St. Anthony of Padua Bulletin
July 13, 1997

Pastor's Thoughts

"Hello! My name is Benet, and I will be your table-waiter and foot-washer."
One year ago this weekend I began my pastoring at St. Anthony's with these words in the bulletin (even though I didn't move here till August). And now a year later I stand before you and say "thanks" for everything you are doing to help me count my blessings as a priest and as your pastor.
I am particularly grateful -- and consider myself especially blest -- for four characteristics that I find alive and well here at St. Anthony's.
Liturgical Celebration: We have a very high quality of liturgy in our parish. The planning team, the music ministry, the environment committee, the ministers of Word or Sacrament or service, the sacristan(s), my fellow presiders, the many volunteer workers, and the worshipping assembly -- all give praise and thanks to God in a wonderful way.
Community-Building: I've experience many marvelous examples of people pitching in to make "one body, one spirit in Christ" a real experience, especially at the parish picnic and other social events and fund raisers and through many behind-the-scenes volunteer efforts that contribute to the "infrastructure" of our parish community.
Spiritual Development: Whether RCIA, parish mission, bible study, preparation for sacraments, or programs on the drawing board, the opportunities for spiritual development here at St. Anthony's are limited only by our imagination. I am so pleased with the possibilities created and the potentials realized.
Evangelization and Outreach: We have made great strides in making the smiling, caring face of Christ visible to so many people through either our outreach services or our neighborhood community organization. We are truly bringing the Good News to the poor and marginalized in a person-to-person, hands-on, hope-filled way.
Thank you for making St. Anthony's a light of truth and a beacon of hope in South St. Louis. I'm proud to be your pastor.
--Father Benet OFM

I will be in Newark, Delaware, July 15-19 for the Secular Franciscan National Congress.

Offering

Envelopes $4,392.00
Loose Collection 481.59
Children's Envelopes 9.35
TOTAL: 4,882.94
COMPLIANCE WITH THE BUDGET:

This Week (7/6/97): Cumulative (Week #1):
$5,453.06 $5,453.06
4,882.94 4,882.94
-570.12 -570.12

"The Lord took me from following my flock and said to me, go prophesy to my people Israel"
(Amos 7:15).
Today's readings are about being chosen and sent. The prophet Amos was chosen by the Lord and sent to use his talents for the people of God. For what have we been chosen? How are we using our talents to serve the people of God?

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Several weeks ago I asked your help in finding a passage in Scripture in which Jesus gives us the directive to "visit him in the middle of the night."
So far I have received a number of responses, each giving me a variety of passages, in hopes of answering my question.
These passages include: Matthew 26:45, Mark 13:37, Mark 14:37-38, Luke 2:37, Luke 12:37-38, Luke 21:36-37, and Luke 22:46.
After looking at the work of various Scripture scholars, I have come to the conclusion that none of the above passages answers my question. (See if you agree with them, and me, or not.)
When we study Scripture, it is important to keep in mind some of the "tools" used by the Church in the interpretation of Scripture, such as the historical background, literary form, and cultural setting of the text. If we fail to employ these "tools" in our search for the answers to our questions, we may miss the message God wishes to speak to us through the Biblical writers.
Thanks to all those who responded. My search continues...
--Brother Richard OFM

QUILT WINNER:

Irene Todd, c/o Catherine Hoffmann

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

Expecting Mother: Taproots School of the Arts is seeking an expecting Mother who would like to participate in an arts performance piece which will celebrate the birth of her newborn child. Would who are interested should be animated, like to tell stories, like working with children, live in the Dutchtown neighborhood, and have time to become involved. Call Gretchen at 752-9752.

Host Families: Catholic host families are urgently needed to host Catholic students from Spain who wish to study in Catholic schools during the 1997-98 school year. Spanish Heritage is a student-exchange organization founded and directed by Father M. Rodriguez OSA (Augustinian). The students are between 15 and 17 years of age. They come from middle class families, are well educated, and speak English. They have medical/accident insurance and their own spending money. Host families need only to provide room and board, and plenty of love. Interested? Call Alicia at 878-7213.

Please Note

SPECIAL CONCERT: On October 11 an exciting event will be happening in our church. John Michael Talbot will give a concert of music, praising our Lord. Tickets will be on sale in the rear of the church on July 26-27 and August 1-2. If you have any questions, call Tom Moran at 353-4791.

ATTENTION, ALL PACKRATS!!! To complete some sets of bulletins from the last six years, Father Benet needs ONE copy of the following bulletins:
September 17, 1995 January 9, 1994
May 3, 1992 February 10, 1991
If you're one of those people who just can't throw anything away, check to see if you just might have one or more of these bulletins lying around.

RESTING IN PEACE: Daniel M. Neaf, 78, buried July 9, 1997

SANCTUARY LAMP: This week one of the sanctuary lamps will be lit for the intentions of Crescentia Jost. The other will be lit to remember the Gyaky, Zarka, Wambach, & Seper Families at the request of Mary Margaret Gyaky.

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH AND SCHOOL
ST. ANTHONY MEDICAL CENTER
PARTNERS FOR
TODAY AND TOMORROW

We at St. Anthony's are absolutely thrilled and privileged to benefit from the special partnership that has begun between our parish and St. Anthony Medical Center which shares with us a name, an origin, and a history.

For the next three years, the medical center will provide us with a threefold gift of ultimate generosity:

1. $100,000 per year for mainly resources and improvements in the school building and in the school's curriculum (like a computer lab).

2. donated services in the areas of health-care education and parenting strategies, strategic planning and marketing, community awareness and neighborhood building;

3. direct help in building up the Janice Krus Memorial Scholarship Fund for tuition assistance so that needy children of the parish and the neighborhood can go to St. Anthony's School.

Our patron saint, St. Anthony of Padua, takes on a living face for us in the corporate person of St. Anthony's Medical Center. Look at it this way: the Christ Child that St. Anthony holds is actually every child educated at St. Anthony's School and reared in the Dutchtown South and Mt. Pleasant neighborhoods.

We have this fantastic gift from St. Anthony Medical Center, but, in fact, the school still has a big problem. We need more students! At this moment we have 70 less students registered this year than last year.

So, we desperately need your help!

If you have not registered your children, do so immediately by calling Rose McGill at the parish office.

If you have neighbors with school-age children (they need not be Catholics), then talk to them and let them know about St. Anthony's and the possibility of a tuition supplement.

What good is all this support if we have not enough children to educate?

--Father Benet OFM

RENEWAL OPPORTUNITIES:

1. Annual Novena in Preparation for the Feast of Our Lady of the Snows, July 28 to August 5, 7:30pm, at the national shrine in Belleville.
Theme: Healing.
2. Healing Workshop: Family and Church Legacies of Faith, Saturday, August 2, 8:00am to 4:00pm, National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows (Belleville). Call 241-3400.
3. Marriage Encounter: Find out how abundant YOUR marriage can be. Make a Marriage Encounter weekend. Reservations are being accepted now for the August 15-17, Sept. 12-14 & Oct. 3-5 weekends. Call 469-7317.

OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTING

Breaking Through, a play about the adventures of St. Clare of Assisi, will be performed in October 1997 at Sts. Peter and Paul Church. Auditions will be held August 10 or by appointment; contact Cathy Doerr at 832-6849.

Socials

1. TRIVIA NIGHT, sponsored by the South City CYC District, Saturday, July 19, at St. Raphael's air-conditioned gym, doors opening at 6:00pm and play beginning at 7:00pm; call Ron at 645-4909 for reservations.
2. ANNUAL PICNIC of St. Stephen Catholic Church (Richwoods MO), Sunday, July 20, chicken and beef dinners 11:00am to 6:00pm.
3. ANNUAL PICNIC of St. Lawrence Parish (Lawrenceton MO), Sunday, July 20, on the parish grounds; dinners begin at 11:00am.
4. 7TH ANNUAL CO-ED SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, sponsored by St. Mary Magdalen Home & School Association, July 26 & 27; parish teams are challenged to compete; call 353-9489.
5. OLD FASHIONED COUNTRY PICNIC at Holy Family Church (at Port Hudson near New Haven MO), Sunday, July 27; chicken and beef dinners from 11:30am to 6:00pm.
6. FLEA MARKET at St. Mary Magdalen Parish Center, Saturday, August 9, 8:00am-2:00pm; call 353-8911 for information and rental.
7. ANNUAL HOMECOMING of St. Mary's Parish (Bridgeton), Saturday, August 9, 4:00pm to midnight.
8. POLISH AMERICAN CELEBRATION at the amphitheater of the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Saturday, August 16, Social at 7:00pm, Liturgy at 7:30pm, Rosary at 8:30pm, Polka Music at 9:00pm; call 241-3400 for details.

Mass Intentions for the Week

Monday, July 14, Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha
6:30 Harold Holtz
8:15 Charlotte Ketcher
Tuesday, July 15, St. Bonaventure (OFM)
6:30 Schwald & Kadlez Families
8:15 Michael Eckstein
Wednesday, July 16, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
6:30 Victor Gutting
8:15 Dorothy Paulis
Thursday, July 17, Weekday
6:30 Anna Buseman
8:15 Maurilius Sikorski
Friday, July 18, Weekday
6:30 Deceased of Struckhoff Family
8:15 Eleanore Neumann
10:30 Victor J. Gutting
Saturday, July 19, BVM on Saturday
6:30 Adelia Wingbermuehle
8:00 Peter Szydlowski
Sunday, July 20, 16TH IN ORDINARY TIME
4:30 (Saturday) John Fernow
6:00 For the Parishioners
8:00 Leo Pancer
10:30 Virginia Metzger

Liturgical Assistants

Sunday, July 19-20, 16th in Ordinary Time
LECTORS:
6:30 Weekdays, July 14-19: Georgia Berry
4:30 Laverne Duvall and Pat Nieters
6:00 Volunteer
8:00 Gene Rombach and Bill Kamper
10:30 Alberta Stackle and Steve Jackson
6:30 Weekdays, July 21-July 26:
Volunteer
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS:
4:30 Hosts: Ed and Wanda Meyer
Cups: Anthony Minnick, Anne Weiss, Jackie Schmittgens, Delores Buescher
6:00 Marie Serafin
8:00 Hosts: Dave Bergfeld, Betty Marton
Cups: Marie Mergel, Mike Mount, Sr. Virginia, Doris Kamper
10:30 Hosts: Rich Busiek, Jackie Kappler
Cups: Robert Harre, Theresa Mayer, Dorothy Schaefer, Robert Donahue, Tom Moran, Bev Ruzicka

Date to be Corrected: July 27, 1997

This Coming Week

(The Gym will be closed until mid-August.)
SUNDAY, JULY 27, 17TH IN ORDINARY TIME
10:30 a.m. - SFO Mass
2:00 p.m. - SFO Meeting
MONDAY, JULY 28
7:00 p.m. - AA Meeting (Spanish) (F)
7:30 p.m. - Prayer Group (E)
TUESDAY, JULY 29
6:30 p.m. - Bingo (L)
7:30 p.m. - Al-Alon Meeting (F)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30
11:00 a.m. - AA Meeting (W)
6:00 p.m. - Pastoral Council Picnic
THURSDAY, JULY 31
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1
9:00 a.m. - Exercise (L)
3:00 p.m. - Holy Hour (Ch)
5:00 p.m. - Wilson/O'Keeffe Wedding
8:00 p.m. - AA Meeting (F)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, PORTIUNCULA
(Day for Portiuncula Plenary Indulgence)
1:00 p.m. - AA Meeting (W)
1:00 p.m. - Hunn/Dillinger Wedding
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 18TH IN ORDINARY TIME

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St. Anthony of Padua Bulletin July 13, 1997