All Saints November 1, 2015 Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton, Bishop of Belleville We, the people of St. Clare Catholic Parish, In the Diocese of Belleville, are called by God in baptism to be disciples of Jesus Christ. Centered in the Eucharist, and strengthened by the gifts of the Holy Spirit, we strive to live the Gospel and further the reign of God. We do this by creating a vibrant faith community, by actively promoting justice and evangelization, and by using our gifts in the service of God s people, to give God glory and reverence all of Creation. Saint Clare of Assisi, Pray For Us! WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 5:00 p.m. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. BAPTISM Preparation classes for parents are offered every other month for infant baptism. Call the Parish Office to sign up. Adults wishing to be baptized should also call the Office. RECONCILIATION Saturdays 3:30 until 4:30 p.m. or by appointment. Community celebrations are also offered every Advent and Lent. MATRIMONY Contact Pastor a year prior. ANOINTING OF THE SICK Communal celebrations twice a year, or by appointment. St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church 1411 Cross Street O Fallon, IL 62269 618/ 632-3562 618/ 632-9036 (fax) www.stclarechurch.org Fr. Jim Deiters Dennis Vander Ven Marcia Fix Jamae Shubirg Shirley Seipp Patrick Jurgensmeyer Stephen Eros Jane Dotson Matt Flynn Pastor Deacon Parish Secretary Administrative Assistant Business Manager Facilities Manager Music and Liturgy Director Family Faith Formation Adult Faith and Mission ST. CLARE SCHOOL 632-6327 214 West Third Street, O Fallon, IL Milissa Faust Principal Gloria Schmidt Secretary Eileen Yahl Accountant MT. CALVARY CEMETERY 632-3562 Jim Deschesne, Sexton PARISH TRUSTEES Michael Crupe John Dempsey ST. VINCENT DEPAUL 632-4270 Emergency Assistance
From Our Pastor... Why a Campaign? About a month ago I announced the launching of our fall capital campaign to help move us closer to paying off our debt on the new church. I want to thank all of you who have already been giving generously toward our Development Fund/Debt Reduction. This has allowed us to make our monthly mortgage payments. The timing of this campaign is based on our 10-year pro forma projection with our diocesan loan agreement which requires us to have a proactive plan for debt reduction. Overall, as you see in the quarterly financial statements we provide for you, we are in a good financial position in terms of our mortgage payments and our operating budget. We are using this campaign to reach out to all parishioners to make a renewed commitment to a monthly sacrificial donation directed specifically towards debt reduction, and especially encourage those who have joined our parish in recent years to participate! What Will be Covered at the Campaign Events? These evenings will be filled with Fun, Faith, and Facts. They will be lively social events with time to mix and mingle with other parishioners as we celebrate our faith and our future. At the receptions, you will learn interesting facts about our new church and how it was designed and built, in addition to hearing more details about our financial standing and future goals! Save the Date! Please plan on attending one of these evenings: Sunday, November 22, 4:00 PM Monday, November 23, 6:30 PM Did You Know #4 In our parish vision to be a model of ecological stewardship for others, our church has a geo-thermal heating and cooling system that saves us loads of money since the majority of our heat and A/C are provided by the temperature of the earth! PS: This week I will be working for and joining Matthew Kelly and "Dynamic Catholic" on a pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi. I will be serving as one of three priests for this group of 175 pilgrims, offering Mass, confessions, and spiritual guidance during the 11 days. Know of my prayers for you and your family while I am away November 2-12. Fr. Jim Deiters October 31 David DeBourge Linda Rouch Jim Fuld Rick Andell Derek Averick Dawn Lurk Benjamin Toon Katerina Vrieswyk November 1 Corrine Wright Jane Hemmerle Brenn Hagarty Nicholas Flath Eli Butters Marin Price Zayden Brisley Brayden Wobbe November 2 Terry Dickinson James Pavlisin Robert Kennedy Bill Millikin Ami Kovach Jeff Filyaw Chrissy Kelso Chris Wrigley Joey Wiegert Donovan McKnight Olivia Findley Belle Holas Alexis Moore November 3 Paul Brenner Angie Meddows Jeremy Nolan Gustavo Cotto Jackie Wehrell Bradley Rakers Liz Rotz Meredith Molnar Megan Wiegert Braden Guinn November 4 Elsa Boysha Karen Kuhl Casey Lobring Amy Rademacher November 5 Pat Rice Mary Ann Schmittling Jeff Price Sara Wise Whitney Joseph Kylie Meddows Molly Distler November 6 Richard Czosnyka John Dempsey Vickie Haeffner Lisa Walters Cythia Judge Kathleen Gallerano Julie Jordan November 7 Helen Murphy Eileen Stephens Dottie Brewster Andee Picchietti Jen Zeese Meghan Evans Alyssa Rademacher Jacob Crain Sarah Dotson Samantha Winkelmann Alexis Davis Gabriel Rodriguez November 8 William Flynn Paul Holmes Sonia Chappell Michelle True Ashley Kloustermeyer Caitlin Melesky Brennan Wobbe
MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, October 31 All Saints 5:00 p.m. June Dean Sunday, November 1 All Saints 8:30 a.m. Jerome and Dorothy Warchol 10:30 a.m. Bernard and Johanna Spracklen Sandy Konopelski 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer **Eucharis c Adora on following 10:30 Mass Monday, November 2 All Souls Day 11:40 Benedic on 12:00 Noon Vincent Andrasko Tuesday, November 3 Saint Mar n de Porres, Religious 7:30 a.m. Leo and Irene Lickenbrock 8:30 a.m. Mass in School Chapel Wednesday, November 4 Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop No Mass Thursday, November 5 Mass in School Chapel Weekday 8:30 a.m. John Mackey First Friday, November 6 Weekday 7:30 a.m. George and Dolores Harvilla Saturday, November 7 Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 p.m. Evere and Marie Tru mann Norman Wright Sunday, November 8 Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 a.m. Lucille Waeltz James Schoen 10:30 a.m. For Our Parish Weekly Readings for November 2-8 Monday: Wis 3:1-9; Ps 23:1-6; Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3-9; Jn 6:37-40, or any readings from no. 668 or from the Masses for the Dead, nos. 1011-1016 Tuesday: Rom 12:5-16b; Ps 131:1bcde-3; Lk 14:15-24 Wednesday: Rom 13:8-10; Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9; Lk 14:25-33 Thursday: Rom 14:7-12; Ps 27:1bcde, 4, 13-14; Lk 15:1-10 Friday: Rom 15:14-21; Ps 98:1-4; Lk 16:1-8 Saturday: Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27; Ps 145:2-5, 10-11; Lk 16:9-15 Sunday: 1 Kgs 17:10-16; Ps 146:7-10; Heb 9:24-28; Mk 12:38-44 [41-44] Next Weekend November 7/8 Cantors Saturday 5:00 pm John Gomez Sunday 8:30 am Barb Compton 10:30 am Rachel Sill Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Saturday 5:00 pm Carl Lurk, Barb Kovach, Eduardo Barragan Tom & Mary Lou Pawlow, Michael DeCarpentry Sella Roman, Jack & Patti Leisure, Walter O Dell* Russ Hart*, Shirley Suski*, Steve Bovich* Sunday 8:30 am Betty Deschesne, Mary Fleming, Mark O Connor Ken & Jeanne Smith, Percy Menzies, Marie Berry Ely Gillespie, Judy Lemansky, Gary Borges* Kevin & Linda Rademacher*, Jeanette Giebels* Sunday 10:30 am Michele Taylor, Mandi Huelsmann, Stephanie Chambers Laura Jines, Patty Klingelhoefer, Toni Stanton, Tara Sill Mark Arbogast, Kathy Sjoquist, Jane Dotson* Dan & Tara Ashbaker*, Anne Shambro* Lector Saturday 5:00 pm Scott Brown & Dennis Holdener Sunday 8:30 am Pennie Pavlisin & Simone Wheeler Sunday 10:30 am Tanja Ramsby & Margaret Andrasko Servers Saturday 5:00 pm Curt Stutsman, Cassidy Lurk, Thomas Jackson 8:30 am Peter & Kelly Fleming, Natalie Bak 10:30 am Hannah Sill, Drew & Ava Taylor Ushers Saturday 5:00 pm Josh Gansauer, Eric Sheesley, Bruce Rackers Ken Kenney, Richie Meile, John Winkelmann Sunday 8:30 am Walt Leninsky, Don Proffer, Pat Jurgensmeyer Mark Huller, Jim Hendricks Sunday 10:30 am Darrell Raynor, James Taylor, Jason Holzum John Meise, Tyler McDaniel, Ruben Abalos Gift Bearers Saturday 5:00 pm Hal & Bridgett Harris Sunday 8:30 am Pat, Daniela, Victoria, Isabelle, Isaac & Alexandra Day 10:30 am Patrick, Dannette, Joseph, William & Lydia Kinsella Greeters Saturday 5:00 pm Carolyn & Jenny Vogt, Pat Reeser, Lucy Mixen Sunday 8:30 am Jay, Megan, CJ, Connor, Camden, Carson, Chloe Smith 10:30 am Jomary, Jolie, Gianna & Zamiel Chenet Sound Board Saturday 5:00 pm David Schmitz 8:30 am Parker Crain 10:30 am Jim Colombo Bread Bakers Kathy DeVan, Tanja Ramsby, Amy Short Children s Word Saturday 5:00 pm Debbie Zimmerman & Ian Ratajczyk Sunday 8:30 am Alicia Luechtefeld & Sophie Wilkerson 10:30 am Barb Smith Please pray for the sick, their loved ones and caregivers; may they never lose sight of the love of God Jennifer R. Barajas, Wray Barr, Shirley Carroll, Yasuko Estabrooks, Rita Ferreri, Mildred Gerardi, Mike and Linda Gilkerson, Hannah Grubofski, Rita Haukapp, Margaret Heinke, Jessica Holmes, Elnora Hostetler, Boston Johnson, Pauline Keller, Dan Kimutis, Keith Klein, Liz Klingler, Dawn Papproth Kuhn, Thelma LaSalvia, Abelina Leon, Vincent Lepes, Mary Lugge, John Molnar, Mary Molnar, Nona Morgan, Jenifer Morris, Helen Murphy, Margaret Nettles, Katie Paulochk, Doris Prosser, Madelean Sanford, Michael Schmitz, Clete Schwaegel, Craig Seipp, Betty & John Stogner, Betty Tomasovich, Jake Van Hook, Deacon Dennis Vander Ven, Steve Wells, Virginia Woods Please pray for all our military families, especially those separated by deployment.
PSR Parish School of Religion Sunday Mornings 10:30 11:40 St. Clare School, 214 W. 3rd St. Nov 1 PSR Class 10:30 11:40 a.m. Nov 8 PSR Class 10:30 11:40 a.m. Nov 15 PSR Class except 2nd grade Nov 15 1st Reconciliation Luncheon 12-3 Nov 22 PSR Class Nov 29 No PSR...Happy Thanksgiving First Reconciliation Schedule: Luncheon for students and parents Sunday, November 15 from 12 3 p.m. At School First Reconciliation Saturday, December 12 at 10 a.m. at Church Or attend Parish Penance Service on Thursday, December 17 at 7 p.m. Youth say Thank You!!! Wow! Our parish is so amazing! We thank the special parishioners who donated their time, talent and/or treasure for our new Youth Room at St. Clare School and our trip to the National Catholic Youth Conference. Your generosity is our inspiration! Youth Room Thanks to Don and Ellen Gravlin for donating the furnishings to make the room so youth-friendly! Thanks to Lanie Gravlin for creating an original painting for the room. Thanks to Holly Kane, Kathy Sjoquist, Karen Jalbert and Father Jim for your design ideas. Thanks to Ken Smith, Dave Richey, Kody Turner, Pat Jurgensmeyer and Bob Schmidt for your efforts on the room's infrastructure. Thanks to Logan and Scott Brown for painting the huge shelving unit and to the Sjoquist family for the refrigerator and TV stand. Thanks to St. Clare School for allowing us to use the room and gym, donating some cabinets and supporting this project the entire way. Thanks to the youth and their families for their efforts on painting and putting the tables together. Thanks to everyone who attended our blessing of the Youth Room on Sunday to show your support. We love our new space. Pumpkins Thanks to Bill Matzker for planting pumpkins and the Garden Committee for allowing us to harvest them in order to have pumpkin sales to help fund our trip to NCYC. We made $1,011. Bake sales Thanks to our generous donors -- including some very special parishioners who donated baked goods, too -- we raised $1,085 in our last bake sale. After our Texas Roadhouse fundraiser on Nov. 1 and our Trivia Night on Nov. 14, we should reach our goal to cover the costs of the trip. We can't wait to experience NCYC with 23,000 other high school students. Nov 1 Youth Group in New Youth Room 6 7:30 p.m. Nov 8 Youth Group Schedule Youth Group in New Youth Room 6 7:30 p.m. Nov 14 Youth host Trivia Night Fundraiser Nov 15 Youth Group in New Youth Room 6-7:30 p.m. Nov 19-22 National Catholic Youth Conference Nov 29 No Meeting...Thanksgiving Weekend ***New Youth Room*** is on lower level of St. Clare School. Enter through middle front doors. All are welcome to see our new Youth Room! Save the Date! St. Clare Youth Group Donation Day Texas Roadhouse in Shiloh Sunday, November 1 from 11 3 10% of revenue will be donated to St. Clare Youth Group Bring the flyer from last week s bulletin or on the table in the Gathering Space to the restaurant when you dine that day so your meal will count toward the donation. A big thank you to Wolfersberger Funeral Home for the wonderful tour of their place and the treats!! TRIVIA GAME NIGHT Sunday, November 15 from 5 7 in St. Clare Church Fellowship Hall. for all 7th & 8th graders of any parish or any faith. Bring a friend! St. Clare Youth Present Thinks giving Trivia Night Saturday, November 14 Doors open at 6 p.m. Trivia begins at 7 St. Clare School Cafeteria 214 West Third Street, O Fallon (Enter through gym doors) $20 per person or $160 for a table of 8 Youth will sell soda and water...byob & Snacks Cash prizes for top 3 tables, Turkey prize for lowest 50/50 Heads & Tails Silent Auction Proceeds for trip to National Catholic Youth Conference Reserve your table today janeadotson@yahoo.com or 632-3562
This Tuesday, November 3 6:00 7:30 p.m. Evening of Prayer and Reflection Focusing on the gospel of Luke which we start reading in Advent. All parishioners are invited to attend. The conversation and reflection will be facilitated by Matthew Flynn. Light refreshments will be served. Consecration to Jesus through Mary Nov. 5 Dec. 8 We begin reading 33 Days to Morning Glory This Thursday! There s still time to sign up! We are living in troubled times, with increasing persecution of Christians, school shootings, attacks on marriage and family, culture war and the list goes on. Pope Francis, in calling for the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy beginning December 8, says that mercy is the key to our hope. How are we to prepare for the Year of Mercy? According to Pope Francis, it s Mary. What a wonderful opportunity for us to draw closer to Jesus and His Mercy than through His mother and ours. Join us November 5 as we begin a 33 day preparation for Marian Consecration. For six weeks we ll individually read about and reflect on four great Marian giants: St. Louis de Montfort, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Blessed Mother Teresa and St. Pope John Paul II. We ll learn to draw closer to the Heart of Jesus through the Heart of Mary. In our optional weekly meetings, Thursday evenings from October 29-December 10, (from 7-8:15 p.m.) we ll share our insights within small groups and then watch a 30 minute video. The video, by popular author and speaker Fr. Michael Gaitley, MIC, brings our individual reflections and group experience into a clear and live-able focus. Please contact Mary Gomez at 416-1616 or gomezclan@aol.com or JoMary Chenet at 410-330-9156 or fjcfamily@yahoo.com for more information. Eucharistic Adoration This Weekend! Sunday, November 1 after 10:30am Mass until 11:40am Monday, November 2 Followed with Benediction & Mass In our visits and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, we experience the closeness of the Good Shepherd, the tenderness of His love, the presence of a faithful friend Pope Francis If you can commit to a holy hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament during these 24 hours, please sign up on the sheets on the round table in the Gathering Space or through email at gomezclan@aol.com. ST. PEREGRINE DEVOTION Patron Saint of Cancer Patients FIRST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Belleville Mass at 8:00 a.m. Devotion following For more information, or to carpool, please call our parish office 632-3562.
Stewardship Share God s Gifts You have been given wonderful gi s from God Will you share them? For 5 days last weekend, we hosted two priests from our sister parish in Guatemala, Frs. Bernardo and Baltazar. They really enjoyed their visit and wished they could stay longer, thanks in part to our hospitality. Some of the things that stuck out to them were our hospitality, our food, our parishioner involvement, our community and St. Louis attractions, our food, the generosity of our parishioners, and our food just to name a few. It was great to be able to meet with them and discuss our hopes and dreams for our relationship moving forward. It was clear that they have lofty goals for their parish and are hard at work to achieve them, and it was refreshing to hear how much they want to be able to contribute something to our parish life, growth, and development, just as we do for theirs. In just a few days, we were able to talk about our visions, some logistical challenges we have had, what our real needs are, our particular pastoral contexts and challenges, and the ways that we can walk with each other in discipleship. I truly believe that the Holy Spirit was present and active during their visit and our conversations, and I am excited about the fruits that will come as we move forward. Sunday, October 25, 2015 Tithe...$13,877.00 New Church...$ 3,525.00 One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; Another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. Proverbs 11:24 In the meantime, I want to thank everyone who helped with this visit, but especially Margarita Crupe, the Guatemala Committee, and all the volunteers who helped with our various events. I also want to thank everyone who has been and continues to donate to our fund for our sister parish (Our Lord of Esquipulas) and to the scholarship fund that helps pay for tuition, food, clothes, transportation, books, and other necessities that enable children to go to junior high and high school who, otherwise, would not be able to. Thank you for your generosity, and please pray for our relationship, this ministry, all the parishioners in our sister parish, and all the scholarship students, especially those who are graduating and moving on to new things. Matthew Flynn Director of Adult Faith Formation and Mission
ALTAR ANGELS November 7: Rose Brennan, Celerina Collins Ely Gillespie, Babe Papproth, Judy Wylie ST. CLARE SENIORS MEETING! Monday, November 9 at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy a Thanksgiving Feast and Senior Bingo!! ST. CLARE CATHOLIC MEN FOR CHRIST November Mee ng will be on November 14 at 7:30 a.m. Please note the change in November mee ng date due to the 4th Saturday being Thanksgiving Weekend. CONGRATULATIONS TO JENNY VOGT who is being recognized by United Congrega ons of Metro-East to receive the Micah Award. The Micah Award is being given to five individuals in the Metro-East who live out the values of Micah 6:8, "He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Those of us who know Jenny, know that she truly lives a life of love, jus ce, and a humble faith in her God. The award will be presented to her at the Na onal Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows on November 14 at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.) Please congratulate and thank her for her faithful witness and consider a ending the banquet to help honor her. Tickets are available for $45. Contact Margaret Andrasko at v.andrasko9010@a.net or 624-6805 to get ckets. CALLING ALL ST. CLARE SCHOOL ALUMNI We are asking all St. Clare School Alumni to go to www.classmates.com to get registered under St. Clare School. We are trying to create an alumni database so we are able to keep you updated on upcoming events. Please join us on Friday, November 27 at 7:00 p.m. at the KC Hall in O Fallon to catch up with your former St. Clare School friends. All current St. Clare School families are invited as well. Appe zers will be served. We hope to see everyone there and to celebrate all that we are thankful for! Please contact Laura Adkins at 314-313-4854 if you have any ques ons. WOMEN OF THE PARISH Mark your calendar for the next women s renewal weekend February 20/21, 2016. It s a life changing event! As is our tradition at St. Clare, we remember our deceased loved ones throughout November by displaying family photos in our shrines to St. Joseph and the Blessed Mother. You may drop off framed pictures in either shrine for our Art & Environment team to arrange beginning the weekend of October 31-November 1. They will be displayed through the Feast of Christ the King, November 21-22. In order to allow us to accommodate as many photos as possible, please no pictures larger than 8 x 10. Include your name and contact information on the back of each photo. We will also have All Souls Evening Prayer on Sunday, November 1 at 6:00. Luke 18 Bringing fun and faith together for an awesome weekend retreat. Jan. 15-17, 2016 St. Clare School A special invitation to eighth-graders: The annual Luke 18 retreat provides a powerful experience for eighth graders. Luke 18 opens their eyes to the presence and love of our God, who embraces them just as they are. Led by high school and college students from St. Clare, St. Nicholas and Corpus Christi parishes, the retreat features high-energy games, songs, skits, personal sharing and a series of faith and life talks by the high school students. They ll be talking about Luke 18 for years. Eighth-graders: Cost is $50 Payable to St. Clare Church (Luke 18). Registration and payment due Nov. 8. Cost increases to $90 after Nov. 8 and registration closes on Dec. 15. Register at www.stclarechurch.org or contact your parish youth leader. High school students: Be a leader at Luke 18. Share your faith with our eighth-graders and help host this retreat to make a difference in their lives. You must apply for one of the limited number of leader positions. Leader applications will be available on parish websites Oct. 8-Nov. 8. Leaders must apply and pay by the deadline. No late applications will be accepted. Leaders must attend at least 1 planning meeting (seniors must also attend the seniors meetings): Dec. 20: 10:30 a.m. Mass and meeting at St. Nicholas Jan. 3: 10:30 a.m. Mass and meeting at St. Clare Seniors-only meeting: Nov. 29 at Noon at Corpus Christi Parish Hall High school leaders: Cost is $40 Payable to St. Clare Church (Luke 18). Application and payment due Nov. 8 Register at www.stclarechurch.org starting Oct. 8 or contact your parish youth leader.