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This Week
"At a Glance"
Friday, April 1
7:00 am Centering Prayer
12:30 pm Book Discussion
Saturday, April 2
4:00 pm Service Committee 5:00 pm Mass Tuesday, April 5
4:30 pm Pastoral Team |  |
Want to add an event to the calendar? Contact Jessica (314.918.2766). |
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General Info | |
The Parish Council meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Members: Anne Knight, Frank Krebs, George von Stamwitz, Jessica Rowley, Nancy Wamser, Sheila Leander, Steve Campbell, Sue Stolze.
We frequently have community gatherings called Convocations where we discuss the
vision of the community. Dates and times are announced in this newsletter.
The Parish 0ffice is located at Eden Theological Seminary, 475 E. Lockwood, Saint Louis, MO 63119. The office is being renovated during the month of December. Frank and Jessica are available for appointments. You can reach them at... Jessica: 314.283.4697, Frank: 314.740.1160.
We have an initiative to connect people to small faith sharing groups. If you are interested in joining a small group, please contact Jessica Rowley (314.918.2766 or email).
Do you have friends who would like to know more about Sts. Clare & Francis?
Would you be willing to invite them to your house for an hour or so to hear about us? Frank is willing to come to your home to share the story of SCF with your friends.
We Tithe as a parish and we need your recommendations
We have committed to tithing as a parish. We donate 10% of all that we collect in our offerings to worthy causes. We do this as an act of faith, trusting that, in doing this, we will still be able to meet our financial needs. We have received a number of wonderful suggestions. Please continue to let the Parish Council know about worthy organizations that you would like us as a community to contribute to. Information needed: your name, name of organization you are suggesting, to whom check should be made payable, where to send check and to whose attention. Please send your suggestions to Marilyn Tenholder.
Matthew 25 The Matthew 25 Fund helps members in our community who need financial assistance. All information concerning the people with whom we work is held in the strictest confidence. If you would like to contribute to this fund, make your check payable to Matthew 25, and place it in the collection basket. If you would like to donate cash, put it in an envelope labeled "Matthew 25" and place it in the collection basket. If you need assistance from the fund, you can contact We have a SafeChurch Policy to protect our children and other vulnerable populations. |
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Do you shop at Schnucks?
Please keep our Schnucks E-Scrip fund raiser in mind when you shop. If you don't already have an E-Scrip card, please call Marilyn Tenholder (314.323.1467) and she will get one to you. There is no charge and all you have to do is activate it by either a phone call or by going online. Simply show the card when you check out and a percentage of your purchase cost will be rebated back to Sts. Clare & Francis. Thank you! SCF Online Booksale Please consider donating books to the Sts. Clare & Francis Online Book sale Fundraiser. All proceeds, net of fees, will go to Sts. Clare & Francis. We are looking for good quality new or used books on religion, spirituality, self-  help, business, textbooks, cookbooks, psychology, books signed by the author and children's books. We will accept books from other categories, too, but fiction (especially paperback) doesn't sell very well. You can bring your books to the weekly Mass on Saturdays at 5:00 pm or you can arrange for pickup by calling Art Maines at 314.518.1973. If you have questions about the sale or books you'd like to donate, you can call Art at the same number. 
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| Parish Financial Report |
The most recent financial report for Sts. Clare & Francis parish can be found here. |
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COMMUNITY CORNER...our family news
(It is good for us to know what's happening in each other's lives. If you have any news you'd like to share with the community, please email Steve ).
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The Weekly News
March 31, 2011 |
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Fourth Week of Lent
Saturday, April 2, 2011 5:00 p.m.
Readings: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Eph 5:8-14;
Presider/Homilist: Frank Krebs
Lectors: Art Maines, Carol Ogier
Sacristan: Judy DeFrank
Eucharistic Ministers: Janie Smith, Michelle Smith, Joan Switzer
Children's Church: Joe Rowley, Helen Gennari
Lenten Witness: Michelle Smith
If you are unable to serve in your scheduled ministry, please let Jessica know when you get a substitute so that we can publish the correct names in the newsletter. Thanks so much. Jessica Rowley (314.918.2766). |
All Are Welcome at Chrism Mass
 When I became President of the ECC House of Pastors (i.e., the body that represents the clergy of the Communion), I had to resign as ECC Vicar for the Midwest. Bishop Rick Hollingsworth has now become the vicar. (Bishop Rick's community, St. Jerome in Tulsa, recently joined the ECC and became a part of the Midwest Region.)
Rick invites anyone who can to come to a Chrism Mass on April 15th at his parish church. Bishop Rick will consecrate oils, which we will use for various sacraments during the year. This is an opportunity for anyone who could make it to express our unity with the greater church. We would meet at St. Jerome on Thursday evening, April 14th for dinner and conversation. Then the Chrism Mass would be on Friday morning, April 15th after a light breakfast around 10:00 AM. We'll return after that. Let me know if you are interested in joining me.
-Frank
frank.krebs@stsclareandfrancis.org. |
Sacristans Needed
Jessica is looking for a couple more people to help with set-up and clean-up of our liturgical space on Saturdays, especially as her maternity leave draws near. If you can help with the ministry, even if it's only for the summer, please contact her at jessica.rowley@stsclareandfrancis.org or 314.918.2766.
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Service Committee
Saturday, April 2, 2011
4:00 pm
Fireside Room
Everyone is welcome to join us. We will be planning our annual soup meal - Bread for the World Offering of Letters and discussing activities for the summer.
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Update: Collection for Survivors of
the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
A special collection of $1,250 taken on March 19 for disaster relief in Japan has been sent to the Church World Service, an arm of the National Council of Churches USA.
If you would still like to participate, you may do one of the following:
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Parish Retreat!
Discovering our Thin Places
April 8 - 9, 2011
Rockhaven
$40 for commuter (scholarship money available)
An additional $50 for overnight accommodations.
There is still one room left if you wish to stay overnight.
Download a registration brochure here.
 Please set aside April 8 - 9 for a parish retreat with Stefan Andre Waligur.
Please note, the dates have shifted to Friday evening and Saturday. We will begin at 7:00 pm Friday evening and conclude in time to drive to Webster Groves for Mass on Saturday.
One of the highlights of the ECC Synod in October was a Celtic prayer experience in which Stefan led the music. We are thrilled that he has agreed to come back to St. Louis for this retreat.
His website describes him as a contemplative, musician/composer, and retreat leader. |
Tridu-what?
Learning about and preparing for the high point of our liturgical year
The word Triduum, three days, refers to the period of time from the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday until evening prayer on Easter Sunday.
This section of the newsletter during the season of Lent will help us prepare for these three important days. We hope you will not only be inspired to attend the liturgical celebrations of the Triduum this year, but also enter more deeply into their mystery.
The Triduum, one solemn commemoration of Christ's death and rising, reaches its high point at the Easter Vigil... In the vigiling and the listening to the grandest stories of our scriptures, in the chants and singing, in the lighting of the new fire, in the flowing waters of baptism, in the rich perfume of the anointing with chrism, in the blessing and sharing of bread and cup, and most of all in the people who do these things together, are expressed the whole meaning and belief of the church. On this night we see more clearly than ever the mystery of Christ, dead and rising, not as an abstract theory but as an ongoing saving event that raises up our own brothers and sisters to eternal life.
Liturgy With Style and Grace, Gabe Huck
Join us...
April 21, 2011, 7:00 pm Holy Thursday
Mass of the Lord's Supper
April 22, 2011, 7:00 pm God's Friday Service
with Evangelical UCC
April 23, 2011, 7:30 pm Easter Vigil Service
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Liturgy Book 
Discussion Continues
If you enjoy reflecting on liturgy and your experience, please come! We will continue discussing the second section of Gabe Huck's Liturgy with Style and Grace on Friday, April 4, 12:30 - 2:00 pm at the parish office at Eden. |
Lenten Practice: Meditation
 A group of SCF members have been meeting on Friday morning at 7:00 a.m. at church to meditate together. They would like to open it up to anyone who wishes to join them. Maybe Lent is a good excuse to start (or try) meditating. The group usually has a short check in, then meditates for maybe 20 minutes, then has a short time for sharing, and finished up by 8:00 a.m. Please join us. Beginners are welcome! Contact Frank with any questions at frank.krebs@stsclareandfrancis.org.
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Frank's Lenten Blogs
Frank will blog during Lent again this year. Last year he did a series on prayer. This year he is going to be blogging about the relationship between prayer and the rest of our lives. To follow just go to the SCF website and under "our community" click on SCF Blog, or just click here. |
Homilies
Jessica's homily from March 26, Wellsprings, along with other archived homilies from Sts. Clare & Francis, is available at http://scfhomilies.posterous.com. You may have a friend you want to share the link with.
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Events Sponsored by Friends of SCF
Woman's Place
Springtime Trivia Night
April 9, 2011
Doors open, 6:30 pm
Trivia begins, 7:15 pm
St. Gerard Majella Parish Center
Ballas & Dougherty Ferry Road
$20 per person, Tables of eight
For reservations, send a check payable to Woman's Place to:
R.J. Hall, 403 S. Van Buren Ave., Kirkwood, MO 63122
Please make reservation by April 1.
For information, call 314.966.6084.
All proceeds benefit Woman's Place, a drop-in center for adult women experiencing the effectgs of relationship violence. A ministry of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary, its mission is to help women break the cycle of violence and facilitate their trnaition toward safety, personal power and dignity.
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 Catholic Action Network
Visioning Meeting
May 15, 2011
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
The Former CSAT Building
(Center for Theology and Social Analysis)
1077 South Newstead Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
(in the Forest Park Southeast Neighborhood)
Catholic Action Network (CAN) is planning a visioning meeting for our upcoming work. We would like members of the Sts. Clare & Francis Community to come help us create the future at CAN by attending. If you are interested, please contact John Powell at jpowell@vdoh.org. For more information about CAN, click here. |
random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
In celebration of Opening Day:
My friends rooted for the Cardinals
and grew up happy and therefore liberal.
Because of my early and prolonged exposure
to the Cubs, I became morose and conservative.
George Will |
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