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”
May 27, 2018 – The Most Holy Trinity

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: Baptisms/Anointing of Sick/Counseling:

Parish Bookkeeper: Laurie Schmidt 475-3326 Contact Fr. John
office hours - Wed./Fri. 9-12 Marriages/Annulments:
Bulletin deadline-TUESDAY @ NOON Marriages – contact Fr. John 6 mos. prior
Reconciliation:
Altar Society: Kim Irwin 475-3295 Saturdays @ 4:30 pm
Cemetery: Terry Taylor 340-5062 First Sat. after 7:30 AM mass, or by appt.
Finance Council Clare Spellman 208-6110 Adoration: Wed.in chapel, 8am- 10 pm (use south door)
Funeral Dinners: Linda Dieker 475-3567
Knights of Columbus: Brian Flott 343-9241
Liturgy Committee Diana Kuhlmann 475-3784 COLLECTION Last Week:
Pastoral Council: Diana Kuhlmann “ Plate $ 182.00
Religious Ed: Rose Redeker 475-3403 Envelopes 1,770.00 (43 adults)
Cap. Outlay 55.00
Leaven 18.00
ST. JOSEPH PRAYER LIST Catholic Comm. Camp. 10.00
Robyn Bechtel, Montana Cole, Aiden Dreier, Dave Goodell,
TOTAL ……… $2,035.00
Lorene Haag, Roy & Marilyn Kuhlmann, Amy R., Kevin
Redeker, Dave Schneider, Gary Trear, Jim Wecker.
THANK YOU! We are blessed by the generosity
United States Army: SFC Matthew S. Richter, Sgt. Austin of those who financially support our parish.
Burenheide, Pvt. Johnnie Bell, Captain Jacob Haag, Pvt.
Brandon Raybourn
Marines: Lt. Colonel James Bechtel Navy: Robert King
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Committee Announcement
In an effort to enhance and beautify the
Sat. 5/26 5:00 pm +Sylvia Klumpe appearance of the St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery,
Sun. 5/27 8:30 am For the people of our parish the cemetery committee is accepting donations to
Mon. 5/28 7:30 am +Lucille Trear
remove the front/north fence, replacing it with a
Tues. 5/29 7:30 am +Dorothy Gordon
Wed. 5/30 7:30 am +Father Francis Wendling maintenance-free black Ameristar Montage
Thurs. 5/31 7:30 am +Helen Richard Majestic style fence with limestone columns at an
Fri. 6/01 7:30 am +Lucille Trear estimated cost of approximately $15-20,000
Sat. 6/02 7:30 am Liv/Dec. St. Anne’s members (updated bid). The committee would sincerely
5:00 pm +Cliff Cole appreciate parish and community donations to help
Sun. 6/03 8:30 am For the people of our parish with this cost; and checks can be made payable
and mailed to St. Joseph’s Church (write
NOTE: Father John will be gone June 5-7 “Cemetery” on the memo line).
on retreat, , so there will be no 7:30 AM
mass those mornings.
 LITURGY SCHEDULE

Saturday, June 2 Sunday, June 3

Servers: Brody and Jed Cole
Lector: Delores Heins
Ministers: Kathy Stevenson, Mike Cole, Melanie Kerwin
Gift Bearers: Mike & Delores Heins
May 28-June 1 Weekday servers: Abbot and Milly Bailey
Servers: Andon and Kamryn Temeyer
Lector: Shirley Langley
Ministers: Mike & Shirley Langley, Barb Kuhlmann
Gift Bearers: Harry & Alice Bechtel
Sacristan: Alan Nuessen

FAREWELL to Father John

We hope you and your family can join us as we say our “goodbye’s” to Father
John and wish him well on Sunday, June 24, at 4:00 PM at the K of C Hall. There
will be cake and beverages.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED PLEASE!

Kids Bible Camp is July 9-13 at St. Joseph and we are needing volunteers to help with
classes and activities. Please call Rose Redeker. Sign up sheets ARE IN THE
CHURCH VESTIBULE ON THE TABLE….. OR you can call Rose to reserve a spot for
your child ages K-6th grade.

The family of Dorothy Schmidt is requesting a card shower for Dorothy’s 85 th Birthday on
May 30. Please send cards to her at 634 Road L2, Olpe, KS 66865. THANKS!

OLPE ALL VETERANS MEMORIAL

The Olpe Veterans Committee is currently making plans for the Olpe Veterans Memorial.
The proposed memorial will be in Olpe Jones Park, just north of the Methodist Church. We have
received several donations but we are still in need of additional funds in order to match a
$25,000 grant.
Names of Olpe area deceased veterans will be placed on a granite stone, similar to those at
the Emporia Veterans Memorial, free of charge. Additional names of veterans, living or
deceased, will be added for a donation of $125 or more. Donations should be made out to OLPE
VETERANS MEMORIAL and sent to the Olpe State Bank, P O Box 207, 202 Westphalia, Olpe,KS
66865. Thank you!

 Sacred Heart would like to extend an invitation to our parish youth to participate in Totus Tuus
Program which runs Monday, June 25-Friday June 29 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM for 1st through 6th
Grades AND Sunday, June 24-Thursday, June 28 from 7:15-9:00 PM for 7th -12th grades. The fee is
ONLY $20 per child or $50 for family of 3 or more. Registrations will be accepted until they are
full. There are registration forms in the church vestibule on the table.
  The Emporia Friendship Center is actively looking for volunteers. Friendship Meals
is our “Meals on Wheels” program in Emporia. If you can spare a few minutes to
help, please call LaDonna at 620-340-8001.

 National Right to Life Convention will be June 28-30 at the Sheraton Hotel in
Overland Park, KS. There are 72 workshops, 5 general sessions, and 2 special events
to choose from. Registration costs begins at $50 for teens (includes $20 in food
coupons). Please check out the flyer on the church bulletin board.

 BEGINNING EXPERIENCE, a weekend away for a Lifetime of Change serving the widowed,
separated, divorced, will be June 22-24, at Precious Blood in Liberty, MO. For more info., visit
www.beginningexperiencekc.org, email register.bekc@gmail.com, or contact Lori at 913-980-7966.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS

April Knight of the Month: Mike Cole Family of the Month: Larry & Rose Redeker
May Knight of the Month: Brian Flott Family of the Month: Brian & Kristin Flott
June Knight of the Month: Eric Schreiner Family of the Month: Doug & Laurie Schmidt

MAY 2018 Lottery Winners

5/01 Leslie D. Stein 5/11 Imogene Schmidt 5/21 Joanna Dieker
5/02 Alex Kuhlmann 5/12 Caleb Argenziano 5/22 Susan Haag
5/03 Carl Bechtel 5/13 QUILT-Cliff & Rhonda Wise 5/23 Lydia Weeden
5/04 Dave Goodell 5/14 Erica Waechter 5/24 Imogene Schmidt
5/05 Paul Frizell 5/15 Sam Barnhart 5/25 Kent Schade
5/06 Kash Garza 5/16 Erica Waechter 5/26 Glen Shearer
5/07 Janell Blaufuss 5/17 Angie Adams 5/27 Chuck Grimwood
5/08 Kathryn Flott 5/18 John Brinkman 5/28 Erica Waechter
5/09 Janell Blaufuss 5/19 Jenny Schmidt 5/29 David Zeller
5/10 Duane Schmidt 5/20 Leon Lyman 5/30 Steve Wecker
5/31 Carl Bechtel

MARRIAGE MINUTE
Have you seen the Trinity?
How can God be three and one at the same time? It’s a truth that is difficult to process. That’s
why God gave the Church married couples!
Married couples are two individuals called to become one- in heart, mind, spirit and body. We
take the Holy Trinity as our model, because God is a perfect communion of persons. Just as we
look to the Trinity to understand what our marriages should be, the world looks to our marriages
to understand the Trinity. Those around us come to understand God’s generous, passionate,
lifegiving love by seeing those qualities lived out in our homes.
To understand the connection between the Trinity and Matrimony, go to:
www.archkck.org/defendingmarriage.