Sunday, April 15, 2018

OUR LADY OF LOURDES

CATHOLIC CHURCH 1014 Madison Avenue, Washington, MO 63090-4806

636-239-3520

Fr. James Theby † Pastor Fr. Donald Glastetter † Retired In-residence

Mass Schedule Saturday: 5:00 pm

Sunday: 8:00 am & 10:00 am

Monday-Friday: 8:00 am

Holy Days of Obligation: Please check the bulletin for the exact schedule.

Sunday Youth Mass: 6:00 pm at SFBRHS

Confessions Saturday 4:00 - 4:45 pm

or by appointment

Perpetual Help

Devotions Tuesdays after 8:00 am Mass

Eucharistic Adoration is held from 9 am - 9 pm, Monday - Thursday, in the Chapel located around the back of church. Contact Amy Blomberg, 636-667-0832.

Rectory Hours 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Mon-Fri

Our Lady of Lourdes

Catholic Church

Mission Statement The Mission of

Our Lady of Lourdes is to create a faith community for all members to grow in their relationship with God

and each other so that they can proclaim the Good News of Christ’s Message.

Parish Information We welcome new parishioners and ask them to register by contacting the rectory office.

Baptisms Classes for parents are held on the second Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm in Room 3. Reservations are re-

quired. Baptisms are on Sundays at 11:15 am. Make arrangements through the rectory.

Weddings Contact Fr. Theby, Deacon Boland, Deacon Carter or Deacon Elbert at least six months in advance.

Parish Hall Rentals Contact the rectory to reserve the hall for your event.

Children’s Chapel We would like for you to know that we have a cry room to bring your little ones during Mass. It is located in the back of church. After you enter the main entrance, go through the double doors on the left. The room is to the right of the elevator and marked “Children’s Chapel.”

Assisted Listening Devices are Available We have Assisted Listening Devices available for loan in the vestry (across from the restrooms at the south end of the narthex). If you are not sure where they are, ask one of the clergymen, Sr. Marilyn, an usher or a greeter.

Lost and Found Our Lost and Found items are located on the top shelf of the coat closet across from the elevator.

OUR LADY OF LOURDES PARISH

Parish Staff Fr. James Theby – Pastor jtheby@ollwashmo.org Fr. Donald Glastetter – Retired In-residence Deacon Richard J. Boland rjboland@att.net

Deacon James K. Carter deaconjimcarter@gmail.com Deacon Donald A. Elbert daeetal@yahoo.com Sister Marilyn Chall, O.S.F. – Pastoral Minister srmarilyn@ollwashmo.org Mrs. Tammi Rohman – School Principal trohman@ollwashmo.org Ms. Shari Brinker - PSR Director sbrinker@ollwashmo.org Mrs. Micki Marquart – Parish Music Ministry mmarquart@ollwashmo.org Ms. Jane Dee – Business Manager, Bulletin Editor jdee@ollwashmo.org

Mrs. Brenda Brinker–Admin. Assistant, part-time bbrinker@ollwashmo.org Mrs. Tammy Dietrich–Admin. Assistant/Social Media tdietrich@ollwashmo.org Mr. Bill Rombach – Maintenance Director

Telephone Numbers Rectory (636) 239-3520 Rectory (Fax) (636) 239-7682 School (636) 239-5292 School (Fax) (636) 390-9050

Addresses

Rectory 1014 Madison Avenue School 950 Madison Avenue Web Page www.ollwashmo.org Email rectory@ollwashmo.org

Boards & Organizations Legion of Mary Mondays 8:30 am St. Bernadette Sodality 1st Monday Holy Name Society 1st Monday School Board 2nd Monday Parish Finance Council 3rd Monday Parish Council 4th Monday St. Vincent de Paul 2nd Tuesday Home and School 1st Thursday Liturgy Board Two times a year

Presidents

Athletic Association ‒ Michelle Mueller Home and School ‒ Cindy Cundiff Holy Name Society ‒ Doug Brinker Parish Council ‒ Mark Skornia

Parish Finance Council ‒ Jim Kimminau School Board ‒ Christina Reinberg St. Bernadette Sodality ‒ Diane Holtmeier

Bulletin Notices If you would like to have an article published in the bulletin, please submit it in writing to the rectory by noon on Monday.

Our Lady of Lourdes Welcomes You! If you are visiting, we hope you have a spiritual and wel-coming experience. We invite you to visit us again soon.

If you would like to become a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, give us a call at 636-239-3520. Also, a member profile is available on our website at www.ollwashmo.org.

Assisted Listening Devices are available. Please ask one of the ushers for help.

The restrooms are located to the left as you exit into the gathering area.

If we can assist you further, don’t hesitate to contact us at: 1014 Madison Avenue, Washington, MO 63090

Rectory 636-239-3520 Website: ollwashmo.org † Email: rectory@ollwashmo.org

Our Lady of Lourdes @ollwashmo.org

@LourdesParish1

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From Fr. Theby

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A Message from Patrick Russell:

Happy Easter! It is crazy to think that it has been almost two years since I was assigned at Our Lady of Lourdes as a seminarian. These past two years have been filled with many blessings. Perhaps the biggest concrete blessing is my upcoming ordina-tion to be a Transitional Deacon for the Archdio-cese of St. Louis. The year I spent with you con-tinues to bear fruit today. I would not be approach-ing ordination if it were not for all of you. Since you all have played such a significant role in my journey, it is only right that we get to celebrate and share in the joy together. I invite you all to two events. My actual ordination will take place on Saturday, May 5th, 2018 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis at 10am. This event is open to the public and you all are invited. If you were interest-ed in an event a little closer to home then I invite you to attend that 10am Mass on Sunday, May 6th at Our Lady of Lourdes. Fr. Jim has graciously allowed me to give my first official homily as a Deacon to this parish family. There is a small re-ception after each of these events. You all mean so much to me and I want to celebrate this exciting event with all of you. Please know of my prayers for each and every one of you; and I ask for your prayers for this sinner turned servant. God bless!

Dear Parishioners,

A couple of months ago I put out a letter in the bulle-tin and a made an announcement at all masses that the pastors in the area have put together a committee to take a look at our area regarding our parishes and schools in order to make recommendations as to how we can move into the future as a Church of mission in our area. After having met for a couple of months we have information we would like to share. Below is an invitation from our committee to a town hall meeting. I would encourage everyone to attend one of these meetings (ours is on May 1st) if it is at all possi-ble.

Have a blessed week,

Fr. Jim Theby

Washington Area Steering Committee Town Hall

Meeting Invitation

In early February, the pastors of the parishes in the Washington area announced that they had formed a Steering Committee made up of parishioners from each of the parishes. The pastors charged this commit-tee with studying past and present realities and with developing recommendations as to how we, as Catho-lics in and around the Washington area, might contin-ue to provide for the evangelization and formational needs of our parish families and, thus, remain true to our collective mission of proclaiming the Gospel mes-sage of Jesus Christ to all parishioners.

Over the past several weeks, this committee has been diligently gathering and studying facts and infor-mation about our parishes and schools, analyzing trends within the Washington area and researching recent collaborative efforts among parishes and schools throughout the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Eventually, the committee will begin exploring op-tions for possible collaboration among our parishes and schools.

The pastors have further requested that the Steering Committee keep the parish and school communities informed of its progress and to reach out to parishion-ers, parents and teachers for advice and direction. The Steering Committee is now prepared to share the in-formation and research they have gathered to date and to seek input from the members of our parish and school communities.

To do this, the Steering Committee has scheduled sev-eral Town Hall Meetings at a number of our Washing-ton area parishes. Below you will find the dates, times and locations of these meetings. The Steering Commit-tee is inviting and encouraging parishioners, parents and teachers to attend any of these sessions.

Monday April 30 7pm at St. Ignatius - Concord Hill

Monday April 30 7pm at St. John the Baptist - Gil-dehaus

Tuesday May 1 7pm at Our Lady of Lourdes

Wednesday May 2 7pm at St. Gertrude - Krakow and St. Ann - Clover Bottom

Wednesday May 2 7pm at St. Gerald - Gerald and Ho-ly Family - Port Hudson

Thursday May 3 7pm at St. Francis Borgia Parish

Thursday May 3 7pm at St. Vincent de Paul - Dutzow

Lectors for April 21 & 22

Saturday, April 21@5 pm - Mary Dobsch Sunday, April 22@8 am - Matt Schroeder Sunday, April 22@10 am - Mark Piontek

Servers for April 16 - April 22

April 16, 17, 18@8 am - Adults April 19@8 am - Lauren Dowil & Isabelle Helm April 20@8 am - Kylie Fischer & Ellie Steffens April 21@5 pm - Luke Kopmann & Hunter Reinberg April 22@8 am - Audrey Richardson & Will Richardson April 22@10 am - Lillian Mueller & Sophie Schuck

Greeters for April 21 & 22

April 21@5 pm - Don & Brenda Meyer April 22@8 am - David & Janet Braun, Cheryl Westhoff April 22@10 am - Tim & Jill Poepsel, Becky Lawrence

Eucharistic Ministers for April 21 & 22 April 21@ 5 pm - Larry & Nancy Gassel, Gary Glastetter, Don, Darrin and Dawn Hellmann, Diane Holtmeier, Kerry Holtmeier, Barb King

Ministers to the Shut-ins - John Engemann, Jane Newton, Norma Roth April 22@8 am - Doris Boland, Brenda Dempsey, Rich & Mary Elbert, John Engemann, Melissa Feldman, Georgia Lahay, Donna Maune, Norma Roth April 22@10 am - Bo & Barb Beckerman, Madeleine Bueker, Michelle Boland, Mary Ann Boyce, Brenda Brinker, Bob Dzurick, Pete & Judy Tobben

Martha’s Helpers

The church cleaners for this week are: June Noonan, Loretta Riegel, Jane Treacy, Kathy Maune, Betty Dobsch, Maureen King, Larry King, Carroll Carey

Music Ministry - April 21 & 22

April 21@5 pm - Micki & Friends April 22@8 am - OLL Choir April 22@10 am - Hearts Afire Choir

Liturgical Roles and Ministry Schedules

Ministry Schedules are Available

on our Website!

Schedules for Lectors, Greeters, Eucharistic Ministers, and Servers are

now on the Lourdes website.

Vacation Bible School is looking for a new coordinator… Could it be you? Please con-sider volunteering! Call the rectory at 239-3520 if you are inter-ested.

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Lourdes Shop and Earn/ShopWithScrip®

Update for the week of April 9, 2018

Regular Sales: $3,200, estimated profit $124.27 Online Sales: $3,425, estimated profit $111.88

Number of families: 19

Order Entry

April 16 – Denise Spaunhorst, Kim Willenbrink, Gina Holtmeyer

Pickup Schedule - Tuesday, April 17

Pickup Group 1 – Tonia Fischer Pickup Group 2 – Emily Connor Pickup Group 3 - Judy Ratcliff Pickup Group 4 – Mike Wolff

Friday Sorters

Friday, April 20 – Lane Elcan, Christine Linz

April 21 & 22 Masses Saturday – after 5 pm Mass – Karen Sullentrup Sunday – after 8 am Mass - Sherry Wideman before/after 10 am Mass - Lindsey McGilvray

Bill Connor, Maddie Crawford,

Ryan Elbert, Mary Emke, Na-

dine Frericks, Don Frioli, Sr.

Laurette Haberberger, SSND,

Annie Harrison, Doug Holtmey-

er, Kylie King, Ruth Marquart, John Peterson, Mi-

chael Pollock, Marie Prater, Dan Schoffin, Collin War-

render, Carol Willming, George Wingbermuehle

If you would like to add your loved one, please call the rectory at 636-239-3520.

T.J. Bond, Chris Chicoine, Toni Cooley, Billy Duncan, Lee Fortner, Ben Franken-berg, Calvin Guenther, Evan Hix, Daniel Holzem, Brett Jones, Stuart Klemm, Thom-as Krausch, Aaron Maune, Robert Minnich, Brian Pat-terson, Dominic Price, Jacob

Trentmann, Beau Vowels, Mikey Watkins, Maria Witges.

Monday, April 16

8 am Eleanor Heggemann

Tuesday, April 17

8 am In Thanksgiving

Wednesday, April 18

8 am Bob Breckenkamp

Thursday, April 19

8 am William Wood Eckelkamp

Friday, April 20

8 am Paul & Glennon Gerner

Saturday, April 21 St. Anselm, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

5 pm Doris Buhr

Sunday, April 22 4th Sunday of Easter

8 am For Our Parishioners 10 am Betty Kampschroeder

Mass Intentions for the Week

Weekly Offering - April 8, 2018

Sunday Offering (157) $7,418.00 Loose Collection 522.50 Electronic Offering (159) 5,757.37 Total Offering $13,697.87

Retired Priests (9) 160.00 Easter (8) 445.00

Faith, Family, Fellowship Campaign Faith, Family, Fellowship Donations (17) $833.00

We welcome into our parish family

Jonathan Michael Ballmann, Jr., son of Jonathan & Julie Ballmann.

New School Board Members The Our Lady of Lourdes School Board is looking for three new members. The School Board’s primary role is advisory. Members serve 3-year terms. Meetings are held the second Monday of the month at 6 pm. If you are interested or have any questions, please con-tact Christina Reinberg at 314-249-0718 or email christinareinberg@gmail.com.

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Word of Life - April 15

“A model of care has been developed specifically for families whose infant is likely to die before or after birth. Often called ‘perinatal hospice,’ it's a way of caring for both the baby and the baby's family before, as well as after, birth.”

USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, “Supporting Families Who Receive a Prenatal Diagnosis”

www.usccb.org/prenatal-diagnosis

Welcome New Parishioners!

Marguerite Aguado

Julia Boudinet

The Week Ahead

Wednesday, April 18

Quilters quilt in rectory basement. 8:40 am - Faith Sharing Group (Rm 1) 6:30 pm - PSR Classes (School)

Friday, April 20

12:00 pm - Stroke Scan Screening (Rm 2)

Sunday, April 22

8:00 am - RCIA (Rm 1) 10:00 am - Children’s Liturgy of the Word (Rm 4) 11:00 am - Food Truck Jamboree (Back of School) 1:00 pm - All Abilities Mass (Church)

Parish & Community Events Would you like to spend more time with

you family, friends and fellow parishioners?

Our Lady of Lourdes is in need of people to lead the Holy Rosary at our weekday and weekend Masses. Our current Leaders has been leading us in pray for over 20 years. We are truly grateful for their Leader-ship!

Mother Mary is calling to her followers to help in this great act of service. Any and all people are welcome!

If you are interested and would like more information on signing up & preferences on scheduling, please contact Sharon at: 636-432-4111 or email laplant1980@yahoo.com.

Our goal is to set up a schedule that is workable with your availability of time and depending on the number of participants, have a contact list of leaders with sub-stitute leaders as needed.

Thank you for your consideration!

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Breakfast Results

Breakfasts Sold: April March February

Adults 392 280 200 Children 26 28 21 Gross Sales $3,069 $2,537 $1,744

This month’s net proceeds go to the tuckpointing of

the church steeple.

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ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL APRIL 21 - MAY 6, 2018

Stop by the tables in the gathering area to pick up your Annual Catholic Appeal cards during the next three weekends. Every $ counts. Our parish goal is $76,890 this year. Thank you!

Saint of the Week

Lourdes Parish Code is

2D7V6D

Consider enrolling in eGiving through Faith Direct

so that your gift can reach us even when you cannot-

Visit www.faithdirect.net and use our church code:

MO302.

Earn $$$ for Our Lady of Lourdes School Together we can earn money for Our Lady of Lourdes School without spending any additional money. Just by doing a few simple tasks, OLL can earn lots of cash!!! PURCHASE--from Lourdes Shop and Earn Program CLIP AND SAVE--Box Tops for Education

Thank you for your support of Catholic education.

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St. Anselm Bishop and Doctor of the

Church c. 1033 - 1109 Feast Day—April 21

This scholarly Italian youth wanted to become a monk, but his father’s disapproval pushed him to a secular life that he later described as dissipat-ed. After his mother died, he moved to France to continue studies with her family. In 1060 he joined the Bene-

dictines at Bec in Normandy, and in 1078 was elected abbot, which increasingly involved him in civil and church affairs in France and England. In 1093 he be-came archbishop of Canterbury, a post held until his death. During his tenure, Canterbury became Eng-land’s primatial see, but Anselm was twice exiled over conflicts with English monarchs. He penned a system-atic study of Christian beliefs and many letters to his beloved monks. He is a Doctor of the Church. Copyright © 2018, Catholic News Service–United States Confer-

ence of Catholic Bishops, Washington DC. All rights reserved