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JOSEPH PARISH
306 Iowa, PO Box 165, Olpe, KS 620-475-3326
Parish email: st.joseph_olpe@yahoo.com
Facebook: “St. Joseph Catholic Church”
Fr. Brandon Farrar, Parochial Administrator
Fr. Ratna Swamy Nannam MSFS, Parochial Vicar
fatherratnaswamy@gmail
April 14, 2019 – PALM SUNDAY
COLLECTIONS
Plate $ 97.00
Envelopes 1,877.00 (40 envelopes)
Mark your calendars……
Social Support 120.00 April 17 CCD – 7 PM
Leaven 18.00 Stations of the Cross – 7:10 PM
Capital Impr. 40.00 Knights of Columbus mtg. – after stations
TOTAL ……… $2,152.00 April 18 Holy Thursday Mass – 7:00 PM
April 19 Good Friday Service – 3:00 PM
THANK YOU! We are SO VERY APPRECIATIVE of all April 20 NO EASTER VIGIL MASS
who financially support our parish, especially as we April 21 Easter Sunday Mass – 8:30 AM
progress with building needs, etc. Reminder that if Easter egg hunt to follow
you are unable to attend weekend masses, you can April 24 LAST NIGHT OF CCD
mail your envelope to the rectory or drop it by April 25 Flying Needles – 1 PM - Plaza
during office hours.
April 28 SPRING FESTIVAL
NOTICE- The Parish Office will be closed on Good Friday, April 19.
“Dear St. Joseph's and St. Mary's families: Thank you so much for your loving prayers. My family (my mother,
sister, brother and their family members) is very much in need of your continued prayerful support. We have
scheduled my father's memorial service on April 17, 2019. Memorial Mass is at 11.00 am. Kindly be with us in
praying for my father and for my family. Your's in Christ, Father Ratna Swamy Nannam MSFS “
Please keep Father Swamy and his family in your prayers, as his Father passed away this past Monday.
Father Swamy will return on May 10; however, until then, we graciously appreciate your patience and
understanding in schedule and mass changes, etc. Thus, please join us in prayers for patience,
understanding, and cooperation during this time, especially during this Lenten season of prayer, love,
mercy, cleansing of hearts, renewal of faith, forgiveness, and trust in God.
LITURGY SCHEDULE
Holy Thursday, April 18 -7:00 PM Good Friday, April 19 – 3:00 PM service
Servers: John Musick, Brylie-Maryn-Daghyn True Servers: Brody Cole, Ethan & Nolan Redeker
Lector: Donna True Lectors: Michael Ratcliff, Donna Bolen
Ministers: Donna True, LeAnn Eberle, Kathy Stevenson Minister: Shirley Langley
Gift Bearers: Eric True family Gift Bearers: NONE at this service
St. Mary's, Hartford Altar Society Taco Lunch - Date: Sunday, April 28th - Time: 11:30 to 1:30
Location: St. Mary's Parish Hall Meal: Walking Taco, Drink & Dessert
Cost: Free Will Donation Proceeds - St. Mary's Altar Society to help support annual projects
We hope everyone has noticed the improvements made to our St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery thus far. We are
currently having the center sign painted. We hope to post our rules and regulations for the cemetery in the next
few weeks.
We continue to seek donations to complete the remaining sections of the cemetery fence and apply additional
gravel to the roadways in the cemetery from all the recent rains. Anyone interested in donating please see a
committee member.
We want to thank everyone who has assisted with the improvements thus far. We thank these individuals for
their time, talents, and treasures for our cemetery and Parish. We also appreciate the time and effort put in by
the committee members.
CRS works in over 100 countries to assist people of all backgrounds, working
side by side with others so they can lift themselves out of poverty, assisting during emergencies and
enabling people to build the resiliency they need to stand on their own. While it is an official agency
of the Catholic Church, CRS serves people based on need, not on creed, offering life-saving assistance
to people of all faiths, and people of no faith.
Don’t forget to bring your Rice Bowls back THIS WEEK.
There will be a basket in the back of church. THANK YOU!
♥“Holy Week for Marriage”♥
Praise, temptation to despair, indignant questioning from one who does not understand his
mission, rejection, and eventually, death; While all of these descriptions certainly apply to our
Lord’s experience during Holy Week, they also apply to the lived experience of every married
couple.
St. John Paul II said, “Married couples are a permanent reminder to the Church of what
happened on the Cross.” Jesus called himself the Bridegroom, and His Bride was the Church, so
we can imitate Christ in our marriages when we:
• Accept praise from others with humility and thanksgiving to God.
• Allow grace to strengthen our hope when we are tempted to despair over financial
situations or the choices our children will make.
• Choose to courageously witness to the beauty of marriage even though friends or
extended family may not understand our vocation.
• Forgive generously when we are hurt.
For other ways to joyfully witness your marriage, go to www.JoyfulMarriageProject.com
On Palm Sunday, we celebrate the first joy of the season, as we celebrate Our Lord's triumphant entrance into
Jerusalem where he was welcomed by crowds worshiping him and laying down palm leaves before him. It also
marks the beginning of Holy Week, with the greatest tragedy and sorrow of the year.
By now many of the Jews are filled with hate for Our Lord. They want to see him stoned, calling Him a blasphemer,
especially after offering proof of His Divinity during a winter visit to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Dedication.
After this, Jesus went to Perea, where he was summoned to Bethany. There he raised Lazarus from the dead, a
miracle which wins Him such renown among certain Pharisees that they decided finally to end His life.
Jesus took refuge at Ephrem returning six days before Passover to Bethany, triumphantly entering Jerusalem.
That evening, He leaves Jerusalem and returns Monday. He spent time with Gentiles in the Temple, and on
Wednesday left for the Mount of Olives. Here he foretold the apostles the events of the next several days,
including His impending death.