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This Week
"At a Glance"
Thursday, January 12
7:00 pm Interplay
Friday, January 13
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, January 14
3:00 pm Convocation
5:00 pm Mass
Monday, January 16
Martin Luther King Day
Tuesday, January 17
2:00 pm Pastoral Team
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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
January 12, 2012
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Second Week of Ordinary Time
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Readings: 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19; 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20;
Jn 1:35-42
Presider/Homilist: Jessica Rowley
Sacristan: Judy DeFrank, Marilyn Heller
Readers: Art Maines, Cici Paul
Eucharistic Ministers: Ginny Kiernan Dahlberg, Joan Switzer, 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). |
Convocation This Weekend
Catholic Social Teaching
Saturday, January 14, 3:00 pm
Our own Mary Niehaus and Frank Krebs will continue our conversation on "Social Justice: Who Cares?" Learn how the call for justice has manifested in our Catholic tradition and discuss how our community may be called to express this rich tradition. Join us this Saturday, January 14th at 3 pm in the fireside room.
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Bread Baking and
Eucharist with Children
 In an effort make liturgy accessible to the children and grandchildren of SCF I will be offering a Sunday morning bread baking party and simple Eucharist. Before a date and location is chosen I need to gauge numbers. If you have a child in mind for this experience or you would like to help at this kind of event, please email me.
Thanks!
Your sister,
Jessica
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Liturgy Visioning Group
Do you enjoy discussing your experiences at liturgy? Do you want to be a part of visioning our future liturgical expression at SCF? A group will be gathering monthly to do just that. As we move through 2012, Year B in our liturgical calendar, we will we evaluate and vision for 2012-2013, Year C. Each month we will discuss a different season or part of the liturgy.
Please let Jessica know if you're interested so you can stay in the loop on meetings times and topics. Email her at jessica.rowley@stsclareandfrancis.org or call 314.283.4697.
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Crafters Gather
Saturday, January 21, 2012
3:00 pm
Fireside Room
Crafters and artists of all stripes: gather to share your work, conversation and glean new ideas for projects in 2012. We will gather before Mass in the fireside room Saturday, January 21st at 3pm.
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Sponsored by Friends of SCF
Month of Guided Prayer
An Ecumenical Retreat in Everyday Life
Meet one-on-one with a prayer guide one hour each week for four weeks. Morning, afternoon and evening meeting times available. Co-hosted by Webster Groves Presbyterian and St. Francis Xavier College Churches, starts January 15.
Visit www.weekofguidedprayer.org or contact Clarence Heller at 636.256.6515 or marclar123@aol.com.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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