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Catholic Church OCTOBER 18, 2020 Visit us on the Internet at www.stpeterkirkwood.org or send your comments to: [email protected] WELCOME TO ST. PETER Sacrament of Baptism Please call the Rectory (966-8600) for details regarding participation in the preparation program. St. Peter Parish Prayer We encourage expectant parents to make arrangements for the preparation program at least a Lord, thank you for the rich history you have few months prior to the birth of their child. bestowed on our family of St. Peter in Kirkwood. Sacrament of Marriage Blessed by your grace, we ask that you be present Please contact the rectory office (966-8600) to in our parish today. Guide us as we celebrate our schedule your wedding date and for details gifts through worship, education and loving service. regarding the preparation program. In accordance with Archdiocesan policy, couples should contact a Holy Spirit, create within us a vision for the future that member of the parish clergy at least six months we live, witness and proclaim the good news of Christ. prior to their proposed wedding date. Amen Holy Orders and Consecrated (Religious) Life If interested, please call the parish rectory or the Sunday Mass Schedule (During COVid-19) Archdiocesan Office of Vocations at 792-6460 Saturday: 5:OOPM (In Person) Rectory/Parish Office (Satisfies Sunday obligation) 243 West Argonne Drive Saint Louis, Missouri 63122 Sunday: 10:OOAM (In Person & (Livestream) 966-8600 (Phone) and 5:OOPM (In Person) 966-5721 (Fax) Saint Peter Elementary School Weekday Mass Schedule (During COVid-19) Pre-K thru Eighth Grade Monday - Saturday: 8:15AM 215 North Clay (In Person & Livestream) Saint Louis, Missouri 63122 821-0460 Holy Day Mass Schedule Consult the bulletin for Mass times Parish School of Religion Susan Lueker, 821-0460, ext. 4212 http://www.stpeterkirkwood.org Religious Education Offices - Rectory Sacrament of Reconciliation Offices of Faith Formation Sacrament of Reconciliation is held before Linda Doyle, 966-8600, ext. 1011 5:00pm Mass on Saturday from 3:45-4:45 pm in the St. Peter Youth Ministry - Ursuline Hall Eucharistic Minister’s Room across from the Sacristy. Trisha Lombardo, 822-1347, ext. 3003 Enter the front doors of Church to be guided to the Eucharistic Minister’s Room. Pastoral Council Cheryl Flaherty Ron Jensen Eucharistic Adoration Larry Bommarito Monday - Friday, 6:00AM to 10:00PM Joan Turnure St. Angela Merici Chapel in Ursuline Hall Gina Jensen Enter through the Garden Courtyard Alana Odenwald Baptism Finance Commission Baptisms are celebrated every Sunday of the month at 12:30PM. John Modder, Chairperson, 303-502-4564 Please call the Rectory (966-8600) for details regarding St. Vincent de Paul Society participation in the preparation program. We encourage 314-289-6101 Ext. 2220 (Voice Mail) expectant parents to make arrangements for the preparation Parish Center/Cafeteria program at least a few months prior to the birth of their child. 821-0460 ext. 4500 Anointing and Prayer Please call the rectory office (966-8600) to schedule a Bulletin Deadline!! time to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. Articles intended for publication in the Bulletin must be submitted to the rectory ([email protected]) This is meant to include such concerns as upcoming by Monday, at 3:OOPM for the following Sunday’s diagnostic tests, surgery, limitations of aging, anxiety, Bulletin. All announcements must be in writing with a depression, undue stress, addiction, etc. for all ages. name and telephone number attached. Please remember St. Peter Catholic Church in your will. 2 Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 18, 2020 The Ambo… Other chairs (sedilia) for attending priests and deacons The word ambo derives from the Greek verb were placed to the side. Later developments of church anabainein (“to go up”) and was the name given to the architecture saw the cathedra of the bishop elevated on elevated platform from which the scriptures were a podium, and more throne-like in design. As parishes proclaimed in the large churches of the early Middle developed in the fourth century, a less ornate chair was Ages. In smaller churches of the time, the priest and used in the local church by the priest. The presider’s lector stood at the altar rail; only the bishop stood at or presidential chair soon became superfluous as the the chair (the cathedra) for proclaiming and preaching. priest stood at the altar for most of the liturgical action. A later development saw elaborate, elevated pulpits attached to church pillars for better visibility and The liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council audibility. The liturgical reforms of the Second sought to recover the function of the chair of the Vatican Council (1962 – 1965) called for the location presider. The materials and design of the chair should of the ambo to be a natural focal point for the assembly identify it as part of the particular place of worship. Its during the liturgy of the word. style should speak of the ministry of presiding, not of remoteness or prestige. Since we now have a fuller The ambo is a place for the act of proclamation. By its understanding of Christ’s presence in the assembly of form and appearance it honors Christ present in the all the faithful, the presider’s chair cannot signify word, and hence evokes reverence and attentiveness privilege, but rather a sense of leadership in prayer, as when the word is sung or spoken from it. Here is the well as the dignity and service that are inherent in place for the proclamation of the scripture readings, Christian ministry. the leading of the singing of psalms, for preaching God’s word and perhaps for leading prayers of From this chair, the presider calls the people of God to intercession. All other announcements and speeches prayer, joins them in attentiveness to the word, keeps are to be made elsewhere. with them moments of silence, leads them in petitions of forgiveness, invites them to profess their faith, lifts The ambo should be beautifully designed and carefully up their intercessions for every need and send them proportioned to suit its function – not as a shrine for forth with God’s blessing. And although rarely done the lectionary, but as a cradle for the word that by anyone other than a bishop, the rubrics allow embodies the story of our salvation, the mystery of the preaching from the chair, too. word made flesh among us. The present presider’s chair at St. Peter Church was The ambo at Saint Peter Church was added with the added during the 2003 renovations to coordinate with 2003 renovations. It clearly matches the altar and is the updated décor and style of those renovations. Our crafted from the same material, Indiana limestone and chair is crafted to match the light oak wood of our black onyx marble. This shows the close connection church and the upholstery is in keeping with the color liturgically between the liturgy of the word and the and style of the existing chairs in the sanctuary. It is liturgy of the Eucharist. located on the right side of our sanctuary as one looks directly at the altar from the nave of the church. The Chair… The ancient Latin word cathedra, used to designate the October is doing its magic on us this year with its chair of a high-ranking civic official, was adopted by brilliant colors on our trees and warm sunny days the early Christian church to refer to the cathedra or and cool nights and bright blue skies. If there is chair of the bishop. It was from the cathedra that the one month one would miss if you lived outside of bishop presided at the liturgy and preached on the Missouri it would be October. Enjoy it, folks, and scriptures. The cathedra is the bishop’s chair and the I’ll see you in church or on livestream. place he presides over official diocesan functions. The Cathedral takes its name from that chair and thus is the Monsignor Jack building that housed the bishop’s chair. 0822 3 October 18, 2020 Hard copies of this weekend’s WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 2020 bulletin are available in church THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH after Mass. They are also OCTOBER 18, 2020 available on the shelf in the This weekend is World Mission Sunday. We are called through vestibule of the rectory office. our Baptism to be part of the Church’s missionary efforts, through prayer, self-sacrifice, and support of the Mission Church through material aid. Please note: We are rescheduling Mass intentions that were pre- viously scheduled. This year, Pope Francis asks us to respond to that call, saying, “Here I Am, Send Me!” To “send” ourselves, we can: We are rescheduling them in the same order that they were origi- PRAY for the Church’s worldwide missionary work. nally scheduled. They will be celebrated, live or live-streamed, at 8:15am Monday through Saturday. The Mass intentions that were OFFER financial HELP and CHARITY through the scheduled on Saturday & Sunday evenings will be rescheduled collection by using the Society for the Propagation of the Faith also. envelope found in your weekly contribution packet. This If you have any questions regarding rescheduled Masses please collection helps vulnerable communities throughout Asia, contact the rectory office, 966-8600 or email Mary at Africa, Latin America and the Pacific Islands. [email protected]. Sunday Mass Schedule (During COVid-19) Thank you for your patience. Saturday: 5:OOPM - In Person (Satisfies Sunday obligation) MASS INTENTIONS Monday, October 19 Sunday: 10:OOAM - In Person and Livestream 6:45AM No Mass and 5:OOPM - In Person 8:15AM Virginia M.