SS. Peter. Paul. Catholic Church 207 VANDALIA STREET COLLINSVILLE, IL Staff. Contact Information. Masses. Sacraments

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1 Staff Rev. John P. Beveridge, Pastor Ext. 100 Deacon Jim Hill Ext. 104 Deacon Jimmy Ghiglione Director of Faith Formation Ext. 101 Deacon Ron Lorilla Bryan Winterbottom, Interim School Principal Ext. 110 Maggie Brennan, Director of Pastoral Care Ext. 111 Teri Lesicko, Finance & Development Ext. 115 Marvin Jansen, Accounting Manager Ext. 106 Camille Emig-Hill, HR & Communications Ext. 102 Kimberly Zagorski, Ext. 103 Faith Formation Coordinator Contact Information Parish Office: 239 N. Morrison Street Phone Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:30 AM-4:00 PM Friday 8:30AM-3:30 PM Parish Center 301 Vandalia School 210 N. Morrison Parish Prayer Line Masses Weekend Saturday 4:30 PM Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM Weekday Monday Communion Service, 8:15 AM Tuesday - Friday. 8:15 AM First Friday Masses 8:15 AM Holy Day Masses Eve of Holyday 6:30 PM Holyday 8:15 AM, 6:30 PM Sacraments Confessions: Saturday 3:00-4:00 PM Thursday before First Friday 4:00 PM till all are heard Marriage: Contact the parish office. Annulments & Counseling: Ariel Martin Baptism: Contact the parish office for registration forms and scheduling information. SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church 207 VANDALIA STREET COLLINSVILLE, IL Visit our Website saintspeter-paul.org

2 Liturgy Saturday March 11, 4:30 pm Lector: Mike & Ryan McMahon Music: Men s Choir Gifts: The Family of Ora Jane Bugger Servers: Elena Martz, Zena Pendall, Wyatt Biermann, Lyle Biermann (s) Communion Ministers: Rebecca Boyce, Jim & Terri Odorizzi Laura O Hara, Sandy & Mike Phillips, Matt Popov, Jackie Slovinski Intention: Ora Jane Bugger Sunday March 12, 8:00 am Lector: Patricia Hensler & Mary Kay Ogle Music: Bob, Marty & Jean Gifts: The Family of Josephine Wondolowski Servers: Lily Jurgena, Joshua Zagorski, Joseph Crowder, Keegan Varacalli (s) Communion Ministers: Jean Clancy, Mark Kennedy, Steven Molitor, Ray Muniz, Jodi Roedl, Jim Wolters Intention: Josephine Wondolowski Sunday March 12, 10:30 am Lector: SSPP Girl Scouts: Ava Tidball & Hannah Eade Music: SSPP Girl Scout Choir Gifts: The Family of Richard & Mary Vojas Servers: Livia Montgomery, Lucy Montgomery, Jordan Spagna Tori Marrel (s) Communion Ministers: Terry Falline, Amy Ferguson, Dean Fortner Felicitas Kluck, Terry & Sarah Lanter, Herman & Madeleine Wenos Children s Liturgy of the Word Becky, Emily & Katie Bone K&1 John Brennan 2 Nursery: Linda Giovando & Betty Greer Intention: Richard & Mary Vojas Auditor s Schedule Sunday, March 12 Team #3-Glenn Thompson, Susan McMahon, Sheri Verstraete, Jerry Jesse, Betty Eberle Server s Schedule 8:15 am For the week of Wednesday, March 6 through Friday, March 10 Lorelai Biegler, John Reynolds, Christopher VandeRiet, Mia Dissette (s) ZIGGY S WISDOM: Do you want for yourself and family something better than you have now? ZIGGY S ADVICE: ALL of these suggestions WILL HELP: pray five minutes more every day; perform small acts of helpfulness to all; smile more often; read an adventure book ; tell your mate (family) each day that you love them; let forgiveness be your best friend. Remember, God is in your life and if you listen He ll direct you! SS PETER & PAUL FRIENDSHIP CLUB - St. Patrick s Day Edition ALL Catholic singles 50+ from Collinsville, Troy and Maryville are invited to our SNACK GATHER- ING Sunday, March 12 at noon in MORRIS HALL on N. Morrison. Questions: Special St. Patty s décor, stories and tasty treats will be shared; bring your favorite SNACK to be enjoyed. If you ve enjoyed our company before, please come again! Mass Intentions Monday, March 6 8:15 am Communion Service Tuesday, March 7 8:15 am Ann Pacewic All School Mass Wednesday, March 8 8:15 am Eleanor Colombara Thursday, March 9 8:15 am Josephine Wondolowski Friday, March 10 8:15 am Donna Jarzemkoski All School Mass Saturday, March 11 4:30 pm Ora Jane Bugger Sunday, March 12 8:00 am Josephine Wondolowski 10:30 am Richard & Mary Vojas Collections for 02/12/2017 Envelopes/Loose $ 8,798 Parish Improvements 110 St. Vincent DePaul 500 Annual Fund 370 Other 313 TOTAL $ 10,091 Women s and Men s Breakfast Reservations for the 2017 Catholic Women s Breakfast on March 25 at St. Ambrose in Alton are due by March 15. Contact Gloria Gray at (618) or Sue Schwegel at (618) Reservations for the Men s Prayer Breakfast and Mass on April 1 at St. Ambrose in Alton are due by March 13. Contact Greg Mattingly at (618)

3 A time to be renewed, refreshed, and reborn that is what Lent is all about. It really is a time of preparation for the great feast of Easter to better understand what we are celebrating and then enter it with love and devotion. Therefore, we need to do more than think about who is coming over for Easter or where we will go for the feast. We have to get into the depth of its meaning and purpose. So many of our Holy Days have become holidays missing the depth of meaning or purpose (just think of Halloween). They have started with Christian celebrations of salvation and redemption and yet have slipped into something quite different days off, time to get together, simply fun times. Those all can be good but what are the real meanings and why do we celebrate them is the deeper question. Jesus continued to form his disciples during the Sermon on the Mount of which last Sunday s Gospel gave us another glimpse. Jesus chose to talk about one of our favorite topics money. However, Jesus did it in a rather unique way by beginning with You cannot serve two masters Obviously, He was referring to how money and all that it can buy can easily become the focus of our lives. Even though we seek to gain more of it (money and wealth) to serve our desires and needs we end up serving it! In fact, we can become its slave! However, Jesus urges us to seek first the kingdom of God. Jesus is teaching us to trust and surrender to God s provident and loving care of us His rule over us. Then we will be truly free and happy. Jesus uses the examples of the birds of the air and the lilies of the field to move us in the direction of complete trust in the Lord not in things. Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, which leads us into the 40 days of preparation for the great Feast of Easter. The First Sunday of Lent always brings us into the desert. For the ancient Hebrew people that was the place of testing would they remain faithful and trusting in the Lord or not was the issue. Many times they succumbed to temptation and cried out against Moses and God! From the Desk Of Fr. John However, the Gospel for this Sunday takes us with Jesus into the desert to confront Satan who has a grip on mankind. Remember how Satan tempted Adam and Eve by planting a doubt in their minds and hearts that God s love was genuine and sincere. God had given a simple command and Satan questioned it basically saying no you will not die go ahead and eat from the tree and you will see! Jesus represents all of us and all people from Adam onward. Jesus wins the victory over Satan by trusting completely in His Father by holding unshakably to His Father s word and not Satan s lies...it is not on bread alone that man lives but on every word that comes from the mouth of God! Christ has won the victory over Satan and we want to know and understand everything about it because it is also about us. As we cling to Christ, we realize our true orientation to God and the way to share in His victory. Our baptism and all the sacraments help us on our way they give us strength and hope against all odds. Prayer is one of the traditional disciplines offered to help us on our Lenten journey. We need to be intentional about our prayer time. It can be community prayer at the Liturgy on the weekend we can make the pledge to be there every Sunday whatever the challenge. It can be private prayer or family time prayer or even joining with others in study and reflection but the bottom line is PRAY. Special Retreat presented by the Cursillo Ministry The Eucharist Real Presence Real Power. Will be March 18 8 am until 12:15 pm. Look for more information in this bulletin. Stations of the Cross Wednesday s at 7 pm Eucharistic Adoration Thursday s all day with closing Benediction and Evening Prayer at 6:30 pm. Baptismal Font should be coming soon but...the font will be the skeleton/frame and internal mechanism not the finished product. Then experts will go to work at finishing it beautifully and artistically it will take time but exciting to watch.

4 Stewardship: A Way of Life - Prayer & Service Remember In Your Prayers Paul Humphrey and Family The Radosevich Family Barbara Arnold Ann Van Dyke Leroy Benvenuto Virginia Kupinski The Dave Woodward Family Joyce Reyes Leona Peskar Dan Joachimsthaler David Naderhoff Jeannette & Charles Dietz Maureen Bonham Casey & Gayla Costello Christopher McLean Deborah McArthur Donald Pratt Dennis Pratt Sr. Therese Flerlage Makenna Wright Judy Falline Linda & Gary Harvell John & Vi Pado Michael Fingerhut John Winn Thank You We are overwhelmed by the love and support we have received throughout our journey to adopt. We appreciate the notes of support, donations, and continued prayers. We take comfort knowing that we will one day welcome a baby home to a life surrounded by so much love and encouragement. Thank you for helping us along this journey. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. Jake & Annie Kolesa Lenten Regulations 1. Abstinence Everyone 14 years of age and over is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent. 2. Fast Everyone 18 years of age and under 59 is required to Fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. On these two days of fast and abstinence, only one full meatless meal is permitted. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength may be taken according to each person s needs, but together these two should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids (including milk and fruit juices) are allowed. 3. To disregard completely the law of fast and abstinence is seriously sinful. Please pray for the following men and women who are serving in our armed forces: Capt Matthew Derfler Army MSgt Glen Davis Air Force Cpl Larry Tyler Marine Corps MSgt Adam Mercer Air Force SSgt Britt M. Sherman Army Capt Michael A. Shah Army Capt Jacob Lewis Marine Corps Lcpl Juan A. Gonzales Marine Corps Pvt Monica Gonzalez Army Fc3 Matthew Wehmeyer Navy Lcpl Michael I. Guide Marine Corps SSgt Daniel Husbands Air Force MSgt Hugh Weise Marine Corps Lt Joshua A. Reeder Navy Pfc Gary Voegtle Army Maj Michael W. Meyer, Jr. CW04 Jerry Hunter Army SSgt Ben Air Force Bohnenstiehl AOM Ed Clark Navy SrA Mark Kimball Air Force 2Lt Adam Fischer Marine Corps SSgt David Bednara Air Force Col Chuck Heimann Army 2Lt Scott Heimann Army AOM Jack Matthews Navy Col Ed Hulten Army CPO Edward Mahoney Navy SrA Kelly Mahoney Air Force Maj Natalie Walker Marine Corps Pvt Sam Asbury Army Sgt Daniel Manning Air Force David Zagorski National Guard LCpl Dominic Marine Corps Blackburn 2Lt Nathen Walker Navy

5 Ss. Peter and Paul School News Monday, March 6 NO SCHOOL Casimir Pulaski Day Holiday Wednesday, March 8 Papa John s Pizza Night (SSPP gets up to 20% of your order! Buy Scrip too!!) Thursday, March 9 Adoration at 1:35 pm Grades K-4 Friday, March 10 Student of the Month after 8:15 am Mass Stations at 1:40 pm Grades 5-8, End of 3rd Quarter Join us for a night of fun at the Annual SS. Peter and Paul Trivia Night! All proceeds go directly to the school! Saturday, March 11, 2017 SS. Peter and Paul School Gymnasium Doors Open at 5:30 p.m. Trivia Starts at 6:30 p.m. $15.00 per person or $100 per table (8 person maximum) Top 2 teams get cash prizes Mulligans available St. Louis Blues Ticket Raffle Feel free to bring your own food and drinks. In addition to trivia, there will be a gift card raffle, a 50/50 drawing, heads or tails game and other side games! For additional information contact Amy Smith at (618) Announcement of Opportunity Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic School (grades pre-k - 8) in Collinsville, IL, is seeking applicants for the position of Principal. Applicants should possess a Master s Degree in Educational Administration and have a minimum of five years of classroom teaching experience. Administration experience is preferred. For more information and to apply visit ss-peter-paul-school-principal-opportunity/. Application deadline is March 31, Please share with family and friends who may know someone who is interested. Knights of Columbus KNIGHTS KNEWS: Mon. Mar 6: KC Social Meeting 6:30 pm. A-M Bring side dish; N-Z Bring dessert. Tue. Mar 7: Wing Ding 4-7:30 pm Wed. Mar 8: Burger Night 4-7:30 pm Thur. Mar 9: Bingo! Noon. Refreshments available Queen of Hearts 8 pm Fri. Mar 10: Fish Fry Team No Winners January February J.R. Kinnard Philip McGovern Toni O Brien Rich Krypciak Donna Welle Don Pancer R. Skidmore Paul Benvenuto Fred Krietemeyer Catholic Charities There will be a second collection during the weekend of March for Catholic Charities. The Catholic Charities continues to expand its service every year seeking out those who remain hidden in the shadows of society and who are in desperate need of relief. Bishop Paprocki asks us to take a closer look at and to get involved with Catholic Charities on our journey to intentional discipleship. You will find a rewarding and deeply spiritual experience awaits you. Please give generously this year to help Catholic Charities sustain its mission.

6 Growing As Disciples Through Prayer Have a Truly Life Changing Lent Lent is a Time of Encounter Through Prayer...we encounter Christ, present in the face of every member of our human family Through Fasting...we encounter the obstacles that prevent us from loving God and neighbor Through Almsgiving...we encounter our brothers and sisters around the world, sharing God s gifts with others Encounter Christ...Prayer Spiritual Growth comes from an active prayer life coupled with ongoing formation in our Faith, and the holy season of Lent is an excellent time to focus on this. Coupled with fasting and almsgiving, our spiritual lives can experience a real growth spurt! An activity we will do during Lent is to track our progress in our prayer life. Beginning March 4-5, prayer suggestion cards will be handed out or can be picked up at Mass. The suggested prayer activity can be done during the week. The next weekend return the card to the baskets at the church doors with the time you spent in prayer all prayer, not just the suggested activity. The cards will be tallied and prayer* amounts will be announced in the bulletin and at Masses. Pick up a new card each week. *Prayer time is defined as talking to and being with God through formal prayer or meditation and contemplation, reading and meditating on His Word or other spiritual materials and resources, the Rosary and the Mass. Encounter Those in Need...Rice Bowl That s what the Rice Bowl is all about. By practicing almsgiving during Lent, we can live in solidarity with those whose lives are so difficult because of poverty, violence or lack of opportunity. Our donations to the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Rice Bowl can help countless people achieve a measure of prosperity that allows them to realize their human dignity. CRS is in places (hundreds) where people desperately need hope and a helping hand. Pick up a Rice Bowl join the world in providing help and hope. Best Lent Ever is a free, daily program that can help you have a truly life-changing Lent. This year s program is based on the book we distributed at Christmas--Matthew Kelly s newest bestseller, Resisting Happiness. This book leads readers, in a deeply personal way, to the realization that we cannot get to where we want to go without God. Best Lent Ever can take you on an incredible journey this Lent. Are you ready for a program that inspires you to become the-best-version-ofyourself? Sign up and get ready for your best Lent ever! 1. Visit BestLentEver.com to sign up 2. Beginning Ash Wednesday, participants will receive daily s with practical tips, short inspirational videos from Matthew Kelly, and personal reflections from Dynamic Catholic team members. 3. Participants will discover how to open their hearts to God and do more than just give up chocolate for Lent Encounter obstacles that keep us from God...Fasting Fasting helps us remember that God is the center of our lives that He is in control...not us

7 Easter Egg Giving Basket Protecting God s Children The next protecting God s Children session at Ss. Peter and Paul will be Monday, March 20 at 6:30 pm in Morris Hall. Please call the Parish Office at to register. If you work with children in the parish either as part of your job or as a volunteer, you must attend one of these sessions. SSPP will be doing an Easter Egg Giving Basket again during Lent. On Ash Wednesday there will be an Easter Basket at the front of the church filled with Easter Eggs. Each egg will contain a slip of paper with an item on it that will be used to make Easter baskets for the families we had on our Advent Giving Tree. Items will include things like dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, toilet paper, shower gel, shampoo, etc. There will also be some eggs with cash donations. The money will be used to purchase various items to make the baskets. The items need to be returned by March 19. Please bring them to the Baptismal Room and leave them in the containers marked Easter Baskets. Cash donations should be placed in an envelope marked Easter Baskets and placed in the offering. The RCIA will assemble the Easter Baskets on April 2 and deliver them on April 9. Make sure you pick an egg and donate to our Easter Baskets! If you have any questions, please call Debbie at or or at debbielsanders@gmail.com. RCIA Rite of Sending Congratulations to these RCIA unbaptized Catechumens who are being sent forth during the 8 am Mass on March 5 by Bishop Paprocki at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield: Isebella Amoussou James Benn Miles Crawford Mya Crawford Sydney Crawford Jessica Muffin Hunter Thorpe They will be declared to be The Elect, meaning they are elected by God to be baptized and initiated into the Catholic Church this Easter. Also being recognized by Bishop Paprocki and celebrating their Call to Continuing Conversion are these baptized candidates: Kendra Cunningham Jacob Post Madeleine Kennedy William Kennedy Kandice Unifried We are called to continue to welcome, support, and guide these individuals during their final preparation to receive the sacraments of initiation. Please continue to pray for these candidates. We closed the gift gathering portion of our capital campaign in January and as we move through the next three years, we will continue to keep you updated on the progress of the campaign pledges and our new addition. As of February 24, pledges totaled $2,312,326. Baptism Font Installation to Begin Work continues on the gathering space, office and fellowship hall, as well as the church where the floor is being refinished. One of the next activities you will see in the church is at the Baptismal Font area. The current font will be moved so that the new font can be installed where the current font sits. The new font will have a large basin for children and adult Baptisms and a smaller bowl for infants. Water will cascade from the small bowl into the larger basin. The structure of the font will be delivered around March 10 and it needs to be positioned permanently so that measurements can be made to finish the interior and exterior. Materials for the finishing are still being determined. The work on the new font will continue for a number of weeks.

8 Michele Wasser and Sandy Werner- Jenkins attended Cursillo the weekend of February We are grateful for their yes to God and their openness to the Holy Spirit. If you think you might be called, contact Deacon Jimmy at or Pictured are (left to right) Michele, sponsor Matt Wasser and Sandy. The 5th grade class held an open house for parents and other students on February 21 to demonstrate their learnings on force, motion and machines in their science class. Teacher Alyss Lilek challenged the students to use their imaginations as they worked in groups to plan and build simple machines with amazing results! All Confirmation candidates from Ss. Peter and Paul School and PSR gathered on February 26. It was a day of activity and reflection to help them prepare for Confirmation, which will be held on Saturday, March 25 at 4:30 pm Mass.

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