Father Mark A. Porterfield, Pastor

Father Stephen W. Jones

Pastoral Administrator

frjones@heliascatholic.com

Deacon Francis Butel 573-893-3049

Deacon Steve Kliethermes

573-893-3693

Deacon Brad Jones 573-634-3088

Mr. Mark McGuire IV, Pastoral Minister

brpiomaria@gmail.com

Mrs. Julie Clingman Principal

573-893-3519

principal@stmartinjc.org

Mrs. Cathy Francka, Bookkeeper

cfrancka@stmartinjc.org

Ms. Judy Eggen, Secretary

Stmartinparishoffice@gmail.com

Mrs. Julie Erwin,

Parish Council President

pcouncil@stmartinjc.org

“Following Jesus is not easy, but it’s not

difficult either, because on the path of love

the Lord does things in such a way that we

can go forward; it is the Lord himself who

opens up our heart”. -Pope Francis

Please pray for all seminarians.

Your prayers and support make a

difference.

Help in creating a culture of vocation.

REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 5:30pm, Sunday: *7:30am and 10:30am

Monday: No Mass | *Tuesday: 5:30pm

*Wednesday - Friday: 8:00am

*Weekday Masses and Sunday 7:30 Mass will be

live-streamed on the parish Facebook page.

CONFESSION: Tues: 5-5:20pm; Wed-Fri: 7:30-7:50am

Saturday: 4:30-5:15 Sunday: 7-7:20am and 10-10:20am

Parish Office Hours: Monday: Closed

Tuesday-Friday: After

morning Mass until 4:00pm

School Office Hours:

Mon-Thurs: 9am-12pm.

Please call before you

come so we can be

prepared to help you

when you arrive.

Parish: 7148 St. Martins Blvd, Jefferson City, MO 65109 | 573-893-2923

School: 7206 St. Martins Blvd, Jefferson City, MO 65109 | 573-893-3519

Website: www.stmartin.diojeffcity.org

SUNDAY JUNE 21, 2020

V O C A T I O N C O R N E R

May the Sacred

Heart of Jesus

transform all men,

especially fathers,

to trust in the model

of St. Joseph to instill

in them courageous

leadership and devotion

for those whom God has

placed in their care.

OBLIGATION TO ATTEND MASS Bishop McKnight has dispensed us from

the obligation to attend Sunday Mass

and Holy Days of Obligation until

September 11, 2020, provided that we

do one of the following:

† Participate in the Sunday or Holy Day of Obligation Mass livestreamed from

our parish, the Cathedral, or the

Vatican.

† Prayerfully read and meditate on the readings of the Mass for the Sunday

or Holy Day of Obligation, and recite

the rosary.

† Prayerfully read and meditate on the readings of the Mass for the Sunday

or Holy Day of Obligation, and recite

the Divine Mercy Chaplet.

Those who are 65 years of age or older,

and those with medical conditions, are

highly encouraged not to go to Mass

when it is likely that there will be a large

number of the faithful in attendance or

if social distancing and the wearing of

face masks are not observed.

BISHOP MCKNIGHT’S

MONTHLY PRAYER

INTENTION

If you would like to have the St. Martin’s Prayer Line

pray for your special needs, please email

Sandie Cope, sandieicu@gmail.com

All bulletin announcements are due the Tuesday

before the weekend you wish to print in, by 9:00 am.

Please email them to stmartinparishoffice@gmail.com.

JUNE 14, 2020

ENVELOPES: $11,819.00

LOOSE: $150.05

TOTAL: $11,969.05

P A R I S H F I N A N C I A L S WEEKLY PARISH SCHEDULE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY June 21: Anna Block, Mary Kirsch, Sam McElwaine, Mike Schaefer, Philip Schulte, Carol Woehrer

June 22: Carlene Bax, John Cope, Kody Mertens, Jessica Twehous, Clayton Walters

June 23: Jerrod Atteberry, Cindy Cooper, Barbara Anne Darby, Ryan Estes, Hayden Hirschvogel, Brendon Howard, Owen Rosner, Zachary Schmidt, Amy Stephens

June 24: Bob Berhorst, Brock Carel, Sheryl Eveler, Jeana Faris, Gabe Fender, Karen Wankum

June 25: Emma Bax, Dorothy Bruemmer, Bob McDonald, Jason Poetker

June 26: Clara Haslag, Scott Higgins, Billy Ivy, Landon James, Francis Lehman, Ashton Riegel

June 27: Rhys Bates, Howard Kessler, John Schanbacher, Clare Schulte, Lauren Verslues

M A S S I N T E N T I O N S

t Indicates deceased

6/22 NO MASS

6/23 t Bernskoetter/Poetker families

6/24 t Rita Schaefer

6/25 t Pat Brauner

6/26 t Margaret, Alphonse and Clara Boeckman

6/27 t Herman Haslag

6/28 t Eugene Hentges

People of the Parish

F R O M F R . J O N E S

Dear people of St Martin’s, what a joy

it has been for me to serve this parish

over the last 14 months! I am truly

thankful for the hospitality and

welcome I have received during my

short tenure as your parish

administrator, and I truly wish that our

time together was not coming to an

end.

I know that the set-up we had was

not always an easy one. Having a

priest who has another full-time

position plus a family will always pose

a challenge for all involved, and I

know that has been the case at

St Martin’s from time to time. I truly

appreciate your patience as I’ve

tried to juggle all three, and your

understanding as sometimes things

slipped through the cracks.

Thank you!

I am confident that you all will thrive

under the leadership of Fr. Doke and

will enjoy his presence and ministry to

the parish.

Please pray for my new ministry as

Director of Stewardship for the diocese

and for the success of our endeavors

to introduce the stewardship model to

all our parishes. It will be quite the task,

but I am confident that, with God’s

help, we will succeed.

I look forward to being back at

St Martin’s at times in my new role,

and I look forward to all of us growing

further in our faith and in our ministries

on behalf of Jesus and His Church.

Many blessings to you all!

MONDAY, JUNE 21 Scripture Group |7:00pm

Knights of Columbus Bingo | 6:30pm

Prog #1-$999, Prog #2-$699, Total

possible payout-$3,930. We will follow

appropriate social distancing policies.

There will not be a meal served, but we

will have pie, soda, chips, etc. Mark

your calendars for September 19 and

join us for Cosmic Bingo.

TUESDAY, JUNE 23 Youth Summit | 6:00pm

This event is open to high school youth.

Adult Faith Formation will NOT be meeting this week.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 Mobile Food Pantry | 4:00-6:00pm

Larry and Shirley Schwarzer,

celebrating 50 years of Marriage.

Leon and Brenda Gosche,

celebrating 51 years of Marriage

Please pray for Fr. Aubuchon as he

awaits a heart transplant. You may

send cards or notes of support to:

Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish

c/o Fr. Christopher Aubuchon

3934 Washington St

Kansas City, MO 64111

Please also pray for Fr. Mike Coleman

who is undergoing cancer treatment.

FAREWELL TO FR. JONES

There will be baskets in the back of

church and in the gym if you

would like to drop off a card for

Fr. Jones before he begins his new

assignment on July 1. We will miss

him and wish him well!

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PARISH NEWS & EVENTS

PARISH SCHOOL AND YO UTH NEWS

MONDAY SCRIPTURE GROUP The Monday evening Scripture Group

has resumed meeting on Monday

evenings at 7pm at church. For more

information contact Barb Mertens at

893-4796. Everyone is welcome to join.

PARISH FISH FRY Planning for our Fish Fry in July: A Faith,

Fun and Fellowship Event on Picnic

Sunday is well under way. The event

will be held on Sunday, July 12, our

regular picnic Sunday from12pm-5pm.

Thank you to Julie Clingman who

agreed to chair the event and all of the

people who have volunteered to plan

and organize the various areas.

We will have a drive-thru meal of fried

fish, fried potato chips, coleslaw and

cornbread. There will be live music to

entertain those waiting in line, along with

opportunities to support the parish and

school by participating in a 50/50 raffle,

the Home and School Association’s UTV

raffle, and an online auction of quilts and

other items.

The quilts will be on display in the gym

beginning the weekend of June 20-21.

Ways you can help with the event:

Donate non-perishable items for the

online auction. Generally these

would be items valued over $25.

Donate toward the cost of food.

Volunteer to work. Contact Andrea

Fender at 893-3519 or 694-0586 if you

are able to assist with the event.

Pray for the success of the event

Invite your family and friends to

come eat and participate in the

raffles and online auction

Help advertise by mentioning in your

social media accounts

We are following the cautious approach

used by Immaculate Conception Parish

in Loose Creek when having our

drive-thru meal. As such, those

parishioners under the age of 18 and

over the age of 65 are not being asked

to work the event. However, we are

asking all parishioners to assist in some

manner. We particularly encourage all

those not physically working the event to

pray for its success! Also, if you are

unable to work, please consider making

a financial gift to offset the cost of food.

EXCAVATING HELP NEEDED We have an opportunity to bring

fiber optic Internet to our parish

campus. Centurylink has a fiber/high

speed cable buried across the street

from our church. The city is installing

a crossing light in front of our

church’s west driveway in June.

At that time, the city will put in

conduit pipe so Centurylink can run

the fiber cable under the road to our

property. We are hoping to have a

trench dug from the shoulder on the

north side of the road to church and

from church to school in order to lay

conduit and fiber to equipment in

church and school. As such, we are

looking for parishioners or businesses

who have equipment that can

perform the digging, laying of

conduit and running of cable to

help with this project. If you can

help, please contact our principal,

Mrs. Julie Clingman at

principal@stmartinjc.org or

Debbie Boeckman, our technology

coordinator at

dboeckman@stmartinjc.org as soon

as possible. By connecting all

buildings on our parish campus, we

will consolidate from three Internet

accesses at 10 mbps to one Internet

access at 300mbps for a minor cost

increase. This will provide much

better access, will eliminate

duplicate network equipment and

will reduce network maintenance

time which is done by volunteers.

PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN St. Martin Parish School is taking

applications for Preschool and

Kindergarten students for the

2020-2021 school year. To apply

please contact the school office.

ST MARTIN’S GARAGE SALES St. Martins’ annual community-wide

garage sale is scheduled for June 26

and/or June 27, 2020. We are again

asking for those who participate to

contribute $2 to cover the cost of

advertising in the newspapers. For

more information or to pay the $2,

contact Helen Kliethermes, 337 West

Forest Lane (893-3693) or Virginia

Bayne, 345 Verdant Lane (893-8761).

WOMEN’S MINISTRY BOOK CLUB The diocesan Women’s Ministry is

sponsoring a summer Gathering

Girlfriends for Grace women’s online

book club. Join a group to enjoy a

summer of inspiration on the topics of:

self-help, faith formation, devotional

and fun reads. For more information,

see the Women’s ministry page at

https://diojeffcity.org/womens-

ministry-book-club-2/.

COLLEGE BOUND SENIORS Congratulations High School

Graduates. Make sure you belong to

something great in college. Connect

to Catholic campus ministry at

signupnc.newmanconnection.com.

Newman Connection is an online

resource to help you connect to the

Newman Center serving your campus.

EVENTS IN THE DIOCESE

TOTUS TUUS

Our parish will be hosting Totus Tuus

from July 26th-31st. This is a summer

Catholic youth program dedicated to

sharing the Gospel and promoting the

Catholic faith through evangelization,

catechesis, Christian witness, and

Eucharistic worship. Sessions for

3rd-6th grade will be 9am-2pm.

Sessions for 7th-12th grade will be

7:30-9:30pm. Enrollment is on a first-

come, first-serve basis. Registration

forms are in the back of church and

on the parish website. If you have

questions, please call the parish office

or contact Mark McGuire at

brpiomaria@gmail.com.

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