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St. Joseph Parish, September 20, 2020
If you are new to our Church or just visiting, we are pleased to have you share in this celebration of the Eucharist. If you would like to join our parish, registration forms are available in the Gathering Space, parish office, or by visiting St. Joseph’s website at stjosephnorthbend.com.
Hearing Devices are available for hearing impaired. (Please return used device after Mass to the lower basket to be sanitized. Please take the earpiece home with you as it can be used again.)
Welcome to St. Joseph!
Around our Parish
Please pray for Thomas A. Bell, James R. Lamping, Emily Patrick, Brian Reising, Heather Pfaffinger, Noah Oser, Kyle W. Wolfe, David DiGiovonni & all men and women serving our nation in the armed forces. If you are aware of other parishioners serving, please notify the parish office at 941-3661.
St. Joseph Prayer Chain – If you know of someone who needs or wants to be on the Prayer Chain, please have a family member call the parish office or Elaine Mack at 941-3499.
GARDEN CLEAN-UP
St. Joe's Garden clean-up will be Wednesday, September 30 at 8:30 a.m.
We are in need of volunteers for the clean up as well as for the fall maintenance of the gardens. No experience is necessary. Please join us at the Stations of the Cross on Wednesday, September 30th at 8:30 a.m. If you have questions, please call Barbara Rahschulte at 513-367-5451.
Thank you!
Various church groups are taking part in a peaceful prayer vigil in front of Planned Parenthood on Auburn Avenue, as part of the 40 Days For Life effort. Saint Joseph parishioners are scheduled to pray on Tuesday, October 6th, from 9 AM until 1 PM. Please sign up at 40daysforlife.com or call Beth Hegedus 513-207-8998 for more details.
Will you Serve the Lord? Liturgical Ministers Needed!
Each weekend Mass at St. Joseph Church has a team of ministers who assist with preparing the altar before Mass and assisting the priest during the celebration of the Mass. Ministers are trained volunteers with specific responsibilities in the roles of Coordinators, Extraordinary Ministers, Altar Servers, Lectors/Readers who assist the priest in different capacities and ensure Mass runs smoothly. Volunteer ministers are assigned on a rotating basis to avoid having any one person serve every weekend. Currently, to completely meet the ministry needs at one weekend Mass at St. Joe’s, the following 7 volunteers are needed:
1 Coordinator 1 Eucharistic Minister 2 Lectors 3 Servers
St. Joseph Church needs your help! Our minister pool has been greatly reduced during the COVID pandemic which has created a critical shortage of ministers to assist at Mass. We have fewer parishioners to pull from on the weekends as we have less in attendance due to social distancing and mask restrictions.
Please take some time to prayerfully consider how you might
be able to help as a liturgical minister to get us through this
crisis and beyond. “As each one has received a gift, use it to
serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied
grace.” 1Peter 4:10
Many are called, will you answer? If you could help please contact the parish office at 941-3661 or email us at [email protected].
The St. Joseph Knitting/Crochet Ministry is back to meeting every Wednesday at 1:00 pm in the St. Peter/St. Paul Room. We knit and crochet blankets and hats to donate to the Pregnancy Center West. To date we have already donated 63 blankets and hats!
This ministry also makes prayer blankets and shawls, which are a symbol of our faith community covering the parishioner/individual who receives it in prayer. The Ladies in our St. Joseph Knitting/Crochet Ministry have many prayer blankets/lap blankets we have knitted and crocheted with love and prayers to be given to anyone needing prayers, comfort and strength. This simple labor of love touches the lives of those who are going through difficult times. Prayer blankets made by the St. Joseph Knitting/Crochet Ministry can be picked up at St. Joseph Church. For more information or to pick up a blanket for someone you know, please contact Mary Beth Walter at 513-941-5885. If you find yourself cleaning out your craft room or organizing closets and discover some left over yarn that needs a new home, please consider donating to this ministry. We can make great things out of left-over yarn!
September 27th , 2020
Ezekiel 18:25-28 Philippians 2:1-11 or 2:1-5
Matthew 21:28-32
For links to commentaries on the Sunday Readings:
www.catholiccincinnati.org/oec/adults.htm
Sunday Readings
Vocation Views
The Kingdom of Heaven is built by mutual cooperation, not competition. Work together to build the Kingdom,
regardless of when God calls. (Matthew 20:1-16)
Stewardship & the Word TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
In today’s Gospel, the vineyard owner says, “I am free to do as I please with my money, am I not?” We are likewise free. Is a generous return to the Lord in
thanksgiving for His many blessings among the choices we have made?
In the Neighborhood
Stewardship of Treasure
Weekly Collection Weekly Goal $12,000.00
Offertory, September 6th and 13th, 2020 $ 15,519.00 On line Donations $ 8,119.00 Total Weekly Offertory $ 23,638.00
THANK YOU!
3rd Quarter Split the Pot Winner Share: $2,230.00 5200 Club $100 Winner for September 6th, 2020: Colette Kersting 5200 Club $100 Winner for September 13th, 2020: Karen Merkle
Natural Family Planning- Two new Live Online Classes beginning: Wednesday, Oct. 7, @ 7 pm AND Thursday, Oct. 8, @ 7 pm. For more information, or to register for a class, go to www.ccli.org or call 471-2000 or 800-745-8252.
40 Days for Life Kickoff Rally with Sue Thayer Sunday, September 20th – 1pm
We are pleased and excited to welcome Sue Thayer, National Director of Outreach for 40 Days for Life, as featured speaker at our Fall campaign Kickoff Rally, at our vigil site in front of Planned Parenthood, 2314 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati 45219. Sue was the former Planned Parenthood director in Storm Lake, Iowa, and was fired for speaking out against webcam abortions. She then led a 40 Days for Life campaign in front of that same abortion facility, which closed shortly thereafter. Please come to learn of Sue’s transformation and be inspired and encouraged to join in public prayer during the fall Cincinnati 40 Days for Life campaign at the Planned Parenthood vigil site. Hear her first-hand account of the good you can do for the babies and their families by simply standing on the sidewalk in prayer. Parking at Holy Name Church, 2422 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219, or on side streets. For more information, see “EVENTS” at www.40daysforlife.com/cincinnati
ST. JOHN’S CHICKEN DINNER DRIVE-THRU HARRISON, OH
Sunday, September 27th
11 a.m. until Sold Out 509 Harrison Avenue
Also collecting canned goods for St. Vincent DePaul
WESHARE
Pray the Rosary Nationwide for our country! Join us in Cincinnati at Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains on October 11th, 2020. 325 West 8th Street Cincinnati, OH 45202.
This Rosary Rally will be held on the steps of the Cathedral Basilica. Bring a lawn chair if needed. Meditation given by Fr. Ethan Moore at 3:30 pm, Rosary at 4:00 pm. For more information visit: RosaryCoastToCoast.com
SIGN UP TO PRAY A MINUTE
Do you believe in the power of prayer? Do you believe that our country is in desperate need of peace, justice and goodwill? If so, then go to www.PrayAMinute.comand pledge to pray just one min-ute more than you already do, every day, for the specific intention of peace, justice and goodwill. The site also contains inspiring reflections and useful prayer re-sources. Catholics from across the archdiocese are unit-ing in prayer from now until January 1, the World Day of Prayer for Peace, for the spiritual renewal of our country. Please join this movement!
St. Joseph Parish, September 20, 2020
FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2020: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 8:30 a.m. Pauline Rolfes (Steve & Elaine Kruse) 11:00 a.m. Parish MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 8:00 a.m. Lois J. Locore (Marien & Family) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 8:00 a.m. Unborn WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 8:00 a.m. Mary White (Tom & Jean Ahlers) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 8:00a.m. Robert Hesse (St. Joe’s Ladies Society) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 8:00 a.m. Daniel Zang (Eleanor Pope) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2020 4:30 p.m. David Kreuter (Donna Bruce) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 8:30 a.m. Parish 11:00 a.m. Charles Pahren (Dollenmayer Family)
Mass Intentions FOR SEPTEMBER 26TH AND 27TH:
4:30 P.M. MASS Lectors: Bill Schinkal, Tina Geers Extra-Ordinary Ministers: Rosalie Menke Co-Ord: Chris Neyer Ushers: Ray Doth, Bill Masterson Servers: Ethan Haas, Liam Haas, Bonnie Pflum 8:30 A.M. MASS Lectors: Bryan Simms, Greg Oswald Extra-Ordinary Ministers: Mary Jo Pfaffinger Co-Ord: Tom Walter Ushers: Steve Kruse, Rose Smith Servers: Anthony Longano, Teresa Longano, Ellie Simms 11:00 A.M. MASS Lectors: Denis Zahner, Kathryn Raaker Extra-Ordinary Ministers: Glenda Carota Co-Ord: Marion Merten Ushers: Bob Kirch, Ben Staubach Servers: Jacob Taylor, Dominic Spanyer, Volunteer
Minister’s Schedule
Sun., September 27: 8:30 am, 9:30 am Grades 3-6, Grade 2 Sacramental Prep, 11:00 am Mass Mon., September 28: 8:00 am Mass Tues., September 29: 8:00 am Mass Wed., September 30: 8:00 am Mass Live-Stream, 1:00 pm Knitting Ministry, 6:30 pm Confirmation Class Thurs., October 1: 8:00 am Mass, 9:00 am Rosary/Scripture Prayer Group Fri., October 2: 8:00 am Mass, 8:30 am Adoration Sat., October 3: 4:30 pm Mass, Live-Stream
Parish Calendar
Sun., September 20: 8:30 am Catechetical Blessing, 11:00 am Mass Mon., September 21: 8:00 am Mass Tues., September 22: 8:00 am Mass Wed., September 23: 8:00 am Mass Live-Stream, 1:00 pm Knitting Ministry, 7:00 pm Parent Confirmation Meeting Thurs., September 24: 8:00 am Mass, 9:00 am Rosary/Scripture Prayer Group Fri., September 25: 8:00 am Mass, 8:30 am Rosary Sat., September 26: 4:30 pm Mass, Live-Stream
Looking Ahead
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Reflection on the Gospel
GOSPEL: Matthew20:1-16 This Gospel is perhaps one of the most puzzling and disliked parables in the Bible because
of its perceived grave injustice. Some scholars say that the parable is told as a response to a
question Peter raised on behalf of his fellow apostles: What reward would they receive for
giving up everything to work in the Lord’s vineyard?
In this parable, no one is lazy. The men are standing around only because no one has hired
them. But once hired, they go to work and are paid the agreed wage at the end of the day. However, their sense of justice is
upset when those hired later in the day receive the same amount. They object to the fact that the late workers are getting
more than they should be paid. In truth, however, the landowner has not been unfair to the all-day workers, having paid them
the agreed wage. Rather, he decides to be very generous to the latecomers; hence, the second to the last verse of today’s
Gospel: “Are you envious because I am generous?” Envy on the part of Jesus’ followers is unwarranted since every gift of
God completely comes from his generosity, and not from any individual’s ability or activity. God’s justice looks more like
human mercy.
The parable has two other applications: one to Matthew’s community living several decades after Christ, and to us living
2,000 years later. In regards to Matthew’s community made up of mostly Jewish Christians and some Gentile Christians, the
farmer may have looked upon the Gentiles as the workers going out late in the day and receiving the same wages or in their
same spiritual blessings as the Jews who have been faithful to God all their lives. In this case, the Jewish Christians may
have erroneously believed that one earned salvation by good works. Salvation is a gift and not something we earn.
For us, the issue might be death-bed conversions like the good thief whom some, maybe many, believed ‘stole heaven.’ We
do not earn heaven by good works but, rather, by opening our hearts to God’s saving grace. Whether we have served him
from sunrise to sunset or enlisted for service only at the eleventh hour, God blesses us with his bounty not because we have
earned his goodness, but because of who he is, namely, a God of mercy and compassion. (Ascensioncatholic.net)
If you found a treasure map, would you just discard it? The value of a treasure map is determined by two factors.
Does the map lead to treasure? How great is the treasure?
The Rosary is like an ancient treasure map. It has led countless men and women
from all walks of life to the treasures of peace, joy, clarity, and contentment. If
you’re willing to give it a try and follow where it leads, you’ll find the Rosary is a
rich prayer that can transform your life. We spend the first part of our time
together, praying the rosary and then reading some of the readings for the following
Sunday Mass.
Join us Thursday mornings at 9 a.m., at the Pavilion in St. Joseph’s Garden, across from church,
to pray the rosary and discuss the upcoming Sunday Mass Readings. Contact Beth Scholl as below.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM
For Preschool, Kindergarten, and First grade: Children will meet during the 11:00 a.m. Mass for faith lessons and
play. Children in First Grade need to attend classes to be prepared for next year’s Sacramental Preparation.
For children in grades 2nd to 8th grades, you must register on-line if you did not do so for Summer
Program. To register, go to our parish website at stjosephnorthbend.com and click on Formation to follow
prompts, or contact Beth Scholl, DRE, by email: [email protected] or by phone: 513/941-3661,
x15. If you registered your child through the Summer Program, you will be contacted by email. All programs begin
this month, including Sacramental Preparation. Participation fee is $65 per child for the year, with an additional
fee of $35 for Sacramental Preparation.
Contact Beth Scholl: 513-941-3661, x.15 or [email protected] if you have questions.
St. Joseph Parish, September 20, 2020
Ministry
Oct 3/4 Sat 4:30 PM Sun 8:30 AM Sun 11:00 AM
Lector Ken Schmid Steve Kruse Lynn Hericks
Tina Geers Janet Leonhardt Kathryn Raaker
Coordinator Chris Neyer Tom Walter Ellen Maddin
Euch. Min. Carolyn Meyers-Hughes Holly Simms Marion Merten
Ushers Paul Beck Rose Smith Ron Pastrick
Bill Masterson Les Wilson Bob Sandhas
Servers Bonnie Pflum Joshua Paff Jacob Taylor
Shellie Weiskittel Nicholas Paff Hayden Vollrath
VOLUNTEER Ellie Simms Dominic Spanyer
Ministry
Oct 10/11 Lector Carolyn Meyers-Hughes Greg Oswald Bruce Tumlin
Fran Romweber Mary Russell Denis Zahner
Coordinator Mary Carol Davis Tom Walter Lynn Hericks
Euch. Min. Megan Pflum Dan Warnock Beth Scholl
Ushers Paul Beck Steve Kruse Bob Sandhas
Bill Masterson Rose Smith Ben Staubach
Servers Ethan Haas Anthony Longano Jacob Taylor
Liam Haas John Paul Longano Peter Williams
VOLUNTEER Teresa Longano Joe Bredestege
. Ministry
Oct 17/18 Lector Tina Geers Heather Dulle Michael Groh
Ken Schmid Bryan Simms Lynn Hericks
Coordinator Chris Neyer Tom Walter Marion Merten
Euch. Min. Rose Menke Sally Olding Bill Raaker
Ushers Paul Beck Steve Kruse Bob Kirch
Bill Masterson Les Wilson Bob Sandhas
Servers Bonnie Pflum Tommy Longano Hayden Vollrath
Shellie Weiskittel Dominic Spanyer Peter Williams
VOLUNTEER Ellie Simms Joe Bredestege
Ministry
Oct 24/25 Lector Bill Schinkal Steve Kruse Kathryn Raaker
Shellie Weiskittel Janet Leonhardt Bruce Tumlin
Coordinator Mary Carol Davis Tom Walter Ellen Maddin
Euch. Min. Terri Schinkal Mary Jo Pfaffinger Bill Raaker
Ushers Paul Beck Rose Smith Ron Pastrick
Bill Masterson Les Wilson Ben Staubach
Servers Ethan Haas Anthony Longano Jacob Taylor
Liam Haas Teresa Longano Hayden Vollrath
VOLUNTEER Tommy Longano Joe Bredestege
Ministry
Oct 31/Nov 1 Lector Fran Romweber Dick Janson Michael Groh
Carolyn Meyers-Hughes Greg Oswald Denis Zahner
Coordinator Chris Neyer Tom Walter Lynn Hericks
Euch. Min. Karen Long Cynthia Lucas Bill Raaker
Ushers Paul Beck Steve Kruse Bob Kirch
Bill Masterson Rose Smith Bob Sandhas
Servers Bonnie Pflum Joshua Paff Jacob Taylor
Shellie Weiskittel Nicholas Paff Peter Williams
VOLUNTEER Dominic Spanyer Joe Bredestege
Saturday 4:30pm · Sunday 8:30am, 11am Weekdays 8:00am
Holy Days: 8:00am and 7pm Parish Office
Hours: 8:30am-3:30pm M-TH 8:30am-12:30pm FRI Phone: 941-3661 Fax: 941-8559
Email: [email protected] Website: stjosephnorthbend.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/StJosephNorthBend
Bulletin Deadline: 10 days prior to publish date
Mass Schedule Pastor
Rev. Andrew Umberg (513) 941-3661 ext. 11
Pastoral Associate Marti Barnes
Business Manager Karen Thorpe
Director of Religious Education Beth Scholl
Music Director Mia Williams
Parish Staff
Confession: Saturdays @4:00 pm in Seton Room
Baptism: All parents are required to go through the Parish Baptismal Prepara-tion Class. Parents may choose to participate before or after the birth of their child. To register, please contact Marti Barnes, Pas-toral Associate.
RCIA: If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith please contact Marti Barnes, Pastoral Associate.
Sacrament of the Sick: Notify the Parish Office or Fr. Umberg for anointing of the sick, communion to the sick, shut-ins, or when in the hospital or nursing home. Matrimony: One of the engaged, or his/her parents, must be registered & an active parishioner at least 6 months prior to scheduling a wedding. Call or email Marti Barnes, Pastoral Associate, to make an appoint-ment with Fr. Umberg at least six months in advance of the wedding.
Sacraments
Pastoral Council
Member Phone Email Tony Bresser 473-8444 [email protected] Bruce Tumlin 353-4518 [email protected] Elaine Kruse 941-7613 [email protected] Don Larrick 941-0538 [email protected] Agnes Maddock 467-6887 [email protected] Michael Groh 574-7828 [email protected]
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