714 Lincoln Street Elsberry, Missouri 63343

Telephone Number: 898-2202 Website: www.SacredHeartElsberry.org

Pastor: Rev. Charles P. Tichacek

Sunday Mass 8:00 am Week Day Masses Monday 7:00 pm Tuesday 8:00 am Adoration is the third Tuesday of each month beginning after the 8:00 am Mass and concluding with Benediction at 7:00 pm Communion Service Thursday 7:30 am Communion Service Friday 7:30 am

Baptisms by appointment

Devotion Rosary at 7:40 am on Tuesday and Perpetual Help Devotions. Marriages To be arranged at least 6 months prior to the wedding Confession Parish Office Hours Sunday 7:30 am Tuesday 10:00 am until 5:00 pm

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 2, 2017

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LECTORS Sun. July 9 8:00 am Tim Heitman Sun. July 16 8:00 am Bill Lagemann

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Sun. July 9 8:00 am Ed D. O’Brien & Bob Smith Sun. July 16 8:00 am Charlie DeMoulin & Alicia Bange ALTAR SERVERS Sun. July 9 8:00 am Kevin Seely, Kaden Kinsler Rio Gonzalez Sun. July 16 8:00 am Gavin Reller, Evan Wilson Gabe Gonzalez

GREETERS Sun. July 9 8:00 am Bob & Rose Roller Sun. July 16 8:00 am Tom & Rachele Presley

GIFT BEARERS

Sun. July 9 8:00 am Bob & Rose Roller Sun. July 16 8:00 am Tom & Rachele Presley

MASS INTENTIONS July 3 - July 9

Mon. 7:00 pm Philip Schmidt Jr Tues. 8:00 am Mitch Kinder Thurs. 7:30 am Communion Service Fri. 7:30 am Communion Service Sun. 8:00 am Jack Laws

Feast Days Mon. St. Thomas Tues. Independence Day Wed. St. Anthony Zaccaria St. Elizabeth of Portugal Thurs. St. Maria Goretti June 25, 2017 Envelopes: $ 1,136 Parish Improvement Loose: $ 522 $40 Total: $ 1,658 Money Counters Today: Pat Wood Kaye Byers July 9: Mike Byers Mike Shaffer

Sacred Heart Calendar of Events Our PARISH PICNIC was a great success. Beautiful weather and a great turnout!!! Thanks to everyone! A BIG THANKS to Steve & Diane Eisenbath, our 2017 Picnic Chairs & their committee. Today: Mass 8:00 am Mon., July 3: Mass 7:00 pm Tues., July 4: Mass 8:00 am Thurs., July 6: Communion Service 7:30 am Fri., July 7: Communion Service 7:30 am

MASS SCHEDULE AT ST. ALPHONSUS July 5 - July 9

Wednesday 8:15 am Friday 8:15 am Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am Phone # at St. Alphonsus 573-384-6223

Need a Priest? Fr. Wissler, Sacred Heart Troy 636-528-8219 or Fr. Rath, Immaculate Conception, Old Monroe 636-661-5002

Pray For Please pray for all the sick or homebound. To add to the prayer list please tell Father or contact the parish office 898-2202 Margaret Bartold Terry Martin Joe & Mary Buescher Cecile Mesker Kim Tobiasz Jerry Heitman Nancy McCullough Maurice Illy Jack Burkemper Charlie DeMoulin Leroy Schramm Eric Mueller Ernest Ogden Andrew Heitman Raymond Geosling Bonnie Kindred Trina Burnette Marvin Robinson Cloyd Bridges Darryl Brumm Jim Henke Cliff & Sandra Merriman

JULY 2017 PAPAL INTENTION

God Our Father, We lift up to you all our brothers and sisters who have strayed from their faith. We ask that through our prayer and witness to the gospel, they my rediscover the mercy of the Lord and the beauty of the Christian life. We also pray for the artists of our time. May the beauty of your creation be discovered through their ingenuity, gifts, and talents.

READINGS FOR the WEEK of July 3 - July 9

Monday Ephesians 2:19-22; John 20:24-29 Tuesday Genesis 19:15-29; Matthew 8: 23-27 Wednesday Genesis 21:5, 8-20; Matthew 8: 28-34 Thursday Genesis 22:1b-19; Matthew 9:1-8 Friday Genesis 23:1-4, 19: 24:1-8, 62-67; Matthew 9:9-13 Saturday Genesis 27:1-5, 15-29; Matthew 9:14-17 Sunday Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30

STEWARDSHIP AWARENESS “ ...whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.” Matthew 10:38 Pope Benedict XVI said “The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort, you were made for great-ness”, “Comfort” puts me first. “Picking up your cross and following Jesus” puts God and others first. Why settle for com-fort when you can achieve greatness! Pick up your cross, ask Jesus for guidance on using your gifts and live the life God intended for you!

COMMUNITY EVENTS St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Picnic, Sunday, July 23 from 11 am to 7 pm. Dinner served from noon to 5 pm. Adults $10, children (6-11) $5, 5 and younger free w/ purchase of adult meal. St. Clements Picnic Saturday, July 15. Millwood Knights of Columbus Picnic Sunday, July 23. Let’s support them. St. Theodore Flint Hill Picnic Sunday, July 16. Fried chicken and roast beef dinners served family style from 11:30-7:00 pm Adults $14, children (4-10) $7, 3 and under free. Carry-outs available. July is the month of the Precious Blood of Jesus. Please join us for Mass, the Rosary and the Divine Mer-cy Chaplet at 7 pm on Wednesday, July 26th at Our Lady Queen of Peace Shrine, located at the corner of Emge Rd and Imperial Dr in O’Fallon. Let’s intercede to our Blessed Lady for peace and an end to the culture of death. Father Samson will be our celebrant. If inclement weath-er , 90 degrees or above, Mass will be held at Twin Oaks Chapel. Sacred Heart Troy Picnic is August 6. Crafters Wanted! Immaculate Conception Old Monroe, Sat., Nov. 4th, 9 am-4 pm. To reserve a spot, please con-tact Bonnie at 566-8027 or 636-358-3622, or Christina at 636-358-3621.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TUESDAY, JULY 4. (241) We will have a Mass at 8:00 am but no one will be in the office that day.

PICNIC WINNERS Grand raffle

$500 Alicia Bange $300 Marilyn Meininger $100 Annette Sandheinrich Quilt Patricia Braund

Quilt Raffle Janet Knaust Come join us to walk with the Lincoln County Right to Life Float at the Lincoln County Fair Sunday, July 9 at 5:00 pm. We will meet at Powell Library in Troy.

69th Annual Novena to our Lady of Mt. Carmel The Novena to our Lady of Mt. Carmel will be held at the Carmel of St. Joseph (9150 Clayton Rd., St. Louis MO, 63124) from Saturday, July 8-Sunday, July 16. This year’s Novena Speaker is Msgr. Timothy Cronin, and the theme will be The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Temple of the holy Spirit. During the Novena, ser-vices begin with Marian Music in the chapel at 6:45 pm, Rosary and Benediction at 7:15 pm, and Mass in the Gar-den of Carmel at 8:00 pm

Gallup Poll: 54% of Americans Want All or Most Abortions Made Illegal So what can the 54% of us do??? “In the 1992 land-mark case Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the US Supreme Court had an opportunity to reverse Roe v. Wade, and its companion Doe v. Bolton. In conference the justices vot-ed 5-4 to overturn Roe and Doe, but at the 11th hour be-fore the opinion was released a centrist coalition of mod-erate judges - including Justice Kennedy who switched his vote - was formed to write a compromise that would weaken the Roe and Doe decisions, but still leave abortion as the law of the land. What might have happened that day if more pro-life voices had been heard? What if a massive moral outcry had emerged from the American people? This petition will serve as a symbol of that moral outcry. It will wake up the nation and galvanize the national conscience to end the scourge of abortion in America. It will declare that as a people, we do not accept the compromise that leads to the unnec-essary death of millions of innocent babies. Sign the petition. https://www.themoraloutcry.com Spread the word. End abortion.