Saint Joseph Catholic Church

Weekend/Week of 16/17 September 2017

A Parish Apostolate of the

Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter

Fr. Michael W. Magiera, FSSP, KHS Pastor

1329 Belleview Avenue Rockdale, IL 60436-2577 Phone: (815) 725-4469 FAX: (815) 725-1820

Rectory/Emergencies: (815) 725-1051

(email) frmagiera@rcdoj.org

Facebook: St. Joseph Catholic Church – Rockdale, Illinois

Website: www.fsspjoliet.wordpress.com Elizabeth Kelch, Director of

Religious Education Phone: (815) 729-9149

Email: StJosephRep@hotmail.com

Mass Schedule,

Ordinary Form: Sat., 4:15pm Extraordinary Form

Sunday: 10am; 5:30pm (Naperville)

Mon., Tues., Fri.: 7:30am Thur.: 5:15pm, followed by Holy Hour/Benediction Saturday: 8am (3rd Sat. @

Poor Clares, Minooka) Holy Days of Obligation:

7am & 7pm Ordinary Form: 5PM

anticipated Mass, if a priest is available

Confessions offered 30 min. before all Masses or by appointment

Weddings: Please inquire at least 6

months prior to intended date.

Baptisms: Any weekday is possible, but Saturdays are preferred. Please make

arrangements with Fr. Magiera

Office/Rectory Hours: M through F, 11AM – 4PM

2017

Liturgical Calendar and Mass Intentions

Sat., Sept. 16 Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (O.F.)

4:15 pm (O.F.) + Dorothy Blaske, req. by Richard & Anita Goss

Sun., Sept. 17 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (2nd

cl.)

10:00 am Pro Populo

Mon., Sept. 18 St. Joseph of Cupertino, Confessor (3rd

cl.)

6:30 am + Fred Verbic, requested by Wife, Connie

Tue., Sept. 19 St. Januarius and Companions, Martyrs (3rd

cl.)

7:30 am Heather Skuble, requested by Darlene Lazzara

Thur., Sept. 21 St. Matthew, Apostle/Evangelist (2nd

cl.)

5:15 pm Holy Souls in Purgatory, requested by Karl Maurer

Fri., Sept. 22 Ember Friday (2nd

cl.)

7:30 am Andrew & Rachel Hansen, req. by Michael Hansen

Sat., Sept. 23 Ember Saturday(2nd

cl.)

Minooka 8:00 am Heraclio Cabral, requested by Heladio Kennedy

Sat., Sept. 23

4:15 pm (O.F.)

Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (O.F.)

+ Mary Vancina, requested by Vera Busch

Sun., Sept. 24

10:00 am

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (2nd

cl.)

Pro Populo

WELCOME visitors! Worship Aides for both forms of the Mass are

available in the pew racks. We heartily welcome new parishioners. Census

forms are in the back of the church, either in racks or on the tables. They

may be turned in to Fr. Magiera or placed in the collection baskets.

By the Numbers: Weekend of 9/10 September: 4:15pm - $674; 10am -

$1,872.50; Naperville - $1,095; 4:15pm Special (Bldg.) - $1,050; Sanct.

Lmp. - $20; Mass Int. - $30; Holy Hour Music - $150;Ghana Mission:

4:15pm - $416; 10am - $927; 5:30pm - $325; Total: $6,559.50. Thank you

very much!

Diocesan Assembly 2017, Evangelization and the Joy of the Gospel: Saturday,

September 30 at St. Mary Immaculate, Plainfield. 10 parishioners may attend. Cost

per registrant is $$40 or, if a group of 10 wish to attend, the parish will pick up the

$225 tab. The registration form is on the back wall of the church.

Our Lady of Fatima Service: The final service, Friday, October 13, will begin at

St. Jude on McDonough @ 6:00 PM.

The Sanctuary Lamp burns for Jack Behringer req. by Mary Lynn Behringer.

Job Opportunities: Substitute Teaching in the Joliet Diocese: Those with a

current Professional Educator License or Illinois Substitute License, contact

http://www.applitrack.com/dioceseofjoliet/onlineapp/ No teaching license? Contact

kudell@dioceseofjoliet.org.

Pilgrimage to Fatima, Lourdes and Highlights of Spain: Nov. 3-13, let by Fr.

John Vakulskas, Jr. Price includes round trip airfare, first class hotels, daily tours

and transfers, most meals, Daily Mass and much more. From Chicago, $3,189;

from Omaha, $3,289. This is to be a leisurely trip. Better hurry, seating is limited.

Catholic Cruise Eastern Caribbean: 7 Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise with Fr.

Ronald Calhoun; December 20-27 on Holland America’s Koningsdam out of Fr.

Lauderdale. Prices begin @ $3,158 for two passengers. Contact Doug or Eileen at

860-399-1785 or Doug@CatholicCurisesandTours.com.

Questions on doctrine, liturgy, church teaching? Just “Ask Father” via email or

written note (signed, of course) and as soon as possible, the answer will appear in

an upcoming bulletin or on the website.

St. Joseph’s newly formed Altar and Rosary Society invites all parishioners to

join its ranks. Its primary purpose is prayer, specifically a 15 decade Rosary after

daily and Sunday Masses. The group also cares for the sanctuary and undertakes

special projects according to the needs of the parish and of the Pastor.

New Means of Inter-Parish Communication: Urgent News? Schedule Changes?

Disaster Notification? Death Notices? In the past, these things parish-specific

things were dealt with by various methods: Phone Trees, Email Trees, Snack Get-

Togethers at Mickey D’s or Starbucks, Smoke Signals, etc. Now I have been

introduced to something that I want to serve as THE organ of parish communi-

cation and also serve as a tool to promote parish unity. Many parishes are presently

using this tool with great success. It’s called ‘Flocknotes.’ Signing up with this

service ensures immediate delivery of any announcement, notice or news item to

your email or text. This is especially important for choirs, servers, councils,

cleaners, sacristans, but is just as important for all parishioners. Get the news, be

“in the know.” Sign up online with flocknote.com/StJoesRockdale or via text by

texting StJoes to the number 84576.

Prayer Intentions; For the living:

Ben Bazik, Christy Becker, Richard Blaskie, Frank Cherven, Jim Dernulc, Mark

Evans, Cris Galounis, Michael Kelly, Mary Rose Bucciarelli, LuLu, Mary Lund,

MK & CM, Mike M., Kathleen Mary (Reilly) McNair, Merlin Melnarik, Fr. Vytas

Memenas, Kaira Paramo, Stephanie Pavnica, Russler Family, Schmitty, Angie

Schuman, Kathleen Spina, Judy Splayt, Fr. Chris Steinle, OSA, Ryan Tomanio,

Mark Wolz, Jim Wright, Ken Zabel, Eric Lund, Anita Goss, Glen Dykhuizen,

Adele Stukas, Aldona Peciura, Diane Wolfe.

Dear Parishioners,

It’s pretty much good news all around this week, although in some

instances, the timing was off. For example, I was expecting the delivery of

the new side altars this past Monday. No such luck. So, though I write this

Wednesday, the altars are due here Saturday. My hope is that they will be

completely installed by the time the 4:15PM Mass is celebrated. If not, I’ll

be happy if they’re at least in the sanctuary and can be dealt with after

Mass. If it’s not perfect this weekend, rest assured it will be perfect next

weekend – a beautiful sanctuary, helping us raise our minds to Heaven.

I would also like to call your attention to something very important and

which has received a lot of bulletin space this week. That is the

implementation of a new parish communication tool called ‘Flocknotes.’

Please, check out and follow through with my request in that notice.

In addition to the altars and the adjusted placement of our beautiful statues,

I call your attention to the other great things that have happened around

here. Our new doors, for example. Three out of four doors have been

replaced in the church; two out of four doors have been replaced in the

school. To say that these door replacements were necessary is an

understatement. Along with the doors, the locks in every door, even if the

door was not replaced, are brand new, high-security locks. The locks in the

bank of garages across the street from the church have also been replaced,

as has every lock in the rectory.

There are several more things planned for our “campus.” I finally got a

proposal from a major contractor for significant and necessary work which I

hope will proceed quickly over the next weeks.

At the suggestion of a member of our Finance Council, I also want to tell

you that a great deal of work has been done in the rectory, well, at least in

one of the rectory bathrooms, the one on the second floor which I use.

There was significant degradation and corrosion of the window framing and

tile grouting in my bath/shower. Now, via repair and replacement, my

bathroom has a new lease on life and the repairs done there also have an

impact on the downstairs bathroom as well. No more interior leaking and

discoloration and corrosion of walls. That bathroom will soon have a bit of

a makeover. All of this was possible because of your fund-raising

generosity over the past two+ years, for which I am very grateful, my

children and my friends.

Fr. Magiera