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St. Joseph Parish: 306 Iowa, PO Box 165, Olpe, KS 620-475-3326
St. Joseph Parish: 306 Iowa, PO Box 165, Olpe, KS 620-475-3326
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
February 3, 2019 – Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
COLLECTIONS
Plate $ 154.00 Mark your calendars……
Envelopes 790.00
Leaven 56.00
Feb. 5 Cemetery Endowment – 7 PM - Plaza
Latin America churches 114.00 Feb. 6 CCD – 7 PM
TOTAL ……… $1,114.00 Parent mtg-2nd grade-7 PM—Church
Feb. 13 “A Chocolate Touch” – 7:00 PM – SJS basement
THANKS! As a reminder, LEAVEN payments of $18 Feb. 16 First Reconciliation – 10:00 AM
are due in February and SOCIAL SUPPORT OF $30 is Feb. 19 Blood pressure/sugar screening at plaza
due in March. Envelopes for both of these are in w/bingo – 10:30 AM
your packets. Thanks so much to our faithful and
generous supporters!
MASS OPENINGS: We are now booking masses through June (Father Swamy will be gone during May, thus no morning Masses).
Please stop by the rectory during office hours, email, or call and leave a message. THANK YOU!!
LITURGY SCHEDULE
Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019 Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019
Servers: Truman and Abbot Bailey Servers: Emma and Taylor Cole
Lector: Jade Cole Lector: Dan Schneider
Ministers: Jana Redeker, Doug & Laurie Schmidt Ministers: Shirley & Mike Langley, Dan Schneider
Gift Bearers: Lynnette & Eric Schreiner Gift Bearers: Jeff and Alex Jackson family
Sacristan: Phyllis Krueger
UPDATED PHONE NUMBERS NEEDED, PLEASE! We are updating parish contact information
and kindly request your phone information IF you have disconnected your land line or changed
phone numbers in the past several years. You may do so by emailing
lbschmidt@wheatstate.com or calling the church office and leaving a message (475-3326).
CCD NEWS
There will be a Parent Meeting for the Parents of 2nd grade CCD students who are making the
Sacrament of Reconciliation. The meeting will be held in the church at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
February 6. *Please note this is a schedule change due to a conflict in Father Swamy’s schedule.
Please plan on attending! If you have questions please call Kay Schmidt @620-340-5638
If you purchased a flower for the altars for a loved one, you may remove it from the north sacristy at
any time. Please do not remove from altars! Thanks so much to all who contribute to this! Your
generosity sure helps to make our church even more beautiful at Christmas!
To date, St. Joseph has contributed $1,167 of our $12,740.17 goal. That includes 18 of 195
households registered in our parish. “Each year during this campaign, we pause and consider
all the good that is done because we give; the homeless are sheltered, the elderly are cared
for, our seminarians are prepared for future ministry, to name just a few. Your commitment
will help ensure that someone is always loved and never alone.”
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS……
Remodeling of the K of C club room/kitchen began on January 26, thus BISCUITS & GRAVY BREAKFASTS will
be cancelled until April or further notice.
Knights of Columbus officers and members are selling Lottery Tickets for the 2019-2020 drawing, which begins in
March 2019. If you haven’t been contacted, contact your friendly K of C member soon.
Are you a recent high school graduate or college student, who is serious about their faith and loves
working with youth? Consider working as a Camp Counselor at Camp Tekakwitha this summer! It
requires hard work, long hours, and dedication—but it is sure to be a summer of adventure and great
reward! We want to hear from you! Apply at: https://evangelizationspring2017.typeform.com/to/cs8I3B
your children attend and the “domestic church” of the faith. Make a resolution to invest in your
marriage in 2019. A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend will help you discover new ways
to make your marriage the priority. The next weekend in the Kansas City area will be March 1-
3, 2019. For more information, or to apply for a weekend, visit www.wwme4youandme.org, or
call/email Tony & Barb Zimmerman at 816-741-4066, tonybarbz@prodigy.net For more
information about Worldwide Marriage Encounter and how our ministry can support the couples
in your parish you can contact us at the following: Local Area Leadership Couple: Rich &
As we begin the new year we offer
Wendy Lorenz, 815-761-6591, wendyteach3@yahoo.com Local Area Leadership Priest: Fr.
a few “resolutions” for married
Ron Will, 816-390-7950, rlwill2@juno.com Weekend Application Couple: Tony & Barb
couples.Resolution #1 – Make
Zimmerman,
Your Marriage a Priority. Your
816-741-4066, tonybarbz@prodigy.net Inviting Resource Couple: Ralph & Jan Lewis, 913-909-
marriage is the foundation of your
1028, encounteredcouple@gmail.com
family. It is the “school of love” that
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE….. to help split/share the 8-9 PM time slot for Adoration on Wednesdays.
Please contact Beth Schmidt at 475-3575 or Sally Pargman at 475-3555. Prayerfully consider coming to
Adoration on a regular basis and leave your worries at the doorstep. Adoration hours are between 8am
to 10pm every Wednesday in St. Joseph Church.
“The Super Bowl of Life”
It’s kickoff time! When you hear that, you are probably thinking of the Super Bowl, which
is one of the most “sacred” events of our secular culture. However, in addition to crowning a
football champion this weekend, it is also time to kick off National Marriage Week.
While National Marriage Week does not have the pomp and circumstance that the football
game has, perhaps it should. Super Bowl Sunday is a great opportunity to gain insight on how to
strive for excellence in our own marriage.
What if we approached our marriage in the same way these incredible athletes approached
this game? To kick off your more intentional marriage, consider the Living in Love retreat at Holy
Spirit in Overland Park, Feb 16-17, or other National Marriage Week events at
www.archkck.org/JMPevents.