MASS INTENTIONS & MASS SCHEDULE
FOR THE WEEK OF
Monday, May 11, 2015
Through
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Mon. 5:15PM Won Hurh
Tues. 7:00AM Bill Pollmeier
Wed. 5:15PM Veronica Forey
Thurs. 7:00AM Tom Hull
Fri. 9:15AM Special Intentions
5:15PM Harry Theis
Sat. 5:15PM Mary Smith
Sun. 8:00AM Special Intentions
10:30AM People of the Parish
COLLECTIONSIncome needed Fiscal YTD / $346,923.28
Offertory received YTD / $325,087.55
Offertory needed each week / $7,884.62
Offertory / $10,246.21
Roof Fund / $53.50
Building Fund / $3,604.02
Cemetery Fund / $868.25
(Includes “Online Giving”)
NEXT WEEK’S READING
Seventh Sunday of Easter
1st Reading: Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26.
2nd Reading: 1John 4:11-16.
Gospel: John 17:11b-19.
Calendar of Upcoming EventsSunday / 2PM / Pray the Rosary
Sunday / 9:15-10:15am / Elementary Rel. Ed Classes
Tuesday / 8:15-9:15 / Book Group
Tuesday / 7:00pm / RCIA
Wednesday / 7:00pm / Choir Practice
6:00-7:30pm / First Communion Classes
Friday / 3PM / Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet
Saturday / Before Mass / Pray the Rosary
The finalSunday5 p.m.Mass for the school year at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Newman Center will beSunday, May 10. The last daily Masses will be Wed. andThurs., May 13th and 14th.
May 10, 2015
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Entrance: Morning Has Broken - Hymn #646
Prep. of Gifts:One Bread, One Body - Hymn #348
Recessional: Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee - Hymn #555
St. Paul Choir will be rejoicing in the Lord's Resurrection through May and possiblyJune 7. You are invited (challenged?) to lend your voice to the festivities as we round out this year's choir season. New voices are always welcome! Thank you!
(Rehearsals at7:00Wednesdayevenings; brief run-throughSundaymornings at10:00.)
Save the Date
St. Paul Home and School's Roaring Twenties Gala will be held onJune 20, 2015. Invitations will be in your mailbox soon.
LOAVES AND FISHES, ETC.
Volunteer training and refresher will be held for new and more seasoned food pantry workers on Saturday, May 30th from 9-11 am in the First Presbyterian Church. Please enter the main doors on Dudley St., up the stairs and down the hallway to the pantry area.
Training will occur in the first hour, followed by fellowship, questions and role -playing for those that aren’t too pressed for time.
L & F is open daily Mon-Thurs from 1:15 -4pm & Fri., 1:15-3pm.
June is St. Paul’s month for keeping the shelves stocked, so please consider helping an hour or so before the pantry opens (9am -12pm ) or after it closes4pm or 3pm on Fridays. Sign up will be after Masses May 30-31st.
THANK YOU
The Women's Guild would like to thank the parish for their support during our Spring Rummage Sale. Thank you to all the families who donated rummage. We would like to thank our co-chairs Jackie Sullivan and Barb Connor along with all the volunteers who helped with set-up, sorting, baking goods for the bake sale and teardown. Our profit for the Rummage Sale was $5,251.47 and for the Bake Sale, $374.75.
SAVE THE DATE for the week ofSeptember 13-17to help prepare for the next sale on September 18 and19, 2015.
Shrine Pilgrimage onJuly 26-27, 2015
A bus pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI is being organized leaving from Macomb and Carthage on Sunday, July 26 to Monday, July 27.Fr. Tom Szydlik of the five parishes in Hancock County, will be our spiritual director.Further information on cost, schedule and registration forms will be available as soon as the details are in place.Plan now to be part of this event sponsored by Assumptions…selling Catholic Christian goods in Macomb.
The Knights of Columbus will be holding an initiation ceremony onSunday, May 31st. The ceremony will be held in the upper room of the St. Paul's school and is slated to begin at6pm. If you have considered joining the Knights of Columbus, now is the time to act! If you are a practicing Catholic man over the age of 18, please contact Ryan Severs for more details. Phone:(309)255-3534 Email:.
Thanks to all who made a pledge to the Annual Diocesan Appeal. Currently, we have pledges of $21,500.00 toward our goal of $53,800.00. We have received pledge cards from85 parishioners. A gift to the ADA, no matter how great or small, can go a long way. A pledge of $10 or $20 a month can add up. Even a one-time gift is helpful to the cause. To those who have contributed, we are most grateful. If you have not yet made a gift to the ADA, we invite you to do so today. There are pledge cards in thepews. Every dollar raised to make our goal supports important diocesan services and every dollar raised over our goal will be kept in the parish to help us with the building project.
SYMPATHY
St. Paul Parish extends our sympathy to Steve Terstriep and his family. Steve's father Russell Terstriep recently passed away on April 29th.
To the First Communicants of 2015, their Parents, Families and Friends,
My dear friends in Christ,
I am inviting all the children of the Diocese of Peoria who have received First Holy Communion in their parishes during 2015 to a special Mass of Thanksgiving in their honor. Please join me at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, 607 N.E. Madison Avenue, Peoria, at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 6th.
The celebration of First Communion truly becomes a family event, touching the lives of siblings, parents,
grandparents and the larger family of the Church. It is my hope that all of you will join me, together with other diocesan families to give thanks for this gift of Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist.
First Communicants are also invited to wear their Communion dresses, veils, suits, etc. Due to some
other celebrations in the Cathedral earlier that day, seating for this event will begin at 3:00 p.m. Please
do not plan to arrive any earlier.
As your bishop, let me join you in thanking God for the gift of your First Holy Communion! I am truly filled with “fatherly” joy with you and for you. I look forward to celebrating with you at the Cathedral.
Sincerely yours in Christ ,
XMost Reverend Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C.
BISHOP OF PEORIA
Diocesan 25th & 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration
If you are celebrating 25 or 50 years of marriage in 2015, notify the parish office. Each couple
will receive a personal invitation this summer from the Bishop to attend a Mass on September 13 at 3:30 pm in your honor.
“Chosen: Day of Formation”
Join us for a “Chosen: Day of Formation” at the Family Resources Center May 14, 2015 from 9-12
pm. This program is open to anyone involved in Confirmation Preparation and interested in learning
more about the Chosen Confirmation program from Ascension Press with one of its cocreator’s,
Chris Stefancik, Cost is $10.00. More details on Diocese website: www. cdop.org