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”
January 14, 2018 – First 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: COLLECTION Last Week:

Parish Bookkeeper: Laurie Schmidt 475-3326 Plate $ 253.75
office hours - Wed./Fri. 9-12 Envelopes 1,760.00 (47 adults)
Bulletin deadline-Wed.@ noon Capital Impr. 10.00
Altar Society: Peggy Wendling 475-3980 Leaven 20.00
Cemetery: Terry Taylor 340-5062 TOTAL …………. $ 4,470.00
Finance Council Clare Spellman 208-6110 NOTE: Thanks to everyone for keeping the
Funeral Dinners: Linda Dieker 475-3567 financial needs of St. Joseph in your hearts
Knights of Columbus: Brian Flott 343-9241 throughout this past year!
Liturgy Committee Diana Kuhlmann 475-3784
Pastoral Council: Diana Kuhlmann “ Baptisms/Anointing of Sick/Counseling:
Religious Ed: Rose Redeker 475-3403
Contact Fr. John
Marriages/Annulments:
ST. JOSEPH PRAYER LIST Marriages – contact Fr. John 6 mos. prior
Robyn Bechtel, Montana Cole, Aiden Dreier, Gil Gardner, Dave Reconciliation:
Goodell, Lorene Haag, Roy & Marilyn Kuhlmann, Amy R., Kevin Saturdays @ 4:30 pm
Redeker, Dave Schneider, Kerry Schulz, Gary Trear. First Sat. after 7:30 AM mass, or by appt.
United States Army: SFC Matthew S. Richter, Sgt. Austin Adoration:
Burenheide, Pvt. Johnnie Bell, Captain Jacob Haag Wed. in chapel – 8 am to 10 pm (use south door)
Marines: Lt. Colonel James Bechtel Navy: Robert King
National Guard: Captain Ben Pimpl, Com. Sgt. Steve Harmon

Baptisms/Anointing of Sick/Counseling: Sat. 01/13 5:00 pm +Clarence Schmidt

Contact Fr. John Sun. 01/14 8:30 am For the people of our parish
Marriages/Annulments: Mon. 01/15 7:30 am To be announced
Marriages – contact Fr. John 6 mos. prior Tues. 01/16 7:30 am +Charles Lutz
Reconciliation: Wed. 01/17 7:30 am +Louis & Geraldine Blanchat
Saturdays @ 4:30 pm Thurs. 01/18 7:30 am +Evan Cole
First Sat. after 7:30 AM mass, or by appt. Fri. 01/19 7:30 am +Glen and Georgia Haag
Adoration: Sat. 01/20 5:00 pm +John Blaufuss
Wed. in chapel – 8 am to 10 pm (use south door) Sun. 01/21 8:30 am For the people of our parish

PLEASE NOTE: We are now booking mass

intentions through APRIL 2018. Please Just a reminder to those participating in
contact the Rectory on Wednesday or our parish visioning team that the first
Friday mornings (9-12). Thanks! organizational meeting will be February 1
at 6:30 pm at the Knights Hall.
 LITURGY SCHEDULE

Saturday, January 20 Sunday January 21

Servers: Jed & Brody Cole Servers: Hannah and Emma Cole
Lector: Carolyn Cole Lector: Donna Bolen
Ministers: Joe & Carolyn Cole, Dorothy Blaufuss Ministers: Michelle & Aaron Cole, Donna Bolen
Gift Bearers: John & Linda Dieker Gift Bearers: Aaron Cole family

Sacristan: Alice Bechtel

MARK YOUR CALENDAR…..

Jan. 14 Knights of Columbus Biscuits & Gravy - 7-10 AM
Jan. 16 Blood Pressure/sugar screenings w/bingo at Fellowship Meals – 10:30 AM
Pastoral Council – 6:30 PM
Jan. 17 Knights of Columbus – 7 PM
Prayer Service – 7:30 PM in the church (CCD 5th grade class leads)
Jan. 18 Finance Council – 6:30 PM
Bible Study – 7:00 PM - Plaza
Jan. 21 St. Anne’s Quarterly meeting- after mass in school basement
Jan. 24 St. Joseph Endowment Annual Meeting – 7:00 PM
NO CCD due to LCL basketball tournament
Jan. 25 Flying Needles – Plaza – 1 PM
Feb. 1 Parish Visioning organizational meeting – 6:30 PM – Knights Hall

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.

Knights of Columbus 40th Annual Supper & Stag is January 20,2018. Doors open 4:30 pm, 5:00 pm Social
Hour, 7:00 pm Fish and Sausage Supper. Tickets are $25, contact Michael Dieker at Olpe State Bank or Brian
Flott (620) 343-9241, or Doug Schmidt, Les, Barnhart, Mike Cole, Steve Kuhlmann, Dan Schneider

The Knights of Columbus would like to thank everyone for your continued support of our Biscuit and Gravy
breakfasts. Your support helps the Knights contribute to worthy charitable causes such as: Support for
seminarians (Nichols Ashmore and Matt Glazier) as they make their journey to Priesthood, Coats for Kids,
OHS Stuco class T-shirts and OHS Honor flight.

Please help spread the word about the Rural Youth Ministry Outreach event
coming to our region on Feb. 3 and 4th!!! Jason Evert will be talking to youth (7-12th) and the
adults that love them! Jason’s message of chastity is desperately needed in our world today. All are welcome nd
rural parishes will be eligible for grant money based on youth and adult attendance. Please check out
www.archkck.org/rural-outreach or contact Angie Bittner at 785-21-2644 OR….. CHECK OUT THE POSTER ON
THE BULLETIN BOARD in the back of church for more details.
 CCD NEWS

Our service project for January is the traveling crucifix for Vocation Awareness Month. We
encourage the parish to pray the Vocation Prayer inside the back cover of the misalette. We
also invite everyone to attend our prayer service on January 17th at 7:30 in the church. Thank
you and God Bless! ……………………5th grade CCD class and Phyllis Krueger

1st and 2nd grade CCD classes will sponsor a Valentine Service Project called “The
Chocolate Touch”. Senior members of our parish and community are invited to spend some
time with our students and enjoy some chocolate treats!! This activity will be held on
Wednesday, Feb. 7 during our CCD class time of 7:00-8:10 in the Knights Hall. ALL SENIOR
MEMBERS OF OUR ST. JOSEPH PARISH and OLPE COMMUNITY ARE INVITED. Please join us
and be our Special Valentines!

St. Anne’s Society quarterly meeting is scheduled for Sunday, January 21 in the St. Joseph School
basement following mass. We encourage all members of St. Anne’s to attend including officers and
circle leaders. We are also seeking officers for 2018. It is a REWARDING experience and doesn’t
require too much of your time. Please give prayerful consideration and contact Kim Irwin ASAP if
interested! THANK YOU!!!

This year’s Archbishop’s Call to Share appeal has us reflect on being Called to Share.
Please prayerfully consider giving to the needs of our Archdiocese as we conduct the
2018 Archbishop’s Call to Share over the next six weeks. Our target this year at Olpe is
$12,805. Thank you if you have already made your gift to ACTS! If you haven’t yet,
please return your pledge envelope today or donate online at www.calltoshare.org.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Hartford will hold their annual Beef
and Noodle Dinner on January 28 from 11:30-1:30 at the Neosho
Rapids Grade School Multipurpose Room. Menu includes
homemade beef and noodles, mashed potatoes, vegetable, salad,
dessert, and drink. Adults are $8, children under 10 are $4. There
will be a drawing for lots of wonderful prizes as well. Get your
tickets at the door!
“We begin this New Year with renewed faith, hope, and thankful hearts! We are truly blessed to live in such an
awesome faith community. We were humbled by the outpouring of prayers, concerns, and offerings of help and
support during Mike’s surgery, treatments, and recovery. You will never know how much we appreciated your
acts of kindness. May God Bless Each of You! With Sincere gratitude……Mike & Kathy Redeker”

Marriage minute
Research tells us that children develop secure attachments to their parents when their needs are met
consistently over a long period of time. This repeated care leaves the children free to learn and grow in
a healthy way. As parents, we instinctively know this. Although it is not convenient to answer a child’s
cries at 3:00 am, we don’t think—we just do it because we know it is important! The same consistent
attention is needed for our spouse if our marriage is to be healthy. One need in marriage, especially for
wives, is to be heard. We would do well to have the disposition of Samuel in this weekend’s readings
when he tells God, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening!” For practical strategies on how to be a
better listener, check out the Every Day in Love Marriage Empowerment Series:
www.archkck.org/everyday.