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.

Jessica Rowley 314.918.2766;

Frank Krebs 314.740.1160;

We have a SafeChurch Policy to protect our children and other vulnerable populations.

Fundraising

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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Partner Communities

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San Damiano

Little Rock, Arkansas

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Tulsa, Oklahoma

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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 ).

The Weekly News
December 26, 2013

Holy Family

Saturday, December 28, 2013

5:00 pm

Readings: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14; Col 3:12-21; Mt 2:13-15, 19-23

Presider: Frank Krebs

Homilist: George von Stamwitz

Readers: Therese Gabriel, Art Maines

Eucharistic Ministers: Kay Schmitt, Joan Switzer, Barb Winkler

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.

Celebrate Good Friends and Good Health

Making Spirits Bright

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

1:00 - 5:00 pm

Therese & Judy's

3823 Utah Place

63116

We will be hosting an open house on New Year's Day beginning at 1 o 'clock in the afternoon. Please bring an appetizer or drink to share. Please RSVP to 314.607.7087 or theresem40@gmail.com.

Mass Incarceration: Slavery Revisited?

Sunday, January 12, 2014

2:00 - 4:00 pm

Missouri History Museum

Did you know that one out of every 100 people in the U.S. is currently incarcerated, and that while the US only makes up 5% of the world population, it incarcerates 25% of the world's prison population?

There are currently more African American men incarcerated today than were enslaved before emancipation, and the U.S. incarcerates more of its African American population than did South Africa at the height of apartheid. $50 billion of our tax money is spent annually on incarcerations. This is due to the current system of mass incarceration, fueled by the prison industrial complex.

Come to the MO History Museum on January 12, 2014 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm for a free community forum and panel of activists, researchers, lawyers, and former inmates to learn more about the current system of mass incarceration: what it is, how did we get here, and how is it affecting our neighbors and communities.

Then come back to the History Museum on February 9, 2014 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm to learn about local efforts to dismantle this current system and how you can get involved in being part of the solution. Come out and put your faith into action to abolish a system that prioritizes profits over people.

For the flyer, click here.

Healing Our Wounds and Finding

Our Way Forward

January 25, 2013

1:00 to 4:00 pm

Save the date.

Homilies

Frank's homily from December 14, Changing the Face of the Earth One Heart at a Time, and all homilies from Sts. Clare & Francis, can be found at http://scfhomilies.wordpress.com/.

ECC News

News of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion

Rev. Teri Harroun was recently appointed Vicar of the Rocky Mountain Region. An installation blessing and reception was held on Thursday, December 5, 2013 at the Church of the Beloved, Northglenn, CO.

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The next Communion Synod will be held in Aurora, CO from October 7-10, 2014. It is in the context of our Synod meetings that we most fully witness, experience and celebrate the wonderful, diverse and beautiful thing the Spirit of Love is unfolding among us. It is also in the context of our Synods that we witness and experience the full participation of all of the baptized, as the House of Laity and the House of Pastors meet to consider and decide upon various issues for our Communion. And, it will be in the context of our upcoming Synod that the full participation of all of the baptized will be evident as we discern and elect our next Presiding Bishop.

Sponsored by Friends of SCF

Franciscan Hermitage Experience

December 29, 2013 - January 1, 2014

Sunday 4:00 pm - Wednesday after 11:30 Mass

IL RITIRO Franciscan Retreat, Dittmer, MO

For more information, click here.

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Peter & Paul Community Services

Trivia Night

Saturday, January 11, 2014

St. Justin Parish

11910 Eddie & Park Road 63126

Doors Open 6:45 pm

Play Begins 7:30 pm

$20 per person, 8 persons per table

To Register, call Jane at 314.588.7111 ext. 209 or register online here.

random sightings

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

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