St. Joseph Parish: Celebration of The Eucharist
St. Joseph Parish: Celebration of The Eucharist
St. Joseph Parish: Celebration of The Eucharist
Joseph Parish
Fr. Brandon Farrar, Interim Parochial Administrator
306 Iowa, PO Box 165, Olpe, KS 620-475-3326
Parish email: [email protected]
Facebook: “St. Joseph Catholic Church”
August 5, 2018 – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
CCD NEWS……
CCD will begin on AUGUST 29. We are still needing a few teachers!! Parents are invited to
attend the opening night, which will be OH SO SPECIAL with a guest performer! ALSO,
Sebastian D’Amico will be speaking on Nov. 28; and we have SO MANY new and exciting events
and activities planned this year!
Our parish has purchased a new religious education series for the elementary grade levels. The new
series is titled, "Finding God" and it has an adaptive kit as part of the series. Pam Riordan, Consultant
for Children's Catechesis for the Archdiocese, has set the following date and time for training with the
religious education teachers of our parish. The date is August 26, from 2:00 until 4:00 pm. Pam may
invite other teachers in our archdiocese to join us for this training session. We will meet in the Knight's
Hall.
If you are a volunteer in ANY capacity, you are required to complete VIRTUS training prior to working with children. The
training makes participants aware of the signs of child abuse, the methods and means by which offenders commit abuse,
and five easy steps one can use to prevent abuse. We encourage all parishioners to attend this one time training session at
SACRED HEART PARISH HALL – Emporia – Thursday, August 23 (6:30-9:30 PM) OR Saturday, Sept. 8 (9:30 AM-12:30 PM).
Please preregister online at www.virtusonline.org. Light snacks will be provided.
IHOP in Emporia has released a new promotion to promote community involvement. Just bring in
the church bulletin to their Emporia location, and they will offer a 20% discount off your total check.
What a deal!!
OUTREACH MINISTRY
Due to a few requests, we will be extending our Soles4Souls shoe collection for a few more weeks. Have you
ever bought Zappo’s shoes? They are the company that’s supplying free shipping labels for our boxes of shoes
going to Soles4Souls. We will try to run our shoe collection again later, so let Dorothy Blaufuss or one of the
Outreach committee know when you would like to see it again.
ALSO……Did you know that CCD collects aluminum cans even during the summer? They use the money for
various charities. Please include ONLY aluminum cans—not aluminum pie plates or foil. This is a different grade
of aluminum and must all be sorted out. THANKS!
The Outreach committee is also wanting to remind parishioners of the Spiritual Works of Mercy. For these, we
borrowed some comments from Bill Scholl, the Archdiocese director of Social Justice. They are:
Bear Wrongs Patiently: Change the things you can and accept the things you can’t change.
Overlook minor flaws, pray for those who hurt you, and work at being
less critical.
Pray for the Living and the Dead: Offer to pray for people and really do it. Make a list of
people to pray for and pray for them by name. Pray for the people listed
in the Bulletin. Make a list of people who have died that you know (or
those in the news) and pray for them.
Admonish sinners: Look for the first sinner to admonish in the mirror. Pray for those who are
making difficult decisions in life.
Counsel the Doubtful: Make yourself available to listen to and affirm people in ways that help
them see that they are a good gift. Encourage one another. Make time
to spend with family and friends and really be present. Silence those
phones for a while and talk to people face to face.
The U.S. bishops urge our participation each Friday in a nationwide Novena for the Legal Protection of
Human Life, August 3-September 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!