Saint Martin de Porres

615 Dunn Road Hazelwood, MO 63042 Website www.stmartindeporresstl.com Phone (314) 895-1100 Fax (314) 895-5992

Parish Music Coordinator Al Vigland - [email protected]

Sacramental Coordinator Marilyn Saunders (314) 895-1100 Ext. 6

CRE Theresa Wright (314)- 895-1100 Ext 2 PSR E-mail:[email protected]

Parish Office Manager Christie Alexander (314)-895-1100 Ext. 2 Parish Office E-mail: [email protected]

Youth Minister Emily Will (314) 972-3172 James Stallings (314) 895-1100 Ext 2

All Saints Academy (St. Ferdinand Campus) School Office (314) 921-2201

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 3:15-4:00 pm or by appointment

Schedule of Holy Eucharist Saturday Vigil - 4:30 pm Sunday - 8 am and 10:30 am Weekdays - Monday through Friday ~ 8 am Holy Days - 8 am and 7 pm “Youth Music” Mass - 1st Sunday of month-10:30 am “Children’s Liturgy” Mass - every Sunday except the 1st Sunday of the month -10:30 am (Sept. thru May)

Perpetual Help Devotions Tuesdays following 8 am Mass

Exposition of Blessed Sacrament Rev. Lijo Kallarackal Wednesday 8:30 am-6 pm E-mail [email protected] Benediction at 6 pm Office (314) 895-1100 Ext. 7 Priests’ Residence (314) 895-0172 Anointing of the Sick 1st Friday of the month following the 8 am Mass Deacons Rev. Mr. David Pacino (Admin/Personnel Coordinator) PARISH MISSION STATEMENT

(314) 895-1100 Ext. 4 Inspired by Saint Martin de Porres and the gospel values, our parish family seeks to provide for the Rev. Mr. Ed Beirne (Ministry of the Sick and the Home- spiritual needs of our diverse community through bound Coordinator) (314) 895-1100 Ext. 2 vibrant liturgies and ministries, thereby creating a supportive, loving, caring and accepting environment for all. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 2019 Page 2

Sacrament of Baptism Sunday after the 10:30 am Mass or by appointment after participation in Baptism Preparation Program. Our next Baptism Preparation Class is on Wed., Nov. 6, 7:00 PM in the school to explain the sacraments and requirements. If you’ve never had a child baptized at St. Martin’s, you must attend a class before scheduling a baptism. Call the office to sign up: 895-1100, ext. 2. Sacrament of Matrimony Contact the Pastor at least six months prior to wedding to begin preparations.

November 9- November 10 In your prayers, please remember our sick friends & relatives... 4:30 PM 8:00 AM 10:30 AM Patricia David Janet Daniels Charlotte Amos Dan Alley, Bob Baker, Sue Baker. Lauren Bane, Jerome Everett Mary Frese Don Lancaster Harrison Barry, Camellia Bealler, Lucy Beirith, Wanda Fen- Sam Huhman Sue Raftery Glenn Bethel, Sharon Bethmann, Pam Betz, newald Beth Neighbors Robert Raftery Charles Birke, Terri (Corzine) Burke, Wanda Bo- Eucharistic Kathy Fink Daniel Rosenthal Brittany Schnell gle, Rick Brown, Jeanette Carron, Jim Catalano, Minister Florence Grau Kim Rosenthal Patricia Stallings Nancy Chang, August Chilese, George Conrad, Joan Klump Carolyn Duke, Harry and Dee Eckert, Donald Eck- Lawrence Weber ert, Louis Fennewald, Jim Faasen, Robert Fink, Austin Fink, Meghan Fischer, K. Floyd, Melody Goldman, Florence Grau, Martha Grein, Jessica Joan Dailey Cliff Eise Mira Church Gray, Cookie Greer, Kaye & Greg Gross, Tony Lector Roy Kuhn Betty Wallisch John Michael Hasting, Kay Henley, Sheila Hennessy, Tom Hen- Swarthout nessy, Amy (Krings) Hossfeld, Laura Howarth, Larry Carron Tom Fregeau Bill Ellis Andrea Kirsch, Dan Kreh, Jane Kuhlmann, Joanne Usher Carolyn Hayes David Kirchner Sharon Ellis Kuhn, Ken Labruyere, Laura Lavell, Donald Mabrey, Brother John Mangogna, Kay Marshall, Logan Blamey Dennis Canepa Leane Gaspariano Server Dennis Mudd, Bobbie Murray, Harold Neighbors, Jeremiah Minor Grace Njorogi, Mark Pilla, Andrew Prince, Elaine Wanda Fen- Ruth O'Keefe Jim Stann Rice, Linda Rodewald, Kim Rush, Phillip Schmidt, Greeter newald Joyce Rygelski Sonya Thayer Maryellen Scheel, Susan Shuey, Andrew Sloan, Rick Spilker, Daphne Szczuka, Stacy Thompson, Blanche Underwood, ARMED FORCES John Verstraete, Phyllis Weber, Mike Wheeler,

Ben Alley, Bobby Baker, Josh Bohr, Cody Bright, Johnny Frye, Eileen Zambrzuski Mitchell Frye, Spencer Frye, Brandon Grau, Katelyn Grau, Daniel Halley III, Jeffrey Kimball, Neil Klump, Matthew Klump, CHILDREN’S LITURGY Matt Leahart, Steven Lippold, Salvatore Lodato, Joe Maloney, November 10 - Patty Stallings, Mary Kay Van Well, Sue Raftery Cody Knoll, Garrett Royce, Timothy Schweigert, John Sexton, November 17 - Jamily Maloney and Earl Arseneau Daniel Stackle, Matthew Upchurch & November 24 - Chris Miller and Vicki Bahan Robert Berry Wooldridge, Jr.

MASS INTENTIONS & READINGS Monday, November 4 8:00am Joe Waing Rom 11:29-36/Ps 69:30-31, 33-34, 36 [14c]/Lk 14:12-1

Tuesday, November 5 8:00am Mary Ann Boyer Rom 12:5-16b/Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3/Lk 14:15-2

Wednesday, November 6 8:00am Dawn Dailey Rom 13:8-10/Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9 [5a]/Lk 14:25-3

Thursday, November 7 8:00am Joe Waing Rom 14:7-12/Ps 27:1bcde, 4, 13-14 [13]/Lk 15:1-10

Friday, November 8 8:00am Jean Radermacher Rom 15:14-21/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [cf. 2b]/Lk 16:1-8

Saturday, November 9 4.30pm Penelope 2 Mc 7:1-2, 9-14/Ps 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15 [15b]/2 Thes 2:16—3:5/ Hershkowski Lk 20:27-38 or 20:27, 34-3 Sunday, November 10 8:00am Jennifer Berviller 10.30am Parishoners

FROM THE DESK OF FR. LIJO Page 3 ST. MARTIN DE PORRES, APOSTLE OF CHARITY

As we celebrate the feast of our patron let us take some time to reflect on the life and holiness of this great saint. St. Martin de Porres was born on December 9, 1579 in Lima, Peru. His mother was African and his father was Spanish, a gentleman in the aristocracy. His father abandoned him when he was a child, leaving his mother, younger sister, and Martin to live in abject poverty. Martin would spend much of his early life battling the racism of his day and was often ridiculed for being of mixed race. He was eventually befriended by a barber/surgeon who taught him the art of medicine and healing. This training would be pivotal in his life. Despite his difficulties, Martin learned to pray and love our Lord from a very early age. Martin was a spiritual warrior. He became a Dominican lay brother but never a priest. He lived in a community and went about doing ministry in his own way.

Martin de Porres’ ministry was expressed through a different door of evangelization, caring for, the sick and the dying of his Domini- can community, the despised of the streets of Lima, and for those who had no hope. Assigned as the infirmarian of his Dominican community, which at the time numbered nearly three hundred friars, Martin applied his skills acquired as a barber/surgeon to the brothers of the community. Caring for his brothers in his community was his first preaching. Martin also cared for those who came to the door of the priory seeking help. So concerned, however, was he with how he might find others who needed help, Martin would travel the streets of Lima and bring the sick home and into his cell to nurse their wounds. It was on more than one occasion that he was reported to the prior of the community for bringing the destitute and strangers into the Dominican community.

St. Martin’s encounters in caring for others were both enriched and radically dependent on his encounters with Christ in the presence of the Eucharist. Though it was not the custom of the time to receive the Eucharist daily. Martin spent hours each day, and often well into the night, in contemplative adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, even when other brothers in the community were fast asleep. This prayer totally enveloped him and brought him into the life and healing ministry of Christ. This radical association with Jesus is often portrayed with him pressing a cross to his chest. The Eucharist as the Sacrament of charity, enabled Martin’s works of mercy and compassion.

St. Martin became known for encompassing the virtues need to carefully and patiently care for the sick, even in the most difficult situations. Martin was praised for his unconditional care of all people, regardless of race or wealth. He took care of everyone, he did not care if the person was diseased or dirty, he would welcome them into his own home.

Martin’s life reflected his great love for God and all of God’s gifts. It is said he had many extraordinary abilities, including aerial flights, bilocation, instant cures, miraculous knowledge, spiritual knowledge and an excellent relationship with animals. Martin also founded an orphanage for abandoned children and slaves.

St. Martin passed away on November 3, 1639 due to illness with chills, fevers and tremors causing him agonizing pain. By the time he had died he was widely known and accepted. Talks of his miracles in medicine and caring for the sick were everywhere. After his death, the miracles received when he was invoked in such greatness that when he was exhumed 25 yeas later, his body exhaled a splendid fragrance and he was still intact.

St. Martin de Porres was beatified by Pope Gregory XVI on October 29, 1837 and canonized by Pope John XXIII on May 6, 1962. He has become the patron saint of people of mixed race, innkeepers, barbers, public health workers and more. St, Martin, we present our humble petitions to you, so that your faith and humility may bring them to our Father in Heaven. Continue to be close to us as you live with the Lord in heaven and seek favors on our behalf.

St. Martin de Porres, Pray for us! Fr. Lijo Kallarackal

MARTIN’S FROM DESK OF DEACON DAVE Page 4

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 I don’t have to tell you that it’s easy to get discour- aged when we look at the world around us. We have - 8:00am Mass- - 11.30am Crafters Workshop in KH access to so much information and we hear about every negative thing happening across the globe. We TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 see so much unrest. We observe so many instances of one - 8:00am Mass group of people despising or looking down on another group. We read about many people who are hungry, people without shelter or - Wii Bowlers without a government to look out for them and protect them. There

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 are so many young people being exposed to grownup situations at a very early age. We notice many relationships falling apart and see - 8:00am Mass much hatred being spewed across the internet every second of every - 6:45pm PSR day. It can be disheartening. - 8pm Youth Group Meeting There are many people who would argue that we actually might be THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 living in the most peaceful time in the history of mankind and also in - 8:00am Mass an era with the highest average standard of living. That may very well - 7:00pm Prayer Group - KH be true, but with our exposure to nearly every single negative thing happening around us, it often doesn’t feel that way. With all this bad FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 stuff and negativity we see or hear about every day, we might be ask-

- 8:00am Mass ing ourselves, “Where is God? I really don’t see Him anywhere. Has He abandoned us? Is He absent? Has He left us to fend for ourselves?” SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 - 8:00am Communion Service Maybe God is not really absent. Maybe He is right in our midst . . . - 4:30pm Mass near enough to touch and ready to have an encounter with us. Yet, we are blocked from seeing Him by so many things – things which SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10 don’t allow us the right vantage point, the proper perspective or the - 8:00am Mass best opportunity to see the Lord all around us. - 10:30am Mass Veterans Day What is in our way? Our prejudices, jealousies, and our hypocritical

actions block our vision to see God. Our preconceived notions about Your Gifts to God and Parish how things are supposed to be hinder our ability to be open-minded. October 27, 2019 Our egos, selfishness, self-righteousness and cynicism cloud our per- spective. Our sense of entitlement that things are “owed” to us often prevents us from finding solutions. Our “I need the biggest piece of Offertory, including loose $3,233.00 the pie” mentality puts us first too often. Our unwillingness to forgive Online Offertory Giving (1st of month) $0.00 allows us to avoid having compassion for others. The list could go on and on. What is really interesting is that some of the people strug- All Souls $35.00 gling with a lack of vision to see God are sitting right next to you in Beyond 50 $70.00 the pew! All these things get in the way and keep us from seeing the Education Fund $45.00 goodness, the hope, the promise and the beauty that lets us know that God is all around us. World Mission Sunday $35.00 Diaconate Formation $20.00 Maybe we need a new way of seeing or a different perspective. We need the lens of faith, one which transforms what we say we believe St. Vincent de Paul $35.00 into how we actually see the world. This lens of faith transforms how Total $3,473.00 we see every situation and how we see each other. But a new per- spective won’t happen by accident. We can’t simply remain passive

and expect God to force Himself on us. We need to find ways to em- Fiscal year 7/1/19 - 6/30/20 brace a different view. Maybe we simply need to ask Jesus to help us see the world as He sees it – as He sees you, me, and every person. YTD Offertory Budget $116,108.73 YTD Offertory Actual $102,244.92 I’m guessing that we’ll start finding God everywhere and we will never be the same again. Surplus/Deficit -$13,863.81 Blessings, Deacon Dave MINISTRIES Page 5

PRAYER CHAIN Prayer Meeting PAT WISWALL...731-0933 As a follow-up to the Life in the BARB KRINGS...731-1893 Spirit Seminar, we will be having a BETTY WALLISCH...837-0446 Prayer Meeting on Thursday eve- nings, 7: 30 - 9:00pm, in the Knobbe House. The first one will be Thurs- DEACON DAVE’S day, Nov. 7, this coming Thurs- THOUGHT FOR THE DAY day. It will include praise and wor- ship songs, sharing of Scripture, Calling All Veterans teaching and close with intercesso-

ry prayers. All are welcome, even if you were not able to attend the Veterans Day Mass will be Seminar. Come join celebrated on Sunday, us, and bring your Nov. 10th at 10:30am Bible. Mass. Please stop in vestibule before Mass to get your Adult Faith Sharing - sign-up sheets special recognition in foyer of church ribbon before Mass. We at “The Presence”, a four week series about the Eucharist, the “Source and St Martins are grateful for Summit” of the Christian life. “ The your service to our country Presence” explores the Truth and and blessed to have you in Beauty of Christ’s Real presence in our community. the Eucharist, from its origins in Sa- NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR cred Scripture, to its profound role in MINISTRY the Life of the Church and its mem- bers. Come, deepen your understand- To receive assistance, please call ing and experience of the central reali- the coordinator for the ministry ty of our Catholic Faith and grow in that fits your needs.

knowing and loving our Lord in the MARTIN’S KITCHEN: Blessed Sacrament. Find the Source Barb Krings for living “a simple life of mercy, wit- Phone: 731-1893 ness, and working together as we reach out to others with the Gospel of TRANSPORTATION: Joy.”( Pope Francis) Linda Spencer Sessions will be held on Monday eve- Phone: 731-0479 nings (Nov. 18 - Dec. 9, 7pm) and Tuesday mornings (Nov. 19 - Dec. HELPING HANDS: 10, 9am). All sessions will be held in Charles Wiswall the Knobbe House Phone: 731-0933

THE ROSARY SHOE DRIVE

ShoeCrew Water Project....It's finally here, time to The rosary is prayed clean out your closets. Our annual used shoe each weekday morn- collection will be from 10/26-27 to 11/23-24. ing before the 8:00 Donated shoes will provide funds for building am Mass. It usually water wells for clean water for new communities starts at 7:35 am and in Kenya and Haiti. Any type/size of shoe is acceptable, just no holes finishes before Mass on bottoms. begins. Rosary is prayed at the PLEASE TIE OR RUBBERBAND PAIRS TOGETHER. Please deposit just shoes grotto on Thursdays 6:30 pm (no boxes/bags) in boxes provided at Church entrances. (weather permitting) or in the For more information on this organization visit shoecrewwater.org baptistery. Thanks for your support! SPECIAL EVENTS, INFORMATION Page 6 ALL SAINTS ACADEMY WELCOME TO ST. MARTIN’S (St. Ferdinand Campus)

A warm welcome to all who have come to wor- 314-921-2201 ship with us. If you are visiting, we are honored by November 4-8, 2019 your presence. If you would like to become a member of our Parish, please complete this form Monday, November 4 - normal school schedule and place in the collection basket or send to the parish office. Tuesday,November 5 Mass for grades 5-8...Orchestra Practice until 3:30pm...Speech practice until 3:45 pm

Name______Wednesday, November 6- Mass for grades 1-4…Running Street______Club until 3:30 pm...Band practice

City, State, Zip______Thursday, November 7 Confirmation Rally for 8th grade...Orchestra until 3:30pm...No Study Buddies today Phone______due to 8th grade rally

Friday, November 8- All School Mass 8 am...noon dismis- sal...Professional Development for Teachers Fr. Lijo - Call You Visit You Pray for You

Do you have questions or want more information about our school? Please contact Mrs. Anna Davis at the school office at (314)921-2201)

PSR UPCOMING DATES YOUTH GROUP UPCOMING DATES

November 6 - Parent/Teacher Conferences Youth Group is open to all teens grades 7-12 November 13 - Regular Class November 20 - Regular Class November 6 - Youth Group Meeting - 8pm November 16 - Leaf Raking - 9am-12pm November 30 - Youth Group Meeting - 8pm

Rest in Peace Eucharistic Adoration A Funeral service was celebrated It is not a sign or a symbol but the True on Tuesday Nov 5th for Presence of Jesus in the monstrance. Come let us adore Him. Art Berviller

Thanks to the adorers who have taken the 12:00-1:00 A parishioner of St. Martin’s Holy Hour. We are still in need of substitutes. Please consider taking an occasional hour in front of the Please keep Art and his family in your prayers. Blessed Sacrament. He would love to see you. .Please call Ronnie at 895-302 ATTENTION EARLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS Did you know that when you shop for the holidays at smile.amazon.com/ch/43-0788562, Nativity Scene chances. AmazonSmile donates to St Martin De Porres Chances for the Brick Nativity Scene are Catholic Church? still available from the Crafters in the back of the church. Please take one and if you decide to purchase you can return it in next weeks collection basket. Drawings will be the 1st Sunday in December. SPECIAL EVENTS, INFORMATION Page 7

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Sr. Carol Orf, Sister of the Most Precious Blood

The Sisters of the Most Precious Blood will hold a monthly open house tour opportunity from 1-4 p.m. on the second Sunday of every month in their beautiful historic chapel and heritage area. No reservation needed. Address: 204 North Main Street. O'Fallon. MO Directions: Use the entrance at Main and 3rd street and take the first right. Parking is available on the south side of chapel. Chapel is handicapped accessible

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