21st Sunday in Ordinary Time August 25, 2019
Happy Back to School to all students, teachers, and parents! Heavenly Father, unseen Companion of our life, give us faith and eager expectancy as we begin this fresh stage of our journey. Take from us all fear of the unknown and teach us to wrest treasures from the darkness. As the days come and go, may we find that each one is laden with many opportunities and enriching experiences; And when this year is ended, may our best hopes be more than ever fulfilled. Amen.
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Limited Parking on Summit Ave. Sept. 8 Sunday, September 8, 8 am - 12 pm Due to the Saint Paul Classic Bike Tour, there will be no parking allowed on the north side of Summit Avenue from 8 am to 12 pm.
Share the Word! Children’s Liturgy of the Word (CLW) is in need of a few more leaders. CLW is a worship experience that allows children to hear God’s word and experience the prayers, gestures and rituals of the Mass on a child’s level. Adults and high school youth are WELCOMED to participate. Skills needed are a love for Jesus and children and a willingness to share your faith. Essential 3 requirements for Archdiocese Dr. Austen Ivereigh - The Pope as a Jesuit are needed for this AWESOME opportunity! Saturday, November 16, 10 am Have questions or want to sign up? Contact Brian at [email protected] World renowned Catholic writer and commentator, Dr. Austen Ivereigh, will be speaking at Saint Thomas More on November 16! The theme of his talk will be "The Pope as STM Moms Group Kickoff Event a Jesuit: How Francis is putting discernment at the heart of September 8, after 10:30 mass his reform of the Church.” Dr. Ivereigh is one of the leading Join the newly formed STM Moms Group for a interpreters of the Francis papacy. “Momosa” - it is also Donut Sunday so your family won’t mind hanging around a bit longer after Dr. Ivereigh is a contributor to Crux, The Guardian, the New Mass! The Moms Group will meet monthly on the York Times, Commonweal, America magazine, The Tablet, third Tuesday of the month, 7:30-9:30 pm in the and is a well-known commentator on the BBC. Parish Center. Dr. Ivereigh has unique insight into Francis' background due Have questions or want to sign up? to his study of Argentinean Church history. He earned his Contact Carol at [email protected] doctorate in 1992 for a thesis on the Church in Argentina at the University of Oxford and is now a Fellow in Young Adults Book Series Contemporary Church History at Oxford. Richard Rohr Essential Teachings on Love His best-selling authoritative biography, "The August 28, 7 pm, Parish Center Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of This week, we will be discussing Chapter 1! a Radical Pope," reveals how his Jesuit training Questions?Email [email protected] in Argentina and Chile gave him a unique understanding and advocacy for a "Church of the Poor." STM Free Store We greatly appreciate your support as our store He is visiting the U.S. to promote his new book continues to provide gently used clothing and "Wounded Shepherd: Pope Francis and His housewares at no charge to local people in need. Struggle to Convert the Catholic Church." There Drop off your donations when you come to Mass will be a book signing and reception following or bring them to the school back door, off the alley the talk. We are very fortunate to have him between Lexington & Oxford, on the 1st and 3rd visit our beautiful Jesuit parish! Saturdays of each month from 12-1 pm. For volunteer opportunities: Email us at [email protected] Community & Opportunities
Conversations with Friends We have joined Circle of Compassion by praying for detainees in detention centers. Parishioners are encouraged to write letters to or visit the following detainees in detention: Dauda (Ghana) Kon (Sudan) Gerson (Guatemala) Sead (Bosnia) About this corporal work of mercy: Visit conversationswithfriendsMN.org or contact Friends of St. Thomas More Organ Concert Brian Hefer at [email protected] August 29, 7 pm Part 3 of our organ concert series will be a split recital with Action For Justice Committee our organist Michelle Plombon and guitarist Joe Haus. to Host Voter Turnout Training September 12, 6-9 pm, Parish Center Library Michelle Plombon, principal organist at Saint Thomas More This is ahead of the upcoming November elections Catholic Community, graduated from the College of St. for all current Saint Paul City Council seats, and Benedict with a BA in liturgical music and St. John’s three of the Saint Paul School Board positions. University with an MA in liturgical music. She has served as The training will focus on strategies for boosting music and liturgy director at the Church of St. George in Long voter turnout in Saint Paul. This, in light of the fact, Lake, the Church of St. Boniface in Cold Spring, and at the that the last time these elections were held in College (now University) of St. Catherine in Campus Ministry. 2015, only 12.5 percent of those eligible to vote Joe Haus’ interest in music began when he saw the Beatles (or 26,000 voters) cast a ballot. perform on the Ed Sullivan show, Sunday night Feb. 9, 1964 . A few years later guitar lessons began at Traficante’s Music The training will also focus on the issues that store in Midway Center learning the popular songs of the are important to the communities in Saint Paul, day. In college he studied classical guitar. He has played including equitable and affordable housing and weddings on two continents and accompanied a love struck more funding for schools, ensuring that we have soprano as she sang out side the window of her beloved. Joe a city council and school board accountable to has also played on a boat in the middle of a lake. Twice. But its citizens. never a canoe. Currently he is president of the Minnesota Sign up: Email Vivian at [email protected] Guitar Society. Joe has been playing guitar at Saint Thomas or Arline, chair of the Justice in Action committee, More since some time in the last century. at [email protected]. The recital is free to the public. Families are welcome! Reception to follow. Ignatian Silent Retreat for Women Questions?Email Lucas at [email protected] October 17-20, Christ the King Retreat House, Buffalo, MN Registration is now open for our fall Ignatian Silent Retreat for Women. The retreat will be led by Fr. Matt Linn, SJ, an internationally known retreat Ecumenical Prayer Service director and member of our local Jesuit community. September 9, 7 pm, St. Peter Claver Church in St. Paul There is a limited amount of space in the retreat You are invited to join others of goodwill for an Ecumenical so sign up now! There are registration forms in the Healing Prayer Service for Peace and Racial Justice at St. Peter Community Corner and on our website at Claver Church. Archbishop Hebda from the Archdiocese of www.morecommunity.org/fall-womens-retreat St. Paul and Minneapolis will preside. Questions? Questions? Contact Phyllis at 651-231-5865. Email Carol Arend at [email protected] Community & Opportunities
Saint Ignatius of Loyola on Thinking, Ignatian Retreat in Daily Life Judging and Feeling in the Church Now you can experience the Spiritual Exercises of St. Presentation by Father David Haschka, S.J. Ignatius with a Spiritual Director who will guide you through this profoundly transformative retreat experience over the September 5, 7:30-9 pm, Pastoral Center Library course of nine months (from September through May). An era of transition, polarization, and “tribalism,” coupled with the more recent sexual abuse crisis, has challenged Small Group Option (18th annotation) many Catholics in their affection for the Church. Saint The small group retreat meets every other week and is led Ignatius lived through a similar era. In his Spiritual Exercises by a spiritual director. The retreat will take place he included 18 rules or guidelines for achieving “the true Wednesday mornings from 8-9:30 am or Thursday sentiment which we ought to have in the Church Militant.” evenings from 7-8:30 pm. Cost is $15. In this talk, Father Haschka will argue that these rules are Individual Option (19th annotation) equally relevant to life in the Church today. This retreat is an individual experience of the Spiritual Questions? Contact Brian at [email protected] Exercises that will include spiritual director-lead weekly meetings from September through May. Cost TBD. Signup: www.morecommunity.org/ignatian-retreat-daily Questions? Contact Brian at [email protected]
St. Thomas More Roving Dinner This June, 8 parishioners got together aiming to Fall Scripture Study simply share a meal and spend time getting to know Tuesdays from September 17 - November 19, 8-9:30 am each other. Thus, the St. Thomas More Roving The theme of this scripture study is Women in the Old Dinner was inaugurated. Thanks to Dr. Steven and Testament. This study is open to men and women. There will Marla Kramer for hosting at their home. Because of be 10 sessions (1 introductory session and 9 lessons). The our dinner, the 8 of us have a deeper connection and Study Set includes the book Women in the Old Testament appreciation for our life and faith journeys. by Irene Nowell and a study guide by Catherine Upchurch. Here’s how it works Signup: www.morecommunity.org/fall-scripture-study Everyone brings something to share. The hosts provide their home Questions?Email Brian at [email protected] Depending on the home, 8 to 12 people are invited Next Roving Dinner is September 1 This dinner will be hosted by Peter & Judith Ries
Congratulations! Signup at: www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084FAEAE 28AAFE3-stthomas1 Claire Kelly & Michael Jansen Married August 23, 2019 Questions?Email Peter Ries at [email protected] Liturgy Schedule Mass Intentions
Mass: Saturday, 4:30 pm, Sunday, 8 & 10:30 am. Saturday, August 24 - STM Community Tuesday-Friday, 7:15 am; during the school year, an 8:30 am Sunday, August 25 Mass is also celebrated on most Wednesdays. 8 am - Richard Meister 10:30 am - Jim Fratto Reconciliation: Saturday, 3:30-4 pm or by appointment. Tuesday, August 27 - Brigid A. Eiynck Eucharistic Adoration: First Friday of the Month, flowing Wednesday, August 28 - Carolyn A. Richter from 7:15 am Mass, concluding at noon with Midday Prayer and Benediction. Thursday, August 29 - Terrence W. Hartigan Friday, August 30 - Helen Kelley Centering Prayer: Tuesday, 5:30-6:15 pm. Saturday, August 31 - William McMonigal Baptisms: First Sundays of the month during 10:30 am Sunday, September 1 Mass or at 9 am by appointment (no baptisms offered 8 am - Charles G Moe during Lent or Advent). 10:30 am - STM Community
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