Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
MASS INTENTIONS LITURGICAL ASSIGNMENTS-NOVEMBER 28 & 29
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 23 - 29 USHERS Tue, Nov 24 6:00pm Raymond Bish 6pm Tom Peters, Matt Peters, Nathan Peters, Ralph Samson Wed, Nov 25 8:00am Art & Sophie Backes; 10am Knights of Columbus
Bill & Clara Marie Kirsch LECTORS Thu, Nov 26 10:00am Thanksgiving Mass (Linn) 6pm Judy Robinson, Sharon Sprenger Austin Harmon, Josh Harmon, Mark Voss 10am Knights of Columbus
Fri, Nov 27 8:00am NO MASS COMMUNION MINISTERS Sat, Nov 28 6:00pm Lawrence Buck & Dorothy Thomas; 6pm Bill Adams, Laura Adams, Jane Verdot-Theissen Wilfred & Marcie Dudenhoeffer 10am Knights of Columbus Sun, Nov 29 8:00am Dave & Mary Gabelsberger SERVERS 50th Wedding Anniversary (Frankenstein) 6pm Hope Wolfe, Lydia Kleffner, Elyse Brandt 10:00am Parishioners 10am Knights of Columbus
Daily & Weekend Mass will continue to be streamed on our ROSARY LEADERS Facebook page at www.facebook.com/stgeorgeparishlinn/. 6pm Debra Oliveras 10am Knights of Columbus
EVENTS GREETERS Sun,Nov 22–33 Days To Morning Glory Retreat–3pm, chapel 6pm Mary Wilbers, Mary Ruth Deeken Nov 23 – 27 – St. George School Thanksgiving Break 10am Knights of Columbus Thu, Nov 26 – Thanksgiving Day Mass- St. George, 10am MUSIC Sun,Nov 29–33 Days To Morning Glory Retreat–3pm, chapel 6pm Sheila Hock & Choir; Sarah Brandt Cantor Tue, Dec 1 – Catholic Financial Life Meeting & Christmas 10am Pam Radmacher & Choir Dinner - CANCELLED COLLECTION COUNTERS Tue, Dec 1 – Seeking Christ for our Nation Mass – St. Bob Wilbers, Kathy Wolfe George, 6:30pm Tue, Dec 1– Knights of Columbus Meeting –7:30pm CALL TO PRAYER Wed, Dec 2 – St. George Choir Practice – 7pm, volunteers in Please pray for: Dennis Haslag, Rhonda Whitlock, Ana th 6 grade to adult are invited to participate. Sanner, Dennis Rikard, Melinda Rikard, Holly Eynard, Ben Sat, Dec 5 – Wreaths for Heroes – St. George Church, 10am Samson, Timmy Wibberg, Paul McReynolds Jr, Kennedy Sun, Dec 6 –33 Days To Morning Glory Retreat–3pm, chapel Ann Hartman, Justin Linker, Ashlea Hering, Rebecca Wed, Dec 9 – St. George Choir Practice – 7pm, volunteers in th Helmig, Scott Rikard, Jerry Nilges, Mindy Heintz Jarvis, 6 grade to adult are invited to participate. Sharon Thomas, Larry Thomas, Mike & Bridget Parkhurst,
Ardith Wilson, Bob Wilson, Rodney Schaben, Travis Beers, THANK YOU Brenda Strope, Urban Schwartze, Hayden Backes, Jennifer St. Ann’s Sodality would like to thank the family of Janice Peters for the donation towards serving and preparing her Dewesplore, Ashley Wilbers, Rosemary McDaniel, Cherlyn funeral meal. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful Voss, Dennis Straub, Judy Wieberg, Martha Cole, Cami departed rest in peace. Bowman, Rodney Strope, Kaleb Christian, Randy Wilson, Martha Jaegers, Jennifer Kixmiller, Marilyn McDaniel BISHOP’S NOVEMBER PRAYER INTENTION Vaughn, Louise Bonnot, Mike Fowler, Lee Thomeczek, For a greater sense of gratitude to God for all blessings Donna Haslag, Denny Lamb, Hudson Haley, Berry Wiggins, received, and a greater sense of our responsibility for the Jaiden, Ronnie Peters, Bo Kleffner, Bill Kliethermes, Dennis mission of the Church in our parishes. Dudenhoeffer, Barbara Anne Baker, Paul Holterman, Fr. Christopher Aubuchon, Bob Jurd, Jessie Allen, Carl Rhoads, Jack Graham, Roman Scheulen, Mary Valdes, Steve WEEKEND COLLECTION – NOVEMBER 15, 2020 Maintenance $55 Votives $110 Laffoon, Lucille(Wasinger)Grelle & Frank Grelle families, Cemetery $115 Human Develop. $10 Doug Stieferman, Sr. Dorothy Lauberth, Sr. Mary Evelyn Catholic Missourian $15 All Saints $20 Lamb, Sr. Jamesine Lamb, Gibson Dudenhoeffer, Matt Klumper, Lydia Samson, & Charlie Scheulen. Please contact
the parish for those who would like to be listed for prayer.
Total collection Goal Net income/(loss) November 1 $14,570 $15,000 ($430) November 8 $17,661 $15,000 $2,661 November 15 $8,408 $15,000 ($6,592) November 22 $15,000 November 29 $15,000
Sunday, November 22, 2020
SCHOOL NEWS FROM THE PRINCIPAL WREATHS FOR HEROES Congratulations to Kim Sprenger, this week’s $100 The Wreaths for Heroes program will be held at St. George winner! Her ticket was sold by the Sprenger family. Church at 10:00 am on Dec. 5. Immediately following St. George School will be off next week on an extended program, wreaths will be placed on veteran graves at St. Thanksgiving break. School will resume on November 30th. George cemetery. If you have any questions, contact Debbie November is a month for giving thanks and showing Backes at 573-680-0033. appreciation to those who have gone before us. We like to take MISSALS FOR THE NEW CHURCH YEAR a moment and pause to give God thanks for all the gifts He has Missals for 2021 begin with Mass for Sunday, November 29 & given us. Even in the midst of a pandemic, there is no doubt that will be available in the back of church over the next couple of God is good. Since Eucharist means Thanksgiving, it is a good weeks. You may take a Missal home with you to use while time to attend Mass either virtually or in person and receive our viewing Mass via live stream, or bring it back and forth with Lord, Jesus, in the Eucharist. On behalf of the faculty and staff you to Mass. Please do not pick one up to use during Mass at St. George, we wish you all a Blessed Thanksgiving. We are and return it to the stack of Missals after Mass. During this especially blessed that you entrusted your children with us to pandemic, Mass materials are not to be shared between teach them not only academics, but also help with their spiritual different households. Also if you took a Missal home formation. previously and have a green cover on it, we ask that you return HELIAS THEOLOGY TEACHER OPENING the cover to be sanitized and stored until we can put them back Helias Catholic High School is seeking a Theology out in the church pews. Thank you. Teacher full or part-time beginning in January. For the full job CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT description, please go to the Helias website Please be generous in this week’s special collection for the at www.heliascatholic.com/AboutUs/EmploymentOpportunites Catholic Campaign for Human Development. In the United or contact the office at 573-635-6139. States, one in six people live in poverty. With this collection, PARISH COUNCIL NOMINEES you support programs that address the causes of poverty and St. George is looking for 6-8 parishioners to run for parish provide a sustainable future for those struggling across the council to serve 2021 -2023. Each member serves a three-year country. In addition, 25% of the funds we collect will remain term, attends quarterly meetings, and helps coordinate the in our diocese to fund local antipoverty projects. Please Spring Fling event. The parish council provides advisement to prayerfully consider how you can support this collection and parish administrators to help promote parish growth, fellowship, work on the margins. More information about the Catholic and spirituality. Thank you to Jane Theissen, Mary Muenks, Campaign for Human Development can be found at and Brad Deeken who have completed their terms at the end of www.usccb.org/cchd/collection. this year. If you are interested in running for parish council, LIFE OF THE SAINTS- ST. COLUMBAN contact the parish office at 573-897-2293. Columban was a great Irish missionary in Europe. As a young SCRIP HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA man he was greatly tormented by temptations of the flesh, & This week’s winner of a $25 scrip card is Debbie Haslag. To be sought the advice of a religious woman who had lived a entered in the next drawing, purchase at least $100 of Scrip. If hermit’s life for years. He saw in her answer a call to leave the over the 6 week period, over $500 is spent in scrip sales, that world. He went first to a monk on an island in Lough Erne, person will be eligible for our grand prize drawing on Monday, then to the great monastic seat of learning at Bangor. After December 21 of a $100 Scrip card that is in stock. Don’t forget many years of seclusion and prayer, he traveled to Gaul with to use Scrip for your holiday shopping. There will be special 12 companion missionaries. They won wide respect for the rebates and new ship to home options available for those using rigor of their discipline, preaching, and commitment to charity the RaiseRight app to order. Contact Brenda at the parish office and religious life in a time characterized by clerical laxity and if you have any questions. civil strife. Columban established several monasteries in Europe, which became centers of religion and culture. Like all CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP APPEAL saints, he met opposition. Ultimately he had to appeal to the We are near the end of this year’s Catholic Stewardship Appeal. pope against complaints of Frankish bishops, for vindication of For each one of you who chose to give back gratefully to God his orthodoxy and approval of Irish customs. He reproved the through a contribution to the CSA, we are deeply appreciate. king for his licentious life, insisting that he marry. Since this Each gift, when combined with the gifts of thousands of other threatened the power of the queen mother, Columban was parishioners throughout the diocese, makes a very real deported back to Ireland. His ship ran aground in a storm, and difference. For those who have not yet joined your fellow he continued his work in Europe, ultimately arriving in Italy. Catholics in support of the CSA, we urge you to pray about it. He found favor with the king of the Lombards. In his last years You can also make a pledge by going online to diofeffcity.org he established the famous monastery of Bobbio, where he died. and clicking the “Donate Now” button. % of Goal His wr itings include a treatise on penance and against CSA Goal Pledged Received Received Arianism, sermons, poetry, and his monastic rule. The $22,000 $12,885 $10,080 46% Liturgical Feast of Saint Columban is November 23.