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Welcome to St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church
610 West Ripa Avenue St. Louis, MO 63125
Mass Schedule Monday-Saturday 8 a.m. Saturday 4 p.m.
Sunday 7:30 & 10 a.m.
Mass on Holy Days National Holidays
Consult Sunday Bulletin
Sacrament of Penance
Saturday 3:00-3:45 p.m.
Eucharistic Adoration Wednesdays from
8:30 a.m.-noon Also Wednesday to the
first Friday of the month
Marriages Contact parish office at least six months prior to
wedding
Baptisms Contact parish office
to register for a baptism preparation class
Parish Contact Info Phone: 314-544-5664 Fax: 314-631-3118 saintmartinoftours
@yahoo.com
Website http://
stmartinoftours.com
Society of St. Vincent DePaul
314-296-3733
Parish Office Hours Monday - Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
St. Martin of Tours Parish extends a Warm Welcome to all who have come to worship with us. We are honored by your presence. If you would like to join the parish, please contact the parish office. God Bless You!
Pastor Rev. Noah Waldman
314-544-5664 [email protected]
Deacon
Rev. Mr. Edward Fronick
Business Manager Ms. Donna McKay
Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Felice Nighbor
Religious Education Deacon Alan Boedeker
314-631-0691 [email protected]
Maintenance Mr. Rick Jobin
Mrs. Bridget Gabel
SUNDAY CONTRIBUTIONS
General $2580
Special Collections $ 50
Loose $ 499
Subtotal $3129
On-Line Giving $ 460
(August 19–August 25)
Total: $3589
THANK YOU! To the many parishioners
who so generously support
ST. MARTIN of TOURS
PARISH
Pastor’s Pen Dear St. Martin of Tours Family, How is it that a loving God can send someone to hell? It is not an uncommon question which, when lobbed at Christians, can make us squirm. The Catholic philosopher Michael B. Ewbank defines hell as “the status of a creature which must exist in the confines of endless, indestructible duration without any hope of finality … [with] unfathomable spiritual duress and immeasurable personal suffering.” How can a loving God do such a thing? Answer: HE DOESN’T. How could a merciful God have wished to conceive of such a place? Answer: HE DID-N’T. Here is a deeper mystery: The omnipotent God, because He is all Good without any darkness in Him, cannot and does not know anything about hell directly. He can know it only as an abode characterized by the absence of goodness. It is, as Ewbank notes, not the Creator who creates hell, but “creatures abusing liberty that make [hell] exist”. Hell is so un-God-like that it is entirely foreign to Him. Ewbank gives evidence to this idea by quoting the great exorcist Fr. Gabriele Amorth from his autobiography [An Exorcist Tells His Story, trans. by N. V. McKenzie (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1999)]:
“We must make this abundantly clear: evil, suffering, death, and hell (that is, eternal damnation in everlasting torment) are not acts of God. I want to expand on this point. One day Fa-ther Candido was expelling a demon. Toward the end of the exorcism, he turned to the evil spirit and sarcastically told him, ‘Get out of here. The Lord has already prepared a nice, well-heated house for you!’ At this, the demon answered, ‘You do not know anything! It wasn’t [God] who made hell. It was us. He had not even thought about it.’ Similarly, on another occa-sion, while I was questioning a demon to know whether he had contributed to the creation of hell, I received this answer: ‘All of us cooperated.’”
To avoid hell, do these things: Know that you are a sinner, and repent in your heart. Accept forgiveness from the Lord through the gift of the sacraments. Try to love God with all your heart. Do your best to forgive one another and to love one another. Be fair, just, compassionate, and patient. Obey the com-mandments. Know that God loves you and has a plan for you. That is enough. In Christ, 1. Michael B. Ewbank, https://ratiocinationsorg.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/personal-being-beginnings-end-and-ends-beginning/ “He knows evil things also; as by light is known darkness. 2. Hence Dionysius says (Div. Nom. vii): ‘God through Himself receives the vision of darkness, not otherwise seeing darkness except through light.’” Sum-ma theologiae, part I, question 14, article 10.
LITURGICAL MINISTERS September 7 - September 8
Saturday 4:00 p.m. Sunday 7:30 a.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m.
ALTAR SOCIETY: September 6
Audrey Erbs Barb Muich
MASS INTENTIONS
9.00 a.m. - Monday September 2 - Holiday Nancy Blankmann+ 8:00 a.m. - Tuesday September 3 Jack Geraci+ 8:00 a.m. - Wednesday September 4 Margaret Price+ 8:00 a.m. - Thursday September 5 Priest Intention 8:00 a.m. - Friday September 6 Jack McManemy+ 8:00 a.m. - Saturday September 7 Ray & Marie Austermann+ 4:00 p.m. - Saturday September 7 Deceased members of Westrich & Seitz Families+ 7:30 a.m. - Sunday September 8 People of Parish 10:00 a.m.- Sunday September 8 John & Celeste Miller+
MONEY COUNTERS: September 8
Larry Skaggs, Apollo Westrich Frank Ziegler, Jim Heisner
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: 1 Thes 4:13-18; Ps 96:1, 3-5, 11-13; Lk 4:16-30 Tuesday: 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday: Col 1:1-8; Ps 52:10-11; Lk 4:38-44 Thursday: Col 1:9-14; Ps 98:2-6; Lk 5:1-11 Friday: Col 1:15-20; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: Col 1:21-23; Ps 54:3-4, 6, 8; Lk 6:1-5
Lectors
Dolores Sunkel Barbie Swalina Joanne Marty
Eucharistic Ministers
Roberta & Dale Bachle Cathy McNeive Greg Hrbacek
Cathy Swoboda John Swalina
Barb Muich Marge Fedke Carol Ritter Vickey Heitzman
Gift Bearers
Mary McWhorter Alice & Ray Benner Diane & Kevin Julius
Ushers
Kevin Hale Ken Harangozo John Hudson Ken McWhorter
Loretta & Larry Skaggs Bill Grahl Greg Buck
Ken Heitzman Harry Albers Ken Kiefer Norm Kistner
Servers
Tom Tettamble Ken McWhorter, Jr.
Bobbi & Bob Villani Kyle Kiser
PRAY FOR OUR SICK Recently added are in bold
Mark Breihan Helen Alonzo Charlotte Brown Jack Bettag Clare Hudson
Joyce Taylor Rose Saunchgrow Gerry Jansen Lois Cliffe Carolyn Machino
Terri Morrison Ken McWhorter Virginia Matecki Donna Fichtenmeyer Ruth Renz
Jackie O’Connell Kathy Steppig Kathleen Warth Carol Venverloh Jack York
Linda Hoefl Larry Volk Richard Volk Susan Schaap Slake Jeanine Frey
PEACE WITH THE LORD
In your charity, please pray for the repose of the souls of all our faithful departed. Requiescant in pace.
ADORATION IN 2019
Would you be willing to commit an hour of adoration time from Wednesday, Sep-tember 4 following the 8:00 a.m. Mass until Friday, September 6 at 3:00 p.m.? Notice the extended time. Please consider giving to the Lord one hour.
To schedule your time slot, sign up in the church vestibule, on our
parish website, or please call:
Barb Muich: 314-892-6284 or Betty Koch: 314-775-7534 or
CONCERNING MASS INTENTIONS
The Bishops of the Province of Missouri have de-termined that the newly established Mass offer-ing for all dioceses in Missouri, as of July 1, 2019, shall be $10.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 LABOR DAY
MORNING MASS: 9:00 A.M.
Book Study Group Forming Now!
FATIMA FOR TODAY
The Urgent Marian Message of Hope By Fr. Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R.
First Meeting
THURSDAY, SEPT 12 12:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
We will meet in the lobby of Runge Hall. Be sure to register in order for us to have an ac-curate count for ordering the books. To Register please call… Mary Anne (Duenwald) Jones 314-971-5742
Chairman: Lar ry Skaggs
Captains: George Otto & Kevin Hale Caller: Steve Lato; Cashiers: Melissa Langevin, Lisa Hale, Carol Wallace
Paper: Marge Fedke, Dolores Sunkel; Pull Tab Counter: George Otto Pull Tab Booth: Lynn Bova ; Floor Workers: Greg Hrbacek, Carol Mueller ,
Diane & Andy Vaporean, Tom Tettamble, Loretta Skaggs, Margaret & Tim Haber, Barb Muich
(Workers please report by 3:30 p.m.) - Can’t work? Call Captain
White Progressive: $3,250; Purple: $1,000 Thank you to workers and players for your support.
WEEK 1 September 1
UPCOMING EVENT WOMEN’S CLUB
Save the Date! September 14 10:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. Trip to: Defiance Ridge Vineyards
$15.00 includes roundtrip transportation and cov-ered reserved seating. Wine tastings available for $5.00 or $10.00
Band starts @ 2:00 p.m.
For reservations: email: [email protected]. Friends, co-workers, nieces, daughters, sisters, mothers and grandmothers are all welcome!
ST. MARTIN OF TOURS PARISH BBQ
September 14 & 15
Sponsored by: The Men’s Club
10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.
MENU
14 oz. pork steak—$9 (2 sides) 1/2 chicken—$9 (2 sides)
1/2 slab of ribs—$13 (2 sides) Whole slab of ribs—$22 (3 large sides)
Whole slab of ribs—$19 Bratwurst Dinner—$5.00 (2sides)
Choice of sides Mustard potato salad/Mayonnaise potato salad
Sweet/sour slaw Baked beans
To order ahead or for free deliveries
CALL: LARRY @ 314-435-1626
Thank You Cards For Veterans!
Join the Women's Club on September 12th to help make 300 “Thank You” cards for the Veterans at Jefferson Barracks & John Cochran VA Hospitals.
In November, the cards will be passed out by members of the Women's Club.
Sign up in back of church if you would like to participate.
Sincere thanks to all who took part in our recent Blood Drive. We made our goal, thanks to those who gave and those who attempted to give. Mercy was pleased with our 20 Units.
Winners of $25.00 QT gas cards: Dino Bova & Steven Callen
Job well done by all!
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 Adoration begins @ 8:30 a.m.
SVDP mtg. @ 7:00 p.m.
5 Adoration Continues
6 Adoration Continues Benediction @ 3:00 p.m.
7
8 Recitation of the Rosary @ 9:30 a.m.
9 10 11 50+ mtg. @ 11:30 a.m.
12 Women’s Club mtg. @ 7:00 p.m.
13 14
Parish BBQ
15 Parish BBQ
16 17 18 19 20 21
22 Fellowship Sunday
23 24 50+ Board mtg. @ 9:00 a.m.
25 26 Parish Council Mtg. @ 6:30 p.m.
27 28
29 30
September 2019
Winery
Cornhole Tournament