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1 St. Mary s Catholic Church Annunciation Church of B.V.M., Shumway, IL Father David Hoefler, Pastor Mass Times: Saturday 5:30 pm & Sunday 8:30 am Ph #- Daytime St. Anthony Sacred Heart Emergency Running to help those in need Bishop Thomas John Paprocki is seeking sponsors for his run at the Crazy Horse Marathon in Hill City, SD on October 6, 2013 Proceeds are to benefit Catholic Charities Mobile Food Pantry Victim Assistance Contact Information To Report Child Sexual Abuse by Church Personnel or to inquire about Safe Environment Programs in the Diocese of Springfield Contact: Patricia Kornfeld, Victim Assistance Coordinator PH: pkornfeld@dio.org Contact info for Bulletin Announcements Donna Davis, RR1 Box 24A, Stewardson, IL or drosedavis@hotmail.com or place note in bulletin box in the sacristy PRAYER LIST: Please remember them in your prayers! Tom Vonderheide Nancy Koehler (Mel & Elaine Sieben s daughter) Tina (Tracy) Vonderheide Dwight Storm Mel Sieben Jack Hardiek Floyd Pagel Have Courage Life of Holiness If we are faithful in little practices of love, in little sacrifices, in little interior mortifications, then we will become more Christ-like and build within ourselves the life of holiness. Holiness is only a very high degree of love. Let us all unite in helping each other to become holy. It took courage to be Christ. He lived and spoke the truth, even when it wasn't popular, even when it meant humiliation and rejection. We're called to do the same. from Real Women, Real Saints To pledge, go to or send in the form below: Name Address City/State/Zip Phone Pledge: $ (Please make check payable to Diocese of Springfield in Illinois) Send form & donation to: Most Reverend Thomas John Paprocki 1615 West Washington Street Springfield, IL from Thirsting for God

2 Right to Life Sunday Our church will be celebrating the Right to Life Sunday on October 6 th at the 8:30 Mass. We will have the Young at Heart people, 70 and older, and the babies born this year. They will sit up in the front of church: Young at Heart on the left side, and the babies on the right side. After Mass we will have refreshments in the basement. Everyone is invited to come. ****We are asking the ladies of the parish to bring cookies, sweet breads, or rolls for our Right to Life Sunday. The Shumway Union Church Service will be held on September 22 this year at 10:30 in Plum Park. All parishioners are invited to attend. A catered noon meal will be served right after the services. Prices for the meal is $7.00 for adults and $3.50 for children under the age of 10. We would like to see our Parish well represented. Please contact Marcella or Don Antrim for advance tickets or tickets will also be available at the door. Marcella and Don's phone number is or at onthehill@consolidated.net. Attention: Parents of babies baptized from Oct through Sept The church no longer releases this information. They say that there are 3 boys and 5 girls. We need this information so we can recognize them at our Right to Life Mass on Sunday, Oct. 6 th at 8:30am. Please call Tina(Tracy) Vonderheide ( ) or Rosemary Vonderheide ( ). Please reply by Sept. 30 th. Thank you. TMIY (That Man Is You) The program addresses the pressures and temptations that men face in our modern culture. TMIY seeks to inform men who will be capable of transforming homes and society. Each Friday morning at 5:45 we start with breakfast, then have a DVD presentation, small group discussions and conclude at 7:30. All men are invited, even if you did not participated in session one. Last year we had an average attendance of 70 men each week. We d like to double that this year. The EFFINGHAM AREA DeCOLORES MOVEMENT invites you to become one of the 1200 plus candidates to experience rustic Camp Walter Scott Retreat Center just south of Effingham to deepen your faith, relax, have fun, and make new friends. The men's weekend is October and will be led by Mike Henning (ph ). The women's weekend is October and will be led by Rita Devore (ph ) For more information and to register call Mike, Rita, Mary Sur (ph ) or John and Kathy Adams (ph ). September Committee- Connie Bales(chair), Marcella Antrim, Christy Bales, Lisa Waldhoff, Karla Probst, Carolyn Hackman, Mardell Sheehan, Stacia Braun

3 Gruen VonBehrens Cancer Benefit A benefit is being held for Gruen VonBehrens on September 28, 2013 at the Effingham Elk s Lodge. Gruen and his family are members of St. Anthony Church and lifetime residents of Stewardson. The benefit will include a free will donation for food that is being served from 3-8 pm. There will also be silent and live auctions, 50/50 Raffles, music from 9pm- 12am, and more. We are in need of desserts the day of the event. If you would like to donate desserts, you can drop them off on Friday, September 27, 2013 during parish office hours at St. Anthony parish office or the Effingham Elks Lodge. You can also drop off donations on Saturday at the Effingham Elks Lodge or St. Mary s church in Shumway between 8am -11am. Any questions please contact Christy Brown. We are also still taking donated items for the live and silent auctions if anyone is interested in giving in that way please contact Christy Brown at Please continue to pray for Gruen and his family. Jeep to Defeat ALS 4x4 Headquarters is sponsoring the 3rd Annual Jeep To Defeat ALS Jeep Run on Saturday, October 5th, Plan to attend to raise awareness and funds for ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)! If you can't be at the jeep run, consider making a monetary or a donation for a service from your company. Funds raised will go to the ALS Association, St Louis Chapter, with some of the funds going to patients with ALS in our community. For more information, please call Janet at 4x4 Headquarters at September 21 & Reflection for this weekend: When the steward of the rich man was caught squandering his property he was called to account and told he would be dismissed. Until this point it seems the man had just been putting in his time. When called to account he finally got industrious. He began to plot and plan in order to have something after he was judged. We tend to plot and plan for the things of this world. We work out goals and strategies to accomplish what we desire. Do we do that for our spiritual life? Most things in this world don t even last a life time. Some of us live in the same place we did as a child. How many of us drive the same car we learned to drive in? How many of us still have the first job we ever worked? Our soul is immortal and eternity is ours. Have we been planning ahead for that? Some things do last forever. Love and relationship is the stuff of eternity. Faith makes that possible. Are we plotting and planning for the next life? We won t get there by accident. There is a path. Are we doing our best to be on that path every day of our life? We never know when we will be called to account. 40 Day Prayer Campaign for Life: We have begun the 40 Day Prayer Campaign for Life. It will continue thru November 3 rd. Please consider being part of this peaceful, prayerful activity. Sign up and participate in prayer at one of our parishes or pray outside the Effingham Planned Parenthood office. See the details elsewhere in this bulletin or call the parish office for information. In Christ, Fr.Hoefler Town Hall Meeting follow-up Discussion- Tuesday, September 24 at 7 pm in the church basement. All parishioners are welcome to attend. Parish Council Meeting Tuesday, October 8 at 7 pm.

4 LITURGICAL MINISTERS AND WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, September 21 Genevieve Schneiderjon Sunday, September 22 People of the Parish Saturday, September 28 Sunday, September 29 - Saturday, September 29, 2013 Lector Katrina Davis Servers Jackson Bales Thomas Davis Aaron Wells Ushers Howard Dust Mike Holland Greeters Jason & Joyce Wells Family Gift Bearers Dwight & Bev Storm Euch. Min Rosemary Holland Effingham Knights of Columbus Upcoming Events A Knights of Columbus Fifth Sunday Communion will be at the 8:30 a.m. Mass at Sacred Heart on September 29. After the Mass, there will be breakfast at the K of C Hall. Following the breakfast, a ceremony will be conducted to install the Fraternal Year Fourth Degree Assembly 214 Officers. The Officers to be installed should be dressed in tuxedo. K of C members, families and friends may attend the breakfast and officer installation so please call Greg Koester ( ) or Faithful Navigator Jerry Steppe ( ) so we have a good count for the breakfast. Effingham Knights of Columbus are hosting a Fourth Degree Exemplification, on Saturday, October 5. Brother Knights, Sir Knights, State Officers, Clergy, and other KC dignitaries from all over the state will be in attendance for this Exemplification of the Patriotic Degree of the Order. The day s activities include attendance of the 4:00pm Mass at Sacred Heart Church, concelebrated by the Faithful Friar of the Southern District of the Marquette Province, Monsignor Carl Kemme. A portion of the two center sections of the church will be reserved for our Knights of Columbus guests; however, everyone is welcome to join in the celebration. Sunday, September 30, 2013 Lector Terry Hoene Servers Brenden Kemme Skylar Vonderheide Sydney Waldhoff Ushers Tom Vonderheide Tracy Vonderheide Greeters Justin & Hilary Conder Family Gift Bearers Rosemary Vonderheide Euch. Min Lisa Waldhoff Money Counters John & Karen Neu Hilary & Justin Conder St. Isidore Parish St. Joseph Church, Island Grove Annual Breakfast & Raffle October 6, :00am 12:30pm Raffle Prizes- $500, $100, $100 Country Store & Quilt Raffle Menu: Whole Hog Sausage, Ham, Pancakes, Fried/Scrambled Eggs, Homemade Breads & Rolls, Orange Juice, Milk & Coffee Prices: $ yrs & up $ yrs & under See Bulletin Board for more information. 3

5 Scripture Study has returned this fall for the third year. Morning and evening sessions are being offered. The first course The Bible Timeline, The Great Adventure, is the study of the Old Testament which tells the Bible in order from Creation to the time of the Church. It is an excellent course to begin to learn and understand Scripture. It will be offered on Tuesday mornings at 9:30am, beginning September 17, in the St. Anthony Parish Center, and on Thursday evenings, at 6:30pm, beginning September 19, at St. Anthony High School. The second course ACTS: The Spread of the Kingdom will be held on Thursday mornings at 9:30am, in the St. Anthony Parish Center, and at 6:30pm at St. Anthony High School, both starting on September 19. You may choose to attend either course, although the Old Testament is a logical place to start on your spiritual journey. You may register by notifying the parish office, either at St. Anthony or Sacred Heart Courses will run for 26 and 20 weeks respectfully. A donation of $40.00 is suggested to assist in defraying the cost of the materials. Please invite your spouse, family member, or friend to come join the journey. We will take enrollment until the 4 th session, October 8 and 1 Catholic Charities Fall Fun Run Saturday, September 28 8:00am. Registration 7:00am at the Teutopolis Community Park Pavilion See bulletin board for more info. Or call Respect Life Mass and Rosary Walk- September 28 in Granite City, IL. 9am Mass, 10am Rosary Walk at the abortion clinic. A light lunch with speaker, Rev. Brian Alford, will follow the Rosary Walk We will be joining people of faith across our nation to pray and fast for an end to abortion during the 40 Day Prayer Campaign for Life. This will take place from Sept. 25 to Nov. 3. Please consider participating in both parts of this pro-life campaign: Part 1: Come to the church for an hour or more of individual prayer on Saturday, September 28 from 9-5 and Sunday, September 29 from 9:30-5. Part 2: Choose a prayer hour outside the Effingham Planned Parenthood office on Thursday, October 24 from 9-5 and be a part of this peaceful witness. Choose your time slots and we ll join with other churches in our region to fill each of these 40 days with prayer that storms the heavens. Sign-up sheets for all 3 days are in the back of church, or you may contact Donna Davis at for more information. COMING SOON!!!! October 6 th has been designated LIFE CHAIN SUNDAY, and the Effingham Area Pro-life Groups are planning to participate. Mark your calendar.