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! Danell Spannagel Condron Marita Kemme Rory Miller Velma Kirchhofer Norma Buhler Loretta Meek John Meek Dan Zacha Harlow Lawrence Abileen Bennett Larry Storm Reagan McCormick Leon Vonderheide Caralea Smith Dale Worman Jim Slifer Beverly Storm Ted Hanfland 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 Peg Storm John Sheehan Mitchell Coffin Louise McKay Dale Fitzpatrick Jack Hardiek Helen Leverton Elizabeth Weidner Rich Lauwerens Lanny Grove Dale Greuel Carl Zalman January Prolife Activities 9 Days for Life Jan. 14-22. This is an annual period of prayer and action for life. Each day of the novena provides a different intercession, reflection, information item, and suggested action. The novena can be received in four ways: a free mobile app, text message, email, or social media. Learn more at: www.9daysforlife.com Deanery Pro-Life Meeting (Monthly Prayer Vigil for Life) Jan. 21 (Mon) by the Effingham Deanery Bishop s Pro-Life Committee. Held at St. Michael in Sigel. Rosary at 6 pm, Mass at 6:30 with the business meeting immediately after in the school. Mass for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children Jan. 22 (Tues) at St. Francis Church in Teutopolis. Rosary at 6:30 pm, Mass at 7 pm. Jan. 22 is a designated day of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life and in penance for acts of abortion. Please also offer prayers and sacrifices throughout the day. Luminaries for Life Jan. 26 & 27 on the steps of St. Anthony Church in Effingham. Drive by in the evening to see the lighted luminary display. Students from St. Anthony Grade School, High School and the PSR for Sacred Heart and St. Anthony created the luminaries. Family Connection John 2:1-11 Weddings are wonderful family celebrations. We go out of our way to make the occasion festive and extraordinary. People work hard to please one another. What better image of the Kingdom of God! Not every day is a wedding celebration, but we can anticipate the Kingdom of God each day in our attentiveness to one another's needs. If your family has attended a wedding celebration together, talk about the experience and the planning and cooperation that made the celebration memorable. Talk about how weddings and feasts are images in Scripture for the Kingdom of God. Consider how these festive occasions are images of God's tremendous love for us and examples of how we can show our love for one another. Then read together today's Gospel, John 2:1-11. Talk about Mary's attentiveness to the needs of the hosts and about Jesus' response. What could your family learn from this story? Consider ways that you might show these values in your family's daily life. Pray together Saint Ignatius' Prayer for Generosity. 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). 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. 1
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 Friday, Jan. 17, 2019 127 Parish Families 38 Family Gifts (30%) $174.47 Average Gift Per Family $ 6630.00 Total Pledge Gifts (58%) $ 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. St. Valentine's @ the Villa - February 10, 2019 5:30 p.m. - Why not celebrate the joy and humor of Christian married love with your sweetheart this St. Valentine s Day? Cocktails, dinner, dessert, photo booth and a comedy show featuring Steve Bruner. Cost is $50 couple (Dating, Engaged or Married). Register online at www.dio.org/familylife/events.html Ordinary Time Again. Church looks different, doesn t it? Yet even in its simplicity of being Ordinary Time both St. Anthony and St. Mary s Annunciation churches are both beautiful and prayerful worship centers. We are blessed. We are all eager to see the Sacred Heart Church s family enter into a time of growth, change, and refurbish of their church. We support them in their successful campaign and renovation plans. Thanks to the MANY folks who stayed and helped the Art and Environment Committee take down the Christmas décor. It truly was a beautiful season of celebration of all the major feasts of this great season of hope, new birth, and Joy. Thanks to all our ministries who helped in any way bring to our parish great seasonal worship during Advent & Christams. In only eight weeks we will come to begin our Lenten journey and once again we will see change in our church environment, music, and prayer. This past week I taught RCIA to our class and a few others individually. I talked about the living out of a church year with its seasons or Ordinary Time, Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easterd. We do this as we journey through the calendar seasons of Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer. SO now we wear our Green vestments and use the altar cloths to match, and we continue this journey with the winter cold, white snow, and freezing temperatures. Usual Midwest January right? Nothing new right? I will join the snowbirds for the next two weeks and will go south for a vacation. I am looking forward to the warmth of the sun, and an opportunity to relax, and chill out with friends. I appreciate this opportunity and entrust your care to Fr. Mark. We will welcome this welcome Fr. Richard Chiola and next weekend Fr. David Hoefler to help preside at the liturgies and both parishes. I feel so blessed to have such a great team of staff members who I know will keep the life of our parish going smoothly and beautifully. In their YES we are daily blessed. I will return on Feb. 2nd for the weekend masses. Pray for me and I will pray for you.. - Peace Fr. Chuck Protecting God s Children Workshop St. Isidore Parish, St. Aloysius Hall Monday, February 4th at 6:30 pm Call 217-925-5788 to register Natural Family Planning Class 2019 Sessions: Saturday, January 26th 2:30pm - St. Francis, Teutopolis Saturday, March 9th 9:00am - St. Isidore, Bishop Creek Friday, April 26th 6:00pm - St. Anthony, Effingham Saturday, June 1st 2:00pm - Sacred Heart, Effingham Saturday, July 13th 10:00am - St. Anthony, Effingham Friday, August 23rd 6:30pm - St. Francis, Teutopolis Saturday, September 28th 9:30am - Sacred Heart, Effingham To register Contact Kate Pruemer at 217-821-1840 or kpruemer@gmail.com. Staff & Volunteer Appreciation Celebration Please join us on Sunday, January 27 12:30pm 2:00pm at Effingham Event Center Fr. Michal Rosa, Fr. Chuck Edwards, and Fr. Mark Tracy and the Parishes of Sacred Heart, St. Anthony, and St. Mary s Shumway are hosting a Staff and Volunteer Appreciation Celebration to say THANK YOU for your gifts of time and talent to our Churches & Schools. Lunch will be served at 12:30pm with fellowship until 2:00pm. Chicken & fish and tea & lemonade will be provided. Attendees are asked to bring the following: Sacred Heart: dip/appetizer ~ St. Anthony: side dish/salad ~ St. Mary s: dessert Set up for the event will begin at 11:30, if anyone would like to help. St. Anthony Summer Mission Trip--We are looking for jobs to complete for parishioners! The summer high school mission team is looking to fundraise for their upcoming Mission trip to Topeka, Kansas. They are looking for some odds and ends jobs to complete in order to help cover the costs of the trip. If you have a job that needs completed, contact Katalyn Bourgeois at kbourgeois@stanthony.com or 217-342-6969 (ext. 3103) for more information.
Mass Intentions: Saturday, Jan. 19 Henry Dust by Family Sunday, Jan. 20 Violet Pautler by Duane Shadwell Family Wed. Jan. 23 Austin Flach Anniversary (St. Anthony) Saturday, Jan. 26 Sunday, Jan. 27 Wednesday, Jan. 30 Louis Tegeler by Family Saturday, Feb. 2 Sunday, Feb. 3 Paul Runde To have a Mass said please put intention request along with who it is from, the date you would like it said and your money in an envelope and drop it in the collection basket. Masses will then be recorded in the Intention book by one of the priests, Donna Davis or Karen Kemme. There are many available dates for 2019. Don t forget about Wednesday morning Mass To help you with planning your requests there is a calendar posted on the cabinet in the sacristy which shows available dates. It will be updated weekly prior to the weekend Masses. Wednesday, Jan. 23-7:15 am Volunteers for ministries Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019 Lector: Donna Davis Servers: Aaron, Hannah & Isaac Wells Ushers: Mike Holland Jason Wells Greeters: Jason Wells Family Gift Bearers: Kathy Worman Euch. Min: Jesse Davis, Kathy Brown Kathy Worman Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019 Lector: Diana Vonderheide Servers: Emma Thompson Grady Spannagel Stacie Vonderheide Ushers: Charles Vonderheide Jim Vonderheide Greeters: Wanda Tabbert Gift Bearers: Stuart Vonderheide Family Euch. Min: Leslie Kemme, Beth Spannagel Lisa Thompson Money Counters: Ed Kemme John & Kathy Adams HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Connie Bales (1-21) St. Mary s is needing a person to serve as our Catholic Charities representative. If you are interested contact Amanda Kemme. 217-821-9528 January Committee: Jodi McCormick, Terry Hoene, Diana Conder, Judy Carroll, Amanda Kemme, Barb Davis, Karen Kaufman, Bonnie Vonderheide Annual Benefit 2019 Catholic Charities Presents: Deutsches Fest DATE: Saturday, February 2, 2019 Teutopolis Banquet Hall Order of the evening: 5:30 PM Cocktail Social, 6:30 PM Dinner, 7:30 PM Program, Award Presentation, & Raffle, 8:30-11:00 Dance Single Ticket Price: $45.00 CALL CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOR TICKETS!!! Credit card donations accepted. 217-857-1458 www.cc.dio.org IF YOU DIDN T GET YOUR PORTRAIT TAKEN BY LIFETOUCH, PLEASE CONSIDER SUBMITTING A PHOTO FOR THE DIRECTORY. WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE INCLUDED!!!!PLEASE SUBMIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. The Directory 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 Amanda Kemme, Terry Hoene, Beth Spannagel and Rhonda Vonderheide, Rosemary Vonderheide and Donna Davis. SUBMIT BY Feb. 5 Weekly Offering.1/13/19 Adults.1168.00 Kids.. 7.00 Loose..237.00 Solemnity of Mary 60.00 Catholic Times. 160.00 First Offering..5.00 Total...$1637.00 The Directory Committee would also like to have a page in our directory dedicated to those currently serving our country. Please submit a photo to a committee member ASAP. 8
Embracing Authentic Love: Humanae Vitae Explained Three Day Speaker Series What is God's plan for love and family life? Why is the Church against contraception? What exactly is Natural Family Planning? Humanae Vitae, the papal document which clarified these teachings, calls us to love in a way that respects God s beautiful design for marital love and life. Join us on Feb. 17th, 18th, and 19th from 7:00-8:30 pm at St. Anthony Parish Center in Effingham to learn about these beautiful but challenging teachings. Who can come? This event is for any adult; married, single, young, and old; in the Effingham Deanery area! Talks and Speakers: Sunday, Feb. 17th - Humanae Vitae: Understanding Love and Marriage in the Image of God with Joe Gehret Monday, Feb. 18th - The Struggle is Real: Embracing the Truth Behind the Church's Teachings with Patty Schneier Tuesday, Feb. 19th - A Medical Perspective on the Effectiveness of Natural Family Planning and NaPro (Natural Procreative) Technology with Dr. Gavin Puthoff, MD 7 4
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