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This Week
"At a Glance"
Friday, November 9
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, November 10
5:00 pm Mass
6:30 pm Pot Luck & Raffle Drawing
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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 8, 2012
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32nd Week of the Year
Saturday, November 10, 2012
5:00 pm
Presider/Homilist: Frank Krebs
Sacristan: Mary Niehaus
Readers: Luke Veltz, Ann Bolger
Eucharistic Ministers: Marty Campbell, Barbara Harris, Barb Winkler
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 Dinner Celebration
Saturday, November 10, 2012
After Mass
Don't forget- this Saturday, November 10 concludes our raffle with a pot-luck dinner right after mass.
Come and see if you or someone you know will be the lucky winners!
Meat and beverages will be provided, but sides, veggies, desserts are always welcome.
In keeping with our "green" mission and our mindfulness of those in this world who go hungry every day, we are striving to reduce our waste. Every effort will be made to use recycled, recyclable/ reusable, or compostable plates, utensils, cups. Any efforts by individuals to bring and use their own water bottles/cups, utensils is always greatly appreciated.
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ECC Synod 2012 Video
Much of the recent Synod was recorded and is being posted on the web. We will share links as they become available.
On the first day of the Synod, Bishop Peter Hickman spoke of his vision for the Synod and the Communion with the assembled delegates. He shared that only through a dialogue where every voice is heard will we resolve the recurring divisions in the church. His talk refers to the ancient tradition of the church, that it is through Ecumenical Council, the gathered People of God, that the Spirit speaks. To see his address on YouTube, click here.
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Fair Trade Coffee This Week
Saturday, November 10, 2012
I will have Fair Trade Products for sale (some new items, especially chocolates!) before and after Mass on November 10.
Yum.
Sue Stolze
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Giving Thanks
The Alternative Liturgy team is inviting everyone to our Thanksgiving Liturgy. If you or someone you know would like to spend some special time to give thanks in an atmosphere filled with listening, song, Native American chants, ritual and quiet, please join us. We do not have a date yet, however we are waiting to hear back from our host church as to what day and time the church will be open for our use. Possible dates are November 15, 18, or 19. We will keep you posted!! Looking forward to spending some time to be thankful with each of you.
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Social Justice Committee Book Study
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
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
From Brian McLaren's blog this week:
Thank God It's Wednesday
The election is over. Now comes the opportunity to re-unite and reconcile what political campaigns have put asunder. Mike Morrell writes beautifully on the subject of election day communion here:
Quotable:
As I type, I hear a still, small voice.
This is My Body, broken for you. Even me, Lord? Even you. And every ragamuffin, ne'er-do-well, teamster, prankster, gangster, poseur, pollster, reality-upholsterer and gun-holsterer that walks this planet. Even all of you...saints and scoundrels...broken apart like so much bread, in the fragments of your violence toward one another and Me; forgiven and re-gathered, reconstituted and re-mattered, as My Body is consumed and digested, I am consumed with love for you. You are bodies...broken and re-born. You matter to Me. It is in this consummation that I am consumed; it is in divine digestion that I rest. The election was called a few hours ago - in the world of manifestation, ideological divisions still exist between us. As a nation, planet, and ecosystem, we have a lot of healing left to do. I pray that we can "taste and see" God's sustaining goodness together. And with each other imagine a common future. Another world is possible - and in the scandalously-inclusive table of God, is already here.
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