St.

Joseph Parish
Fr. John Cordes, Pastor
306 Iowa, PO Box 165, Olpe, KS 620-475-3326
Parish email: st.joseph_olpe@yahoo.com
Father John email: frcordes03@yahoo.com
Facebook: “St. Joseph Catholic Church”
February 11, 2018 – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Celebration of the Eucharist:

Mon-Friday @ 7:30 AM Saturday @ 5:00 PM Sunday @ 8:30 AM First Sat. @ 7:30 AM

St. Joseph Parish Contacts:

Parish Bookkeeper: Laurie Schmidt 475-3326 COLLECTION Last Week:
office hours - Wed./Fri. 9-12 Plate $ 88.00
Bulletin deadline-Wed.@ noon Envelopes 1,809.00 (40 adults)
Leaven 483.00
Altar Society: Kim Irwin 475-3295 Church in Latin America 1.00
Cemetery: Terry Taylor 340-5062 Capital Impr. 65.00
Finance Council Clare Spellman 208-6110 TOTAL …………. $ 2,446.00
Funeral Dinners: Linda Dieker 475-3567 NOTE: Thanks SO MUCH for your generosity
Knights of Columbus: Brian Flott 343-9241 and commitment to the financial stability of
Liturgy Committee Diana Kuhlmann 475-3784 our parish.
Pastoral Council: Diana Kuhlmann “
Religious Ed: Rose Redeker 475-3403

ST. JOSEPH PRAYER LIST

Robyn Bechtel, Montana Cole, Aiden Dreier, Gil Gardner, Dave
Goodell, Lorene Haag, Roy & Marilyn Kuhlmann, Amy R., Kevin
Redeker, Dave Schneider, Kerry Schulz, Gary Trear. Sat. 02/10 5:00 pm For the people of our parish
United States Army: SFC Matthew S. Richter, Sgt. Austin Sun. 02/11 8:30 am +Ida Joy Brown
Burenheide, Pvt. Johnnie Bell, Captain Jacob Haag Mon. 02/12 7:30 am +Lucille Trear
Marines: Lt. Colonel James Bechtel Navy: Robert King Tues. 02/13 7:30 am +Helen Windle
National Guard: Captain Ben Pimpl, Com. Sgt. Steve Harmon Wed. 02/14 ASH WEDNESDAY
7:30 am +John Blaufuss
Baptisms/Anointing of Sick/Counseling: 7:00 PM +Sylvia Klumpe
Contact Fr. John Thurs. 02/15 7:30 am +Father Francis Wendling
Marriages/Annulments: Fri. 02/16 7:30 am To be announced
Marriages – contact Fr. John 6 mos. prior Sat. 02/17 5:00 pm +Charles Lutz
Reconciliation: Sun. 02/18 8:30 am For the people of our parish
Saturdays @ 4:30 pm
First Sat. after 7:30 AM mass, or by appt. REMINDER: Ash Wednesday is Feb. 14 and
Adoration: masses at St. Joseph that day will be at 7:30 AM
Wed. in chapel – 8 am to 10 pm (use south door) and 7:00 PM. There will be NO CCD this evening
due to mass.
St. Joseph Church Facebook page NOW
has the weekly bulletin, which is updated HAVE YOU CALLED OR EMAILED your
every Friday morning. Check it out!! reservation for the Fish Fry on Feb.
23? Please do so soon so we can
NOTE: The rectory office will be reserve enough food!! THANKS!!
closed on Wednesday, Feb. 14.
 LITURGY SCHEDULE

ASH WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14 - 7:00 PM

Servers: CJ Miller, Isaac Miller
Lector: Dan Schneider
Minister: Dan Schneider
Gift Bearers: Vickie Miller family
Saturday, February 17 Sunday, February 18
Servers: Garrett Cole, Andon Temeyer Servers: Hannah Taylor, Neleh Davis
Lector: Jade Cole Lector: Michael Ratcliff
Minister: Joe Cole Minister: Aaron Cole
Gift Bearers: Dorothy Blaufuss Gift Bearers: Terry Taylor
Sacristan: Karen Hayes
NOTE: There will be NO Chalice (wine) until further notice due to flu/cold season.

LENTEN OPPORTUNITIES
With the Lenten season once again upon us, there are various opportunities to enhance and enrich our prayer lives
and parish family relationships. Please mark your calendar for these upcoming occasions:
 Stations of the Cross will be held on Wednesday evenings at 7:10 p.m. beginning February 21st
through March 28th
 Confessions and a Penance Service will also be available – times to be determined
 Stations of the Cross in the church followed by a Parish Fish Fry at the Knights Hall will be on Friday
evening February 23rd at 6:30 p.m. (CALL OR EMAIL YOUR RESERVATIONS ASAP!!)
 Speaker Sebastian D’Amico will be offering a morning retreat on evangelization on Saturday
February 24th at the Knights Hall

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for
Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence. For members of the
Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person
is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal.
The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church
from age 14 onwards.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR…..

Feb. 11 Biscuits & Gravy – Knights of Columbus - 7-10 AM
St. Joseph Cemetery annual meeting – Knights Hall – 6:00 pm
Feb. 14 NO CCD - Ash Wednesday mass at 7:00 PM
Feb. 20 Blood Pressure/sugar screening w/bingo – Fellowship meals – 10:30 AM
Feb. 21 Knights of Columbus meeting – 7 PM
Feb. 22 Flying Needles – 1 PM – Olpe Plaza
Feb. 23 Stations at 6:30 PM - FREE FISH FRY following at Knights Hall
Feb. 24 Sebastian D’Amico – Knights Hall - 9AM-12 - FREE (Breakfast at 8:30)
Feb. 25 Biscuits and Gravy – Knights of Columbus - 7-10 AM

Each year during the ACTS campaign, we pause and consider all the good
that is done because we give: the homeless are sheltered, the elderly are cared for; our
seminarians are prepared for future ministry, to name just a few. To date, St. Joseph has
collected only $2,765 of our $12,805 goal with only 2 weeks left! Please return your pledge
card in the collection or by mail SOON! Thanks!
 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS
2018 Lottery tickets are still available, but going fast. Contact Brian Flott, Doug Schmidt, Mike Cole, Les
Barnhart and Dan Schneider. The Knights of Columbus would like to thank everyone for their continued
support of the Building Renovation Lottery as the next phase of the project approaches, remodel of the
Kitchen and Club room, targeted for February 2019.

MARRIAGE MINUTE
When things are difficult in our marriage, we can often isolate ourselves. We can feel like the lepers in this weekend’s
readings, waiting for rejection from others we think will consider us “unclean.” This is reinforced when we see others who
seem to have minimal problems. Like the lepers, the problems themselves seem so much bigger when faced alone. When
Jesus healed the lepers, he not only ended their physical suffering, but invited them back into community. If you are
hurting in your marriage, he wants to heal your hurts and put you back in relationship with your spouse and with His
Church.
• Find a counselor at www.archkck.org/catholic-counselors
• Talk to a couple you trust
• Learn a proactive and healthy way to reconcile through the Everyday in Love program,
www.archkck.org/everyday.

ATTENTION YOUTH!!
Registration for Camp Tekakwitha opens JANUARY 30. Visit their website at
www.archkck.org/camp. If any youth are interested in an opportunity to attend
without cost, please see Father John ASAP!!
This year’s J-High Rally is coming up on February 25th! Don’t miss out on an awesome day at Prairie
Star Ranch, featuring Emily Wilson, along with the Mikey Needleman Band, Mike Debus and more!
The cost is $25 in advance. Talk with your CCD teacher or Father John about getting signed up today.

A LONG OVERDUE "THANKS" is due to the many parishioners who have been
volunteering their services and/or costs for repairs and maintenance of our
church, grounds, and rectory. Specifically, "THANKS" to Les Farr for repair of the church
kneelers, "THANKS" to Alan Nuessen for snow removal, "THANKS" to Dave Cole, Steve Kuhlmann,
Mike Cole, Eric Schreiner, Les Barnhart, & Doug Schmidt for their endless hours of work & volunteer
labor. I know this list is incomplete, so please call or email and let me know who we've forgotten. We
TRULY appreciate everyone and all efforts!!!
Update on Parish Visioning
WOW!! What a turn out! On Thursday evening, February 1st, over 40 parishioners showed up to kick off our parish’s
strategic planning process. After a welcome by Fr. John and a report from the Pastoral Council by Diana Kuhlmann,
Steve Ehart from the Office of Mission Strategy at the Archdiocese gave a presentation about the process. Teams were
formed for four of the parish’s five major goals, with several teams created to address Goal 1 – pastoral priorities.
Teams met immediately following the presentation and began discussions and planning. It was so exciting to hear the
conversations and feel the energy in the room as ideas were formed about where we want our parish to go and what
we want to look like in the next 5 to 10 years. Future team meetings are scheduled for late February and early March.
The goal is to have progress reports from each team to Fr. John in March and April, with a final roll out of the
objectives and action plans slated for May 3rd.

The foundation of the strategic plan is as follows:

Parish Mission Statement
By the grace of God, to celebrate, live and joyfully share our Catholic faith.

Parish Goals
Together we commit ourselves to:
Goal One: PROVIDE FOCUS AND IMPROVEMENT TO PASTORAL PRIORITIES
through purposeful planning and execution. This includes:
CONVERSION, EVANGELIZATION, ALL FORMS OF CATHOLIC
EDUCATION, OUTREACH TO THOSE IN NEED, YOUTH MINISTRY, AND
SENIOR ENGAGEMENT.
Goal Two: ENRICH THE SUNDAY EXPERIENCE for all parishioners and guests in
order to provide them opportunities and to encourage them to grow
as disciples of Jesus.
Goal Three: FOSTER PARISHIONER ENGAGEMENT that creates a healthy, vibrant
and living parish community, fully capable of carrying out the mission of
the Church of Jesus Christ.
Goal Four: PROVIDE FOR PARISH FINANCIAL VIABILITY AND VITALITY through the
development and implementation of a parish budget that is designed to
integrate stewardship, development, facility needs and expense
management with transparency and open communication to parishioners.
Goal Five: PROVIDE WELL-MAINTAINED FACILITIES for the parish mission and
ministries through a continual maintenance awareness and
stewardship of facilities effort.

If you have any questions about the process please feel free to contact Fr. John or Diana Kuhlmann (475-3784). If you
are interested in being on a team but were unable to attend, please contact Diana Kuhlmann and she will get you
connected with a team leader.

LIVING IN TRUTH: KANSAS CITY CATHOLIC WOMEN’S CONFERENCE will be Saturday, Feb. 24
from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Be inspired, get practical advice, and much more! Church of the Ascension,
Overland Park, KS Registration fee $25. Register online at www.livingintruthkc.com .

“Men Under Construction” , the Catholic Men’s Conference, will be Saturday, Feb. 17 at Church of the
Ascension. Register at www.ksmuc.org . Featured speakers this year are Lamar Hunt, Jr., Deacon Dana
Nearmyer, Michael Shirley, and Father Andrew Strobl.