207 VANDALIA STREET · COLLINSVILLE, IL 62234

Staff Rev. John P. Beveridge, Pastor Ext. 100 Deacon Jim Hill Ext. 104 Deacon Jimmy Ghiglione Director of Faith Formation Ext. 101 Deacon Ron Lorilla Bryan Winterbottom, Interim School Principal Ext. 110 Maggie Brennan, Director of Pastoral Care Ext. 111 Teri Lesicko, Finance & Development Ext. 115 Marvin Jansen, Accounting Manager Ext. 106 Camille Emig-Hill, HR & Communications Ext. 102 Kimberly Zagorski, Ext. 103 Faith Formation Coordinator Contact Information Parish Office: 239 N. Morrison Street Phone 345-4343 Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:30 AM-4:00 PM Friday 8:30AM-3:30 PM

Parish Center 301 Vandalia

School 210 N. Morrison 344-5450

Parish Prayer Line 344-4108

Masses Weekend Saturday 4:30 PM Sunday 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM Weekday Monday Communion Service, 8:15 AM Tuesday - Friday. 8:15 AM First Friday Masses 8:15 AM Holy Day Masses Eve of Holyday 6:30 PM Holyday 8:15 AM, 6:30 PM

Sacraments Confessions: Saturday 3:00-4:00 PM Thursday before First Friday 4:00 PM till all are heard Marriage: Contact the parish office. Annulments & Counseling: Ariel Martin 618-667-2113 Baptism: Contact the parish office for registration forms and scheduling information.

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April 30, 2017 Third Sunday in Easter

Liturgy

Collections for 04/16/2017

Envelopes/Loose $ 11,980

Parish Improvements 230

Angel Fund 50

Annual Fund 1060

Holy Cross 42

Special Collections 8351

TOTAL $ 21,713

Saturday May 6, 4:30 pm ACSA Appeal Lector: Rebecca Boyce & Ed Welle Music: Glory Choir w/Jack Gifts: The family of Jean Butterfield Servers: Landen Bohnenstiehl, Nichole Duvall, Elena Martz, William Kennedy (s) Communion Ministers: Liz Dalton, Linda & Russ Fette, Sofiya Knebel Beverly McDonald, Joy Rick, Jodi Roedl, Dave Stelmach Intention: Jean Butterfield

Sunday May 7, 8:00 am ACSA Appeal Lector: Ted Jackson & Patricia Hensler Music: The Auer Family Gifts: The Family of Eleanor Colombara Servers: Devon Silhavy, Seth Brusewitz, Keegan Varacalli Communion Ministers: Robert Alvarado, Leslie Duff, Joanne Kalla Mark Kennedy, Kay Miskell, Steven Molitor Intention: Eleanor Colombara

Sunday May 7, 10:30 am ACSA Appeal Lector: Jean Buchana & Mike Wenos Music: Hausmann/Wiegmann Gifts: Tom & Nora Fraze Servers: Dayton Horras, Nick Horras, Mariah Juarez Communion Ministers: MaryAnn Allred, Pat Ellis, Amy Ferguson, Dean Fortner, Felicitas Kluck, Terry Lanter, Trudy Strieker, Judi Schutzenhofer Children’s Liturgy of the Word Allison Farnworth K&1 Carol Moore 2 Nursery: Betty Greer & Linda Giovando Intention: Joyce Reyes (S.I.)

Sunday May 7, 1:00 pm 2nd Grade Students First Communion Mass Lector: The Second Grade Students Music: SSPP Children’s Choir w/ Debbie Servers: Elizabeth Campbell, Austin Zagorski, Wyatt Biermann Intention: First Communicants

Auditor’s Schedule Sunday, May 7 Team #1-Ruth & Augie Lohmann, Liberty Lawrence, Lynn Hatcher Eva Giovando Server’s Schedule 8:15 am For the week of Tuesday, May 2 through Friday, May 5 Lily Jurgena, Christopher VandeRiet, Livia Montgomery

ZIGGY’S WISDOM: Do I have a “set” daily prayer time? ZIGGY’S IDEAS: IF the an-swer is NO, please find a defi-nite time when you can sit down “in prayer” for at least 10 minutes. Your spot must be quiet, comfortable and have the Bible as one of your read-ings. Mornings are best for most of us! ACT NOW! This time will soon become one of your favorite times of day.

Mass Intentions Monday, May 1 8:15 am Communion Service Tuesday, May 2 8:15 am George Kavaliunas All School Mass Wednesday, May 3 8:15 am Joe Muniz Thursday, May 4 8:15 am Orville Sova Friday, May 5 8:15 am Anne Smith All School Mass Saturday, May 6 4:30 pm Jean Butterfield Sunday, May 7 8:00 am Eleanor Colombara 10:30 am Joyce Reyes (Special Intention) 1:00 pm First Communicants

From the Desk Of Fr. John We continue to celebrate the Great Feast of Easter…the Death, Resurrection and Ascen-sion of the Lord to the Right Hand of the Fa-ther. This we call the ‘Mystery of Faith. Jesus has truly risen from the dead and has appeared to His disciples to confirm their faith. It was diffi-cult for the disciples to understand the meaning of resurrection and the reality of it. They seemed to be blinded by their traditional understanding of when and how resurrection was to happen. But God was working something ever so special and ‘earth shattering’… ‘And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord de-scended from heaven, approached, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it.’

When the women came to the tomb early in the morning they found the empty tomb and rushed to the disciples to tell them what they had sur-mised…that ‘someone/they’ had taken the body of Jesus. When the disciples arrived at the tomb Peter entered and saw the burial cloths…then John entered and saw the same burial cloths…and began to believe.

The next account of the Gospel we find the disciples together that Sunday evening, but they have locked themselves in the room out of fear of reprisals from the religious leadership that had arrested and put Jesus to death. De-spite all of those obstacles, Jesus appears to them…even though the doors were locked! Jesus greets them with… ‘Peace be with you!’ It is the ultimate gift of the Risen Christ to His friends…intimacy of life with the Risen One and God.

Thomas was not with them that week and re-fused to believe that the Lord had truly risen…and demands proof before he will believe. The good Lord appears on the next Sunday and speaks to Thomas urging him to cease in his dis-belief…and believe. Then Thomas makes a most profound act of faith… ‘My Lord and my God!’

The Gospels are always trying to help us listen-ers to see the Risen Christ through the eyes of ‘first responders’…those who actually are direct witnesses. We are invited to receive their testi-mony and believe. But the gift of faith is not only

for ourselves. Just as the early disciples, we are called to fulfill a mission… ‘As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ We are also called and sent to bring the good news to the world.

Two disciples are walking away from the community of faith filled with discourage-ment and Jesus appears to them. He engag-es them in conversation and begins to explain the meaning of the Scriptures that applied to Him and His suffering and redeeming mission. It was only through Jesus that they will be able to properly interpret the Scriptures and begin to un-derstand God’s plan of salvation…. ‘Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke to us on the road.’

These disciples invite Jesus to join them in their home for a meal. It would prove to be the mo-ment that Jesus reveals Himself to them. For, when Jesus takes the bread, blesses it and gives it to them that their eyes were opened... ‘In the breaking of the bread.’ These two disciples can-not keep this good news to themselves…they immediately make a hasty return to Jerusalem to share with their brothers the good news of the resurrection. So must we!

First Holy Communion…is one of the sacra-ments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Eucharist) and is often celebrated with those children and families of the 2nd Grade. (The age of reason in the Church is considered seven (7) years old). By our own tradition, here at SSPP we celebrate 1st Communion on the 1st Sunday of May….which this year is Sunday, May 7 at 1 PM.

This is a special time not only for the children and for their families, but it is a whole parish event! We are all being enriched through the gift of these children and their love and faith. May we all grow in our love for the Eucharist and fully participate in the Sunday Liturgy each and every week!

Thank you…to all who participated in the ‘floor prayers’ claiming and preparing the ‘new space’ for the Lord and all who will be blessed in using it and gathering with us in pray-er and worship!

Please pray for the following men and women who are serving in our armed forces:

Stewardship: A Way of Life - Prayer & Service

Prayer/Visit Requests If a member of your family is seriously ill, in the hospital, convalescing, or homebound let the parish office know and we will include his/her name in our prayer list. If you would like someone to be on the prayer list but not in the bulletin call our Parish Prayer Line at 344-4108.

Remember In Your Prayers

Paul Humphrey and Family The Radosevich Family Barbara Arnold Ann Van Dyke The Dave Woodward Family Joyce Reyes Dan Joachimsthaler David Naderhoff Jeannette & Charles Dietz Maureen Bonham Casey & Gayla Costello Christopher McLean Deborah McArthur Donald Pratt Dennis Pratt Sr. Therese Flerlage Makenna Wright Linda & Gary Harvell John & Vi Pado Michael Fingerhut John Winn Mark Long Carol McKeon Sarah Lanter Pat Burg Joe Giacoletto Rosemarie Chadwick Steve Szakielo Geraldine Kolassa The Ferguson Family Kathleen Bauer Bruce Kuck Alyssa Loyd Jorge Juarez Bob Bigham

Capt Matthew Derfler Army MSgt Glen Davis Air Force Cpl Larry Tyler Marine Corps MSgt Adam Mercer Air Force SSgt Britt M. Sherman Army Capt Michael A. Shah Army Capt Jacob Lewis Marine Corps Lcpl Juan A. Gonzales Marine Corps Pvt Monica Gonzalez Army Fc3 Matthew Wehmeyer Navy Lcpl Michael I. Guide Marine Corps SSgt Daniel Husbands Air Force MSgt Hugh Weise Marine Corps Lt Joshua A. Reeder Navy Pfc Gary Voegtle Army Maj Michael W. Meyer, Jr.

CW04 Jerry Hunter Army SSgt Ben Bohnenstiehl

Air Force

AOM Ed Clark Navy SrA Mark Kimball Air Force 2Lt Adam Fischer Marine Corps SSgt David Bednara Air Force Col Chuck Heimann Army 2Lt Scott Heimann Army AOM Jack Matthews Navy Col Ed Hulten Army CPO Edward Mahoney Navy SrA Kelly Mahoney Air Force Maj Natalie Walker Marine Corps Pvt Sam Asbury Army Sgt Daniel Manning Air Force David Zagorski National

Guard LCpl Dominic Blackburn

Marine Corps

2Lt Nathen Walker Navy

The Divine Mercy Study The Divine Mercy’s message is one that we can call to mind

simply by remembering ABC. A — Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer constantly, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mer-cy out upon us and upon the whole world. B — Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow through us to others. He wants us to extend love and for-giveness to others just as He does to us. C — Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will receive. Learn more about the Divine Mercy on the first and third Wednes-day at 1 pm in Morris Hall.

Ss. Peter and Paul School News Tues. May 2 Spring Fine Arts Festival 6:30 pm Gym Fri. May 5 Student of the Month after 8:15 am Mass Summer Enrichment Academy St. Louis University High School offers unique opportunities for kids to participate in academic enrichment and challenge called Summer Enrichment Academy, or SEA. As you make summer plans, please visit their website at sluh.org/summer-programs. There is detailed information and easy, online registration. Also, follow on twitter at @SLUHsummer for up-to-date news.

Knights of Columbus

KNIGHTS KNEWS: Mon. May 1: KC Social Meeting 6:30 pm A-M Dessert; N-Z Side Dish Tue. May 2: Wing Ding 4 - 7:30 pm Wed. May 3: Burger Nite 4-7:30 pm Thurs. May 4: Bingo! Noon. Mexican food available 5 - 8 pm Queen of Hearts: Drawing 8 pm Fri. May 5: Fish Fry Team No. 3 5200 Winners — April David Lowe Augie Lohmann Jim Schatt David Bonsall

On April 20, the school students were treated to a demonstration of the State Police’s canine unit.

SCHNUCKS E-SCRIP CARD: If you don’t have one, contact the school office. You only have to have it scanned at checkout.

Ask Deacon Jim This regular column by Deacon Jim Hill will discuss Catholic teaching on social and moral issues. If you have questions on these topics for Deacon Jim Hill, email them to our parish at sspeterpaulcollinsville@gmail.com or mail them to the parish office at 239 N. Morrison.

Want REAL Peace? Try God’s Way. If a person were to travel in the north of England they would en-counter what is left of Hadrian’s Wall. Built by the Emperor Ha-drian to limit incursions by the barbarian Picts of the north, the wall was an impressive struc-ture running 73 miles coast to coast. It was the northern most outpost of the Roman Empire. It was built 1000 years after the Empire began and was manned by soldiers from all parts of the world for another 200 years. However, the Empire did not last. The garrison departed and the stones of the wall were scavenged by the locals for building materials. Historians spill lots of ink debating why Ro-man civilization fell to roving bands of barbarians. Maybe we should look in Holy Scripture for answers. (See --Isaiah 5:1-7 and Matthew 21:33-43). To quote Is 5:7, “The vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, the people of Judah, his cherished plant; He waited for judgment, but see, bloodshed! for justice, but hark, the outcry!” In addition, from Mt. 21: 34-39, Jesus uses the parable of the vineyard to warn the Jews that their rejection and killing the prophets, and their rejection of Him was to have repercussions.

Rome fell for the same reason that the Kingdom of Israel fell in 722 BC and Judah was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC. Divine Providence had blessed all three societies. But he had also called them all to account, and found them wanting. He had planted them as choice vines, but these civilizations had yield-ed sour grapes. Idolatry, adul-tery, and social injustice were some of the fruits produced be-fore their collapse. And how about the people of Jericho? Why did their walls come tumbling down? Could it have anything to do with the fact that they practiced child sacrifice and ritual prostitution? That was then. How about now? America was founded in large part by those seeking to make it “a city on a hill.” Its motto was “in God we trust.” Now judges rule that we can retain this motto without infring-ing on anyone’s rights precisely because we really don’t mean it. America once exported democ-racy. Now it exports abortion. Did you notice the international outcry when the president cut off funds to overseas abortion endeavors? Should we assume America will last forever? We are not invul-nerable, as September 11 and Hurricane Katrina have remind-ed us. If we continue to yield

sour grapes, might our walls come tumbling down also? Perhaps instead of denounc-ing the modern-day prophets, we ought to listen to them. Maybe we can begin honoring God rather than exiling him, respecting marital fidelity ra-ther than ridiculing it, protect-ing the unborn rather than pro-tecting their “terminators,” and caring for the poor rather than abandoning them. Why not do things God’s way instead of the “me first, my way” course? Perhaps if we thank God for blessings and even trials, presenting our needs to Him in faith, we’ll see a change in our mood and even a change in our world. And maybe if we fill our minds with the splendor of truth ra-ther than with the trash of “50 Shades of Gray” we might just notice more joy and serenity in our lives. Theologian Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio reminds us St. Paul speaks of a “peace that surpasses all understanding.” It’s a peace that does not go away even when planes strike towers and hurricanes swamp cities. It starts in the inside but has impact on the outside. Without it, Mother Teresa could have never lasted in the chaos of Calcutta and John Paul the Great could have never made his way through Nazi tanks and Communist op-pression to occupy the chair of Peter. This peace indeed defies com-prehension. But it’s ours for the asking.

Save the Date! Women’s Day 2017

Saturday, August 26 8 am-1:30 pm

“Miracles of our Faith”

Ss. Peter and Paul Church 207 Vandalia Street

Collinsville, IL 62234 Contact: 616-345-4343

Guest Presenter/Author/Radio

Host Elizabeth Ficocelli: “Bleeding Hands, Weeping

Stones” First and second class relics of Saints will be on display. Eucha-ristic Exposition, Reconciliation, Benediction, and recitation of the Most Holy Rosary. Continen-tal Breakfast, Lunch, Shopping, Music, and Attendance Prizes.

Working Together to Help All Succeed

The Annual Catholic Services Appeal (ACSA) is all about: Everyone working together to help everyone in our Diocese

succeed. Because the appeal funds most of the services in the Diocese, its impact is far-reaching: • It helps Seminarians and

Deacons succeed by sup-porting their formation

• It helps our parish families

succeed by providing re-sources for parish Faith For-mation, Youth Ministries, Marriage, Totus Tuus and March for Life Pilgrimage

• It helps those less fortunate

succeed by supporting so-cial concerns including Black and Hispanic ministry, Project Rachel and Respect Life

• And it helps each parish succeed by consolidating adminis-

trative support to provide services more efficiently and at less cost. If the Diocese did not provide many of these services, each parish would have to provide for them.

Our parish ACSA assessment/goal for 2016-2017 is $93,798 and we have pledges of $59,725.

We will complete our efforts to reach our goal with an in-pew appeal on May 6-7.

You Can Help Our Missions at Home This Weekend

Do you ever think about areas of own country as missions? Cur-rently over 40 percent of dioceses in the US are considered home missions because they are unable to fund essential pasto-ral work needed in their communities. For example, the Diocese of Knoxville in eastern Tennessee is a largely rural diocese that bears the face of the rural poor. The Hispanic population has more than doubled in the last few years and poverty dispropor-tionately affects this community. This weekend you will have the opportunity to support the Cath-olic Home Missions Appeal, which helps ease the struggle of these dioceses. Please prayerfully consider how you can sup-port this appeal.

SVDP Society Receives Rice

Bowl Grant Our St. Vincent de Paul Socie-ty has received a Catholic Re-lief Service Rice Bowl Grant of $1,000. Twenty-five percent of the diocesan Rice Bowl collec-tion is retained each year to fund these local grants. During Lent, Ss. Peter and Paul parishioners donated $1,742 to the Rice Bowl as part of Lenten almsgiving. Thank you for your generosity which helps those less fortu-nate in our own community and around the world.

Parents Brice and Amber Corrigan with Kian and Father John.

Ss. Peter and Paul welcomes with joy a new member to our parish community baptized on April 22, 2017 Kian Brice

On April 22 and 23, more than 100 parishioners wrote their thoughts and prayers on the gathering space floor, becoming a part of the foundation of what the building is all about—sharing our hospitality with all!

Our Capital Campaign is now in the pledge fulfillment stage which continues through February 2020. We will keep you updated on the campaign and the reason for it—our new

building addition which should be completed by mid-May!

As of April 18, 2017 Pledged: $2,357,601 Pledges Received: $1,115,452

SAVE THE DATE June 24-25 Honoring Our Past...Celebrating Our Future

Plan to attend our dedication celebration for our new

gathering space, offices and fellowship hall

Saturday, June 24: Join parishioners for games, food and refreshments from 2-7 pm

Sunday, June 25: Bishop Paprocki will dedicate our new building after 10:30 am Mass

followed by lunch and tours

Be a Part of our Dedication Celebration As part of our Dedication Celebration, we will be distributing a Dedication Book “Honoring our Past and Cele-brating our Future” to all our families and visitors. We are inviting you to be part of our celebration. The Dedi-cation Book will be a commemorative keepsake for our parishioners, visitors and an excellent resource for you to promote your business. The Dedication Book also serves as a way for our parishioners to congratulate or memorialize friends and family members.

Order forms describing advertising opportunities are available at the Church doors and on our website. You may complete the advertising agreement and return it along with your payment and artwork to Ss. Peter and Paul. Also, please feel free to forward a copy along to others who you believe would like to advertise or offer their congratulations for our parish achievement. All ad commitment forms, payment and artwork must be received by May 20, 2017. If you have questions or need assistance, please feel free to call Lynn Muniz at (618) 345-4343 or Teri Lesicko at (618) 980-0039. Thank you in advance for your support and generosity and for helping us grow a strong Catholic community!

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