Pastor: Rev. Charles P. Tichacek Sunday Mass 8:00 am Week Day Masses Monday 7:00 pm Communion Service Thursday 7:30 am Tuesday 8:00 am Communion Service Friday 7:30 am Adoration is the third Tuesday of each month beginning after the 8:00 am Mass and concluding with Benediction at 7:00 pm

Baptisms by appointment Devotion Rosary at 7:40 am on Tuesday and Perpetual Help Devotions. Marriages To be arranged at least 6 months prior to the wedding Confession Parish Office Hours Sunday 7:30 am Tuesday 10:00 am until 5:00 pm

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 7, 2018

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LECTORS Sun. Oct. 14 8:00 am Rachele Presley Sun. Oct. 21 8:00 am Mike Byers

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Sun. Oct. 14 8:00 am Bill & Vicki Lagemann Sun. Oct. 21 8:00 am Becky Galmiche & Jim Henry ALTAR SERVERS Sun. Oct. 14 8:00 am Kevin Seely, Kaden Kinsler Gabe Gonzalez Sun. Oct. 21 8:00 am Gavin Reller, Evan Wilson, Gabini Gonzalez

GREETERS

Sun. Oct. 14 8:00 am Patty Koch & Kandi Kinsler Sun. Oct. 21 8:00 am Rosemary Laws & Judy Robinson

GIFT BEARERS

Sun. Oct. 14 8:00 am Alicia Bange & Carol Mayes Sun. Oct. 21 8:00 am Rosemary Laws & Jim Henry CHURCH CLEANERS Oct. Marty Gray & Patty Koch Families

MASS INTENTIONS Oct. 8 - Oct. 14

Mon. 7:00 pm NO Mass Tues. 8:00 am NO Mass Thurs. 7:00 am Communion Service Fri. 7:00 am Communion Service Sun. 8:00 am Bob & Rose Roller

Feast Days Tues. St. Denis & companions St. John Leonardi Thurs. St. John XXIII Sept. 30, 2018 Envelopes: $1,108 Parish Improvement Loose: $ 727 $0 Total: $1,835 Money Counters Today: Mike Byers Mike Shaffer October 14: Pat Wood Kaye Byers

Sacred Heart Calendar of Events Today: Mass 8:00 am Today: PSR 9-10:15 am Today: Adult Catechetical Apostolate Mon., Oct. 8: NO Mass Tues., Oct. 9: NO Mass Tues., Oct. 9: Bible Study 7:00 pm Thurs., Oct. 11: Communion Service 7:00 am Fri., Oct. 12: Communion Service 7:00 am Chicken Dinners start in October, Sun. Oct. 14 Mission Sunday is Sunday, October 21!! No Mass Monday or Tuesday this week. The priests are on Convocation. Pray For Us.

Pray For Margaret Bartold Terry Martin Joe & Mary Buescher Cecile Mesker Kim Tobiasz Jerry Heitman Nancy McCullough Charlie DeMoulin Jack Burkemper Phyllis Galati Leroy Schramm Eric Mueller Ernest Ogden Andrew Heitman Raymond Geosling Bonnie Kindred Trina Burnette Teresa O’Driscoll Cloyd Bridges Darryl Brumm The Merriman Family Mike O’Brien Bob Smith Lilian Kelly Sherrie Galati Bill Lagemann Jimmy Henry Addison Mayes Margaret Lagemann Donna Bange Earl

PAPAL INTENTION for OCTOBER During this month of October we pray for the mission of all religious men and women. May all consecrated religious men and women rouse themselves to be present among the poor, the marginalized, and those who have no voice.

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults RCIA will begin soon for Adults who want to be Bap-tized - make First Communion & Confirmation. Call the rectory 898-2202

Thanks to Brian Gnade and his good work he did on the main steps of the Hall.

READINGS FOR Oct. 8 - Oct. 14 Monday Galatians 1:6-12; Luke 10:25-37 Tuesday Galatians 1:13-24; Luke 10: 38-42 Wed. Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14; Luke 11:1-4 Thursday Galatians 3:1-5; Luke 11:5-13 Friday Galatians 3:7-14; Luke 11:15-26 Saturday Galatians 3:22-29; Luke 11:27-28 Sunday Wisdom 7:7-11; Hebrews 4; 12-13 Mark 10:17-30

Stewardship Awareness “So out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called eve-ry living creature, that was its name. Genesis 2:19 The creation story reminds us of two important points. First, since the start, God has put the entire world into our care. Sec-ond, stewardship has been around since the beginning of man-kind, it isn’t something recently invented by the church. Just as past generations built our church, it is now our responsibility to continue to nurture and develop these gifts for future genera-tions.

COMMUNITY EVENTS St. Barnabas Fall Festival & Craft Fair Sunday, Oct. 7th from noon - 6 pm. Fried chicken and Sausage dinners. Adults games, country store , kids game booths , grand raffle, O’Fallon K-9 demonstration Adults $12, children (6-12) $5, under 6 FREE St. Mary’s Hawk Point Fall Festival, Sun., Oct. 7th Pork Sausage & Turkey dinners from 12:00 - 5:30 pm. Adults $11, children (12 & under) $6, under 5 FREE. Fall Sausage Dinner at Immaculate Heart of Mary, New Melle. Sausage dinners served from 11 an to 6 pm on Oct. 14. Adults $12, children (6-12) $6, ages 5 and under eat free. Craft Bazaar and Country Store, wine and beer garden, live music. More info 636-398-5270

St. Alphonsus Parish-Millwood Sausage Dinner & Meat Shoot Sun., Oct. 21st from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Adults $10, children $5 (12 & under) pre-schoolers in Dining room FREE

For Fresh Meat Orders call 573-384-5305 (8am-3pm M-F) or 636-338-4606 (after 3 pm and weekends) Order by Oct. 14. MEET THE CANDIDATES NIGHT Meet the Candidates for the General Election! All Federal, State & Local Office Candidates are invited! Thursday, October 25, 6 pm-9 pm at Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service, 4116 McClay Rd St. Charles. Call to attend or just walk in; no cost 636-441-1302, ext. 350

MARRIAGE 1660 The marriage covenant, by which a man and a

woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love, has been founded and endowed with its own special laws by the Creator. By its very na-ture it is ordered to the good of the couple, as well as to the generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage between the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament..

1661 The sacrament of Matrimony signifies the union of Christ and the Church. It gives spouses the grace to love each other with the love with which Christ has loved his Church; the grace of the sacra ment thus perfects the human love of the spouses, strengthens their indissoluble unity, and sanctifies them on the way to eternal life. 1662 Marriage is based on the consent of the con-

tracting parties, that is, on their will to give them-selves, each to the other, mutually and definitively, in order to live a covenant of faithful and fruitful love.

1663 Since marriage establishes the couple in a pub-

lic state of life in the Church, it is fitting that its cele-bration be public, in the framework of a liturgical celebration, before the priest (or a witness authorized by the Church), the witnesses, and the assembly of the faithful.

1664 Unity, indissolubility, and openness to fertility

are essential to marriage. Polygamy is incompatible with the unity of marriage; divorce separates what God has joined together; the refusal of fertility turns married life away from its “supreme gift,” the child.

We are looking for new members for our PARISH COUNCIL Nominations are open.

October is the month of Holy Rosary

Let’s pray it more often!

October 7th TODAY, Life Chain Sunday - come and stand up for LIFE.

SAVE THE DATE - 2019 MARCH FOR LIFE The 46th Annual national March for Life

January 17-18-19, 2019 Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Missouri Life Caravan registration forms will be available in early October.

Buses depart from several areas throughout St. Louis www.easternregionmrl.org / 314-434-4900

SAVE THE DATE for the Archdiocese of St. Louis’s Re-spect Life Apostolate’s 42nd Annual RESPECT LIFE Convention. It will be held Sunday, Oct. 28th at the St. Charles Convention Center. The keynote speaker is Ryan Bomberger of the Radiance Foundation. If you want tickets call the office 898-2202.