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207 VANDALIA STREET · COLLINSVILLE, IL 62234
Contact Information Parish Office: 207 Vandalia 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 Staff Rev. John P. Beveridge, Pastor Ext. 100 Deacon Jim Hill Ext. 104 Deacon Jimmy Ghiglione, Director of Faith Formation Ext. 101 Patricia Kirk, Principal Ext. 200 Maggie Brennan, Director of Pastoral Care Ext. 111 Teri Lesicko, Director Finance & Development Ext. 105 Michelle Trimble, Accounting Manager Ext. 106 Camille Emig-Hill, Director HR & Communications Ext. 102 Nick Robinson, Ext. 107 Music Director
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 until all are heard Marriage: Contact the parish office. Annulments & Counseling: Ariel Martin 618-205-8656 Baptism: Contact the parish office for registration forms and scheduling information.
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The Solemnity of Mary the Holy Mother of God Tuesday, December 31, 4:00 pm (Vigil) Lector: Ed Rakowski & Brenda Zampaglione Music: Glory Choir w/ J Butterfield Gifts: The Family of Esther Gherna Servers: Matthew Falbe, Anna Falbe, Jack O;Hara, Luke O’Hara Communion Ministers: Camille Emig-Hill, Linda & Russ Fette, Debie McAllister, Laura & Tom O’Hara, Judi & Rich Schutzenhofer Intention: Esther Gherna
The Solemnity of Mary the Holy Mother of God Wednesday, January 1, 9:00 am Lector: Madeleine Fiudo-Wenos & Mary Kay Ogle Music: Bob, Angie, Anna, Diane, Happy w/ N Robinson Gifts: The Family of Bob Ebersoldt Servers: Joshua Zagorski, TBD. TBD Communion Ministers: Maria Clark, Pat Ellis, Dean Fortner, Felicitas Kluck Kay Miskell, Carolyn Weil Intention: Bob Ebersoldt
Saturday January 4, 4:30 pm Lector: Joy Rick & Tammy Warner Music: Glory Choir w/ J Butterfield Gifts: Rebecca Boyce & Priscilla Bober Servers: Gracie Warner, Robert freeman, Gabe Freeman Communion Ministers: Rebecca Boyce, Judy Dunne-Keefe, Jackie Freeman, Barb & Mike Hasamear, Diane Hill, Augie Lohmann, Jim Wolters Intention: Peg Schleuger
Sunday January 5, 8:00 am Lector: Liz Dalton & Trudy Strieker Music: Judy & Abby w/ N Robinson Gifts: The family of Linda Harvell Servers: Edwin Kircher, Ellis Kircher, Lucas Roedl, Allyson Roedl Communion Ministers: Darrol Gasawski, Maria Juarez, Tim Kircher, Steven Molitor, Jodi Roedl, Joe Strieker Intention: Linda Harvell
Sunday January 5, 10:30 am Lector: Desiree Rollyson & Judi Schutzenhofer Music: Stephanie & Vic w/ N Robinson Gifts: The family of Gus & Vivian Soehlke Servers: Daniel Wilde, Emily Vojas, Madiana Everright, Mindy Smith Communion Ministers: Catherine Benvenuto, Amy Ferguson, Tess Haines, Terry & Sarah Lanter, Barry & Carol Moore, Debbie Tidball Children’s Liturgy of the Word: Carol Moore & Dakota Shaver Intention: Gus & Vivian Soehlke
Auditor’s Schedule Sunday, January 5 Team #9 Dave & Lynn Muniz, Karen Meyer, Jackie Slovinski
Server’s Schedule 8:15 am For weekdays Thursday, January 2 Livia and Lucy Montgomery Friday, January 3 Joanne Palmes, Skyla Arana
Mass Intentions Monday, December 30 8:15am Communion Service The Solemnity of Mary the Holy Mother of God (vigil) Tuesday, December 31 4:00 pm Esther Gherna The Solemnity of Mary the Holy Mother of God Wednesday, January 1 9:00 am Bob Ebersoldt Thursday, January 2 8:15 am Bob Welle Friday, January 3 8:15 am Beverly Mizulski Saturday, January 4 4:30 pm Peg Schleuger Sunday, January 5 8:00 am Linda Harvell 10:30 am Gus & Vivian Soehlke
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From the Desk Of Fr. John Happy New Year…in just a few days! We begin another decade as we move into 2020. The numbers of 2020 keep coming up as news and commentators look to the coming election sea-son…trade wars…and all kind of potential events and changes that could happen. We have gotten used to the phrase of 2020. The past we cannot change…but we can learn some lessons from our experience. We are not yet into the New Year…but having learned from the past, we can then set a direction, which will bring blessings to each of us and our world. This Christmas we shared another book with everyone who came to Christmas Masses. It was another book published by Matthew Kelly and the Dynamic Catholic organization. The title of the book… ‘Rediscover the Saints.’ He planned it not to be a biographical history of the saints and their lives…but something a bit differ-ent. Matthew tries to draw us into the real life ex-periences…his own…his family…and the life and challenges that a particular saint faced in real life. The point was to help us realize that the saints are not on high pedestals or somehow untoucha-ble…but can be our friends and helpers on our life and faith journey. Matthew invites us to re-flect…to really identify with the person of the saint…and see how that may affect our lives and choices…in real life. You might want to take a more careful look at his new book… ‘Rediscover the Saints.’ We just celebrated the great feast of the Holy Nativity of Jesus Christ…which we call Christmas (it is the English way of identifying the feast days of the Church…Christ Mass…celebrated with Mass…or Candle Mass or Can-dlemas on February 2 which is the Presentation of the Lord). The celebration includes several weeks of Masses and Holy Days… Feast of the Holy Family…which falls between Christmas and New Year’s…January 1, Mary the Mother of God…Epiphany…(sometimes we call it the Feast of the Visit of the Magi) on January 6 or on the nearest Sunday…and then ‘The Baptism of the Lord’ to close the season.
All of these together help us to see the magni-tude of what it means for Christ to take on our human flesh…The Incarnation…and what it means for our destiny and our salvation. Jesus has raised up our human flesh to share in His Di-vine Life. Jesus has revealed the mystery of the presence of the Kingdom of God…and the star led the Magi to offer gifts recognizing Jesus as Lord of all peoples of the earth. At the Baptism of Jesus, the heavens were opened and the Spirit descended upon Him in the form of a dove…and the Father’s voice was heard clearly identifying Jesus as His beloved Son. It is great that our Church liturgy stretches out this mystery for us to understand and celebrate it worthily. The Feast of the Holy Family gives us a slight pause in the celebration to reflect on the reali-ty of Jesus taking on our human condition. He was born of the Virgin Mary and the legal son of Joseph of the house of David. However, he was not immune from trials and hardships. Joseph responded with fidelity and trust when the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream told him to seek safety for his family in Egypt. Even at the beginning, there were political and religious threats against the life of Jesus. Nevertheless, God’s plan unfolded…so that after the immediate threat subsided…allowed Joseph to return to Galilee and settle safely in Nazareth. We can reflect on the circumstances of our own family life. We face so many challenges and those things and events that threaten our safety and well-being. We need to focus on a spirit of gratitude and thanksgiving for all that the bless-ings the Lord has given us. We need to seek the Lord’s direction and guidance in everything we do and all the decisions we make. Let the Lord lead and guide us through life…all the good and the bad that we might encounter. God bless all of our families…and every member with his Peace.
Remember In Your Prayers Maj 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 Capt 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 Natl Guard LCpl Dominic Blackburn
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2Lt Nathen Walker Navy MM3 Seth C. Popov Navy Amn Manny K. Soto Air Force Ens. Bobby Bitzer Navy 2Lt Zachary Auer Air Force Pfc. Kenneth Denson Marine Corp Sgt. Daniel Jackstadt Army 2Lt David Jackstadt Army SSgt. Dustin Shuman USAF
Please pray for these men and women serving in our armed forces:
Joe Giacoletto Ed Ruef Estelle Rangle Sandy Walter Anna Kussmann Jim Blaylock Brian & family Liberty Lawrence Fr. Nino Viviano Richard Schmidt Brad Hill & Camille Emig-Hill Lisa (Koke) Bohnenstiehl Luke Brandt Jackson Kettenbach Kelsey Dudici Susie Job Michael Lutman David F. Daniels Laurie Woods Lucille Mossa Mary Lou Steel Jackson Cruthis Darlene Robert Bob Machinsky Diane Mottin Thomas Colombara Dave Grotefendt Kathy Scully Irene McDeavitt Geraldine Ropak Mary Crites
Jane Starr Melissa and Vicky Alice Zagorski Alexandra Mary Fries Erin Schoper Rod & Shirley Barthel Ann Boulch Jordan Woodward Judy Falline Fr. Henry Schmidt Homebound Parishioners Cody & Lucas Wilson Wayne Moore Dolly Livingston Brendan Hicks Matthew Slovinski Sandra Eska Betty Fadden Jeff Bear Donna Johnston Rebecca Boyce Liz Sanchez-Setser Herman Wenos Eileen Fohne Valerie Bates Bob Loyet Virginia York Nancy Smith Ronald Girod Jason Doyle
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Parish Holy Hours
The Holy Hours for our Church, Diocese and
Parish will not be held over the holidays. Keep
the Intentions in your prayers.
Holy Hours will resume January 6 & 7
Expecting!!! If you’re expecting a baby either naturally or through adoption or you know some-one who is, please let us know. Your Parish family would like to pray for your family as you prepare to re-ceive the miracle of life. Please contact Lynn at the Parish Office 345-4343 ext. 112 or [email protected].
If you didn’t get the parish Christmas book given to each family attending Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses, they are still available at the church doors. This year’s parish gift is Re-discover the Saints by Matthew Kelly. The book continues Matthew’s focus on how we can achieve ho-liness—become saints—one holy moment at a time. We can become saints—we must become saints. Only saints go to heaven. Matthew says we are capable of so much more than we think. “You have no idea what you are capable of. None of us do. God is constantly trying to open our eyes to the amazing possi-bilities that He has enfolded in our being. The saints continue this work, encouraging us to explore all our God-given potential, not with speeches, but with the example of their lives.”
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With
Sympathy
We extend our deepest sympathy
to the Thorpe family on the death of their great-granddaughter/
niece/cousin
and to Paul O’Brien on the death of his sister
and to
the Tim Reynolds family on the death
of their nephew
Around the Community
Amber is the daughter of our Music Director Nick Robinson and his wife Becky. During 22-year-old Amber Robinson’s senior year at col-lege at Northern Illinois Universi-ty, she knew she wanted to do missionary work but didn’t know where. Today, the Glen Carbon native, who attends Ss. Peter and Paul Parish in Collinsville, finds herself in St. Joseph, Mich., working directly with youth, challenging these vulner-able Catholics “to love Christ and embrace the life of the church.” “I had only been in Michigan for a couple weeks, but quickly met a young adult after Mass,” Robin-son said. “We met up for coffee, and I got to know her. By the end of the conversation, I could tell that she was wanting to go deeper. I invited her into a more intentional discipleship. So, we will be meeting with each other once a week, and I will be going through Scripture with her. I’m so excited to see what the Lord does in her life this year!” Robinson is hoping for more success stories like that as part of her nine-month journey with her NET Ministries (National Evangelization Team) discipleship team. Robinson’s team, which in-cludes other male and female young adults, is serving in a parish and school in St. Joseph, fo-cusing on helping with Confirmation classes, go-ing to school lunches to talk with students about Christ, meeting people for one-on-one spiritual discussions, and working with youth groups. “My campus minister served with NET over 20 years ago and it sounded amazing,” Robinson said. “I then thought back to when I served with Totus Tuus in the Diocese of Springfield in Illi-nois for two summers, and I saw what amazing work the Lord could do during the teen program and it got me excited to do more ministry work. I just want the youth to see the Lord’s love for them.”
Robinson plans on serving with NET for one year, but said, “We will see what the Lord has in store.” As for her advice on how Catholics can become intentional disciples and help others? She says that it first comes down to establishing a relationship with Jesus for ourselves. “If we don’t know who Jesus is in our hearts, we can’t go and give to other people,” Robinson said. “We can’t give what we don’t have. We need to encourage the youth to also get involved be-cause they are the church right
now. Young people often see themselves as the future of the church, but we need them to realize they are the church now. Being a disciple may look different for everyone, but Christ doesn’t call the qualified, he qualifies the called.” Reprinted from the Catholic Times
Amber will be sharing her experiences with NET Ministries with us this week-end December 28-29 at all masses.
As a celebration of Christ’s coming, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church musicians are presenting a special Christmas cantata fea-turing John Leavitt’s What Child Is This on Sun-day, December 29 at 3 pm. The choir will be ac-companied by member and guest professional instrumentalists. For more information, call 618-344-3451.
The 50th Anniversary of the Way of Lights at the Shrine of our Lady of Snows runs through December 31.Experience a million lights plus other activities including children’s art activi-ties and a life-size LEGO Nativity Scene. For more information visit snows.org/wol or call 618-397-6700.
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Saints Peter and Paul Athletic Association Trivia Night
Saturday January 4, 2020
Ring in the New Year with good friends and challenging trivia
Ss. Peter and Paul Gymnasium / / 210 North Morrison Ave / Collinsville, IL 62234
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Trivia begins at 6:30 p.m.
10 rounds of challenging questions and cash prize for the top 2 teams
Raffle drawing for Baskets / 50/50 Drawing / Lottery Board
For reservations contact Mary Lowe at 618-410-8310 or via Fast Direct. Please have reservations made by December 31, 2019
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KNIGHTS KNEWS: Mon. Dec. 30: Hall Closed Thurs. Jan 2: Bingo! Noon Mexican Menu: 99-cent tacos, $2 Margaritas Queen of Hearts drawing 8 pm. Grand prize approxi-mately $7,500 Fri. Jan. 3: Fish Fry - Team #1 Mon. Jan. 6: KC Social Meet-ing 6:30 pm; A-M side dish, N-Z dessert
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Weekly Generosity Report Week Of 12/15/2019
Parish Operation Collection Additional Offerings
Envelope Collec on $13,969 ACSA $515
Angel/Red Bag Fund $0 Cemetery Contribu on $0
Annual Fund $0 Diocesan 2nd Collec on .$0
Building Fund $40 Holy Cross - Guatemala $0
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Memorials/Bequests $0 Total Addi onal Offerings $515
Total Income $14,159
Budgeted Income $17,000 Construc on Fund Overage/Shortage -$2,841 Capital Campaign $982 HVAC Campaign $700
Fiscal Year To Date Overage/Shortage -$16,672
Total Parish Construc on Fund $1,682
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Celebrate Epiphany with your whole family by blessing your home. Chalk is available at the church doors and the following guidelines and prayers are provided to assist you. Materials: A piece of chalk and a small container of holy water. Gather with family at the front door. Leader: Sign of the Cross; Let us pray: May Christ bless this house. All: Amen. Then sign the doorway with four crosses and the numerals of the new year: 20 + C + M + B + 20 Leader: A reading from the Second Let-ter of Peter: We look forward to the new heavens and the new earth God has promised, a dwelling place of righteous-ness. The word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. Each room of the house is sprinkled with holy water. Living room: You are present where two or three are gathered. Bless this room, O Lord. All: Amen. Kitchen: Give us this day our daily bread. All: Amen. Dining Room: May we be seated at the heavenly banquet. Bless this room, O Lord. All: Amen. Bedrooms: Protect us, stay with us through the night. Bless this room, O Lord. All: Amen.
Bathroom: You cleanse us always from sin. Bless this room, O Lord. All: Amen. All return to the front door to pray togeth-er. Leader: Let us pray as Jesus taught us: Our Father… The leader sprinkles all present with holy water and concludes: Bless this house-hold through all days to come, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, forever and ever. All: Amen.
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