St. Anthony of Padua, High Ridge, MO Pastor’s Column · 2018. 5. 20. · Pastor’s Column St. Anthony of Padua, High Ridge, MO Pentecost Happy Birthday to the Catholic Church!

Daily Monday - Friday 8:00 A.M

Rectory Office Father John Reiker

Pastor ext. 102 [email protected]

Deacon Richard L. Stevens

[email protected]

Deacon Jim G’Sell [email protected]

314-484-2055

Mrs. Rusalyne Ahlemeyer Business Manager, ext. 104

[email protected]

Mrs. Jackie Dostal Secretary, ext. 100 [email protected]

Cafeteria Ext. 212

For submissions to our facebook page, the website, or our parish app please email Mike at [email protected]. Please allow several days for submission to be approved and posted. Thank You

Religious Instruction Parish School of Religion

Phone (636) 677-4868 ext 118 Grades (pre-K through 8)

Mrs. Kathy Joslin [email protected]

Adults - RCIA Please contact:

The Rectory Office 636-677-4868 ext. 100

Sacramental Preparation Baptism Preparation Meeting: Infant Baptisms require parental attendance at a meeting prior to baptism. Meetings will be held with the Pastor in the rectory. Call rectory office for information 636-677-4868, ext. 100. Baptisms: After 10:15 AM Mass on a Sunday of mutual arrangement. Call rectory office to schedule 636-677-4868, ext. 100.

Bulletin Deadline Monday 9:00 a.m. the week you need it to be published in the bulletin. Notices must be submitted in writing: email text to [email protected].

Marriages: Make arrangements with Priest or Deacon of your choice no less than six months prior to proposed wedding date.

Parish Help Line: St. Vincent de Paul Society, 1-877-238-3228, ext. 3329

New Parishioners: Welcome! Please register by contacting the rectory during business hours @ 677-4868 ext. 100

Change of Address or Telephone: Please call the rectory during business hours. 677-4868 ext. 100

Archdiocese of St .Louis Website: www.archstl.org

Catholic Elementary School: All of our parish children who wish to attend a catholic elementary school may do so at the school of their choice and still remain parishioners of St. Anthony of Padua. Call rectory for details.

Pentecost Sunday - Year B May 20, 2018

Mass Schedule

Confessions Saturday 4:15-4:45 P.M.

By appointment anytime

Holy Days 8:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M.

RECTORY CLOSED ON ALL HOLY DAYS

Sunday Saturday 5:00 P.M.

Sunday 8:30 A.M., 10:15 A.M.

St. Anthony of Padua 3009 High Ridge Blvd. High Ridge, MO 63049

Business Hours Monday - Friday

7:30 A.M. - 2:30 P.M. Phone (636) 677-4868

Fax (636) 677-2781 Website www.stanthonyhr.org

Pastor Father John Reiker

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Our mission is to be on fire with the love of Jesus Christ, and with the help of the Holy Spirit, to celebrate our com-munity of faith in the Eucharist and to share God's love and mercy with our neighbors through our ministries and evangelization."

Pastor’s Column

St. Anthony of Padua, High Ridge, MO

Pentecost Happy Birthday to the Catholic Church! Happy birth-

day to you, who are the body of the Church!

We’re all familiar with our own birthdays, and we cele-brate them because they mark the day of the year which we entered into this life. But did you know you have a second birthday? Because you are part of the body of the Church. Pentecost is the Church’s birthday, and yours as well. And like any birthday, it’s a cause for celebration. The word Pentecost is Greek and it means “50th day.” Fifty days after Easter Sunday, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and their followers, and the beginning of their Earthly ministry to make disciples of all nations. Pentecost is also a Jewish holiday, which the Jews use to celebrate the end of Passover. Jews celebrate the gift of the law to Moses at Mt. Sinai on this day. But we, as Catholics celebrate the birth of our Church. At Pente-cost, the Apostles and their followers were gathered in a room. Jews from all over the world were gathered with Peter, the leader of the Apostles and the Eleven. At this time, a great wind blew and a flame appeared as a tongue of fire, which split itself into many individual flames above the heads of all those present. The Holy spirit came upon these people and each began to speak in tongues. Despite the fact many had no common language, they were perfectly able to under-stand one another. Others who were not so blessed, ac-cused those speaking in tongues of being drunk, but Pe-ter arose and addressed the crowd, explaining that it was only 9 o’clock, and that this phenomenon was not intoxi-cation, but rather this was the work of the Holy Spirit, prophesized in the scripture. Peter then called all those present to be baptized and about three thousand people were baptized that day. These people were among the first Catholics, and Peter is the first pope of the Catholic Church. The symbols of Pentecost are the flame, wind, and the dove, which represents the Holy Spirit. The color of Pentecost is red and the priest wears red vestments on this day. Parishioners are also invited to wear red on this day. Red decorations as well as celebrations re appropri-ate, similar to any other birthday, Special prayers are often said just for Pentecost.

Happy Birthday Church Family! Today is the great feast of Pentecost, which was the day the Apostles were so moved by God the Holy Spirit that they went out and preached the Good News of Je-sus to everyone - and 3,000 were baptized that day, so marking the beginning of our awesome Church Family. I see God the Holy Spirit powerfully working in you, our St. Anthony Family, through God’s Gifts of:

✞ Your deep devotion and love of our Lord;

✞ Your continual care and concern for one another;

✞ And your ongoing outreach, hospitality and evangeli-

zation to all of God’s children, no matter their back-ground or their needs.

Each person of our St. Anthony Family is a beautiful gift from God with so many gifts and experiences to share as we all grow together. Let’s affirm and empower each other as we continue the mission of Jesus here in High Ridge.

✞ How is God the Holy Spirit moving me and our parish

to minister today, this week, this year, maybe in a new way?

✞ To whom can I spread the Good News of Jesus and

our St. Anthony Family?

✞ What gifts have I/we been given to serve others and

grow our Church, the Body of Christ?

The Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-25

The Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kind-ness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus, have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

My Fruit - Full Prayers

Love so I may love. Joy to share a smile.

Peace to calm my fear. Patience to last a while. Kindness for all I meet. Goodness in all I do.

Gentleness and self-control And faithfulness to yo. Spirit, may these gifts

Grow ripe each day in me So that I can be a fruit-full branch

For Christ, the Living Tree.

Pastor’s Column, continued

Saint of the Week Servant of God Dorothy Day

Cofounder of the Catholic Worker (1897-1980)

Dorothy Day, who died on November 29, 1980, was widely regarded as the radical conscience of the American Catholic Church. She had spent her youth as an activist and journalist engaged in the great struggle for social justice. Following her con-version to Catholicism in 1927 - an experience prompted by the birth of a daughter - she struggled to find some way to combine her faith with her com-mitment to the cause of the poor. She found that path in 1932, following her meet-ing with a Frenchman, Peter Maurin. He encour-aged her to launch a newspaper, The Catholic Worker, to promote the social message of the Gos-pel. This gave birth to a lay movement based in “houses of hospitality,” combining voluntary poverty with the works of mercy - feeding the hungry, shel-tering the homeless. Day combined her charitable work with a radical critique of the social structures that give rise to so much poverty. Her deep belief in the sacredness of life caused her to oppose all war and violence, and she was regularly arrested for acts of civil disobedience. All the while her activism was rooted in a disciplined life of prayer and sacra-ment. Her cause for canonization was initiated in 2000, and she was named a Servant of God. In his speech before Congress in 2015, Pope Francis, cit-ing her among four “great Americans” who “offer us a way of seeing and interpreting reality,” praised her Commitment to justice and the cause of the op-pressed. “The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us.” — Dorothy Day

Spread the Gospel, the Good News about Jesus and His St. Anthony Family. A Holy Community through Holy Communion! Your brother in Jesus,

Prayer of the Week Pentecost Prayer

Open your hearts to the breath of God, His life is grafted to the souls that he touches; May a new people Rise from the waters Over which hovers the Spirit of your baptism! —Let us open our hearts to the breath of God For he breathes in our mouths More than we do ourselves! — Days of the Lord

Joke of the Week

“WHERE is my SUNDAY paper?!” The irate customer calling the newspaper office, loudly demanded to know where her Sunday edition was. “Madam,” said the newspaper employee, “today is Saturday. The Sunday paper is not delivered until tomorrow, on SUNDAY.” There was quite a long pause on the other end of the phone, followed by a ray of recognition as she was heard to mutter… “Well that explains why no one was at church either.”

May 20, 2018

Cody Ash Tera Ash Rayden Cook Vincent Koning

Grace Lauman Emilee McMahan Connor Mullenschlader Dominic Pupillo

Jessenia Ramos Devon Reeve Sophia Schoenberger

Emma Skaggs Hailey Spicer Kayla Spicer

Congratulations and Best Wishes on Your

Confirmation!


Welcome To all our Guests, Fr. John Reiker, Deacon Dick Stevens and Deacon Jim G’Sell and All your sisters and brothers at St. Anthony’s Parish Family welcome you and hope that your time with us may be a moment of spiritual experience. You are always welcome here and if you would like to become a member of this parish or are thinking to become a Catholic, contact the Rectory office. Our phone is 636-677-4868 ext. 100.

Peggy Siemons Robin Gutting Chris Stevens

Jim Hurst Frank Kohn

Christina Conley Jeff Peeples

Fr. Terry Borgerding Sylvia Doucot

Edd Wade Jesse Johannes

Kathy Ryals Pam Chitwood Tom Conboy

Kenny Lakamp Bryan Kloecker

Charles Stegman Joyce Carley Judy Brouk Jan Wilson Jaden Nash

Braeden Connie Derbak

Jane Hogg Ray Panus

Leslie Badami Patrick Lee

Peggy Hoekstra Joe Greubel

James Lehrmann

Virginia Leighton Stu McVicker Don Schuler

Michael Buchheit Nathan Davis

Marian Werner Adnan Husidic Alice Borner Rick Byerly

Theresa Chapman John McCarthy

Terry Hunt Joaquin Vigil Phyllis Smith

Richard Siebert Hazel McCarthy

Tom Fischer Edmund Bailey

Giovanna Donato Janet Parker Judy Koebel

Toni Ahlemeyer Lynn Peters

Betty Moleski Ryan Heard Dave Riley

Mason Korn Mark Korn

Justin Schnieders Dick Bardon

Please Pray for the Sick

Names of the sick will remain on the list above for a month. You may contact the office to have a name added to the list for an additional month at a time. New additions will appear at the top of the list as they are re-ceived.

NOTE: Due to privacy laws, hospitals no longer notify us when parishioners are patients. If you wish a visit from the parish staff please notify the office. Thank you.

This Week with our St. Anthony Parish Family

Monday, May 21 Mary Mother of the Church 8:00 A.M. Betty Rohlfing Tuesday, May 22 St. Rita of Cascia 8:00 A.M. Linda Hawkins Wednesday, May 23 Weekday in Ordinary Time 8:00 A.M. Jane Grewe (intention) Thursday, May 24 Weekday in Ordinary Time 8:00 A.M. Beverly Pfleegor Friday, May 25 St. Bede the Venerable, St. Gregory VII, St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi 8:00 A.M. Archie McConnell Saturday, May 26 St. Philip Neri 5:00 P.M. Jim & Yvonne Reiker Sunday, May 27 The Most Holy Trinity 8:30 A.M. Parishioners of St. Anthony 10:15 A.M. Knights of Columbus

Mass Intentions

Readings for the Week

OUR NEW PARISH APP IS HERE !!!

This weekend St Anthony's is launching its new par-ish app for IPhone and Android smart phones. This is going to be an exciting new way for us to commu-nicate with each other. Also it has many features that you will find helpful. The app is very well de-signed and very intuitive, and will be a great re-source for parishioners by providing daily Mass readings, Catholic news and prayers, our bulletins and so much more. If you have any trouble or questions please feel free to contact Mike at 314-401-3334 or by email at [email protected]

Pentecost Sunday May 20, 2018

There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit. -- 1 Corinthians 12:4

Monday: Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14; Ps 87:1-3, 5-7; Jn 19:25-34 Tuesday: Jas 4:1-10; Ps 55:7-11a, 23; Mk 9:30-37 Wednesday: Jas 4:13-17; Ps 49:2-3, 6-11; Mk 9:38-40 Thursday: Jas 5:1-6; Ps 49:14-20; Mk 9:41-50 Friday: Jas 5:9-12; Ps 103:1-4, 8-9, 11-12; Mk 10:1-12 Saturday: Jas 5:13-20; Ps 141:1-3, 8; Mk 10:13-16 Sunday: Dt 4:32-34, 39-40; Ps 33:4-6, 9, 18-20, 22; Rom 8:14-17; Mt 28:16-20

May 20, 2018

We clean Church every Friday after the 8:00 AM Mass. Our Heavenly Dusters are in need of help! If you can offer any time, it would be deeply appreciated. Thank you!

Join us for our meetings on Wednesdays from 6:15 to 8 p.m.. We meet in the youth room in the back of the school (red doors). All high school-ers and 8th graders are invited! Come engage more with your faith and have fun with friends. We hope to see you there! Questions? Call or text Kelly at 314-363-9047.

May 20, 2018 - May 27, 2018 SUNDAY - May 20 Children’s Liturgy of the Word -10:15 Mass Welcome Committee Hospitality Breakfast after 10:15 AM Mass in the cafeteria MONDAY - May 21 Patriotic Rosary 7:00 PM TUESDAY - May 22 Quilters 9:00 AM Choir 7:00 PM Practice - All new members welcome; Teens, adults and any 7th or 8th graders Cub Scout Parent Mtg. 7:00 PM (aud) WEDNESDAY - May 23 Men’s ACTS Formation 7:00 PM (cafe) FRIDAY - May 25 Clean Church after 8:00 AM Mass MONDAY - May 28 Memorial Day Holiday Rectory Office Closed Morning Service at 9:00 AM Patriotic Rosary 7:00 PM

Activities This Week

Upcoming Parish Events

June 1 First Friday Eucharistic Adoration 2:00 PM—5:00 PM; and 6:00 PM—7:00PM June 2 First Saturday Prayer Breakfast 9:00 AM (cafeteria) June 4 Divine Mercy Chaplet & Patriotic Rosary 7:00 PM

Safe Environment

The purpose of the Safe Environment Program is to create and maintain a safe environment for all God’s children. All employees, volunteers, religious, priests, and deacons who work with or near children must be compliant with the Safe Environment Pro-gram of the Archdiocese of St. Louis set forth by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. To register for an upcoming workshop visit www.archstl.org click on the Protecting God’s Chil-dren link in the center of the page you will be redi-rected to the Virtusonline.org site to complete the registration process. Please let the parish office know if you would like to be removed from the list of active volunteers. You must also contact the Mis-souri Family Care Safety Registry at 1-866-422-6872 with address changes.

Eucharistic Adoration Eucharistic Adoration will be on First Friday, June 1, from 2pm to 7pm. There is a sign-up sheet in the back of Church. Two names are needed for each hour. Benediction and Rosary at 7 p.m. This is a great opportunity to spend some quiet time in prayer with Jesus and to tell Him how much you love Him. Dean Stegmann 636/671/0565


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Blood Donors – 2018 Dates in Cafeteria

Blood Drive on Sunday, June 10th from wsws 8 am to 12 noon in cafeteria.. We would like at least 30 donors. Please help save a LIFE by giving blood. During the summer season blood is urgently needed because of accidents and surgeries due to diseases such as, cancer, heart, and many others. One pint of blood will save up to 4 lives. Many lives will be saved with your donation. I surely would appreciate all you can do to help. Contact Clarence R Surmeier at 314-303-7415 or email me at [email protected] if you can donate. If you are low on iron please eat some raisins or grapes the night before to bring up your iron level. And all do-nors drink some fluid in the morning. Please note scheduled appointments will be taken first. Donors needed after all the Masses on Sunday. If you attend Saturday night Mass please come early on Sunday morning if possible. Thank you! P.S. Future blood drives are scheduled for August 26th and November 25th.

Choir

Tuesdays - Choir 7:00 PM for practice All new members welcome: Teens, adults and any 7th or 8th graders Questions/concerns: Nancy: [email protected]

First Saturday Prayer Breakfast June 2, 2018

Come to enjoy another hot breakfast from IHOP, hosted by our own St. Vincent DePaul, with a spiritual presentation. We have been av-eraging 50-55 parishioners, with new people regularly. Please consider joining us at 9am on Saturday morning in the cafeteria.

Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14 Children’s Liturgy of the Word takes place during the 10:15 a.m. Sunday Mass. This pro-gram is designed for children ages three through eight (third grade). Children’s Liturgy of the Word brings the Gospel to the children at their level of understanding. Through appropri-ately adapted Scripture texts, music, prayer, and activities that reinforce the Gospel mes-sage, the children have an opportunity to cele-brate their faith in a way that is joyful and rele-vant to their own young lives. The children are escorted out of mass by the program catechists after the Opening Prayer and return to mass at Offertory. For more information, contact Kathy Joslin at [email protected] or call 636-677-4868 ext. 118 or 636-677-1567.

GUIDE US TODAY Holy Spirit,

you who pointed out the way for your disciples to announce the gospel,

we pray to you: As in the time of the apostles,

guide today's messengers of the Good News. --From Come, Lord Jesus by Lucien Deiss, CSSp, copyright (c) 1976, 1981,

Lucien Deiss. Published by World Library Publications. p. 183

May 20, 2018

For more information, please visit our website: www.stanthonyhr.org

Collections for May 2018: Weekly Contributions (general fund)

Building Fund St. Vincent de Paul

Catholic Communications

Parish Financial Report

Thank You for Your Gifts to God & Your Parish Family

God bless you for your generous contributions.

We all appreciate your sacrifices and love of our St. Anthony Family!

COLLECTION May 13, 2018

Contribution Collection 4,647.45 Online Giving 1,215.00 Loose 370.00 Building Fund 140.00 Total for Parish 6,372.45

Jonah Prayer Ministry

Our Parish’s Jonah Prayer Ministers have a prayer box mounted on the inner wall of the ves-tibule. You will find it on the right-hand side (near the candle stand) as you enter church. This box is for written prayer re-quests. All petitions are kept confidential by your Jonah Prayer Ministers.

Ministry Schedule


St. Anthony PSR News

It’s time to register for the 2018-2019 school year! Registration forms for Little Lambs (ages 3-5), Kindergarten, and grades 1-8 can be found on the parish website at www.stanthonyhr.org under the Education tab. For more information, contact Kathy Joslin at [email protected] or call 636-677-4868 ext. 118 or 636-677-1567.

May 20, 2018

Children Celebrating

Faith

The Missouri Senate passed a bill last night which includes cuts to the top individual income tax rate but does not include a state earned income tax credit (EITC) to benefit low- to moderate-income work-ers. Without this credit, many Missouri families will not share in these new tax cuts. Please contact your state senator and representative and let them know that you want to see a Missouri EITC to ensure that working families are not left behind in our state! As many as 500,000 Missouri families (including 600,000 children) are eligible for the federal EITC and would be likewise eligible for a state-based EITC. Policy experts on both sides of the political aisle agree that the EITC incentivizes work, stimulates economies, and can lift families from poverty. Due to the success of the federal EITC, twenty-six states and the District of Columbia have created state EITCs. Please ask your legislators to see that a state EITC is passed in these final days of the Missouri legisla-tive session. Go to the link below to log in and send your message: https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/Xu3N_QFnJQ2YMFfaGuRxvw


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Women’s ACTS Retreat December 6-9, 2018

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St. Anthony of Padua, High Ridge, MO Pastor’s Column · 2018. 5. 20. · Pastor’s Column St. Anthony of Padua, High Ridge, MO Pentecost Happy Birthday to the Catholic Church!