St. Mary s Catholic Church Annunciation Church of B.V.M., Shumway, IL +Bishop Thomas John Paprocki Father Charles Edwards, Pastor Father Mark Tracy, Parochial Vicar Reconciliation Time: Saturdays 4:15-5:00 pm Mass Times: Saturday 5:30 pm & Sunday 8:30 am Wednesday 7:15 am Ph #- Daytime St. Anthony 347-7129 Emergency 703-1042 www.stmarysshumway.org Other Parishes Mass Times: St. Anthony - Saturday 4:30 pm Sunday 7:30, 9:15, 11:00 am Weekdays Mon-Fri 6:30 am & 8:30 am Wed. 6:30 am only Sat. 6:30am(First Sat. only) Sacred Heart Saturday 4:00 pm Sunday 8:30, 10:30 am, 5:30 pm Spanish 7:00pm Weekdays Mon-Fri 7:15 am 2 nd Mass on Wed. 8:30 am (school year) 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: 217-321-1155 Email: pkornfeld@dio.org Child Abuse Reporting & Investigation number at 217-321-1155 or Children & Family Services Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-25-ABUSE. Diocese Website: www.dio.org PRAYER LIST: Please remember them in your prayers! Harlow Lawrence Rory Miller Abileen Bennett Kathy Brown Larry Storm Reagan McCormick Leon Vonderheide Caralea Smith Dale Worman Jim Slifer Shirley Zacha Beverly Storm Ted Hanfland Peg Storm John Sheehan Mitchell Coffin Louise McKay Dale Fitzpatrick Jack Hardiek Aimee Kinkelaar Helen Leverton Elizabeth Weidner Rich Lauwerens Lanny Grove Dale Greuel Carl Zalman Fr. Ron Hilt Contact info for Bulletin Announcements Donna Davis, 162 N. 3000 E. Rd, Stewardson, IL 62463 682-5707 or 690-2640 drosedavis@hotmail.com or stmarysshumway@gmail.com place note in bulletin box in the sacristy Sacrament of Marriage: Please contact St. Anthony s office (347-7129) at least 9 months before your anticipated wedding date to begin your spiritual preparation. One or both persons must be registered and actively living their faith at St. Mary s Church for at least 6 months to celebrate their wedding here. All couples planning to be married at our parishes must attend a Pre-Cana program, Natural Family Planning program and FOCCUS evaluation. For those who were former members here, they must be registered and actively living their faith at the parish where they reside. Sacrament of Baptism: Baptisms are celebrated during Mass on Saturdays & Sundays (not during Lent or Advent). A family must be registered & actively living their faith at St. Mary s Church for 6 months to assure faith will be shared with the new born child. Godparents must also be registered in a Catholic parish or other Christian church & actively living their faith. A Baptism Class is held and is required for all parents. We ask that both parents attend this class together. Godparents are also encouraged and welcome to attend. For more information, please call the parish office (347-7129). Courses for all Catholics - University of Dayton Online Learning - Sign up for the online courses through the Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation (VLCFF), a program of the Institute for Pastoral Initiatives at the University of Dayton. These adult faith formation courses support the Church's catechetical ministry and are for all Catholics. Registration for Cycle 7 opens Sept. 5, 2018 and closes Oct. 17, 2018. The courses run Oct. 21 Nov. 24, 2018 at a cost of $50 per course/$40 per seminar. For more information, visit our website at www.dio.org/catechesis/vlcff.html, the VLCFF web site at vlc.udayton.edu or contact the Office for Catechesis. NOVEMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS Nov. 4..Cemetery Walk after Mass PSR Youth Group 6-7:00pm Nov. 6...Election Day---Vote---ProLife CCW Meeting @ 7pm Nov. 7 7:15 am Mass at St. Mary s THE MASS -GROUP STUDY 7-8 PM church basement Nov. 11.PSR March for Life Meeting after PSR Nov. 14.7:15 am Mass at St. Mary s KC Memorial Mass @Effingham Event Center 7pm Nov. 15.Parish Council Meeting at 7 pm Nov. 18.March for Life Breakfast Fundraiser 8:00-11:30am @ the Shumway Kluthe Center Youth Group 6-7 pm Nov. 19..ProLife Meeting @ St. Anthony Nov. 19-20.PORTRAITS TAKEN FOR DIRECTORY Nov. 21.7:15 am Mass at St. Mary s Nov. 22.Thanksgiving Day Mass-Special collection for Backpack Blessings Nov. 28 7:15 am Mass at St. Mary s. Nov. 29, 30, Dec 1.. PORTRAITS TAKEN FOR DIRECTORY Dec. 2 Parish Christmas Party Group Pictures taken for Directory. 1 10
Natural Family Planning Class 2018 Sessions: November 10th 1:00-2:30pm at St. Isidore, Bishop Creek To register Contact Kate Pruemer at 217-821-1840 or kpruemer@gmail.com. Daily Mass to Be Offered at Shumway: This weekday mass will be on every Wednesday at 7:15 am. Our priests will also each Wednesday continue to have a 6:30 am mass at St. Anthony Church in Effingham. We hope many of our parishioners will take advantage of this daily mass option each and every Wednesday. Thanks. Fr. Chuck 9 Pre-Cana workshops St. Aloysius Church ~ Sunday, November 11 Call 217.925.5579 to register. Pilgrimage to the Holy Land - You are invited to join us on a once-in-a-lifetime Pilgrimage of Peace to the Holy Land, Nov 26-Dec 7, 2018. Includes visits to Nazareth, Capernaum, Jordan River, Sea of Galilee, Cana, Jerusalem, Bethlehem & more! Under the Spiritual Direction of Rev. Msgr. David Hoefler, VG. To download the free color brochure and registration form, visit http://www.dio.org/missions/missiontrips.html or for more information, please contact Vicki Compton at (217) 698-8500 or send an email to vcompton@dio.org. Space is limited. Register today! Don t miss the opportunity to go on a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico, November 12-17, 2018. Fr. Jeremy Paulin from St Mary s Parish, Alton, is a lead organizer for the event. For more information go to: https://www.dio.org/plasm/events.html Trip to Italy..Padua to Rome-- Fr. Chuck will be leading a pilgrimage to Italy next summer, June 12th to June 22nd, 2019. Leave on June 12th to arrive and Celebrate our parish feast day of St. Anthony of Padua with mass at the Cathedral of St. Anthony, Padua following by a Feast day dinner. We will then spend nine days traveling to and enjoying Venice, Florence, Assisi, and Rome. We will tour many famous sites such as St. Peter s Basillica, the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, Trevi Fountain, Paantheon, Colosseum, The Benedictine Abbey of Monte Casino, built in 529. We will see the Basillica of St. Mark s in Venice, the Basillicas of St. Francis and St. Clare in Assisi, and many other famous spots. Cost for 11 day trip including Airfare, 4 star hotels, breakfast and dinner each day, and major taxes is $4150.00 per person (double occupancy), with a single supplement of $600.00. Come by the parish office for an itinerary sheet and more information. It is Time Again to Pray for Vocations This week the Catholic Church in America will celebrate Vocations Awareness Week. Recently all our parishes received a poster showing us the names and faces of our 24 Seminarians. Our goal is to have 50 by 2025. This goal is doable. Our Director of Vocations, Fr. Brian Alford has done an outstanding ministry in seeking, attracting, and encouraging these young men and yet there are so many more out there just waiting for the call. Initially it is the Lord who does the calling, but He also uses Fr. Brian, and all of us to be the vehicles through which He invites. Can you imagine this? When I was in Africa I was told by Fr. Wenceslaus that in his diocese 20 men are accepted for the Seminary each year. This is phenomenal! Guess what.. 1200 men applied. The Holy Spirit is alive in the Catholic Church in Africa for sure! Many men are listening, discerning, and seeking.. but so many (1180) were NOT YET accepted. What can we do here at St. Anthony and St. Mary s through our parish and schools to better foster vocations to the priesthood, consecrated religious life for women and men, the permanent diaconate, and other vocations? With the 150 history celebration of our schools going on, can we make a conscious effort to seek out and encourage, to find both a male and female vocation to enter this next year representing our 2 parishes? We have a great history in our two parishes for fostering vocations. Recently I sat with Sr. Carolyn Sur, a Notre Dame sister, originally from St. Anthony, entering in the 1950 s. We have had so many wonderful women religious, as well as Fr. Ben Meyer, Fr. Braden Maher, Fr. Jim Flach, Fr. Allen Kemme and Fr. Art Thies, just to name a few from St. Anthony who have dedicated their life to serving the Lord and His Church. I have heard that from St. Mary s we have had Msgr. Aloysius Schwartz, and +Bishop Carl Kemme along with Sr. Albertine Kramer. This weekend we will have Peter Chineke, a third year theologian, visiting with us again. God willing he will be ordained a transitional deacon in the class of 8. Peter is from Nigeria, and from a village near where I visited last week. I was able to meet his parents and two of his siblings. It was incredible! In our bulletin cover, we have placed the photos of Zach Samples, Peter, and Deanery Seminarians, so like the poster we can promote, pray for, and encourage their success. I would like us to make a commitment to them as their diocesan church family and will talk to the pastoral council and finance council meetings about this commitment. We hope to certainly keep promoting vocations at our schools and PSR program. This truly is one of our church s main ministries and concerns. Thanks to great folks like Fr. Brian Alford who give so much to fostering vocations. Let s show him our support and do our part as well, for we must always remember, Vocations are Everybody s Business!!! - Peace, Fr. Chuck 2
Mass Intentions: Saturday, Nov. 3 Trudi Koebel by Kathy Ferguson Sunday, Nov. 4 Mildred & Albert Tegeler by Family Wednesday, Nov. 7 Special Intention by Joe & Kay Conder, Marlene Goeckner Anniversary, Florence Schuette Saturday, Nov. 10 Chris Schrage by Family Sunday, Nov. 11 Adeline Probst by George & Diana Conder Pray without Ceasing Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 Lector: Amanda Kemme Servers: Sam Thompson Garrett Hoene Gabriella Wakefield Ushers: John Neu Greg Spannagel Greeters: Barb Vonderheide Gift Bearers: John & Karen Neu Euch. Min: Lisa Waldhoff, Skylar Vonderheide, Steve Vonderheide Money Counters: Deb Stremming Joe & Kay Conder 3 Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018 @ 7:15am Volunteers for ministries. Lector, servers, Eucharistic Minister Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 Lector: Mackenzie Brown Servers: Aaron & Hannah Wells Ushers: Don Brown Doug Brown Greeters: Jason Wells Family Gift Bearers: Tim & Patty Kessler Euch. Min: Don Brown, Mike & Rosemary Holland St. Mary s is needing a person to serve as our Catholic Charities representative. If you are interested contact Amanda Kemme. 217-821-9528 The entire Parish Family wishes to extend their deepest sympathies to Karen Kemme and Family on the passing of her father, Paul Runde May he rest in peace. Would you like to help on picture day? The committee is looking for a few people to help with sign in. If interested, contact Terry Hoene. CCW Meeting Nov. 6 @ 7 pm November Committee: Joyce Hoene, Melissa Broeringmeyer, Leslie Kemme, Shirley Zacha, Dorothy Thomas, Christy Brown, Jane Emmerich Family Connection Mark 12:28b-34 As Christians, our moral behavior is guided by the two-part commandment taught by Jesus in today s Gospel: love God and love your neighbor as yourself. Many of us learned to use this framework as an examination of conscience. By examining our lives through the lens of these commandments, we have learned that the challenge of these commandments is not in our desire to follow them but in our capacity to consistently honor these commandments in our daily lives. For one week, identify and collect news reports of how Christians show their love for God by loving and serving their neighbor. Clip these news items and share what you have heard when you gather as a family. Read together today s Gospel, Mark 12:28b-34. Talk about ways in which your family might contribute to the examples of Christian service you found. Choose one of these actions to do together as a family. Conclude in prayer together asking God to help us show love to our family members and friends. Pray together the Act of Love. Act of Love O my God, I love you above all things with my whole heart and soul, because you are all good and worthy of all my love. I love my neighbor as myself for the love of you. I forgive all who have injured me and I ask pardon of those whom I have injured. Amen. It is time for a new PARISH DIRECTORY!!! The committee is now helping parishioners get signed up after every weekend Mass during October and November. You may also go to our website www.stmarysshumway.org to sign up. PICTURE WILL BE TAKEN ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: Monday, Nov. 19 -- 2pm -8pm Tuesday, Nov. 20 -- 1pm-8pm Thursday, Nov. 29 2pm-8pm Friday, Nov. 30 1pm-8pm Saturday, Dec. 1 9am-4pm If you will be out of town during the scheduled times, please let one of the committee members know. Our directory will not be complete without YOU!!! Also, the committee wants to include our parish history and include pictures of days gone by. So, if you have info, stories and pics you would like to share let one of the committee members know. Committee members include Donna Davis, Terry Hoene, Amanda Kemme, Beth Spannagel and Rhonda Vonderheide, Rosemary Vonderheide. 8
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Returns to Springfield, November 16-18, 2018, Chiara Center Bring back that time in your life when you had time only for each other. Leave renewed in your commitment to love each other and return to your family and friends refreshed and ready to face the world together. If you would like to apply or get more information, go to www.stl-wwme or call 314.649.7317. Combined meeting of our parish pro-life group and the Bishop s Deanery Pro-Life Group in November. Date: Monday, Nov. 19, 2018 Time: 6:00 pm rosary 6:30 pm Mass immediately followed by refreshments & the business meeting Location: St. Anthony Church (rosary & Mass) and Parish Center (meeting) St. Anthony High School and SAMBA ask you to join us in the classic tale of Rodgers and Hammerstein s Cinderella. Performed in the St. Anthony High School Multi Purpose Room on Friday, November 9th at 7:00pm; Saturday, November 10th at 7:00pm; and Sunday, November 11th at 2:00pm. Tickets go on sale Oct. 29. $8 each. St. Anthony High School Open House will be held on Sunday, Nov.4 from 1-3 pm. St. Mary's Parishioners, Greetings from Saint Meinrad Seminary & School of Theology! I hope that this finds each of you well. As we approach the holiday season, I wanted to send a note to thank you for your continued support of me. Words cannot express how thankful I am for your steadfast prayers, cards, gifts, and well wishes. It is such a blessing to be supported by such a wonderful parish. I also wanted to make you aware of National Vocation Awareness Week, which takes place from November 4-10. This is an annual week sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to invite the Church here in the US to continue to pray for an increase in vocations to the priesthood, consecrated religious life, and Holy Matrimony. Pope Saint John Paul II opened his Pontificate with these words, "Do not be afraid! Open wide the doors for Christ!" In a particular way, pray for the young men and women of our Diocese to have the courage to not be afraid and to open their doors to whatever it is that our Lord is calling them to do, and that He may continue to bless us with an abundance of priestly vocations. In closing, thank you again for your continued prayerful support. Please know of my prayers for you now and always. It is always such a joy to hear from parishioners, so please do not hesitate to drop me a line. My contact information is below. Yours in Christ, Zach Samples Saint Meinrad Seminary & School of Theology 200 Hill Drive St. Meinrad, IN 47577 zsamples@dio.org 7 DCJH Appeal - November 17-18, 2018 is the annual collection for the Diocesan Campaign for Justice and Hope. Through your generosity last year, $58,563 was collected and 16 organizations and programs received grants. Your donations made it possible to provide hope and assistance of food, clothing, housing, education and medication to people living in poverty. 100% of your contribution stays within our Diocese. Please give generously. Annual Catholic Services Appeal The programs, services, & ministries supported by the Annual Catholic Services Appeal meet the larger diocesan needs of Catholics and others in the Diocese of Springfield. As of Wednesday, October 31, 2018 124 Parish Families 19 Family Gifts $177 Average Gift Per Family $ 3,365.00 Total Pledge Gifts Received $ 11,508.00 ACSA Goal for 2018/2019 Simply make your check payable to ACSA (with St. Mary s of Shumway in the memo line), ACSA on the envelope, and drop it in the collection. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Judy Carroll (11-4) Happy 70 th!!!! Madison Manhart (11-8) Helen Yakey & David Storm Thank you for your witness of God s love. Knights of Columbus Memorial Mass Effingham Council 665 Knights of Columbus invites all families to a Memorial Mass for deceased members. The Mass will be celebrated at 7pm, Wednesday November 14th, 2018 at the Effingham Event Center (Christopher and Columbus Rooms). Desert and fellowship follow the Mass. 4
V O C A T I O N P R A Y E R LORD OF THE HARVEST, BLESS young people with the gift of courage to respond to your call. Open their hearts to great ideals, to great things. INSPIRE all of your disciples to mutual love and giving for vocations blossom in the good soil of faithful people. INSTILL those in religious life, parish ministries, and families with the confidence and grace to invite others to embrace the bold and noble path of a life consecrated to you. UNITE us to Jesus through prayer and sacrament, so that we may cooperate with you in building your reign of mercy and truth, of justice and peace. Amen. Pope Francis Find more vocation resources at www.vocationnetwork.org THANK YOU TO ALL who participated in It was a great success and fun was had by all. Sacristans needed. It would be nice to have several individuals take on this responsibility. Fr. Chuck would like to see 8 different individuals take this on. This way one person is only responsible for one Mass per month. If interested or if you have questions, contact Donna Davis. THE VONDERHEIDE S Brock & Jamie Kassie, Samuel, Stacie, Will, Jackie, Luke With a Basketball themed trunk. Do you like to decorate? Then this committee is for you the Environment Committee. The role of this committee is to change out flowers and other décor with each liturgical season. It is the hope that by creating a committee there will be less work for one individual. Make this a family affair. The parish council would like to have this committee in place by the next meeting of the parish council on Nov. 15. If you are interested, please contact Fr Chuck at St Anthony Parish office. https://www.catholicextension.org/national-vocations-awareness-week 13 Hours Unplugged St. Anthony High School Campus Ministry will be hosting 13 Hours Unplugged on Saturday, November 17th put on by the SENT TEAM (Student Evangelization Networking Team) from Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH. This team of vibrant, passionate and authentic college students are SENT out to bring the light of Christ to young people. The day will begin at 9:00 am at the High School and end with a Saturday Vigil Mass at 8:30. The cost of the retreat is $20 to cover lunch, snacks and dinner 5 For more information or to sign up contact Katalyn Bourgeois at kbourgeois@stanthony.com or Tessie Kabbes at tkabbes@stanthony.com. 6