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2 MASS & SACRAMENTS New Members: We welcome new parishioners and are thankful God has sent you. Please visit our website to register online ( Sunday Masses: Saturday Evening Vigil at 5:00 p.m. Sunday Morning Mass at 10:00 a.m. Weekday Mass: 8:00 a.m. Monday - Friday in St. Francis Chapel (effective July 2, 2018) Holy Days and National Holidays: Please see schedule/ calendar for times. Sacrament of Penance: Saturday 4:15-4:45 p.m. Baptisms: Please see Fr. Pete after Mass. Baptism classes are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7pm in the rectory. Please call Donna to register. Marriages: Please contact the rectory at least six months before your anticipated marriage. Bulletin Deadline: Please submit material in writing to Donna by Friday at 12:00 noon. to office@stlukestl.org Homebound Parishioners: Please call Donna if you know of anyone in the parish who needs the Eucharist brought to the home. Alcoholics Anonymous: Please call Rhonda for more information, Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ~ Matthew 7:7 Devotions at St. Luke the Evangelist Rosary: Monday - Friday at 7:30am (St. Francis Chapel - effective July 2, 2018) Perpetual Help Devotions: Tuesday at 8:30am Communion Calls: Friday Communion Calls-Visit the Sick If you would like to be put on the list for a home visit please call Donna ( ). Anointing of the Sick If you are being scheduled for surgery or will be checking into the hospital for any reason and would like to receive the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, please call Donna ( ) to schedule an appointment with Fr. Pete prior to your hospital stay. 2 S. L E Pastor In Residence Deacon Business Manager Music Director Wedding Coordinator Funeral Organist Maintenance Finance Council Parish Council Anne Bisch Anne Feise John Nighbor STAFF Father Peter M. Blake ext. 11 pastor@stlukestl.org Monsignor C. Eugene Morris ext. 21 msgrmorris@gmail.com Deacon Dave Osmack cell phone: Donna Mueller ext. 10 office@stlukestl.org Frank Jorns cell phone: Cathy Laskowitz celaskowitz65@gmail.com cell phone: Sue Vonderheid cell phone: Amir Tadzic Tom Kubsh Daniel O Sullivan Julie Schulte John Weiler The Parish Council meets on the 4 th Tuesday of the month (except for July, August, and December) in the rectory dining room at 7:00pm. Parishioners are invited to attend the meeting as non-participants. If you have an item you would like to be on the agenda, please submit the item to Donna one week prior to the meeting. Parish Council members serve as liaisons to the following committees: Altar Society ~ Anne Feise Helping Hands, Bread for Life, Giving Tree ~ John Nighbor Men s Guild, Finance Committee ~ Tom Kubsh RCIA, Adult Education, Retreats ~ John Weiler St. Vincent de Paul ~ Dan O Sullivan Women s Guild, Worship, Music, Respect Life ~ Anne Bisch CONTACT US St. Vincent de Paul x2237 Parish Office Office Hours Website Facebook 7230 Dale Avenue Richmond Heights, MO phone: fax: office@stlukestl.org M/T/Th/F, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

3 January 20, 2019 FROM THE PASTOR S DESK Today we celebrate the 2 nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. So, when was the 1 st Sunday? Good question. The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, while ending the Christmas season, is also considered the 1 st Sunday of Ordinary Time. (Oh those liturgists!) Today we begin our annual course that I like to term, Discipleship 101. For the next several weeks we will journey with the Lord learning about the meaning of our call, witnessing His miracles, and listening to His message, not just for people 2000 years ago, but also for each of us. From now until the beginning of Lent (March 6 th ) I encourage you to open your heart to what the Lord may be wanting to teach you. Today we have another epiphany of Jesus as He changes water into wine at the wedding feast in Cana. His first miracle is a manifestation of His identity. In St. John s Gospel, miracles are referred to as signs. Jesus demonstrates His identity through the signs He performs. We re told, And His disciples began to believe in Him. It s often true in each of our lives that we can search and search for the spectacular and extraordinary miracles that will probably elude most of us. Better to simply be aware of the little ordinary miracles that happen every day; a friendship begun, a surprise phone call or visit, a reconciliation we have been praying for these are all ways God brings us a miracle of what we need. Watch for them with gratitude. Last weekend s winter blitz was definitely the largest storm we ve seen in quite some time. (Not like the 1982 storm with thunder snow). Around the campus it looked like about with a wet, heavy, slush underneath. We pretreated the walkways, our snow removal company came and plowed, Amir and I shoveled and he ran the snow blower. Despite our best efforts it continued to snow, sleet, rain, and freeze making it a slippery mess. Thank you for using caution. While the crowd was down a bit, I was happy that many still made an effort to celebrate the Baptism of the Lord. There are salt containers by the doors of Church. If there are slick spots that need attention, please feel free to scatter some in those spots. Due to a round of viral infections that went around the rectory, we weren t able to get the promised surveys printed and ready to distribute at Mass last weekend. (It may have been providential, given the weather.) They are ready and this weekend we will take a few moments during Mass to elicit your thoughts and comments. It is also posted online if you prefer to fill it out electronically at your leisure. Please fill it out and help the Parish Council determine our top priorities for Speaking of viral infections and the Flu Season; after consideration and prayer, I made a pastoral decision to stop distributing the Precious Blood at weekday masses after the Feast of the Epiphany. It wasn t a decision I take lightly, since I believe the option of receiving Holy Communion under both species more closely resembles the way Jesus intended His gift to be celebrated. However, during this time of year, when many of us struggle with colds, I believe it is a safety measure we can agree helps us from contracting these nasty germs. We will now be implementing this at ALL Masses beginning this weekend and continuing until the Spring. Our Theology of the Eucharist reminds us that both the Body and Blood are contained in the Sacred Host that we receive at Mass. Someone also asked about the Sign of Peace and said she didn t feel comfortable exchanging a handshake during this flu season. Again, our hands are probably the germiest places we can transmit diseases. I leave it up to your discretion but ask that you be polite when someone refrains from shaking your hand at the Sign of Peace. A smile, or a nod, with an expression of peace, is also a way of exchanging this important part of the Mass. Another custom that has brought a few questions is the reason we have begun to say the Prayer to St. Michael at the end of Mass. Over a year ago I was approached by a parishioner who said she had visited a parish (here in St. Louis), where this was being done. She wanted to know if we were supposed to be doing this. It has not been promulgated for all parishes but has been left up to the individual parish community to determine. With the current problems in our world, and in our universal Church, I think praying to the powerful Archangel Michael is a good idea. It s not a return to the old days when we were praying to defeat communism, but a real recognition of the love God has for us in giving us this Holy Protector. God Bless! Have a great week! Remember those 3 Hail Marys (Fr. Pete) Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.. 3

4 Monday 8:00am MASS INTENTIONS January 21 ~ St. Agnes; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Jack Laurentius Int. Tuesday January 22 ~ Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children 8:00am Mary Ohmeyer Wednesday January 23 ~ St. Vincent; St. Marianne Cope 8:00am Marianne Slojkowski Thursday 8:00am Friday 8:00am Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 10:00am January 24 ~ St. Francis de Sales Emma D. Becker January 25 ~ The Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle Marianne Slojkowski January 26 ~ Ss. Timothy and Titus Rosemary Ruffieux Harger January 27 ~ 3 rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Louis Brown Please join us Monday through Friday at 7:30am to pray the rosary. In your charity, please Pray for: the sick and shut-ins of our parish, especially Alice Beck, Lily Becker, Fr. Boisaubin, Michaeleen Cradock, Paul Eigelberger, Patricia F. Heneghan, Mary Ann Hentschel, Mary Guyon Hill, Joyce Hyland, Bob Jacquin, Rose Kopp, Nancy Long Mueller, Lili Ramirez, Debra Reid, Henry Russell & Carole Stempien. the repose of the souls of the faithful departed, may they rest in peace. PLEASE PRAY for our PARISHIONERS and/or LOVED ONES SERVING in the UNITED STATES MILITARY 4 S. L E BAPTISM CLASSES Baptism classes, for first time parents and Godparents, are held on the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00pm in the Rectory and last approximately 35 minutes. The next class is scheduled for February 5. Please call Donna to register. Richard Brady, Marine Corps Michael Frame, Navy Thomas Raybuck, Army To add your loved one s name(s) to the list please contact Donna at the office READINGS for the WEEK Monday: Heb 5:1-10; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 2:18-22 Tuesday: Heb 6:10-20; Ps 111:1-2, 4-5, 9, 10c; Mk 2:23-28, or any of a number of readings for the Day of Prayer Wednesday: Heb 7:1-3, 15-17; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 3:1-6 Thursday: Heb 7:25 8:6; Ps 40:7-10, 17; Mk 3:7-12 Friday: Acts 22:3-16 or 9:1-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Mk 16:15-18 Saturday: 2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9 or Ps 96:1-3, 7-8a, 10; Mk 3:20-21 Sunday: Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; Ps 19:8-10, 15; 1 Cor 12:12-30 [12-14, 27]; Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21 CALENDAR of EVENTS Monday January 21 ~ Parish Office Closed 6:00 pm SVDP Meeting Tuesday January 22 7:00 pm Parish Council Mtg ~ RDR Wednesday January 23 7:00 pm RCIA Meeting ~ St. Joseph Hall Saturday January 26 8:30 am Finance Council ~ RDR 5:00 pm Mass 6:00 pm AA Meeting ~ St. Joseph Hall Sunday January 27 8:00 am Latin Mass 10:00 am Mass 11:30 am Latin Mass 1:00 pm Baptism FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION Our next First Friday Adoration will be on February 1 st after the 8:00am Mass until 1:00pm in St. Francis Chapel. Please sign up for an Adoration time on the sign-up sheet in the main foyer. We need at least one adorer for every time slot CALENDARS Bopp Chapel was most gracious in supplying us with beautiful complimentary 2019 calendars. If you have not picked up your 2019 calendar yet, they are available at the Church entrances.

5 January 20, 2019 SUPER SUB SANDWICH? Well let me tell you... it is the Sandwich Beyond Compare!! Over thirty years ago it started in the kitchens of our Super Luker Scout Parents! Home Baked Roast Beef! Onions sliced to perfection in a Luker Dining Room (yes, the aroma filled the house for days). Lettuce...frozen overnight but rescued the next day with new fresh lettuce!! Tomatoes, sliced to perfection in the school cafeteria volunteer workers beyond compare and the Bread yes, the Bread! Freshly baked on The Hill and picked up by a Scout Parent and delivered at 6am to our Super Luker School assembly line. The assembly began with the Super Luker Workers at 6am and continued through the morning until all orders were fulfilled. It WAS A HUGE SUCCESS and the word spread the next year the orders doubled and the faithful Scout Parent Workers were at it again. NOW 30+ YEARS LATER the success of the The Super Luker continues! Be on the LUKER Team and order for your Super Bowl Party. You will be a SUPER LUKER forever!!!! The Original 24 is $15 on or before January 21; $18 afterward. Sub includes Beef, Ham, Salami, American, Swiss-American cheeses, shredded lettuce-tomato-onion, and Scout secret sauce on the side. Pickup is February 2 at St. Mary Magdalen in Brentwood between 1-3pm. Mail check and order to: Troop 361, c/o Molly Hodge, 1264 Willow Creek Lane. St. Louis, MO Or order and pay with PayPal online at subsales For more information please call Molly Hodge at Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Make A FRIEND. Be A FRIEND. Bring a friend to Christ. DONUT SOCIAL Sunday, February 3, 11:00am in St. Joseph Hall Please join us for a Donut Social! It is a great opportunity to meet our newest parish families and reconnect with old friends. Bring your neighbor, friend, or family member. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend! PILGRIMAGE to the HOLY LAND March 18-28, 2019 Spiritual Leader: Fr. Peter Blake Please join Fr. Pete as he makes a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The itinerary includes: visiting the Summit of Mt. Olives; Bethlehem; the Holy Grotto of the Nativity; Church of All Nations at Gethsamane; the Old City of Jerusalem; praying the Way of the Cross along the same streets, and among the markets and shops, that Jesus traveled on His journey to Calvary; Mt. Zion; Bethany; the Tomb of Lazarus; Cassarea Philippi; the Sea of Galilee; Cana; and much more! Brochures with more information are available in the parish office. Please call Donna ( ) or visit stlukestl.org The Ladies Auxiliary Knights of Columbus will be selling St. Louis Cardinals Baseball calendars for 2019 after Masses on the week end of January 26/27. Calendars are $15.00 each and include many coupons for use at the stadium SEE GOD in the FACES of the POOR ~ St. Vincent de Paul Your generous donations enable us to help the needy in our community. You are the face of Christ to so many in need. Thank you for your support! Donations can be dropped off in the containers located in the vestibule/entry ways of Church after daily or weekend Masses or at the rectory (Monday through Friday 9:00am-1:30pm). If you have questions, please contact the parish St. Vincent de Paul office at ext.22. Please remember to pick up your copy of Our Sunday Visitor! Thank you for your continued support of the needy in our community!.. 5

6 6 S. L E STEWARDSHIP GIVING ~ 01/13/2019 Total Envelopes Used/Issued: 25/314 Total Online Giving Users/Households: 42/356 ACTUAL NEEDED DIFFERENCE Envelope Total...$ Loose...$ Online...$ Total...$ $ $ YTD Total...$ 112, $ 111, $ Parish Maintenance...$ St. Vincent de Paul...$ Special Collections...$ RITE of CHRISTIAN INITIATON of ADULTS The RCIA process is for adults who are: Not Catholic & seeking information on what the Catholic Church doctrines & beliefs are. Baptized active Catholics, seeking to update their knowledge of the Catholic Faith. Baptized Catholics, but not practicing, who would like to connect again with the Catholic Church. RCIA meetings are held on Wednesday 7:00pm in St. Joseph Hall. If you are interested or know someone who is, please call Donna for more information. Servers January 26 5:00 p.m. Dave Hoffman & John Nighbor Online giving is available on our website. Please remember St. Luke in your estate planning. Beaudoin Lectors John Weiler Anne Bosse Eucharistic Ministers Neil Clavers, Felice Nighbor & John Weiler Gift Bearers John Weiler Kris Osmack January 27 10:00 a.m. Tom & Charlotte Kubsh, Ann Deer & Charlene Talir Children s Liturgy ~ Jason Martinez Greeters Ushers Prayers of the Faithful That we OPEN our HEARTS and allow the HOLY SPIRIT to WORK through US the way GOD intended. Joann Frame & Mary Ann Hentschel Tim Day, Kevin Kelly & Patty Kelly STL REVIEW The St. Louis Review is your faith resource access to local, national, and international news. If you are not a parish subscriber, make a parish contribution with your request to receive the St. Louis Review. Envelopes are available at the entrances. If you are a current parish subscriber, consider a contribution of $35 today. Parish access subscribers receive the St. Louis Review in print and online because of parish contributions. There is no expiration date with your parish access as long as you are making regular contributions in your parish. LITURGICAL MINISTRIES ~ January 26 & 27, 2019 Pat Mullally, Kris Osmack, Julie Schulte & Charlene Talir John Cronin, Paul Eigelberger, Mike McBride & Dan O Sullivan A VISIBLE GOD We find it difficult to convey ideas to people unless we can actually show them something, demonstrate what we mean. God, who is invisible and truly beyond human understanding, apparently faces the same difficulty. People want to see, not just listen to an idea. So God gave us Jesus Christ, God made visible in the world. During these past weeks we have seen how Jesus was revealed as an infant to the shepherds and the magi, and then began his adult public life at his baptism by John. Today s Gospel reading tells us of his first sign, providing wine for the wedding guests at Cana. Of course, even Jesus, God made visible, was not always easily understood in his own day, nor is he even now. So we have to ponder what we see: the poverty and simplicity of his birth, his humility and openness before John the Baptist, his kindness and compassion toward people in their ordinary problems, such as running short of wine at a wedding. Yet it is in coming to know Jesus that we come to know God. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. iblessed and gratefuli To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit. ~ 1 Corinthians 12:7 St. Paul tells us that God has blessed each of us for a reason. How has God blessed you? Are you using your gifts according to God s plan? How are you helping to build God s kingdom here on earth? Remember that if you don t do the work God planned for you, no one else can do it. Live the life God has intended for you, feel His love, peace, and joy!

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8 January 20, 2019 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Continue your March for Life Pilgrimage with our Annual Roe v. Wade Memorial Mass the very next weekend on Saturday, January 26 at 10am at the Cathedral Basilica. This January marks 46 years since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion which has ended over 60 million unborn lives and harmed countless more women, men, and families. Please join the St. Louis Respect Life Community in praying for an end to abortion, healing, and forgiveness for those involved in abortion, and an increased respect for all human life. This special Mass features a Pro-Life Generation rose procession and a collection to benefit the LifeLine Coalition, a group of local Catholic and pro-life social service agencies who help more than 10,000 annually. Following Mass, a peaceful and prayerful Rosary Walk to and from Planned Parenthood will take place. The event concludes with Benediction back at the Cathedral. For more information, contact the Respect Life Apostolate at prolife@archstl.org or WOMEN S SOFTBALL LEAGUE The women s recreational softball league is looking for players and/or teams. The season begins this May on Monday nights at 6:30pm at McMahon Field. Please text if interested. Stand in Faith even when you re having the hardest time of your life. HELP WANTED Would like to hire a female to provide companionship and minor assistance to aging woman for a few weekday afternoons each week. Located within 6 miles of St. Luke s Church. If interested in this paid position, please call Susan at MOVIN ON GROUP 1065 AA Meeting ~ 6:00 p.m. St. Joseph Hall.. 8