Twenty-Fourth Sunday In Ordinary Time 09-16-2018

MASS INTENTIONS & SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

Sept. 23rd—Religious Education Class

Sept. 17th—Parish Life Mtg at St. Joseph at 7pm

Sept. 20th—Senior Meals start again! 55yrs+ come for

food & fellowship in St. Joseph’s parish hall at Noon.

Questions please call Gretchen Brunett at 260-403-0365.

Sept. 22nd—Men’s Mtg at St. Joseph at 8:30am

Sept. 22nd & 23rd— St. Vincent DePaul Truck at SJ

Sept. 24th—St. Catherine Rosary Mtg at 7pm

Lector Extraordinary Minister Ushers Servers

September 22 (SJ)4:00PM J. Neher J.&D.Osterholt/K. Schneider D.Dietsch/G.Rudolf M. & K. Melcher

September 23 (SJ)7:30AM D.Snodgrass J. Haifley/J & T Sorg T.Winans/D. Heit E. & A. Sorg

September 23 (SC)9:15AM C. Greulich J. Hilligoss/M. Frazier W. & C. Trabert M. Lickey

September 23 (SJ)11:00AM M. Ely R. Neher/L. Stickell/B. Miller L.Smart/D.Meitzler E. Neher

Monday September 17 (SJ) 8:00 AM Edna Babcock M/M Leonard Babcock

Monday September 17 (VN) 11:00AM Susie & Leonard Keesling M/M Chris Fenimore

Tuesday Septmeber 18 (SJ) 8:00 AM Pat Vining Paul Vining

Tuesday September 18 (VN) 11:00AM Mrs. Ann Leingang

Wednesday September 19 (SJ) 8:00 AM Sally Peppler M/M Ted Sorg

Thursday September 20 (SC) 7:00PM Janet Hinen Wilma Fry

Friday September 21 (SJ) 8:00AM For the Intentions of James VanDych M/M Thomas VanDych

Saturday September 22 (SJ) 4:00PM For the People

Sunday September 23 (SJ) 7:30 AM Walter Kehmeyer Kurt Kehmeyer

Sunday September 23 (SC) 9:15 AM Gaylen Ed Smith Shirley Smith

Sunday September 23 (SJ) 11:00 AM For the Intentions of M/M John Nelson

(SJ) St. Joseph (SC) St. Catherine (VN) Victory Noll Sisters

Support of Our Parishes St. Catherine St. Joseph

Weekly Budget Goal: $1,700.00 $3,900.00

Adult envelopes $1,215.00 $4,897.00

Offertory Income Loose $107.00 $728.00

Children envelopes $9.00 $7.00

Preservation-Building $727.00 $1,170.00

Votives $16.00 $65.00

Catholic Communications $75.00 $285.00

Urgent Prayer Request from our Diocese:

The U.S. Bishops urge our participation each Friday

in a nationwide Novena for the Legal Protection of

Human Life, August 3-Septhember 28. Participants

will receive weekly email or text reminders to pray

and fast, along with little-known facts about Roe

vs. Wade to share with others. Sign up at www.usccb.org/pray

~~At St. Joseph every Friday (through September 28) after 8am

Mass you can join fellow parishioners as we pray the rosary to help

answer the prayer request from our Bishop~~

Sponsor of the week:

The generous sponsors who advertise on the back page help to de-

fray the cost of printing our weekly bulletin. Please thank them when

you patronize their business. This week our featured sponsor is

“S. A. Boyce Corp.”

Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend original statement regarding the

Grand Jury Report:

Read the full statement at

http://www. Diocesefwsb.org/Bishop-Statements

Bishop Rhoades response contained within Grand Jury report:

To view Bishop Rhoades’ response to excerpts of the fortieth

statewide investigating Grand Jury Report number 1.

Please keep all the victims in your prayers.

2018 Annual Diocesan Appeal:

To view the 2018 Annual Bishop’s Appeal

Video and the various ways to donate

(including online via credit or debit card)

please visit the following website:

http://diocesefwsb.org/aba

Please help make possible the good deeds we (as a Diocese) are able

to accomplish with the Diocesan Appeal contributions. Please help us

meet our goals this year to show we understand this money is used

for the greater good in our community. Any questions about the an-

nual appeal please let us know at 260-672-2838 M-Thur. 9am to

Noon.

St. Joseph Rosary Society Members:

There will be NO September Meeting. The next Rosary Society

meeting will be Tuesday October 9th, so mark your calendar!

Cemetery Clean-up:

It’s time to remove the Spring and Summer flowers from your loved

ones stones; and decorate them with Autumn flowers. Thank you

for your continued efforts to make our cemeteries a sacred place

and a beautiful space. –Fr. Dale

Annual Diocesan Appeal:

Before watching the Annual Diocesan’s Appeal video, it is im-

portant for our diocese to address these painful past few weeks.

The horrible revelations about Archbishop McCarrick and the

Pennsylvania grand jury report have brought forth a lot of anger

and righteous indignation. So many have been shaken and dis-

turbed upon learning of the awful sins and crimes that have oc-

curred within our beloved Church. You are not alone in asking the

question: how do we move forward despite anger and disap-

pointment? In the words of Saint Paul: “The love of Christ urges

us on.” This theme of the Annual Bishop’s Appeal this year has

particular relevance. It is faith in God and the love of Christ that

impelled faithful Catholics to move forward. When there were

times of scandal and corruption in the 2000-year history of the

Catholic Church, the grace of the Holy Spirit moved powerfully,

leading the Church to reform and calling her to greater fidelity to

the Lord. Urged on by the love of Christ, we are all called to in-

crease our prayer, our good works, and our efforts to purify the

Church. Saint Paul clung to Jesus in the midst of many tribula-

tions that he experienced before his martyrdom. Trusting in the

Lord’s love and mercy, we must move forward with the mission

that we received from Him: our mission to evangelize, to educate

and form our children and young people, to support priestly voca-

tions, to serve the poor and needy, and to build up the Body of

Christ in our Diocese. That is precisely what your support of the

Annual Diocesan’s Appeal helps the diocese to do.

Thoughts for the week:

“Love more than others think necessary; Trust more

than others think wise; Serve more than others think

practical.” -Anonymous

“Trust the past to God’s mercy;

The present to God’s love;

And the future to God’s providence.: - St. Augustine

Growing in Faith

Giving from a grateful heart

In Old Testament times, a faithful

farmer gave the first of his harvest to

the temple for God’s use. He under-

stood that it was through God’s bless-

ing that he had a harvest at all. We,

too, can give to God from our grateful

hearts .

Give God the first, best moments.

Many of us rush through our day from

the moment we open our eyes. We

forget that it is by God’s grace that we are even able to see a new

day. Instead, give the first moments of the day to God in prayer.

Give thanks to the Lord for He is good.

Pay God first. Most of us pay pressing bills first—housing, food,

insurance, - and give to the Church from what is left. Then we

grumble when our parish fundraises to meet its needs. Yet all we

have is through God’s blessing in the first place. In face, if we each

give to the Sunday collection for God’s use a first portion of our

income—the Biblical 10% for example—all our important needs will

be met.

God of endless

love, hear our cries

as we agonize over

the harm done to

our brothers and

sisters, breath wis-

dom into our pray-

ers, soothe rest-

less hearts with

hope, steady shak-

en spirits with

faith: Show us the

way to justice and

wholeness. Grant

us courage and

wisdom, Humility

and Grace, so that

we may act with

justice and find

peace in you.—

adapted from the

USCCB

@Grottonetwork