Nineteenth Sunday 13416in Ordinary Olive Boulevard, Time Chesterfield, Missouri 63017 • 314-576-5366 August 9, 2015 www.incarnate-word.org
The Mission of Incarnate Word Parish Endowed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit, We, the members of the Incarnate Word Faith community, dedicate ourselves in a spirit of mutual respect, to live and proclaim the gospel message of Jesus Christ.
We are called to do this by reaching in to our parish family and reaching out to the universal Church and to the global community, by ministering to their spiritual, educational, social and material needs.
We will do this by using our God-given gifts of time, talents, and treasures in an environment of collaborative ministry, in full harmony with the teachings and traditions of our Catholic faith. Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Incarnate Word Parish August 9, 2015 13416 Olive Blvd., Chesterfield, MO 63017 Phone (314) 576-5366 Fax (314) 576-2046 Website: www.incarnate-word.org Facebook: Incarnate Word Catholic Church Twitter: @IWParish
Pastoral Staff Mass Schedule Pastor Rev. Timothy Vowels ext. 13 Sunday Masses: Saturday: 5:00 p.m. Senior Associate Pastor Rev. James Sullivan ext. 46 Sunday: 7:15 a.m., 8:45 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and Sr. Associate Pastor-P/T Rev. Jack Schuler ext. 14 6:00 p.m. LifeTeen Mass Permanent Deacon Rev. Mr. Larry Stallings 560-4184 The Mother Teresa Infant Nursery is available during all Masses for the comfort of parents with infants. Closed-circuit Worship TV is available in the Mother Teresa Nursery. Music Director Dr. Joe Tyldesley ext. 47 Children’s Liturgy of the Word is offered for children in grades K-5 at the 5:00p.m., 8:45 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Masses and the Nursery Bible School is open for 1-5 year olds 8:45 a.m. & Administrative Staff 10:30 a.m. Masses Stewardship Director Mary Reichenbach ext. 48 Business Manager Michael Forget ext. 19 Holy Days: See bulletin for details. Secretary Barbara Martin ext. 10 Weekdays: Monday – Friday 7:00 a.m. & 8:00 a.m. Parish Accountant Pam Morse ext. 51 Saturday 8:00 a.m. Child Safety Coordinator Andrea Brockmann ext. 17 Devotions (in Church) School Principal Mike Welling ext. 11 Adoration: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the Chapel Administrative Asst. Jaye Lewis ext. 11 Benediction: every Wednesday at 8:40 p.m. Rosary: Religious Education Every morning at 7:30 a.m. except Sunday & Director Laura Flanagan ext. 26 Every Monday at 8:30 a.m. for Pro Life intentions & Administrative Asst. Emi Estrada ext. 27 Third Sunday of the month after 8:45a.m. Mass for Vocation intentions Perpetual Help Devotion: Every Tuesday morning at 8:30a.m Youth Ministry Encounter: First Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Director Dan Huss ext. 39 Director of Music Adam Bitter ext. 18 Faith Life Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Pastoral Council “Keepers of the Mission” Wednesdays 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (except first Wednesdays of [email protected] the month) or anytime by request
Sharon Brightfield 314-291-8445 Sacrament of Baptism: Preparation is required. Gerry Clark, President 314-205-8519 Please call the Parish Office to make arrangements. Brian Effer 636-532-2626 Sacrament of Marriage: Couples planning marriage must Dick Heitert, Vice President 636-532-0555 contact a priest at least six months in advance of the marriage. Kim Henry, Secretary 314-540-5529 Jodi Luetkemeyer 314-439-0605 Communion Calls: Please call the Parish Office to request Donn Mitchell 314-306-0118 Communion in the home.
Dave Olson 314-952-5477 Hospital Calls: Priests and Deacons make regular visits to John Phillips 314-412-8528 hospitals. Families should notify the Parish Office when a Colleen Smyth 636-236-1178 parishioner is hospitalized. Patti Zwick 314-579-9014
Holy Orders: If you are interested in the religious life, please call the Parish Office or the Archdiocesan Office of Welcome: If you are not currently registered and wish to Vocations at 314-792-6460. join Incarnate Word, we invite you to register in person at the Parish Office or on-line at www.incarnate-word.org Bereavement Ministry: If you or someone you care about has lost a loved one or are grieving, the parish has resources and RCIA: If you are interested in learning more about the support to offer you. For more information contact Keith Plein at Catholic faith, please call Laura Berlage at 576-5366 ext.26. 314-469-3640 The Bereavement Support Group meets monthly from September Bulletin: Notices for the bulletin must be submitted to the through the following May on the last Tuesday of the month at Parish Secretary in writing or to [email protected] 7:00P.M. in the Watson Room. Anyone is welcome to attend. For by Tuesday 10:00am. more information, please contact Linda Hamby at 314-707-7195. Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 9, 2015
Mass Intentions Liturgical Minister Schedule Monday, Aug 10, St. Lawrence Sat. Aug 15, The Assumption of Mary 7:00 a.m. John Wagner 5:00 p.m. Celebrant: Fr. Schuler 8:00 a.m. Intentions of Stephen Forget Lectors: T. Nickolai, W. Vincent Tuesday, Aug 11, St. Clare Servers: D. Mohrmann, A. Wetzler 7:00 a.m. Jerry Bersett C. Schilligo 8:00 a.m. The Guempel/Kist family Sun. Aug. 16, Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wed, Aug 12, Weekday 7:15 a.m. Celebrant: Fr. Schuler 7:00 a.m. Jack Neiner Lectors: P. Kopsky, C. Viamontes 8:00 a.m. Carlisle McCarthy, Jr. Servers: B. Phillips, B. Potter, Thursday, Aug 13, Weekday D. Carroll 8:45 a.m. Celebrant: Fr. Sullivan 7:00 a.m. Dan Hurley Lectors: D. Lordi, B. Cogan 8:00 a.m. Mary Wright Servers: V. Burch, K. Distelrath Friday, Aug 14, St. Maximilian Kolbe P. Hilton 7:00 a.m. Mary Rechtien 10:30 a.m. Celebrant: Fr. Vowels 8:00 a.m. Theresa & Ray Reed Deacon: Deacon Stallings Saturday, Aug. 15, The Assumption of Mary Lectors: L. Flanagan, M. Speck 8:00 a.m. Kathryn Dardas Servers: C. Kilcullin, P. Schaefer 5:00 p.m. David Matthew A. Struckhoff Sun Aug 16, Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 12:15 p.m. Celebrant: Fr. Sullivan 7:15 a.m. Ron Glasgens Lectors: C. Neff, J. Kressig 8:45 a.m. John Sammelman Servers: K. Catalano, N. Lionelli, 10:30 a.m. Theodore Hay G. LoPiccolo 12:15 p.m. Intentions of Jodi Walsh 6:00 p.m. Celebrant: Fr. Vowels 6:00 p.m. People of Incarnate Word Parish
Flowers at the Altar this Week are Offered: Temple Tabulator Team 1, Aug 16 • Heavenly Duster Team 5, Aug 13 In loving memory of Theresa & Ray Reed
August 9, 2015 - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings for the Week “Get up and eat, else the journey will be too long for Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:4-8; Ps 34:2-9; Eph 4:30 — 5:2; Jn 6:41-51 you!” (1 Kings 19:7) Monday: 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-9; Jesus knew that the stewardship journey would be diffi- Jn 12:24-26 cult, so He gave us the nourishment of the Eucharist. Tuesday: Dt 31:1-8; Dt 32:3-4ab, 7-9, 12; Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 When we take time to join our sacrifices with the sacri- Wednesday: Dt 34:1-2; Ps 66:1-3a, 5, 8, 16-17; fice of the Mass, we find the strength to give and joy in Mt 18:15-20 our giving. Thursday: Jos 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17; Ps 114:1-6; Mt 18:21 — 19:1 Friday: Jos 24:1-13; Ps 136:1-3, 16-18, 21-22, The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic 24; Mt 19:3-12 Sunday Morning Study Group Saturday: Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2; Aug. 16 – Sept. 20, 2015 (6 sessions) Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14; 1 Cor 15:54b- 8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. (IW Adult Meeting Room) 57; Lk 11:27-28 Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; All are welcome to join in on a 6-week journey to discover the genius of Ps 45:10-12, 16; 1 Cor 15:20-27; Catholicism and take our spiritual life to the next level. This book was Lk 1:39-56 given out by the Knights of Columbus at Christmas in response to the Sunday: Prv 9:1-6; Ps 34:2-7; Eph 5:15-20; ‘Dynamic Catholic, Alive’ initiative started by Archbishop Carlson. Jn 6:51-58 Copies of the book are available for FREE on the K of C ‘Rack in the Back’. We will read 1 chapter each week and review the discussion questions provided by Dynamic Catholic. To register, contact Cindy Rest In Peace Reznikov (314-434-4201 or [email protected]. For more infor- • Rosalie Walsh, wife of Tom Walsh mation on the program, go to www.archstl.org/dynamic Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 9, 2015
Weekly Calendar of Events Church-Rosary In Our Midst Recited Daily Our parish is embarking on Beyond Sunday, an Archdiocesan-wide after 7:00 a.m. Mass capital campaign conducted by the Roman Catholic Foundation of East- ern Missouri, to strengthen parishes and Catholic Education throughout Monday, Aug 10 the Archdiocese of St. Louis. With our generous Beyond Sunday funding, Tuesday Aug 11 we will invest in our parish by addressing its most pressing needs. We Church H all 7:00 p.m. West County Catholics will also invest in the Roman Catholic Foundation’s Education Fund, which will provide funding solutions to transform Catholic education Multipurpose 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts throughout the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Wednesday Aug 12 A Campaign Leadership Committee of parishioners, led by Doug and Church Hall 7:00 p.m. Protecting God’s Children Jenny Tieber, will be working with the Roman Catholic Foundation staff Barron Rm. 7:00 p.m. Marriage Encounter on this exciting initiative. All of our registered parishioners will be contact- Thursday Aug 13 ed in the coming months with details on Beyond Sunday and a request Barron Rm. 7:00 p.m. CRHP for financial support. For more information, please visit Watson Rm. 7:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus www.beyondsundaystl.org or contact Jenny Tieber at 636-219-9348 or Friday Aug 14 [email protected]. Saturday Aug 15 Kent Center 7:00 p.m. Alumni Party Next Saturday, August 15 is the Incarnate Word School Alumni Reun- Sunday Aug 16 ion for the graduating classes from 1976-2007. The Reunion will be in the Kent Center from 7pm-11pm. If you know anyone who attended the school during those years please let them know they are invited. There will be food, drinks, a DJ, photo booth and lots or reminiscing. For more In Our Thoughts and Prayers information, see the Facebook page “Incarnate Word Catholic Church”; Betty Bode, Dolores Stolarski, Ed McGuire, Kathie or email [email protected] or [email protected]. Hempstead, John Woods, Mary Rose Mabry, Dorothy & Tony Hausladen, George & Janet Zell, Caroline Chris- Please consider joining us for the Anniversary Dinner at the Marriott ten, Ann Sullivan, Spencer Vincent, Richard Rahubka, on Saturday, August 29. About 250 people have already signed up. It Leo Paradis, Denise Gralen Nagel, Doris Beuttenmul- will be a wonderful evening of food, music and memories. Please RSVP ler, John Maschek, Marilyn Cusick, Peggie Mullenschlader, Dorothy by August 17. Smith, Terry LaForce, Bob Reininger, Nan Brown, Dan Villare, Theresa Twellman, Daniel Christman, Sarah Warden, Sandy Sullivan, Mary Kauf- Also in celebration of the 50th Anniversary we have for sale high quality mann, Mary Ann Naughton, Edward Wiegers, Kyle Wendels, Kristy white t-shirts with the 5-color 50th logo on the back and “Incarnate Allgeyer, Muriel Young, Bill Hogan, Art Jecklin, Mark Saunders, Janice Word Parish” written on the front left chest area. These shirts will be Petri, Greg Pruett, Ron Theby, Joan & Stan Mengwasser, Phyllis available for purchase after Masses this weekend and next. The cost is Mirarchi, Robert Meegen, Charles Stanley, Henry Westphale, John Ped- only $5 and there are both adult and child sizes. rotty, Sr., Mark Stuesse, Joseph Worth, Larry Hoepfner, Margot Mueller, Curt Keppel, Dorothy Pasley, Ralph & Elsie Brown, Carol Babka, Rick Fr. Vowels Leisse, Lori Sauerwein, Peggy Esnard, Colleen Stuekrad, Jen Twellman, Dick Dolan, Stephanie Prechard, Ed Barry, Terri Gibbs, Bonita Grove, Jon Jonz, Amy Williams, Bea Kuhn, Bea Terbrock, Danny Graham, Mary McCabe, Ed Havens, Margrit & Jack Lorenz, Katie Lazaroff, Kenneth Sponsor a candidate to become Catholic! (Pete) Cooper, Terri Peterson The sponsors in the RCIA process are ideally meant to walk with the catechumens or candidates throughout the process of
conversion, to bring them into the parish community, to show st them what it means to live a Catholic life, and to vouch for 1 Grade Teacher Aide Needed at their progress in knowledge and maturity in faith. Therefore, it is best if the sponsors in the Incarnate Word RCIA are mem- Incarnate Word Parish School bers of the parish community. Mrs. Kacy Ahlstrom, who has been one of our first grade If you take pride in your life of faith and would be willing to teacher aides has retired. We are, therefore, in need of some- walk with a catechumen or candidate on their journey to and one to take her place when school begins in a few weeks, on beyond the Easter sacraments, a sponsor training session will Monday, August 17. This First Grade Teacher Aide will be held Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 7 PM in the school assist one of our 1st grade teachers with clerical, supervisory, library. and miscellaneous duties two days per week (Mondays and At this training, you will learn tips to act effectively as a spon- Fridays) from 8:00am to 12:00pm. Pay for this position will sor, as well as fill out a brief questionnaire, which will help us be based on education and related experience. If you are inter- match you with a catechumen or candidate. ested, or know someone who may be interested, letters and (Not all sponsors may be matched with someone in a particular resumes may be addressed to our principal, Mr. Mike Welling year; you will be asked to reaffirm your willingness each year.) at [email protected]. Please pray about whether God may be calling you to this min- istry of presence and witness! Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 9, 2015
Knights of Columbus Corner Incarnate Word Council 9981 “In Service to One – In Service to All” PRO LIFE NEWS Helpers of God’s Precious Infants Did you know this about the Pro Life Mass and Prayer Vigil established by the Help- Knights of Columbus? Our council, along with the St. Louis Knights of Columbus Assembly ers of God’s Precious Infants every third Saturday of the 565, is honored to be connected to the old St. Louis Browns and month. Mass begins at 8:00 a.m. at the Cathedral Ba- Cooperstown, New York (home of Major League baseball’s Hall of silica on Saturday, August 15th, followed by a rosary Fame) by way of our relationship to one of the council’s deceased procession to the Planned Parenthood abor on facility Brother Knights: Don Lenhardt. As the article below, published recent- ly in the KofC Mariner (the Missouri state KofC official publication), and Benedic on upon return to the Basilica. Celebrant describes Don: “This original good guy, a true, humble gentleman, was this month is Fr. Conor Sullivan of St. Francis of Assisi loved and respected by all who knew him.” And those who knew him Parish. Mark your calendar for September 19th for the remember fondly his wife of 62 years – Isabelle, along with their next Mass and Rosary procession (Celebrant, Fr. David daughter Patricia, husband Tom Walther, grandchildren and great- grandchildren. Many parishioners will remember Isabelle as the princi- Skillman, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary). pal of the Incarnate Word elementary school during the 1980’s. Pro-Life Video Challenge “Don was being scouted by the St. Louis Browns when the Japanese The Respect Life Apostolate has issued a Pro-Life Vid- attacked Pearl Harbor. Don left college to join the Navy, thus missing 5 baseball seasons. The Browns signed Don as a 27 year old rookie. eo Challenge, invi ng youth and young adults (age 13- He played left field with the Browns, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, 39) to create a one to five minute pro-life video relat- Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox during a five year career. In ed to the Respect Life Conven on Theme: “Souls on 481 career games, he hit .271 with 61 home runs and 239 runs batted Fire for Life”. Finalists will be invited to a end the Con- in. ven on on Sunday, October 25th, where the winning Don served as Boston’s first base coach and then dedicated more than video will be announced. The winner(s) of the Pro-Life 40 years as mid-west area scout and consultant for the Red Sox. Don Video Challenge will receive a $500 prize and the win- retired in 2002 to the Lenhardt home in Chesterfield, MO. ning video will be shared on the Respect Life website.
Sir Knight Don was a Fourth Degree member of St. Louis Assembly For entry details, please go to Respect Life at 565 and the Assembly Honor Guard. Incarnate Word Council 9981 archstl.org. proudly claimed Don and Isabelle as council and ladies auxiliary mem- bers. Register for PSR! When Don’s chalice became available, the family contacted Reverend Classes in the Parish School of Religion begin Septem- John P. Rosson, Pastor at St. Mary’s Our Lady of the Lake Roman ber 14 for students in grades K-8. PSR provides religious Catholic Church, located in Cooperstown, N.Y. Father John was education and sacramental preparation for students in pleased to accept the chalice, which will be used during Holy Mass to our parish who attend public schools. consecrate the Precious Blood of Christ and remember Sir Knight Don PSR classes are held on Monday nights from 6:30-7:45 and Isabelle in the prayers of the priest. PM. A calendar and registration forms are available on
the parish website under “Religious Education,” or you What a fitting tribute to this Sir Knight to bond his baseball career and his Knights of Columbus career with a special chalice in a beautiful may pick them up from the parish office. For any ques- church in Cooperstown, New York.” tions about registration or classes, contact Emi Estrada at [email protected] or 314-576-5366 ext. 27. By way of explanations, 1) the Fourth Degree is the highest and the Patriotic degree of the Order, and; 2) the chalice program, in which a Adult Faith Formation Opportunities deceased Knight's name is engraved on a sacred vessel, is promoted Dialogue Among Faith Communities for a Better Future: Narratives of by the Fourth Degree to memorialize deceased members. Widows of Pope Francis and Fethullah Gülen Sir Knights are encouraged to donate the chalice to a local or mission- The Niagara Foundation and St. Francis Xavier (College) Church invite you ary priest so that each time it is used for Mass; their husbands are to a talk about by Father Thomas Michel, S.J., who served as the director remembered in a special way. of Islamic Office of the Vatican’s Council for Inter-religious Dialogue for 13 years and has published extensively on modern Muslim thinkers such as We would like to talk with you about becoming an IW Knight. Please Said Nursi and Fethullah Gülen. visit us on-line at our web site: www.IWknights.com/AboutUs Sunday, August 9th, 2015, 12:00 PM St. Francis Xavier (College) Church Ballroom Find us at www.IWKnights.com and on Facebook at facebook.com/ 3628 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO IWknights9981. Free Event but RSVP is required by August 4th, 2015 at mis- Please shop our book and CD Rack-in-the-Back. Suggested Donation [email protected] for the CD's is $3.00/title - books are FREE. Refreshments will be provided! Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 9, 2015
Save the Date The Cornerstone Catholic Scripture Study Please join the Cornerstone Catholic Scripture Study as we The FRIENDS OF BIRTHRIGHT Gala begin our 2015-2016 study of the Gospel of Luke, which is A Night for Life sometimes referred to as “The Gospel of Prayer” due to the many beautiful prayers included within it. Meetings begin in Saturday, September 19, 2015 early September at various locations in the St. Louis area. For Dinner and dancing at Busch Stadium- the nearest location and more details please call Sue at 314- now that’s a winner! For more infor- 821-4661 or visit our website at mation, please call Janine DiMarco at www.thecornerstonescripturestudy.org.
314-660-1009 or Barb Finnegan at 314- MARATHON BRIDGE GROUP 740-1717 Ladies, do you play Bridge? This group from Ascension Par- All proceeds to benefit Birth- ish has a few openings available for the 2015- 2016 year, so you might wish to consider this activity. right Counseling, St. Louis Play is on the second Monday of each month from September Day of Reflec on for through April.
Cancer Pa ents and Caregivers Offered Prizes are awarded at the end of the year for those with the Take Lord, Receive, a reflec on day for those with best accumulated scores. The group is low key and friendly. cancer or other chronic diseases and those who Details and further information can be obtained by contacting love and care for them, will be held from 9 a.m. to Ann Cook (636-532-5887). Only a few spaces are open and our schedule must be set by August 1st. 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19 at Il Ri ro Francis- can Retreat in Di mer, Mo. The day will be led by Incarnate Word parishioner and spiritual director Women’s CRHP Steve Givens, author of “Embraced by God: Facing Reunion at I.W. Chemotherapy with Faith,” and will offer presenta- ons and guided prayer experiences as well as op- When: Tuesday, August 18th 7 – 9 pm (doors open at 6:30) nd portuni es for quiet prayer, journaling, and sharing Where: I.W. Multipurpose Room (2 Floor) Who: Anyone who has attended a Women’s CRHP at any with other par cipants. For more informa on, con- parish tact Il Ri ro at (636) 274-0554 or il.ri [email protected]. Subject: 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit you Received – Have you unwrapped your gifts? Can they help me personally?
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