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From the Pastor

Monday, April 17, 6:30: Betty Koeberlein Schottman Monday, April 17, 12:10: Jerry Niebrugge Tuesday, April 18, 6:30: Gary Funneman Tuesday, April 18, 7:55: Grace J. Runde Wednesday, April 19, 6:30: Jerry Niebrugge Wednesday, April 19, 7:55: Betty Koeberlein Schottman Thursday, April 20, 6:30: Earl Pals death anniversary Thursday, April 20, 12:10: Roger Worman Family Friday, April 21, 6:30: IAD Friday, April 21, 7:55: Mrs. Jack Koester Saturday, April 22, 8:00: Bill Runde Saturday, April 22, 4:30: Richard Thoele Sunday, April 23, 6:30: Pro Populo Sunday, April 23, 8:30: Vincent Huelsing Sunday, April 23, 10:30: Matilda Bierman

Mass Intentions

God Bless Those Serving our Country. Anthony Vahling, Jeremy Deters,

Caleb Hoene, Cody Bushue, Jared Apke

ASSISI FOR AFRICA Thanks to all parishioners who have prayed throughout Lent for the boys in the Con-go, and thanks to all who so generously donated a total of ($12,406.53) for our Lenten mission project! Farm news from Fr. Damien: “we have welded 5 double beds for the first 10 kids who will go. However, the rains are beginning to end so that means that we will have to cultivate next to the rivers. This has always produced excellent vegetables that have fed us and allowed us to sell in the local mar-ket. One complication is that of transportation for the farm is 15 kilometers from where we live. It will take months to clear the road and the farm from all the weeds and plants. It has been abandoned for years … Is there any farm expert in your parish who can come and help us get the farm going? 84 acres with large pasture land.” Let us pray for this farming effort and the seven boys to be bap-tized today!

The Year of Grace We see proclaimed this Easter night (or, at least, hear it proclaimed Easter Day) the elect going into the font for baptismal washing and baptismal dying (our two main images for Baptism). Washing away the old, dying to past life. Then, coming out brand new. And seeing/hearing this, we are renewed. Again. This year. Renewed again to be on baptismal mission. Re-newed again to be missionary disciples. What renewal do I need? How will the newly professed, icons of God’s grace,

help me be renewed? How will I help the newly professed become faithful

with me, with us?

Both the staff and the Franciscans of St. Francis Parish wish you and your loved ones the graces of this holy season of Easter! Please take time to relax and enjoy God’s blessings as we experience longer days and warmer weather. We hon-estly can’t complain about cold weather and snow this year!

The parishioners are grateful to everyone who has helped us worship our God as we remember and celebrate our Lord’s passion, death and resurrection. The number of people to thank and acknowledge is many, and I don’t want to men-tion names because I’ll forget or overlook some. We thank the Art and Environment people for decorating our beautiful church, and we’re grateful to the choir for raising our souls and spirits in prayer, and so many others like: readers, Extraor-dinary Ministers of the Eucharist, servers or acolytes, sacristans, ushers, it’s a cast of hundreds!

At our Easter Vigil we welcome to the Church Elizabeth Tegeler, Nick Moeller and Thomas McConnell. Please see the enclosed insert for some biographical information.

For people attending Mass during the week, there will be some inconvenience starting Monday, 17 April, if the weather cooperates. We will be limited to only the east and the west entrances for coming and going to Mass. The front entrance of the church is going to have work done on it. We certainly hope that the front entrance will be ready for Masses the weekend of 22-23 April. If it isn’t, then we can all use the east and west entrances for Mass.

CATECHISTS AND MASS WALKERS THE TEUTOPOLIS KC’s Catechist Appreciation night is set for Tuesday, April 25, at 6:45 pm! Thank you for spreading the faith each week!

Liturgy Schedule Octave of Easter

April 17 - 23 Monday, Mass at 6:30 am & 12:10 pm

Tuesday, Mass at 6:30 & 7:55 am

Wednesday, Mass at 6:30 & 7:55 am

Thursday, Mass at 6:30 am & 12:10 pm

Friday, Mass at 6:30 & 7:55 am

Saturday, Mass at 8:00 am & 4:30 pm

Sunday, 2nd Sunday of Easter Mass at 6:30, 8:30, 10:30 am

Confession Schedule Saturday, April 22 - 3:00-4:00 pm

Liturgy of the Hours with Friars Monday-Friday -- 11:45 am & 4:45 pm

Stewardship of Treasure Sunday Total Fiscal 4/9/2017 Year 301 Adult envelopes $8,330.00 $351,706.50 Other $857.20 $33,871.92 TOTAL $9,187.20 $385,578.42

Assisi for Africa $585.00 $36,665.53

Rice Bowl $2,394.00

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Monday, April 17

Parish office closed Tuesday, April 18

Secular Franciscans meet, 6:00 pm Church & St. Clare

Wednesday, April 19

Jr. High & HS Religion, 7:20 pm Youth Choir, 7:00-8:15 pm Rosary, 8:00 pm, St. Clare Thursday, April 20

55+ meets Parish Pastoral Council mtg., 7:00 pm, St. Clare Friday, April 21

Rosary, after 7:55 Mass, Church & St. Clare Teen Center open, 7:00-10:00 pm Saturday, April 22

Confessions, 3:00-4:00 pm

Parish Calendar

Please remember in your prayers: Jack Hardiek, Lucille Worman, Agnes Kremer, Devin Mette, Harold Hardiek, Margaret Pruemer, Will Niccum, Joe Ruholl, Bill and Rosie Myers, Emily (Heuerman) McCabe, Lorraine Deters, Claude and Geraldine Brumleve, Craig Lindvahl, Scott Repking, Andrea Wernsing, Elizabeth Weidner, Paula Spencer, Betty Borries, Jody Furlano, Mark Roedl, JoAnn Deters, Elizabeth Waldhoff, Linus Willenborg, Cheryl Woodard, Norma Weber, Pat Poston, Kathryn Wesselman, Betty Runde, Philip Wendt, Charlotte Miller, Pat Weis, Florence Koester, Barb Cornell, Cheryl Huber, Geraldine Stuckey, Martha Thoele.

Pray for the Sick

Homebound Ministry Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Commun-ion to the Homebound for Sunday, April 23rd are Donna Spannagel 618-793-2000 and Mary Jane Koester 857-3697.

NEEDED: Volunteers at the Teutopolis Monastery Museum, to donate a few hours on opening days the first Sundays of April through November. Volun-teers will be trained. All help is ap-preciated. Please leave a message at 857-6404 ext. 236.

Monthly Prayer Vigil for Life will be held at St. Mary Help of Christians in Green Creek on Monday, April 17th. Praying the scriptural rosary will begin at 6:00 pm followed by a 6:30 pm Mass. The 7:30 pm business meeting will be in the parish hall. Everyone is urged to join us in prayer for respect of all life, born and unborn.

55+ Gathering is set for April 20! Mass at 12:10 fol-lowed by a meal of Kountry Kitchen’s fried chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy, and beans! Feel free to bring a dish or dessert to share (or not if it doesn’t work for you that day!) The question you’ll be asked is “What outing would you like to do for spring & summer?”

Pictorial Directory Deadline for submitting fami-ly photos for the directory is April 19th. To submit a photo, please email it to sfcpictorial@mediacombb.net or drop it by the parish office. If you have any questions, call the parish office at 857-6404.

Lenten Talk Fr. Ed will be in town the last weekend of April. He would like to do a Lenten talk for the ladies of the parish, on Saturday morning, April 29th from 9:00-10:00am. We’ll meet in the Grade School gym and have donuts and coffee after he’s finished talking. All are wel-come to attend.

Please Note The weekday Masses now start at 6:30 am.

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS Earth Day Since 1970 we have celebrated Earth Day on April 22. Today, more than ever, the earth cries out to us, its caretakers, to help it re-new. Some facts we may not know:

19.4 billion pounds of plastic gets dumped into the oceans per year.

18 million acres of forest are lost each year to deforestation.

By 2030 there will be a water shortage of 40%. 2015 was the warmest year since records have been

kept and already 2017 is set to break that record. 20% more people will face famine because of extreme

climate change by 2050.

For more information and videos google CatholicClimate-Covenant.

Area Events Annual Lion’s Club Easter Egg Hunt The Teutopolis Lion’s Club will be hosting the 78th An-nual Easter Egg Hunt to be held on Easter Sunday, April 16th at 1:00pm at the Teutopolis Park (by the Junior High). Children ages pre-school through 4th grade will be able to hunt. Prizes for varied age groups will be awarded.

Help for Aging Families: Symposium and Resource Fair will be held on April 19th, 10:00am-2:00pm at the Keller Convention Center, Effingham, IL. Schedule/registration information available at www.heartlandhs.org.

Lost and Found We have an assortment of lost items in the parish office. If you are missing a coat, gloves, neck scarves, umbrella, please come to the parish office to iden-tify and pick up.

A girls class ring for the Teutopolis Class of 1994 with the name “Kim” on it has been found. Please call 217-342-2065 to identify and pick up.

GRADE SCHOOL NO CLASSES on Easter Monday. Grade 2 On Thursday, in the East open area, practice re-ceiving the host will take place. Petition readers will prac-tice on Tuesday, April 18, during the lunch hour. Gift bearers will practice on Tuesday, April 25. (Notes showing the names drawn for petition readers and gift bearers will be sent home this week.) Grade 2- The PRESENTATION of the children who will be receiving their First Holy Communion will take place at all Masses the weekend of April 22-23. Children will be called up to the altar following the homily, will be present-ed to the community, and will receive a small gift from the Parish, to be worn on 1st Communion Day, if they wish.

CHILDREN’S LENTEN MISSION BOX COLLECTIONS were turned in at the Offertory of the Masses during Holy Week—total to be announced next week. The donations will be given to the parish mission project—Fr. Damien Isabell’s Boys’ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. God bless all who gave so generously of their sacrifice, and those who sacrificed in other ways during this Lenten sea-son!

JUNIOR HIGH Classes resume on Wednesday, April 19. Mrs. Donna Dausman, former Diocesan Family Life Director, will speak to Gr. 8 students regarding Catholic teaching on moral and sexual practices and issues. Grade 7 students will continue their study of the Bible and Faith issues.

HIGH SCHOOL High school religious ed will have just one more class on April 19 followed by our closing Mass on April 26! We will be celebrating a year filled with blessings! Catechists – The KC Appreciation Dinner is set for April 25 at 6:45 pm! Thank you for spreading the faith each week!

Youth Notes Teen Center is open for Jr. High students on April 21 from 7 - 10 pm! Chaperons are Bruce and Jill Buhnerkempe (please pick up the key), Chris and Laura Deters, Tina and Keith Vonderheide, Todd Probst, Pauline Westendorf.

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