And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; since

from you shall come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people Israel (Matthew 2:6).

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Mass Schedule

St. Joseph, Pray for Us

St. Joseph Catholic Church, 61 23rd St N

Parish Office: 962-0165 Monday-Thursday 8:30 am-4:30 pm (Closed 12:30-1:30 pm) Summer: May 24 - August 30 - Friday 8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Confessions First Friday 12:15 pm, Saturday 3:30 pm or by appointment

Rosary After daily Mass and Sundays at 9:30 am in Church Mondays 7:00 pm in Spanish Parish Center Chapel

First Friday 7:00 pm Parish Center Chapel

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

▪ Monday 4:00 - 8:00 pm in the Parish Center Chapel ▪ Wednesday 9:00 am - Saturday 9:00 am In St. Philip Seton Center Chapel ▪ Thursday 8:00 - 9:00 pm for Vocations in the Parish Center Chapel ▪ Friday 8:30 am - Benediction at 4:45 pm in St. Joseph Church ▪ First Wednesday 7:00 pm in St. Joseph Church

St. Joseph: To sign up for a Holy hour or to be on the sub list for Friday Adoration, please call Marlene: 962-8641 and leave your name and phone number.

St. Philip: Seton Center Chapel, Wednesday 9:00 am to Saturday, 9:00 am, call Betty Dillard: 962-8255 to sign up.

Readings for: The Baptism of the Lord

Is 42:1-4, 6-7, Acts 10:34-3, Mt 3:13-18

Saturday, January 11 - Vigil: Baptism of the Lord 5:00 pm † Gene Newman by Connie & Dick Becker Sunday, January 12 - Baptism of the Lord 8:00 am † Frank Grumeretz by Angela & Earl Adamson 10:00 am † Norma Naas by Mr. & Mrs. Gary Everling 12:00 pm † Judith Syc by Bob & Kathy Valkner 2:00 pm For the People of St. Joseph & St. Jerome Burmese 5:00 pm † Bonnie Harter by Shirley Henry Spanish

Saturday, January 4 - Vigil: Epiphany of the Lord 5:00 pm † Coach Al Leibert By Family Sunday, January 5 - Epiphany of the Lord 8:00 am † Joyce Barnes by Kathleen & Floyd Rabineau 10:00 am † Sally Kohl by Bob & Kathy Valkner 12:00 pm For the People of St. Joseph & St. Jerome 5:00 pm † Maria Dolores Grijalva Rodriguez by Campos Family Spanish

Monday, January 6 8:00 am † Waltraud Werner by St. Joseph Parish Tuesday, January 7 8:00 am † Henry F. Lupina by Mary Ann Lupina Wednesday, January 8 8:00 am † Mark Saunders by St. Joseph Parish Thursday, January 9 8:00 am Intentions of Bill & Natalie Simonds by Dee & Dave Wygant 9:00 am † Jack, Jim & Kevin Zeller by Catherine Hannon School 8:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration for Vocations in Parish Center Friday, January 10 8:00 am † Mary Smith Stokes by Candace Leibert 8:30 am Adoration 4:45 pm Benediction Saturday, January 11 8:00 am † Stella Hensley by Francisco Family 3:30 pm Confessions

The Diocese of Kalamazoo has and will continue to cooperate with the Michigan Attorney General’s investigation and encourages anyone with information related

to misconduct to call the reporting number set-up by the Michigan Attorney General’s office at: 844.324.3374.

Nuptial Banns

All are invited to Clarissa Krajewski and Clark Thompson's

Nuptial Mass, which will be held Saturday Feb 8, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.

at St Joseph Catholic Church, Battle Creek.

Regretfully, the reception is by invitation only. In lieu of this, please also join us for a public

open house, January 12, 2020 from 2:00 - 5:00 pm at:

Niko's Landing Banquet Hall 5852 King Highway

Kalamazoo, Michigan 49048

The Epiphany of the Lord Page 3 January 5, 2020

From Fr. Christopher Ankley

by another way.” The Magi after encountering Christ do not walk away the same, by our encounter with Christ, other people, hopefully, will be transformed by their encounter with us. They will notice something different about us. They will be attracted to this faith called Christianity, Catholicism in particular. Have we let ourselves be radically transformed? Do we pray for this radical transformation?

M.T. had been profoundly changed by the same Jesus the Magi paid homage to. She was changed by Jesus every morning in her Eucharistic holy hour, she was changed by Jesus every day at Mass, she was changed by Jesus when she meditated upon His life in the Gospels, and she was changed by Jesus who she found in the poorest of the poor. It was because she had allowed herself to be transformed that Malcolm Muggeridge was able to write of her in his book, Something Beautiful for God, “Mother Teresa is, in herself, a living conversion; it is impossible to be with her, to listen to her, to observe what she is doing and how she is doing it, without being in some degree converted. Her total devotion to Christ, her conviction that everyone must be treated, helped, and loved as if he were Christ himself; her simple life lived according to the Gospel and her joy in receiving the sacraments–none of this can be ignored. There is no book I have read, no speech I have heard … there is no human relationship, or transcendental experience that has brought me closer to Christ, or made me more aware of what the Incarnation means, and what is demanded of us.”

On this feast of the Epiphany as we celebrate the encounter of the Magi with the Christ child, we ask ourselves whether our own encounter with Christ leads us back by a different road, making us instruments of evangelization which M.T. and thousands and thousands and thousands of saints have carried out so well. Once, when preaching on the feast of the Epiphany, St. Augustine said, “Even we, recognizing Christ our King and Priest who died for us, have honored him as if we had offered him gold, incense, and myrrh. But what remains, is for us to bear witness to him by taking a different road from that on which we came.” If we truly bear witness to Christ by taking a different road then we can firmly hope that God will use us the way he used Mother Teresa to bring others to the faith.

That what happened to Malcolm Muggeridge will happen to many others through the Holy Spirit working through us, enabling us to say confidently with the Psalmist today, “Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.”

Merry Christmas,

Fr. Christopher Ankley

Dear Friends, In 1982 the world of journalism was stunned when it learned that, one of their own, the famous British journalist, Malcolm Muggeridge, had been received into the Catholic Church. Muggeridge was the son of agnostic parents, and they raised him in the religion of socialistic progress, from his father he had inherited the conviction that man was capable of building paradise here on earth all by himself, and there was no need for God or for grace. Despite a brief interest in Christianity during his university days at Cambridge, by the time he graduated, Muggeridge was a staunch agnostic socialist, once writing, “I’m a socialist, because I believe that with the right conditions man can be good, and only the government of collectivism can create such good conditions.”

In 1927, Muggeridge married Kitty Dobbs, she was also a convinced socialist and religious agnostic. They were proud to establish a marriage that was free of all religious constraints, and with their non-traditional and ultra-liberal attitudes towards sexuality there were many infidelities that caused much suffering for themselves and their children. In the 1930s Muggeridge was sent to the Soviet Union as a correspondent for the Manchester Guardian newspaper. He was convinced that in the USSR he’d find a land free of all exploitation and injustice. He wasn’t there long before learning the truth, and witnessing firsthand the barbarism of that governmental system. Muggeridge left Russia no longer convinced that socialism was the answer to all humanity’s problems.

Muggeridge made his way back to Great Britain and began to consider the idea of Christianity, the Catholic Church in particular. But it would be forty years before he and his wife would enter the Church. There were many experiences that helped to bring this well-known agnostic home to the Church, but the deciding factor was his meeting with Mother Teresa (M.T.). In M.T. he saw a woman whose life had been completely transformed by Jesus Christ, and it was impossible for Muggeridge not to be attracted to her witness of faith, hope, and love. M.T. in all of her simplicity, radiated Jesus to such a degree that Muggeridge felt compelled to embrace the Christian faith. During the last 8 years of his life he became a devout Catholic, he was one of the Church’s staunchest defenders. He died in 1990 at the age of 87.

God used Mother Teresa to bring Malcolm Muggeridge home to the Catholic Church. On this feast of the Epiphany we are reminded of our own call to discipleship and evangelization, which M.T. lived and did so well. The same missionary fire that burned in her heart should burn in ours as well. Because of our baptism we are charged with bringing Christ to those who have never heard of him, or to bring him to those, who once knew him, but have grown cold in their faith and no longer see His relevance to their lives.

Today’s gospel describes a story we know very well. The Magi from the east follow the star to do homage to the newborn king. St. Matthew tells us that after the wise men have paid their homage they “Departed for their country

St. Joseph Catholic Church Page 4 Battle Creek, MI

Saturday 5:00 pm

Ministry Schedule January 4 & 5

Cantor Youth Choir

Reader T BA - rd 1 T BA2 - rd 2

Server

Serenity Jones Rose Mary & Robert Ram Santiago Nu–ez-Rojas Julissa Reyes

EMHC Beth & Edwin Greenman Kathy Askler

Usher Jose Carmona Ellen & John Hallacy Gerald Ulrich

Cantor Annette Kukla

Reader Sandy Power - rd 1 Mary Pat Harter - rd 2

Server Cory Skutt Katherine Skutt Hayden Skutt

EMHC Missy & Barry Skutt Amy Bauman

Usher Chuck Tobey Shirley Youmans NOT FILLED

Cantor Justine Coteng

Reader George Wise - rd 1 Susan Wise - rd 2

Server

Christopher Carattini Braden Roosevelt Nathan Johnson Jeremy Gallaway Renzo Sanchez

EMHC Glenn Belland Zachary & Nicole Johnson

Usher Brandi Gage Jim & Paula Hall Ann Harnisch

Sunday 8:00 am

Cantor Cecilia Krajewski

Reader Anthony Wojcik - rd 1 Nicole Mullis - rd 2

Server Elsa Mullis, Judy Rohr Nicholas Htet

EMHC Mary Ann Lupina Nancy & Neil Haack

Usher

Kimberly Gould Jerry Keller Kelli Marske Ben Mullis

Sunday 12:00 pm

Sunday 10:00 am

Lunes: 4:00 pm a 7:00 pm Adoración en silencio Capilla Centro Parroquial S. José 7:00 pm a 8:00 pm Adoración comunitaria Capilla Jueves: 6:30 pm Grupo de Oración Centro Parroquial S. José Viernes: 6:30 pm Ensayo de Coro, Salón de música Iglesia S. José Domingos: 4:15 pm a 4:45 pm Confesiones S. José - 5:00 pm Misa en Español

Ultreya (reunion de grupo) de Colores: 3r domingo de cada mes a las 6.15 en S. José. Charlas pre Bautismales: contactar a la Señora Josefina 589-7347.

Noticias de la communidad Hispana Spanish Community News

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Parish ● Board Room: BR ● Chapel: CH ● Cafeteria: Café ● Community Room: CR Calendar ● Music Room: MR ● Small Christian Community: SCC

MON 12:30 pm SCC, Squires, BR 4:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration, CH 6:00 pm St. Vincent de Paul, CR 6:30 pm SCC, Nielsen, BR TUE 9:00 am Legion of Mary, CR 1:30 pm SCC, Sheets, BR WED 7:00 pm Men’s Fellowship, CR THU 6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal, MR 8:00 pm Adoration-Vocations, CH SAT 5:00 pm Burmese Prayer Group, CR

JAN 5 12:00 pm Burmese Leadership, CR JAN 8 7:00 pm Adoration, Church JAN 14 7:00 pm Knights of Columbus 6:30 pm Book Club, BR JAN 8 9:00 am Daily Mass Breakfast, Lux JAN 9 7:00 pm Good News & Brews, Arcadia, Kalamazoo JAN 17 7:30 pm Gaudium Christi, CH JAN 24 6:00 pm Convivio Spanish, CR FEB 7 7:00 pm First Friday Rosary, CH

Weekly Monthly

Financial Information

Prayers for the Sick/Those in Need

Chris Bradley, Chuck Brown, Peggy Crane, Bernadette Emmons, Bradley Gagnon, Vicky Gray, Sharon Harris, Sr. Cyrilla, Jerry Johnson, Carolyn Kewley, Pat Kukla, Erika Leman, Nathan & Robert Lindstrom, Jakob Livingston, Victor Lupina, Scott Marko, Doug Marshall, Curtis Mason,

Katie Miller, Laurie Morris, Karen Partin, Cheryl Scales, Kathy Scott, Ron Seyka, Margaret Smith, Cristian Reyes Torres, Michael Wells, Elizabeth

Wells, Sara Wixson, Dee Wygant, Christine Ybarra, Marion & Ozzie Zull

Prayers for the Deceased

Daniel Boone, Alicia Hernandez, David Thome

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

If you no longer in need of Prayers for the Sick, please let us know you may be removed from the list. Email Ellen: etipton@bcacs.org. Thank you.

Due to an early

bulletin deadline for

the Christmas

Season, the Sunday

December 29

collection

information will be

included in the

January 12 bulletin.

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SPONSOR OF THE WEEK

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Our sponsors make it possible for our bulletin to be published free of

charge to our parish. Please thank them for advertising in our bulletin.

Protecting God's Children (VIRTUS) session is scheduled on February 19 starting at 6:00 pm in the St. Joseph Elementary School Library. This may be the last one scheduled in our area until next fall. Please go to VIRTUS.org to register. If you do not register online, your attendance will not be counted and you will not be able to go on field trips or volunteer at the schools.

Knights of Columbus

Pancake

Breakfast is next

weekend in the St.

Joseph Cafeteria

after the 8:00 am &

10 am Masses.

Menu includes: Pancakes, Omelettes, Scrambled Eggs, Sausage, Potatoes, Coffee, Tee, Hot Chocolate, Juices and Milk. Join us for food and fellowship.

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To be in the know, now and in the New Year, get the St. Joseph Parish

App! Text App to 88202

Our St. Joseph Parish App allows us to send you useful and important messages throughout the week regarding our parish life and events, and allows you to reply to messages or RSVP for events.

There are many great features on the app:

Your Weekly Bulletin can be accessed in your App. You can find prayers and get prayer reminders. You can set up confession reminders. You can see Featured Events, Parish Calendar and

Youth Ministry Schedule all in the calendar button. There is a daily message from Pope Francis in the

Pope's Message button. You are able to donate through the Giving button. You can join a group. Join a Group and Start a Discussion Go into the Groups button of the myParish app and tap the Join button. If you don’t already have an account you will be prompted to create an account. Once you have an account your join request will be sent to the moderator of the Group. The moderator will either accept or decline your join request.

There are several things that need to be in place for Group notifications to work. 1. Are you signed into the myParish app with the same account that you joined the group with? 2. Do you have notifications turned on within the phone settings for the myParish app? 3. Do you have notifications turned on for the specific group within the myParish app “My Account” tab? 4. Is your phone’s operating system up to date? Check your phone settings for operating system updates. 5. Is the myParish app up to date? Check your app store for updates. 6. Do you have a strong internet connection? Check WiFi and Data.

St. Joseph Catholic Church Page 6 Battle Creek, MI

BCACS & BCACS Foundation, 63 24th St N, Battle Creek, Michigan 49015 † 269.963.1131 † www.bcacs.org

BCACS Office ...Cathy Erskine 963-1131 BCACS Foundation ...Abby Lumbard 963-4771 BCACS Scrip ...Joy Finilla 963-3034 St. Joseph Elementary ...Jeanine Winkler 965-7749 St. Joseph Middle School ...Katy Arnson 963-4935 St. Philip High School ...Stacy Lightfoot 963-4503

Contact Us:

Tiger Paws

BCACS Position Available

St. Joseph Elementary is seeking a director for their SummerCare child care program for summer of 2020. The ideal candidate will meet the requirements of a director as outlined by the State of Michigan Licensing and Regulatory Affairs for Child Care. Additional requirements/certifications are as follows: Candidates must be at least 21 years of age. Must submit to fingerprinting and a background

check. Hold CPR/First Aid for Adults & Children, or

willingness to become certified Hold VIRTUS certification through the Diocese of

Kalamazoo, or willingness to become certified Willingness to complete appropriate health and safety

trainings as required by Child Care licensing. We are looking for a qualified individual to plan fun and engaging activities with the spirit, mind and body of every learner in mind.

Resumes may be emailed to: smyers@bcacs.org

Upcoming 2020 Calendar Dates

FROM A BCACS PARENT:

“BCACS has staff who love my children as their own, they have structure, discipline, love and a solid faith. They teach my children the importance of humbleness, selflessness and forgiveness. They are actively working with me to mold my children into the best people they can be now and for their future. Academically, the schools are further advanced than the other schools in our county. The education my children receive at BCACS is unparalleled.”

Our 2019-2020 Annual Fund Drive continues to grow! Each gift, large or small, gets us closer to our goal.

2019-2020 AFD Goals: Unrestricted Gifts — $250,000

Technology — $50,000 Tuition Assistance—$50,000

We hope that you will prayerfully consider a gift to the BCACS Foundation in 2020. Your tax-deductible gift to the BCACS Foundation ensures the prosperity of Catholic education and the success of our future leaders. Monthly, quarterly, or semi-annual, or annual gifts are accepted as well as gifts of stock, mutual funds, and IRA distributions. To make a gift or learn more about the important work of the BCACS Foundation, please contact

Abby Lumbard at 269-963-4771.

2019-2020 Annual Fund Drive

...To our dedicated donors who establish endowment

funds with the BCACS Foundation. These funds will

benefit BCACS for years to come.

...To our BCACS Dad’s Club, for replacing the

school’s DVD player.

January 26-31 Catholic Schools Week April 6-10 Spring Break April 26 First Holy Communion May 24 High School Graduation May 28 8th Grade Graduation May 29 Last Day of School

Enrollment for the 2020-2021

school year begins soon!

To learn more, call 963.1131.

Parish Clergy

Pastor .......Reverend Fr. Christopher Ankley frchris@bcacs.org Parochial Vicars ...................... Fr. Pius Cung

frpius@bcacs.org ................................. Fr. Andrew Raczkowski frandrew@bcacs.org Deacons ...... David Krajewski, James Nelson

Emergency Assistance St. Vincent de Paul Society ........... 969-5606

Pastoral Care of the Sick If you are homebound, contact Linda Kellogg ......................................... 965-2074

Sacrament of Baptism Parishioners should call the Parish Office to make arrangements.

Sacrament of Eucharist Sacrament of Confirmation

Contact our Schools or our Director of Faith Formation.

Sacrament of Marriage Parishioners must contact one of the parish priests at least six months before setting a wedding date.

Sacrament of Holy Orders If you or someone you know has a vocation, contact a parish priest for assistance.

Sacrament of Anointing the Sick In case of an accident, surgery or other emergency, call 962-0165.

Parish Staff

Parish Office Manager ........... Shirley Springer ▪ sspringer@bcacs.org 962-0165

Communications, Music .............. Ellen Tipton ▪ etipton@bcacs.org 962-0165

Faith Formation ..................... Barbara Kincaid ▪ bkincaid@bcacs.org 965-4079 Liturgy and Music .................... James Zalewski ▪ music@bcacs.org 962-2133 Pastoral Ministry ............ Sr. Cyrilla Jegla, RSM 965-1990 Youth Ministry ........................... Andrea Perry ▪ aperry@bcacs.org 788-7000

Parish Ministries

All Saints Superfest ....................... Ed Bauman ▪ edbauman@hotmail.com 962-1328 Boy Scouts Troop 235 ................. Bob Johnson ▪ scoutmaster325@gmail.com 965-7365 BC Catholic Weekly ...................... Missy Skutt ▪ mskutt@bcacs.org 989-205-3027 Catholic Men’s Fellowship ............ John Duyck ▪ jrdaddio@outlook.com 965-8954 Connecting with Mercy ................... Mary Sine ▪ sine74@msn.com Council of Catholic Women ...... Colleen Vitale ▪ cvitale@mail.com 989-723-1842 Echo Apprentice ......................... Ruby Briones

▪ rbriones@bcacs.org 962-0165 Evangelization Commission .. Suzanne Nielsen ▪ stjec@bcacs.org & Nancy Haack Family Activity Night ............... Loretta Mahley ▪ Lmahley30@icloud.com

Finance Council ............................. Ed Bauman ▪ edbauman@hotmail.com 962-1328

Formed Access Code ........................ PTRKXD Hispanic Community .. Fr. Andrew Raczkwoski ▪ frandrew@bcacs.org 962-0165 Jail Ministry ............................. Rita Wahmhoff ▪ ritawahmhoff@yahoo.com 968-3067 Knights of Columbus .............. Andrew Kincaid ▪ kincaid.tribe@gmail.com 589-5888 Lakeview Food Pantry............... Janet Borders ▪ jdbdvm@comcast.net 965-2632 Legion of Mary ........................... Linda Kellogg ▪ kellogg-dl@att.net 965-2074 Newcomers .................. Phil & Mary Sue Avery ▪ marysue_a@yahoo.com 979-9105 Our Catholic Community ……………Missy Skutt Tri-Parish Newsletter 989-205-3027 ▪ ourcatholiccommunity@bcacs.org Perpetual Adoration St. Philip ................ Betty ▪ bdillard7@gmail.com 962-8255 Prayerline ..................................... Linda Opack 962-7339 Small Christian Communities…………Judy Buch (Scripture Study) 425-9395 Spanish Choir ............................... Teresa Bello

269-274-7409 Spanish Prayer Group Sarah & Francisco Sanchez 419-5786 Spiritual Library ....................... Rita Wahmhoff ▪ ritawahmhoff@yahoo.com 968-3067 Tri-Parish Pro-Life Karen Rabineau, Julie Staab ▪ karenrabineau@gmail.com 517-227-0864 ▪ juliems3@zoho.com 317-7164

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