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Coming Events in the Parish

Mark Your Calendars
Soup Thursdays 5:15 Mass followed by Soup in Dillon Hall  Mar. 19, 26, Apr. 2
Fish Frys in Dillon Hall 5-8PM  Mar. 20, Apr. 3
Women of Grace Dillon Hall  March 28
Easter  April 12
First Communion  April 25 10AM
Confirmation  April 25 5:30PM Mass
Spanish First Communion May 9 10AM


Regular Events
Children’s Liturgy 1st & 3rd Sunday 11:00AM
Pro-Life Rosary Tuesdays Planned Parenthood 9:20AM
Marian Mass Tuesdays New Church 8:00PM
Spanish Mass Thursdays Chapel 7:00PM
Christophers     Wednesdays Msgr. Dillon’s House  7:00PM
First Friday     Confession & Mass Chapel 6:30PM
Mom’s Group Every Other Friday 9:30AM


Religious Education
Elementary Rel Ed   Wednesdays   4PM
High School Rel Ed   Sundays   9AM
Middle School Rel Ed   Sundays   9AM
Spanish Rel Ed   Saturdays   9AM
Adult 1st Com/Conf   Sundays   4PM
RCIA   Mondays    7PM


No Religious Ed on these Dates:
Elementary April 1
Middle & High School March 22, 29 & April 12
Spanish March 21, April 4 & 11

Mass Intentions for March 23 - 28

Monday  6:30    Joseph Hall
              8:30 † Jean McConnell
Tuesday  6:30 † Dennis Auve
              8:30 † Eric McLaughlin
            10AM † Jean McConnell
Wed.      6:30 † Leona Briggs
              8:30 † Jack Glesener
Thursday 6:30 † Betty Latimore
              8:30 † Brooke Petkevicius
              5:15    Sp. Intention Bonnie Lipke
              7PM    Kent Harrison
Friday     6:30 † Virginia Northrup
              8:30 † Jean McConnell
Saturday 8:30 † Betty Latimore


Contact the parish office to request a Mass for a special intention, repose of a soul, or in honor of someone’s birthday, feast day or in memory of the day someone died.  If you have a special day or days for the year, make your list and send it to Caroline with your donations (drop it by the office or into the collection basket). The suggested donation is $10.00.  Special Intention Masses Monday thru Saturday only. 
Sunday Masses are celebrated for the St. Joseph congregation.

Women of Grace Conference (last chance to sign up)

One Day Conference

Johnnette Benkovic

Father Richard Finnio

When: March 28th, 2009

Where: St. Joseph’s Dillon Hall

Cost: $60–incl. lunch & materials

Check In: 8AM

Conference begins: 9AM

Conference includes:

Reconciliation and Mass

Make Lent more meaningfuland heal your soul.

For more info: Jennifer 509-528-6455

Conference Theme

Healed for Holiness:

Mending the Wounds of the Heart

Presentations Titles

The Healing Sacraments

Father Edmund Sylvia, CSC

Healed for Holiness

Johnnette Benkovic

Mending the Wounds of the Heart

Johnnette Benkovic

Made New in Christ

Johnnette and Father Sylvia

Registration Form

Name: ______________________

Email: ______________________

Address: ____________________

City/State/Zip:______________

Make Checks payable to:

Women of St. Joseph’s

Send Registration Form & payment to:

Jennifer Hickman

c/o St. Joseph’s Catholic Church

520 S Garfield

Kennewick WA 99336

Blessing of Easter Baskets

A Blessing of Easter Baskets will take place in St. Joseph’s Church on Holy Saturday, April 11th at 2:00PM

RCIA CORNER

Today and the next two Sundays, those preparing to enter the Church at Easter celebrate the Scrutinies.  The Scrutinies are part of the Period of Purification and Enlightenment and are a celebration of healing and strengthening in the lives of the Elect and Candidates.  They are meant to uncover all that is sinful in their lives and to strengthen all that is good in their lives.  Please join them in their silent prayer for the spirit of repentance, a sense of sin, and true freedom as children of God. Also join the prayers of intercession with your resounding response.  Please pray during the weeks ahead for our Elect and Candidates as they approach the Initiation Sacraments at the Easter Vigil.

Lenten Penance Services

Sunday, April 5,  3:30PM  St. Joseph Parish

Wed. April 1, 7:00PM St. Patrick Parish

(Bilingual Service)

Thurs. April 2, 7:00PM St. Frances Cabrini

(BentonCity)

Monday, April 6, 7:00PM Christ the King Parish

Tuesday, April 7, 7:00PM Parish of the Holy Spirit

Pray for the Sick

Rosalie Genoni, Logan Bussman, Ann Harrison, Sara Huerta, Pearl O’Dell, Rosita Salsbury, Mariette Munro, Dennis Janikowski, Bob Baker, Andy Kopriva, Jacqueline Gabino, Sandra Barrickman, Merle Larkin, David Wilson, Donald Gilman, Judi Davis, Cathy Johnson, Opal Harger, Jerome Bruner, James and Alice Lambert, Robert Glennen, Patricia Thomas, Joe Ginter, Bev Munro, Jadwiga Mosio, Jim O’Donnell, Pauline McAloon, Don Kenning, Colin Ward, Gertrude Dunham, Richard Beebe, Msgr. Martin Skehan, Phyllis Crnkovich, Emil Zlatich, Joe Guajardo, Paula Hansen, Carol Truitt, Deacon Al Rizzo, Bernadette Kienzle, Carl Anderson, Tristan Hansen, Clement Knoll, Jim McConnell, Edyth Hampton, Elaine Himes, Tom Wendt, all parishioners experiencing health problems,
AND FOR THE DECEASED especially Doris Roth, grandmother of Angele St. Hilaire and those who died recently.

Please Pray For Our Military Men and Women

Calendar Raffle Winner

$50.00 winner: Sr. Madeline Marie

St. Vincent de Paul Society

 This month, March, has a fifth Sunday. Every fifth Sunday we collect for the St.Vincent de Paul Society so they can continue their help to people in need. Next weekend the ushers will be at the doors of the church to take your donations. Please be as generous as you can. If you like you can send a check to the Parish office and we will see that it gets to this great group of volunteers. We have been told that their food fund is quite low and in need of replenishment.

Stewardship

Message

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son…” - John 3:16

Of all the wonderful gifts that God has given to us, the gift of His own Son is truly the greatest. How can we ever thank God for a gift like that? God does not ask us to sacrifice our own precious firstborn, but He does ask that we make some sacrifices for Him.

This Week’s Stewardship of Time and Talent Salute

We salute all those who are using their Rice Bowls during the Lenten Season.

Our Children’s Stewardship

Use some of these questions at dinner time to help get the conversation headed in the right direction.

Name some people for whom you are thankful. Why are you thankful for them?

God gave us Jesus. What could be our family’s greatest gift back to God?

Do gifts to God always have to be money?

What other kinds of gifts honor God?

Parish Financial Stewardship Summary

Collection for March 15, 2009

Regular: 16,426.27

(Needed to make budget ($16,500)

Children’s: 23.50

School Endowment 237.00

Building Fund Report

4th Campaign Pledged $1,491,308.80

Building Fund Weekly Collection: 3,991.50

Make your wish

Show your support for Catholic Family & Child Service’s programs by attending their 22nd Annual Gala Dinner & Auction, “Arabian Nights”, coming up April 18th, 2009, at the Three River’s Convention Center. Tickets are $50.00 and include dinner, wine and festivities. All proceeds support programs for the poor and vulnerable with this year’s spotlight on Strengthening Families. 

If you’re interested in supporting their great cause, call 946-4645 for tickets.

Thanks from St. Robert Joseph

Many thanks to all for a Memorable 85th Birthday Celebration, I am most grateful to all.

St. Robert Joseph

School News

A Scholastic Book Fair will be held in the elementary school lobby from March 22- 27th. Parents, grandparents, and anyone interested in seeing new books, is welcome to attend. Books will be sold during the Open House on Sunday from 10:00-1:00.  They may also be purchased during the week at lunch times, 12-1:00 and after school, 3:00-3:30. Wednesday and Friday are early release days so selling will be after dismissal at 12:00. Please come and take a look. A Scholastic Book Fair homepage has been created for our school. You can find information about our fair, preview some of the available books, and even print out a wish list. Check it out at: http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/mustangs .  See you at the Book Fair, Mar. 22nd-27th, in the school lobby.

Baptism Update

The March 28th English Baptisms have been moved to April 4th.

There will be NO Spanish Baptisms or Baptism Classes in March.

April Spanish Baptism Classes will be held on April 15 and 22

Questions: Call the Parish Office

PRAY FOR THE SICK

Logan Bussman, Ann Harrison, Sara Huerta, PearlO’Dell, Rosita Salsbury, Mariette Munro, Dennis Janikowski, Bob Baker, Andy Kopriva, Jacqueline Gabino, Sandra Barrickman, Merle Larkin, David Wilson, Donald Gilman, Judi Davis, Cathy Johnson, Opal Harger, Jerome Bruner, James and Alice Lambert, Robert Glennen, Patricia Thomas, Joe Ginter, Bev Munro,Jadwiga Mosio, Jim O’Donnell, Pauline McAloon, Don Kenning, Colin Ward, Gertrude Dunham, Richard Beebe, Msgr. Martin Skehan, Phyllis Crnkovich, Emil Zlatich, Joe Guajardo, Paula Hansen, Carol Truitt, Deacon Al Rizzo,Bernadette Kienzle, Carl Anderson, Tristan Hansen,Clement Knoll, Jim McConnell, Edyth Hampton, Elaine Himes, Tom Wendt, all parishioners experiencing health problems, AND FOR THE DECEASED especially and those who died recently.

Please Pray For Our Military Men and Women

School calendar raffle winner

$50.00 winner: Adele Sorensen

CURSILLO NEWS

Working Ultreya will be on Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Christ the King, Youth Center, Richland from 9-11am.  The teams are forming for the Cursillos being held in October, 2009. 

If you would like to work on the teams please come to the Working Ultreyas

Eucharistic Adoration

The primary and fundamental element in adoration is an interior act of mind and will; the mind perceiving that God’s perfection is infinite, the will bidding us to extol and worship this perfection.

Jesus is waiting. Could you please help with adoration during these times? 

Sunday  9AM; 11AM; 4PM; 

Tuesday  10PM; 

Thursday 4AM; 6PM; 

Friday  9PM; 

Saturday  Midnight; 9PM.

bold hours = no adorers.

Call Carol, 582-5011 to volunteer.

The Adoration Chapel is open to all. Please feel free to stop and visit Jesus any time you would like.

Stewardship

“You shall not carve idols for yourselves in the shape of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth.” - Exodus 20:4 

Have you created idols for yourself in different shapes? An idol can be in the shape of money, sports, fashion, travel, or anything else that we value more than God and His Word to us.

This Week’s Stewardship of Time and Talent Salute

We salute all those taking part in Soup Thursdays -- those providing soup, setting up and cleaning up as well as those donating to the poor.

“Everyday-Everyway Stewards”

We are grateful this week for all steward disciples in our parish who try to share your wealth with the less fortunate.

“Our Children’s Stewardship”

Use some of these questions at dinner time to help get the conversation headed in the right direction.

• Why do we celebrate birthdays?  
• Is it really better to “give than to receive”?  
• Why is God happy when we give to those in need?
  

Parish Financial Stewardship Summary

Collection for March 8, 2009

Regular: 19,169.08
(Needed to make budget ($16,500)

Children’s: 23.24

Ash Wednesday 60.00

School Endowment 38.00

Building Fund Report

4th Campaign Pledged $1,491,308.80

Building Fund Weekly Collection: 4,571.00

Steubenville NW Conference

The Aaron Project

The Aaron Project, a Grief Support ministry of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, presents a 3 part Grief Seminar called, Footprints on Our Hearts. Footprints on Our Hearts offers ways to cope with the feelings of grief, guilt, hurt, helplessness, and deep sorrow that one experiences with a loss of a child through miscarriage, stillborn or infant loss.  Appropriate for families after their baby dies in the days and weeks that follow to offer encouragement, understanding and hope for the future.

Please plan to attend the next 2 sessions on March 12 and March 26 from 7-8 in St. Joseph’s Conference room. 

For more info, questions or RSVP, contact Susan Hayward @ 628-2840.

There will be someone there to translate to Spanish if needed. This class is for friends as well as family of people who have lost a child. It will help you know what to say or do if this happens to someone close to you.

Love your parish

Our church is the place where we come together as a community to love and praise God.  It is the holy place where we gather strength to support one another in the task of living the gospel.  It is the place where we comeprivately to enter into intimate conversation with God.  In this building many prodigal sons and daughters have met the merciful Lord in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and been welcomed back to our community.  In this building tears have been shed by those in pain and grief.  Let’s look around our church this morning and treasure it.  Respect it as you would your most prized possession and teach that respect to your children. Take ownership, if you see something wrong make sure that the staff knows about it so it can be corrected or go that extra step and help us correct it.  When we pass our church, we might take the time to make a brief visit.  Let us make our church even more of a holy place by adding our prayers and songs to parish worship and offering our time and talents in the various ministries.

Prayer of intercession

O Blessed Trinity, we thank you for having graced the church with Pope John Paul II and for allowing the tenderness of your fatherly care, the glory of the cross of Christ, and the splendor of the Holy Spirit, to shine through him.  Trusting fully in your infinite mercy and in the maternal intercession of Mary, he has given us a living image of Jesus the Good Shepherd, and has shown us that holiness is the necessary measure of ordinary Christian life and is the way of achieving eternal communion with you.  Grant us, by his intercession, and according to your will, the graces we implore, hoping that he will soon be numbered among your saints. 

Amen.

Official prayer to ask favors through the intercession Pope John Paul II

March Birthdays

The Women of St. Joe’s invite ALL parishioners to celebrate January Birthdays with a Birthday Mass at 8:30AM on Wednesday, March 18, in the Chapel followed by Cake in the Holy Grounds Cafe.

COME CELEBRATE!

Stations fo the Cross

Fridays

(English)

4pm and 6pm

(Spanish)

7pm

in the Church

English Handbell Festival

Fifth Annual Desert Rings English Handbell Festival,  Saturday, April 25, 2009, 7 pm at Central United Protestant Church, 1124 Stevens Dr.,Richland, Washington. Local handbell choirs perform sacred and secular music demonstrating arange of performance styles. All participating choirs will join for three exciting pieces, CROWN HIM WITH MANY CROWNS, WHEN IN OUR MUSIC GOD IS GLORIFIED, and FIESTA CONCAMPANILLAS featuring latin rhythms and castinets. 

Admission is free, but freewill offerings are welcome.

For more information contact: Joyce McClanahan, 375-0224, ed.mcclanahan@verizon.net

Catholics Come Home

This Week! 

MARRIAGE & ANNULMENTS – an information workshop with Fr. Tom Champoux at Christ the King parish.  Monday, March 9th at 7 PM in the Gathering Space of the Church (1111 Stevens Dr,Richland). 

Hosted by the Catholics Come Home program, this session is open to all.

School News

A Scholastic Book Fair will be held in the elementary school lobby from March 22-27th. Parents, grandparents, and anyone interested in seeing new books, is welcome to attend. Books will be sold during the Open House on Sunday from 10:00-1:00. They may also be purchased during the week at lunch times, 12-1:00 and after school, 3:00-3:30.  Wednesday and Friday are early release days so selling will be after dismissal at 12:00. 

Please come and take a look.

Mom’s Group

We in the Mom’s Group encourage all mothers to join us as we seek to further develop our knowledge of our Catholic faith – and better understand Church teachings and traditions as they pertain to mothers and their families.  Currently we are studying a book by Kimberly Hahn entitled Graced and Gifted. This book is a series of Bible Studies based on Proverbs 31, and it offers mothers tools to help them create a home that will be a place of beauty and peace where the needs of loved ones are met.  Applying sacred Scripture, Church teaching, and pastoral wisdom, Kimberly Hahn helps mothers to explore: time management, the art of homemaking, how to make meals a time of communion, cultivating a garden, and the importance of housework.  Please join us at 9:30am on Fridays, March 13, April 10, and May 15th in the basement of the old church. (We will meet during the summer months at various members’ houses).  Babysitting is provided.  

For more information, please call Suzie Murphy at 582-7064.

RCIA CORNER

On March 1, our Parish “sent” our Catechumens and Candidates to Yakima to celebrate the Rite of Election with Bishop Sevilla.  Those Catechumens declared part of the Elect were: 

􀀿Richard Gilbert

􀀿Linzi Harris

􀀿Katie Kollmeyer

􀀿Rebecca Rutherford

􀀿Haley Snell

􀀿Keith Voght

Those Candidates called to Full Communion with the Church by the Bishop were:

􀀿Jennifer George

􀀿Roger Kroshus

􀀿Tom Rucker

􀀿Wendy Short

􀀿Shirley Vozzello

The Period of Purification and Enlightenment begins after the Rite of Election. The intention of this period is to intensify their desire for the Sacraments by helping them to purify their minds and hearts as well as enlightening them with a deeper knowledge of Christ.  Others in this formation process are those adult baptized Catholics preparing for First Holy Communion and Confirmation.

􀀿Ranee Coronado

􀀿Charlette Gilbert

􀀿Valerie Valdez

Adults preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation in this process are:

􀀿Sanjuanita Candanoza

􀀿Stephen Snell

Please pray for these and all who are in a Sacramental preparation process. Thank you.

K of C Membership Blitz

The Knights of Columbus invite all men of the parish to our membership blitz on Sunday March 8th in Dillon Hall. Please join us for breakfast after the 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM, and 11:00 AM Masses. There will be Knights available to answer questions and help fill out new member application forms.

Calendar Raffle Winners

$50.00 winner: Debra Heiman

Stewardship

“I know how devoted you are to God, since you did not withhold from me your own beloved son.” -

Genesis 22:12

Abraham was so devoted to God that he was willing to sacrifice his only son. How does our own devotion compare? Do we withhold time, talent and treasure from the God who sacrificed His only Son for us?

This Week’s Stewardship of Time and Talent Salute

We salute everyone who worked so hard to make our yard sale a SUCCESS!!!

“Everyday-Everyway Stewards”

We are grateful this week for all steward disciples in our parish who try to share our Faith with others.

“Our Children’s Stewardship”

Use some of these questions at dinner time to help get the conversation headed in the right direction.

Why doesn’t God give us everything we want?

Does God provide everything we need?

Why do you think Job trusted God?

How do you think Job felt when he realized that God always

loved him?

Can you think of good times and bad times when God’s love

for you has remained constant?

Parish Financial Stewardship Summary

Collection for March 1, 2009

Regular:

(Needed to make budget ($16,500)

• 23,624.92
  

Children’s:    

• 215.26
  

Ash Wednesday

• 5,115.00
  

School Endowment

• 238.00
  

First Offering

TOTAL BUILDING FUND TO DATE

Weekly Collections: 

• 1,562,636.29
  

Silver Cans 

• 1,841.52
  

Brown Roofed Churches 

• 2,283.67
  

Memorials 

• 24,621.96
  

Gifts 

• 8,816.24
  

Fundraisers & Other Events: 

• 112,754.75
  

Interest 

• 98,175.11
  

Credit Card Fees 

• <9,239.15>
  

Total Collected 

• 1,801,840.39
  

Creighton Model of Family Planning

The Creighton Model of Family Planning will be presented by Dr. Elma DeLeon on March 13th from 9:30-11:30AM in the Church basement, babysitting provided! 

The next Mom’s Group meeting will be March 27th.

Lenten Thursday are Special

Make it a Family Affair

The offering you make for "dinner out" and "Mom's night off" will help St. Vincent de Paul feed the hungry in the area.  This will work if you are able to donate the cost of the meal you would enjoy at home. 

Lenten Mass and Soup Night

St. Joseph's Church and Dillon Hall

Each Thursday at 5:15 pm

It's time to plan for Soup Night on all the Thursdays of Lent.  Please plan to come, bring the whole family, bread to share with others, and your soup bowl.

Soup will be provided by the following Groups:

Feb. 26     Knights of Columbus   John Walker          783-4307

March 5    Mom's Group              Jennifer Hickman  946-9574

                   Catholic Daughters     Debbie Lord           942-7338

March 12  Home Schoolers          Roberta Guzek       628-0954

March 19  RCIA                             Danette Hester      586-3864

March 26  Women of St. Joseph  Kimber Keel          438-3344

April 2       St. Joseph School         Kim Sheldon         586-2032

Spanish Baptisms

There will be NO Spanish Baptisms or Baptism Classes in March.

April Spanish Baptism Classes will be held on April 15 and 22.

Eucharist Ministers Needed

Eucharist ministers needed for both evenings Masses.

5:30PM Saturday and 7PM Sunday

Please Call / Leave Name & Number

Bob Squires, (509) 947-5747

Please consider this wonderful ministry

Congratulations

Congratulations to Boy Scout Troop 168 who participated in the full Klondike Derby and won four ribbons for the troop flag!

Volunteer Needed

The Kennewick Food Bank is in immediate need of a driver to pick up food from Walmart on Monday and/or Friday mornings at 11AM.  The time spent each day should be between 1 1/2 and 2 hours.  

To Volunteer of to get information, phone Onie Rendell at 586-0688 between 9 and 11AM, Monday through Friday.