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5th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 7, 2016

Assumption of the blessed virgin Mary parish


Assumption Staff 636.240.3721

Ext:

Pastor 242 Rev. Mitch Doyen [email protected]

Associate Pastor 325 Rev. Mark Whitman

Senior Associate Rev Ronald Rubbelke

Transitional Deacon 239 Peter Terwase Faimega [email protected]

Deacons Jerry Hurlbert - Fred Volansky Bill Walbridge

Ext Dir of Lay Pastoral Ministry 226 Sarah Beams

Lay Pastoral Associate 240 Amanda Suchara 229 Mickie McCool 247 Jeannette Hamann

Director of Administration 225 Jim Hager

Advancement Office 232 Janet Schwendemann 235 Rose Tubbs

Parish Secretary 221 Christine Reinhart

Bookkeeper 234 Mary Knapp

Director of Youth Ministry 222 Cathy Pescarino

Parish School of Religion 636.240.1020 Dir of Religious Education Derlene Hirtz ext 241 Secretary Krista Kenkel ext 328

Child Safety Coordinator Lorraine Niemann 314.837.3757 x 224

Sunday Pre School Denise Hoehne 314.954.0092

Parish Council [email protected]

Christ Renews His Parish Jim & Shelly Schneider 636.379.2538

Coordinator of Music Ministry [email protected]

Welcome February 7, 2016

Reading, Rice Bowls, and Activity Materials will be available in the Narthex beginning Ash Wednes-day, February 10. Attend Daily Mass at 6:30am in Motherhouse Chapel or 8am in Church Attend Ash Wednesday Services – February 10 8am Mass, 12:05pm Pray-er Service, 5:30pm & 7:00pm Mass Attend the PJ Anderson LIVE Concert HERE as he debut’s his new album “Mercy, Mercy”– Satur-day, February 13 – 7:00pm in Church Participate in the Stations of the Cross: Complete schedule elsewhere in bulletin

Pantomime Stations of the Cross February 26 – 7:00pm in Church

Flash Mob Stations of the Cross March 18 – 7:00pm in Church

All are invited to attend the “Day of Reflection” – Saturday, March, 5 8am-3pm Tuesday Night Mass in Church: 7-7:30pm (except for March 1, Mass will follow Penance Service at the St. Joseph’s Chapel at the Most Precious Blood Motherhouse) Thursday Evening Presentations: “Fill My Cup, Lord” – Church, 7pm-8:30pm February 11 –“Cup of Stress, Fill it with Quiet-ness” – Amanda Suchara

February 18 – “Cup of Resentment, Fill it with Forgiveness” – Fr. Mitch

February 25 – “Cup of Fear & Worry Over Control, Fill it with Trust” – Fr Mark

March 3 –“Cup of Pain & Thanksgiving, Fill it with Hope” – Mickie McCool – This will also coincide with: “Prayers for Healing and Hope”

March 10 – “Cup of Bro-kenness, Fill it with New Life” – Mary Marchant

March 17 –“Cup of Criticism, Fill it with En-couragement” – Cathy Pescarino

Attend Prayers for Healing and Hope: Thursday, March 3, 7pm in Church along with the one of the Thursday even-ing Lenten presentations. Attend our Lenten Penance Service: Tuesday, March 1, 7pm at the Most Precious Blood Motherhouse – St. Joseph’s Chapel, followed by Mass. Attend Eucharistic Adoration/Devotions on Tuesdays 8:30am-6:30pm in Chapel Visit our 24 hour Prayer Chapel (Northwest door ramp entrance-code to enter: 3721) Participate in praying the rosary on Sundays before each Mass in Chapel Attend the Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays 4-4:45pm or, during Lent only, Tuesday’s from 6:15-7pm


May you find Christ here . . . May you bring Christ to the world.

Excerpt from a letter recently received from Franciscan Works & Libe-rian Mission, Inc . . . “Thank you again for welcoming Mary Kathryn McDevitt who spoke on our behalf. We recently received your parish’s dona-tion! You have provided us with $11,246 - quite a phenomenal contribution for our Mission!”

Liberia Mission, Inc., located in West Africa, is a community of love, learning, work and prayer. Liberia Mission includs homes for boys and girls and two churches serving the neighboring community of families.

“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?’ ‘Here I am,’ I said, ‘send me!’” (Isaiah 6:8) Every day – in little ways and in big ways – God asks, “Whom shall I send?” Whether it is someone to take on a new ministry or just someone to open a door for a stranger, God con-stantly provides doors of opportuni-ty. The next time you hear God call-ing, have the courage to walk through the door and say “Here I am, Lord.”

This Week At Assumption

Sunday, Feb 7 Hospitality Sunday All Masses Hall A/B

Prayer Team Ministry All Masses Church

RCIA 8:00am Hall C

Installation of Fr Mitch as Pastor 10:00am Mass

Sunday Pre School 10:00am School

New Member Registration Noon Mass

Lector Training 2:00pm Church Monday, Feb 8 School Board 7:00pm Conference Room

Bible Study 7:00pm Meyer Room Tuesday, Feb 9 Eucharistic Adoration 9:00am - 6:30pm Chapel

PHD/Benediction 6:30pm Chapel

CRHP Women 7:00pm Room D/E

Liturgy Committee 7:00pm Conference Room Ash Wednesday, Feb 10

Mass & Distribution of Ashes 6:30am (Motherhouse) 8:00am, 5:50pm, 7:00pm Church

Prayer Service & Distribution of Ashes 12:05pm Church

MOP’s 9:15am Parish Center

Bible Study 1:45pm Meyer Room

Bible Study 7:00pm Meyer Room

Wednesday Feb 10 (con’t) Extreme Teen 7:00pm Hall C

CRHP Men 7:00pm Conference Room

St Vincent DePaul 7:00pm Meyer Room Thursday, Feb 11 Baptism Catechist Training 7:00pm Conference Room

Grief Support 7:00pm Meyer Room

Lenten Presentation: Cup of Stress, Fill it With Quietness 7:00pm Church Friday, Feb 12 Stations of the Cross 2:30pm & 7:00pm Chapel

Youth Ministry Retreat Saturday, Feb 13 Youth Ministry Retreat

RCIA Rite of Sending All Masses

Lector Training 9:00am Church

Respect Life Apostolate 10:00am Room D/E

Jr High Ministry 6:00pm Hall C

Be One Concert 7:00pm Church Sunday, Feb 14 RCIA Rite of Sending All Masses

RCIA 8:00am Hall C

Sunday Pre School 10:00am School

It Is Hard To Imag-ine That There Could Be Any Life . . . At The Other End Of Our Grief

The Grief Support Group of Assumption Parish cordially invites those of you, 18 years of age and older, who are grieving the death of a loved to our spring Grief Support Series. Our first session will begin Thursday, February 11, in the Meyer Room at 7pm. Father Joe Kempf’s video series, “No One Cries the Wrong Way” will be incorporated into each session along with prayer, personal sharing, biblical reflection and social time.

To register or for any additional information please contact: Lynn Crews @ 636.294.0821 or [email protected].

Registration deadline is Tuesday, February 10.


The Jubilee Year of Mercy Got PRAYERS? Assumption’s Prayer Teams will be available after all Masses this weekend, to pray with and for you!

Here are some amazing facts about the prayer teams: • Prayer teams are parishioners who bring

Christ to the world through prayer. • We’ll pray for you, your loved ones, your

friends...anyone whom you’d like to lift in prayer.

• We pray for intentions big AND small! If it’s on your heart, bring it to Christ!

• Teams will do ALL the praying if you’d prefer! Just bring yourself and your inten-tions.

• Want to give thanks and praise to God? We love to do that!

Financial Peace University Learn to handle your money “God’s way” using principles found in scripture.

A 9 week course incorporating lessons from Dave and his staff on various topics including: Savings, Budgeting, Real Estate, Retirement and more. Begins Wednesday, February 17, 7pm, St. Joseph Radio café’ in Harvester and facilitated by parishioner Susan Prinster 636.940.0426. Or go to daveramsey.com for more information or to sign up for the classes.

SACRED CONVERSATIONS ON RACE Last month over 24 St. Charles County congregations, including Assumption, St. Cletus, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Sisters of the Precious Blood and St. Peter met for a con-versation on race. Our next event, titled Exploring One’s Own Ex-perience with Race and Culture will take place at CPPS Mother-house Conference Room on Feb 23 and Mar 29, 7:00pm.

The experience will be led by two trained facilitators. The experi-ence will be interactive, nonjudgmental and respectful of your own experience and understandings. Aligned with Pope Francis’ call for inclusiveness, this will be a starting point for all of us. Fact and research yet prayerful, this will help in our own way of thinking and build empathy and understanding for us as God’s people. For more information contact: Sr. Ellen Orf: [email protected].

Calling ALL Adult Men of our parish! Christ Renews His Parish ‘CRHP’ Retreat is just two weeks away - Feb. 20-21! Guys… give yourself a week-end you won’t forget. Come and be spiritually renewed while enjoying awesome fellowship, making new friends, and sharing faith with fellow men of our parish. It is an experience worth your time! There is still time to sign up… call Casey Logue at: 636.262.3908 or Email: [email protected] for more information and reserve your spot today! Or go to our parish website at www.assumptionbvm.org to register online! There will be men downstairs after all of our Masses this week-end at a table with more information!!

This is an awesome way to begin your Lenten journey! YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU DID! Some of the guys had this to say:

“10 blessings I RECEIVED from attending the CRHP retreat” . . . New relationships at Church I’m a better Father I made new friends and they like sports, too! Re-energized Deepened my relationship with Christ Clarity I’m a better Husband Reprioritized the things I value I’m back to going to church regularly I have a new positive perspective on a challenging issue in my life

If you are new to the parish or been a part of our parish for a long time, single, married, young or old… we challenge you to avoid creating a reason not to come and sign up for the upcoming retreat TODAY!


Day of Reflection You are invited to the fourth annual Day of Reflection! This one-day event will be held on Saturday, March 5 in the Fr Joe Kempf Parish Center at Assumption. Registration begins at 7:30am and the day’s events begin promptly at 8:00am. What a wonderful way to deepen your faith during Lent! Join fellow Assumption Parishioners for this truly special day. Lunch will be pro-vided. RSVP today by contacting Mickie McCool at [email protected] or call 314.610.5651.

The Dinner Auction is Assumption School’s largest fundraiser of the year. It’s a fabulous party for Parish-ioners and School Parents and their friends to cele-brate the parish, eat delicious food, dance and shop for fantastic goods and services.

You are what make this auction a success. Parishion-ers donate wonderful, creative experiences that make

up the bulk of the silent and live auction. Parishioners set up and decorate and, parishioners solicit and procure the donated items such as gift certificates for restaurants, hotels, and personal services that make up the back-bone of the Auction. Please come and support Assumption School. It’s the party of the year and you don’t want to miss it! For questions and more information contact Kirsten Mulvaney- Auction Chair at 314.583.2233 or [email protected].

Next Sunday, Feb 14, is St. Vincent De Paul Food Sunday. At this time the

pantry is in need of the following items: powdered milk, fruit juice, applesauce, canned pears, jello, pud-ding, saltine crackers, frostings, pa-per towels and dish soap.

Grocery store gift cards are always welcome.

Thanks for your continued support of our pantry

Things are moving in the fight to abol-ish the death penal-ty. Unfortunately another execution has been scheduled:

Earl Forrest, May 11.

There will be a prayer service in O'Fallon on Monday, February 8, 7 pm at the Precious Blood Chapel (O Fallon) For directions, Sr. Ellen [email protected].


Mass Intentions

Sunday, Feb 7 8:00am Grace Bittick 10:00am Emily & Jeff Linneman 12:00pm People of the Parish

Monday, Feb 8 6:30am Intentions of Sr Loretta Sigler 8:00am Kimberly Clark

Tuesday, Feb 9 6:30am Eileen Loeffler 8:00am John Mertensmeyer

Wednesday, Feb 10 6:30am Vocations 8:00am Jim Beauvais 5:30pm Larry Wilmes 7:00pm Hugh & Julia Boyd

Thursday, Feb 11 6:30am Community Benefactors & Prayer Enrollments 8:00am Patrick Scully

Friday, Feb 12 6:30am Shirley & Dean Humphries 8:00am Kimberly Anderson

Saturday, Feb 13 9:00am Lee Orf Family 5:00pm Earl & David Feldmann

Sunday, Feb 14 8:00am Doris Beste 10:00am Sharon 12:00pm People of the Parish

Readings for the Week Feb 8 - Feb 14

Mon: 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13; Ps 132:6-7, 8-10; Mk 6:53-56 Tue: 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30; Ps 84:3 -5, 10-11; Mk 7:1-13 Wed: Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6ab, 12- 14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 — 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thu: Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 Fri: Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6ab, 18- 19; Mt 9:14-15 Sat: Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32 Sun: Dt 26:4-10; Ps 91:1-2, 10-15; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13

Stewardship Our Gifts to God and Parish

Envelopes (419) Online Giving Loose Total

Jan 03

$ 43,221 $ 4,580 $ 1,610 $ 49,411

Jul 1, 15 - Jan 3, 16

$ 786,098 $ 131,231 $ 35,109 $ 952,438

Budget 968,507

It takes an average weekly collection of $36,000 to sustain our parish mission.

“Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2Cor 9:7

We are grateful to you for your presence, your participation, and your financial support of Assumption Parish.

Hospitality Sunday Join us today, Febru-ary 7, for Hospitality Sunday after all Mass-es in Hall A/B.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of:

Evelyn Wilcox Mother of Scott Wilcox

Floyd Cotton Husband of Joan Cotton

Fred Pund Father of Karen McBride

Kenneth Stephen Brother of Marci Brunner

Sr Mary Lou Talmon, CPPS of Our Parish Community

Server Schedule Saturday, Feb 13 5:00pm Chloe Hammond Maddie Wyant Mary Ward

Sunday, Feb 14 8:00am Emily Swain Alexis Greene Jacob Moore

10:00am Brendan Heron Devyn Heron Evan Williams

12:00pm Sam McCarter Jackson McCarter Megan Osdieck

Heart of Gold Wiffle Ball Tour-nament Feb. 13 at Yellowbatz Sta-dium (O’Fallon)! All proceeds ben-efit St Dominic HS Project Gradua-tion. All ages welcome! $150, $100 and $50 prizes awarded to top teams! To register your team of six, call Nancy at 636.795.1137 or email [email protected].

Fundraiser to Benefit Parishioner 2 year old Theo has had a liver trans-plant. To help defray cost on Feb 11 Texas Roadhouse will donate 10% of your purchase. To COTA (Children’s Organ Transplant As-soc). For more info contact Peggy 314.757.2891. Around Town

M C Gentemann Special Olympics 4 Man Euchre Tournament, O Fallon KC Hall, Sat, Feb 20, 7:00pm. For more info contact Dennis Henson 314.540.1295

St Dominic HS (O Fallon) Alumni Basketball Tournament. Mar 17-20 For more info: stdominichs.org/ alumni-events.html


Feb 7 - LUKE 18 TEAM MEETING – Meyer Room/Hall C 10 – XTT – DANCE PARTY 2016 – Whoop, whoop! Hall C 7-9pm 12/13 – HIGH SCHOOL RETEAT – get the flyer at any ACYG event 13 – PJ ANDERON CONCERT w/special guest MATT WYNN– Check out the amazing night of music 17 – Bible Study in Church – Join Fr. Mark as he helps us listen to the powerful words we’ll hear on Sunday. Church 7-8:30pm 21 – LUKE 18 TEAM MEETING – Sophia House Disciples 1:30-3:30 Core Team 3:30-5:30 24 – XTT – Another incredible night of coming together to pray, sing, laugh, dance….it just doesn’t get any better than this!!!! Hall C 7-9pm 28 – LUKE 18 TEAM MEETING – Meyer Room/Hall C 1:30-3:30pm Email: [email protected] Phone: 636.485.5221 Like us on Facebook: Assumption Church Youth Group Follow us on twitter: ACYG Youth Ministry@acygyouth INSTAGRAM: acyg.youthministry

Assumption Youth Ministry

Rediscover Jesus - Lenten Program This Lent participate in a free email program from Dy-namic Catholic that is based on Matthew Kelly’s bestsell-er Rediscover Jesus. Copies of the book Rediscover Je-sus will be available in the Narthex on Ash Wednesday for those who want to participate in the program.

Each day you’ll get an inspirational email with a short video featuring Matthew Kelly and a member of the Dy-namic Catholic Team. Throughout Lent, they will guide you through each of the 40 chapters in Rediscover Jesus and share simple ways to bring Jesus into your everyday life. The program is free! All you have to do is sign up at DynamicCatholic.com/Lent

Save the Date! Annual Vino Van Gogh, Art and Wine March 19, 2016, Hall C

Jesus and Peter What really happens between Jesus and Peter in today’s Gospel? The great catch of fish may well be a miracle, but Peter could have easily remained proud. He could have said Jesus got lucky. I frequently claim to under-stand things better than God; until my mind and heart are opened, usually through some suffering. What prompts Peter to fall to Jesus’ knees and announce his need for mercy? It had to be more than the miracle of the great catch. He must have seen into Jesus’ eyes, into his heart. Something in Jesus opened Peter’s eyes, opened Peter’s heart, opened Peter’s will to relationship with Jesus. He purposely gets close to Jesus, in a posture of surrender, and then says, “Depart from Me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” Peter confesses his identity as a sinner very pub-licly. He is risking everything. And we are waiting on the answer. Deep down we know we are just like Peter; in great need of healing, but often too stubborn to admit it. And when we do admit it, we too dare God to walk away. And we wait for an answer…

It is in this moment with Peter, early in his public minis-try, that we see Jesus as the Incarnation of God’s Mercy, the face of Compassion, the source of Healing, the prom-ise of Freedom, the power of Love. Jesus calls Peter to follow him, to become a catcher of men. Jesus calls us in the very same way.

Pope Francis began his papacy preaching about God’s Mercy. He has invited us, in this Jubilee year of Mercy, to join Peter in this surrendering to Jesus so we also can be caught up into the ocean of God’s Mercy. God is waiting for us. God is longing for us. Francis says, “God forgives not with a decree but with a caress.” Let our minds, hearts and wills be open enough, soft enough and honest enough to trust the caress of God’s cheek resting gently against ours, drying our tears and sending us to bring Christ to the world. Fr Mitch


Last week our Catechu-mens (those who have not yet been baptized) were anointed with the Oil of Catechumens.

This Oil is believed to strengthen the one being baptized to turn away from evil, temptation and sin, and prepare them for the struggle of the Christian life. The Catechu-men is also anointed as a symbol of being an heir of the Kingdom of God, as kings and queens were anointed at coronations, and empowered for their Christian life as prophets were anointed for their ministry.

Next weekend at all the Masses we will celebrate the Rite of Sending with our Candidates and Catechumens. The Rite of Sending is a parish celebration that "sends" Cate-chumens and Candidates to the cathedral to celebrate the Rite of Election with the archbishop. In the Rite of Send-ing those preparing for baptism are invited to come for-ward and sign the "Book of the Elect" as a sign of their desire to be numbered among the chosen of God. The Book of the Elect is then presented to the archbishop at the Rite of Election. Those who are already baptized, in the Catholic church or in another denomination, have already had their names written in the Book of Life. The Rite of Election is a the time when the Church invites or "elects" the Catechumens and Candidates to the sacra-ments of initiation. The Rite of Election formally brings to an end the Catechumenate period. Now they are ready to move into their final preparation period.

A poster of our Candidates, Catechumens and Sponsors will be in the Narthex now and throughout Lent. If you happen to see one of them at Mass, please give them a word of encouragement and let them know that you're praying for them. We will have individual prayer cards available next week so that everyone might have the op-portunity to be a prayer partner to one or several of our Candidates and Catechumens throughout Lent. This is an exciting time for us as a community in Christ to pray for our newest disciples that the fire of the Holy Spirit will inspire them and guide them in their final steps to the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil.

Social Justice in Action Join us on Tuesday, February 16, 7:00pm for Mend the Gap! Town Hall on Bridging the Divides in Wealth Ine-quality, Health Care and Racial Disparity, hosted by Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service. Keynote speaker and moderator will be Sister Simone Campbell, Executive Di-rector of NETWORK - a national Catholic Social Justice Lobby in Washington, DC. Sister Simone is well-known as an electrifying speaker, who addresses the health needs of the underserved with passion. She is highly recognized for her work in organizing the "Nuns on the Bus" tour of nine states to raise the visibility of the needs of the poor and disabled. Additional guests from Jobs with Justice, Missouri Health Care for All and Metropolitan Congrega-tions United will also speak. Please RSVP by email to [email protected].

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Relics of the True Cross and Christ's Passion will be pre-sented at Assumption Parish February 13, 2pm – 7pm in the Chapel

A unique collection of relics is being brought to the St Louis region as part of a special nationwide tour by the Apostolate for Holy Relics. The Relics of the Passion Program consists of rare items that are generally seen only in Rome or the Holy Land, and includes a piece of the True Cross, a piece of stone from the room where the Last Supper was held, a piece of the Column of Flagella-tion, a piece of the Crown of Thorns, the effigy of the Veil of Veronica (touched to the original veil), a replica of a holy nail which contains filings from the true nails, a piece of bone from St. Longinus, and a thread from the cloth used as a wrapping for the Burial Shroud.

A program which includes prayers and music commemo-rating the events of the Passion of Our Lord, Jesus Christ which lasts about 50 minutes will start at 2:00pm.

After that, additional time through 7 pm is allowed for personal veneration of the Relics. This event allows par-ticipants of all ages in any level of spirituality to deepen and grow in their faith. As we begin our Lenten journey, you are encouraged to join us in this Year of Mercy for this special opportunity that is sure to touch your heart and reconnect you with the roots of your faith.

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! It was a heartwarming blessing to witness the generosity of so many people who came to our recent blood drive. Forty people came to donate. By the end of the drive, Mississippi Valley had collected 37 units of whole blood! May God bless you all for your thoughtfulness and gener-osity! You have brought Christ to the world by helping those who desperately need the blood you have donated! Please mark your calendar for our next blood drive on Sunday, May 22, 2016.


Life, Peace, and Restorative Justice

Heroic and Healing Things Are Happening

This is an Assumption Parish Waste Management Announcement: We now have a GREEN TEAM that is here to help you Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Co-coordinators Wendy Prakop and Bruce Prinster want to attend your meetings and events and help you learn how to reduce waste, purchase smarter, and manage all your waste in an environmentally friend-ly way. When they or one of their Green Team Minis-ters introduce themselves to you at your meetings, please welcome them and work with them to better care for our community and our world.

Just a few points: • In the spirit of conservation, the parish will no long-er purchase any plastic water bottles. Please bring your own reusable water bottle or use a pitcher of water and a paper cup. We are researching where these should be purchased. • Recycling: paper, plastic, aluminum, cardboard, cans should be placed in a clear plastic liner and taken to the Green Recycle Bin behind the gated trash area. Plastic liners are currently in the janitor’s closet or the kitchen or hanging on the sides of trash cans. • Food waste and Styrofoam can go in a black liner in the trash bin inside the gated area. • If you begin a meeting on our campus, please tend to waste management as part of your plan. •Pre-planning is great! Invite Wendy and Bruce to put a plan in place ahead of time, or ask for a Green Team member to attend your event.

Assumption School Spring Auction Assumption School’s Spring Auction is approaching. The date is set for April 16th! We are looking for dona-tions of all kinds! Do you have a vacation home to share, frequent a restaurant that would donate a gift card, have a connection with an entertainment destination, own your own business, enjoy employer matching gifts? We are looking for new items valued at $25 or more, gift cards of any value and even cash donations. Also, if you would like to volunteer to help with the auction during the days leading up, the setup, or work the night of the auction, we wel-come your assistance. Please contact Kirsten Mulvaney at 314.583.2233 or [email protected].

In Pope Francis' Encyclical, Laudato Si, he expressed what many have been seeing for quite some time... that the urgent challenge to protect our common home in-cludes a concern to bring the whole human family to-gether to seek a sustainable way of life. Humanity has the ability to work together in building our common home! Here I want to recognize, encourage and thank all those striving in countless ways to guarantee the pro-tection of the home which we share. Assumption Parish is striving to structure itself for mercy, compassion, out-reach, advocacy, solidarity and peace. We want to be effective expressions of the Gospel, engaging in new dialogue AND diligent action about how we are shaping the future of our planet. This is one way we are living the beautiful message of Jesus.

If you or anyone in your ministry would like to volunteer to be point person within your committee, please have them contact Wendy and Bruce.

Email Co-coordinators: Wendy Prakop, [email protected] or Bruce Prinster, [email protected]

Our Mission: To promote awareness, provide support and put into practice the 3 Rs of managing waste (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) to all parishioners of Assumption Parish. Insti-tute a set-up plan of managing waste for committees within Assumption Parish and recruit parishioners to assist in this mission. Provide information as to how parishioners can lead a more sus-tainable lifestyle at home and in the com-munity.

Stations of the Cross - Lent 2016 Feb 12: 2:30pm and 7:00pm - Chapel

Feb 19:2:30pm - Chapel and7:00pm - TBD

Feb 26: 2:30pm – Church and 7:00pm –Passion Panto-mime – Adults, Teens & Youth - Church

Mar 4: 7:00pm – “Perspective of Simon Peter” – Church

Mar 11: 2:30pm – “Scriptural Stations” – Church and at 7:00pm – “Mary’s Way” – Church

Mar 18: 2:30pm – “Mary’s Way” – Church and at 7:00pm – “Flash Mob” Stations – Adults, Teens & Youth – Church


CELEBRATION OF THE MASS

Weekend Masses Saturday 9:00am (Motherhouse Chapel)

Vigil 5:00pm Sunday 8:00am

10:00am 12:00pm

Daily Mass Weekdays 6:30am (Motherhouse Chapel)

8:00am

RECONCILIATION Saturday 4:00–4:45pm

BAPTISM

2nd and 4th Sundays of each month at 1:15pm. Required Preparation Class.

Call 240.3721 to register.

ST VINCENT DE PAUL 636.272.4758 (Helpline)

MINISTRY OF CONSOLATION For one-on-one grief support, contact Kris Bohn at 379.8567, and for information re-garding our grief support series, which is held twice per year, contact Lynn Crews at 294.0821.

OFFICE INFORMATION 403 N Main Street

O’Fallon MO 63366 636.240.3721 Parish Office

636.240.3722 Fax Office Hours - Weekdays 8:30am–4:00pm

ASSUMPTION SCHOOL Principal: Genny Callier

636.240.4474

BULLETIN NOTICES Submit to Parish Office

by Tuesday 9:00am

WEBSITE www.assumptionbvm.org

facebook.com/ @assumptionmedia assumptionparish

CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE Those preparing for marriage should contact the rectory at least one year in advance. One party must be a registered member of Assumption and living an active, practicing Catholic life. Contact Christine at the Parish Office.

RITE of CHRISTIAN INITIATION of ADULTS

(RCIA) Process through which adults are initiated into the Catholic Church by Bap-tism or Profession of Faith. For information Missy Lowrey 314.630.3983.

PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION Religious instruction in the Catholic faith. Call Derlene Hirtz, 636.240.1020 for infor-mation or to register.

CATHOLICS RETURNING HOME For inactive Catholics returning to Church. For more information call Steve King, 699.9961 or Dee King 734.3437.


CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS Assumption Church #083750 403 N. Main Street O’Fallon, MO 63366 TELEPHONE 636 240-3721 EXT 235 CONTACT PERSON Christine Reinhart SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2007 Adobe X Windows XP PRINTER Toshiba e-Studio 4555 TRANSMISSION TIME Wednesday 4:00 SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION Feb 7, 2016 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 THROUGH 11 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Please send 1450 copies of the bulletin!

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