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Parish Office Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm Phone: 314-487-2522 Fax: 314-487-4475 Field Conditions: 314-894-7722 Website: www.smmaparish.org Pastor Rev. Msgr. Norb Ernst, Ext. 228 frnorb@sbcglobal.net St. Margaret Mary Alacoque 4900 Ringer Road, Saint Louis, MO 63129-1797 Senior Associate Rev. Msgr. William Leach, Ext. 247 Associate Pastor Rev. Matthew Barnard, Ext. 229 fatherbarnard@gmail.com Permanent Deacons Deacon Andrew Daus Deacon Bob Orr Student Deacon Rev. Mr. Timothy Foy Director of Religious Education Mr. Paul Cooper, Ext. 222 pcooper@smmaparish.org Youth Minister Miss Betsy Paszkiewicz, Ext. 261 betsyp@smmaparish.org Business Manager Mr. Joe Hearty, Ext. 211 jhearty@smmaparish.org Finance Manager Mr. Kevin Sucher, Ext. 210 ksucher@smmaparish.org Protecting God’s Children Mrs. Barbara Hoeing, Ext. 206 bhoeing@smmparish.org Parish Secretary Mrs. Sue Brandt, Ext. 201 sbrandt@smmaparish.org Bulletin Deadline: 9:00am Tuesday Send articles to sbrandt@smmaparish.org St. Margaret Mary Alacoque School Phone: 314-487-1666 Fax: 314-487-4475 Principal Mrs. Marianne Freiling, Ext. 214 mfreiling@smmaschool.org Assistant Principal Mrs. Arlene Cooper, Ext. 213 School Secretary Mrs. Mary Ellen O’Keeffe, Ext. 200 Second Sunday of Lent March 20, 2011 Mass Schedule Weekend Masses Saturday: 4:30pm Sunday: 7:00am, 8:30am, 10:00am, 11:30am Weekday Masses Monday - Friday: 6:30am, 8:00am Saturday: 8:00am Reconciliation Saturdays 3:30-4:15pm First Tuesday after 8:00am Mass or by Appointment
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Parish Office<br />
Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm<br />
Phone: 314-487-2522<br />
Fax: 314-487-4475<br />
Field Conditions: 314-894-7722<br />
Website: www.smmaparish.org<br />
Pastor<br />
Rev. Msgr. Norb Ernst, Ext. 228<br />
frnorb@sbcglobal.net<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Margaret</strong><br />
<strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Alacoque</strong><br />
4900 Ringer Road, Saint Louis, MO 63129-1797<br />
Senior Associate<br />
Rev. Msgr. William Leach, Ext. 247<br />
Associate Pastor<br />
Rev. Matthew Barnard, Ext. 229<br />
fatherbarnard@gmail.<strong>com</strong><br />
Permanent Deacons<br />
Deacon Andrew Daus<br />
Deacon Bob Orr<br />
<strong>St</strong>udent Deacon<br />
Rev. Mr. Timothy Foy<br />
Director of Religious Education<br />
Mr. Paul Cooper, Ext. 222<br />
pcooper@smmaparish.org<br />
Youth Minister<br />
Miss Betsy Paszkiewicz, Ext. 261<br />
betsyp@smmaparish.org<br />
Business Manager<br />
Mr. Joe Hearty, Ext. 211<br />
jhearty@smmaparish.org<br />
Finance Manager<br />
Mr. Kevin Sucher, Ext. 210<br />
ksucher@smmaparish.org<br />
Protecting God’s Children<br />
Mrs. Barbara Hoeing, Ext. 206<br />
bhoeing@smmparish.org<br />
Parish Secretary<br />
Mrs. Sue Brandt, Ext. 201<br />
sbrandt@smmaparish.org<br />
Bulletin<br />
Deadline: 9:00am Tuesday<br />
Send articles to sbrandt@smmaparish.org<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Margaret</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Alacoque</strong> School<br />
Phone: 314-487-1666<br />
Fax: 314-487-4475<br />
Principal<br />
Mrs. Marianne Freiling, Ext. 214<br />
mfreiling@smmaschool.org<br />
Assistant Principal<br />
Mrs. Arlene Cooper, Ext. 213<br />
School Secretary<br />
Mrs. <strong>Mary</strong> Ellen O’Keeffe, Ext. 200<br />
Second Sunday of Lent<br />
March 20, 2011<br />
Mass Schedule<br />
Weekend Masses<br />
Saturday: 4:30pm<br />
Sunday: 7:00am, 8:30am, 10:00am, 11:30am<br />
Weekday Masses<br />
Monday - Friday: 6:30am, 8:00am<br />
Saturday: 8:00am<br />
Reconciliation<br />
Saturdays 3:30-4:15pm<br />
First Tuesday after 8:00am Mass<br />
or by Appointment
Daily Masses<br />
during Lent are as follows:<br />
Monday - Friday:<br />
6:30 & 8:00am<br />
Monday - Thursday:<br />
7:00pm<br />
<strong>St</strong>ations of the<br />
Cross<br />
on Fridays at 1:45pm with the<br />
school children and at 7:00pm.<br />
(No <strong>St</strong>ations on 3/25 with school<br />
children - spring break week.)<br />
Sacrament of<br />
Reconciliation<br />
Reconciliation also will be offered<br />
two evenings a week per<br />
schedule below from 7:30pm<br />
until all are heard:<br />
March 22 & 24 April 11 & 13<br />
March 28 & 30 April 19<br />
April 5 & 7<br />
READERS /<br />
MINISTERS<br />
The schedule for the second<br />
quarter of 2011 is now available<br />
in the sacristy and online.<br />
WANT TO BE AS HAPPY AS THESE FELLOWS?<br />
Join us at the Jesuit Retreat House April 25th - 28th. Seventy-two hours of<br />
peace to uplift your spirit and enhance your body and soul! Early reservations<br />
are a must!<br />
Call Jim Sweeney, 487-4727; Paul Dudenhoeffer, 892-7561; or<br />
Bert Tonkovic, 487-4316 - today!!<br />
LADIES- HAVE YOU BEEN PUTTING OFF<br />
YOUR MAMMOGRAM?<br />
Don’t wait any longer!<br />
Over the course of a lifetime, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast<br />
cancer. Women age 40 and older and/or those with risk factors are encouraged<br />
to undergo a screening mammogram each year.<br />
WIN has arranged for Digital Mobile Mammography Services from the Breast<br />
Health Care Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center to <strong>com</strong>e to SMMA on<br />
Monday, April 11, 2011. Getting your mammogram couldn’t be any easier!<br />
The Van will be parked in our lot from 9am-3pm. Please call 996-5170 to<br />
schedule your appointment, or ask any questions.<br />
Please check with your insurance provider to verify your benefits and eligibility.<br />
Bring your insurance card, physician’s name/number, and ID to your appointment.<br />
If you don’t have insurance coverage, call to find out if you may be<br />
eligible for services at no charge.<br />
Don’t put it off any longer - make your appointment today!<br />
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Prayer to <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Margaret</strong> <strong>Mary</strong><br />
Dear <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Margaret</strong> <strong>Mary</strong>, permitted by the Sacred Heart of Jesus to be<strong>com</strong>e a caretaker of its divine treasures,<br />
obtain for us, we ask You, from that Adorable Heart all the graces we need. We ask for them with<br />
boundless confidence; may the Divine Heart be willing to grant them to us through Your intercession, so<br />
that once again He may, through You, be glorified and loved. Amen.<br />
Although I guess I can’t say the “A” word during Lent, I<br />
suppose one can write it. ALLELUIA – we paid off our<br />
debt. Thank you Lord! I included a nice “congratulations”<br />
letter from Archbishop Carlson in this bulletin. And I<br />
again thank all those who made Gold Envelope contributions<br />
these past years.<br />
Now let’s look to the future. Remember, we are continuing<br />
our Gold Envelope Campaign with a new name, Ensuring<br />
the Future, specifically funding two new goals:<br />
support for our grade school and support for capital improvements.<br />
Here’s one quick answer to the question….<br />
Why give to the Gold Envelope Campaign? Teacher salaries<br />
for next year will increase 3% and deservedly so.<br />
This <strong>com</strong>putes to a need for over $50,000. A 3% tuition<br />
increase would seem appropriate. However, contributions<br />
to our Gold Envelope Campaign might allow us to NOT<br />
increase tuition. School families making donations<br />
through the Gold Envelope could claim tax deductions.<br />
Tuition payments, of course, are not tax deductible. The<br />
generous stewardship of all our parishioners will ensure<br />
the future of our school and all parish ministries.<br />
At each Sunday Mass we will say together a special prayer<br />
to end abortion, to end violence and terrorism, to continue<br />
the practice of good stewardship (also requested by<br />
Archbishop Carlson). The prayer is on the front cover of<br />
the Music Issue; we’ll say the prayer together at the conclusion<br />
of the Petitions.<br />
Each year the Archbishop invites adults who have not received<br />
the Sacrament of Confirmation to a special Mass at<br />
the Cathedral Basilica. This year’s celebration is on June<br />
12 th at 2:30pm. Help me spread the word; call me for<br />
more information.<br />
Join me in asking a special blessing for Msgr. Leach who<br />
is celebrating his 53 rd Ordination Anniversary Tuesday,<br />
March 22 nd . Ad Multos Annos!<br />
God bless the Young Catholic Musicians!<br />
frnorb@sbcglobal.net<br />
Archdiocese<br />
of <strong>St</strong>. Louis<br />
Cardinal Rigali Center<br />
20 Archbishop May Drive<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Louis, MO 63119<br />
Dear Monsignor Ernst,<br />
I understand that <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Margaret</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Alacoque</strong><br />
Parish will pay off its debt to the <strong>St</strong>.<br />
Louis Archdiocesan Fund sometime this<br />
month. I understand your Parish has been in<br />
debt since the mid-1980’s, when it expanded<br />
its school building. Subsequently,<br />
the Parish borrowed to build its Church and,<br />
most recently, borrowed to build a Parish<br />
Center and to refurbish its school and office<br />
space. Considering the Parish was established<br />
in 1962, it has been in debt for half<br />
its existence. What a wonderful testimony<br />
to the stewardship of its parishioners, past<br />
and present, as you prepare to celebrate the<br />
parish’s 50th Anniversary in 2012!<br />
I congratulate you on your outstanding leadership<br />
and that of all the former pastors: Father<br />
Joseph Scheer, Monsignor Greg Schmidt,<br />
Father Bob Samson as Administrator, and<br />
Monsignor Dennis <strong>St</strong>ehly. Please convey my<br />
deepest gratitude to the priests, deacons, staff<br />
and parishioners of your Parish.<br />
I hope your parishioners realize how<br />
blessed they are to have you, Monsignor<br />
William Leach, and Father Matthew Barnard<br />
serving their Parish. Together you<br />
have nurtured a faith-filled <strong>com</strong>munity that<br />
is Alive in Christ.<br />
Asking God’s continued blessings on you<br />
and your Parish, I remain<br />
Sincerely yours in Christ,<br />
Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson<br />
Archbishop of <strong>St</strong>. Louis
2nd Sunday of Lent March 20, 2011<br />
WIDOWS &WIDOWERS<br />
Please join us for our annual catered dinner<br />
on April 5th at 6pm in the Parish<br />
Center. The cost will be $13 /per person.<br />
Italicized names are new names added for the week.<br />
Diane Antonacci Julie Hudson Marilyn Preston<br />
John Bernstetter Sadie Kaspar Robert Schlitt<br />
Joann Friganza Justin McCloud Cathleen Taylor<br />
Pam Goetter Harold McLaughlin<br />
Don Groebl Layla Rose Miller<br />
The Sick and Suffering of Our Parish and<br />
Our Extended Families and Friends<br />
The men & women of our parish<br />
who are residing in nursing homes<br />
HOSPITAL VISIT UPDATE INFORMATION<br />
If you or someone you know would appreciate a pastoral visit,<br />
phone call, or get-well greeting, please contact the Parish Office<br />
(487-2522, ext. 201). Even when a hospital stay is short we<br />
want to be present to our parish family members during what<br />
can be a stressful and difficult time<br />
REPOSE OF THE SOUL<br />
Please pray for Rick <strong>St</strong>roh, son of our parishioner, <strong>Mary</strong> Pfister<br />
and brother of our parishioner, Linda (Mike) Campoy; for <strong>St</strong>even<br />
R. Nizick, for Ruth E. Czarnecki; and for all of the faithful departed.<br />
May they rest in peace.<br />
ROSARY<br />
The Rosary is prayed in church every Monday<br />
through Saturday after the 8am Mass, as well as<br />
2:15 on Tuesday afternoons. All are wel<strong>com</strong>e.<br />
QUILTERS<br />
Baby quilts call Marilyn...892-7561<br />
Day quilting call: Nancy...894-1407<br />
Evening quilting call: Pat...487-6154<br />
Join us on Tuesdays from 9am-3pm or 6pm-9pm.<br />
Quilt of the Month Winner for March: Barb Hoeing<br />
Please drop your payment in the collection<br />
basket marked Widows & Widowers<br />
on the envelope. Checks should be<br />
made payable to SMMA.<br />
We need to hear from you by April 1st.<br />
Questions, call Malinda, 892-4191.<br />
BULLETIN ADVERTISERS<br />
Each week we like to highlight our advertisers.<br />
This week we’d like to thank,<br />
Jack Marcinel, DDS, for supporting<br />
our bulletin. We appreciate your help!<br />
ADORATION CHAPEL<br />
Our year will soon be ending and we<br />
are looking for<br />
another pair of<br />
volunteers to experience<br />
the blessings<br />
of being<br />
Chapel Administrators.<br />
The administrator<br />
responsibilities<br />
are ac<strong>com</strong>plished on the <strong>com</strong>puter<br />
by creating the weekly schedule<br />
and via email and phone. It's a great<br />
way to meet other parishioners, make<br />
new friends and be inspired by life's<br />
everyday miracles.<br />
Call to learn more about this wonderful<br />
ministry.<br />
Cheryl, 487-2475 or <strong>Mary</strong>Lee, 892-<br />
1693<br />
Please note: Saturday mid-1am (week<br />
3) now FILLED -Thank you!<br />
NEW! Friday 2-3am and 3-4am
MORE ON THE MESSAGE OF MERCY<br />
The ABC’s of Mercy<br />
The message of mercy can be called to mind simply by remembering<br />
A-B-C.<br />
Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in<br />
prayer constantly.<br />
Be Merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and<br />
let it flow through us to others.<br />
Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that<br />
the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our trust.<br />
The Sacred Image<br />
The image that Our Lord asked <strong>St</strong>. Maria<br />
Faustina to have painted is a portrait of<br />
Jesus as Merciful Savior. The red and<br />
pale rays represent the blood and water<br />
that flowed from His pierced Heart as a<br />
fountain of mercy for us. The image is a<br />
reminder for us to <strong>com</strong>e to Jesus with<br />
trust and to be merciful to others; and it<br />
should always carry the signature, “Jesus,<br />
I trust in You!”<br />
Many different versions of this image have been painted, but Our<br />
Lord made it clear that the painting itself is not what is important;<br />
“Not in the beauty of the color, nor of the brush lies the greatness<br />
of this image, but in My grace” (Diary, 313).<br />
So no matter which version you prefer, you can be assured that<br />
God’s grace will flow through it.<br />
Divine Mercy Sunday will be Sunday, May 1st.<br />
SCHOOL BOARD NOMINATIONS<br />
It is time for School Board elections! The School Board acts as an<br />
advisory board for the administration and pastor. If you would<br />
like to serve on the School Board or know of someone who<br />
would serve well in this capacity, please <strong>com</strong>plete the form below<br />
and return it to school by March 31, 2011.<br />
We will be electing three members who will each serve a threeyear<br />
term. Persons elected to the School Board should be 25 years<br />
old, members of the parish, or have children attending SMMA.<br />
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2011-2011 School Board Nomination<br />
Name_______________________________________________<br />
Phone_______________________________________________<br />
Please return to the school office by March 31st.<br />
One Family Under God…<br />
Family-Centered Ministry<br />
THE<br />
FAMILY ROOM<br />
Ministry opportunities<br />
for our parish families<br />
WELCOME<br />
HOME!<br />
Evangelization<br />
Committee<br />
The results of the Parish Pulse survey, conducted<br />
by the Parish Council, showed that our<br />
parishioners have a strong desire to increase the<br />
evangelization effort within our parish. As part<br />
of that effort, we are forming an Evangelization<br />
Committee to help wel<strong>com</strong>e back Catholics<br />
who have been away from the church. We are<br />
looking for parishioners who would like to assist<br />
in this effort.<br />
This <strong>com</strong>mittee will assist in a Catholics Returning<br />
Home program that we will restart here<br />
at SMMA. Also, the <strong>com</strong>mittee will plan their<br />
focus moving forward, as there is a lot of work<br />
to be done in this area.<br />
Many Catholics have left the church or are infrequent<br />
Mass attendees, and their reasons are<br />
many. We ask that all parishioners help with<br />
our evangelization effort. Please ask friends<br />
and neighbors to <strong>com</strong>e to church with you. Be<br />
patient and loving with those who have doubts.<br />
And please pray for those who are still finding<br />
their way home.<br />
In this season of Lent, please consider taking<br />
that extra step to Evangelize. If you would like<br />
to be part of this new parish organization please<br />
contact Rich Sartori at 845-3283 or<br />
RichS@centech-inc.<strong>com</strong>.
Athletic Association News<br />
www.smmasports.org<br />
AFTER SCHOOL<br />
CHILD CARE<br />
$100 Weekly Raffle Winners<br />
3/19 Cindy Abernathy 3/22 Debbie Rozhon 3/25 Andrew LaBarge<br />
3/20 Colleen Oge 3/23 Bob Darnell<br />
3/21 Sam Foppe 3/24 Ann Curcuru<br />
Baseball/Softball<br />
Uniforms & Equipment<br />
Pickup will be on Thursday, March 24, 7 - 8pm on the lower field.<br />
Mandatory Meeting<br />
Baseball / Softball Managers must attend the mandatory meeting on Sunday,<br />
April 3rd, 7:00pm at Assumption parish, or have a representative there in your<br />
place.<br />
Players Needed<br />
Some 3rd grade girls are still needed for softball. Contact Brian Winschel at<br />
brian_winschel@sbcglobal.net if interested.<br />
Women's Softball<br />
Leagues are now being formed for women's softball and we are in need of players.<br />
Games are one hour and played on Sunday nights at SMMA. Weather permitting, play<br />
will start in late April. You do not have to have a team assignment, we can place you on a<br />
team. We especially want to extend the invitation to new parishioners. This is a great way<br />
to meet others and have fun. All talent levels are wel<strong>com</strong>e. If you are interested in playing,<br />
contact Jill Vaughn at 845-9246 or jjvon@earthlink.net.<br />
Athletic Association’s “Person of the Year”<br />
Tom Sims was named SMMA’s Athletic Association “Person of the Year”! The SMMA<br />
Athletic Association Board and members, as well as parents and kids of all the teams he<br />
has coached, would like to thank Tom for his many hours of coaching and teaching, and<br />
chairing the SMMA Soccer Tournament for the past six years.<br />
South County Boys’ Lacrosse Team<br />
Attention 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Boys<br />
The CYC is offering a boys’ grade school Lacrosse league for the 3rd year, and the South<br />
County District will be having practice at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Margaret</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Alacoque</strong>'s fields in the<br />
<strong>com</strong>ing weeks. If you are interested in playing lacrosse and being on a multi-parish team,<br />
please call Marc Garcia at 487-2694 or 680-1809 or email him at marc_garcia@bd.<strong>com</strong>.<br />
It is not necessary for you to know how to play lacrosse as the coaches will be teaching<br />
the sport at the start of practices, and Marc can provide a discounted cost for the lacrosse<br />
equipment. Practices will be 2 to 3 days a week at SMMA and games will be on Saturdays<br />
at Meyer Youth Center on South Kingshighway across from <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Mary</strong> Magdalen Church in<br />
South <strong>St</strong>. Louis.<br />
Any former high school or college lacrosse players are wel<strong>com</strong>e to offer their time, experience<br />
and services to assist at practices or games.<br />
Offered By<br />
South County<br />
YMCA at SMMA<br />
The Program<br />
Hours of operation are<br />
from school dismissal<br />
until 6:00pm – Monday<br />
through Friday.<br />
Our Professional <strong>St</strong>aff<br />
offer recreational and<br />
enhancement activities<br />
focusing on fun, development<br />
of positive selfimage<br />
and character education.<br />
Registration<br />
Current participating<br />
families may register beginning<br />
March 1, 2011.<br />
Open registration begins<br />
on April 1, 2011<br />
South County YMCA<br />
Summer Camp Programs<br />
Our YMCA will be offering<br />
a wide variety of half<br />
and full day camps for<br />
children between the ages<br />
of 4-14 beginning in June<br />
2011.<br />
Questions????<br />
Contact Sue Belleville,<br />
Program Executive, at<br />
849-4668 ext. 274,<br />
Shannon Eberhardt, Program<br />
Executive at 849-<br />
4668 ext. 234, or Becky<br />
Rose, Office Manager, at
2nd Sunday of Lent March 20, 2011<br />
22 Babies Saved Since Spring 2009<br />
March 9 to April 17 our <strong>com</strong>munity will be one of many cities<br />
from coast to coast joining together for the most dynamic coordinated<br />
pro-life mobilization in history. 40 Days For Life is a focused<br />
Pro-Life effort that consists of:<br />
40 Days of Prayer and Fasting<br />
40 Days of Peaceful Vigil<br />
40 Days of Community Outreach<br />
We are praying that, with God’s help, this groundbreaking effort<br />
will mark the beginning of the end of abortion in our city<br />
and throughout America.<br />
SMMA has adopted Saturday, March 26 th as our day to witness<br />
at Planned Parenthood (4251 Forest Park Ave.) from<br />
7:00am -7:00pm. Sign-up sheets are in the church foyer for<br />
your <strong>com</strong>mitted response. For more information call Ray Kalbac<br />
at 894-2384 or go to 40Daysforlife.<strong>com</strong>/stlouis/.<br />
ADULT CONFIRMATION ON<br />
PENTECOST SUNDAY<br />
Adult Catholics who have not yet received the Sacrament of<br />
Confirmation are invited to join Archbishop Robert J. Carlson,<br />
and nearly 200 other adult confirmands at the annual Mass for<br />
the Confirmation of Adults, June 12, 2011 (Pentecost Sunday)<br />
at 2:30 p.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of <strong>St</strong>. Louis, 4431 Lindell<br />
Boulevard in <strong>St</strong>. Louis. Please contact Msgr. Norb, 487-<br />
2522, ext. 228 for information on how to prepare to <strong>com</strong>plete<br />
your sacramental initiation into the Catholic Church and to<br />
receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit.<br />
BAPTISM PREP MEETING<br />
WED., MARCH 30, 7:30PM<br />
Parents who would like to have their children<br />
baptized are required to attend this evening of<br />
preparation in the Teacher’s Lounge. Call the<br />
Parish Office to register, 487-2522, ext. 201.<br />
Baptism preparation evenings are held on the<br />
last Wednesday of every month. Baptisms are Sundays at 1pm.<br />
MILITARY PRAYER LIST<br />
Please pray for these military men and<br />
women of our parish that are away from<br />
home serving our country and securing<br />
our freedoms, until they return to us safely<br />
once again.<br />
Spc. Julie <strong>St</strong>allis<br />
Senior Airman Samuel O’Hanlon<br />
Lt. Michael S. Alvarez<br />
Lt. Col. Timothy Greminger-USAF<br />
1 st Lt. Gregory Bennnett-US Army<br />
Cpl Nicholas Niedbalski<br />
Lt. Col. Christopher A. Grice<br />
Sgt. <strong>St</strong>eve Dudak<br />
Ensign Leslie Fiala, R.D.<br />
Roger Daigle<br />
If you would like your loved one added to<br />
this list please contact Joanne Kohne:<br />
jcubakohne@yahoo.<strong>com</strong> or mail to 5608<br />
Chalet Manor Ct 63129<br />
<strong>St</strong>eubenville Conference<br />
July 8-10<br />
Missouri <strong>St</strong>ate<br />
University<br />
$265<br />
Forms are<br />
online.<br />
<strong>St</strong>eubenville is a conference for teens already<br />
in or entering high school. It is a<br />
weekend filled with great speakers,<br />
prayer and entertainment. It is definitely a<br />
great way to experience Christ! Spaces<br />
are limited and will only be held on a first<br />
-<strong>com</strong>e, first-served basis.
2nd Sunday of Lent March 20, 2011<br />
THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH<br />
Mon.: Legion of <strong>Mary</strong>, 9:00am - Conference Room<br />
Men’s CRHP, 7:00pm - Teacher’s Lounge<br />
AA, 7:30pm - Rectory Basement<br />
Tues.: Liturgy Comm. Mtg., 7:00pm - Teacher’s Lounge<br />
Grief Support, 7:30pm - Aide’s Room<br />
Confessions, 7:30pm - Church<br />
Wed.: No Parish Meetings<br />
Thur.: Knights of Columbus Mtg., 7:00pm - Cafeteria<br />
RCIA, 7:30pm - Teachers’ Lounge<br />
Confessions, 7:30pm - Church<br />
Fri.: Fish Fry, 4 - 7pm - Cafeteria<br />
<strong>St</strong>ations of the Cross, 7pm - Church<br />
Sat.: Men’s CRHP Weekend<br />
Confessions, 3:30pm - Church<br />
Sun: Men’s CRHP Weekend<br />
Youth Group, 12:30pm - Youth Room<br />
READINGS FOR THE WEEK<br />
Monday: Dn 9:4b-10; Lk 6:36-38<br />
Tuesday: Is 1:10, 16-20; Mt 23:1-12<br />
Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20; Mt 20:17-28<br />
Thursday: Jer 17:5-10; Lk 16:19-31<br />
Friday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38<br />
Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32<br />
Sunday: Ex 17:3-7; Ps 95; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8;<br />
Jn 4:5-42 [5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42]<br />
GOLF TOURNAMENT<br />
Sponsored by our Knights of Columbus<br />
Spring is <strong>com</strong>ing and it's time to dust off the golf clubs. Your<br />
Knights of Columbus 2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament<br />
is scheduled for Saturday, May 14th, at The Prairies Golf<br />
Club, Cahokia, IL. Mark your calendars! Registration forms<br />
are available on line. Go to our Parish web site and click on<br />
the KofC link. Forms will also be available after all Masses<br />
on Saturday, March 26th & Sunday, March 27th.<br />
So, men and women golfers, <strong>com</strong>e support this great cause<br />
and have fun at the same time. Anyone interested in the tournament<br />
or any man with questions about the Knights of Columbus,<br />
call Bob Smith, 487-8181 or Al George, 845-9932.<br />
Why is giving up something<br />
for Lent such a valuable<br />
custom?<br />
By denying ourselves something we enjoy,<br />
we discipline our wills so that we are not<br />
slaves to our pleasures. Just as indulging<br />
the pleasure of eating leads to physical flabbiness<br />
and, if this is great enough, an inability<br />
to perform in physically demanding<br />
situations, indulging in pleasure in general<br />
leads to spiritual flabbiness and, if this is<br />
great enough, an inability to perform in<br />
spiritually demanding situations, when the<br />
demands of morality require us to sacrifice<br />
something pleasurable or endure hardship.<br />
By disciplining the will to refuse pleasures<br />
when they are not sinful, a habit is<br />
developed which allows the will to refuse<br />
pleasures when they are sinful. There are<br />
few better ways to keep ones priorities<br />
straight than by periodically denying ourselves<br />
things of lesser priority to show us<br />
that they are not necessary and focus our<br />
attention on what is necessary.<br />
LENTEN FISH<br />
FRY<br />
The Holy Name Society<br />
and the <strong>St</strong>. Vincent de<br />
Paul Society will be sponsoring<br />
a Fish Fry every<br />
Friday during Lent.<br />
The dinners will be served from 4 until<br />
7pm. There will be free refreshments and<br />
dessert for sit-down diners. Carry-out and<br />
drive-up service will be available. Please<br />
join us in the school cafeteria. Use the Recreation<br />
Center entrance in the rear of the<br />
grounds.
50TH ANNIVERSARY<br />
EDITION OF PARISH<br />
PICTORIAL DIRECTORY<br />
Our Parish Family Album<br />
Won’t Be Complete Without<br />
You!!<br />
TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR A<br />
FREE PORTRAIT & DIRECTORY<br />
To ensure you receive a copy of<br />
SMMA’s Special Edition 50 th Anniversary<br />
Parish Pictorial Directory, you must<br />
participate. All you need to do is have<br />
your picture/your family’s picture taken<br />
and you will receive a <strong>com</strong>plimentary<br />
8x10 portrait AND your copy of the Pictorial<br />
Directory.<br />
The remaining sessions are filling<br />
quickly and we don’t want to overlook<br />
anyone. Sessions are currently being<br />
scheduled for March 22 - 26, April 21-<br />
23 and April 25.<br />
NOTE: We are NOT currently taking<br />
appointments in the Church foyer but<br />
you may easily and conveniently make<br />
your appointment in one of two ways:<br />
-click on the Lifetouch link at the Parish<br />
web site, www.smmaparish.org, or<br />
-contact Mike & Patty Kelly, 892-9027<br />
or mipake@sbcglobal.net.<br />
Congratulations to these<br />
early bird winners:<br />
$100 Gift Certificate:<br />
Robert & Aleeta Beckmann<br />
$100 Gift Certificate:<br />
Galo & Lynda Riquetti<br />
$50 Gift Certificate:<br />
Suzanne Pifer<br />
25% Discount Coupon<br />
John & Barb Wigge<br />
FOR MARCH 13, 2011<br />
Special Collections<br />
Black & Native America 1,127.50<br />
Catholic Home Missions 70.00<br />
Catholic Relief Services 70.00<br />
Church in Eastern Europe 902.50<br />
Holy Land 75.00<br />
Regina Cleri 90.00<br />
Society for the Propagation of the Faith 15.00<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Louis Review 23.00<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Vincent De Paul 70.00<br />
Offertory<br />
Children’s 35.26<br />
Loose 1,286.84<br />
General Fund 589 Env. Avg. $38.84 / Env. 22,874.71<br />
TOTAL OFFERTORY 24,196.81<br />
OFFERTORY GOAL (26,500.00)<br />
New YTD Above (BELOW) Goal 7/1/10-3/13/11 (15,108.04)<br />
Thank you for your generosity.<br />
GOLD ENVELOPE REPORT<br />
Gold Envelopes 56 Env. Avg. $50.06 / Env. 2,803.50<br />
GOLD ENVELOPE GOAL (5,500.00)<br />
New YTD Above (BELOW) Goal 7/1/10-3/13/11 (19,788.10)<br />
TUITION FUND<br />
Tuition Fund 3/7/11 - 3/13/11 3,085.00<br />
New YTD 7/1/10 - 3/13/11 51,880.00<br />
PARISH DEBT<br />
Loan Balance as of 3/13/11 25,978.10<br />
GROCERY / BUCKS CERTIFICATES<br />
Profit from the week of 3/7/11 - 3/13/11 157.05<br />
New YTD 7/1/10 - 3/13/11 18,903.33<br />
PALM SUNDAY CONCERT<br />
On Palm Sunday, April 17, The Seven Last Words of<br />
Christ, by Theodore Dubois will be presented at 3:00pm<br />
by our <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Margaret</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Alacoque</strong> choirs. We last performed<br />
this work in 2004. Please mark your calendars<br />
and plan to attend.<br />
If you would like to sing with us, call Mike Laubert at 892-8821.
Sat., Mar. 26 4:30pm<br />
Sun., Mar. 27 7:00am<br />
8:30am<br />
10:00am<br />
11:30am<br />
SERVERS<br />
Mon., Mar. 21 6:30am S. Boone, C. Borisenko, T. Breunig<br />
8:00am R. Tvetene, S. Vogel, C. Vordtriede<br />
7:00pm K. Keuss, V. Mohesky, J. Picha<br />
Tues., Mar. 22 6:30am J. D’Alto, F. Darnell, A. DeGreeff<br />
8:00am O. Welch, E. Winschel, K. Wright<br />
7:00pm J. Laaker, T. Oge, C. Range<br />
Wed., Mar. 23 6:30am M. Esswein, E. Gallaher, T. Juergens<br />
8:00am S. Boone, E. Capellupo, B. Etling<br />
7:00pm M. Porterfield, S. Pugh, M. Reynolds<br />
Thurs., Mar. 24 6:30am R. Cariolano, N. Gargiula, K. Goeke<br />
8:00am C. Borisenko, T. Breunig, A. DeGreeff<br />
7:00pm D. Riggio, C. Ryan, S. Vogel<br />
Fri., Mar. 25 6:30am E. Capellupo, K. Cassani, E. Rosener<br />
8:00am J. Gauthier, T. Graf, S. Higgins<br />
7:00pm <strong>St</strong>ations: J. Venable, R. Zimmermann<br />
Sat., Mar. 26 8:00am A. Hessi, T. Schlaker, R. <strong>St</strong>ockwood<br />
4:30pm S. Viragh, A. Nieters, A. Pourney, E. O’Toole<br />
Sun., Mar. 27 7:00am L. Schaeffer, K. Sims, R. Tvetene<br />
8:30am K. Bubash, E. Dalton, M. Ederle, M. Grant<br />
10:00am N. Schweppe, K. Decker, R. Sullivan, M. Walsh<br />
11:30am M. <strong>St</strong>raszacker, M. Suelmann, B. Tensing,<br />
C. Wagner<br />
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS<br />
Sat., Mar. 26 4:30pm J. & D. Gaal, R. & S. Lauer, J. & A. Siener,<br />
D. Gross, A. Vernon, J. Villa, M.A. Gentry<br />
Sun., Mar. 27 7:00am A. Van Leuven, D. <strong>St</strong>eger, V. O’Connell,<br />
R. Schweer, M. Donnelly, C. Glatz,<br />
8:30am<br />
10:00am<br />
11:30am<br />
M. Frazier, M. Faszold<br />
Seminarian, E. & M. Wucher, D. & B. Koch,<br />
K. Brighton, C. Horn, J. Loseto, T. Mudd,<br />
M. Breihan<br />
T. Cochran, J. Huber, A. Karcher, S. Iverson,<br />
D. Granda, E. Huighe, C. Murray, K. Weber,<br />
E. & T. Kovarik<br />
Youth Ministry, S. Yehling, B. Westmeyer,<br />
M.A. Raftery, L. Goodson, P. & J. Giljum,<br />
J. & B. Cosby, Seminarian<br />
USHERS<br />
T. Glaser, D. Gruhala, A. Jaeger<br />
B. Tonkovic, J. Burke, D. Conder<br />
J. Sweeney, G. Flens, B. Flick<br />
J. Lipsmire, C. Touzinsky, D. Bradford,<br />
J. Garavaglia<br />
P. Beffa, T. Neyer, S. Mueckl<br />
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK<br />
Mon., Mar. 21 6:30am Lorene Kist<br />
8:00am Helen Singer<br />
7:00pm <strong>Mary</strong> Lou Fischer<br />
Tues., Mar. 22 6:30am Richard Boyer<br />
8:00am Florence Hartmann<br />
7:00pm Msgr. Leach - Happy Anniv.<br />
Wed., Mar. 23 6:30am Walter Petri<br />
8:00am Cindy <strong>St</strong>evens<br />
7:00pm Jim Kertz<br />
Thurs., Mar. 24 6:30am William Daly<br />
8:00am Arthur Bening<br />
7:00pm Tommy Brooks<br />
Fri., Mar. 25 6:30am Sr. Nathaniel Joseph<br />
8:00am Clemens Schaefer<br />
Sat., Mar. 26 8:00am For Religious Vocations<br />
4:30pm Katherine Prellwitz<br />
Sun., Mar. 27 7:00am People of the Parish<br />
8:30am Norma Timmer<br />
10:00am Michael Alivernia<br />
11:30am Joe Simokaitis<br />
READERS<br />
Sat., Mar. 26 4:30pm S. Lohse<br />
Sun., Mar. 27 7:00am J. Conder<br />
8:30am B. Everding<br />
10:00am C. Marinaro<br />
11:30am Youth Ministry<br />
TRAVELING PILGRIM STATUE<br />
Mar. 23 - 29 Dan & Linda Bersett Family<br />
SMMA “Our Lady of Fatima” Pilgrim Virgin <strong>St</strong>atue<br />
Please wel<strong>com</strong>e Our Blessed Mother<br />
into your home for a week.<br />
For reservations call: 293-1855<br />
VOCATION ICON<br />
March 21 - 28 Ken & Nancy Weis Family<br />
To host the Vocation Icon in your home and<br />
pray for vocations in our parish family<br />
please call the Parish Office, 487-2522, ext. 201.<br />
GROCERY / BUCKS<br />
VOLUNTEERS<br />
Sat., Mar. 26 4:30 J. Tiemann<br />
Sun., Mar. 27<br />
7:00 J.A. Hasty, M.A. Young<br />
8:30 M. Dawson, A. Eder<br />
10:00 S. Keil, A. Beirne<br />
11:30 C. Dohle<br />
WELCOME TO ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE PARISH<br />
If you are not currently registered and wish to join the Parish, please <strong>com</strong>plete this form and place it in the collection<br />
basket or send it to the Parish Office, 4900 Ringer Road, <strong>St</strong>. Louis, MO 63129.<br />
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