The Parish Council had budgeted money to spend on getting the word out about Sts. Clare & Francis.  And then we received a sizable donation on top of that.  So we are in a position to make some noise (in an inviting kind of way).  If you are interested in being on a task-team to get this done, please contact  Frank, or  Jessica, or  Michelle Smith.   

Meet at 11:30 am, Leave at Noon   

Our outings to Pickle Springs Natural Area are so popular we've decided to do it again! Meet at Art and Frank's house at 11:30 am, and we'll plan to leave at 12 noon for Ste. Genevieve. It takes about an hour to an hour and a half to get to the trail-head, and approximately 1- 2 hours to hike the trail. Afterward, join us at Crown Valley Winery for a light dinner before heading home.

Pickle Springs Natural Area is a deep, forested gorge consisting of geological formations and plants that are found in few other places. Visitors will find examples of a sandstone glade, talus, forest, savanna, as well as a number of rare species of plants and animals. The area is noted for its blooming wild azalea and wildflowers in the spring. According to local legend, the area is named after William Pickles, a settler from Illinois who owned the land until he was shot by a band of renegades during the Civil War. Pickle Springs and other area creeks flow into Pickle Creek, which in turn traverses into Hawn State Park.

Designated a National Natural Landmark, Pickle Springs Natural Area features a two-mile hiking trail maintained by the East Ozark Audubon Society in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Conservation. This two-mile journey has an estimated hiking time of one hour and takes hikers past waterfalls, rock shelters, a double arch (photo right), towering bluffs, canyons and amazing rock outcrops. Wooden bridges along the trail aid hikers past troublesome spots.

 

For more information about Pickle Springs Natural Area, go to:  http://www.greatriverroad.com/stegen/sgattract/picklesprings.htm 

For more information about Crown Valley Winery, go to:  http://www.crownvalleywinery.com.

Missouri Jobs With Justice

Interfaith Candlelight Prayer Vigil  

April 29, 2013

7:30 pm

Eagleton Courthouse 

 

An Interfaith Candlelight Prayer Vigil will be held for mine workers and their families on Monday, April 29th, 7:30 pm at the Eagleton Courthouse (10th and Clark downtown).  Please join us in solidarity with the United Mine Workers of American in their struggle with Peabody Energy to maintain health care benefits for retired mine workers  (www.fairnessatpatriot.org).  

 

For an event flyer, click here. Please note that parking will be a challenge due to the Cardinal's game.

 

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Mercy Conference and Retreat Center

 

For information on Spring/Summer Retreats at Mercy Center, 

click here.

 

Come Holy Spirit: A Quiet Spring Retreat

Guided by Peter Schavitz, C.Ss.R.

May 19 - 25, 2013

(Register by May 3, 2013)

For a flyer, click here.

 

The Inner World and its Workings

Living in Depth

Guided by Avis Clendenen

July 26 - August 2, 2013

(Register by July 5, 2013)

For a flyer, click here. 

wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement

  

 

May we embrace God's ever-new life with every cell of our being, every yearning of our soul, and every muscle of our will. Christ is risen, death is vanquished, humanity is restored to holy and creative relationship with God's ongoing and eternal liveliness.