Most Precious Blood Catholic Church, St. Louis, MO

MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD BULLETIN
September 7, 1997

Masses of the Week

Today
8:00 William Kwiatkowski
9:30 Parish Family
11:00 Loretta Sarsfield
Monday
8:00 Olin Johnson
Tuesday
8:00 Nellie Moore
Wednesday
8:00 Ben Deuker
Thursday
8:00 Glenn Graf
Friday
8:00 Special Intention - RNA
Saturday
8:00 Bill Hediger, Jr.
5 pm Ralph & Ruth Dale
Sunday
8:00 Ruth Aulbach
9:30 Frannie Held
11:00 Parish Family

Lectors and Commentators

September 13/14
Sat. 5 pm Pat Stamm
Sun. 8:00 Lew Brennecke
9:30 Virginia Baltz
11:00 Ken Inman

Lay Ministers of Communion

September 13/14
Sat. 5 pm Jim Moore, Claire Bippen, Kim Gaskell
Sun. 8:00 Pat O'Donnell, Mary Ann Hogrebe, Mary Boehm, Mel & Louise Hock
9:30 Ray & Gerry Puricelli, Virginia Baltz, Jan Marshall, Janet Portell
11:00 Bill Henderson, Florence Steinmeyer, David Eller, Lisa Messmer, Bob Goetz

Servers' Schedule

September 8 - 14
Tues. 8 am Maureen Walsh & Volunteer
Thurs. 8 am Josh Vince & Joe Bonk
Sat. 5 pm Tim Ilg & Brad Gaskell
Sun. 8 am Tom Risk & Nick Boughman
9:30 Dan Flynn & Adam Pennycook
11:00 Greg Moore & Scott Feldewerth

Wedding Banns

2nd Publication - Shawn Carney & Paula Adlersfluegel
3rd Publication - Thomas Hicks & Tina Vivirito

Last Week's Collection

Envelopes $5,383.00
Loose Collection 180.00
Debt Reduction 187.00
Latin American Collection 95.00
School Tuition $6,584.06

Thank you for your generosity!

HOMECOMING MPB STYLE

We welcome all the visitors to our parish this weekend. We hope that you will enjoy our hospitality and will have a good time at the '97 Homecoming. Many of our parishioners have worked for months to make this a special time together. We hope that you enjoy yourselves and the meals we have prepared for you.

THANK YOU'S GALORE

It takes many volunteers to make the Homecoming a success. Sue Augsburger, our Chairperson, has done an outstanding job in orchestrating our celebration. All of the workers and organizers and donators have really made this an outstanding community effort. Thanks to all who put the spirit into our community life. This truly is a place where neighbors can become friends.

PSR STUDENT/PARENT MEETING

Fr. Ryan would like to address all the parents of PSR Students at the opening meeting of the school year. He will present materials on the ACRE (Assessment of Catholic Religious Education) tests that were given to the students last year. These results along with a diocesan survey on the perceptions that students have of their parents' faith-life that we can strategize our response. It is our hope that all parents will be present.

CATECHETICAL SUNDAY

Next Sunday, September 14 at the 9:30 am mass we will install the newly elected members of the Board of Education and will bless the catechists/teachers for our parish school, school of religion and adult faith development programs. This is a special day for our parish family as we entrust the religious education process to the capable hands of these ministers of education. The ceremony will be followed by a brunch for the faculties and their families immediately afterward. We are very indebted to these individuals for all they do to help us create the future together. May God's Kingdom continue to come among us.

PARISH COUNCIL

The next meeting of the Parish Council is scheduled for Wednesday, September 10, at 7:00 pm in the rectory meeting room. Agenda items include: Stewardship Efforts and Reporting to the Parish; Evangelization Survey and Census Program; Report by Deacon Boedeker.

PRIESTS DAY OF PRAYER

On Tuesday, September 16, our archdiocese is celebrating a day for the sanctification of priests. All Catholics are invited to pray throughout the day that a spirit of holiness would fill the hearts of our priests in imitation of Jesus Christ, the High Priest. The priests themselves will be gathering for prayer together with the Archbishop, from 10 am to 3 pm.

CHOIR MEMBERS & PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS

Choir practice Thursday, Sept. 11th from 7:30 to 9 pm in church. We begin singing Sunday, Sept. 14 at 9:30 am Mass.

TYPIST NEEDED

Peggy Weiler, who has been typing the News & Views will be moving out of the parish. We really appreciate all the work she did to publish the parish newsletter. Now we need a replacement. If you have a computer at home or would be wiling to come to the rectory to type on one, we need your help. The newsletter is issued four times a year. Articles are submitted but a typist is needed to lay out the newsletter in it's final form. Help will be given, if needed. Call the rectory at 487-6456 to volunteer.

Thank You

Thanks to Mel Hock and Lew Brennecke for re-installing the sign on the front lawn of Church and the chin-up bar for the children's physical fitness program. We also owe a debt of gratitude to Joe Unterreiner for all the work he did on the 7th Grade Science room. The new cabinets, storage shelves and computer desk were designed and installed by Joe. The kids are really appreciative! Thanks too to Lance Polette for the donation of desks and his work on the paper room shelving. And a final word of gratitude goes to Vince Scott and his boy scouts for their work on the fencing. Along with super-installer Jim Risk we were able to get a good start on the fence project.

MPB CHURCH NURSERY

- will begin TODAY during the 9:30 am Mass. The service is available for parents of children ages 8 weeks to 3 years. Anyone interested in helping with the Nursery should call Tamara Marshalek at 892-0996.

MIZZOU FOOTBALL GAME

-Please mark your calendar today! The MPB Men's Club invites all past, present, and future members to the Missouri vs Ohio State football game on Saturday, September 27. Leave Grasso Field at 8 am. Kickoff: 11 am. Cost $45.00 per person, includes game ticket, bus ride, beverage and post game meal at Grasso. If interested, call Dan Masterson at 638-1158. Space limited. First come, first serve.

NEWS & VIEWS DEADLINE

- All articles for the next issue of News & Views are due by Monday, September 8. You may drop them off at the rectory or at the home of Peggy Weiler, 3843 Coachella Dr.

REGISTER FOR PARISH RETREAT

- Today members of the Adult Faith Development Committee are present to take registrations for the Parish Retreat at Our Lady of the Snows on Sunday, September 21st. They will also take registration next weekend. If you have any questions ask the committee members.

Mass Schedule Changes

There will be NO 6:30 am mass this week because Msgr. Forst is on vacation.

ALUMINUM COLLECTION

The MPB Youth Group will have an aluminum can collection on Tuesday, 8 am, Sept. 16. Drop off in leak-proof plastic bag behind school. Thank you for your support.

Breakfast Meeting

Sunday Morning Breakfast Meeting- Once a month, on a Sunday morning after the 9:30 am mass, Fr. Ryan will address a specific topic and lead a discussion with those who attend. In today's bulletin you will find the dates and the issue being addressed on each Sunday. Please mark your calendars and join other people in discussing issues that are timely.

CHILDREN'S LITURGY OF THE WORD

Liturgy of the Word for Children at the 9:30 am mass on the following Sundays in September, Sept. 14 & 28. All children who are of kindergarten age through Grade 5 are invited to join the group. When the children leave church they go with catechists who spend the time reading the scriptures of the day and explaining the message in a way younger children will understand. We thank these dedicated women who give of their time to share faith with our children.

DOORWAY'S COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND

-Doorways client wish list consists of paper products and cleaning products. These items will help persons living with HIV or AIDS in the Doorways Apartments.

50+ BARBECUE-MEETING

- Monday, September 22nd at 6:30 pm. RSVP by September 17. Call Alice at 544-4219.

MEN'S CLUB

- The Men's Club will meet Tuesday, September 9th, at 8 pm. This will be our last outdoor meeting at Grasso Field this year. All men of the parish are invited. Pat has ribs with all the trimmings on the menu.

BAN PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS

- Wednesday, Sept. 10, the Missouri General Assembly will vote to ban partial-birth abortions despite the Governor's veto. We need everyone to call their legislators beginning Monday, and urge them to vote for the ban. House:573-751-4043. Senate: 573-751-4806.

LUCKY SIX WINNERS

- Congratulations to:
Sally Landro,$300.00; Pat Venegoni,$125.00; J. Pedrotti, $75.00.

HIGH SCHOOL NIGHT

- Tuesday, September 30 at 7:30 pm at Notre Dame High School for students and their parents, Grades 5-8.

MISCELLANEOUS

RUMMAGE SALE

-Zion United Methodist Church, Wed. & Thurs., Sept. 10 & 11, 8 am to 3 pm.& Thurs. 8 to noon. 1603 Union Rd.

WEDDING LITURGY DISCUSSED

-Kenrick Seminary, Thursday, Sept. 11 at 7 pm in the Seminary Chapel. Call 644-0266 for information.

PRECIOUS BLOOD SISTERS NIGHT AT BUSCH STADIUM

Friday, Sept. 12 at 7:05 pm game with San Diego.
Tickets $12.00. Call Sr. Madelene at 240-3420.

NIGHT AT THE MOUSE RACES

- Sept. 13 at St. Mary Magdalen Parish Center, 4354 S. Kingshighway. $5.00 includes beer, soda, snacks. Call 352-2111.

REDUCE STRESS

- Sat. September 13 at 10 am at Alexian Brothers Hospital, 3933 So. Broadway. 865-7930 for reservations. Free Continental Breakfast served.

HEALING SERVICE

- St. Simon Church, 11011 Mueller Rd., Sunday, Sept. 14 at 2:30 pm.

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