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This Week
"At a Glance"
Friday, May 18
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, May 19
5:00 pm Mass
Tuesday, May 22
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
May 17, 2012
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Seventh Week of Easter
Saturday, May 19, 2012
5:00 pm
Readings: Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26; 1 Jn 4:11-16; Jn 17:11b-19
Presider: Jessica Rowley
Homilist: George von Stamwitz
Sacristan: Jessica Rowley (and anyone who might want to come early and help)
Readers: Jenn Lay, Ginny Kiernan Dahlberg
Eucharistic Ministers: Marty Campbell, John Dahlberg, Gretchen Schiltz Brenner
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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Al Fischer and Charlie Robin Are Coming For Mass on June 9th
You may recall from local news reports, Al Fischer was fired from his teaching job at a Roman Catholic School where he taught. Shortly after that, he was fired from a parish where he directed music. Al was fired from both jobs because he and his partner, Charlie Robin, announced on Facebook that they were going to be married in New York state where same-sex marriage is legal. When Frank saw the news accounts, he reached out to Al and Charlie and invited them to SCF so that we could "surround them with affirmation."
Besides praying a prayer of thanksgiving for their relationship of years and their marriage, we will ask Al to lead us in a rendition of "Singing for Our Lives," which we sang at Easter. We invite all who are willing to be allies of gay and lesbian couples come on June 9th and support this great couple; let's let them know that Sts. Clare & Francis is standing with them!
We were not able to organize an SCF presence at the Gay Pride Parade this year, so this will be our chance to stand in solidarity with sisters and brothers hungering for this aspect of justice. Please be there if you can!
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Looking Forward...
Here's a preview of exciting events in the works at SCF.
Mark your calendars:
June 16 - Enneagram Workshop with Kate Schroeder
We are pinning down a date (Saturday, likely) for a day long workshop/retreat on the Enneagram. The Enneagram is a tool to better understand ourselves and how our gifts fit into a community. Watch for more information coming soon!
Summer book study - Jessica with friend, Rev. Claudia Hall, will be reading and discussing the book Radical Love: An introduction to Queer Theology by Patrick Cheng. More information coming soon.
July 28, time TBA - a day of reflection with Stefan Andre Waligur
We welcome back Stefan, who facilitated our retreat in Spring 2011 with song, story and reflection. Stefan is a musician, song writer, retreat leader, and storyteller coming out of the Celtic tradition. We welcome him back to SCF while on summer break from studying in Ireland.
If you have any interest in helping with an event, contact someone on the pastoral team (Jessica Rowley, Frank Krebs, Steve Campbell, Lisa von Stamwitz, or Michelle Smith).
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Homilies
Jessica's homily from May 12, Friend Me: the Grace of Soul Friendship, and all homilies from Sts. Clare & Francis are available at http://scfhomilies.posterous.com.
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Sponsored by Friends of SCF
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Affective Therapy: An Integrative Approach to Healing
Friday, May 18, 2012
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Webster University
Presenter: Kate Schroeder
Registration fee: $45
Kate Schroeder is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in inner child work and affective therapy with clients. She is a certified administrator and interpretor of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator and has training in the Enneagram system of personality typing. For a flyer on this presentation, click here.
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