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St. Joseph Church
600 N. Russell Street
Marion, IL 62959
618-993-3194
Web Site: stjoseph-stpaul.com
Facebook: St. Joseph Catholic Church-Marion, Illinois
The Catholic Communities of
St. Paul Church
1103 Washington Avenue
Johnston City, IL 62951
618-983-5073
Email: [email protected]
St. Joseph and St. Paul Catholic Parishes form a Eucharistic community, called
together in Christ through Baptism. Our mission in the World is to live out the
Gospel, to promote evangelization, stewardship, and community building.
Mass Times
Saturday Vigil Mass: St. Joseph-5:00 pm
Sunday Masses: St. Paul-9:00 am
St. Joseph-10:30 am
Morning Prayer-St. Joseph
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 7:45 am
Friday: 11:45 am
Daily Masses
Tuesday and Thursday: St. Joseph-8:00 am
Wednesday: St. Paul 12:10 pm
Friday: St. Joseph-12:10 pm
Sacrament of Penance
Saturday: St. Joseph-4:00-4:30 pm
Sunday: St. Paul-8:30-8:50 am
St. Joseph Church
Parish Office Hours
618-993-3194
Monday-Thursday: 8:30 am-12:30 pm
1:00-4:00 pm
Friday: 8:30 am-12:00 pm
St. Paul Church
Parish Office Hours
618-983-5073
Monday-Thursday: 7:30 am-11:30 am
Closed on Friday
St. Paul
Parish Secretary
Sandi West
Bookkeeper
Pat Restivo
Youth Faith Formation (YFF)
Cindy Pulsford
Elizabeth Williams-Betty Blades
Judy Evans-Megan Leitzen
Pastor
Brian Barker
St. Joseph Church
Parish Secretary
LaVerne Williams
Coordinator of Parish Ministries
Cintia Yong
Coordinator of Youth Faith Formation
Angela Lees
Youth Faith Formation Facebook link
St Joseph and St Paul Youth Faith Formation
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
Jo Mayer: Coordinator
Music Director
Melissa Bound
Choir Director
Patty Lynn
Maintenance Supervisor
Randy Barton
Pray for the Sick and Homebound
Remember all the sick and homebound of our parish especially: Randy Bell, Agnes Benzek, Everett Blades, Gene Blades, Bob & Louise Borchelt, Doris Bound, Melissa Bound, Brenda Crackel, Joan Burnett, Ron Evans, Vernon Kee, Kelley Halper, Randal Houston, Dorothy Shoaff, Wally Hunt, Thom Ivastanin, Robert Johnson, Dale Jones, Tammy Jones, Betty Lou Kainz, Maureen Kee, Matthias King, Pat Lamb, Mindy Lampsom, John Macier, Rev. Richard Mohr, Lorraine Musial, Marie Pardus, John & Sheila Phillips, Angela Poskevich, Debbie Pulley, Juanita Ray, Ernie Rinella, Bernadette Romans, John & Cathi Roth, Leticia Sanchez, Msgr. Kenneth Schaefer, Ken Sine, Frank Sniegowski, Gene Sniegowski, Jr., Herbert Soberg, Judy Stieve, and Mary Venturo.
December 22, 2019 2
Reconciliation 8:30 am-SP
Masses: St. Paul 9:00 am
St. Joseph 10:30 am
Readings: : Is 7:10-14/ Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [7c, 10b]/Rom 1:1-7/Mt 1:18-24
No YFF
Communion Service-8:00 am-SJ
Readings: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24/Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14/Lk 1:57-66
Bible Study-The Gospel of Luke 11:00 am-1:00 pm
Church Bingo-7:00 pm at KC Hall
Sun 22 Mon 23 Tue 24
Masses-5:00 pm-SJ 7:30 pm-SP 9:30 pm-SJ
Readings: Is 9:1-6/Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13 [Lk 2:11]/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14
Sharing God’s Gifts 12-15-2019
St. Joseph
Weekly Budget Goal $8428 Sunday Offering (128) $6541 Loose $446 E-giving (4) $95 Total: $7082 Candles $24 Religious Retired (9) $370 Immaculate Conception (9) $295 Flowers (12) $200
Solar Panels Pledged $61,66968 Donations Received (9) $4,35602 Total Cash Donations $228,99455 Goal $280,000 Goal 164 out of 300 Households have pledged or donated
Church Building Fund Contributions (4) $1060
St. Paul
Weekly Budget Goal $1800 Sunday Offering (38) $1260 Loose $205 Total $1465 Immaculate Conception (3) $40 Christmas Flowers (1) $10 Retired Religious (4) $60
“For the measure you measure with will be measured back to you.” Lk. 6:38
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Pray for Those in the Military
We remember in prayer our parishioners, relatives and friends serving in the military, especially Jesse Armstrong, Jared Broemmel, Nathaniel Broemmel, Steven and Michael Garland, Christopher Garwood, Jim McCarty, Alexander Muniz, Justin Poskevich, Jacque Risley, Elizabeth Shaw, Ian Shaw, Simon Shaw, Kyle Shea, Sean Shea, Dakotah Smith, Daniel Wiesner, and Zachary Wiesner. Pray for peace in the world.
The angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling
clothes and lying in a manger.” - Lk 2:10-12
Mass:9:00-SJ
Readings: Is 62:11-12/Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12/Ti 3:4-7/Lk 2:15-20
NO YFF–6:00 pm-SJ
NO RCIA-6:00 pm
KC Meeting-7:30 pm-SJ
Wed 25
Mass–8:00-SJ
Readings: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 8ab, 16bc and 17 [6]/Mt 10:17-22 SJ Bingo at KC Hall-7:00 pm
Fri 27
NO Services
Readings: 1 Jn 1:1-4/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12 [12]/Jn 20:1a, 2-8
Thu 26
Ministry Assignments
Mass at St. Paul
Christmas Eve, December 24-7:30 pm L TBA EM TBA S TBA G B The Leitzen Family G Patti and Lyndell Zanotti U J Pulsford, T Burton, T Kee, R Wade
Holy Family, December 29-9:00 am
L Betty Kainz, Betty Blades EM P Reed, V Reed, J Roth, B Cooksey, T Baird S N Jamison, R Williams, J Pulsford G B Mary Ellen Grisley, Beth Robert G Lon & Shari Richard U J Pulsford, T Burton, T Kee, R Wade
Mass Intentions
Sat Dec. 21 Vigil: Fourth Sunday of Advent -5:00 pm † Dec. Members of Boester & Harpstrite Families at SJ
Sun Dec. 22 Fourth Sunday of Advent -9:00 am Parish Family at SP -10:30 am †Bob Scates at SJ
Mon Dec. 23 Late Advent Weekday -7:45 Morning Prayer (wk. 4, pp. 937,122) at SJ -8:00 Communion Service
Tues Dec. 24 Christmas Eve 5:00 pm † Bob Perlowski at SJ 7:30 pm Christmas Flower Memorials at SP 9:30 pm † Wanda McCabe at SJ
Wed Dec. 25 Christmas Day -9:00 am Dec. Mem. of Heinz & Broemmel families at SJ -No 12:10 Mass at SP
Thurs Dec. 26 St. Stephen -7:45 Morning Prayer (feast, p. 1344) at SJ -8:00 † William Neuman, Sr.
Fri Dec. 27 St. John, Apostle NO Services
Sat Dec. 28 Vigil: Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, & Joseph -5:00 pm † Carwin J. Diel at SJ
Sun Dec. 29 Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, & Joseph -9:00 am Mary Moroni Thomas at SP -10:30 am † KC Corporate Communion at SJ
Ministry Assignments for Mass
Masses at St. Joseph
Holy Family, December 28-5:00 pm
L Karen Saffelder EM C Braswell, C Cox, P Leabu, L Matesevac, C Middleton, C Neuman, 2 Volunteers S L Arnold, I Hopkins, N Imhoff HM K Campbell, D Rheaume, E Rinella Sacristan Jo Mayer
Holy Family, December 29-10:30 am
L Cindy Yong EM S Bly, F Castillo, M Hart, R Kirschbaum, S Sena, C Sternberg, T Yong, 1 Volunteer S JP Huhman, M Huhman, C Huhman HM C Ehrhardt, T, M Hopkins, K Stanhouse Sacristan Cindy Gibbons CLW No Children’s Liturgy
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Bible Study– The Gospel of Luke Beginning Monday, December 2, from 11am-1pm at the Family Life Center
Come deepen your understanding of the Gospel, enter into the mysteries, and grow in the life of the Spirit.
Session 6 - Dec 23
Luke VI - The Teaching Ministry in Jerusalem (Ch. 19-21) The Luminous Mysteries
Luke VII - The Passion Narrative (Ch. 22-23) The Sorrowful Mysteries
Reconciliation 8:30 am-SP
Masses: St. Paul 9:00 am
St. Joseph 10:30 am
Readings: : Sir 3:2-6, 12-14/ Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 [cf. 1]/Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17/Mt 2:13-15, 19 No YFF
Sat 28 Sun 29
Reconciliation 4:00-4:30 pm-SJ
Mass: St. Joseph 5:00 pm
Save the Date:
Steubenville Youth Conference Current 8th graders to High School Sen-
iors
July 10-12, 2020
More info available soon!
5 From the Pastor
My Fellow Advent Pilgrims, Ever been in a pickle? Has it happened to you that you faced a situation and you didn’t know what to do? Then you’re in good company! St. Joseph faced a vexing moment and he didn’t quite know what to do. He’s in an impossible bind. He’s publicly committed to Mary, but they were not yet formally married. Now she’s preg-nant and he knows he didn’t do it. Joseph’s angst becomes clearer as we realize the dilemma he faces. If Joseph says nothing, he admits to an illicit sexual relation, which carried with it a sever social stigma. If he denies responsibility for the child, he risks exposing Mary to shame and even capital punishment, as mentioned in Deuteronomy. As a right-eous man, he didn’t want to disregard God’s laws. But as a compassionate man, he didn’t want to humiliate and dis-grace Mary. Discerning God’s will in light of what his heart believed and his religion required must have been agoniz-ing. What to do? He saw no easy way out. So he makes an initial decision to exit out the back door divorcing Mary quietly. While we don’t know the details of Joseph’s inner struggle, we do know that when he goes to bed that night, he keeps his heart open. That’s good advice for us! In his sleep God eventually shows him that he has more options than imme-diately appear. Like Joseph, we can find ourselves struggling with decisions where we do not always understand what is happening or how to decide when there seems to be no good options. But when we have a spirit of humility and trust, God finds a way to get through to us: sometimes through a friend or family member, or maybe an event, or as with Joseph, with a dream. When we’re faced with difficult choices, ask God’s Spirit for wisdom. Ask that we make our decisions in line with God’s heart. I’m a firm believer that God often speaks to us in our gut, our conscience, our soul - call it what you will. As Christmas arrives this week, this holy day can be a real celebration in our souls if our souls are open to God. God doesn’t want our stuff, our things. He just wants an open heart. What a great gift to give! Fr. Brian
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Maintenance and Improvement Projects
In an effort to keep our parishioners well informed, we are making a report of necessary projects that we would like to complete when funding becomes available. We believe it is important to be transparent and specific when requesting our church family to make financial contributions. Below is a list of various maintenance and improvement projects that we hope to achieve, and we hope that this “wish list” will give our parishioners a clearer idea of the future pathways in which your finan-cial support will be used.
CHURCH/REPLACE GUTTERS/RUSTING
CHURCH/WAX FLOORS
FLC/GYM CELING
FLC/PAINT INSIDE
FLC/LOBBY FLOOR TILE REPAIR
FLC/EIGHT TABLE/PLASTIC
FLC/REPLACE METAL CHAIRS-NEXT 2-3 YEARS
FLC/INTERNET IN CLASSROOMS
FLC/CEILING
FLC/REPLACE THE INTERIOR DOORS/SEPARATING
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LAMP INTENTIONS:
Calendar of Events
December 24 Children's Candle Lighting-7:15 pm Christmas Mass-7:30 pm
25 No 12:10 Services
BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS
December
25 Natalie Jamison
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William F. & Jimmy Smith by their Family Nono, Noni, JoAnn & Pedo from Chuck, Judy & Ryan Sam & Mary Davis, Dave, C.B. Scott & Jerry from Chuck, Judy & Ryan Erin from Dad, Mama & Ry Granny & Grampy Anderson with love Rob, Andrea, Amelia & Ava Polich, Zasada and Bishop Families from Donnie & Janice Mark & Wayne Hargan by their Family Mindy Martin by her Family Ralph and Eileen Lee by Maureen, Vernon & Family Molly Jeanette from her Dads Richard & Jeanette Wade from sons Rick & Tim Loved Ones from a Parishioner Bud McCalla from Carol Ratachie
Joe, Agnes and Phyllis Poskevich from their Family Paul Farthing by Marilyn & Family Joyce DeBose from Russell and Brian Rose Roberson from the family Rebekah Anne from Grandpa & Grandma Mary Moroni Thomas from Dwain & Martin Wally Musial from Lorraine Peter & Frances Glad & Family from Lorraine Musial Joseph & Palmira Poskevich from their Family Loren & Ben from Georgina, Daniel & Nicki Holly Pyle from Gary, Tammy, John Michael, Jeremy & Brent Jack Hatfield from Gary, Tammy, John Michael, Jeremy & Brent Grandma & Grandpa Helfrich from Gary, Tammy, John Michael, Jeremy & Brent
In honor of St. Francis of Assisi Special intentions of a Parishioner Healing of Charlotte Bishop from the Gualdoni Family
Special intention for Denny Mataya from S.E. Special intention for Johnny from Sis Special intention from a Parishioner
LAMP INTENTIONS IN LOVING MEMORY
AND REPOSE OF SOULS
Home Bound and Hospital Visits
Please call if you or a family member would like to receive a visit
from Father Brian Barker or one of the parishioners. Please call
Rita Dutton at 889-7215 or the office in Marion at 993-3194, opt.
1 or Sandi West in Johnston City at 983-5073.
New Year’s Eve Party
The Johnston City Knights of Columbus invite you to a
New Year’s Eve Party December 31 at the Parish Center
from 7:00 – 12:30. There will be dancing and games and
movies for the kids. JC will provide wings and juice for
the kids. Marion KC’s is donating beer. Please bring
your own drinks and a covered dish. All are welcome.
Thank You
A great big Thank You to the Knights of Columbus for the delicious breakfast and a big applause to the children for the wonderful Christmas program. Also, a big thank you to the teachers and parents of the children.
GIVING TREE
Our Annual Christmas “Giving Tree” is in the back of church. Please take an “Ornament” to purchase the item that will help the Pregnancy Matters Center. Items will be taken to the center after Christmas. They are always very appreciative of our donations.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
4th Sunday of Advent December 22, 2019
Each Advent season, we prepare to welcome Jesus into the inns and stables of our hearts. But Jesus’ coming wasn’t welcomed by everyone with choirs of angels. For St. Joseph, the first coming of Jesus was a bit more complicated. “When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.” For Joseph, opening his heart (and home) to Jesus meant, at best, appearing to all the world like a man who had impreg-nated his wife out of wedlock. At worst, he appeared a cuckold, raising the child of another man. God doesn’t always appear the way we expect. For some of us, the birth of Christ is a bit relationally complicated. Perhaps over the past few months, a loved one has died. This Christmas, you’re taking it upon yourself to keep up the traditions and hold the family together. Welcoming Jesus means welcoming grief. Perhaps it’s a difficult relative (or two or three) and it’s all you can do to bite your tongue and swallow your pride while they’re under your roof. Welcoming Jesus means welcoming strife, discord, and tension. Yet “do not be afraid,” the angel says. Do not be afraid. Why? Because we celebrate the birth of “Emmanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’” Before Jesus’ earthly ministry would begin, Jesus would lose his father, Joseph. God is with us in our grief. Wherever Jesus went, he stirred up controversy and faced down challenging personalities. God is with us in our stress. The trick is, like Joseph, to allow supernatural grace to prevail. Joseph was a good man, filled with natural virtue in that he didn’t want to “expose [Mary] to shame.” Yet he was prepared to “divorce her quietly” all the same. Our natural abilities only take us so far. Where is receiving Jesus complicated this Christmas season? Are you relying on your own strength to get you through, or are you truly ready to accept the grace of Emmanuel, God with us?