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1 CATHOLIC CHURCH JUNE 8, 2018 CATHOLIC CHURCH FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 676 W. LOCKWOOD AVENUE WEBSTER GROVES MISSOURI

2 PARISH 676 W. Lockwood Avenue Webster Groves, MO OFFICE HOURS Monday Friday 8:30 am 4:30 pm Saturday & Sunday CLOSED REV. JOHN ROGERS VIEN Pastor x. 113 REV. AARON P. NORD Part-time Associate Pastor x. 117 Retired Priest in Residence x. 123 REV. MR. THOMAS MULVIHILL Deacon REV. MR. JOSEPH WIENTGE Deacon BARB SCHLANGER Business Manager x. 111 ANGELA FIORDELISI Administrative Assistant x. 110 DR. MARC STRATHMAN Director of Music x. 114 SUNDAY EUCHARIST: Saturday Vigil, 7:30 am, 9:00am, 11:00am & 5:00pm Sunday WEEKDAY MASS: 6:45am & 8:00am Monday through Friday 8:00am Saturday RECONCILIATION: Saturdays, 3:45 4:45 p.m., and by appointment EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: The Blessed Sacrament is exposed after 8:00am Mass on the first and third Mondays of the Month, Adoration continues all day, concluding with Benediction at 9:00pm. INFANT BAPTISM: Baptisms are celebrated on Sundays after the 11:00am Mass. Baptism Preparation Class is offered on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm at the Rectory, and is required of first time parents. Contact the Parish Office to register. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: If you are anticipating surgery or are sick or homebound and would like to be anointed, please contact a Priest or the Parish Office. ADULT INITIATION: Adults are received into the Church through the Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist) usually celebrated at the Easter Vigil after participating in a process of Christian formation and education called the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA). Please contact the Parish Office for more information. CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE: Couples wishing to be married at MQP should contact the parish as soon as possible after engagement and at least six months before the proposed wedding date. At least one of the couple should be a practicing Catholic, registered and living in the parish. A program of marriage preparation is required. Please contact the Pastor or the parish secretary for more information. VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND RELIGIOUS LIFE: Any young man interested in the priesthood or any young person interested in the religious life is encouraged to contact the Pastor or to call the Archdiocesan Vocation Office at All Catholics are called to pray for an increase in religious vocations. Bulletin Deadlines are Tuesdays by noon. Please submit to Anne at asteffens@mqpwg.org ANDREW SHIPP Director of Youth Ministry ashipp@mqpwg.org x. 238 MARY ANN ZIMMERMAN Part-time Pastoral Associate mazimmerman@mqpwg.org x. 125 HEATHER O KEEFE Safe Environment Coordinator haokeefe@mqpwg.org x. 122 ANNE STEFFENS Communications Coordinator asteffens@mqpwg.org x. 121 The Parish Offices will be closed for the Labor Day holiday. MELISSA HUNTER There will be no Eucharistic Adoration Labor Day. MICHAEL NIEMAN HAPPY LABOR DAY! Director of Faith Formation mhunter@mqpwg.org , x. 223 School Principal mnieman@mqpwg.org , x There will be one Mass on Labor Day, Monday, September 3, at 9:00am. Please join us!

3 A NEW WEEK FR. JOHN VIEN Two weeks ago, Pope Francis responded to the current crisis in the Church of sexual abuse by priests and the cover-up by the bishops with a Letter to the People of God. I would encourage you to find and read this impassioned letter in which the Pope once again asks forgiveness, expresses shame, and vows that the Church will respond with greater fervor. In this letter, the Holy Father also wrote: Every one of the baptized should feel involved in the ecclesial and social change that we so greatly need. This change calls for a personal and communal conversion that makes us see things as the Lord does. For as Saint John Paul II liked to say: If we have truly started out anew from the contemplation of Christ, we must learn to see him especially in the faces of those with whom he wished to be identified (Novo Millennio Ineunte, 49). To see things as the Lord does, to be where the Lord wants us to be, to experience a conversion of heart in his presence. To do so, prayer and penance will help. I invite the entire holy faithful People of God to a penitential exercise of prayer and fasting, following the Lord s command. This can awaken our conscience and arouse our solidarity and commitment to a culture of care that says never again to every form of abuse. To this end, the Archdiocese of St. Louis has scheduled a Mass of Reparation at the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica this Friday, September 7, at 7:00pm. Following the Mass, there will be a Holy Hour, Confessions, and the singing of the Divine Mercy chaplet. All are invited to join in this moment of prayer and penance with Archbishop Carlson as we pray for the healing of our Catholic Church. If you cannot make the evening Mass at the Cathedral, our MQP community will also pray for healing and reconciliation at our daily Masses that Friday, September 7, at 6:45 and 8:00am. Since it is also a Friday, it is also a fitting day to offer some sort of fast as a sign of penance and solidarity. Let us continue to pray for the healing of our Church, for those who have been abused, for those who have lost faith or lost hope, and for our bishops to lead with moral integrity and courage. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us! Speaking of daily Mass, I d like to encourage all our parishioners to consider making daily Mass part of your prayer and faith formation. We know that the Sunday Mass is the most important thing that we do as Catholics, as Sunday is the Lord s Day, the Day of the Resurrection, the Day of Pentecost. But coming to Mass during the week can keep us close to Christ and strengthen the bonds of our community. I m edified by the faithful parishioners who come to our daily Masses Monday through Friday at 6:45 and 8:00am and on Saturday at 8:00am. During the School year, our school community has Mass together at 9:15am on Wednesdays. I would love to see more and more parents and families attend this Mass with our school children, but everyone is invited. How I would love to see more people attend all our daily Masses! Hearing the Word of God and receiving the Eucharist is of inestimable value for our spiritual lives. Many folks find this half-hour out of their day refreshes them and puts the day into focus. A simple homily can give them nourishment for the day. Many folks make it a Lenten penance to come to Mass during Lent, but really, Mass should not be a penance, it should be a joy! I d encourage you to consider if you can attend daily Mass, even just a day a week to start. I think you ll find it a boost to your day and your spiritual growth. THIS WEEK AT MQP... SUNDAY, SEPT. 2, 2018 (Parish Office Closed) MONDAY, SEPT. 3, LABOR DAY (Parish Office Closed) * 9:00 am Mass TUESDAY, SEPT. 4, 2018 * 6:45 am Mass * 9:00 am Quilters in the Msgr. Lubeley room * 7:00 pm Marketing Committee Meeting, Board Room * 7:00 pm PSR Family Mass * 8:00 pm Young Families Organizing Committee WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5, 2018 * 6:45 am Mass * 9:15 am School Mass THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 2018 *6:45 am Mass * 7:00 pm Back to School Night, Gym and School Building * 7:00 pm Men s ACTS Team Formation in Msgr. Lubeley room * 9:00 pm Rosary under the Portico FRIDAY, SEPT. 7, 2018 * 6:45 am Mass * 8:00 pm AA Meeting in Msgr. Lubeley room SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 2018 (Parish Office Closed) * 8:30 am Rosary in the Board Room * 3:45 pm Confessions in the Church SUNDAY, SEPT. 9, 2018 (Parish Office Closed) * 6:00 pm Life Teen in Room #305 This Monday, Labor Day, September 3, there will be one daily Mass at 9:00am. All are invited as we gather to ask God to bless our work, to protect and provide for all laborers, and to pray for the unemployed and underemployed. The parish offices are closed on Labor Day and there is no Eucharistic Adoration or Benediction. Enjoy this last summer holiday with your family and friends! MASSES OF REPARATION Friday, September 7 6:45 am - Mary Queen of Peace 8:00 am - Mary, Queen of Peace 7:00 pm Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 3

4 DROP OFF CHECKS AT EITHER THE SCHOOL OR RECTORY OFFICE SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 5

5 Monthly Offertory Summary August 2018 OUT OF THE MESS. In biblical terminology, the heart is the center of the person and the source of every decision that manifests itself through deeds. Jesus thus links true defilement with the heart, where evil actions and intention have their beginning. Dr. Scott Hahn There s a lot that goes on inside of me that stays hidden. I ll give you some examples; see if you can relate. I m on a date, and I m smiling... but inside I m desperately counting the minutes until I can make my exit. A cute little kid is telling me a long story, I m nodding my head and saying, mmhmm... but inside I m running through my to-do list. My boss asks me to do something, and I say, Yes, I can do that,... but inside I m ranting about how much of a waste of my time it will be. (Never with you, Fr. John!) Last Four Week s Offertory Last Four Week s Electronic Giving Last Four Week s Offertory Budget Surplus/Shortfall Weekly Goal Year to date weekly average Human Development Latin America Missionary co-op Improvement Total CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL? The 2018 High School Nights will be held in September and October. Eight locations will host these events that give an opportunity for 6th, 7th and 8th graders and their families to hear three presentations from high schools in an evening. Complete information is posted at This is the last week we will reserve a pictorial directory for those who participated by getting their family portrait. You can pick them up in the vestibule after Masses this weekend. After that, we will put them in church for anyone who wants one. If you have any questions you may contact Mary Ann Zimmerman in the rectory office. MEN S ACTS RETREAT Oct. 4-7, 2018 Be bold and courageous and join 26 other men who will be on the ACTS retreat from Thursday Oct 4th at 6pm until Sunday Oct 7th at noon. It s just 66 hours away to disconnect from this life, to reconnect with your heavenly Father and to be with a great life giving community of other men striving to be better. Come as you are, and drop in when you can! Go to mqpwg.org to sign up or for more information (click on formation, then retreat). Please join us! You can also contact Ryan Moore at (314) or ryandmoore1@gmail.com 32,094 1, , ,856 IS YOUR TEEN INTERESTED IN Our next MQPYF Planning Committee meeting will be Tuesday, Sept. 4th at 8 pm in the Lubeley Room (rectory basement). 4 For more information, please call the Office of Catholic Education and Formation at MQP CUB SCOUTS is open to all parish boys who are currently in first through fifth grades. Contact Cub Master Rob Moore at robertcreightonmoore@yahoo.com for more information. Call it a strategic planning/mom's night out... 34,000 If interested in enrolling with OSV Online Giving for ACH, Let s be people whose hearts are close to Jesus people who operate from a place of core values. Let s cultivate those values in our hearts, so that the good works we do are fulfilling and deeply meaningful. MQP Young Families Group 68,400 65,390 (136,000) (2,210) Year to Date Offertory Summary July 2018 though June 2019 YTD Offertory Actual 288,842 YTD Offertory Budget (306,000) Deficit (17,158) In all of those scenarios, what s happening on the outside is different from what s happening on the inside. That is what Jesus points out about the people in today s gospel. They have been completing the external rituals faithfully, but their hearts have been far from God. This wasn t just hypocritical, it was dangerous. Dangerous because what goes on in our hearts most often dictates the big choices we make. We can make our lives look really great on the outside but, if the inside is a mess, that put together outside is an empty façade. Melissa Hunter serves as the Director of Faith Formation at MQP. She spends most days trying to sort through the mess of her life so she can see Jesus. You'll find her laughing at jokes that aren't funny and eating donuts when she's stressed. You can reach her via at mhunter@mqpwg.org

6 SUNDAY 2 MONDAY 3 TUESDAY 4 Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time READINGS: Dt 4:1-2, 6-8 Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27 Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, :30 am People of Mary, Queen of Peace 9:00 am Robert Longworth 11:00 am HC Milford William Risley St. Gregory the Great, Pope & Doctor of the Church READINGS: 1 Cor 2:1-5 Lk 4: :00 am Ruth Ann Karduck READINGS: 1 Cor 2:10b-16 Lk 4: :45 am Poor Souls 8:00 am Joe Grimm 7:00 pm Don Kidwell WEDNESDAY St. Teresa of Calcutta 5 READINGS: 1 Cor 3:1-9 Lk 4: :45 am Rev. Theodore Pieper 8:00 am June Godar 9:15 am Tom and DeDe Muldoon THURSDAY READINGS: 1 Cor 3:18-23 Lk 5:1-11 6:45 am Teresa Haynes 8:00 am Julie Stein 6 FRIDAY 7 SATURDAY 8 SUNDAY 9 READINGS: 1 Cor 4:1-5 Lk 5: :45 am Rev.John Blomberg 8:00 am HC Milford The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary READINGS: Mi 5:1-4a Mt 1:1-16, :00 am Sp. Int. Sr. John Janet, M.C. Robert Farrell Wientge Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time READINGS: Is 35:4-7a Jas 2:1-5 Mk 7: :30 am Mary Boland 9:00 am People of Mary, Queen of Peace 11:00 am Sp. Int. Hope Priesmeyer HC Milford Servers 8:00 am September 3-8 Mon. Jack Hullett, Jack Killion (9 am Mass) Tues. Jack Hullett, Jack Killion Wed. Adult Server Thurs. Shawn Soriano, Kate Virtel Fri. Kate Cooper, Caroline Joyce Sat. Kate Cooper Lectors September 8-9 7:30 am 9:00 am 11:00 am Mary Jo (Sokol) Cancila, Patty Baxendale Dan Fauska, Stephen Marsh Robert Useted, Judy Niehaus Chris Meyers, Guy Sextro Ryan Moore Eucharistic Ministers September 8-9 Joe Bergan, Kerry Keeney, Timothy Milford, Al Poelker, Julie Poelker, Beth Rogers, Marla Sawyer, Meghan Siebenman 7:30 am Ann Althoff, Doey Boldt, John Boldt, Paul Brodeur, Barb Eichner 9:00 am Helen Grimm, Charley Meyer, Jayne Lynch, Mary Kay Smit, Tina Tlapek, Christine Turek, John Turek, Lisa Underriner 11:00 am Tim Brown, Thomas Mehan, Kim Milford, Tim Mullarkey, Heidi Sallee, John Schulte, Margaret Sharpe Hospitality Ministers September 8-9 John Cancila, Mary Jo (Sokol) Cancila, Timothy Milford, Bud Purcell, Dana Schopflin, Myra Van Pelt 7:30 am Mike Allen, Elmer Borgmeyer, Dan Fauska, John (Jody) Mayer 9:00 am Linda Burns, Jim Ellis, Stephen Schoenbeck, Tina Tlapek, Tom Tlapek 11:00 am Steve Bumbera, Rod Goelz, Bob Helmer, Tim Kavanaugh, Grace Mehan, Julie O Niell Servers September 8-9 7:30 am 9:00 am 11:00 am Margee Buehring, Ryan Mooney, Thomas Rempe Freddie Grimmer, Jane Nordman, Margo Tuffli Keegan Cushing, Sophia Maddock Lia Bumbera, Seth Bumbera, Timothy Lane John Bush, Danielle Moore Music Ministry rehearsals begin September 13 We would love to see you come out and share your gifts and talents with the MQP community. Rehearsal for the Children's Choir (3rd - 8th Grade) is 3-4 pm Rehearsal for the Ensemble (11 am Mass) is at 6:00 pm Rehearsal for the MQP Chorale (9 am Mass) is at 7:00 pm The Hand Bell ringers will start rehearsals in late November 6