St. Stephen Protomartyr Parish Easter Sunday April 5, 2015 “May this flame be found still burning by the Morning Star: the one Morning Star who never sets, Christ your Son, who, coming back from death’s domain, has shed his peaceful light on humanity.” The Easter Proclamation (Exsultet) PARISH 3949 Wilmington Avenue St. Louis, MO 63116 314 481-1133 314 481-6036 fax [email protected] www.saintstephenstl.org Cha p e l of Sts. Ma ry a nd Jose ph 6304 Minnesota St. Louis, MO 63111 SCHOOL 3929 Wilmington Avenue St. Louis, MO 63116 314-752-4700 314 752-5165 fax [email protected] www.http://school.saintstephenstl.org Reverend Ron Hopmeir, Pastor [email protected] Ms. Pam Holmes, Director of Liturgical Music and Worship, [email protected] Mrs. Mary Regan, Pastoral Associate [email protected] Mrs. Barbara Edelmann, Office Manager / Bookkeeper, [email protected] Mrs. Leigh Manalang, Senior Ministry Coordinator, [email protected] Dr. Meghan Bohac, Principal [email protected] Mrs. Mary Paule, Child Safety Coordinator, Secretary, [email protected] St. Stephen Protomartyr Parish www.saintstephenstl.org “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” - COLOSSIANS 3:2 On this day we thank God for His Son, Jesus, who died and rose for us. We celebrate and sing “Alleluia.” Let’s try to keep the joy of this Easter season in our hearts throughout the year! Pray daily and listen for God’s response on how we should use our gifts to fulfill His plan. STEWARDSHIP: SHARING TIME, TALENT, TREASURE and PRAYER March 22 Sunday Contributions On-line Giving Contribution Total weekly contribution Needed weekly from contribution R&I Tuition Assistance Propagation of the Faith Catholic Relief Services $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 6,474.00 2,146.00 8,620.00 7,692.30 82.00 255.00 65.00 80.00 Lectors Saturday, April 11 4:00 PM Sunday, April 12 8:00 AM 10:30 AM Servers Saturday, April 11 4:00 PM - J. Sciaroni, D. Schulte Sunday, April 12 8:00 AM - A. Meyer, H. Wobbe 10:30 AM - Z. Mueller, J. Mantych Stewardship Contributions Due to an early bulletin deadline from the publisher we do not have the Sunday Contributions for March 29, 2015. We will post them in next weekend’s bulletin. Office Closed The Parish Office will be closed Easter Monday (April 6) we will reopen at 8:30 AM on Tuesday, April 7. Pictorial Directory The pictorial directories are available for pick-up at the rectory. If you had your picture taken for the directory, you are entitled to a free directory. Please stop by the rectory during office hours to pick up your copy. Youth Ministry Attention 8th graders AND highschoolers! Join Saint Louis Life Teen this Wednesday, April 8th from 7 - 9pm at Bishop DuBourg High School for Youth Mass & Game night! Join your peers in faith & fellowship (and welcome the 8th graders to our community!). Questions? Contact Lauren at 288-8873 or [email protected]. See you soon! Leadership Councils The Finance Council members are: Marty Bickel, Ann Esswein, Matt Guntli, Ruth Ann Kayser, Paul Payne, Michelle Rusch, John Schrader, Fr. Ron, Meghan Bohac, and Barb Edelmann. Monday April 6 Tuesday April 7 Wednesday April 8 Thursday April 9 Friday April 10 Saturday April 11 Sunday April 12 Liturgy of the Word 8 AM No Mass Liturgy of the Word 8 AM Mass 8 AM All School Mass 8 AM Mass 8 AM Masses 8 AM & 10:30 AM Parish Office Closed Quilters 9 AM - 2 PM Arthritis Exercise 9 AM Arthritis Parish Board of Exercise 9 AM Education 7PM Agape Dinner 6 PM RCIA 7 PM Vigil Mass 4 PM April 5, 2015 Easter Sunday Seeds from Fr. Ron As we celebrate Easter Sunday, we are reminded of who we are as a Christian people. We are a people of hope and an Easter people. We celebrate the gift of eternal life that Jesus made possible for us by rising from the dead. Easter is where we can feel our faith in action. Our faith in the risen Lord brings about a true and positive hope for us. As Christians we believe that just as Jesus was raised to new life after his death, we will also be raised to a new life after our earthly death. We believe that we share in God’s image and likeness. As an Easter people we celebrate today that we and all of our loved one’s will experience the gift of eternal life. Easter is the full expression of our faith. We celebrate it with Alleluia! Alleluia! Wishing you a blessed and peace-filled Easter season. Fr. Ron Looking Ahead ♦ April 16 - 18 - Eighth Grade Play ♦ April 19 - First Communion ♦ April 25 - Quarter Auction ♦ May 2 - Golf Tournament ♦ May 15 - Graduation Readings for the Week Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33 Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11 Mt 28:8-15 Tuesday: Acts 36-41 Ps 33:4-5, 18-20, 22 Jn 20:11-18 Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10 Ps 105:1-4, 6-9 Lk 24:13-35 Thursday: Acts 3:11-26 Ps 8:2ab, 5-9 Lk24:35-48 Friday: Acts4:1-12 Ps 118:1-2, 4, 22-27a Jn 21:1-14 Saturday: Acts 4:13-21 Ps 118:1, 14-15ab, 16-21 Mk 16:9-15 Second Sunday of Easter: Acts 4:32-35 Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 1 Jn 5:1-6 Jn 20:19-31 WELCOME! If you are new to St. Stephen Protomartyr parish or just visiting, Welcome!! Visitors please sign the Guest Book found near the main entrance to the Church. If you would like to register in the parish, please call or email the parish office. Welcome to the neighborhood!! Parish Mission Statement “Following the example of our patron St. Stephen, we are called to be witnesses of God’s love and to be a faith-filled, reconciling parish.” Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015 Dear Faithful of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, I offer to you my deepest greetings of joy and peace on the Solemnity of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ - Happy Easter! Easter is to the Church year what Sunday is to each week - a highlight of rest and rejoicing. Its vivid symbols of fire, water and exultant song remind us that Christ has overcome sin and death. Because of that we know, in the words of Pope Francis, that when everything is said and done, we are infinitely loved by God. Let us pray that the light of Christ will shine in our hearts this Easter, and reach out to others through us. We know that our Savior lives. Let us share with others the joy of knowing that they are loved by God! I ask that you keep in mind that the collection for Regina Cleri, the residence for our retired priests, is today. You know how generously the retired priests served you, and how you counted on them. Now, in turn, they count on you, and are grateful for your generous support and prayers. I pray these are days of blessing for you and your loved ones. Sincerely yours in Christ, Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson Archbishop of St. Louis HEY!!! YOU!!!!! Come to SSP's First Ever Quarter Auction! Saturday, April 25 at 7pm Doors open at 6pm $15.00 a person includes: Beer. Soft drinks. Bid number. Bring a roll of quarters, snacks, or alternate beverages. An adult, fun, casual, evening with friends, and you can bring home some great bargains. Don't know what it is? Want to know more? Here's where you can find out: Past several week's bulletins Parish Website Parish Facebook Page Alumni Facebook Page School email and flier Or call: Sharon Reibe 314-393-0750 Linda Seemiller 314-566-4959 Leslie Harbaugh 314-440-0730 Best described as part raffle, part auction, part direct sales party in a casual trivia like atmosphere. Easy to understand, difficult to explain. Reservation deadline, April 17. Don't be left out!!!!!! Still looking for donations of new items and services valued from $10 - $100, or gift cards of any kind! The Young Catholic Musicians orchestra is searching for an a 7th, 8th-grade or freshman boy who plays electric bass guitar and is a good sight reader to join YCM for their regular schedule (2 rehearsals a month and 1 Mass at various churches throughout the Archdiocese) and for Summer Tour May 30 - June 7 through Ohio (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Sandusky) performing Rockin' America (musical revue) and patriotic music along the way at St. Michael Parish (Sharonvlle), Fountain Square, Little Sisters of the Poor, Galleria, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cedar Point, and St. Luke (Indianapolis). For additional information or to schedule an audition, contact Fr. Bruce Forman, Director, [email protected] or 314-231-7464. SSP Golf Tournament May 2, 2015 - Save the date Please mark your calendars and plan on attending the 22nd St. Stephen Protomartyr Golf Tournament. The tournament will be held on Saturday, May 2 at Forest Park (Norman K. Probstein) Golf Course. PLAYERS: please consider playing in this year’s tournament. It is always a fun time while also being a great way to support the school and parish. SPONSORS: the golf tournament is in need of sponsors - any donations would be deeply appreciated. To ensure the success of the tournament, please consider being a hole sponsor or donating an auction item. VOLUNTEERS: the tournament is in need of volunteers - if you are available to help that day, please contact Ted Hartzler,(752-3631). There are many opportunities even if you can only help for an hour or two. CONTACT PERSON: if you would like a flyer mailed or emailed to you or if you would like any information about the tournament, please send an email to [email protected] Fundraiser for Emma Casey The response has been overwhelming. All trivia tables are filled but if you would like to contribute to help with some of Emma's medical bills you can do so by buying raffle tickets. 1st Prize -- $1000; 2nd--$500; 3rd-$200. $10/ticket; 6/$50. For tickets call Mary Anne Allen 352-7839 or Carol Sestric 832-6239 Warm Welcome Please extend a warm SSP welcome to the following individuals who registered in the parish during February and March: Brenda & Marty Dellbringe Katie King & Patrick Holley Mary & Gerald Korhammer Peter Monahan St. Stephen Protomartyr Parish A new morning Starting over. Beginning again. A new school year. A new baseball season. New seeds are planted. New jobs are begun. Starting over. Beginning again. Every morning you wake up and, by God, you're still alive, you have another chance to start over. Perhaps when you put your head down on your pillow the night before, you still carried in your body and soul the burdens of the day just completed: things left undone, bad things said, good things left unsaid, and lots of things left in abeyance. In the morning all is possibility, all is opportunity, all is good and all is God. Starting over. Beginning again. Ours is a religion about dawn. Creation begins in the morning. The women come to the tomb in the morning. The morning is when it happens. Lose the morning and you have lost the day. Jesus' resurrection is the new day, the fresh pages of the calendar book, the new moment on the horizon. Whatever was yesterday is passed and done. Starting over. Beginning again. Over and over and over again Scripture is the story of one chance after another, one renewal after another, until it all comes together at the empty tomb of Easter morning. The empty tomb is God's everlasting invitation to start over. Who of us are content with who we are? Who of us are content with things as they are? Who among us does not long to be more loving, more generous, more tenderhearted, more passionate, more creative, more thoughtful, more imaginative, more useful. Who of us would not love to have the courage to act upon our convictions as opposed to our fears? Who among us does not know a heart to heal, a broken relationship to mend, a lost soul to find? God wakes us up again this Easter. It is a new day. It is a new season. There are new seeds to plant, new places to see, new tasks to complete. Starting over. Beginning again. [Adapted from Strength for the Journey: Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living by Peter J. Gomes.] ╬ Let the angel's good news open our imaginations to the possibilities; let the light that illuminates the cave that can no longer hold Jesus illuminate our hearts to see our lives transformed in God's grace; let the Spirit of God release in us hope that we dare www.saintstephenstl.org not imagine, joy that we fear will be betrayed, dreams that we doubt can ever be realized. Easter is more than an event - Easter is an attitude; Easter is liberation; Easter is life, our life, in the here and now. Let this morning be the morning to begin again, to start over, to cross the chasm, to repair the broken - to rediscover God's extraordinary grace transforming our most ordinary of days. ╬ From: Connections: April 2015 Easter Season As St. Athanasius says: “The fifty days from the Sunday of the Resurrection [Easter] to Pentecost Sunday are celebrated in joy and exultation as one feast day, indeed as one great Sunday.” The first eight days of the Easter season make up the octave of Easter and are celebrated as Solemnities, the highest ranking of liturgical feasts. At Masses during the Octave of Easter, as on Sundays, the Gloria, is recited or sung, and at the end of each Mass of the Octave, the double Alleluia is sung at the dismissal. The days of the Easter octave form the “early hours” of this “great Sunday.” The First readings at Mass are taken from the Acts of the Apostles rather than the usual Hebrew Scripture reading. The Gospel readings at Masses during the Octave of Easter include passages from the Gospels that relate various appearances of the Risen Jesus. Reflecting on these Gospel texts is a wonderful way to prolong the celebration of Easter. Each day during the Octave, we proclaim in the Gospel Acclamation: This is the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it. The paschal candle, a symbol of the presence of the risen Christ among the people of God, remains in the sanctuary. SOUTH GRAND SENIOR MINISTRY ADVANCE CARE PLANNING WORKSHOP SGSM along with other national, state and community organizations, is leading an effort to highlight the importance of advance healthcare decision-making—an effort that has culminated in the formal designation of April 16th as National Healthcare Decisions Day. Please join us on Monday, April 20th at 11:00 am at St. John the Baptist Parish Center, 4200 Delor St. The workshop will include: a presentation and interactive discussion with Elder Law Attorney Brigid Fernandez, FREE lunch, and the opportunity to complete a free advance directive for healthcare and have it notarized. Ms. Fernandez will be available to explain legal terms and answer questions. Reserve your spot today by contacting Joan at [email protected] or 314-353-1255 ext. 26. NEW TAI CHI CLASS FORMING SGSM is pleased to offer a new Tai Chi class on Fridays at St. John the Baptist Parish Center, which is handicapped accessible. Come give it a try! No experience or rsvp necessary! Tai chi is slow, intentional movement, coordinated with your breathing to bring a sense of relaxation. Additional benefits include improved balance, lowered blood pressure, increased mobility and flexibility. Susan Marting, a certified Therapeutic Tai Chi instructor, will be leading us through a six week session beginning Friday, April 17 through May 29 (no class on May 8), 10 - 11 am. If you are able, a $3 donation is recommended, but ALL are welcome! Tai chi is fun, easy and safe for people of all ages. If you have questions about the class, please call Joan Fitzsimmons at 353-1255 ext. 26. DEBUNKING THE MYTHS ABOUT STAYING HEALTHY, WEALTHY & WISE IN RETIREMENT Enjoy lunch at Pietro’s while learning from our panel of professionals: Elder Law Attorney - Christine Alsop, Financial Representative - Andrew Bolin and Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Debbie Emmelkamp. Our speakers will help us separate fact from fiction when it comes to elder law, financial planning and navigating the continuum of care as we age. Tuesday, April 21st, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at Pietro’s Restaurant (3801 Watson Road, 63109). Lunch provided. Reservations required. Please RSVP to Claire at 645-6411 by Friday, April 17th. SPRING FLING 2015 Lindenwood Area Senior Ministry invites you to our 9th Annual Spring Fling: Senior Prom on Saturday, April 25th from 4:30-8:00 pm at Epiphany of Our Lord Parish Hall, 6596 Smiley. Formal attire not required, but a prize will be awarded to the best dressed! Bring a date or come stag – singles and couples welcome! Join us for dinner, dancing and fellowship. Live music will be provided by Larry Hallar & the Two Star Final. A stellar silent auction and attendance prizes are included! Invite your friends & neighbors to attend with you! Purchase your tickets: $15 per Ticket or Two Tickets for $25 by contacting the LASM Office (647-4591). Tickets purchased at the door are $18 each. CSJ WAY Are you looking for a way to be a part of something bigger than yourself? Are you finding yourself drawn to a deeper spirituality, to community, to a focus on justice and mission? If yes, then consider exploring various ways of being in relationship with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet i.e. Vowed life, Association, Prayer Partners. Partners in Ministry, Volunteer etc. To find out more about the CSJ Way come to an informational meeting on Tuesday evening, April 14th from 7:00pm-8:30pm in Celestine Auditorium at the motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (6400 Minnesota Ave). There will be a repeat of this session on Thursday, April 21st….same time, same place. For more information and/or to RSVP contact either Peggy Maguire, CSJA at 314-678-0318 or Linda Markway, CSJ at 314-678-0315. St. Stephen Protomartyr Monday, April 6 8:00 AM - Liturgy of the Word with Communion Tuesday, April 7 8:00 AM - No Mass Wednesday, April 8 8:00 AM - Liturgy of the Word with Communion Thursday, April 9 8:00 AM - Jane & Martin Meyer Friday, April 10 8:00 AM - Rose & Ben Hegger Saturday, April 11 8:00 AM - F.r Joseph Wolf 4:00 PM - Our Parishioners Sunday, April 12 8:00 AM - Jo Meyer 10:30 AM - Karmela Vushaj Celstina Nerhati for our sick and recovering Dolores Eckert - Dorothy Flippin - James Forgash Mary Lopinot - Herb Herberts - Dan Nichols Joey Renick - Margaret Ringkamp - Bill Warren www.saintstephenstl.org Parish Office Hours 314-481-1133 Monday through Thursday: 8:30 AM — 4:30 PM Friday: 8:30 AM — 3:00 PM Closed Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays and Holy Days Bulletin Article Deadline Monday at 12:00 PM. prior to the weekend bulletin. Sacramental Celebrations Eucharist Saturday evening Vigil: 4:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM 10:30 AM (nursery available) Monday: Liturgy of the Word with Communion 8:00 AM Tuesday through Saturday: Mass 8:00 AM Holy Day: 8:00 AM and 7:00 PM Infant and Child Baptism Baptisms are celebrated at any weekend liturgy or on the last Sunday of the month following the 10:30 am. Eucharist. Parents are asked to call the parish office to arrange a Baptism. Adult Initiation / Reception into the Catholic Church Any adult who would like to know more about our Catholic faith, and/or who is interested in becoming a member of the Catholic Church, please call the parish office. for our homebound Dorothy Flippin - Jeanette Holmer Rosemary Kobylinski - Delores & Ralph Riley Rose Schuster Reconciliation Saturdays 3:00 - 3:30 PM for those in nursing homes Lorraine Burke - Ellie Kearns - Cecilia Olson Waumeda Merritt Anointing of the Sick We have a communal celebration of this sacrament at the weekend liturgies in the fall and in the spring. If you would like to be anointed before entering the hospital or if you are homebound, please call the parish office. for family members serving in the military Joel Bruce - Derek Hirtz - Brandon Johnson Stephen Napier - Brian Schoellhorn - Donald Shaver Mitch Sollmann - Mark Tisius - Bradley Westcott Parish School of Religion Parish School of Religion formal classes in our Catholic Faith Children: 4 yrs. through 8th grade and high school Located on the campus of St. John the Baptist Parish. Call the PSR Director at 314-773-3070. Tuesdays, after 8 am Mass: Perpetual Help Devotions Wednesdays, 8:45 am—4:00 pm: Church is open for Eucharistic Adoration First Friday of the month, Holy Hour and Benediction after the 8:00 AM Mass. Marriage Please contact one of the clergy at least six months prior to the planned date of marriage. Church Nursery Located in the rectory basement during 10:30 AM Mass. Enter by way of the alley. Staffed by parents. 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