The Baptism of The Lord-January 10, 2021

St. Anthony of Padua 3009 High Ridge Blvd. High Ridge, MO 63049 Business Hours Monday - Thursday 7:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Phone (636) 677-4868 Fax (636) 677-2781 Website www.stanthonyhr.org Pastor Father John Reiker

Parish Mission Statement Our mission is to be on fire with the love of Jesus Christ, and with the help of the Holy Spirit, to celebrate our community of faith in the Eucharist and to share God’s love and mercy with our neighbors through our ministries and evangelization. Mass Schedule Daily Monday - Friday 8:00 A.M Sunday Saturday 4:30 P.M. (indoors) Sunday 10:00 A.M. (indoors) Confessions Saturday 4:00-4:20 P.M. By appointment anytime

Marriages: Make arrangements with Rectory Office Religious Instruction Priest or Deacon of your choice no less Father John Reiker Parish School of Religion than six months prior to proposed Pastor ext. 102 Phone (636) 677-4868 ext 118 wedding date. [email protected] Grades (pre-K through 8) Mrs. Kathy Joslin Parish Help Line: St. Vincent de Paul Deacon Jim G’Sell [email protected] Society, 1-877-238-3228, ext. 3329 [email protected] 314-484-2055 Adults - RCIA New Parishioners: Welcome! Please contact: Please register by contacting the rectory Mrs. Rusalyne Ahlemeyer The Rectory Office 636-677-4868 ext. 100 Office Manager, ext. 104 during business hours [email protected] @ 677-4868 ext. 100

Secretary, ext. 100 Baptism Preparation Meeting: Infant Change of Address or Telephone: Paula Mari Willenbrink Baptisms require parental attendance Please call the rectory during business [email protected] at a meeting prior to baptism,with the hours. 677-4868 ext. 100 Pastor in the rectory. Call rectory office Cafeteria for information 636-677-4868, ext. 100. Parish website: Ext. 212 stanthonyhr.org

Bulletin Deadline Archdiocese of St .Louis Website: For submissions to our Facebook NO LATER than Monday 9:00 AM the www.archstl.org page, Website, or our Parish App please email Monica Becker at week you need it to be published in the Catholic Elementary School: [email protected] Please bulletin. Notices must be submitted in All of our parish children who wish to allow several days for submission to writing: email text to attend a catholic elementary school may be approved and posted. Thank You [email protected] do so at the school of their choice and

still remain parishioners of St. Anthony of Padua. Call rectory. St. Anthony of Padua, High Ridge, MO Pastor’s Column Recorded Mass continues after Saturday Saint of the Week Mass on our web- page:www.stanthonyhr.org and Facebook Lawrence Jenco Priest (1934-1996) In 1985, Fr. Lawrence Jenco, a Servite priest from Illinois Pope Francis of the Month and the director of Catholic Relief Services in , was taken hostage in Beirut by a Shiite group called Islamic Holy Lord Jesus, War. He would spend 564 days in captivity before his release we adore your cross and return to the United States. which frees us from sin, the origin of every division and evil; Days of unrelenting boredom—often blindfolded, locked in a we proclaim your resurrection, closet, or handcuffed to a radiator-were interspersed with which ransoms man from the slavery of failure and death; bursts of terror. During transport from one hiding place to an- we await your coming in glory, other he was bound in tape from head to toe or wrapped with which will bring to fulfillment your kingdom of justice, joy and explosives. He endured beatings and several times expected peace. execution. Nevertheless, he sustained himself with prayer, reciting a Lord Jesus, homemade , or celebrating a clandestine Mass- by your glorious passion, sometimes in the company of fellow American hostages. The conquer the hardness of our hearts, imprisoned by hatred and night before he was released, one of the guards asked him if selfishness; he could forgive his captors. Jenco realized his faith was being by the power of your resurrection, put to the test. While he would not forget his treatment, he save the victims of injustice and maltreatment from their suffer- chose the way of forgiveness in place of vindictiveness. ing; After his release, Jenco remained remarkably free of bitter- by the fidelity of your coming, ness, sharing a message of peace and reconciliation. (He was confound the culture of death and make the triumph of life more disturbed to learn that his freedom had been purchased shine forth. by the sale of arms to .) He served as a campus minister at the University of Southern California and died of cancer on July ✞ Pope Francis, Prayer for Peace at Meeting with the Assyr- 19, 1996.

ian-Chaldean Community – 9/30/16 “God, give me a new heart and a new spirit. You have asked me to love unconditionally. May I forgive as you have asked me to forgive, unconditionally. Then you will be my God and I will RCIA Rites of Acceptance and Welcoming be your son.”

and for Confirmation Candidates —A prayer by Fr. Lawrence Jenco, composed the night of his release Sunday, 10:00 AM Mass

The initial inquiry (Precatechumenate) period for St. Anthony’s Joke of the Week group of inquirers will be moving into the second stage to go through the Rite of Acceptance. The first phase of initiation has Do You Know Jesus Christ? been a time for seekers to hear the mystery of Christ pro- An old nun who was living in a convent next to a construction claimed. The inquirers have consciously and freely sought the site noticed the coarse language of the workers and decided to living God and entered the way of faith and conversion as the spend some time with them to correct their ways. She decided Holy Spirit opens their hearts. she would take her lunch, sit with the workers and talk with them. She put her sandwich in a brown bag and walked over to We ask you to please pray for our catechumens as they con- the spot where the men were eating. Sporting a big smile, she tinue their conversion journey and for our RCIA process as we walked up to the group and asked: “And do you men know Je- assist them in moving toward a closer relationship with Jesus. sus Christ? They shook their heads and looked at each other… Your are critical to the success of our program. We will somewhat confused. Then one of the workers looked up into continue to keep you informed of the initiation process and pro- the steelworks and yelled out, “Anybody up there know Jesus gress of those considering joining the Church. We invite you to Christ?” One of the steelworkers yelled down, “Why?” The take an active role in welcoming our candidates, and to be worker yelled back, “’Cause his wife’s here with his lunch. models of faith and Christian charity for them.

Steve Cassady-sponsor: Randell Cassady Spread the Gospel, the Good News about Jesus and His St. Anthony Family A HOLY COMMUNITY Elizabeth Peters-sponsor: Tori Rynders THROUGH HOLY COMMUNION! Your brother in Jesus, James Stoeckel, Jr.-sponsor: Lacie Martin January 10, 2021 Welcome TODAY’S READINGS

To all our Guests, First Reading — Behold my servant with whom I am pleased; he shall bring forth justice to the nations Fr. John Reiker, Deacon Jim G’Sell, and All (Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7) or Isaiah 55:1-11. your sisters and brothers at St. Anthony’s Parish Psalm — The Lord will bless his people with peace Family welcome you and hope that your time (Psalm 29) or Isaiah 12:2-6. with us may be a moment of spiritual experi- Second Reading — God anointed him with the Holy Spirit ence. You are always welcome here and if you (Acts 10:34-38) or 1 John 5:1-9. Gospel — You are my beloved Son, with you I am well would like to become a member of this parish or pleased (Mark 1:7-11) are thinking to become a Catholic, contact the Rectory office. Our phone is 636-677-4868 ext. SUNDAY GOSPEL 100. THE WATERS OF BAPTISM When new sod is put in, it needs constant saturation with water. Landscapers say that this “knits” the sod to the soil. The same when a branch is grafted onto a tree: the Mass Intentions poultice that joins them at the splice must be kept wet at all times. Water is the stuff that binds the very cells of our bodies together. No wonder religions throughout all times Monday, January-11 and cultures have used it so prominently. When Jesus 8:00 A.M. Joe Proot stepped into the Jordan for baptism, he “knit” himself to Tuesday, January-12 what had come before him. By going to the Jordan, he 8:00 A.M. Earl Challans made himself one with the people of Israel who had Wednesday, January-13-St. Hilary crossed it into their Promised Land. With John the Baptist, 8:00 A.M. John and Hazel McCarthy Christ wove himself into the prophetic tradition that her- Thursday, January-14 alded the coming reign of God. He had become fully hu- 8:00 A.M. Vicky Norton man in the waters of Mary’s womb, and by partaking in Friday, January-15 the rite of the baptism of repentance, Jesus identified him- 8:00 A.M. James Engemann self with our sinful, frail humanity. It is through the waters Saturday, January-16 of baptism that Christ continues to graft new members 4:30 p.m. Marilee Ervin onto his Body, the Church; through these waters we are Sunday, January-17-Second Sunday in Ordinary cleansed from sin and filled with the promise of grace, Time given our destiny for eternal life. For us, as for Jesus, it is 10:00 A.M. Deacon Bill Gearon also the waters of baptism that inaugurate our mission to proclaim the Good News.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Ministers for January 16 & 17 Eucharistic Liturgies

Saturday, 4:30 p.m. Monday: Heb 1:1-6; Ps 97:1, 2b, 6, 7c, 9; Mk 1:14-20 Lector: #1 Gary Cooley Tuesday: Heb 2:5-12; Ps 8:2ab, 5, 6-9; Mk 1:21-28 Lector: #2 Jo Ann Cooley Wednesday: Heb 2:14-18; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Mk 1:29-39 Eucharistic Minister (if needed): Clarence Surmeier Servers: Nate & Linda Thursday: Heb 3:7-14; Ps 95:6-11; Mk 1:40-45 Friday: Heb 4:1-5, 11; Ps 78:3, 4bc, 6c-8; Mk 2:1-12 Sunday, 10:00 a.m. Saturday: Heb 4:12-16; Ps 19:8-10, 15; Mk 2:13-17 Lector: #1 Linda Kreienkamp Sunday: 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19; Ps 40:2, 4, 7-10; Lector: #2 Katie Hamilton 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20; Jn 1:35-42 Eucharistic Minister (if needed): Diane Kattleman Servers: Charlotte & Connor

If anyone wants to be a Lector, Eucharistic Minister or Server, please call the parish office: 636-677-4868. Training will be provided.

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Activities This Week

January 10-January 17, 2021

SUNDAY - January 10-The Baptism of The Lord Adult Faith Group-11:30 a.m. (Cafeteria)

MONDAY - January 11

TUESDAY - January 12 RCIA 6:00 p.m. (Rectory) History Sub Committee-6:00 p.m. (Auditorium) St. Vincent de Paul-6:30 p.m. (Zoom) CALLING ALL COOKS!!! WEDNESDAY - January 13 MOST-6:30 p.m. (Youth group room) We are still in need of more recipes for our St. Anthony’s Centennial Homecoming cookbook. At present we only THURSDAY– January 14 have around 60 recipes and could sure use some more. You can submit them several ways: drop them in the FRIDAY - January 15 collection basket, drop them off at the parish office or Clean church after the 8 a.m. Mass submit them online at: Volunteers needed ✞ Go to www.typensave.com and click ‘Login.’ ✞ Enter the User Name: STAPCOOKS SATURDAY - January 16 ✞ Enter the password: boiling400 and click ‘Submit.’ ✞ Enter your name and click ‘Continue.’ SUNDAY - January 17-Second Sunday in Ordinary Click ‘Add Recipes’ to begin adding your recipes. Time Recipe Writing Tips: ✞ When adding recipes, review the “Tips” and use standard abbreviations. ✞ Only enter 1 ingredient per ingredient line. St. Anthony PSR News ✞ List ingredients in order to use in the ingredients list and directions. Due to COVID, students in grades 1-8 will complete ✞ Include container sizes, e.g. (16oz.) pkg., (24oz.) can. their lessons at home. ✞ Write directions in paragraph form, not in steps. ✞ Use names of ingredients in the directions, e.g., For more information, contact Kathy Joslin at mrskathy- “Combine flour and sugar.” DO NOT use statements [email protected] or call 636-677-4868 ext. 118 (leave like, “Combine first three ingredients.” a message) or call 636-677-1567. ✞ Include temperatures and cooking, chilling, baking, and/or freezing times. Additional comments about the recipe (history, nutrition data, suggested uses, etc.) are not allowed unless a “Recipe Note” field is visible. Enter extra recipe content

Thank you to everyone who has waited so pa- Patriotic Rosary tiently for your paver order to be completed. We have good news! All paver orders were Patriotic Rosary on Monday nights has been cancelled due to Covid-19. We will resume in the completed on December 10th. Spring-time. Please continue to pray the rosary in your homes. January 10, 2021

“You are my beloved Son, with you I am well pleased.”

For Ray Sutton the father of Janet Klingert.

Please Pray for the Sick

Sylvia Doucot Bob Hook Brad Hook Trudy Smith Frank Roser Rosie Coosman Charlotte Ballard Dean Stegmann Lee Struckhoff Robin Gutting Angie Koenig The Parish Council of St. Anthony of Padua Church If you would like us to pray for someone please email the 3009 High Ridge parish office & Fr. John, and we will add them to the list. High Ridge, Missouri 63049 Reminder: Names will remain on the list for a month Will be celebrating our 100th Centennial Homecoming unless notified.

Featuring special events throughout 2020-2021 we are searching for past parishioners and students that at- Dear St. Anthony’s fellow parishioners: tended our grade school. We are in desperate need for Thank you all for the many prayers, cards, thoughtful names, addresses, emails, etc. calls, food, and gifts sent in Dick’s memory. I especially PLEASE CALL TODAY! want to thank Father John, the servers, Harry Shelton and the Ladies Sodality for their love and support with Parish office: 636-677-4868 Dick’s funeral service. Fax 636-677-2781 Keeping you all in my prayers. Jim 636-677-3373 God Bless, Carol Bardon and family

A FRIENDLY REMINDER

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December 21, 2020 to January 3, 2021 Some of you may have noticed work General Fund $10,206.00 has finished on the church windows. Immaculate Conception 60.00 The work is completed by Emil Frei St. Vincent de Paul 490.00 and Associates. They are the best! Building Fund 355.00 And have been around St. Louis for Christmas Flowers 120.00 generations, having done most of Christmas Offering 3,454.00 the big churches around. We are Seminary 385.00 fairly sure they made our beautiful windows. They Campaign for Human Development 10.00 are also highly in demand around the country, so Window Repair 2,500.00 St. Louis Review 35.00 our work may not be done right away, which is not doing any further damage. Their work includes new tempered, unbreakable glass as exterior protective coverings for our 8 larger windows and 4 smaller windows on the front of our church, as well as exte- rior cleaning wood and lintel replacement, which From December 21, 2020 to January 3, 2021 will cost about $30,000 when it is finished. We have already a half of that saved up from your generous General Fund $4,115.00 use of our monthly BUILDING FUND envelopes. Building Fund 225.00 St. Vincent de Paul 85.00 We invite each of you to make a special dona- tion to our Save our Stained Glass Windows Fund God bless you for your generous contribu- in a special envelope or your Capital Improvement tions. envelope. We will honor in a special way anyone who donates $2,500 to cover the cost of one win- We all appreciate your sacrifices and love of dow, maybe in memory of someone. But any our amount of your donation is most deeply appreciated St. Anthony Family! and needed. Are we in your will? January 10, 2021

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE 54th WORLD DAY OF PEACE

1 JANUARY 2021

A CULTURE OF CARE AS A PATH TO PEACE

1. At the dawn of a new year, I extend cordial greetings to Heads of State and Government, leaders of Inter- national Organizations, spiritual leaders and followers of the different religions, and to men and women of good will. To all I offer my best wishes that the coming year will enable humanity to advance on the path of fraternity, justice and peace between individuals, communities, peoples and nations.

The year 2020 was marked by the massive Covid-19 health crisis, which became a global phenomenon cut- ting across boundaries, aggravating deeply interrelated crises like those of the climate, food, the economy and migration, and causing great suffering and hardship. I think especially of all those who lost family mem- bers or loved ones, and all who lost their jobs. I think too of physicians and nurses, pharmacists, researchers, volunteers, chaplains and the personnel of hospitals and healthcare centers. They have made, and are con- tinuing to make, great sacrifices to be present to the sick, to alleviate their sufferings and to save their lives; indeed, many of them have died in the process. In paying tribute to them, I renew my appeal to political lead- ers and the private sector to spare no effort to ensure access to Covid-19 vaccines and to the essential tech- nologies needed to care for the sick, the poor and those who are most vulnerable.[1]

Sad to say, alongside all these testimonies of love and solidarity, we have also seen a surge in various forms of nationalism, racism and xenophobia, and wars and conflicts that bring only death and destruction in their wake.

These and other events that marked humanity’s path this past year have taught us how important it is to care for one another and for creation in our efforts to build a more fraternal society. That is why I have chosen as the title of this year’s Message, A Culture of Care as a Path to Peace. A culture of care as a way to combat the culture of indifference, waste and confrontation so prevalent in our time.

2. God the Creator, the source of our human vocation to care

Many religious traditions have accounts of the origin of human beings and their relationship with the Creator, with nature and with their fellow men and women. In the Bible, the Book of Genesis shows from its very first pages the importance of care or protection in God’s plan for humanity. It highlights the relationship between man (’adam) and the earth (’adamah), and among ourselves as brothers and sisters. In the biblical account of creation, God entrusts the garden “planted in Eden” (cf. Gen 2:8) to Adam’s care, to “till it and keep it” (Gen 2:15). This entails making the earth productive, while at the same time protecting it and preserving its capacity to support life.[2] The verbs “till” and “keep” describe Adam’s relationship to his garden home, but also the trust God placed in him by making him master and guardian of all creation.

The birth of Cain and Abel begins a history of brothers and sisters, whose relationship is understood – even by Cain, however mistakenly – in terms of protection or “keeping”. After killing his brother Abel, Cain answers God’s question by saying: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Gen 4:9).[3] Cain, like all of us, was called to be “his brother’s keeper”. “These ancient stories, full of symbolism, bear witness to a conviction which we today share, that everything is interconnected, and that genuine care for our own lives and our relationship with na- ture is inseparable from fraternity, justice and faithfulness to others”.[4]

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(Message of His Holiness Pope Francis—Continued)

3. God the Creator, a model of care

Sacred Scripture presents God not only as Creator, but also as one who cares for his creatures, especially Adam, Eve and their offspring. Albeit cursed for the crime he committed, Cain was given a mark of protec- tion by the Creator, so that his life could be spared (cf. Gen 4:15). While confirming the inviolable dignity of the person created in God’s image and likeness, this was also a sign of God’s plan to preserve the harmony of his creation, since “peace and violence cannot dwell together”.[5]

Care for creation was at the heart of the institution of the Sabbath, which, in addition to ordering divine wor- ship, aimed at the restoration of the social order and concern for the poor (cf. Gen 1:1-3; Lev 25:4). The cele- bration of the Jubilee every seventh sabbatical year provided a respite for the land, for slaves and for those in debt. In that year of grace, those in greatest need were cared for and given a new chance in life, so that there would be no poor among the people (cf. Deut 15:4).

In the prophetic tradition, the biblical understanding of justice found its highest expression in the way a com- munity treats its weakest members. Amos (cf. 2:6-8; 8) and Isaiah (cf. 58), in particular, insistently demand justice for the poor, who, in their vulnerability and powerlessness, cry out and are heard by God, who watches over them (cf. Ps 34:7; 113:7-8).

4. Care in the ministry of Jesus

Jesus’ life and ministry represent the supreme revelation of the Father’s love for humanity (cf. Jn 3:16). In the synagogue at Nazareth, Jesus showed himself to be the one consecrated by the Lord and “sent to preach good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed” (Lk 4:18). These messianic actions, associated with the Jubilee year, bear elo- quent witness to the mission he received from the Father. In his compassion, Christ drew near to the sick in body and spirit, and brought them healing; he pardoned sinners and gave them new life. Jesus is the Good Shepherd who cares for his sheep (cf. Jn 10:11-18; Ezek 34:1-31). He is the Good Samaritan who stoops to help the injured man, binds his wounds and cares for him (cf. Lk 10:30-37).

At the culmination of his mission, Jesus gave the ultimate proof of his care for us by offering himself on the cross to set us free from the slavery of sin and death. By the sacrificial gift of his life, he opened for us the path of love. To each of us he says, “Follow me; go and do likewise” (cf. Lk 10:37).

5. A culture of care in the life of Jesus’ followers

The spiritual and corporal works of mercy were at the heart of charity as practiced by the early Church. The first generation of Christians shared what they had, so that no one among them would be in need (cf. Acts 4:34-35). They strove to make their community a welcoming home, concerned for every human need and ready to care for those most in need. It became customary to make voluntary offerings in order to feed the poor, bury the dead and care for orphans, the elderly and victims of disasters like shipwrecks. In later times, when the generosity of Christians had lost its initial fervor, some Fathers of the Church insisted that property was meant by God for the common good. For Saint Ambrose, “nature poured out all things for the common use of all… and thus produced a common right for all, but greed has made it a right for only a few”. [6] After the persecutions of the first centuries, the Church used her newfound freedom to inspire society and its culture. “The needs of the times called forth new efforts in the service of Christian charity. History records innumerable examples of practical works of mercy… The Church’s work among the poor was to a great ex- tent highly organized. There arose many institutions for the relief of every human need: hospitals, poor houses, orphanages, foundling homes, shelters for travelers ...” January 10, 2021