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. Second Sunday of Advent December 8, 2019
Second Sunday of Advent December 8, 2019
Phone: 314-781-1199
www.epiphanystl.org
Epiphany of Our Lord
Catholic Church 6596 Smiley Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63139
Pastor The Rev. Michael Rennier [email protected]
Music Director Elizabeth Wildman
Plant Manager John Ellison [email protected]
Parish Secretary Trish Nerviani [email protected]
Staff
Mass & Sacraments Sunday Masses: 8:00 am, 10:30 am &
(6:30 pm Mass celebrated every Sun-
day with A traditional Latin Mass
celebrated on the 1st Sunday of
each month at 6:30 pm.)
Weekday Masses
Monday through Friday: 8:00 am
Tuesday Evening Mass: 6:30 pm
Saturday Masses 8:00 am and 4:00 pm
Sacrament of Penance:
Saturday, 7:30-7:50 am
Sundays, 10-10:20 am & 6-6:20 pm
Tuesdays, 6-6:20 pm OR by appointment
Baptisms: Meeting first Thursday of the
month. Preregistration required.
Marriages: Contact the priest at least 9
months prior to the wedding date.
Funerals: To be arranged by contacting
the Parish Office.
Change of Address or Telephone
Number: Please call the Parish Office.
Bulletin Deadline: 4:00 pm Monday.
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Living our Faith
Thank you to everyone who came out to support the scouts this past weekend by attending the breakfast and/or purchasing a wreath. The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is on Monday, Dec 9. Because the 8th falls on a Sunday this year, the solemnity gets moved. We'll have Mass at 8 am and 7 pm. The Sunday evening Mass on the 8th will still be the 2nd Sunday of Advent, not a vigil for Immaculate Conception. Advent Evening of Recollection. At 5 pm on Sunday, December Dec 15, we will have a reflection given by our parishioner, Asher Gelzer-Govatos, on, "The Cultivation of Christmas Spirit: Cherishing Advent with T.S. Eliot's Christmas Poems." After the talk will be Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions. I'll have one other priest to help hear confessions that evening. The evening will wrap up at about 6:30pm. The Rorate Caeli Mass this year is at 6:30 pm, Tue Dec 17. After the Mass, the PSR children will form a procession in honor of St. Lucy, whose feast day falls on Dec 13. It is a wonderful way to really get into the Christmas spirit. Mass Explanations – Relics For our St. Lucy celebration this year, we have an actual relic of St. Lucy herself. Relics are a bit mysterious – Why do we keep them? Relics were important to the early Church. For instance, after the martyrdom of St. Polycarp, the Christians who were there said, “We took up his bones, which are more valuable than precious stones and finer than refined gold, and laid them in a suitable place, where the Lord will permit us to gather ourselves together, as we are able, in gladness and joy and to celebrate the birthday of his martyrdom.” The relics were a way of saying that the great saint still worshiped with them, that even though he was dead he had not been cut off from the communion of saints. The habit of venerating relics is Scriptural. The use of the bones of Elisha brought a dead man to life: “So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year. And as a man was being buried, lo, a marauding band was seen and the man was cast into the grave of Elisha; and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood on his feet” (2 Kgs. 13:20-21). Similar are the cases of the woman cured of a hemorrhage by touching the hem of Christ’s cloak (Matt. 9:20-22) and the sick who were healed when Peter’s shadow passed over them (Acts 5:14-16). “And God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them” (Acts 19:11-12). Relics are not magical and they are not worshiped. St Jerome says, “We do not worship, we do not adore [relics], for fear that we should bow down to the creature rather than to the creator, but we venerate the relics of the martyrs in order the better to adore him whose martyrs they are."
Fr. Michael
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. Second Sunday of Advent 3 December 8, 2019
Living our Faith
P ro-Life Matters
Rite of Naming and Commendation – Sunday, December 15, 2 pm - Comfort in a mis-carriage, stillbirth, or after an abortion: Developed by the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the prayer service is designed to meet the needs of families whose child died before birth,
for any reason - whether recently, or years ago. All are welcome. The rite will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 15 at St. Monica Parish in Creve Coeur, with an opportunity to name the child, bring peaceful closure to great loss, and allow each family to unite with our merciful God. To RSVP or for more information, please contact Diann Bomkamp at [email protected] or call 314-432-7719. To learn more about the rite, visit online at: https://www.archstl.org/respect-life-apostolate/programs/pastoral-care
March For Life 2020: The March For Life will take place on January 24, 2020 in Washington DC. More information will follow.
Project Rachel & Project Joseph: The services of Project Rachel and Project Joseph are available to anyone who has been wounded by an abortion experience and is seeking healing. Services include: free, confidential, professional counseling, monthly spiritual support group meetings, healing re-treats, spiritual direction, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Call 314-792-7565.
Project Rachel Meeting: Thursday December 19th at 7:00 PM is the monthly meeting of "In His Name," a support group for any woman negatively impacted by an abortion experience. Contact Marisol 314-792-7451 [email protected] or STLprojectrachel.org. for more information about the group and location. Project Joseph Meeting: Next Meeting Monday January 6th 7:00 PM. For more information contact Chuck 314-974-6787 [email protected] or STLprojectjoseph.org
Attention All Women of Epiphany: Please mark your calendars for each 2nd Tuesday of the Month through May, 2020. Our WOW (Women Of Wis-dom) Faith Gathering will be Tues., December 10, at 7:15 PM (after 6:30 PM Mass). We will meet in the Rec-tory till 8:45PM. Each month will be a different topic, but please bring your Bible and a Catechism of the Catholic Church if possible. Our Topic for December will be on THE GIFT IN YOU. IF you have a favorite prayer or Scripture verse on the topic, you are wel-come to share. For more information, please call or text Mary Jo Martin- cell #314-324-7224. All are wel-come!
Advent Day of Prayer Join us for an Advent Day of Prayer, Birthing Hope, on Saturday, December 14, 2019 from 10:00 am–3:00 pm at the Sanguis Christi Spirituality Center at 204 North Main O’Fallon, MO. (Mass at 9:00 is optional.) Our present-er is Kathleen Geraty Davis, spiritual director and retreat leader, the cost is $35.00, lunch included and the deadline for registration is Wednesday, December 11, 2019. For more information or to register contact Sr. Carol Orf at [email protected] or 314-560-1028.
Readings for the week of December 8, 2019 Sunday: Is 11:1-10/ Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 19 [cf. 7]/ Rom 15:4-9/Mt 3:1-12 Monday: Gn 3:9-15, 20/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [1]/ Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Is 40:1-11/Ps 96:1-2, 3 and 10ac, 11-12, 13/ Mt 18:12-14 Wednesday: Is 40:25-31/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 and 10/ Mt 11:28-30 Thursday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a/Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17 [cf. 8]/Lk 1:5-25 Friday: Is 48:17-19/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6/Mt 11:16-19 Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Ps 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19/Mt 17:9a, 10-13 Next Sunday: Is 35:1-6a, 10/ Ps 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 [Is 35:4]/Jas 5:7-10/Mt 11:2-11
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. Second Sunday of Advent 4 December 8, 2019
Liturgies & Schedules
Sunday, December 8
• 9:00 am - Bible Study, CMR
• 10:30 am - Liturgy with Children, RBB
Second Sunday of Advent, December 8 8:00 am Melvin Klearman (Conversion & Sanctification) 10:30 am Carol Mueller (Good Health) 6:30 pm Parishioners
Monday, December 9 Immaculate Conception 8:00 am Kathy & Cindy Kelso (Good Health) 7:00 pm Parishioners
Tuesday, December 10 8:00 am Ken Wisniewski 6:30 pm Vera Oldani
Wednesday, December 11 8:00 am Robert Chesnut
Thursday, December 12 8:00 am Arnold Feingold (Conversion & Sanctification)
Friday, December 13 8:00 am Lou Copiano (Good Intentions)
Saturday, December 14 8:00 am Eugene Cannon 4:00 pm Thelma Boggiano
Third Sunday, December 15 8:00 am Deceased Members of the Thien Family 10:30 am Parishioners 6:30 pm Rev. Thomas Graham
Mass Intentions For The Week Our Parish This Week
Monday, December 9
• 7:30 am -- 5:00 pm - GSA, Gym, Msgr. Sullivan Field & UH
• 7:00 pm - Boy Scouts, Upper Hall
Saturday, December 14
Tuesday, December 10
• 7:30 am -- 5:00 pm - GSA, Gym, Msgr. Sullivan Field & UH
• 6:30 pm - PSR, AR, Church, Gym & UH
• 7:15 pm - Womens’ Study Group, CMR
Wednesday, December 11
• 7:30 am -- 5:00 pm - GSA, Gym, Msgr. Sullivan Field & UH
Thursday, December 12
• 7:30 am -- 5:00 pm - GSA, Gym, Msgr. Sullivan Field & UH
• 7:00 pm - Epiphany Mens’ Club, AR
Friday, December 13
• 7:30 am -- 5:00 pm - GSA, AR, Gym, Msgr. Sullivan Field & UH
• 3:30-6:30 pm - Dance, UH
Sunday, December 15
• 9:00 am - Bible Study, CMR
• 10:30 am - Liturgy with Children, RBB
• Immediately following all Masses, Donut Sunday, Gym
Monday - Saturday December 9-14
• 7:30 am - Rosary, Church
Please Pray For the Homebound & Sick Of Our Parish
Our Offering For the Week Of Nov. 23-24, 2019
Sunday Collection General Fund ........... $3,281.00 General Fund Loose...... $269.65 General Fund Online... $1,669.00 Total .................... $5,219.65
Christmas .................... $5.00 Christmas Flowers .......... $5.00 Immaculate Conception .... $5.00 Kenrick Seminary ........... $5.00 Maintenance & Repair $160.00 M&R Online ................ $35.00 Military ..................... $65.00 Retired Religious ......... $100.00 SVDP ...................... $310.00 SVDP Online ................. $15.00 Solemnity of Mary .......... $5.00 Votive ...................... $115.00 Tuition Assistance ........ $15.00 TA Online .................. $15.00 ........ $876.00(YTD) Endowment Fund ................. $ ........ $215.00(YTD)
Toni Berberich Theresa Turner Tracy Limpert
Lou Tacchi Joan Huelsmann Larry Lopez
Daniel Barr LaSheryl Hackenwerth
Ethan Sonderman
Thanksgiving Day Collection (St. Vincent DePaul) General Fund ............. $155.00
SVDP Loose .............. $1,105.00 SVDP envelope............ $308.00
Our Offering For thanksgiving, Nov. 28, 2019
Sunday Collection General Fund ........... $3,223.00 General Fund Loose ..... $296.52 General Fund Online .... $220.00 Total ................... $3,739.52
Christmas ................... $50.00 Christmas Flowers ....... $248.00 Immaculate Conception .. $22.00 Kenrick Seminary .......... $45.00 Maintenance & Repair $310.00 M&R Online ................. $30.00 SVDP ...................... $519.00 Solemnity of Mary ......... $47.00 Votive ....................... $22.00 Tuition Assistance ........ $85.00 ........ $961.00(YTD) Endowment Fund ................ $ ........ $215.00(YTD)
Our Offering For the Week Of Nov. 30 Dec. 1, 2019
Bulletin Deadline: Due to the upcoming holi-days, the bulletin deadlines for the next several weeks have changed. Please note the new deadlines: December 22nd issue due Friday, December 13th December 29th issue due December 17th January 5th issue due December 18th
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. Second Sunday of Advent 5 December 8, 2019
Parish Community News, Notes & Events
Boy Scout Troop 336 of St. Michael’s Parish in Shrewsbury will be selling Christmas trees from their lot in the Mackenzie Pointe Shopping Center starting the Friday after Thanksgiving. Hours are from 6 - 9 pm Monday through Friday and 9 am to 9 pm Saturday and Sunday. Your patronage is ap-
preciated by our scouts.
Ladies Guild News…Our monthly card social will be held on Monday, December 16th at 10 am in the assumption room. The regular meeting will be held on Wednes-day, December 18th at 11:30 am in the Assumption Room. This is our Christmas party. The cost is $8.00. We will provide lunch, games, and prizes. Make res-ervations by calling Jan Holmes 644-4299 by Decem-ber 11th. We also will be collecting monetary donations for St. Vincent DePaul. We wish a very blessed Christmas and Happy New Year to all! Marilyn, Nancy, sue, and Gloria
Christmas Cards There will be Christmas cards at the entrance to church with addresses of Epiphany shut-ins. You can sign and put in basket and we will mail. No-vember 30th through December 15th.
Congratulations to our November Men’s Club Al-pha Squares winners: $100 Mike Peters (W2) $25 Mike Peters (W1) $25 Mike Peters (W3) $25 Laura Dougnert (V2) $25 Rich Huelsmann (X2)
The Knights of Columbus are hosting a Poker Tournament on Feb 15! Tourney will be held at Assumption (Mattese). Cost is $25 with gift cards for the winners. Interested? Contact Steve at [email protected] or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kofc-poker-tournament-tickets-82227381311
Poker Tournament
KASEY PAIGE CHRISTMAS PARTY- Mary Stahl is collecting toiletries and calendars for Kasey Paige Christmas party. There will be a box in back of church marked for those items. Mary will collect them until the party sometime in mid-Dec. There will be NO calendars collected after that time and the box will be removed from back of church as no more items will be collect-ed. Thank you for your contributions in the past and for any items you will contribute for this year's event.
2020 EPIPHANY CO-ED VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
This tournament is a fundraiser for Epiphany Friends For-ever formerly Epiphany Sports Association. The proceeds will go towards the maintenance of the gym and fields.
The tournament is scheduled for Friday, January, 10th
and Saturday, January 11th The entry fee for each team is $75.00 made payable to Epiphany Friends Forever. All participants must be age 18 or older. It is always a great
time!!!!!
Due to shortage of referee’s we are asking that each team provide refs for the game immediately following
your game.
Please send your check and entry form to: Toni Otis
6244 Odell St. St. Louis, MO 63139
(314)322-0568 [email protected]
2020 CO-ED VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT Team Name: _____________________________________
Coach: _________________________________________
Coach’s Phone Number: ___________________________
Coach’s email address: ___________________________
Our Lady’s Inn Maternity Homes is having their Annual Trivia Night – Saturday, January 18th at Chaminade College Prep School (425 S. Lindbergh). Doors open at 6:00 pm and trivia begins at 7:00 pm. Cost is $25 per person and $200 for a table of eight. For more information or to register, visit www.ourladysinn.org or call Katrina at 314-736-1544. Guided by our Mission, Our Lady’s Inn provides pregnant women and their children shelter and hope for a new life through humble acts of love.
Mark your calendar Please plan to join us for our annual Christmas church cleaning on Thursday, December 19th immediate-ly following the 8 am Mass. We will serve light refreshments in the as-sumption room immediately follow-ing. All are welcome to join. More information to come.