Picnic - 2009

Thank you to all who have donated toward the Country Store/Fancy Stand. We are still in need of donations.

Jesus appears to two disciples and opens their minds to the Scriptures. He tells them, "Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witness of these things." Through His words, Jesus encourages the disciples - and us - to go forth to act with love and mercy as we serve one another. Within our Church and beyond, we work to serve God. Please support those who will benefit from the 2009 Annual Catholic Appeal – Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. You can meet some of the people who benefit at www.archstl.org/stewardship.

This weekend a Guest Speaker from the Archdiocese of St. Louis will be visiting with us after all the Masses.

Eucharistic Adoration

When we contemplate Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament we are given the opportunity to thank Him for His passion, death, and glorious resurrection, the marvelous saving act that brought about our redemption. Christ draws near to us, more intimate with us than we are with ourselves. He strengthens our share in His divine life, the life that transforms us into His likeness and, in the Spirit, He gives us access to the Father.

There is a sign up sheet in the back of Church for the First Friday Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. The celebration of the Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, May 1, and conclude with the Benediction at 5:00 p.m. Please sign up for your time to be spent with the Lord. He gave His life, can we not give one-half hour or more to Him?

Dear Jesus,

Through bread and wine at the Last Supper, and by your Holy Word, You gave the Eucharist to your church. You transformed common food into His Body and Blood, and offered us a share in your life in ways we still cannot fully understand. Grant now that Lee Bess, Trevor Bley, Tristan , Jax Byington, Emmanuel Guirguis, Maggie Hull, Tyler Hambrick, Maddie Keller, Colton Lenhardt, Daniel Lukachick, Nicholas Lukachick, and Jarren Stotler will always treasure the gift they have in You.Give them the grace to be faithful to You and to remain in communion with your church. When they receive their First Communion, the Bread of Life and Cup of Salvation, make them aware of the hope they have for eternal life in You. Amen. Congratulations to the First Communicants, their parents and teachers.

Press Release

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has appointed The Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson, Bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw, Michigan as Archbishop of St. Louis. He will serve as the 10th bishop

and 9th Archbishop of St. Louis. Archbishop-elect Carlson was installed as the 5th bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw in 2005. A native of Minneapolis, MN, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He was later ordained as an auxiliary bishop for his home archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in 1984, and went on to serve as Bishop of Sioux Falls, SD, from 1994 to 2005.

Bingo figures from April 16, 2009:
Gross Receipts: $2,100.25
Players: 109
Workers for April 30 –
Team #1 Knights of Columbus