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This Week
"At a Glance"
Thursday, May 5
7:00 pm Interplay
Friday, May 6
7:00 am Centering Prayer
Saturday, May 7
4:00 pm Service Committee
5:00 pm Mass
Tuesday, May 10
4:30 pm Pastoral Team
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Want to add an event to the calendar? Contact Lisa (314.795.0114). |
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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, 483 E. Lockwood, Suite 3, Saint Louis, MO 63119. 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! |
| Parish Financial Report |
The March 2011 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
May 5, 2011 |
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3rd Week of Easter
Saturday, May 7, 2011 5:00 p.m.
Readings: Acts 2:14, 22-33; 1 Pt 1:17-21; Lk 24:13-35
Presider: Frank Krebs
Homilist: George von Stamwitz
Lectors: Kay Schmitt, Elizabeth Seitz
Sacristan: Judy DeFrank, Mary Niehaus
Eucharistic Ministers: Joann Noll, Michelle Smith, Joan Switzer
Children's Church: Barb Winkler, Mary Hart
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). |
Service Committee
Please join us Saturday, May 7, for our annual Soup Meal and Bread for the World Offering of Letters. We have folks bringing soup, but you are welcome to bring bread or crackers. This year we will be writing Congress to reform foreign aid so that it is focused on reducing global poverty. We will meet after Mass for a simple meal, short video presentation, and letter writing. Together our influence can save the lives of our world neighbors who live in extreme poverty. |
Jessica's Maternity Leave
Jessica, our associate pastor, will be taking 12 weeks of maternity leave when her daughter is born, returning sometime late July/early August. While she is away Lisa von Stamwitz will be the primary contact for all liturgy questions and concerns as well as the parish calendar and the prayer list. You can reach her at lvonstamwitz@netzero.net or 314.795.0114. As always, Frank is available for pastoral and sacramental needs. |
Return to Pickle Springs
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
11:30 am Meet at Art's & Frank's house to caravan
Last year's outing to Pickle Springs Natural Area was so popular we decided to do it again! Because Easter arrives fairly late this year, we are planning this year's trip for Sunday, May 15. Meet at Art's and Frank's house at 11:30am, and we'll plan to leave at 12 noon for Ste. Genevieve. It takes about an hour to an hour and a half to get to the trailhead, and approximately 1- 2 hours to hike the trail. Afterward, join us at Crown Valley Winery for a light dinner before heading home.
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Pickle Springs Natural Area is a deep, forested gorge consisting of geological formations and plants that are found in few other places. Visitors will find examples of a sandstone glade, talus, forest, savanna, as well as a number of rare species of plants and animals. The area is noted for its blooming wild azalea and wildflowers in the spring. According to local legend, the area is named after William Pickles, a settler from Illinois who owned the land until he was shot by a band of renegades during the Civil War. Pickle Springs and other area creeks flow into Pickle Creek, which in turn traverses into Hawn State Park. | |
Designated a National Natural Landmark, Pickle Springs Natural Area features a 2 mile hiking trail maintained by the East Ozark Audubon Society in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Conservation. This two-mile journey has an estimated hiking time of 1 hour and takes hikers past waterfalls, rock shelters, a double arch, towering bluffs, canyons and amazing rock outcrops. Wooden bridges along the trail aid hikers past troublesome spots. |
For more information about Pickle Springs Natural Area:
http://www.greatriverroad.com/stegen/sgattract/picklesprings.htm
For more information about Crown Valley Winery:
http://www.crownvalleywinery.com |
Homilies
Frank's homily from April 30, Why Would Anyone Want to Explore the Wounds of the Risen Christ?, along with other archived homilies from Sts. Clare & Francis, is available at http://scfhomilies.posterous.com.
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Events Sponsored by Friends of SCF
 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.
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Opening to the Sacred Facing Obstacles Two Opportunities: Friday, May 20, 2011 Saturday, May 21, 2011 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
336 E. Ripa Avenue
St.Louis, MO 63125
$50 per person, lunch is included
$45 early bird registration
Scholarships are available
In opening to God's movement, we often encounter
obstacles that keep us from fully experiencing God's
grace. What are they and how do we face them?
LEADERS
Susan Ulmer and Dr. Devoree Crist are Spiritual Directors
who seek ways to identify, deepen and nourish
experiences of God. We listen with compassion and
openness to persons of diverse traditions, lives and
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random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
Christ teaches us to love our enemies,
do good to those who harm us,
pray for those who persecute us.
He calls us to accept suffering
before we inflict injury.
He calls us to pick up the cross
and to lay down the sword.
We will most certainly fail in this call.
I did. And I'll fail again.
This does not change Christ's teaching
that violence itself is the tomb,
violence is the dead end.
Peace won through the barrel of a gun
might be a victory but it is not peace.
Our captors had guns and they ruled over us.
Our rescuers had bigger guns
and ruled over the captors.
We were freed, but the rule of the gun stayed.
The stone across the tomb of violence
has not been rolled away.
James Loney, Christian Peacemaker Teams member,
in an Easter reflection published by the Toronto Star
about his 118-day captivity in 2005-2006 by Iraqi militants
and rescue by British special forces troops.
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