Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B August 26, 2018

St. 3009 High Ridge Blvd. High Ridge, MO 63049 Business Hours Monday - Friday 7:30 A.M. - 2:30 P.M. Phone (636) 677-4868 Fax (636) 677-2781 Website www.stanthonyhr.org Pastor Father John Reiker

Parish Mission Statement Our mission is to be on fire with the love of Christ, and with the help of the Holy Spirit, to celebrate our community of faith in the Eucharist and to share God’s love and mercy with our neighbors through our ministries and evangelization.

Mass Schedule Sunday Saturday 5:00 P.M. Daily Sunday 8:30 A.M., 10:15 A.M. Monday - Friday 8:00 A.M Holy Days Confessions 8:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Saturday 4:20-4:50 P.M. RECTORY CLOSED ON ALL HOLY DAYS By appointment anytime

Rectory Office Religious Instruction Marriages: Make arrangements with Father John Reiker Parish School of Religion Priest or Deacon of your choice no less Pastor ext. 102 Phone (636) 677-4868 ext 118 than six months prior to proposed [email protected] Grades (pre-K through 8) wedding date. Mrs. Kathy Joslin Parish Help Line: St. Vincent de Paul Deacon Richard L. Stevens [email protected] Adults - RCIA Society, 1-877-238-3228, ext. 3329 [email protected] Please contact: New Parishioners: Welcome! The Rectory Office 636-677-4868 ext. 100 Deacon Jim G’Sell Please register by contacting the [email protected] Sacramental Preparation rectory during business hours @ 677- 314-484-2055 4868 ext. 100 Baptism Preparation Meeting: Infant

Mrs. Rusalyne Ahlemeyer Baptisms require parental attendance at Business Manager, ext. 104 Change of Address or Telephone: a meeting prior to baptism. Meetings Please call the rectory during business [email protected] will be held with the Pastor in the hours. 677-4868 ext. 100 Mrs. Jackie Dostal rectory. Call rectory office for Secretary, ext. 100 information 636-677-4868, ext. 100. Archdiocese of St .Louis Website: [email protected] Baptisms: After 10:15 AM Mass on a www.archstl.org

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St. Anthony of Padua, High Ridge, MO

Pastor’s Column

Saint of the Week Blessed Clara Fey Founder, Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus Prayer of the Week (1815-1894)

O God, who cause the minds of the faithful Clara Fey, the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, was born in , . In her youth, she to unite in a single purpose, observed the hard living and working conditions of the poor. In 1837, with friends, she established a grant your people to love what you command school to serve poor children. Over time, this be- came the foundation for a new religious congrega- and to desire what you promise, tion, the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus. The name implied a combination of the contemplative and ac- that, amid the uncertainties of this world, tive life. It was inspired by a dream in which Fey had encountered a little boy. When she asked where he our hearts may be fixed on that place came from he pointed above. When she asked his name he replied, “The Poor Child Jesus.” Fey took religious vows in 1850, and assumed leadership of where true gladness is found. the congregation, a position she occupied until her death. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

The early work with young children expanded to who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the include high schools for girls and homes for young Holy Spirit, women working in business and factories. During the Franco-Prussian War, the sisters nursed the sick one God, for ever and ever. Amen. and wounded. This did not spare them from anti- Catholic persecution that broke out during the Kul- turkampf of 1875, and Fey was forced to relocate her community to the . There she died on May 8, 1894. Joke of the Week A decree of 1958 recognized her holiness. Fol- lowing the certification of a miracle in 2017, she was One Sunday morning Pastor Bob advised his con- approved for . gregation, “Next week I plan to preach about the sin of lying. In preparation for my message, I want you “Whoever receives such a child in my name re- all to read Mark17.” ceives me.’ So we can receive the Lord…. The poor, especially the poor children, are the best friends of The following Sunday the reverend asked for a Jesus. He loves them so much that he sees every- show of hands from those who had read Mark 17. thing that happens to them, as if it had happened to Every hand went up. Pastor Bob smiled and an- him.” Blessed Clara Fey nounced, “Well, Mark has only sixteen chapters. I Spread the Gospel, the Good News about Jesus will now proceed with my sermon on the sin of ly- and His St. Anthony Family. ing.” A HOLY COMMUNITY THROUGH HOLY COMMUNION! Your brother in Jesus, August 26, 2018

Letter of His Holiness Francis To the People of God “If one member suffers, all suffer together with it” (1 Cor 12:26). These words of Paul forcefully echo in my heart as I acknowl- edge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse, the abuse of power and the abuse of conscience perpe- trated by a significant number of clerics and consecrated persons. Crimes that inflict deep wounds of pain and powerlessness, pri- marily among the victims, but also in their family members and in the larger community of believers and nonbelievers alike. Looking back to the past, no effort to beg pardon and to seek to repair the harm done will ever be sufficient. Looking ahead to the future, no effort must be spared to create a culture able to prevent such situations from happening, but also to prevent the possibility of their being covered up and perpetuated. The pain of the victims and their families is also our pain, and so it is urgent that we once more reaffirm our commitment to ensure the protection of minors and of vulnerable adults. 1. If one member suffers…

In recent days, a report was made public which detailed the experiences of at least a thousand survivors, victims of sexual abuse, the abuse of power and of conscience at the hands of priests over a period of approximately seventy years. Even though it can be said that most of these cases belong to the past, nonetheless as time goes on we have come to know the pain of many of the victims. We have realized that these wounds never disappear and that they require us forcefully to condemn these atrocities and join forces in uprooting this culture of death; these wounds never go away. The heart-wrenching pain of these victims, which cries out to heaven, was long ignored, kept quiet or silenced. But their outcry was more powerful than all the measures meant to silence it, or sought even to resolve it by decisions that increased its gravity by falling into complicity. The Lord heard that cry and once again showed us on which side he stands. Mary’s song is not mistaken and continues quietly to echo throughout history. For the Lord remembers the promise he made to our fathers: “he has scattered the proud in their conceit; he has cast down the mighty from their thrones and lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty” (Lk 1:51-53). We feel shame when we realize that our style of life has denied, and continues to deny, the words we recite.

With shame and repentance, we acknowledge as an ecclesial community that we were not where we should have been, that we did not act in a timely manner, realizing the magnitude and the gravity of the damage done to so many lives. We showed no care for the little ones; we abandoned them. I make my own the words of the then Cardinal Ratzinger when, during the Way of the Cross com- posed for Good Friday 2005, he identified with the cry of pain of so many victims and exclaimed: “How much filth there is in the

Church, and even among those who, in the priesthood, ought to belong entirely to [Christ]! How much pride, how much self- complacency! Christ’s betrayal by his disciples, their unworthy reception of his body and blood, is certainly the greatest suffering endured by the Redeemer; it pierces his heart. We can only call to him from the depths of our hearts: Kyrie eleison – Lord, save us!

(cf. Mt 8:25)” (Ninth Station).

2. … all suffer together with it

The extent and the gravity of all that has happened requires coming to grips with this reality in a comprehensive and communal way. While it is important and necessary on every journey of conversion to acknowledge the truth of what has happened, in itself this is not enough. Today we are challenged as the People of God to take on the pain of our brothers and sisters wounded in their flesh and in their spirit. If, in the past, the response was one of omission, today we want solidarity, in the deepest and most challenging Continued next page... St. Anthony of Padua, High Ridge, MO sense, to become our way of forging present and future history. And this in an environment where conflicts, tensions and above all the victims of every type of abuse can encounter an outstretched hand to protect them and rescue them from their pain (cf. Evangelii

Gaudium, 228). Such solidarity demands that we in turn condemn whatever endangers the integrity of any person. A solidarity that summons us to fight all forms of corruption, especially spiritual corruption. The latter is “a comfortable and self-satisfied form of blind- ness. Everything then appears acceptable: deception, slander, egotism and other subtle forms of self-centeredness, for ‘even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light’ (2 Cor 11:14)” (Gaudete et Exsultate, 165). Saint Paul’s exhortation to suffer with those who suffer is the best antidote against all our attempts to repeat the words of Cain: “Am I my brother's keeper?” (Gen 4:9).

I am conscious of the effort and work being carried out in various parts of the world to come up with the necessary means to ensure the safety and protection of the integrity of children and of vulnerable adults, as well as implementing zero tolerance and ways of making all those who perpetrate or cover up these crimes accountable. We have delayed in applying these actions and sanctions that are so necessary, yet I am confident that they will help to guarantee a greater culture of care in the present and future.

Together with those efforts, every one of the baptized should feel involved in the ecclesial and social change that we so greatly need. This change calls for a personal and communal conversion that makes us see things as the Lord does. For as Saint John

Paul II liked to say: “If we have truly started out anew from the contemplation of Christ, we must learn to see him especially in the faces of those with whom he wished to be identified” (Novo Millennio Ineunte, 49). To see things as the Lord does, to be where the

Lord wants us to be, to experience a conversion of heart in his presence. To do so, prayer and penance will help. I invite the entire holy faithful People of God to a penitential exercise of prayer and fasting, following the Lord’s command.[1] This can awaken our conscience and arouse our solidarity and commitment to a culture of care that says “never again” to every form of abuse.

It is impossible to think of a conversion of our activity as a Church that does not include the active participation of all the members of

God’s People. Indeed, whenever we have tried to replace, or silence, or ignore, or reduce the People of God to small elites, we end up creating communities, projects, theological approaches, spiritualities and structures without roots, without memory, without faces, without bodies and ultimately, without lives.[2] This is clearly seen in a peculiar way of understanding the Church’s authority, one common in many communities where sexual abuse and the abuse of power and conscience have occurred. Such is the case with clericalism, an approach that “not only nullifies the character of Christians, but also tends to diminish and undervalue the baptismal grace that the Holy Spirit has placed in the heart of our people”.[3] Clericalism, whether fostered by priests themselves or by lay persons, leads to an excision in the ecclesial body that supports and helps to perpetuate many of the evils that we are condemning today. To say “no” to abuse is to say an emphatic “no” to all forms of clericalism.

It is always helpful to remember that “in salvation history, the Lord saved one people. We are never completely ourselves unless we belong to a people. That is why no one is saved alone, as an isolated individual. Rather, God draws us to himself, taking into ac- count the complex fabric of interpersonal relationships present in the human community. God wanted to enter into the life and history of a people” (Gaudete et Exsultate, 6). Consequently, the only way that we have to respond to this evil that has darkened so many

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lives is to experience it as a task regarding all of us as the People of God. This awareness of being part of a people and a shared history will enable us to acknowledge our past sins and mistakes with a penitential openness that can allow us to be renewed from within. Without the active participation of all the Church’s members, everything being done to uproot the culture of abuse in our com- munities will not be successful in generating the necessary dynamics for sound and realistic change. The penitential dimension of fasting and prayer will help us as God’s People to come before the Lord and our wounded brothers and sisters as sinners imploring forgiveness and the grace of shame and conversion. In this way, we will come up with actions that can generate resources attuned to the Gospel. For “whenever we make the effort to return to the source and to recover the original freshness of the Gospel, new avenues arise, new paths of creativity open up, with different forms of expression, more eloquent signs and words with new meaning for today’s world” (Evangelii Gaudium, 11).

It is essential that we, as a Church, be able to acknowledge and condemn, with sorrow and shame, the atrocities perpetrated by con- secrated persons, clerics, and all those entrusted with the mission of watching over and caring for those most vulnerable. Let us beg forgiveness for our own sins and the sins of others. An awareness of sin helps us to acknowledge the errors, the crimes and the wounds caused in the past and allows us, in the present, to be more open and committed along a journey of renewed conversion.

Likewise, penance and prayer will help us to open our eyes and our hearts to other people’s sufferings and to overcome the thirst for power and possessions that are so often the root of those evils. May fasting and prayer open our ears to the hushed pain felt by chil- dren, young people and the disabled. A fasting that can make us hunger and thirst for justice and impel us to walk in the truth, sup- porting all the judicial measures that may be necessary. A fasting that shakes us up and leads us to be committed in truth and char- ity with all men and women of good will, and with society in general, to combatting all forms of the abuse of power, sexual abuse and the abuse of conscience.

In this way, we can show clearly our calling to be “a sign and instrument of communion with God and of the unity of the entire human race” (Lumen Gentium, 1).

“If one member suffers, all suffer together with it”, said Saint Paul. By an attitude of prayer and penance, we will become attuned as individuals and as a community to this exhortation, so that we may grow in the gift of compassion, in justice, prevention and repara- tion. Mary chose to stand at the foot of her Son’s cross. She did so unhesitatingly, standing firmly by Jesus’ side. In this way, she reveals the way she lived her entire life. When we experience the desolation caused by these ecclesial wounds, we will do well, with

Mary, “to insist more upon prayer”, seeking to grow all the more in love and fidelity to the Church (SAINT IGNATIUS OF

LOYOLA, Spiritual Exercises, 319). She, the first of the disciples, teaches all of us as disciples how we are to halt before the suffer- ings of the innocent, without excuses or cowardice. To look to Mary is to discover the model of a true follower of Christ.

May the Holy Spirit grant us the grace of conversion and the interior anointing needed to express before these crimes of abuse our compunction and our resolve courageously to combat them. FRANCIS Vatican City, 20 August 2018 St. Anthony of Padua, High Ridge, MO Who Would Like to Grow as Adults In our Catholic Faith? “Inquiry Into the Catholic Faith”

✞ Do yopu know the Lord as well as you would like to? ✞ Do you wonder if your prayers and experiences of God are similar to others? ✞ Do you feel your life is on the right track to heaven? ✞ What and why does the teach anything about my life, or my children’s? ✞ Do you need a Community of Christians to support and challenge your faith and concern for others?

You are personally invited to our Inquiry into our Catholic Faith (known as RCIA = Rituals of Christian Initia- tion for Adults)

For Whom: a) Anyone who wants to become a Catholic Christian.

b) Anyone who wants to learn about the Catholic Faith, but does not want to join. (Possibly be cause of marriage or school.)

c) Any Catholic who would like to return to the practice of the faith.

d) Any Catholic who wants to deepen their faith and understanding.

FAITH in God is a gift but we need to make the effort to nourish it, although making time is not easy. We change with the years and so our faith should grow as well.

TAKE TIME to pray over this. If you are interested, encourage a friend or family member to come with you. If you know someone else desiring to become Catholic or return to the practice of the faith, encourage them to let us know.

Drop this in the collection basket or send to our Rectory Or email: Father John Reiker : [email protected] For any questions.

I am interested Name:______

Address: ______

Email & Phone: ______

I would like to suggest the following person to be invited Name: ______

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WHY I GO TO EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Why do I go to Eucharistic Adoration? Many years ago I went to my Uncle’s funeral and in the eulogy the priest said that my uncle had once asked him why don’t people find Christ through the Eucharist anymore? This really started me thinking about my own perspective on the Eucharist. So I started reading and finding more information about it. There were a couple of things that really struck me as I was searching. One of the things I read was; People will spend thousands of dollars to go visit the Holy Land but won’t go to Church where Jesus is actually present and spend time with Him. I had never heard tjhat before or really understood it in that way before. But that is a true statement, Jesus’ real presence is here in our Church, in our Tabernacle.

Another time when reading scripture I was struck by the passage where Jesus is in the Garden of Gethsemane and He says to Peter, ”Can you not spend just one hour with me?” I thought that Jesus must have felt really sad that they were unable to stay awake and be with Him. And then I thought about all the things I have prayed for and asked of Jesus; can’t I take the time to visit and thank Him for all His blessings. “Can’t I spend just one hour with Jesus?” So after many “God Moments” I started to attend Eucharistic Adoration in our Church.

At first it felt a little awkward sitting in silence, I would get distracted, my mind would begin to wander, but that is OK. My Aunt Doris once told me that when our mind wanders and when we get distracted we should just pray about those things. Over the years I have developed a routine that works for me. One of the things that I use is a little book for Eucharistic Adoration written by the Poor Clares. I can tell you that I have had many prayers answered that I expressed before the Eucharist. And there are many recorded experiences and miracles that others have had while attending adora- tion.

There are many graces and benefits that I have received by attending Eucharistic Adoration. The peace I experience from the quiet and stillness is much deeper and I am able to take that peace home with me. I believe I have a much deeper understanding of the Eucharist now. When I enter Church I am mindful that Jesus is present there in the tabernacle. He is alive. As I walk up the aisle to go to Communion, I am aware that it is truly Jesus Christ that I am receiving and I receive Him with a greater respect.

We all have to take time to deepen our relationships with our spouses, our children and our friends. We need to spend time with Jesus to deepen our relationship with Him. Mother Theresa in her letter “I Thirst” wrote to her members that she worried some of them still had not really met Je- sus; one to one, they and Jesus alone. Have you really met Jesus? I invite you to come to Adoration and get to really know Jesus.

Laura Sheldon St. Anthony of Padua, High Ridge, MO Welcome Mass Intentions To all our Guests, Fr. John Reiker, Deacon Dick Stevens Monday, August 27 St. Monica and Deacon Jim G’Sell and All your sisters and 8:00 A.M. Clara Brouk brothers at St. Anthony’s Parish Family wel- Tuesday, August 28 St. Augustine come you and hope that your time with us may 8:00 A.M. Debbie Finder be a moment of spiritual experience. You are Wednesday, August 29 The Passion of St. always welcome here and if you would like to become a member of this parish or are thinking 8:00 A.M. Vicki Norton to become a Catholic, contact the Rectory of- Thursday, August 30 Weekday in Ordinary fice. Our phone is 636-677-4868 Time ext. 100. 8:00 A.M. Lana Blow Friday, August 31 Weekday in Ordinary Time This Week with our St. Anthony 8:00 A.M. James Engemann Parish Family Saturday, September 1 Blessed Mary 5:00 P.M. Mary June Beougher Please Pray for Our Beloved Sunday, September 2 Twenty– Second Sunday Who Have Passed On in Ordinary Time 8:30 A.M. Ladies Sodality Fr. Terry Borgerding former Associate Pastor here 10:15 A.M. Parishioners of St. Anthony at St. Anthony

Michael Ruzicka nephew of Charlotte Ruzicka Readings for the Week

Please Pray for the Sick Monday: 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12; Ps 96:1-5; Mt 23:13-22 Sue Barton Richard Siebert Tuesday: 2 Thes 2:1-3a, 14-17; Ps 96:10-13; Kathy Ryals Judy Brouk Mt 23:23-26 Joe Hunt Dr. Martha Reed Wednesday: 2 Thes 3:6-10, 16-18; Ps 128:1-2, 4-5; Terry Hunt Marcus Utama Mk 6:17-29 Petry Sylvia Doucot Thursday: 1 Cor 1:1-9; Ps 145:2-7; Mt 24:42-51 Betty Moleski Margie Krupinski Friday: 1 Cor 1:17-25; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 10-11; Mt 25:1-13 Molly Kramper Clara Gansner Saturday: 1 Cor 1:26-31; Ps 33:12-13, 18-21; Bob Hook Janet Parker Mt 25:14-30 Nancy Kalkbrenner Joaquin Vigil Sunday: Dt 4:1-2, 6-8; Ps 15:2-5; Jas 1:17-18, Dean Stegmann Justin Schnieders 21b-22, 27; Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Robert Beougher

Names of the sick will remain on the list above for a month. You may contact the office to have a name added to the list for an additional month at a time. New additions will appear at the top of the list as they are received. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2018

BIG ANNUAL OUTDOOR FAMILY NOTE: Due to privacy laws, hospitals no longer no- MASS AND POT LUCK SUPPER tify us when parishioners are patients. If you wish a visit from the parish staff please notify the office. Thank you. FOR ALL OUR PARISH FAMILY

August 26, 2018

Activities This Week Blood Donors Needed – Please HELP Final Blood Drive on Sunday, August 26th from 8 August 26, 2018 - September 2, 2018 am to 12 noon in church cafeteria. We would like at least 20 donors. Please help save a LIFE by giving blood. School has started and there have SUNDAY - August 26 many accidents and a need for blood. Blood is also needed because of surgeries due to cancer Blood Drive 8:00 AM - 12 noon (café) and heart and other diseases of the blood. One Children’s Liturgy of the Word 10:15 Mass pint of blood will save up to 4 lives. Many lives PSR Teacher Meet & Greet after 10:15 will be saved with your donation. I surely would Mass in classrooms appreciate all you can do to help. Contact Cla-

rence R Surmeier at 314-303-7415 or email me at MONDAY - August 27 [email protected] if you can donate. If

you are low on iron please eat some raisins or

grapes the night before to bring up your iron level. TUESDAY - August 28 And all donors drink some fluid in the morning. Quilters 9:00 AM Donors needed during and after all the Masses Choir 7:00 PM Practice - All new members on Sunday, especially the 10:15 AM Mass. If you welcome; Teens, adults and any 7th or 8th graders attend Saturday night Mass please come early on Cub Scouts Parent mtg. 7:00 PM (aud.) Sunday morning if possible. Thank you!

WEDNESDAY - August 29 First Saturday Prayer Breakfast Youth Group 6:00 PM September 1, 2018 Men’s Faith Group 6:30 PM (café) Our September breakfast will be this Saturday.

Please join your fellow parishioners at 9am, in the

cafeteria. The Ladies Sodality will be our hosts, THURSDAY - August 30 Women’s ACTS Formation 7:00 (café) and we will have a spiritual speaker. Come enjoy a hot breakfast from IHOP, and get to know more people in the parish. See you Saturday! FRIDAY - August 31 Clean Church after 8:00 AM Mass Cub Scout Pack 3029

St. Anthony of Padua Cub Scout Pack 3029 is look- SATURDAY - September 1 ing for boys and girls entering Kindergarten through First Saturday Prayer Breakfast 9:00 (café) 5th grade to experience the fun of scouting with our pack and adult leaders to give them the best possi- SUNDAY - September 2 ble experience. This year the Boy Scouts of Amer- ica have opened their program to girls nationwide starting this fall as well as the Lions program for Upcoming Events Kindergartners. We invite all who are interested to come learn about camping, hiking, fishing and other September 7 First Friday Eucharistic Adoration fun activities we participate at an informational

meeting on Tuesday September 11th @ 7:00 pm. September 8 Prayer Ministry We will have activities for the potential scouts while

the parents attend an informational meeting. If you September 9 Jonah Prayer Ministry after Masses; have any questions please contact the pack via PSR classes begin; Family Faith Group resumes; email @ [email protected] or call the Bible Study resumes Cubmaster Kenny Buyle on his cell @ 785-224-

6533. We are excited about this coming year and September 11 Cub Scout informational meeting look forward to seeing you there. St. Anthony of Padua, High Ridge, MO

Children’s Liturgy of the Word

The STAY high school youth group is now meeting weekly. Wednesday evenings at 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM for social time and meeting starts at 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. To receive our emails, please send your name and e-mail address to Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, Rachel at [email protected] to be and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of added to the list. heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14

Children’s Liturgy of the Word takes place Altar Servers Needed during the 10:15 a.m. Sunday Mass. This pro- gram is designed for children ages three through eight (third grade). Children’s Liturgy of the Word brings the Gospel to the children at their level of understanding. Through appropri- Youth and Adult! ately adapted Scripture texts, music, prayer, Boys, girls, men and women! and activities that reinforce the Gospel mes- Altar Servers for all Masses sage, the children have an opportunity to cele- and Funerals, as well brate their faith in a way that is joyful and rele- vant to their own young lives. The children are Please contact Jackie in the Rectory with questions, escorted out of mass by the program catechists concerns or sign-up information. 636-677-4868 x 100 or email: [email protected] after the Opening Prayer and return to mass at Offertory. For more information, contact Kathy Joslin at [email protected] or call 636-677- Sacristans Needed 4868 ext. 118 or 636-677-1567.

As is mentioned in the previous column, we have a need for altar servers.

As well, we are in need of Sacristans to help at ALL Choir Masses on the weekends. If interested , please con- Tuesdays - tact the Rectory office at 636-677-4868, ext 100. Choir 7:00 PM for practice Thank you All new members welcome: Teens, adults and any 7th or 8th graders Questions/concerns: Jonah Prayer Ministry Nancy: [email protected] Our Parish’s Jonah Prayer Ministers have a prayer box mounted on the inner wall of the ves- tibule. You will find it on the right-hand side (near the candle stand) as you enter Follow us on Facebook church. This box is for written prayer re- Saint Anthony of Padua quests. All petitions are kept confidential by your High Ridge Jonah Prayer Ministers. August 26, 2018 Ministry Schedule

We would like to thank

Catholic Match Missouri For more information, please visit our website: www.stanthonyhr.org for advertising in our parish bulletin. Because of Collections for August 2018: their generosity we do not pay for our bulletins to be printed. Please patronize our advertisers and thank Weekly Contributions (general fund) them for supporting our parish. Building Fund Latin America Apostolate Assumption We clean Church every Friday after the 8:00 AM Mass. Our Heavenly Dusters are in need of help! If you can offer any time, it would be deeply appreciated. Parish Financial Report Thank you! Thank You for Your Gifts to God & Your Parish Family St. Vincent de Paul Donation Bin There is a St. Vincent de Paul donation bin in COLLECTION front of the school building. August 19, 2018 They take new or gently used clothing, shoes, belts, and purses, preferably in bags. Contribution Collection 4,047.00 Proceeds from the sale of these items at St. Vin- Online Giving 1,390.00 cent de Paul thrift stores go to help our needy Loose 414.00 clients with utilities and other expenses. Thanks for your donations! Assumption 372.00 Note: furniture and other items can be taken directly Building Fund 55.00 to our Fenton St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store at 625 Total for Parish 6,278.00 Gravois Road (across from Fenton Plaza near Gold’s Gym and Sky Zone). God bless you for your generous

You may want to check out that store for some really contributions. good bargains! We all appreciate your sacrifices and love of our St. Anthony Family! St. Anthony of Padua, High Ridge, MO

St. Vincent de Paul Dinner/Auction Saturday, November 3, 2018

Stars and Stripes is our theme this year. We are looking for donations:

AUCTION WISH LIST

Sports Ticket (Blues, Cardinals, Grizzlies, Rivercity Rascals, SLU, MIZZOU or any team Host a themed Party/Dinner at your home Cooking Class, Candy-Making Class etc. Sports Memorabilia Trains, Planes and Automobiles Vacation Rentals/Packages Paintball Night New BBQ grills BBQ tools Grocery themed baskets (chocolate lovers, bakers) Handmade items, Crafts, Quilts, Afghans, Sponsor for an Auction Item (Cash Donation) Theater Tickets, example; Fox, The Rep, Powell Hall, Peabody, Muny, Touhill, Stage, Opera Theatre, Museums, etc. Music Lesson, or other lessons Liquor - Wine, Beer, and Spirits Jewelry Antiques Hand-Crafted Furniture Gift cards for Restaurants Limo Service Hotels Trips/Vacations Condos Tours: Brewery Tours, Stadium Tour, Horseback riding, ATV, Hunting/Fishing/Lodging Sports experiences Surprise us. Nothing is too small, or can't be made into a basket for someone to bid on.

All Proceeds from this auction go to serving the poor in our parish boundaries. We are averaging serving about $3000 per month, and this is our biggest fund raiser. Please contact Bob Hook for more information or to schedule a pick up of items at 636-677-2262 or 314-651-8426 or [email protected]. Thank you in advance. August 26, 2018

St. Anthony PSR News Classes begin Sunday, September 9th.

Registration forms for Little Lambs (ages 3-5), Kindergarten, and grades 1-8 can be found on the parish website at www.stanthonyhr.org under the Education tab. For more informa- tion, contact Kathy Joslin at mrskathyjos- [email protected] or call 636-677-4868 ext. 118 or 636-677-1567.

Lady Knights of Columbus Present 2018 Rummage Sale

Saturday - September 22nd Activities Outside the 7 am to 1 pm Parish Knights of Columbus Hall 6000 Antire Road High Ridge, MO 63049 Annual Picnic Saturday, September 1, 2018 Donation Drop Off Times St. Church Donations will be taken: 138 St. Joseph Lane Wednesday - September 19th Perryville, MO 63775 Thursday - September 20th 573-788-2330 From 3 pm to 7 pm Kettle Cooked Beef & Fried Chicken Friday - September 21st Bingo, Games, Country Store, Raffle, Live From 10 am to 8 pm Music PLEASE NOTE: We CANNOT accept the following items: • Large Appliances Back-to-School RENEW • Large Furniture Join us Wednesday, September 5 for the Back-to- • Clothing School RENEW. Drop-in at La Salle Retreat Center (2101 Rue De LaSalle Drive, Glencoe) any time be- tween 8 am - 6 pm. Walk the grounds, read in the TRUST sun room, pray in the chapel. Rosary at 1:00. I may trust Jesus too little, but I can never trust OMELET STATION available from 8 - 10 am! Cof- him too much. fee, tea and snacks available all day. --Anonymous IT'S YOUR TIME...relax, refresh, renew! Free will donation.

OCCUPANCY Pumpkin Fest The value of life does not depend upon the place La Salle Retreat Center (2101 Rue De LaSalle Drive) is host- ing a Pumpkin Fest on Sunday, October 7 from 1-4:00 pm. we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy Enjoy our beautiful grounds as well as live music, food, local that place. vendors, games, hayrides and PUMPKINS. Admission is free. --St. Thérèse of Lisieux Let's celebrate the Fall season together!