Welcome to St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church

610 West Ripa Avenue St. Louis, MO 63125

Mass Schedule Monday-Saturday 8 a.m. Saturday 4 p.m.

Sunday 7:30 & 10 a.m.

Mass on Holy Days National Holidays

Consult Sunday Bulletin

Sacrament of Penance

Saturday 3:00-3:45 p.m.

Eucharistic Adoration Wednesdays from

8:30 a.m.-noon Also Wednesday to the

first Friday of the month

Marriages Contact parish office at least six months prior to

wedding

Baptisms Contact parish office

to register for a baptism preparation class

Parish Contact Info Phone: 314-544-5664 Fax: 314-631-3118 saintmartinoftours

@yahoo.com

Website http://

stmartinoftours.com

Society of St. Vincent DePaul

314-296-3733

Parish Office Hours Monday - Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

St. Martin of Tours Parish extends a Warm Welcome to all who have come to worship with us. We are honored by your presence. If you would like to join the parish, please contact the parish office. God Bless You!

Pastor Rev. Noah Waldman

314-544-5664 frwaldmansmt@yahoo.com

Deacon

Rev. Mr. Edward Fronick

edfronick@charter.net

Business Manager Ms. Donna McKay

Administrative Assistant

Mrs. Felice Nighbor

Religious Education Deacon Alan Boedeker

314-631-0691 aboedeker@sluh.org

Maintenance Mr. Rick Jobin

Mrs. Bridget Gabel

SUNDAY CONTRIBUTIONS

General $2580

Special Collections $ 50

Loose $ 499

Subtotal $3129

On-Line Giving $ 460

(August 19–August 25)

Total: $3589

THANK YOU! To the many parishioners

who so generously support

ST. MARTIN of TOURS

PARISH

Pastor’s Pen Dear St. Martin of Tours Family, How is it that a loving God can send someone to hell? It is not an uncommon question which, when lobbed at Christians, can make us squirm. The Catholic philosopher Michael B. Ewbank defines hell as “the status of a creature which must exist in the confines of endless, indestructible duration without any hope of finality … [with] unfathomable spiritual duress and immeasurable personal suffering.” How can a loving God do such a thing? Answer: HE DOESN’T. How could a merciful God have wished to conceive of such a place? Answer: HE DID-N’T. Here is a deeper mystery: The omnipotent God, because He is all Good without any darkness in Him, cannot and does not know anything about hell directly. He can know it only as an abode characterized by the absence of goodness. It is, as Ewbank notes, not the Creator who creates hell, but “creatures abusing liberty that make [hell] exist”. Hell is so un-God-like that it is entirely foreign to Him. Ewbank gives evidence to this idea by quoting the great exorcist Fr. Gabriele Amorth from his autobiography [An Exorcist Tells His Story, trans. by N. V. McKenzie (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1999)]:

“We must make this abundantly clear: evil, suffering, death, and hell (that is, eternal damnation in everlasting torment) are not acts of God. I want to expand on this point. One day Fa-ther Candido was expelling a demon. Toward the end of the exorcism, he turned to the evil spirit and sarcastically told him, ‘Get out of here. The Lord has already prepared a nice, well-heated house for you!’ At this, the demon answered, ‘You do not know anything! It wasn’t [God] who made hell. It was us. He had not even thought about it.’ Similarly, on another occa-sion, while I was questioning a demon to know whether he had contributed to the creation of hell, I received this answer: ‘All of us cooperated.’”

To avoid hell, do these things: Know that you are a sinner, and repent in your heart. Accept forgiveness from the Lord through the gift of the sacraments. Try to love God with all your heart. Do your best to forgive one another and to love one another. Be fair, just, compassionate, and patient. Obey the com-mandments. Know that God loves you and has a plan for you. That is enough. In Christ, 1. Michael B. Ewbank, https://ratiocinationsorg.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/personal-being-beginnings-end-and-ends-beginning/ “He knows evil things also; as by light is known darkness. 2. Hence Dionysius says (Div. Nom. vii): ‘God through Himself receives the vision of darkness, not otherwise seeing darkness except through light.’” Sum-ma theologiae, part I, question 14, article 10.

LITURGICAL MINISTERS September 7 - September 8

Saturday 4:00 p.m. Sunday 7:30 a.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m.

ALTAR SOCIETY: September 6

Audrey Erbs Barb Muich

MASS INTENTIONS

9.00 a.m. - Monday September 2 - Holiday Nancy Blankmann+ 8:00 a.m. - Tuesday September 3 Jack Geraci+ 8:00 a.m. - Wednesday September 4 Margaret Price+ 8:00 a.m. - Thursday September 5 Priest Intention 8:00 a.m. - Friday September 6 Jack McManemy+ 8:00 a.m. - Saturday September 7 Ray & Marie Austermann+ 4:00 p.m. - Saturday September 7 Deceased members of Westrich & Seitz Families+ 7:30 a.m. - Sunday September 8 People of Parish 10:00 a.m.- Sunday September 8 John & Celeste Miller+

MONEY COUNTERS: September 8

Larry Skaggs, Apollo Westrich Frank Ziegler, Jim Heisner

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: 1 Thes 4:13-18; Ps 96:1, 3-5, 11-13; Lk 4:16-30 Tuesday: 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday: Col 1:1-8; Ps 52:10-11; Lk 4:38-44 Thursday: Col 1:9-14; Ps 98:2-6; Lk 5:1-11 Friday: Col 1:15-20; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: Col 1:21-23; Ps 54:3-4, 6, 8; Lk 6:1-5

Lectors

Dolores Sunkel Barbie Swalina Joanne Marty

Eucharistic Ministers

Roberta & Dale Bachle Cathy McNeive Greg Hrbacek

Cathy Swoboda John Swalina

Barb Muich Marge Fedke Carol Ritter Vickey Heitzman

Gift Bearers

Mary McWhorter Alice & Ray Benner Diane & Kevin Julius

Ushers

Kevin Hale Ken Harangozo John Hudson Ken McWhorter

Loretta & Larry Skaggs Bill Grahl Greg Buck

Ken Heitzman Harry Albers Ken Kiefer Norm Kistner

Servers

Tom Tettamble Ken McWhorter, Jr.

Bobbi & Bob Villani Kyle Kiser

PRAY FOR OUR SICK Recently added are in bold

Mark Breihan Helen Alonzo Charlotte Brown Jack Bettag Clare Hudson

Joyce Taylor Rose Saunchgrow Gerry Jansen Lois Cliffe Carolyn Machino

Terri Morrison Ken McWhorter Virginia Matecki Donna Fichtenmeyer Ruth Renz

Jackie O’Connell Kathy Steppig Kathleen Warth Carol Venverloh Jack York

Linda Hoefl Larry Volk Richard Volk Susan Schaap Slake Jeanine Frey

PEACE WITH THE LORD

In your charity, please pray for the repose of the souls of all our faithful departed. Requiescant in pace.

ADORATION IN 2019

Would you be willing to commit an hour of adoration time from Wednesday, Sep-tember 4 following the 8:00 a.m. Mass until Friday, September 6 at 3:00 p.m.? Notice the extended time. Please consider giving to the Lord one hour.

To schedule your time slot, sign up in the church vestibule, on our

parish website, or please call:

Barb Muich: 314-892-6284 or Betty Koch: 314-775-7534 or

CONCERNING MASS INTENTIONS

The Bishops of the Province of Missouri have de-termined that the newly established Mass offer-ing for all dioceses in Missouri, as of July 1, 2019, shall be $10.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 LABOR DAY

MORNING MASS: 9:00 A.M.

Book Study Group Forming Now!

FATIMA FOR TODAY

The Urgent Marian Message of Hope By Fr. Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R.

First Meeting

THURSDAY, SEPT 12 12:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

We will meet in the lobby of Runge Hall. Be sure to register in order for us to have an ac-curate count for ordering the books. To Register please call… Mary Anne (Duenwald) Jones 314-971-5742

Chairman: Lar ry Skaggs

Captains: George Otto & Kevin Hale Caller: Steve Lato; Cashiers: Melissa Langevin, Lisa Hale, Carol Wallace

Paper: Marge Fedke, Dolores Sunkel; Pull Tab Counter: George Otto Pull Tab Booth: Lynn Bova ; Floor Workers: Greg Hrbacek, Carol Mueller ,

Diane & Andy Vaporean, Tom Tettamble, Loretta Skaggs, Margaret & Tim Haber, Barb Muich

(Workers please report by 3:30 p.m.) - Can’t work? Call Captain

White Progressive: $3,250; Purple: $1,000 Thank you to workers and players for your support.

WEEK 1 September 1

UPCOMING EVENT WOMEN’S CLUB

Save the Date! September 14 10:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. Trip to: Defiance Ridge Vineyards

$15.00 includes roundtrip transportation and cov-ered reserved seating. Wine tastings available for $5.00 or $10.00

Band starts @ 2:00 p.m.

For reservations: email: womensclubmot@gmail.com. Friends, co-workers, nieces, daughters, sisters, mothers and grandmothers are all welcome!

ST. MARTIN OF TOURS PARISH BBQ

September 14 & 15

Sponsored by: The Men’s Club

10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.

MENU

14 oz. pork steak—$9 (2 sides) 1/2 chicken—$9 (2 sides)

1/2 slab of ribs—$13 (2 sides) Whole slab of ribs—$22 (3 large sides)

Whole slab of ribs—$19 Bratwurst Dinner—$5.00 (2sides)

Choice of sides Mustard potato salad/Mayonnaise potato salad

Sweet/sour slaw Baked beans

To order ahead or for free deliveries

CALL: LARRY @ 314-435-1626

Thank You Cards For Veterans!

Join the Women's Club on September 12th to help make 300 “Thank You” cards for the Veterans at Jefferson Barracks & John Cochran VA Hospitals.

In November, the cards will be passed out by members of the Women's Club.

Sign up in back of church if you would like to participate.

Sincere thanks to all who took part in our recent Blood Drive. We made our goal, thanks to those who gave and those who attempted to give. Mercy was pleased with our 20 Units.

Winners of $25.00 QT gas cards: Dino Bova & Steven Callen

Job well done by all!

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 Adoration begins @ 8:30 a.m.

SVDP mtg. @ 7:00 p.m.

5 Adoration Continues

6 Adoration Continues Benediction @ 3:00 p.m.

7

8 Recitation of the Rosary @ 9:30 a.m.

9 10 11 50+ mtg. @ 11:30 a.m.

12 Women’s Club mtg. @ 7:00 p.m.

13 14

Parish BBQ

15 Parish BBQ

16 17 18 19 20 21

22 Fellowship Sunday

23 24 50+ Board mtg. @ 9:00 a.m.

25 26 Parish Council Mtg. @ 6:30 p.m.

27 28

29 30

September 2019

Winery

Cornhole Tournament