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1 St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church HOLY MASS & SACRAMENTS Sunday Mass: Saturday Evening Vigil at 4:30 PM Sunday Morning Masses at 8 and 10:30 AM Weekday Mass: Monday through Friday at 8:00 AM Holy Day Mass: Vigil 5:30 PM, 8:00 AM and 12:00 PM Devotions: Morning Prayer: Mon.-Friday. 7:40 AM Eucharistic Adoration: Mon. 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Evening Prayer, Our Lady of Perpetual Help & Benediction Mon. 5:30 PM Sacrament of Penance (Confessions): Saturday 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Sunday 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Baptism: Sundays at 11:45 AM Parents should contact the parish office to arrange a Baptism and to attend preparation class. Holy Matrimony: Please make arrangements at the parish office at least six months before the anticipated marriage. Vocation To The Priesthood And Consecrated Religious Life: Contact the Parish Office or the Archdiocesan Office of Vocations at Homebound Parishioners: Please call the Office for Holy Communion to the sick and visitation. New Parishioners: We welcome all new parishioners and are grateful for your active participation. Please visit or call our office to register. PARISH STAFF & COUNCILS Pastor Rev. Lawrence Brennan lawrencebrennan@archstl.org Phone Number Ext. 13 Permanent Deacon Deacon Robert Snyder Business Manager Miss Joan Voskamp Music/Organists Mr. Jim Randazzo Mrs. Elisabeth Kenney Pastoral Associate Mrs. Judy Roderick Maintenance Mr. Charles Nea Parish Council Mr. Jack Tracy Finance Council Mr. Larry Millburg St. Vincent de Paul Society Ext Eucharistic Adoration Judy Roderick CONTACT US Parish Office 1420 South Sappington Crestwood, MO Phone: Fax: steeliz@sbcglobal.net Website: stelizabethhungary.org Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Bulletin Deadline: Tuesday, at 12:00 Noon.

2 2nd Sunday Of Easter April 23, 2017 From the Pastor Second Sunday of Easter (The Feast of Mercy) On the Second Sunday of Easter, we hear St. John s account of Easter and of the Sunday following. In the room where the disciples were gathered, the doors were locked for fear of the Jews, that is, for fear of the faction of the Jewish leadership that had had Jesus executed. Against all expectation, Jesus stood in the midst of the room. He gave the traditional greeting in Hebrew, Shalom! or Peace! Then, unusually, he showed his hands and side, presumably still bearing the marks of his passion. The evangelist adds, with understatement, The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. As I imagine the scene, they were astonished, they were shocked, they were giddy with an overwhelming joy. And Jesus said again, Shalom! After this he commissioned them. As he was sent by the Father, so now he sent them. Then he breathed on them. This is another unusual detail in the story. It is St. John s version of Pentecost. This breathing was the gift of the Holy Spirit, as Jesus himself said. It recalled the wind that swept over the waters at the dawn of creation. It recalled the gift of the breath of life that gave God gave Adam in the garden. This is the mighty power of the Spirit creating anew. This is the breath of life that now enlivens the Church. This is the rescue breathing for a humanity dead to sin, a humanity whose sins can now be forgiven through the ministry of the Church. Thomas Didymus was not there that first morning, and refused to believe the others without tangible proof. The following Sunday, when they gathered again, he was there. Jesus appeared and invited him to touch the wounds on his glorified body and thus to believe. Thomas answered with the traditional opening of a Jewish prayer, My Lord and my God! But this was not simply a story about Thomas. Jesus chided him for believing only because of seeing. Then Jesus added a blessing for all of us, for all the generations who would come to believe without seeing. As Peter said in the second reading, Although you have not seen him, you love him. This is the heritage of our faith. Some of us have even loved him to the point of laying down our lives for him. What a miracle of belief! Today is also called the Feast of Mercy, after the vision of St. Faustina Kowalska. In the Easter season, we recall the great love with which our Savior died on the Cross and rose in the power of Holy Spirit. There is no sin too great to evade the reach of his mercy. Let us all approach the Sacrament of Penance with confidence in that fact. And let us pray that all the human race may come at last to know his salvation.

April 23, 2017 Liturgical Ministers April 29 and April 30 Monday Tuesday April 24 St. Fidelis Ollie & Dan Schaller April 25 St.

Chanel & Grignion Henry Grossenbacher April 29 St.

$5,990 $5,500 Special Collections Votive Offerings $ 101 St.

Ingold Sunday, April 30, Mass Lector: Elaine Snyder Servers: Volunteers Extraordinary Ministers: Judy Simon, Barb Zander, Ginny Morrow Sunday, April 30, 10:30am Mass Lector: Drew

3 April 23, 2017 Liturgical Ministers April 29 and April 30 Monday Tuesday April 24 St. Fidelis Ollie & Dan Schaller April 25 St. Mark Kenneth Delaney Wednesday April 26 Linda Meier Thursday April 27 Kenneth Delaney Friday Saturday 4:30pm Sunday 10:30am April 28 SS. Chanel & Grignion Henry Grossenbacher April 29 St. Catherine Bob & Margaret Lightfoot April 30 3rd Sunday of Easter Vincent Simpher People Of The Parish Offertory Actual Budget Envelope Total $4,686 Loose $1,304 Total Collection $5,990 $5,500 Special Collections Votive Offerings $ 101 St. Vincent DePaul $ 113 Catholic Relief $ 10 Central Europe $ 10 Good Friday $ 153 Retired Religious $ 585 Easter Flowers $ 28 Catholic Home Missions $ 80 Parish Maintenance $ 218 Thank you for your Continuing support! April 16, 2017 Saturday, April 29 4:30pm Mass Lector: Patricia Codden Servers: Volunteers Extraordinary Ministers: Bert Marchi, Larry Millburg, Bob Ubriaco, Jeanne Garner, Helen Ingold Sunday, April 30, Mass Lector: Elaine Snyder Servers: Volunteers Extraordinary Ministers: Judy Simon, Barb Zander, Ginny Morrow Sunday, April 30, 10:30am Mass Lector: Drew Finke Servers: Volunteers Extraordinary Ministers: Jean Taylor, Carole Taylor, Pat Beck, Ann Holmes, Jim Schlaker Let us remember in our prayers the sick and shut-ins of the parish Golde Caldwell, Gertrude Slama, Fr Edwards, Mark Beck, Tom Hearst, Charlotte Shafer, Jo Klein, Steven Sulze, Cathy Seemayer, Hilaria Green, Victor Sciarrino, David Brophy, Rosalie Hubert, Albert Feldt, Frank Miles, Dana Dahl, Suzanne Kolb, Mike McSorley Sr., Charlotte Ward, Michael Roth, James Brumfield, Dave Oppland, Carol Bilger, Brother John Mangogna, Jerry Brendel, Mary McFerron. GIVE A MEAL-A-MONTH April Beef Stew, Green Beans, Fruit Cocktail or Jell-O. (Extra) Toilet Tissue, Paper Towels

April 23, 2017 News Around Town Marriage on Tap- Saint Louis Married couples are invited to an evening out, just call it a date night!

50 per person buffet dinner (cash bar available); 7:00PM is a dynamic talk featuring Vince and Marianne Burkemper, who have been married 30 years with three grown children.

Their son is an ordained priest and their two daughters are teachers - one teaches in Missouri and another in Micronesia as part of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. RSVP required: marriageontapstl@gmail.

Hanging baskets, bedding plants and more will be for sale. For more information please call Jim Weber at 314-968-8303. Once again, we need volunteers to help with our plant sale this year.

4 April 23, 2017 News Around Town Marriage on Tap- Saint Louis Married couples are invited to an evening out, just call it a date night! Be with other couples who care about a good marriage growing better and want to enrich themselves. May 16, the Pasta House Company at 8231 Delmar Blvd, University City, :00PM dinner, $22.50 per person buffet dinner (cash bar available); 7:00PM is a dynamic talk featuring Vince and Marianne Burkemper, who have been married 30 years with three grown children. Their talk is 'Living our faith as a family" and focuses on their love for each other, their family and their faith in all they do. Their son is an ordained priest and their two daughters are teachers - one teaches in Missouri and another in Micronesia as part of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. RSVP required: marriageontapstl@gmail.com Visit our Facebook page: Marriage On Tap STL Sponsored by Worldwide Marriage Encounter. Spring is just around the corner, and so is our annual plant sale on May 6th and 7th. Hanging baskets, bedding plants and more will be for sale. For more information please call Jim Weber at Once again, we need volunteers to help with our plant sale this year. Sign up sheets will be in the lobby after all of the masses this weekend and next weekend, April 29th and 30th. Last call for aluminum tab tops to benefit the Ronald McDonald House. The Ronald McDonald House uses the pure aluminum tab tops for operating expenses. It s a wonderful day for youngsters at the house with inflatables, the snake man, face painting, different attractions for the young and young at heart. For information call Elaine Snyder at Have your thoughts turned to landscaping, remodeling, painting or general fix-up? Think ahead and you can be a great boom to the scrip program and St. Elizabeth parish. Home Depot, Lowe s, Target, Walmart/Sam s, and Bed, Bath & Beyond are willing to help with your home projects. These merchants give 3-7% of your purchases to the parish when you use St. Elizabeth Scrip gift cards. No extra cost to you. Stop in the parish office during the week or at the table after Mass to place your order and/or to pick up what scrip cards we have on hand. In June & November of 2016 the SCRIP program gave St. Elizabeth 2 checks totaling $12,

This Coming Week at St. Elizabeth s Mon. 4/24 - Eucharistic Adoration after Mass until Evening prayer, Perpetual Help devotions and Benediction at 5:30 pm.

4/26 - Men s AA Meeting 7:30 PM Thurs. 4/27 - SAJE Chair Exercises at Advent Episcopal, 9373 Garber 9:30 AM Fri.

5 This Coming Week at St. Elizabeth s Mon. 4/24 - Eucharistic Adoration after Mass until Evening prayer, Perpetual Help devotions and Benediction at 5:30 pm. - SAJE Chair Exercises 9:30 AM Cafeteria April 23, SAJE Pickleball Gym 9 AM - 12 PM - SAJE Informal Quilting 11 AM Advent Episcopal Tues. 4/25 - SAJE Zumba 11:30 AM Gym Wed. 4/26 - Men s AA Meeting 7:30 PM Thurs. 4/27 - SAJE Chair Exercises at Advent Episcopal, 9373 Garber 9:30 AM Fri. - SAJE Pickleball Gym 12 PM - 3 PM 4/28 - SAJE Zumba 10:30 AM Gym SAJE Movie Matinee presents Field of Dreams on Wednesday April 26, 1:00 PM, at St. Thomas/Holy Spirit, 3820 South Lindbergh. Wear your Cardinals red. Light refreshments. SAJE Bingo, Thursday April 27, 10:30 AM, at Advent Episcopal, 9373 Garber. Fun prizes. Refreshments. EASTER FLOWERS IN MEMORY OF OUR LOVED ONES Gunther Meier Gary Karcher Jenny Hannon Bob Hannon Ed Ehlert Gerry Ehlert Carol Brackbill Steve Elsner Tom Barry Joseph Pierchorowicz Arthur Doerr Madge Doerr Paul Miles Amelia Miles Pauline Miles Frank Miles Family Frank & Lenore Miles Katie Woolbright Roger & Helen Cortiuo Louis & Florence Van Cardo John & Rosemary McSorley Roert & Helen Clark Ann Kruze Robert & Virginia Richards Klinedinst Family Feldt Family Anthony Birkenmeier Jim Birkenmeier Judy Hassler Andrew Hassler Cooseman Dewitt Family The Craig Reiter Family Sadie Finke

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St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church

St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church HOLY MASS & SACRAMENTS Sunday Mass: Saturday Evening Vigil at 4:30 PM Sunday Morning Masses at 8 and 10:30 AM Weekday Mass: Monday through Friday at 8:00 AM Holy