Our Lady of Sorrows
5020 Rhodes Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63109
www.olsorrows.org
Business Hours
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Phone (314) 351-1600
Fax (314) 351-1602
Pastor
Fr. Sebastian Mundackal
Mass Schedule
Daily Monday—Friday 7:00 a.m. Holy Days 7:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m. Rectory closed on all Holy DaysSunday Saturday 5:00 p.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m.
Confessions
Tuesday 6:45—7:00 a.m.; Saturday 4:00—4:45 p.m. By appointment anytime
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ARISHS
TAFF Rev. Sebastian Mundackal, Pastorsebastianosb@yahoo.com
Rev. Andrew Sigmund, Retired
andrewjsigmund@gmail.com
Deacon Dan Skillman, Pastoral Associate
skillmand@olsorrows.org
Mrs. Anna Barringer, Business Manager
olscan@sbcglobal.net
Mrs. Mary Ann Rachas, Bulletin Editor
rectory@olsorrows.org
Mr. Greg Schweizer, Director of Music
gregschweizer@hotmail.com
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ITYC
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CADEMY Mrs. Laura Hirschman, Principallhirschman@sccastl.org 5821 Pernod Ave
St. Louis, MO 63139 314-752-4171
www.stlsouthcitycatholicacademy.org
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ELPFULN
UMBERSCorinne Bardgett, Parish Council 481-0335
Prayer Chain 330-9275
Parish Helpers 351-4673
Medical Equipment Needs 752-4660
Martha Ministry (funeral luncheons) 351-4673
St. Vincent de Paul (assistance line) 289-6101
mailbox 1123
Eucharistic Adoration: The Adoration Chapel, locat-ed in the South Sacristy, is open on weekdays; call the rectory for specific hours. Please come & spend some time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.
Sacramental Policies:
For details on sacramental policies for infant baptism, adult initiation, anointing of the sick, Christian mar-riage, or religious vocations, stop by the rectory or visit our website: www.olsorrows.org.
Bulletin Articles:
Should be submitted by 9am Tuesday morning prior to the weekend the article is to run. Articles may be emailed to bulletin@olsorrows.org, faxed to 314.351.1602, or dropped off at the Rectory office.
From the Pastor’s Desk
Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Louis, MO
The Baptism of the Lord is the great event celebrated by the Eastern churches on the feast of Epiphany be-cause it is the occasion of the first public revelation of all the Three Persons in the Holy Trinity, and the offi-cial revelation of Jesus as the Son of God to the world by God the Father. Hence, it is described by all four Gospels. This baptism marks the beginning of Jesus' public ministry.
The turning point: His baptism by John was an espe-cially important event in the life of Jesus. First, it was a moment of identification with us sinners. Sinless, Jesus received the baptism of repentance to identify himself with his people, who realized for the first time that they were sinners. (As given in the anecdotes be-low, St. Damien, Blessed Mother Teresa, Gandhi, and Mandela identified with the people whom they served.) Second, it was a moment of conviction about his identi-ty and mission: that He is the Son of God and His mis-sion was to preach the Good News of God’s love and salvation and to atone for our sins by becoming the “suffering servant.” God the Father’s words, “This is My beloved Son," taken from Psalm 2:17, reveal Jesus’
identity as God’s Son, and the words "with whom I am
well pleased,” from Isaiah 42:1 (referring to the
"suffering servant"), pointed to Jesus' mission of aton-ing for the sins of the world by His sufferaton-ing and death on the cross. Third, it was a moment of equipment. The Holy Spirit equipped Jesus by descending on him
in the form of dove, giving him the power of preaching and healing. Fourth, it was a moment of decision for Jesus to begin public ministry at the most opportune time after receiving the approval of his Heavenly Father as His beloved Son.
Life messages:
#1 The baptism of Jesus reminds us of our iden-tity. It reminds us of who we are and Whose we are. By Baptism, we become sons and daughters of God, brothers and sisters of Jesus, members of his Church, heirs of Heaven, and temples of the Holy Spirit.
#2 Jesus’ baptism reminds us also of our mis-sion: a) to experience the presence of God within us, to acknowledge our own dignity as God’s children, and to appreciate the Divine Presence in others by honoring them, loving them and serving them in all humility; b) to live as the children of God in thought, word and ac-tion; c) to lead holy and transparent Christian lives and not to desecrate our bodies (the temples of the Holy Spirit and members of Jesus' Body), by impurity, injus-tice, intolerance, jealousy, or hatred; d) to accept both the good and the bad experiences of life as the gifts of a loving Heavenly Father for our growth in holiness; and e) to grow daily in intimacy with God by personal and family prayers, by meditative reading of the Word of God, by participating in the Holy Mass, and by fre-quenting the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
SUN 1/10 MON 1/11 Southside Basketball Baptismal Preparation Men’s Club 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:30 pm Faenger Hall Rectory Cafeteria TUE 1/12 St. Gabriel’s Basketball St. Vincent de Paul 6:00 pm 7:00 pm Faenger Hall Band Room WED 1/13 Quilting Quilting St. Gabriel’s Basketball St. Gabriel’s Basketball Boy Scouts
Respect Life Committee
8:00 am 5:00 pm 5:00 pm 6:30 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm Rectory Rectory Faenger Hall Faenger Hall Cafeteria S/S Rooms THU 1/14 Girl Scouts St. Gabriel’s Basketball RCIA 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm Cafeteria Faenger Hall Rectory FRI 1/15 SAT
1/16 St. Gabriel’s Basketball 9:00 am Faenger Hall
SUN
1/17 Monday, January 11 First Week in Ordinary Time
Readings: Heb 1:1-6; Ps 97:1, 2b, 6, 7c, 9; Mk 1:14 -20
7:00 a.m. †Bill & Grace Fenton
Tuesday, January 12 Weekday
Readings: Heb 2:5-12; Ps 8:2ab, 5, 6-9; Mk 1:21-28
7:00 a.m. †Hazel Feldt
Wednesday, January 13 St. Hilary, bishop and doctor of the Church
Readings: Heb 2:14-18; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Mk 1:29-39
7:00 a.m. †Hazel Feldt
Thursday, January 14 Weekday
Readings: Heb 3:7-14; Ps 95:6-11; Mk
1:40-45
7:00 a.m. †Jack Reilly
Friday, January 15 Weekday
Readings: Heb 4:1-5, 11; Ps 78:3, 4bc, 6c-8; Mk 2:1-12
7:00 a.m. †Melba Latragna
Saturday, January 16 Weekday
Readings: Heb 4:12-16; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mk 2:13-17
5:00 p.m. †Eugene Stecher
servers: M. Noll, I. Noll, A. Granadillo lectors: Carol Sykora & Pam Manning
Sunday, January 17 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings: 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19; Ps 40:2, 4, 7-10; 1
Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20; Jn 1:35-42
10:00 a.m. †Don Reinarman
servers: J. Christians, G. Christians, S. Wilkinson
lectors: Derrick Neuner & Nick Morgan
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Parish Mission Statement: We, the Catholic community of Our Lady of Sorrows, are disciples of Jesus Christ through our Bap-tism. Nourished by Word and Sacrament we seek to form adults, teens, and children in the ways of the Gospel, while welcoming new
members to our parish and our Catholic faith. As a Eucharistic people, guided by the Holy Spirit, we minister to all, especially the ill, elderly, and those in need, through works of fellowship, charity and justice. We strive to continue the mission of our parish begun a
century ago through the prayerful intercession of Mary, Our Mother.
Sharing our Faith in Jesus,
Recent Collections
December 27, 2020
$11,918.
January 3, 2021
$ 5,332.
$17,250.
Thank you for your sacrificial gifts to our parish!Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Louis, MO
Welcome!
We welcome our devoted and faithful parishioners, neighbors who come regularly to support our mission, all St. Louisans of all faiths, and our visitors. Serving you in this beautiful church of Our Lady of Sorrows is a great privilege.
— Fr. Sebastian Mundackal, pastor
— Fr. Andrew Sigmund, retired in residence — Deacon Dan Skillman, permanent deacon
Online Giving
Sign up for Online Giving by visiting our parish website at www.olsorrows.org and selecting the online giving link. If you need technical support, you can
con-tact Our Sunday Visitor at 1-800-348-2886, option 4, or contact Anna Barringer in the rectory at 351-1600.
Baptismal Preparation
The next Baptismal Preparation Evening is MONDAY,
JANUARY 11 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the Rectory. If you need to have your child (under 7) baptized, please call 351-1600 to sign up for our next preparation opportuni-ty.
Pray for the Sick
Please remember the following people in your prayers:
Baby Oliver Linda LeGrand Rose Rehagen
Carl Brown Kenny Mehring Bob Reichelt
Mike Cebulski Richard Messmer Robert Seeber
Mary Ann Chibnall Julia Michalka Rick Yohe
Gary Harbstreet John Moran
E-mail Account for Bulletin Submissions
If you wish to submit content to the bulletin via e-mail, please use the new address: bulletin@olsorrows.org. This account will strictly be for bulletin articles. Please direct all other inquiries for the parish staff torectory@olsorrows.org or olscan@sbcglobal.net.
Join us in praying for the deceased members of our par-ish community:
Doris Callahan To all who mourn their loss, we extend our deepest sympathy and prayers dur-ing this difficult time. We call on Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows, to comfort you in your grief.
Tax Information
The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that donations to charitable institutions must be verified by let-ter; a cancelled check is not suffi-cient for tax deductible donations. If you are going to need a statement for your contributions for 2020, please drop a note in the collections basket with a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
If you would like to receive your statement via email, please contact olscan@sbcglobal.net. All do-nations must have been received by December
31, 2020 in order for you to receive credit on your
2020 statement. If you request a statement, it will be sent to you by January 31, 2021 as required by law.
Eucharistic Adoration Chapel
The Eucharistic Adoration Chapel will be
open every first Friday from 8am-5pm with the Blessed Sacrament exposed. On other days when the Blessed Sacrament is not exposed, you may access the sanctu-ary through the chapel for quiet prayer. Thank you.
Dear Father Sebastian,
Our family wants to thank you and your Parish for your kindness and prayers. Our hearts are heavy with grief, but we are thankful for God’s steadfast love - in all things.
In Christ Our Savior, Dean and Carol Kappel
Congratulations
to
Bethany Absolon and Joseph McEntee Elizabeth Vogel and Kevin Winkelman
Kelsey Carver and Edmund Howe
who were married recently at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. May God bless them and be with
them all the days of their married lives.
All women are invited for prayer and a talk present-ed by a Kenrick-Glennon Seminary faculty member
on the third Thursday of each month. Due to
COVID-19 restrictions, the meetings are currently
held virtually. On Thursday, January 21, the
pro-gram will include a rosary prayed at 8:00am fol-lowed by a talk given by Deacon Jim Keating, Pro-fessor of Spiritual Theology. The title of his talk is "Giving Christ Your Worries."
To receive access to the live rosary prayer group and a link to Fr. Sosio's talk, please sign up for Fiat emails at www.kenrick.edu/fiat
Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers
I am beginning to prepare the schedule for
Febru-ary, March, April, and May. I will not schedule
the 8 o’clock Mass this cycle so the 8 o’clock folks do not have to respond unless you want to be sched-uled for 10 a.m. or 5 p.m. If you did not receive the e-mail I sent, please send an e-mail to me at
rjsongoethe@yahoo.com with your name, the Mass you attend and if there are any dates you are una-vailable. If you do not use e-mail, please call me at 314-651-8745. I would like to have the schedule
ready soon so please respond by January 16.
Thank you for your service to the Parish, Randy Stoffel
Respect Life Committee
January Collection: Bedding
On January 16 and 17, the Respect Life
Commit-tee will be collecting bedding for children in foster care. You can help make a child’s first night in a strange place a little better by donating new sheets, pillows, blankets, and mattress protectors. Linens are needed in crib, twin, full, and queen size.
Other items that are always welcome include:
New socks and underwear
Hygiene products
Diapers and wipes
Pajamas
January 10 : Baptism of the Lord - Our Call to Evangelize
Dynamic Catholic, Alive! – Our Call to Evangelize Through our baptism, we become adopted daugh-ters and sons of God. We become united to Christ’s death and Resurrection, but also with the Eucharist.
We become the Body of Christ, in communion with Jesus and with each other. Our baptism makes each of us a temple of the Holy Spirit and a co-worker in the priesthood of Christ. We “become a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people that (they) may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called (them) out of darkness into his marvelous
light.” (CCC 1268) “Reborn as sons of God, (the baptized) must profess before men the faith they have received from God through the Church” and participate in the apostolic and missionary activity of the People of God. (CCC 1270).
archstl.org/dynamic
WINTER OUTREACH A MINISTRY OF MERCY Encouraged by our Catholic Social Teachings:
“Option for the Poor and Vulnerable”, many Parish Communities are committed to St. Louis Winter Out-reach as a Ministry of Mercy.
“As long as you did it to one of these the least of my
brethren, you did it to me.”
(MT 25:31-46)As Winter approaches, our homeless “brethren” will spend cold days and nights on the streets of St.
Louis. In an effort to give them some comfort, we
ask your help in providing meals to an
over-night shelter during the coldest months.
Drivers are also needed to deliver the meals
to Americorps Shelter (1315 Ann Street) on the
following days.
ONLY TWO DATES LEFT!!
DATES: SATURDAYS (1pm drop off) JANUARY 16, 2021
FEBRUARY 13, 2021
Please consider joining our Ministry of Mercy by providing one or more of the following:
9 x13 Casserole (meat, vegetable or breakfast) Dessert- 12 to 24 servings
(Food items may be store-bought)
All dishes must be brought baked, frozen, wrapped, and marked... due to Covid.
Food is to be dropped off at Our Lady of Sorrows Parking Lot at 1pm. If needed, arrangements can be made to drop off or have picked up from your home ahead of time.
For more information, to share a dish and/or be a driver, please contact Mary Ellen Mueller at 314-374
-1712 or email maryem@brick.net.
The Memorial Flowers and other decorations
this Christmas are given
to the Glory of God in Loving Memory of:
Honeycutt & Lombardo Families
A beautiful young person
is
an accident of nature
A beautiful old person
is
a work of art
Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Louis, MO
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