Pastor: Rev. Charles P. Tichacek

Sunday Mass 8:00 am Week Day Masses Monday 7:00 pm Communion Service Thursday 7:30 am Tuesday 8:00 am Communion Service Friday 7:30 am Adoration is the third Tuesday of each month beginning after the 8:00 am Mass and concluding with Benediction at 7:00 pm

Baptisms by appointment Devotion Rosary at 7:40 am on Tuesday and Perpetual Help Devotions. Marriages To be arranged at least 6 months prior to the wedding Confession Parish Office Hours Sunday 7:30 am Tuesday 10:00 am until 5:00 pm

SACRED HEART CHURCH 714 Lincoln Street

Elsberry, Missouri 63343 573-898-2202

Website: www.SacredHeartElsberry.org

Sixth Sunday of Easter May 6, 2018

www.SacredHeartElsberry.org

LECTORS Sun. May 13 8:00 am Ed O’Brien Sun. May 20 8:00 am Sarah O’Brien

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Sun. May 13 8:00 am Bob & Rose Roller Sun. May 20 8:00 am Nancy Boettcher & Tim Heitman ALTAR SERVERS Sun. May 13 8:00 am Mia Spurlock. Lena Hagemeier & Rio Gonzalez Sun. May 20 8:00 am Abbi Braden, Katina Galati, Gabe Gonzalez

GREETERS Sun. May 13 8:00 am Patty Koch & Kandi Kinsler Sun. May 20 8:00 am Bob Smith & Tammy Orf

GIFT BEARERS Sun. May 13 8:00 am Mike & Marge Wood Sun. May 20 8:00 am Alicia Bange & Carol Mayes

CHURCH CLEANERS

May Mike & Kaye Byers

MASS INTENTIONS May 7 - May 13

Mon. 7:00 pm Sylvia Lenk Tues. 8:00 am Alicia Bange Thurs. 7:30 am Communion Service Fri. 7:30 am Communion Service Sun. 8:00 am Errett & Roberta Harding

Feast Days Thurs. St. Damien Veuster Sat. Sts. Nereus and Achilleus St. Pancras April 29, 2018 Envelopes: $1,296 Parish Improvement Loose: $ 717 $50 Total: $2,013 Start up Fund: $485 Money Counters Today: Mike Byers Mike Shaffer May 13: Kaye Byers Pat Wood

Sacred Heart Calendar of Events Today: Mass 8:00 am Today, May 6 is May Crowning & PSR Mass It is also the last PSR class of the year. Mon., May 7: Mass 7:00 pm Tues., May 8: Mass 8:00 am Thurs., May 10: Communion Service 7:30 am Fri., May 11: Communion Service 7:30 am

MAY is the Month of Mary Pray the Rosary!!!

The Feast of St. Isidore is Tuesday, May 15. Let’s pray for good weather for the farmers.

Next Sunday, May 13, is Mother’s Day We will have a BIG surprise for them.

Sacred Heart Picnic is 8 weeks away, June 24.

Donate to the Country Store what you sew, grow or bake We need volunteers in the Hall all day long.

Need a Priest? Fr. Wissler, Sacred Heart Troy 636-528-8219 or Fr. Rath, Immaculate Conception, Old Monroe 636-661-5002

Pray For Margaret Bartold Terry Martin Joe & Mary Buescher Cecile Mesker Kim Tobiasz Jerry Heitman Nancy McCullough Charlie DeMoulin Jack Burkemper Phyllis Galati Leroy Schramm Eric Mueller Ernest Ogden Andrew Heitman Raymond Geosling Bonnie Kindred Trina Burnette Marvin Robinson Cloyd Bridges Darryl Brumm The Merriman Family Mike O’Brien Bob Smith Lilian Kelly Sherrie Galati Tom Lagemann Bill Lagemann Addison Mayes Jimmy Henry Donna Bange

PAPAL INTENTION for MAY Heavenly Father, In this month of May, we intercede for the laity. Lord God, may all the lay faithful fulfill the specific mission that you have given them by responding with creativity to the challenges of the world today.

READINGS FOR the WEEK of May 7 - May 13 Monday Acts of the Apostles 16:11-15; John 15:26-16:4a Tuesday Acts of the Apostles 16:22-34; John 16:5-11 Wednesday Acts of the Apostles 17:15,22-18:1; John 16:12-15 Thursday Acts of the Apostles 18:1-8; John 16:16-20 Friday Acts of the Apostles 18:9-18; John 16:20-23 Saturday Acts of the Apostles 18:23-28; John 16:23b-28 Sunday Acts of the Apostles 1:15-17, 20a,20c-26; 1 John 4:11-16; John 17:11b-19

Stewardship Awareness “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” - John 15:12-13 Do you love Jesus? Do you consider Him your friend? Jesus says that if we love Him we would be willing to offer whatever we have to Him, not because we want praise and glory, but simply because we love Him. Does your giving seem mechanical out of obligation or do you share freely out of love?

Congratulations to all our new Deacons who were Ordained for the Archdiocese. May they have many wonderful years of ministry.

Deacon Andrew Anthony Auer Deacon Samuel Okon Inameti

Deacon Mark Raymond Madden Deacon Anthony Nicholas Ritter

Deacon Patrick Paul Russell Deacon Stephen Robert Schumacher

Deacon George Andrew Staley

ACA WEEKENDS This is the last weekend to make your pledge. Be gener-ous. Thanks to The Banges, The Rollers and The Henrys. Our goal is $8,800. Let’s make it Our Challenge Goal is $12,009 ACA total: $8,705

To All who are graduating soon CONGRATULATIONS You have a bright future

COMMUNITY EVENTS Due to the renovation of the church, St. Paul Church’s Ado-ration Chapel was temporarily closed. It is reopening on May 1st. We are inviting neighboring parishioners to come pray in our chapel. If you feel inspired to sign up to take a reg-ular hour for adoration, you would be most welcome. Virginia mueller coordinates the scheduling of the hours. Please contact her at 636-272-4108. Job Opportunity - Custodian at St. Dominic High School St. Dominic (31 St. Dominic Dr, O’Fallon) seeks a nighttime custodian. During the school year, hours are 2:30 to 10:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Summer work hours differ. Duties include cleaning designated areas of the school, with occasion-al outdoor work. Applicants should be able to lift 40 pounds. Salary starts at $10/hour with full benefits package. To apply , contact Steve Wing at 314-709-1439 or swing@stdominichs.org or pick up an application at the Main Office. Current Openings: Faculty St. Joseph School/Cottleville is seeking joyful Catholics who are qualified for various faculty and staff positions for the 2018-2019 school year. Please go to http://stjoecot.org/school/school-job-opportunities/ Interested candidates should email their letter of interst, resume and references to Teresa Bowman at tbowman@stjoecot.org my May 13, 2018. Please address your specific qualifications in these areas in your letter of interest. • Additional Part-Time Registered Nurse • Classroom Teacher - Grade 5 Religion/Math/Science • Teacher Aides • Extended Day Program Staff

The Deacons The ordination of deacons - “ in order to serve” 1569 “At a lower level of thje hierarchy are to be found dea-

cons, who receive the imposition of hands ‘not unto the priesthood, but unto the ministry.” At an ordination to the diaconate only bishop lays hands on the candidate, thus signifying the deacon’s special attachment to the bishop in the tasks of his “diakonia.”

1570 Deacons share in Christ’s mission and grace in a

special way. The sacrament of Holy Orders marks them with an imprint (“character”) which cannot be removed and which configures them to Christ, who made himself the “deacon” or servant of all. Among other tasks, it is the task of deacons to assist the bishop and priests in the cele-bration of the divine mysteries, above all the Eucharist, in the distribution of Holy Communion, in assisting at and blessing marriages, in the proclamation of the Gospel and preaching, in presiding over funerals, and in dedicating themselves to the various ministries of charity.

1571 Since the Second Vatican Council the Latin Church

has restored the diaconate “as a proper and permanent rank of the hierarchy,” while the Churches of the East had al-ways maintained it. This permanent diaconate, which can be conferred on married men, constitutes an important en-richment for the Church’s mission. Indeed it is appropriate and useful that men who carry out a truly diaconal ministry in the Church, whether in its liturgical and pastoral life or whether in its social and charitable works, should “be strengthened by the imposition of hands which has come down from the apostles. They would be more closely bound to the altar and their ministry would be made more fruitful through the sacramental grace of the diaconate.”