MASS INTENTIONS

April 2nd, thru April 7th, 2019

Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Dean Drerup+ Thursday 6:30 p.m. Yvonne Omohundro+ Friday: 8:15 a.m. Betty Ellis+ Saturday 5:00 p.m. Mr. Herman Priggel & Family Sunday 8:00 a.m. Robert & Emma Gaines+

PRAYER LIST Josh Brands, Luke Jones, Billie Durbin, Georgia Avilia, Rick Cochran, Brenda Bonee, Maggie Disher, Laura Clark, Tim Williams, Trisha Klipfel, Tina DeLisle, Sadie Farren-burg, Bobby Gee, Peggy Underwood, Curtis Birch, Wanda Morgan, Shirley Aprill, Avery Kilmer, Emily Nolen, Terry McCrate, Logan Birdwell, Joanna McCrate, Liam Carter, Paul Noland, Heather Burge, Leland Phillips, Rose-mary Nabors, Bill Thacker, Barbara Lindsey, Rachael Nabors Oberg, Mike McCrate, David Nelson, Mary Lynn Kellams Stafford, Bill Hobbs, Bobby Eftink, Patricia Scherer, Anna Tate Miller, Mary Lou Priggel, Cookie Hog-gard, Janet Shelly, Wilma Eftink, John Haverstick.

St. Eustachius Parish, Portageville, MO. March 31st, 2019. Fourth Sunday in Lent.

Liturgical Ministries

April 6, 2019 Saturday 5:00 p.m.

Lector JoBeth Williams

Gifts Rex & Melissa Pullum

Communion George DeLisle, Karen Eftink,

Judy Essary

Servers Maggie Priggel, Addison Cayton

Greeters Marsha Christian, Judy Payne

Ushers Bryce Rone, Stephen Eftink,

Neil Essary, Mike Kellams

April 7, 2019 Sunday 8:00 a.m.

Lector Lynda Priggel

Gifts Lewis & Martha Rone

Communion Daniel Johnson, Chris LaFerney,

Gerard Long

Servers Will Stinnett, Wyatt Stinnett

Greeters Jeremy Angotti Family

Ushers Scott Wilson, Jeff Brands,

James Carver, Russ Hoggard

Collection Counters:

Travis Scherer, Sherry Lenand

PARISH CONTRIBUTION

March 24th, 2019

Weekly Parish Goal $ 3,600.00

This Week’s Offering $ 2,506.00

Parish Center Rent $ 95.00

Easter Flowers $ 25.00

TOTAL $ 2,626.00

LENTEN PARISH PENANCE

Immaculate Conception, New Madrid. Sunday, March 31st. @ 5:00 p.m. SES Confessions Portageville: Tuesday, April 2nd @ 9:00 a.m. St. Eustachius Parish, Portageville. Tuesday, April 2nd. @ 6:00 p.m. St. Cecilia, Kennett, Mo. Sunday, April 7th @ 5:00 p.m. Sacred Heart, Caruthersville. Sunday, April 14th @ 5:00 p.m.

Thank You!

A big thank you to all who donated food or money to help the poor at St. Cecilia Parish. It was truly needed and

deeply appreciated. May God bless you,

Sherry & Marty Lenand

St. Eustachius Parish, Portageville, MO. March 31st, 2019. Fourth Sunday in Lent.

OUR LADY’S SODALITY

PARISH-WIDE YARD SALE

PARISH CENTER

SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2018

7:00 A. M. until ?

Items to be donated can be brought to the Parish

Center on Friday, April 5th 9:00 A.M. to 7:00

P.M.

We will be accepting furniture, household items, working appliances, jewelry, purses and other miscellaneous items. No clothes or shoes will be accepted.

Please price your items before you bring them for the sale. All unsold items will be taken to Goodwill on Sunday.

Volunteers, needed Friday, Saturday or Sun-day. If you can volunteer a few hours of your day, please call Charlotte Coleman @ 379-0333. It will be greatly appreciated.

BIRTHRIGHT CAPE GIRARDEAU

Second Collection

We will have a Second Collection on Satur-day April 6th and Sunday, April 7th for Birthright Cape Girardeau, as one of our Len-ten observances, as Bishop Edward Rice asked to do all parishes in our diocese. All the money from your fasting, Bishop Rice is asking to put in this parish collection.

SCHEDULE

Safe Environment Opportunities will be held a the following locations:

Monday, May 13th. 6-9 p.m. St. Vincent Cape Girardeau

Saturday, June 1st. 9 am –12 Noon

Immaculate Conception, Jackson, Mo.

Thursday, June 6th. 6-9 p.m. Sacred Heart, Poplar Bluff

DDF

Our Diocesan Development Found will take place in all the parishes of our diocese the first weekend of May (May 5th. and 6th.).

Thank you for your support to my pastoral work through the Diocesan Offices.

Bishop Edward Rice

WELCOME BACK

SES STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR SPRING BREAK VACATION.

STEWARDSHIP MESSAGE

March 31st –Fourth Sunday in Lent “ NO Longer was there manna for the Israel-ites, who that year ate of the yield of the land of Canaan.” Over the forty years that the Israelites jour-neyed through the desert, God provided them with manna to eat. As soon as they were able to enjoy the fruits of the Promised Land the manna ceased. Likewise, God’s blessings to us may change over the years but it is important to trust that God will always provide us with all that we need.

The Pontifical Good Friday Collection

Pope Francis has asked our parish to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land. Your sup-port helps the church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools and offer religious education. The Pontifical Good Friday Collec-tion also helps to preserve the sacred shrines. The wars, unrest and instability have been es-pecially hard on Christians. In these times of crisis, the Pontifical Good Friday Collection provides humanitarian aid to refugees. When you contribute to the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, you become an instrument of peace and join with Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land.

Please Be Generous!

FYI-about Christians in the Holy Land, visit

www.myfrancisan.org/good-friday.

STATION OF THE CROSS

Every Thursday of Lent at 6:00 p.m.

Join us in prayer and meditation

St. Eustachius Parish, Portageville, MO. March 31st, 2019. Fourth Sunday in Lent.

HIGH SHOOL PSR Classes resume

April

April 3rd April 10th April 17th April 24th

Mrs. Lynda Priggel

PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A BETTER ORGANIZED MASSES

1. Please, turn off/silent your cell phones be-fore Mass.

2. Don’t talk in the sanctuary, respect others who want to remain in prayer.

3. Chewing gum is not allowed in church at any time.

4. Don’t be afraid to pick up your hymnal and praise the Lord, you don’t have to be a profes-sional singer.

5. The Missalette is a great help for all of us. Please, arrive early, go through the readings, and kindly give your attention to lectors when the Word of God is being proclaimed.

6. The Cry Room at the entrance of Church is reserved ONLY for parents with small chil-dren.

7. Don’t leave church after communion, wait for the closing prayer, blessing, and closing hymn.

4th Sunday of Lent – March 31, 2019

Readings: Jos 5:9a, 10–12 • Ps 34:2–7 • 2 Cor 5:17–21 • Lk 15:1–3, 11–32

RECONCILED

Do you want to be happy? Do you want to re-joice? Do you want to live in joy? I don’t know about you, but I desire the joy described in today’s psalm: “Look to him that you may be radiant with joy, and your faces may not blush with shame. When the poor one called out, the LORD heard, and from all his distress he saved him” (Ps 34:6–7). Joy comes with reconciliation. In three verses, Paul uses the word reconciled five times. Being a new creation “is from God, who has recon-ciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and en-trusting to us the message of reconcilia-tion” (2 Cor 5:18–20). But to reconcile literally means “to bring together again.” In other words, something has to be torn apart before it can be reconciled. Brothers and sisters, we each have places in our lives where we have torn ourselves away from our relationship with God. These are called sins. Some of us have big sins. Others of us have little sins. And it is our sins which rob us of our joy. To retrieve our joy, we’ve got to be reconciled. But to be reconciled we must admit our sins. We must confess them. We must repent. Think of the younger son in today’s parable. Only when he was so hungry that he longed to eat the pig slop did he “come to himself” and decide to repent. “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you” (Lk 15:16, 18). But why wait that long? Why wait until we hit rock bottom to change? Why not begin to live greater joy now?

Father Brice Higginbotham

a priest of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

April 9th at 7:00 p.m.

Parish Center

St. Eustachius Parish, Portageville, MO. March 31st, 2019. Fourth Sunday in Lent.

SAINT EUSTACHIUS

PARISH PENANCE SERVICE

Join us in the celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Tuesday:

April 9th at 6:00 p.m.

Please, notice the change of date of Parish Penance Service, because Fr, Daniel will attend a Funeral Mass in Springfield. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.

“Father, I have sinned against heav-en and against you...

… I no longer deserve to be called your son.”

RCIA CLASS

Thursday, April 4th

The Missalette

St. Eustachius Parish, Portageville, MO. March 31st, 2019. Fourth Sunday in Lent.

RCIA

SECOND SCRUTINY

“THE CREED”

Sunday, March 31st.

8:00 a.m. Mass

RCIA

THIRD SCRUTINY

“THE OUR FATHER”

Sunday, April 7th.

8:00 a.m. Mass

RCIA

ELECT SACRAMENT OF

RECONCILIATION

Thursday, April 11th. 2019

At 8:00 p.m.

MARCH 2019

31. SECOND SCRUTINY: Presentation of “The Creed” at 8:00 a.m. Mass

APRIL 2019

4. The Missalette

7. THIRD SCRUTINY: Presentation of “The Lord’s Prayer” at 8:00 a.m. Mass.

9. Parish Penance Service at 6:00 p.m.

11. Parish Mission 6:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

14. Easter Vigil Rehearsal / RCIA Sacrament of Reconciliation at 7:00 p.m.

15. Chrism Mass- Saint Mary’s Cathedral Cape Girardeau at 7:00 p.m. followed by re-ception.

16. Sadder Supper at Parish Center (Tuesday of the Holy Week) 7:00 p.m.

18. Holy Thursday

19. Good Friday

20. Easter Vigil Mass

21. Easter Sunday Mass

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CONFIRMATION NAMES

RCIA Sponsor, please help your Godsons and Goddaugh-ters to choose their confir-mation name. We will need those names no later than April 11, 2019.

“Blessed are those,

who follow the Lord,

with their whole

heart.”