Saint Mary’s Catholic Church IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH PARISH COMMUNITY CHURCH IS OPEN ANOINTING OF THE SICK Pastor FOR PRAYER Please call the office if you or 6:00 am to 6:00 pm Daily a loved one needs to be anointed. FR. JEREMY PAULIN, O.M.V. 6:00 am to 8:00 pm Saturday 618-465-4284, and press 1 FR. DAVID BEAUREGARD, O.M.V. FR. PAUL NGUYEN, O.M.V. MASS SCHEDULe BAPTISMS FR. BENJAMIN UNACHUKWU, O.M.V. Please call the office to arrange LIVE STREAMING SCHEDULE a baptism at this time. DEACON JIM SCHWARTZKOPF https://www.facebook.com/stmarysalton BR. LELAND THORPE, O.M.V. No account/login required to watch MARRIAGES 9:00 am Daily Mass To be arranged at least six months PARISH OFFICE 5:30 pm Daily Rosary before marriage. Call the Parish Office. 618-465-4284 Fax: 618-463-4637 CONFESSIONS SCHOOL OFFICE VOICEMAIL & DROPBOX ONLY First Friday of the Month: 4:00-5:00 pm 618-465-8523 Saturday: 4:00-5:00 pm & 7:00-8:00 pm Middle School 618-465-9719 Check out our Facebook page... AND BY APPOINTMENT www.smsalton.com St. Mary’s Catholic Church ƒ 519 EastOBLATES Fourth OF THE VIRGIN Alton, MARY Illinois www.stmarysalton.com St. Mary’s Learning and Living Our Catholic Faith Catholic Church "Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest ALTON, ILLINOIS on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim." (Acts 2:3-4) PENTECOST SUNDAY – My dear Brothers and Sisters, sons and daughters of Holy Church, SOLEMNITY Happy Pentecost! Happy Birthday to the Church! Today we recall the birth of the Church in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and the MAY 31, 2020 Blessed Mother in the upper room fifty days after Jesus rose from the dead. The Holy Spirit came upon them and enabled them to proclaim the Gospel to the world. His presence gave them every good gift necessary to share the life MASS INTENTIONS* and love of Christ with the whole world, even until this very moment as I write, and you now read! God is good! Freeing us from our fears and lifting us up and Monday, June 1 out of darkness, doubt and despair and equipping us for mission in the world 6:30 am Thomas & Birdie ourselves! God is good! Because of Pentecost and the gift of the Holy Spirit we House Burke† are able to live through lockdowns, trials and difficulties of all kinds, and are 8:00 am Tim Molloy, Sr.† able to keep our eyes, hearts and trust on and in the Lord Jesus! Tuesday, June 2 With great joy in the Holy Spirit we received news Thursday night from our 6:30 am Gerald Herren, Sr.† Bishop - a successor of those Apostles gathered in the upper room on that 8:00 am Diane & Marvin Pentecost Day - that public Masses may resume as early as June 6th and 7th Mantlo† with the Church at 25% capacity for each Mass (Stay tuned for the date in June we actually decide to begin the Masses), and that our third graders will soon Wednesday, June 3 be able to be Confirmed and make their First Holy Communion, our eighth 6:30 am Int of Jeff & Tricia graders will be able to be Confirmed and that our RCIA candidates will also Conrad be able to receive their Sacraments. Bishop Paprocki, in the midst of these 8:00 am Ana & Anton Kadavi† challenging times has granted faculties to pastors to Confirm the candidates in their parishes as well as to give them their First Holy Communion, the Body, Thursday, June 4 Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ. 6:30 am Albert Walter† 8:00 am Helen & John Our Prayers have been heard! Thank you Mother Mary, Our Lady of the Rivers! Surwald† I can't wait to fulfill the promise of leading a pilgrimage there to Portage des Sioux in Thanskgiving when that time comes! Let's keep praying to her for an Friday, June 5 end to the pandemic. What wonderful news, though, that we'll soon begin 6:30 am Int of Bishop Paprocki Masses each day again in our beautiful Church! And that our children will be 8:00 am Int of Lila Lind receiving the graces of Confirmation and Eucharist! In receiving these they will 5:15 pm OMV Vocations be fully initiated as followers of Jesus and made fully his disciples - what life is really all about - living in and for Jesus Christ! Please be patient as we determine Saturday, June 6 the best way to safely arrange daily and Sunday Masses and when we begin. 6:30 am Thanksgiving to Also, please be patient and prepared for some limitation on how we will offer Our Lady of the Rivers Sunday and daily Masses and the First Communion and Confirmation Masses. 8:00 am Pro-Life Efforts Again, the church will only be allowed 25% capacity and there will be other 5:15 pm Mary Seebald† protocols. Thank God we'll be able to have public Mass! Sunday, June 7 In the midst of all the challenges, I am so grateful for what we have been able to 6:30 am Tony & Leona Rocha† do together here at St Mary's the last few weeks in the distribution of the Holy 8:00 am Joe & Judy Burns† Eucharist on 4th Street. The assistance of the Knights of Columbus has been invaluable in that, so thank you Brother Knights! The last two Sundays about 9:30 am Peggy Ursch-Milford† 500 parishioners were able to receive the Lord in a very beautiful, reverent and 11:00 am Patricia Wolff† efficient way, which has been an inspiration to Deacon Jim, the other priests and 6:00 pm The People of me. It's been such a blessing for us all. We wanted so much to shake your hands St. Mary’s too, embrace you and chat a little bit....that time will come! Please, please don't hesitate to contact us with any requests. * These Masses will be said each day privately – continued on page 6 If you have submitted a name for prayers in the bulletin PENTECOST SUNDAY – SOLEMNITY they will remain for one month. If you would like to ask Focus: We each receive gifts from the Holy Spirit to the parish to continue praying, please let the parish office share with others, for the greater good. know by calling (618) 465-4284. Thank you for your prayers! Today, as we celebrate the birthday of the Church with the coming of the Holy Spirit, we also reflect on the gifts that the Spirit gives to each of us. Let us pray to be able to recognize them, and ask for the grace to use them for the sake of the Kingdom. Please remember our brothers and sisters, The first reading recounts the dramatic coming of the Holy who are in need of prayer. Spirit to the disciples – and their resulting ability to speak in different tongues. In his Letter to the Corinthians, Saint Roger Kamp, Lucy Rose Lucas, Bill Haine, Naomi Fader, Paul writes that while there are different kinds of spiritual Barb Cronn, Everett O’Connor, Tom Grossheim, Jack gifts, there is but the same Spirit, and the same God. In Droste, Greg Weirich, Mary Donahue, The Ringering the Gospel, Jesus appears to the disciples in a locked Family, Sean Michael Donahue, Veronica Murray, room, gives them the Holy Spirit, and grants them the Richard Cox, Keith Houghton, Debra Houghton, authority to forgive sins. Baby Olivia, Shirley Dunphy, Mary Jenniches, Phyllis Milford-Rill, Larry Greenwell, Emilee Tate, Pat Gorman, Liam Maher, G. Terry Westfall, Ellen PART ONE - THE PROFESSION OF FAITH SECTION ONE - "I BELIEVE" - "WE BELIEVE" Saville, Margarita Pulido, Bob Rill, Chris Henkhaus, Man’s Response To God / I Believe – We Believe Mike Mihalich, Kathleen Engdale, Martha Kraehmer, Sue Imming, Michael Jennings, Jr., Francis Gonzales, “Only One Faith” Jill Love, Henry Leady, Matthew Paulda, Mary 172. Through the centuries, in so many languages, cultures, Wuellner, Stephen Turvey, Rollan “Jerry” Jouett, peoples and nations, the Church has constantly confessed Samuel Madrey, Victor Goeken, Jackie Stilley, Brian this one faith, received from the one Lord, transmitted Petty, Bryce, William Danother, Christy Dorris, by one Baptism, and grounded in the conviction that all John Wittman, Phil Hoefert, Joyce Zorger, Mary people have only one God and Father.58 St. Irenaeus of Ann Raymond, Rosemary Ruedin, Trisha Middleton, Lyons, a witness of this faith, declared: Denny Meehan, Jonathan Denney, Fr. Jeremy Paulin, "Indeed, the Church, though scattered throughout the OMV, Sarah Huber, Sarah Rose Zangori, Bill Cox, whole world, even to the ends of the earth, having received Joan Cox, Florence Sabaj, Diana Melosci, Bonnie the faith from the apostles and their disciples. guards Haegele, Mike Russell, Mathew Zini, Carmen Kassler, [this preaching and faith] with care, as dwelling in but a Gail Grant, Patrick Hickey, Mike Doucleff, Carolyn Holt, Mary Jo Buesteton, Michelle Moody, Charles single house, and similarly believes as if having but one Nasello soul and a single heart, and preaches, teaches and hands on this faith with a unanimous voice, as if possessing only Holy Mary, help those in need, give strength to the weak, one mouth."59 comfort the sorrowful, pray for God’s people, assist the clergy, and intercede for religious.