Parish Personnel Father Ekka Alexius-Pastor (Father Alex)

E-mail: alexekka@hotmail.com Office—573-392-5334

Deacon Chet Zuck —573-369-2446 Gary Christoff, Retired Deacon — 573-645-6814 Michelle England—Custodian — 573-534-1534 Amy Frank—Parish Secretary — 573-375-4892 Kevin Holtmeyer—Bookkeeper — 573-590-0979

DEVOTIONS Rosary: Prayed before each Mass

Eucharistic Adoration: First Friday from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. in Chapel.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday-8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Bulletin Submission Deadline Fridays 12:00 p.m.

Sacred Heart Parish Council

President-Tom Irwin 573-286-2585 Jay Harms 573-746-0226

Cathy Kliethermes 573-392-5142, Cell:573-375-4627 Julie McDevitt 573-480-4350

Sacred Heart 540 North Mill Street

Eldon, Missouri 65026 Parish Office: 573-392-5334;

Email: sacred540@sbcglobal.net www.sacredhearteldon.org

www.facebook.com/sacredhearteldon MASS SCHEDULE Weekday Mass :

Tuesdays & Fridays— 8:00 a.m. Weekend Mass

Saturday 6 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. SACRAMENTS

BAPTISM & MARRIAGE Contact Office for Arrangements

RECONCILIATION Sunday 7:30 to 7:45 a.m.

PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION Sundays after Mass, 9:15 a.m.

Sacred Heart Parish Picnic Sunday, August 28, 2022

Did not God choose those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs to the kingdom? — James 2:5

THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH

SAT. 9/4 Mass 6 pm

SUN. 9/5 Reconciliation 7:30 am – 7:45 am Mass 8 am

MON. 9/6 Parish office closed

TUES. 9/7 Mass 8 am

FRI. 9/10 Mass 8 am

SAT. 9/11 Mass 6 pm

SUN. 9/12 Reconciliation 7:30 am – 7:45 am Mass 8 am

SAT 9-4-2021 The Parish

SUN 9-5-2021 + Norman & Joan Kempker

TUES 9-7-2021 The Parish

FRI 9-10-2021 The Parish

SAT 9-11-2021 + Bill Bittle

SUN 9-12-2021 + Jim & Nancy Holtmeyer

September 5, 2021 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

"Catholic Tidbits" Why does the priest begin Mass with “The Sign of the Cross”? "Mass begins with the sign of the Cross" because the entire rite takes place "within the space of the Most Ho-ly Trinity". Pope Francis explained this at the General Audience in the Paul VI Hall on Wednesday morning, 20 December [2017], as he reflected on the significance of the Introductory Rites of the Eucharistic celebration. Catholic Quote: “You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.” Flannery O'Connor, twentieth cen-tury Catholic writer. This is a play on John 8:32, You will know the truth and the truth will make you free, except we see some of Flannery;s wit and wisdom entwined. Knowing the truth sets us apart from the rest of the world. Knowing the truth changes us. Knowing the truth not only frees us from the bonds of this world, but makes us appear different to the world, makes us seem odd. And that is a very good thing.

WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS

Congratulations to the following 2021 picnic raffle winners!

Wilma Kliethermes Quilt (quilted by Sacred Heart ) Cindy Evers $1,0000 Dalen Bell $500.00 Chris Gerstner $500.00 John Olexa $500.00 or 1/2 of beef Bill Piepmeier $100.00 Jean Anderson $100.00 Gayla Westerfgaard $100.00 Charlotrte Gouro $100.00 Michelle opie $100.00

PICNIC NEWS

Cathy Jo and I want to thank all of those that helped out at tour Drive-Thru Picnic Dinner on August 22, 2021. We also whish to thank all of the parishioners that sold dinner and raffle tickets. We are still waiting on some final bill to come in to finalize our bottom line but we can tell you we served 931 meals which is approximately 60 more than last year. It takes a parish family to pull off something of This nature and we want you all to know how glad we are to be a part of the Sacred Heart Parish Family. Duane & Cathy Jo Kliethermes

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PURCHASED RAFFLE TICKETS!!!!

September 5, 2021 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Parish Stewardship August 2021

Budgeted Offertory 7/01/21-6/30/22 $195,000.00 Budget Monthly Goal - August $18,750.00 Weekly Collections: 01-August $3,771.00 08-August $5,307.00 15-August $2,763.00 22-August $2,083.00 29-August $2,315.00 Monthly Total to Date $16,239.00 Actual Offertory YTD $27,235.00 Budget Goal YTD $33,750.00 Difference -$6,515.00

Other Collection Totals for August 29, 2021 Capital Campaign $1,121.10 Candles $28.00 Diocesan Mission Collection $30.00 Masses $10.00 Religious Retirement $60.00

Total Collections $3,564.10

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight has issued the following statement: Recent statements from some bishops of the Catholic Church and subsequent news stories on these statements have caused public confusion regarding the moral implica-tions of Catholics using the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. I affirm what the Holy See, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Missouri province of Catholic bishops and my own moral analysis have concluded, primarily based on our obligation to serve the common good: In the current situa-tion of a pandemic, Catholics may in good conscience uti-lize any of the vaccines currently available, even those de-rived in an unethical manner, to protect themselves, as well as to avoid the serious risk to vulnerable persons and to society resulting from remaining unvaccinated. If a person concludes he or she cannot be vaccinated, whether for health reasons or if their own moral analysis is different from the Church, they are morally obliged to do everything they can to prevent transmission of the coronavirus and avoid any risk to the health of those who cannot be vac-cinated. As Pope Francis reminds us, in receiving these vaccines we are truly showing love for our neighbor and for God, which is the core teaching of our faith.

The Ladies Sodality will have their next meeting on September 14, 2021 beginning at 1 p.m. and will be held in the Catholic Center. Meetings are held from September through May of each year. All meetings will be the second Tuesday of each month beginning at 1 p.m. All ladies of the church are considered members of the Sodality. The Sodality provides funeral dinners for parishioners, they also sponsor a child from Guatemala. Monies sent to this child are used for his education, clothing, and living expenses. The Sodality also does fund raisers such as catering dinners. Please plan on attending the next meeting.

For further questions, please call: Mary Ann Otto (president) 573-392-7164

Barb Powell (vice-president) 573-375-0498 Cathy Burns (treasurer) 573-356-1577 Betty Lilley (secretary) 573-746-1317

THE MESSIAH FORETOLD Today’s story of the cure of a deaf man with a speech impediment is a good example of how much is con-tained in a simple miracle story. The Greek word mogi-lalos appears only here in all of the New Testament. It is a technical term referring to someone with a stam-mer. It is also used only once in the entire Jewish scrip-tures, in the passage that we read today as our first read-ing from Isaiah. Clearly, by his choice of this precise word Mark wants us to recognize that what Jesus is do-ing is the fulfillment of what Isaiah had predicted cen-turies earlier. In fact, Mark wants us to recognize that Jesus is the Messiah foretold by Isaiah and the other Jewish prophets of old. The word ephphatha, “be opened,” used to describe the restoration of the man’s speech, is another example of a subtle allusion to an earlier prophecy. This time the prophecy in question is from Ezekiel, when he foretells that in the messianic age, “your mouth shall be opened to speak” (24:26). The sophistication of Mark’s narra-tive is further revealed when we realize that there are multiple levels within a single reference. Mark not only draws our attention back to Israel’s prophetic past, he also points to the initiatory practice of his contemporar-ies by his mention of such things as spittle, touching of ears, and the use of the word ephphatha, all of which were practices incorporated into the early Church’s baptismal ritual. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Greg Benne Harold Berendzen Margie Brockmeier Wanda Clark Bernard Evers Gabriella Harms Jerry Harms Pat Hill John Holland Meg Kemna Arline Mergelkamp

Bob Mullett Dan & Mary Noyes Sara Olexa Fred Otto Phillip Regalado Doris Sanning Virgil Schulte Bill Stone

Please pray for the health of our parish family

September 5, 2021 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Please pray for the relatives & friends of our Parish Family.

Gary Evers (son of Bernard & Liz Evers) Theresa Depaepe (sister in law to Debbie Guthrie) Tara Isenberg (daughter of Theresa Stiers) Tom Fournier (brother of Terri Thebeau) Rochelle Howard (daughter of Kerry & Robyn Eidson) Shawna McCarty (Phil & Carolyn Steidle) Russ McDowell (son of James & Betty McDowell) Tom Otto (friend of Angie Fishburn) Bart & Peter Renkoski (brothers of Angie Fishburn) Harvey Rosko (friend of Ron Schwintek)

MILITARY FAMILY

Remember our service men and women along with their families in your prayers:

Paul Ambrose( grandson of Pauline Whitten)

Ben England (son of Michelle England) Leroy Gilbert (husband of Andrea Gilbert)

Matthew Marra & wife Danielle (grandson of Loretta Keilholz) James McDevitt & wife Renae (father of Avery & Luke McDevitt.

son of James & Karen McDevitt) Hunter Zuck (son of Clint & Paula Zuck ,grandson of

Chet & Marilynn Zuck) Ethan Zuck (grandson of Chet & Marilynn Zuck)

We are in need of vocalists and musicians. Our current groups are struggling to provide music for all Masses. If you don’t want to be a “full time” member but are willing to help when we are shorthanded, we’d love to have you. Don’t want to be handed a Mass right off the bat, but want to work into it slowly, we’d love to have you. Sing in the school choir and are willing to work with a jr.high/high school choir, we’d love to have you. Play guitar, piano, or organ? Guess what? We’d love to have you! (Notice a theme? We'd love to have you!) Feel free to contact any of the current musicians or vocalists, or I can be reached at niemp30@gmail.com .

Thank-You Paula Niemeier

For more than 40 years, the Diocese of Jefferson City and Catholic Charities have been welcoming refugees to their new homes in Missouri. As we prepare for the possible arri-val of refugees from Afghanistan, we will need community support more than ever. We are directing all requests from people who want to help to our website (https://cccnmo.diojeffcity.org/welcoming-afghan-refugees), where they can complete and submit the Afghan Refugee Assis-tance Form, indicating how they would like to help. Please share with anyone who would like to help with the response effort the link for our assistance form (URL is case-sensitive): https://bit.ly/CCCNMO-Afghan-Refugees

We send our condolences to the family of Donald & Korenn Kemp.

They retired in Eldon and Korenn attended Mass at

Sacred Heart Church.

Korenn Kemp - June 26,1953-August 24,2021 Donald Kemp - November 20,1951– August 15, 2021

Sacred Heart Liturgical Minister Schedule September 2021

SEPTEMBER 4 — SATURDAY, 6:00 PM MASS SEPTEMBER 5 — SUNDAY, 8:00 AM MASS

Server(s) - Lector - Rosanna Weidinger Eucharistic Ministers - Sharon Lepper Greet/Usher - Mike & Susan Kreigshauser, Eric Miller Bill Weidinger, Music Ministry - Sacred Heart Choir

Server(s) - Kate Albertson Lector - Rick Robinson Eucharistic Ministers –Doris Christoff Greet/Usher - Tom & Jessi Irwin, Dillon and Dalton Irwin Music Ministry - Sacred Heart Choir

SEPTEMBER 11 — SATURDAY, 6:00 PM MASS SEPTEMBER 12 — SUNDAY, 8:00 AM MASS

Server(s) - Lector - Cheryl Schulte Eucharistic Ministers - Betty Lilley Greet/Usher - Joe Lilley, Bill Routen, Sylvester Schulte, Brandon Schuup Music Ministry - Sacred Heart Choir

Server(s) - Sierra Zuck Lector - Clint Zuck Eucharistic Ministers - Paula Zuck Greet/Usher - Ron & Myrna Schwintek, Donna Schmidt Music Ministry - Sacred Heart Choir

SEPTEMBER 18 — SUNDAY, 8:00 AM MASS SEPTEMBER 19 — SUNDAY, 8:00 AM MASS

Server(s) - Lector - Gary Block Eucharistic Ministers - Charles Smith Greet/Usher - Joe & Bernice Bax, Dave Frank, Daniel Ingram Music Ministry - Sacred Heart Choir

Server(s) - Josephine Colonius Lector - Tome Irwin Eucharistic Ministers - Dianne Henley Greet/Usher - Bart & Gus Albertson, Dillon & Dalton Irwin Music Ministry - Sacred Heart Choir

There will be one Eucharistic Minister listed weekly, however if there is a Deacon assisting at Mass the Eucharistic Minister might not be needed. Thank You for your patience as we work through the

Communion change.

September 2021 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

29 Reconciliation

7:30 am

Mass 8 am

30 31

Mass 8 am 1 2 3

Mass 8 am Adoration 9 am-9 pm

4

Mass 6 pm

5 Reconciliation

7:30 am

Mass 8 am

6 Parish Office Closed

7

Mass 8 am 8 9 10

Mass 8 am 11

Mass 6 pm

12 Reconciliation

7:30 am

Mass 8 am

13 14

Mass 8 am Sodality Mtg.1 pm

15 16 Parish Council Mtg. 5:30 pm

17

Mass 8 am 18

Mass 6 pm

19 Reconciliation

7:30 am

20 K of C

Mtg. 7 pm

21

Mass 8 am 22 23

24

Mass 8 am 25

Mass 6 pm

26 Reconciliation

7:30 am

Mass 8 am

27 28

Mass 8 am

29 30 Finance Council

Mtg. 5:30 pm

Mass 8 am

Mass 6 pm

Change of Confession Time

Sacred Heart confession will be on Sunday mornings before Mass from 7:30 am-7:45 am . This will allow Father Alex adequate time on Saturday to travel from Mary’s Home to Eldon for Mass, especially in the winter.

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