May 16, 2021 | The Seventh Sunday of Easter - Ascension

St. Patrick Catholic

Mass Schedule and Intentions

Saturday, May 15th 5:00 p.m. Fred Bullock† Sunday, May 16th: Seventh Sunday of Easter - Ascension Sacrament of Reconciliation 8:00 a.m. Parishioners 10:30 a.m. Joseph Oboh† Tuesday, May 18th: 4:45 - 5:45 p.m. 7:00 p.m. NO Saturday, May 22nd: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 18th 6:00 p.m. Martha Harris Reconciliation will be held in the cry room at the Wednesday, May 19th † church in accordance with the social distancing rules. 8:15 a.m. Albinus Lakra 8:15 p.m. NO MASS Thursday, May 20th 7:00 a.m. Roy and Catherine Huellhorst† Connect with St. Patrick Parish on Friday, May 21st 8:15 a.m. James Redel† Facebook. Fr. Greg is posting 6:00 p.m. St. Patrick 8 grade graduates information daily including recorded th Saturday, May 22nd Masses. 5:00 p.m. Virginia Page† https://www.facebook.com/stpatsrolla Sunday, May 23rd: Pentecost Sunday 8:00 a.m. Bill and Eleanor Higley† 10:30 a.m. Parishioners 7:00 p.m. NO MASS

17 St. Patrick Lane | Rolla, MO 65401 | 573-364-1435 | http://church.stpatsrolla.org The Seventh Sunday of Easter - Ascension - May 16, 2022 1st Reading: Acts 1:1-11 Responsorial Psalm: Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 Schedule of Events 2nd Reading: Eph 1:17-23 Wednesday, May 12th Gospel: Mk 16:15-20 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration - Church 7:30 p.m. Benediction - Church Do you know a parishioner in need of a visit? The past year has been very hard for so many. Thankfully, now that vaccinations are readily available, we are allowed more social interaction. A group of parishioners has volunteered to visit the Financial Information for May 9, 2021 homebound or those in nursing homes to deliver the , Offertory Income $ 21,298.50 pray, or for conversation. Fr. Greg is also available to hear Candle Donations $ 61.00 confession. Please contact Kathy or Connie in the parish office to Communication and Education $ 10.00 request a visit for yourself or someone else. Electronic Contributions Weekly $ 760.00 Bishop McKnight to Celebrate Sacrament of Confirmation We welcome Bishop McKnight who will be making a Let Us Pray: Our parish offers our prayers and pastoral visit to our parish Sunday, May 30th at 1:00 p.m. for the support to the family and friends of Larry and Vita French. Celebration of the Sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation. Larry was a 3rd degree knight, a member of the buildings Please pray for our parish Confirmation candidates, that the gifts and grounds committee, an usher. and a good golfer. Vita of the Holy Spirit will enliven them to witness God's peace, love was a former preschool aide and school volunteer. She also and compassion to all the world. helped with funeral dinners for many years. Member SIPC Moorkamp & Arthur May Larry, Vita, and all the faithful departed rest in peace, We support FAMILY DENTISTRY and so come to enter and enjoy the light, happiness, and St. Patrick's Stephen Moorkamp, DDS peace of heaven. May our Blessed Lord give comfort and Charlie Arthur, DDS Parish. William Moorkamp, DDS peace to those who mourn. Tracy E Spinaio 912 N. Cedar St. ∙ Rolla, MO ∙ (573) 364-1345 Financial Advisor 1311-B Forum Drive Rolla, MO 65401 573-364-4900 Emily Taylor, DDS, MSD Pediatric Dentist Liturgical Ministers 206 South Bishop Avenue, Unit A, Rolla May 22nd, 23rd www.edwardjones.com 573-368-7336 Saturday 5:00 p.m. MKT-5894I-A Parish Staff Communion Ministers: Liz Call, Jane Victor Lector 1st Reading: Ted Roth Fr. Greg Meystrik, Pastor [email protected] Lector 2nd Reading: Doris Backes-Delp Chad Lewis [email protected] Sacristan: Sarah McCluskey Deacon Thomas Manion [email protected] Servers: Jedidiah Plank, Jetta Plank Deacon Matthew McLaughlin [email protected] Ushers: Karl Bade, Linda Meyer Tony Arnold, School Principal [email protected] Tom Kasza, Campus Minister [email protected] Sunday 8:00 a.m. Connie Bolbecher, Parish Bookkeeper Communion Ministers: Anna Starns,Linda Virant [email protected] Lector 1st Reading: Tippy Duncan Kathy Rawson, Parish Administrative Assistant Lector 2nd Reading: Connie Shanks [email protected] Doris Backes-Delp, School Administrative Assistant Sacristan: Chris Vierrether [email protected] Servers: Michael McLaughlin, Logan Bull Madonna Woelk, School Secretary [email protected] Ushers: Nicholas Cahill, Jim Pettit Theresa McCarthy-Brow, Newman Administrative Assistant Sunday 10:30 a.m. [email protected] Bulletin [email protected] Communion Ministers: Ethel Scovell, Michelle Schwartze Lector 1st Reading: Chris Schmidgall Phone Numbers Lector 2nd Reading: Kathy Manion Parish Office 573-364-1435 Sacristan: Lynn Lutzen St. Patrick Catholic School 573-364-1162 Servers: Julia McCarthy, Erika McCarthy Newman Center 573-364-2133 Ushers: Dave Clifton, Klaus Woelk

Let Us Pray: Our parish offers our prayers and support to the family and friends of Terry Cossette, husband of Margaret Cossette. Terry faithfully served the Catholic Campus Ministry at the parish as an usher, most recently at the 10:30 a.m. Mass. Newman Center May Terry and all the faithful departed rest in peace, and so come to enter and enjoy the light, happiness, and peace The Newman Center is streaming events on Zoom. of heaven. May our Blessed Lord give comfort and peace to The Zoom meeting room is live! It is open 24-hours a day for those who mourn. people to log on and spend time together. It will function like a virtual urges Catholics to pray in May for end to Newman Center. Covid-19 pandemic Newman Zoom Link Catholics across the globe are encouraged to dedicate the https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/93134905865 Marian month of May to praying for an end to the pandemic. Meeting ID 981 3490 5865 The initiative, behind which the Pope has thrown his support, Pass code: 000000 involves 30 Marian Shrines from various parts of the world. The Newman Center will be closed for the summer. It will The Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization re-open on August 15th for freshman orientation. Classes for announced the news with a press release on Wednesday afternoon. the Fall It takes place under the theme “The whole Church was fervently semester begin on Monday, August 23rd. praying to God,” which recalls a verse in the Book of Acts (12:5). The Wednesday evening Masses will resume on August 18th. Prayer initiative The Sunday 7:00 p.m. Mass will resume on August 29th. “The initiative will involve all the Shrines of the world in a special way, so that they might encourage the faithful, families, and Students that will be in town over the summer should contact Tom Kasza at [email protected]. There will be communities to recite the Rosary to pray for an end to the events held occasionally over the summer. pandemic,” read the statement. Pope Francis will open the Marian month of prayer on 1 May with a Rosary broadcast across Vatican Media’s platforms. Each day will see Vatican News broadcast the recitation of the Rosary at 6 PM Rome time from the various Shines taking part in the initiative. The Pope will also close the initiative on 31 May with another specially-broadcast Rosary. Prayer Intention of the Holy Father End to the pandemic PLANK This year’s dedication of May to pandemic-related prayer recalls a TERMITE & PEST CONTROL LLC similar occurrence during the first wave in March 2020. STEVE PLANK - OWNER Pope Francis led the world in prayer during that confusing and www.plank-termite-pest-control.com ROLLA 573-368-3333 difficult time, celebrating a live-streamed, daily Mass in the Casa TOLL FREE 844-PLANK-PEST/844-752-6573 Santa Marta. MAY After more than a year, and with the world still in the grips of the Doris Backes-Delp pandemic, the Pope and the Church around the world are once The World of Finance Independent Senior Sales Director Let us pray that those in charge again leading the way in imploring God for an end to the suffering 573-465-1067 Cell which so many people are forced to bear. of finance will work with [email protected] governments to regulate the Watkins, D. (22 April 2021). Pope urges Catholics to pray in May for financial sphere and protect www.marykay.com/dbackes-delp end to Covid-19 pandemic. Vatican News. Retrieved April 29, 2021 citizens from its dangers. from https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-04/pope- francis-shrines-may-2021-prayer-end-pandemic.html Forum Dental 1810 E. 10th St. Rolla, MO 65401 573-364-1821

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