promises. Yet what do we do from the treasure when life throws us several curve balls, storms come chest of personal crashing down, and all seems hopeless? conscience, in Right now, during such an unprecedented and challenging order to then time, it is easy to lose hope.