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1 March 19, rd Sunday of Lent ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH Parish Office 203 E. Main St., P.O. Box 730, Teutopolis, IL Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:00 am-4:30 pm Phone (217) Fax 217) Parish Parish website: stfrancischurch.com Submit written bulletin notices by noon Monday. Diocesan website: Diocesan Child Abuse Reporting and Investigation Number (217) Parish Pastoral Team Fr. Joe Carlos, OFM, Pastor Fr. Ken Rosswog, OFM, Associate Pastor Fr. Thinh Tran, OFM, Associate Pastor Kim Deters, Director of Music Ministry Anita Broom, Bookkeeper Jane Miller, Part-time Secretary Ron Ruholl, Maintenance Religious Education: Sr. A. Pierre Wilken, OSF, Director of Faith Formation: Sr. Ann Siemer, SSND, Gr. Sch./Jr. Hi. DRE: /3015 Lisa Siemer, Youth Director & Sr. High CRE: Carlene Rauch, Part-time Rel. Ed. Secretary: Parish Council Dan Beckman Rich Niebrugge Sandy Gillespie Tony Pals Lois Meinhart Sharon Waldhoff Steve Kroeger Cory Wermert Karen Runde 203 EAST MAIN ST., PO BOX 730, TEUTOPOLIS, IL 62467

2 St. Francis of Assisi Parish Teutopolis, Illinois page 2 From the Pastor The parishioners of St. Francis extend our sympathies and condolences to the families of Cecilia Habing and Billie Pals. Both ladies were buried from our church this past week. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. Our Staff Study Day was Tuesday. We spent the day studying the book Rebuilt by White and Corcoran. We discussed many aspects of our life here at St. Francis in terms of a community of faith. We thank the Brummer family for allowing us to use their Prairie Training Center, east of town. Please pray for our seniors on retreat this weekend, March. We pray their hearts will be open to the grace of the Holy Spirit especially as they prepare for a significant transition in their life with graduation this spring. We congratulate St. Anthony s Parish in Effingham for their basketball team s achievement with the 1 st place trophy in basketball last weekend. I know many of us watched the game, or parts of it, on television. An over-time win is usually very exciting, and it was! If you have tried to interest people to run for any office in a parish organization, you know how many phone calls you have to make, and people you must contact, before finding people willing to commit. I don t know if it were ever the case that people actually wanted to be in an office. This Thursday the new members of our parish council will meet, and officers will be elected. The new members are Donna Niemerg, Toby McMahon and Mark Willenborg. I thank the new members for stepping up to the plate. Retiring members are Sandy Gillespie, Dan Beckman and Tony Pals. The parish is grateful to you for serving the parish so faithfully. Why not enjoy a delicious breakfast at Bishop this Sunday! Speaking of food, the Knights of Columbus have an excellent fish/shrimp dinner every Friday evening in Lent. You won t regret coming to your own KC Hall! Remember that this Tuesday is our Eucharistic Day for Life. We will have exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from after the 7:55 Mass until Benediction at 5:45 pm. Come and pray for a half hour or an hour - whatever your schedule allows. You will not regret it. 40 DAYS FOR LIFE EUCHARISTIC DAY OF PRAYER, TUESDAY, MARCH 21st - Please come to pray to our Eucharistic Lord for the end of the evil disregard for human life in our world. Eucharistic Exposition will begin following the 7:55 AM mass, with Benediction at 5:45 PM. Volunteers are needed to please commit to a half hour or hour of prayer in church on the sign-up sheets at the church entrances. If you are home bound or unable to come, your prayers are needed also in whatever way you are able. Prolife prayer guides are at church entrances, and daily devotionals are available at Thank you for your prayers and sacrifices! Prayer to the Blessed Sacrament Lord Jesus, I firmly believe that the Blessed Sacrament is Your very Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity. Senses cannot grasp this marvel. Faith, however, reaches beyond what the eyes can see and assures us that You are present. We can also see You, O Lord, in the children in the womb. In a day when so many have forgotten these children, and dismiss them as less valuable than those who are born, grant that we may grow all the more convinced of their dignity and worth. Then grant, O Lord, that we may act accordingly. Amen The Year of Grace People of the Hebrews: so thirsty, they grumbled to the very God who gave them quail and manna. The Woman at the Well: so thirsty, she missed the living water at least, at first. And what does God do? Because of faithful care and covenantal love, water gushes from the rock, living water gushes from Christ. For what do I thirst? How can God slake that thirst? What mercy work can I do to give drink to the thirsty? Mass Intentions Monday, March 20, 6:15: Betty Koeberlein Schottman Monday, March 20, 12:10: Rose Waldhoff death anniv. Tuesday, March 21, 6:15: Dolores Kingery Tuesday, March 21, 7:55: Bernard & Betty Koeberlein Wednesday, March 22, 6:15: Edward Hatke Wednesday, March 22, 7:55: Matilda Bierman Thursday, March 23, 6:15: Dolores Kingery Thursday, March 23, 12:10: Roger Worman Family Friday, March 24, 6:15: Mrs. Jack Koester Friday, March 24, 7:55: Albin Worman Saturday, March 25, 8:00: Betty Koeberlein Schottman Saturday, March 25, 4:30: Lawrence Ruholl Sunday, March 26, 6:30: Vincent Huelsing Sunday, March 26, 8:30: Alf Thoele Sunday, March 26, 10:30: Pro Populo

3 March 19, rd Sunday of Lent page 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Liturgy Schedule 3rd Week of Lent March St. Joseph Mass at 6:15 am & 12:10 pm Mass at 6:15 & 7:55 am Mass at 6:15 & 7:55 am St. Turibius of Mogrovejo Mass at 6:15am & 12:10 pm Mass at 6:15& 7:55 am The Annunciation of the Lord Mass at 8:00 am & 4:30 pm 4th Sunday of Lent Mass at 6:30, 8:30, 10:30 am Stations of the Cross Friday, March 24-7:00 pm Confession Schedule Saturday, March 25-3:00-4:00 pm Liturgy of the Hours with Friars Monday-Friday -- 11:45 am & 4:45 pm Pray for the Sick Please remember in your prayers: Jack Hardiek, Lucille Worman, Agnes Kremer, Devin Mette, Harold Hardiek, Margaret Pruemer, Will Niccum, Joe Ruholl, Bill and Rosie Myers, Emily (Heuerman) McCabe, Lorraine Deters, Claude and Geraldine Brumleve, Craig Lindvahl, Scott Repking, Andrea Wernsing, Elizabeth Weidner, Paula Spencer, Betty Borries, Jody Furlano, Mark Roedl, JoAnn Deters, Elizabeth Waldhoff, Linus Willenborg, Cheryl Woodard, Norma Weber, Pat Poston, Kathryn Wesselman, Betty Runde, Philip Wendt, Charlotte Miller, Pat Weis, Florence Koester, Barb Cornell, Cheryl Huber, Geraldine Stuckey. Stewardship of Treasure Sunday Total Fiscal 3/12/2017 Year 265 Adult envelopes $7, $318, Other $ $30, TOTAL $8, $349, Assisi for Africa $ $22, Catholic Charities $9, Parish Calendar Monday, March 20 First Communion Parent mtg., 7:00 pm, Museum Dining Room CCW mtg., 7:00 pm, St. Clare Hall Adult Choir, 7:00-8:30 pm Tuesday, March 21 Lenten Series, 10:00-11:30 am and 7:00-8:30 pm, St. Clare Hall Eucharistic Day of Prayer, Mass at 7:55 am and Benediction at 5:45 pm Wednesday, March 22 Jr. High and HS Religion, 7:20 pm Youth Choir, 7:00-8:15 pm Rosary, 8:00 pm, Chapel Thursday, March 23 First Communion Parent mtg., 7:00 pm, Museum Dining Room Parish Council mtg., 7:00 pm, St. Clare Hall Friday, March 24 Rosary, 9:30 am, Church and St. Clare Hall Stations of the Cross, 7:00 pm Saturday, March 25 Roller Skating/Laser Tag, 11:30 am to 6:00 pm Confessions, 3:00-4:00 pm Sunday, March 26 Financial Peace University, 5:00-7:00 pm, Museum Dining Room Special Collection - Catholic Relief Services The Catholic Relief Services Collection works at home and abroad to aid struggling, poor, and underrepresented families. The six worldwide organizations supported by the collection provide immediate humanitarian aid, pastoral support, and disaster relief to our suffering brothers and sisters around the globe. This collection offers an opportunity for each of us to help Jesus in disguise. Please give generously to the Catholic Relief Services Collection on the weekend of March Sing Along St. Francis Singers and Friends will be singing at Lakeland Nursing Center on Thursday, March 23rd at 10:00 am. God Bless Those Serving our Country. Anthony Vahling, Jeremy Deters, Caleb Hoene, Cody Bushue, Jared Apke Homebound Ministry Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion to the Homebound for Sunday, March 26th are Donna Spannagel and Mary Jane Koester

4 St. Francis of Assisi Parish Teutopolis, Illinois page 4 We welcome those who recently received the Sacrament of Baptism at St. Francis Parish. Blakely Claire Bowling, daughter of Bradley and Kayla (Gillespie) Bowling Kyndal Rebecca Dasenbrock, daughter of Derek and Stacy (Roepke) Dasenbrock Reid James Deters, son of Dominic and Meghan (Gillespie) Deters Leah Marie Faber, daughter of Trevor and Danielle (Althoff) Faber Ava Marie Harrington, daughter of Jacob and Anyssa (Vonderheide) Harrington Lane Henry Heuerman, son of Matthew and Tasha (Thoele) Heuerman Henry Ray Hille, son of Jake Hille and Erin Habing Jack Anthony Koester, son of Jesse and Angela (Myers) Koester Duke Michael Niemeyer, son of Huley and Lacey (Pals) Niemeyer Jordyn Faith Pals, daughter of Aaron and Lauren (Runde) Pals Max Arthur Rauch, son of Bradley and Amy (Allison) Rauch Estella Rose Runde, daughter of Gerald and Erica (Diericx) Runde Carter Edward Schumacher, son of Blake and Hannah (Dust) Schumacher Maren Jo Schumacher, daughter of Jacob and Mandy (Ervin) Schumacher Canaan Andrew Tipton, son of Andrew and Sydney (Stults) Tipton INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK Today Jesus meets the woman at the well. After her time with Jesus she tells others about this man who is able to see into the depths of a person's life. Is Jesus that person for you? Have you allowed him into the depths of your life? Do you go out and tell others about this Jesus, as the Samaritan woman does? Do you share the good news by the way you live your life? We welcome those who recently registered as members with St. Francis Parish. Jeff and Lori (Flood) Dasenbrock and Jordynn Jacob and Anyssa (Vonderheide) Harrington and Colton and Ava Josh and Nichole (Schabbing) Hooks Adam and Nicole (Kinkelaar) Koester Mitch and Megan (Hawickhorst) Koester and Grace and Charles Eric and Amber (Blim) Smothers and Julien, Exavier, Naomi, and Madelyn Donnie and Erin (Nolan) Swingler and Keegan and Kynley Pictorial Directory Photo Submission There will not be any additional photo sessions done by Lifetouch. If you wish to submit a picture for the directory, please it, to sfcpictorial@mediacombb.net or drop it by the parish office. If the picture was taken by a professional photographer, you will need to provide a release from the photographer in order to have it put in the book. There will be a $10 fee for the directory. If you do not have your picture in the directory, there is a $20 fee. Cemetery Clean-Up Please remove any grave blankets, flowers, statues, etc. which are not attached to headstones and which you want to keep. Ron will be rolling the ground and cleaning up the cemetery on favorable weather days in the very near future. Thanks for your speedy attention to this matter. Let s help keep our cemetery beautiful! When a bit of sunshine hits ye, After passing of a cloud, When afit of laughter gits ye, An yer spine is feelin proud, Don t fergit to up and fling it At a soul that s feelin blue, For the minute that ye sling it, It s a boomerang to you! John Wallace Crawford American poet Happy Spring!

5 March 19, rd Sunday of Lent page 5 Religious Education And Youth Notes GRADE SCHOOL Grades 3 to 6 students have received report sheets in the classroom this past week, to be taken home, reviewed with parents, signed and then returned to the religion teacher soon after. Thanks for your cooperation. Grade 2 First Communion Parent meeting will take place on Monday, March 20, and Thursday, March 23, in the Museum Dining Room, beginning at 7:00. Meeting should conclude around 8:15. Grade 3 students in rooms 3D and 3S will have an opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Monday, March 20, during their religion class time. Children in room 3K will continue their video on the Life of Jesus. Grade 4 students in rooms 4S, 4SCHU, and 4 SCO will assemble in room 4S on Monday for the continuation on the Lenten video for the 3 rd and 4 th week of Lent. Grade 5 and 6 students will assemble in Church for the group recitation of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary on Thursday. Parents and Parishioners are invited to attend and participate. PRE-KDGN. Sunday morning religion class takes place this Sunday during the l0:30 Mass. Children will be practicing and preparing songs for the closing program which will take place on Sunday, March 26. RCIA sessions continue on Monday nights. This week our topic is Woman at the Well. If you know of anyone interested in more information on the Catholic Church, please call Sr. Pierre at National Catholic Sisters Week was celebrated from March Thank you to all those who thought of those women religious who generously give of themselves for others. HIGH SCHOOL Please pray for our seniors and adult retreat team who are on retreat this weekend. High School students hosting the stations of the cross on March 24 are asked to be at the church between 5:45 pm and 6:00 pm that night to practice and get into place. Thanks to all serving for this night! YOUTH NOTES Junior high and high school Roller Skating/Laser Tagging forms are due in to the parish this week! We have a few seats available yet for our trip to Mattoon on March 25 - leaving the parish parking lot at 11:30 am and returning at 6:00 pm. Forms are available online! It's going to be awesome! CHWC Meeting for students and parents will be on March 28 at 7:00 pm in the Museum Dining Room to fill out forms and receive information. For your convenience, we will have a notary present to notarize any forms that are completed by parents and students that night. See you there. JUNIOR HIGH Grade 7 students participating in the Silhouette Stations of the Cross on Friday, March 31 will have practice on Wednesday, March 22, and Wednesday, March 29, in the Junior High building from 6:30-7:15. Rehearsal will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Friday, March 31 in church. Thanks to these young people for signing up for this special Lenten activity and thanks to the parents for encouraging their participation. Grade7 will continue their Bible study of the time after Jesus Resurrection and Ascension The founding of the Church. Grade 8 will be studying Hope and Future--Daily Living Out the Language of the Body. Protecting God s Children St. Francis has training for adults of the parish involved in any parish ministry on Monday, March 27 at 6:30. Please call the parish office to register We are responsible for those among us who are vulnerable: the young, the old, the challenged in any way. Come join us as we become aware of how we can prevent harm to the vulnerable among us. Holy Humor A three-year -old boy gazed in delight at the handsome stained glass windows in a church and told his mother, Look---cartoons!

6 St. Francis of Assisi Parish Teutopolis, Illinois page 6 Life Advocacy Day March 29 th - at the State Capitol with Bishop Paprocki and Catholic Conference of Illinois to share our concerns for respecting life at all stages. Meet at the Illinois State Museum Auditorium, 502 S. Spring St.-- individual meetings with legislators to follow. Call for more information. Monthly Prayer Vigil for Life will be held at Sacred Heart Church in Lillyville on Monday, March 20th. Praying the scriptural rosary will begin at 6:00 pm followed by a 6:30pm Mass. The 7:30pm business meeting will be in the parish center. Everyone is urged to join us in prayer for respect of all life, born and unborn. Second Hand Rose at Catholic Charities in Effingham will be closed Saturday March 18 through Monday, March 20 for cleaning. Donations will not be accepted on those days. Second Hand Rose will reopen on Tuesday, March 21 with spring and summer clothing, accessories, and household items. Store hours are Monday Friday 10:00 am 4:00 pm and Saturday 9:00 am 1:00 pm. Please call Carrie at with any questions. CCW March meeting will be held Monday, March 20th in St. Clare Hall at 7:00 pm. Many CCW dues envelopes have not yet been turned in. Please have them collected and turned in before this meeting. One of the discussion items will be the candidate for Our Lady of Good Counsel Award (which honors a woman of our parish who actively lives her Catholic Faith, displays her spirituality, and shares her time/talent with a cheerful attitude by doing acts of service and leadership towards her community and parish). Suggestions are welcome. Our guest speaker will be Kathy Nava. Kathy leads the Effingham Unit 40 Mentor program and will be sharing information on all of the good things this program has to offer. Please come join us for an informational presentation and friendship. Forget-Me-Not Café The next Forget-Me-Not Café will be March 28th from 12:00-2:00 pm at the Tuscan Hills Winery. This initiative, sponsored by Willowbrook Memory Care Homes and Tuscan Hills Winery, is for individuals with early to middle stages of dementia and their spouse or other family caregivers. Phone Jackie Witges at for more information. Communication & Caregiving: Dementia 101 Amy Sobrino and Shannon Nosbisch of Effingham Area Alzheimer s Awareness will be presenting techniques to help you better communicate with a person living with Alzheimer s or related dementia and strategies for caregiving. This free program will be a the Effingham Public Library on March 20th at 6:00 pm. Register online at effinghamlibrary.org or call The Mr. and Mrs. Jack Koester Memorial March for Life - K of C International Day of Prayer for the Unborn Child will be held on March 25 starting at 3:00 pm. The March will begin at the Cross at the Crossroads and will proceed on the sidewalks to the Effingham KC Hall and Sacred Heart Church. Parking is limited at the Cross. Please begin carpooling from the KC Hall at 2:30 pm. Lets honor the Koesters and show our support for the unborn babies. The date of March 25 was not just picked by chance for this event. The Feast of the Annunciation, is the feast when the angel Gabriel told Mary she would be the mother of the Son of God. So, since Jesus was conceived on March 25, and we believe life begins at conception, we are going to celebrate the life of unborn babies by attending the 1st annual Memorial March for Life! Join other prolifers and speak up for those who cannot defend themselves - the babies. Sacred Heart Parish Mission - The Journey Makes Us One - will be held March Monday, March 20, 7:00 pm - Set Your Heart On The Way ~ Let us begin our journey. Tuesday, March 21, 7:00 pm - Catch a Glimpse of What Might Be ~ Our conviction in giving witness. Wednesday, March 22, 7:00 pm - Faith on Fire ~ A vision for the future. Immediately following Mass on Wednesday evening, you are invited to a Parish Dessert Social in the Sacred Heart Parish Center. Area Events KC Friday night fish buffet now through April 14 at the Teutopolis K of C Hall meeting room. St. Thomas School, Newton is hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, March 18. Doors open at 5:30 pm. Meal is at 6:00 pm, and the Sounds of Swing band will start playing at 7:00 pm. St. Isidore Parish Breakfast will be held on Sunday, March 19th, 7:00 am-noon. Country Store, bucket raffle items and mystery boxes also available. Wine Tasting on Saturday, March 25th at Holy Cross Parish Center, Wendelin from 6:00-10:30 pm. 5 local wineries will be available to sample and/or purchase their wines. Live music will be provided throughout the evening. There will be a raffle drawing. No need to be present to win. Sacred Heart Church, Lillyville will host their annual spring breakfast on Sunday, March 26. Serving 7:00 am to noon in their parish hall. There will also be a country store and raffles. No Fish-Fish Fry is Friday, March 31, serving from 4:30 to 7:30 pm in the Sacred Heart Parish Center, Effingham. Come and enjoy cheese pizza and meatless pasta, salad and breadsticks (prepared by Joe s Pizza) and desserts. Price is $6.00/Adults and $4.00/Children.