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Parish Mission Statement “Following the example of our patron St. Stephen, we are called to be witnesses of God’s love
and to be a faith-filled, reconciling parish.”
St. Stephen Protomartyr Parish
Ascension of the Lord
May 28, 2017
PARISH 3949 Wilmington Avenue St. Louis, MO 63116 314 481-1133 314 481-6036 fax [email protected] www.saintstephenstl.org
Chapel of Sts . Mary and Joseph 6304 Minnesota St. Louis, MO 63111
SCHOOL 3929 Wilmington Avenue St. Louis, MO 63116 314-752-4700 314 752-5165 fax [email protected] www.http://school.saintstephenstl.org
Reverend Ron Hopmeir, Pastor
Mrs. Mary Regan, Pastoral Associate
Mr. Mike Nigh, Director of Music
Mrs. Barbara Edelmann, Office Manager / Bookkeeper,
Mrs. Leigh Manalang, Senior Ministry Coordinator,
Mrs. Michel Wendell, Principal
Mrs. Mary Paule, Child Safety Coordinator, Secretary,
Monday May 29
Tuesday May 30
Wednesday May 31
Thursday June 1
Friday June 2
Saturday June 3
Sunday June 4
Memorial Day Mass 9 AM
Quilters 9 AM - 2 PM
Mass 8 AM
Arthritis Exercise 9 AM
Mass 8 AM
Mass 8 AM
Arthritis Exercise 9 AM
Mass 8 AM
Mass 8 AM
Spring Clean-Up
8:30 - 11:30
Vigil Mass 4:00 PM
Quarter Auction 7 PM
Masses 8:00 & 10:30
AM
Donut Sunday
Blood Drive 9 AM - 1 PM
Lectors
Saturday, June3
4:00 PM - B. McLain, C. Deeken
Sunday, June 4
8:00 AM - L. Harbaugh, C. Grindel
10:30 AM - G. Joly, E. Joly
Servers
Saturday, June 3
4:00 PM - Lily M., Maya W.
Sunday, June 4
8:00 AM - Charlie B., Isaac J.
10:30 AM - Pedro A., Sarah G.
STEWARDSHIP: SHARING TIME, TALENT, TREASURE and PRAYER
THIS WEEK AT ST. STEPHEN PROTOMARTYR
BLOOD DRIVE
SUNDAY CONTRIBUTION
“I am praying for them…” JOHN 17: 9 Prayer is the foundation of our Faith and the foundation of Stewardship. Pray in good times and in bad. Prayer is always the first best option in any situation, not just the last resort. Pray for friends and family and for those that don’t treat you very well. Pray to give praise, to thank and to ask God for help. Pray to see what God wants you to do with the gifts He has given you.
SPORTS REGISTRATION
May 21 Sunday Contribution $ 7,582.50
On-line Giving Contribution $ 1,967.00
Total weekly contribution $ 9,549.50
R & I $ 295.00
Tuition Assistance $ 913.00
Catholic Communication $ 366.00
Cardinal Glennon $ 10.00
Registration is now open for the 2017 season (2017-
2018 school year) for soccer and volleyball. PLEASE
NOTE: Soccer starts with Pre-K at 4 years old
and volleyball starts in 3rd grade.
Soccer leagues are as follows:
Judge Dowd League: Pre-K through 2nd grade
CYC: 3rd through 8th grade
Volleyball:
CYC: 3rd through 8th grade.
Registration will remain open throughout May.
If you have any questions, please email Jason Joly
(President) or Trish Vogel (Treasurer) at
Boy Scout Troop 104 is sponsoring
a Blood Drive to benefit the American
Red Cross on Sunday, June 4th
from 9:00 until 1:00 in the Parish
Center. Boy Scouts will be at Masses
on the weekend of May27 - May
28th to take appointments. Donors
may also visit the website "www.redcrossblood.org" and
enter the code "StStephenP" to schedule an
appointment.
May 28, 2017 Ascension of the Lord
WELCOME!
If you are new to St. Stephen Protomartyr parish or just visiting, Welcome!!
Visitors please sign the Guest Book found near the main entrance to the Church.
If you would like to register in the parish, please call or email the parish office. Welcome to the neighborhood and
parish community!!
2017 QUARTER AUCTION
SOUTH CITY DEANERY PSR
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Are you interested in helping
children nurture their love of God,
while further exploring your own
faith life? VBS is currently looking
for adults and high school students
interested in volunteering as
leaders and assistants for this
summer’s program, “We are the
Light of the World.”
VBS runs from 9 AM - 12 PM during the week of June
26 - 30. All adults (including recent High School
graduates) must complete the requirements of Protecting
God’s Children before VBS begins. If you would like to
volunteer or request more information, please contact
Theresa Lueke at [email protected].
Event date: Saturday, June 3
7:00 PM SSP Parish Center
Attendees Need to Know!!
Doors will open at 6 PM
"Bidding" starts at 7 Sharp
Come Early and Plan Your Bidding,
add an "All In" to your bid card for $40,
or bring your own quarters to bid with.
Because of the generosity of folks we have added a
couple of additional opportunities.
Raffle for Two sets of two Cardinal Tickets
Tuesday, July 4 against the Florida Marlins.
Each pair of tickets valued at $276.
Two Winners!!!!!
Also, tickets will be sold to drop in the item of your choice
on some higher valued items.
Golf packages, original artwork, a great pack of City
restaurant gift cards and others.
Winners will be drawn near the end of the evening.
And what kind of event would it be without a Pot of
Gold? Tickets sold, three winners will be drawn.
You can still be a VIRTUAL PLAYER!
Can't make the auction but want a shot at some great
items? $55 gets you a bid card and you're in on all
items. Virtual players' numbers will be posted at the
event.
Eco-Friendly event. Bottled water will
not be available. Bonus - bring your own
container and we'll fill it for you for free!
For more information:
Leslie Harbaugh 440-0730
Sharon Reibe 314-393-0750
Registration packets are available for the 2017-2018
school year. We are accepting students in grades PK - 8.
We also accept high school students who are preparing
for Confirmation.
There is a new Board policy that all students who are
preparing for sacraments must be in our program for two
years before receiving the sacrament; that means that
students must be enrolled in our 1st grade class to
receive First Communion in second grade. Students
must be in our Pre-Confirmation class before the
Confirmation preparation class.
There will be two on-site registration opportunities at
the St. John the Baptist Parish Center: Monday, August
14th (6pm to 8pm) and Sunday, August 20th (11am to
1pm). Classes begin August 28th.
Please contact the SCDPSR at 314-773-3070 or
[email protected] with any questions.
St. Stephen Protomartyr Parish www.saintstephenstl.org
♦ June 3 - Quarter Auction
♦ June 4 - Blood Drive
♦ June 14 - Parish Picnic
♦ June 26 - 30 - Vacation Bible School
Monday: Acts 19:1-8 Ps 68:2-7 Jn 16:29-33
Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27 Ps 68:10-11, 20-21
Jn 17:1-11
Wednesday, The Visitation of the blessed virgin Mary:
Zep 3:14-18 (Ps) Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 Lk 1:39-56
Thursday, St. Justin: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11
Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-11 Jn 17:20-26
Friday: Acts 25:13-21 Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20
Jn 21:15-19
Saturday, St. Charles Lwanga & Companions:
Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 Ps11:4-5, 7 Jn 21:20-25
Pentecost Sunday: Acts 2:1-11 Ps 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34
1 Cor 12:3-7, 12-13 Jn 20:19-23
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
SPRING CLEAN UP
LOOKING AHEAD
THANK YOU
THE “VIGIL” IN MILWAUKEE
It's 2:30 in the morning. A police officer sees a light in
the window of a Milwaukee church hall. He knocks on
the door and a parishioner answers.
"Everything OK?"
"Yes, officer we're just having our usual prayer vigil."
That's not exactly true.
The small church wanted to provide a warm, safe
place for homeless people to stay on Milwaukee's cold
winter nights, but there was no way the parish could
afford to meet city code. So they decided to hold an "all-
night prayer vigil" to which all were welcome. The vigil is
now greatly appreciated by local police and neighbors as
well as well the homeless who take advantage of the
"warm" vigil.
The genius of the ministry is that the guests have
taken on the major role in managing the program. Parish
"prayer leaders" have witnessed the amazing
transformation of seemingly helpless people into
competent managers of their own situation. They turn
away people who are intoxicated or otherwise unable to
cooperate. They determine the timing of smoking breaks.
They keep the church clean. They "have each other's
backs" as a community.
One volunteer believes, "I think this is what Jesus
had in mind when he called together the most unlikely
people to be his disciples and support community - in
other words, church."
Maybe "prayer vigil" isn't such a stretch, after all. [Howard Bowman, writing The Christian Century, February 3, 2016.]
† The Ascension of the Lord is not the marking of a
departure but the realization of a presence. Matthew's
Gospel begins with the dawning of Emmanuel: "God
is with us"; it concludes with Emmanuel's promise: "I
am with you always, even to the end of time." It is not
an abstract or distant presence; Christ is the center
of our Church in word, in sacrament, in every
moment of generosity and every act of compassion
we perform and experience. Christ is in our midst in
everything we do in his name: our Sunday Eucharist,
a group of children learning the Lord's Prayer, a
gathering of knitters each week to make prayer
shawls for the sick, a legally-sanctioned "prayer
vigil" for the homeless on a frigid winter night. The
charge Jesus leaves to his disciples on the mountain
of the Ascension is left to all of us two millennia
later: we are called to teach, to witness and to heal in
our own small corners of the world, from our kitchen
tables to our church hall. †
From: Connections: May 2017
Thank you to the Holy Name Society for their
generosity in purchasing a new screen for the Parish
Center. What a difference it makes!! Thank you so much
for your continued support of the parish and school.
Join fellow parishioners for our
yearly Spring Clean Up as we
spruce up the gardens, trim and
mulch the parish grounds.
When: Saturday, June 3rd
8:30 to 11:30 AM
We will use everybody, for 1
hour or 3 hours, any help appreciated.
All are welcome, adults and youth.
Bring yard tools -- rakes, blowers, shovels,
wheelbarrows etc.
May 28, 2017 Ascension of the Lord
GRAND RAFFLE
CAKE WALK BOOTH
RING A BOTTLE BOOTH
RIDE BRACELETS SPONSOR A BOOTH
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED It's that time of year again! We are in
need of donations for the world famous
Ring-A-Bottle booth at the Parish Picnic.
Knick knacks, toys, household items,
books, tchotchkes*, and more are needed. Please leave
donations in the box located in the back of church
marked 'Ring-A-Bottle Booth' or contact Bridgette Fyvie
to make arrangements for pickup or delivery. Thanks!
477-9008 [email protected]
*Russian for trinkets
Businesses. Organizations. Elected Officials. Consider
sponsoring one our SSP picnic booths - a great way to
show your support for South St. Louis.
Please pick up your sponsor form at the back of
church or contact Gina Joly at 314-882-8762 for more
information.
Calling all Bakers! It’s time to break out those cake pans,
cupcake papers, & cookie sheets.
Baked donations are needed for the
SSP Parish Picnic Cake Walk.
Not a Baker? You can still help!
Store bought donations are welcome
or donate your time by working a booth!
For your convenience, two different sized cake boxes
and cookie bags will be available at the back of church
beginning May 28. It is not obligatory to use provided
boxes. For questions please contact Heather Mattingly
314-537-5208 or [email protected].
Please leave donations in the parish hall, the evening
before the picnic on June 13th or the morning of the
picnic. Many Thanks!
Our biggest fundraiser of the year is almost here!
Presale ride bracelets and game tickets will be sold
after all Masses on the weekends of June 4th and 11th,
and the day prior the picnic on Jun 13th from 5 to 7 PM.
Presale ride tickets are $26 ($30 day of), and game
tickets are 4/$1 (3/$1 day of). Cash, check, and credit
will be accepted.
Calling ALL volunteers!
You know the saying, “Many hands make for light work.” Preparation for our annual parish picnic on June
14th requires organizing the many volunteers that it takes
to make this important event run smoothly. There are
over 1000 man hours required to set-up, to run and clean
up all the activities on the day of the picnic. We ask parishioners to donate an hour or two to work in
one of our numerous booths or assist with picnic set up and
clean up.
Please contact Dan (314) 518-7357 or Jenny West (314)276-5034 or [email protected] to help.
The generous support of
our raffles contributes greatly
to our picnic success.
Enter the GRAND
RAFFLE to win up to $15,000
in cash. Only 400 tickets will be
sold, each for $100. Buy your own or split one with friends
or family.
To purchase Grand Raffle Tickets or sell them, contact
Tim & Pattie O’Connell at 314.352.8145 or
TAKE A COSMIC WALK THROUGH THE UNIVERSE Does the world seem to be moving faster than ever? Does life seem to be unsettling?
Come hear the Universe Story and experience the well-being that comes from a story begun
14 billion years ago. Come learn your part in Cosmic Events that are profoundly ongoing.
We are so excited for the return of Jane Siebel, formerly on staff at Immaculate Heart of
Mary, to share this story with you. If you’ve never heard it, the telling of the Universe Story is a must-do experience!
Jane wants you to know in your heart the deep time that exists in your own life for all eternity.
Join Jane and SGSM on Monday, June 5th from 10:00 am to Noon, stepping into a world of Cosmic Events, the world
of God’s creation and learn your part in the great unfolding Universe. A complimentary lunch will also be served after the
presentation.
Location: IHM Father Keaney Center (gymnasium), 4092 Blow Street
RSVP: Ann at 314-481-7543 by May 31
BETTER BRAIN STUDY Dr. Eric Lenze at the Washington University School of Medicine is investigating the use of computerized cognitive
training and a medication to improve memory and cognitive function in older adults. You might qualify if you:
1) Are age 65 or older
2) Do not take any psychiatric medications
3) Have noticed changes in your memory with aging
This study will include the following: Approximately 6 outpatient study visits over approximately 6 months; Study-
related assessments and an MRI; At-home computerized cognitive training; Study medication (either vortioxetine or
placebo); Up to $390 for time and effort.
For more information about the Better Brain Study, contact Jissell Torres at (314) 747-5935 or
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE Did you know that volunteering is good for your health? It’s true! According to a study from George Warren Brown
School of Social Work at Washington University, just two hours of volunteering a week can have a positive effect on the
overall well-being of older adults.
The researchers found that older adults who volunteered had better assessments than non-volunteers on three
measures: daily functioning, health and depression. Volunteering nearly two hours a week produced the best results.
Keeping that in mind, the senior ministry program is always looking for volunteers, specifically to drive our elders to
medical appointments and also to help with our newsletter mailing. Please contact Leigh at the parish office at 481-1133
ext 307 or email: [email protected]
Tuesday - after 8 am Mass: Perpetual Help Devotions
Wednesday - 8:45 am—4:00 pm: Church is available for
Eucharistic Adoration
First Friday of the month Holy Hour and Benediction
after the 8:00 AM Mass.
St. Stephen Protomartyr www.saintstephenstl.org
Monday, May 29
9:00 AM - Deceased Service Men and Women
Tuesday, May 30
8:00 AM - Souls in Purgatory
Donald Willmann
Wednesday, May 31
8:00 AM - Herb Herberts
Thursday, June 1
8:00 AM - Donna Spaeter
Friday, June 2
8:00 AM - Rose Byers
Saturday, June 3
8:00 AM - Rev. Joseph Blattner
4:00 PM - Our Parishioners
Sunday, June 4
8:00 AM - Peggy Welby
10:30 AM - Vince Krusczewski
Lawrence Ruzicka
Parish Office Hours 314-481-1133 Monday through Thursday: 8:30 AM — 4:30 PM Friday: 8:30 AM — 3:00 PM Closed Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays and Holy Days
Bulletin Article Deadline Monday at 12:00 PM. prior to the weekend bulletin.
Sacramental Celebrations Eucharist Saturday evening Vigil: 4:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM 10:30 AM (nursery available) Monday: Liturgy of the Word with Communion 8:00 AM Tuesday through Saturday: Mass 8:00 AM Holy Day: 8:00 AM and 7:00 PM
Infant and Child Baptism Baptisms are celebrated at any weekend liturgy or on the last Sunday of the month following the 10:30 am. Eucharist. Parents are asked to call the parish office to arrange a Baptism.
Adult Initiation / Reception into the Catholic Church Any adult who would like to know more about our Catholic faith, and/or who is interested in becoming a member of the Catholic Church, please call the parish office.
Reconciliation Saturdays 3:00 - 3:30 PM
Marriage Please contact one of the clergy at least six months prior to the planned date of marriage.
Anointing of the Sick We have a communal celebration of this sacrament at the weekend liturgies in the fall and in the spring. If you would like to be anointed before entering the hospital or if you are homebound, please call the parish office.
Parish School of Religion Parish School of Religion formal classes in our Catholic Faith Children: 4 yrs. through 8th grade and high school Located on the campus of St. John the Baptist Parish. Call the PSR Director at 314-773-3070.
Church Nursery Located in the rectory basement during 10:30 AM Mass. Enter by way of the alley. Staffed by parents.
Children’s Liturgy of the Word Children ages 4 through second grade are invited to participate and hear the scriptures in a way meaningful to their age. Held the first Sunday in September through Mother’s Day excluding holidays.
for our sick and recovering
Suzi Beck - Bob Crawford - Mary Lopinot -
Thomas Lorenz - Janet Matthews - Lois McClellan -
Robert Morse - Steve Moylan - Dan Nichols -
Joey Renick - Margaret Ringkamp - Beth Simon -
Jean Westrich
for our homebound
Jeanette Holmer - Florence Morrison - Rose Schuster
for those in nursing homes
Lorraine Burke - Ellie Kearns - Rosemary Kobylinski -
Gene VanderPluym
for family members serving in the military
Joel Bruce - Derek Hirtz - Brandon Johnson
Stephen Napier - Jack Renick - Brian Schoellhorn -
Mitch Sollmann - Mark Tisius - Bradley Westcott
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