St. Joseph Parish 

St. Joseph Church is in collaboration with St.Peter of the Fields Church in Rootstown Ohio. Both parishes will be sharing a priest, Fr. Zachary Coulter, and will be working closely together to better help serve all the people of southern Portage County. 

St Peter of the Field Church
3487 Old Forge Road,
Rootstown, Ohio, 44272
stpeterofthefields.org

NOVEMBER, 2021
DECEMBER 2021

Please Keep in Your Thoughts and Prayers The Ill of the Parish: Barb Seli, Jamie McKinley Taylor, Michael Anthony, Martha (Wohlwend) Harris, Paul North, Fred Pero, Linda Shaw, Geri DiBona, Tony and Helen Franjesh, Ralph Herman, Gladys Hilgert, Melissa Charba, Cork Greiner, Bernie White, Susan Andrews, Janelle Albertoni, Gloria Rodenbucher, Roger Klodt, Vicki Newnham, Doreen Knapp Riley, Jeff Helmling, Josephine Demboski, Grace Klein, Mike Graening, Anne Fedorovich, twins Karlie & Chloe Espositio, Jeffrey Montecalvo, Kayla Stevens, Bernie Faldowski, Denny Haney, Ronald King, Mary Perkins, Mike Rogers, Susie Agema, Angie Mudd, Danny Wohlwend and, Shirley Rodenbucher.

Passed into the Lord's Hands: Cecilia Woodward, Tarus Latacki, Daniel Tomsho, Beth Summers, (sister of Diana Orsburn), Margaret Workman, (step-daughter of Anita Workman), and Robert McMeeken (father of Kim Jansen).

St. Joseph School will once again be collecting ACME
receipts for the ACME Community Cash Back Program.
The program began August 5th and runs through
December 25, 2021. Please save your receipts from
ACME and drop them off at the school office by January
25,2022. Send them with your child/ren, or put them in
the collection box in church

This week the crucifixes in the Grotto will be taken down for restoration purposes. The plan, if all goes accordingly, is to have them restored and put back into place by the beginning of the Advent Season, November 28th.

NOVEMBER 28, 2021
        ADDITIONAL BULLETIN PAGE
        RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS

NOVEMBER 21, 2021
       ADDITIONAL BULLETIN PAGE
       THANKSGIVING COLORING PAGE

NOVEMBER 14, 2021
       SCHOOL 50/50 CLUB WINNERS

NOVEMBER 7, 2021
      SOJOURN TO THE RHODA WISE HOME
      MINISTER'S SCHEDULE - NOV & DEC
 

Weekend Masses

Reconciliation

Anytime by appointment

Bishop David Bonnar to Celebrate Mass at St. Joseph, Randolph On Saturday, December 4th , the second Sunday of Advent. St. Joseph Parish will welcome Bishop David Bonnar as the celebrant of the 6:00 pm Saturday Mass.

Advent is a season of expectation. In anticipation of our Lord’s birth, on the Tuesdays of Advent there will be Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament following the 6:00 pm Mass, beginning at 6:30 pm. and concluding at 7:30 pm. A reminder that Reconciliation is available before Tuesday Masses beginning at 5:15 pm.

"El Shaddai" El-Shaddai, El-Shaddai
[means "God Almighty, God Almighty"]
El-Elyon na Adonai
[means "God in the highest, Oh, Lord"]
Age to age, You're still the same, By the power of the name El-Shaddai, El-Shaddai Erkamka na Adonai
[means "We will love You, Oh, Lord"]
We will praise and lift You high El-Shaddai

In preparation for Christmas the Portage Deanery will have its annual Advent Communal Penance Service on Thursday, December 16th, 7:00 pm at St. Patrick Church in Kent. Priests from Portage County parishes will be in attendance to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This will be the only Communal Penance Service, so please plan accordingly.

 St. Joseph and St. Peter Churches are launching a new ministry. The St. Elizabeth Ministry will focus on serving those who cannot attend normal Parish events. This includes those who are homebound and those in nursing homes. Ministers will serve these communities by regularly visiting and bringing communion to these people. If you currently bring communion to someone from one of the parishes or are interested in doing so you are asked to sign up for this important ministry. Also, if you are someone you know could benefit from this ministry, please contact the parish office.

A reminder of the Wayside Furniture Giveaway weekend after Thanksgiving day. The store matches all donations up to $100 that are taken into their store on Friday, 11/26, Saturday 11/27, and Sunday, 11/28. A check for the completed total will then be sent to RSA Food Shelf. This is such a wonderful ‘fundraiser’! We also continue to accept any food or household items for distribution to our clients. Thank you!

 Mary Ellen Horning, our Giving Tree coordinator, has the Giving Trees up in the church. This gives everyone time to get those early bargains! As in past years the tree’s ornaments will be tags with requests of all sorts. If you take a request tag, please return the gift by the return date! All gifts must be returned by Sunday, December 12th. Any tags left on the tree will be collected and those items purchased. Gift sorting will be done the afternoon of December 12 th after Mass, and distribution of gifts will be Tuesday, December 14th. Thank you. May the Good Lord continue to bless all in our parish family who continually respond with generosity to these appeals

On October 17th, Bishop David Bonnar and the Diocese of Youngstown celebrated the Opening Mass of the diocesan phase of a worldwide “Synod on Synodality.” Consultations, listening, and dialogue have now begun in our diocese, and this process will continue in steps leading to the Synod of Bishops in 2023. All are invited to learn more and participate in this synod: visit www.doy.org/SynodalPath/ for more information and to fill out an online form and reflection tool. Responses are required by November 30, 2021. The word “Synod” means to “journey together,” and the theme for this Synodal process is: “Communion, Participation, and Mission.” In his homily for the Opening Mass, Bishop Bonnar said that this Synod “is the continuation of Pope Francis’ missionary dream seeking to bring the Good News to the world, especially to the peripheries with the hope of bringing renewal to the Church, a renewal that breathes new life and change into the Church from the Holy Spirit.” 

The 8th grade class at St. Joseph School is having a fundraiser for their trip to Washington D.C. this coming spring. They are selling raffle tickets for $500 Dumas meat gift card. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased from the church office in the rectory. There is also an order form in today’s bulletin to send your money and ticket request directly to the school. This would be an awesome ‘win’! the drawing will be held December 22nd. Good luck everyone.