October 6, 2013 - Respect Life Sunday page 2 St. Francis of Assisi Parish Teutopolis, Illinois Teutopolis, Illinois
St. Francis of Assisi Parish Teutopolis, Illinois page 2 From the Pastor Respect Life Month. October is Respect Life Month. In the main entranceway of church, you will find a series of pamphlets covering a wide range of Life issues. Please read several during the month of October. In your personal and family prayer life, please pray that nations and individuals throughout the world may come together to protect and promote human dignity from conception to natural death. As a Franciscan, I feel it is also important to remind everyone that care for the environment is also an important part of the spectrum of life issues. 40 Days of Prayer for Life. The 40 days of prayer for life started on Wednesday, September 25. Today is one of our special prayer days. Even if you haven t signed up, please take time to stop at church today in order to pray before the Blessed Sacrament. The closing Benediction will be at 5:00 p.m. Please bring your children. Congratulations. Most of our baptisms involve infants, but on September 28, I had the privilege of baptizing one of our 2 nd grade students. Congratulations and welcome to Kaitlyn Tebbe who became a member of God s family through the waters of baptism. Kaitlyn is the daughter of Eric and Stacey Tebbe. Transitus. Many thanks to Kathy Adams, Br. Marc, and all those who had a hand in planning this year s Transitus service to commemorate the death of St. Francis. It was a prayerful way to celebrate our patron saint. Thanks! If you ve walked through the museum kitchen lately, you will have noticed a big improvement. Many thanks to Bernice Matteson and all who helped conquer the accumulated clutter. That area is now much presentable when visitors come to call. Weddings. We have five SFA weddings this month. We pray that all our newly-married couples will enjoy a life together that is long, happy, healthy, and holy. Called by Name. The recent Called by Name program conducted by the diocese resulted in 20 names being submitted. These names will be passed on to Fr. Brian Alford at the diocese. Blog. I d like to remind those of you with computers to regularly check out my blog. You will find the gospel for the upcoming Sunday along with a short reflection, and you are asked to share your reflection, as well. (eatonofm.blogspot.com) ACSA. Now is the time to make your pledge for this year s ACSA campaign. Last year, St. Francis reached about 72% of its assigned goal. I admit to being disappointed that only 25% of our households pledged. Like every parish in the diocese, we are asked to do our part to support the various programs of the diocese, including the training of our future priests and pastors. I ask every household in the parish to make a well-thought-out sacrifice. Please pledge. CUSA. If you have a chronic illness or disability, you might consider joining CUSA (Catholic Union of the Sick in America). Members of CUSA form small groups and then support and strengthen each other through letters. In some cases, the letters are sent by snail mail. The group I belong to communicates by e-mail. I have been the spiritual director for a CUSA group for somewhere around 30 years. If you would like additional information, please check out the website at www.cusan.org or e- mail Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, OFM, at LFJagdfeld@aol.com. Not computer savvy? No problem you can write Fr. Lawrence at San Damiano Friary, 4856 W. 29 th St., Cicero, IL, 60804-3611. Monday, October 7, 6:30: Marian Schultz Monday, October 7, 12:10: Tom Miller Tuesday, October 8, 6:30: Marian Schultz Tuesday, October 8, 8:05: David Niendiek Wednesday, October 9, 6:30: Jim Dust Wednesday, October 9, 8:05: Tom Miller Thursday, October 10, 6:30: Marian Schultz Thursday, October 10, 12:10: Tom Miller Friday, October 11, 6:30: Marian Schultz Friday, October 11, 8:05: Jim Dust Saturday, October 12, 8:00: Jim Dust Saturday, October 12, 5:30: Jim Dust Sunday, October 13, 7:00: David Niendiek Sunday, October 13, 8:45: Deceased of CDA Sunday, October 13, 10:30: Pro Populo Parish Office 203 E. Main St., P.O. Box 730, Teutopolis, IL 62467-0730 Office Hours: Mon. -Fri. 9:00 am -4:30 pm Phone...(217) 857-6404 Fax...(217) 857-1031 Parish E-mail... stfrancischurch@mchsi.com Parish website: stfrancischurch.com Submit written bulletin notices by noon Monday. Diocesan website: www.dio.org Ember Beddingfield, Victim Assistance Coordinator.. (217) 321-1155
October 6, 2013 Respect Life Sunday page 3 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Liturgy Schedule 27th Week in Ordinary Time October 7 13 Our Lady of the Rosary Mass at 6:30 am & 12:10 pm Mass at 6:30 & 8:05 am St. Denis and Companions St. John Leonardi Mass at 6:30 & 8:05 am Mass at 6:30 am & 12:10 pm Mass at 6:30 & 8:05 am Mass at 8:00 am & 5:30 pm 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass at 7:00, 8:45, 10:30 am Confession Schedule Saturday, October 12-3:30-4:30 pm Liturgy of the Hours with Friars Monday-Friday -- 11:45 am & 4:45 pm New Families in the Parish. We welcome: Rick and Melissa (Pals) Belford and children: Seth, Colt and Cali Clarence and Martha (Meinhart) Vogt and children: Jill and Mitchell Pray for the Sick Please remember in your prayers: Cathy Green, Renae Roepke, Eddie Siemer, Cheryl Ann Huber, Chris Utz, Anna Habing, Jim Koester, Jack Hardiek, Toby McMahon, Paula Spencer, Lucille Worman, Mack Kitten, Agnes Kremer, Pauline Gobczynski, Elizabeth Waldhoff Stewardship of Treasure Sunday Total Fiscal 9/29/2013 Year 274 Adult envelopes $7,016.50 $105,028.50 Other $687.00 $7,888.35 TOTAL $7,703.50 $112,916.85 Parish Calendar Monday, October 7 Diocesan Regional, Sacred Heart, Effingham, 1:00-4:00 or 6:00-9:00 pm Tuesday, October 8 Secular Franciscans, 6:00 pm, St. Clare Guitar Mass practice, 5:45 pm, Church Wednesday, October 9 Children s choir, 3:30-4:30 pm Teen choir, 6:00-7:00 pm Jr. High and H. S. Religion, 7:20 pm Thursday, October 10 Adult choir, 7:00 pm Friday, October 11 No School Saturday, October 12 Confessions, 3:30-4:30 pm Sunday, October 13 Pre-K Religion RCIA after 8:45 Mass, Museum Mtg. Rm. B & B, 7:00 pm, St. Clare Sing Along. St. Francis Singers and Friends will be singing at Evergreen Nursing Center on Wednesday, October 9th at 10:00 am. Planning Marriage Jared Greuel and Nicole Finley Saturday, October 12, 2013 1:00 pm Congratulations to those who participated in the Rite of Acceptance today at the 8:45 Mass. Those present spoke in the name of the parish as they promised prayer, support and encouragement to: Aaron Stortzum, Chester Belleville, Kayla Henry, Robert Coventry, Sydney Stults and Tiffany Hanrathy. We welcome you with open arms! Homebound Ministers Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion to the Homebound for Sunday, October 13th are Rita Pals 857-3569 and Mary Runde 857-3276.
St. Francis of Assisi Parish Teutopolis, Illinois page 4 Protecting God s Children will be presented during a week long series November 3-8 rather than once a month. This timely program raises awareness of signs of child sexual abuse. We highly encourage all parents, grandparents, persons in Church ministry and anyone who, for the sake of our children, want to know more about how to keep them safe. All sessions will be held in St. Clare Hall. Please call to register today 857-6404. Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday from 1:00-3:30; Monday, Friday from 6:00-8:30; Wednesday November 6 Part 1 and November 13 Part 2 from 7:20-8:30 to accommodate parents waiting for students in Religious Education classes. Beginning Tuesday, October 15 th, from 3:00-4:30 and a repeated session from 7:00-8:30 in St. Clare Hall we will look at spiritual life after 50. We grow and as St. Paul tells us, when he was a child, he spoke like a child and acted like a child, but now he is a man. What does our spiritual life look like when we are 10, 20, 50, 70? We will explore this movement of the Spirit during these sessions. There is still time to enroll in the Scripture Study being offered at St. Anthony parish on Tuesday mornings and on Thursday, mornings or evenings. The 1st course is The Bible Timeline, The Great Adventure, and the 2nd course is Acts: The Spread of the Kingdom. You may register by calling either St. Anthony s 347-7129 or Sacred Heart 347-7177. A suggested donation of $40 is suggested to assist in defraying the cost of the materials. A Rosary Rally will be held Saturday, Oct. 12th, from noon to 2 pm at the hospital grotto in Effingham. Please bring your rosary and a lawn chair. If inclement weather, the rally will be held in the hospital chapel. All are welcome! Youth Notes: Youth Councils meet TODAY, Sunday, Oct. 6 in the Teen Center Junior High meets from 6:30 7:30 pm and high school meets from 7:30 8:30 pm. We have some planning to do! Come Paint Pumpkins! Jr. High and High School students are invited to paint pumpkins for the elderly of our parish on October 19 from 9 11 am in the Teen Center! We ll provide paint and pumpkins, but if you have any extra BLING to add, please bring it with you! We decorate them to be noticed! Freshmen will deliver the pumpkins on October 23 as part of their religion class. Religious Education News IMPORTANT Sunday Morning PRE-K religion classes have been delayed starting until next Sunday, October 13. GRADE SCHOOL- Grade 5B is viewing the personal safety video on Monday in St. Clare Hall. Parents are welcome. Also, Grade 5 is sponsoring the Mission Bake Sale on Thursday, October 17. Volunteers for baking the Halloween decorated cakes (7 needed) are asked to hand in their response sheets Monday. Thanks for supporting your child s mission project for the year. All Grades are reminded to turn in their $1.00 mission membership dues this week the dues entitle each child to receive 6 chances on their grade cake, which they will receive on the day of the bake sale. Thanks for supporting your child s efforts to help poor children in many parts of the world. JUNIOR HIGH- Classes take place at the Junior High Building from 7:20 to 8:30 each Wednesday evening. This week section 8F/P will be viewing the personal safety video; section 8 SCH will be viewing and praying the Rosary video; section 8 JH will be viewing the life of Sts. Francis and Clare. Grade 7 will be focusing on the culture of being Catholic Prayer forms, Devotions, and Eucharistic Presence. REMINDER to all Catechists The Diocesan Regional takes place on Monday, October 7, at Sacred Heart Parish Hall in Effingham. Please remember to bring your name tags. Those who have not received name tags will please check in at the door and receive your name tags at that time. HS Religious Ed Sophomores: You will be having Welcome to My World on October 16 from 5:30 8:30 pm in the TGS Gym. This is the interactive program that was listed in the Great Expectations Handbook that was given last fall. It s a great program & student s often find it to be enlightening. We need 10 parents to make this program work! Parents, please call the HS Religious Ed office to sign up if you are available. Seniors: This Wednesday, we will be meeting in our classroom and then walking over to the KC Hall to join the knights and their families in praying the living rosary. Please dress for the weather. Thanks to all the sophomores, chaperons & the sites we visited for making the sophomore retreat a success.
October 6, 2013 Respect Life Sunday page 5 40 DAYS FOR LIFE EUCHARISTIC DAY OF PRAYER TODAY, SUNDAY OCTOBER 6TH with the intention of respect for all human life and the end of abortion. Eucharistic Exposition will begin at the close of the 10:30 AM Mass and end at 5:00 PM. Pro-life prayer guides and other prayer helps are at church entrances. Please make time today for prayer at church for ending the evil disregard for the value of human life in our world. Thank you for your prayers and sacrifices! Prayer to the Blessed Sacrament Lord Jesus, I firmly believe that the Blessed Sacrament is Your very Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity. Senses cannot grasp this marvel. Faith, however, reaches beyond what the eyes can see and assures us that You are present. We can also see You, O Lord, in the children in the womb. In a day when so many have forgotten these children, and dismiss them as less valuable than those who are born, grant that we may grow all the more convinced of their dignity and worth. Then grant, O Lord, that we may act accordingly. Amen. 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 17-21 and will be led by Mike Henning. The women s weekend is October 24-27 and will be led by Rita Devore. For more information and to register call Mike Henning at 217-343-3100, Rita Devore at 217-821-7517, Mary Sur at 217-342-2003 or John and Kathy Adams at 618-483-5381. October Month of the Holy Rosary Thank You so much for supporting the work of Catholic Charities through your generous donation of $8,820.15 during our Annual Collection. Your support enables our local office to maintain and expand services to our sisters and brothers in need. Without your support, in the form of prayer, time, and finances, Catholic Charities could not carry out its mission. May God continue to bless you for your generosity. Peace and all good! Sister Carol, Staff, Board Members, Volunteers of Catholic Charities in Effingham. Teutopolis Terquasquicentennial Recipes Needed for Cookbook COOKS! We are in need of new and old recipes handed down through the years to help us celebrate 175 years of tasty T-Town cooking. Please type or print the recipe clearly on paper/index card. Drop them off at the Teutopolis Village Hall (water bill drop off slot), submit online to hotzea@gmail.com or mail to Rita Habing (328 E. Main St., Teutopolis, IL 62467). There will also be a box located on the grounds of the Oktoberfest, October 19th. Place your name, or the name of the person who gave you the recipe, on the card. If possible, label the recipe Appetizer, Beverage, Soup, Salad, Vegetable, Main Dish, Casserole, Meat, Poultry, Seafood, Breads, Pies, Cakes, Cookies, Candies, Deserts, or Miscellaneous. Our deadline is October 31st. For more information contact Rita Habing (857-3006) or Angie Hotze (857-3938). Thank you. Commemorative Book. We all have stories about T- Town: profiles, histories, anecdotes. Tell your stories for inclusion in the Teutopolis 175th Anniversary Commemorative Book! The book is for and about everyone. Special sections for Family and Business profiles will be charged a fee, based on length, that includes the purchase of the book. Deadline is December 31 (just around the corner!). Submit items to Rick Siemer, PO Box 670 or 111 W. Main St., Teutopolis, IL 62467, or rsiemer@siemermilling.com. Items may be edited for style, format, space, etc. God s Promises Unfolding Then the Lord answered me and said: Write down the vision clearly... For the vision still has its time, presses on to fulfillment, and will not disappoint. Habakkuk 2:2, 3 Whenever I hear these words, I think of the times I ve been actively engaged with a group trying to craft a vision or a mission statement. Even with a team of gifted writers on board, capturing the essence of who we are and what we re about can seem an impossible task. This passage reminds us that God s word is living and always new, and that the promises God has made will come to pass, although perhaps not in the manner or shape our limited vision can imagine. What is called for is a continual re-visiting of the Word of God and a deep listening to how that vision is being enfleshed in this time and place. Sr. Chris Koellhoffer, I.H.M. Living Faith
St. Francis of Assisi Parish Teutopolis, Illinois page 6 Scout Retreat. October 20, scouts are invited to Holy Cross in Auburn for our annual Scout Retreat. The event starts at 1 pm at the parish center. Activities for the day will include stations for scouts to work on the Light of Christ or the Parvuli Dei religious emblem. Stations for the Family of God and the I Live My Faith programs for Girl Scouts will be available as well. Cost is $5 per scout, and scouts should bring their own workbook. Youth and adult volunteers for leadership roles for any of these four activities are needed as well. For more information, contact the Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting at 217-698-8500, ext. 154 or email kholtgrave@dio.org. Worldwide Marriage Encounter. St. Paul tells us that God gives us strength to carry out the plan he put in us to spread the gospel. In your relationships with others, especially your marriage relationship, do you work in power, love and self-control? Allow God to transform your marriage so that it can shine the love of God. Sign up today to attend the next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend in this area on October 25-27. To register or for more info, call 314-469-7317 or go online to www.stl-wwme.org. Q. When my grandfather was dying, the priest came and anointed him, and then said he would give him viaticum. What is that? A. All during our life, we receive Communion at Mass. Most are the regular Sunday celebrations. Others might have special meaning and purpose: weddings, confirmation, retreats, and funerals. Although it is the same Lord we receive each time, the reason we receive the Eucharist changes and adds special meaning to the sacrament. Whether we are praying for someone, asking for grace, or joining together as a community of faith, the Eucharist sustains us and allows us to join our prayers and sacrifice to the Lord's. As the hour of our death approaches, the reception of Communion takes on a special purpose. We receive the Lord to accompany us on our journey from this life to the next. Viaticum comes from a Latin word meaning "provision for the journey." It refers to the rite of giving Communion to a person near death. People often think of "last rites" as anointing of the sick, but there are several sacramental rites that we can receive at the end of our life, including penance and Eucharist. The Eucharist is the completion of the Christian's life on earth and the beginning of eternal life. 2011 Liturgical Publications Inc Blessing of Animals will take place today on the lawn east of the church. Bring your pets or farm animals, large or small, to be blessed at 1:00 pm. Here & There Chicken and Fish Buffet served every Friday, 5:00-8:00 pm at the Teutopolis K C Hall. A Fall Breakfast at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Island Grove, will be held today, October 6th in the parish center, 7:00 am to 12:30 pm. Also available: raffle, country store and quilt raffle. 3rd Annual St. Thomas Harvest Picnic in Newton on October 12 and 13, 2013. Saturday evening activities begins at 5:30 with Mass. Also available on Saturday will be kid s games, food, beer and wine garden and live bands. Sunday activities include a chicken and pork loin dinner, kids games, One Man Bank, bingo and raffle drawing. Mark Your Calendar for the Teutopolis Educational Foundation Spaghetti Supper to be held on Tuesday, November 5th, 4:30-7:00 pm. Father Sylvano s address: Saint Clare s Friary 915 East 5th Street PO Box 6340 Alton, IL 62002 Holy Humor...Bulletin bloopers. The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility. Potluck supper Sunday at 5 pm. Prayer and medication to follow. 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 To pledge, go to www.dio.org/marathon or send in your name, address, phone number, email address and your check, payable to Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. Send donation to: Most Reverend Thomas John Paprocki 1015 West Washington Street Springfield, IL 62704 Thank you for your generosity.