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Palm Sunday
March 29, 2015
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville, IL.
Bishop of Belleville – Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton
Pastor – Reverend Steven F. Poole
Residence/Office at St. Barbara (618)243-6236 Email: [email protected]
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PARISHES
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Website: staoflivelygrove.com
Baptism- Preparation Program required. Marriage-Contact must be made at least 4 months in advance. Confession - by appointment
St. Anthony Parish
St. Barbara Parish
6101 St. Anthony Church Rd.
305 N. Front St.
Oakdale, Illinois 62268
Okawville, Illinois 62271
Phone: (618)824-6271
Phone: (618)243-6236
Secretary:
Secretary:
Carol Sweet
Jeanne Heberer
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Hall Rental:
Hall Rental:
Cheri Kurtz (618)824-6597
Deb Simonton (618)910-0186
For Pastoral Emergencies Only:
Joan Luechtefeld (618)910-9032
St Barbara Church
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Worship This Week
Schedule
Intention
Sat 3/28 5:30pm William Rudert & For Our
Sun
Tue
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Sun
Parish Family
3/29 8:00am Anna Montero
3/31 11:30am Chrism Mass at St. Peters’s
Cathedral in Belleville
4/2 7:00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper at
St. Anthony’s
4/3 7:00pm Passion of the Lord
(Good Friday) at St. Barbara’s
4/4 NO MASS AT ST. BARBARA’S
4/4 7:00pm Easter Vigil Mass at
St. Anthony’s
4/5 8:30am For Our Parish Family &
Loretta Frederking
4/5 10:30am Mass at St.Anthony’s
Liturgical Ministers
April 3rd and April 5
SERVERS:
Fri 4/3 7pm Abby Poggemoeller, & 2 volunteers
Sun
8:30am Garrett, Wyatt and Bennett Krohne
LECTORS:
Fri 4/3 7pm Jeanne Heberer, Dave Overmann
Sun
8:30am Aaron Tebbe
USHERS:
Fri 4/3 7pm Linda & Don Poggemoeller
Sun
8:30am Dale & Shirley Tippett
COMMUNION MINISTERS
Fri 4/3 7pm b-Peggy Overmann
Sun
8:30am c-Beth Anderson, Pat Shaw
b-Lloyd Strubhart
OFFERTORY GIFTS
Sun
8:30am Bob Greten Family
COLLECTION COUNTERS:
4/5
8:30am Jeanne Heberer, Aaron Tebbe
OUR FAITH COMMUNITY'S TITHE TO THE LORD:
Total tithe for 3/22/2015: $1,443.76
Envelopes (53) $1,172.00 / Loose $66.76
Central & Eastern Europe (1) $5.00
C.S.M.A. (10 donors) $1,335.00
"Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also"
(Matthew 6:21)—
St. Barbara’s News
Dates to remember: Sat., April 11 at the 4:30 pm Mass
nine of our students will make their First Holy
Communion.
Altar Sodality Meeting Wednesday, April 8 at 7pm.
Refreshments by Ruth Christ and Cele Obermeier,
attendance prize by Cele Obermeier.
NO PSR ON EASTER SUNDAY.
Condolences: We offer our deepest sympathy to the
family of Theresa Mueller. Let us pray for the repose of
her soul as well as for all who mourn the loss of a loved
one. The Mass of Christian burial was held at St.
Barbara’s with burial at St. Barbara Parish Cemetery on
Saturday, March 28. Give her eternal rest, O Lord, and
may your light shine on her forever.
Please remember in your thoughts and prayers: Walter
Rybacki and Donald Averbeck, Gene Liske, Gary Shaw
and Cindy Kokott.
May the Lord give them comfort and strength in their
time of need.
If you know of anyone who is sick and you would like to
place them on our prayer list you can call Jeanne at 618660-5579, or email Jeanne at [email protected] or
drop a note into the collection basket.
Please keep our youth attending the Diocese Youth
Conference in Collinsville this weekend in your prayers
that the fire of their faith will be ignited. Attending are
Nicholas and Harrison Strubhart of St Barbara and Zach
Middendorf of St Libory and chaperones Glenn and
Ruth Beach.
Shine up those patent leather shoes bring
your Easter baskets and don’t forget your
camera for the Great Annual Easter Egg
Hunt at St Barbara after the Easter
morning mass brought to you by Youth
Ministry.
If you DID NOT receive the mailing from the Diocese for
the Bishops Appeal there are envelopes on the table at
the entrance of the church. You can still make your
offering to the appeal.
March Birthday’s
Vicky Michaud
Leon Averbeck
Wib Lake
Dan Jansen
Nicholas Strubhart
Linda Miessner
Marie Stein
St A th y’s Church
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Worship This Week
Schedule
Sat
Sun
Tue
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Intention
3/28
No Mass at St. Anthony’s
5:30pm at St. Barbara’s Parish
3/29 10:30am Rose Zinck & Our Parish Family
3/31 11:30am Chrism Mass at St. Peter’s
Cathedral in Belleville
4/2 7:00pm
Mass of the Lord’s Supper
4/3 7:00pm
Passion of the Lord
(Good Friday) at St. Barbara’s
4/4 7:00pm
Our Parish Family &
George, Marie & Kenneth Waller
4/5 10:30am Deceased Members of
Henry Greten Sr. Family
Liturgical Ministers
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April 4 & 5th
SERVERS:
Sat
7:00pm
Sun
10:30am
J Hemker, R Kempfer, N. Lintker,
and L Schmersahl
A Gillespie, J Heckert, L Kurtz
LECTORS:
Sat
Sun
7:00pm
10:30am
J Luechtefeld, D Weber, A Jankowski
K Heckert , M Bergkoetter
USHERS:
Sat
Sun
7:00pm
10:30am
N Weber, S Jetton
L Gale, D Gross
COMMUNION MINISTERS
Sat
Sun
7:00pm
10:30am
K Kramper, D Lange
C Hundelt, V & M Weber
OFFERTORY GIFTS
Sat
Sun
7:00pm
10:30am
Richard Lake Family
Ed Kurtz Family
COLLECTION COUNTERS:
Sun
10:30am
Christine Lintker, Erica Killion
OUR FAITH COMMUNITY'S TITHE TO THE LORD:
Total tithe for 3/22/15: $2,389.00
Envelopes (44) $1,131.00 / Loose $263.00
Easter Flowers $320.00 / Emergency Fund $100.00
Hall $350.00 / Messenger $25.00
PSR Donation (teacher’s dinner) $200.00
CSMA: 11 donors @ $1114.00
*Thank you to all who donated Wednesday
evening to the local Food Pantry.
We raised $245.05!
"Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also"
(Matthew 6:21)—
St. Anthony’s News
Condolences: We offer our deepest sympathy to the family
of Eugene Mathews. Let us pray for the repose of his soul as
well as for all who mourn the loss of a loved one. The Mass of
Christian burial was held at St. Anthony’s with burial at St.
Anthony Parish Cemetery on Thursday, March 26th. Give him
eternal rest, O Lord, and may Your light shine on him forever.
Thank you for all the prayers, cards and get well wishes
while we were in the hospital, and after we came home. It
was greatly appreciated.
From Walter & Viola Albers
NO PSR ON EASTER SUNDAY.
Shine up those patent leather
shoes, bring your Easter baskets
and don’t forget your camera for
the Great Annual Easter Egg Hunt at
St. Anthony after the Easter
morning mass brought to you by Youth Ministry. (For
children up to third grade.)
March Birthday Blessings: Marvin Buss, Henrietta Kramper,
Cindy Claro, Barb Jetton, Clyde Shubert, John Schroer and
Dorothy Schroer
Do you have ponds that need to be stocked with fish? Join
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us at St. Anthony’s for their annual Fish Day on April 4 .
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Orders must be placed by March 31 . Call Steve @ 8246292, Wendy @ 806-7067 or Allan @ 824-6422. All are
welcome!
The Knights of Columbus are collecting items for the
Pregnancy Care Center in Belleville, IL, now through April
th
12 . All baby items accepted.
The next Pastoral Council Meeting has been scheduled for
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Thursday, May 14 following the 6:30pm mass.
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The next Blood Drive is Monday, June 29 from 1pm – 6pm
at St. Anthony’s parish hall.
Please remember in your thoughts and prayers: Dorothy
Schroer, Barbara Sauerhage, Jeannette Pittsley, Judith Ann
Robb, Marilyn Weber, Sue Schroer, Mariann Brugger, Joan
Gutjahr, Ben Leyson, Donald Averbeck, Dorothy Schmersahl,
Jason Smith, Georgie Brazinski, Harvey Zinck, Shirley Hagene,
Grant Gall, Bryan Perkes, Hermina Taylor, Marie Jennetten,
Hilda Shubert, Jesse Cordes, Joel Shubert, Mary Sabo, Bud
Smith, Ruthie Mathews and Charles Gutjahr.
May the Lord give them comfort and strength in their time
of need.
For all men and women who have been called or will be
called to service to protect our country; GMSA Brock Swift
US Navy; Gsgt. Joseph Weber, CPL Brad Kurtz, (Germany),
Grant McClure. PRAY FOR PEACE!!
*Please call or drop a note in the basket with any names
that should be added or taken off of the list
St. Anthony / St. Barbara Partnership News
Please consider remembering your parish in your will and estate planning
The Roman Catholic Parish Partnership of St. Anthony's, Lively Grove and St. Barbara's, Okawville has
announced its schedule for Holy Week. Times and places will be alternating for services at the two parishes
this Holy Week given the new reality of a recently formed Partnership under the leadership of one Pastor
Holy Thursday (Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper)
April 2 Thurs. 7:00 pm- St. Anthony's, Lively Grove
Good Friday (Friday of the Passion of the Lord)
April 3 Fri. 7:00 pm- St. Barbara's, Okawville
Easter Vigil
April 4 Sat. 7:00 pm- St. Anthony's, Lively Grove
Easter Sunday
April 5 Sun. 8:30 a.m. St. Barbara's, Okawville / 10:30 a.m. St. Anthony's, Lively Grove
From the Pastor’s desk:
THANK YOU for your continued generosity toward the annual diocesan CATHOLIC SERVICES AND MINISTRY
APPEAL (CSMA). Your pledge enables the Catholic Church to make Christ visible through her ministry in
Southern Illinois. If you haven't had a chance to give toward the CSMA yet. Please prayerfully consider a gift
that will do so much to change the lives of so many, right here in our own Diocese.
*CATHOLIC SERVICES AND MINISTRY APPEAL pledges to date (3/ 22):
St. Barbara's, Okawville: Goal $4,450.00 from 44 donors. To Date: $2,040.00 from 22 donors
St. Anthony's, Lively Grove: Goal $3,850.00 from 35 donors. To Date: $3,540.00 from 27 donors
May the Lord bless you for your kindness toward enabling His work to continue!
There are envelopes available if you did not receive one in the mail.
Please keep our youth attending the Diocese Youth Conference in Collinsville this weekend in your prayers
that the fire of their faith will be ignited. Attending are Nicholas and Harrison Strubhart of St Barbara and Zach
Middendorf of St Libory and chaperones Glenn and Ruth Beach.
There will be an Easter Egg Hunt following mass on Easter Sunday at both parishes. Don’t forget your
baskets! (For children up to 3rd grade).
Have you been faithfully contributing to the CRS Rice Bowl in your almsgiving this Lenten season? The CRS
Rice Bowls were distributed at the beginning of Lent to all parishioners of our Partnership. Please bring your
CRS Rice Bowl with your contained contributions back to church at Easter so that we can forward the
proceeds onto Catholic Relief Services and that vital ministry to those in need around the globe. THANK
YOU!
On Sunday, June 7, 2015, at 1:00 PM, His Excellency, Bishop Braxton will celebrate a Mass at the Cathedral
of St. Peter honoring the sacrament of Matrimony. All couples who (within the calendar year of 2015) are
married 25, 30, 40, and 50 as well as all years from 60 on up (60, 61, 62, etc.). If you fall into one of these
categories please submit your name and the date of your wedding to Fr. Steve by dropping a note into the
collection basket and we will get your name submitted to the Bishop so that you can receive your invitation
from the Bishop’s office.