The Ridgeway-Barneveld Knights of Columbus will host a spaghetti dinner fundraiser. Sunday March 1, 2020 11:00 am to 1:30 pm Funds raised by the event will be used by the KC Council for church and community projects. The made-from-scratch dinner will feature all-you-can-eat spaghetti, salad, bread, dessert and beverages for $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 5-12 and 5 and under free. For more information contact Dave Renz at 608.924.2126 or ldrenz@mhtc.net.

Dr. Pat Gorman, from the Office of Worship of the Diocese of Madison, will lead a workshop for EMHCs at Ss. Mary and Paul Parish in Mineral Point. Wednesday, March 11, 2020 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. This workshop is suited for parishioners in any diocesan parish who would like to serve in the Eucharistic ministry during Mass. We welcome all new and current EMHCs to attend this free workshop. Registration can be completed at madisondiocese.org/emhc.

Join us after the 5:00 pm Ash Wednesday at St. Joseph's for a soup supper in the school cafeteria. Serving a variety of soups, bread and dessert. There will be a sign up sheet for those who would like to bring something. Please remember that we are not to eat meat on Ash Wednesday so no soups with meat in them. Join us for food and fellowship.

The theme for the 2020 Annual Catholic Appeal of the Diocese of Madison is "Love Never Fails." We ask that God guide us, and give us the ability to put our faith in Him to allow us the capacity to love and care for those in our parishes, our diocese and the Church throughout the world. We ask that His grace make us even more generous in supporting those needs. Each pledge to the Annual Catholic Appeal supports diocesan ministries, education, and services and assures a strong future for the Diocese of Madison and the people that is serves. This year each of us is asked to consider making a pledge, payable over six months. Your gift will help enable the Diocese to reach its goal and provide the ministries supported by the Appeal. Thank you for your prayerful consideration and generous response.

Fish Fry Dessert - Strawberry Dessert: Dissolve one large box of strawberry Jell-O in 2-1/2 cups of hot water. Add two 10 oz. packages of frozen strawberries. Cool until syrupy. In a 9 x 13 pan, tear into pieces one large baked angel food cake. Pour the strawberry mixture over the cake. Spread one large cool whip over the top and refrigerate. Volunteers Needed We are still in need of additional workers for the February Fish Fry. Especially on the second and third shifts. If you can work please call Virginia at the School Office at 930.3392, or there are also sign up sheets in the back the Church.

The new front doors of the church were ordered last week. The manufacturer says it can take 4-8 weeks for the doors to come in. Once they are in, Dubuque Glass Company will be installing the doors along with the handicap accessible buttons. Installation should only take one day. If all goes well, by the end of March the new doors should be up and running!

Agrace HospiceCare, a nonprofit community hospice serving Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette counties, is seeking local adult volunteers. Volunteers are needed to visit local hospice patients and their families in their homes, or in nursing or assisted living centers. No healthcare experience is needed. Schedules are flexible, and free training is provided. Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Agrace at 608.327.7163 or visit agrace.org/volunteer to apply online.

The women of Grace Lutheran Church, Dodgeville, invites the women of St Joseph's for a Friendship Tea on Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.. Entertainment provided by Carla Pustina. Please RSVP to Kay at 608.319.2055.

Journey through Grief is a six-week grief support group series for adults. It meets at Agrace HospiceCard, 1155 N. Elm St., Platteville on Thursdays March 12 to April 16 from 10:00 a.m. to Noon. Anyone who is grieving the death of a loved one can join, even if the person who died was not a hospice patient. Pre-registration by March 1 is required, call 608.327.7118.

If you would like some of our delicious pasties, please stop by and see Mel in the school kitchen or call Amy at the Parish Office. We have pasties with no salt, pasties with no onion, ham and cheese and apple pasties left.

We welcome Bishop Hying for his first official visit to our parish at the 8:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, February 23, 2020. That's the 156th Anniversary of the death of Venerable Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli who started the first Catholic community in Dodgeville! To show our appreciation, we plan to give him a spiritual bouquet. There's a sign up sheet in the Narthex where you can write your name and pledge your spiritual offering which we'll present to Bishop Hying during his visit. Please keep Bishop Hying in your prayers!

Daily individual prep, and weekly group meetings start Sunday, February 16! Books have been ordered. If you didn't order one, contact Linda as we may have a few extras (linda.schoenmann@stjoedodge.org). Our first group meeting is after the 10:00 a.m. Mass on February 16th. Or you can do the whole 33-day preparation on your own. The consecration will be done March 19th, the Feast of St. Joseph. We pray this will be a dey part of your Lent this year.