Holy Childhood of Jesus Catholic Church
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Holy Childhood of Jesus Catholic Church
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April 27, 2008
FATHER'S TWO-CENTS WORTH
Today is Commitment Day for our Parish Stewardship Program. We ask you to make a commitment to using your time, prayer, talent, and treasure in such a way that, before God and Man, you would not be ashamed. If you need to take the commitment sheet home, please bring it back next Sunday with your prayerful conclusions. If it is not on the sheet, you might add your E-Mail address also, if you wish.
Thanks to those who responded to the second letter of the Catholic Services and Mission Appeal. When we help this annual drive, we help the church in Southern Illinois fulfill its mission to serve and minister, and grow by the good example that we make possible. If you have not been part of this wonderful work, you can add your help by supporting this effort.
On Wednesday, at 4:00 P.M., we have practice for the Sacrament of Confirmation, which will be administered on Friday evening. This is a COMMAND ATTENDANCE—NO EXCUSES! Be on time, so that we can arrange all the stages properly, and avoid mistakes that would be embarrassing to you, your family, and to your instructors.
Confirmation will be at 7:00 P.M. on Friday, May 2, Bishop Braxton will be the Celebrant.
Normally, this week would celebrate the Feast of the Ascension on Thursday. However, the church in our Province (Illinois), and our Diocese will celebrate it next Sunday. So Thursday is NOT A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION... SUNDAY IS ALWAYS A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION!
Time is moving faster, or at least is seems that way. On May 4, we have Baccalaureate at Zion Lutheran Church at 4 PM. On May 11, Mother’s Day, Knights of Columbus have a breakfast in the cafeteria. Nurses for Life will be selling roses to support Project Rachel. And also at 10:30 Mass, we will have our annual high school graduates Mass to commend our seniors on their achievement—of graduating and for the honors they have brought to Holy Childhood School and Parish. And on it goes with our own parish and school events. Can’t stop it, so let us all enjoy it!
I could use some volunteers for lawn maintenance. With the green space around the parking lot, there will be more grass to trim and to mow, and one of our regular mowers for the parish territory has resigned. So, here is a stewardship opportunity for someone.
ATTENTION PARENTS: PSR Spring registration will be held on May 4th and May 11th before and during class time.
CONFIRMATION Rehearsal for Confirmation is on April 30th at 4:00 PM in the church. Rehearsal should last one hour.
The sacrament of Confirmation for Holy Childhood parish is on May 2, 2008. There are 38 young men and women who will receive this gift of the Holy Spirit. Please remember them and their families in your prayers.
News IN OUR PARISH
Msgr.'s 50th anniversary invitations have been mailed for the June 1st celebration, beginning with Mass at 2:00 PM (there will be NO 10:30 AM Mass) followed by a dinner reception in the school cafeteria at 4:00 PM. There is no cost for the dinner but we do need numbers, your reservations need to be in by May 6th.
ATTENTION!! Our parish is in critical need of Eucharistic Ministers, specifically for the 5:30 PM Saturday Vigil Mass. There will be a training on Monday, May 5th at 7:00 PM in the church. The requirements are a desire to serve, be confirmed and eighteen years or older. No reservations required, just a prayerful consideration.
PARISH PICNIC Yes, it's that time of year already! This year you will be able to showcase your wood working skills. We will have a new booth featuring your donated wood craft items such as wall shelves, quilt racks, step stools etc. and as always your support is greatly appreciated. The picnic committee is going to meet the end of May and we welcome any suggestions, ideas or comments; please share with us, Ron Hulliung, Jim and Stacie Cornman or any stand manager.
CONFIRMATION RECEPTION Cookies are needed for the Confirmation reception on Friday, May 2nd. If you would like to donate a dozen or two, please drop them off in the cafeteria next Friday by 4:30 PM. Your generosity is greatly appreciated!
SESQUICENTENNIAL BOOKS ARE IN! You may pay for and pick them up after Masses on May 3rd and 4th in the parish center. Copies of the DVD which was presented last fall will also be available. There will be extra copies available and the ability to order more if demand dictates.
AN INVITATION The Grange Nursing Home has invited those who volunteer to a Dessert Social on May 2nd, at 2:30 PM. Please RSVP by April 29th to Jennifer Preis at 566-2381.
MOTHER'S DAY ROSES Say "I love you" with a rose for your Mom on Mother's Day. Long stem roses will be available for a donation, before and after Masses. The proceeds will especially benefit Project Rachel, the post-abortion healing program in the diocese that offers help to parents and others grieving from an abortion. (1-800-618-heal) To remember a deceased mother or someone who lives away, roses will be available before Mass, and placed before the Blessed Mother.
GIFT CERTIFICATES? Don't forget those gift certificates for Mother's Day! We have Bath & Body Works, Bed Bath & Beyond, Barnes & Noble, Bass Pro Shops, Borders, Red Lobster, Gap, Old Navy, Kohl's, The Limited, Macy's, St. Louis Bread Co., Wal-Mart and many, many more. You can stop in the school office or purchase after Masses in the gathering space.
PANCAKE BREAKFAST Knights of Columbus 4380, Holy Childhood of Jesus Council, are serving an "All you can eat" Breakfast - Open to the Public - on Mother's Day. Menu: Pancakes, Sausage, Biscuits and Gravy, Scrambled Eggs, Applesauce, Fruit, Coffee, Milk and Juice Where: Holy Childhood School Cafeteria When: 7:00 AM to Noon, Sunday, May 11, 2008 (Mother's Day) Cost: Adults: $6.50, Children 5-13 $3.00; Under 5 - Free. Proceeds to benefit Holy Childhood Cemetery (New Concrete around refurbished Altar, etc.)
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION "Could you not then watch one hour with me?" "The Most Blessed Sacrament is the memorial of Divine Love. Our Lord did something infinitely great when He gave Himself wholly to us through His living and personal presence in the adorable Eucharist.
Our Savior could not possibly have given us a greater,
a more tender and a more ardent proof of love." (The Holy Eucharist For All,
Fr. Lulas Etlin, O.S.B.) Jesus Himself, invites us to frequently approach and draw from the fountain of graces available in the Blessed Sacrament. Eucharistic Adoration is available at Holy Childhood on Tuesday following the 8 AM Mass until 7 PM, and on Saturday, 9-10 AM.
If you feel you can offer a specific hour in adoration on Tuesday, call Mary Ellen Mueller, 566-9529; otherwise, just come and spend any amount of time you can with Our Lord.
Mass Intentions
Tuesday, April 29, 8:00 AM Rosalia Orlet
Wednesday, April 30 8:00 AM Scott Anderson
Thursday, May 1, 8:00 AM Emma Feller
Friday, May 2, 8:00 AM Dolores Bifar
Saturday, May 3, 5:30 PM Delores Schanz
Sunday, May 4, 8:00 AM 1. Leo & Alice Wilhelm (55th Anniversary) 2. In thanksgiving for our newly confirmed, their teachers and families
10:30 AM People of the Parish
Catholic Services & Ministry Appeal Update 242 contributors totaling $49,193.21
TITHE FOR April 20, 2008
THIS COMING WEEK
MONDAY, April 28, 7:00 PM Welcome Committee-pc
Tuesday, April 29, 8:00 AM Mass followed by Adoration until 7 PM 9:00 AM & 6:00 PM Quilting 7:00 PM Book Club-pc 7:00 PM Liturgy mtg.-rectory
Wednesday, April 30, 8:00 AM Mass 4:00 PM Confirmation practice-church 7:30 PM Choir practice
THURSDAY, May 1, 8:00 AM Mass 9:00 AM Quilting
FIRST FRIDAY, May 2, 8:00 AM Mass Msgr.'s Communion calls 7:00 PM Confirmation-church with reception following in parish center
SATURDAY, May 3, 9:00 AM Adoration 4:30 PM Confessions 5:30 PM Mass
WELCOME SUNDAY, May 4, 8:00 &10:30 AM Masses 9:00 AM PSR-hcs PSR Registration
8:00 &10:30 AM Masses 9:00 AM PSR-hcs
HOLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL
WEB SITE:
holychildhoodschool.com
Two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument; and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: “Today my best friend slapped me in the face.”
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: “Today my best friend saved my life.”
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?” The friend replied, “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand, where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”
Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in stone. They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.
Deacon Ron Karcher
CALENDAR
May 2 7:00 pm Confirmation May 11 10:30 am High School Graduate Mass May 14 7:00 - 8:30 pm Meeting. Board Applications due. June 4 7:00 - 8:30 pm Meeting. June 8 7:30 am - 12:30 pm CAR WASH at HCS. Adult Help Needed June 11 7:00 - 8:30 pm Meeting. 8th grade initiation June 14 7:30 am Trash Pick-up. Meet at HCS parking lot. Bring money for McDonalds afterwards. June 25 7:00 - 8:30 pm Meeting. June 28 9:00 am Fayetteville Church Picnic Officers meet at HCS to setup 2:30 pm Everyone meet at HCS parking lot. We will return to HCS around 11:00 pm.
"Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him" . Jesus asks us to love Him and one another. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend in this area is May 2nd to 4th at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. To register or for more information call 888-889-9963 or go online to www.aweekendofdiscovery.org.
"This is the day the Lord has made! Let us rejoice and be glad!" Please mark your calendars. Everyone is invited to the priestly ordination of Deacon Nicholas Junker on May 10, 2008 at 10:30 AM to be held at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Belleville. Juniors and seniors in high school and those students in elementary school and PSR programs who are preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation, in particular, are encouraged to attend. For additional information, please contact Patti Warner, Office of Vocations at 235-9601 ext. 145 or at pwarner@diobelle.org.
THE MATER DEI Hall of Honor Induction Dinner and Ceremony will take place on May 10, 2008, beginning with Mass in the Mater Dei Chapel at 6:00 PM followed by dinner and induction ceremony in the Mater Dei cafeteria. Tickets for the evening are $20 per person, with proceeds going to Student Tuition Assistance. Inducted this year will be Jerry Voss, Mike Maxeka, Sr. Rose Huelsmann, SSND, '61 and Sr. Charlene Zeisset, SSND '68. Reservations for the event may be made by calling Mater Dei.
AN INVITATION Our Diocesan celebration for the Priest Jubilarians (Msgr. Hartlein) will be on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, beginning with Mass at Saint Peter Cathedral in Belleville at 4:00 PM.
ALTHOFF CATHOLIC 2008 CRUSADERS Summer Camps information and registration forms are now available. This year we have 21 summer camps available! If you have not received your 2008 summer camp brochure, please request one today. Contact the main office at (618) 235-1100 or visit our website at www.althoff.net.
ST. JAMES MILLSTADT SPRING FLING PARISH SOCIAL on Sunday, May 4th. Spaghetti Dinner served from 11 AM to 6 PM. Music provided by Second Generation Swing from 1-4 PM. Adult and Children's Games. Cow Patty Bingo from 4-5 PM, buy a square for $10. 1st Prize $1,000.00, 8 2nd prizes of $100.00.
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