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

OCTOBER, 2021

Please Keep in Your Thoughts and Prayers The Ill of the Parish:  Barb Seli, Dr. Dennis McCluskey, Anne Luli, Jamie McKinley Taylor, Michael Anthony, Cecilia Woodward, Martha (Wohlwend) Harris, Paul North, Fred Pero, Linda Shaw, Geri DiBona, Tony and Helen Franjesh, Jane Evans Kober, 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, Mary Lou Wise, Grace Klein, Mike Graening, Dolores Hermann, Anne Fedorovich, twins Karlie & Chloe Espositio, Jeffrey Montecalvo, Helen Jane Eichler, Kayla Stevens, Bernie Faldowski, Mike Firtha, Denny Haney, Ronald King, Mary Perkins, Margaret Workman, Mike Rogers, Susie Agima and Angie Mudd.

Passed into the Lord's Hands:  John Frohnapfel, Mary Denny, and Jane Evans Kober.

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.

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Weekend Masses

Reconciliation

Anytime by appointment

A reminder to everyone that one of our newer ministries, Coffee and Conversation, a grief support group, willmeet this Tuesday, October 19th, 6:30 pm in the rectory(directly after the 6:00 pm Mass). All are invited to join us.This group meets the third Tuesday of each month.

The All Souls Day Mass of Remembrance will be celebrated Tuesday , November 2nd, 6:00 PM. A candle will be lit at the reading of each person’s name that has passed to eternal life with the Lord in the past year, from last All Soul’s Day through the end of this October.

All Souls and All Saints Day Intentions
The purple envelope in your offertory boxes is for All Souls/All Saints Day. Intentions may be written on the front of the envelope and put, with or without a contribution, in the offertory basket. All intentions from the All Souls/All Saints Day envelopes along with the intentions from the Book of the Beloved Departed will be remembered at Mass during the month of November. Any offering will be a donation to the

The Faith Sharing Group of St Josephine extends an inviation to all to join us as we prepare our hearts and souls for Advent. We meet for 6 consecutive weeks on Thursdays from 1:00 -3:00 pm. We began Thursday, October 14, but you are invited to join anytime. We will be using the book, The Eucharist; A Bible Study for Catholics, by Fr Mitch Pacwa S.J. For more information, please contact Sandy in the parish office.

Save the Date for the Annual School Auction, Saturday, November 20th  As always, this is a fun evening and a great fundraiser for St. Joseph School.  Please refer to this BROCHURE for more information. You may also call the school office at 330-628-9555 with any questions. Thank you for your continued support of our school.

Here is a list of youth group activities: ~

Saturday, October 30 - Akron Canton Food Bank – help pack food boxes 
Saturday, November 6 - Visit Rhoda Wise house in Canton ~
November 7-21 - Fall collection for Safer Futures, Portage County's only domestic violence shelter and resource center.
A donation wish list will be forthcoming. Collection boxes will be in the back of the church. ~Once St. Bernard's resumes services in their dining hall, we will volunteer on a Sunday afternoon to help serve a meal. ~
We will continue to lead the parish in praying the Rosary once a month, alternating with St. Pete's and St. Joe. ~
In January, we will once again do the Pro-Life Stations of the Cross around the church grounds.
All high school parishioners of St. Pete's and St. Joe are invited to participate. If you have any questions, please contact Terry Lakos at 330-606-9205.