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This Week
"At a Glance"
Thursday, March 22
7:00 pm Parish Council
Friday, March 23
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, March 24
5:00 pm Mass
Tuesday, March 27
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 22, 2012
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Fifth Week of Lent
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Readings: Ez 37:12-14; Rom 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45
Presider/Homilist: Jessica Rowley
Sacristan: Cecelia Andres
Readers: Marty Campbell, Therese Gabriel
Eucharistic Ministers: John Dahlberg, Mary Jordan, Ginny Kiernan Dahlberg
Lenten Witness: Anne Knight
If you are not 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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Crafter's Group
Saturday, March 24, 2012
3:00 - 4:30 pm
Channel the creative energy of the season and enjoy an informal space to visit with SCF friends. Join us for the Crafters Group Saturday, March 24th 3-4:30 in the Fireside Room.
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Reconciliation Service
Thursday, March 29, 2012
7:00 pm
During this season of Lent, we invite you to join us for a Reconciliation and Healing Service. We will gather in church for prayer and worship, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available for those who wish.
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Stations of the Cross of Racism
Sunday, April 1, 2012, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Fireside Room
The annual "Stations of the Cross of Racism" will be held on Palm/Passion Sunday. This year we will be looking at racism in the criminal justice system. This will be a "close looking" at what we know about the criminal justice system from a racial perspective.
The hope is that close looking will lead to better advocacy for those unjustly oppressed. Please come and join us.
Your brother,
Frank
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Resource Directory
The new SCF Resource directory needs your help. What gifts, talents and resources are you willing to share with your community? Please send an email to studentpastorscf@gmail.com.
Thanks for your willingness to share your gifts with the community.
Michelle Smith
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Parish Council Election
Spring is around the corner and that means it's time for parish council elections. Sheila Leander and Steve Campbell are coming to the end of their terms. That means we have two slots to fill.
If you are interested in serving as a member of the parish council, or if you wish to nominate someone, please contact a parish council member, or place their name in the box outside church. (Before nominating someone else, please discuss it with her/him and confirm their willingness to serve.) Feel free to contact any of the current council members to learn what's involved. Nominations will be accepted until Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012.
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Parish Council Minutes
The minutes from the March 1, 2012 parish council meeting can be found here.
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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. |
Sponsored by Friends of SCF
Wine in the Sky
Wine Tasting will Benefit St. Louis Homeless
Served by Peter & Paul Community Services
Saturday, March 31, 2012
6:30 - 9:00 pm
Point of View
Laclede Gas Power Building
720 Olive Street, 30th Floor
(Parking is available in the building garage (enter at 7th & Pine) or on the street.)
Come and enjoy fine wine, appetizers from the best of St. Louis restaurants, live music and a silent auction.
Peter & Paul Community Services provides housing and supportive services to persons who are homeless, especially those who experience mental illness or live with HIV.
Reservations required: Tickets are $30.00 per person.
To RSVP, contact Emily at 314.588.7111 ext. 203 or by e-mail at ewanner@ppcsinc.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
Even when we were dead, Paul writes.
Even when we turned away from the One who had created us.
Even when we lived in the grip of what drew our gaze from God.
Even when we were oblivious.
Even when we followed a path fashioned of nothing
but our own desires.
Even when we wandered far and willfully away.
Even when we forgot to look past our own feet and to see
the wonders not of our making.
Even when we failed to stand in awe, to breathe thanks,
to lean into the love that had waited long for us.
Even when, Paul writes.
Even when,
even then:
grace.
Jan Richardson
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