****** BISHOP MCGOVERN URGES QUICK ACTION ******  click UPDATE: ON REPEAL of PARENTAL NOTIFICATION for ABORTIONS to read more!! Bishop McGovern is asking area Catholics and people of good will to contact their state lawmakers as soon as possible.

Click below to read the: DIOCESE OF BELLEVILLE PHASE 5 UPDATED MASS AND LITURGY GUIDELINES

Through the ministerial alliance we have learned of a drive going on:

“The Gift of Kids Shoes”

They are requesting the donation of shoes that are in good shape...maybe outgrown...maybe new that would be donated to local kids in need of shoes. This drive will continue all year long. We will place a tub in the hall where these shoes can be dropped off.

HOMEBOUND AND BEREAVEMENT COMMITTEE PLEASE HELP US SERVE OUR PARISH……………… The Homebound and Bereavement Committee would like to make a difference for our parish. If you know of health or spiritual needs within our parish; such as, a friendly visit for Christian fellowship, the Eucharist or a card from our parish, please call the Parish Office at (618) 985-2900 or cell (618) 925-5099. Our parish nurses are available most Sundays for blood pressure checks and consultations. If you would like a wellness/home visit by a parish nurse, you may call the parish or you may call or email the parish nurse directly. (Parish nurse numbers are located on the front page of the bulletin). So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Galatians 6:9

OUR COMMITMENT FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE SHELTER

Many thanks for all who have participated in this ministry in 2020. There is a new calendar on the giveaway table for sign-up in 2021. Please consider this ministry for you and/or your family.

Spiritual Gift for Bishop Braxton

*** In gratitude to Bishop Braxton for his pastoral service to the Diocese of Belleville for the past 25 years, Pastoral Council envisions our spiritual gift being presented in the form of a rosary with each bead representing a rosary prayed for Bishop Braxton’s intention. Please color in a bead after each rosary you have prayed for him. Brochures are available in the front entrance explaining how to use the rosary. We have completed four decades of rosaries and are in our fifth decade. We will send it to Bishop Braxton as soon as all beads are colored.

*** As I hear your stories and those of family members you love, I am very aware of the pressure many are under due to this pandemic. It’s a time when our frustration can break out in unexpected ways and toward unexpecting people. Today in Paul’s letter to the Romans we are advised to “Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another.” It seems especially hard during this time in this climate. I am heartened by the many ways I have witnessed each of you placing a call, making a contact, delivering food, being thoughtful of one another. In a poem written by Fr. Michael Quoist we hear God saying, “Don’t worry, you have gained all. While men came in to you, I, your Father, I, your God, slipped in among them.” Let us know if we can help

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO

Stay tuned and keep praying!

Pray everyday to end abortion, euthanasia and the death penalty

PRAY THE ROSARY

WORLD PEACE

I know there is but one Mind, which is the mind of God, in which all people live and move and have their being.

I know there is a divine pattern for humanity and within this pattern there is infinite harmony and peace, cooperation, unity and mutual helpfulness.

I know that the mind of humankind being one with the mind of God, shall discover the method, the way and means best fitted to permit the flow of Divine Love between individuals and nations.

Thus harmony, peace, cooperation, unity, and mutual helpfulness are experienced by all.

I know there will be a free interchange of ideas, of cultures, of spittle concepts, of ethics, of educational systems and scientific discoveries - for all good belongs to all alike.  I know that, because Divine Mind has created us all, we are bound together in one infinite and perfect unity.

I know that all people and all nations will remain individual but unified for the common purpose of promoting peace, happiness, harmony, and prosperity.

I know that deep within each person the Divine Pattern of perfect peace is already implanted.

I now declare that in each person and in leaders of though everywhere this Divine Pattern moves into action and form, to the end that all nations and all people will live together in peace, harmony, and prosperity forever.

And so it is! -Ernest Holmes

Blessing for Our Nation
God of all things, we come before you in thanksgiving for all that you have created.
For the world and its beauty, but especially for the people around us. We ask you today to give us wisdom
and courage to look at the world and all its problems and inspire us to dream great ways to improve upon
what you have so graciously given to us.
Make us worthy to call you Father.
And together bestow insight upon us to honor your created things. Bless, protect, and gift us ever
anew with your love.
We ask all this as members of this country,
in Christ's name. Amen. 

LET US PRAY….God our Father, graciously accept from your humble people a thankful heart and spirit. Everything we have and are able to share with others ultimately comes from your love of your creations. Often we think that everything we have is our own creation; we ask you this day to create in us a spirit of gratitude, that we may always know that all good gifts come from you. Amen

PRAYER FOR SAFETY OF ALL IN AGRICULTURE... Blessed Mary, Mother of God, and great Saint Joseph, you protected and kept safe the Divine Child, Jesus.  We ask your special intercession and protection of all who work in Agriculture, especially on the farm.  Man, having been cast out of the Garden of Eden, must now work by the sweat of his brow to get food to eat as you foretold in Genesis.  And he must also battle fatigue, danger and accidents.  Protect all in agriculture against these and all danger and evil, so that when they complete their work each day and each season, they return to your altar and their families whole and entire to love and honor You and the ones you have given them all the days of their lives.  We ask through the holy name of Jesus.  Amen