Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic Church 6596 Smiley Avenue St

Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic Church 6596 Smiley Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63139 STAFF Pastor Rev. Thomas M. Pastorius [email protected]

Deacon James Tetreault [email protected]

Pastoral Associate Michael Rennier [email protected]

Music Director Elizabeth Svancarek

Plant Manager John Ellison [email protected]

Parish Secretary Trish Nerviani [email protected] MASS & SACRAMENTS Sunday Masses: 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00 am

Weekday Masses Monday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday & Saturdays: 8:00 am

Tuesday Morning Prayer: 8:00 am Tuesday Mass: 5:30 pm

Saturday Masses 8:00 am and 5:00 pm

Sacrament of Penance: Saturday, 7:00-7:50 am or by appointment. Tuesdays, 5-5:20 pm Baptisms: Meeting first Thursday of the month. Preregistration required.

Marriages: Contact the priest at least 9 months prior to the wedding date. Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Funerals: To be arranged by contacting the Parish Office. July 19, 2015

Change of Address or Telephone Phone: 314-781-1199 Fax: 314-645-8760 Number: Please call the Parish Office. www.epiphanystl.org

SixteenthBulletin Deadline: Sunday 4:00in Ordinary pm Monday. Time Sacramental Emergency After Hours Line: 314-July260 19,-6261 2015

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LIVING OUR FAITH From the Desk of Fr. Pastorius, Heavenly Duster Volunteers 1. New Mass Times Starting in August st nd Desperately Needed Starting the weekend of August 1 and 2 the Our Heavenly Dusters Desperately Mass times at Epiphany will change to 5 PM on Saturday Evening and 8 AM and need YOUR help. Heavenly Dusters 10:30 AM on Sunday Morning. Knowing that the new Mass times will shake up meet 1 day every 4 weeks after the 8 many of your Sunday morning routines, I invite you to see this more as an op- am Mass for about 1 hour. All clean- portunity to recommit yourself to your Catholic faith and a chance to get to ing supplies are provided. If you know some parishioners that you may not know. The 8 AM Mass will feature would like to help keep our church limited music and the choir will lead the music at the 10:30 AM. Most Masses beautiful, please contact Dolores celebrated at Epiphany even with full music are under an hour. Liturgical min- Sonderman at 644-0067 or Gloria isters please contact Trish at the parish office 314.781.1199 and let her know Chesnut at 647-8731. Won’t you give which Mass you would like to serve as minister. up just one hour a month to help out 2. Questions about Marriage Continued… this wonderful ministry. Q: What’s so special about sexual intercourse between a man and a woman? Isn’t sexual intercourse just an expression of affection between persons? Covenant Network Would you A: Look at the bodies of men and women. They were made for a particular kind like to strengthen your relationship of union with each other. The sexual union of a man and a woman is the kind of with Jesus Christ and His Church? union from which children come, even if no children actually come from it. The Tune in to Catholic Radio on AM sexual union of a same sex couple is not the kind of union from which children 1080 WRYT. Programming includes come – it is a different kind of thing. The organs of our body are complete in daily Holy Mass, devotions, Catechet- themselves with respect to one end: sustaining our life. But the organs of our ics, live call-in shows, and much body are incomplete in themselves with respect to one end: reproduction. In more. For a program schedule and a sexual intercourse, the bodies of a man and a woman actually become one, free CD call (314) 752-7000 or toll- similar to the way in which our organs are one in the body. In this way, the na- free (877) 305-1234. ture of marital union is “written into” the body. 3. Beyond Sunday Capital Campaign NEW HYMNALS We are excited to As I announced two weeks ago at the end of our Sunday Masses, the Archdiocese be purchasing beautiful new hymnals! of St. Louis has decided to have an Archdiocesan wide campaign to help raise The Saint Augustine Hymnal has all of money for Catholic Schools. This campaign will take place in stages and so over your favorite hymns and contempo- the next few weeks and months, you will receive information about the many rary songs. It is a high quality, hard- good causes that this campaign will support and how you can give to this cam- cover hymnal and includes the Sun- paign if you discern that this is something God is calling you to. Remember that day lectionary. It will not only create God is never outdone in generosity and we all have much to be grateful for. less waste but it will save us thou- 4. Financial Assistance For Active Members of the Parish for Children sands of dollars each year over our attending Catholic Grade Schools current hymnals. Please let this serve as a reminder that our parish offers tuition assistance to The purchase price for this year, members of our parish. There is some paperwork and a short/informal inter- however, is more expensive. Will you view with our School Covenant Committee to qualify. Please contact Trish in consider donating to help purchase a the parish office as soon as possible. hymnal? For $20, we will dedicate a 5. Protecting God’s Children memorial inscription into a hymnal in F.Y.I our parish has passed its annual Protecting God’s Children’s evaluation honor of anyone you choose. Years with flying colors. Thank you to everyone who make protecting our children a from now, if the time comes to re- priority. place these hymnals, you may take 6. New Way to Get a hold of a Priest After Hours yours home to keep. To donate, A group of parishes in the South St. Louis area has gotten together and are now simply complete the information and using an answering service. This number which you will be able to find on the return to the parish office along front of the bulletin and will be listed as an option in our parish voice mail will with a $20 check. allow you to talk to an answer service that will then put you in touch with a Hymnal Donation in honor/memory priest. In the past we have an extension that would forward to my cell phone (please circle one) of: but this was not ideal for the times that I was away at camp. Now if the an- swering service cannot get a hold of me, they will go to the next priest on the list (someone from one of the neighboring parishes). They will only forward Inscription Name calls that they consider emergencies and will not forward requests for financial assistance or Mass time inquiries etc. The number is 314.260.6261 (Please let Contact Name the answering service know that you are an Epiphany Parishioner). God bless, Fr. Tom Phone # Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 July 19, 2015

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LIVING OUR FAITH Spiritual Ponderings Faith & Film: Going My Way

For the next movie, I will be traveling back to the year 1944. Going My Way is an American musi- cal comedy/drama directed by Leo McCarey and stars Bing Crosby as Father Charles “Chuck” O’Malley and Barry Fitzgerald as the older and more set in his ways Father Fitzgibbons.

Fr. O’Malley has been given the difficult task of being in unofficially in charge of St. Dominic parish while allowing Fr. Fitzgibbon to believe that he is still in charge. This task was given to O’Malley by the bishop himself and so it is one that he tries to do the best of his ability.

Immediately Fr. O’Malley’s more unconventional style clashes with that of Fr. Fitzgibbon who we learn had dedicated his entire life to St. Dominic. Fr. Fitzgibbons eventually goes to meet with the bishop and he is able to deduce the true reason behind Fr. O’Malley’s assignment and thus he re- signs from being pastor asking that Fr. O’Malley be made pastor in his place.

Fr. O’Malley sees the hurt in the old priest eyes and tries to cheer him up by having the parish raise money to send him back to Ireland so that he can see his mother who he has not seen since he left Ireland to become a priest and now she is over 90 years old. Before Fr. Fitzgibbons can take the trip, the Church catches on fire and the money is needed to repair the Church. Fr. Fitzgibbons therefore donates the money back to the Church to help it begin to rebuild. I do not want to spoil the end of the movie for you so I will stop there with my summary. It is a movie that I think every Catholic should watch.

The first spiritual insight in the movie that I would like to point out is that I believe the movie gives a good description of how much priest sacrifice for their parish especially in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Many of us do pour our hearts out and give all that we have. It can therefore be very devastating to us when after we given all that we have we discover that it is not enough or that our efforts go unappreciated. I think though that the movie also shows how rewarding the life of a priest is. The joy that we are able to bring to others is immense. Sometimes though we need to be affirmed by others in our ministry, the housekeeper and Fr. O’Malley affirm Fr. Fitzgibbons in good times and in bad and Fr. O’Malley found support from Fr. O’Dowd and Jenny Tuffel .

The second insight from the movie is that sometimes we do not get to see the fruits of our work. Fr. O’Malley planted many seeds in his work at St. Dominic but he is called to serve at another parish before he can see many of them come to fruition. Fr. O’Malley’s willingness to leave and go to another parish shows his love for God is greater than his love for his work or reaping the rewards of success. He quietly slips out in the middle of the night to move to his next assign- ment.

The third insight from the movie is that faith does not have to be down and dreary but can be uplifting. Fr. O’Malley shows this in the way that he helps people with their problems. He does not judge people but rather he suggests ways in which they can improve their life as a one friend might do to another. He treats all people with equal kindness including the nosy Church woman (who is the same actress as the wicked witch of the west in the Wizard of Oz), the school boys that he forms into a choir, the cohabitating couple, the house keeper, and the grouchy old banker. Fr. O’Malley changes them through his love and kindness and not through lectures.

The final insight from the movie is that God always provides but not always in the ways that we are thinking. In the mov- ie Fr. O’Malley tries to sell a song he wrote called “Going My Way” but the record producers do not buy it. The choir encourages him to sing another song after his failure and the record producers buy that song instead. 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 107 Gospel Mk 6:30-34 Spiritual Reflection: The normal human response to people who ruin our plans is anger. Jesus shows us that the divine response is compassion (pity).

Spiritual Questions 1. Do you share all that you have done with Jesus? 2. Do you take time to rest and pray when you can? 3. How do you treat people who ruin your plans? 4. What does it take for someone to get you to feel compassion for them? 5. What do you do when you feel compassion?

LifeTeen Attention all highschoolers! Join us this Wednesday, July 22nd from 7-9pm at Bishop DuBourg High School as we hear about what it means to pursue a vocation - what is it, how do we do it, and why is it important? As always, we will have food & games - bring a friend! Questions? Contact Lauren at 314.288.8873 or [email protected].

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LITURGIES & SCHEDULES MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK OUR PARISH THIS WEEK Sunday, July 19 Monday - Saturday July 20-24 7:00 am Frank Stochla  7:30 am - Rosary, Church 9:00 am Parishioners Sunday, July 19 11:00 am Dan Nerviani  10:00 am - Bible Study, CMR Monday, July 20  11:00 am - Liturgy with Children, RBB 8:00 am Jim Cole

Tuesday, July 21 Monday, July 20 8:00 am Morning Prayer  10:00 am - Ladies Guild Card Social, AR 5:30 pm Harvey Cole  5:30 pm - Fit Factor, UH  7:00 pm - Boy Scouts, Upper Hall Wednesday, July 22 8:00 am John Jankowski Tuesday, July 21

Thursday, July 23 8:00 am Paul Leuthen Wednesday, July 22  7:00 am - St. Pat’s Salad, Gym Kitchen Friday, July 24  5:30 pm - Fit Factor, UH 8:00 am Pastor’s Intentions  6:30 pm - Bells Practice, Church Saturday, July 25  7:30 pm - Choir Practice, Church 8:00 am Thomas L. Kinder, Jr. 5:00 pm Eileen J. Cox Thursday, July 23

Sunday, July 26  7:00 pm - Youth Group, UH 7:00 am Parishioners  7:30 pm - Prayer Group, Church 9:00 am John Ellison, Sr. Friday, July 24 11:00 am Rosalie Heuing  3:30-6:30 pm - Dance, UH PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HOMEBOUND & SICK OF OUR PARISH Saturday, July 25 John Lutz Dominic Caputa Kathy Kennebeck Sunday, July 26 Mary Hipskind Kathy Hatfield Matthew Joganik  10:00 am - Bible Study, CMR  11:00 am - Liturgy with Children, RBB Gloria Murabito Edward Joganik Ethan Sonderman Dave Hanneken Christine Weber Michael Wesby Ladies Guild Card Social Our monthly card social will be held on Monday, July 20th at 10:00 am in the As- Daniel Barr sumption Room. We hope to see you all there. READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 19, 2015 Sunday: Jer 23:1-6/Eph 2:13-18/Mk 6:30-34 Monday: Ex 14:5-18/Mt 12:38-42 Tuesday: Ex 14:21--15:1/Mt 12:46-50 Wednesday: Ex 16:1-5, 9-15/Jn 20:1-2, 11-18 Thursday: Ex 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b/Mt 13:10-17 OUR OFFERING FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 11-12, 2015 Friday: Ex 20:1-17/Mt 13:18-23 Online Donations Saturday: 2 Cor 4:7-15/Mt 20:20-28 Debt...... $70.00 Next Sunday: 2 Kgs 4:42-44/Eph 4:1-6/Jn 6:1-15 General Fund ...... $1,613.50 Maintenance & Repair ... $105.00 Are you a young adult? Do you desire to be a SVDP ...... $75.00 Tuition Assistance ...... $50.00 young adult leader in your parish? Do you have needs as a young adult that are being overlooked? If so, please check Sunday Collection out the inaugural Young Adult Forum with Archbishop Envelope ...... $6,233.00 Robert Carlson. Join young adults from across the Archdi- Loose ...... $263.25 ocese to learn about young adult ministry and how you can Total ...... $6,496.25 make a difference in your parish and community. While Votive ...... $38.30 this is an invitation only event; please talk to your pastor SVDP ...... $75.00 about representing your parish today! Date: August 1, Maintenance & Repair ... $235.00 2015 Time: 10 am – 2 pm Place: Cardinal Rigali Center, Debt...... $40.00 ...... $225.00(YTD) 20 Archbishop May Dr. 63119 To register online: Tuition Assistance ...... $100.00 ...... $210.00(YTD) archstl.org/youngadults Endowment Fund ...... $ ...... $(YTD) Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4 July 19, 2015

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PARISH COMMUNITY NEWS, NOTES & EVENTS

Ice Cream & Watermelon Social Beyond Sunday Campaign Underway! Join us on the Msgr. Sullivan Field on Our parish is embarking on Beyond Sunday, an Archdi- Friday, August 7, 2015 from 6–10:00pm for ocesan-wide campaign conducted by the Roman Catholic An Ice Cream & Watermelon Social. Music provid- Foundation of Eastern Missouri to strengthen parishes and ed by: Facts o’ life. We will have: Kids games, bounce Catholic Education throughout the Archdiocese of St. Louis. house, Ga-ga dodgeball, cake walk, Bbq and more!!!!!!! With our generous Beyond Sunday funding, we will Grab your family, friends, and neighbors For a night of invest in our parish by addressing its most pressing needs. music and fun. Bring your own lawn chairs for the music! We will also invest in the Roman Catholic Foundation’s Education Fund, which will provide funding solutions to Summer Soiree Join Lindenwood Area Senior Ministry transform Catholic education throughout the Archdiocese for an afternoon of summertime fun. Let the sounds of of St. Louis. summer folk songs lift your spirits and cool off with an ice A Campaign Leadership Committee of parishioners, cream treat! We will be joined by music therapist, Becky led by Father Tom Pastorius will be working with the Ro- Schomberg. LASM is hosting this soiree in collaboration man Catholic Foundation staff on this exciting initiative. with Provision Living of St. Louis Hills. All of our registered parishioners will be contacted in the rd Date: Thursday, July 23 Time: 1:30pm coming months with details on Beyond Sunday and a re- Location: Provision Living (6543 Chippewa) Activity Room quest for financial support. For more information, please RSVP: Claire at 645-6411 visit www.beyondsundaystl.org, or contact Katie Comer- ford at 314-482-0217 or [email protected]. St. Patrick Center Needs Backpasks! This year we are, once again, asking the St. Louis commu- nity to support our “Back-to-School” Backpack Give-a-way Helping Hand-Me-Downs Trivia Night program to help our client’s children who are in need of a Please join us on Saturday, July 25th at Epiphany of Our new backpack and school supplies. Participating individu- Lord Gymnasium. Doors open @ 6:30 pm and trivia begins als and families are asked to donate a backpack filled with @ 7:00 pm. Cost is $25 a ticket. Ticket includes: wine, school supplies for one of four different age groups of stu- beer, soda & water. dents. Please take one of the “Backpack Tags” on our Raffles~~Silent Auction~~Heads or Tails~~50/50 Raffle bulletin board in the coming days. Each tag lists the sup- Proceeds to benefit Helping Hand-Me-Downs. Helping plies needed for one backpack for one child. Parish fami- Hand-me-downs is a non-profit organization providing lies are encouraged to “adopt” one child (or more!) and clothing and supplies to local children in need and support shop for this child as a family. When you’ve completed to their families. For more information on our organiza- your school supply shopping, simply tie the tag on to your tion visit us at: http://www.helpinghandmedowns.org/. backpack and bring it to Epiphany by Thursday, July 23, 2015. CO-ED IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY RETREAT White House Jesuit Retreat invites you to their upcom- Take Me Out to the Ballgame Lindenwood Area ing co-ed retreat based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Senior Ministry would like you to join us for a night at the Ignatius. Spend the weekend enjoying this unique silent ballgame. Join us for a ballpark themed dinner at South- retreat experience on their beautiful 80-acre campus west Baptist Church (6401 Scanlan), Memorial Hall at high on the bluffs above the Mississippi River in South St. 5pm. Then we’ll head to Busch Stadium to take in a Car- Louis County. The retreat begins the evening of Friday dinal’s Game! Friday, August 14th, St. Louis Cardinals vs. September 4th and concludes at 2pm on Sunday Septem- Miami Marlins (sections 359/360). $40 includes your din- ber 6th. Limited space remains. Call 314-416-6400 or ner, game ticket, and transportation to and from the visit whretreat.org. game. Reservations and payment required by Tuesday, July 28th. No refunds. RSVP to Jan at 644-4299. Mail pay- You may have noticed our Do- ment to: LASM, 6401 Scanlan Ave. (63139). Homeless Ministry minican Sisters wearing colorful t-shirts marked with “Be Peace” on the front, and “Peace” in a variety of languages Zip Rzeppa – “For a Greater Purpose” on the back. Sister Chris is selling them for $10 ($7 to Join us at 7 pm on Tuesday, August 4, as Zip Rzeppa dis- cover the cost, $3 will go toward her ministry with the cusses his new autobiography “For a Greater Purpose.” homeless). Limited quantity, color and size available. All attendees will receive a complimentary copy of the Call Sister Chris at 779-5921. book. There is no charge for the event (a free will offer- Sister Chris is working with a homeless couple soon to ing will be taken). The discussion will take place at St. welcome the arrival of twin baby girls at the end of Au- Martin of Tours in Runge Hall (610 W. Ripa Ave. St. Louis, gust. If you have gently used newborn clothing or items MO 63125 at the intersection of Telegraph & W. Ripa). you feel are a “must have” for new parents, please call For more information, please contact Adam Wright, Di- Sister Chris at 779-5921. She is hoping to help them find rectory of Stewardship (544-5664). an apartment in the next few weeks.

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