Easter Sunday

April 1, 2018 A.D.

Welcome to St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church

610 West Ripa Avenue St. Louis, MO 63125

Mass Schedule Monday-Saturday 8 a.m.

Saturday 4 p.m.

Sunday 7:30 & 10 a.m.

Mass on Holy Days

National Holidays

Consult Sunday

Bulletin

Sacrament of

Penance

Saturday 3:00-3:45 p.m.

Eucharistic Adoration

Wednesdays from

8:30 a.m.-noon

Also 1st Thursdays to

Fridays of the month

Marriages

Contact parish office at

least six months prior to

wedding

Baptisms

Contact parish office

to register for a baptism

preparation class

Parish Contact Info Phone: 314-544-5664

Fax: 314-631-3118

saintmartinoftours

@yahoo.com

Website

http://

stmartinoftours.com

Parish Office Hours

Monday - Thursday

7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

St. Martin of Tours Parish extends a Warm Welcome to all

who have come to worship with us. We are honored by your

presence. If you would like to become a parishioner please contact the parish office. God Bless You!

Translation: “Alleluia: After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of

the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the

tomb: Alleluia.” (Antiphon for the Magnificat on Easter)

Pastor’s Pen

Dear St. Martin of Tours Parishioners and

Guests,

As spiritual leader of this wonderful par-

ish, I wish you a very Happy Easter!

This icon, which is mostly seen in

Catholic Churches in Greece or Russia, shows a very important moment both historically and theologically: Christ’s Descent into "Hell.” I put “Hell” in apostrophes, because this is not the Hell of Satan and the lost. This is the place of the dead which the Hebrew People called “Sheol” and which the Romans (best elucidated in Vergil’s Aeneid, Book 6) referred to as the Underworld; and which more importantly, as we state in the Creed which we recite every Sunday, is where Our Lord descended between His death and Resurrection, to preach to all the souls from the beginning of time who died before His coming.

Why is this important? Because (as you heard today in my homily), it was only by Christ’s victory on the Cross that Heaven was at last open to all humani-ty. Finally, after so many millennia, the dead could find their rest: Those who accepted his teaching (as determined by the way they lived their lives and by their confession of faith), Christ took with them to Heaven. Those who did not, they

were sent down to the eternal Hell from which there is no escape.

In this icon, we see Christ rescuing our first parents, Adam and Eve – Such a powerful symbol! Those who had been in Sheol the longest were the most fervent to recognize their Savior.

Notice how the golden bars by his feet, the “Gates to Hell” have been broken and torn apart by His feet. Notice the keys floating in the abyss below, which symbolize that Jesus has entered and conquered both death and Hell. You may, if you look very closely, also notice the skeletal figure who is chained up. which is Death and Satan who has been bound and killed by Christ,

The icon depicts what St. Luke writes in Hebrews 2:14:

“…that through death He might destroy him who has the power of death, that is,

the devil…” and by such a victory grant eternal life to all who believe in His Name.

Praise Be to Jesus Christ, who has freely given to us salvation. May we accept

His gift to us by a holy and selfless life, committed to Him.

May God Be Praised in Each One of You!

SUNDAY CONTRIBUTIONS

General $2899

Special Collections $ 630

Loose $ 635

Subtotal $4164

On-Line Giving $ 515

(Mar 19-Mar 25th)

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Total: $4679

THANK YOU!

To the many parishioners

who so generously support

ST. MARTIN of TOURS

PARISH

Parochial Administrator Rev. Noah Waldman

314-544-5664 frwaldmansmt@yahoo.com

Deacons

Rev. Mr. Edward Fronick edfronick@charter,net Rev. Mr. Philip Warren deaconwarren3@att.net

Business Manager

Ms. Donna McKay

Administrative Assistant

Mrs. Felice Nighbor

Maintenance

Mr. Rick Jobin

Mrs. Bridget Gabel

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17,

22-23 [24]/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/Jn 20:1-9 or

Mk 16:1-7or Lk 24:13-35

Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33/Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-

10, 11 [1]/Mt 28:8-15

Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41/Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22

[5b]/Jn 20:11-18

Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10/Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-

9 [3b]/Lk 24:13-35

Thursday: Acts 3:11-26/Ps 8:2, 5, 6-7, 8-9 [2ab]/

Lk 24:35-48

Friday: Acts 4:1-12/Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-24, 25-27

[22]/Jn 21:1-14

Saturday: Acts 4:13-21/Ps 118:1, 14-15, 16-18,

19-21 [21a]/Mk 16:9-15

LITURGICAL MINISTERS April 7 and April 8

Lectors

Dale Bachle Bobbi Villani Lisa Hale

Eucharistic Ministers Stephanie Parker

Dolores Sunkel

Sr. Ruth Chausse

Marge Fedke

Bill Grahl

Larry Skaggs

Greg Hrbacek

Vickey Heitzman

Carol Ritter

Carol Mueller

Gift Bearers Sue Jones Cathy & Charles Swoboda Judy & Rich Schindler

Ushers Lea Goolsby

John Schmitt

Loretta & Larry Skaggs

Bill Grahl

Greg Buck

Harry Albers

Art Brinkmeyer

Norm Kistner

Ray Busiek

Servers

John Schmitt

Ken McWhorter, Jr.

Bobbi & Bob Villani John Benedick

Kyle Kiser

Saturday 4:00 p.m. Sunday 7:30 a.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m.

MASS INTENTIONS

8:00a.m. - Monday April 2

Dolores & Roland Schaeffer+

8:00a.m. - Tuesday April 3

Justine Maier+

8:00a.m. -Wednesday April 4

Mark Kreutzman+

8:00a.m. - Thursday April 5

Agnes Barnett+

8:00a.m. - Friday April 6

Marie & Ray Austermann+

8:00p.m. - Saturday April 7

Barb Brockhaus

7:30a.m. - Sunday April 8

Nellie Hensiek+

10:00a.m. - Sunday April 8

People of the Parish

ALTAR SOCIETY: April 6

Audrey Erbs, Barb Muich

MONEY COUNTERS: Apr. 8

Larry Skaggs, Jim Heisner

Apollo Westrich, Frank Ziegler

ST. MARTIN OF TOURS

PRAY FOR OUR SICK

Mark Breihan Helen Alonzo Charlotte Brown Charity Douglas Doris Federhofer

Joyce Taylor Clarence Heller Gerry Jansen Pam Mazuco Carolyn Machino

Terri Morrison Ken McWhorter Evelyn Mueller Linda Palma Ruth Renz

Ceil Renaud Kathy Steppig Kurt Stuber Carol Frederic Debbie Actention

Sandy Warren Kathleen Warth Don Ziegler Lois Cliffe Donna Fichtenmeyer

Barb Ziegler Meagan Ziegler Kathy Voelz Fr. Terry Borgerding

PEACE WITH THE LORD

In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Jerome Holschbach and

all our faithful departed. Requiescant in pace.

ADORATION IN 2018

Once more we need to

know who would be

willing to commit an

hour of adoration time

next month, from

Thursday, April 5

after the 8:30a.m.

Mass until Friday,

April 6 at 3:00p.m.

Adding all that up, that makes one ½-hour slot at

the start and then thirty 1-hour slots.

To schedule your time slot, please call:

Barb Muich: 314-892-6284 or

Betty Koch: 314-775-7534 or

email:BettyKoch44@yahoo.com

PRO-LIFE

PLANT BOOTH

SMT PARISH PICNIC

SUNDAY, MAY 27

We need your donations of plants~all sizes. We will

also accept pots, potting soil and cash to

purchase same.

For information call: Kelly Brown at 314-808-3846 or

JoAnne Marty at 314-544-2437

MEETINGS / EVENTS FOR April

Wed. Apr. 4 SVDP meeting @ 7:00p.m.

Sat. Apr. 7: Bar-b-que 10:00 a.m. - 6:00p.m.

Sun. Apr. 8: Bar-b-que 10:00 a.m. - 6:00p.m.

Wed. Apr. 11: 50+ meeting @ 11:30a.m.

Thurs. Apr. 12: Picnic meeting @ 7:00p.m.

Sat. Apr. 14: Corn Hole Tourney @ 6:00p.m.

Tues. Apr. 17: Pilgr image meeting @ 7:00p.m.

Tues. Apr. 24: 50+ Board meeting @ 9:00a.m.

Sun. Apr. 29: Fellowship Sunday

THE NEW TIM HABER, JR.

MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Applications for the Tim Haber Memorial

Scholarship will soon be available. Please

call the Parish office to register for an applica-

tion.

NO BINGO ON EASTER SUNDAY

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK

SUNDAY, APRIL 8

Wishing you a Blessed and Happy Easter!

The Staff of St. Martin of Tours

WALKING IN THE

FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS

Please join Fr. Noah Waldman as he

leads all who would like to join him on a pilgrimage

to the Holy Land

January 2 - 11, 2019.

We will stay at outstanding hotels, and will visit the

holy sites of Nazareth, Bethlehem, Cana, Mount of

Beatitudes, Capernaum, Sea of Galilee, Jerusalem,

Jordan River, Jericho, Mt. Olives, and much more.

Information night will be at St. Martin of Tours

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in Runge Hall.

New Parishioners! Sue Jernigan

and

James B. Ziegler

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

NEEDED

St. Anthony’s Medical Center is in desperate need

of volunteer Eucharistic Minister who would be

willing to distribute Holy Communion to our pa-

tients.

If you are interested, please contact Chaplain

Chuck Rosso, Pastoral Care Department,

St. Anthony’s Medical Center @ 314-525-1279.

SAINT MARTIN OF TOURS

April 14, 2018 @ 7:00p.m.

in Runge Hall

Reservation due by April 13

Call Kevin @ 314-541-8840

Join WE CAN

WE CAN is an acronym for Welcoming,

Evangelizing, Communication, And Networks.

WELCOMING / EVANGELIZING: Reaching out to all who live within our parish

boundaries (whether Catholic or not) to invite

them to join the parish.

COMMUNICATION / NETWORKS: Getting out our message (activities at the parish,

Father’s homilies) via personal contact, mailings,

DVDs or CDs, signage, electronic means, internet,

live-streaming, video, podcasts, etc.

We need this committee to spread the Good News

and to save souls! This new committee will be

essential to the life and growth of St. Martin of

Tours Parish.

If you are interested and have the

personality and expertise to help, please call the

parish office at 314-544-5664.

IT’S BBQ TIME!

COME JOIN US!

Saturday, Apr il 7th from 10:00a.m. to 6:00p.m.

Sunday, Apr il 8th from 10:00a.m. to 6:00p.m.

CARRY OUT ONLY!

Parish Picnic

Planning Meeting

April 12 @ 7:00p.m

in Runge Hall

We would like to have all booth chairpersons

present.

Holy Hour for Priestly and Religious Vocations

Friday, April 6

7:00p.m. to 8:00p.m.

at

The Monastery of St. Clare.

St. Simon the Apostle Church

Widow / Widower's Monthly Support Group

Meetings. These Meetings are held in the Lower

Church Hall in the 'Mary Room'.

Our next scheduled Meeting will be taking place

Sunday, April 15th

Time: 1:30 p.m. until 3:00p.m.

Any Questions, Please contact

Linda Jackson @ 314-544-5623 or

RJJANDLSJ@aol.com

DASH’s DEN Dear Humans,

Daddy tells me that today humans celebrate the most important thing that ever,

ever happened ever. (I don’t understand what that means!)

But what Daddy tells me is that without this day – he means, if this day never

happened – then, when Daddy dies one day, he would never be alive again,

and his life and the life of every person ever would vanish into nothing.

That’s hard for me to understand. But the thought of Daddy leaving me for a few

hours makes me upset. If he left me forever, I don’t know what I would do! I cry

thinking about it!

But since Jesus did what He did, Daddy tells me that when he dies, he will still

be alive in God. And Daddy tells me that because of Jesus, that when I die,

because of Jesus, I will live forever, too! And Daddy and I will be able to play

for ever and ever and ever!

I asked Daddy, “What is Jesus like?” He told me, “He is like me, but he is even better, because he can play with

you all day and give you every treat you want!” Wow! I already love Daddy, so I know I will love this Jesus so

much!

Daddy says that just for fun, since it’s a special day, he is going to let me eat a lot of his food. I asked him if I could

have my favorite – bacon! He smiled and said he would share all his bacon with me!

If Daddy is so awesome, then Jesus must be really amazing. If I were a human, I think I would be a priest like

Daddy. And then … come to think of it … I would also get a dog … just like me! And I would name it Noah.

I hope Daddy likes that idea!

Woof!

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