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This Week
"At a Glance"
Friday, November 2
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, November 3
4:00 pm Social Justice Cmte. Book Study
5:00 pm Mass
Sunday, November 4
9:00 am Liturgy at Ackert Park
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Want to add an event to the calendar? Contact Jessica (314.918.2766).
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Liturgies at Ackert Park
Skilled Care Community
894 Leland
University City, MO 63130
1st and 3rd Sundays of the Month
9:00 am
Led by Michelle Smith
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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, Nancy Wamser, Michelle Smith, Mary Crecelius, Marty Campbell, Jessica Rowley, Jennifer Reyes Lay, Frank Krebs, Bob Leible and Bill Schwindt.
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
November 1, 2012
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31st Week of the Year
Saturday, November 3, 2012
5:00 pm
Presider/Homilist: Jessica Rowley
Sacristan: Cecelia Andres
Readers: Elizabeth Seitz, Michelle Smith
Eucharistic Ministers: Kay Schmitt, Joan Switzer, Mary Jordan
If you are not able to serve in your scheduled ministry, please let Steve know when you get a substitute so that we can publish the correct names in the newsletter. Thanks.
scampbell@ppcsinc.org or 314.603.9991.
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Raffle Drawing and Pot Luck Dinner on November 10th
Do you remember the last scene in "It's a Wonderful Life"? George Bailey is in trouble and the town of Bedford Falls comes to his aid. The community of Bedford Falls chipped in what they could to help George. Even the bank examiner who did not live in Bedford Falls threw in some money to help George. It was a classic scene.
Everyone who participated in helping George felt great. You could
see it on their faces and feel it in your heart. Grumpy old Mr. Potter didn't support George and didn't participate in the good feeling of the community.
Don't be a "grumpy old Mr. Potter". Take advantage of the opportunity to feel good by contributing to a great cause.Participate in the Sts. Clare & Francis fall fundraiser.
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Social Justice Committee Book Study
November 3, 2012
December 1, 2012
4:00 pm
Fireside Room
The Social Justice Committee invites everyone to join us for our book study of The Hole in Our Gospel: What does God expect of Us? The Answer that Changed my Life and Might Just Change the World by Richard Stearns.
We will meet on the Saturdays above to discuss the book. It challenges us to embrace all of the gospel through the story of Rich Stearns, who discovered the full power of the gospel of Jesus Christ to change his own life. He uses his journey to demonstrate how the gospel - the whole gospel - was always meant to be a world changing social revolution, a revolution that begins with us. It is available from Amazon - new, used, or as a Kindle edition.
"An urgent, powerful summons to live like Jesus. Stearns weaves solid theology, moving stories, and his own journey of faith into a compelling call to live the whole Gospel. Highly recommended!"
--Ronald J. Sider, President, Evangelicals for Social Action,
Author of Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger
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Sponsored by Friends of SCF
National Salesian Convention
November 2 - 4, 2012
The Visitations Sisters and Oblates of St. Francis deSales are hosting their first national "Every Day Spirituality 4 U: Holy Living through a Salesian Lens" convention here in St. Louis, November 2-4. I have attended many events through the DeSales Resource Center over the past years and can attest to the practical, nurturing lessons of Sts. Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal. Francis was the first person to write a spiritual book specifically for the laity, "The Devout Life!"
The organizers of the convention told me that the convention will certainly be an affirming and nourishing place for progressive Catholics, so if you or someone you know is interested, please check out the flyer or go to the website:
http://www.desalesresource.org/conference/index.php.
They are also willing to offer sliding scale scholarships and one day commuter fees by calling at 1.800.782.2270.
Becky Schwantes-An
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Il Ritiro Franciscan Retreat Center
December 28, 2012 - January 1, 2013
Franciscan Hermitage Retreat
7935 St. Francis Lane
Dittmer, MO 63023
636-274-0554
Il Ritiro Franciscan Retreat Center offers private, preached, and directed retreats in a quiet and beautiful woodland setting in the foothills of the Ozarks. There will be a Franciscan Hermitage Retreat offered from Dec.28, 2012 - Jan 1, 2013. It will combine communal prayer and Liturgy with time for personal prayer and contemplation, and enjoyment of the natural surrounding beauty. A wonderful way to welcome in the New Year without the bells and whistles.
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random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
These two senators, one Democrat and one Republican, they're in the Senate dining room. And the Republican says to the Democrat... "you Democrats haven't got a clue about religion. You just don't get it. You don't know religion at all." The Democrat says, "That's not true, we sure do know about religion. The Republican says "I'll bet you $20, to prove my point, I bet you can't even say the Lord's Prayer." The Democratic senator says, "I can too! 'Now I lay me down to sleep...I pray the Lord my soul to keep..." The Republican senator pulls out his wallet and says, "Darn!, I didn't think you could do it. Here's twenty bucks."
The joke was told by Richard Land, who is a conservative Southern Baptist leader, who I disagree with on many things, but we've become friends. And he was saying "Isn't this silly, who's religious, who's not. Who's got God, who doesn't. Abraham Lincoln said it well. He said "You don't say, ever, God is on your side. You worry and you pray earnestly, to be on God's side."
The "God on our side" way leads to bad things in politics, like arrogance, triumphalism, self-righteousness, and usually bad foreign policy. But worrying if we're on God's side leads to things we need in politics, like humility, reflection, and even accountability. You see religion can lead us to easy certainty, or it can lead us to deep reflection. I think we're called to deep reflection. ...The question isn't whether our faith applies to public life, it's how. So we all agree it must and should, but the question is "how?", and it's complicated.
Jim Wallis
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