714 Lincoln Street Elsberry, Missouri 63343

Telephone Number: 898-2202 Website: www.SacredHeartElsberry.org

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

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

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 30, 2017

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LECTORS Sun. Aug. 6 8:00 am Sarah O’Brien Sun. Aug. 13 8:00 am Edward D. O’Brien

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Sun. Aug. 6 8:00 am Bill & Vicki Lagemann Sun. Aug. 13 8:00 am Phyllis Galati & Jimmy Henry ALTAR SERVERS Sun. Aug. 6 8:00 am Kevin Seely, Kaden Kinsler Gabe Gonzalez Sun. Aug. 13 8:00 am Gavin Reller, Evan Wilson Gabini Gonzalez

GREETERS Sun. Aug. 6 8:00 am Rosemary Laws & Judy Robinson Sun. Aug. 13 8:00 am Bill & Vickie Lagemann

GIFT BEARERS

Sun. Aug. 6 8:00 am Rosemary Laws & Jimmy Henry Sun. Aug. 13 8:00 am Bill & Vickie Lagemann

MASS INTENTIONS July 31 - August 6

Mon. 7:00 pm Tim DeMoulin Tues. 8:00 am John Shaffer Thurs. 7:30 am Communion Service Fri. 7:30 am Communion Service Sun. 8:00 am Jimmy Henry Famioy L & D

Feast Days Mon. St. Ignatius of Loyola Tues. St. Alphonsus Liguori Wed. St. Eusebius of Vercelli St. Peter Julian Eymard Fri. St. John Vianney Sat. Dedication of St. Mary Major Basilica July 23, 2017 Envelopes: $ 536 Parish Improvement Loose: $ 523 $ 0 Total: $1,059 Money Counters Today: Pat Wood Kaye Byers August 6: Mike Byers Mike Shaffer

Sacred Heart Calendar of Events Today: Mass 8:00 am Mon., July 31: Mass 7:00 pm Tues., Aug. 1: Mass 8:00 am Thurs., Aug. 3: Communion Service 7:30 am Fri., Aug. 4: Communion Service 7:30 am We are planning a Mission with Fr. Chavitz April, 2018. He is a Redemptorist

MASS SCHEDULE AT ST. ALPHONSUS Aug. 2- Aug. 6

Wednesday 8:15 am Friday 8:15 am Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am Phone # at St. Alphonsus 573-384-6223

Need a Priest? Fr. Wissler, Sacred Heart Troy 636-528-8219 or Fr. Rath, Immaculate Conception, Old Monroe 636-661-5002

Pray For Please pray for all the sick or homebound. To add to the prayer list please tell Father or contact the parish office 898-2202 Margaret Bartold Terry Martin Joe & Mary Buescher Cecile Mesker Kim Tobiasz Jerry Heitman Nancy McCullough Maurice Illy Jack Burkemper Charlie DeMoulin Leroy Schramm Eric Mueller Ernest Ogden Andrew Heitman Raymond Geosling Bonnie Kindred Trina Burnette Marvin Robinson Cloyd Bridges Darryl Brumm Jim Henke Cliff & Sandra Merriman Bob Smith Carol Watkins Margaret O’Brien

PAPAL INTENTION AUGUST 2017

That Artists of our time, through their ingenuity, may help everyone discover the beauty of creation.

I would like to have an apprecia on dinner for those who helped with our Parish Picnic on Sunday, August 27 at 5:00 pm in the Parish Hall. RSVP to the Parish Office 898‐2202 by August 18

READINGS FOR the WEEK of July 31 - August 6

Monday Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34; Matthew 13:31-35 Tuesday Exodus 333:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28; Matthew 13:36-43 Wednesday Exodus 34:29-35’ Matthew 13:44-46 Thursday Exodus 40:16-21, 34-38; Matthew 13:47-53 Friday Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37; Matthew 13:54-58 Saturday Leviticus 25:1, 8-17; Matthew 14:1-12 Sunday Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; 2 Peter 1:16-19; Matthew 17:1-9

STEWARDSHIP AWARENESS “ We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 Do you really trust God? Do you believe that all things work for good? Faith is a challenge for everyone at times. Putting our trust in God, in everything we do, means that God’s plan for our lives may be different than our plan. When one door closes, another one opens. Trust in God, His plan is always better.

COMMUNITY EVENTS Sacred Heart Troy Picnic is August 6. Treasure Emporium Flea Market 11 am-7 pm at the Sacred Heart Parish Picnic. Located at 100 Thompson Dr Troy. Visit us in our air-conditioned Parish Center gym. Immaculate Conception Picnic August 13. St. Joseph/Josephville Picnic August 20 Crafters Wanted! Immaculate Conception Old Monroe, Sat., Nov. 4th, 9 am-4 pm. To reserve a spot, please con-tact Bonnie at 566-8027 or 636-358-3622, or Christina at 636-358-3621. School Cafeteria manager/Head Cook Needed Immaculate Conception Old Monroe. Contact Fr. Rich Rath (frrich@icomparish.org 636-661-5002) if interested or for more information. Sacred Heart School Cafeteria, Troy help wanted. Cook Helper 8:30-1:30 pm. For more information, con-tact Kathleen at Food Consultant Service 636-578-6856. 4 Stages of Marriage - The 4 stages of marriage are: 1) Romance 2) Disillusionment 3) Misery 4) Awakening Many marriage experience the first 3 Stages. Marriages that end in divorce never make it to the 4th Stage of Awakening. Don’t give up without learning about the 4th Stage of Awakening. If your marriage suffers from Disil-lusionment or Misery please contact Retrouvaille. For confidential information or register for Sept. 15-17 program call 800-470-2230 or visit www.HelpOurMarriage.com

St. Joseph School Cottleville 1351 Motherhead Road St. Charles, MO 63304 COMPUTER TEACHER - Full Time PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER - Full Time TEACHER AIDE - Part Time EXTENDED DAY PROGRAM STAFF - Part Time St. Joseph School in Cottleville is seeking for the 2017-2018 school year qualified applicants who are faith-filled witnesses committed to the mission of Catholic education, Catholic, certi-fication, and experience is preferred. Interested candidates should email their letter of interest, resume and references to Teresa Bowman at tbowman@stjocot.org Please address your specific qualifica-tions in these areas in your cover letter.

41st Annual Respect Life Convention Sunday, October 22 at St. Charles Convention Center. Schedule: Mass 9:30 am Luncheon & Keynote - 11:30 am Workshops on Life Issues - 2:00 to 4:30 pm Keynote Speaker: Mr. John Foppe Born without arms, John Foppe once led a miserable, depend-ent, and limited existence. Today, he is the Executive Director of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul - Archdiocesan Council of St. Louis.

FAITH/KINGDOM OF GOD 567 The Kingdom of heaven was inaugurated on earth by

Christ. “This kingdom shone out before men in the word, in the works, and in the presence of Christ” The Church is the seed and beginning of this kingdom. Her keys are en-trusted to Peter.

669 As Lord, Christ is also head of the Church, which is his

Body. Taken up to heaven and glorified after he had thus fully accomplished his mission, Christ dwells on earth in his Church. The redemption is the source of the authority that Christ, by virtue of the Holy Spirit, exercises over the Church. “The kingdom of Christ (is) already present in mystery,” “on earth, the seed and the beginning of the kingdom.”

764 “This Kingdom shines out before men in the word, in

the works and in the presence of Christ.” To welcome Jesus’ word is to welcome “the Kingdom itself.” The seed and beginning of the Kingdom are the “little flock” of those whom Jesus came to gather around him, the flock whose shepherd he is. They form Jesus’ true family. To those whom he thus gathered around him, he taught a new “way of acting” and a prayer of their own.

768 So that she can fulfill her mission, the Holy Spirit

“bestows upon (the Church) varied hierarchic and charis-matic gifts, and in this way directs her.” “Henceforward the Church, endowed with the gifts of her founder and faithfully observing his precepts of charity, humility and self-denial, receives the mission of proclaiming and estab-lishing among all peoples the Kingdom of Christ and of God, and she is on earth the seed and the beginning of that kingdom.”

2819 “The kingdom of God is righteousness and peace and

joy in the Holy Spirit.” The end-time in which we live is the age of the outpouring of the Spirit. Ever since Pente-cost, a decisive battle has been joined between “the flesh” and the Spirit.