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St. Joseph Catholic Church Family Fest

Sunday, July 21, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. featuring chicken and pulled pork; including 1 trip baked potato and salad bar, dessert, and beverage. Adults $10.00, children 6-12 $5.00, child5 and uder free. Carry out available! Cash raffle, 50/50.

A farewell for Kory

Join us after the 10:30 a.m. Mass at Most Pure Heart of Mary on Sunday, July 28 for a Farewell Party for our Seminarian Kory Wise. Coffee, cookies, cake, and doughnuts will be served in the school gym. We hope you can all join us to thank him for his service to our parish and send him back to seminary with our support and prayers.

Barb's One Tank Trip

Join Barb for a trip to Put-In-Bay on July 29th. We will leave the church parking lot at 8:00 a.m. Tickets for Miller Ferry are $15.00 for a round trip ticket. We will rent golf carts to tour the island, so walking is minimum. Call the Parish Office at 419-347-2381 to reserve your seat or if you need further information.

Girls' CYO Volleyball

Attention all girls grades 3-6! If you are interested please contact either Julie Stainbrook, Athletic Director at 740-624-9415 (text or call) or the Parish Office to let them know you are interested. To play Jets volleyball you must be a registered parishioner of Most Pure Heart of Mary Parish, Plymouth St. Joseph Parish, or a student at St. Mary School.

Employment Opportunities at St. Mary School

Part Time Music Teacher: Responsible for music for grades K-6 one day a week for the 2019-2020 school year, Thursday preferred. Other responsibilities include school programs on December 12 and Living Stations March 27.

MPHM Parish Picnic

Sunday, August 11, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Knights of Columbus Hall, 250 Vernon Rd., Shelby, featuring special entertainment the "Spoon Man". The "Spoon Man" will offer a hilarious interactive comedy program for all ages. It's a spoonful of family fun. You won't want to miss out on this exciting performance.

Share your faith

Have you heard the best way to learn more about something is to teach it? Now's your opportunity. We are looking for people to help our young parishioners grow in their faith. Please consider teaching or co-teaching Wednesday evenings 5:30 - 6:30 p.m for grades 1 - 6. Contact the parish office at 419-347-2381 to share your faith and learn more.

Welcome to the team, Mrs. Fairchild

We are proud to introduce Mrs. Heather Fairchild as our new St. Mary School administrative assistant. After wishing Judy Caporini a relaxing retirement, we received many amazing applicants to fill those big shoes. Mrs. Fairchild really impressed our interview team with her experience, work ethic, personality, and skills. Heather and her husband, Nick, and three children are active members of St. Joseph parish. They also keep busy with 4-H and the Richland County Fair. Please extend a warm welcome to help her in the transition to this new position. Pray for her and give her encouragement or helpful resources at hfairchild@stmaryshelby.org or 419-342-2625 ext 232. Thank you!

Encouraging words from Father Jim

Diocese of Toledo magazine

The Diocece of Toledo's new magazine Graceful Living is here! It features people and places throughout Northwest Ohio. Don't miss fascinating features on a priest whose love of cooking comes from his mother, a religious sister who has made a career of creating artistic masterpieces, shrine destinations within the Diocese of Toledo, much more! We hope you enjoy this publication that was created with you in mind. You can get a hard copy from the parish office. You can also read it online here: Graceful Living. They would love to hear your feedback! If you would like to see more issues of the magazine, let them know. Email glmagazine@toledodiocese.org

Catholic Family Day at Progressive Field

Join the Cleveland Indians for Mass and a ball game for Catholic Family Day at Progressive Field on September 22, 2019. Pre-Game Mass at 10:30 a.m. in the ball park. Tickets starting at $18.00. Purchase on line at: mlb.com/indians/tickets. Enter the passcode "Catholic".

In the latest ssue of "Leading the Flock" Bishop Thomas writes: For any Catholic bishop who loves and cares for his children, among the many virtues he exercises for their well-being, three stand out: a good spiritual father protects them, prays for them, and pursues them when they stray. Read more here: Leading the Flock.

MyParish App is here!

Most Pure Heart of Mary and St. Joseph has launched our own app for iPhone and Android smart phones. This will allow us to better communicate with you throughout the week and keep you updated with relevant parish news or updates. The app is very well designed and very intuitive. It will be a great resource for parishioners by providing daily Mass readings, Catholic news and prayers, convenient prayer and Confession reminders, our bulletins and more.

We hope for our new app to be a tool for fostering stronger parish life at Most Pure Heart of Mary and St. Joseph and better engaging the New Evangelization.

Text App to phone number 88202 or click here myParishapp.com to download the app.

The Bishop's Corner

Did you know Bishop Thomas has a weekly radio program that is also on YouTube? Follow this link to see The Bishop's Corner and other videos: Diocese of Toledo YouTube Channel.

Formed.org

We are pleased to give you a free subscription to mphm.formed.org. Discover all the best Catholic content in one place. Entertaining movies, enlightening programs, inspiring talks, and a great selection of popular ebooks-all just a click away! Enter your email and create a password (you'll need this to login later). You're all ready to access the inspiring and engaging content on FORMED!

Special event posting

If you would like anything posted in the church for special events, all items and information need to be brought to the Parish Office by noon on Friday before the upcoming weekend.