We say Yes to God through Prayer, Worship & Service
Do you enjoy working with children?

Our Faithful Beginnings Preschool
is looking for a few "helping hands!"  
We are in need of volunteers to assist in our preschool rooms from
3:45 -5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday at St. Joseph School.  Interested high school age or older volunteers please contact Shannon Carroll at
 

Community Night

Wednesday, 
September 20th 5-7 PM

St. Joseph School...

...  is holding our 3rd annual Service Marathon on Friday September 29th.    The school students, staff and families will be packing meals at Feed My Starving Children in Eagan.  FMSC, a Christian organization, provides nutritionally complete meals for starving, malnourished and hungry children and families worldwide.  Please join us by finding the information to sign up on our website:  

ThisWeekend This weekend
Archbishop Bernard Hebda is asking all parishes of the Archdiocese to join with Catholics around the country to take up a special collection on the weekend of September 23rd/24th  for Hurricane Irma emergency relief.
The funds given to this collection will support the humanitarian and recovery efforts of Catholic Charities USA, the official domestic relief agency of the US Catholic Church, and will provide pastoral and building support to impacted dioceses.
Checks are made payable to the  Center for Mission  and in the memo line indicate Hurricane Irma Relief Fund .
ATTENTION FAITH FORMATION FAMILIES!
REMINDERS:


  • Sunday School-   2nd session will be  Sept. 24th (skip Sept. 17th)
  • Youth EXPO-   Starts   Sunday, Sept.24th 6:00-7:30 pm
 

For more information on Faith Formation programs click here
Or contact Esther Jaeger at 651-423-4402 ext. 3225
Next Week
Calling all Grandparents!

RETURN
HOW TO DRAW YOUR CHILD BACK TO THE CHURCH
A 5-week video/book series for Catholic grandparents will be offered at our parish beginning October 4, 2017
  Registration forms are available in the kiosk and on the website.


DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR THIS STUDY SEPTEMBER 25th
Coats for Kids

"Warming hearts, one coat at a time"
 
 
When:   Before & After All  Masses -
              Sept 30th & Oct 1st and
        Oct 7th & Oct 8th
 
Thank you

Dear St. Joe's Parishioners,
The CAP Agency would like to thank you for enriching and supporting our "Back to School Drive".  By donating the items that we generally don't get much of we could supplement the children's backpacks and take some of the financial burden off our parents.  Because of you, the backpacks were so much better and we could serve more people.
              Sincerely,  The Cap Agency Staff

Coming soon...
Catholic Watchmen

Calling all Men and your teen sons/grandson to join us the first Tuesday of each month beginning Tuesday October 3rd from 7-9pm in  the Social Hall.  Snacks and beverages included and ending with Eucharistic Adoration in the Worship Space.
 

Blessing of the Animals
Saturday, October 7th @ 10am

We invite you to gather with us on Saturday, October 7th, at 10:00 am.   We'll remember not only the care of all creatures at our Blessing of the Animals (the first Saturday of October), but your pet will be blessed individually as well.  Please gather at the front School entrance by 10am. 

Parishioner Parishioner News & Info


WINNERS !!
 
$2500 - Patrick Ullery
$1000 - Sharon Peters
$750 -   Josh Mau
$500 -   Edilmira Avenido
$500 -   John Ritter
 
 
$250 Random Drawing for People Who Sold Tickets:   
Bernadine Kamen
 
  $500 Early Bird Drawing:  Karen Leiferman
 
  A BIG thank you to all those who participated

GROWING THROUGH LOSS

AN INTERDENOMINATIONAL COALITION OF SOUTH SUBURBAN CHURCHES PRESENTS THE SECOND IN A FOUR-WEEK SERIES:
 
Monday, September 25, 2017
7:00 -9:00 pm

Located at Church of St. Thomas Becket

 

Hero Scouts start here!

Interested families in grades Kindergarten through 5th grade, please contact Pack 207 Cubmaster Larry Johnson at 952.212.2264 or jlarry_14@yahoo.com ; boys in grades 6th through 12th grades, please contact Troop 207 Scoutmaster Jim Herget at 612.910.0955 or avherget@gmail.com.   Cub Scout information can be found online at www.heroscouts.org and Boy Scout information is available at  www.beascout.org .
Join as a scout or volunteer any time; no prior scouting experience required!

Respect Life Corner

September 27th
is the start of the 40 Days for Life Campaign. 40 Days for Life is an international movement of prayer, fasting, and peaceful prayer vigils at abortion facilities to bring attention to the injustice of abortion. These vigils are held two times per year, once in the fall and once in the spring.
  In the Twin Cities area, Pro Life Action Ministries has been coordinating campaigns since 2008. These vigils have resulted in babies being saved, women being helped with alternatives to abortion, and the public being made aware of abortion. In 2011 the abortion unit in Regions Hospital was permanently closed as a result of 40 Days for Life vigils making the public aware of babies being killed there. There are still four abortion facilities operating in the Twin Cities. Here are the average number of babies killed per abortion day: Planned Parenthood in St Paul-19, Whole Women's-10, Robbinsdale-5, Mildred Hanson office-6. This is a tragic loss of life each day.
St Joe's will be participating in the prayer vigil at Planned Parenthood in St Paul on Fri. October 13th & Sat. October 14th. Watch for more in information in upcoming bulletins, and please consider taking part in this vigil.  

Prayer Shawl Ministry ....

it is time to pick up our
knitting needles and crochet hooks! 
This ministry isn't unique to ladies only...
Any of your gents that knit or crochet are very welcome! 
If you are interested please call Marjorie Menard @
612-644-2300.
 
Hope you can join us!

Perhaps You Have Noticed Our New Temporary Signs!?
There are two new temporary signs helping to inform parishioners and anyone driving, biking or walking past The Church of St Joseph, about the new mass times and our School (K-8 and preschool). The current permanent sign (south entrance to the parish off of Biscayne) has banners affixed to both sides. The second sign is on the corner of Biscayne and Connemara and is a similar sign, is slightly larger and includes
"The Church of St Joseph".
 
Both signs will eventually have permanent solutions with a targeted completion before our 150 celebration next year in September. At this time we are looking to place an electronic sign on the corner of Biscayne and Connemara.
 
For anyone that may be interested in helping in any way with the design, construction and or funds needed to make this happen, please contact the parish office 651-423-4402. Thank you for your stewardship of time, talent and treasure.   Blessings~
 


Dear Parishioners,

Our New Mass schedule began the weekend of September 9th & 10th.  We will now be offering a 7:00 am Mass time on Sunday mornings and will no longer have the Sunday, 6:00 pm Liturgy.
The fall issue of Catholic Extension's magazine,  Extension, 
explores the vital role of women religious in mission dioceses as they reach out to the poor and marginalized to evangelize, mentor and provide pastoral care.
Download a free copy of Extension magazine below.  Its inspiring stories will help you learn more about the important efforts underway to build churches and the Church in America's poorest places, where faith is strong but resources are limited. A digital version of the magazine can be found at 

HYMNALS ARE HERE!!

Saturday, Sept. 9th & 10th
They made there debut!

It's not too late to dedicate a new hymnal! 
You still have an opportunity to donate $30 per Gather III hymnal. Donations may be made in honor of someone living, or as a memorial for a deceased loved one.  There will be a small bookplate in the front of each new hymnal to honor the designated individual.  We have 3 ways for you to make a donation...First, we have envelopes below the Monitor in the Gathering Space.  Secondly, you can go to our website. Last, simply clip the form from the bulletins and turn into the Parish Office. 
 Or click here  


For more information about the tour click here
Midweek Reflection


Special Note...

To my St. Joe's Family,
  Words cannot express my gratitude and love for this amazing parish. As I start a new leg in my journey I want to thank you all for the opportunity to be a part of your faith family for the past 17 years. It is with a heavy heart that I say "Goodbye". I've been blessed with relationships within this faith family which makes saying goodbye even that much harder.  Thank you for....
    The kindness you've shown me...
          For filling my life with joy...
                For the opportunity to share laughter, love and even a few tears...
  I will forever be grateful to Fr. Tom Hill, Fr. Paul Jarvis and Fr. Paul Kammen. These fine priests, no doubt the smartest men I've ever worked with and each so gifted in such wonderful unique ways have shown me great kindness over the years. They have been and will continue to be a blessing to me.
  My last day here at St. Joe's will be Friday September 29th and I will begin my new position at
St. Michael's in Farmington on Monday October 9th. Please keep me in your prayers and you can be assured that you all are in my prayers as well.
  God bless you and THANK YOU again for 17 wonderful years.       ~Patty

St. Joseph Catholic SchoolSchoolNews
For school news, please go to the top of this email.
Stewardship
150th Celebration #17
The 150th Anniversary

St. Joe's would love your photographs that may relate to our parish and history.  Do you have old photos of the Church(es) or school(s), or events & activities that took place.  Please include specific information for your photo as well as dates and names. 
(We will make copies of your photos)


In our Community   
Events around our area...


Saturday, September 23rd @ 6:00 pm- St. Michael, St. Cloud
Sunday, September 24th @ 6:00 pm-St. Charles Borremeo, St. Anthony
Monday, September 25th @ 7:00 pm- St. John the Baptist, New Brighton
Celebrate 100 Years of Fatima with The Miracle Hunter
  Website

Monday, September 25th ~ 6:45 pm-8:30 pm
ADHD, Autism, & Other Disabilities on the Spectrum
Shepherd of the Valley, Apple Valley

Tuesday, September 26th ~ 7-8 pm
Presentation by Jean Abbot:  Misdiagnosed
Sirba Hall @ Maternity of Mary Church, St. Paul
For more info call 651-489-8825


Thursdays Sept 28th -November 16th ~ 7-8:30 pm
Behold, 8 week series for Women Ages 21-29
Our Lady of Grace, Edina
Flyer               

Saturday, September 30th ~ 9-11 am - Check in at 8:30 am
8:00 am Mass for Life-optional
Justice For All @ St. Hubert-Fellowship Hall, Chanhassen
Pro-Life Ministry Workshop-Free to Attend
Church of St. Joseph | 651-423-4402 | www.stjosephcommunity.org