PA R I S H S T A F F

Fr. Jason Johnston frjason@stjosephstarkville.org

Pastor

Deacon Jeff Artigues deaconjeff@stjosephstarkville.org

Pastoral Minister and DRE

Deacon John McGinley

deaconjohn@stjosephstarkville.org

Mrs. Meg Ferguson ccm@stjosephstarkville.org Director of Campus Ministry

Mrs. Kazie Richardson kazie@stjosephstarkville.org

Accountant

Mrs. Dawn McGinley

dawn@stjosephstarkville.org Administrative Assistant

Dr. Dave Monts rcia@stjosephstarkville.org

Director of RCIA

M A S S T I M E S

Sunday 9:00 am, 11:30 am, 5:30 pm

Wed & Fri 12:05 pm

Tues & Thurs 5:30 pm

OFFICE HOURS

Mon-Thurs 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Fri 8:30 am - 12:00pm

R E C O N C I L I A T I O N

Tuesday 4:30 pm - 5:25 pm Thursday 5:00pm - 5:25 pm Sunday 4:30 pm - 5:20 pm

First Saturdays 9:30 am or by appointment

ADORATION OF

THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Tues 7:00 am – Wed 7:00 am

Second Sunday of Lent March 8, 2020

St. Joseph catholic church

6 0 7 U n i v e r s i t y D r . S t a r k v i l l e , M i s s i s s i p p i 3 9 7 5 9

Office: (662) 323-2257 StJosephStarkville.org

Fax: (662) 323-2258

Sunday, March 15

9:00 am -Peter Whelan Hayes, Jr. +

11:30 am – People of St. Joseph

5:30 pm - Catholic College Students

Encountering the Divine In the Gospel today we hear the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus. The char-acters from Scripture who appear are Moses and Elijah. Of course, they repre-sent the fulfillment of Law and the Prophets. But they also had experiences of the Divine themselves. Moses goes up the mountain of God and there experi-ences a bush on fire that is not consumed. There he receives a call to go to Pharaoh and lead God’s people out of Egypt. Elijah goes into the wilderness and walks forty days and forty nights until he comes to the mountain of God at Horeb, where Moses had also been. There he receives a call and a mission to anoint two kings and a prophet to succeed him. Jesus also goes to a high mountain along with His apostles and He is also on a mission. His mission is to suffer, die, and rise. Here, Jesus is transfigured, and His Divine identity is re-vealed. In all of these events, each has an encounter with the Divine. During this holy season of Lent, it could be helpful for all of us, at some point during these forty days, to “go up the mountain.” To find some time for prayer and re-treat. To go wherever we need to go or do whatever we need to do in order to go to meet God. And when we do, we ought to rest in that and give thanks for the moment. Then we’d each have a fulfilling Lent. Peace, Fr. Jason Johnston

MASS INTENTIONS (+) Deceased; (SI) Special Intention

Monday, March 9 12:05 pm – Margeurite Joseph Sherman +

Wednesday, March 11

12:05 pm- Special Intention

Thursday, March 12 5:30 pm - Familia Hernandez Rodriguez (SI)

Friday, March 13 12:05 pm - Charles Gerald (SI)

Saturday, March 14 5:00 pm – People of Corpus Christi

Tuesday, March 10

5:30 pm - Clayton Rosener +

STEWARDSHIP IN ACTION

March 1, 2020

Sunday Offering (No collection counted) Total Online Giving $ 2,608.00

REFLECTION

“Bear your share of the hardship for the Gospel,” St.

Paul tells Timothy in today’s second reading. What

sacrifice is asked of me for the sake of the Gospel?

How willing am I to bear my share?

Visit our website to see how you can give online

StJosephStarkville.org

Readings for the Week

March 9 -Monday DN 9:4-10; LK 6:36-38

March 10 - Tuesday IS 1:10, 16-20; MT 23:1-12

March 11 - Wednesday JER 18:18-20; MT 20:17-28

March 12 - Thursday JER 17:5-10; LK 16:19-31

March 13 - Friday GN 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28; MT 21:33-43, 45-46

March 14 - Saturday MI 7:14-15, 18-20; LK 15:1-3, 11-32 March 15 - Sunday EX 17:3-7; ROM 5:1-2, 5-8; JN 4:5-42

Here’s what’s going on this week at St. Joseph (CCM events are in maroon)

Spring Break Week - Office Closed Sunday, 3/8 10:15 am - NO Adult Education 10:15 am - NO K-8th Religious Education 1:00 pm - Birthday Party (Hall) 1:30 pm - Ladies Quilting Group (Center) 4:30 pm - Confession (Church) 6:30 pm - NO High School Religious Ed.

Monday, 3/9 5:30 pm - Boy Scouts (Hall) 6:30 pm - KC 4th Degree Meeting (Center)

Tuesday, 3/10 7:00 am - Men’s Lenten Breakfast (Hall) 7:00 am - Presidential Primary (Hall) 8:00 am - Companions on the Journey (Center) 10:00 am - Ladies Knitting Group (Lounge) 5:30 pm - Rule 62 (Lounge)

Wednesday, 3/11 5:30 pm - Rule 62 (Lounge) 6:00 pm - 9:00 Choir Practice (Church) 6:30 pm - NO RCIA 7:00 pm - NO LIFT Thursday, 3/12 9:00 am - Ladies Study Group (Center) 5:00 pm - Confession (Church) 6:00 pm - Rosary (Church) 6:15 pm - KC Business Meeting (Center)

Friday, 3/13 11:30 am - Pro-Life Rosary (Church) 11:30 am - Food Pantry Bagging (Hall) 5:00 pm - K of C Fish Fry (Hall) 5:30 pm - Stations of the Cross (Church) 6:00 pm - K of C Fish Fry (Hall) 7:00 pm - NO 5:30 pm Mass Choir Practice

Saturday, 3/14 9:00 am - Food Distribution (Hall) 10:00 am - Rule 62 (Lounge)

Sunday, 3/15 10:15 am - Third Sunday Coffee & Donuts (Hall) 10:15 am - NO Adult Education 10:15 am - NO K-8th Religious Education 1:30 pm - Ladies Quilting Group (Center) 4:30 pm - Confession (Church) 6:30 pm - NO High School Religious Ed. 6:30 pm - CCM Bags to Beds (Hall)

Thought for discussion for the ride home

In the psalm today, we pray that we might put out trust in the Lord. What are some ways we might be able to do that?

Food Pantry

Bagging for the Food Pan-try will be in the parish hall on Friday, March 13, 11:30

a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Food Pantry distribution will be Saturday, March

14th, 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall.

RCIA

RCIA will not meet on Wed., Mar.11 because of Spring Break. The RCIA First Scrutiny will be

celebrated at the 5:30 p.m. Mass on Sunday, Mar. 15.

For more information, contact Dave Monts,

(662) 263-6946, rcia@stjosephstarkville.org.

OFFICE CLOSED/5:30 Mass The parish office will be closed this week, March 9-13, 2020 for Spring Break. There will not be a 5:30 pm Mass on March 8th but there will be one on March 15th.

KC Rosary The intention for the KC Rosary this Thurs-day is for the Culture of Life. We invite eve-ryone to pray the rosary with us after the 5:30 pm Mass.

Master Plan

We hope you can meet with Cory after the 9am and 11:30 Masses on Sunday, March 22, so that everyone can have an understanding of what is going on and an opportunity to provide input or feedback.

Calling all College Students!

Take a break from the everyday routine and rest in the presence of God! Come join us on CCM’S

Spring retreat “Understanding the Spiritual Life” on March 27th-28th. We’ll meet at St. Joseph’s at 4 pm on Friday, March 27th and return to St. Joseph’s at 7 pm on Saturday, March 28th. We’d love to have

you join us! Saint Joseph’s Knights of Columbus

Friday Fish Fry

Fried catfish - French fries - Cole slaw - Hush puppies

Starting at 5:00 p.m. dine in or take out

We will also have plates available after Stations of the Cross

Adult plate $10.00 Child plate $5.00 (12 & under)

Student plate $7.00 Family small $25.00 (2 adults & 2 children)

Family large $30.00

“Best Catfish in town” Father Jason

St. Joseph Feast Day Celebration

Our parish feast day will be cele-brated on Thursday, March 19th

immediately following the 5:30 pm Mass.

The meal this year will be potluck. Bring your favorite pasta, vegetable or salad.

Wine, tea, lemonade and desserts will be provided.

If you want to make cookies for the altar, please pick up a recipe sheet from the table in the back of the church

and bring the cookies on Thursday, March 19th. We also need fresh vegetables to place on the altar. Those can

also be brought to the parish hall on Thursday March 19th before noon.

Men’s Lenten Breakfasts

We are having Lenten Breakfasts every Tuesday during Lent. We will hear a reflection based on the Characters of Christ’s Passion and share some time together discussing the presentation while enjoying a

delicious breakfast prepared by the Knights of Co-lumbus. We joyfully invite all the men of our parish

to join in this wonderful time together. It all begins at 7:00 am and ends by 7:45 am.

Reflections are given by Fr. Jason, Deacon Jeff and Deacon John.

Stations of the Cross

Please join us every Friday at 5:30 pm in the Church to pray the Stations of the Cross.

The KC Fish Fry immediately follows in the

parish hall.

Religious Education Classes

All Religious education classes will not meet today

Sunday, March 8th or Sunday, March 15th due to

Spring Break. Enjoy your break!

Grief Support Group

The Grief Support Group will not

be meeting this week.

The next meeting will be Monday, March 23, 2020 in the Parish Center Lounge

Annunciation Catholic School News

Annunciation Catholic School teaches the whole child in a Christ-centered environment. We encourage all chil-

dren to meet their full potential by building character, fos-tering community, and creating life-long learners.

If you are interested in a top-notch Catholic education, please contact Katie Fenstermacher, Marketing and Ad-

missions Director, at (662) 328-4479.

Please join us next Sun-day, March 15th in the parish hall immediately

following the 9:00 AM Mass

for coffee and donuts!

Easter Lillies

If you would like to donate a lily for our Easter altar, envelopes are provided

in the back of the church for your con-venience. Please put $12 with your full name, phone number and the

name of the person(s) you wish to honor or remem-ber into the envelope, and return it in the Sunday of-

fering or bring it by the Church office by Monday, April 6h. Thanks!

Lenten Lunches Every Wednesday during Lent, the Starkville Ministerial Association is sponsoring a weekly Lenten Luncheon at 12:00 noon at the First United Methodist Church. FUMC is located at 200 W. Lampkin Street downtown. All are welcome an encouraged to attend.

Mardi Gras Fundraiser Final Total

The final total for our Mardi Gras food pantry fundraiser was $2,655.00. Thank you to everyone who donated and

we are especially grateful to Woodmen of America for matching $2,500.00 of that total.

Parish Lenten Mission

Luke Arredondo, PhD will be leading us in our parish mission on March 17th and March 18th. It starts at 6:00 pm in the Parish Hall and then we will move to

the church at 7:00 pm.

Tuesday Night: Baptism and Lent In this talk, Luke will connect the imagery of the rite of baptism with the story of salvation history, as well as the journey through Lent. Come learn how the 40 days of Lent tie in to the great drama of God's salva-

tion. Bring your bibles!

Wednesday Night: Christian Initiation and Lent In this talk, Luke will explain the richness of the RCIA process and how it relates to our journey through Lent. We will learn about the phases of the initiation process as well as how Catholics who have already been initiated have a key role to play in bringing new members into the Catholic Church. Luke Arredondo, PhD (Candidate), is the Director of Faith Formation for the St. Philip Institute of Catech-esis and Evangelization in the Diocese of Tyler, Tex-as. He earned an MA in Theological Studies at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, LA, studying under Brant Pitre and Chris Baglow. His PhD dissertation focuses on Leo XIII's role in the development of Catholic theology in the 20th century. He is the co-author of O My Jesus: The Meaning of the Fatima Prayer (Paulist Press, 2017)

Parish Reconciliation Service

Join us for a parish reconciliation service on Thursday, March 26th at 6:00 pm (immediately following the 5:30

pm Mass). We will have several priests from our neigh-boring parishes to come hear your confessions. Lent is a wonderful time to receive this very important Sacrament,

so please make plans to come.

ACS Upcoming Dates March 9 - 13 Spring Break March 26 - 27 Middle School Musical March 27 Jeans for Green April 8 2:00 Living Stations of the Cross

Prayers for Parishioners David Darce John Andol Mary Sowers Peter Franco Flo Henley

Jack Blendinger

Rose Fischer

Maria Elena Cristova

George Sills

Ronnie Puckett

Lea Pitre

Tim Bastow

Diane Crutchfield

Edwina Hogue

Lee Ann Wilson

Joe & June Schmidt

Duane Aultman

Fr. Lenin Vargas

Twila Alpe

Dan Ryder

Joel Okula

Dan Stumpf

Mary Beth Moore

Barbara Clynch

Kathryn Randall

Theresa Lollar

Ana Maria Lopez

Robert Harris

Trish Auel

John Simpson

Al Baca

Patricia Raines

Jason Rollins

Susan & Virginia Brown

Dianna & Kolten Janus

Jane Ammerman

Charley Joel

Kathy Winston Jane Bell

Lainie Anthony

Barb Grzybowski

Emily Jones

Mary Runnels

Hugh Comish

Tara Puckett

Dee Cook

Barbara Setaro

Prayers for Families and Friends of Parishioners

Adam Fuhrmann Christian Bondi Ryan Mangum Matt Savage

Cory Delouche Robert Elias

Clayton Eckler Conor Mangum

Prayers for our soldiers Prayers for our seminarians Dcn. Cesar Sanchez Dcn. Andrew Nguyen

Carlisle Beggarly Andrew Bowden

Ryan Stoer Tristan Stovall

Relatives of Barbara Frank Dianne Coolidge and Henry Coolidge: friends of a parishioner John Riske and Lois Riske: parents of Sarah Tweitmeyer Deborah Cox: friend of Hillary Smith Myra and Bob Fritzius: friends of Barbara Frank Susan Griffin: friend of Jeri Mangum Doris Roge’: sister of Curt Delouche Stan Rodgers: friend of Dennis & Deborah Reginelli John Reginelli: brother of Dennis Reginelli Kyle Williams and Wanda Box: friends of John and Jeanne Marszalek Ledge McDowell: brother-in-law of David and Mike Reese Maggie Reedy: niece of Mary June Lavelle Davis Hogue and Peter Soules: uncles of Robin Pigg Mike Buisson: friend of Robin Pigg Kim Coenen: friend of Beverly Wilson Vic “Sarge” Nickels: friend of David Darce Denise Kidd former parishioner and friend of Katy Richey John B. Lane, III: uncle of Dianna Janus Logan McPhail: grandfather of Laura McPhail

Mary Kay Collins: sister of Barbara Setaro & Rich Herschede

Sara Wilson: sister–in-law of Beverly Wilson

Bernie McGinley: father of Deacon John

Lisan Woods: friend of Mary Lavelle

Donnie Buckner & family: friends of Parish-ioner

Edmund and Shirley Blancher: uncle & aunt of Kathryn Barbier

Charles Gerald: bother of Hugh Gerald

Larry Priest: friend of Parishioner

Ida Harrell: friend of Parishioner

Marilyn Muse: friend of Mary June Lavelle

John Lord: friend of Beverly Wilson Catherine and Michael:: sister and brother of Trish Auel Jon Walker: friend of Tim Bastow

T. Moore: friend of Demi Dunne

Cody Ray Slaughter: friend of Jack Day

Michael Goff: friend of Susan Brown

Monica Monts: sister-in-law of Dave & Barbara Monts

Muse Davis: brother-in-law of John & Gloria Correro; husband of Linda Davis

Carol Reese : sister of David & Mike Reese

The Burnham family: friends of a parishion-er

Chris Coleman & family: friends of a parishioner

Parents of a parishioner

George Bond: relative of Melissa Fol-lett

Eugene Sheehan: friend of Joel Okula

Gizela Jalocha: mother of Bo Haupt

Mary Delaney Hall: niece of Mark Ja-nus

Mary Hellen & Chloe Zamiela: friends of Demi Dunne

Mary Lynn McKee: sister of Jay & Laura McKee

The Dakhlalla family: friends of the Folletts

Carly: friend of Tim Bastow

Pat Wilkes: daughter of Mary Runnels

Kyle Williams & Hector Mula: friends of John & Jean Marszalek

Gary Dildy: cousin of Kathryn Barbier

The Shippel family: friends of the Keiths

Jean Kelley: sister of Mary June Lavelle

Bob Nadorff: father of Michael Nadorff

Bob Lambert: brother of Mary McCoy

Gary Keith: father of Jason Keith

Walter Stewart: father of Sarah Nedoff

Dan Reese: brother of David Reese

Stefanie Zadravec and LS Wills: friends of Demi Dunne

Kelson Bohna: son of Ron & Dana Bohna

Barbara Brown :mother of Robin O’Nan

Margaret Williams: aunt of Tamara Allen

Dawn Repta & Walker Scrivner: cousin & friend of Gregg Twietmeyer

Family of Rebecca Howell Trevino: cousin of Margaret Ann Chandler

Cindy Pittman: daughter of Wil & Judy White

John Weston: nephew of Fred & Julie Smith

Mike Delouche: son of Curt & Shirley Delouche

Greg Bevill: son of Amelia Bevill

William Stephens, Melinda Redwine, Brenda Sisson & Audrey Scales: friends of Jimmy & Patti Abraham

Fr. Robert Dalton: friend of Al Baca

Conor Moran: nephew of Barbara & David Monts

Lyn Barbier: mother of Kathryn Barbier

José Solorzano: father of Fr. Mario Solorzano

Nicky Cumberland: friend of Courtney Slattery

Olivia:friend of Alex & Cindy Harris

Amy Arnault: sister of Lynne Ryder

Christina Moore: daughter of Billy & Mary Beth Moore

Alexander Rosener & family: brother of Dianna Janus

Abraham & Bobbie Potts: friends of a parishioner

Tom Lavelle: son of Mary June Lavelle

Prayer to St. Michael

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil;

May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host,

by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan

and all evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls