THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 22, 2020

SAINT

JOSEPH

CATHOLIC

CHURCH

FAMILY MINISTRIES:Marriage Preparation ~ Fr. Michael WilliamsBaptism ~ Nancy JosephSt. Joseph School ~ Chris WellsReligious Education ~ Michelle ParkerConfirmation ~ Michelle Parker Youth Group ~ Nancy PoffAdult Faith Formation ~ Nancy JosephEvangelization ~ Nancy JosephPlease call the parish office for more information on our Family MinistriesSACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 4:00 pm & Tuesday: 6:30 pm WORSHIP:Music ~ Jeff RichardsREGULAR MASS SCHEDULE:Saturday: 5:00 pmSunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 PM Holy Days: Consult the bulletin.

PARISH LIFE:Parish Council ~ Dick WellerFinance Council ~ Scott DzurkaParish Secretary ~ Deb Light Business Manager ~ Susan MahoneyMaintenance ~ Dave Klein

PASTORAL CARE:Fr. Michael WilliamsDeacon Marv RobertsonDeacon Jerry FustDeacon Eric Elstro

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.com109 Linden Street www.stjoecatholic.comSaint Johns, Michigan 48879-1837Parish Office Phone: (989) 224-8994 Fax: (989) 224-3475 St. Joseph School: (989) 224-2421 Religious Education Office: (989) 224-8537Medical Emergencies requiring an Anointing of the Sick: (989) 227-1244

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN

THIS WEEK’S LITURGIES

Monday: March 23 Readings: Isaiah 65:17-21 | John 4:43-54

7:00 AM Mass †Rita & Wesley Frayer, Vicki, Bart, and Billy ~ Lorraine

Weber

Tuesday: March 24 Readings: Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 | John 5:1-16

7:00 AM Mass †Gary Sharp ~ Pat & Debbie Thiede

7:00 PM Mass †Elizabeth Metts ~ Millie Fox

Wednesday: March 25 (The Annunciation of the Lord ~ Solemnity)

Readings: Isaiah 7:10-14; 8-10 | Hebrews 10:4-10 | Luke 1:26-38

7:00AM Mass †Robert Hurst ~ George Lipar Family 12:05 PM Mass †Herb, Marion, and Roy Armbrustmacher ~ The

Armbrustmachers

Thursday: March 26 Readings: Exodus 32:7-14 | John 5:31-47

7:00 AM Mass †Leo Henning ~ James Eiseler Family 8:30 AM Mass †Jane Idzkowski ~ Pat & Pam Walsh

Friday: March 27 Readings: Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22 | John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

7:00 AM Mass †Leon Thelen ~ Don & Lu Anne Cuthbert

8:30 AM Mass †Martin - Simon Deceased family members ~ Roy &

JoAnn Simon

Saturday: March 28 Readings: Jeremiah 11:18-20 | John 7:40-53

5:00 PM Mass †Steven Doty and †Steven Doty ~ Russell & Joan Doty

and family

Sunday: March 29 (The Fifth Sunday of Lent) Readings: Ezekiel 37:12-14 | Romans 8:8-11| John 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45

8:00 AM Mass †Kenneth L. Price ~ Christine Leavitt 10:00 AM Mass †Janet Smith ~ John & Jane Sira 12:00 PM Mass People of the Parish

OUR Weekly Giving

LITURGICAL MINISTERS

NEXT WEEKEND (March 28/29)

No Masses

NEXT WEEKEND (April 4/5)

No Masses

At this point, we will have Mass have Holy Thursday and

Good Friday Masses.

Holy Thursday April 9, 2020 @ 7:00 p.m. Lector: Bob Craig Eucharistic Minister (Body only): Lisa Moeggenborg, Amber Carn, and Volunteer Needed Altar Server: Grace M. and 1 Volunteers needed Ushers: 6 Volunteers Needed

Good Friday April 10, 2020 @ 1:00 p.m. Lector: Rick Aaron Eucharistic Ministers (Body Only): Amber Carn ~ (2) Volunteers Needed Altar Servers: 2 or 3 Volunteers Needed Ushers: 6 Volunteers Needed

The Children’s Collection for March will be donated to: Imagination Library (Clinton County)

Total Collected on March 15 Total March donations for the Imagination Library: $ 0.00 Imagination Library: $33.30

Children’s and Youth envelopes are available at the back of the church

and from the parish office

Other Important Phone Numbers: Prayer Tree & To Bring Up The Gifts: Parish Office, 989-224-8994

St. Joseph Catholic Church and

The SANCTUARY LAMP will burn from March 22nd - March 28th

In Memory of: William McCann

Offering for the Week Ending with Sunday March 15, 2020 Adults (115) Envelopes/Gifts $9,131.50 (Including automated debits and online giving) Loose Cash: $248.00 TOTAL: $9,379.50

OTHER ENVELOPES RECEIVED Education Trust Fund: $80.00 Building Fund: $220.00 Tuition Scholarship Fund: $45.00

Our weekly average since July 1, 2019 is $19,659.86. If we continue to keep this average we will meet our

budgeted goal.

IMAGINATION

LIBRARY (CLINTON COUNTY)

St. Joseph Parish Office

Will be closed to the public, the office will still be open, you can call the office with questions

989-224-8994.

Father Mike will continue to have private Mass to honor all the intentions that have been purchased.

The Church will still be open throughout the day!

There will be NO MASSES, until April 9th (Holy Thursday @ 7:00 p.m.) with the situation chang-

ing, please check Facebook and our website.

THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 22 2020

Prayer INTENTIONS

THIS WEEK’S events

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!

BULLETIN DEADLINE: Mondays at Noon for the following weekend. Send to stjosephchurchstjohns@gmail.com

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” envelope

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 April 5th to be included in the memorial list.

Please pray for our parishioners and their families, especially:

Joan Bozung Dorris Frace James Judy Marian Kiel William Pam Martinez Steve Nunham Stan and Millie Wassa Carol Sandy Debbie Jeff Wadell Brent Baese Landon Baese Jerry Leon Kramer Peter Schrauben Barb Haruska Kim Novak Dolors Vanbelkum Daniel Blair Marian Kurncz Nick Kurncz Mindy Barks Brenda Higgins Dan Boak Chris Bob and Mary Zuker Charles Joseph Biewer Karen Lois P. Brian Ritter Richard Connors Trevor Sharon Fitzpatrick Shirley Linda Lisa

Our parishioners in the service, especially:

Air Force Marines Army Matthew Dainton Jake Hoskins Alex Detloff Eric Martin Alex Rojas Jacob Longoria Jessica Mitchell Jordan Adam Novak David Seperic Van Amburg Noel Smith II Joseph Dershem Joseph Larsen

Thank you to everyone who has made a gift or pledge commitment to our Diocesan Services Appeal so far.

We have a good start to our DSA drive this year. As of 3/15/2019, 54 parishioners have donated $14,605.00.00, over 16.3% of our goal. If you haven’t already, please remember to fill our your pledge form and put it in the collection basket or drop it off at the parish office during the week. Or you may submit your gift online at www.dioceseoflansing.org/dsa.

Our gifts to DSA enable our diocese to provide services crucial to our parish. The programs and services funded by DSA offer direct assistance to individuals and families, and to parishes, schools, and Catholic Charities agencies. Evangelization occurs through dozens of ongoing ministries made possible by our contributions to DSA.

St. Vincent de Paul Store Closure

To minimize undue exposure to our 100+ volunteers, staff and custom-ers, our store will tentatively be closed Monday March 16, 2020 through Saturday April 4, 2020.

We are sorry for any inconvenience.

We will continue to serve clients seeking assistance by calling 989-292-7057.

St. Monica Ladies Auxiliary

Soup Supper 03/25/2020

Has been cancelled

St. Monica Ladies Auxiliary has cancelled the 2nd soup supper to en-sure the safety and welfare of our fellow parishioners and visitors.

As of 03/18//20 all events have been cancelled due to an order from Bishop Boyea, we want to preserve the health of our parishioners and to help not spreading the virus.

Thank you for your under-standing Fr. Mike Williams

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN

WE ARE ALL EVANGELIZERS (and whatever else is on Deacon Eric’s mind)

Remember that cold I told you about last week? You know, the one I joking-ly said I brought back from Florida along with four days of springlike weather for my friends in St. Johns? Well, it turns out that the cold also included a double-ear infection and one perforated eardrum. I wish I could say it came with no extra charge, but by the end of the week I had to call Fr. Mike and tell him I couldn’t meet my preaching commitment last weekend.

I knew that he was going to be announcing some temporary preventative-health measures, due to the COVID-19 outbreak (i.e. no handshaking at Sign of Peace, no presentation of the Precious Blood). I figured that even if I powered through and assisted at a couple Masses, the visual of me cough-ing my way through the Gospel and homily, would be sending a mixed mes-sage. At that point of Mass, I don’t want to be spreading anything more than the Good News of Christ.

Several of you saw me during the week, but I didn’t really do a whole lot out-side of my “BE Attitudes” series and attend two funerals. In addition, my wife’s voice suddenly disappeared for 48 hours, so for a couple days, we made for quite a show trying to communicate with each other - she couldn’t talk and I couldn’t hear We probably looked like an amateur “Mime and Mime-ette” during “Open-Mic Night” down at the corner bar and grill.

Those days got me thinking about physical or health challenges (like hear-ing loss) so many people face as a part of their lives every day. Many read-ing this probably deal with it personally or through someone close to them. Though I probably would not be considered a poster boy for men’s health, to this point in my life the Lord has certainly blessed me. Along with this COVID-19 outbreak, there are millions of people who need prayer to help them cope with current health issues in their lives. Thankfully, there’s no lim-it on our prayer focus - we can pray for all who require help.

This pandemic screams out to us about the urgency to pray more. Lent is a time already geared toward more prayer, alms-giving and fasting. The need and the means to fulfill that need are right before us - a hand-in-glove situa-tion. For a lot of people, current circumstances have also given us more time - schools and some businesses are closed for a couple weeks. Let’s use that time to enhance our Lenten actions.

Our kids and grand-kids will definitely have unexpected time on their hands. Temperatures are supposed to hit 50 degrees several days this week - fall-like conditions that invite yard work. Elderly neighbors, grandparents or those with physical challenges would definitely appreciate rakers and shrub-trimmers. Let’s take the health lemons we have been served and make some lemonade.

Deacon Eric

deaconeric@hotmail.com

From the Desk of Deacon Marv

For protection against contracting

and spreading the Coronavirus, ex-

perts recommend that we wash our

hands vigorously with soap and

water for at least 20 seconds. But

how can we know when the 20

second time frame is up? One

piece of advice is to sing the tradi-

tional “Happy Birthday to You”

song twice. Perhaps a better way

to time the hand washing is to say

a prayer instead. Praying the “Our

Father” at a normal pace also goes

about 20 seconds It’s even better if

we focus on the meaning of the

words as we pray, and petition “

Our Father” to lay His healing

hand on all those suffering with this

devastating virus.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

“Our hours of adoration will be

special hours of reparation for sins,

and intercession for the needs of the

whole world, exposing the sin-sick

and suffering humanity to the heal-

ing, sustaining and transforming

rays of Jesus, radiating from the Eu-

charist.”

St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

With most activities cancelled, we

may find ourselves with some extra

time this Lent. Jesus is waiting for

us in the tabernacle of our church,

to listen to our concerns and to

strengthen us in our times of fear.

We have times available for sched-

uled monthly Holy Hours and space

on our sub list. Please call/text 989-

292-2072 if you are interested or

have questions.

THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 22 2020

ST. JOSEPH PARISH INTERIOR WORSHIP SPACE RENOVATIONS

We are seeking contractors, subcontractors and material suppliers who may have an interest in being part of our upcoming construction project as the parish building committee continues to work on the development and details of this work.

It is our intent to have drawings and specifications ready for contractor bidding by the end of February 2020.

We invite anyone in the parish who is a general contractor, a sub contractor or a building material supplier to no-tify us of your interest in working on the project.

We intend to begin construction soon after Easter 2020 and complete the work within the following 4 to 5 months.

Work for this project will be completed under the direction and contract of a general contractor.

If interested in working on this project or if you would like to know more about the project, please contact the architect, Dave Swanson by phone or email as follows:

DAVE SWANSONSWANSON DESIGN STUDIOS

329 EAST CESAR E. CHAVEZ AVE.LANSING MI 48906

PHONE: 517-482-9039EMAIL: dswanson@swansondesign.com

© 2020 Diocesan

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