PARISH OFFICE, 838-6565 Parish Fax Number, 838-6566

Pastor Msgr. Matthew Mitas, ext 102

Deacons, ext 110 Rev. Mr. Joseph Kroutil

Parish Secretary Linda Brindley, ext 100

Bookkeeper Monique Zykan, ext 109

St. Vincent De Paul...ext 504

Music Director Sharon Churchill

SCHOOL OFFICE, 831-8012

Principal Mary Ann Kauffman, ext 200

NEW PARISHIONERS Register in the parish office, Mon-Fri, 8:00 am- 4:00 pm.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Baptism Instruction is to be scheduled with a parish priest.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE To be arranged with the parish priest at least six months prior.

St. Angela Merici Parish

May 7, 2017 3860 N. Hwy 67 saintangelamerici.org Florissant, MO 63034

I am the

Good Shepherd

John 10:11

Mass Schedule Mon - Fri 8:00 am Saturday Fir st Sat. of the month, 8:00 am Saturday 5:00 pm (Vigil) Sunday 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30 am Eucharistic Adoration Tuesdays 8:30 am - 7:00 pm 7:00 pm - Benediction Reconciliation Saturdays 4:00 - 4:45 pm Or by appointment, call 314-838-6565 Perpetual Help Devotions Tuesdays 8:00 am Holy Day of Obligation Masses To Be Announced. BULLETIN NOTICES: Submit to the parish office by Monday at 4:00 pm. Please email no-tices to: brindley@stangelam.org. NEW PARISHIONERS: Please register in the par-ish office, Mon-Fri, 8 am - 4 pm. For more infor-mation, call the Parish Office, 314-838-6565.

Prayer, Liturgy and Sacrifice MINISTERS

FOR NEXT WEEK, MAY 8-13

WEEKDAY SERVERS: MONDAY - SATURDAY

8:00 am Jahnea Gates, Patr ice Broyles, Kaitlyn Layton

WEEKEND SERVERS 5:00 pm Daena Talavera, Veronica & Vicky Breen 7:30 am Shayla Haney, Kaitlyn Smith, VOLUNTEER NEEDED 9:30 am Jason Brady, Aaron & Alanna Fenner 11:30am Nadia Allar, Abigail & Gwen Dobbs

WEEKEND LECTORS 5:00 pm Crystalyn Talavera, Matt Adams 7:30 am Katherine Ising, Laura Augsburger 9:30 am Laura Vietmeier, Pat Buchanan 11:30 am William E. De Iuliis, Jr., Michael Dobbs

EXTRAORDINARY MIN. OF HOLY COMMUNION 5:00 pm - Claudia & George Bidleman, Tina Clarkin, Karen Dietz, Vitina Galati, Nora Kaikati, Shirley Sweney 7:30 am - Margie Heppermann, Donna Krause, Harry Maier, Carol Pauli, Theresa & William Wat-son, VOLUNTEER NEEDED 9:30 am - Sr. Eric Patrick Ebiziem, Nancy Hessel-bach, Debbie Keeven, John & Sue Scheiding, Jean Tucker, Pat Vorwald 11:30 am - Cynthia & Stephen Graham, Denyse Sternberg

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Monday, May 8 8:00 am - John Jansen Tuesday, May 9 8:00 am - Robert & Antoinette Prosser Wednesday, May 10 8:00 am - Pete Maffett Thursday, May 11 8:00 am - John Joseph Woods Friday, May 12 8:00 am - Norma Jean Rickelmann Saturday, May 13 5:00 pm - Donald Thompson Sunday, May 14 7:30 am - Robert & Antoinette Prosser 9:30 am - Elizabeth Wernit 11:30 am - People of the Parish

WEEKEND GIFT BEARERS - MAY 13/14 Sat. 5:00 pm - Bob & Lois Adams Sun. 7:30 am - Bill & Virginia Russell Sun. 9:30 am - Sandy Trupiano Family Sun. 11:30 am - Dave & Joy Sanfilippo

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

The S.A.M. Men’s Club would like to thank all those that purchased pizzas and/or desserts from our recently completed spring sale. Your generous support helps the Men’s Club with our charitable efforts and continuing operation. We look for-ward to our fall sale event.

From The Desk of Msgr. Matthew Mitas: REMEMBER THAT MAY IS THE MONTH OF OUR LADY! AUDREY

One of the first parishioners of St. Angela Merici that I got to know when I arrived here three years ago was Audrey Nessing. Frankly, there’s no way I could have possibly overlooked her! She used to take part in just about everything and knew everybody. I think that she, being one of our original parishioners, has hosted at least two-thirds of our parishioners at her house at one time or another for one of her famous lunches, and I was rapidly put on the list of invitees. She was a dear and lovely soul who found time in her schedule and room in her heart to accommodate everybody, and was a stranger to no one. Audrey passed away a couple of weeks ago (at age 92), and she’ll be impossible to replace. I’m writing all this to let you know that she, being the dear soul that she was, remembered our parish in a big way when she passed. She left St. Angela’s a gift annuity in the amount of $16,620 (to cover “operating expenses”), which we have already received and will be applied to the purposes she intended. In your charity, please pray for her!

LAST CLASS

My Catechism Class will meet for the last time this year on Tuesday, May 16 (not this Tuesday). Then will take our summer vacation and resume in the fall. We have a wonderful time discussing the intricacies of our religion and everybody is welcome to join us. It starts right after the Tuesday evening devotions (roughly 7:20PM) and we meet in the Parish Meeting Room (located next to my office).

LOURDES/FATIMA PILGRIMAGE

Our pilgrimage to Lourdes, Fatima, Assisi and Rome is on for this October and we want as many to go as is possible. If you have made up your mind to go, then now is the time to act. There are brochures in the parish office to make your application. Either call the office and we can mail you one, or stop by the office and pick one up. This being the 100th anniversary of the apparitions in Fat-ima, it should be a great pilgrimage!

JOIN THE 150!

While you’re at it, think about joining the great St. Angela Merici 150 Club for our first ever annu-al dinner/dance bash (May 13). Flyers have been sent out for the benefit of those who have not yet joined (if you’re already a member, then you’re already in). It’s going to be a wonderful time, with lots of stuff going on (including a mini-auction!). Don’t be left out!

DOUGHNUTS!

It’s been a while since we had doughnuts here at the parish (Lent this year gobbled up two of our First Sundays and, being the ascetic and abstemious sorts that we are, we denied ourselves the sugar-saturated, glazed and deep-fried confections). But as the old, familiar hymn proclaims, “The strife is o’er”, and so it’s doughnut time again. Not this week; the Pro-Lifers are serving breakfast, but next week May 14) for sure! QUIZ-A-CATHOLIC Since this month is the month dedicated in our Catholic piety to the holy Mother of God, let’s see how much you know about the various feasts in her honor, specifically the dates on which they are celebrated. See if you can identify the dates on which there feasts of the Blessed Mother are cele-brated (make special notation when that feast is a holy day of obligation):

Features:

This Week In Our Parish:

Tuesday, May 9 8:30 am - Eucharistic Adoration 3:00 pm - Legion of Mary, Rectory Basement 7:00 pm - Benediction 7:00 pm - SVDP, Meeting Room Wednesday, May 10 9:00 am - Quilters Meet, Rectory Basement Friday, May 12 6:00pm - Girl Scout Troop 2807, Lunchroom Sunday, May 14 7:00 pm - Boy Scouts Troop 940, Lunchroom

CONTINUED CONTINUED

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL NORTH DISTRICT GOLF TOURNAMENT

We are raising funds with our 4th Annual Golf Tournament and we’re looking for HOLE SPONS-ERS and GOLFERS! DATE: Friday, June 16, 2017 LOCATION: Florissant Golf Course at 50 Country Club Lane, Florissant TIME: 12:00 p.m. shotgun start (lunch and registra-tion at 11:00 a.m.) COST TO GOLF: $85/person – 4-person scramble INCLUDES: Greens fees, cart, gifts, refreshments on and off the course, dinner COST TO SPONSOR: $100/hole (tax deductible) CONTACT: John Edmiston at 314-608-3664 or email him at sushi4@iwon.com

ST. ANGELA MERICI DINNER DANCE

Please come join us for an enjoyable evening of great food, good music, and even some dancing.

Saturday, May 13th, 2017 6;00pm to 10:00pm

St. Angela Merici Gymnasium Cost: $150.00 per person

$200.00 per couple

This price includes dinner, drink, a grand raffle drawing, great music and dancing, and of course, a donation to our wonderful School. Registration after Masses this weekend.

HOLY HOUR and ROSARY FOR PRIEST AND VOCATIONS

Monday—Holy Hour and Rosary for Priest immediately after morning Mass in the Church Tuesday—Rosary for Priests and Vocations immediately following Mass and OL of Perpetual Help Novena in the Divine Mercy Chapel Wednesday—Rosary for Priests and Vocations immediately following Mass in the Church Thursday—Holy Hour and Rosary for Priests and Vocations immediately following Mass in the Church Friday—Rosary for Priests and Vocations immediately following Mass in the Church

The winner of the S.A.M. 150 CLUB draw-ing is Mr. Kevin East for April

Congratulations on winning $250!

1. Her Immaculate Conception 2. Her Assumption into heaven 3. Her birth day. 4. Her Divine Maternity. 5. Her Seven Sorrows (or “Dolors”). 6. Her Visitation to Elizabeth. 7. The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. 8. Her Queenship. 9. Her Immaculate Heart. 10. Her apparitions at Fatima.

ANSWERS: 1. December 8* 2. August 15** 3. Sep-tember 8 4. January 1** 5. September 15 6. May 31 7. October 7 8. August 22 9. Saturday after Corpus Christi 10. May 13 (*= Holy Day of Obligation eve-ry year, **= Holy Day of Obligation only when the feast falls on a Tuesday – Friday)

QUOTES OF THE WEEK

“The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.” – Eric Arthur Blair (a.k.a., George Orwell)

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – Eric Arthur Blair (a.k.a., George Orwell)

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is nec-essary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill

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PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH: MaryAnn Hoven, Elisabeth Cisco, Rachael Law-son, Dorothy Martinelli, Joanne Cipolla, Mary Kavanaugh, Jeff Gauthier, Barb Lehman, Lila Jones, Jennifer Berkbigler, Sue Pitti, Mary Dietz, Rosemary Licato, Donna Ahrens, Evelyn Finno, Claudette Kazakian, Shirley Bertin, Jackie Carrol, Lisa Williford, Roy Wong, Guy Henriksen, Wil-ma Schmidt, Gary & Debbie Corcoran, Augustine & Ray Porter, Margaret Nolte, Ken Schmidt, Bil-lie Lawson, Jim & Eileen McMullen, Dorothy Schulte, Bud & Kathy Kushins, Kristine Lawson, Katie Horn, Debbie Gervich, Jim Leonard, Neil MacKenzie, Dominic Farace, Nancy Brennan, Patricia Scognamiglio, Carolyn Humphry, Car-olyn Stokes , Nancy Skelly and Allison Molner.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SERVICE MEN & WOM-EN Joshua Stremlau, Bradley Stremlau, Corey Rudroff, Steven Bennett, Jerrod Klug, Michael Olwig, Pat Edwards-Parrish, Guthrie Stotser, Jon-athan Buss, Brad Sanders, Matthew Meske, Jack-ie Cotter, J. Timothy Sullivan, Matthew Hawkins, John Reddan, Brandon Gruelle, Dustin Kyle, Ja-cob Doerle, Jocob Graham and Joshua Graham

Sunday Collection - April 30, 2017

Sunday Offering $ 7148 Weekly Budget $ 13,019 Weekly Over/Under - $ 5871 Fiscal Year To Date - $20,395

From The Desk of: Mrs. Mary Ann Kauffman, Principal

Here it is May and we are looking forward to beau-tiful flowers and amazing shades of green!! The future must bring these about because God has defi-nitely given us enough water!!!

This past week, we honored our Mothers!! We cele-brated Mom's Day this past Friday. We began the day with Mass and then enjoyed delicious food from Krause Katering and Kakes. The Speech Team and some of our sixth graders entertained our moms.

We are just bubbling over with good news!!! The results are in from Queeny Park and the St. Louis wide Science Fair.

Daena Talavera received a Green Ribbon and a Spe-cial Mention from Monsanto for her "Soap Bust-ers."

Rebecca Albritton received a Red Ribbon for "The Effects of Surface Temperature on Fingerprints."

Triston Scales received a Blue Ribbon for "Eggmosis."

Brianna DuMaine received a Blue Ribbon for "Ambidexterity and Left-Handedness."

Anisia West received a Blue Ribbon for "The Effect of Room Temperature on the Burnrate of Candles."

We are not finished celebrating the achievements of our students. The Final Speech Meet was this past Saturday and the best of the best were at this meet. Kylie Stewart, Nadia Allar and Kamryn Ure all earned Gold Ribbons. Lauren Garrett received a trophy for her performance and her perfect score!

Congratulations to Mrs. Steinbruegge for the excel-lent science teacher she is and to Ms. Behm and Mrs. Potter for the many hours of listening and per-fecting comments they have given throughout this year.

We continually celebrate the greatness of our teach-ers, our students and our school!!

God is Good!

QUILT RAFFLE

Quilt Raffle Tickets will be sold this weekend in the Lunchroom. The proceeds will be used to pur-chase and maintain flowers for the St. Angela Mer-ici Garden (also referred to as “Botanical Gardens North”). Stop by the Lunchroom and support our wonderful Quilters! The quilt drawing will be held at the 150 Club Party on May 13th (you do not have to be present to win).

ST. ANGELA MERICI 3RD ANNUAL PRO LIFE BREAKFAST

Come join the Knights of Columbus, the Ladies Auxiliary and the Pro Life Committee for Breakfast on Sun-day May 7th, immediately after Mass. Free Will offering.

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ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL

The Annual Catholic Appeal has begun, Your Pledge Cards are available for completing and signing in the lunchroom after ALL Masses this weekend. Your Pledge is very important to the Archdiocese for its Charita-ble functions. Please prayerfully consider what you can share from your treasure with the needs of the Archdi-ocese. ANY amount is of assistance, but if you are unable to share this year please at least come and sign your pledge card. Thank You!

ST. VICENT de PAUL SOCIETY As noted in last week’s bulletin, our collection of clothing & household items was very successful due to our wonderful parishioners. In addition to the Vincentians who staffed the event there were four young men who helped, Dean Palmer, Matt Neiner, Peter Hedlesky & Matt Hibbits. Thanks to them for lending some “young muscle” to the “old folks” of the SVDP Society! Our next Food Drive will be May 20/21. We need the usual canned meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, chilis, pastas & pasta sauces. Paper products are always needed also. Thanks for your support in this ministry.

PLANT SALE GRATITUDE Dear Parishioners of St. Angela Merici and kind neighbors, our Pro-Life Committee is extremely thankful for your never-ending support for LIFE! Even with the monsoon-like weekend, many peo-ple braved the rain and purchased a multitude of gorgeous flowers and plants! We raised over $1800 to be used to support many life-affirming organizations and to promote LIFE in our parish

MOVIE NIGHT AT SAM

Please join us Friday, May 19th, at 7:00 PM in the lunchroom for the showing of the movie Fighting Father Dunne. This is a 1948 Amer ican bio-graphical film about the life of Father Peter Dunne and the creation of his News Boys Home in St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1905. Based on an original story by William Rankin, the film stars Pat O'Brien as Fr. Dunne. Despite many obsta-cles, Father Dunne creates a safe place for boys who make their livelihood selling newspapers in a tough and sometimes violent world. He is aided by his sister and her husband, a lawyer friend, a cantankerous old Irishman, and Archbishop John Joseph Glennon.

Popcorn and soda will be provided—see you Friday night.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Come enjoy supporting those adults with disabili-ties in their Bowling League & make some memo-rable friendships. We really need individuals to help out. We have been very fortunate to have very dedicated volunteers over the years. Due to health issues for some of our volunteers it has made it hard for them to continue; I am forever grateful for their years of service. This is a great community outreach opportunity!!! You need no experience. You will be trained and it is not hard but it is loads of fun! When: We meet 2 Saturdays per month Time: 9:30am-approximatley 11:30am Where: Crest Bowl Contact: Diana Mensigner 314-583-3916

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