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This Week
"At a Glance"
Thursday, March 8
7:00 pm Interplay
Friday, March 9
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, March 10
3:00 pm Liturgy Visioning
5:00 pm Mass
Sunday, March 11
2:00 am Daylight Saving Time
Tuesday, March 13
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
March 8, 2012
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Third Week of Lent
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Readings: Ex 20:1-17; 1 Cor 1:22-25; Jn 2:13-25
Presider/Homilist: Frank Krebs
Sacristan: Judy DeFrank
Readers: Elizabeth Seitz, Kay Schmitt
Eucharistic Ministers: Art Maines, Barb Winkler, Joan Switzer
Lenten Witness: Del Freeberg
If you are able 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@stsclareandfrancis.org or 314.918.2766
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Liturgy Visioning Gathering
Saturday, March 10, 2012
3:00 pm
Fireside room
We continue the work of reflection and discernment as we look at our liturgy and attempt to make it, truly, the "work of the people." Join us for our second gathering Saturday, March 10th before Mass. We will spend most of the time looking at the overall flow of our Eucharistic liturgies and identify areas we would like to study in more detail this year. Contact Jessica with questions or comments.
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March Convocation:
Family Meeting
Saturday, March 17, 2012
3:00 pm
Fireside room
Our next Convocation will be a family meeting to talk about...
- the process for the upcoming parish council elections
- the parish council-community listening process
- parish finances (including reports on 2011 revenue & expenses and the 2012 budget)
- an upcoming SCF pledge drive
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It's Easy to be Green St. Pat's Dinner
Saturday, March 17, 2012
After Mass
SCF Church Basement
Cost: $3 to help defray costs of hosting our guests
One outcome of the Social Justice Convocation is to sponsor our first environmental justice initiative - a totally 'green' St. Pat's corned beef and cabbage dinner. We will eat simply, mindfully, and share our abundance.
We commit to:
Reduce gas by staying at church to eat, and buying local products when possible.
Reuse by bringing our own (non-disposable) cup and utensils (taking them home to wash)
Recycle (compost bin will be provided) paper products and food waste
Recycle (recycle bin will be provided) all glass, plastic, aluminum containers.
Share by bringing our favorite locally produced beverage in recyclable containers. (optional) We will, of course, have tap water available.
Share by inviting our brothers and sisters from the L'Arche community.
Sign up in the back of church or RSVP to suenauert@gmail.com by March 10.
We will also be collecting old cell phones at the dinner to benefit the ONE organization.
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SCF On The Air
On February 23, our own Jessica Rowley was part of a panel on Alternative Catholic Communities on KWMU's St. Louis On The Air. To listen to a podcast of the discussion, you can click here and it will take you to the St. Louis Public Radio website where you can click on the podcast.
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Lenten Blogging
Throughout Lent, Frank Krebs will be blogging about community. You can link to his blog by clicking here.
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Lenten Witnessing
We have a tradition at weekly Mass during Lent. Each week, we hear from a member of the community who shares about their own faith journey. We're making those sharings available in writing online at witnessing.posterous.com.
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Homilies
Jessica's homily from March 3, Touchstone of Pain and Wisdom, and all homilies from Sts. Clare & Francis are available at http://scfhomilies.posterous.com.
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Sponsored by Friends of SCF
 Catholic Action Network
The St. Louis Catholic Action Network for Social Justice (CAN), an independent network of progressive Catholics seeking justice both in the Catholic Church and in the world, seeks a Program Coordinator. The part-time position includes providing organizational, office, and fundraising support for CAN ongoing programs, meetings and events. Computer skills, non-profit organizational experience, and commitment to nonviolent social change are required.
Access a detailed job description and more information about CAN's programs at www.catholicactionnetwork.org.
Send résumés to can@catholicactionnetwork.org.
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Your Vote Counts
Your Vote Counts is a voter initiative represented by a broad coalition of bipartisan groups concerned with protecting the will of the people and the integrity of the ballot initiative process. The Missouri legislature attempts to overturn voter initiatives more than any other state legislature. They can simply pass a law that overrules the will of the voters. The proposed Act will make it more difficult for them to do this. A petition is currently in process and will be available after Mass for signing by persons registered to vote in St. Louis County. For more information, go to www.protectvoters.com.
Helen Gennari
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random sightings wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
There is a simple cure for people who doubt God's love and question God's grace: to turn to the Bible and examine the kind of people God loves. Jacob, who dared take God on in a wrestling match and ever after bore a wound from that struggle, became the eponym for God's people, the "children of Israel." The Bible tells of a murderer and adulterer who gained a reputation as the greatest king of the Old Testament, a "man after God's own heart." And of a church being led by a disciple who cursed and swore that he had never known Jesus. And of a missionary being recruited from the ranks of the Christian torturers.
I get mailings from Amnesty International, and as I look at their photos of men and women who have been beaten and cattle-prodded and jabbed and spit on and electrocuted, I ask myself, "What kind of human being could do that to another human being?" Then I read the book of Acts and meet the kind of person who could do such a thing - now an apostle of grace, a servant of Jesus Christ, the greatest missionary history has ever known. If God can love that kind of person, maybe, just maybe, he can love the likes of me.
What's So Amazing About Grace?
Philip Yancey
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