MASSES FOR THE WEEK Intentions

Mon. 21 8:00 a.m. Sandy McCormick

Tues. 22 8:00 a.m. John Sullivan

Wed. 23 8:00 a.m. Mark Pierce

Thur. 24 8:00 a.m. Lucille AuBuchon

Fri. 25 8:00 a.m. Jeanette Katke

Sat. 26 5:00 p.m. Alvena Carrow

Sun. 27 10:00 a.m. Dorothy Daugherty

(SA) 8:00 a.m. Parish Family

LITURGICAL MINISTERS

ST. JOSEPH

SATURDAY VIGIL - 5:00 PM

May 26, 2018

Lector Frances Haug

Eucharistic Ministers

Patricia Murphy

John Groboski

Jacob Stotler

Altar Servers Paula Pace

Ushers

M/M Chris Yancey

M/M Dennis Bender

Cross Bearer Suzanne Mullins

ST. JOSEPH

SUNDAY MASS – 10:00 AM

May 27, 2018

Lector Lynn Graczyk

Eucharistic Ministers

Barb Krull, Bob Krull

Richard King

Shari House

Altar Servers

Chris Willette

Ushers Patricia Venable

Tom Willette

John Pace

Volunteer

Cross Bearer Theresa Pace

ST. ANNE

SUNDAY MASS – 8:00 AM

May 27, 2018

Lector Mary Lou Basler

Eucharistic Ministers Victor Bender

Evan Loveless

Gift Bearers M/M Mark Laiben

Ushers Garry Fisher

Ron Byington

Altar Servers

Clare, Patrick and

Audrey McDowell

Cross Bearer Audrey McDowell

Pentecost Sunday In Baptism and Confirmation, as well as Holy

Communion, the gifts of the Holy Spirit are poured out

upon us so that we might build up the Church and lead

others to faith in Jesus Christ. Today, take a moment to

consider the many gifts that you have been given,

especially spiritual gifts, and pray for the grace to

understand how you can utilize them most effectively

for the mission of your family, parish, and the Church

as a whole. The Holy Spirit is powerful in our lives if

we allow Him entry into our hearts. He is the Consoler,

the Advocate, the Paraclete. The Holy Spirit, as the

readings show us today, gives us joy and peace, a peace

unlike any other the world can give. When we respond

generously to grace and allow ourselves to be filled

with the Holy Spirit, we will set hearts on fire, one

person at a time, and be truly free. Archstl.org/dynamic

Weekend Mass for

Terre du Lac Residents Terre du Lac residents have an opportunity to attend a

Mass during Memorial Day weekend on Saturday, May

26, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. Bring your lawn chair to 605

Marseilles Drive.

Bingo Bingo figures from May 10, 2018:

Gross Receipts: $324.00; Players: 75

St. Joseph Church Cleaning May 22: Gina & Mike Jennings

May 25: Volunteers needed

Your Gift to God May 12 & 13, 2018

St. Joseph St. Anne

Envelopes $3,134.00 $585.00

Loose 300.00 101.00

St. Vincent de Paul 65.00 20.00

Building 20.00 -0-

Mother’s Day 391.00 10.00

Ascension 275.00 25.00

Pentecost Sunday – May 20, 2018

Liturgical Ministers Please step forward to help us celebrate our liturgy if

a volunteer is needed.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 20, 2018 Monday: Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14; Ps 87:1-3, 5-7 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

ST. ANNE CHURCH Please help us with our needs for the upcoming St.

Anne Church Picnic on June 10, 2018:

1. Quilts for Bingo (call Carole at 573-358-0552 or

sign up on sheet in back of church)

2. Jams, Jellies, Breads, Homemade or Handstitched

Items for the Country Store (call Delores at 636-

208-5277 for information)

3. Monetary Donations towards Raffle Prizes (Place

in envelope in collection basket marked Raffle

Prize Donation)

4. $5.00 in Lottery Tickets or $5.00 cash to buy

lottery tickets for Lottery Ticket Tree Prize - Give

to Cele Govero or place in collection basket

marked "Lottery Tickets"

Church Cleaning Team #4 – Jane Schmidt

Knights of Columbus Golf Tournament The Knights of Columbus Annual Charity Golf

Tournament will be held Friday, June 1, 2018, at Terre du

Lac Country Club. A four person scramble, cash paid in

all flights, championship trophies and more will be

available. The $65 fee per person includes lunch,

beverages and dinner. The registration deadline is May

27th. For more information, call Victor Bender, Jr. at

573.358.5307. Proceeds will benefit local charities.

ACA Parish Progress Report

As of May 11, 2018 St. Joseph St. Anne

2018 Published Goal $16,280 $2,860

Challenge Goal - $4,270

New Donor Goal 10 2

Total To Date $11,571 $2,670

Returned to Date 99 10

#New Donors 22 1

#Increased Contributions 61 5

Net Increase $4,013 $550

Please call or come by the rectory if you would like to

pledge to the Annual Catholic Appeal.

Our Lady Picnic Our Lady Catholic Church, 1550 St. Marys Lane, Festus,

MO will have their Parish Picnic on Friday, June 1 from 6-

10 p.m. and on Saturday, June 2 from noon – 10 p.m.

Chicken, Kettle Beef and Liver Dumpling Dinners will be

offered along with raffles, games and a silent auction.

St. Joseph Parish Festival Meeting

All Chairpersons and interested parishioners are invited to

attend the St. Joseph Festival meeting on Tuesday, May

22, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. in the downstairs meeting room.

The Pastor’s Workshop A few points-

My thanks to the Garden squad that

recently cleaned out the winter

leftovers, and planted new flowers. Mary’s garden

area looks great. Thanks for the time and energy from

our volunteer ladies.

I mentioned at Mass that we are looking

down the road to repainting and

upgrading the decoration of the church at St. Joseph. Such a task is not done overnight. In

the meantime if we could begin the process of trying

to build up a designated fund for the interior work it

would be helpful. Church decorating is a very

specialized art. It needs to be planned out in time a

year or so, both for the decorating company and for

the raising of funds. I am asking that any fund raisers

we have from here on, half of the funds go into this

designated pot. In the meantime, if you have any

available funds that can assist us in getting started,

this would be helpful.

The Annual Catholic Appeal 2018 for both St. J and

St. A is going well. We have definitely seen more

involvement of new contributors. Tip O’Neill used to

say that politics is always local. The challenge each

year is to assist parish members to recognize that

many things as a Catholic community are regional –

and they need our attention and participation as well.

Catholic means ‘universal’, thus it throws a very wide

umbrella. The ACA does as well, touching pretty

much all the life organs of our St. Louis Catholic

faith. As I have said a number of times, even if it is a

$1…..it’s more than a 0. A zero gets you nowhere,

and is never helpful to the solution. Thanks to our

leaders at both St. J and St. A.

Finally, Monday (May 21) is my 41st

anniversary as a priest. Like everyone

who has had a career or vocation, you

know that some things went as you

dreamed and planned…..and other

things were complete surprises. So often in the

surprises, we have to surrender to the plan of God

(God is in control anyway!), and come to realize that

God has much more in store for us than we imagined.

Last year at this time, I visited for the first time both

Bonne Terre and French Village, after a phone call

from the Archbishop. Yes I have been in this

Archdiocese for more than 6 decades – and my world

was not so very large. I am pleased to be with you

now, and thank you for all the kindnesses shown this

past year. Let’s all pray for the new priests and

deacons to be ordained in the next few weeks for our

Archdiocese. 25 for the permanent Diaconate, and

2 for the Priesthood. This coming Saturday May 26

is the priesthood ordinations at the Cathedral.