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Volume 16 ▪ Issue 5 www.sacredheart-church.org June 2016

Congratulations Sacred Heart OLLIS graduates

Three Sacred Heart eighth-grade students attending Our La-dy Of Lourdes Interparish School graduated Wednesday

evening, May 18, 2016. They are Sarah Doles, Logan Head and Augusta Nickolaus. Sarah is the daughter of Joe and Lin-da Doles. She will attend Fr. Tolton High School. Logan is the son of Jim and Raelene Head. He will also attend Fr. Tolton High School. Augusta is the daughter of Daniel and Christy

Nickolaus. She will attend Hickman High School. Congratula-tions to each of you!

Sacred Heart made

strong by volunteers,

Part II Social Concerns By Mary Kay Head and Sarah Eber

Last month we focused on the Parish Council and the Admin-istration Commission. This month we will continue with an in-depth look at the Social Concerns Com-mission. This Commission is made up of several committees and sub-committees, providing many op-portunities for involvement that can work into a busy schedule.

The Social Concerns Commis-

sion is chaired by Barbara Head, [email protected]. Its mission is to continue Christ’s ministry on earth through outreach programs and activities within the parish, in the City of Columbia, in the nation and globally when pos-sible.

This Commission is so encom-passing that it needs to be broken into two parts; the Social Justice Committees and the Parish Life Committees. We’ll look at each part separately.

SOCIAL JUSTICE COM-MITTEES seek to assist those in the community and the world who are less fortunate. Where it may be difficult for one individual to make a difference, when two or more work together there is no limit to what can be achieved. This includes the following:

The Breakfast Café - Connie Sutter, [email protected] or 573-474-6227 - is sponsored by various downtown churches, with

each taking a month to provide a warm and nourishing breakfast to those less fortunate in the commu-nity. Sacred Heart provides this service each Saturday morning during the month of November.

The Easter Banquet for the Poor – Tami Herman, [email protected] or 573-489-2022 - provides a true banquet for those less fortunate in the community, and is traditionally served on the Wednesday of Holy Week. Parish-ioners work together to ensure that a warm and nutritious meal is pro-vided for those in need. This in-cludes donating and preparing food, setting up the buffet line, serving the community members, and cleaning up afterwards. This year the banquet provided meals to 120 individuals. It is often heart-breaking to see the families with young children who are in need of such a service. But it is also very rewarding to know we are provid-ing a true feast for them.

The Giving Tree - Jason and Tami Herman, [email protected] or 573-489-2022 - is a gift giving program facilitated by The Voluntary Action Center and the Salvation Army. Sacred Heart partners with these agencies to ensure that Columbia people in need are provided with gifts and food during the Christmas season. Parishioners are given the oppor-tunity to sponsor families and chil-dren who otherwise would have nothing. As we gather to celebrate the season, it is easy to get wrapped up in all the commercial-ism and forget about those who are financially unable to provide even one gift for their children or themselves. With this project each needy adult is offered a gift, and each child two gifts, one of needed

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Heart of the Matter Sacred Heart Parish, Columbia, MO

Pastor: Fr. Francis Doyle Editor: Mary Kay Head

Layout Editor: Katherine Cummins Send comments to: [email protected] or 105 Waugh St., Columbia, MO 65201

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Birthdays Eternal Rest

June 1 Tracy Gastinger, Karen Smith June 2 Sam Baugher, Jonah Crowe, Margaret Duncan, Emily

Wilson June 3 Jarod Aguilar, Manuel Barrera, Amanda Cline, Ivan

Dominguez, Stephen Ferris, Amanda Glaubitz, Debra Glodoski, David Graham, Kerri Graham, Clement Scheffer

June 4 Rob Hall, Steve Jeanetta, Jackson Miller, Ana Ramirez June 5 Alyssa Borst, Emily Elsea, Junior Espinoza, Jennifer Hig-

gins, Crystal Ledoux, Jacki Verdun June 6 Daniela Arzate, Jacklyn Kahl, Alicia Ledoux, Joshua Rog-

ers, Parker Terry June 7 Lucas Heath, Blake Lammers, Ruth Pizzat, Kevin Joseph

Scott, Luke Shull, Adam Stansfield June 8 Ellen Forward, Marlena Frymire, Brandon Herrera-

Munguia, Michelle Merk, Emily Rife, Jalyn Schulte, Jason Tarnowski, Susan Taylor, Tristian Zeiger

June 9 Steve Grosenbacher, JoAnn Hillerman, Raul Rosas June 10 Sam Andrews, Lesley Flores, Bruna Ortbals, William Ta-

tum June 11 Arya Fitzgerald, Teresa Lopez, Yasmin Valdivia June 12 Renee Mayhan, Albert Petroski June 13 Nicole Galloway, Espovr Mabengo, James Pursifull June 14 Adrian Ahuja-Castro, Jeremiah Crane, Katherine Cum-

mins, Fadhiri Dusabe, Jami Glas, Kesi Holbrook, Marilee Kanago, Eliseo Ramirez

June 15 Frida Elvira-Uribe, Eula Martin, Sharon Reams June 16 Whitney Adams, Nicholas Gilpin, Andrew Naugle June 17 Kylee Lammers, Bryan Mayhan, Frances Moran, David

Naugle, Timothy Quetsch, Leslie Ramirez, Laura Robin-son, Jessica Rogel, Tyler Sholtis

June 18 Victoria Gilpin, Lucy Schulte, Jack Widhalm June 19 Courtney Abromovich, Vickie Davis, David Jones, Ryan

Kahl June 20 Taylor Adams, Pedro Barrera, Bruce Holbrook, Jeanette

Quick June 21 Carol Coudron, Gene Drane, Dale Eberhard, Peter

McDonald June 22 George Bizimana, Becky Hall, Kathryn Teeple June 23 Madeline Moyles, Matt Nacarato, David Singh June 24 Haley Gardner, Karen Guynn, Delphine McMillen, Robert

Rogers, Diane Schnelt, Beverly Schuster June 25 Michelle Billington, Clare Boone, Hal Brenton, Charles

Holland, Wilma King, Daysi Mendez, Guillermina Ped-roza, Rafael Rodriguez

June 26 Margaret Dethrow, Colette Drane, Sebastian Hoffman, Breckin Scroggins

June 27 Pat Gerke, Cayleigh Neuner, Jane Rutter, Riley Smarr June 28 Kimberly Beeson, Marilyn Kay Gordon, Shelli Hall,

Kathy Miller, Matthew Pitzer June 29 Dana Fedenia, Kimberly Hoffman, Lucile Martin June 30 Amy Grover, Olivia Hannig, Jennifer Nardoni, Valeria

Ramirez

Mary Lock, 1929-2016

Mary Lock was born on Jan. 11, 1929, in Detroit, MI. She died on March 24, 2016

She met her future husband, Joseph, in grade school, and he preceded her in death. Together they raised eight children: Patrick, Kathleen, Michael, Karen, Daniel, Joseph, Cynthia, and Shawn. She had four grandchildren: Matthew, Shawn, Shannon and Andrew.

Mary was the best cook, and loved to bake. While in her 80's she still had a huge garden, her passion. She also had a special devotion to the Blessed Mother, Mary, and prayed the rosary every day at two o’clock. Her kids knew better than to call her during this time or she wouldn’t bake any-thing for them. She loved Sacred Heart Church where she was a member for many years.

In addition to her children and grandchildren, Mary is survived by her three sons-in-law, Mark Slavit, Steve Glen, and Dunk McCondichie.

A Mass will be offered for Mary at Sacred Heart at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 5, 2016.

Bill Reilly, 1930-2016

Col. William “Bill” F. Reilly, 85, of Columbia passed away Sat-urday, April 30, 2016, at Tiger Place in Columbia.

Visitation was from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, at Parker Fu-neral Service, 22 N. Tenth St. in Columbia, with prayer service at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial was at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 5, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Columbia where he was a long-time member. Burial followed in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Col. Reilly was born Aug. 11, 1930, to Earl B. Reilly and Barba-ra Penniwell Reilly in Greybull, Wyo. He graduated from Greybull High School in 1948.

On July 3, 1948, he was ac-cepted to West Point and reported to Beast Barracks 12 days later. He graduated eighth in his class in 1952 and was commissioned to the Corps of Engineers. He was Air-borne (Senior Parachutist) and Ranger qualified. One of his proudest achievements at West Point was winning the Buckner Stakes Yearling. After requisite branch schooling and troop duty at Camp Carson, Colo., he joined the 45th infantry Division as a combat engineer. The 45th was rotated home several months after the cease-fire in 1953. He eventually finished his tour with the 25th in-

fantry Division. He was influenced to join the airborne while in the 25th, and upon his return to CO-NUS he joined the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky. In 1955, he earned his Ranger patch and was assigned to MIT.

On Aug. 31, 1976, Col. Reilly retired from active service in Washington, D.C.

In 1958, he graduated from MIT with a master’s degree in nuclear engineering. He also re-ceived a master’s degree in man-agement-science-operations re-

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Ounce of Prevention

Sacred Heart Cares A ministry offering support to parishioners who are ill or

homebound. If you, a family member, or someone you know needs assistance, let us know. You can reach us by email to

[email protected]; a call to Glenda Kelly at (573) 443-3976; or clip this form, add your name and phone num-ber, and mail to Sacred Heart Cares, 105 Waugh St., Colum-

bia, MO 65201. The following are examples of available support:

◦ Someone to visit ◦ Help with shopping or meals ◦ Ride to doctor’s appointment or Mass ◦ Help understanding health issues ◦ Someone to bring Communion ◦ Someone to pray with you Name: Phone:

search from George Washington University in 1972. He also gradu-ated from Basic and Advanced Engineer Officer Schools, Air Force Command and Staff Col-lege, and Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Bill was the project officer on two Army nuclear pow-er plants at Fort Greeley, Alaska, and on the Greenland Icecap. He was nominated for District of Co-lumbia Engineer of the Year award from Office, Chief of Engi-neers.

On May 12, 1977, he married Nicole Hakim in Columbia.

From 1976 to 1987, he served as site representative for Standard-ized Nuclear Unit Power Plant Systems (SNUPPS) at Callaway Nuclear Power Plant, and from 1987 to 1995, he was the assistant director for Missouri University Research Reactor (MURR); he retired from there in 1995. He also found time to attain his first degree black belt from Korean Judo Col-lege during his second Korean tour, and he taught nuclear physics and reactor theory at West Point. He was the longest serving battal-ion commander in 101st Airborne Division.

He greatly enjoyed hiking, bik-

ing, tennis and handball during and after Army service. He found great pleasure in landscape archi-tecture projects on his property; he and Nicole enjoyed traveling and attending Ragtime and Dixieland music festivals and cruises. He enjoyed their annual summer fami-ly vacations and loved his chil-dren, in-laws, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He headed the Cents for Decency campaign at Sacred Heart for many years.

Bill is survived by his wife of 39 years, Nicole Reilly; five daughters, Laura Stemper (Casey), Patti Reilly, Jennifer Reilly, Mary Grisolano (John) and Pam Uriarte (Michael); and their mother Margaret Downey; step-children, Kenneth and Matthew (Bill) Braman, Michele Riddick (Cliff) and Lisa Bartlett (David); grandchildren, Emily and Austin, Sabrina and Marcus, Abigail and Danielle, Nicole, Scott and Mark, Megan and Allison, Kevon and Dominic, and Asia, Mason and Tonia; six great-grandchildren; former daughter-in-law, Patti Struckhoff; and former son-in-law, Jihad.

He was preceded in death by a stepson, Kevin Braman; step-daughter, Tonia Libbus; and his parents.

Bill Reilly

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By Jennifer Rader CRNA, MSN

As we approach summer, the temperature rises and we tend to spend more time outside. It is im-portant to remember to protect our skin and our bodies. Here are some great tips to warding off un-wanted bugs and keeping our skin from being burned, as well as stay-ing hydrated.

There are quite a few seasonal friends whom we would rather not have visit us at our barbeques or dinner parties on the patio. Mos-quitos are the most common of-fenders. There are numerous ways to repel these pests. You can obvi-ously spray bug spray on your skin. You can have your yard sprayed with repellant. You can light citronella candles around your outdoor space. You can also plant certain plants around your outdoor area to repel mosquitos and other bugs. Lemon balm, lav-ender, citronella, catnip, mari-golds, basil, peppermint, garlic, pennyroyal, rosemary, and gerani-um are all fragrant plants that are beautiful as well. You can plant these in the ground or in pots and keep them around the area where you spend time outside. These could be a beautiful and functional addition to your outdoor space.

Spending time in the sun is much more commonplace as it warms up. Golf weather is upon us. The pools will open soon. The garden has to be tended. The lawn isn’t going to mow itself. You have to protect your skin. “It is estimated that more than 8,500 people in the US are diagnosed with skin cancer every day. One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime (American Academy of Dermatology).” Ways to protect your skin include apply-ing and reapplying sunscreen, wearing long sleeves and hats, staying or taking frequent breaks in the shade. American Academy of Dermatology recommends us-

ing a “broad-spectrum” sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher. Broad-spectrum covers both UVA and UVB light which is important to be fully protected. Many compa-nies produce long-sleeved shirts with UV protection that are light-weight and vented for comfort. These products will be labeled UPF 30 or higher which is compa-rable to SPF 30 sunscreen. Wide-brimmed hats are recommended to cover not only your head, but your neck as well. Any hat is better than no hat, but this doesn’t need to be your only form of protection.

Staying hydrated may be one of the most important things you can do. Playing in the sun all day can dehydrate you very quickly. It is important you rehydrate with water or sports drinks. Caffeinated and alcoholic beverages actually dehydrate you. If you are drinking these beverages on a hot day, be sure to alternate with water!

Heat exhaustion is a common problem when it starts getting hot and people are spending more time outside. If someone gets too hot and passes out, here are some tips on how to handle the situation. If they are incoherent, unconscious or hit their head or neck, the first rule is to call an ambulance. If they arouse quickly and are alert, move them to an air conditioned space or the shade where you can help lower their temperature. You can apply ice packs or anything cold (unopened drinks, frozen veg-gies, etc.) to their neck or armpits. If they are awake enough to drink, give them some ice water. They only need to drink a little at a time though, so as not to get sick. If they are not awake enough to drink by themselves, DO NOT pour anything into their mouth. This could cause them to choke or inhale the liquid. Finally, they need to take the rest of the day off.

I hope these tips help keep you

safe and protected this season!

Sacred Heart Catholic

Community Foundation

Meeting the long-term purposes

of our parish

Perpetuating Our Faith

To Be An Angel Forever Write to: The Foundation

PO Box 10263, Columbia, MO 65205-1263

Knights of Columbus Council 14414


Knights of Columbus Council 14414

Handyman Ministry

If you need help with projects around the home or in the yard, call Rick Clawson at (573) 491-3399

or email [email protected]. Payment is not required, but donations are

accepted by the council and are used to support the parish.

Join us! Catholic gentlemen 18 years and older are invited to join the Knights of Columbus, Sacred Heart Council 14414. The Knights stand for the four principles of

our Order: Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism. If you want to be of service to your church and community, please

consider the Knights. For more information, contact:

Mike Holland - (573) 442-5089 or [email protected] Steve Sutter - (573) 474-6227 or [email protected]

The Sacred Heart Knights of Columbus Council #14414 held our social meeting May 4 at Angelo’s. We held our business meeting May 18 in the Education Building. Members of the Council held a work day May 7, during which a storage shed for gas-powered parish equipment was constructed and mulch was spread in flower beds around the church and the Activity Building. We presented a check in the amount of $450 to the Sacred Heart Foundation at the May 8 8:30 a.m. Mass. The Handyman Ministry cleaned gutters and repaired an antique chair for a parishioner and painted the utility room of another parishioner, receiving $175 in donations which will be used to support the Founda-tion.

Coming Up June 1 Business meeting, 7 p.m.; Education Building June 5 First, Second, and Third Degree ceremonies; Activity

Building June 24 Officer installation and social meeting, Newman Cen-

ter. Bring a side dish.

For information or to join Council 14414, contact Mike Hol-land (573/442-5089; [email protected]) or Steve Sut-ter (573/474 6227; [email protected]).

Members of the Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Assem-blies of Columbia and Fulton, gathered to BBQ pork steaks for the residents of the Mexico, Mis-souri Veterans Home on Saturday, May 14th. Participating from the

Sacred Heart Council were Dave McIntosh (event chairman) and Mike Holland.

The Veterans and staff were very appreciative of the Knights spending the time to make them a very good meal.

BBQ for veterans Sacred Heart Knights of Columbus Council is holding a Benefit Breakfast to be held on Sunday, June 12, 2016 follow-

ing the 8:30 Mass. ALL of the proceeds will go to help fund construction work on the school in the home town of Celestine

C. (CC) Anyanwu in Nigeria. The menu will include:

Pancakes, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs and Fresh Fruit. Let us join together to support a Member of our Parish.

Dreams do come true, with help By Sr. Mary Clare

Josefina Candia is hoping to start a cleaning business. In the winter of 2015 David Jones helped her improve her English skills. Last summer she joined the leadership of the Language Program to plan the two-fold project paid for by the Diocesan Campaign for Human Development grant that the Lan-guage Program received. In cooper-ation with director, Pat Gerke, Josefina, her husband Crispin, and another learner, Celso Arias, de-signed classes to teach Spanish to interested parishioners. Those clas-ses were held three times a week for six weeks in the fall of 2015.

During that time the three new

“teachers” also helped Pat Gerke interview Emilio Juarez, a Catholic businessman of Jefferson City. To-gether they chose the self-help pro-gram Solvencia Financiera to study. This is a business strategies book-tape- exercises program writ-ten in Spanish. They decided to begin a pilot program in January and invited 4 couples who had been working in the Language Program to take the class. Only two of the six classes remain .

Josefina finds the printed mate-rial easy to understand. Emilio’s monthly tutoring is student led. He asks what needs to be clarified and what shall the group study next. Emilio charges only travel expens-

es for his services. Josefina now feels ready to

begin working on her dream. She feels we need to continue the fi-nance program of study to include other interested couples – and also, to seek Emilio’s assistance in doing so.

(At right) Parishioner Jose-fina Candia hopes to start her own cleaning business.


Parish School of Religion News

Tolton High School News

By Beth Cunningham

Another PSR year comes to a close and we are able to recharge and enjoy the time off this summer. With the help of so many dedicated parishioners, we made it through another successful year. “It takes a village” certainly applies to our program. Many of you have been willing to share your time and skills with us. Thank you for saying “yes” so many times and doing so with your heart and willingness to serve our children.

I also want to give a shout-out to our high school students who help with our program each week: Madelynn Harvey, Laura Beth Cox, Christian Ortiz and Carly Ochoa. It’s not always easy for teenagers to get up early Sunday mornings and be ready to go with a class full of children, but our dedi-cated high school helpers have tak-en on this responsibility – always with a pleasant smile. You are amazing young people and I have such respect and faith in each of you. We bid farewell and good luck to Madelynn, who graduated from Fr. Tolton High School in May. Our kindergarten/first-grade stu-dents loved having you in class this past year, and the compassion and nurturing you’ve shown to our kiddos will be missed!

Finally, to our graduating class of eighth graders, we are so grate-ful to have been able to teach and get to know you through your PSR years. This class has been together since kindergarten/first grade and

we hope you will continue your faith journey, together, at Life Teen. Chelsea Schuster wants to see you all Sunday evenings! My youngest child, Grace, is one of those eighth graders, who will offi-cially be a high school freshman when this story goes to print (needing lots of Kleenex for mom these days).

After 10 years of service to PSR as a catechist and the past three years as coordinator, it is time for me to step down and be involved in other activities at Sacred Heart. Fortunately, we are in wonderful hands with Ellen Forward, who is willing to take on the reigns. Ellen has served as our second grade cat-echist for a number of years at Sa-cred Heart and other parishes. Ellen has also been assisting Jefferson City Diocese as an educational leader to catechists throughout our diocese. I hope you continue to show the support that you’ve given me to Ellen. You’ll be hearing more from her in Heart of the Mat-ter in the months ahead.

I appreciate the Heart of Matter staff for allowing us to share PSR news with you. We have such a fine parish newspaper, especially for a congregation of our size and I know many of you appreciate this volunteer service. Mary Kay Head asked me to continue to share sto-ries when I have information or interesting things to share, and I will do so.

Last, but certainly not least, I wanted to acknowledge the leader-

ship and always-helpful advice from Sr. Mary Clare. There’s no question or situation that you can’t handle! It’s been a joy serving in

this coordinator role with you. Thank you, my friend!

Have a wonderful summer! See you in church!

It takes a village

7-8th grade PSR class - front row: Greta Frymire, catechist aide Laura Beth Cox, Ema Higgins, Grace Urban; back row: Leslie Higgins, Katie Miller, Grace Cunningham, Grace Spell,

Sam Spell. It was taken at our May Crowning.

By Jill McIntosh

Blazer Summer Camps Looking for a positive, fun way

to keep kids active this summer? Check out our Trailblazer Athletic Summer Camps!

Student Spotlight: Valedicto-rian, Tate Cooper

Senior Tate Cooper has been identified as one of the top 100 aca-demic students in Missouri. He is also a National Merit Scholar, all-state saxophone player, accomplished catcher for the Blazer

baseball team and leader within Tolton’s Executive House Council.

Friends of the Chapel Fund Candles. Hosts. Laundering of

the alter cloths and priests’ vest-ments. These are just a few of the liturgical needs related to conduct-ing weekly Masses here at Tolton Catholic. John Bequette, proud grandfather of alumna Kelsey Be-quette (Class of ’15), recognized these needs. John recently estab-lished the “Friends of the Chapel Fund”, in honor of his late wife Jeanne, to help defray such costs for the school.

Modest about his contribution, John simply hopes that his invest-ment will encourage others to help grow the fund, to ensure it is a re-

source for the school for years to come.

Alma Mater Composition Project

Those who attended the May 20th Commencement ceremony heard the inaugural performance of the newly-composed Tolton Catho-lic Alma Mater. This new composi-tion is the result of collaboration between Tolton Catholic students and faculty and representatives from Mizzou’s Composer Connec-tion program. This was a fantastic experiential learning opportunity for the students to be trained on the use of composition software and work as a team to complete a deliv-erable on a set timeline. Tolton Catholic art students are also creat-

ing an appealing visual display of the lyrics inside the school building for all to enjoy.

A grant was successfully pur-sued through the Missouri Arts Council to fund the purchase of the software and art supplies related to this project, as well as the costs associated with producing finished musical scores for both band and choir.

Our thanks to all who supported the development of this wonderful original piece that will be played and sung by generations of Trail-blazers!

Come hear it for yourself at Graduation!

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Tate Cooper


Life Teen News

Amazon Smile - Tolton is Now a Benefiting Charity While we advocate for buying local, in the event that you make a

purchase through online retailer Amazon, please consider using their “Amazon Smile” program and selecting Tolton Catholic as your pre-ferred charity.

When you visit smile.amazon.com, our listing can be found under

“Fr. Augustine Tolton Regional Catholic High School – Columbia,

MO”.

Tolton News


Tolton seniors leave a legacy

Tolton seniors toss their caps to celebrate graduating.

By Quincy Sinek, junior

Commencement ceremonies at Fr. Tolton Catholic High School were held on May 20. They have some big adventures ahead.

About 92 percent of the seniors plan to attend a university. Almost 8 percent plan on going to a tech-nical or community college. Thir-teen are going out of state for col-lege, heading to 11 different schools. And the class as a whole has received $8.91 million in scholarship offers.

They’ve also made their mark on the school they’re leaving be-hind.

“They demonstrated great lead-ership and were excellent role models for a very large freshman class,” English teacher Lara Dieckmann said.

The 55 seniors took on the job of being leaders to the nearly 90 new freshmen and taught them the ins and outs of Tolton.

“It was a year of growing pains in terms of how quickly we evolved as a school,” Dieckmann said. “The seniors took on that role and showed every new student, including the transfers, what it means to be a Trailblazer.”

Hayley Gerling, math teacher, enjoyed getting to know the stu-dents over the two years she taught them.

“I think they brought a lot of fun to the school. They had more of a free-spirit than the last two graduating classes and being the largest senior class so far, they’ve been able to spread their influence to a bigger group of people,” Ger-ling said.

Math teacher Bryndyn Crutch-er, who is also a softball coach, commended the class for its achievements both academically and athletically. “The athletics programs really started to turn around with (the senior) class, es-pecially the football team and the boys’ basketball team winning

state.” Crutcher also commended the

seniors in student leadership for their role in planning events, such as Catholic Schools Week. “So when you think about things like that and all the leadership roles that the seniors took on, whether it’s athletics or the events that were run, you see the change from how it started when they were freshmen to how it ended when they were seniors.”

Ms. Kristen Bexten, theology teacher, said her favorite memory of the senior class is how involved they were with all of their retreats and how much they enjoyed sing-ing at Mass and praise and wor-ship. “I think that’s the legacy they’re going to leave. Being ex-cited about their faith and letting that excitement pour over onto everyone else,” Ms. Bexten said.

Mr. Wes Stratman, who over-sees student leadership, had a spe-cial bond with these seniors. Their freshmen year was his first year teaching at Tolton. “I had a lot of them and it was cool to really see them grow as the school grew,” he said. “We have some fantastic people who are going on to do fantastic things and I'm just happy that I got to be a part of it.”

Senior Chloe White said, “I don't know if my class had this impact on everyone, but my class made Tolton home for me. I love every single one of the people in my class dearly, and I hope that we made Tolton a home for others as well.”

The seniors did make Tolton a home for everyone else. Gerling said, “There was a lot of positive relations amongst them with the underclassmen and I think they’re going to be great leaders when they go on to the rest of their lives.”

Reporter Madelynn Harvey,

senior, contributed to this story.

By Emma Timms

We are so incredibly proud and honored to congratulate our Con-firmation class, as they have offi-cially been confirmed into the Catholic Church! Confirmation Mass was held May 5th at the Newman Center. Most Reverend John R. Gaydos, Bishop of the Jefferson City Diocese, gave a beautiful homily and anointed each of the 32 Confirmandi in front of their friends and family. Afterwards, a reception with cake and punch was held in the multi-purpose room and the Confirmandi were able to share their joy and celebrate with each other. We would like to thank again all of those who volunteered their time to help prepare for this beautiful sacrament, including our wonder-ful priests and deacons, our entire Confirmation Core Team, the Ephsesians 3 Band, and all the parents and sponsors. Once again, congrats to all the Confirmandi as they continue their faith journey!

Life Teen is now starting our summer schedule! We have tons of fun nights planned for our won-derful high school teens! We will be starting a program called XLT, which stands for eXaLT and in-cludes Adoration time, a witness talk from one of our Core mem-bers or a special guest, and then ending with praise and worship music! All XLT events will be held at Sacred Heart from 7-8:30pm. Below you will find the schedule. Our first night back will

be May 29th! Be there and let’s have an awesome summer!

May 29-June 2: TOTUS TU-US – Teen Nights @ Lourdes-Flanagan Hall

June 5: Summer Kick-off Party! FAMILY NIGHT @Bonnie View Park Shelter Bring EVERYONE and a snack or dessert to share

June 9: XLT – Praise and Ad-oration @ Sacred Heart – meet in church

June 12: All New Survivor Games @ MU Campus – meet @ Newman Center

June 19: No Meeting – Happy Father’s Day! We love our awe-some Dads!

June 26: Awesome BBQ & Summer Fun @ Lourdes – meet @ Playground

July 3: No Meeting – Happy Independence Day!

July 7: XLT – Praise and Ado-ration @ Sacred Heart – meet in church

July 10: Beach Par ty Extrav-aganza @ Cosmo Park – Dex-heimer Shelter

July 17: No Meeting – Get to the Steubenville Conference!

July 24: No Meeting – Join us at Camp Siena and Camp Maca-bee!

July 31: Vacation/Retreats Reunion @ Sacred Heart – youth room

August 4: XLT – Praise and Adoration @ Sacred Heart – meet in church


For Sacred Heart Youth

“Amen I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.” (Mark 10:13)

(Sarah Eber assembled ma-terials for this page.)

St. Anthony is one of our most famous saints. Have you ever wondered why? As it turns out, St. Anthony performed many miracles in his life, including commanding fish to listen to him, and even helping people come back from death. He was famous also for helping people find lost things…using the prayer below. But maybe the reason he was able to do these things was because he never bragged about himself or tried to act important. St. Antho-ny was very smart, but very hum-ble. He always put other people’s needs in front of his own. He lived very simply. He knew that to serve God, very little was needed other than love, obedi-ence, and humility. No one knew these things about St. Anthony because he didn’t brag about him-self. But one day, when St. An-thony was at a ceremony with

other priests, the head priest (called the superior) asked every-one there to do the homily at a ceremony. Everyone said no, un-til he asked St. Anthony, who said yes out of obedience. That sermon showed everyone how smart he was. He was so good at helping people understand why and how they were committing sin and not doing God’s will, he was sent to many places to cor-rect groups of Christians and preachers who were teaching things differently than Jesus taught us. Just because he was good at teaching hard-headed people didn’t mean he always liked doing it. During one of these visits, he found the leaders really hard to work with. He was so frustrated, he said he would have better luck talking to the fish…so he promptly went to the water and summoned the fish.

Much to the people’s surprise, many fish swam close to the sur-face and stayed there while he preached to them. It is because of his humility, pure love, and obe-dience he is often seen with a lily in his hand.

Unfailing prayer to St. An-thony

O Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of Saints, thy love for God and charity for His creatures, made thee worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. En-couraged by this thought, I im-plore thee to obtain for me (request). O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the sweet Infant Jesus, Who didst love to be folded in thine arms; and the gratitude of my heart will ever be thine. Amen.

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Reflection: "Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak." - sermon by St. An-thony

Match the June saints St. Barnabas Bishop, June 6- first affiliation of a lay community to a religious

order

St. Ephrem Deacon and Doctor of the Church June 9- used music to work against heresy

St. Norbert Apostle, June 11- Sponsored Paul after his conversion, wrote an Epistle to the Hebrews

St. Justin June 1-writer who linked philosophy to Christian beliefs

John Fisher, Thomas More June 2, a priest and an exorcist, both killed by Diocletian, helped their executioners clear the place they would be killed

St. Aloysius Gonzaga June 21- very smart in philosophy and math, died after caring for the sick during a famine

St. Cyril of Alexandria June 27-Bishop and Doctor of the church- writing showed accu-rate thinking, clear communication, and very down-to earth

St. Irenaeus June 28- his teaching laid the foundation of Christian theology and showed how other teachers were misleading Christians

Sts. Peter and Paul June 29 The first pope and persecutor of Christians converted to one of the greatest Christian teachers

St. Marcellinus and Peter June 22 These men were killed, refusing to follow teachings of kings who contradicted church teachings

St. Norbert Bishop, June 6- first affiliation of a lay community to a religious order

St. Ephrem Deacon and Doctor of the Church June 9- used music to work against heresy

St. Barnabas Apostle, June 11- Sponsored Paul after his conversion, wrote an Epistle to the Hebrews

St. Justin June 1-writer who linked philosophy to Christian beliefs

St. Marcellinus and Peter June 2, a priest and exorcist, killed by Diocletian, helped their execution-ers clear the place they would be killed

St. Aloysius Gonzaga June 21- very smart in philosophy and math, died after caring for the sick during a famine

St. Cyril of Alexandria June 27-Bishop and Doctor of the church- writing showed accurate thinking, clear communication, and very down-to earth

St. Irenaeus June 28- his teaching laid the foundation of Christian theology and showed how other teachers were misleading Christians

Sts. Peter and Paul June 29 The first pope and persecutor of Christians converted to one of the greatest Christian teachers

John Fisher, Thomas More June 22 These men were killed, refusing to follow teachings of kings who contradicted church teachings

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Columbia has Dominican Associates By Sr. Mary Clare

Pictured are eight of the 10 Columbia resi-dents who made commitment as associates of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL, at the convent chapel on May 15. They were joined by 19 Illinois residents who also made commit-ment.

This ceremony follows nine months of read-ing, dialogue, prayer and study during which the candidates learned of the preaching charism of the Dominican Order and how it is lived out in this time – 800 years after its founding! They got to know better the particular group of Sis-ters from Springfield, IL, (founded in 1873). Sr. Mary Clare and Sr. Karen minister here in Co-lumbia but the Congregation also has missions in Illinois, Washington D.C., North Dakota, Wisconsin, Mississippi and Peru.

An Associate works and prays in collabora-tion with the Sisters, though not joining the Do-minican Order as a Tertiary or Lay Dominican. The goal of this union is the enhancement of preaching the Word of God from the “pulpit of our lives.” It focuses thought and intention on Evangelization, deepening the meaning and practice of the Gospel Message here in Colum-bia where we live.

Pictured are L – R, Front: Martha Lerch, Sr. Mary Clare, Michele Sisson-White, Rosa Caubet, Deacon William Caubet. In back: Vanessa Velez-Rivera; Phyllis

Stoecklein; Joanna Guzman; Associate Director, Sr. Paul Mary; Sr. Karen Freund; Sr. Barbara Blesse who received their commitment; and Mary Waters. Barbara

Head and Nancy Howard will make commitment on August 20.

clothing and also a toy or other desired item.

The Health Ministry Committee - Glenda Kelly, [email protected] or 573-808-4200 - consists of both health care professionals and individuals who are interested in health. The work of the group supports the close rela-tionship between body, mind and spirit. Projects include screening and blood pressure checks, educa-tional programs, wellness activities such as Walk to Bethlehem, the Prayer Partners and Sacred Heart Cares programs, and a monthly article in the parish newspaper to promote good health awareness for our parish and the greater commu-nity. Members of this group repre-sent Sacred Heart in the Columbia Tri-parish Health Ministry which provides parish nursing and other health care services for Columbia. This is the local group that is part of a nation-wide Christian health ministry often referred to as parish nursing.

A sub-committee of Health Ministry is the Emergency Prepar-edness Committee - Judy Barnes, [email protected] or 573-886-7681. This group includes members from various safety pro-fessions in the community. They have developed and implemented a

plan for Sacred Heart to respond to various emergency situations, and have made positive improvements to the parish campus.

Also reporting to the Health Ministry Committee, and receiving much support from it, is the Home-Visitation Program of the par ish - Sr. Mary Clare, [email protected] or 573-443-3470. Eucharistic Minis-ters take the Blessed Sacrament to more than 30 individuals who are not able to attend Mass on Sunday. They – and/or others -- also visit these people regularly to keep them abreast of parish life and to provide prayer and compassion in their suf-fering and/or loneliness. In turn, the parish sponsors a supportive retreat annually for these ministers.

The Language Program - Pat Gerke, [email protected] or 573-356-1049 - has as its primary mis-sion to “bridge the cultural gap among parishioners and provide for

those who can be empowered by understanding, speaking, reading, and writing English.” Tutors are trained and scheduled for one-on-one weekly classes in the Educa-tion Building. Conversation/Pronunciation Gatherings meet weekly; there is a monthly group- tutoring session for self-help finan-cial studies; and liturgical aids of translation, printing, and practice are provided so the parish can ex-perience cultural diversity at peri-odic Sunday Masses. Classes have also been offered to teach Anglos to speak Spanish, thus opening the door to communicate with a large portion of the parish, and bringing all closer together.

Pro-Life - Alicia Bixby, [email protected] or 573-823-7659 - hosts baby showers during the year to provide food, clothing and equipment to help those wom-en who have chosen life for their unborn children. Through the gen-

erosity of the parish, life is made a little easier for these brave woman and their babies.

The Room at the Inn - Norman Cox, [email protected] or 573-696-1624 – is a caring group com-prised of members of many Colum-bia churches, providing food, cloth-ing, personal care essentials and a warm bed during the coldest time of the year, usually mid-November through February, to those in the community who have no home. Each of the churches involved are assigned a specific week where they are asked to staff this project. However, every church can also provide people to help staff any of the weeks, making it possible for more to participate even if they cannot on a specific week. It is tru-ly heartwarming to serve those in the community who are homeless.

The Sole Hope Cobbler Party -

Volunteers


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Johanna Bishop, [email protected] or 573-356-4053 - provides a fun setting for those “cobblers” who gather to make parts of shoes. The “uppers” made of denim in Columbia are shipped to Uganda where they are attached to rubber soles. These are then worn by natives to prevent foot infestation in their community. It is amazing that something so simple performed here in Columbia can help to prevent a major health issue in a country so far away.

PARISH LIFE COMMIT-TEES str ive to present oppor tu-nities for the Sacred Heart commu-nity to gather in social settings. This includes the following.

The Christmas Bazaar - Johan-na Bishop, [email protected] or 573-356-4053 and Lucile Martin, [email protected] or 573-268-8999 - occurs on the first weekend in December. Groups work year-long to quilt and create home-made items that draw a large crowd of shoppers from the com-munity each year. Sacred Heart’s bazaar is well-known in the com-munity and attracts many locals in search of the perfect gift. Besides the many crafts available for pur-chase, the bazaar offers a Silent Auction, a book corner, home-made peanut brittle, a bake sale, gift baskets, jewelry, and a lunch café.

Dinner For 8 - Suzanne Boss, [email protected] or 573-823-1961 - groups 8 persons together, either individuals or cou-

ples, who meet four times a semes-ter to share a meal. This allows time for more personal interactions as well as an opportunity to enjoy a delicious meal and pick up new recipes.

Funeral Luncheons - David Wagner, [email protected] or 573-234-1475 - offers a setting where family and friends can gath-er after the burial of a loved one to share good food and a chance to celebrate the life of another.

Lenten Soup Suppers - Barba-ra Head, [email protected] or 573-474-5650 - have become a tradition at Sacred Heart. Each Wednesday evening during Lent parishioners attend the 5:30 Mass, then gather to enjoy a wide variety of soups provided each week by a different group in the parish.

The annual Parish Picnic - Bar-bara Head, [email protected] or 573-474-5650 - is an occasion for families and individuals to gather to share good food, conversation and fun. It is held in September at a local park, where a variety of activ-ities are available to complement the gathering.

Roamin’ Catholics - Ron Mey-er, [email protected] or 573-445-2270 - offers trips to areas of interest throughout the state and beyond. Recent outings included a 10 day trip to Italy, a day at the Fox Theater in St. Louis, and a trip to the WWI Museum in Kansas City. The trips always include a delicious lunch or dinner, and pro-vide fun travels for all who partici-pate.

Sunday Morning Coffee and Donuts - Clay Kittle, kit-

[email protected] or 573-441-8667 – consists of willing pa-rishioners who take turns brewing coffee and making juices to be en-joyed after the 8:30 Mass on Sun-day mornings. In addition to the drinks, a variety of donuts and ba-gels are also available. This offers a wonderful opportunity for contin-ued fellowship.

This Commission covers a very wide variety of areas of interest to parishioners and many others as well. Needless to say, a great many volunteers are needed to keep all this going. Many of these services were initiated because a good Catholic Christian saw a need and said, “Here I am Lord”. There is certainly room for more.

The recent Visioning Survey indicated that parishioners wanted even more opportunities to social-ize. In order to accomplish this, more help is needed. Please consid-er getting involved in this Commis-sion. The work is fun, fulfilling, serves God, and brings the face of Jesus to many people. Anyone can be involved by simply contacting Barbara Head or the appropriate committee head listed. In addition to her home email and phone num-ber listed previously, Barbara can also be contacted at the parish of-fice at [email protected], or at 443-3470. She or any of the committee chairs listed would be more than happy to re-ceive a call or an email.

Next month we will highlight

the Faith Formation Commission.

Volunteers Continued from page 8

By Sarah Eber

So… which parish do you be-long to? 4:30, 8:30, 11:00 or 1:00? It is a light-hearted parishioner (author included) who responds to Fr. Francis’ friendly invitation ear-ly in the homily when he asks for anyone who is visiting, “I’m visit-ing from the (you select your par-ish time):00 Mass!” Everyone laughs, including Father, who skillfully adapts and moves smoothly into the homily. It is an affectionate way to demonstrate that we belong to a recognized group we are proud of. But at the

same time, does it also demon-strate the disconnect we feel from the whole body of our church fam-ily here at Sacred Heart-Columbia?

When you walk into a Mass celebrated at a time other than your usual, do you feel like a foreigner in a foreign land looking at unfa-miliar faces, even though you rec-ognize some people? How do you respond when you see someone unfamiliar at your “Parish?” Do you smile, introduce yourself, and try to get to know that person? Or do you politely smile, shake hands and move on? Or, do you pretend

you didn’t see them at all, the whole time both wondering who they are and what they are doing here, then letting your mind drift to what you have to accomplish after Mass?

When you hear about activities going on in the parish but associat-ed with a name you don’t recog-nize, do you listen and think, “How could I help?” Or do you listen attentively thinking, “How cool is that!” and forget about it as soon as you re-enter your life out-side the Mass? The parish vision-ing survey revealed that many of our fellow parishioners see a huge need for more activities in various

Which ‘parish’ do you belong to?

By Rick Clawson

The Faith Formation Com-mission held our quarterly meet-ing May 17, 2016.

Celina Pineda and Chelsea Schuster are leading the 33 Days to Morning Glory retreat, which is going well.

PSR and Angelitos de Dios concluded the spring semester with a May Crowning ceremony May 1. First Communions were held at various Masses over a couple of weekends in May, which allowed the students and families to share this significant event with the larger parish com-munity. Ellen Forward is taking over coordination of PSR. Thanks are due Beth Cunning-ham for her commitment leading PSR for the past couple of years. This fall, when PSR and Angeli-tos resume, the K-1 students will begin the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd program.

Life Teen is preparing for a busy summer.

We discussed facility needs for the various faith formation programs and shared them with the needs assessment committee.

We discussed an adult faith formation process as a possible offering to the parish in the fall, and a meditation on the Incarna-tion as an Advent program.

The next meeting will be Aug. 18.

Faith Formation

Social Concerns

By Barbara Head

Committee reports Health Ministry reported that

a strength training course will be offered for parishioners and the annual blood drive netted 34 pints of blood which was above their goal of 25.

Language Program reported they have four current projects. 1. An African community dinner is planned for June 4th. 2. The tutoring program is going to have new leadership and organization. 3. Martha Lawrence is working on a bilingual Mass booklet in Swahili/English. Spanish/English Mass booklets are already availa-ble in the back of church. 4. Three English students taught Spanish to English speakers and are now leading a bilingual fi-nancial class, which will expand to include more families.

Bazaar reported that the bake sale had some leftovers, but still raised over $900 to pay for sup-

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plies for the bazaar. The bazaar committee would like to find craft projects for multiple ages to pro-duce items that could be sold at the next bazaar.

Old Business Food Bank envelopes were

used for the first time and netted $74. These envelopes are available for use in conjunction with the monthly food drive.

New Business Back to School drive will be

held earlier in the summer this year to make it easier for VAC and the Family Impact Center to dis-tribute these items to needy fami-lies before school starts.

The annual Parish Picnic is scheduled for September 18. This year the picnic will be at Cosmo Park.

Next meeting will be Tuesday, June 7, at 6:30 pm.

By Rick Clawson

The Parish Council held its monthly meeting May 10 in the Library.

Old Business The Council discussed the draft

Visioning Report from the Vision-ing Steering Committee. Part of the parish vision will include plans for infrastructure changes to the parish campus. Before a concrete plan can be developed, the various commissions and organizations that are affiliated with Sacred Heart need to identify what they need in the way of classroom space, meeting space, gathering space, and facilities in order to serve the parish. A committee con-sisting of Mary Kay Head, Dave Rotert, Julie Drury, and Ron Kel-ley was formed to quantify these needs and report to the Council within two months. The Visioning Report will be finalized in June and presented to the Council at the June meeting.

The Council discussed the old office building and directed the Administration Commission to investigate the cost of demolishing the building.

The Council noted the land-scaping improvements that have been performed by Jerry Wright and Dave & Carolyn Wagner and thanked them for their efforts to beautify the church grounds.

New Business The Council decided that Heart

of the Matter, which is primarily a tool of communication within the parish, would no longer be part of the Faith Formation Commission.

Commission Updates Administration – The budget

for the new fiscal year has been approved; a bid was accepted and the church will be tuck-pointed in the fall.

Social Concerns – The blood drive was successful; the parish will celebrate the Feast of the Sa-cred Heart of Jesus with Mass and an ice cream social June 3rd; a spaghetti supper is being planned, though a date has not been select-ed as yet.

Hispanic – Bishop Gaydos held a Mass and celebration for the His-panic community of mid-Missouri here April 22nd, in which our Sa-cred Heart parishioners were joined by parishioners from Loui-siana and Moberly.

Faith Formation – The 33 Days to Morning Glory retreat has drawn about two dozen partici-pants and is going well; a summer film series consisting of three films (one per month on a Friday evening: June 17, July 22, and Aug. 19) is being planned.

The next meeting will be June 14 in the Library.

Parish Celebrations

Lillian Grace Keas, daughter of Dustin James Keas and Ash-ley Nicole (Jurgensmeyer) Keas, was born in Columbia, MO,

on Jan. 10, 2016. She was baptized at Sacred Heart at the 11 a.m. Mass on April 10. Pictured are Dustin, Ashley holding

Lillian, Fr. Francis Doyle, godfather Eric Winkelman and god-mother Nicole Berkley.

Murphy Isaac Hall, son of Robert Isaac Hall and Michele Lynn (Walker) Hall, was born in Columbia on Nov. 27, 2015. He

was baptized at Sacred Heart at the 4:30 Mass on Saturday May 21. Pictured are godmother Lisa Ward, dad Rob holding

Murphy, Fr. Francis Doyle, mom Shelli and godfather Matt Walker.

Parish Celebrations


Three Sacred Heart second-grade students attending Our Lady of Lourdes Interparish School made their First Communion. (Top, left) Delaney Martin is

pictured with her parents Jon and Courtney and her sister Kennedy. (Left) So-phia Robinson is pictured with her godfather Casey Wilson and her mother Laura Robinson. (Top, right) Katie Sutter is pictured with her parents Steve

and Connie and her brother Matthew.

(Above) Jane Woods, daughter of Steve Woods, received First Communion at Sacred Heart at the 4:30 Mass on Saturday, May 21. Pictured are Fr. Francis Doyle and Jane.


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areas. As I look over the results of the survey or listen to others talk about the results, I feel very sad that so many of us really don’t re-alize how much other people who call Sacred Heart their parish home are already doing in many of these areas, people whom you and I sit next to in Mass every week, people we never see because we don’t see past our one hour obligation each week (Isaiah 58:1-12).

Beginning with the May issue, you may have noted part one of a mini-series of articles describing the governance structure of our

parish, the key activities conducted by each commission and commit-tee, and contact people directing the activity. This issue offers part two. The purpose of these articles, at least partially, is to help us un-derstand how much is actually go-ing on in our parish, how our par-ish activities function to help us be Christ to each other, our communi-ty, and anyone else (throughout the world), while developing fellow-ship with each other. Fellowship develops on the journey through these activities as we sacrifice our time and talent to serve others, not just ourselves at coffee and donuts (Phil 2:1-11). The body is made of several parts. If one part is missing

or hurting, or in need of something, does not the rest of the body also feel the pain or the loss? Does the rest of the body not feel the pain or strain when one part is injured or neglected? Are you and I really the body of Christ here at Sacred Heart? Or are we watching as some of the parts are neglected, hurting, or lost?

To what parish do you belong?

What parish? Continued from page 9

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