ST. STEPHEN PROTOMARTYR
November 14, 2021 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Following the example of our pat¢on St. Stephen, we are called to be witesses of God’s love and to be a faith-filled, reconciling parish.
#iGIVECATHOLIC CAMPAIGN Boost our school’s public-address & bell system SUPPORT SSP WHILE YOU SHOP
PTO winter fundraisers through Stonie’s Sausage Shop, Waterway, & Sam’s Club GET THE GALA ON YOUR CALENDAR
Our parish’s fanciest affair is set for February 26, 2022
A nd then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in the clouds’ with great power and glory.” (Mark 13:26)
We will all have that day when we are standing before God and our life is played out like a movie. When this happens and God asks each of us, “What have you done with the gifts that I have given you?” How will you respond?
The good news – it’s never too late to live and grateful and generous lifestyle.
Monday November 15
Tuesday November 16
Wednesday November 17
Thursday November 18
Friday November 19
Saturday November 20
Sunday November 21
No Mass Mass 8am
Finance Council 7pm
Mass 8am (with Grades 6-8)
Liturgy Committee 7 pm
Mass 8am (with Grades 1-2) Canned Goods Drive
Dine Around Cecil Whittaker’s 10am-10pm
1st Reconciliation Meeting 7pm
Mass 8am (with Grades 3-5)
Mass 4pm Anniversaries
Mass 9am Anniversaries
THIS WEEK AT ST. STEPHEN PROTOMARTYR
SUNDAY CONTRIBUTION
November 7 Contribution $ 5,610.00 Online giving contribution $ 1,629.00 Total weekly contribution $ 7,239.00 Renovation & Improvement $ 200.00
Tuition Assistance $ 590.00
St. Vincent de Paul Society $ 10.00 Campaign for Human Development $ 237.00
Permanent Diaconate $ 160.00
Retirement for Religious $ 632.00
World Missions $ 255.00
Sts. Peter & Paul Meals Program $ 20.00
THIS WEEK’S READINGS
Monday: 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63; Ps 119:53, 61, 134, 150, 155, 158; Lk 18:35-43 T uesday: 2 Mc 66:18-31; Ps 3:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, Lk 19:1-10 Wednesday, St. Elizabeth of Hungary: 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31; Ps 17:1bcd,5- 6, 8b & 15; Lk 19:11-28 Thursday: 1 Mc 2:15-29; Ps 50:1b-2, 5-6, 14-15; Lk 19:41-44 Friday: 1 Mc 4:36- 37, 52-59; 1 Chr 29:10bcd, 11abc, 11d-12a, 12bcd; Lk 19:45-48 Saturday: 1 Mc 6:1-13; Ps 9:2-3, 4 & 6, 16
& 19; Lk 20:27-40 Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe: Dn 7:13-14; Ps 93:1, 1-2, 5; Rv 1:5- 8; Jn 18:33b-37
Father Ronald J. Hopmeir
Pastor
ext 305, [email protected]
Mary Regan
Pastoral Associate
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June Tessin
Office Manager / Bookkeeper ext 340, [email protected]
Mary Paule
Child Safety Coordinator / Secretary ext 315, [email protected]
Stephen E. Jones
Music Director [email protected]
Bob Wiley
Facilities Manager
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Stephanie Oehler Wobbe
Communications & Marketing Coordinator ext 303,
Please send news, photos, or bulletin articles to Stephanie Wobbe.
SCHOOL OFFICE
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D. Greg Sturgill
Principal
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Amanda Quinn
Administrative Assistant
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COMING UP AT CHURCH ...
At Masses on the weekend of Nov. 20-21, 2021, we will honor the couples who are celebrating a “milestone” anniversary.
Couples whose wedding dates are in our parish database should have received a letter by now.
If you are celebrating an anniversary ending in “5” or
“0” of 25 years or beyond and haven’t received a letter, contact Stephanie at 314-481-1133, ext 303.
Donations toward our Giving Tree will be accepted through Nov. 26. (See article at right for details.)
We will celebrate Mass at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. A special collection will support the efforts of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
Cindy Asinger will be on the bell tower lot on Sunday, Nov. 21, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., to collect your donations. Drop gift cards in the collection basket in an envelope marked “Giving Tree” or mail to Cindy Asinger, 4130 Malcolm Dr., 63125. Donations benefit St. Martha’s Hall for Abused Women and Children and the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry.
THE GIVING TREE
Toilet paper Paper towels Kleenex
Trash bags (13-, 39-, or 55-gallon) Lysol disinfectant spray
Pine Sol (original formula) Clorox wipes
Dawn dish soap Bleach
Laundry detergent (powder only) Umbrellas
Manicure sets Scarves
Travel mugs
Pledge furniture polish Nitrile gloves (not latex) Disposable face masks Bath & body lotions
Gift cards (Walmart, Target, Aldi, Amazon)
Canned meats
Canned meals (beef stew, chili, chicken & dumplings, hash) Tomatoes (diced, sauce, paste) Rice
Nov. 27-28 is the first weekend of Advent.
Bishop Mark Rivituso will join us for our 9 a.m. Mass on Nov. 28.
On Dec. 5, 2021, at 1 p.m., we will welcome Virginia Herbers, Director of Mission Formation at Saint Louis University, for an Advent Afternoon Reflection called Hidden Figures in Advent. Even when we are deliberate about celebrating Advent, even when we pay attention to the Scriptures and the season and our prayer … even then, it is easy to overlook some people and aspects who show up in our Advent readings year after year. This afternoon
reflection will invite us to stop and notice, engage and receive, that we might be more committed Advent people — waiting in hope for the coming Christ.
Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Saturday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m. to noon, in our church.
Decorate the church for Christmas on Sunday, Dec. 19, after 9 a.m. Mass. The more, the MERRIER!
#iGIVECATHOLIC ON GIVING TUESDAY
Our public-address and school-bell system are just about as old as our school building. The system needs some upgrades to be sure it can reliably reach all corners of our campus — an important safety feature of any facility. Your contribution to our #iGiveCatholic campaign this year will subsidize the needed repairs and improvements to make immediate and seamless communication possible within our school buildings.
Visit https://stl.igivecatholic.org/organizations/ssp to participate, Nov. 15 to Nov. 30 (Giving Tuesday).
Donations by cash or check can be marked “Giving Tuesday” and dropped in collection or at parish office.
NO PLACE LIKE ACE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Our ACE (Aiding Catholic Education) program is a simple way to generate significant funds for our school. A percentage of each gift-card purchase is rebated to our school at no cost to the buyer.
Gift cards always make great holiday gifts, but particularly with the supply-chain issues we are experiencing this year.
The last day to order cards in time for the holidays is Monday, Dec. 13. You can place your order(s) with the paper form or through the RaiseRight app. Learn more on our website (www.saintstephenstl.org/ace- cards), where you can also browse the hundreds of retailers who provide cards through the program.
Additionally, e-gift cards from more than 105 retailers which are purchased with the
RaiseRight app on Nov. 18 or 19 earn bonuses for our school of up to 20%. Go to the app on Nov. 17 for a sneak peek.
GET THE GALA ON YOUR CALENDAR!
The next Gala is Feb. 26, 2022 — Heroes & Villains!
Go to www.saintstephenstl.org/gala to see our theme- reveal video and to keep up with Gala-related news.
Does your cousin own a restaurant? Does your sibling own a salon? With friends and families
gathering for Thanksgiving, it may be the perfect time to ask if they’d be willing to donate a gift certificate or auction item for the Gala. Every item helps us ensure the success of our parish's largest fundraiser!
Questions or leads? Email [email protected].
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The combos in white below are still available. Let’s sell out before drawings begin in January!
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A mountain towers over a beach 25 miles from the city of Accra in Ghana. Though it’s only a 20-minute climb to the summit, it’s a treacherous hike. The mountain is wreathed in black smoke from the
fires that constantly burn on its slopes.
It’s not a mountain of rock and wood. It’s a mountain of old clothes. Our old clothes.
Designer-label jeans, sneakers, jackets and tshirts cover the ground. A dress that might have been worn a few times burns next to garbage and debris.
We seldom think about what happens to the old clothes we donate to charity. We give away the clothes we no longer wear, thinking they will have a second life with someone who needs it. Most of the time,
however, they end up in landfills like the burning refuse site at Kpone near the Ghanian coast. Every year the United States exports more than a billion pounds of used clothing — more than the world’s second-hand clothing markets in underdeveloped nations can ever hope to use. More than 40 percent of the clothes we donate ends up in burning mountains of trash near African cities.
The mountain is a living sign of senseless
American consumerism. We Americans buy five times more clothes than we actually wear — on average, we wear an article of clothing seven times before we dispose of it. Our addiction to the latest has led to
“fast fashion” — clothing that is overproduced quickly and cheaply to keep up with constantly changing trends. And most “fast fashion” ends up in places thousands of miles away like the Kpone landfill, where it will burn, creating noxious chemicals that people will breathe and that will pollute water sources leading to outbreaks of cholera.
“Mount Designer Label” is a sign that we cannot buy our way out of sustainability, that we need to
BURNING MOUNTAIN OF GOOD INTENTIONS
rethink what we buy and why we buy it. Our good intentions are contributing to an environmental disaster.[From Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment, by Maxine Bedat, and CBS Mornings, Sept. 16, 2021.]
The signs of future catastrophes are all around us. We face economic and environmental disasters of our own making that call for the wisdom and foresight of God’s vision: to realize that we hold the power to redeem our deeply divided world and restore our broken earth if we embrace the Gospel spirit of humility, selflessness, and generosity. The
catastrophic images in today’s Gospel challenge us to think and act for the common good and not our personal or national interests alone. Change — sometimes frightening, often traumatic, always difficult — is part of Jesus’s call to all of us. Christ promises that if we calibrate our moral and ethical compasses to the values of the Gospel, we’ll be able to cope with the changes of perspective and action required to restore and re-create our world. With every change in direction, with every wrinkle of age, with every changing world and passing stage, we remain heirs to the promise of the Resurrection.
Connections, November 2021
Joshua Aasgaard Bill Dorsam Ann Dosenbach Harley Gardner Paul Heidbrier Lois Herberts
Dolores Jones Stephen Jones Thomas Lorenz John Pond
Madge Potrzeboski Virginia Zenthoefer
SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATIONS
Eucharist
Saturday: Mass, 4 p.m.
Sunday: Mass, 9 a.m.
Tuesday-Friday: Mass, 8 a.m.
Reconciliation
Please call Father Ron at 314-481-1133, ext. 305, to make an appointment.
Infant and Child Baptism
Baptisms are celebrated after any weekend Mass.
Parents are asked to call Mary Regan at 314-481-1133, ext 311, to arrange a date and time.
Adult Initiation / Reception Into the Church
Any adult who would like to know more about our Catholic faith and / or who is interested in becoming a member of the Catholic Church, please call Mary Regan at 314-481-1133, ext 311.
Marriage
Please contact Mary Regan at 314-481-1133, ext 311, at least six months prior to the planned date of marriage.
Anointing of the Sick
We have a communal celebration of this sacrament at the weekend liturgies in the fall and in the spring. If you would like to be anointed before entering the hospital or if you are homebound, please call Mary Regan at 314-481-1133, ext 311.
Parish School of Religion
PSR offers formal classes in our Catholic faith for children aged 4 years through high school. Classes are held on the campus of St. John the Baptist Parish. To enroll, contact the PSR director at 314-773-3070.
MASS INTENTIONS
Monday, November 15 No Mass
Tuesday, November 16 8 a.m. — Rev. Mark Ebert Wednesday, November 17 8 a.m. — Eugene & Anna Krus Thursday, November 18 8 a.m. — Bill Jost Friday, November 19
8 a.m. — Ann Therese Mettner Saturday, November 20 4 p.m. — Our Parishioners Sunday, November 21
9 a.m. — Charles & Virginia Stough
Derek Hirtz Sam May Tristan Moylan Brian Schoellhorn
Chris Schrader Dylan Schulte Mitch Sollmann Art Petersen
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