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This Week
"At a Glance"
Friday, July 1
7:00 am Centering Prayer
Saturday, July 2
5:00 pm Mass
Tuesday, July 5
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 are: Therese Gabriel, Steve Campbell, Sheila Leander, Nancy Wamser, Michelle Smith, Mary Crecelius, Jessica Rowley and Frank Krebs.
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).
We Tithe as a parish and we need your recommendations
We donate 10% of our collections 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. Please let the Parish Council know about worthy organizations that you would like us 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 need assistance from the fund, contact Peggy Montgomery.
Membership Care Prayer List
If you have a joy or concern you would like to share on the prayer list please contact someone on the pastoral team Jessica Rowley 314.918.2766; Lisa von Stamwitz 314.795.0114; Frank Krebs 314.740.1160; We have a SafeChurch Policy to protect our children and other vulnerable populations. |
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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!
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| Parish Financial Report | |
Monthly balance sheets and income statements for Sts. Clare & Francis parish can be seen by clicking the links.
April 2011
May 2011
Please direct questions about the financial reports to:
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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
June 30, 2011 |
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14th Week of the Year
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Readings: Zec 9:9-10; Rom 8:9, 11-13; Mt 11:25-30
Presider/Homilist: Frank Krebs
Sacristan: Lisa von Stamwitz
Readers: Luke Veltz, Michelle Smith
Eucharistic Ministers: Mary Ellen Kruger, Art Maines, Joann Noll
If you are unable to serve in your scheduled ministry, please let Lisa know when you get a substitute so that we can publish the correct names in the newsletter. Thanks so much.
Lisa von Stamwitz (314.795.0114) |
July BBQ
July 17, 2011
1:00 pm
Jim & Doris Schneider will again host a barbeque in July at their home in Robertsville, MO. All are welcome to attend. Chicken and pork steaks, salad, and a variety of drinks will be provided. Additional dishes are welcome. More information, including directions, will be published closer to the date of the event.Volunteers are needed to host gatherings in August and September. Please contact Doris at 314.974.8288 or dschneider1631@att.net. |
3rd Annual SCF Trivia Night
Mark your calendar for the 3rd Annual Sts. Clare & Francis Trivia Night! We are returning to The Heights on October 14, 2011, for a fun filled evening from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. Trivia will begin at 7:00 p.m. Watch for the reservation form.
We are in need of financial contributions, attendance prizes, silent auction items and volunteers to make this a successful event. If you know someone who owns a business, please ask them to make a contribution to a great cause. All of us have favorite restaurants or shops that we frequent. The next time you visit one of your favorite places, ask them for a gift certificate. Most places really do enjoy giving back to the community.
1. If you would like to volunteer, contact Mary Ellen Kruger at mek002@hotmail.com or 314-962-0964.
2. If you have an attendance prize donation that you believe has a value of $25 or less, please contact Peggy Montgomery at catto89@hotmail.com or 314-647-0664.
3. If you have a silent auction donation that you believe has a value over $25, please contact Nancy Wamser at walksoftly6@yahoo.com or 314-394-6654.
Put October 14th on your calendar and start working on getting together a group of friends to join you. |
Commissionings
We are blessed with a diversity of gifts and many ways to join together as the Body of Christ to share our faith, worship together, and serve the wider community. Throughout the summer and into the fall, during mass we will be recognizing and blessing the many people involved in the variety ministries and services that help our faith community flourish. |
Homilies 
George's homily from June 25, Eucharist is a Verb, along with other archived homilies from Sts. Clare & Francis, is available at http://scfhomilies.posterous.com. |
Events Sponsored by Friends of SCF
Peter & Paul Community Services
Thursday, June 30, 2011
McGurk's Irish Pub
12th Street & Russell Boulevard (in Soulard)
Dine at McGurk's in Soulard anytime on June 30 with 100% of the day's net proceeds benefiting Peter & Paul Community Services' work with those who are homeless.
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L'Arche St. Louis
Mouse Race and Silent Auction
Saturday, July 9
Doors open at 6:30 pm; Races start at 7:00 pm
Immaculate Conception Gym
Anna Street & Marshall Avenue (Maplewood) 63143
$20 per person (before July 1)
$25 per person (after July 1)
 Please join us for the Friends of L'Arche St. Louis Mouse Race and Silent Auction to be held Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Immaculate Conception Gymnasium (Anna St. and Marshall Avenue in Maplewood, 63143). Cost is $20.00 per person in advance (prior to July 1st) and $25.00 per person beginning July 2nd. Admission cost includes soda, beer and pretzels. Feel free to bring appetizers to share at your table (up to ten people). To register contact Kay Calcaterra-Hoelting at kch63119@sbcglobal.netor call (314) 962-4599. Checks should be made payable to "Friends of L'Arche St. Louis". If you are unable to attend, but would like to make a tax-deductible donation, please mail to: Friends of L'Arche St. Louis, 311 Violet Lane , 63119. |
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random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
If You Are Lucky In This Life
If you are lucky in this life
A window will appear on a battlefield between two armies.
And when the soldiers look into the window
They don't see their enemies
They see themselves as children.
And they stop fighting
And they go home and go to sleep.
When they wake up the land is well again.
Cameron Penny
4th Grade |
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