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This Week
"At a Glance"
Friday, May 3
7:00 am Contemplative Prayer
Saturday, May 4
3:30 pm Communal Works Committee
5:00 pm Mass
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Want to add an event to the calendar? Contact Jessica (314.918.2766).
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Parish Council News
For the minutes from the March 20, 2013 Parish Council Meeting, click here.
The agenda for the April 16, 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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Finance Committee News
March 2013 Financial Report
Members
(click name to contact by e-mail):
Joan Switzer
Jim Schneider (Chair)
Steve Campbell
Kevin Born
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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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ECC Midwest
Partner Communities
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Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Little Rock, Arkansas
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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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
May 2, 2013
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Sixth Week of Easter
Saturday, May 4, 2013
5:00 pm
Presider: Jessica Rowley
Homilist: George von Stamwitz
Readers: Michelle Smith, Elizabeth Seitz
Eucharistic Ministers: Art Maines, Joann Noll, Joan Switzer
Sacristan: Sheila Leander
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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Communal Works of Service
Committee is Forming
If you wish to help facilitate (organize and plan) works of service that would be performed by our community, please consider joining this committee. Our first meeting is scheduled at 3:30 pm on Saturday, May 4 in the Fireside Room. If you wish to join or if you have questions, please contact Clarence Heller (636.256.6516, marclar123@aol.com) even if you are unable to attend on May 4.
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Last Chance for Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade coffee, chocolate and cereal bars will again be available for purchase on May 11, in the Gathering Space. This will be the LAST CHANCE for regular purchases at church until next October although there may be some leftover items in June. We're taking a summer break from "shameless commerce." Thanks for and to all of you who have cooperated in helping a few small farmers get a fair break in our global marketplace.
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Getting The Word Out - Once Again
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.
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Return to Pickle Springs
Sunday, May 19, 2013
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.
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Homilies 
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Sponsored by Friends of SCF
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.
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random sightings
wisdom...reflection...insight...amusement
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