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This Week
"At a Glance"
Friday, June 29
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, June 30
3:00 pm Summer Book Discussion
5:00 pm Mass
Tuesday, July 3
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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Parish Council
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Notes from the April 26 Parish Council meeting can be found here.
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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
June 28, 2012
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13th Week of the Year
Saturday, June 30, 2012
5:00 pm
Presider/Homilist: Jessica Rowley
Sacristan: Lorraine Tiffin
Readers: Karen Diehl, John Dahlberg
Eucharistic Ministers: Barbara Harris, Ginny Kiernan Dahlberg, Art Maines
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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Get The Word Out
Let's get the word out about Sts. Clare & Francis! Given the current religious climate in our city and beyond we want people to know that there are alternative Catholic options in the St. Louis area. This month, the Parish Council approved a campaign for Sts. Clare & Francis that has multiple parts.
- An underwriting campaign on St. Louis Public Radio, KWMU, for late August, early September with the goal of greater name recognition. The announcements will highlight our Eucharist and an Open House that is being planned for early September. At the end of every announcement, people will be invited to visit alternativecatholic.org (see #2).
- With the help of Rob Krebs, we are building a new webpage, alternativecatholic.org, that will highlight our Eucharist and the Open House and make it easy to navigate to our webpage (www.stslcareandfrancis.org), donate, and connect with us. That website will go live in the next few weeks.
- With the help of Mike St. John, we are producing a short video for alternativecatholic.org that will highlight our distinctives and spirit. See the announcement below for more information on this project.
- An e-mail blast will go out during the later weeks in August. This is where you can help! When you receive it, forward the e-mail to friends and family, or post it on Facebook, Twitter, your blog. Not tech savvy? Talk up the church and direct people to alternativecatholic.org.
Have ideas, energy, or input about the campaign? Contact Jessica or Frank.
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Videotaping at Mass this Weekend
A short video will introduce those who visit alternativecatholic.org to Sts. Clare & Francis (see previous article). Mike St. John has generously offered to produce it for us. He will be at Mass this Saturday, June 30, 2012 to tape parts of the Mass and interview a few people afterward. You may notice stands with small cameras set up around the church. They are small and should not be distracting. There will be instructions at the beginning of Mass on where to stand/sit if you prefer not to be on camera. Mike will be moving discretely for more dynamic shots, but rest assured that we will get permission from all faces that appear in the final video. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Jessica.
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A Day of Reflection with Stefan Andre Waligur download a flyer
Saturday, July 28th
Sts. Clare & Francis
(Peace United Church of Christ)
204 E. Lockwood Avenue
Webster Groves, MO 63119
Known as Macushla, an Irish term of endearment meaning "heartbeat of the Beloved," Stefan Andre Waligur is a contemplative, musician/composer, retreat leader and leader of new chant and kirtan around the world. After a life-changing visit to the Taizé community in France he began to write music in a similar style. Although akin to Taizé chants, these new chants incorporate American rhythms and harmonies, Celtic melodies and the call and response style of Indian raga.
Learn more by visiting: www.songsofpeace.net.
A donation of $25 is welcome. Send a check payable to Sts. Clare & Francis with "day of reflection" in the memo line to our office address (483 E. Lockwood Ave., Suite 3, Webster Groves, MO 63119) or drop a check in the basket that day.
Bring your own lunch or enjoy one of Webster Groves' many restaurants.
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Homilies
George's homily from June 21, The Tough Transition to True Self, and all homilies from Sts. Clare & Francis are available at http://scfhomilies.posterous.com.
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Sponsored by Friends of SCF
Tuning the Heart
July 13 - 15, 2012
Mercy Center
Murshid Khabir Kitz
Murshid Khabir Kitz established a Sufi center in Texas called the Shrine of the Heart. In 1976 he studied the dervish turn and continued the practice as a semazen, teaching the turn as a meditation practice. In 1981 he moved to land in the Ozark Mountains fo Arkansas where he founded Heartsong Retreat Center. In 1982 Khabir was ordained a Seraj in the Service of Universal Peace. He leads dance, meditation, turning and art workshops. Giving students the tools to find their inner guidance and discovering the creator within every being and thing is what Khabir has tried to do in life. For more details, see the flyer here.
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random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
My uncle Henry had a habit of leaving his fly unzipped, completely unzipped regardless of who might be available to notice. My mother, his sister, hated that. Henry's underpants were usually urine-stained, his shirttails hung out of the opening in his pants, and he had a propensity to yell "Shit" and spit for no apparent reason. Mom hated that, too.
And because Mother imagined that Henry's eccentric behavior was concrete evidence of his total disregard for others, especially his sister, my mother raised up a little hatred for Henry himself.
I don't think Henry ever noticed how much my mother despised him. ...
Henry's been dead now for well over thirty years, but my mother still gets angry whenever I mention his name. I don't understand that. Henry, I imagine, tried my mother's patience at times. But I'm certain he never intended to haunt her for three decades after his death. In fact, I don't think Henry intended much of anything, at least not toward the end.
My mother, though, is still tied to Henry, thirty-seven years after he cut his ties with everything and was laid to rest. And if you asked her today why she so despises Henry, my mother would tell you it is because he was dirty, and he was crazy. What she wouldn't tell you (but you might discern if you listened to her for a moment or two) is that she still believes if Henry had cared to, he could have stopped being crazy just as easily as he could have stopped being dirty.
Gerald N. Callahan
Faith, Madness and Spontaneous Human Combustion
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