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8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Principal—Mr. Mark Spann School Secretary—Mrs. Donna Sahm Office Manager—Mrs. Jacquie Schaper Bulletin Editor (both parishes)—Mrs. Sara Maune Music Coordinator—Mrs. Lorraine Struckhoff, 636-433-2722
Parish Council Brenda Napier—Chairman Rick Schwentker— Vice Chair Lisa Mayer— Secretary Doug Hindersmann Dan Miller Rick Mueller Pam Rodriquez Bob Rothrock
Finance Committee Lorraine Struckhoff—Chairman Tony Ballmann Karen Holtmeyer Gena Mayer Rick Gratza Dan Wessel
Saint Vincent de Paul Parish Parish Office/Rectory 13497 S. State Hwy 94 Marthasville, MO 63357• 636-433-2678
School 13495 S. State Hwy 94 • 636-433-2466 Parish Office and School Fax 636-433-2924
Parish email—[email protected] • School email—[email protected] Parish Website—http://www.svdutzow.org • School Website—http://www.svsdutzow.org
Immaculate Conception Parish Church/Rectory 5912 S Highway 94 Augusta, MO 63332 • 636-482-4455
Parish email—[email protected] • Connie’s email—[email protected] Parish Website—http://www.svdutzow.org
Archdiocese Website—http://www.archstl.org
Our Parishes The Parish Office Hours at St. Vincent: Mon.-Thurs. 8:00am-4:00pm
All business can be conducted through the SV Parish Office or the IC Rectory. Please leave a message at IC if no one answers. Your call will be returned.
In the case of Urgent Business, please call the SV Rectory or Fr. Gene’s mobile phone.
Fr. Gene’s Email—[email protected] Fr. Gene’s Cell Phone—314-560-2692
All information for the weekend bulletin must be submitted to the editor by Tuesday. Please have any submissions in before Noon on Tuesday by mailing, calling or emailing them in.
Bulletin email—[email protected]
Pastoral Staff Pastor—Rev. Eugene Robertson
Immaculate Conception Pastoral Minister— Carroll Struckhoff
Administrative Assistant—Mrs. Connie Struckhoff Bookkeeper—Mr. Doug Paule Music Coordinator—Mrs. Mary Ann Kluesner, 636-228-4397
Parish Council/Finance Committee Connie Struckhoff—Chairman Lori Aholt Tom Aholt Ken Daming Doug Holdmeyer Mary Ann Kluesner Guy Middleton Doug Paule Carroll Struckhoff
St. Vincent De Paul Immaculate Conception
February 26, 2017
Saturday 5:00pm SV
Sunday 8:00am IC 10:00am SV
Monday 8:00am IC Tuesday 7:30 pm SV Wednesday 8:00am SV Thursday 8:00am IC Friday 8:00am SV-no Fri. Mass during Summer break
(During the school year Wed-Fri Masses are school Masses)
Holy Days—Please check the bulletin and/or website for Holy Day schedule.
Sacramental Preparation:
Marriage Preparation—Couples should contact the parish office as soon as possible to prepare for classes, at least 6 months prior to the wedding date.
Baptism Preparation—First-time parents and par-ents who have never taken a Baptism preparation class need to contact the rectory to arrange for a class. Once the class has been attended a Baptism may be scheduled. Please note: All Baptism dates need to be approved by Fr. Gene to avoid conflicts. Baptisms are cele-brated immediately following the 10am Mass at St. Vincent’s. Arrangements may be made for the cele-bration of Baptism at Immaculate Conception.
Christian Initiation of Adults—For more infor-mation on becoming a Catholic, call Fr. Gene at the parish office.
Holy Orders and Religious Life—If interested, please call the parish office or the Archdiocesan Of-fice of Vocations at 314-792-6460.
Parish School of Religion (PSR)— Please Contact: Immaculate Conception—Augusta 636-228-4397
Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish—New Melle 636-398-5270
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish—Washington 636-239-3520
Mass Schedule
IC•Immaculate Conception ~ SV•St. Vincent
Sacrament of Reconciliation Tuesday 7:00—7:15pm SV Saturday 4:15—4:45pm SV Any other time by appointment
Eucharistic Adoration SV—Every Tuesday 5:00-7:30pm IC—Second Thursday of every other month (odd months) 5:30-7:00pm with Benediction and prayers at 7:00pm
Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions Tuesdays after evening Mass at SV Mondays after morning Mass at IC
Welcome Guests and Visitors! We are happy to have you.
Perhaps you are thinking about making St. Vincent de Paul or Immaculate Conception your home parish. We are happy to help you become a registered parishioner and wel-come you to our faith community. If you are interested in joining our parish please call the Parish Office. IC 636-482-4455 SV 636-433-2678
If you are interested in attending St. Vincent de Paul School please call the School Office. 636-433-2466
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MANY THANKS to the ladies who donated soups and desserts, those who helped in the kitchen and to the men who helped set up. Our Quilts of Valor event was a BIG SUCCESS! We had 99 quilters working on 14 quilts and we finished 7—a very good day!
Lent 2017
I know. It just seems like we celebrated Christmas. But…it’s been 2 months! Lent begins this coming Wednesday with Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is NOT a holyday of obligation, but is a great way to begin the holy season in a commu-nal way. There will be 2 Masses at St. Vincent’s, at 8am(school Mass) and 6pm. There will be a Com-munion Service with distribution of ashes at 7pm at Immaculate Conception. A reminder that on Tuesdays during Lent, beginning next Tuesday, March 7 in addition to Adoration, Rosary, Mass, and Perpetual Help devotions, we add Stations of the Cross. We normally have a great crowd on Tuesdays as an awesome evening of communal prayer. Come
Preparing Before Lent Begins
Taking some time to get ready for Lent will ensure that we aren't going to miss the first week or two of Lent, because we are just getting started. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, but we want to be ready to really take off on that day, rather than just beginning to think about Lent on that day. Part of what makes a vacation or a special anniversary so special is the build-up to it.
Before we get to Ash Wednesday, we should start asking ourselves some questions and we should start with some preparations. "What does God want to give me this year?" This question may require that I slow down a bit and listen to my inner spirit. For exam-ple, even if I'm very busy, I realize I'm hungry when I hear my stomach start "growling." "What am I going to be doing on Ash Wednesday?" Too often, Ash Wednesday is like every other day, except that I manage to get to church and get ashes on my fore-head. Is there anything else I can do on Ash Wednesday? How will fasting and abstaining happen for me, for my family on that spe-cial day?
It doesn't a lot of time to prepare for the beginning of Lent. It just takes desire and focus. God can do so much with that. We can give God more of a space to touch our hearts if we begin to establish some simple patterns. We could wake up each morning, and for something like a half a minute to a minute, stand by the edge of our beds, and just ask the Lord for the grace to let this day be one in which I long for the beginning of Lent. Perhaps we need to ask for specific helps or graces to get ready to begin Lent. Whatever we try to say, our Lord can understand the Spirit trying to speak through our simple words. And all it takes is the time to find and put on our slippers. And each night, in the days ahead, we can practice giving thanks to God before I go to bed. This simple pattern, in the morning and evening can stir our spirits to look forward to and prepare for Lent, as a season of grace.
May our Lord bless us all on this journey ahead.
(from Crighton Online Ministries ‘Praying Lent’ (http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Lent/)
ARCHDIOCESAN LENTEN REGULATIONS
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eter-nal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.” (John 3:16-17)
The Church has always helped us fulfill these words of Jesus by prescribing very definite penance for all Catholics, so that we too might have Eternal life. Accordingly, the Pope and the American Bishops have outlined obligatory fast and abstinence as follows: Ash Wednesday (March 1, 2017) and Good Friday (April 14, 2017) are days of abstinence for all Catholics over the age of 14. On these two days, fast, as well as abstinence, is also obligatory for those from the ages of 18-59. Abstinence means refraining from meat. Fast means one full meal a day, with two smaller meals and nothing between meals (liquids are permitted). No Catholic will lightly excuse himself or herself from this obligation.
All Fridays in Lent are days of abstinence from meat. Here again Catholics will not hold themselves lightly excused, but if there is a serious health problem, this obligation would not apply.
We should strive to make all days of Lent a time of prayer and penance. Following are several resources that can aid in finding dif-ferent forms of prayer and penance.
February 26, 2017
liturgical Ministers
Weekday Masses, March 1 & 3 8:00 a.m. at SV Servers: Landon Kober & Andrew Struckhoff
Saturday March 4, 5:00 p.m. at SV Servers: Grant, Jack, Grace Trentmann Lector: Gary Kleekamp Greeters: Larry & Helen Ballmann Gift Bearers: Jay & Marti Conway
Sunday March 5, 8:00 a.m. at IC Lector: Ruth Nadler Greeters: Bob & Connie Struckhoff
Sunday March 5, 10:00 a.m. at SV
Servers: Tanner Schwoeppe, Denise & Susie Heggemann Lector: Pam Rodriguez Greeters: Dan & Kathy Miller Gift Bearers: Bill & Karen Marquart
SV Stewardship Corner
Our “Window Saint” and our Steward-ship lesson for this week AND for Lent is the life of St. Isadore the Farmer. St. Isadore lived his daily life by the Christian adage:
“Holiness consists in the doing of common things uncommonly well.” As we enter a new Lenten season, we should use this time to do the daily-grind tasks of our daily life as well as we can and ask for God’s grace to turn them into holy works as Isadore did. This might be more pleasing to God than “giving something up” for Lent.
Born in 1070, he was a poor day-laborer on a farm outside Madrid, Spain. But every morning he attended Mass in the city before he made the long trip out to the fields. {Would we be able to attend Tuesday night Masses in addition to our Sunday obligation during Lent…and beyond?}
He married a good girl, Mary, who was also from a poor family. Their only child died in infancy, but they offered up their deep sorrow to Jesus, knowing that their son was happy with God forever. {Can we offer up any disappointments during our day to God, asking him for perseverance during Lent…and beyond?}
Isadore even spent his days off work praying in church and helping others who had even less than he. Once his parish had a dinner and Isadore brought in beggars. The parishioners were upset because they thought they’d run out of food. But, the more everyone filled their plates, the more there was for everyone else. Isadore said: “There is always enough for the poor of Jesus.” {Can we bring foods more frequently to our Stewardship Basket in our vestibule to help our local Food Pantries during Lent…and beyond?}
Let’s do our daily jobs, tasks, homework etc. as patiently, thoroughly and gratefully as we can and offer up our extra efforts to God asking him to use the graces from those efforts to ease the daily lives of those less fortunate during Lent…and beyond. (see bio on stewardship shelf in vestibule.)
This Week in Our Parishes
Monday Feb. 27 8am Mass at IC with Devotions 7pm Choir Practice SV
Tuesday Feb. 28 Eucharistic Adoration 5:30-7:30pm, Confessions 7-7:15pm, Rosary, Mass 7:30pm, Devotions SV
Wednesday March 1 8am Mass SV 6pm Mass SV 7pm Communion Service with Ashes IC
Thursday March 2 8am Mass IC 7pm Wild Goose at IC
Friday March 3 8am Mass SV
SV Youth Group SHOES, SHOES, SHOES! We continue to collect shoes for the Shoeman Water project. Please donate your gently-used or new shoes and place them in the back of church. We will continue col-lecting until the end of February.
"THANK YOU!" to all who bought items and gave donations at our Bake Sale. It was a great success. Our group meets every month and is open to any 6-9th grader from the area who would like to join us. For more information, call/text Pam Rodriguez (636-390-3175).
Annual Cemetery Clean Up: Please remove all flowers & grave decorations by THIS TUESDAY Feb. 28th to allow for Spring Cleaning. Anything left after this date will be cleaned off and disposed of. Graves may begin being redecorat-ed on Palm Sunday, April 9th.
Choir Practice for Lent, Holy Week, and Easter will begin Monday Feb. 27th, 7pm at SV Church.
Any existing members as well as anyone wishing to join the choir are urged to attend.
New members and musicians are always welcome!
Any questions, please call Lorraine 636-433-2722
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Mass Intentions
Monday, Feb. 27 8:00 a.m. at IC All Souls
Tuesday, Feb. 28 7:30 p.m. at SV Bob Willenbrink
Wednesday, March 1 8:00 a.m. at SV Bernie Moellering 6:00 p.m. at SV Butch Wessel
Thursday, March 2 8:00 a.m. at IC Cornelius Feldmann
Friday, March 3 8:00 a.m. at SV Special Intention
Saturday, March 4 5:00 p.m. at SV Parishioners
Sunday, March 5 8:00 a.m. at IC Victor & Julitta Struckhoff Family 10:00 a.m. at SV Mary Frances Groneck
Immaculate Conception Parish & Support Week February 19, 2017
Envelopes $2,435.00 Loose $6.00 St. Louis Review $30.00 School Fund $395.00 Easter Flowers $30.00 Total $2,896.00
February 26th, 2017 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (material wealth).” (Matthew 6:24)
For many people, God and money run “the neck” as their first priority. Making money and spending money becomes center of their life and they actually become a slave to money. The solu-tion– become more generous. Giving money to Church and char-ity frees us from slavery to money and making money a “god” before God.
St. Vincent de Paul Parish & Support Week February 19, 2017
Offering $3,665.00 Budgeted $6,000.00 Weekly over/(under) ($2,335.00) Month to Date over/(under) ($1521.11) Year to Date over/(under) ($30,549.25)
School Operating Expenses $30.00 Easter Flowers 290.00
Total $3,985.00
Robert Eisenbath Karen Eustice Elsie Fertig Karen Fleer MaryJo Gentry Mike Goll Kathy Hertlein Teresa Hakenewerth Fr. John Hallemann Amy Heggemann
Don Heiman Patsy Hildreth Margaret Holtmeyer Marilyn Kluesner Helen Koper Kathy Koper Don Luechtefeld Yvonne Maune Paul Moritz Elizabeth Piontek Scott Piontek
Ron Rackley Fr. John Robeson Kirk Ruether Betty Schulte Marvin Schwoeppe Tim Short Dan Stacy Lisa Stacy Audrey Wagener Christian Wenzel
Audrey Aholt Nick Baravick Chris Derner Jacalyn Hartig Ruth Heman Marc Houseman
Cindy Kooyumjian Marie J. Lawrence Dale Leesmann Gregory Leesmann Roger Leesmann Bill Massey James Moll
Sandy Moll Denis Raab Dennis Riegel Pat Siener Al Struckhoff Carol Weissmann
I.C. Friends and Parishioners
St. Vincent Friends and Parishioners
Upcoming Events Out & About
Feb. 26 - St. Paul UCC in Marthasville Sausage and Sauerkraut Din-ner 11am-5pm. Adults $11, Kids (5-12) $5. Carry Outs available.
Mar. 3 & 4 - Craft & Crop at Holy Rosary in Warrenton. Friday 5-10:30pm, bring a snack to share. Saturday 9am-8pm, lunch & dinner provided. Bring your crafting or scrapbooking supplies for a fun filled couple of days. Registration is $40 for both days or $5 for Friday & $35 for Saturday. Please RSVP 636-359-3574 or [email protected]
Mar. 3 - Fish Fry at St. John’s Gildehaus 4:30-8pm. Fried Cod, Backed Cod & Fried Catfish and the fixins’. Adults $10, Kids (6-12) $5. Everyone is welcome!
Mar. 11 - St. Ann’s sponsored Comedy Night, Dinner & Dance at Washington KofC. Doors open at 6, Dinner at 6:30pm, Comedy Show 8pm, Music until Midnight. Tickets include meal and open bar $45 (tables of 8) for reservations call 636-239-3222
All You Can Eat Breakfast Immaculate Conception, Augusta Sunday Feb. 26, 2017 8am-Noon
Adults $8 Kids (6-12) $3
Come One! Come All!
Ladies Quilting Social at IC, Thursdays 5:00 – 7:00 pm in the convent. All welcome to quilt, learn to quilt or just relax with friends. Bring a snack or bottle of wine to share. Help keep our parish tradition alive. All quilts to be sold or raffled for the parish benefit.
February 26, 2017
2017 Catholic Women for Christ Conference: WE HAVE A BUS AND TICKETS ARE IN!! Ladies of IC and SV, we currently have 34 ladies signed up for the Conference and tickets have arrived. If you registered, you may write a check to Connie Struckhoff, place in an envelope with her name on it, and put in collection basket at either church. Donation for bus trip will be
$10 payable on day of trip. There is still time to register, however, the cost has increased to $40. So if you are interest-ed in attending the 8th Annual Catholic Women for Christ Conference being held on March 25, 2017, please make res-ervations on-line at https://www.catholicwomenforchrist.org. If you would like to ride on the bus with us, please contact Connie Struckhoff (314-852-6461). We should have room for several more ladies.
Dynamic Catholic, Alive! – Generosity Could there be a more perfect Gospel for understanding generosity and the manner in which God provides for all of our needs? The heart of generosity is seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness (Mt. 6:33). We seek God and His righteousness by being generous with our time, re-sources, and gifts that He has given to us. Maybe we can give more money to the parish. Perhaps we can spend more quality time with our spouse and children and pray with them. All of us can spend more time with the Lord in prayer and do more to serve our brothers and sisters in need. God tends to our needs as a good Father and knows all of our needs before we even tell Him. Dur-ing this year when we focus on generosity, let us heed God’s words and trust in His unique way of being generous to us. He will never be outdone in generosity. As we hear in the prayer of St. Fran-cis of Assisi, “It is in giving that we receive.” archstl.org/dynamic
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St. Vincent De Paul Catholic School 13495 South State Hwy. 94
Marthasville, MO 63357 636.433.2466
Serving families from Dutzow, Augusta, Defiance, Femme Osage, Foristell, Lake Sherwood, Marthasville, New Melle, Washington, and surrounding areas.
Fat Tuesday, as it is known in English, is a long-standing tradition of the Catholic Church and it marks the last day of ordinary time before the start of Lent, a time of fasting and repentance. While the parties in many parts of the world have gained the most attention in popular culture, they seriously misrepresent the Catholic intent of the holiday. Historically, different cultures celebrated the last day before Lent in their own ways, adapting the practices to suit their cultures. In France, the holiday became particularly popular as people feasted on foods that would be given up during the forty days of Lent. Meats, eggs, and milk were finished off in one day, giving the holiday its French title of 'Mardi Gras' which means Fat Tuesday. In other parts of the world, the holiday became a season unto itself each branded with unique cultural practices. For example, Venice, Italy is famous for the masked balls that take place on Mardi Gras and the days before. Still, the origi-nal intent of Mardi Gras has always been to indulge, within the context of Catholic morality and reason, the last day before the start of the Lenten season. While Lent is a season of self-sacrifice and repentance, it is not meant to be a period of self-punishment or extreme hardship. How are you preparing for Lent? What will you do to spiritually participate in the season?
February 26, 2017
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
26 8 Ordinary Time Mass 8am IC 10am SV IC 4th Sunday Breakfast Baptism: Brooklyn Marie Couch after 10 am
27 Mass 8am IC with Perpetual Help Devotions Choir Practice 7pm SV
28 Eucharistic Adoration 5:30-7:30 Confessions 7-7:15pm Rosary, Mass 7:30pm, Devotions SV Happy Mardi Gras!
1 ASH WEDNESDAY Day of Fast & Abstinence Masses & Ashes: 8am & 6pm (SV) Comm. Serv. & Ashes 7pm (IC)
2 Mass 8am IC Grades 2,7 & 8 Mass with Archbishop at OLL Wild Goose 7pm IC
3 All-school Mass 8am SV Gloria Hughes Memorial Mass 10:30am
4 Mass 5pm SV
5 1 Lent Mass 8am IC 10am SV 1st Sunday Breakfast SV
6 Mass 8am IC with Perpetual Help Devotions Choir Practice 7pm SV
7 Eucharistic Adoration 5:30-7:30 Confessions 7-7:15pm Rosary, Mass 7:30pm, Devotions, Stations of the Cross SV SV 1st Communion Meeting 6:30pm
8 All-school Mass 8am SV
9 Mass 8am IC Eucharistic Adoration 5:30-7pm IC Benediction 7pm IC Men’s Club after IC Wild Goose 7pm IC
10 All-school Mass 8am SV School Society DARTBALL!
11 Mass 5pm SV School Society DARTBALL!
12 2 Lent Mass 8am IC 10am SV
13 Mass 8am IC with Perpetual Help Devotions School Society 6:30 Choir Practice 7pm SV
14 Eucharistic Adoration 5:30-7:30 Confessions 7-7:15pm Rosary, Mass 7:30pm, Devotions, Stations of the Cross SV SV Social Group 1:30pm
15 All-school Mass 8am SV Alan Rott retires today as school & parish maintenance Man. God bless you and THANK YOU!
16 Mass 8am IC Wild Goose 7pm IC SV PC & Finance 7pm
17 Mass 8am SV Faculty Meeting NO Classes
18 Mass 5pm SV
19 3 Lent Mass 8am IC 10am SV
20 Mass 8am IC with Perpetual Help Devotions Choir Practice 7pm SV
21 Eucharistic Adoration 5:30-7:30 Confessions 7-7:15pm Rosary, Mass 7:30pm, Devotions, Stations of the Cross SV Fr. Gene at Deanery meeting 10am-2pm
22 All-school Mass 8am SV SV Stewardship 7pm IC PC & Finance 7pm
23 Mass 8am IC Wild Goose 7pm IC School Board 7pm
24 All-school Mass 8am SV (Fr. Gene giving Parish Mission; returns late Friday 31) KC Fish Fry 4-7
25 Mass 5pm SV Fr. Kevin Schmittgens celebrating Relay for Life BUNCO!
26 4 Lent Mass 8am IC 10am SV (Fr. Kevin Schmittgens celebrating) 4th Sunday Breakfast IC
27 NO Mass IC Choir Practice 7pm SV
28 Eucharistic Adoration 5:30-7:30 Confessions 7-7:15pm Rosary, Comm. Serv. 7:30pm, Devotions, Stations of the Cross SV
29 Communion Service 8am
30 NO Mass at IC Wild Goose 7pm IC
31 Communion Service 8am Plays K & 7/8 7pm
March 2017
