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Parish Council News
For notes from the December 19, 2012 Parish Council Meeting, click here.
The agenda for the February 20, 2013 Parish Council Meeting can be found here.
Members
(click name to contact by e-mail):
Therese Gabriel
Nancy Wamser
Michelle Smith (Chair)
Mary Crecelius
Marty Campbell
Jessica Rowley
Jennifer Reyes Lay
Frank Krebs
Bob Leible
Bill Schwindt
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This Week
"At a Glance"
Thursday, February 14
6:00 pm Yoga
Friday, February 15
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, February 16
9:00 am Yoga
3:00 pm Convocation
5:00 pm Mass
Wednesday, February 20
7:00 pm Parish Council Meeting
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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 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
February 14, 2013
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First Week of Lent
Saturday, February 16, 2013
5:00 pm
Presider: Jessica Rowley
Homilist: George von Stamwitz
Readers: John Dahlberg, Cici Paul
Eucharistic Ministers: Barbara Harris, Mary Jordan, Mary Ellen Kruger
Sacristan: Mary Niehaus
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 call or text 314.603.9991.
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Stove Needed
 An electric range in good working order is needed by a not-for-profit in University City. Perhaps you know someone remodeling a kitchen and willing to donate an electric range? If so, please contact Marilyn Heller at 314.322.1842. Thanks!
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Petition Available after Mass
Did you know...
In the state of Missouri, an individual can be fired, evicted, denied employment and denied housing as a result of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Missourians for Equality is a non-partisan Political Action Committee with a goal of eliminating LGBT discrimination in the state of Missouri.
Currently, they are working on collecting over 100,000 signatures, which will allow them to place a proposal on the November 2014 ballot for Missourians to vote on.
This proposal seeks to expand the definition of "discrimination" to include discrimination against both sexual orientation and gender identity without infringing on religious groups' first amendment rights.
If you would like to add your signature to this petition, you will have the opportunity after Saturday mass for the next three weeks beginning Saturday, February 9.
If you would like more info on this issue or would like to help circulate petitions contact Paul or Sue Nauert , suenauert@gmail.com or see moforequality.org
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Sponsored by Friends of SCF
Medicaid Forum
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
7:00 pm
Missouri History Museum
and
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
7:00 pm
St. Peter's Cultural Arts Centre & City Hall
Have you heard? Missouri has to make a decision about whether to expand its Medicaid program. There are arguments on both sides: Some believe we should not expand Medicaid because we can't afford it; others believe we must expand the program or give up billions of federal dollars and the health of our fellow citizens.
Get informed on Medicaid expansion at free, open-to-the-public community forums, hosted by the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH).
For more information, click here.
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Therapeutic Support Group
for Lesbians in Heterosexual Marriages & Coming Out
Begins Thursday, February 21, 2013
This therapeutic support group, offered by Kate Schroeder, is for married women or women who have been recently married to a man in a heterosexual relationship and are now coming out as lesbians or questioning their sexual orientation. For more information, click here.
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Retreat in Everyday Life opportunity
Participate as an individual or as a couple. For more information, or to register, visit
Week of Guided Prayer hosted by St. Dominic Savio Catholic Church. Starts March 3. Pray on your own 30 minutes each day and meet one-on-one with a prayer guide 30 minutes each day, Monday through Friday for one week. Afternoon and evening meeting times available.
Spiritual and Sexual Orientation:
Recovering Our Spirit and Healing From the Inside Out
Friday, March 15, 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Saturday, March 16, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Transformation Counseling
Kate Schroeder
314.910.8260
See the flyer for more information.
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random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
Blessing for Ash Wednesday
So let the ashes come
as beginning
and not as end;
the first sign
but not the final.
Let them rest upon you
as invocation and invitation,
and let them take you
the way that ashes know
to go.
May they mark you
with the memory of fire
and of the life
that came before the burning:
the life that rises and returns
and finds its way again.
See what shimmers
amid their darkness,
what endures
within their dust.
See how they draw us
toward the mystery
that will consume
but not destroy,
that will blossom
from the blazing,
that will scorch us
with its joy.
Jan Richardson
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