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This Week
"At a Glance"
Thursday, November 10
7:00 pm Interplay
Friday, November 11
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, November 12
5:00 pm Mass
Tuesday, November 15
4:00 pm Pastoral Team
Wednesday, November 16
7:00 pm Parish Council
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Want to add an event to the calendar? Contact Jessica (314.918.2766).
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General Info
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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 East Lockwood, Suite 3, St. 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. 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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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
November 10, 2011
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33rd Week of the Year
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Readings: Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; 1 Thes 5:1-6;
Mt 25:14-30
Presider/Homilist: Frank Krebs
Sacristan: Judy DeFrank, Lorraine Tiffin
Readers: John Dahlberg, Marty Campbell
Eucharistic Ministers: Barbara Harris, Mary Jordan, Ginny Kiernan Dahlberg
Children's Liturgy of the Word: Lisa Tebbe, John Powell
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).
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Advent & Christmas
Ordinary time is drawing to a close. We will celebrate the first Sunday of Advent on November 26th. It's a beautiful season of preparation and anticipation. If you have any ideas in regard to our liturgies for Advent, please email Jessica who will be pulling them together in the coming weeks.
Also, please note that SCF will celebrate Christmas Mass on Sunday, December 25th at 9:00 am. We will not have our regular Saturday evening Mass on the 24th to accommodate our host church.
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Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade Coffee and Chocolate will be available after Mass this Saturday, November 12.
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Thank You Letters
We have received a number of Thank-you letters for the tithing gifts recently made by Sts. Clare & Francis. You can see them here.
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random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
...I must learn to look at the world upside down, as Jesus did. Instead of seeking out people who stroke my ego, I find those whose egos need stroking; instead of important people with resources who can do me favors, I find people with few resources; instead of the strong, I look for the weak; instead of the healthy, the sick. Is not this how God reconciles the world to himself? Did Jesus not insist that he came for the sinners and not the righteous, for the sick and not the healthy?
Philip Yancey
Rumors of Another World
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