ST.

JOSEPH PARISH
306 Iowa, PO Box 165, Olpe, KS 620-475-3326
Parish email: st.joseph_olpe@yahoo.com
Facebook: “St. Joseph Catholic Church”
Fr. Brandon Farrar, Parochial Administrator
Fr. Ratna Swamy Nannam MSFS, Parochial Vicar
fatherratnaswamy@gmail
March 17, 2019 – Second Sunday of Lent

Celebration of the Eucharist: Reconciliation: Saturdays @ 4:30 PM

Saturday @ 5:00 PM Baptisms/Anointing of Sick/Counseling AND
Sunday @ 8:30 AM Marriages/Annulments: – contact Rectory
Sunday mass at St. Mary’s (Hartford) – 10:30 AM

St. Joseph Parish Contacts:

Accounting/Office Adm: Laurie Schmidt 475-3326
(office hours - Wednesdays/Fridays 9-12 )
Bulletin deadline-TUESDAY @ NOON
Sat. 03/16 5:00 pm For the people of our parish
Altar Society: Carolyn Cole 340-3766 Sun. 03/17 8:30 am +Charles Lutz
Cemetery: Terry Taylor 340-5062 Mon. 03/18 NO MASS
Family Life Ministry: Kay Schmidt 475-3767 Tues. 03/19 5:00 PM +Helen Windle
Finance Council Brian Schmidt 475-3767 Wed. 03/20 7:30 am +John Blaufuss
Funeral Dinners: Linda Dieker 475-3567 Thur. 03/21 7:30 am +Phillip Orear
Knights of Columbus: Brian Flott 343-9241
Fri. 03/22 7:30 am +Jon Schroeder
Outreach Arlene Redeker 475-3414
Pastoral Council: Diana Kuhlmann 475-3784 Sat. 03/23 5:00 pm Bluma family
Religious Ed: Rose Redeker 475-3403 Sun. 03/24 8:30 am +Gary Waechter

ST. JOSEPH PRAYER LIST

Mary D Brinkman, Montana Cole, Marleyne Farr, Paul Frizell, Dave Goodell, Leonarda Henderson, Bob Hohne, Sharon Lake, Evelyn
Musick, Benedict Nannam (Father Swamy father), Bev Schaefer, Jim Wecker, Sonny Wendling, & all battling cancer.
United States Army: SFC Matthew S. Richter, Sgt. Austin Burenheide, Pvt. Johnnie Bell, Captain Jacob Haag, Pvt. Brandon Raybourn
Air Force: Master Sgt. Andrew Stevenson Marines: Lt. Colonel James Bechtel Navy: Robert King

COLLECTIONS Mark your calendars……

Plate $ 336.00 Mar. 19 Blood pressure/sugar screening & bingo –
Envelopes 1,405.00 (34 envelopes) Plaza – 10:30 AM
Social Support 660.00 (22 “ ) Mar. 19 PARISH WIDE Meeting – St. Joseph
Capital Improvements 30.00
School Basement – 7 PM
Central Europe coll. 78.00
Mar. 20 CCD – 7 PM
Native American coll. 73.00
Ash Wednesday 145.00 Stations of the Cross – 7:10 PM
Leaven 36.00 Knights of Columbus – following Stations
TOTAL ……… $2,763.00 Mar. 27 Server training – 6-7 PM – Church
(3rd-6th grades PLUS any older youth who need
THANK YOU! As a reminder, LEAVEN payments of refresher course or were never trained)
$18 were due in February and SOCIAL SUPPORT OF Mar. 28 Flying Needles – 1 PM - Plaza
$30 is due in March. Envelopes for both of these are April 11 Penance Service – 6:00 PM
in your packets. Thanks so much to our faithful and
generous supporters!
There will be altar servers training on Wednesday March 27 from 6-7 p.m. before CCD for
all students in 3rd through 6th grades and any other older students that would like to get
trained or get a refresher course. It is an honor and a privilege to serve at Mass. Parents
please bring your child to this important training session.

LITURGY SCHEDULE
Saturday, March 23 Sunday, March 24
Servers: Ted & Blake Skalsky Servers: Emma and Taylor Cole
Lector: Beth Skalsky Lector: Dan Schneider
Ministers: Jana Redeker, Joe & Carolyn Cole Ministers: Rose Redeker, Debbie Cole, Dan Schneider
Gift Bearers: Mike and Leanne Haag Gift Bearers: Kevin and Mary Flott

Sacristan: Michael Dieker

LENTEN OPPORTUNITIES
 During Lent (Ash Wednesday til Holy Thursday) Adoration will be in the chapel in the church
basement.
 Stations of the Cross will be held each Wednesday during Lent at 7:10 PM.
 A Penance service will be held on April 11 at 6:00 PM at St. Joseph. Penance services will be held at
Sacred Heart on April 4 at 7 PM and at Didde Campus Center on March 27 at 8:30 PM.

Parish-Wide Meeting
All parishioners are invited and encouraged to attend an open-meeting at 7:00pm on
Tuesday, March 19 in the school basement. The three proposed construction options
and campaign procedures will be discussed in detail. A question and answer session
will then follow. Please play a part in this important discussion about our future.

Spring Festival is right around the corner. If you would like to donate a prize, cash, gift card or
certificate, please contact me, or leave a message at, 620-475-3580. Thank you in advance for your support
and generosity. Kathy Redeker Raffle chair

The 6th grade class would like to invite parish members to help with the last service
project of the year. Our class will be taking donations of food during the Lenten Season
to give to Food for the Poor. The items that are needed most are non-perisable food
products such as; noodle, mac/cheese, and rice cups, pop top cans of ravioli, spaghetti,
pasta sauce, canned fruit, and etc, small boxes of pasta, pudding and fruit cups, shelf
stable milk, cereal, pancake mix made with water, small containers of syrup, and
breakfast bars. Healthy snacks are needed also. We encourage everyone to check the
grocery isles for good tasteing, healthy items that will satisfy a hungry student.
Donations can be placed in the book bags in the back of church. Our class is looking
forward to doing our part to help this service project be successful.
…………………Amanda Arndt and the 6th grade CCD class
Give your children the gift of participating in a summer camp at Prairie Star Ranch. It could
help them know the difference between fleeting happiness and enduring joy. It will help give
them the opportunity to begin to experience an authentic joy that can sustain them for a
lifetime. To check it out and/or register, go to www.archkck.org/camp
“St Joseph Catholic Church CCD parents! Please apply for scholarships to send your kids to one of these camps this
summer! We can also raise additional money with a “fun”raiser after Mass soon! Ask me for more information!”
……….Kay Schmidt

 Sacred Heart Boy Scout Troop 158 will host their 7th annual pasta dinner on Friday, March 29 in the parish
hall from 5-7 pm. Tickets are $8 per meal and available at the door.

 MEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION will be held on April 6 at Church of the Ascension in Overland Park. More info.
can be viewed on the bulletin board in the church vestibule.

 The 13th annual “WOMEN’S SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCE” will be held on April 6 at St. Thomas More Parish
Commons in Manhattan, KS. Registration fee is $35 for adults and $20 for students. Please check out more
information on the bulletin board in the church vestibule.

 Young Women (grades 5th-10th) along with their mothers or guardians are invited to “Look to Him and Be
Radiant” on April 7 from 2-4 PM at the Sacred Heart parish hall. Two women from Benedictine College will
address topics of self-respect, beauty, and theology of the body. Please RSVP to Kellie at
kellie.vajgrt@gmail.com by April 1.

 5th Annual KC Catholic Women’s Conference will be held on Saturday, April 13 from 7:30am-12:30pm at
Church of the Ascension, 9510 W. 127th St., Overland Park. Archbishop Naumann will celebrate Mass, EWTN
former co-host Colleen Carroll Campbell is the keynote speaker along with Sonja Corbitt, author of “Fulfilled”
Bible Study. Open to all women age 16 and older desiring to grow in faith and holiness, and who seek to live
their Catholic faith more fully. Registration is $25 ($30 at the door). You may register at
https://livingintruthkc.com/

 2019 Totus Tuus for Children with Special Needs program will be Monday, July 22 to Friday, July 26 from
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM for ages 6-14 at St. Joseph Parish in Shawnee. Cost is $40 per child. Registration
deadline is Monday, July 8. Volunteers are needed! For more info, contact tracunas@archkck.org or call
913-647-3054 or 316-305-7487. To register: www.archkck.org/specialneeds.

PRAYER AND ACTION 2019 will be hosted by Sts. Peter and Paul in Seneca, KS.
Prayer and Action is a youth mission trip program. Students spend the week in
an atmosphere that is free of distractions which will foster their faith, inspire
charity, and lead them closer to Christ. If you are interested, please contact
KAY SCHMIDT ASAP. For more info, visit www.archkck.org/prayerandactionkc.
St. Patrick, like so many of our exploited brothers and sisters worldwide, was a victim of what
we now call human trafficking. And he was one of the first great Christian voices against
human trafficking’s brutal cousin, slavery, as he became a slave.

When St. Patrick was about sixteen, he was captured by raiders and brought to what is now
considered to be Antrim (Northern Ireland), where he was sold as chattel to a chieftain and put
into forced service as a shepherd.

St. Patrick eventually escaped, and (after brief recapture) reunited with his family. He began,
upon his return, studying for the priesthood and serving God in thanks. Later, he returned to
Ireland and brought the word of Christ to the people who had so wronged him.

This St. Patrick's Day, we ask you to keep the victims of human trafficking in your heart. We
ask for the intercession of St. Patrick, as we pray for victims of human trafficking everywhere.

Marriage Minute - March 17, 2019

When we think of Lent, we often think of the fasting and repentance. While these
disciplines are the cornerstones of Lent, this weekend’s readings remind us that we are not in for
40 days of “doom and gloom.” Through the transfiguration, Jesus encourages us to focus on
Him, and the joy and glory he wants to share with us.
We can often view ongoing marriage formation like Lent. While it is true that it may take
some sacrifice to attend and some discipline to implement, it makes more sense to look up and
focus on the joy that Jesus wants to share with us in the Sacrament of Matrimony.
One of the best Lenten prayer practices is a weekly holy hour. Plan your holy hour for your
spouse through resources at www.JoyfulMarriageProject.com

Attention!
Couples celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary in 2019
Archdiocesan 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration
June 2, 2019, 2:00 pm, Church of the Nativity/Leawood
To receive your invitation from Archbishop Naumann, please call the parish office and give us your name, address,
phone number and date of your wedding.
Please do this as soon as possible.

DONDO N
For many years, a special group of people have made the sacrifice on Sunday mornings to count the offertory
collections from the weekend. With the recent audit, the Archdiocese has suggested that if a parish has a local bank,
they utilize the bank in depositing all collections immediately after mass. Thus, Olpe State Bank personnel will now be
counting all collections. This procedure will ensure additional security and alleviate the need for volunteers, etc.
MANY THANKS to our counting teams, which included Les & Michelle Barnhart, Carolyn Davis, Kevin Flott, Lori
Krueger, Diana Kuhlmann, Darin Musick, and Steve Redeker for your MANY years of DEDICATED service in
completing this weekly task. Your talent, your professionalism, and your most of all-your commitment—did not go
unnoticed. We are forever grateful.