519 East Fourth ƒ Alton, Illinois OBLATES OF THE VIRGIN MARY

www.stmarysalton.com

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH

Saint Mary’s Catholic Church

PARISH COMMUNITYParochial Administrator

FR. PAUL NGUYEN, OMVFR. BENJAMIN UNACHUKWU, OMV

FR. PAUL KALLAL, OMVFR. DAVID BEAUREGARD, OMVDEACON JIM SCHWARTZKOPF

BR. JORGE SANCHEZ, OMVPARISH OFFICE

618-465-4284Fax: 618-463-4637

VOICEMAIL & DROPBOXMASS SCHEDULE

Weekdays & Saturdays: 6:30 am & 8:00 am

Saturdays: 5:15 pm (for Sunday Obligation)

Sundays: 6:30, 8:00*, 9:30, 11:00 am & 6:00 pm

*8:00 am on Facebook Live DailyRosary: 7:30 am daily in the ChurchDay before Holy Day: 5:15 pm

Holy Days: 6:30, 8:00 am 12:00 noon and 5:15 pm

(if announced)First Fridays: 5:15 pmCONFESSIONS

First Fridays: 4:00-5:00 pmSaturday: 4:00-5:00 pm & 7:00-8:00 pm

AND BY APPOINTMENTANOINTING OF THE SICK

Please call the office if you or a loved one needs to be anointed.

618-465-4284, and press 1BAPTISMS

Please call the office to arrange a baptism at this time.

MARRIAGESTo be arranged at least six months

before marriage. Call the Parish Office.SCHOOL OFFICE

618-465-8523Middle School 618-465-9719

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St. Mary’s Catholic Church

Est. 1858

St. Mary’sCatholic Church

ALTON, ILLINOIS

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

JANUARY 2, 2022

MASS INTENTIONSMonday, January 3 6:30 am Kenneth Roderfeld†8:00 am Marti Keller†

Tuesday, January 4 6:30 am Int of Charlene

Carpenter 8:00 am Rosemary & Art

Rengers†

Wednesday, January 5 6:30 am Cathy Weirich† 8:00 am Helen & Bill Frederick†

Thursday, January 6 6:30 am Int of Christina

Figueroa 8:00 am Int of Dolores &

Barbara Hill

Friday, January 76:30 am Ann Barton† 8:00 am Dr. Tom Carrow†5:15 pm OMV Vocations

Saturday, January 8 6:30 am Joseph Witcher† 8:00 am Int of Darci Ward5:15 pm Charles R. Bell†

Sunday, January 9 6:30 am The People of

St. Mary’s 8:00 am Shelly Connor†

9:30 am Helen Greenwell† 11:00 am Int of the late Tom

Grossheim Family 6:00 pm Mae Rice†

Learning and Living Our Catholic Faith

HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION 2022In addition to Sunday, the days to be observed as Holy days of Obligation for the Dioceses of the United States of America are six. However, in the Province of Chicago, The Ascension of the Lord, Solemnity, has been permanently transferred to the following Sunday. The remaining Holy days are:

January 1: The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord: Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God* *Not obligatory for the 2022 year.

August 15: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, SolemnityNovember 1: All Saints, SolemnityDecember 8: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary,

SolemnityDecember 25: The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas), Solemnity

The problem of suffering is the ultimate Gordian knot, the ultimate insoluble problem, that finally ends in mystery. Why do we suffer? Or, to put the question most acutely, why do the innocent suffer? No answer seems all that adequate to the question. The various traditions and schools of philosophy give us answers that bring only partial consolation. If the cause of suffering is our desires (Hinduism), or if it springs from the disturbance of our passions (Stoicism), or if it comes from our lack self-knowledge (the Greeks), if we suffer in punishment for our sins (Judaism), then still the question remains-- why do the innocent, who in one case or another are free of illusion, passion and sin, suffer? If suffering is simply absurd (Existentialism), again there is no adequate answer to the question.

The person of Christ provides us with the greatest clarification by opening up a whole new dimension of the problem. Above all humanity, Christ is innocent, sinless, undeserving of punishment and suffering. And yet he suffers according to the will of the Father. Thus the reason for Christ's suffering is revealed as atonement and redemption, expressing God's forgiveness and salvific love. It is also something that can perfect us and unite us via participation in fellowship with Christ. St. Paul says" 'we rejoice in our sufferings," and he goes on to spell out the sequence of spiritual steps that lead to hope "knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope" (Rom 5.3-4). That is, suffering perfects us and in perfecting us brings us hope of salvation. He adds in 2 Cor. 1:5-7: "For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too…… Our hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort."

In the figure of Christ and in his transfiguration, we have a hint of the ultimate answer. Suffering can transform us. In the old Anglo-Saxon poem of the ninth century, "The Dream of the Rood," the Cross (or Rood) explains its history, which begins in disgrace as it is cut down and then brought to the place of crucifixion, where Christ embraces the cross, which suffers with him. Beginning as a mere tree, proceeding through the disgrace of the passion and crucifixion, the tree ends up being an object of veneration adorned with jewels at the points where Christ's hands and feet were nailed. With profound theological insight, the author then calls the rood the "glory-tree." Just as Christ is transfigured, so the tree joined to him in suffering is finally glorified.

Fr. Dave Beauregard, OMV

Please remember our brothers and sisters, who are in need of prayer.

The Carey Keay Family, The Almeter Family, The Ringering Family, The Grossheim Family, Mark Crammond & Family, Lucy Rose Lucas, Naomi Fader, Barb Cronn, Everett O’Connor, Jack Droste, Sean Michael Donahue, Veronica Murray, Keith Houghton, Debra Houghton, Baby Olivia, Mary Jenniches, Phyllis Milford-Rill, Larry Greenwell, Emilee Tate, Pat Gorman, Liam Maher, G. Terry Westfall, Ellen Saville, Margarita Pulido, Bob Rill, Chris Henkhaus, Mike Mihalich, Kathleen Engdale, Martha Kraehmer, Michael Jennings, Jr., Francis Gonzales, Henry Leady, Matthew Paulda, Mary Wuellner, Stephen Turvey, Rollan “Jerry” Jouett, Samuel Madrey, John Wittman, Mary Ann Raymond, Trisha Middleton, Denny Meehan, Sarah Huber, Bill Cox, Joan Cox, Florence Sabaj, Bonnie Haegele, Carolyn Holt, Gene Manley, Tim Holt, Eric Holt, Joe Certa, Sr., Jenny Breden, Barbara Hill, Jim Budde, Carolyn McDey, Christie Lane, Ron Eaton, Donna Scheffel-Null, Vera Gray, Dolores Hill, Sharon McCoy, Ted Holt, Amy Terhaar, Cindy Klunk, Catharine Williams, Jerome Carrigan, Jeannette Krug, Pam Boutin, Toni, Donna Lavite, Toni Eichorn, Louis Ferraro, Nathan Robbins, Nicole Purcell, Our Friend Kathy, Robert Carter, Ayden Latham, Jack Hartmann, Jerome Baumann, Molly E., Jeff L., Mary Gillett, Dana Fallon, Mistina Holt, Douglas Richardson, Lexie Smith, Denny Hansen, baby Kendall Madrey, Rhonda Clark, Richard Davis, Larry Moylan, Gerald Yungling, Jan Nolan, Sharon McRoy, Jessica Boyd, Sara Ursprung, Mandy Buck O'Connor, Joe Mercurio, Steven G., Gary Harder, Angie Wiegand, Mark Riley, DeAnna Gleason, Mary Featherstone, Kelsey Thaxton, Judy Eckart, Stephen Adams, Susan Bowen, Kimmie Poisson, Rosemary Ruedin, Edie Ventimiglia, Michael Vitali, Anna Hartmann, John & Christine Mazzocchio, Tanner Critchfield, Chrissy Flanigan, Charlene Carpenter, Allison Brakeville, Jeremy Madison, Michael McNamee, Sr., Bill Greenwell, Beckett Krieg, Tyler Hamby, Mary Buckley, Faith McKaig, Julie Henkhaus, Thelma Kochan, Mike Oldershaw, Bryce C., Genarose Gearing, Kara S., Bill Fitzgerald, Tom Barrett, Emert Wyss, Ron Abraham, Mary Wicklund, Tom Boerner, Gerald Wilson, Bonnie Stemm, Joe HansenHoly Mary, help those in need, give strength to the weak, comfort the sorrowful, pray for God’s people, assist the clergy, and intercede for religious. May all who seek your help experience your unfailing protection. Amen.

If you have submitted a name for prayers in the bulletin they will remain for one month. If you would like to ask the parish to continue praying, please let the parish office know by calling (618) 465-4284. Thank you for your prayers!

PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCESJordan Cook, Kris Drake, Kyle Gray, Brian Gehm, Alaina Gehm, Johnny Braun, Grant Wanamaker, Trenton Brown, Michael Lucas, Drew Hargus, Steven Layne Blair, Jr., Joseph Brakeville, Keith Johnson, Joseph Buehlman, Teresa Buehlman, Austin Knebel, Megan Schuette, Daniel Chartrand, Morgun Yogore, William Kerr, Alex Geisen, Matthew Gonzales, Jacob Allen, Matt Jouett, Tamara Cardenas, Emily Keith, Lisa Haegele, Kyle Ontis, Kaleb Denney, Caleb Rench, Danny Geringer, Zach Meyer, Samantha Gorman, Lane Oliver, Alexander Jaworski, Lance Perkey, Jonathan McCullough, Samantha Hoehn, Grace Gerhart, Trent Ward, Michael Cooke, Ed Maag, Luke Plunkett, Abby Linscott, Eddie Frieling, Avery Geisen

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORDFocus: Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.

Today’s feast celebrates the revelation of the Messiah to those outside the Jewish covenant. The three Magi were among the first to recognize Jesus as King, and Tradition holds that their encounter transformed them from outsiders (Gentiles) to faithful believers who proclaimed this Good News. God desires salvation for the whole world, and we are commissioned by our baptism to bring others to encounter Christ, so that they, too, might be transformed.Isaiah prophesies a time when Jerusalem is radiant with God’s glory and people from afar will come to bask in the light of the Lord. Paul writes that Gentiles are coheirs in the promise in Christ Jesus. In the Gospel, the Magi inquire about the newborn Jewish king. Feeling threatened, Herod asks about the child’s whereabouts. The Magi follow the star and pay homage to the child in Bethlehem.

PART ONE - THE PROFESSION OF FAITHSECTION TWO – THE CREEDS

I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHERTHE HOLY TRINITY IN THE TEACHING OF THE FAITHTHE FORMATION OF THE TRINITARIAN DOGMA256. St. Gregory of Nazianzus, also called "the Theologian", entrusts this summary of Trinitarian faith to the catechumens of Constantinople:Above all guard for me this great deposit of faith for which I live and fight, which I want to take with me as a companion, and which makes me bear all evils and despise all pleasures: I mean the profession of faith in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. I entrust it to you today. By it I am soon going to plunge you into water and raise you up from it. I give it to you as the companion and patron of your whole life. I give you but one divinity and power, existing one in three, and containing the three in a distinct way. Divinity without disparity of substance or nature, without superior degree that raises up or inferior degree that casts down. . . the infinite co-naturality of three infinites. Each person considered in himself is entirely God. . . the three considered together. . . I have not even begun to think of unity when the Trinity bathes me in its splendour. I have not even begun to think of the Trinity when unity grasps me.92

Venerable Bruno Lanteri

“I am sure that the Lord will bless you, and even procure great consolations for your heart.”Venerable Pio Bruno Lanteri, OMV

Learn more and request prayers online: www.omvusa.org/bruno-lanteri/

Your prayers are requested for the souls of

Greg WeirichFrank “Spider” Dunphy

“May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.”

BAPTISMAL PREPARATION CLASS The next Baptismal preparation class will be held Sunday, January 9th. This class meets immediately following the 11:00 am Mass in the MaryAnn Room (in the basement of the Church). Please call the Parish Office at (618) 465-4284 to register for this class.

OUR 2ND COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND WILL BE FOR

THE CATHOLIC TIMES

St. Mary’sAdoration Chapel

Additional Adorers Needed: Mondays: 6:00pm Tuesdays: 3:00pm, 4:00pm, 7:00pm, 9:00pm Wednesdays: 8:00pm Thursdays: 3:00pm Saturdays: 3:00pm, 4:00pm, 5:00pm, 6:00pm,

7:00pm, 8:00pm, 9:00pm Sundays: 6:00pm

http://www.adorationpro.org/maryalton

FIRST FRIDAY Friday, January 7

This week is the First Friday of the month of January, a day on which we traditionally honor Our Lord and His mother through the Sacraments of Confession and Communion.8:00 am – Live Stream Mass4:00-5:00 pm – Confessions and Adoration in the Church5:15 pm – Live Stream Mass for OMV Vocations

DAILY ROSARY Please join us each morning at 7:30am in the Church

for our daily Rosary. All are welcome to come and pray along!

PARISH OFFICE NEWSThe Parish Office hours are

Monday - Friday 8:00 am to 3:30 pmIn order to keep everyone safe and healthy, we do ask that when entering the Parish Office, please wear a mask and remember to social distance. While the Covid cases remain high in our area, we ask that if you can conduct business over the phone or via e-mail, please do so. Our after-hours drop box is also available if you wish to drop off something for the Parish Office or the school. We appreciate your understanding and patience!

Parish Office: (618) 465-4284 Laurie Horn ~ Laurie@stmarysalton.com Tricia Conrad ~ Trish@stmarysalton.com

TRAVELING MARY IS BACK!!What is it??The traveling Mary, Our Lady of Grace statue is a tool to encourage families to come together to pray for vocations and to encourage young people to be open to the priesthood or religious life. The aim of the traveling Mary statue is to help the parish families become more aware of the need for vocations and of the possibility that God may be calling a member of their family to serve the Church in this way. Vocations become a normal conversation topic in the household, and individuals are able to learn more about the beauty of vocations.How it WorksFamilies sign up to host Mary, Our Lady of Grace statue for one week (Sunday – Friday), gathering around the statue daily and using the Lanterian Prayer booklet to pray for vocations along with any other prayers of their choosing. The family will be invited forward to pick up the statue after the announcements, just before the final blessing. They will then return the statue to the parish office on the following wFriday so it can be passed along to another family within the Sunday masses. If the parish office is closed, please drop the statue off at the rectory. Families who hosted the statue do not have to be present at the mass where the statue is passed on to another family. Please call the parish office at (618) 465-4284 to schedule a time for your family to spend with Mary.

TO LUCAS JOYCE, GIANNA GROSSHEIM & CORRINE JANEKCongratulations

HAPPY NEW YEAR!On behalf of all of us here

at St. Mary's we want to wish all of you a Blessed and

Happy New Year!

Sincerely, Fr. Paul, Fr. Paul, Fr. Ben,

Fr. Dave, Br. Jorge, Deacon Jim and the entire staff of St. Mary's

Church and School

MEET MRS. SCHWEGEL: My name is Kelly Schwegel. I am the Elementary School Secretary and have been here for 6 years. I live in Alton with my husband Dave, 2 kids Luke and Grace, and my Australian labradoodle Izzy. All four of us are graduates from St. Mary’s school. When I am not watching my kids in their respective activities, I enjoy reading, puzzles, and golfing.

MY FAVORITE THINGSColor: BlueHobby: Scrapbooking, reading, puzzlesFood: TacosCandy: Licorice or PaydayDrink: Fountain Diet PepsiSports Team: STL CardinalsBook: Harry Potter SeriesAnimal: Australian LabradoodleSeason: Fall

ST. MARY’S SCHOOL JOB OPPORTUNITY

AFTERCARE POSITION St. Mary’s School is seeking someone to work in our Aftercare program. This position is Monday-Friday after school. Applicants must be at least 18 years old.Interested applicants should email Sandy Meehan at smeehan@smsalton.com.

PRAYER CORNERMemorare of St Joseph

Remember, O most chaste spouse of the Virgin Mary, that never was it known

that anyone who implored your help and sought your intercession were left unassisted.

Full of confidence in your power I fly unto you and beg your protection.

Despise not O Guardian of the Redeemer my humble supplication, but in your bounty,

hear and answer me. Amen.

MARCH FOR LIFE

The Diocese of Springfield in Illinois invites you to join us for a diocesan-wide pro-life Mass and march event on Friday, January 21, in Springfield at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. We will begin with Mass at 10:00am followed by an 11:00am march to the Illinois Capital. Like last year, the diocese has decided to forego a trip to Washington, D.C., and focus on a local march. The Mass and march are intended for 7th-12th graders, college students, and adults.

2022 ST. MARY'S CALENDARSThe 2022 St. Mary's Church Calendars are now available! You can find them in the back of the Church. A free-will donation is being accepted. All funds raised will go towards the yearly dinner for our Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George.

We would like to thank Schwartzkopf Printing for the beautiful printing and Elias, Kallal & Schaaf Funeral home for

their generous contribution towards our 2022 calendars!

DIVE DEEP PODCASTHe found a broken statue of Mary in a dumpster.

His life changed forever.10 years ago, Chicago radio personality Kevin Matthews found a statue of the Virgin Mary broken and lying by a dumpster. His life would never be the same. His incredible story led him to bring the statue and give a talk in Springfield last October. Hear the story of "Our Lady of the Broken" by going to dio.org/podcastto listen and subscribe or search “Dive Deep” on all the major podcast platforms.

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULEWeekday Masses 6:30am | 8:00am

During School Year Friday at 8:15amFirst Friday of Month

6:30am | 8:00am | 5:15pm

SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULESaturday Vigil 5:15pm

Sundays 6:30am | 8:00am | 9:30am | 11:00am | 6:00pmHoly Day Vigil 5:15pm

Holy Days 6:30am | 8:00am | Noon | 5:15pm

CONFESSIONSSaturdays 4:00pm to 5:00pm &

7:00pm to 8:00pm

First Fridays 4:00pm to 5:00pm

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH

Saint Mary’s Catholic Church

2 0 2 2519 EAST FOURTH STREET

ALTON, ILLINOIS 62002

Parish Office Phone: 618-465-4284 Office FAX: 618-463-4637 Email: office@stmarysalton.com

Parish Website: www.stmarysalton.com

Parish Office Hours: M-F 8:00am to 3:30pm

Est. 1858

LITURGICAL MINISTRIES:New schedules have gone out

by email and through MSP.If you are offline and need your schedule,

contact the parish office.If you would like to discontinue or change ministries,

also contact us and we will get you set up.

If you have lost access to your account, contact msp@stmarysalton.com for assistance.

WEEKDAY MASSES:Servers and Lectors are welcome

to resume all roles.

LITURGICAL ROLES

LIVE STREAMING SCHEDULE

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DEADLINE FOR BULLETIN ENTRIES:On or before Tuesday at 3:30pm.

Please submit any bulletin requests (pending approval) to: trish@stmarysalton.com

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