PARISH OFFICE, 838-6565 Parish Fax Number, 838-6566

Pastor Msgr. Matthew Mitas, ext. 102

Deacon Rev. Mr. Joseph Kroutil

Parish Secretary Linda Brindley, ext. 100

Bookkeeper Monique Zykan, ext. 103

Music Director Sharon Churchill

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Mary Ann Kauffman, ext. 101

NEW PARISHIONERS Register in the parish office, Mon-Fri, 8:00 am- 4:00 pm.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Baptism Instruction is to be scheduled with a parish priest.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE To be arranged with the parish priest at least six months prior.

St. Angela Merici Parish

August 19, 2018 3860 N. Hwy 67 saintangelamerici.org Florissant, MO 63034

Mass Schedule Mon - Fri 8:00 am Saturday Fir st Sat. of the month, 8:00 am Saturday 5:00 pm (Vigil) Sunday 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30 am Eucharistic Adoration Tuesdays 8:30 am - 7:00 pm 7:00 pm - Perpetual Help & Benediction Reconciliation Saturdays 4:00 - 4:45 pm Or by appointment, call 314-838-6565 Perpetual Help Devotions Tuesdays After 8:00 am Mass & 7:00pm Holy Day of Obligation Masses To Be Announced. BULLETIN NOTICES: Submit to the parish office by Monday at 4:00 pm. Please email no-tices to: brindley@stangelam.org. NEW PARISHIONERS: Please register in the par-ish office, Mon-Fri, 8 am - 4 pm. For more infor-mation, call the Parish Office, 314-838-6565.

Prayer, Liturgy and Sacrifice MINISTERS

FOR NEXT WEEKEND, AUGUST 25 & 26

WEEKEND SERVERS 5:00 pm - Matt Adams, Veronica & Vicky Breen 7:30 am - Hailey Martin, Kaitlyn Smith, VOLUNTEER NEEDED 9:30 am - Jason Brady, Alexander Hopf, VOLUNTEER NEEDED 11:30am - Megan Kelley, Molly Malone, VOLUNTEER NEEDED WEEKEND LECTORS 5:00 pm - Crystalyn Talavera, VOLUNTEER NEEDED 7:30 am - Harry Maier, Thomas Trost 9:30 am - Eric Spalding, Elaine Neiner 11:30 am -Julie Ratermann, Charles Danganan EXTRAORDINARY MIN. OF HOLY COMMUNION 5:00 pm - Claudia & George Bidleman, Tina Clarkin, Karen Dietz, Vitina Galati, Nora Kaikati, Shirley Sweney 7:30 am - Margie Heppermann, Donna Krause, Carol Pauli, Theresa Prosser, Rick Vietmeier, Theresa & William Watson 9:30 am - Nancy Hesselbach, Donald & JoAnn Holdener, Debbie Keeven, Sue Scheiding, Jean Tucker, Pat Vorwald 11:30 am - Stephen Graham, Linda McManus, Denyse Sternberg

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Monday, August 20 8:00 am - Vince & Joanne Murphy Tuesday, August 21 8:00 am - Poor Souls in Purgatory Wednesday, August 22 8:00 am - Mary Kavanaugh Thursday, August 23 8:00 am - Teresa Miller Friday, August 24 8:00 am - Kathleen Willmann Saturday, August 25 5:00 pm - Donald Thompson Sunday, August 26 7:30 am - Teresa Miller 9:30 am - People of the Parish 11:30 am - Jerry Meyer

WEEKEND GIFT BEARERS - AUGUST 25 & 26

Sat. 5:00 pm - The Reichmuth Family Sun. 7:30 am - Charles & Birdie Wohldmann Sun. 9:30 am - Stephanie Dodson & Rob Tudor Sun. 11:30 am - The Liceralde Family

OUR LADY OF THE HOLY CROSS ANNUAL HOMECOMING

FLEA MARKET Following 10:00am Mass Sunday, August 26th from 11:30am till 6:00pm Fried Chicken Dinners Served from 11:30am till 6:00pm in our air conditioned cafeteria. Adults -$10.00: Children 12 & under—$5.00: Children Un-der 5—Free Lots of fun, games, prizes and raffles. Music by a DJ On Baden and Church Road (one block from North Broadway.

From The Desk of Msgr. Matthew Mitas: REMEMBER THAT AUGUST IS THE MONTH OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT!

THE SIXTH CHAPTER OF JOHN; THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Continuing the readings from the sixth chapter of John this week, we see how Jesus faces controversy from the incredulous crowds who just can’t see how Jesus can give them His Body and Blood to consume as Bread for eternal Life. I will also continue to speak of the bread and wine of Mass, this time on its title as the “Blessed Sac-rament” (next week will be on “Holy Communion”).

CATECHISM CLASS RESUMES!

For the past four years now, I have been conducting an ongoing study of the Catechism of the Catholic Church for the benefit of any and all who wish to take part in it. It’s a very informal gathering of Catholics (and occasionally a non-Catholic or two), folks who are all believers seeking to know the Lord better. Everybody is welcome and all are invited to take part. As I say, it’s very informal. We talk about whatever people want to talk about and, when the questions cease or the discussion dies down, we go back to the text of the Catechism itself and resume where we left off previously (this usually stirs up further conversation and discussion). All in all, it’s a good evening. It takes place on the first and third Tuesdays of each month (unless otherwise indicated) after the 7:00PM Perpetual Help Devotions in the Parish Meeting Room (located next to my office and accessible through the choir area of church). The 2018-2019 term commences on September 4 (the day after Labor Day). Plan on taking part, if you can. (Please be clear that this is something different from the classes for converts, the RCIA.)

RCIA CLASS OF 2019

Speaking of converts, it’s not too soon to start thinking ahead to this fall and our convert class for next Easter. If you (or anyone you know) is thinking about becoming Catholic, then please let me know about it. This is something that requires a great deal of prayerful consideration. If I can ever answer any questions, I’ll be happy to do so.

QUIZ-A-CATHOLIC

Let’s make this one on local Catholic history:

1. Name the four churches that served as the cathedral of the Diocese (and later Archdiocese) of St. Louis. 2. Name all the former priests from St. Louis who are now bishops of other cities. 3. When was Kenrick Seminary founded? 4. Name the different buildings in which Kenrick Seminary was housed. 5. How many high schools are named for former bishops of St. Louis? 6. Two parishes still operate their own high schools; which are they? 7. Many parishes operated high schools years ago but are now closed; name three of them. 8. Some high schools changed their names. What were these schools formerly called: St. Mary’s, St. Catherine Laboure 9. Name the religious order that founded and/or runs these high schools: De Smet, CBC, St. Joseph Academy, Chaminade, Ursuline Academy 10. 1971-73 was a rough time for Catholic high schools; ten of them closed. See how many you can name.

ANSWERS: 1. The original log cabin cathedral built by Bp. DuBourg (on the grounds of the Old Cathedral), the Old Ca-thedral, St. John the Apostle, (on Plaza Square, downtown, which Abp. Kenrick used as his “pro-cathedral” because he hated the Old Cathedral), and the New cathedral 2. Bp. Stika (Knoxville,TN), Bp. Sheridan (Colorado Springs, CO), Bp. Rice (Springfield-Cape Girardeau, MO), Bp. Braxton (Belleville, IL), Abp. Lucas (Omaha, NE), Abp. Naumann (Kansas City, KS), and Cardinal Dolan (New York, NY) 3. 1893 4. The old Visitation Academy building on 19th & Cass, the building now the “Rigali Center” on Abp. May Dr. , and the current “Kenrick/Glennon” site on Glennon Dr. 5. Three: DuBourg, Rosati-Kain (named for two bishops!), and Cardinal Ritter Prep (there had been a “Kenrick High School” many years ago, but now long closed) 6. Ste. Genevieve (Valle) and St. Vincent’s in Perryville 7. You could name: St. Mark’s, St. Alphonsus, St. John the Baptist (south St. Louis),

Features: This Week In Our Parish: Tuesday, August 21 8:30 am - Eucharistic Adoration 3:00 pm - Legion of Mary, Rectory Basement 7:00 pm - Benediction Wednesday, August 22 9:00 am - Quilters Meeting, Rectory Basement 9:00 am - Seniors Exercise Class, GYM Thursday, August 23 7:00 pm - Respect Life Meeting, Rectory Bsmt Friday, August 24 9:00 am - Seniors Exercise Class, GYM

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH: Rachael Lawson, Dorothy Martinelli, Jeff Gauthier, Lila Jones, Jennifer Berkbigler, Sue Pitti, Mary Dietz, Rosemary Licato, Evelyn Fin-no, Claudette Kazakian, Shirley Bertin, Lisa Williford, Roy Wong, Guy Henriksen, Debbie Corcoran, Augustine & Ray Porter, Billie Law-son, Jim & Eileen McMullen, Kristine Lawson, Katie Horn, Neil MacKenzie, William Brennan, Carolyn Stokes, Allison Molner, Margaret Kluge, Laurie Kauffman, Carl Kling, Sr., Vin-cent Scognamiglio, Sarah Hopf, Trisha Looney, Jerome Rueckert, Gene Schott, Charles Haynes, Kathy Pilla, June Harter, Jane Buchholz, Bill Russell, Charlene Williams, Art Batson, Eli Felder, Mary Shive and Joe Brady

CONTINUED

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF WE NEED TO ADD OR REMOVE ANYONE FROM THE ABOVE SO AS TO KEEP OUR SICK LIST CURRENT. THANK YOU!

The next Schedule of Lectors, Extraordi-nary Ministers of Holy Communion and Weekend Altar Servers will be prepared during the week of September 17th. The Schedule will cover the period of October 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. Please review your schedule and enter any dates you are not available to serve in your Ministry. Thank you for your service to the Parish

St. Anthony (south St. Louis), St. Francis de Sales, St. Joseph (Farmington), St. Joseph (Apple Creek), Coyle (St. Peter’s Par-ish-Kirkwood), Xavier (St. Francis Xavier), St. Nicholas, St. Mary’s (Bridgeton), Assumption (O’Fallon), Immaculate Con-ception (Old Monroe), St. Peter’s (St. Charles), All Saints (St. Peters), Corpus Christi, and St. Francis Borgia 8. South Side Catholic High, North Side Catholic High 9. Jesuits, Christian Brothers, Srs. of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Marianists, Ursulines (of St. Angela, of course!) 10. McBride, DeAndreis, Mercy, St. Mark, St. Alphonsus, De Sales, St. Joeseph (Farmington), Xavi-er, Corpus Christi, Augustinian

UPCOMING EVENTS

August 22 & 24: Exercise class for seniors in our gym. (Every Wednesday and Friday from 9:00-10:00AM) TBD: Re-scheduling of the pilgrimage to EWTN August 25: French Food Night in honor of St. Louis IX, King and Patron of France September 3: LABOR DAY, Mass at 9:00AM September 4: Msgr. Mitas’ Catechism Class resumes (see above for details) September 18: Msgr. Mitas’ Catechism Class (parish meeting room, after the 7:00PM Perpetual Help Devotions) September 28: One word - Germanfest!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“It is not a disconnected fact…that American women entering the labor force from 1973 to 2009 added three-and-a-half trillion dollars to the economy. Right? The net, new entrance of women – that is not disconnected from the fact that (Roe v. Wade) be-came the law of the land in January of 1973.” – Chel-sea Clinton, obviously opining that the 60,000,000 babies murdered in this land since 1973 would have all wound up on welfare, siphoning vast amounts of money out of the economy, or else would have pre-vented all these women from entering the workplace. This, of course begs that question: wouldn’t those 60,000,000 murdered Americans have entered the work force and produced $3,500,000,000,000 in gross domestic product, too, in addition to those women who survived the womb and did enter the work force, thus further enriching America?

WORD OF THE WEEK MENTIMUTATION: a change of mind

Features: PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SERVICE MEN & WOMEN

Joshua Stremlau, Bradley Stremlau, Corey Rudroff, Steven Bennett, Jerrod Klug, Michael Olwig, Pat Edwards-Parrish, Guthrie Stotser, Jonathan Buss, Brad Sanders, Matthew Meske, Jackie Cotter, J. Timothy Sullivan, Matthew Hawkins, John Reddan, Brandon Gruelle, Dustin Kyle, Jacob Doerle, Max Rose, Craig Richardson, Isiah Stewart, Jacob and Joshua Graham

CALL THE PARISH OFFICE IF YOU WISH TO ADD A FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS IN THE ARMED FORCES.

EXERCISE CLASSES

St. Rose Philippine Duch-esne is offering Arthritis Foundation Exercise and Zumba classes starting on

Monday, August 27th. Arthritis classes will be on Monday’s and Thursday’s at 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. or 5:00 – 6:00p.m. in the Music Room. Zumba will be on Monday’s and Thursday’s at 6:30 – 7:30p.m. in the Parish Hall (1210 Pad-dock Dr, Door #9). There will be 16 classes for $10.00. For more information call Peggy Baker at 837-3410. To sign up, call Peggy or just show up for first class a little early to fill out registra-tion form if you are new to the program.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

St. Angela needs your help to make our GERMANFEST a great success. We are looking for people to work a two hour shift on Friday, September 28th. The hours are 5:30pm-7:30pm, 7:30pm-9:30pm

and then we have BREAK DOWN and CLEAN-UP. The sign up sheets will be in the lunchroom for you to put your name and phone number and the hours you would like to work. THANKS FOR HELPING MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL.

RAFFLE BASKETS

We are asking each organization to put together a festive raffle basket for the GERMANFEST. Please drop off the basket at the par ish office no later than September 14th. All baskets will be displayed in the lunchroom after all masses on September 15th /16th. You can purchase raffle tickets during that time. BE CREA-TIVE!! THANKS FOR MAKING THIS SUCCESSFUL.

DONATIONS

Parish Businesses and Parishioner’s - We are in need of donations for the GERMANFEST. No donation is to small.. Remember monetary donations are great as well. It can be as easy as dropping an envelope marked

“Germanfest” in the collection basket or drop it off at the parish office. If you need your donation to be picked up, please contact the parish office at 314-838-6565. All donations need to be to the parish office by September 14th. Remember this can be used as a tax free donation.

Features: GUIDE BOOK & DIRECTORY ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY

We are in the process of updating our annual Guide Book & Directory for the church. This book will contain everything pertinent to our church: the various ministries, organizations, committees, activi-ties, functions and events plus a complete directory of all members. This book is being provided and direct-mailed to each family at no cost to our church, and it is again being subsidized by local busi-nesses that advertise. If you own or manage a business and would like to find out about advertising in our book, please call the Church Office.

Recent survey results by Guide Book Publishing show that 92.1% of families would rather patronize a Guide Book & Directory advertiser over a non-advertiser. It “will pay” to advertise in our new Guide Book & Directory.

UPDATE MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION Does our Church database have YOUR family membership record correct?

Here is your chance to update YOUR record for our annual Guide Book & Directory (if you haven’t already done so).

It is time for us to update our database with any changes, additions, or deletions that may have occurred in YOUR family over the past year.

Have you changed your phone number? Have you moved? Are you preparing to move soon? Are all of your children still at home and are they all included in your membership record? Do you want your record published?

If you have not already informed the Church Office about changes to your record, please let us know now so that the information in the Guide Book & Directory is correct. The Church Office number is 314-838-6565.

Thank you for your help!

Come and join us on Saturday, August 25th at St. Angela Merici after the 5:00pm Mass (6:00pm—8:00pm) in our Lunchroom and sur rounding grounds to celebrate this Feast day. Menu of: Beef Bourguignon, Chicken Fricassee, French Roasted Salmon, French Bistro Salad, Dauphinoise (Scallop Potatoes), French Green Beans w/ Shallots, Carottes Braisees Au Beurre, French Baguette w/ Butter. Desserts will be Crème Brulee, Swain Eclair s and Truffles. Beverage will be Assorted French Wines.

FEAST OF ST. LOUIS IX, KING OF FRANCE

In honor of this feast day and the patron of our Archdiocese and the French Heritage of Florissant our own Le Maitre Chef de La Cuisine, Don Krause will be cook-ing up a French menu for us.

You will get all of this for a small suggested donation price of $15.00 per person

DANNY KUEHLER would like

to extend his warmest thanks to St. Angela’s parish family for their support and generosity. A special

thank you goes out to Msgr. Mitas for organiz-ing the event, Matt Adams & Linda Brindley for advertising and the Krause family for providing the delicious refreshments after the concert.

CALLING ALL WOMEN

Are you over-due for a re-laxing weekend of peace,

quiet, great food and spiritual nourishment? Take some time away and join your friends for a women’s retreat on September 28-30 at Kings House Belleville. Contact our Parish Captain Jeanette at 314-837-5144 for further information or to register

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