SATURDAY EVENINGS Fr. Stephan has already begun walking the streets of

our community, and met some of our neighbors.

Any parishioner who would like to take a walk with

Fr. Stephan following the Saturday evening Masses

would be most welcome.

Although Fr. Stephan hopes to be very visible throughout

the week in the community, he would like to meet people

where they are. Saturday evenings are sure to be great

opportunities to encounter people.

AUGUST 4 & 5

In an effort to get to know our parishioners and our

parish community, Fr. Stephan would like to have two

listening sessions the weekend of August 4th—5th. The

sessions would provide an opportunity for parishioners to

share their joys, hopes and dreams for St. Joseph and the

community that we serve. The Sessions will be held

immediately after both Masses in the Parish Hall.

St Joseph’s Catholic Church Gospel Choir

is looking for more members!

We meet every Thursday night from 7:30-9:00 pm in

the Church to practice for Sunday’s Mass.

This ministry is sure to bring joy and harmony to your

life and will give you the opportunity to share your

gifts, and your love for the Lord.

Questions about an event or sacrament?

Call the Parish Office at (727) 822-2153

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

School supplies for children of our parish

will be distributed after the 10 am Mass on

August 6.

Please call the church office

to reserve supplies for your child.

PARISH OWNERSHIP STARTS WITH YOU

Your parish needs your help.

We are seeking volunteers to answer the phones

and take messages after August 1, Monday-Friday.

Shifts: 9 am- 11 am, 11 am-1 pm, 1 pm-3 pm

Can you give two hours to assist your parish?

“You have crowned the year with your bounty,

and your paths overflow with a rich harvest;

The untilled meadows overflow with it,

and rejoicing clothes the hills.”

Psalms 65:12-13

St. Joseph Catholic Church

St. Joseph is dedicated to Christ and

the proclamation of His Gospel.

We are a multi-cultural community

committed to the development of youth

and the strengthening of families.

In addition, we believe in the power

of prayer in dealing with all decisions

and circumstances.

MASS SCHEDULE

Weekday Masses

8:00 AM

Saturday Vigil Mass

5:00 PM

Kay Mann, Organist

Sunday Mass

10:00 AM

Gospel Choir

Patty DeWitt, Director

Eucharist Holy Hour

1st Saturday of each month

8:30 AM

PARISH STAFF

Pastor

Father Stephan Brown

Assisted by

Father Eric Carpine, O.F.M.

Office Assistant

Rebecca Morris

Property Maintenance

Denise Grant

Parish Nurse

Carolynn Drzycimski

Director of Religious Education

Lemi VanWanzeele

CONTACT US

Church Office

Phone: (727) 822 - 2153

Fax: (727) 823 - 5820

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH “Serving South St. Petersburg Since 1926”

2101 22nd Ave South, St. Petersburg, Florida

Office: 2624 Union Street S., St. Petersburg, Florida

Web Site: www.StJosephStPete.org

Email: StJosephStPete@tampabay.rr.com

Parish Registration Please register soon after arrival in the parish. Registration forms may be

found in the bulletin holder near the church doors or you may call the

church office between 9 am and 3 pm Monday through Friday. Please

advise the office when you have a local change of address, a northern

address, or when you are moving to a new town.

Sacraments The Sacraments of Initiation –

Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist –

are the foundation of the Christian life. ~from the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

Baptism Arrangements should be made in advance. At least one parent should be

an active member of the parish.

Reconciliation First Saturday of each month from 8:30 am - 9 am and every Saturday

between 4:15 and 4:45 pm. Any time by appointment.

Marriage The parish community is anxious to help couples prepare for Christian

marriage. Preparations normally begin six months prior to the wedding.

Anointing of the Sick Call the church office at any time to schedule a visit to the sick.

Religious Instruction &

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Faith Formation classes are held on Sundays at 11:30 am in the

Parish Center from September through May.

To learn more about the Catholic faith or for information on preparing

for the sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation,

call the church office at (727) 822-2153.

MARRIAGE BLESSING ON THE 2ND SUNDAY EACH MONTH

Multiculturalism and Globalization an active and intentional engagement of the "Other”, to the world.

In preparation of the National Men's Conference in Miami this Fall, I share with you thoughts and hopes as we seek to serve one

another and those we encounter in our community. No great victories are won in a war for the transformation of a whole people

without total participation. Less than this will not create a new society; it will only evoke more sophisticated token amelioration.

Martin Luther King Jr. Where do we go from here? Chaos to Community.

Like life, racial understanding is not something that we find but something that we must create. What we find when we enter

these mortal plains is existence; but existence is the raw material out of which all life must be created. A productive and happy

life is not something that you find; it is something that you make. And so, the ability of Negroes and whites to work together, to

understand each other, will not be found ready-made; it must be created by the fact of contact. Martin Luther King Jr.

Where do we go from here? Chaos to Community.

We live in a time unlike any other. The reality of the globalized context cannot be ignored, delegitimized, nor negated in an

attempt to create a nationalism one above all and against all mentality. In any attempt to do so, one will quickly find themselves

left behind and in the shadows, disconnected and alone as the world continues to forge a way forward into the future truly valu-

ing the "Other". Thus, leaving the narcissist, the xenophobe, and separatists completely disconnected from the progress of peo-

ples as the world moves to building, creating and actively engaging the "Other" in a context where all are valued, all are includ-

ed, all are allowed at the table, and all are encouraged to be active participants in shaping the future of the world.

So why are we here? We are here to not simply talk about and listen to why multiculturalism is important, or what Globaliza-

tion means, but we must seek to actively, deliberately seek to engage, understand, listen, ask questions of and relate to and with

the "Other" in order to be actively engaged in the transformation of our context. That could be your home, neighborhood,

church, school, office, place of recreation or fraternal socialization. It requires learning and developing skills to move beyond

oneself and reach out to the "Other."

In order to go any further, let's pause to see what is our individual context. Take a moment to reflect on those you encounter

each day. Co-workers, classmates, barber, doctor, dentist, friends, service providers: how diverse is your context?

Racism, prejudice, intolerance, hatred, dislike, fear, separatism, xenophobia, narcissism, and egocentrism all stem from the igno-

rance, or lack of understanding, of the other. Meaning that since you look different, sound different, dress different, eat differ-

ent, love different, believe different, worship different, I fear you and I see you as a threat. Therefore, since we are different, we

cannot actively engage each other. This is the false premise.

If ignorance and lack of understanding causes all this, and if I'd like to see the healing of this divide the logical conclusion is,

where there is ignorance provide knowledge, where understanding is lacking provide learning, “where there is hatred, let me

sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light;

where there is sadness, joy.” Prayer of St Francis

There is one key element that is needed, the true desire to want to know, understand and engage others outside your context, to

actual value their humanity and thus see their dignity. Not judging color of skin, but content of character. Stripping ourselves of

racial baggage, religious and moral judgement of the other is not easy, millennia of prejudice, war and hardship are not easily

erased. Trusting in the Spirit of God who created us to love, is the first step toward the other. The human person is not what

he does, but rather who they are, the deepest most intrinsic lever. All humans are equal, all humans possess dignity and equality,

all humans must be regarded with respect and integrity. No human is a means to an end. No ideology, philosophy, religion

can negate the true nature of the human person. To do so denies the existential reality of what it means to be human.

Therefore, no matter what a human does, how the human lives, loves and goes about life the intrinsic nature cannot be removed.

As believers, we have to understand the human receives this nature from the Creator. For since God is love and we are created

in the Divine image, then we too are created to reflect love.

Let's begin to strive for healing in our world by reaching out to the other.

Fr. Stephan Brown, SVD

Parochial Administrator

St. Joseph Parish

July 23 - 30, 2017

Sunday 7/23

WIS 12:13, 16-19

ROM 8:26-27

MT 13:24-43

Sunday Mass @ 10:00am (Church)

Norah Louise DeWitt SI

Fellowship Time @ 11:30am (Hall)

Monday 7/24 EX 14:5-18

MT 12:38-42

Mass @ 8:00am (Church)

Those mourning the loss of a child SI

Tuesday 7/25 2 COR 4:7-15

MT 20:20-28 Feast of Saint James, Apostle

Mass @ 8:00 am (Church)

Pat Fournier SI

Wednesday 7/26 EX 16:1-5, 9-15

MT 13:1-9 Memorial of Saints Joachim

and Anne, Parents of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

Mass @ 8:00 am (Church)

Leona Braun +

Bible Study @ 7:00pm (Hall)

Thursday 7/27 EX 19:1-20

MT 13:10-17

Mass @ 8:00am (Church)

Richard Johnson +

Parish Breakfast @ 8:30am (Hall)

Bible Study @ 9:00am (Hall)

Legion of Mary @ 6:30pm (Hall)

Choir Practice @ 7:30 pm (Church)

Friday 7/28 EX 20:1-17

MT 13:18-23

Mass @ 8:00am (Church)

Tom Fournier +

Saturday 7/29 EX 24:3-8

JN 11:19-27 Feast of St. Martha

Mass/Adoration @ 8:00am (Church)

Pat Fournier SI

Confession @ 4:15pm (Church)

Vigil Mass @ 5:00 pm (Church)

All those in need of healing SI

Sunday 7/30

1 KGS 3:5, 7-12

ROM 8:28-30

MT 13:44-52

Sunday Mass @ 10:00am (Church)

James “Jimmy” Johnson +

Fellowship Time @ 11:30am (Hall)

Tithing the weekend of

July 15 & 16, 2017

Envelopes $ 1,56600

Loose Collection $ 649.00 ——————————————————

TOTAL $ 2,215.00

Thank You for Your Generosity!

$

FOOD FOR FAMILIES 1ST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH 9AM

Please pray for our sick

Ann Marie James Darryl Morris Frances Pelliccia John Signorelli Lina Scardino Mika Nelson Shamel Sandy

Betty Eston Deron Morris Francis Kalangala Joseph Quammi Lorraine Hanlon Morris Lee Williams Shirley Onu

Carol Grantges Debbie Sutkowski Gail Strayton Karen Rodkey Louise Harvey Mrs. Roghani-Murphy Sr. Margaret Killilea

Carolyn Drzycimski Denise Murphy Genaro Fiorentino Kathleen Kimble Luis Rivera Nala Wilson Sr. Rafaela Mercado

Charlotte Harris Donna D. Fillyau Gerry Gerard Kathy Dorsey Luke Reese Pam Letcher Susan Deveney

Christy Annis Dorsey Family Ivy Beckford Kathy King Maria Jesus Natal Pam Pappas Sylvia Secrest

Clarence Givens Fred Keingarsky Janet Berman Klara Kramer Marie Bottoms Patrick Brady Ted Cormier

Cleo Capehart Fr. Eric Carpine Jill Haselstine Land-Bagatelos Family Marie Flori Paul & Judy Petrocy Timothy H. Ward

Darrel Singleton Fr. Francis Soucy Joel Rivera Laura Gregory Marie Salley Richard Thompson Tom Hadfield

Fr. Joseph Braun Therese Richard Libby Poliak McKenya Kos Robert James William Craver

If you know of someone who should be added to the prayer list or who no longer needs to be listed, please call (727) 822 -2153

Server Schedule July 22-23 & 29-30, 2017

Saturday, July 22

Vigil Mass, 5:00 pm

Reader: Jeannie Carrier

EM: Betty Pokorny

Altar Server: Kylie Pokorny,

Zan Pokorny

Saturday, July 29

Vigil Mass, 5:00 pm

Reader: John Havelon

EM: Betty Pokorny

Altar Server: Kylie Pokorny,

Zan Pokorny

Sunday, July 23

Morning Mass, 10 am

Reader: Youth Sunday EM Host: Donna Roder ick

EM Cup: Mark Rios,

Hugh Davis, Dot Kronyak,

Deron Morris

Altar Servers:

Rebecca Land, Stephanie

Gielazyn, Ashley Gielazyn

Sunday, July 30

Morning Mass, 10 am

Reader: Athena Richardson EM Host: Dot Kronyak

EM Cup: Donna Roder ick,

Nicole Saunches, Mary

Hornickle, Paul Petrocy

Altar Servers:

Rebecca Land, Katie Shaw,

Nathanael Duvelus

MASS INTENTIONS

We are in need of Mass intentions, especially weekday

Masses. Please call the office if you have a memorial or

special intention you would like to have offered.

(727) 822-2153