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AUGUST 7TH, 2016 N S O
ST. GEORGE CATHOLIC CHURCH
4980 Heege Road Affton, MO 63123
352-3544
PARISH STAFF Fr. Thomas Robertson, Pastor 352-3544, ext. 1 Deacon Robert S. Penberthy Deacon Leonard Sisul Mrs. Karen Lebb, Parish Bookkeeper, 352-3544, ext. 4 Mr. Ed Haessig, Parish Secretary, 352-3544, ext. 3 Michael Nigh, Music Director, 498-5150 Monica Johnson, PSR 352-3544 ext. 97
PARISH INFORMATION Priest House Office: Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 3:30pm Priest House Phone: (314) 352-3544 Priest House Fax: (314) 832-6916 Parish e-mail [email protected] Website: www.saintgeorgeaffton.com St. Vincent de Paul Help Line: 352-3544, ext. 6 Affton Christian Food Pantry: 580-3138 Adoration Chapel: 352-3544, ext. 7
LITURGICAL SERVICES Sunday Masses: Anticipated on Saturday at 4:00pm Sunday mornings: 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00am Holy Days of obligation: As announced Weekday Masses: 8:00am Monday thru Saturday Communion Services: 6:00am Monday thru Fr iday S R S 3:00—3:45 H S The front pews - Holy Communion will be distributed at the pew. Contact priest before Mass. Wheelchair is avail-able. B D : Articles need to be at the rectory by noon on Monday to be considered. All requests are subject to available space. Bulletin articles may be sent by e-mail to [email protected] D Tuesday: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Novena after 8:00am Mass
Today's readings: Wisdom 18:6-9; Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; Luke 12:32-48.
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For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.” Prepare the Word (©2016), www.PrepareTheWord.com
Mass Intentions for the Week Monday, August 8, 2016 8:00am Robinson & Schwartz Families Tuesday, August 9, 2016 8:00am Will Kuhlman Wednesday, August 10, 2016 8:00am Mary Ann Williams Thursday, August 11, 2016 8:00am Wanda Goedeker Friday, August 12, 2016 8:00am Ralph & Julie Robertson Saturday, August 13, 2016 8:00am Arlene Wittich 4:00pm Purgatorial Society Sunday, August 14, 2016 7:00am Parishioners 9:00am Honey Diaz DiNobo 11:00am Al Hefti
2 Welcome to Saint George Church
Schedule of Events Sunday August 7, 2016 Latin America Apostolate Coffee & Donuts parish center
Monday, August 8, 2016 Food Pantry noon-2:00pm
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 Bible Study 8:30am priest house mtg. rm. Food Pantry 4-6:30pm
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Thursday, August 11, 2016 Food Pantry 6:00-8:00pm Scripture Study 7pm parish center
Friday, August 12, 2016 Church cleaning after 8:00am Mass
Saturday, August 13, 2016 Food Pantry 9:30am-12pm (noon )
Next Sunday’s Readings Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10 Cowardly Zedekiah permits Jeremiah's ene-mies to wield power over the prophet's fate. Psalm 40:2, 3, 4, 18 Call upon the Lord with confidence from the pit of destruction. Hebrews 12:1-4 Jesus endured the cross by fixing on the promise of joy ahead. Luke 12:49-53 Jesus feels the agony of waiting for the hour he knows is about to arrive.
Ministers of the Liturgy August 13 & 14
Saturday, August 13, 2016- 4:00pm Servers: Natalie Pistone & Ken Torretta Lectors: Paula Schroeder Greeters: Mary Ann Speno Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 7:00am Servers: Steve Willey Lectors: Ken Gebken Greeters: Carol Blessing Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 9:00am Servers: Raphael Tomas Lectors: Ray Heine Greeters Patricia Gorman Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 11:00am Servers: Billy & Summer Street, & Joelly Funez Lectors: Tim Howard Greeters: Cathy Byer
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NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Today’s Scriptures
The inner word: What’s in your heart? The Letter to the Hebrews offers one of the most el-oquent definitions of faith in scripture: “Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.” It’s true, isn’t it? So much of faith has to do with believing in the invisible. But there’s more to it. It is also about “realization” and “evidence”—things you can perceive. Though faith does have an unseen, “not here” quality, it’s also very much in the here and now. Where do you “see” faith today? Prepare the Word (©2016), www.PrepareTheWord.com But I didn't know In school, once in a while, it happened. You forgot the assignment was due and had nothing to hand in. Or you were sick on Monday and didn't know about the test on Tuesday. Or a pop quiz was thrown re-garding the very chapter you failed to read. Some-times it wasn't an academic embarrassment, but a social one. On casual Friday in parochial school, when the rest of the class was wearing cool clothes, you showed up in your uniform. Yikes.
Even now, in adulthood, you and I are sometimes caught off guard, unprepared. We space out the mid-week holy day. We neglect to pay the bill on time. We don't allow for traffic and wind up arriving an hour late for dinner. We forget our mother's birth-day.
Being clueless is one thing. But sometimes we know better and still fail to take responsibility for the obli-gations that are ours. As scholar Martin Lang sums it up, what Jesus teaches today pivots on three ideas: suddenness, accountability, and responsibility. Sud-den: because we can't put our death on the calendar for future reference. Accountable: because our lives don't belong to us, we're merely stewards of time, and God alone will judge our stewardship. Responsi-ble: because what we do on this earth, every deci-sion, matters. What we do AND fail to do, as we say
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at every Mass. It won't do us any good to claim we didn't know, we weren't expecting this; that, with more time or a little advance warning, we could have cobbled something together. Too late for that.
So how do we handle the tremendous pressure of being totally responsible to God for every choice we make, with a deadline we can't exactly plan for? Trust in God is the key to getting it right. Jesus says: Don't be afraid to sell your belongings to give alms. Hanging onto stuff is unimportant; helping your sister and brother in need is critical.
Getting ready for death is not the same as getting ready for the opera! It's not about what we do in the final hours before we go, but what we do all along the way. Live like the pop quiz is today. And to-morrow. Treat every interaction with your fellow human beings like it's the last, with all the tender-ness and kind attention you daydream of bestowing on those around your deathbed. If you hope to be a saint one day, be a saint today. If you intend to for-give your sister eventually, forgive her now. If you plan on being generous after you win the lottery, be generous immediately. Christian death is easy. Die to yourself in every minute, and you've got it made.
Alice Camille
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AUGUST 7TH 2016 19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Dynamic Catholic, Alive! Sunday Mass
Do you “have” to go to Mass, or do you “get” to go to Mass every Sunday? Some obligations can feel like both are true, de-pending on our perspective. Like any re-lationship, our relationship with God can have hills and valleys. That’s why there’s really virtue in vigilance—the discipline by which we embrace our relationship with God regardless of whether we “feel” good about it ourselves. We know God desires our friendship—we just have to show up. (2180-2188)
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Wisdom 18:6-9 Psalm 33:1, 12, 18-19, 20-22 Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19 Luke 12:32-48
4 Welcome to Saint George Church
Questions Catholics Ask The Holy Year of Mercy:
Reflections
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. — William Shakespeare
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What about heaven and hell? WHOEVER believes Jesus is the Son of God, the gospel says, will have eternal life. Traditionally a lot of “eternal life” has to do with what happens after death, especially the prospects of heaven and hell. So what’s the church’s official word on the subject?
Hell is the “state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 1033). That underscores that hell is a deliberate choice; no one falls into it by accident. Hell is real-ized immediately upon death for those who die mortally (fatally) sinful. The irrevocability of this decision is a “call to responsibility” and “to conver-sion” (CCC no. 1035-36) for the living. No one is predestined for condemnation, and it’s not God’s intent that anyone should perish in this way (CCC no. 1037).
What impresses me is that more folks concern themselves with hellish details than seek to learn about heaven. If hell unnerves us, there’s an easy solution: Remain on the path of love. If hell is self-chosen alienation from God, then heaven is self-selected union. God is love, so stick with love and hell becomes literally a dead subject. –Alice L. Camille
Adapted from Questions Catholics Ask for VocationNet-work.org. See the original article for additional resources on this topic. Prepare the Word (©2016), www.PrepareTheWord.com
This Sunday After all the Masses
Dominican Fathers in Africa August 20/21 Appeal
Dominicans in Africa are currently located in some 25 countries. Our Dominican Province of Nigeria & Ghana is the largest entity on the African continent. We are engaged in a diversity of ministries. Our efforts are very much concentrated in the areas of basic formation and training for the priesthood and religious life; primary evangelization in rural parts of Africa; on-going Christian formation in the faith through parish ministries; ministry among Muslims; social justice ministries, and healthcare delivery; chaplaincies and education ministries at all levels. We are committed to bringing Christ in a relevant way to all the people that we minister unto. In his presentation, our representative will make references to these ministerial engagements of ours. We would greatly appreciate your support and encouragement for a successful appeal.
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Duke Ajemian Fr. Edwin Albers Al Anthony Margaret Antonic Pat Arrendell Dolores Bazzetta Sug Beier Katie Bloss Michael Boehm John Bohac Mary Ellen Bown Ruth Brown Bob Brunette Joan Buchmann Cathy Byer Colin Byington Donovan Byington Laura Camp Marie Cassani Mary Jo Castellano Bonnie Chapman Joshua Cilufo Dottie Coleman Jerome Coleman John Coleman Mason Cook Shirleen Coughlin Joseph Curran Julie Devlin Mary Dillon John Dirkers Jim Doerr Lilia Doerr Mary Dougherty Helen Eiserle Suzanne Elder Mary Beth Ericson Juanita Fernandez Paula Fischer Ann M. Forthaus Ray Forthaus Kathy Gallagher Caroline Garcia
Amy Gebken Thomas George Bob Giegling Betty Graceffa Donna Gratza Jeanne Griffin Larry Griffin Sr. Mary Grossman Jane Grote Janette Haller Pam Hardebeck James Harris Jesse Harris Keith Hasenfratz Mary Haynes John Hivner Peggy Holden Arline Hollenbaugh Rose Hook Toni Horst Eileen Immken Loretta Inserra Julie Isaak Marge Johnson Lester Johnson Cynthia Kahn Theresa Kuturovac Pat Lake Art Lampe Teresa Lawrence Evelyn Lassa Sandy Lebbing Al Leifeld Betty LeMatty Dan Lewandowski Rosemary Lewan-dowski Eileen Linder Joe Lonero Virginia Lynn Ron Macke Rose Macher Marie Ann Mayer Anne McGowan Shirley Melber
Barbara Mena Marie Merlotti Jennifer Murphy Lucille Neri Thao Nguyen Emma O’Brien Mary Onion Sophia Piotrowski Kathleen Politte Tom Pollard Sr. Annie Pranger Agnes Pratt Lawrence Puffer Dennis F. Robertson Nancy Rolfes Shirley Rosso Helen Rueffer Georgia Saffa John Sartorius John Schifko Sharon Schmidt Ian Schroeder Clarence Schuette Mary Ann Schuette Fred Smith Virginia Sweeney Debra Tafra Joan Torretta Ken Torretta Paul Ullrich Anne Vigil Elizabeth Walsh Evely Weilbaecher Chorlisha West Mary Ann Wheatley Patrick White Melba White Pam Williams Theresa Winkeler Alan Young Bradley Young
The Adoration Chapel of St. George needs more committed adorers.
There are currently 9 open hours that must be filled, Monday 1:00am, 2:00am, 3:00am; Tues. 2:00pm; Weds. 1:00am, 5:00am; Thursday 10:00am; Friday 1:00am, 12:00pm; Call Olga Leonard at 351-3853 or Kay Brillhart 631-3679, if you can commit to these or any other hour.
“Bash for Bolivia” Join the Mission Office of the Archdiocese of St. Louis on Saturday, August 27, 2016 for an evening of dinner, music and more at the Cardinal Rigali Center’s Fleur de Lis Room as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of our Latin America Apostolate and the 25th anniversary of Pan y Amor! We will honor our missionaries for their past service and raise funds to support their future efforts! Reservations must be made by August 5th to reserve your seats! Cost is $40 per person. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. You can sign up at https://archstl.org/bashforbolivia or call 314-792-7655. Unable to attend but would like to participate in some way? You are eligible to enter a raffle to win $5,000 in home remodeling by Schei Construction Company, Inc! Raffle tickets are $25. Call 314-792-7655 to purchase tickets.”
Home Caregiver Norma Correnti is available to assist the sick or the elderly who live alone and may require assis-tance. You can call her at (314) 351-6425 to see if you can use her services.
60th Anniversary of the Latin American Apostolate
“Celebrating Our Past- Committing to Our Future”
On Sunday, August 7th, we will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Latin American Apostolate and a collection will be taken to support the pres-ence of our 4 Saint Louis Priest Missionaries in Bo-livia. Due to great poverty in Bolivia, many people are living in conditions we can barely imagine—without access to clean water, sanitation or foo. The country also continues to suffer from a severe short-age of native Priests. Our St. Louis Priest Mission-aries are critical in helping to proclaim the Gospel, celebrate the Sacraments, form seminarians, and of-fer aid and pastoral care to their parishioners.
Our Missionaries can only do what we make pos-sible through our prayers and sacrifices. Please be generous in the collection for the Latin American Apostolate of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis on Sunday August 7, 2016. Envelopes in the pews can be dropped in next wee collection basket.
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