St. Joseph Catholic Church

Fed by Word and Sacrament to Love and Serve

1790 14th Street, Marion, IA 52302 * PHONE: 319-377-4869 * WEBSITE: www.stjoesmarion.org

Liturgies

Weekend Mass: Saturday 4:00 PM Sunday 8:00 AM Drive In Mass Sunday 10:30 AM

Weekday Mass: Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 7:30 AM Wednesday 8:15 AM

Adoration: Monday 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM Reconciliation: Saturday 3:00 - 3:30 Office Patio

September 27, 2020 Rev. David O’Connor, Pastor

d.oconnor@dbqarch.org

Deacon Dennis Ternes d.ternes@dbqarch.org

Deacon Ken Bauer k.bauer@dbqarch.org

Deacon Jeff Volker, Pastoral Minister j.volker@dbqarch.org

Sean McVeigh, Director of Adult FF s.mcveigh@dbqarch.org

Doug Brock, Business Manager d.brock@dbqarch.org

Patty Kelly, Director of Liturgy & Music p.kelly@dbqarch.org

Nancy Roush, Business & Ministry Asst. n.roush@dbqarch.org

Tammy Martin, Secretary t.martin@dbqarch.org

Judy Ramsey, Adolescent FF Coordinator j.ramsey@dbqarch.org

JoAnn Starr, YFF Coordinator j.starr1@dbqarch.org

Casey Kettmann, Principal ckettmann@sjcsmarion.org

Peggy Brady, School Secretary pbrady@sjcsmarion.org

Joy Severin, Childcare Director jseverin@sjcsmarion.org

Kevin Burmeister, Director of Maintenance kburmeister@sjcsmarion.org

St. Joseph Parish Office 319-377-4869 1790 14th Street, Marion, IA 52302 Youth Faith Formation 319-377-8402 1430 14th Street, Marion, IA 52302 St. Joseph Catholic School 319-377-6348 1430 14th Street, Marion, IA 52302

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New to the Parish: Welcome! Please call the office to make an appointment to register at 377-4869.

Prayer Chain: Contact Deacon Jeff at 377-4869 or j.volker@dbqarch.org.

Sacrament of Matrimony: Call the office and make an appointment with the priest or deacon.

Advanced Care Planning Consultants: Learn about church teachings on health issues and find help with documents pertaining to durable power of attorney for Health care and health care decision directives. Parish contacts: Theresa Alt, 319-447-1132 or alt.theresa@yahoo.com, Jean Randolph, 319-377-0497 or jmr926722@mchsi.com, Deacon Dennis Ternes, 319-377-4869 or d.ternes@dbqarch.org and Deacon Ken Bauer, 319-377-4869 or k.bauer@dbqarch.org.

Infant Baptism: If you wish to have your infant child/ children baptized at St. Joseph, please contact Deacon Dennis at: d.ternes@dbqarch.org or 377-4869 to discuss baptism preparation for the parents prior to the scheduling of the baptism.

Monday, September 28 7:00 AM Adoration (Adoration live streamed from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM) www.stjoesmarion.org Tuesday, September 29 - Parish Office Closed No Mass Wednesday, September 30 8:15 AM MASS † Cameron Breitbach (Also broadcasted live on parish website) www.stjoesmarion.org Thursday, October 1 7:30 AM MASS † Shirley & Jerry Ottaway (Also broadcasted live on parish website) www.stjoesmarion.org Friday, October 2 7:30 AM MASS † Mary Francis Bailey (Also broadcasted live on parish website) www.stjoesmarion.org Saturday, October 3 3:00 PM Reconciliation - Church Office Patio 4:00 PM MASS † Joe Ernst (Also broadcasted live on parish website) www.stjoesmarion.org Sunday, October 4 8:00 AM Drive In MASS † For the People 10:30 AM MASS † Nina Schlegel (Please view recorded Mass from Saturday at: www.youtube.com/c/StJosephCatholicChurchMarion Please view any of the recorded MASSES from this week at a convenient time for you: www.youtube.com/c/StJosephCatholicChurchMarion

Sunday Envelope Giving Week of September 20, 2020 - Week 12

Budgeted Sunday Envelope Needs $19,038.46

Year-to-date budget $228,461.54

Collected last weekend $22,631.79

Actual Year-to-date envelope income $236,710.35

Over/(Under) Budget $8,248.81

Unrestricted Gifts and Offertory $41,035.69

Budgeted Gifts and Offertory $47,769.23

Over / (Under) budget ($6,733.54)

Bricks and Mortar Envelopes $9,370.81

Bricks and Mortar budget $12,461.54

Over/(Under) Budget ($3,090.73)

Social Concerns 5% of Envelopes $1,131.59

September 28 - October 4 , 2020 Weekly Calendar & Mass Intentions

Ministry Schedule Saturday, October 3, 4:00 PM

Sunday, October 4, 8:00 AM

Drive In Mass Sunday, October 4, 10:30 AM

Sacristan Theresa Alt 1 Open Julie Schmitt

Altar Servers Ciara O’Brien Cayleigh O’Brien

Alexander Conrad 3 Open

Blaise Pacha Molly Genskow Keli Yilek

Lector Jennifer O’Brien 1 Open Mark Oehler

Ambassadors Tom Binder Scot Brown

Jamie McAllister Theresa Crumley Francis Ginther

Doug Brock Shanna Duggan Brad Duggan 1 Open

Eucharistic Ministers Mary Mikkola Amanda Charlton 2 Open Jena Schoenhofer Shane Schoenhofer

Music Ministry Patty Kelly Joseph Ellis Patty Kelly Kristen Perreault Patty Kelly

Confessions will be heard from 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM on Saturdays. You may also make an appointment. The temporary confessional is located outdoors at the patio adjacent to the parish office. The confessional in the church is too confined which better allows for the spread of the Coronavirus through aerosolized breath vapor. When you come for confession, please wait in your car, do not form a line, wait until the priest gestures to you to come into the confessional, wear a mask and practice social distancing. Thank you.

Please volunteer for open ministry opportunities through Ministry Scheduler Pro or by calling Nancy Roush in the parish office.

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Please remember in your prayers all those who have died.

CHECK YOUR EMAIL INBOX! – On Monday, September 28, Sean McVeigh will be sending an email to everyone in our parish database. The email will include the first video in a series that we are going to view as a parish. The series is titled, “The Search,” which is listed on FORMED. You will also be invited to join in one of our discussion groups if you are interested.

If you don’t receive the email from Sean in your inbox by the afternoon on September 28, please check your spam folder. If it isn’t there, please email Sean at: s.mcveigh@dbqarch.org and let him know. He will update your email address and send you the link for the video. If you are not sure if you have an email address on file at the parish, please send your current email to Nancy Roush at: n.Roush@dbqarch.org, she will update your records for you. More information regarding this parish-wide initiative is available on our website page: https://stjoesmarion.org/lets-connect-with-others.

RCIA – The topic for next week will be “The Identity of Jesus Christ.” The readings are: USCCA 77-100 CCC 422-486 Bible Mt. 16:13-17; Jn. 1:1-5, inserts M-1, P-1, Q-4 The video presentation for this class can be found on our Youtube channel in the RCIA playlist. Our channel is: https://www.youtube.com/c/StJosephCatholicChurchMarion. Lastly, it’s never too late to join RCIA. Contact Sean McVeigh at: s.mcveigh@dbqarch.org.

Pray that we do not ignore the cries for help from the unborn and their mothers and fathers.

The Coalition for Life of Iowa is looking for people to commit to pray in front of Planned Parenthood for the 40 Days for Life campaign. Sign up for an hour any day or night! Join us in prayer and fasting for an end to abortion in front of Planned Parenthood September 23 - November 1.

Web: https://40daysforlife.com/cedar-rapids Phone: Call Pat 319-721-9730

Email: coalitionforlife@gmail.com There will be community prayer October 4, 2:00 - 3:30 PM along First Ave West as part of the NATIONAL LIFE CHAIN. Social distance with your parish with prayer and positive signs. Contact Sue Martinek (319) 270-0054 or: susjmar@aol.com.

LIVE STREAMING MASS - Sean is looking for some volunteers to help with the live streaming of Mass. Anyone interested in running the camera and/or clicking through the slides of prayers and songs that appear over the live stream of Mass at appropriate times, please contact Sean to discussion options and training at: s.mcveigh@dbqarch.org.

Eucharistic Adoration

Mondays 7:00 AM - 9:00 PM

St. Joseph Church

Come find the answer! He waits! We are always looking for more and more committed adorers or substitutes for any of the scheduled hours. Particularly, if 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, or 8:00 PM sounds like a good time to spend your happiest hour, we are especially in need of committed adorers during those times. Please contact Becky Bostwick at: (319) 550-2884 or bjbostwick@gmail.com.

The families of Mt. Calvary appreciated

the hard work on Labor Day weekend to

continue the clean-up of the cemetery

after the derecho. It warmed our hearts

to see fifty Knights of Columbus, parishioners and

families come out to haul branches and rake the

grave sites. Thank you, too, to those who donated

food for the workers’ lunch. This was another

opportunity for the act of mercy, to bury the

dead. This event will be offered in person and through a livestream at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church. There will not be a meal served and childcare will not be provided. As always

this event is free and all are welcome to attend. Individuals attending in-person will need to preregister for the event at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/st-eas-and-ceo-presents-the-dynamic-deacon-deacon-harold-burke-sivers-registration-120054665737.

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September 26 - 27, 2020 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Gathering hymn: Alleluia Sing to Jesus

Alleluia! Sing to Jesus! His the scepter, his the throne. Alleluia! His the triumph, His the victory alone; Hark! The songs of peaceful Zion Thunder like a mighty flood; Jesus out of ev’ry nation Has redeemed us by his blood.

Reading 1 EZ 18:25-28 Thus says the LORD: You say, "The LORD's way is not fair!" Hear now, house of Israel: Is it my way that is unfair, or rather, are not your ways unfair? When someone virtuous turns away from virtue to commit iniquity, and dies, it is because of the iniquity he committed that he must die. But if he turns from the wickedness he has committed, he does what is right and just, he shall preserve his life; since he has turned away from all the sins that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Responsorial Psalm PS 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14 R. (6a) Remember your mercies, O Lord. Your ways, O LORD, make known to me; teach me your paths, guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior. R. Remember your mercies, O Lord. Remember that your compassion, O LORD, and your love are from of old. The sins of my youth and my frailties remember not; in your kindness remember me, because of your goodness, O LORD. R. Remember your mercies, O Lord. Good and upright is the LORD; thus he shows sinners the way. He guides the humble to justice, and teaches the humble his way. R. Remember your mercies, O Lord.

Reading 2 PHIL 2:1-11 Brothers and sisters: If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing. Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but also for those of others. Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Continued..

… continued Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Gospel MT 21:28-32 Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people: "What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, 'Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.' He said in reply, 'I will not,' but afterwards changed his mind and went. The man came to the other son and gave the same order. He said in reply, 'Yes, sir, ‘but did not go. Which of the two did his father's will?" They answered, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. When John came to you in the way of righteousness, you did not believe him; but tax collectors and prostitutes did. Yet even when you saw that, you did not later change your minds and believe him." Communion Antiphon Psalm 119 (118):49-50 Remember your word to your servant, O Lord, By which you have given me hope. This is my comfort when I am brought low. Song of Praise: Sing of the Lord’s Greatness Sing of the Lord’s goodness, Father of all wisdom, Come to him and bless his name. Mercy he has shown us, his love is forever, Faithful to the end of days.

Refrain: Come then all you nations, sing of your Lord’s goodness, Melodies of praise and thanks to God. Ring out the Lord’s glory, Praise him with your music, Worship him and bless his name.

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Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

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October Is Respect Life Month—The theme for Respect Life Month is the commemoration of the encyclical, The Gospel of Life, written by Pope St. John Paul II twenty-five years ago. His writing is prophetic and worthy of a reexamination of its contents. Here is the first installment of our reflection upon respecting life and a call to action to advocate for life. Live the Gospel of Life Respect Life Reflection Twenty-five years ago, Pope St. John Paul II wrote that the Gospel of life is at the heart of Jesus’

saving message to the world (Evangelium vitae 1). In taking on human flesh, dwelling among us, and sacrificing his very life for our redemption, Christ reveals the profound dignity of every human person. This God-given dignity does not change with our stage of life, abilities, level of independence, or any other varying circumstance.

“to imitate Christ and follow in his footsteps”

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Rather, it is rooted in the permanent fact that each of us is made in the image and likeness of God, created to share in the very life of God himself. The human person is a “manifestation of God in the world, a sign of his presence, a trace of his glory” (EV 34). And we must reflect this truth in how we act and how we treat one another.

The truth of the Gospel of life is at the foundation of who we are as followers of Christ. In his earthly life, Jesus provided the perfect model for how we are to love our neighbor and live out the Gospel call: “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me” (Mt. 25:40).

Jesus calls each of us to “care for the other as a person for whom God has made us responsible” (EV 87). The Gospel of life is intrinsic to the whole Christian life and foundational to the decisions we make on a daily basis. For, “the Gospel of God’s love for man, the Gospel of the dignity of the person and the Gospel of life are a single and indivisible Gospel” (EV 2, emphasis added).

In his encyclical on the Gospel of life, Pope St. John Paul II recognizes the full range of threats against human life, from poverty and malnutrition to murder and war. He places particular emphasis, however, on threats to life at its beginning and end—precisely when it is most in need of protection. In modern times, children in their mothers’ wombs and those approaching the end of their lives are certainly among the “least of these” in our world’s estimation. Practices such as abortion and assisted suicide tragically reject the truth that human life is always to be cherished and defended with loving concern.

As the Church celebrates the 25th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II’s prophetic encyclical, let us reflect on how we personally live out the Gospel: Do I talk about and act towards others as I would talk about and treat Jesus himself? Do I inform myself of the Church’s teachings and engage in the civic arena as first a follower of Christ? Do I support and advocate for laws and policies that protect and defend human life? Do I help pregnant and parenting mothers in need? Am I ready to support a loved one nearing death?

Through the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe, may Our Lord grant us the grace to truly and courageously live his Gospel of life.

Excerpts from Evangelium vitae, © 1995, Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Scriptural excerpts from Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2020, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. All rights reserved.

Brief Retreat—I will attempt to go on retreat again after the weekend Masses this weekend to return to the office on September 30.

The Parish Office Will Be Closed—on Tuesday, September 29 and no staff will be available. They will be enjoying a well-deserved free day. Mass is also cancelled on that day.

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Blessing Derecho Damage Repairs—The property of many parishioners was damaged during the recent derecho. This has imposed a difficulty and trauma above and beyond the pandemic. When the physical damage has been repaired and/or you have replanted trees, shrubbery and restored your property, Fr. O’Connor would be happy to bless whatever repairs or restoration you have done. Appropriate social distancing will be practiced and he will wear a mask. This blessing will ask for God’s graces and protection as you begin anew and celebrate the recovery you have made thus far. To schedule a blessing, please call Fr. Dave at the office 377-4869.

Fr.

David

O’Connor

Pastor’s

Pen